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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13
La ASAMBLEA LEGISLATIVE
Los N0mbramientOS TerritOrialeS
V Su Rclaci0n con el FracaSO
del PrOyectO CambiandO
la Capital.
Para FL INDEPENDENTS

Para FL INDErENDENTE.
Cuando eI gobernador Thornton Sc
march6 para el orientc, 10 hizo con eI
entendimiento de que Sc iba mover
el asunto de cambiar la capital del
Territorio a Albuquerque, y deio ms
uucciones minuciosas al Secretario
Miller, respecto 4 los nombres que ha-
bia de someter al consejo para los EN-
pIeos territorales. No importaba sacri-
fear la ciudad de Santa Ft para ase-
gurar la continuation dc los nombra-
n'entos, y que el Secretarlo Miller co
mo simpatizador de Albuquerque esta-
ria pronto para a5robor cualquier me-
dida adoptada por la asambIea para
mudar Ia capital dc Santa Re. Sc OBJ
servo el compromise al pie de Ia letra
con Ia dIterencIa de que Miller suSu-
,uy6 unos nombres por otros, como en-
eI case del promoter general donde iue
ehmlnado Victory y reempIazado con
81 nom0re oe ran, coSa que no sera
nuy agrau-ble al goOernador por el
parentesco que 10 hga con victory
la suSttucion de Sandoval en- el lu-
gar de Chavez para superintendent de
instruction pubIlca Tue cosa conveni-
Ia de antemano. rs cosa sorprenden'
le hoIar que en- un Iefrltofio dohde
los natIVoS del pals uenen una pfepon-
derancla numerIca de cInco por uno'
lnlcamente dlez de los SeSenta y un
nombramlentos iueron dados a h4os
del pals LSto slgnIhca Ia eMstencla
De un convenlo tactic para prlVar a los
hlos del pals de los derechos que CO.
mo cIudadanos les correspondent, cosa
muy natural slSe uene en- cuenta Ia cul-
poOIe hegIigencia y desunlon de nues-
ros representatives para defender nues-
uoS prIvlleglos' In Ia comIson dc pc
al'enclana slgulo el gobernador su ru-
una acostumbrada de tener una mayo
.eSta a que los hDos del pals
'cupen los empleos en- Ia pentenclarla,
enIendo entrada unIcamente aqueIIos
'C "uSouoS "CI 'ildIOo quS van Po-
lerse eI vestIdo pinto
La ley para zanzibar Ia capital pa
ecIa estar en- zancos en- los pnmeros
lIaS dc Su presentation y todos VatIcl-
aaoan que no cabIa duda de que Sc
nudaHa a albuquerque eI asIento del
5obIerno Fl consejo estaba casl una
1Ime en- favor de la ley y en- Ia camara
as prmeFas vo'aclones demostraron
Iue dos terceras parties la iavorccian
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13

DO yarios los individuos que han que
rido atribuirse ell honor exclusive dc
la jornada pretendiendo que ellos hi
cieron traCasar el proyecto en- la CANA.
IA con el trabajo que pusieron en- plan
ia con ese objeto. Esto puede ser
verdad Q no serlo, pero para iIustrar
Ia matera reterircmos un cuento que
viene a pelo; En- cierto pals, cuyo
nombrc no Sc menciona, pero que
na;uralmente debio ser Ia Africa
por estar habitada por Ia raZa negra,
Sc organizaron en- compaha unos
negros para II d combatir con sus
enemigos. No debia estar muy desa-
rrollado el espiritu militar entire aque-
Has gentes, pues dntes de penetrar en-
el pals enemigo, el captain dlo las
instrucciones siguientes sus soldados:
"Amigos mios, nuestra tactlca en- Ia
presente guerra al enconuar al enemi-
go es la siguiente: 81 son muchos,
arrancar; 81 son pocos, agazapar; y 81
no es nnguno, Santiagullo con elloS
que para morir nacimos Esta fue
precisamente la estrategia de los que
a Ultima hora favorecieron a Santa Fe
en- la cdmara. Mientras el negocio
estuvo apretado mantuvieron ocultas
sus dlsposiliones amistosas y mas blen
parecian estar encontra que en- favor
dc la capital. Luego que vieron que
el ncgocio estaba decidido entonces
embistieron con amino valeroso y deci-
dido al enemigo va yencido y disperso
por el consejo legislative y en- su pro-
pia glorifcaci6n reclamaron haber con.
seguido una victoria sehalada.
Las tareas leglsIativas prosiguen sin
interruption y son muchos los actos
que estan pendientes en- uno y otro
cuerpo. FL proyecto apropiando $40
600 para la recopllaclon de las leyes
tue pasado en- la camara por una vo-
taci6n de dos terceras parties y d la ie-
cha Sc haIIa ante el consejo con pros
pectos guaes de ser aprobado . re-
chazado. rs mucho el trabajo que
sc ha puesto en- favor y en- contra de
esta medida y los interesados en- su
aprobaclon anticipan tener buen GXlto
Respecto d Ia ley de hacienda NADIA sc
ha traslucido y Sc cree que no seri
presentada hasta que Sc lleguen los Ill
tmos dias de la session. Sibese que
el presupuesto de los DOS amos venide
ros seri probablemente igual al de
hace dos amos, y haia necesario el au-
mento de. LAS tasaciones para cubrlr las
deficiencies por gastOs atrasados. Tia
sido aprobada por ambas camaras una
ley de jurados, en- el cua sc sujeta d
ministries del evangelo, redactores de
perIodicos, maestros de escuela y otros
indiyiduos que estaban exentos, SER
viz de jurados In dias pasados un pro-
yecto muy singular fuG introducido en-
la camara proveyendo que los prcsi.
diarios que estan encarcelados en- la
pentenciaria fuesen derechosos a ser
vir de tcstigos en- causas criminalcs y
ciyiles y que su testlmonio luese tan
Waldo como eI de cualquiera otro ciu-
dadano que no hubiera incurrido en-
ningun dclito infamatorio Este pro-
yecto lut prescntado, scgdn SC dice, a
instancias dc un Official de alta catego-
ria, y su objcto era habiitar va'ios
prcsos dc Ia penltencIarla para dar de-
claraci6n en- la causa de Don Agapi-
to Abeytia, dc Mora, acusado del asc.
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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13

Tamben ene emprc slrdo complete de bros ngt
Epan6l odos uenios para nhos que aenden las ecua
II, @. NJ FR n n.
~ Avepanae Douglas
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13

MENICO SARAI)
Sc llev6 a cabo en- el conseio. Ali fuG
donde realmenle fut echada abajo la
ley para el cambio de la capital, y un
senador de ese cuerpo fut el iniciador
eli atortunado eiecutor de combina-
cion tan leiz. Este senador beneme-
rito fut e Hon. Charles A. Spiess, Sc
nador por el condado de Santa Ft,
| luien con Ia cooperation de los sena-
dores Joseph, Chayes y Archuleta hizo
trente a la tormenta desencadenada
encontra de Santa re, y pudo llevar
efecto el convenio que Ia hbro de
las asechanzas de sus enemigos. Sa.
tisfizo en- primer lugar i la clica 60
bernatorial que reClamaba Ia conhrma-
cl6n de los nombramientos, promotion
dole que serian aprobados sin mengua
de uno solo; Sc grangeo la benevolen-
cia de senador A. b, Fall con la segu-
rdad de que seria confrmado su nom,
bramiento como promoter general del
Terrtoro; Sc calm6 el descontento y
desafecto del senador Martin, de So
zorro, hacienda que su nombre fuera
include en- las nominaciones, tocan-
dole en- parte ell pueSto de Inspector
de Aceites; Sc enfrl6 el zelo y preten-
clones del senador FinicaI, de Rerna-
lilo, con Ia propna de procurador de
distrito en- su condado, y Sc celebr6
un convenio solemne y formal entire
los senadores republlcano' y democra-
tas de que a trueque de que iueSen
conhrmados todos estos nombramlen-
tos serla derfIbado eI proyecto de ley
mudando la capital del Ierrltono a
Albuquerque. Esta es la historic bre-
We verldica del senaIado trunio que
oDtuvo Ia cludad de Santa re en- Su
pugna para conservar Ia capital del
lerIItoTio, muchoS cooperaron en- eI
arTeSIo y eJecucIon dc los paSoS prei-
mlnareS, pero eI ongmador de todo el
plan y el que 10 IIeyo ca0o tue, CO.
mo IIeyamos dlcho el sener Specs, re-
pFesente &c santa re en- cI cohseJo le-
gsIa;lvo
In la cdmara Santa I't tuvo amigos
zelosos y drmes que deiendieron con
denuedo su causa, pero Ia ola no cam
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13
TARJETAS PROFESSIONALS.
DIR. S. WRUBEL.

Anteriormente conectado con las prinelpales
lnstttueiones medicates de la ciudad de Nueva
York. Cura las Intermediates de los ojos, de los
oidos de Ia nariz de Ia garganta
oFletNA En- el edldcio de Yeeder, lado po-
niente de la Plaza Vieia. Las Vegas n. NJ
HoRAs DE OFtCINA - Desde las diez de la ma
mana hasta las II dia en- la tarde desde las tres
hasta las cuco
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13
RARA OPORTUNIDAD
PaRa COmPRaR CaSaS CON POGO DIuERO.

II Teltlebaum dara Vd, inducimicntos
gspccialos para obtcuor una casa en- las mejOfes
loeHcones dc ~ eludad "a iufentan radicarse
en- Las Vegas legrrn est Oportunidad de com
praf una bueua prupicdad paga era en- plazos.
lamblen Veudo sulares para cusas, dandoles
/ anus de t6rmilO para pngarlos
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1897-03-13
j. BIEHL,
fulGTaTi0 Y ED(DaISan)adoT

su despacho esta situado en- Ia Avenida Dou-
Rlu>s, Paza Nneya, Las Vegas ~ NJ, Tiene un
surldo complete DE ataudes, ETC., magniheo
erro iuuehre, onducira iunerales precios
moderadns Sc atenderan ordenes tanto de dia
como de uoche.
Vende Monumentos y Tumhas para
los sepulcros.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
A TOHOh .TOh-


1t took three hours to kill vicious
elephant in the vicinity of Liverpool.
recently, and in assisting to brin z
about this result a medical gentleman
almost succeeded in comprising his
own destruction. Charles II" was
the name of the elephant Two Liver
pool physicians were appointed eX-
ecutioncrs. They fed the beast on
aconite concealed in carrots and ar.
senic sprinlzled on buns, which it swal.
lowed pleasantly and asked for more.
Then one medical gentleman conceived
the idea of loading a syringe with
prussic acid, inducing the elephant to
open its mouth, and squirting the poi
son down it's throat Charles II. con-
sidered this great sport, but the doe
tor who was operating the syringe, by
reason of his interest in the expert
mem, n.omentarily forgot the deadly
properties of prussic acid, inhaled the
fumes, and fell unconscious. The
other physician saved his colleagues
life with great difficulty, the elephant
looking on with deep sympathy. How
ever. after Charles II. had taken
enough poison to kill two thousand
men, according to the doctors, and
three hours had passed since the first
dose, he suddenly toppled over and
expired quietly. Like the other
Charles H., he had been an uncon-
scionable time dying.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
The Charmn of Sernenta.

Any popular so-called prejudice, il
long continued, probably is founded up
en- some matter Of fact, although this
may not have been demonstrated,
writes DR.. Henry Lee, in the London
Lancet. That some animals have the
power Of paralyZing others which they
prey upon is matter Of direct observa-
ton. A rabbit will remain perfectly
motionless In the presence of a stoat
and without moving will allow hole
to be made through the skull at the
back Of the head. We may suppose
that the power of feeling, as Of motion,
Is for the time gone. DR.. Livingstone
felt no pain when seized by tiger. |
have seen a mouse remain perfectly
motionless under the gaze Of a cat.
When excited the cats pupils become
dilated. On one occasion in the even
ing l saw a cat in an excited state re-
tire to a shady place where it Gould no
longer be seen, but presently l saw two
small red globes fixed upon me. once
saw the same, less defined, In the eyes
Of q kitten, but it is very difficult TO get
their eyes fixed when near.
A general officer who has seen long
service in India informed me that on
one occasion a serpent had got into
house and taken refuge in cellar. Be-
ing a soldier it was suggested that he
was the proper person to dislodge the
Intruder He took spear and looked
through a hole in the wall of the cellar,
but saw no serpent. Presently two
small red globes were fixed upon him.
These he supposed to be the serpents
ewes and thrust his spear, as he
thought. between them. The spear
caught the serpent just behind the head
and killed it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09

Those who when they read the
sprightly "The Prisoner of Zenda" were
inclined to look upon the incidents as
belonging to the realm of the impossi-
BILE romance will find that recent events
in Bulgaria prove that the deeds of Ru-
dolph and Rupert, Michael and the re-
doubtable Sapt can be duplicated al
most any day in the Balkan countries
A captain, a prefect of police and a
rendarme have been arrested at Phil
ippopOlis on the charge of numbering
an opera singer, a beautiful girl named
Anna Szimon. The captain became
tired of her and hired the other two
TO help put her out of the way. She
was chloroformed and drowned in the
river. The prefect of police has con-
fessed, and says that the captain and
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria ordered
him to kill the woman. The captain
was a cadet in the palace and was one
Of the men who kidnapped Prince Alex
ander of Bulgaria and drove off with
him to the sea coast. This he did at
Ferdinand's request in order that the
latter nigh; succeed to the throne. He
recently made rich marriage, upon
" hich he threw the opera singer over.
II these details were in the hands of
Anthony Hope he might give us some
thing beside which the romance of
Zenda would appear pale.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
Loves Passing.

Underneath the hawthorn tree,
With its boughs all pink with dawn,
Aioft in it's nest, from a larks brown
breast,
We learned that love was born.
Underneath the white birch tree,
When the spring felt new and strange,
Green leaves quivering, sunlight shiver-
ing,
We guessed that hearts would change.
Underneath the apple tree,
Loves pale petals softly flying,
Our eyes were wet as they sadly met,
For we knew that love lay dying.
Underneath the maple tree,
With the sunset caught In a whirl Of
leaves,
Came the cry of a thrush through the
evening hush
Mourning for love mid the sheaves.
Underneath the willow tree,
That trails its boughs In the signing
stream,
l sit here alone and the branches moan
OF love that's flown like a dream.
Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
Frogs as Soldiers.

Don't imagine these frogs dressed up
in red coats, with swords and pistols,
but simply as an army going out to
fight.
''The frog plays the part of a soldier
in Iceland" says a traveller from that
country, ''but, of course, it had to be
taken there, as Iceland had neither rep
tiles nor toads. The frogs fight the
mosquitoes. In some parts of Iceland,
especially round the larger lakes, the
mosquitoes and flies have become so
much of a plague that people living
around myvath (mosquito water) are
obliged, while working in the fields, to
protect their hands am faces by gloves,
wells, or masks"
An English physician devised the
clever plan of importing the frogs. AS
soon as these little croakers got into the
country, the mosquitoes began to d.
miniSh.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
Only Six Survivors.

OF the crowd of members of Parlia-
ment who, on Nov. 20, 1887, thronged
the bar of the House Of Lords to catch
glimpse of the girl Queen opening her
first Parliament, only six are living at
this day. This fact, standing alone,
marks the unparalleled length of Queen
Nictoria's reign. The half dozen sur
vivors are Mr.. Leader, who represented
Victoria in the first Parliament of Vic
toria; Mr.. Hurst, who represented Hor-
slam; Wentworth Fitzwilliam, of Nal
ton, now Earl Fitzwilliam; Sir Thomas
Acland, of West Somerset whose fam
lily is still represented in the House of
Commons of to-day by the ex-vice pres
ident of the council; Mr. Villiers, now,
as then, representing Wolverhampton,
and Mr.. Gladstone, the rarest relic of
turbulent political past, and now in re-
tirement from public life. Of her first
ministers not one is alive.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09

A London schOolbOy committed sui.
eide last month leaving behind a pa
thetic letter saying that he could not
stand the abuse to which he was sub
jected by his fellows at school. There
was practically no Investigation Of the
matter except that which elected the
remark of the master that the youth
was Of very sensitive nature, and the
jury brought in a verdict of death
while temporarily insane. Youth of all
natiOnalltieS is prOyerbially cruel, but
the cruelest of all are the boys of the
AnglO-SaXOn race. Since the begin
nings Of education tie schools of En-
gland have been the scene of a long
series of petty tyra1nies calculated to
develop bullieS or to result, as this un.
fortunate case did, In suicide. Anyone
who has read 'Tom Browns School
Days. will remember the miserable
servitude which the younger and more
timid boys were Obliged to live in and
the brutal treatment to which they
were subjected. This custom Of "fag.
ging' Is upheld by the English people,
ana even the S9ulle IuOludS huSueS
excused it. 1t is supposed to develop
manliness in youth. AT least that is
what the English urge in it's defense.
But it does nothing Of the kind. Where
it does not break the spirit of the boy,
as in the case of the unfortunate youth
alluded to, it is apt to create bullies of
the worst kind. In America schools
and colleges are by no means so free
from cruelty Of this sort that England
can be condemned unsparingly, but the
fag system has never obtained here and
never could. 1t would be impossible
for boy to be bounded to death in this
country for the reasons which led the
English lad to take his life. 1t was
his advocacy of the Greek cause which
got him into such disrepute with his
fellows. The partisanship of the sires
is not transmitted in this degree to the
sons In this country. The curious thing
about the English case is that the par
ents seem to take the death of their
boy as a matter Of course.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09

Another merchant and importer has
been stopped at the New York custom
house with goods in his possession
which he was attempting to bring in
without paying the customary duty.
Like the st. Louis man, he, too, says
that the articles were intended as pres
ents for his family and friends. He
says: Il am allowed to bring in a GER
tain amount of perfumery and such ar
ticles, and if there should happen to be
a few more articles of that kind in my
trunks than the law allows it may have
been owing to a slight mistake in the
orders given to the stOrekeepers." The
Few more articles which got into his
trunks consisted of fifty-six pairs of ex-
pensive French kid gloves, a large num-
Der of silk dresses, and great deal of
perfumery and mems furnishings.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
LIFE IN A PENAL COLONY.
De1ixh tful Place Where French Con
victs Are Chartered.


"The island of New Caledonia, where
1 have lived for the past ten years, is
a French penal colony" said c. G..
Freeman, an English gentleman. II
went there for my health, expecting to
stay only a short time, but went into
the business Of raising coffee, for
which that country is well adapted,
and finally concluded to stay perma-
mently. New Caledonia is 1000 miles
east of Australia, and, although within
the tropics, has delightful climate
for ten months in the year. During
January and February the weather is
so excessively hot that one cannot live
in comfort. 1t is forty miles wide by.
400 long.
''There are between 5000 and 5000
convicts on the island, and perhaps an
equal number of ticket of leave men
that is, men who have served out their
terms of Imprisonment, but who are
forbidden to leave, and have to report
to the authorities twice year. They
are a miserable, spiritless lot, these
ticket of leave fellows, who work Just
enough to keep from starvation, and
whose highest ambition is to get mon
ey enough for debauch. The convicts
are treated very humanely by the
French officials, and 1 doubt if there
is a penal settlement in the world
where the men have the same care and
consideration shown them.
The coffee plantations are worked
largely by negroes, who come from the
New Hebrides under contract to stay
two or three years, the local labor be-
ing very unreliable. The pay Of the
laborers is 50 month and rations. rice
being the principal article of food. This
cheapness of labor is the explanation
of the profit in cultivating coffee. If
we had to pay the wages current in
the United States there would be no
money in its production. We export to
France and are allowed a rebate Of
One-half of the entry duties, which is IL
considerable bonus.
There are few Englishmen in New
Caledonia, but no Americans, l believe,
outside of the consul. The French are
very jealous of foreigners and discour-
age all outsiders from coming there
Washington Post.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
First Sapphire Found in Idah,


An Idaho miner brought a stone to
the Miners bureau which was pro-
nounced sapphire of the purest water
and the largest ever seen. The gem
was nearly a cube, being about one
ana one-half inches thick, one and one
half inches wide, and two inches long.
1t was much water worn, showing
plainly the pebbly conformation grad
ually assumed by gems found in the
beds of mountain torrents, the edges
being very much rounded. This is the
first sapphire of any size discovered
in Idaho. They are frequently found
in Montana, and some fine stones have
come from there. The owner of this
stone is operating placer mines in
Idaho. and the stone was found in the
tailings and preserved ON account of
its bright blue color. News of the find
reached New York and an agent of
Tiffany, after examining the stone, Of
fered So, 500 for it. The owner decided
that If it was worth that in the rough
it was probably worth much more, and
is now on his way to London, where
he expects to realize its full value.
The stone is almost perfect, the only
blemish being a fracture ON one side
extending less than one-eighth of an
inch into the stone. Mr.. Taylor, who
has long experience in handling gems,
says that in his opinion it Is the
largest known sapphire in the world,
the weight being 208 carats. Sap
phires are valuable according to their
purity, perfectly clear gems bringing
high prices, the price, like that Of
diamonds, being increased per carat in
proportion to the weight of the stone
Denver Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09

The carelessness of a New York ply
sician subjected him to distressing
humiliation. but revealed form of IA
cial establishment of which hitherto
little has been known. An upper set"
of teeth was mislaid and lost. but the
novel feature of the incident is the re-
ported fact that the upper set" was
of the winning smile" variety. BY
means of this work of dental art it
appears that an otherwise morose de-
meanOr and possibly repelling mien
were transformed into a captivating
expression. so essential to the success
of a physician. 1t is not to be suppos-
ed that upper SETS are limited to the
production of winning smiles" If
the science of dentistry has reached
the smile stage it is. not too much TO
believe that all the other varieties of
human facial expression can be simu-
lated. But speculation on this inter-
esting subject must wait until fuller
Investigation Of all the facts is made.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
Not all the puritanism of the world is

Not all the puritanism of the world Is
concentrated in and around Boston and
leveled at the rejected Bacchante.
News comes from Geneva, place
which should certainly be liberal and
cosmopolitan in its ideas of art, that
one of the masterpieces of the great
sculptor Rodin. probably the greatest
worker In that line of art since Michael
Angelo himself. has been rejected as
unfit for public exhibition. In the
meanwhile the work of MacMonnies
lies in the basement of the Boston pub
lie library, reviled and cast out by the
philistines, but still wearing upon its
face that inscrutable smile embodying
the paganism of the old world and the
liberalism of the new.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-09
If You Like TO Be Popular.

Don't find fault.
Don't contradict people, even II
you're sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the affairs
of even your most intimate friend.
Don't underrate anything becau-a
you don't possess 1t.
Don't believe that everybody else in
the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in your life.
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even if it does in
terest crowd.
Don't 90 untidy on the plea that ev.
erybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors in So
cial position.
Don't over or under dress.
Don't express a positive opinion I'M
less YOU perfectly understand what you
are talking about.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious be
lief