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VOL. XXX, NO. 19&
EA3T LAS VEGAS. NEW "MEXICO, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1909
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BATTLE NOW
BETWEEN
HELP
MRS. GOULD CALLS NUMBER OF
SERVANTS IN HER
BEHALF SWEAR BY THEIR MISTRESS
FOREMAN OF CASTLE AND CHEF
DENY SHE EVER SWORE
OR DRANK
EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL
PLAINTIFF SEEKS, TO REFUTE
TESTIMONY OF HUSBANP S
WITNESSES
New York, June 22. The task of re
butting the evidence that Mrs. Kath-
erine Clemmons Gould jsed bad lan
guage and intoxicants to excess, was
resumed this morning, when more
testimony was produced in the Could
divorce case, to show that Mrs. Gould
was Innocent of the charges. The
case is now a' battle of servants, as
MrB. Gould produced many to dis
prove the evidence of those called by
her husband.
James J. Brennan, the foreman at
Castle Gould; said he often saw Mrs.
Gould about the place, but she was
never intoxlcajted. . He 'never heard j
her use bad language, either. He dis-j
puted Carlson, her coachman, who
said when driving with Mrs. Gould,
he drove with one hand and used the
other to keep her from falling He
eald Mrs. Gould climbed on to the
brake without difficulty and sat up
right, giving no signs of being intoxl
cated. j
Frank Bolin, chef at Castle Gould
in 1903 and 1905, and on board the
yacht Niagara, said Mrs. Gould always
eave him the bills of fare in the
morning, but he never saw her intoxi
cated. He said she often gave orders
for special dishes for Mr. Gould.
;: Arthur Barney, a clerk of the Belle-vue-Stratford
hotel in Philadelphia,
was questioned concerning the system
of floor clerks and mirrors in the ho
tel. Justice Dowling took a hand in
this examination.
, "Is it a fact that mirrors are so ar
ranged on the doors of rooms and in
the corridors that the clerk sitting in
a , regular position can observe any
one entering or leaving?" he asked.
The clerk replied in the affirmative.
The witness also said a mirror was
fixed on the inside of the doors of each
M'CUMBER FIGHTS
RETAIN
Washington, June 22. In his plea
for the farmer and in defense of a 15
per cent advalorem dfy on hides,
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota,
in the senate today ' declared there
was no mors striking illustration of
ingratitude to be imagined than that
shown by the manufacturers who
want the finished product protected,
but not the raw hides.
Senator McCumber said if harness,
shoes and leather goods are protec
ted, then the farmer should have the
same protection in the sale of hides.
He said America does not produce
enough hides for home consumption, 1
and therefore the industry should be
protected until the hide business is
able to take care of itself. '
"The gross Injustice of this demand
for free hides Is all the more start
ling" said the senator, "when we con
sider that protection advocates who
built up these leather industries now
want the duty removed from hides."
Mr. McCumber stated frankly that
he wanted a 25 per cent duty on hides
room and on the closet doors, so
maid could see upon entering if the
bed had been occupied. The clerk
said it was the custom of the floor
clerk to make written reports of any
thing unusual. .. :;
James Palsen, manager ot the "Vir
ginian," in which play Duston Farnmm
was starring, A&ii he once rode from
the theater to the Somerset hotel with
Farnum and Mrs. Gould, y hut left
them. .
DAUGHTER IS BORN
TO QUEEN OF S?AIN
La Granada, Spain, June 22. Queen
Victoria of Spain .gave birth to a
daughter tost night When it was seen
that the accouchement was Immi
nent, members of the royal family
were called and a number of high
court personages- summoned. The
birth of a princes' is pleasing, as the
first two children are sons and the
king and queen hoped the third would
be a girl.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
REPUDIATE BRYAN
Washington. June 22. Quite a stir
was caused here today when in pub'
lie statements. United States Senators
Bailey and Daniel repudiated XVilliam
J. Bryan. In the course of his denun
ciation of the thrice candidate for the
presidency, Senator Daniel said: '
"Loud mouthed adulators who think
that whenever Bryan says anything,
it is final, are deceiving no one but
themselves."
FIRE AND FLOOD
TIE-UP R4ILH0AU
Grand Junction, Colo., June 22.-
The Rio Grande railroad tunnel, 20
miles east of here, is" flooded a foot
deep by the Grand rfver and the-wa-ier
is still rising. Train service is
elayed in both directions and relief
3 not yet In sight. To add to the
trouble a trestle over a deep ' gulch
34 miles east of here burned last
night and two trains are stalled be
tween the cut-offs. The crest of the.
flood is not expected for many hours
and it will require 24 hours to build a
temporary bridge.
NEBRASKA WOMAN DIES
WHILE HEHE ON A VISIT
Mrs. Cornelia Phijlip. wife of Fred
erick Phillips of Doniphin, Neb., died
the residence o. Mrs. B. Dailey,
1201 Eighth street, at 11 o'clock last
night, aged 55 years. :
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips and daughter,
Lecna, 14 years of age, stopped off In
Las Vegas, June 10, to visit Mrs. Dai
ley, enroute to Artesia, N. M., where
a daughter, Mrs. E. C. Berger, resides.
Mrs. Phillips was taken' ill and con
tinually grew worse till the end came.
The body will be shipped to the old
home in Nebraska by J. C. Johnsen &
Son so soon as word is received from
the daughter at Artesia. .
TO
DUTY ON HIDES
and said the American farmer had
been defrauded out of the duty on
calf hides and that now the manufac
turers with a lobby seek to destroy
the last vestige of protection.
McLaurin Favors Duty
At the close of Senator McCum-
bars remarks, Senator McL-turin
spoke in favor of a duty on small
hides. He declared there was no rea
son why small hides should not be
taxed as high as large ones. He as
serted the government lost 116,000,080
last year through a failure to collect
a duty on small hides.
"If I had my way we would put
hides, leather and ehoes on the free
list, but if we put a duty on leather
goods, we must have "a duty on hides."
Senator McLaurin said .that while
there were but $41,000 collected du
ties on shoes last year, there were
$3,000,000 on hides. He insisted that
congress never intended to tax, only
the larger hides,. but Bald the treasury
department had put that ronstructlon
on this paragraph in the tariff schedule.
SUSPECT NO
RIGHT
IAN
CHINAMAN ARRESTED FOR MUR
DER OF SIGEL GIRL THE
WRONG LEON .
POLICE STILL BAFFLED
DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS ALL.
OVER COUNTRY ON THE
ALERT
TRAGIC MYSTERY DEEPENS
BOON COMPANION OF SLAYER
DENIES KNOWING ANYTHING
' ABOUT CRIME
New York, June 22. The police are
still mystified over the murder of Miss
Elsie Sigel, the, granddaughter of
General Francis Sigel, although four
Chinamen are under arrest In various
cities suspected ot knowing something
about the crime.
A report? from Schenectady says
that Reginald Sigel, a brother of the
dea girl,, who went there to identity
a Chinaman under arrest, declares the
man held is not William Leon, who is
wanted for the crime.
A Chinaman named Moy, is held in
Chicago,'!! is- believed to- kno-r.
something of the crime, and is held
by the police pending an investiga
tion. ' 1 -
bhung Sin, arrested yesterday in
Amsterdam, N. Y., declares he knows
nothing of the murder.
Ore Suspect Released
Chu Gain, the restaurant keeper ar
rested in connection with the murder,
said he knew Miss Sigel, and visited
her home on an average of once in
two weeks, but denied that any en
gagement of marriage existed between
them! He denied he ever made love
to the young woman and said the on
ly display of affection . made by the
girl was in her letters. , He said Miss
Sigel often visited his restaurant with
her mother and Mrs. Florence Todd,
also a Chinese mission worker. He
admitted he knew Leon Ling, but de
nied the relations betwoen them were
anything more than of a formal char
acter. After his examination he was
released on bail of $1,000.
Chung Sin Confesses
Chung S,in, the friend of Leoa Ling,
the suspected murderer of Elsie Sigel,
gave way under . questioning , this
morning, and made an important
statement to District Attorney .Jer
ome. He was reported first to have
admitted that he saw Ling strangle
the girl, -but this is not exactly correct
said the district attorney. He said a
statement would be made shortly, cov
ering the admissions of Chung.
Falls to Identify Suspect
Schenectady, N. Y.. June 22. Regi
nald Sigel, a brother of Elsie Sigel,
whose body was found in a trunk in a
Chinaman's room in New York, arriv
ed here this morning accompanied by
a detective for the purpose of identi
fying, if possible, Leon Ling, alias
William Leon, suspected of knowing
something of the murder of the girl.
Sigel declared the man under arrest
was not Leon.
ASXS LAND DONATION
FC3 BAPTIST COLLEGE
Special to , The Optic.
Washington, June-22. Delegate An
drews today introduced a bill In con
gress, donating 100,000 acres of pub
lic land to Cumberland collepe, a
Baptist institution to be established at
Cumberland. Chaves county. New
Mexico. The bill provides that the
land shall he non-mineral and select
ed by the secretary cf the interior or
his agent).
DIFFICULT
AERIAL
TE
WRIGHTS MUST MEET NEW CON
DITIONS AT FORT MYER, ;
VIRGINIA ,''. ..
SUCCESS MEANS FORTUNE
GOVERNMENT IMPOSES MAXIMUM
REQUIREMENTS IN COMING
FLIGHTS ' ,'
OUTCOME IS IN DOUBT
ONE OF" INVENTORS SOMEWHAT
DISTURBED OVER PROBABLE
RESULT
Washington, June 22 Despite the
marvelous records already made by
the Wright brothers with their aero
plane in this country, they will be
compelled to meet new and untried
conditions in the tests to take place
tomorrow at Fort Myer. While pas
sengers jiud fuel for 125 miles have
been carried, this time the passen
gers and .food for 200 mifeai hav to
be carried and the flights made over
a circuit five miles in lengjth, 'for
two hours over a rough country
heretofore untried. Even an, object
so small as at tree may send a cur-
.wt of t;ir and deflect the aero
plane. Ci ville Wright is somewhat
disturbed over the outcome of the'
tests. If the Wrights succeed in these
t- . the United States government
will buy the airship plans, which will
net thevn a fortune. The brothers
have had opportunities . to dispose
of thesa abroad, but their patriotism
made them Tefuse, they believing
their own government should have
the first chance to secure the inven
tion. FRISCO VOTING ON BOND
ISSUE OF $11,000,000
San Francisco. June 22. Nine prop
ositions for the improvement of the
city were submitted to the votersi to
day. They provide for a bond issue
of $11,000,000. The principal item in
the Issue is $1 "500,000 for a city hall
and a civic center hall to cost $4,000,
000. The total issue will entail an
extra tax levy of ten cents- on every
one hundred dollars. ' '
QUIET PERIOD LIKELY IN v
BOSTON WOOL MARKET
Boston, June 22. There has been a
sharp falling off in the demand by
manufacturers In the local wool mar
ket and a qniet period is anticipated
for the next few days. Prices remain
high and sales continue here of origi
nal bag territory wools, including Wy
oming at 2C29 cents; Idaho at 25
28 cents, and Utah at 2426 Cents.
WIZARD OF RAILROAD
WORLD MUCH ALIVE
Vienna, June 22. E. H. Harrlman,
whose death was rumored in the
United States yesterday, is in good
health. He and party left today for
Semmerlng. a mountain resort. 50
miles from Vienna,
WOMEN TAKE HAND ,
IX UE8J SQUAEELE
Washington, Pa., June 22. Armed
with guns, clubs and other weapons, a
score of women here prevented thirty
five laborers from working on the
highway near here yesterday. Trom
seven o'clock In the morning until
late at night, the women were on the
watch and stopped every attempt of
the men to work.. The road supervis
or has sent for the state police who
is expected to arrive today. Th? wo
T
men were angered because, their hus
bands had . been promised work and
were turned down at the last moment,
Other, men were given .employment
and this infuriated the women. 1 It is
believed bloodshed will follow if an
other attempt is. made to work other
men. -' ' ,
AN HEIRESS WILL WEDs
IN GARDEN OF ROSES
. Scitnate, Mass., June 22. In the
midst of eleven acres of, roses,, Miss
Marion Lawson, of Boston, "and James
F. Lord, ol Chicago, will be married
on June 30. The daughter of Thomas
W. Lawson has planned the ceremony
which for - environment is abso
lutely unique. One of the features is
a. place of eleven acres completely
covered with rosea in bloom,- in the
center of which is. an isolated apple
tree and under this the ceremony will
be performed. ,
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BANKER HOSKINS HAS
; HANDSOME NEW AUTO
D. T. Hoskins, cashier of San Miguel
National bank, has joined the Las Veg
as auto colony, having just purchased
a handsome new touring car. The
machine Is a four-cylinder Ford, of
the light touring car type, and is a
handsome buzz wagon. Mr. Hosklns
went to Raton a few days ago and
drove the new car to this city, the
run being made in a few hours. He is
now putting in all his spare time get
ting next to the Intricate parts of the
machine. . y
FUNERAL OF MANIAC'S
VICTIM HELD TODAY
Moro, N. M., June' 22. (Via Long
Distanca Telephone) Today at fee-
bona, near where Is located the ranch
of "PaliJo Arrello. 'Who wiuj murdered
yesterday , by Epiroenio Arrello, his
nephew, was held the funeral of the
victim, burial being made In the
parish cemetery. Friends ..for . miles
around were present at the fun
eral, which was one of the largest
ever held In this section of Mora
county, i -
There sre no more new develop
ments iu yesterday's killing. Epl-
menio Arrello, the murderer, is still
in jail here under a heavily rirmed
guard." The excitement incident to
the murder had subsided somewhat
today. '
There is no doubt in the minds of
the friends and relatives of the slay
er, including his own family, that Ar
rello is hopelessly Insane and was at
the time he' committed the horrible
deed. Ho Taves in the jail and does
not seem to realize that he has
killed his uncle. ,
His heating has not been held, but
it is. more than likely that he will
be taken to Las Vegas for an exami
nation before Judge W. J. Mills cs to
hla sanity, and if found mentally in
competent, he . will be committed to
the territorial asylum.
SANTA FE RAILWAY WILL
BUILD
Nt
There is every reason to believe
that before the present year is past,
the Santa Fe Railway company will
have under construction a commod
ious new round house in this city, to
gether with a new electric light plant,
both of which will be buUt to increase
the efficiency of the Las Vegas chops.
While nothing official has been
given out, it is learned from authori
tative sources that the new round
house is a necessity. The old build
ing now used to house the engines
here will be razed and a new one of
brick and concrete will be constructed
to cost in the neighborhood of $25,
000. It will probably have .stalls for
about thirty engines. '
In addition to this, the railway com
pany, will also build a new electric
light plant and power houte at the
shops, putting In one or more dyna
mos, which will furnish light for the
freight depot and shop offices, the
round house and lower yards. This
plant will entail an additional expen
ROOSEVELTS
BAG TWO
LIONS
EX-PRESIDENT AND SON KERMIT
r EACH SLAY A JUNGLE ;
KING ' '
ALL IN EXCELLENT HEALTH
MEMBERS OF PARTY, ENCAMPED
IN FAMOUS SOTIL DIS- -
TRICT ' ,
FIND GAME IN ABUNDANCE
GIRAFFES, CHEETAHS, ELAND,
TOPI AND OTHER" TROPICAL
BEASTS SLAIN
Naivisha, British East Africa. June
i2. All the members of the Roose
velt expedition are at present fn
camp on the Loletta plains, in the
Sotik district, and in excellent
health. The former president has
shot another, lion, while a large,"
tawny maned ITon has fallen before
the rifle of Kermit. This animal
holds the record for size so far of
the expedition, Kermit also killed
two cheetahs. In addition the party
has bagged three giraffes, two eland,
six topi, and -a large number of mi
nor antelope. - All the skins are be
ing preserved for the -Smithsonian In
stitute 'at Washington. " v
JOSE LUCERO SERIOUSLY -
'M rflDCn IU A DtlKIJIlMAtf
Jose Lucero, a well known resident
of the West Bide, came near meet
ing with a fatal accident yesterday.
He was working on the creston west
juj. uuwu, wnn a sprignuy team , or
horses. The animals became fright
ened and were about to get away from
the driver, who grabbed the lines and
held onto them till he was . dragged
under the wheels. His left limb was
broken and other Injuries of a painful
nature were sustained.
ANOTHER SMALL BLAZE
ON ThiE WEST SIDE
The roof of an adobe building on
West Bridge street leading up to the
court house caught fire from a defec
tive flue shortly before 6 o'clock last
evening. An alarm was turned In, but
it was countermanded before either
company had had time to respond, as
a thoughtful young man of quick ac
tion extinguished the blaze with a
bucket or two of water at hand
diture of between $12,000 and $15,
000. From this it would seem that the
Santa Fe contemplates the resumption
of a heavy run of traffic on the New
Mexico division of the system in the,
very near future.
BUSINESS, MEN DRINK
TQ QUIET THEIR NERVES
Detroit Mich.. June 22. Notwith
standing the prohibition wave which
has spread over the country, there is
every reason to believe the alcoholic
habit is : steadily on the Increase
among business men, is the belief of
Dr. Frank C. Richardson, of Boston,
who spoke before the Society on Neu
rology, in connection with the Ameri
can Institute of homeopathy now in
session here. He declared that busi
ness men of America are sutject
to nervous disorders as the result of
their strenuous life and take alcoholic
sfimplants to provide temporary relief.
ROUND
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