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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08
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SpIendid Backing Colorado Was Preparing To Give
Las Vegas Carnival. Col. TwifcheN Boosts
ForAlbuquerque

Col. r. Z. Twitchell was seen at
his residence today, where ne has
been confined since day before yes
terday with very severe attack of
neuralgia.
The colonel and Mr.. A. b. McGaf-
fey, of Albuquerque, left Las Vegas
a week ago Last Wednesday for the
purpose of attending the Colorado
state fair at Pueblo.
"On arriving at Pueblo on Thursday" )"
said Col. Twitchell, "the weather
conditions We're such that Pueblo Day
had to be postponed till the day fol-
lowing, but the time was most profit
ably spent in interviewing the var
ious horsemen in attendance on the
meet. Fifty-six entries were sec,lr-
ed for the Las Vegas meet and every.
thing portended a most successful op-
ening of Gallinas Park to the horse
men of the west. In truth, the CALI
mas Park race course has reputation
already not possessed by tracks in
existence for over twenty years. |
also secured without cost to Las Ve-
gas the big International Orien.al
Shows which were going to the Al
buquerque Fair; a large glass blow
err outfit of a dozen or fifteen ,,e,.
pie and several 'ler side shows If
the carnival variety
These features a.e seeming.v so.
essary to MAKE az entertainment sue.
cessful In the eyes cf the people.
"The most conservative estimate
made by Mr.. Nc. ifey and myself:
was that we WIN! have had il ,-as
Vegas more than 400 people from
Denver and Puel el,n
"On Friday afternoon, while out at
the track, we hHi"l the frs news
of the awful f'oGi Al trinidad We
did not know t., t..e full ext .nt !.
the calamity which lad overtaken us
The following morning we wen. to
Denver where we saw a number of
horsemen who We're also coming, but
it was not until Sunday morning that
we were advised of the awful destruc-
ton of property in Shoemaker can
yon as well as here in Las Vegas.
OF course ! Immediately cancelled all
contracts by wire.
"The Pueblo Chieftain gave Mr..
McGaffey and myself three columns
of an interview covering items of in
terest in Las Vegas and albuquerque.
The Denver papers, also. were very
lavish in their praises of the efforts
being made in New Mexico along the
lines we represented. While in Dem
yer We put up at the Albany hotel,
which has been newly furnished and
remodeled throughout. The proprie-
tors. Messrs Maher and Dutton did
everything in their power TO make
our stay agreeable. New Mexicans
ehould make the Albany their home
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08

wife and three children, A. +. Edger.
London, England, Z. Gurtner, F. Curt.
A. p. Carson, wife and daughter, H.
ID. Stevens. VIM. Miller, (colored)
]. E. Jewett, California, Paul Kohl,
Berlin, Germany, William J. Kirchyes.
uer, Buffalo, A. Newman, Missouri,
Katie OMalley. Kansas, Stephen
OStarkson, Minnesota, A. r. Kiley.
Texas. Martin Sampson, Buffalo,
Frederick Rice, New York. Leaah M.
Seibley, Michigan, H. NJ. Warner.
Faith S. Warner, Wisconsin. Arthur
Cooper New York, Mrs. Fred Hare.
Mesilla Park, N. NJ, Miss Dorothy
Burns. Sacramento, Calf, J. r. Lees
Denver, Miss Irene Burns. Sacramen.
to, California. DOC" Middleton. Den
yer, Miss Catherine II. Atherton, NE.
vada," Mrs. James Kuhn and two
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
IN MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON. Oct. Gov. Bates,
Lieut.. Governor, Curtis Guild, Jr,
Henry r. Turner of Maiden for audi
tor and Herbert Parker, for attorney
general, were renominated by accia-
nation.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08
MONTANA LABOR MEN
ENDORSE DEMOCRATS,

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Chairman
Taggart of the democratic national
committee received dispatch from
Montana today stating that labor or
ganizations of that state had en-
dorsed the Parker and Davis electo-
raj vote of Montana for democratic
ticket.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08

Droper, B. Baca, Charles Mccoy, Ar
thur Nj. Loomis, w. Y. Dressler, An
ton Stroud. Mr.. and Mis-. u. T. Ger
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08

Ilfeld's ad. and Economy Page
strong combination. Read it.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-08
LADY CURZON
REPORTED BETTER.

WALMER CASTLE, Oct. S.-The
third London specialist arrived at
Walmer Castle this morning. Lady
Curzon is reported better.
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RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND.
an.r,ted Under a variety of Condi-
tIOns-Compared with Amer
lean systems.

It is not easy for an American railroad
man TO conceive Of the conditions exist
ing in the British islands. English rail-
way syg.ems total only $4,000 miles. yet
this comparatively small mileage is the
property Of 230 companies, more man
half Of which have their separate ad-
ministration and executive, states a
railway journal. The others are
LEASED and worked lines Alloting an
average OF eight directors apiece I each
Of the Y. independent companies 'he
English railways support 900 directors
whose fee can hardly be less than $I'-oo
a year each.
The railroads Of India cover about
$4,000 square miles. Yet Thomas BOD
Crtsun. the expert, whose recently re-
ported 10 the British government on IN
dian railway administration, says that
the task Of supervising the lines OF that
vast country might safely be intrusted
TO a board of three qualified men, as
sisted by a secretary. a chief inspector
and a number of inspectors, Three ez-
norris with q small staff are considered
by Mr.. Robertson capable OF perform
ing the duties Of about the same char-
acter as those for which in England are
employed 1000 amateur directors, with
their secretaries and assistant secre-
taries. accountants, auditors, clerks
messengers, etc.
If only the sum Of 81 $50 900 paid away
annually in fees 10 railway directors
were available for a centralized railway
board. it would be possible to attract the
abIest men by offering the la~rgestknoWn
salaries and yet make a saving.
Thesavingb by Standardization" is also
TO be considered, The Hartman roads,
1000 miles. are to unity their maehln-
cry SO that all parts" Of rolling stock
shall be interchangeable,
The consolidation of American ROADS
has gone much farther than in Britain.
The Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania sys-
TENS contain about 10000 miles each
either one of them nearly equaling the
% geo miles Of all England, And though
the Individual roads in these systems
have in some cases their separate boards,
these usually consist of practically the
same men. Many important lines are
also LEASED and worked" Against the
900 systems of 1000 miles-less than
100 miles to a lineLin England the Van
derbilt and Pennsylvania systems in
clude together less than 20 component
lines, or an average of more than 2,O0C
miles a line. The longest single line IN
the United States, the Southern Pacific
has over $500 miles Of track.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
M OUT A
Island of Brioni, belonging
10 AuStrin.

Austria has along its Adriatic shores
a stretch of warm, marshy lands infest-
ed with malaria. The result is, reports
the New York Sun, that this coast is not
so densely peopled as the inland regions,
though its fishing and other industries
should attract a large population.
About two years ago DR.. Koch, whose
investigations In Africa had convinced
him that malaria might be overcome
expressed tho opinion that the unhealth-
full conditions on the AdTiatic seaboard
could be removed. If there was an OPP
p%ortunity to make the experiment un-
der the best conditions he would be glad
to do so.
He desired to test the matter at n
place so isolated that it could not be
invaded by swarms of the species of
mosquito which conveys the microbe
of malaria, and communicates it to per-
sons by its sting, The low-lying island
of BriOni. about four miles off the coast
of the Istrian peninsula, 60 miles south
of Trieste, was we'll situated for his
work.
1t is so far from the mainland that the
mosquito, which cannot fly a great dis
lance. is unable to reach it, unless taken
over on boats. DR.. Koch would have to
fight the insect only as it is bred in the
swamps of Brioni.
He was told to go ahead, and funds
were supplied for the work. He laid out
the plan of campaign and employed Prof
Frosch and DR.. Blundau, of Berlin, tc
execute Il.
His scheme included both the treat
ment of the sick and the determination
of the cause Of malaria. All patients
were treated at public expense. AforCt
of workmen was employed to drain thu
swamps. The island was placed unde,
thorough sanitary control, and ever.
mudhole or water receptacle that nigh
serve as a breeding place received at
tention.
The work has met with remarkahl
success, To all appearances Brioni /
now entirely free from malaria.
This result has led the Austrian gov
eminent to begin an attempt to exter
inmate malaria on the coast of lstrif
Three stations have been established
and a sufficient force to carry out d.
Koch's methods has been employed.
If the work of these stations is sue
cessful, other stations will be establishe
in all parts of lstria and Dalmatia whic
are infested with malarial diseases.
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ENOUGH.
He WAS No SVEN In Appearance, Bu,
lie Had the Price of the
Town.

A contractor who was successful in
getting a contract for a drainage scheme
for a certain town was asked to meet
the authorities, bringing with him his
"cautioner," or guarantee man. He
did so, relates an exchange.
The cautioner, who vas a very
wealthy man, but never over well
dressed, was unknown to any of the au-
thorities,
When the contractor appeared, the
chairman asked If he had brought with
him his cautioner.
He answered.
There he is," pointing to his shah
blly-dressed friend.
The chairman said:
"Of course. Mr.. Blank. we require a
mar Of some standing and substantially
TO guarantee the performance of this
work" meaning thereby that the pro.
posed man did not look this.
On hearing this disparaging remark
the millionaire at once stepped forward
and said TO the meeting:
What's the price Of your town, and
will give you a check for IT."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
THE COUNTRY sCHOOLHOuSE,

The little country s~choolhousc-you
Rcurmbrr it. Of course You do,
tr,,Etn mo ,rr,p suur,y set
n7,,,.4 NOR. and ,t,r.
AZ" s'r,'"Es p'''.'' n,,.I v.tn. .lrr
N""GA l". l1,"' w. ,,,.
~ " W - - ,' .nr ..,r,l ip.,grr
Inc youngsters ''"A"' Nd"
.,,. .-rr,s r,,,1
Htou"u' w ,o,',uS r. ,,r.,r6,d
Wv" Nv""''." po',n.2 E,N,.Tr, r,,c
from Nu'th 'H' p'y,"'3 N'n''
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TO FIT GIRLS FOR WIVES.


The training OF girls TO be wives, in
stead of mere social fixtures, the teach
ing Of the practical and primarily use
full arts of houSewifery in addition to
the teaching OF French, music and phil
osophy, will be inauguratcd At the Uni
ycrsity Of Wisconsin, at Madison, at the
BEGINNING of the second semester Of the
university year, in February.
\ department Of domestic science has
been authorized by an appropriation of
$4,000, rooms have been equipped as
kitchen and laboratory and the turning
ont of domestic experts will begin with
the next commencement in June. The
appropriation for this department was
made by the legislature after the club
women OF the state had appeared and
persistently lobbied for the measure.
The old South hail. dormitory a couple
of scores of years ago. then chemical
laboratory, and in recent years bacterio-
logical laboratory and headquarters of
the short-Course school of agriculture,
was renovated and equipped. A do
nestle science expert. Miss Caroline l..
Hunt. was secured. and the work is
about to begin, The enrolment of The
full class will be the limit Of the ca
pacity Of the department as the idea hes
caught on" and probably it will be
exceedingly popular for the leading So
ciety girls TO take the course in cookies
and pies,
The course win include scientific snt
: practical study and preparation o
foods. house sanitation, decoration ant
management and domestic physiology
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

position, It can readily be seen the vast
possibilities Of the improved river as a
highway Of commerce. Millions Of
bushels Of wheat. corn, cats, rye, Darley,
p~otatocs, millions Of pounds Of tobacco
cotton, sugar, millions Of tons Of nay
thousands and tens Of thousands Of I'VE
stock. valued away up into the biIlIohS
OF dollars. is what these states DoTuei-
Ing On the Mississippi produce every
wear. And Of this amount the present
river traffic, which Is largely local
M charcter, there being only one
through line Of steamers 1--WE
a Louis and ST. Paul, and ohiy
one or two between 81. Louis and Ne"
Orleans, amounts to less than $500 Voy
600 a year. And when it is remembered
that this amount includes the large Iltm-
her interests, which use the river almost
exclusively for the rafting OF their Ioes
and lumber down the river, II is hota
large sum. as it might at first glance ap-
pear.
The industry OF log raft towing 0 n inc
upper river Is the one interest which the
railroads have failed 10 win away from
the river. Into the everyday ralI
enough logs are bound and sent Gown
the river to load a mile or two OF rail-
road nat cars. Hundreds Of millions OF
feet ofthese logs find the river the cheap
ost and best method Of transportation
and during the spring, when the water
is high. the business is rushed. month
or two later, abyMoau,t NIB i,0IL( acl
or TWO later, about May. when the warm
winds begin to stir through the valley
other classes Of craft emerge from their
winter quarters, and by midsummer the
navigation Of the upper river has De-
come a veritable spectacle. The follow
Irp description of these scenes Is given
by a writer In Scribucr's;
st. Louis liners-to the river what
the limited express is to the train ser
yice--straining every fiber to make their
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

I 500 mile run in eight days, stopping at
none but important landings, and then
only to touch and go, ~promenades gay
with tourists, a lounging crew OF black
deck hands chanting down-south songs
on the foreCastle, a troop OF White-JaCk-
eted walters fitting about the cabin,
trim Burlington night boats black with
passengers. and asking no favors OF any
railroad; rival fleets of dOwn-bound
raft-boats pushing forests of wet, gli5-
tening logs, and sometimes a tow of
understanding sawed lumber; raft
boats and cor. )rt bowboats, dashed
abreast, hurrying north after fresh
loads; newt painted, gaudy excursion
boats with brass bands and dancing
barges; heavy-laden small-fTy packets,
main deck guards in the water; million
aires Households. gorgeously furnished,
dainty gas and steam launches, bright
with brass work and blazing awnings.
This is the upper Mississippi in summer
time, a wonderful land of painted hills
and great sweeps of gilded water, a land
of warm sunshine and lazy b~ree2es, a
happy highway of gala pleasure traffic
| and rollicking commerce"
But with the river improved in ac-
cordance with the latest plans and hopes
of those who have never abandoned
the Mississippi to its seeming fate,
the traffic on the river would
assume a more dignified and Sc
rious and important aspect. In 1864
the Mississippi touched the lowest mark
In its known history, Taking this as a
basis, 1t was decided with an easy non
chalance, to establish and maintain a
channel between st. Paul and New Or
leans in which even at low water mark
of "a there should be sufficient water
to float steamboats, of the type and
draught in use on the rivers several d.
visions. What sort Of a labor 1t has been
and will continue TO be, to persuade the
Mississippi TO accept the governments
plan, only the commissions and army
engineers who have coaxed and fought
her these many years can tell adequately
1t Is the opinion Of Gen. j. H. Simpson
of the United States engineers, in charge
of the Mississippi from the Illinois
river to the mouth Of the Ohio, tina
seven appropriations Of 81 900, 900 eacl
would accomplish as much as 20 Of $500,
/, 600 each. IF appropriations he says
ARE limited to 5000, 600 or thereabouti
/, per year, It could not bring permanen
, improvements toward a deep waite
| channel" The weakest link In the 81
1 Louis and New Orleans trade Is fount
I in the 200 miles below the former point
Here a much deeper channel is require,
' to accommodate the increased steam
Q boat draught necessary to lower rive
e traffic. Although over this 2O0-miI
! stretch there is seldom q time wher
Il light draught steamers are not able L
n navigate, there are periods when steam
ers loaded according to the demands G
I their traffic have been forced to tie Il
L because of ~obstructing shoals. This |
B one of the important sections Of rive
which would require attention to max
@ complete the deep water channel from s
1 Paul to the Gulf, and that which as bee
d so often proposed may yet become
reality, instead OF an attractive dream
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

mo. That's where the trouble comes
in. | don't know the rights Of the
story-nobody ever did, ! imagine, she
was old Judge Carmody's daughter.
Iongworth got Carmody pero under
his thumb in money matters and put
the screws on. They say he made Car
mody's daughter the price OF Car
mody's freedom. The girl herself was
n mere child I dare say she sacrificed
herself from an oyerstraIned sense OF
fIlal duty. or something Of that sort
| shall never forget her face on her
wedding day. But Shc has been plucky
ever since. II she has suffered she
hasn't paraded It. | don't suppose
Longworth ever ill-treats her, OF
course. He isn't that sort. And he
hasn't any violent bad habits He's
simply a groyeIinG cad, that's all.
There'd he small pity wasted on the
poor devil n his wife did run of with
Cunningham
Meanwhile Beatrice Longworth was
wNikinE UOWU tue HN'l' ''"'' ~
white skirt brushing over the crisp
golden grasses that fringed it. In a
sunny hollow among the sandhills she
came upon stephen Gordon, sprawled
out l]uXuriously in the warm, sea-smell-
ing grass. He sprang to his feet at
sight of her and his big, brown eyes
Ltpdlrd tu a glow.
Mrs. Longworth smiled at him They
were very good friends. He was a
lanky overgrown lad Of TO or 10, shy.
odd and dreamy. In many ways he
was far older than his years. but there
was a certain ineradicable boylshncss
about him to which her heart warmed.
YOU are the very lady | was just
going in search Of. I've news to tell
madam, sit down he said. eagerly
patting the big gray boulder beside
him with his slim brown hand
For a moment Beatrice hesitated She
Eanted to be alone just then But hi:
ugly. clever face was SO appealing thai
she yielded TO his petition.
He flung himself contcntedly dowr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

Sant of Minnesota, has just paid a visit
Ia washington. and laid the matter be-
fore the house committee on rivers ana
harbors. The committee was Informed
that so cities were directly interested II
the project and that $4,000 600 people
would be benefited through an assuf-
apce of river competition in t~ransporta-
ton. The plans call for an expenditure
Of something like $l5 600 600, which
amount. It is estimated, would provide
q six-foot channel at low water from s.
Paul and Minneapolis to Cairo, a distance
OF 1000 miles, and it is proposed to have
the work completed by the time the
Panama canal is put into operation.
Should these hopes be realized ships
could clear at upper river points for or
eign ports and congressman might be
able to again tell stories similar TO thaI
which Henry Clay told in congress a
century age about a sailing master VINO
left Pittsburg with his brig, sailing
down the Ohio and Mississippi, ana al
last reaching Leghorn, Italy. The cap
tain presented his papers TO the custom
officer there, but he would no credit
them. and said to the master: Sir, your
papers are forged, there is no such place
AS Pittsburg in the world your Yessei
must be c~ontiscated." The trembling
captain asked If he had n map Of the
United States. which he fortunately hap
pcned to have. and produced. The cap
tain. taking the officers finger, put 1t
down at the mouth Of the Mississippi,
then led it 1000 miles up the river
thence another 1000 miles to PittsburS'
and said: There, sir, is the port whence
my vessel cleared from And with the
Panama canal for vessels to slip through
into the Pacific, the ports of the far east
may have to search the map or the
United States to learn the inland poin'
from which the vessel has sailed.
Up to the present time the government
has been pretty liberal with the Missis'
sinpi. for over $4,000, 900 have been ap'
propriatcd by congress for the improve
ment of the river above st, Louis. This
total includes the canal constructed a
tho lower rapids at Keokuk, Ia, at
cost Of $4,000, 900. This canal is eigh
miles long, 800 feet wide and five fee
deep, and is by far the most importan
Improvement which has been made OF
the upper Mississippi, In 1877 a rive
Improvement convention was held at 81
PAM and a committee appointed Il
prenare a memotal TO congress urgini
thc deepening OF the river channel an
-, ,he removal Of every obstruction, An
the arguments advanced then in supper
of the proposed improvements hold goo
p to-day. in fact, are strengthened In Nie'
, of the coming isthmian canal. Within
d~eepening of the river channel adequat
ocean tonnage would be possible and flu
, frcishts of wheat obtained at st, Pat
: for Liverpool and for the far easter
: portS. efrecting a saving of from eight I
I fen cents a bushel from the present co:
. of shipment by way of New York. Bt
Grain would not be the only cargoe
. When 1t is remembered that the Missi
=, sinui forms the border line for ten of II
- most productive states in the unto
with Kansas and Nebraska render
naturally tributary to the river by the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

is, it Is said, the only American presi-
dent whose wedding was not celebrated
under the stars and Stripes.
Tourists take great interest In the
certificate. in Mr.. Roosevelt's occupa-
ton Of "ranchman." and In Miss Carow's
signature. They study the auto
graphs of the witnesses, and they won
der who these persons were. They OBJ
serve with pride that the canon Of York,
and not a simple reverend performed
the ceremony.
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HE Welded IN LONDON.
President e%ooseveIt's Marriage Reg
lister Mt st. Georgc's Attracts Many
curious American Tourists.

President Roosevelt's marriage regis
ter is in London, at st. Georges, Han
over square, and so many American
tourists have flocked TO see it that, for
convenience sake, 1t has been placed
by itself in an accessible alcove of the old
church building, says the New York
Tribune.
President Roosevelt's marriage to
Miss Carow took place so long ago-l7
years ago, to be exact-that few per-
sons remember tht the American presi-
dent was married In o foreign land, He
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

A learned E~gyptologist has just found
a remedy for badness inscribed In a
papyrus. 1t was used by the mother of
King Chata. the second sovereign Of the
hrst dynasty, 1000 b. c. Here is the re-
cipe; A mixture of dogs paws. dates
and asses hoefs, ground up and cooked
IN OIL. The head is to be rubbed yigor-
ously with the preparation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
Teosipte and Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good f6r IA tons hay and the other 80
tons green fodder per acre. Grows every
where, SO does Victoria Rape, yielding
$1,000 lbs. sheep and swine food per acre.
TX. Ii
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, WIS.,,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots Of farm seed samples.