Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-22
The Dona Ana County Republicans
Office Was Gutted By Fire
Yesterday Morning.
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS
A Well Known Stockman At Carlsbad At
tempted Suicide Joshua Dillon, Min
ing Man, Was Injured In Gave
In At Red River.


impossible to see into or enter tn
building. The editor of the paper wa
not In at the time the fire started. H
had returned to his home after open
ing up his Office, and returning withi
five minutes he found it full of smoke
and tried to enter and close a door so a
to get time to remove all books and pa
pers from the front room. The smok
and flames were so strong that he fel
back suffocated, but soon recovered
His face and hands were burned slight
ly.
H. B. Lane entered through a bacl
door with fire extinguisher, but wa
overcome with the smoke and had t.
drop the apparatus and find his wa,
out to keep from suffocating; a few sec
onds longer and he would not have beel
able to go out without assistance.
By this time quite a crowd gathered
and with buckets began to throw wa
ter. Seeing this would do no good, axe!
were procured and began to break il
the roof, and in this way soon had the
fire under control. The roof is now of
the bank and Palmilla club rooms. they
being adjoining rooms. The land office
which joins the bank, had all records
moved, but have since replaced them.
The bank will have to do business
under disadvantages for a few days
The damage on the building, between
$500 and $7OO, is covered by insurance
The Dona Ana County Republican will
lose about $40O and has no insurance
1t had about 5000 worth of work for the
college completed and ready to deliver
which is almost complete loss. How
the fire started is not known. A five
gallon can Of gasoline was in the back
room, and may have exploded.
TAOS COUNTY.
F. c. Mott has started an eating
house at Embudo.
Julian LIE Doux, a pioneer of French
descent, died at Taos.
Amelia Lucia, the daughter of Am
brosio and Sophia Valdez, died at Taos
Of diphtheria.
Rev. w. C. Buell., Of Omaha, -Neb.. has
taken charge of the Presbyterian mis-
sions in Taos county.
Luis Claude, the five months old son
Of Manuel and Amalia Kahn, died at
Taos after brief illness.
Last Thursday, while Joshua Dillon
was working on the Leader mine at Red
River, the tunnel caved in, covering him
with rock and debris. He sustained a
severe fracture of the right leg near the
hip. and being entirely alone. had great
difficulty in extricating himself from his
position.
EDDY COUNTY.
The fire department of Carlsbad has
decided to reorganize.
Sunday over an inch of rain fell in
two hours at Carlsbad.
A. Gonzales was arrested at Carlsbad
for passing a fraudulent check at the
Carlsbad bank.
Local talent will give a series of con-
certs and dramatic entertainments at
the Tansill opera house, Carlsbad.
James Kibbee and family have re-
moved from Roswell to Carlsbad. Mr..
Kibbee intends to publish Democrat
|c paper at Carlsbad.
James Nichols was arrested at Carls-
bad on the charge of assaulting Frank
with deadly weapon. He was
placed under $3.50 bail.
Hundreds of mocking birds have
made their home in the vicinity of
which is now in it's greatest
beauty on account of the green verdure
visible to the eye in every direction.
w. J. De Wiser and sister left Carls-
bad for their home at Kalamazoo,
Mich. Mr.. De Wiser, who came to the
Pecos valley for his health, went home
to die.
The Masons at Carlsbad last week
r. E. Brooks, of Roswell, and
gave farewell reception to ]. r. Fus.
selman, who resigned as station agent
at Carlsbad. Mr.. and Mrs. Fusselmar
have gone to Colorado Springs to reside
Mr.. Fusselman had been station agent
at Carlsbad since 1891.
The M. c. Stewart property on Main
street, Carlsbad, was sold last week tc
w. I. Holt, of Big Springs, Tex, who
will move with his family to Carlsbad
Col. William l.. Ross, of Pecos, Tex.
sold his ranch to w. w. Robbins fol
$42, 900, and will invest the proceeds ir
an alfalfa ranch and high-grade Here.
fords in the upper Pecos Valley.
Banker s. T. Biting, of Carlsbad, has
turned his private bank at Carlsbad in.
to territorial banking corporation
with $4,000 paid-up capital, under the
title Of the s. T. Biting bank. The
are R. s. Benson, Morgan
Livingstone, G. w. O'Neal, G. H. Web
ster, Jr., T. ]. Fletcher, J. H. James, w
E. Thayer. Samuel B. Smith, J. o. Cam
eron and Elliott Hendricks. 8. T. Bit
ting Is president and John Bradford
cashier.
Late Sunday night Henry Jones, g
stockman, an old resident Of Carlsbad
made a desperate but unsuccessful at
tempt at suicide while laboring under
an attack Of temporary insanity. HI
plunged a large knife into his throat
the blade missing the jugular vein by {
fraction Of an inch only. and quicl
medical attendance saved the man''
life.