El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-05
MEXICO.
EDITORS IN JAIL.

Inc editors or the "Jal1ScO L1Dre
and Eel Paladin." of Guadalajara, are
in Jail on charges of defamation of
character. The trouble of the latter
arose from a letter which appeared in
his paper over the signature of Henry
j. Brennan. Brennan denies the auth
orship of the letter, which accused
Edward F. Blewitt. the engineer of
h firm of Boyle & Foy who are max
ing municipal improvements in Quad
a~lajara. of having attempted to poison
Mr.. Brennan in h City of Mexico.
The case is a very complicated one and
lengthy litigation is liable to grow put
of it. Mr.. Brennan says he was asked
by representatives of E Paladin" to
make a statement for publication and
refused. ell was then asked to make
one not for publication and he did.
Then it vas published and his name
signed to it. The Jalisco Libre then
ook a hand in the matter and sal too
much. but it is held by many that the
Imprisonment of both editors is lille
gal On account of it being out OF the
Jurisdiction of the Guadalajara courts.
This matter will have to be settled by
the courts as well as the rest of the
trouble. Sensational facts are liable
to be aired in the courts when the cases
come to trial.
FOUGHT FOR GIRL.
Otto jenkins, a former resident of
Phoenix. AriZ.. has returned to tina
city from Mexico where he mas been
engaged in the mining business and
tells of a brutal fight which took place
in the Nacosari district between an
American named Barnes and a Mexican
named Morales. The two were infat-
uated with a native girl n has fire.
quently quarrelled over her. Finally
the agreed to fight it out and that the
best man should lave the girl. They
met with a few friends some distance
from Nacosari. made al arena and
with barred fists in London prize ring
style, fought for forty-three rounds.
They fought nearly three hours and
both were frightfully punished. Nor
ales finally fell, senseless from the hun
dreds of blows rained on his body and
head by his opponent. He is injured
internally and Jenkins said that just
before he left he heard that the doc
tor attending him had said he could
not Gov Barnes is also severely in
jured and suffering greatly from the
hammering from the Mexican's fists.
When he knocked the Mexican out he
fell exhausted. Jenkins says the Mex
lean authorities have taken no steps
in the matter.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Impressive was the memorial SER
vice held in the City of Mexico last
Saturday morning in ono of the de-
ceased queen of England. The decor
ations of the church were severely
plain but effective and in good taste.
The edifice was draped in black hang
ingS. The nly floral was
a huge cross. seven feet in height and
correspondingly broad. formed OF white
lowers. This ros was placed behind
the altar and was very effective, stand
ing out against the sable drapery. The
porch OF the church outside was sur
mounted by a British royal escutcheon
draped in the diplomatic flag, which
is the same as the union jack. except
that it has the royal arms in the cen-
ter, surrounded by a wreath of oak
leaves. Bishop Hamilton, of San Fran
cisco preached a brief eulogy upon
the queen and other noted ministers
participated in the services.