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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-07
Cotton states MEETING.

vIcKsBURG, MISS, March THE
spring meeting OF the Cotton States
base ball league begun today at the
Hotel Piazza in this city, all OF the
cities Of the circuit being represented
The principal business or the meeting
Is to adopt schedule for the coming
season.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-07
ANOTHER BAD FIRE
IN ROCHESTER.

ROCHESTER,, March IA danger
Gus fire Is burning in the heart Of the
business district near Main and State
streets. The blaze started in the
Olympia candy store and Ii spreading.
All the fire apparatus in the city has
been called out. The nearby buildings
are the Powers hotel block and the
Ellewood building. tall office struc.
ture.
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A Franco.American Alliance.

PARIS, March miss Cora Stack
lenberg, an American girl, was mar
ried today to Lieut. Bordage Of The
First regiment OF zouaves. The cere.
mony was performed In The French
church, in the Avenue de la Grande
Armee, and was attended by numer.
GUS prominent members Of the Ameri.
can colony In Paris.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-07
ESCAPE OF MAN UNDER
DEATH SENTENCE

ST. JOSEPH, March Mark Dun,
convicted Or the murder of wealthy
farmer named Fenton. and under sen.
tence to hang escaped from Jail today.
lie secured two reyolyers and compell.
ed the death watch to submit to being
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New York Giants IN the South.

SAVANNAH, Ga. March THE
base ball players who win compose
the New York National league team
this season reported to Manager Nc.
Graw here today In readiness TO be-
gin the spring practice work. They
are Dunn. Browne. Mccormick,
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Little Damage Done. But japanese Shells Fall
Within the Town. No Answer From Forts
RUSSIAN ATROCITIES PROVOKE KOREANS
Vladyosock Squadron Supposed to Be Covering Movement
ef Landing Troops

VLADIvoSToK, March 7.outside
Of the killing Of woman ana slightly
wounding five men in yesterdays
bombardment Of yladiyostok the Jap
anese fleet did no material damage.
A wooden cottage of an artisan was
the only building wholly destroyed.
It was pierced by shell of 12-lnch
gun, which after traversing the roof
and wall, fell In the yard, killing the
woman referred to. The fact that
the Russian batteries did not reply
to the Japanese bombardment was
partially due to the slight chance OF
hitting he enemy's warships at such
q range and partially because Of the
desire not to betray the position Of
the batteries. It is now thought that
the attacking squadron consisted of
a battleship, four armored cruisers
and two unprotected cruisers.
Russians on Rampage.
SEOUL, March III. Russian soldiers
operating in the vicinity Of Anju are
committing all manner Of excesses,
maltreating native women and per-
petrating robbery upon every oppor-
tunity. Korean soldiers attacked q
body Of invaders on FRIDAY last, 4tn
instant and succeeded In killing thirty
or them. It is reported as result Of
The collision. between Russians and
Korean soldiers at Kang &c. the Rus.
slams we're driven beyond the Yalu
river.
vIadivostok 6ombarded.
W.ADIvOSTOK, March IA fleet
OF Ave Japanese battleships ana two
cruisers appeared of this place at
1:25 o'clock this afternon and bonn
barded the town and shore batteries
for fifty.fiye minutes. Entering Us.
surf bay, thirty.two miles southeast
Of yladivostok, the enemy formed In
line Of battle but did not approach
to closer range than mile and a
third. They directed their fire against
the shore batteries and teh town but
no damage resulted as most OF their
liydite shells failed to burst The
Russian batteries did not reply 10 their
fire.
Tho population was warned this
morning Of the presence Of the hos.
tile feet on the horizon and the pros.
pect Of an attack during the day, but
the town remained tranquil. The
fleet Is believed to be under the com
mand OF Vice Admiral urIu.
Russian Trophies Reach Toxic.
TOXIC, March IA number Of
troops from the Russian cruiser, In.
cluding one gun, have reached the
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bound with wire which he had used in
making baskets. He called the jailer,
and under threats Of killing the death
watch, compelled the iailer to release
him. Then putting the jailer and his
brother the deputy sheriff, In jail. he
escaped with the key.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-07
National and Territorial Administration Endorsed,
TWitchell to be Backed For Delegate
The DEFEAT OF THE WARD DELEGATION
Election Of Delegates Territorial Convention accomplished
Afler Many Contests.

and Roman Gallegos; secretaries, L.
nacio Lopez and Louis G. Ilfeld; in
treperters, Pablo Jaramillo and Flor
entine Montoya The reports were ac-
cepted. The committee on resolution
reported as follows.
Resolutions.
The republicans of the county Of
San Miguel, in convention assembled,
reaffirm their allegiance to the prin-
ciples Of the republican party OF the
nation and congratulate ourselves upon
the accord and harmony which has
characterized the deliberations Of this
convention.
We endorse the official acts of the
national administration in all its
branches in upholding the national
honor In its stand for civilization and
progress and in faithfully carrying out
the policies of the party as voiced by
the great Mckinley, and point with
honor and satisfaction to the record
OF his constitutional successor, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in his fearless admin
itration Of the duties of his great Of.
flee, in his enforcement Of the laws re-
gardless Of the social rank. station, pol
itical or financial, of those brought to
the bar Of Justice for violation there
OF.
We recognize in President Roose-
welt man Of lofty ideals, fearless pur-
pose, unswerving integrity. coupled
with an appreciation Of justice and
fair treatment to rich or poor, high or
low, which commends him to the ma
tions Of the earth as the true citizen
ruler.
We endorse the administration Of
Governor Miguel A. Otero.
We endorse the courts Of the terri
tory and the impartial and effective
manner in which Justice is admin,s-
tered in both the criminal and civil
branches.
We endorse the upright and bus;.
ness-like manner In which the affairs
Of the county Of San Miguel have been
conducted since the administration
thereof by the representatives Of the
republican party; we commend the
manner in which the funds Of the coun-
ty have been faithfully and honestly
collected and disbursed and call par
ticular attention to the open methods
Of the present board in its conduct
Of all county affairs.
In national affairs. the people Of
New Mexico have small voice, but
small as It Is, It is lifted up in support
Of the proposition opposing any tariff
by congress, whether under
the guise of reciprocity or by any 9th
er name, being satisfied to let well
enough alone, knowing that the pros.
perity which surrounds us on all sides
is directly traceable to the policies of
The martyred Mckinley, and his ideas
as enunciated and declared in the
Dingley law.
BE 1t resolved, that we are earnestly
in favor Of the admission Of New Mex,
leo as a state Of the union, BY that
name, and with It's present boundaries;
but that we are opposed to such ad.
mission jointly with any other terri.
tory, or by any other name than that
which We have borne 50 long and with
such honor TO ourselves and the great
nation Of which we are a part.
All OF which Is respectfully submit.
ted.
ROMAN GALLEGoS, Chairman.
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WASHINGTON, d. G., March r.
overstreet, chairman Of the commit.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
A SUGGESTION FROM OHIO.
Storing Straw from Machine Under
Cover Is a Practice That Seems
to Pay Quite Well.

Having experienced some of the con-
veniences and inconvenience of stor-
ing straw both in open yards and un-
der cover possibly the experience may
be of benefit to others. Needing addi-
tional stabling for cattle, l thought it
would be cheaper and more convenient
to construct the straw NOW in cOnnec-
ton with cattle barn. The barn prop
er is g. feet long with threshing floor
and feed room running cross-wise.
The diagram herewith will give fair
ly clear idea of the location of the adj
dition containing the cattle below and
the straw above. Experience thus far
shows that could not locate it more
satisfactorily. The straw is thrown
down into the feed room in the barn
very convenient to cattle, horses or
sheep. 1t is then thrown into the diff
ferent managers where the stock may
eat what they desire, and what they
leave is used for bedding. We all
know the inconvenience of bringing
straw from stack in the yard when
frozen, and on windy days, especially in
March or April, when we desire dry
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
THE HOG FOR THE FARMER
It's the Kind That Grows Well and
Can Be Made Ready for
Market Quickly.

Says q swine grower: The general
purpose hog of the day is the early-to-
market kind. Be he white, black or red,
lop-eared or stih-eared, the farmers Of
this country will demand the early-ma-
turing kind. He will consume our corn
and remain the corn-belt hog withal,
but the signs of the times point to the
modification of the present corn-belt
type. .".'" -"
He is found in most of the corn-belt
breeds to . greater or lesser degree, and
man need not leave the breed to which
he is attached to find his ideal. Each
breeder Of pure breeds may think he has
the type closest to the general purpose
hog. He has that right. However, If he
does not do all in his power to keep close
to that type, the farmers will forcibly re-
mind him of his failure in way that will
AFFECT his pocket book, by purchasing
their new brood elsewhere.
Technically speaking, he is at present
wide and short of head, deep of heart and
sides, broad of back, with soft coat.
and just enough bone to carry him to
market. The tendency to excessive bone
has not always been found conducive to
easy feeding, early maturing qualities
Enough is enough. His disposition
must be quiet He must ever be ready
to make friends with his master and his
general character should indicate the
easy feeder.
He should be practically fat and ready
for market at any period of his life, and
finish at nine months old, when he
should weigh high mark to shoot at.
Why do We want the early-maturing
kind? Because the first part of hogs
life is the period of rapid growth.
Prof. Henry shows, in his Feeds and
Feeding" that pig gains IS per cent Of
growth the first week of its life but grad
ually drops in it's per cent of gain till
say, the tenth week. when it makes but
21 per cent. per week.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
Barley as Food for Stock.

Barley is not extensively grown, yet
it is a superior stock food and will
grow on soils that will not produce
wheat. In England hogs are fattened
on barley, and the meat contains moro
lean than that produced from corn.
In feeding pigs as test barley gave
better results than corn, pound of
growth being secured from three and a
half pounds of barley, at cost of two
cents per pound, which was better
than from any other food. Pigs, how
ever, grow more rapidly than adult
hogs. Ground grains proved superior
to the unground. In steer feeding both
corn and wheat surpassed barley, and
with lambs the results were about The
same with corn, wheat and barley.
Corn and barley mixed gave better re-
suits than either alone in some cases.
These tests should make barley a fav-
orite where it is not now grown 1t all
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15

straw for bedding the new arrivals in
flock and herd and when We find the
straw stacked in the yard to be low or
entirely worked down.
Filling the NOW at threshing time Is
not nearly so hard as some might sup
pose. 60 into the NOW myself and
hence know whereof l speak. With
the blower or wind-stacker 1--WE now
have no other) we can place it almost
in any portion of the now. BY using
truss rods and braces we have no in
side timber at all in the straw NOW
to interfere in any way. Let the man
who is manipulating the stacker and
who usually stands on the rear of the
machine take his place at the end Of
the stacker where it enters the NOV
and then he can see clearly at all times
lust where you want the straw and
the man in the now need only to
level and tramp. Storing my oat
straw saved the outlay of dollars this
spring in the purchase of high-priced
hay, as fed my entire oat straw
crop with profit. Where it is at all
possible give some attention to the
matter of storing straw under cover
and easy of access at all times and, my
word for it, you will never regret it.
G.. r. Wagner, in Ohio Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
Time for Breaking Fillies.

Stockmen on THIS side of the water
are said to generally breed their FLIES
at three years old rather than at two,
rs do good many men across the
ocean Scotch breeders of draft horses
follow the practice quite generally of
breeding their FLIES at two years of
age, and thus get returns from them
one year earlier than do most of our
horsemen. The practice is not favor
ably thought of here, because It is
quite widely believed that breeding an
imals VIXEN very immature results in
a weakened progeny. This is as yet
an unsettled problem, but the idea that
offspring from immature parents are
not to be desired probably has much
good evidence behind lt--Farmers'
Review. @.f
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
SAVED FOR THE FISH TRADE
He Had Too Much Intellect n \.
Glove Away" on
Doctor.

The ash'man drove into the ward . f.v
Gays after the new summer residents I'd
taken possession of their home. and seem )
an open door he stepped in and Confronted
Companion. ~ Wv"
,"'Gettin' settled, I s'pose," he said ,er-..
eoly, allowing his gaze to wander from two
half-unpacked trunks to ia bic loaded VIII sHS
miscellaneous articles. "Well, take vour
hme, IA ke your time; there's plenty Of t IN
n 1e ! understand your husbands a doc.
Yes, he is" said the summer resident.
who IN spite of warnings from city neigh,
bors that she had better display no haugSti-
ness OF spirit under Questioning, was unable
to R1t much cordially into her tone.
,Well, now, l come near bein' doctor, -
sa!o tns ne; flsh-man, still with wandering
gaze. My folks vented should be one, all
e1cePtln OF an aunt that had money, and
was looked to to help me out financially if
took up with profession. She spent one
sumner here, and she made reg lar study
OF my character an parts, and at the end Of
the season she up an told my folks that
wouldn't DO, must 60 into business.
That boy has got too much intellect to
De hove away on DOCTOR" she said those
were her very words. Now how would you
Ike couple o good mack'rel all slit up an
ready for the br'iler?"
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Voice from Arkansas.

Cleveland, Ark, August Is Especially
Nearly every newspaper tells Of some won
derful cure of some form of Kidney Disease
by the Great American Remedy, Dodd' 8
Kidney Pills, and this part Of Arkansas is
not without its share Of evidence that no
case is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney
Pills to cure.
Mr.. A. f. Garlic, we'll known and highly
respected here, tells of his cure after nearly
a quarter of a century's suffering. Mr..
Garlic says:
81 want to let the public know what I
think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! think they
are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever
made. al"
~ 81 had Kidney Trouble for % years and
never found anything that did me so much
good as Dodd,s Kidney Pills. RECOMMEND
them to all sufferers"
There is no uncertain sound about Mr..
Carlile's statement. He knows that Dodd S
Kidney Pills rescued him from life of SUI
fering and he wants the public to know it.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ills
from Backache to Bright's Disease.
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ToILED FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Prisoners in French Penal Settlement
.4 Betrayed After Digging
b t1F Long Tunnel 'sn,

Patience in working for, freedom
even greater than that displayed by
the prisoners who escaped from Libby
prison during the civil war was shown
not long ago in the French penal set.
tlement in New Caledonia. The con.
victs live in barracks and every even.
ing they are searched and locked in.
Among the prisoners were two ma.
rlne engineers who were in for po'
litical crimes. They lived together in
the same hut. Every night for two
years they labored at digging an un-
derground chamber beneath theit
house, concealing its entrance during
the day. Every morning each of them
carried out some dirt in his blouse
or his pockets.
Their hut stood near the seashore
After two years toll they had dug d
tunnel reaching almost to the sand
stone bank by the beach. At the end
Of the tunnel they followed out a
large cavity, and in this cavity they
set to work building a boat. But cut
ting through to the beach they were
able to come out at night and find
pieces of driftwood on the shore, and
every serviceable piece of timber they
dragged in.
In their underground chamber they
made a forge, and with little bits OF
steel and iron, some struggled in from
the marine repair shops in their hair
and under their arm pits, they made.
first tools, then bolts, rivets and the
necessary ironwork for the building
of launch. Then they set patiently
to work building an engine for the
launch. When that was hnally &C.
complished they had been working
nightly for over seven years.
At this time another convict was
lodged with them, Paris embezzler,
and they had to take him into their
confidence. For six months he helped
them, until everything was ready, ex-
cept to provision the boat. Then the
embezzler turned informer, hoping to
gain favor thereby. Next night guards
surprised the two marine engineers in
their underground chamber, seized
their tools, and put them into solitary
confinement with ball and chain.
The subsequent investigation brought
to light the entire plot. The seven
long years of patient toll so impressed
the French commandant that a year
later he managed to obtain a pardon
for the two engineers, and they re-
turned to France.
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Cost of Coronation.

The cost of the coronation of King
Edward VII establishes a record for
modern times. 1t was considered a
lordly and magnificent thing for the
subjects of George Nv. to spend e 1885,
23S in putting crown on his head.
but we have eclipsed their lavishness
by 9121,O0O. William ". ond Queen
Adelaide were content with a modest
G5O,OOU-London Tit-Bits.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-15
HOW TO MAKE SHEEP PAY.

The ewes should be two years old be-
fore bred.
Lambs sell more per pound and cost
less to produce than mutton.
Sheep have excellent digestion and
hence they utilize food to the fullest de-
gree.
If sheep are not kept constantly in
good condition the quality of the wool
is affected.
Frequent changes of pasture makes
fat sheep. It will not pay to rear poor
sheep for market.
Sheep should always be fat when mar
keted. Fat is produced cheaper than
lean, hence there is more profit
There are very few animals that are as
dainty and choice about their food as
sheep.
Under present conditions of sheep
raising the farmer cannot afford to keep
sheep for any one object.
Ifa sheep is not making good growth,
raising a lamb or two into market condi-
ion, it is not profitable to the owner.
With sheep change of pasture will be
found an advantage when the focks can
be put in better place.
When q man has improved his flock.
until he can sell his poorest sheep at re-
munerative prices, he can then afford the
best.
To make sheep raising profitable
young, uniformly wel1-wooled sheep to
grow heavy fleeces of merchantable wool
are needed-Farmers' Voice.
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HOW FROGS CAME TO BE.
Mythical Tale Accounts in Strange
Manner for Existence Of the
Crackers.

Did you ever hear how frogs orig
mated? 1t is a queer story, but ther
it happened long time ago, when the
world was young and all sorts of quee.
things were happening. We can, 81
| course, believe as much or as little OF
such stories as we please, but at least
they entertain us, says an exchange.
Now as to the frogs, they came into
being because weary, thirsty woman
was prevented from getting drink Of
water. Here is the way the story il
told:
"Latona was beautiful goddess
who lived with the other goddesses
and gods on Mount Olympus, where
Jupiter and Juno reigned, as you
know. She was distinguished for many
things, but chiefly for being the moth
er of Apollo and Diana 1t seems thai
she incurred the i'll will of Juno il.
some way and was banished from
Olympus, with no place to put her foot
and no shelter for her weary head, fol-
Juno had made Terra, the Earth.
promise that she should not find rest
anywhere. l,."~..>
Neptune, the god of the sea, how
ever, took pity on the banished god
dess and invited her to the Isle of
Delos, which then floated under. the
water, but rose 10 the surface at his
command. There she found peace and
comfort, and there she brought up her
two famous children, Apollo to become
the god of the sun and Diana the god
dess of the moon.
But perhaps you are wondering
what all this has to do with the frogs.
1t is said that one day while Latona
was wandering desolate and weary
with her children while they were yet
babies she came to pool of clear,
sparkling water. Half dying with
thirst, goddess as she was, she ran to-
ward the pool to drink some of the
cool water, but crowd of ugly yokels
surrounded it and kept her away.
"She had up to this time borne her
privations and sufferings with patience
and resignation, but at this act of
wanton cruelty her patience gave way
and turning furiously on the yokels
she turned them all into croaking
frogs, which they have remained to
this day."
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War and Population.

Statistics of population seem to show
that after long and severe wars, in
which many men are killed and the
male part of a country's population is
greatly decreased, there is for several
years a preponderating birth of male
children until the normal proportion
between the sexes is restored. This
seems to have been noted after the
Thirty Years war in Germany, after
the Napoleonic wars in France, and
even in more recent times after the
siege of Paris.