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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-21
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Warranty Deed. (ccrcrnn.

A, b. Stone to A. b. Stone and Mar,
l.. Stone, dated Oct. 6. i3l5. for 81, 900
conveys lanl IN San Miguel County.
Addison b. Stone. S., 10 Addison
IT, Stone, Jr.. dated Oct. 0. .!o5. cou
sideration. $500. conv ,ys lots 2?..s
and east half Of lot 81. olock 2. Lore.
Sulzbacher & Rosen Wall addition.
Charles +. Rudolph and Iacinto Ro
oarte to Arminda Bus.3s, CT al, Gated
August TO- 1905. no consideration con
veys land at Rociada, at precinct %
Mature Of deed not specified. probu
oly quit claim.
Warranty Deeds.
Mrs. Mary A. Teats to Investment
& Agency Corporation. date Oct. II.
1905, consideration 81. and other val.
liable considerations, conveying lots
is and 16, block 25. 8. T. Company
addition. d
VIM. A. Buddecke and wife to The
l.. v. Railway Z Power Co. date Sept.
%. 19O5( consideration 81. ETC.. con.
veys lots !. 2. 3, 4, s. 8. Z, 8. 3. ~.
1S. ~, is, l6. H., in block 8. Lopez
Sulzbacher & Rosenwald. addition.
First National Bank Of l.. v. to d.
J. Leahy. date Nov. II. 1905. consid.
GRAFTON 81. ETC.. conveys lot 8 and
south half lot Z. block /. Pablo Paca
addition.
Philips Investment Co. to Morris
Danziger, ct al, date Oct. 2y. 1905,
consideration 81. in pct. s. conveys lot
and Improvements in old Aown.
George w. Ward to Marie M. Hay
ward, Nov. 1905. consideration
5000, conveys lots 1924. block IS. Lo-
ren2o Lopez addition, to Zion HILL
Investment & Agency Corp. to Colo
RADIO Telephone Company, date Nov.
13. 1905. consideration 81, conveys
lots 1916, block q, San Miguel Town
Company.
Aniceto C. Arthuleta to Toribia
Sanchez, date Nov. II. 1905. considera.
tion 5000, conveys land at Rociado.
Erminda Bustos de Sanchez to
Amada Bustos de Garcia. dste Nov.
I, 1906. consideration 81. land at Ro-
ciada.
chattei Mortoa0se
Antonio M. Lucero to N. w. Fisher,
date Sept. 10, 1905, consideration $3.50,
security not given.
First National Bank to Mrs.. J. b.
Stout (renewal) $500.
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COAL MEMS
CONFERENCE
N CHICAGO
Matters Of Much importance
to Come Up for Settle.
ment
Possibility Of Gsaess Sldks. Though
OnesatosS 0eclase thefe h "A flanses
Possibility Of General Sldks. Though
Operation Declare there h no DaNaes
d Such 81

Chicago. ILL.,. Nov. ai.-Ae forma.
tion Of a national conference Of coal
mine operators IL expected to result
from the conference Of the mine own
ers beginning In Chicago tomorrc4.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois.
West Virginia. Kentucky and several
other states wilkbe represented At The
conference. 81 the call for the
coaference was Ia several months
ago there has bed much speculation
and discussion a. to the real objects
Of the proposed organization. Many
wild stories have been printed h re-
gard to the subjece in these stories.
to which the operators take strong
exceptions. 1t has been stated that the
present conference will complete
plans for the greatest lockout In the
history Of the world; and It IL pro-
posed to shut down the mines April
1st. next. when the award Of the IN.
thracite commission which settled the
last coal strike expires. More than
this, IN been sald that the pro.
gram includes the keeping Of the
mines closed until the United Mine
Workers of america are crushed. or
until the organization accepts Z re.
duction Of from 10 to IL cents ton
on the present wage scale.
These stories are pronounced false
by the operators most active n to.
morr0w's conference. They declare
that NO plans looking to I lockout
will be td5BCussed. On the contrary,
they say that the main purpose Of the
conference II to formulate plans "
which amicable arrangements may
continue and the mines not be thrown
Idle for day when the present con-
tracts expire In the bituminous field.
Despite these contradictions Il ID
generally admitted that the confer
ence Is to decide upon the attitude
the employers Of the vast army Of
miners shall take In respect to the
next interstate wage conference and
that they purpose to present strong
and united resistance to any radical
demands on the part q the miners.
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EQUITABLE PAID BACKMA|[ TO
Be PROTECTED FROM-MEN Who
WERE WILLING TO Make TROUBLE
Attorney Whose Letters Caused Dephsw Much Peturba.
tion Of Spirit Gives Surprising Testimony
Gave Na Money Who Needed the Meay end Bleed hs Equitable na
Admits Having Received cameans Funds iron .l
Equitable and Msua

New York, November 21.--John A.
Nichols, a lawyer and quarantine
commissioner Of the port OF New York
from 1880 to 1892, who wrote the let.
ters to Senator Depew In behalf OF his
friends who usually get around at
this time Of year, and who, he wrote
were getting "Rambuctious and
needed help, was the first witness be.
fore the insurance investigation com.
mittee to-day. Much interest has
been aroused by the reading Of Nichols
letters to Depew on Friday afternoon.
The Senator was not able to remem-
ber who Nichols friend was. As
shown by the vouchers under obser.
walton by the committee on Friday.
Nichols received retainers from the
Equitable Life Assurance society.
When he went before the committee
to-day he testified he had been EN-.
ployed by the Equitable for twenty or
twenty-five years under an annual re-
tainer Of $1,000. Recently he had
been employed by the Mutual. He
was consulted by officers of the
Equitable not connected with the leg
islature in 1904. One of the matters
that interested him was that Of w.
s. Manning of Albany. The witness
said Manning. who had been an ac-
tuary, was employed by certain per-
sons to bring charges against the
Equitable that the reserve was not
as large as 1t should be. Manning
was paid $3.50, Nichols said. $50 he
would be favorable to the company"
Witness latter said that this was paid
to keep Manning from oeing employ.
ed against the company. He thought
these payments had ben to q man
named Kerr, correspondent Of New
York paper, now dead. In regard to
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and their condition shows palmer thar
words the condition of, the ranges
down our way.
u expect to get about S3.25 or
little better than $4,000 lor the lot
have had hard trip this far, but
expect that ! will be In better luck
from here east. We got two engines
on the train coming from Holbrook
where l loaded. but both Of them
failed, and 1t was necessary In each
case TO send back and get other ma
chimes.
Cattle shipments from HOlbr0Ol,
have broken all records this fall, and
the reason Is very apparent. Stock Ia
rolling fat, having had the finest pas
turage. and the condition OF the
ranges Is all that couid be desired
They will remain good all winter.
Cattle are not In very great demand
this year, and ! think the market
Is little slower than last. or course
the beef combines and the fact that
there are plenty Of fat cattle In the
country are responsible for this condi.
ton"
Mr.. Patterson has four men with
him on the trip. He is one Of the
wealthy sheep and cattle owners Of
Arioznia. and has made an immense
sum Of money this year from his
sales.
Heavy Shipments from Holbrook.
In addition to the large shipment
Of sheep from Holbrook this year.
phenomenal consignments Of cattle
are leaving that point daily.
Fred Coulter OF Springerville, thirty
miles from st. Johns, passed through
Albuquerque yesterday morning with
81 cars Of young stock. loaded at Hol-
brook, and bound for Kansas City.
There are 1926 head and they are In
fine condition.
Steve Ramer. Of Pleasant Valley,
Ariz., has $50 head Of fat cattle at
Holbrook, waiting for cars to trans
port them to Kansas City market.
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side. where experiments with the
Campbell method are being made In
sandy soil. hear the results are
good, but will report fully when
return.
'>On Johnson's mesa. the farmers
have long been making a success Of
cultivating without irrigation. While
they use methods akin to the Camp.
bell system, presume the test Is
hardly q fair one, since owing to the
elevation, the mesa lands of this re.
gion receive more rain tnan any other
part of New Mexico. However. In
Quay county less rain falls than In
San Miguel county and the lands are
no better, so there ought to be no
doubt whatsoever as to the success Of
the Campbell method here"
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RUSSIAN WEATHER
VERY SEVERE

st. Petersburg. November 21.-The
weather is so exceptionally severe
that thirteen steamers are ice-bound
between st. Petersburg and Cronstadt.
One of the steamers is aground and
another has seventy British subjects
on board. bound for London. An ice.
breaker has been requisitionel from
Libau to free the vessels.
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MISS HITCHCOCK MARRIED

Washington, Nov. 21.-With Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks, ambassadors
from Great Britain, France and Bra
I'll and members Of the cabinet as
witnesses, Miss Anna Hitchcock,
daughter Of Secretary Hitchcock, and
Lieut.. VIM. 8. Sims, United States
navy. were married at noon today In
st. Johns church. The church was
crowded with friends. After the cere-
mony Z wedding breakfast was served
at the residence Of the brides father.
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OF about l,200 words. Contestants may
have such help In criticism and prac.
tice as lies within their reach. Two
sets Of judges. one on thought and
composition. and the other on delIv.
cry, will decide as to the relative
merits of orations, and first and Sec
ond prizes will be awarded according
TO their decision.
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BIG MERGER OF EUROPEAN
MERCANTILE MARINE PROBABLE

London, November 21.-Report IL
current In st. Pe:arsburg that au in
eernational mercaotlle marine com
pany is about to absorb Aberdeen line
trading to Australia, and Dlue Ancho.
line, which trades In South African
and Australian country. These I'M
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TORPEDO BOATS Or
DERED TO CANTON

Manila. p. l., November 21.-The
first torpedo flotilla, now on Asiatic
station, has been ordered to Canton.
Oh1y torpedo boat destroyers Balm
bridge and Decatur are available
now, and they will leave here in q few
days. Three others will follow when
repairs are completed.
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EXCHANGE DELAYED.

Washington, November 2i.--The
date for the exchange Of the ratified
treaty between Russia and Japan,
which was set for tomorrow, has
been postponed, as 1t was found ar.
rangements could not be completed
for the exchange tomorrow. The ex.
change. 1t is stated, will take place
In the diplomatic room OF the States
department, but time has not been
set.
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JOINT STATEHOOD MEETING
At TUCSON DRAWS POORLY

Tucson, Ariz., November 21.-A
joint statehood mass-meeting was held
last night, at which, 800 persons join
ed the statehood association. =
dispatch was sent td Roosevelt asking
him to favor joint statehood. It was
signed by Charles H. Schumacher.
chairman.
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tcrtant steamship lines have had
working connection with the interna.
tional mercantile marine company for
some time. and the report Of the ANAL.
gamation IL taken as confirmation that
the international mercantile marine
company intends to inaugurate more
aggressive policy.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Sig Nahm left today
for New York, whence they will sail
soon for Germany to remain for sew
eral months. They leave farewells
for many friends they were unable to
see before they departed.
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TO SELL TO TENANTS.

London, November 21.-The
Marquis of Downshire has
agreed to sell his agricultural
land in County Down. Ireland,
to his tenants. The estate Is
the largest in Ireland, and val
ued at about SIS an acre.
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easton Wool Market,

Boston. November 21.-The wool
market Is fairly active and strong.
Stocks are considerably depleted, &C
cording to incoming reports. Fleece
wools are steady and are generally
moving freely.
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CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON
VERY SERIOUSLY ILL

Sacramento, Cal, November 21.--
Former Congressman Grove l.. John.
son, who had hemorrhage Of me
lungs last night, Is in critical con n.
tion, and not expected to live. He had
two more hemorrhages during the
forenoon,
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The dance and card party Of the
J. Il. Rosenwald lodge |. O. y. b.,
which was TO have been given tonight,
has been postponed until Monday next
week.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-21

Charles Brown and p. Ciddio. both
of this city, had bad smash up with
complications last night at about 6
o clock on Douglas avenue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-21

The Optic hears with regret Of the
very serious Illness Of Mrs. II. b.
Hening. the accomplished young wife
Of the city editor Of the Albuquerque
Journal.
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mentioned above, the witness said 4
referred to Manning.
PLATT ON THE STAND.
New York, November 21.--Senatol
Platt was on the stand before the In
surance Investigation committee to
day. He said the Equitable society
contributed $4,000 a year to the Re
publican state campaign fund. 1t wai
frequently paid bill. but not regl
lar thing, 40 he could remember
years when It was not paid. The
Ne WORK Life, he said, also contri
buted, but not nearly 70 much. No
other insurance companies contrtbut
ed, SO far as he could remember.
During the testimony, Platt said
that he had never received contribu
ti0ns from insurance companies fol
national campaign funds. but always
for the state. He said he did not know
Andrew Hamilton, to whom the New
York Life had paid large sums fol
legal expenses. nor did he know any
thing about his work at Albany. He
knew A. G. Fields, who had charge Of
the house maintained by the Mutual
company at Albany, but he did moi
know anything about Serour at al,
bany. nor about any money paid by
insurance companies to Fields. Being
asked what the insurance companies
had done in regard 20 shap.
ing legislation in the state
Plat replied that he did
not kg0w about anything they had
done. He had never been asked FOR
any favor In behalf Of insurance com
panies by reason Of their contributions
and declared that he had never done
any favor because Of the same.
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the letter which confused Depew
mentioned above. the witness said Il
referred to Manning.
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BAPTIST CONVENTION.

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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30

In the evening every tavern and I
fee house had a special Fourth of July
dinner. This latter custom was uni
versal. No hamlet was so small that 1t
could not gather its company of patri-
otto diners in the village tavern, where
their enthusiasm was displayed, not
only in repeated protestations of 10y
atty to their country, but in drinking
heartily to the toasts, which always
c~orresponded in number to the States
in the Union.
In 1904 there were seventeen States,
and this system was continued several
years longer until the accumulation of
States became so numerous that it was
an absolute impOSsibility for the diners
to keep pace with them in drinking
ability, and so, perhaps somewhat re-
gretfully, the t~ime-honored custom OF
a toast for a State was abandoned.
The residents of Brooklyn, 100 years
ago, were not to be outdone by their
friends in the greater city across the
river, as, according to a newspaper ac-
count at the time, the Fourth of July,
1904, was celebrated in Brooklyn as
follows:
THE military of Kings County as
sembled at the town of Brooklyn to
celebrate the day. At sunrise a salute
of seventeen guns was fired. The Uni
form Corps of the Troop of Horse. Re
publican Rifemen, Washington Fusi-
leers and the Rising Sun companies
formed on Brooklyn Heights at 10
o'clock and marched through Sands
street, Main street, Front street, up old
Ferry street. to the parade ground"
Later in the day there were dinners
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30

in the various taverns and the CUSTOM
airy toasts.
In Boston there was also the newt
able parade, followed by services in
the Old South Church. The BOSTON,
ians were intensely loyal to John
Adams, and the toasts proposed in his
honor We're often far more eulogistic
than those given for Jefferson. In one
this sentiment was expressed:
John Adams-too wise for office, too
just for liberation. Yet be it remem-
bered that the ostracism Of Greece
never furnished the immortality Of
Aristides."
The Rev. Jedediah Morse, father Of
Samuel L. 3. Morse, the inventor OF
the telegraph, was then a minister i'll
CharlestOwn, and he had a prominent
part in the services. The simplicity Of
these early celebrations is depicted in
the following extract from a Boston
paper in concluding a description Of the
events in Charlestown in 1904:
"In the evening a large number Of
ladies and gentlemen assembled at the
hall, where they were served with tea.
coffee and fruit. The charms of wit
and beauty adorned every c%ountenance
with a smile and diffused throughout
the whole company q cheerfulness and
modest gayety."
An account Of the celebration at
Potts Grove, Montgomery County, Pa,
is interesting not only for the picture
of rural enjoyment, but as a sample Of
the journalistic writing commonly seen
in the early newspapers:
"Two field pieces. cheerfully served,
sent abroad in the forenoon the lofty
report of both fun and frolic by sixteen
well-timed and successive discharges.
Joy beamed on every brow; the green
valleys and distant hills participated
in the gladuess of the day by reverber-
ating the magnificent and far-sent
sounds of liberty and independence"
Mention is then made of the dinner,
with its attendant speeches, and. in
concluding, the writer adds:
'"The retired sun had just by this
time let in the gloomy shade Of night.
upon which the company betook them
selves to the tavern of James Kinkead.
where they enjoyed themselves with
the sprightly dance and feasted to a
late hour upon song. sentiment and
rosy wine"
One of the notable features of the
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30

taneous enthusiasm 1or the memories
of the day by both the young and old.
Nearly every town and village could
point with pride to Revolutionary vet
Grams, and the presence of these war
riors who had contributed their share
toward making the Declaration of In
dependence mean something to the
country added to the deep personal in
terest in the day. The love for their
young country rang out true and clear
in every grafton and after-dinner toast.
The following toast, given by the mer-
chants of this city in 1895 at the Ton
tine Coffee House. is but a sample OF
many which the day always called
forth:
"The suspicious day that rescued our
country from the hated yoke of foreign
tyranny, and gave US honorable rank
among the nations of the earth-may
its glorious events never be effaced
from our memories; may the blessings
it has conferred be as lasting as the
globe we inhabit. and may each revolv-
ing year find us more united, more
happy and more Free"
During the early years of the last
century the celebration in New York
invariably opened with a discharge OF
cannon from the Battery. A parade OF
the militia and volunteer rifle o%rganiza-
tions, accompanied by the leading So
cieites Of the city in which Tammany
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30

E/NN /0\H $500 lCiluICS OI tie
early Fourth of July ceIe-
Dratlons. There was less noise a GEN.
Jury ago than is usually the case to-
DAY, and absolutely no overindulgence
In fireworks, because fireworks were
SO scarce that their use was practically
restricted to the public gardens. These
popular resorts, of which there were
several in New York, Boston, Philadel-
phla, and other large cities, were care
rul to announce, often weeks before
hand, the attractions prepared for thr
anniversary day.
An elaborate display of fireworks was
always given in the famous Vauxhall
Gardens in this city, and the genial
proprietor, Joseph Delacroix, was oc-
caslonally more successful in his nd
VertiSements than in the satisfactory
results of his entertainments. Pm triotic
teryor. then as now, frequently over
looked a multitude of inconveniences.
put the Vauxhall fireworks in 1909
were evidently SO miserably disappoint-
ing that sarcastic letters on the nh
JostPnD
day would be celebrated in his gardens
I'm a style superior in taste and mag
nifcence to anything hitherto exhibited
In this city. No pains nor expense has
been spared on his part to evlnce his
profound attachment to the principles
OF the American Revolution by CON
tributing spectacles analogous to the
event for the amusement Of the pub
lic."
How well this boast was fulfilled NAV
be inferred from the following criti-
cism sent to Il Of the daily papers the
next day:
"A most terrible cracking was heard
by every ear, a great light was seen
by every eye, and, above all, mighty
pufs of birthstone and smoke were
snuffed up by every n~ostril; this. how
ever, was very patiently endured, be-
cause everything that had been dis
played was considered as a mere pre-
lude to the astonishing spectacle al
luded to in Mr.. Delacroix's monstrous
advertisement. But, alas! 1t was soon
pretty evident that all was over, and
now, instead of bursts Of applause,
nothing was to be heard but exclama-
tons Of disappointment"
Seldom, however, were complaints
publicly expressed. There was a sim.
plicity in the celebrations and a spon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30
celebrating THE FOURTE2
w. A CENTURY AGO % %

ARADES, dinners, and the
drinking Of as many toasts
as there were States in the
Union formed the charac-
terlstic features of the
early Fourth of Julv caIo-
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-30
PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, JUN 80. 1905.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Insane Huddled INTO Narrow Cells.

insane Huddled Into Narrow Cells.
A special despatch from Salem says:
conditions in the insane ward of the
county AlmshOuse have been found by
the County Freeholders to be even
worse than was reported. A visit was
paid to the institution, which is To-
Gated midway between Salem and
WoodstOwn, by the Freeholders, and
they were startled by the deplorable
scenes there witnessed. 1t was the
first time in years that the almshouse
has been visited by the Board. Twenty.
hve insane patients were found hud-
died in one small room, divided into
twenty narrow cells, and poorly ven
tllated. A narrow aisle between the
cells furnishes the only place for daily
exercise. One woman, abcut eighty
years old, was found who had been
confined to one of these cells for Over a
year, and who has had little, if any, eX.
ercise in that time. President Casper,
OF the Almshouse Board, proposes that
the county erect an asylum similar to
those of Cumberland and Atlantic
Counties, and bring home the patients
now at the State Hospital for the In
sane at Trenton. The county is now
paying about $4,000 a year for the
maintenance of these patients. To
keep all the patients in the county
would cost about $4,000, of which the
State would pay $4,000, leaving a bal
ance of $4,000. Adding to this latter sum
$4,000 interest on a $4,000 county hos.
pital would make the total cost to the
county $4,000. The county already
has an ideal site for q hOSnital on tho
county farm, and, judging by the views
of the Freeholders, they are unani.
mously in favor of President Casper's
scheme. DR.. John Ward, O. the State
Hospital, has served notice that the
present quarters are neither humane
nor lawful, and unless prompt remedy
is provided the Freeholders fear the
place will be condemned.