El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20
FROM SAN ANTONIO.
The Negro Soldiers To 6O.-Chinese
Excludes "A Letter From Cape
NOme.-A Bio Firs.-MOre About
the Counterfeiters. personal
Items.


Items.
Special Correspondence o: the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. August ia let
ter received here from San Antonio
boy in Cape Nome, Alaska, says that the
gold cry Is all a fake and that the gov
ernment will have job this fall and
winter feeding the de,tltute. The
army transport ERbert, he Gays,
brought back 300 destitute men,
women and children on its last voyage
from there to Seattle.
EXPORTING CHINESE.
Deputy United States Marshal j. G.
Shermack expects to leave shortly for
Ell Psso TO take four Cinnamon from
there to San Francisco for deportation.
He is waiting for decisions in the cases
of few others now in confinement on
the border, when he thinks the batch
will be increased. The United States
officials assert that over one half of the
Cinnamon deported from this country
are taken from the western district of
Texas, where facilities for smuggling
over from Mexico are better than at
aay other point, the river being shall
low, and In many places very hard to
guard
THE REPUBLICAN DISPUTE.
Attorney Henry Terrell, chairman
of the Hswley followers, is busy send
ing out circulars to the repu ublicans of
the state denouncing Green and his
crowd. He Is also mailing q lot of
German literature over the district,
setting forth the advantages of an
honest government under republican
administration
BIG FIRE.
One of the hardest fres which the
San Antonio fire department has had
tt fg ht in long time, occurred Tues
day afternoon, when flames were dis
covered in the fourth story of L. P.
Peck's furniture store. After an hours
hard work the con flsgration was under
coat-ol but all the furniture was prac
tically ruined with smoke and water.
The stock was worth about SSO 900 and
the damage will reach $50, 900. with
S43 900 insurance.
PROPOSED CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL.
A rumor is current here that Fort
Sam Houston is to be used as con
valescent hospital for sick and wound
ed soldiers sent home from China and
the Philippines. 1t is we'll situated for
suoh use, being in semitropical
climate and out of the fever infected
district, just such place as is needed
for such use.
NEGRO TROOPS TO co.
The herald correspondents recent
telegram prophesying the removal of
the negro troops from Texas to the
Philippines, is confirmed In the follow
ing item clipped from Birmingham,
Ala, paper just received here:
WASHINGTON, D.O.-Until further
orders make enlistments of desirable
applicants fitted for tropical service
for the Twenty fifth infantry, destined
for the Philippines. Send recruits to
Fort Sam Houston, keeping in commu-
nication with the post commander re
garding vacancies. Include such en-
listments by regiment in weekly tele-
graphic reports of Philippine recruite. |
WARD.
Assistant Adjutsnt General"
This is evidently the same kind Of q |
telegram as received here when it was |
announced that recruiting to the max |
lmum bad been ordered, but because |
Lhe papers have recently been "roast- |
ing" the conduct of the black soldiers, |
sue offic seem to think any item re-
gar din their removal would be too
,weeta morsel for the press and no
10 lbt withheld it.
MORE COUNTERFEITS.
Federal officials have found that be-
ides the 1898 counterfeit dollar in cir
.ulation in Texas, bad dollars of the
late of 1894 and 1896 are also ciroulst-
ng. They are fully as well minted as
he '97 dollar, which was always con-
idered a fine counterfeit. The three
nen recently arrested here with coun-
erfeit money in their possession, are
q jsil the evidence at the examining
rial having been strong. 1t WAS then
'roven that one of the men had passed
'ad money three years ago and had
ever been known to work since.
VANDALS'AT WORK.
Vandals have recently beeu ipjuring
in the city parks to such an
xtent that sp scial policemen have
'een appointed to watch them.
PERSONAL MOVEMENTS.
Mrs MaPoffin has recently returned