Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-09-06
aaca. died Saturday morning, aged &c

WITH inpnite SADNESS that the friends
OF Griffith NJ. Pcbeit. end they were
ee'op, lef ma tie. day OF his sue.
cum bing to the siim bend Of death at
his home on Railroad, avenue. Mr..
Roberts died at 9;2t yesterday morn.
ing after passing night of suffering.
He was unconscious when he passed
away. but sometime before was con.
scious and made the plans for his fun.
errl t)ld his " re how 10 arrange his
busin IS matte, and bid some of his
fiiends good bye.
Mr. Roberts had been sick about a
week, be vi, ing up work a week ago
tonish, and went home and to bed He
had been a sufferer with hernia for
some time, and the rupture became
acute. necessitating an operation last
Wednesday. He rallied after the oper.
alton, but could not gain strength. An.
other operation was performed Friday
for an obstruction of the bowels. but
little benefit was derived. His suffer
ing at times was intense, but he bore
1t bravely and mad, a brave fight for
life.
Mr.. Roberts was born in New Gem
bic, Mo-. but had for many years been
a t>sident Of Las Vegas. He was az
one time On the police force OF Las
Vegas, but had fof the las, thu &c years
been faithful omploye of Essenger e
Judel. He was o, one time chief of the
fire department here. and at the time
OF his death held the important Office
Of exc jiie in the Benevolent Protective
Or, CO OF Elks. There are few men In
the city who he'd as many friends as
Gift" II was fe millarly known and
as wei liked ss he was we'll known.
His deetn tcNes away friend from
msry. M. Roberts was particularly
!;ir 10 newspaper men. he aiding them
nearly every day In their work of gath
ering the news. Mr.. Roberts was of
Welsh des ,ent end was 43 years old.
The funeral services were h Id this
afternoon 81 3 o'clock at the family
re, dence. r V. c orgc Selby conduct
Ing the sery ce-. The Elks lodge turn
ed out nearly their fri membc rship.
who were IN the ty. 10 do honor.
last sad one. TO their comra -. The
Las Vegas military bard accom- panied
them on their march to lay at rest in
the Masonic cemetery, their old friend
and companion. The funeral was
very large one, md the floral embl3ms
beauslu'
Flcfenc Agnes de Visil has been d.
) vorccd fr> her husband Nepomeceno
: Vigil. in Mora county. on the grounds
of treating him in sn "inhumsn man
per." Mrs. Vigil filed the orig inal cult
fer divorce, but the divorce was given
: the husband on his cross bill
Pablo Jaramillo and family. accom-
pei led by Misses Stella and Ella Der.
ma :. returned Saturday right f.om
, their long trip of two weefs overland
to Taos. Mora and Santa Fs. Mr.. jar a.
: milo thinks this way Of taking vaca-
: tion chout TIE best he has yet tried.
Probate couit and the county COM
mssioners will not deliberate until to-
morrow. on account OF this being LIE
, Dor day
The local school book man we ireth
q g'ec full smile end has visions q bark
, deposits these days.
Mr.. Richard Dunn ietu q y ster
. day from hfr witt at aRton and rs
gone on to her home at Roc'eda
Miss Celia Lopez, who has been H.
ing th1 institute course fero turn 4
today to her hon at San Migue. Miss
Felipe Delgado accop parted her, end
will enter scho' Is ut hat place.
G. J. Davis has returned from his
camping trip on the Tecolote river,
near San Geronimo. and will be found
at 4. G. Murphy's while the latter is
on erjoying a vacation. G. NJ. Jordan,
another CT the CT mpers. has returned
to get breath OF civilization. The
gentlemen. who have been here for
their health, have been much improved
by their life in the open.
The school -achers a di.tiiot No.
4 will be epp inted tonight by the
board.
The schools opened this morning
with good attendance. but let out ef-
ter instructing the pupils as to books
and making class assignment ), on ac-
court OF 1t being Labor day. The act
i've work will begin tomoi row
Mrs. ID. T. Lowrey returned yester-
day from her summers sojourn at
Denver.
Miss Emma Vass. the new teacher.
arrived this morning on No. 8. She
came here from Mober,y, Mo.
Mrs. II. S. Van Patten and daughter
returned yesterday afternoon from
their visit east, where they spent a
couple OF months.
Hot Sp, ings ''i two hours hard
rain this morning. Vegas did not get
so much.
Judge william ]. Mills, Securdino
Romero and sever al attorneys left yes
terday for Clayton. where cont oil ned
today.
Elmer L. vecd r went over to s. Ia
Fe on No. / tod iy tn look after some