El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-29
confer with the Board of Education in

confer with the Board of Education in
the matter.
Judge Coldwell called attention to
Mr.. Morehead' suggestion relative to
state aid, and the mayor was author
lied to wire the governor that he
m GIT call the legislature's attention
10 the situation here. The council
then adjourned.
The number of boats on what may
now be called Ell Paso lake are increas-
ing daily. They are not lap streaks,
or shells, or even whitehalls: but they
are boats after a fashion; they can be
padded around, and that is enough.
The city officials and the citizens
committee appointed at the joint meet
ing have worked like goodiellows' to
save the town from water, and for the
last few days have hardly known what
sleep was. They are pretty much eX-
hausted, and it is we'll for tired human
ity that the decline of the river gives
them some opportunity to rest.
George Canine was all right last
night, right side up with care, although
as matter of precaution he had moved
his family and furniture to a safer To-
cality.
Citizens are moving actively in the
way of extending assistance to the refu-
gees who are camping on all the va
cant lots in town. In addition to the
assistance given by 81 Ryan yesterday,
Mrs. Il. z. Campbell distributed a bug
gy load of bread among the poor peo-
pie camped out in the new city park.
Mrs. Longuemare and Mrs. Caldwell
also collected considerable cash and
clothing for the worthy poor. Then
Messrs. d. Klien. r. b. Stevens,
Krupp Bros, I. Il. Springer and Has
ten and Robinson on San Antonio
street, organized themselves into lit
tie circle of charity gtvers. Each of
the first four named agreed to give 500
leaves of bread daily for four days,
while Hasten q Robinson will give
twenty five pounds of fresh meat every
morning four four days.
ST Ryan raised $500 worth of flour,
bacon. potatoes. onions, beans, coffee
and sugar. Among those who respond
ed promptly and filled Mr.. Ryan's
wagon again and again, were, Slack u
Co., Ell Paso Grocery Co., Katz Bros.
Price Bros, E. J. McGeary, Hubbard
& Co., Max Weber, 1. A. Dege:s, Fat
man. S Goodman, Thomas, Andreas,
r. r. Storo, Bias, Clifford Bros, Law
renee and F'enchler Bros. Today Mr..
Ryan is out again collecting and dis
trIbuting to the hungry and homeless.
The doc sOrS of the city too have not
been idle, and many have been out at
the camp fires. huts, tents, and bushes
where poor people were camping, to
administer relief Dr.. Rafferty, the
post surgeon, is in charge of hospi-
tai tent near the Mesa school, where
there is good supply Of water, and
the hospital is well patronized.
At the meeting OF the board of
health yesterday afternoon, c. II.
Morehead was Instructed to ask the
council for $500 for tents, food and
medicine for the refugees. The board
also voted to ask the commander at
Fort Bliss to loan the board of health,
hospital tents, and Doctors Thompson,
White, Braden, Higgins, Baird and
Irwin, were appointed a committee of
six to attend to the tent hospital and to
search out the sick and have them TAX
en- to the hospital.
The board decided to petition the
city council to kill Off the unlicensed
dogs without further adoo, as the
streets were full Of them since the
evacuation Of Chihuahuita; also that
the refugees be located on some re-er-
vat on out of regard for the public
health.
On the a1jOurnm snt of the board the
relief hospital committee met ard after
making Post Surgeon II RAFFERTY, of Fort
Bliss, an honorary mem Der, Drs. White
and Thompson were appointed to Sc
lect hospital site. This was found
near the Ne sa school house as already
noted.
INEXCUSABLE ERROR.
The Dallas News which reached
hare today contained the following
telegram:
''SANTA FE, N NJ, May pa rise
OF s inches in the Rio Grande is report
cd from the Colorado line, and it has
teau raining c0utinually over the Rio !
Grande watar shed north of this city all !,
day. The prospects are that a fresh :
hOod, carrying from one to two feet |
more water than is now flowing, has
started toward Ell Paso tonight.
The rainfall at Santa Fe for the
past month has bsen nearly four inches