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EL PASO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,1896.
VOL. XVI, NO. 231
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NATIONAL B
El Paso, Texas,
Capital and Surplus
H. L. NEWMAN, Banker,
W. H. AUSTIN, Cashier.
A General Banking
iTi?" Mexican
Bullion Bought.
Mon."v and Exeh:t.n'Te) Bought and
SAFKTY D EPOS I T BOXF.S FOR I!
li. MOREHEAD, President,.
JOSEPH MAGOFFIN, Vice Pres.
State National
Established April, 188!.
A legitimate hanking business transacted in all its branches. Exchange
n all the cities of the United State3 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 sale. We've got
taith enough in these shoes to stamp our name on every
pair, and we are selling them at half usual profits.
PEW & SQ3ST, Slioe Dealers.
Aloast lick We IpSy Make !
Nothing but the best MENS' WEAR
is to be found on our shelves and
counters. We will not deal in
SHODDY GOODS.
WE HAVE NO USE FOB THEM.
Erom Now Until the New
Year we will Give Great Re
ductions in all Lines. Come
and Sec for Yourselves.
Golden Easle
Mail orders re
?lvc 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 PerfSGt Older 2TOT
Ojq "T"ELI- No matter how badly broken it is or what acci
dent may happen within the year, I KEEP IT IN ORDER.
UToxx Pay Once and lTo More
"If the watch is worth repairing-."
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Fac-Simile of my guarantee given with each watch repaired.
This does not include case repairs; I also except Howard and fine
Swiss watches from the above price, but I make the charge proportion
ately as low. Don't 3Peuy from T"wo to
Twenty Dollars a HJJR to keep your
watch running when for two fifty you get an absolute guarantee by
J. H RICHARDS,
TVeLtolies &o PiaixLoncls,
DB. KING, SPECIALIST,
OFFICES,
Frerdnntliiil
El Paso and
CONSULTATION AND
PATARRM TrHt.-d by INHALATION I'KOCFSS. Ti. l:ist methods for the
On Innnn cukk of iiiuoat, hi:- m -hiai. and i.i;xo i:ori!LK;.
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use of the knife omt tier dan? to us remedies arid r-fuvl) without a- y detention from busi
ness Fistula I'lccr .ii -n of the K'lWls xs)tively tt'liMt
PRIVATF Hl'sFAsFQ Nt'rvo,,,i leli-ity, LOST M MK1oi. tn young and middle
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NATUIt L DIsOHAKiiF.s, (iu.NOKKHuKA, GLEET, StKICTUKE l'ositivelv CUItED
ADTp 1-or hymutom Illanks. Satisfactory resu.ts Guaranteed through my perfect
m. w. flouuxoy, vice president
jos. r. Williams, asst. cashier.
AN
$125,000
H. L. NEWMAN, Jr. Ass"t Cashier.
Texas-
Business Transacted.
Sold.
i-:.t.
Gold and Silver
J. C. LACKLAND, Cashier
J. H. RUSSELL, Ass't Cashier.
TOEl ISN'T ANY GUESS
WORK
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MCXDY BLOCK
2.50
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Work, lUp'fr'talrsi Corner
J? a a Francisco streets.
EXAMINATION
Bank,
House
I A REGULAR BASKET
I STKETCHER!
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Is our big Bargain of
25Ibs of sugar for
Our goods are up to the stand
ard of the best in the town. As
a test try some of these for
Xmas. Canned Plum Pudding,
I to 2 pound cans. Plum Pud
ding Sauce, ready for use, I lb
cans. Prepared Pie Crust, rich
and flaky. French Crystalized
Fruit. Huntley and Palmer's
J Italian Macaroons.
? J. B. Watson's
1
J The Grocer, Phone 151,
Cor. San Antonio and Stanton Streets
T KL. PASO, TEXAS.
JJoliday presents.
Not "How Cheap," but "How Appro
priate," and being so appropriate,
not so very dear.
READ Till 5 LIST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM !
f BELTS,
Mexican CHATELAINES,
Carved IN CARD CA"ES,
Leather POCKE BOOKS,
. ETC., ETC.
Washb'Jrn and cheaper Grades of
Mandolins and Guitars.
MEXICAN DRAWN WORK.
Standard and Domestic Sewing Ma
chines. Mexican Cpals, 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.
REiD THIS LIST FROM BOTTON TO TOP !
IV. G. WALZ COMPANY
Music Store, Bicycle and Sewing Ma
chine Depot.
IJicr Snow Jlcltiug- Machines.
Iron, snow eating monsters have
been designed by two Paterson. N.
J., men for the removal of snow from
the streets of cities, and several are at
work now in New "York City.
Each machine is about "twenty-five
feet long, gays the N. Y. Journal." Un
der the seat is a tank holding two
barrels of naphtha. Back of that is a
small engine and a system of pumps so
arranged as to send the gas to the rear
half of the machine, where it passes
through a series of pipes and comes
out in a tlame at the base of a massive
hopper made of quarter-inch steel rods
coming to an apex in the centre of the
hopper, against which the snow banks
when it is shovelled in, forming a roof-
shaped stack with. a hollow centre.
Into this a blast of air is shot from a
huge fan driven by steam from the
engine, and a powerful draft is thus
generated. The temperature rises to
S00 degrees Fahrenheit, and tons of
snow melt away under the hot breath
of the gas, running out in a perpetual
stream at the rate of a cubic yard of
melted snow a minute.
Twenty-five men find their hands
full feeding one machine with snow.
The inventors figure that seven hours
of shovelling a day at the rate demand
ed by the machine will convince any
man that he has done a hard day's
work. The more material piled into
the hopper the better the draft works,
and the more rapid the consumption.
A test case made on Worth street
recently proved that the higher the
mound of snow against the centre stack
of rods the hotter the llames became.
While the machine is a formidable
locking affair, it makes no noise be
yond the pounding of the eDgine. A
thin toneue of naphtha fire appears
above the embankment of snow, and
the mas3 sinks and sinks raoidly until
s out at the bottom, in a steam of
ater.
estimated that one machine can,
in twenty-two hours, clear an entire
cross-town street of every fragment of
snow and leave it perfectly clean and
dry. Three or four machines passing
up Brradway would make that thor
oughfare a clean street in a day and a
niaht. More of thern are soon to be
put in operation, and by the middle of
winter a snowstorm will stand no more
show of congesting New York's busi
ness centres than a elass of beer would
satiate a Bowery ball.
So thorough is the excellence of
Ayer's Hair Vigor that it can be used
with benefit by any person, no matter
what may be the condition of the hair,
and, in every case, it occasions satis
faction and pleasure, in addition to the
benefit which invariably comes from
its use.
S 10 NeAV Bicycle, New S-tO.
Snell special $75 bicycle for $4.0, at
McCutcbeop, Payne & Co.
$1.00
CHRISTMAS TIDE.
I TJie Churches iu Particular to
Enjoy
Chi isiinas Lve Tomorrow lug-lit
As has for some years been custom
ary, the local evangelical cburches will
celebrate Christmas with entertain
ments in their respective auditoriums
In souiecases there will be trees, and
some cases other devices will be sub
stituted. But in all cases there will be
a Santa Claus. That mythical but
etLiaent personag-e could not be dis
pensed with "nohowsomever. "
The following- is the program to be
observed at the Children's Christmas
service at St. Clement's church,
tomorrow at u p. in.
Carol, ilJesus the Savior is born
Toru's prayer and versicles.
Catol, "Hark, what moan those Holy
voices.
Responsive reading-.
Carol, "Wonderful Tidings.
Creed and prayers.
Carol, "Where brightly gleamed the
star of lietnienem. "
Address and distribution of Christ
mas cards.
Carol, "Who comes today?"
Benediction.
Carol, "Star of Hope.7'
At Trinity church at 7:30 p. m., there
will be a tree covered with the usual
run of things dear to the youthful
heart, and there is to be a Santa Claus.
The church interior is being decorat
ed, and there will be a special musical
program for the children. A feature
will be a manger at the base of the
Christmas tree vvherin may be left
offerings that any one will give to aid
the deserving poor.
The .Mexican Methodists will hold
their fiesta at 6:30 in the South Camp
bell street mission, &o that .their peo
ple will hav9 a .chance to visit the
entertainments in the Eng-lish soeakins-
churches. The Mexicans always man
age to have a good time on Christmas
kve.
The Presbyterian will have an inter
esting entertainment with a Santa
Claus, with decorations, and lots of
pretty things for the children. Then
there will be excellent singine and re
marks by the pastor.
Ihe manual training school will cel
ebrate with gifts and exercises bv the
Juvenile Society of Christian Endeav
or. And on Friday evenine the Sue-
day school will have special exercises.
J. he Myrtle avenue Methodist chil
dren give a dramatic entertainment at
7:30 in Chopin Music hall, where there
will also be a Santa Claus and presents,
so mai a nveiy ana interesting time is
promised.
The Baptists will spend an unusually
pleasant evening in their church at
i :30 with magic lantern views, a bitr
Christmas tree and Santa Claus, with
scriptural recitations by the children.
.SCHOOL CLOSING.
Interesting Exercises today at the
Central School-Santa Clans on Deck.
The Kindergarten children enjoyed
their Christmas this morning at the
Central school building. They had a
Christmas tree over which Mr. Allen
of the smelter presided as Santa Claus,
and numerous presents were made by
the children to their parents and
friends and to one another. These
presents were their own handiwork,
such as the children are taught to
make themselves in the school and the
occasion passed oil very pleasantly.
There appeared to be about one hun
dred little ones present, and with the
grown folks, the big room was well
crowded. Alter the entertainment was
over, the children had a great deal to
talk about, and the scene was one of
lively animation. The room was prettily
trimmed with greens and varied handi
work of the children.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The high school pupils with their
parents and friends filled the hitrh
school room this afternoon on the oc
casion of closing exercises for the
holidays. The walls were attractively
decorated with evergreens of various
kind, mistletoe being the
more prominent, and "Xmas" was
on the walls also in silver and gilt let
tering. ihebiac-K boards too were
ornamented with very neat work In
crayon by the pupils. At 1:30 p. m ,
the following program was successfully
carried out.
Chorus All Among the Barley (84)
Sterling.
Heavenly Guest. Alice Marvin.
Duet, 11. Payne and G. Allen.
"Casey at the Bat," C. Augur.
Solo, Alee Shelton.
Jest 'fore Christmas, Edgar Kayser.
Chorus, Swab-an Air, (34) Folk Song.
Christmas song, Alma Jones.
Semi chorus, Poor Old Joe High
school Glee Club,
Christmas in the Olden Times, Ethel
Shelton.
Solo, Gertrude Windsor.
Chorus, Gypsy chorus (3!)) Weber.
Bessie's Christmas, Maud Kiefer.
Quartet, Our High School, High
School quartet.
Christmas Night in the quarters, Al-
leen Blacker.
Chorum, .Bethlehem.
Juarez Notes
The prisoners in the carcel are in
luck. They are to have a New Year's
dinner.
The Ilevista Internacional says the
Mexican Central, is still chocked up
with cars, not so much to the rapidity
with which freight has been shipped
in as to the tough condition of the
motive power. In consequence of this
glut in the yards, orders have been
given to admit no more freight to
Juarez until the yards are cleared to
some extent. The Ilevista extends a
cordial invitation to the Central people
to get a move on themselves and buy
better engines.
General Hernandez has returned to
Chihuahua after inspecting tho north
ern posts in his .one.
A. S. Borrajo the cure of Guadalupe
is quite sick at the residence of Inocen
te Ochoa.
The younger Ochoa has gone to
Cambridge, Mass.. to continue hisstud
ies. Mrs. Beatrix de Torrez and daugh
ters are visiting in Juarez from Chi
huahua with her sister Mrs. Josefa de
Bermndez.
The lie vista docs not like it because
the customs duties are such that trade
is sent over to this side of the river,
and workmen on tho Corral itos road
lir.d it preferable to live north of the
Bravo rather than in Juarez.
870 for a Sloo
ISOti Itamhl.jr bicycle, at McCutch
eon, Payne & Co.
Liadies' Shoes, all grades, below cost
at the Closing Out Store.
There are 100,413 iriela iu New York.
THE INS AND OUTS.
Going: aud Coming- of El Paso People
and Others
Charles Fruin is visiting in town from
Colorado.
Collector Davis has gone out to his
ranch to finish up a cattle deal.
John Henderson left for Deadwood,
S. D., today over the Santa Fe.
W. B. Trull has gone to Los Angeles
to spend Christmas with his family.
Dr. Cowan, of the Independent Dem
ocrat, is in town from l.as (Jruces.
Mr. Copeland, of the Santa Fe, has
gone to Chicago on a business trip.
Clark L. Wiggings left for Saratoga,
N. Y. this noon over the Santa Fe.
Conductor McHugh came down this
noon to spend the holidays with his
family.
W. E. Baker, of Las Cruces.has gone
to St. Louis to spend the holidays with
friends and relatives.
W. W. Dulap, a former resident of
this city back in his eighties, is in the
city en route from Mexico.
James Grunsfeld, the Albuquerque
dry goods merchant, has returned
home, leaving his wife here .with her
parents to spend the holidays.
W. T. Cliver, superintendent for the
Santa Fe land offices of New Mexico, is
visiting at Las Cruces, and may take in
El Paso, before he returns to Albu
querque.
Mr. J. K. Friend is In the city for a
few days from his mining properties
near Guerrero in the state of Chihua
hua. He has secured very flattering
assays from his properties.
Mrs. J. B. Tyrus and daughter, -Miss
Ada, formerly of this city, but now of
Sherman, Texas, are in the city, visit
ing Mrs. M. Patterson. lney are
traveling for the health of Miss Tyrus.
Dr. and Mrs. Loezer left this morn
ing for the Mesilla park, where Mr.
Loezer will take special work in the
labratory belonging to the Agricultur- j
al College, which affords special facil
ities for work.
Hon. Levi A. Hughe", who made the
best and most efficient internal revenue
collector New Mexico and Arizona
ever had, came in from the territorial
capital at noon today on the flyer.
Albuquerque Citizen. Mr. Hughes is
a brother-in-law of John C. Voss, the
San Antonio 6treet merchant.
George W. Wood, superintendent of
the Vanderbilt Mining company at No-
gal, operating the American mine, and
owner of several other valuable mining
properties in the White mountains, ar
rived Tuesday en route to New York
City. He expects to be gone three
weeks. During his absence George L.
Ulriek is in charge, says the San Mar-
cial Bee.
Opera House.
Friday and Saturday matinee, Christ
mas and Saturday night. Among the
many new features offered by Chas. H.
i ale s "Forever Devil's Auction" for
this season is a new absurdity entitled,
The Bashful Maidens," a screaming
episode of song and pantomine produc
ed under the soubriquet of "Weary
Willie," which, according to reports
received, has met with, since its initial
production, greater success than Mr.
1 ale s famous theatric travesty which
he very aptly dubbed "On the Hialto. "
Another of this season's "hits" is the
timely burlesque on "The Bicycle
Craze," regarding which a writer has
stated and truthfully that, 'There are
bikes ana there are bikes, but its dol
lars to doughnuts no one ever saw a
more varied assortment as glided
around the stage in the bike parade in
the 'Forever Devil's Auction.' " Prices
as usual.
Dr. Uelgraff.
It was a realistic entertainment by
an 'aggregation of stars," without
stagy make-up, as everything was real,
it might be said, painfully so. In the
play was an unfoldment of the sorrow
ful in life, wherein an honorable stu
dent departs from his chosen paths of
research, and brings disaster upon
others, as well as distruction to himself.
It was the kind that called for close
attention, and close attention it receiv
ed from the ringing up of the curtain
to the drop of the same.
It would be folly to particularize, as
every step was accurately fitted and its
rendition seemed perfect, which held
the large audience in studious expecta
tion, hence it is is very doubtful if a
play was ever presented to the El Paso
public that so near approached the
real as did "Dr. Belgraff" last night.
Doubtful.
Judge Heacock received a dispatch
this morning that Robert Cusack, who
had the gaming privilege at the new
Chicago saloon during the fair, had
been shot to death across the river
from El Paso, at or near Juarez, Mexi
co. Albuquerque Oitizen JJec. Zd.
U. S. Consul Buford was telephoned
today relative to the above, and he
said he did not believe any such mur
der had occurred; that if any Amer
ican had been killed or in any ways
injured over there, he, the consul
would have heard of it.
"The way to deal with the high hat,
is to take it off" was well exemplified
by the ladies of El Paso at the opera
house last night. There were very few
nodding plumes, and other obstructions
to a full view of the stage.
Alex. Shannon had a rail drop on his
feet yesterday while building a track
laying machine for the Corralitos road,
and he is now walking on his hind legs.
Alex, will be all right in a lew days.
. Sweetser, Pembroke & Co. of New
York, tiles suit in the district court
against J. Freudenthal & Co. of this
city, for $221t;.(iS for goods sod defend
ants on account.
Sheriff's deed: August J. Hille to
El Paso Building & Loan association
for $1320, lot 20, block 4o, Hart's
survey and certain shares of associa
tion stock.
Sr. Borrajo, the Guadalupe padre
who has been ill at the residence of
Innocents Ochoa, died this morning,
and will be buried by Emerson & Ber
rien. Miss Ivato Smith is assisting at
postotfiee during the rush with
holiday mail.
the
the
Yalisee below cost at the Closing Out
Store.
EL. PASO STEAM LAUNDRY,
Telephone 47-
A MIGHTY INSTRUMENT.
The Second Greatest Organ in the
Second Greatest Organ
WorM IJeiiisf Erected.
The finishing work is being done on
the great organ at St. Ignatius'
church, San Francisco. This is the
second largest organ in America, its
one superior being the instrument in
the Garden City cathedral on Long
Island, which has fifteen stops more
than the immense producer of music at
the church of St. Ignatius.
For three months the erection of the
new organ has been going on under the
supervision of W. U. Wood, of the
Farrand & Votey company of Detroit,
which has the contract of putting in
the musical mammoi-h. The instrument
will be put into u?e on Christmas day
for the firt time.
Surmounting the central columns
are two large figures of angels holding
speaking trumpets. Urns containing
blazing torches form the copping of the
outer columns. The choir rail in front
of the beautiful array of decorated
outer speaking pipes is a highly orna
mented brass affair.
Immediately behind the console, and
in the center of the ca9e is a recess
capable of containing eight or ten solo
singers facing the organist, the console
standing about ten feet in front
of the organ. On the sides of the
console, there is room for a large
chorus, under the organist's immediate
control.
The organ has four manuals of sixty
one keys each and a pedal board of
thirty keys. It contains eighty five
speaking stops, seventeen couplers,
fourteen adjustable combination pis
tons, fourteen combination pedals,
three swell pedals and 5,350 speaking
pipes. I he case is thirty three feet
wide, thirty seven and one half feet
high and has a depth, not including
the console, of eighteen feet. The
organ is of the electro pneumatic
variety. The use of electricity briDgs
an absolute promptness of response
from the keys. This will be the only
organ on the coast into the operation
of which electricity enters.
So great is this organ that it has an
isolated wind-producing plant, the bel
lows not being located inside it, as is
the case with other organs. This plant
is seventy-five feet away from the
organ in a towet-room at the southeast
corner of the church. Here, too, is
the electrical plant, the power being
supplied by one five horse and one two
and one-haif horse-power motors, the
electricity coming from public service
lines. There are six sets of bellows.
The wind for the main organ is con
ducted through a galvanized iron pipe
eighteen inches in diameter, and that
for the solo organ throuoh a ten-inch
pipe. Under the arrangement of wind
pressure the solo organ gets seven
inches, the trreat organ and pedal four
and one-half inches.
The greater base pipe of the pedal
organ is thirty-two feet in length and
18x22 inches in its inner dimensions.
The scale of the pipes was copied from
that of the celebrated organ at Lu
cerne, Switzerland. The lower octave
of the set was made in the church
here of selected white cedar.
Deserved Promotion on the Santa Fe
An important change will be made
in the operating department of the
Santa Fe system after January 1 next.
C. F. Resseguie who has been superin
tendent of the Santa Fe lines east of
the Missouri river with headquarters
at Chicago, will become assistant gen
eral Supt. of the entire system, with
headquarters at Topeka: aud W. C.
Nixon, commercial agent at Chicago
and formerly local Supt. of terminals
at Chicago, will succeed Mr. Resseguie.
The latter is one of the most prominent
operating men i-n that great railroad
center, Chicago. He originally came
from the Burlington, where he was
Tom Potter's private secretary for a
long time, and became not merely
familiar but thoroughly imbued with
that wonderful man's ideas of manage
ment and views of railway administra
tion generally. The value of this school
ing was made apparent in his subse
quent experience. Mr. Resseguie did
most excellent work as general man
ager of the mountain division of the
Union Pacific which included
the lines between Cheyenne on
the east, Milford, Utah, on the
south, Butte, Mont., on the north, and
Huntington. Ore., on the west. Rank
favoriteism, in the kaleidoscopic
changes following the retirement of
Charles Francis Adams from the Union
Pacific presidency, resulted in another
man's being given Mr. Resseguie's
dssk a change for which no explana
tion whatever was vouchsafed, and the
announcement of which was confined to
bare, circular statement.
However, the Santa Fe management
did not long leave Mr. Resseguie out
of a job. He was made division super
intendent in Kansas with headquarters
at Wichita, and not long afterwards
was made superintendent of the Santa
Fe lines east of the river, which posi
tion he has for years held with such
marked ability as to win unreserved
commendation from his superior offi
cers. The Chicago division has long
been noted as a model division, and
now the same careful and successful
administration is to be extended ac
tively over the entire system. Mr.
Resseguie is being widely congratulat
ed. President Diaz Escapes.
A telegram from the City of Mexico
says: Gen. Diaz and Finance Minister
Limantour, accompanied by other per
sonages, narrowly escaped being vic
tims of a frightful accident. The
carriage in which they were seated
was crossing the track of the Hidalgo
railway as a train was backing rapidly
down. The presence of mind of the
coachman, who put on the brakes,
saved them.
Plans have been adopted for beauti
fying the national palace fjr the great
inauguration ball in honor of President
Diaz, which will tako place on the
night of Jan. 10.
A proposition to reorganize forty cout
ties in western Kansas into four large
ones is neing agitated m that Mate.
The railways in Newfoundland are to
be amalgamated and taken under gov
ernment control.
Verdi is saiJ to bo l.-a.rnioj
bicvclo. The votorau composer
years old.
th
The
power
Transvaal is thei thirty-ninth
to welcome the Red Cross so-
ciety.
Ihe curfew ordinance has been de
clared unconstitutional in Omaha, Neb.
22 lbs. sugar $1.00 cash. 25 lbs
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Further Restrictions to Immigration.
Last Thursday, the senate passed the
Lodge immigration bill, providing for
further retrict;ons to immigration.
Tho vote by which the measure passed
was 52 to 10, showing that the senate is
overwhelmingly in favor of placing
further and radical restrictions upon
immigration.
Although the bill will have to pass
the house of representatives, there is
every reason to expect that it will
stand an even hotter chance of passage
there than it did in the upppr house.
As finally acted on Thursday, the
measure provides that all immigrants
over lti years of age must be able to
read and write their mother tongue, or
some other language: but it is further
provided that any admissible immi
grant over 16 years of age may bring
into the couutry his parent or grand
parent, minor child or grandchild, or
his wife, even if such parsons are un
able to read and write.
In order to determine tho ability of
immigrants to read and write, the in
spectors are to be provided with a
large number of small strips of paste
board upon which extracts from the
constitution of the United States will
be printed in the various languages.
The strips must be placed in boxes, a.
separate box being provided for each
language. The lmmierraut will be
required to draw from the box contain
ing 1 he lines printed in his lansuas-e
one of the slips, and will be further
required to read in the presence of
the inspector the lines printed thereon,
and afterwards copy them in writing.
The strips, after being used, ara to be
carefully returned to the boxes, and
every precaution is to be taken to pre
vent immigrants from drawing the same
lines successively.
There can be no denying that thi9
Lodge bill is by far the most radical
restriction yet placed upon immigra
tion. The percentage of illiteracy
among immigrants is quite large, so
that the Lodge bill, should it finallv
become a law, will be sure to exclude a
very large number of people, and thus
materially restrict immigration.
By an amendment adopted with prac
tical unanimity, the provisions of the
bill were not made to apply to residents
of Cuba coming to the United States
aurin? the continuance of the existing
troubles in that island. This amend
ment was, of course, meant to voice tho
sympathy felt by the senate with the
strugglicg patriots.
While the Lodge bill would, if it
should finally become a law, exclude a
number of deserving people, there can
be no doubt, but that the principal
immigrants that would be affected by
it belong to the class of undesirable
acquisitions to our population. There
can be no question but that the influx
of a vast army of illiterate foreigners,
having no conception of American
institutions, is a menace to the coun
try, and, in so far as the Lodge bill
affects that class, it is worthy of sup
port. Picayune.
Spain's Foot Deeply in It.
A.t a mass meeting last night held in
Lincoln, Neb., Governor Holcomb said:
"I believe the recognition of Cubans
as belligerents has -been already de
served. As the strongest nation on
the western continent and the first
great government of the people, the
United States should be the "jealous
guardian of the flower of liberty on
American soil. I hope that our repre
sentatives at Washington will see their
way clear to grant the people of Cub
substantial aid."
Dispatches from the Phillinine Is
lands state that the recent "treat
victory" reported by the Spaniards.
was really an lsnominoua defeat fnr
the haughty Castillians who were
driven from the field with heavy loss.
General Gomez is wild otrer tho
treacherous assasination of Maceo and
young Gomez, and is pushing as fast as
he can to the srates of Havana. Tn
fact, bands of insurgents are already
within a few miles of the caoital and
Weyler can not drive them awav. A
Texan named Amos Johnson is report
ed quite prominent as a leader.
George Alford. formerly of Dallas.
and a son of General George F. Alford,
is in jail at Los Angeles on charge of
depositing a forged $1000 draft in a
l,os Angeles bank. The young man
has been enjoying wein, weib gesang
for some time, and now he is reaoinc-
the harvest of the seed that he has
sown.
Governor Morton, of New York, is
waking up to the fact that there are
laws in that state for the suppression
of prize fighting, and he has notified
tne sheriff of Queens county to see that
the law is not violated in the proposed
Lavigne-McKeever prize fi?ht.
Lord Leighton's house in London
has been offered to the British nation
by his sisters on condition that it be
preserved as it is.
To the aged, with their poor ap
petite, feeble circulation, and impov
erished blood, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a
Boon Devona price. Its effect is to
check the ravages of time, by invigor
ating every organ, nerve, and tissue
of the body. See Aver's Almanac for
the new year.
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