El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-03

There are also favorable prospects for
an early completion of the San Geron.
limo road.-Chihuahua Enterprise.
Mexico has already begun in a small
way TO export manufactured goods to
Central America, and it will not be
long until the manufacturing nations
find In Mexico q worthy competitor
for the trade of Latin America. Mo-
| dern Mexico.
Sunday night two travellers took re-
fuge from the rain under tree near
Salinas Victoria. The tree was struck by
lightning and both of the travellers
knocked senseless and the horse of one
of them, which had also taken refuge
under the tree, was killed on the spot.
Monterey News.
Tuesday afternoon while at work on
the streets q prisoner named Ramon
Flores, under q sentence of two years
heels and escaped. Gendsrme Simon
Hernandez, who was in charge of the
gang, now occupies cell in the place
of the fugitive Rsmon.-Two Repub-
lies.
Notwithstanding the vast amount of
work done this year by the big planta-
tions, thera has been no trouble In Sc
curing all the labor that was necessary,
but the recent talk about the various
laborers that they will require, 10 caus-
Ing the general managers considerable
snxiety.-Ex.
The Fortune family have sold the
Puebla and district street-car lines for
| the sum of $3.50, 900 to the Mexican
Street Car Co. Don Mariana Fortune,
the former manager, will devote him
self in the future entirely to the man
agement and development of his Tlax-
Gala lines which are his exclusive
property. Mexican Herald.
William Watson, whose trial came
on yesterday for an attempt to steal
SIC, 900 in bank bills from q collector at
the National bank paying window, was
sentenced by Judge Luis Lopez Masse
to four years. confinement in Belem
prison and to pay a fine of $500, or If
for one hundred days more.-Stsr of
Mexico.
The police have noticed of late the
large number of counterfeft coins and
have been on the lookout for the coun-
terfeitere. Yesterday the secret
police arrested woman by the name
of Felicitas Alvarez who had In her
possession large number of spurious
coins. She was sent to. Belem and will
appear before the First Federal court.
Star of Mexico.
The government has bought at Now
Orleans q small fotilla and the neces-
sary war material to protect the Chetu-
NAL pOntoOn, and to further the opera
tions which the national troops may
have to execute on that coast and in
the territory of the state of Yucstan.
There are to be IS vessels in this fo-
tilla. Twelve have already been ship
ped ito Mexico. The johnson Iron
Works of New Orleans has the con-
tract.-Chfhuahua Enterprise.
The presidents message shows that
the affairs of the nation are in excel
lent form; there Ia an abundant prospe-
rity. and q really marvellous activity,
every feature of which President Diaz
notes. II is brilliant and convincing
exhibit of what q Latin-Amerioan ma
ton, enjoying good government, can
accomplish, and will give encourage
ment to all friends of the country
abroad and to holders of all classes of
Mexican securities. Mexican Her.
| aid.
Advices from Simon de Guerrero
state that in the early part of last week
| in which several hundreds of miners
were working. The great flood of
water caused the walls of the mine to
| fall in several places and eighteen of
the miners we're entOmbed. An en-
gineer, seeing their danger, descended
into the mine in q slender rope. made
his way to the imprisoned men through
a flood of water and led them to the
surface above and to safety by an un-
used passage. Herald.
| During the six months from January
to June 80 of the current year, the de-
partment of fomento.disposed of nation
al or public lands, commonly called
terrenos bsldios, amounting to 1873, 100
hectares, equal to All, 1893 acres, which
produced STA, 9SS. 80, for which 1O4
titles were ISSUED to individuals and
companies. The lands thus disposed
of are distributed in the territory of
Lower California and the states of
Campeche, Chiapas, chihuahua, Du-
range, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Ia
basco, Veracruz, Yucatan, Michoacan,
Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca and Tamsulipss.
Elk.
Texas & Pacific Excursions.
Everywhere; T. & P. all summer
round trip excursion tickets to eastern
points and famous health and summer
resorts are now on sale.
National convention of the Christian
Church CincinnaE Ohm Oct0har 12fh