El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-10
RAILRoADER's SAD DEATH.

RAILROADER'S SAD DEATH.
An unknown railroad man, who
boarded a freight train in this city te
beat his way eastward. died in a refr1g-
orator car between Big Springs and
Colorado Two other men got in the
car here with him and they say that
he complained of having fever early
in the night. He breathed with great
difficulty and coughed all the rest OF
the night until three o'clock in the
morning when he breathed his last
The cause of his death was decided to
be pneumonia. His body was buried
at the expense of the county. The
deceased was about thirty years of age
and five feet. eleven inches high. There
was nothing about him that could pos
sibIy lead to Identification. This is
the case that was enormously report
ed as death from suspected bubonic
plague.
NO NEW DEPOT. ~
The statement of another paper that
the White Oaks railroad was prepar-
ing to erect a fine depot just below the
present edifice is denied. Harry Alex
ander. assistant general freight and
passenger agent of the company, said
this morning that the company was
not going TO build anything here for
some time There, was no order out
to haul gravel and the company did
not need a new depot as they had the
finest depot in Ell Paso now.
mo. we are not going to build one
now or in the future that I know of,
he said to a Herald reporter. land the
Rock Island are not likely to until
they can get trains in here. They will
not build any way for our depot is
good enough for them and as they
have to come in over our line they
will of course run their trains to our
depot
A CURIOUS INCIDENT.
The appearance of two wives. one
of whom is blind, at the trial of Con-
ductor Hendry's damage suit against
the NJ X & T. railway at FIT. Worth
was not the only interesting incident
connected with the trial. The car from
which Hendry claims that he fell and
received his injuries was car No. PSI
of the company and long time was
spent in trying to find the car and
get photographs of it to be used in
evidence. All efforts made to locate
it were futile and it was given up. The
trial proceeded without it and was
about half over whe nthe man who
mad been hunting for the car for the
railroad company looked out of the
court house window and saw the car
standing on the track, loaded with coal
near the court house. 1t is a remark
able coincidence that the car that was
so long sought and had eluded all eff
forts of the railroad company to locate
it ,shauld show up at the very door OF
the court room where the trial In
which it was wanted was being held.
AN APPRECIATED GIFT.
S. Hill. the day engine crew. caller
for the S. P. and G. H.. is popular with
the men he calls. This has just been
proved by the presentation to Mr.. Hill |
by the boys of fifty dollar bill 1t !
was the intention of the S. P. and e. |
H. engineers and firemen, who run out |
OF Ell Paso. to contribute to fund for |
the purpose OF getting Mr.. Hill |
Christmas present, but after raising
the fifty dollars they concluded that
it would be better to get fifty dollar
bill and present it to him. Engineer |
Nugent had the management of the
affair ad he sent word to MIR. Hill that
he was sick and wanted him to come
to see him. Mr.. Hill thought it strange
thatMr. Nugent was sick, as he had
seen him about the depot only short
time before. but thinking he had TAX
en- suddenly i'll Mr.. Hill hurried over to
Mr.. Nugent's home. He was pleasant
ly surprised to find the engineer well
but was more agreeably surprised
when nr. Nugent gave him a little
talk about how the boys liked him
and then presented him with the bill.
Mr.. Hill says lnat the knowledge that
the boys appreciate his work and like
him well enough to make him such
present is worth more to him than
the present. He says the s. P. and G.
H. engineers and firemen are the fin
est lot of men he ever mingled with
and this thought was not born at the ,
presentation fthe fifty dollar bill. He
has felt that way towards them ever
since his acquaintance with them. He
says he will make the fifty dollars the I
seed from which will be produced I
home for him and his family in Ell |:
Paso and about the home will always {
cling the pleasant memory that to the |:
boys is due the credit for his having I
a home of his own.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
W. T. Robinson, wood contractor of I
the G.. H. came in this morning from {
IT. Hancock.
Switchmen Fike and Ives of the G. :
g., laid off yesterday and attended the
pull fight
Freight engine 500 takes the pit just |
Iacated in the G. H., shops by engine
|02- It will be overhauled also.
s. NJ. farley. Pullman superintendent
II this city has gone down the Mexican q
central on business. Alfred Dulohery,
! Pullman conductor on the Mexican
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