Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-25

The box sheet will be ready tomorrow
Saturday at 10 ii. m. at Ireland's
Pharmacy. Secure reserved seats fol
the Louise Brehany concert.
U. S. weather bureau forecast foi
New Mexico: Rain in southern, rain OF
snow in northern portion tonight and
Saturday, warmer in southern portion.
Colored recruits for the 9th cavalry
and 25th infantry continue to pass
through the territory, making it evident
that the government intends recruiting
those two commands up to the full
strength Of 1,2O0 men to the regiment.
Yesterday, the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature, Al degrees,
at 2:30 p. m; minimum, 21, at 7 a. m.
The mean temperature for the "A hours
was 81 degrees; mean daily relative hui
midity, AZ per cent.
There is Il coal famine in town, and it
will be several days before it can be
remedied. They are short on water at
the mines, so that it is with difficulty that
enough is found to run the boilers of the
plant. But Mr.. Dudrow believed this
morning that in a few days the coal
company would be able to put enough
coal into this market to relieve the
scarcity.
The Wells Fargo Express Company
gave all of their married employees
yesterday a turkey and a can of
oysters, and the express men in this
city with all the others are feeling
happy. President j. j. Valentine who
is also president of the San Francisco
Y. M. c. A. is a very philanthropic and
kind hearted man.
Yesterday passed quietly in this city.
with good cheer everywhere. The
church services were well attended. the
hotel guests were all happy after their
fine dinners, especially the guests of the
Palace which gave one of the best
thanksgiving dinners ever gotten up in
the territory, Both Wednesday and
last evening were largely given to
bales. Travel, as a matter of course
was very light. The stores closed at
noon after a brisk and profitable trade
in the morning.
The football game yesterday at the
Indian school with the city team
resulted in a draw alter a prolonged
but not very exciting contest. The
Indian team will play the Indian school
team from Albuquerque one week from
next Saturday on the Brothers College
grounds.
The town was stirred yesterday morn
ing about 8 o'clock by the fire bell, and
there was a general rushing to find the
cause. 1t was an old box of inhammable
rubbish that had caught fire in the
alley south of the Claire hotel. The
''conflagration' was soon extinguished.
Two big 12-wheeled freight locomo-
tives for the Southern Pacific have just
passed through the territory to Los
Angeles, where they will be set up for
operation on the mountain divisions of
the s. p: in southern California. They
are compounds, weighing IS tons ex-
of the tender. The boiler is 70
inches in diameter, and the cylinders
23x35x32 inches.
Shepherd Crumpacker, father Oh
Judge Crumpacker, Of the federal court
of this territory and one of the pioneers
La Porte county, Ind, is dead at
Westville, Ind, of heart disease. He
was born neal Lynchburg, Va, in 1924.
w. Fl. Overman, a travelling man from
Wichita, Kan, is in the city on business
is stopping at the Claire.
Captain Thomas B. Hart, of San Juan.
who was released from the p%enitentiary
Yesterday by Thanksgiving pardon,
waited on the governor to thank him
Tor the executive clemency, and leaves
.omorrow morning for the north coun-
The captain is stopping at the Ex-
hotel.