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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

congress. He is convinced from
what he learned here that secret re-
bates are dead, and that II only re-
mains for legislation 10 deal with the
private car and spurtrack methods
Of securing special freight advantages
Ia establish full uniformity In charg-
es for transportation.
II this Is true, says tho Spring
field Republlcan--and railroad men
are all assuring US that II Is true
then great Is the gain toward equal
ny OF opportunity In industry which
Ii so much 10 be desired. But be.
yond the question Of uniformity In
rates rises that OF reasOnableness In
uniform rates, and here Mr.. Acworth
finds American railroad men much
out ~ touch with public opinion. He
himself Is a little skeptical regarding
government interference with rate
making. but he says:
After all, q dlsinterested stu.
dent OF the question. eve II. like
the present writer. he Is persuaded
that government interference
makes for higher rates and less
public convenience, must admit
that In the United States at the
present time there Is a strong case
for governmental interference.
One man--the president OF the
Pennsylvania railroad-dOminaAes
The great Industrial region which
centers In Pittsburg. Two men
MIR. Hill and Mr.. Harriman-domi.
nate the development OF the entire
Pacific slope. Admitting to the full
the benevolen Of their dehpot-
ism, they are still despots. and to
despOts, however benevolent, the
Anglo Saxon ace has never yet ia
ken kindly. And on the whole his
tory shows that the Anglo-Saxon
race has not been far wrong.
But OF one thing this English OBJ
server Ia certain. and that Ia that q
public sentiment exists In the United
States, and founded upon reason
which demands government actor
Of this general character and which
Will have to be needed. Mr.. Acwortt
met a few American railroad men
and they among the wisest and mos
f~ar-sighted, who recognized not only
the i~nevitableness of government
! ate regulation. but Its desirability
| nd as for himself. III were q
this moment In charge Of a grea
American railroad property, said Mr.
Acworth, ! would sooner take tn
risk OF rash action by a reconstitu
ted commission than stave off all In
reference now, with the chance tina
a few years hence whips might b.
replaced by scorpions" That seem
to embody the counsel OF wisdom
even though 1t does come from a fol
eigner.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

Every one with the least knowledge
Of the methods pursued In the exccu.
tive departments Of the government,
will learn with pleasure that Presi.
dent Roosevelt has discovered some Of
the weakness Of the prevailing sys.
TENS. or lack Of system, and has ap-
pointed a committee Of the most cap
able young officials to conduct a thor.
ough investigation and make recon.
mendations In accordance with their
findings. Perhaps n OF the reforms
which will be the result will be the
scaling Of the salaries OF negro mes.
sengers. who often receive 81, 200 a
year. and the increase Of the salaries
Of scientists. many Of whom have
been compelled to take a four years
post graduate course to perfect them.
selves for their present duties while
they In instances receive
only $500 year, sometimes only
81 1000.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
THE CITY kNoCkER.

Perhaps the knocker In a big, thriv
ing community like Kansas City
feels that he Is a very much abused
Ierson. says the Times.
Everything is going on; the
town is pushing ahead In spite Of
oil his effort, and he Is quite right,
In feeling detected at times and mis-
cradle.
Yet in the very fact that there -
always something doing" lies lis
solace.
He wifi hardly have time to feel
sore over being run over until along
comes another proposition, and he Ia
again In his joyous element Of obstruc
tiOh.
The city knocker has a really good
time In the world. compared with the
mossback In the small town when
ono an impulse for city ways" pre-.
sents itself.
The country cousins defeat upon
any such rare occasions leaves him
with plenty of time to brood over his
wiongs. He becomes afflicted with
u ovlt vi SOGI0i IutCSiS. IlC 10 UiShCu
In" In his own Imagination.
Once In a while a rural town elects
a mayor and council who are enter.
prising and entertain the astonish,
ing belief that the age Of a custom
does not necessarily make II vener.
able.
The trials Of such a magistrate are
limited at In this episode which befall
a mayor OF a Missouri town who came
to Kansas City.
He was questioned by a young law.
yer who had formerly been a towns.
man. and later had moved to the
city.
"Mr. Mayor" asked the lawyer. In
an ironical vein ARE you still busy en-.
forcing the ordinances restraining
geese from running at large?"
mo, young man." replied the may
or, II have had less trouble about that
since you left town" .
But how much trouble there had
been before the stock ordinance went
into effect.
In that particular town there was a
division known as Goose Bottom. II
was like the worst DAYS of the recon-
struction period for the residents Of
the locality to contemplate q state of
society in which geese could be i'm
pounded for merely pursuing their
wohted paths along the highway. And
II the geese breeders were up in arms
what would express the state of mind
of the old timers nestled under "Zim.
norman HILL" when the indignity Of
arrest was visited upon the family
cows One Knight Of the Sorrowful
Figure" actually took 81 much to
heart this extreme evidence Of prog.
ress that he sold the house where he
was born and drove the ovine CON-
panion Of his misfortunes to a near
by village where she might switch
her tail at random in the unmolested
enjoyment of "life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness
II these recorded experiences prove
that the town mossback has a rocker
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

"The young officers are longing for
war;" says a dispatch from Berlin.
That Ia precisely the danger Of q
large standing army and the ground
on which many people oppose what IL
popularity termed militarism. "The
young officers are longing for war"
naturally. II opens to them the only
avenue Of advancement. the sole
chance Of promotion. In a country
which maintains as large a standing
army as Germany. the influences Of
the young army officers extends
throughout society and and plays a
large part In shaping public opinion
30 that It must inevitably have an
influence for war whenever a dispute
arises with a foreign nation such as
has now arisen between Germany and
the republic Of France.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
THE MISSISSIPPI.

As a ribbon flung out from a gener-
GUS hand,
TIL 1t loops In It's leagues the fair
heart of the lanr,
So the river-the Father of Waters
Is flung
From the place where the pines by
the north winds are swung.
From the stiffness and peace of the
whispering lakes, 4t1
To the shore where the sea in Its ma
jesty. breaks.
And II murinurs for miles. or It leaps
in its strength,
Or 1t coils as a lariat toeied on it's
length,
And II stops for a space with Its ed.
dying whirls,
While It's form spins about as a gar
land Of pearls,
And 1t sings in the sun and 1t dreams
In the moon,
AS It races In Joy from the falls to la
COON. /,
It has mirrored the banners Of GRIM
son and gold,
That were borne by adventurers
dauntlessly bold,
Who were winning new realms and
were finding new ways
7 through the green Of the forest and
gray Of the haze,
That was spread on the prairie and
wreathed on the hill.
When the courage of Spain was at
one with its will,
II has laughed with he lightly
wrought li'i"s of France.
A. ne flag ~. the time to the ut
Of the dance.
When the nobleman came and the
beautiful maids
Sang the ballads Of old in the hush Of
the glades,
And It knows of the days that
gentle and calm,
When the lilies of France nodded
Ove the palm.
It has run with a red-not a red Of
the dawn,
But the red flood of war in the days
that are gone.
when its bosom was swept by the
shot and the shell,
And the smoke of the war was the
vapor of hell
That blew low on its surface and hid
hulls and spays
When the stars and the stripes met
the stars and the bars.
But today. as majestic as ages ago,
From the hills of the north to the
valleys below.
AS a ribbon that binds the palmetto
and pine,
As a bond that is set from the gulf to
the line
As an artery throbbed by the pulse of
the land.
So the river flows on. ever stately and
grand,
And the centuries come and the CEN.
turtles go,
But the river-the Father of Waters
shall flow
As the ointment of old from the ever
was spilled,
O,s the place where the Lori saic
the builders should build,
Ave. the great Mississippi, majestic
and calm.
Has endured. shall endure. as a bies.
sing and balm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

Kansas City, June 27.-Cattle re-
ceipts 5000, including 1900 south
ems. Steady. Native steers, $4.25
% $50; southern steers, $500 a
$4.75; southern cows, $2.25 a $3.50;
native COWS and h~eifers. $2.25 q
$4.75; stockers and feeders, $2.75 q
$3.50; bulls. $2.25 % $500; calves
$500 a $3.50; western fed steers,
$500 % $5.25; western fed cows
$500 @ $4.25.
Sheep receipts steady. Muttons
$4.25 @ $3.50; lambs, $5.75 % $500;
range wethers, $4.60 q 1928; fed
ewes, $500 @ $3.50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
LICE CREAM..
Gibson r Soifz. ve co. sI &c.. ssS:: 81,

Train In which the clergyman was
travelling,
II have had 10 run he said. nearly
half q mile 10 catch these cars"
Then, addressing himself to his Eel.
low traveller. he went on; "it's a bad
job, sir, when old folks like you and
ne has TO run"
The clergyman, frownlng, asked tho
farmer how old he was,
I'm eighty.six," was the reply OF
the farmer,
oh" said the clergyman, there's
twenty years difference between you
aud me-"
Goodness, sir" exclaimed the cid
man, you don't mean to tell ms you
are 1862
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

New Workers are disgruntled be.
cause Boston Is getting It's gas for
30 cents per 1000 cubic feet. while
New York has to pay $1.0O. The
New Workers appear not to reflect
that It costs the gas company the
other ten cents to keep the legisla.
tors from reducing the price.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

The United States Is not a leader
but . follower In the custom OF send.
Ing agricultural agents abroad to seek
new varieties Of plants. The United
States consul at La Rochelle, France.
reports that the grape vines imported
from Texas have proven the salvation
OF the vineyardists Of that section of
the republic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
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,@MARKETj
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago. June 27.-Cattle receipts
$500, including 400 Texas. Steady.
Good to prime steers, !s.25 M $500.
poor to medium, 1913 q $500; stock
ers and feeders, $3.50 q $3.50; cows.
$3.50 q $3.50; heifers. $3.50 & $500:
Gamers, $40 q S2.40; bulls, $3.50
% $500; calves, $3.50 q 1925; Tex
as fed steers, 1925 q $3.50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
Two Old Men,

4 certain clergyman about sixty-six
wears Of age looks older than he really
is-a fact of which he hates to be
reminded
At a rural station an aged and bent
farmer. painting violently. boarded a
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

The men who secured a patent foe
y machine for converting hot later
into work are being sued. We have
never heard that the men who con.
vert hot air into words were sued,
but they ought to be.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

Secretary Taft says he has heard
nothing regarding the possibility Of
his being made chief justice Of the
supreme court. Probably chief exec.
ntive would suit the gentleman from
Ohio better.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
VIEWS ON RATE REGULATION.

Some interesting observations On
the railroad rate question In America
are made In a letter to the London
StAtist by william NJ. Acworth. who
recently visited this country rs a
delegate chosen by the British gov
eminent to the International railway
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
Chicago Markets.

Chicago, June 27.-Wheat-July,
90R; September. 86A.
Corn-July, 56%; September. 55&.
Oats-July, 32%: September, BIN.
Pork-July, $1267h; September,
$13.O2k.
Lard-July, $7.27k; September,
$747h q $3.50.
Ribs--July, $7.82h; September, IS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

It IL assumed that the young men
who tried 10 break into the residence
OF p. II. Hartman were prompted to
look for large booty by the pcesen.
condition of the Equitable.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

Japan will not name Oyan,a AVID
Togo an peace commissioners because
she wants them at the other enj OF
the line and for a different pur-
nose.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

II IL only natural that Mr.. Ryan,
as the owner Of a tobacco trust. a
street a trust and a few railroads..
should want an insurance compans
100
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
New York Stocks.

New York, June 27.-Cl0sing stocks
-Atchison, 1914; Preferred 104b:
New York Central, 144h; Pennsyl-
vania, 40; Southern Pacific, 64A;
Union Pacific. 127A; Preferred,
96k; Copper. SIN; Steel, 31A; Pre-
ferred, 99M.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27
TUESDAY, JUNE 81 1895.

President Roosevelt has done a
great deal In tho promotion Of peace
In the Orient. but we submit that To.
go also helped.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

II has remained for the venerable
prelate OF the Catholic church, Car.
dinal Gibbons, to christen Theodore
Roosevelt the angel OF peace"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-27

Financial.
New York. June 27.-Money on call
steady, IL o. Q; prime mercantile
paper, 81 q. 4; silver, 58M.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
VICTIM OF FLIM-FTIANTER.
A Hamlet Man the Poorer by Rings
Valued at $500.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Portsmouth, Va, June 24.-T. r.
Healms, a Seal board Air Line Railway
watch examiner, was the victim Of
three m-flammers in this city today.
After carrying two diamond rings,
which he purchased from Tiffany, in
New York, in his pocket until he
reached Portsmouth, Healms placed
the ornaments on his fingers. Reaching
tins city, en- route to his home in Ham
let, he was approached in the Seaboard
Air Line railway station by three
strangers, who introduced themselves
as brother Pythians and Odd Fellows.
and proposed trolley ride to Battery
Park. Healms readily agreed, ano
while en- route one of the strangers
asked to be allowed to examine more
closely the stones in Healms' rings.
Once getting them in his possession
the man took to his heels and board
ing another trolley car bound in an
opposite direction left Healms minus
his rings, valued at $500.
HcalmS has enlisted the services of
Norfolk detectives who are endeavor-
ing to recover the stolen stones.
He departed yesterday morning at 9:25
o'clock for Hamlet.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
POPULAR OFFICIALS.
Pleasant Communication of Judge
Ward and Solicitor Daniels,
lSnoctal to News and Observerl

Especial to News and Observer)
Williamston N. c., June 24.--Supe-
rior court has been in session here this
week, Hon. Geo. w. Ward. judge pre-
siding and Hon. G.. c. Daniels solicitor.
Judge Ward has made very favor
able impression on all our people. Tie
is firm. polite, certain to punish; yet
not cruel. and keeps the business OF
the court on the move. 1t has been re-
marked on all sides that he keeps the
best order in his court of any judge in
the state. and he does it without noise.
He is one of the States best judges
and we will be glad to have him here
again.
AS usual. Hon. c. c. Daniels has
been prompt in the discharge of every
duty. fauItless in prosecuting criminals
and constant in his efforts to look al
ter the interests of the tax payers. he
is a fair-minded solicitor and Is grow
ing in the efficient and personal rela-
tons with the people of his district.
Mr.. d. S. Biggs is making extensive
inpr ovements to his handsome resi-
dence on Main street. The town I'M
Proves all the time-half dozen new
residences are now being built.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
ROBBED OF HIS $500 DIAMOND.
Young North Carolinian Taken in by a
Trio of Confidence Men.
Norfolk Virginian- Pilot. }

Yesterday morning a young man
named Helden, from Hamlet, n. c.,
who has been to New York. arrived In
this city EN- route to his home. In the
afternoon he went to the Seaboard All;
Line depot and checked his baggage
and was standing in the depot. He
had a beautiful diamond ring valued
at $500 He also had on a Pythian
pin. While standing there man, well
dressed, walked up to him and said
MY brother you look lonesome; a
stranger, / presume" He received a
negative answer The stranger said
We'll. | feel it my duty whenever
;.e br, Their 20 make it as pleasant
for him as possible, especially when
he is away from home" lie was ask
ed where he was from and when he
intended returning home. He told the
man that he expected to so out ON the
night train. While they were talking
another man stepped up and said
Hello. Charlie. whore did you come
from? l did not expect to see you
down here" He said, IL just dropped
in, met a brother Pythian who is 9
stranger and thought | would he'll
him pass off the time for little
while. BY the way, let me Introduce
you to our brother. What is youl
name? Excuse me. | forgot to ask.
"Helden is my name Mr.. Holden,
this is Mr.. ...-... brother knight.
Gentlemen said the second man
lets take ride out to Rodman
Hci ,hts and get the breeze"
Mr. Holden consented. and all then
got on the car On the way out one
of the strangers said, Brother. that
is a beautiful ring you have; let me
look at it, The ring was taken off
both men admired it and asked what
it cost. Three hundred dollars. said
Mr.. Holden. BY this time the trans
fer station for Rodman Heights was
reached and the two men got off. as
did Helden. He asked for his ring
BY this time a third man who had
been on the car but had had nothing
to say stepped up and said, whats
the troubie?' MIR. Helden said that
the two men Ind his ring. One OF
them claimed that he had dropped it
in the car. One of the party said,
"Oh, | am sorry it is lost; come. go
back to town. / have plenty of money
and rather than have any trouble /
will give you a check for your ring.
About this time another car going to
Primers Point came along and the
,three men jumped it and waved their
hands at Holden, leaving him in the
road. He took the car, returned TO
the city and reported the facts to the
police and then went to Norfolk TO re-
port the robbery. He described the
three men as being well dressed. lie
says that while in New York he kept
the ring in his pocket; while on the
steamer he kept it from observation,
and only put it on his finger after he
had checked his baggage, thinking
that no one would rob him here.
He is a young man about % years
of age, we'll dressed and is we'll con-
nected in North Carolina. He was
very much excited over his loss.
The police think that the men after
arriving at Primers Point took the
boat for Norfolk and made their es
cape. The stranger WIS unable to give
a definite description of them Mr..
Holden says he would know adj three
of the men if confronted by them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
Industrial and Other News.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
High Point, n. c., June 24.-The
High Point Venecring Co, has closed
a deal for a $4,000 veneer dryer.
This shows they arc doing a good bust
ness, a. they have one $4,000 dryer in
operation now.
Mrs. Matte L. Wood, who died
"Wednesday and was buried yesterday.
was a member of the M. e. church.
She leaves a husband and three chill
dren to mourn her loss The funeral
was conducted from the house by Rev.
u. G. Bowen, of the Reformed church.
The Snow Lumber Company has
closed a deal with the German-Amcri-
can Cotton Mill Company, at Spray, to
furnish lumber for building the fac
tory. The contract calls for SIG, 900.
W. A. Ring, of the Ring Drug Com
pany, and several Of the business men
OF the city have formed a stock COM
pany. The firm will be known as the
Ring Drug Company They will en-
large their present store and will open
up in thirty days a branch store in
the WachoVia. Lo.5: ahd Trust Com
panys new building.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
REMOVED TO WILMINGTON.
Remains of Three Spanish War Sol.
dicrs Taken From Charleston.

Three graves in cemetery in
Charleston. S. c., are now empty, and
the remains of three soldiers of the
Spanish war, whose names
were not given by the dispatch, have
been removed to Wilmington to be in
tered in the National Cemetery there.
Whether these soldiers were North
Carolinians or not is unknown.
During the war with Spain there
were many soldiers in Charleston for
more or less time, and some of the
troops, coming up from camps where
the deadly typhoid had gotten in it's
work, sickened and died. Several
victims of this fell disorder were sent
to their homes for burial. and a few
were left here by their comrades to
rest in a cemetery at Charleston untll
the government should provide them
with a place amongst the ranks of the
soldier dead.
Three graves were left, and the
mortal remains of these three soldiers
were removed TO Wilmington.