Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-29
THE NATIONAL SANlTARlUM
Result of Last Nights Board of Trade
Meeting Some Facts ON the Amer.
lean Invalid Aid society.

At meeting of the board OF trade last
night it was unanimously decided to OPP
pose the movement to convert Fort
Marcy into an Indian reservation and to
urge congress to grant the property to
the American Invalid Aid society, of Bos
ton, to be converted into national sani-
tsrium. Mr.. Staab leaves in few days
for Washington, and proper credentials
we're drawn up and presented to him
authorizing him to confer with members
of congress in the name of the board Of
trade and advocate the sanitarium enter
prise.
| A good deal of curiosity is felt here as
to the character of the people who are
back of this sanitarium project. In DR..
Roberts Folk Lore, philanthropic pub
LEGATION issued at Minneapolis, appears
the following:
"The society was incorporated in Mas
sachusetts nearly four years ago. To
Rev. Il. L. Hale, D. D., much credit is due
for it's original establishment, because of
the assistance and encouragement he gave
| Ut. w. :. hCUtTtb ~ tudt bluiS'
"Dr. Roberts, who is now publishing
Folk Lore and Best Thoughts in Mime
apolis, in behalf of this grand philan-
throphy, was the originator of it, and to
his persistent endeavors, and fortunate
enlistment in the work of Rev. DR.. Hale
and tine following named persons:
Hezekia Butterworth, E. II. Clement, Hon
Louis G.. Southland, Edwin CHM, Mrs
Mary A. Livermore, Hon. John d. Long
Hon. J. Fl. Gallinger, of New Hampshire
Rev. DR.. David Gregg, of Brooklyn; Gen
Charles W. Darling, of Utica, N. T.; Rev
DR.. j ohm l.. Withrow, of Chicago; Gov
L. Bradford Prince, of New Mexico; Hon
A. P. Loveioy, of Wisconsin; Hon. Chas
W. Loring of Minneapolis; Rev. Mino'
l.. Savage, the Upham Brothers, of the
Youths Companion, and S. W. Manning
director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad, enables Us to make this ties
timonial. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs
James T. Field. Mrs. Susan S. Fessender
and the mother superior and all the sis
tiers of the Home for Destitute Catholic
Children are among those strongly in
terested in the society. DR.. Albert shaw
of the Review of Reviews; DR.. Morris l.
Richardson, DR.. Haskell Derby, DR.. s. j
Mixter, President Dwight, of Yale; Gen
Charles Fl. Taylor, Mr.. A. Shuman, DR.
William p. Wesselhoeft, Noah A. Plymp
ton, John G. Paige, Jeremiah Williams
DR.. Samuel Durgin, George ?. Lawrence
the president Of the state senate; Hon
William E. Russell, Gen. A. 2. Martin, Al
fred Hemenway. W. H. Baldwin, Julius II
, Ward, Hon. William Clefin, DR.. A. /
4 Wipship, Senator Mason, of Rhode Island
4 and Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, ar
aids to its work. One of the hardeS
Il workers in the society of 200 or NOR
Il members is Or. c. f. Nichols, an edlto
of Folk Lore, one of the editors O
4 Science and well known writer TO
Y many of the best magazines. He he's in
i huenced a large number of people t
1 sign the petitions for land and person
i ally superintendent much of the bushes
Il of the society. & 4
4 Senator Gallinger has already inter
1 ested congress in the subject. NO prejt
4 dice of sex or sect appears; no plan t
save souls unless incidentally; no e1
periments nor connlvance with hotels
land agencies or railway corporations
the effort is TO rescue without loss {
time the sensitive, dangerous bodies {
consum ptives."