Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-13
CHILD'SFATALBURNS
A Daughter Of Captain Porter, Of
Central, Was Burned to
Death.
A SINGULAR MINE ACCIDENT
A Prospector in the Organ Mountains Finds
a Robbers Mask-Las Cruces Public
Schools Open with a Small
Attendance.
CHAVES COUNTY.

| CHAVES COUNTY.
| There were 73 cadets at the military
institute last Friday and 20 more were
then expected shortly.
| Mrs. Cora Thompson, of Appleton
City, Mo-, will teach the public school
at Grand Plains this winter.
! j. M. Summers, formerly of Brown
wood, Texas, and more recently of
Oakland, CAL, has located in Roswell
where he has accepted position in a
store.
| The grand celebration of Labor Day
planned at Roswell under the auspices
of the Carpenters aud .Ioiners Union,
was completely sidetracked by the rain
which fell in torrents during the entire
day.
GRANT COUNTY.
The enrolment of the public schools
OF Silver City is 300.
The territorial grand jury has returned
twenty-nine indictments at the present
session OF court at Silver City.
The Democrats will hold their primaries
on the 18th and their county convention
on the 22nd inst. at Silver City.
| Virgel p. Harrington, a ranchman of
Fort Bayard, and Miss Pearl Caspar, of
Leavenworth, Kan, were recently mar
ried at Fort Bayard
The little child of Captain Porter, of
Central, died last week from the effects
| OF burns received while playing with
some matches which set her clothes on
fire.
At Silver City last Friday Silvido Bal
DO and Andres Navaretta were caught
playing monte without license and
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury.
remove the remains of Deputy w. d.
johnson, who was recently murdered on
the upper Gila river, to Silver City for
reinterment.
Ranger Ed Scarborough has been in
dicted by the grand jury at Silver City
for the alleged murder Of Ralph jerks
He entered plea of not guilty and his
trial was set for Thursday, the 18th
The largest flood ever known on the
| Mimbres came down that stream on the
morning of the 9th near Dwyer Many
| fences were washed out and crops dam
aged, but no lives we're lest. A similar
| flood came down the Gila.
Last week Charles Adams, indicted for
unlawfully drawing, fourishing and dis
charging pistol at dance in the Red
rock school house some time ago, plead
guilty and was fined $3.50 and costs. I'm
mediately after his escapade Adams fled
to Arizona and was only recently arrest
| ed at Wilcox and brought back.
The public schools at Deming opened
on the 4th inst with an unusually
large attendance. The teachers for
this year are: Walter w. Robertson,
principals; U. Francis Duff, assistant
principal; Misses Ella Quincy, Daisy L.
Allen, Mrs. r. r. Smith and Miss Fran
ces Yeargin. The last named is special
instructor in elocution and physical
culture.
Santiago Jacques, employed in min
| ing in the BurrO mountains, met with
singular accident last Friday. While
working in one of the drifts in the mine
and apparently STOPPING over, he was
struck on the back of the neck by some
loose rock and earth falling on him.
He was completely paralyzed and the
indications are that his spine is injured.
He was brought in to the hospital at
Silver City, where an operation was
performed.
While driving in from the Burro noun
tains to Silver City last week Capt. S.
Nickerson and Mr.. Hickerman met with
an accident. While coming down the
hill near town the harness broke and
the team ran away. The buggy was
overturned and both occupants thrown
out. Capt. Nickerson received severe
fracture of the left arm, while Mr.. Hick-
man escaped with bad shaking up.
| Telephone communication is about to
be established between El Paso, Deming
and Silver City. b. L. Berkey, manager
of the Ell Paso Mine, Mill and Smelter
Supply house, is the promoter Of the en-
terprise, and at the last meeting of the
city council of Ell Paso applied for per-
mission to run his wires into the city
from the smelter to the Mills Building
on the Little Plaza, where the exchange
will be established. The matter was re-
ferred to the proper committee and it Is
expected that the permission will be
granted at the next meeting OF the cOun-
Gil.
Last week heavy rains washed 1000
feet of track near Hudson, on the Silver
City branch of the Santa Fe on Thurs
day This was repaired quickly, and
the train went through several hours,
late, but on Friday a bridge washed out
east of Deming and 1000 feet Of track
near Hudson again swept away, so that
no trains were run until Sunday. In the
western part Of the county rains washed
out the roads. and the Gila river rose to
Ia, hatn ha OF a
tween Mogollon and silver City was
compelled to discontinue through service
between these points.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
At Las Cruces the public school opened
with q rather small attendance. The
Presbyterian mission school, on the other
hand, shows q decided increase Of at
tendance.
The Las Cruces baile club was recent
lily organized and will give regular month
lly dances. The officers are: w. H. II.
lLlewellyn, president; j. H. May, vice
Ipresident; DIR. l.. C. Roger, secretary
and treasurer.
George A. Griggs, formerly of La Me-
silla, who went to Old Mexico some years
ago and became citizen of that coun-
try, has been appointed secretary to the
governor of Lower California, Don Gero-
nimo Ascarate. formerly Of Casas Gran
, des, Mexico, who is we'll known In the
southern part OF the territory.
While prospecting In a canon on the
eastern side of the Organ mountains
A.. Trautman recently found robbers
mask folded and thrown behind rock
! 1t was made of boot leg, and had evl.
3 IDENTIFY been used as the strings were
3 we'll worn. The leather was soft and
pliable as though 1t had laid out but
short time.