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VOLUME S.
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY II 1907
NUMBER 41
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INSTITUTE
WINS EASY
CARETS TAKE ANOTHER GAME
FROM EL PASO WITH RUNS
TO SPARE.
GOOD GAME BY MILITARY
Mass On Error That Coat Anything.
CI Paso did Most of its Bad Playing
I Om Inning, and Outside of that
ttoo Gam Was Good from a Baa
all Standpoint.
.X! Paso was a cheerful loser again
Friday. The Military Institute was
Jthe winner and the score was eight
to oae. Base ball was the game and
lAmusement Park was the scene of ac-
Uoo.
Although the game was not as live
ly as it would have been had there
been any doubt of the final result, nev
ertheless, there was some good base
bail played between the first and last
fcnnings. Most of it was on the Insti-
stitute side however.
Hester was In the box for the ca
dets and he allowed a total of eight
&dte but they were so badly separat
ed none of them were the sole cause
of scores being run in. The one run
Chat was made by the visitors was the
result of a two-base 'ait being follow
ed up by an error.
Gallagher started the pitching for
El 'Paso. In seven innings he allow
ed but five hits and struck out eight
men, out was given bad support. The
balloon ascension came la the seventh
. when two ilW, a pass to first and
four errors brought In six runs for the
Institute. That was -what spoiled (he
game. "With that half -Inning out of it
" the story would be different. Roka.hr
- 'went into the box in the eighth and
did effective work.
The feature of the afternoon
the playing of the cadets. Although
they are chalked with four enrors, on
ly one of them was costly. After
kwo men had gotten down on errors
they were immediately put out by oth
er plays. Gammon made a nice doub
le in the seventh by catching a line
drive and throwing to Crowell at first
tn time to catch a runner. The ca
dets did some alee sacrifice bitting,
too, 'three of these heady plays being
made In the fatal sixth.
Following Is the official score:
N. M. M. I. AB R H PO A E
Gamrnan. 2b. 5 0 1 4 3 0
Crowell. lb. 5 0 0 9 0 0
Kennard. as. 4 2 1 2 2 0
Hester, p. 3 110 3 1
etewaxE, K. 2 10 10 0
(Miller, cf- 3 1 0 2 0 0
Harrison, So. 4 2 13 12
Lob man, c 3 1 0 5 4 1
O'Rourke, rf. 3 0 1110
Totals 32 r 5 27 14 4
XSL. PASO. AB R H PO A E
.Derbyshire, rf. 5 0 2 0 0 0
Keifer. lb. 3 0 0 14 1 2
. Jfcirabrook. cf. 4 0 0 0 1 0
Oray. as. 4 112 2 1
.Jaooby, Sb. 3 0 110 3
Bofeahr. 2b St p" 4 0 0 2 5 3
Gallagher, p 2b. 401030
Baraster. c 4 0 27 2 0
Merrill. If. 4 0 110 0
4 Totals. 35 1 8 27 14
" The seors by innings:
24. M. M. I. 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 08
US PASO,
00100000 0 1
' Summary: Earned runs. none. Lest
m bases, N. M. M. I- 3; Ei Paso. 9.
Stolen bases. Kennard. Miller. Leh
man. Darbysaire and Gallagher. Sac
rtflo bits. Stewart. Miller and Loh-
man. CfRoorke and Kteifer. Two base
hit. Heritor. MorrJaoa and Gray,
struck oat. by Hester ; by Galla
gher.' I ; Rokabr, 1. Bases on balls.
Off Hester. Jacoby; off Gallagher.
Kemiard and Stewart. rBt by pUeh
d ball, by Gallagher, Hester. Doable
(ilar. Gammoa to Crowell. In seventh
- Passe4 balls, by Schuster 2; Lohman,
1. Terns of cams one boor and tbtrty
minute. Umpires, Nichols aad 1
gaod. Attendance. 450. -
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Tbs last cams of the 13 Paso se
ries' is being dayed this afternoon.
The ton team I ormt mating with, fee
aMtora. . i - . , .
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SANTA rE YARDS AT
CU AtO WERE BLOCKED.
a Paso, .Tex, May S. The freight
.rim aad every available siding on
loth the Santa Fe and the Mexiesa
pentrsi are so crowded , wtta cars
JtSt tt U Impoaui&la to more. Tba
Mexican Central has 142 oars of com
mercial freight ready to transfer to
the Saints. Fe since -Saturday, but ow
ing to toe crowded condition, of the
fetter road's yards the yardanastar
refuses to receive the import until
4te Central takes the export transfer
out of the way.
TMs the yardmaster of the Mexi
can J roe refuses to do claiming that
the cars intended for American, ship-
meat were ready first. The daily in
crease in the amount of freight re
ceived is still further congesting the
yards of ISie two roads, as the traffic
over these lines Is unusually heavy
at present.
BASE BALL HURRAHING
CAUSES GENERAL MIX-UP,
As a result of bandiage followed by
hooting and jeering, Bill over the base
ball game at Santa Fe Sunday a free
if or all fight took place on College
Street. No oae seems to know ex
actly who started the row but Chas.
Barnes, a negro porter at the Palace
hotel seems for some reason to have
been singled out for the attack from
which when captured by the police he
was defending himself with a base
ball bat. City Marshal Hughes, who
happened to be tn the neighborhood
at the time of the souffle, placed Bar
nes and three other men under arrest.
They were all up before Justice of the
Peace Jose Ma. Garcia Monday morn
ing for a hearing.
BRINGS HOME GOOD
TIDINGS FOR TRAINMEN
El Paso News.
W. rl. Stockwell, a passenger con
ductor on the G. H., returned to his
home in this city Tuesday night from
Houston, where he had been for some
time with other railroad men in con
ference with high officials of the road
at which conference a new scale of
wages for the trainmen was arranged
Mr. Stockwell brought home good
news for the trainmen, as material
increases in wages have been granted
them, but just what they will amount
(to he Is not yet prepared to give out.
Mr. Stockwell will leave in a few
days for Memphis, Tennessee, where
he will attend the national convention
of the Order of Railway Conductors.
tfhSch convenes on the 14th instant,
and on his return from that city he
will stop off at' Houston to procure
the exact figures on what concessions
have been granted the trainmen.
CATTLE MEN ARE
WAITING FOR CARS
dowdoroft. N. M-. May 9. J. V.
ijuVm, territorial cattle inspector,
s here on business. He report
many cattle men anxious to ship, but
cars are scarce, owing to the big rush
among Texas cattle shippers. W. C.
McDonald, of Carrizozo, has 125 cars
loads to ship to the Kansas market,
soon as the oars are obtainable.
The Felix Cattle company bias sou
head at Tularosa, ready to be shipped.
(As much as 190 oars have been order
ed by shippers along the line north
of Atannogordo.
DENVER MEN TO START
WORK ON CENTRAL MINE.
Santa Fe, N. M.. May 9. O. H. Kaif
(fen and B. F. Spencer, of Denver,
representing the Denver syndicate
which recently acquired the Grand
Central group in the Oerrillos district
southern Santa Fe county, were in
Santa Fe on their way to Cerrillos to
take possession of the property.
Thev will nut to work a force of
men to clean out he shafts and tun
nels and to begin taking out ore which
mill be ahinDed to the smelter at
Pueblo.
NOTICE.
Sprine Chicken, Ice Cream,
Strawberry Short Cake at the
Shelby, Sunday May, 12th
Regular Price.
FOR SALE: Motor cycle, 4hp. In
fine running condition, tires and
engine in fine shape. It it a bargain
if sold at once. Box 324 Roswell.
N. M. eitio
Too can have a good timepiece if
you buy your watch- or clock of I.
B. Moellner, jeweler and optician.
I bare over twenty designs in sou
venir spoons which I would be pleas
ed to snow you. L- B. BoeHner, jew
eler and optician. It
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Just a few of the famous "Oates
Base Ball" card games left. Girls,
yon bad better hurry and learn the
game so you can enjoy real game
of baseball. Ingersoll's Book Store.
Dr. F. N. Brown left on the auto
today for Santa Fe to attend a meet
ing of tbs Territorial Dental Board,
of wbacb be is a member. .
O. 8. WEATHER BUREAU. -(Local
Report.)
Roswell. N. M, May 11. Tempera-
jtura. Max, 78; mbx, 48: mean. 62.
Precipitation. 00; "wind S- E, veloc
ity 4 miles; weather clear.
Forecast, Roswell and Vicinity:
Fair tonight and Gunday; rising
temperature.
If. WRIGHT.
OfSoUl te Chares.
&ULLIVAN-KELLEY
FIGHT A DRAW.
Los Angeles, CaL, May 11. After
twenty rounds the fight last night be
tween Twin Sullivan and Hugo Kel-
ley, was decided to be a draw.
The Fight By Rounds.
ROUND 1. Taey shake. Sullivan
leads with left to body and ' they
cMnch. After break, they exchange
hard blows on body and Sullivan
lands on jaw. Kelly ducks left swing
and sends left to stomach. Kelly
sends left and right to shoulder. Sulli
van lands left on ribs. As gong sounds
both are in mix up sending hard blows
to bead and body.
ROUND 2. Kelly leads, but bis left
for body falls shorts. Sullivan misses
left for jaw and Kelly clinches. Kelly
lands on face with left and sends
right to body. Sullivan sends left to
ribs. They rush into clinch, both do
ling good in-fighting. Kelly lands left
on head and .they clinch. Kelly feits
iwibh left and sends right to head.
They were tn clinch at bell
ROUND 3. Sullivan falls short with
left to body and Kelly lands lightly on
head. Sullivan sends left to neck and
Kelly rushes into clinch. Kelly starts
left on head again and again. Sullivan
sends left to face and Kelly lands
heavily on head with right swing.
Kelly Hands left and right on body. He
-then sends left to side of head, dazing
Sullivan . At close Quarters Kelly
sends short arm left and right to body
hard. Sullivan clinching. Gong.
ROUND 4. SulHvan falls short with
?ft to body but got right to head.
Kelly sends left to mouth and they
clinch. Sullivan sends terrific left to
body. Kelly lands lightly on jaw and
they clinch. Sullivan send left
stomach twice. Tbey clinch and hold
on. At break Sullivan upper-cut wi-tn
left. They were clinched when gong
rang. That was Sullivan round.
ROUND 5. They rush into clinch.
Kelly sends left to stomach and then
repeats it. ,In clinch Sullivan whips
terrific left to ribs. Sullivan is u-
ling his elbow. Kelly lands left and
right to head and Sullivlan holds on
jt break, Kelly sends left and right
to head and body again worrying Sul
livan. Referee ihas to put Sullivan
awlay. Kelly misses left to head and
SulHvan lands left on body. They
clinch, both ripping short arm jolts
(to body. SulHvan lands right upper-
lout and almost lifts Kelly off floor.
Kelly bad shade beat of It Gong.
ROUND 6. Sullivan lands left on
head and they clinch. Sullivan misses
left for head and gets right on wind
in return. Kelly sends left to head but
Sullivan lands hard left on face and
whips over might swing o either side
of bead. They clinch. Sullivlan but
ted and Kelly straightens nam up
with left to mouth. Kelly landed left
on side of head. They were in hot
mlxup when gong rang.
ROUND 7. Kelly sends hard left to
(face. Both land lefts on body. Kelly
isends left to head. Sullivan land
heavily on head. Sullivan forcing Kel
ly. Sullivan sends left to body and
they were clinched at gong. Sulldvan
bad that round by a shade.
ROUND 8. Kelly lands on rib. They
clinch. Kelly blocks again. Kelly
shoots left to head hard. He then
sends right to body and they clinch.
Both doing hard fighting in clinch.
They hold on and fight at close range.
(At break, Kelly lands left and right
on body at end of round.
ROUND. 9. Sullivan lands on head.
Sullivan sends two lefts to face, then
follows with right to same place. Kel
ly sends right to body. Both land lefts
on head, suinvan sends terranc ten
to face and right to body. Kelly ducks
left swing for 'head. Sullivan lands
right on body. He tiien rips swing
to kidneys. Sullivan misses left for
head and Kelly gets in light right to
face. Sullivan's round.
ROUND 10. They clinch. Sulldvan
lands hard on bead, staggering Kel
ly. SulHvan swings left to body. Kel
ly sends left and right to head with
damaging effect. Sullivan lands left
on ribs. Sullivan swings left to head
and right to face. They clinch. Kelly
holding tight. At break, Kelly lands
left and right on mouth, and short up-
percut on jaw as gong -rang. Even
honors.
ROUND 11. Sullivan blocks straight
left for stomach. Kelly sends left to
body, and Sulivan blocks. SulHvan
lands- on neck. Kelly gets to head with
straigot left and then sends right to
same place. He then geba left to
body hard after which they cKnca.
After break they rush. Both landing
on body. They clinch and are separat
ed as gong sounds. Sullivan has the
lead so far on points. H3s clever block
ing has saved him severe punishent.
ROUND 12. SulHvan lands twice on
face. SulHvan sends' stiff left to solar
plexus and. rushes bis man to ropes
landing at will on head and body. Kel
apparently belplesa. Kelly rattles
and sends left and right to bead and
then whips left to stomach. Sullivan
at close quarters sends left and right
to body with telling effect. Men in an
embrace at bell. .... -
ROUND 13. Sullivan sends left to
bead. Tbey clinch. At break KeDy get
right swing to bead. Sattrvaa blocks
left and sends left to head mod right
to ribs. They clinch and are eparted.
Kelly lands left to jaw. Sullivan lands
left on head. Honors evien.
ROUND 14. Kelly upperout and Sul
pi van puts left to Jaw. Kelly runs into
clinch. Kelly lands left on head. Kelly
sends left to solar plexus and Sulli
van goes down. He is up quickly- and
they go at it fiercely and are in hot
mix-op as gong rings.
ROUND 15. Sullivan shoots left to
ribs. Kelly lands right to jaw and
then left to body, forcing Sullivan to
hold on. Kelly is confident and lands
often. -He whips right to body. They
cHnch. At break SulHvan swings right
to ear. In clinch they do heavy -fighting.
At gong both are hanging on.
Sullivan bantering Kelly on kidneys.
ROUND 16. Kelly ducks straight
left for head. He ducks another and
sends right to body. Sullivan blocks
left but Kelly gets hard right to body
They clinch and hold on, crowd yell
ing to separate them. At break Sulli
van gets two lefts to body bard. Kel
ly ducks left to head and blocks right
Men are In. clinch at gong.
When they break Sullivan wrenclies
Kelly's arm in making the turn and
made Kelly wince.
ROUND 17. Sullivan lands on face.
Sullivan sends left to body. They
cHnch. Kelley goes in and lands left
and right on body and jaw and tries
hard for knockout. Men clinch, referee
separating them. Kelley sends terrific
left to jaw and right to body without
return, Sullivan holding on. They are
separated again. Kelley misses right
swing for head and gong rings.
ROUND 18. They rush into clinch
and are separated. Kelley sends right
and SulHvan. falls down and com
plains to referee. He recovered quick
ly and came up strong. They ex
change fierce body blows and clinch.
Burns pulling them apart. Kelley
sends bard left to stomach and they
clinch. At break Sullivan sends hard
left to side of haad and right to sto
mach. They clinch and Burns pulls
them apart as round ends.
Kelly fouled, but as it did no dam
age it was allowed.
ROUND 19. Kelley rushes stiff left
to body and they clinch. At the break
Sullivan lands twice on stomach. Kel
ley sends two lefts to stomach and
they clinch. Sulivan shoots left to
jaw and misses right upper-cut. They
clinch and are pulled apart. Rush in
to clinch again. At breakaway Sulli
van lands left on jaw and Kelley
shoots right to Jaw. They are separ
ated again. That round was even. The
crowd seems to be with Kelley, who
seems to have a slight shade the bet
ter of the mill.
ROUND 20... They shake hands. Sul
Hvan sends left to ribs and again to
side of head. Decision a draw. The de
cision was received with applause.
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SANTA FE WILL ABOLISH
THE MEXICAN LABOR
It has been reported that the San
ta Fe road will discharge all foreign
laborers and place Americans in their
stead. The reason given for this is
that the imported laborers have not
given satisfactory results and that
irhe scale of wages will be increased
for the laborers in order to secure
desirable workmen.
THE OTERO COUNTY JAIL
VACANT FOR FIRST TIME,
Ahvmogordo, N. M., May 9. Sheriff
iDenney has gone to Ssata Fe with
Ithe three prisoners sentenced at the
last term of court here. " This has left
the Otero county jail vacant, for the
first time since it was built.
MERCHANTABLE TIMBER
WILL BE PLACED ON SALE.
The forestry bureau of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington
has just notified -Supervisor Ross Mc-
Millin, of the Pecos, Jemez and Taos
national forests, that arrangements
are completed for the sale of all mer
chantable timber in the reserve .under
his jurisdiction. The timber is soon
to .be advertised and it is understood
that it is to be sold in -quantities rang
ing from $100 to $5,000 In amount.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
FAIL TO ENDORSE HUGHES.
New York, May 11. A resolution
endorsing Governor Hughes for the
Republican nomination for -PrestJent,
which was offered by forer Governor
Odell at today's session of the Repub
lican state committee, was raid on
the table by a vote of 32 to 4. In mak
ing the motion that it be tabled, Chair
man Woodruff said: "I move that this
resolution be tabled on account of the
gentleman who 'introduced it being
actuated by his well known antipathy
to the President of the United States."
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Rooms for Rent.
At The Gilkeson. $15.00 to $18.00
per month. This rate includes free
baths. It
Splendid Concert Thursday NighL
The Philharmonic Band gave a free.
open-air concert in the court "house
plaza Thursday night, and it was pro
nounced by many one of the best ever
beard in Roswell. In spite of the
oiiilly night there was a good crowd
In attendance. The music was all of
Ugh grade and was interpreted tn
ithe manner of artists. The audience
was an Appreciative one, every mas'
bar toeing applauded. - ?.
SHOT HIMSELF TO
ESCAPE LYNCHING.
; Wichita Kan., May 11. W. R. Ful
ton, who last night attempted to kill
this former wife, committed suicide
early today. His body was found in
Ktie railroad yards four blocks from
where be -attacked Mrs. Fulton and
shot her three times. The woman is
not dangerously injured. Following the
shooting last night a crowd of men
chased Pulton intent on lynching him,
but he escaped.
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HARVARD AND COLUM
BIA BOAT RACE.
Boston, Mass., May 11. Collegiate
interest today centered in the Varsi-
jty boat race between the eights rep
resenting Harvard and Columbia up
on the Charles -river over a course
of a mile and seven-eighths. This is
Columbia's first appearance on the
Charles, and the first rowing contest
pn twenty years in which the two
colleges have engaged.
LAST
ENTERTAINMENT
OF LECTURE COURSE.
The Fulcfaer Entertainers, a com
ipany of literary and musical artists.
(will be in Roswell ' next Wednesday
night and give an entertainment at
the Southern Methodist church at
eight o'clock. It is the last number
of the lyoeum course 'brought Siere
Uunder the auspices of the Military
Institute. It is said to be the best or
them all, and Roswell people will do
well to avail themselves of this last
opportunity to see a good entertain
ment at the reduced prices such a
course makes possible.
Tire company is composed of three
members, Mrs. Cornelia. Fulcher
Miss Evangeline Fulcher and Mr.
Maurice Lee Fulcher. They sing, read
and entertain in various other ways,
carrying with, them costumes in
which to perform their different
parts.
The prices for the entertainment
(are 50 cents and 35 cents for chil-
diren. Seats are now on sale at the
Daniel Drug Store.
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STRIKE IN BEAUMONT
OIL FIELDS IS OFF.
Beaumont, Tex., May 11. A special
from Saratoga says .the strike in the
oil fields is off and the men feure re
turning to work. As a iresult of the
settlement of the strike in the south
east Texas oil fields the "open shop"
prevails at Spindle Top, Saratoga
and Batson. At the two former places
nearly all the men have been re-in-j
stated. At Batson the operators stat
ed that the strikers would have to
wfait for vacancies.
THE SAN FRANCISCO
STRIKE SITUATION
San -Francisco,. Cal.. May 10. De
tective Sergeant BeH, who was S'aot
(through the thigh in Tuesday's riot
ing, is in critical condition, blood poi
soning having developed. All the oth
er victims are improving. The funer
al of Jiames Walsh, the young team
ster killed during the rioting, was
held today. Active preparations at
the car barns at Turk and Fillmore
and at Oak and Broderick early to
day indicated the purpose of tne
company to increase the number of
jcars sent out today. It -is said that
the cars will start shortly after noon.
NEW RESTAURANT WILL
OPEN NEXT TUESDAY.
The Grill" is the name of the new
restaurant that will be opened in the
old stand of "The Pantry," by R. M
Patrick, and .the new proprietor an
nounces that ne win De reaay ior
business at noon Tuesday. The new
eating house will be the -swellest Ros
well has ever had. The place has
been enlarged and is being elegantly
furnished and supplied with linen, sil
verware, china and other necessaries.
The meals will .be served in metropoH
tan style, fitting to the taste of Ros-
well's cosmopolitan population.
It is also announced today that af
ter Tuesday morning breakfast, the
dining room feature of The Gilkeson
will be discontinued. The Grill will
serve as the dining room for The Gil
keson, and it is predicted by Manager
Patrick that his place will not fall in
the least from the high standard main
tained by The Gilkeson. The Gilkeson
will continue to run as a hotel and
will give all its attention to the room
ing feature. The Gilkeson's rooms
have attracted wide attention for
their elegant furnishings and com
plete comfort, and tJie popularity of
the place 'will no doubt continue.
DUNKARDS ARE LOOKING
FOR WESTERN HOMES.
Albuquerque, N. M., May 10. The
special train carrying 200 Dunkards
arrived in Albuquerque this evening
and it is expected that the Dunktards
-who are thrifty farmers from Penn
sylvania and Illinois, will stop in Al
buquerque long enough to take a look
over the Rio Grande , Valley and the
mesa -with a view to settling. The
home-eeekers are going all Che way to
California to thoroughly inspect the
resources of various sections of the
south west before deciding where to
place tSieir colony. They will stop
several hours in Las Vegas and Santa
Fe before reaching here. The Dunk
ards are tiis most desirable class of
citizens, and local boosters vand busi
ness men will do well to take them in
hand when the train arrives.
, Union Label Exposition.
New York, May 11. A union label
exposition opened today in the Brook
lyn Labor lyoeum under tine auspices
of the central labor union of that
borough, and will continue through
the coming week. A great variety of
goods bearing the union label is show
the object of the show being to edu
icate the public in the matter of the
desirability of union made merchan
dise.
Willmington Primaries.
Willmington. Del., May 11. Serious
efforts to prevent the nomination of
Mayor Wilson for a second term are
being imade in the Republican .primar
ies fa progress today. Dr. Harrison
W. Howell, president of the municipal
board of health, and Charles K.
Sparks are being boomed for the no
mination by opponents of Wilson.
NEW MEXICO FIRMS '
HAVE INCORPORATED
Santa Fe, N. M-, May 9. Incorpora
tion papers have been filed today by
the Portales Water Works and Etec
trict -Lighit company, of Portales.
Roosevelt county.
The capital stock is $15,000 and the
incorporators are: Coe Howard, W. H.
McDonald and Joseph Howard of Por
tales.
The Hagerman Publishing Company
of .Hagerman, Chaves County has in
corporated. The capital is $3,000 and
the incorporators and directors are:
James B. McDonnell, A. E. Riffley,
Perry Wagnon and J. E. Wimberley,
of Hagerman.
SNOW STORM IN NEW
YORK AND NEW ENGLAND
New York, May 11. Snow and un
seasonably low temperature is re
ported today from points in New York
state and New England. In the Adi-
rondacks from 3 to 6 inches of snow
fell in the past 2i hours, and at Rome
N. Y., the fall was three inches with
temperature of 34 .In this city
there was a drop of 32 degrees in IS
hours.
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MEETING OF THE NEW
PRISON COMMISSION.
New Mexican, May 10.
Joseph F. Sulzer, of Albuquerque,
is the president and Charles F. Easley
of Santa Fe the secretary of the new
ly organized Territorial Penitentiary
Commission which convened in ini
tial meeting this forenoon at the of
fice of Superintendent Arthur Trel
ford. All of the members were in at
tendance besides the officers above
named, -there being present Thomas
W. Haywiard, of East Las Vegas; Jno.
R. DeMier, of Alamogordo and Price
Walters of Aztec.
The meeting was not called to or
der until nearly noon owing to the de
layed arrival of M.r. Sulzer. Howev
er, the formal work of organil'ng re
quired 'but a few 'minutes. Mr. Sul
zer was unanimously elected presi
dent and Mr. Easley was selected as
secretary without a dissenting vote.
The latter is the only 'member hold
ing over from the old board and Is
also an appointee of ex-Governor Ha
german. When the commissioners re-assembled
after the noon reca&s the matter
of considering bids for various sup
plies for the penitentiary was taken
up. A large number of bids for divers
and sundry articles will htajve to be
examined before the contracts are
awarded. Santa Fe, Lias Vegas and
Albuquerque firms have submitted
proposals.
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WILLIAM R. HEARST WINS
POINT IN ALL COURTS.
Albany, N. Y., May 10. The Court
of Appeals tod?y sustained the right
of Attorney General Jackson to at
Hack m the name of the people the
title of George B. Modal lan as May
or of 'New York City in behalf of
William R. Hears. Hearst has now
won his point in all the courts. The
court Is unanimous in its decision
nmd no written opinion is given.
To Try Texas Murderer.
Dallas, Tex., May 11. The case of
W. O. Brown, charged with killing Al
bert S. Johnson in the lobby of the
St. George hotel early this year, has
been set for trial next week in the
criminal district court. The shooting
of Johnson caused a sensation at the
time, as both assailant and victim are
prominent men.
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H. E. Hen&on, aged 38 years, died
this morning at 3:30 at his home it
1309 N. Kentucky avenue. He came
here with his wife and son about six
months ago from Bremo Bluff, Va,
for the benefit of his health, being
afflicted with tuberculosis. The re
mains will be shipped from the Dil
ley undertaking rooms tomorrow mor
ning to the old home, accompanied
by the widow and son.
The Record chapel was adjourned
again : this afternoon to attend tae
baseball game.
-Mrs. J. W. Rhea Is confined to her
bed on account of sickness. .
JOHNSON
GOT AWAY
INDICTED, HE FLED TO ALAMO
GORDO, WAS CAPTURED
AND ESCAPED.
WALKED MAN MILES
Roswell Attorney Accused of Obtain
ing Money Under False Protons.
Trie to Defeat th Law by Kplng
Out of the Hand of Officer.
J. La. Johnson, the well known law-
yer of this city, was indicted by the
recent grand jury on the charge of
obtaining money under false preten
ses. He was never arrested, for the
reason that he suddenly disappeared.
No trace was found as to whether he
left by rail, auto, rig or horse and
nothing was heard from him till a
few days ago, when a dispatch came
from Alamogordo stating that he was
in custody there.
He had walked out of Roswell. be
yond doubt, and to a point probably
sixty miles southwest of here. There
his feet gave out and tvs had to go
to a ranch. His arrest soon followed
and he was taken to Alamogordo.
When the word came of his arrest.
Deputy Sheriff O. Z. Finley went af
ter him. Today Mr. Finley returned
on the auto and reported that he had
found Johnson in custody at Alamo
gordo and brought him as far as Tor
rance, when the prisoner made ills
escape. Mr. Finley states that he was
signing a check for their fares on
the auto and Johnson was not more
than a foot from his elbow when the
.prisoner made his "get-away." The
deputy did not take his eyes from his
prisoner more than ten seconds, but
In that time he had slipped from the
room and disappeared in the dark
ness. A minute search failed to locate
Johnson.
ROSWELL MAN IS
PLACED UNDER ARREST.
Alamogordo, N. M., May 9. A man
by the name of J. L. Johnson was ar
rested at the Hunter ranch, 30 miles
west of Aiamogordo. He came to the
ranch footsore and unable to proceed
further on foot.
James Hunter came to town and
notified the officers that t"iK"e was a ,
suspicious character there and they
telegraphed to Roswell, and received
a reply to hold him and wire. An offi
cer is expected to take the man hack
to Roswell. Johnson was formerly a
practicing attorney in the Pecos Val-,
ley town, and the offense committed .
is not yet known here, further than
it is said to involve some kind of mon
ey transaction.
RATON IS TALKING OF
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Raton, -N. M., May 10. There is a
very well developed sentiment in Ra
ton just now in favor of municipal
ownership of the electric light and
power plant, which supplies the city
with all its light and power. It is
said that rates have recently bee a ad
vanced coni iderably and that the sa
loons notably have been raised more
than 100 per cent.. This has caused
a number of saloon men to put in n
automatic gas lighting system which
is being Installed here by A J. Brom
illet, a hustler who is taking advan
tage of -the situation. The feeling for
municipal ownership is strong, and .
if the present agitation continues it
would not be surprising if the matter
were submitted to the people at an
early date.
In the meantime Raton Is growing
by leaps and bounds. Every one here
is prosperous. There is lots of build
ing and no empty bouses, and busi
ness is in the best of condition with .
every reason for expecting a contin
uance of the present prosperous con
ditions for an indefinite period.
Raton has an estimated population
of 8,000 and there is oo doubt that
the actual population is somewhere
near that figure. The enormous ac
tivity in railroad construction and
mining during the past eighteen
months has made Jthe rapid growth of
this city inevitable. With three rail
roads now coming into Raton It Is ta
a position to become a formidable ri
val for Trinidad and Las Vegas for
the business of norther New Mexico.
Dr. D. H. Galloway has purchased
a new twenty-dorse power Reo tour-
ting car and is managing the machine
with the ease, apparently, of aa old
chauffeur.
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