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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09
Speech for Parker.

SPCSSH TOE FdTkCIs t&|t u
Homer S. Cummings, delegate-at.
large from Connecticut, in seconding
the nomination of Judge Parker, said:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
1.-THE democracy of Connecticut,
which / have upon this occasion the
great honor of representing, has a
vital interest in the result Of the com
ing campaign. | therefore crave, at
the hands Of this great convention, the
privilege of a few moments in which
briefly to set forth the wishes Of the
democrats of that doubtful and essen,
tial state. 1t is II wish, our hope
and our purpose to present to the
democracy of the nation the seven
electoral votes of the old constitu.
tional state Of Connecticut. We ap
peal to this assemblage of democrats
for the invaluable assistance of a wise
presidential nomination. The demo
Gratis of Connecticut realize that
aside from the great questions of pub
lie policy so ably set forth in the
platform just adopted, and upon which
any candidate selected by this conven
tion will squarely stand, the people OF
this country are to pass upon the
bizarre personality and the political
peculiarities Of the present chief ex
ecutive. Thoughtful people have be
gun to weary Of his eccentric adver
tising methods. They are alternately
amused and alarmed by his strenu
Gus and untimely impetuosity. They
decline to accept him In his ~favorite
role of a mighty military captain.
True. he has taken great pains to
assure them that he has charged UP
San Juan hill, but they have come &c
the conclusion that he has shed more
ink and less blood than any warrior
since Cancho Panza. They realize tnas
his chief hold upon a doubtful fame
for military activity depends upon
such glory as he managed to achieve
by impertinenees and insults to Miles
and Dewey and Schley. They are I'M.
easy In the knowledge that he is pain
fully lacking in poise and balance,
and SO constitutionally reckless that
he Il likely. at any time. to involve
our country in difficulties at home
and abroad. They have witnessed
with infinite regret. his efforts to
stir up sectionalism, and for selfish
purposes. to undo the work of pat.
riots by r~esurrecting the Infamous Is
sue Of the bloody shirt. They have
witnessed his burlesque assaults upon
the criminal monopolies, and have
found that his warfare against the
trusts consists In the use Of extrava
giant language and the assumption d
terrifying facial contortions. They
have come to know him because Of his
extravaganza, his arrogance, his dis
regard. for constitutional limitations
and his efforts to develop the execu
tive powers at the expense Of the leg
islative branch OF the government
They are eager for a real Americas
statesman, OF American size, and ami
mated by American constitutions
ideas. II YOU want TO secure tho
seven electoral votes Of Connecticut
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09
OPENING Of
SUBWAY

is not quite clear whether the
treasury agents had received a pointer
or whether they merely mad a par
.ticularly strong suspicion on general
principles, at all events, when the
steamer Indrawadi came into port
the other day and had cleared its
manifested cargo, the treasury agents
decided, to make a search of the
steamer for c~ontreband. The re,
suit of their search fully confirmed
their suspicious and proved even
more remunerative than they had e2-
pected. Hidden away in the crews
quarters and behind false partitions
they discovered dozens OF cases with
Japanese silks, bronzes, pottery and
%curios, in all representing over
SIS, 900. One of the strangest features
of the discovery was that neither the
officers nor any member of the crew
was able to enlighten the treasury
officials concerning the owner Of
the goods or how they had been SNUG
| gled on board. Up 70 the present
time nobody has claimed the valu-
able %contreband. The collection will
be held for a reasonable time and
then sold by the government,
When completed the Hotel Astor.
which is building now or Forty-sec-
ond street, will probably be the most
costly and luxurious hotel building
in the world. The ground alone repre-
J sents about one million dollars and
the cost Of the building, not including
the furnishing and interior decora-
tions will be about $1,000, 900. Prob
ably two more millions will be expend-
ed on the interior furnishings. Will
liam Waldorf Astor, who is building
the hotel, has practically given carte
blanche to the architects, builders and
decorators and 1t is said by those who
are in a position 70 Judge, that the new
hotel will not only of wonderful bear
ty, but also equipped In the most mod
ern manner and as safe as any build
ing can possibly be made. The license
question is still unsettled, but 1t is
stated on good authority. that Mr..
Astor has found a way 70 overcome
the opposition of certain opponents to
the granting Of a liquor license to the
new hotel. The next question, and
one which interests the hotel keepers
Of this city more than anything else,
Is, will 1t be possible to put the hotel
on a paying basis? Many hotel men
strongly doubt this and express the
belief that the hotel will probably
prove a very expensive plaything foi
Mr.. Astor.
James Morgan Smith, the brother,
in-law or Nan Patterson. the chorus
girl, charged with the murder Of
49,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

Mrs. w. A. Williams arrived home
in Albuquerque from a pleasant visit
to relatives and friends in Lexington,
Ky.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

H. f. Campbell. the sheep raiser
and buyer of Flagstaff, is in Albuquer.
que.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

After successfully escaping the ietec-
tives, who had been sent to Wash
ington and Philadelphia, to arrest him
on suspicion OF being implicated in the
crime, Mr.. Smith sent a letter to the
counsel Of Miss Patterson, in which he
states that he will come forward at
the proper time to testify in the
case. He denies that he purchased
the pistol, which caused Young's
death, but does not give a very lucid
explanation Of his reasons for hiding.
It is reported that Smiths wife, angry
over his refusal to appear as witness
for Nan Patterson, has separated from
him.
The order of Secretary Cortelyou, to
~re-inspect all excursion steamers EN-.
ployed in this district, has caused
CONSERVATION among the government
inspectors and powerful opposition is
brought to bear upon the government,
to prevent the execution OF that order.
Although the order was quite peremp-
tory, no steps We're taken by the in
speotors office, TO obey the command.
It is said that the heads of the office
went 10 Washington, to use every
means for preventing the enforce
ment Of the order. The various steam
ship companies, running excursion
steamers about New York, are making
the best use of the days of grace civ.
On 70 them, by refitting their steam.
RS and making them more secure
against fires and accidents. 1t is
quite probable, that, if the re-inspec-
tion is delayed longer, the result Of
the inspection will be a practical e X
oneration of the steamship companies
as well as of the inspectors.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

What's the secret of happy, vigor-
GUS health? Simply keeping the bow
els, the stomach, the liver and kid
neys strong and active. Burdock
Blood Bitters does 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

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Summons
Writ Of Attachment. Original
Writ Of Attachment, Duplicate
Affidavit In Attachment, Original
AFFIDAVIT In Attachment, Duplicate,
Garnishee Summons. Original
Garnishee Summons. Duplicate
Bond In Attachment
Execution
Order to Garnishee to Pay
Garnishee Receipt
Afidavit in Repleyin
Bond In Replevin
Writ Of Replevin
Appearance Bond
Peace Bond =
Criminal Warrant
Criminal Complaint
Mittjmus
Appeal Bond
Notice Of Attachment
Criminal Comp't for Search War.
Notice for Publication
Venire
Notice Of Garnishm't on Exec
Forthcoming Bond
Indemnifying Bond
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-09

All kinds Of camping outfits at
Behring's. 6-l4
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25

dress and could get no trace of him.
He had left Washington in the mean
time and had come South. Those
facts were, of course, unknown to
me at the time. 1 never heard a word
from him and never knew anything of
his whereabouts until some time after
my return to America; in fact, not I'M
til the year 1901, when 1 suddenly ran
across him in the city of New Orleans
I secured employment here and was
surprised one day to learn that 1 was
working in the same office with my
long-lost friend.
BY the way he said, when we
first met, I have a couple of letters
for you which l have kept for thir-
teen years, since shortly after we sep
arated in Washington-in 1885, He
gave me the letters. They were yell
lowed somewhat by age. They were
from two very dear friends and I
asked my friend what had become of
the boys, telling him whom the letters
were from. They are both dead, he
said, and have been dead for num-
Der of years. 1 suppose those two
boys died thinking just a little I'M
kindly of me because of failure to an
swer their letters, for they never
knew the letters had not reached me.
which had no small amount of pathos
in it for me, and one, too, which is
frightened by the pretty friendship
of the man who had kept the letters
all these years for me-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
No Human Life There

The coast of Labrador is the edge
of vast solitude of rocky hills, split
and blasted by the frosts and beaten
by the waves or the Atlantic for I'M
known ages. A grand headland, vel
low, brown and black in it's nakedness,
is ever in sight, one to the north
of you and one to the south. Here
and there upon them are strips and
patches of pale green moses, lean
grasses and dwarf shrubbery. There
are no forests except in Hamilton
inlet. Occasionally miles of precipices
front the sea in which fancy may
roughly shape all the structures of
human art.
More frequent than headlands and
perpendicular sea fronts are the sea
slopes, often bald and tame, and then
the perfection of all that is pictur-
esque and rough. In the interior the
blue hills and stony wales that wind
up from among them from the sea
have a summcrlike and pleasant air.
One finds himself peopling these re-
gions and dotting their hills, valleys
and wild shores with human habita-
lions, but a, second thought, and a
mournful one it is, tells that no men
toll in the fields away there, no wom-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Romance of a Farm

A romantic story, one in which a
number of stirring incidents are relat-
ed, is told of a little farmhouse and
forty-seven acres of land that within
the last week have been turned over
to great church organization for an
orphanage.
The property is located on the main
line of the Northwestern road, about
two hours out from Chicago, and ad-
joins the little village of Nachusa. The
land was handed down from genera
ton to generation by a family of the
name of Dysart. By a member of this
family it was originally taken up from
the government, and remained in the
family until it fell into the possession
of Col. Alexander Dysart, who for
years was one of the best known citi-
zens of this section. He was a man
of some eccentricities, but beloved by
the whole community. He raised a
family of sons, three of whom became
engineers on the Northwestern road
and are now running trains. The colo
mel, during his lifetime, improved the
old home, which in early years was
but a cabin, until it assumed the pro-
portions of fine country home. He
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25

en- keep the home off there, no child
rem play by the brooks or shout
around the country schoolhouse, no
bees come home to the hive, no smoke
curls from the farmhouse chimney, no
orchard blooms, no bleating sheep
flock the mountain side with white
ness, and no heifer lows in the twi-
light.
There is nobody there, there never
was but a miserable and scattered
few, and there never will be. 1t is
great and terrible wilderness, thou
sands of miles in extent and lonesome
to the very wild animals and birds.
Left to the still visitation of the light
from the sun, moon and stars and the
aurora1 fires, it is only fit to look upon
and then be given over to its prime
val solitariness. But lor the living
things of it's waters, the cod, salmon
and seal, which brings thousands of
fishermen to it's waters and traders to
its bleak shores, Labrador would be as
desolate as Greenland. The time is
now coming when with good steam
ship accommodations the invalid and
tourist from the States will be found
spending the brief but lovely summer
here, Notwithstanding its ruggedness
and desolation.-Boston Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
One little Dutch.

about going back. One little Dutch
man was particularly obstinate, and
when there came a sharp command
from above, Clear the road, men,
Jump to the side, quick,' he was slow
about obeying. and the scattering shot
from our two howitzers whizzed pretty
close to him. AS he came creeping
to the other boys, he said, What was
dot?' And when he was told it was
jackass battery he lifted his voice
and shouted in wrath, 'Checkess,
checkess battery, 1eetle short tam
fools checkess battery, he tear my
coat tail off, At this a great shout of
laughter went up from the company,
and the pursuing rebels retired, and
their whole force moved off. Our
other columns had been too slow, or
we had not been too fast, and we
failed to bag the enemy. Some weeks
later we captured some prisoners, and
much to our surprise, one of them
greeted Dutch Charley with, Hello,
checkess batteryA How is your coat
tail Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Woman Saw Fierce Battles.
Yes, sir, this is Groveton.

Yes, sir, this is Groveton.
I reckon I saw more fighting than
many men who were in the army.
Dead men lay so thick around here
forty-two years ago that you couldn't
walk in the field without treading on
them 1 hear the soldiers is coming
down here this fall hope none of
them don't get killed"
This was said by an old woman
who, while she spoke. stirred ashes in
an open fireplace with a rusty bayo-
net gripped in her withered hands.
Her name. Lucinda Dogan.
This woman watched the course of
the battle of Bull Run, July 81, 1861.
She heard the guns of Tyler's division
when they opened on Beauregard's
left flank at the Stone Bridge. She
saw the columns of Hunter and Heint-
zelman as they swept south from
Sudley to turn the confederate rear
and seize the Manassas Gap railroad.
She saw the confederate brigades of
Bee and Barlow driven from Buck
Hni- She saw the confederate troops
swinging to the north from the fords
along Bull Run This old woman saw
the three divisions of McDoweIPs
army and the armies 1T Beauregard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Letters Long on Way

speaking of the curious routes let
tiers sometimes take in reaching their
destination" said an old newspaper
man, in the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat, reminds me of an extraordinary
ceived two letters which had been
mailed to me in 1888, thirteen years
before. I had been with a friend in
Washington up to early in 1855, when
I concluded that 1 would go to my old
home in Boston. 1 remained in Bos-
ton a few days, going from there to
New York. My movements were so
sudden that he did not at any time
know exactly where to find me. The
two letters to which I have referred
were sent to my Washington address,
and, fortunately, fell into the hands
of my friend Not knowing exactly
where I was after hearing that 1 had
lefs Boston, he did not know where to
send the letters, so he just kept them,
thinking that he would finally learn
my address and would send them on
to me. While 1oafing around in New
York 1 was suddenly seized with a
desire to go to Europe and, without
saying anything to anyone about my
intentions, 1 boarded ship and start
ed for foreign lands.
For nearly four years was
abroad and during that time, while
communicating with relatives and
friends on this side I never wrote to
my friend whom 1 had left in Wash
ington, for I did not know his ad
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Fighting in a Fog.

eT had an experience in a fog my
SELF said the Major, which was ex-
citing, but disturbing. Our regiment
was one of several columns converg-
ing on the enemy, and, OF course, we
didn't want to be behind the others.
The boys, in going over the mountain,
chafed a good deal because the Colo
mel kept his horse down to a slow
walk, and they couldn't understand
his orders to move slowly and to keep
quiet as we went down into the val
ley on the other side. 1t was now day
break and time to strike II we were
going to strike. Between US and the
valley there was a dense fog, and the
vanguard went forward into it and
disappeared.
I'm ten minutes we advanced down
the incline into the fog. At the rear
of the regiment | could see not more
than two of the ten companies The
others were down somewhere in the
fog. In twenty minutes man came
running back with an order for the
mountain howitzers to come to the
front, and as they went forward the
fog lifted. l saw not only all our own
regiment stretched along the winding
mountain road, but below in the val
ley several regiments breaking camp
The flags they carried were not like
ours. They wore gray, instead of blue
uniforms, and it was clear to US that
this division of the enemy had just
withdrawn its pickets preparatory tc
leaving camp when the fog lifted and
revealed our line in blue.
"As their skirmishers advanced
ours retreated, and the whole column
ABOUT faced and marched back up the
hill. The boys didn't like this, an6
the rear guard was very stubborn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25

surrounded it with a double row of
pine trees, and these for miles may be
seen from points along the road.
When the colonel was well along in
years he fell in love with widow.
and against the wishes of his family
married her, only to be divorced in a
few years.
Within sight of the Dysart home
was the farm of Peter Durham, a
sturdy German, the father of an in
dustrious family. Among the children
was a daughter, Mary, who grew up to
be as pretty lass could be found
in all Lee county. A farmers daugh-
ter, she in due time became a
farmers wife. marrying Henry
Shippert. Both husband and
wife had not one but several
farms of rich Lee county land, but
after the body of old Col. Dysart was
laid to rest and the property was Of
fered for sale, Mrs. Shippert bought it.
Then she proposed to the Evangelical
church, of which she is a member, to
convert the little farm into an orphan
age. The church accepted the charge
and only the other day the home of
the kindly old colonel was dedicated
to its noble purpose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Ways of the Mosquito

That adult mosquitoes live through
the winter is evident to all who have
seen and felt them on the first warm
days of early spring, says writer in
the Literary Digest Now we are told
in addition that larvae and even the
egg of the insect may survive great
cold. Says a writer in the Revue
Scientifique-
1T is well known that mosquitoes
hibernate in the adult state; a certain
number of these vexatious insects
pass the winter in various retreats
in slaughter houses, granaries, cellars,
etc., and in the spring they resume
active life and multiply their kind.
Hibernation, however, does not always
take place in the adult form only:
the larvae can also pass the winter
with safety. This has been shown by
the observations of John B. Smith
made during the winter of 1901-1902
and at the end of 1902. The winter
cold does not regularly destroy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
Value in unpunctuaIitv.

An English railway man, who work
ed up from a very humble position,
was never on time, and he declared
that this characteristic was carefully
planned and cultivated ..Sharehold-
ers drop into a meeting he said, land
find the chairman in his place and the
business going on, and it confirms
their impression that you are party
of nobodies who have come there for
their convenience. I like to let them
wait until everybody is there and till
all the FESTIVE ones have asked, What
are we waiting for?' and receive the
answer, Mr.. Forbes Then you come
in and they feel you are somebody. at
any rate"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25

aquatic larvae They will bear a con-
siderable degree of it; they have been
seen surrounded with ice, the water
having frozen around them, and after
the melting of the solid envelope they
still lived. The same larvae may be
alternately frozen up and melted sew
eral times in the course of the win
ter. This is true of the culex pungens
and of several other species both OF
cu1ex and of anopheles, ETC.
Certain species hibernate in the
adult state; others in the larval state
also; others still hibernate in the egg.
But many have alternating larvae;
with many the larvae pass the winter
under the ice, or in the ice, without
the least injury. IT may easily be
seen that cold will not kill mosquitoes,
for numbers of polar explorers have
noted the abundance of the insects in
the regions of ice, and it is well
known that the mosquitoes are one
of the plaques of the summer in the
moist parts of Alaska
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
MINE OWNERS EMPLOY A SEER.
Agree to Give 100000 to Man Who
Uses OWNING Rod.

Several Texas mine owners in COM
bination have contracted with Henry
Zachary, a young man living at Lock
hart, to go with them to Alaska to
locate gold veins for them. The con-
tract covers a period of ten years, for
which he is to receive 100000. They
believe that he has powers of divina-
ton and say that his abilities in this
direction were discovered a year ago
when he was taken to the gold fields
of California and Colorado, where he
unerringly located veins of gold. In
performing his wonders he carries
with him a slender rod, in one end of
which is set a piece of the precious
metal, and as he passes over a vein
this apparently connects the currents
through his hands, which perceptibly
culver
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
AFRAID OF THE HOODOO.
Superstitious Negroes Fled Until |,
Was Removed


Was Removed
Deputy Constable Frank Fem of
Houston, Tex, went the other after
noon to execute a writ of forcible eiec
ton against negro woman. He
TOOK with him two negroes who were
to carry away the furniture. Fem
was absent a few minutes and when
he returned his negroes were not to
be seen. He got a glimpse of them
ABOUT two blocks away moving at a
very swift gait
Thinking that perhaps the men had
stolen something, he took after them.
When stopped the negroes said that
they would not work in that house.
that 1t was hoOdooed. Being urged
they told him they would return if he
would go into a certain corner of the
house and remove the hoodoo, which
he would find tied up in a bag hang
ing from the ceiling
The officer found the bag. IT con-
tanned bones tied up with kinky wool
and halrp1ns The woman said she
could cast spell over her enemies
with 1t, because the bones were those
OF black cat, while the wool was
that shaved from the head of a negro
born on Friday, the thirteenth day
of the month.
The negroes would not return to
work until the officer had taken the
bag of bones about block away from
the house, and even then they had
misgivings as to whether or not it
would be safe to touch anything in the
house.