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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09

Matrimony Encouraged.
Every employe of the British post
office gets a wedding present from the
government when he marries.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09
Rrown-Abreu Wedding

Wednesday morning at the Catho''"
church parsonage in this city the Kew
Father Collier officiating, Miss Ger
trude Brown and Ramon f. Ahreu were
united in the holy bonds of matr'-
mony, but a few relatives or the con
tracing couple witnessing the ee:e-
mony, says the Springer Stockman,
They left at once for Rayado, whefe
they will make their home.
The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Darl Brown of this
city. and Is a most excellent youos
lady with a host of friends who wish
her we'll.
The groom ia the youngest son o.
Mrs, P. B. Abreu of Rayado, and MS
luck In securing so excellent a life
companion is met with the congratula
,ions of his friends.
They at once went to Housekeeping
at Rayado where the groom a nice
" fitted up a home for his bride.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09
Peculiar Cause OF Fire.

CauSe OF FWe.
A globe of colored water In a ldurg
store window at Vallejo, Cal. con-
centrated the rays of the u and
caused a fire the other day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09

For a small amount you tell your
wants to all Las Vegas through an
Optic want ad. ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09
What Women Read.

Women I'm the last fifteen years
hava taken 10 reading a much peter
class of books said a veteran deat|''
81 think | may safely assert that the
average woman has today u finer liter
ary taste than the average man.
ut used to be different. "omeh
used to read nothing but The Daca'
ess,' Mrs. southworth. Bertha NJ. Clay
and writer's of that class. Now they
read Howells. Joseph Conrad. Kiplins
Wells, Mrs. Wharton. Hardy. W. ="
Jacobs. George Meredith and so IN
so much for my average woman
patron. My average man patron reals
Conan Doyle. Hall. Game. Rider HaS
gard. Winston Churchill-writers y
the popular class.
II suppose 1t Is the higher educa
ltion and the greater freedom now nj
flowed to women that has improved
their literary taste SO tremendously
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09
Influence Of Books.

A book, more than speech, more
than deeds even. sows. according to
what It contains. the good or the bad.
-Melanie Waldor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09
Married In Santa Fe.

Miss Grace Gretchen Grygla OF this
CITY and George d. u. Fitzpatrick OF
Philadelphia were united in marriage
at GAS o'clock Thursday evening ri
the parsonage Of the Church OF the
Holy Faith In Santa Fee, says the New
Mexican. Reverend w. r. Dye. the
rector. performed the ceremony In the
presence of the brides father and a
few intimate friends. The Episcopal
marriage service was employed.
Immediately after the wedding the
bride and groom left for New Orleans
La. and from there they will proceed
later to Florida.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick Is an examiner O
surveys connected with the genera
land office of the federal government
and has been ordered to Louisiana u
l~;nsnect original surveys made by hin
some time ago. After the completiol
of this work he Is instructed to go u
Florida.
Miss Grygla Is a daughter of Fran
Grygla, special agent for the Unite
J States land office. with headquarters
} in Santa Fe. She came to this cit
) about a year ago from Minneapolis
: soon after her graduation from tn
: University of Minnesota, and sine
then. up to the day before her ma
1 rage. was a teacher in the Centr'
+ school.
CONTINUED on page five.)
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09

New bunch Of Optic Scratch Tab
It's at The Optic office S cents apiece
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-09

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

ade booths in charge, has spent much
thought and time on its arrangements.
II will be in the form of huge lemon,
the decoration being large bows of yell
low satin ribbon and branches of Chi
nese oranges. The ladies assisting are
Mrs. A. E. Murphy, the Misses Dreier,
Rhodes, McStocker, Mulch, Legros,
and Thelma Murphy. They will be
clad in white gowns with becoming
hats and lima leis around their necks.
Such crowd OF lovely girls will be
much admired. Lemonade, orangeade,
cold tea, and who knows, something a
wee bit stronger may be served
People, no doubt. will flock to see
the candy booth under the supervision
of Mrs. f. B. McClanahan. This lady
has the reputation of being the most
original little woman in Honolulu. Her
ideas and decorations are always out
Of the ordinary, and she certainly will
not disappoint any of her admirers this
time. The ladies assisting will be Mrs.
A. ]. Gignoux, and the Misses Justine
McClanahan, Vera and Violet Damon.
and Dagmar Sorenson. They will be
dressed to represent different candies.
The ice cream booth, in charge of
pretty Mrs. j. Dougherty, will be dec
GRATED in Japanese parasols and fans.
Those who are generously assisting are
Mrs. Emmett May, Mrs. Clifford High.
and Miss Roth. Surely one will not
find it hard to buy plate of ice cream
served by these dainty hands. Ice
cream of all kinds, sundays and deli
cious cakes will be offered.
The pedro booth will be on the Prin-
cess lanai. Mrs. Alice Hastings is in
charge with Mrs. George c. Beckley. A
jolly good time is assured with these
popular matrons in charge. Cigars and
cigarettes will be under Mrs w. M.
Graham's care. with Ivan Graham
and Renold McGrew assisting, the en-
ergy of this lady is too well known for
comment
On the Luau, the most thought and
trouble have been expended. A huge
tent will be erected and covered
with cocoanut leaves. The decorations
will be on a most elaborate scale.
There are five long tables, at the head
of which there will be ladies prominent
in the socia l life of the monarchical
days, representative of all that is most
gracious and dignifed. These are Mrs.
Laura Mahelona, Mrs. Lokalia Holt,
Mrs. Cathcart, Mrs. Lizzie Kinney and
Mrs, J. Pail1o, Jr. The five tables will
seat two hundred at a time. The la
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

dies who will attend to the wants Of
visitors will number seventy-nve in
all. They will be dressed in white with
the bright colors and gorgeous flower
leis so dear to the Hawaiian heart. All
the dellcacies OF the season will be
served; pig cooked underground, sweet
potatoes, fish, chicken with cocoanut,
crab, opihis, squid with cocoanut, dried
fish, kulolO, poi ulu, and other relishes.
No expense will be spared to make ev-
erything Of the best.
The children's amusements have also
been looked after. The Misses Schae-
fer have charge of the grab-box, and
all sorts of wonderful things are
promised for fifteen cents. The crown
ing of joy of the afternoon for the wee
ones will be Punch and Judy show.
Popular Guy Livingston has promised
to help out. We all know what that
means
Her Majesty the Queen will be pres
ent during the afternoon.
Herr Berger and his faithful boys
are most generous with their offers Of
music, and will play throughout the
afternoon, from one to Ave.
At one o'clock, the Fair will start
and continue to FIVE. From FIVE to sew
en- the Luau doors will be opened. The
best Quantet Club in Honolulu has
been secured to play during the feast.
At the request of many friends, Prin-
cess KawananalSoa has decided to
erect an open platform for dancing.
This platform will be eighty by thirty
feet, and covered with Mrs. Sam Par
ker's dancing cloth. 1t is the largest
and finest in Honolulu. AS the modest
sum Of twenty-five cents apiece, only,
will be asked, the Princess begs that
no one will take advantage of the open
platform by jumping over the ropes in
stead of coming in at the entrance, as
this is the only way this platform can
be enclosed. Mr.. Cushman Carter has
kindly consented to take the arrange
ments for this in hand.
No admittance fee will be charged
The grounds will be open to the public
Chairs for the comfort of visitors will
be scattered about, eight hundred and
fifty having been generously donated
by Colonel Sam Parker for the occa-
sion The novelty of dancing in the
moonlight will, no doubt, appeal to
our honored visitors, for whom sixty
tickets have already been engaged for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

on the Princess grounds, 1888 Pensaco-
la street, on Saturday May Is. he
program for the day will be as follows:
From IL to O'Clock light luncheon
will be served. For this fee OF fifty
cents will be asked. The menu COM
prises the following dellcacies: Pork
and beans, biscuits, salads. cold tur-
key ham, and sandwiches Of all kinds.
This booth will certainly realize the
anticipations Of people who want their
moneys worth, with such an energetic
worker as Mrs. L. Whitehouse at its
head. Her assistants are ladies whose
names figure prominently in all fairs
and charity functions as adopts in the
arts of satisfying the inner man. The
ladies who have kindly consented to
help are: Mrs. L. whitehouse, Mrs. A.
Fuller, Mrs. c. G. Ballentyne, Mrs. w.
H. Rabbit, Mrs. Winston, Mrs c. Du
Roi, Mrs. Jaeger and Mrs. j. Nc
Donald.
The pretty Mattresses are the Misses
Irene Dickson, Harrison, Sarah Lucas,
Ethel spalding and Irma Ballentyne
They will be dressed in bright attrac-
tive colors. Prompt attention and cor
rect change are promised.
In connection with the luncheon
booth, Mrs. Eben Low will serve cof-
fee at 10 cents a cup Mrs. Low is
noted for her delicious coffee, and this
time will surpass all other efforts
There is one other booth. but this is
a secret. 1t will. no doubt, be the best
patronized in the whole Fair, but
nuff said.
ferns, corsage boquets leis and bou-
tonieres will be sold. Mrs. NJ. E. Gross
man, who is in charge, guarantees her
assistants will ask only what is fair
and reasonable for their fragrant
wares. The girls assisting her will be
the Misses Ada Mulch, Beatrice and
Muriel Campbell, Watty Holt, Irene
Boyd, Rosie Herbert and Annabel Low.
They will dress in Spanish costume,
and will, no doubt, be the cynosure of
all eyes.
Miss Bertha Young, whose beautiful
taste in decorations is so well known,
has charge of the paper flower booth.
Her assisting ladies, who are Mrs. G.
w. Case Deering, Mrs. VIM. Cushman,
Mrs. James Wilder, Mrs. A. G. Halves,
and Mrs. Brooks, have promised all
kinds of wonderful creations; the latest
in hats, muffs. boas, besides beautiful
flowers, lamp shades, and other novel;
ties too numerous to mention
Mrs. M. Phillips, who has the lemon
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18
THE SURPLUS OF
THE FIDELITY

In another part of the Star will be
found the financial statement of the
Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland as of December 31st, 1906.
Same shows the total assets of the
company to be $6,1SS,569, Of which S4,-
SS6,SS1 is capitaland surplus. The sur
plus of surety company is its loss
paying power without impairing its
capital The surplus Of the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland Is
S2,S86,SS1.
Recently the different departments
of the U. S. Government issued orders
restricting surety companies to 1919 Of
their capital and surplus on any one
bond. The qualifying power of the
Fidelity and Deposit Company OF
Maryland under this ruling is $4s3, 6ss.
The Fidelity and Deposit Company
of Maryland is one of the oldest sure
ty companies in existence, as well as
one of the strongest.
Its representatives in the Territory
of Hawaii are Messrs. Bishop & Com
pany Of Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18
GREAT
LUAU
PREPARATIONS ARE NOW IN
FULL SWING FOR ONE OF THE
MOST ELABORATE LUAUs AND
FAIRS THAT HAS EVER TAKEN
PLACE IN THE ISLANDS.

The purpose of this Fair is to raise
sufficient funds to complete the pay
ment on a Home for destitute Hawaii
an women. This Home will be under
the direction of the Bishop and the
Catholic Mission. Later on it is the
intention of the Bishop to place it I'M
der the supervision Of the Sisters. The
Home will begin on a small scale. as
its needs increase, additions will be
built. Women of any belief will be ad-
mitted, providing they are Hawaiians.
The Bishop desires the Home to be
self-supporting. Every effort will be
made to encourage manual labor.
Those who are able must work, adding
their mite towards the support Of the
Home. Destitute cases that will a
ply at the Mission will undergo the
strictest investigation, and when de-
tails are found satisfactory to the
Fathers, the comforts and protection
of the Home will be opened tn them.
Three thousand collars are needed
for the purchase of the house and lot
which the clergy have in view. To this
amount, already nineteen hundred dol
lars has been raised through public
beneficence. The proceeds of the Fair
will go towards paying the rest. The
arrangements of the Luau and Fair
have been placed entirely in the hands
of Princess Kawananakoa. The ladies
she has asked to take part are most
enthusiastic, rendering valuable assist
ance by giving their time and helpful
ideas to this good cause. There are
in all one hundred and fifty ladies
working under the Princess. Every
thing is running like clock-work. The
Princess cannot say enough in praise
of the efforts of the different commit
tees in charge. All are working with a
will. and surely success will crown
their efforts.
The Luau and Fair will take place
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

the Luau. Everybody is asked TO come,
The grounds will be open to all, rich
and poor alike. The tickets for the
Luau are one dollar. These will be
collected at the entrance.
The decorations in charge of Mrs. A.
p. Taylor Mrs. Chilllngworth, and
Miss Lorna Iaukea are to be very
grand. Greens from Manoa and Tam
talus have been offered. Under the
guidance Of these ladies, the grounds
Will be changed into veritable bower
of loveliness.
What with pretty girls, a jolly
crowd, good music, and a moonlight
night, what more could mortal askl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18
Sugar Factors and
Commission
Merchants
AGENTS FOR
J. P. COOKE. MANAGER.

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Com
pany.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation.
Maui Agricultural Company.
Kihei Plantation Company.
Hawaiian sugar Company.
Kahultu Plantation Company,
Kphuiui Railroad Company.
Haleakaia Raneh Company
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

A very comfortable cottage in Col
lege Hills. Occupancy June 1st $25
per month.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

Premier ampbell-Bannerman says
the British House of Lords will be re-
formed. Owing to the fact that the
Lords will have to vote in favor of re-
formation before it can be achieved,
there are strong reasons for believing
that the premier is merely guessing
Chicago Record Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

There is only leanabe Refrge rator therefore
and that is the Quincy Refrigerator handled by
No other make has stood the test and by means
ice chamber well removable shell drain pipes
solved the problem.
Assail US where you will not help but admit
makes fail when it to keeping pur
germ proof, but
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18

Come in and bring forth your argumen
we are ready to take your decision A II
used in almost every household. Do you
costs no more than other makes
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18
WIG. Irwin eco, Lite
SUGAR FACTORS, COMMISSION AGENTS
AGENTS FOR
ga BETHEL STREET.

AGENTS FOR
Oceanic Steamship Co., San Francisco,
Cal.
Western Sugar Refining Co., San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Newall Universal Mill Co., Manufac-
turers of National Cane Shredder,
New York, N. Y
Pacific OIL Transportation Co.. San
Francisco, Cal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-18
c, BREWER & Co, LTD
QUEEN STREET,
HONOLULU, n. 7
AGENTS FOR

tANNl.I4N 7 . y OLE
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, WailulCu Sugar Company,
Ool1ala Sugar Plantation Company,
,Pepeekeo Sugar Co., Kapapala Ranch.
Charles M. Cooke. President
Geo. H. Rober ison. .V-Pres. & Mgr.
e. Faxon Bishop. Treas. & Secy.
F. W. Macfarlane. Auditor
p. c. Jones......".. ...... Director
c. H. Cooke. Director
]. r. Galt.... Director
An Of the above named constitute
the Board Of Directors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-06

Harry E. Kelley, president of the Kelley Trust company, and be pioneer Good Roads Man. That Mr. kelley's remarks will make the hit 3c the convention goes without saving. as his predisposition to labOrs of this kind and the fomenting of public im- prOvementS are recognized beyond the limits of the State, committine him irfevocably to the Rivers Tm- provement. He is an out and out Riy- CT man and something good for the dele"ates to think about is promised.
 The preliminary remarks and the setting forth of the work for the convention will be made by Major Breckinridge, who is well qualified fof the delicate labors of this kind. It is particularly fortunate that ths task falls to the lot of Major Breck-
 nridSe, who enjoys the distinction Of being member of the original Riv- CTS and Harbors committee in the Congress of 1881 and who is in no little measure responsible for the broad foundation upon which the na- tional legislatures today are working to improve the waterways of the Unit ed States. It was his work i'll Con gross in this connection which won for Major Breekinridge the recogni- tion which caused former President Grover Cleveland to name MT. Breck inridge as ambassador to the court of St. Petersburg.
 Responses to these remarks will be made by the other cities represented in the convention.
 Returns from the cities and towns along tbe Arkansas river, from it's mouth to the headw aters, indicate an enthusiastic assemblage. Arkansas 1 City, Pine Bluff, Little Rock. Morrill, ton, Altus, Ozark, Dardanelle Clarks- vile Webb City, Van Buren, Alma, Mulberry, Russellville, Conway and other points in this State; Poteau, | IMuskogee, Tamaha, Webber Falls,
 Sal]isaw, Fort Gibson, Indian Terri
 tory; Colorado Springs, Colorado, and
 other points in Kansas and Colorado
 Continued on Page Eight)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-06
REV. PADDOCK AT
 CHRISTIAN CHURCH Opened Revival Service at That Edifice Yesterday, Preaching Two Interest ing Sermons
DON'T DELAY DUTIES
Or Your Lamps Will Not Be Filled With Oil When Called 0n-WIat Some People Do Not Understand Miss Cline Sang.

Reverend J. l.. Haddock, the evan gelist, filled the pulpit al the Chris tian church Sunday, both morning and evening, He will remain in the city several weeks and conduct q series of revival services, to which the public is cordially invited.
 Reverend Paddock has been in the evangeltstic field for the past fifteen years; he has trayeled much in tue old world as well as in the new, baV- ing visited the Holy Land on more than one occasion, and, aside from be- ing an able and eloquent speaker, his long experience and careful study has fitted him to present the gospel in a concise and pleasing manner that holds the attention of his audi ence from start to finish
 At the morning service Reverend Haddock read the parable of the ten virgins found in the 25tlr chapter of Continued on Page Five.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-06
Sam Fleming, Who Once Had Trouble Here, Taken From Jail and Hanged at McGehee.
PARTY MASKED MEN
Fought With White Man and Said White Man Was "No Good Anyway" ~ -Lynching Was Quiet and Unex- pected.

. Sam Fleming, former Pine Bluff negro, was taken from jail by a party of twenty-five masked men at McGe- hee, Desha county, this morning at 3 o'clock and hanged to limb of tree. When the people ill that town went to their work at an early hour today they were surprised to see the negrQss body dangling from limb
 Not one shot was fired. The lynch ing was done so quietly that not even the young woman employed in the tel ephone office, just across the street from the point where the negro was lynched, knew of the incident. Up to late hour today the body had not been cut down.
 The lynching was, the outcome of some trouble which occurred in He'll worth's saloon at McGehee Sunday af- ternoon and in which Fleming and
 Henry Vaughn, a white bartenrer employed there, figured. Aceoaaisze to information received here today Vaughn and Fleming, who was em- ployed by Hellwortls in a negro saloon adjoining the white dram shop, had some words ana:zssf fffff..Ss fol lowed.~ Tn the fight Fleming bested Vaughn and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-06

he is said to have remarked that a white man was ''no good anyway" or something to that effect Fleming was arrested by the city marshal and placed in the calaboose on charge of disturbing the peace. He was un- able to give bond and was held for trial in the city police court this morning.
 When the officers went for Fleming this morning they found the door of the calaboose removed, it's hinges having been taken off, and Fleming was gone. They at first thought that be had effected his escape, but an investigation revealed the fact that ne had been lynched during the night by masked men.
 Fleming was well known in Pine Bluff, where he lived for many years. He was in trouble in on more than one occasion. Several years ago he had altercation with Edward Wer- theimer, a local wholesale liquor, and threw glass at Mir. Wertbeimer badly cutting his forehead.
 Fleming has one or two brothers living in this city at present. He also has number of other relatives .h Pine Bluff He lived at McGehee PA some time.
 xHeming was at one time employed ats the Elks' club rooms here as DOT tel. E