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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-26
Sparks From the Engine.

r. S. Lovet., attorney for the G. H.,
with Offices at RousIon, passed through
Ell Paso yesterday On his way to Los
Angeles.
L. j Helm, general passenger agent OF
the Denver and Rio Grende, as in the
city yesterday and is still here looking
for trouble.
James Marvel, of Boston, comes
through Ell Paso shortly In his car
"Y ellowstone" with party of plea
sure seeking friends bound for Califor-
mia.
E. e. Styner, general superintend
emit of the Central. came up TO INSPECT
the new terminals iE JuareZ and to
meet A. J. Lytle OF Fl. Worth, his
new secretary.
T. E. Swsn, assistant general pas
senger and ticket agent of the Denver
and Rio Grande road, with headquar-
tiers at Denver. was in the city yester
day, ald went out last night.
P. P. Hitchcock, general manager of
the traffic department of the Wabash,
with headquarters in Denver, has come
to Ell PasO, and has gone. He was
here Saturday and Sunday looking af-
ter business.
General Superintendent Ressigue, of
the Santa Fe, announces that the track
and bridge work authorized this season
will be commenced April /. Several
hundred men will be given employment
at different locations en- the road.
John r. Drexel will arrive tomor-
row In Ell Paso from Mexico over the
Central, in the special car Cleopatra,
with party of friends for California.
Mr.. Drexel Is the we'll known banker
-:%Io = I@1
York interests.
The Pecos Valley and Northeastern
Railway Company sent out from Ros-
well yesterday a corps to survey an air
line road from Roswell to Ell. Paso,
which is to be built as soon as the same
can be permanently located. This new
route will give ST. Louis short route
to FL Paso, Old Mexico and California.
The Santa Fe & Grand Canon rail-
road has issued q bulletin which an
nounces that passenger trains are run
Al miles out from Williams, to within
20 miles of the Graud canon. The re-
naming distance is accomplished by
stage. The whole trip costs only So
The construction company promises TO
have the road completed to the rim of
the canon by May Is.
The annual. report of the Texas 81
Pacific railroad for the year ending
Decem Der 81, issued yesterday. reflects
a considerable expansion in the traffic
with smaller increase in
gross earnings than has been recorded
in recent years. due to the lower rates
o obtained. This was in large part due
to the shortage in the cotton crop,
which is carried at high rates.
a dispatch from Montreal says:
Sir William Van Horne. former
president of the Canadian Pacific
railway and chairman of the board of
troll, returned from Wasing ton
Monday and, after con-
sultatiou with snme 6nanciers
eft last night for Washin gton. The
object of his visit is 10 meet Secretay
Root and some American capitalists
with whom he Is associated n project
Tor the consolidation of all the railways
n Cuba. It is understood that for the
Development of the project Sir William
has S25. 600, 900 at his disposal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-26
Engineers Excursion.

There will arrive in Ell Paso over
the G. 81. 81 S. A, March 81, at 30 d.
IN. local time, an excursion of 100 en-
Rineers and their wives from Buffalo,
New York, on their way to San Fran
cisco. They are travelling in four
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-26

Brimful of instruction, lecture or
Brazil, Baptist church tomorrow
night
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-26

with Tebeau's team this season, and
should do we'll.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02


those great prices out of the public. OF
course, competition would soon have been
started against him if there had been no
change. but natural laws attended to the
case The public stopped Using nails and
wire for fencing, and Mr.. Gates iouhd
himself accommodating enormous STOCKS
Of his products of an immense value, ac-
cordtng to the inflated prices he had put
lpon them. but of far less real value be-
cause he could not sell the product Inc
public would not buy a his high prices
The result is he has made Precipltate
cut of 90 per cent in his goods, and i
seems probable he is preparing to make
{, stu further cut. Rough experience mas
taught Mr.. Gates few lessons that ne
could have learned without the expert
ence by studying the elements of politi-
cal economy as they are to be found in
books like Adam Smiths Wealth of Ma
tons, and we will see him hereafter run
nin:; his mammoth concern in recogni-
ton of the natural law that money
making comes from selling great guam
titles at low prices rather than small
quantities at high prices. The makers
of steel rails have 10 learn the same les
son With the revival of prosperity they
put steel rails up to $50 per ton. The re-.
suit is the railroads have stopped buy
ing and the profits in steel rails are
enormously curtailed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
Pro-Boer Sympathy.

Editor of The Times:
Strive have in the United States GER
tain persons who are clamoring for inter-
Vention by our government in the war LII
South Africa. 1t is cOnSoilng TO an hon
orable American to know that they are
not numerous, if they are very noisy. We
have no right to interfere in any manner
between the contendiag parties. 1t is none
Of our business and we would be regard
ed by adj nations as impairment inter
meadlergs should this country do SO. What
would we hive thought had Great Britain
expressed sympathy for AguinalCo and
the so-caiied Filipino republic While thlS
county was in the throes of the insurrec-
ton in the Philippines? Why, we cotlld
have hardly found words harsh enough in
condemnation thereof. True Americans
should never forget that when We were
lighting Spain, and needed TREND IN
Europe for in the beginning we We're all
most totally unprepared for CONNECT
which threatened to e1nbro1l us with Ger
tain nlonarcfies, England was our only
friend in the whole of Europe. Even the
so-caIlled French republic, which might
have been expected under the circun-
stances to favor the United States, was
the loudest in e11nlity through thsir press,
which teerled with coarse abuse of hn1er-
leans. Now there is just as much need
for common decency and gratitude among
nations as there is among individuals, and
let us hope that our country, of which
we are all proud, shall never forfeit the
respect of any by such conduct as that
which the Pro-Boers would have us guilty
of.
Great Britain is really fighting the bat
tie of the world. for it is destiny that
Africa, at least that part. shalt be I'M
der one control While adfniring the
bravery of the Bosr, it is apparent to all
who have made any study of conditions
prevailing in South Africa, that he is on
the wrong side, and the best thing for
him is to sue for peace and trust to Eng
land to do right and fair by him.
That country has no desire or intention
to crush or destroy the Transvaal, but
simply to give them a good government.
she never Expresses colony; on the con-
trary, grants them true freedom and
brings them prosperity.
a vIRGINIAN CONFEDERATE.
April %, 1890
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
THE GATES CASE AGAIN.

The further lines upon which we
proposed in Sundays issue to continue
t,,a discussion of John Nv. Gates infa-
NOUS raid upon the New York stock mar
lset, where he broke down the price OF
the stock of the American Steel and Wire
Company, were these: We Intended TO
show the way in which the whole Incl
dent illustrates the truth and soundness
of the main proposition which this pa
per has 50 peTsistenly discussed when
dealing with the subject of trusts, and
we will continue the discussion this
morning upon thai line.
From the time the subject OF trusts
mas been under discussion The Times
has maintained that trusts could not pro-
auce injury, but must result in good, be-
cause their interests lay in the direction
of selling their products at the lowest
price that would bring them a reasonable
profit Money making does not come
from selling small quantities at great
profit. but in selling great quantities at
small profit. Consequently. as the
trust naturally desires to make as much
money as 1t can it will inevitably sell its
product at the lowest price that will
bring it a reasonable profit, and as 1t
condenses all the elements OF the busi-
ness and does it upon the most economi-
cal plan possible. it is able to sell much
cheaper than the article could have been
sold under the old and more expensive
process OF production. Greedy men who
do not understand this natural law may
disregard it for time and put their
| wares up to very high prices. But If they
| do the natural law soon points out to
them The error of their way, and they
soon abandon that policy and enter upon
the true one Of selling as cheaply as
possible.
Mr. Gates case furnishes striking
Illus tratson of the truth Of these remarks.
Coming into control of all the mills that
produce wire nails and wire fencing, he
ran the price Of nails and fence wire up
from three to four hundred per cent, foot-
.shlY surprising that he could extort
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
raEuaRpERs REyAMPED.

Mr.. George B. NJ. Harvey, head OF the
Harper Publishing house. who has been
in Paris and London in the interest OF his
various publications, is booked to sail Tor
New York to-day.
II is said that he has made numerous
enea eements with authors and publishers,
has perfected an organization covering the
principal literary and artistic centers Oh
the world. with London and Paris as head
quarters. and has practically completed
arrangements for the publication, begin
ming next tall, Of a monthly British re-
view in London and q quarterly French
review in Paris. It is also said that teE-
cent magazine is among the probabilities
from Franklin Square in the TAN Inc
B,azar will take on its new weekly maya
zine form and the price Of Harper's Month
Nv Magazine will be raised to tour doi!afs
wear with the June number, which pc
gins the second half century OF It's rs
tory. Mr.. Harvey says that the American
neopie are willing to pay good price 1or
an article if they get what they want, and
he is right.
These statements are made in the ne"
York Sun of yesterday, and Will be read
with interest by many people in TINS sec
,ion who for SO many years have enjoyed
the Harper publications.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A very beautiful and interesting event
was the marriage yesterday of Miss Mabel
Todd and DR.. Russell I,enberton, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Todd.
The house was beautifully decorated,
and was fragrant with its masses OF cut
flowers. The hall was banked in palms,
and the two drawing-rooms were pro-
fusely ornamented in growing plants
brides roses, white carnations and white
lilacs. About the mirror between the
two front windows were grouped stately
palms, forming a bower. III which the
ceremony was performed.
The bridal party entered from the rear
drawing-room. Little Misses Mary VIII
iianls and Imosen Ridhick. wearing
dainty white organizes with white satin
ribbons, were the ribbon-girs. The bride
entered with her father, and was
exquisiteiy gowned in maude crepe de
chine, the waist covered in rare Venetian
lace. She wore a picture-hat of the same
shade, and carried shower of lilies OF
the valley.
The groom entered from the side door
and met his bride at the iInprovised altar,
where Rev. Robert 2. Kerr. d. D., per-
formed the ceremony.
The young couple had no attendants
After the ceremony an elegant wedding
room was the brides table, and small
tables We're scattered through the draw
ing-rooms. The decorations IN the
dining-rocm were elaborate in pink roses
and maidenhair-ferns, with festoens OF
pink satin ribbon.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
t. William Pemberton, DR.. and Mrs.
Robert P. Kerr, MRS. George Warren,
Mr.. Allen Warren, Mr. and Mrs. George
w. Warren, Mr.. Thomas j. Todd, Mi.
and Mrs. w. J. Todd. Miss AuFeila
Powers. Mr.. Peter j. Crewe, Mrs Virgie
C. peasants, Mr.. and Mrs. Julius r.
Riddick. Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Register,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruggles Nelson. Mr.. and
, Mrs. Thomas Adkins. Mr.. Edward d.
Quarles. Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Moore,
Colonel Cutshaw; Misses Lowe, OF Nor
folk, Mr.. and, Mrs Acors Rathburn
Gum, Mrs. b. NJ Quaries, ar. Charles
T. Taylor, Miss Edith Lipscomb. Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. S. Powers, Miss NJ. Z. Moore,
Miss Annie Mctre, Mrs. c. c. McPhail,
Captain William H Allison. Miss Gillian.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas l.. Moore. Mr..
Charles l.. Todd, Jr- Mr.. Percy Pernber-
n Mr. Lewis mckenzie Judlins. edr.
James e. Tyler; Mr.. Wright, OF Balti-
more; Miss Maude l., Stokes, Mr.. John
Pickrell Mr. and Mrs q. w. Pickrell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Meagher. Miss
Meagher, Mrs. Charles. p. Rady. Miss
Daisy Todd and others
Mr and Mrs. Pemberton left on the
afternoon train for the North On
saturday they will sail for 6-months'
trip abroad.
All day xesterda4 and last aaensne 2,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
WEDNESDAY,, MAY :. 1900.
THE STATE CONVENTION.

The State Democratic Convention will
meet in Norfolk to-day to consider TWO
most important questions, one local and
the other national. The local question Is
that of calling convention 10 revise the
constitution with view to eliminating the
ignorant and vicious negro vote, as
means Of eliminating election practices
which the Nottoway Democrats have de-
ciared 10 be- revolutionary If the Demo-
Gratis will make this a party question and
il the party organization viii honestly lend
its aid to the movement, the convention
will carry; il not, ii is very apt 10 fail
We honestly believe that the fate of the
Democratic party of Virginia is largely
involved in this question II these re-
evolutionary practices so-cailed by the
Democrats of Nottoway. are continued,
they will logically lead to revolution and
in the struggle the Democratic party OF
Virginia as an organization will be torn
esunder There are other and higher
reasons for calling a constitutional con-
vention, for qualifying the suffrage and
purifying the ballot, but we would en-
phasize the fact that viewed simply as a
party question. ii is one of supreme i'm
porfance and cannot be ignored.
The national question involved also has
an important bearing on the welfare OF
the Democratic party in Virginia. We be-
lieye that il would be a fatal blunder for
The convention in terms to reafiiTm free
silver, and other objectionable planks in
the Chicago platform of 1896.
The white men OF Virginia, taken as a
whole, are Democrats in principle, and
Democrats by associations that are well
nigh sacreu. We do not mean 10 say that
there are not a considerable number OF
good citizens in Virginia who are In ac-
cord with the principles and policies OF the
national Republican party, but they are
the few as compared with the many The
great body Of Democrats who in 1886 re-
fused to support the Chicago platform ara
true Democrats and have no sympathy
whatever with the doctrines OF he-
,,ublica9,ism. 1t is a cruel wrong 10 them
and a gross misrepresentation to say that
they are Republicans in disguise They
did not by cnp1Ce quiz Liz VI Ss'iii<.a sth'i -
1886. They were driven out by circum-
stances that were distressful. II they de-
sired 10 Join the Republican party there
is no law to prevent 1t. They are men OF
courage and they are not afraid 10 vote
their sentiments. But they are DEM
ocrats. Democrats in principle, devoted
10 Democratic principles and honestly and
earnestly DESTROYS OF afiiliating with the
Democratic party. All that they ask is a
s!rnon-pure Democratic platform upon
which they can consistently stand
We do not presume TO advise the con-
qention which shall assemble in Norfolk
to-day, but we state simple fact when
we say that it would be great blunder,
snd NE believe that it would be a fatal
s,lunder, for the convention to pursue such
a radical course as to drive the GOLD
Democrats away from the organization
There is an opportunity to rsunite the
Democratic party in Virginia, and there
As an opportunity to disrupt it. The issue
res,s largely with the leaders.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
THE WEDNESDAY CLUB.

The last performance of the "Wednesday
Club was held yesterday evening, closing
the most successful music festival ever
held in Richmond.
Apart from the delight which these
concerts gave TO the public at large,
we cannot forbear from pointing out the
great influence exercised in community
by such an organization.
From small beginnings, often laboring
under heavy disadvanta ges, the Wednes-
day Club has gradually grown into the
magnificent chorus that we heard on
Monday and Tuesday.
1t is a great privilege to be able to
hear such music as that which was given
under the direction and with the help
of this club Indeed, so fully is the
need for such Opportunity OF musical
cultivation understood that in many OF
the continental countries the opera and
orchestra are regularly subsidized by
the Government. But is OF far more
value to have the interest in commu-
nty that comes from the personal feel
inss which necessarily belongs ITO all
those who work for such an end as that
for which the Wednesday Club exists.
1t is a continually quickening help to
the musical taste ana powers OF any
body of people to have SO large ana IN
telligent number of its members
Systematically studying music together.
Those who heard the wonderful chill
dren's chorus of yesterday will agree with
us. And all must see how much greater
viii be those childrens appreciation Oh
higher music when they come to ripper
years. 1t would he hard TO give too
much credit to Mr.. Scrivenor and MI.
Mercer, not only for the results OF their
work, but also for the stimulus such
labors give to the artistic life Of many
others.
In congratulating our city upon its
extraordinary material advancement, let
US never foget the other side OF true
progress, and remembering, .let US all
thank the Wednesday Club for Its Work
in making life more beautiful.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02

Z 1879
commonly grown in The South De1cFs
and during the war, and wa kilS'. Il 20, 10
the colored people. crop Tbs was "a 5pe,
cause the cofored peope were not 81 i l.e
to plant the white cotton TO save ei ,le,
from the temptation Of adding 70 l iieii
stocks from the crops OF their mas Stl 70
1t was customary with the slave OWES ,,
adds theaEews. to allow their negroes -
have patches around their houses III
which they planted whatever they chose
and by means of which the 1ndust i.1 .
ones sometimes made neat sums Tor
themselves. They We're allowed Tune an
which to work their crops and the nlSt Stl >
furnished them with bagging and trans
ported their cotton to market
II have never heard of any one pa II IL
ing this cotton since the war, says the
correspondent. '.The yield of the plant
quite equals that of the white cotton,
and it is sold for a higher price, but
there was not the same demand Tor II
The cloth made from nankeen cotton IS
Very strong and never fades. 1t would
make first rate khaki, as it would not
need to be dyed
The Alabama iron furnaces, says
Birmingham correspondent. are recelV-
NC many INQUIRIES fer pig
a'ooe,iiia aon iron from foreign coun-
~ 'e"''o' tries ana the export de-
,nand is brisk. There viii be no surplus
iron in Alabama this year. me foreiSn
trade is sufficient to take UP all the iron
which will not be needed in the domestic
trade. William Jack, of Glasgow, a mem
Der of one of the largest pig iron hlEns IN
the world, handling the product of nc less
than forty blast furnaces in the Blrmins-
ham district, us inspecting the iron and
steel industries. Jacks firms are agents
in England and Scotland for the Sloss-
Sheffield Steel and Iron Company OF thts
district, and it is probable that several
large orders for export will be given be-
fore he leaves. Tie takes an opti1fasnc
view of the iron market and says that
though prices may go down, <Alaoa1na
iron can find a ready sale in the foreign
markets"
There has been some setback in specu-
lative iron securities, but the sold IRON
industries of the South are still as busy
as they can be and doing business at pay
ing prices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
4 souraEnN INSTRUCTION.

The progress in business which this
country mas made within the past few
years IS wonderful. but we believe that
no oily has made greater strides in this
direction than the city OF Richmond.
Many new industries have sprung up
and those industries which were already
established .aere haze greatly increased
their capacity un,sl there is now such
activity in the Industries of Richmond
and vicinity as aas rarely been Wit
messed IN the city's history. But no one
OF tae,n has shown more enterprise nor
greater progress rhan the b. + Johnson
Publishing aomganv, which is the out
growth Of q demand in the South for
sess,tt.erf, sssse;ss Thoughtful soati,erneTs
had for years realized that serious
change Was taking pace in the minds OF
x2aafE ss1laazxn Q .Xas HiScoyered ya1at
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
CuRRENT TOPICS.

The Savannah Morning News recently
unfinished an Interview with a Savannah
cotton factor, discussing
Egfptian sotsoH the relative merits of sea
s'' '''o 'ou."' island and Egyptian cot
ton. in which the statement was made that
it had been found impossible to grow
E,gyvtfan cotton in the South successfully,
for the reason that the chief merit of
this cotton was in its yellowish or brown
ish tinge, while the lands of the South
would only produce white cotton.
The News says that a lady residing in
Richmond takes issue with its informant
and sends sample of nankeen cotton
grown in Houston county in this State in
the sixties The color of the sample is
a decided Light reddish brown. though.
slightly internnixed with white cotton. The
correspondent states that this cotton was
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
Pension Rnartis.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. MAY 1.-saeeiai.-
Judge C. E. Nicol. of the Circuit Court.
has appointed the following on the Com
federate Pension Board, in Alexandria
county. DIR. Lewis A. cott. Frank Hume.
George II Ructler, William H. Palmer
and James F. Clements
The Confederate Pension Board OF this
city has been organized by the appoint
r,ant of X. Keruper as chairman and
John M. Johnston as secretary.
A reception was Tonight rendered Rev.
Edwin A. Warffeld. the rev pastor OF
the Methodist Protestant Church, by the
congregation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-02
run over his legs.'-chicago Times
When Summer really Coz.

Wl,eii Summer iscai1y Comes.
When we got back to town, last fall,
We one and all agreed
That going TO the mountains was
A foolish thing indeed:
It meant a long and dusty trip,
With little at the end
Except a hot and stuffy room,
With nothing to commend.
The table was but i'll supplied.
The service worse than none.
And there was naugilt to do all day
But keep out of the sun;
At night We'd sometimes have "a mop
Though hating to take part,
Or from the rartor would arise
Sweet Paddy Dufy's Cart.
When more than tired of the life
We led from day to day,
We'd struggle up some mountain side,
And try to think it play;
SO, when we got back home, last year.
We cried, with might and main,
How glad we'll be to stay in town
When summer comes again!
But. now that summer is so near
The city's-well, you know;
Ny wifes begun TO tell me where
Our dif'rent friends will go;
Upstairs l hear a banjo twanS
The old vacation strains,
And 1, myself, to tell the truth,
Am looking up the trains.
Brooklyn Life.