Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-02-18
BRIEF VIKINGS.


Rock Rapids, Mimi, was destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000.
The senate bill to place Major James
Belger or the retired list as colonel in the
regular army passed.
Saturdays storm was general all over
the country. Heavy SHOWS are reported
throughout Colorado.
A drunkard named Chemeeke. 10 years
old killed his two sisters-n-law and their
mother at Glennville, Mimi, and then
killed himself.
The president vetoed bill granting
pension to Chas J. Esty, on the ground
that bill in precisely the same words,
giving pension to Esty, was passed July
8, 1886.
Mills has introduced a resolution to the
effect that the United States senate has
no authority under the rules to originate
such measures as the tariff bill. 1t comes
up tomorrow.
Excitement is running high at Purcell,
|. T., over the discovery OF a number OF
old placer mines, two miles east of Pur-
cell, in the Choctaw nation, among the
hills along the South Canadian river.
The Nebraska vigiants, about 500
strong, have captrced six or eight leading
members OF an organized band of cattle
thieves. Some OF the captured ones have
made confessions duplicating many others.
Cecilia Miller, daughter of G. S. G. Mil
Ter, a wealthy ranchman of Prescott, A. T.,
who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. S.
w. Riley, of Normal Park, disappeared
last sunday and has not beer seen since.
Ex- Senator Window of Minnesota, says:
81 can not deny nor affirm Pm going into
Gen. Harrison's cabinet, but | will say
when | return to New York the cabinet
slate will have been made out complete
ly."
Colorado's comparative production of
each of the four minerals of 1883 and 1887
shows the following: Decrease of gold ST.
100000; increase of silver, $10,000,000 !;
increase of copper, $l64, 1000 increase OF
lead, $l4O,O00; total increase, $9,204, 900.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce and
Board of Trade have invited the Trinidad
Chamber of Commerce to join the former
in an excursion to New Orleans during
the Mardi Gras festivities, the excursion
to take in the City of Mexico and numer-
GUS other points of interest.
The Grand Lake Coal company, one Of
the largest firms in Pennsylvania, has
confessed judgments. The extent Of the
failure is not known. The firms proper
ty, which runs up into the hundreds Of
thousands, is distributed along the rivers
from Pittsburg to the Gulf of Mexico.
The complainant, DR.. Rogers, in the
pan-electric case, intends to summon
President Cleveland, after the 9th of
March, to testify as to statements in re-
gard to the pan-electric company, as al
legged to have been made to the president
by Garland, Casey, Young, Senator Har-
ris and others.
Actual improvement in business con-
tinues, though iron is stagnant. The coal
trade is depressed by overproduction and
cutting of rates. The copper market has
been weaker abroad and conflicting ru-
mors about the refusal of American mines
to contract with the syndicate are current.
Sales of lead have reached 400 tons,
with prices declining to $500.
AS the investigation at the Indian
school progresses at Geneva, Neb., it be-
comes more and more evident that Supt.
Chase commenced to sEindle the govern
ment from the very first of his admins
tration, four years ago. In nearly every
transaction he has made since he became
superintendent he has managed to rob the
government of sums ranging from So to
5000.
The senate committee on Indian affairs
authorized favorable report on the bill
to authorize the Choctaw, Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole nations
of Indians, respectively, to lease lands
within their respective boundaries 10,
mining purposes, subject to the approval
of the secretary of the interior, and tc
validate leases heretofore made for these
purposes by the proper authorities Of any
OF the nations.