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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

and another great battle Is expected.
Russians Repulse Right Wing Attack.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1S.-The
general staff has received the follow.
ing from Gen. Sakharoff dated today:
"The Russians repulsed the Japanese
attack on their right wing during the
night Of Oct, II and seized the village
Of Shalandtzy, on the right bank of
the Shakhe river and east Of Shakhe.
The enemy strongly bombarded the
| captured village but did not advance
/ to attack Lone Tree hill, now called
Putiloff Hill. The work of hurying the
dead proceeded all night long. Mill
tary honors were paid the Japanese
dead. There was no fighting yester.
day on our left flank"
Mediation Not Wanted.
| ST. PETERSBURG Oct. 1S.--The
announcement from Washington say
ing the administration believes that
| the time for mediation In the Far
Eastern war was approaching, has
created an unfavorable impression In
government circles here, where there
Is an inclination to associate 1t with
the interview of the associated press
with a diplomat at Toxic. suggesting
the propriety Of renewing efforts in
| behalf Of peace. The idea of peace,
1t is asserted here. could hardly come
more inopportunely, with the Japan
ese In the full flush OF victory. II
has aroused sentiment and II the IT.
tempt Is made would be rebuffed.
No Fresh News Received.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. IL. 7:20
p. MP to this hour no fresh news
has been received from the front.
The Toxic representative. referring to
the capture of Japanese guns, probG-
bly, refer to the Lone Tree hill fight.
4, I'VE Rspuissd Thsm AL"
WASHINGTON. Oct. ls.--The Jap
anese legation has received the fol.
lowing cablegram from Toxic:
Marshal Oyama reports that on
Monday night the enemy twice made
fierce assaults on the front and right
columns Of our LEFT army and some
small assaults In the direction Of our
center and right armies. We Tepu'sed
them all, inflicting heavy losses"
Japan Feels Horror Of War.
TOXIC, Oct. 18.--Even the Japan
ese, to whom the great victory Is Of
paramount importance. seem to be
shocked by the slaughter of their en-.
emies. The japanese people are re-
ceiving the news from the field al
battle calmly. and there can be heard
no shouts in the streets procialming
the victory of their nation. Few flags
are displayed. Probably later on
there will be procession with the
consequent jollification, but there are
heard many expressions of opinion
that no demonstration OF any kind
should be held. A prominent Japa-
nese said to the associated press cor
respondent today:
I'VE have won sweeping and de-
cisive victory which may prove to be
the salvation of our country's exist
ence, but we regret both our own loss
es and the terrible slaughter which
our forces have inflicted on the enc
my We regret still more the neces-
sity which forced us TO engage in this
war"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
MAYOR AND JUDGE GET ST.
LOUIS UNIVERSITY DEGREES

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Oct. is.The st.
Louis University today conferred the
honorary degree of doctor Of laws on
Mayor Paul Capdeyeille of New Or
leans and Judge u. d. White OF the
United states supreme court on the
occasion of the universtty's diamond
jubilee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
puoiLisr ARRESTED
FOR MURDER

BOSTON, Oct. is.-Technically I'M
der surveillance on charge Of murder.
Joe Wolcott, negro pugilist is in the
city hospital today. suffering from q
pistol wound In his right hand, self
inflicted he says during the acciden.
tai discharge Of a revolver. which re-
suited in the death Of another negro
named Nelson Hall. Wolcott's hand
is so badly shattered that several
fingers may have to be amputated.
While the police accept Wolcott's
story OF the shooting, systematic
investigation Is being made and sew.
eral witnesses are held.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

General Manager Nudge. General
Supt. Cain, Supt. Easley and Director
Charles s. Gleed. went south this
afternoon on special train. They
will go to Santa Fe this evening and
tomorrow will view the scene OF the
washout In the Rio Grande Valley
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
BRITISH STEAMER ATTACKED
BY PIRATES NEAR CANTON

SHANGHAI. Oct. 1S.The British
steamer PAX Yang and Hoi Ho were
attacked by pirates In West river near
Canton last night. A British gunboat
has been dispatched to the scene.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
WOOL CONTINUES ACTIVE
WITH A HIGHER TENDENCY.

BOSTON, Oct. 1.-THE demand tor
wool continues active with holdings
being steadily reduced. Prices are
advancing as dealers view the present
movement. The demand for fine
fleece wools has been inactive 90 far
but medium grades are active and
quoted higher IN price.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

PERSONAL. :. -. .. $3.50.
J. A. Ross and wife will leave on
No 2, this afternoon for Loveland.
Ohio. They will take in the Worlds
Fair en- route.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
aOpares.ult

PER6 aOpares.ult
Chas. H. Smith, agent Southern
Carnival company, is in town today.
has made arrangements for his COM
pany to play here from Tuesday. Nov.
Sth, until Saturday, the 18th.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
CoId Steel Battle on Crest Of Hill; Officers Literally
Lifted in Air on Japanese Bayonets and Trenches
Filled With Bayonetted Dead.
The Issue Of the Battle Still in the Balance japanese Confdent
Russians Hopeful. Talk Of Mediation Not
Received With Favor.


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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

Graaf 4 Hayward have Just receiv.
ed couple Of cars Of corn-fed hogs
from Kansas, the finest ever.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

In IL a burn? Use DIR. Thomas
Electric OIL. AT your druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Rawlins Houses. L. Fisher and
wife, Mineral Hill; Con Denniss, San,
ia Rosa; Chas. D. Smith. Sierra coun-
ty.
Castaneda-L. c. Ewink. Rocky
Ford, Colo; Il. 8. Hooper, Denver;
w. M. Valentine, New York: C. H.
Stone. Minneapolis, Mimi; \. w. Nc
Candless, Atchison; L. A. Bland, Kan
sas City; p. w. Zimmerman. Albu-
querque; Geo. H. Nelson, La Junta:
Mr. and Mrs. Holland. Miss Boswell,
Winnipeg Manitoba; W. G. Hendrix.
Chicago; w. Stein, Chicago: w. r.
Webster. Cincinnati; !. Bruce Wolfe.
South Bend. Ind
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18

Hotel La Pension--W. II. Kremis
and daughter, Springer; F. W. Hod-
ges, Denver; J. T.. Upton, watrous.
New Optic-A. b. Millar, Peoria,
His: f. G. Holland, Shoemaker.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
An Agricultural Scheme.
Plan for Making Two Stalks of Corn
Grow in Place of One.

Plan for Making Two Stalks of Corn
Grow in Place of One.
A Western professor of agriculture
has been lecturing on a scheme he
has for increasing the corn crop. It
is very simple plan, and consists of
planting 100 kernels to every thirty
hills, and selecting only the fairest
and most perfect kernels, so that
every one planted will be sure to ger
inmate. This is easy. If all farming
were as easy as this there would be
more profit and less toll for the
farmer.
To be sure. some canny old farmers
may meet this agricultural discovery
with a discOncerting grin, and say
that they knew it all before. The
plan of saving the finest kernels for
seed is not absolutely new to the
American farmer, nor is he wholly
unacquainted with the good results
arising from planting the seeds of
particularly fine peaches or other
fruit, or securing cuttings from plants
of unusual quality. The problems of
heredity we're studied by the farmer
some time before there were any ag-
ricultural colleges, and he knows
good deal more about his own bust
ness than some people seem to think
he does. There have been city men
who have gone out in the country
and improved the ground they bought
SO that it bloomed like the rose, but
If they had had no more money to
spend on improvement than their
neighbors it is doubtful if they would
have made their farms pay, and it is
rather exceptional for these gentle
men farmers to get back the money
they spend on their investments, as
the farmers must in order 10 live.
Agricultural colleges are doing
good work in many parts Of the coun-
try, but the good they do is usually
accomplished quietly, and without
any very sensational discoveries.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20

The reiterated demands for complete
reorganization ignore the present
organization with a cool audacity
that is both amazing and amusing"
The suggestion that the Red Cross
be placed under Government control
is combated by Miss Jennings, except
to the extent that the War and Navy
Departments be represented in the
Red Cross management.
Would Government control insure
more honest and able management
of the Red CROSSE" Miss Jennings de-
mands. The answer" she says,
might be found in the records of the
various Government departments
during the past twenty-five years
for example, the War Depart ment,
Postofice Department, the Indian and
Land Offices of the Interior Depart
ment."
I'm its twenty-three years" she de-
clares, 'the American National Red
Cross has dispensed of money and ma
terial over a million of dollars in a
work which has no parallel in the
annals of relief for suffering human
ity. For honesty and economy the
twenty-three years will easily bear
the test by comparison with twenty
three years of any Government de-
partment."
Miss Jennings is a strong partisan.
and her defense will undoubtedly at
tract attention. Moreover, as an in
dication OF Miss Barton's personal
views at this critical period in the
affairs of the American Red Cross.
it assumes an Importance that can
not be denied.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
THE BOOMS.

What is that silence that ensues.
So deep It never might be sounded2
A noise as loud as burglars shoes
or lambkin's tail on fur cap pounded2
It's the Cleveland boom,
What is that awful row we hear
That sounds like midnight in the
mountains?
That falls upon the startled ear
Like autumn leaves on peaceful foun-
tains?
It's the Parker boom,
What is that dreadful din that roars
Like velvet rubbed Ger powder pun?
or like the down you buy in stores
Tie empty pillow case to stuff?
It's the Olney boom,
What IS that racket rising high
AS that Of Shiny ishworms boring
Through sandy loan that's nice and dry.
Where busy ants their eggs are stOr-
ing?
It's the Mcclellan boom.
What is the deafening crash that bursts
Like half an ounce of melted rubber
Poured DER a bunch Of weiuerwursts,
or whale-oil oozing from its blubber?
It's the German boom,
And what that thunderous burst Of
sound
Like trapped flies struggling I'm mo-
lasses,
or soft-shod rabbit homcward bound
MID clover booms and dew-wet
grasses2
It's the Hearst boom,
What Is that noise that sounds as II
Two babies checks had rubbed to-
Rethcr,
or like the decorating bin
OF oiled-rag rubbed ON patent leather?
It's the Bryan boom,
Baltimore American.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
ParaSoLS Came Do1Un.

This sans eyes. sans teeth business
is all right II the women here I'm this
crowd were only sans hats and sans
parasols.' an impatient man exclaimed
yesterday afternoon at the outdoor pro
ducuon Of AS You Like It," I'm the
Naval Hospital grounds.
The remark had no effect on the row
Of fancy millinery between the man
and the tree-covered stage. and tiny
carriage parasOls and fans stin shaded
faces which were afforded little pro-
lection from the sun bv gauze-like hats.
Shakespeare all right with fringe
of leaves. but / don't exactly like IL
strained through lace and chiffon" TIE
impatient man remarked loudly enough
Ton the women two rows in front OF
him TO hear.
The parasols didn't bulge
After lodging about for a few minutes
IN an effort To get a glimpse of the
stage the impatient man exclaimed TO p
ne Elk OLD man who sat next 10 him:
You've heard Of the seven ages of
oman, haven't you? Well. when a
woman gets to the sixth and seventh
age she's afraid Of having her COM
plcNion spoiled and her eyes are 50
weak she has 10 use a sunshade.'
ParaSOls came down
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
IN WORLD OF POLITICS

Republicans of Wisconsin yes
terday placed two complete State
tickets in the feld-LaFollette and
anti-LaFollette.
Republicans of California Ia con-
ventiOn yesterday instructed for
Roosevelt.
Republicans of North Dakota
yesterday Endorsed Roosevelt.
Democrats of Montana in conven-
ton yesterday chose uninstructed
delegates for the St. Louis conven-
ton.
Republicans of the Third Ohio
district yesterday. renominateA
Representative R. M. Nevin for
Congress.
Republicans of the Eleventh
Illinois district yesterday renomi-
mated Representative H. N. Snapp
for Congress.
Democrats of the Thirteenth Ohio
district yesterday nominated David
R. Crissinger for Congress; the dis
trict is now represented by the
Hon. A. M. Jackson, Republican.
Republicans Of Arkansas yester-
day made the following nominal
tons for Congress:
First District-U. G. Copeland.
Second District-F. W. Tucker.
Sixth District-R. c. Thompson.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
Russian Too Much for Nj. Hay

Although Secretary Hay is an accom-
riis he'd l!nguist, a master Of the
classics. and well versed in German
and French and several other modern
languages, he admits the Russian Ian
guage is beyond his comprehension. aui
has great admiration for foreigners who
are able to learn II.
Many years ago Mr.. Hay decided to-
take up the study of Russian. thinking
il could be acquired as readily as other
European languages. He engaged 4
Russian priest in New York to instruct
MIN. and worked faithfully for several
months. lie planned to visit RUSSIA.
and expected TO spend winter in the
southern part or the empire.
Rut after devUting more time and
study TO Russian than he had ever
given to any other language. Mr. Hay
found he had made no Roadway. He
abandoned MS plans TO visit the land
OF the Gar I'm the hope of perfectinC
himself in the Russian language.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
IN NATURES LABORATORY.

When they first showed Bismarck the
monograph he exclaimed: why. this IS
NrunChlusen realized, Here are the
notes frozen in the trumpet coming out
afresh," Now. a Somersetshire parsOu
has given us a fresh instance Of the
same character. Not a deer with
cherry tree growing from its head. but
q sheep carrying on its back oats which
are growing from seed stuck in its wool
Islands and continents have been plant
Cd with trees and crops by as primitive
means. There is no waste in natures
labOra tory. That same corn which the
pi0us contemporaries OF Moses buried
with their relatives viii today bear tood
for man. Barham, IN one OF merrleSt
moods. pictures the fond widow sup
porting her grief and nurturtng herseI
upon cells Of peculiar excellence when
have grown fat upon the body OF heF
husband who has committed suicide IN
the pond where these fresh-water ser
nents make their home There is story
Of a wonderful brew Of beer or porter
which when the bottom Of the vat was
reached. proved TO have the body Of the
brewer in It.
The man who delights to speculate
,lpon the manner which forests have
obtained their trees and open places
their store of fruits and grain Will oe
familiar with that marvellous instance
cited by Darwin. He took from the toot
of a woodcock "a cake Of Dry edrth n
which was seed Of the toaQrush; ~
planted the seed and IT terminated ana
lowered Prof. Newton sent MN inc
leg Of a partridge which had bee9
Wounded and unable TO fly. Attached
TO ir was a clod of earth weighing SIX
ana a half ounces He broke UP the
ciod and placed il under bell glass
No fewer than eighty-two plants spranS
from it. 10 is the more interesting 70
know that the clod OF earth containing
this treasure was kept three years be-
fore planting The same idea may be
followed out In many directions. In some
localities in England they have what
the rustic calls rocks from the devil
The local geOlOgist Is unable TO reco-t-
cile their presence with any natural
cause. AS a fact. these have been dump.
ed upon us by icebergs which broke
away from parts OF the globe whose
rock formations are totally different
from our own. London st. James Ga
ZettC-
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.

VINO will be the Democratic Presidential
nominee
Is the question that now agitates the
soul
OF the party who. on the making
OF a slate, is cogitatiug
In the interest of the Democratic whole.
There Is German. bland of manner, deep
of purpose, bold in deed:
The leader of a recusant cabaL
But his boom has gone 10 pieces
He made one too many speeches
On the subject Of the Panama Canal
Now Hearst has in his bonnet the Presi-
Dental bee;
And he sets a most exhilarating pace;
But the color of his Journal
In deconete dlurnaI,
Lends yellow Peril feature to the
race.
Bryan's usefulness is over, his friends
are forced to say,
And the issue that he represents is
dead;
Underneath the golden daisies
Let US bury him, and raise his
Cross Of Goblin retribution-at his
head.
Now 'the Judge" is wise and wary. large
OF thought and grave of mien.
He presents the endless silence of the
SphynN.
What he's said and done rs history.
But the everlasting mystery
That worries al his friends is-whut
ne thinks.
Then there's Harrison and Olney. Gray,
Mcclellan. Williams. Folk:
Men of Presidential timber all and
each;
But looking them all over.
Many think that good Old Grover
Is the great and only pebble on the
beach. -Harper's Weekly.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20

cept that he is a temperate man him
self, and perhaps by reason Of the fact
that he WIS one OF the very few army
officers who approved and Endorsed the
anti-canteen legislation.
Mr.. Stewart made his charge that
General Miles Is not a Prohibitionist
before the Allegheny CPa-) county Pro-
hibition convention. which had under
consideration a resolution TO indOrse the
general for the nomination for Prest-
dent
His speech had the effect Of killing
the proposition But what is even more
remarkable in Mr.. Stewart's speech is the
fact that he mentioned the Hon. Charles
z. Littlefeld as the possible candidate
Of the prohibition party in the coming
campaign, and, as Mr.. Stewart is an
authority upon Prohibition politics. the
distinguished Representative from Maine
may enjoy a nice little boom for PreSt
dent. There is much question. how
ever, as 70 whether or not Mr.. Little
field would really .enjcy'' the boom.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF FRIENDS SCHOOL

Commencement exercises Of the
Friends Select School will be held at
o'clock this evening In Gunton Tenn
pie Memorial Church. Eight graduates
form the class Of 1904, including Mildred
Duval, John b. Earnshaw, Edward
Becl,wlth Fox, Francis b. Hamlin, Earle
Leslie Keller, T. Beach Plat. Henrietta
Sanford Riggs, and Blanche Naomi
Thompson.
made by James Hume Garfield, librar-
Ian Of Columbian University who will
speak on The Service OF Life and
Death. Thomas w Sidweli will present
the diplomas 20 graduates. and must
cs3 program will be furnished by Mrs.
Thomas c. Noyes and Harvey Murray.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
The Children.
Why the City Cannot Do Too Much
for Them.

Why the City Cannot Do Too Much
for Them.
While Washington Is better off
than any other city in the country as
regards overcrowding or deficiency Of
breathing places in the heart of the
city, summer heat nevertheless puts
a burden upon the children of the
poor that commends heartily TO the
public the work of the Public Play
grounds Committee.
The object of the committee, as
stated to the mass meeting in the
First Congregational Church. in ad-
ditiOn TO securing, some time in the
future. Fairgrounds and baths in the
city, is TO begin right away with an
outing place for the children in
Camp Good WILL" in Rock Creek
Park. This will be opened on
Memorial Day. May 80.
Work for the children should al
ways receive the first attention of the
grown-ups, whose responsibility for
the children is self-evident. Accord
ing to the Commissioners, the Gov
eminent is disposed to do its share
toward making the city a happy place
for the youngsters. It remains for the
parents of the children to show their
appreciation Of present conditions,
and insure better for the future by
doing heartily that which the Govern
ment leaves undOne Helping ones
self is always the first step toward
getting somebody else to help.
A city, the children of which have
both sound minds and sound bodies,
is indeed blessed, for such a city has
an insurance against moral and physi-
cal degeneracy more precious than
gold in the treasury or much goods
in the storehouse.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20

As was expected, the result of the
Republican split in Wisconsin is two
tickets in the field, one headed by
Governor LaFOllette. whose anxiety
for third term seems to be largely
responsible for the trouble. and the
other headed by x-COngressman
Samuel A Cook, who has the indorse-
ment Of Senators SpOoner and Quarles.
The worse phase of the difficulty
from the standpoint Of the Republi-
can party, as a whole, is that the
row is likely to jeopardize the sue
cess of the national ticket in the
State. Each convention will send
delegates to Chicago, which will. of
course, precipitate a contest. In fact,
the only thing the two factions were
able to agree upon was Presidential
electors.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20

1t was Lew DOckstader. the min
strel. who imDersOnated Booker T.
Washington before the moving pic
ture machine on the east plaza Of the
Capitol yesterday, but who made uu
so realistically as President RoOse-
welt, or what use the pictures are go
ing to be put 10. has not yet been
revealed. Perhaps, after all. it was
only a resourcefuI press agents
scheme for getting free advertising
Certainly, the press agent was promi-
nent in the outfit. and the escapade
was prominent this morning in news
papers all over the country. Serious
y speaking, however, whether in
tended as a joke or as a feature in
some future theatrical show, the af-
fair was a breach Of good taste, II
not an actual misdemeanor. and
something which is likely to prove
offensive 10 many people.
The Washington times., 1904-05-20
Lodge Still Safe.
Massachusetts, Reciprocity Movement
Not to Dislodge Quality.

U1aSSdCHuSetlS RECIPROCITY movement
Not to DislOdge Quality.
The New York Evening Post"
blandly asks: Can it be that Bos-
ton is in revolt, and against Senator
Lodge? We rub our eyes as we read
Of a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall to
demand reciprocity with Canada; of
10000 business men of Massachusetts
petitioning for it; and of the most in
fluential Republicans in the State mot
members of Lodges machine) put
ting through resolutions calling
for it."
Can it be that the New York
Evening Post" is unaware that this
reciprocity business is the political
joke of the silly season in the New
England metropolis? Boston always
has to have something about this
time to amuse itself with, and reel
procity perfectly meets all the con-
ditions.
Started by a group of men who had
their own self interest strictly in
view, it was taken up by those who
take up things, though 1t is doubtful
if most of them knew what reel proci-
~ was. 1t was enough for them that
it sounded good and eminently re-
spectacle. The agitation will run its
customary course until the hot
weather sets in. Then it will drop
quietly out of the minds of everybody
except possibly Henry NJ. Whitney
and Eugene n. Foss.
AS for rebellion against Lodge,
there are something like 300 towns
in the Bay State. To defeat Lodge
would require, on a conservative es-
innate, say 81 900 to a town. If the
New York Evening Post thinks
that the Massachusetts men who are
booming reciprocity are going to put
up that amount of money, he doesn't
know the men. In fact, they will
probably kick when the time comes
TO settle with the press agent, who
has been making most of the noise.