El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-13
FROM LAREDO
Trains Interrupted-Money Raised
For Long Distance Telephone
Connection.

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Connection.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
LAREDO, Texas, Oct. lot has just
| been learned that the delay to the Az
tee limited of the Mexican National
Sunday was occasioned by the cabOose
of q freight train at Palma siding be-
ing too close to the main track to
clear when the passenger train
pulled by it in the dark dark
n ~ss n nna passenger ss a p ssat9
fair speed, the caboose of the freight
train caught everything in sight as the
former passed it, tearing away part OF
the pilot aod cab of the engine, break
ing the steps and several windows of
the baggage car, and scraping the
sides and breaking nearly all the win
dOws of the sleepers and coaches.
Fortunately none of the passengers or
passenger train crew we're injured, but
the freight train caboCse was almost
completely demolished and Freight
Conductor GongOra sustained such
severe injuries that he was brought to
this city on the passenger and carried
to the home of his father-in-law, where
he is now under the company's surgeon,
DR.. Westmorelaud
At meeting of the Laredo Business
dent Villegas reported that he had
ra sed $500 in subscriptions for secur-
ing long distance telephone connection
for this city. When all arrangements
are perfected this system will have It's
headquarters 10 the Office OF the South
Western Telephone audTelegr aph COM
papy, under the man agement of Mr.. q.
Morris, the present manager OF the lat
ter corporation. A committee was ap-
pointed at this meeting to perfect
plan for tsblishing cigar factory
and steam laundry here on the capital
stock plan of weekly Or monthly pay
ments for stock gu bscribel. The stand
ing committee on entertainment OF the
club WAS authorized to cobfer with
like committee in Nuevo Laredo re-
garding the securing OF excursions be-
ween this city aud San Antonio during
the coming festas in Nuevo Laredo.
No through trains arrived here yes
terday from Mexico City or Saltillo
owing to washout in canon ten
miles south of Garcia station, which
had been flooded by the recent rains
ard two sma bridges washed away.
The repairing of the damage is some
what retarded owing to the large rocks
which were precipit ated from the
mountain sides upon the tracks in the
canon Trainmsster Taylor of this
city, who was at Monterey, at once re-
paired to the washout with wrecking
train and q large force of men, and
Supt. Galbraith and Roadmaster De-
Wolf left here on q special Sunday
night for the scene of trouble. Sunday
night the south pound train is held at
Monterey and the Mexico City north
bound train at Saltillo until the re-
pairs can be made sufficient for a trans
fer or the trains can be passed safely
over it.
A subscription OF s, 900 was raised
in Nuevo Laredo yesterday to construct
an addition to the barracks of thst
city in order that the Eleventh cavalry
command could be accommodated.
johns Eivet. school teacher % years
of age, son of Mrs. L. ]. Eivet, of Rio
Grande City, Tex, who came here
from Topo Chico springs, Monterey,
Friday last, died of meningitis yester-
day morning.
Ex-Gov. Hogg and Col. J.. A.
Robertson of Monterey were among
the through passengers north Satur-
which was attached the private car of
Vice President and General Manager
Leroy Trice, of the l. & G. NJ, Mr..
Trice having arrived here the previous
night on q tour of inspection of the
road.
Prof. A. J. Matherne. county super
intendent of schools for this Webb
county has resigned. The position
will be filed by the commissioners
court at once, the appointee to serve
until the next regular election Of coun-
ty officials takes place.
The commander of the Mexican post
in Nuevo Laredo has inaugurated 9
new idea in the management of the
troops under his command, in order to
prevent assertions, by placing a SER
geant of his company at the Iuterna-
tional bridge on the Mexican side to
make arrests of any of his force absent
without leave.
The new military band in Nuevo
Laredo gave its first concert in Main
plaza in that city Sunday afternoon,
which was heard and thoroughly Joy
ed by many of the residents of this side
as we'll as the citizens of our sister city.
The band expects to give concerts re-
gularly hereafter on Wednesday,
and Saturday afternoons in
Plaza de Mexico and on Sunday and
evenings and Sunday after
MOODS in Main plaza in Nuevo Laredo.
The Homer CLUB of this city has been
revived and will hold its first meeting
of the season at the residence of Col.
g. G. Brewster on Thursday of this
week.
LAKE VALLEY