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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
Welded
BY WIRE
The Romantic Conclusion Of
The Courtship Of a
Trooper.
WINS A KENTUCKY GIRL
Novel Scheme Of a Brave
American Soldier Who
Could Not Get a
Furlough.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-A special to tn e
Miss Lizzie luminous of this city and
TrooperSam Wheeler, atFort Wingate,
N. NJ, were married by telegraph.
A year ago both lived in Winchester.
Wheeler enlisted in the United States
regular army. He was transferred
made a trooper IN the Ninth cavalry
and was stationed at Fort Wingate.
He corresponded with the girl and
she promised to go to him and be
married. He sent her sufficient mon
ey for railway fare, but Joseph Hum
mans, the father, refused to let her
go. Wheeler tried to secure q parole
and failed.
The young soldier confded In Chap
lain Forster of the fort. Then the
scheme of subjecting electricity to love
was thought of. The plan was tele-
luminous, the girls father, approved
it.
A through circuit was established
over the company's wires between
Winchester and Fort Wingate. Rev.
S. P. Young of Winchester officiated
for the bride at this end of the wire
and Chaplain Forster acted in a like
capacity for the groom. The only wit
ness was the brides father, who gave
her away. The ceremony cost the
young couple for telegraph tolls s26. so.
After the ceremony the bride departed
for New Mexico.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
Surprised BY A Band OF Filipinos
In Manila,

MANILA, Dec. 30.-Half a dozen
American signal corps men were sur
prised by band of insurgents, num-
bering 200 meu, Thursday at TeIevers.
east of Tarlane. A fierce fight follow
ed, which resulted in the death or
capture Of four of the men. Two of
the men managed to escape and made
their way to the American lines.
The Filipinos in small bands are
harassiug the Lingsyen coast from
Vigan to San Jacinto. A column of
troops has been sent to capture or dis-
perse the rebels. Lieut.. Gilmore and
his men are still in the hands of ihe
inauroents
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
GAGE TO RESIGN
Rumor OF Change In Cabinet Ap
pears To Have Found alton.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-There is
much talk in official circles of another
change in the cabinet in TIE near fu-
ture. 1t is said that Secretary Gage is
likely to resign before the winter is
over. What gives color to the rumor
ia the way in which it is discussed
among men known to be friendly to
the administration and on terms of in
timScy at the white house
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
DULL ON CHANGE

Brokers Indulge In Horse Play.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-General, ,dullness
prevails in all commodities. The
brokers are giving up their time to
football and general horse play. The
session hour was shorter than usual
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
FOUR KILLED
BY the Explosion OF Boiler At
ElfZdbethtOwn,N N. j.

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. 3O.--By the
explosion of boiler near Elizabeth
town this morning four men lost their
lives. The names of the dead are:
w. Sher balm, Donald Haldeman, Burt
Harris, coIored; unknown Italian.
The victims were employed by the
The body OF an Italian was found $50
feet from the scene of the explosion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
PRINCE DETHRONED
For Murder BY Order Of the En-
DerOr.

BERLIN, Dec. 3O.-Prince Arenberg,
who murdered his half breed servant
In Cameron, has been thrown into pri
son by order of the emperor, who is of
the opinion that the sentence by court
martial Is not sufficiently severe.
The prince will be retired.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
LAWTON FUNERAL
Held In Manila Today - Remains
Transferred To the Transport

MANILA, Dec. 30.-The public fune-
raj of General Lawton was held today
just previous to the transferance of the
remains upon the transport Thomas
The services, which were conducted by
Chaplain Pierce, were impressive.
The funeral cortege passed from San
Mateo cemetery to the wharf, part of
the Eighteenth infantry, Fourth cav
airy and Taylor's battery acting as es-
cOrt
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
POPE ON CLASSICS
Not To Be Taught In r oman Catho
lie Schools.

ROME, Dec. 30.-The pope today
confirmed the report of the Congrega-
tion of Propaganda against the teach
ing OF classics in the schools.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
KIPLING ILL

Suffering From Influenza dt Briuh-
ton, England.
BRIGHTON. Eng, Dec. 80. -Rudyar rd
Kipling is i'll here with influenza.
1t was Just about q year ago that
Ktpling had a narrow escape from
death from pneumonia in New York.
He never fully regained his health
after his illness and the present attack
of influenza is likely to prove serious.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
CONSUL HAY
sails For His New POST Today.

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Albert Hay,
American consul at Pretoria, South
Africa, sailed from South ampton this
afternoon on board the steamer Moor.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
COLD In CHICAGO
Mercury Drops To Three Degrees
Below Zero This Morning.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-Ths mercury
dropped to 3 degrees below zero.here
this morning.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
Metal Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Copper dull
S164 silver 5S4; lead AS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
No PAPER On Monday.

Monday being New YEARS. day no
paper will be Issued from the Office of
the HERALD.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
Personal.

The sudden death of ex-Attorney Gen
eral Garland recalls the fact that about
two months ago he said to ex-Judge
Henry w. Scott in the United States SUI
preme Court: at has been over forty
years since 1 argued my first case. Moth
ing would please me better when my time
comes to die than to be stricken right
here, in this court room, in the midst of an
argument. That would be a fitting eli
max TO my career"
When the Prince of Wales first bought
Sandringham it had on it only one church
in anything like good repair-the church
which stands within the park gates and
which the pious hands of the Princess
have done TO much to adorn. One by one
the little group of other village churches
have been restored, last of all that OF
Shernbourne. which the Prince and Prin-
cess, together with the Duke ana Duchess
of York, attended, at the reopening ser
vice, the other day. From first to last
the Prince has spent over $1,000 on tn
Improvement of the churches on his Nor
folk estate
The elder Sothern once saw notice in
a country inn that a convention of clergy
men was to meet there the next day. Each
clergyman upon arrival received a note
signed with the landlords name, request
ing him to say grace al dinner, the signal
to be bell rung in the Office. Sothern had
noticed that the landlord sounded a bell
every day as the guests seated themselves
for dinner. Everything went off to Soth-
ern's complete satisfaction. The bell
rang and up rose every clergyman and
began grace, then stopped looking ask
ance at each other. Some began again,
some sat down and got up again. The
scene for some minutes was one of con-
fused bobbing up and down, with nut
terings. The landlord stared in astonish-
ment, and Sothern put on a look of polite
anxiety and surprise. He afterward ex-
pressed sympathy with the landlord in his
anger, but left the inn that day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
UNDER YOUR OWN VINE AND FIG
TREE

There is not a more delicious fruit than
the fig; not the over-sweet, preserved ar
ticle of the grocery stores, which tastes
as much like any other sweet thing as it
does like its natural self, but the delicate
delightful fruit fresh from the tree. There
are several varieties of the fig which thrive
well in this latitude, and there is no better
place for a fig tree,~or several of them if
there is space enough, than in the house
garden or the back yard.
A cutting from an old fig tree placed in
the ground this month, and transplanted
next fall, if it has taken root, will bear
fruit in two or three years. In some cases
where the cutting has been well selected
and especial care has been taken with the
roofing and transplanting, the young tree
will bear the first year In making cut
tings care should be taken to get branches
of new wood with three or four inches of
old wood attached Cuttings should be
placed in trenches, slightly sloping, in any
good soil, and covered well. There are a
number of fine fig trees in this city, and
the owners of them would no doub. give
cuttings for the asking. If rooted cut
tlngs should be desired, however, they
may be obtained from any nursery at very
moderate prices. The hardest and most
prolific figs for this climate are the ''Celes-
tial," or sugar fig and the blue Genoa"
or blue fig. There are several other vari-
cites which do well, but these are the most
reliable. as they are likely to stand the
coolest winters we have. The fig is not
only a delicious fruit, but 1t Is heaItnIu.
Every garden and yard in Savannah
should have one or more fig trees in il.
What has been said Of figs is true also
of The scuppernong grape. There is no diff
ficuty about getting layers or young
vines, and they will thrive in any corner
of ground and stand any kind of weather.
The scuppernong could be grown with
pleasure ana profit in the place of much
of the useless stuff which is now planted
for ornament The foliage of the grape is
beautiful from early spring until late fall.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
A Lodgeroom story.

About the best lodge room story that has
appeared in the papers for long time is
told by the Paris Kentuckian-Ci Citizen.
That paper says:
IAN amusing incident happened at the
Masonic lodge in this city on December
81 and it has just leaked out. Tuesday is
the regular meeting night Of the A. O. L.
VS., and W. G. Swearingen, who had
only attended two meetings of his lodge
since his initiation, concluded to attend
on the 9th. AT o'clock he was on hand
and a few minutes after the lodge was
called to order. He noticed that the
brothers all put on white aprons. and he
put on one, TOO. He didn't remember ever
seeing this done i'm his lodge before, but
as he had not attended for some time
concluded that it was something new. The
lodge was declared open for business, and,
when the presiding officer asked Brother
Wallace Mitchell if all present were en-
titled to remain, he said they were. Bust
ness proceeded, the election of officers
took place Brother Swearingen voted, and
the meeting finally adjourned Walking
down street Brother Swearingen met
Brother William Schrote and told him
about attending a meeting of the Work
men. Brother Schrote said he was mis-
taken; that there had been no meeting
of that lodge. Brother Swearingen was
willing to back up his words with 81 bet
which was readily accepted, and when
Brother Schrote told Brother Swearingen
that the Workmen had given up the lodge
room for the night to the Masons on ac-
count of its being St Johns day Brother
Swearingen was shocked, and was willing
TO bet that he was the only man that
ever attended a Masonic meeting before
he had been initiated"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
BRIGHT BITS.

-Grimson-"What Is the matter with
Flubsey? 1 never heard a man talk as fast
as he does" -
Hapley-"Yes, he has. begun to take box
ing lessons. "-E5osten Transcript.
Pretty strong-"Then I told him what
1 thought of him."
''In good plain language, presume?'
''Well, yes. In fact some of my express
ions were positively military. "-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Place for Him.-Flrst Manager
why did you advise that fellow to go into
a stock company? He is no actor
Second Manager-'Can't act a bit more
to go to a stock company. Detroit Free
Press
-Ethel-"Why. what's the matter, Ger
trude%
Gertrude-"Oh. nothing. Only Jack and
l had a quarrel the other day, and 1 wrote
and told him never to dare to speak or
write to me again-and the wretch hasn't
even had the decency to answer my letter"
Punch
-Apprehensive.-'I most strenuously OBJ
ject," said Senator Sorghum, TO the insin-
uation that ever bought my seat in the
Senate"
1T is rather embarrassing"
Il should say so. A lot of fellows who
would stand by me on general principles
win hear about il. And then maybe they
won't vote for me unless l pay en-
Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
"Eny meme miny mo,
Catch a niger by che toe.
Egregious Errora.

The following oddities, according to the
London Telegraph, among many others
reached Vienna editorial office in 1898:
The post-mortem examination showed
that the unfortunate cir. was a teachers
daughter"
when the house-maid entered the bed
room at the usual hour she found her mas
ter already corpse. Soon afterward he
withdrew altogether from the political
arena"
THE gas lamps, which at this time were
not yet lighted, made the streets appear
still darker"
Death trod with rough hand this tender
blossom"
Upon the grave stood cross rusted by
the tooth of time"
THE laurel wreath upon the head of Mr.
Reimers has hit the right nail upon the
head"
1.-THE new political current failed to take
root in this district
The happy moment is not always seized
20 grasp the wheel of Time by the fore
lock-"
Near the child lay an old man stand
ing by the edge of the grave"
In this question the steps of the gov
eminent go hand in hand with the manu-
facturers.'
The hinges on which this affair turns
are too transparent"
when the doctor arrived he found the
platform covered with blood-the passen-
| ger had been bruised on the forehead"
"Grunenthal was born at SchIaden in
| 1888, and up to this time had been I'M
| known to the police"
Amid tears and sobs the coffin was low
cred. The priest had opened an umbrella. -
The hall divided itse.f into two par
ties"
"Cupid's arrow few from one end of the
| hall TO the other, and lodge in the heart
| Of visitor, the butchers apprentice.
| Franz Spath. lodging at Emanuel Schwarz
| No. 20 Johanna street"
so he hurried away, the cowardly muir
derer, with Gains mark upon his brow
! pursued by the Eumenides and two police
| consta bles."
| 1t is a unique specimen, of which an
| example is to be seen at the exhibition"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
Ships at Sea.


Clara W. Williams, in the Boston Tran
script.
oh, many ships have 1 at sea
That sailed away long years ago.
Some day they're coming back 10 me
But when and how l cannot know
Sometimes 1 wander on the shore.
And watch the far horizon dim.
Where vanished in those days of wore.
My argosies so fleet and trim.
I scan with eager eyes the waves
That dance and sparkle in the light.
vision fair my fond heart Graves,
Alas no sail Is yet in sight!
Outlines I find upon the sand
A broken plank, shattered spar,
A bent and rusty iron hand
Oh, voiceless tale Of wrecks afar.
Then anxious fears crowd in my breast.
And veil the sunshine In the sky.
Shall thus my good ships end their quest?
Shall this their fate be by-and-by?
o friends with ships far out at sea,
That sailed away so long ago,
Some day they're coming back to thee.
But when and how we may not know,
Perchance with sail all rent and solled.
Battered and bruised thy ships may be,
OF beauty and grace they may be de-
spoiled.
Heavy and slow they may come to thee.
But come they morning, noon or night
With flying colors or broken mast,
Our hearts will cry with a thrill of delight,
Thank God that our ships have come at
lastg'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01

Ohio, like South Carolina. has a new
law which provides that when person
suffers death at the hands of a lynching
mob, the next of kin or heirs of the victim
may recover from the county pecuniary
damages in the sum of 5000 The first
case under the new law in South Carolina
was tried a month or two ago. and the
verdict was in favor of the county. This
occasioned some rather tart criticisms
from the Northern and Western newspa-
per press. The first case under The new
law in Ohio was tried a few days ago, and
as Ia the South Carolina case, the verdict
was in favor of the county. We shall now
await with interest the comments of the
Northern and Western newspapers upon
this Ohio court and jury. The lynching
upon which the Ohio suit was based will
be remembered as the Click Mitchell
lynching, in which the negro was taken
out and killed in the streets of the town of
Urbana, before an audience of 1000 per-
sons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
HE CHANGED HIS POLICY.

There has never been any doubt in the
minds of those who have noticed the Pres
idents utterances carefully respecting the
PHILIPPINES that he did not favor demand
Ing all of the Islands when the peace pro-
tocol was drawn. Il is not certain that
he would have insis cd on having the island
of Luzon If Spain had vigorously objected
to giving il up. The correspondence be-
tween him and the peace commissioners
after they had arrived at Paris shows
that even then he was thinking only of in
sisting upon having the island of Luzon.
1t was the representations made by the
commissioners that induced him 10 go to
the extent of demanding all Of the islands.
Besides, he felt that in demanding them
he would be sustained by a great majority
of The people. He had visited the West,
pines, particularly when he referred to
the necessity for keeping them, were
vigorously applauded. If he had
doubted that public sentiment was in favor
of holding all of the islands he never
would have permitted the peace commits
sioners TO demand all of them.
1t is probable that ne guaged public
sentiment correctly when he decided that
il would be popular to hold all of the
islands. There has been a marked change
in public sentiment however, since then.
The people have studied the Philippine
question, and they cannot see where the
benefits are to come from to compensate
them for the lives they viii have TO sac
rifice and the money they will spend if 1t
is decided to retain permanent possession
of the islands. If the President had stuck
to his first impression as 10 what our
course should be with respect to the Phil
ippines our position there would be much
more satisfactory than il is.
1t is the understanding that the Presi-
dent hesitated about sending the CORE
spondence to the Senate, and would not
have done so, in all probability, if he had
not believed that to withhold 1t would tend
to make enemies for the treaty. 1t is
true. of course. that the correspondence
was called for by those senator's who are
opposing the treaty, but the Withholding
of it might have Influenced some of its
lukewarm friends against it. If we had
taken only Luzon we would have
very little trouble with the Filipinos at
this time, though at some future time the
condition of affairs in the other Islands
might have caused us trouble
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
IMPORTANCE of GOOD JURIEs

In the despensaton of justice and mercy.
which are due alike to the community and
to the defendant charged with crime, there
is no more important element in a trial
than the petit jury. With his twelve peers
always rests the defendants character.
and with them, too, rests the protection
of the citizen from the fraud and malice
and passion of the criminal. The neces-
sity, therefore, of having juries composed
of men who are above the suspicion of
prejudice or politics, is by the thoughtful
mind readily recognized.
Many have been the favorable comments
of those who have had occasion to come
into contact with the United States Court
for this district, upon the composition of
the juries there selected to hear and pass
upon the cases brought before them.
There the jury box is carefully prepared,
and every man whose name is found upon
a slip within 1t is a man who has a rec
ognized standing in the community. From
that box the names are drawn just as they
come to hand, and in each instance there
appears before the court men well quail
fed to pass upon any case that may be
brought before them, be it of civil or Grim
inal nature. The jury which was assem-
bled yesterday to hear and pass upon the
charges of counterfeiting against the de-
PENDANT Henley was a remarkable in
stance in point, but only one of many
which may be noted during a session of
the district court.
The court may well feel a pardonable
pride in having to aid it in the transac-
ton of business such juries as are thus
secured. The result is assuredly a min
imum of reversals by appellate courts,
and indeed in Judge Emory Speer's court,
extremely few of such instances can be
cited, either in cases where a refusal of
new trial followed a jury's verdict, or
where the decision in a case has come
directly from the bench itself. This court
has been an important factor in teaching
TO the community in which it's influence
has been exercised a true and proper re-
spect for the law as it is found upon the
statute books, and with its teachings have
also come, in many instances where it has
not been before, a proper reverence for
the constitution under which every citizen
of the union lives and enjoys his free
dom.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-01
rHn WAN COMMISSIONS REroRT.

I " All H
The New York Herald publishes what it
asserts is "a reliable forecast" of the find
irgs of the commission which is invest-
eating the conduct Of the war with Spain.
The report is now being prepared. It may
be true that the Herald has been suf-
fciently enterprisng to get a forecast Of
the report before it has been finally acted
upon by the commission, but the chances
are that its article is made up of sur
misses, and deductions from utterances Of
commissioners in private conversations. If
what the Herald says is correct, Gen,
Miles fares pretty badly at the hands of
the commission. 1t puts on him, to a
considerable extent, the responsibility for
the sickness which prevailed in some of
the home camps because he selected the
camps in which there was the most sick
ness, and he failed to report that bad
beef was being served to the army and
that 1t made the soldiers i'll.
The commission does not find any foun-
dalton for the charges which have been
made against the Secretary of War, and
II gives the quartermaster general and the
ccmmissary general high praise for the
very efficient manner in which they have
conducted their respective departments.
The only officers criticised unfavorably are
Gen. Mics, Inspector General Brecken-
ridge and Gen. Sternberg of the medical
department. The beef which was served
10 the army is pronounced 90 have been
all right-that in cans, as well as that
which was refrigerated. The only beef
which was treated with acids was a small
lot on one of the transports which sailed
from Tampa, and it was not part of the
government stores. 1t was owned by
private party and was put on the trans
port as an experiment.
If the report is what the Herald says
it is IL will cause a great deal of COM
ment. 1t was supposed by a large part
Of the public that the Secretary of War
would be quite severely criticised for the
selection Of certain camps and for the lack
of supplies of one kind and another and
for the sickness which prevailed in the
camps. 1t seems, however, that he is COM
pletely exhonerated. The forecast, wheth-
er it is correct or not, will increase the
interest in the forthcoming report.