Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-02-20
INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS
FROM ALL OVER NEW MEXICO

POstOfice Department receives tele-
grams almost daily reporting the rob
berry Of postOfiices in various sections
OF the country. but a dispatch received
from n postmaster in New Mexico Is
unique in that it reports the theft of
an entire postofiice- 1t is az follows:
The Postmaster General: I notify you
on the 23d day OF December n gang OF
four humanitary men assaulted me
and my deputy on that day at noon.
Postofiee Inspector 9. l.. Doran has
arrived in Eel Pnso from chihuahua
having in custody Demetrio Perea,
who is under Indictment for embez-
zling p~ostoffice funds at Lincoln, New
Mexico. to the amount Of SSS9.05. Be
sides being postmaster at Lincoln,
Perea had served the county in the
capacity of sheriff and county clerk.
He disappeared on the Doth of October
last, and was indicted by the grand
jury of Socorro county the following
month.
The people of Albuquerque are
elated over the news from Washington
that the report of the army board rec
Ommends the establishment of a post
here for one regiment of infantry. For
the past year the people of Albu-
querque knew how General Miles
stood on the question Of a new post
for this city. Albuquerque sent a
strong delegation to Washington to
work for the post and Wednesday a
party of Commercial club members,
headed by President Marion, Will
leave to meet Brigadier General Mac
Arthur, who is on his way to visit the
military posts of New Mexico and Ari-
IONA. He will be invited to stay yer
here and be rendered a reception, and
will also be invited to attend the terri
torial fair to be held here the coming
fall.
The African Methodist Episcopal
Church, at Albuquerque, now has a
divided set of members, all on account
of the unique way Rev. Barksdale, the
pastor, put into execution an order to
secure funds to bring his family from
Evansville, Indiana. He proposed TO
the board of trustees that they mort
gage the church property for $500, the
amount he desired, but the trustees did
not favor the suggestion. When their
time expired Rev. Barksdale named a
set of trustees that favored his plan,
and yesterday they secured permission
from Judge Baker to place the mort
gage, getting the money from e. II.
Dunbar, a real estate dealer. To-
day the ousted members of. the
board of trustees instituted injunction
proceedings to prevent the mortgage
becoming effective, and lively times in
colored church circles are expected.
A c~oroner's inquest was held at Clay
ton on the 9th over the remains of the
late Oscar Bell, who was shot by
James Goode. The verdict was: 1--WE
find that the said James GOode killed
the said Oscar Bell in defense of his
honor and good name and the honor of
family, and that said James GOode
was entirely justitiable in such kill
GOOde and Bell were business
partners and fast friends and Bell had
lived for some time at Goodies house.
Wednesday night Goode came home
and without a word Of explanation
shot Bell as they met at the trout door.
He surrendered and justified his act
by saying that Bell had attempted to
ruin his home. GOode was placed I'M
der n 5000 bond for his appearance
before the next term of the grald jury
and the bond was Immediately fur
nished. His preliminary hearing was
set for February 18th. Public sympa-
thy is strongly in Goodies favor and
the verdict was anticipated.
Comments have often been made on
the great advantages of Silver City as
a health resort, and this will b. prov
en- by the erection of a sanitarlum to
cost about $4,000, the fumes for
which opO ulrannHr. nj uornn,ann nd Of fIn
Sisters Of Mercy, under whose super
vision it will be built. Work On the
new building will be commenced early
in February and will be built On the
California mission plan, being but one
room in depth and surrounding & court
or plaza. The pOrches will give ample
accommodations for keeping the pa
tients out of doors, so necessary In the
treatment of consumption. A large
sun parlor will be "A feature Of the new
building, the walls Of which will be al
most entirely Vt glass. A laboratory
is also included, designed especially for
the purpose Of original research.
Mother Paul, the head of the order of
Mercy of the diocese of Tucson, Is now
in the city to give her personal atten-
ton to the construction of the new
building, the completion of which viii
be rapidly pushed.
Postottice Inspector G. L. Doran is In
consultation with United States Mar
shall Foraker at Albuquerque, laying
plans for the capture Of the daring
band of robbers that has been looting
postofiices and stores along the new
line of the Rock Island. So bold have
the robbers become that the citizens Of
the territory are ready to rise up in
arms and assist in their determination,
The latest hold-up, in which murder
was committed, occurred January Goth,
at Fort Sumner, the particulars Of
which were reported in the Republi-
can. On that evening at about Z
o'clock eight armed men rushed into
the store Of the Pecos Mercantile Com
pany. There were seven men in the
store, and one, a young man named
Felipe Beanbien, started to run when
one of the bandits shot him dead. me
marauders then took possession Of the
store and robbed IL Of $500 in money
and considerable money in packages
left there for safe keeping by patrons of
the store. Several other men entered,
who wre not aware of the presence of
the robbers and these also were lined
up in the store with the others. All