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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
Twenty-Five Cases Rooted Out
OF Concealment in New
ORLEANS.
Federal Government May be Com.
PEELED to interfere TO Prevent coun.
try District From Enforcing Un.
reasonable Quarantine. Missouri
Quarantines Along Southern, East
ern, and Western Borders.

New Orleans Aug. 4.--The extreme
measures which some OF the country
districts are taking to guard them
selves from yellow fever threatens TO
put stop to traffic and may bring
the federal government into the fever
situation. The most radical action
thus far taken is that of the police
board of Calcasieu, the second largest
parish in the state. It has passed a
resolution ordering that all tariff,
travel and intercourse between Cal
casieu and points east, north and west
shall cease at once and that no one
shall be allowed to enter the limits
Of the parish until further orders.
In consequence the Southern Pacific
has been ordered to run no more
trains through Calcasieu. which means
the abandonment of the through SER
vice Of the line to the west. Although
the report of fifty-four new cases in
the preceding twenty-four hours would
ordinarily have a tendency to cause
alarm here, the people finu assurance
In an analysis of the detailed report
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
TEN MILLIONS
FOR RAILROADS

Portland, Ore, Aug. 4.--The Tele-
gram says: e. H. Hartman will spend
$10.000,000 In railroad building In the
states Of Oregon, washington and
Idaho within the next year. With the
official announcement Of the fact that
the Southern Pacific is preparing to
build from Drain to Marshfield, on
Coos Bay, connecting the main line
with the Coos Bay. Roseburg and
Eastern railroad, which extends from
Marshfield, twenty-eight miles to Myr-
tie Point via Coquille and with q
branch to Beaver Hill, II Is stated,
Hartman will spend $10,000,000 In
construction, included In which will
be the cost Of the dual road building
between Ripania and Grangeville, the
cost Of which is shouldered jointly by
Messrs Hill and Hartman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
Language Of the Most Ignorant the CourtIy Ian.
guase Of the Drawing Room
Character Of the hoos Increasing Send Work Done by Edua
-ave Learned Bad Tricks From Americans but Can Beat
Politicians Makes Good Juryms and Worthy Citizen

development of civilization was prac-
very little improvement was made ex-
cept among the rich. who could afford
to travel and send their children east
to school. Facilities for education
were first established at Santa Fe and
Albuquerque about fifty years ago by
Archbishop Lamy. who was the pio-
neer OF education in New Mexico. Re-
gardless Of religious belief. the peo-
pie Of this territory recognize him as a
great man. and one of the greatest
benefactors of this section. He had
to come by the City of Mexico when
he first took charge of his diocese.
but before his death he saw great i'm
provements going up around him.
"The first ten years after the ad-
vent Of the railway-say from 1879 to
1SS9-was speculative period. A
large number Of adventurers came in
to the territory, grabbing lands, seiz.
ing the water courses, opening mines,
laying out town sites, specializing In
cattle and engaging In litigation. All
pi ipVu lHt ottCulIOu vi tIlc
public to so great an extent that moth
ing was done for education except by
religious denominations and the In.
dian bureau OF the government. Our
first public school law was passed In
1889. Since then free school system
has been established pretty generally
throughout the territory, both in the
cities and in the country precincts.
several Of which are as large as the
state of Rhode Island In our cities
and towns we have had Just as good
schools as YOU can find in Massachu-
gefts or Qisia In the. country dis.
rSiicts they have not been so good as
in the cities, for feasons which pre-
vail In every new and sparsely settled
country: but they have been growing
better every year. The number of
schools has been increasing, the quail
fications for teachers have been i'm
proved and the territorial legislature
has been liberal in its appropriations.
New Mexico spends more money for
schools than half Of the states of the
Union. and the expenditure per capita
for pupils IS much larger than in the
older and more thickly settled states
If the same educational policy had
been applied to the people Of New
Mexico in 1S4S. when this territory
became part of the United States
that has been introduced into the
Philippines and Porto Rico, the ratio
of illiteracy would have been as low
and the people would have been as
we'll educated and progressive as
those, of Oklahoma or Kansas You
will remember that, up to the advent
Of the Santa Fe road, 1t was more
difficult to travel from Kansas City
to Santa Fe than 1t was to 60 from
Kansas City to Manila today, and tht
journey Is very much less perilous
! "The schools Of New Mexico. few
and poor as they are. have had {
powerful influence, not only In edu
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
Forest Reserve Matters.

A Washington dispatch says: The
forest reserve is making examinations
of number Of western forest reserves
TO discover what are the needs for re-
forestation, and where planting will
best succeed. After studies in detail
have been completed the feasibility
Of making large tracts now .unproduc-
tive into forests will be taken up.
Preliminary examinations for plant
ing plans are now being made In the
San Gabriel. Modoc and Warren
mountain forest reserves OF Califor-
mia, and in the Gunnison forest reserve
of Colorado, in the ella River reserve
Of New Mexico, In the Salt Lake re-
serve of Utah and in the Cassia re-
serve in Idaho.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
New Russian Loan May be Float
ed in America.
SURRENDER OF RUSSIANS
Governor liapnoff OF Sakhalin Island
Capitulates With Thirty.Two Hun.
dred Men and Seventy Officers, Be.
sides all Munitions Of War.

New York. Aug 40. kamimura,
Japanese commander who In the bat.
tie with Admiral Rojestvensky's
squadron sailed the armoured cruiser
Tokiwara. left New York today on
the steamer Celtic to take charge of
the new Japanese battleship Katori,
now building In Scotland. The battle
ship will not be ready to put to sea
for a year and the japanese officer Is
sent to inspect its completion.
Russian Loan.
New York. Aug 4.--The plans are
being made to float the Russian loan
In America. Conferences with that
end In view already have been held,
says the Herald. between NJ. Witte,
Russian senior peace envoy, and rep,
resentatiyes OF one or two of Wall
streets most prominent banking firms
and institutions.
Final Surrender.
Toxic, Aug, "A report giving the
details Of the final pursuit and sur.
render Of the majority Of the Russian
garrison on Sakhalin island has been
received. The final surrender of the
majority OF the force was made July
31st when Col. Tolivitch on behalf Of
Governor Liapnoff accepted the jap
anese terms. These consisted OF the
delivery OF all war supplies and the
property Of the Russian government
uninjured, the delivery of all maps.
records and papers relating to Rus
sian military and civil administration.
Gov. Liapnoff seventy officers and
thirty-two hundred men OF the Rus.
sian garrison surrendered.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
'SCOTTY GOES BACK.

Walter Scott. the Death Valley min.
er. passed through the city yesterday
afternoon as quietly and unr sfenta-
tiously as his former trip was tumul-
tors He went over to the Western
Union office, sent a few messages and
returned 70 the train. He threw around
no gold pieces and ut half dozen
people on the train had learned OF his
identity.
Il have spent $4,000 or The trip
said Scotty. "and the fun I had was
worth 1t. am soiny back to the
desert and will come ont again when
the hot weather cones next summer
with another pile. havo anothsr sen-
sation already planned
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
BY WILLIAM Z. CURTIS.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chi
cago ecord-Herald.]

Las Vegas, n NJ, July 27.-The
qualifications Of the native inhabit'
ants of New Mexico for citizenship
has been the subject of earnest dis
cussion, particularly in connection
with legislation for the admission
of the territory as a state. Abundant
evidence has been produced on both
sides and 1t is contradictory. The
witnesses have been governed by per-
sonal or political interests or by their
preferences and prejudice. 1t Is diff
cult to get disinterested opinion.
but it is only just to give both sides
fair hearing and draw the most ac.
curate conclusions possible. Those who
favor the admission of New Mexico
as state are very earnest in COM
mending the virtues OF the "greasers,
as the descendants of the ancient
Spanish race of settlers are called, as
men and citizens, while on the other
hand. they are condemned with equal
vigor for their vices, their ignorance,
their clannishness and their inability
to comprehend the duties of citizen
ship and the difference between right
and wrong.
One of the most enthusiastic adj
mirers of the native element in New
Mexico whom it has been my good
fortune to meet, is r. Z. Twichell, a
prominent lawyer of Las Vegas. who
has lived in the territory nearly all his
life, and has q familiar knowledge Of
the natives, ann ywhenI use the word
natives" | always mean the citizens
of Mexican birth or halfbreeds. Mr..
Twichell considers the native one of
the best types of citizenship in the
United States, considering the limited
advantages he has had since the ac.
QUESTION of the territory.
''The language of the most ignorant
Is the courtly language of the drawing
room," Mr.. Twichell said the other
day, and the manners of the peon,
as the ordinary laborer is called. with.
out exception are polite, dignified and
deferential. The morals of the native
of New Mexico will compare favorably
with those Of any agricultural or pas.
toral people, but his mental qualifi
cations have been dwarfed by lack OF
educational facilities up to the advent
of the Santa Fe railroad in 1879, when
the isolation Of the Mexican popula
tion was invaded and the habits, Gus
toms, methods and ideas Of modern
civilization were forced upon them
Until that time the hostile Indians
made it impossible to maintain schools
in the outlying districts and the people
on the ranches outside Of the town!
and cities had no opportunity to edu
cate their children or to improve
their property. You may say that IT,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FAIR EX-
CURSlON TO SANTA FE SUNDAY

The Northern New Mexico Fair as
sociation announces an excursion to
Santa Fe with the base ball team Sun
day. A two dollar round trip rate
has been granted by the Santa Fe,
which is less than cent mile. This
excursion Is being arranged for the
purpose of advertising the fair and
everybody in Santa Fe and between
this city and Santa Fe will be invited
TO "Vamos to Vegas" the last week in
September. Advertising material will
ba furnished the excursionists on the
train, Which will leave at $50 Sunday
IT. hing Tae fair boMrter swill at
a. ths hfL game with Santa Fe
asa huheh msyhe afternoon and much
of the, time n the Ancient City will
be~spent in advertising the attrac-
tions of the gala week
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

getting men from all parts of the
country" he said
Freight Accepted.
st. Paul, Aug. 4.--The perishable
freight for practically all the northern
Pacific stations was accepted by that
road. Tomorrow the officials say all
the freight will be accepted and for
warded without delay. While the
freight situation has been looking up
the fact that there has been an in
creased delay in the passenger train
schedule was pointed out by the strike
officials as significant feature.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
Emancipation Day.

August 4th, the red letter day In the
history of the Afro o-Americans. was
celebrated today by the colored people
of the city by means Of barbecue
given on the vacant grounds north OF
the city hall. A sumptuous dinner
was prepared and serving began ut
noon and is still going on The at
tendance was large and those who par
took Of the dinner pronounced 1t ex-
cellent. The funds received will be
devoted to the A. NJ. f, church. The
amount will be considerable.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY INGREAT
NORTHERN TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE

st. Paul. Aug. 4.-Both sides in the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railway telegrapher's strike are max
ing claims that they are gaining.
President Perham Of the union says
that the men are remaining loyal to
the union cause and are winning over
men who first refused to go out. On
the other hand. General Manager
Horn of the Northern Pacific says
he will have every vacancy filled be-
fore the end of next week I'VE are
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
Probably Msant More.

The new reporter had been sent to
interview Senator Morgan on the
is,hmian canal question.
He came back inside of ten min
utes
Wouldn't he tell you anything
asked the editor.
Yes said the reporter, wiping
the perspiration from his forehead
"He told me, In loud, angry voice
to go TO Panama."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
NEW YORK SOCIETY EDITOR THROWS
HIMSELF UNDER TRAIN IN SUBWAY

Cincinnati, O.. Aug. 4.-The tragic
death OF Robert W. Criswell in New
York by throwing himsef under
subway train last night following a
complaint made against his paper, the
New Yorker. for o pub,aation involv.
ing Congressman Rhincck IF Coving-
tIn, Ky. Miss Alice Roosevelt and
otaGis, led to The snpposition that it
wss a case of su'cice by results Of that
sspnhlication. ',onS:e ssman RhinocH
rtasned Cincinnati today from brief
absence. He sail he was Stacked by
ss'ir news. at ras ,'9'..,. :, icide.'
lie said, "bu 10 het t. .."c the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

Tickets may be obtained at Muir
phey's drug store and at the Fair as
sociation office. The Fair association
earnestly requests the Las Vegas pub
lie to patronize. the excursion. which
ought TO be the means of doing a
great deal Of good TO the city.
While the railroad company made a
condition that 4Ga tickets must be
sold before the very low rate of $500
for the round trip would be granted,
committee did such active work to.
day rhat- the r8sri4ed number Of
tickets have BEEN disposed OF to make
the ecursien certainty. The trip to
the capital and back ought to be ex.
ceedingly pleasant at this time of
year and ample accommodations will
be provided for all who go.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
EMPEROR WILLIAM AND
KING EDWARD MAY MEET

Berlin, Aug 4.-Neither the British
nor the foreign office is able
TO confirm that Emperor William and
King Edward will meet at Frankfort.
on-the-Main during the latter's journey
TO Marienbad. Official circles. how
ever, do not regard the report as i'm
probable.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

c arge | III ! ar.Elst ~ srcn.rttu
the act. for Cr.s 80 knew there was
nothing aga.rst LIN . :"ar N my
.ase Affairs tia III. b'lc hss not
been Informed of, thinS. pro,nrted
the deed. AS a matter Of fact, do
not believe it revealing secret now
to say that since the publication of
his arrest on the complaint / made,
Criswell has been summoned to the
district attorneys office half dozen
times on cases entirely distinct from
mine. believe Criswell saw himself
hopelessly enmeshed and died to end
it ALL vs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
WlTTE GUEST
OF PRESIDENT

Oyster Bay. N. r.. Aug. 4.--Sergius
Witte and Baron Rosen, Russian en-
voys to the Washington peace confer
ence, are the guests today Of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hill. They were unaccompanied by
any other Russian official. The visit
Of the Russian envoys does not differ
in any material respect from that Of
Baron Komara and Minister Taxa
hira OF Japan last week, Witte desir-
Ing to pay his respects informally to
the president.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
FRENCH SOLDIERS TO
BE SENT HOME

Berlin, Aug. 4.--The French gov
eminent some time ago expressed a
wish that the bodies of French sol
diers who died while prisoners during
the Franco Prussian war should be
returned to France. Emperor William
has ordered that this be done and that
military honors be rendered in every
instance during the transfer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04
HEIR APPARENT TO THRONE OF
= SPAIN DIES OF SPINAL MENENGITIS

getis. He was born Feb. 2Sth, 1903.
The child's father. Prince Charles of
Bourbon, will be married in November
to Princess Maria Teresa, his deceased
wife's sister.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

by the board OF health II Is shown
that OF the fifty.four cases, twenty
nine were rooted out Of concealment
by the health board.
Missouri Quarantine.
st. Louis, Aug. 4.--The quarantine
order issued by the Missouri health
board against the districts affected by
yellow fever will be enforced along
the eastern borders Of the state as
far north as ST. Louis, along the en-
tire southern border and along the
western border as far north as Kansas
City.
Statement Denied.
New York. Aug. 4.-Gregory Wilen.
kin. financial agent Of the Russian
government. said today: "The state.
ment that NJ. Witte is sounding Amer.
ican financiers with view to placing
new Russian loan In the United
States IS wholly without foundation.
Whites visit to Wall street yesterday
was one Of curiosity. simply"
Armed Forces In Touch.
New Orleans, Aug. 4.---The new
cases at noon today were seventeen
the deaths to noon four; the total
cases 449: the total deaths to date
eighty.six. No reports Of new cases
or deaths from outside, New Orleans
have been received by the Associated
Press today and this seems to indi-
cate the authorities outside New Or
leans have the situation we'll in hand
Train service on the Southern Pacific
and the Louisville & Nashville has
been disturbed by quarantine regula.
tions. The Southern Pacific has its
entire service discontinued on the
main line and Louisville e. Nashville
trains going south will be stopped at
Mobile and the occupants transferred
to screened coaches for the rest of the
journev. The Illinois Central is STOP
ping all its south bound trains at Har-
ahan, La, where transfer is made to
screened coaches. Though armed for
ces in Mississippi and Louisiana have
been in touch for twelve hours, there
have been no reports of collision
though the situation is regarded as
acute.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

San Sebastian. Spain, Aug. 4.-The
infante Marie Alfonso. son of the late
princess of Asturias (sister of King
Alfonso) and heir presumptive to the
throne, died this morning of menin-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-04

by the board OF health, II Is shown
that Of the fifty.four cases, twenty
nine We're rooted out Of conceament
by the health board.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-03
Nothing on the Market Equal to
ChamberIdin's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.

This fact is we'll known to druggists
everywhere, and nine out of ten will
give their customers this preparation
when the best is asked for. Mr.. ODE
Wilmer, prominent druggist of Joplin,
Mo-, in a circular to his customers, says:
"There is nothing on the market in the
way of patent medicine which equals
Chamberlin's Collie, Cholera and Diarr-
hoea Remedy for bowel complaints. We
sell and recommend this preparation
For sale by L. P. Van Werden, Leon, w.
S. Bear, Decatur City, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-03
Travelling Man Sent Her Home.

The habit of leaving home is becom-
ing contagious among 14-year-old girls
in Ringgold county, the case reported
last week from MellertOn having a
parallel with different circumstances
in Mt. Ayr. Grace Ruttenbur, aged
IA, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ.
Ruttenbur Of Mt. Ayr, left her home
Friday. She got only as far away as
Benton, intending to take Great
Western train there, when she was
given some fatherly advice by travel
ing man and was sent back home. She
was thinly clad, and had only 81, all in
pennies. The man Lon II. Boydston, a
we'll known travelling agent for the
Register and Leader, discovered the
girl at Benton on Friday and perceived
that she had the appearance Of a fugi
tive. He questioned her closely and
drew from her a story of unpleasant
relations. Furnishing her with a mea
at the Benton hotel, he also put up fol
her hack fare and advised her to return
home and to make the best of her situa
ton in life. He also notified Sheriff
Miller. Mrs. Ruttenbur went to Benton
Saturday, returning the same day will
her daughter.-Mt. Ayr News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-03
TAKE 1T IN TIME.
Just as Scores of Leon People
Have

Waiting does't pay.
If you neglect the aching back,
Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely
follows.
Doans Kidney Pills relieve backache,
Cure every kidney I'LL.
Leon citizens endorse them.
Mrs. Mary Kinds, living in the south
east part of town, says: 81 knew years
ago that my kidneys were weak and [
have been subject to backache upon the
least provo ton particularly so il |
overeXerted myself. There was no
doubt about the cause for the action
plainly proved it. They contained a
sediment, were full OF acid and scalded.
If | contracted even a slight cold it
was sure to seat itself in the loinS and
greater aggavation followed, and j al
ways knew coming change in the
weather. | have used more than one
remedy in my time when these attacks
We're very pronounced but until | went
to l.. =. Van Werden's drug store for
Doan's Kidney Pills | never was able to
check a spell let alone stop it. The
treatment of Doan's Kidney Pills differ
ed from anything | ever employed.
They acted directly upon the kidneys
and stopped the trouble entirely"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cts.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.