Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-11-26
HOMESTEAD CONTEST,


A contest for u homestead entry has
been brought in the United States land
office by Ponican Tafoya VS.. Alexandra
Mora. The land in dispute is the south
a of lection and the north 4 of the
northeast d of section 8 in ownship 20
north, range 8 west and covers 160
acres. 1t will be heard January s, 1908.
POsTOFfICE MATTERS.
The present postmaster at Madrid in
this county. having resigned, Delegate
Redey has recommended E. j. Thomp-
son Of that place for appointmentto 70 I'll
the vacancy Mr.. Thompson is the
bookkeeper for the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company at Madrid and is in every
respect fully qualified for the position
The postJi1ice at Pena, Taos county,
will be discontinued from December Is
on and mail for that point will go to
Costilla. Daniel Beckett has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Stegmann, Eddy
county.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE.
The official vote on November 4,
gives an idea of the relative standing of
the towns of New Mexico in population.
In the following II towns or precincts
over 25o votes were cast, indicating
population of 1,500 or over:' Santa Fe
LIS; Albuquerque 1,139; East Las We
gas and Las Vegas 1,O0S; Roswell 1923;
East Las Vegas 730; Alamogordo 555;
Las Cruces 4s1; Ration 400; Silver City
454; Carlsbad 412 Deming 367; Dawson
356; Barelas 302; Las Vegas 27S; Gallup
273; Central Las Vegas 267; Socorro 266;
Wagon Mound 255.
THANKSGIVING PARDON.
Executive Office,
Santa Fe, N. M, Nov. 26, 1902.
Whereas, Elesio Sena was at the Oc-
tober, 1890, term of the district court in
and for the county of Mora, territory
Of New Mexico, convicted of the crime
of murder and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the territorial peniten-
tiary; and
Whereas, The Hon. James O'Brien,
presiding judge who tried the said
Elesio Sena, and Hon. Miguel Salazar,
district attorney who prosecuted the
case have united in recommendation
for executive clemency, which recon-
mendation has also been signed by
Judge William J. Mills, present judge
of the district and Hon. Charles A.
Spiess, present district attorney; and
Whereas, There are on file in the ex
ecutive office numerous petitions sign
ed by former members of the legislative
assembly and by some of the most
prom inent citizens of the territory, as
we'll as a statement by the board Of
penitentiary commissioners recon-
mending that a full pardon be granted
to the said Elesio Sena.
Now, therefore, I, j. w. Reynolds,
acting governor of the territory of New
Mexico, by virtue Of the authority in
me vested, and in continuance of the
established custom in vogue not only in
this territory, but in nearly all the
states of the Union of extending to
some unfortunate prisoner an act Of
clemency upon each day of national
Thanksgiving, do this day grant to the
said Elesio Sena a full and complete
pardon, said pardon to take effect upon
the morning of the 9th day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1902, at which time the sup
erintendent of the territorial peniten-
tiary is authorized to discharge the
said Elesio Sena from confinement in
said institution.
Done at the Executive Office this the
26th day of November, A. D. 1902.
Witness my hand and the great seal
Of the territory Of New Mexico.
(SeaD J. w. RAYNOLDS,
By the acting governor:
j. w. RAYNOLDS,
Secretary of New Mexico.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
The following precincts and towns in
Bernalillo county cast over 100 votes:
Albuquerque 1,139 votes, falling of