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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
TODAY is THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
MAINE.

HAVANA. Feb. l5.-This is the an
niversary of the destruction of the
Maine.
The day was observed in a suitable
manner.
Nearly every American here visited
the wreck of the ship this morning,
and decorated all those parts of her
remaining out of water with laurel
The Stars and Stripes fioated over
the ill fated battieship.
In the Catholic and Protestant
churches memorial services we're held
for the dead. Especially notable
were the services of the Church of the
Mercedes. which were attended by all
the officials of Havana
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
JEFFRIES AND RUHLIN WILL
WRESTLE FOR BIG MONEY
IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Feb. IA special
from Cincinnati, Ohio, says that Man
ager Brady this afternoon accepted on
behalf of Jeffries the offer of purse
of five thousand dollars for n wrestling
match to take place in Chicago be-
tween Jeffries and Rubin.
In regard to the offer from the Colo
a purse of ten thousand dollars for a
meeting between the two men, Brady
said the only condition on which they
would go to Denver would be a purse
of twenty-five thousnd dollars, the
money to be deposited in a bank be-
fore the contest and forfeited if the
contest was prevented by legal means.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
THE GOVERNMENTS
Of the United States and OF
Canada Will Be Asked
to Take Action to
Stop 1t.

OTTAWA. Feb. 15.-At a special con-
ference arranged by Lord Minto, gov
rrnor general. held here today, and
participated in by leading men OF ev-
cry profession, it was declared the
opinion OF the conference that it is the
duty Of the general government, the
government of every municipality and
each individual citizen to adopt meth
ods for Iessening the frightful spread
of consumption.
1t was stated that tuberculosis was
causing. directly or indirectly, more
than one-iIfth of the total deaths in
the dominion, while it's spread in the
United States was equally alarming.
The government of Canada was ask
ed to assist in preventing the spread.
and it was determined to lay the mat
ter before the government at Wash
ington.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
ACCIDENT TO ELEC-
TRIO CAR AT CINCINNATI CAUS-
ES DEATH AND INJURY.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 15-A
street car containing thirty passengers
natl jumped the track this morning on
a down grade. and plunged over a fifty
foot embankment. in juring many fat
ally, and hurting every one of the pas
sengers.
chaos after the accident.
Several were pulled out of the wreck
supposedly dead. The motorman and
four passengers died at noon.
The car was running very rapidly
when it struck some small obstacle on
the rail and dashed over the precipice
into stream.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
A Bengal Tiger
Murders a Man

nd today
animal
thez vicious
tigera fshtu
in understood them
made
the
own
for him
mlmbfrom limb n
with horrb
Of the
fearful one.
of
the place in a cofin
he ade the mis- Ike today 4
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
IMPORTANT SURRENDER OF
BAD PROVINCE OF LUZON.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-This af-
ternoon news of another important
surrender in the Philippines was CON
tanned in the following dispatch re-
ceived at the war department:
MANILA, Feb. 15-One hundred and
twelve rifles and fifteen hundred rounds
of ammunition were surrendered at
Haganey, February IA, mostly from
supply secreted in contiguous swamps
''The incioent is important and in
dicates a great reaction favorable to
American interests in the region of
Bulacan. heretofore one of the worst
in Luzon.
THE result is accomplished exclus-
lively by the long. intelligent and per-
sistent efforts of the officers OF the
Third United States infantry.
'MacArthur.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
BOLD ROBBERY OF A RAILWAY
IN CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Feb. Is
Mrs. Osgood, wife of President Os-
good of the Seattle and Benton rail-
way, was robbed of seven thousand
dollars worth of jewels on the Oregon
EXPRESS while the train was running
north of Sacramento last night
A negro and n white woman were
suspected. The negro made a dash for
liberty and escaped. The woman was
detained and searched this morning
but nothing was found on her.
She was let go.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
TUNNEL FLOODED
BY a Blast, Which Uncover
ed a Heavy Flow of Water
and Others May
Be Dead.

Special to The Herald
PHOENIX, Ariz. Feb. 15-New.s has
reached this city of most unusual ac-
cident that happened on Tuesday last
at the Santa Rita mine in the Bacatete
mountains, two hundred miles south of
Hermosillo.
The accident was more than unusual.
1t was horrible in its results, and the
horror is likely to grow greater when
the worst is known.
A force of men-the exact number is
not known here-was engaged in blast
ing, hundreds of feet under the earth.
in a cross cut tunnel of the big mine.
Most of the men were Mexicans. al
though there was one American. the
foreman of the gang.
Suddenly, without warming, blast
which had been prepared went of. and
the force of the giant powder blew a
great rent in the rock, out of which
poured swiftly powerful volume of
water.
Other men, who were working il the
drifts in the vicinity of the blast were
caught in the rushing flood. One of
the men at the bottom of the shaft
managed to give the distress signal.
but when the rescuers got to the bot
tom of the shaft they found not one
alive
Three bodies were recovered from
the water, where they were floating
around, having evidently been stunned
by the force of the explosion.
These were corpses of Horace Christ,
the American foreman, and two Mexi-
can laborers, names not known
1t was thought by those at the mine
that other bodies would be found as
soon as the water could be stopped
from flowing into the mine, ard the
water in the mine pumped out.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
NEW MEXICO TO PROTECT BIRDS
AND HAVE FIVE YEAR CLOSED
SEASON FOR DEER.

Special to The Herald.
SANTA FE, N. M, Feb. 15-The
council adopted suitable resolutions
upon the death of Mr.. Finical, and ad-
journed later out of respect to his
memory.
Spiess introduced an amendment to
the Duncan tax law.
The council passed bill prohibit
ing the killing of song birds. and es-
tablishing five year closed seaso1: for
deer, etc.
Both houses passed the contingency
expense bill of $4S61, to pay the wages
of employees. etc, up to the 30th day
of the session.
Sanchez of Mora county introduced
a bill licensing undertakers, and pro-
viding for the collection of vital sta
tistics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
GENERAL MOLINEUX HOPES NOW
TO FREE HIS SON ON POINT
OF EVIDENCE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-General Mol
Ineux declares today that he will soon
have his son Roland, recently convicted
of murder. free He bases his hopes
on the development of the Kennedy
trial and the refusal of the courts to
admit the testimony of handwriting
experts.
1t was on the testimony of paid hand
writing experts that young Molineux
was convicted. The decision of Judge
Fursman will be cause for a new trial,
and Molineux will get his freedom.
point a good one.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
THE CONDITION OF THE EMPRESS
FREDERICK is EXTREMELY
CRITICAL.

NEW YORK. Feb. 15-A special to
the Herald from Berlin today says the
condition of the Empress Frederick is
extremely critical.
Physicians are in constant attend
ance, but they can only mitigate the
inevitable collapse.
The extreme danger of the empress
today is proved by the fact that En-
peror William and the members of the
royal family do not leave the pclace
half an hour at a time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
Spain Now
On Verge Of
Revolution

of revolution
has only Madrid
the
Thedo of the
edownf of he possible
inabl-
iyof ment of Mao
of Weye who for
horseback"
malcntents and its caus
ike French revolution
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
DOINGS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLA-
TURE AT TODAY'S SESSION
TOLD IN BRIEF.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
AUSTIN. Feb. 15-A bill providing
that immaterial representations in an
application for a policy of life insur-
ance shall not affect the insurance
contract, passed the house.
John Cunningham who succeeded
Kidding, a deceased member OF the
house. was sworn in today
The house declined to concur in the
senate amendments to the fish and
game law and conference committee
was appointed.
In the senate, the resolution to ad-
journ March 16 was tabled.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
IN CHIEF OF THE
G. A r. WANTS EVERY OLD
SOLDIER TO JOIN.

CHICAGO, Feb. 15-Commander in
chief Rassieur of the Grand Army of
the Republic issues stirring address,
urging all who fought in the civil war
and are now outside the ranks to join
the Grand Army.
The commander in chief made sever
al appointments today, appointing Geo.
W. Cook for Wyoming and Colorado
to succeed H. o. Dodge, resigned as a
member of the national council.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
ROSS KENNEDY ONE OF THE BEST
KNOWN MEN IN SOUTHWEST
TEXAS. is DEAD.

Special to The Herald.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. Is
Ross Kennedy, who came to Texas be
fore the civil war as an officer of the
United States army, and later resign
ed and became one of the best known
men in southwest Texas, died at Sab
inal this morning.
He was a millionaire.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
INSURANCE SPECULATORS REAP
BIG HARVEST ON A SHIP RE-
PORTED LOST.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-The
German ship Gildemeister is reported
outside and will shortly enter the bay.
Her coming is joy to insurance
spectators. She was reported lost and
was reinsured.
Spectators who took the chances
will receive s11S.OOO on an investment
of 10000.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
PRESIDENT HAYS
Is Convinced of the Wealth
That Awaits the Road
there, and Will
Press the Plan

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-The Ex-
aminer this morning states on good
authority that the real object of Pres
ident Hays's visit to New York this
week was to arrange for the extension
of the Southern Pacific system into
Mexico.
That company now operates the So
nora road running from the main line
in Arizona to Guaymas, on the coast,
and the purpose is to extend the line
down the coast to Sinaloa and Mazatlan
If not on to Guadalajara and Mexico
City.
He has studied his plan we'll and pre-
sented it to the directors so encourag-
ingly that the company has decided to
go on with the extension.
This announcement would indicate
that the new management of the
Southern Pacific proposes to carry out
some of C. P. Huntington's plans. He
hoped to build the Sonora road the
entire length of the west coast of Mex
leo but development of the lines in the
United States held him in check.
If the company carries out Mr..
Hays's recommendations and the line
is built to Mazatlan it will interfere
somewhat with the plans of the Phelps
Dodge company. which now has sur
veyors in the field with the purpose
of building from Nacosari through the
Sierra Madre mountains to Sinaloa and
Mazatlan.
Their road, however, will be fur
ther in the interior that the Sonora
road and will be more direct route
from Ell Paso to the state of Sinaloa.
Sinaloa is the most undeveloped and
foreign section of the republic and is
more in need of a railroad than any
other section OF the country. Both
companies seem to see this and are
striving to reach the goal first. This
will develop the richest mining country
on the American continent and open
a country to settlement that has here
tofore been in control of the Indians.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
BEST KNOWN THEATRICAL AR
TIST IN THE COUNTRY, JOSEPH
DE LA HARPE, IS DEAD.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15-Joseph De La
Harpe, the best known theatrical
science artist in the country, died at
his home in Brooklyn this morning.
He painted scenery for forty-Seven
theaters.
His first work was for the Salt Lake
theater of which Brigham Young was
manager.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
SMALLPOX IN A STEAMER AT NEW
YORK AND EVERYBODY IS
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED.

NEW YORK. Feb. 15-Upon the ar
rival of the North German Lloyd
steamer Oldenburg it was found that
there were several cases of small pox
in the Steerage.
The patients were removed to the
hospital and all passengers vaccinated
and the steamer disinfected.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
DIAMOND PLUMBER RECOVERED,
ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER BIG HAUL.

Special to The Herald.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 15-Thirteen
hundred dollars worth of diamonds.
stolen from Thomas's jewelry store
Wednesday. were recovered last night
and on the heels of this robbery. Sad
ovsky's jeweiry store was robbed of
several hundred dollars worth of stuff
last night.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15

CAPE TOWN. Feb. 15-The Beers
have occupied Murrayburg. Cape Col
Ony.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquee to-
day says that General French has cap
tured a large Boer force in Ermelo dis
trict
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
KING EDWARD INSPECTS THE FA-
NOUS HORSEGUARDS AT BUCK
INGHAM PALACE.

LONDON, Feb.A liking Edward,
accompanied by Queen Alexandra, in
spected Strathconh's famous horse
guards at Buckingham palace today
Lord Roberts and General Butler were
present.
The function was a glitteringly bril-
liant one
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
NATIONAL ORGANIZER OF
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Address Tonight at Chopin Hall.

throughout the United States for the
American Federation of Labor. is in
the city and will speak tonight at
Chopin hall.
The public is cordially invited. A
special invitation to working men and
ladies. 7:3O O'clock
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
MAURICE THOMPSON. THE WELL
KNOWN AUTHOR, is DEAD AT
CRAWFORDSVILLE

CRAWFORDSVILLE Ind. Feb. Is
Maurice Thompson, the author, died
this morning, surrounded by his fam
lily.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15

TIT FOR TAT IN SOUTH AFRICA,
AND THE MERRY WAR STILL
GOES ON.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15

Will We? WATCH Us-1so2.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15

Railroad schedule. page z.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-30
Father Of Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough Stops in Topeka.
He Is Seen by a State Journal
Reporter.
HAD NO POCKET MONEY.
Could Not Pay Messenger Boy
For Telegram.
Refuses CurtIy to Discuss Pur-
chase of Pullman Interests.

William Kvanderbilt. the Oldest living
member Of the third generation Of great
railroad magnates bearing that name.
and father OF the Duchess of Marl-
borough, was in Topeka for few min
utes last evening. His special car was
attached to Santa Fe train NO. 6. which
arrived at ABS and departed a, little
later.
Mr. Vanderbilt has the name of being
a shrewd and cautious financier, but as
a winner of notoriety he is not to be
compared to Mrs. Nation. Outside of the
railroad men scarcely anyone knew of
his presence.
As soon as the train stopped a mes
senger boy went on board to deliver a.
telegram which had been sent to him
here several hours before. The multi
millionaire was unable to furnish the
carrier a single cent in payment for the
message, but finally he was allowed to
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take the message, and will probably
reimburse the telegraph company when
he draws his next months salary at
New York city.
Mr. Vanderbilt appeared at the rear
door of his car and signed for the tele-
gram in person. He is of medium stat
ure. light complexioned, clean shaven,
and wore a light colored suit and light
tan shoes. His appearance is that of a
man thirty-five years old, though BIZ
ographers say he was born dfty-tWo
years ago.
Judging from personal appearance his
life has not been one Of great stress.
but his conversation-or rather his re-
framing from it-leads one to believe
that he has a mortal dread of disclos-
ing some fact detrimental to his great
financial interests. Another trait is that
same "the public be -" characteristic
which has always distinguished this line
of railroad kings.
Mr. Vanderbilt says that never. in the
fifty two years of his life, has he sub
mitted to an interview by reporter,
and his manner VeriTies the statement
He has become SO proficient in prac-
ticing this non-cOmmlttal attitude that
his brusque, cold refusal mediately
coagulates the blood of the most per-
sistent seeker for news
A State Journal reporter appeared at
the car door just as the telegraph mes
senger was leaving and attempted to get
an interview regarding the alleged Van
derbilt-A Morgan Hartman purchase of
the Pullman interests.
Mr. Vanderbilt2" interrogated the
reporter The railroad king did not un-
derstand, and the question was re-
paated.
Yes, sir was his quiet reply.
II should like to talk to you" Here
Mr.. Vanderbilt began to close the door,
and through an open space OF about two
inches he said very curtly;
II never talk to reporters; have
never in my life submitted to an in
terview.'
With this he slammed the door and
disappeared from public gaze as soon as
possible.
He spent the remainder of the time
while the train waited chatting with a
group OF gentlemen friends who were
accompanying him home from his mid
winter vacation in California. The spe-
ciaI car in which he Travelled did not ex-
ceed in elegance of furnishings some
which go over the Santa Fe; and the
retinue of negro cooks and servants on
board was the most eorpulent and un-
tidy that has been seen here for some
time.
The movement of Mr.. Vanderbilt
across the continent is receiving special
attention from the railroads.
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abolishing poverty by legislation, for
giving everybody every thing, for pro-
ducing property without labor, for MAX
ing something out of nothing. 1t recog-
nizeS but one method for material sue
cess, and that is the old. old method Of
honest earnest, individual effort. That,
unfortuna tely, does not always bring
success. but in the experience of six
thousand years it is the only method
that has yielded practical results.
but we find cause for graduation not
only in the fact that we are again upon
safe and stable ground. Our opponents
are still unable to unite. The appeal Of
the new Democracy to the unreconciled
believers in the Democracy ofthe fathers
remains unheard, or at all events un-
answered. The bait of promised spoils
has not yet lured them from the wor-
ship of their political ancestors.
THE old line Democrat when urged to
be baptised into the new Democracy,
the Democracy of Bryan, of Altgeld, and
Tillman, under the promise of the spOils
of Office if he consents, and under the
threat of political accommodation if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-30

and not to the Dawes commission agree
ments and the Indians readily believed
him
Messrs. Shoenfelt and Bixby learned
on their trip that the Snake band
among the Choctaws, who recently de-
posed Governor Duke, intended to in
stall Daniel Bell as their new governor
within few days. Governor Duke, the
Indians assert, has no right to interfere
with the enforcement of the old treaties
Agent Schoenfelt will go to Atolxa to
use his best efforts in the matter 1t now
seems that, since the soldiers have be-
gun their work in the Creek nation, a
disturbance is likely to break out in the
Choctaw nation. Commissioner Bixby,
who drove out II miles from South Nc
Alester and interviewed Daniel Bell
learned from the latter that the Choc-
taWs are still set in their determination
to cary out the old laws. insisting that
they have the federal government be-
hind them.
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MUST GO TO COURTS.
Governments viii Not Interfere in
In Asphalt War-Not Now.

washington, Jan. 3O.-The reported
disorders in Venezuela involving ATneri-
can asphalt interests have not come to
the attention of the state department.
Minister LOOMS has acquainted the de-
partment with the fact that the Vene-
zuelan government is willing and anx-
ious to have the merits of the rival as
phalt concessions left to the determina-
tion of the Venezuelan courts The state
department has decided that this is the
proper course to pursue and has so i'll
formed the minister It is true that
there has been no lack of insinuations
touching the integrity of the Venezuela
tribunals. but the state department does
not feel itself absolved on that score
from following the well established
practice in such cases and refraining
from Intervention until it shall become
absolutely evident that there has been a
denial of justice, therefore the asphalt
companies must make their fight before
the Venezuelan courts to begin with, a.
least
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NEELY REACHES CUBA.
He Is Turned Over to the Keeper
of the Prison.

Havana, Jan. so-CharIes F. w.
Neely. the former chief of the bureau
of finance of the Cuban postoffice de-
partment, who was arrested at Roches-
ter, N &. IN IN Ma May last; charged WIN
funds. has arrived here on the steamer
Mexico, fromzsNew York, January 27.
Captain Lucien Young, captain of the
port, took charge of the prisoner and
delivered him to the keeper of the
Carcel.
Lawyer Viondi, Neely's counsel, had
a long talk with the prisoner. The lat
ter who is in good spirits, received
many visitors and talked confidently OF
his acquittal.
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CRAZY SNAKES LETTER.
he Shows One Bearing the Signature
of Thomas Ryan.

Muskogee, T. T., Jan 3O.-Crazy
Snakes alleged federal authority to re
sumo the old Creek laws which he used
in persuading his ignorant followers to
rebel against the Curtis act, was reveal
ed today. When Indian Agent Schoenfelt
and Tarns Bixby, a member of the
Dawes commission, returned from a Wis
it to the Choctaw nation at South Nc
Alester they secured the following let
ter from the interior department:
Washington, D. C. October II, 1900
Chitto Harjo, Wetumka, l. T.
Dear Sir:-In answer to your inquiry
regarding the enforcing of the treaties
viii state that every section contained
in them will be enforced to the letter.
THOMAS RYAN
Acting Secretary.
This, with other letters of a similar
nature from Washington officials, shown
by the Indian chief to the disgruntled
Creeks and. Choctaws, undoubtedly start
ed the present trouble. Harjo led the
Indians to believe that the acting secre-
tary referred to the old Indian treaties
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in Kansas. It is the quality of her peo-
pie tnat has made Kansas great state
kansas owes her allegiance TO that
party whose birth was coineident with
her own. Just as the border warfare
and Quantrill's raid were the whirl-
winds precedent to the fearful tornado
of war which was to follow. so the
moral struggle in Kansas was the force
about which centered all forms of op-
position to the Democratic party. and
this struggle resulted in the formation
of the Republican party
For years Kansas was loyal to the
party that had succored her in her in
fancy increasing the measure OF her
gratitude with each succeeding election.
until in 1888 Kansas gave Harrison one
majority for each square mile of her
vast territory"
He then compared the Populists with
the prodigal son, and after telling of his
wanderings and return, said
And tonight it is mete that we shall
make merry and make glad for this
our brother, was dead and is alive again
and was lost and is found. Kansas is
redeemed We have gradually -regained
what was lost Kansas is safely re-
stored to the Republican column. For
the present and for the future, Kansas
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