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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
Our New VESSEL.

The following information is obtain.
ed from the last report OF the secretary
of the the nrvy, dated November Is
1897. The following vessels we're COM
OREGON, sea going battle ship, trial
spe, d 1918 knots, commissioned July
| Is, 1896. BROOKLYN, armOred cruis.
err, trial speed 21.9l knots. com mission
ed Dec. l, 1896. WILMINGTON, gun
boat, trial speed 1908 knots, commits
stoned, May ID, 1897. HELENA, gun boat.
trial speed 1850 knots, commissioned
July s, 1897. ANNAPOLIS, gunboat,
trial speed 1917 knots, comm issioned
July 20, 1897. Iowa, sea going battle
ship, trial speed 100 knots, commits
stoned June Is. 1897. NASHVILLE.
gun boat, trial speed 16 80 knots, COM
missioned August 10, 1897. VICkS-
BURG, gunbOat, trial speed 12.7l knots,
commissioned Oct. %, 1897. NEWPORT,
gunboat, trial speed II % knots. COM
missioned Oct. s.. 1897 WHEELING,
euu boat, trial speed II SO knots, M
missioned Aug. 10, 1897. MARIETTA.
mission d Sept. 1, 1897. PORTER, tor
pedo boat, trial speed 1888 knots, COM
mi-sioned Feb. 20, 1897. FOOTE, tor
pedo boat. trial speed "a SO knots, COM
missione d Aug. I, 1897.
AT the same time the secretary of the
navy gave q list of the vessels under
construction, some of which has since
gone into commission, as follows: The
date following is the estimated date of
C ample ior: KENTUCKY, first class
ba' tie ship, building at Newport News,
Va, Aug. 1899, KENTUCKY, first class
battle ship, Newport News, Aug. 1899.
ILLINOIS, first class battle ship, Phila-
delphia, Sept. 1899. WISCONSIN, first
class battle ship. San Francisco, Sept.
1899 PRINCETON, gunboat. Camden.
N. j., gone 10 TO commission. RODGERS,
torpedo boot, Baltimore, commits
stoned. WINsOw, torpedo boat,
Baltimore, commits toned. ROWAN,
torpedo boat. Seattle, commission
ed. DAHLGREN, torpedo boat,
Bath Me. Aug.Io98 T. A. Nj. CRAVEN,
torpedo boat, Bath Me. August 1898.
FARRAGUT, torpedo boat, San Fran
cisco, July 1898. DAVIS, torpedo boat,
Portland, Greg. commissioned, Fox,
torpedo boat, Portland, Greg. April
1898. NORRIS. torpedo boat, Bristol,
r. l. July 1898. TALBOT and GwYN.
torpedo boats. Bristol r L., commits
stoned. MACKENZIE, torpedo boat,
Phitad elphis, comm ssioned. MCKEE,
torpedo bat, Baltimore, April 1898.
STRINGHAM torpedo boat, Whining ton,
Del. Jan. 1899. GOLDsBOROUGH,
torpedo boat, Portland, Greg, Jan,
1899. BAILEY, torpedo boat, Morris
Heights, Jan. 1899. PLUNGER, SUBJ
m .rine torpedo boat, Balti more, May
1898.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
Millionaire REGIMENT.

The N Y. Stock exchange regiment
which Washington E. Conner proposes
to raise, will be the richest organiza-
ton of military men in the world The
wealth of ten members of the eXchsnR e
who mty become members of Mr..
CoDnor's regiment aggregates $40, O00,-
600. There are many other members
who are muffin llionaries. The ten
men mentioned and their wealth are
as follows: August Belmont, s15,-
100000; J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., S.
100000: Henry Clews, $4,000
Washington E. Connor, 5000, 900;
John G. Moore, So, 900, 600; Alfred De
Cordova, $4,000, 600; Theodore w.
Mye 81 ZOO, 900; "Allie" J. Wormser,
81, 900, COO: Richard Halsted,
Sl,OOO,OOO; "Bennie" C. Williams, ST.
900, 900.
There are about 1900 member of the
exchange, and Mr.. Connor's idea is to
equip a regiment of 1912. The brokers,
so far as they have been seen, are en-
thusiastic over the suggestion. Among
the first men to iudorse Mr.. Connor's
scheme was Theodore w. Myers, q
prominent Tammany mau, and former
comptroller of the city. Mr.. Conner
and Mr.. Myers circulated among their
friends on the floor, and received every
assurance that the proposition would
be made a success.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
ST. Clements Notes.

The Rector's Aid society will. until
further notice, omit the ir weekly meet
ings.
The Rev. Jno. A. Harris has begun
his work at ST. Johns church, San An
tonic. He writes approximately of his
stay in Ell PasO.
Miss Hattie Rokahr, who has been
attending school near Chicago for the
past year, has returned home.
A rev system of keeping the record
of attendance, lessons and department
of pupils will soon be introduced into
the Sunday school, and it is hoped will
gre ally add to the schools efficiency.
At the regular meeting of the Yes
try, held on the 18th inst, eight out of
the nine newly elected vestrymen wei re
present, the only absentee being Judge
Kemp, who was in San Antonio on
legal business.
DR.. Nabb, DR.. Jones and Mr.. w. F.
Kettler were elected delegates to the
convocation, which meets at Socorro,
ex-oficio delegates.
The rector has announced the follow
ing standing committees: Buildings
and grounds, T. II. Conklin. Judge
Kemp, and DR.. Jones; finance, B. r.
Buffham, DIR. Townsend and James
Mari: music, Chas. Rokahr, DR.. Nabb
and Irwin John.
At the meet ng of the Brotherhood
OF ST. Andrew, held on the 2lst inst,
DR.. F. Fleming Jones and Mr.. Clement
S. Bee, were admitted to active men,
b. rShip.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
Engineer Killed.

A freight engine overturned yester
lay morning east of Benson killing
its Engineer Frank North and badly
injured the fireman. It seems that af
Ter bel ping the first cavalry train uI
the hill, the helper in returning to
Benson collided with the engine of ar
east bound train. AS the accident ap
f;eared to be slight, the freight CONT
nued eastward. But some part of the
running gear was fractured to q point
to breaking underknown to Engineer
North, and when going down the
other side of the hill, the fractured
gearing broke, aud dropping on the
track overturned the engine This de.
1ayed the regular passenger so that it
did not react Ell Paso until $50 p. NJ,
and the artillery train failed to reach
here until midnight, although due late
in the afternoon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

After ca eful investigation as tc
the number of troops now in Cuba or
| both sides, it is estimated that the
| Spaniards lave 125, ZOO to 1900 and
the revoluti Onists have somewhere be.
tween 10000 and 60, 900 soldiers under
arms. TIL Spaniards have in the field
practically three soldiers to one of the
| revol utiopists. A great disparity would
| remain even after the landing of the
Is, 900 to 20, 600 American troops, as the
Span ards would still have more than
two to one. But it is we'll known that
the Cuban forces are small, not be-
cause they have not the men, but be-
cause they have not the. arms for more
soldiers.
Gomez has said thai he could put a
force of 100000 men in the field if he
had rifles and ammunition for them.
Army officials are of the opinion that
if this country would furnish arms and
ammunition, it could at once raise in
Cuba an effective force of $4,000 to
loo, 900 men to operate against the
Spanish armies, which, together with
the ID, 900 to 10000 regu' ar American
troops, ought to be able to clean the
dous out of Cuba in very short order.
The most encOuragin element of TIL
situation is found in the character of
the troops with which Spain ha.
sought to subjugate the island. They
are raw forces, composed OF boys unde,
20 to large extent, and without disc
pline or experience. They are as raw
rs volunteer force from this couu1r,
would be, without the natural instincts
of the fighter that are the heritage o.
the Anglo-SaXon, and without the ele-
ments of training that most OF the vo-
lunteors ~ofthe United States would
have. Tnese boys are. however, well
of ic 4
that they will fight bravely.-Globe-
Democrat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
The Artillery.

A San Francisco dispatch of the 80
iust. says: Light batteries G and F Sd
artillery, left here today for Chicka-
mapua Park, via the Southern Pacific
road. At every point along the line of
march to the depot they were cheered
by enthusiastic crowds. Children of
the public schools had half holiday,
ard with flags in their hands cheered
the soldiers as they pssse ed.
The LIST infantry will leave tomorrow
in four sections, two for the troops and
two for the government property. The
regiment in light marching order will
leave the Preside early tomorrow af-
ternoon AND take the same line of route
as the light artillery today. The
school children will have q half holt
day to che r them on their WAY to war.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
LOCATION OF VESSELS.
The List of the American Navy and
Their Locations


The Army and Navy Register Of
April Is, contains much valuable in
formation regarding the location Of
the navy, and as it is matter of great
value to our readers, we make use OF
It.
With Capt. Sampson and his North
Atlantic squadron are the following
vessels: F.agships New York, Iowa,
Indiana, Puritan, Amphitrite, Terror,
Marbleaead, Dnpain, Wilmir g,op,
Helene i N ashville, Castine, Machias,
Vicksburg. Newport, Vesuvius. Fearn,
Gushing, Ericsson, Foote, ROdge 8,
WinslOw, Porter, Dupont, Leyden,
Samoset.
With the flying squadron, Capt
Schley commanding, at Fort Nom Oe
are: The Brooklyn: flagship, Ma. sa-
chusetts, Columbia, Minneapolis, Tex
IS and Katshdin.
At Q Pacific station, Admiral Mil
Ter CO nmanding, at San Francisco are:
Monterey and Msnadnock: at San Juan
del Sur, The Alert; at Honolulu, the
Bennington. En- route to the Atlantic
ocean are, the Oregon and the n ariet-
The Asiatic squsdron, Commodore
Kong; Olympia, flagship, Raleigh,
Boston, Concord and Petrol. The
Baltimore is at Yokohama, Japan, and
the Mono cacy at WOoSung.
The following vessels / ave not been
assigned: At New York the San
Francisco, the New Orleans, the To
peka, the Somers, the Annapolis; at
Boston, the Bancroft; at Newport, tt q
May flower, the Gwin, and the Tai
bot.
On special service: Thes Michigan,
at Erie, Pa, the Wheeling, at Sitka,
Alaska; the Miantonomoh, at League
Island, Pa, the Pensacola, at Mare Is
land, Cal
The Monitors are located as follows;
at League Island, Pa, are the Cat
skill. Lehigh, Nahsnt, Jason. Montauk,
Canopicus. Mshopac, Manhattan; the
Nantucket is at Wilmington N. c.,
the Passsic, at Brunswick, Ca.
The training ships are located "a
follows: Constellation, at Newport, r
I. Alliance at Fort Monroe, Va
Adams, at Mare Island CAL, Mohican
at San Francisco.
The Nautical school ships are at the
following places: ST Mary's at New
York; Saratoga, at Philadelphia; En-
terpriss at Boston.
The Receiving Ships are located as
follows: Franklin, at Norfolk, Va;
Independ ence, at Mare Island, Cal:
Vermont, at New York; Waoasb, at
Boston; Richmond, at Philadelphia.
The fish commits sion boat, Fish Hawk
Is at East Boston, Mass.
The auxiliary fleet with the follow.
ing vessels are located as follows: At
New York, the cruisers Yankee aud
Prairie; the Yachts, Eagle, Hawk.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
Horace B. Stevens,
Real Estate
Insurance Agt.
FOR SALE:%Se2=
FOR SALE -
AND

West Overland House. containing Is
rooms, lot IS feet front on West Over
land St, 81, 500. ! cash; balance in one
and two years at 8 per cent.
Two lots Oh Myrtle ave-, corner of
st. Vrain st., $3.50.
Sixty feet on West Overland street
$1,000.
Lutterlough Place, Myrtle ave. and
st. Vrain st., So, 500. Liberal terms
Three lots corner of Idaho and Vir-
ginla sts., $500 cash for all.
Finest residence in the city-cost
S17 ,OOO-will be sold for S12, 600. S. ,OCO
cash. Balance in seven installments
at per cent interest.
$735 will buy house of rooms on
Anthony ST. Adobe and frame.
12-room brick, Second ST., 81, 500,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
&c. Breckinridge Selected.

Brigadier General J. G. Breckin-
ridge, now inspecting general Of the
United States army, will serve on
General Miles staff as chief of inspec-
ton department. This makes four
staff officers selected for assignment
on General Miles staff within the last
few days and it is his intention to have
all the departments of the army re-
presented so that it will only be neces-
sary to add a signal officer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
NavaiOs Want to Fight.

Col. Borrodaile, of the New Mexican
militia, has received q letter from
Capt. Green, at Gallup, stating that q
committee OF Navajo Indians had call
ed on the latter ard offered company
of 1000 Navajos 30 the government in
case of war with Spain. Capt. Green
sta.es that the committee urged him
to report these facts to the government
at once, and if their services are re-
quired company of Navajo fgh ers
can be gotten together in forty-eight
hnnrs
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

The subsistence department of the
army is prepared for any. emergency,
and can furnish material to 100, zoo
troops without increasing the officers
of the corps. Applications for positions
in the corps, however, have been re-
cei we'd in large numbers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

The Quartermaster General will con
tract for one hundred ambulances O
the Red Cross type. The ambulance,
are intended for use in Cuba and the
department wants them within thirty
days. Several large firms which build
this class of vehicle have been commu
nicated with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

n. D. Slater returned this morning
from New York over the T. & P. after
a months absence on business. He
says the chief seat of the war excite
ment is in the south and west, while
in New York patriotism is more along
commercial lines. Business is steadily
improving in general way, and the
railroads especially are doing large
traffic.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
Smiths Creamery is open again.

The flag under which all women
should march is the banner of good @
health. A woman owes it 1@VN
to herself, her husband IlfM\M
does not do so she will " GS
live life of wretchedness No i
herself, and unless her oaA Essefl
husband is an exception @EE N88dy
ally good man, he will be- XSN "a
come Indifferent to her, ~ INK N
her home will be unhappy MIN u
and her children will be " " Nh
puny and Sick1y.
Ill-health in a woman1y Nv
way may almost invari- MI II
ably be traced to weak IN ~
ness and disease of the Ct N
femme organs that are the @ W.
vestibu1e of human life. H.
No woman can enjoy good, wv
ggeneral, health .; who is dragged ~
local weakness. Troubles of this descrip-
ton utterly unfit her for wifehood and
motherhood. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription gives health, strength, elasticity
and vigor to the special organs concerned.
1t makes woman strong and healthy in
womanly way. 1t gives the nerves rest
from pain and an opportunity to build up.
lively easy. 1t transforms weak, sickly,
respondent women into happy, healthy
wives and mothers.
Kans. (P. o. BOX 6I), writes: " My wife was
troubled with prolapsus, or female weakness
for several years. She not able to do her
work, she had such bearing down pains and pain
in her back. Her periods were irregular, vary
ing all the way from two to six weeks At those
times she would have fainting spells so bad that
I thought she could not live. She was attended
by the best doctors in the country. They did
her good and she grew worse ali the time
thought would try your medicines. By the
time she had taken four bottles OF the Favorite
Prescription and two of the Golden Medical
Discovery and two of the Pleasant Pellets she
was completely cured"
a Once
some so-called remedies for constipation.
1t is different with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets They are positive, complete and
don't become a habit One Pellet " is a
gentle laxative and two a mild cathartic.
Druggists sell them. Nothing else is
lust as good"
1t is druggists business to give you,
not to tell you, what you want.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

General Manager Nickerson of the
Central returned this morning with
his wife in his private car from
Chicago and Topeka. and continued
south this afternoon to the City of Mex
leo. He found business looking up in
the north, and the railroad traffic in
creasir G n a very satisfactory way.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

Editor Van Heozer of the Orrich
(Mo) Times pleasantly remarks: Jus
seven years ago we landed in this town
with handful of type, an army press
aud So in cash. We still have the pres:
and the type.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

The m9rning subject at the Christ
ian church will be "Prison Gates
Opened.'f At night, "Genius and In
dividualiYy of the church of Christ -
Fhi. is the sermon delivered by. Prot.
Black, of Chicago. in 1892. 1t is an
outline of what the Christian church
believes.S
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

There will be short devotional and
revival sermons in the First Baptist
church at both services tomorrow. As
the close of the evening sermon the
ordinance of baptism will be admins
torod ~
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

The Masonic lodge at Seata>j Ee will
be fifty years old on ST. Johns day,
June "a, aud the craft of the ancient
city will appropriately observe the In
terestipg event..
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

Col. Epparson of the 10th infantry,
aged 60. has just celebrated the advent
of the war by marrying the "A years old
daughter of one of his lieutenants. The
bride goes to the front.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

The Corralitos company received
1869 cattle yesterday from the south
and 1856 head today.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

Ho net, Warp and Scorpion; the tug,
Wompatuck: the Golfers, Sa;urn. Mia
CARA, and Sterling. A. New ort News,
| Va, are the cruisers Dixie and
Yosemite; the hospital ste amer Solace.
AT Norfolk, Va, are the Revenue Cut
tiers, Hamilton, Hudson, Manning,
Morrill,, Window, and Woodbury.; the
Maple, and Suwsnee; the tugs,
Alice, Osceola, Tecumseh, and
Uncas; and the collier, Merrimac.
At Yokoh anna Japan, are the reve ue
cutter, McCullocb, the supply steame r
Zsfiro: and the Collier Nanshan. At
San Francisco, Cal, are the Revenue
Cutters, Grant, Corwin. and Rush,
Fearless, vigilant and Active
At Port Townsed Wash, is t. Revenue
Cutter. Perry. At Key West, Fla, are
the light house tender, Manerove, and
the tugs, Algonquin, Neziuscot,' and
Sioux. At Pensacola. Fla ave the
tugs, Potomac, Choctaw, and Powbat-
tan. AT League Island, Pa, is the
yacht, Vixen, and at Boston is the col
lier Lebanon.
list of all war vessels of the United
Ststes, with their location at the time
hostilities commenced, and will be
valuable as reference as the fight
warns up.
Batteries and F, 3rd artillery, 165
men, Capts. PoOtts and Califf COM
manding, arrived last midnight from
San Francisco, en- quite to IChicka-
magua. There were also with the
command, -; Lieuts. Heean, Haine,
Cam pbell and Gardener and Surgeons
Harland and Prick. The troops had
12O horses which will be increased to
16O at Chickamauga with two more
to each battery. The fred legs re-
manned in town only loog enough to
feed and, water their horses, and
then con:ihued their journey over the
G. II. to New Orleans whence they go
over the Queen and Crecent to the
Great Camp. A man wanted to enl st
at this station last night, but was to d
to apply Pit Fort Bliss if his intentions
were genuine.
The Southern Pacific officers were
notified bis morning that the Fir
United States infantry from the Presi-
dio would not reach Ell Paso before
2 q. M, tomorrow and perhaps later.
AS there; is a disability of the troops
not arriving before a much later hour
in the day. the band serenade fund will
be held until the troops have passed
through. aud if it is not possible to
serenade them, the subscribers can
call at lrtviu's drug store or on Henry
BorcherdIing, and get their money
back.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23

Associate Editor Ponder of the
Times is up from the south for few
DAYS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
A Pleasant Evening.

very pleasant evening was spent
by the young people of the First Me-
thOdist church at last nights social.
1t was the first of series of socials to
be given by the Epworth League dur
ing the summer. Following is the
program:
Presidents address. Mrs. Hall
Instrumental solo Miss OFT
Recitation. ...... Miss Bessie Spencer
Song Miss Pearl Penniman
Recitation. .......... Miss Halle Irwin
Recitation. ...... Miss ALE ne Blacker
Guitar solo. ....... Miss Morrison
Recitation. ........ Miss Maude Kiefer
Qusrtette: three mandolins and guitar,
49,. Mrs. E. j. Syme and the Misses
Windsor.
DdSS sOlO- MT. N OLD.
Patriotic songs by the audience. Light
refreshments were served after the
program.
The firing Of six shooters in town
after nightfall has become nuisance
and decent citizens ask that the police
get bunch on themselves and put
stop to it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-23
FOR RENT:

On Olive street, house of rooms.
S40.O 90 per month.
Furnished house of rooms; six
months lease.
Furnished house on Epson avenue.
rooms for e months or years. time.
$35 GO.
OLook residence, West Overland st,
furnished, $50
Good sized store and light basement,
opposite Plaza, new Mills building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-12

made an honest effort to find out any
thing that would jar the nerves of the
incompetents appointed to draw sal
aries and to let the army take care OF
itself Some of them have browbeat
witnesses who had the inlpudence to
know something and to be willing to
tell it.
IF the commission understood that
its business was embarrassing, it pur-
sued its allotted task in an intelligent
manner. 1t took the testimony OF sew
eral persons of high standing who had
signified in advance that they knew
nothing that would reflect on the con-
duct of the war. It got their testimony
before the country, and then, when
witnesses OF a different sort began to
arrive, ran away from them and went
on junket to places where it was
least likely to find out anything dam
aging. It happened, however, that
there were few points along the route,
which it could hardly afford to skip,
where it was compelled to listen to evil
dence that wounded its susceptibilities.
In spite of all it could do, witnesses
would appear before it and tell disa-
greeable stories how acquisitions made
by officers who knew the wants of their
men were Cancelled by others who knew
nothing about them, and who assumed
to decide that the articles ordered were
not necessary. 1t was not found possi-
bic to prevent the intrusion Of witnesses
of this kind before the commission, in
spite Of the fact that these witnesses
had every reason to believe that they
were not wanted. 1t is given out that
many offers to appear before the COM
mission to tell something were quietly
pigeonholed, it being regarded as con-
! trary to public policy to have them tell
disagreeable things to be published to
the world and to make people dissatis-
fed with men in office, who took Office
not to work, but to avoid work.
Weak. therefore. as has been the
work of the commission, hard as it has
striven not to listen to stories injurious
to the reputation of officials of the war
department, it's work has not been
wholly satisfactory to the whitewash-
ers. 1t has at least found out enough
to show the need of a real investiga-
ton"