Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-10
GALLUP NEWS.
Death Of Mrs. Rupert eIec'
tion---D. C. Russell Sick.
GROSS MAIL IRREGULARITIES.

From the Republican.
Harry Coddington, proprietor of the
Home Ranch" livery and feed stables,
has been in Albuquerque on court
matters.
William Crane, of Guam, formerly
Coolidge, was in town this week. He
Is n of the old time landmarks of
this section OF New Mexico, having
lived In this neighborhood for the past
thirty odd years.
Mrs. T. u. Catron, of Santa Fe, an
old-time friend of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
and G. -. Smith OF this place, stopped
on here and paid them a visit. Mrs.
Catron has been in California for some
months ENJOYING the mild climate of
the Golden state.
Last Thursday morning there ar
rived In Gallup five coach loads of
miners to work In the mines of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
They came from Indian Territory and
Arkansas. There were about $50 peo-
ple-men. women and children.
The remains Of late townsman, NJ.
+. Harris, were exhumed last week
and shipped to the family home near
| st. Louis, where they will be perman.
emily laid al rest. Mrs. Harris and
daughter will leave for the east In a
short time, just az soon as Mrs. Harris
settles up her affairs here.
Only three men, a stated in last
weeks issue, were killed in the Weaver
mine explosion. The cause of the dis
aster will probably always remain a
mystery. The main entry to the mine
Is a total wreck for about four hun.
dred feet, and IL will be sometime be-
fore 1t is repaired.
Miss Jessie Patteo, who has been
visiting with relatives here for some
months. returned to her home in Arl.
IONA last Thursday morning. Miss
Pattee has made n host OF friends In
Gallup during her stay, who will be
| pleased to see here again in the lear
future. She is a first class type-setter
| and held a case in the Republican
| Office for some time past.
ID. G. Russell went down to Win
| slow last Sunday to attend a meeting
of the Excelsior Oil company. On
| Monday he became quite III, the result
of an attack of appendicitis, from
| which he is still suffering much. Mrs.
Elsie, his sister, went down to Wins
low last Tuesday, and under her care
he was able to be brought to Gallup
last evening on the flyer. His many
friends hope he will rapidly recover
He is receiving the very best of care.
Again we hear of gross irregularities
In the postal service. A letter was
mailed to Adamana on the first of this
month and did not reach its destina-
ton until this morning, six days tray
cling about 100 miles. The old time
stage coach beat this record two to
one. A letter mailed at Allentown did
not reach here until three days after
II was written. Allentown Is only
about thirty-three miles west of here.
We understand that a protest will be
sent to the proper postal authorities
with the hope of an improvement In
the future. II certainly needs 1t.
At the town election In Gallup, the
democrats had everything their own
way. the entire ticket being elected by
good majoritics. For town trustees,
the democratic candidates received
the following votes: Theo. Maxwell
PIG; Alex. Elsie. 1876; John Wexelberg
200; Antonio Gorduno, 2l0; Thomas
Leaden. 1856. The republican candi
dates for trustees received the follow
ing votes: James McQuade, 101
Alex Bowie. 124; s. Il. Aldrich, lis;
w. II. Morris. 1903; Jacob Tratnick
l0S. For town treasurer-Joseph Mo
relic. democrat, 1856: Palmer Ketner
republican. 100. For board Of educa
ton, three year term-Archie Brown
democrat, 1879; X. II. Edmonson. re
publican, 1903, and for the two-yeai
term, James Cavanaugh, democrat,
206; Gus. Mulholland, republican, Ill
Every resident OF Gallup who was
acquainted with the family, will be
shocked and grieved to learn of the
death of Mrs. A. II. Rupert, which oc
Cured at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Bertha Moen, in Chihuahua, Mex
leo, OF pneumonia, on the goth Of
March, 1901, after a brief Illness. Mrs
Rupert was born In Canada in lS4S
being SO years old at her death. With
her husband and family she came to
New Mexico In 1887, and to Gallup in
1892. In September, 1898. Mr.. Rupert
died in Mexico of smallpox contracted
while holding a position on the rail
road there. When the son and son-in
law accepted positions on the same
road. Mrs. Rupert, much to the regret
Of her friends in Gallup, broke up hei
home here and accompanied her child
rem to Chihuahua, where they are liv
Ing Al present.