Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-06-25

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1850 miles long from Colorado
Springs 20 san Diego with branches
Denver Post
INCREASE SANTA re VALUATION
Oklahoma Railway Assessors Make a
Raise Of 500 Per Mile.
Tho board Of railway assessors ot
Oklahoma has almost finished ts
work OF fixing the taxable valuation of
railway properties IN the territory Il
Is known that the valuation Of tho
main line ~ the Santa 70 has been
raised from 5000 10 5000. en- in.
crease OF 500 a milo over last year.
II Is believed that tho valuation of
main limo railroads of other RAILWAYS
has been raised propOrtionntoiy n
is not known definitely whether those
figures win be- nnal Returns from
different counties show that mo yllu.
atoms orc generally lower tnan over
bCtotc Tho aggregate of on tho
counties. however Will ho greater
than last year
WHa
Telegraph Operator Commits Sui.
elde-Bccausc no had failed 90 ap.
proclats bjs mothers love and anoc.
ton for him until q was too late. @.
J. Knopp. a telegraph opomtor. blow
out his brains IN a room "a the New
Commercial hotel Tuesday afternoon
az about 5 O'Clock.
Although no fired two shots into hig
head. the first of which resulted only
IN a scalp wound. no one heard the ro.
ports of the pistol and tho tragedy
was discovered through the ITO blood
OF the suicide dripping through tho
ceiling of tho room that Knopp oc-
Cupicd. into the dining rDom below.
HorrIhcd az tho sight Of human blood
drI ping from tho ceiling. the pro.
priotur % the hotel FASTENED 20 tho
room above and opening tho door.
was confronted with tho dead body
~ Knopp lying on tho floor. two bul.
lct wounds In his head and his brains
soatt,-ad all over The room. A bloody
weapon clasped In tho dead mans
hand and two carefully addressed on
velopol ly'7g ON he table told the
story % another sHcide-u Paso
Herald
a Past Run Across continont-Tho
second consignment Of deep sea cable
now bcing laid by tho government.
between VALDEZ and Nome. has just
boon shipped In "a special train OF
thirty ono cars, over tho Ihckawanua
railrosd. This shipment consists O.
two hundred tons and 10 part 0f 90
orior Tor thirteen hundred miles OF
submarine cable
Some time since. the Iackawanua
banded a consignment OF this cable
and tho actual running limo OF tho
train from Hobokon 20 tho Pacific
coast waa fourteen days, This was
considered remarkable. inasmuch az
adverse weather and a delay OF sew.
oral days Cor repairs had 90 be takon
into account Tho prompt delivery
greatly pleasod the government ON.
ciais directing the laying OF the cable.
W. J.. Kechum ratio clerk IN the
genortia Offices OF tho El PasO a
Northeastern, has accepted a similar
position with the Rock Island az chi
caEo via mhny friends here regret
10 see him leave, but prophecy that q
fow weeks will see him back IN RI
paEo. However. he should DO able 20
avoid mo dangers Of great city u
tho pictfOrai waning served on mm
yesterday by his friends IN tho once
fuiilla its mission.-El Paso News.
Il "a only seventy -four years on the
Fourth of July since work was start.
Oh on tho construction Of tho frat
Americas great roads, Il ia only ,afty.
ono years since the Wntom % the
west At Lake Ere were hrst reached
b. through rail from tho Atlantic
coast, and ua recently as tho BnTon.
der OF Appomnttox there were only
$4,000 miles on main track iu tho
whole. ns compared with 100000 mlloa
now
Plans 10 ln4erseet Santa Fo-Uhiof
Engineer Mccarthy OF the Woathor-
hprd, Oklahoma a Southern says tho
limo has been located from Weather
ford 10 Woodward. and that conbtruc.
ton work win commence On HiH or
oight weeks. The limo viii oroga ne
Frisco az Custer City and int@Uoot