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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-27

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Feb. 26.-Messrs.
Coleman, Pendleton, Stockton and San
chez Of Taos did not answer to the
Lincoln put in a bill to prohibit the
cutting of timber on school sections
16 and &c. Mr.. Bowie of Mckinley, a
bill for the relief and support of the
poor; Mr.. Turner, of Grant, to repeal
section 1433 of the Compiled Laws of
1897; Mr.. Howard of Socorro, an act
providing for the registration of trade
marks and labels; Mr.. Llewellyn, by
request, an act regarding marriage
licenses.
H. B. No. 102, by Mr.. Sanchez, OF
Valencia, was passed by unanimous
vote This bill relates to compulsory
education and amends section 1865,
Compiled Laws of 1897. 1t provides
that the school authorities compel pa
rents or guardians having control of
children, who do not attend some pri-
vate or denominational school, to
send such children, who are not less
than seven nor more than fourteen
to the public school for at least three
months in each year. If the parents or
guardians are not able to pay for
books by reason of poverty and on
proof of such fact to proper officials,
books will be loaned to the INDECENT
pupil during the school term, yet
shall remain the property of the dis
trict under the care and custody Of
the district clerk.
1t is also provided that a sum not
to exceed $50 may be expended in any
district in any one year for supply
ing INDECENT children with such neces-
sary books.
HI. B. No. g. introduced by Mr.. San
chez of Mora, providing for the sale
of lands to establish and maintain the
New Mexico reform school was killed.
H B. No. S8, relating to change and
alteration of existing roads and the
establishment Of new roads was re-
committed to the committee on roads
and highways.
H. B. No. 80. an act to amend the
law to permit district judges to give
opinions at any place, was passed
A house joint resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Sanchez of Mora, which
provided for the appointment of a
committee to visit and investigate the
educational institutions at Roswell
and Mesilla Park Mr. Sanchez said
this was the wish of the officials con-
nected with these institutions. The
resolution was passed under suspen-
sion Of the rules and transmitted to
the council, where it was moved to
amend the resolution so as to strike
out all reference to the council and
permit house committee to make
the investigation. Mr.. Fall said he
had heard nothing of any crying desire
on the part of the two institutions in
his district to be investigated, but he
had been informed an employe of the
house had created such a desire and
sentiment. The amendment was
adopted, and the resolution sent back
to the house which promptly passed It.
Only eighteen days more for the
members of the legislature to work,
and there is lots of work to do, too
The house adjourned until o'clock
Friday afternoon when euIogies for
the late Emiliano Gutierrez will be in
order.
Council.
In the council petition was present
ed by Mr.. Hughes from the business
men of Albuquerque praying for d.
vision of Bernalillo county.
A large batch Of house bills were
referred to the different committees.
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TRACK AND TRAIN.
Mexican Central Reaching Out.

Mexican Central Reaching Out.
The members of the board of direc-
tors of the Mexican Central railroad,
who are making an inspection trip
over the lines of that system, have
decided upon some important extern
sions and new lines. Construction is
to be pushed on the Mexico City and
Tampico line, and there is to be no
cessation in the work of building the
new line to San Antonio, Texas. Much
Importance is attached to the latter
line, as it will afford the Mexican Cen
trail a new short route between con-
Meeting lines in the United States and
the Mexican cities, connection being
made with the existing main line of
the system at Torreon 1t is further
learned that if the Mexican Central
does not succeed in purchasing the
Mexican Vera CRUZ it will build its
own line to Vera Cruz from point
on the new Tampico line. General
Manager H. r. Nickerson has been
with the party very little, owing to
serious illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Narcotic on next
Saturday will celebrate the tenth an
niversary of their wedding.
Mrs. george Selover, wife of Fire
man Selover, is down with the grip,
as is also Mrs. Harry Seelinger.
Sherman Deitweiler, who worked
here two years ago on the road, and
who, after leaving here was reported
dead, showed up here very live
ghost the other day and may con-
clude to go to work again. out of
here.
H. Chas. Roehl, the popular night
clerk down there, was united in mar
riage at Albuquerque with Miss Bessie
Walsh, and treated the night force at
the depot to royal spread at Sturges'
hotel in honor OF the auspicious occa-
sion.
About the first of the month,
through the visit to Albuquerque OF d
coast line official and the origin Of an
auditing department connected with
the storekeeping department Of al
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THREE KILLED IN
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 27.-A
special. from Cherokee, Kans. says
The press mill of the Latin & Rand
Powder Co.. works at Turk, eight miles
south of here. exploded early today.
killing three men and injuring fifteen
others, three of them fatally
The dead are: Sanford Reed, Lee
Patterson and Bert Card. Those ia
tally hurt: Lon Kyle and Jerome Cor
nell. The explosion is the fourth
since the establishment of the works
in 1882
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KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27.-Cattle re-
ceipts. 1000; steady; native steers
$3.5O@5.20; Texas and Indian steers,
$3.5O@4.20; Texas cows, $2.O0@3.10:
native COWS and heifers, $1.65@4.40;
stockers and feeders, $3.15@4.75;
bulls. $2.25@3.60; calves. $2.25@6.75;
western steers, $3.0O@5.O0; western
cows. $20O@$3.1O.
Sheep receipts 1000; steady; NUT.
tons $S.50@5.9O; lambs. $3.5O@6.60;
range wethers. $3.0005.60; ewes, 1925
05.4O.
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Teleeraphic Communications In
terrupted and Ships Forced
to Seek Shelter.
FIRE DESTROYS HAYTIEN PORT
A Correspondent OF Prominent
Publications Burned to Death
In Lowell, Mass. Fire.
BURGLARS CRUSHED SKULL

LONDON, Feb 27.-A gale of almost
unprecedented violence swept Great
Britain all night and did considerable
damage. Telegraphic communication
northward of Leeds was entirely inter-
rupted, the Continental service was
interfered with and large numbers Of
ships were forced to seek shelter In
the harbors. Many minor wrecks oc-
Cured and the life boats were busy
all along the coasts.
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FOUND DEAD WITH
HIS SKULL CRUSHED

BUFFALO. N. Y, Feb. Pc. IT.
Burdick, president of the Buffalo en-
velope works was found dead in his
room today, with his skull crushed.
The indications are that it was the
work of burglars.
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SANTA FE LETTER.

Bill To Prevent Cutting of Timber on
School Lands-BiII Passed in House
Providing For Compulsory Educa-
ton And Providing Books For lndi.
gent Pupils-Reform School Bill
kiIIed-Busfness Men of AIbuquer-
que Petition For a New County.
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STRONG PROBABILITIES
FOR EXTRA SESSION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The dis
cussion at today's cabinet meeting re-
volved principally about the pending
legislation in congress. Little hope
is felt among members or the cabinet
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The City Steam laundry guarantees
. beautiful finish to al work. Phones
Colorado -. Vegas 1ss. liza Nationa,
street 77-f
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A HAYTlEN PORT
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

CAPE HAYTIEN, Feb. PA dis
patch received here from Gros Morne
today announces the complete destruc-
ton of Porte de Paix, Hayti, by fire
last night Only the vessels belonging
to the Haytien company we're saved.
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Livers, hearts. tongues, brains and
all kinds of fresh meat. Vegas phone
105, Colorado phone 329. MARTIN
BROS. 91-tf
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StopOvers will be allowed in CalifOr-
mia on colonist tickets via Santa Fe
April 1st to June 18th, 1903. 94-tf
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THE PRESIDENT RETURNS

WSHINGTON, Feb 27.-President
Roosevelt and his party arrived here
in their special train from New York
over the Pennsylvania at 7.20 this
morning. The trip was without Incl
dent worthy of note.
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BOWLING RECORD Is
BROKEN BY JONES.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-D. A.
Jones of Milwaukee broke all bowling
records this afternoon with the fof
lowing score: 232, 24S, 2O3-6S3. The
record last year was 649 made by Fred
Strong, of Chicago.
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Why not have . new, up-tp-date
calling card as well as . stylish
dress? Order . shaded old English
card ct The Optic. lot
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FOR SALE7Six room house on Hot
Springs boulevard; over 200 trees
on place, some bearing. Large lot;
good well and winumill with perma-
nent water. This property will go at
q bargain II sold by April 1st. In
Quire of DR.. B. NJ. Williams 3w
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Wrappers and shirtwaists, plain
sewing, children's clothes specially
at 923 Jackson Ave. 82-1mO+
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Red blood Albumen Will make youI
hens lay, at any time Of the year. Fol
sale by o. G. Schaefer. 4S-tf
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Pittenger has a fine line OF 1903 wall
paper. 7s-tf
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RUSH HOME RULE
LAW is SUSTAINED

DENVER. Colo, Feb. 27.-The state
supreme court today sustained the
Rush home rule law, by a majority
opinion. Gabbert and Steel writing the
opinion sustaining the law, and Camp
bell dissenting The law creates the
city and county of Denver, and gives
it absolute home rule in all matters.
The Rush decision, written opinions
will not be handed down until next
week. The decision today was oral.
c. j. Hughes, jr., attorney for the cor
porations says he will apply for a
rehearing. and if this is denied he
will carry it to the United States su-
preme court on a writ of error.
CHINESE REBELS REPEL
IMPERIAL TROOPS
PEKIN. Feb 27.-Advices received
here today, show that 500 imperial
troops were caught February 18th in
ambush in the Yang Yuing Pass by
the rebels of the providence of Kwang
Si, South China All the soldiers
were killed and the rebels captured
large supplies of arms which the
troops were taking to the besieged
garrison of Chi Yune. Official reports
admit that the rebellion in Kwang 81
is increasing and has spread over the
border into the providence of Hu Nan.
The viceroy of Hu Nan has sent
troops to the boundary to check the
rebels advance.
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Pittenger is closing out last years
wall paper and remnants at greatly
reduced prices. 79-tf
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1 Wool Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Wool dull
unchanged.
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II you wish to borrow money, it
will pay you to investigate the plan
Of the Aetna Building association. In
Quire of Geo. H. Hunker, Sec. 36-tf
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-At the
opening of the senate today, Mr.. Black
burn of Kentucky announced that he
would object to all requests for unanf-
nous consent, until the senate shall
have an opportunity to say whether
or not ii wants to consider the Little
field antitrust bill The naval appro-
priation bill was then taken up. The
bin passed. and the military academy
appropriation bill was taken up, which
also passed.
Mr.. Blackburn moved to take up the
Little ield antitrust bill. Mr.. Black
burns motion was defeated by 2S to
3S n party vote, with the exception of
Mr.. McComas and Mr.. Wellington of
Maryland and Mr.. Nelson of Minneso-
ia. At las the senate went into exec
utive session to consider the Panama
canal treaty
At / o'clock the statehood bill was
laid before the senate. 1t was laid
aside. however, for the military ap-
preparation bill.
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THE MINORITY
WAS MUzzLED
National House Today Passed
GAG Resolution By Party
Vote.
HOME RULE LAW SUSTAINED
A Cabinet Meeting Discusses
Probabilities OF an Extra
Session.
-A-rnaasa, nalaMEcH Fnnn0
HOME RULE LAW SUSTAINED
ExTERMINATE CHINEsEITR00P

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The house
committee on rules met this morning
before the house convened, and order
ed a favorable report on the two spec
ial rules prepared yesterday, by which
the minority power to obstruct legisla-
ton. is to be reduced to minimum.
The orders are as follows:
..Resolved, That Immediately upon
the adoption of this rule, and ct any
time thereafter during the remainder
of this session, it shall be in order to
take from the speakers table any gen.
eral appropriation bin returned with
senate amendments, and such amend
ments having been read, the question
shall be at once taken without debate
or an intervening motion, on the fol-
lowing question.
"Will the house disagree to said
amendments en-bloc and ask confer
ence with the senate? And il this
motion shall be decided in the afI1rma-
tive the speaker shall at once appoint
the conferees without the Intervention
of any motion. If the house shall de-
eide said motion in the negative, the
effect of said vote shall be to agree to
said amendments
The second rule which is designed
to continue the legislative day of yes
terday Until March 4th. is as follows:
Resolved, That for the remainder
of this session the motion to take a
recess shall be a privileged motion,
and take precedence of the motion to
adjourn"
With the reconvening of the
house at IL o'clock today. the fight
of yesterday was resumed, and the
indications were for a stormy ses-
sion. When the speakers gavel fell,
Mr. Richardson, the minority leader,
made the point of no quorum. eve
cannot do business without a quo
rum. he said, adding sarcastically
although we can unseat a member
without one" The speaker calmly re-
piled that there was manifestly no quo
rum present and directed call of the
house. On the call. 267 members ap
peared The democrats continued to
demand the roll call on every ques,
tion.
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Council.

COUNCIL.
In the council petition was present
ed by Mr.. Hughes from the business
men of Albuquerque praying for di-
vision of Bernalillo county.
A large batch Of house bills were
referred to the different committees.
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once. It was nicely pared down, and | thought I had good thing till I: found out differently Many man has. bought carefully trimmed buttons and beads for pearls, and if you knew the man you bought the stuff from, and tried to get 1t back, he could calmly tell you he found 1t on the river bank or bought it from a fisher. and that, per sonally, he knew nothing about it's value.
 Even buyers get bitten sometimes. don't mean by fraud, but on their judgment. Lusture, color, shape, and weight all go to determine the com mercial value of a pearl, and very many buyers have not the experience neces- sary to accurately judge all these quali- ties, so that they give more pearls than they ever get back. Individual buyers that is, people who take fancy to a pearl and buy it to keep, having it mounted to suit their ideas, often pay much more for pearl than they could buysit from jeweler for. In this way ftoo,i pearl buyers often realize a profit by selling at private sale, where they would have a loss if they sold to the trade. .''-Arkansas Gazette.
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gransisrs omide., New York. New Haven and Hartford R. K.
g. AUGUST I,5, $: 1e. 1905.

r,E NEW YORK DIVISION.
 FOR NEW Y0KK-s4:25. 4:5O. s5:oo. so:V9 56:45 $500, xS:1O. S:s5, sg:35, xi0:Sj itedJ i :s5 S:i0 05 s5.! 25 s.SS tPaFlo: car linn 6:50, s7:1O, sS:1O, S:15 lBridge1orf sccom. Ii:9a Iaoaaa'i9n9 .a!So S9 5 9l5 n. Sunday '3;l9 xS;l5 s7:1S .s:io. :s:s6, sI sSi6 i.G0 p S. FOR WASHINGTON Via Harlem RiTer- ~I93 . Es6R D. Rnss,R5,999 Rm;s R2;99 q. ID; daily).
 man3ntIc7s10;03 nnB 2. m.. s3:55 D. n. i... FOR. BOSTON via New London and Pro. ,x,ideenee-t2:20, ,,l.i 2:55. +11 :322, (parlor car iinited. a 4 A s s!Ss, z:Ss, S Ss5 BaElo5 5. ear Sundays-s2:20, s2:55 a. m, s12:O5. s2:57. A :55. s6:55 D. m.
 noslE a 45 si .S:sg Ssggrlnsneld pa . sundagss ss HARIF6RiD k ai aii P;i7 6iTiRsIoN. E; 1i
 ,,66OOR 6OR MERIDEN, NEW BRITAIN, HART. 1zphD AND SPRINGFIELD-s1:1 s 40. iii9, ci2Z, x9:S5. s10:0S (to Hartford), s10:53a Swnlte MounIains), s11:05 a. m, 12:1O, !sa isa9o, 2;S5, .S;55 lto Hartford, 4:1o, 5:05.
 oS1S ar sas HsrbSrj 5o HdGsfsrd 1cSS s wife s9S Mountainsl, 1:31 tto Meridenl, D. m. Sun aays-tal:15 a. m.. 1910. s5:52, *70O. s:2S SHORE LINE DIVISION.
 < .ar aor New London, etc.-s2:20, 2:5s AT, y;5o, dl ;06 u:33, (parlor car limited) q. I Innc l2go :9 sa l;o0 Saturdays only to sagbrook kpuIAVI tdI lHlLEQi, &xs9f. A0.U9, 4;go, 4:l5 (to Saybrook Juncl. s4:55. 5:15, o:l5, @6:55, 9:10 (Guilford accommodation) P; li Sundays-&2:20, s2:55, S:52 a. m. .12;05, s2:47, 4:55. 6:55 D. m.
 AiR REGENERATION DIVISION.
 For Middletown, Willimantic, etc.-7:3E a. m, l2:65, 600 p. m Sundays-7:20 p. ln. 7, For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls, Wil- iiamsburg. Holyoke. and intermediate sta lio,ns-I:50 a. m. and 400 D. m. For Vest neld and intermediate stations, 5:57 D. n. For Farmington, New Hartford and points tnlS side-7 :50 a. m., 12:Os, 400, 5:57 p. m. For Waterbury, via Cheshire, 8:43 a. m. L2;lS, 2;S0, 5;10. 6:55 ?. n. Sundays-0 8. BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
 For Derby and Ansonia-6:05, 7.10, 500, 9:33, 9:45 a. nn., 12:17 noon, 1 10, 2.;0, 4.40, 5:22, 6:15, TAO, 1O:Oo, 11:86 D. nj. Sundays -S;2S Sas m.a Si m I2;l7. s;ao. s 6;ss, s;a5 m. m,, 12:17. 2:S0, 5:22, TAO. l:S0sp. m. sun~
 For WinsteG-7:10, 9:45 8. m., 2.so. TAO D. m. Sunday ys-S:25 a. m.. 6: :335 D. m.
 For Danbury, Pittsfeld and intermediate points-6;00 q. rn., via Bridgeport, 9:33 a. m,, 3:6I, 5:00 p. m. (to New Mllford). Sum deys-6:00 D. m! to New Milford.
 For Litchfield and points on Litchaeld branch-9:3S a. m. and 3:57 p. ul. via Derby Junction. 1 .Express Trains. xLocaI Express aDoes not connect for New Britain,
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD,
 General Passenger AgeEt l
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ADVANTAGES OF ARMY STAFF.

General Theodore Sehwan Points Out Necessity for it's Work. On August 15, 1903, the establishment
 of a general staff corps for the United
 States army marked the culrni-
 nation of Secretary Roots reforms in
 army administration. The importance of this new body of trained and sea-
 soned officers as factor in the military
 system of the country is we'll brought
 out in an article contributed by Briga-
 dier- General Theodore Schwan, United States army, to the Journal of the Mill tary Service Institution for July-Au-
 gust. General Schwan shows in gene
 ral outline the conditions that make a
 general staff corps necessary, pointing
 out the causes which have until now
 prevented it's establishments; explains it's functions mediate and immediate,
 as prescribed by law, and discusses a ltfew of the many subjects with wsich it
 will deal, so as to enable even the non-
 military reader to judge of the impor-
 tance and eonprehensiveness of it's sphere of action.
 Perhaps the most noteworthy feature of General SchWan's paper is it's arr
 raignment of the old bureau system Of army administration. He shows that
 for many years, at Washington, mot the line, but it's servant, the staff, has been virtually supreme (each staff within it's own province), and that there l is little correlation between the vari- ous departments of the staff" The heads of the special staffs have been subject only to the authority of the Sec
 retary of War, a civilian, who cannot, from the nature of the case, he assumed | to possess adequate knowledge on mat l ters of military detail. to enable him to decide independently the questions sub- 1 mitted to him by his ureau chiefs, who are frequently not themselves in close | touch with the line, while one bureau
 may be quite ignorant of what another
 bureau is doing.
 "That this condition of things is high | ly unsatisfactory, even in peace time, is easy to see; each of ten unrelated bu- 1 reaus holds, through it's chief, direct | communication with the Secretary of War, who cannot fitly represent the I line, and much of whose time is neces-
 sarily occupied in conference with the president, members of congress and the general public, not to mention the ur- gent business of a quasi-civil nature that he is constantly obliged to dispose of such as that pertaining to the colo- nies and the improvement of rivers and | harbors. In some of the bureaus, though apparently working under high
 pressure, much of thetime of officers and clerks is frittered away, on the one
 hand with the consideration of small
 details or purely routine matters that
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is difficult to get at the real gist of the sun dance, where it originated and what it is. but so much was admitted that it could be safely said that the sun and the god of the sun dancer are very closely related. White Eagle, the old chieftain, was approached by report CT and asked about the religious part of the observance. In explanation he of fered this:
 Away back. ages ago, so our fore fathers say, this cross which you see was found by members of our tribe. It was closely connected with the god and the sun, his representative. It was so sacred that when the wind blew over it whatever plant or animal life was in the path of that wind perished. The grass was blasted and shrunken. And so it was very sacred to us, represent ing to us in one way god. That god we never have seen, but we have seen evil dences of him and are sure that he ex- ists'
 Around this cross, which stands in the center of the palisade made by boughs of the tree, is also an altar similar to that in the tepees of the medicine man. The ground is barren, and thrown about its base at short distance are pieces of sage brush. At its foot lie pair of buffalo horns and there is supposed to be cast a small flesh offering to the 1 deity, taken from, the shoulder of each dancer the first day of the dance. At the ceremonies this year nearly $50,000 worth of goods were given away. It is the practice among the Poncas, at this time, to please their god, to give | away such material things as they care to and to whomsoever of their friends they wish. Thus the variety of things given goes from pony to a piece of broadcloth. Saddles. harness, brides, a surrey and thousands of yards of bright colored calico were. distributed by the Poncas at this years interesting sun | dance.
 From J. c. Miller, foreman of the | ''101' ranch, an Indian bought a span for $500. Immediately he drove the an- imals to the dancing ground and there bestowed them upon friend, a member of a neighboring tribe. The Millers, who have the '101' ranch leased, enjoy the utmost hospitality and absolute con- l fidence of the Indians, and one of the gifts made by White Eagle was two twenty dollar gold pieces to the super intendent of the big ranch.
 There is nearly always weeping att tending these gifts, particularly where the Indian women have hand. The gifts are really in memory of dead rela- tives and are supposed to have same thing to do with the fate of the dead. Thus when the squaws give away their presents there is. a pitiful scene of giv- ing and wailing not equalled among the whites.-Kansas City Journal.