El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-24
Neighbour
hood Notes
TEXAS.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

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Three employees of the Southwestern
Telejhone company at San Antonio
were assaulted by murderous parties
between midnight Saturday night and
the same hour Sunday night Sunday
morning about two O'Clock some one
shot at the Waterman at the exchange.
The Waterman, w. X. Skeed, saw
man acting suspiciously in the rear of
the exchange office and called on him
to halt. but instead of doing so the
man pulled pistol and shot at the
Waterman. The Waterman shot at
the man who fed in the darkness and
escaped. The bullet fired at Skeed
passed through his coat. barely miss
ing his left side. The telephone Off
cials regard the incident as significant,
while the union men claim that the
shooting was done by the Waterman
himself TO cause n sensation and a
feeling against the union, as it is sup
posed that the shooting was done by
a union man. About s o'clock John
Trunk and Bert Bertmore, two line
men of the company were assaulted
and almost killed. Trunk was stabbed
near the heart with knife and dan
gerOuS wound made, while Bertmore
was rendered unconscious by a blow.
They claim that they were assaulted
by union men.
WORDS OF PRAISE.
Mr. J. E. Moon of San Angelo, was
among the number that got off of the
9:45 train here Sunday night. and reg
lstered at the st. James hotel. He
had words of praise for Ell Paso and
said that the carnival managers had
not only made big financial success
of the affair, but had pleased the peo-
pie who patronized it He said the
crowds were so great that every avail
able room was taken at good prices.
He reported all the entertainment feat
ures very satisfactory and particularly
the bull fights in Juarez. The pick
pockets Notwithstanding the timely
warnig given the public through the
Ell PaSo papers. got in their work and
rolled dozen or more people for good
amounts. The officers did good work
in pinching several slick fingered oper-
ators and wer kept busy trying to pro-
tect the visitors. The carnival taken
altogether was a complete success
Colorado Stockman.
OIL TANK EXPLODED.
A 5000 gallon oil tank exploded at !,
the refinery in Carsicana and caused ,
fire which lasted four hours. Charles !
Church, who was III the boiler room !,
was knocked senseless and remained
unconscious an hour. The explosion !
was heard five miles away. second 1
tank exploded but it was nearly empty )
and did no harm. Men were Daid $3.50
an hour to fight the fire and they were
worked hard in dangerous positions
and there were several eXhaustions
from heat, but no fatalities. The cause
of the explosion is unknown Two
thousand people visited the fire which
was a grand sight
FIT. wOkTH'S NEW LIBRARY.
L is announced that the new public |
library, Andrew Carnegie's gift to Fort
Worth, will be ready for occupancy
within tie next moth. 1t is a hand
some structure, ir the classical style,
constructed of Thurber brick, Pecos
stone and terra Gotta and is fireproof
throughout. 1t will contain halls. re-
ceptlon rooms, art gallery, reading
rooms. the library proper, and IN the |
basement there will be the heating ap-
paratus and z book binding depart |
ment One of the chief features is a |
large brick fireplace, bearing an in |
scription commemorative of the !
donor, Andrew Carnegie.
SAFE BLOWN AND ROBBED.
The office safe of J. ]. Hunt. post
master and merchant of Klondike. a
small station on the Texas Midland
read just below Cooper. was blown
open and robbed Friday night. A hole
was bored in the top of the safe and
filled with powder. which when touch
ed off tore the safe to pieces. The
robbers got about 800 in money and
5000 worth of postage stamps which
had just been received from Washing
ton The burglar then stole Mr.
Hunts horse ana rode away, but it
was found in the streets at Pecan Gap
the next morning.
A PIPE LINE.
A contract has been closed at Port