Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-31
COOLEYS RESIG-
NATION ACCEPTED
Ralph c. Ely and E. R. Wright
Leading Candidates
for Place
WAS SCHEURICH MURDERED !?
Mounted Police Investigating
Peculiar Circumstances OF
His Death.

His Death.
President Taft on Saturday finally
accepted the resignation of Judge Al
ford w. Cooley of Alamogordo from
the New Mexico supreme court bench.
The President had urged Judge Cooley
to remain but the latter insisted up
on being relieved. Attorney Ralph c..
Ely of Deming and District Attorney
E. R. Wright are the principal can
didates for the vacancy.
Inspected Irrigation Works.
Governor Mills and Territorial En-
gineer Vernon L. Sullivan today made
trip to the Arroyo Hondo and in
spected the irrigation works there un-
der progress of construction six miles
south of Santa Fe.
Will Investigate scheurich's Death.
Captain Of the Mounted Police Fred
Fornoff who has just returned from
the lower Pecos valley has detailed
Robert Lewis to investigate the death
of A. B. Scheurich of Taos the fore
man of the Tri-Bullion mine at Kelly
Socorro county, who was found at the
bottom of the shaft with his skull
crushed and died in an Albuquerque
hotel His remains passed through
Santa Fe on Saturday for Taos where
interment was made. There DR.. T. P
Martin made a post mortem examina-
ha I,
Captain Fornoff that there is suspi.
cion that Scheurich was the victim of
foul play, at.apparently while an as
sassin was choking him with the left
hand the assailant used the right to
strike Scheurich terrific blow on the
head which later caused death.
Notaries Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed
David G. Grantham, of Carlsbad, Eddy
county, and Walter c. Zerwer, of Clo-
Wis., Curry county, notaries public.
Interpretations.
Incorporation papers we're filed to-
day by the Long S. Land and Cattle
Company of Lordsburg, Grant county,
j. w. Brazel being the New Mexico
agent. The capitalization is $150,0O0
divided into 1900 shares and the COM
pany begins business with a paid up
capital of $4,000. The incorporators
and directors are: J. w. Brazel, 200
shares; w. D. Buck, $50 shares, both
of Lardsburg, and H. H. Johnson, of
Hutchinson, Kan, SO shares.
The Luna County Abstract Com
pany of Deming, capitalized at $4,000,
divided into 500 shares and beginning
business with $4,000 paid up incor-
porated today. The incorporators and
directors are: Lee O. Lester, 10
shares; Roy M. Perry, 9 shares, and
John H. Lester, Jr., share.
Meeting of Regents.
This afternon the regents of the
Spanish-American Normal School at
Ell Rito, Rio Arriba county, will meet
in this city for the selection of SUI
perntendent.
Territorial Board of Education.
A meeting of the territorial board
of education will be held on June 1C
and H.
District Court.
Two divorce suits, one from Santa
Fe the other from San Juan county
have been filed in district court, but
at request of attorneys the names are
suppressed.
Suit has been filed in the district
court, for Torrance county, by Feli1
Gurule, VS.. Perfecto Jaramillo, to re
cover $33380 for two carloads of hay
Suit has been filed in the distric
court for Taos county by Henry j
Arnold of Denver vs. The Taos Valley
Land Company, Taos Land Company
Taos Irrigation Company, in which
some rather sensational allegation:
are made but which closes merel!
with a demand for specific perform
ance of contract to deliver water tt
plaintiffs land
Suit has been brought in the distric
court for San Juan county by R. H
Mcdonald VS.. F. Fl. Helecamp, M. A
Cooper, G. V. H. Carlisle, involvin;
water rights and asking for a re
straining order to prevent the defend
ants from interfering with what plain
tiff alleges are his rights.
Installing Water Gauges.
photographer J. B. Stewart has lef
for the San Jose and Rio Puerco ri,
ers in Valencia county to install wa
ter gauges. He has completed tn
cable across the Rio Grande at Bucl
mans for an automatic gauge
More Insurance Suits.
Further papers were served toda
on Superintendent of Insurance Jacob
Chaves in the suits of E. l.. Kennedy
trustee of Clovis, against a number o
insurance companies for insurance, tn
total demands now amounting to $25
900.