El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-29

pont Morgan and Cornelius Wander bilt
headed the subscription list with $4,000
,, each. Col. Waring planned the sewer
system of Ell Paso and many other
cities. tits proposed to raise 500. 900 by
popular subscription to provide an in
come for the widow and daughter of
the great engineer during their life
time. After that the fund will be as
enduring as shaft of granite, not only
to perpetuate the memory and deeds
of the man, but as well to propagate
the ideas of municipal government
which he developed aud showed the
practicability. 1t is to this end that
upon the decesse of Mrs. Waring and
her daughter the "Waring municipal
fund" Is to take name, to be held in
trust by COlum bia university.
1t is believed that one A. W. Me
Queen, who deserted his wife and child
in Muscogee, 1. T., was in Ell Paso q
short time ago and stopped here few
days before proceeding to the City of
Mexico where he is now believed to
be. The following is from an exchange:
A communication has been received at
the American consulate in the city of
Mexico to the effect that one A. W.
Mcqueen had deserted his wife and
child some weeks ago in Muscogee,
| IHuldu anu tudb ne Is now
supposed to be In Mexico. His wife
wishes to convey the following message
to her Grant husband, if possible: II
love you yet, and want you to send for
Paul and me. Emma Any inform
alton as to the whereabouts of Nc
Queen will be gratefully received by
A. D. Barlow, United States consul
general, City of Mexico.
The remarkable increase of crime
in the cities has led many broad mind
ed and philanthropic persons to en-
deavOr to stamp it out in its incipiency
by removing from the streets the
hordes of gamins who grow up
saturated with vice, and find them
homes on the farms. A number of
boys from the slums of New York have
recently been brought to Texas A
Bonham paper says: Robert
Brace and Col. Fred rick
King, agents of the Children's
Aid society Of New York city, arrived
| at Bonham with nineteen boys from
New York city ranging in age from
| to 10 years, the object being to find
them homes. They were taken to the
court house, where a number of farm
ers met them and each boy got q
| home.
From about eighteen miles below
Albany. Ga, comes the report of a 70.
mantle marriage. which shows tina
where there is will there is always q
way, especially when Cupid cuts 6
figure. 1t was the same old story
handsome young man-beautiful girl
parental objection-fight of the part,
In acarrlage-chased by the irate par
emit, who, when he overlook them fount
thst the young man had taken the pre-
caution TO have the minister and
friend in the carriage with them ant
the ceremony had been performed
while the race was in progress. A re
Cancellation followed, says our inform
ant, and verybody is happy now.
Havana, January /, 190S.-Admira
Sampson, the chairman of the Amer.
can evacuation committeet has issue
an ultimatum requiring the SPANS
, army to leave Cuba by the LIST of Jan
uary 1918 without fail. Many CON
plants are heard from the Spaniard
regarding the sdmiral's unseeml
haste.-Special to the Commercial Al
,, peal.
, Miss Hattie S. Pullman, a Door Chi
, cagO widow, by recent order of tn
. probate court will receive only 5000
per month hereafter as her share {
the estate of her late husband, Geo
, M. Pullman.