El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-18
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T TEXAS

The bod carriers strike has been
Dttl I'd: the eight hour day was granite d
Ii the question of wages compromis-
nit Against the Western Union.
Two Denton people are suing the
Ees,eru Union Telegraph com pany
Dr. failure to deliver kilograms.
Big Wheat Sale.
Forty carloads of wheat were sold is
Den ton for 80 cents a bushel. This at
Ane of the bigges. wheat sales IN Texas
This year.
Texas Christian Endeavors.
FIT. Worth will open her gates to the
army of Endeavorer5 Tuesday The pro
gram for the three days Is strong and
attractive one.
A Car Load OF Tomatoes.
June ii. Corpus Christi shipped the
| 6%st sulio car load of tomatoes, sent
out from Texas this year. The carload
vent to st Louis.
Texas Pioneer Drowned
citizens of Montgomery county snd
formerly sheriff, was drowned while
In bathing. He was seized with cramps
and sank.
Dynamiting Fish
Residents near the city of Denton
C DIN ulain that dynamite is continually
being exploded in Big E. N Fork, and
that the stream is Oiled with dead
fish after each report.
Gold In Johnson County.
Cleburne, Texas, has the gold fever.
OrAfrom the Vinson mice at Keen
ho, yn6 nd aal tn
S25 to the ton and Mr.. Vinson is putting
10 machinery to develop 1t.
f.The Sheriff Fined.
Judge Bliss of Sherman, Texas. caus-
ed a sensation in court in the trial OF
John Tucker for murder, by finiDg the
Sheriff 800 for failing to serve attach
mepts on absent special veuire men.
President prather At Philadelphia
President Prs;her Of the University
OF Texa5 was the orator o. the day as
the l44th commencement exercises of
University of Philsd el phia. The old
est university gave rousing CHI ering
TO one of the youngest. The Texas
president delivered strong speech.
Marriage of Rich Texas Widow.
Mrs E. De Lacey Wickes. widow Of
the Col. e. de Lacey Wickes and one
of the richest women of the state, was
: married last Wednesday 10 Mr.. David
Alone Nease, we'll known New GO-
ker. The marriage took place at the
brides winter home, Rose Villa at San
Antonio.
The Flights of Man.
In the court of criminal appeals st
Austin. the Judge handed down tbs
decision that man may not b.
frt jai1
slimony 1t was argued that suoh i'm
"prisonmens Is equivalent to confne
ment for debt, which Is not permitted |
by law. The court said that the pro
= per manner of securing alimopy in
such case would be by legal execu-
ton and sale.
A Carnegie Library.
FIT Worth has laid the corner stone
Ct her new library. The plans provide
for two story building of classic lines
Mr.. Carnegie gave Ft Worth $50. 600
for the building. This is the second
Carnegie library in the state. The |
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas CON
Quoted the ceremonies OF laying the
corner stone.
Japanese Engineers at Galveston.
B. Kusakabe aud S. Kondo, two of
the three engineers sent here by the |
Japanese government to study Amerl- |
can engineering work, are at Galveston. |
The japanese government is endeavor |
ing so solve the problem of preventing |
the Overlooking and consequent devss- |
tation done by The river Tone, the lar |
gest river en- Japan. The gOvernm ent |
has appropriated s3 600 coo for the |
expense of the job and has sent the |
engineers travelling through Europe !
and American gathering pointers.
!. Masonic Home Dedication.
The Masonic Widows and Orphans
Home at Fort Worth was dedicated with |
imposing ceremonies in the preseDce
Of 3 600 people last week. The full |
ritual Of dedIcs tion and conservation Of
building was employed the pouring Of
corn, wine, and oil with prayers and
hymns of appropriate spirit. Grand
Master Terrell of Terrell, delivered the
Grafton. The home fund amounts to
over $50 600 and this new home build
ing will be the Nucleus of group OF
buildings for home and school pur-
poses. |!
Fire Bugs At Fl Worth.
Fire bugs poured oil or the Method
ist parsonage of the First Methodist
church, and set fire to it last week,
Nut the pastor and his family were
Sitting up rather late, out on the front
porch, and smelled the fire before it
had got much head way. This IL the ,
second time within fortnight and the ;
third time within year that the
parsonage has been fired. The police {
have 20 clue aud the pastor, who is
very popular, says that the only cause