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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
Sales cf Railroad Lands.

The sales of over 25O. .Ooo acres by
the land office OF the Texas and Pa
cIfic during the year 1906, says the
Wall Street journal. shows how rap
Idly the lands of the Southwestern
railroads are heing disposed OF, II
Is safe to say that nothing. aside from
the building OF the railroads ther1.
selves and the introduction OF pOD.
uation. has contributed 70 much to
the growth and wealth In the south
west as the sale Of railway lands 20
settlers. The Texas and Pacific has
still over c.5n0 000 acres OF unsoId
.and. Last years average price was
s43S an acre. OF which 23? per cent
was paid In cash and 76S per cent
In notes hearing per cent interest.
At such prices the terms are by no
means burdensome and they give the
company cash income for the pre-
sent for nearly quarter OF the val
ue involved and provide for steady
payment from year 10 year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
BIG PASSENGER
BOATS WRECKED
TWO BIG LINERS DASHED ON
ROCKS AND WILL &c TOTAL
LOSSES.
none ARE DROWNED
People on Suevic Landed in Small
Boats and Passengers Of Jebba
Saved by Hreeehes Buoy.

London, March 1S.-Details were
received this morning Of the disas
ter to the White Star liner stcame!
Sueyic. homeward bound from sgd
ney. n. s. w, by way Of Capetown
with nearly six hundred passengers
and crew. shows she struck Bran
dies rocks close under the Lizard
light house at about 1880 O'CLOCK
last night and probably will be a
total wreck. Life boats and tugs
from the Lizard and Falmouth soon
reached the scene and together with
the Suevic's own boats. commenced
landing the passengers. There
were no fewer than lG0 children on
board. many of them babies In arms
whom local fishermen and their
wives lifted from boats and carried
through the serf to nearby cottages.
By p. m. all the passengers were
Lanueu Dut tnS 1IG" oAS Seh SSSA~
ing by the wreck. Steamers, SOME
of which are described as being
large, are ashore off Cuckmere. In
verness and Dover The vessel asohe
of Cuckmere is the British steamer
Newstead, from Novereysk. Black
Sea. Her position Is serious.
Another Wreck.
London, March IS. - Almost with
In sight Of the wrecked White Stal
liner Suevic, the Elder Dempste'
line steamer Jebba and Lagos and
other western African ports, fo'
Plymouth and Liverpool, ran on tt
the rocks under the cliffs, neal
Prawle Point. In an early hour thi'
morning, Her seventy passengers
many of whom were soldiers inval
ided home from the west coast nat
her crew were safely taken ashor'
by breeches buoy. Heavy seas arr
breaking over the steamer and she
| will prove a total loss.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

s2.soo life insurance. which he allow
eg 10 lapse
kFoenag lake has a haA reputation
Tor 2eeideats and the lass Saa occur.
9rsnoe ealls TO mind similar accidents
oE the past. About eighteen m0nths
ago. Iake Levy vas drowned In a
similar manner. His haa; began 90
sink y bile he vas out On the water.
and thTowiag OF part Of bis clothes,
he started 10 swim ashore- He was
within easy distance ot lana when h.
happened TO reoollect that he haa
LIFT his watch In the hoaG with his
clothes. and swan hack after IL. He
reached the boat again. removed the
time piece and again struck out for
the shore. but vas suddenly seized
with cramps and went down. The
boat dTlfted to shore within fifteen
minutes after he disappeared. II was
a long time before the body was re,
covered. but when II was removed.
be stiii had the watch elasped In his
hand.
Another terrible accident which Is
stun fresh In the minds Of the older
residents OF Las Vegas Ii the drown.
ing of Biiliy Ring and George slocam
In the same lake I'm October Of 1850.
4 party had gone to the lake hunt.
Ing On q Saturday. and that evening
Ring and Slocum put out In a boat
together. Ring stood up to shoot at
some ducks. and the recoil of the
gun after he lad fred threw him
backward. upsetting the boat. Both
men were precipitated into the wa.
ter. slocum sank almost immediate.
iy. but Ring started for the shore In
sight OF q number Of friends who
had witnessed the accident. but after
swimming a short distance. he went
10 the bottom. Slocum's body was
easily recovered. but Ring could not
DO found. He was a room mate and
close personal friend Of Harry Kelly.
who was with him at the time. and
no expense was spared In trying to
find the remains. II was finally found
necessary to partially drain the lake,
and nineteen days after the catastro-
phe the body was discovered. tho
hands Of the corpse firmly clutching
the weeds at the bottom OF the body
OF water.
The funeral Of Lincoln watrous
will be held tomorrow morning at
0 O'Clock. from the Church OF the
Immaculate Conception. Interment In
Calvary cemetery.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
GALVESTON EDITOR pusLisH.
Es STATEMENT OF suPPos-
Ed DISCHARGED SOLDIER.
NO ONE CONFESSED
chen Of Police Of City Learns That
the Statement Of the Browns.
vile Affair Was a Fabrication.

Washington, March IS. - Chair
man Warren of the senate commit
tee on military affairs. which is In
vestigating the Brownsville affair
today, received from Secretary Taf
a copy of dispatch from San An
tonic. Texas, as follows:
'Adjutant General, U. s. A., Wash
ington-The chief of police at Gal
weston has just wired me that the
confession of Gray. the supposed
discharged soldier, appearing in the
papers, Is a fake. Signed: Blocksom
Major"
The dispatch related to the alleg
ed confession, printed in a Calves
ton newspaper. Foraker. who /.
taking the leading role of the de
fense OF the negro soldiers, said to
dya that he would order a subpoen;
for the editor of the Galveston
News, in order to secure a state
ment concerning the story.
Matter Will Be Dropped.
The statement that Foraker woul
subpoena the editor Of the Calves
ton News was made before he ha
seen the dispatch from Major Blocl
som. After he had been shown th
dispatch, Foraker said it woul,
probably not be necessary to ca
the edtoir Of the Galveston pape
in view OF the admission that tn
story OF Gray's confession Is
fake.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
THE SPECIAL comaiTTEE TO ~.
vEsTloATE CHEF EXEC.
EuTlvE REPORTS.
ONE HUNDRED PAGES
Document 10 n Lengthy One and Re-
eommends that Suits Ee Hrcught
Against Present Holders Of Land.
Especial 20 The Optic.l

Santa Fe. N. NJ, March lS.-The
special committee Investigating the
alleged irregularities In IA land trans.
action between the territory and the
Pennsylvania Development company,
has returned some 81 pages OF report
and more than 100 pages of testi.
mony and exhibits. The report Il
signed b. all the members Ut the
special committee. 4 synopsis Ut the
conclusions follow:
First: That Hagerman. governor
of the territory. without the con-
sent or knowledge OF the territorial
land commissioner. aud during the
latter's absence. delivered TO W. ..
Hopewell, for the Pennsylvania DE-
selopment company, deeds covering
more than 1000 acres Of valuable
timber land In Torrance county.
Second: That without the knowl-
edge and consent Of said commits
sioner. Hagerman did procure the
seal of the land commissioner and
unlawfully afflx II to % deeds for
said timber land.
Third: That at the time Of affix.
ing the said seal and delivering said
deeds, the governor was fully aware
that a report had been made by q
special agent of the interior depart.
ment disapproving the applications
of Hopewell and others. H.
Fourth: That the said governor
usurped the fdrctqns nf thGg ,sxia.
land commissioner and accepted pay.
ment for the land from Hopewell.
Fifth: That on account OF the H.
legality OF the said transaction the
commissioner refused TO accept the
money or distribute the same to the
different institutions.
Sixth: That at the time Hagerman
affixed the said seals. he was not a
member of the board of public lands,
the said board having been abolished
In 1905.
Seventh: That by reason OF his
acts the territory has been deprived
of a large area of its valuable tim
ber land.
Eighth: That the disposition of
the said lands in the manner herein
mentioned is a fraud upon the people
of the territory and its institutions.
Your committee therefore recon-
mends to this house the passage OF a
resolution requesting the district at
torney of the second judicial district,
embracing the county OF Torrance.
In which the said lands are situated.
to bring a suit or suits against tho
holders of the lands, to set aside and
vacate such deeds on the ground OF
the illegality and fraud in their pro-
curement. And we further recon-
mend that similar action be taken in
all similar cases embodied in house
resolution No. ID, which has been re-
ferred to this committee
Signed: f. C. Abbott, Ramon San
chez. S. E. Aldrich, J. II. Mullins,
Frank w. Beach, Special Committee
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
THE ossTRicT ATTORNEY Ls-
ExpEcTEDlY REsrs la ne
HuTTAI.
.HUMMELAPERJUROR
Denies Being Miss Nsshit's After.
ney and In Affidavit Which No
Dictated for Her Refers 10 Him
self In that Capacity.

New York. March lS.--AlteF fight
sns 1or All aoar aAad "a hail against
Aass aEsAFouaciaOA vi l.ae evgusnea Ut
aae famous aEIidaEa drawn By
ASFaiiaAa ii. iiulIaac. ~ taa request
VI " aise and villa the al.sgea con,
sent u Eael!n Ne&nti, charging
lnaw with a@uag cruelty beaten
Alss Aesnaa oa several OCCASIONS
aua1ng uasag tap tAaoasA Eaarors In
!soS. nelnaas snddanly switched tes.
tlmoa!es aaTins tae TAaw sraaa TO-
aay AID demanded Iaat Ias wAole of
tAs alleged aii,aasit 80 into record
and W tead 70 the Jury. jerome had
contemplated reading oaiy p0rGaOas
oE II. wniea no declared directly
oontsaaac.ed the testimony oG young
Mlss TAaw. Mnlse Desaaas WAS
reading the affidavit. Jerome an
nouneed thta the people rested their
case In rebutlai. Deln1as imIne-
nately Offered In evidence the rec
In the trial Of Abraham HummeI. On
the charge Of conspiracy. The di%
trict attorney did not object and the
defendants attorney proceeded 20
read tho entire record. The Hum
mel affidavit had already been dis.
counted by the statement Of its con.
tents by jerome. at various times
during Lis arguments a. to tis ad-
instability.
Jerome had also 10 quote frequent
~ from ths afidRyit during biz cross;
examination OF young Mrs. Thaw.
and she then denied emphaticaiiy
having made any statements contain.
ed In the paper. The affidavit speci.
fles numerous occasions In Austria.
Switzerland. and Paris. where Thaw
IL alleged to have beaten the young
woman. who was travelling with him
as his wife. until she swooned. Her
bare skin. she declared. had been
bruised and cut by the lashings of
Thaw's cowhide whip. Deimas had
not reached Jerome's words Of Hum
mel when the luncheon recess was
taken. Il was to get these words
that Delmas undertook to read the
entire record of the trial.
RUNNER ,rsrlurer.
When Hummel was on the witness
stand. he denied absolutely that In
drawing the affidavit he was acting
as counsel for Miss Nesbit In the
affidavit as read today and which
Hummel said he dictated, he has
Miss Nesbit refer TO himself several
times. At one place she Is purport-
ed to say: Il have received several
letters and cablegrams from Thaw,
which | have turned over to my coun.
sci, Mr.. Abraham Hummel."
The affidavit is signed Howe and
Hummel, attorneys for plaintiff.
Hummel also ienied that any action
was contemplated in behalf of Miss
Nesbit, while the affidavit begins:
Evelyn Nesbit, plaintiff, VS.. Harry
X. Thaw, defendant" and appears as
part of the papers In an action con.
templated In the supreme court OF
the county of New York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

The Chico Springs Sanitarium
company are among the new incorpo-
rators of the territory. Incorpora,
tors s. Strong, Silver City: William
Won Bruggen, Chico; Arthur l.. Mix,
Maxwell City. Object, conducting
health resorts and ranches. Capital
stock. s15O.0O0. divided into $4,000
shares at 10 cents a share; $4,000
capital stock already subscribed. Du-
ration 40 years. Territorial agent.
William Won Bruggen, Chico, N. M.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

Captain David ]. Leahy, of East
Las Vegas. who Is making a fine re-
putation az assistant u. s. district
attorney and who spent the past
week here ON official business, re.
turned to his Meadow City home this
afternoon.-Santa Fe New Mexican
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

A. !. Fetrich of st. Louis Is in the
city today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

Gran: cane nearese approaching Mr.
Cieyelaha's reoord. haEiAg lived is
years after his Inauguration.
Land fraud Cases.
In the cramlaai eoart today the
trtal oe John A. Bensnn. Jooss H.
Schneider. Henry y Damond and
Frederick A. Hyde. ~ho Were in4see-
I'd ia eunneetion wiiA Land fraud
eases IN California and Oregon. vas
again ealle4. The eat. has heen Goa.
tinu..d several times and IL IL proha-
bic that another pustpoaemen, will
hss granted
Reduced 10 the Ranks.
ny order of the War department,
S~fseant James Lynch Of the colana-
bus barracks. Who refused 10 Obey
the order Of Lieutenant Colonel
Glenn TO attend church. has been re-
duceA to the ranks and transferred
TO Fort Thomas. Ky The depart,
mcnt some time ago announced that
the officer was wrong in attempting
TO interfere With the religious liber
~ Of his snboEdinates. but Il holds
that Lynch was guilty Of insubordi.
nation because he did not obey the
order first and complain afterwards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

Gran: cane ne&ress approaching Mr.
Cieselahd's reoord. having hEeI Is
years after his Inauguration
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

The comic opera company will
meet this evening at the Y. NJ. c. a,
building to rehearse the "Sorcerer"
and all members are requested to
be present.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18
No Division This Year.

At the session Of the council today
II was moved and carried that no
division bills should be considered
at this session, which kills all county
division measures for the next two
years.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

The Cattle and Horse Protective
Association Of central New Mexico
will hold their sixth annual meeting
at Magdalena on the 27th Inst.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18

Mr. and Mrs. George Yates Of
sweetwater. Texas, arrived In Ros-
well Saturday and will 20 from there
to Lincoln to make their home.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-24
WHY TOMA HANLON
REFUSES TO GET STOUT

Toma Hanlon, the prima donna OF the
''Strolling Players" which will be the at
traction at the Imperial theater son Mon
day. August 18th, when the Belle OF
Avenue A" will be seen In this city for
the first tins enjoys the reputation of
wearing boys clothes better than any ac-
tress on the American stage.
Although naturally of a slight, graceful
figure, she Is inclined during the summer
months TO gain avoirdupos. Early I'm the
spring the little lady took on flesh so rap
idly that the manager of the ''Strolling
Players" became alarmed, and after con-
sulting number OF physicians and not
being able to arrive at any satisfactory
method to prevent this, finally hit upon
a novel plan which has proved not only
very effective and entirely satisfactory
from his point of view, but has also
pleased Miss Hanlon and been the means
OF adding to her bank account.
She entered into an agreement with him,
whereby she forfeited $40 OF her weekly
salary for every pound that she added TO
her weight above 126 pounds. For every
week. however. that she stayed at this
weight or for every pound that she fell
below IL, $40 was to be added TO her salary.
The first OF each month was to be weigh
ing-in day, and on the 1st OF August
Miss Hanlon had the satisfaction OF know
ing that she had increased her salary $40
per week for her weight on that day was
only 12i pounds.
Trim of figure and graceful of carriage
she makes one of the most attractive
stage pictures imaginable No college
boy was ever more alluring to the sum-
mer girl than she.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-24
A REFoRMER WHO KNOWS THE WAY.

In of all the praise that be bestowed other
prominent affairs deep interest to the people, must be admit
is Hughes of New York The governor given
picturesque language and he the learned physician who
what the when called the body polite He
what the enemies of the people doing
just the point where they overstep the law
Gov Hughes also remarkable man because he is
appearance that indicates unique doing things 1t has
considered that the change conditions
public indignation. Gov Hughes is the expert
whose idea but who with
cutting the Godan knot and he lets situation
him. AT his conduct indicate that he
believes all the ang the sken be unraveed and all the
threads saved for
There generally recognized forces in connection with
of radcasm and the other the restraining force
existing conditions 1t only great while such the
French revolution that the restraining force does mod
fy radcam Gov Hughes does heorze He does point
and succeeds making others follow him on his journeys
To this seems quaspubc enterprises
lines While desperate remedies he skill
fully diagnoses the and his remedies are simple
His splendid work in the insurance investigation is
followed WINS the for the public service
mission investigation of the Inerboough 1t has
already been shown that the of the subway has been greatly
hated by the charging the construction account OF gifts to public
of doubtful syndicate profits unwarranted charges
and of high The Of New York supposed
fair subway but able do because Of
these charges Mr. Twins has exposed all this that
fail impress the people of the whole of the necessity
watching closely high finance and its manipuaors.
The transportation problem admittedly hard problem to solve
in the peoples interest TO be thoroughly solved by Gov Hughes
Just how the gas companies stand in their
the public be aseraned That the business
that those who privileges deal fairly with the pub
l Gov Hughes believes He does think wreck
business enterprises though there indications
are aa organizations but he does believe that the duty
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-24
TODAY IN
HISTORY

1894. Elisha Williams. president OF
Yale. born. Later Judge OF the SUI
perior court-a versatile man.
I72s. Jonathan Sewall lawyer and at
torney general. born. His house was
mobbed owing to his loyalist atti-
tude.
f747. John Dickins. clergyman. born.
Founded the Methodist book concern.
l7s4. Joseph e. Worcester. lexico-
grapher. born. Worcester's die
tionary.
1855. Joseph Buchanan. inventor and
author, born. He wrote The Philo-
sophy of Human Nature.
1875. James w. Wallack, actor. born.
1910. Theodore Parker, clergyman and
reformer born.
1914. Washington, ID. c., attacked by
the British.
1914. Engagement at Bladensburg
Md.
1919. Henry Stevens. photographer,
born. One OF the best authorities
on the English Bible and early travel
in America
1928. John Newton, soldier and civil
engineer, born.
1884. william A. Proctor. manufac-
turer born. The Proctor & Gamble
Co, manufacturers of Ivory" soap.
1880. william Walter Phelps. states
man and jurist, born. United States
minister to Germany.
1912. John c. Watson, naval officer,
born. Commander OF the Newark in
Spanish war.
Is47. Charles r.. McKim, architect.
born. or the firm OF McKim, Meade
a. White of New York.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-24
THE WHITE SLAVE

We are growing old and gray and our
youthful days are DER,
And now we are all laboring men because
we are old and poor
And we went with our masters gang,
some orkto build out
With man they called him boss, that
could not shut his mouth;
He was bowling In the morning and again
at noon,
He was bowling at night when our daily
work was done.
And here is where our manhood away
down to the lowest grade
A working for our masters and the old
molly cod brigade.
But now we are In the old mud gang, the
pays way down low,
We are hoeing In the gutter with good
old honest Joe,
And we turn about and wheel about and
hoe 1t up just so
For old massy and the molly Gods with
the shovel and the hoe.
We are of to work every morn at the
early break OF day.
out to the city lines, or other points from
home as far away,
And here we go to work under the rays
OF the burning sun
With the sweat pouring down and the
Here is where you feel the lash of the ty-
rants OF old
Here Is where you feel the power of Cae-
sar and his gold.
And here is where our manhood away
down to the lowest grade,
A working for our masters and the old
molly cod brigade.
In the good old summer time when the
suns rays are coming down,
Choked with dust and thirst and no COM
fort place can be found.
Drinking dirty water from the rusty pipes
all over town,
Red and green In color and no oat meal
coming round,
While the horse with trough and pipes al
ways kept so clean,
with the water running day and night In
fresh and cooling stream.
And here Is where our manhood Is way
down below old horses grade.
A working for our masters and the old
molly cod brigade.
II. III. FORD.
"a Groton street
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-24
INQUEST DEVELOPS
THREATS WERE MADE

Coroner Lincoln continued yesterday
afternoon the inquest into the killing
OF Michael Arslanian in house on
Fillmore street. Aug. 10. Two wit
nesses, Kachidoor Marderosian. who
runs a restaurant at 6l First street,
East Providence. and Melkon Hacki-
gian both swore that they heard
Andrew Albanian. who Is charged with
the murder, threaten to follow and kill
Arslanian. The threats were made in
conversation in Marderosians res
taurant two or three months ago,
Atamian, said the witness. repeated
more two or three times. No matter
where I hnd him (Arslanian), l will
shoot and kill him." accompanying IL
with Turkish oath expressive OF de-
termination.
Further witnesses are TO he ex-
amined. The manslaughter charge
against Albanian comes up I'm con-
tinuance next Tuesday morning In the
Sixth district court