El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-13
President Clark Coming.

President S. H. H Clark of the Union
Pacific, and first vice-president of the
Texas & Pacific, is at Big Springs for
| few days, and will come 10 this city
shortly for the benefit of his health.
With him are his physician, w. B.
Outen, OF St Louis, chef surgeon of
the Missouri Pacific, and one or two
other officials and close friends.
President Clark has not been in good
health for the last SIX years, having
given, like other prominent railroad
men, the best part OF his LIES energies
| to the progress and advancement of
the varied railroad properties and in
| terests with which he has been con-
nected Mr.. Clark rose from the ranks,
covering one field of activity after
another until he has now for some time
| been the head of one OF the greatest
railway systems in the world, to say
| nothing OF positions he holds of honor
ADD trust with other corporations.
Such burdens of reSponSib llity aud
| trust as Mr.. Clark has been shoulder
| ing for so many years are enough to
loverwork and break down mao of
| much greater physique than Mr.. Clark,
and he would have followed in the
footsteps of Jay Gould years ago. but
! for the fact that he saw nature wavlpg
the red flag down the grade. and he
has slowed up sufficiently to make his
|
Mr.. Gould had unlimited confidence
| in Mr. Clark, and Mr.. Gould was ole
of the best judges of men the Ameri-
can railway service ever saw. So when
Mr.. Gould had any particularly d ificult
problems to be solved, his first thought
| was to eptrust them to Mr.. Clark
whose administrative powers gave Mr..
| Gould assurance OF success in evea the
most perplexing unde rtakipgs. MIR.
Clark was made the first receiver of
| the Union Pacific oa that property's
| passing into thu hands of the courts:
and the cares consequent upon new
duties especially N pushing for legisla-
| ton favorable to the interest of the
road at Washington have told further
upon his health. 1t is to be hoped that
the distinguished president of the
| Union PACING will find in this climate
| the health and strength he so much de-
sires and which his many warm friends
hope so earnestly for him.
L. s Court.
The jury in the counterfeiting cases
in the federal court is hung, but may
| agree upon verdict this evening.
| The u. 5. grand jury mas been dis
charged after finding ten indictments.
| This Is the shortest term of [. ). court
on record, and on Thursday the court
| is expected to ad journ for the term.
| Inc OCCASION LOT Uul5 UNIV OuGeC dDDreV-
| iatlOn is the stripping from the west
ern district of Texas, ten counties and
placing them in the northern district
| These counties include such boroughs
or shireS as Midland, Tom Green, How
ard, Polk, Mitchell and other similar
counties which have largely furnished
business for the civil docket in tais
court. The change it is figured has
cut down the expenditures of the court
| in this city from Sl5, 600 TO $4,000
Owing TO the sickness of the Judge
who was assigned to hold court at
Brownsville it Will be necessary for
Judge MaXey and his court to sit there
in June when it is the hottest, and the
court officers are feeling rather blue at
the prospects of being called upon to
endure the blue heat obtaining in that
part of the country at that time of year.
Austin and San Antonio are bad enough
goodness knows in summer. But
Brownsville. whew, Clerk Hart will
take along d refrigerator wherein he
will sleep and eat, hoping thus to avoid
the fierce heat.
\ Massachusetts man has discovered
that by using sunshine during the day
and electricity during the night he can
raise several crops of onions in one
season. AT the same time it may be
appropriately remarked that there has
been no crying demand for several
crops of onions in one season. Many
people could get along with several
seasons and one crop of onions.
General Weyler'S carriage eXcur-
SiOnS from Havana are not frightening
the Cubans so much as the reports OF
his intended resignation,