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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20

KANSAS CITY, No, April 2O.-The
truck drivers strike Of several weeks
duration has been declared Off, the EN-
ployers winning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20
SOMEBODY TELL EN-
SPRING is HERE

BOSTON, April 2O-An inch of snow
fell here last night.
BARRE, VT, April 2O.-The heaviest
snowstorm of the season ragged last night.
Ten inches has fallen and it is still snow
ing.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 20.-Five inches
of snow fell last night in South Dakota
and Northwest Iowa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20
FRISCO BOYS
WERE SHUT OUT
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDING

OAKLAND, April Yesterdays game
with Tacoma was postponed on account OF
rain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20

The Str. Greyhound is now on the run
from Taeona ta QlvnlDia :"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20

Los ANGELES, April 2O-Los Angeles
won yesterday by the fine pitching of
throws by the Bay City boys gave the
Angels two runs in the first inning. The
score: r. IL. f.
Los Angeles ...2OOOOIOO*-3 8 4
San Francisco. o 100000 4 1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-20

PORTLAND, April 2O.-The Portland
and Seattle seams did not arrive from the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

cause he husbands his resources and hires bed in
the cheapest place he can find while he looks for
work, is unjust as it is illogical Yet every day
the police arrest for other reason than that
they are found in cheap lodging houses
If our vagrancy laws not be enforced SO as
to apply only to criminals and vagabonds. it would
be best to abolish them altogether for if there is not
more discrimination displayed in their administra-
tion it is conceivable that in course of time to be
poor and homeless will mean to be slave The United
States, of all countries, should abide by the MOTTO
"Live and let live" and it is we'll to remember that
isn't necessarily felon because he is poverty
stricken is he likely to become one if he is
encouraged to do what is right as he is if thrown
into Jail for being homeless.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

The silly in politics lasts all the year
round, and your genuine politician is willing to stu
tify himself to contradict himself at any time
provided you convince him that he will obtain votes
by doing But fortunately for the reading public
few politicians willing to descend to such depths
of blithering imbecity in their struggle for popu
larity as did Governor Vardman of Mississippi in
his inaugural address last week. His assertion that
Education is the of the negro race is alb
surd would be the statement that education is the
curse of Governor Vardman. Negroes go wrong,
and the governor of Mississippi wakes foolish, but
in both cases the men, not education, are to blame
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

IF THE year 1903 was remarkable for it's serious
accidents and disasters it also notable for many
acts of heroism and noble self sacrifce. Each pub
lished account of railway wreck fire told of bril-
liant and heroic efforts the part Of the survivors
in behalf of their less fortunate fellows. It is q
splendid record and which the country may we'll
be proud Of
Yet it is not exceptional. Brave and daring
men come forward whenever there is occasion for
them Forgetfulness of self in the face of danger is
the rule rather than the exception, just as honesty
and truthfuness is the rule and the pessimist who
believes that self-interest is the most powerful mo-
tive influencing human conduct finds that he is far
from the truth when he applies his theories to the
test of real life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

Our vagrancy laws are intended to apply only
to the professional hobo, the professional beggar,
the bum and the petty crook, but at this of
the year the unskled laborer out of job is often
the to suffer through them. The seasoned
tramp can evade the workhouse and Jail without
much trouble; he knows how to avoid the police,
and when he happens to be arrested, how to wheede
the magistrate into releasing him. He shuns the
localities where work is to be found and prefers
theft to labor any day. But among those who are
ION the tramp" and those who are idlng about our
cities at the present moment are many who are not
hoboes who do not steal and who are genuinely
ious to work and stick to it. Sad to relate,
these men are arrested under the vagrancy laws
often than the hoboes.
Chicago used to have and probably still has,
municipal lodging house where honest men out
of employment could get food and nights lodging
and pay for it by working the Streets sort of
voluntary commitment workhouse. Every large
town and city should have such institution, for
when it exists the loafers who decline to avail them
selves of the opportunity to work thus offered can
be properly called Migrants and be made amenable
under the law. This applies to men who are with
out funds or who have little money that they can
not afford to spend any of it for lodging.
But there is another class-those who have
enough money to enable them to put up at the very
cheap hotels and rooming houses. To take it for
granted that man is lazy and worthless merely be-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

The Citizens Association of Chicago has issued
bulletin in which the police department. is held
responsible for much of the crime that has occurred
in the windy city this winter. The force is poorly
disciplined, says the Association, and very lax meth
DDS are the rule. Grating and connivance at law
1essness are limited at. The bulletin severely GEN.
sures the chief of police.
The Chicago police department is under civil
service rules. This is excellent in theory but
times ties the hands of those who should be held
responsible for the personnel and discipline of the
force. The chief must have positive proof that an
officer is incapable dishonest before he get rid
of him. and this proof must at times be difficult to
get But doubtless the Citizens Association took
this into consideration before issuing it's bulletin.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of efficiency in any
public department, and an intelligent checking up
and then is salutary and productive of good
suits.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

Three-quarters of the matches
imported into this country come
from Sweden.
The authorities of Mankato have
put step to young people coast
ing downhill, but not word is
said against coasting uphill.
When a man complains that
forty minute sermons once week
are too long, you may know he is
long on worldly affairs and short
on religion.
Tobacco has always been regard
ed as product of the South, but
last year about $4,000 acres plant
ed with tobacco in Wisconsin yield
ed a crop valued at eight million
dollars.
Late in the summer there is to
be a melon day at the St. Louis
fair, when 100000 melons are to
be served free of cost to visitors.
Here's wager of 100000 against
those watermelons that there will
be 100000 darkies in that melon
patch.
When you come to think of it,
it is remarkable that there is diff
ference of but one-fifth of mile
between khe two most direct roads
that connect Chicago and Detroit,
the distance via the Michigan Gen.
trail being 273 2-5 miles and the
Wabash 273 1-5 miles.
It has been discovered that there
are several kinds of articles, ami
mails and things in the halls of
congress that belong to the people
of this country, and here is a par
tial list of them: One Field, one
Little6eld, some Mudd, one Byrd,
one Lamb, one Sheppard, but no
sheep; two Moons, but no sky;
one Flood, but no water; one Can
non, but no ball; some Hay, but
no grass; one Hogg, but no pork;
two Kitchens, but no cook; one
Baker, but no bread; one Badger,
but no dog; one Bishop, but no
church; one Bell, but no clapper;
two Gaines, but no loss; one Hull,
but no ship; one Dresser, but no
dude; some Pages, but no books.
When one has devoted thou
sands of odd seconds for weeks
and weeks in getting ones cell in
such a drawing room condition as
to be suitable place to entertain
King Edward or the Sultan of
Bag-bag and then comes home
some evening from hard days
work and finds that the white
washer has been there, turned
everything wrong side out and up
side down and dumped into COR
ner, it 8 almost enough to cause
one to think of cuss words or to
swear mentally. Will some kind
friend, who is not afraid OF the
laws of the country, please ap-
proach this whitewasher and as
certain if bride of five hundred
thousand dollars would be accept
able and sufficient to induce him
to refrain from these periodical
performancesp
One of the most despicable things
imaginable is the practice SO prev
4
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28
NO 7 lie e.

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who
not regular lists will please consider such
sample copies IT, after reading, that
MIRROR is worthy patronage send to this
Office for trial subscription published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

THE MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
Prison. founded in 1887 by the and edited and
aged them Its objects be home to encourage
moral Intellectual improvement the prisoners acquant
public with the of the pathological
Information and aid dpeng that prejudice which
the sinister entirely
dependent public support
should
interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

portunlty to cast their lot with
such a concern. They know that
by reason OF the eagerness of many
men and women to secure employ
ment they will strive to underbid
others and offer to sell their SER
vices below living wages. With
the increasing intricacies of bust
ness and business relations, with
the demand for progressive meth
DDS in conducting business, han
ding accounts, etc., greater ability
Is demanded in all lines than was
required few years ago and more
is expected of $50 bookkeeper
now than was required of the 500
bookkeeper few years ago. While
there is more room at the top than
was the case in former times. and
while the salaries Of those at the
top in all commercial and indus
trial lines are higher than in for
mer times, there are far greater
armies of employees required at
the bottom than in years past.
Tens of thousands of those who.
by force Of circumstances are kept
at the bottom, possess greater abil-
ity than was possessed by those
who were at the top a few years
ago. And again, because of pecul-
lar com binations of circumstances,
it has been a common occurrence
in the past, and it is even more
noticeable in our present time,
that many men are kept at the
bottom who possess all the quail
ifications of those at the top.
Now, people who live in glass
houses should not throw stones,
and most Of us live in glass houses.
For instance, it is rather incoa-
gruous for us to be shocked at the
lack of etiquette or manners of
our neighbor and at the same time
rest our own elbows on the table
at meals or begin picking our
teeth before leaving the table. I
have as many faults and peculiari-
ties as you have and just a few
more. But while there is perhaps
no more in my past life to be
ashamed of than there is in the
life of the average man, either in
or out of prison, I cannot justly
be accused of making a practice of
knowingly compelling the pronoun
''I' to work overtime, in relating
my own achievements, and it is safe
to say that no man within these
walls ever heard from my lips
more than four quarts of words
concerning myself, past or pres
ent. But I feel impelled to over
step the boundary right here, in
order to do justice to the book
keepers and other Office employees
and will say that it would not be
necessary to go very far to learn
that the writer has been an en-
ployer-and | am in position to
know that no corporation. concern
or individual that is strictly on the
square" will compel any class Of
employees, men, women, boys or
girls to name the lowest figures
for which they can work. Every
member of every corporation, all
heads of departments and in short,
every man who is directly or in
directly concerned with employing
bookkeepers or other Office help is
in sufficiently close touch with
scores of this class of individuals
to know or to learn the value Of
their services without advertising.
But the fact is that many of the
unscrupulous employers who can
we'll afford to pay good wages will
resort to anything in order TO
squeeze 500 worth of services out
of an employee for $50. The em-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28

One of the most despicable things
imaginable is the practice SO prev
alent in many cities nowadays OF
business firms advertising for book
keepers, clerks, etc., indicating in
their advertisements that they
merely want person who is good
at figures, writes q fair hand and
operates typewriter; the ad. end
ing with the words, estate lowest
salary expected" These PERM
cious, unscrupulous concerns real
ize that such newspaper announce
ments will reach the eyes or ears
of scores of experienced men and
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
May Amount to Something.

The last will and testament of John
ID. Jones. who died at ~ Ladies
Home In this city on Oct. 14th last
has been filed In the clesk's office
and will be admitted 20 probate On
January end, 1906.
The deceased is thought To have
owned. some valuable mining claims
In Alaska, consequently there may be
something more than appears ut frs
glance in the provision In his vii
which bequeaths all Of MS property
both real aud personal. "whe}ovor 10
Gated" after the payment Of his fW'er
al expenses and debts, 70 the Ladies'
Home of this city.
He names A. d. Higgins IA his tx
ecutor and Charles N. Higgins as III:
attorney to draw up his viii. the docu
ment having been Witnessed by "
p. NILS. M, d., Louise e. Russell unC
Andrew Il. Harvey.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
Machinery eeiru Erected.

The modern and expensive machin-
cry recently purchased by the Pecos
Copper Co, TO which reference was
recently made in The Optic. is now
being installed at the former Hamil-
ton mines on the Pecos.
O. w. Alexander, formerly Of Cerril-
los. Is superintendent Of these prom
Using mining operations and II Is esti-
mated that at least eighteen months
time steadily employed will be neces-
sary to complete the work OF devel.
opment In hand.
A shaft seven feet square will be
enlarged 70 even by fourteen feet,
double compartment, and sank to a
depth OF 500 feet.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
Strenuous Travellers

A. D. neutrality-suspicious. OF the
First national bank.and his son, Rob
ert, returned last night from a two
weeks trip In the course Of which they
covered many miles. They spent a
couple Of days at ST. Louis. then wen,
to Milwaukee. thence to Chicago and
on to Mr.. Smiths former home In
Illinois.
Mr.. Smith says that business In the
middle west Ia uncommonly flourish.
ing and Is steadily improving. It is,
however, being conducted on a safe
and rational basis and there Is no dan.
ger Of a slump. Good times may be
looked for throughout the nation dur
ing the coming year.
The gentleman reports the weather
the mildest in years. Lake traffic Ia
still open on all the lakes and there
has been almost constant sunshine
for weeks. MI. Smith believes he had
almost ns strenuous an experience at
the fair as did the Roosevelt party He
and his son lost no time during two
whole days and two evenings and
there was little of the ground at the
exposition left u~nvisited.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
"A Friend Of the FamMy.r

Although considerable space has
been devoted to q description Of the
company which will appear with "A
Friend Of the Family at the Duncan,
little seems TO have been said about
the play. and after all "the plays the
thing" Like all successful farces Of
the past decade, It has It's origin In
tho German, being from the pen Of
Robert Pohl, the most successful farce
writer In Germany. II was originally
produced at the Court Theatre, Berlin,
and became at once the farcical hit
Of the German capital. and enjoyed
the unprecedented run OF 215 nights.
II was adapted for the English stage
by Frank Tannehill Jr., and Ralph NJ,
Skinner. Its story and complications
are said TO be unique and screamingly
fareical, but also contains an under
| plot OF humanity delicate love interest.
| Opera house Thursday evening. Dec.
LIST.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
District Court

There was an afternoon session OF
court today,
The petit jury was this morning dis
missed TIL 0 o'clock tomorrow morn
Ing.
The grand jury returned nine add.
tional indictments this morning.
Fred Collins, charged with breaking
II seal on n railroad car, n p%enitentlary
%offcnso. was arralgned this morning
and pleaded guilty. He viii be sen.
fenced later on In the term: also r.
Taylor. the party who got the !. X.
Lewis money, entered a plea of guilty.
az also did Juan QulDtana, under in
dictment for an assault on the wife
OF his bosom.
w. y. Slapp Is acting as clerk OF
court today, during the absence OF
Clerk Sec. Romero, at Santa Fe.
In Territory Va Anastaclo Lobato.
assault with deadly weapon, defend.
ant was a%rraigned. pleaded not guilty.
and his case set for tomorrow morn
Ing.
All the parties who have been In.
dicted by the territorial grand Jury
at the present term. have pleaded
guilty. with one single exception. This
is an earnest that none but true bills
have been found.
The bond Of w. q. Hayden az ref
cree In the !. X. Lewis bankruptcy
case was approved by Judge Mills
this morning In the sum OF $3.50. The
has given notice that the first
meeting Of creditors will be held in
his office December 18th.
In The case Of Geo. II. Hunker VI.
the Bluestone Copper Co. and W. B.
Bunker. receiver. special appearance
and a motion to dismiss complaint,
iiled.
Case Of II. 4. Vogt & co. vs.. Lizzie
DALEY. the defendant failed to ap-
pear and judgment was rendered
her for S169.56.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

II has been suggested by a local
contractor and builder that home me
chanics az we'll as home merchants be
patronized by the people Of Las Veg
as. In this city the wage scale Ii
forty cents an hour, while In Tucson,
Arizona, for instance. 1t is fifty cents
an hour and eight hours constitute
a days work, against nine hours here
THERE'S also a difference Of $40 per
thousand feet In the price OF lumber
in the two cities, the higher price
prevailing in the Arizona city. II Is
claimed that preference is not al
ways given to the home builders ant
contractors. whose mechanics are ~
highly skilled in their trades as those
Of other places andth cir wages arr
! not so good.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
An American Prince

A passenger through the city yes
terday was Delegate Kal~anianaole OF
Hawaii, better known to tho world AZ
prince Cupid" This wealthy youns
gentleman OF Hawaiian royal blood
Is on his way to Washington 10 fin
Ish his congressional term. lilo OK
presses himself ns not Interested In
the fight for statehood that Is being
made by tho continental territories.
His people have not yet begun O ser
ious agitation OF this subject and the
prince IL much more interested In
securing some needed reforms for the
islanders and certain benoflcIent leg.
~islatlon than he IL In getting a state
form OF government.
Prince Kalanianaolo In extremely
anxious that all his people should
learn the English tongue and become
impregnated with the Anglo-Saxon
Idea. He Is Interested in bette.
schools, In laws that will favor the
Hawaiian sugar trade. that will ben
gift and foster the shipping interests
Of the territory and will promote her
Industries. lie Is n hand
some and well appearing young man.
possesses great wealth and n reputa-
Ion as an eloquent speaker.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
10 Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given Il tax pay
ers In San Miguel county. N. NJ, tina,
the first half OF taxes for A. d. 1901
Is due and should be paid to the un'
dersigned prior TO December /. 1904,
after which date a penalty will be i'm
posed according to law.
Dated at Las Vegas. N. NJ, Nov. %,
1904. EUGENIo ROMERO.
1899 Treasurer and Collector
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Capt. Antonio Lucero seemed to be
In better spirits today than had been
noticeable since the v OF the cleo.
ton and upon inquiry II was ascer.
tanned that his wife and children who
have been spending the past two
months In FL paso. Texas. would re
turn home tomorrow. Mrs. Lucerc
having te~legraphed him to this effect
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Delegate r. s, Rodey passed
through the city yesterday on his
way back to washington to attend Ire
short session OF congress. Mr.. Rodey
says the joint statehood bill viii pass
the senate ct the short session aud
intimaies that President Roosevelt "a
In favor Of It's passage. What action
the people Of New Mexico and Ari
sona may take on The question Is an,
other matter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

PARTIES In town TODAY irIia I.cos
precincts state that II Ii now easily
possible for travellers n get W and
down the Pecos stream by wagon
road. A considerable a,uorntof wo,k
estimated cost $4,000, has been done
on this badly needed pnbtic improve
ment. towards which n party or tive
Immediately benefited iiaat contrib
ute a single red cent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Consul Jose Julia. the Spanish no
bleman from Honduras. who spent the
winter here. Is back from ST. Louis,
accompanied by DIR. r. r. b. Fest. his
physician. The old gentleman gained
in strength steadily during his winter
here. but overtaxed his ability at the
fair and is now quite infirm. DIR. Fest
will leave In a day or two for Chicago
to accompany the consul's wife and
Governor Cullen and daughter bacA
20 the city.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Attorney Robert G. Gortner, who
. cast some time ago to visit his
old home at Goshen, Ind, and other
points, arrived In the city on No 4
this afternoon. He remained over un,
I'll No. 7 to visit his big brother VIII
liam.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

The evangelist, G. n. Haudenschield,
arrived today on No. 1. He will
preach the first sermon OF tho special
gospel campaign tonight. A very cor
dial invitation Is extended TO the pub.
lie TO hear this accomplished Bible
reader and eloquent gospel preacher.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

DIR. w. T. Brown and family Of Ian.
caster. Wis, are snusly domiciled In
the Higgins cottage. They expect.
ere long. 10 move to the Romeroville
sanatorium Of which Dr. Brown Ia one
Of the proprietors. The work of 70.
modelling the buildings and fencing
the grounds Ii going on rapidly.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Phonetic Spelling.
Jak and Jil went up the hill
To get a pale Of water
When ,Jak Eel down and broke his
crown,
Il left his only doter
To use his life insurance mon,
And many pepui softer.
But she stuk to her old, first luy'
And wed him. as she'd otter,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

There was . big crowd at the Butt
esick dance last night and the class
starts off under promising auspices.
Good music Ia furnished.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

Or. Hammond was the holder Of the
number which drew the scarf dis
posed Of by the Ladies' Auxiliary Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30

The foundation for tho new engine
IL being rapidly constructed at the
power house, which IN now being sup
piled with water from tho Eighth
street main.