El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-22
Ell PASO DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 1898.

fused he plunged into Hardeman with
knife. The first stab was made dir
ectly at Hardeman's heart, and but for
pencil clasp in his left vest pocket
the result of the asssssin's aim would
have been fatal. The knife blade made
considerable linden tation In the me-
tai. A scuffle ensued, in which Harde
man wrenched the knife. but not until
after his overcoat was cut in three
places. No money1was secured. The
robber escaped. A suspicious charact-
err found in q box car was arrested and
placed In jail. He had q razor and
knife on his person.-Exchange.
In an interview at Dallas yesterday
Adjutant General Wozencraft who is
enroute to Chicago, said: Il look for
q stronger volunteer guard force than
the state has ever befor had, but the
work of reorganization will be slow.
The state has no arms or accOurtre-
ments. The three Texas regiments
already mustered out of the United
States service-two of infantry and one
of cavalry-of course deposited their
arms in this state for the federal gov
eminent and we could get this equip
ment, but it Is comparatively obsolete
and altogether undesirable. For in
stance we don't wish to have our infan-
try organizations armed with the old
Springfelds. We desire Krag JOrRen-
sens and smokeless powder and other
up-to-date weapons; also the latest
equipment for our cavalry and artillery
organizations" -Austin Tribune.
Chief of Fire Department Hussey
has made q discovery, or rather has
applied a principle that is not entirely
new in hydraulics by which he secures
80 hi
gines. Experience, assisted by his
close observation, has demonstrated to
him that water forced through q nozzle
acquires rotary motion that tends to
dissipate it's force and disinteRrate Its
volume the moment it leaves the
nozzle. To break this rotary motion,
remedy the evil and acquire better re-
cults by keeping the stream in com
pact volume, he has equipped all of his
fire MOBILES with cross blades that
divide the circumference of the nozzle
into four segments. These blades pre-
vent the water revolving az it leaves
the nozzle and forces it out like rifle
ball in one solid mass thus assuring an
accelerated force and adding at least
10 per cent to the carrying force OF the
stream.-Houston Post.
An official of the Santa Fe system
gives it as his opinion that "there will
not be over so per cent, and possibly
less, as many cattle as last year chip
eds from below the quarantine line
says the stockman. Neither will the
movement from the Panhandle
to Kansas be as heavy, though
it may be over half Of that of
1896. Prices of young cattle are high
in Texas, and Texas cattlemen are
showing more deposition to full feed
cattle the winter than in previous year
probably on account of the big cotton
and corn crops there, This change in
the situation is owing to the fact that
large number of cattle are being fed
in Texas this fall, and in large num-
bers than ever. Crops were good there
this year. Texas has a big cotton
crop, and the number of
cattle on feed on cotton seed Is larger
than ever. The oil mills are all rum
ming, and those at Ardmore, Norman,
Purcell and Guthrie especially are be-
ing operated at their full capacity. A
good many feeding cattle have been
shipped from the Territory and the
safe area in Texas to feed lots south of
the quarantine line, on account of the
abundance of feed to be found there.
I The extension of the Pecos Valley rail-
road has added greatly to this move
ment.