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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
THE HoN0RS
ARE EVEN.
Both the British and the Beers Meet
Reverses and Sustain Heavy
Casualties.
DEWEY'S FURIOUS CHARGES.
he Was Rspulsed Twice But at Last Sue
ceeded in Breaking Through the Brit
ish Lines-A Company Of British
Cavalry Captured.

Maseru December 17.--It appears that
fore breaking through the British llnes
in the neighborhood of Thaba N Gnu
In the third attack Dewet led in person.
With few determined men he charged
and broke the British lines, the rest of
his command following. He was forced,
however, to leave in the hands of the
British 15-pounder and fifteen wag-
ons, with ammunition and stores. Com
mandant Haasbroeke tried to get
through at Spring Kants Mex, but WAS
driven back losing forty men.
BOERS RELEASE BRITISH pRIS-
ONERS.
London, December 1.-THE following
dispatch has been received from Lord
Kitchener:
Pretoria, December 15.-Five officers
and 316 men, the Magaliesberg prison.
ers, have been released.
"The Beers surrounded and captured
120 of Brabant's cavalry in defile IN
the Sastrone district
BITTER FIGHTING.
THE Beers who attacked Vryheid on
December 10 lost 100 killed and wo.md-
ed before they retired. The fighting
lasted all day. The British loss was
six killed, nineteen wounded and thirty
missing. Our casualties include two Of
ficers."
Kitchener also reports that a Boet
force divided, one part moving south
and the other west
A BRITISH VICTORY.
London, December II, p. m.--Tbe re-
port of another severe battle, resulting
in British victory, is current here. Ac-
cording to the story, fighting began at
daybreak to-day and lasted several
hours. The Beers numbered 1900 to 1000
men, were surrounded on the Orange
river and totally defeated with very
heavy losses in killed and wounded. A
number of Beers, it is added, We're can~
tured
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
The OSCAR L. BOOZE DEATH.
1t is Being Investigated by a Board Of
Inquiry.

Bristol, Pa, December 17.-The mill
tary board of inquiry appointed by the
secretary of war to investigate the
charges made by relatives and friends
of Oscar l.. Booze, former West Point
cadet, that he came to his death on De-
cember at his home here as result
of hazing by fellows cadets at the acad
emy two years ago, began taking test-
mony here to-day. The board consists
of Maj. Gen. John B. Brooke Brig. Gen.
Alfred r. Bates and Col. j. H. Clouse.
deputy Judge advocate general. The
entire Booze family was present. Mr..
Booze stated that Oscar entered the
academy on June TO- 1898. Soon after
letters We're received from him stating
that he had been hazed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
FROZEN AND DROWNED.
Tossed by the Waves and Exposed to the
Cold for Several DAYS,

Manitowoc, Wis, December 1.-THE
steamer Manhattan arrived here to-day
with w. Fl. Shields and William MA
land, and the bodies of Mrs. Shields and
her niece, Mrs. Mary Davis, who per-
ished of cold. They We're found lashcd
to an overturned yawl. They had ;een
thus exposed since Friday, when cap
sized by squall while sailing from the
island to the mainland. Lucien Morden,
of Montague, Mich, another occupant
of the boat, was drowned. The rescued
men We're badly frozen.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Albuquerque Land Grant Bill = The
O. s. District Attorneyship.

Special to the New Mexican.
WashingtonS December 17.-Delegate
Pedro Perea and Delegate-elect Eer-
nard S. Rodey We're before the senate
committee on public lands to-day, and
made arguments in favor of the Gill
confirming the Albuquerque land grant.
Senator Berry, Of Arkansas, rep rtAd
the bill favorably, and it was placed D..
the calendar.
The fight over the district attorney
ship Of New Mexico is very hot. Frank
w. Clancy, of Albuquerque, is gaining
strength. Col r. E. Twitchell has left
Washington on his return home. Gov
ernor Otero and Judge Mcmillan have
also left Washington. The governor ex-
poets to go by way of Wheeling, w. Va,
and will reach Santa Fe Saturday or
Sunday next. He had his leave extend
ed accordingly.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17

tested by the miraculous cures attested
to in the following diseases: Paralysis.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Consumption,
Malaria, Brights Disease of the Kid
neys, Syphilitic and Mercurial Affec-
tions. Scrofula, Catarrh, La Grippe, all
Female Complaints, etc, etc. Board,
Lodging and Bathing, $3.50 per day; $14
per week; $50 per month. Stage meets
Denver trains and waits for Santa Fe
train upon request. This resort Is at
tractive at all seasons, and is open all
winter. Passengers for Ojo Caliente can
leave Santa Fe at 1908 a. m. and reach
Ojo Caliente at p. m. the same day.
Fare for the round trip from Santa Fe
to Ojo Caliente, 81. For further partlc-
ulars, address
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Too Much Morphine.

John Bell. gambler, was found in 4
Clayton house, at Clayton, Union coun-
ty, last week. He had been intoxicated
for several days, and his friends
thought him to be asleep, but it was
learned later that he took an overdose
of morphine.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
An Advance in Corn.

Chicago, December 17-Dece!nber
corn, under the heavy bidding Of shorts.
made anxious by the continued aDsence
of arrivals Of contract stuff, was bid up
to ~ cents before o'clock to-day the
price jumping from S7A to 3sA cents
Little was offered. When bidding
ceased the price sagged to 80 cents.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
MARKET REPORT.
MONEY AND METAL,

New York, Dec. Money on call
steady at 51s per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4M@5-. 4 Silver Ga.
STOCK.
Kansas City-Cattle, 5000: market
steady to lower.
Native steers 4.0O@6.25; Texas steers
3.OO@5.20; Texas cows 2.25@3.75; native
cows and heifers 2.0O@5. 40, stockers and
feeders 3.1O@5.Oo; bulls 2.65@3.75.
Calves, 4.25@5.z0.
Sheep 1000, strong.
Lambs 3.50@5.35; muttOns 2.50@4.25.
Chicago. Cattle 2,1O0; market nomin
ally weak to 10c lower.
Good to prime steers 5.2506. 10; poor to
medium 5.75@5.l5. stockers and feeders
2.50@4.30; cows 2.50@4.00; heifers
2.6O@4.s5; Gamers 1.75@2.30: bulls
2.50@4.25
Calves 3.50@5.50
Texas fed steers 4.OO@4. 75;grass steers
3.25@4.OO; Texas bulls 2.5O@3.2O.
Sheep, $4,000; Is to 25c lower.
Good to choice wethers 3.90@4. SO; fair
to choice mixed 3.65@3.90; western
sheep 10000 80; Texas sheep 2.25@3.5O;
native lambs 4.O0@5.75: western lambs
100000.
GRAIN.
Chicago-Wheat, December 7Ots; jan
uary 70M; May734. Corn December
3919; May 364. Oats, December ak;
Nav 23%M23N,
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The Pope Appoints . bishop.

Rome, December 17.-At a secret con-
sistory held to-day the pope appointed
a number Of bishops, including Mon
signor Keane, formerly rector OF the
Catholic university at Washington, to
the diocese Of Dubuque.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
Two Negroes Lynched.

Rockport, Ind, December l7-,Jim
Henderson and Bud Rowland, negroes,
who waylaid murdered and robbed
Hollie Simons, a white barber, on Sum
day morning, were hanged last right in
the jail yard by a mob.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
The CHINESE SITUATION.
A Temporary Disagreement on Account of
Great Britain's Demands,

tions have been received by Sir Ernest
Mason Satow, the British minister ami
he now demands a modification of the
joint note. This means further delay.
A PASTORAL LETTER.
London, December 17.-Caltiina.
Vaughn issued pastoral letter OH The
subject Of the Chinese massacres, de-
claring that the political encroach-
ments Of the European powers especial
ly Germany and Russia, are largely re-
sponsible for the recent uprisings. The
letter is supposed to be inspired b. he
1-ttioop
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
David n. Nichols Dead.

Boulder, Colo, December 17.-DaviI
HI. Nichols, lieutenant governor during
the Waite administration, died last
night, aged "a.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
A German Frigate Founders

Madrid, December 1.-THE German
training frigate Gneisenau foundered
off Malaga and forty persons were
drowned:
COMMANDER COMMITTED SUI
eide.
Malaga, December 17.--It Is rumored
that the commander of the Gneisenan
committed suicide. OF 450 persons on the
boat, S14 were saved. The nephew Of
the imperial chancellor, Count Won
Buelow, named Berndt, was among the
saved. though injured about the head.
A sailor who survived the wreck went
mad. The first engineer, assistant en-
gineer and a number Of petty officers
were drowned.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
A DISAGREEMENT.

Washington, December 17.-Sucn re-
Mr.. Conger up to the present fail to de-
velop any satisfactory reason for the
insistence of the British government
upon amending the Pekin agreement on
foreign ministers in acceding to TIE
amendment on the other. The British
suggestion appears to be nothing more
than the elimination of the explanatory
phrase, which in no degree affects the
action proposed. Consequently, it is be-
lieved that the disagreement will be
merely temporary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17

the river. The Ell Paso solution came
that there was no hope of a certain
supply of water from the river, and il
is to be hoped that our own people will
now cease to count on the Elephant
Butte dam and provide substitute
system. We have one great advantage
that water is scarce when needed
only about six weeks in the year, and
this lack might as well be bridged over
by gasoline engines and pumps. / will
venture to suggest that public meet
ing should be called at once to discuss
this subject, and that as an quito ome to
such a meeting committee should be
appointed to study the problem and
gather all necessary information as TO
the water-scarcity problem elsewhere.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Judge Parker has gone on a trip to
Michigan, where he will spend Christ
mas with his little daughter and re'a-
tives. He is expected 10 be in Santa Fe
by the first of the year.
Miss Minnie Reyr'mn6 ana her niece,
Miss Frauger, left this week to spend
the winter months in southern Califor.
mia.
MINING ACTIVITY.
The mining activity in the Organ and
San Andreas mountains continues A
new feature is the advent of consider
able number of Colorado capitalists.
These are taking hold of mining c..lm.
and prospects energetically, and the
outlook for those two districts never
better.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17

Books containing 100 sheep dipping
certificates in Spanish for sale at the
New Mexican Printing company's Of.
fee at $1.oo per book.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
FROG LEGS"
Yes or any other old thing in the eating
line at the Bon-Ton.

Clean cotton rags wanted at the New
Mexican Office.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
GRAIN,
"FREsH FISH,

And all kinds of game in season at the
Bon-Ton,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17

-HO!-OYSTERS-HO!-
First of the season at the Bon Ton.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
THE WATER PROBLEM.

am told that the water problem has
been satisfactorily solved by the people
on the Rio GRANGE below Ell Paso. The
solution is the use Of gasoline engines to
hoist the water. There is superabun-
dance Of water all through the Mesilla
valley at depth Of from 10 to 20 feet,
and there Is no reason why this water
cannot be utilized by the means sug.
gested to irrigate gardens and orchards,
at least during the scarcity Of water in
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
NATIONAL W. c. T. U.
Opening of the Twenty-Seventh An
 nual Convention.

Washington. Dec. 3.-In the hand some auditorium of the Lafayette op- era house. which was prettily decor ated with flags and flowers, the twen- ty-seventh annual meeting of the Ma
 tiOnal Woman's Christian fTemper- ance union was called to order short y after g o'clock this morning by Mrs
 L. M. N. Stevens. of Maine, president of the organization. Hundreds of del egates, some of whom had journeyed thousands of miles t1 participate in the proceedings, occIIced the seats and benches on the floor of the auditorium, while the balconies were filled with in terested spectators. The convention began with the singing of ,he hymn, Give to the Winds Thy Fears" from the white ribbon hymnal, after which Mrs. Cornelia B. Forbes, president of the Connecticut W. c. T. IT.. led in prayer. The roll call of official mem
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
PORTO RICAN TARIFF.
Its AbrOgatiOn Under Discus
 sion on the island
A Consideration of Local Means to Meet the Expenses of the Gov ernment - How it May Be Done.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The abrogation of the Porto Rican tariff is being se riously discussed by the press of Porto Rico. The Porto Rican tariff act, it will be remembered, provides that whenever the legislative assembly of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxa tion to meet the necessities of the gov ernment of Porto Rico by this act es- tablished, and shall, by resolution duly passed, so notify the president, he shall make proclamation thereof, and there upon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into Porto Rico from the United States, or coming into the United States from Porto Rico, shall cease, and from and after such date all such merchandise and articles shah be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty"
 The Porto Ric1n legislature, elected on November 9th, the date of the gen eral election in the United States, is to meet shortly, and will. under the pro- visions of the Porto Rican act above quoted, have the power to Immediately terminate the Porto Rican tariff by enacting legislation which will pro- vide funds for the necessities of the government of Porto Rico, and the question whether this action shall be taken and the 15 per cent tariff thus terminated, is being discussed by the press and public of that island, as is
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
THE SENATE SESSION
Recognition of the Fact That Time Is
 Precious.

Washington, Dec. 3.-In the senate today, the work of the short session of the fifty-sixth congress was success fully launched. It had been the pur- pose of the senate to announce the death of Senators Gear Qowa) and Davis (Minnesota), immediately after assembling, and then to adjourn, and to receive the message of the presi- dent tomorrow, but as this had been announced by the leaders of both branches of congress to be a "businesS session." it was determined to receive the message today, and thus gain one day in a session, in which that much time may be of immense importance.
 Aside from the reading of the mes sage and the administration of the oath of office to William B. Dilling ham, the new senator from Vermont, who succeeds the late Justin s. Morrill,, no business was transacted. The other new member of the body, for mer representative Jonathan r. Dolli yer, who succeeds the late Senator Gear of Iowa, was present through out the session, but his credentials were not presented and he was not sworn in. These formalities will be compiled with tomorrow, now that the senate has been informed of the death of Senator Gear.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
MYRIADS OF CHINESE
Fly Before a Detachment of Inter national Forces Sent Out to Infiet Punishment Upon Villages Where Christians Had Been Murdered. Col. Yorck's Remains Brought to Pekin.

Berlin, Dec. S.-A dispatch from Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee. comnander-in-chief of the interna- tional forces in China, sent from Pe- kin, under date of Saturday, December l, says that after hoisting the German flag at Ming Tombs and punishing sev- eral neighboring villages for murder of Christians, the late Colonel Yorck's detachment, commanded by General Gayl, returned to Pekin in four col urnns, by way of Yang Fang, Chen Pien Tie, Cheng, Thang Shang, and Nieu Ian Shan, each about a days march northward of Pekin.
 The Kalgan expedition, the dispatch also says, was also very successful Several thousand Chinese regulars. un- der the command of two generals, were driven in wild fright from the province of Chi Ii to Shan Si.
 The remains of the late Colonel Yorck have arrived at Pekin.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
IT WAS THE KID
Identity of the Bad Man at Colonia
 Pacheco.

A. O. Woodruff, an apostle of the Mormon church, arrived in Mesa City on Friday to attend church conference and will leave again on Wednesday. He was at Colonia, Pacheco, Mexico. at the time of the great Apache up rising few days ago and which was heralded abroad by press correspond ents.
 Later, as most newspaper readers are aware, it transpired that ahe uprising and subsequent battle amounted to the killing of one buck, one squaw and pappoose. It was then announced that the buck killed was the notable Apache Kid. But rCle battle itself was so exaggerated that no one believed 1t to be the Kid. MT. Woodruff told a Republican reporter yesterday that he saw the dead man and that the impress sion is general in Colonial Pacheco that iIt was the Ki. He was hard to iden- tify for the reason that the Kid has not been much of a mixer of late years and if he had many intimates they are hiding out. However, he wore the headdress and accoutrements of a chief and the men who killed him are so certain of his identity that they have mae application for the various rewards.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04

shown by the following leading editor ial taken from the San Juan Porto Rico) Daily News. of November 13,
 1900, just received by the treasury bu- reau of statistics:
 We have lived now under the S5 per cent preferential tariff The question now is, Is it good or bad? Has it helped or injured us? The legislature will have these questions to decide. We now have the question to deal with, aside and apart from politics. Its use as a campaign club is past and gone. The burden of deciding this very important question is solely upon the legislature. As it decrees, so shall it be. If it desires to aboiish the tar if and operate the island upon a free trade basis, it can be So ordered. If the people of Porto Rico, through the legislature, desire to continue the tar if, il can be done. A precedent has been established which will permit this cla1s of taxation. It has been legally decreed that such action is constitu- tional. If the tariff is abolished, it is at once that a more burdensome and higher rate of internal taxation must be imposed. Where, and upon what. shall this be levied, is, indeed, per pleXing question.
 "Aside from all the difficulties that may or will arise from the abolition of the tariffs, let us glance at the tariff itself and see what it has done. In the last six months the 15 per cent tariff has afforded the island as much, if not more, than the 100 per cent tariff. The theory that the way to increase revenues is by lowering taxes is pro- ven to be true for Porto Rico. This revenue will be constantly increasing as our trade increases, as it is sure to do. It has helped the consumer, for it has lowered the taxes he has to pay, not only upon American goods, but up- on al! goods that enter our market in competition with them. This results in an increase of importations. This helps the producer by constantly pro- viding him a means to carry his goods to the great American market, which is always so hungry for the products this island has to dispose of Again, unless we have a traffic both ways. the steamer must make one trip without a cargo and the freight is thereby dou- bled.
 "A tariff helps US as borrowers; it will give our securities a stand in the United States. which they could not have without permanent revenue like the tariff revenue. The argument so often advanced in favor of a tariff tax as against other means of raising rev. enue, that it is easily collected, is es- pecially forcible in Porto Rico. We would advise that the tariff itneces- sary. and if it were not, it wa lid still
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04

bers. by Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman, of Missouri. followed. and then came the appointment of committees on creden- tials. publications. courtesies and tel egrams.
 In her annual address. President Lil- ian M. N. Stevens presented some in teresting facts. As to the progress of the reform, she spoke in the most con- hdent lanuage. During the last twenty years. total abstinence and the prohibition sentiment have greatly ad- vanced," she said. Tn 1884. the peo- pie of Maine, by a vote Of three to one. placed the heretofore statutory pro- hibitory law In the constitution Of the state. Kansas and North Dakota have also adopted constitutional pro- hibition. Neal Dow never claimed more beneficent results for the law in the state of Maine than do Judge Pol lock, of North Dakota. and Charles Sheldon. of Kansas claim for their re- spective states. Last winter, in Geor- gia, prohibitory law passed the house. by a large majority. and would have passed the senate but for the concerted action against it by the Liquor Dealers
 
 learn that they should be as active to promote good work as the evii-doers are to carry their points. shall We have correct ePressions Of public opinion concerning the great evils in our midst.
 Within two years the sale or use of liquor has been prohibited on board the ships of the Unified States navy, or within the limits of the naval stations. and as lately as February, 1899. con- gross passed a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in army camps, posts, exchanges or canteens, or on any premises used for military purposes by the United States. To be sure, this law has been declared null and void, but the end is not yet. With in q year a pOlygamist has been reject ed as a member of the United States congress, and the White Ribboners re- joice that they had a hand in bring ing about this righteous action. The same public conscience that prevented Brigham Roberts having a seat in the United States congress will yet cau-e to be enacted the anti-canteen bill now pen5ing, or some kindred measure. If the action be not so prompt as it was concerning that other great home question just referred to. we should not be discouraged, for it is only about fifty years since the question of pro- hibiting the sale of liquor has been be- fore the people; consequently they are not SO well educated upon it as upon the question of polygamy. But intem- perance and impurfty are twin evils, and both, alike, invade and destroy the sanctity of the home"
Arizona republican., 1900-12-04
BURGLAR HIRED TO OPEN SAFE.
Woman Allowed to Employ Convict to
 Obtain Valuable Papers

Columbus, O., Dec. 3.-In order to ob- tain valuable papers belonging to the late Col. F. J. Pickard, a civil engineer. who died few days ago. Mrs. Pickard was permitted to employ an expert safebiower, now a convict in the state penitentiary here. The burglar was conveyed last night in a closed carriage to the safe. which he blew open in twelve minutes, and was then taken back 10 his cell before daylight this morning.
 Col. Pickard alone knew the com binatiOn of the safe and the town was searched in vain for an expert to open it before the novel plan of obtaining the services of a burglar was adopted.