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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Ed Marshall. for many years road
master Of the Santa Re. has been
appointed superintendent of con-
struction Of the Holly I Swink rail.
road.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The premium system IL shortly to
be inaugurated In the La Junta shops.
and +. L. Klinesmith has been ap-
pointed To the position Of bonus clerk.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Louis Matteson, foreman Of the San
ia Fe paint crew between La Junta
and Newton, Kas., and Miss Elsie
Weise Of Chicago, ILL.,, were married
at La Junta last Sunday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Griffin, Judge
H. H. Clark officiating.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Recently on an examination for
promotion, a brakeman was asked
the question, what is a fixed signal,
and gave the following answer "A
fixed signal is a brakeman on top OF
a freight car running forty miles an
hour on a stormy night. with HIS
lamp out and a cinder In his eye
We understand he was promoted.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Business on the Santa Fe Is still
rushing, and every engine and train
crew Is worked to thelimit, many
Of them being unable to secure suffi-
cient rest. February and March
are usually dull months. but there Ia
no indication Of a let up either in
freight or passenger traffic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Engine No. $50. which was recent
ly fired up in the round house at
Dodge City without any water in her
boiler, is In the big shops for new
flues and a general overhauling In
the boilermaking department. En-
gineer T. l.. Davis Of La Junta mas
been assigned to the 529 while his
engine is undergoing repairs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Three camps have been established
on the Holly and Swink railroad
grade at the Holly end of the line.
They are located five. eight and
twelve miles respectively from Holly
and have over two hundred teams
and a similar number Of men.
The first eighteen miles Of the right
of-way from Holly has now been se-
cured.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
DEATH CAME SWIFTLY.
Pendennis White, a Buffalo Million
are, Is Killed in an Automobile
Accident.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Pendennis White,
a millionaire banker and lum-
herman, was killed and Edwin A. Bell
and Richard B. Lyman, stock brokers,
were injured in a collision between an
automobile and a trolley car on Hertel
avenue last night.
The three men had been at the
Country club for dinper and were re-
turning to town in an automobile. Mr..
Bell, who owned the car, was driving.
A trolley car which had been running
ahead of the automobile slowed down
for a crossing. Mr.. Bell swerved to
the left to avoid it, not noticing that
another trolley car was approaching
from the west at high speed. The
eastbound car and the automobile met
with terrific force.
Mr.. White was hurled so feet and
instantly killed, his neck being broken.
MIR. Bell and Mr.. Lyman were hurled
through the windows Of the trolley
car. They were badly cut, but mirac-
ulously escaped fatal injury.
, Pendennis White was IS years old.
He was member of the firm OF
White, Gratwick & Mitchell. wholesale
lumber dealers of North Tonawanda,
and Of the firm of Stevens. Eaton &
Co., of New York He was president
of the Lumber Insurance Co.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
REWARD Is DESERVED.
Country That Knows Enough to Leg
islate for It's Own
People.

1t will not be amiss to put on rec
ord that, while revisionists are ram
pant, standpatters are justified in
demanding that we let well enough
alone. On December 18, 1905, Brad
streets said in its weekly review:
Reports from all over the coun-
try are unanimous that all records
for this stage Of the season have
been surpassed"
The Springfield (Mass.) Republic
an (Dem.), in its financial review of
the Monday following put it even
stronger in the following sentence:
Everywhere appear evidences of
undiminished strength in the forces
making for a wonderfully profitable
season in trade. 1t is without doubt
the most bountiful holiday period
ever known in the experience OF the
American people"
We need only chronicle these
statements, says the American Econ
omist. No comment is necessary be-
yond a rejoicing that a country that
knows enough 70 1egislate for it's
own people should reap the reward
t deserves.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
BUMPED GOOD AND HARD.
Massachusetts, Republican Tariff Re
visionists Given the ETwenty-
Three Brand.

Some of the Massachusetts congress-
men have been thrown down so hard
that they can feel the bumps. They
are not on the head. These heavy
statesmen stuck to their determination
to have a paper circulated for the call
ing of Republican caucus of con-
gressmen to decide what might be
done about revising the tariff. They
got only nine signatures outside of
the Massachusetts delegation, says the
Worcester Telegram, and they died i'll
the heat of their race for the cup
of nonsense. Now they know they
will all be defeated at the next elcc-
ton, and they realize that no set of
men from Massachusetts ever deserved
so quick execution at the polls. They
have worn free hide plasters on their
backs ever since they went to Wash
ington and took their places as cyphers
at the right hand Os the real Republic
an figures. They did not have the cour-
age to take the plasters off. They were
stuck on with Boston glue and dried
with the Whitney east wind. They
were repeatedly told by Republicans
from other parts of the country that
the people viii not submit to a revi-
sion of the tariff, but they would not
believe, and said they would lose their
jobs. Their jobs have lost them. They
are wandering around Washington,
caucusless and forlorn. Massachu-
setts stays IN the union and in pros
perity without them. There are some
things of which it has no time to be
proud. There will be no free hides.
but the congressman can hide as
often as they like without being
missed. They have been skiddooed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
WAGES AND THE TARIFF.
Contention of Free Traders That Is
Set at Naught by Existing
Conditions.

One Mr.. Brickett writes to the Bos-
ton Herald assuming that the tariff
on watches amounts to more on the
output of a certain watch company
than it pays for wal res. The conclu-
sion drawn, both by Mr.. Bricliett and
the Herald is that the railway men
and other requiring watches have to
pay this amount for the timepieces
they use in addition to their cost. 1t
has always been the contention of the
free traders, says the Lowell (Mass)
Citizen, that high duties so stimulated
home production, that it soon reduced
prices beyond a profitable point, and
soon ruined home industry. If the
watch business is so tremendously
profitable, why do not more people
make watches? Capital is always
seeking remunerative investment, and
Matchmaking is not monopoly.
Whenever a trust is kept alive by
heavy duties on foreign competing
products-as is no doubt true in some
cases-then Is the time to ham-string
the trust by cutting down the tariff,
DuI IAiSiS ciC iiiOuily lho
even here. If ham-stringing the trust
at the same time knocks out large
number of Independent industries in
the same line, as it would in some de-
partments, 1t is first to be determined
whether ham-stringing wouldn't do
more harm than good. Letting France
and Germany and Switzerland deluge
our states with watches made on So
cent day labor might give our rail
road men a cheaper watch, but it
would also give us a lot of cheap ar
tisans. "Ill fares the land, to hasten
ing ills prey, where wealth accumu-
lates and men decay" says Goldsmith.
But the decay of men is more to be
feared than the accumulation of
wealth. There are some things which
have to be endured for the sake of
some other things. The watch com.
pany is about as innocuous, not to say
beneficial, an industrial concern as
there is in the country. It's labor is
of high grade; its product is redolent
with advanced civilization; and it is
pride to the nation. And if you can
not afford a Waltham watch, why
there is always the Waterbury or the
Ingersoll.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
ARE DOING WELL ENOUGH.
Radical Revision of the Tariff Would
Impede Our Present Ma
tional Progress.

What may be known as the shortest
platform: Resolved, That we leave
well enough alone," was adopted by
the Republicans of Trego county.
Kansas. 1t Is model that might we'll
be copied, says the Springfield (Mass.)
Union.
In this state there is a strong dis
position to tinker with the tariff, yet
it must be admitted that the Dingley
law is well nigh well enough" Of
course we want to make progress. To
stand still is to invite defeat. We can
revise the tariff in advance, but it
would be most unwise to revise it in
a radical manner The years that
have passed since the Dingley law was
enacted have seen some changes in in
dustrlal conditions that might we'll be
met by revision, both up and down,
but a tariff revolution is a most alb
surd proposition in view of present
prosperity.
We may well pass laws to restrict
great corporations and compel the
Square DEAL" but it would be inf.
nitely absurd to reyolutiOnize condi-
tiOns and hamper the progress of Dusi-
ness by laws unnecessarily restrictive.
We should compel all the great cor
porations to treat every man alike, and
by so doing would we add to the gem
eral prosperity, but to restrict corpo-
ratiOns so as 10 cripple them would but
be 10 invite industrial disasters.
Let well enough alone and correct
the evils. Evil will always exist. The
greed Of men will compel restrictive
legislation. But in striking at the
giants of finance we must always be
careful not to strike the root of The
conditions that have brought the coun-
try to the present high mark of pros
perity.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
VICTORY OF GOVERNMENT.
Credit Upon Republican
Administration.

The complete surrender of the pa
per trust Of the northwest in the ac-
tion brought by the attorney general
of the United States buttresses strong
ly the antitrust law. The triumph of
the government in this case is par
ticularly noticeable, says the Troy
Times, because 1t was the result of a
decision by the United States supreme
court compelling witnesses to testify,
Gnd overruling their objection that the
testimony might incriminate them
selves or their corporations.
Moreover, the result is substantial
ly an admission that manufacturing
corporations which establish a COM
mon sales agency and thus limit their
power of competition have formed a
combination in restraint of trade.
Similar action by railroad companies
In pooling traffic had already been de-
clared Illegal, but the decision at that
time did not cover manufacturing cor
porations. While in the paper trust
case it cannot be definitely stated that
the scope of the law is so far reaching,
ali IlC luulC1IlOlS VI luG supreme
courts decision and of the surrender
by the defense point that way.
Recent litigation and its results
have established two things very
clearly: First, that the power of ex-
listing statutes to control oppressive
and restricting combinations in trade
is very great, and, second, that the
laws are being enforced with vigor
and with intelligence. President
Roosevelt and his subordinates in
executive Office have SHOWN again and
again their fidelity to the duties i'm
posed upon them and their determina-
tion to prosecute fearlessly and inde-
fatigably, in the interests of the people,
those huge combinations of capital
that have taken the place and have
exercised the authority of the feudal-
ism of the middle ages.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
SIGNALS FOR BRIDAL PARIS
Which Convey Commands and Ten.
der Sentiments in Public
Places.
Bride to Groom.

Bride to Groom.
One short jerk of coat-Stop looking
at that girl!
One long jerk of coat-Oh, see the
pretty hats!
One long hug-You look perfectly
lovely to-day.
One long hand squeeze-Honey,.
what makes you look so cross?
One short hand squeeze-Some ones
coming!
Groom to Bride.
One short jerk Of sleeve-Stop look
ing at that man!
One long jerk of sleeve-Come on.
You don't want to see the hats.
One long hug-You look perfectly
lovely to-day.
One long hand squeeze-Honey, you'
amt mad, are you?
One short hand squeeze-Don't be a.
goose!
Three sharp taps on wrist-Tal1e,
care, woman, take care! 1 will be-
master in my own house!-Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07

Scores of well-known Pittsburg cit.
izens, according to local report, are
in daily fear that some irreyerent
newspaper may publish their names in
connection with rather embarrassing
affair. The cook in a fashionable SUI
burban family wanted some fun and
she advertised for husband, describ-
ing herself as a lonesome widow"
Over 100 replies were received, most
of them from Pittsburg professional
men willing to cheer her up a little
One widower writes that his happiness
passed away with the death of his first
wife but he thinks an alliance with
this Lonesome widow" would do much
to cheer him up again. Letters have
been received from three ministers,
eight lawyers and IL doctors.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
BOMB THROWER
Tried to Murder King Al
fOnSO on Wedding Day.
KILLED 16 PEOPLE.
The King and Bride Were Returning
to the Palace, After Wedding,
When Bomb was Hurled.

Madrid Spain.-Spain has new
queen. Princess Victoria Eugene of
Battenberg, familiarly known as
Princess Ena, and King Alfonso Of
Spain, were united in marriage at
noon Thursday in the church of San
Jeronimo. Royal pomp signaliZed the
marriage, which was performed by
a cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church in the presence of a distin-
guished assemblage of Old World
royalty, special ENJOYS from nearly all
the nations of the world, and distin-
guished representatives of the Span
ish nation.
The public rejoicings over the mar
riage of King Alfonso and Princess
Victoria had a terrible dramatic sequel
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon as
a bomb thrown from an upper window
exploded with deadly effect near the
coach occupied by the king and queen.
Providentally King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria escaped by an electric wire
DETECTING the bomb, but at least 16
persons, most of them being of the
personal and military escort were
killed. Many others were injured.
The explosion occurred just as the
royal couple were about to enter the
palace. The route of the procession
from the church had been diverted
from Arsenal street to Mayor street,
owing to the popular desires. The pro-
cession had just passed through
Mayor street and was about to turn
into the esp'anade leading to the
palace when an explosion shook the
buildings in the vicinity, stunning a
large number of people and throwing
the cortege into confusion.
The royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers Of the escort falling to the
ground about the equerry and horses
that had been killed. The screams of
the terrified multitude mingled with
the groans of the dying. 1t was i'm
mediately seen that the royal coach
was intact except that it had been
damaged by flying splinters. King Al
fonso Immediately alighted and assist
ed Queen Victoria out of the carriage.
They then entered another coach and
were driven swiftly to the palace.
The place from which the bomb was
thrown is a boarding house. The
chamber from which the missile was
hurled was taken May % by a man
from Barcelona giving the name of
Moral. When the police surrounded
the house the man attempted to fee,
but was captured. Another man es-
capped over the roofs of houses.
AS a curious coincidence it is just a
year ago yesterday that a bomb was
thrown at King Alfonso in Paris. AS
the king, accompanying President
Loubet, was driving away from per
formance at the opera, May 81, 1905,
an anarchist threw bomb at the
royal carriage. 1t struck a trooper of
the cuirrassier escort on the shoulder,
fell to the ground and exploded with
out injuring the king or the president.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
POLITICAL PICKINGs.

UThe gold standard vindicates
itself wherever it is given a fair trial.
Mexico, which had been on a silver
basis for hundreds of years, adopted
the gold standard a few months ago,
and reports that it has never been so
prosperous, while its business is on a
sounder basis and increasing more
rapidly than was ever the case before
Troy Times.
DEven after weeks Of oratory the
Democratic senators are afraid to call
another caucus to select q party policy
on the rate bill. The speeches must
lack a convincing quality when even
the opposition is unable to- tell where
it is at.-St. Louis Globe-Damocrat.
E'"Now is the time for Bryan to
speak" says Col. Watterson. BY all
means. Let him fire away at the
heather in Asia ana keep It up as
long as the heather viii stand it.
Kansas City Journal.
E'The Republican congress cam.
paign committee is TO adopt as its
slogan for this fails congress cleo
tions: stand by Roosevelt"
g. Mr.. Bryan does not care TO run
for the presidency again unless tic
circumstances seem 10 demand IT,"
and At the proper time he viii make
a careful inspection OF the crcum.
stances himself Chicago Tribune.
gFUnder no circumstances viii Gro.
"er Cleveland accept another prcsl.
dental nomination. Neither viii Mr..
Bryan unless. That's the d.lrer.
enco.-Bostun Herald.
g. Minority Leader Williams viii De
remembered as the man who predict.
ed that the Democratic party would
10 8umeth.ug.-St Louis Gi0se.Derlo
crat
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07

Nine. Curie has explained an Incl
dent in the life of her late husband.
He had the distinction of refusing the
red ribbon of the Legion of Honor. His
reason was a matter of speculation.
One insinuation was that the great
chemist had grievance that his wife
was not decorated with him; another,
still less plausible, was that he did not
care to accept a decoration which had
never been conferred upon his father.
Nine. Curie writes quietly to observe
that all this is purely fantastic. NJ.
Curie had a settled conviction that
personal decorations were open to OBJ
jections that outweighed their adYan-
tages and to her great joy as sharing
his opinion he acted up to it in his
own case. He had declined academic
distinction before declining the Legion
of Honor
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
TORTURED WITH ECZEMA.
Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body
Scratched Until Bled-Wonder-
full Cure by Cuticura.

Last year l suffered with a tremendous
itching on my back, which grew worse and ,
worse, until it spread over the whole body.
and only my face and hands were free
For four months or so | suffered torments.
and / had to scratch, scratch, scratch, until
! bled. At night when | went to bed
to get up and scratch my body all over,
until | was as sore as could be, and until
| suffered excruciating pains. They told
me that | was suffering from eczema.
Then | made up my mind that | would use
the Cuticura Remedies. ] used them ac-
cording to instructions, and very soon in
deed ! was greatly relieved. / continued
until well, and now am ready to recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to any one.
Mrs Mary Metzger, Sweetwater, Okla,
June 2S 1906"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
ENGLAND Is Aroused.

London.-"Tinned terrors" is the
headline of one evening editorial upon
the American beef scandals, which
have caused the greatest amazement
here. The matter is Of the greatest
interest, as the present government
recently reversed the regulation for
bidding the purchase of foreign meat
lin the army and navy contracts. 1T
is to be profoundly hoped" says the
Sun, that the great powers welded
by the American trusts will not pre-
vail in the present instance In
quries at the war office point to the
likelihood that no further food con
tracts will be given to America ex-
cept under special supervision.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
ALMOST A CATASTROPHE.
Exuberance of Love Spasmodically"
Manifested Results in Nor
tification.

She was seated in the cleaning, q.
happy smile on her pretty, pensive
face, when her elderly aunt entered.
Then, as she looked upon the kind old
face feeling rushed upon her that
she must share her wonderful news
with somebOdy-she must let someone
into the secret which till then had
been the sole possession of herself and
Harold. She sprang up and flung her
arms about her aunt's neck.
"Oh, auntie," she cried impulsively,
"you do love me, don't you? Kiss me.
auntie, and tell me you do-kiss mel"
But only an alarming gurgle came
from the old lady for a moment. Then
she said, gasping Indignantly:
Kiss you. if you amt careful Ill3
shake the life out of you. You very
nearly made me swallow my teeth!"'
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07

Our little bronze cent, precious In
metaphor and to the owners of slot
machines, but the bane of the street
car conductor, is under the scrutiny Of
a committee Of congress. Experiments
are making to determine whether a
different metal, nickel or aluminium,
is not a better material for the small
est bit of coinage; and there is a pos.
sibility that the design may be
changed Most of us will be sorry to
part with a familiar friend, but we
shall be willing to welcome him in any
new form, and the more OF him the
merrieT
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07

While at Naples during the recent
eruption of Vesuvius King Victor, ac-
costing a parish priest said: MY
friend, how did you escape?" The
priest replied: Your majesty, l put
myself out of danger What do you
mean?' asked the king Understand
ing the danger l went to Oola," was
the reply. His majesty rejoined, wrath.
fully: What, you. Gods minister,
fed Who administered the sacra.
ments and comforted the dying? My
soldiers, I suppose. You are deserving
of great blame" 1t is said this Incl
dent created a great stir at the vati-
can. The priest will probably be Sc
verely punished, as the pope is partic-
ular that priests should be at their
posts in such circumstances.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07

From a reliable source we learn
that young spring elephants are down
TO $1,400 apiece and are to be had in
quantities at a much lower figure For
tender "broilers" the price is ridicu-
lously low and it would be wise
plan for large consumers of the gusta-
tory delicacy to provide against rise
in the market, which is almost certain
to follow the announcement Of the un-
precedented low price. Furthermore,
here is the longed-for opportunity to
pop ii to the beef trust.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-06-07
He Didn't Rise.

Indeed" the lecturer went on in a.
quizzical way, 81 believe l am justified
in asserting that nine women out of
10 practically propose to the men they
become engaged to. AS test, would
ask all married men in the audience
whose wives virtually popped the
question to them to arise"
There was subdued rustic in the
auditorium, and in the dense silence
that ensued could be heard sibilant
feminine whispers in concert, Just.
you dare to stand up. Judge.