Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-15
LAS VEGAS TOWNS.
Death Of Mrs. Austen Stolen Tools
Found in Possession Of Bad Man.
DEATH FROM AP0PLeYY.
Special Correspondence.

Las Vegas, n. NJ, Aug. 13.-Mrs. E.
G.. Austen, after a night Of uncon.
seriousness. passed away this morning
at 6:1O. She did not regain conscious
ness after the operation to remove the
cruel bullet yesterday afternoon about
$3.50. The wound was a very bad one
and was caused by a shot of Al calibre
and there was little hopes of saving
her life from the first.
Mrs. Austen, nee Miss Olive Con-
stance Buckley, was born in London.
Ontario, March 4, 1869, being 33 years
of age. She afterwards made her home
in Detroit unul her marriage to Capt.
Edwin Goodwin Austen on January /,
1889. She came to Las Vegas as a
bride and has since resided with her
husband in this city. The accident &C.
Cured at the home in one of the Mon
toya cottages, near the Plaza hotel and
where the funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Masonic cemetery.
H. f. Byerley, the cashier at the
Castenada. has resigned his position
and will leave for his home in Penn.
sylvania as soon as a mar Is sent
here to relieve him. hIr. Byerley has
been here the past three years and
has made many friends. He will take
an interest in his fathers lumber bust
ness ana will go to Virginia to take
charge of the big contract there.
The city council will pow-wow to-
night.
l.. Duston, who has been here for
the past six months for the benefit OF
his daughters health, and who have
been living on Sixth street, returned
home to Hannibal, Mo-, today. Miss
Duston has received little benefit from
the climate here, her trouble having
made too much progress before her
arrival in New Mexico.
Miss Celia Connell is expected to
arrive this evening from Newton, Kas.,
for a visit with Mrs. H. ]. Ryan in this
city.
Gov. NJ. A. Otero anne owe from
Santa Fe this afternoon and will at
tend the funeral of Mrs. E. G. Austen
the husband of whom is a member OF
the governors staff, tomorrow, return
ing in the evening.
Perry Earickson went to Santa Fe
this afternoon to sell the grocers there
q carload Of groceries.
The assessed valuation in San Mi
guel county this year is $4,36S, 900, an
increase of $500, 42S over last year.
NJ. NJ. Sundt and family left this
morning for Fort Stanton. overland
where Mr.. Sundt has a large govern
ment contract.
Gus Krabbe went out to Lu Cueva
ranch this afternoon to secure the
corpse of some man who died there. II
is not known yet who the man is.
Darby A. Day, OF the Duke city, was
q visitor within the gates yesterday.
A couple of natives by the name o.
Pedro .Padilla and Teodosio TenoriC
got filled up with bad whiskey ant
started a rough house this morning II
the Buffalo hall saloon. Pedro grab
bed Teodosio and gave him a few JEFF
fries uppercuts and then threw him t
the floor, breaking an arm. They wer'
both arrested and are now sleeping
off the jag in Jail.
Felipe Delgado and family left thi
morning for T. Romero's ranch a
Galinas springs and will go on a FEY
days outing.
Will w. Curtis and wife will leaV
next week for New York, where Nj
Curtis has accepted a position in IN
navy yard there,
Word comes from below h a a COZ
pie Of corps Of engineers are runnlh
lines between Iucumcari and ANA
lilo. Texas, for the Choctaw rallroa'
James Johnson. Of the H. U. V
ranch, writes that they have Just hau
terrible hard rain there and near l.
gan. washing out part of the rah'
dam and drowning 800 sheep beloh
ing TO Charles Held. -.
John Schoen, who has been quite !
is reported as considerably better !
day, he being able TO take solld 100
A suit in attachment has been d
ed in Colfax county by the Floershel
Mercantile company against Louis vi
legos 10 recover the sum OF $751;
amount due on a note given TO secu
payment for merchandise sold delel
ant.
At the board Of trade meeting Id
night there was a failure TO get
quorum. 1t was the time for the res
lar quarterly meeting and there We
several matters of Importance u
should have come up. There see
TO be a lack of interest In board u