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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29
Gross Violations of the Territorial Law Shown and Etab-
hed--Corporations and Wealthy Citizens Favored
at the Expense Of Poor Taxpayers.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PAID FOR
WORK WHICH WAS NEVER PERFORMED
Henry @. Coors, Chairman, and the Other Members OF the Board OF Coun'
ty Commissioners Compromise Their Own Taxes and
Pay Them With Script.

ordered the collector of said county be
authorized and he is hereby directed to
abate the said amount of 81, 031. 95, and
that upon payment of the residue of the
taxes assessed to said company, that
same be received in full satisfaction of
the taxes due and owing by said com
pany for the first half of the year 1896.
And it is further ordered by the board
that the hereinafter described certiti-
Gates of Indebtedness of the county be
surrendered up to this board for cam
collation. without payment, which is
agreed and consented to by w. E. Gort-
ner, attorney aforesaid"
This action of the board was probably
done under cover Of an act OF the legis-
lative assembly of New Mexico, found in
the session laws of 1887, by which, when
it is ascertained by the board that any
assessment of property for purposes of
taxation is excessive, the board may re-
wise the same before taxes are paid:
Session laws of 1887, page 233.
Anybody can see that said assessment
is not excessive except in the use of the
term i'll the resolution. Did this cor
poration ever protest against the assess
ment? Did it ever avail itself of the
remedies afforded by the statutes of New
Mexico by way of an appeal to the terri
torial board of equalization? On the
contrary, the assessment was made upon
the return of it's property al made by
the corporation itself. 1t occurs to the
humble taxpayer that If this corpora
ton had money sufficient to speculate in
county Indebtedness it had money
enough to pay its taxes in cash as law
fully assessed and levied. As a matter
of fact there is no revision or abatement;
there is a surrender of certificates by the
company in lieu of cash. Everybody in
San Miguel county knows that this inn
mense corporation bought up and could
buy up such certificates at from so to IS
cents on the dollar.
just how this abatement was accom-
plished is perhaps surmised upon an eN-
animation of the certificates which were
cancelled, where it appears that, not one
was for any indebtedness of the county
to the corporation, but among them are
found two by which it appears that the
county was indebted to Felix Martinez
in the sum of $76.5 6 and $12s.3 Y respec-
lively. See pages 8 and 9 of the record
of the county commissioners.
The laws of New Mexico require that
all taxes shall be paid in cash. This
payment of 81, O31. 95 by the cancellation
of certificates is a direct violation of law
and was sought to be accomplished by
evasion, subterfuge and fraud.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29

As a "ready letter writer" Oliver Lee
beats Gaskell's Compendium.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29
PeeQs Valley Railway

Time card in effect January 81, 1897,
Central Time): Leave Pecos, Tex, daily
at 1880 a. M, arriving at Roswell, N. M,
at Sis p. m. Leave Roswell daily at
1895 a. M, arriving at Pecos at 7:lO p.
M, connecting with the Texas s. Pacific
Ry., for all points north, south, east and
west.
Stages for Lincoln, White Oaks and
Nogal leave Roswell on Mondays, Wed.
nesdays and Fridays at 7 a.. m.
For low rates and information regard.
ing the Of this valley, and the
price Of lands, or any other matters OF
Interest to the public, apply to
r.. o. FAULKMER,
Receiver and General Manager
Eddy, n. 4.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29
The Daily New Mexican
The NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO.

EH- Entered as Second Glass matter at the
Santa Fe Postoffice.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29
Another Violation of Law.


On the same day and at the same
meeting the board of county commits
sioners directly violated the law of this
territory in passing the following reso-
luton:
"Now comes A. H. Whitmore and rep
resents that he is owing taxes to the
amount of 1882, and that the county
owes him for insurance the sum of $3.50
and in consideration of this fact, it was
ordered that said taxes be abated and
said amount deducted from his accounts
against the county for insurance"
Here there is no pretense whatever
that the assessment or the tax was ex.
| cessive. But in direct violation of law
the board accepts debts in payment OF
taxes which the law says shall be paid
in cash.
And Still Another.
On page II of the same record is
found the evidence of another violation
of law by the board of county commits
s%ioners, as follows:
whereas, the board of county com
missioners Of San Miguel county, New
Mexico, is indebted to the Las Vegas
Light & Fuel Company for lights fur
nished during the years of 1895 and
1896, in the amount of 81, 1872. 66 to the
lst day of January, 1897, and
Whereas, the Las Vegas Light g.
Fuel Company is indebted for taxes for
the year 1896 in the sum of $736.67, in
the said county of San Miguel, includ-
ing therein the town taxes due the city
of East Las Vegas of $3.50, leaving q net
amount of taxes due for said years, ex-
elusive of said city tax, of $4s4.67;
at Is therefore ordered by the board
of county commissioners that the taxes
so due of S4s4.67, being exclusive of the
tax of said city of East Las Vegas, be
and the same is hereby abated and the
amount thereof so abated be deducted
from of 81, 1902. 66 aforementioned due
and owing by the board Of county COM
missioners to the said Las Vegas Light
& Fuel Company, to January l, 1897,
and the collector of said county is here
by authorized to enter and abate the
tax herein ordered"
Here again is found no pretense of an
excessive valuation; nothing but q clear
violation OF official duty, for which
"hoAS 10 ~ HooSioio OASuoo III law r.
Thus are other corporations favored
by this board of county commissioners.
Tender Care for Corporations and
Money Lenders.
On March 8, 1897, another instance OF
| the tender care extended to orpora-
tions and money lenders by the board Of
county commissioners is found in the
following:
"The following attachments were or
dered made:
ITO the San Miguel National bank,
d. L. Hoskins and j. M. Cunningham,
the sum OF 81, 1902, which said amount
was cancelled from the accounts OF John
Pace, ex-assessor, against the county,
Here the taxpayer and citizen finds
on evidence of unusual thrift on the
part Of Q national bank and prosperous
corporation. The borrower can almost
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29

titicate to the money lender as collateral
for a loan. The collateral is finally alb
sorbed and is made good by its use in
the payment of taxes at 100 cents Oh the
dollar. In this simple way the taxpayer
is caught ''goin' and a comm"
On March II the good work is pro-
ceeded with, as will be seen by the fol
lowing order:
Browne & Manzanares' taxes can
celled from their judgments against the
county in the sum of $617.7T.
The convenience of having a judg-
ment against the county is clearly
shown in that order. All that is neces-
sary is to be rich, buy up accounts from
the poor people who have earned their
money from the county, put them into
Judgment and then trade off the judg-
ment in lieu of taxes.
The board knew or ought to have
known that at the time this judgment
was accepted in lieu of taxes the tax
payers of the county were trying to
raise the money to pay this very judg-
ment. "...
More Official Corruption.
But the capsheaf of official corruption
and disregard of public duty is found on
pages Al and AZ of the record, where it
appears that the following order was
entered by this very efficient board of
county commissioners:
''The following attachments were al
lowed:
''To Coors Bros, Pr. 20, 1896, account
over assessment, ST. 500.
$40 H. G. Coors, Pr. %, 1896, account
over assessment, $1,425. ,
"To. R. A. Kistler, Pr. 20 for 1924
5 and SO was abated the sum of $26S and
his accounts against the county can
celled for that amount, the clerk ordered
to issue the order to the collector when
ever Kistler gets ready to pay his taxes"
The above is an exhibition of what
can be done when a man tries. The
chairman of the board of county com
missioners votes to cut down his as
scssment and then chOkes off the press
by abating the taxes of the editor of the
Optic "whenever he gets ready to pay
his taxes"
On May 10, the desire to still favor
corporations seems to continue, for at
page 60 of the record of the proceedings
of that day it is found that the Aqua
Ppra Company settled its taxes for 1896
by surrendering $504.21 of accounts
against the county.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29

instance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
UNPLEASANT FRICTION
Stirred Up by appointment of Col
Ored Paymaster for Texas
Regiment.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Paymaster
General Stanton has turned over to the
president all the papers relating to the
recent unpleasantness growing out of
the refusal of a Texas regiment to re-
ceive pay from Major Lynch because he
is cOlOred.
The president has taken no definite
action beyond expressing approval of
General StantOn's course in sending
sharp dispatch to the commanding pay
master of that department, stating in
effect that as Major Lynch had been
regularly commissioned by the presi-
dent as an army paymaster, the troops
must take their pay from him or else
go without pay
Thus the matter stands. with the pa
pers before the president. There is
possibility that a new question may
arise on the point of characterization in
refusing to receive pay from paymas-
tiers regularly commissioned to make
payments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
IN A SPLENDID ROOM.
Peace Commission Will Meet in the
Salon des Ambassadors, Paris.

Washington, Sept 16.-The French
ambassador, M. Cambon, is back from
a three weeks outing at Lake Cham
plain and through Canada He spent
considerable time in the cities of lower
Canada and was impressed with the
manner in which they retain their
French characteristics. The ambas
dor and NJ. Thiebaut called at the state
department and had a short visit with
Secretary Day.
1t was mainly to say good by to the
secretary prior to his departure for Par
IS and to convey to him in behalf of the
French government assurance that ev-
cry courtesy and attention would be
given the American commissioners
The French government has invited
the commissioners to meet in the ia
nous Salon des Ambassadors which is
a part of the foreign office and one of
the most sumptuOus apartments in Eu-
rope. The invitation has been accept
ed.
1t is understood the ambassadors
visit was not to present any new phas-
es of the Spanish question which is now
committed to the several commissions
dealing with various branches of the
peace settlement. It is probable that
NJ. CambOn will leave for Paris in about
two weeks, but this is not finally set
tied. In case he goes it is said the trip
would not have any significance in con-
nection with the meeting of the peace
commission at Paris although the part
he took in bringing about this settle
ment might make his presence oppor-
tune for cnnSI1ItafiOo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Cabinet in Session an Hour-Callers
at the White House.

Washington, Sept 16.-The cabinet
was in session an hour today, Secretary
Alger being the only absentee. Secre-
tary Day rendered to the president his
resignation as secretary of state and
took leave of his cabinet associates.
A telegram from General Otis at
Manila was read showing that the sit
uatiOn there was entirely satisfactory.
The instructions to the peace commits
sion were gone over for the last time
and officially approved. Senator Gray,
who is detained in Philadelphia, will
not come to Washington as his time
will be limited. but will go direct from
Philadelphia to the Campania, upon
which the commissioners will sail to-
morrow. The other peace commission
ers will leave here for New York at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
The only important callers at the
White House this morning were Sen
ator Frye and Mr.. John w. Foster who
remained with the president only a
short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
LOCAL MENTION.

Miss Daisy Starr will have charge of
the classes in vocal music at the Y. w.
G. A.
Will E White will remain with Mr.:
Zeis successor to c. o. Johnson and
will be glad to have his friends call on
him at the store.
A large force of men is at work put
ting down the new walks in the state
house grounds. A larger force is look
ing on and telling how the work ought
to be done.
The Topeka Capital company has APP
pealed to the supreme court the suit IN
which the Remington Paper company
secured a. judgment for $3.50 against It
in the Shawnee county district court
last December.
Mr.. J. ]. c. Rogers of Woodbine. Ill,
is visiting the family of his brother-in-
law, NJ L. Potter, at 1914 Dillon street.
Miss Lizzie Crane, stenographer FOR
Attorney General Boyle, has returned
from a months visit at Colorado
Springs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
TITS MISS PERKINS.

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 16.-3 p. M
AS a result of tOday's developments
there seems to be almost no doubt that
the woman whose dismembered body
Yellow Mill pond, was Grace Marion
Perkins of OIfddlebOro, Mass.
Additional information has also come
from AIiddleboro to the effect that Miss
Perkins left, that place three weeks ago
presumably with one Charles Bourne,
a young man of the town.
Ladies' Shirt Waists Iaundried so that
the colOrs will not fade, by Peerless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
TT is LESS DEADLY.
Yellow Fever Not so Fatal as Ty-
phoid Among American Vol.

Washington, Sept. 16-The following
note of thanks to those who have con-
tr1buted to the relief of our sick in
CUBA mas been received by one of the
field correspondents of the Associated
Press IN letter just received from
Santiago:
United States Yellow Fever Hospital,
santiago de Cuba, Aug. 29.-In behalf
of the sick who have been and now are
in this hospital, 1 wish to thank the
noble women, men, boys and girls of
the United States who have contrib
uted to the relief of our poor sick in
Cuba.
If those who have aided in this good
work could see only one of the beams
of delight from the eyes of the con-
valescents or the sad smile of pleasure
from the pain furrOwed brow of the sick
when something is given with the the
words, Take this, it will do you good
or use this, it was sent from home"
it would repay the givers a hundred fold
for all their trouble and expense. Only
heavens recording angel with a pen
divinely inspired could picture the want,
the suffering and sickness of our SOL
dierS on this island. Our sick in this
hospital when they have received the
much needed delcacies sent from
America, have never failed to cheer up
as though there were tonic in the mere
fact of the gift and seldom do they fail
to say with sparkling eyes, God bless
the dear people at home" (Signed),
ORLANDER QUICKER,
Surgeon-in-Charge
The hospital in question has been
established on an island in Santiago
about two miles from the city. The
letter quoted states that conditions
have greatly improved during August
but there is still much need of deli
cacies such as can only be had through
the kindly contributions from the
states. yellow fever has been less a
scourge than had been expected, the
death rate being down to y per cent,
but typhoid has proved deadly, chiefly
owing to the impossibility of obtaining
the light nourishment so necessary in
the treatment of the disease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
KANSAS WHEAT GOING NORTH
Information of Interest From the
State Grain Inspector.

A great deal of Kansas wheat is go
ing north to Minneapolis, Mimi, this
year. w. w. Culver, state grain in
spector, told Secretary Coburn of the
state board of agriculture. that the
heaviest buyers in the Kansas market
al present are the millers from that
city. The Kansas grain is mixed with
northern grain to "tone it up" The best
grade of Minnesota wheat, according to
Secretary Coburn. is made better by
adding some Kansas wheat to it, and
makes better flour.
a clipping from the London Corn Cir
cular, the official grain sheet of Eng
land. received by Mr.. COburn yesterday,
says:
importers have been busy this week
testing samples of the new seasons
Kansas and winter fiours, which are
coming to hand freely and which leave
nothing to be desired in the matter of
quality. In full Endorsement of the
theory that big crops and fine grade go
hand in hand, Kansas flour this year
shows a fine yellow tinge, calculated
to impart good bloom to the loaf"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
QUESTION OF BONDS.
George R. Smelling Takes No Stock
in a Certain Old Statute.

Assistant Attorney General George R.
Smelling, who returned yesterday after
noon from Garden City, where he went
to argue two suits on refunding bonds
in the court of appeals, does not believe
that the old statute dug up by c. F.
Hutchings of Kansas City, Kas., pro-
viding for the collection of contested
refundiDg bonds without first obtaining
a judgment on them, will prove such an
aid to bond-hOlders as Mr.. Hutchings
thinks.
''Supposing a county should refuse to
pay its refunding bonds" said Mr..
Smelling, ION the ground that they are
invalid. The state auditor orders the
county treasurer to make a levy suffi-
Gent to pay the defaulted bonds. The
county treasurer refuses and the bond
holders fall back on his bondsmen for
their money. The validity of the bonds
must be proven and a judgment OBJ
tanned against the county treasurer's
bondsmen before anything can be col
lected from them, and it is easier and
safer to bring suit directly against the
county in the first place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
NO MORE SOUP
Will Be Dealt Out by the Government
at Havana.

Havana, Sept. 1.-two free soup kitch77
ems in this city were closed yesterday and
the closing of all others will follow These
kitchens have been distributing to the
really needy over 10000 ratiOnS daily.
Their discontinuance. based. according to
the civil governors circular, on the as
sumption that distress and want have dis
appeared from the city, will have the eff
feet of throwing thousands of unfOrtun-
ate people on public charity Beggars
are again infesting the streets and carry
ing filth and disease germs all over Ha-
yana. Immediate arrangements for the
distribution of the COmal ratiOns, now that
the Spanish government refuses to feed
the hungry, is Imperative.
The meat ring continues keeping the
price of meat at from 50 to so cents per
pound in spite of the protests and offers
made by large and responsible firms to
the government offering to import cattle
and place meat on the market at 25 cents
per pound
to be discharged from the army. They
refuse to return to Spain, where starva-
ton stares them in the face. Many of
them have formed classes to study Eng
lish. hoping to succeed in obtaining COM
missions in the United States army as
soon as they are proficient in the Ian
guaSe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
AT CAMP LINDSEY.
Scenes and Incidents in the 22nd's
Camp at Leavenworth.

From the Leavenworth Times
The officers of the 22nd Kansas vol
unteers expect to remain in the service
several months yet. Colonel Lindsey
stated yesterday that there were no
orders to rush the mastering out of the
regiment and he would not be surprised
II they were still in the service by Jan
uary l.
So far as the officers of the regiment
can learn it is the intention to have the
( 22nd retained here until all the terms
of peace are agreed upon and the num-
Der of volunteers for garrison duty fix
ed upon.
Floors for all the tents at Camp Lind
sey have been ordered and they will
be put in before the men return from
their months furlOugh Camp stoves
nave also been ordered and this leads
Colonel Lindsey to believe that the reg
iment is destined to remain here for a
couple of months at least.
Yesterday the camp at Fort Leaven-
worth presented a deserted appearance
The activity displayed there Monday
and Tuesday is gone and everything is
very quiet.
Out of the entire regiment, which was
composed Of 1900 men, only y are left
in camp. There are retained for the
purpose of guarding the regiments pro-
perty and keeping the camp grounds in
good condition. OF the number left so
are privates and the remaining II are
officers, who are left in charge of the
men.
The Indictment weather, which pre-
vailed during the two days that the
regiment was encamped here has pre-
vented those who wished to go to the
camp from doing so, but many took ad-
vantage of the fine weather yesterday
and during the entire day civilians were
constantly going to and from the camp.
These people served to occupy the
greater part of the few soldiers time
and they were busy all day showing
the strangers around the camp. Many
of the boys seemed rather gloomy on
account of not being allowed to go
home but the majority claimed that
they were satisfied to remain and on
the whole the entire number seemed to
enjoy themselves.
The soldiers claim that the young la
dies are drawing on their datiOns to
such an extent that in a few days they
will have none of their stores left. Ev-
cry girl who visits the camp expects a
souvenir from every soldier that they
meet and they will not rest until they
have received a piece of bareback with
the giVers name upon it.
Yesterday the camp was visited by q
large number of girls, Who supplied
to get the signatures of all the men in
camp. During the early part of yes
terday morning the men were employed
in burning up the rubbish that had ae-
cumulated around the camp. All hand
bills and papers were gathered up and
men for bedding was taken to the rear
of the camp where it was burned and
by noon the camp was in good cOndi-
ton.
The boys are preparing to organize an
athletic club and expect to soon have
football and baseball team and if they
are successful the probabilities are that
the lovers of these sports in the city
will soon have an opportunity of wit
Messing some good games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
X. TX. BUTTONS HERE.
The Face on the Button That of a
Blonde Young Woman.

The Karnival Knight buttons have
arrived. They are the prettiest buttons
that have been seen in Topeka
The face is that of a young lady with
an oval face and blue eyes. The mouth
is we'll formed and the lips are parted
in a smile. The hair is golden. The
head is surmounted with a sailors cap
upon the band of which appears the
word Topeka" and the young lady is
attired in blue sailors blouse with
'k on either side of the collar
The mask which covers the upper
part of the face has so far proved a
secure guard against the guessers who
would like to make the IS offered by the
karnival Committee to the person. who
first guesses the identity of the young
lady whose face appears on the button.
The buttons are on sale in nearly
every store in Topeka and eevry one
who wants to see Karnival day and
night a success should buy one or more.