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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
Many Killed.

Yesterday morning Mr.. Romero,
VINO had gone out to the ranch to at
tend to business for day or two.
started to walk out the door Of his
house when he met varela. who was
armed with a Winchester. face to
face. Both men jumped back. the
convict to look around the corner OF
the house, evidently expecting Mr..
Romero to come upon him from the
back way. The latter. however, had
merely jumped to the bed. where his
gun was lying. He grabbed the weap'
on and was out the front door like 9
flash. He grabbed the convicts win
chester with his left hand. Varela
attempted to draw, but found himself
looking into the muzzie Of the stai.
wart clerks weapon and surrendered
with admirable alacrity.
Mr.. Romero's feat was courage
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

A franchise for gas plant to be
established in Las Vegas, will be ask
ed for at the next meeting Of the
city council week from Wednesday,
or a special meeting will be called II
1t can be arranged, before that date.
H. E. Hoke, Of Hanover, Pa. who is
in the city at present, will ask for the
franchise. The company interested is
composed Of q NUMBER of business
men Of Chicago. who are accustomed
to handling propositions Of this kind.
and who have put In similar systems
In other cities. No local men are In.
terested in the company.
1t is estimated that the proposed
plant will cost between 10000 and
$4,000. Coal gas will be manufac.
tured both for Illuminating purposes
and for fuel. Engineers, to whom the
plans have been submitted, recon.
medn coal gas as the very best and
cheapest for this locality.
II the franchise is accepted by the
city and town council, Mr.. Hoke will
leave for the east Immediately to
make the final arrangements and en-.
gineers will be sent here to make
surveys. When this Is completed, the
work of erecting the large plant will
be commenced. The franchise says
the work must begin in earnest in.
side of four months.
The capacity of the plant as plan.
ned will be large enough to furnish
gas for Illuminating and heating pur.
poses for city fully double the size
of Las Vegas. The capitalists inter.
ested have such confidence In the
future of the city that they plan ia
put in a system of that capacity with
out hesitation.
Mr.. Hoke states that the plant will
be able to manufacture 100000 cubic
feet of gas day. Five hundred con
sumers will use about 100000 cubic
feet of gas in year, which will re
Iquire 1000 tons of coal which will
probably be contracted for at Trini
dad.
The company has not yet beer
named but will quite likely be know
as the Las Vegas Gas company
Representatives Of the company hav'
looked over the ground for tocation
for the plant and have several tract
Iof land In view near or In the city
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
HAS RIGHT
TO INSPECT

Washington. Oct. 30.-On deciding
the case Of ]. w. Guthrie vs.. H. L.
Harkness, the supreme court Of the
United States today decided that q
stokholder In a National bank Is en-.
titled to inspect the books of the hama.
The case arose IN connection with the
Commercial National OF Ogden. Utah.
Of which Harkres owned one-fifth Of
the stock He was denied the right
Of inspection. The supreme court Of
the state decided In favor Of his con.
tention and that decision was affirm.
ed today. The opinion was delivered
,hy Justice DAY.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
IDENTITY OF SUIT CASE
VICTIM DlSCl OSED

Boston. Oct 30.--Yesterday's inves-
legations have satisfied the police
that the victim OF the suit case" ira.
gedy was Susan Geary, chorus girl.
Morris Nathan. to whom the girl was
engaged. is being held at Pittsburg
pending further Investigation. A.
only skilled surgeno could have dis
sected the body In the manner In
which It was done. the police are en-
deavoring to find the doctor whom
the girl consulted shortly before her
death.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

cars made the difficulties OF rescue
more serious. While some cars tel.
esc0ped, others cras.ed into the
granite walls that formed the cut and
were crushed inte kidding wood.
No NsW Naealeano Nuss.
Kansas City. Oct. 80. - Identified
dead are: Rudolph Richardson. negro
dining car walter: John Maegregor.
Fort Madison. Iowa: John T. Caps.
Chicago. express express messenger:
VIM. Harrison, colored porter: Jos.
Seymour. Richmond. Miss. None Of
the injured are from Colorado. New
Mexico or Texas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
PRESIDENT ENCOUNTERS STORMY
WEATHER Off CAPE HATTERAS

fleet under the command Of Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans. sailed from
Hampton Roads at six this morning
and at $40 were reported at Cape
Henry as proceeding up Chesapeake
Bay for Annapolis, where they 60 to
prepare for a reception to the British
North Atlantic squadron under the
command of Prince Louis OF Batten.
burg, which is due at Annapolis In
the next few days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

Gus one, q varela ~ known as q
desperate and dangerous man. The
convict told his captor that his first
Impulse was to run, but that he hast
lily reflected that Romero was q crack
shot and would promptly bring down
his horse and then have him at his
mercy. Accordingly be made up his
mind to fight and believing Romero
would come around the house from the
back had leveled his rifle and was
expecting to shoot him dead the mo-
ment he appeared. The clerks quick
ness and cleverness upset his calcu-
lations and cost hi mhis liberty.
varela has three times been SEN
fenced to the pen. He went up once
from Colorado for theft and once for
assault with intent to kill. He was
sentenced to two years by Chief JUS
tice Mills. after being convicted Of
burglarfsing the store Of Stern &
Nahm In this city. After escaping
from the Scenic route camp, he re.
turned to his home In Las Vegas, II
report IL true. laying low by day and
venturins forth With desperate asso-
ciates by night He has several times
been recognized and more than once
| has been pursued, but be was always
we'll mounted and has hitherto es.
capped.
varela Ii believed to have been
the leader Of band that has held up
wayfArers and stolen stock. Two Of
the men who were seen with him were
captured some time ago. charged with
highway robbery, and are now in
jail here. Sheriff Romero had laid
careful plans to capture varela and
had learned where the convict ex
pected to ride Friday night. He lay
| IN wait for him up the canyon with
posse, but varela had been warned
and stocking up with i've days pro
visions started to ride to the Texas
border. when his pack was unrollet
BY his captor, q choice lot Of pro
visions was found Consequently tht
men who brought varela to the cit!
yesterday, fared sumptuously on thu
way.
varela claims that since he ESCAPED
from the pen he has not been nea
las Vegas. He says that he spen
Ibis time at watrous, Springer o.
lacross the Texas border. He claim
Ito have made enough money gamblinI
Ito buy his horse, blanket and gru'
land shows a bill Of sale Of his horse
The capture Of varela Is one Of tn
Imost satisfactory things Of the kim
that has happened In a long time. a
he was without question q dangerou
Imam to be at liberty. He has serve
Ionly one month Of his penitentiar
lterm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

London, Oct. 30.-A dispatch to the
Evening Standard from Shanghai
saws Rear Admiral Train, commander
in.chief Of the American.Asiatic squad
ron and his son, Lieutenant Train
have been victims OF a savage attack
by the Chinese outside Of Nanking.
The Americans were pheasant shoot.
ing when the admiral accidentally
shot a Chinese woman, slightly in
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

New York. Oct. 30.--The municipal
lighting Of public structures will be
begun tonight. When the darkness
closes on about New Williamsburg
bridge its thousands Of electric lights
will be made to shine out for the first
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
ADMIRAL TRAIN AND SON MOB
BED BY ENRAGED CHINESE
American Naval Man, While Pheasant Shooting. Shoots
Peasant Which Makes On Astonishing Difference
to the Celsstias

turing her. Hundreds Of villagers
thereupon surrounded the officers.
took away their guns, knocked the
admiral down in the mud and held
the lieutenant as a hostage. Forty
American marines landed ~ a rescue
party and were obliged to fire twice
on the Chinese mob before accomp.
fishing their purpose. The Chinese
officials refused to restore the gums
and are supporting the villagers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 3O.-According to
a wireless message az Norfolk navy
yard the cruiser West Virginia at 10
o'clock this morning was fifty miles
south of Cape Hatteras. A strong
,eortbeast wind and heavy seas pre-
vailed. She is not expected to make
the cape for ten hours.
70 Meet the oritish.
Norfolk, Va, Oct. 30.-Two battle
shin divisions Of the North Atlantic
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
Conditions At Capital.

Conditions at Capital.
st. Petersburg, Oct 30.-The city
continues outwardly calm but there
Is most intense excitement beneath
the surface. The strike committee
continues to restrain the people. this
being considered the best means OF
attaining the end in view. The COM
mitteemen know that an open COLI
sion would force a show Of hands.
The army. they say. IL being gradual
~ won over to the peoples cause.
Only the Cosacks are absolutely faith
full to the existing regime. The r..
mailovsky guard regiment. which was
reported disafferted during the
troubles Of last winter. ls now report
ed to have refused to do guard duty
and to be confined to the barracks
surrounded by Cosacks. Investiga.
tion by the Associated Press. how
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
MYSTERIOUS THEFT

Helena. Mont. Oct. 30.-The con-
tents Of $4,000 express package
sent from Hamilton. Mont, TO New
York are missing and detectives are
trying to discover what became Of
the money. The seals were unbroken
when the package arrived In New
York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

ever, failed to confirm this. The city
is filled by false and sensational re-
ports set afloat by revolutiOnists.
Work Of Ruin.
Warsaw, Oct. 30.-A telegram re-
1ceived from Moscow says strikers
have destroyed the belt railway and
two houses. one belonging to the
governor. Thousands of wealthy Mos
COW inhabitants are leaving the city
by every train and any means avail.
able.
Many Killed.
Odessa, Oct. 30.--lt Is impossible to
fix even approximately the number OF
yesterdays victims. A number OF
encounters between people and Cos.
sacks occurred but the authorities
refuse to state how many were killed
or injured. The infantry. whose To-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

st. Paul. Minn.. Oct. 30.-At the
office Of the Northern Express Co. II
Is said the amount missing In the ex.
press package is $4,000 instead Of
$25.00O. No details are given out.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
SEC. ROMERO
MAKES IMPORT.
ANT CAPTURE
Sinals.iiandsd he Unarms and
Forces the Surrender Of the
Escaped Convict Rc'
moldo vareIs.

To District Clerk Secundino Romero
comes the credit Of having captured
at his Casa GraiIde ranch, single
handed the desperate convict Romaldo
varela, who escaped from the camp
Of the Scenic route last June.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

north and rain In the southern por-
tion Of the territory tonight, and
colder weather Tuesday. Sunday was
beautiful Iall day but today was
cold and disasreeable.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
FR|GHTFUL WRECK Of SANTA f
PASSENGER TRAIN NO. |
Spread Rails Trip Train Near Kansas City and Pie Csr IN
Granite Cut Killing Thirteen and Seriously lnjudns
Twenty-Five Passengers Beneath Wreckass
} l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : - ~~~~~

Kansas City, Oct 3oOne Of the regular
SantaFe California Limited No. which left Chicago night
the far ditched mile Sheffield No. miles
from the business Of Kansas City per
were killed and twenty-five injured seriously
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
COTt1AM'S MUNICIPAL LIGHTS
TO BLAZE FORTH TONIGHT

time BY An electric current generated
at the city's incineration plant and
where tons Of refuse gathereL by the
department of street cleaning w..
be fuel. The plan viii save the tax
payers many thousands pf dollars
every year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
Weather Report.

The maximum temperature yester.
day was 64 degrees and the minimum
~ degrees. Brandenburg of the
Weather bureau predicts snow IL the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
win - osttse soon,

Lods, Oct. S0.-The situation hfts
grows worse hourly. The infantry
when ordered to fire upon people are
discharging their rifles in the cir.
The crowds are tearing down Russia's
flags which were displayed by order
or the uolic0.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30


insisted that certain
had his hagatmen AM
OF he hepasonm o.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

PETERSBURG auoacy Of Romanofs and old
Nicholas has surrendered and
mandate which
assembly real Legislative body
greatly suffrage the fundamental civil
liberties including free speech
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30
EMPEROR NICHOLAS SURRENDERS TO united
DEMAND Of THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE FOR
REALLY CONSTITUTIONAL Government

Reforms Granted sweeping Than Most Optimistic Subject He'd Dared Anticipate
Count Head New Regime .Gsnus Legislative Assembly Freedom
Speech Freedom Of Press and HabsM Corpus Gussutssd
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-30

Concluded on Page Five.)
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yalty is doubtful. Is t,pt In the bar
racks under Cossack guard.
AjaomjWa Repert.

Odessa. Oct. S0.-Persistent rumors
are In circulation here that .le crews
Of the vessels, composing the Black
sea fleet, mutinied on arriving at
0amsun on the coast Of Asa minor.
killed admirals Birileff and Choaken
and sailed back to Sebastopol. having
hoisted the revolutionary flags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
THE KANSAS EXPOSITION.

Preparations for the Kansas Semi
Centennial exposition for 1911 are I'M
der way. It has been formally launch
ed. and the enthusiasm and heartiness
with which representative men from
all parts of this great state have taken
hold of the project indicate that it will
be carried through to a successful con-
clusion.
The half century which has passed
since Kansas came into existence has
been the most remarkable in the
worlds entire history. Never before
was such progress made in human
affairs. Never before was SO great an
empire builded in so short a time as
has sprung up on these western prai-
ries during the latter years of the
Nineteenth century. And this prog
ress has been cumulative, for the ad-
vancement of the first years of the
new Twentieth century have exceeded
anything that preceded it.
The history of Kansas has been CO.
extensive with this great progress.
Situated here in the midst of the great
west and the center of the greatest
republic of history, in the most fertile
and extensive food-producing region Of
the globe, it is fitting that this re-,
markabie advancement as exemplified
in the building of the Sunhower state
should be befittingly celebrated.
Kansas is not an urban common
wealth; it has no great cities that
dominate it to the detriment of its
rural population. Its population is
scattered more evenly perhaps than
that of any other state. Therefore this
exposition should not be one of a
single city, but of the state as a whole,
and wherever it may be located the
state as a whole should feel an in
terest in it.
The people of Kansas are capable of
building such an exposition. It's mil
lion and a half of population, with its
ability and resourcefulness can work
wonders. The problem will be one of
originality rather than of extent, for
recent expOsiuons have. exceeded prac-
teal limits in mere bigness.
The Sunfiower State exposition in
1871 will have an abundance Of
original material to work on, for the
coming five years will see more re-
markable advancement in all depart
ments of human affairs than even
those that have passed, as is evidenced
by the daily occurrences that are re-
corded in the columns of the press
The exposition should be pre-eminent-
| " Kansasesque and from the spirit
with which the representative men of
Kansas who have undertaken to start
/ the project are undertaking their
work, it is evident that it will be so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
KELLY PAYS IT BACK

Practically caught with the goods on
him, State Treasurer Kelly has finally
paid back to the state the two thousand
dollars which he Illegally took from the
state treasury to reimburse himself for
a bond he did not nay for, and for
which the state made no appropriation
When the legislature in March made
an appropriation to enable the state to
pay for the new bond which it required
the treasurer to give under the new de-
pository law, provided it should be a
surety company bond, Kelly evidently
concluded that that was just that much
velvet for him, and he lost no time in
drawing the money months in advance
of the time he was to give the new bond
He might never have been discovered
had not the COLLAPSE OF the First Ma
tiOnal bank with more than half a mil
lion dollars Of the states money illegal
" deposited in it. led Governor Hoch
to take steps to appoint a new treasurer
and investigate the matter of a bond for
the new man.
After the discovery Kelly alternately
agreed to pay the money back and de-
fed the governor. Finding himself at
length in close quarters, he secured an
opinion from Attorney General Cole
man. in which the latter attempted to
excuse Kelly's action as much as posi-
BILE but advised him to pay back the
money Then Kelly announced that
because of this opinion the money
would be paid back. and he led Cover
nor Hoch and the public to believe that
it had been so refunded, until the State
Journal, a month after he made the
announcement, discovered that the
money was still missing. A few days
after the State Journal exposed this
fact he surreptitiously put the money
back. and the state has it at last.
The whole proceeding was very KEEL
lyesque. Kelly took the money illegal
" and under false pretenses, but final
" paid it back when exposed and
caught with the goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02

The wife's day off. No one seems to
have thought of that commodity but one
man in this community, and he lives in
Germantown. ct dawned upon me af-
ter I had been married twelve years"
he said, that every one i'll my house
hold had a day off except my wife.
always had Sundays, the children had
Saturdays and Sundays free from school.
and the cook had Thursdays. One day
it came into my mind that in an other
wise justly managed household my wife
dbl not have whole day or a part of
a daY which she could call iner very
own. So / sat down and talked it all
over with her, and after a good deal of
arguing on her part, for she is a much
domesticated woman, we decided that
once every week the family should fish
for itself while my wife went shopping
or visiting or anything she wanted to do
without bothering her head about the
dinner or the children at home. The
plan works like a charm. We have lots
of fun, too, trying to show her how
much better we can run things without
her. ''-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02

the last Of December when the new
taxes viii be available.
The state auditor has called for all
the state money the various county
treasurers have on hand to aid in the
emergency but at this time Of year
such a call is not likely to bring in
much Therefore most of the December
bills viii have to go unpaid unless Kelly
takes money from other funds to meet
them. which is an unwarranted and
Illegal procedure.
There is a statute which says that
failure to pay any warrant upon pres
entation when the auditors books show
that there should be money in the treas
ury for that purpose. shan be deemed
prima facie evidence Of embezzlement
on the part Of the state treasurer. In
the case OF an honest treasurer, of
course, his bondsmen would step into
the breach and furnish the money need
ed in such an emergency, but Kelly's
bondsmen are not taking any such
chances. The state must pay the pen
atty for electing that sort of a treas
urer and also other officials too weak,
culpable, incapable or negligent to en-
force the laws governing the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
az. GIadstone,s T7iction.

I remember seeing Mr.. Gladstone
reading Treasure Island" on his way
to see the queen on taking the PREMIER
ship He was absorbed in a book as
the special train drew into the station,
and when I went uD to his saloon I
was both astonished and amused to see
that it was Steyensons Treasure Is
land" The weight of responsibility was
heavy on his shoulders at the time and
he had sought an exciting volume in or
der to distract his thoughts on the mo-
mentous journey. A large number of
people gathered on the platform when
they heard that the old statesman was
on the train, and I recollect the late
Lady West who was as devoted to Mrs
Gladstone as her distinguished husband,
Sir Algernon West, presented Mr.. Glad
stone with lovely bunch Of roses while
the train paused in the station. Then
the Grand Old Man stood I'D, with
gravity of expression that solemnized
all the onlookers, and bowed his &C
acknowledgements of the hearty cheers
which sent him on his journey. Hardly
had the train passed out of my sight
than he was deep in Treasure Island
again!-London Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
a Honle TaIent Parrot.

4 was a member OF "A Lesson for
Husbands company a couple of seasons
ago." said one of the Ethel Barrymore
players, and a funny incident took
place in one of the eastern towns. In
one scene a parrot was needed and as
1t would have been difficult for US to
carry bird with US we used to leave
It to the advance man to hire one, for
1t is simply impossible to find an east
ern town where there isn't a parrot.
Wen, in this town during the scene
where the bird was used. magniff-
cent parrot was brought on by the
colored boy who is supposed to be the
leading lady's page. Mrs. lie Moyne
was our star, and during the scene.
after throwing all the passion and en-
ergy into her part that she was capa-
bic of, she walked I'D to the parrot
and spoke a few words to him. Gen
orally the bird would be so astonished
at his strange surroundings that he
never uttered a word during the scene,
but this one had been obtained in a
saloon and was used to strange sights.
He watched everything with interest,
and as Mrs LIE MOyne went up to him
and said, Well Polly?" the bird drew
himself up and answered in a voice
loud enough to be heard by the entire
theater, and with every tone of disgust:
Say, you go to -i' That was the
only time I saw Mrs. lie Moyne break
down. She left the stage in a hurry,
While the curtain was rung down and
the audience laughed itself into hys-
terra. San Francisco Chronicle.