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U. q. Weather Bureau Nota.

Forecast for New Mexico: Fair to-.
night and Sunday.
Monday the thermometer registered
as follows: Maximum temperature. 10
degrees, at 11:00 a. M; minimum. SO de.
grees, at 1855 a. IN. The mean temnera.
ture for the "a hours was 81 degrees:
mean daily humidity, go per cent
Precipitation, O.43 OF an inch. Tenn.
perature at 600 a. m, TODAY 40
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-02

Louisville, KY, June s.-There was a
smaii parade In Louisville today of Con.
iederate veterans, notwithstanding the
action of the reunion Yesterday ceIlinU
on this feature on account of The rainS
weather. - "'
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4 Labor Agitator Arrested.

Knoxville, Tenn, June 2.-J. W.
Howe. district deputy of the United
Mine Workers of America was arrested
at Jeliico when endeavoring to organize
the miners. He Is out on bond.
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Wisconsin bank Hobbed.

New Lisbon, Wis, June 2-The bank
of New Lisbon, owned by W. H. H.
Cash, was burglarized early to-day of
several thousand dollars. The safe was
blown open with nitro-glycerine and the
building partially wrecked.
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Bslnaont's Horse Wins.

New York. June 2-Perry Belmont's
Ethelbert won the match race with
VIM. c. Whitney's Jean Bereaud by five
lengths. The distance was a mile and
a quarter. Time-2:0S is,
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A Congressional NOMINATION

Rushville, Ind, June 2.-The Demo.
Gratis OF the sixth congressional district
today nominated David ". Mckee of
Connersville for congress.
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Amnesty for Dreyfus.

Paris, June I'm the senate TODAY
the Dreyfus case amnesty bill was
adopted by 238 to "a.
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Las Vegas Notes.

+. LeDuc's tailor shop was entered b,
burglars and robbed OF some clothin!
and jewelry.
| Mrs. Agapita Sena, mother of Trim.
idad and George Sena, of Las Vegas,
died at Lincoln, Lincoln county.
Green Make has at last been brought
back to Las Vegas from Deming to
answer charge Of sheep stealing.
A. A. Thorp, at one time business
man at Las Vegas, died at San Diego.
tie was born In New York and was ~
years of age.
Lieutenant J. 8. P. Mennet has gone
to Lordsburg. Grant county, where be
has accepted the position of stenopraph-
er and Interpreter for firm of railroad
contractors.
The following is the official force NJ
employees at the New Mexico asylum far
the insane: DR.. w. R. Upton, medical
superintendent; George W. Ward.
steward; Miss Mary Toomey, matron:
). A. Connel, head engineer; j. ". Cox
supervisor; Epifanio Escudero, heat at,
tendant; Damacio Tsfoya, attendant;
Adoffo Gonzales, attendant; Robert L.
Dorbrandt, extra attendant; Miss Nora
Morrissey, attendant; Mrs. 8. Alsrid.
attendant; Mrs. J. NJ. Armiio, seam.
stress; Feliciano Armijo, head cook;
Ramon Salas, second cook; Mrs. Justus
Hernandez, laundress.
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The Wool MARKET.

st. Louis, Mo-, June 2.-Wool Is quite
and prices are unchanged.
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Albuquerque Items.

The Fort Wingate baseball team de-
1eated the Albuquerque Browns by a
score of II to IL,
The body OF an infant child that had
oeen strangled apparently was found
near the Barnett ranch.
Ihe University of New Mexico has
conferred the degree of M. A. Ipon
harry Messenger and the degree of M
). upon Rev. 7. A. Bendrat.
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The Chicago California Limited.

The Chicago-California limited service
on the Santa Fe system has been discon.
tlhned Tor time. On the first day of
July the service will be reinaugurated
ana trains will be run through to San
francisco. The Associated Press an
nounced recently that only three trains
q week would be run each way, but
Sunerintendent A. G. Wells, o few days
ago. said that the matter had not vet
oeen decided. The proposition to run
the trains daily is now being considered
by the board of diractors
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-02

The best table board In this city at
Mrs. M. A. Bush's. First door south Of
Palace HOTEL
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DONA ANA COUNTY,

j. Dagley has erected new stor,
building at Organ.
William Biscarra has removed from
Las Cruces to Organ,
V. L. Castillo, of Rincon. has taken
up his residence at Organ.
). M. Fuentos. shoemaker. has re.
moved from Las Cruces to Organ.
The Dona Ana County Republican is
being printed at the office of the Las
Cruces Democrat Publishing Company
until 1t can fix up Its new plant.
The school. treasury of Dona Ana
county has q nice balance in It with
which to start the next term. This is
rather unusual and to the credit of Jose
Gonzales, the county superintendent
About fifty men have erected cottages
or pitched tents at Organ during the
past few months. Several new houses
are In the course of construction, and
the camp expects to be on the extension
OF the Pecos Valley & Northeastern
railway to Ell Paso.
COLFAX COUNTY.
A military band has been organized
at Ration.
A steam laundry is one of the new in.
dustries at Ration.
W. B. Jacobs and Miss Leona Hin
were married at the home of the brides
mother at Ration.
The number OF the lawns at Ration
is largely increasing adding greatly to
the beauty Of the city.
T. w. Pate, of Peking, ILL.,, has been
appointed agent of the Santa Fe rail. |
road at Ration, relieving F. s. Trickey. |
Mrs. Sower, her daughters, Misses
and Belle and her son Willie
have removed from Ration to Winslow.
Arizona, where they expect to make
heir home In the future.
Charles Points while crossing q swol.
en- stream In Long canon near CatskIll
lad his stage coach upset throwing him
elf and three passengers into the tur-
,ulent waters. They all had a narrow
escape from drowning.
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TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.
Items Of News From Several Counties In
New Mexico.

Elmer Hayes has closed the st. Elmo
saloon at Bland and left suddenly 70,
Colorado.
Both sawmills in Media Dia canon
have suspended operations, and all en-
ployes except those absolutely neces-
sary to look after the properties have
been laid off indefinitely.
Manager Graves, Of the Bland -Albe-
marie telephone exchange, intends to
erect a modern business building at
Bland. The structure Is to be entirely
of stone
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TO The Travelling Public

If you want good meals 60 to the
Bon-Ton.
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CAPITOL DEDICATION
The Program In Detail for That
Great Event On Monday,
June Fourth.
A SPLENDID PROCESSION
The Route and Order of the Parade-A
Large Number of Aids Have Been Ap-
Pointsd-Ball and Reception In
the Evening.

Inc ceremonies attending the dedca.
ton of New Mexico's handsome new
capitol Will take place on Monday aft
ernoon next, and promise to be by far
the most brilliant, inspiring and inter-
estlng event that has ever occurred
mere. Arrangements of an unusually
elaborate character have been made.
ana have been worked out in detail bv
the committee In charge the marshal
OF the day and others in authority.
1hese are now practically complete.
from the official program the New
mexican CLEANS the following informa
lioh OF timely interest to its readers to-
lay:
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on the part OF the Beers This wir
give some idea OF the number of mer
that Roberts has had 70 scatter alone
his wake ana must stlll ding broadoos,
across the country wherever he wlsbes
10 penetrate
The gigantic detour Of Major General
Darlington and his mounted division
mas been a unique feature OF the pros
ent phase OF the campaign. lie has
been called the upper milestone OF The
machinery that Is designed 10 grind tho
Boer forces into submission. II has
been anticipated that when once Inc
Iransyaal Is well occupied by the Bril-.
ish and when the union Jack has been
holstcd over the fort at Pretoria the
foreign soldiers Of fortune and LARGE
number Of the Beers win drift in scat.
terng bodies across the Limpopo river
and up into Rhodesla. Some state that
the line n retreat WIN lie through Swa.
zlland, but the Lmpopo VIII prove eas.
Ter to cross than The mountain fastpess.
es OF the Drakenbergs Darlington win
be there IN Rhodesla watching FOR that
back wash and win do his best To-
take care OF H. The upper and low
er British lines, Il Is hoped by the com.
manders Of that force VIII gradually
converge and In doing so shut In auv
stray bodies Of escaping burgher war.
rlors who otherwise might get nm into
Rhodesia and there carry on a guerrilla
warfare that only months and perhaps
years Of vigilance gould put 10 an end
II Is very pretty scheme but the
world has seen equally pretty schemes
OF the British laid low during this pres
ent campaign
The one great embarrassing foof,rs
OF ms war has been the fact that much
OF the fighting has been carried on bv
the British IN territory with an unsym-
pathetic population. amid O people. in
fact who promised 10 rise In arms M
any time. The situation In Cane COL
ony accordingly. has been a perpetual
menace, and, indeed, this colony has
really been feeding the forces Of the
Beers with fresh men for six months.
A great effort was made By Roberts To-
tickle the fancies Of the Free Staters
and win them over 10 his side during
ana after the occupation Of Bloemfon-
tein. The slim Beers appeared 10
swallow the pill but really remained
very much the same as they had been
before. Most Of the enthusiasm and the
over about the English recep-
ton IN the Free State capital was pro-
fessIoual and short lived, and II was
soon seen that the stout hurghers OF
that state were not falling over them
selves with Joy at the English occupa-
ton to the degree which official dis
patches would lead one 20 believe. This
old story Of the overconndence Of the
British once more caused them 10 make
the same old old mistake.
Perhaps the greatest value OF this
campaign win be that It gradually
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The Garden Spot Of the Smaller of the Boer
Republics Difficulties Of Campaigning
Above Winburg Where tho
Mountains Begin.

HISTORY has its little ironles. as
two great wars OF England have
l i shown. When # was Elizabeth
who sat on the English throne and not
Victoria, and when the pomp0us Philip
Of Spain sent bis great armada swag-
gerIng up the channel 20 crush the
power OF the lnsolent Anglo-Saxon for
an time Il was the Brltisher IN those
days who occupied very much the same
position as does the Boer Of today
Ia the present South African war
Great Britain has been the swaggerer.
The Transvaal has been the little c0un-
Try battling for It's independence. Eng
lIsh generals have boosted that they
would two step into Pretoria and waltz
into johannesburg That was pracu-
cally what good King Philip. three
centuries ago, said about London and
Chatham. He had behind his boast a
feet that was stupendous In It's mag
nhcence and apparent strength. The
Spanlard was a great fighter in those
days. and Spain thought England would
be easy
Just so with the British and the army
that went down 10 the Cape But there
was something which neither the Span
lard OF the Elizabethan era nor the
Briton Of the Victorian period counted
on. Il was that forgotten something
which In each case led to the humilia-
ton Of the more powerful nation Il
was that forgotten something which
cast CONSERVATION over the great gilt
terlng galleons Of King Philip when the
little. quick sailing English cruisers
logged their heels and sent them scat
tered and broken along the coast Of the
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the Drakenberg country along the Tu-
gcle, where Butler found it SO hardin
fact where he found It impossible-to
advance when opposed by the Boer
forces.
The Pretoria railway runs almost due
north from Bloemfontein 10 the Trans
vaal capital entering the mountains IN
the nelghborhood Of Wnburg and twist
Ing and turning through broken coun-
try al the way up 10 Hebron. or prac-
tlcally 10 the Vaal river. This railway
has played a very Important part In the
South African campaign. IL Is essential
that this line OF communication be kept
open. and that necessarily implies cam
p3lgning In mountainous country. Had
the British forces not been blockaded
at Wepener the plans OF Roberts might
have been far different from what they
are proving This Wepener affair seems
20 have been a defeated thanking at
tempt Heavy rains also lmpeded the
originally planned advance OF the Brit
ish columns over 1000 men sick IN
hospital and a scant supply Of mounts
completed the hard luck story OF the
English, II also pretty well explains
the reason for the long and weary wait
az the Free State capital Roberts APP
parently anticipated The unrest In Eng
land which would result from this walt
and was forced 20 announce beforehand
the intelligence Of his advance. IN the
meanwhile the Beers had had an oppor-
tunity effectively 10 patrol the whole
length Of the Vaal river from Fourteen
Streams eastward The dilemma OF the
British may be judged from the arming
Of the Elsutos, concession that would
never have been granted II Roberts had
not been In sore straits
The COUNTRY between the Vaal aud
BloemfonteIn might well be called the
garden spot Of South Africa II Is an
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THE THEATER OF WAR TN
THE ORANGE FREE STATE.

swell the Boer forces 10 the figures
which reports OF few weeks ago cred
tied Dom Pauls people with having
IL has already been said that the
British army In Africa has been operat-
Ing q good deal like the Spanish armada
In the English channel. one Of the rea-
sons why this great army the largest
force Great Britain has had IN the field
during all the century has proved 80
unwieldy and 50 snaIllike and cumber-
some In lis movements Is the fact that
the commssaTlat department Of a di-
vision OF Tommy AtkInses has devel-
oped into such a gigantic and elaborate
affair The Boer Il might almost be
said has no such thing.
He carries his biltong IN his pocket
and he feeds his horse on the veldt. He
has no costly uniforms 20 keep polished
up, no corps OF cooks and camp follow
ers to look after ana when he wants
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Is how the English soldier has to be
reckoned with. And n he does not get
these things ne falls as a fighting ma
chine. And II Is no easy thing TO keep
him fed and clothed II means immense
trains OF supply wagons. which must
tran after every column, and, II the coll
umn is a mounted one, deploraby delay
IT'S progress Isolation. too, under such
circumstances and IN such a country as
South Africa, would be fatal, 80 an
lines Of communication must be kept
open for the bringing in OF fresh sup
piles
We hear very little, on the other
hand, Of the Beers commlssarlat. but.
OF course. they have such a thing. The
followers OF Botha, must have suffered
considerably az times from scarcity OF
food and lack Of proper shelter In the
field. though little has been said OF It.
They are Of different stock from the
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shocked the beefy mind Of the English
officer into comparative intelligence II
has taken some big shocks, and they
were given with much vlgor by the he.
rolc little people who were the rude
awakeners In the case, but Great Brit
lIn has always been slow at taking les
sons from the days Of the Georges Ia
The times Of Warren and Butler.
However successful the British may
eventually be. however complete may
prove the subjugatIon Of the two little
south African republics. there viii new
rtheless be many a man In that great
.nglo-saNon empire who will and must
II, after an the territorial game
ls worth the military candle ALREADY
he English losses mount up into the
ms Of thousands and when one bears
70 mind how little has yet been accom-
plIshcd he must indeed agree with old
Dom Paul that the Beers Will lose their
liberty only at a price that win stag
ger humanity"
CLAIMING A. BARLOW.
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English, and therein lies their salvation
For example, not long ago nearly all
Lord Roberts men at BloemfonteIn had
to be supplied with new boots. This
seems n trivial matter but Il Is no easy
thing 10 boot thousands Of men on a
few days or even a few weeks notice
The seyerest critic OF the war office at
/ London however cannot but admire
the promptness with which the different
contingencies have been met Yet they
were all mostly things which ought TO
have been anticipated long before, and,
| indeed, n such had been the case. might
have altered the situation Of affairs In
South Africa TO some very considerable
| degree at the present time. But the
English officer, brave as he has proved
himself has a lost reputation 10 redeem.
He is more beefy than brainy No
amount OF bulldog courage can COM
pensate for the lack Of that tactical
skill which Is the first consideration Of
the good camragner
As winter comes on the British will
have an advantage IN one respect and
that Is the fact that as time goes on the
grass on the veldt viii gradually dry
up and force the Boer to seek provender
elsewhere The great standby OF the
burghers IN such cases Is cat hay and
for some time they have been buying up
this sort Of provender In johannesburg
and Pretoria
The English supplies Of course, were
labored up the railway from Cape Town
mostly and are being rolled onward as
necessity demands. u seems 10 have
been no eXtrayagant statement that
the l07 miles u railway between Bloem-
fontein and Norvals Pont required ij. 900
men 70 insure Il against interruption
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zone ''i u aai &c." tg' Tie Boz I,
/ eye '''' straight 10 n,
,. mot until you restor, Oh. ,,,.,
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'hls room until you give +, 1917 i', '''H
manner that '"'A ZION yog
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Come, Jet us find H." '-- ~s'ir
The prince bit bis lip. tg,r.4
resumed the search. Al ,ta .l t''' i'.
leave the place '''14.'a Q
III you insist" sad IN, b..
viii be my painful duty 10 es nv \. -. y
Ger and have you searched -D % '-'
The prince leaned against H..
completely overwhelmed 'D' way
aDo you mean that2' he e,s,.a
u do" " e''pel
Then we must continue the s....,.
Every nook and cr4r,,. n.y..
ined. After avbr. ,t ,''', was Is-sIlr
the picture of ga.r5, III, '. ', SAT DON
the ksepar eaw tt. .l, --D slli.-J
against the s,irtirr ~, ' p''Aea away
lying as lf glued IN ,t...s '''s room a.
"Oh. Oh" cried ,Ea , .O.l
is!" "''P'' nee /
Thank beav.rp .-5.,
prince. A-''''uel h
MY dear slru s,ia d.. ,
you forgive nsop ''' "''t'1 ai
yes carfairlv % ,,.. "a,
was never mora sriss,.. 'D5 i'P4. Z
vou rsvc, ,..,,..., I, '.'.,''l' a''-n
cumgtarual sy,5.r.. ..i-, ,,' D'' O.
man for crrrls M me-, ','' lils Z
perfectly innocent e,s,5 a ID, ,.. ,l's-' e
from mo ri.ass ana ,.,, Jug ''l
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land they had intended to put 10 the
sword. IL was the same something that
shattered the Disconnected army OF Bull
Ter on that sea Of kopies that rolled
across Natal and also flung a broken
English division on that reef Of Spion
kop, where SO many goodly British SOL
dlers were sent to their everlasting
sleep
This little something was the fact
that numbers alone do not always
count There are, indeed many other
considerations IN modern campaigning
besides mere numerical strength. One
Of the most important OF these cCuaid-
eratlons Is the character Of the country
In which any given campaign is 10 be
carried out II has taken the British.
who were Ideal enough strategists on
the smooth fields Of Aldershot, q long
time to learn this lesson, and n they
have not even yet learned Il II IS no
fault Of the astute Boer The burgher
knew It long ago. and, In fact, has made
the most Of the knowledge. when 10
doubt says the Boer take 10 the hills
He knows that broken country Is the
only place for him 10 make a stand
when a force Of vastly superior strength
rolls against him. This fact has much
10 do with the present situation in
South Africa.
When the victorious Roberts marched
into Bloemfontein. Great Britain went
mad with Joy The Boer, like "Br'er
Rabbit" lay low and said nothing He
knew what he knew. He was not ach.
ing 10 make a last stand against the
British hordes IN the open and level
country that prevails In the lower part
Of the Orange Free state. He had TO
have his hills, and for that reason he
fell back toward Winburr. when once
among his beloved kopjes again he lat
his lines spread out up 90 Kroonslad.
a thin line IL must have been. nearly
200 miles long but the Boer officer
knows very well that one man well iu-
trenched is worth ten men attacking.
This country In the northern half Of
the Orange Free State Is well worth
studying. n the British had studied
that territory a little more closely. 10
Is more than probable that they would
never have allowed the Beers 10 Fan
back into such deleotable country.
There were Of course. special reasons
why the British ara not strike some de.
cislye blow sooner. When Roberts ar.
rived IN Rloemfontein he was IN a more
or less demoralzed condition. II was a
forced march and he was exhausted
His horses, not used 20 the climate 70
the Free State and not yet sailed aft
or their long sea voyage, died OF by the
thousands and left his cavalry sorely
crippled Roberts also suddenly ra7l-
lied that the South African winter was
setting IN. His men had nothing but
their thin khaki uniforms and an along
they had been suffering from the cold
The orange Free state is not a lrr.d
country the meanwinter temperaturebe.
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A norsu WITH A nIsToRr

The house No Z on the pronuia
des Anglais at Nice has been bought y
a Miss Cough a wealthy Anan
lady, who intends shortly 20 couydA
first floors OF her new dwelling .ro 2
huge hall. where she has pr0m.si 9
give some remarkable fates i -erl1
20 be seen ~ she win ever have h
honor OF receiving within Der walls ~
man who. quite unwittIng.y aiI! @
predecessor in that house
II was inhabited for years by o.
Comtesse Colloredo. wife OF The sna'
sador Of Rome, a proud lady who ia
there She was a fanatic about t'
quette. and one evening az the Pili
B0rghese, In Rome, she saw a LADY 2
rank who had taken by mistake De
seat reserved for Nine. lEmbasairt
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he could find FOR a carload shipment to
Dawson city lie has found any amount
Of the animalE and he has averaged a
price Tor them OF 81 a head.
Wentworth Woodhouse, which Lord
Milton win one day inherit, Is the big
gest house In England. and even at this
late hour Is kept In feudal fashion. Ev-
cry Tuesday IN November Is set apart
FOR self Invited guests. who have only
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terminate the rodents, but 10 develop
fine species
An emus egg omelet was the treat
provided by London naturalist for his
friends. The contents OF the egg, which
was found IN Australia some time ago.
weighed two pounds. Crocodlles eggs
were also served
A sheepman OF Rushvllle, Neb.. has
been buying up all Of the dogs that