Santa Fe New Mexican (Newspaper) - January 19, 1905, Santa Fe, New Mexico ANT A FE NEW MEXICAN SANTA JANUARY STERIOUS DOUBLE MURDER OF MINERS AT QUESTA MONDAY larles Purdy and James Redding ire Shot to Death on the Placer line and John Conley is Under Charged With Killing loth to The New double murder Ion Monday afternoon at the three miles south and twentyfive miles from rest A mining John is accused of Icing Charles Purdy and James ton of an old northern New The nen were at work on the Plac they Purdy was the eye and Redding In the After both each was i the Two men who had claim that they saw calmly mount his horse and ride They started In and captured Conley at 3 Tuesday No Local district has received any information con the tragedy at Questa and t know what substance the ter arge against John Conley may No steps will be taken to ha man a preliminary hearing Abbott receives some official the murders and of Conleys Tie affair is surrounded by since two of the three men 1 and the third will not make concerning knottier Murder consultation with District Attorney Abbott today for the purpose of pro curing an Investigation into the cause of the death of a son of David which occurred at El on December 14th Can dido Chaves was a young eighteen years of age and had the day before returned from a sheep ranch some distance from town where he had been working for several months On the 13th of December It Is said that he in company with several other young who were minors and not over eighteen years of procured some whiskey and they all became Among the boys who were with the dead man were Pedro Jara Manuel and Gal all of Bl Late in the eve ning the Chaves was found la an unconscious condition on one of the streets of town and tak en to his sisters house and put to There were some marks and bruises on his back and which may have been caused by or by his having fallen when in his drunken At any next his sis ter finding that he did not went to the bad Into which he was put the night before and found His David and his Sixto now desire am investiga tion so as to ascertain who sold the i Chaves and David to these boys and also to get Rio Arnica arrived at all the circumstances connected yesterday and were in with young mans IGERS l Would Like Legislature Them Bettor Protec i From ER FIVE BILLS Their Immediate Mexicos in by Sanitary STONE OPPOSING HAMILTON the joint statehood wus taken up to day Senator Stone of Missouri ad dressed the Senate in opposition to Chinas Honor Jan Hay has secured positive assurances from the powers that there shall be no attempt made upon the Integrity of More of Smoot of James Talmage of the University of and an authority on the doc trine of the Mormon was again on the stand today in the In Judge Tyler coun sel for the conducted a rigid cross Bristow Retires Assist ant Postmaster General Bristow will retire from office at the close of busi ness hours He expects re Instructions today or tomorrow from Secretary Taft preliminary to taking up new duties as a special com missioner and investigate the rate con ditions and other matters in connection with the Panama Railroad and Steam ship GO TO THE All business and professional of Santa Fe are urged to meet the Den THE TERRITORIAL SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court ot the Territory of New Mexico convened this morn ing at 9 at Its chambers In the there being present William chief justice John associate Justice Frank associate justice William associate Jus and Edward asso justice United States attorney George solicitor and Jose Case Charles was argued and submitted Dobson representing ap and the appel Case Territory of New appellant was argued and representing the Terri and the At the afternoon session Associate Justice Ira Abbott was COMBES MINISTRY QUITS LOUBET OF Combes minis try has presented its resignation to President in a letter points out that a though is still a majority and therefore the past policy should gov ver business men at Elks Hall ern the new MAJOR PREDICTIONS FOR FAIR LAS CRUCES Says That One Decade Hence Dona Ana Countys Capital City Will Have Inhabitants and Will Not Be Excelled For Prosperity In New ot the Territorial Cattle Board were held band evening and this after of the board were t except of Las was unavoidably detained i by Jack met aboard for the first time since nent to E the recent convention at Den cattlemen of New Mexico prea t at the JBrown Hotel and needed hours of discussion it to ask the Territorial to tasA r 3 tha legislature measures up following that will give a legal of what constitutes a butcher i Territorial measure to prevent the nd that is At 1s no penalty using Thieves are taking advantage of this i amendment to the law whiche that must animal at ot sale up 1 newon who be ww tor failure tie The amendment that the range is tuut other including from Arizona and Not only the stock interests but every other interest In New Mexico would be protected by a ranger The board at Us sessions yesterday and today discussed these proposed Secretary Barnes had them the attor ney of the board suggested a lew which were The rang er will be introduced by Greer in the Tim other bills will be introduced other members not yet decided The board appointed El mer of inspector for Juan vice who has The board atoo approved the action ot Secretary Barnes in appoint ing several special inspectors for range in connection the efforts to drive out In various parts of the Others will be appoint ed as the funds at the disposal of the board will permit A strong effort will be made to break up every cattle steal I want you to write It down and rothe school board and will see that the member ten years hence that on is lacking in ary I predicted that within a decade the city of Las Graces would boast a oC not less than In the Valley Las Cruces Is located almost in the center of acres of the richest persons and that its prosperity j valley land in the Every acre would then be excelled any this wonderful soil will be reclaimed in the state of New the immense Elephant Butte When Major Llewellyn the construction of which is an as made this statement he lifted a big dej sured the government ermined hand and pointed a stern in engineer in charge has stated publicly ex finger with sufficient emphasis to j that fill obstacles to the project have skeptical been practically It now re mains only for the farmers to sign up water the land which they are doing convince the most uror in the ILas will have public Ing gang In the ter of stock thieves i give the Board the authority to ne or as the taUns vigorous this disease among n have threatened toe Board that unless it la given authority to fight this Hs As a mat are more any time for tea This is caused times and low cattle cattle owners having become cannot afford to keep sufficient men on the ranges to teep calves branded up and to watch the movements of report of Secretary Barnes for the past six months ending December was read and report shows that the has paid off of old indebt edness since July and is en free from debts and has funds enough on hand to meet ordinary run expenses during winter when the are usually twice as high as in summer awl very much less owing no cattle shipments be ing made at that The secretary reports old records in his office in such H was absolutely neo easary to have them transferred to new and larger which is being done as rapidly as The brand especially in bad shape through overcrowding poor index It take several months ye to get them all and Into some aort of New Mexican will print the re port of the secretary In full as it gives pouch interesting data of the cattle in in New In view ot the fact that some as well as aspersions upon the board and Governor Otero been in with the it courts a search 1 flares criticism upon any in that the bettor b and the valley will have the Ble Butte dam and both will have heir overflow of population heaps ot other Major Llewellyn has said so In the manner that Water and Light Major Llewellyn the newest thing we have at la still in the iut will not long remain I refer o the proposed electric power plant or which the Mine and Supply Com has already let a contract for a itone Tn Is will fur nish the city with public elec rlc an ice of sufficient capacity to supply the citys The Mine and Supply Company operates from the City of Mexico o and Las Graces is in having engaged the at mention and enterprise of so great a If Las Cruces did not have f future you may he sure this company would not put Its money Will Fight the One large benefit which the city will receive from the public water works Is that it makes it possible to systematically sprinkle the streets and thus remove the dust pest which has always been the annoyance to resident of Las Hitherto the water supply has been limited to pri vate hot air engines and windmills and no method of sprinkling has been Road to The bona Ana county commission ers hare laid out a boulevard from the city proper tothe entrance of the New Mexico College ot Agriculture Mid Mechanic Arts at a dis tance ot about one mile This will be one ot the prettiest in the country wad will be completed at New school Contracts have let tor a new We have a now before the legisla ture concerning the Water Users As It is a fact that all fon amongst the land owners has dis The valley of the Rio Gran de in southern New Mexico will be so completely as a change of scene upon the stage of a The bed of the river will be used as canal while fine stone work After the reading of the minutes for road and their a motion by Council by providing that when toe An Act to set a date for holding the House adjourns today it be until 2 elections of justices of the plac clock Monday was ing the date the same as that for gen jeral the same election Under the head of the con boards to The term of Justice est cases of Ortiz of the peace is fixed at two years by school house for the It will be built of pressed brick a oort of bonds wew vot sd last year and sold at a Of tha new will he tor npV Jora cto recorder to W MM of will he the order the head of flach diversion From the date the dam is completed there will no more flood and no more drouth for those under Sugar Beet Factories It haa been demonstrated that the sugar beet of that valley is not ex celled for properties In the world and I believe that two or three auger beet factories will at once be One will be at Las Oru one at Hatch and possibly one at Want No We have no boom and want none other than the natural wholesome in crease of land values which we are now flood land can yet be obtained at from to per acre and remains a little government land which will in time be open to set by homestead Railroads and The El Paso Railroad Company will Ini all probability from Durango to EH giving Sier and Dona Ana Counties a railroad down valley the west side of the The people have located coat land enough to sup ply their interests and that section coal tor 800 Mining Is The mines In the Organ Mountains east of are doing well The Bennet Stephenson is shipping three car loads of high grade concen trates per Las supplies thl company with coal and Th ta being worked hy lease Tha mother lode along the west of the Organ Mountains as well as the of the Organ range are looking At Camp across dl east of the there Is NO ACTION IN THE LEGISLATURE UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON President Dalies Names Full Com of House But President Clark Will Not An Council Committeemen Until Mondays and Clark of Santa Fe or the seats ot Baca and San oval of Santa Fe were Also the contest papers of Clark iarr of kcKinley Wil terson of County and the Seferino Crollot of Bernalillo The these have been referred to the com on privileges and which was announced Two bills were both by Collott House ng for the construction of and House pre a legal age for Speaker Dalies then announced the landing committees as follows House Mire Sando of Sandoval and Waiter de Neb ett Territorial de Vi de Sandoval of Santa Fe Public Hanni Sandoval of Sandoval Sandoval of San doval Engrossing and Enrolling County and County Sandoval of Sandoval Coun Roads and and Livestock and Manu Sandoval of Santa Fe Mines and Public de Vi Public Neblett de Sandoval of Sandoval Banks and Wilberson and Neb iett Public Sandoval ot Santa Fe Privileges and Pen After the committees were read the House adjourned until Monday after noon at 2 Councils Fourth was Under the regular order of business the following bills were introduced this The Council then adjourned until 2 oclock on Monday The committees of the while decided upon by President will not be announced until Monday Council by raises the age of consent to fourteen years and provides a penitentiary im prisonment of from two to ten years unless the man marry the girl he has Council by amending section ot the Complied provides that assessors receive as their compensation four per cent on all taxes collected on property as sessed by Council by pro vides that careless and reckless driv ing through any town or settlement or past any house shall be deemed a mis demeanor and punished by a fine of Continued on Page PLOT FAILS Plan to Blot From Existence the Whole of the Romanoff Dynasty Almost CZAR BARELY ESCAPES Was Standing Beside a Staff Which Was Gut Down by Bullets Fired From Bourse the annual ceremony of blessing the wat ers in front of the winter palace by Emperor Nicholas this sever al shots were fired from across the Neva and bullets entered the windows ot the No one was Simultaneously with the salute fired from Peter and Paul either a rain ot bullets or shrapnel shell swept over the little chapel built over the frozen Neva in front of the winter palace where Emperor Nicholas and every member of the Romanoff family were participating in the serv The went entering the windows of the salons along the water front from which the ladles of the and members ot the diplomatic Including Am were witnessing the spectacle Fortunately the bullets passed over the heads of alt Lieutenant General chief of picked up a missile the of a birds Officers who examined the bullet expressed the opinion that It might have come from a shrapnel shell fired from the battery on Bourse Council by Esplanade which replied to the appropriating for the relief lute from the It was flood Ber and Coun ties and providing a commission ot three to distribute these Council 11 by An Act for the protection ot property from the waters of the Rio providing that the tax payers to be benefited must pay a pro rata share ot the expense ot protecting the river banks by the river who are empowered to call out men to work or else compel a payment of a day for such not to exceed a The river commissioners are to got a day while doing actual Council by An Act to repeal section of chapter of the ot referring to the protection ot came Council BUI by An Act to repeal ot chapter 40 of the ot that the gun might have been charged with loaded but It wan admitted that such a thing was hard to conceive without a deliberate The Emperor did not show a trace of The strike situation Is There is a feeling of high tension among all Additional particulars show that the Emperor had a miraculous There is no longer any doubt that the missiles came from a gun on Bourse battery which was loaded with grapes and not with Some bullets struck the tittle open chapel In which the was out the staff off one ot the standards and fairly riddled pal kilUng a policeman and wounding an officer and three Had the gun been aimed a little low er it might have wiped out the whole
