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LAS VEGAS DAILY GAZETTE
VOL. :J.
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1881.
NO. 14.
SIMON A- CLEMENTS.
CLEMENTS I MARTINEZ
DEALKllS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Flour, Grain and Country Produce.
Lumber in Large Quantities a Specialty !
Cii'-'h paid fur Wool, Hides iiml Pelts,
OPPOSITE SAX MKil'EL NATIONAL HANK, - - - LAS VKOAS, NEW MEXICO'
PARK MEAT MARKET
GEORGE T. GORDON, Prop'r,
Dealer in All Kinds of Fresh and Salt Meats
Ha also wakes it 11 specialty to
Manufacture all Kinds of Sausages, Rolled Spiced Beef
Poultry, Game and Vegetables in their Season
33CourtcoiM treatment. Give him n Cull.
ROB'T FRET &c CO.
Dealers in and
Furniture, Queensware, Bar Fixtures.
Undertaking a Specialty Prices Low as the Lowest
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EAST LAS VEGAS. H. M.,
REiL ESTATE 81 IHSURAKCE ftGENT
REPRESENTS
The Oldest, tho Largest, tho Best Inifurance Com
panies in the World.
NAM KM. 1 ASSKTS.
MI'TUAI. LIFK, New York $lt,7:;f,"l! "
LIVKIiPnOI. AND LONDON AND ULOBE, London, Ml ,(!.-, 1!H (Ki
I.OM111N ASSURANCE. London ir,SS(i,lll Hi;
INM'I.'AM KI'OJIl'ANY Of NOÜTII AMERICA 7,3IW,!K7 110
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DEALER IN
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BRANCH STORE AT LA CUESTA, N. M.
CALVIN FISK,
Real state and Stock Broker, i
Notary Public and
OFFICE IV OPTIC IH.OCK,
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Fir stNational Bank
OI-' LAS VEGAS.
(Successors to Haynulds Hrotliers.) !
Authorized Capita!, - - $500,000 '
Paid In Capital, - - - 00,000
Surplus Fund, - - - - ,15,00o
DOES A GENERAL HANKING M'SIN'ESS. i
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W. HANSON,
MaimlVetui-cr of
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Shop in the olil CiAZKTTK otliee, Smith S.'ound
Street.
Specimen of Ove.
All nurtles, throughout tliif county, intercut -cil
in the mineral resources of the Territory
nro earnestly solicited to contribute upeeimeus'
of ore to the Tcrritoriiil Ilureuu of liiiiniiH
tion, labelled, us to mine ami cniup. Speci
mens left with .J. 11. Koo:ler will bo forwuiileil
to the otliee of the Secretary at Sunt a Fe, and
there placed on exhibition.
Itatly Stuu'v muí KxnreNM IJiw.
Iletween Cimarron and Sprlnjrcr. Leaves
Cimarron at 7 n. in. und arrives ut Sprhnrer at
Mil. in. Leaves Springer at 1 p. in. and ar
rives at Cimarron ut 5 p. in. will carry pas
sengers cheaper than any other line.
"FUENCHY,
Proprietor.
Family Groceries.
A large stock, cheaper that the
cheapest, just received at T. Romero &
Sou's. 5-14tf
FELIX MARTINEZ.
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STJPLIES
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NEW MEXICO.
All suminor íoods
at reduced .prices at
Isidor Stern's.
For ladies' dress
goods go to T. Romero
it. Son's.
. Flour by the whole
sale at T. Romero &
Son's.
Fiiie summer clothing at the New
York Store.
Notions of all kinds. Great bargains
for all at Cicments & Martinez, oppo
site San Miguel Bank. 7-10-5t
Two car loads of stoves received by
Lockhart & Co. 3-11-tf
Fine Cigar.
Just received a lot of the famous II.
S. cigars fresh from the factory of Hen
ry Switzer ; also the Golden Crown, the
choice and favorite of Kansas City. All
the famous smokers smoke them. Also
a fresh lot of liquors, the best to be had
in the market. New attractions in ev
erything every night, and the finest
'goods ' and best brands known at the
Exchange Saloon. Wolf & Putman.SUtf
Fresh eggs twenty cents per dozen at
Hell & Co's, the Plaza Grocers and Ba
kers. Park KcNtiiiiraiit.
For a well cooked well served meal
go to the Park Restaurant. Rreakfust
from half past six to ten; lunch twelve
to one, and dinner from half past four
to seven p. m. Meals cooked to order.
Chicken and porter house steak always
se rved to order. 7-'0-tf.
NEWS Bl TELEGRAPH
The President Still Holds the Fort, and
Will llceover.
(iiiitcau Does Not Consider Himself a
Common Prisoner,
And Thinks He Should he Better Taken
4
Care of.
The Unfairness of the Union Pacific
Its Discriminations.
Piedmont Victor in the (reat Chicago
Stallion Hare.
A Deaf Mute Raising a Subscription for
(lüteau's Benefit.
The Ohio Temperance People Assembled
in State Convention.
A Revenue Officer in South Carolina
Killed bv Moonshiners.
Lively Times in the Mining Camps of
Alaska.
Murder of an Old 3Ian Near St. Louis
A Woman Held for Murder.
The President.
HOPES AND FEARS.
Chicago, July 20. Washington spe
cial says: "He is certainly going t o get
well."' That was the very conlident
declaration made by Dr. Bliss about
sundown last evening. His physicians
are not willing to put any such confi
dent declaration in their bulletin, and
within twenty-four hours even have
said they could not safely predict that
the wound would not terminate fatally.
The doctors seem to have a language
for the public anil another for private
persons, but the confidence of the peo
ple in the recovery of the President,
which has existed for a week, has not
been shaken. The President sat up
twenty minutes yesterday. It was
found the pain in his back had disap
peared, but curious, and some think
suspicious, pains continue in the legs
anil feet. The reason why the word
suspicious is attached to these pains by
some of the physicians is there is a re
mote fear that the Prrsident, after his
recovery, may be weak in his legs, lie
seems himself apprehensive of that, as
he has frequently asked his attendants
what they thought about it, and has ex
pressed an earnest wish to be able to
stand up to see whether or not his legs
would still remain his servants. The
first sensation, when the bullet struck
him, was his knees gave way. He
seems to have retained that sensation
ever since, and still fears his knees may
give way.
BULLETINS.
Executive Mansion, July 20, ii a. in.
The President, up to this hour, has
passed a very comfortable night, and
is doing as-well as can be expected.
Executive Mansion, 1:30 p. in. The
President is passing a comfortable day
and making steady progress towards
eonvalesence. At this hour his pulse is
88 and temperature and respiration nor
mal. OFFICIAL BULLETINS.
Executive Mansion, 8:30 a. ra. The
progress of the President towards re
covery continues uninterrupted. He
has passed a very quiet night. Pulse
this morning 80, temperature ÍI8.
Executive Mansion, July 120, 7 p. m.
The President has passed' an excellent
day. A 1 p. m. his pulse was 88, tem
perature !)8.4, respiration 1H. At the
present time his pulse is 1)8, tempera
ture !(i).0, respiration 18.
Signed, 1). W. P.Liss,
.). K. Ha unes,
J. J. WooDWAKI),
liOBT. Reybuhn.
TO CABINET OFFICERS.
The following was sent this morning
to each of the Cabinet officers by the
President's private Secretary:
Executive Mansion, 8 a. ni. There is
a decided improvement in the Presi
dent's condition this morning. He
slept very well during the night, and
his pulse at this hour is 80, which is
lower than at any time previous. Tem
perature and respiration are normal.
The wound is doing well, and is dis
charging freely and properly. The
President's a
e is still good, and
great care will continue to be exercised
in his diet.
TO CONSULTING PHYSICIANS.
Executive Mansion, July 20. The
following was sent bv the nttendimr
surgeons to consulting surgeons this
evening:
Executive Mansion, 7 p. m. During
the past twenty-four hours the Presi
dents progress has been uniform and
K'dkfuftnrr. TTo H'kmpiI n. onml imrhf
and has expressed himself Ihrougnout
the day as feeling comfortable. The
medical report in our last telegram lias
been continued without change. At
8:30 a. in., the pulse was 80. tempera
ture 08.4, respiration 18. At 1 . in.,
pulse 88, temperature 8.4, respiration
18. At 7 p. m., pulse !)8, temperature
!)8, respiration 19.
(Signed) 1). W. Hliss,
J. K. Raknes.
j. j. woodwaiu),
Robt. Reybuun.
uuiteau kicking.
Guitcau seems to think now that he
can get more privileges. He told the
guard this morning that he wanted
three daily papers every day and better
food than had been allowed him.
GUITEAU'S PRISON LIFE.
Vr n u Yi i n ritrr JTt 1 1 r Oft .T'r" onn -f n vo
and discipline have taken much of the
starch out of Guiteau, and has even had
a wilting eflect upon his inordinate van
ity. When first confined, ho made fre
quent complaints of his talent. He re
gards himself as an important person
age, a prisoner of slate, and demanded
better euro arr4 treatment than was be
stowed on his fellow-prisoners, whom
he denominated "common felons." He
protested against being put on a level
with other prisoners, and said he was a
gentleman accustomed to having the
best of fare. His demands were after
wards made in an insulting manner, and
usually ignored. He consumes every
sera)) of paper he can get, writing
about himself. He has not ceased to
complain and demand better treatment
but his manner is changed. He is more
subdued aud apparently begins to real
ize that others do not regard his crime
in the light he does. The other day he
complained that he did not get coffee
enough. 'The warden allowedhim two
cups at a meal, while other prisoners
got only one. This revived his spirit
of seii-iinportanee and he forthwith be
gan to put on airs again. Then his ex
tra allowance of cotice was cut off,
whereupon he wrote a lengthy letter to
the warden, couched in offensive lan
guage, saying lie was noj fit to have
charge of a man of such importance.
The warden paid no attention to the
letter, except to determine not to allow
Guiteau another favor, but confine him
to most vigorous prison treatment. The
warden and his deputy and the District
Attorney and his Assistant are the only
persons who are permitted to exchange
any words with the prisoner. When it
is necessary for one of these officers to
see Guiteau, he is brought into the war
den's office, locked inside with the offic
ial, and a guard stationed at the door.
Guiteau has abandoned all his foppish
ness. At first, in jail; he was careful
with his toilet, but now conies into the
warden's room, when sent for, some
times only half dressed. One time ho
appeared with only a shirt and pants
on, the pants rolled up, and the last
time he had on nothing but his pants.
Corkhill's order to put him in solitary
confinement, and shut him off from the
sight of others, has not been complied
with, as the jail has so many prisoners
to admit, besides the warden considers
Guiteau's present mode of confinement
about as solitary as it can well be.
. '3' lie f iiictitfo Stnllioii Knee.
Chicago, July 20. The Tribune says
that in yesterday's races there were
several somewhat curious complica
tions. The splendid performance of
Santa Clans at Rochester on the Fourth
led many horsemen to believe that in
the stallion race here he would be next
to invincible, and consequently they bet
their money on that basis with such lib
erality that the California stallion was
made first choice in the pools Monday
night and continued to bold that posi
tion until alter the start ot the race yes
terday, but while SantaClaus had many
friends, other horses in tin; race were
not without followers, the McGregor-
ltes being undoubtedly the strongest in
numbers and no less ready to uphold
their opinion with cash than were the
Santa Clans men. A sorry coterie,
mostly from Boston, came on here anil
secured nearly every Wedgwood pool
tliat was solit, evidently believing that
if the heats were split Splan's horse
would have no dilhculty in winning
first money. Hannis was also backed
to some extent by those who remem
bered that John lurner never starts a
slow horse or one out of condition in a
race, in tact about the only horses
not more than mentioned in the pools
were Piedmont and Monroe Chief. It
has been an open secret for some time
that the first named animal was out of
form and as neither his owner nor his
driver had any more than the faintest
hope ot being able to win yesterday s
race, and they did not back him to any
extent in the pools, the driver's invest
ment in this direction being limited to
twelve dollars, which humble amount
produced a turn ot something like two
hundred dollars as the race turned out.
Piedmont not only fought for every
heat from beginning to end. but he also
improved as each heat was trotted until
in the fourth he was aide to obtain a
clear lead from his competitors at the
start and retain it easily to the, finish,
simply hugging under the wire inJi.l7i.
After that he had things all his own
way, none of the other horses being able
to get near enough to him to be dan
gerous in any part of a mile. The vic
tory of Piedmont is all the more notable
from the fact that he is one of the few
trotters, mostly owned in Chicago, that
are always trotted to win, and that he is
driven by a man whose honesty of pur
pose has never .been questioned, and
owned by another man who has taught
the licet footed animal almost all he
knows about trotting.
IroNctiii iu Alnnka.
San Francisco, July 20. A Victoria
dispatch says the steamer California ar
rived from the north with the following
advices: Nearly all the business citi
zens of Sitka have removed their goods
to Harrisburg. Very little work has
been done on the ledges, but prospects
look better than ever. The ledges are
showing up well, and have every ap
pearance of being solid and permanent
placer mines. All are paying wages of
from $3 to $5 per day, uiid some yield
handsomely. The hills are full of pros
pectors, many having gone far into the
interior. New locations and discover
ies have been made, but none of any
great value. The citizens of Harris
burg have issued a call for a convention
for the purpose of sending a representa
tive to Washington, who will be in
structed to urge upon the government
the necessity for the establishment of
some form of territorial government
and laws for the regulation and settle
ment of disputes growing out of con
flicting interests in mining and other
property.
An Old Man Murdered.
St. Louis, July 20. Col. John G.
Woods, a rich old man livingmt in
Franklin County, was mysteriously
murdered Sunday. His throat was cut
and ho was stabbed in several places,
dragged from bed. and left thirty feet
from Ids house. There is no clue to the
murderers or their motives. .
Albany New.
BALLOTING.
Albany, July 20. Two votes to-day
resulted in Lapham 72, Potter 49, Conk
ling 28, Woodward 1. Necessary to
choice 70. On motion of Strahan the
convention adjourned.
SHARP EXPLAINS.
Albany, N. Y., July 20. Referring to
a letter criticising his action, Sharp
said-:
"The letter refers to a certain mem
ber charging that he has been unfaith
ful to his candidate and was ungrateful.
Mr. President, the suggestion is that
when one person renders favors to
another no prevents that person trom
having an opinion of his own, and must J
not do anything except at the consent
of his patron. I have always believed
that a public office was a public trust,
and to be performed for the public
good, and never have believed that
when a person did me a political favor
he put a mortgage on me. Nor did I
ever think I had mortgaged anyone for
whom I had done such a favor. Under
this view of the case it would seem that
the suggestion that I had been ungrate
ful must belong to the brutality of poli
tics. In conclusion, Mr. President, I
say with deliberation that there is no
person outside the union of members
who has been, or is a candidate for U.
S. Senator here, or who has been voted
for, by whose advices or assistance 1
ever held office."
Senator Birdsall's motion for adjourn
ment on Saturday was called from the
table and Woodin moved, as amend
ment, that t lie date for final adjourn
ment be fixed at noon, December 31st.
In support of his motion he said he de
sired to show the people that the major
ity of the Senators proposed to remain
here till a United States Senator should
be elected.
Murtha believed the vexed question
should be left with the people.
Woodin then moved that the resolu
tion lie on the table.
Halbert, in asking to be excused from
voting, charged that those members of
the Caucus C'ommittec who refused to
sign a call were obstructionists, and
criticised their acts at length.
Mills said the resolution was eminent
ly in favor of the Democratic party, in
order to get control of the United St ates
Senate.
The motion to table was carried, 17 to
13. Adjourned.
NO PROSPECT OF ELECTION TC-MORROW.
Albany, New York, July 20. The
prospects' for an election to-morrow are
no better than last night. The stal
warts still clamor for a caucus, and say
they are willing to sign a paper that
they will vote iu the caucus for the nom
ination of Lapham. The supporters of
the Administration, however, declare
it is now too late to even entertain a
proposition for a cauelis, as to hold one
would place Senator-elect Miller in an
equivocal position. The situation is
now one simply of obstruction on the
part of the Conklingites.
A Ureat Corporation's Unfairness.
Chicago, July 20. The Tribune says:
Attention has lately been directed by
the Maritime Register to another abuse
of power by the Pacific railroad com
panies. Some years ago, it will be re
membered, the Companies crushed the
competition of the Pacific Mail steamers
and the Panama route by discrimina
ting against merchants who patronized
them. The practice was not only to
give heavy rebates to shippers who
should send all classes of goods by rail,
but to charge exhorbitant freights upon
those who attempted to send only cost
ly and perishable goods in that manner
and use the other fine for bulky articles.
The plan which worked so successfully
in the case of the Panama route, has
now been applied to sailing vessels that
go round Cape Horn. Merchants in
:m Francisco that avail themselves ot
these means of transportation, find it
impossible to obtain any concessions
from the railroad companies, while
rivals in business, who patronize the
land route exclusively, are favored reg
ularly with enormous rebates on all
classes of shipments. This abuse of
power is in pace with that pointed out
by Congressman Daggett, of Nevada,
who showed in his speech in Congress
last fall that the regular tariff" to inland
points is made up byaddingthe through
rate to San Francisco to the local rates
from San Francisco back to the way
stations, uongress has power to reme
dy these impudent exactions, and no
action could meet with so much favor
among the people as the shaking of a
little sense into managers of corpora
tions which were founded through na
tional bounty and are fast becoming
mere instruments ot public oppression
and private greed.
A California Land Case.
Washington, July 20. The Secretary
of the Interior to-day referred the case
of the Central Pacific R. R. vs. the State
of California, involving the right of ti
tle to certain lands wiihin the limit of
the Company's grant in Alemedo coun
ty, to the At torney General for an opin
ion on the questions of law involved.
This action, on the part of Secretary
Kirkwood, will probably result in the
speedy and final settlement of the long
contested case. The lands in question
were selected by the State of California
as indemnity school lands, after they
had been withdrawn by the department
for the benefit of the railroad, and they
were certified to the State in Septem
ber, 1870. The company, however,
has fully completed its' road, and
has therefore earned its lands under the
original Granlino; Act in June, 1879.
Schurz in his decision held
that the company had the better right
to the lands, yet lie considered the cer
tification of the State final. The act of
the department was equivalent to a
patent, and therefore that department
had no further jurisdiction over the
lands, nor any authority to issue patents
to the said roads.
Ohio Temperance People.
Columbus, ()., July 20. The State
Convention of the 'Temperance Reform
Party to-day decided to oppose any
candidate who opposed local option,
and to give support to whoever favors
th suppression of the liquor traffic.
Denver's rit.
SALOON now.
Denver, July 20. Last night about 12
o'clock George Kane, of Kokomo, raised
a disturbance in a saloon on Hollidav
street. After quarreling about a small
matter with Larkins, he threw a beer
glass through the window at the latter,
and then attacked him with a knife, but
bystanders interfered, taking the knife
away. Kane then procured a revolver
and fired three shots at Larkins, none
of which took effect. Both were ar
rested. A RAZOR AND A WOMAN.
Some time ago an item appeared in
the papers about a well-known married
lady receiving severe injuries from a
runaway horse. It now appears that
instead ot a runaway horse it was near
ly murder. One Charles Mathews, a
coroner's juror and inquest clerk, well
known here, who had intentions of
eloping with another man's wife, and
who was at that time criminally con
nected with her, after getting her in his
power, abused her, and on the day of
the supposed runaway, cut her face with
a razor. Shortly after the lady was ta
ken sick and a doctor called in. While
in the room, the lady requested the doe
tor to take her home, as Mathews would
do her injury. When about to leave the
room, he heard the lady utter a cry and
returned to find Mathews holding her
with one hand and cutting her with a
razor, inflicting two wounds on the
breast and one four inches long on the
neck, but not very serious. Mathews
then attacked the doctor, who managed
to get away unhurt. For the lady's
sake, the matter was suppressed until
to-day, when the lady returned to her
home a few miles in the country.
PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Early Tuesday morning five inmates
of the county jail made their escape,
and have not been captured.
THE CAJIPAN-STICKNEY CASE.
In the Canipan-Sticknej; civil case in
the U. S. District court yesterday, Judge
Hallett decided in favor of Stieknej'.
The suit was in reference to notes given
by Campan to settle with Stickney's
wife whom it is alleged he seduced. The
Judge denied the motion for a decree
against Stiekney,whomCampan claimed
had blackmailed him, and said, "Where
a man comes into a court of equity and
confesses himself a libertine, the court
will not inquire whether the woman was
a strumpet." This decision will have a
bearing on the prosecution of Stickney
for the murder of Campan and Mrs.
Devereaux.
Clearlnif Iloitso Heport.
The Public's weekly table of the
Clearing House transactions shows an
increase in all the towns except Balti
more, where there is a decrease of 10
per cent. Louisville is the city of most
remarkable gains for the week, but five
other cities exceed 40 per cent., anil the
returns are in no respect indications of
shrinkage in the volume of legitimate
business for some time. Boston has
been increasing its exchanges at a rapid
rate, which indicates a considerable di
version of traffic from other cities, and
vet New York, which has certainly suf
fered to some extent from the reduction
of railroad rates, does not appear to be
doing badly. Baltimore falls behind
this week in exchanges, and has gained
very little for several weeks past, but
there is no reason to suppose that the
war of rates has caused any important
diversion of traffic from that city,
though it seems to be a disadvantage to
Baltimore and Philadelphia. There
has been unusual speculative activity iu
cotton products and breadstuff's, which
is not of a healthy character, but it does
not find trade in such a condition as to
make any serious disturbance possible.
In short, the legitimate business of the
country is, on the whole, healthy, as
well as New York is large, and one
must stand very close to the Stock Ex
change in order to see a cloud on the
horizon.
A Murderous.
New York, July 20. Mrs. Coleman is
under arrest for shooting ('oles, the
Treasurer of Miner's Theatre. She was
committed to await, the rusult of Coles
injuries. Coles lies at the hospital in a
dying condition. In his ante mortem
statement he says he v isited the woman
a number of times, but did not know
she was married. She represented her
self to him as a single woman.
One of UiiUomi'M Mnpportci-.
Philadelphia, July 20. (ieo. W. Sew
ard, a deaf mute, was arrested yester
day while going from door to door in
this city soliciting aid to defend the as
sassin Guiteau. In reply to a question
Seward wrote on a slate: "Guiteau is a
Frenchman. 1 am a Frenchman. He
is all right to kill Garfield." The pri
soner was arraigned this morning and
remanded for further hearing.
'evemie Officer Killed.
"Washington, July 20. Commissioner
Raum has been notified of the killing
yesterday, by illicit distillers, of Deputy
Collector Brayton, in Pickins County,
South Carolina. No arrest have been
made, aud there are. threats to kill any
revenue officer who approaches. The
Commissioner instructed the Deputy
Collectors to ask fur assistance to arrest
them.
Teleif raplilc Uriels.
The President's mother is doing well,
and is not as sick as reported.
J. E. Davis it Co's. drug store, at De
troit, burned yesterday. Loss, $50,000;
insurance, Í3.),000. Fireman McQueen
was killed.
A portable boiler exploded near Ma
rietta, ()., yesterday, and killed 3 per
sons, fatally injuring two others. Lack
of water was the, cause.
The circuit races from August 2d to
5th, at Búllalo, promise to be the best
ever seen there. In the 2:20 class are
entered Santa Clans, Charlie Ford,
Might, McGregor, Hopeful and Trink
et. Maud S. and St. Juliet) will trot
against time.
London, July 20. In the rifle contest
to-day the Canadian team won by twen
ty points.