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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

New York, Oct. 5.-Fdward neve,in.
real estate manager OF the New York
! ife Insurance company TODAY resum.
ed his testimony which was inter-
rupted last night al the adjournment
Of the legislative committee invest
ioar'ng the life insurance business
nevlin testified the annrtment housaat
Park avenue and Sixty-Seccnd street
cost the New York Life 81 .009.Sc
ana IL carried on comnany's books at
si50.00o oss. he said was due TO
tNe administration preceding Nc
CARS The Eareas Cirv office build
ing cost s, 901. .7sl. Is carried on the
books AT s120o.000 and It's net In
come, Is SOC per cent on the invest
ment. The Omaha building cost ST.
2i5 cal, is carried at sC50.0oO navs a
l'itle under three per cent. The In
dianapolis building cost sl,o's.759 end
navs 2h per cent. The ST. Paul build
ing cost s922,44o. and pays less than
one per cent. The Montreal building
cost $S1S,329 and pays about ~ per
cent
Devlin testified the comrany lost
s129.O35 on the Plaza hotel OF this
city which II constructed after taking
il over from the contractors who fail
ed. Devlin said the real estate Of
the company returned four per cent
in 1909 and in 1904 retrns fell to 81.
Cornelius G. White. auditor of the
New York Life. presented records of
the account with Andrew Hamilton.
showing two entries OF $4,000 Each
were charged to taxes New York in
sriance" account and later one uf
these was transferred to the con-
tingent expenses" account White
said the latter account consisted of
items that were paid the president to
reimburse him for what he paid out.
w. F. Thummel. legal counsel for
the Mutual Life Insrance company,
testified he received $500 from Vice
oreside-. r. A. Grandiss in 1901 and
paid 1t personally to the Chairman II
the Republican National Campaign
committee. Thummel said the con.
tribution had been suggested hy the
danger that demccrafi, house
result in tariff and other legislation
Of such character as would upset.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
COUNT WlTTE
SCORED IN
ST. PETERSBURG
Proposal to Give Banquet and
Bsstow Freedom OF City
Rejected.
Resolution Adopted Instead Declaring
Efforts in Behalf Of Peace Only
Expiation for Previous Mistakes

ST. Petersburg, Oct 5,--A strong
sentiment against Count Witte de-.
veloped at the. caucus OF the 81 Pet
e'sburg municipality yesterday even.
iag, called 10 discuss the civil ac'ion
III recognition CT his services IL Ports
mouth Suggestions that Banquet le
.iyer In his honor and that NJ Ie
pres ehted with the freedom of the
city, or address were rejected, and
a resolution adopted declaring he Is
not worthy Of any special honor be-
cause Of his services at Portsmouth,
were only redeeming sacrifice for
political mistakes In which he has
acquiesced and which were respons-
ible for the war. The first act CT
the ministerial committee, whose ses.
siops have been resumed with Count
Whites return, is an important con-
cession. the language permitting the
commercial schools OF Warsaw, Riga
and Reval 10 use Polish or German
in all studies except Russian gram
mar. history and geography.
Treaty Brought Home.
Toxic, Oct. An. Yamsza. director
Of political affairs Of the Japanese
foreign Office and II. w. Dennison,
adviser Of the foreign Office, arriyel
at yokahoma today on the steamer
Dakota, bringing the peace treaty
s.gued at Portsmouth. September 5.
and left Immediately for Toxic. They
arrived here this evening. A few
people met them at the railroad sta
tion which was guarded by military
and police.
Violence May Follow.
Toxic, Oct. SIN passing the peace
treaty the privy council has clearly
impressed upon the anti-peace agi-
tation the impossibilities of refusing
&C ratify the treaty. Their energies
now likely will be concentrated on
an attack on the cabinet. Any at.
tempt to supgess popular elntoh
!. nay u n iegfed Siysk 4 EIsa a H
VxOS@AA<ls .8 9Th fSss xSi a3*a&* "A
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

a number of the members cf the
Arizona Presbytery, part OF the Sy-
nod of New Mexico, arrived in the
city this afternoon and will hold meet
ings at the Presbyterian church this
evening and all day tomorrow, the
principal business before The body
being the examination OF four can
didates for the ministry.
The first meeting of the Synod on
New Mexico and Arizona will be he'd
ron orrow evening and the Synod vii
be in session until sometime Nor lay
Those members of the Arizona Pres.
hytery who arrived today are: R2'
c. n. Bierkemper of Ganado, in the
Navajo Indian reservation, moderator
of the Presbytery; Rev. George LOST
Of Douglas. Ariz., clerk; Rev. 7 {
Moffett, missionary-at-large with hea '
quarters at Tucson; Rev. Alexander
black and Mr.. John Butler Of For'
Defiance and Tuba City, respectively
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
TWO MILLION
MARK PASSED
Remarkable Attendance Keeps
Up at Lew & Clark Centennial

Portland. Ore. Oct. 5.-With the
two million mark passed. and pros
pects excellent for rolling up another
half a million before the gates are
closed for the last time on the night
of October II, the Lewis and Clark
exposition is an assured financial sue
cess. The attendance demonstrates
also that the fair has pleased the
people. and that is another source Of
qualification. II is evident that the
enormous attendance could not have
Been rolled up unless the fair had
received frequent testimonials from
early visitors.
It is evident now that the fair will
be. in point Of attendance and in
every other respect. the most suc-
cessful exposition ever held Com
parisons with the records made at
Omaha. an exposition Of about the
same magnitude as that now drawing
to close, and which has been gen.
orally conceded to have been the most
successful Of all fairs. show that the
exposition will outdo the showing
made by the eastern enterprise. This
Is considered more remarkable when
the statement is made that Omaha had
population of 13.0O0.000 within a
days journey, while there reside with
in similar radius Of Portland not
more than 100000 sous.
The stock show. which onenod on
September 19 for a period Of ten davs.
proved the crowning feature Of the
fair. 1t was notable success, being
.bv far the biggest show of the kind
ever held in the west. and by far the
best attended. During the time u
was running, the attendance at the
fair showed a dailv increase over the
average Of about 5000, and the week
ending September "a. was the largest
in pcin'. of attendance Of any durins
the fair period. The past week. with
the stock show as an attraction our
ing the first five DAYS. and Portlan
l,sy or Saturday. promises to be still
bigger. and probably will show a to-
Ia, of 900 600 admissions for the sven
davs. On Sunday, September q. 'he
sBuuday attendance record was bot
ed by several thousand. when the
'turgytiles registered 17,16S aG.i'.i>
SONS.
Iii spite of the fact that there ere
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

more people in Portland now than
al any time since the fair opened,
there has been no complaint on nc
count of lack of hotel accommodl-
tions, or due TO eXhorbilant charges
by landlords. This happy state Of M
fairs, Ii Is certain, will continue rich,
M to the close Of the fair, because
there Is room in Portland for a
great many more people than reason
ably can be expected, In addition
the weather continues 10 be all tha.
could be desired.
The Lewis and Clark poultry show,
the dates for which are October 10
10 inclusive. promises 10 be an ex'
hihiiion Of high quality. and one Of
general interest. Western fancicrs
have shown themselves 10 be heartily
IN favor OF the show. and have enter
ed their choicest birds, while from
tho east are a number Of entries of
unusual interest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
ARIZONA pRESBYIERY TO CONVENE
IN LAS VEGAS THIS EVENING

missionaries among the Navajo IL
dians: Rev. C. H. Love Of Clifton,
Rev. ]. l.. kames, Of Florence. Rev.
lohn r. Fry. OF Bisbee, Rev. F. G.
Reid Of Flagstaff. accompanied By
his wife end child. aud Rev. 5. A
McAfse. of Phoenix, ministers o.
churches at their homes, also Mr. 2.
A. Spaulding. elder in the First Tres
bytarian church at Phoenix.
There are twenty three ordainei
ministers in tde Arizona Presbytery
with Indian and Mexican halpers. IL
creasing the number 10 forty. Fe.
sizes there are thirteen employees at
The mission school for Indians az TIC
son. other members of the Presby
tery will arrive in the city tomorrow
There are sixty-five members in
the synod of New Mexico and large
percentage of the number !s eyp ctor
TO be in attendance. A program CT
the Synod meetings will be pubishe d
In The Optic tomorrow.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
WORK ON WESTERN
PACIFIC TO BEGIN

San Francisco. Oct. 5.--Western
Pacific officials have announced work
on the new overland railroad will be
started between Oakland and Oro-
vile within the next ten days. Con-
struction firms are moving their out
fits into the feather river canyon
where they will soon begin boring the
Spring Garden tunnel which is to be
7.40O feet long. They are also pre-
pairing to bore q six thousand foot
tunnel at Beckwith pass. 1t is stated
the company has located the entire
line between Oakland and Salt Lake
and the work OF securing the right Of
way is proceeding rapidly.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
PARIS PROFESSOR ANNOUNCES
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

Paris, Oct. 5.-Prof. Behring. dis
coverer Of the anti.diphtheria serum.
announces, according to Matin, thot
he has found a nature care for tuber-
culosis. The nature cure, he says.
he will divulge next August.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
SIMPSON IMPROVING

Wichita. kas., Oct. 5.-Ex- Congress-
man jerry Simpson speif another
good night at St Francis hospital
Or. w. A. Minick issued the follow
ing bulletin on his condition this
morning: Mr. Simpson Is feeling r.
heshed this morning after a good
night rest There $ got> cnancN
te nav got no and ,ut Of bed again.
The prospects are very good for his
temporary recovery"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
SOME EXAMINATIONS

The following examinations will be
held under the civil service;
The United States civil service com
mission announces an examination on
November |, 1905, at Albuquerque 9nd
Las Vegas. New Mexico, TO secure
eligibles from which TO make certifi-
cation 10 fill vacancy in the posi-
tion Of railway mail clerk in New Mex
leo. end similar vacancies as they
nav occur in that state. The sub
iectS will be arithmetic. spelling.
copying. geography. addresses. letter
writing. penmanship, railway tran
sportation.
Age limit. IS to 35 years on the
date Of the examination.
Applicants must be at least feet
6 inches in heirht. exclusive Of boots
or shoes, weigh not less than 135
mounds in ordinary clothing. without
hat or overcoat, and have no phys
ical defects.
This examination Is omen only TO
male citizens of the United States
who are legal residents Of New Mex
ico and who otherwise comply with
the requirements.
Applicants should At once apply
either to the United States civil SER
vice commission. Washington. D. c.
or to the secretary Of the booard OF
eyaminers at the local postOfice for
application forms.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina.
ton on October %, 1905. at the places
mentioned in the, accompanying list.
to secure eligibles from which to
make certification TO fill vacancy
in the position of teacher OF agricul-
tnre, at $1,000 per annum, in the
Chilocco School, Oklahoma. and va
cancies as they may occur In any
branch Of the service requiring SIM
liar qualifications.
The examination will consist OF the
subjects mentioned below, weighed
as indicated.
Subjects: Theory and practice OF
agriculture. Plant Pathology. Ento
mo)ogy. General and technical edu-
cation, and experience in farming
and in teaching.
Age limit, 20 years or over on the
date of the examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina-
ton on October 25. 1905, to secure
eligibles from which to make certifi-
cation 10 fill vacancy in the position
of farrier at. $3.50 per annum. at San
Juan, Porto Rico, and another va.
cancy in the position OF farrier. at
s72N per anum and ration. at Wash
ington. D. c., both in the Quarter
masters department at large, and va
cancies as they may occur In any
branch Of the. service requiring SIM
liar qualifications
Only persons skilled in horseshoe.
ing are desired for the San Juan va
cancv. and those skilled as veter1n-
arian for the Washington vacancy.
As the commission has experienced,
considerable difficulty in securing ell
gibles for this position. qualified per-
sons are urged to enter this eXamina-
ton.
No educational test will be given,
and II will not be necessary for ap-
plicants to appear at any place for
examination.
The examination will consist OF
tie subjects mentioned below, weigh
ed as Indicated.
Subjects. Age. Physical condition.
Experience.
Age limit, 90 years or over
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
STRIKE MAY EXTEND

Chicago, oct. 5. - Two hundred
switchmen employed by the Grand
Trunk railway between Chicago and
the Canadian border may be called
out on strike within twenty-four
hours according to Grand Master Paw.
ley. of the Switcfmen's union Of
America, who came TO Ch.ea.1o yes
terday in the hope Of negotiating with
the heads Of the Grand Trunk system
for settlement of the strike In the
local yards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
CHARGED WITH ElICHlNo
BIG SUMS FROM SCHOOLS

Peoria. ILL.,. Oct. 5.--Newton Dough-
erty was arrested today on the charge
Of forgery, following sensational revel-
ations before the grand jury which
has been examining the books of
the Peoria school board. The short
age. it is said, will amount to hum
dreds Of thousands of dcllars.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
NEW YORK BANKER SEES
GRAVE DANGER TO COUNTRY

Annapolis, Nd. Oct. 81 Dishonesty
in high places in the state. judiciary
and great financial institutions and
corporations and pall!ation Of such
acts by the masses grave IL treat q
the future of the coun'ry, aceofdins
to views expressed today uy J. Fd-
ward Simm ons, president of q e Fo b
National bank of New York in an ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

dress before the Maryland Bankers
association He pointeo TO lessons
taught by the fall of the ancient Ro-
man republic. the reign of terror IN
France and the disasters which b fell
the Russian arms in the recent con,
fiji. in the Far East. all of whicA. he
said. were due to the palliation of dis
honesty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
SAMUELS COMPANY OPENS HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT LAST NIGHT

George Samuels made good with
the people Of Las Vegas last night
and kept his promise to deliver the
goods. The widely known theatrical
gentleman, who has established his
headquarters in Las Vegas. ..stored
5000 worth Of scenery at'ths Duncan
end will give Las Vegas two entertain
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

In Miss Julian, Mr.. Samuels has a
leading lady Of much more than or
dinary ability. The part Of the de-
serted bride taken by this gifted
actress last night is emotional In the
extreme, just the kind Of part that
eo easily lends itself to ranting and
overacting. Yet at the most extreme
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05
pEPOSlroRS IN ALAMoSA
BANK LOSE ALL.

Alamosa. Oct. 5.-The depositors Of
Schiller Brothers Alamosa bank,
which closed Monday, expect to lose
practically all the money they had in
the bank. Assignee Briekenstein ad-
mitted that s70.0No went into a doubt
FIJI mining venture at Idaho Springs.
It Is said about s250.000 In deposits
are missing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

moments Miss Julian was natural and
unaffected and while she displayed
all the emotion and feeling demanded
at the most tragic climaxes. she did
so with an absence Of rant and
storiness that was pleasing. The
young lady is an artist to whom LIS
vegans NAV look for much pleasure.
pichard Maddoy, who played the
role Of Bill Preston Is another excep-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-05

n,tnts every seven weeks, put his in
i'ial number on the boarCs of the
Duncan last niaht. The bill wa
"1'he Deserted Bride" New Yolk
success.
Although there were those in tn
all too-small audience who don't care
for that sort Of play particularly,
Yet there were no two opinion, as to
The cleverness OF the company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01

vilie. an ofacs through which several millions of pension money is paid every year, gives figures showing that Tor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, the sum of y26,025,317 was paid to pensioners in Southern States, includ- Ing over $T,00o, ,000 for Missouri, Ken lucky pensions are paid from Louis vile, and those in Virginia, West Vir- ginia and Maryland from Washington; All other Southern States are paid from Knoxville. Last year Tennessee pensioners received 2.Si3,00o; Ala bama, s5s5,o Arkansas. s1,6s1, 900; Eonisisna Shias sssIcoo: Mississippi. ssss.. 900: North Carolina. s2ss,ooo; Texas, s1.2ss.0oo. Those are the States paid from Knoxvine. Virginia pensioners received s1.2s6. 900; West Virginia. s1.7eo.oo0; Maryland. s1,6s6.ooo. and Kentucky, s4.056,0o0.
 Nearly all of this large sum goes to civil war pensioners. The fifteen States named receive nearly one-fifth of the entire amount disbursed for pensions in the United States. Ere quently Southern newspapers which ought to know better assert that only a small fraction of the vast sums paid in pensions comes to the South. Ten- nessee alone receives more than Is re- quired to run the State government, including all its institutions Not all Southern pensioners are natives of the South. Mahy have moved into the South from other sections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
rarpAY, SEPTEMBER !, 1905.
STILL THE PEPPERS.

Much has been said and written about the tipping evil that prevails in almost every portion of the country. Tn some cities visitors to the hotels and res- saufantn find 1t practically impossible to get any attention without tipping the waiter. and the eourtesies and att 'fsfIyEon he receives depends entirely on his liberailty. If he manages to get served without giving the waiter some thing he is made to feel almost con- temptible in his own eyes and is dis sibIe In many places the walters are paid merely nominal wages. and are expected to make 1t up from the tips they exact from customers.
 That this is an outrage cannot be denied. More than that. 1t is robbery, when the customer goes to settle his biil no deduction Is made in eonsidera- tion of the fact that he has already paid the waiter a good per cent. of what his bill ought to be. Many plans have been devised to break up the im- positicn. and a few large hotels and restaurants in the great cities have positlvely prohibited walters receiving any bonus, and the customers are noti- aed that they are not to pay anything but the regular bills
 But the most unfair plan that we have heard of is the one lately adopted ny one of the leading hotels in Chicago. where it is ordered that employees shall turn over to the house all tips received. sstheir wages to be increased h conn pansation of the loss they sustain in losing their tips" This is an out wegeous plan for curing an evil. The eustopers are to be robbed just the same. but the proceeds of the hold-up process are to so to the employers and not to the robbers. Tn short. the dis oreditable system is to go on as before, but the house gets the profts. If what has admittedly grown to be a great evil in this country can only be cured by diverting the exactions from xhe pockets of the walters to those of me proprietors, better let it go on. The present. is probably least of the two evils.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
Mlstaken--sOmetGmes.
GreenYllle Advocate.

Greenville Advocate.
 Brother Powell, editor of The Anda- lusia News, is a young man and for one has been in harness. for so few years gets up a good paper. It is above the average of country week lies, but some times this young man, like many others, will make mistakes. He did so in the reference to The Greenville Adovcate in the above ar ticle. It Is a grevious mistake, so much so that he allowed himself to step beyond the boundary of truth in that reference. The Advocate does not wait for The Advertiser or any other paper to do It's thinking. The. Advo- cate endorsed Dr. Cunningham's can didacy for Governor before The Ad- vertiser. The Advertiser and The Ad- vocate have differed in politics and policies a great many times even bee fore our young friend ever thought about occupying seat on the tripod. But in the main The Advertiser has been right. it's exceeding popularity attests that fact and if some others who pride themselves on not letting that paper do its thinking would do so, their columns would be more read able.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01

As showing how unreasonable are the yellow fever panics. The New York Times points out that in the year 1908 ls,fsew Orleans without alarm or cause for alarm had 1000 deaths from con sumption. e51 from heart disease. and eas from Bright's disease. The aggre- gate mortality of twenty-five years makes yellow fever mortality insignih- cant. Against aoT deaths from yellow ssver-1soS not included-there were 1888 from typhoid. 1o.4s9 from pneu- uaonia, and 2l.s44 from consumption, all communicable, but none causing panic. The smallpox epidemic in 1884 was more deadly and less dreaded than yellow fever now" These fatalities, so immensely beyond any yellow fever figures. show that the most fatal dis eases in that city produce no panlcs and cause no great alarm, while a comparatively harmless disease will cause a hegira from the affected city. If the latter disease should prevail in New Orleans the entire year it would not probably cause as many deaths as consumption does.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
ANOTHER nECIsIoN.

The Board of General Appraisers of the United States Customs Service is a wonderful institution. When 1t comes to settling perplex.ng problems that board Is all there. We all remember how imported frogE legs became dressed poultry under the inscrutabIe rulings of that body of wise men, and now they have given us another evil dence of knowledgeableness that is a paralyser They have solemnly decided that a skyrocket is not firework, and that settles 1t,
 The qusstiop came up on the com. plabnt oe c son Of the Celestial king dom, otherwise China, now resident of New York, and large importer of fire. works, He inaisted that the iTnpor, duty on fireworks was not proper when it was assessed ca skyrockets and the haard agrees with him. In short, sky-