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The Socorro chieftain., 1908-07-25

once. The Office furniture and
fixtures already occupy rooms on
the second floor of the postoflice
block. AS the Pan-American
company is now erecting four
smelters in as many different To-
calities in the southwest, the To-
cation of the general offices here
means much for Socorro.
The Gem City has given this
new enterprise all the encourage
ment asked for and is already
beginning to feel the result in
new life and activity. This is
but the beginning. Watch So
zorro grow.
The Socorro chieftain., 1908-07-25
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Held Their Regular Quarterly Ses-
sion in This City Beginning
Monday, July.

At a regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners
held at the court house in this
city beginning Monday, July 3,
there were present Chairman
David Farr, Commissioner Pedro
S. Contreras, Interpreter r. s.
Stapleton, and County Clerk E.
II. Sweet.
Attachments on assessed valu-
ations were made as follows:
VIM. Gardiner, IS cat
tie e.............. ...'''o blo w
Las Animas Sheep Co.,
1000 sheep. 1,75O 90
Jose Chavez y Baca,
100 cattle .......... 900 90
Jesus Landovazo, 200
sheep. .......... $50 OO
Socorro State Bank, to
40 per cent of capital
and surplus stock l4,3l5 90
Bank of Magdalena,
same ........'... Is %OO W.
Antonio Tafoya y c.,
100 sheep. -. IT'S OC
Maria +. de Aragon,
$50 sheep. .....,.... 962 Sc
Juan Sanchez y Vigil,
500 sheep. ...... s75 OC
Ranch Supply Co., real
estate and mdse $50. 9,l3O OC
Matias Contreras, 700
The Socorro chieftain., 1908-07-25

ne dSScSSOI gave HotlOC vi du
appeal from the abatement in
favor of Luciano Chavez.
The Sheriif's report on liquor
licenses was checked, found cor
rect, and approved.
Bills against the wild animal
bounty fund we're ordered paid
at the rate of 30 cents on the
dollar as follows:
W., A,oareon a,,it nd = 70 70
The Socorro chieftain., 1908-07-25

On the recommendation of the
district attorney, Misais Baca
was allowed Sl33.00 actual ex-
pense incurred in taking two in
sane persons to the asylum at
Las Vegas.
Continued 10 Page 4.
The Socorro chieftain., 1908-07-25

cattle. ..,.......... 6,3OO 90
lose Maria Jaramillo,
1000 sheep. 1,75O 90
Loewenstei II Bros,
mdse -. ......... 1000 90
f. G.. Bartlett, 600
goats ............ 1907 so
f. G.. Bartlett, COW. 10 90
+. G.. Bartlett, real es-
tate .......... $50 90
J. III. Nations, 500 cat
tle...... .......... 4,5OO 90
J. II. Nations, l,500
sheep ....,......... 2,b2o W
Red River Cattle Co.,
1000 cattle ........ 1000 90
Luciano Chavez, 40 cat
tie. 800 90
Luciano Chavez, real
estate. .......... 592 so
M. .,-,,,-,. ,,,, ,,nt;.a nc &. .,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
RlDICULES FEAR
Ny OF TIMBER FAMINE
Senator Hepburn Of Idaho, Says Sup.
ply is as Great Today as it Ever
Was in Worlds History.

Washington, May 6.--Suggesting an
amendment excepting Idaho from
states in which the secretary of agri
culture may give permits for the eX-
portation of timber from forest re-
serves Senator Hepburn, during the
debate on the agricultural appropria-
ton bill yesterday ridiculed chart of
the forestry division, which was
swung on the wall Of the Senate
chamber, marked with statements as
to the number of years the forests in
various parts of the country would
last
The forestry division, he said, was
launching into the realm of prophesy
in way that would require greater
wisdom than that possessed by the
sages of old when it declared that a
certain section would be shorn of its
forests in twenty, thirty or forty
years. They forgot, he, said, that
timber grows, and he declared that
"the supply of timber is as great to-
day as ever in the worlds history y
There was, he said, no danger of a
timber famine.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
HOUSE CAUCUS IS
BARREN OF RESULTS
It Was Largely Attended and Time
Was Taken Up With Debates on
Proposed Currency Laws

Washington, May G.-The Republi.
can members of the House were in
caucus three hours last night in an ef.
fort to agree upon plan for currency
legislation but adjourned at II
O'Clock without achieving any definite
results. The meeting was early re-
solved into conference and proceed
ed with the understanding that the re-
suit, whatever 1t might be, should not
be binding upon members. There was
large attendance but no marked en-.
thusiasm except of a personal charact-
er when Speaker Cannon took the
floor 1t was evident from the begin
ming that there were so many mem.
bers who would desire to be heard
that 1t would be impossible to reach
conclusion at one sitting and it was
unanimously agreed to adjourn until
Ill o'clock Wednesday evening. A
number of speeches for and against
the resolution approving the vreeland
bill were heard, notably one by Speak
er Cannon, warmly supporting It.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06

ing the fleet. Among those here are
the governors of half dozen western
states. Secretary of the Navy Met.
calf has been here several days and
will review the feet in the harbor on
Friday. For ten days an official pro-
gram has been mapped out for the
entertainment Of the officers and men
of the visiting warslips
Thousands Gree. Warships.
With the earliest streaks of the
coming day thousands began this
morning to make way to the va,ious
points of vantage where they could
see the fleets entrance into the bay.
At the same time scores of steam
ers loaded with excursionists lined
the pathway the vessels would have
to take to reach their anchorage.
Many excursion steamers sailed out
side the harbor to give the eager en-
thusiasts the first possible glimpse of
the ships. The harbor itself was
jammed with pleasure craft of every
kind from early dawn.
Just inside the inner harbor in the
lee of the angle of the Alcatraz ISL
and nine cruisers and five torpedo
boats OF the Pacific fleet awaited the
arrival Of their Atlantic brothers. The
entry of the battleships was to be
the signal for them to get under way
and as the last of the eighteen battle
ships cleared the island the western
cruisers steamed into line and ac-
companied the lleet on it's two hours
journey through the bay to its an
chorage.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
Battleships Steamed Into San Francisco
Bay This Afternoon and Dropped
Anchors
REC0RDBREAM|NGCRUsE ACCOMPl|sAEOW WITHOUT M|sHAp
Hundreds Of Thousands of Visitors Gather in Golden Gate
City to Welcome Officers and Men
of Fleet.

San Francisco, May 6.---Exactly
four months and twenty days out
from Hampton Roads, the Atlantic
fleet OF battleships and the second
American torpedo hotilla steamed to-
day within the Golden Gate and cast
anchor in the harbor of San Fran
cisco where welcome characteris
tic of western hospitality awaited
them. All last night the sixteen bat
tleships lay at anchor off the outer
light house, gently rolling in the
swell of the Pacific together with six
accompanying black hulled torpedo
boat destroyers. The glow of the city
lights at midnight could be plainly
seen from the ships. Wireless dis
patches sent from the ships during
the night told of the uneventful jour
ney from Santa Cruz last evening.
Entered Golden Gate at Noon.
The movements of the feet had
been so timed that the flagship Con
necticut passed the headlands of Gate
way Point Bonita on the south and
Point Lobos on the north at exactly
noon today. Admiral Evans, who left
the fleet during target practice at
Magdalena Bay, resumed command at
Monterey Bay yesterday and was on
the bridge of the Connecticut as ii
entered the historic bay of the west
ern metropolis.
1t is estimated by local railroad Of
ficials that more than three hundred
thousand visitors have been brought
into San Francisco during the past
forty-eight hours to assist in welcom.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
HARMON IS NAMED
FOR GOVERNOR
Ohio Democrats Nominate Him On the
Second 6allot-Delegates In
structed For Bryan.

Columbus, O., May 6.--Judson Har-
mon was nominated for governor and
resolutions strongly endorsing William
Jennings Bryan for the presidency
and instructing the delegates to the
national convention to vote for him
were adopted by the Democratic state
convention here today. Harmon was
nominated on the second ballot after
q lively fight during which a squad Of
policeman was called to maintain or
der.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
BARBER TURNS
HUMAN BUTCHER
Slashes Threats Of His Employer,
Latter's Wife and Three Fellow
Workmen.

New York, May Ga sixteen-year.
old boy, known only as Carmello and
employed In a barber shop in Brook.
lyn, early today cut the throats of his
employer, Antonio Peraso, Mrs. Per-
aso and three BARRIERS while they lay
asleep in Peraso's apartments In Full.
ton street. The wounds of Peraso and
his wife are fatal, while those OF the
three BARRIERS are serious, but probab.
ly not fatal. The boy escaped. The po.
lice department is of the opinion that
the boy acted as the agent Of the
"Black Hand society.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
HORSEMAN KILLS
THREE AND SUICIDES
Ohio Village Scene Of Horrifyina
Tragedy-Triple Murder Committed
While In Rage.

Court House. O., May 6.-Mort De.
vaney, aged 43 years, a we'll known
horseman, last night shot and killed
Ida Bird, aged % years, a colored girl
and mortally wounded her mother. He
then ran to the barn of Silas Shackel-
ford, Refusing to come out Shakelford
went after him and was shot and kill.
ed. Later Devaney committed suicide.
Devaney shot the girl AMI her mother
when he called at their house and was
refused admittance.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
CHAMA RIVER Is
A RAGING TORRENT
Melting Shows in Mountains Fills
This Stream--Too High For
Fording

Abiquiu, N. M, May Gas the re-
suit of the heavy snow in this
section this week, which melted al
most as soon as it fell, the Chama
river at this point is a raging torrent.
The stream is running bank full and
it is impossible to ford It. It is even
difficult to cross the turbulent stream
in a boat. The recent rain and snow
was needed and the moisture will be
of immense benefit to crops. "a
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
OHIO SENDS TROOPS
AFTER NIGHT RIDERS
Cavalry Promptly Dispatched to coun
ty on River Where Outrages
Are Reported.

Columbus, Ohio, May 6.-Troop B,
Of the mounted state troops from Co
of the Ohio National Guard,
left today on special train for the
tobacco growing district in Brown
county, whore the tobacco farmers are
terrorized by night riders from Ken.
lucky. They will patrol the river
from Aberdeen to Higginsport.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
Indiana Farm a
Human Slaughter
Pen
TAKES RANK WITH BENOERS
Crewsome Crimes Revealed
When Dwelling is Des.
troyed by Fire.

Laporte, Ind, May G.-Laporte to-
day Is In the throes of murder mys
terry that takes rank with the crimes
|perpetrated by Dr. Holmes of Chicago
and the Bender family of Kansas
Twelve deaths was the total this
morning for which an explanation Is
being sought
Five bodies, some of them dismem
bered, were unearthed yesterday In
the barnyard of the burned Guinness
house one mile out of town. With
the four imperfectly identified male
bodies recovered from the ruins OF
the house since the fire of April 2S.
which led to the arrest of Ray Lam
phere, carpenter, on suspicion OF
numbering Mrs. Belle Guenness. her
two daughters and small son, there
are now eleven bodies to be identified
Mrs. Guinness Suspected.
Mrs. Guinness Is now believed to
and her children. One OF the dead
men was lured to the Guinness home
by matrimonial advertisement. Two
of Mrs. Guinness husband died under
suspicious circumstances and both
had their lives insured. Twice fire
destroyed her property and In both
cases she collected fire insurance.
Today it is even intimated that she
may not be dead but that she procured
a female corpse set fire to the house
and fed There are several more sus-
pected places in the grounds about
the ruins and the authorities resumed
a search of the property today.
Sixth Body Unearthed.
The skeleton of the sixth body was
unearthed on the Guinness farm at I
O'Clock today. The body is that OF an
adult and was found In pine box
face downwards. 1t had been buried
probably two years. From out Of the
mass Of tangled and sensational evid
ence it would seem that Mrs. Bell
Guinness was one of the most mon
strous murderers of the century and
that her farm was clearing house
for assassination and crime.
Woman Believed to Be Still Alive.
There developed today the startling
theory that the woman did not die in
the fire which destroyed her home on
the night of April 2Sth and that she
is still alive. This theory is strength,
|ened by the fact that the head OF the
body Of the woman found In the ruins
after the fire is still missing. Unless
this head is found today the police
will make a post-examination Of the
remains and try to learn II the body Is
that of Mrs. Guinness or one Of her
female victims. In case 1t proves not
Ito be Mrs. Guinness it is very likely
then that she is also guilty OF the
murder of her three children.
More Skeletons Unearthed.
A gang of men under the direction
|of Sheriff Smulser continued digging
this afternoon in the same place
where the last body was found and
came upon the skeletons OF two more
persons but 1t is impossible to tell
whether they are male or female. Dig
ging in the ground of the farm yard
is being continued with the expecta
tion of further developments. One
theory now advanced Is that some of
the bodies found were shipped here
from Chicago or some other point for
burial
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
ARMY APPROPRIATION
BILL REPORTED TO SENATE

Washington, May 6.--Senator War
ren today reported to the Senate the
complete agreement Of the conferees
on the army appropriation bill and 1t
was adopted. 1t makes fiat increase
of $500 a year in the ofilcers' pay and
IS per cent In the pay Of enlisted men
In the army. The bill as finally agreed
upon carries an appropriation Of $685.
3S2,246.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
DISASTROUS
STORM IN THE SOUTH

Memphis, Tenn, May 6.-Three are
dead, several badly injured and con.
siderable property loss and demorali.
zation Of traffic is the result Of a
severe wind and rain storm which
swept over southern Arkansas. west
ern Tennessee and northern Missis-
siippi yesterday. The wind razed a
number Of small buildings and the
rain caused numerous washouts on the
railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05

ture and form those tribes with whom
they have commingled. The nomads live
on the mountains in conical-Shaped grass
huts. and although their garments are Of
cotton cloths, the long gowns protect
them from the cold al night and the eX-
cessive heat during the day They are
Clearly and well fed the skin clear the
nostrils. graceful. muscular figures, fine
eyes, well shaded with thick black lashes
Ornaments of the Women.
The women plat the hair, which is abun-
dant, long and extremely black. into many
tresses adjoining each with beads of cor
al. amber. colored beads, shells and silver
coins Some arrange the tresses into a
crown on the top of the head others into
thin paits or ringlets, to which heavy
silver and gold coins are attached. These
varied STYLES of hair arrangement produce
over youthful. handsome face, with
large black sparkling eyes very pleas
ing effect
The dress of the Fulah woman is often
of the costliest description, and consists
Of long blue chemise, longer than the
robe of the men, while n shawl or veil of
silk and colored cloth is thrown across the
shoulders in the form of a cloak, or over
the head TO hide the face. Sandals are
worn by both sexes. also slippers of the
brightest coiors in leather work. They
color their faces with circles of white, red
or black pigment. \ mixture of potter's
clay with pepper and aromatics is applied
to relieve pain.
The ornaments the women wear on fes-
tive occasions are of amber. coral, glass
beads made into necklaces, ankle rings
gold and silver Chains. strings of beads
of exquisite workmanship and rings on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
The Subtle Female.

Prom the New Orleans Times Democrat
AS woman gradually impressed upon
man the futility of struttng around in
hnery, and the necessity of being practi-
cally useful, his garb has become more
and more sober and workaday in APP
pearances. Ethnologists tell us that the
decorations of primitive man were in
tended to fascinate feminine eyes; but
woman presently began to make il clear
that She was not hunting for IA fine,
SNOWY article, but something solid. and
plain. and useful. Warranted to stand
wear and tear. AS for the ornamental
role. she was going TO represent the fam
lily herself in that line.
In fact. when one reflects how man
has been stripped of gauds and vince
died out Of his fripperies one by one,
one cannot help feeling a tender pity for
this victim of feminine self-aggrandize-
ment Poor, timid trembler,-a vague,
general fear OF the female sex haunts
him. Afraid of being married against
his will. he is circumvented by some
subtle female creature who makes him
think that il is his will TO marry her,
An observer remarks that man very
often in running away from the right
woman. runs straight into the arms of
the wrong woman. And the wrong
woman. that great opportunist. is al.
ways waiting there 10 block his headlong
flight and switch it toward the altar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
TRAITS OF AN AFRICAN TRIBE
LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE FULANI PEOPLE.
Claim Descent From Ham and Ger
tainly Came From a Light
g.. 1922 Skinned Race.

PAPER by Lieut.. Col. j. j. Lanlprey Before the
Constitutional Club of London.
The Fulahs. or Fulani. themselves have
a tradition that they are the descendants
of Phut. the third son Of Ham. All Africa
is likewise stated to have been peopled by
Hams posterity besides the Canaanites,
the Philistines and the Phoenicians Gene
sis. :6, Ezekiel. Xxvii:10o
Anthropoloists. philologists and more re-
cent specularists are of opinion that these
nomads are distinctly descended from a
light skinned race: the earlier representa-
tives coming from the east. crossing the
Nile. the Niger and the Senegal. seeking
sa fety and pastures new. as well as seclu-
sion for their fiocks and herds. in noun
tainous districts and on the grass plateau,
where many families appear still to have
maintained the purity of their descent.
February -, 1892, when i was with
the Anglo-French commission at Wulia
longitude 1233.37. latitude 9.50.40) where
the rivers Kora and Kaliuta meet the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05

From the Seattle Post-InteIligencer.
An investigation, conducted by the gov
eminent with care and exclusively, into
the quality of the meats packed in tins
and glass which were on sale in the Eng
lish market. brought out the fact. graft
flying from the American Standpoint that
such goods as were packed in the United
States were far purer and more whole
some and contained far less of preserva-
tives than similar foods of British origin.
Moreover. the contention of some of the
British manufacturers that their products,
which stood lowest on the test, were
those in which American raw materials
were used proved likewise to be untrue,
and the official report so states.
The commencement of the pure food ag-
itation in this country and the revela-
tons brought out as the result of the in
vestigations then started had bad eff
feet upon the market for American
canned goods abroad. Strong prejudices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
PERILS OF THE AIR.
The Workers on High Buildings
Daily Brave Breathless Risks.

From Everybody's.
AS you watch them at work on the
Orders. clinging to massive steel corners
perched on the tops of columns. or lean
ing out over the street far below, it is
not the recklessness, but the cool. steady
nerve that you notice most. Under all
the apparent unconcern you can feel the
endless strain. 1t shows in the looks of
their eyes, in the lines Of their faces. in
the quick, sudden motions, in the slow,
catlike movements Endlessly facing
death. they are quiet and cool by long
training.
Up on the Metropolitan Life some TWEEN
ty-five tiers above the street an enor-
nous circle of stone was being built in
as a frame for the clock A dozen men
were at work on the scaffold that hung
outside. and projecting from. overhead
was the boom of the derrick that hoisted
the massive stone blocks. Suddenly the
cable caught. and the full power from
the engine below was brought to bear. on
the derrick. All this; In an instant, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05


Great Xarcies river. several men and
women with light skins were seen tending
their f1ocks on the highlands about 700
feet above the sea. JOurneyirfg to thu
north. at Maria, 800 feet. at Duyuuia
1000 feet. on the .Negeya mountains. 800
feet, at Yambora. away on the TamissO
mountains, 1900 feet. and at Kassar. at
and again at Snkunia. on the Mouka
river. within a short distance from the
town of Falaba, they were camped with
their cattle. and lived the life of herds'
men and agriculturists. growing such
cereals as they required for themselves. :
Fair-Skinned Natives.
mountain ranges the air was bracing. and
there was every indication of health and
vigor among these strange people, whose
light and sometimes almost white skin at
tracted attention because of the great
contrast with that of the negro and the
bronze or olive skin of others.
They brought milk and butter. and also
fine long horned cattle Though OF small
breeO for sale. The men were strong
and robust. Their religion may have
afinities with Judaish-Gra aco- Roman, and
Egyptian paganism. They are acquainted
with the doctrines and principles OF the
Koran, they write and read Arabic. and
converse in several local dialects and
tongues
For many generations the Fulahs have
occupied great areas at F'uta Horro, near
the Senegal; Futa Bondu and Futa jail
lon, the capital Of which is limbo, a
short distance from Wulia and Kambia
and on the Xarcies river, in French ter
ritory. Those residing in Senegal are the
darkest, and now much resemble in fea-