El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-30
Mexico.

Mexico.
1t is reported that an English COM
paoy has projected q railroad from Du-
range to Culiacan.-Exchange.
The $50, 900 invested in the new cot
ton mill at Allende. Coah., have been
exempted from taxes for eight years.
Eagle Pass Guide.
| In the ruins at Chinchat liza the
statue of Chinamau, Of life size and
having all the details, queue, hat and
tupic, was recently discOvered.-Esgle
Pass Guide.
Mauser system, cartridges and car.
fridge shells for the same, machinery
for their manufacture, powder and
other explosives used by the regular
army are not allowed to be imported or
exported.-Enterprise.
In Monterey q land case, over the
titles OF some of the lands on the Ma
derOs and Estanzuela haciendss, which
has been 40 years in the courts, was
recently decided in favor of the ORR
ginal grantees of the land. WHO are in
occupatlon.-Chihushua Enterprise.
One Of the first matters to be placed
before the president will be the draft
of q decree relative to the census of
! statistical section of the department of
promotion has made q very compre-
hensive plan and prepared all the nec-
essary forms and Instructions, to be
used and followed by the census takers,
! who will be appointed in each state by
the governor. A census 10 hereafter
taken every ten years.
A horrible catastrophe attending q
bullfRht given in the city of Durango
! has been brought to the attention of
the authorities of that state. While
large portion of the amphitheater
gave way and the spectators were
precipftated to the ground, the heavy
timbers falling on them. Twelve per-
sons are reported to have been killed
outright, and many others were
seriously Injured.
A boat from the school ship lara
Roza was recently dashed against the
pier at Progreso and sunk. 1t mad on
board, besides provisions, 81 900 in sill
| yer for the pay of the crew. The men
At once began to dive for the money.
| which lay In and 10 feet of water, and
| though it was in small packages, sue
ceeded in saving every dollar of it Had
| they Tot worked with prom ptness it
| would have been covered with sand by
the current, and all been lost.-Ex-
| change.
Dishonest employe, Leopold Grim
void, employed ss clerk by George
Ritter, the Mexican representative of
Walter Palmer, the Zscatecas ore
: buyer, improved the opportunity of an
absence OF Mr.. Ritter for several days.
TO obtain So, 124 by means of checks
forged on the banking house Of
Scherer & Co., and then decamped
probably to New York. The theft was
not discovered until last Thursday, I'D.
] on Mr.. Ritter's return. The police
have been notified and steps will be
| taken to capture the fugitive wherever
he may be.-Two Republics.
81. G. Dinkins, prominent railroad
man OF this country, who has been in
vestigating the orange growing die
tricts of Mexico, estimates that the ex-
port of oranges from Mexico to the
300 car loads, or $4,000, 600 oranges.
Three years ago the exports of Mex
| lean oranges to the United States sg-
| RreRated 697 car loads per annum. He
states that the decrease in this traffic
is due to two causes. ~ The duties
that were imposed by the United States
against all foreign fruits, under the
exists in the United States against
wormy oranges. The Csliforpia and
Florida growers of oranges have been
experimenting, andEby cutting the
green fruit have forced the trees to
bear and ripen earlier each year. The
advantage that the Mexican orange
grower has bad heretofore has been
that he could place his fruit on the
United States markets at q time when
there were no other oranges on the
market and obtain the advantages of
top prices.