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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING. :
A Time to Call Halt OH Certain So
cial Evils.


II noticed in one of the papers to-
day. said q we'll known clubman yes
terday, IAN item about the Jua ez bull
fights, and it was stated in the item
that there was no American girls over
the river last Sunday, mixing with the
festive gamblers. But that reporter
made q mistake. I saw party of five
pretay yong girls from Ell Paso in the
saloon opposite the bull pen last Sum
drinkers, gamblers and sight-seers,
and those innocent girls were rubbing
up against crap shooters. drunken Mex
leans and Americans and white aud
black prostitutes. It is all right for
grown women, accompanied by their
husbands or reliable escorts, to visit
such place; but it is not the proper
13 to II years of age. "-Mornipg
Times.
The Times informant is mistaken
about what the HERALD said Monday.
The HERALD SAL: ''With two excep-
tions, there were no school girls
gambling Sunday" However, there
is no need of argument on this subject,
are working for the same end in re-
gard to young American girls going
over the river unprotected and mixing
with the conglomeratiOn of humanity
that is found around the gambling
tables. An Ell Paso officer told this
reporter tale that will make blush
come to the faces of many mothers
when they hear of it. It Is as fOllOws:
1.-TWO Mexican courteZans were sitting
at a roulette table. A young white
girl came up to the table and placed
piece of money on a numb r.. At first
she stood between the two prostitutes,
but she became SO much interested in
her bets that she shortly put her hand
on the shoulder of one and then leaned
over the other. The act was SO brszen
that even the prostitutes were amaz ID
and one looked up at her and said:
You've got your gall!'' This did not
phase the girl and she kept on gam
bling"
Here's another case tod ny the came
officer. An AmeI lean girl was star d.
ing In front o. the bull pen alone. Two
MeAi.an cigar makers came down the
steps accompanied by well known
prostitute. One of the cigar makers
walked over to the girl and spoke to
her and then the four started to this
side of the river together. One cigar
maker and the American girl were to-
getber closely followed by the other
and the prostitute.
This is not the first time such things
have occurred, but the newspaper al
ways kept such matters quiet. They
bave quashed such brazen acts until
silence ceased to be virtue. But now
the time has come when there should
be reforms, not only in this but in
many other cases. The girls who have
been gambling are now openly assert |
ing that they will continue to gambling |
regardless of what the papers say;
some of them even go go far as to say |
they are getting away with the news |
papers by going over the river Sstur- |
day and gambling aud they think the |
reporters do not know this.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Door of Hone Mission.

Following is d summary of the re-
port presented to the 1st quarterly co.,
ferenc. of TriLit. chui CHI last ri- h:
We have red 10 street meetiogs aud
"a Sc. wees 10 tie hall. The attend
ance has ranged from IA to 81 persons
giving an average of q at each meet
ing, half of this rumber fir. quently be-
ing men. The average attend ance at
the Sunday school is p.
The visiting committee have made
80 visits, distributed clothing, furnish
ed provisions for the poor and provided
an occasional lodging.
On Thanksgiving dav food was pro-
vided for upwards of 200 persons.
In addition to work at the mission,
Rev. w. Huggett has visited and
preached at Cunt, Brunswick and 9th
err outlying communities will be visit
ed ia regular turn.
The committee look to the generous
public for aid TO carry on this good
work, and ask not to forget the appeal
in making up Christmas gifts.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

a bowling condition; he spent his
hott@r for bis teacher dear" at Enter
prise, Miss Mac has been with the troupe
only one ye ar, but has spent ;seventeen
wears in concert work with the Ten
neseeians and ether companies.
George Wa'ly whose picture is given
above, il the hasso profundo of the
troupe and with voice that is enough
to make most bassos wither with envy.
He has a voice of phenomenal dept',
going clear down to the second E below
the staff. Then his voice has a full
ness and soporouspess that is remark
able. MIR. Wally was born in New
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
MRS. ELLA WATKINS.

Mho. ELLA w
vile for two years until the students
began their lat tour when she joiue1
the comrauy. Mrs. Watkins is plea
SAINT appearing young wOma,, her voics
is pie" SAINT to listen to, and at e hes an
agree able stage presence. She is an
expert autoharp player as well as sing
err.
Miss Kate Grasses the mezzo-soprano
was born in Memphis, and spent two
years in study at Nashville. She
completed her education at Louisville.
In addition to her talents as VOC alist,
Miss Gi ases is an elocutionist of no
mean order, as her Rotations the
other n ght proved. She has good con-
troll over her voice AMI an easy grace
of carriage that assures her audiences
tia. she is fully alive to what she is
doing and knows how to do it.
The hird'lady vocalist is Mrs.. George
Wally, the contralto. She was
born IN Marysville, KY, aud after study
sity joined the udent singers six
years ago. Both she and Miss Grasses
are almost white.
The fourth LAZY in tie company is
Mrs. A. Mckenzie, the pianiste and
wife of the first tenor. She is a good
musician. and was educated at Litch-
field, MINI. afterwards graduating in
music from the Ziegfeld conservatory
in Chicago.
A. Mckenzie, the shouting tenor, is
a natural 'nigge- minstrel" and takes
to comedian parts as easily as a duck
slides off into the water. He has a
soft, serene, penetrating, insinuatipg,
galvanizing smile that ort o. warns u 0
the cookies of a mans heart as it wee,
or words to that effect; and is abe to
keep his audience much of the time in
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

is dramatic tenor AMI his voice is of
good timbre and strcng carrying quail
ties. He is an effective member of the
troupe, AMI good man in every way.
Prof. Watkins, thu first bass, or bari
tone, is also the ven'riloquist of the
company. and an unusually ta'ente 1
man. He joiued the students on their
last tour. He spent thrf years at Fisk
University, toured for three years in
Europe, and was with the Boston Sssr
Spec i Atty company three and half
years prior to his prese engagement.
Watkins is simply immense on the
autoharp, and is one of the most artis-
ii: ventr ilcquis's on the stage. He is
a tower of strength to the company.
The troupe appear tomorrow night
for the second and last time this season
in Chopin hall, urder the auspices OF
the Ell Paso Y. M. G. A, aud judging
by the hearty reception given them at
the previous appearance there it is
safe to say that the hall will be packed
solid tomorrow night. Reserved seats
NAV be had at the Y. M. G. A. rooms.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Cor d to Death at a Bull-Fight.

Lawrence Demmitt, mining en-
gireer of Rosario, Mex, was fatally
Qored by a bull while attending bull
fight at Guadalajara last Sunday. The
maddened bull Ieaped over the wall
separating the amphitheater from the
ring. trampling u-der foot the panic
strickened spectators, Mexicaus of the
lower class, who We seated on the
unprotected benches nearest the wall.
Toree spectators, the letter said, were
gored to death, and the bull made its
way to the boxes, where it caught
Dimmitt add ran one of its horns
through his chest. Two of the guards
dispatched tie animal with two sa-
bers. Dimmitt was taken to the Hos
picio Municipal, where he sue cumbei
to his irjuries Monday night. The
jefe politico of the district has ordered
an inyesti alton,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
THE NASHVILLE SINGERS.
A Few Words About Them Historical
Iy.-TO .Appear Tomorrow Night.

Iy.-TO EAppear tomorrow Night.
The Nashville students trO upe was
organized January, 1880, as the only
AMI simon pure Origina, successor TO
the Jubilee singers who were sent out
from the cOlored university HG Nash
vile, Tenn, some years previous, and
who made d great reput alton all
through the country where they went.
The present ryaniZat on, it viii be
seen, has bsen 10 existence for seven
teen years, giving concerts in almos ;.
every town in Canada and the United
States, under the management of the
present manager Josish Cox The
present tour has lasted fifteen months
The troupe always lakes because Their
such songs and performances as colored
people can best give, and which the
pub ic look for as best exemplified
through the me dunn of the negro race
The voices appear to be we'll selected,
and constant association has given
nat union and finish of ensemble that
can be Sc cured no other way. The
singers are all healthy specimens of
the negro race. and their interest in
their work Goes not seem to be
dimir ished by time.
Persons notices of them are as fol-
.ows.
Mrs. Ell en- Watkins, the soprano
whose picture lis given above, was
born in Louisville, KY, where she
graduated from the State university.
She studied at the Chicago cOnserva-
'Ory of music in 1898, and su frequently
took sps cai courses at the university
at Nashville. She remained in Nash
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
No Chine Sc New Years.

IAN eclipse of the sun in the first
day of the year betOkens an impending
Calamity, hence the sovereiens OF ev
cry dynasty which has preceded US
made it point whenever an eclipse of
the SUI is p-ognosticate to undergo
self-a ba semert and humble themselves
in order to avert the wrath from above.
And now in acc )rdance with the board
of astronomy: on the first d ~ of the
twenty fourth year of our reign Jan
uary 2, 1881 there will be another
eclipse of the sun. We are filled With
forebodir gs at this news aud hasten to
Sc elk within ourselves for sins which
have thus brought the wrath Of heaven
upon our land. We further command
that the ceremonies on New Years
Day in the various halls be abolished
aud that the banquet usually given to
imperial clansmen on New Years Day
must to stopped. When the eclipse oc-
ours let all members of the court sp-
pear wearing sober garments and as
semble in the inner p aces before the
altar to pray for forbearance and mer-
cy to the country at large"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
New Mexico Notes.

Fireman Joseph Ray of the Santa
Fee at San Marcial, has died at the age
of 80.
A number of Iowa farmers are seek
ing desirable ranch property in San
Juan county.
The shipment of New Mexico live
stock for the year 1897 will go over
800 900 head of cattle.
The Southern Pacific aud tho Santa
F'e will employ joint car inspector at
Deming after January.
Twenty five loads of New Mexico
apples were shipped from Durango,
Colo, to Chicago last week.
1t is claimed that Capt. Day will, in
short time begin the erection of q
$500, 600 best sugar factory at Santa
Fe.
The San Miguel county grand jury
returned an even hundred Indictment
at the recent term of court at Las We
gas.
George Craig and Claude Doane
have been indicted at Socorro, N. NJ,
for cattle rustling. They are out under
$1,000 bonds.
DR.. Gilbert, of Silver City, resigned
disposition as county physician and has
gone to Denver to reside in the future.
DR.. Kennon has succeed him as county
physician.
Charles Onderdonk, a Philadelphia
capitalist, has leased p 900 acres of
land in southern Santa Fe county for
the purpose of engaging in the raising
of AngOra goats.
The Sacramento Chief came out
again this week with its head on the
fourth page. 1t must be mighty bad
quality of whisky someone is furnish
ing for that Office now.-Roswell Reg
lister.
The small pox situation at San Mar
cial is improving, and the only new
case reported is that of an unvacciuated
child. So far vaccination has proven
An entirely reliable preventive against
the disease.
United States Deputy Surveyor
Peitz, manager of the Tularosa Real
Estate and improvement company, has
located, for actual settlers, about 500
acres of government land near Tula-
rosa, within the past forty days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

Monday Decemb Der q, Is Y M. G. A.
election day Four directors must be
elected by the active membership to
take the place of A G. Foster, trof.
Putnam Col. Neff, and Chas.
Rokahr, whose terms expire.
Col. Neff, and Prof. Putnam
have reason for declining to serve as
direc ors. The nonin sting committee
vacancies would suggest the name OF
c.. M. hurry, G. q. Tanre CIR, Chas.
Rokahr, and A. G.. Foster for the
above vacancies. Board meeting
Monday evening.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Christmas Services.

There will be a special musical SER
vice at Trinity church Sunday morn
ing. the program of which will be as
follows:
Organ voluntary, Miss Florence
BeAll.
Anthem, 81 Bring You Glad It'd
ings," Akeroyd, by the choir.
Hymn, Antioch, No. SO, choir and
congre ya'ion.
Invocation, by the pastor.
Scripture Lesson.
Hymn, Ezra, Ga, choir and congre-
cation.
Ofe--orv. Ouett With Holy Crown,
+ bt., Misses Trdmbull and Jones.
Sc. uion, y, tie pastor.
So. rtno 500, Mi S Trum bull.
Hymn, "Herald Angels" No. SO,
choir and con2 regation.
Anthem, "Gloria in Excelsis" by
Schneider, choir.
Benedictiop, Gloria Pa+ri.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Chri, tmas Excursions.

Texas to points in Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ten
n esse, Kentucky, North Carolina.
South Carolina and Virginia will be
sold via Southern Pacific December
2lst and 22d, 1897, e, cd for return with
in 30 days from date of sale, at rate of
one fare for the round trip.
Local tick cts from and to any point
on line will be sold Dece m Der 23d, oath,
18th, 305h, 31st, 1897, and January LIT,
1898, good to return up to January Sd,
1898, at rate of Ons and q third fare.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

The Field end Farm says that the
entire American clip this year is one
of the clea lest, lightest and brigt test
in decade. the ee clip never more
SO, and if it only could be p on the
market in the same high condition as
Australian W OILS, it would not ned to
take second place to any of the rank
ing woods OF the world nor would it
have to be protecte. by hie h tn, if.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

Haven, Conn, and educated in the
pubic schools there. He joined the
Nashville students in 1884 and has
been with them almost continuously,
with the exception of three years when
he wss On q tour in Australia with a
concert company.
o. T. jackson, is the second tenor.
He was born in Louisville, XIV, in 1857.
He attended Nashville University for
two years leaving to tour IN concert in
England aud Australia, Mr.. jackson
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

2. A. Clarke has printed farewell
notice to his Maria fe low citizens in
the New Era. stating his remov i to
E. Paso the first # the year. He will,
however,be n Ma-fa.the last M or d y In
every month on business. u
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Horace B. Stevens,
Real Estate and InSur.s
anCe Agent.
! Solicit Collection of Rents
and make no charge for
Advertising.
FOR SALE

NORTH STANTON STREET.. near
Hildebraud residence, lots; $500.
Ore-third cash.
NORTH KANSAS STREET, 3 ! lots
for 800 cash.
UPSOM AVENUE, between N. Ell
Paso AMI Santa Fe Sts., As feet for
5000; one-third cash.
NORTH OREGON STREET, corDerof
Rio Grande, I75x175. Room for 5
houses. CHEAP.
MESA AVENUE, 2 lots, corner, for
IDAHO STREET, lots at a sacrifice.
BUSINESS CORNER, Mesa avenue
and Texas Str ct, lI5x6O feet. A bar
gain and terms to suit.
IL LOTS on San Antonio Street, facing
Mago6in homestead.
TWO LOTS on East Overland. Cheap.
ONE LOT, near Mesa School.
6Oxi2O feet on West Overland Street.
BUSINESS PROPERTY, paying so
per month, for sc, 900.
50 800 will buy row of houses pay
ing $64 month.
MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS and
small cash payment will buy 7-room
brick house, JIG UpeOm Avenue.
Ga N. OREGON STREET, brick house
rooms. Easy terms.
4O7 N. Ell PASO STREET, 5 rooms,
cheap.
400 N. Ell. PAso STREET, 7 rooms,
brick.
BRICK HOUSE of rooms on North
Stanton Street; southeast corner; .
rleasapt bone.
NEAR S. p. DEPOT, on N. Kansas
Street, Groom brick.
GOOD PAYING LODGING HOUSE,
15 rooms.
LARGE BRICK RESIDENCE. CEN
trally located. Suitable for fashion
able boa ding.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

Owing to many mem ers of the Nc
Ginty band having engagements these
days, there will be no more band re-
hearsals until after holidays. However
the orche stra will continue to meet as
usual Wednesday nights, which means
that there will be rehearsal tonight.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

An exchange remarks that the fe-
male southern fever tick lays from 49,
600 to 20, 900 eggs during her brief life
of less than thirty days. She does
business enough in that time to last
several years.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

The best baking powder is
SchiNing's Best. Two or three
others are good enough -
SchiHing's Best goes furthest.
%: Your money back--at your
gfocer's-if you don't like it.
a sching 3 Company
San Francisco 2i8e
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
Holiday Excursion Rates.

December "a, 25, 81, and January 1,
the Santa Fee route will sell round trip
tickets to all pc nts in New Mexico,
for one fare, good for return January
4th.
J. S. MORRISON, F. B. HoUGHroN,
City Ticket Agent, General Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22
A McGin,y bunting partv

A McGin,y hunting party will
iaeage the valley in the re Oh ocrhood
of MOnt:yah for the renairdr of the
week. A festive Az'ec youth was
startel off las q i ght with a wagon load
of supplies, and today, Messrs. Watts.
George Ogden and Nichols follow, with
Messrs. Reck h art, Cnarman and others
of the boys to follow la err on.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

Two very stylish residences have
been completed on Myrtle avenue, Nos.
SIT and $40. w. S. Stewart will oc-
cupy one, and A. F. Coles the other.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

Trinity CHI rch is Going to We some
thing fine next Sunday morning in
their Xmas services,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

1t is claimed that Capt. Day will, in
short time begin the erection Of q
$500, 900 best sugar factory at Santa
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

The Southern Pacific aud the Santa
F'e will employ joint car inspector at
Deming after January.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

The San Miguel county grand jury
returned an even hundred indictmept is
at the recent term of court at Las We
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-22

George Craig and Claude Doane
have been indicted at Socorro, N. M,
for cattle rustling. They are out under
$1,000 bonds,
The herald., 1897-05-07
ENGLAND GETS ANGRY
AT DEFEAT OF ARBITRATION
PROPOSALS
Like the Soul Of John Brown the Prin-
ciple of Arbitration Still Goes
Marching o.

LONDON, May 6-The afternoon
papers are bitter at the rejection of the
arbitration treaty by the United States
senate.
The st. James Gazette publishes a
long article headed Free trade and
brotherly love-" in which it says: Great
Britain has removed every hampering
tariff, and thousands of square miles
of American territory, scores of her
cities and millions of her citizens thrive
by virtue of the English market alone
Yet the senate committee has just piled
up the most vexatious, harrassing and
impenetrable wall of tariffs any nation
ever formed against another, while the
senate itself has decided against per-
manent machinery for the peaceable
settlement of disputes. The much abus-
ed diplomats were advised that the
treaty would be accepted but the poll
ticians preferred to listen to the coun-
sells Of an ex-convict and sworn enemy
of England, who, having taken the oath
of allegiance to the Queen spends his
vacation in Washington advising the
senators to hope and work patiently for
an opportunity to twist the British lion s
tail. We rejoice at the new Canadian
preferential tariff for many reasons, not
the least of which is that it restores to
us a weapon with which to fight our
rivals in the future. Free imports at
any price deprived us of that weapon. u
The Pail Mall Gazette, treating on the
same subject, says: I'm it's amended
form the treaty was not worth preserv-
ing, but the principle, like the soul Of
John Brown, goes marching on.
president Mckinley backs it and his
advocacy is worth having"
! The Globe says: 1.-The heaven-bori
measure was too advanced even for tbs
most go-ahead nation of the world. The
Bering sea arbitration ought to have
taught our statesmen that the Ameri-
can government cannot be trusted to
carry out its obligations in a matter of
this sort. 1t has been hopelessly one
sided arrangement for this country.
However, we do not fear that the igno-
minious end will in any way harm the
present friendly relations between the
two countries"
The herald., 1897-05-07
PRIMROSE LEAGUERS
MEET AND REJOICE OVER ENG
LANDS GROWTH
Salisbury Believes That All Danger
of General European War Has
Passed Away Z

LONDON, May 6.-The annual meet
ing of the Primrose league took place
today at Albert hall. There was
large attendance of members and the
galleries were crowded. The platform
was handsomely decorated with flags
and flowers. Among those present were
the dukes of Marlborough, Leeds and
Norfolk, and many eminent persons
and members of the house of commons.
Nine Abb sang the national anthem,
enthusiastically cheered, congratulate
ed the league on the continuous pro-
Sress it has been making in celebrating
the reign of Queen Victoria. This, he
said, was an epoch in English history
which gave the league special reason
to rejoice at the characteristics Of her
majesty's great reign.
The premier dwelt at length upon the
Graeco-Turkish war and the concert Of
Europe the main object of which, he
said, was to prevent an European war.
adding that the belief prevailed that all
danger of such war was finally dissi-
pated and that the peace Of Europe.
apart from the local conflict, had been
placed on a better basis and had bet
ter hope in it's future than ever before.
Her majesty's government, the premier
said, would do it's best to end the blood
shed.
In concluding his remarks in reference
to the war, the marquis of Salisbury
said: 1.-The opening of the eastern ques-
ton was greatly dreaded, but it has
now come to be a nightmare. There
has been great fear that any outbreak
in the southeast of Europe might lead
to a general blaze, but it is to be hoped
that the danger is past and we may
look calmly on the larger interests in
VOWED.
"It may be that Turkey has exhibited
proofs of strength that none suspected,
and perhaps better future is open to
the dominions of the sultan. Their gov
ernment may improve, or maybe their
empire will collapse, as many have be-
| fore. In either case we are justified in
| believing that all changes will be con-
dncted under the sanction of peaceful
deliberations"
quis of Salisbury declared that the Lon
don congress must be observed.
The duke of Marlborough proposed a
| resolution congratulating the queen
upon the growth of her empire during
her long reign, and upon the growth
of patriotic and fraternal feeling in the
various portions of her majesty's vast
| dominionS. The resolution was adopted.