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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-16
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-16
Homestead Entry No. 1868.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior,
Land Office at Santa Fe. N. M.
May 8, 1904.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the probate
clerk Of San Miguel county al Las
Vegas. N. NJ, Cd juno 10, 1904, viz:
GREGORIO GARCIA,
for the Sc IA. Sec. Is. r. 10. N, r. %
q.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Qulntana OF Las Vegas, N. M;
Preciliano Madrid Of Las Vegas. N.
Benigno Martinez OF Las Vegas,
N. NJ; Juan Garcia Of Las Vegas N.
NJ.
MANUEL r. oTERC.
90 negister.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-16

Appearance Bond, Dist Court
Garnishee, Sheriff's Once
Bond. General
Road Petition
Bond Of deputy
Guardians Bond and Oath
Administrators Bond and Oath
Letters Of Guardianship
Letters OF Administration
Warrant to Appraisers
Summons, Probate Court
Justices Docket, 1-2x14 inch 100 D
Justices Docket. 8 1.3x14 Inch 900 p
Record for Notary Public
A True Bill
Springer Law (Pro. to Minors)
Bond for Deed
Application for Licenses
Report Of Survey
Agreement Special Lease
Afidavit and Bond IN Attachment
Original
Afiadivit and Writ In Attachment
Citation
Sale
Notice of Sale
Criminal Warrants
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-16

When doctors fail try Burdock
dBloo Bitters. cnres Dyspepsia, cons
tipation: inyigoratss the whole sys-
TEN.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-16
A Te1as eaitor hits the RIGHT spot

A Texas editor hits the right spot
when he says: The sorriest cuss on
earth is the cuss who will sit around
and 5 his own town. II / lived
astride the north pole | would call
II home. and would be ready to boost
1t up. II l couldn't say anything nice
about it, | would say that my ice bills
didn't come high | would not stay
In a town | had to cuss-not while
the world is as big as 1t is now"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30

- G. Breuning has moved his
family into the o. A, Taylor residence
north of that of Dan Boose.
DIR. j g. Parsons, Brookings,
S. ID. Practice limited TO diseases of
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, AT DR..
Coulter's office Wednesday, Oct. IL.
Peter O'Hara has o well and cell
lar dug on bis lot south of August
Walstrom's new house and will pro
coed with the erection of a house as
soon as be can secure carpenters.
Those who have paid subscrip-
since our last mention are j. r. Sc,
vile, David Ross, Wm. Glendenning,
r.. w. Glendenning, Mrs. Kate Win.
ker, w. j. Morrison, j. Hopp, @. A.
Hopp, Tom Lackey, A. D. Foster,
Mrs. Caroline O'Hara, j. j. Gibbs,
Andrew Mears, Snyder Bros, Frank
Yermilya, Mrs. John Lark, WIN.
Rusche, j. j. Nancy, Matt Mulhol.
land, w. H. Schenck, Matthias
. Christianson, A. A. Anderson, l.. l..
Olston, s. b. Griting, Charles VOL.
kow, Knud Knudson, S B. Ensign.
The State Historical Society at
the State House in Pierre, has set
apart a room for a Memorial Muse
um to ths First South Dakota Vol
untesr Infantry, and is now working
to recure suitable relics to place
therein. The officers of the society
feel that every soldier Of the First
should contribute at least one, If not
more. relics to this museun, where
they will be kept on exhibition as his
personal donation. Furthermore
the society should have in this room,
ia a suitable case, the photographs
of all the members Of ou State
Regiment. The society now has
the regimental flags and several
relics together with fourteen of
Hodson's enlarged pictures Of the
regiment. Now, and not fifty years
hence, is the time to collect these
things and place them where they
will be preserved and go down in the
history Of our young state to its
honor, as we'll as to the honor and
glory of the contributors. The
society has sent out cards request
ing donations TO this museum and
if any of the boys Of the First
dc ae~trecieye such a request they
may rest assured it is because the
society does not know their present
address, and il is to be hoped that
they will respond to this public no.
tice as though they had received a
personal letter. With everyone doing
a LITTLE there is no possible excuse
for this state not having the best
exhibit of this nature in the union.
Let everybody help and let us build
up a memorial to the First" OF
which we will Away be proud. Do
IL now.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30

Have you returned from your
vacation tired out with too much
playi Or was it impossible for sou
to take that much needed rests Try
Coles Bludbilder and see how strong
you feel. It makes new blood,
strengthens ths nerves and helps
you back to health. It's just what ~
name impliea, Try IS 400 ~ ~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

The professor who announced that love
and romano die out With the sound of the
wedding bella" was the first to start the
ball rolling. 1t would seem a brave woman
who marries with this echo in her ears, yet
We have not heard that there were fewer
marriages during the year. There are I'm.
happy married lives, but 2 large PERCENTAGE
OF these unhappy homes are due to the H.
ness of the wife, mother or daughter.
During a long period of practice, Doctor
Pierce found that a prescription made up
entirely Of roots and herbs, without the use
of alcohol, cured ninety-right per cent OF
such cases. After using this remedy for
many years in his private practice he put
it up in a form that can be had at any store
where medicines are handled.
Backed up by over a third Of a century OF
remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to wOrnen ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in
legal money Of the United States, for any
case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro
lapsus, or Falling Of Womb which they can
not cure. All they ask is q fair and reason.
able trial of their means Of cure,
DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription cures
headache, backache, nervousness, sleep
lessness n other consequences Of won
aniy disease. ~FayoTite Prescription 2
makes weak women strong and sick wom-
en- well. Accept no substitute for the
medicine which works wonders for weak
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30
The INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
from sH Around tire Town and
County.


Mrs. John Mallery, Of Pierre,
arrived Friday for a visit Of a few
days at the 6. E. Mallory home.
The Times reports that the C.
g. NV has the heavy new steel rails
laid from the east as far as Lake
Preston.
Miss Baldwin departed Tuesday
for her home at Aberdeen after a
visit of several weeks with the f. w.
Warning family.
Attorney Il. #. Green returned
Friday last from a short visit with
relatives and friends in the north
western part of Iowa.
Mrs. Murer departed Friday
for her home al Madison, Wis, after
a visit of several days with the
family Of her brother, |. ]. Miller.
DR.. and Mrs. L. f. Straight
returned last week from their visit
to Boston and other points 10 the
east. They having enjoyed the trip.
A card from Prof. g. A. Lovett,
principal of our city schools last
year, now at Rome City, Ind, states
that he is going to Florida to spend
the winter.
H. III. Hildreth is the name of a
gentleman who was in the city the
latter part of last week for the pur-
pose of buying live poultry. He
picked asa large per. ct g carload
in this vicinity.
Mrs. Bridget Mathews, of this
city, and Mr.. Ed Morehouse, of Ban
croft. Iowa, were married Thursday
last at the Catholic parsonage, Very
Rev. John f. Hogan officiating The
many De Smet friends extend con
gratulations and best wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Warning
gave a party to a number of friends
Saturday evening in honor of their
guest, Miss Helen Baldwin. The
evening was thoroughly enjoyed by
all present. The hostess served
some elegant refreshments at the
midnight hour.
The Willow Lakes News says
that $3.50 for each man, woman, and
child 10 the ~approxomite loss that
people of Willow Fakes are estimat-
ed to have sustained by the cyclone
OF August 20. Not every community
could stand this and rccuperate
with no outside assistance.
"A former Iroquoisite, now living
at Pomona, California, writes that
Mr.. and Mrs. G. I. Shook will return
to Kingsbury county shortly after
the first Of October to remain per
manently. Also that Il. II. O"su
has traded his orange ranch out
there for a section of land near
Washington, possession to be given
March lst.-Chief.
The many friends OF Miss Addie
Marsh. and OF the G. A. Marsh
family, will be panied to learn that
Miss Addie has besn compelled TO
resign her position in the primary
department Of our city schools. Her
1sthsr, now living rear Sawyer, Wis,
was stricken with paralysis a few
weeks ago and Miss Marsh writes
that be ii no better At this time
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30

There strayed onto my premises
on Sec bloc So, one sorrel bronco
with brands on bots shoulders
weighs about so pounds. Owner
reQuested to prove property, pay OK
psnses and take the animal away.
f. +. DExklxo,
Edmond, 8 p,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30
New Millinery Stock.

Having located in Do Smet with
a full new line Of Millinery goods
invite the ladies of DeSmet and yicin'
ity to call and look ever my goods
which viii be ready soon 10 the
Root store building.
Mas. G. McREYxoLps.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-30

one therefore reels II her duty TO re
main with her father until he shall
recover.
w. III. Schenck was down from
Erwin Saturday for the first time 10
a number of months. w. H. has
sold q large part of his personal
property. rented his farm, and will
move into the town of Erwin.
M. G. Wheeler and family de.
parted Friday for Omaha, Neb.,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Wheeler has been the
jewler at the Northwestern Drug
Store for a year past. The family
have many De Smet friends who re.
greet to their departure.
Miss Agens Amundson, Of Rice
Lake, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
liver Amundson, who were old and
popular residents of this locality un-
til about three years ogo, is in the
city for a visit with friends. Miss
Agnes was always popular with our
young people and she finds a war m
welcome in De Smet.
The new code provides that the
term of Office Of county auditors
shall expire in January instead Of
March as heretofore. The law was
passed before the present incu M
bents took charge of their offices for
the present term but it did not go
into effect until July following, and
the attorney general has decided
these will hold Office until March
1905.
ID. w. Bare has rented his farm
to his son, Oscar, and will take life
easy the coming year. With his
wife, he will visit the st. Louis ex
position and with relatives in Iowa
and ONO and perhaps spend the
winter monies in California. Mr..
and Mrs. Bare deserve a rest and a
good time and we hope their antici-
pations may be more than realized
Times.
Matt Tofte, one Of the substaD-
tial farmers of Badger township, is
reported by the Sun to havessdecided
to remove from his farm and make
his home in Hetland in the future.
He has effected the purchase of the
Thos. Peterson residence property,
and expects to remodel it in a meas
ure aud move to town as soon as the
house is vacated by Mr.. Peterson,
probably some time before winter
sets In. Mr.. Tofte will make a well
come addition to Hollands popula-
tion.
DIR. aud Mrs. l.. P. Brewster,
formerly of this city, but now OF
Vermillion, are the proud parents OF
the winner of the first prize at the
baby show held 10 Vermillion recent
ly. The prize was for the prettiest
and most lastly dressed baby.
The Brewsters' little girl has blue
eyes. long brown hair. and was dress
ell in blue silk trimmed with silk lace
and insertion, light blue shoes aud
blue hair ribbons. The De Smet
friends of the Brewst r family on
graduate them.
Our fellow townsman G. FL.
Tinkham was a web-foot when he
left the coast OF Maine and come to
South Dakota. He is nov on the
Pacific coast as q representative OF
the South Dakota EDcampmeDt at
the Sovereign grand lodge, /. Q. Q. +.
He writes that he has seen mech
country, some the best that lies
under the skies, and some IS poor,
but the sight that did him the most
good was when be stood on the
beach aud took bis first look 4 the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

1t was as sergeant of the guard over
some Moros captured in the Baler az
fair that Rafferty, arrived in Manila in
time to avert the probable catastro-
phe of the quartermaster stores. After
that it was thought necessary to have
the redoubtable sergeant in Manila all
the time. He was given general COM
mission ito find out things" and many
a plot he unearthed while he was
there.
One of the most interesting affairs in
which he was concerned was when he
neatly turned up a clever scheme on
the part of the Filipinos to Great havoc
in Manila. Rafferty, himself always
laughingly alludes to the matter as
my prayer for the soul of Gen. Law
ton" Here is the story as told by
a brother officer.
Rafferty, used to make a custom Oh
attending chapel very regularly while
he was in Manila. In fact, he never
missed a day that he did not attend
two or three in various parts of the
town and several church functions.
There was method in this religious
mania. He discovered that the priests
were on the side of the insurgents, be-
lieving that the American conquest of
the islands would mean the overthrow
of their ecclesiastical power. Many
priests were dangerous spies, he found
and many of the Filipino servants were
forced to spy upon their American
masters and overhear and report their
conversations.
Rafferty, learned that the insurgent
plotters were fully informed as to the
route to be taken by the cortege bear
ing the body of Gen. Lawton to the
steamer bound for San Francisco, and
that they had formulated dastardly
plot in that connection.
Saved by the Monk.
Just as cortege was about to start
Franciscan monk forced his way up
to the gun carriage and, while appar-
emily offering UP a prayer, whispered
something to the commanding officer
which delayed the cortege for half an
hour, during which several arrests
were made in another part of Manila.
The monk had vanished as mysteri-
ously as he had come, but 1t became
known later that the supposed Fran
ciscan was Lieut.. James Rafferty,. lie
had discovered plot to throw a bomb
at the bier of Lawton, thus creating a
diversion, while an uprising took place
i'm another part of Manila. Very clever.
undoubtedly; but this double-yolked
egg was neatly smashed in the hatch
ing.
Perhaps the most successful adven-
ture in which 1.-The American Strick-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

land" took a hand was the capture of
Pho del Pillar one of the executive
geniuses of Aguinaldo's staff. There
were three geniuses-Gregoria, Pho del
Pillar and Luna, whom Aguinaldo is
said to have stabbed in fit of jealous
rage. Gregoria del Pillar was shot IN
battle and a reward was offered for
the capture of Pic, dead or alive.
At the same time a certain Filipino
aristocrat by the name of Lara had
beautiful friend living in lonely
house up the Pasig river. Pho del Pillar
was also in love with this woman.
One night in Manila an attempt was
made upon the life of Lara and ru-
mors gained circulation to the effect
that the attempted assassination was
instigated by Pho del Pillar himself.
Military Discipline.
Late that same night a Franciscan
monk boarded a steam launch which
was moored in the Pasig river, and,
showing a revolver in the face of the
engineer the holy father ordered him
to steam up toward Santa Anna.
Some time after that the monk en-
tered the quarters of the officer COM
uanding the American troops at Santa
Anna, and, after a brief interview, took
his departure. Later in the night a
guard of soldiers was quietly placed
around a lonely house just outside the
town. Presently the monk appeared
and by virtue of his office was ad-
mitted to the presence of Pho del Pillar
himself.
Come out" said Rafferty,. And Pho
came-at pistol point.
Lara was shortly afterward assassin
mated in Manila while on his way home
from a ball. 1t is generally conced-
ed that the murderers were the friends
of Pho del Pillar, whom they believed
to have been betrayed into the hands
of the Americans by Lara.
However, to "the American Strick-
land" (whose name, by the way. is
very like Rafferty's) belongs the cred
it of this and many another clever
conn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

the natives, their customs and Ian
guages, as you do. beats me hollow"
Ex-RepOrter.
1t would be interesting to know
what that history is. Rafferty, was born
of Irish parents in Rochester about
80 years ago. He began active life as
a police reporter on a Rochester daily,
and in that capacity distinguished
himself for his shrewdness and alac-
rity in reporting criminal cases. His
ability in this direction later attracted
the attention of an official of the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road. who was much worried over
certain freight robberies in the yards.
He sent for this youthful detective
and gave him the case, with the re-
suit that Rafferty, was instrumental
in sending several crooks to Jail.
When the Spanish-American War
broke out Rafferty,, yielding to his love
of adventure joined an infantry regi-
ment. He was then much as he is now
"a brawny Celt, six feet in hight, fair
haired and bearing a striking facial
resemblance to Lord Kitchener.
Before Company K sailed from San
Franciso Rafferty, was made a first
sergeant. When the troop landed at
Manila it was at once ordered to the
relief of the besieged town of Baler.
Here a handful of fever-smitten
Spaniards held the garrison against
the Moros, hemmed in on one side by
a reef-torn sea and on the other by
almost impossible mountains.
Disguised as a Friar.
The troop of which Rafferty, was
first sergeant cut a difficult way
through the mountain wilderness to
the rescue of the Spaniards against the
common enemy. the Moros. While en-
route Rafferty, distinguished himself
as a scout. Several times he saved
the company from ambush and almost
certain massacre by his intrepid dar-
ing. Dressed as a mendicant friar he
would travel through the jungle into
the Moro camps and villages, picking
up threads of plots and information of
intended attacks upon the little troop.
This man would be absent for days
at a time and CONSERVATION would
reign among his comrades, among
whom Rafferty, was highly popular.
Then this adventurous scout would
suddenly turn up in the most extra
ordinary manner, sometimes as a ma
tive, again In his favorite disguise of
a mendicant brother, and occasionally
as himself, tattered, bruised and starv-
ing, crawling out of the wilderness
with information that prepared the
camp against every ruse on the part
Of the treacherous Moros.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

that are trained TO pitch will dupli-
cate and repeat records time and
again to even one-twentieth of sec
ond under many different conditions
of both distance or impost Does not
this prove that the thoroughbred
which is trained and at pitch must
hta,ve an individual space devouring
stride? It also proves thta the thor
oughbred racing machine Is as slick
and sensitive as a ships chronome-
ter.
why They 60 Wrong.
at proves furthermore why SO many
rule-of-thumb mathematicians, yclept
handicappers, get off such awry work.
ANY person of even ordinary intel
lect can understand that Ii factors so
minute and yet so sensitive as above
illustrated are necessary TO an accurate
mathematical computation-as In the
foreeasting of probable results-that
these factors and changed conditions,
such az increased weight and shorter
or longer distances in space, must nee
essarily have their Individual focuses
or equating values. And indeed, they
have,
yet. even with all this accuracy and
minuteness. in spite Of all that the SCI
entific mathematician can conjure up
10 aid him. he cannot hope to over
come an indehnable force of conten-
tion that has 2 striving force of at
least so per cent. against his possible
achievement. Out of a field Of 100 fair
racing problems he cannot average
more than 40 per cent. of successful
forecasts. No mathematician or han
dicapper, as he rs termed, can over
reach the public IN It's percentage OF
first-choice winners.
III he Is honest he will make no
such pretenslons. The public has ac-
cess 10 information that ia unknown
to the mathematician; hence many OF