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EL PASO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1896.
VOL. XVI, NO. 222
PiilCE FIVE
CENTS.
JOSHUA S. KAY.VOL.US, Pil-CSIDEXT;
CLYSSES S. STEWART, CASHIER:
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1 Paso,
Capital and Surplus
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H. L. NEWMAN, Banker,
W. H. AUSTIN, Cashier.
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A General Banking
CiT Mexican
Bullion Bought.
Money anil Exohan"B Bought and Sold.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOU KENT.
C. li. M ORE H E A D, President.
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN, Vice Pres.
State National Bank,
Established April, 3 33!.
A legitimate banking business transacted In all its branches. Exchange
. n all the cities of the United States bought at par. Highest prices paid for
Mexican Dollars.
About our shoes, they are made "upon honor," by manu
facturers whose reputations are not for sa!e. We've got
faith enough in these shoes to stamp our name on every
pair, and we are selling them at half usual profits.
PEW & SOJST, Slioe X)ealei.
A"Boast Wliicli We RioMIAiake"!
Nothing but the best MENS' WEAR
is to be found on our shelves and
counters. We Avill not deal in
SHODDY GOODS.
WE HAVE m USE FOE THEM.
From ISTow Until the New
Year we will Give Great Re
ductions in ail Lines, Come
and See for I ourselves.
Golden Eagle (Ming
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
$2,501 NEW
Having- adopted a new system of guaranteeing- and insuring
watch repairs from this date, it will cost you only two dollars and a
half to keep your watch in Perfect Order For
f) yi p .""eLI- No matter how badly broken it is or what acci
dent may happen within the year, I KEEP IT If? ORDER.
You Pay Onoe a.n.cl lTo More
'If the watch is worth repairing." ; ;
yth. MtarifTz Cc-JTzIiiAYJ, Texas,
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Fae-simile of my guarantee given witn each watch repaired.
This does not include case repa.rs; I also except Howard, and fine
Swiss watches from the above price, but I make the charge proportion-
ateiy as low. Don't Fay
Twenty Dollars
watch running- when for two fifty
.A.. H. RICHARDS,
Watches &
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M. KING, SPECIALIST,
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Gold and Silver
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7" 1 ' Ct ItF.I) ui- liont tin- ui- i.f imTi-ucy; ail eornptirallonri
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;n:i - :ui' - t - ,l in i-aeli fnse.
S:i- li s I'rot r.-:iiiti!7 lU'M.-flin?. Int 'i n.il. Exter
nal an ' lirliin ,oslt ively C II KKi without the
:inl r: ty 1) without a-y detention from busi
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hi; d aieu 'L'lif) and ivrfeet M V N Hool rest.ir", U
UKHoE, LEET, sTRiCTUItE Positively CL'UED
A MOCK ORANGE!
Looks all right and is all
right to look at, but when
you taste it you wish you
had kept it simply as an
ornament. We have a
fresh lot of
JUICE - HEAVY
Fresh from the
sunny
where
f clime of Mexico
sweet things grow. The
I sight of them will make
your mouth water. We
also have a full line of
I seasonable fruits - - - J
I FRESH. CANNED AND EVAPORATED
We can't reccomend our $
i York State Pure Cider
4
too highly. Write your
oraers or come in person
I and you will get the best
I attention and first-class
J: groceries at
? J. B, Watson s 1
The Grocer, Phone 151,
Cor. San Antonio and Stanton Streets
E3Xj PASO, TEXAS.
joliday presents.
Not "Wow Cheap." but "How Appro
priate," and being so appropriate,
not so very dear.
READ Till J LIST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM !
( BELTS,
Mexican CHATELAINES,
Carved IN CARD CAES,
Leather POCKET BOOKS.
I ETC., ETC.
Washb'irn and cheaper Grades of
Manc'olins and Guitars.
N DRAWN WORK.
Standard and Domestic Sewing Ma
chines. Mexican Opals, Onyx and Zarapes.
COLUMBIA AND CRESCENT BICYCLES.
Indian Baskets and Navajo Blankets.
Fastman Kodaks and Films.
Mexican Art in Silver and Gold.
A. B Chase and J. and C. Fischer and
Sterling Pianos.
HE D TUIS LIST FROM BUTTON TO TO? !
t G. m COMPANY
Music Store, Bicycle and Sewing Ma
chine Depot.
The llio Graude Dam.
All doubt aH to the intention of the
p Timoters of the Rio Grande dam carrying-
out the project 13 now set at rest.
A force of men is at work at Leashurg
putting: in a side track on which the'ee
ment is to be hauled for unloading-. En
gineer Campbell and corps visited the
Selden site this week and they say
that everything is moving in a very
satisfactory manner. A number of men
and teams have been hired and on ar
rival of Contractor Bradbury with nis
construction apparatus from Denver
the work of turning aside the river and
building the foundation will commence.
Ivincon Weekly.
John II. Behan, Chinese inspector of
Kl Paso, returned noma this morning.
His mission here was to secure the
arrest of three ChinameD who found
iheirway to Albuquerque from Mex
ico, having evaded the officers at El
I'aso. The Chinamen will have a
hearing before United States Commis
sioner Burkhart this morning and will
probably be ?ent back to China along
with thirty others who are awaiting
deportation at El Paso. Albuquerque
Democrat.
The new ladies' gymnastic class at
the Y. M. C. A. was rounded up last
night by Secretary Sloane, and the fair
ones will make the fi xtures look sick
next Friday. Mr. S'.oane also rounded
up his men's bible class and the busi
ness men's gymnasium class; thus
harvesting his hay while the Iamp3
shone.
early all of the members of the
Eort Blits hand have gone down the
river hunting, not to be back until
Christmas.
Mrs. J. 1. French, wife of the Trin
ity pastor, wai taken quite ill last
night. Her sister, Miss Small, is also
sick.
New Mexico is sixth in the produc
tion ot unwashed wool in this country, !
ai-i-uiu nig iiu me estimate given Dy the
official bulletin of the National Wool
Growers' association.
Ayer's Pills, being composed of the
essential virtues of the best vegetable
aperient?, without any of the woody or
fibrous materia! whatever, is the reason
why they are so much more effective
and valuable than any other cathartics.
The Lest family physic.
S
d s'lver tea
poons (full size)
$a.7f to M.'Si for six.
Geo. VV. Ilaivox & Hix.so.v.
Bronson block. "The Jewelers. "
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lbs. sugar $1.(0 cash. 25 lbs.
sugar $1.00 with purchase of 84 00 other
groceries. Peareo, 201 Stanton St.
Telephone 20(j for window glass,
per hanging, signs, etc.
pa-
EL PASO STEAM LAUNDRY,
Telephgne 47.
WAR.
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Gaal Camps on
Trail.
mendariz's
I. G.
Gaal, of i sleta, through h:
counsel
Llew Davis, served notice last
evening on Couuty Commissioner Juan
Armendariz. of contest for the latter's
seat as county commis-jioner, the con
test being based on the February re
districting of tne county by the com
missioners court. Air. Ciaal. as is
already known, clai-us to be the legally
elected commissioner from the new
third commissioners' precinct. The
contestant says:
"inat the oia precinct Ao. 3, as
existing prior to the said . order and
decree, was rediculously small in
wealth, intelligence and population as
compared with any of the other
precincts, anu was what is known as
El Paso county's 'rotten burrough.
the inhabitants of which, mostly, being
unacquainted with the English lan
guage and largely unacquainted with
the needs, wants and requirements of a
progressive ana vigorous American
municipality anu community. That it
is notorious that said old precinct Xo,
o, formerly called ''Socorro,"- was the
pocket burrough and principality of
said contestee, who has for a period of
time extending back a decade and a
half been repeatedly elected as its
commissioner without, an interim.
1 hat said contestee does not speak the
English language and that he cannot
understand the proceedings of the
commissioners' court. That for the
ourpose of changing- the old regime
and ending this petty barony and the
obvious unfairness and inequality in
the former division of said county in
response to an overwhelming public
sentiment said order and decree was
passed with the full desire and intent
to put it in force at said election. That
said precinct No. 3 was enlarged by
adamr to it a large portion or the ciu
and former precinct No. 2, including
thf town and citizens of i sleti. form
erly the county seat of said Et Paso
county, thereby creating a orecinct
with about five times the wealth and
three times the population of Baid old
precinct No. 3.
'That said order and decree was
originaliy submitted to the commis
sioners court without any expressed
provisiou as to its going into etieet
but t.he fear being expressed by one or
more of the commissioners that the
effect of it might be to change the
constituent members of thecommission-
ers court as then organized, the
provision in said order and decree as
to the time of the election was then
Inserted, believing and intending
thereby that said commissioners would
escape the danger they imagined of
legit-lating themselves out of office and
creating an immediate vacancy.
That all snid 2 13 votes for contes
tant cast in said election, stated on the
ballots that they were in favor of con
testant for county commissioner of
precinct No. 3, but the officers of said
election at voting precinct of i sleta
to wit: the judges and clerks thereof,
wrongly, incorrectly, falsely and il
legally counted and estimated the
same for contestant for commissioner of
precinct No. 2 of El Paso county.Texas,
and in their official returns the man
agers of the election in said voting
precinct so falsely, erroneously and
incorrectly stated and certified to the
county judge and county clerk of said
county.
That after the election the county
commissioners court canvassed the re
turns, and false count and estimates
therein shown, and counted said 1S1
votes received by contestant from
Ysleta voting precinct for contestant
commissioner of precinct No. '
Mr. Gaal incidentally observes that
he speaks and reads the English lan
guage, li. C. Wvles bas served a si
milar notice of contest on Commission
er J. J. tsmith of l sleta, so there is
fun ahead.
Fire Scare.
The chimney on the south side of the
Windsor hotel on South El Paso street
caught lire this morning at i) o'clock,
from sparks out of the barber shop
stove. lhf hre department was quick-
lv summoned, and the chimnev subject
ed to severe scrutiny. Lew Gasser
tired several bucke's of the agua down
the Hue, and then Stanley Bevan
lished a ten pounds bag of chloride of
sodium from the depths of his capacious
pocket, and poured ma same with more
or less unction clown the overheated
Hue. This did settle the business, and
the fire spluttered, spit and went out in
disgust under the "sweet influences" of
the chlorine gas.
1 he firemen then came down the
ladder, and got Charlie Kiefer tu -chalk
off' their names as being present on the
roll book, while the expressman .who
had hauled number one's hose cart
over from Mesa avenue, smiled softly
to himself as be thought of three
dollars earned for five minutes work.
Quiet was presently restored, and the
occupants of the. hose went cheerfully
to work cleaning out that smutty
chimney.
Ucceii! ivn iii Honor of Mis. Reckhart.
The cosiest of all town residences,
that of Dr. and Mrs. C. (1. Cruickshank,
was the scene of a social triumph last
evening in the character of a reception
ten tered to Mrs. lleckhart by her
ose friend, Mrs. C. G. Cruickshank.
The gathering was a representative
one and dull moments were foreign to
the occasion. Mrs. Cruickshank was
indefatigable in her efforts to please,
and her lieutenants being Mesdames
Whited and lleckhart, Capt. Jack
Crawford and Master Chr rlie Nattress,
the literary and musical reattires were
pronounced in their excellence. The
luncheon furnishtd fresh proof of the
good taste and culinary accomplish
ments of the hostess. The strains of
"Home, Sweet Home," a little after
jncr
midnight, hrougnt to a close an even-
particnlar v interesting to each
and every guest S;in Marcial Bee.
Foxy Fit,.
Jimmy Carroll has again pounced
upon Foxy FU.simmons for $iliO for
the old training debt, ar.d has him in
court, r uzs inmons cnaraeterizes the
plaintiff as an ingrate, and says that
he not only paid Carn il every cent
that was owing for labor performed in
assisting him in his training for the
Maher light, but thit he presented
him with $1,000 beyorul tho amount of
his bill. Fi'.'s creditors in El Paso
and Juarez will doubtless be surprised
to hear that he ever Rave up a cent
voluntarily. T!s skipped from this
region with $10,000 in hisjeans without
even paying grocery bills.
A fine pair of opera glasses makes a
nice Christmas present. We have
them from $4 to $20
Geo. W. IIickox & Hixso.v,
Tfroutfoft block' "Tbss Jewelers.'
MEURY
REV. MR. MOORE'S RECEPTION".
The Y. M. C. A. Rooms Crowded Last
Night by People to Welcome Him.
The enlarged rooms of the Y. M. C.
A. on San Francisco 6treet were crowd
ed all of la6t evening by citizens ex
tending the hand of an appreciative
welcome to Rev. H. W. Moore, the
new Presbyterian pastor. Jn fact
there were so many there that Secre
tary Sloan of the Y. M. C. A. said he
"could not have stirred them up with
a stick." Fully hve hundred people
passed in and out of the rooms to shake
hands with Mr. Moore, and give him
to understand by word of mouth and
by a hearty shake of the hand that his
presence in El Paso was appreciated
and that his work was attracting wide
attention.
The reception was under the auspices
of the Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church; they had the rooms
decorated as never before, and for the
time being the place was transformed
into a suite of elegant parlors. Rugs of
attractive design were spread over the
floors, large, elegant stand lamp? were
there with Parisian opera hat shades
that were "just too sweet for any
thing:" mistletoe and emilax were
spread over the walls and fixtures in
profusion, the windows were handsome
ly curtained, a great fire that was
typical of comfort cast its genial
warmth from under the mantle piece,
the part of the new "gym" that was
used was fitted up with everything
needful for the occasion, and the re
freshments were served from an el
egantly spread table. There was ice
cream, the most toothsome of cake in
variety of kinds and styles, while the
coffee was enough to put a man's
stomach to sleep, and make him forget
there ever was such a thing as dyspep
sia. Pitzer's orchestra iurnished
acceptable music during the evening.
It was a dressy crowd. Fivery man
was out in his best store clothes, and
every lady had on her very best "bib
and tucker." The people were certain
ly as well dressed as those at any re
ception ever given in this city, and
silks, satin velvet and broad cloth
seemed omnipresent. It was a lively
crowd, so that the wall flower inflic
tion was reduced to its lowest terms.
Mr. Moore stood up well under the
severe hand shaking ordeal, but it is
whispered when he reached home the
first object of his solicitous search was
the arnica bottle wherein to minister
to the immediate wants of bis right
wrist. He is convinced that he is ap
preciated in this city, so that he is
already feeling quite at home, and the
chances are that he will remain here.
Mr. Moore is one of tbe most scholarly
and earnest Christians ever in this
part of the country, and the Presbyte
rian church is already so crowded
Sundays that it has become a serious
question how to take care of the people
who nock to hear this eloquent young
divine. Mr. Moore has become a very
popular man.
THE INS AND OUTS.
Going: and Cominjf of EI Paso People
and Otbers
J. B. Ott is up from Chihuahua.
Miss Lucy Kneeland is confined to
her house by illness.
Manager Walker, of the opera
house, arrived from the east this after
noon.
W. J. Chine, of Frankfort, Ky., and
J. M. McGee, of Somerset, Ky., are at
the Pierson.
General Agent Hunt, of the Southern
Pacilie leaves on this evening's train
on a business trip west.
Sr. Emilio de Leon, minister from
Guatemala to Mexico, is at the Yen
dome with his family en route west.
President Svlvester Watts of the
Water company is in town from Tucson
for a few days, en route to St. Louis.
E. K. Goldberg, of Salt Lake City,
representing one of the largest tobacco
houses in the country, is at the Pier-
son.
Dr. Yan Cleve one of the most skillful
of surgeons and physicians in the south
west, arrived last night Irom silver
City, where he is now located.
A Pleasant Social.
The local order of the Woodmen of
the World gave a social and reception
last night in their hall on San Antonio
street that was attended by about 150
people. The social was made the more
interesting by a musical and literary
program which gave much pleasure.
The 6ingine was particularly good.
The evening was concluded with the
practical appreciation of a large table
loaded with tempting stables, so that
it was late in the evening before the
social was ended. The order of Wood
men in this city is flourishing, and the
membership is increasing each month.
The El Paso ledge is one of the star
lodges of the order.
The Herald office is in receipt of a
basket of cake, oranges and good
things, this morning from the tables of
good things dispensed last night by the
social of the Woodmen.
There is considerable kicking- from
visitors about the watering of the
plaza at midday by the park commis
sioner, the time of day when people are
enjoving the place tbe most, and
wetting down not merely the grass but
the settees so that the public are driven
away for several hours. The objectors
claim there is no necessitv for this,
that the grass does not need irrigation
at this time of year, and that it is
especially an outrage to make the park
untenable for a part of the day when it
is most in demand.
The remains of B. M. Tansy were
shipped over the Santa Fe this morn
ing to bt. iouis for interment. there
were a number of friends who followed
the hearse to the depot and saw th
box placed in the baggage car. K'.etor
Martin of St. Clement's church, read
the burial service at the undertaking
rooms of tmerson iV Uerrien before
tho removal of the remains to tbe cars.
Eseio Mercado, a gentle minded To
moehio from Chihuahuita was nailed
in tho "deweymorn" Dy Olheer r eruan-
dez as the child of the sunny south was
clinib ng home after having swiped two
cans of kerosene from J. B. Watson's
store on San Antonio street. The
h3'potheeator langaisheth in the jug.
The local agency of the southwestern
traffic association has been temporarily
discontinued owing to some misunder
standing with the Mexican roads. But
the chances are that the agency will
be re-established by the first of the
year.
Tbe R. FfeO'to Q'f lifts rururned.
THAT HEAD END COLLISION
Extracts from the Long1 Accouut of the
San Antonio Express
The train w as one of those east bound
through freights with a variety of
freight, much of it the product of the
west and perishable goods. It required
fast moving, as do all of the Southern
Pacific fast freights. Tne crew was
composed of some of the best men in
tho service ot the company. 1 heir
friends say that hard runs and frequent
calls to go O'j the road on account of
tho heavy winter business, had induced
irregularity as well as loss of sleep,
and thus paved the way for the alleged
neglect that resulted in the fatalities.
On the other hand, the company says
that there was not a man in the crew
who did not have fully fourteen hours
rest before being called for the
run of No. 2.
It was a gloomy morning. In the
dense fog. day was slow in dawning.
The men sought protected spots, some
in the cab by the open fire box, and
Eome in the caboose, out of the way of
shifting fog. The time for the arrival
of the west bound seemed never to end
and the drowsiness that pervaded the
cab and the caboose was irresistible.
At last there was a whistle, and then
a rumbling noise. A few eyes looked
up drearily as the freight flew past.
It was tho first section of No. 24. The
rumble soon died away and the crew
of the fatal No. 25 were wrapped in
slumber, some sitting and some reclin
ing. Id was a violation of the com
pany's order, but the temptation for a
short nap had overmastered them.
The scene at the wreck was beyond
description, and old railroad men
stated it was the worst they had ever
seen. The worst part of the wreck
age, consisting of live ears and tbe two
engines, is piled high in a space of
sixty feet and is available only for
kindling and so:rap iron
The boiler of the engine No. 581 was
thrown several feet from the track and
the esea ping steam killed all vegetation
within a hundred feet. The boiler of
No. 0ot was standing on one end, with
all the five cars wedged around it, and
it was here where the bodies were
found pinioned by immense masses of
wreckage, from which they were ex
tracted with great diiiieulty.
Great masses of iron and twisted
bolts vvi-e found scattered all around
for 200 feet. The Express correspon
dent picked up one piece of iron weigh
ing over ten pounds, imbeded in the
soil several inches and over one hun
dred feet from the wreck.
One engine, hot and steaming, strip
ped of every vestige of its covering,
lay there, plowed partially into the
ground and partiallv into the locomo
tive and wreckage of the other train.
Not a strip of iron, neither smokestack
or cab was there: nothing
but the bare boiler as it came
out of the shop and was put. on the
trucks.
The second eng-ine stood on its side
at an angle of about 4o degrees. It
was in but little better shape than the
other one. its cab, or at least a
portion of the metal framework, was
left attached to the engine. All around
this was strewn the splinters of a few
broken cars with their diverse
freights.
And under all this lay the bodies of
the live men who went to their death
through the carelessness of the crew
that slept. So great was the shock
that fragments of the bodies were
hurled ten and twenty yards. One of
the unfortunates had his lower limbs
wedged tight and the entire body from
the groin up torn loose and hurled forty
feet through the air. The fragment of
a corpse was banging on a piece of i'on
fastening of one of the cabs, and the
foot of the victim was sent up on the
special train while the mangled body
was brought up several hours later on
the first passenger train that came up
from the east.
There were three beavily loaded cars
in the east bound train, and the one
next to the engine was tilled with coffins.
These were scattered over the ground
and wreckage and presented a most
gruesome sight. There were twelve
cars in the west bound tram. 1 wo oi
these were tilled with cotton seed and a
third with molasses. The cotton seed
was scattered over everything. The bar
rels of molaajses bursted and that was
sprinkled over the cotton seed. The
bodies were mangled m horrible shape
and cut to pieces, some of tbe parts
being found in one p'.ace and others in
another.
Lawrence Gaffney, the conductor of
the crew who are alleged to have slept
and thus became responsible for tbe
accident, immediate! v went to Waelder
and reported the affair to Division
Superintendent McQueeny. In his
report he comes out squarely aud takes
the responsibility of the awful affair
upon himself.
"Myself and crew were all asleep,
and I made a mistake in reading the
register," is what he is said to have
telegraphed in his report.
Good Cuban News.
A special to the Jacksonville, Fla.,
Citizen from Key est says: I he
steamer Whitney biojght Havana
news in relation to Maeeo and Weyler.
Passengers state that Wey 'er himself
is now encamped ten mues irom ivrttj-
misa and his army is scattered along
the trocha and through the I'inar del
Rio district. When Maceo retreated
from Weyler in his first campaign his
plan was to surprise Weyler at the
first opportunity and now Maceo has
his army on either side of Weyler and
they are having daily skirmishes.
Weyler is completely surrounded
and if he shall attempt to advance he
will he compelled to go to Artemisa.
Small bands have cro-sed the torcha
into Havana district, and are attacking
the towusand villages of that province.
Insurgents, numbering It'OJ, are
encamped in Fluvana provinc", twenty
miles from Havana, and will go to
Maceo's assistance when needed. Spies
in Havana are keeping- the insurgents
posted as to tho movements of the
Spanish army.
A movement is on foot to capture
Weyler if he shall attempt to go to
Havana by rail.
Firemen and volunteers in Havana
are beina- sont to Weyler's relief.
Heretofore these troops were used in
the defence of the city.
Since Tuesday's t'!:i i on G nntiabacoa,
the city has been attacked almost every
night, hdiI Thur.-day :ib;ut twenty five
Cuban cavalry marched through the
city for two hours. The J-uinige done
was thirty three houses burned and a
large quantity of supplies and ammuni
tion seized. A largo number of mules
loaded and ready to leave the city were
taken.
Yulcauiz'ng, the best; enameling:,
perfect finish; repairinc-, highest grade
Going for Carnegie.
A Chicago morning paper makes tho
following announcement: "John D.
Roekfeller is seeking to outdo Andrew
Carnegie as an iron king, and has
plans already matured and about to be
carried out aiming at that end. The
Standard Oil company directed by
Roekfeller, will he the foe of the
Scotchman. This company has pur
chased in south Chicago, along the
shores of Lake Michigan and at tbe
mouth of the Calumet river, a plot of
ground several acres in extent and with
a water frontage of 3200 feet. On this
it is said rolling mills will be erected
to cost $10,000,000, possibly twice that
amount.
With this plant for manufacture,
with the vast mines in the Meseba re
gion for the raw product and with
eighteen lake vessels to carry tho ore
to the. very doors of the works, all
owned by the Roekfeller company, that
corporation may be able to dictate
terms to Mr. Carnegie instead of being
dictated to.
J. W. Hill and wife of Corsicana,
have a daughter, May, aged 4 years,
who has forty fully or partially
developed fingers and toes nearly all of
which, physicians who examined the
child say, have the usual number of
bones. One very long toe protrudes
from the upper prt of the left foot just
below the instep. Except for tbe feet
and hands no part of the child's body
is deformed. She is one of twins, the
other one of which was simiiarlv de
formed, but died when 3 months of &ze.
The child's parents are both well
formed persons and the only explana
tion given of the strange freak of
nature is that the mother just before
the birth of the twins received a shock
from the sight of an opossum.
The New York Athletic club, the
corner stone of which was laid on
Saturday with an address by Chauncey
M Depew and prayer by Bishop Potter,
will be the most compete buildine
devoted to athletic sports in the world.
it will have a frontage of 120 feet and
a depth of 200 feet It will contain
gymnasium, runniag track, bicycle run,
bowling alleys, Turkish and other
baths, dining rooms, library aud every
other feature of a modern c'ub house.
The club is disposing of 300 life mem
berships at $500 each, the proceeds of
which will complete the building,
which is already built to the fourth
story.
Sid Peterson and Charles Kleck, of
Kerrville, Tex., are the owners of a
very remarkable animal. It is a cow,
about 5 years old, which has eighteen
horns. She has been running in a
pasture until a month or two ago, when
her owner noticed her. She was taken
to the Fredericksburg fair and exhi
bited. Mr. .Peterson bought her and
has been exhibiting her until now.
The cow has no hoofs, but instead,
two horns extending in front from each
foot. These horns are between twelve
and eighteen inches long. There are
two small horns extending behind each
foot. The horns on her feet are curved
like sheep horns.
A complete reorganization of the
general traffic department of the
Southern Pacific will take place on
January 1. C. F. Stuurr has been
appointed general traffic manager, ia
place of Richard Gray, who retires on
account of ill health, with full pay. J.
M. Crawley, assistant general freight
and passenger agent at Los Angeles,
goes to San Francisco as general freight
agent. C. W. Luce, assistant general
freight agent at San Francisco, takes
the same position at Loo Angeles.
James Harsburgh will take charge of
the company's passenger affairs at Los
Angeles.
Skunks broke up a football game at
Osgood, Ind., on Thanksgiving day.
The game was between the Hartesville
and Moorskill college teams. At the
line up for the second half, some half a
dozen of the odoriferous animals, which
had been rooted out of an old log,
broke ecross the field and mixel things
up with the players. The half was not
piayed out, the skunks getting the up
per hand in the scrimmage.
One of plans considered by Yice
President Paul Morton, of the Santa
Fe, during his recent visit to Colorado,
was the removal of the railroad shops
from Raton, N. M., to Trinidad. Colo.
It is believed that at least $5,000 a
month will be saved by having the
shops north of Raton mountain: $5,000
a month means 800,000 a year, and is an
item ot consideration.
It is often a mvstery how a cold has
been"caught." The fact is.however, that
when the blood is poor and the system
depressed, one becomes peculiarly lia
ble to diseases. hen the appetite
or the strength fails. Ayer's Sarsapar-
ula should be taken without delay.
Shedd will have some more of those
guaranteed "Overland" wheels in soon,
and say, he is almost giving them
away, if you want to save money, see
him before buying, it will be to your
interest.
22i lbs. sugar $1.00 cash. 25 lbs.
sus?ar M.00 with purchase of S4. 00 other
groceries. Pearce. 201 Stanton St.
Glaze
finished
$2 50 per
cabinets
dozen, at
$1.50,
R. li.
platinums
Photo car.
Absolutely Pure.
A cream of tartar baking powder
Highest of all leavening strength.
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