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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
SPALDING SOUIBS
Rain Badly Notwithstanding in
progress.-Hdy Crop Abundant
gathering SteerS.-6rasshop-
e r.InVaSiOn.

Gathering Steers.-6rasshop-
per Invasion.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
SPALDING, N. NJ, Sept. 22.-Rain,
rain, rain. Yes, let it rain. The dry
est fall known for some years is upon
US. report range needing
rain very badly, and unless it does rain
very soon feed for stock is going to be
scarce during winter months and
early spring before grass comes again,
though feed for The present ia plentiful
and stock are looking we'll and under
more favorable circumstances would
be in splendid condition to enter upon
a evere winter If need be.
To live in this vicinity at present
would very forcibly remind of liv-
ing in Iowa or Indiana. The hum,
hum, hum of numerOu moving me-
chimes, the rattle of the hay rake
and b click of the hay presses is to
be heard upon every side, from early
morn till dark.
The farmers are taking advantage of
the present dry spell and are certainly
making hay while the sun shines.
The hay crop for this yea is reported
to be large, considering the scarcity of
rain during the summer months, and
to be of good quality, exceptionally
free from weeds. Good native hay is
demanding q good price.
Cattlemen are exceedingly busy
branding calves and gathering steers
for October and November deliveries.
While it ia reported hat beef steers
are somewhat scarce on the range
numerous than usual. Roundup
wagous:are fitting hither and thither,
cowboys are happy, branding irons are
hot. Consequently calves are looking
for the nearest way to the hills.
The grasshopper plague seems to
have struck this section of the coun-
try. They have not been known to be
so for years; they are
travelling In droves, cleaning up every
thing before them and in consequence
crops of all kinds and truck patches in
their path have suffered severely from
their ravages. They seem to be o
ing In q sOutheasterly direction and it
appairs that they are the largestof the
species seen here, some OF them meas
uring three inches in length and their
appetites seem to be in proportion to
their size, from the devastation left be-
hind them.
The ST. Louis Globe Democrat re-
Gently contained q receipt for poison
or discovered that the dead grasshop-
pers we're readily devoured by the
live ones. 80 he took twenty dead hop
pers and dipped them in a weak solu-
tion of Paris green; then there were
200 hoppers ate of those twenty and
they all died: and there were 1000
ate of those 200 and they all died; then
something like SO, 900 grssshoppers ate
of the 1000 and they all died: and SO on.
And 30 the writer has been wondering
how it was possible for all these we
have here to have escaped that farmer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Further Action in the Matter
of Exchanging Annual
Passes Between Roads
ALL WILL BE CUT OFF
Sixty per Cent of the Railroads,
Representing 100000 Miles,
Vote Against Issuing Any Passes,
Union Pacific Decides to Become
Modern Mexican National Ex-
tension-Railrodd News of a
General and Local Nature.

It is probable that after January l,
two hundred thousand or more rail-
road employees in the United States will
pay fare when travelling over any but
the respective lines on which they are
employed. Not only are all railroad
men to be barred from q time IGNORED
privilege, but every body else, not ex-
cepting the Influential shipper, will be
forced to pay for tickets.
At q meeting of ia committee repre-
senting the six largest railway systems
in the country in Chicago Wednesday,
it was decided to recommend to q gen.
eral meeting of officers OF all the roads
west of Chicago, to be held In St. Louis
October 10. an entire abolition OF pass
es and all forms of free transportation.
The only exception to the radical &C.
ton is employees travelling on business
for their respective companies.
This is the most radical and sweeping
move affecting transportation ever
made by railroad managers. Not only
is the pass to be q thing of the past in
the territory west of Chicago, but to
be eradicated in all parts of the United
States. The committee has been work
ing on the question for five or six
months, and the action was the
result of careful consideration.
Early in June the committee sent out
queries to the president of every rail-
road in the country, asking au express
sion OF the proposition to 90 away
with free transportation, including n
nual passes exchanged between the Of
fcers of different roads and Ell DlOyes.
OF l2OO, 600 miles of railroad in the
United States, 10000 we're voted in
favor of the proposition. Managers OF
the remaining 80, 900 have not replied
or remain non-committal. 1t was On
this vote that the committees action
was based. Conferences of the ex-
ecutive officers OF all railroads are to
be held in different sections of the
country, to al definite action on the
question. All these meetings., I'M
doubtedly will take place in the esrly
part of December.
1t is estimated til at out of the entire
number of railroad employees, zoe, 600
are given annual passes over lines on
which they are not directly associated.
1t will add millions of dollars to the
t~rea-uries of the transportation COM
panies.
Following are the members OF the
committee that is responsible for the
proposed abolition of the pass.
Vice President Earring, of the Mil
waukee & st. Paul
Vice President Morton, of the Santa
Fee.
President Burt,o the Union Pacific.
Vice President H~arahan, OF the IL
lipois Central.
Vice President Ramsey, of the Wab-
ash.
Vice President johnson, of the
Rock Island.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
EVENTS in MEXICO.
Spanish Paper Says United States
Can Not Consistently Offer As
slStanCe to the TrdnSYdaI.

A Mexico City dispatch says:
Mrs. Disz, wife of the president OF
the republic, will not be able to accom-
pany her husband to the United States,
being still under the care of her physi-
clans and forbidden to take any exer-
else.
1t is great disappointment both
to her and to the president, IS she has
lived 10 the United States and speaks
English we'll, and Americans in Mex
leo, who hold her in the highest es-
TEEN, had hoped she would be strong
enough for the journey; but today the
physicians in attendance on the dis
tinRuished patient said it would be inn
possible for her to make the long and
exhaustive journey.
President Diaz will make his trip to
Chicago in palatial style. Having
been granted twenty days leave Of
the Chicago festival, he has been
awarded 800 900 out of the national
treasury to meet expenses incident to
the journey.
Friendship to the United States is
strikingly shown in this action, follow
ing so closely upon the unanimous vot.
ing of leave of absence. Yesterday
propriating 800. 600 for the trip. 1t
was hurried over to the senate and was
approved as quickly. There was not q
word of dissent in either branch of the
national assembly.
When it is figured that President
Diaz is thus authorized to make ex-
p~enditures at the rate of $4,000 a day
some idea of the splendor in which he
is to travel may be gained.
bining in the Bankers association for
mutual protection and assistance and
with a view of promoting sound bank
ing methods, uniform system of book
keeping, etc.
George w. Jennings has been elect
ed president of the new United States
bank which is to open for business
here the first of next year.
Correo Espanol, the organ OF the
by it's high-handed conduct in the Phi
lippines is estopped from coming to the
aid of the Dutch republic, and asks:
"How can the United States on hu-
manitariau grounds now recommend
peace to Great Britain, having itself
that argument? How can 1t
expect England not to do that which
England allowed and encouraged the
United States to do? And we say en-
ed that soon after the breaking
out of the war with
Spain Mr.. Chamberlain, the very min
lister who now wants to push
down on the Trsnsvaal, had no hesita-
tion in saying, in defiance Fof the
reserve which his official position de-
manded of him, hat the United States
ought to hold on to all the Spanish is
lands in fulfllment of that high mis-
sion of civilization which. according to
his practical theories, God has intrust-
ed to the Anglo-Saxon."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
LINK N PIN.

CURED the other day which ia too good
tt keep and these two crackerjack
railroaders were the principles. You
see Harry had been figuring with
Darby on q car of bones off his line
for St. Louis or Chicago or some other
old place outside of the far west; the
day the hoofs and horns minus the
skins were coming down the line
Harry embarked at Alamogordo for
the Pass City expecting to take in the
first show of the season which [ believe
was why Smith left Cloudcroft' or
words to thai effect.
"Well, before he got aboard of the
Northeastern flyer he wired Darby,
Your car of bones will be down TO-
night He also wired q certain young
lady as follows: will be down to-
night. Have tickets for theater. Be
prepared to co. Well, when the mes
sages were received at Ell PasO the
office kid permitted them to get wet
and blurred n the operator told him
to copy them over before delivering.
"That night Darby, sat- in his Office
until the show was nearly over fighting
icicles when he went home cussing
every employee of the E. 2. & N. E.
"And that young lady had often heard
Harry express himself in poetic terms,
but when she received the MESA &c ad-
dressed to her she sure thought Harry
had dropped to real igurative Ian
guage.
"The message to Darbyshire read:
viii be down tonight. Have tickets
for theater. Be prepared to co.
"And b one to the young lady:
Your, car of bones will be down to-
night -" 90"
''The boy got the wrong addresses on
the messages. Now whom do
you think the joke is on,
"DsrbyP
1.-THE girl?
'tThe boy?
"Harry?
"Or the car of bones, eh?"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
LUMBERMEN ARRIVE.
Laborers From Pennsylvania For
the A1amogOrdo Lumber Camps.

Forty-eight stalwart woOdsmen and
loggers from the lumber forests Of
Pennsylvania came in on the Santa Fe
this morning.
They were met at the station by L.
B. Conroy, superintendent of the Ala
mogordo Lumber Co., and 81. Alexan-
der of the E. P. & N. E. The men were
Immediately conveyed to the station of
the E. P. & N. E. and vent on to To-
boggan in charge of Mr.. Conroy.
Twenty-Five more men are expected
next week.
The men who arrived this morning
started from Crossforks, Pa. last Mon
day morning and came through 10 this
place in charge of E P. Keppler. The
men are all Americans and most of
them, Mr.. Keppler said to q HERALD
reporter this morning, W ere never be-
fore away from their native heaths,
and were SO unsopbisticated that he
came near losing q few of them en-
route.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Building Permits

Permits were issued today as fol-
lows:
Hubbell and Coles, brick. tone and
iron building corne San Antonio and
Oregon Street, t O cost 800, 600.
Paul Derr, $500 brick residence on
lots 10 and 20, block 231, Franklin
street.
Fenchler Bros, $50 brick and stone
building support on lot Is, block Ia,
Mills.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
CHAPMAN DIED
After Several. Days OF InstenSe
APOnV.
,cial Correspondence of the HERALD.

Confirmation OF the death of J. B.
Chapman, for ten years an Ell Psso
policeman, has been made. Arthur
Galloway, an employe of the Pilsres
Mining Co., now in the city. says that
Chapman died In great agony over a
month ago at the company's mines in
chihuahua, where he was Waterman.
stomach trouble, and from the fret re-
fused medical aid of any sort, declar-
ing that he perferred to die.
He became weaker and weaker, his
sufferings increasing in intensity, his
cries of agony thrilling with anguish
his comrades who could in no way sue
O him.
Death came at 4 O'Clock in she morn
ing, and on the came day he vas buri-
cOmpany's camp.
Chipman's was a familiar figure to
Ell P~asoans, and the shooting scrspe
In which he lost his left arm in 'S7
created intense excitement at that
time. It seems that q member of the
merchant police FAMED Simon walked
into John Woods place, then located
north of the present POmeroy Trans
fer Cot. stables on Oregon street, and
entered the gambling room. In the
outer room, the "Atchison Kid" was
PAoyAoS POO3 SAPSoAhS u
looking As Colts in his pistol pocket.
Simon saw this and grabbed it. Quick
as q flash the "kid' turned and drew
another gun, a Al, thrust into his belt
in front, and showed 1t in the officers
face.
Simon rave up the As, and found no
trouble In backing away. The kid"
then with one gun leveled at the Of
ficer, the other on the %barkesper AT
Woods, made for the door. AS he
stepped outside he met Chipman, re-
alize, from his star that he was an of.
ficer, and cut loose with both guns.
Chapman transporting held his left
arm with the hand leisurely erasping
lapel Cof his coat. His hand below
the elbow was chartered, and
kid" made for the river and escap-
ed.
He was never captured and his iden-
tity owe Is uncertain. Seven years
ago at a hold-up in east Ell Paso, two
men were killed by the express mes
senger, n of whom, because Of a mis-
sing finger, was supposed to be the
"Kid"-but he was subsequently, shown
to be another man.
Chapman served continuously on the
police force for ten years until about a
year ago, when he became watchmsn
for the Pilares Mining Co. de was 4S
years of age and unmarried.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Mexican National Extension.

P. Merrill Griffith, consul to Malta
moros, Mex, is reported as saying that
a prominent engineer and promoter, re-
presenting New York capitalists, has
been looking into the proposed txten-
sion OF the Mexican National railroad
beyond San Msuriel. President Diaz
has wanted a railroad along the border
for some time for military advantages.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route 10 the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Casas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1925 daily except Sundays.
J.. Z. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
To Contractors.

Tenders will shortly be invited by
the Ray Copper Mines, Ltd, Riverside
Pinal county, Arizona, for the grading
OF a narrow gauge railway. Persons
desiring to tender should communicate
with the above company, who will fur
nish any information required.
Ray Copper Mines, Riverside Pinal
county, Arizona.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Free Room.

The reading room of the Brother
hood of ST. Andrew in the parish house
next to St. Clements church on Mesa
avenue is open day and evening free.
Periodicals kept on file.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Cinnamon Arrested.

zee Do and zee Kwing were COM
mitted to Jail this morning for being
in the United States unlawfully.
Both the China boys will get q hear
ing before the commissioner in q few
days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
Merchants.

Don't place your orders for 1900
~calenders until you have seen the
elegant line of samples at the HERALD
office. Call US up by telephone and
our solicitor will call upon you.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23

Pillsbury's, Best Flour is the best in
the world, at Ell Paso Grocery Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
MOney.TO Loan.

Call on E. Sambrano, 311 Ell Paso
street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23

e Pa.o Steam Laundry. Phone At
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-12-25

His soul philosophy. Its influence reaches up the
sons Of the rich gadden the hearthstone of the poor
brings Of hope to those compelled by adverse cir
cunstances to live in squaor-even to the outcast of
society," she sits in the gded palaces of sin Christmas
day brings back the memory Of happy childhood and the
painted cheek prematurey furrowed by dissipation The
repentance may be only TRANSFORMS but are not these good
perhaps, been snned against than SHINING like
think So Even the criminal in his cell, Christmas day
recalls happy childhood and the joys of Christ
mastide.
The influence of Christmas at last converted Scrouge,
whose good change for amount he chose
to put his to- to sentiment of humanity and whole
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-12-25
AUSTIN'S HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.

AN WEEKLY.
consideration of his fellow men. Greed had choked
up all the his heart and destroyed all human
emotions He lived alone without the sottenlng influence OF
love the joyous sound of chldrens voices last the
Chrstsou that is everywhere at Christmas time found him
and the boarded gold flowed forth load Santa Claus
down with gifts for the poor He Christmas dinner with
are many scrouges the world but ali in good the in
fuence OF Christmasde will restore them to human SYM
pathy. The child will eventually control the man.
Suffer little children to come unto me was the
date of the Master Through the beautiful Christmas
obeyed Through the gladstone recoections of childhood
of glorious Christmastde humanity is made permanently
better and the moral stamina OF society is 1nvgorated
throughout all Christendom.
has a con1o,ndedly appearance
"Requiescat in pace replied the general
His sins ought to be forgiven him by this time"
through
fold of
huge Having ascertained
night aughingy suggested
should remember call
the morning and disappeared through the tapestry
am not especially coward physically but
heard host close the of the
with raspng resenu the key the
aeviated noticed that
Mephistophean looking gazing
at me in cody critical manner from
"Well here
the cavernlike o
For few minutes the
strong had undoubtedly drank
deeper than however, into that state of
half consciousness when brain so
recognition analysis In fact must have fallen
asleep but aroused with of
could define.
THAT internal turned over and settled tine
clothes around rapidly
sharp of iron substance caused
to start in bed though spring Seep
OF
the keenest
iron followed this time bv heavy re
erberating footsteps anything than SUSPENSE
terrifying its intensity jumping bed struck match 1T
the candle pulled clothing nv mouth
thrust aside
holding the candle
recesses or the
NJ
the bed chamber rejecting stimulated nv the
punch and the generals fright: when
chancng to glance observe that
position
of the niche with othe Hurredv ran INV
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-12-25

punch and he related series startling
adventures relating Otto Won the
Well boy he exclaimed last from chasI
will admit little unsteallyonigh will have the honor
sleeping the chamber tradition Of the family that
but the should his will
follow will that everything ID prepared"
him esteemed furthermore that he
excellent defunct Staufenbergs
men pledged in na Of punch Whereuon the general
seized silver candsck assembled spiral stair
that led the gallery After fumbng
in his pockets he produced With the aid united efforts
did
slowly inwards
BY the light the which through
the polished dscened
inches in the walls between of which, full length
trait Of knight lady, this said the
candle reckessy head s the gentleman talk
ing about He pointed projecting ledge above the which
sustaining bearing
plated the 18th century, huge cosshanded sword hung
from the knightly belt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
AH AFTERNOON ARREST.
ohas. smalley for Carrying Gun
 A Game of Spite.

Chas. Smalleg, eolored, who works on the Magnus pIaee, was arrested this afternoon at 2:55 charged with an assault with gun. The warrant was issued from Judge Garrett's court. The arrest was made by Deputy Constable Johnson, colored.
 SmaIley before being locked up at the jail said it was a game of spite That be rents bis place from Will liam Jones, eolored; that he has not paid his rent as yet; that be came into town today to sell his cotton, etc. His case will come up before Judge Garrett Wednesday
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

The Daily Graphic today con tains the great speech of Senator Charles J. Bronston, the free silver leader of Kentucky, delivered at Lexington last month and which created sen- saton in Kentucky politics because of its exposure of GoebeRs senato- rial and political record. The Ken lucky campaign will go into history as one of the most bitter and re. markabIe campaigns in the history of American politics, and the Graphic has secured and publishes the concluding one in this issue of two Of the most remarkable speech es delivered during that campaign, simply to shed some light upon the issues of that vehement and most remarkable contest. Those who wish 8 thorough uaders tanding of some of the issues and personalities Of the Kentucky campaign should therefore read the speech of Sena- tor BroLston which appears on page 3 of this issue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

Well, Cliff. Preckinridge always brought his figures when he "ap- preached the chairman of the Com mittee of the Whole while Congress was in the midst of tariff debate. He is the ablest man Arkansas has had iD either House. Garland except ed. Some years ago he was turned down by that constituency that is certain to be ashamed of itself be- fore it gets off the stage of action. l do not recall the name of his sue cessor fn the House
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
THAT Is AN OPINION #EX- PRESSED OF HON. c. R.
 BRECKENRIDGE.
LONG ON STATISTICS.
He Was Invaluable to His Asso- ciates on the Committees of
 Congress,
savoy ard in the oourier-JoarnaI.

SaNOS ard In the COurler-J 0urnal,
 Washington, Oct. 25.-Today l met on the street Clifton k. Breckin- ridge, late American minister to Russia He is 8 little heavier, but he appears no older than when he was the wheel-hoFse of the Ways and Means committee in the eight les. In those days his kinsmaH, ". c. P. Breekinridge, hisfriend William l.. Wilson, his mentor, John Ran doiph Tucker, could talk, and did talk free-trade on the floor of the hoHse; that was dress-parade. But when somebody, an lmpertinent chap like Dinglev, CT Kelley. or Hep burn, asked impertinent qtestions it was Cliff. Breekinridge wLo fur nished the answer. And in the aca- demic discussion he was no mean adversary, either. It is great pity that the minority of the Fifty sixth congress has no man that can approach him in the matter of statesmanshtp.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

Barren county there lived a very 5u- perior lawyer, James 4. Rosseau, a cousin of the general of that name. He was once selected as a special judge to try an important chancerY ease and beard it in chambers. 4 very promising young lawyer nam ed Aleock was the leading eounseI on one side and the late William H
 Botts was on the other The plead i8gs the exhibits, the interlocutory decrees and the depositions had been read and Alceek was arguing the ease. He had spoken about ten minutes when Rosseau interrupted him and roared out, MT. Hancock. you don't convey an idea to my mind; why the bell don't vou fetch the law when you approach the chancellol2" Two things rendered Alcock furious-one that lie was call ed Hancock and the other the roar of laughter that came spontaneous from the other lawyers present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

If you anticipate building, place your estimates with Frank J. Murray. He can furnish eY- erything from the foundation up. Good work and close mar gins IS his motto. 45