Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-21
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

IL. ". BufSum, SneflH OF SOcOrrO
county, returned home last night.
Chas. M. Good is registered at the
Palace. He is a commercial traveller.
U. S. weather bureau forecast for New
Mexico: Fair weather tonight and Sun
day.
j. G. Carson, of Salt Lake, is a sight.
seer in the city. He registers at the
Bon-Ton.
]. P. Connor went up to Taos county
this morning to look after mining in.
terests.
l.. B. Solomon, of Leavenworth, Kas.
Is a commercial traveller who registers
at the Palace.
c.. A. Carruth, the Denver 4 Rio
Grande mail clerk, has taken a weeks
lay off and will visit in Denver.
c. l.. Adams, of Great Bend, Kas., is
registered at the Exchange. He will
s~oiourn in the city some time.
Fl. Essinger. a wholesale liquor mer'
chant of Las Vegas, is in the city drum
ming up business. He is at the Claire
Silas D. LASER, clerk in Hon. Il. b.
Catron's office, who has been under the
weather for the past six weeks, is now
able to be out.
w. H. Goebel is having some U. s.
navy hammocks made for the Santa Fe
naval advisory board, so that the board
can rest comfortably. p
f. B. Simmons, sheriff of FL Paso
county, Texas, who has been here on
official business for the past three days,
returned home last night.
War bulletins will be received to-
morrow-Sunday- and will be posted
at Our Place, and at the Scheurich's
for the information of the public.
j. W. Chismans and l.. Il. Wilson, OF
Hooper, Colo, came in last evening on
their bicycles and registered at the
Claire. They returned home this morn
ing.
Ex-Governor W. L. Thornton has
been added to the advisory council Of
Santa Fe board of strategy and the
Washington authorities have been Sc
informed.
The mayor should see to it, that Pal
ace avenue as far east as the bridge neal
the Gildersleeve residence receives the
attention of the drivero of the city sprink
ling cart.
The Treasury department has award
ed the contract to supply fuel for thu
federal building in this city for the mex
fiscal year to the Rio Arriba Coal com
pany at sal 5 per ton.
Edwin Walter, of Abiquiu, residen
agent of the St. Louis & Kansas Cit,
Placer company, which company i
operating extensively on the Chama, i
at the Exchange.
Julius Wilkie. of Tres Piedras, cam,
in last evening and left for home thi
morning with his two daughters, VIII
have been attending the Presbyterian
mission school during the past term.
Attorney H. L. Ortiz is preparing pa
pers in the case of Salmon & Abousle
man VS.. Manuel Gurule, for the recoy
cry of $50 due on a promissory note.
In the case of Nelson N. Newell VS.
G. Leon Allison, before Justice Romero
judgment was rendered in the sum Q
SIS and costs.
Bert Easley is home from q trip in tn
northern part of the territory where h
has been engaged in making a correcte
survey of the Gijosa grant in Taos cour
ty, and the Santa Clara grant in Rio Al
riba county, for the government. II
has been away since May 8.
Street improvements are now goin
on in different portions of the city. TIL
Galisteo street grade is being raised an
the gutter d%eepened.
The city council has rented the build
ing known as Adams hall on Palac
avenue. which will contain the cit
clerks Office and be used for counct
meetings in the future.
The finance committee of the Dewe
day organization met this afternoon a
2 O'clock and reviewed the work don
by the various hustlers seeking contri
buttons. The progress made was re
ported satisfactory.
Agent H. s. Lutz, of the Santa Fe
went out with a photographer today TO
the purpose of securing photographs o
the Apache canon, three miles abov
Lamy. The Santa Fe is collecting
great number of pictures from variou
territorial points for advertising pun
poses.
The case now pending in the Unite
States Supreme court entitled the Unit
ed States versus the Rio Grande Land
Irrigation company, will be used as
fertilization sh ould Cervera's squadron
attempt to ascend the Rio Grande a
White Water canon.
The committee on finance of the Dew
ey day celebration, consisting of Messrs
w. M. Upton, Geo. A. johnson and M. +
Sena, are collecting contributions an
are meeting with success. The commit
tee is hard at work to raise sufficien
funds to make the celebration q gran,
success.
Citizens generally and ladies especial,
are invited to meet the several commit
tees of the Dewey day celebration at tn
meeting tonight at the Office of Solicito
General Bartlett, as a complete program
for the occasion will be adopted and a
suggestions, specially by subscribers t.
the fund, are always in order.
The following committees of the Dewe,
day celebration r requested to NEE
this evening promptly ut 1880 at the of
fee of Solicitor General E. L. Bartlett
for business, as the finance committe,
will make Its final report and a program
and order Of exercises will be adopted
Committee on arrangements, committe,
on program and music and committe,
on finance.
l. Sparks has been appointed custodian
of the Claire hotel building by Frank T
| Weber. It is the intention to over
haul the furniture, repaint the buildin,
throughout, recover the roof and max,
all necessary improvements to place tn,
Claire on an equal footing with the bes
appointed hotels in the west. Ever
known modern convenience will b,
added and that popular hostelry will b.
renovated from basement to garnet.
Weather permitting the following pro
gram will be rendered by the First Regi
ment band in the plaza at 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon:
March-On the Novel,, ,,,......E H, Bale,