Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.
THE PENSION EXAMINERS.

I. D. Laferty, of the U. S. pension
bureau, who is in charge of three examin-
ing surgeons and five special agents now
at work in New Mexico, arrived in the
city last night to confer with U. S. Attor-
ney Fiske He expects to make head
quarters in Santa Fe and will probably
be engaged IN this territory for the noxt
six months. He states that numerous
claims due loyal pensioners in New Mex
leo have been disallowed because the
pensioner is unable to state just which
company and regiment he belonged to,
though he may know the name of the
captain or lieutenant of the company.
He carries with him quantity of record
information and says it is as much in the
interest of the worthy and honest pen
sioner that he is here as in the interest of
the government to unearth frauds.
REoE1vERsH1p FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE SAY
INds BANK.
Solicitor General Bartlett and Secretary
of the Territory Alexander are in Albu-
querque to-day to look after the interests
of the territory and of the depositors at
large in the matter of the application for
receiver for the closed Albuquerque
Savings Bank & Trust company, which is
up before Judge Lee to-day.
Solicitor General Bartlett will repre-
sent the territory in petition as an in
right to do. He will do his utmost duty
to protect the best interests of the com
monwealth and of the depositors. The
report of the examiner appointed by Soc.
Alexander is such as to have caused this
action on the part of the solicitor general
for and ON behalf of the territory. AS
will be remembered, Hon. L. A. Hughes
was the examiner and made the report.
Any action taken now will not preclude
action in suit to recover the amount
deposited in the bank, namely $4,000,
from the bendsmen on the banks bond
to the territory.
OFFICIAL BITS.
The governor is advised that ex-Sherifr
j. L. Lopez, of San Miguel county, is now
engaged in making final settlement of
his accounts with the county board. A
timely move.
Juan Holmes has been appointed by
Collector Shannon custodian of the
federal building, to be janitor of that in
stitution. There were thirty-fve ap-
plicants for the place.
Judge A. L. Morrison leaves tomorrow
evening for Prescott, where he has been
summoned before the U. s. court as
witness in the case of the U. y. vs.. Henry
Huning, who is charged with having made
two homestead entries.
District Clerk r. M. Goshorn returned
yesterday from a months visit to his
home in Nebraska. By the way, the "R.
NJ" people seem to have the cinch on the
clerkship in this district. There have
been R. NJ. johnson, R. NJ. Force and R.
NJ. Goshorn holding it down for.tho last
eight years.
The board of regents of the New Mex
leo college of agriculture. and mechanic
arts have not yet decided fully upon the
location of the agricultural experiment
station. They have examined the tracts
offered by Las Vegas and the Maxwell
land grant and will probably meet and
make report on location in few days.
Gov. Thornton to-day offered reward
of $3.50 for the capture of Candelario
Ortiz, the San Miguel county man who
murdered and robbed the wsol freighter,
Andres Garcia, near Las Vegas, last week.
The murderer is supposed to be in east
ern Valencia county at present.
Chas. L. Batterton, Collector shannon's
brother-in.law who has been named as his
chief clerk, was formerly in business at
Deming and is we'll known to tho people
in southern New Mexico. He will arrive
here shortly. TheNEw MExroAN was in
errsr yesterday in stating that Special
Agent Spauldlng was here transferring
the Office This officer is expected to ar.
awe tomorrow and Mr.. Shannon will
enter upon his duties on Monday.