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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31
Joseph Newman Company

The singing Of Miss Coleman, a
gifted and well trained mezzo.
soprano, was the bright, particular
feature Of the Joseph Newman com
pans, at the Duncan, last night.
Miss Coleman is ali artist. She has
pleasing stage appearance, and her
voice Is powerful. rich. and OF wide
range. The sweetness Of her tones
al The maximum volume is surpris.
ing. Miss Coleman was recalled
many times, and obligingly respond.
ed. Perhaps nothing during the even
ingf took such heart hold On the au.
dience as the exquisitely rendered
Annie Laurie, sung Us an encore
piece.
Joseph Newman has been heard In
Las Vegas before, He increased
his popularity last night. He sang
his humorous songs ii HIS own hum.
orous way told funny stories, and
was generally acceptable. In the role
.of d love-maker. he has much 70
learn
IN the two little comedies, Miss
Talbot was deserNedly the more
highly appreciated BY the audience
than was Mr. Newman.
Miss Talbot has a beautiful voice
and perfect enunciatlon, added tu
evident dramatic ability Last night
however neither IN monologue nor
dialogue did Ale appear IN any role
that required exceptional ability, con
sequently 1t Is difficult to Judge OF
her qualifications.
The yerve and masterfulness 81
Miss Bixler's violin playing were ap
preciated, and she plays with charm
ing grace and ease, Her interpre
tation IL faithful and pleasing.
I While Miss Inez Brown showed de
cided gifts as a piano soloist. her ac
companying is deserving Of particular
praise She strengthens and sec
onds the soloist In manner that II
thoroughly gratifying.
Altogether, the fair sized audience
listened with pleasure to the merr!
and tuneful Newman folk ant
were given an uncommonly enjoyabl,
evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31
PNpiSS of 1aRllyFc Schools
To Assemble Monday
Assignment Of Tcaohers 10 tire Various Grades.
Promise Of m AHSpini0Hs and Prof
jfabk0 Year.

The public schools of the city will
open next Monday morning at .
o'clock for enrolment only. Teach.
ers' meeting will be held Saturday
morning at 8 o'clock at the Douglas
avenue school building, at which
time teachers will receive the list Of
pupils assigned them.
The superintendent OF the city
schools has been In the office at the
Douglas avenue building every day
this week from 1;3O to 2:30 D. m.
and will observe the same office
hours for the remainder Of this week,
In order that she may enroll all new
pupils who desire to enter our pub.
lie schools for the first time,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31

yards were largely increased aud the
strike breakers were warned not to
leave tho yards. Six hundred stock
handlers at the stock Yards quit work
today. They We're greeted by cheers
from the union piekets
1900 Butchers Ordered Out.
CHICAGO. Aug, s1.rresisient Don.
nelly has ordered i,5oe butchers en-.
ployed In the independent packing
plants to cease work after today. He
said that Il those men continued
slauehtaring cattle they would be
handling stock previously looked If.
ter 81 men Who took the place of
stock handlers scleeted 10 quit work
today.
The packers say L II Donnelly's aim
to create a meat famine, which he
thinks would arouse The public to such
a pitch VI Indignation that d settle.
ment would be forced.
"Donnelly Il undertaking an impos-
sibility.s said u representative Of one
of the packers.
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sumptuous Banquet rendered to
Visiting Attorneys at CONNER
eial Club BY Members Of Local
Bar.
Brilliant Addresses BY Judge B. S. Baker,
w. B. Childers, w. G. Wrigley, r.
B. Hanna and Others.

begin with their case nor when to
quit.
Judge Baker then enlarged upon
the happy courtesy which distinguish
es the bar In It's attitude toward the
bench, and emphasized the value OF
| this quality 70 any lawyer as a fac
tor 10 his success,
He depiored tho tendency of the
mere practitioner to shake his head
and attempt TO question the integ-
|rity of tho court when decision went
against him. In this connection, the
speaker, In most impressive man
ner dealt with the sanctity OF the
bench and the duty Of not only the
bar but the public to guard and cher
ish a respect and reverence for the
court as the most sacred bulwark OF
our government, He called attention
to the fact that poor Judge, who.
III you please. knows little law, when
backed by the dignity Of the bench,
carries moro weight with the people
Ithan the most learned lawyer. and
Ilhia he deemed to be a most whole
some Sign Of the times. Whether
or not the court be always right, Its
decisions are generally accepted as
fright by the people. The members
(of the bar should be tie last to ever
question the honesty or wisdom OF
the court AZ this must have ten
dency TO create suspicion against II
IN the popular mind. Anything which
makes toward a dissatisfaction with
or d revolt against the authority OF
tho court, Is a tendency toward an
archy.
The speaker declared that mo Judge
ever wished TO see an innocent man
punished or q guilty man go unpun.
ished. and while ordinarily tho Judge
was not Justified In interfering with
d lawyer In his handling Of a case,
nevertheless the public had rights
and occasions may arise when II is
fitting for a Judge to exercise his In
fluence In behalf Of those rights.
l rho speaker declared his convic-
i tion that there Is no place where
wisdom and honesty can do greater
service for ones country than on the
ibench. !,
4 Judge Baker closed his highly en-
joyable discourse with some amusing
"reminiscences Of his experiences on
!. the bench In Nebraska
ID The next toast proposed was TO the
bar Association or New Mexico, to
4 which Judge Jos, @. Fitch, OF Socor-
. 70. was called upon to respond. The
i Continued on page Sd
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Daring Express Car
Robbery af Kenfs1ereS; WyO

CHEYENNE, Aug. al The OREGON
short line arriving IL kcmmer, Wyo,
had the exprcsa car robbed Of pack
are containing 5000.
Al the train stopped -four men step.
ped from the shadow Of the depot and
held up the express messenger. On
their demand hc handed them pack.
age containing 5000 TO pay the en-.
ploycs of the Kcmmer Coal company
and they disappeared With II.
II is believed they were employees
of the coal company and knew Of the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31

$50. All such pupils will please
bring grades ana reports from schools
where they were last enrolled as this
will save them much trouble.
Grades at High School Building. ].
Miss Kate O'Farrell. sth grade. d
class: Miss Edith M. Reed. 7th grade,
B class; Miss Helen Papen, 9Th grade
A class and 9Th grade b class; Miss
Carrie futile, 9th grade. D class and
9th grade A class.
Douglas Avenue School.
Miss cornelia Murray. 9Th grade y
class. and 4th grade A class; Miss
Winters, alh grade d class and Bird
grade A class; Miss Vase, 4th grade
A class and 3rd grade y class; Miss
Stern, End grade A class.
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arrival Of the money as they made no
search for other plunder. y
a package containing $4,000 was in
tho car.
KEMMERER. Wyo.. Aug. 3f.--Two
heavily armed posses are in hot pur.
suit or the robbers who robbed the
express messenger OF the Oregon
short line.
Marshal Mayin said today no was
positive. he could identify the robbers
and Is confident he would have them
In custody by night.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31

Thirty members Of the New Mexico
lsar association gathered In the spa.
cions rooms OF the Commercial Club
last night for the annual banquet Of
tho organization Promptly at 3
O'Clock. to the accompaniment Of
music by the orchestra. the mem.
hers Of the association and their
guests took their seats lii the ban.
quot room around The two tastily dec
GRATED tables, Two hours we're spent
III the genial conversation which ac-
companies spread of toothsome
viands and delightful yintages,
As the last course was being serys
cd Chief Justice William J. Mills
arose and gracefully assumed tho role
Of toastmaster. introducing a program
the responsibility for which he de.
.clared must be laid upon the commit
Toe. The first toast proposed was
to Tho Bench ana Tho Bar, to which
tho toastmastnr said II was scarcely
necessary for him 10 stato who would
respond. With happy tribute 10
his ability, he introduced Judge Ben
jamin s. Baker, Of the second Judi
cial district OF New Mexico.
Judge Baker, after stating that. In
g
responding Is 4 toas he III naost auc
cessfnl who says least about his sub
ject, proceeded In most schplarl,
and Interesting manner 10 expand up
ton his subject for the space Of forty
minutes, during which time no war
followed with the closest attention by
every man present. The address
| for II should DO dignified with that
title, might well be read not only b,
every lawyer. but by every citizen ol
New Mexico and The Optic regrets
It's inability to reproduce II In full
Judge Baker paid q high tribute tc
the honest, sincere lawyer who be
/ lieves that his client II In the right
and spares no effort 10 win for ths
sake Of the right. He drew strik
Ing distinction between the lawyer
and the practitioner, the latter actu
nted purely by the desire for his 10,
and having no regard for the ethicl
tof The case. He spoke warmly o
the pleasure which Ii afforded ludg'
In having two able and honest law
yers cross steel before him. He sal
nothing gave him keener satisfaction
than hearing case handled by law
yers whose natural ability and hor
est preparation enabled them 70 dea
with Il In a scholarly fashion. II
spoke With equal feeling of the Al
noyance 60 the bench BY The poo
lawyers who knew neither where I
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Complete Cessation Of News from
the Front. More Than Half a
Million Men Engaged in the
Deadly Struggle.
islanders Failed il Yesterdays Fight to
Force Russian Positions. Great Battle
Renewed at Daybreak this Morn
ing.

rHE ENTIRE ABSENCE NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Of
,Ao WANG Up TO NOON TO-DAY NOT EXPLAINED BY ANY AD
VICES FROM EITHER ST. PETERSBURG TOXIC. IT IS NOW MID
N,cHT IN MANcHURlA, BUT BEEN RECEIVED OF
EVENTS LAST NIGHT WHEN IT WAS ANNouNG
Ed THAT FIERCE RACED AL DAY YESTERDAY
CEASED AT NINE O'CLOCK AND BOTH ARMIES BvouAcKED.
THE ONLY suRMlsE 70 FROM THIS ABSENCE or
BOTH OFFICIAL PRESS DISPATCHES IS THAT THE TEiE
GRAPH LINE HAS BEEN NORTH OF LAO YANG.
GENERAL sAkHARoFF YESTERDAY REPORTED LARGE Jap
ANEsE FORCE WAS NoRTHWARD ALONG THE TAiTsu
RIVER WEST or THE RAILROAD. SUCH MOVEMENT " ACCOM-
., sHEp WOULD lNTERPosE FORCE BETWEEN LAO YANG
THE RUSSIAN BASE, MuKDEN AND WOULD CUT kuRoPAT.
klNs COMMUNICATION THE NORTH ADDED PROBABILITY IS
GIVEN THIS suRMsE FACT THAT YESTERDAY THE Asso
GATED PRESS RECEIVED HOURLY DISPATCHES FROM
LAO YANG WHILE NOON TODAY NO ADvicEs WERE RE-
cEivED.
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Thousanda slain.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug s1.--Lieu-
tenant General Salharoff telegraph
ing to the general staff, on conclu.
sion of yesterdays sixteen hours ot
fighting around Lao Yang, estimates
the Russian casualties throughout the
day were three thousand. The battle
ended at nine last night when many
positions occupied by the Japanese
were retaken and again held by the
Russians. The Japanese losses must
have been heavy.
Success. With The Russians.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3l.--Suc.
cess crowned the Russian army the
first day Of the great battle OF Lao
yang and the utmost confidence pre-
walls here that the issue Of the fight
viii be complete victory for Gen.
eral Kuropatkin. From dawn I'll
dark yesterday the battle ragged, first
In the center and left and then on
the right Of the Russian line. The
Japs charged gallantly and desperate.
ly in the effort to break the Russian
center and then in the afternoon
came a movement against The flank,
L Tt NJ, . y z f. 5f.t..,
This attack was delivered from "
west, but General Kuropatkin evident.
ly anticipated just what happened. Tor
he moi only met and repulsed y, ha'
actually was able by superior fore
to overlap and enyelop The japanese
Last night both armies biyoaacked fr
their positions.
Rejoicing At Lao Yang.
LAO YANG, Aus IS. The town i
filled with joy oyer the report tha
the Russians took forfy.siS canor
yesterday The Japanese assault 2
the Russian center was desperate i
the extreme. Their losses was yer!
great. Rain has hegun again.
laps Gaining Grcund.
LAO YANG. Aug, 81, 5:31 ?. m
The battle Is still in progress. Th'
.laps are geeting around the Russial
flank. Over five hundred thousan'
men and 1900 guns are engaged o.
both sides. Practically the whole Rus
sian force is on the firing line.
Battle Resumed.
LAO YANG, AUG. 81. 4:55 ?. NTH
battle was resumed today at dawn y
the southwest. Desultory firing col
timed all night.
Telegraph Interrupted.
sg. PETERSBURG, Aug II. s.5
p. m.-The telegraph department d.
MES that communication with Lila
Yang Is interrupted. 4 dispatch froi
Mukden this afternoon says II is n
ported that two Japanese battalion
we're captured.
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Dispatches Cut OFF.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-The
state department has received cable
gram from consul general Fowler at
Che Foo saying the Russian wireless
telegraph station there has been dis.
mantled.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31

WIENER. Texs, Aug. si.--whilc
IN jail. Oscar Lee Tucker. i7-year-
old negro. under arrest for attempted
rape. was mysierIously lynched.
Three hours after hIs nrreat officers
went 70 the cell 70 take tho prisoner
10 court. and found him hanging by
the neck. dead The cage had not
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31
Texas Prisoner. Lyncl10d
MysfesiOus!y In jail

been broken into. but a rope had been
put around the neck and the head
drawn up TO a hole In tho cell about
eight inches In width and not over
four feet from the floor. used to pass
food TO the prisoners. His feet wero
lied close to tho body There is r9
clue TO the perpetrators,
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ELEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
IN GRAND TRUNK WRECK

MONTREAL, Aug.3i,--An official
telegram from Richmond, Que, states
that in a Grand Trunk collision 80,
day nine persons were killed and two
have since died from The injuries.
Fifty were injured. twenty-five ser.
iously.
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PECK WILL BE NAMED FOR
GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI

OSHKOSH. Wis., Aug, aI The
democratic stale convention met here
today 10 name state ticket. The
nomination Of Ex-Governor Peek. Of
Milwaukee for governor Is conceded.
There are several candidates FOR all
other offices.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09

for light on this point. Even the re-
ports of the Russian losses are 50
guarded that scarcely anything has
been added to the store OF knowledge
concerning development of modern ma
val warfare.
The Baltic sea fleet and personnel are
very dear to the car. who proudly re-
views it more frequently than is usual
with monarchs in such matters. The
sailors are fine-looking fellows, broad
shouldered, and as general thing
bearded; they are the equal of any 9TH
er nation in seamanship and are "a
brave as the Cossacks on land. These
men may find fighting at home, how
ever, as it may not be expedient to join
the Red Sea squadron in view OF the
threatening cloud Of war gathering
nearer home.
Dispatches from important capitals
of Europe indicate unrest among the
great powers hitherto holding aloof
from the epoch-making clashes in the
east, and hereditary hatred between
the Briton and Muscovite seems to find
excuse for quarrel over the English
expedition into Thibet and the charge
that Japan has received more than pas
sive friendship ever since hostilities
commenced. There is greater activity
in war preparations in England, Ger
many, Denmark and Sweden than al
any other time since. 1880, while even
Spain is hurriedly recuperating hel
military power, presumably on account
of the current rumor Of England's in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09

six-inch, IA smaller guns and three tor
pedo tubes.
The coast defense vessels, Sebyavin
and General Aproxin, are the sister
ships, with details as follows: Dis
placement, Alps tons, four nine-inch
rifles.
The following five battleships are al
20 sisters and the same description an
swers for each: Bordino, Alexander
ILL.,. Knyaz Potemkin, Knyaz Suvaroh,
Slaya and Orel, displace 9,244 tons and
are armed with four 12-inch rifles, II
six-inch, % smaller guns and three
torpedo tubes.
The last group is distinctively Rus
sian in composition, though the YES
sells are notifications of the British
warship Trafalgar" with the free
board forward 16 inches higher than
on the last named ship. Possessing the
great speed of 10 knots, they can steam
5000 miles without recoaling. and have
all devices known at the time OF build
ing for protection, developed in the
evolution of naval construction. This
is noticeable in the position Of the tor
pedo tubes placed well below the water
line to avoid 4he danger OF explosion
from a chance shot before the torpe-
does are fired-a lesson dearly learned
by the Chinese at Yalu river in 1880
and the Spanish at Santiago.
The exits and passages from fire and
engine rooms are much larger than
those in vessels Of any other nation
while each pair Of boilers is isolated
from the others by bulkheads which
fufther contribute to the feeling OF Sc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09
GERMAN INLAND WATERWAYS
pl.xinr m Important Part I'm the In
dustrial DevelOpment of
the Nation.

The most notable meeting in this dis
trict during 1903, and one OF the
most important held in Europe, was a
three-day session of the German and
Austro-H Hungarian Association for In
land Navigation, held In Mannheim
from September 9 to IL. This associa-
ton is made up Of members from the
two empires, who either in aprivate or
official capacity have taken conspicuous
part in inland-waterway improvements
in the two countries or in freight trans
portation on such waterways. The Sep
tember meeting was attended by several
cabinet ministers and other high odi-
Gals besides many noted engineers.
Papers were read on q variety Of topics
pertaining to the subject Of inland wa
terway Improvement; the further ex-
tension Of canals in Germany, notably to
connect the upper Danube and upper
Rhine systems; the relation OF river
shipping to manufacturing, to state rail-
ways: and other allied topics. The pa.
pers read, as well as the discussions
that followed, gave renewed emphasis
to the importance of inland waterways
in the industrial development Of Ger.
many, the need OF still further I'm
provement OF these waterways and theil
continued operation under private con-
troll with proper recognition and guar.
antees from the several states
H. W. HARRIS.
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Russia. and most of the ships compr1s-
ing it were built at the st. Petersburg
and Kronstadt yards.
The Russian navy may be said to be
the offspring of Great Britain's naval
establishment, since 1t was at Deptford
on the Thames Peter the Great watched
the progress of ship building and after
q regular apprenticeship to master the
trade, he engaged large body OF
skilled artisans to work in Russia on
the building up of a defensive fleet to
check the aggression of Sweden.
The present feet was expected to
join Admiral Wrenius in the Red sea.
and is composed of the ships named
below:
Battleship sissoi Veliki (sissoi the
Great) has $3.50 tons displacement.
four Pinch rifles, IL six-inch and "a
smaller guns, six torpedo tubes.
Armored cruiser Admiral Nokimoh
1924 tons, eight eight-inch rifles. ten
six-inch, IA smaller guns and three tor
pedo tubes.
Admiral Korinor. $500 tons, four
elgQL-luCU IlutS, II 0AA~lACAs 10 SAAAssAA
er guns and six torpedo tubes.
Vladimir Monomach, 1888 tons, five
six-inch rifles, six four-inch, rs smaller
guns and three torpedo tubes.
Armored cruiser Pamyat Azova, 6, 734
tons, four eight-inch rifles, II six-inch
80 smaller guhs and three torpedo
tubes.
Armored cruiser Admiral Nokimoh
1884 tons, eight eight-inch rifles, ter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09
MANUFACTURE OF YARN.
Improvement Introduced In Germany
in Textile Goods De-
partment.

An invention has been recently made
by an English manufacturer which re-
lates to improvements in yarns such as
are to be used in the manufacture OF tex
tile goods, the object being to construct
q serviceable yarn from material which
has hitherto been considered OF little
or no value, or to construct an excep-
tionally strong yarn at very cheap
rate, The invention consists of yarn
having core or center thread around or
upon which is the body or yarn proper.
The core yarn may consist OF one or
more materials, such as cotton or wors-
ted, or combination of the two, and the
body of cotton or other material, such
as silkwool, shoddy, mungo, flax, waste,
or a combination of any of these. Ac-
cording to this invention, the core
thread consisting, say, OF cotton) Is
covered entirely with any other desired
fiber (say, of WOOL, so combining the
strength of the core with the utility or
appearance of the body. BY comoln-
ing the core and body as described
fibers. such as waste or mungo OF sllcn
short staple as to be Of practically no
spinning value, may be utilized IN the
manufacture of textile goods possess
ing equal or greater strength and be-
ing similar in appearance to goods
manufactured from high-class fiber.
The core and body constituting the I'M
proved yarn are combined In the follow
ing manner:
The fiber forming the body OF the
yarn is removed from the swift, OF
carder, by means of condenser doner
and card and iron shippers In the ordl-
nary way, and the core thread Is
brought from any adjacent point to and
between the card stripper and the iron
stripper, from which point the two to-
gether pass between the rubbers and
the body is rubbed around the core SUI
ficiently to keep the two together when
on the condenser bobbin, from which
the yarn is spun in the ordinary man
ner.
OLIVER ]. d. HUGHES.
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- The Baltic Squadron of a
6 the Russian Navy X
Fe,tins Strength Of This Portion
H of the Cars Power That May
Be to he

curity on the part of the crews work.
ing at their stations.
The other vessels are good specimens
of their various classes, with the ex-
ception of the Pamyat Azova and the
Vladimar Monomach, which have prac-
tically been rebuilt since 1900. II
combined with the squadron now In
the Red sea, comprising the battleship
Oslabia, cruisers Aurora and Dimitri
Donskoi, besides the fotilla OF modern
torpedo boats accompanying the large
ships, formidable force may threaten
the Japanese feet at Corea, and per-
haps reverse the tale of victory.
The lack of authentic information
about the damage sustained by the at
lacking Japanese fleet at Port Arthur Ia
proof of thorough preparation the Is
landers made for strategic movements.
It is inconceivable to believe, as the
meager news would indicate, that tho
destruction was entirely one-sided-
that another Manila" or Santiago" IL
recorded, and the world waits eagerly