Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The United States weather bureau
rploys 800 trained Observers at A..
stations
Russia has a population Of 10000.
400 and a war chest that contains
b. .OO0.0 On gold
Tobacco sr King has been recon-
ueudcd hy some doctors IN the treat
e. ~ OF consumption
l'he rains .n New Mexico this week
suros good grass for the millions of
.n,cp on the mosas of the territory.
Sew Mexico is in healthy financial
..rd.tion ON the first OF June the ter.
-.tuaal treasury contained $3.50,
The saloons in Las Vegas, II is re.
3orted. are now closed on Sunday. and
the people so up to the hot springs for
liquids on that day
Last month the public debt dccreas'
ID S3.247.3S5. The interest bearing
debt stands at S9iI.000 900, with a rate
chiefly OF = per cent.
A bridge projected at Niagara will
cross at the whirlpool rapids. n viii
b. the nth bridge between the falls
and the mouth OF the river.
one real estate agent in this city
.I,d 1870 tau returns for various PEG.
% These returns snow the worst
tax lodging in this county.
Roosevelt's race suicide is not so
nard or so difficult to see through.
there is no race suicide In the Oatho.
.e church. They gain. No decrease.
lheral subscriptions to the terri.
orial fair ensures the success of the
xpositlon. 1t is business for Albu'
uerque to hold big fair every year.
New York, with 3.i37 202 inhabit-
,nts. has only one public oath but has
hree others under way. London, with
population of i,536,063, has thirty
eight.
Kansas will soon he all right and
win harvest immense crops, and by
all will be loaning money to the peo'
ole who are now sending aid to that
state.
The Salvation army is going to In
wade the feud districts Of Kentucky
under the auspices of wealthy ex
confederate who promises to finance
he expedition.
\ refracting telescope with hve feet
aperture is now nearing completion al
The Yerkes observatory. The achro
matte disk is eight inches thick and
weighs n ton. II was produced at the
st. Gobain glass works, near Paris
md its manufacturers claim that they
an make disk eight feet in diane
.er. which will he as accurate ant
| perfect in all respects as the two-loo
| tefracting telescopes now used II
| Photographic the heavens.
| The insane asylum at Las Vegas !,
| he most expensive territorial nstitu
ton maintained by the people. ant
they demand that 1t shall be conduct
ed In a humane manner.
| The largest glass bottle ever mad
in the world wiil be exhibited at tn
Worlds fair, at St. Louis, next yeal
It was blown in at the plant of the Ill
nois Glass company at Alton, Ill.
The British government derives a
annual income of from $50 600 to S35
900 from money mailed in envelope
improperly addressed and the prope
iestiH2tion OF which cannot be foun'
President Roosevelt. when at Ke,
kuk, Iowa, received a miniature ia
smile of the first American flag mad
} by Betsey Ross. IL was the gift of
descendant OF the maker of the fir
dag.
: There is a growing demand for ad
quate parcels post service in this cou
try. II has been established in Il
J rope In many instances and there
? every reason to believe it would pa
here.
That the Mississippi river should
, times overflow is not surprising,
. one considers that the father of wa
ers" draws supplies from twenty-eig
?, states draining one-third of the arr
y of the United States.
Another grudge to be cherish'
e against the octopus is the success Il
s cracker trust is having in making
Z all drop the good OLD American wo
r EZRA cker" and adopt the Briucls
Y biscuit for its product.
The labor unions of this city a
S making elaborate arrangements for
e Grand Fourth of July celebrate
" which is expected TO eclipse anythi
g OF the kind ever held in the territol
n The festivities will last two days.
g. Despite the reputed serious financ
n condition OF China and the necessi
re of raising a heavy indemnity by
Is creased taxation. the trade OF {
rs United States with that country b
he Increased COO per cent since 1895.
Il The bureau of forestry estimai
G. the forest area of the United States
100 600 900 acres and adds that
n these acres had received intellig'
H. care they would now contain
Id times as much valuable timber
tney will yield
e. The business men are subscribl
TO literally TO the territorial fair iu
nd Ihe list of subscriptions will be p
he lished when completed. The fair
% this city next October will he wo
he coming TO see. II will be the bigg