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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
THE MONDAY TRAGEDY.
An officer Leaves For FL pdso To
Investigate the Affair.

An officer Leaves For FL pdso T0
Investigate the Affair.
Mayor Magofin this morning receive
ed the following Telegram from Gen.
McKibbon, commanding the Depart
ment of Texas at Sac Antonio:
"Mayor Joseph MaeoGo,
El PAso, Texas.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex; Feb. 20, 1900.
'C,l Roberts. of uny stan, left for Ei
PAso the morning 10 Investigate
trouble"
(Signed) MCKIBBON.
Com landing.
To HERALD reporter this morning
Mayor Magoftin said: 81 have wired
ConRressmaa Stephens that think 1t
will be for the best interests Of the
service 20 have these soldiers remov-
ed. am couvincei that IL sh ould be
d"ue. There is undoubtedly q great
deal OF feeling against these negroes
aud she frst time one OF them makes a
little break = killing may follow and
We certainly don't want Any of shat. -
Captain Laugh borough this after.
noon said that be had nothing new 81
disclose. The Off cisls who went TO the
fort yesterday said that they only went
there to confer as to the best method
of catching the guilty psrtiss.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20

must notable ever given by press
club In this country, the feasts OF the
famoue Gridiron club of Washing ton
not exec oted.
Prominent men Who have accepted
Invitations are Admiral Philip, Cap
tain Mshsn, General Miles, William
Winter, Paul Leicester Ford, Henry
Watterson and General Merritt. TIE
speakers will include Senator Mason,
of Illinois, Senator Depew, of New
York, Senator Money. Of Mississippi,
John p. D)lliver, of
Iowa, and Arch biahOp COrrigau.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
NOT ALL ROSES
The Path OF the Administration
Blocked BY Congress

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Adminis-
tra,ion measures have not so far re-
ceived favorab treatment by this
congress and there i. serious talk OF
holding up the financial bill.
The coDfllcting financial bills passed
by the hOus, aud senate are now in
the hands OF q oOnference commi' tee
which has held two sessions with no
sign of an acreemeut.
The Hay-Pauucefote treaty, regard
ed at the sta.r department and in the
wh Ia house as diplomatic triu m ph
hat would pave the way for the Mica
ragus ca a has been hung up by the
e ate and ignored
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
OFF FOR PARIS
Commissioner Peck Sails With His
Family And Staff.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Among the
passengers on the ST. Louis, which
sailed today for Southampton, was
Ferdinand w. Peck, comm issioner
general to the Paris exposition.
Mr.. Peck expects to remain abroad
until tho close of the exposition next
fall. he 10 accompanied by the men,
bers of his family. Charles A. Coolidge,
American architect to the exposition:
John McGihbons. director of textiles;
aod M. Il. Hubert, director of varied
Industries.
Before his departure Mr.. Peck ex-
pressed confidence in his belief that
the U .itsd States exhibits, in all de-
psrtments will be among the lareeet
and most comprehensive at the exposi-
tiOn.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
GERONIMO
ASCARATE
Has He Gone To Fight
The WarIike
Yaquis?
WELL KNOWN HERE
And Prominent At Old Casa
Grandes As a Merchant And
Government Stamp Tax
Collector

A Mexican official we'll known in E
Paso is miesing, and is supposed T.
| have gone from here to fight the Ya
quis, joining the army under Ge
r"rres. He is GernnimO Ascarst,,
leading merchant At Old Casas Grande
| In Chlhuahus, Mexico, and the Cover,
nent stamp tax collector in that town
For the past mouth. up to last Tues
lay, he bad been in Ell Paso having
with him at first his eldest daughter
BE visited the family of his frieu0
George Look, the Gem Saloon man.
The family of Mr.. Ascarats Is now y,
the Porfirio Diaz hotel In Jusrez ant
is anxiously awaiting some news ol
him. His wife sad this afternoon tba,
she had come up her 9 to fad her hus-
band.
1--WE have had no tidings Of him O
l.te," said the.Senors Ascarate, 'saut
l am very anxious to learn something
Of him"
A. the Look home on Sonora stree,
today Mrs. George Look said: INV
husband Is now in Casas G-sndes an d
he perhaps knows more about Mr..
Ascarate thsnI. know though tha,
Mr.. Asca ate, who has b seo here for a
month, said last Tuesday that he had
been ordered by his 9overnmen. to 90
60 fight the Yaquis.
"When expressed surprise At bis
being In the army. he said tha, be bad
hean in thraa vaars . yo uo1 y. -o...
been discharged. do not know whs,
rank he held. He left. here over the
Southern Pacific for Demine, and from
there he said he Intended going down
into the Yaqui unity.
Although IL is not supposed that
there is anything wrong with NJ.
Ascara,e's accounts, tie general stamp
agent at Juarex has gone down tn Cas-
as Graudes to audit hts books, leaving
for that city this morning.
G .rOnimo Ascarate is we'll known
b re, and In LIS Cruces, where bis
orot' e-s, G iadalupe aod Santiago. are
known as prominent csttlemep. Sar-
tisgo was the receiver OF the L.e
Cruces land office during the Cleve.
land ad dministratiOn. All of them are
Interested In . ranch At Jsnos, In Mex.
leo.
Mrs. Asoarats is extremely anxious
to dnd out about her husband, and ca q
this afternoon that she was going Q,
once to see Mrs. Look, who seemed tc
have more definite and later informa
tion than che.
Ascarate ha letters of introd ctior
to certain federal officials ia r. Paso
but th7se gentl men were unable +
tt IL of his whe-eshnuts.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
MAY SAVE HIS LIFE
A Story That May Open the Prison
Gates OutWdrdly To a Dentist.

Gates OutWdrdly To a Dentist.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2O.-The polio.
are Investigating a story tnat ma
clear Dr.. S,muel kennedy, dentist.
now 10 Sing Sing under sentence OF
de sth for the murder OF Dollie Rsy-
uolds. The Reynolds woman wac
killed at the C and hotel on the night
of August 18th. 1898. Kennedy was
arrested and convicted of the crime,
largely on circumstsntial evidence.
Kennedy's wife and relatives have
come forward with q witness, Mrs.
Alice Boucher, who testifies that che
heard colored servant In her employ
tell another servant that negro killed
the r y nolds woman and that friends
of hers knew him.
This servant was Ida jackson, who
is now living in Elnira, N. Y. She
denies ever having worked for Mrs.
ROucher
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
ROBERTS
SILENT
On The Whereabouts Of
Cronje And London
Disappointed
IS THE Big BOER CHIEF
Surrounded BY The British
Or Is He Setting a Trap
To Catch The
British?

LONDON. Feb. 20 Gen Roberts to-
day broke his thrt g days' silencs With q
report which shows that be has ad-
vsneed his headquarters thirty miles
east OF Jacob-dsl, and which confirms
the press report that G neral Ne huen
had or was about to occupy Ktmber-
ley. The official report is q disap-
pointnent in so far that It coptains no
mention Of Cropje's whereabouts or Of
the fortunes of the British forces pur-
suing. The dispssch follows:
'PAARDEBERG, o -auRe Fre> State,
Ithirty miles east of Jacobsdal), Feb.
20, 7:05 D. m.-The rsilway to Kimber-
ley is open today. Aethuen proceeds
there forth with and largo amount Of
supplies will be forwarded him.
Dordrecht was occupied by Brsb.nt's
horse on Feb. 49,
The only light on the mystery eur
rounding the whereabouts OF Cropje IL
the reputed remark OF q cabinet min.
lister quoted by the Daily News to the
effect that Gen. Kitchener, with bic
MOUNTED troops. bad Cror completely
surrounded This report received no
confirmation &c the var Office.
GOOD NEWS
LONDON, Feb. 2O.-The "eood news"
which the queen limited at this morn
ing, duriog her inspection Of the Roy al
L'ncolnehire militia has been made
public. 1t comes from Butler. BE re-
ports that bis forces have cleared out
the Beers eouth of the TuRela; that
General Hart has occupied Colenso;
that his aivance guard are recrossinR
the river and that the Beers appear to
be in full retreat. The news was re-
oeived with popular rejoicing.
Throngs of emilinR persons gatbe- ed
around the war Office in the ea'ly
evening eagerly discussing the pewr.
Il IL taken for grated that the relief
OF Lad ysmith Is not far distant. Even
mil tary critics predict that the Boers
are about to raise the sie9e and COD
centrate for the defense OF their OVID
territory. The belief ia. that Butler
will now reach Labyrinth inside of "a
hours.
AND WHERE IS CRONJE!
LONDON, F b. 20.-It is reported un-
officially that Gan. Kitchener Is within
ten miles of BIoemfor t.in and that
Lord Roberts, with the MT aio British
force, is only 25 miles from the Free
State Capital.
SMELLING BOER TRENCHEs.
DURHAM Feb. 20 -R-pO ts from the
from say that Gen. Butler is Smelling
the Boers' trenches at Colenso from
Monte Cristo and that the Beers at
Colenso are expected to evacuate their
position.
CRONJE HOLDING HIS OWN.
PREToKIA. Feb II 10 l.yed).-The
British convoy captured at Watervsa
con.,s,ed of 4 600 head of ie end
thirty " gons. Late kilograms report
that C-or je T. holding his own
LONDON, FAB 20.-Lprd Lansdnwre
announces that Biller has occupied
position domiu .ting Colenso. G,neral
Hat oc ,npied Colenso after q slight
engag' mont.
DRANFIELD ABANDONED.
KIMBE ERLEY ID LAY %, F-o. 20
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
DISASTERS AT SEA-

Fifteen SedfdrlnQ Men Lose Thelf
Lives In a Storm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Many ees
disasters are reported today. The
Oakland sank off the New Jersey coas,
this morniog during storm aud q
crew of four perished. She was laden
with coal.
Four negroes were caught out in .
mall craft at Hatteras inlet last
night a1d frozen to d. a,h.
rne schooner aa -dcastls cspsized In
the Roanoke marshes in last nights
storm aud q crew of seven negroes
was drowned. Captain johnson was
anYad.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
Police Force Changes.

Frank rcMshon was today app lint
ed to succee On .er Pl-tt on the day
shift of The Ell paso polio. force. He
was formerly q nero ant polio. here,
aud raiIro ID man. On .er Platt sue
cseds NewtNn St war ~ jyht off3oer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
Ell PASO TEXAS. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1900

A Boer I25 FOUNDER and q Drantelo
Lager have been captured by tht
British. Dran6eld was abandoned by
The Beers on the night of Feb. ID.
BACKING OUT OF ZULULAND.
DURHAM. Feb. 2J.-The Boer COM
mand which recently invaded Zululano
reported to be retiring.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
THE YAOUI JUNTA
6rieved Over Its Treatment BY
Busy Little Blshee.

Busy Little BtSDee.
BISBEE, Ariz., Feb. 2O.-The Yaqui
junta here has issued q circular stating
that B soee will be ignored IL It's op-
erations henceforth. Bisbee is &C.
Gus ed OF showing uncaued for snimos-
ity toward the junts.
Teresa Urea has issued q statement
denying that che ever In any manner
fomented the Ysqui rebels against the
government, but declares that the gov
erDmens lacks energy and grit to cub
,ct the Indians to order. She de-
clare that the claims of the Indian.
are Ist aud advises them to maintain
It e war
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
NEWSPAPER MEN.
Admird1s, Captains. Generals AMI
Senators To Dine Toa, ther To-

NEW YORK, Feb. 2l.-Four hundred
mem bers and guests will assemble n
D limo icO's toni ht on the occasion Cf
the annual dinner Of the New York
Press clhb. and the statement is ma1e
by those Ia charge Of the ment
tina. the dioner will be the la ct and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
A S27,0O0,000 PROJECT
Which Involves The Sierra
Madre Line As Part Ofa
Great Tfanscontinen
tai System

CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 20-A CON-
granted by the Mexican RovernmenA
to the Kaosas Oity and Sonors rajf--
road. which 10 to go from Kansas City
- some portion of the Gulf Of CAlt--
frpis. The concession also allows the
importation of sll materials used -
construction free OF duty. No othoN
railroad will be allowed 60 10 the ssDa
point on the Pacific without permfe--
sion Of this company.
WHAT 1T MEANS.
This is the new Kansas City, Nexice-
& Orient railroad. which A. 3. STIR
we'll aud his associa.es propose -.
build from Kansas City to the PacfAss
coast through Ell Psso.
It is believed that this explains thos
many and mysterious trips of Morgan
Jones 70 the Sierra Msdre oountrH,.
and to the Pacific coast beyond.
MORGAN JONES IN Ell PAso.
Morgan Jones came b.ck again lssb
night from bis Eve weeks' trip in The
country west from Cseas Grandes, 4s&
imme 1iately went to the Pierson, ana
retired at the unheard OF hour Of eight
10 order to escape interviewers.
This moroinR, at the T. & p. dep0s,.
he was seen by . HERALD mao, aud
succ led I'd In msiutsining that ahsolusss
silence about the re ason of his tr'R>
tnas has charaoteriz I'd his every vistA
to El Paso.
He refused to say that he was in aA4
way crunect,d with tse new scheme 0E
President Stillwell, but he sdmisseds
that he had goae within afty miles Of
the Pacific Coast.
"Mines. nv boy, mines," he said,
"that is going to be . great mining
country som d ", when Is is fsliy de-
velOpei. don's thiog it csa smoanA
to much from an agricultural point ot
view. The country Is too old, and Aaa
been % poorly developed heretofore-s>
Though both Mr.. Jones and RrissoAs
Davis, who came with him. arc mum
ss the proverbiat oyster, two thioRa.
seem to connect their trip With the r.
ported scheme of StillweIl and his -
-ociates. One IL the statements tAaA
the proposed road has already HI
miles built. and this ie tho aDproxi0aAa.
distance of tho Sierra Aadre ,osk
The other is the coincidence OF The
granting of the concession By the Ms1-
ican government At the time when -
has just com pletsd . survey Of the pre-
pose route.
Ce-tatn it IL that be does not re-
present any e sck Islaad scheme, -
has been puhlished by local paper
DETAILS OF The sCHEMK.
Here are some 6 the detsils Of she
proposed railroad to the coass.
The route to Topol ,hampo bay vsR
the original one which the Sierra Ma.
dre directors had iu miud lo thel,s
project to build to tho coast st soma
time.
In Kansas the read will use. at sRye
rate at tee outset, the track and rteat
OF way OF the X .nsas City. Lawrensa
Cont nued on 4th p.gel
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
MAY NINTH

Fixed As the Day For the Holding
OF tn. popullst Convention.
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 20.-The Iopu-
list national com itt,e agreed this
morning upon Msy9 as the date for
the b lding of the nstiounl convention
and Sioux F.li..S D.. q, the place.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
GOLD THE CHISpAS

Rich Ore Said To Have Been Dis
covered In Brewster County
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb, 20.-Discover.
les of gold said to be wonderfully rich
have just been made in the Chispa
mountains in Brewster county. Pros
pectors are rushing into the local
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
Santa Ee Sued.

The dana suit OF Cruz Flores vs.
the S.n'a Fs abroad is on trial in
Judge Cougars court.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
DOG SHOW.
A Chorus OF Barks And Ye1ps Wakes
UD New York.

Up NEW 1OTK.
NEW YORK Fec. 2O.-Tne dog show
beg an this mornin1 at Madison Square
Garden. Long before the doors we're
opened to spectators. PHO canine can
didates for blue ribbons were bsrkinE,
yelpinR and whining In chorus.
J. P. Morgan will prohabl carry of
the blue ribbon for the coolie GLASS and
Richard Croker, jr., will mske strong
of bull dogs.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
OUT OF THE RACE

A Repors That John Grant Will Not
Represent the Republicans OF
Texas As Delegate dt-.arge.
Special Dispatch to the HERALD.
ABILENE. Trx+s, Feo. 20.-Private
telel rams re c-ived by j. G LowdOo,
this m nrning, chow that John Grant j.
ut of the race for deleg4:e at large
from Texas to tho national repu blicar
invention and also as pational COM
mitteemsu
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
Metal Mdrke

Metal Market
NEW YORK, Feb 2O.-Copper 1e4
.ilver SOL: lead 4 As.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20


E
mt % ~ merchandising yfhm~m
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20

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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-01

ag'in stones in the road and didn't look
happy, but he braced up and said in
answer:
Let us take a case right here at
home. Here is a store. 1t had to be
designed by an architect before the
carpenter could build it. Mr. Plumber
kin read, write and figger, but kin he
draw the plans fur a buildin? But
fur higher education no man could do
it."
Eyes; it was a smart bit of work.
acknowledged Moses, ''but l had CON
siderable to say to that architect. He
had never heard that thunder would
turn sweet milk sour; he didn't know
cows had only teeth ON one jaw; he
didn't know how to stop a hen from
settin, hog from rootin or dog from
KILN sheep. He even poked his finger
into a wasps' nest to see if the critters
was at home. I'm not ag'in schools,
but if they is to tell our children that
the earth revolves on its axis why
don't they also tell 'em that scratchin
q hogs back with a corncob will help
to fatten him?'
That's pint. Moses-it's a pint"
shouts the deacon as he raps on a
barl "Abner and Moses hev made
their pints, and now we'd like to hear
from Lish Billings"
"I've got mighty little to say" re-
plies Lish as he sits with his back
bumped up like a camel.
But it can't be that an intelligent
man like you is opposed to education?"
protests the stranger.
THAT'S accordin to what sort of edu-
cation it is
81 refer to general education. You
look like a man of peace, but perhaps
you have had trouble with a neighbor
some timer
'Yes, l had trouble with Sam Wheel
er once
"And you went to law"
Eyes"
"To go to law you had lawyer. If
that man had only known enough to
read. write and figure, he wouldn't
have bin lawyer. He had to hev a
higher education to be lawyer. Don't
you seeY"
81 skassly do" says Lish.
"But you had a lawyer, and so did
Mr.. Wheeler. There was suit and
you got jestice."
"That's pint fur the stranger,
Lishr' shouts the deacon.
"Yes, mebbe tits, but femme tell him
how it turned out Sam shet up one of
my hogs with his, and l proved it,
but my lawyer lost the case and charg
ed me $40 to boot The hog wasn't
with over SO, but Sam had to pay his
lawyer $12, ard he went home from
the lawsuit to find the critter dead.
That's gineral education. Sam and me
lost So and a hog between us and
was mad at each other fur ten years,
and I'm sayin I've had huff of it and
am in more schoolhouses till DEATH"
The deacon jumped off the floor and
said it was a pint and q strong one,
and the stranger got down off the coun-
ter and said he wasn't feelin extra well
and guessed he'd git to bed early.
M. QUAD.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-01
THE CRlMEAN WAR.
1t Was Started In Controversy
Over "a Door Key.

Over Door Key.
AS an instance of what great events
can follow trivial happenings the
genesis of the Crimean war is inter
esting.
In 1851 Louis Napoleon demanded of
the sultan that the Latin monks should
have key to the great door of the
church at Bethlehem; that they should
have a key to each of the doors of the
Cave to the Nativity and the privilege
of setting up there a silver star bear
ing the arms of France
After a year of arduous negotiation
the Turkish government yielded, and
in February, 1858, the keys were hand
ed over to the Latin monks, and the
silver star was established in the sane
tuary of Bethlehem.
Unfortunately Emperor Nicholas, as
head of the Greek church, considered
this an infringement of his rights and
Immediately ordered 100000 men
across the Turkish frontier. At the
same time he demanded that the
claims of the Christian population of
Turkey should be secured by treaty
with himself, but the sultan refused
this, with the support of France, Aus
tria and Prussia.
The car then proceeded to seize the
Danubian provinces, proclaiming at the
same time that he had mo intention
to commence war"
The central European countries at
tempted to secure a compromise, but
neither party would agree to their
mediation, and in October the sultan
declared war
England and France Joined him, and
so from such slight beginnings sprang
the most merciless, bloody and fruit
less struggle of the nineteenth CEN
tury.-New York Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-01

About September, 1888, Dicky Tur-
ner, the converted weaver, when deliv-
ering one of his fervid speeches in tie
Temperance hotel, Preston, the cockpit
where the earls of Derby formerly
fought their cocks for three centuries,
in favor of the new pledge, declared
with emphasis that nothing but the
tee-tee-total pledge would do" Mr..
Joseph Livesey upon hearing this inn
mediately cried out amid great cheer
ing, THAT shall be the name" The
newly coined word was taken up by
the succeeding speakers and was after
ward used at all the meetings held in
the town and neighborhood. 1t was
soon adopted in every part of Lanca-
shire and was eventually accepted as
the true designation of total abstainers
not only in the United Kingdom, but
throughout tie civilized world.
l had the above facts from the lips of
Mr. Joseph Livesey.-Lo News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-01
DO NOT BAND TOGETHER.
There Are No Such Things al
"Gnngs" of Criminals.

There Are No Such Things as
"Gnngs" of Criminals,
"The gang idea as applied to GRIM
inals is a ridiculous blunder," said an
experienced detective. "There are no
such things except in story books.
There seems to be something about the
inner nature of confirmed crooks that
forblds them to band together. Honest
folks instinctively drift toward each
other and form societies and combina-
tons for self protection and mutual
interest, but criminals are exactly the
reverse.
Safe burglars generally work in
parties of three, but that Is because
three men are necessary to the average
'job'-two to manipulate the drill and
other tools and one to pipe or watch
the outside. Whenever it is possible
for burglar to turn a trick as they
call it, single handed he is certain to
go alone. 1t is the same with all other
thieves.
"You read of gang of pickpockets'
descending on some country fair. They
do their work in pairs, so in that case
it would simply mean that six or eight
of the crooked couples happened to
strike the place at the same time. The
detective novel theory is that criminals
are organized into great societies with
regular heads and cast iron laws and
bylaws, to violate which means sud
den and mysterious death.
"That is all rubbish. If such an or.
ganization was formed, the police
would know it ten minutes after the
first meeting adjourned. One of the
things that keep thieves apart is their
horrible treachery. have been a de.
tective for over quarter Of a century
and never knew single crook who
would not betray any other crook
merely to curry favor with the officers
They are well aware of that little pecul
iarity themselves and dread one an
other a good deal more than they dread
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