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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
CITY WAFER WORKS
Now Contemplated To Be Supplied
From Wells On the Mesa.

Now Contemplated To Be Supplied
From Wells On the Mesa.
Mayor Magoffla proposes,to establish
q municipal water plant south east Of
Ft. Bliss near the G. n. wells.
The mayor says the bills for sprink-
ling the city at the present time are
near 81, 900 and that sum would be ade-
quate to meet interest on bonds which
would be issued in order to establish
the plant. 10 eighteen months. the
contract with the water company will
expire.
The mesa where the wells are to be
sunk is an ideal place for the purpose.
Water there is free from alksli SO that
Deming water will not be necessary.
The mesa is several hundred feet above
the city and as the water will rise In
the wells to within eighty feet of the
surface the pressure will be sufficient
without pumps.
The idea is to put the mains eighty
feet below the surface at the wells and
gradually decrease the depth as they
near the city.
AS to the money question Mayor
Megoffin said, "El Psso has a right
to increase its present bonded indebt-
edness to the amount of STA, 900 and 1
intend to take advantage of it for the
benefit of the city, TIE mayor has
instructed Cioy Engineer WimterIy
to run q liys vi levels to determine
the elevation. Major Wimberly will
begin work at once.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
POSTAL CLERKS
Meet At San Antonio In Annual Con.
Vention.

SAN ANTONIO, June 6.-The Nation
al Association of Railway Postal
Clerks opened their annual convention
here today, to continue today and Fri
day. Many OF the delegates have
brought their wives with them.
Two business sessions each day, con.
certs, carriage rides, trolley rides,
winding up Friday evening with a
Mexican supper, constitute the pro-
gram.
Strong resolutions calling on the
postmaster general to discontinue re-
gular case examinations for old clerks
were passed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
TO MOVE MONUMENT
Coemmordtlve OF the Famous Hay.
market Riot.

CHICAGO, June 6.-The policemen's
monument in Haymsrket Square is to
be moved to Union Park. The propos-
ed change meets general approval
The monument was erected IN mem
ory Of the policemen who were killed
in the anarchist riot, near where the
figure stands.
Business men claim that IL takes up
too much valuable space and is being
ruined in it's present location. and are
willing to bear the expense OF remov-
al,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
GOOD NE MS
But 1t Is Funny We Haven't Heard
OF 1t Before.

Eddy Brothers left Ell Psso Monday
evening for New York, to work in the
interest of the steel plan: thai is to
be put in Alsmogordo. This plant will
cost over s100, 900 and employ over
400 men here in town and 800 Ia the
mine and the railroad.
Banner.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
COURT OF APPEALS,
Action Taken In Several Fl paso
Cases.

Special Dispatch to the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, June 6.-The court
of appeals today took the following
action in Ell Paso cases:
Affirmed: Juan Cano We. G. q. & S.
A. railroad; e. ;. McCarty ct al vs..
Annie Mullen; @. 81. & S. A. railroad
We. @. r. Collins.
Reformed and affirmed; Fitzgerald
Moore VS.. Sarah Moore.
Motion for a rehearing fled 10 the
case of Leonardo Avacato ct al vs..
Eugene Del Ara ct ux
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
TYPOS VOTE

For President OF the National Union
INDIANAPOLIS, June Ga commit
tee has begun canvassing the typogra-
phical vote. Lynch, for president, will
have majority OF $500. 1t will be
the biggest vote ever polled.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
BIG OUTPUT
OF Gold In the kIondike

TACOMA. Wash, June GA. N.
Klgore, the Dawson trader who has
just returned, says the Ktondike
cleanup will reach twenty five millions.
The output of many creeks SO percent
over last year.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
NOMINATIONS
In the Kansas City Convention.

KANSAS CITY, June 6 -Dockery was
nomtnated for governor, John Lees Of
st. Louis sfor lieutenant governor and
Sam B. Cook for secretary of state.
The delegation wac instructed fer
Bryan.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
KEEN NOMINATED

For Governor On the First Ballot.
INDIANAPOLIS June 6.-Keen was
nominated for governor on the first
ballot.
The perform resffrms the Chicago
nlstform and instructs the delegation
t2r Brysn.--~-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06

Jos. H. Franklin, Chief Cisfk IN the
office of E. P. Thompson, manager of
sne N. M. Fuel Co, is down from
Captain,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
POLITICAL SUICIDE
Would Result From the Nomlna tion
of Hearst.

SACRAMENTO. Calf June 6.-The
Bee this morning 10 a leading editorial
concerning the Bryan sentiment In
California and Nevada warns the party
against the domination of w. r
Hearst for vice president, saying such
action would be "nothing short Of poll
tical suicide.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
PASo TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE g. 1900
A BRUTE HANGED
Vim. Hummei Who Murdered His
Bride OF One Week, PAYS the
Dend1fV

PendIIy.
WILLIAMSPORT, June Civilian
Hummel was hanged here yesterday.
With wonderful berve he walked un
assisted to the galowe. The body
wasem balmed and exhibited in the
afternoon aud evening at Wyoming
opera house.
The crime for which VIM. aummel
forfeited his life was a most revolving
one. He deliberately killed his bride
of one week and then slew three little
children O.! the woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17

only person witnessing the actions of
HOefner in the house was the wife and
mother, although Mrs. Whiscom, a Wo-
man living in the house, heard the re-
marks made by the drunken man and
heard the falling Of the furniture.
DR.. Hogeboom and DR.. Freeman held
post mortem examination on the body
of the child and they decided that its
death was caused by Hafner falling on
and crushing it. II the child had been
older it would have been able to regain
its respiration, but as it was young and
weak it could not do it. There was blood
upon the breast of the baby which had
come from its nose and the physicians
thought this was forced from it by the
concussion Of the body, although the post
mOrtem showed that all the organs were
in a normal condition so far as bruise
or evidence Of a blow were concerned.
The death of the child is undoubtedly
due to the drunken father and indirectly
due to the joints in North Topeka which
sold him the liquor which took away his
mind and his manhood.
Hoefner is % years old and IS a black
smith at hammer No. 3 in the Santa Fe
shops. The great time of his life is when
he can keep enough money from home 50
that he can get drunk.It was the whisky
he purchased Sunday which is the inn
mediate cause of the death of the child.
All the witnesses in the case are Rus
slams and, excepting the wife. they seem
to blame Hoefner for the death of the
baby
When the police attempted to get in
the house after the row man named
Spohn tried to keep them out. He was
taken to the station and this morning
was fined SO for interfering with an Of
fcer in the discharge of his duty.
The corners jury finished their exam
inatfon at Il o'clock today and did not
agree on a verdict for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
A SUBJECT OF THE QUEEN.
William Waldorf Astor Exempt From
Taxes in America.

New York, Dec. 17.-William waldorf
Astor has received a Christmas present
in the form of a decision from Judge
Andrews of the supreme court relieving
him from the assessment of $1,000 600
placed upon his personal property by
the commissioners of taxes and assess
nents for 1899. The decision holds that
had been for several Years, and should
erty here.
If this decision is upheld Mr. Astor
will not be taxed in the future in this
city on his personal property. A decis-
ion in proceedings Of a similar charac-
ter, instituted in behalf of Bradley Mar
tin, who has also been a resident of
London for several years, sustains the
action of the tax commissioners in as
sessing his personal property for 1899 at
$500 900 for the purpose of taxation.
When Mr.. Astor's personal property
WIS assessed in 1899 he made an ap-
pIcatiOn to be relieved from taxation
and submitted a statement in writing in
which he claimed that he was not liable
to be assessed in any amount because
he was not a resident of this city and
had acquired a residence in London,
England, having since become a subject
of the queen.
Mr.. Astor personally made a trip to
this city with a view to having the as
sessment vacated, and was examined
before the tax commissioners. He said
he did not intend ever again to live in
this city. but intended to continue to be
a permanent resident of London.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
HAY TO GO OUT.
Objects to the Way in Which
His Treaty is Being Handled.

Chicago Dec. IA Washington special
to the Inter-Ocean says: The determine
ton of the senate to make the Hay
Pauncefote treaty thoroughly American
will drive John Hay from the cabinet.
Hay is sensitive over the treatment his
treaty has received at the hands of the
senate and he has not accepted President
McKinleys invitation to remain at the
head of the state department through an
other administration In fact, there are
good reasons to believe that Hays resig-
nation is already in the presidents hands,
and it will require the presidents best
diplomacy to induce him to remain until
March f.
The intimate personal friendship which
has long existed between President Nc
Kinley and Secretary Hay and the per
Sonal influence the president has over Hay
may prevent any break in the cabinet
before March 4, but so imminent is the
shakeup that preparations are already be-
ing made for the changes that will occur
soon after March 4
Charles Emory Smith will. it is said,
be transferred from the postoffice depart
ment to succeed Hay, and Henry c.
Payne, of Wisconsin, will be made post
master general. Payne is not seeking any
has let it be known that he can have
anything he may desire The president
knows that Payne would not accept a
foreign mission of any kind. even the most
exalted. He is not candidate for cabi-
short Of a seat in the cabinet He has
forbidden even Hanna to make any rep
reservations or recommendations concern
ing him to the president, for he regards
the cabinet the presidents official fam
ily to be selected by him without Solicita-
tiOn or recommendation. While Hanna
will observe Payne's request, if the presi-
dent brings up the subject, Hanna will
have no hesitancy in saying to him that
he cannot offer anything but a cabinet po-
sition to Payne, and leave the matter with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
I,IOO men IDLE.
Brown Machine COmpany's Plant
Destroyed by Fire.

Cleveland. o., Dec. 17.-Fire early to-
day almost entirely destroyed the big
plant of the Brown Hosting and Con-
veying Machine company. Five out of
seven buildings used by the company
are in ashes and property estimated to
be worth over $50O,OO entirely con-
sumed. Eleven hundred workmen are
thrown out of employment as a result
of the fire The company, considered to
be one Of the largest concerns of the
kind in the world. has many contracts
with the government for hosting ap-
paratus to be erected at coaling stations
that are being established in various
parts of the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17

to arbitrate the differences with the Q.
r. 7. For the members who have the
disagreement here it should be said that
little of it has e1nanated from them di-
rect. Sympathizers have been heard to
express such news but so iar the Santa
E'e men have given no expression.
The order has about 1900 members
and they have more or less Indirect say
as to the routing of business. They
would not advise against shipping over
the Santa Fe direct, but quietly advise
some other advantageous route is the
way it would be done. it is said.
Officials Of the road to whom the pos
sibility of a boycott has been suggested
say they do not fear any such move be-
ing made They also say that under
the present system of travelling agents
and solicitors the amount of business
lined would be of small proportions.
THINKS BOYCOTT Is ON.
President Dolphin talked Of boycott
freely to State Journal reporter. 1T is
part Of a strike he said. 1T is not
is known that the Santa Fe company
has treated us unfairly the routing of
goods over other roads where we had
influence doubtless began. 1t will con-
t1nue as long as they continue to treat
US unfair and in the event of no AMIGA
BILE settlement being reached.
We have 0000 to 49, 600 members east
of the Mississippi river and about $4,000
members altogether. They have tried
the plan before very successfully. The
Colorado Southern and Chicago, Bur-
1ington &. Quincy found it ruined their
business for the time being"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
MANY MISSING.
But 314 Accounted For Out of
45O Persons OH Board.

Berlin, Dec. 17.-An Official dispa- a-ch
from Malaga received here this morning
accounts for 314 survivors out of the 45O
persons who We're on board the GernsSn
training frigate Gneisenau, which foun-
dered at the entrance to the port Of
Malaga yesterday while she was taking
refuge from the terrible storm prevailing
at the time
It is rumOred that the commander Of
the Gueisenau committed suicide when
he saw that all was lost A nephew Of
the imperial chancellor, Count Won Bue-
low, named Berndt was among the
saved, though he was injured about the
head. A sailor who survived the wreck
went mad as a result of his experience.
The first engineer, the assistant engineer
and a number Of petty officers were
drowned.
It is hoped that the guns, the treas
ure chest and perhaps part of the hull
viii be salVaged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
COLORED CLUBS FOUGHT.
Women's Societies Retain Opposition
to Afro-American Comrades.

Rockford, ILL.,, Dec. lido you ap-
prove of the admission of the colored
womens clubs to the general fedora
ton?
This was the question submitted some
time ago by Miss Esfae Shaw, chairman
of the ninth district, to the twelve clubs
under her jurisdiction.
The vote closed today, and the result
was unsatisfactory. Four of the clubs
fatty refused to consider the race ques-
ton The first to take this action was
the Current Events club of Rockford.
'"The question has been forced upon
u.s." said Miss Ella Root, a leading
member, "and it has also been taken
UP at a very inopportune time. We do
not propose to touch the question
Further, it should not have been put to
the individual clubs, as they are not
members of the state federation. 1t
should have been voted upon by the
federations of the cities which send del
egates to the state conventions"
The Eighty-F'our club and Mothers
Study club voted affirmatively on the
proposition. The Outlook club voted
against it; in the Advance club the rule
was a tie. The Fortnightly club of Bel
videre and the Woman's club of Dixon
voted an Endorsement of the action of
the executive committee at the Milwau-
kee biennial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
MEDIATION STEPS
Santa Fe Trainmen Take Hand
in Telegraph Strike.
Make Formal Request to Santa
Fe Officials.
REFERRED TO MR.BARR
Strike Extends Over the Whole
System.
Mr.. Nudge Accordingly Declines
to Take Action.
MR.. PERHAM Is HERE.
Says Things Look Bright For
the Strikers.
Rumors About a Boycott Are
Started.
LR. PERHAM Is HERE.
Says Things Look Bright For
the Strikers.
Rumors About a Boycott Are
Started.

Steps toward mediation OF the differ
ences between the striking telegraphers
and the Santa F'e company were taken
Sunday by representatives of the train
men. conductors, hremen and engineers
organizations. After an extensive con-
ference with the telegraphers at their
headquarters, the chaimen of the several
organizations held a conference with
General Manager Nudge also They were
referred to Vice President Barr. as the
trouble extended over the entire system
it was beyond his jurisdiction.
Representatives of the various Santa
F'e railway orders that came into con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
INTO NEW QUARTERS.
Immigrant Station on Ellis Island
Opened Up.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE new immi-
grant station on Ellis Island will be
used for the first time today. It forms
a marked contrast to the barge Office,
with its dirty. dimly lighted, cramped,
pen-like quarters In place of worn
greasy, there are concrete floors and
white hard surfaced plaster walls IN
stead of narrow gloomy passages there
are spacious, well lighted rooms.
The change from the old station to the
new one will be a welcome to the i'm
migration officials, as it will make their
work easier and pleasanter, and give
them more cheerful quarters.
The hospital the power house and the
physicians house will not be ready for
occupancy before February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
GROOM TORN FROM BRIDE.
Harvard Student Secretly Weds One
of "Cadet Grip Chorus.

Boston, Dec. lit was discovered to-
day that Gerard S. Foster of Utica, n.
Y, a Harvard student in the second
year class of the Lawrence scientific
school. was married on November 26 to
Miss Jessie Jordan, a chorus girl in the
cadet Grip company, then running at
a local theater. The ceremony was per-
formed in the Little Church Around the
Corner in New York and was kept a
profound secret until early in the week.
the young bride in the meantime keep
ing up with her work and the youthful
husband with his.
Then Fosters father, who is a wealthy
manufacturer, came to Boston, having
learned of the marriage. and carried his
son home with him, both in a very angry
mood.
The bride is still here and is heart
broken over the loss of her husband.
She is a very pretty girl, and declares
that the marriage was one of mutual
love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
St. Joseph'g New svnagogue.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 17.-The opening
exercises of the synagogue Shara
Sholen, at Sixth and Patee streets. was
an important event in church annals
in St. Joseph. The formal opening took
place at o'clock. The exercises con-
sisted of music by a band, speeches by
followed at O'Clock by a supper which
was served in the parlors of the syna-
gogue. Addresses were delivered by
Rabbi Fry,N of Leavenworth; Rabbi
Crowther, Mayor Combe and Prosecut-
ing ATTORNEY MyttOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
QUIT TOO SOON.
British officers Express Regret That
They Left the Front.

New York, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
The release of prisoners and other in
cidentS reported by General Kitchener
fail to reassure the public. The last
phase of the campaign is remarkable
for the miscalcuIations on the British
side, and exciteS many OutburStS of
candor- The staying power of the Beers
has been underestimated, and their pre-
paratiOnS for continuing hostile opera
tions in the extremity Of their fortunes
by means of buried stores of ammuni-
ton have not been taken into account
There has been a futile discussion for
months on the requirements of police
work and fox hunting, and suddenly
Nicholson's Mex has been reproduced
within forty miles of Pretoria, with an
isolated command surrounded and
forced to surrender after its ammuni-
tion had been exhausted, and with the
main body retiring without making an
effective effort to retrieve the disaster
General Clements explanation that
the Northumberland fusiliers were short
OF ammunition makes every EnSllshman
grit his teeth. The collapse of the Boer
cause has been assumed as the in
evitable consequence of the eXhaustion
of war material, and here is the fight
ing Fifth without powder and shot.
compelled to surrender The generals
now receiving the congratulations of
their friends upon their return frankly
confess that they have an uncomfort-
able feeling in being toasted and feast
ed. Lord Dundonald said before the
public banquet at the Hotel Cecil that
he could not help regretting his prema-
ture return, since the war evidently
had not ended, and a soldiers place
was at the front General POle-CaTeW,
who is overwhelmed with the kindness
of Devonshire friends, probably finds it
equally difficult to reconcile his soldier
ly sense of duty with a full apprecia-
tion of the delights of home hospitality
Lord Methuen'S friends are emphasiz-
ing the fact that while he has been
more sharply criticized than any other
general except Gatacre. he has at least
remained on the fighting line, bent on
seeing the job througuh. De Wet and
Delarey are spelling in advance the
Lord Roberts return. The book writer's
have also been taken aback by the re-
crudescence of hostilities, which cannot
be minimized as guerilla warfare DR..
Conan Doyle, who has written what was
considered a complete history of the
Boer war. anXiouSly waited during Lord
Dundona1d's speech at the Vagabonds'
dinner for some explanation of the IN
expected revival of hostilities which
seem to involve the necessity for addi-
tional chapters, if not a fresh volume.
The war correspondents We're equally
i'll at ease on the same occasion Among
them was Julian Ralph, with an article
over his signature in the Spectator, on
q hypothetical question of the censor
ship of dispatches but with the admis-
sion on his lips that the newspapers had
made a mistake in Withdrawing their
men from the field prematurely, and in
leaving some of the most interesting
exploits and events of the war un-
recorded.
The latest editions of the newspapers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB
Announces List of Stakes For the
Coming Season.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Brooklyn
Jockey club, through it's secretary. Hugh
D. Mcintyre, is out with a list of stakes
for the coming season. All the stakes
close on Wednesday, January 2, 1901.
There are six stakes for horses 3 years
old and upward, for year o1ds exclus-
lively, and three for 8 year Olds. OF these
stakes interest, of course, centers in the
Brooklyn handicap which follows;
The Brooklyn Handicap of $4,000, for
3 year olds and upward; 5000 each, half
forfeit or only $15 if declared by Feb
ruary 20; to the winner SIS, 900, to the sec
ond 81. 500, and to the third $500; weights
to be announced February 1; one mile
and a quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
THEY ARE WAITING.
Places Which Burtonites Have Their
Eyes On

If ]. r. Burton is elected-but he is
not-United States senator, the follow
ing men viii succeed those now in Of
flee under the Baker dispensation:
United States Attorney-Senator John
c. Carpenter Chanute.
UnARd States MARSHALL S. Crum,
OsWego-
Collector Of Internal Revenue-George
Findlay, Topeka
Some of the Burtonites want Leland's
job, pension agent, but this appoint
ment was made without reference to the
opinions of the Kansas senator, in fact,
over Senator Bakers protest And Mr..
Leland viii hold the place as long as
he wants it. The Burton influence can
not unseat Mr.. Leland so long as Presi-
dent Mckinley and Senator Hanna have
anything to say
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17

all comment upon the seriousness of the
defeat which befell the British force un-
der Clements last Thursday. The Tele-
graph considers that the reverse was
only rendered possible by the careless
ness of those in command, and that the
troops were in position to hold the hill
against all corners. BrOadwood's con-
duct seems inexplicable, and people are
asking why there was no cooperation
between him and Clements The authori-
ties are quite alive to the ugliness of the
present situation in South Africa, and
an additional contingent of five thou
sand mounted infantry viii shortly be
sent out. General Kitchener. it is stated,
is to be allowed an absolutely free hand.