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THE LAS VEGAS i:!:' WEEKLY OPTIC AND' STOCK GROWER. IM i !:'N 11 Ml Fifteenth Year-No 31 Lahl Telegrams. CHANCE FOR OUR BOYS. Brlht Youn Men Who Can Speak Spanish Wanted by Uncle Sam. Wasiiinuton, Out. 21. A high of ficial of til BUte department calln at Irniiou to the necessity of finding a suitable corps of bright youiii m-n, well versed in the Sp inlsh language, to assist In the execution of tlx colonial policy Imposed on the Uulied States as a result of the war. . Disgruntled Financiers. Washington, fl't. 21. Judge Cox, of the district supreme court, today de cided the cases ot (enrice IS. Wiptittnan and William II. Wharton, assistant of Secretary tlae, li: favor of the secre tary. One suit sought an Injunction, the other a mandamus, the nam of complaint in each being the rejection by the secretary of the bills submitted for the recent war loan bond issue by complitiuuts. Bryan Asks No Favors W a mi 1 1 ton, Oct. 21. The war de. partuient has given out the following: The secretary of war upon being asked about tho report that Col. Win J. llryan bud been refused a le ive of absence and was kept with his regi ment, authorized the statement that Colonel llryau has aked no indulgence whatever of the department, and con sequently none has been refused him. Any reports to the contrary aro with out foundation of fact. ' The Pillager Prisoners. Iillitii. Mina.. Oct. 21. Eleven Hear Indians were brought here today by Marshal O'Conaor. The Indiana entered formal pleas of Dot guilty, in the U. 8. court, and were given timo to consult attorneys. It Is likely some will plead guilty this afternoon, their attorney said. Foreign Floods. F if I'm k, Austra-llungary. Oct. 21. Crest havoc has bren caused by floods in the low lyl quarters of the city The d.imaue li aiuuatrd at 2,im0iXJ florins. EAST LAS VEQAS. NEW MEXICO OCTOBER 22. 1808. $2 00 a Tear. A BRUTAL DEED. Antonio Chacon, of Trinidad, Meets Death at the Hands of a Supposed Friend. Ttinipad, Colo., Oct. 21. Antonio Chacon, son of Deputy County Clerk Iiafael Cli.tcmi, died at Tijeras, about lifteen miles up the i iver, at H.M o'clock Wednesday morning, from the elTecls of g an shot wounds received sometime during the night. Details of the tragedy show it to le a shucking allair. Cha con had gone up to Tijeras on business and his team and wagoi. were placed in Antonio Medino's corral for ti e night. In the wagon was a 40-caIlbre Merlin ritlo belonging to Chacon. The dead man and his slayer spent the evening amicably lucoinpauy with some friends, and on leaving the house for their homes went arm-iii-arm. boon after two shuts were tired near by, and Me dido Immediately afier appeared at his home with Chacon's rllle on his arm. Ho stated to some neighbors who were talking to Mrs. Mediuo that he had just killed their friend down the road and was going to letve the country, ad vising them to go and get the body of Chacon. His .statement waa not be lievod. but after securing a horae Me- (iuo repeated bis story and told his wife she could look out for herself ai he was going away to stay. Chacon was found on the highway blcediDg badly, and the man who found bim hurried to a near by house for as sistance to move the wounded man. When they got back Chacon could not be found, but a short search located him la an arroya near tho place where he had been shot. Investigation show ed that Mediuo had returned while as sistance was being procured, and from purely fiendish motives picked up the dying man and carried him to a bridge near by and flung him over tho rail. Medino then left for parts unknown. Chacon was unarmed and waa shot in the back. F-ll '98 I If eldS, liaza The first thing people think about when Fall weather comes is, of course, a stove we ve 5 Rlpley'sOrder. Tor kk a, Kas., Oct. 21. President liipley, of the Sauta Fe route, lias Is sued a circular abolishing the land de partment of the road November 1. All lands belonging to the Santa Fe com pany except the coal lands will paas into the bands of John 1 present land commissioner, which Frost bas bought about GO.ot) acres. 1 '.llA.l .I (llirAi iisisii i iiii 1 (I II f Parlor "tn.. nieiMff- rli(.ni HlntM t(rft -r.f.i.i Moves It itfht.n Ktt.a I MMil atari llli(s. Frost, the The lands aggregate These stove were bought much cheaper than we ever bought before and we got them here at a lower freight tnte than usual, so we are able to sell stoves cheaiwt than they've been sold yet in Las Vegas. SJT"Coiue to Ilfehl'a for Stoves. K very thin; new, stylish, choice and reliable in Full Dry Good:;, Millinery. Clothing, Oarpcts and Furniture. Charles Ilfeld Plaza Las Vegas FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Las Vegas, New Mexico. J ohm i' a Kay:.0!.' President. .1. W. Zoi.LAlia Vice President. A. H. Smith, Cashier. J. 7V. H8RNHNDGZ, lyive Stock Broker, Will sell and buy Cattle, Sheop, HorBes. Corrorulne Ulli.tl. IV O. II.. I 417. l u Yr.'U, N M. "SANTA FE ROUTE. Atrhlaon, Topekit A Mania Y: .uir, tiolomdo .nú K Hy. AlUnllK l'iMIHe It. K. aouilit.ru t múrala 14 r. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.. Depository of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-road Special Attention Given to New Mexico Collections. !! THROUGH SLEEPING CAB 8ERVICE TO Chicago, City oí Mexico, Los Angeles, San Diego anil San Francisco, Ian lo) ALVr.NTON Slid 111 principal p.iliilaln Trias, r. H. HOI OIITON, VT. J IILACK. liiaiHuA.iiiT, EiPi.n.T.i. O. P. A T. Ant., Tnpoba, Kiniu. Th Hanta K la Hi irrt p.. pillarían! lino. All at k Iraina 0. n 1 11(1 wllk air hrak. l.alMt liupruvfii it.. It rir mtipuii.nt. 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