Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-20
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.

Jose Padilla has filed an original home
stead application with the land Office for
property in San Miguel county.
In Bernalillo county, as a result of the
election frauds, the Democratic candi-
dates for the offices of sheriff, treasurer,
assessor and superintendent of public
schools have filed contests.
Several hundred copies of Gov. Thorn
toms report to the secretary of the
interior came to hand to-day from the
government printing Office, and they will
be sent out to residents of the territory
shortly after the governors return from
Washington.
Since the Santa Fe county commission
ers have divided the Cerrillos precinct,
the saloon men say they will make a
, claim for refund of territorial license
paid, over and above 5000 year, as the
precinct as divided does not have popu-
lation of 1000, thus reducing the license
fee for saloons from $500 to 5000.
A Washington dispatch to the Globe
Democrat of date the 10th inst. says:
"New Mexicans, without regard to poll
tics, are working for statehood. Gov. W.
T. Thornton, Dem ocrat, and ex-Gov. L.
Bradford Prince, Republican,; Delegate
Antonio Joseph, a Democrat, and Dele
gate-elect 7. B. Catron, Republican, are
all here, and laboring in harmony to get
the bill through the senate"
Two suits we're filed yesterday in the
district court, one In favor of Barton
Brothers against S. Marsh & Sons, of
Cerrilos, on note for $971.i2, and tho
other being a suit by Daniel Carter
against @. G. Storey and James M. Allen
for S378sO. This last suit is brought by
attachment, the intention being to secure
levy upon some property of tho de-
PENDANTS located at Glorieta. Mr.. George
W. Knaebel represents the plaintiffs in
! each case.
Judge Laughlin has filed lengthy
order in the Alex Gusdorf assignment
matter up in Taos county, permitting the
assignee, Mr.. Alloys Scheurich, to sell the
personal property of Mr.. Gusdorf either
at public or private sale; and to complete
store building which was, ut the time of
the assignment, in process of censtruc-
! ton. This latter proviAion was made as
matter of economy to the creditors, as
otherwise mechanics lien would have
been filed, resulting in great court and
other expenses.
Martin Lopez, the successful Demo-
cratic candidate for tax collector of Rio
Arriba county, is in town to-day looking
into the contest fled against him by VIM.
g. Sergeant. Mr.. Lopez has no doubt
that on the hearing the court will sustain
his claim to the Office, as he had an un-
doubted majority of the votes cast. He
says chat Tomas Trujillo, Republican, is
contrasting the election of Luis Ortiz,
Democrat, as school superintendent of
Rio Arriba county. Outside Of the above
named contests, political matters have
quieted down in Rio Arriba,
A telegram from Pueblo, Colo, states
that the notorious Vicente Silva was
Captured there yesterday evening by
Deputy U. 8. Marshal LOOMS. Silva was
the leader Of the gang Of cut throats
which infested Sen Miguel county in
1928. He; led the gang that robbed
Franks store and the postof1ice at Los
Alamos, and on February Z, 1893, in Las
Vegas, stabbed to death Gabriel Sandoval
and threw his body into vault. In May
last Gov. Thornton offered reward of
$500 for his captnre and delivery to the
sheriff of San. Miguel county.