El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
The Spectator.

Lieut.. Richmond Pearson Hobson of
Merrimsc fame has started an lend
less chain" for the purpose of raising a
| sufficient amount OF money to erect a
fitting monument to the soldiers who
died in the late war with Spain and to
| the martyrs who were blown up in the
harbor of Havana on Feb. Is on the
battleship Maine. The ''endless chain"
of letters If carried cut will raise vast
amount of money. Col. L. M.
Standifer this morning receiv-
ed q letter from w. T. Scott of
Fort Worth, says an exchange,
with the request that he copy the let
ter four times and send that many let
tiers to friends. The letter written to
Col. Stsndifer is to be returned to
headquarters of the committee raising
the money, to Allen G. BLACKWELL, care
George j. Gould. treasurer national
committee, room 80, 154 Nassau street,
New York. This letter is numbered 9,
and the letters to be sent out will be
numb ered 10 and so on. The rate OF
progression being four letters to each
one. If the chain Is not broken an
enormous amount of money will be
raised by this means.
beautiful ST. Louis girl popular heroes
have been extremely careful lest the
some fate overtake them and at the
fret Indication of danger they are
ready to flee. The experience of Hob
son has proved to be of incalculable
value to other heroes. 1t has served
10 put them on their guard. Gen. Lord
Kitchener, SAYS London special, ad-
dressed large meeting at the Man
sion House, composed of bankers and
merchants. pledged to the support
of the scheme of establishing Gordon
Memorial college at Khartoum. Lord
Rose berry and many other notable per-
sons were present. A great crowd as
senbled outside. When the Sirdar
appeared in the street after the
meeting was over, the crowd broke
through the police Gordon and swept
down upon him. One woman cried:
"God bless you'll and tried to shake his
hand. The Sirdar fed, and, after dodg-
ing among omnibuses and other vehi-
Giles, finally succeeded in eluding his
pursuers and gaining side street.
"This smallpox scare is hitting our
business a hard blow" said the hotel
clerk. Few tourists are coming in
and we hear of many people who in
tended visiting Ell Psso but have stay.
ed away because of the small pox re-
ports. 1t is funny, but the further
ed. A lady who arrived the other day
from Kansas City said that she was
warned not to come near Ell Psso for
the reason that there were q Thousand
cases of small pox in this city"
FL Paso, while posing as a health re-
sort, is good town for doctors and
they prosper here. A physician from
Kentucky came to this city month
ago intending to stay but short time
He had been here but two days when
he was called out to attend q sick man.
Calls continued to come so fast that he
decided to register his license and To-
cate here permanently aud has opened
an office. AT present the new physi-
clan has all the practice he can han
die.
At Reisel. pretty village several
miles south of Weco, w. L. Hibbetts,
a medical student. was buried Decem-
Der l., in the old cemetery, the people
attending FOR miles around, says a spe-
cial. Hibbetts and Miss Jefie Adcock
were married in Waco three months
ago, DR.. F. N Calvin officiating, and
few hours later the young husband
started to st. Louis to study medicine,
the young wife returning to her duties
as school teacher at Reisel From her
salary she betrayed her young hus-
Dano 8 expenses and he In the attempt
to cover the course in the shortest pos
siole time, brought on disorders by
overwork which resulted fatally. The
young wife attended the buri.l of her
husband of three months, a broken
hearted widow at II. 1t was the larp-
est country funeral ever seen at Nc
Lehman county. w. E Willis, Of ST.
Louis, college chum of deceased,
the remains to
Reisel.