El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
TEXAS.
RIO GRANDE SMUGGLERS.

c. C. Drake. United States collector
of customs of the district which en-
braces several hundred miles of Rio
Grande border about Eagle Pass, has
just returned to that place from a trip
through the almost inaccessible cOun-
try bordering on the Rio Grande north
OF that place. He was accompanied by
a party of river guards The object of
the trip was to discover the river
crossings at which it is believed SNUG
Cling operations between Mexico and
the United States were being extern
sively carried on. They discovered a
number of trails that are used ex-
clusively by organized bands of Mex
leans. Villages located on the Ameri-
can side of the river were found, the
existence of which was heretofore I'M
known to the river guards and customs
officials. 1t is said that some of the in
habitants of these villages were thriv-
ing on their smuggling operations. In
spectors and river guards will be locat-
ed at all these crossings, and a deter
mined effort made to break up the
smuggling work along that section of
the border. 1t is believed that many
of the Chinese who are constantly COM
ing into Texas from Mexico have been
using these remote river crossings.
They are located in what is known as
the Great Bloody Bend district" a
district which was widely noted in for
mer years for it's lawlessness.
NEW INTERPRETATIONS
The following are new interpretations
in Texas: Dillon Manufacturing COM
pany of Dallas, capital stock $50, 900.
Incorporated by l. II. Dillon, C. II.
Briggs. L. S. Flatau. all of Dallas
Imperial company of Houston; CAPT.
tai stock, $40, 900; purpose, to cultivate
rice in Colorado county. Incorporated
by Bryan Seard, Bernard Brown, ]. A.
Mcfarland H. r. Gohmert and Oliver
Cranston.
The Gainesville Canning company, of
Gainesville; capital stock, $4,000. In
eorporated by Zachary H. Scheline,
John l.. Simpson and others.
First German Baptist church, of
Mooreville, Tex; no capital stock, in
corporated by Jacob Wedemeyer, ST.,
Carl Bremen, Sr., August Spuzer and
others.
The Rouse Liquor company, of San
Antonio, filed an amendment to its
charter, changing its name to the
American Liquor company
MONUMENT TO TEXAS HEROES.
The Sidney Sherman chapter Daugh-
tiers of the Republic of Texas held a
meeting in Galveston, the chief interest
of which was conferred in the gift by
Colonel Moody to the d. r. T. of plat
of ground on the site of the old capitol
building at Columbia. The building
was destroyed by the storm last Sep
TENDER and feeling that the historic
spot must not be lost, the local chap
ter of d. r. T. at Galveston has ex-
erte4 itself to secure the ground that
a suitable monument might be placed
thereon. With a great deal of enthuS-
iasm the chapter unanimously adopted
as its work the placing of the intended
monument, feeling sure of the sympa-
thy of all patriotic Texans in the work.
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF
The wife of j. A. Duske, prominent
farmer living twenty-five miles east of
Gainesville, killed herself by shooting
herself in the head with a revolver.
The top of her head was literally blown !
of. causing instant death. She had
been a sufferer from cancer of the
breast for a long time and her condi- !
ton made her so respondent that she
took her own life.
THEY'LL KNOW TEXAS.
The reception committee of Hella !
Temple held a meeting yesterday to /,
perfect arrangement for the reception
of the imperial potentate and his es- |
cort on February q. Imperial Assis- I,
tant Raban George H. Green says that !
the party will know they are in Texas |
from the time they cross the river at
Denison until they go out at Ell Paso. !,
Dallas News.
NEW MEXICO