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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
PANAMA CANAL
BONDS ARE SOLD
Issue of Thirty Mil
lions Was Over
subscribed
LONG LIST OF BIDDERS
New York National Banks
Get Big Share Brought
Good Prices.

Washington, Dec. 7.-Secretary
George B. Cortelyou of the Treasury
Department, announced today that the
Panama Canal bonds had been sold at
an average of 102.436S. The lowest
accepted bid was 102277S. There
were 159 accepted bids, amounting to
thirty million dollars. The total num-
ber of bids was S31, amounting to
$102,SOS,S00.
All but three bids were accompan-
led by certified checks or cash for
two per cent of the face value of the
bonds. The successful bidders for
a million and over were:
Fisk and Robinson, New York City,
ten millions, at prices ranging from
1O2,2S3 to 102.7S3. Chase National
Bank, New York, three millions. at
1O23OO5 to 1O2.5OO5. National City
Bank, New York, 10,242,76O at 102.,
PTS.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
WIDOW OF ROBERT
INGERSOLL WINS SUIT

Washington, Dec. THE Supreme
Court of the United States today de-
cided in favor of Mrs. Ingersoll in the
case of Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll, widow
of the late Robert G. Ingersoll, against
Joseph Coram and others, involving a
claim of 100000 made by Mrs. Inger-
soil on account Of services rendered by
her husband in breaking the will of
the late Andrew ], Davis, the Montana
millionaire.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
CONDEMNED MAN
GRANTED REPR|EVE
Herman Billik Gets
Respite From
Gallows
new EVIDENCE FOUND
Counsel Persuades Acting
Governor Of Illinois to
Stay Execution.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec Herman
Billik, sentenced to hang in Chicago
Friday next, has been reprieved until
January 29. Acting Governor L. 7.
Sherman granted the reprieve in the
absence of Governor Deneen, who is
in Washington, to enable the Governor
to hear further proceedings. Attorney
Francis E. Hinckley, who filed the pc
tition for a reprieve, declares new evi-
dence has been found which will vim
dicate and free the defendant.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
POWDER MAGAZINE BLOWS
UP; II SOLDIERS KILLED

Calcutta, India, Dec. IAN explo-
sion in magazine of the military sta
ton here today resulted in the killing
OF il men and the wounding of 26
others. Most of the injured will die.
The casualties were all among native
soldiers and noncommissioned officers.
They were engaged in converting ball
cartridges into blank cartridges.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
WORK OF INSTALLING
CABLE SYSTEM BEGUN.

l. Sparks. manager Of the local
telephone exchange, has received H.
900 pounds of lead covered cable for
Installation here. B. W. Bennett, \
professional telephone cable m1n of
Topeka, Kansas. arrived yesterday and
be gan work today on helping TO make
thn change over from the open 'iue
now used to the cable system being
Installed When this work is COM
lated Santa Fe will have the fiCest
phcre system in the territory.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
DELEGATE ANDREWS INTRODUCES
AMENDED STATEHOOD BILL
Contains Many Beneficial Provisions
for the Territory and for
Santa Fe
CURRY, ANDREWS, PRINCE AND LUNA HARD At WORK
Situation Very Favorable for Passage of Enabling Act
About the Middle of the Short Session of
Congress.

where he interviewed President.elect
Taft and urged the new President S
favorable action on the New Mexico
statehood bill.
Ex-Governor /. Bradford Prince and
Mrs. Prince are in the city, guests at
the Ebbit House: Hon. and Mrs. Solo
mon Luna of Los Lunas are here, hav-
ing apartments at the New Willard
Harry R. Simms of the Valley ranch
on the Upper Pecos is also in town.
Governor George Curry Delegate w.
II. Andrews, Ex-Governor l.. Bradford
Prince and Committeeman Solomon
Luna are interviewing Senators and
Representative on the Statehood
question and on other matters for the
benefit of New Mexico.
The situation is very hopeful and
the New Mexican believes that the bill
will be passed about the middle of
the session.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
NATIONAL BANK I'M
MISSOURI CLOSES DOORS

Springfield, Mo-, Dec. THE Ma
tional Exchange bank, one Of the larg-
est here, having capital of 100000,
did not open forsbusiness today, being
closed by the comptroller of
the currency. The bank had deposits
at the time Of its last statement Of
$2.100,0OO It's president dis 1. s.
Meyer, and it's cashier E. L. Sanford.
The failure was caused by losses on
loans and investments. Cashier San
ford said every depositor would be
paid In full 4
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
WIFE OF YACHT DE-
SlGNER TAKES HER LIFE

Bristol r. l., Dec. Mrs. Emma
Russell Chesborough, aged 39. the wife
of Alfred S. Chesborough, the we'll
known yacht designer, now in Scot
land, committed suicide yesterday by
shooting serself in the head. She was
troubled with melancholia and insom'
mia. She was daughter of former
Lieutenant Governor Jonathan Bullock
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07

terry. Many believe that she was abb
Quoted by Martinez because of his in
fatuation for her, and is being held a
prisoner. Another theory is that she
escaped from the house during the
murderous assault and perished in the
blizzard that was raging
A posse headed by Under Sheriff
Kroger, noted manhunter, Is scour-
ing the country over for Martinez. It
is feared that If any Of the posses
come upon Martinez they will lynch
him on the spot.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
DETERMINED POSSES SCOUR
COUNTRY FOR BRUTAL MURDERER

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. Posses are
searching for Francisco Martinez, alias
Jesus Berela, suspected of killing four
members of the Garcia family near
Troy, ninety miles from here. Mar
tinez was suspected of numbering Ro-
dalfo Martin, wealthy sheep raiser,
last August but efforts to fasten the
crime upon Martinez were unsuccess-
full. Il
The disappearance Of the 17-year-old
daughter Of the Garcias IS still a. mys-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
NEBRASKA SHIVERING
FROM ZERO WEATHER

Norfolk, Neb., Dec. IA heavy
snowfall in northern Nebraska and
South Dakota yesterday was followed
by fall in temperature to thirteen
below zero here this morning.
Six Below in Iowa.
Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 7.-Last night
was the coldest one of this winter.
Six degrees below zero were regis
tered.
Cold at Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 7.-Three below
zero, the coldest of the winter, was
recorded here this morning.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
MRS. FLORENCE MAVERICK
MAY GET MILLIONS

Richmond, Virginia, Dec. THE
case Of Mrs. Florence Maybrick and
her mother, the Baroness Won Rogue,
OF New York, involving title to land,
said to be worth two and a half mil
lion dollars, was decided in their fa-
vor in the chancery court here today.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
COST Of RUNNING
THE GOVERNMENT
Secretary of Treas
ury Sends Budget
to Congress
OF $57,90O,oO6
This Much More Needed for
1910-.-Total Foots Up
to 874,4OO,948.

Washington, Dec 7-Secretarv of
the Treasury George b. Cortelyou
transmitted to Congress today book
of estimates Of the appropriations re-
quired for the service for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1910 The fol-
lowing shows by departments the esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1910 and the
appropriations for the fiscal year of
1909.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
Estimates Appropriations

Totals 1874, ,40S,9 ,94S 1892 29,393
Estimates for 1910 exceed the esti-
mates for 1909 by $57,900,G7G.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
Back in the Union.

At a Washington meeting Of a
Rough Rider organization, one of the
members told the following story of a
fiery old Southerner, whose son. at
outbreak Of the war with Spain, was
DESTROYS Of joining Col, Roosevelt's
regiment.
The old gentleman had been wont
to declare that he went out of the
Union when his state did; and dur.
ing the period between the close Of
the one war and the beginning of the
other he was an apparently hopeless
"unreconstructed."
To the surprise, therefore. of all
who knew him, the old man offered no
objection when his son. a stalwart lad
went with the Rough Riders to Cuba,
Not long afterward, the volunteer ret
marked to a fellow soldier:
THE old man is back in the Union
at last"
Does he say so?" asked the other
with a glance at the letter the bow
held.
1t amounts to the same thing" was
the answer. He now writes Tinted
States without quotation marks =
Philadelphia Ledger.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
COST OF BEING A KING
Why the Kaiser, with $45OO,OOO Year. Is Hard Up and
L. q S:.....- Alo,aroL. Mhn Ave Alnch Worse vi.

King Edward gets S2,35O,OOO an
nually for his own use Each mem
her of the British royal FAMILY re-,
teiyes various grants, which exceed
in total 100000 per annum' Besides
his official salary, King Edward mas
large private purse, but court COS
sin has had It that the King could 40
with more pocket money. In tact, u
has been openly stated that King Ed
ward is very often short Of funds Tor
his private needs.
The Emperor Of Austria has a
salary Of S4,72O,OOO, which is derived
from two portions Of his monarchy
Thus the Kaiser receives far less
than his Austrian neighbor.
The King of Italy has S3,22O'OOO a
year. The King Of Greece has only
5000 a year. This sum is so in
adequate for the position that Great
Britain. France and Russia each pay
him $4,000 a year.
The French President has a salary
and allowance of S240,000 year
The President Of the United States
has to make both ends meet on
$4,000. Compared with these small
er grants, the luxury in which the
average American millionaire is able
to indulge is munificent. He has
the riches without the pomp or state
to maintain, without the huge STATS
Of officials, without the palaces in
which he cannot live. The Kaiser
maintains palaces which he never
sees from one years end to another.
1t is not pleasant to have a crown
and a limited purse with it.-New
York Sunday World
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
Pa$oIs S0%S
The Minister
and
The Banker
and
BY the Req tUiiiian1 E. Carton. ofthe Oak Park
1890 lAl CONGREGATIONAL Church e-stA.e..a.

SeNSH&oe&ee JUDGED by commercial standards
They different
ALL in the lists Of Bradstreet
deny that the Is n
: priest For has not noticed that EN-
- nifty that sense Of and mystery with which
$09H&NoHnoS they
SSSS$NeSeS Of the
this curtain of iron bars and plate glass and mahogany
who
lateral ministers
fails shakes poc than drygood assigns the
Of liabilities being equal minister
confidence the fall
the banker what the minister
ethics Each the of IDEAL either degades
their financial obligations
spirituality
they themselves should become
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
G4AWAlPs GOATS.
They Eat Up the Forests and cause
Floods.


The wild goat of Hawaii has in re-
cent years become a serious menace to
! agriculture in various parts Of the
Territory. Secure among the almost
inaccessible cliffs Of the mountains,
thousands of these nimble animals find
a congenial home, and although no
systematic efforts have as yet been in
auguratcd for exterminating them,
I they are nevertheless extremely wary
and difficult to approach.
California and Australia have had
their scourges of rabbits, and various
Western States still have their troubles
in combating prairie dogs and gophers,
but these pests injure the agriculturist
directly by attacking his growing
crops, while on the other hand the
goats of Hawaii do the same thing in
directly by running the mountain for
ests which conserve the rainfall on
which the water for irrigation purposes
is dependent. This was not for a long
time appreciated, but OF late years,
with the rapid increase in the number
Of goats, 1t has become very apparent.
IN some sections Of mountain districts
once heavily wooded, there is now
scarcely any vegetation at all, due sole.
ly to the destructive feeding of the
goats.
Goat hunting is a popular diversion
in some parts Of the territory, and as
sport is by no means to be de-?
spised. Although the animals are
numerous, it requires some hard tramp
ing and climbing to get TO their haunts,
and then a true aim anu a good eye for
distance in order to have much sue.
cess. Occasionally parties are organ
lied and a week or more spent in goat
shooting, with the result that some
times several hundred are slaughtered,
Were it not for the injurious charac.
teristics of the little animals, the
slaughter would seem wanton in the
extreme, for no value is placed on the
carcass, and 1t is usually left where it
falls. Indeed, the character of the
mountains would often make II diff.
cult to secure the quarry after is is
shot, and it is only in a case of an
especially large animal, which the
hunter may desire to secure as
trophy that any attempt is ever made
to recover the body.
The fact that there seems to be no
market for the skins prevents their he
ing hunted for any other purpose than
the sport, or in order to reduce their
numbers where they have become es.
pecially troublesome. Could some use
be found for the skins, there is no
doubt that a great number could be Sc
cured at little cost. The goats are
Of the common backyard, tin can eat.
ing variety, brought here years ago,
and finding the conditions especially
congenial, they have increased very
rapidly after breaking away from the
dominion Of maL.-Forest and Stream
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
BUS Mystery.

Shop walkers and bus conductors ~
seems to me, disappear Immediate.
they reach middle age Old bus AT !,
ers you may see on every other ms
that goes by, but whiskered conduc.
tor Is so great an incongrulty that one
almost starts to behold him. Wbers
do they so to, these men who vanisS
IRON their accustomed places with
middle age?-Strand Magazine
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

Since its establishment tho Depart.
ment Of Agriculture has cost the
United States mUre than 5000. 900. 900.
II has given employment az different
times to $4,000 experts and profess.
ors, and issued 1865 publications.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
,.,-"-~-"'--. ..The.. U-'""-''''''ai
Place for Business Cares
BY II. J. Hap8ood.

carry your take your
hat the The who brings his business
home with him find himself the unacceptable victim
the demon called Worry He will and fret through
~ his liable from the diagreeable habit
chndren
children world enough to have snch
SANNNANNNS fatherw find him of bore day
If his hat when he
the club his friends will him. He will find hmeh
unchng
the least aid digestion Business
a
will scratching bust
memoranda the back Of his his bad
the tablecloh public He will the
his family fully shall vacation
He than the than distance telephone
station and calls the office He spends the evening writing letters his
telling which
would have brains enough Of
kilograms, calls third
by this time smash the
There such his
his hat he will keep his all the time his business
heavily his mind search him body
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
Force Of Habit.

Marie-Wasn't it shocking about
Chollie Worthingtonl He fell out of
his new airship when it got stalled
a half mile up in the ART"
Lilfian-How did Chollie come to
fall?
Marie-He thought he was in his
automobile and jumped out to push II
back homel-The Bohemian.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
Just Filler.

what did you mean by this poem?"
inquired a delegation of admirers.
Il didn't mean anything" answered
the great poet, frankly. Il wrote that
poem for a monthly magazine. ! did
not expect it to be published in a
book collection. Louisville Courier.
Journal.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
Everything Else.

Yeast-Haye you ever seen the sun
come up at sea?
Crimsonbeak-No; but I guess I've
seen everything else come up!-
Yonkers Statesman.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
The Only WAY.

Il hate to marry him for his money 4"
Then why do 1t, gyurl?"
l haven't got the nerve to hit him
with piece OF lead pipe"-Louisyille
Courier-Journal, ''''
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

Manhattan's postofice has larger
receipts than any other postofice in
the world for the amount Of territory
covered. The receipts promise to
amount to more than sls,ooO.oOO this
yeaE.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

Government experts are investi.
Eating seaweed with the object Of de.
Jermining is economic value.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
anarchists of the
Caucasus OHsFIeLdS
BY II. H. NeOiHson.

is not only the that divides Tartars and
Armenlans into hostile armies which devastate the OIL
time to time, and constantly preparing eacn
others deructon-with batteries of quickfrng guns as
Besides this central feud there are numerous
fighting groups organized the workmen and the un
employed. Asa rule they take political title uch as
Social Democrats" Anarchist Communists, In the
securing popular favor and in some cases their
been political and their aims still be revolutionary
methods simple lucrative that perhaps II Wouu Dc
all their members entirely to enthusiasm
reform The oifed receives letter brleny au
him "Paasie" the of group and demands
Of death At an hour mentioned the agents
invariably entering the sum
expenses If he refuses TO pay ne
shot stabbed disemboweed within day or t"o
lpts betray the all his family share his fate
pursuit basis OF murder is conducted with sucn
like accuracy the in due receives pu
showing expenditure his contribution The Items GU
purchase Of and an ssa
possible and 1t is generay sup
champagne delights ought to figure in the outlay
whether the incorporation OF Involuntary
but where so easily obtained the Temp
considerable sproecon most OF the richer managers
aassns each of whom is pledged
person named anything happens TO his employer
her. publish morning the names and addresses
be Immediately If they murdered themselves, and
give and varied interest to the local agony col
IS Magazine
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

~ [JSVCC G.
INeSNTlON
A palm which grows in South
America has a leaf measuring fifty
feet long and twelve feet broad-the-
largest in the world.
The diamond so long the hardest
known substance, now has two RI
walls, the sillcide and the boride Of
titanium-products of Henri Mois'
sans electric furnace-being claimed
to be as hard.
Dr.. Adolph Cluss, professor Of agri-
cultural chemistry and technology
in the Imperial Agricultural High
school Of Vienna, Germany, is visit
ing the colleges of agriculture and
experiment stations of the United
States.
Bird whistles are a curious Picking
product Bamboo whistles OF two
to five tubes and gourd whistles OF
two to thirteen apertures are wired
to the tails of the pigeons, and emit
peculiar and pleasing aerial music
as the birds fly through the air.
A method of bluing small steel
goods by dipping is to melt saltpeter
in an iron pot then immense the
previously polished and cleaned arti-
Giles until sufficiently blued. The
goods should then be removed and
cooled in petroleum and afterward
dried out in sawdust.
In the erection of a railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna River at Havre
de Grace the American Bridge COM
pany will make use of what is prob
ably the largest wood block ever
made It has been made especially
for the work, and weighs 1850
pounds, measures 80 inches across
the shell and is rated at 60 tons ca
pacity. The shackle is a solid forg-
ing three aud q half inches thick.
A project is being considered for
the transference Of the Jardin des
Plantes to a site three miles outside
Paris where it is intended to create
a geological oasis in which the ami
mails can have comparative liberty.
Large Enclosures containing trees,
lakes and water courses are to be
constructed. One feature of the oasis
would be a large dollhouse, in which
all kinds of butterflies would be
reared.
Ocean observations, connected to
the continents, have been suggested
as a need in forecasting European
weather, but a more economical plan
is proposed by NJ. Bigourdan, a
French meteorologist, who would
have regular weather reports fur.
nished by steamships equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus. How
essential are the observations at sea
is seen from the fact that weather
changes are generally associated with
the passage Of atmospheric depres.
sions from the westward in the Allan.
tic north Of 80 degrees North latitude.
About half Of these depressions seem
TO come from North America. and the
others form i'm the open ocean. Wire.
less weather reports are already
made by British naval vessels.
Back in the tIpiop
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

Dr.. Adolph Cluss, professor of agri-
cultural chemistry and technology
in the Imperial Agricultural High
school of Vienna, Germany, is visit
ing the colleges of agriculture and
experiment stations of the United
States.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

The diamond, so long the hardest
known substance, now has two RI
walls, the silcide and the boride Of
titanium-products of Henri Mois'
sans electric furnace-being claimed
to be as hard.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24
p0lplL.AR
SNCE&
IW1NTlON

A palm which grows in South
America has a leaf measuring fifty
feet long and twelve feet broad-the
largest in the world.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

Bird whistles are a curious Picking
product Bamboo whistles Of two
to five tubes and gourd whistles Of
two to thirteen apertures are wired
to the tails of the pigeons, and emit
a peculiar and pleasing aerial music
as the birds fly through the air.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-02-06
MDZM11Wc c12WW~snDg3p O1NzyADZ1w

seven, and remaining in Indiana until
1880 he spcnt IA years of his life in
Indiana, or until he was 81 years of
age.
After 1920 Spencer county had, at
Rockport, it's county seat, public
library of several hundred volumes of
the standard works of the day.
Thomas Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln
were at Rockport at least two times DUR
ing the year, but the name of Abraham
Lincoln does not appear as a borrower
of books at the library. The field from
which Abraham Lincoln could CLEAN
knowledge in that neighborhood was
very limited. though he borrowed
every book that he could get.
During Abraham Lincoln's 16 years
of life in Indiana he had read and re-
read this list of literary and histori-
cal books over and over again. His
good nature among Lincoln City peo-
pie was not unnoticed; all agreed to
his honesty and good nature. Ques-
tions of dispute and petty differences
were at first submitted to him in a
joking way, and later on in a sincere
way, until he was complimented for
his honest and just way in settling
disputes and differences. He was told
more times than once that some day
he would tarn out to be lawyer.
Having read all the literary books
and what few there were Of law in and
around Boonville, Lincoln heard of the
court at Boonville. He resolved to go
down to that place, 20 miles distant,
and learn what he could in the real
court, which was in session there sew
eral times during the year. The court
house in Boonville, then small ham
let of less than 800 inhabitants, In