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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
FISH WAS REMOVED BECAUSE or
DISREGARD or WISHES OF
Tt4E DIRECTORS.
WILL Retire SOON


New York. Feb ?G-E. II. Harrs.
man took the witness stand agaln
today. when the interstate commerce
commission resumed its investigation
Into the AFFAIRS Of the Union Pacific
and allied lines today. Yesterday Har.
riman answered all questions frankly
except that he refused on advice OF
counsel. to tell Of his personal hold.
ings In the Chicago & Alton. even
after the commission ruled that no
should answer. His refusal Wa 70
corded so that the question Of con.
tempt could be brought to the asten-
ton OF the United States court IN do
sired. but Frank u. Kellogg Of tho
counsel for the government. who In
questioning the witness. said be might
not ask for a ruling Of the courts as
the Information sought may be oh.
tained from other witnesses. Yester.
day was Harriman's fifty.ninth birth
day and he announced his intention
TO retire when no is sixty.
Hartman told the story Of deposi.
ton Of President Fish from tho rlli-
nois Central. which he said was done
by the board because Of FIsh's re-
peated use OF the roads funds 10 pad
trust company statements ana his dis
regard OF the desires OF the directors.
Didn't Tell The Public.
New York. Feb. 2s.--fIarriman tes.
tilted yesterday that he did not know
whether he had an interest I'm the La.
clede construction company which had
built the st. Louis. Peoria a. Northern
railway. and this morning. Kellogg
produced a contract, relating to the
Chicago terminal t1ansfer. showing
that Hartman. George ]. Gould,
James Stillman and Jacob Sehiff were
the owners Of the company. The wit.
ness said the document was no doubt
correct and that possibly he had acted
In fixing the price OF the road when
IL was sold 10 the Alton. After recit.
Ing the statement Of the Chicago &
Alton. showing interest charges. KeI.
|ogg asked the witness II he thought
1t right to put on the public a large
Issue OF common stock. which would
never pay dividend. Ibid we ever
tell the public It would pay a divi.
hend?" asked Hartman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
ia the capitol and was no& in his
A~aa this RfleFnooa-
Especial correspondence }


SANTA w.. y. NJ. Feb. 2s,-Bosh
hoaas%s met this afteFn@sn and inme-
aaai.ay gug dUWa 10 the real business
Il the scSSi0n- In the council all
were present but Senator Martinez.
of Taos. who has been delayed In his
rriusn from home The following
neW bills were introduced In the eoun-
Gil.
Council Bill No, Go. by Senator
Murray. an act TO repeal the Lava asa-
tAortxing the board of county commits
sioners to levy u TAX for court house
a.ad Jail building purposes, Referred
to the committee ON Finance.
Council Bill No. 81. by Senator
Dalies. by request. An act regulating
spectral leyies and for other purposes,
Council Bill No. So. by Senator
Miera. an act providing ior the better
Of certain classes Of prop
erty In the territory of New Mexico
and for other purposes. Referred to
the committee on territorial affairs.
House Bill No. o.. an act asserting
to the appropriation Of money for
experiment stations. was
the only bill passed by the council.
The council has adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

The house of representatives this
laftRrnoOn passed the following bills:
House joint resolution No. I. by Re
preventative Holt. providing an appro'
priation for the payment Of employees
ami OF contingent expenses OF the
Legislature. The resolution carries
with II the sum of si.1ss for the house
and s3,064 for the council, The only
dissenting vote was that Of Represen.
tative Hudspeth.
| Substitute for House Bill No. 80,
an act relative to the transfer of real
estate records from Colfax to Union
county.
House Bill No. 50. an act TO amend
section 3342 Of the laws OF 1897. rela'
tive to the jurisdiction Of justices Of
the peace. The bill provides that n
justice OF the peace shall not hold
court outside of his precinct unless
designated by the proper authority
/ to try specified cases.
House Bill No. IS. an act relative
TO the sale Of intoxicating liquors on
trains. 1t prohibits the sale of liquors
without a license and attaches a fine
tof 500 for each offense. Applications
for license must be made TO the terri.
torial auditor and fee of 5000 is
charged. which goes to the territorial
school fund
House Bill No. 76. an act relative to
the issuance of worthless checks. The
bill provides penalty of fine of not
less than 800 or more than $500 or
Imprisonment for not less than three
months or more than three years for
such offense.
House Bill No. SO. an act to amend
section 3402 of subsection IS Of the
laws of 1897. providing that no city
council or town can discriminate
against saloon keepers. The bill just
inserts several words in the enacting
clause and is of no importance except
to make the law effective.
House Bill No. l16. by Representa-
tive Gallegos, an act to provide for the
registration of births and deaths and
for other purposes. Referred to the
Judiciary committee
House Bill No. III by Speaker
Baca, an act to revise certain sections
of the compiled laws relative to land
grants. Referred to the judiciary
committee.
House Bill No. 11S, by Speaker Baca,
an act to amend section 3344 of the
laws of 1897, relative TO justices of
the peace. Referred to the Judiciary
committee
House Bill No 119. by Speaker Baca.
an act to regulate water for grist
mill purposes. Referred to the COM
mittee on Territorial Affairs.
House Bill No. 120, by Representa-
tive Holt, an act to regulate the use
of water by means of the office of ter
ritorial engineer and creating a board
of water commissioners. Referred to
the Judiciary committee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

At 4:30 a. m. bridge ATS was discov'
cred to be on fire by the operator at
Ribera. thirty miles from this city.
The bridge was a double structure
having a side track on it besides the
main line and was 140 feet long and
90 feet high. The cause of the fire
is unknown, but the general suppoSi,
tion Is that some passing engine was
dropping fire. 1t is reported that
trains will be able to pass on a TEN,
pOrary structure at about . O'Clock this
evening No and s were held at
Ribera and transferred to No. 3 The
passenger, mail and baggage on No.
and 10 were transferred to No /
this afternoon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

Two freight trains came together
at Thatcher, Colo, this morning at
2:35 o'clock. Engine 1853 was pulling
the west bound train and Engine HOG
and 1852 were on the east bound
freight. all three engines being DAM
aged. Engineer Hackley suffered q
sprained ankle and an unknown tramp
who was stealing a ride, was killed.
Several cars were damaged but the
track was cleared In a few hours.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
IMPROVED terminals
FOR KANSAS CITY, MO.

Kansas City, Feb. 26.-An agree
rhent to build passenger and freight
terminals at Kansas City at an esti-
mated cost to the railroads of $50,000,-
900 was reached last night at con-
ference here between John NJ. Egan,
president of the Kansas City Terminal
Railway company. representing the
leading railways entering the city and
by committee of city officials, that
was headed by Mayor Fl. M. Boards.
ley. The railways are to erect a So,
100000 union passenger station, five
union freight houses and forty street
viaducts and subways. and the city
agrees to give the railways a fifty
year grant for their terminals.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
PERKINS CLEARED OF
Charge OF LARCENY

Albany. n. Y. Feb. 26.--The court
of appeals decided today In favor Of
Geo. W. Perkins, vice president OF
the New York Life Insurance company
and member of the firm Of ]. p. Nor.
gan & Company in the matter Of the
charge OF grand larceny made against
him In connection with the payment
OF funds OF the New York Life Insur.
ance company to the Republican ma.
ti0nal campaign In 1904.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
CHEF ATTORNEY FOR DE
FENsE , PREVENTS TEST
MoNT As TO AFFIDAVIT.
HAS EvELYN'S DIARY
Jerome Offers as Evidence the pal
iy Record Kept by Prisoners
Wife While In School In New
Jersey.

New York. Feb. 26,-Ahraham II
Hummell. the lawyer who drew UP
the affidavit TO which Evelyn Neshlt
is said to have sworn and which
charged Thaw with cruelties during
the 1908 trip TO Europe. was the
first witness In the Thaw trial today.
Hummell was shown a photograph:
copy OF the last page of the famous
affidavit. to refresh his memory as
to the date Evelyn called at his Of
flee Delmas objected to the use of
the photograph. but the court allow.
ed the questions. jerome asked
Hummel IL he dictated TO the ste.
nographer. while Evelyn was pre-
sent Delmas objected TO the queS
TN. saying that Jerome was appar
emily trying to show that Mrs.
Thaw's evidence was false and that
he could not interrupt the cross-ex
animation for such "A purpose. Je"
ONE claimed that II the witness told
Thaw in Paris that there was no
truth In her statement about him h.
should be allowed TO put 1t In. The
affidavit contained such allegations
and says that Thaw whipped Miss
Nesbit when she told him there was
truth In it. Fitzgerald overruled the
objection and Hummell said he did
dictate the statement In the pres
ence Of Evelyn. Jerome asked Hudi-
nell several other questions, but the
objections to them were sustained
and Hummell was temporarily ex,
cused
Delmas. having successfully block
ed for the time. all The TESTIMONY
regarding the alleged affidavit, Jer'
ONE asked that Mrs. Thaw be re-
called. The witness was handed
paper, which she identified as her
diary. Delmas consumed nearly for
ty minutes In reading the diary and
offered no objections to its intro
duction, and Mrs. Thaw said that
she kept the diary while at school
In Pompton, N. j., In 1902.
Jerome read several extracts from
the diary and then asked the wit
ness II she ever saw Thaw act in
an irrational manner. She detailed
several times. when with Thaw, the'
had seen White. At these times. she
said Thaw cried and sobbed. bit his
nails. and talked rapidly. Prompted
by Jerome, she said he trembled
clasped and unclasped his hands an
his eyes rolled. This concluded the
examination and recess was or
1ered.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
WILL TRY TO prove
ADAMS IN SPOKANE

Wallace. Feb. 26.-Bit by bit the
attorneys for Steve Adams, charged
with the murder of Fred Tyler, are
laying the foundation for their
theory that Adams was not In the
Marble Greek region when Tyler
was killed. but was In Spokane. This
morning was taken up mainly with
the testimony OF SOME early settlers
in that region, telling of the coming
of claim jumpers and describing tha
topography of the country.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
AGED CONFEDERATE
editor PASSES AWAY

Atlanta, Feb. 26.-J. Heley Smith,
who was editor of the Confederacy
daily paper here during the civil
war, died here yesterday. aged sew,
enty-eight In 1869, he and Alexan-
der H. Stephens, Jointly published
the Atlanta Sun, which afterwards
was merged into the Constitution.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
CONfESSES MURDER
OF Wife and Child

Denver, Colo, Feb. 26.-Benjamin
C. Wright last night confessed that he
murdered his wife and five-year-old
daughter on account of his attachment
for Stella Good. He is now charged
with the murder. The Good woman
was arrested in Colorado Springs this
morning and will be brought back to
Denver.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

Washington. Feb. 2G-The homse
resolved Itself tato n committee al
the whole for the consideration % =
ship subsidy hill Five hours are u
be devoted to = general debate.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
NOTORIOUS DESPERATE
WOUNDED At ROSWELL

Roswell, N: NJ. Feb. 26.-Ramon
Gallon, notorious Mexican desperate
recently released from the New Mex
ican penitentiary. was shot three
times and mortally wounded today,
while resisting arrest by Night Chief
Of Police Witte.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
High POLICE OFFICIALS
face CHARGE OF GRAFT

Salt Lake, Feb. 26-George Sheets,
chief of the Salt Lake police, and
George Raleigh, chief of detectives,
were arrested today charged with
completely In a conspiracy to fleece
tourists and travellers passing
through Salt Lake City.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

Washington. Feb. 26.-The pres
ident has received letter from
John F. Stevens. chief engineer oi
Panama canal commission, In which
he asks to be entirely relieved from
work upon the canal as soon as he
can be replaced by a competent
person and the person can become
familiar with the work. The pres.
dent has accepted Stevens rsigna-
tion and In order to secure continui
ty in engineering control and man
agement In the future. the president
has asked the canal commission to
assign to the office of chief eng!.
neer. Major General George w. Goe
that's of the engineer corps.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
Returns TO ACCEPT
Cabinet POSITION

New York, Feb. 26-George Won
L. Myer, former American ambas-
sador to Russia, arrived here today
from Hamburg. He returns to the
United States TO become postmaster
general. g.,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

Firemen c. H. Knott, G. r. Sears.
]. J. Gauhn and Chas. Lee have re.
signed from service on this division.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

Washington. Feb. 26.--It has been
decided not to accept any bids for
the building of the Panama canal
This announcement was made fol
lowing the meeting of the cabinet
and after the president had been In
conference for an hour or more with
Secretaries Taft and Root. The ex'
PLANTATION of the reasons for the de-
cision will, 1t Is stated, be issued
later.
1t has been decided that there
should be no Reimbursement invit-
ing proposals for the construction oil
the canal under the plan as first
laid down. but there will be a full
consideration of the whole subject
before determining upon a change
of the present procedure.
Civil Service Bill Passes.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The sundry
civil service bill passed the senate
today.
Shaw Accepts Position.
New York, Feb 26,-Leslie M
Shaw, secretary of the treasury,
who retires from the cabinet on
March 4, according to the story pub,
lished in the Herald today, is to be.
come president Of the newly organ
lied Carnegie Trust company.
Springer and Dawson Win.
Washington, Feb. 26.-In an opin-
ion handed down yesterday, the
United States supreme court decided
the case of Cunningham and Jones
VS.. Springer and Dawson growing
out of an old litigation over the
Maxwell land grant in New Mexico
in favor of Springer and Dawson.
Cunningham and Jones were suing
for $4,000 attorney fees.
Agreement Almost Reached.
Washington. Feb. 26.-The confer.
ees Of the house on the river and
harbor bill have almost reached an
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

agEeemens and expect 10 report sosm~
time today.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
Fell From Building.

Wesley Morrall, of Riverside, a car
penter who is at present employed on
the construction of the residence be-
ing built by Emerson Adams on
Church street, across the alley from
the rear of the Jail PROPERTY, sustained
fall from the top of the building
Tuesday, miraculously escaping with
his life but sustaining the most severe
injuries
Mr.. Morrall was working on fat
portion of the roof at the very top of
the unfinished building, when he slip
ped on the wet surface. He was pre-
cipitated toward the edge of the roof,
striking the caves, and then fell head
foremost, unto pile of sills in the
alley, distance Of about 25 feet He
struck the sills with the back of his
neck and head, and then bounded into
the alley where he lay unconscious.
Help came speedily, and he was car
ried int" tho homo of Emerson Adams,
and physician summoned. He had
sustained big cash ON the back of
his head, but his most severe injuries
we're in the bruises and generally bat
tered condition. He was unable to
arise all day Tuesday and Tuesday
afternoon was taken to his home on
the south side.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
WOUNDlNG A FIRE.


An Odd Superstition That Dates Back
to Ancient Times.
A curious modern attempt to ration
alize one of the oldest of superstitlons
Is to be found in Kipling's "Life's
Handicap" There Mulvaney checks
the author from stirring the fire with
Orthers' bayonet on the ground that
fire takes the heart out of the steel.
The real reason Is much more mysteri-
Gus. 1t was one of the maxims of
Pythagoras mot to stir the fire with
a sword" and to this day the wander
ing tribes of North America and of
northeast Asia hold 1t sin to take
up n burning ember for pipe light
with the point of knife. The ex-
planation is undoubtedly given by Jo-
names de Plano Carpini ,7hen he tells
as that one of the Tartar superstltions
concerns sticking knife into the fire
or in any way touching the fire with
a knife or even taking meat out of the
kettle with knife or cutting near the
fire with an AK, for they believe that
SO the head Of the fire would be cut
off,"
This is evidently connected with the
ancient Idea that fire Is living crea-
ture, sacred animal, which must not
be wounded by Its human owners in
case It should be annoyed and deprive
them Of Its valuable services. Is this
in any degree more irrational than the
belief still existent among housekeep-
ers that II feeble fire can be made to
burn up by laying the poker across it.
London Outlook.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
OPPOR-
TUNITY.

1t is said that opportunity knocks
but once at each mans door. | tell
you it is knocking all the time, but
the ear must be trained to hear it by
ceaseless devotion of every energy and
effort to doing the thing you have to
do to the best Of your ability. You
hear it said that nowadays the young
man has no show, that great combina-
tions of capital and enterprise have
eliminated the chance of the individ-
ual. 1t is NOT so. Never in the
history of the world has there been
such demand and such opportunities
for the young man who can do what
ever he has to do, BETTER than the
other fellow. Long and faithful SER
vice are not enough. You are paid
regularly for what is required of you,
according to the demand and supply
in its doing. 1t. is the man who so
studies his work, who so concentrates
his mind and effort on his work, who
seeks to do that work, no matter how
lowly it is, BETTER than anyone
else has done it, that is largely sought
today as he never was before. In our
own great enterprises, and it is so in
all great enterprises, the one greatest
problem is the MEN and WOMEN
competent, capable and brainy en-
ough-the men and women who can
do things better than others, that is
ever present. Many time have the
details of some large enterprise been
planned out and its accomplishment
was clear, until it came to the ques-
ton, Who is the man to fill the place
Night after night have those at the
head of the concern gone carefully
over the qualifications of every man
and woman in employ, seeking the
RIGHT one for some task, the sue
cessful accomplishment of which meant
the making of the one TO whom 1t
should be intrusted. ALWAYS must
the success hinge on the individual
If you are one of several hundred en-
ployes of any concern, don't make the
mistake of thinking that those at the
head of it do not know what you are
doing and how you do it. Not only
do they know it, but they know what
men and women employed by their
COMPETITORS are doing BETTER
work than their own in the same lines
a new face appears in your midst
and you wonder why an outsider got
II position over you. If you had
studied your own work and life as
carefully as your employer had you
would have the answer.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
TRICKY CONSTABLES.

The Canonsburg Daily Notes at.
tributes some odd doings to constables
which we do not believe applies to
these Officials in Montour county.
That paper says: "a wide-awake
citizen who lives within the boundar-
les of the county in Pennsylvania
known as Washington says there are
doings among some of the constables
of the county which would not bear
the closest scrutiny. For instance
Constables will sometimes..makei infoI
nation before justice of the peace
for some alleged violation of the law,
say selling liquor without license,
for illustration. and then almost as
soon as the information is made, Mr..
Constable will go to the accused and
tell him that by all means he should
have lawyer and that he can recon.
mend him to a good one. The accused
takes to the idea, and asks constable
to speak to the lawyer for him, and
this is done and the lawyer is secured,
and then when the hearing comes of
there are no witnesses and the case
drops out-but certain people are ahead
financially, all the same, don't you
aaa -
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
FIRE Chief
PRESENTS REPORT

The retiring chief of the fire depart
ment. George Kocher, presented his
report for the past year at the regular
meeting of the borough council Friday
night. The report revealed that in the
matter of fire during the past year the
borough has been especially fortunate.
while as relates to hose and all nsces-
sary appliances for fighting fires each
of the companies is we'll equipped.
The report reads as follows:
Number of fires, seven; amount of
damage. $3.50.
Amount of insurance paid to Mrs.
George Myerly, s3s.6l. Insurance paid
to the stocking factory, sl352. 04; total
insurance Sl390.65.
Following is list of fires together
with the date of their occurrence
January 10, stove works (no report)
January "a, John Mowrey's residence,
East Market street, (no loss) April 2,
barns at the Ephlin and Johnston prop
critics and residence of Mrs. George
Myerly, East Front street; April 4th
stocking factory; May 22, brush pile
near stocking factory September 80
John Dalton's residence (no loss).
An inventory revealed that there il
1000 feet of inferior hose on hand as
follows: 500 feet at Goodwill hos,
house ; 300 feet at Washinpton hose
house; 200 feet at Friendship Fir,
company's building In addition ther,
| is 10 or 12 feet in the hands of P. j
| Keefer, Superintendent of the waite
works, which was obtained from til,
| Friendship Fire company.
Good hose was reported as follows
Friendship Fire company, 1000 feet
Washington hose company, 1000 feet
| Continental hose company, 1000 feet
Goodwill hose company, 1000 feet. TIL,
inventory revealed that the equipmen
of each of the four fire companies ]
quite up to the standard of efficiency
Each company has four rubber coat
and four pairs of rubber gloves Eacl
has first class hose wagon, with liant
erns, spanners, nozzles, plug wrenche
and all other appliances needed il
sufficient number. The borough ha
one steam engine. which is in tn,
custody OF the Friendship Fire com
pany.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-01-11
Birthday Party,

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis gave a
panty at their home ON Upper Null
berry street, Saturday evening in hon.
or of their daughter, Edith. The even-
ing was pleasantly spent with music
and games after which refreshments
were served.
Those present were: Misses Mary
Mitchell, Emma Mitchell, Pearl Lewis,
Edith Lewis, Jessie Hartman, Clara
Hartman, Helen Kelly, Sarah Davis
and Louise Kelley. of Scranton Will
liam Gross, John Mowrer, Williams
Owens, Arthur Owens, Herman Wolfe,
James Burns, Perce Smily. Hayden
and Harry Fry, of Berwick and Ray
mond and Walter Shaffer, of Milton.