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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

disposed to discuss affairs. especially
the politics Of his own state. His en-
cuse was that he had been away SO
long that he IL out Of touch with af-
fairs American,
II has been reported that the SEN
ator, who was President Roosevelt Il
closest friend and firm supporter and
defender, had become estranged from
him and would not visit Oyster Bay
this year. The first break between
the two friends, according to some OF
the gossips, occurred when Senate
Lodge sorrowfully decided. with the
majority Of the senate, that the pres.
ident In his proposed San DOMINICAN
treaty had gone too far and had en-.
croached upon the powers and pre-.
negatives Of the senate.
The question was put direct to Sen.
ator Lodge yesterday. He was asked
II the president and he were estrang.
ed.
Such a report answered Senator
Lodge, rs a lie, and any report to
that effect Is but silly lie. There Is
absolutely nothing In such story.
Before the Cedric reached her pier
received from the president q mes
sage inviting me TO call on him, and
] am going to Oyster Bay as soon as
possible, probably tonight"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
ROOSEVELT MAKING EFF.
FORT TO INDUCE. FAC.
TONS TO MAKEPEACE
Chd Mssita,e Holds Conference with Both japanese
and Russian Representatives
Indemnity Rock whsh Nations Have spNo Cepse Tribute
Says weOny Hope Now Ia Cooperation Of France England
or the Side Of Pssee..Dht Appeals From Ambasa.
dow to Empron Of the Two Countries

instructed to make direct appeals to
the emperors Of the two countries. II
the cooperation Of France and Eng.
land, allies Of the respective belliger-
ents, Is secured, something may be
accomplished. In the last resort the
main obstacle to the success OF the
peace negotiations is certain to prove
to be the question of indemnity. Rus
sia will not pay "a Copec OF tribute"
Is the language Of Mr.. Witte. That
Is believed to be Russia's last word
on that question. The question OF
Sakhalin may be arranged, but unless
Japan relinquishes her claim for
"cost of war" hope is gone.
Portsmouth. Aug. 19r--Indications OF
intervention by President Roosevelt
came in the departure today of Baron
Rosen, Russian ambassador. for Oyster
Bay. He will dine with the president
and probably return to Magnolia eth
er late tonight or tomorrow. He went
by invitation of the president com
municated him by Assistant Secre-
tary Pierce and so as to conceal his
movements, the official announcement
was authorized that he was going to
Magnolia. M
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
GORDON GRlEST
TRIAL BEGUN

The case of the Territory VS.. Gordon
Griest, the fourteen-year-old boy who
shot and killed Rosalia Padilla on
August 14th was on trial before
Judge Mills in chambers today, Steph-
en- B. Davis representing the ter
ritory and w. II. Hayden for the de-
fendant. A large number OF people
were present as spectators listening
to the evidence. The first witness
examined was girl named Amada
Padilla, sixteen years OF age. She tes-
titled that after the shooting she went
to the house of Mrs. Griest and found
the little girl, Rosalia ValesQuez, lying
on the dining room floor covered with
blood. wounded in the arm and
shoulder; that she spoke to the girl
and she told her that Gordon Griest
had shot her without any cause what
ever. That she was working in the
kitchen and that the boy had pointed
the gun at her, pulled the trigger and
shot her. The witness called the
mother of the girl and she was then
taken to the Ladies' Home.
DR. Bradley was the second witness
called. He testified to the condition
of the wound and to the death of the
girl On cross examination Mr.. Hay
don proved by DR.. Bradley that the
boy Gordon Griest lived one block TO
the west of his residence and that he
had frequently observed him play
ing with other children in the neigh
borhood and that he had observed
nothing vicious or mean about the
child. He stated that he had heard
some of the neighbors complain about
the l,ov, but thought it was more pre-.
iudice in the minds of the people
than that the boy was viciously bad.
Cleofes Cordova, mother of the girl
who was killed, was called and testi'
fled to conversations she had with
her daughter just after the shooting
and after the operation had been r,er
membersy sinomes iynoise pretshrilu
formed upon her. She asked hei
daughter whether she and the little
boy were fighting, but her daughter
responded, No, that they were no'
playing or fighting. but that the bo,
simply leve!ed the gun at her ant
fired the shot.
A little girl, ten years of age. named
Fidelilina Mondragon, as the mex
witness. She testified that she tfe
quently went to the house OF Mrs
Griest with Rosalia velasquez an
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
ENFoRcEs QUAR-
ANTlNE IN MANCHU RIA.

Pekin, Aug. 19.--While the Japanese
and Russian peace ENJOYS have failed
to arrange an armistice during their
negotiations. the weather Is enforcing
effectually an armistice. for the month
of August. Operations on q large
scale by either army are impossible
at present and the situation probably
viii lbe unchanged for the next fort
night or three weeks. Trains through
Manchuria have been unusually heavy
and prolonged. The country is now
a swamp and the roads are so sQft
that attempts to move artillery and
heavy transports would be out Of the
question,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
LOCATION
FOR SUN
CITY MADE
Model Colony TO Be Established
North Of St. Anthony's
w. l. Thompson to 60 to Denver To
morrow to Buy Tents and to Study
the Successful Methods Employed
There. Sun City to Be Opened
Early Next Month.

The newly organized model tent
city company yesterday leased for its
colony fourteen lots just west. Of St.
Anthony's sanitarium and will next
week begin the erection of twelve
tents OF from two to five rooms each.
The tents will be furnished comfort
ably and conveniently and early in
September they will be ready for oc.
cupancy.
w. l.. Thompson has been elected
manager of the tent city. Tomorrow
he will leave for Denver to purchase
the tents to be erected and also to
visit model tent colonies with view
to learning all he can of the best mod
ern methods of conducting such
popular institutions. Mr.. Thompson
is an experienced and sagacious bus.
mess man and the tent company was
fortunate in securing his services as
manager.
1t Is the purpose of the new COM
pany to expand their colony to any
required limits. The tent idea Us
rapidly taking hold of people in all
parts Of the country A great many
of those who come west are anxious
TO live in tents They put tents in
their backyards and on their verandas
and wherever location may be Sc
cured. To live in tents they undergo
many privations. But the plans of the
Las Vegas tent company will enable
such seekers to get all the tent life
they desire and suffer no privatiQns,
The tent Of several stories. With
board floor and canvas roof of
double thickness, is just as comfortable
as a house. 1t protects from the
summer sun. the winter cold and the
rains. The kitchens will be as we'll
furnished. the sitting rooms as cosy,
as in a house. -s1s
The location is excellent. 1t is near
the city and when the street car line
is extended it will be within short
distance Of it. The ground is high
and dry and the heaviest rains run
off in short time.
It is certain that the initial twelve
tent-cottages will be taken very read
lily. The building of others will follow
at once. II the grounds prove too
small the company will seek another
location and carry out the plan on g
broader xaale. The city. already. is
crowded to The limit. More people are
coming in. 1t is Important that every
preparation be made for the influx.
Las Vegas is more advantageously
situated than any. other town in the
west to make the tent city idea sue.
cessful. And that it will be successful
there iS no doubt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
SOUTHWESTERN
SURVEYORS
REACH CITY
Camp Established North Of Baca
Avenue Schoolhouse
slx.renths OF One Per Cent Grade
Found From Dawson to Las Vegas.
Proposed Line Direct and the
Curves Liaht.-Work Being Rapid
ly Pushed.

The camp OF the surveyors Of the
proposed Phelps-Dodge line from Daw.
son to conection with the III Paso &
Southwestern at Torrance. Is now es-
tablished just north Of the Baca ave-
nue. school building. When an Optic
man called today, he learned that
Chief Engineer Chas. Henning was
eight miles away on the survey. Mr..
Henning's son and Mr.. Scott one Of the
corps were In camp, however.
The former said that the line had
now been run from Dawson to Los
Alamos and by this evening would be
within two or three miles OF Las We
gas. Mr.. Henning said that along the
whole line thus far surveyed there
was only one place--near Wagon
Mound--where the grade had run more
than six.tenths OF per cent. There
1t had been only seventy-hundredth
Of per cent.
The young man contrasted this
with the present Dawson line with its
sharp curves and almost impossible
grades. He said that such thing as
hauling any great amount Of coal on
such road as the latter was out of
the question. II was generally re-
ported that. should any thing interfere.
with the building OF the new road,
that the Dawson branch must be
Strengthened and the curves cut down.
Mr.. Henningsaid, however, that the
officers of the company made no
secret Of their intention to build the
new road II good grade could be
found. The length of the haul to
Bisbee would be greatly shortened
and the sixty-mile haul over the Rock
Island would be'obviated
Mr. Henning said that from Wagon
Mound to this city the line Of the new
road as surveyed practically paral-
leled the Santa Fe. running from four
to ten miles distant from tnat road.
The Mora river would be crossed
twice. t-~ae
! The camp was visited this morning
by Attorney Chas. Spiess. Hon. JEFF
ferson Reynolds, Arthur Harris and
other Las Vegans. Confidence Is
generally expressed that the road Will
be built. 1t Is felt certain that good
grade can be found straight into the
city from Los Alamos and that the
line will leave the city by Kearney's
Gap. It Is known that survey, show
inga good grade, has already been
made out OF the city, southwark In
the direction which this line wishes
to 60.
that a survey, showing good grade.
has already been made out Of the city,
southwark 'in thet direction which
this line wishes to 20.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

helped her with her work. That the
day previous to the shooting she was
there with Rosalia and helping her
wash dishes. That as she went from
the dining room to the kitchen the boy
Gordon Griest picked up the gun from
the corner by the door, and pointed
II at her saying: II am going 10 kill
you," cooking the gun and pulling
the trigger, but the gun was not dis
charged, That she ran into the kitch
en- and remained there until she
and Rosalia went home.
At the conclusion OF the testimony
OF this witness the court took a re-
cess until 2 o'clock.
Thus far there appears to be no
malice shown on the part Qf the boy
Gordon Griest, but the testimony as
yet is not all in.
The criticism generally heard was
against the criminal carelessness Of
the parents In leaving loaded gun
accessible to the child.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
IMPORTANT
RESOLUTIONS

Portland, Ore, Aug 19.--Kansass
City, Mo-. was unanimously selected
by the trans-Mississippi congress as
the convention city for 1906.
Resolutions have been reported In
the trans-Mississippi commercial con-
gress recommending the consular ser.
vice be removed from the sphere Of
political influence; that an immigra-
tion congress be summoned to meet
during the year 1906; and that legis-
lation be enacted looking to uniform
ity on the construction of good roads;
throughout the country. The commit
tee also appointed committee Of seven
members, the committee to support
the resolutions adopted by the COM
mittee on the floor Of the convention
today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

STRIKE IS OFF

st. Paul, Aug. 19.-The strike of the
telegraphers on the Northern Pacific
railroad was officially declared off by
President perham Of he Order Of
Railway telegraphers today.
The men voted TO return. having
been influenced In their action by
operators Of the Great Northern, who
voted yesterday to return to work on
that system. President Perham says
the men accepted the terms offered
them by the Northern Pacific before
they struck. which he says gives them
a total increase of about twenty thous-
and dollars in wages.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS
STARTLE SARATOGANS

Saratoga. N. Y. Aug. 19.-Two loud
explosions in quick succession startled
the visitors last evening and set
stories about dynamite plots in mo.
ton. Little actual damage was done.
The question is whether 1t was the
work of a practical Joker or some
person intending mischief who failed
10 carry out his plans. The first ex
plosion occurred in a narrow alley
way between the United States club.
conducted by Joseph Ullman in Wood
land avenue and the adjoining gar
age. The second occurred about half
an hour later in Circular street direct
~ above the grounds of Richard Can.
fields Saratoga club house.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 19.--Pres.
ident Roosevelt has stepped into the
breach and is making almost despe.
rate efforts to save the peace confer.
ence from shipwreck. That, in sen.
tence, Is believed to be the situation
this morning. Just what the pres.
ident is doing has not transpIrei.
To Confer With Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, Aug. ia representa-
tive of the Russian peace ENJOYS at
Portsmouth will arrive here today
or tomorrow to confer with President
Roosevelt. His mission will be TO
consult with the president with a
view to bringing about an agreemen.
between Russian and Jap envoys that
will prevent final rupture. The rep
resentative will come to Oyster Bay
by direct invitation of the president.
That invitation was Transmitted to NJ.
Witte last night after the president
had conference with Baron Kaneko
who came here late yesterday after
noon as representative of the Japan
ese government.
Toxic Calm.
Toxic, Aug. 19.-It is confidently
believed here that the peace confer
ence at Portsmouth, will result in rup-
!ure, but this news is cal.mly received,
indemnity the Rub.
Portsmouth, Aug. 19.-Just what the
president Is doing has not transpired,
but it is regarded certain that he ap-
pealed both to Toxic and to st.
Petersburg to induce the warning
forces to show spirit of concession.
Mr.. Griscom and Mr.. Meyer have been
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
INJURY ~ JAY THE
END OF CIRCULAR TRACKS,

Buffalo, N. Y. Aug 19.-Webb Jay.
the Cleveland automobilist, who was
injured at Kenilworth park yester-
day, remained unconscious all night
at the German hospital. Many lead
ing officials of automobile racing, in
Guiding manufacturers. are unit in
declaring that the accident to Jay.
following SO close on others, sounded
the death knell to automobile racing
On circular tracks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

fetts every store in Las Vegas as the
big department store has to some ex
tent been a competitor Of every oth.
er business house in town.
The announcement will be received
with general surprise both In Las
Vegas and over the entire southwest
where the name Of the big store is so
well known. The considerations which
have led to such decision on the
part of the house Of Ilfeld will be re-
ceived with the greatest interest.
In response to the request OF The
Optic. Max Nordhaus, who for the past
eighteen years has been the active
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
AMERlCA IAN THREATS
WON'T STOP BOY.
COTT BY CHINESE

Peking, Aug. 19.-It is learned upon
good authority that the American gov
ernment notified China that all nego
tiations for new convention to dis
cuss the Chinese exclusion act will
he discontinued until the anti.Ameri-
can boycott Is stopped, and has also
given notice she will be held respon.
sible for the loss sustained by reason
of the boycott. The Chinese authori-
ties state that they will take energetic
steps to stop everything of disorderly
character but cannot stop the boycott.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

feelings, Mr.. 1lfeld will take a trip
to Europe during the obsequies OF our
retail business"
"On behalf Of the firm" said Mr..
Nordhaus, Il want to express to the
people Of Las Vegas and surrounding
country our most heartfelt thanks for
the generous patronage We have en-
joyed since the establishment OF the
business nearly a half century ago.
ut II this patronage which has en-.
abled us to extend our business and
build up the wholesale trade which
we now enjoy. The friendly relation
which exists between our establish
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

tail trade are essentially different in
nature and can not be conveniently
combined.
"As these two distinct sides OF our
business have grown the conflict be-
tween the two has been greater and
we felt that we could not longer
carry them on advantageously togeth-
er. Attractive as our retail trade Is
to us the wholesale is the more at
tractive and has grown to such pro-
portions that IT demands all our at
tention.
4 so far as Mr.. 1lfeld himself Is con.
cerned he Is giving up the retail bus
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

manager of 'llfeld's. The Plaza" gave
the reasons for the change as follows:
1.-THE explanation" he said, lis not
far to seek. Our wholesale business
has increased to such an extent that
it demands our entire attention. The
immense growth Of the wholesale de-
partment during the last few years
has made it impossible for us to de-
vote the attention to the details OF the
retail business which is necessary to
its success. Wholesale trade and re-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE INTENTION OF CtiAS
LFELD TO RETIRE FROM TIE RETAIL BUSINESS

ment and our hundreds OF retail pat
rons affords us the greatest satisfac-
ton and we sincerely regret to give
them up"
When interrogated concerning the
rumor that Ilfeld's would soon estab-
lish a department store on the east
side, Mr.. Nordhaus said: I'VE have
no intentions Of the kind. Our retail
trade has enjoyed a constant and
steady growth and II we expected to
remain in the retail business we would
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST SEVERAL ROADS.

Kansas City, Aug. 19.-Contempt
proceedings charging violation Of the
order of District Judge John F. Phil.
lips. issued in March, 1902, restrain
ing defendants from giving rebates in
violation of the interstate commerce
law, were filed here today in the
United States district court against
the Alton. Burlington, Union Pacific,
Rock Island and Santa Fe railway COM
panes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

mess with "a broken heart For forty
years he has welcomed the ladies' Of
Las Vegas to his store and he will be
loathe indeed to miss their faces In
his establishment after retirement from
the retail trade. He resisted the move
as long as he could and until the
younger element In the business which
has been particularly interested and
engaged in the wholesale business
made the pressure too strong. ] rath-
er expect that. in order to spare his
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

"Ilfelds are going out OF the retail
business"
This is the most important trade an
nouncement which has appeared in
The Optic in years In their space in
the advertising columns OF The Optic
through which they have addressed
the public long and regularly, llfeld's
announce their Intention Of closing
out their big retail stock and retir-
ing permanently from the retail bus.
mess. This announcement directly ef-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19
LODGES DENIAL

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and
Mrs. Lodge returned last evening on
the Cedric, says the New York Sun
day World. They have been away
since last April visiting a number Of
continental resorts.
The Massachusetts senator was not
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-19

not discontinue at the old stand. Our
wholesale business now extends over
almost the entire territory and part
of Colorado and Arizona. 1t will be
our aim to extend 1t in every possible
direction and our entire energy Will
be devoted to that end"
The History Of Ilfeld's.
It is an unusual event for a man
who has spent forty years In build.
ing up a great business to announce
his determination TO step down and
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(Concluded on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-14
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Of Cashier of Defunct Yarmouth Bank
Begun.

Yarmouth. N. S. April 13.-The pre-
liminary examination of Cashier r. w.
Johns of the defunct bank of Var
mouth, was begun, today, before the
local magistrate. Thomas Lawson of the
finance department. Ottawa. produced
the statements furnished the govern
ment by the bank. Henry Parrish. ac-
cOuntant of the bank, identified the
statements and signatures and said the
figures agreed with those in the bank S
ledger.
+. p. Stavert Inspector of the Bank
of New Brunswick, who has been in
charge of the Bank of Yarmouth since
it became insOlent. stated that what he
would have placed in the overdue col
umn had been represented as current
loans in the books of the bank. Had
the overdue amounts been placed in
the proper column the insolvency of
the bank would have been apparent
early. last year.
The examination will be resumed to-
morrow,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-14
LIFE SAVING RAFT is SUCCESS.
Steward OF French Liner Has Invention
to Safeguard voyagers.

Havre April ia practical test of
the Matson life saving raft has been
made and the invention was proved Il
complete success.
Seeking to find a remedy for the
great loss Of life which occurs in such
disasters as the Elbe and the Bour-
gogne, when panic prevented the
proper launching of life-boats. Henry
j. Matson. chief steward of the French
Line steamship Savoie has been en-
gagged for some time in perfecttng
lifeboat raft capable of being launched
readily and easily. 1t is possible for
one man by two movements of his arm
to launch the Matson lifeboat raft.
which is a boat made Of two cylinders
of galvanized iron and containing SIX
teen water-tight compartments. 1t
will hold sixty persons, and in it may
be stored siXty-twO gallons of fresh
water and Il quarter of ton of provi-
SonS.
The raft rests on long framework
on the boat deck. When lever is
pulled the fastenings are unlocked. the
frame tits and the raft slides over the
side. Two of these RATS have been
built and are TO be tested on the Savoie.