Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-01-23

gang on the Rock Island extension
through Guadalupe county were held
up and robbed of $500 last week.
C~resceus, the king of trotters. was on
exhibition at Albuquerque Christmas
day and a mile was made in 2:16 on the
half-mile track, which was not in the
best condition.
Acting Governor j. w. Reynolds, in
accordance with a time-honored rus
tom. on Christmas day committed the
sentence of Convict Ernest Hart, SEN
fenced to ninety years from Bernalillo
county for murder. The sentence is re-
duced to thirty years, giving Hart
about eight years to serve yet.
1t is reported that Brigham Young,
eldest son and oldest living representa-
tive Of the late president of the Nor
mon church, is lying critically i'll with
a complication Of stomach and nervous
troubles at his residence in -F%ruitland.
San Juan county. Mr.. Young passed
his s%ixty-ffth birthday the 18th of De
cember.
Adjt. Gen. w. II. Whiteman has re-
ceived from Martin Lehman of Las
Cruces an interesting typographical
map Of New Mexico and Arizona
drawn by pen and of which there is no
other copy in existence. 1t was drawn
in 1864 during the War Of the Rebel.
lion by Capt. Allen l.. Anderson at the
direction of Brig. Gen. James II. earle
ton.
Thomas D. Burns, millionaire mer-
chant and stock owner at TERRA ANA
rilla, is interesting eastern capitalists,
so it is reported, in a project 20 build
a railroad from Santa Fe to TERRA
Amarillo, the county seat of Rio Arri-
la county, and from there to Durango,
Colorado, opening a section rich in tim
Der. coal and agricultural and grazing
lands.
The official announcement is made
that early next year the Denver d Rio
Grande railroad management will com
mence its work of making all the track
of its lines standard gauge. A stand
ard gauge line from Santa Fe to Anto-
nito is therefore no longer in the un-
certain future, but will be a reality be-
fore many months have passed.-Santa
Fe New Mexican.
The commissions of Chief Justice w.
J. Mills and Associate Justices John II.
McHie and Frank w. Parker of the
Supreme Court of New Mexico have
arrived from Washington, but the
judges will not take their oath of office
under their reappointment until their
present term has expired, which will
be on January 10, 1902, for Judge
Frank w. Parker. and on January
29th for Chief Justice Mills and Judge
John r. McFie.
The survey of the proposed change
in the main line of the Santa Fe rail
road over Glorieta hill has beer com
pleted. The new line will be a little
north of the present line and will be
mostly along the side of the hill high
enough TO be out of the reach of the
floods of the Galisteo. In place of the
present grade Of four per cent. a
grade of one and one-half per cent. is
to be secured by driving a tunnel one
and one-half miles i'm length through
Glorieta hill. The east end of the tun-
mel will be at Pigeons ranch.
A dispatch dated at Albuquerque
December 23rd, says: Tonight at Z
o'clock occurred the death of Louis
Huning. a well-known capitalist and
pioneer in New Mexico. at his home
in the neighboring village of Los Lu-
He had reached his SEVENTEEN
year and was unable to recover from a
severe attack of pneumonia. Mr.. Hun
ing came from Hanover, Germany, ac-
companied by his brothers. Franz
Huning of this city and Henri Huning,
a wealthy ranchman of Sholo. Arizona.
He leaves a large estate, mostly i'm real
estate, in Albuquerque and in Valencia
and Grant counties.
A Santa Fe dispatch of December
23rd SAYS: Senator w. II. Andrews ar
rived to-day from Pittsburg. He is
president Of the Santa Fe Cen
trail railroad, and was East to
make the final arrangements for
the commencement Of actual con
struction work on the Santa Fe
Central. The engineering corps has
half completed the crOss-sectiOning of
the route, being in camp to-day be
tween Galisteoa and Arroyo HOndo.
c. w. Dudrow is putting up store
houses for the Pennsylvania Develop
ment Company, which has the contract
for the construction of the road. The
first store houses are being put OF the
Arroyo Hondo, about six miles from
Santa Fe.
The convention Of the New Mexican
Educational Association, at Albu-
querque, after n three days meeting,
adjourned December 2Sth to meet next
December in East Las Vegas. The
following new officers were elected:
NJ. T.. Hickey, Albuquerque, president;
Hugh Owens. Silver City, vice presi-
dent; Miss Ella Berger, Santa Fe, sec
rotary; i. G. Butcher. Las Vegas, rail
road secretary; Hiram Hadley, Las
Cruces, treasurer; L. L. Hewitt, Las
Vegas. C. NJ. Larkin, Gallup, and G. 10.
HOdgin, Albuquerque, are the eXecu-
tive committee. The convention was
the largest gathering Of school teachers
ever held in the territory and about
fifty new names were enrolled as add
tional just before adjournment.
A report reached Santa Fe Deem
Der 2Sth that a pistol fight occurred
the previous Sunday at the mining
camp Of Jicarllla, Lincoln county, in
which several persons were shot. The
fight took place in Samuel McFadden's
saloon. Manual Chaves, a bystander,
was shot in the right thigh with a bull