El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-24
NeighbOre
hood Notes
MEXICO.

NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
Messrs. Escalante & Son of Merida.
will establish regular steamship SER
vice between Progreso and New York.
The new line of boats agrees to make
at least one voyage each month.
NEW RUBBER FACTORY.
The rubber factory which has been
under construction for several months
on the outskirts of San Luis Potosi. is
about completed and will begin oper-
ations very soon. Rubber will be
made from Il swamp weed called
"catonche."
ELECTRIC CARS. MAYBE.
1t is rumored in Guadala jara that
the street car company is negotiating
with a view to providing their lines
with electric power and doing away en-
tirely with the horse or mule locOmo-
ton. Ii seems that some such talk was
INDUCED in nearer home once upon
a time.
NOT ENOUGH SOLDIERS.
The Correo de Sonora of Guaymas
complains that notwithstanding the
number of troops in the Yaqui state
there are not enough soldiers there to
guard tie public interests and points
out the fact that in one particular dis
trict which has before now been over
run by the Indians. there is not a SOL
der within a distance of fifteen
leagues.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
Near Jerez. in the state of Zacatecas.
two large streams of water have been
discovered. which give. the first TO-
900 liters of water per minute and the
second about 5000. strong English
company is now being formed to make
use of these streams for Inc purpose
of erecting irrigation works there for
the irrigating of the barren land. which
only needs plentiful supply of water
to make is very productive since the
soil is naturally very rich.-Mexican
Herald.
NEW SHOE FACTORY.
One of the most modern shoe fac
tories in existence is in course of cree
ton at Guadalajara. No pains have
been spared in placing the best ma
chinery in the factory and when oper-
atoms are begun shoes to correspond
with those of the United States and
Europe. The company erecting the
plant is from Boston and is called the
United Shoe Machinery company. The
factory will have a tannery in connec-
ton and the entire plant will be ready
for operation in short time.
RAILROADER RELEASED.
H. L. Gaulding. the American rail-
road brakeman, who was sentenced to
eight years in the penitentiary by the
state court at Monterey last March,
was released recently by order of the
supreme court of the City of Mexico.
He was charged with throwing a Mex
lean from the top of a train infiicting
H., oh, inI
ter his sentence his case was taken up
by the state department at Washing
ton with the above result. He return
ed at once to work for the Internation-
al railroad company, for which he had
been working at the time of his arrest
That company aid all they could to
secure his release. He says he was
treated well while in the penitentiary.
THE QUESTION DECIDED.
The Mexican congress asked the
president to impart the information
whether or not in his opinion the pen
itentiary regime had been introduced
as a consequence of the inauguration
of the new penitentiary. in order. in
the event of an affirmative reply. to de-
clare the death penalty abolished &C
cording to the promise of the conStitu-
ton of 1857 The executive replied in
the negative. which means that the
death penalty will not be decided to be
non-existent. The reason given by the
executive for his decision is that the
new penitentiary does not provide the
necessary accommodations for apply
ing the penitentiary regime to all the
criminals who. according to the sta
tisticS of crime in the federal district
for many years past. would have to be
subjected to said regime.