Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-22

MINOR CITY TOPICS.
City council meets tonight.

City council meets tonight.
U. S. weather bureau forecast for
New Mexico: Generally fair tonight
and Friday.
Republican county convention to Sc
lect Is delegates to the territorial con-
v@ention at Albuquerque meets in the
court house at 10 o'clock tomorrow fore
noon.
DR.. Knapp, assisted by DR.. Harroun,
performed this morning a very delicate
and successful operation on Mr.. Theodore
Joseph, the superintendent of the Ma
tional cemetery.
The territorial game wardens have re-
ceived word from the national fish com
missioner, that a large consignment of
trout and bass will be sent to this terri
tory within the next so days.
A party of archaeologists, represent
ing the American museum of natural
history and the Peabody museum of
New York City, are eXhuming a prehis-
toric city in BonitO canon on a tributary
of the Chaco river.
Yesterday the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol.
lows: Maximum temperature, r de
grees at las p. M; minimum, 81 degrees
at AIS a. m. The mean temperature fol
the "a hours was "a degrees.
Justice German held Antonio Ortega
the policeman, charged with shooting
Pablo Martinez in the sum OF ST., 5Ot
bail on yesterday on a hearing of the
case, although Ortega made out a strong
case of justification. Martinez, the
wounded man, is getting on quite well
The meeting held at Odd Fellows hal
last night, under the auspices of the
Woodmen of the Word, was largely at
tended and successful in every way
Deputy Sovereign Commander Cam
gave an interesting talk on Woodcraft
and after the public meeting was dis
missed, two new members were initiated
in the mysteries of the order.
Jose M. Garcia, Justice of the peace
of precinct No. II, announces himself a.
a candidate for reelection: this at the
request of many friends. The justice
of the peace election does not take place
until January next, but Mr.. Garcia be
lieves in the adage, that in the justice O
the peace business, the early birc
catches the official worm.
The smallpox patient, Julian Mon
toya, is on the road to recovery. DR.
Knapp has seen to it that the premise,
are put in a clearly condition, and
small yellow flag is nailed over the from
door, where beneath is tho legend
'Small-poX here" The mayor says 1t
| s@ ,,1In ~ tn1r, tl,n ~ asnt,, ~, Z,
preventing %contagion, and will keep
sharper watch than ever IN any cas-
of suspected disease that he can learl
of.
The very swift young escapader whit
skipped from the penitentiary by thu
light of the cold, pale moon the otheI
night, has been located by Assistan'
Warden Merrill and guards after a long
hard, untiring search. The nimbl,
gentleman struck out In the direction o
the orient after leaping off the peniten
tiary wall, then took a northerly course
then southwesterly, then northerly agail
and struck the Santa Fe river just allow
the reservoir. There he entered tn
river and by making that his roadway
he threw the dogs off the scent. How
ever, the officers were indefatigable ant
finally located the fugitive somewher,
among the Penitentes in Chimayo IN tn
Santa Cruz river. AS the convict is
Penitente, his compadres at the settle
ment are doing all in their power to hid,
and shield him. The warden has tn
place guarded, and the recapture of E
Don ST.. Estrupillo is merely a matter 0
time.