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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

city lying In the track Of the storm.
Al First and Magnt lin streets house
Is reported demolished and woman
and child severely hurt. The factory
at Erato and Magnolia streets is also
reported to have suffered severely
The Jaialai SIX tting rink at Eslan
and Camndele' strc"ts Is blown TO
pieces and the debris from II scat
tered in every direction. As the re-
rorts com" In. damages in way II
houses destroyed increase There
are reports also Of people hurt by
flying timbers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
NINETEEN DEAD TAKEN
FROM WEST FORK MINE
{ Bulletin.)

Roanoke. Va. Oct. 5.--A tele-
gram received here states that UP
To II O'Clock this morning nine
teen bodies have been recovered
from the West Fork mine at Po-
cal,ontas and it is thought there
are still forty in the mines. There
is no evidence thus far of fire and
the work OF rescue is not retarded.
II will probably be two days be-
fore all the bodies are found.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

pie trees. some 0f them eight years
old. broken down under the snow"
One citizen got mp last night before
midnight and putting o slieker over
his scant attire. got a heavy pole and
bumped the young shade aud fruit
trees In his yard. lie was covered
with several carloads of snow before
his work was done. sufficient per
cent sliding down his neck TO prevent
his sleeping for the rest of the night
This morning after miserable
nights rest he got up TO gloat over
his neighbors and found his trees
stripped like cornstalks, the later
SHOWS having ciung even closer that
the first.
street Almost impassabIc
Probably the worst damage in Las
Vegas was ON Eleventh street as far
up as National avenue. In one block
several telephone poles are down and
tangled mass Of wire and tree
limbs made the street almost impass-
able this morning. A force of lina-
men were engaged In making repairs
to the broken lines this morning and
removing the debris. Owing 10 the
danger In handling the wires the Las
Vegas Electric Railway and Power
company. at the request of Mayor X.
ID. Goodall. shut off the current
In a part Of the wires until the trou.
bic was adjusted. The power COM
pany suffered some slight damage To
their poles and wires at Eighth and
Columbia avenue. but they expected
to have this remedied at noon. All
the cars are running today, but the
light power has been shut off. IL was
reported at the power house this NOR.
ming that all the power will be on
late this afternoon.
Plaza Trees Down
Great damage was done In the town
Of Las Vegas last night by the heavy
snow fall. Mary of the trees In the
plaza park are almost ruined and the.
beautiful court house lawn is. covered:
with great limbs Of trees. which had
successfully weathered the storms nf
years. Many Of the fine shade trees
on Hot Springs boulevard are merely
SCARED -stumps .bereft of their fol.
iage. and the damage at the beautiful
home of Jefferson Reynolds Is par
ticularly severe. 49,. :~..- -..~+.~ o.,
Telephone wires hung across the
sidewalks and streets and In some in.
stances telephone poles were snap
ped off just above the ground and lay
wrapped In tangled mass of wire
in the thoroughfares. %~zt*
The street car. telephone and teie.
graph companies In a few days will
be able to tell In dollars and cents.
how much the snow storm of last
night cost them, but the damage done
to the parks and beautiful shade
trees OF the city can never be esti-
mated. - ..~.zs E~ ria, II
The fine. old poplar trees, older
than the city of Las Vegas, which
stand in front Of the (sraaf, Clark.
Belden and Maioney homes on Ma.
tional avenue were stripped by the
heavy burden of snow last night AZ
IL they had stood in the path 81 cy-
clone. Limbs strew the lawns.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
Chinese PRESS
AGAINST PANAMA
IT,
CONSTRUCTION aio PROPOSALS. .
EXAMINED m LIGHT OF PC.
culiAR CONDITIONS
.ONE DOSE IS enough
Seventy Five Per Cent cs cninss
Who Worked for Freneh Company
Died Authorities pesticned 20
Forbid immigration.

Washington. ID. e.. Or. 8
Officers of the isthmian Canal
commission are btis,ly engaged tx
ain'n'ng proposals recently >,'b-
united by contracting firms fnr
furnishing Chinese labor ior work
an the canal al Panama. lie
cause at the peculiar conditions
surrounding transportation and
the employment III aliens in the
work contemplated. the AL just
n,em ri some international lea
lures will probably arise. Sey-
cral weeks must necessarily elapse
before any conclusions are reach
ed and the contracts are awarded.
uAD FORMER EXPERIENCE
Some doubt is expressed as In
whether the contractors will he
able to carry "it the contract
which may be awarded i"r sup
plying c"olie lalsr.
Preferably an account of the
climatic conditions the ls;hmian
commission desires that any la
bnrer> sent tn the istlmus shall
come from the southern provinces
ofa lima. Section reports at the
Chinese iegatiun show that n"t n
single hinese new Spaper favnrS
the emigration "f Chinese Ia Pa
mama as the experiences ut those
who went there for the trencl,
canal company are still fresh in
the minds nf the people. The
{ hine>e were unable tn withstand
the conditions then existing and
it is said that about seventy five
per cent ni those who went there
died. Petitions from { (hineSe res
iients in Peru. san Francisco and
at Panama have been sent IT, the
government at pekin asking tl1a,
ii refuse its sanction t" any pr"lr'-
sition proposing I" permit CON
tract laborers to G" from China IL
Panama.
Thus far. however. the Chin
csc authorities shave refused Ell,
tirelv and are passive in the mat
ter. \ suggestion has been made
that il the Chinese government;
intcrposeS an objection tn perni,
the departure of coolies for labor
on the isthmuS. the contractors a.
an alternative may resort t" the
Philippine Islands or the Straits
Settlements. near which the Chin
csc government has no juris.lic-
tion. for laborers. Any contract
for furnishing coolie laborerS
which may be drawn by the 18TH
mian Canal commission will. be-
fore being executed. be submitted
to the state department for mspec
ton with a view to avoiding any
possibility of international com
plicatims.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

One of the heaviest and most damaging storms with
memory Of the oldest nhabant fell i'm Las Vegas and
vicinity from half past six until after eleven o'clock last night
The fall estimated At eight inches here Il is said to have
been heavier in the mountains Telephone wires ground
ed giving beneath the weight and great limbs fall
ing the wires This morning telephone communication
shut of between Las Vegas and all neghborng cities with
exception Albuquerque aud Santa F Local telephones
suffered both systems the Colorado being damaged the
II late this morning before kind of service
recstabsed Both the Western Union and the Postal
graph companies report their wires damaged north although
sufficiently to entirely interrupt service. Considerable
damage to orchards is reported.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

Extends From Lamy 10 Trinidad
At the Santt Fe division offices
this morning, reports had been re-
ceived that the snow storm 0f lat
night extended from Lamy to Trini'
day. heing much heavier up north
than here. II was reported that 100
poles of the Postal company were
down between Maxwell City and Wat.
rous. However, II was thought that
the railroad wi.es would be working
rs usual by tha middle Of the after
noon.
Dispersed Crowds at Springer
Persons arriving from Springer late
last night on No. Z. which was delay
ed several hours because II contained
fourteen cars and with only one Gu
gine to draw II, say that the Union
fair at that place started off nicely.
The exhibits AMI races were mp 10 ex'
pectations and the attendance was
quite large. However. heavy down
pour bf fdH N'iWh tHoot pai1s ''
:::30 yesterday afternoon. followed by
SNOW storm. which dispersed the
gathering I'm short order and proba'
bly, put an end To the fair. Many Of
the ranchmen and stockmen In at
tendance have gone 10 their homes 10
care for their crops and stock. u
Preceded by Heavy Rain
Locally. the snow storm was pre-
ceded by heavy showers of rain,
which fell intermittently from three
o'clock yesterday cThrsday) after.
noon, when the snow began to fall
heavily that II soon covered every.
thing. The fall was very wet and
melted rapidly. by noon most Of the
snow had disappeared except In the
hills and mountains, which are snow
capped.
Twenty-Five hundredth of an incb
of rain fell yesterday before six o.
clock and the precipitation for the
rest of the night measured eighty
two hundredth Of an inch. making
i.oI inches of actual precipitation.
Snow laid on the ground This morn.
ing at depth Of four, inches.
Shade and Fruit Trees Damaged
Both fruit and shade trees suffer.
ed heavily from the weight Of the
snow and the fiat roofs Of native
houses are reported to have been
damaged considerably In several in
stances.
Up 10 the present time little frost
had nipped the tree leaves which
were still thick and green. The wet
snow drops stuck to the foliage and
pedestrians on las Vegas streets last
night could hear the swapping of
breaking boughs In any direction.
The crashing of limbs and the noise
made by falling poles kept people
awake all over town last night and
some instances have been learned
where the women were so frightenej
that they were unable to sleep.
DIR. +. E. Olney, who owns a ranch
three miles from Vegas on the Mora
road. reported this morning that
Wy snow fell In that vicinity.
much damage resulted from tie hea-
u did not make close inyestiga.
tion." he told The Optic this morn
ing, hut I saw numbers Of fine ap.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
MOBILE, ALABAMA,
EXPECTS HEAVY GALE

Mobile. Ala. Oct. 81 y. H.
There has been NO storm In or near
Mobile at this hour, but the wind is
blowing thirty miles an hour I'm the
lower bay with rain falling. The wind
Is expected TO reach the same veloc-
ity I'm Mobile. accompanied by rain
and lightning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

Washington, Oct. 5.-The cen
su> bureau today issued a bulletin
showing the quantity oi cotton
taken for consumption by manu-
facturers and the amount consum-
ed during the year ending August
Z last. to have been 4.S7I.I69
bales, leaving the amount held by
manufacturers 6zS,oSz bales.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

in the south and the report al the
size oi October shorts we're bull
factors. There was tremendous
realizing nn the advance but the
offerings we're taken up and the
prices held. The initial advance
with May selling was II cents,
One ni the features was an adj
vance Of II points ior December
contracts in New Orleans.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
STORM LEAVES DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN PATH
THROUGH SOUTH TO CLASP Us IN HIS CHILLY EMBRACE
HEAVY SNOW STORM
DOES SERIOUS DAMAGE

Storm Area Extends from Lamy to Trinidad Eight inches
Of Snow Falls. Telephone Wires Grounded and
Telegraph Service Badly Crippled North Of Vegas.
Crowds Dispersed from Springer Fair. Heavy Show
ess Pecede Snow Storm Which Damages Roofs.
Fni, and Shade Trees. l.04 Inches Precipitation
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
HER JUDICIARY
BADLY BOSSED
cHAS. q. MACooN TO BELIEVE
TIE STRAINED CUBAN
SITUATION.
FOR A FAIR ELECTION
svhsersieney Of judiciary TO Political
Power One Cause for Late un-
pieasantness" in island Where Peo-
pie Have No Recourse.

Washington. Oct. S.-The dc
terminins iacinr in the election oi
Governor Charles II. Magsn as
provisional governor "f Cuba wa'
the TACT al his familiarity with all
the laws of Cula and the steps
that were taken during the last
American intervention 10 organ
ize a stable government. II has
already been determined that there
mist be an election AMI the ma
cl,inery f"r fair election mus, be
constructed by the provisional
governor.
JUDICIARY INDEpENDENtE
,InotlIer feature ni the work
that will ,le,,,lse upon Governor
Mag'"n will le in securing i'm
prnvement in the laws ri Cuba
With regard /" the independence
"f the Judiciary and the suh>er-
vie',cy "f the Judiciary tn political
power. which is one oi the causes
nj the present trouble. Persons
aggrieNc,l over the methods al
the government have no redress
through th" judiciary l,ecauSc the
judiciary Was not granted >uifi-
cient independence of political All
tIt'rit'es. 1t is the intention ot
this government, according Ia adj
vices here. la have such an i'm.
rr"Hencnt "i the present laws oi
the next Cuban government as
will materially decrease the rea
SONS for revolution and annthc,
intervention l,v the 'nitc,l States
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
Negroes Blown Away

Five new residences In that neigh.
hOrhood were razed. Negroes In
Douglas square were picked up bod.
lily and blown sway. Some damage
rear Of the third ward Much dam.
age was done at an oil mill In th =
same neighborho0d. A warehouse
at Liberty and Poydras streets IL
blown down and heavy iron car
turned upside down out there.
Another Tornado at 8 a. m.
New Orleans. Oct. 81 small tor.
nado passed diasonally across the
residential portions of the city about
s a. m. today. taking off roofs. tear
ing down fences and doing other
damage. No one is reported injured
In the tornado which crossed the riv-
er about Jena street In th" uptown
district and cut across to the rear OF
the third ward one side Of which IL
bounded by Canal street. The air was
fiilerl with flying planks and other de-
bris. Great excitement was caused
in the districts affected b. twisting
winds.
Death Reports unconfirmed
New Orleans. Oct. 5.-A report
brought in from the neighborhoOd of
Lake Pontchartrain. outside OF the
city limits. Is that lives had been lost
Shrr, I afnr Tho haath nf man
named Howes was reported at the
lake. but these reports lacked confir-
nation. Although several death de-
ports reached New Orleans after the
storm. investigation showed that pro-
badly not life was lost here. Many
of the injuries occurred near Roberts
street and the liver front. where the
Columbia oil mill and jefferson saw
mill were badly damaged. A woman
and child were injured by the blowing
down of house at First and Magno-
Tia streets.
z The wind was accompanied. by a
low hanging cloud and a heavy rum
BILE II travelled northwest until It
reached the fine residence portion OF
the city at ST. Charles street and Ma.
poleon avenue. Here the damage was
the lightest done in any part of the
fornado's course. From st. Charles
street the wind proceeded straight
ahead to Marengo and Carondelet
streets. where 1t steered sharply to
the northward and in this direction
passed out of the city. The path Of
the tornado through the city was
thirty to fifty feet wide. This naf-
rcw street was strewn with bricks
from demolished chimneys. detached
boards. uprooted trees. felled tele-
egraph poles and an occasional roof.
II was the falling Of these objects
which caused the most injuries. /
peculiar feature of the disturbance in
the city was the fact that few per-
sons within half mile of the lorna.
dos path knew there had been q
storm.
New Orleans. Oct s.~~Further re-
ports of the tornado Indicate that a
number Of houses were blown down
by the wind In different parts Of the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
COTTON TAKES SUDDEN RISE
UPON NEWS OF 7ORNADOES
I,,,lleiir,. J

(Bullciin.)
New Orleans, Oct, :. - The
cotton market advanced sharply
upon news IT 4lle tornado in this
civ. December. which closed YES
tcrtlay at lo.Ii. Went Ia Il..4.
while January rose iron, 400 L"
the same price later, December
fell I" Io.9. and January t" HOP.
New York. Oct. 5.-The cot
ton market opened strong and ex-
cited at an advance OF ~ to
80 points. which carried prices to
a new higl, level for the season as
a result of mucl, higher Liverpool
cables than were expected. The
uncovering of stop loss orders of
the short side and the broadening
speculative demand. bad weather
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
3 1ORNAD0ES TWIST
THR0 Lower LOUISIANA

-Four Reported Dead a, Peneha,oula and Heavy Property
Damage. Tremendous Noise Preceding New Orleans
Disturbance Occasions Great Excitement. All Lines
Frustrated and Negroes Blown Bodily Away. Death
Reports from Lake Uncon6rmed Houses Demolish-
ed and Rink Destroyed.
The bee., 1906-10-25

Bell county, and when COM
pleted will open large area of
coal land which will be developed
by Pennsylvania capitalists The
land is owned by the Louisville
Property Company and embraces
about 10000 acres.
The Webster Coal Company
will build twenty houses near
their mines for the convenience
of the men employed by them
as soon as arrangements can be
made.
West Virginia contains 80
counties and coal is mined in all
of these except two.
The bee., 1906-10-25

Little David Bostrick is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Galloway were
in Madisonville Monday.
w. p. jennings is quite i'll this
week and unable TO be at his post.
Rev. s. r.. Crockett will conduct
services at the Hecla church twice
next Sunday.
Some of the Hecla children are
looking forward to nutting expe-
pition IN the near future.
Mr.. John NJ. Hogan will shortly
erect two new houses on Double
Row and also an addition to his res
idence.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Henry Holland have
moved to one OF their houses located
at No. H. They have been living at
their farm about mile from here.
The bee., 1906-10-25
Fares Will be Refunded by the Following Members Of the Merchants Rebate Asso

Hennesy Robinson 2o Main Dry Goods Notions Coaks
Millinery
Lahr Bacon Co.. 5o Main ST., Dry Goods Notions Coaks MILL
merry, etc.
f. X Ashby Co.. 2l5 u ST. Furniture Stoves Carpets
cycles, Photographs,
Keynes Furniture u. Third
pets, Go Carts, Baby Carriages
Fowler Dick Walker AZ Main ST. Dry Goods Notions Cioaks
Millinery,
N Gross Sons, 22S Main Clothing Hats and furnishings
Clothing Co. Main Clothing Hats Furnish
Bros Main Clothing Hats Shoes Furnish
ngs
Syndicate Clothing Store Mems Ready
Wear Clothing, Hats and Shoes
Cook Grocery CO.. 38 Main St., Groceries
Cheap Store, 400 ST., Dry Goods Notions Coaks
Millinery, tc.
Bomm Drug Co.. 43 Main St., Drugs Toilet Articles etc.
H. j. Schaepfer POI Main St. Toilet Articles Etc.
Smith Butterheld $40 Main ST.. Books and Art Goods
VIM Hughes of Main St. Ladies' Cloaks Furnishings Millinery
Shoes, Etc.
The bee., 1906-10-25
SANTOS DUMONT WINS PRIZE

Paris. Oct. 24.-Santos Dumont
made another attempt With his aero
plane here, and this time 1t fulfilled
the requirements and won the prize.
(The Deutsche Archdeacon prize
amounts to $4,000. 1t was promised
to the first aerial appliance which. un-
supported by gas, should make cir
Gle of at least one kilometer without
coming to the ground.
The bee., 1906-10-25
RevolutlonIsts Reported Exeeuted.

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 24.--A special
to the Republican from Tucson says
that a well-known citizen of that
place, whose name is withheld. has
returned from Nogales, where he was
authoritatively informed that Salcido
and all the other revolutionists recent
ly deported from Arizona were taken
to Hermosillo and summarily execut-
ed, Notwithstanding official statements
to the contrary.
The bee., 1906-10-25

Antigo, Wis.,. Oct. 24.-The large
sawmill of the Wisconsin Timber and
Land Co., valued at $4,000, togethe.
with about 100000 worth of lumber
in the yards adjoining the mill. was
burned at Mattoon, IA miles south
Amigo.
The bee., 1906-10-25
plsmIssed as Campaign Gossip.

New York, Oct. 24.-The grand jury
which has been inves igating Mr.. Muir
phys recent charges that Independ-
ence league representatives were try
Ing to hold UP" democratic candi-
dates, dismiss the subject as cam
paign gossip"
The bee., 1906-10-25
Coal Men indicted at Omaha.

Omaha. Oct. 24.-The announcement
has been made that the grand jury
has found indictments against abou
30 of the leading coal dealers of Oma'
ha, members of the Omaha Coal eS
change. on charge of violating the
antitrust laws.
The bee., 1906-10-25
look carhoIIe Acid Route.

Kansas City, Oct. 24.-Ira Il. Fee
ley, aged "a, committed suicide at
Sheffield, Ave miles east of here, by
drinking carbolic acid. A newspaper
clipping in his pocket showed that
had recently been arrested at Ira
verse City, Mich, for selling liquor
Illegally.
The bee., 1906-10-25
consideratIon several MlIIIons.

San Francisco. Oct. 24.-The Stand
ard Oil Co. of Iowa has transferrea .
its holdings in California to the Stand
ard Oil Co. of California. 1t is un'
derstood that the consideration
amounted to several millions.
The bee., 1906-10-25

Bush Hardware 5O3 Main Hardware, Cutlery Sport
ing Goods, etc.
Boswell Toran, 209 Main Mems Hats Caps and Gloves
The Hub, APT Main ST.. Mems furnishings Hats and Caps
Charles Jewelry Watches Diamonds,
Harding Miller Music Pianos Organs, Phono-
graphs etc.
r. +. Sampson l3l Main ST.. Mems Furnishings.
Kimbal Piano Co.. 226 Main Organs.
g. W. Geissler Shoe Co.,. 45 Main St. Shoes and Rubbers
Pocket Shoe Co., 27 Main ST.. Shoes Rubhers.
Schultz Co.. 4O Main ST.. Shoes Rubbers.
Aug Schmitt Sons 6O5 Main St. Stoves Plumbing
Fitting.
Backman LunkenheImer, 302 Main St. China,
Queensware.
Fred L. Emendor 89 Main ST. Wall Paper
VIM r. French Co.. PIG Main Wall Paper
SIG Evans Co.. 32s Main ST. Dry Goods Carpets Notions,
The Furniture Co., BIZ Main st Stoves
Carpets Go Carts, Baby Carriages,
H. F. Miller Co.. 323 Main ST. Dry Goods Notions Cloaks,
Geupe Bros, 4s Main St. Books Art Goods and Wall Paper
Louis umberts 223 Main ST. Jewelry Watches Diamonds
The bee., 1906-10-25
MINING NOTES.
Evan.ville Mans Underground Garden

Evansville Mans Underground Garden.
Boonville, Ind, Oct. 23.-Col.
Frank B, Posey, the Evansville
attorney, has started his under
ground garden in an abandoned
coal mine in the southern part of
this county, near the little town
Yankeetown.
, Mr.. Posey spent several days
a fortnight ago cleaning out a
space and arranging beds and
fixing the acteylene gas lamps
which are to furnish light for the
growing plants. He will place a
large number of pots of flowers
in the radius of the lamps and
will plant beds with various
kinds of garden truck. 1t is an
experiment on a large scale.
! Tests in agricultural laborato
ries have shown the feasibility
of Colonel Posey's plan, and if
his first season this winter proves
success he will enlarge his un-
derground garden and dispense
not only with the sun but with
summer as well. The tempera-
ture of the underground garden
stays uniform throughout the
year, never varying from range
between fifty and sixty degrees,
and being stationary around six
ty degrees most of the time.
Winter weather has no effect on
it, for it is too far beneath the
surface for the transmission of
cold, and summer weather, like
wise, has no effect. The gas
lamp is the great essential. fnr.
nishing the necessary light and
heat. Experiments with plants,
it is said, seem to indicate that
they thrive on the actinic rays
rays of the sun, while luminous
rays have little or nothing to do
with growth. Acetylene is espec
tally strong in actinic rays, it is
said, and ought, therefore, to
conduce to rapid 'fructification.
The light will burn continuously,
and if there is growth at all it
will be continuous.
Mr.. Posey expects to have re-
suits, either positive or negative,
by Christmas, and hopes to de.
termine conclusively by that
time the feasibility of under
Uroun1 FARMING hv q m nj ioht