El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-30

exhausted by the daughter in the eff
fort to learn whether his father was
alive or dead, and she has spent the
past three months in Phoenix and vi
thing of him. John Parr lived for
twelve years at Tom bstone and three
years at ella Bend. He was tall
man, about Is years of age in 1906
Tombstone Prospector.
The territorial medical examining
board has been reOrgaufzed by the Sc
| lection of DR.. D. M. Purnam as prest-
| dent and DIR. @. D. Belden as secretary.
| The other mem bers of the board are
low, of Tucson, and DR.. Wood, of
Jerome.
It is reported that the new Santa
Cruz County boundary line takes in
part of Cochise County. The act de-
fning the boundaries of the new county
does not mention Cochise County, but
| from description it is not known
| whether the line takes in q slice of
| Cochise or not.
The Canadian tug-ofwar team which
participated in the contest recently
| held at the O'Neill hall, announces
| that it will challenge any of the teams
that competed in that event the Amer
lean team preferred, for $500 eide or
| any sum greater than that amount
Phoenix Herald.
The immense steel bridge construct
ed across the Colorado river at this
point by the Southern Pacific is one of
the finest bridges on the entire sys-
tenn. It was completed last week, and
during its construction, traffic was not
delayed one minute. The total cost
| Was &2S0 00l Yuma Eantina1
The boilermakers employed in the
construction of the new standpipe at
the city waterwOrks have struck for
higher wages. The employees wanted
them to accept the eastern wage rate
which is So per day but they want the
Tucson rate of 81. The matter will
probably be adjusted in a few days.
| Tucson Citizen.
Mexico.
Considerable interest Is taken in
baseball.in Monterey.
The police made another capture of
counterfeiters on Tuesday, in the Pla-
zuela de San Antonio, Tomatlan. The
coiners, two in number, were taken to
Belem, together with their implements
and a quantity Of spurious coin.
| A number of antique utensils and Or
naments were discovered while making
excavations on the Huerra hacienda
near More'ia. The owner of the ar
ticles found to the Michoacan muse
um. The articles in question have ex-
cited much attention, owing to their
similarity to some recently received
from Oaxaca.
Salvador Cancino has informed the
Mexico city council, on behalf of the
Mexican Electric company that the in
stallatiOn of lights on the streets that
have hitherto been without this i'm
provement, will be completed by the
last week in March on which date the
light can be used. The company re-
ceived an extension OF time OF two
months in which to finish the work,
owing to the non-arrrival of material
from Europe.-Ex.
The equipment of the car lines of
Mexico City and the Federal District
for electric traction is well under way,
and the first twenty-five miles will pro-
badly be in operation in about six
months. The advancement in this
line at the capital seems to be squirting
on other Mexican cities to something
better. Improvements are being made
and new lines of street railway built at
several points.-Modern Mexico.
Juan Goldman, who was arrested
and confined in Belem in Mexico City
his brother-ip-law, Julius Meyer, 9
/: haberdasher on San Francisco street
, was promptly released on bail. There
have been differences between these
relatives for some time, owing, as
Goldman alleges, to the unwillingness
8 of Meyer to repay q sum OF $4,000
7 which it is claimed Meyer borrowed
which the latter was unfortunate iu
= not making DrOmiSOrV nOte.-EX