El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-28

the river has bsen laid over until after
the next h0Od The promoters OF the
scheme have forgotten how high the
water reached last spring.
GLOSS race news is scarce. There
will be no more excitement unull some
one brings in another car load of stiff
horses for sale.
It is wonderful how many jurors dis
qualify themselves in a rape case on the
arouaos of conscientious scruples ABOUT
Injecting the death penalty. The age
Of consent" seems to bs stumbling
block.
1t takes a pers IN pretty near as long
TO thaw out these wintry mornings as
it did to dry out during last summer S
nights.
The trial of Francisco Fresce5 will
be taken up tomorrow. FreSces is
charged with killing and burning the
body of Shorty Anderson in East Ell
Paso last spring.
Citizens and business men are kept
on the dodge these days to keep OF OF
UQe spec dl NcuIFeS GldG are pSlhS
summoned from which to select jurors
in the cap tai cases that are being
tried in the district court.
Several petty spite and prejud ice
cases will come up 10 the district court
next week. There are cases where
parties are indicted by grand juries
for crimiGial offences because the
prose cutting witness gees before that
body to get revenge for some real Or
ina ginary cause and as the grand jury
only hears one side OF the case they are
unable to Judge the real merits Uf the
case. One h4lf of these cases could
have been disposed Of in the county
court if they were indicted under the
proper chs rye and the county could
have been saved Il great expense in
jury and jail fees. Every time
party is charged with burglary when
the case is only petty theft then the eX-
pense of the county is doubled up and
1t is far harder to get conviction.
The police are on easy row just now.
No one gets drunk or raises Cain and
no buns drift i0to town to do the cities
street work. The police get lonesome
these nights setting up waiting for
something to occur.
'iGrsu's Opera company will be here
next Monday" says Manager Mitchell,
of the opera house. They will come
by way of the San a F. ute and the
whole company has been frCst bitten so
that there is no danger Of hem bring
ing IN any contagious disease. The
company will opan up here Monday
night, November / . and play one week
sure, and may possibly play the sec2nd
week, at this opera house. The COM
pany this year is a strong organization,
even better than their last years COM
pany, but they are still playing at pop
uIar prices and have made themselves
favorites with the theatre going pub
lic.''
The Texas BARRIERS have just organ
lied union at Dallas and BARRIERS from
all over the state were present, Ell
Paso being represented. by p Q Boil
Ter. 1t is not known yet whe1 her they
will decide against puttiog hydrant
water in their bay rum or not.
The trial of Az drez Gomez, charged
with rape, has been on ever since yes
leTday morning, but twelve suitable
Jurors out o. two special venires of Que
hundred and fifty men was only select
ed by noon. The jurors are: j a |
Taylor, a. Goodm 4p, james Brown,
Waller Lane. G.. NJ. McConaughey, |
W m. Carroll, a. j Steven, j. B. D9I-
lex. Francisco ESQ jeda, H. G. Tenn |
D etOa. NJ. j O imore ard Ed. Sea Ion. |
Al , o clocS this afternoon court open
I'd and the taking of evider ce in the |
,ase began. Lawyers Harper, Thomas
md Eyier, although appoin Ell by The
court, are lighting every inch of the
ground for the defendant.
Engineer Faulconer, of the fire de-
'artment, is putting up an electrical
apparatus that will turn all the horses
n the department loose when the tele-
hone bell rings. The apparatus is 80
with batteries, coils and
magnets that when the current is
urned or q weight drops on lever