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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
GENERAL OTIS
Says the Philippine War Is Over

CHICAGO, June S.-Genersl Ois
arrived in Chicago this morning from
San Francisco on his way to Was
hing ton.
He was met al the North western
depot by Major J. T. French and
Colonel Alexander, and hurried to the
Rock Island depot where he greeted
his wife and daughter.
After partaking Of breakfast and
calling at army headquarters, the
general left at 1890 for his home in
Rochester, where he will spend part of
day and then hurry on to Was
hington to report to the president.
"You want to know II the war is
over "a the Philippines?" Inquired
Otis.
''Yes, it is. However, we will need
troops in the island for long time,
but the real war is at 90 end. AS to
the report that Aeuinaldo is dead l
hardly believe it is possible. Though,
but not very probable.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
TEXAS QUICKSILVER.
Brewster County Mines Said to be
the Richest in the World.

General All. L. Roberts, travelling G
age mt for the postal department of the
gere-sl government, in recent inter
view spoke enthusiastically of the
quicksilver OF west Texas. In speak
Ing OF mining settlemens in Bre eweie r
county, six or eigh. miles from the Rio
Grande, he said; "These people have
the richest quiksilver miGes in the
world. They are III q seccion shcut
four miles square. Gold 10 being mined
In some places In the world where the
yield Is not more than SO Or 81 per ton.
saw quick silver ore there that will
yield $500 per ton.
1 saw couple of men operating two
small retorts, which one man, in a
very primitive way, crushing the ore
by hand. There were not more than
twelve men in the work altogether and
the yield in thirty days amounted to
$4,000 worth of quicksilver
The men who own nearly all of this
are Messrs. Murphy of Maria, Goldsby
and Norman Of Texas.
They succeeded in purchasing what
they regarded as the richest area. They
then went 20 work on them, and as the
work has progressed the developments
show greater wealth than they figured
upon. In making inquiry as to the
certainty of the wealth OF the locality,
learn that the Rothschilds, who con-
troll nearly all of the quicksilver In the
world, hence keep an eye upon all dis
coveries or new things in that line,
sent an expert out there to see what 1t
amounted to.
He made an examination and stated
that there was at least S4G0, 100000 of
quicksilver in the area owned by these
people.
They are now preparing to 20 to min
ing it on a large scale. They are
erecting big smelter there. The
machinery is all on the ground, and it
will likely be done il thirty days.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
A Bill Has Been Introduced
In Congress Providing
For a Survey
IN VICINITY OF LAREDO
With a View to Building Un-
derground Dams to Raise
the Water Level.
Special Disp atch to the HERALD.

Special Disp .tch to the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June S.-Just
before the close of congress yesterday
Congressman Kleberg Of the eleventh
district of Texas introduced q bill,
which will come up early next session,
sppropristinR fifty thousand dollars as
preliminary to the construction OF
dams or wiers across the Rio Grands
river in the vicinity of Laredo, provid-
ing Mexico will appropriate the same.
This amount is principally to cover
the expense of certain Investigations
which the people of that section wish
to have made in order to determine
the best way to increase the water
supply.
The bed of the river at that point
consists of sand to great depth, and
the water runs go far under the
ground that during the slack seasons
1t is difficult to get an adequate water
supply even from wells. The dams
proposed would no. create q reservoir
in the ordinary sense OF the word, but
would raise the level of the under
ground water to near the level of the
bed OF the river.
Mexico, it is said. has already sign
lied her approval of the project. a !
will readily join in the plan proposed.
The recent Transmississippi congress
at Houston passed q resolution APPROX
ing the movement, which resolution
has been used IN order to get the
necessary recognition in congress.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
THE CENSUS
No Apprehension Need Be Felt That
Information Will Be Dlvulged.

| The work OF gath ering the census is
now going On nicely and some of the
ienumerasors have about completed
| names to get, AS some people who can
| be classed as residents OF this city are
out of town and will nos be seen by tho
lenumerators, IL Is therefore the duty
OF all Interested in the welfare of El
Paso to give their names to the enume-
rators when they call.
II the enumerators have already
covered a street and a resident Of that
street remembers someone whose name
should have gone in the census be
can benefit the city greatly by writing
out answers to the questions which
have been published in the papers and
mailing them TO the euumerasor for
that district. The epumerator, of
course, will be com mpelled to verify the
name before catering them On his
lists but it is thought no trouble will be
encountered on that score.
Following ia list OF the enumera-
tors and the territory Of the city which
they will cover, and TO them can be
mailed any information as to people
out of the city:
First Ward-Arthur Heatherly.
Second Wsrd-O. D. Oven, Il. r.
Becker, and T. Q, Evans.
Third Ward-M E. Flores and H R
Hillebrand.
Fourth Nsrd-F. z. Tusten.
The Dosition nf enum=rator is no ea.v
one as some may think. Although
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
PRESIDENT KRUGER
Did not Show up at Lorenzo Mar
queZ as Expected.

LONDON, June s. Several days may
elspse before any fresh developments
are recorded in South Africa. LORD
RoGerts's troops are resting at Preso.
ria =. eparatory to an advance aRains,
the Beers, who have retreated to the
north.
Roberts will probably decide to re-
turn south and direct the clearing OF
the Beers from the eastern free state
in person.
LORENZO MARQUEE, June is de-
layed) President Kruger was,expected
to arrive here last night and every
thing was In readiness for his private
car to run right to wharf from which
he could 60 Immediately to the Dutch
cruiser in the harbor.
A launch waited near the wharf all
night and will remain near the wharf
again tonight.
LONDON, June S.-There is a death
OF news from British South Africa
concerning events In South Africa.
No military operations are chronicl-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
Settle the Dust.

Said we'll known citizeE this morn
ing: 1--WE will soon have two or three
thousand trsngers in the city, and we
want to see it looking as pretty as
possible. think that It would be q
good plan for the council 10 have two
or three of the street sprinklsrs go
to work at miduighs every nighs after
the twentieth of his month. Then we
will have no dust, and it will add
100 per cent to looks of the city. l was
talking TO q member of the council
this morning AID he was in favor of
it.;
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
THE BACHELORS
Will Have Their Annual Blowout
Next Tuesday,

Invitations are out for the annual
picnic of the Bachelors, Grass Wido-
wers and Sympathizers. The affair b as
been arranged for Tuesday, June 18th,
and Courchesne's grove will be the
place of festivity.
An attractive program of entertain
ment has been arranged, a pleasing
number of which Is the sparring bout
Smith and an eastern man. A clever
exhi hibision is looked for
The party will leave on the Santa Fe
at p. m.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
The Quarantine

DR.. G. F. Norton, local health Of
fcer, passed through the city after
being released from quarantine, en-
route to Austin, where he goes to the
bedside of a relative who is dangerous
ly Ill.
Quarantine conditions have not been
Changed except that shipments goin z
TO Mexico can pas through the oity
after through fumigation, and tha 4
freight from which there Is no dang
er OF Injection can pass through to
9th sr points when In locked cars.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
WHERE DO THEY START?
Reports Abroad that FL paso
Affected with Smallpox.

1t appears that the impression pre-
walls generally in east Texas that this
city is infested with smallpox. 1t is
possible that this idea, unless 1t is
quickly dispel,ed, will tend to reduce
the attendance at the teachers con-
ven.ion materially. m What grounds
such false reports have is mystery.
ourselves at once and let the truth be
known before the false report does us
damage.
A letter was received In this city
yesterday by q well known merchant,
| IN which the writer said that q mum
bsr'of people from Longview, Texas,
| had been making ready to come here,
but they learned that there was "small-
pox, and lots of IL, there, and they waD t
to know If there will be any difficulty
in getting into the city and getting out
again. They are anxious to come and
want to get off at once.''
The above statements show conclu.
sively that the conditions here were
| never better, and that not only is
! there no danger from contagious dis
| ease, but the city's health is remark
| able.
It is quite possible that the rumor
started In the existing state quaran-
tine against the bubonic plague. But
whatever its source it should be killed
at once. 1t would be good plan If
| all the special newspaper correspon-
| dents in this city would send out dis
patches tonight to Texas papers, stat
ing the true situation.
oDr. Villas. president of the board Of
health and county phsician, said today
TO HERALD man: There is no case of
smollpox in this county at present not
has there been for several months
You may ell e state that Ell Paso never
was in 8 helthier condition than at
present. There Is no sickness a. all to
speak of"
DR.. Chss. T Race, secretary Of the
board OF health and city physician ,
said. There has been no case of
smallpox here for Sor 10 months and
then they were not onr own, but some
that we caught from people passing
through from Mexico. There 10 no
community in the United STATES as
thoroughly under protection as Ell Psso
Is today. The past bouse is kept open
and ready at moments notice to re-
ceive and care for patients.
Frank Simors, city sanisary inspect
or, said: Il would be i'm posi- BILE to put
q city IN better condition than Ell
Paso Is today. There has been no case
| of smallpox here since last fall and
the city is as healty now as any oity
lie in this state.'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
GUIDES TREACHERY
Caused Ambush OF An American
Detachment.

MANILA, June S.-A detachment OF
the 3sth Infantry under Cap ain Cren-
shaw was ambushed by insurgents
ne ar Tsal In southern Luzon.
Crenshaw was wounded seriously.
One private was also wounned.
The rebels were put to flight le aving
ten dead.
The Americans a-e said to have
b en- led into ambush by the treaohery
of a guide.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
THE plLARES MINES.
Marvellous Riches Waiting For Bet
ter Transportation

trict now has 400 men and shipment of
high gra ie ore are being sent to the
Ell Paso smelter. Dumps of 100 ounce
silver are dropped at the mine being
too low to ship, but ths campis getting
to be known as silver producer. A
wagon road to cost 100000 will be
built to Naoo from which point ship
ment will be ade In the future.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
INSTANTLY KILLED
While Climbing An Electric Light
pole.

DENVER, June S.-Guy S. Hooper,
who served through the Philippine
war with the First Colorado volunteers,
was killed yesterday by electric cur
rent while attempting to climb q Gfsy
foot pole.
The dead body remained at the top
of the pole fifteen minutes before 4.
was lowered to the ground by ropes.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
TRAFFIC MEETING

MIL Be Participated In BY the In
terstate Commerce Commls-
sion.
BROOKLYN, June S-A conference OF
the railway presidents opened in this
city to day.
A division Of traffic is being cOnsid-
cred to palliate the weaker lines Ia
losses Of busineIs incurred through the
of sellers commissions.
It is expected that the interstate
commerce committee will participate
in the proceeding.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
MODERN VENICE
A Texas Town Is Compelled Ts
Maintain a Navy.

COLUMBIA, Texas, June S-The
Brszos river has risen steadily during
the past "a hours and the back streets
of this town are under water again,
which is expected to inundste the re-
mainder Of the place in q. few hours.
This Is the third time since April
that Colum bia has been compelled to
use boats in trsnssctiDg business.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
parker-JdCkson Flqht

DENVER, June s. A fight before
the Colorado Athletic association,
between KID Parker and young
Peter Jackson, of San Francisco, takes
place this evening. The fighters are
to meet at 13S pounds, Parker corced-
ing aeyen hounds
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
RESCUED
As He Mas On the Point OF Drown.

ING.
A Mexican came near being drowned
today near the Santa Fe bridge. he
had gone swimming up the river and
had evidently been taken with cramps
and fOated down.
Some one threw q rope over his head
and pulled him out. He was seeming
ly dead but when they rolled the water
out he came to life and began to pray.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
DROWNED HERSELF
Because She Was In Bad Health.

KANSAS CITY, June S-In the earl y
morning Mrs. James Kirkbride, q
mem Der of one of the most prominent
families In this city, left home and
went to small pond near by. She
wa1ed in some distance, and then lay
down ard deliberately drowned her
self.
Mrs. Kirkbride had been in poor
health for some time and had said that
death was preferable to such suffer =
ing.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
Real Estate Transfers

W. w. Finley and wife to J. e,
Courtney; let 6, block 1l9, of Camp.
BELLS addition. Consideration $500.
w. P. Clement to Frank w. Brown,
rae sional block 49 in AIexander's ad-
dition. Consideration $25.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
EGYPT NOW
Presents a Field For Military Ex.
p!oitdtion.

LONDON, June s.-The Star prints
the following from its correspondent at
Cairo: There Is a we'll founded re-
port that demand has been made for
the immediate increase OF the British
forces fn Egypt by 1000"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
AUTOMOBILE RACE
Each Contestant Must Carry 4
LddV

PARIS, June "A novel automobile
road race is being held here to-day.
The competitors must be member
OF The Automobile Club de France,
aud must not be accompanied by 3
professional automobile driver or
mechanic.
Further, each competitor must have
a lady by his side, the idea being
that under these conditions he will
not take racing risks but drive his
automobile with the same sense OF
responsibility as in ordinary every
day use.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
TWO STRINGS
To This provident Young Woman's
Bow.

WASHINGTON, June 6-Miss Sadee
F. Drown, who was to have married
James F. Kirk, of Chicago, con OF
millionaire soap man, on June %, b as
announced that this engagement is off,
but in order that che may not disap-
point her friends, who are anxious to
sss her q bride, she intends TO marry
James F. MoComas, also of Chicago,
on the day already set
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
THE RUSH OVER
And Nome Proved More Popular
Than Klondlke.

SEATTLE, June s.-The initial rush
70 Cape Nome is over. It exceeded that
of the Klondike a year ago.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25
MERE-MENTION.

The general manager and superin-
tendent of the Tacoma, Washington,
street railway, on which 40 men were
killed July 4, have been indicted for
manslaughter. 1.-THE postoffice de-:
partment has denied the application Of
the authorities of the South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian exposition
for the issue of a special postage stamp
commemorative of the occasion. One
alleged treason is because of insult
6cient time in which to get the stamps
out. '....''''It is expected that the elec-
tion of delegates to the Cuban consti-
tutional convention will be held about
November Is. '..'''The Chinese minister
at Paris, claims that all the foreign
ministers in Pekin except the German,
who was assassinated, are alive and
under the protection of the Chinese
court. ......'.'The total loss of the allied
powers in the capture of Tien Tsin, is
put at 700 men. '.""".A dispatch pub.
lished Sunday morning reported a
great battle in progress between the
British and the Beers at Middleburg.
Roberts was directing the operations
of the British and Kruger the Beers.
General Joseph Wheeler has asked for
active service in China. .........1t is Of
ficially announced that 200 Filipino
insurgents were killed during the week
ending last Saturday and 130 were
captured. The Americans lost twelve
killed and eleven wounded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25

In our opinion the greatest benefit
of the dispensary law to the state of
South Carolina, up to this time, is the
elimination of the influence of the
saloon keepers from state politics.
The dispensary has been used to a
limited extent as political influence !;
but it has not been comparable to the
old saloon. When the dispensary law
was first enacted, we looked upon it
as merely a step in the direction of
prohibition-a means to an end. 1t
appeared to US that if the state should
conduct the liquor business along the
line promised by those who inaugu-
rated the law, there would certainly
come time when the consumption of
liquor could be curtailed to legitimate
requirements, if there are any such
requirements. These are the principal
benefits we expected from the dispen.
sary law, and this is the reason of all
the allegiance we are willing to give it
now. So long as the issue is purely
between dispensary and high license,
we are for the dispensary. The ten
dency of the dispensary, properly ad'
ministered, is to the Encouragement of
liquor consumption and the tendency
of high license is in the opposite d.
rection.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25

probable that the remainder will he
made good.
The meetings that are being condnc-
ted at the York Cotton mills by Rev.
Charles M. Caldwell are exciting much
interest among the people of that
community. There were 8 professions
of faith on Saturday night, II Sunday
afternoon, and on Sunday night, 80.
At the request of the night operatives,
afternoon services; at; 4 p. m. were
commenced Monday. 1t is probable
that the services will be continued af-
ternoon and night at least for the re-
mainder of the present week and per-
haps longer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25

one of the ablest in the state, and the
other is probably the weakest that has
ever held that position in South Caro-
lima. If it were necessary, it would
be easy enough to explain how this
situation has come about. 1t is more
largely due however to political exigen-
eies than to the system that allows the
selection as judges of citizens residing
in other districts. For good judge a
superior order of man is required, and
we would not prefer to see the choice
of the legislature or the people limited
to specified territory. The greatest
need in this matter is a regulation that
will still further assure fitness and abil-
ity as the paramount qualifications. A
secret ballot in the legislature might
prove satisfactory expedient; but
the popular vote idea suggests the
most satisfactory and safest method.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Watermelons are coming in from
the country. They are not very plen
tiful yet.
- Yorkville beat Greenwood on the
local baseball grounds last Monday
10 to 4.
Major Jas. F. Hart requests meet
ing of the members of Camp Micah
Jenkins in the court house next Satur'
urday morning at 10 o'clock.
- The court Of common pleas has
been engaged with equity business
since last Saturday, and up to the time
THE ENQUIRER went to press yester-
day, had not adjourned. Judge Benet
to get through with the work
either yesterday afternoon or this
morning.
Will Adams, colored, has gotten in
formation of the 500 he lost on the
way to the baseball ground recently.
The money was found by little Ne
gro boy, and this part was ferreted out
by Policeman Rose. A part of the
money has been recovered, and it is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25
AT YORKVILLE SATURDAY.

AS will be noted by the ADVERTISE
ment elsewhere in this issue, there
will be special trains to bring the peo-
pie to the state campaign meeting in
Yorkville next Saturday.
The meeting will be held in the
baseball park, the audience occupying
the grand stand, with every reasonable
arrangement for comfort.
1t is expected that the campaigners
will come up from Winnsboro on Satur-
day morning and that they will leave
on the regular, or special, trains during
the afternoon.
The Gold Hill band will furnish
music for the occasion, and it is ex-
pected that everybody will have a
nice, pleasant time generally. There
should be large crowd present.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25

lion more. The drink waste Of the
nation is therefore not less than two
thousand million dollars annually. No
other overt wrong involves so many in,
dividuals or costs the state so fearful
a price.
8. Since it is the function of govern.
ment to restrain crime, to protect the
health, the liberties, the property, and
all other interests of its citizens, and
since it is evident that the abuse oi
liquor as beverage is the most fruit.
full of all the causes of crime, insanity,
and pauperism, that it destroys prop
erty, blights the home, corrupts char
acter, and makes against the condi,
tions of sound citizenship, it follows
that its manufacture and sale as a bev.
erage is crime against the state, as
we'll as sin against God that ought to
be suppressed.
4. The man who lends his influence
to foster such an evil on society is, &C.
cording to Gods word, accessory to
the suffering, degradation and wick
edness that grow out of it.
Hence, be it resolved:
1st. That we reaffirm it to bs the
duty of the church to enforce among
its members the rule against drinking
spirituous liquors except in cases Of
necessity.
End. We conceive it to be the duty
of a Christian citizen to protect the
state against the demoralizing, home
blighting, crime-breeding, property
destroying drink abuse by using bis
influence to restrict its manufacture
and sale to medicinal, sacramental and
scientific purposes.
3rd. We denounce any insinuation
that the effort of Christian ministers
and other citizens to rid the state ol
this gigantic evil is sought or volun'
tary combination with the saloon ele'
ment as base slander that is itself
an attempt to strengthen the power ol
this most damnable iniquity.
R. E. STACKHoUsE,
P. F. KILGo.
... R. R. DAGNALL.