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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10
Contributions WANTED.
For the Hundred Orphans Atsthe
BuCkuer Home.

The aid societies OF TIE different
churches of she city will each sppoipt
q committee Of ladies to solicit for the
100 orp hsps taken from Galveston to
the Buckner orphans home at Dallas.
The children are from families OF all
demo min ations. Contributions of both
money aud clothes Will be acc Ell ted
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10
POSTMASTER
PLEADS GUILTY
Of Having Misappropriated
the FUNDS IF His
Office.
WHEELS GRIND SLOWLY
And 1t Appears To Be HARD To Get
Anything Dons.-The Price Case
On Trial Today. Petty Police


10 the federal court yesterday after
noon Postmaster PrOvencio, formerly
of Socorro, pleaded guilty to the
charge of embezzling the postoffice
funds and was sentenced TO serve thir-
teen months in the penitentiary at
Fort Lsavenworth.
Provencio was arrested some time
ago after an Inspector had che cded up
the accounts OF his Office aud il was
found that he was short the sum Of
49,, IA. Provencio claimed that he
had the money On deposit e. the back,
bus an investigation disclosed that the
money had been Withdrawn by Pro-
veucio himself.
The prisoner made al attempt to
clear himself OF the charge, but after
the evidence had been heard he en-
tered a plea of guilty and was senten-
ced as told above.
In the federal court this morning the
civil docke. was called and the trial of
Torres vs. the Mexican Central railway
was begun.
After all the evidence had been
heard and the court was about TO
charge the jury the case WAS non-suit-
I'd and viii probably be tried again
next term.
JUSTICE ELLIS's COURT.
Marcos Castillo, . Mexican, was
brought before Justice Ellie yesterday
after noon for his examining trial on
the charge of Conversion of horse,
buggy and harness preferred by Epi-
MEMO Outiveros. another Mexican. 1t
seems that Ootiveros let Castillo have
bis horse and buggy and harness while
he would be away and took a recetpi
for the same. While he was gone il
Is alleged thai Castillo sold them and
used the money aud now Ontiveros Is
trying to prosecute him. The State
got through with It's witnesses yester-
day aud one witness. for the defense
had been examined when court ad-
journed until this afternoon.
AN INTERESTING CASE.
The case of Warder against A. NJ.
LOOMS and others Is being heard be-
fore Justice Spencer this afternoon
and is attracting considerable attain
tail In the great land case which in
wolves over 81 .000, 900.
FINED FOR ASSAULT.
w d Lindsay, an employe of the
smelter, was fined So and cost for
simple assaults by Justice Downes yes
terdsy
THE PRICE CASE.
The Price case Is today occupying
'he attention of the district court. A
jury was secured Yesterday afternoon
and the taking OF evidence begun then.
The prisoners father aud brother are
here as are large number of witnesses
from Fort Davis also.
COCAINE FIEND AGAIn ARRESTED.
John Jackson, the dangerous CO.
caine fiend. set at liberty yesterday,
was rearrested today by Sheriff Boone
and now occupies a cell at the coun-
~ Jail.
Jacksons record is against him and
fearing further trouble from the drug
crazed man Sheriff Boone kept him
under surveillance after his release.
Jackson had not been out of jail
hours, although he had
promised to let cocaine
alone. before he procured some of the
drug and began to fill up on it. Fear
ing violence the sheriff rearrcsted him.
Just what will now be done with the
man is an open question. There is no
hope entertained of his reformation
and ii is considered menace to So
ciety to let him run at large.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10
Football Practice.

About fifteen young men vent out to
practice football this afternoon and
others are getting Interested In the
matter and IL is expected that We will
have fret clsss eleven on the grid
iron before long.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10

The best method of cleaning the
ilVer Is the use of the famous little
pills known as DeWiss's Little Early
Risers. Easy to take. Never gripe.
Fred Schaefer, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10

THE HERALD will not be respon.
IDLE for the bills of any employee exs
eept upon order from the Bushes
Manager.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10

1t will surprise you to experience
the benefit obtained by using the dainty
AID famous little pill known as De
Wits Little Early eRisers. Fred
Schaefer, druggist.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
HOW THE PEOPLE PAY.

While the trusts have here and there
increased the wages Of their employees.
which had previously been reduced
from the 1892 scales. they have In every
instance not only added several times
as much to their own profits and made
the people foot the bill. but they have
failed also to restore wages to the old
standard before what has been called
hard times reductions. The Emporia
Times has taken the trouble to obtain
from the merchants OF that city the
Increase In price of articles OF neces-
sity as compared with the selling price
one year ago. Here are the figures 1t
gives:
Stoves have Increased so per cent.
Wagons have Increased from four TO
fiye dollars.
Copper has doubled in price.
Fourteen-inch plows that sold for
SO now sell for 3l4.
Ropes that sold for cents pound
now sell for IL cents.
A common stove pipe sold for 10
cents: now 1t goes at 20 cents.
Bolts and rods have gone up Is per
cent.
Tin has Increased from $3.50 to 81 a
box.
Cultivators have increased from 50
to 81.
Hoes forks, rakes. shovels, spades.
and all such articles have gone up to
the consumer 45 per cent.
Nails, per keg, from $2.2O to $4.1o.
Barbed wire. galvanized. from $40
a hundred pounds to $3.50.
Binder twine. which cost cents a
pound. now costs from IL cents to 1917
cents.
Glass has Increased 40 per ceat
Other articles of general use snow a
like Increase in cost to the consumer.
In every instance the trust has added
enormous profits. every cent OF which
must come out of the people who have
heard SO much and seen SO little OF the
boasted Mckinley prosperity."-Ft.
Madison Democrat.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
BRYAN-BLAIN E.

In the corridor OF the Hoffman
looking citizen was heard to remark
to friend the other evening: Il am
a Republican and always have been
but want to tell you that this man
Bryan Is the greatest political leader
this country has had in 25 years. with
the possible exception OF Blaine" This
was the recognition OF a representative
OF New York's commercial interests OF
the foremost Democrat OF the age
and Its foremost Democrat Is always
the greatest man in any country or of
any age.
This declaration suggested the
points OF similarity and difference In
the personality and character and
craftsmanship OF Bryan and Blaine.
That James G. Blaine had PERSONAL
ity so engaging and commanding as to
inspire immediate admiration and to
win lasting respect is the admission o!
his bitterest foe. He was magnetic. In
wit. ready. in speech. eloquent In am
hilton, great. In manners. ahable. In
ledTuluk, uOt piOiouhu hoi oS>N'oNN'
nor yet superficial. but well informed
and always able to make the best pos
sible use of what he knew and of what
he had. James G. Blaine was gifted
by nature for parliamentary leader
ship. Not since William Pitt has he
had a superior. II. indeed. peer. In
that respect.
In all these elements OF greatness
Bryan resembles Blaine. except In the
greater accuracy Of the formers learn
ing and the profounder quality OF his
mind. But where Blaine was weak,
Bryan is strong. Blaine represents
the statesmanship OF expediency. Bry-
an that OF principles. In the quality
OF moral courage and devotion to
ideals Bryan Is ideal. Bryan has all
the substantial elements OF character
which Blaine possessed and happily
for his party and his fame he has
none OF those temperamental weak
nesses which Injured the party and
which compromise the fame OF Blaine.
Buffalo Times.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
WORSE IN PHILIPPINES.

The Cuban postoffice scandal is bad
enough. but 1t appears that the cor
rupt conditions in the Philippines are
far worse. Says a Washington dis
patch of May ls to the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch:
There Is excellent basis for the be-
lief that the recent corruption uncov-
cred In Cuba will be eQualed. II not
eclipsed in the Philippines. where. 1t
Is stated. the vilest corruption and
bribery exist. The principal part of
this. 1t is claimed. exists in the in
terior. where the opportunities are
greater and where there is no sys-
tenn Of auditing In vogue.
The claims OF corruption are borne
out by sweeping general order that
was issued under date Of Nov. i. by
General Otis. but which raised such a
storm in Manila. that It was with
drawn and revised. d."-Burlington DEM
ocrat-Journal.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY BY FIRE.
The Hoboken Docks and Three Big Steamships Who'll,
Destroyed.

New York. July ALMOST $4,000
600 worth of property was destroyed.
many lives lost. many persons were In
jured and at least l.500 lives imperiled
by n fire that started among cotton
bales under Pier No. 3. of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company, In
Hobokcn, \. j., at 1 o'clock. Saturday
afternoon.
In less than fifteen minutes the
flames covered an area of n quarter of
n mile long. extending outward from
the actual short line to the bulk-heads,
from six hundred to one thousand feet
away, and had caught four great ocean
liners and doXcn or more smaller
harbor craft In its grasp.
The losses sustained In the fire are
tonight conservatively placed at near
ly $l0.OOO,O0O. The loss OF life merely
guess work ut even this late hour, will
reach probably as high ns 200. and
there are over 300 men in the hospitals
In this city. Hoboken and Jersey City
badly burned.
Up TO IL o'clock tonight eighteen
bodies have been recovered. Eleven Of
these Were placed in row mt the
morgue In this city and We're number
ed, this being the only means the au-
thorities have of maintaining any sort
OF identity over the corpses. rs they
are SO badly charred and dismember-
ed that identification will be made on
ly by trinkets or pieces of clothing that
were found about the bodies. The on
ly way the steamship officials have of
npproximating the loss of life is by
comparing the list of those reported
safe with the list of the employees on
the steamships.
a spectacular but horrible sight was
piers reached hundreds Of feet out in
to the river and rose like great hills
alive with outgoing and incoming COM
merce. lay Il great waste of burning
and smouldering beams. with here and
there remnant of II high brick wall.
The three immense piers of the North
German Lloyd line We're burned to
tn waters ripple, the Thingvalla pier
lay smouldering and part of the
Hamburg american pier. which had
lust been added to their great piers
were ruins. Four large store houses
of the Palmcr-Campbell company are
wrecked, and they. with the piers. went
to make up the appalling mass of de-
bris. smoking, sizzling and steaming.
II covers over four city blocks, and
reaches out into the river for over Il
thousand feet. streams of water are
beins pumped upon the ruins and
workmen are pOking about for bodies.
This was the scene of the greatest
attraction today and thousands upon
North Park union., 1900-07-13
=. m. Cuban scandal is not all

nov. The Cuban scandal is not all
postal.
II IL recalled now that some siz
months ago when = certain Cuban
Newspaper began charging American
omcials With corruption. Gen. Ludlow.
then In command at Havana. prompt
ly threw the whole stan Of the news
paper into jail and practically sup
preased the offending paper. That
effective way Of proving the purity OF
the military service couldn't be i'm
proved on even In Turkey.
1t is well to note that fve OF the
inspectors In the Cuban postal service
who conveniently looked the other
way when Neely and his confederates
were stealing postal funds. have been
permitted to resign" One Of them Ii
the man who wrote such a laudatory
report Of Neely's management as to
make the latter shed tears Of graft
tude as he grabbed for Ave thousand
dollars more a month than he had
been accustomed to taking.
JACKSON DAY.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
COL. BADEN POWELL.
IS ADMIRED BY THE BRITISH
Has Been NIcknnmed Is. P.-iow He Es-
capped tho Attentions Of Tiresom-
Woman,

II may be said that no man has arous-
ed more affectionate enthusiasm among
the English people of any of the leaders
i'm the IranSvaal war-not even except
ing "Bobs" himself-than Colonel, now
General Powell. the hero of the siege
of Mafeking This is due not only TO
his achievement in successfully resist
ing The Boer investment for nearly five
months, but also 10 the picturesque
character of the man himself. His
dash and nerve and resourcefulness. as
displayed on many occasions, have led
Enrli,hment to regard him with the
same idolatrous admiration rs was law
isbed upon our own Teddy Roosevelt
after the Cuban campaign. III fact
these men have so many traits in coni-
mon that they have often been com
pared
Our Yankee cousins have Yankee
fondnesss for nicknames. and they
have applied 10 their newest hero the
upi0ue distinction of being known by
the two letters which form the initials
of his name. Nobody in England re-
fers to him as Baden-Powell nowa-
DAYS. He is known everywhere as ''B.
r." and 10 arouse the enthusiasm of
n British crowd it is only necessary TO
mention these letters, or to display the
familiar features of the British Rough
Rider
Many good stories concerning Il. +.
are going the rounds at present, ana
one of the best of these relates not To
his achievements in fighting kruger's
men, but to his success IN escaping
from bore of another sort In time of
pence. The handsome colonel has al
ways been favorte with the ladies.
and he has received Il great deal of the
sort of attention that is lavished on
matinee idols. 1t is said that when he
was quartcred at Malta he was greatly
bothered by the persistent attentions of
an admiring person of the kind designai
ed in England rs Il garrison hack'-a
term applied TO young women who de-
vote themselves to officers on station.
This particular garrison hack persisted
in accompanying the gallant B. p,
then captain. on his daily walk. To
escape from bore in so small place
as Malta is difficult matter, but after
devoting some thought to the subject
b. +. managed to do 1t by Disgusting
himself as NAVY. For three days In
this disguise he loungcd past the unsus-
pecting damsel us she was waiting for
him. Emboldened by his success. on
the fourth day the NAVY" approached
the siren and said. BEG pardon, miss.
could you tell me where Captain Baden
Powell is TO be found? Three days he
has sent me along the road to see II 1t
is clear enough of lasscS who like walk
ing. so that he can take his tramp i'll
peace. l haven't seen so much rs Il
staylace on the road and l want to re-
port to him."
1t is related that thenceforth B. r
took his afternoon tramp undisturbed.
New York Herald.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

The Hon. Henry Copelcnd. who sue
ceeds Sir Julian salomons as agent-gen-
eral for New South Wales In London.
was. like tho premier OF New Zealand.
originally . working miner. He spent
years on the Ballarat goldnelds In Vic
toria before he settled In Sydney. one
Of the divisions OF which he represent
cd In parliament until his recent pro-
motion to London. In a farewell edi-
toriai Sydney paper says OF him: ::
"A working miner he was. and work
ing miner he remains. He still ex.
prcsses himself rs Of old In vigorous
and unadoened AnGlo-saxon that will
make Mr. Chamberlain sit up when the
pair commence to negotiate on con-
troversial colonial questions"
North Park union., 1900-07-13

Many Journals. each unique IN Its
way. has been produced In the course
Of he campaign In South Africa. One
.or two Of tAese are hard to beat In
diminutivensss. hut the smallest news
papcr In the world. having record OF
several years. regular weekly Issue. II
published In Guadaiajara. In Mexico.
Its name is Il Talegrafo." II appears
every srnday and is published In eight
columns. 141s inches long and one anil
in half inches wide. on thick Manila pa
per. Its stan includes an editor and
director. an administrator or business
manager. the pr,nter. and last. but by
NO means least. the capitalist or owner.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

thousands Of people went there. The
streets were jammed.
Far on. up the North river at Wee
hawken, Il great cloud of smoke rose
and tumbled, ut one moment on the
water and the next rising just enough
20 show the skeletons of two of the
great ocean liners. the Bremen and the
Maine, that rose like giant spires out
of the smooth face of the water They
had been beachcd there. Around them
swarmed Il fleet of small boats carry
ing sightseers.
Far down the river. off Ellis island,
lay the smoking and stenming hulk OF
the Saale. almost a total wreck
The loss of life will probably prove
greatest when the wreck of the Snale
has been searched. Already number
of bodies have been taken off. and rs
soon as the fire in the hold has subsid.
ed there is every possibility that many
bodies will be found below decks.
Various tugboat captains claim to
have seen thirty or forty persons in one
compartment just before the Saale
went down.
OF the 2GG persons reported missing
tonight 1t is believed some will be
found in sailors boarding houses in
H.
The North German Lloyd officials
deny that any passengers were lost. de.
cleare that few, if any. visitors perish
ed, and that the loss of life was nlmos,
entirely among employees of the com.
pany.
The fearful havoc to life and proper
ty caused by the fire which broke ON
at the docks Of the North German
Lloyd company In Hoboken yesterday
cannot be approXimnted with any de.
gree of certainty. Conservative people
who have had experience along the
docks are OF the opinion that not more
than 200 lives were lost. One of tbe
omcers or the steamship Bremen said
to-day that there We're fully 200 visit
ors on board that vessel when the fire
touched there, the majority OF them be
ing women a boat WIS lowered from
the Bremen shortly after the alarm Ind
been given. but the craft caDsized MS IL
touched the water and all hands were
precipitated into the water, and none
OF them were saved by those rcmninin,
on the vessel. This in itself would in.
dicate that the list of dead may he
larger thnn 1t was at first thought
The property loss can simply he an.
proXiinated nj this time. None of tho
oHiciaIs around the docks could give
anything Ike a precise estimate NJ
their losses. AMI none was prepared 10
make u statement on this poiut. A con.
servntIve estimate made by nron,,
nent hre underwater places the entire
damage ut less than $l0,oOO,0OO.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

At the recent marriage OF the Crown
Prince OF Japan. immense multitudes
In the streets watched and applauded
the bridal procession. but not q pei
son looked out OF an upper window.
To the American eye and mind this
seemed strange. But the japanese ex-
plation OF It was simple. 1t is con-
'trary to etiquette-indeed. to loyalty
for japanese to look down. either
literally or hguratively. upon 4 mem
bsr OF the royal family. One smiles
at the quaint conceit that would in
terpret the visual angle as a slight.
Yet there IL much that Is admirable
and worthy OF emulation in scrupulous
regard for what are esteemed duty and
honor.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

The Democratic party is really and
truly united once more. Democratic
wisdom. however. has not done this.
1t is a forced unity brought about by
two things. First. by Republican
greed. aggression and corruption
reaching climax which threatens the
destruction of the American constitu-
tion and American liberty. Second.
by the providentia! circumstance that
the Democratic party has one leader
and only one who has brains aid
strength enough. at this particular
juncture, to hold all Its elements to-
gether. Namely, William J. Brsan.
who stands as the best and frees op-
ponent of the rule of great CORPORATE
monopolles. even among Demd:ratic
leaders, being under NO obligati9.s ex-
cept to the people themselves.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

DR.. Andrew Gerber, . wealthy phys
ician Of Mount Joy. made . peculiar
will. In which he devised to his son
Christan. only one-half the income
during life OF one Of his farms. Al
most the entire residue OF his estate.
amounting to about 5000 900. was be
.queathed to his great grand children,
OF whom none was in existence At the
time Of tho decsdents death. DR.. Ger
bel held strange religious views and
believed that at the time his young gest
9randchild would arrive at the age Of
~ years, he (the deceassd) would re-
turn to earth. ana he desired his estate
kept intact until that time. The will
was contested and the Supreme court
gave Christian Gerber absolutely all
that part OF the estate bequeathed to
the future generations.
North Park union., 1900-07-13
More Land Grabbing Probable.

Having the poison Of Imperialism In
its veins, the administration may be
willing to go to any extreme to salts
fly Its lust for territorial aggrandize-
ment. Republican organs are now at
some pains to explain that the func-
tions OF the United States In the Chi
nese complications are simply those OF
"peacemaker" and that its efforts
will be limited to keeping the rival
European powers from flying at each
others throats. Perhaps peace can be
made only by partitioning the empire
among the land grabbers and in that
event 1t is not unlikely the admins
tration might claim compensation in
territory for acting the part Of the
honest observation-disclosures Sun.
North Park union., 1900-07-13

The French feet Is to be provided
with . new qnick-flring gun. said to
be superior to any now IA use. and
an order haa been given to the Ruelle
works. Charente. for the supply of 100
iof these cannon to the fleet before the
end Of the year. The gun Is OF 16 mil
limeters (6.3 inches) caliber. throws a
lprojectile Of 52 kilos tll4 pounds), has
q muzzle velocity of 800 meters (2,952
foot-seconds). and can be fred fve
times per minute. The projectile will
pierce steel armor plate of 30 cent?
meters (l2.6 incheO in thickness and
tof 20 centimeters as inches) up to
5000 meters.