Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-09
MAYOR WHITING
IS CELEBRATING
Today the SIxty-Nlnth ami
Versary Of Birth in a
Very Quiet Manner.
An INTERESTING Llfa'S SKETCH

A representative Of The citizen
Iound Major VI. "a whiting in nia den
81 his snug little cottage on Main
street Ia the old town 81 AlbuqneF
que. this morning. celebrating bis
aixfy-ninth birthday in q quiet man
ncF Being in q reminiscent mood, ne
consented 10 an Interview;
Eyes, I served IN the Union army
during the war OF the rebellion, and
after It's close aud the muster out u
ny regiment "a Detroit driited %
New York and engaged In newspaper
work. bat later. took Horace 0reeleys
advice, and reached Nov Mexico IN
November, 1866. astride a horse, on
which bad come BY easy stages from
Fort Loavcnworth. Luckily. The plains
indians we're very good az that time
hni the Utes In the neighborhood OF
Trlnidad, we're beginning % mako
trouble. Al Fort unipn ! FIRST met and
bncame acquainted with the late Hen
~ v. Harris. forming friendship that
ceased only with hia death. AZ Santa
10 found three old friends. Major
bob" Klnele, paymaater, and Surgeon
Mckee, beth Of the United States
army, and Colonel" John ". Honder-
son, AZ that time agent OF the Pueblo
Indians Of New Mexico. They, (the
ufflcera. not the Indians) made things
decidedly lively for mo for a while,
During my stay At Santa re | made
fhe acquaintance Of General Christie
pher Carson, more familiarity known
~ Kit Carson; General James n.
Carleton and other DISTINGUISHED gem
tlomon, IL both military and civil life.
with my employment as cor.
ruap0ndcus for che New York Herald
and IN wrlto.ups OF New Mexico for
macy other pape.-. ] passed the time
until about March ~, lSes, when
came 10 Albuquerque as clerk of the
United states court for the Second
judicial district. the district then
consisting OF the counties Of Santa
Ana. hernallllo. Valencia and S0corro.
Hon. Perry y. Broashus. OF Baltimore,
being judge.
"Of tho so-called Americans who
we're living in Albuquerque whom |
lrst came, | can recall Franz and
Charles Hnnlng, merchants and mill
fers; Cooper A Blair, Wholesale gro
cera; Hon. II. = Johnson, W. H.
Henrio BENJAMIN Stevens and Sam
Duncan, attorneys: A. and l.. Geek
endorf and wiiilam zeckendorf. mer.
chants, ]. c. Hiil, former clerk OF tho
court; y. l.. Smart, matchmaker. Nor
ria Miller, saloon keeper; Hon. VIII
liam r. StTachan. widely known A.
Doc StrarhaH, merchant and hotel
keeper; william McOuincss. printer
Jacob May. general utility man: Hen
~ Springer, merchant; William Front.
merchant. william Branford. hotol
keeper and gardener; Joseph House.
Icy, (colcyed). farmer: Frank Leonard.
gardener: William Reagan. farmer
William Brown, barber; DR.. d. G. De
Leon. and John y. Hutchinson and
Miner. Captain Santiago l.. Hubbell
lived a. pAlarito. south Of Alhuqner
Cue. and Leonard skinner. Henry
Carpenter. Henry Colwell and William
Pool IN the mountains.
"Of the foregoing. ali ese dead,
thlnk, except two OF the IeckendoriH
Smart. MetiuInesa, Reagan, Hutchinson
and skinner. AicGsneas IL the onry
one now LIVING IN the Old plaza who
was here when / reached H."
Tne major waa asked Il no had not
served In several ofiicial positions IN
New Mexico. and responded.
"Oh. that H. not q matter OF general
interest" but his interviewer Insist
tag, responded:
We'll an near IS ! can remember,
served as clerk Of the United States
district court Tor about ton years. pro
bate clerk and ex-ofilcio recorder Of
i3ernallllo county one year; probate
clerk, exciiclo recorder and ex-oih
clio assessor two years; assessor tvs
years; master In chancery OF the dis
trlct court eight years; Cnited States
commissioner about thirty.iiye years
and Justice OF the peace one year"
when asked as 10 his health. the
major responded:
~ Is fairly good. an able 10 eat
heartily. and enjoy smoking and read
ing as Noli as ever quit attempt
ing poetry when a Md AZ school IA
New Hampshire Ny verses 20 The
Maid With Violet eyes. fell into the
hand % the old man with steely gray
eyes instead Of tho hands OF his
daughter Aly muse took q tumble
and has never recovered from ths
shock"
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