Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-05
TWO RAILROAD
MEN KILLED
An Engineer Struck His Head Against a
Bridge at Hillside Near Ration, While
a Brakeman Fell Under His Train
at Ration Tunnel.
VERY HEAVY FALL OF HAIL IN VICINITY
OF LAS VEGAS NIGHT BEFORE LAST

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his father.
| Miss Marcelna Desmarais is quite il
Watrous had a good rain yesterda
afternoon.
Parker Wells and wife have gone t
, Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Marcus returned from Santa f
this afternoon, where she was visiting
Alderman 7. M. Elwood is taking
two weeks vacation from his desk a
Ilfeld's.
The infantry and cavalry compan.
will fight it out on the baseball diamond
on July T.
Miss Edith Haines, the music teach
er, left today for Denver, where sht
will remain.
| H. H. Shepard, travelling passenger
| was here today.
The mesa sourrounding the city is at
last beginning to get green. It makes
a pleasing sight.
| 1t is feared considerable of the fruit
| is injured in this neighborhood by last
nights severe hall storm.
B. r. Dodge has returned from Santa
Fe, where he sold the capital city
butchers a supply of meat.
Mrs. A. r. Da Costa leaves Friday
for Princeton. Ind, to visit with rela-
tives for couple of months.
Anthony H. Young has been granted
a temporary license to practice law in
the district courts of this territory.
C. L. Harris and wife are expected
back again from Hugo. 7. T., tonight.
They have been away several weeks.
The city council will have a special
meeting tonight 1t is the sidewalk and
kindred troubles that call them in ses-
sion.
w. G. Hayden, acting as special mas
ter, has sold to Mrs. Lucy V. Clemets,
a lot of real estate in this city. The
consideration was $4,000.
Cesario Madrid left today for Santa
Fe to get his son, Antonio Madrid, who
has just finished three years sentence
in the penitentiary for perjury in
murder case.
A ball team has been organized in the
city, with A. McWienie as captain. 1t
would like to hear from Santa Fe and
Albuquerque as soon as it gets the
curves down pat.
John Stein, superintendent of the
Harvey houses along this line, was
here today escorting $50 Of the Mystic
shriners in a special train on their way
to their pow-wow in Los Angeles.
The condition of A. r. Larrazola, the
attorney, who broke his leg in the ball
game on Decoration Day, is as good as
could be expected. He will most prob
ah,v he laid up a couple of months.
Charles Martin, a resident of Sagin-
aw. Mich, died here this morning at
O clock of consumption. He was ~
wears of age, and the remains Will be
Skinned to Port Huron, Mich, tomor-
row.
The Normal contestants at Mesilla
Park came back with their feathers
dropping. They failed badly in all the
events The ball team stopped or at
socorro to give that team whlri
this afternoon.
The fine team of Elias Salas ran
away this afternoon and brought up on
the Catholic church fence, tearing IL
down, and breaking the tongue ana
front of the buggy. One of the horses
fore legs was badly hurt.
Romaldo Montoya and wife, and Pc
dro Montoya, have entered into an
agreement to sell to John Laubach' A.
R. Ouinley and J. A. Baker, the mining
men. large parcel Of land in this
near Tecolete for a consldera-
ion of $1,000.
Engineer William Bender was killed
1t 1880 last evening while looking out
# the gang way of his mountain helper
.ngine at Hillside, near Ration. He
truck his head on bridge as the en-
.ine was passing and was instantly
TILED. His home was in Ration and he
vas a single man.
At o'clock this morning Brakeman |
/. Martin, as the train emerged from
he Ration tunnel on the Colorado side,
vas about to step from one car to an
,ther when his foot slipped and he fell
O the track, the cars passing over him,
utting him in two at the hips. His
,ody was shipped to the home of his
parents at Emporia, Kas, this evening.
Sheriff Cleofes Romero took Catarino
Gonzales to the penitentiary this af-
ernoon to begin a sentence of 20 years
or murder in the second degree. Con-
ales was convicted the 23d Of Decem-
er, 1899. but filed an appeal to the su-
RENE court which was granted. On
he 25th of April, the supreme court re-
fflrmed the district courts decision.
A terrific hailstorm visited the Sec
lon of Los Alamos and Sindijnela,
bout 12 miles from here, last night,
i'd considerable damage to the crops.
bout foot of hail fell, and the IS
coming of the thunder was heard
lainly here about 9:3O. The storm was
ard near Hot Springs. and at Begoso,
he storm was-so severe, that travellers
n the road had to hold up there and
,ait until morning. The rainfall in Las
'egas was only .0S of an inch.
DISTRICT COURT. i.
District court convened this morn
10 Tho "a 90 of Charles Ilfeld va the