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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16
FORECLOSING THE PECOS VALLEY RY.
Mercantile Trust Company, of New York,
Brings Foreclosure Proceedings at So
coro- Master Appointed No De-
lay in Construction Of Pecos
Valley Railway from Ros-
we'll East.
Special Dispatch to the New Mexican.
Il. B. cARTWRt:H- 4 BRO.

Special Dispatch to the New Mexican.
Socorro, Feb. l6 ls9s.--John S. Nc
Beth, of Denver, representing the Mer-
camille Trust company OF New York and
A. G. Campbell Of Eddy, representing
the Pecos Valley Railway company APP
peared before Judge Hamilton in cham
bers at Socorro today and on application
of the Mercantile Trust company, plain
tiff in the foreclosure proceedings
against the Pecos Valley Railway com
pany, Hon. A. A. Freeman, of Eddy,
was appointed master to take proofs to
support the bill of complainant. Judge
Freeman and Mr. A. c. Campbell leave
here tonight for New York This is u
preliminary step towards the taking Of
the Pecos Valley Railway out of the
hands of the receiver, Mr. +. O. Faulk-
ner, and its reorganization. Mr.. Camp
bell says he believes that it will not bc
necessary to sell the railway under the
foreclosure proceedings but that II it he
comes necessary, that there will be no
delay in procuring decree and that the
work of constructing the extension
from Roswell will begin at once.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16
ITS INITIAL MEETING.
A Largely Attended Gathering Of the Corn
Growers of the West and Middle
West at Chicago

Chicago, Feb l6.-The.iirst corn con-
,yention ever held in the United States
began today. About $50 delegates are
present and more are expected. Nearly
all the middle western commOnwcalths
are represented, as well as few far
western commonwcalths Arrangements
have been made for giving practical
demonstrations as to the value of corn
as food
f. d. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, was chosen chair
man. He said: "Thc average annual
product of the American silver mines,
during the three years ending 1898, was
less than ss46, 800, 900, while the average
value of American corn for each of the
last ten years. has been nearly $3.50, ,000.-
OOO.''
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the ship and set off. In the present
lack Of knowledge, it is not thought
possible to say to which theory the bal
ance of the probability nclincs.
Presidents Message to Captain Sigsbee.
Washington, Feb. lG.-Secretary Long
sent this telegram to Captain Sigsbee:
"The president directs me to express for
himself and the people of the United
States his profound sympathy with the
officers and the crew of the Maine and
desires that no expense be spared in
providing for the survivors and care for
the dead"
Description OF the Doomed ship.
Washington. Feb. l6.--The Maine was
displacement; had a registered speed of
ia knots. cost the government 81, 500,-
900: had an armament of four ten-inch
and six six-inch breech loading guns and
Is smaller guns besides Gatlings.
Coast Survey steamer to Havana.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The coast sur
yey steamer Bache has been ordered to
Havana at once with wrecking parapher-
MALTA. She Is now at Key West
No More Ships for Havana for the Present.
Washington, Feb. l6. = Among the
matters discussed by the president and
the members of the cabinet, was the ex-
pediency of Immediately sending one or
more warships to Havana to take the
place of the Maine. The conclusion is
understood to have been reached, that
at present such course is not desirable.
1t is authoritively stated at the White
house, that all information so far re-
ceived, indicated that the loss of the
Maine was the result of all accident and
in absence of any evidence to the con-
trary this should be assumed to be Il
fact
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16

The dispatch says that the account
given by the passengers OF the Ward line
steamer City of Washington. which was
lying not 300 yards from the Maine, bear
ont the foregoing statement. Con-
tinung the cable says: e Brass pipe,
angle iron, ETC., fell in q shower. on the
deck of the City of Washington, so in
juring two of It's boats. that when they
were lowered they were useless. Out
of the dense smoke of the explosion and
flames. came anguished cries for help.
simultaneously with the cessation of
falling fragments. search lights were
thrown on the wreck and its load of
agony. Spanish boats from the shore
joined those Of the City of Washington
along side at once, but the regular
ferry boats passing soon after the eX-
plosion, did not stop to make offers of
aid.
Opinion Of Commander Montgomery.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-COmmander j. E.
Montgomery, commanding officer of the
confederate feet during the civil war,
was very emphatic today in declaring
that the sinking of the battleship Maine
In Havana harbor was the result of
treachery and an act without u parallel
in the worlds history. In his opinion,
war must follow. When divers exam
inc tho hull of the vessel" said Com
mander Montgomery, lit will be found
that it was stove in by torpedo cx-
ploded under the bow with diabolical
intent
List of the Names Officers.
Washington, Feb. 16.--The following
is Il list of the officers of the battlcship
Maine:
Captain Charles d. Sigsbcc, Wash
ington; Lieutenant Commander Richard
Wainswright, Washington; Lieutenant
G. f. Holman, California; Lieutenant
John Hood, Florence, Ala; Lieutenant
Carl W. Junger, New York City; Lieu
tenant Gunior grade G. r. Blow, La
Sale, HIS; John j. Blandin, Green
wood, Nd; +. w. jenkins. Allegheny
City, Pa. Naval cadets: W. Cluverius,
Jr., Louisiana; A. Bronson, Nebraska:
d. f. Boyd, Jr.. Alabama: Surgeon L.
c. Heneberger, Harrisonburg, Va; Pay
master G. NJ. Ray, Washington; Chief
Engineer G. p. Howell, Goshen, N. Y;
Passed Assistant Engineer L. c. Bowers,
Brooklyn, N. Y; Assistant Engineers G.
R. Mowers, Oregon, Darwin Merritt,
Red Oak, Ia: Engineer Cadets, Pope,
Washington. n c., Arthur Crenshaw,
Alabama; Chaplain j. p Chadwick, New
York City; 1st Lieutenant Marines Al
bert W. Catlin, Minnesota.
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Serious Shooting at Kelly.
special to the New Mexican.

Special 10 tTle New NtXIcHT.
Socorro, N, NJ. Feb. 16.--Last night.
at Kelly, Geo. Rhodes and Tom Maloney
shot and wounded Amilio Papa. Fran
cisco Saiz and Joe James. Papa was
shot near the heart, Saiz through the
thigh and James in the head. The
wounds are considered serious. Full
particulars have not vet been received
Two posses are out in pursuit Of Rhodes
and Maloney.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16
Sale of the Union Pacific.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 16.-The govern
ment lien on the Union Pacific railroad
in Kansas, was wiped out this morning
at the sale in this city
The Kansas Pacific road was bought
in by Alvin W. Krech, representing the
organization committee, for S6. 303. 900;
there was no competition.
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THE FOOL SPANIARDS
Talking War in Madrid and Fighting by
Word of Mouth.

New York. Feb. 16. A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says: Public feeling
here against the United States is highly
strung. In the public mind there is Il
firm conviction that the United States
means to force war upon Spain and that
the latter must absolutely stand her
ground: that in Cuba the autonomiSts
would side with Spain, fighting against
the United States troops, and ii the
Spaniards would encourage the landing
of troops in the greatest possible num-
bers, in the unhealthy season of Cnba.
it would kill them off like flies.
At the same time ships of war could
lombard the helpless coast towns which,
with the exception of New York, are
considered unprotected, and the United
States would not have sufficient war
ships to protect them. Great calcula-
tions are also made on the widespread
ruin which would fall upon business in
the United States.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16
Five Men Supposed to be Lost.

New York. Feb. l6.A tug boat said
to be the Frankie, today capsized and
sank In the lower bay. 1t is believed
that at least five men were lost. The
ferry boat, Castleton, saved FIVE of the
sinking boats men.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16

collected in
Bernao CoaX
the month Of January follows:
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PECOS VALLEY EXTENSION
Engineers in the Field-Chief Engineer
Ballard Now at Work on the New Road
E. 0. Faulkner Retires from
the P. I. 81. Co.
Road Must Be Completed October !,
Next

Things are moving in the railroad line.
Chief Engineer Ballard has returned
from the east. He came here directly
from Chicago, leaving Mr.. Faulkner in
st. Louis, and Immediately upon his ar
rival began preparations for taking the
field with corps of men.
Engineer Ballard stated that the first
work of the party would be that of run
ming new line out of Roswell for 20
miles, ntersecting the old line at the %
mile point. From there they would
jump to the 165-mile point and make an
other run and alteration of 25 miles,
taking the road into Canon City. With
these two alterations the survey is com
plete. These changes are expected to
greatly improve the line of the road.
Mr.. Ballard, in reply to a question as
to the eastern terminus OF the new line,
said it had not yet been determined
whether the road would go into Wash
burn or Amarillo. 1t will be definitely
decided, however, before the surveying
corps reaches there, which will be about
the first of the month. The present
party will be out about a month. and
then begin work incidental to actual
work, cross-sectioning, etc.
1t is expected that the contract will be
let to one firm. who will sub-let the work
and exert every effort to hasten compile
tion. The road must be completed by
October /. Mr.. Ballard asserts, and if
the weather is favorable there is no
doubt but that it will be. The contract
will be let March !. 1t will then re-
quire about Is days for the contractors
to get on the ground, the necessary ma
teral received, and then actual con-
will begin.
All the ties and all the rails necessary
for the entire road have been purchased.
The rail contract was secured by the
Illinois Steel company, of Chicago. The
contract for ties went to a Kansas City
firm.
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Mr.. Faulkner's Resignation.

Mr.. L. o. Faulkner, general manager
of the Pecos Valley Railway company,
will be a busy man from this time until
the completion of the extension Of the
road from Roswell. Most of the con-
struction work will necessarily be done
from the eastern end, and this will com
pei him to be away from the valley the
greater part of the time, and the whole
OF his energies will be directed to put
ting the extension through as quickly as
possible. For this reason he has re-
signed as vice president and director of
the Pecos Irrigation & Improvement
company, The railroad extension will
absorb his whole attention, and he does
not wish to be hampered with other
duties,
The immediate promptness with which
actual work has commenced on the new
road indicates that, no unforeseen obsta-
cles intervening, the people of the Pecos
valley will be able to ride over the Pecos
Valley & Northeastern by October l.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16

The collections for December oows Territorial
territorial institutions, So licenses total $ SS7O
The collected 1925 paid for the 7 fiscal Of 1885, for
those the 49th which
March 4 1885, Ng
Union and Mora sent n, but sent for collection.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-16
The Finney.New Mexico Mining Case.

The Finney-New Mexico Mining Case.
The case of Newton S. Finney,
stockholder of the New Mexico Mining
company, against that company and
John DAILY and j. S. Hutchison and
others, in which an injunction is pend
ing against all the defendants, has been
SGT down for hearing on demurrer to ans
wer and motion to dissolve the injunc-
tion, for the 25th inst. w. II. Pope ap-
pears for Finney and H. L. Warren and
A. B. Renehan for the miners made de-
PENDANTS.
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Wheat sl.ol IA for May Delivery.

Chicago, Feb. l6. In the first Is min
utes OF trading today, wheat sold up to
$l.O14 for May delivery. This is said
to be the highest point reached for that
delivery since 1891.
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HOME FROM MANILA.

List Of Those who Returned on the
Hospital Snip Rio Janeiro.
MANILA, Sept. l3. via San Francisco.
Oct. IA. The sailing Of the hospital
ship Rio Janeiro has been scheduled
for Sept. II. The following is list of
those belonging to the Thirteenth Min.
nesota and to the hospital and signal
corps, those not otherwise designated
being privates:
Hospital Corps-Walter Body, Bernard
Britton, malarial fever; James c. Ed
wards, gunshot wound; James ID. Cor
man, diarhoea; John Gillette, general
debility. Frank Smith. general debility /;
Dana n. Wood. malarial fever.
Signal Corps-Charles Lindholm, dys-
entery.
Thirteenth Minnesota-Charles G. Bum
ker, lieutenant, gunshot wound; Walter
]. Cork, Company l., typhoid fever; Harry
l. Hart, corporal Company +. typhoid
fever; Anton johnson, Company +, ty-
phoid fever; George Leuse, Company +,
| dysentcry; ". II. Overmine Company l,
| injury to back; David Small, corporal
| Company F, typhoid fever; Joseph Webb,
| Company +, dysentery, malarial.
The men so far recommended for
discharge and transportation home are
as follows:
! James Artenbury, corporal Company L
| Thirteenth Minnesota; William A. Amer
min, corporal company l, Thirteenth
Minnesota: Henry Bedbury, corpora
| Company l, Thirteenth Minnesota: l.. NJ
Darby, Company A, Thirteenth Mime
sofa; Cooper X. Downes discharged fo
expiration Of service. is sick in hospital a
Cavite.
Raymond Lenwant, Company F, Firs
South Dakota, acute bronchitis; Conrat
n. Dove, Company l., Thirteenth Mime
sofa: William Sydney, Company l. Thir
teenth Minnesota
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fpt That the Keeping of Or
fr Has Been Turned Over to
the Military.
Ohers List of Dead Contains
Inc Names, But Is Probably
Incomplete.
lhs Among the Citizens That
lie Nlrlen Miners Are Not
to Blame.

'DhS' Ills. Oct. 1.-THE town 10
wet as country church yard.
oat!ing guns Of tho Galesburg
s on tho public square and .
.aped infantryman at each corner
business district 10 about the
Nv ir'aonco Of the riot outside Of the
- nome. q story and q half cot.
49,, Al the front yard Of this hum.
ou'e ~. stand five black covered cof.
~ each Of which 10 . simple plate
s,eo with the words 'At Rest"
sor the lids are the mortal re.
., " hve victims Of the battle at
,.ockade "s Of the Chicago. virden
srSn srUS%peny. They are:
ls 'I hlTrRRLY, Mount Olive.
Sr.n nMIrH, Mount Olive.
WrmN mNEuTNER, Mount Olive
,I'hlz' Springfield.
Blue, Springfield.
|will ill., an mart has impanelled . jury
~ I !. endeavor to place the respon.
, 'of the shooting.
VIII AL He Disar med.
.o' ao mcknight Of the governor q
Rsss accompanied by Adjutant Gen.
ADJ at midnight. visited the
An. y. the Chicago. virden Coal
os. una served formal notice on
too, G Lukens, who has been inside
H. haue throuRhout tho trouble,
nS .o'oaers would visit the stock
u'sarm all inmates. Colonel
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WILL yACATE TUESDAY.

Brooke Cables the Acpuiescencs of Span
ish commissioners In American Plans.
WASHINGTON. Oct. l4.-The follow.
lowing cablegram has been received at
the war department.:
San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. IL,
1898. Secretary of War, Washington:
The United States commission have
informed the Spanish commission that
the United States expect to have com.
plete possession of Porto Rico on Oct.
IS. The Spanish commission consent
to this and say that it is expected the
evacuation will be complete OH or be.
fore that day. II not. they will con.
cede poss ession. The United States
commission has practically completed
the details of the evacuation and the
io,nt commission has held its last ses.
sion, and adjourned without day. The
United States troops will be placed in
San Juan and the flag hoisted at noon
Oct l8.
BROOKE, Major General.
This dispatch is very gratifying to
the war department officials, as it ends
all contention regarding the possession
| of Porto Rico. The details Of the
agreements reached by the commits
| sioners have not been received at the
war department, but as the negotiations
seem to have progressed smoothly. it II
supposed that the nstructions OF thu
administration to the commissioner
have been carried out.
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Mcknight says that no objections were
offered to this proposition. he antici'
pates no trouble ut that point, ana ex'
presses his opinion that there WILL 90
no further outbreak on the part OF the
mart of either the union miners or
guards at tho stockade.
Colonel Mcknight said that he drove
over from his home at Girard. On the
way he passed numerous squads OF
miners returning to their homes IN
G,rard. Mt. Olive and neighboring
towns. The parties numbered from .
To as or 80. and in most cases the men
were we'll armed.
, While martial law has not yet been
declared. the town is virtually under
control OF the state troops. under Cap
tain Craig Of Battery B, First Illinois
artillery.
There is q feeling among the people
Of the town who are not connecteo
with the miners, that Virden miners
Ara not responsible for the tragedy.
One citizen expressed his views in
very emphatic manner. saying tnst al
the trouble had been caused oy out
.iders who came here and induced the
local strikers to acts Of violence. A
.trikine incident that bears out this
.tatement is the fnct that In the
bloody work not single Virden miner
was killed and only one slightly In
jured. ).
v1RpEN, Ills, Oct. lA-The coroner
Nat ~ dead contains but tho following
| mine names:
ED WELSH, Springfield
FRANK BlLYEu, Springfield.
rIIfs mot Albert) SMITH. Mt Olive.
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ChaS. Kaufman 6 Bros.
ERNEST kEMLER (not kentner), Mt
Olive

- EDWARDS. Girard.
A. H. BRENEMAN. Girard.
II. H. kILEY. detective.
A. NJ MORGAN. Chicago.
THOMAS PRESTON, Chicago.
The following three are reported
deaf, but cannot be verified:
ED GREEN, Mt. Olive.
JOE kETTERLEY. Mt. Olive.
ERNEST LOSG, Girard.
The two following named in the list
of wounded are reported having died
en- route to Springfield:
WILLIAM HERMAN, Girard.
GEORGE BAsToN, Nit. Olive.
Coroner Hart declared that his list OF
nine dead completely covers the mum.
Der killed in the fight, but all over
town it is generally accepted that
Green, ketterly and Long are dead.
II this be true, the two injured dying
ON the train makes the number Of dead
fourteen.
TO the above should be added the
name of William w. Carroll, deputy
sheriff, who died after being taken te
Springfield.
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WAR N0TOVER
Requests For Discharges From
the Army Granted Only For
Disability.
Answer to the Great Number of
Applications to Be Mus
tered Out.
List Of Those Coming From Ma
nila on the Hospital Ship
Rio Janeiro.
Spaniards Ready to Turn Over
the Porto Rican Government
on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The war de-
partment 10 constantly in receipt Of re.
quests from soldiers asking to be mus.
tered out; stating that the war has
closed and they wish to 90 home.
This 10 the excuse made by nearly all
those now seeking disch' 70. The
war department officials sa. that the
war will not be over until the treaty OF
peace 10 ratified by the United States
senate and that the soldiers may be
needed for further duty. No dis
charges will be granted. except fol-
sickness and disability. and the re-
quests in these cases must be approved
by the colonels and higher command.
ing officers.
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AsHlNoToN. Oct. l4.-Major Gen.
eral Wade has cabled the war depart.
ment announcing the death OF Major
s. B. Beebe. ordnance officer. United
States volunteers, who died of yellow
fever at Havana. He was resident OF
Thompson. Conn. where his widow
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DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saive
Cures Piles. Scales. Burns.

DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale Of any Salve in the world.
This fact and its merit has led dishonest
people to attempt to counterfeit it.
Look out for the man who attempts 20
deceive you when you call for DeWitt'a
Witch Hazel Sslve the great pile oure.
>. Cook & ODEE.
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Gen eral Lswton Leaves Santiago.

SANTIAGO, Oct. Ia. Major General
Henry w. Lawton. governor Of the
military department Of Santiago, has
left for the United States on the trans.
port Michigan, accompanied by his
aides. The battery at Ell Moro fred q
salute Of ~ guns and more than 700
Cubans raised cheer as the Michigan
sailed away.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-14
Goddard 0ets : New Trial.

KANSAS CITY. Oct. IA. DIR. Jefferson
D. Goddard. under . l6.year sentence
for the murder Of Fred Jackson. .
laundryman, has been granted new
trial bv the state supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-15
CABLES ARE USELESS
In the Hands of Dewey and Samp-
son After ALL

Washington, June 15.-An unexpected
complication has arisen as to the right
of Admiral Sampson at Santiago, and
Admiral Dewey at Manila to use the
cables which each has secured, with a
view of bringing them into direct tele-
graphic communication with the au-
thorities here.
1t is understood by officials here that
Admiral Dewey secured the shore end
of the cable leading from Manila to
Hong Kong some time ago, and buoyed
it with a view to sending dispatches.
The same condition is understood to
exist at Santiago, where Admiral Samp-
son has buoyed the shore end of the
cable with view to repairing and
using 1T. But no messages have been
sent, and the question has arisen as to
whether it is allowable under the rules
of neutrality for the French and British
companies owning these lines to permit
them to be used for strictly military
purposes.
The companies control the points of
exit and are able to refuse to pass dis
patches along, so that the holding of
the shore ends by Admirals Dewey and
Sampson does not permit them to carry
on communication, except through the
assent of the companies. These are
private concerns, but they are bound to
observe the neutrality of their respec-
tive governments. There is some
anxiety, therefore, as to the course OF
the operators of the French company
a t Hayti, when they receive messages
from Admiral Sampson. Should they
refuse to handle them over neutral
lines, touching neutral territory, an in
teresting question may arise. The same
condition exists as to the Manila cable
and the failure to receive dispatches
from Manila is attributed to the failure
of the British operators at Hong Kong
to take the messages. 1t is stated that
negotiations are now progressing which
give promise of a satisfactory under
standing with the companies and the
forwarding of such messages as the
American admiralS send.