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The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
MORE ELECTION FIGURES.
Populists and Republicans Wrangling
About Gains.

The Republicans continue to talk of
the gains made at the last election.
Compared with the returns Of one year
ago the Populists still insist that the
victory this year was theirs
Last year in Kansas the Republicans
carried 81 counties. This year they car
ried CO. a difference of Is counties in
favor of the Populists this year Last
year the PopuHsts carried "A counties;
this year they carried go.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
Weather Tndications.

tonight, with cooler in west and cen
tral portions; Tuesday partly cloudy
with cooler and rain in extreme eastern
portion; northeast shifting to north-
west winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
First Lieut.. 21st Inf ]. A G. c. NJ.
STATEMENT OF LIEUT.. FERGUSON

San Antonio. ?. L, Aus "a, 1899.
On the 10th day of February, 1899 1
was engaged in the taking of CaloO-
can by L. S. troops, being a corporal
in Co. e goth Kan. Inf. immediate
ly after the crossing the nrst line Of
insurgent trenches, about 200 yards
south Of the CaIoOcan church, heard
a shot fired to my left and rear, and
looking that way saw a native falling,
apparently lifeless to the ground. Ma
jor MatcaIf was standing about or
s feet in front of the native with a.
smoking pistol and the impression I
received was that the major had shot
the native But other matters called
me and I went on with the line.
ARTHUR NJ FERGUSON,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
First Lieutenant 36th Inf, .. S.

facts must come out so here they are:
Throughout our entire campaign from
Manila to San Francisco about the only
command we received was forward,
guide right" Loaded down with am
munition and other equipage our boys
forwarded and guided right. They
charged the enemy's trenches and
marched over rice dykes, through
swamrs and bamboo 5ungIes. They
suffered the hardships and did the
fighting. They bore the blunt of bat
tie and made a name for our regiment
and state. Now they see their hOnOrS
taken from them by Gen. Funston and
conferred upon Col MetcaIf, an officer
who is known never to have done any
thing worthy Of merit on the firing
line.
It is true that sometimes when the
regiment had halted. Funston would go
forward with a small squad and hunt
up a favOrite spot to play the grand
stand" But this happened only after
such brave soldiers as Capt. Hardy.
Lieut.. Collin H Ball, Trembly and
White had gone ahead of him and dis
PEELED all thoughts of danger.
Funston always had a good standin
with the newspaper men, Creelman o.
the New York Journal. Steele of the
Kansas City Star. and other press cor
respondents made it a point to keep
well in touch with him. Almost every
time he got his feet wet or crossed
bridge, some of these same correspond
ents with vivid imaginatiOns would
Immediately cable back to the United
States that Funston had SWAN a river
or crossed river under a shower of
bullets and a murderOuS fire from the
enemy. AS q matter of fact. Funston
never swan a river and never crossed
Il river under fire While he was con
nected with the Twentieth Kansas
There are some facts connected
with the Twentieth Kansas that the
good people of our state ought to know.
These may go far towards solving the
mystery why Funston recommended
MetcaH for gallant and ner1toriOuS ser
vices which Col. Metcalf never per
formed. The truth is that Funston has
shielded Metcalf and has used his IN
fiuence to prevent the possibility OF a
fair and impartial Investigation into
of war by a certain Kansas officer at
the battle of Caloocan.
Immediately after the battle of Ca
lOOcan. it was the common talk among
the enlisted men of our regiment that
there had been some prisoners killed
by officers of the Twentieth Kansas
during the battle of CalOocan. No ser
guilty parties until an order from the
war department. Washington, D C
came, while we were at MalOlos. calling
for an inquiry into the shooting of
prisoners by a certain officer of the
Twentieth Kansas. Funston at once be
gan to use every means to thwart the
investigation and TO cover up the crime
Just what his motive was for doing so
remains yet to be known.
That Major AIetcalf shot an -lnarmed
Filipino prisoner at the battle of Ca
IoOcan February 10 is a fact that can
not be disputed. I was told by an eye
witness TO the crime that Immediately
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

against the United States. AT Tarlac,
on the anniversary of some event, the
Filipino leader made an address, which
was printed in Independencia, the or
gan of the insurgents. Copies of this
have reached Manila. The speech starts
out as follows:
"Filipina, beloved daughter of the ar
LEM sun of the tropics, commended by
Providence to the are of noble Spain,
be not ungrateful to her who warmed
you with the breath of her own culture
and civilization.
1T is true she sought to crush the as
piration for independence, as a loving
mother opposes separation forever from
the daughter of her bosom. This but
proves the excess of love and affection
Spain feels for thee, Filipino"
Further on the speaker confirmed the
truth of statements that he relies upon
political aid in the United States by
saying:
Some states of the American Unior
have arisen in our favor. Especially is
the Democratic party convinced that
both victors and vanquished will lose
precious lives. Thus many of the peo-
pie and many statesmen censure Presi-
lent Mckinley as inhumane for having
ordered his military representatives al
Manila to seek ear to bring about
hostilities with the Filipinos."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
The Man GouId's Money Bought.

The prince of Monaco, the head of the
to challenge Anna Gould's count, claim
ing that the impertinent fellow is MOI
a count, and assumed his title in order
to work a gold-brick scheme upon the
American girl. In the last few weeks
Count Castellane has been seeking to
get a reputation" as Fitzsimmons ad-
vised Corbett to do. The little French
man has posed as a champion of the
French army, and sent an insulting let
ter to the prince of Monaco, because the
latter invited Dreyfus and his wife,
when their period Of persecution be end
ed, to spend the summer as his guests.
The leading Dreyfus newspaper advo-
cate announces that it will soon print
biographies of Castellane and of Jay
Gould. The gilded count will thus have
another chance to issue a challenge. Re-
Gently he challenged a Paris editor who
printed a story about some immorali-
ties of the count that would land the
latter in the penitentiary were they
committed in New Mexico. If Castel-
lane were having such troubles with
newspapers in America he would prob
ably get a good kicking or two from re-
porters and then subside. But in France
it is not the proper thing to kick a
count, even when one has too much self
respect to meet him on the "ield OF
honor"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
FiIippino Leaders Speech.

Aguinaldo gave freedom to the Phil
ippine islands once, but it was freedom
from his presence. He waged a war os-
tensibly for independence, and finally
accepted a large sum of money from the
Spanish governor to leave the Islands
and reside at Hong Kong. The insur-
gents whom he deserted were strug-
Cling without him, when he scented an
other chance to become a ruler or secure
more money, so he returned with Amer
leans when they vent to destroy Monte
JOS fleet. Aguinaldo is one Of those de-
spicable politicians who will not stay
bought. The fetish worshipers know
that he was bribed to leave the islands,
yet they laud him as a George Wash
ington. Had Washington accepted $780,
600, as Aguinaldo did, to leave his coun-
try, the comparison would be just. But
to call him a Benedict Arnold would
be better. If he lived in America all
would despise the bribe-taker, but dis
lance lends enchantment to objects
viewed through imaginative eyes.
In evidence of the sincerity of this
revolutionist, an extract from a speech
is significant, as showing how he has
switched into adulation Of Spain. be-
cause he wishes to arouse prejudice
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
AROUND C"LOUDCROPT.
Ell Paso People Taking Homesteads in Oter'
County,


A number of residents of this city
have recently acquired ranches in the
vicinity of Cloudcroft, either by pur-
chase or presumption. The number of
homeseekers being great, about all the
best land has already been taken up.
either by individuals or the lumber
company, and at present it is next to
impossible to find any tracts around
Cloudcroft that have not already been
entered.
Judge Blacker was one Of the first
settlers to locate In the mountains from
here, and a number of others have since
obtained ranches near his place. There
are bat few springs in that locality, but
it is possible to get plenty Of water by
hauling it a short distance. 1t rains a
great deal at certain seasons and SHOWS
heavily in winter, and at little cost els
terms can be built that will supply
splendid drinking water, as pure as any
on earth.
Captain w. r. Fall, formerly Of Las
Cruces, now Of this city, who knows as
much about the country ~thereabouts as
anybody, said this morning that in his
opinion the region around Cloudcroft
would prove the garden spot Of this Sec
ton, as 1t is the only locality %hereabout
where crops a be raised to perfection
without irrigation.
"Oliver Lees Dog Canyon ranch is
only nine miles from Cloudcroft, and
the new railroad passes right by 1t. I
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
Southern Senator for Expansion.

Senator Morgan of Alabama has long
stood head and shoulders above any
other southern politician. He is the
broadcast man in the south, and is for
anything that will add to the greatness
of America. He is the champion of the
to build the Nicaragua canal,
and is a robust expansionist. In the last
two years he has visited Central Amer
lea and Hawaii to study problems re-
lating to those countries. At the age of
80 year he is the most vigorous and in
fluential senator in the southern states,
and a most lovable man withal. He is
now a candidate for reelection, and is
outspoken in his views upon all sub
jects, relying upon the people of Alaba-
ma approving his record despite the eff
forts of those who wish to succeed him.
His reelection, when he declares that
greater America shall not be prevented
from being an actually, and that no
pent-up horizon shall be her boundary,
will indicate that the people of the south
are not in favor of the Boston idea of
restraining the natural course of en-
pire.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
Chooses His C0mpay.

Colonel Bryan Is doing a deal of trav-
cling this summer, but only where
Organism has long been a fad. He ev-
identity keeps away from the places
where people and the press only re-
gard him as an ordinary office seeker.
He does not show the lion-like courage
once manifested when he declared he
was going into the enemy's country in
invading the big garden in Madison
square, New York, where he ran into a
severe frost in midsummer. 1t is true
he has Deer in New York recently, but
only at a banquet, surrounded only by
followers. He skips the solid old cities
like Cincinnati and scores of others, and
trails across the country like a comet,
touching only where he thinks the neb-
ulous light of. his genius is appreciated.
A political leader may not hope to in
crease his strength by going only
among his friends, but Colonel Bryan
so dearly loves applause and ovations
that can be had in his own territory,
that he has no wish to go elsewhere.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
Merchants Organize.

The business firms of Ration have
signed a written agreement to contrib
ute no money to any cause except
through a committee that will examine
into the merits of each request submit
ted. They recite in the published agree
ment that daily solicitations have be-
come so burdensome that they take this
step as a %precaution against imposi-
ton, and in order that all may act in
unison in support Of worthy institu-
tons. Business men are frequently So
licited upon all sorts of foolish pretexts
to donate money, and often having no
time to make investigation, and rather
than risk offending patrons yield to de-
mands. The Ration plan contemplates a
joint refusal upon the part Of all bust
ness men if a committee reports ad-
versely, and all contributions will be
made through the committee, presuma-
bly, without the name of the donors be-
ing revealed. This arrangement will
certainly prevent much promiscuous
begging
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
The TERRITORIAL PRESS.
so ALL OVER NEW MEXICO.
carlsbad Argus.)


The dryness of the atmosphere in
Carlsbad is of great Importance to the
health and comfort of persons seeking
a congenial climate. The comfort of the
winters and summers here, as COM
pared with regions further east and
north, is a feature highly appreciated
by invalids who have made Carlsbad
their home. Intelligent invalids have
Deer drawn here from all parts of the
world. Statistics show that about one
third of these are restored to perfect
health, one-third have their lives pro-
longed, and one-third might better have
remained at home, because of disease
having reached an advanced stage be-
fore proper attention was given to res
toration. The medical profession is
coming rapidly to the belief that health
depends largely upon the proper assim-
ilation of food. An excess of moisture
in the atmosphere has a depressing eff
feet upon the system, govern
ing nutrition, and it is largely because
of the absence of moisture in Carlsbad
atmosphere that digestion is promoted
and health restored to a normal condi-
ton.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

the next election. The United States
would have been through with this
trouble ere this had it o been for too
much talk of this character in this
country and the assurance that inter-
ested foreign plotters make upon this
point. Every one, almost, desires the
instruction to come to an end with as
little loss of life to both sides as posi-
BILE, for Americans are not a blood
thirsty people. They ought to get to-
gether and settle this warlet, before
they begin to wrangle about the best
political policy to be pursued after
there can be an island policy put into
force. Fire companies that would turn
the hose upon one another during a con-
flagration would scarcely ~extinguish a
fire.
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r
Grafton RenOrter.l


For a person to take a birds'-eye view
of the city, one would think that Ration
had been taken with a building boom.
This is not the case, however, but for
the past five months the building has
been progressing in a way that would
make a property holder feel congratu-
lated.
The contractors have been steadily
at work since the opening of spring,
drawing plans and putting up new
buildings, and there is no reason for &
man that can even drive a nail to be
idle in the city. One of the most impor-
tant features of Ration building is the
fact that all houses being put up this
year are all first-class buildings of
modern architecture. Over forty new
houses are in process Of erection, and
all the contractors have many more be
fore them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

Missouri has a supreme court that
does not make loop holes for the escape
of trust offenders. Seventy or more in
a companies have been ordered to
quit Missouri for having gone into such
a combine as exists among insurance
companies in nearly all of the states.
And now they are begging the court to
let them do business under conditions
that can be permitted. When the law
was about to be enacted last winter
they threatened to abandon the state.
Yesterday the attorney general took a
fall out of the tobacco trust. and the
supreme court will sustain the law in
this case also. Missouri seems to be
blazing the way for other states. She
should tackle the greasy oil octopus,
and see If that monster combination can
wriggle from her grasp.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

An editor at Carlsbad has been licked
forty-leven times in six years, and yet
was barred from the village, and the
strongest thing on tap was Pecos
straight. Another editor in the same
town has, in the same period, not had
mussed, and he is not in it with the
other scribe as a Splinter, either. Some
men are born to be licked, and others
are born to do the licking,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

The copper trust probably started the
Copper Situation, a new publication in
New York. Its purpose in life seems to
be to convince people that money is to
be made by buying copper stocks. There
is coolies of money to go into this indus
try, n the chances are that the stock
boom at Boston can be equaled in the
larger city. The copper barons can
probably make as much profit by ma
nipulating stocks as from the product
itself, as is the case with the sugar
trust managers.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures
painful, smarting, nervous feet and in
growing nails, and instantly takes the
sting out of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. Try it today. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

had a little land up there myself, but
sold 1t only a short time ago. Anybody
rich after awhile
1t is understood that the lumber COM
pany owns about $4,000 acres of splendid
timbered land, and will sell it cheap as
soon as the timber is cut off.-El Paso
Herald
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
Low Rates to Mexico City

The Mexican Central Railway will sell
r%ound-trip excursion tickets from El
Paso to Mexico City on July %, %, 20,
80, August s, 6, u and Is, at $500, Unit
ed States currency, for the round trip
Tickets good for thirty days from date
Of sale, and allow stop-overs. For fur
Their information address
B. J. KUHN, Commercial Agent,
Ell Paso, Tex.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
n to do the licking.

The government statisticians report
that the importation of diamonds and
other gems has greatly increased in the
past year. Under good times the peo-
pie can afford to wear diamonds. Also,
more people yea good clothes and eat
good things than during the dull pc
riod through which the country has
passed. The American people always
have the best they can afford, and they
are now able to buy the best of every
thing.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

If that Ell Paso irrigation confab is to
be at Albuquerque there may be some
difficulty in getting a large attendance
of Texans, as the Santa Fe railway has
not scattered passes over the streets Of
FL Paso, as a rule. But the trouble
about transportation should not stand
in the way, for Admiral Arson Mills
could probably foat a lot of sticks up
the Rio Grande, if he really floated a
load of poles down that wonderful
stream. With a push at Juarez and a
pull at Washington, the International
crew may get up to the New Mexico
port and run things in true Ell Paso
style,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
Application for Bids for Bonds of Otero
County, New Mexico.


The undersigned will receive sealed
bids up to 10 o'clock a. H., on the 18th
day Of July, A. D. 1899, for the purchase
at not less than 95 per cent % the par
value of principal of the whole or any
part of the issue, which will be for five
thousand dollars ($5,OOO). Said bon Is
will be issued for a period OF twenty
years with the option on the part OF
Otero county to redeem the same or any
part thereof after ten years from is
suance. They will bear interest at six
per cent per annum from date OF issue,
payable semi-annually at the Chemical
National Bank of New York City, SAID
interest payments to be evidenced by
coupons attached to the bonds.
This issue of bonds will be made I'M
der authority of an act passed by the
33d legislative assembly Of New Mexico
providing therefor, approved the S0th
day of January, A. D. 1899, in denomi-
nations of one hundred dollars or null
tiples thereof. Sales will be made OF
the entire issue, or in parts Of the is
| sue, to the highest and best bidder fol
| cash, delivery to be made at the FRS
| National Bank of Santa Fe, N. M. Tht
board of county commissioners of Otere
| county reserves the right to reject any
or all bids made for this issue of county
bonds, If deemed for the best interest Of
the county. For further particulars ad'
dress the undersigned at his office il
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
W. s. SHEPHERD,
Clerk of the Board of County Commits
sioners, Otero County, N. M.
July s. July %
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
FAVORS JUST ASSESSMENT.
(TaoS Cresset.)

The Taos county commissioners have
raised a large number of the valuations
given in by taxpayers. This is some
thing that should be continued until all
the property is given in at it's actual
value. The idea that TAOS county's tax
roll should only show 81, 1000, 900 worth Of
property Is preposterous, when it is well
known that the sheep interests alone
aggregate that amount. The Individual
erty was put in, as the rate would SIM
ply be much lower, and each taxpayer
would be compelled to contribute his
just share.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

A Texas bank robber who was arrest
ed a few weeks ago while fleeing across
New Mexico is now back in the Jail
from which he escaped, and assures the
Texas officials that if he again escapes
country than New Mexico. The terri
tory hopes that this mans experience
may serve as a warning to all Of his
kind, although sheriffs may hope for
immigrants who have a price set upon
their heads, as this fellow had, for $500
Is not picked up very often by an officer.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
ADVERTISING Rates.

Wanted-One cent a word each Insertion.
Local-Ten cents per line each insertion.
Reading Local-Preferred position-Twen-
ty-fve cents per line each insertion.
Displayed Two dollars an inch, single col
umn, per month in Daily. One dollar an
snch, single column, In either English or
spanish Weekly.
Additio nal prices and particulars given on
receipt of a copy of matter to be inserted.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
MONEY SENT AWAY.

(FfatOn Range.J
This section can, ought to and eventu-
ally will, produce sufficient hay, butter,
eggs, vegetables and fruit for home con-
sumption. The sooner this is done the
better it will be for all classes. An i'm
mense amount of money is sent east
every year from Ration for these COM
modities.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15

At Fort Ringold, Texas, on the lower
Rio Grande, the pumping station for the
post stood on the bank of the stream
until a few days ago, when a flood
came along and cut a new channel,
leaving the pumps one mile from the
water. The flood must have slipped by
Ell Paso while the Times marine re-
porter was taking a day off, for at last
still banked in the sand, awaiting the
rush that should have followed when
the Elephant Butte dam people We're
commanded to turn dat river loose"