Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-09
BLACKBURN IS
MADE CONFEREE
By Democrats to
Succeed Late Sen
ator German.
.FAV0RS CRUMPACKER BILL
Report Authorized by House
Committee..--Delegate
Andrews Busy.

Washington, June 9.-At a meeting
of the Democratic Senators today, Sen
ator Blackburn of Kentucky was elect
ed chairman of the Democratic confer
ence committee to succeed Senator
German.
Court Reviews Postoffce Frauds.
Washington, D. c. June 9.-The
House committee on judiciary has an
thorized a favorable report on the
Crumpacker bill allowing the court 8
review of the postoffice fraud orders.
Delegate Andrews At Work.
Special to The New Mexica n.
Washington, D. c., June 9.--Delegate
Andrews this forenoon introduced the
following bills of interest to New Mex
leo, in the House of Representatives:
A bill providing for the exchange and
payment by the United States of Ger
tain railroad bonds issued in aid ol
construction of railroads by the Coun
ties of Santa Fe and Grant in the Ter
ritory of New Mexico; also a bill to
amend the act of June n, 1890, per
mitting the payment of pensions to
officers and men, their widows and or.
phans for services in all Indian wars
between 1882 and 1860; he also pre-
sented resolutions adopted by the
Archaeological Society of New Mex
leo at Santa Fe praying for the pass
age of the pending bill Incorporating
the National Archaeological Society OF
the United States.
Wouldn't Cut Up Live People.
Washington, June Sin the inves
tigation of the government hospita
for the insane by the special House
committee Thursday, DR.. K. w
Blackburn, for the past twenty-five
years pathologist Of the institution
was examined. DR.. Blackburn has
performed zoos autopsies during thai
period.
Zone of the things charged agains!
you," interjected Representative
Smyser, of Ohio, lis that you are cut
ting people up over there before they
are dead. We want to know whether
they are dead before you cut them
up, or whether you are the cause
DR.. Blackburn In reply stated that
In few cases he had performed an
autopsy three hours after death Of the
subject, but such cases were caused
by the force Of circumstances.
would you cut a person up a hall
hour after death?" queried Represen
tative Hay, OF Virginia.
"Well, if l was ordered to do 80 by
my SUPERIOR" responded the doctor.
would you cut them up before
death?"
II would draw the line there"
"I am glad you would draw the line
somewhere" concluded Mr.. Hay.
Morgan on Isle Of Pines.
Washington, June 9.--The Senate
yesterday listened to two set speech
es, one by Senator Morgan in support
Of his resolution providing for an In
vestigation by a Senate committee oi
the affairs of the Isle Of Pines and the
other by Senator Hopkins in opposi
tion to the sea level Panama canal
bill. Neither measure was acted upon
Some time was also spent In consider
ing the District of Columbia appropri
alton bill.
Work on Sundry civi! Bill.
Washington, June 9,-With the ex
ception of an hour spent on pension
legislation in which time 357 bills fol
the relief Of civil and Spanish-Ameri
can war veterans were passed, the
House labored yesterday on the sun
dry civil bill, making much headway.
Under the lead of Mr.. Keifer, oi
Ohio, the House refused to allow the
transportation of silver coins and 9th
er money by registered mail, insisting
that their transportation should be
handled by the express companies
During the arguments 1T was contend
ed that the west and south need sill.
yer dollars for circulation.
The conference report on the bill tt
prohibit aliens from fishing In Alas
kan waters was agreed to, also tht
Senate amendments to the bill forbid
ding the importation, expectation OF
carriage in inter state commerce OF
falsely or spuriously stamped articles
Of gold or silver or their alloys. These
bills now 60 to the President for ap
proval.
Mail Service on Dawson Railroad.
The following letter from the second
postmaster general to Delegate W. H
Andrews concerning the establishment
Of the railway mail service over the
Dawson Railway between Tucumcari
and Dawson is published for the infor
nation Of those interested. The let
ter reads:
"Hon W. H. Andrews, House Of Rep
resentatives, Washington, D. g.
Sir-Referring to the matter Of pro
posed establishment Of railroad mai
service over the Dawson Railway be
tween Dawson and Tucumcari, New
Mexico, ! have to state that an order
has been issued which authorizes this
service to begin July 2, 1906"
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MRS. LYDIA STOUT
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