El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-01
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The steamer Curacao on her las
trip from Mazatlan to San Francisc
took $40, 800 in silver ars.--Chihuahu,
Enterprise.
a new leprosy cure is now being
tried at the Jusrez hospital. DR.. Pc
chazet discovered q weed or root il
Guatemala that he claims will cure lie
prosy.--Telegram.
The construction contractors on tn,
chihuahua 81 Pacific railway continue
to ship men out to their camps, seve
raj parties ebavipg gone out thi:
week.--Chihuahua Enterprise.
The treasury department is at pre-
sent organizing a land office for the
| federal district, which will have
| charge of all surveys and other matters
pertaining to the titles Of real estate
Telegram.
The revenue stamp Office in Tlalne-
pantla is reported to have been brOk-
en- into and robbed $4,000 in stamps
and 800 in money. There is thus far
no clue to the robbers.--Two Re-
publics.
The iron ore from the famous Cerro
de Mercado at Durango will be utilized
for supply of the raw material for
the new steel works at chihuahua. 1t
is estimated that there are 23O, 600, 900
tons of ore available. -Chihuahua En-
terprise.
The Austrian noblemen, who have
come to Mexico to study and collect
MaXimilian relics. will leave this even
ing in company of DR.. Kaska, the
greatest living authority on that sub
ject, to Queretaro, where the last days
~ L.. l..
Two Republics.
A special commission of ordnance
experts is at present testing new
Hotchkiss rapid firing magazine gun,
which has just been received from the
the first battalion of artillery. The
tests are made at the practice station
in San Lazaro.-Two Republics.
Smallpox exists in many parts of the
territory to an alarming extent, and is
spreading rapidly. With the COM
ming of cooler weather the disease will
assume a more violent character, and,
unless vigorous quarantine measures
are adopted, will visit every town and
village in New Mexico.-New Mexican.
On account of the many cases of
poisoning that have lately occurred by
reason of the dispensation of poisons
instead of the drugs prescribed by
physicians, the health board will have
the drug store subjected to rigid in
spections, at which the pharmacist in
charge will have to be present.-Two
Republics.
Nalentin Gomez Farias, son of Sena-
tor Farias, and Secretary OF the Mex
lean legation in London, took his de-
parture for his post of duty last night
10 Na@i An1
where he will embark in Umbris. He
spent a vacation of several months
with his parents on their beautiful
country seat near Jalapa.-Two Re-
publics.
Mexico in the past fiscal year dou-
bled its expectation of raw sugar to the
United States, but the quantity is
small, about $500, 600 pounds annually,
mere trife as compared with Uncle
Sans big annual importation which is
about ), 500, 900 600 pounds. The condi-
tions of labor in the Mexican hot coun-
try according to the Mexican Herald
are adverse to large sugar expectation.
Even Cuba, under adverse conditions,
sent, in the last fiscal year to the
United States, something like 100000
pounds.-Chihuahu Enterprise.
The foreign office has finished the
investigation of claim presented
through the government of the United
States on behalf of w. Hebbins 81 Co.,
of Baltimore, against the state of Du-
range and Engineer Oramburn for
merchandise and services. Its find
ings are, that Hebbius & Co. have ab-
solutely neither legal nor a moral
claim on account of any transaction
they claim to have made with the par
ties named. The papers in the case
will go to the American state depart
ment through the Mexican minister at
Washington.-Two Republics.