El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-11

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| The consensus of opinion around
town is that Ell PasO has goi move on
herself and is leaplng to the front with
giant strides. The building boom has
| beeu going on for a year, and now,
right on the heels of this, comes the
| news that the White Oaks road will
soon commence building, brewery
| will be built and large hotel Is IN
| prospect. Either of these enterprises
will furnish employment to large
number of people. When employment
| is furnished to the laboring classes
| then there is a sure sign that the city
| has progressive move on.
Experience has been sad teacher
| in the grand opera line in Ell Paso
| For the past three years there nave
been strong efforts to Introduce grand
opera on the Ell PasO stage and each
| time there has been dismal failure,
not so far as the opera itself was con-
| cerned. but from a fnancl Al standpoint
| The fact is that grand opera is an
expensive amusement and there are
| not enough patrons for it IN this city;
The Italian Opera company that played
here last week was probably the best
that has ever appeared in Ell Paso, but
| financially it was failure and the
troupe did not make enough money IN
Ell Paso to pay its actual expenses
| while here. rhe theatre gOers in FL
Paso are also getting accustomed to
popular prices and do not like the idea
OF paying h gh prices for show Inc
Grau Opera company that begin
| weeks engagem ent here next Monday
will play at popular prices and the
opera house will probably be Jammed
every nj : hit, as the troupe has already
| made its reputation in Ell Paso and
| they give just the kind of opera that
the majorlty of theatre-e oers in Ell
Paso most admire. 1t is too early yet
for grand opera to be produced pro-
6tably in Ell Paso. When this city
| has population of 5000 then it may
be produced prOtitably.
Harry Chairman got into jail this
morning over in Juarez in a way that
is likely to cause the raising of an in
ternationai que stiOn between he Unit
ed States and Mexico. The facts OF the
case are as follows: Some time in July,
Chairman, as city pound master. seized
and impounded stray horse. After
holding the horse for a legal length Of
time, it was sold at public auction and
bought in by George Ogden. This
morning Chairman and Officer Herold
went over the river to look after some
of the property that was stolen from
his room last Thursday. While over
the river Mex can claimed the horse
and had Chairman arrested for stealing
his horse. He was held in the corricor
of the jail for three hours and was then
liberia ted and told he could have his
saddle, but must leave the horse.
Chairman said the horse belonged le-
gally to George Ogden and that he
would go before the American cOnsu
and lay claim to it. Harry was mad
about the way he was treated and 1nt1-
mated that ne would make 1t an inter-
national matter before he would be
beaten GU: of the horse, which was
seized and sold legally on this side of
the river and the purchaser at public
auction was the legal owner OF 1t.
There is a chance for the people of
Ell Paso getting a chance to listen to a
debate on Philosophical and the ologic cal
subjects with DR.. Bowman espouslng
the cause of theos ophy and Rev. Mr..
Martin the cause Of theology. The
contest was brought up by Or: Martin
the divil is in it," DR.. Bowman an
swered the sermon and is thoroughly
able to hold up his end of the argument
and is willing to take the bible to
prove his belief. There are quite a |
number OF people in Ell Paso who be-
lieve as DR.. Bowman b -lieves.
Jose Gonzalez is as innocent and |
bland thief as the heather Chinee |
that Brete Harte told about. Last |
night while waking along the streets
he espied yellow bicycle leaning up !
against the side walk, and not seeing
the owner of the bike anywhere near
by he gobbed the bike. He
mounted it, but 1t would not roll. He
with it but could not find the |
reason for it's refusing to let him
ride to the other side of the river on
its saddle. Thus puzzled he asked an
American to hep him to fix the chain.
The American looked at the chain and [
found the BICYCLE was locked. This
aroused his suspicion and he told Cap
tain Bendy, who arrested Jose and
turned him over to Officer Franco who
started to the calahocse with him. On