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

II. w. Taylor has been appointed
manager Of the Simons selling com
pany and has also become interested
In the firm. The Optic wishes him the
c he deserves, as he is. without
doubt. n Of the most energetic "hus
tiers In the territory.
X. M. Simons will leave tomorrow
for Denver to assume the management
of the Hardesty manufacturing com
pany. In which his firm has become in
terested. He will retain his inter.
ests here in the Simons Selling com
pany and expects to make frequen,
visits to this city In connection with
the business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05
Davis Summoned Home

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Secretary
Taft today cabled Governor Davis =
Panama to return at once to I
United States, placing Col. Gorgas IN
charge until the arrival there Of Gov.
ernor Magoon. Col. Davis has been
suffering from malaria but 1t was
feared that his departure from the
isthmus at the time when health con.
ditions are adverse would be misu
derstOOd.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The wool securing plant OF Ross &
0 across the railroad tracks,
was entered by vandals the other
night and damage 10 the amount of ar
least $500 done. Windows were brok-
en-, iron pulleys smashed. stationery
scattered broadcast over the floor OF
The office on which also a five.gal.
Ion can of black oil was emptied. The
desk In the office was pried open and
the safe entered, though luckily II ron.
tanned nothing Of value TO the van.
dals.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05
Appointed Administrative.

In the probate court yesterda,
morning, Mrs. Emma Benedict wa.
appointed Administrative OF the estat,
OF ler recently deceased husband. AL
mon F. Benedict and on June 5th nj,
last will and testament will be admit
ted to probate.
Mr.. Benedict was possessed of Ger
TAIN real estate and personal property
the exact value of which Is not known
Before his death he executed a will
vii essed by J. X. Martin, o.
Gregory and George w. Noyes, on
Sept. End, 1901. In his last will anf
testament the deceased citizen desir
ed. first of all, that his honest debts
and funeral expenses shall be paid
All his property, both real and person
al and mixed, of every kind. characte,
and description is bequeathed To his
wife. He also dominates and appoints
her To be his exocutrix, without an,
inventory of his estate being made
nor shall she be required to give bond
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The mother of H ID. Sullivan. who
was badly scalded In the boiler ex-
plosion near Springer Tuesday, arriv-
ed Wednesday night from Wagon
Mound. She was accompanied by DR..
NOrthwood, the Wagon Mound physi-
clan, who was called to the scene of
the wreck and attended Sullivan. The
young man will recover from his in
juries.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05
.Brandes to
Follow Plat

HARTFORD, May 5.-The choice OF
Congressman Frank B. B%randegee, to
be republican candidate for United
States senator to succeed the late
Orville II. Plat, came at the end OF
the 9th ballot. In view OF the small
democratic minority the nomination of
is equivalent to election.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The team hitched to the Harris
dairy wagon started to run at a pretty
lively gait this morning and in IN.
deavoring TO check them with the
lines. one of them became entangled
somehow, with The result that the
vehicle brought up hard against a
telephone pole and sustained a brok-
en- tongue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The body Of Fireman J. w. Swisher,
who met death In the locomotive ex-
plosion near Springer, N. NJ, was ship
ped to relatives in Abilene, Kas., this
morning. Had the b. Of l.. r. known
It in time, an escort would have been
sent with the body.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The Investment and Agency corpo.
ration will negotiate the purchase and
sale Of ranch and city property, mort.
gage loans and investments generally.
Office will open about May list. Ap-
p~lications can now be made to A. A.
Jones. J. H. Stearns or A. B. Smith.
Abb
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

Lutte Wilcox, who is ~cleverly refer
red to by Polly Pry,' a journal Of
comment and criticism, published at
Denver, Colo, the article being re.
produced elsewhere this evening will
DO remembered Is a former city edi-
tor of The Optic whose motto was
I'VE never Sleep"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

Weather prediction: Showers and
cooler tonight; Saturday fair and
warmer. The temperature yesterday
was 63 degrees maximum and 81 de-
grees minimum.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

Luck means rising at 6 o'clock
every morning; living on half Of your
income. and depositing the other half
With the Plaza Trust and Savings
bank. 7.2-17.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The date for the Las Vegas driving
meet Is drawing near. Preparations
are going on rapidly. the track il be-
ing put In the best OF shape, horses
are being entered by the score and all
signs point TO an eminently success.
full series of races.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05
Trinidad Miners Killed
-


= TRINIDAD. Colo, May 5.--As .
. the result Of a cave-in Of the .
. Starkville mine today, John .
. O'Neil, James Rowe and Jack .
. Cavillito were instantly killed and =
. buried under tons OF rock. The .
. cave-ln occurred a mile under
. ground away from the main part .
, OF the mine. The bodies have not .
, yet been recovered.
-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

The baseball dance at the opera
house tonight is attracting much at.
tentlon. Fine music will be furnished
and q big crowd Is expected.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

Parties going to the country will
consult their best interests by calling
at Clay & Rogers livery barn where
nice rigs at reasonable prices may q,
ways be had. 1875
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05

In the probate court this morning.
Nicanor Sandoval was appointed spec.
ial administrator Of the estate Of Bal.
ta2ar Sanchez, deceased. and June 9Th
was set as the day on which the last
will and testament would be admitted
to probate.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-05
LOCALNUCCETS !
- -
. Race MaAt. q

. Race Meet. q
. June 8, 8 and 7 . race meet will .
. b held In Lac Vegas under the .
. auspices Of the Western Racing cir. =
. cult. The best horses In the west =
. will bs here. Liberal purses will =
.. b offered and the program will =
. b attractive. Particulars will b =
. given upon application 10 r. e. .
. TwltehsII, president, Or R. J. Tau. =
pert secretary Of the Lac Vegas =
. Driving association. .
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
General Markets.

New York, Dec. II.
FLOUR-Steady, but quiet; Minnesota
patents s4,6oa5; winter straights, $3.s0a
4.10; '--'r- xtras, s2.s5a3.25 winter pat
ents, $42oa455
Miih.-. PRICES In the early wheat
market were about 1ac. lower this morn
ing as a result of poor cables, liquidation
and improved Argentine weather news
May, 90 3-16as3Ssc
TALLOW- Steady city, 41hc; country
41za4s4c
HAY-Firm; shipping, 5oa55c; good to
choice, S0aS5c.
BEANs-Quiet; marrow, sS.15: medium,
$2.15a21712; pea, s1.71aa1.s0; red kidney,
s2.S5
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, per pound,
24a241ac-; firsts 2Oa23c.; seconds, 1Sa19c. !;
held, extras, 211Aa221ac.; firsts, 20a21c.
CHEESE-State, full cream small and
large, colored and white, fancy, Septem-
Der. 1324c.; average best, 11Ac.; fair, la
nkc.
EGGS-Fresh gathered, extras per doz-
en-, Bic; nearby, fresh gathered, firsts to
extra firsts, 28a29c.
LIVE POULTRY-Stead fowls, liza
12c.; ducks, 12a13c.; old ROSTERS Sika9c
turkeys, 14a15c.; spring chickens, nal2c
geese 12a13c
killed fowls, choice, 13a1S1kc: do, fair to
good, 12a121sc.; turkeys, choice and fam
cy, lSa20c.; do, fair to good, 14a16c
ducks, 11a15c.; old ROSTERS, 91ac.; nearby
chickens, choice, 15a16c.; western chick
ems, choice, 14a14i4c; western chickens.
fair to good, 11at3c. geese, 9a10c.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
The correspondent of
the London Daily News
FOREIGN

AT Constantinople says:
OF INTEREST. ''The sultan has yield
ed. He has accepted the scheme for the
financial control of Macedonia as EN-
bodied in the last collective note of the
powers"
The bill separating France from The
Roman Catholic church, having been
passed in the senate, was promulgated
in the official journal and became eff
fectiye Thus is swept away the ia
nous concordat or agreement signed by
Plus VII and Napoleon. This made the
churches government property, the cler-
gy being paid by the church and the
entire ecclesiastical administration be-
ing under the direction of cabinet
minister.
The Nobel prizes of $4,000 each
were distributed by King Oscar. The
recipients of the prizes were: In phys
les, Philip Lenard, professor of Kiel
university; in chemistry, Adolph von
Boyer, professor at the University OF
Munich; in medicine, Professor Robert
Koch of Berlin, and in literature, Hen
ry Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist. The
Baroness Won Suttner of Austria was
adjudged the winner of the peace prize
Captain A. c. Baker, U. S. ~, who
has been studying commercial and pc
litical conditions in China for the gov
eminent, says the boycott has doomed
our trade with that country At a meet
ing of Chinese guilds and American
merchants in Hongkong the Chinese
formulated demands the granting OF
which. they said, would be necessary
to bring the boycott to an end
The commission appointed to inquire
into the recent Chinese massacre o.
American missionaries has caused the
beheading of three prisoners TIL
American consul will recommend tina
a Carnegie medal be awarded TO {
Chinaman who rescued a missionary
at the risk of his own life
Pope PINS x. is to procure collec
ton Of President Roosevelt's messages
and speeches The pope wishes t.
study the presidents views in connec
ton with document concerning socla
problems.
Minister Griscom- returning from ia
pan, said that eountry's commercial dc
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
velopment will be retarded for many
years by poverty.
William McSwain and
Wilbur Cole pleaded
guilty in Chicago to
GRIM ES
AND

oeuaEe William McSwain and
Wilbur Cole pleaded
A,sD guilty in Chicago to
CASUALTIES. the charge of conspira-
cy to extort money from members of
the firm of Armour & Co. and We're
sentenced each to thirty days in jail.
When the case of Eddie Milan, in
dicted for bribery and assault on cleo
ton day. was called in Brooklyn, he
failed to appear. The court declared
his bail of 1000 forfeited and issued
a warrant for his arrest. Former As
semblyman Joseph ]. Cahill of Brook
lyn was sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment for election frauds.
Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers was hanged
at the Vermont states prison at Wind
sor for the murder of her husband Aug.
10. 1902. The execution took place aft
err the woman had been twice reprieved
on account of appeals and after the
United States supreme court refused
to take action in the case.
The Nantucket lightship foundered
after heavy storm while being lowed
to New Bedford, Mass. by the light
house tender Azalea. The crew of four
teen was rescued. The gunboat Wasp,
which set out to save the lightship, re-
turned to port after hard battle with
the elements.
In New York Lawyer Thomas Par
malice Wickes, otherwise known as
Lewis Jarvis. was found guilty OF
blackmail. Wickes is the man accused
of sending letters to others signed
Lewis Jarvis" praising himself.
Nine railroad employees were killed,
eleven others injured and eight passen-
gers were injured in the wreck of an
Overland Limited passenger train on
the Union Pacific near Rock Springs,
Wyo.
Starting from the explosion OF y
lamp, a fire in big five storf
house in New York burned - ,
and her five little ones to death ana Pr
jured two other persons seriously
Albert T. Patrick. who for tiTe ye tr'
has been fighting to escape the ceF-l
penalty for the murder Of Wi-i'an
Marsh Rice. was again sentences to sAla
in the electric chair.
Antoinette Tolla. the Italian girl N'l'
shot the man who tried to win her Fen
her husband last March, was sentenced
in Hackensacl, ~ j.. to be hanged o.
Jan. II next.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14


son and but a fraction of per cent be-
low the ten year average.
The report Of Secretary Of the Treas
ury Shaw shows that the deficit for the
year ended June 30 1905. was $4,000
22S.60 The deficit at the end of the
current year will be- according to the
secretary. only $S.000.000.
The SuRolk county Boston' grand
jury failcl to return an Indictment
against Thomas W. Lawson for Grim
inal libel on charges preferred by G.
W. Barron proprietor of the Boston
News Burcau.
George Becher, young Bayarian- a
farm herd OF Hammond, Ind, has been
notified by the American consul at Mu-
n.ch that he is one of four heirs to an
ee-ate IN Bavaria said to amount to
5, 00o,@0
The announcement by the Pennsylva-
nil railroad that after the end OF the
year it would discontinue the issuing
of passes is followed by declarations
that other railroads will take similar
action
The matter of shanghaiing, or kid
naping, men to work on the oyster
boats Of Chesapeake bay is attracting
widespread attention 1t is said that
the men are treated with revolving bru-
tality.
Representative Glass of Virginia has
introduced a bill extending to state
agricultural departments the privilege
of franking documents relating to agri-
culture to farmers within their state.
A statement was issued by the APP
preparations committee of the senate
and house summarizing the estimates
for appropriations aggregating $S04,-
296,415 for the fiscal year 1907.
The report of the director of the CEN
sus office calls attention to the great in
crease in the cost of the work, the per
capita having risen from 8 cents in
1870 to q cents in 1900.
For the fiscal year 1905 the total re-
ceipts of the postotfice department
from all sources were S152. S26. 5S5 and
total expenditures $167, 1S1, $50 leaving
deficit of S14.572, 5S4.
The memory of William Lloyd Car
rison, the famous abolitionist, was hon
ored in many churches in Boston and
elsewhere on the one hundredth ami
versary of his birth
A slab of honey eight feet long and
eighteen inches wide and four inche.
thick, weighing 101 pounds. has been
taken from a house in Sandy Plains
N. Y.
The convention of the Farmers Edu-
cational Union of America at Texar-
kama, Tex. decided by a large major
ity to form a national organization.
Miss Alice Iseminger has won the
corn husking championship of Iowa by
the marvellous record of $50 bushels
between sunrise and sunset.
Governor Stokes of New Jersey has
appointed JAY Ten Eyck county judge
of Essex county to succeed Judge Al
fred S. Skinner, resigned
The United States circuit court in
Boston has appointed receiver for the
Royal Society of Good Fellows. fra
ternal benefit association.
The new Cunard line turbine steamer
Carmania, the first turbine vessel to
cross the ocean, arrived in New York.
The California delegation in the SEN
ate and house favors the exclusion of
japanese and Koreans.
James r. Parsons, Jr.. American con-
sui general in the City of Mexico was
killed by accident.
Watercress, brown stallion sixteen
years old, was sold at sale in New
York for $1,000.
The United States battleship Idaho
was launched at the Cramp shipyard,
Philadelphia.
William j. Bryan is visiting Korea.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
DEATHS
OF NOTED
PEOPLE.


tive of Pennsylvania. seventy years
old and was chosen three times to rep
resent Oregon III the upper house of the
national legislature. Senator MitchellS
death was due TO hemorrhage follow
ing the extraction of teeth and also to
diabetes. His vitality was lowered by
the mental strain consequent on his re-
Oregon land frauds.
Within few hours of the suicide OF
his young nephew. Robert D. Ballan-
tine, Robert f. Ballantine. president OF
the brewing firm of that name. of New
ark. n J., died His intimate friends
believe that his death, which was not
unexpected. was FASTENED by the death
of his nephew.
William III. Thompson. president OF
the National Bank Of Commerce of St.
Louis, died of pneumonia. Mr.. Thomp-
son was born in Huntington. Pa, in
1928. He was treasurer of the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition company.
Edward Atkinson, the well known
social and political economist, inventor
and anti-imperialist. of Boston died
suddenly after an attack of acute indi-
gestion, affecting the heart. He was
seventy-eight years old.
William B. Chisholm, editor and pro-
prietor of the Cayuga On. " Independ-
emit weekly, died suddenly of heart
failure He was four years editor of
the Elmira Advertiser.
Joseph W. Fairbanks. one of the
founuefs Of the Republican party, died
at Pennington, Me-, aged eightyfour
years. He was well known in Maine.
Captain Samuel S. Brown, multimil.
lionaire coal operator and well known
horseman, died at his home in Pitts
burg.
Philip C. Garrett, financier and phi
lanthropist of Philadelphia, is dead al
his home, aged seventy-one years.
Dr. Evelyn d. Bissell Of New Haven
one of the best known surgeons in Con
necticut is dead.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
HOLIDAY GIFTS
FOR EVERYONE.

Those who visited the past week most liberal
in their praise of the elaborate stock have prepared for
Christmas shoppers stock of handsome and inexpensive
presents as we'll as the costly Many articles which
though small and refined and in excellent taste
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
NEWS OF
OUR
N EIGHBORS.

small town called Itajahy, in the state
of Santa Catalina. P1azil, and there
seized man named Steinhoff, who
had left Germany as a deserter from
the army. and took him with them as
a prisoner on the Panther. Brazil has
complained to the German foreign of
flee
France has refused to withdraw her
note to Venezuela protesting against
Castro's treatment of M. Taigny, the
French diplomatic representative. NJ.
Jusserand, the French ambassador. had
a long conference with Secretary Roo,
regarding the Venezuelan situation.
which, it can be announced on high au-
thority, is daily growing worse.
Rotten eggs were thrown at Nine.
Sarah Bernhard, most famous OF
French actresses, after performance
because she displeased number OF
people in Quebec by an interview I'M
complimentary to Canadians given 10
a number of newspaper men. Premier
Laurier apoiogized to Nine. Berniardt.
Surgeon w G. Gorgas of the Unitee
States army. who has supervision Of
the health department of the isthmap
canal commission, said there is as little
loss from sickness on the canal zone
now as if the work were being done
in New York or Pennsylvania
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14

United States senator
John II. Mitchell Of
Oregon died in Port
land. He was Il na-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14

A few days ago sew
eral of the officers of
the German gunboat
p a n + h err visited n
The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14

Rural Communities Follow Tolstoi's
Advice-No General Strike at Present
Awful CrueIties Against lsraeIites Re-
ported = Count Witte Viii Not Use
Coercion-Sacharoff Killed.
The Washington times., 1905-07-15
Middle Distance Champ
To Visit This Country
Alfred Shrubb Will Run in AmeriCa-Arthur
Duffey, Best Sprinkler, Is Returning Home
in Company With Englishman.

Alfred Shrubb, the English champion
middle distance runner, who holds prac-
tically every track record from one TO
twelve miles, will arrive in this coun-
try about August IS.
With him will come Arthur T. Duffey.
the former Georgetown sprinter, whose
record of 0:09 35 for the hundred yards
has never been equaled. Together, these
two champions have made a tour of the
English isles and Australia, and have
won a majority of the races IN which
they have competed.
Duffey to Retire.
1t is expected that upon his return
from abroad Duffey viii retire perma-
Iently from the cinder path, but judg-
ing from recent events Shrubb will re-
main in track athletics for several
years. The middle distance runner has
been most successful since he took TO
the sport.
In 1901 he first became a champion by
winning the southern croSS-country
cha mpionship of England, then winning
the national eross-country championship
! from 240 runners. covering the full ten
miles inside the hour
he then took to the cinder path. When
the championships were held he won
The Washington times., 1905-07-15
ST. STEPHENS SIXTH.

McCatheran gave only one base on
balls but he had nine strikeouts 10 his
credit. Withai he Smdcked out a single.
The fielding of the winning outfit was
perfect, bat the work OF the losers was
rather rocky
The features of the play of Sixth was
Its three double plays. Mcdonald had
a hand IN each one of them.
The only extra base hit of the game
was the home run of big Mcdonald, the
ST. Stephen outfielder.
St. Stephen is now but seven points
behind Foundry for the leadership OF
the second column in Section A.
Each pitcher forced a batter TO first
By hitting him with pitched ball.
ST. PATRICK ST. VINCENT.
Twelve errors for the Turnerites.
That's about the limit
Harry Zannelli played well at short.
accepting nine chances.
Joe Turner seemed spellbound when
Umpire Newman called the game at
the ending of the eighth
Marilet. COLLEEN and Chaffrot were the
only men to fan the air for St.
Patricks.
Jack Spaulding got nice double-play
all alone by himself Forester flied and
Spaulding caught Gus Zannelli off sec
ond
ST. Vincent was just getting up and at
EN- when Dutch called it off.
Not a base was purloined on Bill
Marceron Three St Vincent men
tried it but they soon found themselves
on the bench.
Moffit failed to connect safely with
the ball until the eighth, when II went
, for homer scoring also Wooden.
Four errors In the first round gave
st. Patrick two tallies.
Jack Spaulding. the champion feather
weight mat artist, made good three
times out of four at the bat one swat
being a two-base hit.
BLANKS -PRESSMEN.
The merry binglng kept the felders
on tip-toes.
Webb and Arends were regulars"
with their wagon tongues-nine hits
for thirteen bases divided among them
The fielding was exceptionally clean
en- both sides.
Strudley was certainly sturdy around
the second station.
Darkness interfcred in the seventh and
in all proba bility beat the press slaves,
as they We're coming all the time
Today the Blanks VS.. Pressmen and
Foundry VIZ. Cowboys.
VARY-FOUNDRY.
Earnest and Frank OgIe were the
only Foundry boys who could safely
solve Wahlers delivery.
Charlie Lord added three more stolen
bases TO his credit and Is now leading
the league with twenty -one pliers
There were stolen bases galore Be
sides Lords three, Wahler, Symanoski
Kerr, and Graves each stole a sack
Although there were FIVE errors made
by both teams, the fielding on both
The Washington times., 1905-07-15
A USE FOR AIDES MELoDRAmA
At a recent banquet George AIDE was

At a recent banquet George AIDE was
called upon TO speak OF success.
Well, he began, Il suppose most of
ware better acquainted with failure
than with success. Four things fail; the
fifth succeeds. The hardest working
men have the most failures: but then
they also have the most successes.
Il remember in my younger days,
when l had written my first melodrama
l Travelled all the way from New York
TO Chicago to nave IL presented In
those DAYS ] had considerable confidence
IN myself, and could aot see why my
work should be turned DOWN
Il presented my meloirama TO II man
ager. and. after going through it. he
passed 1t back to me. / tried to point
out TO him what he was losing by not
accepting my work; al it's good quail
ties, etc. In despair, 1 said: Can't you
use ii at all?'
Well said he 1 might grind it up
and use II for snow storm. Boston
Herald.