El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-21
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years, is at the Zsiger from Orizabs,
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Mr.. BeRley has been at work recent
ly on the Vera Cruz and Pacific rail.
road, and construction Of branch OF
the road from OrizsbA to the Pop
polpom river has been finished.
The Poppolpom river is about the
largest in Mexico" said Mr.. BeRley
last night, ''aed sometimes rises 1t the
rate of teo meters q day. temporary
bridge thrown across the Amopa river
lasted just three weeks before IL was
washed away by the elements. but IL
~IIi be replaced with q fine steel struc-
rure which will last forever. The raul
road on which 1 was working now
goes only to the Poppolpom, but WORK
will be begun almost Immediately
across that river, and the rallroao
continued" The railroads In that part
of Mexico are progressive, ACCORDING
TO Mr. Begley, and the country
through which they pass is one OF the
richest In Mexico. 1t is particularly
cattle and corn land.
Some time ago." said Mr. Begley,
while working on the road, oano OF
Pstanom Indians surrounded the party
with lassoes and placed US in rather
delicate position. They meant ousi-
nese, and asked by what authority we
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party said that they were working IN
der orders from tie Mexican Centraii
but we didn't have papers to show 1t.
The Indians said they would come
back the next day and II we didn t
have something to cay for ourselves
they would be likely to do something.
We wired Immediately to Mexico City
for assistance, and when the Indians
came back inclined to be ugly We had
ono I'd Of Maytean sQlQi2Fe."
I'm disguised with all this dry rot
about Lillian Clayton Jewett's Anti
Lyncbing League said Henry K Fair
child OF New Orleans this NOR ming At
the Orpdorf. III Miss ]. vet. would
place herself in the position OF the
white women OF the south for few
minutes she ~ould no doubt stop or
ganiziog leagues of sympathy for the
negro. The southern people are the
best friends OF the colored race, and
the majority of them know IL. 1t Is
women like Lillian Clayton Jewett
all the trouble. Let Miss Jewets
place herself in the position OF the
refoed southern woman who has suffer
ed al the hands of q negro. and 1t her
husband or father hadn't killed her
assailant she would probably have or
Ran'zed q league to get some one TO do
It for her. The south has q problem
easier for hysterical northern women
TO organize leagues of sympathy for
the negro. Here in Texas the negro
problem il lot 60 great, but In my
state and others east of the Mississippi
it 10 q tremendous question which we
are doing our best to settle honest
ly for the neg 70 as we'll as ourselves.
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wh b mans country and we are going
to try TO keep IL So"
"a man out in my state who was
slv sys known as Q most eccentric hum
an icing, capped the climax when he
died", said q native of Mary land at the
Southern Pacific depot this morning.
He vas Albert Eichelberger of
HsRerstowp, and despairing of over
getting any more pleasure out Of life
than he had already had, he made
up his mind to leave the earth by the
laudanum route. He was saved from
that and Immediately afterward turned
around and died of some mild COM
whisk ey, and when be finally succum-
bed to bodily ills, he left th following
verse to be engraved on ! II tombstone:
When am dead and in my tFave.
No more vniskey will crave;
And On my tombstone have II wro.e
That many gallon went down n yt1roat
Speaking OF minister Conger, and
the possibilities he has of getting out
Of Pekin alive, / heard an interesting
story some time ago of how Mr.. Con-
ger became q member of the masonic
order, and how it saved his life,"
~ he ut
ut may possibly cave his life again,
for the Chinese are great masons.
According to the story minister
Conger was serving his first
year in the war between the
states, when one day, right In the
enemy's country, he was taken sick,
and 1t was ne cessary that he be left be-
hind. A comrade volunteered to stay
with him, believing with the rest that
Conger would died coon, and that he
could then reioin his regiment. They
sat down In q little clearing along eide
the road, with some hardtack and a F,
can of water. The friend, who was a |
masop, went into town at night, ard !
finding brother macon he stated the
case. The mason gave him fifty dolla "a
in spite of his blue union uniform. And
sent him back with horse. Coneer made
up his mind to join the lad onic order |
ss soon as he got we'll. he took the
three degrees to make him a msster /,
mason In one night, the first opportuni- |
ty he got, and has been a loyal macon |
ever since. / understand that nj,
friends hope is will save his life among
the Chinese"
ST am thinking Of establishing in |
business here In FL Psso." said Jane, |