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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18

the sisEald from Havana says thai
0pen signed threats of var against
the rnised States. II IL does mot ges
cut u Cuha, are nov made By The
Ieadess q the liberal party. 10
whom everything has been given By
the American provisional govern,
ment except absolute control. The
party ts Unsuitable and impatient
over the delay of American With.
drawai when. II was promised. they
would be left masters Of Cuba. The
suggestion of the conservative
classes that an American protector.
ate might be better. 10 resented bit.
teFly and liberal papers assert that
annexation or q protectorate wouli
be- followed by war.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
Immigration BILL
ACCEPTED BY HOUSE
Burnett Of Alabama Attempts to
Make Point Of oruer Against
Portion But Fails.

Washington. Feb. lS.-The hous.
soon after convening today, began G
consideration Of the conference re
port upon immigration bill, whic'
was agreed 10 by the senate Satur
day. After reading the report, Bur
nett Of Alabama made a point of or
der against the first provision, which
undertakes to regulate the !ncomin.
OF Japanese coolies by giving the
president authority TO refuse to rec
ognize their passports and also
against the whole of section AZ,
having relation to the air space in
vessels bringing immigrants to Unit
ed States. The speaker decide
against the point and Burnett II
pealed. The chair was supported
1876 to 104.
House Agrees to Bill.
Washington. Feb. 1S.-The confer.
once report on the immigration bill
was agreed to by the house by a vote
of 1877 TO l0I.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
ENGINEER CHARLES Wolf
HIT BY SWITCH engine
Suffers Four Fractured Ribs and
Internal injuries-Now at Santa
Re Hospital.

Engineer Charles A. Wolf was Sc
riously IL not fatally injured In the
local yards last evening at $500
o'clock, by being struck by a switch
engine.
Wolf had just come In from a run
on engine 1910 and was looking II
over on the pit track at the foot OF
the incline to the coal chutes. The
switch engine had taken two cars O.
coal up into the chute and was COM
ing down rapidly when Wolf stepped
back from his engine onto the
track. The switch engine struck
him In the side, throwing him
considerable distance. He was inn
mediately picked up and taken to his
room at o. L. Gregory's and the
company surgeons. Drs. q. B. Shaw
and II. NJ. Smith were summoned.
An examination was made and IL
was found that the unfortunate man
was suffering from four broken ribs
and Internal injuries. He was re-
moved this afternoon to the Santa
Fe hospital and Ia now doing as we'll
as could be expected. .>-".
Although he Is In a serious condi.
tion. there is excellent hope for his
complete recovery. Mr.. wolf is
about Is years Of age and has been
employed on the Santa Re railroad
out Of this city for some time and
has a large number OF friends IN
Las Vegas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
governor HUGHES TO
INVESTIGATE KELSEY

Albany. Feb. Is.-~<'os. Hughes serv.
I'd notice today upon Otto Kelsey. state
superintendent of insurance. % appear
before him nj 800 o'clock this after"
noon 10 give Testimony concerning con
dltions In the Insurance department
This Ii regarded as the first step Of
the governor towards the removal Of
Kelsey a. superintendent os insurance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
STRONG EVIDENCE THAT
MURDERER WAS insane
1haw Case Resumed This nOraing-.Dr. D. D. Evans Of
New Jersey State Hospital for Insane 1estiies
to Conversations with Defendant After
Crime Was Committed.

New York. Feb. Is.-After an inter
Eruption of four days the trial Of Thaw
vas resumed today. Juror Joseph ID.
Bolton. the death Of whose wife caused
10 postponement of the case and the re'
lease Of the jury from close eonfine'
ment since last Thursday. was early
at the criminal courts building. declar.
Ing that he felt perfectly able 20 go
ahead with the trial. During the long
adjournment there has been many ri.
mors Of a conflict among the defeni-
ants counsels. but at the opening of
court today all the attorneys. who have
represented Thaw during the proceed.
ings. were at his counsel table. con-
sulting together as usual DR.. BRETON
I'D. Evans. superintendent of the New
Jersey State Hospital for the insane
at Morris Plains, was ON the stand last
Thursday when the trial adjourned and
was recalled today as the first wit.
ness. Delmas took up the direct exami.
nation OF the witness. thus resuming
the position of leading counsel.
| Conversation With Thsw.
Evans was asked to relate the con.
lversation he had with Thaw. during
the first three visits to the defendant
lat the Tombs.
The witness had heretofore testified
that from the result Of these conver.
'sations he concluded that Thaw was in.
sane. Jerome demanded that the wit
ness produce his notes and Evans OK.
planned that what few notes he had
taken before he had just turned over
to hts stenographer.
I may have the essential details
but . will have 90 depend entirely on
my memory" said the witness and
here Jerome objected. This witness"
he declared says he may omit the es.
sential facts what can he doe" re.
piled Justice Fitzgerald. "but give his
best memory? That is all that Is re-.
quired by the rules OF evidence" The
objection was overuied and Evans he
gan to relate the incidents of his first
visit to Thaw on August 4, last.
Plot to Send Him to Asylum.
He said that Thaw told him at great
length that White had drugged. poison.
ed and ruined great number of young
women. He declared there was a con.
spiracy. in which his own lawyers
were included. to railroad him to the
asylum and shut these matters from
the public. On the second visit he
told the same story of persecution
that he related on the first visit. He
referred constantly to this man. this
creature. this dead man. this beast,
blackguard, and said he tried to take
the virtue of every pure minded wo-
man who came within the sphere of
his observation. Il tried to save
them," said Thaw. according to Evans.
Il never wanted to shoot the creature.
I never wanted to kill him. wanted
to get him in court. so he would be
brought to Justice" Evans asked un-
der what circumstances he shot White
and Thaw replied:
The Act Of Providence.
Providence took charge of 1t. This
was the act of Providence. For my
part would rather have him suffer In
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
four MEN BLOWN To
ATOMS BY DYNAMITE

London, KY, Feb. 1s.-Foreman
Sutton and three of his crew were
blown to atoms by dynamite ex-
plosion today at Hazel Patch in II
county while constructing a double
track on the Louisville and Nash.
vile railroad.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
ABRAHAM RUFF APPEARS
and PLEADS NOT GUILTY

San Francisco, Feb. IS. -- Abraham
Ruef was compelled by Judge Dunno
this morning. over the objection of his
attorneys, to enter plea In the indict-
ment cases against him. He pleaded
not guilty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
SUBPOENA SERVED
ON E. H. HARTMAN

New York. Feb. 1S.--A subpoena
was served today on E. H. Harri.
man calling for his appearance be-
fore the interstate commerce com,
mission In this city on next Mon
day. Hartman accepted the service
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
ACCOMPuCE OF AGGIE
MYERS STABS himself

Kansas City, Feb rs Frank Hott.
man. under sentence of death with
Mrs.Aggie Myers. for the killing Of
Clarence Myers. the woman's husband,
attempted to commit suicide In q cell
Of the county Jail here this morning by
stabbing himself In the breast. His
condition In serious and he may die.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
LITTLE DOING OUTSIDE TRANS
acTloa or aEoulAR Rou.
TINE BUSINESS.
BOOSTERS TURN OUT
Over Seventy cisixens Of Aibuausr.
que at Capital 70 Plug For I'm
prosement Of Rio crsnde River.


Santa Fe, Feb. ls.-As 10 usual on
Monday. there ls but little doing In
legislative circles. Council met at
10 O'Clock this morning. but did lit
tie beyond the transaction Of routine
business.
One bin that looks innocent
enough on Its face. viii need very
careful consideration before IL be-
comes q law. II In known nm coun.
ell Riil No. a. II was introduced
by Mr.. Sargent, and provides that
county commissioners may on peti.
ton OF twenty-five or more taxpsy.
ers. levy u special tax of not to ON,
ceed two mills for charitable insti.
tutions.
Council Bill No. 13. which pro
vides that certain justices Of the
peace may issue marriage licenses
was passed by the council, after
which that body adjourned until 3
this afternoon.
The Boosters Here.
About seventy citizens Of AlbuF
querque arrived In town this morn.
ing, all adorned with badges indL
eating that they were members Of
the Boosters club OF that city. They
are deyotlng all their energies to-
wards the passage OF the bill pro.
viding for the Improvement Of the
Rio Grande and for q county salary
law aifectIng first class counties.
Mr.. Blood Present.
Among tho wen known people of
Las Vegas who are mlngling with
the lawmakers here. Is r. o. Blood.
city postmaster. Mr.. Blood Is doIns
what he can to bolster up the now
hopeless measure providing for the
creation OF Garfield county.
District Attorney Bill.
II Is now more than probable that
the district attorney bin will be-
brought out of the committee In d
few days and passed. The idea Is that
IL was a retaliatory measure no long
er has adherents and II will probe
bly, become q law as soon As II la re
ported from the committee
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
TERRIBLE FLOODS
IN SOUTH Dakota

Sioux City, Feb. 1S.--Ice gorges
in the Missouri river near Vermil-
lion. s. D., have caused the river to
leave its banks and one hundred
families have been made homeless.
Not since the great flood of 1881
has the water been SO high.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18

court the humiliation the revelations
of hts acts would have caused" r haw
told Evans that he had gone To- sec
Anthony Comstock. District Attorney
Jerome and n private detective agency
In I'M effort to hrfng White into court.
Jerome told him that he better let the
matter drop. that there was nothing to
H. Detectives took the matter up but
never submitted a proper report As
10 Comstock he said he discovered
that Delaney Nicoli. the attorney. was
acting rs the LEGAL advisor both for
White and comstock. Hs regarded
this as another link I'm the conspiracy
against him. He said he carried a
pistol on the advice OF Roger Amara.
q Pittshnrg detective. after THUGS had
jostied him several times and tried to
pick a quarrel with him. He said
These thugs were the agents of White.
and that they planned to get him 10
quarrel and then beat or kick him 10
death.
viii to be introduced.
The witness next described his third
visit. Thaw practically refused 10 have
lany thing TO do with him and the visit
was very brief. Decharles q. Wagner.
superintendent Of the state hospital for
the insane at Binghamton. N. Y. was
then recalled TO the stand. When on
the stand previously he was not allow.
ed to relate his conversation with
Thaw. He was recalled 20 tell these
conversations. Wagner told practical.
ly the same story as Evans and agreed
with Evans conclusion that Thaw's
idea was that he was acting m an
agent og providence IN Killing White
AZ the conclusion OF wagnor's tssti.
mony Delmas would like TO introduce
a part OF Thaw's will. Jerome said
that II any OF Il was Offered, all would
have To go In. as there were elements
OF hand writing. etc. which must he
by the jury, This indicates
that Jerome no longer opposes the IN.
Of the will. Az this point A
recess was taken until the afternoon.
Read Part Of will.
New York, Feb. 1s.-District Al.
tnrney Jerome permitted this after
noon the reading of the provision In
Thaw's will. setting aside $4,000
for the prosecution Of any persons
who might bs suspected of having
caused his death by violence.
=. Differences Patched up. II
New York. Feb. 1s.-The serious dtf. |
ferenees among the lawyers who have
been engaged to defend Thaw. was
patched up last evening and II Is prob. |
able that for the remainder OF the trial. |
there will be at least an armed truce
among them. For a time 1t looked AZ |
IL the trouble had reached a stage |
where Dolphin NJ. Delmas. who has
conducted the defence, would with.
draw from the case but now It appears
that he will go on. The intercession Of |
Mrs. William Thaw, Is said to be re-
sponsible for the patching up of the
quarrel. An open rupture among the I
lawyers would be very serious fol
rhaw aud the realization of this fact
doubtless had much to do with the
settlement Of the difficulty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
FEAR OF eruption
FROM MOUNT ETNa

Paris. Feb. Is. -- Dispatches rom
Taormina report That smoke N fssntng
from the lower and upper craters of
Mount Etna and an eruption is feared.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18

to protest against the exclusion Of
the Japanese from the mainland or
any form Of Japanese exclusion.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18

Troop A will hold an election Of
officers at the armory tonight.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
INDIGNANT JAPANESE
To HOLD MASS Meeting

Honolulu. Feb. 1S.-A mass meet
ing Of Japanese will be held tonight
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21

in beaten egg and turn the mixture
into buttered baking dish, cover the
top with grated cheese and stand in
a steady oven until ''set" and the
cheese on top is delicate brown i'll
color.
Rice Porridge-Wash the required
quantity of rice clean and soak over
night in cold water ito cover In the
morning drain, add slightly salted
boiling water to twice cover the rice
and cook until the grains swell and
become soft Then add sufficient hot
milk to reduce the mixture to the
consistency of mush. Cook gently
twenty minutes. Serve with cream
and sugar or with butter. This is an
excellent substitute for oatmeal por-
ridge, which is too heating for sum-
mer consumption.
Rice With Veal-Wash, clean and
cook until soft one cupful Of rice in
veal stock to cover well; then season
to taste with salt and butter. Remove
from the fire, add two beaten eggs
and one cupful Of cold boiled veal
chopped very fine. Stir the whole
we'll, then turn into buttered baking
dish and bake until "set" and nicely
Drowned. Before sending to the
table, invert the baking on a flat serv-
ing dish, taking care to preserve the
shape of the mold intact. Garnish
with cheese straws and parsley.
Rice Griddle Cakes-To two cup
fuls of cold boiled rice add one pint
of sifted -four, one beaten egg, one
half teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and
enough sweet milk to make the mix
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21

ture of consistency to drop from
spoon. Bake on a hot griddle and
serve with sirup.
Rice Wafers-Put two cupfuls of
boiled rice through colander; add
one teaspoonful of flour, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and salt
to season. Mix three beaten egg
yolks with three-fourths of pint of
milk and stir into the rice mixture;
then add one tablespoonful of melted
butter and the whipped whites of the
eggs. Bake in well-greased waffle
irons and serve with sirup or strained
honey Katherine E. Mcgee.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Refused $1.25 on the Trees.

Mayo Dade, Of DeLand, represent
ing Chase & Co., the we'll known or
ange buyers, has been here during
the past week looking at crop pros
poets. Mr.. Dade made several offers
OF SIPS per box on the trees for the
growing fruit, but up to Monday had
secured none. The growers herea-
bouts know that the demand for high
grade oranges will be good next win
ter and the prices high, and they will
be slow to sell thus early at even
these prices.-Crescent City item III
Palatka News.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21

beauty. 1he hyDr1dS OF RugOSa III
clude roses such as Blanc Double de
Coubert and Conrad F. Meyer, the
flowers of which, though they may
not be according to exhibition stand
ards, are scarcely inferior to those OF
any garden roses. They also flower
for a long period. The Wichuraiana
hybrids do not flower so long, but
they have more beautiful habit; in
deed, their habit is almost as beauti-
full as that of Our own wild roses, and
the flowers are very varied, some be-
ing single, as, for instance, those of
Jersey Beauty, and some double like
those of the most exquisite tea rose,
as in the case of Gardenia. There
seems to be no reason, since the
Wichuraiana rose hybridizes very
readily, why it should not, if freely
crossed with tea roses, produce some
long blooming offspring; and when
this happens we may expect to get
the perfect rose for Our gardens, a
rose that will grow ten feet high,
bearing its flowers in thousands on
long, curving sprays for five months
in the year, rose that will need no
more pruning than its parent or the
Rambler roses, and one that will turn
the rose garden into paradise Of wild
beauty, all green and fowery without
any exposure of bare earth, for the
Wichuraiana rose itself is PROSTATE in
it's growth, and many of its hybrids
will grow PROSTATE like it if unsup-
ported, so that they may be either
left to cover the ground like ivy, Or
else, with he support of a pole, be
made to soar upward like fountain.
Such roses we shall probably get
sooner Or later. But we want them as
soon as possible; at present too much
Of the skill and energy of the florists
are being used in the production of ex-
hibition roses Of the old kind, Of which
there are already more than enough.
When we spoke of the necessity of a
standard of taste in writing of the
improvement of garden flowers, a con-
temporary questioned that necessity
and said that even if ugly plants were
produced no particular harm was done.
Well, the production Of ugly plants, or
even Of plants not SO beautiful as
tHcy AIlSuI Dc, Is DIT OCSL great waste
Of time, skill and energy, and quite
enough of these has now been spent
upon the production Of exhibition
roses. If the florists had aimed more
at beauty of habit they would no doubt
have made more experiments in the
way of hybridization with several nat
ural species Of roses; and their exper-
iments might have had results of enor-
nous value. But SO long as the or
binary rose grower is content to
grow his roses for their flowers alone
the florists, of course, will be content
to supply him with yet more and more
varieties without any beauty of habit.
Luckily, of late years the taste OF
rose growers has improved; they have
begun to ask themselves fundamental
questions about the rose, and the re-
suit has been that the florists have
aready begun to make fundamental
improvements. The great age of ros-
es has scarcely yet begun, but we may
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Rice as a Hot Weather Dish.

The dietetic value of rice is too
little appreciated by the average
housewife, who regards it rather in
the light of makeshift dish to fill in
gaps when other foods are not avail
able, than as one of the most nutri-
tlous of foods, which in reality it is.
Owing to the fact that it is a suffi-
GENTLY nourishing food without being
heating, rice becomes especially valu-
able as hot-weather dish and should
enter largely into the family dietary
during the summer months.
Not the least virtue rice has to
commend it to the notice of the
housewife is the readiness with which
it lends itself to the preparation of a
great variety of attractive and palat-
able dishes. The appended recipes
by no means exhaust the possibilities
of rice:
Rice and Cheese-Cook one cupful
OF rice according to directions for
plain boiled rice, then add enough
milk Or rich white stock to make a
soft mixture, also one-half cupful OF
grated cheese. Take off the fire, stir
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
To Keep Butter.

If you have no ice invert a large crock
of unglazed earthenware over the dish
on which the butter is. The porous
earthenware will keep the butter cool
and hard, and all the more so if the
pot is wrapped in wet cloth and a
little water put in the dish with the
butter -Coleman's Rural World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
A Disguise.

To the Barber-Lather me thorough ly; there comes my tailor.-Fliegende Blatter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
OAKVlLl.E HAPPENINGS

James Cosgrove has recovered from his recent illness and has re- stunned his duties with the Pin com pany.
 w. H. Jones has returned from a brief visit with relatives in Wil!iman- tic. Mrs Jones will remain in Will limantic until the early part of next week.
 A surprise party was given on Thursday to MT and Mrs J. F. Geoghegan, by a large number Of relatives and friends, at their home on Newton Heights, the occasion be- ing in honor of Mrs Geoghegan' s fiftieth birthday.
 The new bridge across Steel brook though not completed yet is proving very convenient for the people ot Falls avenue, as it is much shorter than going around the avenue when coming from there to the Main street and is now being used by pedestrians
 A suspicious looking character has been roaming about the village for the past few days, evidently ur to some mischief and apparently aware of the excellent police pro- lection afforded Oakville. A local resident lost his dog yesterday. the animal was last seen with stranger who it is thought sold the dog The Oakville cop has been notified Of the affair and if the jail bird commits any murder about the village he might @ be arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
WATERFOWL JOTTINGS

Dwight Barnes of Bristol is visit ing at Henry s. Frost's.
 B. M. Bronson of Bristol was Tn town yesterday on business.
 The Rev William Holmes has been visiting relatives in New Jersey.
 The Greenville factory was closed Wednesday evening until Monday, December 2.
 John Norton has moved into Charles Rogers tenement on Hill crests avenue. MT and Mrs Charles Bidweil of New Jersey are visiting Mrs Bid wells parents, MT and Mrs c. w. Bidwell.
 Many from here went to Water bury yesterday to view the wreck which occurred at the West Main street crossing.
 Dr E. K. Loveiand, who has been confined to the house for the past two weeks with d lame shoulder, eX- poets to be able to care for his patients next week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
He Heard of if,

Admiral Walker was a fine old sailor. and he was recognized as thorough. No personal friendship softened his manners to a delinquent. One day when he was sailing out frota Hamp- ton Roads with the international fleet that helped us to celebrate the centen- nial of Washington's first inaugura- ton his orders about weighing anchor were disobeyed by his dearest friend in the service. who was in command of one Of the ships. and as the old Chicago. the flagship. passed the trembling culprit the nayies of the world heard "his whiskers" thunder ing out from the bridge objurgations and expressing wonder at his own moderation in not putting his old con- rade under arrest. At another time when the white squadron was sailing out of a Mediterranean bay another old friend worked his ship so awk- wardly that the admiral-then nearly a trade dollar admlral"-suspended him by signal in the face of the whole fleet. The punished captain. coming aboard to protest against his public repri' mand, puffed out indignantly. Why, sir. I never heard of such a thing Well" said John. pulling at his big side whiskers. you've heard of il now."-Harper's.