El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-05
COLONEL DUNCAN N. HOOD.
Second United States Volunteer Gmmune) Regiment

Minister Clayton requests the pub
LEGATION of the fact that yellow fever in
. malignant form has broken out in
Merida, Yucatsn, according to advices
received from the American consul at
that place. American citizens con-
requested to take notice and govern
themselves accordinly
A fatal accident occurred in the
Cook & White mine at Madrid on the
night of the 25th, by which Jose Ten
He was caught beneath a great fall OF
rock and coal and so badly injured
that death resulted on the Goth. The
interment took place in Cerrilos on
Wednesday the 9th. Deceased was a
married man and leaves a wife but no
acknowledgements Citizen.
John Stsnsbury, special United
States attorney, employed by the de-
partment of justice to represent the
government in the hearing and taking
Of testimony in Indian depreciation
claims, came in from Lincoln on
Wednesdays stage, and will be here
for ten or twelve days for the purpose
of attending to any business OF that
Register.
Major H. r. Whiting has turned
over to II. A. Picard. as agent of the
governor of Colorado, four OF the ght
12-pounder hOwitZers uneartked in the
old town in 1889, which were buried by
the Texans in 1862. These guns, un-
der the order of the secretary of war,
will now be under the custody of the
state of Colorado, end the other four
guns will remain in the custody of
Major Whiting. -Albuquerque Citi-
zen.
A force of men under Foreman
Clark, of the bridge and construction
department of the Santa F'e railway,
Is at work repairing the roadbed and
track between this city and Lamy.
New stone culverts and iron bridges
will replace the wooden structures used
and ballasted. The company will spend
Q large sum of money on its track and
other property in Santa Fe county this
summer.-New Mexican.
One of the attractions at the depot
last night when No. 2 came in from
the south was a car containing twenty
fine specimens of the Apache Indian
ten bucks and ten squaws, some OF the
latter quite beautiful, as aboriginal
beauty goes. They were in charge OF
j. b. Stevens. sub-sgent for the White
Mountain Apaches at the San Carlos
agency, and were en- route for Omaha,
where they will be exhibited at the
Trans-Mississippi lbu-
querque Democrat.
News from Fort Reno, O. T., where
the five companies of the territorial
volunteer infantry regiment, recruited
in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
are rendezvoused, is to the effect that
tho hatfolinn fn
Reno this evening en- route to Whipple
Barracks, Prescott, A. T., under the
command of Major John F. Stone, where
the entire regiment will be united.
The report also says as soon as the reg
iment is uniformed, equipped and arm
ed it will be sent forthwith to San
Francisco to be sent to the Philippine
islands under command of Colonel My.
ron b. McCord.-New Mexican.
Geo. W. Halls circus will reach
this city this morning and be unloaded.
The show will probably be given in
Old Town as originally advertised, in
spite of all talk to the contrary. G.
Nolan, one of the representatives of
the circus, spent yesterday in trying
to make an arrangement to give the
performances tomorrow and next day
in Albuquerque instead of on the other
side, but as the mayor and four of the
aldermen are out Of the city no change
could be made. Sheriff ,Hubbell was
seen last night regarding the report
tn at the circus would not be allowed to
show in Old Town, but said that no
official action had been tsken.-Albu-
querque Democrat.
ARIZONA.
Sam Finley, in the employ of the Pr
ma County Cattle association has with
in the past few days, landed seven