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the United States oftener.
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Harrison political campaign Of 1870.
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Japan viii win says Professor HozImi, because
Japan is a scientific lighter
JapanS resources are not Insignificant.
Japan wages war more cheaply than Russia.
Japan has great reserve in source of revenue land tax
Japan safely call upon her total male population for
defense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-02

Russia viii win says Madame Won Kreuer because
RuSsia'S wealth far surpasSes that of Japan
Russia mobilize enough troops to overwelm her enemy.
Russia has the sympathy of all Europe in her strife against the
Yellow Peril
Rlssia's fighting spirit IS thoroughly aroused
Russia a whole is backing the Car
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Pnsssa,s Wealth.

"Au rEmorz 10 the contrary uotwith-
standing. Russia's credit is as good
today as IT, ever was Her wealth and
natural resources are immense. In min-
erul wealth she Is almost Unsurpassed,
perhaps has no superior Her great
gold fields have not yet beeu fully de-
veloped- Iron, petroleum, and coal are
among the other rich mineral products.
Her ColLr.5uti1n 20 the worlds supply
of petroleum is tremendous. Russia is
great agricultural country also and
her wheat crop has been good this year
The sugar beet has become a source OF
great wealth Forests stretching for
hundreds of miles are ia themselves a
fortune. Pine and other merchanta bic
woods of all kinds are in abundance
Lithuauia alone possesses the forest Of
Bialowez. one Of the greatest forests iu
the world today. What riches has Ja-
pan 20 CGeE iu contrast 10 these?
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sian army there are tens Of thousands
/ OF Polish soldiers fighting Loyalty and
/ bravely-E6r their enQlnted king, Car
Nicholas gF Russia -
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BRAZEN equestrian statue of
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko
is the latest addition 70 Chi
casn-a lL-r " m.numauts- Inc
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7 APAN wiz finally defeat Russia.
This IS the opinion and hope OF
all true japanese subjects. /
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Elks' Banquet
q Sumner

All the Tucumcari noyitiatcs passed
,nronsh ~ orda., z, No E,rs. har
ssN ~
INV Werc y priMc ie''le iof = ce'cpi4'
.''on y 'he oSehins. ine pahaue. W"s
ho'apie, Ing viahus Wcrc ~ ~
Wnicn the ihoSl lpiculean tas.e eoulu
cah' 'he uccora,lons wore appropr'a'u
ana artsuc' 'ne music from sno
Las vegas Symphony orcnea'rA was
me, and ihe entertainers we're ioyAl
IN theif nospitall.y. Inc u'nncr "
seven courses served ~ Duvahs W.
gan late and with its accessory ana
post.prandial ieatures continued unt'l
asoo. me majority oi tne gues's
were Dons vlvants, Dut as ioni OF
eloquence and WIZ as 81 the nu'd q
Gambrinus or OF amprosiai viands'
Toasts were called for before the
liquid garnisnments 70 tne banquet
had been reached After the regular
program had been completed TO tne
satisfaction Of everybody; after Fuse
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Red Men poInss.

There Will be great doings on al
the wigwam of the Red Men tonight
a contingent Of braves, ali men high
in the councils OF Comanche Tribe, No,
IA. is here from Tucumcari, and will
be assisted BY the local savagea To
have particularly vociferous and rip
roaring time tonight. The exercises
win begin at o'clock and will, II Il
believed, and sometime before the
russet mantle OF the morning begins
70 spread over the eastern hills. There
will be songs, speeches. war cries. tht
pipe of piece and bon carnarderie
VIII be smoked and refreshments will
be served. Following are the nom
bers Of the tribe who are here from
the southeastern town.
Geo. w. Ely, NJ. B. Fowler. Harry
r. Neal. T. r. Thomas. w. B. farrell
Jesse Pate, NJ. G. Mechem. Benitc
Baca.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Senator Patterson Anxious
About Chinese Exclusion
Says Unless Congress Passes Additional Legislation Every Barrier to
immigration will be Swept Away-Defeat Of Attempt
to Repeal Desert Land Laws.

the Geory exclusion law will be en-
forced against the Chinese immigra-
tion. This Is far more drastic than
the treaty.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April s.--By
q vote or 8 to 8 the house committee
on irrigation and arid land laws 70.
day defeated the bill 10 repeal the
desert land laws Those voting
against the bill we're Chairman Mon.
dell Of wyoming and Representative
Torrill Of Massachusetts, Dwight Of
New York, Marshall Of North Dakota,
williamson OF Oregon. Cooper OF Penn.
sylvania, Hitchcock Of Nebraska and
Bell Of California. Those In favor Of
repeal were Reeder OF Kansas, Van
Duzen Of Nevada and Underwood OF
Alabama. The vote was taken after
q protracted hearing.
Exposition Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON, d. G, April 81
Upon convening today, the hpu< re.
sumed consideration or the Philippine
shipping bill. The Lewis and Clark
exposition bill passed the house with
out division.
Patterson on the chlness.
WASHINGTON. d. G.. April S.--In
the senate today Patterson delivered
On address on the denunciatIon or the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
RATION COURT.

The court at Ration has completed
the criminal business for tho term.
Jose Win, who murdered his wife out
of jealousy. because she waltzed with
another man. was found guilty Of mur
der in the first degree after the jury
had been out but fifteen minutes. The
man fled after the murder, but waf
soon recaptured. He will most Ger
tainly hang. George Jackson, who
was charged with the brutal murder
Of Edward Martinez, at coal camT
near Ration. rather TO tho surprise ol
the people who were familiar with thu
case, got off with a verdict of second
degree. Jackson, went 20 the home uI
Martinez, who had received about $4t
that afternoon, beat his brains ou
and took the money. Judge Long
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08

Special Correspondence OF The Optic.
Washington, D. C., April 5, 1904.
The joint statehood bill will prob
ably pass the house Of representatives
during the week OF the 10th to the
10th instant. II will take nearly q
year after the bill passes for
New Mexico and Arizona to como In
as a state. Therefore, the bill ought
TO pass this session Of congress
II every person in favor Of Joint
statehood in New Mexico, particularly
democrats, will now write personal
letters to senators urging the imme.
iiate passage Of the bill, i will help
very materially.
Delegate Rodey appeals to the peo.
pie Of both territories. irrespective 81
politics. to press United States sena'
tors now for the passage Of this bill.
The omnibus joint statehood bill
stands . good show to pass the senate
this session unless congress adjourns
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08

WASHINGTON, April 8.--Practical.
~ the entire term was occupied BY the
cabinet meeting today by thorough
discussion Of the Chinese exclusion
question. China has denounced the
existing treaty which will expire by
limitation next December. 1t has
been the hope and expectation ~
China TO negotiate n more favorable
treaty than that which is now in force.
but the intimatIon has been conveyed
TO the government that It is i'm.
probable that o treaty Of q character
more favorable TO the Chinese than
the existing one could be ratified BY
congress. The discussion today devel
oped the fact that the whole situa
tion Is clouded In doubt II is possi
BILE that China's denunciation or the
treaty may be withdrawn, but no
official Intlmation Of such action has
been received BY this government
The suggestion Is made that another
treaty may be negotiated by the
terms Of It are not intimated. No
conclusion was reached at today's
meeting. Serious consideration will
BIO given the subject during the next
| few months. In the event Of the
failure 70 negotiate another treat,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
ROOT RETAINED
As COUNSEL
Former Minister Of War to
Fight Harriman's Designs
on Northern Pacific
APPEARS TUESDAY
Former Attorney General Grigg
Represented Railroad In
Merger Case


NEW YORK. April s. s.--Announce
ment has been made Of the engage
ment Of Elihu Root to represent the
Northern Securities company to pre-
vent Ell. Hartman from obtaining
control Of the Northern Pacific Rail
road company, Is result Of the dis
tribution Of Northern Securities as
sets. Root viii be the second mem
Der Of the cabinet to represent the
Northern Securities company as spe
cial counsel. When the government
case was first argued former Attorney
General Jno. w. Griggs represented
the Northern Pacific railroad mergel
as special counsel. The case Ia which
Root win appear Is 70 be argued be
fore the United States circuit couri
IN st. Paul next Tuesday.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08

Chinese exclusion treaty OF 1894 by
the Chinese government. He an.
nounced that unless congress passed
additional Legislation before adjourn.
ment every barrier against Chinese
immigration would be swept away.
He said that the treaty OF 1894 was
the only treaty that absolutely forbids
the coming Of the Chinese to this
country. He admitted that the
treaty Of 1880 provided for Chinese
exclusion, but called attention to the
fact that under the agreement che
United States could only suspend
regulate and limit" Chinese immIgra.
tion. Quoting further from tho Ian.
guage Of that treaty, he said:
1T Is BY this treaty that all existing
legislation must be measured, and
whenever It's provisions are found 10
DO Inconsistent with the treaty's pro
visions, that legislation is nullIty."
In conclusion. Patterson said: aThe
Legislation that must be compared
with this treaty Of 1880 Is the act OF
1902. The acts Of 1882 and 1892 each
suspended immigration for ten years,
but the act Of 1902 absolutely pro
|hibits II, and Is therefore not In con.
formity with tho treaty Of 1880, and
necessarily falls to the ground"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
FATAL TRAIN
DISASTER
Spreading Of the Rails Causes
Katy FLYER to 60 Into Ditch
Near Fort Scatt
NO PERSON KILLED
Many People Reported Injured
Considerable Damage to
Rolling Stock

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April S.--The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas nyer. No,
S, which left st. Louis last night for
the south. was wrecked four miles
south Of Fort Scott. Kans., at 4:s0
this morning BY the spreading Of the
rails. The engine left the track first
and wollowing Il the baggage car and
mail express car piled up. The smoker
and chair car we're overturned and
badly damaged Many persons were
injured, but no one was killed.
Sixteen were injured fatally. Among
those injured was Mrs r. G. Gala
han Of San Antonio.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Raw!ins: G. A. Gouin, La Cygne;
r. j Robinson, Mora; Mr. Goblet, J,
r. Cook, city.
castaneda: w. o Chester, Daveh-
port, la; W. 7. Taylor, Milwaukee;
R. P Oliver, Denver; g. NJ. Smith.
Las Vegas; G. H. Nichols, Trinidad;
s. G Goldsmith, Denver; w. w. Gold
smith. Denver; w. "A. McGrew, Den
yer; c. r. Moore, st. Joe; Otto Lange
Watrous; w. R. Haymer, Dallas.
La Pension: Nat Arnold and wife
Henderson, KY; H. r. Titlow, Sapel
10: Jas Leonard, Trout Springs; Ben
Ito Baca, Jesse Pate, Tucumcari.
New Optic: W. 8. Martin. Los An
geles; Chas Shape, c. Granius, San
born. N. Oak; F. d. Mccormick, Lai
Conchas; Chas. Rudolph, Rociada: H
B. Wiebe. Altoona Mont.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
tories at a higher cost landed
the seaboard than its value here.

tories at higher cost landed on
the seaboard than its value here.
Notwithstanding the existence OF so
many conditions which are favorable
to others, they see with dismay dearer
wool, and goods not selling, although
offered at less than last year. and
without enough orders to keep the ma
chinery employed. It 10 owing TO this
the belief prevails among them that
the opening wool prices in 1904 will
be the highest in the year. Hence
they are abstaning as much as pos.
sible from buying.
The drawbacks to the woolen goods
trade are the continuation Of the par
alysis caused last year BY labor
strikes and thesWall street panic. The
strikes, Of conrse, greatly lessened the
purchasing power Of millions Of labor
ers, the bad effect Of which upon
the market for woolens is now being
felt, but the Wall street panic caused
losses mainly to the capitalist classes,
and this was loss Of accumulated
wealth, and should not be the cause
Tor more than enough lessened con
sumption Of woolens to Offset the In
creased use OF them by the more pros
porous agricultural classes.
Strikes In many places are now
threatened; lowering Of wages pre-
walls, and 100000 laborers have ac-
cepted from 5 to 10 per cent wage
reduction from last year. which is not
to be ignored in stating the reasons
for the bad outlook for the employ
ment of woolen machinery.
The conclusion is forced upon the
trade that the outlook depends more
upon the prosperity Of the laboring
classes than upon the agricultural ele-
ment.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Reporters
Not Wanted

SEOUL, April $40 y. n. The
Steamer suminoye Maru called al
Chempulo today to take on board 200
men belonging to the First division.
The newspaper correspondents who
were on board were hot permitted to
land. and . correspondent who was
here waiting to 80 forward with the
Japanese troops was refused permIs-
sion to embark on the steamer.
France Guards Russian Interests.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 7.-.-lt Is
Officially announced that In conse-
quence Of the departure Of the Rus
Sian representative from Korea the
protection Of Russian interests II that
country has been temporarily intrust-
ed to French diplomatic and consular
representatives.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
slaves Of the mIne.v

Thousands journey to the coal mine
districts to see the interior Of the
mines, tho most important part OF
which is the bottom Of the shaft.
where tho cars are loaded and hoist
cd to the surface. In tho third act
Of the drama, pennsylvania the
bottom OF the shaft is shown. and .
genuine mining engine Is carried to
hoist the carriage. During this act
an explosion Of gas takes place. and
the total ruin Of the interior. an al
most daily occurrence In tho coal re-
gions, Is realistically depicted. Slaves
Of tho Mine" Is announced for Wed.
nesday night. April 13th, at the opera
house.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
COLLEGE rEAMs DEBATE
ON TRADE uNloNIsM.

SEATTLE, wash, April s,--Keen
interest is manifested By the Students
lin the debate tonight between the
teams of the University of Washington
and the University Of Oregon. Ore.
son has the affirmative and Washing
ton the negative side of the proposi.
ton. Resolved. That the history Of
trade unionIsm in the United States
for the last twenty years shows 9
general tendency beneficial to the best
interests OF the country"
This will be the nth annual debate
between the two universities, each
having won two out Of the four pre-
vious contests.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
The Pueblo
Congress

- 49,
Out Of the nineteen pueblos Of New
Mexico, seventeen were represented
in the gathering Of the Indians in
Santa Fe to protest against the decis.
ion or the United States supreme
court that the Indians must pay taxes
and assume the duties Of citizenship,
The delegates were sixty.four In mum.
ber, representing 5000 people. They
were chosen from among the govern
ors and wise men or the villages,
Superintendent c. ]. Crandall OF Santa
Fe and special Attorney for the In
dams Judge A. ]. Abbott took par,
In the deliberations. The congress ad
dressed q protest to the president, tc
the department of the interior and
to congress, asking that the Indians
Hand be not taxed and that the rights
Iof the franchise and other responsi
bilities Of citizenship be not forced
upon an unwilling people.
The document pointed out that ii
the opinion Of the congress the In
dians were not capable Of exercising
the franchise properly, that they wer,
the original owners OF the soil. ant
that MS they did not violate the law
OF the land and did not interfere Ii
any way with the rights OF others
no burdens should be imposed upol
them BY the United States govern
lment.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Military
Euchre

DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Bradley enter
tained last night with military eucre.
About ninety guests were present. The
house was tastefully decorated In red,
white and blue, carrying out the mill.
tary cast Of the evening. This Is
the first time that military euchre has
been given in Las Vegas and the
games were arranged and under the
direction Of Miss Dolman OF Cleveland
q friend Of Mrs. Bradley's who is Wis
iting her. The game is played In the
same manner as Is the regular six
handed euchre, but the mode Of pro
gression is different. Each sextette
has home table. known In the Ian
guage Of the game as fort" Ev
cry other game team plays at its
own fort. When 1t wins at foreign
table It brings home flag as a tro
ply OF the surrender Of the opponents
To the home fort having at the end ol
the evening the most flags goes the
highest honor. And to each member
of the team thus winning the highest
honor are awarded prize. The win
ming team last night were Mr.. ant
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, Mr.. A. Men
net, Mrs. o. G.. Schaefer. Mrs. e. B
Shaw, and Mrs. Curry. Each wer'
given prize
In spite OF the fact that the guests
were not familiar with the features o
the game. everything went with th'
greatest smoothness, owing to th'
careful supervision of Miss Dolman
Refreshments which parto0k Of tn,
general military motif Of decoration
we're served.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
Capt. Collier Dead.

The Optic today received tele'
gram which announced the death last
night Of Ctptain +. w. Collier. post
master Of Ration and former owner
and editor Of the Ration Range. Cap
tain Collier was one Of the bent known
and most highly respected men II
the territory. and the news Of bill
death will be received with much sor
row. Deceased sorrowed very deepl,
over the death of his daughter, Mrs
George G. Bryan. last fall, and wa,
never well afterwards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08
SEVERE INJURIES IN
FIRE At OMAHA.

OMAHA. April Kirk Anderson,
a lodger. was fatally injured. John
Pearsoll. fireman, received danger
Gus wounds. and two babes of Mra
Anderson were badly hurt IN fire
this morning in q lodging house. Sew
aral other occupants Of the house
were more or less hurt. The proper
ty loss Ii nominal
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-08

The case Of John Townley VS.. Vidal
Martinez was heard before Judge Woo
ster yesterday on the charge Of as
sault. Martinez pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to q fine Of $40 and
costs. Failing to pay, he was turned
over to the constable. On election
day Townley ATTEMPTED to round UP a
horse on the west side which he
thought was beyond control Of the
driver. The driver, Martinez, resent.
ed by striking him blow
with the butt end Of his whip, inflict.
Ing an ugly flesh wound.