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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

nesses. The first witness called by the
defense was Policeman Scott.
He said: when 1 saw the Dwyer
boys and Vidal. Jim Dwyer and Vidal
were inside and Sam and Pat were on
the outside. Jim asked Viday to go
across the street with him. He refus-
ed and then they had words. Jim
struck at Vidal with his fist
Cross examined by the district at
torney witness said the defendants
were the nephews of Mayor Magoffin.
Police Officer John Denniston was
called by the state. He described the
disturbance at Vida1's place. Witness
saw Jim bring Vidal out the door and
heard him insist on Vidal going across
the street with him. Vidal refused and
Jim struck at him Jim attempted to
so in the saloon after Vidal but wit
ness prevented him.
Did either of the other two boys tell
Jim not to go?"
Yes, one of them told him not to go,
and said. we will get him some other
time"
Cross examined witness said Jim
made no attempt to pull a pistol Sam
and Pat tried to get il INTO go home
and Sam finally got him to go.
John Scott was recalled and testified
that Pat had asked that Vidal be TAX
en- into the house. or there might be
trouble. His second examination was
brief.
With the states evidence all in it is
believed that Pat and Sam will be ac-
quilted and that it is hardly possible
that Jim will be convicted of anything
more serious than an ARRAY.
Purtell. the second witness for de-
Tense, saw the trouble between defend
ants and Vidal. He saw Jim hit VII
day and Vidal pulled his gun; then Pat
and Sam pulled their guns. No shots
were fired. The police interfered and
got between the parties.
Jury in Dwyer Case.
The names of the jurors who are to
judge of the innocence or guilt of the
Dwyer boys, follow:
William Watson. Sam Wilson, John
Mayhill, w. H. Rattenbury, C. o.
Lagerfelt, ]. H. Watson, ]. " Tira, D.
B. Halderman, w. H. johnson, G. L.
Saffarance, "A. Boultinghouse, A. J.
Ross.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
Rats and the Plague.

when rats die, you may know the
plague has come" is Il common saying
in the east. Honolulu puts it differ
emily. when the plague has come.
the rats must die" is the western YER
sion. The physicians became convinc-
ed that rats were responsible for the
dissemination of bubonic plague in
Honolulu and offered a bounty of %
cents a head. Within two weeks more
than 5000 were killed. The result
seems to have justified the outlay. for
1t is said that since the rats were de-
stroyed not single case Of plague has
appeared.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

something like 100000 year. Not
withstanding the Importance of this
noble work congress each year hacks
away At the appropriation to keep it
down to its lowest limit. Congress
says that lightkeepers. on whose eff
cheney and courage hundreds and thou
sands of lives depend each year, shall
be paid 5000 for years service. That
is fully as much as many street
sweeper or schoolttacher in New York
receives. The wonder seems at that
pay that our coasts are as well guarded
as they are.-New York Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
DWYER BOYS IN TRIAL
Continued from First Page

sation that there was going to be
trouble at Vidal's. Pat Dwyer did not
tell me to go, but he said somebody
ought to be sent there and l went.
also notified Denniston.
Pat told Jim he (Jim) was drunk
and not to go to VidaIs place. Jim
said he wasn't drunk and was going
down there to call Vidal down and if
Vidal had been talking about the
Dwyer boys he had to fight
The witness was excused at noon
and court took a recess
sr5V- Afternoon Session
After dinner the trial was delayed
for a time while the attorne, fo" cile
defense was consulting~with his wit
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
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HIGH TEMPERATURES.
Hent Produced In Electric Furnace
Meits Most Refractory Substance.


The following description of n iabora-
tory furnace for high temperature
work is taken from an article by Pro-
feSsor Edward Renouf in The Popular
Science Monthly:
MoiSsan's electric furnace is block
of quicklimc little longer and wider
than page of this magazine and about
three inches thick. y rectangular cavity
is cut on the upper surface of this
block. y similar block forms the cover.
In opposite grooves, between the top
and bottom pieces. are placed the car
bonS, such as are used i'll ordinary
lights. The arc plays across the cavity
in such a manner that the substance to
be heated is not brought into the arc it
self, which is vaporized carbon, but be-
low it. The cavity thus represents
tiny reverberatory furnace. The arc
heats the roof and sides to an intense
heat. which is radiated on the open
disk or closed crucible or tube contain
ing the substance heated.
This is the simplest form of labora
tory furnace. Various notifications
are used, but in ali the size is small
and the arrangement simple.
Lime and magnesia are the best ma
terals for it's construction, because
they are at the same time the most re-
fractory substances available and are
poor conductors of heat. A furnace
top one and a half inches thick may be
heated by so powerful an arc that the
melted quicklime drips from the inner
surface. while the outer surface is
scarcely warm to the hand. Moissan
has utilized in these little furnaces cur
rents of electricity of varied strength,
the lowest being that given by four
horsepower dynamo, the highest that
generated by a 800 horsepower. The
highest temperatures obtained were
about $500 degrees centigrade (6,30O
degrees F., with the heat constantly
increasing. The limit to the obtainable
temperature-as far as the experiment
tai evidence showed-was merely the
lack of any known substance refrac-
tory enough to bear the heat, for at the
temperature mentioned Quicklime and
magnesia not only melt, but are chang
ed into gases, so that the furnace was
filled with the vapor of its own mate
rial.
The effect of the heat on single sub
stances is very interesting Refractory
metals. such as iron, manganese, ura-
MUM, platinum, melt rapidly and then
become gaseous; the most refractory
nonmetallic elements. silicon, boron
and carbon, arc changed into the gas
eous form. At the temperature of 934
degrees centigrade water begins to
break down into its compOnents, ny
drogen and oxygen; at $500 degrees
centigrade C4.50O F. the decomposition
is complete. In other words. water
vapor cannot exist at temperatures
above 1900 degrees. but the hydrogen
and oxygen exist in the free state.
Astronomers tell us that refractory
elements Ike iron, silicon and carbon,
perhaps dissociated into simpler sub
stances, are present as vapor in the at
mosphere of the sun and that many
others of our well known elements. in
Guiding hydrogen, are also present in
this glowing atmosphere, while the
heat of the suns surface and that of
the hotter stars is vastly higher than
that of the electric furnace.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Holding Well Attended Session At
Trinity Church

The first annual convention of the
Ell Paso County Sunday School asso-
citation convened this morning at 10
O'Clock in the Trinity NJ. E. church
and was we'll attended.
The opening service was led by Bro.
j. F. Corbin, of the Mexican Mission.
This was followed by a pastors con-
ference, led by Field Secretary Lewis
Collins. After the recess there was a
devotional service of fifteen minutes,
led by j. ]. G. Armstrong. At 2:15 p.
m, came the teachers hour, with bible
drill on books, led by Secretary Col
line. and participated in by Mrs. o. c.
Irwin, Nj. E. Wl..lams and A. G. Foster.
At 3:15 p. m, was the primary hour
and Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. w. H. Robin
son, Secretary Lewis ollins and Pro-
lessor Roach took part.
At 4 p. m, the normal class met, led
by Secretary Lewis Collins.
Tonight at 7:3O there will be a SER
vice with the consolidated Sunday
school choir and devotional. Then
The Book We Study" will be discuss
ed by Rev. w. o. Millican and Willard
Patterson.
At SIS the Texas Sunday School as
ISOLATION will be spoken of by Field
Secretary Lewis Collins.
Tomorrow there will be services all
day from 9 a. m. on.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
shark Eating shark Of Kin.aIe.

The other morning when the fisher
men from Kinsale were hauling their
nets they found an enormous blue
shark entangled, measuring 10 feet 3
inches long and having three rows OF
formidable teeth. On dissection its
stomach was found to contain three
blue sharks each four feet long. One
was partly digested, another was cut
In two, and the third was swallowed
whole.-Cork Constitution.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
ChIna's Population.

No man knows the exact population
of the Chinese empire. but it is believ
ed to consist of between 100000
and 500,0000OO persons. If a census
were taken by compelling the Celes-
tials to move past the enumerators in
single file three feet apart at the rate
of four miles an hour, the process
would consume about s years, 81 days,
q hours. AZ minutes and 3S and a frac-
ton seconds. allowing two days for
leap years.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
SUBSCRIBERS.
How to Locate Every One of 500 Of
fees In the High BuiIdinEs.

What floor is S32?' queried a pros
porous looking business man of the ele-
vator boy In down town Skyscraper
the other day.
Eighth" answered the boy in mat
ter of fact sort of way, indicating that
he knew the exact location of every
one of the 800 or more offices in the
building. And so he did, but it didn't
take him long to learn them, and the
fact of an intelligent business man be-
trayinS his ignorance of so simple a
matter may be sufficient excuse for this
explanation.
There are some matters of general
knowledge that are not classified in
any particular art or science and are
not taught in the schools. One of these
is the relation of numbers to floors in
tall buildings. In all the skyscraperS
and in nearly all the other large build
ings 100 numbers are allowed to floor.
though there may not be half that
number of rooms. In this way the
number of hundreds in the room num-
Der indicates the floor number. For in
stance, room 49, is on the fourth floor.
49, on the seventh floor and 1,13I on
the seventeenth floor.
About the only exception to this rule
in New York is the Pulitzer building.
which was built before the day of steel
skyScraperS.
In Chicago and in other large cities
this same plan has been adopted in
numbering streets and is exceedingly
convenient. Suppose, for example, one
wishes to go to 1.612 Michigan avenue.
There are no cars on Michigan avenue,
so a Wabash avenue car must be TAX
en-. But where to get out? With the
old system of numbering you can only
guess. With the new you know to a
certainty that for 1,634 you must get
out at Sixteenth street.
Such a system would be very conven-
lent in New York, but New York was
laid out and the streets numbered long
before this system was inaugurated.-
Mail and Express.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
On the s. p. Cridoe Across tie pio
Grdnde

\ man was killed at the S. p. bridge
across the Rio Grande this afternoon.
A section man came in fro mthe bridge
and reported mat the passenger train
that left this place for the west about
l o'clock knocked n tramp off the
bridge and killed him. That is all the
particulars that could be secured up
to the time of going to press. The
body had not been brought in. but it
was the intention to send a switch en-
CINE out after it this afternoon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
The Richest Baby.

The little Grand Duchess Olga of
Russia may be said to be the richest
baby in the world The week she was
born S5O0O.OO0 was settled on her, and
it is said that this huge sum was safely
invested in British and French securi-
ties, for in country like Russia no
one knows what may happen to mem
bers of the reigning house.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

A citizen of Wichita, Kan, who is
now ut Cape Nome recently wrote a
letter to a relative at home, from which
the following is an extract: Here lies
the rolling sea. Towering above that
are the ice green mountains, and tow
ering above the mountains is the price
Of grub"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

At regular meeting of Stonemas
on's Union No. 1 last night, two MEM
bers were suspended for non payment
of dues.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Mrs. J. H. Comstock. the horis,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Kaseman, Phone s, for the best coal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
AN oBLIeINe THIEF.
Hayes Gives Back TO Mrs. Blooners
All He Stole.

young man who gave his name as
Robert Hayes applied for room and board
at the boarding house kept by Mrs Ida
Bloemers and her mother, No. 65S Jersey
avenue, yesterday. He was given room
and was asked for references. He said
he could preesse such. lie was left up
stairs about fifteen minutes. When he
came down Mrs. Bloemers noticed that
he had become stouter in the short time
he had been under her roof.
Suspecting something wreng she follow
ed him into the street and noticed that he
had on two coats. She called his atten-
tion to the fact. He pulled OF one of the
coats and handed it to her.
you have also on two vests" she said.
He pulled off one of the vests and
handed it to her.
Mrs. Bloomer also noticed he had two
pair of trousers.
He agreed to go into a laundry near
by and diyest himself of ems pair of
them. While he was in the laundry
Chanceman Looney came along and Mrs.
Bloomer got him to arrest Hayes.
In the First Criminal Court this morn
ing Hayes was fined SIS and costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
HOOS FOR GOVERNOR.
Social Democratic Party Or
ganized and Announces
Its Work.

The new political party organized a few
days ago in Jersey City was incorporated
yesterday and blossoms forth as the
Social Democratic Party of the State
of New jersey and the trustees for the
year 1900 are:-Max Richter, of Paterson;
]. w. James and John P. Weigel of this
city, William Bucksath of Hobokerl;
Gustave Posem of Passaic; F. Schmidt
of Carlstadt, and Frederick Kraft of Jer-
sey City.
The new party has been created so one
o fits members modestly explained for
the purpose of enIightening the people
on socialism.
You must know" he said to a
News" representative, ''that the average
person hasn't the renrotest idea of our
principles. Have we any principle? Lots
fthem and enough to give away to
others. What are we going to do? Well
just this, we will nominate candidates
for the city. county and State. We will
insist on the labor laws being enforced
and we propose to add othtrs to the
statute book. Have we amy slate for the
fall election? Wei it's not quite fixed up
yet. We will nominate Mayor Hoos for
Governor and we believe he will knock
out any Republican Gen. Eewell can put
up. The Mayor has always been a friend
o flabor and we know our friends.'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
ST. TRlRITATIS PICNIC.
Sunday School Spent the Day in
Union Hill.

The twenty-sixth annual picnic and
summer nights festival of the Sunday
school and congregation of the Evangel-
ical Lutheran ST. Trinitatis' Church. R.
"a. Hafer, pastor, took place yesterday at
Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, and was a
great success. The three hundred pupils
of the Sunday-school paraded the prin-
cipal thoroughfares of the upper section
of Hudson City before boaring cars for
the park.
There was profusion of banners in the
parade, but one that attracted particular
attention was large one worth nearly a
hundred dollars that was solemnly dedi-
Gated last Sunday fternoon 1t was car
ried by Master Arthur Ehlbeck, assisted
by Miss Minnie Braun and Miss Frenckh-
necht. The banner classes marched
ahead. First in order was Miss Henrietta
Guetjen's class, next Miss Hafemann' S,
then Miss KuhPs and Miss Della Prigges
The parade attracted great deal of
attention. The children boarded cars at
Congress street On their arrival at the
park they were treated to lemonade and
crackers. AT three o. clock ice cream was
servedt. At four O'clock numerous games
were started and continued until night
Meanwhile a concert was given by Prof
Ecker's Band Dancing continued till
late in the evening. Pastor Hafer was
in charge of the arrangements, assisted
by Frederick zeidler and Henry Kuhl,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12

parents. If you want home for the
child, go to the grandparents"
Mrs. Williams explained how the his
tory Of each child was kept SO that
years after If a child wanted to know
about It's parents its history could be
looked up.
One of our strong points" continued
Mrs. Williamson is the reconstruction Of
homes. We don't do this where the
parents drink or where there are any
immoral features"
The children from rural district, she
said, were harder to handle than those
from the city. They did not know any,
thing. 1--WE do not aim to make little
George Washingtons of every child we
take hold of, concluded she, every
home we place the children in is good
Mrs Fox and took a carriage and visit
ed fifteen minutes in one afternoon"
Mrs. Williamson was asked about
George Brewer. the incorrigible lad who
is to be sent to Jamesburg Reform School.
She replied that she was having him sent
there to prevent his going to jail That
he would be there two years and would
then come back to her hands again. She
would make some provision for him in
the meantime.
After it was all over the audience ad-
journed to Whittier House, where
luncheon was served and where this
afternoon Miss Bradford gave a talk on
settlement work
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
MILBURN TRIES SUICIDE.
His Friends Fear That His
Mind Is Affected.

Former Patrolman Albert Mffburn, who
resides at No. 50 Vroom street, attempted
suicide about half-past nine O'Clock this
morning in the rear of Leonard Pellets
saloon at Mercer street and Summit ave-
nue. Mlburn swallowed a big dose of
laudanum. The noise of his fail attracted
the attention of the bartender who rushed
in the back room to assist the struggling
man.
Mifburn was lying stretched out on the
floor, kicking vigorously. The ambulance
was summoned and Miburn taken to the
City Hospital, where a stomach pump was
used with good results. The doctors say
that Milburn will recover in a few days.
Sometime ago, Milburn who did
mounted duty in the Seventh precinct,
disappeared mysterieusly, leaving a wife
in this city. He was gone for several
months When Milburn left, it was al
legged that he took with him funds be-
longing to the Police Mutual Aid So
ciety. Since he lost his place on the po-
lice force he has been respondent and
careless 1t is thought that his mind is
affected.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
KENNEL DIDN'T APPEAR.
So the Expected Hot Time of
the Equalization Board
Didn't Materialize.

The County Board for the Equaliza-
tion of Taxes met again yesterday after
noon in the Court House to hear appeals
and were very much surprised to find that
not protest against the work of amy of
the local assessors had been fled during
the three day the Commissioner have sat
as an Appeal Board.
It was anticipated that yesterday after
Moons session would be particularly
lively one as it was expected that
Assessor Kennel would be placed on the
rack to explain the strange discrepancies
in the figures of his return filed on Tues
day. All the members were present when
President James G.. Morgan called the
Board to order at four o'clock, but neither
the North Bergen Assessor nor Assessor
Possehl of Secaucus, who was also ex-
pected to assist in unravelling the tangle,
put in an appearance.
The failure of Assessor Dominick J..
Lahres, of Gutenberg, to file his return
of ratables was again subject of dis
cussion. Commissioner Mclean was in
favor of summarily fixing the valuation
of the towns ratables at 81 200, ,0O0 He
made motion to that effect but with
drew it at the suggestion of President
Morgan, who stated that the Gutenberg
Assessor had ben peremptorily ordered
by Secretary Connolly to make his re-
turn this afternoon or the Board would
proceed against him.
Commissioner Mclean said that if As
sesssr Lahres failed to obey the order he
would renew his motion at this after
Moons meeting
On the basis of the increase in the other
taxing districts of the county the Gutten-
berg return should show ratables to the
value of $905,777," declared Mr. Mclean.
Besides the figures of the sale of the
Guidett shore front property recently re-
corded show that the assessment of that
property has been on basis of about 40
per cent. of it's value. There is a differ
ence of about 100000 between the Asses
sor's valuation and the figures on record
and this added to the amount expected
would make the valuation of Gutenberg
over a million #
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-12
SCHOOL REPAIRS.
Unless the Finance Board
Hustles the Buildings
Will Not Be Ready
Ne xt Fall.

Several members of the Board of Edu-
cation have repeatedly spoken of the de-
lay in the appropriation for the school re-
pairs. This is matter that has been
discussed with almost no results. What
the Directors particularly object to is the
seemingly unnecessary delay on the part
of the Board of Finance in handing out
the sum asked for in May, with which to
make very essential repairs in all of the
public schools before the vacation term
ends and sessions are resumed again in
September.
The Board of Finance last year gave the
appropriations in August, not more than
two weeks before the schools opened.
The result was very unpleasant for the
Directors. They were made to hustle for
all there was in them in order to secure
the completion of all the repairs so as to
open the schools on time. Even then the
repairs had to be carried on long after
school was opened.
The Directors say that they can see no
good reason why the Finance Board can
not give them the $35, 900 asked for for the
usual summer repairs, in order to allow
the schools to be looked after in proper
time. The Directors are particularly de-
sirous of placing their respective buildings
in good shape and wish to have sufficient
time to have the work done in a satisfac-
tory manner.
Every school in the city will need look
ing after to some extent. Some buildings
could be used without being repaired, but
the repairs are important, and the sooner
the work is accomplished the better.
1arlray toll rod a
the question of the delay in the appropri-
alton for summer repairs last evening to
a reporter of ."The News He said he
could see no reason why the funds asked
for short time ago could not be placed
at the disposal of the Board of Education
Immediately so as to permit the var
ious Directors to secure their allotment
and to proceed with the repairs.
1.-THE Board of Finance last year" said
he, .'did not place any money to our ac-
count until very shortly before the vaca-
ton term terminated. Then 1t was case
of hustle to provide suitable quarters for
the scholars Some of the work had to
be carried on after the sessions were re-
sumed. which made it unpleasant for the
tracks and scholars. This we wish to
avaoid if possible.
There is some money on hand to our
account. left over from last years ap-
preparation. This we do not dare t touch
as yet, because their is no telling when
we may be called upon to make immed-
late repairs anywhere on the buildings
and it is always safest to have some
fu19as-for such emergencies.
THE schools throughout the city are in
fair shape, but they need repairing, What
repairing they get depends wholly upon
the amount of money we get from the
Board of Finance. Now there's No. 2
School, which would never be any good,
no matter how murch repairing it got.
A new school is needed there in the worst
way. NUo. 10 on the Heights has seen far
better days. The walls and ceilings are
in very badsh ape and these should be
repaired before the fall term