Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-05

edited by a committee of leading Demo
Gratis in Santa Fe, and will be run DUR
ing the campaign, and possible two or
three months after the election.
Mr.. w. j. NfcPherson is spoken OF as
a probable candidate, for one of the
legislative nominations on the Repub-
llcan ticket.
New wires have been strung along
Gaspar avenue, and the residents are
CONTEMPLATING themselves on having
additional shade.
The session of the United States court
of private land claims was shorter than
anticipated. The attorneys were not
ready to try cases.
There is a proposition to rotate the
territorial fair between Albuquerque,
| Las Vegas and Santa Fe, and not let
Albuquerque have a monopoly OF it.
The stockholders of the Santa Fe
Fruit Company will meet in Captain
Days office tonight at 8 o'clock, for the
purpose of e~lecting directors for the en-
suing year.
The engines on the Santa Fe main
line made a total mileage last fiscal year
of 30, 4s5, 1928, costing the mechanical de-
partment$4, 3S6;2S2. This was exclusive
of the cost of the engines.
Six thousand sheep will be shipped
north tomorrow over the Santa Fe in II
double decked cars for Rogers g. Payne,
of Kansas City. They were bought from
f. w. Bond g. Bro, of Espanola.
Information from Las Cruces states
that Oliver Lee, William McNew, and
j. B. Gilliland have been indicted by
the Las Cruces grand jury for the
murder of Col. A. J. Fountain and his
little son on February l, 1896.
Yesterday the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature 70 de-
grees at $40 p. m; minimum, AZ degrees
at $50 a. IN. The mean temperature for
the "a hours was 60 degrees.
The board Of education failed to have
a meeting night before last on account
of the failure on the part of some of the
members to show up. The members
present were: A. j. Fischer, j. v. Con-
way, Manuel Delgado and Seferino Ba-
ca. Another meeting is called for Mon
day next.
There is considerable talk of re.
organizing the Mckinley and Hobart
club in this city for work during the
present campaign. This club did ex'
%cellent work for the Republican party
during the last campaign, and there Is
no good reason why 1T should not DC
likewise this campaign.
Frultmen say there is great inquiry
from outside about fruit, owing to the
failure of crops in the north and east,
and there is a particularly extended
inquiry as to apples. County fruit orch.
ards have already been pretty well
bought up by outside handlers, and
prices promise to rise.
The board of registration in precinct
No. II held a short session this morning,
and registered voters to the number OF
$40, and adjourned until Saturday next
at 10 o'clock. when the board will re.
sumo it's work. All legal voters are In
vited to attend and see to it that Their
names appear on the lists, as those who
are not registered cannot vote in the
coming election.
Messrs. Okeson, Mcmahon, Joss anC
Vandalism, of Fairview, Kas., shipped
today over the D. & R. G. 1900 sheer
in IS cars for eastern Kansas, where
the sheep will be fed for the Kansas
City market. The price paid averaged
80 for lambs and $2.45 for yearlings
The animals were bought in this county
through Francisco Gonzales y Baca
from Andres c. de Baca, German Pine
Pedro Pine, Benito Rodriguez, Anas
tacio Gonzales, Martinez Bros. and Lu
ciano Baca.
The triennial general convention o
the Episcopal church in the United
{. States, opens today in Washington
Bishop Kendrick went east some week.
ago, so as to attend. The lay delegat,
from New Mexico is Hon. L. B. Prince
who has been present as a member a
the opening of every general convention
since that of 1871. Other engagements
have prevented his being In Washington
today, but he hopes to be able to perform
the duties OF his position before yer.
much of the session shall have passed
! The convention usually continues three
or four weeks.