Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-18
A $4,000 FIRE AT
WHITE OAKS.
Incendiaries Are at Work in That Pretty
Mining Town as is Shown by Long
List of Mysterious Fires.
RAILROAD BUILDING IN PROGRESS

About II O'CLOCK ,laSt Mgnt ulle lilldpIt-
amtls of White Oaks We're awakened by
Whe alarm of fire. The building owned
and occupied by Mr. August Schinzing
Las saloon and club room waIs found in
ifiamesI and so far under way that no
effort could save amy of the contents
except the safe which was dragged out
with long hooks. Two other buildings
! in THE same block, on the eas't of and
I connected with ti1e saloon, We're also
burned with all their contents. One was
a barber shop, tGle other was mott occu-
pied except as sort Of store room.
| The total loss will probably aggre-
gate $4,000. Mr.. Schinzing's, loss will
reach $4,000. He carried an insurance
of butt $1,000. The origin of the fire is
mystery, as there had been no fire in
the buildings during the day. lit is lhe
custom here for everybody ito take
special precaution against fire during
the windy season, and this spring has
brought us an unusually long and Sc
we're one. On CLOSING the saloon for. the
might about half past item O'Clock, Mr..
| Schinzing and his bartender had, as US
ual, gone Through all the rooms to- see
that everything was all right amid Sc
cure. It lis thought that the fire was
Hhe, work of an incendiiary though THE
object can NOT be conceived, as the Lit-
tile Casino was a model saloon i'm every
way, more of a genteel club room, and
Mr.. Schinzing has the good will and
Il. 1,y1nltt
| White Oaks has had some most mys-
terious fires; among them THAT DREADFUL
calamity AIT the Old Abe mime few
years ago, later the BURNING of Ithe old
town hall, an immense log structure,
clapboamded outside and canv vassed
wl.Ih.n, i'm which no fire had BEEN for
months. Then the Southwestern Hotel
and ,anl tIhe buihdin ngs i'm the Same block,
and now THE IfItitle Casino with all in
that block have been deWoureId by the
flames.
Another mysterious fire might have
been added to this list, mot long ago.
| had mot circumstances irtervened in
| such way as to nip 1T i'm ItIhe very bud.
| Briefly stated, the circumsta noes We're
tEllsse: On Livingston street lis "a large
| frame building known as BonmeI
hall, useI1 by THE local amateur club i'm
pras,ansing their plays, for public baIls
and all Large assemblings. Some
mcnths ago one of our citizens found 1T
necessary to pass by this hall about 1
O'Clock i'm the morning, he saw "a figure
dart around the building ouit of sight.
As the movements seemed unusual, the
gentleman WENT to the spot from where
the creature STARTED and found upon
examination that the big front doors
wlsre saturated with coal oil AMID a pile
off kindling made ready to start "a blaze.
The person seen ito dart away appeared
to be i'm female garb. So ilb sesms we
may have a fire brand in our midst.
March and April thus far have been
unusually cold, windy and disIagreeable
here. The dust storm of the 4th inst,
which reached nearly across the terri
tory, was the MOST severe storm of the
k.nli ever experienced in this place.
Just a't present we are being favoned
with fourth rate blizzard, a sort of
aeIt-ONSr cOINceTIh
White Oaks is, at present, unusually
fortunat to i'm the way of clergymen,
There being. three highly educated
broad minded, il1teQligent gentlemen
of THAT calling located here NOW. Rev.
Mn Gladney, pastor of the M. E. church
south, is known throughout itha terr'l-
tory for his ability as a minister and
scholar. Rev. Mr. Wood, pastor of the
| Baptist church is also a. fine scholar
and preacher and Rev. Mr.. Miller, pas
| ter of the Congregational church., is
| likewise "a man of fine mental attain
men,as and an eloquent preacher. One
ns,etls only to attend the Wednesday, ev
ening union meetings, for prayer and
Bible study, led by these ministers, all
| lihernately, to know that their spiritual
| development and true Christian fellow
| ship abounds i'm measure equal Ito their
ir.elNgence. Their harmony and
| brohhery love i'm the Christian work is
| good ito see.
Our public school is progressing most
satisfactorily under the princlpalship
| of Prof. Swartz hate from IDlinois, and
studemt of Harvard university, with
Miss Gillmore in the intermediate, and
Mrs. Hurlbul1t in the primary depart
ments. Both these ladies are residents
of this county, and excellent teachers.
The many friends of Col. George w.
Prichard i'm White Oaks and throughout
this county, are greatly pleased at his
being appointed district atltou,neW for
this Judicial district A more Suitable
selection could NOT have BEEN made It
is hoped THAT the colonel and his esti-
mable wife will continue their residence
tn4W hite Oaks during his term of office,
though larger towns are Offering them
Inducements to change.
The Ladies' Aid society of tale Con-
gregational church will give recep-
| tom one week from Thursday evening.
These receptions are held every month
and are al vital force in the social and
intellectual life of the town.
The sound of blasting is heard dadly
from the work proceeding ON the Rock
4 Island & Ell Paso resaway. A Thousand
men are now employed uron Tits new
read. between Carrizoso and Pinos
Wells, or rather a point opposite the
WELLS.
An Appeal to the President
New Orleans, La, April 1s.-General
Samual Pearson the Roer Officer who