Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-21
CHILD SUES FOR
$1,000 DAMAGES
Father, Chas. O'Connor, Was
Killed at Domingo by
Santa Fe Train
FEDERAL JURORS DISCHARGED
Meeting Held Last Night of
Spanish~American Normal
School Trustees. =

Deputy Superintendent of Insurance
Peter Lienau left the capital yesterday
afternoon for Amarillo, Texas, where
he will make an examination Of the az
fairs of the Amarillo Life Insurance
Company.
Prisoners for Penitentiary.
Sheriff w. C. Kendall of Sierra
county and Deputy j. E. Tafoya arriv-
ed in the capital at noon yesterday
from Hillsboro with four prisoners for
the state penitentiary. The recruits
are: Louis Rain, one year to eighteen
mouths for flourishing deadly weap-
ON in threatening manner; Ezra Mil
Ter, one year on statutory charge;
Cruz Reaso, one year to two years for
larceny; Jose Barela, seventeen to
eighteen months for assault with a
deadly weapon.
$5,ooO Damage Suit Against Railroad
The federal court is having It's last
jury trial today. Half of the petit
jurors were discharged yesterday and
the remaining jurors will be discharg-
ed when the present case is COM
pleted. Beginning yesterday morning
the court heard evidence in the case
of Bell O'Connor, plaintiff, VS.. the At
Gibson, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad,
defendant, in a damage suit for $1,000
brought by the minor child of Charles
O'Connor the latter being a former
employe of the Santa Barbara Pole
and Tie Company and was killed two
years ago in an accident on the Santa
Fe railroad The case is being heard
on a removal from Sandoval county.
Federal Court Notes.
In the case of Louis Napoleon, bank
rupt of Santa Fe,' the court ordered
the disposal of the property of the
bankrupt by private sale for the bene
fit of the creditors. A bankruptcy
case was filed yesterday from Las
Vegas by G. ]. Fredericks, bankrupt
and was referred to refree.
An order of court was entered dir
recting the turning over of certain
property to the Racine-Satterly Com
pany by the Hill brothers, general
merchants of Vaughn, declared bank
rupt.
Notice of motions for new trials
were filed in the federal court by the
Atchison company which was fount
to have broken the twenty-eight houl
law and Lucero was convicted of hav
ing sod liquor to the Apache Indians
of the Jicarila reservation in Rio Ar
riba county.
Spanish-American Normal School.
The trustees of the Spanish Ameri
can Normal School at Ell Rito met las
evening at the Office of Governor W
c. Mcdonald, in the Capitol.
Besides the governor, there wer
present L. B. Prince, president; Mala
quias Martinez, vice president; an,
DIR. J. H. Sloan and also Hon. Squir
Hartt, who has been a member of tn
board but resigned when he becam
senator, in accordance with the const
tuition Colonel Venceslao JaramillC
the secretary and treasurer, was uI
avoidably prevented from attending
by engagements at Ell Rito; and d.
Sloan was elected to act in his place
May "a School Will Close.
By unanimous vote, May "a wa
designated for the ending of tn
school term, and the closing exercises
The question of future appropriation
was then considered. 1t will be r.
inembered that though the past a.
preparations were very inadequat
yet the board has absolutely refuse
to incur any debt, and it's account
show no deficiency. The success an
growth of the school, however, r
quire considerable increase, ar
there are many improvements tn;
are very necessary.
The trustees in their discussion ar
action showed a fill appreciation
the financial condition of the ne
state and the improperly of askiI
anything not absolutely necessary
this session, and agreed to limit i
request for appropriation to $500
most of which it will be probable
carry on the school during the ne
year and to provide water suppl
The governor expressed his appre
alton of the economical busine
management of the institution, al
his great intact in it's success, al
made some important suggestions
improvements when funds can be
forded. The board then adjourned
meet early in June, when secreta