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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Old Model.

as demurrage.
Old Model.
a model Of the famous George Ste
Ephensm, the first engine to draw a
passenger train, stands in the Trans
portation building of the. st. Louis ex-
naationl Ths man who acted as fire.
man on the epoch-making day, sew
entyrthree years ago, lives in a humble
cottage in East Des Moines, and when
he thinks of his inability to visit the
exposition and see the Rocket model
tears come into his eyes and course
dwon his cheek.
I'D give anything possess just to
see and handle it again." he said re-
Gently, as he told the story Of that
memorable trip. But I'm old now
and feeble. I'm not, the Had ! was
when Stephenson gave me a word Of
cheer and l climbed into thte Rocket
and We started on our trip"
Edward Entwistle was a lad of six
teen when the trip was made. He
was recommended to Stephenson by
the Duke of B~ridgewater. whose stew
ard declared that Entwistle WAS the
Test mechanic N the shops.
It VIZ, n ~Septarhes, IS}! hat the
Rocket made is trip
It is significant that the one train
Which makes the Chicago-St. Paul run
in ten hours, carries no passengers.
To ride on it is a privilege acquired
}y few. Yet a journey on this 'raii,
wien carries nothing but go~e,n.
%rcBr mail clerks and its crew, is
an experience, especially If the jour
ne be made on the frelGar : side"
of the huge locomotive which pulls
i It is a revelation of what fast
passenger service meau5 and d Ill
ela! education in apr 'eciaticr o! the
i,uol nerve and ab lure competency
If the men who rua flst '"ains The
fast mail over the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul leaves Chicago every
morning with its burden of letters
and packages in time for transfer to
other trains to the Pacific coast to
connect with the mail boats, north
into the Dominion, east and west in
| adjoining states and radiating over a
dozen lines of railway into every nook
and corner of the northwest.
Big Contract.
The Denver, Northwestern & Pa
cific has asked for bids for the grad
ing of the railroad bed from Arrow
head west of Denver, to Sulphur
Springs, a distance of twenty-five
miles beyond, Work is to be COM
menced by October l.. 1t Is expect
ed that trains will be running into
Hot sulphur Springs by spring. The
Grand county commissioners have be-
gun work on repairing and shorten
ing the wagon road from Steamboat
Springs to Arrowhead. A stage line
IS projected between these points
when the Moffat road is running into
Sulphur Springs.
=. Big Railroad Change.
one of the biggest changes that
has materialized in railroad circles
in5a long tine was made known Wed
nefday through official sources when
it was announced thar on October LIST
there viii be a consolidation of the
freight departments of the Southern
Pacific lines, except the Texas-New
Orleans, with the central, east and
west lines under one set of officers,
end that the Texas & New orleans
would be made~into a separate line.
CondQcLnr4~G Steinrirk has been
circulating among his railroad frienis
with a rarsG ra.ernal smile and q
~teesrarhI The Telegram laceounts for
! the smile. 1t states that On Septem-
Der 5th a little daughter made its ar
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes Your feet feel swollen. nerv-
GUS and damp. and get tired easily.
II you have aching feet, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. 1t rests the feet and
makes new or tight shoes easy. Cures
aching. swollen, sweating feet, blist-
ers and callous spots. Relieves Chill
blains, corns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try It
today. Sold by all Druggists. Csc.
Don't accept any substitute. Trial
package Free. Address Allen s. Ohm,
sted, Leroy, N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Hicks Gets 1t.

After long waiting and more or less
erroneous speculation by the news-
papers, J. G. Hicks, general foreman
Of the Santa Fe shops at San Bernar-
dino, has been promoted to master
mechanic OF the Albuquerque shops,
succeeding S. l.. Bean, who some
months ago was moved up to super
intendent of machinery of the Santa
Fe coast lines. Mr.. Hicks promotion
will take effect Immediately and he
is expected to relieve Mr.. Bean this
week. Mr.. Bean will remain a few
days with the new master MECHANIC
until he gets the run of things, when
he will leave to JOIN hts family at Los
Angeles.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

New Car Service Rule.
After October ! c~onsignees of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Canada Protects Steel Rail Mills

o'iGh ' iSSSNtS SkNSt Ihdll "iiio
a duty of 81 per ton on steel rails
was imposed by a proclamation issu-
ed by the Canadian government on
August 81. This is in accordance with
the act of 1903, which provided that
such a duty should take effect when
satisfactory evidence was furnished
that rails Of the best quality were be-
ing made in Canada in sufficient
quantity to supply the ordinary de-
mand. The Algoma Steel company,
of the Lake supdfor borrdraAion,
has resumed work in their rail mills
and at tests last week proved to the
government experts their ability to
manufacture 80 tons a day of rails of
best quality.
New Car Service Rule.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

freight in less than car load lots In all
towns and cities IN The territory gov
erned BY the Missouri Valley Car
Service association must remove or.
ders from the freight houses within
forty'eight hours after the arrival or
pay = penalty ot 3 cents 4 ton or frac-
tion thereof each day they are al.
lowed to stay in the freight houses
after that, This action was taken by
The association because some %leceiy.
ers Of small shipments Of freight have
taken advantage of the leniency OF
the railroads by using the freight
houses as warehouses sometimes
leaving the goods in them for thirty
to sixty days after arrival,
The new storage rule, it Is beliey-
ed, will do much TO eliminate the con
gestion ut freight houses and will re-
suit TO the profit of both the rail-
roads and the consignees. Where
shipments are held in cars no demur-
rage charge will be made until the
goods are unloaded in the freight
houses and the c~onsignees are noti-
fled,
This rule has been put into effect
in ChiacGo and other cities and-has
been found to work to the best inter
ests Of all concerned. The rule in re-
gard 20 carload shipments will re
main as it is, viz: forty-eight hours
VIII be allowed the consignee in which
10 unload after the car has been set
and he has been notified. After the
expiration of that time he will be
charged 81 a day or fraction of a day
as demurrage.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Big Railroad Change.

Conductar4--G Steinrlek has been
circulating among his railroad frienis
with a yarsG ra.ernal smile and q
teesrarhI The Telegram laceouuts for
the smile. It states that On Septem-
Der 5th a little daughter made It's ar
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

Mrs. J, -. Schroeder, Of Ration, whs
has been attending the knights Tenn.
plar Conclave at San Francisco stop
ped Off in Albuquerque yesterday to
spend a day or two with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ainsworth of
Garfield avenue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Sour Stomaeh.

When the quantity or food taken is
too large or the quality too rich, sour
stomach is likely to follow, and
especially so il the digestion has
been weakened by constipation. Eat
slowly and not too freely of easily
digested food. Mast.cate the food
thoroughly. Let five hours elapse be-
tween meals, and when YOU feel a full
ness and weight in the region of the
stomach after eating, take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
the sour stomach may be avoided. For
sale by all druggists. . nm
When troubled with constipation try
Chemberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are easy to take and
produce no gripping or other unpleas,
ant effect. For sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

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81 arfa,~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

rival TO claim n more plate at the
family table. Mother and daughter,
Virginia, who are now in Chicago, are
getting along excellently Winslow
Mail.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lunos,

Several years since my lungs we're
$50 badly affected that | had many
shemorrhages," writes A. NJ. AXE Of
Wood, Ind. Il took treatment with
several physicians without any bene.
fit. | then started to take Foley's
Honey and Tar and my lungs are O
as sound as q bullet. l recommend it
In advanced stages of lung trouble"
For sale by Depot Drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

). W. Reynolds, secretary Of the
territory left Santa Fe for his ranch
at Pasture.
W. NJ Woody, of Glenwoody, man
ager Of the Glenwoody Mining com
pany, arrived in Santa Fe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17

\ Mrs. H. B. Roehrig and daughter,
miss Genevieve Snodgrass, have re.
turned to Albuquerque from a pleas.
Iant summers visit in Springfield Ill.
while in. the east they took In the
exposition. r1.i"t rHn va
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-17
Ration sarsH ENxahesssEOyVr
Railroad Appears Certain

Capt. Tom Sewell If Elizabethtown
arrived in the city Friday on his re-
turn home from a trip to Denver, and
left overland" for E'town Tuesday
morning says the Ration Range. Capt.
Sewell Is in receipt of a recent let
ter from w, A. S%tinchcomb of Chica'
go. in which the latter said that he
had just had a conference with Thos,
Harlan of st. Louis, who IL the prin-
cipal promoter Of the Ration and Eli
zabethtown railroad, and that Mr.,
Harlan informed him that all necee-
sary money has been raised for build.
ing that road and that the informa.
ton might be given out as official.
The road rfeered to Is the New
Mexico & Pacific, which was survey
ed from Ration to the Taos valley via
Eli2abethttown about two years ago.
1t was expected at the time that the
actual work of construction would be-
gin on the road soon after the COM
pletion Of the survey, but about that
time there was a furry in Wall st.
which had such an effect on the mon
ely market that the promoters of the
enterprise found it impossible to
float it then. but Messrs. Harlan,
Koehleh and Others interested in the
success Of the proposed road have
never weakened in the determination
to build the line and have been work
ing on the proposition constantly.
"EI Tovar" Nearly Ready. :.
The new Harvey hotel on the brink
of the Grand Canyon is nearly COM
pleted. As the work progresses it be-
comes more and more evident that
for novelty Of architecture and de-
sign and convenience for the tourist
public, the new building will bes9un-
surpassed.
le has been decided to name the
new hostelry El Tovar, instead of
Bright Angel tavern. Pedro del To-
var is additionally credited with be-
ing ethe first white man to- penetrate
into. the mysterious depths of the Tt
tan Nof chasms, and, consequently the
name will no, De- without historical
significance. The naming of the
hote1 after the %Spaniard will be In line
with the names Alvarado, Castaneda
and Cardenas, given TO the other ell
egant Harvey hotels.
lei Tovar" will undoubtedly be one
of the finest and most unique hotels
in the southwest when completed and
its location a few steps from the,
brink of the %stupendous canyon is un-
rivaled for scenic grandeur in-.the
whole world. The Bright Angle trail
TO the Colorado river in the bottom
of the gorge starts directly from the
door.
''El Tovar' has been under con-
struction for many months, 1t is
modelled after the old Swiss t%averns.
Its appearance is that Of an immense
log house
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

MT Garbarino of New York is visiting relatives in this section.
 William Derwin and Louis Pic cinault won the championship in the pool tournament which was started at the Brooklyn Athletic club rooms about three weeks ago, and was finish ed last night.
 Residents of Town Plot are com plaining much about the size of the flag which is being displayed on the flag pole at the school grounds. X well known resident of that section said to-day that the flag was only 2 toy flag and was disgrace to the school and to the district. Tt would be better not to have any at all than to have such one floating to the breeze. The city is bound to furnish flags to the schools and the committee man should ask the city fora decent fag.'
 You do need spring tonic, we know, but why pay dollar or dollar and a half for q bottle of medicine when you can call at the old reliable Walkers drug store and invest 10 cents in sulphur and cream of tartar, which will brace you right up and pre- pare you for the ensuing hot weather? Nuff ced
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
MORE NEW THINGS.
Connecticut Inventors Have Been
 Busy the Past Week.
Special to Democrat }


 Washington, March 23.-Samuel R. Munson, of New Britain, has invented an improved spring balance which he has assigned to Landers. F'rary & Clark, of that city This is a susDen- sion spring balance consisting of a case body having a graduated face plate, a suspension lug is per- manently secured to the upper part of the case having its upper end ex- tending outside of the case. The bal ance spring has its upper end secured to the lower end of the suspension lug. A draa bar, having a pointer. padJacent to and in front of the face Nplate, Is provided, also means outside Of the case. at the lower end of the draw bar for suspending the load to be weighed.
 Albert B. Clark. of Terryville, who has been for several years the assist ant superintendent of the Mail Lock Repair shop of the postof1ce depart ment in this city, has invented a cord holder, for use On mail bags or other similar packages. It consists of a casing with locking plates secured thereto, reciprocating locking dog with pivoted lever for operating the same, to clamp the cord against the locking plate. A guide pin is provid- ed hxed in the casing to prevent the cord from being crossed.
 The patent office has just granted d patent on "a pencil pocket to Harry E. sharp 3pf Hartford. It comprises a back and front portion united to form the receptacle, 8 fastener consisting of wire held between the piles of the back portion in line transverse to the line of the pencils. The ends of this sfaTtener are bent and pro- trude through the back and are bent outwardly towards the sides of the pockets and have sharpened extremi- ties. The wire spring has short bend or bigtt In its center to reduce its springtne,s and to stiffen the same.
 Captain Simon Lake, the Bridge port inventor, has this week patented storage battery It is constructed with series O plates of opposite po- larity, having tle surface of their up- per portions pr,pared for union with contiguous members similarly pre- pared. Interpoed distance pieces with their adjacent faces similarly prepared, are pro1ided and are united to the plates witt electrically perfect joints, by solderin; or the like Means are provided for mechanically secur- ing all the parts ttgether in sec tional bus-bar.
 Horace H. Judson of StTatford, has patented a non-cond' 'cting wall, which he has assigned to tle Nonpariel Cork Manufacturing co. His method con- sists of applying layer of cement to brick wall. fol1owd by strips of cork, which lave cen previously treated to coating O cement, which form longitudinal channels and cross walls, thereby forming dead air space between the cork and the brick wall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
DRUM CORPS PRIZES.
Offered to Corps Appearing in Field
 Day Parade, June IS.

The general committee in charge of the c. T. A. union parade and field day ill this city, Saturday. June IS, have decided to offer the following prizes:
 To the neatest appearing drum corps, silk banner; to the best modern corps, gold lined silver cup; to the best an cient fife and drum corps, silver cup; baton swinging contest, gold medal. To the ladies with the best float, 1st, silver cup; 2nd, beautiful silk banner; to the male society coming longest dis tance, silk flag; to the society with largest number of members in line, silk banner; neatest appearing society. silver cup It was also decided that the entry to drum corps contest should be free.
 The following societies have already voted to participate in this big. pa- rade: Young Mems T. A. B. society, New Britain: Young Mems T. A. soci- ety of Hartford, Ladies' auxiliary r. M T. A. society of Hartford. Young Mems T. A. B. society of Bristol, St Francis T. A. B. society of Torrington. St Aloysius T. A. and B. society of Middletown. St Mary's society of New Haven. St Veronica's Ladies society Wallingford: Y. NJ. R. c. T. A. and 5. A. of Ansonia; St Ann's Ladies of An sonia. St Aloysius T. A. and B. soci- ety of Derby, and many others.
 The various committees are kept busy answering questions which speaks we'll for the success of this parade and field day.
 Those who favored an old home week for Waterbury will see what an organization like St. Joseph's T. A. SO ciety can do to bring large crowd of strangers to the city and thereby show them what good place Water. bl1ry is
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
CANNOT PAY DEPOSITS.
Watertown Savings Bank Prohibited
 by Order of Judge Wheeler.

Judge Ralph Wheeler Of the superior court, yesterday afternoon, after ad- JouTnment Of the case against Willis vandemark, granted an order prohib- lung the Watertown Savings bank from paying out deposits or interest upon them until further orders of the court The order was the result of rather lengthy. conference between Judge Burpee, counsel for the bank, and Bank Examiners Noble of New Milford and Kendall of Suffield. The notice of the order was served upon Treasurer Stoughton of the bank late 1n the afternoon.
 There Is no cause for alarm, 1t is said, in the existence of this order. It was taken merely for the safety of all concerned and to give the bank di- iectors tune to look about them pend Ing the trial of the case against the alleged defaulter, ex-Treasurer Mat toon.
 The step was decided upon at meeting of the directors held yester- day. A report is to the effect that the Dank examiners informed Judge Wheeler that at present it would be impossible for them to give an exact report on the financial ability of the bank and the safe plan to pursue under tne circumstances was to suspend all payments until the courts decide as to the banks ability to collect some S14,- OOO outstanding notes against the town or Watertown. This case was to have been heard yesterday in the district court, but for some reason 1t was put pack to next Saturday for reassign, ment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
A GREAT WATERWAY.
Roosevelt to the Panama Canal
 rnSxe r,ns q fnmarQ

Commissioners.
 WASHINGTON, March 23. = The president has sent the following mes sage to the isthmian canal commission CTS:
 "I have appointed you as the com mission which is to undertake the most important and also the most for midable engineering feat that has htth- erto been attempted. You are to do a work the doing of which if well done will redect high honor upon this na- ton and when done will be of tncal- culable benefit not only to this nation, but to civilized mankind.
 '1As you yourselves must individual ly know, have chosen you with refer ence to nothing save my belief after full and patient inquiry that you are among all the available men of whom I have Knowledge those best fitted to bring this great task to a successful conclusion. You have been chosen purely because of your personal and professional regulations for integrity and ability. You represent the whole country. You represent neither section nor party. I have not sought to find out the politics of single one of you, and indeed as to the majority of you I have not the slightest idea what your political affiliations are.
 'T believe that each one of you will serve not merely with entire fidelity, but with the most efficiency. If at any time feel that any one of you is not rendering the best service which 1t is possible to procure I shall feel called upon to disregard alike my feelings for the man and the mans own feel ings and forthwith to substitute for him on the commission some other man whom deem capable of render ing better service. Moreover, shall expect if at any time any one of you feels that the work is too exhausting and expressing for him to do in the best possible manner that he will of his own accord so inform me in order that may replace him by some man who to the requisite ability joins the will and the strength to give all the effort needed, But so long as you rem der efficient service of the highest type in the work you are appointed to per form you may rest assured of my
 
 hearty support and backing in every way.
 - "As to the details of the work itself l have but little to say. It is to be done as expeditiously as possible and as economically as is consistent with thoroughness. There is one matter to which I ask your special attention, the question of sanitation and hygiene. You will take measures to secure the best medical experts for this purpose whom you can obtain, and you will of course, make the contractors submit as implicitly as your own employees to all the rules and regulations of the medical department under you pre- sune you will find 1t best to have one head for this medical department, but that I shall leave to your own judg- ment."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Call Ito Democratic Electors of the
 State of Connecticut.

Pursuant to the call of the demo- cratic national committee, the state convention of delegated representa- tives of the democratic party from each town will be held at the Audi torium, Hartford, Thursday and Fri day, May 5 and 6, 1904, for the pur- pose of electing fourteen delegates to the national convention to be held at St Louis, Mo- on July 6, 1904, and for the purpose Of electing the new state central committee to represent the sen- atorial districts as now constituted, and for the transaction of any other business proper to come before said convention
 In accordance with the new conven- ton rules, the convention will be called to order on May ,, 1904, at 8 D. m., for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization.
 Each town shall be entitled as a town to twice as many delegates as it has representatives in the legisla- ture, and all towns in which the vote cast at the last presidential election exceeds one thousand, shall be entitled to one additional delegate for each ad- ditional one thousand votes then cast, and also each fraction thereof exceed ing one-half.
 In accordance with the rules of the party, all caucuses and primaries in the several towns for the appointment Of delegates to the state convention shall be held at least seven days be- fore the meeting of said convention.
 JOHN J. WALSH. Chairman.
 EDWIN s. THOMAS, Secretary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
A. F. COWIRS.

Exhibition of Spring Millinery Wednesday and Thursday, March 23 and 24,days of reception-the formal occasion that will illustrate our pre- parations for spring business-the event that marks the real beginning which We mean shall prove the great est in our history.
 We will show foreign and home productions to which we invite your inspection Wednesday and Thursday Also the newest in Ready-to-Wea Untri1nmed Straw and Chiffon Hats Fine French Flowers, Fruit, Foliage Ribbons, etc. B AND 55 CENTER STREET..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
Yan. stuaents Rebbea

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Mafn 2a-- Yale university gymnasium hs been the scene of wholesale robber. The detective force has withheld th facts and only inadvertently throus stu deuts' talk did some of the fats be- come known. In all it is estnatea that about 5000 in watches. ings, scarfpins and money was stolen ut of the lockers that were rified.