Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-06
FOR STATEHOOD.
Las Vegas Council Appeals to Sena-
tor Beyeridge-0ther Matters.
DISTRICT COURT NEWS.

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will be installed as soon as the posts
arrive.
G. l.. Gibson, one of the Santa Fe
brakemen, left today for Kansas City
on sixty days leave of absence.
A. j. LOOMS and AL Jungle, of Santa
Fe. are in the city.
The city council held a special meet
ing last night and endorsed a resoIu.
ton to Senator Beveridge, the chair
man of the senate committee on terri
tories, advocating statehood. The plats
furnished by Engineer Rosewater. of
Omaha, for sewerage were invoiced
and accepted. The plans call for an ex-
penditure of $59,0S5, the total cost of
the sewerage for the entire town. and
part of old town. The street and alley
committee were instructed TO report
all defective sidewalks at the next
meeting and then the council will prob
ably condemn the entire lot, and order
new put down. The report of the ex-
pert who audited the city officers
books reported all accounts correct ex-
cept the failure of the former marshal
to make minutes of his arrests and
fees for the past year.
The prize winners at the ~six-handed
euchre party given by Mrs. Jacob Stern
yesterday afternoon was a most pleas
ant affair. About forty of the ladies
were present and enjoyed the amuse-
ment and delicious refreshments. Mrs.
L.. Reich took the first prize, Miss Jean
cite Richley the 10-hand prize and Mrs.
Emma +. Kohn the consolation. The
decorations were red and white.
Antonio Montoya, one of the county
commissioners of Mora county, died
this morning at ) o'clock of a compli-
cation of troubles. He was rs years
old and was one of Morals prominent
citizens. The name of E. II. Biernbaum
of Weber has been suggested to fill the
vacancy on the board.
Sheriff Cleofas Romero, who return
ed from Santa Fe last night, reports a
hard hail storm there yesterday after
noon
The First National bank of Albuquer-
que have transferred to II. p. Brown,
of this city, lots 10 to 20. in block 8,
of the /. S. S. addition to Las Vegas.
The county commissioners have lie
cided to not collect the penalty of all
tax payers who have not made their
returns as the law prescribes.
r. p. Rasmussen has located the
"Fairweather" mining claim in the
Rociada district.
An alarm of fire was turned in in old
town yesterday evening and the com
pany made a run out to the hennery
to put out a bonfire of old hay that
they were burning. Some fellow saw
the smoke out there and turned in the
alarm. but when the boys got there
they found nothing for them to do. The
company got out in fine time, and
eleven of the boys accompanied the
wagon.
District court convened early this
morning, and the jury on the Dona-
ciano Barros larceny of cattle case
brought in a verdict of guilty.
The court gave notice to the counsel
in the city that all civil cases which
have been set for trial and cases where
a jury trial have been waived, will be
reset tomorrow morning on the OPEN
ing OF court and the schedule will then
be strictly adnered to.
One of the court Off Gals was in err
ror yesterday in giving out that the
damage suit of Mrs. Hamilton against
the city of East Las Vegas had been
continued until next term, for the hear
ing OF the case was begun this morn
ing. The attorneys for the plaintiff
are Jones Ind Rogers, and for the de-
leHSe. OpleSS anu DdhlS. Inc case
promises to be a hard fought one, for it
is the first suit of it's kind in the terri
tory and il will establish a precedent.
The grand jury brought in it's report
this morning and was discharged. They
reported thirty-seven Indictments and
two no-true bills, and found the Jail in
splendid condition and everything in
good shape about the court house.
L. l.. Hamblin will leave for Chicago
tonight to attend the bedside of his
sick mother.
G.. w. Hutchins, and others of the
proposed electric street car line, have
sent word hat they will be here the
last of the week, and something def
mite is looked for then in the street car
question.
II. d. Windsor has succeeded Will
liam Sparks as postmaster at Willis.
Miss Tamzen Black left this after
noon for Granville, Ohio, to spend a
month with her parents.
Herman, the west side grocer, has
bought out the grocery of Ben Bruhn.
George p. Money has sent word that
he will start on his return trip home
from the east today. He has been gone
several weeks.
A. T. Keith, a former machinist here,
left today for the east.
F. p. Waring has returned from his
trip to st. Paul and resumed his posi-
ton in the freight Office. b. l.. Corey,
who was working in his place, expects
to go down the road.
w. S. Reid, one of the engineers from
Ration. came in here today. He is a
former resident of Vegas and well
known among the railroad boys.
Mrs. ID. T. Lowrey left this after
noon for Denver, where she will spend
the summer.
Carl Austin, the night caller here,
has gone to Marion, Mo. to visit with
relatives.
The Santa Fe train service from the
east is again thrown cut on account of
a washout on the line at Joliet, Ill.
Nos. l and 3 have been practically an
nulled, or will be very late. A stub
train has been run out of La Junta and
is reported for here at 4:30. II comes
as No. Z and will carry the local mail.
The Normal base ball team returned
! this afternoon from SOCOrrO where