Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-19
THE DAILY LAS
VEGAS LETTER.
Quite a Wreck on the Santa Fe Railway in
Which Ten Freight Cars Were Piled Up
and 1000 Feet of Track Torn Up.
LATEST MINING BOOM At The MEADOW
CITY HAS SlMMERED DOWN AGAIN

r. S. Howe Of Santa Fe, is in this
city on business.
| Rev. George Selby has been having q
struggle with the grippe"
The Las Vegas Mandolin Club will
give dance on the 23d Of May.
Troop A had q pleasant outing and
drill Sunday afternoon at Hot Springs
Mrs. C. II. Bradley will entertain 9
number of friends at cards tomorrow
Afternoon.
| The curfew ordinance requiring chill
dren under 16 years Of age to be al
home by o'clockis to be enforced
here
Bass fishing is good at Kroenig's
Lakes near this city and local sports
are availing themselves of the oppor-
tunity.
D. G. Gilmore and Walter Fleck
have recorded the Roosevelt coal mine,
embracing AZ acres, two miles east of
Pajarito.
Fireman Roberts mashed finger
Saturday while playing tune with the
shaker bar and the CRATES. Tt slipped
off and crushed finger
Probate Clerk Varella reports alfalfa
lin good condition near San Geronimo In
spite of the drouth and that it will
soon be ready to harvest.
John Gerhardt, an old time sheepinan
at Puerto de Luna, has been adjudged
a bankrupt Liabilities about $4,000;
assets little or nothing.
Paul Whiting has returned from his
trip to England, where he went In the
interest of several important air brake
patents that he has invented.
A crowd of about 25 laborers have
gone to Rocky Ford to work on the su-
gar beet farms They were In charge
of Peter Garcia of that place.
Las Vegas feels proud of her crack
pitcher, Charles Rhodes who pitched
for Santa Fe Sunday and wiped the
diamond with the Socorro team.
Albert Andrews, a former machinist
at the shops, and his sister Mrs. Theo-
dore Gladhill left for Pueblo. Mr.. An
drews will go on to the east.
There was a wreck on the Santa Fe
Saturday near Rincon. 1t was the
freight that comes in here as No. "a,
and ten cars We're piled In the dltch
and 1000 feet of track torn up. The
wreck is supposed to have been caused
by broken Journal OH one sof the
freight cars.
Las Vegas will have one Of the
grandest musical festivals ever given
in the territory, on the last of May.
-Four professional solists have been en-
gagged and twenty piece orchestra
and an oratorio Of 30 voices will give
the program. A good attendance from
all over the territory IS expected.
Fireman Kennedy was severely burn
ed about the face and neck on Satur-
day afternoon at Canoncito, by Engi-
neer Wolf turning the ash pan blower
on, while Kennedy was under the en-
gine hoeing out the ashes.
The mining situation here is any
thing but encouraging. The big prom
lises have not yet been realized and de-
spite lots of rumors nothing seems to
be doing in the way Of immediate de-
velopment. There seems little doubt
though that there are immense bodies
of low grade ore in the neighboring dis
tricts and fortunes are there ready to
be taken out as soon as the mining be-
gins in earnest.
A number of pensions have arrived
and the old soldiers are happy.
| Vigil Henry, one Of the local contrac
| tors, has secured a government contract
for work at Fort Stanton.
| The Santa Fe has closed off the loca
reporters from getting shop news. NJ
reason Is assigned, but it is supposed
they learned too much and let the public
in on inside matters.
The prisoners in charge Of the United
| States marshal at Albuquerque and tn
4 sheriff at Solomonville, Arizona, charge'
with robbing the Fort Sumner postoffice
have been ordered here for triak,at tn
present session of the district court.
| Las Vegas is smiling over littl
love tragedy that occurred here las
week in which a Los Angeles wido'
came all the way here to, marry ma
she had never seen and who turned he
down when he did see her. She had aC
mired his poetry in the Los Angelo
Herald and thought he would be an idea
} and loving husband.
The Rainsford Chapter Of the Easter
Star social held Friday night at tn
Masonic Temple was a most enjoyabl
, afeir. About $50 persons enjoyed tn
t ak.usements, which were dancing an
cards. The refreshments were ice crea1
and cake. and this popular order Gel
tainly added another huge success to IT
record by last nights event.
His Grace, P. Bourgade, archbisho
of Santa Fe, arrived in the city Satul
day afternoon and was met at the depo
, by number OF priests. He will be tn
! guest of Rev. P. Gilberton for a. fe'
, days. The distinguished prelate cam
here to make his pastoral visit 70 tn
!, parish of Our Lady Of Sorrows ard az
minister the sacrament OF conlirmatlo
to a large number yesterday.
Murder ON Mescalero Reservation.
last Thursday on the Mescalero Apt