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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
To Careless Boy Averted By MI
cdCIe

About three o'clock this afternoon
an accident with a miraculous ending
happened at the junction of Oregon
and st. Louis streets. A we'll dressed
boy about ten years old was hanging
on the rear end of street car and as
the car passed across Oregon street
a cab came into st. Louis street from
Oregon. Just as the cab team ap-
preached the rear of the car the boy
dropped off. The horses were upon
him before the driver could compre-
bend the situation and the boy was
knocked down. BY good luck he fell
between the horses and they and the
carriage passed over him. When it
was over breathless crowd rushed
to his rescue but he got up and walked
away unhurt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
COURT HAPPENINGS
ANOTHER JEWELRY THIEF At
WORK SUCCESSFULLY.
Cases Set For Trial IN Judge Cog
Gins Court Usual Number
OF Sunday DRINKS and Peace
Dlsturbers.

Dan Steadham. the popular watch
man at the Sheldon hotel. is mourn
ing the loss of $50 gold watch and
other jewelry stolen from his resi-
Saturday evening.
Dan is on duty at night and his wife
left the house at a few minutes past
seven Saturday evening to attend choir
practice at one of the city churches.
When she returned to the house it
was plain to be seen that some one
had been in the house and she inform
ed the police.
search was made and it was found
that the burglar had pried window
open and gone into the house and
stolen all the jewelry that he could
find and then made his escape. The
little son of c. C. Kiefer who resides
in the neighborhood saw a Mexican
come from the Steadham yard as did
also young lady who was passing and
they both described him as being rath-
er slender and wearing a black coat.
He pulled his hat over his face and
they could not recognize him.
Mr.. Steadham places his loss at one
hundred dollars. The police are
working on the case but the clue is
very slight and unless the burglar tries
to dispose of the property it will be a
very difficult task to capture him.
Set For Trial.
Hon. J. NJ. Goggin:
Your committee have set the follow
ing cases for trial on the days desig-
mated:
Monday, December II, 1900.
No. SO. Simon Gavagan VS.. Southern
Pacific Co.
No. 81. ]. T Anderson VS.. Southern
Pacific Co.
Thursday, December 20, 1900.
No. 81. J. G. Pimpel VS.. Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
No. 6. NJ. Patterson VS.. Southern Pa
cific Co.
No. II. Goodman Produce Co. VS..
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Co.
The following cases are set by agree
ment for Wednesday and Thursday,
January and 8, 1901:
No. 60. ]. H. Boone VS.. Herald News
Co.
No. 50. E. Kohlberg VS.. z. T. White.
The following case is set by agree
ment for Monday. January 81. 1901:
No. 10. Lewis Maxwell VS.. Ell Paso
Electric Light and Power Co.
". NJ. Coldwell.
A. G. Foster,
VIM. H. Burgess,
w. Kemp,
T. A. Falvey,
Committee.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10

the rooms full of magnificent jewels,
of long halls lined with great blocks
of virgin gold, and of subterranean
rivers ripping over beds of diamonds.
People flocked to Pikeville by the hum
dred and town lots sold for 800 as fast
as the papers could be made out.
Even P. T. Barnum, the willy old show
man, was caught in the trap, and has
tened to Pike county to see if he might
be able to pick up a few rare skeletons
or strange cave jewellers that the excit-
ed discoverer had overlooked. In due
course of time the phlegmatic and pom
derous English tourists arrived in
Pikeville and helped to swell the re-
ceipts of the hotels and bars.
In 1875, having a few moments to
spare, Mulhatton wrote a story to the
effect that the tombs of Washington
and Lincoln would be taken to the
Centennial exposition in Philadelphia
and put on exhibition, the fund thus
created to be devoted to completing the
Washington monument on a grand
scale. Before this fake was exploded
number of sedate visitors were claw
ing at each other over the Improperly
of thes cheme.
Mr.. Mulhatton considers that his
early efforts in Pennsylvania were
crude. He says that it was not until
ne had entered the state of Kentucky
and imbibed some of its celebrated air
and no less renowned chief liquid pro-
| duct, that he felt competent to enter
| upon a career Of ornamental and scien-.
tific prevarication.
His story of the discovery of detach-
ed sun spots brought orders from
Paris and London to send crack re-
porterS to the scene at once and spare
no expense in securing complete de-
tails.
His tale of the man who was able to
generate electricity in his body and
make himself impervious to the poison
of the deadliest snake had quite q
vogue, as the man made a sworn state
| alone he had killed 1900 snakes.
Mulhatton, encouraged by his Ken
lucky cave story continued to discover
other remarkable caves. He took a
jaunt into Mexico, where the simple
gullible natives gave him a magnifi-
cent field for his peculiar talents. He
also succeeded in filling the negroes
of the south with terror by some of his
marvellous yarns.
In personal appearance Mulhatton is
slight. modestly dressed man, with
a keen eye and quick movement. He
| would never be selected as the man
who has upset more newspaper offices
and sent more reporters on long and
| fruitless chaSes than any other in his
| tory.
Of recent years he has been out of
the public mind. A fall from street
car in New Orleans left a blod clot on
his brain, and untitled him for any
great efforts in his particular line. In
, 1891 he was picked up in the street in
Chicago suffering from the effects of
his injury received in New Orleans.
| After treatment in a hospital he resum-
ed his work as travelling man and final
ly drifter down to Arizona. In the
height of his glory as a monumental
liar, he was the candidate of the Nat
| ional Drummers' party. running in OPP
position to Belva Lockwood. In poll
tics he is a democrat. He refused all
offers of marriage and says he never
made any.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Very Much Enjoyed BY Twelve
little Ones

A very pleasant party took place at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J.
Kingsbury. 100 North Ell Paso street,
Saturday afternoon from three to five
o'clock. the occasion being the birth
day of their daughter Marguerite.
The dining room was decorated in yell
low and presented very handsome
appearance. The children, twelve in
number, partook of the delicacies
placed before them. then games were
played.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
A Woman and a Trunk.

About eleven thirty Saturday night
pedestrians crossing the Southern Pa
cific tracks at Stanton street noticed a
woman taking a trunk through the
railroad yards. She was turning it
end over end, and a young man asked
her if he could not give her some as
sistance. She said in a German brogue
that she did not need any help and
from her manner he thought that
something was wrong and went to a
telephone and called the police.
Mounted Officer Mitchell came up
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
THE PRIZE LIAR.

Joseph Mulhatton Sent to- an Asylum
in Phoenix. Arizona.-HiS Fame as a
Prevaricator.-Pitifu Fate of the
Most Stupendous Newspaper Fakes
known to the Business.-His Won
derful Cave in Kentucky.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
Ell pAso DAILY HERALD MONDAY, DECEMBER re. 1900.

and took the woman to the police sta
ton. She was German and her mind
was evidently unbalanced. Her trunk
was placed in the Reception saloon for
safe keeping and she was detained at
the station until morning when she
was turned loose. Nothing more has
been seen or heard of her and it is
supposed that she was located by
friends.
q. S. Court of Appeals.
Cases from the United States court
here which were appealed have been
set for a hearing before the federal
court OF appeals at New Orleans, as
1ouows:
January 9. 1901. No. 95S. Mexican
central Railway company VS.. ]. NJ.
Glover
No. 1905. Mexican Central Railway
company VS.. S. S. Jones.
Monday. February 4. 1901. No. 1914
U. S. VS.. Wong Chow.
No. 1915 Pecos Valley Bank VS..
Evans Snider Buel Co.
Charged With Drunkenness.
There was only one case brought for
trial in police court this morning and
that was a young Mexican who was
charged with having been drunk and
disorderly on Saturday night. He was
arrested by mounted officer Scott and
taken to Jail by Officer Smith. He
said that he was not drunk and could
prove it by the men who arrested him
so his case was continued until five
o'clock this evening that the officers
might attend the trial and give their
testimony. Three similar cases were
set for five this evening.
He is Not Right
The half demented Spanfard, who
was arrested TasXt week after he had
attempted to take his own life on the
street by stabbing himself was released
from custody yesterday.
After being out for an hour or so he
drifter back to the county Jail and was
incarcerated as his actions were I'M
mistakably those of a crazy man. A
complaint will be filed against him and
he will doubtless be sent to the asy-
Ium.
The Trusty on Trial.
Geo. James, tn ejail trusty charged
with the theft of a pair of trousers
from Deputy Bridgers. was placed on
trial in the district court this after
noon.
Case Continued.
A Chinaman, whose case was set for
trial before United States commission
er Howe this morning got a continu-
ance because his attorney was engag-
ed in case in another court.
Justice Courts.
The justices of the peace are calling
their civil docket today and setting
the cases for trial.
Jury May Hang.
The jury in the Comstock-Good land
suit. which retired Saturday reported
this morning that no agreement had
been reached. There was then every
prospect of a hung jury.
Boersch Jury Disagreed
The John Boersch case. which has
been in the hands of the jury since
Saturday resulted in a mistrial. the
jurors standing ten to two for acquit-
tai.
Sentenced for Horse Theft.
Jesus Monies. charged with the
| theft of horse from a ranch eight
miles below Juarez, pleaded guilty to
the indictment in the district court
this morning and was given a penalty
of two years in the penitentiary, by
the jury.
County Jail.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10

The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church will hold their annual Christ
mas Bazaar tomorrow, Tuesday after
noon and evening in the Center block.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
Try The Herald's Popular Wants.
CAUTION.

Do not delay in handing in your or
ders for special work in Mexican carv-
ed leather. Christmas is coming.
w. G. Walz Company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
County Jail.

Jose Mendoza was arrested today
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT, but sub
sequently released on bond.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
Boersch Jury Disagreed

The John Boersch case. which has
been in the hands of the jury since
Saturday, resulted in a mistrial. the
jurors standing ten to two for acquit-
tai.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10

and took the woman to the police sta
ton. She was a German and her mind
was evidently unbalanced. Her trunk
was placed in the Reception saloon for
safe keeping and she was detained at
the station until morning when she
was turned loose. Nothing more has
been seen or heard of her and it is
supposed that she was located by
friends
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
He is Not Right.
The Trusty on Trial.

Geo. James, tn ejail trusty charge
with the theft of a pair of trouser
from Deputy Bridgers, was placed o.
trial in the district court this after
noon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10

Deming water delivered daily. Tel
ephone 5S7.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10

The jury in the Comstock-Good land
suit. which retired Saturday reported
this morning that no agreement had
been reached. There was then every
prospect of a hung jury.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
Sentenced for Horse Theft.

Jesus Monies. charged with the
theft of horse from a ranch eight
miles below JuareZ, pleaded guilty to
the indictment in the district court
this morning and was given a penalty
of two years in the penitentiary, by
the jury.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
This EVENINGS Meeting.

The people Of Seattle should take adj
vantage of the opportunity Afforded
them this evening ia hear the issues Of
the campaign discussed at the Armory
by Senator Fairbanks. Of Indiana. II
will be one OF the great political occa-
sions ~ the year. senator Fairbanks IS
one OF the strongest. ablest and SINGER
est representatives. of the Republican
party and all that e stands for in the
life and well-being Of the nation. At
the national capital he &c a man who II
looked up TO for his ability, his patriot
ism and his idellty 10 the Republican
cause. II is seldom that the people OF
the Pacific coast have an opportunity
90 hear the issues % the day discussed
by man so thoroughly versed Ia them.
50 able 70 ser them in.convinclng array.
so well equipped as orator and states
man. This evenings rally WIN BE- one
81 the great events Of the campaign.
ana no man should miss Il.
NAt"Ntt. "ft8 "ANNl4 So 80 EAnlWsA httF4F
party loyalty. 90 hear It's cause set forth
WITH falncss Of Information and ample
accompaniment 81 facts. 10 renew ia
them a sense q the vital Importance 70
every American citizen ~ the asht now
being wnsaa lu behalf ~ American hap
piuess and American hanor. Men who
are IN any doubt. who are separated
from eitber ot the coutsndinE parties by
lho fa.utest shadow 0{ uncertainty or
dissatisfaction with amy = che issues rs
they have been presented. should eo 20
have their doubts resolved. We 90 not
fear che issue % the fullest enlighten-
meuL Men who have listened only q
the Democrats argument Should 50 10
hear what the other side has 80 say. So
plain do we think the issues 10 De. So
irresistible their appeal 60 the heart and
Agsla ~ American citizenship. that we
ask for them only an impartial hearing.
For the sake % tae party and for the
credit 81 tire community which a man
very high In the councils. the confidence
ana affection 81 his associates has trav-
eled far to reach. we ask our people to
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
To Friends OF Honest Money.

Some Gold Democrats, IL would APP
mont and Maine, are inclined to act
this year with the so-called Democratic
party. To all such, to any man who
may have been told that the financial
issue is not involved in this campaign,
to those who have heard that the gold
standard either could not or would not
be disturbed, and especially to our citi-
gems OF German antecedents, we COM
mend the following extracts from Mr..
Bryan's letter of acceptance:
The Democratic party remains the
steadfast advocate of the gold and
silver coinage of the constitution
and In not willing that other ma
lions shall determine for the time
and manner of restoring silver to
its ancient place ns standard
money.
whether the senate, now hostile TO
him etaltism. can he changed during
this campaign or the campaign of
1902 cnn only he determined after
the votes are counted, hut neither
the present nor the future political
complexion OF congress has prevent
ed or shonid prevent an announce
ment of the party's position upon
this subject I'm uncauivocnl terms.
Can any sound money man who reads
these words doubt that the silv1 ques-
tion is an immediate issue? Can he
doubt that, with the honor and pros
perity OF this country. with the wages
OF Its workers and the integrity of their
savings at stake, this issue has been
made paramount?
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HAVE ALSO A SPLENDID LINE OF BLANKET SHEETS
RELIEF FOR GALVESTON.

This is something we can all share In.
the work OF relieving the distress of that
dreadful environment, Springfield Repub-
lican.
Fortunately In such an emergency as
this the individual states are truly united
for relief. They act as one.-Chicago
Post
The characteristic sympathy OF the
American people has been promptly and
generously manifested toward the citizens
of stricken Galveston Kansas City Jour.
nal
The contributions should not cease until
the fund has expanded to dimensions
corresponding 10 the philanthropy and
public spirit of the community.-omaha
Bee. Ia
The plight OF Texas makes powerful
If silent appeal for relief TO all other
states OF the Union. The response should
he immediate and generous.--New York
Tribune.
'Tfe gives twice who gives quickly
is n motto emineufiy worthy OF ohserv-
ance by kindly and generous-hearted
Americans and New Englanders today
Boston Globe.
Aided by the whole country the port
should not let fits future be compromised
by any lack OF efforts to overcome the
local disadvantages OF the site. And be-
ing Texans and Americans. It goes with
out saying that the future viii be met
and the new Galveston will far surpass
the old. --Philadelphia Press.
II was said OF the great famine among
the Irish peasants many years ago that
by II even the heart OF the PARKWAY Turk
was touched. and he sent them In pity
the aims OF n beggar. America. praise
God. does not need to apneai 20 the Turk
or To any foreign land for succor for her
PEOPLE at this time. But there never has
been an hour before In our countrys his
tory when the need OF unstnted charity
was greater or when II should he poured
out more quick ly.--New York Sun.
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OlYmpIa Cnnltnl.

olympia CAPITAL
The Capital Is the oldest Popalist rapcr
In the state. and II did not spring into ex-
istence 10 live from party pelf, but left
a good support in tho Republican ranks
In 1891 to labor In behalf OF the common
people for purer politics and tho rights
Of the people. In iss2 protesting against
ring rule IN the affairs Of tho state, ii
assisted In organizing the Peoples patty
In this county and bad the satisfaction
~ seeing sii votes pollea Tor :. ". Young.
the Peoples party candidate for governor
in that year. For more taan eight years
the Capital has iabored for direct iegts
lation and clean partisan politics. and the
present publisher does not proposs % mar
that record by now giving tho snpDort 6f
the Capital 20 the most corrupt ring ever
known in this state-~the present Turner
Rogers machine. witch "a alone respond
bile for the state ilckat nominated 1t
Seattle. In taking this position, he Pub
Usher does not stuitify himself In auy
way. for ne announced before tae cor
veBtion WAS held that he would not sur
port John y. Rogers for re-eiection. and
after his nomination. left tho convention
and took no part in q. The Capital
charges. which can be proven. that Gov.
Rogers machine assessed state ewpi0yos
for personal denomination fund. which
IL sufficient 10 hhNoiYe al PopuiiatH from
support - the ticket
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turn out. Let il be a record-breaking
audience; and from this occasion let
there go out the inspiration 10 patriotic
activity that shall put the final quietus
upon those who would carry the flag
into retreat. shirk duty that we owe
TO humanity and to those dependent
upon US. and destroy the splendid fab
ric of Industrial weli-being which the
iabors of such men as Senator Fair
banks have built up about a happy and
contented people.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19

The calamity party viii not make as
much out of the short wheat crop in
Minnesota as It thought it would. The
farmers there have taken UP with di-
versifled farming more and more every
year, and in fax, stock and other firm
products will make up nearly enough to
Offset the shortage in grain. Such good
pointing to the Democratic orator in
Minnesota.
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silver standard at some time before the
expiration Of his term. The presence
and the Importance of the financial is
sue in this campaign rest no longer
upon Republican assertions. The grav-
ity OF the danger cannot be pictured
more yividly than 1t Is drawn in the
letter Of Mr.. Bryan.
Nor Is this the last or worst. Mr..
Bryan also looks hopefully forward to
unlimited issues Of fat paper, as advo-
Gated by the various platforms on which
he stands. Here, Of course. he IS dis
honest and misleading in his charges.
He asserts that the new currency act
places the control of the money volume
Of the country in the hands OF the ma
tIonal banks The total stock Of money
in the United States on the first day. OF
July was 1881, sss, 100. OF this amount
the national bank notes comprised
5000 Gao, 444 Any man who pleases may
calculate for himself how far the ma
tionai banks control circulation, even
IL their issues could be used to expand
or contract the currency arbitrarily,
which they cannot. That Mr.. Bryan IL
new more interested in irredeemablc
paper money than he ~ even in free
silver is plain to the most casual OBJ
server.
The several planks In the Democratic
platform are considered with the la
boriousness that marks a sense of per-
functory duty to be performed. Each
declaration is paraphrased, while the
candidate takes the serious liberty OF
editing into the platform the income tax
plank. which the convention deliberate
~ edited out OF II. The entire letter Is
involved and dreary TO an extent un-
usual with Mr.. Bryan, indicating the
pressure OF duty felt to be mechanical
The campaign has produced no contrast
so striking or effective as that between
the lettsr Of acceptance Of President
Mckinley and that OF Mr. Bryan. We
should be well content II every voter In
the country would but give them a care.
full comparative study. and cast his vote
according to what he finds there.
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up, money became easier. Perhaps in
more noticeable than In the state OF
Washington. Trade took on new life.
the farmers began to make money and
pay their debts. taxes were met when
due. and because of national Republican
prosperity thousands of dollars of de-
linquent taxes began to pour into the
state treasury.
1t would have been indeed an ineffi-
Client administration that could not have
made record under such suspicious
circumstances. 1t was sailing on a sea
OF prosperity with a wind that was al.
ways favoring. People were contented
everywhere, and there were to over
come no difficulties such as had per-
picked the former administration in the
days OF universal depression. In esti-
mating the credit due Gov. Rogers for
his administration of affairs 1t is only
fair to take into account the changed
conditions which have come about since
he was inaugurated and to make some
allowance for the return of Republican
good times which have made his course
an easy one to sail When an attempt
Is made to credit the changes to him,
or acts on his part it can be traced