Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-28
TIMELY TOPICS.


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Special Correspondence Of THE OPrIo.
SANTA FE. N. NJ, April 97tb, 1897.
There is a big roar on over here among
property. owners and taxpayers, be-
cause old Fort Marcy's buildings are
full of people who draw good, fat sala-
ries from Uncle Sam. while desirable
residences about town are so conspicu-
ously ornamental with the sign sffor
rent" The impression is that Fort
Marcy ought to be again"abandoned,"
and q petition to that effect is being
numerously signed. despite the fact that
Mayor Spiess has the cinch OF n of
the post dwellings.
The fire insurance conference In Chi
cago, which was designed to force all
companies to give New Mexico the
frozen face, because the legislators were
oblIging aud did what they were re-
quesied by certain companies to do,
has as yet failed to arrive at a conclu.
sion TO quit us cold. That $7,714.000
OF annual. business written IN New
Mexico is evidently not to be sneezed
at, these hard times, back east.
| Now they have taken q new
tack. They decline to comply
with the new law and deposit with the
Territorial treasurer $4,000 each, in
Territorial or county bonds or cash,
but say they will stay 10 the game and
consent TO have placed ON deposit 6YY
each company $4,000 In u. s bonds.
1t is said the agents will ask Judge A.
b. tall about it, and rs the Judge was
one of the Lawmakers, he'll probably
not become a law. breaker thus early 10
the proceedings.
When the budding good times get
we'll under way in New Mexico, this
sum ner, ye ancient capital will not be
far In the rear OF her sister cities
whom she would often cover with the
sheltering protection of her wings, but,
Jerusalem like, they won't let her.
With tho capitoi-spell It with an sso'',
please-in sight, big sanitarium sscom-
ing up" as the Albuquerque walters
say, and now the assurance OF a new
So. 600 Methodist church to be soon nm
derway, the local contractors are look
ing brighter to the future. Part Of Rev. |
G. s. Madden's eastern mission Is to
see about funds for this new church
ediice. He has met with much en-
couragement and that reminds me,
Mr.. Madden has been requested by
Hearst, Of Washington, to
q collection OF New Mexico
minerals for exhibit In the museum Of
the great Methodist college at the ma
lional capital. 'Nuff said!
Governor Miller says the new laws
will be ready for distribution, the last Of
this week.
/ hear that Captain II. Willis Collier
really did reach his home from Wash
or Saturday night. He is, re-
port says. feeling rather easy over
The progress Of his gubernatorial
boom. L,
A wire. yesterday, from South Bend,
Ind, that the good wife OF
Territorial Treasurer Samuel Eidodt ,
8 the mother Of a fine boy. h
A MIR. Jones, who is promoting all
ownsite enterprise at Red River City, I
Irrived here to-day. He says the ID \
! r. g. road have established q daily :
Sage, mail and express between Anto- ]
ito and the great mining district and !.
there are now ssmore people in :
led River than Santa Fe."
4 Zee that the organ owe here 10 4
It's linen in an effort to drop :
and IN the same breath booms !
the modest" Gen. Bartlett. The
aven IN THE OrTro's party re-organ- u
;stion editorial is thus working early.
ut the idea Of sending Gen. Bartlett
Washington on an administration, W
g-pulling expedition, since Prince 2.
nd Catron have both failed. makes :,
'e knowing ines over this way smile e
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