Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-01-20
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JAN. 20, 1905.

Mrs. II. J. McGrsth has seturned
from her visit TO FL Paso.
hen Crawford got enough OF clifton
high water, aud took the FIRST train
out OF town.
The Detroit smelter at Morencl
went out Of commission with the Arl.
xona and the Shannon smelters. This
was caused by breaks, 10 the water
service which supplied the Detroit
smelter.
County Commissioner OwnbY was
OVER to Silver City the first Of the
week, attending the meeting Of the
county commissioners called to can
vass the votes for justices Of the peace
and c%onstables.
On the Goth Of this month the El
Paso s. Southwestern will put on a
night train each way between Ell Paso
and Benson. The Arizona s. New
Mexico road may put on a night train
TO make a connection at Hachita.
Presiding Elder French, Of the
Methodist church, lectured at the
Knights Of Pythias hall Wednesday
night, 70 a good sized audience, the
members Of which were much inter.
ested Ia his discourse. The proceeds
Of the lecture we're divided between
the local church and the fund that is
being raised to build in El Paso a
parsonage for the presiding elder @;
this district.
The death of Adolph Solomon,
which was told Of last week, was first
announced as a natural death. 1t has
since been learned that he committed
suicide. He had been at Stafford for
some days. He came down to the
ONCE at his business place, about half
past sever 10 the morning, and while
alone in the Office shot himself
through the head, death being instan-
famous. No adequate reason is
knoWu for his committing this rash
act.
At Phoenix there we're heavy losses
from the floods last week. The rail-
road bridge over the river was washed
out, and traffic was interrupted for
more than a week. The legislature
met there Monday, but there was
trouble for the members ia getting
there, as the railroad was not running
trains. The orphans from Clifton,
aud the people who had adopted them,
who arrived 10 Phoenix before the
food came, to attend the court, where
their future would be decided on,
vert tied up there by the washouts.
The rains OF last week created havoc
all along the ella river. At Solomon
willie not only was the river filed, but
all the canals. Some of them broke
their banks and flooded niOst OF the
town. The Solomon commercial com
Dany saved It's store by building dykes,
but the Diaz block and several other
stores aud residences were flooded and
ruined, as they were built OF adobe,
and could not stand water. The loss
10 SOlomonville will mount to sever
al thousand dollars, besides the losses
on the farms from broken bitches.
The ella Valley, Globe and Northern
road was washed out, and the first
mail got through Sunday.
Monday night there was a hot time
down 10 the Southern Pacific yard
George Wood discovered some Mexl-
cans ia an empty refrigerator car, and
told them to come out. They an
swered by making strange motions at
him with s~ixshooters, and he imagined
they wanted him to 60 away, aud so
he went. He reported the matter to
agent Clapp, who laid the case before
Judge McGrath. AS Constable Nc
Grath was out Of town the judge dep
utlzed Mr.. Clapp and several more
railroad men as officers, aud went
with them to see they did their duty,
and arrested the Mexlcans. The
Judge talked to the Mexicans, and
they refused to come out, and threat
ened him with their guns, but the
Judge kept on taking and 6nally ont
OF them, named Joaquin Gutierres
came out. He hit the ground run
ming, but was captured. BiieratC
Balthran came out aud he hit th'
ground running and shooting. H,
was chased, and captured, but hat
thrown bis gun away before he wa
caught. This left but one man In thI
car aud his name was Ysadoro Bal
thran, the father OF Bijerato, and b
was not to be captured. Judge Nc
Grath caught him by the gun arm
and tried to persuade him to let go o
the gun, but he refused, 10 the struP
gle the Judge persuaded him over th
head with a gun, but he was still oh
stInate, and the two went down 10
heap, with the Judge on top. Ysador
twisted the gun around till he had-l
pointed at the judge, but before b
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