Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-05
The FOURTH AT The
MEADOW CITY
An Exciting Sham Fight in Which the In
fantry Company Repulsed the Attack
Of the Cavalry Troops on the
Plaza at Las Vegas
AN INTERVIEW WITH ". \. \. lLEWEllYN
ON THE STATEHOOD QUESTION
Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 4


and was met by her brother Fred, who
accompanied her to her parents home
near Mora.
+ Miss Mamie Greely, who was here
few months ago for her health, dice
the first of this week at her home il
Newton, Kas. She had many friends
in this city.
C. l.. Harris still continues on tht
sick list. He is confined to his bed
The fire department was called out
| Wednesday evening to extinguish lit
| tie blaze in the rear of w. J. Funk
houser's premises on Eighth street.
coal shed caught fire in some unknown
way, but the department soon put the
blaze out and little damage was done.
The westside company was not called
out
AL Rogers Jr., returned Thursday ev-
ening from his trip to Ann Arbor He
was gone a couple of weeks and had a
splendid time, he says.
| George Hunker returned from his
| trip to "Mizzouri' Thursday evening
where he renewed old friendships and
puffed up Las Vegas climate Be it al
| so noted, he returned alone.
b. D. Black and mother returned
from Chicago Thursday evening and
will go to housekeeping in one of the
| new flats on Douglas avenue on their
| completion, The trip seems to have
| done the doctor good
Amelia Ortiz of Mora, shot his fire.
crackers here the Fourth.
The new machinery for the coal
mines at FL Porvenir is about all in
place and the drill will be started next
| week. The drill is built for depth of
700 feet, but it is expected that coal will
be reached in a sufficient thickness to
| mine, long before that depth is reach
ed.
Mrs. w. II. Jobe returned from her
extended visit at Kansas City and 9TH
er Kansas points, Thursday evening
J. d. Hughes of the Santa Fe New
| Mexican passed through here Thurs
day en- route home from Washington.
He thinks NJ. rtes.ga vi the statehood
measure positive at the next session of
| congress.
| Miss Minnie Detterick left yesterday
afternoon for few days visit in the
territorial capital and while there will
|
! Mrs. Charles Robbins and family will
| leave the first of the week for a two
| weeks stay at Blake's ranch.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mr..
and Mrs. Burch and Miss Hope will
make up jolly camping party that
| will start for an outing above Mora
Monday morning. The campers will be
gone several weeks.
| DR.. Smith wears the badge of the gun
| club this week. The score was very
poor on account of the high wind, the
winner making only Is birds out of 90
! Miller, Quinley and Dearth made only
13 each. Mr.. Ross got Is.
| The Elks put the brand on three
frisky bucks last night, r. A. Valdez
and Reyes Romero of Mora, and A. b.
Stanton of this city The boys had a
fine evenings fun out of the initiation
and put away a good lunch besides.
The Fourth on the whole was practi-
| cally free from accidents. A runaway
of a team that had been unhitched on
Douglas avenue, made a little excite
ment, but hurt no one. There were
plenty of burned fingers, but so far,
nothing serious has been reported.
Albert Keen and family spent the
day celebrating by quiet picnic in the
| mountains
A foot race that was to have taken
place between Pierce Murphey and
James Williams this afternoon, was
called off last night by Pierce forfeiting
the SO deposit. Pierce said he "done
himself up practicing' and could no.
run today.
Major w. H. H. Llewellyn, distric
attorney, and one of New Mexico
most prominent citizens and attorneys
passed through Las Vegas lest evening
on No. en- route to his home in La
Cruces from a few weeks sojourn il
Washington. Your special correspond
ent found him satisfactorily perusing {
copy of The Record in the Pullman, ant
content with the world after a goo6
supper at the Castaneda, and just ripe
for a little quizzing as to the statehood
outlook in congress. The major, who
is the soul of geniality, replied: "Well
Mr.. Rodey and myself appeared before
the senate committee last Saturday anc
made a talk of about one and hall
hours You know the committee has
been empowered to sit during the vaca-
ton, and it is most probable that Sen.
ator Beveridge and other members OF
the committee will make a tour of in
spection of the three territories, prob
ably in September, and will visit Las
Il Vegas. There seems to be, as near as
can determine, among various senators
who know, an opinion that the enabling
act will be passed some time during tn,
next session, though probably not II
, the first part Of the session. Many o
the strongest senators. who know wha
|, they are talking about. say. while tn
enabling act will be passed admitting
the three territories, yet they will no
allow the territories to come into tn
union until after the next presidential
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