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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25

TERRITORY OF New MEXICO,
County of Santa Fe,

TERRITORY OF New MEXICO, :
County of Santa Fe.
In the District Court of the First judi
cial District in and for the County G
Santa Fe.
In chancery.
The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, Complainant,
The Texas, Santa Fe & Northern
Railroad Company, The Santa Fe
Southern Railway Company, Thorn
as B. Catron, John G. Albright, An
sci F. Goodrich, Daniel Cherry and
Henry A. True, co partners as Good
rich, Cherry & Co., Ralph W. Scott
and Joseph Whitehead, co-partners
as r. w. Scott & Co., Lionel d. Sax
ton and Edward f. Browne, co.,
partners as Lionel D. Saxton II
Co., Lionel A. Sheldon, Adam ].
Hager, Robert Harvey, Administra
tor of tho Estate of p. l.. Van der
Veer, deceased, Henry o. Bachelor
| and Edward l.. Bachelor, surviv-
ing partners of the firm of Bachel-
der Brothers, Bachelor Brothers,
B. M. Read, George H. Marshall, @.
l.. Wheeler, John Burns, A. j. Liv-
ingston, d. Livingston, Isaac N.
Stone, Ambrosio Ortiz, Cesaria r.
de Ortiz, Juan B. Lucero, Dolores
O. de Lucero, James B. Orman and
William Crook, co-partners as Or
man q Crook, Charles Fl. Glider
sleeve, The Second National Bank
of New Mexico at Santa Fe, and
George @. Preston,
nora nj
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25
EDWARD L. BARTLETT,
Lawyer, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Once,
CatrOn block.
HENRY L. WALDO,

Attorney at Law. Will practice in the
several courts Of the territory. Prompt
attention given to all business intrusted
to his care. Office in Oatron block.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25
A. A. FsrxxAN, ELyEao BAcA
Late Asso. Justice N. M. Sup. Court.
FREEMAN A. BACA. K
E1rruo BAdA

Attorneys at Law, Socorro, N. NJ. vii
practice in the courts of 6ocorro. Lins
coin, Chaves and Eddy counties. Also IN
the supreme and U. 8. Land courts o.
Santa Fe.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25
A. B. RENEHAN,

Attorney at Law. Practices in all terri
torial courts. Commissioner court of
claims. Collections and title searching.
Office with E. A. Fiske, Spiegelberg block
Santa Fe.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25
3. A. F1sKE,

Ns As = 10AIS $1,000
Attorney and counselor at law, P. 0. Boz
"F," Santa Fe, N. M, practices in su-
preme and all district courts of New Mex
loo.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25

- Entered as Second Glass matter at the
Santa ne Post Office.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25

Plans and specifications furnished
on application. Corresp ondencc So
licited.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25

Santa fe. n. N.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

st. John has just issued his uItimatum.
The country has only ten years to reform
in, or take the alternative blud.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
4 Verdict FOUND
TN four MIN UTES.
WILLIAM ]. HURLEY DECLARED
GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED
JURY-BRIBING.
HIS APPEARANCE IN COURT
EFFORTS TO COMMIT
SUICIDE.

w. ]. Hurley has been found guilty of
trying to bride the Mcdonald jury, and
will receive the sentence for his crime next
Friday. His plea of insanity was not con-
sidered evidently, for it took the jury only
four minutes to decide upon a verdict.
Hurley's appearance in court in the
morning was most unprepossessing. His
head was bound with bandages running in
all directions, and he wore white knitted
skull cap that came to a point above his
head, giving him a rather grotesque ap-
pearance. He had been trying to commit
suicide and his bandaged head was the only
result of his efforts. Monday afternoon he
had tried to throw himself in front of a
Market-street car, so P. J. Curtis, the bailiff
who was with him at the time, testified to
yesterday morning, but he admitted under
cross-examination that the car was almost
stepped before Hurley made his attempt.
Yesterday morning when being taken from
his cell in the jail Hurley tried to throw
himself over the railing into the corridor
below. He was caught when half over and
pulled back onto the gallery. Hewas then
locked in his cell again. There he battered
his head against the wall until his scalp
bled. He came to court peaceably after his
head had been bandaged.
There was no testimony to speak of yes
terday morning, and what there was went
to show that Hurley was insane. Miss
Minnie Logan was first called to corrobor-
ate Hurley's statement made yesterday
that his remark about $4,000 was in refer
ence to California fruit and the profits to
be made from it rather than to the price of
jurors, but Miss Logan failed of realizing
his expectations. She had not heard the
conversation and knew nothing about it.
Mr.. Livernash then told how he had con-
sidered Hurley crank On the subject OF
jury-bribing, and NJ. NJ. Foote took occa-
sion to testify that Hurley was undoubt-
eddy insane. Chief Jailer Sattler then told
of Hurley's attempt to dive over the gal
lery rail, and P ]. Curtis ended the testi-
monv by telling of the episode of Monday
afternoon.
The arguments were short. Assistant
District Attorney Black outlined the case
against Hurley, and on the face of it asked
for conviction.
The Judges charge was short, and at a
quarter to II O'Clock the case went to the
jury. At ten minutes to II a verdict was
rendered, and Hurley, handcuffed and
guarded by two deputy sheriffs, was on
his way to the County Jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

able that the reconstructed remains OF a
silurian will suggest to some skeptical
scientist of that day the grunting quadru-
ped that is an abomination to Jew and
Mohammedan, for @. P. Huntington says
a silurian is human hog.
There were many silurians here in the
days when it was said of San Francisco as
of ruined Sardis: Thou hast name that
thou Invest and art dead. Why they were
permitted to live and flourish in this famed
land will only be known when good rea-
son has been found for the existence OF the
flea, the microbe and the tarantula.
The silurian is living proof OF the
fallacy of Darwin's theory OF the
survival of the fittest. Outwardly
he looks like a human being, but within
he is full of all manner of meanness. The
murky cobwebby corners of the world are
his lurking place.
He is STUN bling block in the path of
enterprise when enterprise benefits any
one but himself. He is the owner of the
tumble-down houses that are eyesores on
every thoroughfare. Smooth streets and
pleasant surroundings make his life miser-
able if he is obliged to pay his share of the
cost of their construction. He would find
bug in the decalogue if the enforcement
of that venerable code interfered with his
revenue. All good silurians are dead.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

One day he ordered nice beefsteak SAINT
to his room. The price was so cents. His
whole cranky nature revolted at this.
Purified of profanity, which was the
only thing in which he was not stinov
Piper's remarks were: q
G old Bill Sharon! The old thief
to charge me 80 cents for a few ounces of
meat! Now, there amt more than sly or
eight ounces of meat there and lust think
of what whole steer would cost et thi.
rate Why, an average-sized animal would
cost $500 to $3.50. It's outrage for old
Bill Sharon to play such trick on meI''
Then Piper, without taking into con-
sideration the cost of cutting up the ami
NAL, of cooking it and of serving It. flo.
ured out that he had been robbed by
Sharon, and he left the Palace Hotel IN
high dudgeon.
He rented two rooms elsewhere and thew
soon resemhled Warmers noted cobweb
saloon at North Beach, which was re-
Gently torn down. Piper would not allow
a chambermaid to enter his room at anv
time. He was not entirely woman
hater, but he became a grabbed old bache-
lor and wanted his room kept in the stvle
which marked the old cabins in the DAYS
of '49. He thought it too expensive a
luxury to marry.
Cobwebs were soon to be seen on the
walls, dirt and dust were everywhere. the
carpet was ruined with tobacco Juice. and
everything was in confusion. Piper. in
his slovenly attire and his tobacco-stained
clothes, made up his own bed, which gem
orally consisted of a lounge and a dirty
pair of blankets, It was Pipers pleasure
to play bean poker in this room with all
his old cronies and to smoke and spit
tobacco-juice all over himself and the
carpet.
The room finally became so filthy that
about two years ago the manager ordered
it cleaned. He believed that a man sun
posed to be worth So, 600, 600 at least should
five with some show of decency. At least
the rooms should not be ruined forever
Piper's heart was broken. Fate would not
allow him to have the surroundings he de-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
he Has Just Deposited Another Thou.
sand; He Never Draws ANY Out.
[Sketched By "Cdll" drtist.l

are tenantless and its ships lie rotting on
the pulseless waves, the silurians and
troglodytes will return.
But until that day comes writers will de-
clare that the tales concerning the siluri-
ans are myths, Just as they now say that
the stories of William Tell and of John
Smith and Pocahontas are untrue. There
is difference, though. The fables OF Tell
and the apple, and of the Indian maiden,
who saved the life of the English captain,
make pleasant reading. The stories of the
twenty-first century will place the silurian
along with the dragon, the sphynx, the
unicorn and the ogre.
Two hundred years hence the silurian
remains may be resurrected, and scientists
will stoutly maintain that the creature did
exist.
Bones of the animal may be found, with
which new Society upon the Stanislow"
may reconstruct an animal that is
exceedingly rare. A veracious chronicler
SAYS that the animal reconstructed by the
old society looked like mule. 1t is prob
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
STRANGE JEWELLERS
IN THE OOZE.
SPECIMENS OF AN ALMOST EXTINCT
RACE FOUND IN THIS
CITY.
THE VANISHING SILURIANS
THEY SHUDDERA AT THE WEIRD PRO
GRESS AND ARE PREJUDIcED
AGAINST BATHING.

The race of featherless bipeds that look
like men, and are only silurians, will soon
be extinct. Fifty years hence the scientists
will, perhaps, be able to prove that they
existed. The inscriptions on the stone
pages of geology tell of creatures that
lived in the ooze of the half-born world
ages before Adam wrought and Eve spun,
and the geologist of the future may find the
fossil remains of San Francisco silurians.
The silurians are vanishing, but they
may reappear. 1t is known that fossil re-
mains of these peculiar vertebrates are
found near all the decayed cities of the
world, and adventurous theorists insist
that they had something to do with the
fall OF the Ninevehs, the Babylons and the
Baalbecs of the past. So it may come to
pass that when the days of San Francisco
are numbered, when its palaces and marts
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
Crocker's Directory Out.

The publishers of the above directory are
not attempting to gain sympathy or sub,
scriptions for their book by making state.
ments under erroneous headings in the
daily papers or by throwing mud.
Crocker's Directory employed the can
vassers who had worked on the old direc.
tory for many years, and their experience
and capability in that line is a guarantee
of the faithful performance of their part OF
the work, thus making it the most com
plete directory In every respect that has
ever been published in San Francisco.
Crocker's Directory contains many novel
features never before used in directory in
this city, all OF which have been highly ap.
preciated by those who have carefully ex-
amined it.
The publishers challenge comparison Of
their book with any other that may be
issued, and are perfectly willing to abide
by the decision Of the public as to their re-
spective merits.
The edition is limited and parties desir-
ing to obtain copies of the Directory should
subscribe at once.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

earthquake, though the Signal Ser
wee man SAID there was no authority for sucl
ably lightratn; slightly cooler; fresh southerI,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
A DEAD SILURIAN.
The oOroner's Jury Renders Strange YER
dict,


When people began to talk of compel
ing roads, better streets and improve
ments everywhere, the silurians became
worse. When progress came to the gates
of the city and entered they became
alarmed and foretold the end of all things.
Then they went back into their shells and
prepared for the inevitable
One of them died yesterday, and when
the body was taken to the Morgue the
Coroner thought he had the brother of the
petrified man at Fresno. 1t looked like
hardened clay, and when the upper cavity
of the trunk was opened the autopsy sur
geon found what he called marble heart.
He called it marble heart because it was
the size of a marble.
An inquest was held and witnesses testi-
fed that when the silurian heard of ad-
vancing improvements he feared that
he would be compelled to contribute
his share, and the dread made him
respondent. Ample proof of the silurian' IS
niggardliness was produced and the en-
lightened jurors found that death was
caused by breath failure, due to palpita-
ton of the pocket, and so said they all.
He was buried in potter's field, and the
slab at the head of his grave bears this in
scription: ''The last case of this man is
worse than the first"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

SPURIOUS coin has no ring Observe the ring
of the Almighty Dollar Cigar.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

Real Improve
Estate. ments.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
PIPER STILL LIVES.
The Strange Life of Wealthy E1-Oongress.

Hon. William A. Piper is one of the
marvellous characters of the CITY, Though
an ex-Congressman, millionaire, a large
property-owner and man who has lived
in San Francisco since 1849, he is of such
peculiar type that he is hardly known. In
fact he has virtually crawled into his shell
so effectively that his name even has
dropped into oblivion.
Piper is man who possesses character
istics which have attracted the writers, and
the general public laughs at the stories
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

sired. He left the house and took rooms
on Market street. He gave as his excuse
that the city was getting too thickly popu-
lated; he had friends where he went, and
he was always afraid of crossing Market
street as there were so many more street.
cars and teams to avoid now than there
were when the water came up to the Mont
gomery street.
Rheumatism attacked his moss-coyered
bones. He grew rapidly worse, as he would
not follow his physician's advice. He was
sent to Paso Robes Springs once and told
to remain there. In two days back he
came, swearing the springs would do him
no good. He had taken his first bath in a
long time, and he swore it made him feel
sick He was sent to Byron Springs and
told to stay there two weeks. One bath
was again enough for him and he came
back worse than ever.
About a month ago Piper left for the
Arkansas Hot Springs, having agreed to
give the baths there a fair trial though he
swore he would cont1ne himself to the mud
baths. If the baths do not strike in too
deep and cause his death he will be back
here in about two months.
The exact value of the estate of this pc
culiar old character is unknown, but it is
generally placed at 2,000 600. He pays
taxes on property in this county on which
the assessment is $298, S62. Besides what
he has in this city he is known to own
some property in Oakland.
He also has in his possession a large
amount of Government bonds and consid-
cradle Spring Valley and gas company
stock The appraisement Of $2oS, S62 on
Piper's property is ridiculously low. In all
probability he would not sell it for five
times that sum, or about 81, 800 600. A
descriptive list of his property as shown by
the assessment roll of this county is as
follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

PLAIN and silyer-mounted leather goods. All
new styles for spring trade have arrived. in
GLIDING pocket-books, card-cases, valises, etc
Sanborn, Vail g. Co., TAI Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
Improying Van Ness Avenue.

A force of men are engaged at this time lay
ing bed OF concrete on Van Ness avenue be-
tween Geary and Post streets preparatory to
putting on it q layer OF bitumen. This is as it
should be- and when all the blocks of that ay-
enue are covered with that kind of pavement
from Market street to its northern terminus, as
some of them already are, it will be the finest
thoroughfare in the city, one to which the citi-
zen viii be able to point with pride
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
JUST ABOUT THE WEATHER.

The sky is expected to wear q
threatening aspect to-day, and
some rain may fall, though there
Will probably be enough sunshine
TO make what would be called
pleasant summer day in any other
state OF the Union. The hazy ap-
pearance OF yesterday and Mon
DAY caused great many wise
ones 10 remark that it looked like
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-01

the ensuing year: o. Raymond Brown.
president; j. 3, Patterson, vtcc-prcsadent:
Miss Mary Jaiser, SECRETARY; Il. a. Son-
rad, treasurer. -,
This association Is doing much good IN
Its particular line. and the recognn,no,n =
given II by the employers Of sicnogrep PM
help has been most fiattering. ~ prom1sss s =
to do even more good In the future. ne
social feature OF this orya nisatlon
most pleasant one: IFS rooms are nsnu
somely furnished. and are fully suppnea
with al the current literature. us MEM
bership embraces a very large psrcentase
OF the expert members OF me proisss,o r
in Richmond. ana u - Receiving h""'e'
Gus applications daily. - - ,so
Very few people have any iaes OF OF , INC
h,.s,nnssNrnen on Richmond, there being
several hundred OF both sexes, and the
aid rendered by this valuable art , has
become absolutely Indispensable; me
lie members more efficient In their cali
Ing
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-01

STANARDSViLLE. February 2s.-(Spe-
c.al)-A few mornings since little VIII
liam. son of George w. Shelton. took a
match from the house, went into the
woodward, ignited II, and threw II over
the fence into straw trash, DC. which at
once caught fire. The fire spread rapidly
famed by the stiff breeze Soon a very
large foddcr-rck. containing some six
loads or more. was in Il blaze. and but
for the prompt assistance of the villagers
Mr.. Skeletons stable. Courthouse etc,
would have been burned. The fire was
entering the door when the horses were
driven out. Buildings owned by Mr.. John
L. Harris. of Stanton. some 20 yards
away. caught fire. but were eNtinguishec.
The excitement was high.
Mrs. X. +. Beadles wife of the preacher
In charge OF Greene Circuit. and Miss
Henrietta Shelton furnished from the
well hundreds OF gallons of water 10 the
water brigade and would not give place
to stronger hands.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-01
DEsFORGEs SENTENCED.
He Is to Work Hard Five Years In
the Pcnifentlnry.

NEW ORLEANS. LA, February 2s.-
The application for a new trial by Des-
FORCES, councilman from the Seventh
Ward, who was recently convicted by
"A jury In the Crmina! District Court for
attempting by persuasion TO prevent
Charles Marshall. the superintendent or
the Louisville and Nashville road. from
appearing before the grand jury as wit
ness in the investigation into the cpIn-
cilmanlc bribery cases. was this morning
overrulcd by Judge Ferguson. and the
convicted councilman WAS sentenced TO
five years at hard labor in the State peni-
teniiary ard TO pay the cost o. he prose-
cut.on of the case.
There was quite large gathering OF
spectators In the auditorium when Des-
forges was called into court 10 hear
the ruling of the Judge on the application
for new trial.
Desforges had been detained In the
Parish prison since the jury returned its
verdict and was brought from the prison
BY one Of the court deputies to be pres
ent In court when the ruling was de-
,iyered
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-01
GOVERNOR EXPECTED TO ACT.
VIII Probably Take steps to Ehrct
the Rcgiment's REORGANIZATION.

II IL expected that Governor O'Ferrai
Will within the next foriy-ei9ht hours
perhaps to-day. issue an order that Will
practically bring about the reorganiza-
,ion of the First Virginia Regiment.
The Governor has been giving the sub
iec, very earnest consideration for some
d,vs mast, has become thoroughly ac-
ouaintcd with the conditions that exist
and the contentious made by The Jones
and auti-Jones factions. and has had the
ienent Of the advice OF tue AdJu'sht-
General and other officers. lie Is. there-
fore. in a position to act. and II IS pretty
well understood that he intends 10 ACT
promptly. 10
lust what the Governors order VIII be
IN no, known. The opinion IN military
circles last night was that he would call
for the resignations OF the field ana
uue-ofncefs who were connected In Vari-
ous WAYS with the trouble that led 10
the recent court OF inquiry. The rehiSha-
lions OF the eight anti-Jones oiiicers are
already in hand, leaving only those OF
Colonel Jones. Major Derbyshire' captain
Gasser, and Captain sheppard 10 De as"Fu
Tor. Ii Is not believed that the coVe'hor
YIN resort 10 the ext-me measure OF dis-
banding the regiment. as that wou"
entail great trouble in the matter OF re-
o,ganiyation. and II r. well known That
10 compel the Blues TO constitute hu-
cicus around which TO form new reSl-
,ncnt would be exceedingly distasteiui 10
that historic organization.
The paper adopted "Wednesday night 10y
the thirteen line officers who are opposed
10 Colonel Jones's continuing III command
of the regiment has not been forwarded
L. the Governor. nor under military ell
ouettc can IT be unless his consent Is
asked for and given. He has. however.
been made fully aware Of the contents of
the resolutions. which. in effect. declare
that harmony cannot be restored under
the present management.
A serious question 10 be considered Is
what the effect viii be upon the regiment
should Colonel Jones resign and fail TO
be re- elected. He has q strong following
among the men. although IL Is claimed
a majority OF the officers are opposed 10
him. and II Is feared 10y some OF those
who have the interest Of the command at
heart that when Colonel Jones withdraws.
especially II he should be forced out
many Of the men would also quit, or
81 held by the terms of their enlistment
would lose their interest in the organiza-
ton.
Colonel Jones has forwarded 10 the
Governor the report OF the meetings Of
officers held at the Armory Monday and
Tuesday nights last.