Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-22
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
Folsom Case in Z. s. Supreme Court
Famous Land Suit-Land Office
TransactiOnS-New Corpora
tiOns-NOteS.

1t is announced from Washington that
the case against s. NJ. Folsom, the Albu-
querque bank wrecker and embezzler,
has been argued and submitted to the U.
S. supreme court. This case involves a
question that excites great interest
among lawyers-can appeals in criminal
cases be taken from the U. s. district
court to the circuit court of appeals.
This case was so taken up and presented
to the circuit court of appeals at st. Louis
but there the court was divided on the
question of jurisdiction and so the mat
ter was certified up to the supreme court.
Many of the best attorneys hold that the
statute is plain enough and does not
allow appeals in criminal cases. Should
the supreme court hold to this view Fol-
som would be reincarcerated in the peni-
Tertiary to serve out his seven year SEN
tence.
oERRILLos LANDS INVOLVED.
The Albuquerque Democrat prints a
press dispatch under date of New York,
Nov. 20, which says:
"The hearing of suit, IN which William
c. Reeves sues United States Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, to
recover interest claimed by him in GER
tain lands in New Mexico and also for an
accounting, wss commenced to-day be-
fore Judge Patterson in a special term of
the supreme court"
Not Reeves, but William G. Rencher, is
the party who is suing and the case is a
famous one, involving lands now covered
by the Cerrillos town site. Years ago
Rencher's father was surveyor general of
New Mexico. Under his administration
certain so-called non-mi neral bearing U
s. lands in south Santa Fe county were
put up at public auction and bought in
by the Elkins-Catron syndicate at $1.2i
per acre. By an inside agreement ". G.
Rencher was to have one-third interest
in the lands and he alleges that deed to
that effect was executed, under which his
interest in the land was to be held in
trust for him by the defendant, Elkins
to be turned over to him whenever he
paid the $1.25 per acre. About eight
years ago Rencher came to Santa Fe ant
offered to pay the necessary money, but
he found that Catron had fled a suit ir
Elkins' name against call unknown own
ers" to quiet title. Rencher put in ar
answer, filed cross bill and tied up thil
suit in New Mexico and now he bring
suit in New York because there he sue
ceeded in getting personal service OF
Elkins. The senator says he sold por
tion of the lands claimed by Renoher tt
T. B. Catron on the same conditions a
they had been previously held b.
Rencher. He also pleads that Rencher j
barred by statute of limitations.
PEN1TENTrARY RECRUITS.
Sheriff G. G. Perry and Deputies j.
Hinkle, S. P. Painter and 9. L. Ballar
arrived from Roswell, Chavez county
this morning with the following boarder
for Hotel de Bergman: Click Harkins
larceny of horse, one year; John Coop
er, larceny of mare, six months; Santi
ago Peralta, assault with intent to com
NIT murder, one year; Cirzo Castillo
murder in the second degree, three years
R. A. Franklin, larceny of cattle, on
| ythIs OpOu buo hEElNdl vi WIG VEdAu lIoI
the south these prisoners were prompt
landed in the penitentiary.
LAND OFFICE TRANSACTIONS.
The following persons have made origi
nal homestead entries at the U. s. Liant
Office in this city during the week: Man
uel Gutierrez, Bernalillo county, 16'
acres; Eleonor G. Mcclellan, Mora county
17l.O5 acres; David Stewart, Bernalillt
county, 30 acres; Percy G. Crews, San Mi
guel county, 100 acres; Hannah Downs
Bernalillo county; Casimiro Pando, Rio
Arriba county, TATE acres; Chas. H
Woods, San Juan county, 100 acres. Thu
following persons have made final proof
on their homesteads: Joaquin Duran
Guadalupe county, near Puerto de Luna
160 acres; Epimenio Valerie, Nor,
county, near Rociada, 1894 acres.
OFFICIAL DOTS.
Judge Walker, register of the U. s. lant
office, says that land Office business hal
been uncommonly good SO far thi
month.
Surveyor General Essley is preparing
an important letter to the commissions
of the general land Office on the subjec
of small land holdings.
The governor has appointed James @
Plemmons, of Hermosa, Sierra county
and Edward McTeigue, of Richardson
Lincoln county, as notaries public.
The Little Fanny and the Silver Creel
Mining companies, of Cooney, Socorr'
county, have filed certificates of the ap
pointment of A. G. Morrow as their agen
in New Mexico, vice Stewart L. Tatrum
whose appointment has been revoked.
The Monte Christie Mining compan.
has fled articles with the territorial sec
rotary reciting the following particulars
Incorporators, VIM. B. McCreery, of Flint
Mich; j. B. Henry, Of Freeport, ILL.,; j.
Koytz, of Cleveland, Ohio; j. A. Wood, o
Kansas City; Christian Weigand, James
Duncan and Frank A. Manzanares, of La
Vegas; objects, acquiring and developing
mines, constructing and operating reduc
tion works, maintaining canals and pip
lines; capital stock, 100000; life, fit
Years; directors, same es the incorporat