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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30

Salmon by member Of the Howard
Label company Of Washington, which
has the contract to furnish meat in
spection tags to the government. 1t
was determined also that his admins
tration Of the meat inspection service
had been as fair as the appropriations
warranted.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
SECRETARY BONAPARTE DlSAPPROVES
FINDINGS OF BENNINGTON REPORT

Washington, Aug. 30.-Secretary
Bonaparte today acted upon the find.
ings of the court Of int1iry In the
case Of the Bennington explosion. He
disapproved SO much Of the findings
as declared the Bennington was "in
an excellent state Of discipline and
good and efficient condition" He
is particularly severe In his COM
mept upon the failure Of the officers
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30

successful efforts 10 secure peace re-
fleet credit on the nation"
Inside History.
Portsmouth, Aug. 3O.--Much inter
esting history behind the conference
remains to be written. No one knows
exactly what considerations induced
the Toxic government to waive all
demands for cash. It can be stated
however, on authority of the Japan.
ese mission that President Roosevelt
was originally Of the opinion that
Japan should not demand indemnity
and II Is therefore possible he may
have urged this view at Toxic, when
he found Russia obdurate.
The Pope Jubilant.
Rome, Aug. 3O.---When the pope
was informed of the conclusion OF
peace this morning, he exclaimed. .
This is the happiest news of my life.
Thank God for President Roosevelt's
courage"
Praise for President.
London, Aug. 30.--The evening pa
pers follow the lead of the morning
papers In bestowing unstinted praise
on President Roosevelt, to whom they
p'vo the fullest c~cdit FOR to outcnma
Of the peace conference. whose deci.
sion was entirely at variance with
their daily predictions since the open.
inc of m, pauofiafto,o Doth IN ,,a.,
and people are SO astounded at the
outcome Of the peace conference that
they feel there is something in the
agreement arrived at that has not yet
been published and that II this is not
the case, then new Anglo-Japanese
treaty has affected the result in some
way.
Japan ImpresnabIe.
Pail Mall Gazette says: Japan
now stands In a position Of impregn;
able supremacy In the far east and
this supremacy could only be disputed
by a condition against which her al
lance with the greatest naval power
In the world constitutes an absolute
guarantee"
No Meeting Today.
Portsmouth, Aug. 30.--There will
be no meeting of the peace conference
today. When adjournment was TAX
en- yesterday no time was fixed for
the next meeting.
Too Stupid to be Glad.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 30.--The peace
news was received here without man.
ifestations Of Joy. 1t can safs'! be
said, however, that the general feel
ing Of the intelligent people is that
justice has been done at Portsmouth.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
YELLOW FEVER BREAKS OUT
IN PENASCOlA FLA.

Washington, Aug. 3O.--The surgeon
general OF the army today received a
telegram from Barrancas, stating that
the mayor Of Pensacola. Fla, official.
~ announced that yellow fever had
broken out at Pensacola.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
GENERAL STRIKE CAUSED ~
MOBILIZATION or TROOPS.

Libau, Russia, Aug. 30.--A general
strike has been brought about here
by the order for the mobilization of
troops. No factories are running, port
loading IL discontinued. street rail.
roads have stopped operations, steam
railway communications are interrupt.
ed no newspapers are issued. The
situation Is growing tense and many
soldiers are patrolling the streets,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
CAUSED ev EARTHQUAKE

Naples, Aug. 30--A violent earth.
quake Is reported from Palena. and
Sultana. simultaneous with the erup.
tion OF Vesuvius and Strombli. Many
houses fell, church steeples tottered
and there was a great panic. The
population Of the two villages fed to
the country. Two persons are report.
ed killed and hundred injured.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
Or. SALMON EXONERATED FROM
BLAME BY McCABE'S REPORT

Washington, Aug. 30.--The report
Of Solicitor McCabe Of the agricultural
department was made public today,
1t exonerates Or. Salmon, chief Of the
bureau Of that department. from any
wrongful acts in the conduct Of his
bureau.
The charge was made against DR..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
RoeBER OF WIDOWS
LANDS IN PENiTENTlARY.

Chicago, Aug. 20s--Edward. j. Lewis.
the defaulting real estate broker Of
Wheaton. Ills, who. by duplicate
mortgages. swindled widows and other
poor persons to the extent of $1,000.
600. was taken today to the Joliet pen
itentiary to serve long sentence.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
The Blues Next Series.


Following is about the line up Of the
as Vegas Blues as they WIFI appear
In the northern series OF games:
Edmunds, SIS; Tanning, 2b.p; Lyon,
Glib; Dickerson, II; Brown, Glib;
Rathburn, 3b; Ford, IF; Ward, CT:
Gable, p; Nash, p; Cross. ri.
1t is quite likely that Edmunds may
take first In at least part Of the games
trying Ford, who is fast infield play.
er from the Texas league, at short.
While Cross has shown up fast
enough In his outfield place. he has
not yet given indication of great
deal OF batting ability.
Santa Fe closes up its business
houses tomorrow to see the game. The
Ontic will receive the score by in.
nings.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
cHAN0.cHiEN BOYCOTT
SCHEME DECLARED DOUBTFUL

Shanghai. Aug. SO.-The success OF
the Chang-Chien boycott scheme ia
doubtful. Orders Of goods from New
Chwang. following the news Of the
conclusion Of peace, are relieving the
pressure on dealers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
THREE MORE DEATHS
FROM YELLOW FEVER.

New Orleans. Aug. 30.--New cases
or fever since 6 p. M, Tuesday, sew.
enteen: total cases to date, 1,S49;
deaths, three: total deaths, 267.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
SECRETARY TAFT AND PARTY
SAIL FOR JAPAN TODAY,

Manila. Aug. 30--The transport
Logan, with Secretary Taft and party
on board, will sail for Japan tomorrow
noon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
Too stupid 70 Be Glad.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 30.--The peace
news was received here without man.
ifestations Of Joy. 1t can safs,I be
said, however, that the general feel
ing Of the intelligent people is that
justice has been done at Portsmouth.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
No Meeting Today.

Portsmouth, Aug. 30.--There will
be NO meeting Of the peace conference
today. When adjournment was TAX
en- yesterday no time was fixed for
the next meeting.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10

head out OF water, but nothing showed
above the water where Garibaldi was
except red patch on his black pants.
Dad was yelling for help. and finally
the gondolIer got his head out OF Ito
water. and said something that sound
ed like grinding butcher knife on q
grindstone, and yelled, too. and the
gondolas began to gather around US.
and the two men were rescued. The
gondolier had been gondoling all his
life and he had never'been In the water
before, and they thought 1t would
strike In and kill him, SO they
wrapped him up in blankets and put
him aboard his canoe. and he looked
at me as though was to blame They
got boat hook fastened In dads pants
and landed him in the gondola, and he
dripped all the way to our hotel, and
he smelled like fish market.
asked Garibaldi, on the way to the
hotel, II he was counting his beads
when he was down under the water
with nothing but his pants out of the
water, and he said: You're dam
right" but don't think he knew the
measing OF the words. because he prob
ably wouldn't swear In the presence
OF death. Dad just sat and shivered
all the way to the hotel, but when we
got to our room | asked him what his
idea was In jumping overheard right
there before folks. with. his best
clothes on. and he said II was all Carl
baldis fault. that just as dad was get
ting good grip on the paddle, the
gondolier heaved long sigh, and the
onions In his breath paralyzed dad so
he fell overheard.
Then you don't blame your little
boy, do you?, says I, and dad looked
at me as heNwas hanging his wet shirt
on q chair. Course not you were
asleep in the cabin. But say, II ever
hear that you did tip that gondola, II
will go hard with YOU" but l jus,
! looked innocent. and dad went on dry
Ing his shirt by charcoal brazier and
never suspected me. But I am getting
the worst of It, for dad and his clothes
smell so much like clam bake that II
makes me sick.
Well. old friend, you ought to close
up your grocery and come over here
and go to Vesuvius and Pompeii with
us, where we can dry our clothes by
the volcano, and dig in the city tha
was buried In hot ashes 1000 year!
ago. They say you can dig up mum
mics there that are dead ringers fo
you, old man.
o, come on, and have fun with us
Your friend
HENNERY.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10
COURT KNEW THE GAME.
And Took Judicial Notes Of the Fine
Points as They Were
Narrated.

Senator Clay, of Georgia, is looked
upon as one of the best raconteurs in
the upper house of congress. In negro
dialect stories he is inimitable, says
the Louisville Courier-Journal. This
is his latest:
When Judge David Irwin was hold
ing court in Marietta. Ca, a negro was
brought before him for smashing the
nose of a companion while the two
were engaged in q supposedly friendly
game of cards. There were dozen
witnesses who testified that there was
no provocation whatever. but that the
prisoner had suddenly leaned over the
table and smashed the nose of the
man opposite, nearly knocking that
organ out Of place.
The belligerent was convicted of as
sault and battery and sentenced to six
months Imprisonment. The man had
In the past borne a good reputation
and Judge Irwin had known him for
years, and besides the judge was noted
for his clemency to first offenders So
he asked the prisoner, when the case
came before him for review. why he
had acted in such a manner.
You must have had some reason"
he said. Now tell me all about 1t, just
between ourselves"
deed l did hab some reason,
jedge; deed did," the negro blurted
out. "Jedge, did you eber play seben-
up?"
The stern dispenser of justice de-
clined to answer the question.
Whether L,play seven-up or not has
nothing to do with the case" he said
But 'ded 1t hab, jedge; 1t hab heaps
to do wifi It," the negro insisted, ''for
lessen you can play seben-up you CANT
understan' how this we're happened.
You see, jedge, me and that niger
ober dar was playin' and / dole the
kairds and / turn up de nine-spot OBJ
spades, and hab in my ham the jack
and the ten and the deuce. He beg
and glib i'm one. an den what you
think dat niger ober dar done? He
lead de ace OBJ spades an ! put on my
deuce. Den what you think dat niger
ober dar done? He lead de king oh
spades and give him hard look. but
l put on my ten. Den what you think
that emery, low-down, sneakin' niger
done, jedge? He lead de queen OBJ
spades. | put on my jack, and den
just lean ober an smash he's nose
clean often he's face
When order was restored the judge
solemnly revoked the previous sem
tence. II think that II the defendant
pays one dollar" he said. "all the re-
quirements of justice which the SOW
ereign state of Georgia demands will
be beautifully satisfied"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10

the horse and the horse jumped In. the
air and came down kerchunk on an
asphalt pavement, the horse would ex-
plode, and when the rider came down
covered with sausage covers and horse
meat, he would be dead, or would want
to be. Dad said the anarchists went
into executive session and took up a
collection to send man to Berlin to
fill the emperor's saddle horses with
cut feed like dad suggested.
We'll, the anarchist story was too
much for Switzerland, and the next
morning dad was told by policeman
that he had to get out OF the country
quick, and it didn't take us Is minutes
to pack up, and here we are in Venice.
Well, say, old friend, this is the place
where you ought to be, because,nobody
works here. that Is, nobody but gon-
doliers. We have been here several
days, and have not seen soul do
ing anything except begging, or sell
ing things that nobody seems to want
II anybody buys anything but onions
IL Is for curiosity, or for souvenirs, and
yet the whole population sits around
in the sun and watches the strangers
from other lands price things and GO
away without buying. and then every
body looks mad, as though they would
like to jab a knife into the stranger
The plazas and the places near the
canal are filled with hucksters and
beggars, and you never saw beggars SC
mutilated and sore and disgusting.
never supposed human beings could
| be so deformed, without taking an AZ
to them. and 1t is so pitiful to SEE
them that you can't help shedding your
money.
As hard hearted as dad Is, h,
| coughed up oyer $40 the first day. jus
| giving to beggars, and he thought hi
| had got them all bought up, and tina
they would let him alone, but the mex
day when he showed up there we're tel
| beggars where there was one the da,
| before, and they followed him every
where. and all the loafers in tn,
| plazas laughed and acted as II the.
| would catch the cripples when dad 60
| out Of sight and rob the besgars. Da'
| thinks the way the people live Is b.
| dividing with beggars, Alman who ha
deformity. or D sore that yon can 90
1 half block away, seems to; be con
sidsred rich here, Ike . man in Amer
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10
OF POLITICAL IMPORT.

UPresident Roosevelt does not
want to be nominated again. but Col.
Bryan has not yet declined
delphia Press.
DReciprocity has taken new turn.
Col. Bryan is going abroad to show
the foreigners how things arc done In
free country.--St. Louis Globe DEM
ocrat.
DSocialism may make It's insidlous
way under the cloak of philanthropy
and the church. but 1t is nevertheless
venomous serpent. Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
DCol. Bryan agrees with Mr..
Roosevelt on a good many PROPOSE
tions. but can hardly see why any man
should refuse a presidential nomina-
ton. Washington Post.
DMayor Tom Johnson OF Cleveland
has much the same views Of municipal
ownership as Mayor Dunno Of Chica-
go. But apparently the sort OF social
ism which he seeks to INTRODUCES into
city government Is not very profitable.
Cleveland reports s5.O0O,0O0 deficit
under his administration. ~ Troy
Times.
r1Revenue will have to be raised.
but that is more likely TO be done By
Increasing the internal taxes or add
ing new ones than BY modifying the
tariff Chicago Chronicle.
rzMr. Bryan Is again TO 30 abroad,
this time to study government owner
ship OF railroads. Mr.. Bryan In maxi
| Ing the announcement adds that he
win be In politics when he comes back.
In fact, that seems to be the CHIEF
reason why be e now going abroad.
| The llmellght facilitlss there Tor. him
will be much better than At home ur-
I'll 1908 draws much nsarer. IN. =
Tribune. Is & 3, ls 4
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10

GUAGE, AND ONE IN EfETALlAN'
dress clothes and sit on verandas. or
eat and drink, and talk Eyetalian, and
ride in gondolas, and play guitars, and
smoke cigarettes, and talk love. II
is so warm you can wear your sum-
merpants, and the water smells OF clans
that died long ago. 1t Is just as
though Chicago was flooded by the
bursting of the sewers, and people had
to go around State street. and all the
cross streets. and Michigan avenue, in
on top Of the pavements. Imagine
the people of Chicago taking gondolas
and riding along the streets, landing
at the stores and hotels. just as they
do now from carriages.
We had been riding in gondolas for
two days, getting aground in the mud
when the tide was out, and going to
sleep and waiting for the tide to come
in, when 1t seemed to me that dad
needed some excitement, ana last night
l gave 1t to him.
We were out in our gondola. and the
moon was shining, and the electric
lights made the canal near the Rialto
bridge as light as day. The Rialto
bridge crosses the Grand canal. and
has been the meeting place for lovers
for thousands Of years. 1t is a grand
structures Of carved marble, but it
wouldn't hold up threshing machine
engine half as well as an iron bridge.
Well. the canal was filled with thou
sands of gondolas, loaded with the
flower of Venetian society. and the
music Just made you want to fall in
love. Dad said II he didn't fall in love.
or something. before morning, he
would quit the place. made up my
mind he should fall into something, so
I began by telling dad 1t seemed
strange to me that nobody but Eye
Italians could run gondola. Dad said
he could run gondola as well as any
foreigner. and l told him he couldn't
run a gondola for shucks, and he said
he would show me, so he got out Of
the hen house where we were seated.
and went back on to the pointed end
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10

lean who owns stock In great corpora
lions. These beggars pay more taxes
than the dukes and things who live In
style.
I suppose dad never studied geogra-
ply, SO he didn't know how Venice was
situated, SO he told me to go out and
order q hack the first morning we were
here, and we would go and see the
town. When told dad there we're no
hacks, no horses and no roads In
Venice. he said was crazy in my head
and wanted me to take some medicine
and stay In bed for few days, but l
convinced him, when we got out
doors, that everything run by water
and when I showed him the canal and
the gondolas. he remembered all about
Venice, and picked out gondolier that
looked like one dad saw at the worlds
fair, and we hired him because he
talked English. All the English the
gondolier could use were the words
"you bet your life." and you're dam
right" but dad took him because II
seemed so homelike, and we have been
riding in gondolas every day.
On the water you can get away from
the beggars. This Is an ideal exist
ence. You just get In the gondola, un
der canopy. and the gondolier does
the work, and you glide along between
buildings and wonder who lives there
and when they wake up. as all day
long the blinds are closed. and every
body seems to be dead. But at night
when the canals are lighted. and thu
moon shines. the people put on thei
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10
Dad Plays He Is an Anarchist In
0eneva-In Venice They Give Aims
and the Bad Boy Upsets a Con-
dola In the Grand Canal.
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
(Ex- Governor Of wisconsin. Formerly Pub
lisher Of Pecks Sun, Author OF "Peck's
Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright. 1906. by Joseph b. Bowles)t I
VENICE, ITALY.-MY DEAR OLD
CHUMIRENO: Dad couldn't get out OF
Switzerland quick enough after he got
thawed out the day after we climbed
the glaciers. We found that almost all
the tourists in Geneva were there be-
cause they did not want to go home
and say they had not visited Switzerland,
so they just jumped from one place to
another. The people who stay there
any length of time are like the foreign
residents Of Mexico, who are wanted
for something they have done at
home, that is against the law. There
are more anarchicts in Geneva than
anything else, and they look hairy and
Wild eyed. and they plot to kill kings
and drink beer out of two quart jars.
When we found that more attention
was paid to men suspected Of crime in
their own countries, and men who were
believed to be plotting to assassinate
kings. dad said 1t would be good
joke II story should get out that he
was suspected Of being connected with
a syndicate that wanted to assassinate
some one, so I told a fellow that I got
acquainted with that the fussy old man
that tried to ride glazier without
any saddle or stirrup was wanted for
attempting to blow up the president
of the United States by selling him
baled hay soaked In a solution Of dy-
Mantle and nitro-glycerine.
Say, they will believe anything in
Switzerland. 1t wasn't two hours before
long people were inviting dad
to dinners, and the same night he was
taken to a den where lot Of anar-
chists were reveling, and dad reveled
till almost morning. When he came
back to the hotel he said his hosts got
all the money he had with him,
through some game he didn't under
stand, but he understood 1t was to 60
into fund to support deserving anar-
chists and dynamiters. He said when
| they found out he was a suspected as.
sassin nothing was too good for him
He said they wanted to know how hi
expected to kill president by soaking
baled hay in explosives, and dad sale
| 1t came to him suddenly to tell then
that the president rode on horseback
a good deal, and he thought II horse
was filled with baled hay and nitro
glycerine and the president spurret
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10
THE DREAMS AHEAD.

What would we do In this world or ours.
Were II not for the dreams ahead?
For thorns are mixed with the blooming
flowers, 3 eh
No matter which path we tread.
And each OF us has his golden goal.
Stretching far into the years;
And ever he climbs with hopeful soul,
! With Alternate smiles and tears.
That dream ahead is what holds him mp
Through the storms of a ceaseless night;
When his lips are pressed to the worm
woods cup, ~
And clouds shut out the light.
To some MS dream of high estate.
To some It's dream of wealth;
To some It's a dream of a truce with Fate
In a constant search for health.
TO some It's a dream OF home and wife;
To some it's crown above;
The dreams ahead are what make each
life W NJ
The dreams-and faith-and love!
Edwin Carlisle Litsey. In Housekeeper
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-06-10
| CONSOLATION
BY S. MAcNAUGHrAN

AHRS. JEFFERSON was not more
Vl than IS years Of age, and she had
spent IA years of married life in India.
She had seen three of her children
buried in an unhealthy station, and
had been to England once. seven years
before, to take two little girls home to
be educated. 1t was on her return voy-
age from visiting her children that !
met her.
She was so much less aggressive
than most Of the women on board, and
demanded so much less attention, that
1t was restful to lazy man like my
self just to sit quietly by her deck
chair, share my books and newspapers
with her, and enjoy my evening cigar
by her side. Mrs. Jefferson did not
object to smoking, she seemed indeed
80 difident, so humble and .unexacting
that / found myself wondering what
the man must be like who was her hus-
band, and hoping that he was not self
fish brute who sat upon the little wom-
I found out very little about her dur
ing our long chats. Perhaps am ego
tistical and talk good deal about my
self when get a patient listener. Be
that as It may, CLEANED nothing of
Mrs. Jefferson's own history from her,
and at last I determined to ask the
captain of the ship II he knew any
thing about her.
1T is odd that you should ask me
that" said Capt. Hargreaves, for y
was only to-day that began to re-
call Mrs. Jefferson to my recollection.
She told me her maiden name this
morning, and said that she had trav-
eled out with me once before, and
recollected the circumstances imme.
diately.
"She was going out to India to be
married to this man Jefferson. and
very pretty girl she was In those days
though one would hardly guess 1t now
to look at heroine gets accustomed
to that sort Of thing on board these
p. and o. vessels-one year pretty
girl with pink cheeks and her lovers
photograph on her cabin table, goine
out to be married and to be happy
ever afterward, and few years later
the same girl with all the roses