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SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Lee Mcfarland, an Ex-Bank Cash
Ter, WIN Soon be Given His Free
dom-His Daughter Slowly Dying
From Grief.
Special Dispatch to the 1ntelllgeneer
WASHINGTON. June 27.-Among the
cases In which the executive clemency
has recently been exercised. prediction
OF which has been made in the Intelli-
gencar was that of Lee B. Mcfarland,
OF Parkersburg. President Mckinley
has communted McFarland's sentence
OF five years from February 1898, to
term which viii expire August q, OF the
present year.
The case is one in which both West
Virginia senators have been active for
more than year. The application for
lenlency was strongly endorsed by Par
kersburg citizens. Including Messrs. A.
d. White. c. H. shattuc and D. H. Leo
nard. and was approved by Judge Jack
son, of the United States district court.
The President long Intimated to the
senators that he would at the proper
time give the appeal favorable consid-
Grafton, and he has at last issued the
order for McFarland's release.
Convicted for Embszzlement,
Mcfarland was convicted for embez-
zllng the funds Of national bank. The
case is well known In West Virginia
and elsewhere.
Attorney General Griggs In HIS recon-
mendatlon, said that as soon as the de-
falcatlon was discovered, Mcfarland at
once conveyed all his property to the
bank. leaving his family destitute. Tho
bank lost nothing by his act.
McFarland's young daughter is slowly
dying by reason of deep grief for her
fathers misfortune and humiliation.
The attorney general said Mcfarland
has been sufficiently punished and that
his suffering has been great.
Word has been received here that
Stephen B. Eikins, jr, second son Of the
senator, has graduated with high hon-
ors from Yale University. receiving tho
degree OF b. A. The senator's sons are
all college bred Davis completed his
course at Harvard two years ago; Rich
ard, the third son, is in his junior year
at Princeton and Blaine, the youngest
son, Is in the preparatory department
at Princeton.
Mrs. Elklns attended the recent COM
menCement at Yale.
Elkins Assists Soldier.
By direction of Senator Elklns Mr..
C. II. Livingstone, his private secretary,
made personal appeal at the pension
office in behalf of W. H. Flasher, appli-
cant for pension. with the result that
the case was recently settled. The pen-
sIoner gets pension at the rate of IS
per month, the arrearages amounting to
about $500 Flesher was a member Of
Company !, Second West Virginia cav
airy, during the civil war
The senator has secured favorable
consideration of the application of the
postmaster at Point Pleasant. for an in.
crease of allowance for clerk hire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colin H. Livingstone
will leave here with their children to-
morrow evening for Albany, N. Y. Mrs.
Livingstone expecting to remain thers
during the heated term. Mr. Living
stone will return to Washington the lat
ter part of the week
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Troops aettlng Uncontrollable.

LONDON, June 2S.-The Lourenzo
Marques correspondent of the Times,
telegraphlng yesterday. says:
According to Transvanl advIces the
Beers are entrenchlnE in considerable
force in the Mddleburg hills. The Ir-
ish, Hollander and Italian corps are
getting uncontroIlabIe They are loot
ing stores and farm houses.
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valuable Paper Sold.

Los ANGELES, Cal, June 27-The
Express says: The Los Angeles Herald,
at present the only Democratic paper
in Les Angeles, has been sold. The
transfer Of the property viii take place
tomorrow. The new owner is news
paper man named James, of Bradford,
Pa, w. B. Harrison, local man, with
large oil interests, and Gov Henry T.
Gage. are said to be associated with Mr.
James, which would seem to indicate
that the paper Is to be changed to u
RenuiJiicnn dnIlv
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The Scale Reiected.

PITTSBURGH, Jn., June 27.-The
wage committee Of the window glass
manufacturers association OF the Uni
ted States. known as the Independents,
met here to-day with the iiatteners, The
scale presented by the latter was re-
tected by the manufacturers, who
claimed It was an advance Of from five
to eight per cent over last year. The
same scale was rejected by tho com
blne last week
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Ten Ballots for Governor.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 27.-
The Republican state convention to-
night adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing, after ten fruitless ballots for gov
ernor. The three leading candidates,
Aaron T. Bliss, OF Saginaw Justus s.
Stearns, OF Ludington, ana Dexter NJ.
Ferry of Detroit, were SO evenly
matched in the number Of their respec-
tive votes that the convention found It,
self practically Mt n deadlock, and wear
led with ballotinE, give up the strug-
gle until to- morruk.
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LONDoN-Manltou, New York.
NEW YORK-Maiestic, Liverpool.
NOTWITHSTANDING, New York for
Glasgow.
LIVERPOOTr-Lake Huron and Lake
Superior Montreal.
GLAsGoW-Buenos Ayres, Montreal;
Ethiopia, New York.
BOULOGNE - Arrived: Spaarndam,
New York for Rotterdam.
LIVERPOOL - Arrived: Teutontc,
New York, via Queenstown.
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Anti.Davtonites ITeet.

NIVIII u I5IlII NOTIGspOHutHIs
TERRA ALTA. w. Va, June 27.-The
antI-DaytOn people got together at 10
o'clock tonight, but owing to the abb
sence of delegates expected to act with
them, they adjourned until morning.
The meeting of the congressional COM
mlttee. also scheduled for tonight. was
postponed until morning. R. NJ. A.
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Root Gets a Degree,

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 27.-At
the Yale commencement exercises to-
day a number OF honorary degrees wers
conferred on various men. among them
that of IL. D. on Secretary Root, D, D.
on President Eton, OF BeloIt college,
and NJ. A. on Robert e. speer, secre-
tary of the Presbyterian board Of for
eign missions.
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Product Of Yellow Journaliem.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 27.-
The persistent rumors circulated In the
east, to the effect that Rev. j. George
Gibson, OF this city, ls dead, and that
before his demise he made n confess
sion thnt he murdered Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams the crime for
which Theodore Durrnnt was hanged,
have no foundation In fact.
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vormont Ropublicnn Tieket.

MONTPELIER, VT. June 21,-Tho
Republican state convention held here
to-day nominated the following ticket:
For governor, W. w. Stckney; lieutrn-
unt governor NJ. L. Allen; treasurer. j.
l.. Bacon: auditor, o. NJ, Barber; sec
retary Ut state, 4, A. Rowland
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MINISTERS
AND SAILORS
ENTRENCHED
@
With Peltin Relief Expedition Eight
Miles From Tisn Tsin-The La
test From Admiral Kempf.
OFFICIALS GREATLY RELIEVED
By the Report That Foreigners are
Under Guard-The Question is,
Does a State of War Exist.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 27.-The
following cablegram was received at
the navy department late this after
noon;
"CHE FOO June %.
Secretary Navy, Washington.
"Pekln force and ministers reported
with Pekiu relief expedition entrenched
eight miles from TIen Tsin,"
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YOUTHFUL MuRpERER.
Boy Jailed for Having Pushed a
Playmate In the River.

Playmate in the River.
PHILADELPHIA, June q. = Frank
Dougherty, ten years old. was com
mItted to prison to-day. without bail,
on the charge of having caused the
death of Nelson c. Mowatt, aged nine
years. who was found drowned in the
SchuylkIli river on the 23rd Of last Au-
gust. At that time 1t was supposed
that Mowatt had fallen overheard, and
the coroners jury rendered verdict Of
accidental death.
Dougherty's arrest was made on n
warrant sworn out by Mrs. AEowatt,
who charges that the young prisoner
had recently acknowledged to compan-
ions that he pushed her son into the
river The case will go to the grand
jury tomorrow.
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MANILA, June 27.-Nine of the insur-
gent leaders, including Generals Pho del
Pillar. Conception, Garcia and Alvarez,
were released here to-day upon taking
the oath of allegiance to the govern
ment and renouncing all forms Of rev0-
luton In the Philippines.
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CHICAGO. June 27.-Rev. D. n. ].
Dowling, vicar general of the archdlo-
cese of Chicago, died here to-day from
heart disease. The deceased was pas-
tor Of st. -Bridgets CatholIch church,
and was well known throughout the
country,
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Nothing From tho Missionnries,

NEW YORK, June 27.-Thora was no
cable news received to-day at any of
the headquarters of the different mis-
isonary boards regarding the situation
lnChina. Therewere many InquIriasf from
relntlyes nnd frlenda OF mlsglonnrlrs.
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20 Sticks, blowers at the Hartford city
flint glass works. David Boykins ami
Fred Sticks had their skulls fractured
and the others were dangerously hurt
They fought with iron pipes. All were
arrested. except the two with fractured
akulis
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ordnrod 10 ohinoan Wntorn.

ROME, June 21,-The Italian ermored
cruiser vettor Plsnni and the protected
cruisers stromboli and Vcsuvlo have
been ordered to Chinese wntcrs.
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B. & Q. Brakeman Drowned.

Special Dispatch to the InteIligencer.
CUMBERLAND. Nd, June 27.-Guy
Manner aged twenty-five years, Bal
timore n Ohio brakeman, of Terra Alta,
w. Va, was drowned here this after
noon.
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HARTFORD CITY. Ind, juno 27.-A
fight occurred this evening between Da-
vld Boyklns and his sons, Ernest, Wal
ker and David, jr, and Fred and Alon-
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of.Mrs, Astier and SIessrs, ossent and
Cado, who are reported as among the
foreign victims Of the boxers Their
station location was not known.
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Will Return to Congresa.

oNEoNTA. N. Y, June 2T.-The Re-
publicans of the Twenty-first district
to-day renominated Congressman John
X. Stewart.
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BERLIN. June 27.-Rcports from
Dresden say that King Albert Of Sax
ony IS suffering from cancer Of the
bladder
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break to Dayton from Marion in the
event that there Is no nomination on
the FIRST ballet. R.M.A.
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The other Side of 1t.

Emmett showalter, one OF the Mere
dth managers, makes this estimate Of
the first ballot:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
IMPORTANT BILL
Which May Distribute 100000 or
More In And Near FL paso

eff a bill now pending in congress is
successful, and il has energetic sup
port, certain residents of Ell Paso and
vicinity will be benefited to the eXteu {
of at least 5000, O00' said Issac r.
Hit of Washington yesterday.
Mr.. Hit as attorney for the Over
land Mail & Express Co, in prosecu-
ting claims against the government
under the Indian Depred ations' act,
and Charles A. Allen of Illinois, re-
presenting the government, came to
Ell Paso to take dispositions in this
case, as already stated In the herald
The bill l refer to- continued Mr..
Hit. ''seeks to abolish the amity
clause of the acs entitled the Indian
Depredations act, by striking out the
clause to the effec. that Indians must
have been al amity with the United
States at the time depredations were
committed.
Il have never baeu able to see the
justice of this Discrimination, there
fore drew this bill. II the clause
referred to Is expuuged by the adop-
tion of the new bill, then all citizens
of the United States who suffered by
Indian depreciation, whether they were
Sioux, Nsvsjos, A paches or what, NAV
recover damages after claimed losses
have been proved.
There are now pending about I 1000
claims Of this character, and the
majority do not average more than
$500"
Messrs. Hit and Allen departed for
the east'yesterday.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
For the Better Half


Good Friday morning in the old
church at Juerez Is q morning OF tense
meaning to any one who has an inter-
est in human beings and their worship
Of God. Besides the deeply sorrOwful
meaning OF the day itself to all who
have herd the story OF Christ and the
stately and significant ceremoDials OF
the day in the Church of Rome, there
10 the peculiar variation that the Mex
lean gives to the religion and its
cersmony. L. Is conmingling OF the
old world and the new; the Spaniard,
Indian and Roman all have given to-
wards this ceremony. 1t Is entirely
un-American. Many scenes during
.he mornings Ceremony are such as
are never seeain the Catholic churches
Of our own country just across the
river. Oae cannot but be reverent.
There are contrasts-homely, crude,
makeshift pomp-that might be absurd
but that during the greater part OF the
morning q llfesize figure of Christ,
bloodstained and agonized, lies on q
bier in the centre of the church and
awes and solemuizes every thing. II Is
covered, but not concealed by white
cloth which is lifted from time to time
ae the black robed women kneel TO
kiss the feet and pray. The heart OF
The spectator is heavy and one Is not
inclined TO think of the makeshifts OF
pOmp, OF the crude realism OF the
gaudy red ticking pillows that are
slipped under the head OF the ina ye,
OF the cracker boxes that are used for
Golfers, as anything but pitiful details.
Vhe Catholic church services for
molly week, so significant to those who
un5 erstsnd, going over the story OF
the last supper, the crucitixion, the
death and burial, and the resurrection,
emphasizing the darkness and sorrow,
reach the climax of their darkness and
they have gone away-the German
folk tale is that they go to Rome for q
blessing from the pope: the candles are
put cut, the altar is stripped OF its
lights aud flowers. the Host is remOv-
ed and the worlds most desolate
hour Is remembered Ia the desolatton
O. the altar.
The church is filed with kneeling
woman swathed in black, not a hutter
of the rose colored ribbons so dear to
The senorita's vanity. TIE rebosOs
are drawn closely about their faces.
10 the dark shadows OF these closely
drawn black msntles, their solemn
fsces and shsdowy eyes, they look like
Mater Dolorosas" all. For awhile
one may only see pro6les, the round OF
the cheek aud the line of the nose of
many faces. all the rest hidden by
the graceful, melancholy fOlds. The
men 10 their blouses kneel beside
their pointed sombreros and one
starts with surprise to realize
that here at the edge OF our country
are peasants. 1t is word absolutely
useless In speaking of our own coun-
trymen of any grade Whatever, no
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14

there are mul,itudes of women wills
perine their prayers and only one group
of men, so one may not conclude that
the devotion OF the men Is greater
because these few seem more rever-
ent.
While this service OF the stations is
going on and tho kneeling groups
move about the church whispering
their prayers, the men OF purple robes
go out and In. They bring back with
them a glass case, g great heavy pole.
cross piece, rude wooden table, aud
five men stagger In under stretcher
holding burden covered with a white
cloth and revealing the outline OF a
human figure. They stand waiting in
the middle OF the church holding the
Christ image until the bier is ready.
An old croue hobbies up, lifts the
white cloth and kisses the feet OF The
burden that the men bear. Soon an
elaborate bier is brought In and q
woman in melancholy black robes
wearing a scarlet scapula comes for
ward and dusts the bier carefully. The
heavy Christ figure lie laid thereon, the
cloth is taken away from the face for q
moment and terrible, suffering, agon-
lied Christ face Is seen, pillows are ad
jus.ed under the head, another cloth Is
lifted and the bloody linn bs are seen,
women creep forward and kiss the feet
L
cloths are replaced, but many women
come and tiny girls, noisy footed boys
and bent old men come to kiss the
feet. The women wrap the black
shadows of their rebosos more closely
about them and remain there praying
without ceasing.
Workmen come and thu cross Is put
together and men stagger under 1t as
they bear it forward near to the altar.
Il is slowly raised and the men sweat
and stagger while they raise it to its
place. Some of the men are hosry
headed and with bent backs and some
are supple youths. One Ia remind ed of
Rubens' picture OF the elevation of the
cross and the weary figure of Christ
tOiling under the heaviness.
When the cross was raised the men
in purple robes came down into the
body of the church aud babe the wor
shippers leave. The women who were
praying At the feet Of the Christ figure
stayed to finish their prayers. AS the
people left, they turned to one side
where on the floor was great silver
tray. Over 10 hung an Ecce Homo
and as they dropped their pennies into
the silver tray man OF purple robes
and silver circlet swung forward some
little token aud they touched their lips
to it and left the church.
The morning of Good Friday was
thus ended at noon. A curious and
intensely Interesting morning. To the
student OF men and their religion it
was carious and pathetic to see the
simple but infinitely sorrowful story of
the cruciixion as Ii is represented by
Cath olicism modified by these Mexican
peasants. They are patient, logged,
submissive and demonstrative like til g
Latin race. The Spaniard yet lives in
them but the baby whose beady eyes
shone out from the sh adows Of the m 9th
er's reboso, might have been a pure and
primeval savage of the forest, so
strongly does the Indian blood show.
Maturity seems to lessen the Indian
look of these people but the Aztec
fingers In the blood and shows forth
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14

matter how rude Or heavy may be their
work, but the shOck-headed Mexican Ia
the blouse kneeling on the floor, his
face turned towards the altar, his SOM
brerO on the HOor beside h1m,ls typl-
cal peasant.
Some score of men IN purple robes
and with heads bound with circlets of
braided silver, stand without the
chancel rail and assist with the SER
vice They form an aisle to the
chancel and the worshipers slowly
proceed through the aisle they make,
TO the rail and away again. Six little
acolytes stand IN solemn row within
| the rail, q priest in a robe OF white
lace over his black gown, great black
cross on the chasuble over his back,
intones prayers, and incense floats
through the church. Two or three
tiny sweet violets In the chubby brown
hands of q beady eyed baby, scent a
little spot in the church and are token
of Natures Easter incense that is aris-
log from the good earth and the new
life of trees and plants.
The priest comes outside of the rail
lifts crucifx up before'the people,
and then there Is the procession away
from the altar.
First comes youth In purple robes
who swings an enormous wooden rattle
or clack er-the bell is not rung in this
service of Good Friday. He clears the
way and announces the coming OF the
priest with the Host. Altar him
comes the little crucifer with the sill
YER cross glinting in the sunshiIe.
ttea come candle boys and
csnser boys and then four
more purple robed men upholding a
white canopy under which the priest
walks, informing prayers all the while.
The rest of the men OF purple robes
follow after and the procession goes to
the end of the church, leaves the Host
there and returns. The priest leaves
the canopy at the chanoel rail, enters,
reads some prayers at the Virgins
shrine and then with his acolytes de-
parts from the church.
When the priest Is gone the candles
of the altar are all put out, the yucca
flowers are taken down and all the
trappipgs are put away. The altar is
stripped and left bare and desolate.
The worshipers in the church begin to
say their"ststions". Groups of the black
robed women go from one holy picture
to another with their prayers. Some
times man prays at the edge OF the
women groups and after the station
prayers are we'll started group of men
begin and do this service. Each group
seems to follow a particular leader who
reads the prayers while the others
listen and cross themselves. AS the
men do their stations some OF them
stoop and kiss the floor in front OF the
Christ pictures. The women do not
seem to be so devout. They neither kiss
the floor, nor do they cross themselves
az carefully or so otter at the close OF
the station as do the men; however
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
A Night OF Terror.

Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow CT the brave General Burnham
OF Machias, Me-, when the rctors said
she could not live till morning, "writes
Mrs. s. q. Lincoln, who attended her
that fearful night. ''All thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but
she begged for DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, saying it had more than once
saved her life, and had cured her of
consumption. After three small doses
she slept all night, and its further use
completely cured her." This marvel
Gus medicire is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases.
Only 500 and S1.0O. Trial bottles free
at Irwin and Co., drug store.
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ADVERTISING PAYS
The Lawyers Are Paying Their
Taxes Since Capt. White Warned
Them THROUGH the Herald.

A few days ago the HERALD pub
lished a statement from Capt. j. q.
White, county tax collector, thst all
lawyers who failed to pay their oc-
cupation taxes by Monday would have
to settle with the county attorney in
court.
"Since then about dozen of them
have called and paid up, ''said the depu.
ty collectorthis morning. "It il all on
account OF that announcement in the
paper. Don't tell me advertising does
not nav