Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-17
A KIDNAPPING CASE
AT LAS VEGAS
A Father Entices His Son Away from His
Mother Who Had Apparently Aban-
doned Her Home at
Romeroville.
A BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR AN ELECTRIC
RAILWAY At THE MEADOW CITY
Joys Special Daily Service.

George Bunker left today on busi-
ness trip to Santa Fe and Taos.
A number of residents will have a
social hop at Rosenthal hall tonight.
The conductorship on the Hot Springs
branch is advertised as open to the
oldest conductor applying.
Judge Wooster has a little. ca 3e or
for o'clock in the morning, 1t is one
of those assault with words cases
Mrs. Clark arrived here today from
Chicago to visit with her mother and
Mrs. jefferson Reynolds, her sister.
F. G. de Baca and wife returned to
their home at La Cuesta this morning.
Master Miguel +. Sena accompanied
them for weeks visit.
Governor NJ. a. Otero and Hon. j. S.
Clark left yesterday evening for Albu-
querQue where they met Hon. II. O.
Bursum. A. A. Keen and others.
Ex-Governor Prince was here yester-
day, returning in the evening to Santa
Fe. He came up to see Hon. Charles
A. Spiess on some legal matters.
Father Pouget is out at Los Willis
today attending the celebration there
in honor Of one of the patron saints.
Fathre Pouget sang the vespers and
the whole service there last evening.
Mrs. Eugenia Moyes came in from
Ribera yesterday with a sick child. She
is staying at her mothers, Mrs. Morri-
SON. The child grew verse after her
arrival here and the husband was tele
graphed for.
w. T.. Gortner arrived today from his
trip to Goshen, Ind, and other points.
He looks we'll and rosy and is the same
old Billy" l.. j. Bauer, who left with
him, has gone on to Philadelphia and
other points east.
Agapito Jaramillo, who was arrested
at the instance of his wife on the
charge of threatening her life, was to-
day put under 5000 bond to keep him
from smashing the peace. Agapito had
now better be good.
Colonel ]. NJ. Greer of Knoxville,
Tenn came down from Denver last
evening where he has been figuring on
investing in some western business. He
came to see Mrs. Greer who is pa
tient at the sanitarium.
Some of our imaginative friends in
town say they saw Tracy, the outlaw,
meandering around here. They failed
to explain how he got down from
Washington to this place in so short a
time. We will put this story in the al
bum with the sea-serpent tales.
A number of the lawyers and old
friends were down to the depot this ar
ternoon to see Judge Thomas Smith
pass through on his way home to War
renton, Va, from stay in California.
Judge Smith was formerly chief justice
here, and left about four years ago. He
was U. S. attorney under Cleveland's
first term and chief justice of New
Mexico under the second.
Train No. had a little mix up yes
terday afternoon soon after leaving
here and while running between Ojita
and Sulzbacher. The track was in bad
condition and out of line and the for
ward trucks of the engine jumped the
tracks and cut up about 600 ties, be-
sides delaying the train nearly two
hours. No particular damage was done
farther than tearing up the ties.
Higinia G.. de Lucero has filed COM
plaint against Julian M. de Lucero, and
his sonora, Margarita, and alleges that
the defendants used such aWfully
naughty words against her, ana de-
famed her character most shamefully
The reporter cannot even think about
the words written out in the complaint
without blushing, so the case must
certainly be a clear one.
Hugh Wilson of Clayton, evidently is
a poor loser. He likes to flirt with the
roulette wheel and indulge in the Sc
ductive three card monte games, but
as he lost $1,45O in the latter game while
playing with John f. Wolford in Clay
ton, he now calls on the law to help
him recover the amount and has enter
ed suit in the Colfax county district
court to recover that amount from
Wolford. These gambling suits are be-
coming quite regular but the plaintiffs
seldom gets what he sues for.
The oil we'll at Ration is now down
over 500 feet, and is going toward China
as fast as the power can carry the
drill. The company operating the well
think they have a sure thing in it, and
indications certainly do point that way
as rock is brought up that is strongly
impregnated With oil, in fact the Oil
will ooze out of the rock in sufficient
quantities to saturate paper so that IT
can be burned. Trinidad. Colo. also
has some fine prospects.
The mortgage held by Mrs. Fanny
Coleman on the property donated by
Captain w. c. Reid for electric street
car power house purposes, was today
released ~ the payment of $500 ana
now the company has clear title to
the property One by one the points
are getting in line for the electric car
system, and our people may bank on
the construction of the much hoped for
line at an early date. The superinten-
dent of construction is expected here
in a couple of days or so.
There was considerable music in the
air over on Jackson avenue about
o'clock last night A boy had been kid
mapped. James Cropsey and wife, to-
gether with their 9-year-o1d son, have
been dwelling in peace at Romeroville
where the husband has farming inter
ests. About two weeks ago, Mrs. Crop
sey took the son and came up to Las