El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-28

portsnt exhibitors of past years we're
not represented on account of family
deaths aud other circumstances. The
whole country was represented this
year, horses coming from nearly every
section of the United States. There
WAS less complaint than usual in re-
gard to the Judging, those having this
important feature in charge evidently
determining that the public should be
pleased even If the technical require
ments of the judges were not lived up
to In every case. Your correspondent
is not first class Judge of horses, but
he can aver after q somewhat close in
specrion of the occupants of the boxes
that the display of beautiful women,
beautiful clothes, and expensive jewel
~ was far ahead of anything seen in
the past two years in Madison Square
Garden.
The chairman OF the republican state
returns of the vote cast on the 7th, and
finds that Roosevelt's plurality of II, 900
in the state year ago was nearly
doubled, the figures being close to 3D.
900. No important political business
being on hand for the moment, Mr..
Richard Croker announces that he will
sail for Europe on the 2Sth to secure q
rest from. his arduous labors IS the pow
err behind the throne in the greatest
city in the United States. He says he
can't rest in this country because the
"reporters come to him for every
thing"
The engagement of Henry Irving
and Ellen Terry at the Knick-
erbocker thester, which has just come
to close, was the most successful they
have ever bad in this country. The
box Office receipts averaged 81 900 each
night and the total amount paid by
New York theatergoers to see the
English actors was more than $50, 600.
The spectators reaped a harvest sell
ling admission on the curb for from
81 to $40 according to the lateness of
the hour, the lower rate prevailing
after the performance had been son"
for an hour or more.
Croker is supporting the ambition
of Congressman Henry Clay Sulzer of
this city to become the minority lead
er in tie house of representatives. |
sulzer, up to two or three years ago.
was commonly known as "Bil]y"
Sulzer; he represents some of the vii |
est election districts In the city, and |
became famous originally as the own
or of Park" where political chowder
parties and other disorderly as
semblsges take place. The police
protection he Is able .to command
makes his resort a popular one.
A religious conference, having in
view the furtherance of "closer de-
unity" ia to be
held in this city next year
loon after Easter. Every Pro-
denomination, orthodox and
liberal, will be represented. The
most prominent preachers and lsymen
n all the denominations have promised
heir cooperation.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia, who
vas in the city today, expressed the
opinion that the president would
dwell strongly upon the currency" in
lis annual message to congress. The
enator declared his conviction that
he money question would be promptly
AIKEN up and disposed of ''on a gold
'asis" soon after the meeting of con-
re IS.
Two cases of bubonic plague have
cached the New York quarantine
tatiou, but the confidence of the city
q its health officer, DR.. Doty, is SO
reat that little attention is paid to
he arrival of the dread disease, and
bsolutely no fear is expressed by any
ne.