Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-02
REDUCTION OF men IN
THE D|SPATCHER'S OFFICE
Railroad Telegraph Force at the Meadow
City Will Be Gut from Thirteen Men
to Four Men Owing 10 I'M
provements Made.
A GAY L0THARIO CHARGED WITH HAVING
-FOUR WIVES is SUED FOR DIVORCE
Special Daily Service.

Las Vegas, July AL our mer-
chants today that handle tobacco are
taking an invoice of the stock on hanc
so as to avail themselves of the rebate
the government allows on stock left
over on which there has been paid q
war tax To all merchants having oVel
| $50 pounds on hand the revenue collec-
tor will refund the war tax paid or
the same at the rate Of three and SIX
tenths cents per farund ne tax haYint
been repealed by congress.
Colonel r. f. Twitchell returned from
his trip down the road yesterday even
ing.
Dr. Shaw returned from Beulah, ano
reports Professor Cockrell much better
The cause of the professors sickness
was being overheated from long and
arduous walk.
Mrs. Mason and Miss Ruse, who have
been spending several months in our
city from Minneapolis, left yesterday
evening for Roswell, where they will
spend the summer.
Brakeman J. L. Wiser has a lay-off
for few days and will take to the
mountains.
Mrs, f. G. Austin will entertain a
number of friends tomorrow afternoon
at cards at her home.
cIo q st nipht
by the two military companies on the
plaza promises a good entertainment on
the Fourth. The companies are getting
the work down fine, and charge and re-
treat, and execute difficult manoe'lvers
with fairly good precision.
A "mollie- GO crazy is being erected
on the northeast side of the plaza for
the youngsters on the Fourth. They
have steam engine and will give a
lively swing. There is going to be fun
galore.
r. G. Head of Watrous, has brought
suit against the Las Vegas Meat and
Supply Company to recover judgment
for 1888, amount claimed due for con-
tract given him for the purchase of $50
head of cattle, and which, it is alleged,
were not accepted.
Maria j. d. de Alareon has trans
ferred to Ines Pinon, for the sum of 81,
certain land near the plaza at Chaper-
ito.
Miss Murray, one of the Methodist
missionaries, left yesterday afternoon
for Albuquerque
Wyne Glassford left this afternoon
for Annapolis where he will enter the
Naval academy next September. Tn
the meantime he will do some prelimi-
nary work.
Dr. N w. Judd of the Montezuma,
left yesterday afternoon for Kansas for
a few days, and will later return to
Colorado where he will be met by w.
C. Sturgis, professor in botany in the
Yale University, and his family, all Of
whom have been staying at the Mon
tezuma for the past six months. They
will make a two months camping trip
in Colorado.
Miss Jessie Lawton, one of the nurs-
es at the Montezuma, left yesterday
afternoon for a visit in Chicago. She
has resigned at the Montezuma, and on
her return will locate in Las Vegas.
Word has been received from DR.. B.
D. Black of Chicago, that he will re-
turn here next Thursday and that he
will bring his mother with him who
will make her home here.
The board of education held a meet
ing last night and transacted consider
able business. The other high school
teacher was appointed, Miss Coffey of
Harrington, Kas., being the appointee
She will receive salary Of $40 per
month. There was quite a little fight
on the advisability of putting another
woman in as teacher, and the vote was
close, three to four. Some Of the mem
| bers object to the public schools being
an entirely Adamless Eden, ant
thought man should be put in the
| high school Antonio Lucero was en-
ployed to teach Spanish one hour eacl
day in the high school. The Spanis1
| will be in the freshman year, and 1t i
expected to add another year of TIL
| language later on. The building com
mittee report on grounds was accept
ed, and cement walk will be pu
down on Baca avenue in front of tn
grounds. Gravel walks will be put In
| ing. Two closets We're ordered con
structed, with a cesspool. The closets
will be temporary only, as the boarC
figures on other arrangements whel
the sewerage system is put in.
Yesterdays temperature record was
maximum 81, minimum so, mean &C
The mean humidity 53 The precipita
ton hardly enough to note.
| Canuto Martinez of Rocada, has ta
ken out license for a thirst parlor
that burg, and family disturbance
will be meted out ten cents per disturb
One Of the native section men got
finger mashed up at Cueva TINS morn
| ing by getting it between cars. M
came down here this afternoon FOL
medical attendance.
The second chapter of a marriage
which parents urged daughter int
entering, Is now filed in the nature o
a suit for divorce by the husband OF
account of his wife abandoning him
for no other reason, so the girl claims
than that she does not want to liv
with him and that she married hin