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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24
Master Mechanic Todd il ri

@~ HfNNtiStttS to10 Is III
Master Mechanic A. b. Todd, of
the local chops Of the Santa Fe, was
taken suddenly and seriously i'll a
day or two ago while at work al the
shops. He was removed to his aaame
and since then his condition has been
serious, although it is believed a rest
will result in greatly henefiting him.
During his absence from his dut-
les as master mechanic, his work
will deyolye upon General Foreman
Hicks, orders 10 that effect having
already been issued by Mechanical
Superintendent S. L. Rean, of the
coast lines. The friends of Mr..
Todd hope that he may soon ecoyer.
A meeting of the freight officials
of the Gulf. Colorado 4 Santa Fe
has been held in the general freight
offices at Galveston. General Freight
Agent j. $. Hershey presided over
the meeting, which, he stated, was
merely a periodical affair held at reg
uiar intervals for the purpose Of keep
ing in touch with one another and
In touch with the general office.
Guy Nj. Lewis, having left the Mag
dalena branch to take a conductors
run on, the main line, his family NOV.
ed from Socorro to San Marcial this
week.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

eficiaries Of his will had been his
fireman, and he had secured the pro-
motion OF each Of them to be enginv
eers before he left the road to take
the management OF the large estate
left to his care by his father.
Bornsehein loved his engine and
had it not been for the death of
his father he would never have left
his work w.. .-.-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

/ find nothing better for liver de-
rangements and constipation than
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tabletss-L. +. Andrews, Des Molnes,
Iowa. For sale by all druggists.
For sale by 0. q. Schaefer, druggist.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24
Bisbee Road.

Some time ago a rumor was pub
lished to the effect that the III Pasa
& Southwestern company was consid.
ering a project for extending Its pres.
emf lines from Fairbank, Arizona. to
the Pacific coast and possibly to San
Diego, From developments that have
lust come TO light it looks as il this
project would soon be realized.
1t is given OUT on pretty good au-
thority that The FL Paso 4 South.
western company is considering put
ting an engineering corps in the field
within the next two weeks to work
westward from Fairbank toward the
Pacific. This corps will consist OF
about twenty-five men and IL Is un-
derstooa that they will be put in the
field as soon AIS an engineer a be
secured.
There are a number Of engineers
hi the southwest that. have worked on
the Southern Pacific or Santa re
lines III Arizona and the company is
having a hard time getting d man 10
take charge of the party.
General Superintendent Simmons,
Of the company, is now in New
York and it Ii understood this mai
ter IL what Is taking him there. Mr..
Simmons will not return until about
The first Of September.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24
Cause Of Wreck.

Al a result or the investigation by
Santa Fe officials 1t has been an
nounced that the cause Of the wreck
at Scranton Wednesday was the
climbing Of the front trucks of the
baggage car on the rails. The mark
Of the wheels on the rails extend.
ing d distance Of thirty feet has been
found,
II Ii supposed that the flange on
The wheel was worn and In making
the turn d the sharp curve climbed
up the side Of the rail and allowed
the trucks 70 leave the track.
There Is now no doubt that the
injured passengers who were taken
to the Santa Re hospital at Topeka
will recover Ii was stated at San
ia Pc headquarters yesterday that
they were recovering r~apidly-New
ton Kansan.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

G. L. Laub and son came 10 Albu-
puerqne from the Ghilili sheep coun.
try Yesterday.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

kie Oldham. q. prominent citizen OF
Little Rock, Arkansas, Is spending
the week In Albuquerque.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24
Canadian Bridge Gone.

Through traffic over the I'll Paso
& Northeastern railroad is virtually
at a s~tandstiIl, owing to the washing
away Of the Rock Island bridge over
the Canadian river near Tucumcari,
say the Captain News. Passenger
traffic is only slightly impeded, for
transfers are made across the river.
but freight IS tied up and will be for
several days. In Santa Rosa there
are over 100 a loads for the east.
while in Tucumcari there is an equal
number for the west. A number Of
freight crews are taking an enforced
lay.off.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

Three spectres that threaten babya
life. Cholera infantum, dysentery,
diarrhoea. Or. Fowlcr's extract u
Void Strawberry never falls 10 con.
quer them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

w. IL. Metzgar has been informed
of the death of his sister, which oe.
Cured recently at Myrtle Creek, Ore,
gen.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-24

Alexandra Sandoval Of Corrales, Ii
an albuquerque visitor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
PLUNGED THROUGHT REsTLE
Disastrous Railway Wreck in South
Carolina-Four Persons Killed
Many Injured.

Portsmouth, Va, Sept. 10.-Shortly
after one o'clock Friday morning train
No. Al on the Seaboard Air Line rail-
road, consisting of an express car, a
mail car, two day coaches and Pull
man sleeper, was derailed at trestle
just south of the Catawba river south
Carolina, and % miles southwest of
Monroe, NJ c.. followed by the wreck of
a light engine and caboose, resulting in
the death of four persons and the injur-
ing of IS others. The killed are: Engi-
neer E. Y. Barksdale, Abbeville, S. c.;
Fireman Ed Roberts (colored), Atlanta,
Ca; Mrs. Black; unknown woman.
The train had crossed bridge over
the Catawba river and was on a trestle
when the trestle fell in. The train, with
the exception of the Pullman car, fell rs
feet to the ground. A light freight, fol-
lowing close behind the passenger train
struck the Pullman, and all fell over
onto the wreck, the engine of the freight
and box cars piling up on the Pullman
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
AGED ACTRESS DIES.
Mrs. Sara Stevens Passes Away in st.
Paul - Was Widow Of
John G. Keenan,.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 9.-Mrs. Sara
Stevens, a member of the ''Way Down
East" company, playing at local the
alter here, died suddenly at the city
hospital Thursday of uTaemia. Mrs.
Stevens was about 70 years of age, and
her stage career, which was a~notable
one, dated from October 81, 1856. She
was member of the Laura Keene
company that presented "Our Ameri-
can Cousin" the comedy Lincoln was
witnessing when assassinated at Ford's
theater in Washington. Besides Miss
Keene, the cast included Joseph Jeffer-
son and the elder Sothern. Mrs. Stew
ems was the widow of John G. Heenan,
the noted English pugilist. After her
marriage she retired for IA years. On
the death Of her husband, she returned
to the American stage.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
Republican Plurality Is About 3d.
500-The New Leg
islature.

White River Junction, VT, Sept. s.
With only two small towns missing,
the republican plurality of 1880 in
Wednesdays election is believed to be
within few votes of the correct fig
ures. Four years ago it was 1872. The
total vote for governor without the two
towns is: Bell (rep), 1891; Porter
(dem.), 16,492-a republican plurality
Of 31,449. The missing towns had a re-
publican plurality last year of g.,
The next legislature will be more COM
pletely controlled by the republicans
than for many years. The returns from
221 towns show that the senate will be
soldily republican, where last year there
were five democrats. Returns for the
house show 1856 republicans, 80 demo-
Gratis, 8 independents and citizens
members. Last year the democrats had
so members in the house. A feature of
the incoming legislature is the large
number of prominent men, many of
whom have filled more prominent state
offices and who apparently desire to re-
turn to public life.
The legislature elected Tuesday win
return Redfield Proctor to the United
States senate.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
DEATH Turks IN AUTO.
A Pittsburg Machine That Recently
Killed Woman Fatally Injuries
Three More Persons.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 10. - Three per-
sons have been injured in a collision
between large racing automobile and
a park trap. All will probably die. The
accident occurred at Lang and Penn av-
enues. Those injured were:
: G. B. Lawton.
Miss Dora Murdoch
:. Miss Carrie Murdoch, all of Pitts
burg.
The trap was overturned with the
three victims underneath. Firemen
from an engine house on the corner
stopped the horse. The automobile Is
said to have belonged to an architect
who is now under indictment in con-
nection with the death of woman who
was run down in Duquesne borough
three months ago. He was not in the
car when the collision with the park
trap occurred.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Venerable Jurist Dies.

Shelbyville, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-Anthony
Thornton, organizer and first president
of the Illinois State Bar association,
former congressman and former Judge
of the Illinois supreme court, died at
his home in this city at the age of So.
He was born in Paris, KY, and had
been resident of this state since 1885,
AS democrat, he engaged in a Joint
debate with Abraham Lincoln. He was
appointed by Gov. Altgeld as the first
chairman of the state board of arbitra-
ton. He had been in the legal pro-
fession for GO years and for a decade
had been the Oldest practitioner in the
state. ;,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

According to estimates of an emf
nent civil engineer, the water running
from the present land surface Of the
globe to sea level would produce, II all
utilized. 10,340 million horse power,
day and night. On the other hand,
the present output of coal for whole
years (225,0O0,O0o tons) II so burned
as to produce this horse power, could
keep it up for only half a day. In 9TH
er words. the worlds water power 10
over 700 times its present available
coal power, and can not be used up as
the latter cana fact which may com.
fort those who are anticipating with
fear the time when our coal supply
will have been exhausted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

\, Get ths vacation habit: Drop your Eot y
! and take trip to some Of the Famous Ea at,
ern Summer Resorts 30 easily ana QUICKLY
reached BY the Nickel Plate Road; stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauuua on all tickets. three elegant
" equipped. trains made up Of modern LAY
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars cunning
thru from Chicago to 1T. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York. Boston and IN
termediate points. The Dining Car serv-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road, is up,to ga te,
inexpensive and as good as the best. lndl-
yidual Club Meals are served OF prices rang
ing from IS cents te $780, Meal, ,s are a se
iDay Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, re-
CARELESS Of the class Of ticket held, may DO
assured Of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
Nickel Plate Road are from 50 cents to
$500 lower than tickets OF the same class
between the same points via other lines.
Ali trains arrive at and depart from the
New La Sale Street Station, Chicago. For
full information. regarding tickets, rates,
routes, sleeping car reservations, ete. .o cati
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. iii Adams st., Chicago, III.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

Critics of the modern "sky-scrapers, !"
with their frowning steel frames, have
predicted that these lofty buildings
will be short-lived. and that they are
all destined to crumble away. The
steel skeletons of these structures are
mostly hidden from observation, and
no one can tell whether they are in
tact or rusting away, but experts con-
clude, from examination of the frame
Of one that has recently been demol-
ished In New York, that such fears
as these mentioned are groundless. In
this building, which had stood four
years. the only rust in the frame was
that acquired during construction.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
strikers END THE
LONG Struggle
BUTCHERS AT THE CHICAGO
SToCKYARDS ARE ORDERED
TO RETURN TO WORK.
Accept Terms Offered by the Pack
ers-Cost of the Strike to EN-
ployers and Workmen Estimated
at $13, 375, 600.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-The executive board
of the union butcher workmen Thurs
day evening abandoned the strike
against the meat packing plants and
ordered the members back to work.
The terms under which the men re-
turn, to work are the same as offered by
J, Ogden Armour last Saturday and
which the men rejected by referendum
vote They are in substance that the old
employees shall be reinstated as fast as
possible, being given preference when
vacancies occur; that the wages of
skilled butcher workmen will remain
the same as before the strike, and that
there will be no discrimination against
any man because of his connection with
labor organization
Begun July IL, the struggle continued
for eight weeks and three days. A week
after the strike was first called they
made peace with their employers under
a favorable contract, which gave them
practically all they had demanded. The
second walkout occurred the morning
work was to be resumed under that con-
tract. 1t was charged by the packers
that the union broke the agreement by
this act, and since then the organiza-
tons steadily lost ground. In Chicago
few members deserted, and in other
packing centers thousands abandoned
the fight. Desperate means were re-
sorted to to stem the tide, but the pack
ers continued to operate their plants
with better and better success. At the
last the only thing left for the union was
complete surrender.
The total loss by the strike in wages
to butcher workmen is 2,575 900, and to
allied tradesmen, 100000 more; esti-
mated loss to packers, 100000; to
stockmen, railroads, etc., $4,000; total
estimated loss, $13,375, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

A fan that gives out, instead Of a
cooling breeze, a blast Of hot air, has
been invented by M. de Mare, Bel
gian. The blades are of mica, on
which the arranged resistance coils
that are electrically heated to high
temperature. M. de Mare finds that
compressed air absorbs the heat from
the coils with great rapidity, and he
accordingly incloses his fans in cas-
ing with an opening through which
the hot blast issues. He is thus en-.
abled to pass through the coils cur
rent which, when the fan is at rest,
would melt the tin wire, but which,
when it is in motion, does not even
make It red-hot.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
REVIEW \ or TRADE.
Encouraging Results Are shown-set-
Element Of Industrial Troubles
Has Good Effect.

New York, Sept. 10.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Holiday influence is calculated to check
distribution of merchandise, but the
past week has brought more encourage
ing results in the business world, and
from many points come reports of stead
lily expanding trade, while it is not ex-
ceptional to find comparisons with the
corresponding week last year favor
able to 1904. Retail trade in fall lines
of dry goods, clothing, millinery and
nearly all wearing apparel shows a
healthy growth. and for hardware.
household utensils and kindred lines
there is broader demand. The best
development of the week was the re-
sumption of work in many industries
that have suffered through strikes,
while several serious controversies were
averted. Crop progress is better than
average and high prices promise large
profits to the farmers.
Failures this week numbered 200 in
the United States, against 172 last year.
and is in Canada, compared with 10 a
year ago."
Bradstreet's says: TRADE, crop and
industrial developments have been gen
orally favorable this week. Distribu-
tions on fall and winter trade account
has enlarged at most markets, the corn
crop has progressed another week
toward final maturity, which, however,
this year is later than usual, and several
industries hitherto greatly depressed or
operating on short time, have resumed
running full. All in all, the prospects
continue favorable for a fairly active
trade in most lines. but nothing in the
way of record breaking is looked for in
general business or in crop outturn."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

y Farmers throughout the United
States, especially in regions traversed
BY swift-howing streams, are begin.
ming to realize that close to their
doors is an opportunity to apply elec'
fricity to the work on the farm. The
old dams along neglected waterways
which years ago supplied the small
mills with power, are now being re-
built, and the old mill-races have been
dredgedsand cleared Of rubbish. Each
dam and.face may yield several horse
power; md the generating plants,
poles,s wires, etc., are simple and mex
pensiyAs ss7
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
National league:
American league:
Attendance at Worlds Fair.

z st. Louis, Sept. 12.-The attendance,
at the worlds fair during the past
week broke all records since the open
ing. There were 874,954 admissions,
being almost 100000 more than on any
previous week. Labor day had an at
tendance of 209,6O2, the largest single
days attendance at the exposition. Al
together total of 9,994,510 admissions
have been recorded since the opening
of the exposition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

There are now about 1000 motor
vehicles In use in Scotland. At the
beginning of 1902 there were only
$50. A man who made tour of the
country on a motor car in 1900 had
stones or vegetables thrown at him
by men or boys nearly every day; but
since the speed was regulated by law
to 20 miles an hour in the country and
IL miles in cities the opposition has
gradually died out.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
With the Majority.

"NoY, gentlemen, do you think th1s 70
or is not a case for operation?,,' asked an
eminent surgeon Of his class of six students
as they walked the wards in city HOSPITAL "a.
One by one the young men diagnosed the
case, and all of them answered in the mega
tive.
"Well, gentlemen" announced the sur
geon, you are all wrong, and shall oper-
ate tomorrow"
"No, you WON'T" exclaimed the patient;
as he rose in his bed, "six to one is a good
majority. Gimme my clothes. IN. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Big Petition Filed.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 9.-The petition
of the Referendum League of Illinois for
the submission of the questions of direct
primaries, peoples veto and home rule
in taxation, was filed in the Office Of
Secretary of State Rose late Thursday
afternoon. The petition bears 130,852
signatures, and was presented to the
secretary in eight large packages.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

The minister of commerce has re-
ceived an official report OF the last
census of France, begun in 1901. 1t
shows the population to be 38,961, 945.
or a gain of only 444,013 in ten years.
Comparative tables disclose that there
Is no other European country in which
the population increases so slowly.
The percentage Of increases in Ger
many, Great Britain and Russia is al.
most a third greater than in France
for the same period.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

In Wurtemberg, under the law OF
March %, 1895, those who have COM
pleted the common schools must at
tend either a general or an industrial
continuation school for the period OF
two years, unless they wish to attend
some higher school or receive ade'
quate private instruction. The work
in these schools must cover at least
two hours a week throughout the
year, or four hours week during the
winter
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Death of DR. Iorinner

Boston, Sept. 10.-Dr. George Claude
Lorimer, former paster Of the Imman-
uel Baptist church of Chicago, and of
fremont Temple in this city, is dead
in AK les Bains, France, according to
private messages received Thursday.
He had been suffering from an affec-
ton Of the lungs with uric comp1ications.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

The other day, just as the tide IN
the Thames was turning from ebb to
now and the fish were coming up the
river again, very heavy rain, follow
ing several days of drought, suddenly
flushed the sewers of London. and the
rush of foul water killed the fishes by
the million, so that the dead bodies
covered the banks for miles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Not q Hamper.

The Lady-Why are you SO melancholy,
my poor man?
Gritty Georgia., lady, it's a sad stGf Dry
"That was sad"
eyes, m-ma'am, and it was Wash bas+
ket."-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

y The demand for umbrellas among
the Abyssinian women corresponds
with the demand for hats among the
male population. Black, white and va
ried cotton umbrellas, which sell at
$40 to $6.94 per dozen, are In de-
mand. They are exported from Ger
many and India to the extent OF $3.50
annually,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Killed by Escaping Gas.

Philadelphia, Sept. Thames McIn-
tyre and Patrick Henry, young men who
recently came here from England, were
Saturday found unconscious in bed at
their boarding house, suffering from the
effects of Illuminating gas. Mcintyre
died on the way to hospital and Henry
is not expected to recover. 1t is believed
the gas was accidentally turned on.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Bank President Indicted.

Des Moines, a., Sept 8.-Day Dun
ming, president Of the defunct Citizens
bank at Mount Ayr, Ia.,, was indicted
Wednesday for fraudulent banking On
five different counts. The failure Of his
bank last spring was sensational, in
volved about $500, 900 loss and seriously
crippled Mount Ayr business interests,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Declines Nomination.

Washington, Sept. s.-George H.
SHIRLEY, of this city, who was nom=
mated by the continental party at Chi
cago as candidate for vice president, has
sent q letter to the notification CON-
mittee of the party declining the nom
ination. 49,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16

The Korashan Unity, queer relig'
lous sect, who believe that the earth
Is a hollow globe, that we reside IN 1t
and that the sky in some way is the
shell of the globe, are taking steps to
incorporate the new city of Jerusalem,
which is to be located on the banks
of the beautiful Estero bay, In Lee
county. Florida,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Eight Lives Lost.

Philadelphia, Sept. 12.-The Delaware
steamer Columbia, on its way from this
city to Bristol, Pa, Sunday night,
crashed into a steam launch about ten
miles north of here, grinding it to
pieces and causing the drowning of
eight of the dozen occupants of the
small boat. All of the party were Phil
adelphians.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-16
Picked Three Candidates.

Saginaw, Mich, Sept. S.-The retub-
lican judicial convention nominatedxhe
following three candidates for Justices
of the supreme court: Judge A. v.
McAlvey, of Manistee; r. c. Ostrander,
of Lansing, and Attorney General
Charles A. Blair, of Jackson.