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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
Cold weather Hurts Engines.

Owing to the severe winter the
railroads throughout the east. north
and west are suffering from a shortage
OF motive power. II Is estimated that
from 30 to GO per cent Of the locomo.
.tives owned by the big systems are
out Of service and cannot be fully re-
paired for several months.
Engines on many systems are said
to have been ruined by the rough
usage they received and will have to
be relegated to switching service or
replaced by new ones.
Thirty engine failures were reported
on q single eastern system, all oc-
curing within twenty.four hours. In
nearly every month Of the winter the
weather was such that 1t took two en-
gines to do the work OF one. and
sometimes three we're used. The de.
mands upon motive power made need.
ed repairs out Of the question and en-
gines had to BE run until they broke
down. The large number Of engine
failures accounts for the fact that al
though the weather has moderated
the railroads are moving little II any
more freight than during the coolest
winter months.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16

Six years ago my wife had q breaking-out below
her knees. At hrst red bumps appeared, but soon
white, husky scabs oame. and when these would
shed of the place became red again, and would
itch and burn so that she found It impossible to
sleep. At times q yellow water ran from the
bumps. and 1t kept getting worse and worse.
Our family physician pronounced It Eczema, and
prescribed ointments and powders. but It kept
spreading. breaking out on her body and arms.
and almost closed up her ears The druggist at
Garner told mo to try s. 8. S.. which she did, and
after taking several bottles was cured, and is well
to-day and has been for years.
Garner, N. @. w. A. HOCUIT.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
cure for Blood Poisoning.

George Miller, a car repairer at the
shops has discovered what is said to
be a certain remedy for blood poison.
ing, says the San Bernardino Times
index. During Miiler's long career
with the company he has been con.
stantly brought In contact with per.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
Doctor Says Hospital Cars.

At the meeting Of the New York
City Medical society DR.. VIM. w. San
ford read a paper on THE Hospital
Car, Its Equipment, Uses and Import.
ance." DR.. Sanford said that when the
plan OF having such a car was sug.
gested to the Erie railroad officials,
a combination baggage car and smok-
er was selected for the purpose. BY
removing the double row OF seats suf-
ficient room was secured for six or.
binary hospital beds supplied with
mattresses and rubber sheets. In the
baggage compartment were operating
table, sterilizers, oxygen, drugs, etc.
Such a car would prove 70 be almost
invaluable. The doctor showed draw.
ings OF a typical hospital car, and
this he believed should serve al q type
OF several cars which should be dis.
tributed at certain distances along the
roads. He then gave the details Ct the
interior arrangements Of such cars,
which would be OF great value 10 the
companies, as well as to the injured,
because Or ~ saving OF valuable time.
~ bringing to their aid q sufficient
number Or physicians and nurses. (3)
equipment being always at hand. lie
believed that at present the large mum.
Der Of deaths from railway injuries
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
TO Better Pennsylvania Road.

The Pennsylvania directors met in
Philadelphia recently and appropriated
$20.5 00,O 900 for improvements to the
system east of Pittsburg. This sum
does not include the improvements ut
New York nor any items of expense
connected with the construction Of
the tunnel under the East and North
rivers and Manhattan island.
OF the sum stated $5.O0O,0OO will be
spent upon new work., including i'm.
provements and enlargement Of track
facilities in and about Broad street
station in Philadelphia and about $13,-
100000 will be spent upon work as laid
out in the annual report. The addi-
tional s 100000 will be subject to gen.
eral work as needed. The actual
amount needed to finish work now In
hand and begin new work is 31S,500.-
900, according to the directors esti.
mates
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16

The Blood Af1ame with an Itching
Humor that sets the
Skin on Fire.
Skin On Fire.

Eczema, the most common and terrible Of all skin
troubles, begins sometimes with a slight redness Of the
skin, which gradually spreads, and as the inflammation and
itching increase, the entire system is thrown into a restless
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Turner has fresh nsh all the time
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D.. viewers eyyeD
pu0entksbsss Casts ssnan0o ~ = -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
"choctaw" No More.

Beginning with April !, names on
all cars and rolling stock, depots and
all business pertaining to the old Choc-
taw line, running through Oklahma
City, will be changed to read Rock
Island system" Hereafter the word
.ChoctaW' will be eliminated.
It was also announced that a new
time schedule would be put into eff
feet April l.. This latter will be more
in the lire Of competition with the
new Katy line from Coal Gate which
it is said VII be in operation at that
time,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
TRACK AND TRAIN.

Representative Hearst Of New York
has introduced a bill creating an inter-
state commerce court and authorizing
the Interstate commerce commission
to fix freight rates.
During the Worlds. fair the Chicago
and Alton will operate a station block
system between Chicago and st. Louis
and has purchased q wire between
the two cities from the Western Union
telegraph company for the purpose.
There will be telegraph operators, both
day and night, at very station on the
road.
Horace G.. Burt, former president Of
the Union Pacific, it is said, has &C.
cepted the office OF chief consulting
engineer Of the Trans-Siberian railway
at a salary Of 100000 a year. Mr..
Burt is to remain in the employ Of
the company for at least one year.
His work will be to plan improvement
along the Orenburg and Tashkend,
Trans-Baikal and Trans-siberian rail-
ways.
The Wabash Is still working to in
duce the secretary Of war to reduce
the height Of its proposed bridge
across the Allegheny river at Pitts
burg. It has not given up hope Of Sc
curing an entrance to Allegheny, and
will make a strong fight for its line
to the north side. The Wabash IS
barred from building a bridge to Al
legheny, as originally proposed, be-
u the government has decided that
the bridge must be 10 feet.
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To LOOK AFTER
ALASKA'S SCHOOLS

Journeying two thousand four hundred
miles toward the Pole to ascertain the
condition OF the schools established far
thest North in Uncle Sans domain,
will be the mission of Mr.. William
Hamilton, Assistant Superintendent of
the Alaskan schools. who leaves Homo
lulu on Sunday aboard the United Sta'es
Revenue Cutter Thetis for his starting
point at St Michaels, Alaska.
Mr. Hamilton arrived on the Ventura
from Washington especially to take pas
sage on the Thetis. He goes first TO
Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian group and
then to St. MichaeIs where he will leave
the steamer. From there he will journey
by boat up the Yukon River to White
horse Rapids, from there taking the rail-
way for a hundred or more miles. On
his return he will use the railway which
will bring him to Sitka. This will be
his first venture so far north in the ter
ritory OF his especial jurisdiction and
he expects to find it an interesting phase
of educational work
This work in Alaska IS done under
- ,':-o,- o..~~;~or % s'7a p.--na-' % I'd
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ucation at Washington, d. c., of which
Dr. Harris is the head, Mr. Hamilton
being appointed from the Bureau Alas
ka is the only one of the American pos
sessions to be treated in this manner,
Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines
having their own school systems. Each
village incorporated in Alaska controls
its own schools. There are only FIVE or
six of these villages. Each community
having 800 or more inhabitants can be-
come incorporated. Each incorporated
village has its school committee which
directly looks after its educational in
terests. The remainder of the schools
are under Federal government supervis-
ion, and all moneys are paid from Wash
ington.
Most OF the scholars are natives of
Alaska They do not often rise TO the
higher branches, leaving school much
earlier than in other countries. They
work in the canneries. do fishing and
are employed IN the mines and lumber
camps. The most that the educational
department hopes TO accomplish with
the natives is to give them fair under
standing of English so that their busi-
ness contact with the white people will
not be difficult OF expression.
Mr.. Hamilton estimates the school
population al about 10000, although
this IS not taken to be even approximate,
as the population is shifty. The natives
have settled winter villages, but in sum
mer time wander about all over the
~o...7f4x-
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SENSATIONS IN
THE STRAUCH
CASE
Threats to Murder
Anonymously
by Mail.
Strauch's Assets Small
---He Wants to be
a Bankrupt. ),

The developments in the Strauch case
yesterday were as follows: Robert
Clark, the first man to get loan, had
furnished valuable real estate as. security
and supposed that he had given Strauch
a mortgage when, as matter of fact he
had given deed.
During the day Strauch. having been
sued in the Territorial courts, applied
to the Federal Court to be adjudged a
volu1 y bankrupt, listing his assets at
-SIoe some stock, value unknown. .
= the afternoon anonymous letters
were received by Mr.. Thurston and the
Editor % the Advertiser threatening
them with death for "blacknailing.
In The evening there was an excited
meeting at the rooms of the Cooper
ative Home Purchasing Society, attend
ed by many subscribers, to which re-
porters were not admitted.
Natives and Portuguese signed vote
of confidence in Strauch and his So
eciety.
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This agreement made this 18th day
of May, A. d. 1904, by and between M.
w Tschudi, Trustee for the Cooper
ative Home Purchasing Society, of Ho-
nolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of
Hawaii, party of the first part, and
Robert Clark, of Honolulu, party of
the second part; Witnesseth.
That whereas said party of the Sec
| ond part has borrowed and received
| from the COOPERATIVE Home Purchas-
| ing Society of Honolulu in Gold Coin
of the United States the sum of -Four
| Hundred Dollars (s400.00) and has
| agreed to pay to the said Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society the sum of
Four Hundred and Forty Dollars
($440.00 in monthly installments of
sums not less than Four and 40-10O Dol
lars C$4.40) on the first day of each and
every month hereafter, beginning with
the first day of June, 1904, together with
all other dues and assessments accord
ing to the terms and conditions of that
certain COOPERATIVE Contract No. 1
Series "a" of the COOPERATIVE Home
Purchasing Society, dated March 25,
1904, and has conveyed unto NJ. w.
Tschudi as Trustee for the Co-Opera-
tive Home Purchasing Society abso-
luteIy in fee simple by deed dated May
13, 1904, and recorded in Liber =, page
-, all that certain piece or parcel of
land situate at Kapalama, Honolulu
aforesaid, and known as lot Twenty
(20) in Palama tract as more fully ap-
pears in a map of said Tract recorded
in Liber 1913 on page 302.
Time being the essence of this con-
tract, it is agreed, that if any pay
ment shall be in arrears according to
the terms and conditions of said Co
Operative Contract No. 1, the said par
ty of the first part, his successors, heirs
or assigns or their agent may at once
take possession of said premises and
may exercise the right of ownership as
granted in said deed, and may rent the
said premises or may sell the same,
and from the proceeds thereof, pay and
liquidate:
First: any and all sums that may be
due from the party of the second part
to the Cooperative Home Purchasing
Society together with accrued costs,
interests and all taxes and assessments
whatsoever, and second: pay the re-
mainder, if any, to the party of the
second part.
When full payment shall have been
received at the Home office of the Co
Operative Home Purchasing Society in
Honolulu according to the terms and
conditions of the said Cooperative
Contract No. 1, Series "a but not
otherwise, the said party of the first
part, his successors, heirs or assigns |
shall execute or cause to be executed d |
the expense of the party of the second |
part, his heirs. administrators or as |
a IN he a
premises free from membranes.
In case the party of the second part |
is in arrears as aforesaid. he agrees, |
guarantees and binds himself to sur |
render this Agreement on demand. and |
allow the party of the first part to take |
immediate and peaceful possession of
the said premises. together with ali |
and appurtenances with
out recourse to law.
In witness whereof, the said parties
have hereunto set their hands and seals
the day and year first above written.
NJ. w. TSCHUDI.
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ciety of Honolulu in consideration OF
s400. Four hundred dollars was the
amount of the loan made by the So
ciety but in deed recorded in Liber 25S
Page Ill, no mention is made of the
four hundred dollars being a loan. 1t
is stated simply as the amount of mon
ey paid for the property and the deed
is such that it gives a clear title to
Tschudi, Trustee of the Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society,"" and of
course legally permits Tschudi to sell
that same property at any time to any
other person he wishes to, and Robert
Clark, who considers himself the own
er would be unable to prevent it's
transfer. The copy of the record is as
follows:
Robert Clark and wife to Co-Opera-
tive Home Purchasing Society, by Tr.,
stamped $1.00 Deed.
Know all men by these presents:
That L, Robert Clark of Honolulu Is
land of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, for
and in consideration of Four Hundred
Dollars (S4000O to me paid by NJ. w.
Tschudi. Trustee for the Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society of Honolu-
lu in said Island of Oahu, the receipt
hereby give, grant, bargain, all and
convey to the said NJ. w. Tschudi,
Trustee for the Cooperative Home
Purchasing Society. all that certain
piece or parcel of land situate at Ka-
palama, Honolulu, aforesaid, and
known as lot 20 in Palama, Liber 1913,
Page 3O2, and more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
~:
lot and running as follows:
Is. q degrees, q minutes E, 46 feet
along Bishop Estate;
2-S 81 degrees 30 minutes W., 40
feet along lots % and 81;
3-N "a degrees, % minutes W., AZ
feet along road
IN. SO degrees, % minutes E, 81
feet along Bishop Estate to the initial
point, containing an area of 2590 square
feet. being a part of L. C. A. 4455 to
Kaaloa Apana 2, and conveyed to the
said Robert Clark by deed of the Ha-
waii Land Co, Ltd, dated July 10, 1900,
and recorded in Liber 209, on Pages 305
and 500. To have and to hold said
granted premises, with the privileges
and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing unto the said NJ. w. Tschudi, Trus-
chasing Society, his successors, heirs,
and assigns forever. And 1, the said
Robert Clark do hereby covenant for
myself my heirs, executors and ad-
ministrators, with the said NJ. w.
Tschudi. Trustee for the Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society, his suces-
sors. heirs. and assigns, that I am law
fully seized in fee simple of the said
premises that I have good right to
sell and convey the same as aforesaid,
that said premises are clear and free
from all incumbrances, and that 1 will
and my heirs, executors and admins
traitors shall warrant and defend the
same unto the said NJ. w. Tschudi,
Trustee for the COOPERATIVE Home
Society, his successors.
heirs, and assigns forever against the
lawful claims and demands of all per-
sons. And L Kealoha Clark, wife of
the said Robert Clark, for the consid-
Grafton aforesaid, do hereby release
and quit-claim all my right or possi-
bility of dover in and to the said
premises unto the said NJ. W. Tschudi.
Trustee for the Cooperative Home
To,---t,oc:.~ c0~'-+-- E~iS
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whereof, we have hereunto set our
| hands and seals this 18th day of May,
! A. D. 1904
ROBERT CLARK, GS).
KEALOHA CLARK, LS).
In the Presence of P. Silva, Terri
tory of Hawaii, Island ,of Oahu-ss
| On this 18th day of May, A. D. 1904,
personally appeared before me, Robert
| Clark and Kealoha Clark, his wife,
known to me to be the persons de-
scribed in and who executed the fore
going instrument, who se.veraIly ac-
knowledged to me that they executed
the same freely and voluntarily, for
the uses and purposes therein set forth.
And said KeaIoha Clark, on a private
examination by me, separate and apart
from her husband, further acknowl-
edged to me that she executed the same
without compulsion, fear, or constraint
from her said husband.
(SeaD P. SILVA,
Notary Public,
First judicial Circuit, Territory of Ha-
waii.
Recorded and comp'd this 14th day
of May, A. D. 1904, at 1907 o'clock a. m.
CLARK DENIES DEED.
An Advertiser reporter took a copy
of this deed and a copy of one of the
circulars issued by Strauch in which
Clark is shown as lauding the Society,
and called upon Clark at his shoe re-
pairing and bicycle shop in Bethel
street. Clark is part Hawaiian and
part Chinese
Are you a member of the Co-Opera-
Of
Yes" said Clark, Il was the first
to join and I got the first loan. I got
$500 to pay off a mortgage and a hun
dred dollars besides
What security did you give the So
ciety for the loan?''
II gave them a mortgage on my
place?"
Are you sure you gave them
deed to the property?''
The reporter showed Clark a copy of
the deed which is on record Clark
seemed surprised and declared that he
had not intended to sign a deed. He
thought he was only signing a mort
gage. He declared that his property
was worth over a thousand dollars and
that he certainly would not deed this
away Tor the sum OF four hundred dol
lars. Tschudi, he said. is a day in
spector at the Custom House. He
thought everything was all right. He
had used $500 of the money in paying
off the mortgage held by Tschudi Some
of the remainder had been used to pay
fees to Silva interest to
Tscnudi, expense of making out the
papers. a dollar for the Underwriting
Company's guarantee that his loan
would be all right, and small amounts
for other purposes. The reporter show
ed him the place in the circular where
he was said to have stated that the
three hundred had been used to clear
a mortgage and that the remaining
hundred had been used to repair house. |
II did not write it, said Clark, the
Society came around with that alreadv
written out. They said it would help
the Society and asked me to sign it. |
So 7 did 500
But I have one more agreement"
said Clark, "and I will get that"
From a small safe Clark ffshed out
a document of which the following is !
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BREAKS WITH THE VATICAN

PARIS, July 2The Budget Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies suppress the appropriation for the support
of French embassy the Vatican.
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DEMOCRATIC TACTICS.

LOUIS, July 1.-Two lines operations developed
Democratic skrnshng One contempIates the nomination
Parker the ballot
nomination in the interests of Cleveland German.
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" " " " " - " ~ ~ ~ - - - - -
on pink slips of paper thousands of
copies of the above have been distrib-
uted in the islands by Manager P. E.
r. Strauch of the Cooperative Home
Purchasing Society.
An Advertiser reporter looked up
Clark yesterday and also went to the
Bureau of Conveyances to learn what
he could regarding the mortgage that
the Society enabled Clark to lift. From
the records in the Bureau of Convey
ances it was shown in Liber 236 on
Page go that on the third day of July.
1902 Robert Clark mortgaged some
Palama property to NJ. W. Tschudi for
the sum of $500. The record also show
ed that OF May 18th of this year
Tschudi. full payment having been
made by Clark, had released the mort
gage But in addition TO the above
another document was filed for record
in the Bureau of Conveyances on May
18th. and this is an absolute deed from
Clark ana his wife of the Pa1ama prop
erty to IN. w. Tschudt. Trustee OF the
C.o-O-ara+f two Home P,'rchos''~ So
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YALE WINS VARSITY RACE.

NEW LONDON, July 1.-The great varsity
the Yale by margin of lengths. Time
The fouroared by Harvard The Harvard
captained Harold Dillingham;
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SQUADRON TRAPPED
AND COMPELLED TO DO BATTLE


3 ASSOCIATED PRESS CABLEGRAM)
g TOXIC, July 2.---Admiral 8
3 kamimura has entrapped 8
s and attacked the Vladivostok {
s squadron near Tsushina ISL :
; and. The result is unknown. s
o-o~o~o.o-o.o.oo.o.o~o~
Tsushima island fortified Japanese possession
southern OF Korea the straits which separate country
from Japan.
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEaRAMs1
AND IT'S THE RAIN.
ST PETERSBURG, July at believed rainy
will materially affect Laotong making
probable immediate engagement Kuropakn Kuro
RUSSIANS OCCUPY PASS.
LIAOYANG July 2The Japanese reported twenty miles
distant Kuropan army occupied pass
which the Japanese had
AFTERNOON REPORT.
NEWCHWANG July IA Japanese torpedoboat destroyer
is threatening Russian at port
MUKDEN, 1.-The Russians a fight
near Port Arthur the 26th ult
CHEFOO, July IA naval engagement is in progress off
Port Arthur The force batesps
four cruisers. The Russian force is not known
The Chinese recently arrived from Port Arthur there
only four serviceable warships in the port.
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STATESMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

PARIS, July 2WaldecRousseau who recently underwent
operation, attempted suicide.
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o Mr.. p. E. r. Strauch, Manager
@ COOPERATIVE Home Purchas-
o ing Society, e2S Fort Street,
q Honolulu.
@ Dear sir: I wish to thank
@ you for all the money your So
% ciety gave me to pay off my
@ mortgage and enough to repair
q my house. I now can save
q the II per cent interest 1 had to
@ pay on my mortgage. I feel
% very glad that your society has
Sy helped me so promptly, as L had
o paid into the society only $12--
@ so and 1 received $4,000 from
o your society. In short time
o win have paid my debt and owe
% nobody one cent.
@ Your society oS which 1 am
@ a proud member, has saved my
o house and home and 1 shall al
o ways thank you for helping me
o and my family.
q ''As your highest aim is to
@ help each member of your So
Q ciety out of trouble, I know that
@ thousands of families in the Ha-
q waiian Islands will join our So
@ ciety. cooperate with us, and
. be blessed by it. {
@ Il shall tell all my friends a.
Q bout your work. {
@ Expecting to see the number
@ of our society reach into the {
q thousands soon.
@ Il remain,
3 Yours with aloha,
. ROBERT CLARK,
. "City Repair Shop, 1043 Bethel 6
. Street, Honolulu"
al G
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ATHENS July aThe Minister of Instruction has been killed
in a duel.
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heirs, and assigns forever. In witness
whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 18th day of May,
A D 1904