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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-05

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with privilege Of preparing meal,
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4.l2s
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MAD MARCH: The report Of the
New Mexico section Of the climate and
crop service for the month OF March
was issued yesterday. The monthly
mean temperature st the twenty.three
stations was 47.6 degrees or 81 de-
grees above the normal; the highest
was 81 degrees at Carlsbad; the low.
est Ave degrees at Winsors. The
greatest daily range was at Carlsbad,
80 degrees. The average monthly pre-.
~cipitation Of thirty stations was only
10 OF an inch or 80 Of an inch be-
low the normal. The greatest pre-.
cipitation occurred at Fort Wingate
LAO inches, while At twelve stations
no precipitation was recorded. Las
Vegas had q minimum temperature Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-05

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1909 9Th st. 4-130
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FOR SALE--5.room house with bath.
Call at 9l9 Second ST. Ella
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FOR RENT.-Two furnished rooms
1916 Third street. AS.
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FOR sALE-Three tent camp, fur.
nished beautifully. situated In can
yon on the Hot Sprins chr line. IN.
QuIre OF conductor. 5-12
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ATToRNEYA.

0sesos p. Money Attornsy.AtlaW
aau s1-asststans United etstss ~
1orpsy. Once IN Olnsy building. EAst
IAa Vegas, n. n.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
PARKER BARS PERSONALITIES.
Democratic Text Book Must Not Re-
fleet Upon the President.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE follow
ing letter concerning the Democratic
text book was made public by George
f. Parker, chief of the Democratic
literary department. tonight:
"ROSEMOUNT, n. Y, Sept IL
1904.-My Dear Mr.. Parker The
Times of this morning says that the
party text book is about prepared and
that it will go to the press in a few
days. Therefore / hasten to beg you
TO see to it that there is no word in
il that reflects upon the personal
honor and integrity of President
Roosevelt.
AN Evening Post editorial indicates
that but little care was taken in that
direction toward myself by the COM
piler of the Republican text book, but
let there be no rejoinder in kind or
otherwise.
Il feel that you need no reminder;
still my anxiety impels me to send this
caution. Very truly yours,
ALTON 3. PARKER"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
Personal.

Or. T. D. Blodgeu of Tulare is at
the Grand.
b. 4. Stelnman Of Sacramento is at
the Palace.
Asa Fisher, mining man of Grip
pie Greek. is al the 81. Francis.
ID. NJ Linnard. proprietor Of a no
tel at Pasadena, is at the st. Francis.
Senator James Young Of Baltimore
was among yesterdays arrivals at the
Palace.
c. c. Conway, vice president Of a
big piano lirln Of Chicago, arrived at
the Palace yesterday.
Dawson Mayer. a well known local
advertising agent. who has been Wis
ting the East, returned yesterday.
II. Richard Muckle. for nearly fifty
years connected with the Philadelphia
Ledger. arrived from the East last
night and is staying at the Palace.
Charles D. Holman. local superin-
tendent Of city agents of one of the
big insurance companies. leaves to-
morrow on a months visit TO New
York City.
r. A. Won Sandick Of The Hague,
who came to this country as COM
missioner 10 study American railways
and who has been making a tour Of
this State, returned yesterday and is
at the St. Francis.
Among the arrivals at the Occi-
dental yesterday was a party of mis-
sionaries. including DR.. and Mrs. Z.
A. Layton of Nankin. Miss Caroline
Z. Maddox Of Wuhu and Miss Lille
Ware of Shanghai. They are return
ing to China.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
SUES OUT WARRANTS
ON CHARGES OF LIBEL
rett to Be Prosecuted by Mae
stretti-Wyman Sues WheeIan.

stretti-Wyman Sues Wheelan.
Frank A. Maestretti, Commissioner
Of Public Works, accompanied by his
attorney, R. H. Countryman, appeared
before Police Judge Cabaniss yester-
day and swore to complaints charg-
ing NJ. H. de Young of the Chronicle
R. A Crothers of the Bulletin and
Thomas Garrett of the Post with
criminal libel. The alleged libel was
contained in the Chronicle and Post
Of September 10 and in the Bulletin
of September Is. Bail was fixed in
each case at S25 cash. The warrants
were served on De Young and Gar
rett, who each furnished bail. Croth-
ers was out of the city.
Charles Wyman, who was arrested
on complaint of Fairfax H. Wheelan
on a charge of ballot box stuffing in the
seventy third precinct at the primary
election, was served with a new warrant
yesterday and Immediately released
after being booked at the City Prison
on the bail bond he had already fur
nished. The new complaint had to be
sworn 70 because of a clerical error
in the one issued last Wednesday.
Late yesterday afternoon, through
Attorney Countryman. Charles Wy
man filed a suit for S250,O0O damages
against Fairfax II. Wheelan. In the
complaint Wyman alleges that Vince
lan's charge against him of illegal
voting was made in bad faith ana that
Wheelan acted with malice and op-
preston. To support this he says
that if Wheelan saw him voting the
name of another citizen. as was al
legged in the criminal proceedings, he
should then and there have called the
attention Of the election officers and
the police officers on duty. The
prosecution is alleged to be a part of
political plot to aid party factions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18

When doctors disagree, drink Gilt Edge
" hiskey and let them fight 1t out. Wichman,
Lutgen & Co 29-31 Battery St. S. F.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
EXCURSION TO BE GIVEN
TO AID POPULAR PRIEST
Friends of Rev. Peter c. Yorke VIII
Help Pay of the Debt on
ParochiaI School.

San Francisco friends of the Rev.
Peter c. Yorke will assist that popular
priest, now in charge of St. Anthony's
Church in Oakland, to pay off the
debt on his Darochial school. They
have chosen a bay excursion as an at
traction that should net good sum.
The excursion viii take place on Sat
urady afternoon, October s. The
steamer chartered for the occasion
will visit all points Of interest on the
bay.
The committee in charge is as fol-
lows: Lawrence z. Walsh, Peter j.
Curtis, Stephen V. Costello, George
Gallagher, James McElroy, Frank
brady, P. ]. Haggerty. Michael Casey,
T. J. Mellott. Timothy 1. O'Brien,
Fred Butt Joseph 1. Twohig, George
A. Connolly, Neal Power. John J..
Flynn, Captain John Seymour, James
B. Smith, James f. Gilmartin, P. F.
Mccarthy, Edward Scully. DR.. A.
Keenan,, Herbert Schmitz, Richard j.
WEIGH, a. Hanify, DR.. John Gallagher
and Frank 4. Costello.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
KNIGHT TALKS
TO CHICACOANS
Californian Assists in Open
ing the Republican Cam
paign in the Lake City
PLEASES HIS HEARERS
Clever Hits at the Demo-
cratic Party Arouse Much
Laughter and Applause

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE Republi-
can party of Chicago formally opened
the political campaign tonight with
a rally in the Auditorium under the
auspices of the Hamilton Club.
Senator Foraker of Ohio-was the
principal speaker of the evening and
his address provoked great en-
thuSiasm.
George A. Knight of San Francisco,
who seconded the nomination of Pres
ident Roosevelt in the Republican Ma
tional Convention, followed Senator
Foraker. Knight aroused much
laughter and applause by his clever
hits at the Democracy.
knights address was almost wholly
devoted to the Philippine question. He
quoted from Judge Parker's speech ac-
cepting the Democratic Presidential
nomination on this subject and an
swered the various arguments. He de-
MED that the administration had ever
intimated that the islands We're to be
kept permanently as American terri
tory, but he made an extended argu-
ment in favor of their retention as a
part of American territory. He cited
statistics to show that almost all the
people of the tropics are governed by
the nations of the temperate zone The
new policy of preferential duties be-
tween mother countries and colonies
which is being adopted by the Euro
pean nations would, the speaker de-
clared, soon place the United States at
q great disadvantage so far as the pur-
chase of tropical products is concerned
if the Philippines were given up. He
denied that the islands are being ex-
plotted by the Americans and declared
that, on the contrary, this Government
is expanding money in the development
of the country's resources and the edu-
cation of it's people.
so long" said he, ''as a great politi-
cal party in America continues harp
ing for our premature withdrawal from
those islands, so long will capital, to
any extent. refuse to go there; prosper
ity viii slumber and sooner or later
even the Government will languish-a
puny bankrupt. National greatness and
material progress go hand in hand. The
Filipinos themselves are beginning to
see that in order to place their country
in the list of modern states their ad-
vance in culture, education and science
of government must have for balance
corresponding degree of material pro-
gress. This requires capital and the
knowledge and experience to use it,"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18

The world is too busy to hand the
chronic grumbler what he deserves.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18

The most valuable ring in the world
is in possession of one of the Wander
bits. It is set with a diamond val
ued at $4,000 and many smaller
gems.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
EXPLOSION CAUSES FIRE
ON A TANK STEAMSHIP
Several Persons Arc Injured and En-
gineer of Vessel Receives Fatal
Burns.

PORTLAND. Or, Sept. 1.-THE
tank steamship George Loomis of
San Francisco is burning at Ports
mouth. a few miles down the william
cite River from this city, where the
immense storage tanks OF the Stand
ard Oil Company are located.
The engineer of the vessel received
injuries from which he will die. Sew
eral other persons on board are in
jured. From the meager particulars
received here II is supposed that the
fire was caused by an explosion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
OK ROAST AND PICNIC.
Novel Campaign Methods of Nebraska
FusiOnists.

LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 1.-THE
campaign of the Democrats and Popu-
lists of Nebraska, who have fused"
on State issues, was opened here to-
day with an OK roast and picnic at one
Of the parks. Several thousand per-
sons were fed, and George w. Berge,
fusion candidate for Governor, made
his first speech of the campaign. He
pledged himself against the free rail-
road pass system. against the MAIN
tenance of a lobby at the Capitol and
against the revenue law enacted by
the Republicans. Scarcely any refer
erce was made to national issues or
candidates.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18
BAZAAR OPENS UNDER
FAVORABLE AUSPICES
Fair for the Benefit of st. Paul's
Church Is Attended by a

The bazaar at St. Pauls Church.
Valley and Church streets, began last
night under the most favorable aus
pices. The interior Of the handsome
new edidce was decorated with flags.
pennants. streamers and a wealth of
evergreens and presented an attract
i've appearance. About the main body
OF the church were placed beautifully
decorated booths, presided over by
handsome matrons and pretty girls,
members OF the congregation.
Rev. Father n. D. Connolly opened
the bazaar in a few friendly words Of
welcome TO those present. Delightful
music was furnished by a string or
chestra. The bazaar viii continue
afternoon and evening for three
weeks. The proceeds are to be devot-
ed 10 finishing the interior Of the
church.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-18

TRAIN SERVICE.
Trains leave Third and Townsend streets at
1915 a. m. and 1 p. m. stopping at Twenty
fifth and Valencia streets five minutes later.
Returning after the last cauTse. San Mateo
electric cars every four minutes to park en-
trance direct.
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two Midshipmen stationed in the fighting
top of the vessel, who watched the splash
of the shots and guessed how close they
were to the target. Those guesses were
duly recorded upon blanks printed for the
purpose, and sent to Washington as part
Of the quarterly report Of the practise.
Fifty yards short, 10 yards to the right -
or good line shot, 80 yards over," are
familiar recollections to all those whose
active service is not less than 10 years old
Then the navy went to the other ex-
treme and gave values to fictitious shots
that is the shots which did not hit the
target at all, but which might have done
so had the target been the size Of bat
tleship. Elaborate ma athemat tical tables
were compiled, and diagrams of vertical
and horizontal planes constructed. and as
tOnishing values assigned to shots which
hit nothing except the ocean-aIl to make
up final merit" record of each gun-cap-
tain.
1t may be rmembered that, according to
the press accounts at the time, an old
condemned lightship was rigged as q tar
get and anchored off Gay Head. She pre-
sented an area of 800 square feet of can
vas and about one-third as much hull, or
total Of 200 square feet. At distance
Of 1000 yards and at n speed of II knots
one by one the ships of the North Atlantic
Squadron steamed past the target and
poured at the wooden hulk a hurricane of
shell. AT the beginning it looked easy to
hit, because the target was so big that,
when the flagship started across the line,
there was not a little grumbling on the
other ships that there would be nothing
left for them. Four ships in succession.
however, passed and fired their heavy
guns, without doing material damage.
Then the range was closed to 1900 yards
and the 6-inch guns and the rapid-firers
began to play upon it, with the results
scarcely more appreciable. And yet the
guns crews of all the ships had been con-
stantly, faithfully, and conscientiously
trained and instructed. We had simply
been working in the wrong direction.
In the Winter of 1902-O3. off Pensac cola.
the battleship squadron, firing at a target
of one-third the area Of the lightship.
made record that astonished the whole
service. With 13-inch guns the smallest
per cent. made was 40. while the greatest
was Is, or 1S hits out of a. The S-inch
guns scored 53 per cent. Of hits, and the
(rinch guns 81 per cent. On one ship the
G-pounders scored 149 hits out Of 24O, or
more than 62 per cent.
In September, 1903, at the new range at
Martha's Vineyard Island, some excellent
scores were made. One turret of the Ala
bama made 15 hits out Of 16 shots, or 90. Z
per cent; but more remarkable still was
The National tribune., 1904-07-07

left flank This it has succeeded in doing.
If Gen. Kuropatkin had any instincts of a
General, he would have massed his whole
force and crushed one after another of
these columns. The entire front of the
japanese was stretched out over distance
of from $50 to $50 miles. with mountains
intervening between the detachments, and
Offering unsurpassed opportunities for such
q blow. Instead, Gen. kuropatkin leaves
his outposts to be driven in one after an
other and the enemy to get positions upon
his flank, which greatly endangers him. He
therefore withdraws with all haste. With
reference to his last rapid retreat the dis
patches from st. Petersburg say very in
nocently:
"This move gives the Russians the adj
vantage OF being nearer their base of sup
plies. and places the Japanese at the disad-
vantage of having longer lines of commu-
nication."
This seems to have just occurred to them.
This retreat allows the three columns TO
come together in overwhelming masses. If
Kuropatkin could not defeat one of these
or even the detachments of one of them,
what hope will he have for battle with the
combined forces?
Therefore, to talk of a great decisive en-
counter to save Mukden and throw the
japanese back, seems utter nonsense. kuro-
patkin will probably continue to retreat
until the Japanese line becomes stretched
out so long that there will be difficulty in
supplying their armies. In the meanwhile
they will have taken Newchwang, and
probably Mukden.
The rainy season will soon be at hand
when operations will be exceedingly diff
cult. and probably the campaign will come
to an end with the Japanese occupying the
greater part of southern Manchuria, and
the Russians holding the line of the Sun
z4ri
The National tribune., 1904-07-07
RAID FROM VLADIVOSTOK.
Russian Warships Make Another Sortie With
Insignificant Results

Apparently the Commander at Vladivos-
tok sees the necessity of doing something
TO keep up the appearance of fighting on the
Russian side, and June 80 three Russian
cruisers and nine torpedo boats from that
port appeared off Gensan, port in Korea
fired a number of shells into the settlement
and destroyed little japanese merchant
man and a small coast vessel. Outside the
destruction of the shipping there was lit
tie damage done, and the only purpose of
the exhibition seems to have been to give
the japanese a feeling Of uneasiness as to
their transports. Apparently the squadron
made good its retreat to Vladivostok, and
it is expected that this will be its last
appearance in the open sea, since the
Japanese fleet off Port Arthur is now in
position. or soon will be, to give full at
tention to it.
The National tribune., 1904-07-07

The circuit may be broken shore at will, TO
allow friendly ships TO pass In safety; but when the
rcnit Is closed, collision with the mine determines Its
explosion.
lIatsuse-if they were mines-were evil
IDENTIFY of the contact type, and exploded
as soon as they were struck. The mine
if it was such-which blew up the petro-
pavlOvsk was anchored in place, probably,
by one of the japanese torpedo boats. If
the Iatsuse was destroyed by a floating
mine 40 miles from land" it is safe to
conclude that that mine was not anchored
where it did it's fatal work, but was one
which had broken adrift from its moorings.
Hence it is as likely to have been of Japa-
nese as of Russian origin.
Where buOyant mines are moored in a
tideway the force of heavy gale, united
to that of an unusual tide, may tear them
from their anchors, and in such case there
is no telling where they may 60. But no
mines are purposely set afioat to drift
about aimlessly. They would be as dan
gerous to friend as to enemy, and the sug-
gestion that the Russians intentionally
filled the waters around Port Arthur with
loose torpedoes" is altogether absurd. There
has been very severe weather along the
Asiatic coast since the attack on Port
Arthur began, and if mines have been found
far at sea, it is only reasonable to sup
pose that they were originally in the har-
Dor channels and became swept away. The
bay of New York was thickly planted with
similar mines during the Spanish war, and
several of them, which were detached by
stOrmAo or broken loose by tugs running into
them (while unprimed, of course, other
wise the tugs would have vanished). went
out into the ocean. Some were found as
far north as the coast Of Maine, and 9TH
ers may be floating about yet.
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INVESTMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.

The japanese Push Their Lines Much Nearer.
On the afternoon of June 26 the JaHa-
nese attacked some of the outlying works
ON the extreme east OF Port Arthur, and
after an all-day's fight succeeded in car
rying what are described as three forts, but
which can not have been more than out
works. This view is confirmed by the
smallness of the losses and the small cap
ture of guns and ammunition. The Japa-
nese report but two guns captured, with
40 Russians dead, and loss of three Off
GERS and 100 men killed or wounded in the
attacking force. The probability is that
this was one of the customary operations
in the beginning of a siege in the investing
army feeling for position and taking the
outlying defenses. AS the places captured
are reported to be on the extreme south
east of Port Arthur, it may be that the
object was for the investing army to get
better access to the sea for supplies, etc,
and probably to get the assistance of the
navy, though the warships do not seem to
have participated in the battle. OF course,
the correspondents describe the fight as
fierce" which is not supported by the
number of casualties. Probably the can
nonading was exceedingly noisy.
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TRARNRf GUNNERS I'm THE u. S. NAVY.
Our Battess Breaking All Records in Shooting at Target
Gun-PontasSeiected After Rigid TiaA Foreign Experiment
in Shooting n Battleshp-The Value of Target Practice
BysllEUTENANT. COMMANDER ALBERT GLEAVES,
Commanding u. s. s. MaUaOaccr.

annual competition, those who qualify re-
ceive extra pay for two years. The high
est rate of pay for turret-captain IS $40,
and President Roosevelt has ordered that
| the turret gun-pointers Of the frst-class
shall receive $40 a month extra, and that
the pointers of smaller guns shall receive
s. to $S month extra, according to the
class of gun and the qualification they
achieve.
Besides these advantages of pay, rank,
and position which are open to every enlist
ed man of the navy, cash prizes are offered
by the Navy Department for the best rec
ords. and to meet this expense Congress
land appropriates $4,000 for prizes, and
in 1900 Germany's budget included an item
Of SS42.WO for ammunition, target pra actise
and prizes, which was an increase of ST.,
Goo over the previous year. The prizes
in our navy are so distributed that almost
every man who can shoot at all may win
something. There are three prizes for
each class Of guns in each ship. Hand
some trophies are presented to the ships
having the highest final score of their
class. They retain these until they are
beaten at subsequent annual practise.
The honor Of carrying these trophies is
| more eagerly contested for than all the
money prizes put together.
For so years, and until two years ago,
the standard navy great gun-.arget was Il
triangular sail, 10 feet high and 10 feet
wide at its base, with buil's-eye painted
in the center This was hosted on a float
ing platform. At a distance Of 1000
yards, such a target presented a very small
| surface, and whenever shot struck it
the most cOnceited gun-captain, however
he might boast of his prowess to his
mates, felt in his heart that the hit was
simply an accident. The recorders were