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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27

DR., Joy Nusburn. Of Auburn. Ind.
has arrived In Las Vegas, and his ia.
ther, DR.. w. II. Nusbaum. will arrive
this evening. The doctors will make
their residence In Las Vegas and will
engage In the practice OF their pro.
fessl0n.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
CONDITION OF MARSHALL
FIELD JR., CRITICAL

Chicago. Nov. 27.--The condition OF
Marshall Field Jr., was much worse
this morning and his strength Is said
by physicians to be failing. While not
hopeless his condition Is extremely
critical
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
DECISION TO HANG MRS.
MARY ROGERS AFFIRMED

band. The effect Of the decision will
be again to place the responsibility
Of dealing with the case in the han6s
of the state authorities, and II In
the meantime neither the governor Or
the state courts take action. the ex-
execution will occur December s.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27

New York. November 27.-The
Word to-day says: Richard A. McCur.
dy, president of the Mutual Life In
surance company, has resigned. The
date Of resignation depends only on
the time required by the trustees to
find his 'sne1s 1sesof quickly following
the retirement Of President McCurdy,
his son, Robert H. McCurdyl general
manager, and his son-in-law, Louis A.
Thebaud, general agent for New York,
have resigned. The presidency was
offered to James B. Forgan, president
OF the First National Bank Of Chicago,
but he declined.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
ASSISTANT TREASURER
GETS THE G. B.

Washington, Nov. 27. - President
Roosevelt today removed from office
William s. Lieb. assistant U. s. treas
urer at Philadelphia for constant and
persistent violation of the civil service
law while in office"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27

Washington, November 21-The
Supreme Court of the United states
today affirmed the decision Of the
United States district court Of Ver-
mont in the case of Mrs. Mary Rog.
ers, who is under sentence Of death
in Vermont for the murder Of her hus-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
AMERICAN BEATEN
nj

st. Petersburg, November 27.-Rob.,
ert Woods Bliss, second secretary Of
the American embassy. who has just
returned here after three months va
cation in Paris, was the victim Of an
outrage by rowdies In one Of ~
fashionable streets of the capital last
night, and only escaped being beaten
to death by the timely arrival Of the
police.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
No Hope for Marshall Fed Jr.

The physicians of Marshall Field,
Jr.. have issuel bulletin declaring
his strength is rapidly failing. The
family have been summoned to the
bedside.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
CITY OWNERSHIP INQUIRY

New York, November 27.-In re-
sp0nse to the call Of Chairman Mel.
vile f. ingalls,, the committeee OF
twenty-one appointed to investigate
municipal ownership un,.sr the aus.
pices Of the Civic Federation Assem-.
bled here today for their hrst meet.
ing. This committee was appointed
by the Public Ownership commission
organized several months ago to inves-
tigate municipal ownership in this
country and Europe.
The purpose Of to-day's meeting
was to complete plans for the pro.
posed Investigations to be conducted
by the committee. ItsAas been de-
cided that considerably number Of
plants of varying sizes, locations, and
charter, be first visited In the United
States. and careful Investigation
made by expert accountants and en-
gineers into every detail, Of manage.
ment. BY these means the. committee
will be able to acquire accurate data
regarding representative plants
throughout the United States AMI the
actual results of the various forms Of
management obtained both for pub
lie and private operation.
After this investigation is complete
the committee will proceed to Eu.
rope, where the same careful, thor.
ough, and comprehensive examination
will be made into every phase of the
subject. The committee will proceed
first to England. and later to the Con-
tinent. Special inquiry will be made
into the French system Of granting
franchises. the leasing Of municipality
|owned works to private management,
as In vogue particularly in Germany
and Italy; the English method of
taking pablo and private plants, the
Scottish methods Of limiting charges
of service TO actuA' cost, the sale Cf
public franchises BY suction, popular
control q grants through the ini-
eiative and referedum, methods OF
setting labor e.uestinus, etc.
The purpose Of the investigation
will be TO determine and record the
facts. The Important points and
those likely to provoke the most dis
cussion are the effects of private and
niuniciMi pwnership upon municipal
politics, the appointment and reno
wal Of employees, the election OF city
officials, municipal corruption, wages.
honrs and conditions of labor, strikes,
collective bargaining. organization sof
labor. character of service rendered,
cost Of service, method Of assessing
charges, economy OF management.
rapidity with which Improvement In
service and methods has been made.
the financial results, and the effect
upon the debt and taxation OF the
city.
The committee will prepare a his
tory Of t1se municipal ownership move
ment. paying special attention to the
methods cf granting franchises to pri'
vate corporations, the practical results
Of the various experiments that have
been tried, and the methods by which
private corporations and municipali-
ties are controlled and supervised by
governmental authorities.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
WORKS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED

Emporium, Pa, November 27.-The
keystone Powder companys mixing
house and one packing house hlew up
to-day. killing nine persons. The
works were completely destroyed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
Chicago Livestock,

Chicago, Nov. 27.--Cattle receipts
$4,000. steady to 10cts lower. Beeves
$a15@6.60; cows and heifers 1880
4.70; stockers and feeders $4,000 A.
10; texans s3.40d4.10; westerns $3.50
G4.75.
Sheep receipts 10000 steady. Sheep
S4.0OG5.50; lambs $4.75@7.50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
AWFUL WRECK
ON BOSTON
AND MAINE
At Least Eighteen Persons
Killed Outright and
Many Injured
With Warning Signals Obseased BY Thick
Weather Montreal Express Dashes
Into 10 Local Tain

Lincoln. Mass, November 27.--The
most disastrous railroad wreck In the
state for many years occurred at 6:15
o'clock last night. at Bakers Bridge
station, mile and half west of Lin
coin, on the main line Of the Fitch
burg division Of the Boston & Maine
railroad. The regular Sunday night
express which left Boston at 7:45 for
Montreal via the Rutland system,
crashed into the rear Of q local train
which started from Boston at 7:l6 for
points on the main line and the MARI.
borO branch.
At least eighteen persons were kill.
ed outright, burned to death or sufIo-
Gated, and thirty or more seriously in.
jured. Many passengers sustained
minor cuts, bruises and burns.
Partial List Of osad.
Eugene Barnard. engineer Of the
Montreal train.
- Lyons, fireman Of Montreal
train.
Anna Hillbridge. aged Ave years.
Acton.
Daniel Weatherbee, Acton.
May Campbell, Maynard.
william J. Barris. Maynard.
Three year old child Of Barris.
May Collins, Concord Junction.
Nellie Sweeney. Concord.
---- Magana0, Concord.
Seven unidentified bodies.
The wreck was primarily due to
the thick weather which apparently
Obscured the signals set BY the for
wsrd srAip. which at the time of the
disaster was standing IN front Of the
Baker's Bridge station. The Montreal
train, drawn BY two locomotives and
consisting also Of nine cars. crashed
into the rear Of tie Marlboro branch
local, demolishing the two rear cars.
All Of the passeenges killed and se.
riously injured we're In them. The
lived IN Concord, West
Acton, Maynard, Hudson, Marlboro.
and several smaller towns In the Assa-
bet valley. None OF the passengers
on the Montreal train were seriously
hurt, but the engineer and fireman
Of the leading locomotive we're kill
ed. t
The train caught hre, and some OF
the passengers we're incinerated. Few
persons live in the vicinity Of Bakers
Bridge station. and no nre department
was available, 30 the flames pracN.
callp burned themselves out. The un-
injured passengers and a number OF
train hands, assisted by villagers,
went to the aid Of the injured and
many persons were rescued.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
Probably True.

New York, November 27.-No ON
cial statement was obtainable at the
Mutual Life Insurance m:sny's OIL
ces to-day as to the. report that Rich
ard H.. McCurdy, president Of the ccm
pany, had resigned. UnOificially, how
over, 1t was learned that the com
pany's finance committee ID believed
to have McCurdy's resignation under
consideration. 1t js learned also that
Louis Thebaud d expected to sever
his connections With the company
shout January 1st.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27
ST. Louis Wool.

st. Louis. Nov. 27.-Wool steady I:
territory and western mediums 26Q3o
fine medium22 @26; fine 1924.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-27

vladivostok, November ~. :
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
NOISES IN HER HEAD
Mrs. Reagan was a Nervous Wreck. But pr. Wi&iams' Pink Pills
 Brought Sound Health.

Before began to take Dr. Williams Pink Pills" said Mrs. Mary Reagan. of No. St Kilburn street, Fall River. Mass, recently, " I was i'll and out of bed all the time, but now I stay up all day and do all my own work.
 !" was badly run down from over work. One day noises began in my head and almost made me crazy. My head felt as If a tight band had been put around It, and the pressure and tho sounds made me So uneasy that often had to walk the floor all night.
 '' My stomach was in bad shape, and I had smotEeriHg sensations. At such times my body seemed bloodless, my hands were like chalk and my face turned yellow. The doctor said I had dyspepsia i'll the worst form. Then my nerves gave way and 1 was completely prostratcd. l frequently suffered from smothering seasations.
 The first box of Dr. Williams Pink Pills that l Used quieted my nerves so that 1 could get good night $ sleep, which was a new experience for me. Before began to Use them I was nervous wreck and trembled at the slightest sound. I was so weak that I had to sit down and rest every few steps when l went up stairs. Now I can run up whole flight at once The smother ing sensations have gone and the noises in my head have stopped entirely. My appearance has greatly improved, for friends who Were alarmed on my ac- count before, Dow say: How well you are looking! My husband spent over a hundred dollars on treatment for me that was worthless, but few boxes of Dr. Williams Pink Pills brought me sound health"
 Sold by all druggists, or sent, post. paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for 8 50 by the Dr. Will Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady. N. Y.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
HONEST PHYSICIAN
Works with Himself First.

It is mistake to assume that physi. clans are always skeptical as to the curative properties of anything else than drugs.
 Indeed, the best doctors are those who seek to heal with as little use of drugs as possible and by the use of correct food and drink. A physician writes from Calf. to tell how he made a we'll man of himself with Natures remedy:
 Before came from Europe, where was born." he says, it was my GUS tom to take coffee with milk (cafe au laiD with my morning meal a small cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and two or three additional small cups at my club during the evening.
 Tn time nervous symptoms devel. oped, with pains in the cardiac region, and accompanied by great depression of spirits, despondency-in brief. the blues! at first tired medicines, but got no relief and at last realized that all my troubles were caused by coffee. l thereupon quit it's use forthwith, substituting English Breakfast Tea.
 The tea seemed to help me at first. but in time the old distressing symp- toms returned, and quit it also. and tried to use milk for my table beyer- age. This I was compelled however to abandon speedily for while it relieved the nervousness somewhat. it brought on eonstipation. Then by a happy inspiration I was led to try the Postum rood Coffee. This was some months ago and I still use it. I am no longer nervous, nor do I suffer from the pans about the heart, while my blues nave left me and life is bright to me once more. I know that leaving off eoffee and using Postum healed me. and make it rule to advise my pa- dents to use it." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
 There's reason.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
INVENTION AND INDUSTRY

A needle machine can turn out 800 . 900 needles a week.
 About 90,000 tons of butter are made yearly in Great Britain.
 America makes more barrels than any other country. The annual produce ton is 100000 900 barrels and ctrcu- lar packages.
 An ironmaster in South Wales claims to have invented process by which the cost or making steel can be reduced 20 per cent.
 California produced 29,649.43 barrels of petroleum last year-a fourth of the total of the United States. Ohio produced 1S.s76,631 barrels and Penn sylvania 11,300,000 barrels.
 It is stated by a leading paper manu- facturer that during the year 1905 the paper makers of this country will con- sume 100000 tons of wood pulp. Yer fly this is reading people.
 A barrel of salt is produced in the United States each year for every four inhabitants. New York is the leading salt producing state, the yield being one barrel for each inhabitant.
 A few months ago the pearl button industry of Birmingham, was practi- tally dead. To-day it is flourishing. and millions of pearl buttons are be- ing turned out thanks to the fad that soft-fronted shirts have come into fa- vor in England.
 Pneumatic fabrication" is what pr. Carlo Del LungO, of Genoa, calls his new plan for increasing the speed of ships. It consists in reducing the density of the surrounding water by pumping air into it, creating d foamy stratum in which the vessel slips for ward against greatly lessened resist ance.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
A STORY OF A TOAD
IT BREEDING-TIuE LIKING IS
 SHOWN FOR sLIMY MUD.
Female May Deposit Thousands of Eggs - Birds, Snakes and Four Footed Animals Keep Down
 Number of Tadpoles.

Not far from my ho--e there is a swampy pond. where for 10O years. A. Is sad, toads nave repaired each spri.g 10 mate and lay their eggs. It lies in hollow al the bottom of piece of pasture land; around the margin grow coarse grass and sedges. ard on the bottom Is heavy coating of slimy mud, such as well-re-uiated toads have strong liking for in the breeding sea son. On bright May morning about eight years ago, many toaas came hop Ing across the dusty country roads. struggling through the woods beneat.1 the rail fence5. md then. by heavy Jumps. made their way across the fields to Pollywog pool. which was the name or the puddle spoken of above Wh I they arrived, they found scores of oth- CT toads already assembled. and listen Ing to the shrill, triiling love songs Of the males, wh sat about in the pool. with the lower half of the body sub merged, and with their throat. dis tended as though each of them had partly swallowed a large marble. oom or the females had already laid their eggs, which were to be seen by thous- ands ,on the muddy bottom of tne pond. They appeared as little lack specks, Set at short and more or less regular intervals in long sGlngs of transparent jelly. which lay in masses upon the mud 0? were ;wined about the grass and sticks near tne Dank
 Some of the masses were many times larger than the booIes of the toads which lalA them. owing to the fact that the strings of jelIy swelled imme- diately on contact with the wal. The number of eggs deposited by each female was enormous, in some cases as many as 10000 or 12.o00. Snortly afterwards all the toads left the pond. In about two weeks the eggs began to hatch. and out came thousands of little black t. poles, which made their
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
SCIENTIFIC ROTATIONS.

Poisonous nicotine in tobacco Is re- moved by sleeping the leaves Tn so- lution of tanuic acid. This Is the method adopted by a German chemist.
 Recent discoveries seem 70 show that each of the larger planets Is ae- companied by bands of satellites rela- lively smaller than the minor planets, as the primaries are smaller than the sun.
 X balance Of precision weighing Il mixture of Illuminating gas or fire damp against an equal quantity of nor nal air Is the novel gas-detecting alarm that has been brought before the Paris Academy of Sciences
 NJ. Caverau. of France. has discov- cred that the eggs of insects contain the same characteristic poison venom as the sting of the insect So also the eggs of serpents The discovery Is important in its bearings on the phenomena of heredlty.
 table of pulse-be at the differ ent stations on Pike's Peak up to about 13000 feet was made by Prof Clayton in 1901 The atmospheric pressure for the stations has now been calculated by T. Okada. a Japanese mete0roiogist wh) finds very regu- lar increase of one heartbeat per min Ute for each third of an inch decrease in pressure.
 The recent discovery that alloys not containing iron can be made as mag netic as iron has suggested the new theory that magnetism depends upon the grouping of the molecules. When the special magnetic structure is made better known, it IS hoped to improve upon electrical magnets by adopting Tor them an alloy of great power. thus tightening the moving parts in cleo trieal machines.
 Nlgorite the new explosive of Prof. Shulz and Engineer Gehre. of Switzer- land, Is nitrous compound which. united with saltpeter. has given re- suits claimed to indicate strength about ten times greater than that Of any other explosive. In the air 1t burns without exploding It has the further advantages of being iasensible to friction, shock or concussi5n. while 1t is not injured by wetting or by freezing.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
DIDN'T MARRY THE COOK.
Luncher in Love with Pie Wanted to Secure the Maker
 Thereof.

"By gosh! th:s Is fine pie; the kind that mother used to make, gleefully ex- olaImed the tall, lank easterner standing before the lunch counter, as he put away hls thlrd portion, when the tram stopped l5 minutes for refreshments at httle station in the far west. Let ne have another piece of that apple pie. waiter IL $ all right, you can bet he draxled with d feeling of deep satisfaction.
 After he had disposed of the fourth slice. says the New York Times, the New Englander turned to the waiter and said . Say, boss, that Was the best pie I've eaten since 1 left home l swore I'd never get married But, by gosh, anyone that can make pie like that can be my wife. Bring. on the cook, and by Heaxensi Ill marry her.
 Do you mean it?' asked the waiter. with twinkle in his eye.
 :" Every word of 1t, answered the pie enl nlhusiast
 The waiter disappeared into the kitchen. returning minute later leading a slant eyed and pigtai!ed Chinaman with a bland smile upon his face This Is the cook, boss he sad. Its up to you ?
 Amid the roar of laughter from the other passengers the poor New Englauler rushed back to the train.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
Cure to Stay Cured.

Napello, Iowa, Sept. 1lth, (Spccial1 = One of the most remarkable cures ever recorded Tn Louisa County is that of Mrs Minnie Hart of this place. Mrs Hart was 1T bee for eight months. and when she was able to sit up she was all drawn up on one side, and could not walk across the room. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure Mrs Hart says:
 Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me after was in bed for eight months. and I know the cure was complete, for that was three years ago, and l have not been down slnce. In four weeks from the time l started taking them I was able to make my garden. Nobody can know how thankful l am to he cured or how much feel l owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
 This case again points out how much the general health depends on the Kid neys. Cure the Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine tenths of the suf- fering the human family is heir to will disappear.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22
TICKLESoME TALES.

/ Prof. Sylvester Burnham was once asked by one of his not very indus ,rious students whether he thought Hebrew would be the languaee in Heaven. The genial professor replied. T am not sure; but it would be safs fer you to be prepared
 A man who is always on the look. put for novelties, says the St. James Budget. recently asked a dealer in au- somobiles if there was anything new in machines. There's a patented inn movement that has just been put on the market" replied the dealer "A folding horse that fits under the seat. ]"
 A lawyer named Patchell recently had a case in an Irish court. where the plaintiff in a breach of promise suit asserted that the defendant kissed her but that she did not return his salutes Well. l never came across a girl like that" remarked Lawyer PatcbeU We won't go into these personal rev elations here, Mir. Patchell," said the judge
 Senator Proctor, of Vermont. is re- ported 10 nave Salu that the finest speech he ever made consisted of only four words. Senator Hoar in a speech In the course of which he cbaffed good-naturedly the senator from the Green Mountain state, made this lit- tie thrust: ''No man in Vermont is allowed to vote unless he has made s5.000 trading with Massachusetts peo- pie" Senator Proctor retorted: And we all vote.'
 One of the quaint characters well known to old-timers of Portland. Ore agas Robert F.. Bybee, familiarlv known as Bob Bybee. He was a justice of the peace in Portland for many years. On one occasion, when a jury was being impapeled. one of the jurors, well-known attorney asked to be excused because he was a lawyer. Well said Bybee, T guess that all the law you know isn't going to dis qualify you from serving"
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-22

first meal off the jelly in whll.. they had been la. y enveloped. When this had been eaten they fed on the slime OF the bottom of the pond, and it must have been very nutritious, for the tad poles grew rapidly. They were getting along very nicely. when one day, early in June, a flock of ducks found their way to the pond, and when they went away many hundreds of the infant toads went with them. Birds, also, picked up a great many, so that, to- ward lne end of the montn. tiere were not so many tadpoles by some thous- ands as there had been at the Jegin- hing Those which remained. however. were undergoing many changes. Hind legs had appeared on most of them and a few had fore legs as we'll
 Then the tails, which had been of such service before the coming of their legs, began to grow smaller and small er, until they were entirely absorbed by the body, and the little creatures were no longer tadpolcs. but toads, and as such. ready to leave the puddle and take up their life upon dry land.
 The sun was warm and as the young toads were very sensitive to the heat, they lost little time in niulng them selves une-r leaves, stones and in oth- CT shady places. It was lucky for them that they did this, too otherwise they would surely haze been deyoured by the birds. many of which regard infant toads as a very desirable aauItion to the midsummer bill of fare. As it was the blue jays and crows picke4 D
 good many cf them, and a number more were swallowed alive by snakes within the next day or two. The sur vivors, still some thousands of them, were all lying safely hidden in the shade, when one hot day toward the end of June there came sudden heavv shower of rain. Then out popped every living toadlet for the sake of the mois- ture, until the road and gardens we alive with little brown jumpers. And then the people came out of the houses and watched them and one and al declared that they must have core down in the rain storm.
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.