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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16
MORE RECORD BREAK
ING WEATHER IN EAST

CLEVELAND Ohio. Feb 1c.--Thls
was the coolest day Cleveland and
northern Ohio has had for Ave years.
The government thermometer record.
ed degrees below zero, when in some
points The mercury fell.to IA below.
coIdest Or Winter.
DETROIT, Mich. Feb. IG.--Last
night was the coolest o. the winter
IN the lower peninsula Of Michigan.
The thermometer here registered Oh
below. Grand Rapids reports 10 below
last night and Alphena is below.
New York Blizzard.
SYRACUSE, n. r. Feb. 1e.-A
fierce snow storm is raging all through
this section Of the state. The ther.
mometers Of Syracuse reached is be.
low during the night.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16

VIII railway and great quantities ol
material used on the Fusan Seou
.raiiwas are available, In event OF q
prolonged war railway between
these points will be of immense ad
vantage.
Cruel Siavs.
TOXIC, Feb. l6.--The government
is receiving additional reports o. the
alleged cruelty Of the Russians to
ward Japanese refugees from Man
.Ghnria The Japanese government Ii
deeply stirred by these reports, and
a feeling Is being created which be,
tokens bitter and relentless war,
rive Russian Vessels Captured.
TOXIC, Wednesday, Eeb. L. Bul
letin The Japanese captured at
least five commercial steamers, In
GLIDING the Ekateriyoslay OF the vol.
.unteer fleet; the Moukden, Russia,
Argun and Alexander. The vessels
were caught in japanese Korean and
adjacent waters at various times since
Saturday by small Japanese cruisers
and gunboats. Some of the steamers
are rich prizes
Korea Aids Japan.
SEOUL. Feb. l6.- (Bnlletnl The
Korean government has granted ia
pan the right TO travera j country.
IL Is reported taht the Japanese war.
ships have trapped three Russian
ships al Yongampho. No details re-
garding the result of this naval ex-
plot have been receives.
Squadron in Neutral PJort.
PARIS, Feb. 16.--A dispatch to the
Figaro from ST. Petersburg today
says: 1T has been decided to hold
the Russian squadron from the Medit.
erranean, which is now In the Red
sea and bound for the far east. at
Jibutil, French Somiland. until furth.
er orders" The stopping OF the
squadron here may lead TO interna-
tional complications. Jlbutil being a
neutral French port.
Russian Soldiers Freeze.
BERLIN. Feb. 16.--A st. Peters.
burg correspondent OF the Tagliche
says six hundred Russian
soldiers have been frozen to death
while marching over the Ice across
Lake Baikal In eastern Siberia.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

+ New Optic: Mrs. Combs, Ho,
Springs: X, X. Cullum, Buffalo. N. Y;
A. r. Burnham, Ration.
La Pension: LleweIIyn Lewis
Peeos. n. NJ
Rawlins House: John II. Hicks
Santa Rosa; Miss f. Curry. Santa
Rosa.
castaneda: Louis Benjamin. AT
bnquerque; W. II. Deanstyne. Denver;
G. X. Beard, El Paso; W. G. Pierce
Trent. Mo; John J Huddy. Kansas
City. w W Goldsmith. Denver: 6. j
Dave. Denver: 4. II. Darby. Denver.
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Turks Restrained.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. l6.-An
trade has been issued commanding
the Turkish press to refrain from
publishing comments unfavorable to
Russia during the war.
Japs Preparing to Land.
PARIS, Feb. 16.--Adyices through
French government channels confirm
the published reports to the effect
that the Japanese are preparing to
make landing on the west Of Liao
Tung peninsula or near the port Of
New Chwang. Owing to the extent
Of American interests there. and 1t
being the port of entry to the CAPT
tai OF Manchuria, considerable impor-
tance is attached here to the move
ment A new phase Of the accord on
the American note on the subject OF
neutrality has arisen. The approval
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16

Remember Fraternal Union social
tonight; admission 10 cents: refresh.
ments is cents. 7-4s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16

Onion sets for early planting--by
the quart or bushel At Dicks. 2.2s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-16

OF the various powers has not been
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
DICK INVOLVED IN
OHIO LAW SUIT
Accused of Permitting Illegal Loans
From Bank-With Eight
Other Directors.

AKRON, OHIO. July 6.-Senator
Charles Dick is made one Of the defend
ants in an action commenced here yes
terday charging the directors Of the Ak
ron Savings Bank with violating the
State banking laws.
Other directors sued are Aaron Wag-
oner. president Of the board of man.
ayers of the State penitentiary in Co
umbus; r. Hershey, warden OF the pen
itentiary; William Buchtel, president OF
the bank and the oldest member Of the
Ohio Legislature; Minor II. Howe, j.
Martin Beck, Judge c. r. Grant, former
Probate Judge John H Dellenberger,
and s. H Miller. of DOylestOwn.
The bank went into the hands of re-
ceivers last April. Action was recon-
mended last week to remove the receiv-
ers William Buchtel and former Sena-
tor George w. Seiber, on the ground
that they were not looking after the IN
terests Of the creditors. This action has
been temporarily dropped
The principal charge against the Ill
rectOrs Is that they and the officers OF
the bank have loaned sums largely IN
excess of oue-tenth of the amount OF the
capital stock actually paid in. II Is al
legged that there is now past due paper
In the hands of the receivers amounting
TO fully 500, coo.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
FRANK INTERPRETERS IN
SALE OF PETW0RTH LOTS

An order was issued late yesterday
afternoon by Justice Gould. on the ap-
pIication of Reuben NJ. Frank, restrain
ing the sale Of about 175 lots in Petworth
Addition to Washington. The sale of the
lots was advertised TO take place yester-
day afternoon at 4:3O o'clock: Clarence
"a Rbeern and Alexander r. Hensey,
trustees. and Harry 7. DOmer are named
az defendants in the proceedings, which
were begun by Mr.. Frank through his
counsel. Messrs. Lipscomb and Mitchell
Mr. Frank contends he is a stock
koIder in the Petw orth Real Estate and
Improvement Company, which pur-
chased the property In question IN lN2
for $50 900. He objects 10 the conditions
under which il is sought TO make the
sale Of the lots. One Of the conditions,
he saws. is that only the holders Of Ger
tain notes would be allowed 10 bid on
the property. and this, ne said, would
result in a sacrifice Of his rights and
interest.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06

coaIed in the woods. He instantly gave
battle, calamity supported by his men,
who, inspired by his animating example.
fought as long as they had "a cartridge
left At length. bleeding uuder eight
CALLING wounds and unable to stand. he
was carried off the battle-ground. whilst
his heroic little band. pressed Dy superior
numbers. WAS forced TO retreat
Emlnently characterized by cool in
repldlty, Captain Williams eVin~ed dur
ing this short but severe contest those
military requisites which qualify the
oi1cer for command. and If this sphere
OF action IS too limited to attract the
admiration of the world. il was suffi-
Gently expanded to crown him with the
appreciation of his country. and to af-
ford to his brethren in arms an example
as highly useful as his exit has sealed
with honor the life of a patriot soldier -
Through correspondence with the post
master at st. Mary'S. Ca. General FL
lott has been able TO locate grand
nephew of Captain Williams. who has
consented to having his relatives body
removed.
BY mere accident the deserted grave
OF the officer was brought TO the atten-
ton OF the Marine Corps officers. A
surveying party was working along ST
Mary's River. The wife of an officer
who accompanied the party, spent much
time in exploring the surrounding COun-
try and came by accident upon the in
tereSting old tombstone. She immedi-
ately wrote to Marine Corps headquaT-
tiers and started the movement to have
the bones brought to Washington.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
CAPT. WILLIAMS BODY
TO REST AT ARLINGTON
Will Be Removed From Deserted Cemetery in Georgia
Marine Officer Died in Year 1872

Through the efforts of BriEaGier Cen
eral Elliott. commanding the Marine
torTs, the body OF Capt. Johp Williams.
Of The Marine Corps. who was killed in
action in 1872, is to be removed from
a deserted cemetery in southern Georgia
and reinterred at Arlington.
At present the bones of Captain VIII
Hams lie near St. Mary's, Ca, beneath
great moss-covered marble slab.
placed over the grave by brother officers.
This interesting old monument viii
also be brought to Arlington. The in
scription on it is as follows;
Here lie the remains OF John Will
liams, ESQ, late captain in the Corps
of United States Marines. Was born in
Stafford county, Va, on the oath Of
August 1865. and died on the 18th of
September 1872, at Camp New Hope,
in east Florida
The body of the deceased was re-
moved TO this spot over which his
brother officers of the Marine Corps
have caused this pile to be erected. in
testimony of his worth, and of their
mounful admiration of his gallant end.
ION the 18th Of September, 1872, Cap
tain Williams. on his march with COM
mand Of twenty men to Davis Creek
Block House, in east Florida, was at
tackled towards evening by upwards of
fifty Indians and negroes, who lay con-
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
sTEAMsHIP In COLLISION.

QUEBEC. July 6-The Dominion Line
steamer Dominion. from Liverpool re-
ports having been I'm collision with and
having sunk the Danish brigauJlue
Komer. Captain Hansen. Iumber-Iaden,
and bound for "a British port.
The collision occurred ON the morning
Of July ] fin dense fog iu the Gulf of
ST Lawrence the bows of the komer
being stove iu- The Dominion was not
seriously damaged. and laid Co. and pick
ed up the crew Of the kOmcr. seven
IN al
The Eomer was then set ola fire so
that she would not become menace to
navigation.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
LOCAL CELEBRATION. OF
REPUBLICAN ANNIVERSARY

Republicans in Washington viii Cele-
bra;e ;he tftieth anniversary Of the
party al National Rifles Armory tonight
Men prominent IN the affairs OF the
party Will make addresses. and an in
terest.ng musical program will be given
The Hon. William Collier. Of New
YORK. VIII deliver the opening speech
after which addresses viii be made bv
Secretary James Wilson. OF the Agri-
cultural Department. ex-senator John
Thurston Of Nebraska. the Hon d X.
Watson Of Ohio, and Solicitor Penfield
Of Indiana.
From the ranks Of the Old Boys CIuD.
whose members viii attend as guests Of
honor, speeches viii be made by the
Hon. Siman Wolf and the Hon. +. NJ
Marble.
The hall Will be decorated with flags
and bunting, and palms and ported
plants viii adOTn the stage The chai--
man and secretary Of the committee on
arrangements are William c. Come
and CHS II. SChuldt
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
IN JEALOUS ANGER
SHOOTS COMP ANIONS
Assailants Fellow-Campers Met With
More Favor From Young
Women Visitors.

YORK. Pa, July Samuel Vaughn.
about twenty-five years old, the son of
William Vaughn, an ex-Confederate Of
hcer, while I'm a 1T OF jealous frenzy
shot and wounded John Blochingcr and
William Schuck. The young men are
both about twenty years Of age. Both
viii recover.
The shooting was the result Of a quar-
rel that occurred yesterday while the
young men we're out camping, and was
caused by jealousy over some young
women who had visited the camp.
Upon his return here he told a com
pdnlOn his troubles. borrowed revolver
and then Went in search of Blochingcr
and Schuck. IS soon as he found them
he began 10 fire. His rage probably ex-
plains the fact that both men were not
shot dead.
Vaughn fled. and is now hiding in the
hlgh grass not far from his home
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
MYSTERY IN HOLD-UP
OF ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS
Ten Quarrymen and a Mosaic Worker
Held Pending an In
vestigation.

PHILADELPHIA. July 6.-Ten i'm
ported slate quarTymen from Wales and
a mosaic worker from Italy who landed
here from the American Line steamship
Haverford. from Liverpool, Sunday
night, are locked up in the detention
house for immigrants. in Washington
avenue, awaiting deportation.
IL is alleged that they came here IN
violation OF the alien contract labor
Law An investigation is under way
which may lead 10 some disclosures.
ana the immigration officers have re-
fused 10 divulge any particulars con-
corning those detained
Immigrant Commissioner Rodgers had
been watching for these immigrants,
and when the Haverford arrived they
we're locked up in the detention pen and
two Of the inspectors detailed TO make
a searching inquiry.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
ENLARGE COMMITTEE ON
CASUALTY HOSPITAL SITE

At the request of the members the
committee appointed 10 select a site for
the new Casualty Hospital Building was
Yesterday enlarged from five TO seven.
The committee as now composed con-
sists Of d Olin Leech. Louis X. Beatty,
Charles g. Stone, John r. Wellington,
r. J. Earnshaw. T. J. Myer. and Thomas
". Smith, chairman. 4 report is eX-
pectcd within A few days.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
COURT AUTHORIZES SALE
OF LOTS IN CONTROVERSY

An order has been signed by Justice
Gould, sitting I'm Equity Court 30.
in the suit Of Randall d. George ana
others against Ethelyn George and
others authorizing William II. Dennis.
trustee. 10 soil lots II ami J., in block 80.
a subdivision of the north grounds OF
Columbian University The order per
mits tho sale OF the property 10 Emil
Berlinder for - cents "a square foot.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
NILUON-DOLLAR FIRE
ON DOCKS At BOSTON
Two Men Drown in Effort to Evade the
Flames-Grain Elevator
Destroyed.

BOSTON, July G-The big grain ele-
vator OF the Boston and Maine Railroad
Company. one of the largest in the
world. together With the company
freight L1uses Nos. !, >, and ., on Piers
and .. Mystic Wharf, Charlestown,
were burned last night. entailing loss
that will exceed 100000.
During the fire two lives are known
to have been lost
Eleven sailors of the Allan Line
steamer Austrian. lying al Pier l,
jumped overheard TO save themselves
from the flames. which had communi-
Gated TO the vessel. and Fred Mckenzie
and James Gallagher were drowned.
The other men We're picked ny by tug
boats and removed 10 the Marine Hos
pitaI at Chelsea. None suffered seri-
ously. one Of the wharf employees Is
reported missing.
Before the fire on board the Austrian
could be gotten under control by the fleet
of tugboats that had hauled ner out into
the stream, all her upper works had been
burned TO her decks.
The fire started after . o'clock during
"a heavy thunderstorm when bolt Of
lightning struck the northeast end Of
q quantity Of hay. In AN instant the
flames shot in either direction, quickly
communicating 10 houses Nos. ! and 3,
and from the latter 70 the oIS elevator
building further west.
The elevator built ten years ago, was
said to be the largest IN existence az
that time. having "a capacity OF 2-o'''V1
bushels As near as can be- figured, lt
held not over 10000 bushels Of grain,
chiefly wheat yesterday.
The buildings on the pier with their
contents. are a total loss, and the wharf
itself is practically ruined. The loss on
the elevator Will be nj least $4,000. ana
on the contents 100000 more. Losses on
the freight houses, their contents, their
pier. and TO the steamer Austrian VIII
easily swell the total TO more than
81 10000.
Among the steamship companies which
viii suffer losses on freight destroyed
are the Allan Line. ScaudInnviau-AmeT
can Line. and Wilson Line. The Scan
GIuaviln-Amrricdu Company lost l"i
bales Of gOatskiEs. valued at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
$40 Niagara Falls Excursion.

The Pennsylvania Railroad will run A
personally conducted excursion 90 Mag
ara Falls July s. Special train Of
coaches and Pullman parlor cars !caves
trip, ticket good for ten days. Address
3. NJ. NEWBOLD. p. A. S. +. D.. Fiji
tcenth and G Streets. for descriptive
pamphlet
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
WILL FILED FOR PROBATE.

The will OF Mary y. Hooper. dated
June II. 1903. has been offered for pro-
bate She leaves one-half her estate 10
her daughter, Elizabeth Jane Hooper.
and directs the remainder to be d.
vided among her other children. J. c.
Entwistle IS named executor.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
PLAN FOR A GREATER BERLIN.

BERLIN. July with a view TO the
creation of a Greater Berlin with pop,
ulation approaching that of Greater
New York. the PrusSian minister OF the
interior. Baron Won Hammerstein, IS 60
ing TO London 10 study the administra-
fInn of Ihat civ.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
Times Want Ad Branch.

Want advertisements and subscriptions
for the Evening and Sunday Times Will
be received at regular Office rates at NJ. S
FeaIy's Pharmacy, northwest corner Of
Eleventh Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue. southeast
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
Low Rate Worlds Fair Excursion.

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. July Z; 81
round trip Ten-day coach excursions.
Train leaves Washington at 1880 a. m.
Other dates July Il, p, and %
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
DEPOSITS Draw 2 Per Cent Interest

And are subject to check at will when
made with banking department Of Union
Trust and Storage Co. l4l4 + st.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
Aged Scots Coal Miner.
Heals Without Drugs
Condemns All Doctors, Uses Extraordinary
Methods, and Apparently Satisfies Army
of Pilgrims From the Provinces.

Pull mp your shirt and let me see
your back and SuitinE the action 10
the word the bunesettcrs assistant as
CLOSED the deformity, and the great man
at once began an eXtempore lecture on
his subject.
Now. look AT that" was his angry
comment. NO man in this world need
have hump back if it was only taken
carly enough" and he began 70 run his
hand carefully along the spine
Mr. Pa" then began practical CN-
hibitiou Of his peculiar gift which some
thiug told him he possessed when ne
was but seventeen years old. This boy
came from Bolton and had been attend
cd by q doctor So he said. for many
years. He was now directed TO lie
breast to breast with the setter, who
began To handle the spine. apparently
with the object of pressing it into place.
This process he continued for quite I'VE
minutes. directing the patient al the
while to liz perfectly at ease
Ills of All Sorts.
When at length the lad stood up he
declared himself better. and then. en-
couragcd, presented thumb that had
been damaged with a ball in cricket
match. The doctor felt il. pulled it,
there was click, and hey, presto, the
boys face lighted up as he bent it 20
and fro.
Gum It's a. rect" and. paving MS
half-sOvoreign. he dragged on his
clothes. and his mother presented her
self 10 take him away.
One mother brought her two infants,
both helpless little mites. Swathed al
most from head to foot with bandages
and surgical appliances. They were SUI
fering from hip and spine disease. A.
she carefully made her way among the
crowd other women turned aside in
pity, and then waited anXiously while
she sought the doctor"
In half an hour she came out radiant.
the bandageS all gone. declaring that
the little ones had been cured
His visit To Blantyre. he says. is rec
ord. Roughly speaking. il means at the
least El00 day-nOt a bad income for q
rough, unpublished man, who might still
be, TO all appearances, a WOTk-a-day Ia
bOrer-that is. if no one saw him han
ding his patients
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
An Award of Merit.

II is universally conceded that Guide
grows the finest American Beauty roses.
l224 r
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
Method of Procedure.
Fighting in Darkness.

The Tibetan houses and monasteries
are full of small rooms and cellars. so
that nghJing took place in cellars in
pitch darkness. Some of the PaJhan Of
ficers discovered that the enemy would
blaze of their rifles and matchlOcks as
soon as a doorway or a JrapdoOr was
daTkened. They accordingly pushed
their helmets IN front of them. and the
men did the same with their turbans.
afterward rushing in Immediately the
Tibetans had fired.
Finally after some assistance from
shell FIRE the Pathans and Mounted In
fantry captured the monastery. and the
villages on the right. Colonel Brauder's
party shooting down from the hills
above a few Tibetans who fled
Meanwhile. the Tweuty-third Pioneers
We're engaged IN clearing The villages
on the left. where the resistance offered
was just as obstinate. The Tibetaus re-
fused 10 leave the small houses. despite
the TACT that the British brought up
guns and shelled them at a range of
300 yards.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06

LONDON. July William Rae. the
Scots Lourdes. the coal miner turned
healer. tho man of siXty-seytu years
" nose eye is uudimmed and whose hand
is as steady as a boys. is just now mold
ing Blautyrc. "a small village about seven
miles from Glasgow. speHbound by his
curative powers.
The Gtt}e place is full of pilgrims.
mostly from Lancashire and Yorkshire.
bringing with them almost every de-
scriptiou of Ceformity cases that have
bafied tine doctors for years. In their
s.mple-hearted faith, these Iasses ana
lads crowd around the doctors door,
patiently waiting their turn.
The bonesetter does not guarantee to
effect "a cure IN every case. But he does
condema every physician on earth. Tnc
secret of his theory, if 1t be theory,
is best explained il his own words.
Doctors Yes. it's always doctors.
What du they know about these things,
eh2 What du they know? Tel me.
Nothin' Listen TO these boys and girls
as they come in. What du their fathers
tell mec-nip disease, bone disease,
pshaw. That's the doctors fur We. Diu
We ever see a diseased bone in living
man2 I never old. We can see II when
he's dead. ! Gamma pit that right, ma,
ma. Ye Gamma pit taEether "a leg that's
been cur Of. but ye can tax the thing IN
the beginning"
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
Curing a Curved Spine.

n specimen Of the healers powers was
shown in the case of boy of about
sixteen years. who had curvature Of
the spine. The boy had come. like the
hundreds of others. 10 be cured.
In the doctors laboratory every
thing was rough and ready. There were
q sofa and TWO or three cushions. 4
couple of siphous Of soda water and as
many tumblers were close at hand. APP
pIianceS there were nnOe.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06

Special Rate, $3.50 Every Saturday
During summer. good returning until
Monday. Norfolk & Wash. Steamboat Co.
The Washington times., 1904-07-06
TIBET FOR WAR
BRITISH ATTACK
ATmistice Expires With No
Native 0YertureS.
TO STORM GYANG-TSE TODAY
Macdonald's Troops Will Assault VII
lagos and SrOnghOld-Dif-
ficult Task.
TO STORM GYANG- Use TODAY

GYANG-TSE. July o.-Thc armistiro
expired at noon yesterday. The Tibe-
tans made uo overture whatever, and
General Macdonald thereupon began pro
ceedinEs for the capture of the jouG.
In the afternoon demonstration
against the villages west of the monas-
terry was successfully carried out The
resistance of the Tlhetans came chiefly
from the encircliug wall of the monas-
terry.
The real attack developed an hour be-
fore dawn today with three columns op-
Grating on the houses at the foot OF the
eastern slope of the jong-
A Difficult Task.
The task before our troops is rendered
difficult owing 90 the dense massng of
the houses in the town. For the pur-
pose Of house lighting General Macdon-
aid will use a seven-pounder gun win
the neutrality-suspicious. TO clear a passage
from house to house
Al daylight guns from positions haii-
way to Pama and from the Gurkha pos
cleared the face of the rock preparatory
10 an assault The NUMBER OF troops
emploVed is between l-Gu1 and LUZ
The defenders remained Quiescent yes
terday. but their position has apparently
been strengthened by recently o---0 SAN
gars.
Method of Procedure.
The manner in which the British are
10 attack Gyang-Tse was described In
n dispatch Of June p, Just before the
armistice was allowed, which told or the
clearing out" of number of small VII
lagos near Mani monastery.
The Tibetans obstinately held the vii
lagos, fighting with the ferocity Of Wild
cats caught in trap The initial as
sault was delivered 10y the Second
Mounted Infantry. and the Fo-ueJh
Pathans. who We're later REINFORCED by
the TWenty-third Pioneers. The Ilbe-
tans held their fire till the British troops
were within "a few hundred yards or
them. but We're unable TO check the on
ward rush Of the PathanS.