El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-05

that report was ulScTeuiteu ny INC sohi-
IA Fe officials at this end of the line
YRAKE MAN HURT.
Arthur Borcherding. "A G.. III. brake
man went on the passenger train Sat
urday night. having been summoned
10 Sanderson to- take the place oil
lanes Lynch. G.. II. brakeman who
had fallen from the seat in the cupola
Of the caboose and sprained his back
so seriously that he could not continue
his work. He was brought in on the
passenger train yesterday morning.
. CAR OFF THE TRACK.
While a string OF loaded freight ears
We're being pushed along near the q.
H depot about 400 yesterday after
noon brake beam on the car in front
broke off and fell under the wheel. de-
railing the car. II required about half
an hour to get it back on and quite a
crowd gathered to see what was the
% trouble.
MANY NATIONALITIES.
Two cars of immigrants passed
% through over the S. p. lines yesterday.
They were the greatest mixture of ma
tionalities that ever assembled at the
). p. depot in this city. Russia. Italy.
Portugal. Germany France and no
telling how many countries were rep
resented in that motley crowd and
most of them were dressed in their ma
tive costumes The women of the
gang drew especial attention by their
quain CARDS. They were going from
east to west.
a BEAUTIFUL RAILROAD ADvER-
TISEMENT.
u -,-I,- 80 hA1. .snI
has received the most handsome thing
in the way of a railroad advertisement
ever seen in FL Paso. 1t is a large
picture of a Rock Island passenger
train sent him by Chas. b. Sloat. gem
eral passenger agent OF the Rock Is
land at Fl. Worth. who spent a few
days at the Sheldon last week.
The picture is feet aud three inches
Iong Tromed in highly polished oak.
The train consists of four coaches. a
baggage car engine and tender. all
laid in mother of pearl and cost SIS.
This is tie second of the kind in Texas.
the other being at the Menger hotel
at San Antonio. Mr.. Sloat has had
thies one ut his Office in Fl Worth but
when here decided that this was bet
ter place to put II and sent it to Mr..
Fisher. who prizes it highly and has
given il first place in his Office.
MANY CHANGES ON ACCOUNT OF
THE $. p.
When the Sunset Limited starts
there will be several changes in con-
ductors and brakemen on both G.. III.
and s. p. c. II. Allen and Tim Sulli-
van. conductors on passenger trains
between this place and Del Rio will
take the Sunset trains over the same
division. w. z. Smith and A.fC. Hig
gins. brakemen over the same diyis-
ion. will take positions as brakeman
on the Sunset train. Their places on
the passenger trains will be filled by
Ed. Smith and G. Il. Fayne. On the S.
p. there will he six new brakemen to
add. as that many will be taken off
the regular passenger trains. One of
the new brakemen is Harry Turner.
formerly ticket agent at the depot in
this city. One of the new passenger
conductors will be Conductor Zwick.
the popular freight conductor The
names of the othe rs who will be af-
fected by the changes could not be
learned. but Deal Connors and Parker
will probably be the S. p. Sunset con-
ductors and McGehee and Sewell will
probably be among those who go from
regular passenger runs to the Sunset
trains. go
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE
hdCnln1St Bren. Oh tne W. II. Shops.
is in ST. Luke's hospital sick with ty
phoid fever I
A 5. Bishop of the White Oaks
freight Office went out on the morning
train this morninf as head end brake
man. I
Several cages of beautiful southern
birds went through from New Orleans
To San Francisco yesterday morning
in the baggage car.
The White Oaks train did not leave |
until noon today as it waited for sew
eraI passengers from the DELAYED San
ia Fe train.
Three jolly marines passed through f;
going east last night. They had evil |
IDENTIFY been assisting some schooners
to cross the bar and were about half
seas over.
There We're seyenty-eight pieces of
baggage on the CT II. train yesterday
morning. They were mostly the prop
erty Of the immigrants who were on
the train
Mrs. Charles Pollock is quite ill and
as n consequence Charley is laying off
for a few days. Conductor Joe Ora
ham took his run out this morning on
the White Oaks.
Tonight about IL o'clock the Grau
frnna-S SnaeiaI train will racc