Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-29
Las VEGAS lAcoNics.


opened there today. The two principal
cases on the docket this term Is the
trial Of the postmasters OF Captain and
Lincoln, who are charged with embez-
xlement.
Charles Chandler. who has been fore.
man OF the shops here and lately in
charge of the air brake department.
has resigned and left Sunday night on
No. s for Springfield, Mo-, where he
has n fine position in the Frisco shops.
Mr.. Chandler has many friends here
and has a splendid record with the
Santa Fe. He was with the Santa Fe
f,ve years and was foreman OF the La
Junta shops and was gang boss at Ra.
ton. His father is In i'll health at
Springfield and that was one OF the
reasons for his leaving the Santa Fe
here; besides his family is now back
there visiting and Mr.. Chandler con
cluded to just move back to "Miz-
zouri."
Hon. John $. Clark returned Satur-
day night from his stay on his ranch
on the Salado.
stop on here Saturday evening, as the
train was so late and. with MAJOR w.
IA. Llewellyn. of Las Cruces. spent the
night with friends here, and Sunday
continued their Journey on TO Denver.
Mrs. J. c. Rickerman and daughter
returned Sunday afternoon from her
sad journey back 20 Kankekee. ILL.,,
xyhn oh. lu;l no. Inc - kU~ k...
band at rest. Mrs. Rickerman will
continue to live in Las Vegas.
Walter b. NELL. the second house
man at the Montezuma. at the springs.
who was beaten up by the cooks at the
hotel some time ago and who has been
spending some time since In the La.
dies home and city jail. shows some
signs OF losing his right mind and Is
carefully watched.
Mrs. A. O. Wheeler returned Satur.
day evening on belated No. from her
visit of a week at Santa Fe.
Thomas Fleming, formerly of this
city, and who has many friends here.
passed through Saturday evening from
his former home in Nevada, where he
dising business and was en- route to
Kansas City.
Paul Morton, third vice president OF
the Santa Fe. passed through Saturday
evening with party Of five en- route
to Chicago from trip to the coast.
Hon. EuRenio Romero left Sunday
afternoon from business trip to San.
t. Fe. where he will look after his tie
business.
Hon. Benjamin NJ. Read came in Sat
urday evening from Santa Fe to see
his wife here.
M. c. damn and wife, of Folsom.
passed through Saturday evening en-
route to Santa Fee.
Mira. b. M. Read, on whom an opera.
ton was performed the first OF the
week for cancer, Is having a remarka-
BILE recovery and is now able to sit UP
and take solid food. The operation
proved q success.
The Thanksgiving exercises given
Friday by the pupils OF the high school
were well attended and the pupils fur
niehed splendid program. The first
Part OF the program consisted of mus
ic and Rotations. after which the
play, "Courtship ~ Miles S.andish."
was given, Miss Anna NJ. Foster taking
the part OF Priscilla" Charles Hedg-
cock the part OF miles Standish" and
Waldo Twitchell the part OF John Al.
den. The play was excellent and re-
hecsej great credit upon all the partic-
ipants. The high school Is forging
ahead In way that Is most satisfac-
tory, and even those who at first OBJ
tectsd TO divorcing 1t from the normal
are now glad Of the change.
District court convened yesterday
morning and transacted quite little
business.
Wyatt Berkeley. who pleaded guilty to
the theft Of pocketbook. was given
sixty days In Jail.
The case OF the territory VS.. Pedro
Padilla. for assault and battery. was
dismissed.
The case against Doniciano Baros.
for larceny of sheep was dismissed by
the territory. 80 were the cases against
Simon Garcia and Bandido Padilla for
the same crime.
The case OF the territory against TIA
muud0 Castillo and thirteen others.
m old murder charge. was dismissed.
The murder case against Aparicio
Tapia was also dismissed.
In the civil business the most i'm
portant case was that Of margarine Ro-
nero, as administrator of the estate OF
Juan Leyba. who was killed In the Las
Vegas yards by the switch engine.
The case was dismissed. The attorney
for the plaintiff then asked for an ap-
peal to the supreme court, which was
granted.
Court then adjourned until Monday
s,orning. when the petit jury will be
einpaueled for the trial Of the criminal