Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-22
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
New Trial Granted in Two Of White
Ash Coal Mine Disaster Cases
other will BE Approximately
COrpUraiions-NOt

Argument of the motion for new
trial in the three cases consolidated of
Josephine Deserant, administrator
against the Cerrillos Coal Railroad COM
pany wherein the jury awarded the
plaintiff $1,000 on account of the death
of her husband and $4,000 each on ac-
count of the death of her sons Henri and
Jules in the White Ash coal mine dis
aster, was concluded before Judge Laugh
lin yesterday afternoon. The judge set
aside the verdict and granted new trial
as to the $4,000 damages awarded in the
cases of the two boys and let the verdict
stand as to the $4,000 awarded in the
case of the husband and father. This
action was based on the belief that the
$4,000 feature of the verdict was excess
sive, it being shown that the gross earn
ings of Henri, II years old, were $50 per
month and those of Jules, Is years old,
were $40 per month, while the husband,
So years old, was earning $50 per month
gross at the time of his death. The part
of the verdict that stands will be ap-
Field and Clancy conducted the cases for
the plaintiff and Mr.. Twitchell from
start to finish has displayed much ability
10 protecting the interests of the defend
ant company.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
The following corporations have filed
articles with the territorial secretary:
First Presbyterian church of Los Len
ties, N. M.-Incorporators, Jose Y. Perea,
James A. Menaul, Otto @. Shields,
John Menaul and Thomas G. Beattie;
| objects, promoting religious worship in
accordance with the Presbyterian faith
and establishing schools, literary socie-
ties and benevolent enterprises; directors,
Jose Y. Perea Eustuquio Padilla, Elias
Padilla and Camilo Garcia; location, Los
Lsntes; life, forty-nine years.
Elnora Mining Company-Incorporat-
ors, Samuel A. Alexander, Frank NJ. Gal
loway and William Fl. Newcomb; OBJ ects,
operating mines and reducing ores; prln-
cipal place Of business, Silver City, N.
M; life, fifty years; directors, same as in
corporators; capital stock, $30,50O.
| The Montezuma Gold Mining & Placer
Company -Incorporators, Charles J..
Dold, Jason +. Darlington and Hugo Sea-
berg, of Colfax county; objects, operat-
ing quartz and placer mines and extract
ing precious metals; capital stock, $780,
900; life, forty-nine years; directors,
Charles J. Dold, Jason F. Darlington,
George j. Kammerer, of Colfax county,
and August l.. Klein and William Benden,
/ IF Kansas City. pripci,,ul r,loco of husi
ness, Elizabethtown, N. M.
The Sulphur Healing Springs & SAM
tarium Company, of Pasadena, Colfax
County -Incorporators, Edward Grower,
of Pennsylvania, Joseph G. Denston, of
Colorado, and Hugo Seaberg, of New
Mexico; objects, establishing and main.
tanning health resorts at or near Ute
Creek canon and other places in New
Mexico; capital stock, 100000; life,
forty-nine years; directors, same as in
corporators; principal place of business,
Ute Creek, Colfax county, N. NJ, With an
auxiliary Office at city of Scranton, Pa.
OFFICIAL NOTES.
The United States district court will
convene in Santa Fs on Monday.
Felix Martinez, clerk of the district
court over at Las Vegas, has gone on a
flying business errand to Ell Paso.
The U. S. patent for the Antonio Mar.
tinez grant, covering 10000 acres in Taos
county, has been received at the surveyor.
generals office.
Mr.. Geo. G. Reed leaves next week on
a big government survey contract, cover.
ing A. & P. grant indemnity lands in
western Bernalillo county.
Chief Deputy Marshal W. H. Loomis
arrived last night from Pine river, Rio
Arriba county, bringing an Edmunds act
victim, S.lveria Gallegos, for appearance
at the approaching term Of court.
The governor has appointed John W
Walton, of Perea, Bernalllo county, Qua.
dalupe Otero, of Torreon, Valencia coun.
ty, and Ralph E. Twitchell, of East Las
Vegas, as notaries public.
Chas. V. Sheldon, of Milwaukee, in.
spector of U. s. surveys, arrived yester.
from Eddy and Lincoln counties, where
he has been at work for some time.
No business was transacted in the terri.
torial district court to-day. Judge Laugh.
lin will adjourn the special term to-
morrow.