El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-27

of Mexican soil, inside of which no
tariff duties are collected on foreign
goods. One can buy over there the
finest gloves and underwear from
France and hundred other articles at
much less than the cost in New York
or Washington, because OF the absence
of customs tax. 1t is not safe, though,
for jewellers on the Ell Paso side to
make the trip to Juarez for shopping
purposes, for lynX-eyed guards are
constantly on the watch for smuggling,
and owing to the zeal and ability of our
present collector, Mr.. Davis, the I'M
lawful business has been very ne arly
broken up. A man doesn't care to take
the chances of going to prison just for
the sake of saving few dollars.
A few of our business men have estab-
lishments on both sides of the river,
and among these is my tailor. Not
long ago l wanted a suit of clothes,
and, after selecting the pattern, in
uuired the price. If [ make up your
suit here it will be S3S, said he, but if
in my shop across the bridge it will be
s2S If you are in a hurry l can do it
more quickly over there l wasn't
quite sure about the propriety of
getting a suit from the Mexican side,
albeit there was saving of SO, but |
was in hurry and told my tailor to
proceed with the making on the Next
can side. When he notified me that
my suit was finished, 1 piid visit to
the collector. He thought it over
awhile, and then announced that it
would be all right to bring those gar
ments across the bridge, but in doing
so I'd be due to pay little bill to
Uncle Sam amounting to Sl4. | gave
him check for the amount and we
figured that 1 came 81 behind on the
transaction"
Governor Ahumada. of chihuahua,
is now in ST. Louis being Toasted and
banqueted by the citizens of tha5 city.
All moves of this kind bring the people
of the two greatest republics in the
| American continent closer together.
The election of United States
Revenue Collector Kaufman to be tax
collector of Travis county, will leave a
vacancy in the revenue Office at Austin.
| Mr.. kaufman's term expires Dec. %,
and the law provides he must qualify
within fifteen days after his election to
this county office, and at the same time
he cannot leave the federal service un-
til his successor is elected and quail
bear to have Major r. E. Burke APP
pointed to the pace. Major Burke
held the position under President Har-
| risOn and satisfied everyone. The ma
jor was asked recently by Dallas
Naws ropOrsor Ii ne was going to
| Washington, as some applicants have
done, or at least have representative
there. He replied: "That he did not in
tend going TO Washington or send a
repre- entative: that he thought it in
jured ones chances to be so persistent.
He said if his former record, which is
| in the hands Of The president, d dn t
get him the place, nothing else would
that he gave universal satisfaction to
all in that position, which he held un-
der the Harrison administration" Mr..
Burke was an original Mckinley man
dorse him. He also received the repub-
lican nomination for congress in his
| district without soliciting it. and he
also of the republican electors received
the largest vote.
DR.. Grant, national committeema,
from Texas, meeting with succe g. in
| his efforts to start a weekly republican
paper in Sherman. The Dallas News
| says of DR.. Grant and his paper: ''Dr.
Grant has decided to launch the big
weekly in the very immediate future.
He is now actively negotiating for
| machinery, presses and all necessary
supplies. and is also 10 oking over the
most available md desira BILE men with
which to complete the editorial staff,
and said today he hoped to issue the
first number by Jan. l, 1898 WhAn
he asked for details DR.. Grant replied
that he had already opened his sub
scription books and placed the sub
scriptiOn price at 81 per year in ad-
vance, and that he had reasonable
hopes of starting with an actual cir
culation of $4,000. He had on his desk
a pile of letters and kilograms from
ne arly every section of Texas. Okla
bona, Arkansas and Indian Terrific Y
announcing the formation of subscrip-
ton clubs. 1t will be published in
Sherman, the most nearly centrally
loo ,ted city of importance in the
above mentioned territory. Humid reds
of remittances have already been
made. The name of the paper will be
the Texas State Journal p"
ROUND ABOUT.