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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-09
GENERAL GORDON
SLOWLY SINKING.

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. General Cor.
don's condition today Ia not improved.
II ID believed the general Is gradually
sinking and that the next twenty.four
hours wiii~ see the END.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-09
Run out Of Telluride.
REYES LEAVES FOR
HOME DISAPPOINTED,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 9.--Gen.
Rafael Reyes. who came here as spec.
ial envoy from Colombia with the hope
OF arranging a peaceful settlement be-
tween the United States and Colombia
regarding Panama, having failed in his
mission, will leave Washington today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-09

NEW YORK. Jan. s.--prims mer
camille paper. S01-i: silver. 50 IL.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-09
Daren't Call
the Bluff
LITTLE ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE
vAGRANcY ORDER IN CRIPPLE
CREEK.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Jan. o.
Only nine arrests have been made BY
the military force here since Thurs
day when the commanding officers
yagrancy order requiring strikers to
find employment or leave the district
became effective and the union lead
ers have concluded that the propo
sition to deport all strikers has been
abandoned under orders from Gov,
ernor Peabody.
Run Out Of Telluride.
TELLURIDE. Colo, Jan .. Four
more strikers were deported today i'm,
der orders Of Major Joseph r. Hill
military commander, making total
of flfty.fiye evicted since martial
law In this district was established
by the governor six days ago.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-09

NEW YORK. Jan. Money call
nominal; no loans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
ANARCHY
ssctionaI Revolution Raging In San
Domingo.


Washington, Jan. Under date OF
Puerta Plata, San Domingo, In. D,
the navy department has received a
telegram from Commander Dillingham;
Of the cruiser Detroit, giving an &C
count Of a state OF Generalization IN
the vicinity. The dispatch reads:
''In this vicinity anarchy prevails;
business at a standstill. Puerta Plata
quiet at present. Jiminez authorities
collecting duties and dues. Jiminez
ct Santiago. Revolution not one OF
principle, but between factions. VIII
not allow interruption OF commerce.
Wen. to Sosua yesterday afternoon to
sec Cherokee out of port. Will coal
here today and return to Sosua.
Fighting at Sosua Dec. rs W
Morales and Jiminez' troops took
place on United Fruit company's prop
erty. Without notice houses were
looted. lives OF United States citizens
absolutely disregarded; women and
children had to fee for safety; prop
erty destroyed. Have forbidden any
fighting Or any armed force Of any
party within certain limits necessary
zens at Sosua. Commanding officers
III Lu0 l6lU ucdE 0OSud nave OOOA ~
instructed. Left one officer, sixteen
marines, Colt automatic gun and steam
launch at Sosua to sec my instruc-
tions carried out until my return. Am
in signal communication with this
force; a control situation. COnsuls
here want guard. Do not think 1t nee
essary at present. Am all ready when
necessary. British steamer Pallas
here. Have Joined British captain In
note to military commander here hold
ing him responsible for any disorder
and telling him that we would take
such prompt action as we see fit in
case of disorder"
With a firm hand the Washington
government from now on will protect
American life and property in the Is
land of San Domingo.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
GENERAL BECKER DEAD.
Pioneer Minnesotan Passes Away In
st, Paul,

st. Paul, Jan. General George
Loomis Becker, a pioneer of Mime
sofa, and for nearly half a century a
prominent figure in the public life Of
the state, died Wednesday night at
10 o'clock at his home, COL Summit
avenue, after an illness of three weeks.
Pneumonia, complicated with uraemic
poisoning, was the cause of death.
General Becker was a lifelong
Democrat, and during his residence in
the state helh many public offices.
Coming to st. Paul in 1849, he engaged
in the practice of law. He at once be-
came identified with the interests OF
the village, and at the first municipal
election was chosen as an alderman.
He held that Office till 1856, when he
was elected mayor.
While mayor in 1857 he was elected
a member of the constitutional con-
vention, and the same year was chosen
one of the first congressman from Min
nesota. In 1859 he was Democratic
candidate for governor, and in 1894
the Democrats again selected him to
! head their state ticket.
General Becker was born Feb. 4.
1929, in Locke, N. Y.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
TELEGHAPHIc BREVITlEs

Omaha theaters have been ordered
to comply with city ordinances at once.
The asbestos curtains of all the st.
Louis theaters were tested by fire
Wednesday and all stood the test.
Sergeant ]. Fredericks, Arctic ex.
plorer and member of the Greedy ex.
petition, died at Indianapolis Wednes.
day.
The carriage and wagon manufac.
tory of Lane & Roach at Syracuse. N.
Y, was destroyed by fire Wednesday
night. Loss, $4,000.
The annual convention of the Wis
consin Cheesemakers' association
opened in Milwaukee Wednesday,
there being a small attendance at the
opening session.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
ONLY THEME IN THE SENATE.
Alleged irregularities in Postoffice De.
partment Discussed.

pSrtment
Washington, Jan. 7.-Alleged IT.
regularities in the postof1ice de-
partment constituted the only
theme in the senate Wednesday.
The question came up on a mo-
ton first made by Mr.. Lodge and
afterwards by Mr.. Penrose to refer
the Carmack resolution looking to a
senatorial investigation of the post
Office department to the committee on
postofices and post roads. The Dem
ocratic senators resisted the motion
and %contended that the country would
not be satisfied with an investigation
of a department made by the depart
ment itself. The debate continued for
almost two and a half hours and was
extremely spirited from start to finish.
Mr.. Carmack charged that Post
master General Payne had been luke
warm at the beginning of the depart
ment inquisition and Mr.. Spooner re-
piled in defense of that official, saying
that he had asked for money for an in
vestigation before the department be-
gan it's work and when it was under
taken had given every assistance.
Mr.. Clay said that the tenor of
the Bristow report had convinced
him that Mr.. Bristow considered
former First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath more guilty than
anyone else connected with the post
Office irregularities. Before the debate
closed Mr.. German stated that he had
had a conference with Mr.. Penrose
chairman of the postoffice committee
and was willing to have the resolution
referred Further consideration If the
subject was deferred until Friday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
RuPPlYiNG GUNNERs AND COAL
70 THE CARS VESSELS IN
THE FAR EAST.
BRITAIN BACKS JAPAN
WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY AND
GEE HER ALLY CRUSHED
AND DEFEATED.

London. Jan. THE Shimoneseki,
japan. correspondent q the Daily
Mail, teiegraphs that the Germans at
Kiao Chau are supplying the Russians
with coal and gunners, AND that Adj
miral Alexieff's agents are offering
large sums to induce American n
British gunner to desert and go to
Port Arthur.
The correspondent adds that Prince
Adelhert is reported as predicting,
presumably as a price Of German good
will, that the whole province of Shan
Tung will become German territory.
The same papers Toxic c%orrespon-
dent saws that the Russian reply to
the Japanese proposals has arrived at
the Russian legation there and that
1 It is supposed it has been c~ommunicat-
\ ed to Baron Komura, the Japanese for
eign minister, at 4 long conference
! with Baron de Rosen, the Russian min
lister, but that nothing is known re-
garding it.
The correspondent a y that accord
ing to the Jill Chimpo the Korean for
eign minister refused to give his con-
sent to the sending of American ma
rines to Seoul, but that he could not
I make an effective protest.
The correspondent concludes that 1t
Is stated that China has declined the
request Of Paul Lessar, Russian min
lister to China, to send a special envoy
to Port Arthur to discuss Manchuria.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegraph
company from Toxic says:
Cali the Russian warships recently
at Vladivostock are reported to have
sailed. probably for Port Arthur.
"Russia's reply has not yet been re-
ceived by Japan. There is a strong,
widespread tendency to doubt the re
ports of the alleged conciliatory char
acter of the reply"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
VETOED BY PALMA.
Lottery Bill Fails to Receive Sanction
Of Cuban President.

.M" No VI M ."
Havana, Jan. 7.-President Palma
has signed his veto of the lottery bill.
which he had prepared last month in
expectation of the passage of the bill.
The president, in stating the rea-
sons for his veto, holds that a lottery
is a lowering and %corrupting device
and that the government would be
culpable in taking money Of the people
obtained through such a scheme, no
matter what the end at which the lot
terry aimed.
President Palma has been assured
that the bill cannot be repassed over
his veto. At all events there will be
little time for any discussion over the
. bill as congress proposes to adjourn
this week until March next.
The object of the lottery bill was
to pay the veterans who fought for
Cuba in the war against Spain.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
STATIONARY ENGINEERS STRIKE
Those Employed In Chicago Hotels
and Apartment Houses Quit.

Those Employed In Chicago Hotels
and Apartment Houses Quit.
Chicago, Tan. AS a consequence
of the breaking of Wednesday Of
peace negotiations between stationary
engineers and the Hotel Keepers as
ISOLATION. regarding wages and hour
OF labor, members Of the union order
ed strikes at more than twenty-five nc.
tells or apartment houses, where engl.
neer are employed. The order OF the
union was obeyed at twelve OF the
Aostelries or apartment houses. some
of them the most fashionable in the
city and the men walked out. At the
remaining number of hotels strikes
were called, but the engineers either
refused to quit work or nonunion men
were employed.
Proprietors Of the hostelries had
anticipated the strike and had made
preparations for all emergencies and
when the strike order Of the union
was received men were on hand OF
were soon obtained to take the places
Of the strikers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
WANT PERRY HEATH
GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS TRY.
ING TO SUBPOENA HIM AS A.
WITNESS IN EAST.

Salt Lake City, Jan. THE Desert
News says that government inspec-
tors, including James H. Bennett OF
Cheyenne, have been in the city for
two weeks in an %endeavor to sub
poena former First Assistant Postmas-
ter General Perry S. Heath, but have
not yet succeeded in serving the pa
pers. 1t is said that the papers have
been placed in the hands Of the United
States marshal.
Mr.. Heath's presence, it is stated. is
required in the East in connection
with some phase of the p%ostoftice in
v%estigation. M-A
Washington, Jan. 7.-District At
torney M. H. Beach admitted that a
subpoena had been issued from this
district for the appearance of Perry
s. Heath in connection with the trial
of postof1ice cases of Machen and 9th
ers which will begin in Justice
Pritchard's court next Monday.
Mr.. Beach said he also understood
that a subpoena had been issued on
behalf of the government for Mr..
Hearth's presence in connection with
the trial of Former Representative
Edmund H. briggs begun in Brooklyn
Wednesday,.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
MAY REST UPON A LAHoRER.
Responsibility for Fire in lewa's Cap.
itaI Building.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 7.-Responsi-
hility for the almost complete ruina-
ton OF Iowa's magnificent $4,000, 900
capita hiding may rest upon a COM
mon laporer. Governor Cumnnins and
Senator Funk, chairman of the capital
commission, who are conducting an in
curry looking into the origin of the
flames, have developed strong evidence
tending to show that a lighted match
used for a pipe or cigarette and thrown
careless1y into a corner caused the
conflagration. Arrests may follow the
inquiry.
State Architect Liebbe, who esti-
mated the total damage by fire not to
exceed $500, zoe, has recommended a
$500, 900 appropriation to make the
building FIRE proof.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
KILLED ON WARSHIP
EORTY-THREE MEN MEET DEATH
IN BOILER EXPLOSION ON A
BRITISH CRUISER.

Sidney, n. S. w, Jan. Forty.
three persons have been killed by the
explosion of the boilers on the British
cruiser Wallaroo.
The Wallaroo, which was proceeding
to Hobart, %signalled Montague Island,
230 miles south of Sidney, reporting
the disaster but giving no details. The
Wallaroo is returning here.
The naval authorities are advised
that one boiler burst, but they are not
informed of the names and rank OF
those killed. The killed are assumed
to include the whole shift of the twen-
ty-three stokers and a number of deck
hands.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
REPLY TO REYES PROTEST.
Secretary Hay Completes Final Revi'
sion of Document.

Secretary Hay Completes Final Revi'
sion of Document.
Washington. Jan. 7.-Secretary Hay
has completed his final revision of the
answer to be made by the American
government to the protest filed by
General Rafael Reyes. the Colombian
minister, against the action of the
United States regarding affairs on the
Isthmus. The communication is a
long one and sets out in detail the po.
OF the administration on the
various points raised and grievances
-recited by General Reyes in his note
to the state department in
the latter part of December. The re-
ply has been piven very earnest con.
s%ideration by the president, Secretary
Root, who assisted in its preparation
during the time Secretary Hay was i'll,
and by Secretary Hay himself. This
paper, together with General Reyes
note, it is expected, will be sent to
congress probably next week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
NO CHANGE NECESSARY.
Republican National Convention Will
Be Held in Chicago Coliseum.

Be Held in Chicago Coliseum.
Chicago, Jan. 7.-Although the Coli
scum. in which the national Republican
convention is to be held in June, was
closed by order Of Building Commits
sioner Williams Wednesday,, it is
stated that the order will rescinded
within %forty-eight hours, and that no
change in convention plans will be
necessary.
The violation charged against the
Coliseum is purely technical and it was
no sooner made than the matter was
investigated by Graeme Stewart, ma
tional committeeman from Illinois,
and Senator Hanna, who are in town.
Their investigation over, both gentle
men expressed the opinion that there
was no safer building in the world.
Statements to this effect were made
by Mr.. Hanna apd Mr.. Stewart and
their publication authorized. H.
Mr. Hanna said the convention
would be held in Chicago az planned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
STATE RESTS ITS CASE.
Final Evidence Submitted in Action
Against Brokers'.

Duluth, Jan. 7.-Unable to exclude
the states most important evidence in
the trial OF l.. A. Wood, R. H. Ed
wards and Forrest B. Wood, the st.
Paul grain men charged by the state
railroad and warehouse commission
with f%alsifying their financial reports
to customers, Freeman B. Lane, one
of the defendants attorneys, persist
ed in raising repeated objections to
the states method of conducting the
prosecution until he was reprimanded
by Judge Window.
Evidence in the shape of two checks
and the records of an alleged irregular
transaction were introduced by the
state which rested it's case. The de-
tense will move for dismissal of the
action today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
TRIAL OF CAR BARN BANDITS.
Court Adjourns Without a Juror Being
Accepted.

Chicago, Jan. THE trial of the
car barn bandits. Marx, Neidermeier
and Van Dine, was commenced
Wednesday before Judge Korsten in
he criminal court and after a days
struggle in the effort to procure Jurors
court adjourned without a man hav-
ing been accepted.
It had been announced that the de-
tense would be insanity in each case,
but the attorneys for the defense by
the questions put to veniremen indi-
Gated that some othe~ line would be
adopted. t
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.10@5.75; poor to me-
dium, $2.75@4.90; stockers and feed
ers, $2.5O@4.25; cows, $2.00@4.00;
heifers, $2.0O@4.35; calves, $4,000
7.25. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $4.60
@4.9O; good to choice heavy, $4.8O@
500: rough heavy, $4.50@4.70; light
81. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, s4.OO@4.60; Western sheep,
SO. @ native lambs, $4.00@6.25;
Western, $4.65@6.25.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
ONE MEASURE CONSIDERED.
House Puts in Its Time on Hawaiian
Legislation.

Washington. Jan. THE only meas
ure considered in the house Wednes-
day was a bill introduced by the dele
gate from Hawaii to ratify an act of
the Hawaiian legislature authorizing
the manufacture and distribution of
electric light and power on the island
of Oahu, territory of Hawaii. Owing
to objections made to the bill in the
form presented, it "a recommitted to
the committee on territories.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
THlRTY-sEvEN OTHER PERSONS
INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK
At WILLARD, KAN.
CAUSED BY cARELEssNEss
ENGINEER OF PASSENGER TRAIN
BLAMED FOR NOT STOP.
ING AT STATION.

topeka, Kan. Jan. 7.-Seventeen per-
sons were killed and thirty-seven In
jured in the Rock Island passenger
train wreck at Willard Wednesday.
Most Of the injured are in hospitals IN
Topeka. The doctors announce that
all will recover with the exception OF
Mrs. M. A. Hill Of Gr%eensburg, Kan.
Among the dead are: Mrs. Henry K.
Kaiger, William Wells, William J.
Wells, W. S. Martin, Fay Fuller, Block
ton, Ia; f. R. Rankin, e. e. Meyers.
Mrs. J. H. Hill. Mrs. w. S. Martin.
Mrs. Mary Harvaille, Ben Harvaille.
Tot Harvaille, Mrs. Susan Reed, James
Griffin. Raymond Martin, Grace Reed.
Lencra Reed and unidentified hoy.
Carelessness of train men caused
the. wreck. Instructed to meet a spe-
cial train at Willard, the engineer and
conductor of the Inflated passenger,
noting that a freight train stood on the
side track at Willard, rushed through,
thinking that the cars they had seen
structed to pass. Failure to scruti-
rectly responsible for the collision.
11du LILO CAS1AOCA SOA4PNAOA IAN "a
Der of the train at Willard with his or
ders the accident would have been
averted. 7-.'
Engineer Made a Mistake.
Upon seeing at Willard a freight
train, on the siding, Engineer Benja-
min threw open the throttle and, un-
der the impetus Of full steam, the
passenger train leaped into the dark.
ness and crashed along at a rate
which the passengers declare to have
been fully sixty-five miles an hour.
| Not a note Of warning of the fearful
impending danger ever made Itself
known to the sufferers.
General Superintendent Grueber oil
the Rock Island made this statement
1.-THE engineer of the passenger train
had orders to wait at Willard for the
special stock train. He passed on
mistaking a freight train on the sid
ing at that station for the stock train
This caused the wreck. Nobody else
is to blame so far as our information
goes"
A formal inquest was held at the
wreck by Coroner Dooley of Wabaun
see county. The investigation will bt
continued today. Until a verdict
placing the blame, is returned, no &C
ton will be taken against the train
men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
BRITAIN BACKING JAPAN.
Cannot Possibly See Her Ally Crushed
by Russia.

London, Jan. 7.-There are now two
Indications that nothing definite has
developed in the far Eastern crisis
and that nothing is likely to develop
until the end of the week.
The first of these indications, &C
eording to the Toxic correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph, is that an urgency
meeting of the Japanese cabinet has
been called for today, and the second
is that the members of the British
cabinet have been notified to assemble
on Saturday.
The meeting of the Japanese cabinet
has almost certainly been called for
the purpose of considering the reply
Of Russia to the last Japanese note,
and it is equally certain that the meet
ing of the British cabinet will be for
the purpose Of discussing the attitude
of Great Britain in the light of the
Russian reply.
Editorials in this mornings papers
are almost unanimous in admitting
that even if the war should be confined
to Russia and Japan, Great Britain
cannot possibly see Japan crushed and
that, although not called upon to inter-
fere by the terms of the Anglo-Japa-
nese treaty and that while hostilities
may be confined to the two nations,
yet in the event of Japan suffering a
great naval defeat Great Britain
would be almost compelled to go to
her assistance.
Russian Reply Unsatisfactory.
The Toxic correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph still expresses the be-
lief that the Russian reply will not be
satisfactory. The correspondent says:
sit is regarded as most significant that
both the American and Japanese trea-
ties with China will be ratified. com
pleted and exchanged within a week
This correspondent announces that
the Russian cruiser Gromoboi is pass.
ing the Korean coast. He says he
learns that when the torpedo flotilla
was placed on a wal footing in De
cember. "a magnificent incident oc
Cured. The naval officers volunteer
ed nmasse for that dangerous service
and the Japanese authorities were per
picked at having to exclude so many
officers"
The Standards Toxic correspondent
says that the Russian warships which
were until recently in Korean waters
are returning hastily to Port Arthur
He adds that tbe fall in stocks con
tinues unchecked.
The Chefoo correspondent of tn
Morning Post cables that orders hav,
been issued to tAe officials of the 81
berian railway that freight trains shal
carry only csal for Port Arthur. /
strong squadron is moored in the hal
Dor of Port Arthur.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
Otis Henry Brand Dead.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. 7.-Otis Henry
Brand, for twenty-one years city edi-
tor Of the GAINESVILLE Daily Recorder,
and one of the best known newspaper
men Of Southern Wisconsin, died
Wednesday at his home in this city
from q cerebral hemorrhage.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
p~eeei..ed Threatening Letters.

New York, Jan. Mime. Nordica
has decided to forego further conceFt
engagements in this country this sea
son and will sail for Europe on Fri
day. The change in Nine. Nordica's
plans is said to be due to the alleged
receipt by her of threatening letters,
which caused her to believe her HE
was in danger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
Bulgaria Complains to Turkey.

Constantinople, Jan. THE Bull
garian government has sent a note to
the porte complaining of the non-ful-
fllment of it's promises concerning re-
forms in Macedonia and urgently re-
questing the porte to Immediately take
the necessary measures to end a con
dition of affairs which is so %prejudicial
to the interests of both countries.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Wheat-Jan., SAC;
May, soAc; July, $3.50; Sept, 80Nc.
Corn.-Jan.. 43Mc; May, 47A @47Ac;
JURY, 47k@ 47Ac; Sept, 46%c. Oats
Jan, 36Ac; May, 39k @39%c; July,
S65ss; Sept, 32Bc. Pork-Jan., $13.-
S2h; May, $l3.67k. Flax-Cash.
Northwestern. $1.O5; Southwestern,
eS4c; May, $1.O3@1.04. Butter
Creameries, 16@23Rc; diaries, 14@
21c. Eggs-25@ 2Sc. Poultry-Tur-
keys, 12@13c; chickens, 11@11hc;
springs, 11@11kc.