Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-20

nj sea just at present II is not only go.
ing to be difIiicult but mighty expen.
sive.
The coal operators have at least pro.
tected their miners from effeminacy
resulting from indulgence in too much
luxury.
II ia just as we'll that Castro's navy
Is at the bottom cf the sea. II would
have proven a useless expense in case
OF war
Il is almost time for Admiral Dewey
to cut the cable eat hasty breakfast
and go to smashing things In the Car
ibbean sea.
The amount involved in the Vene-
zIelan dispute Is 80 small that MIR.
Carnegie could well afford to pay IL
and stop the war.
English cities can now reciprocate
the interest this country has taken In
ireland, by holding meetings to con
denim the crueltles of Pennsylvania
landlords.
The San Marcial Bee says: II Is
written In the trend OF the life cur
rents OF mankind and the conditions In
New Mexico that Senator Beverage
IL not dealing in facts. and he knows
not that one fact is better than 100
analogies.
Most OF the republican leaders OF
the senate have signifled not only their
willingness to further antitrust legis.
lation In accordance with the presi'
dents recommendations, but predict
that such law will be enacted.
Mrs. Ulysses s. Grant died at her
residence In Washington. ID. c.. at
ll:l5 o'clock last night of heart fail.
ure. Mrs. Grant has suffered for years
OF valvular disease of the heart agra
waited by severe attack OF bronchitis.
Age prevented her rallying from the
attacks. Her daughter. Mrs. Nellie
Grant Sartoris. was the only one of her
children with her till death
Don't forget the poor and needy in
the distribution of presents these holi-
days.
The South African diamond trust
made $11 900 900 profits of frivolous
world in the last year.
Guess well have to send Clay Nc
Gonhigal and his band of cowboy
ropers to Washington to lasso that
frisky statehood steer.
Another trust has been formed, the
AK and tool manufacturers having com
bined. The hammer artists now are
expected to get together again.
The Cleveland Plain.Dealer energies
from the Hanna-Johnson gabfest long
enough to define trust az "a small
body Of men surrounded by water"
II the universities keep on at this
course-shortening program, pretty soon
they will he granting an A. b. degree
, between trains and throw in chrome
as an inducement.
President Pro Tenn Frye of the sen.
ate might have been n little facetious
when he told Senator Quay that he
would see that the omnibus statehood
bill remained as unfinished business"
The Rio Grande Republican, pub
lished at Las Cruces. has greatly i'm
proved under the manipulations of Mr.
Downs. He has had the rollers washed
and the paper presents clean appear
Rn.e.
The Chinese court has resolved to
pay special devotions and make double
extra sacrifices to the river gods of the
Hoang Ho in return for having spared
the pcoD:e from foundations this last
summer. Lucky we don't have to
bother that way about our Rio Grande
stockholders of the Standard Oil
company yesterday received Christmas
presents in the shape of $40 dividend
on each share Of their holdings. This
Is 81 share in excess of the dividend
declared at this time last year. but on
the other hand teh total amount of the
company's dividends for this year falls
slightly below the total for last year.
Harry Duckwell, aged IS years.
checked to death early yesterday
morning at his home, In the presence
Of his wife and child. He contracted
q slight cold few days ago and paid
but little attention to II. Yesterday
morning he was seized with Q fit Of
coughing which continued for some
time. His wife sent for q physician
but before he could arrive, another
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