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The times., 1898-04-19
The Passaic.

Brunswick. Ga, April 1S.-Charles III.
Inch. chief engineer of the United States
Navy, and Lieutenant Sherman of the
Ordnance Department, arrived here to-
day.
My purpose here is to follow orders
and place the monitor PASSAGES machin-
cry in proper condition for service" the
chief engineer said. "She needs some
patches on the boilers and scrapng. The
work on boilers will be done at local
shops and the scraping by divers. The
Passaic has been kept in better condition
by the Brunswick reserves than one could
think possible. Within about two weeks
the boiler work will be completed"
Lieutenant Sherman Is here to place the
The times., 1898-04-19
Mobile Bay Mined.

Mobile, April 1S.-The new government
wharves and pier at Fort Morgan are
being rapidly pushed to completion,
nearly 400 laborers being employed there
Is furnished by La Fetra's, llth and G.
SITS NV. Families supplied at 81 per gal,
J0c. half gal. Phone, 1161. ap16-it EN-
Clear White Oak cents "a foot
The times., 1898-04-19

The entrance to the harbor is being mined
with gun cotton and dynamite, great
quantities of which were shipped to the
fort last week
The times., 1898-04-19

Daily Office Hours-l0 a. m. to p. Mon
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, to
p. m. Sunday, 10 to II IN.
CONSULTATION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
The times., 1898-04-19
ir. wanamaker's Patriotism.
english Rifles for America

London, April l8-An agent of the
United States Government is endeavoring
TO obtain the prompt delivery of 100. 600
Lee-Metford rifles by Birmingham manu-
farfl1rers
The times., 1898-04-19

Key West, Fla, April 1S.-The Mallory
Line steamer Lampasses, which arrived
here Thursday with coal for the fleet
has received instructions from the main
office to remain at Key West until fur
ther orders, as the Government is nego-
tiating for her purchase But whether
purchased or not she will be used BY the
Government to transport troops 10 cuba
should the necessity arise
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE responsibility for the damage
from the flood must be divided, no
doubt. But the fact remains that the
city administration has shown itself
now two successive years to be hope
lessly Incompetent to manage she ques-
tion at all. The proper disposition OF
the work of very few men for q very
short time would have very greatly
lessened the danger even If it would
not have entirely averted the flooding
OF the city. Mayor Magofiin is the FL
Paso Hobson. He is so quick to meet
emergencies.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

ATTORNEY HAWKINS does himself
no credit rs an engineer when he says
that It would have been cheaper to let
the river break through the levee than
to have spent q thousand or so dollars
to strengthen 1t. BY the terms of their
franchise they are compelled to re-
build the levee in three months from
the subsiding of q flood that destroys
same or forfeit the franchise. The
railway company did q good turn for
the second ward in protecting the le-
wee but they saved themselves q great
deal of money as WE'LL
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22
MEXICO.

During the year ZOO persons have
been vaccinsted by the state of ] q lisco.
Two Rspeblics.
gang OF dangerous counterfeiters in
the city.-Telegram, Mexico City.
The gardens at Tlslpam are famous
for their roses, and this year the dis
play has remarkably fine Mexican
Herald
The $1,000 robbery from the Wells
Fargo Express company last Wednes-
day is still unsolved. Mex
leo City.
The price of beef is gradually rising,
owing to the fact that Cuba has, prior
to the war. bought up large herds of
cattle in this republic and caused q
scarcity of good beef cattle.-Telegram,
Mexico City.
General Manager Nickerson, of the
Central, has gone to Tampico, on
business, it is said, connected with the
rebuilding of the lately burned pier
Two Republics.
OThe gross receipts of the federal tel
egraph lines for the past year are es-
timated at an increase of about % per
cent over the preceding year.-Tele-
gram, MEXICO Clty.
The Nationals Aztec Limited came
in six hours late yesterday, on account
of freight wreck blockading the
track short distance this side of San
Luis Potosi.-Two Republics.
The Nation al railway station at Tolu-
ca is to be lighted by electricity. AS
both through trains pass there in the
night this will be a very important and
needed representative Republics.
The fine springs of water on the San
Andres farms of Somollera brothers
have been bought by the state and
will be used to add to the water sup
ply Of the state capital.-Two Repub-
lies.
A marine turbine company of New
castle-on-Tyne has been directed by
the British admiralty to build torpe-
do boat destroyer to test the turbine
system as applied to warships. This
new destroyer will attain speed of
thirty-five knots, equal to forty sta
tute miles, and " i'll rank as the fastest
vessel atoat. 1t will be named Viper.
Telegram
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE salo on evil can never be sue
cessfully fought until some other place
and form of recreation is provided for
men in their hours of idleness. The
evil is one that must be fought among
the young, too, and the best way to
start the good fight is to provide places
where young men can spend their
leisure hours. The public library is
one such place. 1t should be public
institution. BY all means the Ell Paso
public library should be encouraged to
the extent at least OF granting it q
place in the new city hall.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

1T is with nations as with individuals
they may be very fine looking
outside, but when the test comes 1t is
neither fine clothes nor q good COM
plexion that wins the fight. Said an
old naval officer at Washington the
other day, "I've lain alongside OF a
Spanish wsrship for weeks and hardly
seen Q drill on board OF her. Had an
officer try to show me the working OF
one OF her guns--flnely polished up
outside, but, by George! so rusty in
side he couldn't open it. That's key
to the whole situation"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE article, Where the Blame
Must Rest" in this mornings paper,
is very good so far as it relates to the
delay in the completion OF the levee,
but it does not explain why the mayor
did not, when he saw high water COM
ing, close up the openings in the White
Oaks embsnkment east of Rsnd's
Grove and keep the water out of that
part Of the city, as the right so TO do
was reserved in the franchise.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22
ADVERTISING RATEs.

oates of advertising In the Daily or weekly
.dition made known on application AT ene
publication ONCE Or ring up telephone num-
GER IFS. and a representative of the business
department will call and quote prices AND
Contract for space.
Locale 10 cents per line IN every instance
Tor nrst insertion, and cents per line for each
additional insertion. -
Illegal notices Of every description d per
oh each Insertion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

BLANCo has been drawing u million
dollars week for administrative
purposes" in Cuba. III he succeeds in
getting out of Cuba alive he ought to
be fixed for this W orld and the next
too. No wonder the captain general
wants to continue the war.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

CERvERA may be American COVER
nor of Cuba yet. You couldn't guess
him in q campaign. He surely knows
how to evade the main issue.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

SPAIN has suspended all official ssla-
ries. There will now be q chance to
demonstrate what Spanish honor is
really worth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE world has already forgotten
Andree. Not so very long ago his name
was on everybody's lips. He failed.
The world forgot.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

WAKE Island will make another
good cable station on the way to Ma
Mia. We have a pretty good string OF
them now.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THIS war has shown US among other
things that the Spanisrd is not alto
gether bad.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

WE can rightly call the cutting oil
the Cuban cables "Breaking home
ties.'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

SPAIN so far has sunk only one Amer
lean warship-the Maine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE man who has too many irons in
the fire is apt to get his hands burned
sometimes.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

THE Oregon very nearly did what
she was ready to do on her trip around
the horn-whipped the whole Spanish
naat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

WE cabled Camara, "Whst is your
favorite book?" He answered, Call
ed Back.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

CARPETBAGGERs! all aboard for
Cuba.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

]. A. SMITH, GENERAL MANAGER.
n. d. SLATER, MANAGING EDITOR.
u. L. CAPELL, BUSINESS MANAGER.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.

BOOK AND JOB PHINIIN6s
rap HERALD IL fully prepared to do all
the latest stylos. Work perfectly and
promptly done.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22
TOR JOHN T. MORGAN OF ALABAMA.


possession the of the u s.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22
Little Items From Live Papers.

WANTED: q deaf and dumb pugilist
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

q. mail matter sr Of the second class.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

rEp.s OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
DAILY, one
Daily, thres months 70
Daily one mt Az ~
weekly one ~
Weekly afL on tins "
Weekly three %
~ OARRIeH
The DAILY HERALD 10 delivered by carrier
q Ell Paso Texas, and Juarex, Mexico, At 10
.ents per week. or 90 cents per month.
subscribers failing e. get TIE HERALp reg
1iarly or promptly sh~ aid notify The HEB
avD business ONCE mot the carrfer) In order
20 receive Immediate att ontion. Telephsne
30. rs
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CONTINUED on 4th Page. I
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

Building Committee.
T. J. HOLLAND,
j. J. CONNORS,
FRANK POWERS,
Fire Department Committee.
At this point while the council was
talking of, the'specifications:for the new
city hall, Alderman Scott tread a petit
tion from the ladies of Ell Paso Public
Library Association, which petition is
printed below:
Ell Paso, Texas, July 81, 1898.
To the Honorable Mayor and CITY
Council of the city of Ell Paso:
We respectfully pray that YOU
grant the petition of the Ell Paso Pub
lie Library association for suitable
quarters in the city hall soon to be
erected.
The association is supported by the
contributions of its members, and its
expenses, borne by private persons,
produce results beneficial to the pub
lie at large. These expenses will in
future be SO discharged and the city
need have no outlay in the matter.
The association now has over eight
hundred bound volumes, and magazi-
mes and periodicals innumerable.
This number will be largely increas-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-22

The river on Sunday was uDferdable
and higher than it has been for a year.
Phoenix Republican.
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eSted. This morning, however. after
he-had arranged his saddle and gear
for the days march he lit his pipe and
walked briskly out of camp, before
even taking breakfast, evidently in
tending to join. in the horse hunting,
as he had remarked earlier that nobody
had looked up the valley.
He. was never afterward SEEN A
search party was organized that even
ing, great fires were lighted on the
nils, and guns We're fired to if possible
attract the attention of the lost noble
man. All day the woods rang for miles
with gunshots and calls, and night
after night the searchers returned dis
p1r1ted and hopeless to the camp. On
the sixth day after Sir Arthur's disap-
pearance a band of wandering Indians
was engaged to trace him, if possible.
That day they found his tracks.
here rotten log crushed in, there a
branch torn down to keep off the flies.
marks OF bewildered man wandering
IN circles. Then the tracks struck off
guided by the sun northeast, about in
the one direction which would lead to
neither trail nor river, the one possible
course which could lead to no earthly
succor A, strong man. he had been
walking steadily, showing no signs of
madness on that first day of his
Straying.
Then at the end of fifteen miles or
so was the trampled place where he
had slept against a tree, heel marks
sunk in the moss, and without a fire. We
knew already that he had neither
weapon nor compass. Now we know
that he was without matches and
could make mo smoke to drive away
the terrible flies. "A man may fight
them through the long hot night, and
all the blazing day, but the hands
must grow weary at last, and the
swarms will settle. Then comes blind
ness.
ION the eighth morning of the search
the Indians returned discouraged and
would search no more. They had seen
the marks of coyotes following the
lost mans tracks. They had heard a
black bear and smelt a grizzly, but
there were no signs Of the digging up
of herbs or scraping of bark for food.
But the signs led over vast reaches of
deadfall to a creek, and beyond there
was nothing.
ION the ninth morning 1 had to pro-
nounce sentence of death; to say the
words which brought the search to an
end.
1--WE could only suppose that blinded
by the flies and mad, the dying man
hid himself away from any rescue
Sir Arthur Curtis was II years of
age, a strong and healthy man. He
leaves a widow and a son aged g. His
baronetcy descended from a distin-
guished naval officer knighted for his
valor in saving the lives of drowning
Spaniards after the great lombard
ment of Gibraltar.
Roger Pocock left to-day for the
coast. He will return to England to
give the relatives of the deceased bar
onet the particulars of his tragic death
T. MORGAN BOWERMAN
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us closely together" and that America
should cultivate England's friendship
and by every honorable means secure
her countenance and good will"
There is, fin, lily a more striking piece
of evidence than any of the above. In
Anglo-American relations has come up
there has been an outburSt of opposi-
ton and i'll will from the Irish in this
country. On the present occasion no
Irish voice has been heard. Even Mr.
Davitt'S letter has only been noticed in
order to refute it's statistics or to ex-
press surprise that the Times should
publish it. could not understand this
and l asked the best informed pubic
man in Washington for the explana
tion Exactly the same thing puzzled
me-" he replied -"and / asked a promi-
nent Irish agitator why they had
passed none of the usual resolutions.
We have passed them just the same. ;
was his answer, but we can't get them
published That is the explanation;
the people will not listen to denuncia-
tions of England.
Two practical proofs of good will
have also been given. First. the Boring
Sea indemnity has been paid, with only
an unpleasant comment or two in the
House Second, an international COM
mission has been provided to settle all
disputes between the united states ana
Canada, including a modus vivendi for
the Alaskan boundary question, which
has become acute.
In view of all these evidences of SYM
patty and willingness to bury the
troublesome and perilous past it seems
natural enough to take one step
further. Suspicion is dead, friendship
is proved, common views have become
evident, actual cooperation should fol-
low The moment is ripe for an Anglo
American treaty of alliance That is
what many well meaning people are
saying on both sides of the Atlantic.
Unhappily it would be difficult to fall
into a greater error.
This is a matter which calls for the
utmost frankness. 1nnumerable and
grave dangers Turk in any misunder-
standing upon such a vital point.
Therefore the only wise and safe course
is to say straight out that there is no
more chance Of a treaty of alliance be-
tween England and America than of an
invasion from Mars. 1t is pleasant to
talk of such a thing, or to express
amiable and mutually complimentary
opinions about it, but between this and
a formal signed. sealed and delivered
compact there yawns gulf not to be
bridged. 1t is certain that If either
nation were in imminent peril the other
would come to it's rescue. This is a GER
tainty for which both nations may be
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profoundly thankful.
Moreover there need be no doubt
that if hostile action were taken by
any Continental nation against Amer
ica-by no means an unlikely contin-
gency, both in view of the Philippine
problem and the recent utterances of
the German and Austrian Foreign Min
isters-the effect would be to draw
tight the potential bonds of union be-
tween the two countries. But to
imagine that at the present time, or in
the immediate future, there can be an
actual, formal treaty between us is to
show oneself ignorant of the controll-
ing facts of the situation. For my
own part I am convinced that the peo-
pie who speak English will some day
be bound together by the closest ties
against the peoples speaking other
tongues, and that he who strikes one
will have to be prepared for the blows
of both; but short Of unforeseen and
unlikely events, this desired consum-
nation will remain for many a Jear
upon the knees of the gods.
The only ground for surprise Is that
such an obvious fact is not more gen.
orally recognized 1t has been the pol
icy of England to avoid an alliance; in
America the mere possibility of such a
course has never even been considered.
The American people, again, have not
yet learned the elementary conditions
upon which great nations pool their is
sues. 1t was actually thought in this
country that Mr.. Chamberlain's speech
about the desirability Of an alliance
with the United States meant that he
wanted the United States army and
navy to help England to fight France
over West Africa! Nobody pointed out
that either country might fight a score
of wars, even though the most formal
alliance existed, without the other be-
ing involved. Nobody seemed to know
that alliances are made only for specific
objects or to ward off definite dangers.
and that a nation takes good care that
such objects are in the line of it's own
interests and such dangers those that
may well threaten itself. This mis-
conception, however, goes to show how
far opinion here is from readiness for
any tie more formal than mere good
will
Again, just now the administration
has to bear in mind the possibility Of
strained relations, If not actual rup-
ture. with one or another Of the Con-
tinertal powers. Is it likely that under
such circumstances American states
men would take course which would
Instantly precipitate the hostility of
every power in Europe except Eng
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land!
Finally, has the fate of the arbitra-
ton treaty been so quickly forgotten?
That was infinitely. easier to accom-
pilsh than an alliance, and much great
er forces were arrayed on it's side than
an alliance could command, but 1t was
hopelessly defeated. Where the little
could not be accomplished, what chance
is there for the great? No, the sooner
everybody interested realizes that an
Anglo-American alliance is not to-day
within the sphere Of practical politics
the better for us all.
This Is not a counsel of despair-far
from it. The astounding change Of
American sentiment toward England,
the development of sympathetic under
standing, the removal of obstacles to
cordial cooperation, these constitute
In themselves a magnificent triumph.
Surely we should rejoice that never be-
fore have the two people stood so close
together, so united in aim, SO allied by
affection. Moreover, the Canadian
commission marks an enormous adj
vance. Ninety-nine hundredths of our
disputes have had reference to Canada.
These are now all to be settled and
probably some scheme Of arbitration
will be devised to deal promptly and
amicably with any others that may
arise. This is a long step toward alli
ance, for it is the removal of many and
great obstacles from the path.
Lastly, now that America is distinct
ly committed to world policy, her
sphere will overlap our own, and thus
the necessity Of combined action fire.
quently arise. With her flag on the
Philippines, and the open door in
China, as important for her as for us,
Joint line Of action will be inevitable.
She will not close her new possessions
by a prohibitive tariff, for that would
be to stultify herself in her demand
that other countries shall not close
China against herself. In every direc-
ton, in fact, the two people must per-
force tend to move toward identical
ends. But the possible and the desir-
able will only be postponed by any sem
timental and Ill advised attempts to
bring about the impossible.
X One word Of warning cannot be
avoided at this point. The American
people believe that the British people
are eagerly seeking an alliance with
them. I take it this is not so. and the
impression is unfortunate. We are in
deed-readys to welcome such an alliance
when they are. ready to form it. But
the greatest power in the world, iso-
lated by her own free will and because
of her very strength. wooed in vain for
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sens.on broke out, and the argonauts
with the exception of Sir Arthur quar-
relied fercely among themselves, call
ing each other names on the trails and
fighting over the washing up of dishes
and other camp duties.
AS the party went north they left
behind them the alluring uplands Of
dry, full pine and sweet, dry grass, and
the forest became more dense upon
them with every drive. The bright
desert climate of the south gave place
to deluge after deluge and long drawn
days of steady rain. The mosquitoes,
black flies and horse flies piled torment
on misery; the trail had become a
series of muck holes, walled in by i'm
penetrable bush: packs were bucked off
in the jungle, provisions were saturat-
ed and ruined, bedding and clothes
soaked, until at last even Sir Arthur's