El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
THE YEAR 1900 IN Ell PASO.
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Kansas City embezzler, pronounced
insane by Ell Paso county court.
AUG. ia reception rendered Sen
or Don Miguel de AspiroZ, the Mexican
ambassador to the United States, At
the Ell PaSo club. He made the very
important announcement that Mexico
would withdraw her demand that no
dams but the Ell Paso dam be built on
the Rio Grande.
man encampment. having won first
honors for mark smanship, and were
given a royal welcome
AUG. 14.-Mucl grief oc :aS.opeI in
Ell Paso by news of the Sd N death
of C. P Huntington president of the
Southern Pacific railroad
AUG. 16.-Joseph r. Grant elected
alderman from the third war,t to sue
coed ]. l.. Whitrnore. deceased.
AUG. 17.-Gonzalo Ca5allcro, Mex
lean killed by street car.
Charlse Whitehead died from effects
of falling from second story window
the night before.
AUG. 23.-Augustin Martinez muir
dered on Utah street by Leopolno Cas-
tenado.
AUG. 27-Louis Boothroyd, an Eng
Hshman committe suicide at the Turf
saloon.
a HAL HdUl6u DcdSlcys VI l<iooAo NOt
Kansas, fell from freight train at the
smelter and was killed.
Governor Ahumada, of Chihuahua,
visited Ell Paso while on his way to
the fair at Colonia Juarez.
AUG. 29.-John Smith. an aged rail-
road construction foreman, committed
suicide at Hotel Zeiger.'
AUG. 3O-The city council notified
the Southern Pacific railroad to put
e-fr~ alf @
ings The railroad has not yet COM
piled
SEPT. Big demonstration by the
labor unions of Ell Paso.
SEPT City council passed a
measure to submit to the people at a
called election a proposition to vote
bonds to the amount of SIS, 900 for new
high school building
SEPT. IL. d. Clifford, switchman
for the G. H. & S. A, railroad was
killed by Hamilton Rayner. special Of
arrest.
SEPT. s.-New Hotel Sheldon for
mally opened.
SEPT 1O.-Great sorrow caused in
Ell Paso by news of the Galveston dis
aster.
Special session of city council called
to consider means for raising relief
funds for the destitute people Of Gal
weston.
SEPT. 1.-Two little children of
Widow Dougherty burned to death.
SEPT. 13.-The city council passed
ordinance authorizing the issuance OF
bonds for school purposes.
Mrs. John Sneed, wife of the Herald's
city editor. died in Memphis, Tenn.
SEPT. 15.-E1 Paso's Mexican col
ony celebrated their natal day in
gorgeous manner.
SEPT. 16.-E. p McBroom, an cleo
trician, arrested on a charge of dia-
mond robbery
SEPT. 1S.-The idea of Midwinter
Carnival in Ell Paso abandoned by
chamber of commerce.
SEPT. 21.-Company A of the Twen
ty-fifth U. S. infantry (coloreO left
FIT. Bliss for the Philippines in charge
Of Lieutenant Dodge.
. SEPT. 23.-Congressman John H.
Stephens pays FL Paso a snort visit
SEPT. 24.-Young men of E! Paso
decided to have Midwinter Carnival
in January. 1901, and adopted for their
motto, I'VE Will" The movement
took hold with a vim and about 500
600 will be spent in entertaining the
crowds of visitors.
OCT. 4.-First Carnival button sold
at public demonstration in plaza for
$500. The second brought $50, the
third $25. A thousand were sold at 81
the first night.
OCR 7-"Grandpa" Smith died from
the effects of a horse kick.
OCT. III. F. Schaffer, engineer,
and w. D. Edison, fireman. of the G.
H.. killed in wreck near Finley.
OCT. 1s.-Ringling's circus exhibits
In ri Paso-
OCT. 2O-El Paso democratic pri-
excited much interest.
OCT. 23.-The Nom reakable In
sulator and Glass Manufacturing COM
pany organized in Ell Paso.
OCT. 31.-Congressman Stephens
spoke on matters of interest to Ell
Paso.
NOV. I've Will" entertainers
gave show. for the benefit of the Car
nivaL
NOV. 4.-R. L. Hall, a prominent
of Ell Paso county, killed
near Van Horn by Fayette Seeley, a
cowboy. who also wounded Halls |
ranch foreman.
NOV. 1.-THE national election |
passed of in Ell Paso with much en-
Ihusiasm following at night.
NOV: 11.-Ingracio Bustillos, a |
young Mexican, committed suicide at |
a ball
NOV. lafayette See1ey, the slaeyr |
of R. L. Hall, captured near Carlsbad. |
NOV. 15.-Catalina Garcia killed at |
he smelter in a general fight between |
Mexicans.
NOV. 19.-Gen Chambers McKibbin,
Of the U S. army, and party visited |
It. Bliss.
The Ell Paso Mine, Mill and Smelter
Supply house sold to a Denver syndf-
ate
NOV. zO.-The Sid Pitt murder trial
brought from Ward county, commenc-
ID in Ell Paso before Judge Walthall.
NOV. 24.-SIu Pitt found not guilty
If numbering Pink Hill at Monahans