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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
postaI casss Resumed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 29.-The
federal grand Jury here resumed con-
sideration Of the postal cases today.
but did not report the expected iniict-
ments. Assistant District Attorney
Tagxart was uncertain when the jury
would report. II ia known that there
IL st least one witness who ID To be
examined In Brooklyn on account OF
his alleged connection with govern
ment purchase Of postal supplies.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

/ Anna canal, one Of the big works Il
southern California.
%. W. Ross Of Boise city. formerly
state engineer Of Idaho, has charre 81
the large irrigation works on snake
river.
IN H. Darton of Washington, b. G..
Is the geolosist, "a charge Of the inves-
tigation Of underground waters to be
utilized for pumping.
Charles H. Fitch has charge az
work in the Black Hills ana adjacent
territory. He has ha6 wids experi.
ence In the west and had charge Il
the survey and sub-dfvislon 81 ne
Indian territory
B. A. Fowler Of Phoenix, Afis.. Who
is present with us. 4 presaisnt 81 tho
Water Users association u Balt Riv-
or valley. a big organization
John 3. Field, formerly stats en-
Eineer Of Color3ao, ~ ycAeane x ths
work on the North Platte river, ii
Wyoming.
"A. 4 Fellows, fornerly deputy
state engineer Of Colorado, NJ charre
Of all photographic and seclamation
work in this state, including the Gun.
nison project.
Il H. Taylor has charge Of the
work In Nevada.
"All these are clean-cut. active mon
Of ability and integrity ana the depart
ment has searched the United states
to pick them out.
I'VE have now about 26O engineers
and assistants in the reclamation dc.
partment, and these that ~ Aere.
about onethird, are fair repeeeenta,
tives Of the consulting and executive
1iAa by ugF u@FaasEs s.E .0 7st representative
guided, and make recommendation
to the secretary Of the interior.
IAN Of the big reclamation projects
are being pushed and We are getting
at the cost Of materials and other de-
tails, and hope 70 ~ In construction
before very long.
zach Of the big projects proposed
has different ADVANTAGES - r. = I'M
possible to tell which - hrst b
pushed. 1t is qusstio1 cf which of
fers the least dimculties a. rssase
ance. The government = - esEnk
to anything Of any Of theee ~ vtak>
inss. We are simply investigAtine.
II q project looks all right W Will
push 1t.
/ we have asked for bids On the
Truckee. New. dam and irrigation
system. The bids range hon epee,0oo
to S1,2Oo,00o. according TO di3erent
ways Of doing r. The Truckee project
Il ! part Of ! system that viii ulti'
|, maxely rdslaim 100000 acses. We
opened bids ON this July -. tn
award will be made by eecretasy
. Hitchcock and We may hear q 4 70
morrow. All the bidders were Paciat
coast firms"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Honor kino lumbert's Memory.

ROME. July 29.-The king and
queen returned today from their sum
mer villa near Turin and attended the
exercises held in observance Of the an
niversary Of the assassination Of King
Humbert, who was killed at Monza,
July 20. 1900, by the anarchist, Gae-
tano Bresci Commemorative services
we're held throughout Italy, though
Rome was the center Of observances.
II js estimated that 100000 strangers
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

PLYMOUTH, July 29.--The British
third class cruiser Malampus. collid-
Ell with and sank the British steamer
Ruperra, on the Lizard last night.
The crew was saved. The damage
sustained BY the Melampus will necesr
state docking here Ar repairs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
jury Cannot Agree.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. July 2S.-The Jury
in the second trial Of former Dele
gate Henry A. Faulkner, charged with
perjury in connection with the subur'
ban franchise Doodle deal, reported to
Judge Douglas today that its members
were unable to agree on verdict.
The Jury retired Tuesday and consid-
cred the case until midnight.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Two Failures in London.

LONDON, July 29.-The failures
We're announced this morning on the
stock exchange. A. s. Graves & Co,
one OF the Oldest established firms Of
brokers, and Anselmo R. N. Kilby, 4
1obber in Kafnrs. Neither failure was
important Today is pay day and the
general tone improved.
LONDON, July 29.-This afternoon
the failure OF w. s. C. Smith a iobher
In American securities. was an
nounced.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
IN RUINS
Big Plant of the u. s. Cartridge
Company Near Lowell, Mass.
Blown Up
SHOCK FELT FOR MANY MILES

LOWELL, Mass, July 29.--An OK.
plosion of powder occurred In the
United States Cartridge company's
plant. located between here and Law.
renee, this morning At 10 o'clock
the police at the central station had
received q report from policemen at
the scene Of the explosion that the
killed and injured would number sew
enty. The central station said that
this was a rough estimate and that
there was no way Immediately Of get.
ting at the exact number. The DO.
lice have received reports from all
part Of Essex and some places in
Middlesex counties saying the explo.
sion was felt at those points and a
number of places reported damage
from the conclusion.
One Of the workmen who was taken
to the hospital is badly injured. When
surgeons started to dress his wounds
he begged them to shoot him. Thirty
houses we're destroyed. Action street.
South Lowell, is in ruins. twenty
deaths 1t is estimated will result. All
houses were wrecked within q quarter
Of mile Of the explosion. Teams Of
all kinds are being used as ambulanc-
es.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Lively Struggle Promised Among Our Friends,
The Enemy, Over Kansas City Platform.
W. J. BRYAN TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART
One Hundred and Feh Anniversary Of Founding Of South
Hadley, Mass, Celebrated With Much Eclat

COLUMBUS. O, July2s.-It is al
old saying that politics in the Buck
eye State never approaches q state oI
stagnation and that as election time
rolls around it is certain to reach the
boiling point. At the present time the
bubbling may be heard afar and spec.
tacular politics Of lively variety may
be looked for from now until the dem
ocratic state convention is held next
month. The democratic situation is
peculiar and politicians are on the qui
vive awaiting further developments.
II will be recalled that on the Fourth
OF July Tom L. Johnson was the
guest of Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln, Neb.,
and that Immediately following his
return to Ohio the announcement was
made that Bryan would visit Ohio in
August and attend the democratic
state convention. This agreement was
reached at Lincoln after an all-day
conference between Bryan and John
son. during which the latter went
over the Ohio situation and explained
that = tremendous effort would be
made to repudiate Organism and the
Kansas City platform by the so-called
conservative faction of the party.
Mr.. Bryan agreed to come to Ohio,
to warn the delegates against Cleve-
landism, and any departure from the
tenets Of the Kansas City platform.
Not only that, but It Is believed he will
very likely insist upon the nomination
e Johnson - the candidate for COVER
nor. IN spite * the fact that majori-
y of the delegates may be pledged to-
John M. ZImu1cTmp--
some other candidate. He will de-
clare that q United States Senator
must be indorsei, and probably put IN
q good word for his old friend. former
Congressman John J. Lents. With the
Kansas City platform indorsed, john
son nominated for governor and Lentz
indorsed for United States senator,
Mr.. Bryan would certainly be in posi-
tion to congratulate himself. and the
impetus given his cause would be felt
in every state in the union.
In the meantime Mr.. johnson Is
keeping his own counsels. It Is said
his closest friends do not know his
mind on the gubernatorial matter. The
only thing that is positively known
is that he is arranging campaign that
will completely eclipse his circus-tent
affair year ago. He proposes among
other things to employ q number o.
automobiles to carry stump-speakerf
and a food Of literature over the
state.
Meanwhile the opposition element II
likewise preparing to take to the field
The report from Washington that soor
after the return Of John r .McLear
from Europe there vii be q confer
ence Of his friends to look over tn
democratic situation in Ohio. II true
means that the conservative wing 0
the party, marshaled by Mclean, prc
ooses to make its influence felt In tn
coming convention, both rs to pia'
form and candidates..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

NEW YORK, July 29.-The mar
ket Is closing little irregular, but
on the whole. without much change
il is much steadier market and
shows a steadier feeling. Bears are
hammering It in spots, notably Atchi-
son 4 St. Paul. but SO far don't sue
ceed in disturbing the general situa-
ton. Tendency Of the money sitaa-
tion ia easier. There h little better
demand for investment bonds. The
general public Is, we think, paying for
more stocks and taking them on the
market than at any time for several
years past. Unless something new
and important comes into the situa
tion, we look for quiet market and
think stocks are worth the money.
Total sales, 5O7.2O0.
LOGAN Z BRYAN.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Society Wedding At Bar H.rbo,.

Society Wedding at Bar Harbor.
BAR HARBOR. Me-. July pa
society wedding Of note here TODAY
was that of Miss Gurnes, daughter Of
Mn. Walter g. Gurnes, Jr.. Of New
ton. The CereInUny wu~ r----..--.. -
noon in st. Saviour's church In the
presence Of prominent society people
Of New York, Newport, Boston ana
other cities.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

Mrs. A. M. Lynch and young niece,
Miss Dora Hobbs, departed this after
noon for Upland. Calf. the home OF
the latter. Ms. Lynch win make IN
extended visit in the Golden State.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Chicago Wheat.

CHICAGO. July 29.--The wheat
market is again strong and higher
There was a little weakness early, but
after the first few minutes 1t develop
ed the same absence OF persistent
selling pressure which has character
lied 1t for some time past. 1t turned
strong and continued SO with an ad-
vancing tendency up to the close.
The only material change In Impor-
tant conditions are unfavorable wealth
er In the United Kingdom ana France
and better export demand. Primary
receipts are again less than half as
much as last year. although the ele-
vator people report quite large &C.
ceptances In the southwest yesterday.
The market Is dull In 4 cash way, but
st. Louis reports good mailing de-
mand and Kansas City reports fair
demand, with prices little better. Re
ports from the spring wheat crop con-
.inue a little conflicting, but including
he Manitoba wheat the outlook ia
'till no better than last year and
probably a little less. We see no
'eason to change our recent position
Ind still feel that wheat should be
Fought on the soft spots.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Chicago Corn.

CHICAGO. July 2s.-The weather
reports this morning showed quite
general rains through this state, Iowa
and Nebraska. As this weather is
needed. and rather unexpected, the
market opened sharply lower. Some
Of the principal bulls who had sold
out long corn were In the market to
replace It on the weakness. and later
It turned strong and closed q little bet
ter than yesterday. The crop situa-
ton continues much the whole thing.
Receipts are very moderate and there
is not much talk Of an increased
cash demand. There Ii evidently 4
little short interest In July and that
n.Ition went to q premium today. It
tions. ---~s.'-..-.--a
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

LOWELL, Mass, July 29.-The ex-
plosion which destroyed the magazine
OF the United States Cartridge COM
pany in this city today caused the
death Of probably twenty-five persons
and the injury Of more than fifty 9TH
ers. set fire to number Of buildings
in the vicinity and caused general
wreck OF houses within a radius OF
half a mile. The concusslon was felt
in Boston, forty-five miles away. ard
at Exeter, which is q greater dis
tance from Lowell. At many points =
score Of miles distant window glass
was shattered and other damage DONE
The explosion is though to have been
caused by the jarring of the dynamite
stored in magazine by workmen who
we're laying q new floor The dyna-
mite set of the powder stored In an
other chamber and that explosion was
followed by another in q second cham
Der. It was nearly noon before any.
thing like an accurate estimate Of
the number OF killed could be Oh
tained. A canvass Of the hospitals
and the police station then resulted In
the conservative estimate Of twenty
Ave killed and ffty.fve injured.
The following are among the dead;
James Galloway, aged .; William
Flynn, aged ~: William McDermott
aged 10; Michael Rogers. aged 10. al
boys, who were swimming In the Con
cord river. Mrs. william Riggs o.
Riverside; unknown man. driving
grocery cart. william Galloway
Poore, Lowell. Six odies Of mei
working near the powder store hous'
were recovered.
Those fatally injured are: John .
| Sullivan, Mrs. Victoria Perroust
Gallagher (ittle girlD; McDermot
(1l years old); Sullivan, teamster 70
the stanley Transfer company, Is nc
. expected to live. At O'Clock tn
! number Of dead stood at thirteer
, with nine missing and number OF ~
riously injured was placed at thIrt!
) Many others have been slight
bruised or cut by flying glass.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

LOWELL. Mass. July 29.--Tnquiry
at the various hospitals at II a. m.
indicated that sixteen victims taken
to st. Johns probably compose al Of
the most seriously injured. Several
OF these are thought to have been
tAaally hurt Il was believed how
The police still have It reporreu rnss
the killed and injured number sew.
enty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29

u H. Quinton Of Los Angeles put
in the tunnel there and the Santa
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

Aberdeen is after a Carnegie library
The population of China is placed
at 426,477,OOO.
Michigan has been in the throes of
q severe blizzard this week.
Nome will be connected by wire
with the outside world within few
days.
A new invention by which the deaf
are made to hear is that of young
American.
The Colombian government are
favorable to the Panama canal propo-
sition, and it will no doubt be ap-
proved
Secretary of State Moody has decid-
ed upon Mantanamo, as the site for
the principal United States naval sta
ton in Cuba.
Carlos Ezeta, exrpresident of the re-
public of Salvador, died at Mazatlan a
few days ago, in exile, poor and al
most friendless.
Governor Mcbride has appointed
Victor F. Martin judge of the new
judicial district of Ferry, Chelan, and
Okanogan counties.
James S. Harlan, attorney general
of Puerto Rico, has returned to the
States and rendered his resignation, to
take effect April 1.
The Frankfurter Journal. establish
ed in 1915, and has borne the distinc-
ton of being the oldest newspaper in
the world has suspended publication.
Continued on page 8
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27
AN UNREASONABLE STRIKE.

Seattle is enjoying the pleas
ures of its first street car strike.
We know it's a genuine pleasure
to the citizens for a great many
of them have admitted as much on
the streets while enjoying a five
and six mile tramp to and from
home Organized labor nine-tenths
of it's time is wrong in it's demands
and this Seattle street car demand
seems even more unreasonable
than their most radical demands
in the past. The Seattle Electric
Company has been commanded to
bring men back from Tacoma, who
went there to take strikers PAGES,
just as though the company alb
solutely owned the men that left
Seattle and went to Tacoma. The
Seattle car men were getting all
they had in the past asked for in
the way of wages and time and the
strike that they have inaugurated
is by far the most unreasonable
one that has ever been ordered by
any organized body of men. This
strike will fail, and it should do
so. and the company should be very
careful that it put not single one
of the agitators and leaders there
of back to work when it does fail.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

About June l a company of one
hundred men will leave Seattle for
Northeastern Siberia to prospect for
god. Large concessions have been re-
ceived from the Russian government
1t is believed that country will prove
to be as rich as Alaska.
Seattle is to be soon connected with
the navy yard at Bremerton, and 9th
er towns in that locality, by telephone,
a sub,pa sire .cabse syt1i De la1d across
the Sound from Restoration Point to
Alki Point, then connect with exist
ing lines.
This is the closed season for Chi
nook salmon, nevertheless gil,netters,
on the Columbia river, are taking
large quantities of them. The run of
fish is said to be unusually large for
this time of year.
The Union Congregations Church
Society will erect a $4,000 edifice on
Queen Anne Avenue this summer.
The State University basket ball
team were defeated in a well played
game at Roslyn last Saturday night
by the team of the Roslyn Athletic
Club, the score was II to 6.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

Speaking about the indictment of
Judge Cam, much comment has been
heard on the street both pro and con
as to his culpabi1ity of the crime
which he is to be charged with. For
forty years | have either been prac-
ticing law or on the bench and this is
the first instance in all that time that
a single breath of scandal or suspicion
has been uttered against me" said
the judge one day this week, in dis
cussing the matter with friend. Evi-
IDENTIFY the report braced him up suffi-
ciently to leave his home, where he
has been confined for the past two
weeks or more with the grip, for on
Monday he was seen at his office and
shaking hands with friends on the
street. Judge Cam is now past his
allotted three score and ten years of
age and while he has no misapprehen-
sions as to the outcome of the case
and his complete vindication, it is but
natural that he feels very badly over
being indicted by a grand jury in his
declining years, when at best he can
not expect to live but a few years
more
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

way short of getting the necessary
number to nominate, and G. G. Aus
tin was actually nominated. The
chairman of the convention declared
him the nominee and the convention
adjourning before the error was no.
ticed the supreme court held that
Cam was the regular nominee. as
there was no power that could go be-
hind the regular returns of the con-
vention. The second time he was de-
cared the nominee, it is now contend
ed that neither he nor any one else
was nominated. 1t required 165 votes
to nominate and he got but 156. no
one being nominated. AS in the other
case the convention had adjourned be-
fore the contention was raised and ac-
cording to the previous decision of
the supreme court nothing could be
done in the matter but elect him,
which was done.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

OF recent years Judge Cam has
twice been elected justice of the peace
on the Republican ticket, and, strange
to say. neither time did he receive
the nomination for the same, if the
contentious of his opponents are to
be believed. AS the street sport would
say, "he has played lucky every time
and won out by hokus pokus." The
first time he was declared the party
nominee for justice of the peace when
it afterwards developed that he fell
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27
TALES OF THE TOWN


The grand jury and it's escapades
are still the all-absorbing subject of
the city. Foreman Pigotts hurried
departure from the city, leaving that
body without a head, the reorganizing
of the body with Terrence O'Brien as
foreman, the return of Pigott, his eX-
planation of his leave of absence from
the city, the announcement of Judge
Bell that he would be restored to his
place of honor and authority, the re-
belling of the other members of the
grand jury against any such action,
the indicting of Judge T. H. Cam and
Judge R. R. George and the prom
ised indictment of others of promin-
ence in the city and county affairs,
have all furnished food for thought
for the quid nunc in carload lots for
the past week Mr. Pigott may have
left the city in the interests of the
grand jury, but his leaving kicked up
a storm of dissatisfaction among his
fellow workers and as result he will
simply have to serve out the remain
der of the term without being "the
man behind the gun
In deciding to indict Justices Cam
and George the grand jury is proceed
ing along the same line which
prompted it to indict Mayor Humes,
Chief Sullivan and eX-Prosecuting At
torney Walter S. Fulton. They have
all been charged with malfeasance in
office for not suppressing gambling
and other vices that were being openly
practiced in their bailiwicks of jus,
tice Whether it is the duty of Off
cials to directly proceed against evil
doers first or sit idly by and wait Tor
some private citizen to complain
against them is the much mooted ques'
ton of the hour In official circles the
actions of the grand jury is bitterly
opposed because the officials know
that if they proceed in such manner
they will greatly jeopardize their
chances of reelection, and that, to the
office seeker, is paramount to every
thing else Rumor, however, is to the
effect that some of the Office holders
even refused to go after the gambling
concerns in the city when appealed
to by the citizens and that accounts
for them being indicted when other
office holders were not.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

It is said Congressman jones will
be appointed to one of the vacant
places on the rivers and harbors COM
mittee in the next session of Con-
gress. This is a we'll deserved recog-
milton of the congressmans merit, and
will be of great benefit to the state.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27

Before the daily papers discovered
that one Mrs. Cora Turner, who
claims to have been assaulted by
Pullman porter, G. w. Robinson
discovered she had some colored
blood in her, an awful crime had been
committed, but it was nothing after
discovering that fact Mrs. Turner af-
ter all sowed to the wind and reaped a
whirlwind Had she stayed in ladys
pace, whether white or black, she
would never got her name in the pa
pers. She visited the resorts of the
town with Robinson and then went
alone in the wee sma' hours of the
morning with him to his car, stripped
and went to bed. Granted she was
assaulted, what more in heavens
name could she expect.
$1,264, 040.69 is not bad showing
for bank clearance increase, for last
week, over UH6 corresponding WSSh III
1902. Last year the weeks business
was $2,S25,250.85 This year they
were $4,OS9 ,291.54
1t may be worth something to a
steamboat to be able to say of it that
it is "the fastest" on it's run, but to
be able to say this does not justify
racing, as has been indulged in of
late by certain Seattle-Bremerton
steamers. That the collision between
the Athlon and Reliance last Satur-
day did not result disastrously is no
credit to the management of either
vessel. The public should show their
disapproval by boycotting both YES
sells until assured there will be no
more racing.
The Seattle Republican., 1903-03-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Aberdeen is after Carnegie library.
The population of China is placed
at 426.477.00O.