Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-30
{. A. MANN RECON- MENDED.
BY the People and Attorneys of Dona
Ana County for Appointment to
the Territorial Supreme
Court Bench.

Special to the New Mexican.
Las Cruces, n. NJ, April 30.--At a
well attended mass meeting of citizens
Of Dona Ana County held in the court
Jose r. Lucero was chairman and Mich
olas Gales secretary, resolutions were
unanimously adopted recommending
the appointment of Edward A. Mann
an attorney of this city. to be associate
house here yesterday, and Of which
under the provisions of the law passed
by Congress a few days ago creating a
sixth judicial district. Mr.. Mann has
been unanimously indorsed by the bar
of the county and has received many
other Endorsements from attorneys
throughout the third judicial district.
He has also some Nebraska backing.
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Pratt, among them cup and saucer
and silver snuff box over hundred
years old. In the collection from Ed
dy County sent by Mrs Cameron are
several handsome contributions from
Mrs. A. A. Freeman Mrs. c, N. Lewis
and D. B. Sutherland.
Mrs. Arthur A. Staab. of this city,
sent several handsome specimens of
native handiwork, among them an AGO
ma blanket squaw dress made fifty
years ago. Also some silver tableware
formerly the property Of the unfortu-
nate Emperor MaXimillan of Mexico
and an elegant specimen of MeXical
drawn work.
Mrs. G. S. Blunt, of this city
contributed :, uassiye aiiVet pul Oh Ia
die made in the time of George H.
with the royal mint stamp OF that time
upon it.
Mrs. William Curtiss Bailey. of Las
Vegas. is getting a collection of photo
graphs together of scenery and Of the
public buildings throughout the terri
tory, and is doing this work well and
She has so far gathered
over two hundred photographs from
the different counties, and will keep
this up until every county in the terri
tory will be represented in this picture
gallery.
Mrs. Solomon Luna, of Los Lunas,
contributed a very valuable and hand
some oil painting taken from the Oldest
church in Central Mexico, which so the
records say, was brought to this terri
tory by Franciscan monks in the 18th
century. Unfortunately, the name of
the painter can no longer be decipher-
ed but it was certainly painted over
four hundred years ago. 1t is still in
a state of excellent preservation.
Mrs. George w. Pritchard, of White
Oaks, Lincoln County, furnished a val
liable collection of Indian manufac-
lures. A similar collection came from
Mrs. Emil Fritz. Lincoln, Lincoln Coun-
ty. Both contain some excellent spec
linens of Indian handiwork and war i'm
plements. In the Lincoln County col
lection are also interesting contribu-
tions by Mrs. Weidman Mrs 7. W.
Watson, Mrs Marshall Parker and
Mrs. George B. Barber In addition to
the Indian collection, Mrs. Pritchard
sent a number of beautiful things OF
work. The collection from
Lincoln County is one of the largest
and most attractive in the entire list.
Last, but not least the New Mexican
desires to mention that among the col
lection gathered by Mrs. Otero is the
famous precious metal and stone fill
gree table owned by the Woman's
Board of Trade of Santa Fe, which was
exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago in 1898, and which was added to
this collection by the Woman's Board
of Trade by special request of Mrs.
Otero. This table is insured at $500,
and will be found one of the most at
tractive single objects in the collec-
tion.
Every article loaned is fully insured,
will be kept under lock and key and
carefully checked off every day while
at st. Louis. Mr.. Seligman expects to
purchase a safe wherein to keep the
gold and silver articles and historical
documents at night. Mrs. OterO will
keep on gathering additional and suit
able articles for the collection and will
send them to the New Mexico exhibit
from time to time
Mr.. Seligman, who left today Tor ST.
Louis, will. during his stay in that city,
arrange the exhibit sent by the Wo-
mans Auxiliary and described above.
in the New Mexico building. and will
turn over each article in the collection
to Superintendent NJ w. Porterfield,
who will have general charge of it and
will see to it that every particular OBJ
ject therein is safely kept and returned
to the owner at the close of the fair.