El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
NeighbOro
hood Notes
TENAS.

PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD IN SEES
SION.
The Synod of Texas. including the
Southern Presbyterian churches of the
entire state of Texas was called to or
der Wednesday evening at the First
Presbyterian church in San Antonio
by its past moderator. Rev. NJ. c. Hut
ton. of Georgetown. The Rev. Mr.. Hut
ton preached the opening sermon after
which the election of new moderator
occurred. Judge T. II. Gould. of Pales-
tine was elected moderator for the
ensuing year. The Synod will be in
session the remainder of the week.
ASSAULTED THE OPERA HOUSE.
At Austin Monday night mob of
University students attempted to take
possession of the Grand opera house
while a performance was in progress.
The entrance doors were barricaded
and held shut by a force of men from
the audience and the repeated assaults
| of two hundred angry students were
resisted. but several valuable pictures
in the lobby were demolished The
whole police force. headed by the
chief was called out to quell the mob
but for time they were unable to
cope with it. The manager of the
house made complaint against a num-
Der of them and they We're arrested.
The affair created a great deal of eX-
element and the participants in the
riCtous attack are severely denounced
| by the respectable element of the city.
GALVESTON USURERS CONDEMN
ED.
The Galveston central relief COM
mittee in its meeting Monday passed
resolutions strongly condemning the
action of some landlords in advancing
rates and giving their tenants but
twenty-four to forty-eight hours to pay
or get out. The building committee
expects to get some temporary homes
up soon ana thus relieve to some ex-
tent the situation. The attention of
the committee was called to the eff
forts of some individuals to raise mon
g yfor the Galveston sufferers by chain
letters and other schemes. The COM
mittee wishes it understood that it has
not authorized anything of the kind
and has solicited aid only with re-
quest that the money be sent to John
Sealy. chairman of the finance COM
mittee. 1t Is not responsible for mon
ey forwarded to individual appli-
cants for funds.
GALVESTON CITY COUNCIL.
On Monday night the city council
of Galveston met and reconsidered ac-
ton in regard to the Southern Pacific
and granted the company franchise
on Thirty-frSt street to reach the
Gulf City compress. 1t also granted
the relief committee permission to
erect temporary homes on the public
square. The chief of the fire depart
ment was authorized to sell the old
apparatus and use the proceeds 10 buy
horses to replace those lost in the
storm. y part of the Harris county
relief committee was before the Gal
weston central relief committee dur
ing the day Monday for the purpose
OF making n settlement. They sub
mitted statement showing that about
10000 had been contributed through
Mayor BraShear. of Houston. and of
this amount $4,000 still remained on
hand. They said il was the purpose
of the committee TO close up its work
on Wednesday night. They desired
to turn over SS.27I to the Galveston
committee. this being the balance over
the amount expended ana the sums
charged against the fund for supplies
forwarded to Galveston or for expenses
incurred in Houston in caring for Gal
weston or for expenses incurred in
Houston in caring for Galveston Suf-
fereers.