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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
DEWEY Az WORK.

He is Maintaining q Strict Blockade.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE follow
ing telegram was received at the navy
department this afternoon:
HONG Notwithstanding of the ma
w, Washington: There is little
change in the situation since my last
telegram. 1 am transferring to the
transports all the steel breech loading
rifles from the sunken men-of-war. All
stores from the arsenal are in my pos
ses sion. I am maintaining a strict
blockade.
(Signed) DEWEY.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
HAWAII.

House Foreign Affairs Committee
Makes Favorable Report on Annex
alton.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The house
committee on foreign affairs has or
dered favorable report on the New
lands joint resolution to provide for
the annexation of the Hawaiian Is
lands.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
Is Under Bombardment, According To
Reports.
DEWEY IS ALL RIGHT.

LONDON, May ia dispatch to
Lloyds from ST. Thomas, Danish West
Indies, of today's date says that the
American squadron, under Rear Ad-
miral Sampson is bombarding San
Juan, Porto Rico, today.
WASHINGTON, May II -Unofficial
advices received here say that Samp-
son is bombarding San Juan today.
The navy department asserts that 1t
has no official news of this. Officers
say, however, that it is not unlikely
the department would get the news
only after the purpose OF the attack
had been accomplished, or something
definite had been done.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
Police Docket.

Geo. Foster was booked for disturb
ing the peace, Edith Raymond for be-
ing drunk and disturbing the peace.
E>ter Ivis for q like charge, and Jesus
Resender for malicious mischief.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

The people of st. Louis have pur-
chased . $4,000 flag which is to be
raised over the court house in that city
within q few days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

Mr.. Curtis, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Texas and Pa-
cific route, came in this afternoon from
Benson, Ariz.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
WHEAT TO BURN,

Whether Wheat is Two Dollars or
Fifty Cents, it mt FireproOf.
CHICAGO, May 12.-Armour and
Compapy's elevator 20" holding humid
reds of thousands OF bushels of grain,
caught fire this afternoon The great
structure and all its contents are ap-
parently doomed. The city gas works
are threatened.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

A patent of the Texas and Pacific
railroad was recorded this morning for
$40 acres of land about sixteen miles
east of this city.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

Mr.. Campbell and party arrived this
morning in q private car of the Pecos
Valley Railroad company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

The remains of J. II. Sharp, who
died here several days ago, were
shipped this afternoon to Pleasant
Hill, Mass.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

B. F. Hammet left on the T. P. this
afternoon for St. Louis.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

Jas. Cruise, of Hancock Mich, is vi
sitting town for several days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
ARMY
APPOINTMENTS.

Manv New Officers Nominated by the
President.
WASHINGTON, May ia big batch
of military nominations was sent to the
senate by the president today, among
them w. D. jenkins, Britton Davis,
and B. A. Reed. of Texas; Chas. M.
Anger, of Colorado; and j. F. Jenkins,
of Wyoming, to be assistant quarter
masters. There were sixty names in
all; New Mexico and Arizona are not
represented.
Britton Davis. manager of the Cora
litOs Company, was shown the above
dispatch this afternoon. Mr.. Davis ex-
pressed surprise, and said that he knew
nothing about the matter. He thought
1t unlikely that such an appointment
would be given him without some pre-
vious notice.
Clerk of Superior Court of New Mexico
WASHINGTON, May 12.-It is re-
ported that John Griffith. member of
the Ohio legislature from Union county.
whose support of Mr.. Hanna for sena-
tor last winter made his own name and
that of his wife subjects of national
comment, will be appointed clerk of
the supreme court of New Mexico.
The Rand vs.. Cotton case is still &C.
cupying the district court.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

E. Gill of Pittsburg is registered al
the VendOme.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12

Harry E. Dillon has been appointed
cashier in the custom house here.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
Clerk of Superior Court of New Mexico.

The Rand vs.. Cotton case is still &C.
cupying the district court.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
NOTHING LATER

From Porto Rico, or Boston, or Car
denas.
WASHINGTON, Msy IL, 4 p. H.
Nothing later has been received from
Porto Rico, Boston, or Cardenas.
Silver.
CHICAGO, May 12.-Silver today, 81.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
In the Rogues, Gallery.

1t Is not generally known that the pen
sion oHlce has d rosues' gallery. The COM
missioner gave me my first Introduction to
II, ana We spent some time together look
ing over the photographs OF the impostors
who make their living out of the old SOL
diers. There are hundreds of such men
nov s9iLs over the country. and there are
otLei HuHufedS who are serving their
terms IN the penitentiaries. Some of these
me- pose as Special examiners and draw
money LOT advance fees from the office.
otherS lmperSonate the medical eyamin-
ers IN the pension bureau and charg, for
their services. James Ferguson. for in
Stance, VINO Is now serving u sentence in
ti'e PeiiteIlldfE at Concord, n. H., has
been going over the country reprasentinr
mat he was employed by the pension bu1
leaut ~ appoint a special examiner in each
county; He would call upon some farmer
ana offer him the place at a salary of s75
per month: When he had filed out the
mans appilcation he would tell him that
iner should have a pair of handcIlffs and
revolver. and that for this purpose $40 must
pc sent with the application. This $40 would
uol, and on the way to the postoffice with
the man Ferguson would change the en-
Tetopes SO ina 1 he got the $40. Buckskin
represented that he was a detective sent
out by the pension office, and told the SOL
aiers tnat ne would get their pensions for
has been twice sentenced for such crimes
thought he is now. l believe. at large.
Rev. Mr.. c. w. Lewis. of Chattanooga. a
colored man, operated almost entirely with
WIDOWS; lie would apply for pensions and
fleece the widows out of a certain amount
Tor delivering the mail to them. Another
1mpoStor claimed to be the son of Fred
D3ugtass. rms man operated entirely with
are lmDostors who pretend to be doctors,
ana aiso a large number who. under the
guise Of pension attorneys. do their h,st
to fleece both the government and the nsne
sloners out of their just dues. The laws
ere such, however. that it is not easy to
TO getting his pension. The real truth of
the matter is that there is no necessity for
an attorney IN pension cases. The require
iienls OF the government are plainly ex-
pressed. and all papers will be promptly |
sent upon application. ~
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

SPECIMENS of the skillful handicraft of tna
Mexican workman. and beautiful specimens
CT architecture. To the magnificent lan01
scapes about the capital city they add al
charm that will be missed by every eyel
Ii a group of arches might be left here|
ana there, including some of the old shrines|
that could be restored. IL would add grear-l
~ to the park-like appearance of theI
Country lying between the city and Cha-l
pultepec, and there can be no doubt that|
a Tortion of these 500 arches would be more|
interesting as monuments than auythinsI
that may be reared in their stead. Build
the around an occasional groupI
OF arches. on each side of them, in glorietaI
fashion. and retain for future generatfonsI
tC see. some of the graceful arches OF thsI
aqueducts. that Were for a long SUGGEST
sion of years. so necessary to the lives ocI
tile Inhabitants of Mexico CITY. Touri5tsI
stand to-day in the Alameda and point out
TO each other that alongside these beauu-|
fui grounds once ran the aqueduct that
carried water from the mountain springs|
tc the city. and they say. with awesome
breath. that the people used to climb on
the great wall to see the burning of the
victims of the lnGuisition. The history OF
Meyicc Is one of its greatest charms, hut
unless the government takes some steps
10 preserve the ancient of this
history. there will soon he no visible marks
CT II except in the guide books.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
VELVETS AT A SMALL COST.
Trimming Gowns-A New Class
of the Fabric.

Velvets have never been offered at such
small cost. and consequently must have a
mixture of cotton. They do admirably for
tea jackets and for trimming gowns. \
Chicago woman has n brilliant cerise Eton
jacket. with wide frills of priceless old
Nalenciennes about four inches deep Ear
ried down the front. and fastened across
with pearl and diamond pins over a full
vest of the hShteSt green chiffon. 1t was
the production of a clever maid at home.
ard. exclusive of the lace. did not cost
much over s.. The cut was after a good
French model. and the close fitting sleeves
Were copied from the Jacket of the dau-
phin. the son of Louis V 1t was slashed
on the outside of the arm and cuff. out of
which issued an abundance of the same
lace.
Indeed this cheaper velvet has great capa-
bilities. and so has the rich Lyons velvet,
selling at a good many of the best stores
at half price. for Lyons has occasionally a
rather rough time of it: still. for soft sheen
and beauty there is nothing like this class
of velvet. 1t makes up into the most de-
lightful dresses. trimmed with sable. espe-
cially in royal blues. rich violetS and some
of the dark reds. hut for the moment there
is nothing so much in demand as emerald
green velvet. whether for coats. capes. en-
tire dresses or trimmings for dresses. There
Is, however, n new class of velvet under the
name of velour mousseline which has no
stiffening. with Il pure silk face and back.
This is being used u great deal for sashes
and the like.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

and the suburban cities in that directed
Before the winter is over little will remaS
OIL TINS old aqueGuct that was finished did
HIS the reign of the vicerOy Don AntorI
Maria de Bucdreli in l.I9. An inscripti}
CT TIE Salto del Aqua fountain SAYS. IT
course OF this aqueduct is the same as TIL
CT the aqueduct made by the Aztecs in Il
reiSn CT Chlmalpoposa. who was Erant{
me right of the water of Chapultepec u
inc KING or AtZcapotzalco. to whom I'll
Aces We're tributary Until the reisn
ltzccEuatl Qi22-33 A. d.. when th@
achieved their Independence" The oth{
fountain shown herewith Is also standiu
not lar from Chapuitepec- The aquedud
or Which II once formed a part, was mn
1eet thick and built. for the most part. J
thin bricks and mortar. the mortar coI1
rIising about two-thirds of the bulk 4
the structure. The broad foundation
teinS allowed to remain as a sidewalk. It'd
Other aqueduct hat skirts the wested
boIuer Oh the city. and formerly brougH
water as far as the Alameda along Sad
Cosme. Is also being leveled to the ground
his aquedGct was built during the fou
years beginning in 1893.
III Mexico realized the interest that al
tache: to these old aqueducts in the mind
OF tourists. sojourners. prospectors, iu
Vestors. IN fact, in the minds of all foreign
erS WEo come to Mexico. 1t is believed
that the government would preserve po1
lions. at least, of the picturesque old strucd
ures: Inc suggestion is made by Moder1
mexico because of its genuine admiration
Tor these old landmarks. They are nobl
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
RAILROAD THROUGH SAHARA.
Lack of Water Has Heretofore Been
tho Great Draw
hUck

OF great Importance to the construction
of the railroad through the African Sahara
which is intended to be built by the French
government. is the water question. Accord-
ing TO the recent report of the French
Society of Civil Engineers. the creation OF
artesian wells offers no difficulties. In 1874
the first attempt was made in Algiers. near
the Jamerna oasis. after a work of twenty-
three days water was found at a depth OF
1Ij feet. This flowing well had u capacity
OF 1900 pints per minute. Since thai. TINA
many artesian wells have been bored i'm
Algeria. and opened new districts TO cuiti-
tivation. Up 10 1895 in the province OF
made with n total depth of i0., $40 feet: 455
Abyssinian and 32i artesian wells were
bored. of which the latter alone had Il daily
water.
The main obstacle having been overcome,
the beginning of the construction of this
railway is only n question of time. and tho
ship. of the desert will soon be displaced
by the iron horse.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

Spanish laws In what is now California.
She was also the mother of the first white
child born i'll that country. She lived wifi
her husband on rancho del Paso the ford
of the river. fourteen miles from Fort SUIT
ter. Her husband was alcalde of the dis
tTiCt.
When Marshall discovered the gold I'm the
sluiceway of the sawmill at CoIOma he
took the nuggets and started for Fort SUIT
ter. twenty miles away. His road took him
past the rancho of the Sinclairs. and there
he exhibited his new found treasures. Both
Mrs. Sinclair and her husband saw The
nuggets and handled them.
Marshall proceeded on his way to Fort
Suffer. where the nuggets were tested and
proved to be gold. On his way back Mar
shall again stopped at the Sinclair ranch
and. telling them that the nuggets had been
tested and found to be gold. pledged them
to secrecy in the discovery.
Mrs. Sinclair told how impossible it was to
keep such n discovery quiet. and how in
n few months the region round about was
swarming with eager, desperate men.
Colonel Sinclair sold his ranch and start
ed East. with his wife and infant child.
While crossing Panama they encountered
the great cholera sCOurga and there she
buried both her husband and her child.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

Ice which themselves or their deceased
husbands gave Uncle Sam at that time.
You would think that the Revolutionary
WldOOS would AVE long since passed away.
The last pension soldier of the Revolution
died April 5. 1869. His name was Daniel
Frederick Brakeman. and he WIS 107 years
of age before he asked for a pension. He
then resided at Freedom, n. Y. Congress
took up his case and gave him a pension
of $500 per annum. Had this man been on
the ordinary pension list and married a
year before his death d girl of IS, and She,
in turn, had lived as long as her aged huS-
band. viz, to the age of l09, Uncle Sam
would be paying that woman a pension up
to the year 1850. There are nov seven
widows Of Revolutionary soldiers on the
pension rolls. TIM oldest of these Is Lovey
Los Angeles. Cal, The other widows are
Nancy Cloud, of Virginia. aged 81; Esther
8. Damon. of Vermont, aged SO; Nancy
Jones, of Tennessee. aged So; Rebecca
Mayo. of Virginia, aged 81; Mary Snead. OF
Virginia. aged 81. and Nancy Weatherman,
OF Tennessee, aged 81. 1t has been estimat-
ed that widows of the veterans of the late
civil war may be living in the year 1000
A. D.
Some Big Pensions.
The presidents widows get, you know,
$500 a year by special act of congress-.
Mrs. General Grant and Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Tyler, I think. are still drawing PEN
slons. Mrs. President Lincoln received
5000 a year from 1870 to 1882, when the
amount was increased to $1,000. Mrs. John
"A. Logan gets $40 a week. and the widow
or Admiral Farragut received s., 600 n wear.
A number Of widows Of noted generals of
the late wal have received or are receiving
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
PREACHERS PRAYER AND LUCK
one brought Him So and n %s2,5OO-a-
Year Job; the Other u Horse
and Buggy.
From ths New York Sun.

From tbs New York Sun.
Two preachers who had spread the Cos
pei IN the West for several years, in their
Garner oays, met at 4 church club in New
YORK for the first time in many years.
What became of that blond Young man
who lived in St. Croix, and preached ali
gry?" "
b, Hes lecturirg for a society that pays
How did he get it?"
lie prayed for 1t on Il street car. I'll
tell you how it was. He had been preach
Ing in a settlement where they thought
that a man in tina work did not reu,Iire
anything but bread and meat. He received
d letter asking him to accept an offer as
lecturer for the society l spoke of at s.. so
a year. The offer was peremptory. If he
accepted he must go at once. 1t would cost
70 snd TO ws g2; He gut his meetings abruptly
he had 3 cents. He boarded a street car.
and. OF course, he was soon absorbed in the
odter: Then he began praying. He prayed
noticed his lips moving. and he asked the
preacher if he had not. 4 few Sundays
before: preached in Duluth. The young
Vel. young man. | don't know anything
about how you're fixed. but | heard that
sermon. and want you to accept this
i cnmsa me o as a contribution to the good
good and he handed him a S. note.
suppose the world would say, how
lucky l don't know but he was lucky
IN some things. too. I remember once
when he had a charge that his GOODNESS
heiped him out. He had 4 good deal of
missionary work on hand and the houses
We're lar apart, and he used to hire a
morse at the livery stable. The only horse
the stableman had was rather skittish,
put our brother was a good rider. I've
heard him say he used TO break horses
Tor a living when he was Il boy. The
church he had in charge was one of those
that did all their advertising through the
pulpit. These church notices got to he
so numerous that the pastor read them
mechanically. One day he came to a notice
which he read into about half way before
he realized what 1t was, and then he fin
ished it without changing color. 1t was
to this effect:
"'When the Savior entered Jerusalem He
was content to do so on an ass. His ex-
ample is in striking contrast to a yornc
minister of this town who goes galloping
about the country every day as If he were
trying TO get up a banter
Without being discounted in the least
our young brother remarked. without
changing his tone and scarcely raising his
eyes:
~ have a saddle and bride of nv own.
and If any one in the congregation doesn't
like the sort of horse I am riding. and
will give me the kind that will suit the
church. 1 shall be glad of a change. Tho
horse can be left tied to the fence OF the
parsonage. Please sing two stanzas of the
4JOth hymn:
"'Oh. where shall rest be found"
Did he get the horse?'
did he? He got a horse and buggy, and
a set Of harness. and a s~ilver-handled
whip"
"Of course that was luck. No preacher
would pray for anything of that sort"
"Oh. | don't know. 1t would all denend
the community in which he lived"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
HE BITES OFF DOGS TAILS.
Peculiar Occupation of n Reading,
Pa, Man-Makes Consider
alIe MnneY

A man with a strange occupation Is
Frederick II. Byrne. of Reading, Pa. His
profession is that OF biting off dogs tails
and he derives quite an income from the
strange, not to say unpleasant. business.
When n fox terrier is quite young its tall
is cu' of. leaving a small stump. probably
two inches long. As n general rule. ths
tail is cut with a knife. but. 1t is said.
when amputation Is made in this way this
wound requires a long time to heal. Ic
was recently discovered that IL q dogs
tail Is trimmed with the teeth 1t heals
nicely in u short time and looks much
heater.
Byrne has been in this business for som.
time. and as there are numerous terriers
owned in Reading has had many patrons.
He performs the operation in q inv. He
Judges about how far the tail should he
cut off. takes it In his mouth and when
his teeth have reached the point of ampu-
work is done.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

pensions. Among these were the widows
of r. ID: Baker. of George H.. Custer, the
Indian fighter; of Robert Anderson. the
nero OF Fortr Sumter, Of Daniel McCook
and Frank p. Blair.
AmonS the biggest single pension
amounts now granted are those given to
WIDOWS on account of u clause in the pen
sion act of 1886, which makes the widows
pension date back to the death of her hus-
band. The other day a widow who had
been married in 1888. and whose husband
mad died in 1861, applied for Il pension.
She claims the right TO be paid IS a month
for every month back TO the date of her
husbands death; a period of thirty years.
widow from Ohio, whose ht,sbani
died in ISL, married again about fifteen
years later. She now claims a pension on
account of the death of hen first husband
wants it in a lump. ~
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

zion bureau court TO carpet n county. and
the old documents among its records II
they could be, pasted together, in a single
wagon road reaching clear around the
world. Thu pension office deals in big fig
ures. Take the mail, for instance. IT vas
TO this division the commissioner 9,G 7
first went The commissioner receives so
oe pieces of mail a day, or more tb9n
t;ot.oSl pieces every year. He gets more
could paste the answers 10 his mail 10
gethcr in one single strip It would MAKE ,
ribbon OF white letter paner covered VIII
typewriting reaching from New Yorl, 20
Chicago. II he had 70 pay his postage AZ
the rate Of ? cents per letter his sIamn
nil would be over SIO0,Go a year AMI
when you figure up the labor and brains
you would have n number of lifetimes en-.
hodled IN that one item. II takes FORTY
three clerks TO handle this mail. There 10
one corps OF men who do nothing but omen
Ieiters. Another stamps the date of re-
sept upon them. Il a third reads the let
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

was not made until 1SiS. Mrs. Blafne's ALL
tograph was evidently made with a trem-
bling hand. but the letters are almost nc
plain as those which her famous grand
son used TO make. There are paperS here
from Benedict Arnold. there are autorranb
letters of George Washington. and there.
are applications for and warrants from
Abraham Lincoln. L. S. Grant. w. T. Sber.
man. Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis
| have traced the autographs of these mon
as they were made in applying for u.arI
rants when they We're young. Sherman
asked for two quarter sections OF Land ONE
for his Florida services. and the Other for
his record in the Mexican war General
Scott got his bounty for his bravery in The
war of lSl2, and jefferson Davis was gran+o
ed his for his services as an officer 4, ~
war with Mexico. President Lincoln's pr.nt
was given for his services in the Rianie
Hawk Indian war. and John A. IOran - a
ceived leo acres for his Mexican war rec
ord. eS-
If the Pensions Were Lumped.
During my walk through the office u,,,,
the commissioner I referred to the pe,itior
which is being circulated in I~ndiananoIis
among the old veterans. This petition va
quests congress to pay the pensionS IN
lump, on the basis that every soldier non,
living Will last for twenty years, Thesa
men want the twenty years pension riy,en
at once. and if their. request is eranted
they are willing to release Uncle sam frorn
all pension in the future 1 asked the COM