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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
HUGE SNAKE THAT
FEASTS ON BABIES
Preposterous Story About Pueblo In
dians Which Finds Believers
Among Credulous Fasteners.

Sensational eastern papers tell a
story that Catholic priests have com
planned to u s, attorney w. Fl. H.
Llewellyn that certain Pueblo In
dians of New Mexico pursue an an
cient practice Of feeding new born
babies to serpents and that Major
LleWellyn not having jurisdiction has
referred the matter to t. S. Indian
Attorney A. j. Abbott or Acting Gov
ernor j. w. Reynolds so as to have
the Territorial authorities ac. and
bring indictments. Numerous ridicu-
lous tales have been told about the
Pueblo Indians by romancing news
paper correspondents and magazine
writer's but this is the worst hat has
been perpetl-ated upon them
Judge Abbott declares the Pueblo
snake story to be an ancient absurd
ity repeated twenty years ago by Mrs.
Wallace in her book on the Pueblo
indians and re-published again and
again by the sensational seeking east
ern press, the snake being located
differently at Zia and at Acoma.
Several years ago the story was
given such credence that Judge 4.b-
bott was asked to investigate the ma.
ter at Acoma and of course found it
to be absolutely without foundation.
Since then the snake story has been
localized at Zia
Clinton J. Crandall, superintendent
of the northern Pueblos and also of
the United States Indian Industrial
School in this city. says that the stor-
les OF human sacrifice to serpents
among the Pueblo Indians crop up at
frequent intervals and that generally
tenderfeet are the victims of such stor-
les, but not always, and the grand
jury at Albuquerque several years ago
investigated the story of priest that
the Pueblos at Zia sacrificed children
to 4 huge serpent kept in the estufa.
The grand jury found no evidence, of
course, OH which to base an indict.
ment.
Semual Eldodt, the merchant at
Chamita, near San Juan tells the story
OF a twelve-foot serpent which work
men killed in recent years while build
ing house for Mr.. Eldodt, but
whether 1t was a serpent that had es
capped from an estufa or not, Mr.. Ell
dodt was unable to determine. There
is no doubt that a trace of serpent
worship is to be found to this day
among the Pueblo Indians, but there
is no evidence that any human beings
were sacrificed to the serpents within
the past century. Mr.. Crandall has
been in practically all of the estufas OF
the northern Pueblos and never found
serpents in any of them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
SOON TO BUILD
MISSION SCHOOL
Pueblo Contractor Who Has Been
Awarded Contract Arrives in City
to Begin Work.

Ground will be broken in a few days
for the Mary James Mission School
for Boys which will be erected in this
city by the Woman's Board of Home
Missions of the Presbyterian Church.
w. Il. Piper, of Pueblo, Colorado, the
contractor who was awarded the con-
tract for the building, is now in the
city to begin the actual work of con-
struction. The site which the ediffce
will occupy was staked off today, and
the excavation work will soon be I'M
derway. Mr.. Piper has entered into
a contract with Charles w. Dudrow
t. furnish the lumber required for the
structure. The Pueblo contractor
while here working on this job pro
poses to submit bids on new resi-
dences to be built here this summer
and for which contracts have not yet
been let.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
DELEGATES TO
LANDS CONVENTION
Santa Fe Board of Trade Names
Those Who Will Attend Import
ant Meeting at Denver.

The Santa Fe Board of Trade has
appointed the following delegates to
attend the public lands convention to
be held in Denver on June 1S-19-2O:
Hon. i. Bradford prince, Hon. T.
B. Catron, Hon. Benjamin NJ. Read,
Captain Frederick Muller and A.
Staab.
This meeting will be one of the
most important ever held in the West
as it has for its purpose the devising
of such changes in the laws to the
public domain as will make them more
applicable to the arid or semi-arid
regions.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
WELL KNOWN WAR COR
RESPONDENT DEAD.

Chicago, Ill.,, May 28.--Joseph l..
Stickney, the noted war correspond
ent who stood on the bridge of the
flagship Olympia with Admiral Dew
ey at the battle of Manila Bay, died
last Saturday at lis home in Michi-
gan aged So years. Stickney was a
graduate Of Annapolis. He had been
an editorial writer on the Chicago
Evening Post and was contributor
to several leading magazines,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
LOOKING FOR
HORSE THIEF
Chief of Police James McHughes Re-
ceives Message From Stanley
Giving Description.

Chief Of Police, J. f. McHughes,
yesterday received the following dis,
patch;
Stanley Station Santa Fe County,
New Mexico.
Arrest Conrad Duframe, a French
man, alias Rush, about five feet seven,
light hair, smooth shayen, has bruise
on bridge of nose, face and hands
chapped. weight $50. Stole sorrel
mare, seven years old, branded H, b.
on right shoulder. dark name and tail;
also shoes, gun, overcoat, saddle and
bride Left here yesterday evening.
Has grip at express Office in Santa Fe.
Address at Moriarty if arrested.
"J. N. FERGUSON.
Chief McHughes made diligent
search last evening and today for the
man described in the dispatch, but so
fan no traAe Of him has heen found
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
CABINET CONSIDERS
FRISCO TROUBLE
Bonaparte Submits
Reports of Jap
Outrages
G GROs S | Y EXAGGERATED
Were First Stories of AS
saults Upon Orientals--In-
cident Probably Closed.

Washington, May 2S.--At the cabi-
net meeting today Attorney General
Bonaparte laid before the President
and Secretary Root the report OF Dis
trict Attorney Devlin of San Francis
co upon the alleged assault OF Jap.
anese residents of that city. The re-
port, Bonaparte says, shows that the
first stories of the alleged assault
were exaggerated and that the diff
cultv appeared to have been the re-
suit of lack of police protection dur
ing the strike. Secretary Root took
the report with him and if further &C
ton is taken it will be by the state
department.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
WANTS ROOSEVELT
TO RUN AGAIN
Michigan Senate Adopts Resolution
Urging President to Accede to
Popular CIamor.

Lansing, Mich, May 2S--A con-
current resolution was adopted last
night by the state Senate here de-
manding that President Roosevelt be
nominated and reelected for Sec
end elective term The resolution
was passed unanimously In the pre-
amble it pays tribute to the intrepid
leadership and vigorous measures ad-
vocated by the President.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
TRIAL OF BANK
TELLER NEARS END
Expected Case of Thomas w. Harvey,
of Defunct Enterprise Bank, Will
Go to Jury Tomorrow.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 2S.-The trial
OF Thomas w. Harvey, former teller
OF the Enterprise National Bank,
charged with falsifyng his accounts
and misappropriating the banks
funds, is nearing an end. When the
United States Court opened this morn
ing, counsel for Harvey said that the
testimony for the defense would all be
in today and he expected the case
to go to the jury tomorrow.
George L. Ralston, former book,
keeper Of the individual ledger of the
Enterprise Bank will be called for
trial at the conclusion of the Harvey
case.
The civil suits brought by Receiy-
er Thomas Rinnaker for the recovery
of $437,455 which is alleged to have
been loaned on notes of the Pennsyl-
vania Development Company by the
defunct Enterprise Bank will be
reached in the United States Circuit
Court before the end of the week.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
AFTER FRANCHISES
OF GAS COMPANIES.
New York Seeks to Put Nine Corpora
tons Out of Business for
Violations.

New York, May 2S.-A suit to COM
pei the Consolidated Gas Company
and eight other gas companies doing
business in this city to relinquish
their franchises and to take from them
all their permits to use the streets
was begun in the Supreme Court to-
day by Corporation Counsel Ellison
on behalf of the city.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
CAPTAIN CURRY'S
ARRIVAL DELAYED
To Reach Santa Fe August 25th or
September 1st-WilI Sail From
Manila July 9th or 18th.
the New Mexican.

Sped. the New Mexican.
Washington, May 2S,-Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the Insular Division
of the War Department, this forenoon
announced that Captain George Curry
appointed Governor of New Mexico,
would not leave Manila until July 9tn
on the government transport Buford,
or July 18th on the government trans
port Sherman. According to this
Captain Curry would reach Washing.
ton if he sails on the Buford to San
Francisco on August 18th and If he
sails on the Sherman about August
20th and would be in Santa Fe either
August 25th or about September 1st.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
THANKFUL THAT
ISNOT WORSE
Lord RothschiId, Noted Fnancier,
Makes Statement Regarding Panic
in Stocks.

London, May 2S.-In an interview
this afternoon Lord Rothschild said he
could see no immediate prospect of i'm
provement in the stock market.
"The best that can be said,' he
added, "is that the markets are no
worse today. But with President
Roosevelt attacking the railways in
one part of the world, the income tax
question and other problems In France
and the Socialistic movement in Eng.
land, people are killing the goose that
laid the golden eggs and we can ex
pect nothing more than what the mar
ket positions reveal"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
BUY GROUND FOR
BASEBALL PARK
Contract is Let for Posts and Lum-
Der to Enclose Grounds and
Build Grand Stand

Directors of the Santa Fe Park AS
sociation held meeting last evening
at which contract was let for posts
and other lumber TO be used in the
construction Of the fence and grand
stand on the grounds purchased from
Judge William H Pope. The work of
fixing up the park will be commenced
at once and 1t is expected that it will
be ready about the middle of June.
The site selected for the baseball
grounds is a good one The land is
not only almost as level as a table
which will require but little grading
TO put it in shape but has another
advantage Of being close to the city
The tract which has been purchased
contains fraction over six acres and
was purchased at the rate of TWEEN.
ty-five dollars per acre. The grand
stand to be erected will be substan
tiai one and will have more thar
twice the seating capacity OF the one
on the campus OF -. MichaeIs Col
lege. Levi A. Hughes has been
awarded the contract for furnishing
the material.
The Santa Fe Park Association has
been duly incorporated by virtue OF
the laws governing stlcn organizations
in New Mexico The total authorized
capitalization is $4,000 which is ample
for the present purposes, the shares
being placed at the par value of S.
each. Later on it may be decided tC
have the park enlarged and convert
ed into fair grounds such as Trac
tion Park at Albuquerque and CALI
mas Park at Las Vegas. The incor
porators are Fred Muller, A. ]. Fisch
er, f. c. Nuding, Leo Hersch, James
B. Read, Charles Closson, William H
Kerr and Frank Owen.
Mr.. Kerr who will have The super
vision of the building of the grant
stand and the high board fence en-
closing the grounds will have the
work started as soon as the weather
is permissible. He also has charge
of the collection of the subscriptions
and wishes it stated that all those
who have subscribed and have not ye
paid do So at once as the money il
needed
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
RAILROADS TO CUT
DOWN WORKING FORCE.

Chicago, ILL.,, May 2S.-The Chicago
Record Herald is authority for the
statement that between $4,000 and 100,
900 railroad employees will be thrown
out of employment in June by a
stringent campaign of retrenchment
which will be inaugurated by the rail-
roads Of the country.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
WINS BATTLE
FOR RECOUNT
Hearst May Yet Be
Mayor Of New
York
TO GO OVER BALLOTS
Legislature Passes Law Or
dering Re.Canvass in
Mayoralty Election.

Albany, n. Y, May 2S.-The Sen
ATE today by a vote of thirty-eight to
eight passed the Assembly Bill pro-
piding for recount of the ballots
cast in the McClelland and Hearst
mayoralty election Of 1905 in New
YORK City. The bill provides that up
on the petition of either candidate
the Supreme Court of the district at.
fected must proceed to summary
canvass of the vote.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
DECISION FAVORABLE TO
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

washington, May 2S,-A decision
upholding the right of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to forbid
railroads from increasing freight
rates was rendered by the United
States Supreme Court yesterday in a
suit brought by Georgia lumber firm
against the Southern Railway Com
pany. The case was the outcome of
ruling by the Interstate Commerce
Commission holding that the rail.
road company had no right to collect
an advance Of two cents per hun.
dred on lumber shipped from south,
ern states to Ohio river points.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
Delegate Andrews Confirms it.

Delegate w. Fl. Andrews who is
now in Washington in a telegram 20
the New Mexican this afternoon con-
firms the above dispatch concerning
Captain Curry. The Delegates mes
sage reads
Captain Curry will not leave the
Philippines until July 9th or 18th, and
will, therefore be unable 20 reach San
ia Fe until August 25th or September
1st w. Fl. ANDREWS"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
HIGH TAXATION
CAUSE OF UPRISING
Chinese Revolutlonists Still Attacking
ToWns--lnhabitants Fleeing for
Their Lives.

Swatow, China, May 2S.-The rev
olutionists are now attacking Chung
Lang and Tung Chang, wealthy towns
in Chinghai district. Many of the
inhabitants have fled to this city. The
uprising is attributed 20 excessive tax
alton.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
INSANE WOMAN
STAYS MOTHER
Also Attempts to Xiii Father and
Ends Terrible Tragedy BY Gre
n1atinu Herself

Chicago, ILL.,, May 2S.-Miss Philan-
der Swimmer, thirty years old, sup
posed to be demented, shot and killed
her mother, attempted to kill ner
father who ran out of doors, then set
fire to her garments and was burned
to death early today. The woman
was released from Dunning asylum
a year ago. A love affair is said to
have been responsible for her aber-
ration.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
FIGHT FROST
WITH BONF|RES
Ohio Orchardists
Resort to Heroic
Measures
TO SAVE FRUIT CROP
Portions of Kentucky Visit
ed By Extreme Cold and
Great Losses Result.

Cleveland o., May 2S,-The tenn
perature dropped to forty degrees
here last night, such low record at
this time of year being equalled only
twice since 1871. Throughout Or
chards along Lake Erie huge bonfires
were kept burning to prevent damage
by frost. GAINESVILLE reports a killing
frost throughout the Muskegon Val
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28
Very Cold in Kentucky.

Lexington, KY, May 2S.-A heavy
frost fell all over eastern and central
Kentucky last night 1t is feared that
all fruit and early vegetables have
been killed. 1t is the coolest wealth
er ever known in this section at this
season of the year.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28

When In need OF anything on EARTH
try New Mexican want ad. 1t will
positively bring results.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-28

Try a New Mexican want ad.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
Millions For Montana Woods.

A dispatch from Billings ssys more
tbs 40 %, 600, 600 worth of wool will be
shipped from Montana this year, &C.
cording to some Of the leading buy.
'ers, and of this amount Billings will
secur at least e., 400, 600. Half q mil.
lion pounds of wool are now stored
in the Billings warehouse and large
wool shipments are arriving daily.
The buyers estimate that from TO-.
600, 600 to 100000 pounds will be
shipped out Of Billings this year and
about 80, 0O0, 900 pounds out of the
state. Although the price has not been
made public, it is understood that bet.
ter than 20 cents has been paid for the
majority of clips sold already.
Several Of the wool buyers who
have returned from a trip to Lewis.
assert that the clip has nearly
all been sold, only about 4OO, OOO
pounds being left uncontracted for,
and Of that amount three clips alone
will make 250,0oo pounds. As q re.
suit they say there will be no open
market in Lewistown this year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17

morning and three men. a four-horse
team and wool wagon we're thrown in.
TO Tue river. A portion of the bridge
dOate0 down and on this the men
saved their lives. They had a most
thrilling experience and several times
IT appeared to the spectators ia at they
had no chance for their livee. Finally
they were cast upon a sandbank where
after hours Of work, they we're re.
scued.
The river is a raging torrent, over.
flowing its banks, and the men had a
most narrow escape. All four of the
horses were drowned. The wagon and
teams belonged to John H. Martin, a
prominent wool.grower residing near
Hunters Hot Springs. The team and
wagon had crossed the bridge but an
hour before heavily loaded with wool
and at that time it showed 40 signs of
weakening. It was while returning
with the empty wagon tina, the span
went down. The bridge belongs to the
county and vas a fine steel structure
that was erected a few years ago at q
cost OF $40. 600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
A Big Government Map.

Press bulletin No. 2S7 of the United
States geological survey says that the
great topographic map OF the United
States, the preparation of which has
been part of the work of the federal
survey since its beginning. will be
advanced this season by work in 81
states and four territories. Four
states-Ma ass achusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and New Jersey-have
already been completely mapped in
cooperation with the state survey S,
leaving unfinished work in IL states
and six territories.
This great map is published in
sheets whose printed outlines measure
about IA by Il inches, the areas rep
resented being called quadrangles.
Each quadrangle is limited by lines of
longitude and latitude-meridians and
parallels-and is named from some
natural or other feature within it
such as a mountain range, lake, city
or town. J and this nam 10 applied to
both the quadrangle and the sheet,
The scale Of these sheets varies &C.
cording to the nature OF the region
mapped. 1t may be four miles, two
miles or q mile to the inch, and q
few special maps are published on
larger scales.
These maps, or atlas sheets, are
printed in three colors: black for the
cultural features, such as boundary
lines, roads, railroads, towns and cit.
les; brown for the topography, or the
element of elevation, represented by
contours showing heights above sea
level: and blue for the water-the riv.
ers, lakes and the sea with its bays
and inlets-
Much topographic work is planned
for the coming season.
10 Montana topographic surveys
are in progress on the Blackfeet In.
dian reserv alton where work was be-
gun ia June by H. L. Baldwin, as.
sisted by Basil Duke: on the Sapphire
quadrangle, where j. F. McBeth is ia
charge; on the Nyack quadrangle,
which was assigned to Arthur Stiles
and Charles Hartman: aud on the
Glendive quadrangle, which is being
mapped BY D. F. c. Moore. Work in
the Missoula region will be started by
MIR. McBeth n the completion OF the
Sapphire quadrangle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
Cloudbursts Cause Big Loss.

BILLINGS. July 10. Two cloud.
bursts which occurred almosn stimuli.
tsneously in the vicinity of Silesia
and Allanda ale, near here, have caused
great havoc in the surrounding coun.
try. Two lives have been lost in the
resulting food and the property and
stock damage is enormous. The stock
loss is mostly domestic animals.
Thous auds of dollars, worth of irriga.
ton works have been destroyed by
foods, which came down from the
hills in torrents without a moments
notice.
The Clark's Fork river in the vicin.
ity OF Silesia is nearly two miles wide.
The bottom lands and farms have all
been inund ated, crops have been
ruined and irrigation bitches obliter.
ated.
Ten miles west Of this city the water
10 the Yellowstone rose six inches in
ID minutes last night. and this morn.
ing 1t is higher than for 80 years. All
bridges are threatened and the rail
road company has q large force Of
men working At its big bridge which
crosses the river just above this city.
The company is spsring no expense to
keep the structure intact.
The first report of the cloudburst
came from the vicinity of Silesia.
There the damages to crops and ditch.
es amounts to more than SlO, GOO and
many ranch houses and barns we're
washed into the Clark's Fork river.
The water rose IL inches in an hour
and the farmers early last night began
to abandon their homes and fee with
their families to the hills. Those liv.
ing further down the river we're mott.
fed by telephone to make haste in
seeking safety. Many who we're thus
warned were able to save their stock
and much household goode.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
Montana News BrieHets,

HELENA, July l0,-Dsvid Pier OF
Helena has been offered the position
OF deputy secretary of state, vice F.
B. Li6derman, resigned. The ap.
pOiutment will be made officially on
July Is. Mr.. Pizer held the Office OF
county clerk at Philipsburg some
years ago. and lately wat engaged in
the grocery business with his father,
which he sold out.
HELENA, July lO.-In the United
States court this morning Emanuel
Forster of Custer county pleaded
guilty to illegal fencing OF 5000 acres
of government land and was sentenced
by Judge Hunt to serve "a hours in
Jail and pay a fine of $3.50. To the
judge the defenda ant told a hard luck
story regarding alleged prosecutions
by sheepmen in his section. who, he
said, had burned his house, threatened
him with tar and feathers, and alto.
gether made life so strenuous that he
concluded to throw up his hands and
his 32O acre homestead and quit the
game,
CASCADE, July lO.-Theodore An.
d%erson, aged about Is years, a recent
arrival from Minot, N. D., was killed
by lightning yesterday afternoon
while engaged in stacking hay at the
j. L. Perkins ranch in Chestnut val.
ley about 35 miles southwest of Great
Falls. Anderson, with his employer
and several other men, was engaged
10 topping of q stack, anticipating
q storm, and had just arrived at the
stack when the lightning struck.
There was a sudden fash back of the
horses, which fell stunned to the
ground. Anderson's hat was torn
from his head and hurled into q wag-
on 30 feet behind him, and be fell dead
in the wagon 10 which he was riding.