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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-31

j. g. McNary and T.. L, Browne, made'
its first appearance and created dis
tinctly favorable impression .Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground,r was par
'ticularly effective and Comrades in
Arms was well given for the second
number. Both numbers were epcored.
the quartet responding the second
time with sOlJ Kentucky Home K
The double quartet Of the NJ. u.
church, accompanied BY Mrs. Clarke
NJ. Moore. rendered two selections.
both OF which were heartily received.
Mrs. Chas. Kohne and Miss Esther
(ieyer performed a brilliant piano
duet.
The Rev. a. G. Geyer delivered Z
short but effective and eloquent ad-
dress On "0ur Flag It's Birtf. IL
Baptism. Its Glory"
Miss Anna May Foster received ap-
plause for her character song
They've Drafted Him Into the
Army" =
Other pleasing numbers were q. reci.
tatlou by Miss Nellie Preston and .
chorus by thirteen young ladies'.
The decorations were notable A
large and beautiful American flag
was draped over big screen upon
which great many small iIaEs had
been pinned Ferns and potred plants
formed a border about the stage. y
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Texans Seek promised Land.

| Everybody that has crossed the Nat
.ional street bridge the past few days
has had curiosity aroused by tho
group Of ''prairie sehooners' encamp-
ed on the river bank at Beldenas
dairy. The wagons and seventeen
animals with them belong TO a parts
of Texas people who set out from the
vicinity Of San Antonio. Texas the
11th Of April and have iourneyed in
search Of more healthful and com
Portable climate.
Twelve persons, the families Of D..
NJ George and T. Shepherd, compose
the company. Forty-eight days they
have travelled and the distance cover.
ed in that time would probably meas
nre six hundred miles at least.
Their first HAT was at San Angelo,
where they spent a week with the son
Of MI. George then living there, who
joined them on the expedition From
that place they took their way across
the great Stafee Plains to Hereford,
thence 70 Tuclraeari and thus to Las
Vegas.
Their journey has been without adj,
venture except that hail storm STAN
peded their horses one day near the
Texas.New Mexico line. All have
had the best Of health with the excep-
ion Of Mr. George who was affected
with both chills and fever as the re,
suit Of the malaria he was seeking to
escape by leaving the southern eli.
nate
If suited with ranch in this vicinity
hese families will locate here.
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PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
AT NORMAL HALL

A large and well pleased audience
gathered In the Normal Assembly hall
last night to listen to the patriotic
program which had been prepared for
the occasion. All the features we're
appropriate To the day and were for
that reason highly appreciated.
a recitation by Miss veverka. 'eThe
American Flag" Illustrated. was ad,
mirably rendered Through no fault
OF Miss veverka's the pictures were
unfortunately presented out Of order,
but this did not prevent the enjoyment
Of the piece By the audience.
A procession OF Sons OF the Flag
led by Karl Lehman who plpqd When
Johnnie Comes Marching Home
made decided hita The boys bear.
Ing small gnns marched noisrly In,
large flag floating above them They
tramped TO the platfotn, grounded
arms and sang With mucl g,isto the
song to which they had marched. As
they matched out they whiried their
sombreros and yelled Justify. The
audience was pleased and insisted on
bring back the noisy crew.
Father Henry Pouget's French horn
solos Of patriotic nature, with plano
accompaniment by Mrs Kohn were ex.
cellent.
The Optic quartet composed Of
Messrs. l. II. Allen, w. Il. Thresher,
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japanese Arms Takes Possession Of DaIny and Finds
Much Valuable Material Left By Enemy In
It's Hasty Flight
FAILURE OF Ak0THERATTEMPT T0BL0CKPORT ARHURCHANNEL

ST PETERSBURG, May s1.-The
war office has received a detailed
report Of the fight at Ai-Yang.Pien.Men
on Saturday night, in which a battal-
lon Of japanese infantry and one
squadron q Japanese cavalry, number.
ing about 2.20O men attacked Ave
squadrons Of Cossacks. The Russian
losses We're seven Cossacks killed and
one officer wounded and nine horses
killed. The Cossacks were biyouack.
ed at 1o:So at night when the attack
was made. The Cossacks retired in;
good order There was great deal
of firing on both sides, but as it was
dark most Of It was ineffectual.
II is not btseved that the Japanese
losses We're greater than the Rus.
sian. although one report says the Jap.
anese squadron was wiped out. War
Office attributes little importance to
the engagement which is heraldea from
Toxic as a Japanese victory.
Menace at vIadivostok.
vLADlyoSTOK. May Silt is be.
lieyed from information received here
that the japanese have mined Peter
the Great Gulf Ton which this town is
The task is of easy ac.
because Of recent heavy
logs. One small Korean sailing YES
sel was blown up Yesterday
Reconnoitered Port Arthur.
TOXIC, May 3f-Fonr gunboats,
,wo destroyers and two torpedo boats
sent to Port Arthur early Monday
morning by Vice Admiral Togo, effect.
a careful reconnaissance. drawing
heavy fire from the land batteries, |
rhey discovered new eussian search.
light station and one or two new
orts. Number 3 gunboat was struck
" shell and one petty officer was
,illed and three men wounded. Also
me gun was injured The other boats |!
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escaped without any damage.
Attempt to Block Channel.

MuKDEN. May 81, The Japanese
on the night Of May 2sth made an
other attempt to block Port Arthur by
sinking q merchant vessel in the har,
Dor entrance, The attempt was dis.
covered through the operations Of the
seafchlight and one Japanese gunboat
and two torpedo boat destroyers were
sunk, The merchantmen then retired.
Russians Destroy Boat. !.
TOXIC, May 31,-The Russians de.
stroyed the gunboat used at Taliewan
against the Japanese left during the
battle Of Hanshan. The name Of the
gunboaf is not known.
Hopeless Mission.
TEN TSIN. May 3l--It is reported
we're that the first brigade 81 the First
Russian division, consisting Of the
First, Second, Third and Fourth Sfb-
erian regiments. left Tashichao. Al
point on the railroad about twenty
miles south OF New Chwang, FoKin.
cho Yesterday The purpose of this
movement is not known here, but 1t is
believed that the troops are moving to
the relief Of Port Arthur. They are
to be followed by the entire division
The Runor Denisd.
ST. PETERSBURG, May IL The
statement enlanating from Paris that
General Kuropatkin was sending 30 90
troops to the southwark in the attempt
to save Port Arthur, is declared to be
untrue.
To Oppose the Advance.
MukDEN, May 81, According to
adyices received here General stoes.
sells force has taken up strategical
POSITION near Port Arthur which is
supported by guns Of outlying batter
es and the fortress + Is believed
ieneral okn has received strong rein.
4
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men exhibited great confidence and
said the break for their candidate
might be expected on any ballot today.
Deneen's managers appear eqsAlly con-,
ildent and the Yates nen natd the
governor war as great faesos y 10
was two weeks ago.
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Memorial Day
At Cemetery

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s'seeruas ala honor :
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forcements from the Japanese army
which landed at Takushan.
Fled too tastllv.

which landed at Takushan
Fled too Hastily.
TOXIC, May 3l.-The Russians
evacuated Dalny 50 hastily that they
tailed 70 destroy much property, which
VIII prove highly valuable 10 the Jan
anese. General Oku's scouts repor,
THAT over 100 barracks ana storehouses
remain ininjursd Railroad ana tele.
graph stations With 100 passenger and
freight coaches are also nniniured.
The Russians destroyed the big pier
and blocked all the dock entrances
with sunken steamers. They destroyed
All the small railroad bridges In the
vicinity Of the docks but left the let.
ties nninjured. II Is understood the
Russians fled quickly when Nanshan
hill was lost expecting General Oku
would Immediately take, possession Of
Dalny All previous reports of the
occupation Of the town were false.
Another story.
WASHINGTON, May sl.-The jan.
anese legation gave out dispatch
from Toxic today to the effect that
the Japanese occupied Dalny May 90
Over one hundred houses and bar
racks besides the telegraph office and
railway station were found uninjured.
Over two hundred railway cara sre
usahle but all the smaii railway
bridges in the neighborhood were de.
stroyed All the docks and piers ex-
cept the great pier are uninjured.
Not Talking Much.
ST. PETERSBURG, May al.-4The
Russian press Is sparing In It's com
nent on the Kin Chou affair, but there
s an evident dlslnclination to accept
ne Japanese offocial reports in their
The general tone Of the pa
,ers indicate belief that In the
went Of the fall OF Port Arthur 1t
would not decide the war.
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BIG FIRM FAILS
ON COTTON EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May The suspen.
sion Of 5. Mum & Co. was amounc.
ed on the Cotton Exchange today. The
firm is one Of the oldest in the cot
ton trade In this city. The head
bookkeeper and cashier disappeared
about ten days ago but the firm be.
lieyes as soon as the accounts are
Strengthened out i will be able TO re.
sumo.
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MAYOR or BALTIMORE
COMMITS SUICIDE

BALTIMORE, May sl.--Prestdent
H. Clay Timanus OF the second branch
Of the city council took the oath Of
office as mayor this morning, succeed.
ing Robert NJ. Mcclane. who com.
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself In the head. He will serve
out the remainder Of McClane's term
Of three years. Timanus Is a rspub.
lican.
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PRICES IN WOOL
MUST RIsE

BOSTON, May - The wool mar
ket continues quiet 50 far as the local
field isaconcerned. Some traders esti.
mate that II dealers are TO make a
profit. prices will have 10 be advanc-
ed len or FIFTEEN per cent. above the
presenJ basis when the new clip
reaches the market This estimate Is
based on the high prices IN the west.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-31

ed BY the assembling Of So many war
vessels The British and American
representatives. have sent special
courier to the Sultan concerning the
prisoners. The officials maintain the
strictest secrecy regarding the nego-
tiations in progress.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-31
FRENCH HELP
SUMMONED
Government Has Agreed 70
Make Effort to Secure Re.
lease Of Perdicaris
WAR SHIPS GATHER
AT TANGIER
Population Deeply Impressed
BY Assembling of Such War
like Array
WASHINGTON. May si.-Through

WASHINGTON. May 3l.-Through
Ambassador Porter, Secretary Hay has
requested the French government to
exercises its good offices toward Sc
touring the release of Pardicaris. the
kidnapped American in Morocco. The
French government has undertaken
the task and 1t is believed here can
accomplish more than any other gov
ernment because OF its close associa-
! tion with the various elements in
Morocco. The British government is
also taking vigorous steps for the
rescue. Young Varley, step-son of
Perdicardis and British subject, and
British officials are in communication
with the United States government in
pursuit.
Warships Gather.
TANGIER, May 31.-United States
gunboats Castine and Marietta arriy-
ed here during the night, completing,
with the cruisers Brooklyn and Allan
ia, which arrived yesterday, the Amer
lean squadron, in connection with the
Kidnapping OF Perdicaris and his step.
ron. The population is deeply impress
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0eoroe kohn, pIouerr.

announcement was made yesterday
OF the passing away of George Kohn,
father Of Charles l.. and Miss Grace
Kohn3fand Mrs. 3 Nshm OF this city.
Death occurred sso1snly at the fssn-
ny home In l.caseLwofth. Kansas e.
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The Temperature yesterday varied
from maximum OF 50 to minimum
III G3 degrees, The weather man offers
no. hope Of rain unless i be in the com
trariness which his representations
occasionally show. Generally fair to.
night and Wednesday, Is the prsdic-
tiou.
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.kAW RIVER
GOING DOWN .
communication Opened With
North Ottawa Where Many
People We're Driven
From Home

KANSAS CITY Mo. May 3i.-.
Three trains were marooned near
Quenemo. Kansas FOR twelve hours
yesterday on account Of floods which
washed out portions Of the Santa Pc
and Missouri Pacific tracks ami the
trains reached here today. A Major
Ivy OF the passengers were eastbound
many Of them coming from the Meth.
odist general conference at Los An
geIcs ami others from El Paso. All
the trains carried diners anu there
was no suffering,
OTTAWA. Kan, May Sl.-Floof
conditions In this vicinity are iast i'm.
proving and the water is reeeedine
rapidly Communication with North
Ottawa. whore several hundred per.
sons were driven from their homes.
opened today when boats and provi- j
sions were taken to the unfortunates. s
Six men fnareoned on the Santa Fe
depot. who were without food since
Sunday. were brought away today.
The country around Ottawa for sey-.
sral miles has been Awept clean, crops,
we're wiped out and cattle were drown !
81.
y River FAlliNs. q
4 TOPEKA Kan. Mns 0as--The Kaw
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WANTED-A woman for general
house work Apply at TO Grand
Ave. 5-127
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Many flags at half mast fioated yes.
terday and several o. them are still in
evidence.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
DEMOCRATS GET 100000.
Ne5e-York' Trust Company Lends
the Money.
~ TEl.sasAFIz = THg -

Saratoga. y. Y, Sept 22-An interesting
story of a loan of 100000 by 9 New-York trust
company to the managers OF the national and
State Democratic campaigns leaked out here to-
day. II is understood that the treasury was
empty. and that August Belmont refused longer
to put up" Recourse was had 10 Thomas F..
Ryan. who. it Is said. helped out his political
friends. The trust company assumed no risk.
however, the names Of all the rich men back
ing the Parker canvass went on the notes now
held by the company.
If the contributions from outside are suf1-
ciently large these notes will be taken UP and
the indorsers OF the notes will not lose anything.
II the money does not come in from outside. the
men whose names the notes viii have to
make good the shortage. If Judge Parker is
elected these notes will furnish documentary
evidence OF the devotion of the indOrsers to the
cause of tariff REFORM and are counted on to be
potential in assisting applicants to land lucra-
tive places in the Parker administration
Much Of the money raised ON the notes has
been used up the State $40 going to each cleo
ton district OF town committee in the agri-
cultural counties The cOuntrymen who saw the
Parker managers at the convention yesterday
served notice that the money had all been used
and that more must be put up if any sort of a
campaign Is TO be made up the State.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
THE COLDEST SEPT. 22.
Sudden Fall Brings aroma Of Moth
Balls.

Two things greeted the New-Yorker yesterday
when he first poked his nose out Of doors-a sharp
ness I'm the air that pinched his nose and an all
nervading odor OF moth balls that assailed the same
organ. No wonder that blue noses were much in
evidence in the early part OF the morning for yes
terday's temperature was % degrees below the
average for the day for the last twenty-five years.
It was the coolest September % since the Weather
Bureau was organized here.
On the elevated trains the sound OF chatterinS
teeth was as the sound OF castsnets during a
fandango. The only persons that seemed at all
happy yesterday were the saloonkeepers and the
coal men. Yesterday marked the last Of the five
drink season and the advent of the open season
for whiskey and mixed ale and ''n3ulllgan.
Shivering nat dweliers awoke yesterday morning
with the temperature at 80. Since October is the
traditional date for the janitor start his fires,
most OF them continued TO shver. they will for
the next ten days or so.
Al noon the thermometer had risen 20 u, and at
O'Clock had slowly struggled up as high-or as low
-as So Tired with the struggle OF attaining even
that altitude. the mercury then began 10 drop
slowly but steadily II will be cool early this
ing but the Weather Bureau expects local rise in
the temperature by noon.
The cold wave covered the entire northeastern
part Of the country, reaching as far west Wis
consin and southwark to Maryland. Killing frosls
we're reported trom the entire district upper New
York and New England being the worst sufferers.
Thousands OF dollars worth OF uncut tobacco was
ruined III Pennsylvania by the temperature drop
ping only fraction OF degree below the freezing
point
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
SEVEN SAILORS DR0W NED.
OFF MONT4UK IN 4 GALE
T'7c0 Rescued. We're Adrift Three
Nights and Days on DeckhouSe.
IBr TELEGRAPH 70 TIE TRIBUNE.

Norfolk. Va. Sept. 22.-The three -In2sted
schooner Alvira D. French of Bangor Me-. has
been lost a sea. and of the crew Of nine men
seven lost their lives. Max Shultz. sailor, and
Arnold Nelson engineer OF the i'll fated vessel,
the only survivors. were landed here by the
schooner Margaret Haskell, which picked the
men up after they had beer drifting on the
after deckhouse for three days and nights, haV-
ing had nothing 10 eat and suffering untold
agonies Shultz and Nelson were cared fer by
the Seamen's Union and tonight sent 10 New
York
The French left Newport News on. Monday
September II for Portsmouth y. H. with a
cargo of coal. The schooner was struck by the
gale last Thursday while off Montauk Point,
Long Island. and not long after went down with
her bulky cargo Before the vessel sank the
after deckhouse slid into the waves. It was ther;
that Shultz and Nelson plunged into the seething
waves and clambered on the house. which was
their home for the long time that they drifted at
the mercy of the elements. They saw the cap
tain and the others of the crew struggling in
The water but we're powerless TO help them.
One by one the men sank. Shultz and Nelson
clung to the cabin, and from Thursday 10 sun
day they held on without food or drink
Several vessels passed the shipwrecked men,
but none sighted them. A steamer passed them
five miles away. on Sunday afternoon the Has
keIl hove TO and took the men OF the wreckage.
more dead than alive The following We're lost:
Cantain Daniel G. ConnOr. Portland Me; First
Mate Adee of Portland. Me; Steward Brand, OF
Penns glvania: Seaman Barney. OF New-Yor1;
Seaman Edward Mcbride, of New-York; Sea-
man andre OF Riga, Russia, and an unknown
seaman Captain ConnOr was one Of the best
known shippers on the coast He was last here
IN command of the schooner Cora F. Cressy.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
SHOT At CHIEF OF POLICE.
WouId-Bc assassin of Russian Of
fetal Disarmed and arrested.

ing while Chief of Police Ne.dgardt. in com
pany with Prince Obelensky. his assistant. was
inspecting some new government buildings in
the Boulevard Nicholas near the Pushkin Mon
Ument u young man wearing blue blouse
fred revolver from distance of six PAGES at
Neidgardt. The bullet d,d not strike the Chief
OF Police, and the would be assassin was about
to fire again when he was seized by Prince
Obolensky. The mans weapon fell to the
ground and desperate struggle ensued. in the
course OF which NJ. Neidgardt was wounded in
the hand with dagger. The assaiIant was Sc
cured and placed in custody. He refuses TO
give his name or any account Of himself.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
SPRTNKLING A MENACE.
Mrs. Russell Sage's Horse Hurt
Net Fiftk-aue. Asphalt Dangerous.

owners and drivers OF light horse vehicles
who use Fifth-ave. below Fifty -ninth-st. arc
complaining Of the manner in which the streets
OF that section being sprinkled. They de-
clare that the way the asphalt is watered is a
serious menace 10 life and limb and that every
day serious accidents narrowly averted
The sprinkling. it appears. is done in the morn
irg al the time when the automobiles are
hurrying downtown with business men Ir
consequence the watered surface 0f the asphah
Is rapidly churned into treacherous. viscid
slime. offering between 10 and IL q. m. only
the poorest OF footholds to horses. Slipping and
stumbling animals and frantic drivers are daily
spectacIes in this section
one OF the most recent sufferers from this
condition OF affairs is Mrs Russell Sage. Only
last week Mrs sage's Favorlte horse stumbled
and fell headlong the slippery asphalt in
front Of Mrs. Sages horse in Fifth-ave As a
result. the morse is crippled for life.
The residents OF this section Of the avenue
suggest either that water should not be used on
asphalt or that the sprInkling should be done
after tn automobile parade. or ct least three
hours before IL.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
DAMAGE IN THIS STATE.
Record Frost for Season Reported in
SeuerGL Places.

AIiddletown. ~ Y. Sept. 22-Heavy frosts accom-
panied q marked drop in temperature In this re-
gion last night and il is feared that much damage
done 10 crops and fruis.
Hoosick Falls, n Y. Sept. 22.-Ice formed here
this morning and killing frost caused much dam
age TO garden products.
Nyaok. y y, Sept 22-Frost killed tender
plants in many parts Of Rockland County last
night causing loss to farmers. There ice in
several places this morning, the earliest ever
knOYn in this region
Schenectady. " Y. Sept 22.-The temperature
here fell TO 20 degrees In the night and In the
country districts ice formed and heavy frosts pre-
vailed. This is the coolest September weather
recorded in the last fourteen years
Saratoga y. y, Sept. 2--The temperature in
this city fell to 20 degrees above zero to-day.
Elmira, y. Y. Sept 22-There was heavy frost
ia the Chemung Valley last night and all Septem-
Der cold weather records were broken.