El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-27
G.. HIS. NEW CLAIM AGENT.

express messenger for the Wells-Far-
go company for the past twenty years
and has been running into FL Paso for
sixteen years. ran in today for his
last time in that capacity. He has
been appointed claim agent for the G.
II. & S. a. to succeed Allen P. Smith.
who died about a month ago. Mr.
Campbell's territory will be between
Eel Paso and San Antonio and will
make his headquarters at San Antonio
for the present. but will probably move
them to FL Paso in the future.
q. II. TRAIN LAIE.
The G.. II. passenger train due at
7:40 arrived this afternoon about i
O'Clock. The train was out of San
Antonio five hours behind time but was
picking up time right along and would
have reached here only about half that
late but just the other side of the
Pecos river a plug was blown out of
the engine and let all the steam es-
cape. The train had to lie there until
another engine could be brought and
this threw 1t still farther behind than
when it left San Antonio.
WHY THEY'RE LATE.
The T. Il +. cannon ball is pictured
in miniature running across the top
OF a large clock and underneath the
picture is the declaration. "A train that
is always on time
II is n well known fact that il has
been many n day since the cannon ball
was shot into FL Paso on time and
people are wondering why IL is. Well.
il is not the fault OF the T. & +. com
pany farther than in their desire to
be accommodating they wait to at Tex
arkana for the Iron Mountain trains
and they are continually behind time.
When the facts are known the Iron
Mountain company cannot be blamed
either. because that compony is prac-
tically rebuilding its tracks. lowering
grades and filling in cuts. The re-
pairing has placed the road in such
a condition that schedule time cannot
be made and to be accommodating the
T. & p. trains are held at TeXarkana
every day to enable the passengers on
the Iron Mountain to continue their
journey into Texas without any dis
agreeable lay-overs in Texarkana.
TOURIST AGENTS WITH TROUBLES
There were three tourist cars again
today on the delayed passenger train
from the east on the G.. ii. Hot Air"
Cook. from Cincinnati. had thirteen
people into Ell Paso and lost three here.
came in from Washington with seven
teen passengers all bound for Califor
mia. -Adonis" McIlroy. he of the tow
ering stature and pretty mustache. had
in charge twelve tourists in Mime
apolis car. all going through to Cali
fornia. Cooks home is in San Fran
cisco and he exchanged cars with Nc
Carly. of Cincinnati, at San Antonio,
in other that both might get back
home to eat turkey for their Thanks
giving dinner. But Cook is swearing at
Fate because his train will not reach
San Francisco. on account of the de-
lays. in time for him to get any tur-
key. He said he did the same thing last
year and missed his turkey and he will
never do IL again if there are a doz-
en- turkeys in sight at the west end.
McIlroy carries a bullet that passed
through n window of his car and fell
at his feet The train was passing
through the Indian Territory when
the event occurred and there was n
deputy U. S. marshal on the train. |
That individual stopped of at the first |
station after the bullet made its call
hopes of finding the man who shot it. |
McIlroy thinks 1t was fired by some |
one out hunting with no intent to
shoot into the car.
THE CASE OF ENGINEER LEWIS.
The federal court in Juarez has not |
yet rendered a decision in the case |
against Engineer Lewis, who 81 being |
held in jail there on the foolish charge |
Of an ex-employe of the Mexican Cen |
ira railroad.
The Judge promised Consul Kindrick |
three weeks ago that Lewis wkould be |
tried Immediately but the Judge evil
IDENTIFY had the proverbial "manana"
in mind when he made the promise. |
Lewis has now been in Jail nearly four /
months charged with criminal negli- |
gence because a drunken Mexican put /
his foot under a moving train and had
Il cut off. This is substantially all that /
is held against him and he is kept in
Jail while his wife and children are in
want in Chihuahua
The judge stated yesterday that he
was waiting for the physician in Chi
huahua who examined the prosecuting
witness to make his report but as in
many other things that report may
not come for months. 1t now seems
hat the American authorities will
have to make a demand through the
at Washington before any
hing is done. The law does not seem
20 be at fault so much as the action of
he officials. who have every authority
N the case. The judge has promised
% either give Lewis trial or release
him on bond but up until noon today
ne had done neither.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
General Manager Ramsey of the
Sierra Madre line. left yesterday for
l trip over the system.
J. G. Cnaves. claim agent for the
Rio Grande division of the Santa Fe.