Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-08
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
Visit of Secretary Morton and Party
to santa Fellow Party was Re-
ceiyed and Amused Corpora
tiOn Papers FiIed-OniciaI
Notes.

As announced in the NEW MEXICAN last
evening, Mr.. Paul Morton, third vice.
president and traffic manager of the San
ia Fe railroad system, arrived in Santa
Fe yesterday afternoon in a special car
from the east. Among his guests were
his distinguished father, Hon. j. Sterling
Morton, secretary of agriculture, Mrs.
Paul Morton, Mrs. j. R. Morton, Annabel
Howard, j. R. Warren, Caroline Morton,
Pauline Morton, Lowell Morton, of Chi
cago.
The visitors were met at the train with
carriages by Secretary Lorlon Miller, U.
S. Marshal f. L. Hall, Surveyor General
Charles F. Easley, Collector G. M. Shan
non, Solicitor General John p. Victory,
ex-Gov. L. G. Ross, County Collector Sol.
Spiegelberg and Assistant U. s. Attorney
W. II. Pope, and the afternoon was very
pleasantly spent in driving about the
historic capital, visiting the historical
rooms, the old churches, curio shops and
other places of interest. half hour was
agreeably spent at Gov. Thornton's resi-
dence.
Secretary Morton made a most favor
able impression upon all who had the
pleasure of meeting him. He positively
declined to talk politics, not even allud-
ing to the money metal problem, saying
he was out on lark for pleasure and
rest with his children and grandchildren.
Julius Sterling Morton, of Nebraska
City, Neb., was born in Jefferson county,
New York, on April 81, 1892; is of Scotch
English origin, his ancestors coming to
this country on the first vessel after the
May flower; WAS educated in Michigan
university and Union college; was for
some time editorially connected with the
Detroit Free Press and the Chicago
Times; located in Nebraska in 1854 and
soon after began the publication of the
Nebraska City News; has served that
state as secretary and member of the leg
lslature; ran for congress twice and for
governor four times on the Democratic
ticket, once being defeated by only 145
votes, and has several times been the
choice of his party for United States SEN
ator; is a practical agriculturist and hor-
ticulturist, and enjoys the enviable dis
tinction of having originated Arbor day.
He is well preserved and fine looking
man, his height Is medium, his frame is
large, his face is smooth shaver, his
massive head is we'll poised, his cheek
bones and other features are prominent,
denoting strength of character. His
manners, speech and dress are those of a
plain, unassuming American gentleman.
He manifested almost boyish delight
when he secured burros and saw his
grandchildren mounted thereon.
The party left for Albuquerque at $50
p. M, and thence have continued their
journey to California. Governor Thorn
ton met Secretary Morton at Albuquer-
que last night and had pleasant inter
view with him.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
The following corporations have filed
articles with the territorial secretary:
The Gilpin-Croesus Gold Mining Com
pany - Incorporators, W. E. Trout
mann and Il. M. Probst, of Denver, and Ed
ward B. Linnen; obj cts, acquiring and OPP.
Grating mines and mining and milling ma
chinery; life, fifty years; capital stock,
$l,000,000; directors, same as incorpor.
ators; principal place of business in New
Mexico, Santa Fe, with E. B. Linnen as
resident agent.
The Smith Kansas Gold Mining Com.
pany-Incorporators, D. D. Merritt and
Frank l. Smith, of Denver, and Chas. f.
Easley, of Santa Fe; objects, acquiring
and operating mines and reducing ores;
capital stock, $1,oOO,0Oo; life, fifty years;
directors, same as incorporators; prln-
cipal place of business in New Mexico,
Santa Fe, with Charles f. Easley as resi-
dent agent.
The Iron Queen Mining company-In-
corporators, Edward Lembke, George
Hofheins, Edward L. Medler, Clarence w.
Medler, of Albuquerque, Myrtle L. Cole
Edward Smith, of Bland jects acquiring
and operating mines and reducing ores;
capital stock, 100000; life, forty-nine
years; principal place of business, Albu-
querque; directors, same IS incorpora-
tors.
The Ration Cemetery oompany-Incor-
porators, George W. Cook, Martin A. Nc
Martin, George j. Pace, Christopher N.
Blackwell, Charles Sandusky, William F.
Degner, James W. Thomas and jeremiah
Leahy, Of Ration; objects, acquiring and
maintaining cemetery property; capital
stock, $4,000; directors, same as incorpo-
rators; life, fifty years; principal office,
Ration.
THE SCHOOL OF MINES.
Gov. Thornton returned last night
from trip to Socorro where he
was called on school of mines business.
He highly compliments Prof. Seamon's
management of that institution and says
the comm sncement exercises passed off
most happily. There we're two graduates
this year.
The governor says the new Graphic
smelter has started up and runs nicely.
There is ore enough in sight to run 100
has arranged with the Ell Paso smelter to
secure from Mexico all the dry ores neces-
sary to a proper treatment of the
Graphic mine product.
WHY HE RESIGNED AS COURT CLERK.
Hon. George Curry, Of Roswell, came
up from the south last night and is shak-
ing hands with his capital city friends
to-day. Mr.. Curry explains that he re.
signed as clerk of the 5th judicial district
court because his interests in the Pecos
country required his presence there and
he could not afford to move to Socorro.
He really exchanged places with his late
chief deputy, Mr.. William Driscoll, and