El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-09

over the country; in Brooklyn in the
section where the syndicate operated
business Is almost at standstill. All
the poor classes are affected directly
or Indirectly by the smash. Store
keepers say that they have done prac-
tlcally no business since Miller de-
camped. The Brooklyn police are ac-
cused OF conniving at his escape.
Subscriptions for the Dewey Arch
are coming in slowly. One explana-
ton is that while many would sub
scribe for an arch commemorative of
the army and navy, they will not give
money to erect a memorial to one man,
Dewey or any other. Another ex-
plan alton is that Tammauy. compris-
ing all the soffice holders, will not fur
Their the arch project because the or.
ganization is not recognized officially
as having anything to do with it. In
order to explain this stand it Ia neces-
ssry to say that Tsmmany takes all
the credit for the success of the Dewey
celebration and thinks that it should
have control of the arch; committee,
otherwise there is no "cspital" to be
made out of 1t. The board of alder.
men have under consid Grafton a pro-
position to change the name of Seventh
avenue above Central park to Dewev
avenue.
The greatest power houee in the
world is now in course of coustruc ton
by the Third avenue street car lines.
It will occupy two block on Ninth
avenue north of 216th street. Cables
one inch in diameter composed OF
wires one-thirty second of an inch in
diameter will transmit the power "a
voltage of 11,0OO) to the required
points. For the foundation LOGO oak
piles 40 feet long were first driven and
seven and one-half feet of concrete rest
upon the piles. In the power room
there will be Is dynamos driven by the
same number of 1000 horse power en-
eines. The coal consumption will be
$50 tous day and there is provision
for storage of 10000 tons. It is estim-
ated that the power generated at the
plant will move 200 cars sim ultaneous.
ly, carrying at given moment 1880
persons.
neaux murder case was completed last
Wednesday after the examination of
more than 400 talesmen. About IS per
cent of the talesmen were excused be-
cause they swore that they were oppos-
ed to the infliction of the death penalty
or because they would not convict on
circumstantial evidence. It is more
to suppose that there
is strong general feeling against
capital punishment than to conclude
that over two hundred men selected
from all classes would perjure them
selves to escape jury duty.
On Sunday the Rev. DR.. BENJAMIN
F. de Costa, who has been the pastor
Of one Of the largest Protestant Epis-
copal congregations in: New york for
the past thirty years, was received into
the Roman Catholic church. DR.. De
Costa resigned from his pastorste and
left the Episcopal church when Bishop
Potter admitted DR.. Briggs, the IA
NOUS "heretic." DIR. De Costa, being
married, cannot enter the Catholic
but he wished to enter the
Catholic church to emphas his oppo-
'ition to the liberal practices of the
Episcopslisns aud because he believes
that the Catholic church is the only
existing body that. can be depended
j Don to defend the Bible in its inte-
gritty. He calls it ''the Bible church."
During three notwithstanding Septem-
per 80 there were 229S buildings begun
n Greater New York, 1884 being in
Brooklyn. The difference in the two
'ities as displayed in the class of build
ngs erected is shown by the statement
that of $4,000. 900, representing the
total estimated cost of the improve
nents. S24, 900, 600 stands for the value
Of the improvements in New York.
Brooklyn continues to be a city of
homes. while New York is exter-
homes as rapidly as possible
~ the erection of high buildings, ma
,ufacturing plants. and fiat houses that
IAN never contain homes.
One OF the queerest cargoes that
,ver arrived in New York was brought
% this port by the steamer Bulgaris
asst week. The cargo consisted of
orty cages of wild animals fresh from
heir native haunts in Asia and Africa.
Circus animals are used to being
about, but it was q new ex-