Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-17
DUCAL CITY HAPPENINGS.
The New Mexioan's Esteemed Special Cor
respondent at Albuquerque Continues
His Good Work.
S pecial Correspondence New Mexican.

5 pecial Correspondence New Mexican.
Albuquerque. Jan. 10. 1898. - The
funeral Of Samuel B. Dunlap will take
place from the Grand Central hotel. on
Monday afternoon. Intermcnt will be
in the local cemetery.
Elmer Weir, the boy, who accident
ally shot himself while handling a pis-
toll, was buried at Los Lunas yesterday.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Weir, of this place. went there to at
tend the funeral.
Young Weir had secured the pistol
practicing shooting at IA target with
some youthful companions. The weapon
becoming disarranged in some manner,
he took it to the house to fix it. Shortly
after, his friends heard the report of the
shot that killed young Weir, and they
ran home, fearing that they might be
implicated IN some II with his
death. Thus it was that Mr.. Vigil
found the boys body alone in the house.
The Albuquerque Guards gave their
monthly hop, on last Friday evening,
when the so-called ''drill down. which
has been some time in preparation, was
introduced. 1t might be likened to a
spelling bee, the various maneuvers of
the drill being gone through with, the
participants being removed as fast as
mistakes were made, until but one sol
der remained. This was Corporal AL
ger, and he was duly credited with the
honors of the occasion.
H. l. Itn, -f O. I,1r,s, ~,nn
church will meet, on Tuesday afternoon,
for the purpose OF recognizing the
guild of the church.
Rev. Z. H. Ashmun, of the Congrega-
tional church, has gone to Prescott, A.
IT,, to extend the work of the Congrega-
tional mission.
There is some talk of Il possibility OF
the closing of the Children's Home, in
this city, because of insufficient funds
to run the institution. As some OF
the young occupants are charges
from other counties in the territory
there is a belief felt that these counties
should interest themselves more in the
home and contribute to its support. Il
is hoped here that means will be forth
coming to insure the dependent children
a place of refuge in the institution here
Yardmaster III. d. Hosmer, who re
Gently resigned from his position in the
yards here, is now at Winslow, acting
as a freight conductor. Frank Palmer
has been promoted to Mr.. Hosmer's for
mer place.
Miss Anita Otero and brother, Thomas
Otero, entertained a party of young
friends at their home on Saturday after
noon.
George Thorpe, of Minneapolis, is il
the city and hopes to interest a suffi
cient number of people, with capital, t.
build a sa~nitarium for the treatment o.
consumptive patients with a pneumo
chemic cure.
Frank Whitfield, who secured the hon
Ors and the best average at the recen
competitive examination for a cadetshiI
at the naval academy at Annapolis, Md.
has departed for that place to enter {
preparatory school in that city.
An amputati0n was performed on Sat
urday on the leg of Frank Gilmore, o
this place, who has been a sufferer will
a bone affection in the limb for some
time.
A new railroad order has gone into eff
feet, whereby the conductors on thu
northern run from here have been linn
tied to Las Vegas instead Of La Junt,
as formerly. Conductors Stevenson
Carlysle and Hayes will have charge o
the trains.