Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-06-19
PREACHER KILLED
BY TRAIN NEAR
TUCUMCAR|
Rev. George G. UImer Of Hud-
son Thrown by a Runaway
Team to Death Under Fast
Moving Freight

| Especial Correspondence to Morning Journall
Tucumcari, N. NJ, June 16.-Rev
| George c. Ulmer OF Hudson, was in
stantly killed by passenger train No
! 30 at Hudson Monday at 1920 a. m
| He had driven from his claim to
| Hudson and train 33 was passing the
station when he arrived. Hudson
| being only flag station the train did
| not stop, but blew for the station and
was running at the rate of 10 miles
an hour when the team OF Mr.. u
| mer became frightened and ran away
The county road runs parallel with
the track, and when the crossing was
reached, instead OF the team turning
away from the track they attempt-
ed to cross and were struck by the
engine. The train backed up to the
station, took the body and brought il
to Tucumcari where an inquest was
held. The jury gave a verdict exon
Grating the railroad crew from blame.
on Tuesday the remains We're buried
at Hudson. Mr.. Timer was q min
lister of the M. r. church, and was a
prominenet worker in the anti-sa-
loon league. He came to New Mexi-
co two years ago from Indiana. He
leaves q wife and one child, Miss
Sarah Ulmer, who is a teacher in the
Tucumcari public schools.
Miss Alma sheppard, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. sheppard of Tu-
cumcari, died Monday at o'clock a.
m. of typhoid pneumonia, aged 20
years. The funeral at the Baptist
church Monday afternoon was one of
the largest ever seen in Tucumcari.
During the funeral hour the business
houses of the city were closed. In
terment was in Sunny Side cemetery.
Earl l.. Shaub, managing editor of
the Amarillo Daily News, was mar
ried at Nashville, Tenn, June 18th,
at D. m, to Miss Marguerite Neal
of that city. Shaub was at one time
city editor of the Tucumcari News,
and was for a while associated with
the Dalhart Evening News. The cou~
pie left Nashville after the marriage
for Amarillo, Texas, where they will
reside Mr.. Shaub is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Shaub of this city
c. II. DeYampert has been notified
of his election as one of the vice
presidents of the territorial fair. Mr..
county exhibit at Chicago last fall,
and is known as the Watermelon
King of Quay county
The Bell ranch north of Tucumcari,
had an inch of rain Monday.
Work Of remodeling the First Ma
tional bank commences Monday. The
bank will be enlarged and will extend
from the corner of Main and Second
streets to the postiffice. An entrance
to the second story will be made on
Second street. The second story Will
be made into "a hotel with twenty
rooms and the room occupied by the
Elk drug store will be enlarged, and
a new front put in.
A suit which was watched with
much interest was decided in the
court here today. The FoXworth
Galbraith Lumber company brought
suit against the Western Union Tele-
graph company for alleged damages
sustained because of one word left
out of a telegram. The word omitted
was mot" and 1t was claimed the
omission of the word changed the
sense of the message, and caused one
IF the firm to make a trip costing
$3.50. which amount they claimed as
damages. The court gave a verdict
-or tho plaintiff. The Western Union
mas given notice of appeal.