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A IT A FE NEW, MEXfGAN VOL. 44. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. TUESDAY MAY 28, 1907. - NO. 88. T FROST W BONFIRES Ohio Orchardists Resort to Heroic Measures 10 SAVE FRUIT CROP Portions of Kentucky Visit ed By Extreme Cold and Great Losses Result. Cleveland, 0., May 28. The tem perature dropped to forty degrees here last night, such a 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. Zanesville reports a killing frost throughout the Muskegon Val ley. Very Cold in Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., May 28. A heavy frost fell all over eastern and central Kentucky last night. It is feared that all fruit and early vegetables have been killed. It is the coldest weath er ever known in this section at this season of the year. SCHMITZ JURY ALMOST COMPLETE Trial of Alleged Frisco Grafters Still Center of Interest in Golden Gate City. San Francisco, Calif., 'May 28. In terest in the local graft cases was centered today in the resumption of Mayor Schmitz's trial before Judge Dunne and in the expected appear finre of O. B. Umsen. Jose Green, William Brebek and Abe Ruef before Tniiiro rinniid to be arraiened on charges of bribing the Board of Su uervisors in connection with an at tempt of the Parkskle Transit Com pany to secure a trolley franchise. Theodore V. Haleey, former agent of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Companies, Indicted on a separate count will also appear be fore Judge Dunne today. Of tbe fifty veniremen summoned into court, for a completion of the Schralrz jury, eight jurors already having been sworn to try the case, forty-one answered the roll call; nine being absent. Twenty five offered excuses and were allowed to depiart, leaving sixteen among whom to select the four jurors to com plete the panel. The examination of these was taken up when the case was resumed today. CAPTAIN CURRY'S ARRIVAL DELAYED To Reach Santa Fe August 25th or September 1st Will Sail From Manila July 9th or 15th. Sped. : the New Mexican. Washington, May 28. Colonel Ed wards, chief of the Insular Division of the War Department, this forenoon announced that Captain George Cuny appointed Governor of New Mexico, would not leave Manilla until July 9th on the government transport Buford, or July 15th 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 15th and if he siails on the Sherman about August 20th and would be in Santa Fe either August 25th or about September 1st. Bonaparte Submits Hearst May Yet Be GROSSLY EXAGGERATED TO 60 Delegate Andrews Confirms it. Delegate W. H. Andrews who is now in Washington, in a telegram to the New Mexican this afternoon con firms the above dispatch concerning Captain Curry. The Delegate's mes sage reads: "Captain Curry will not leave the Philippines until July 9th or 15th, and will, therefore 'be unable to reach San ta Fe until August 25th. or September 1st. W. H. ANDREWS." Were First Stories of As saults Upon OrientalsIn cident Probably Closed. ACTING GOVERNOR LISTENS TO PLEA Executive Receives Henry Lyons, Father of Girl Condemned to Death, Washington, May 28. At the cabi net meeting today Attorney General Bonaparte laid before the President and Secretary Root, the renort of Dis-, viding for. a recount of the trict Attorney Devlin of San Francis co upon the alleged assault oi Jap anese residerits of that city. The re port, Bonaparte says, shows that the first stories of the alleged assault were exaggerated and that the diffi cult'" appeared to have been the re sult of a lack of police protection dur ing the strike. Secretary Root took the report with him and if further ac tion is taken it wilt be by the state department. PACKERS UNABLE TO BUY COW STUFF Only High Class Grades of Beef Sold Yesterday at Chicago Stock Yards. Henry Lyons, the father of Alma Lyons, the colored girl now in jail at Hillsboro, Sierra County, under sen tence of death, by hanging, called on Acting Governor .Raynolds yesterJay and implored that official for clemen cy and a commutation of sentence to life Imprisonment In the case of 'his daughter. The old man broke down and cried bitterly and indeed presen ted a very sad appearance. Acting Governor Raynolds listened to his story with much kindness and consideration, tout gave no intimation of what his action in the case would be. It Is now under consideration by him. A petition asking Clemency and commutation of sentence to life imprisonment in both the case of Val entina Madrid, the principal and Alma Lyons, her accessory, in the murder for which they are sentenced to death, has been circulated in this city and has received a number of signa tues. Petitions from other sections of the Territory urging clemency are also, arriving and are being duly con sidered. However, it has been stated upon very good authority that Acting Gov ernor Raynolds has yet come to no decision whatever as to what his course will be in the premises. SOON TO BUILD MISSION SCHOOL Pueblo Contractor Who Has Been Awarded Contract Arrives in City to Begin Work. Chicago, 111., May 28. Because of the enforcement by the big packers of their new rule requiring a post mortem inspection of cows and heif ers as a conditional purchase, only high class grades of 'beef were sold at the stock yards yesterday for Chica go trade. The big packers did not succeed in buying a solitary cow or heifer ac cording to the commission men's re turns at the close of the' day's busi ness. Three thousand animals of these classes that were received were later shipped to other cities. The sales, however, were at prices from ten to twenty per cent below the range prices at the close of busi ness last week. ' AFTER FRANCHISES OF GAS COMPANIES. New York Seeks to Put Nine Corpora tions Out of Business for Violations. . New York, May 28. A suit to com pel 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. WELL KNOWN WAR COR RESPONDENT DEAD ' , Chicago, 111., 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 us home In Michl gan aged 58 years. Stickney was a graduate of AnnapoliB. He had been an editorial writer on the Chicago Evening Post iand was a contributor to several leading magazines. 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. E. 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 edifice will occupy was staked off today, and the excavation work will soon be un derway. Mr. Piper has entered into a contract with cnaries w. jjuurow t j furnish the lumber required for the structure. The Pueblo contractor while here working on this job pro- noses to submit toids on new resi dences to be built 'here this summer and for which' contracts have not yet been let. THANKFUL THAT IT IS NOT WORSE Lord Rothschild, Noted Financier, Makes Statement Regarding Panic in Stocks. London, May 28. In an interview this afternoon Lord Rothschild said he could see no immediate prospect of im proveinent 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." RAILROADS TO CUT DOWN WORKING FORCE Chicago, 111., May 28. The Chicago Record Herald is authority for the statement that between 50,000 and 100, 000 railroad employes 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. ABINET CDHSiDERS WINS BATTLE FRISCO TROUBLE FOR RECOUNT Reports of Jap Outrages Mayor of New York Legislature Passes Law Or dering Re-Canvass in Mayoralty Election. Albany, N. Y May 28 The Sen ate today by a vote of thirty-eight to tight passed the Assembly Bill pro- cast in the McClelland and Hearst mayoralty election of 1905 in New York City. The hill provides that up on the petition of either candida'.e I he Supreme Court of the district af fected must proceed to a summary cai.vass of the vote. LOOKING FOR HORSE THIEF Chief of Police James McHughes Re ceives Message From Stanley '. Giving Description. BUY GROUND FOR BASEBALL PARK Contract is Let for Posts and Lum ber to Enclose Grounds and Build Grand Stand. Chief of Police, .1. H. McHughes, yesterday received the following dispatch: Stanley Station, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. "Arrest Conrad Duframe, a French man, alias Rush, about five feet seven, light hair, smooth shaven, has bruise on bridge of nose, tace ana nanus chapped, weight ISO. Stole sorrel mare, seven years old, branded 'H. B.' on right shoulder, dark mane and tail; also shoes, gun, overcoat, saddle and bridle. Left here yesterday evening. Has grip at express office in Santa Fe. Address at Moriarty if arrested. "J. N. FERGUSON." Chief McHughes made a diligent search last evening and today for the man described in the dispatch, but so far. no iritfie of him- has been found. OFFICERS SANTA FE COMMANDERY K. P. Installed at Regular Conclave Last Evening Session Was Well Attended. The officers of Santa Fe Command- ery No. 1, Knight Templars, for the ensuing year were duly installed last evening at a regular conclave of the commandery by Past Eminent Com mander W. S. Harroun as follows: E. M. Commander, Clinton J. Crandall; Generalissimo, John H. Walker; Cap tain General, William H. Kennedy; Treasurer, H. B. Cartwright; Re corder, Henry F. Stephens; the Knights selected for the positions of Prelate and Senior Warden were not installed, being unavoidably absent; Junior Warden SU G. Cartwright; Warder, Frederick Muller; Captain of the guards, Samuel Eldodt. The regular business of the Comman dery was transacted during the con clave and thereafter closed in due form. DELEGATES TO LANDS CONVENTION Santa Fe Board of Trade Names Those Who Will Attend Import ant Meeting at Denver. TRIAL OF BANK TELLER NEARS END Expected Case of Thomas W. Harvey, of Defunct Enterprise Bank, Will Go to Jury Tomorrow. Pittsburg, Pa., May 28. The trial of Thomas W. Harvey, former teller of the Enterprise National Bank, charged with falsifying his accounts and misappropriating the bank's 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 Hank will be called for trial at the conclusion of the Harvey case. The civil suits brought by Receiv er Thomas Rinnaker for the recovery of $137,455 which is alleged to have been loaned on notes of the Pennsyl vania Development Col-ipany by the defunct Enterprise Bank will toe reached in the United States Circuit Court before the end of the week. HUGE SNAKE THAT FEASTS ON BABIES Preposterous Story About Pueblo In dians 'Which Finds Believers Among Credulous Easterners. PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTSJ DEAD Thousands View Remains of Mrs. M'Kinley FUNERAL PUNS COMPLETE Policeof Canton Take Steps to Protect President and Other Persons of Note. Directors of the Santa Fe Park As sociatlon held a meeting last evening at which a 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 toe commenced at once and It 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 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 a fraction over six acres and was purchased at the rate of twenty-five dollars per acre. The grand stand to be erected will be a substan tial one and will have -more than twice the seating capacity of the one on the campus, of i. Michael's Col lege. Levi A. Hughes has been awarded the' conl ract for furnishing the material. " The Santa Fe Park Association has been duly incorporated by virtue of the laws governing such organizations in New Mexico. The total authorized capitalization is $2,000 which is ample for the present purposes, the shares being placed at the par value of $5 each. Later on it may be decided to have the park enlarged and convert ed into a fair grounds such as Trac tion Park at Albuquerque and Galll uas Park at Las Vegas. The Incor porators are Fred Muller, A. J. 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 grand stand and the high board fence en closing the grounds will have the work started as soon as the weather is permissable. He also has charge of the collection of the subscriptions and wishes it stated that all those who have subscribed and have not yet paid do so at once as the money is needed. The Santa Fe Board of Trade has appointed the following delegates to attend the public lands convention to be held in (Denver on June 18-19-20: Hon. L. Bradford iPrince, Hon. T. B. Catron, Hon. Benjamin M. 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. HIGH TAXATION CAUSEOF UPRISING Chinese Revolutionists Still Attacking Towns Inhabitants Fleeing for : Their Lives. .Swatow, China, M!ay 28. The rev olutionists are now at'acking Chung Lang and Tung Chang, wealthy towns in Chlnghai district. Many of the inhabitants 'Wave fled to this city. The uprising i3 attributed .o excessive tax REMARKABLE EPISTLE Editor of New Mexican to Supply Im migrants With Money and Lands Thinks New York Man. There are evidently people who be lieve that the New Mexican and its editor are ery philanthropic and are also blessed with a good deal more of this world's goods than they know what to do with. Although, the office of the Secretary of the Bureau of Im migration has been moved from this city, yet many letters are received daily by the New Mexican editorial office for information concerning this Territory and this city ceive 'prompt attention in every case. The following letter is, however, one of the most remarkable received and is, therefore, published: "Roswell, N. M., May 24th. "Editor New Mexican: "Dear Sir I understand that you look after all the immigrants supply them with money and land and homes and all I want is a good map such as is -prepared by the Department of the Interior and distributed with your co operation. I mean the territorial map of New Mexico. "I arrived here yesterday from New York City, via Old Mexico, and shall be hereabouts continually for the next forty years, except short trips to New York. Very truly, "F.' P. VANDENBERG-H." Sensational eastern papers tell a story that Catholic priests have com plained to U. S. attorney V. H. II. 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 U. S. Indian Attorney A. J. Abbott or Acting Gov ernor j. W. Raynolds so as to have the Territorial authorities act and bring indictments. Numerous ridicu lous tales have been told about the Pueblo Indians by romancing news paper correspondents and magazine writers but this is the worst '.hat has been perpetrated 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 toeing located differently at Zia and at Acoma. Several years ago the story was given such oredence that Judge Ab bott was asked to investigate the maf ter at Acoma and of course found It to be absolutely without foundation. Since then the suake s'ory 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 ies of human sacrifice to serpents among the Pueblo Indians crop up at frequent intervals and that generally tenderfeet are the victims of such stor ies, but not always, and the grand jury at Albuquerque several years ago investigated the story of a priest that the Pueblos at Zla sacrificed children lo a huge serpent kept in the estufa. The grand jury found no evidence, of course, on 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 a house for Mr. Eldodt, but whether it was a serpent that had es caped from an estufa or not, Mr. El dodt was unable to determine. There is no doubt that a trace of a 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 esttifas of the northern Pueblos and never found serpents in any of them. Canton, Ohio, May 28. Long before the hour set for admitting to the Mc Kinley home those who might desire to take a farewell view of the face of Mrs. McKinley, there gathered an Immense crowd in front of the house. From the public schools came a num ber of children and neighboring cities and villages contributed to the long line of those who passed through the McKinley residence. All plans were made for the proper protection of President Roosevelt and other distinguished guests at the fu neral tomorrow by Chief Inspector of Police Sutton todav. OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR LEAVES WASHINGTON INSANE WOMAN SLAYS MOTHER Also Attempts to Kill Father and Ends Terrible Tragedy By Cre mating Herself. Chicago, 111., May 28. Miss Philan der Swinnen, thirty years old, sup posed to be demented, shot and killed ner moiner, attempted to kin ner These re-father who ran out of doors, then set I fire to her garments and was humeri to aeatn eariy toaay. The woman was released from Dunning asylum a year ago. A love affair is said to have been responsible for her aber ration. When In need or anything on earth, try a New Mexican want ad. It will positively bring result. DECISION FAVORABLE TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION Washington, May 28. 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 a Georgia lumber firm against the Southern Railway Com pany. The case was the outcome of a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission holding that the rail road company had no right to collect an advance of two cents per nun dred on lumber shipped from south em states to Ohio river points. Went There to Confer With Roosevelt About Constitution But Fails to See President. Washington, May 2S. Governor Frantz of Oklahoma left for home last night without seeing President Roose velt. He called at the White House yesterday but the President had left for Mount Vernon. Governor Frantz went to Washington for the purpose of consulting with .the President rela tive to the coustittiiion for the new state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma executive is of the opinion that the constitutional convention should reas semble to enact a different election ordinance from the one now incorpor ated in the document. BOMB BLOWS CAR FROM TRACK On Chicago Street Railway -Severa' Badly Injured in Panic that En sued Police Investigating. Chicago, 111., May 2S. Two men were badly Injured by broken glass and a score of others sustained slight injuries early today-when a street car on the Calumet Street Electric Rail road was blown from the tracks by a torpedo at Ninety-third Street and South Chicago Avenue. The car was jammed with men going to work in the steel mills and in the panic that ensued many were trampled upon. The police have no clue to the mis creant who placed the bomb on the track. WANTS ROOSEVELT TO RUN AGAIN Michigan Senate Adopts Resolution Urging President to Accede to Popular Clamor. Lansing, Mich., May 28. A con current resolution was adopted last night by the state Senate here de manding that President Roosevelt be nominated and re-elected for a sec end elective terra. The resolution was passed unanimously. In the pre amble it pays a tribute to the intrepid leadership and vigorous measures ad vocated toy the President. TO MOVE UNITED VERDE SMELTER TO FARMINGTON Farniington, N. M May 28. There is a persistent rumor here to the ef fect that the United Verde Smetler at Jerome, Arizona, Senator W. A. Clark's big property,, will be removed to Farni ington, in order that the smelter will be nearer to extensive coal and coke fields. It is said that after the smelter, has been removed here that the Clark in terests will build a railroad line from Jerome to Farmlngton via Gallup for the shipment of ore from the United Verde mine. It is said that plana are already laid for the gigantic task in cident to the building of the railroad and the removal of the smelter. , The chief reasons for the change are said to be that the smelter as now situated is above the mine at Jerome, and is said to be gradually sinking, so that the ultimate destruction of the plant is easily foreseen; also that at Farmlngton, which lies in the heart of inexhaustible coal and coke fields, will make it an easy matter to secure necessary fuel, which now must be hauled hundreds of miles. 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