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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13

were pitieous, but 1 rejoiced to hear
them. for felt that the girls death
was avenged.
1.-The woman struggled frantically in
the deep water aud Would have drown
ed, but at my request one of the huge
monsters came nearly to the surface
and lifted her on his back keeping her
head above water until the Indians
sent out boat and gathered her in,
limp and apparently 1ifeless.
"a month or 80 later 1 wandered
down to the Gulf: got caught in a
storm and was washed over to Mexico,
where, as i'll luck would have it, 1 was
captured in one of the inland rivers
and brought to Ell Paso. where have
since led miserable life Gagged in the
plaza. That might not be lonesome
they brought along girl captive at
the same time and she has since become
my wife.
''When L first came to Texas they
didn't cage us very well and I made
several attempts to escape. A number
of times [ trsversed the streets of Ell
Paso seeking a water course, but each
time was <Overtaken and conveyed
back to my prison.
81 am getting little more used to
1t now, and 1 have lost all hope of ever
being free again. l have grown, too,
during the years of my captivity and
only await an opportunity to get hold
of Ed Wales to give the populace an
exhibitio of my jaw strength
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
THE OTHER OUTLAW
Who Held Up the AldmOgordo Lum-
Der Company, Captured In Ca


I1IOTHId.
The other day when Sheriff Black
ington wasoin Ell Paso he said that
officers were hot on the trail of the
second outlaw who held up the office
of the Alamogordo Lumber company
last spring ;and that the man who
made off with the scrip had been locat-
ed in California:
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived from Redding California.
City Marshal 0. Pate of Red Bluff
and Sheriff Charles Behrens went to
Kesw and arrested Ernes. Gentry.
wanted at Socorro, n. NJ, for grand
larceny.
It is charged that about May l Gen
try. who was cowboy, entered bust
ness house and stole IS, 600 in govern
ment scrip and small quantity of coin.
Officers have been hot on Gentry s
trail ever since. He was found near
Keswick piling wood. He admitted his
identity, but stOutly denied the theft.
He was brought here tonight and
lodged In jail.
His trunk was searched. but no sign
of government scrip was found. G1n-
try says he ran away from Socorro, but
refuses to give reason. He will be
taken back to New Mexico for trial.
Sheriff Blackington said that Gentry
was trailed by means of his trunk,
which he shipped by express to
Demfng. The outlaw himself went
cross country and arriving at Deming
| again shipped his trunk. He then fol
lowed it to California. Meantime the
trunk was located by the officers and
searched
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Unequaled By Any Other.

have been in the drug business for
twenty years and have sold most all of
the proprietary medicines of any note.
Among the entire list 1 have never
found anything to equal amberlsin' IS
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for all stomach and bowel troubles,
This remedy cured two severe cases of
cholera morbus in my family and 1 have
recon ded and sold hundreds of
bottles of it to my customers, to their
entire satisfaction. 1t affords quick
and sure cure in pleasant form.-O.
w. WAKEFIELD, Druggist, Columbus,
Ga. For sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
HOME SEEKERS
Plenty of Valuable Land Has Been
Pre- empted Around ClOudCroft.
Many People in FL PasO Have
Acquired Ranches There and
the Property Is In Demand
CAPTAIN Falls Views.

A number of residents of this city
have recently acquired ranches in
the vicinity of Cloudcroft, either by
purchase or preemption. The number
of home seekers being great about
all the best land has already been taken
up either by individuals or the Lumber
company and at present it is next to
impOssi ole to find any tracts around
Cloudcroft that have not already been
entered.
Judge Blacker was one of the first
settlers to locate in the mountains from
here and a number of others have since
obtained ranches near his place. There
are but few springs in that locality,
but it is possible to get plenty of water
by hauling it short distance. It rains
a great deal at certain seasons and
SHOWS heavily in winter and at little
cost cisterns can be built that will sup
ply splendid drinking water, as pure as
any on earth.
Captain w. r. Fall, formerly of Las
Cruces, now of this city, who knows as
much about the country Whereabouts as
rybody, said this morning that in his
opinion the region around GlOudcroft
section, as it is the only locality here
about where crops can be raised to per-
lection without irrigation.
"ThOse fools around Las Cruces"
said Captain Fall, "were so busy try
ing to convict Oliver Lee that they
overlooked their hand and let Otero
comfy be formed and thereby lost the
best part of their territory.
"Oi yer Lees Dog Crnon ranch is on
1y nine miles from Cloudcroft and the
new railroad passes right by it. had
a little land up there myself but sold it
only short time ago. Anybody own
ing farm up there is sure to get rich
after q WHILE
1t is understood that the lumber COM
pany owns about 1900 acres of splen-
didly timbered land and will sell it
cheap as soon as the timber is cut off.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
revert to the brothers and sister of his

father.
Placing the value of the estate at
$3.50, 900, 900, there would be $50. 1000, 900
for each of the heirs, or for division
among each ones respective heirs.
There are but six to come into the
portion of the estate that would fall to
Mr.. Eel-s' grandmother, leaving $5,-
600, COO for each of these fortunate in
dividusls.
Mr.. Lindsey, New York lawyer, is
1ndustrlously working CD the case for
Mr.. Eells and his relatives, and he has
agents in the west collecting data and
evidence in support of his case Re-
Gently two agents were in consultation
with Mr.. Eells in regard to the CASE
New Haven Register
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
HEIR TO COMSTOCK MONEY.
James r. Ee1ls. Stamford Fish
Dealer, PerfeC tinq His Claim.

James r. Eells, a fish dealer of
Stamford, believes that he is heir to
$5, 600, 900.
MIR. Eells and his kin, after four
years, have practically esta blished
themselves as the direct and only legi-
innate eirs to John Comstock's share
of the celebrated and famous gold and
silver mines in Nevada, known as the
Comstock Lode, the yield of which up
to 1876 amounted 1926 100000. Four
years ago Mr.. Comstock's share was
valued at $3.50, 900 900. He discovered
the lode in the ffties and owned prac-
tically all of it.
The few remaining difficulties the
heirs have yet to overcome in order to
perfect their claim, are not considered
formidable. Their relationship to the
discoverer of the lode must be more
firmly established, but they have plen-
ty of documentary and other evidence
20 conclusively prove that. Then
there are counter claims to the state,
but they are of such flimsy nature
that no trouble is anticipated in dis
proving and Diminishing them
James r. Eells, the only Stamford
heir, Is direct descendant of the sis
ter of John Comstock, who discovered
the wonderful wealth producing lode
that bears his name. Mr.. Com stock
left this section of the country in the
year 1880. not returning till many years
later. He died in Massachusetts a
number of years ago.
There was once associated with him
in operating his great mine, Mackay
and Leland Stanford, who were noted
in their day for their enormous wealth.
Stanford left as an endowment for his
famous University of California. Mac
kay's wealth has never been positively
given.
Mr.. Eells' grandmother was Com
stocks sister. Mr.. Comstock had six
brothers and sisters. five of whom left
issue. Mr.sComstock, himself had one
son, an heir, S. B. Comstock, but he
has since died, allowing the estate to
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
FRANK POWERS
The Popular Chief of the Fire De-
partment Presented With a
Handsome and Costly Gold
Medal at the Directors Meeting
net

handsome ana COSCIy OOlO
Medal at the Directors Meeting
Last Night.
Chief Frank Powers was presented
with handsome gold medal by mem
bers of the fire department at the d.
rectors' meeting last night.
A neat presentation speech was made
by President John Julian just before
he handed Chief Powers the beautiful
ly designed medal, which was en-
graved on the back, Frank Powers,
Presented by the Ell Paso Fire Depart
ment, July IL, $780," The medal was
from Hickox & Hixson's and Chief
Powers was taken completely by sur
prise. He tlushed like a schoolgirl
and for q moment was so overcome that
he was unable to respond. After the
applause had somewhat subsidized he
said it was beyond the power of words
to express how deeply he appreciated
the gift and the good will expressed by
the token, but would endeavor to show
himself worthy of the honor conferred
upon him.
Some routine business was transact
ed by the directors before the medal
was presented. A number OF bills
we're approved and ordered forwarded
to the city council tonight for payment
and bids for horse feed for July were
opened and the contract awarded to the
Ell Paso Fuel Co.
Leon Gemoetz, paid fireman, who
was accidentally injured several weeks
ago while discharging his duty going
to fire, was ordered put on the sick
list at an allowance of S25 monthly for
full time be is absent from duty.
Give-a dam Jones, who is nothing if
not patriotic, arose to complain that he
had noticed that the flag was not flying
from the top of the department build
ing on the last national holiday. He
asked why this was thus? The ques-
ton W as referred to Chief Powers for
answer.
After the medal presentation the
meeting adjourned.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
No Right To UgIiness.

The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac-
tive must keep her health. II she Is
weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to pu-
rify the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes. smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. 1t will make a cookbook
ing, charming woman of q run down
invalid. Only so cents at Irwin & Co.,
Drug Store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
A Cure For Cholera Infantum.
Never Known to Fail.

During last May AN infant child OF
our neigh bors was suffering from chol-
era infantum. The doctors had given
up all hopes of recovery. 1 took bot
tie of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Disrrhoea Remedy to the house, tell
ing them I felt sure it would do good if
used according to directions. In two
days time the child had fully recover
ed. The child is now vigorous and
healthy. 1 have recommended the
remedy frequently and have never
known it to fsil.-MRS. BURTIS BAK-
Err, Bookwalter, Ohio. For sale by all
druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Southern Railway.

The ''summer homes" in the noun
tains of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee are reached
with so much ease and quick time that
they are more popular than ever. The
rates for board have been made so very
reasonable that it is cheaper than re-
manning at home. You can secure any
desired altitude from two to ten thous-
and feet. For map folders, circulars,
summer homes" booklet, or other in
formation, please address J. G.. An
drews, South western passenger agent
Hutchins House, Houston, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum
fsver sores, tetser, chspped hands,
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box, For
sale by w. A. Irwin & Co., wholesale
and retail agents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Hotel pdlaCiO

Messrs McDermott ands Carpenter
have assumed charge of the above
hotel at Chihuah ua, Mex, and will con-
duct the same on the American plan
Mr. D McDermott Is well known to
the travelling public as having for
many years conducted the sRobinon
house. Everything has been refiitted to
the comfort of the guests and good
treatment is guaranteed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Low Rates 70 Mexico.

The Mexican Central Railway will
sell round trip excursion tickets to
Mexico City for $500 U. S. Cy., July
22nd, 23rd, 10Th, Both, August 5th, 9th
18th and 18th. Good for returning (3O)
thirty days from date of sale. See B.
J. Kuhn, commercial agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
! Price Bros: Grocers
phone ID,
HOW TO CURE BLOODY FLUX.
Never known to Fail.
phone ID

AS druggist have handled various
remedies for bowel complaints for the
past five years, but have never found
anything so beneficial or certain to eff
feet a cure as Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t is
an absolute specific for bloody fux, di-
arrhoe and summer complaints in gen.
eral. 1 have never known it to fail.
JOHN X. TAYLOR, Druggist, Cromwell.
Kentucky. For sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia
blets. All druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has
B. 0. L. on each tablet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13

What you want is not temporary
relief from piles but a cure to stay
cured. De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles, and they stay cured. Fred
Schaefer druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea, twenty
five cents q bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Pure Hygienic Ice.

Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as to
purity and healthfulness of our ice.
Telephone No. IA.
Ell PASO ICE & REFRIGERATOR Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13
Now.

The Shalam Dairy in the Sheldon
block, facing little plaza is ready to
supply Ell Psso with their celebrated
PasteuriZed milk and cream; also Sha-
lam butter at 80 cts. per pound.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13

had Jaws like dOOrw8yS and teetD ike
railroad spikes. They could rend q
bull asunder and crush the life out OF
him with their mouths, or break every
boue in his body with stroke of their
tails. They were indeed terrible
beasts, many of them 16 to 20 feet in
length. &C.,,
the everglades. 'The Atlanta" was
painted on her sides. Monster al]iga-
tors made way for her as she sped on
ward toward an Indian village and my
curiosity being aroused 1 went closer
to get better view of the occupants.
$50 help me. the man who made love
to that girl on the Suwanee river was
at the wheel, dressed in a yachting cos
tune, and a dapper looking young wo-
man occupied cushioned seat near
him. I heard him call her Arabella
and knew that she was the girl for
whom he had deserted the other. I
slid back among the strands of saw grass
and stalks of the water crosses and
plotted how to svenge her death.
"Next day he rowed out on the plac-
i'd bosom of the waters in an Indian
canoe, the young woman in the bow.
Several monstrous alliRators near the
bottom, with teeth like huge jagged
saws set in their powerful jaws, glided
along behind the boat, like hungry
sharks with their eyes fastened on the
frail craft
BENT ON REVENGE.
ST stole stalthily from my hiding
place and made my way into the midst
of them.
81 will guaranteeyou square meal
said I, if you will promise not to in
jure that woman. Eat the man but
spare the girl They agreed readily.
Then l directed one of the heavy
weight gators to lash the boat with
his tail and overturn it. He arose to-
ward the surface, slowly and silently.
like a submarine torpedo boat, and
made pass at the canoe. striking it
heavily. It overturned instantly and
the next thing 1 saw was the man aud
woman struggling desperately in the
water.
"Quick as flash of light the man
was seized by the big alligators and
torn limb from limb. His screams
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23
PROSPERITY FOR COLORADO.

The coming year will bless the
husbandman with an abundance
of the fruitage of the soil. Hun
dreds of mines will be developed.
Mills and factories will be built
and every blessing incident TO
prosperity will be manifest All
that is needed is a little of that
old-time spirit that used to meet
the dollars seeking investment AZ
the door and welcome them. A
little of that old-time conservatism
that used TO say TO the capitalist;
I'VE believe that capital and labor
have equal rights. We will not
pass anarchistic laws for political
purposes that will act as Il menace
to your interests, but you will be
treated just the same as we treat
our own people. Place your mill
ioos in the mines or in the valleys
of the state and give employment
to our unemployed,
What a blessing Colorado would
receive if we could hear the old
sentiment expressed again, The
property owner would uote rise
in the value of his property, the
toilcr would be given an opportun-
ity to toll and the business man
would find the profit side of his
ledger in strange contrast with the
present one. Let us wake up aud
declare to the world that Colorado
is again seeking prosperity.-Den-
yer Times.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23

the responsibility of preserving
and improving the republic. are
eager TO be worthy of their coun-
try. eager TO improve, TO learn, 10
enlarge their meagre store of
knowledge. They yearu for in
tellectual food. Theirs is the
spirit that has made the nation.
that is the nations nope aud
pride.
Viewed from this standpoint the
western senator's plea takes on
pathos the more profound for its
grotesqueness.
From these western prairies of
ours have come many strange aud
fantastic ideas of government, fl
nance, political economy, in the
last few years. In one viewpoint
much of this crude thinking, or
rather effort at thinking, is at once
absurd and dangerous. But is
there not another view? In re
public is it not always encourag-
ing to find the plain people trying
to think, trying to weigh argu-
ments, theories, trying to adopt
and adapt that which seems to
them to be better than that which
they have? Is not an interest in
the public affairs, however mis-
guided, better, better far, than dull
stagnation upon which is spread
thick n rotting scum of dead ideas :?
Stagnation means decay aud
death. Struggle, even though it
be cyclouic, means life and growth
and heelth.
A people that stretches itself
weakly at the feet of n boss and
sneers at reforms aud new ideas
can i'll afford to scoru people that
is still standing erect and with
might and main and against obsta-
cles that by resistance produce the
heroic fiber is striving to think for
itself New York World,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23
THE FREE LIST.
WHY is 1T?

1t seems rather remarkable that
with the many great victories re-
ported from the Philippines. and
the large numbers that have been
reported as the insurgent losses,
that the rebellion still continues.
The. question arises whether OF
not the reports are strictly Y accur-
ate, or whether there are many
more warriors in Aguinaldo's Is
forces than is generally supposed
1t is no uncommon thing to hem
of battle which resulted in the
wounding of two or three Ameri-
cans, while the rebel loss in killed
and wounded was as many hun
dred Looks very much as il
there were a chance for reason
able doubt in the matter Evi-
IDENTITY someone's estimates OF
losses are much at fault, or else
conditions on the island of Luzon
are not MS we understand them
here in this neck of the woods,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23
Pathos From The Prairies.

Some of the newspapers are
still laughing at that western sem
ator who in the closing days of
the session of the Congress asked
permission to put into the Con
gressional Record large mum Der
of speeches delivered in various
parts of the country on Lincoln
Day. He said that his constitu-
ents were fond of reading speeches,
that they were so situated that
they, could get little to read, and
that the Congressional Record,
sent free by their congressman and
senators, was the main article of
their intellectual diet.
There is something grotesque in
the thought of population masti-
eating with any degree of satisfac-
tion the sawdust-like resultant of
the grinding congressional and
post-prandial windmills, But
does not another thought rise TO
drive away the laugh?
Picture these vast prairies with
their sparce sprinkling of dreary
villages. Picture the people. their
hard, monotonous lives. their pow
crty, their remoteness from the
centres where books and maga-
zines and reviews and vigorous
newspapers are to be had almost
for the mere extending of the
hand. Remember that these men
and women, these boys and girls,
are Americans, bred to the Ameri-
can tradition, filled with that rest
less American passion for pro
gress, for improvement, for get
ting on in the world" that has in
three brief generations transform
ed this Republic from a poverty
stricken strip along the Atlantic
coast to ''the observed of all OBJ
servers in the concourse of the
nations.
These brothers and sisters of
ours on the prairies, these fellow
citizens of ours, fellow-sharers in
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23

WHAT an average boy is worth
has been definitely determined in
suit brough against the city of
Elwood, Ind. by father, whose
eight-year old boy was drowned
there in ditch. The jury h,d to
figure out the financial value of a
boy from 8 years to 81. They
place his earnings between S to 10
years at 10 cents week, and the
cost of keeping him at So cents;
from 10 to II earnings 10 cents,
keeping Sl.25; from II to II earn
ings 81, keeping 50; from Is to Is
earning So, keeping 81 %; from
Is to q earning Sc, keeping 81
making in all 1899 net. The value
of a girl has not yet been judicially
determined, says the Boston Globe.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23

"A YOUNG lady advertises thus in
an India paper: i am n bcauti-
ful young woman with cloudlike
hair howarufnce uillow-likew waist
aud crescent eyebrows. | have
enough property to walk through
life hand in hand, gazing at flow
ers through the day and the moon
at night. If there is a gentleman
who is clever, learned, handsome
and of good taste, | will join with
him for life and share the pleasure
of being buried in the same grave.
Here is chance for some nice
young fellow who desires post
mortem slumber under the most
charming conditions remarks the
Denver Postscript man. How
about ante-mortem conditions?
Guess they wouldn't be so bad.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23

The campaign here in Florence
is a remarkably quiet one this
spring. and it looks now as if the
election would be conducted strict
" upon the merits of the candi-
dates, rather than upon the rant
ings and rawlings of professional
politicians. 1t is n very desirable
state of affairs, as under such con
ditions there will be no doubt of
the election of the men who are
best qualified to hold official posi-
lions.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-23

The average merchant will get
angry if you tell him you don't be-
lieye there are any good reasons
why people should patronize him
in preference to his competitors.
Thus aroused he will pour out rea-
sons good reasons. too-enough
to fill a book. But it rarely occurs
to the average merchant to give
the public those reasons in his nd
vertising. He doesn't seem to re-
alize that such is the best sort of
advertising -the only sort of adj
yertising that is real advertising.