El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
TEXAS.
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An interesting suit went to trial be-
fore Judge Meek of the United States
court for the northern district of Tex
as in Dallas Saturday. Mrs. Julia E.
Harrell has sued the supreme lodge.
Knights of Pythias, to enforce payment
on a life insurance policy of $4,000 held
by her late husband in the order. Ed
win o. Harrell was shot and killed on
December 81, 1899. by F. M. Etheridge.
Both We're lawyers and Mr.. Etheridge
is still a prominent practitioner at the
Dallas bar Harrell was a Knight of
Pythias and had a policy in the in
surance branch of the society. When
the policy was presented by Mrs. Har-
reII for payment the order refused to
pay on the ground that Harrell had
been the cause of his own death and
that a clause in the contract under
which the policy was issued provided
that in such cases the policy should
become null and void. The defense
essays to prove that Harrell was the
aggressor in the difficulty with Ether
idge. The plaintiff attempts to show
the reverse. Etheridge was released
after the killing and was never in
dicted. The pending case is very I'M
usual one and is being holly contested.
HIS NOSE CAVED IN.
Judge Fitzpatrick and Jack Brown,
of Maria. drove down to Terlingua,
the quicksilver camp. where the judge
owns an interest in some mining
claims. On their way back they hap
pened to a serious accident. The king
bolt of their hack gave way without
any warning while they were driving
along and the front part of the hack
fell to the ground with jolt Mr..
Brown was thrown out and lit on his
face, but was not hurt much. Judge
Fitzpatrick was not SO lucky. He brac-
ed himself and remained in the hack
and the front bow of the hack top hit
him hard blow in the face. 1t struck
on the upper part of his nose and
across his face just beneath the eyes.
The brim of his hat was cut through
and his nose caved in. 1t was a terri
BILE blow and his nose and eyes swelled
up greatly. He was almost blinded
for a few days and he suffered a great
deal before he could get to any place
to have the wound attended to.
EVIL EFFECTS OF CANTEEN LAW.
of the post canteen are already visible
at Fort Sam Houston. Following the
abolishing of the canteen there are
numerous saloons opening up in the
neighborhood of the fort and they are
being viewed with apprehension by
army officers, who fear they will have
a demoralizing effect on the soldiers.
They say that the post canteen could
be handled so that its effect upon the
soldiers would in no way be demOraliZ-
ing. but the saloons and joints that
are springing up near the post cannot
be controlled or regulated by the Of
ficers. and they fear that the influence
they will have upon the soldiers will
be of a troublesome kind.
BIG PUBLISHING CONCERN.
William c. Chase, the southern pub
Usher. is in San Antonio in the inter-
est of the establishment of a large up
to-date publishing house in that city.
The establishment of such an enter
prise in San Antonio is a possibility
within the control of certain condi-
tions which from present indications
bids fair to be realized. San Antonio
has already several large printing
houses and it is their success that at
tracts the attention of the publishing
concern to the city. Mr.. Chase thinks
the location is a desirable one for such
a business.