Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-08-08
The Insurance Suit of Mrs. Parsons is
Oompromised-Th Board of Trade to
Sell Electric Railway Bonds-Two
Deaths in City.
The LAS VEGAS BALL TEAM WINS
OVER The LAMAR, COLO, TEAM

| tai city seeing the sights today.
Henry Levy left today for the New
York markets on his regular buying
| expedition.
Guy Gatche, who is suffering with 6
slight attack of appendicitis, is some
better today.
f. C. de Baca returned from Santa
Fe last night and will leave for his
home in Pajarito today
Marguerite Romero returned to his
home at Ell Porvenir today and will
keep track of electric line rumors from
his mountain home.
A. G. Millice left today for a visit at
his old home in Warsaw, Ind. Mr..
Millice was formerly book keeper for
the Bell ranch. He will be gone about
month.
Mrs f. l.. Hammet, wife of Mr.. Ham,
met of Tuscola Ills. who has been in
Las Vegas several weeks for his
health, arrived today to visit with her
husband.
Miss Sigmund Nahm entertained the
Jewish Ladies' Whist Club yesterday
afternoon. Miss Grace Kohn carried
away the honors, and received beau
tiful cut glass bowl as prize.
Louis Ilfeld and wife of Albuquer-
que, are expected here Saturday from
Santa Fe. where they have been spend
ing the summer. They will spend
couple of weeks at Trout Springs.
Died, last evening at 6 o'clock, AL
fred Boob, Of consumption. The de-
ceased was 33 years of age and had
been here and at Ell Porven1l some
time. His mother was with him here
and will accompany the remains home
to Grotna, Neb.
The Presbyterian Mission teachers
will hold a meeting in Santa Fe on the
22d. Miss Fleming and Miss Conklin
of Aqua Negra will take the train from
here. Miss Conklin will leave in few
days, and enjoy visit before the meet
ing.
The suit of w. 3. Johnson against the
Postal Telegraph Company, was dis
missed by Judge Mills. The suit was
for 81 900 damages for failure to deliver
a message. The defendants filed a de-
murrer which was sustained. and the
plaintiff failed to again plead.
The trains from the east today were
annulled on account of bad washouts
east of La Junta. A stub came
through from La Junta as No. E. but
carried none of the eastern mail. Kan
sas and Colorado are evidently getting
part of New Mexico's supply of moist
ure
The suit of Mrs. Lucy Parsons of
Ration, against the Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company of San Francisco,
on the $1,000 policy on her sons life
who was accidentally shot last Hallow-
cen by man named Love, has been
compromised by the payment of $3.50,
and the suit dismissed. The policy was
an accident risk, and it was on the
grounds that the shooting was not ac-
cidental, that the company withheld
payment.
The case of Pedro Chavez and Vi
cente Lujan, the guilty pair who have
been in Jail some time, were given a
hearing yesterday afternoon before
Commissioner Bunker and bound over
to the grand jury under bond to ap-
pear at the next session of court. 1t
will be remembered that Vicenta, who
is wife, ran away with Pedro several
weeks ago from Cerrllos, and the cou-
pie We're arrested here at the instance
of the wronged husband.
Captain Jack Crawford passed
through here today from his home
near San Marcial, en- route east. Cap
tain Jack said: "I am going to deliver
some readings in the reading rooms at
different points in Colorado and then
going on east, where I have a number
of large platform engagements. I was
never in more demand than now.
have been breaking broncos and have
cultivated 20 acres of land, then the
drouth in this Sunshine state raised -
and 1 am going east" He said he
would be gone several months, and
that he would attend the meeting at
Butte, Mont, to which he was appoin-
ted delegate by Governor Otero.
The board of trade held a meeting
yesterday to consider a proposition
made by Marguerite Romero in behalf
of the electric railway. Mr.. Romero
asked that the board of trade take, or
attend to getting subscribers for the 80
bonds of $500 each that the company
desired to sell in this city. He offered
the bonds at 95 per cent Of their face
value, the bonds being first mortgage
bonds. The offer was accepted, the
money to be raised by the board SELL
ing the bonds to the citizens in blocks.
The $15, 900 will not be turned over to
the company until the road is compile
ted and in operation, and the money is
only to be given on the consideration
that the company expend at least $780,
900 in the construction of the road. The
routing of the line was also discussed.
From the Castaneda up 9Th street and
over on National avenue. or, up 9Th
street and over on Douglass avenue.
The first route seemed to be preferred
by the board, on account Of Douglas
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