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Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21

New York, Feb. 2O.-Copper was
lower in the English market. with
spot quoted at CLOS lbs and futures
at E10S. LOCAL., the market was
rather quiet but firm with lake quoted
at S25.00%25.25: electrolytlc $2415
! a 25.00; and casting at S24.75 5m2 25.0O.
Lead was unchanged at l19 los In the
London market, and at S6.00a $50 To-
cally shelter was IS lower in the
London market. at r25 15s. Lo-
cally the market was unchanged at
s6,S0M $50. Bar silver. GS3sc. MeXi-
can dollars 53h
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21

II is now pretty generally conceded
that a city and town election will be
held before long 20 determine the at
titude of the majority Of the people
regarding the proposed Incorporation
of the two municipalities into one city
of Las Vegas. Nearly every one .ap-
pears to be willing to submit Nhe
question to the people. If this IS done
and the vote Is against the union, II
will mean much added strength for
the county division idea, and VIII
pretty certainly lead to a change OF
the name of East Las Vegas
The petition that was started by
west side people protesting against
the union of the towns has been with
drawn. The petition, however, served
to show that there is not the entire
unanimity Of feeling that was sup
posed to exist in the town regarding
the union.
The result of the newspaper ballot
taken by the optic does not furnish
fair test Of opinion on the question,
as the opponents OF the union move
ment were requested in published no
tices not TO cast their votes
Following was the result of the vot-
ing For county division, city 23;
town 3. For consolidation of towns
and against county division, city SCI:
town 426 For division II towns can't
be united city s; town /. For divis-
ion with both towns in new county,
city, .
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
PROHIBITS PUBLICATION
or RACE TRACK NEWS

Jefferson city. Mo-, Feb. f9.-ln the
senate of the Missouri legislature to-
day the bin prohibiting newspapers Of
the state from publishing entries or
results Of any horse race was passed.
The publication Of this matter In
pamphlet or other form Is also pro-
hlblted.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
TWO STATES AIM TO STOP
RACE TRACK GAMBLING

Sacramento. Cal, Feb. 19.-The
lower house OF the state legislature
today passed Asspmblymln Eshle-
mans bin prohibiting gambling or bet
Ting at race tracks The vote was
said 10 be 40 20 30.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
HONDURAS IN
STATE Of
SIEGE
AMERICANS INVOLVED
IN LATIN CONFLICT
Nicaragua Said to Rely Upon
Assistance From Citizens Of
United States in Boundary
Dispute With Neighbor


Puerto COrtoz. Honduras. FEB. 13.-
tBy Steamer to New Orleans. Feb.
1gJ-The attitude OF Honduras in the
present imhroglip with Nicaragua Wa
t8fetbIy expressed TODAY b5 the ar
rival OF q declaration by the natives oi
Honduras that that republic is in "A
state OF siege.
This declaration was issued Fcbru-
AIRY 9 and ON the da. following 1000
men marched TO President BOnilla' IS
executive mansion where congress was
IN session and demanded war against
Nicaragua.
The mass meeting brought up the
subject of armed American camps.
during discussion of enormous con
,essiuus granted boy Nicaragua tp for
ciguers part Of these grants being sit
uated I'm territory awarded To- Hon
duras b. the recent settlement of the
boundary dispute between Honduras
and Nicaragua by the King Of Spain.
Reports We're current some months
ago. ii was declared by the mass meet
ing that Nicaragua expected the
American companies 10 ana in thr
move against Honduras and h Is
known that these American COmpan-
les have been arming.
Concerning these concessions, tn
which Americans are said 10 be in
tere-ted the Hondurau congress early
ion this month passed decree to pro-
iI ana
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21

IN trip to Rio Arriba county but dld
not find sufficient urOccupied land -
answer his purpose. He is prepared
10 enter into immediate negotiations
for the purchase OF large tract near
Las Vegas. and II he Is successful Viii
commence establishing the Zionists
here a. once,
Mr.. Brownies company is also i'm
communication with a colony of Men
nenites who wish To buy consider
able tract of cheap. unimproved
farming land in the southwest.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
II Iouls Wool.

St Louis, Feb. 19-Wool steady.
Medium grades. combing and clothing,
24G 2Si2 light fine, 20G 23. heavy
fine. 16MtS, tub washed 30n3S.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21

Aipena Mich. Feb. 10 The plant
~ the Alpena Portland Cement com
pany was burned tonight. The loss IL
estimated at 100000.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
BUNCH OF BABIES
THE VERDICT OF
LAS VEGAS
H0LTS THIN SKIN
CAUSES MERRIMENT
Barring Of Morning Journal
Correspondent From House
Makes Friends by the Score.
Record Becoming Known

Especial Dispatch 10 the Morning Journal
Las Vegas, n. NJ. Feb. 20.-The AL
buquerque Morning Journal has won
its way TO the favor of a large number
of Las Negans, but during the last day
or two the demand for it has in
creased tremendously owing to the re-
markable action of the lower house
of the New Mexico legislature i'm pass
ing resolution barring the represen-
tative of the paper at the capitol from
the floor and gallery Of the house.
Everybody. of course, wants to know
what the JOurna! man has been say
ing about the legislators that could in
duce them to bar him out of the
house. The story of the thinness of
the skin Of the honorable gentleman
from the Mcsilla valley has now pretty
well gone the rounds. The tale of
the profitable office he so lately held
as treasurer of college funds and the
reason for his remova! from this po-
sition has reached the ears of every
one in the city. But when the whole
story has been told and the narrative
of the Journals attacks upon the ma
chine has been reCOunted, everyone
wants to laugh at a legislative body
that contains a majority of members
so much alarmed lest the truth be
told about their doingS, on so sensitive
to criticism that they could counte-
nance such an idiotic resolution as
that which bars the Journal man from
the house. CandOr ComDels the con-
fession that the most respectful term
heard here regarding these perturbed
gentlemen is " A bunch OF babies
Still the better informed citizens
realize that the majority which is get
ting itself ridiculed for its absurd do
ings are merely puppets who must
dance gaily when the boss Snowman
pulls the strings, and that even the
grave and dignitied gentleman from
Dona Ana, though he may be the
prize puppet, is a puppet just the
same. SO there be they who do not
believe that the famous expulsion de-
cree originated with the gentlemen
afraid-of-criticism from the Mesilla
valley.
The summcr-lil>e weather that has
characterized the whole of February
still prevails. Although the farms and
ranges are still in good condition. yet
the people are hoping for a heavy
rain before long In order to give ia
vOrable start to the farming opera
tiOns 90 he carried out on the mesa
lands east of the cit. this year.
An earnest effort is being made to
revive the proposition to build an eX-
tension Of the street railway to Mora.
The Mora valley raises a big amount
of agricultural produce. there is much
fine timber In the region and the town
of Mora is pOuulOus and prosperous.
Charles a. Wolf an Old-timc en-
gincer who has for some time had
q run between Las Vegas and Albu-
qucrque, is at the Santa Fe company
hospital suffering very severely from
4 .
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
Mining Stocks.

The folliwing Boston quotations are
furnished by +. J. Graf e. Co., brok-
ers. over their own private wires to
Albuquerque n. NJ, Feb, 20, 1901;
Amalgamatcd Copper ..112a @112B
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
w. f.. MAUGER
wool:

Representing Mauger q Avery
Boston
lis North First Street. with RaAbe
& Mauger, AlbuOuerdue. N. NJ.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
EIGHTY BELIEVED DEAD IN
MEXICAN MINE DISASTER
FIFTY -Four Bodies Taken From Ruined
Workings.

Las Espcranzas. Mexico, Feb. 10
TIP TO o'clock this evening fifty-four
bodies had been recovered from mine
No. > of tho Mexican Coal and Coke
company Eleven injured are In the
hosuitaI and two of the number are
fatally hurt OF the hlty-four dead
bodies already recovered thirty are
japanese. The dead. 1t is estimated,
viii number between sixty and eighty
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
BIG IMPROVEMENT
FORCLUB HOUSE
At RATION
Santa Fe Officials Order a New
Dining Room and Kitchen for
Gate City StatiOn-The Bic
Tunnel,
Especial correspondence Morning Journal

Especial Correspondence Morning Jounall
Ration y NJ Feb % A nav dim
.t.,, .', ,,..,.- -
l'h i""," an" N'''Hen Io' 'ne santa
Fe clubhouse here have been ordered
and VIII he constructed without delay
The completion Of these improve
ments VIII give Ration as good feed
ing facilities as there are along the
system. The clubhouse was Inspected
here Friday by superintendent James
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-21
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Wall Street.

New York. Feb. 2O.-The lethargic
condition into which the stock market
lapsed today was significant of the de-
cline of interest Professional limits
of the narroWest description confined
the trading. There was nothing dis
cernible in the market to reflect deVeI-
opments in general conditions. The
material of the days meagre specula-
tion largely dealt with cOnjeCtural de-
velopments rather than with actual
occurrences.
There was quite elaborate argument
expended on the probabilities of sue
cess or defeat for the American cur
rency measure In Washington. Wall
street has set up a standard of large
importance for this measure in its
bearing on the market outlook which
is fully shared by the bankers and
others who regard it strictly from the
side of its probable influence on the
money market The proceedings
which are to be resumed next Mon
day by the Interstate commerce COM
mission into the affairs of the Harri-
man railroads offered another field
for surmise. There is a lurking apprc-
hensiOu that disclosures may be made
that win add fresh fuel to the flames
of public hostility to corporations.
4 threat to the sustained prosperity or
the country was alleged from the bait
ing of corporations. by the two rail-
broad presidents and a gloomy picture
was presented Of the necessity of dis
continuing dividends and even OF
/ submission 10 bankruptcy by minor
railroads, which would be the nat
! uTal consequence.
! In the prevalent mood of the mar
kct and its partiality for surmise, the
] To tit1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
TWO LOSE LIVES IN FIRE
Fiyc-story Building Burns and Men
Are Crushed Under Floors.

Fiyc-Story Building Durns and Men
Are Crushed Under Floors.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, November s..
The five-story building on Kanawtla
Street owned and occupied by Ruff
ner Brothers. wholesale grocers. was
DESTROYED by fire to-day, causing a loss
of two lives and .over 100000 loss.
John Foley. fireman. and John Dewey.
shipping clerk, were caught By falling
floors and buried under toris OF debris.
'Firemen Heggerty, Clark and Botkin
we're also struck by flying debris and
injured, but none fatally.
The fire. originated on the third floor
OF the grocery house. where repairs
were being made to the elevator. and
II; supposed to have caught from the
mechanics gasolene torch. The Ruff
ner Hotel building adjoins the grocery.
and for a time was In imminent danger
OF destruction, as was also the entire
block. The building in which the fire
originated is total loss. together
with contents. and adjoining property
was hadlv damaped.5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
WHERE GARFIELD FELL
Removal of Tile From Floor bf Depot
by ynnln1s.

ny Snndnla.
WAsHtNGTON, y. c.. November g.
1he disnppearance OF thu small red
tile which marked the spot In the
pennsylvania depot where Presiden,
Garfield fell when he was shot by
Charles j. Guiteau. attracted the at
tention Of persons employed In the
depot yesterday. Mrs Shaughnessy,
the natron, discovered the hole duo
to the work OF tho relic hunter. and
reported 1t to other employees OF the
railroad company.
1t Is declared by persons at the sta.
tion that the email tile that was taken
has no value whatever az relic, the
original tile having been removed sew
eral years ago to make room for a
star OF steel The steel star attract
ed so much attention and caused pa
irons OF the railroads to obstruct the
to such an extent that the
railroad officials deemed 1t advisable
to remove 1t.
"A tablet placed in the wall near
where President Garfield fell was dam
aged by fire about ten years ago. Rail
road officials paid but little attention
to the vandalism OF yesterday. While
they preferred that tho floor had beer
left undisturbed until the building L.
abandoned, they did not regard the
of sufficient moment to be
called to the attention of the police.
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PASSES CONFEDERATE NOTE.

Hungarian Woman Works OFF Ancient
Money ON Ignorant Cashier. a
NEW YORK, November s.--Whilc tlla
great fnancierssot Wall Street have
been racking theip brains forisome ex-
pedient by which to expand Uncle
Sans currency, Mrs. Lizzie Matlog, a
little Hungarian woman. who has been
In the country less than four months.
and who doesn't even know the Eng.
ltsh language. has got herself into a
predicament because. Is alleged, she
has attempted TO solve the problem,
in her own way.
According to Fritz Lakotis. cashier
In real estate agents office. the wo-
man came to him few days ago. and
agreeing to purchase sl25 building
lot on the instalment plan. tendered a
500 bin OF the Confederate States OF
America.
The initial payment called for being
SIS. the cashier. who has been In tho
country only three years himself. says
he tucked the ancient note away in the
cash drawer for safekeeping. and gave
his customer $s5 IL good money.
The woman was arrested. but the
case was dismissed by the Justice, who
served in the Confederate Army.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
INTO RIVER AFTER THIEF

Cooling Experience With Bag of Coal
Lands Man In Court.
NEW YORK. November s.-While at
tempting to arrest coal thief on
a barge in the East River at the foot
of Clinton Street yesterday, Patrolman
Charles McKie. of the Madison Street
Station, was tumbled into the river,
the thiaf and the bag of coal going
with him.
Mckie clung~to the thief. and the
latter to the bag, so all went to the
bottom. Finally McKie dragged the
man out and took him to the station.
where he said he was John Brown, of
NO. "a Mulberry Street. He was held
in $500 Tor trial. President Oscar Z.
Nostllng. Of the Muhlenberg Coal Com
.pany, being the complainant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
RETURN or COL. CHAPMAN.
Special Revenue Agent Talks About
the Dry Fork Seizure.

Special Revenue Agent W.9H. Chap
man, whose headquarters are in this
city, returned from trip to South
side Virginia yesterday. and when
seen In his Office In the Shafer Building
he reported the seizure OF the Dry
Fork Dtstillery. and said about 5000
gallons of liquor We're taken into cus-
tody by the officials.
The charge of carrying on business
with intent to defraud the govern
ment" will be made under section 1857
of the Revised Statutes OF the United
Sta tes. Colonel Chapman will return
to Danville on Monday In order to be
present when the preliminary steps
in the various pending liquor cases in
Judge McDowell's court will be taken.
Chief Revenue Agent Gates. of
Washington, was with Colonel Chap
man In Danville, and though the latter
does not say SO directly, there Is good
reason to believe that they have start
Continued on Second Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
MURDER old WOMAN
TO- SECURE PAPERS
Found With Skull Crushed In.
and Gas Jets Turned
HAD RANsAcKED HER HOME.
Silver and valuables Left and
Documents Were Booty
OF Assassin.
lad RANsACKED HER HOME.

NEW YORK. November Styling
face downward. with her skull crushed
in and with th.. air surcharged with
illuminating gas. Mrs. cesaro Vigil. a
well- to-do and elderly recluse. was
found dead on the stairway leading
to the basement OF her home. 207 West
One Hundred and Thirty-cighth Street,
early this morning. Discoveries made
by the police indicate murder, with
robbery as the motive. It Is also
believed that certain valuable papers
We're the partic' 'ar loot which the
murderer had lii mind
Mrs, Vigil's body was found by Ag-
ncs Gibson. the negro maid. after she
had been awakened by strong odor
OF gas. She Immediately notified the
police, and the. latter summoned ali
ambulance from the Harlem Hospital.
uHd DIR. Fisher examined the botly
The buck part of the head had been
crushed in, as though from blow OF
a heavy instrument. and one of the
upper vertebrae had been snapped.
The. policemen went into the Aitch-
en. where two gas jets were found
turned on full. The windows We're
opened and the house cleared of the
fumes. and then began a search of the
upper part OF the house. In the dining
room the drawers OF sideboard We're
found to. have been upset; and their
contents overhauled.
.,3s Xnlunbles on Chairs.
Silver and vnluables were on the
chairs OF. the ROOM, but SO far as has
been ascertained nothing had been
taken. The police believed murder had
been, committed, and detectives from.
We're put to work on the
case. <.S
Coroner Hamburger visited the house
later in the day, and after examining
tile body expressed the optnion}that the
The. coroner. ordered the. body re-,
moved tn the morgue, where a physi-i
clan will perform an autopsy. He has
also subpoenaed the esssro maid, Agnes
Gibson. y was learned to-day that
'ofs Mrs. Vigil Tor but a. week.
Mrs. Vigil was more or less Of an
invalid. She eSwents outyofa doors infre-i
SQuently, and then seemingly only to.
take the air.
Lived life OF Iaccluxe.
She lived the life OF a recluse, en-,
THE house was purchased by Mrs.
Vigil's husband about ten years ago,
and had been occupied by her since
that time. Her husband, the police.
where, 1t is understood, he Is at the
head OF firm which Is CARRYING out
some big contract.
1t is the theory Of some, of the de-
tectives that papers having to do with
have heen the agentsof some interests
opposed 20 the carrying out OF this
contract. .s,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
ROADS OR STATE;
/ NO MIDDLE GROUND
If Latter Does Not Con-
troll Railways Will,
Mr.. Stuart Says.
RINGING. SPEECH
TO CREDIT MEN
Defends Action Of commlss,on.
and Declares That Effort to
Attribute the Tumble in
Stocks to 1t Is Subter-
fuge and De-
ception.
------------------s -------------s
Will Stand Pat,
Stuart Declares.

4The work OF the state Corpora
tion Commission was not radical
1t Was the very eascnce OF conaer.}
vntlsm. I believe In giving the rail-
ronds q square deal hut tell y0u
buSincss men that this II no time
for n backward step in the matter
Of state railroad regulation, and for
my own parts whether in public or
In private life,l intend to stand pat.
a.Any pretense on the part OF the
railroads that this action Mas taken
to cripple them or to prevent them
from properly performing any Of
their duties II subtcrfuEe md .
deception. They will hud that In
the conservative exerctse of state
control Hes their hixhest nnd best
intereats.
svrhe hand Of the State hiss been
conservatively lnid upon these cor
porntions. don't suy 60 further.
but I say that the man who under
takes to create the sentiment that
we should go backward II nu enemy
tO the best interests of the PEOPLE
OF this State.n--Statements In adj
dress before Credit Mems AssoctI-
tion by Hon. Henry G.. Stuart, OF
State Corporation Commission. who
quoted statistics to show that the
PRONUNCIATION Of new rates did not
cripple roads. and did not cause
tumbling of stocks. 2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
DENouNcEs CUT OF MOTTO. ]

Or. Preston Declares Americans Are a
n-FOlIOwinE Race.
NEW YORK, November S.--Denounc-
ing the removal Of the motto 'In God
We Trust" from United States gold
and silver coins. the Rev. DR.. a. S.
Preston, assistant pastor Of the Metro
politan Temple. yesterday declared that
the true motto for. this country, would
be I'm Gold We Trust"
Gold is the only god OF the Amerl-
can people.I he declartll "The recent
panic that has shaken the whole
country is only a Judgment sent by
God to a Nlanlmon-fo following race"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
ANOTHER BIG WARsHlP

The superb Leaves the Ways at fhe
ElaVick Shipynrls.
NEWCASTLE. ENGLAND, November
S,-The British battleship Superb, an
other Improved Dreadnought, was
launched at the Elswick yards here
to-day. ~, w
# The armament Of the Superb will
consist of ten 1:-inch guns in pairs,
placed In Ave hooded harbettes, one on
the torecastle, ono aft, one abaft the
vessel is OF 1900 tons displacement,
400 feet long, has eighty-two feet
BEAM draws twenty -seyen feet OF wa
ter, ana her engines will give her
$4,000 ind lcated hcrae- power. which
Will develop a speed OF twenty one
knots. 5
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LEASE F0R THREE MILLION.
rhi. the Consideration for Timber Land

This the Consideration for Timber Land
In Dare County.
NORFOLK. VA, November S.-Colo-
nal r. E. Johnson. of Washington. has
leased to the Dare Lumber Company a
tract of 100000 acres of timber land
In Dare county, N. c., for fifty years
The consideration Is $a.000.00O.
The land is well grown with short
leaf yellow pine, cypress and iuniprr.
The lumber company is erecting mills
in Elizabeth City at cost OF $500, ,OO0
which will have capacity OF 100000
feet of lumber daily
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-09
NO AID ron VIRGINIA.
Dovcrnor and Richmond Banker Call On
Secretary COrtelyOu In Vain, I,
'llISSNO I'LL nhlSbo,
Munsey Building

f
s. washington, D, C., Nov. 8.
The Treasury Department Is not pre-
pared to render any assistance to the
oussed at the Cabinet meeting to-day.
along with requests from otnrr SCUM
ern States, but 1t Is not expected that
any of them will get treasury aid.
Governor Swanson and John Kerr
Branch discussed the matter with Sec
Retary Cortelyou YESTERDAY. but re-
ce,yed no further satisfaction than his
noncommittal statement that he would
take the matter under advisement.
Tho Virginia banks are all reported
90 he perfectly solvent. their only trou-
are locked up In the New York banks,
which are notNnow giving them hard
cash when called for, but simply CIV
ing them 81 caring, hnuae checks. These
fully take the place OF currency II,
the event Of unusual demands for
money Vsi X, 81 g.ss,. sl
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This is the first time" he declared.
in introducing the subject, that have
ever discussed 1t publicly. and deem
1T proper to do so now, as the work
IA behind me, and has passed out ut
the hands OF tho commission and into
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-02
POLICEMAN
MAKES DISCOVERIES
Door OF Produce House Is Unlocked
and Stove in Hallway is Burn
ing Dangerously.

Merchants Policeman Richard
Brooks reports that he found the
main door of the store of the Bailey
Produce Company unlocked al 1885
o'clock Friday night. He notified
Policeman Michael Joyce and the two
went through the building, after be-
ing informed that Mr.. Bailey had no
telephone In his residence. They
failed to find any one inside. They
then examined the door. finding that
the night latch was up. They put It
down and closed the door.
Mr.. Brooks also reports that he
found gas stove burning in full
blast in the Despard hallway. where
the Consolidated Telephone Com
pany formerly was, about / O'Clock
the night before and believes the dis
covery prevented fire in that sec
ton of the city.