Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-22
RSDAY, NOVEMBER 3d. CITY AND NORTHERN MAIL
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.

Today Territorial Secretary Wallace
received the official election returns of
Union county, the last county to be
heard from. He is now canvassing the
vote, work which will be probably
completed by tomorrow evening.
THE PENITENTIARY COMMISSION.
Hon. j. Francisco Chaves and Hon.
Juan Navarro members of the penten-
tiary commission were in session today
at the penitentiary awarding contracts
for supplies. They expected to finish
the work by this evening.
AN INCORPORATION.
The Alamogordo Building e Loan
association today filed incorporation
papers in the office of Territorial Secre-
tary Wallace. The capital is 500, 600,
and the headquarters Alamogordo. The
| incorporators and directors are A. p.
Jackson, J.H. Laurie, W. Fl. Slaughter,
G. c. Scipio and O. d. Warnock.
A STATEHOOD DELEGATION.
Governor Otero is considering what
citizens to appoint as delegates to go to
| Washington to lay before congress the
claims Of the territory of New Mexico
for admission to statehood, and to urge
| the same. This will be done in accord
ance with the planks in the platforms of
| the Republican and Democratic parties
adopted last October. The governor ex-
poets to make these appointments be-
fore he goes to Washington early next
| month.
GOVERNMENT INDIAN SCHOOL.
John B. Harper, of Durango, COL, re-
Gently appointed superintendent of IT.
rigation for the Pueblos, is at the Indian
government school in this city and has
been assigned his duties. A. o. Wright,
of Topeka, Kas., inspector of Indian
day schools, is a guest at the govern
ment Indian school. He is on his way
to the day schools of the Albuquer-
que jurisdiction. At present there are
335 Indian pupils at the government In
dian school, the largest number that
| ever attended the school.
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
The demand for literature concerning
the territory, it's climate, mineral
wealth, agricultural resources and con-
tanning general information, is very
great at present. During the past few
days over fifty of the annual reports of
Governor Otero and several hundred
pamphlets published by the bureau of
immigration were sent out and all
these to individual applicants. That
New Mexico will experience a healthy
and steady growth during the coming
four years is very apparent and this
matter is one of the signs.
AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Governor Otero has received a letter
from M. B. McSweeney, governor of
South Carolina, informing him of an in
ternational exposition which will be held
at Columbia, the capital of South Caro-
Ina, in 1901, and requesting that com
missioners representing the territory of
New Mexico at the exposition be APP
pointed and that the people of the ter
ritory b~ urged to make AN exhibit.
Governor Otero has answered the letter
requesting Information as to the scope
of the exhibit. and If the information is
found to be satisfactory, he will appoint
the commissioners In addition, he has
informed the governor of South Caro-
lima, who requested that an appropra-
tion be made for the purpose Of defray-
ing the expenses of this commission,
that he could not do anything in that
respect, but that if the members of the
commission desired to do so, they could
20 before the legislative. assembly,
which meets in January of next year,
represent the matter and ask that an
appropriation be made.