Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-15
n DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE CAPITAL T
Some Newsy Notes from Santa Fe
That Will be Read With
Interest.

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Special Correspondence Of The Optic. 2
SANTA FE, N M, September 14th,
lS97.--If there is no hitch In the pro-
gram, the United States government
and Jesus Sanchez, sheriff of Valencia
county, will make a raid on the Zuni
Indian nation tomorrow. '"At the
solicitation OF Capt. Chas. E. Nord-
strom. U. s. army. acting Pueblo
agent, three troops OF cavalry
are now 10 camp between Fort Win.
gate and Zuni and will march on the
village to aid the Valencia authorities
In making a number OF important ar.
rests as soon as the sheriff and Capt,
Nordstrom can reach the scene. The
latter expects to receive to, night com
plete orders in the premises from
Washington. District Attorney Thos
A. Finical, OF Albuquerque, called At
the Indian agency to-day and informed
Agent Nordstrom that Sheriff Sanchez
would Join him at Albuquerque, duly
armed with the necessary warrant and
accompany him to Znni. The troops
will back up the sheriff in taking into
custody Old Chief Nope and half a
dozen influential medicine men and
ssprIesls Of the law" who are charged
with having almost murdered an aged
female member of the tribe whom they
declared to be q witch. Within Ten
years the barbaric teachings OF these
Zuni chiefsshave resulted, it Is said. Ia
the death of three alleged witches. All
former agents, owing to the temporiz
ing, ship shod methods OF the national
governments, have been forced to wlnb
at the oulrages; but Capt. Nordstrom
has of late sent to the Indian bureau a
series of such forcible, well-written
reports on the subj sct as to arouse the
Off Sc from its lethargic state. He has
now been given the full sanction OF
the government to proceed, aud ne
proposes to give the insolent Zunis an
object lesson and e%ndeavor, if pos
sible, to settle the status of the Pueblos
for all time. The main, underlying
question IS: Are the Pueblos Ameri-
can citizens, or are they wards
of the government Years ago,
when Chief Justice Waite was
on the supreme bench, it was held
that sthess Indians we're citi-
Gems; \ President Harrison's admins
tration held likewise; but Cleveland's
administration took the other view and
treated them as wards OF the nation.
The Mckinley administration appears
to take the same view. The outcome
of the present move will theref re be
watched with mpre than ordinary pub
lie interest throughout New Mexico.
CAPITAL NOTES.
That distinguished body, the United
States court OF private land claims,
got down to business, to-day. 1t will
in session at least a month. \
Hon. Quinby Vance will formally
assume charge of the surveyor gener.
ais Office tomorrow.
On Monday next, A. l.. Morrison
will relieve G. NJ. shannon as collector
of internal revenue for the district of
New Mexico and Arizona, A. J.. Nor
r,sor, Jr., of Chicago, is here, and
confidently expects to go in as chief
clerk in placesof Edror LOOMS, of the
Silver City Eagle, the civil service
rules to the contrary Notwithstanding.
1t is now a generally accepted fact
among 'sthe push over this way, that
a change in Territorial judicial officers
will take place before the close of Oc-
tober 1t 8 said that all of the five
new judges will some from outside OF
New Mexico. 1t is also probable that
very soon after the judges are named,
a successor to w. B Childers as U
S. attorney will be announced. This,
you will remember, is the one particu-
lar office which so many distinguished
republicans claim to have the .sdead
cinch" on. We shall see what we shall
see.
Perhaps you have taken note 10 the
improved tone and general make up OF
the Ne,o Mericdn, of late. Georgr
Marsh, the veteran journalist, who so
long served as city editor under the ed
itorial management of Mr.. Cross, Is
once more on duty there, and his pres
ence Is reaully ulsceruiDie. .
Comparatively fsw Santa Feans have
gone TO the Albuquerque fair, this year
For years, this ancient burg has been
aiding It's Dake city neighbor at fair
time, but when the Territorial fruit fair
was htld here. last week, not a baker,
dnzan If visitors came up from Albu
quefque, and Santa Feans are naturally
a little sore over it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. c Morris left
tonight for New Y ,rk where they will
remain until Mr.. Morris Is appointed
judge to succeed Judge Collier at Al.
buquergus. They have spent the sum
merin Nav Mexico and nov depart
reluctantly.
The gossip here is that the why's and
wherafores of Charlie Spiess' failure TO
secure appointments as one of
the colonels or Governor
Otero's staff would make an interest
Ing half column or so of newspaper
reading.
The story about ex. Sheriff Cunning
ham having been seen in Denver Il
said to have be a pure fake-a mere
feeler set sloat to ascertain what the
ex-sheriff's enemies would do In case
he decided to return, well, eIhaps
they 4 lupd out. Put 1t down in your
note book that Cunningham will not
show up 10 these parts very soon.
AGATE.
The pestofioe authorities at Wash
M - H H -
in9ton have ordered a change IN the