Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-27
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
MEMBER OF MONUMENTAL COM
MITTEE.

MEM bEtt lJf NUN l. MEN 1 AL Noh
MITTEE.
Governor Otero to-day appointed w.
J. Slaughter, of Santa Fe, member of
the monumental committee" for New
Mexico, for the purpose of erecting a
monument to the memory Of the Massa-
chusetts statesman, Charles Sumner.
by the colored citizens of the United
States, E
ENUMERATORS MUST READ AND
WRITE ENGLISH.
Census Director Merriam, under date
of January %, wrote as follows to Cen
sus Supervisor Pedro Sanchez In re-
ply to your letter of January 18. making
inquiry as to whether census enumera-
tors will be required to read and write
the English language desire to inform
you that they certainly must; that is
one of the first requisites. Not only
must they read and write the English
language, but they must do it we'll"
DELEGATES TO MINING CON-
GRESS.
Governor Otero to-day issued a proc
lamation of appointment Of thirty dele
gates to the third annual session of the
international mining congress, to as
semble June 10 at Milwaukee. The proc
lamation states the general objects of
the congress are to further the interests
of the mining industry.
The delegates appointed by Governor
Otero are as follows: l.. Bradford
Prince, Santa Fe; Jo f. Sheridan, Sill
yer City; A. 3. Fitch, Magdalena; L. 8.
Preston. Elizabethtown; J. T. Nc
Laughlin, San Pedro; W. S. Hopewell.
Hilsboro; w. III. H. Llewellyn, Las
Cruces O. B. Steen, Taos; j. A. Wiggs,
Jr., Gardiner; w. H. Newcomb, Silver
City; J. NJ. Webster, Hillsboro; H. B.
Ferguson, Albuquerque; T. A. Schom-
berg, Ration; N p. Laughlin, Santa Fe;
William Watson, White Oaks; H. S.
Church, Jarilla; Frank Staplin Taos;
Christ Wiegand East Las Vegas; Chas.
F. Easley, Santa Fe; ]. A. Coram.
Bland; r. B. Thomas, Cerrillos; C. T.
Brown, Socorro; A. w. Harris, King
ston; Florencio Luna, Las Cruces: J. B.
Mayo Golden; T. ]. Curran, Albuquer-
que; M. Cooney, Cooney; Barney Mar
tin, Hillsboro; F. A. Jones, Socorro; A.
A. Newbery Santa Fe.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
The following business was transact
ed at the federal land office In this city
from January 1e to January 26, 1900.
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
January II, Eva Roybal Herrera.
Wagon Mound, 100 acres, Mora county.
January 10, Frank A. Mir, Ignacio,
1888 acres, San Juan county; Frank
Deacy, Springer, 160 acres, Mora coun-
tv; James Lester, Shoemaker, 100 acres,
San Miguel county.
January 20, William Lester, Shoe
maker, 1000 acres, San Miguel county;
Trinidad TrujilIo, Watrous 1877 acres,
San Miguel county; David Mares,
Wagon Mound, 100 acres, Mora county.
January 22, Floyd B. Conan, Puerto
de Luna, 1870 acres, Guadalupe coun-
ty; Juan Jose Sanchez, La Cueva, 100
acres, Mora County; David G. Dwyer,
Ration, 100 acres, Colfax county.
January 23, George Hubbell, Las Ve'
gas, 1885 acres, San Miguel county;
William II. Stapp, Las Vegas, 100 acres,
San Miguel county.
January 25, Agapito Lujan, Villa
nueva, 16O acres, San Miguel county;
Plutarco Baca, Antonchico, 160 acres,
San Miguel county; Lacey Everett.
Maxwell City, 1926 acres, Colfax
county.
January 26, Samuel Padilla, Wagon
Mound, 100 acres, Mora county; Mag.
daeno Martinez, Albuquerque, $3.50
acres, Bernalillo county.
FINAL ENTRIES.
January IS, Lucrecio Valdez, Watrous,
100 acres, San Miguel county.
January 20, Antonio Griego, Gallup,
100 acres, San Miguel county.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
January 21, Thomas Grove ct al, w
A Robbins, Thomas Grove, Mary Grove
Guy T. Nash and Daniel W. Osgood
Valdez, Gold Queen mine, Rio Hondt
district, 2O.32l acres, Taos county.
COAL ENTRIES.
January 26, s. s. Wood, Gallup, l6(
acres, Bernalillo county; Ralph B. God
ley, Gallup, 16O acres, Bernalillo county