El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-03
The Spectator.
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"a. j..
of the Jarillas mountains" who was
murdered at his mines near Ell Paso a
few days ago, was q well known and
conspicuous character in that part of
the country, says the Kansas City Jour-
nal. Several Kansas City visitors in tn at
country met him during their travels.
Many years ago he left his home in
New York, a well educated and bright
young fellow, to come West to seek
fame and fortune and grow up with
the country. His destination was
Denver, where he remained only a
short time, until the mining fever
which was SO contagious in thuse days
caught him. He turned everything
possible into ready money and plunged
into mining schemes with the cOnfid-
ence which only tenderfoot can pos
sess. From that time it was
with him as it has been
hard luck story, life of hard ship and
wandering from camp to camp. In
Montana, Colorado, Nevada and Cali
fornia he wandered with the golden
pots III the base of the rainbow always
in sight, but never quite able to reach
them, A few years ago he drifted into
New Mexico aud prospected in the Sa-
cramento and Jarillas mountains. He
found turquoise there, but it came near
being the same old story of lucky find
but no money to improve and work it.
He at last was able 10 interest the pro-
moters of the Ell Paso 81 Northeastern
railrosd, a new road being built hich
passed ne ar his mine, and his hope of
landing bonanza WAS realized. The
Turquoise King" covered with jew
elry, the product of his mines was
we'll known figure about Ell Paso.
With the usual miners weakness, when
the hopes of years had been realized,
he "ournt" HE money in royal man
ner. A true sport, he lost large sums
at gambling without flinching. No un-
lucky partner of bygone days asked a
loan in vain. Flushed with success, he
wished to share 1t with others There
is also story of Turquoise Queen"
whose fingers, ears, Pud dress bore
evidence of the generosity of her low
err.
The object of the meeting of the city
attorneys of Texas to be held at Fort
Worth next Wednesday is to devise, if
posi- BILE. says the News, a measure by
which the legislature can remedy the
difficulties under which municipal
courts now labor owing to the contra
dictory decisions of the supreme court
of criminal appeals on the other con-
corning the jurisdiction of municipal
courts.
The court of criminal appeals in the
Fagg case has decided that under the
constitution municipal courts, ss now
| constituted, have no jurisdiction over
offenscs denounced by the penal code,
| although such effenses may be fully
covered by sn ordinance OF the city,
That court holds that a municipal court
! is confined strictly to the enforcing OF
such laws rs are peculiarly the regula-
| tions of the city in matters not already
| covered by the general law of the state
| On the other hand, the supreme court
has held that municipal courts are q
recognized part OF the states judiciary
system land that tho procedure confer
ring jurisdiction on lnem and cock
tensive with the jurisdiction exercised
by Justice of the peace is cOnstitu-
tiOnal. The city attorneys will meet
to discuss the question in the light OF
| these conflicting opinions and, if feast
/ BILE, will prepare bill to be presented
to the next legislature whereby the
objections of the court of criminal
appeals to the jurisdiction of municipal
courts as now organized may be
overcome. Many attorneys believe
that it is possible to devise such a
remedy by Legislative enactment with.
out the aid of a constitutional amend
ment Others believe that the obiec
ton can be overcome by the legisla
ture under the exercise of the power
granted in the amendment to the con.
stitution Of 1891, whereby it is provid
| ed as follows:
The emperor of Austria has limited
! that be would like to get hold of copie.
of all the snap shot photographs of tn,
late empress that have been taken by
insufferably impertinent American
abroad. The empress was strongl,
sverse to being photographed, and it i
in this way that the emperor hopes t.