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Vol. VII
Roy, '-Mora County, New Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 6, 1910
No. 23
TOURISTS AND
TOWNS IN DANGER
(Special to the Spanish American)
Denver, Colo., July 30. Hundreds
of eastern tourists, camping in the
mountains and canyons around Den
ver, Colorado Springs, Boulder and
othef places, had narrow escapes yes
lerday from the torrents of water
that followed the cloudbursts In the
hills. Mountain passes were, flooded
almost without warning and so many
washouts occurred that the railroad
traffic of the Denver & Rio Grande,
& Southern Railroads was tied up
for hours.
Torrential downpours are reported
all the way from Gallup, in northwest
ern New Mexico, well Into Wyoming.
Three persons were drowned at Gal
lup by a cloudburst.
Pikes . Peak Avenue, one of the
show streets of Colorado Springs,
was turned Into a river, for a time.
Thousands of dollars of damage was
done at Buffalo Park by a cloudburst;
which deluged the entire district In
Denver Cherry Creek "became bank
full in a few minutes as the result of
a cloudburt ;-f. Sullivan. Twenty Ital
ian families .t Globevllle were driv
en .rom thi Ir homes by the flood
vMth tpai'V ,. ''"' ? of ten et nr
Bveral Mocks, women and children
being rescued by rafts.
-At. Pueblo the Fountain river rose
4en feet and the Arkansas river sev
en feet, but no serious damage was
done. " - ' -
A terrific storm that came about
7 o'clock last night, raging between
Colorado Springs and south to Wal
penburg, has wrought extensive dam
rs.e to Colorado and Southern, Den
ver and Rio Grande and Santa Fe
hacks, and, it. was given out early
this morning that all railroad traf
fic both in and out of Trinidad will
probably be. delayed for at least 24
hours.; ' ' ' ' ".
Several bridges have been washed
away, others are partially down or
torn loose from their anchorage,
.and the total damage may amount
to $80,.OPPS it is said.
Although a number of freight
.trains were tied up between Trini
ciad and Pueblo last night, the pas
senger trains all got. through to their
'destinations. The incoming trains on
the Colorado and Southern last
night arrived on time, having pass
ed through the storm region before
tae storm had burst in its greatest
f try. ;r.;,-. ' -
The downpour was terrific and at
I o'clock this morning it was snowing
hard at Folsom.
The storm extending southward to
Wnlsenbure. looped around ta Wat
prvale and Folsom.- A large part of
the penver and Rio Grande track
has been washed out with several
bridges. The bridges at Buttes and
lMninn are among those that weni.
Th Santa Fe tracks also have been
washed out for a considerable dis
tance. The Denver and Rio Grande
M-irtsre over the St. Charles river is
out of alignment with the tracks
and the one over Salt Creek is also
A Santa Fe
Ancient One
Santa Fe, N. M.f July 30. That
Eduardo Blanco Rabal of Madrid, the
distinguished gentleman who is dying
in a Spanish dungeon with a gun
shot wound In his breast, and whose
14-year old daughter is to inherit k
cool half-million dollars, apparently
has the proverbial nine lives of a cat,
has been discovered by former County
Commissioner Jose Inez Roybal, who
resides In Nambe, about fourteen
milesf rom Santa Fe. V
Mr. Roybal was a caller at the of
fice of the New Mexican today and
brought with him tho letters sent hlnl
by the dying Eduardo Blanco Rabal,
and an examination of the documents
at once recall the letters which havé
been flooding this country for many
months, much to the disgust of the
postal authorities. In fact Uncle Sam
has seen fit to treat Mr. Rabal's cor
respondence with discourtesy and no
letters addressed to him or his agents
in Spain are forwarded. But Rabal is
equal to the emergency, for he has
his supposed relatives to whom he ap
peals in this country, cable him, and,
Mr. JRoybal spent $9 or more on ca
bles before he came to the conclusion
that the whol affair Is the same old
hoax which ?.as been drawing thous-
2? 55v: C..3, iOiKci oi some
man Or set of men in Old Madrid.
The letters are rather cleverly writ
ten, appealing to the chivalry of man
and Incidentally holding out tempting
financial rewards.
INCREASE OF LIQUOR FEES
IN THE UNITED STATES
(Special to the Spanish American)
Washington, D. C, July 30. More
than forty million dollars In the larg
er cities ot the United States, goes to
pay liquor license -fees and then some.
The extent to which drinking men
help pay the expenses of government
in cities is indicated by the census
report covering the finances for the
year J Ó08 in cities 30,000 or more.
These figures show an aggregate of
forty-wo million dollars paid for li
censes, or a gain of three millles over
the previous year. The increase is due
to the large fees exacted in most of
the larger cities. The licensed drink
ing places numbered 67,131, a de
crease in three years of about 4,000.
This is due largely to the fact that
a number of cities went "dry." The
states claiming the largest number of
saloons compared to their population
.were Texas, Wisconsin and New York.
CUTTLEFISH" RETURNS TO PORT
(Special to the Spanish American)
Annapolis, Md., July 30. The sub
marine torpedo boat - Cuttlefish,
which became disabled on Cheas
peak Bay last night for a time, caus
ed much concern,' but returned safe
ly to Annapolis this afternoon.
Louiville Suspect
Caught
JOSEPH WENDLING ARRESTED
AT SAN FR&NCISCO
(Special to the Spanish American)
San Francisco, Cal., July 30. Jos
eph Wendling former janitor of St.
Johns parochial school at Louisville,
Ky., charged with the murder of 8-year-old
Alma Kellner, was arrested
In this city today. He admitted his
identity to the police.
Wendling was found hiding under
a sink at a Third street lodging
house, He denied that he was the
man wanted, but the mark of a bullet
wound on his hand received in the
French army, as well as a ship tat
tooed' on his body, was discovered.
Then Wendling broke down and ad
mitted his Identity. Wendling Is
charged with the murder of Alma
Kellner the eight-year old nice of
a wealthy brewer of Louisville. A re
ward of $6,000 has been offered for
his capture."
In his talk with the idstrict attor
ney and the police Wendling denied
any connection with the murder.
,ADIES ARE PLAN
KING SURPR1SIS
UNIQUE STUNTS IN SUFFRAGISTS
' PARADE. "
(Special to the Spanish American)
New York, July 30. There are to
be some unique features to-the mon
ster suffrage parade which will take
place in New York City in October as
the opening gun of the suffragists'
fall campaign. According to an an
nouncement just issued one float Is to
be filled with "Sufferage Babies," to
show that the suffragettes do not neg
lect the rearing of their families. An
other tradition Is to be shattered by j
float which is to contain the "most
beautiful American sufragette" seated
!n a sedan chair,
How a suffragette can find time
o be seated, is yet to be explained.
Bad Accident' Nar
rowly Avoided
The tender of passenger engine No.
8, between Blsbee and Douglas, was
derailed near Blsbee the other day,
'earing up the track and damaging
some of the ties. Fortunately the en
gineer had the train . under control
and made a quick stop, saving the
coaches from going Into the ditch.
Struck by Lightning
Lives to Tell Tale
The sheep herder Juan Vigil, who
was struck by lightning near Estan
cia Saturday, has been taken to a hoe
pital in Santa Fe, and It is reported
he will recover. The bolt which hit
Vigil, severely burned his head, face
and arms, and one leg, and burned a
shoe completely off one foot
BRUTAL MURDER
AT SOCORRO
(Special to the Spanish American)
"Watch out for Frank Conway, five
feet eight inches tall, blonde, brown
hair, elongated face, and his -brother
Sam, tall, delicate looking, a blonde, ,
blue eyes." This was the message re
ceived today by local autoiities from
Sheriff Gerónimo Sanchez of Socorro
county. The brothers are wanted to
explain the killing of Emll Katzen
steln last night at Socorro. The mur
der occurred near the Richards ho
tel at 8:45 p. m. Katzensteln was 22
years old and had lived in the Gem
City the last sixteen years.
The victim died half an hour after
the shooting, a revolver bullet having
sntered In front at the left side two
nches below the heart, penetrating
the body. The Conways had been
employed for the past three weeks as
:ook and dish washer respectively at
the "Richards hotel. Sheriff Sanchez,
Probate Clerk Sweet, Charles Stewart
and L. R. Lewis started on after the
murderers, but owing to the darkness .
could make no headway. A coroner's
Jury has been empanelled to investl-
gate- . : .... . v, ' ;.. . '
When he was shot,"!?: salí the
deceased was accompanied - by Miss
Amanda Montgomery, an employe of
che hotel, and the murder Is believed
to be the outcome of jealuosy. As far
as can be learned Katzensteln was
unarmed and quite unprepared for
any murderous attack. 7The father
and mother and two brothers of the
deceased left here about a year ago
for Las Cruces where they now reside
and he also leaves a sister, Mrs. Pa
pachi, at Kelly, this county.
The sheriff has organized a posse
to go in Immediate pursuit of the
murderers and every effort will be
made to capture the perpetrators of
what appears to have been an ex
tremely brutal crime. The co-operation
of the officers in adjoining coun
ties is earnestly requested la running
him down.
Conway is described as five feet.
eight inches tall, fair complexion,
face rather long with a nervous af
fection of the lower jaw; weight 160
to 180 pounds, age between 35 and
40. He has served in the army and
has a military carriage. Katzensteln
was unmarried. His tragic death has
roused the greatest Indignation In
Sccorro.- -
Struck on Head
With Large Stone
While enjoying an outing in tí a
mountains, Bruce Carmack of San
Jon was struck on the head by a
large stone which rolled down the
mountains and was rendered uncon
scious for nearly half an hour. He
suffered no serious injury.
impassable.