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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
cuton Open Again.

The Ogden.Lucin cutoff. eliminating
las miles Of the main line Of the
Southern Pacific over Promontory
mountain, and shortening the road
tortythree miles, is opened to regular
trafic. The first train to cross the
Great Salt Lake was composed Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
70 America For $16.

The westbound steerage rate war,
predicted recently because OF the es-
tablishment by a German company OF
a new line between New York and
Scandinavian ports, is aow practically
in effect and a minimum rate Of sly
has been announced by the German
company. A further reduction Of 81
can be obtained by passengers willing
to take passage by way Of Hamburg.
Thus far the rate maintained by the
English companies has been $3.50.
-Four companies are directly interested
iii the matter, and sharp retaliation Y
looked for. Inauguration OF a steam
er service between New York and
Mediterranean ports BY an English
company was the original eau Of
the trouble.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
EnoIishmen Hostile.

The Grand Trunk railroad share.
holders at a meeting ratified the
agreement with the Canadian govern.
ment for the construction Of the
Grand Trunk line 70 the Pacific. The
decision was reached only after a
prolonged discussion. The meeting
was packed and at one stage Of the
proceedings the tone was u%nmistakab'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
Santa Fe Obtaining Coal.

The Santa Fe is buying up large
quantities Of coal oand setting i on
sidings and wherever else it can be
stored. The sidings at Edmond. Guth-
rie and all along the line are filled
with ear loads Of coal. Thirty-fye
ears of South McAlister and seven
teen cars Of TT. Smith and Western
coal have been received here for the
santa Fe and nine large a load OF
coal from the Midland Valley nave ar-
rived for the Denver, Enid and Gun
railroad, and have been placed on the
Santa Fe siding. The fact that the
railroad companies are buying up such
large quantities Of coal Is a~ttractins
general attention and causes many &c
fear that the railroads are expecting
and preparing for a shortage OF coal
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12

Between two evils choose neithe,
Between two goods choose bctb.--Ed
wards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
.:y Buys Cars.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
management has awarded to the Pull
man company a contract for the cor
struction Of 1000 coal cars, involving
an outlay Of over a million dollars.
The cars win Be delivered to the Katy
II the rate Of 500 cars per month dur,
ing the coming summer and they will
Ne used on the lines in the territories
where new coal fields are developing
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
New Southern Pacific Engines.

E
J.. Kruttschmitt, fourth vice pres
ident and general manager OF the
Southern Pacific. said that his com
pany was beginning to receive forty
new freight engines Of the compound
consolidation type, which probably
are the largest in general use in the
country. The engines weigh $4,000
pounds on the drivers, the engine
proper 2l6,OOO pounds, and the engine
and tender, in working order, ITS tons.
The Santa Fe decapods, used solely
in the mountain division. weigh more,
but the Southern Pacific engines are
intended for general use. In addition
to these the company is receiving
twenty-eight new prairie type engines
for passenger service which weigh
pretty nearly as much as the freight
| engines, and are said to be larger than
any now in use. They weigh 10000
pounds on the drivers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
aThe White River country

1.-THE White River Country
The Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tain routes are issuing a book en-
titled ..The White River Country a
description of the country through
Arkansas along the White river
which is now being brought into civil
lization. The main theme Of the book
is the lead and zinc products which
are there in abundance, and also the
facilities for raising fruit OF various
kinds. The mineral products are OF q
good quality and in some places the
two minerals are found close togeth'
er, and in such quantities that some
Chicago magnates are sinking money
as well as drills into the earth. In
some places the ore lies so near the
surface OF the earth that the mine can
be easily drained and the pay mineral
reached by a little removing Of the
earth above II. The book is profusely
illustrated and the views are fine. be
ing reproduced on plate paper.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12

The Wrecker returned 70 the yards
yesterday from Sands where It OIL
ciatei in getting some cars back On
the track and in picking up sueh
fragments as couldn't be got back
Eight lars were ditched there Thurs
day by a broken fiange on M Of the
cars. Considerable damage was done
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12
TRACK IAND TRAIN.

Emil Tschann has been engaged 20
take the place Of Geo. Daub. truckman.
resigned.
engine 92S has been made an oil
burner and in Q few days will be sem
west for service.
II is expected that the new turn
table will be in place and operating
by the 22d Of this month.
Geo, Daub. a truckman, has resigned
lis position at the local shops. He
has made his plans for q move g
Strong City, Kans.
hudson smith. who has just com
nleted his apprenticeship IN the rail,
road shops at Ration, left for Texas,
being accompanied by ct. Reed.
Engine 926, one Of the baby ele.
INFANTS. will be sent to Ration for work.
The present facilities Of the shops are
not suficient for heavy repairs.
Three trains have been lost for two
weeks on the "JaWbone' road in cen
trail Montana. Gangs Of men witt
snow plows are trying to reach them
Engine % is standing patiently 81
the tracks outside the shops with hel
low pressure piston head broken. Shs
will be on the hospital list until abou'
the 18th.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12

The division foreman is evidently
going to have a garden to please his
eve this summer. The plat in front
81 the ONCE has received q Goa y
IL rich earth and the gardner will
soon get to work upon II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-12

Railway mail service was estap-
lished on March 5 from Springer to
Roy, via the Santa re ana DAWSON
railway. This will abolish the over
land star route.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
No Comparison.

When Surveyor General Peterson
called R. G.. Dunn "the Roosevelt OF
Minnesota the other night during his
debate with John Lind, the great audi
ence voiced it's dissent with no uncer-
tain sound. e..l ".
The temper of that assembly was
good index Of the feeling Of the people
Of Minnesota as they approach election
day. The attempts of campaign speak
ers to couple the names of Roosevelt
and Dunn have fallen fiat. Even the
friends Of Dunn know what a vast gulf
there is between the two men.
The Roosevelt sentiment Of the state
is stronger than the republican party
The Independent, thinking voters OF
the state will vote for Roosevelt, and
his majority in Minnesota will range
from seventy-fve thousand to one hun
dred thousand. They are not going to
vote for Roosevelt because he is re-
publican. They do not have to- be
drummed into line for him by the cam
paign orators. There is no cracking OF
the party lash in his behalf. He needs
no defense and no certificates of char
acter before the people Of Minnesota
The vast majority Of the voters have
made up their minds to vote for Roose
welt, and they know the reasons why
They will vote for Roosevelt:
Because he stands for the highes
type of American citizenship.
Because in his life and character h
is a shining example and an inspiration
to the young men Of America.
Because his official record bears NJ
stain, and his public acts require NJ
apology.
Because he means what he says, an
sticks to it.
Because he is independent Of corpora
ton influence, and lent the power of tn
national government to break up tn
unlawful railroad merger.
Because the people know him to b
"square' and aboveboard in all things
public and private, scorning all trick
and double dealing.
These are good reasons-enough t
justify any citizen in casting his vot
for Theodore Roosevelt.
How many Of these things can be sal
about the republican nominee for gov
ernor?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
of generosity that restored his faith even
before the mending of his spectacles re-

of generosity that restored his faith even
before the mending of his spectacles re-
stored his normal vision.
A harder, more unsympathetic tone
could scarcely be imagined than that Mr..
Walker used in his representation of
Gregory, but his art was revealed when
his adamantine hardness gave way thru
love for the son he had so hardly used
land thru sympathy for his soft-hearted
brother. His acting was clear-cut, forclble
and discriminating. The part might easily
have been overdone, but it was instead a
rugged and faithful delineation.
AS Percy, Goldfnch's son, Horace G..
Reed ably seconded DR.. Burton in giving
atmosphere to the Goldfnch home, while
George Tyler, as Joyce the butler, entered
into the benevolent spirit of the house
hold Sincerity was the note of Dana
Easton's portrayal of Lorrimer, the friend.
Nathan Blackburn as Dick son of the rich
niggard, won the sympathies of the audi
ence. John w. Stradley and Stuart M.
Thompson did well in the character roles
of shoemakers.
were not large and were met satisfac-
| torily. Miss Sara Preston had sweet
seriousness and charming dignity as the
devoted wife of Goldfnch. Miss katherine
Watterworth invested the girlish part OF
Katherine Lorrimer with charm that
was not mere beauty. Miss Rose Marie
| Schaller did all that was required of a
well-trained parlor maid. ~.
The performance was thoroly creditable
| to the club and was enjoyed by large
| audience. The play was put on under
the direction of Charles M. Holt and DR.
| Burton. s.,-:- r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
A Problem.

Mr.. Dunn offers the public a prob
lem which nobody seems to have been
able to solve up to this writing.
He says the corporations are fighting
him. -"
And yet he has been able to unite
Mr.. Lowry and Mr.. Hill in expressions
of hope that he will be elected.
Mr.. Hills attitude was stated by
Mr.. Dunn himself prior to the conven-
ton. He said that he met Mr.. Hill on
the street in st. Paul, April II, and that
in the course of the conversation Mr.
Hill said to him: "Well, Bob, I IN out
Of politics now, but you have my best
wishes.'' -
Mr.. Lowry was quoted in support OF
Dunn in the Minneapolis Tribune OF
Friday, Nov. 4. G.. --....5
That's the first time Mr.. Lowry and
Mr.. Hill have been known to get to
gether on any proposition of public in
terest for some time. $685..
This coincidence is supposed to show
that the corporations are fighting Dunn
How does that follow?
Well, that s the problem.
| Bob ought to offer prize. ~ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
Farms Where Forests Waved.

Nature abhors vacuum. Neither
can the thrifty husbandman endure to
see broad townships of fertile soil lying
idle. So it is that some progressive
business men are making a thoro and
successful campaign to fill the former
timbered sections Of northern Mime
sofa with productive farms.
Success attends their efforts because
in that section are still to be found
cheap lands. The tide Of settlement
has largely swept past northern Min
nesota, to find land with blacker soil
and less effort necessary to make it
productive. Now that the prairie land
is filling up and prices advancing, the
homeseekers are beginning to turn to
the former timber tracts. There is
nothing the matter with them but
stumps, and up-to-date farming can
soon rid the land Of that obstacle
When once cleared, the cut-over lands
make good farms. For example, look
at some of the older settled sections
Of Isanti, Pine, Kanabec, Morrison and
Crow Wing counties. They do not
claim to be prime wheat land, or to
raise great crops Of corn, but they
raise the finest potatoes in the world
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

Doubles Trade Lives In 1.-THE Masquer-
ader,' Story OF Unusual Interest,"
1T couldn't be-" could it?" inquired one
who has an unwarranted habit of re-
garding The Uneasy Chair as an umpire
to which should be referred all puzzling
questions. The question related to The
Masquerader, by Katherine Cecil Thur
ston, story much talked about, in which
doubles trade lives. One who is a mem
Der of parliament and addicted to NOR
phia sinks out Of sight, and the other, who
is a nonentity in the world of affairs but
of sound mind and fairly healthy morals,
rises suddenly to a distinction emitting
him to enrolment among the eminents.
"Well,' began The Chair in its most
judicial manner, I'm not ready to say
1t couldn't be, In world Of men in which
so many strange things are which &C.
cording to my notions ought to be inpos-
sible. But I am compelled to admit that
the improbability of the possibility Of the
thing robs the story of some of it's in.
terest. 1t is well done, but not quite well
enough to let you forget the unlikelihoo6
Of it all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
z: G. DJLNWS OFFICIAL 8 RECORD


Before his election as auditor, Mr..
Dunn made bitter fight on his prede-
cessor, Adolph 'Biermann, and promised, If
elected, to reform the office, and run it
according to law. !
Mr.. Dunn took office at the time of the
pine land investigation, and acted under
the light of their report. There were
hundreds Of permits to cut state timber
still in force when he became auditor
He announced that many were fraudulent
and would be Cancelled. The records do
not show cancellations, except as to one or
two minor cases. They do show, from the
reports of the state cruisers, that great
quantities of timber were found to be
cut which had not been paid for They
do not show any money paid in on these
old permits, or any effort to collect or to
close them up. They show that in many
cases Mr.. Dunn issued new permits to cut
what timber was left, altho he had not
collected for what disappeared.
The old permits were not outlawed when
the losses were reported The law made
the permit holders responsible for the tim
Der, whether they cut 1t or not. They
should have been forced to pay. Mr..
Dunn's. failure to hold them accountable
has cost the state thousands Of dollars.
The first winter Mr. Dunn was In Of
flee the legislature passed a new law to
regulate state timber sales. The law was
drawn by the pine land investigating COM
mittee to guard the states land and tim
Der interests. Every provision Of this
law was drawn to prevent such abuses
and waste of state timber as MIR. Dunn
had criticised in Auditor Biermann.
The records show that Mr.. Dunn d1sre-
garded some of the most important pro-
visions of this law, and left loopholes for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05

, great loss to the states school fund.
Out Of 313 permits to cut timber, issued
by Mr.. Dunn 2S6 were not recorded with
the surveyor general until after the first
logging season. Eight of them were never
SO recorded
To enable the state to follow and scale
the logs, a separate log mark was re-
quired for each permit OF the 313 per-
mits, 143 do not show any log mark for
the first year. IT'S do not show any for
the second year. and 1879 do not show any
log mark for either year. Large amounts
Of timber were cut under these permits,
but under the law they were void because
Of failure to record the necessary log
mark.
The law requires a bond from each
holder Of a permit. No member Of the
firm or corporation holding the permit
may be accepted as surety on the bond.
Yet there are sixty nine permits on record
wherein some member Of the firm or cor
poration appears as a surety. These de-
| fective bonds amount to 100000. Permits
can be extended to three years. Mr..
Dunn habitually extended permits without
the consent Of the bondsmen, end so re-
| lieved the bondsmen Of all liability to the
state.
| The law permits timber In lots esti-
mated less than 100000 feet to be sold at
cash sale, without any scale OF the logs
cut. In forty-five cases Mr.. Dunn vio-
lated the law by selling for cash where
the estimates were over 100000 feet
Cruisers estimates are always low, and
often the scale shows twice as much
timber cut as the estimate. If this held
| true in the forty-fve cases where the law
was violated, the state in those cases lost
large sums of money by Mr.. Dunn's dis
regard Of the law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
AS a result Kentucky would have been
a free state, Tennessee would have been

AS result Kentucky would have been
a free state, Tennessee would have been
free state, Alabama and Missis-
sippi would have been free states, and
slavery would have been hedged in and
confined to the six original states where
it existed. Without the demand for
more territory for the extension Of
slavery, there would have been no Mexi-
can war, and there would have been no
quarrel over the fugitive slave law in
1860. Finally there would have been
no secession and no War Of the Rebel
lion, for there would have been no
slavery as the primal cause.
After making this remarkable state
ment, Mr.. Hepburn said: s'sI have
sometimes thought that if that New
Jersey man could see what came of his
failure to be in his place and perform
his duty, even the joys of heaven could
not keep his soul from shriveling under
the influence of unquenchable remorse. =
We are face to face, in this city and
state, with two contests that may be
close-the contests over the governor
| 8
ship and the mayoralty. 1t makes g
good deal of difference to the state Of
Minnesota and the city Of Minneapolis
how these contests are decided. Either
one of them may depend upon a single
vote. At any rate, no man has righ1
to decide that it will not, and no on,
has right to ignore his own RESPONSE
bilities in this connection. He has NJ
right to assume that other men will
faithfully discharge duties which he il
too selfish or Indifferent or indolent t,
perform himself. The franchise i'm
poses solemn obligation. Happily
men are coming more and more general
ly to recognize this fact. It is NJ
longer respectable to dodge the voter
. duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
AT THE THEATERS
Lyceum-UniversIty Dramatic Club In "a
Pair Of SpectacIes."

Lyceum-Universlty Dramatic Club In "a
Pair OF SpectacIes."
IA Pair Of Spectacles is a play well
suited for amateur performance provided
two capable men can be found
to fill the sharply contrasted
roles Of the benevolent Ben
jamin Goldfnch and his penurious and
hard hearted brother. Gregory. The Uni
versity Dramatic club presented the play
last night at the Lyceum theater and was
fortunate in having for these parts DR..
Richard Burton and George Walker, re-
spectively, and the honors Of the occasion
were divided between them.
DR.. Burton was well suited to portray
the character of a man having unbounded
faith in human nature and generous inn
pulses to help everyone in need. The ac-
ton turns on the temporary poisoning Of
his mind by his brothers. distrust of
every one, aided by the circumstance Of
his having borrowed his brothers glasses.
While he wore the glasses. he concluded
he could trust no one, a single suspicion
leading to a chain that involved trades
men, servants, wife and friends. Each in
turn repaid his suspicious by some act
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
Sunday is roorbach day. Watch {
Business and Politics.

Speculative sentiment has been turn
ing towards conservatism this week,
the principal evidence of this being
found in Wall street, where. with the
bull market still on and the trend of
prices upward, there is disposition
shown to 60 little slower until after
the election. Three influences bore
heavily upon the securities market at
intervals thru the week-a war scare,
an election scare, and the shipment
abroad of considerable sum in gold.
All had effect, but declines were tenn
porary, and on the recoveries new high
points were recorded in some issues.
At the moment it is impossible to weak
en- prices materially in the stock mar
ket by ordinary bear. influences, and
there has developed an extraordinary
degree Of underlying strength. This is
due to the fact that it is an election
market; that continuance in office of
the present administration would be
considered by the country at large as
assuring uninterrupted commercial and
industrial activity, which would find
reflection in the financial center, and
since sentiment in Wall street is domi-
mated by the conviction that the repub-
lican party will be returned to power
there is general belief in higher prices
yet to come.
In such frame of mind, the street
was not to be thrown into panic by the
incorporation rumors that scarce
London so badly, or by the shipments
of gold, even tho the movement rar
to the considerable total of $5,200,O00
The third incident, the circulation
of rumors to the effect that the polit
ical outlook in New York had turned
shade better for the democracy, ha6
more lasting effect. 1t created a feel
ing of hesitancy, not serious enough
to lessen confidence, but just enough
to make the pace trife slower.
Wall street remembers that fou
years ago the great rise came afte,
Mr.. McKinley's election, and, partly
on the increasing prosperity of thu
country, but even more largely, per
haps, on the theory that history re
peats itself, is now looking forward t.
great burst of activity after Roose
welt s triumph.
The ante-election size-up four year
ago showed scarcely a prospect TO
Bryan, and McKinley's reelection wa
as much certainty as anything as we
unacc omplished could possibly hav
been.
This time the street believes Roose
welt s election assured, but is hesitan
over the fact that Parker's chance
now are greater than were Bryan :
and there is just a bare possibility tina
he may be elected.
The country would not go to smas
even in that case, but it is not to b
doubted that, with new, untried mar
representing widely variant factions
and a party but recently divorced fror
great financial heresy, and noted fo
it's negative qualities rather than flo
constructiveness, there might be som
degree of business hesitation, at leas
until the business world had opport,
nifty to see how financial affairs woul
be handled by the new administration.
| This is the kind of weather they ha,
, near the close Of novels, when the he,
first kisses the heroine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05

There is no better land for clover and
grasses, and the farmers looking for
lots of room for cattle can find it in
the northern sections. Sturdy pioneers,
with faith in the soil, are already max
ing good livings, and more are coming.
The forests are gone, or fast going.
The thinnest land will be kept for re-
forestation, but there are great tracts
Of former pine land which will present
changed spectacle in another genera
ton. Prosperous homes, waving fields
and cattle on thousand hills will be
seen where a few years ago monarch
pines hid the sunlight from the ground.