Arizona republican., 1906-02-01
A FORGOTTEN CANDLE
 EXCITES ROOSEVELT
A COnflagratiOn Threatened the Store
 of Kellner Q Co.

Roosevelt, Jan. 27. Special Cores pondence of the Republican)-Our quiet little town was very much disturbed and excited last Thursday night when it was rudely awakened at midnight by the firing of shots, and the cry of fire" The store of E. F. Kellner &c Company was burning and had it not been for the large crowd of men that quickly gathered after the alarms had been sounded. and who worked hero ically for a time, the whole store and a great many of the buildings of the town in it's vicinity might have been wiped out
 During the afternoon J. N. Huffer, the manager of the store, had been storing some freight in the celler and in order to see had used a candle in a miners candle stock When he had finished his work and had closed the door, he forgot that he had left the burning candle in the cellar, and in a short time it had burned down and dropped out on the floor among a pile of greasy papers and bacon. About 11:3O in the evening MT. Russell, who lives with his family in the rear of the store, smelled something burning and started on a tour of investigation. Be fore he had gone far he realized that the whole cellar under the store was a bed of live coals, and he quickly rushed out and fired several shots from his revolver and called fire" James Lane was one of the first on the ground after the alarm was sounded, and he, in company with MT. Russell, broke down the door leading to the cellar. The whole interior was as hot
 
 door was opened and the fresh ar let in the smouldering coals immediately broke into a fearful blaze. Lines of men were hurriedly formed and buck cts of water were passed from hy- drants near by and dashed on the flames. Water was hauled from the river by the barrel full and by 12 o'clock the fire was practically extin> guished.
 Stored in the cellar along with othef supplies were several cases of coal oil. Luckily the boxes containing the cases were only charred and scorched, and the oil was undamaged. When Seen by the Republican representative one of the clerks in the store said: "Our can was a very close one. and while our loss is not large, it is sufficient to teach us care in the future in thS mat ter of handling burning candles. Be sides the destruction of hams, bacon several coils of rope and other supplies as well as the damage done to our store, the loss will probably amount to nearly two hundred dollars. We can not thank the gentlemen who saved uA from total destruction enough and it is certainly large debt of gratitude that we owe them.
 On last Friday night Chas. Shantz. the superintendent of the cement plant, was the host at a very enjoyable ban quet given to several of his gentlemen friends, the occasion being the anni- versary of his twenty y-eighth birthday. The repast was a most sumptious one and from boulIion to coffee, nothing was missing. Toasts were proposed and drunk, Mir. Shantz acting as toastmas ter. After a most pleasant evening the gentlemen took their departure at a very late hour wishing MT. Shantz many happy returns of the day Those present were Messrs. G. c. Mergeler, Henry Policeman, Jas. F. Sprague. Wayne A. Perkins, James c. Jenkins, Chas. Whitbeck and Kuneth Shipley.
 The wonderful health record of this camp was broken by the first death last week. On Friday night, the 26th, Mike Mojeskowitz, one of Contractor O'Rourke's laborers succumbed to an attack of acute pneumonia, after an illness of only four days. The man had only been here a short time and very little was known of his antecedents. Friends from Globe took the remains to Globe, where they were inferred.
 Gilbert Young and party, who for some time past have been doing top ographical work in this neighborhood for the geological survey, have received orders to report at headquarters in Washington. They leave for the east Tuesday morning.
 MT. Field, the supervising engineer and Andrew Weiss, the constructing engineer of the Pathfinder project in Wyoming, were visitors at the govern ment camp several days last week, leaving for Mesa and Phoenix on Fri day mornings stage.
 Gus Swenson, the first assistant at