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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-24
LA PLATA. MARYLAND, MAY "a, 1901.
THE CENSUS.



Of the United States
The census was an important fea-
ture Of the governments Of ancient
Rome, Greece, Egypt. Persia and the
Babylonian empire. A census Of the
vast Roman empire and its Dependent
cies was in progress at the time OF
the birth of Christ. But this enumer-
alton OF population fell into disuse in
the Middle Ages. Down to the end OF
the 18th century even the most trust
worthy geographers had to depend en-
tirely upon guesswork in forming an
estimate of the population Of the yari-
Gus countries in Europe. 1t is to the
United States that may be said to be-
long the credit of reyiving the census.
the constitution of 1887 including a
provision for census to be taken every
10 years. The enumeration was rem
dered necessary by the fact that the
population OF the several states con-
stituted the basis of representation in
congress. anc. while it is true that the
national census was Incorporated in
the constitution from political rather
ths7 philosophical considerations. it
must be confessed that this nation de-
serves the glowing eulogium of Mo-
reau de Jonnes, who declared that
the United States presents a phe-
nomenon with parallel in history
that of a people who instituted the
statistics of their country on the very
day when they found their govern
ment, and who regulated by the same
instrument the census of inhabitants.
their civil and political rights and the
destinies Of the nation
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Garnets are found in scores Of places
in the United States. The best come
from Colorado. though fine gc:as hayi
been found in New England. Set
York. Virginia and Moth Carolna.
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and the plum pudding" said Colonel
John S. Cooper to Jesse Sherwood. as
he and a few others were spinning
war stories at the Grand Army head
quarters.
Il was on board the United States
steamship Somerset during the Civil
War" said >fr. Sherwood. I'VE had
headquarters at Key West. Among
the many notable things that came un-
der my observation was the capture
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act OF carrying a plum pudding down
below. When the shot burst b.
dropped the pudding and lupg himself
down. lie was still picGing mp pieces
Of pudding when his capidln surren-
dered and hauled down bis colors.
Then we flowed her 70 Key Wesf"
GTTl,
J. G. Beckley. who served with the
Fourth Michigan Volunteers. told how
a calf scared 100 Union soldiers.
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'M|lN!E,s!.I',C!ARllI
srRANoEsr OF ALL FISH.
Oepizen of the Deep That Angie, for the
Fool 1t Devorrs.

~ nv - ~ ~. fCAhs
Depizen of the Deep That ange, for the
Fool It Devorrs.
Most remarkable Of strange fishes
is the angler fish, whose very name
seems a paradox, The fishing fish l.
nevertheless reality, and stern one
to all that approach those awful jaws
Of his. With body the color Of mud
he generally lies in the shaGow OF
some rock on the bottom of the sea,
waiting motionless for the approach
Of his prey. He is provided with an
odd kind OF fin Just over the mouth
and this is held out in front of him to
give warning of the coming of some
thing to be swallowed. One taken alive
was experimental on and 1t was found
that II this projecting fin was touched
with a stick. even though the stick did
not come near the mouth. the jaws
closed convulsively. This shows that
the fin. by some provision of nature,
closes the jaws as soon as 1t is
touched. The mouth is t-emendoue
growing to the width of foot, while
the whole fish is only three feet long.
One of thees anglers was caught no.
long since and. although It was only
twenty-five inches long, a fish fifteen
inches long was found sticking in its
throat. The angler is provided with
a peculiar set of teeth, in double or
treble rows along the jaws and at the
entrance of the throat. Some OF these
teeth are foot long. He is not a
pretty fish to look at, but he attends
strictly to business and Will swallow
anything that touches his warning fin.
whether it be meant for food or no..
All kinds of things have been found
in the stomach Of anglers, from bits
of lead and stone to fish almost as
large as the angler itself. This is
without doubt one Of the most pecu-
liar and interesting fish in the whole
'an.
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He said: 1--WE were down in West
Virginia. about 100 oil us detached
from our regiment and doing special
duty looking for stray guerillas who
were continually running through our
lines. administering blow and hen
running away. Not any Of us had
been within gunshot of the firing line
and few had talked TO one who had
However. just as often as we BIZ
youacked we were frightened.
"One morning rumGr came that a
big squad Of guerilla cavalry had been
seen the night before only a short dis
tance ahead of us. We were not out
to retreat. even though we were so
afraid of our lives that we all wished
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we had never enlisted, so we Eept
moving. Suddenly a terrible galIop-
ing was heard just in front Of us and
beyond small hill We thought 1t
was cavalry charge and formed to
meet it.
at fell to my lot to kneel down In
front with my bayonet pointed at an
angle TO receive the charging enemy,
Men all about me were in similar pos
lures, ! supppoc, but knew Of moth
ing but the steady gallop. sallop of
the thousand hoofs that would soon
pound the life out of me- gritted
my teeth to await the charge, though
quaked as with the aguc | recall
the man next me saying, Goodbye
old fellow
Il began to wonder why the charge
wasn't made and over with, Just as
l began to get brave the pounding
hoofs sounded again. steady. men:
don't move cautioned our leader.
Then prancing over the top of the hill
came a good-for nothing brindle cali"
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p. Britton spoke up. saying: "van. you
are an honest man; go ahead and tell
us something about the Eighth"
AT Corinth, Miss, got the biggest
scare in my llfe." said Colonel Van
Norman. ut was the day Price and
Van Dorm undertook to capture Cor.
inth from General Rosecrans. The
Confederates had drawn up very close
to our llne-so close. In fact. that at
every volley several Of our men would
fall. About this time | had advanced
with my old 'Harper's Ferry musket
and stood crouchIng behind a stump,
from which point of vantage was
loading and firing as fast as | could.
Then the Confederates began advanc.
ing in heavy line. Colonel G.. W.
Robbins had just been wounded and
had retired from the field. The next
volley caught Major Jefferson. and he
was carried off the field in a dying
condition. | was so busy firing that /
did not hear the order to retreat. Then
| looked around, but could see only one
Union soldier. Jewell Walker. Of Com
pany e. and he was standing behind
a tree and firing at the advancing en-
emy. asked him where our COM
rides were. He said they must have
been ordered to retreat. By this time
the 'Johnnies' were very close and ad-
vanclng rapidly. turned to Walker
and said: Lets shoot and run. Talk
about fellow being scared to death.
Well, when we began to run and the
bullets began to whizz over our heads
we ducked at every sound, whether the
bullet was within foot or ten feet Of
our heads. Any man who says he was
not frightened some time in battle
must have been in the hospital most
Of the time"
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ing ford for several days. and had
had several sklrmishes with the Con-
federates, in which we lost number
of our men. On the morning Of Octo-
Der 10 comrade named Jack Dorst-
man and myself were sent to make u
detour through the foothills and try
to discover good road for an ad-
vance.
1--WE had proceeded about a mile
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French, which used to be the world
language. now ranks fifth. being spok-
en- by only 45,0O0,0O0, while English is
spoken by 115.OOO.O Russian by SO.-
100000. German by 7O,OOOOOO and
Spanish by 50.000.0OO.
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DECORATION DAY, 1901.

From narper's yTtekiy
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L[TT was at Cedar Creek. Virginia.
that n circumstances hap
pened to a comrade and my
self which goes to prove that
words spoken at certain times can pro-
duce awe where guns fail" said Leroy
Hanna. who served In Company L, OF
the Second Connecticut Heavy Artil-
lery. to an old comrade. Continuing
Mr.. Hanna said: "We had been guard
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
sILvER cITS.
From the Enterprise.


The Independent claims that Mrs.
Carrie Nation, the Kansas joint smash
or, lived az Grafton. In this territory,
Ia the early eighties. and In a sister
OF Judson Moore, the catiloman.
Herbert Dawson, Justice 81 the
peace Of santa Rita. was ln the eity.
tie purchased twenty-five marriage e.
oensc blanks while here. which would
Indicate uat business matFimOniaiiy ~
going TO boom In that lively camp soon.
Hon. -, e.. Hobart received teie-
gram from his sister. Miss Lizzie, al
Mankato, Minnesota conveying the
sad intelligence Of tho death OF his
mother. which occurred al that place
wednesday. She was aged N years
aud had been ~ for some time past.
Tbs home % Mr. and Mrs. ]. n. Ken
yon was the scene OF a pretty double
wedding Tuesday evening. February
i2th. The couples married were Miss
Lillian A. clayton TO Mr. Dell !. Hot
aon. ana Miss Bertha T.. Craig 20 Mr.
Charles w. liolsOn. The bridesmaids
were Miss Dean clayton and Miss
Mamie Hols0n. ana tho groomsmeR Mr.
Eben T., Burnside aud AR. Walter w.
Page. rT,t
Duke ". White, who IN under q ak
months sentence for assisting prisoners
u escape from the county jali, has a
petition for pardon now IN tho hands
~ tho governor. The petition has been
signed b. Justice Newcomb. the com.
hitting magistrate. the county ofIiciala
and many prominent business men OF
silver CITY He has already served four
months OF his sentence.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company
are doing considerable development
work az Fierro on their iron properties
20 ascertain u Il would noe DO a profit.
able Investment 20 erect extensive
blast furnaces al that point. II this
was done Il would save the company
m enormous amount ~ frelght
charges. a. the ore. amount 10 a good
mans ears por DAY ~ being shipped
10 their Colorado works or course
coke and fuel would have 10 De shipped
in' but tho freight would be much
smaller Item than paid on the cars at
the present time.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
INTERNArInnAL mas.

New Mexico must keep q yigilant eye
on the International dam project. II
will not do 20 cease vigilance because
"A promise has been made that the
clause prohibiting the building OF dams
in the Rio Grande viii be stricken gu,
81 the stephens aud Culberson bill
The ~ fas0 Herald said this week:
There would be no objections 10 El
faso having a dam. or at least the New
Mexico people cannot afford Is object
O. Il n u does not interfere By pro.
hibltiys clauses with their affairs. but
Of course the first dam constructed
will have a prior claim Ia the waters
IN the river, whether the prohibitive
u the ~ Paso dam H. built while the
Elephant Butte dam cas- ~ still in
court the ~ Paso dam viii get the
water by reason Of commoA law. The
people ~ New Mexico cannot object
to this. however, for they could e.
ahead and build thu dam n they felt
willing 10 risk the matter Of having
water Sufficient FOR bath dams. II Is
now believed that both dams would
hAye Sufficient water at least two years
fn three."
This ~ indication enongh 20 show
that thu International dam scheme
means harm 10 New Mexico. and the
legislature should not fail 20 appoin,
the proposed non-partisan commission
80 80 % Washington 10 work for state.
hood and against tha proposed inter
national dam.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
PRINTrNa nrFIcr srCnrrs.

A properly conducted printing once 4.
a. much secret as Masonic lodge
The prluters are not under oath Of ~.
crecy, but always feel themselves a.
truly Ia honor bound 10 keep the once
secrets M though triple oathed. An em.
pl0ye In a printing once who willingly
disregardA this fact would not only bg
scorucd by his brethren % tho craft, but
would lose his position ct once. We
make this statement because Il some.
times happens 4 communication appears
In newspaper under an assumed sigma.
turc which excitcs comment, and various
parties try 10 find cut who Il the author
let all be- saved tho trouble ~ question
ing the employees 81 tho printing once
They are know-nothings on such points
~ these. Ga such matters they have
eyes ani ears, NO mouth, and u they fail
10 observe this rule let them be put down
as dish0n0rable members Of the craft.
II anything IL to he printed and kept
secret, LET proper notice be- given Of tho
desires Of secrecy, and YOU nigh, NJ well
question a sphynx ~ one ~ the print.
ers. 20 that even the secret hooks Of
lodges, wedding Invitations, etc, are
printed without fear.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
LAS vEGAs LAcONIcy.
Promoter of Electric street Car Goes Fast
Heavy Faii of sso~.

Promoter of Electric street Car Goes Fast
Heavy Faii OF ssow.
~. H. EppvrsUn shipped New Mr1ic,
nightingale by express 60 ~ Louis.
4 letter has been received from Al
Kaker, who has been very sick In Den
yer, saying that he IL able 20 be about
once more. He Is cXpectol 90 arriy,
|, .ne aln.ost any DAY now.
Miss Sarah Hickman aud Mr. Max
Nordhsus returned 80 Las Vegas ON No
< from their trip to Albuquerque. wher,
thcy attended bali given by Mrs Loui,
Held. and report a NEST enjoyable time
Mrs Cockerell, sistcr OF Mrs NJ
Rodes. passed through from Carrollton
H., on her way 60 California, whore sh,
was called on account ~ the serious ~
ness ~ her daughter. The sisters had
not seen each other for thirty years.
J.. II. Bishop purchased complct,
bar outfit and supplies from Haywood a
Co, aud loft, accompanied by Mont,
Butler. for Santa Rosa. where he viii
open = saloon. They took with them 4
tent 25x35 which Ylll be used FOR "a
loon purposes uuth building can b,
erected.
~ - f hfiA TAAis NftN'tiflA NIN
moter ~ the proposed electric IA lNaJ
company. accompanied by hi f,mily, De-
parted Tor their home In 81 souls. Dr
Epporson. before returning Co Las We
gss, will visit Chicago. Springdold. New
York AMI other cltirs IN the Interest Of
the proposed -lertric railway company
Sosicnns D.lgaio ,smp ~ from chap
critic sui reports seven in hos " snow %
the level having fallen down there IN,
past few days lle rays greater
amount ~ SHOW fell few miles soitl
OF there. Stockmen in fhat section ar,
feeling juhilsut. likewise a number OF
Las Vegas citizens who arr Interested IL
propcrticl Town that way.
H. ~ Blake last week brought IN eom,
copper hearing rock from the mountain.
southwest ~ Las Vegas, which Is very
promising A test made by W. \. Adlon
~ las Vegas, gave < IS per cent cop
par and ! T-lO silver. making n tota
valuation ~ s27 % per ton. MIR Blak,
left Tor his prospects which ho propose,
10 develop aud ascertain what body Their,
Is ~ that metal.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
rmE rAS.AMEMIcAE ExPosIrror.

j. J. Lawless. Esq. a y0unE but
pfominent attorney OF Beffalo. ~. T.,
IL la The city In behalf VI tho Pan
american exposition 20 DO held AT Bus-
fala. n. y. from Mag 20 November
], % this year, Mr., iAwleas spent sew
sral dnya az santa Re interviewing
Governor Otero. tho members Of the
legislature, and appeared before the
finance committees OF both houses ln
order Co persuade New Mexico Co be-
worthlly repreaenied al the exposition.
which. Ia point Of attendance and In.
tefest. promises 30 be greater even than
the Worid'a fair Of issl, ar. IAwien. Is
decidedly Of the opinion that great
good would come 90 New Mexico n
u had a representative at the oxpoal.
dion distributing immigration iitora.
ture There viii be- thousands OF men
On comfortable circumstance who will
come 90 tho eFposltlon--men who are
iookinE FOR new locations. new Invest.
tnenis, and those are che Kind ~ men
that should ~ made acquainted With
the reaourcos and attractions - Nov
Mexico Mr. iAwisss called az The est
iaen ofiios chs morning. and stated
chat ne accomplished good worn At
Santa Fs-hs Eot che territorial com
mitlee on the Pan-American exposition
interested and they are at work among
the legislative members securing
suitable appropriation for The purpose
intended. The gentleman viii leave to
night Tor Phoenix. where h. viii in
tervlew Governor Murphy and members
81 the Arizona legislature,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
SAN MARcIAL.


From the bee.
w. n. dliienwator. manager 81 the
Montezuma Loan and building asaoCi-
alton of Albuquerque, was la town.
Another dance ~ talked Of-ono that
viii have invitations and programs.
and all the earmarks 81 very swell
anair
Col Chas w. Healey Of the Inierna-
iionai boundry commission. has been
taking measures OF the river here for
several days
The pupils OF the Midway school win
give a concert on the evening % March
T. Don Alexandra uallegos. the capa.
BILE school teacher will see TO II that
the event has successful ending.
Cole Railston, who FOR the past Eve
years has been inspector for the cattle
sanitary board, has accepted a position
with the Red River cattle company
tthe VNT outnD ia the capacity OF
general manager Their range lies
west " Magdalena
Last Saturday John l. Dalton. who
has been employed In the railroad
bridge gang on this division. and was
iilinE about town for few days be.
cause ~ not feeling we'll, vas pro-
nounced hy Or. Alex Cruickshnnk Ca
boz a victim ~ smallpox IA IT, earliest
stage. Santa re ofilclais arranged by
| wire to have Dalton placed ~ IA fur
nlshed b0S car In charge ~ nurse
aud the ear run on an abandoned SID
ing on the ,dgo OF Town. Dalton IL get'
| ting well ana there is really no danger
i Of the disease spreading
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
a MIA ~ NOrE
Archaeological society Held a Meeting
Daisfes sssloal District


Daisfes sssloal District
Deputy sheriff A. =. IAN rode To rs
pamela aud Chimayo to summon grand
aud petit iurnrs for The nest term Of
district court.
Tho school district Of Dolores n ~
poor IN the means ~ this world that Il
VAS decided 10 close the school. The
Galistc0 compsny, however. donatsd So
sud County Superintendent j. v. Con.
way $40 toward krsping the school open
for the presoat
A marriage certificate was hled IN the
probate clerks once by Tony Mess, JUS.
tlce of the peace At Cerrillos, who ON.
elatsd a. the marriage 81 Manuel Cha.
wee, % the southern part Of Santa 10
county, ahd ElOisa Gaspar. Of Valencia
county. Tbs witnesses were sylvester
Davis aud LibradO Valencia.
Ib5 Archaeological society held very
Interesting meeting AZ the high school
building. la the absence Of Judge Ne.
File, Prof, J. A. Wood presided. W. IL.
Pope Esd, leciured ON the antiquities
u Mexlco, Mrs. Wallace aud Miss Nor.
risAh read papers on the prehistoric
ruins Of Honduras aud Nucatnn. Hon
All Norrison read a paper on prehls.
teric implements 0f war The next meet.
ina u the society wiz be- n lecture meet
ing. a. which Prof n. L. Iieweti will
deliver the concluding lecture 81 his az
rics ON the prehistoric archaeology 81
New MeAico
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23
DROWNED IN A MINE.
Curious and Awful Death Of Three
Men in Mountains Of Mexico
rusSrl WAS FLOODED BY A BLAST

A special dispatch from Phoenix, Ar.
1ona, under date Of February ~. says
News has reached this city ~ most
unusual accident that happened on Tues.
day la,t at the Santa Rita niue iu the
Harntrtr mountains. two hundred NILES
snnth uf lIrrmosillo.
Tho accident was more than unusual.
u wns horrible in H. results. asl the
horror Is likely % grow grcatcr when
the worst u known.
4 force of men the exact number Il
not known hcrc-wA1 engaged Ia blast.
log. hundreds ~ feet under the earth.
lu = cruss-cut tunnel ~ the big mine.
Most ~ the men wcrs Ncxicans. al
though there was one American. the
foreman ~ the gang
suddenly. without warning. blasi
which had he0n prepared went On and
the forcv of the giant powder blew 4
great rent IN the rock. out 81 which
poured swiftly powerful volume Of
water
other men. who were working In thg
drifts IA the vicinity ~ the blast, wer,
caught IN the rushing Hood. One %: IN,
men ~ She bottom 81 the shaft managed
20 give the distress signal, but when The
rescners got 20 the bottom OF the shaf
they found not one alive.
Three bodies we're removed from th'
water. where they werS floating, having
evidently been stunned BY the force 81
the explosion.
These were corpses % Horace Christ
the American foreman, aud two MsricaI
lnlnrcrs. names unknown.
u was thought by those ~ the mln'
that other bodies would be found Al
soou AZ the water could be- stopped from
flowing into the mine. ana the water Il
the mine pumped out
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-02-23

three crews who have been making re-
ports 10 superintendent Fox here viii
hereafter make their reports 10 super
intendeni Ayers, 10 la Junta Thu
will not effect present nrrangesesh as,
otherwise, IN the least.
This week one ~ the largest locomo-
tlvcs ever built for the Santa Pc system
will be- put into service. II will be- USED
in the mountains. From end 10 end the
engine measures almost thirty feet, and
without the tender, IL weighs $50 pounds
more than ninety tons. With the
tender and full capacity Of coal and
water, 10 will weigh In tho neighbor-
hood Of $50 tons. The drivers are 81
inches IN diameter, and the boiler,
which has an Sl-lnch shell, contains 345
2-inch tubes and has n resistance Of 2O0
pounds steam pressure. Eight more
locomotives like Il are 10 built by the
system at lie Topeka shops.
independent action has been taken
by the Santa ta In regard 10 reduced
rates 10 Texas points February 10th.
II will extend the reduction authorized
by the Southwestern Passenger bureau
for that date 10 the territory " the
! Western Passenger association. A
proposition Is being voted ON by the
western roads simply to use the rates
rendered 10y the Southwestern lines "a
basing rates, but this action ui the
santa We viii render the vote nugatory,
as nll the lines having Texas cOnnCc.
tions Viii have tu meet the Santa fc's
competition, and the reduced rates
from the western territory will become
1 general
The increased coal business which
the Santa Ne ~ doing h. noteworthy.
I Recently about Loo cars were pnt-
chased at lCnytnWprth for use along
the lines OF lhc i, stem. Within the
last two years the demand for coal has
incrc iscd at lonst 90 per cent. and
there never was M much demand Tor II
~ now. q. ". tlue0u fuel contractor
says this l. due o. the enormous 10
crease Of business dome 10y the road
The heavy shipments of fuel westward
are caused 10y the scarcity resulting
from the strike ~ miners w Colnrad,
aud New Mexico. AZ present much q
the coal consumed by the Santa 70 10
the west comes from Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas.
There Is 90 city la America, perhap
LA the world, says the Hallway Journal
that has a. many separate and distinc
railroad times as III PasO, Tex, whicl
ha. four. Being situated ON the Rock.
Mountain longitude. the city time an,
that used boy the Santa Fc and Othr
lines irom the north, is mountain time
/ which II one hour later than centra
time The Texas Il Pacific and th,
Southern Pacific trains from the cas-
use central time, while tho Mexic'
Central trains from Mexico only run OF
Mexico time, which Is IS minute
slower than central and - minute
faster than mountain time. The South
ern Pacific trains fiem the west us
Pacific time, which Is still one hOu
slower than mountain time. Thus IN
traveller can have all he wants at y
'aso in the way of diversified aud per
picking time tables.