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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-11-08

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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-11-08

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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13

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METEOR STRUCK
NEAR SANTA ROSA
Strange Phenomena Frightened
Ranchers and Stampeded Stock
on Range.

Santa Rosa, N. M, Sept. 13.-It is
reported here that a portion of the
great meteor that passed over Santa
Rosa on September 9th was found
three miles south of Montoya, still
burning.
Great excitement prevails through.
out the country as result of the visi.
tation Of the meteor and it is all the
talk.
People in the country, who had not
learned what the phenomena really
was are coming in and reporting the
occurrence, many in great awe.
The meteor was seen for a great dis.
tance as it fell and in places the haze
and smoke it is said to have obscured
the sky completely.
An odor as from burning sulphur
was apparent in the air for hours after
1t had fallen and it frightened cattle
on many Of the ranches. At the smell
they pricked up their ears and ran
In great fright and in many places
they still exhibit an uneasiness that
can only be accounted for by the fact
that, while the human nostrils cannot
detect anything, the keen sense OF
the animals enables them still to
smell the fumes and realize that
something is wrong.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
LINER LUSITIANA
REACHES NEW YORK
While Big Vessel Broke Trans.AtIan.
tic Record 1t Did Not Do as
Well as Was Expected.

New York, Sept. 13.-Wlhile the
liner Lusitiana has made new rec
ord for time across the Atlantic she
has not beaten the average speed per
hour recorded by the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. which has made 1888 knots per
hour from New York to Plymouth and
the Deutschland with a record of
2315 knots per hour to Plymouth, hav-
ing made better time.
The new ship was decked with flags
and bunting when she appeared off
Sandy Hook this morning but the pic.
ture was marred by haze. All yes.
sells in the lower bay dipped their
flags and blew their whistles in salute
and the Lusitiana's blue ensign was
constantly lowered and raised in ac
acknowledgement of the reception.
She slowly steamed UP the bay for
the new Ambrose channel dug espe-
cially for vessels of great draft and
was the first to use 1t ente-.ng the
port OF New York.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
CLOVIS OUTSTRlPS
TOWN OF TEXICO
Many Business Firms Moving to New
Roosevelt County Railroad
Town.
Special to the New Mexican.

aoPSSioi w lhC ASCW 4hCAlCdH.
Texico, N. M, Sept. 13.-Texico is
feeling severely the building of the
new railroad town of Clovis, ten
miles west, and the superior freight
advantages Of Farwell, Texas, just
across the territorial line. Coker
Triplett and Company have moved
their immense stock of general mer
chandise to Farwell, the Gamble Hard
ware Company is moving to Clovis
and the Johnson Drug Company will
also 60 to Clovis soon.
The slowness of the federal govern
ment in passing on the land titles Of
Texico gives investors very poor Sc
curity for their money, as an unfav
orable decision of the land Office may
throw cloud on the title to nearly
every lot in the town of Texico.
A large number of fine new blocks
have gone up in the town in the last
few months and should there be a
general removal of the business in
terests of the town to Farwell and
Clovis it will mean a big loss to many
investors here.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
DEATH CLAIMS
PHILANTHROPIS1
D. William James, New York Capital
ist, Passes Away at Age Of
7S

New York. Sept, I'D. William
James, senior member of the firm of
Phelps, Dodge and Company of this
city, died today at Breten Woods, New
Hampshire, aged Is years. He was
president of the Golden Hill corpora
ton and Southwestern Investment
company vice president and direc-
tor of the Northern Securities Com
pany, director of the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company, the Arizona
Ell Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Company, the Commercial Mining
Company, Antonio Clark Company, the
Detroit Copper Mining Company and
of the First National Bank of this
city. He was a member of many
learned societies and was distinguish
ed as philanthropist.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
CONSTITUTION
SUGGESTIONS
Delegate Andrews
Expresses Some
Timely Ideas
SECURES MANY PENSIONS
Each County Should Have
Representation in As
sembIy.

Delegate w, H. Andrews, who has
been in the Capital City during the
entire week has been a very busy mar
especially SO consulting with and ex
amining cases in which old soldiers
and veterans of the Civil and Indian
Wars in this Territory desired pen
sions or increases in pensions. Over
forty of the veterans have called up
on him since Monday and each and
every man received very courteous
I and immediate attention. Several In
dian depreciation claims and Other
matters before the departments were
also looked into by the delegate dur
ing his stay. He is very popular, es
pecially with the old soldiers, and
has, since he has been delegate, Sc
cured over 1900 pensions. Represen
tatives of several labor organizations
also called on the delegate and con
suited him concerning the interests
of the laboring people Of New Mexi
co. Delegate Andrews gave respect
full and careful attention to their re-
quests and informed them that when
ever in his power to aid the just and
fair demands of the labor organiza
tions he would cheerfully give his
time and work in their interests.
Favors Better Representation.
A representative of the New MeXi
can called on the delegate this morn.
! ing to ascertain his views as to the
constitution to be framed for the state
of New Mexico. Delegate Andrews
thought that the delegates elected last
November were a very superior class
Of citizens. fully capable in every
tway to frame a first class document
He suggested. however that in his
opinion representatives in the as
sembly should be arranged so that
no county, no matter how small,
SHOULD be without representation in
both branches of the assembly. The
lower house should have at least one
member for each county, no matter
how small it's population, and in the
upper house, there should be as many
districts as there could be according
to the number of counties. He be.
lieyes in full representation of the
people in the assembly. While he
does not in any way desire to in.
fuence the deliberations of the con-
vention he believes that it, is best for
the people that the judiciary should
be elected. His experience in polite
al affairs, which runs over forty years,
has taught him that they can al
ways be trusted and that if they make
mistakes, the voters will correct them
as soon as possible.
Delegate Andrews will be pleased to
secure any information from the
|!Washington departments for the use
of the delegates of the convention, in
the preparation of constitution for
the Sunshine State.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
CONDITIONS GOOD
IN GUADALUPE
County Enjoys Honest Government
Judge Mann Popular and Respect
ed in District

L. X, wright, district attorney for
the counties of Guadalupe and Quay,
spent yesterday in the city partly to
pay his respects to Governor Curry
and partly to attend to business be.
fore the U. s. land Office Mr.. Wright
expected to visit this city during the
Inauguration OF Governor Curry. but
was prevented from doing so on ac.
count of the illness Of Mrs. Wright,
who, however, Is now on the high
road to recovery.
Mr. Wright has been a resident of
Santa Rosa for six years, going to
that town from New York City, of
which big town he is a native. He
graduated at Hamilton College and
at the New York Law School with
honors. He Is coming to the front
in his profession, although quite a
young man. He is of fine appearance
and impresses one very favorably. To
reporter of the New Mexican CON
corning Santa Rosa, Mr. Wright said /:
Santa Rosa Is holding its own and
a little more. Some building Of
business blocks and residences is now
in progres and the town does not
show any reduction in business, or
in people on account of the moving
of the division point of the Ell Paso
and Southwestern Railway to Tucum-
carl. This I ascribe to the fact that
east and south of Santa Rosa during
the past year and half, large mum.
Der of homesteaders have settled
have fenced their lands. made i'm.
provements, built their homes and
this year are raising very good crops
OF corn, cane, milo maize, and other
feed stuffs; number of them are also
setting out trees. That section of
Guadalupe County is becoming farm
ing community. There are yet many
sheep in the western part of the
county and as water there is scarcer
than 1t is south and east of Santa
Rosa | think western Guadalupe
County will remain sheep and cat.
tie raising country for sometime. Our
town is quite lamb and wool market.
Guadalupe County enjoys a clean
honest, county government, Our
bonded Indebtedness amounts to $685.
600 upon which yhe interest is paid
renaarly p1r Grating debt is less
than 5000. and will be paid by the
end of the year. The county offices
are capably and honestly conducted.
There will be no term Of court in
Guadalupe County this fall as Judge
Mann cleaned the docket at the
spring term On the third Monday in
October, the court of Quay County will
convene and the docket is pretty
heavy. There will be two murder
cases.
THE people of our district are very
well satisfied with Judge Edward A.
Mann, the presiding Judge He is a
fine trial judge, careful, fair, con-
scientious and a hard-worker. He is a
clear-headed lawyer and his decisions
have given great satisfaction to our
people. In the district he is uniyer.
sally respected
&c. p Downs, the clerk of the court
is also popular and is competent Of
fetal. Considering the fact that there
are many new people in the two coun.
ties of Quay and Guadalupe, compris-
ing my district attorneys district,
there is very little crime as the peace
officers in both are vigilant and care
full"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
IRRIGATION COMPANY
SUED FOR 1000.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept, 13.--The
Rio Grande Land, Water and Power
Company, a Missouri corporation with
headquarters and base of operations
In this county, has been sued by
the Merchants Laclede National Bank
Of st. Louis, Missouri, for $4,000 with
interest and costs, on notes of the
company to the bank and alleged to
be overdue. The company has been
carrying on an extensive advertising
campaign Of its lands in the Rio
Grande Valley and the outcome is
awaited with considerable interest.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
WHOLESALE ARRESTS
MADE AT ESTANCIA

Preliminary hearings were held yes.
terday and today at Estancia when
fourteen men were arraigned on a
charge of being implicated in dis
turbance there last Sunday. Thirteen
Of the men were arrested by Officer
julius Myers of the Territorial Mount
ed Police. What the trouble was about
has not been ascertained here.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
URGE CALLING
OF CONVENTION
Prominent Citizens
Wait on Cover
DISCUSS STATEHOOD PLANS
Executive Promises to Ac
Upon His Return From
Memphis Trip.

A delegation of citizens yesterday
afternoon called upon Governor Curry
at the executive Office at the capitol
to learn his views upon statehood and
to urge him to summon convention
to draft constitution for adoption by
the people, to be submitted to Con-
gress with demand for admission to
statehood. In the delegation were
Delegate to Congress W. H. Andrews,
of Albuquerque; Solomon Luna, from
Los Lunas, member from New Mexico
of the Republican National Commit
tee; H. O. Bursum, of Socorro chair.
man of the Republican territorial cen
tral committee; w. B. Childers, of AL
buquerque, former United States at
torney; Judge A. L. Morrison, former
collector Of internal revenue; John
P. Victory, former solicitor general of
the Territory and staunch Demo
crat Postmaster Paul A. F. Walter
and others. The ground was gone
over quite thoroughly and each one
voiced his opinion in favor of COM
mencing the work for statehood at
once and calling a constitutional con
vention.
Governor Declares For Statehood
Governor Curry unequivocally
pronounced himself in favor of state
hood. Delegate Andrews declar-
ed that the three men to be
won over are President Roose-
velt, Speaker Cannon and Sen
ator Beveridge and these can be
best convinced of New Mexico's fit
ness for statehood by the adoption of
a constitution without socialistic and
other frills that would arouse the
resentment of vested and of conserva-
tive eastern interests. Mr.. Bursum
declared for any kind Of statehood
while Judge A. L. Morrison expressed
fervent wish to be permitted to vote
for president once more before he
died, a privilege denied him since
coming to New Mexico. Mr.. Childers
heartily favored the holding of con-
stitutional convention composed of
the delegates elected last fall even
though the delegates from his county
belonged to faction which he had
opposed. Mr.. Luna and the others
present made pleas for concerted and
immediate action. All agreed that the
convention should be held as soon as
possible and be composed of the dele
gates elected last fall; that these dele
gates are eminently fitted for the task
Of drafting a good constitution; that
they are a representative non-par
tisian body of men, and that any vac
ancies that have occurred should be
filled by appointment by the execu.
tive.
To Consult With the President.
Governor Curry promised to act up
on his return from st. Louis and Mem
phis early in October, where he will
consult with President Roosevelt and
seek to win him over to favor at this
time statehood for New Mexico, which
considering the presidents friendship
for Governor Curry and implicit faith
in his integrity, as we'll as in view
of the Presidents promise made at
the Rough Rider reunion at Las Veg
as. that New Mexico could always
command his support in favor of
statehood, is very likely to be sue
cessful,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13

Continued on Page Eight
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-13
NEW APPRAISER OF
MERCHANDISE AL FRISCO.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 1S.-President
Roosevelt today appointed John G.
Mates, Jr., appraiser Of merchandise
at San Francisco.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-06
INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One company's Assets Are Dis.
tributed in the South and West.

In connection with its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
OF the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested In securities OF that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa.
ton, In addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution OF its
assets, at the end of the second year
OF the new management. The Equit-
able now has $1O,95S 900 invested in
Texas, which Is twice as much as the
new law requires. but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus.
tice to its policyholders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift Of their citizens.
The Equitables report shows that
more than 379o Of its total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $3.50 Of its
total insurance Is carried In these
states. Its investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, 33,099,000 Ariz.,
$974,000; Ark. s4,O3S.0O0: Cal, S..
$4,000; Col, $5,222, 900; Fla, s4,924,.
900; Ca. s4,04S,000; Idaho, $5.197,0 900;
ILL.,, $12,6l7,000; Ind. Ter, $4,000;
Ind, $6,S36,00 Iowa, $2,690,000 Kan
sas, $11,637,000; Ky, 1851 900; La,
$3,054, 900; Md, $2,207 900; Mich, S..
100000; Mimi, s2,065 900; Miss, $751;.
900; Mo, sS.197. 900; Mont. $3.50. 900;
Neb., $7,526,0O0; New, $640,OOO; New
Mex, $l,376,000; N. c., $3.50 900; N.
d., $677 900; Ohio, s11 1874 900; Okla,
$1,006,000; Ore, $1,15S,000; 8. c.,
$975,OOO; s. d.. s1.3O5 900; Tenn, 81
100000; Utah, s2,134,O0O; Va, $685..
900; Wash. $1,2O2 900; w. Va, $685..
900; Wis.,. $2,342,00U; Wyo., 1885,. 900.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-06

explosive composition from burning
the hand; then charge of gunpow-
der, and on top Of this are placed the
colored stars in the proper sequence
of color. On top of this comes a COM
position called fuse, which makes the
intervals between the discharge of the
stars. After the fuse hammers are
brought down to pack the material,
the operation being repeated as often
as required. The candles contain from
two to 80 stars. The finishing con-
sists of covering the candle and pro-
viding a quick match for easy igni.
ton.
Quick match. one of the important
features of fireworks manufacture, Is
made from specially prepared wick
soaked in a solution of gunpowder At
the proper time It Is wound off on
frames and just before 1t is dried II Is
sifted over with very fine powder In
order to make 1t extra quick In action.
1t is then cut in lengths of about six
feet and worked into what is known
as match paper, after which 1t is
placed In manila paper cases and
Joined together. Fire at one end of
quick match leaps to the other and al
most as quickly as would electricity.
The quick match is fitted out on what
are known as lances. or rods of BAN
boo. For set pieces the design is
sketched by an artist and then scaled
so 1t can be enlarged to any size The
regulation set piece frame is 1Ox5
feet and Is divided into squares foot
large. The design is outlined in rat
tan, pegs are driven into the rattan
and on these pegs are fastened the
quick match lances referred to.
Sulphur, saltpeter and charcoal en-.
ter largely into the manufacture OF
fireworks and for particularly brilliant
effects steel and iron filings are added.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-06
slGhs FOR PAST SHOWS.
Mark Twain Regrets Vanished Joys Of
Other Days.

Where now is Billy Rice? He was
Joy to me, and so were the other
stars of the igger-show-Billy Birch,
David Wambold. Backus and a de-
lightful dozen Of their brethren who
made life pleasure to me 40 years
ago and later. Birch, Wambold and
Backus are gone years ago; and with
them departed to return no more for
ever, suppose. the real nigger.show
the genuine nigger-show. the ex-
travagant nigger-show-the show
which to me had no peer and whose
peer has not yet arrived, in my ex-
perience. We have the grand opera;
and ! have witnessed, and greatly en-
1oyed, the first act of everything
which Wagner created. but the effect
OH me has always been so powerful
that one act was quite sufficient;
whenever ! have witnessed two acts
l have gone away physically exhaust
ed, and whenever ! have ventured an
entire opera the result has been the
next thing to suicide. But IL could
have the nigger-show back again. in
its pristine purity and perfection.
should have but little further use for
opera. 1t seems to me that to the
elevated mind and the sensitive spirit
the hand-organ and the nigger-show
are standard and summit to whose
raretied altitude the other forms OF
musical art may not hope to reach
Mark Twain, in North American Re-
Wow.