El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-20
TEXAS.
DIED IN HIS OFFICE.

heart trouble. His remains were in
TERED in the Sherwood cemetery under
the auspices of the l. o. o. F. lodge
of Sherwood Mr. Mcdonald was
elected county clerk when Irion county
was organized in 1898. He held that
office up to his death. He was in his
seth year
THROUGH HIS HEART.
lanes Mitchell. a well known furt
niture dealer of Austin, killed hlmseli
by firing a bullet through his heart-
The deed was committed at his nome
where he had been confined by illness
for some time. He was about 81 years
old and leaves widow and Two chill
dren.
HAS TEXAS RELATIVES.
dispatch from Denton says that
Mrs. Carrie Nation. who has been Gre
atirg such a hullabaloo in Kansas, once
visited in Denton, where she has reia-
tives. Mrs. A J. Fouts. who is Mrs
Nations cousin. says the newspaper ac-
counts have been wrong in some par
ticulars Her first husbands name,
saws Mrs. Fouts. was DIR. Lloyd. and
she was born in Kentucky. instead OF
Missouri as has been stated. Mrs
Nation has a daughter in Richmond,
Fort BeEd county.
TRIED TO SAVE HER.
4 dispatch from Burkeville says that
news has Just been received there that
Mrs Graham. who lived about two
miles from Hadden's Ferry on the Sa-
bine river, committed suicide by
drowning herself in q lake about seven
feet deep. A couple of small boys
were with Mrs. Graham at the time,
who say that she told them she was
going to drown herself Both boys
caught hold of her and held on until
she reached the edge of the water, and |
when they loosened their hold on her |
she plunged into the lake. The cause
of her act is supposed to have been bad :
health and the death of her infant !
child last week.
OMAHA BANK ROBBED. |
The Bank of Omaha. of Omaha, Tex
as. was hurglarized Saturday night at ,
about two O'Clock. The vault was
blown open by three rapid charges,
and $1,000 taken from it. The bank
furniture is a complete wreck. All !;
loss. however. is covered by insurance.
There seems to have been a we'll or
ganized band OF desperately audacious
characters operating on this line for
some time Detectives are now at
work on a clue. Bloodhunds nave
been sent for. Citizens are indignant,
as this is a elimination of series OF
uotlawry.
COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED.
The police of Waco raided counter
beiters' den and captured a lot OF
white metal closely resembling silver,
a master of paris mold for the manu-
factnre of nickels and quarters and a
large lot of spurious coin, or the de.
lot of
named. The entlre lou OIL
sunplies was turned over to United {
ctates Commissioner John H. Finks.
The officers arrested a Mexican charg-
ed with being one of the owners and
operators of the den and locked MIN
nm Other arrests will follow some
of the counterfeit money mad Deen {
nassed on barkeepers and had been
used in slot machines. '
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.
The following ar new interpretations :
in Texas: Consumers Gas and Fuel :
company, of Houston: capital STOCK !
$3.50 900: purpose. to supply gas and
oil to the public for fuel and lighting
purposes in the city of Houston. IN !
corporated by John H. Kirby. B. F.
Bonner. w. B. Lovegrove, H. Prince,
and Hugh Hamilton =
Liberty Valley Industrial company, |,
Of Liberty, Texas; capital stock $780, ,
200. purpose. to establish and operate !
a system of irrigation. Incorporated :
by Fl. F. Bell. b. F. Stevens and H. f. :
Marshall. II
The Tripplett Hardware company, OF 4
Fort Worth: capital stock. $50. 900. In
by H. w. Tripplett, X. r. 7
Dunn, and A. Triplett.
W. s. Trigg Saddlery company. of ;
Paris: capital stock, $4,000. Incor- =
porated by w. S. Trfigg, J. H. Han :
cock. w. A Collin. and others. =,
Charles E. Duggan & Co., of Seguin; !,
capital stock $4,000. Purpose to tran
act a general mercantile business. In
.orporated by Charles E. Tipps, Chas.
;. Duggan and Edgar l.. Gerhard.
-Werkheiser & Polk Mill and Elevator
of Temple; capital stock,
rs. 600 Incorporated by Hutlig P. a
Robertson. G. c. Pendleton, A. F. e
Bentley and others
oil WELLS IN GULF
Col W. H. Pope of Beaumont. Judge S
}. NJ Carter of Fort Worth, and 9TH
rs have received permission from the n
secretary of war to sink oil wells in G
he Gulg of Mexico in the vicinity of 4
What is known as "oil pool near Sa- 2
zine Pass. These gentlemen will Or 7
,aniZt company to drill for oil, both T,
IN land and sea. Judge Carter says it s
S really the intention to sink wells f,
n the ocean, and the work will be g.
as soon as preliminary ar +,
can be made. review of G
he oil situation for last week shows q
othing very startling. Work on new T
Yells progressed rapidly dun ing the lat a
err part of the week, because of the ex- 8
client weather. Guffey & Galley re- h
ort that work on tanks and pipe lines G
5 going forward with all possible 8