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VOL; VII
Roy, Mora County, New Mexico," 'Saturday, July SO, 1910
No. 27
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MILLS
,. ' (By L. C. Van Hecke.)
Born in Mississippi of Virginia par
entage, educated in New England and
now, by choice, a westerner, William
Joseph Mills, who on March 1, 1910,
was inaugurated' territorial goyernor
of New Mexico, Is typical of that
class of manly Americans, broad mind
edand big-hearted, who are quietly
building the west and incidentally
building the United States.
Yazoo City in 1849, was Governor
Mills' birthplace and Wilton Planta-!
tion, in the days before war wrought
ruin, was the scene of his early child J
hood. It was here that his father a
physician and a descendant of an old
line of Virginians, fell a victim to the
then deadly yellow fever, and the
widowed mother removed immediate
ly, with her fourryear-old son, ,to far
away New England.
Young Mills grew to manhood in
Connecticut. He attended, the Nor
wich Free Academy and his gradua
tion was followed by a brief business
career in New York City before he
entered the Yale Law School. In Yale
lie won the Jewell prize as a Junior
ami graduated, in 1 877.1 As a law stu
i&eúi f" was i.-n11y .successful and
thr'oVgho'ut his'college c'areer he was
extremely 'popular among his fellows.
Ke was a ' member of the Book,
',rown and Kent clubs. .
It was in Connecticut, at West Hav
f n In 1855, that he married Miss Al
ice Waddingham, now the first lady
of New Mexico, and here, at New
1 f aven he ; successfully followed his
chosen profession and steadily rose to
prominence. He was elected a member
of the Connecticut House of Represen
tatives iii 1878 and was honored as
state senator for two terms. The lure
(if the west with its broader field of
activity and wider range of opportuni
ties proved a powerful attraction to
his ambitious nature and he soon re
moved to New Mexico, where he has
ever since been a prominent figure in
territorial affairs'. '
President McKinley recognized in
Senator Mills the hroad legal mind of
the jurist and appointed him chief
justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico, to which he was reappointed
by President Roosevelt in 1898 and
again four years later. As Judge Mills
he rendered Invaluable services to
New Mexico and won universal admi
ration and respect. Many of his deci-
. slons, especially those bearing on
Kiuestiona peculiarly western, stand
as brilliant examples of sagacity and
deep insight into the first principles
of justice. The appointment of Judge
Mills to a higher and more important
post was .approved only with reluct
ance, by the members of the New
Mexico bar to whom he had endeared
himself.
Politically, Governor Mills has al
ways been a staunch and consistent
1 eliever in Republican principles.
He, has labored unceasingly to secure
belated justice for New Mexico and
raise her to-the dignity of statehood
he expressed the wish In his in-
Pueural address that he should be
$ew Mexico's last territorial governor
and that his term should be a snort
HON.
WILLIAM
Powerful of build, energetic and
athletic, despite his Blxty-one years
of age, which he carries lightly, he
is an earnest advocate of outdoor
life. His grey hair and dignified mien
proclaim him the leader of men, phys
lcally and mentally. -
The home life of the Mills family,
who lived for years In Las Vegas be
fore being called to the executive man
sion at Santa Fe, portrays beautifully
the typical American home. They
have two children living. Wilson
Wadingham, Yale University '10, and
Miss Madeline Mills, who is being edu
cated in the schools of Santa Fe.
Governor Mills has throughout Til
life 'stood for highm oral ideals. In
religious and social cjrcles he habit'
ually lends a helping hand to-all that
tends to uplift his fellow man. He
and Mrs. Mills are both members of
the Protestant Episcopal church anJ
have always taken an active part in
church work. The governor is a Ma
son, belonging to the Hiram Lodge of
New Haven and an Elk in the Lay
Vegas lodge of the B. P. O. E., anfl
he is also a member of the Quinnipii
ack Club of New Haven.
FLAFÍS DESTROY BIG HOTEL
(Special to the Punish Amercn1
Hoqulam, Wash., July 22, Thf
Hoquiam" hotef.a" fashionable apart
ment house, caught fire early this
morning and set fire to all the build
ings wl-hin six. hundred feet, and
Dnly a change of wind saved the busi-
neEs section of the town from destruc
tion. About a dozen guests of the hotel
haped from windows, and two of them
were seriously injured. Two men are
missing and maye have perished in
the flames. v
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The New' York hotel, two" blocks
away, filled with visiting state bank
ers, caught fire two or three times,
3nd the guests ran out in their night
clothes. The damage will run more
than a hundred thousand dollars.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN
CHOOSE SENATOR BROWN
(Special to the Spanish American)
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 26. The
republican state convention which
convenes here this afternoon prob
ably will be marked by a sharp fight
over county option. The anti-option
leaders declared that in many instanc
es the Instruction for county option
were irregularly adopted and could
be repudiated by' the delegates on this
?round.; Senator Brown will be tempo
vary chairman of the convention and
the naming of a permanent chair
man will develop the fight between
the "regulars" and "Insurgents."
United States Senator Brown was
lected permanent chairman of the
republican state convention.
"OREGON SYSTEM" Hi BALANCE
(Special to the Spanish American)
Portland, Oregon, July 22. The
fate of the so-called "Oregon System"
of electing United States senators by
popular vote, is now in the balance.
A convention of a faction of the re
publican party of this state, styling
itself '.'assembly republicans," is now
In session in this city, and has thrown
down the gauntlet to the faction of
the party which supports the "Oregon
plan," and has declared without quali
fication that both the primary elec
tion in September and in the pre-elec
tion campaign they will knife every
republican who is an anti-assemblyman.
The anti-assembly republicans
are Just as bitter in defense of their
opinions and are ready to lock horus.
And it is admitted that on the result
of the November elections stands or
falls the "Oregon system" in this
state.
ELEMENTS EIGHT FOREST FIRES
(Special to the Spanish American)
Spokane, Wash., July 22. Rain
yesterday throughout the Crows Nest
district and the vicilty of Nelson lias
checked the forest fires, but high
winds-last night have fanned the
ambers afresh in places. The fate of
aidoa Is- still,,!; doubly as nil wires
are down, "v .--' ,
Men and teams, today ar.e moving
the powder magazines in the vicinity
of Phoenix which Is in the path
of the flames.
By Associated Press
Fort Monroe, July 22. Although
death had silenced one gun and elev'
en were killed and others fatally in
Jured by yesterda's accident at the
DeRussy shore battery, during the fir
ing on an Imaginary hostile fleet,
which was passing up Hampton Roads
to attack, . Washington, the battery
PRESBYTERIANS TO USE
MODERN METHODS
(Special to the Spanish American)
Philadelphia, Pa.r July 22. Sound
business methods will be adopted by
the Presbyterian church in an effort
to increase its annual subscriptions to
missionary work all over the world.
Antiquated ways of collecting money
will be abandoned and a new regime
instituted.
This- decision was reached today by
the executive committee of the Pres
byterian church of the United States
of America in thee losing session of
a two days' meeting.
"Present methods of getting money
for worid missionary work," said Dr.
William H. Roberts of this city, after
the session, "are both unsatisfactory
and out of date. We want $250,000
more this year for world missionary
work than we got in 1909 when our
total subscription was $2,850,000. In
other words, our program demands
$3.100,000 for 1910."'
There can be no question that the
Presbyterians are continuing to exem'
pllfy what has always been their
chief asset "Sanltay In Belief and
Practice."
MUTINY JN MADRID
(Special to the Spanish American)
Madrid, Spain, -July 22. A serious
mutiny broke out at the prison here
today. The fighting lasted for three
hours only and ended by the calling
in of troops. The soldiers intimidated
the mutineers by firing in the air.
continued unti lthe enemy was sunk.
The practice which was the most
extensive ever attempted, was com
plete with flattering success to the
coast artillery corps officers, who wit
nessed the test. They say that the
practice demonstrated that a fleet
attempting to pass the Fort could not
have lived five minutes under such
a fire.
Investigation v .
Of Diaster Ordered v
Washington, D. C, July 22. Lieu
tenant George L. Van Dusen, who was
injured at Fortress Monroe, was ap
pointed to the artillery less than a
week ago. He formerly had been an
officer in the Eighteenth infantry but
resigned and was re-appointed to
the array from civil life.
In the absence of any report from '
an official investigating board the .
officers of the coast artillery can only
compare the explosion to some similar
ones which have occurred in the navy.
The majority, however, appear to be
lieve, that the explosion was caused
by carbop moaoxide, hi Vy inliiiw
able gas which forms In the barrels
of large guns and which is especially
dangerous during rapldflrlng. The
gun crew at Fortress Monroe was
trying to make a rapid fire record.
The theory is that the new charge
of powder was hurried Into the breech
before the gases generated by the pre
vlous shot had time to dissipate, and
before the breech could be closed the
powder exploded, blowing off the
block and carrying death with it.
A gun has been developed in the
navy which automatically clears its
barrels of carbon monoxide as the
breech is opened. No such arrange
ment was in use on the coast defense
guns at Fortress Monroe. Many offi
cers of the army and navy have gone
from here to be present at the target
practice. '
filajor General Leonard Wood, the
now chief of staff o fthe army, was
expecting to go direct from New York
to Norfolk, but at the last moment
changed his plans and returned In
Washington. He had just reached hit
desk when news of the disaster reach
ed Washington.
A board of officers to Investigate
the accident was ordered and immedi
ately began Its work.
AT THE SAME OLD TRICES
Attorney Summers Burkhart, of Al
buquerque, is secretary of the Demo
cratic central committee again. He
has refused to served.; J. H. O'Reilly
of Albuquerque, was chosen to fill the
aching void. But he refused the emp
ty honor and Mr. Burkhart has been
drafted again and buckled down to
the thankles job. He now holds forth
at Democratic headquarters at Albu-juerque.-Santa
Fe New Mexican.
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