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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
Notes From Los AIamos

On New Years eve, at Z p. m, sol
emn vespers were sung In the Chapel
of the Holy Child at Las Alamos by
Rev. NJ. A. d. Rivere, assisted by the
choir and on New Years night at $3.50
p. m, high mass was sung by the
same Rev. Mr.. Rivere, parish priest
of Sapello, and notwithstanding the
severe cold. large crowd OF de-
voted catholics were In attendance
and listened to an excellent sermon,
which held the devoted In interested
attention tor about an hour. After the
blessing of the holy saciement, the
congregation dispersed for their var
ious homes, feeling all the better for
having spent two hours and half
in Gods house.
William Frank had New Years
dinner which was greatly enjoyed by
all. Rev. NJ. A. d. Rivere was among
the interested guests and also Juan
Baca. of Las Vegas. With the ex'
ception Of of his daughter, Miss Mar.
garet Baca, all the family were a.
the festive board and did 1t ample
Justice and the old man. as ne Ia
called now, was happy In the midst oi
all his children ana grandchildren, but
alas. all good things have an end
Conrad Louis, Paul and Ralph have
been taken back to their studies 81
the Normal and another year has
commenced in good faith and may II
continue to be prosperous one fo'
us all.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
ohm A. Mccall
Steps Down and Out
Mccall Resigns.

New York, Jan. 3.--John A. Mccall
today resigned the presidency OF the
New York Life. His resignation was
accepted and Alexander +. Orr was
promptly elected president. Orr's sal.
ary was fixed at $4,000. McCalps
was one hundred thousand.
McCurdy Still On the Run.
New York. Jan. 3.-Richard NC
Curdy. former president Of the Mu-
tual Life and his son Robert resigned
AS trustees of the company ana their
designations were accepted. This Of
flee was the last one in connection
with the company remaining to either.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
SENATOR BRACKETT WANTS
SENATOR DEPEW'S RES|CA,
T|ON; SEEKS TO COMPEL It

tied thereto should be required; that
policy holders should have voice
In the government Of the companies.
and that the discrelon oil directors
should be subject to judicial or i'd.
ministrative review.
The resolution offered by Senator
Bracket ealing on Depew to resign
was withdrawn. Bracket said he
would introduce the resolution again
at later date.
viii Abolish Rebates.
New York. Jan. Am agreement
to abolish rebating on premiums has
been entered into by the New York
Life Insurance company, the Equita.
BILE Life Assurance society and the
Mutual Life Assurance company. The
announcement wss made today that
Grover Cleveland has been appointed
referee to decide all questions IN dis
pute that may arise In such matters,
and that his salary as referee will be
$1S,VUU pCI ouuulus W uC Q0tN 'ssASNJ
by the three companies. Mr.. Cleve-
land has accepted with the under
standing that the oficers Of the three
companies are to second him In his
efforts to stop rebating. A similar ap'
pointment was held by the late Thorn
as B. Reed. Any agent who gives re-
bates win be dismissed from the SER
vice and will not be re-employed BY
any OF the companies that are parties
to the agreement.
1t Is the desire Of the companies tc
secure the cooperation of all othel
life insurance companies In this agree
ment. 1t was said today that II rebat
ing can be entirely abolished the mrs.
year premiums can be reduced. II II
understood that this agreement Ia thu
result Of suggestion by President
Paul Morton of the Equitable Life As
surance society.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

New York, January 3.--ln his Will,
read today by Clarence A. knight,
his attorney, the late Charles 7.
Yerkes makes many public bequests,
including 100000 In trust, the In
come to be paid to the university Of
Chicago for the maintenance Of the
Yerkes observatory at Lake Geneva,
wis. Wise provisions are made for the
disposal Of his New York home. after
the death OF his wife. to q corpora
| ton organized for the maintenance
OF his art gallery, the sum Of $750,OO0
i to be given this project upon Mrs
Yerkes' death. MIR. Yerkes also pro
yides for a hospital 10 be erected
| in New York. His widow, son and
others, are provided for The will
was read to members OF the family
today and they EXPRESSED entire sat
isfaction with It's provisions An ep
itome follows:
Fifteen thousand dollars to Green
wood cemetery, 100000 to Mary Ade
laide Yerkes, his wife; to his wife
the homestead at the corner Of 6Stl
street and rifth avenue. together witt
all paintings and works Of art. statu
ary; bronxes. tapestries and bric-a
brac there and elsewhere.
Upon the death Of his wife tht
premises, works Of art, etc, to 20 q
a corporation TO be organized undel
the laws OF the state Of New York fol
1.-THE maintenance and preservation o.
an art gallery on the premises which
is given to said corporation. Five
trustees are to be appointed to con
rrol what shall be known as ths
Yerkes galleries, one TO be the mayo
Of New York. and the other four Il
be designated by the metropolitan
Museum Of Art Upon the death o
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
Division Of Great Estate
Of Charles /. Yerkes

his wife the trustees are TO pay over
| to the directors of the Yerkes galle-
ries out Of one-half Of the estate set
aside for his wife. the sum Of $780,
900 In cash for the maintenance ot
such galleries..
Two hundred thousand dollars to
Charles =. Yerkes, son. Also pro
vided that the son Charles can ats
pose BY the will Of 100000 Of the
estate.
Two hundred thousand dollars to
Bessie L. Rondinella, daughter. Also
provided that Bessie l.. Rondinella can
dispose by win Of $4,000 Of the es-
ltate.
One hundred thousand dollars Ia
trust for Ethel Link Yerkes, daugh-
ter OF his nephew, Clarence Yerkes.
To Louis S. Owsley OF Chicago
$50 900.
The income OF the sum Of $4,000
to $4,000 to various relatives.
One hundred thousand dollars in
TRUST, the income to be paid to the
university of Chicago. for care and
maintenance OF the Yerkes obscrva.
tory, located at Geneva, Wis.
The remainder Of. the estate to be
invested and divided into four equal
shares, the income from two Of the
shares 10 be paid to Mrs. Yerkes dur.
ing her lifetime. His son, Charles r.
Yerkes, and his daughter. Bessie L.
Rondinella. during their lifetime. re-
ceive the income OF the other two
shares
On the death Of Mrs. Yerkes the
will provides for a hospital In New
York to be known AZ the Yerkes
hospital, the aggregate cost Of the
ground and buildings not TO exceed
| $500 900
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
SILLY Declaration Of RUSSIAN
ADMIRAL WHO WAS WHIPPED
IN BATTLE Of SEA OF JAPAN
mission Of the Minister Of Marine.
Areusss osneotlen.

st. Petersburg. Russia, Jan, 3--yrom
Admiral Rojestvensty's account Of hia
tactics In the battle ofthe Sea of Japan
published In Novoe vremya today tAe
reader u almost convinced the Rus.
sian commonder cut.niansuvered Ad-
miral Togo at avery point and Wa
himself the real Victor. He declares
he knew the whereabouts Of Togo two
days before the battle and made BID
disposition accordingly. The cAaSea
that the. British admiral coacentratel
his ships ut WI Hal Wei. expectiAs
to receive an order TO destroy ths
Russians in the evsnt Of Admiral
Togo proving unequal to tho taSh,
has aroused : conaiderable seaao1Iou
IN diplomatic circles and no deuk n
entertained that II win - mn1o :
subject Of diplomatic reprsseatatioAa
to Great Britain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

Berlin, January 3.-The railway ad.
ministration placed orders last week
for 10000 freight cars at q cost Of
$50 100000 with manufacturers IN
Ave. European countries, stipulatins
their delivery by the middle Of Feb
ruary. In addition to these orders the
car works Of Germany win be util.
lied to their fullest capacity. In
Qniries made regarding the reasons
Tor the urgency a. the ofders result
Ad 10 the statement ta&t ordertnl
the cars was precautionary measure
a. the general stan. desifing ~ n
ready to move troops II necessary bJ
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
Attack on Puerto Plata.

Cape Haytien. Jan. 3.--Advices re-
ceived here early this morning from
Puerto Plata on the northern coast
of Santo Domingo, say troops Of the
fugitive president, Morales, attacked
Puerto Plata at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. The fighting was severe
and listed until s o'clock In the even
ing when the besieged forces retired.
They are now preparing for another
attack on the place.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
LIVELY TIMES AHEAD
FoR CONGRESS.

Washington, D. c., Jan. S.--Practic'
ally all Of the senators and repre-
sentatives who journeyed home for
the holidays have returned to Wash
ington in readiness tor the reassem
bling Of Congress tomorrow. From
all indications the routine that
marked the days before adjournment
will now give way to some lively
times in both wings Of the capitol
The statehood question fos the terri
tories - expected to stir up thing'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
TEN MEN INJURED IN
CHICAGO FREIGHT WRECK,

Chicago, Jan 3.--Ten men were In
jured in rear end collision between
freight trains on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul at Kenzss .vci,~v
this morning. The men were asleep
in caboose Of the freight train when
in the darkness and mist Of the morn
ing, the locomotive Of the second train
crashed into 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
DECATUR NEARING GOES
TO FINAL STAGE

Annapolis. January 3--Testim0ny
both for the prosecution and the de-
Tense closed this morning in the
c0urtmartial proceedings agains,
Midshipman Stephen Decatur. Jr.
charged with hazing fourth-class men
Isaac NMcCrary and Gaylord Church
Arguments will be made this after
noon. and the case Viii then so tc
court.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
Of Rojestven-
sky That British Fleet
Lay in Wait to Pounce
Upon His Fleet if Togo
Proved Unequal to the
Task Likely to Cause
Trouble.

st. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 3.--The
remarkable allegation that the British
feet was held In readiness to destroy
the Russian feet II the battle Of the
Sea Of Japan ha4 gone in the Rus
SLAMS favor. 10 made by Admiral
Rojestvensky In . letter publtahed In
Nov0e vremya today With the per-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

and zero. Last night the Thermometer
registered six degrees below zero At
the lowest point. The weather fore
cast Is fair tonight and not 70 cold
tomorrow; Thursday fair with SLOWLY
rising temperature. i
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

L. r. Allen writes from Blsbee that
he expects to have his BIG new build
Ing ready for occupancy BY the nrst
Of February. Mr.. sAllen wishes his
friends In Las Vegas . happy New
Year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
CHINA WILL RAISE
LOCATIONS 70 eMoASsies

London, January 3.--It In under.
stood here that China shortly will
follow the example Of JapaS by rails.
ing her legations at Washington, Lon
don, Paris. Berlin, and st. Petersburg
70 the rank Of embassies.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

IA the House. The next few weeks In
the Senate are likewise expected to
be prolific of interesting developments,
especially in regard to an alignment
OF the administration supporters and
the so-called "insurgent" forces.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

Even though Secretary Tan In the
last fve and half ysars haa trsvsled
the equivalent Of four Slmsu osouud ths
globe. astrOneners still regard fsir
Lune - tn O~ev satellite. -nostcn
t'lobe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
Original Of The Vitsinian
Weds Miss katherine Adams
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BY Associate d Press.

J !.
San Francisco 3The original OF Owen Wsers The
vgnan John Henry Hicks the IT O." ranch In
Mexico yesterday Miss Katherine Adams daughter
editorial writer San Francisco newspapers
school teacher at Tempe A-
Hicks box OF dozen dolls dressed TO
Hicks and his wife Will live
On 20 IT, ranch which $50 miles from
E Paso
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
ROOSEVELT MAN wins
OUT IN NEW YORK.

Albany. n. ", January S.--James
w. wadsworth, Jr., Governor Higgins
candidate for speaker. Was elected to
that oaice BY the entire republican
vote.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

The large psnes Of glass In the
front doors Of the Oklahoma saloon
on Bridge street were broken out
last night BY snow balls, making the
place of business rather cool v,day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

w. T.. Critics, who has been quite
sick for the past few days, IL slightly
worse today.
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Statehood Bill to
Come Up Monday
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Special 10 the Optic.
Washington, d. c.. Jan. ,.
Contrary 10 the previously
adopted program. the house to-
morrow will commence the de.
bate OF the Philippine tariff
hamilton not being ready with
his statehood bill, which
must be submitted 10 his com.
mi;tee. He hopes to get II out
Of committee this week. II will
probably lR taken up In the
house Monday, the Philippine
bill giving way whenever II is
ready.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

The A. o. u. w. meeting, which had
under discussion matters Of consider
able interest last night adjourned 10
the FIRST Friday night in Febrauray.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03

The extremes In the temperature
yesterday were thirty degrees above
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
"UncIe" Tom letters.

81 expect it will be a pleasure to the
friends of Uncle Tom LETTERS to hear
that he is getting along well in st. Vim
cents hospital, said a man who had been
there to visit him.
II found Uncle Tom propped up in bed
reading the morning paper. He is look
ing better than l have seen him in many
years, and has neither pain nor ache. He
is very weak physically, although he is
able to eat very heartily. AS he says
himself, he eats more than a plowman,
but it does not give him any strength
81 must say l was surprised to find
man of his years able to read without the
aid of glasses, and taking so lively an
interest In all the news of the city. He
was just as humorous as ever in recount
ing his experiences as Mayor and judge
of the police court in the early days of
Birmingham, and the various events that
marked his life.
Uncle Tom is a great favorite with the
sisters and nurses and they do all in
their power to relieve the tedium of his
life. His appreciation of their attentions
is expressed by the satisfaction he feels
in remaining under their care
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Strange Condolences.

'There is a waiter in cafe here in
Birmingham who is in profile and cast OF
countenance wonderfully like President
Lincoln's pictures said an observant
man.
II was seated at the counter of this
cafe when a friend came and Joined me.
1 called his attention to the likeness and
be agreed with me. Although a compare
lively young man, he stated that he had
seen Mr.. Lincoln. l challenged his state
ment He then told me that in 1889 he
was telegraph operator at Springfield, ILL.,
That the Guard of Honor, bound by the
mast solemn of oaths, had removed the
body from the sarcophagus at a prior
period and had buried it in the metallic
casket in a corner of the mausoleum to
protect it from the current report that
grave robbing shouls were after it.
ut was determined by this guard 10
replace the casket in the sarcophagus. To
prevent it becoming public in the press,
they called at the telegraph office and
made their intentions known and de-
manded secrecy. My friend said he
agreed upon the terms that he was to
be of the party
This was agreed to. At about o'clock
in the morning the metallic casket was
disinterred and the upper portion of the
plate was removed so that a view of the
face and shoulders could be clearly seem
His nose was the most striking feature
except perhaps the wart on his check. He
was perfectly natural except that he was
black.
Have you noticed the mark of typical
facial resemblance between certain pic
lures of Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Lincoln with
out boards? A weekly publication just
out has a picture of Mr.. Davis that 1
picked up in few moments after this
recital and the startling likeness sug-
gested to me that a mistake had been
made. but it was Mr.. Davis. How is that
for three condolences In ten minutes
tifnaop
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
Frequently Honored.

Bert Levy, the famous newspaper ar
fist and book illustrator, who will be at
the Mejestic theatre next week. bears the
peculiar distinction of frequently occupy
ing a place of honor in the pulpit of the
Jewish synagogues in the cities where he
is playing" said a prominent Jew last
night
in Duluth, where he made his first ap-
pearance on the stage. the pastor of the
congregation there invited him to the
pulpit and he took part in the services.
Later at Seattle, Wash. he was given
quite an ovation. The Chicago Tribune
recently had the following to say about
his occupying the pulpit at Seattle:
In Seattle. at the Bkur Cholum
synagogue, Mr.. Levy was triumphantly
received by the whole congregation, the
children of the "rolma IIorah' (school of
Jewish literature) attached to the syna-
gogue forming a double line from the
carriage to the synagogue, through which
the artist passed on his way into the
sacred edifice,
1t seems strange that strictly ortho-
dox congregation should send carriage
to the stage door of a vaudeville house to
convey a performer TO the pulpit, behind
which stands the ark which contains the
sacred scrolls Of the Jewish law. But
yet this is exactly what took place, and
after his long address in the synagogue
the artist was conveyed back to the the
atre accompanied by the committee Of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
Child Labor Bills.

The representatives of seven-eighths
of the spindles In Alabama, meeting
at Huntsville, declared in favor of a
law, like Georgia's, forbidding the en-
ployment Of children under IA years of
age In the mills and mines of this
state. When the cotton mill operators
3 demand child labor law, it is plain
that one win be passed.
The present Alabama law forbids
The employment of children under the
shge OF IL years, but it is strictly aca-
.hemic. 1t contains no fines or other
spenalties-no provisions for its en-
Increment. 1t was not passed 10 be
senforced, and no mill or mine pays any
attention to it.
We need law that can be and will
be enforced. We need, too, a provis-
Hon against the employment of children
hinder IA years of age. Senator Bey-
B eridge proposes to introduce bill this
J. winter excluding from interstate trans.
portation all products of the mines and
) HISTORIES that employ children under
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
Chairman Shonts Is Boss.

Until the President returns and
with the Shonts commission it will be-
impossible to say what the entire sit.
uation is in canal matters. The inn
preston gains ground, however, that
the Shonts commission will follow the
Walker board into private life. Mr..
Shonts will no doubt be retained, and
perhaps some other members of the
commission, but practically 1t will be,
it is thought, a new board with little
power.
In the meanwhile the old executive
committee of three has been abolished.
This executive committee consisted of
Chairman Shonts, who had charge of
the canals fiscal affairs; of Governor
Magoon, who looked after the govern
ment of the canal zone, and of Chief
Engineer Stevens, who attended to
construction.
Under the new plan put into effect
by the President on the spot Chairman
Shonts has charge of the entire work,
and seven sub-chiefs have been ap-
pointed who are to report to Chair
man Shonts and to receive instructions
from him. The one-man power and re-
sponsibility is thus established. OF
the seven departmental chiefs five are
known. namely, John f. Stevens, chief
engineer; Richard X. Rodgers, general
counsel: William C. Gorgas. chief san
itary officer: ID. w. Ross. chief pur-
chasing officer Jackson Smith, man
ager of labor and quarters Chair.
man Shonts appears to have charge
of the zone as well as of the canal. and
altogether the President seems to be
preparing to hold him responsible for
any delays or delinquencies that may
occur at the isthmus. He has, at any
rate, changed the conduct of the bus
mess so that Mr.. Shonts cannot say
the commission or any other man was
To blame. Whatever goes amiss MI.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-24
Taft and TilIman.

The President will return to the
White House on Monday next, and by
that time all the men in the three
companies of the Twenty-ffth infantry
will have been mustered out and dis
charged. They cannot be mustered in
again with ease and dispatch. 1t is
safe to say that they are out to stay
out, no matter what Congress may do,
or politicians or preachers unions may
declare
No doubt Congress controlled in both
branches by the republicans will in
yestigate the Shooting up" of Browns
vile, Tex, and the subsequent dis
missal In disgrace of rank and file of
the three companies stationed at that
point. No doubt, too, the entire sub
ject will, If possible, be kept embalmed
for use in the campaign of 1908. The
hunt for voters has begun, and Can
didate Taft seems to be outriding all
competitors. The National Negro Bap-
list Preachers union of Washington
has declared in favor of the nomina-
ton of Mr. Taft, and SO has the Ma
tional Baptist Evangelists' convention
of America. Both have put Mr.. Taft
alongside Abraham Lincoln, and both
have practically said that the war sec
rotary should be elected president.
1t should be remembered that all
negroes vote in the northern states.
No poll taxes or intelligence tests
stand in the way up there. In New
York there are $4,000 negro voters; in
Ohio, 31,235; in Indiana, 1886; in IL
linois, 29762, and in Kansas about
10000. These blocks of voters are
eagerly sought after, and Mr.. Taft
seems to have made an effective bid
for them.
Chicago is particularly disturbed by
race questions. 1t contains about 15,-
900 negro votes, and until the official
count had determined otherwise it was
thought that negro had been elected
judge of its new municipal court. He
was, however, defeated by the demo-
cratic candidate by a handful of votes.
There are enough negroes in Chicago
to render the authorities careful in
providing against an outbreak. On
Tuesday next Senator Tillman is to
lecture there for the benefit of a hos
pital, and he has been directed to dis
cuss Cuba, instead of the race prob
lem. He is to eschew all mention of
that or the lynching problem. He is
to be guarded by the police while he
stays in Chicago. These facts go to
show that the entire subject is losing
its former sectionalism and fast Is be-
coming national in scope, treatment
and sentiment.