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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

Haichou and Kiangsu, near the south.
ern border Of the province of Shan
Tun, is very doubtful The rumor
possibly originated from 'the presence
Of German gun boat In the harbor on
surveying expedition.
German Denial.
BERLIN, May i6--The foreign
office replying to an inquiry OF the
associated press regarding the ex-
cllement at Toxic over report that
German troops had occupied Haichou
in the southern part of the Shantung
peninsula, says the report Is wholly
incorrect. The German government
Is doing nothing in Shantung outside
OF fusfllling her treaty agreement with
China, which fact has been communi-
Gated to both Washington and Toxic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

such small pay|'sl,e reply is "rhe
employer knows theSwIll vet tins and
counts on it," and aga, vos orc 90.
sured that tips are wages and should
not he withheld. Ns
But a few minutes consh t,o,,
shows that not only are tipA> not
wages, but they destroy waA.
Wages are "A definite sum agreed .up6i.
by employer and worker To pay them
Is an obligation; to receive them il a
right. \ tip is a favor, q charity. IT
can be given or withheld at will Its
bestower swears with self satisfied
benevolence Its receiver. a true
funky, graduates his thanks to match
the amount Of the gratuity. A tip is
not wages. for no man has a right to
demand it, He can only cringe and
kotow In the hope Of not missing it.
Nor does the amount gained offer
any atonement for the manhood sacri.
feed in the getting. The steamer
stewards are more favored and mors
arrogant than the man beyond seas
In Germany you may give your street
car conductor a small coin worth one
and one-fourth cents, In France cent
will be accepted and the naughty Brit
Usher only stands out for "tuppence.
OF course the tips run from these tri
6es up. and sometimss high mp. and
that's the way NE mohey goes
But 1t waA after all, the small tips
that shocked me most. To think thai
men, full grown. white. civilized. fres
men, not children nor savages nol
slaves. would take one cent charity
and say Thank you for IL!
1t made me heartsick and ashamed
| to see it. blushed to think that they
hadn't self respect to blush for them
selves. American Federationist
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Former Las Vesans

Pierce J Murphy now has a lucra,
tive position In the Southern Pacific
freight depot at Los Angeles. Cal.
B. NJ. Blauvelt, erstwhile Las Vegas
barber, IL now proprietor OF a grocery
establishment In the City Of the An.
gels.
Perry G. Hogsett. the former real
estate agent In the Meadow City
has sold his grocery store In Los
Angeles and IL now trading and traf.
Ticking In terra firma at Long Beach,
Cal.
Barney McNally. the landscape gar.
dener. hasn't probably effected that
settlement with Senator Stephen w.
Dorsey, else he would have had more
money on his person than S48 when
he was held up In Los Angeles the
other night by two colored men and
robbed Of that amount.
II. G. Herl0w, who went to Califor
MIA some months ago. with his moth
er and sister. Is said to now have q
fat bank account. He Is employed by
q woman real estate agent at Ocean
Beach, that state. who makes a prac
tice Of giving her clerks tips" on
buying property. In the Herlow In
stance the property changed hands
three times In one day, and he cleaned
up several thousand dollars on one
deal. Mr.. Herl0w formerly resided In
Nnta Fe, coming here from that city
ahA- entering the employ of ]. II
Stearns, the grocer.
Will G. Burton, Oyster Billy,
writes The Optic q friendly lette,
from the national soldiers home al
Santa Monica, Cal, in which he states
that he is still very much alive, beins
one Of the dining hall lieutenants al
the home. He had not been informed
either Of the arrival OF the late Theo
dore Rutenbeck there, nor Of his sub
sequent death. He says that Loui,
Hollenwager is stitching away In tn,
quartermaster's tailor shop. Billy'l
address Is lock box rs, Soldiers Home
Santa Monica, Cal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

Judge Payne and he told practically
the same story as the former witness.
MIR. Herr bad investigated the stories
told by the Blacks about being In
Denver at the time Of the robbery.
and registering at the Home hotel and
other roOming houses. and had found
that the stories were false. When It
was intimated that the prospect Of .
glittering reward, might have animal.
cd him, the witness declared that In
his official capacity he could not
have accepted any reward, and that
II was ut his instance that the re.
ward had been offered. He said he
was not now connected In any way
with the Rock Island company, and
no personal interest In the case.
He said also that w. o. Mcintosh.
athe Rock Island official was prohib.
ed from accepting any reward.
Miss Henrietta Zulch OF Denver,
assistant to one OF the officers OF the
company for which the Blacks and
Murphy claim to have worked, made
good witness for the prosecution.
She testified that July 30, the day
Of the train robbery, she had cashed
three time checks endorsed Jim
Black. The witness In court, how.
ever, positively identified John Black
as the man who had presented the
checks. The Importance Of the evi.
dence arises from the fact that It 10
believed the defense will try to show
that Jim Black presented the checks.
The prosecution argued that It was
part of the plot that John Black
should remain In Denver. present the
checks in his brothers name and
make It appear as II all the men were
In Denver the day OF the robbery.
Station Agent w. J. Lucas testified
as to the movement of trains south
from Denver. the object being to
show that the Blacks and Murphy had
plenty OF time to get to the scene Of
the hold UP after they quit work at
the Sunnyside mine.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

santsvcred.
Agent We Offers Big Reward.
here yesterda Lucas Of the Santa Fe
the genera, asEeceived bulletins from
post not,oas rs instructing him to
road es nnmaa 70 theeffect that the rail.
- soaa company woui. nav ra,era No @ =,
so'ooo for the convIctHSn,yo % re tewaru l ..
or persons who causedk.u '"e pe, 'o,.
.ne no. II passenger trak - NV ~.1sn EN- ,n %
Ia Ia, sunday The wreck was raused pU hy
removing spikes and fish ula,os 10y oy
."o rails on a curve wherA s Sc 'lo.' l
sage over the breaN was imnossth,st nas'
an sna PASSENGERS we're seriously injured
anu TWO are reported missing who
V ,ha @ no, yet been found. although
'"e wreck has been cleared ma
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Germany Seeking Chinese Territory

TOXIC, May 16.--ft is reported
that Germany has .lspatched force
troops and has occupied Haichou in
the southern portion of the province
OF Shan Tung. where they raised and
saluted the German flag. Germany's
object is not clear, but 1t is suggested
,n1. IS seeking an extension of her
taests In China, by taking advan-
,;an. 80 the present political condi-
IN % H. n feared that any changes
~ .he eA.*tng status quo of China
war s;,uat;ons M pusly complicate the
~" '''s'. y
Report oestsuls
SHAN Hal, May 16.A~..,,
that the landing of Germas sulored
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

undertaking parlors, whittier the body
was brought, identified him as Delos
Herrera,c belonging in Las Vegas,
where he has a wife and children.
Absolutely nothing has been learned
Of how he came to his death. He left
Trinidad Sunday night to go 10 Nor
ley. where he had been working with
railroad construction gang. 1t is
supposed that train came upon him
In the darkness and killed him before
ne had time to leave the track. The
coroner is investigating.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

leader. Those at whose homes the
meetings are to be held are requested
to, extend personal invitation TO
their neighbors to attend. Everybody
has right to feel that he does not
need personal invitation and will
be welcome at any service which he
chooses to attend.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

1908 Tilden Ave-, Carl Lehman lead.
er; Rev. Norman SINNERS. 92OEighth
St, Mr. w. <. Donlon, leader;
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Sundt's, 1929 Third street,
Mr.. John Sinclair, leader: Mrs Mary
Vases, 1015 Douglas avenue, Miss
Huntley, leader: Mr. j. H. Stirrat's,
1913 Eleventh street, Mr.. H. o. Brown.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

ERgland. for a cup and three prizes
offerOd by the Emperor OF Germany.
Yachtsmen regard the ocean race
as q move toward the substitution
OF more seaworthy type of craft in
international races In place of the
racing machines which have con-
tested for the American Cup.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Eleven Yachts Start Ocean Race

NEW YORK, May 16.--Eleven
yachts flying flags of three nations,
and varying In size from an 85-ton
schooner to a 64S-ton ship were pre-
pared to start to-day from Sandy
Hook Lightship at 2:l5 D. M. for
race OF 5000 miles across the Atlantic
ocean for the Lizard. on the coast of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

by hundreds have quit their desks
In sympathy with the teamsters'
strike. The children's strikes have
followed the use Of non.union team.
sters by boycotted nrms in deliv.
ering coal at the public schools. II
Is reported In many cases parents
are responsible rather than the chill.
dren for the strikes and the matter
will be dealt with severely by the
authorities as the law requires par.
ents- to keep their children In school.
The strike Of school children as.
sumed larger proportions today when
1900 pupils Of the Graham school
refused to enter the building. The
children struck" at other schools
when coal was delivered.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
MansIed Body Of Las veean.

While walking along the railroad
track in lower Starkville at 1915
Sunday night, says last evenings
Trinidad Chronicle-News, John Greet
came upon gruesome spectacle,
which literally filled him with horror.
1t was the body of a man literally
cut to pieces by a train. The head
was fearfully crushed and the limbs
frighlfully mangled
Inspection Of his clothing at Sipe's
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Judgment Against Gutke and
Kelly Reversed by Higher Court

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 49,.
The supreme court today reversed the
Judgment against Charles e. Gutke
and Charles F. Kelly, former members
OF the st. Louis Aouse Of delegates,
and remanded their cases for a new
trial. Kelly was former speaker OF
the house of delegates, and was con.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
How the Tip Graft
Flourishes in Europe
Returned Traveller Declares Everybody Takes It
Except, Perhaps, the Crowned Heads.

| have just returned from a trip
through Europe. where l naturally
made frequent comparisons between
the status Of the foreign worker and
that of his American brother
One of the most noticeable differ
ences is the constant presence of the
~an with his hand out for a tip. When
leave the steamer fully ten people
- be remembered" OF these
tronsider 81 or less an open
resented by marked inso-
rer, and only Ave dollar
them to thanks.
el from eight to a dozen
shadow the depurting
ia expected to go the
IL you hire a carriage
ID to tip the driver. II
street car conductor a
quest him to call your
- give him fee. When
ride you pay for your
the man who takes ii
ou inquire your way OF
dip your hand In your
Ir<r-jo 30. You tip the clerk
IKE man who delivers your
man. the policeman and,
nrnow to the contrary. the
OEvyer and the preacher.
lat every one In Europe
lip except the crowned
m not at all prepared tc
E option. -.
demonstrate against this
you are met with the ar
poor things get very lit
must live You are really
IN wages, and II Is unfaiI
VOu"Why do they receive
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

victed and sentenced to two years In
the penitentiary on the charge Of per.
jury in connection with street rail-
way bill. He Is now in the insane
asylum. Gutke was convicted and
sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary on the charge OF bribery in
connection with the same bill
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Cottage Meetings.

The devotional committee in plan.
ming preparatory services in the inter.
est OF the union gospel meetings,
soon to begin under Evangelist Smi.
ley, have arranged for services to be
held Thursday evening at o'clock
at the following houses: ]. p. Geyers
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Indictments Returned.

The territorial grand jury has re.
turned indictments against Encarna-
cion Romero. and Pedro Cara. charg-
ed with stealing horses at Pines
Wells; Charles f. Miller for assault,
whose bond was declared forfeited \
Jack Montgomery for assault and bat
terry on his wife; Joseph Manning.
for larceny from a shop; Jim Ray
holds. for the murder of hts wife:
Romuldo Varela. burglary from store:
Tranquilino velarade, who pleaded
guilty to forgery: Mauricio Chaves.
larceny Of horse.
p. =. veeder and M. G. DeBaca were
appointed by the court to- defend
Reynolds who pleaded not guilty..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16

patrol. The police previously had
fruitlessly tried to dispense the dem
onstrators and finally summoned the
military patrol. The latter fired at
the crowd, wounding several persons
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Socialists Dispersed By Militia

WARSAW, May 16.--A gathering
of the Russian and Jewish socialists
on Nalewski street was dispersed at
midnight by a volley from an infantry
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-16
Chicago Strike Assumes
A Much More Serious
Aspect by Action Today

Probability That Cab Drivers Undertaken Drivers May Be Called Out Mavor
Dunno Warns Strikers Trouble Spreads Farther He will Call Out the Militia
Hundreds Of School Children Strike Because Delivered to Building. BY
Non.unon Drivers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06

A remarkable fact about this in
genious and now most accurate
weapon is that down to the present
war in the Orient there had been no
instance Of a ship under way being
str,sk by a torpedo. All its victims
had been caught at anchor, or were
stationary. Now the dues-
tion arises: If the torepdo boat,
which has power to catch the hare,
cannot cook him, how is the cooking
to be done by the submarine which
can neither see him nor catch him
The design certainly is to use the
submarine against ships under way
to replace the torpedo boat, which
cannot act in daylight And it is
an open question, which experience
alone can decide, whether it will be
easier for a submarine to catch The
hare BY day than it has hitherto
proved for the torpedo boat to catch
him by night Certainly enthusiasts
will be by no means satisfied if the
submarine proves capable merely Of
attack on ships at anchor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
La Grippe IS Epidemic ca!arrh.

| 7 spares no class or nationality. The
Il cultured and theignorant, the aris-
tocrat and the pauper, the masses and
the classes are alike subject to la grippe.
None are exempt-all are liable.
Grip is well named. The original
French term, la grippe, has been short
ened by the busy American to read
grip"
Without intending TO do so, new
word has been coined that exactly
describes the case. As If some hideous
giant with awful grip had clutched us
in it's fatal clasp.
Men, women, children, whole towns
and cities are caught in the baneful
grip of a terrible monster.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? If SO, read the fol
lowing letters.
These testimonials speak for them
selves as to the efficacy of Peruna in
cases of la grippe or its after-effects:
A Southern Judge Cured.
Judge Horatio ]. Goss, Hartwell, Ca,
writes:
"Some five or six years ago had a
very severe spell of grip which left me
with systemic catarrh.
"a friend advised me to try your
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06

Edward Young, author of Might
Thoughts" wrote in 1749 to the Ouch
ess OF Portland letter containing an
enthusiastic reference to Richardson's
"Clarissa,n and this letter has just
been published among the Longleat
MSS. Has your grace read his 'Clar-
issa'?" says Young What a beauti.
full brat of the brain is there. l wish
your grace would stand godmotheI
and give its name ,Clarissa the Di
vine. That romance will probably do
more good than a body of Divinity.
If all printers could turn such au-
thors | would turn printer in order to
be instrumental in promoting such
benefit to mankind" The modern au.
thor may well sigh for such apprecia
tion
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
BUYING RURIEs in BURMA.
Grips and Signs Used in Bargaining
for Precious Stones.

The peculiar business methods OF
oriental merchants are illustrated by
the manner Of buying rubies in Bur.
ma, says the jewelers. Circular
Weekly In the examination of rgbics
artificial light is not used. the mer.
chants holding that full sunlight alone
can bring out the color and brillianey
of the gems Sales must, therefore.
take place between 8 m, and 3 p. M,
and the sky must be clear.
The purchaser, placed near win
dow, has before him a large copper
plate. The sellers come to him one
by one and each empties upon this
plate his little bag of rubies. The pur
chaser proceeds to arrange them fol
valuation in number Of small heaps
The first division is into three grades
according to size; each of these groups
is again divided into three piles ac
cording to color, and each Of these
piles is again divided into three
piles according to color and each OF
these piles is again divided into three
groups, according to shape The
bright copper plate has a curious
use. The sunlight reflected from il
through the stone brings out with
true rubies a color effect different
from that with red spinels and tour
inalines. which are thus easily sepa
rated.
TLo buyer and seller then &C
through a very peculiar method 81
bargaining by signs or rather grins, in
perfect silence. After agreeing upon
the fairness of the classification they
Join their right hands, covered with
a handkerchief or the flap of a gar
ment. and by grips and pressures
mutually understood among all these
dealers they make, modify and acceA'
proposals OF purchase and sale. The
hands are then uncovered and tfa
prices are recorded.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06

Peruna, which did and was imnedi
ately benefited and cured. The third
bottle completed the cure. ."-H. J. Goss
Cured in q Few Weeks.
Miss Jean Cowgirl, Griswold Opera
House, Troy, n. Y, is the leading lady
with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes
the following:
During the past winter of 1901,
suffered for several weeks from a severe
attack of grip, which left a serious
catarrhal condition of the throat and
head
'.Some one suggested Peruna- As a
last resort, after wasting much tima
and money on physicians, tried tha
remedy faithfully, and in few weeks
was as well as ever. jean Cowgirl
Saved by Pe.ru-na.
Hon. James r. GULL is one of the olds
est and most esteemed men of OMAHA
Neb. He has done much to make it what
it is, serving on public boards number
of times. He endorses Peruna in the
following words:
II am 6s years old, am hale and
hearty and Peruna has helped me attain
it. Two years ago had la grippe my
life was dispaired Of. Peruna saved
me. "-J. r. GULL.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
A Socialist on a Throne.

AT one time King Peter, of Ser
via, was a red-hot Socialist. That
was while lie was living a compara-
tivelv obscure life in France. He
Is believed to be the first Socialist to
mount a throne. King Peter is
usually pictured in ones magma
ton as heavy-jowled, beetle
browed rufian, but photographs
taken at his coronation show a
pleasant. Notwithstanding man,
greatly over-shadowed by perfect
" monsTcus crown, almost as high
as stenographer's pompadour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
Curious Traits Of Ants.

In the proceedings Of the Philadel
phia academy Miss A. NJ Fields re
cords three instances Of curious traits
displayed by ants kept under observa
ton in the laboratory at Woods Holl
Mass. In the first case the actions re
corded suggest something akin to hyp
notism, while from the third there
seems a possibility that these insects
may be able to remember and reccg
nize individuals of their own kind af
ter a separation Of several years The
reactions of ants to vibrations is the
subject of another article in which it
is urged that it is misleading to
ascribe or deny hearing to these in
sects. They are very sensitive to the
vibrations of solids, but not to those
of air.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
Minister Indorscd Check.

One Of the stories attributed tc
Bishop Potter concerns a young
and inexperienced clergyman who
had just been called to a city charge.
AT the end OF tire first month his
salary was paid hy a check, and he
took il to the bank and passed it in
at the paying teller's window The
official looked at it and then passed
II back. ITS perfectly good" he
said; but will have TO ask you
TO indorse it.8 The Young clergy
mar tcck his pen and wrote across
the face Of the check: II respect
fully subscribe to the sentiments
herein expressed"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
Number Of Suicides Increasing.

In twelve years there have beer
over 1000 suicides recorded in the
United States, the number increas-
ing annually from about $500 in
1891 to 5000 in 1903. There were
50 per cent more suicides in Chi
capo in 1903 than in 1902. In
Philadelphia, for 1902. the official
records showed ratio OF fifteen
suicides per 100000 of population.
The president Of life insurance
company has stated that, while dur
ing fifty years the increase in sui
cides has averaged thirty to each
I 100000 persons. the increase OF
suicides among insured lives has
been much greater.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06
WAYS OF THE DRUMMER.
Expert Opinion by One Who Evident
ly Knows the Species.

Expert Opinion by One Who Evident
ly Knows the Species.
The gentleman who is called the
drummer is frequently the whole band
and brass band at that There is
consequently music in the air when
he is around. After he is gone the
music is of another brand. for the
man who has bought a bill Of goods
that he didn't want frequently says
things
The drummer is a great builder
Sometimes he makes as many as
three towns in day. One woule
think while he was at it that he
would make a few hotels, for he il
never satisfied with the ones thai
he finds along the way.
Let us be kind to the drummer, re
membering that he is human and fire
quently has a wife and family az
home. although all of the pretty girls
that he meets on his travels do not
find it out.-lllinois State Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-06

Among the 145 distinct languages
spoken in British India are some pos
sessing only a few hundred words
others rivaling English, as Dr. Grier
son says, or Russian, as I would say
in their copiousness; some in whica
every word is monosyllable, Others
in which some are elongated by ag
glutination till they run to ten syl
lables. like da-pai-oeho akan- -takentae
tin-a-e-a Soutail word meaning. He
who belongs to him who belongs to
NE will continue letting himself be
made to fight" Some of these divers
tongues lack verb and noun, Others
are as complex and systematic as
Greek and Latin.-Nineteenth Cen.
tury.