Las Vegas Optic, 1909-07-09

Vegas, the end .f his run. The pain kep: getting mo.-e and more s.vere, but he never flinched in the lace duty and finished his run. Doctor Hastily Summoned of After reachin? his room. Rue con tinued to grow worse and Dr. E. I Shaw was hastily summoned, ai.d ?. though he was with the sick man a most constantly until death, and ei erything known to medical science was done to save his life, he ptssed awar this morning at the hour above stated. 9:60 o'clock. His deatn came n fcho-k to his railroad and other Las Vegar. friends, for' so sudden and brif was his illness that outside of half a dozen trainmen and the Rose Rose-berry - berry Rose-berry farrily, ni one knew he was even 111. Vetera.? Engineer ' George Rue was a veteran engineer and counted one of the best In the service of the Santa Fe. with which he had been for a period of upwards of twenty year. The fact that he was, one of the engineers delegated to handle tho throttle on an engine pull ing the limited, in Itself was procf positive of this tact. He was a man of the highest Ideals, popular with his bellow employes, industrious and saving. Lived For Others The dead engineer, as he once ex expressed - pressed expressed himself, lived and worked to make others happy. He never mar ried, but h certain part of his month ly earnings was sent regularly back to his old home in Brooklyn, N. Y., where his aged mother and sistet reside. He had been their sole main stay in life and means of support for years, and it was something of which he was proud, and of which any man might he. He carried heavy Ufa insurance. It Is understood, pay able to these two near relative. He belonged to but one fraternal order that is known' of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. . Body Will Be Sent East The body has been removed to the undertaking parlors of W. M. Lew's, and will be prepared for hpinent east. The engineers have charge of the arrange-nsnrj and It is likely that a delegation of one or more of them will accompany the remains to Brooklyn, where burial will take place. The dead engineer was 51 years old. ' ' Several homeseekers arrived during the night on delayed trains and were today being shown over mesa lands, with a view to profitable Investment of the sitting, Congressman Mann of Illinois, "declared he would vote against the bill going to conference if the senate provision on wood pulp and print paper waa retained. He was applauded by both sides. Representative Townsend of'Michl gan, created a sensation by declaring that in the senate debate on tha bill, the house, had bsen openly insulted. The house agreed to a conference on the tariff bill, asked by the senate, by a vote of 175 to 151. Speaker Cannon appointed nine conferees from the committee on ways and means. Statehood Bill Introduced A number of bills were introduced in the senate today, one by Senator Flint, providing for the admission of Arizona as a state. ' Philippine Tariff O. K. Tue senate today passed the Phil Philippine - ippine Philippine tariff bill. utes because" of the earliness of the houi.- But there were several of the local reception committee at the train arid the trainmen were given the sou venir booklets to distribute to the passengers when they awoke. ' 1 , At 11:30 o'clock this morning the Newark, N. J., special carrying 125 Elks from the New Jersey lodges.

SPORTS "MOSSY" INSTRUCTORS CON CONDEMN - DEMN CONDEMN FOOTBALL AND MARA- ' THOU RACES CALL TBESEJVIL PASTIMES FORMER IS TOO ROUGH AND LAT LATTER - TER LATTER TOO STRENUOUS THEY SAY SYMPATHY FOH WEAKLINGS BELIEVE EXERCISE OF TAME A! L ENOUGH NATURE FOP. SHOULD BE RULE Denver, July 9. Football, marathon running and such sports as end to disable a. youth, received rougn han handling - dling handling in the department of physical education of the National Education association this morning. . r B. Fee, deputy superint indent of schools of Wyoming, made the principal attack. He admitted there was an eiement of virtue in football, but that generally it was too rough. William S. Sutton, of the University of Texas, started the ball to rolling by askinff that these so-called "evil sports." ' bo placed under the ben of the association, lu the discussion that follbwed it Lecame evident the trend of cpinion waa for athletic? that will enable the weaker boys to par participate - ticipate participate aa well as their more muscu lar broth eis.- The final meeting of the association will be held In nine departments to today - day today and the concluding see?ion of the general tody will take place tonight. MISS VERA UPHAM DIES AT COLORADO SPRINGS Word was received in this citj ear early - ly early today by George A. Fleming, 1'ot the death of Miss Vera upham, a former resident of this city, in the Glockner sanitarium at Colorado Springs, Colo. The deceased came to Las V3Kis for her health some years ago tnd during her residence here resided in the Rankin house at 926 Eighth 3treet. Particulars as to her death are 1c eking, and all th vt is known 1b that she died on the morning of July 7th of tuberculosis. Her many friends here wi11 be sh?'k sh?'k-ed - ed sh?'k-ed to hear of her untimely -deirb, and extend to the grief stricken fam family, - ily, family, their heartfelt sympathy. The interment will take -place at her old home in Coffeyville, Kansas.

FIANCE IN TOILS HIS FORTE WAS MARRYING WEALTHY WOMEN FOR THEIR MONEY DID A GOOD BUSINESS AGENT PAVED THE WAY AND JOHN MADSON DID THE i REST ' FAKE CEREMONIES USED OPERATED IN EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY BEFORE BROUGHT TO BOOK San Francisco, July John Mad- son, wanted for bigamy in nearly ev ery large city in the country and in many smeller one, ia under arrest here. The authorities have already established his marriage to tea wom en and his engagement and possible marriage to fourteen others. Each of the twenty-four women he dued is said to have Wt more or less money through bis friendship. Madaon is an aged man and almost without ex ception his victims were widows or divorced women of middle age. A number of known victims live in Mis- soifL So Louij, July 9.-Jo"lm Mad wn be came known to the St. Louis police as ,i "professional fiance" ntter It was discovered in tho fall of 1908 that he had married three women here and des-jrted each, after obtaining posses sion of their money and jewels. Madson posed aa a wealthy stock raiser.- H was assisted by a partner who found women thought to ba sus susceptible - ceptible susceptible to Madson's wiles. He would remark he had a friend looking for a wife and then told wonderful Jtories of his friend's 12-room mansion filled with Chinese servants at Los Angeles, and if encouraged, the confederate would arrange a correspondence be between - tween between Madson and the women. Mad son would then seek a personal in interview, - terview, interview, ' ' In nearly every case he inducad tli- woman to become his wife. Madson had false marriage ceremonies per formed. FLOODS IN KANSAS PLAY GENERAL HAVOC Dr. T. A. Olney and wife came in last night from South Bend, InJ., on a short visit to Judge and Mrs. E. V.

out of their bank,, and in many places fields of wheat were being washed away by the flood waters. At. one bridge spanning a river, heavily la laden - den laden freight cars were on the bridge holding it in place. They further report that the floods hav caused a general disarrangement of the schedules on all the railroads in that part of the country. 1 FLOODS OVER IN TWO STATES; BUSINESS RESUMED j Kansas City, July 9 All the streams in this section today are either falling or have become station ary and there are no indications of more rain. Train service Is im improved - proved improved but flood schedules are still In operation. At Springfield, Pattons Pattons-hurg - hurg Pattons-hurg and Chillicothe, the people are returning to their homes and busi business - ness business has partially resumed. No ad ditional loss of life is reported. ABBREVIATED GOWNS ARE SCORED BY CHURCH PAPER Paris, July 9. A copy of Obierva Obierva-tore - tore Obierva-tore Romano, the official organ of the Vatican, which today arrived In Paris, contains a scath'ng denunciation of the tendencies of feminine fashions of today. The article says' In part; . "Those who profess with ardor the Catholic faith and morals shouid 'not be indulgent towards those women who walk about the streets wearing immodest garments." lyiOLENTLY INSANE WOMAN COMMITTED TO ASYLUM Yesterday afternoon, Chief Justice W. J. Mills commuted to the hospital for the insane in this city, Gavioa Ro mero, of Pintada, Guadalupe county. The woman was violently inwine, so much so that she could ot be taken to lamopOrdo for a hearing before Judge A, W. Cooley.

t v STRICKEN WHILE AT THROTTLE AND DiES TWELVE HOURS AFTERWARD SBOWED GREAT FORTITUDE THOUGH ' 8UFFERING INTENSE AGONY HE BROUGHT IN LIM LIMITED - ITED LIMITED ON TiWE VETERAN SANT4 FE MAN HAD BEEN WITH THIS RAILWAY : COMPANY UPWARDS OF .. ' TWENTY YEARS George Hue, veteran Santa Pe engi engineer - neer engineer end one of the best loved men of the La? Vegas railroad colour. U dead. The end rrcurred suddenly at his apartments In the N. B. Roseberry home. 336 Grand avenue, at 9:50 o'clock this morning, after an Illness of but twelve hours' duration, and wa unexpected. . , Acute ptjmalne poisoning was the cause of deth.. ' Tfcus in brief is told the story of the death of Engineer Rue, but there yet remains to be related a story of ' rare heroism, great fortitude and keen feeling of responsibility, that i sel seldom - dom seldom recorded, for Engineer Hue stayed at the throttle cf bit. engine, "pulling thv Saut:i Fe eastbound lim limited - ited limited last night, although he wai suf suffering - fering suffering Intonse agony, and brought the traia in at 11:40 o'clock, or on time to the very minute. His duty to the railroad fulfilled, Rue then almost collapsed, and bad to be assisted to his room. ( Stricken at Glorieta The brave engineer left Albuquer Albuquerque, - que, Albuquerque, feeling In his usual good health, but upon reaching Glorieta complain complained - ed complained of Intense pa ns in his stomach. However, he toil his 'cab-mate. Fire Fireman - man Fireman H. Aimer Harvey, that it would occasion delay for thorn to have to change engineers there, so he

PHENOMENON SPENT ITS FURY SOUTH OF CITY NEAR TECOLOTE f t PEOPLE FLED IN TEEEOH THOSE WHO SAW IT BELIEVED WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END WILD EUMQRSCIECULATED ONE HAD IT THAT SANTA FE HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND MANY KILLED That climatic phenomenon, de scribed aa a waterspout, which, was plainly visible yesterday about noon In the sky to the eouth of Laa Ve Vegas, - gas, Vegas, struck in the vicinity of Teco- lote, a village tixteen miles south southwest - west southwest of here. The natives were terrified by tke ominous looking cloud and when it started earthward with a roar that could be heard several miles, they fled panic stricken for places f safe safety, - ty, safety, believing the world was coming to an end. "Where the waterspout struck, it tore a great hole In the earth and destroyed aD kinds of vegetation with within - in within a radius of a quarter of a mile. Had the waterspout struck the village. Itself, it would have wiped it out of existence and caused loss of life, for It waa even more destruc-. lve than a cyclone. This morning; wild rumors wefle . afloat in this city regarding the waterspout. One of these rumors was to the effect that it had struck Santa Fe ' and practically destroyed that city, causing great loss f life. Inquiry by long distance telephone proved this report to be -untrue In every particular, , the Santa Fe people not even knowing that anything out of the ordinary had occurred.

question as to the woman's character wag lost sight of. Taggart was then asked if he knew anything of the branch of the "white slave" clique that has, headquarters at French Lick. "What is the white slave?" Taggart inquired, with a perplexed look. The definition was given and Taggart re replied: - plied: replied: "No sir, I never ' knew any such a thing." , Miss Gingles' eyes were glued on the witness as he spoke. Dr. Watson, the house physician of the Wellington hotel, who was called to the bathroom when Miss GInies was found there, testified he exam examined - ined examined her and found only one cut and a few slight scratches on her body. There waa no other evidence of an attack. The" girl was bound to the bath tub with a Hght cord only. Before the 'hearing was adjourned until next Monday, Mr. Taggart was completely, exonerated by a for formal - mal formal statement made by the girl's at attorney - torney attorney and alslj by , her own testi testimony. - mony. testimony. i -i ' "ij I '.- is due to the territorial tax ' tji being increased froia 13 mills 'fir ,. 1908 to 14.45 mills In 1903, making the tax rate fl.45 on $10o. The coun county - ty county levy Is the same as last year. i toniir.necl on Page 5.)

Chicago, July 9. of French Lack -Thomas Taggart, Springs, former chairman of the democratic national committee, whose name was mention mentioned - ed mentioned in the testimony given by Ella Gingles, tbe 18-year-old Irish lace- maker, took the witness stand today for the purpose f clearing hlB name of any connection with the sensation sensational - al sensational caee. Taggart said ie had not been sub poenaed to appear as a witness, but when he heard, of his name being used, as a man of family, he came to clear his name. He declared he did tot know Miss Gingles but knew Miss Barrett, the complainant in the case. He said the latter was a mani manicurist - curist manicurist and rented an apartment in one of his hotels at French Lick. A wrangle between the attorneys followed the propounding of a ques question - tion question as to whether he knew anything against ' Miss Barrett's character, which resulted in a statement from Miss Gingles' attorney, exonerating! Taggart In every particular. The