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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03
GAMBLING RAID THAT FAILED
Five Arrests, hut No One Could Testify
10 the crap shooting.

10 the trap sHOutihs.
Can't. Shaw Of the Fifth street station got
a letter on Saturday night saying that a
gang Of lawbreakers were in the habit OF
meeting in the basement of % First avenue.
IF you want to make a big haul OF
gamblers just 60 around there when the
game gets going said the letter.
The captain sent Detectives Muller and
Schrefer to take a look at the place. They
found a pigeon store on the ground o
and heard voices in the basement.
kin the fvel" they distinguished in the
buzz OF talk.
IT'S a Black Hand meeting and they're
plotting a regular slaughter. Let's call
out the reserves whispered Schrefer to
Muller.
Say, did you ever play craps?" asked the
more experienced vice hunter.
The two took a look into the basement.
There were fifteen boys and young men
gathered about a lamp on the floor One
of them held the dice and was shaking.
There was a scramble to get away when
the policemen made their appearance.
Samuel Robinson, the negro ~janitor, and
four Others were captured. When they
were arraigned in the Yorkville police
court yesterday all declared that they saw
I'VE were just telling jokes and talking
social, " said the ~janitor.
The detectives could not swear that the
prisoners were gamblers so Magistrate
Moss discharged them with a reprimand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03
| SCOTCHWOMAN DIES on ST. PAUL.
Miss Agnes Gray, q Relative or Prof. An
drew Gray or Glasgow University.

When the American Line steamship st.
Paul locked here yesterday morning DR..
Geissinger, the ships surgeon, called up
the Coroner's office and reported the death
at sea on Saturday morning Of Miss Agnes
Gray Of Edinburgh. The further informa-
ton was impaired hat she had wanted TO
see some one named Seymour.
It was learned from a passenger IN the
st. Paul that Miss Gray, who was about
81 years Of age, had been seasick from the
moment the st. Paul struck open water
and that she died Of heart disease on Satur-
day. h was to have gone to the Oxford
Hotel, at Park avenue and Fifty-eighth
street, on her arrival. The Seymour she
had mentioned turned out to be her attor-
ney, ex-Assemblyman Julius II. Seymour,
who lives at Stamford.
A reporter told him of Miss Gray's death.
He said she was a wealthy woman of Edin-
burgh and a relative of Prof. Andrew Gray
Of the University of Glasgow. Miss Gray
was on her way here to advise with her
attorney about some Mexican mining prop
erty which she owned and for which an
American concern had made an offer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03
FATHER DUCEY BENEFIT.
Varied Bill to he Given At the Academy OF
Music This Afternoon n EN ening.

NEusIU HHhs THVOFHvUH N"u VHIHs'
The players OF New York will give a bene-
fit for Father Ducey of st. Leo's Church at
the Academy of Music this afternoon and
evening. Nearly every organization now
playing in the city will be represented.
In the afternoon Grace George will APP
pear in an act from Clothes" Margaret
Anglin and Henry Miller in an act from
THE Great Divide Robert Mantell in
Sh~akespearian characterizations; Rose
Stahl in the dressing room scene from
-The Chorus Lady" and James I. Powers
with several Of his company in sketches
from The Blue Moon" Many of the new
acts at the Hippodrome will also be given.
In the evening Wright Lorimer and his
company will give a complete performance
of The Shepherd King"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03

"
Lew Wallace:
An Autobioeraphy.

An Autobiography.
The famous author of Ben
Hur" devoted his last years to
the preparation Of this remark
able life story-the story Of .
man who won distinction on the
diverse fields of arms, letters,
politics and diplomacy.
cit is a history written with
the charm Of the novelist, anec-
dotes and conversations of the
most vivid sort FIJI its pages. Il
must be classed with that ex-
ceedingly small group Of really
significant autobiographies that
America has given to literature"
-WorM To-day.
"To all classes Of readers tho
story of this mans life, told by
himself, will prove a recital Of
undying human interest,"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10
CONTEST NOTICE


Clayton, New Mexico,
Oct. "a, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Robert w. Fisher
contestant. against homestead entry No.
1892, made March /, 1906, for Wa sw4
Sec. 2, M NW4 Section IL. Township
9 N, Range 80 r., by Samuel b Bowldin
contestee, in which it is alleged that said
Samuel b. Bowldin has wholly abandoned
said tract: that he has changed his residence
therefrom for more than SIX months last
past: that said tract is not settled upon and
cultivated by said party as required by
law, and that said alleged absence from
the said land was not due to his employ
ment in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps
Of the United States as a private soldier.
officer, seaman or marine, during the war
with Spain, or during any other war in
which the United States may be engaged
Now therefore said parties are notified to
appear respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on Ian 4,
1907, before n. V. Gallegos, u. S. Court
Commissioner, at his office in Tucumcari.
New Mexico, and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on January IS,
1907, before the Register andReceiver at the
United States Land Office in Clayton, New
Mexico.
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit. filed Oct. S, 1906, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence. per-
sonal service of this notice can not be
made, it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and prop
er publication. lot
EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office.

Clayton, New Mexico.
Oct. "a, 1906
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Valvida {. Mars,
contestant, against Homestead entry No;
73o6, made Feb. %, 1900, Tor NW4
Sec. "a, Township 10 N, Range 80 E..
by Verne L, Morris contestee, in which 1t
is alleged that said Verne l.. Morris has
wholly abandoned said tract; that he has
changed his residence therefrom for more
than six months since making said entry;
that said tract is not settled upon and
cultivated by said party as required by law
and that said alleged absence from the
said land was not due to his employment
in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps OF the
United States as a private soldier, ofhcer.
seaman or marine during the war with
Spain or during any other war in which
the United State may be engaged, SAID
parties are hereby notified to appear, re-
spond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at TO o'clock a. m. on Jan. 4, 1907
before N. V. Gallegos, u. S. Court Com
missioner in his office at Tucumcari, New
Mexico, and that final hearing Will be heia
at 10 o'clock a. m. on, Jan. IS, 1907 before
the Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Clayton, New Mexico
The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit, filed Oct. s. 1906, Set forth facts
which show that after due diligence person
al service of this notice can not be made. II
is hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper publ
cation. l-o'
EDWARD w. Fox. Register.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10

Every man, woman
and child in Quay county to try a
pair of hose made by the famous
Radiant Hosiery Mills For sale
at The Racket. 5Iti
Buy your hats of Mrs. lowell
and be satisfied with your purchase.
Another new line in. Beautiful
patterns. Racket Store.
Best brand Of cigars and tobacco
at The Racket. I'll
Fresh Figs and Dates at the Top
Notch Store. It'll
If you want fruits for preserving
give us your order; we will make
special prices, Whitmore & Co.
One patented ranch, can be IT.
rigated, will be sold at a bargain.
Inquire Of M. b. Goldcnberg. 43tf
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department Of the Interior. United States
La nd Office.
Clayton, New Mexico.

Clayton, New Mexico.
Oct. %, 1000.
a sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by William II. Ivie.
contestant, against Homestead entry NJ.
467S, made June Ist, 1903, forNW4SW4,
Lots II-I2 & S, Section 4, Township s ~,
Range 20 f., by Noble \. Hice, Contestee,
in which it is alleged that said Noble
A. Hice has wholly abandoned said tract;
that he has changed his residence there
from for more than six months last past;
that said tract is not settled upon and
cultivated by said party as required by law
and that said alleged absence from the said
land was not due to his employment in the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the
United Stated as n private soldier. officer,
seaman or marine, during the war with
Spain or during any other war in which
the United States may be engaged" Said
parties are hereby notified to appear re-
spond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 o'clock a. m. Dec. 90, 1000.
before n. V. Gallegos, u. S, Court Com
missioner in his office at Tucumcari New
Mexico, me hat final hearing will be held
at 10 O'Clock a, m. on Ian. ~, 1907 before
the Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Clayton, New Mexico.
The said c-ntestant having, in a proper
affidavit, filed Sept. 20, 1000, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence person
al service Of this notice can not be made,
it is hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper publ
cation. lot
EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10

Try the Sterling and Fast Mail
Fine Cut Tobacco at h c / o p
Notch. tt.
Wines of all kinds at the X. G..
Largest and best line OF cigars
at the Top Notch.
FOR SALE-A pretty line OF
glass ware at The Racket. 5Itt
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-10
Knights Of Pytkias

Tucumcari Lodge No 20, meets every
Wednesday evening Visiting brethren
cordially invited
c c DAVIDSON, c c
Il L HUNTER, X of Il s
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Spring Poem.


A poem on spring Is a beautiful thing
II you work In the meter tast right
With blossoms and filis ard fever and
chills
The topi,s are plenty In sight
The beauuful sao8 II lon ~ can show
Is color o. field anl o. hii.
I, les plcled Up its In *. and TIC sl'nt-
in IL pl1k
On the p-nd By the oil gogr mill.
In the cep;Ss Of TIE wood no viole's look
royi.
md tao rrad On the rad - l:lee deep.
For often tae $. - hafe ,caFH Ia the,r
md irs sssfuI he way that They weep
rs weather that tpiss THE tai rubber
Lo.tI
That almost roaeh p to YOUR face.
French slippers. | fear. ard such runnins
wo-'cn't be one. two. tArec in the rae,.
The boys In the loi lave Wicked out a
spot
where marbles for ,eei,s they can play.
And the OIL a~porll,1 hen Is at II again
And brarEing a'oaG Of her l.,
Tin <zsfaQfIus nan .onres 70 .nd with q
or barb that will tore up the blood.
And the rcscuing efe1 has plenty 10 do,
For teacher IL stuck. IN the mud.
Though winter has fed. the cold in NJ
hcad
stu fingers. though knowing the dHie'
And the mar with the Spade IL out on
parade
And anxiously looking for bait.
Az uature is glad. no one should be SAD
Or move round the place on his ear.
Because and for why. unless tho DOCKS
lie.
Sweet spring only comes once a year.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
The Garden Habit.

A garden Is "a pleasant spot
Where you raise peas and all such
truck
And merry tades. like as not.
II you arc somewhat shy on luck.
With hopes as large as q balloon
You &C forth with your little hoe
Some warm and sunny afternoon
To plant the seeds yod mean to grow.
The neIghbors' chickens stand around.
And from the corner OF their eye
They watch you digging up the ground
Where they will frolic by and By.
The cutworm sagely o It's head
And laughs until II has a fit
To think about your garden bed
And things its tribe will do TO Il
Your wife. with an approving smile.
Comes out and say IFS bust too cute
For Anything and quite the style
And that she always did like fruit
And. though you do not like 10 bras
About the things you're going TO raisA
You tell her she'll be playing tag
With radishes In thirty days.
It really seems a cruel thing
TIL truth upon n man to force,
But thirty days will only bring
A crop of weeds and some remorse.
For all the things that he can grow
Would hardly one good meal afford.
And he must be content to know
That virtue Is its own reward.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Getting the Proof

All the printing we do is
a proof of our ability. We
watch the very important
little things which put such
excellence into the finished
work. We know printing
and do it to your s~atisfac-
ton. We like to give esti-
mates, prepare .dummiesa and
tell you whatever we can
about the printing you want
done.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Had letter For Thirty Years.

| have suffered with letter for thirty
years and have tried almost countless
remedies with little, if any, relief. Three
boxes of Chsmberlain's Salve cured me.
Ii was a torture. 1t breaks out a little
sometimes. but nothing to what it used
to do.-D. II. Beach, Midland City, Ala.
Chamberlain Salve is for sale by A.
ID. Lemaire a. Sons.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Yes, john, !
will marry you.
provided you
can get papa's
consent"
Come, now,
none of those
gags on me.
Haven't ! been
talking to your
little sister, She
just Uniformed me
49, " Ia A-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Some youthful ideals look extremely
tawdry after the lapse OF ten years.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

The reason IA dlsinterested opinion Is
lard TO find Is because nobody who II
dis~lnterested cares enough to have un
opinion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

A Clean Sweep.

burglars got
Into his house and
stole everything he
had"
"But they could
not steal his good
name"
''Well. they took
the silver door
plate"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
The Annual SURPRISE.

The Annual Surprise.
Look out for II.
Twill fit
Before your sight
Some bright
Morning when you're not
Expecting a dark plot.
In all its splendor
And Just too tender
And cute for anything.
First you will want TO ring
Up the police.
But soon you win cease
To be annoyed with the gent
And will be content
To jeer plea sanity at
The first straw hat
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Doubtful Honor.

"He just got out of jail this morn
ing"
docs he feel ~dlsgraced?"
"No; he claims to he the latest thing
~uSr
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

1t takes n pair TO make n home. Ever
three or n kind wort suffice.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Just For P~oliteness.

Just For PolitenesS
sis Mr.. Johnson INF"
"No, sir"
But he invited me to call at this
hour"
YES" replied the frank Office boy.
''That Is the reason he isn't In"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Exert Arresters.

"The doctors can do nothing to ar
rest the disease
why don't they call the pollcer
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

AS n professional heart member an
other girl IL an ~undoubted success.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Money always has Its eye out for the
society OF Its Kind.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

A mans good behavior draw Is first
prize when his rich aunt Is looking.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

A heartless oma h generally
equipped with a good stomach, as tho
man who is paying the bills soon dis
covers.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

No man who marrles an orphan gets
bis moneys worth, for he can't blame
bis troubles on his wife's relations.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
Blanks to Burn.

HE was speaking Of the blank.
blank, blankety blank horse race"
"Yes; l heard him."
"What did he meanT"
"It Is all a blank to me-"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

was going to call time on me II l didn't
propose pretty soon."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Joy Is rs Elusive rs the sheen on the
heck OF a pigeon.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
They Chip In For Fun.

What. ask the banks to interest pay
On public funds hat come their wayf
A has such r%egulationsl
Explain to me the reason. pray.
OF their campaign donations.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Preferred Seclusion.
"Give me the address Of your tailor.
"IIl do 1t II you will promise not 10
give him mlne."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

There's a bit OF difference between
having nothing 10 do aud having to do
nothing.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

If you would be strictly up to date
climb a date tree.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27
KuEmor enc Philosophy
BY DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Insomnia Is generally loafng on It's
Job at the moment when getting up
time arrives.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Real poetry and real money rarely
exchange courtesles.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Boosting Is not IN unmixed evil. II
often sounds so fine In the Boosters
own ears that he Is constrained to
make good.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

II the doctors bill were always a BID
OK health 1t wouldn't be 80 bad.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

The still small voice Of conscience
gets mighty noisy all at once as soon
as a man discovers that detectives arc
on his trail.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Some people think that they are be-
Ing dead swell when they buy a nick
els worth for q dollar.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-12-27

Hard work Is almost as bad MS hav.
Ing nothing TO do.
Arizona republican., 1906-03-10
ONE ON CHAMP CLARK.

The house ways and means com mittee was giving a hearing on a bill to take the tax off alcohol. One wit ness was asked how a certain kind of alcohol came to be made, but ne could not tell. Champ Clark informed the committee that it was invented by a Missouri convict who pounded the sour corn pone they gave him for breakfast until it distilled into "the stuff now under investigation" This veracious narrative was received with shouts of laughter, which, however, did not discOncert the advocate of the alcohol in question. He waited until the laugh subsided and then remarked quietly: That story proves what I have always believed, that all the bright men in Missouri were put in the penitentiary." MT. Clark thought fs' some time, but nothing occurred to him and he did not speak.
Arizona republican., 1906-03-10
DEMAND FOR STEEL CARS.

Since 1900 seventy postal clerks. substitutes and weighers have been killed in railroad wrecks while on duty. 444 have been injured seriously and 1863 have been hurt slightly. The clerks in the railway postofiice service are among the most expert employees of the government, and the department is seeking continually to improve the conditions under which they work, lessen the dangers that surround them and protect their lives and the valu- able property in their care.
 In 1893 the government adopted spe- cifications for the construction of mail cars requiring them to be heavier and more substantial than those then in use. In May 1904, these specifications were revised and further strengthen ing of the cars was required The railroad companies have also been ex- perimenting with improved rolling stock, the Erie building an all-teel car and the New York. New Haven and Hartford two; the Pennsylvania road stock, the Erie building an all steel car and the Santa Fe company has con tracted for thirty steel sheathed cars with under frames and flooring of steel the floors to be finished with ce- ment, felt and wood. All these cars are much heavier than those DTeNIOuS- ly in use. Under the department spe- cifications of 1904 a full sixty foot car weighs 100000 pounds or 2O,OO0 pounds more than one built on the plans adopted in 1893. The clerks prefer the larger, heavier cars. which they be- lieve to be safer in accidents than the others. Yet in a wreck on a Texas railway a fifty-foOt car telescoped a sixty foot car of later build and much greater weight, and was itself practi- cally undamaged.
 One of the steel cars now in use has been in an accident. The postal clerks have great faith in them. feeling that they are practically indestructible and almost sure to preserve the lives of all who are in them. It is likely that steel mail cars will some day be re- Quired by the government, and when they are it is not improbable that the public will demand a substitution of metal cars, or cars so heavily rein forced with steel as to be practically the same thing, for all wooden passen- ger coaches.-New York Sun.