El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-17
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Hotel IObbieS

I'VE played a good trick on one OF
boys down at Eagle Pass when we
were there last" said one of the JOS
sey Stock company's men last night.
I'VE went over into Mexico on sight
seeing expedition and of course every
body wanted to see all of Mexico they
could and were ready to try anything
once Some one suggested drink and
strange, all were willing. A citizen
caught on and suggested to one OF the
boys that he take a goblet of tequilla.
which he explained was something like
American beer. He stood for 1t and
drank full glass. Before it could
have effect another was proposed and
as he did not like mixing he took an
other goblet of tequila. He was wild
in ten minutes and for four days we
had to nurse him in his room. Show
windows, fruit stands and everything
else suffered the same along our route
across the river and it was with much
difficulty that we reached the river be-
fore the police caught him. He was
sick for a month and 1 have his word
that he has not taken drop OF liquor
since"
I'm building the extension Of the
White Oaks railroad" said Chief En-
gineer Sumner of the White Oaks. I'VE
are opening a new country to settle
ment There have been some people in
that section for many years but they
are few. Thre are many fine valleys in
the Pecos country that are as fine and
rich as any in the United States and
when the road is finished there will
be room for many people in that sec
ton. 1 expect to see handsome little
city build up in the vicinity of Santa
Rosa, at the junction of the White
Oaks and Rock Island, for that point
is further from another town than any
part of New Mexico. 1t is surrounded
by a rich country and is the finest
sheep country in the territory"
Il notice that the Planters and
Southern hotels in St. Louis have
agreed to take in dogs at the regular
guests rates." said DR.. J. H. Austin
at the Sheldon last night. The con-
versation was started after lady guest
had reluctantly passed her pug canine
at the request of the clerk to the bell
boy. 1.-The st. Louis hotels contin-
ued DR.. Austin, have had trouble with
guests for years on account of their
dogs being deprived of the same accom-
modations the human guests get, and
last summer the hotel proprietors call
ed meeting and discussed the mat
ter thoroughly. Finally a decision was
reached to permit guests to take their
dogs to their rooms by paying the full
fare. The dogs are allowed to curl up
on the chairs and sofas roll itself in
the rug in the parlors and have every
other privilege except eating in the
dining room. OF course the owner has
to pay for the damage the canine does
to the carpets and furniture in addition
to the 1ull day rate for a man or wo-
man. This change in the rules has Civ
en- the hotels great source of reye-
nue. and saves a restless night for many
an admirer of dogs. The clerk of the
Southern once told me that he had
had no end of trouble with people who
had left their dogs in the kennel in
the basement before the new rule was
established. Often old maids and 9TH
er admirers of the canine kind would
get up in the night and ring for the
bell boy to learn if the dog was faring
well. The new rule will net the St
Louis hotels many hundreds of dollars
as the average arrival of dogs there
runs from five to ten every day"
Did you hear of the Devil Himself
being arrested at New Orleans last
winter" said John Shaw, night clerk
at the Sheldon last night. 1T was just
after many crooks had been caught by
the police and the chief had issued or
be arrested. Walter Mccullough. the
star of Morrison's Faust company, was
then playing the roll of The Devil
HIMSELF Walter was a dresser of a
rare kind and when out on the streets
one would thing him something out of
the ordinary at least. He was walking
down Canal street one night with all
LIS colors flying, with a heavy coat
that almost wrapped up his head and |
in fact looked like one of the nimble |
fingered kind. A big policeman caught |
him by the neck and opened a lively |
discussion. Walter made a bluff but
it didn't work and the officer was about |
to take him to Jail. He asked to be |
taken to the st. Charles where he said
he could be identified. The officer was
kind enough to do this but not until |
he got the assistance of another officer. |
They strolled into the hotel, an officer |
on each side of him and after a time
we convinced them that he was all |
right The joke has gone the rounds
in theatrical circles but MCCULLOUGH |
has never learned to like it,
X. Hiyama. of Toxic. Japan. is stop
ping at the Pierson. Mr. Hiyama is
representing the Japanese government
in the United States and Mexico and it |
is an entirely new department. He
has charge Of what might be called /
the department of commerce and
studying the resources and POSSIBLE
tiles of the two American republics.
He left Japan on December 10, and will
spend several years on this continent.
He is young man of splendid intellec-
tual attainments and a graduate of the
leading college of Japan. He speaks
both English and Spanish fluently.
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