Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-09
DIED IN THE
PHILIPPINES
A Grant County Boy Dies Of Small
pox in Those Far Away
Islands.
SENTENCED AT LAS CRUCES
Two Law Breakers Found Guilty in the
District Oourt-A Silver City Man Re-
turns from the Klondike-0ther
Territorial Notes.
DONA ANA COUNTY.

A. b. CoWan is building tWO-stOry
house at Organ.
About sixty pupils are enrolled in the
public school Of Organ.
The Waddingham estate shipped 9Ot
head of cattle from Rincon.
E. H. Jobson shipped two crates OF
goats from Rincon The shipment was
worth $3.50.
Professor Hagerty, of Masilla Park
was painfully injured in the head by a
vicious horse kicking him.
About 300 pupils are enrolled in the
public schools of Las Cruces, and rs pei
cent of these are children of natives.
Madalino Lucero is accused of steal
ing gold watch and revolver from
Escapulo Lucero, a Las Cruces butcher
The stolen articles were discovered un-
der some old straw in Madalino's cor.
raj.
In district court Francisco PolamC
pleaded guilty to adultery and was SEN
fenced to three months in the county
Jail at hard labor. Albert Watson was
found guilty of using the United States
mail for fraudulent purposes and was
sentenced to six months in the peniten-
tiary and $500 fine.
Jose Salina. man 80 years old, who
sent bullet into his brain at the Rio
Grande hotel at Las Cruces, claimed to
be the son of senator to the Mexican
congress. He could not speak English.
He was found last Tuesday morning in
his room with bullet in his head from
q 48-caliber revolver, which he still held
tightly grasped in his hand. The coro-
ners jury rendered a verdict of suicide.
GRANT COUNTY.
Martin & Sloan shipped sixteen cars
o. cattle from Lordsburg last week.
Sill Gamblin, formerly business man
at Silver City, has returned from two
years sojourn in the Klondike.
Stefan Uhli was elected by the city
council of Silver City to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation Of Alder
man julius Wagner.
Rev. ]. M. Vance, who was in charge
OF the Presbyterian church at Deming
until the arrival Of his brother. has re-
turned home to the east.
Alfred Briggs, a wellknown charac-
ter around Lordsburg, died suddenly
last week Of heart disease. He was As
years old and had no known relatives.
Mayor j. w. Fleming, Alderman Ma
her and City Attorney Wright were
elected delegates by the city council of
Silver City to the municipal convention
at Albuquerque on October o.
Victor E. Schofleld. son of John l..
Schofield, Of Central, died at Manila of
smallpox, and his remains will be
brought to this country and inferred in
the national cemetery at Arlington, Va.
He was member Of company l., 1st
South Dakota volunteers.
sOCORRO COUNTY.
Last Sunday 1 inch of rain fell in
twenty minutes at Socorro.
Miss Helen Carter, of Chicago. is
spending the winter at Socorro.
The postmaster at San Acacio is try
ing his hand at newspaper publishing.
Rev. Thomas Hodgson has removed
from Kelly to Clarkville, Bernalillo
county.
Mrs. ]. D. Herbert, Of Magdalena, has
rented the Herbert hotel to Mrs. Ada M.
Hester.
ha ~ 1o1rrhfar nf Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Exter died at Rosedale of
typhoid fever.
Three of Sheriff G. F. Blackington's 3
horses were killed by stroke Of light
ming last Sunday.
Jacob Hammel, for many years a res
ident Of Socorro, will in the future re-
side at. Lebanon, III.
J. H. Tweed has been named school
director Of San Marcial to succeed H
Fl. Howard, resigned.
A reminder of the battle Of Valverde
was picked up at the base of the mesa
south Of San Marcial. 1t was e-pound
cannon ball.
A. Schey has been chosen by the Sar
Marcial lodge of Odd Fellows to repre-
sent 1t at the grand lodge meeting al
Ration this week.
No public schools are in session al
Socorro for lack of school funds, and
several private schools have been start.
ed.
A successor to Judge Leland Is not tt
be appointed until late in November, ac
cording to information received from
Washington.
Mrs. John Griffith and daughter, Mis-
Jennie, the mother and sister Of Distric
Clerk John E. Griffith, have returned t,
socorro after having spent severa
| months in Ohio.
Alexandra Sanchez, a young mai
working for Ell Republican, at Socorro
has gone to Rio Arriba county to clerl
for the Awhuleta Mercantile Compan.
at Lumberton.
| A San Marcial firm last week re
ceived shipment Of Republican an
Democratic campaign hats. OF the for
mer nearly all have been sold, while o
the latter only one was sold.
The following wild animal bountie
were ordered paid by the board Of coun
ty commissioners: c. w. Walker, on
coyote; l.. M. Allen, one coyote; Fran
Johnson, four coyotes; Abran Baca, fiv
coyotes; 8. c. Abeyta, one lion and fou
bears.
James Smith, Of Luna, and Miss Ar
ME Banks. of England, were married 9
Albuquerque at st. Johns Episcops
church, Rev. w. Renison officiating
The bride has travelled extensively