Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-16
ALKALl BILLS PET
a cun MOUNTAIN LION sENf TO
SENATOR FoRAkER FROM
LoRosnuRo CREATES sENsA.
TON nv CINCINNATI

+th hAf "'th W isNI NahHfN captured
q cub mountain lien ln the Burro
mountains Iho beast was taken 10
me lurkott ranch. where q was n0ur.
ishrd io "a strong animal of air
months growth. one day hart asked
Marahal & N. Foraker if the lion
wouldn't be- a nice present 90 sena.
tor Foraker oi Ohio. ana receiving q
roply in the Affirmative. boxed Il up
AMI sent % by express. addressed 70
Foraker. Cincinnati" That was all
it arrived safely az its destination.
snd 10 is what the Cinrlnnau Times.
star says about it
The business p.aciuity OF The Tshc.
ton building was very violently dia.
turhod on ruoaJsy by che presence
co. a mountain lion. The fact mat
th. less than OK montha
ut % NOT dotract from ,he fact
mat DO managed Co create nothing
snort 0f q sensation. Secretary wal.
GER Draper OF the 200 was notified by
letter some time ago that G. a. Fora.
Ncr. who is not &C Albuquerque. n
~ n brother Of senator FORAKER vas
anAlous to present TO the 100 one OF
enc enccics so wen known and go dis.
lnctly liked 90 that country. 1ho
ron arrived hero Tuesday morning.
mr Foraker evidently wishiHe 90 car.
ny out a jest 20 purpose. simply al
dressed The lion 90 Foraher. .incln.
nait Then followed on the outside
90 the box ibis inscription:
20 you want any moro Wild animals
we VIII send you au you want IN a
Snort time Also % you want inc box
fno lion De- To-. $50 viii send 10 by tho
next train. AlNAlI BILL
The lion arrived On due time rues.
fay morning and tno express people.
not knowing what 90 90 with %. sent
lt at once to the Fraction building
Alkai BINS box o. not thing OF
strength or lorco ON the contrary. %
vas an exceedingly tran covering Tor
such a forocious looking little beast
The oxprc8sman. with thoughts beat
tnuwn 90 E'm6Cif FIRST took 10 10 the
ONCE OF Mr. D. - Foraker. on the
ninth ioor inc aroma that arises
from an iucarcoralod mountain lion
after a trip from New Mexico is not
altar roses Every cierk ana uten.
ographer ln Sir Forakors ONCE 10 a
man and woman denied the possibHi;,
Of the Hons destination there. The
rxprcssman. in dire distress. tnrn
took tho hon up % the fourteoutn
Hoor 10 Mr o. a. F0rakors once.
There. also the mid.iookiur and
much discontinued beast was denied
admission hy tns time. however.
me patience ~ the oxprossman had
w.licf and Dee dropped the lion with
NOR force than rontloness fn the
hail a Few people came and looked
90 thc little brute with much Interest.
and ono COG two of them observed that
Two OF thu scaut Stats on one aide Of
toe box were loose ana likely TO fau
apart Ibgse persons took On exprers
r'evatur 90 the lower floor Others
more daring with the hardihoou %
Withstand strong scents, crowded
around me box and made much com.
mcnt About inc noon hour the ami.
NAL had become thl-s OF large no.
torIoty au through the building. Glrl
stenoEraphers ana typewr.ters. not
only employed there. hut in tao Union
Trust and other Office buildings round
ABOUT came over after tho luucheon
hour N Wow what thoy we're at fret
disposed 10 describe as
Very Cute Litts Beast"
Il wa bat a lew moments before
O'Clock. however, when Mr. Mountain
lion lost an Of bits attraction for
every body on the fourteenth moor OF
tho Traction building Somebody 10
addition % the exprOsBman had for.
gotten that mountain u0na sometimes
feed and also 10 drinN. Mr Noun
lain Lion. realizing that Dc had been
my treated since bis departure from
lia native sage brush. and finding the
Uoao Stats. decided 10 explore tho top
11Dl 0f tho Bkyscrapor Tho DARING
li one Oiicial 10 the bui.-tug accounts
Tor the fact that business still con
InuCs there on tails Easter Tuesday
the Hon was about ban way out. and
me- typewrItcrs. forgetting an about
ho elevators were burryine down the
stops Boa semipaulc. when TIE
satchman pushed the lion back On tho
loX and nailed n 10 securely Tho
act that some OF the hrm on the top
loor OF the building are without
ypewrlters for a time can bo readily
understood The escape of a noun.
ain lion 10 not a pleasantly. ana no
Ioard OF health would knowingly
land for the scent thar GOV porme
too that corridor MT Draper, IN
much trepldation, having had the two
iessrH Foraker dB0wn the lion, ap.
'ealCu 90 the express company %
end the beast 90 the BOO rhis sug
.esuon was treated with contempt
ma az Lsst reports Mr. Draper vas
AMY searching for an exprcsamau
ho has mo daring 90 take a large.
ali'rr0wu mountain Son out 90 the
200 90 something that 10 not quite 90
irong ~ strawberry crate