El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-21
EMBRYO CONFEDERATION.

AN EldBfN1o ScI>T ioAN-
Thanks are due a. l.. Burkhoider
from the Southern Pacific railroad
company. Mr.. B~urkholder is the lunch
aud news stand man at the depot and
his timely arrival at his place of bus
mess this morning saved the building
from being destroyed by fire.
Mr.. Burkholder opened up this
morning about > o'clock and wnen he
stepped in the mems waiting room he
found it full of smoke. When the
door was opened the room was cleared
sufficiently for him to see that the
smoke was coming from a spittoon-
The spittoons at the depot are wooden
and filled with saw dust. The saw dust
in one of these had all burned out and
the box was burning. 1t is evident that
the saw dust was ignited from a cigar
cite or cigar stub which was thrown
in il before the depot was closed last
night. 1t had slowly burned all night
and was just getting ready to get in
its destructive work when MIR. Burk-
holder arrived. He threw the box out
of doors and then poured water on it.
Ii is not likely that any one else
wOuId have arrived in time to have
prevented the spread of the embryo
confederation. for it would have been
eating it's way through the floor in a
short time. had not Mr.. Burkholder
come and thrown the box out.
KILLED a MAN.
Conductor Aitkin of the G. H.. who
arrived from the east this morning
with a freight train, reports the killing
of a man by his train at Madden in
this county. He says he felt that the
train had run over something and had
it stopped. The crew went back a short
distance and found the body of a young
man. not more than 21 years OF age.
There was nothing whatever on his
body TO lead to his identification. 1t
is not known whether he was on the
train and fell off or was on the track
but it is believed that he either fell
from the train or was trying to board
ii while it was moving.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
P. DeCourcey. q G.. III. engineer. re-
ported for duty this morning being off
sick ABOUT five days
Dan II. Toomey. travelling engineer
of the Atlantic system of the S. p. with
headquarters at Houston. is III FL Paso |
on business today.
Edwin H. Conger. United States min
lister TO China. is now on his way home
from the Celestial kingdom and will
pass through Ell Paso over the s P.
some time next month.
Fifteen cars of government horses
left San Antonio on tn eG. H last night
about 8 O'Clock and will pass through |
this place tomorrow night. They arc
on their way to San Francisco.
i. L. Burkholder. of the Crescent
News company, and the sandwich man
AT the S. P. depot. is said to have done
some good work at the hotel fire last
night. in the way of saving the proper
ty OF some of the dodgers
Switch engine 651 of the G. H. arriv-
ed from Sanderson Monday and is be-
ing oyerhauled in the shops at this
work at this place goes to San
derson 10 take the place of 651-
Edgar Taylor. a coppersmith appren-
tice in the G.. H. shops, has severed
his connections there. Edgar has been
with that position more han three
years and would nave soon completed
his apprenticeship. The shop boys are
sorry to have him quit.
Special Officer Rayner of the S. P.
was rooming at the New Commercial
and had considerable clothing burned
up last night. He assembled a ladder
and looked into his room. but things
too warm for him m there and
he crawled back down and left his
clothing to the merciless flames.
Harry Borcheding left Tuesday morn
ing for Big Springs to work in the T.
& P. shops. Harry went to Chihuahua
about a month ago n worked at his
in the shops of the Central at
place but like the other Ell Paso
boys who went to Chihuahua he could
stomach the grub and returned
home last Saturday night.
Sam Carter. an engineer of thu c.. HI
md chairman of the local b. of l.. E.
left this morning for a Fran;
cisco TO attend a meeting of the grand
Of the b. of l.. E. of both Pa
life and Atlantic divisions of the s.. p.
which cOnyenes in that city next Mon
lay. The chairman of every lodge on
he s p. systems is expected to be in ]
attendance at the meeting. {!
George Stead, a G.. II. engineer, re-
'orted for duty this morning after be- t
ng of a week nursing a cut foot. /
lamp left burning in his room after i
e had retired one night last week eX- p
ioded or in some manner was knocked a
ON the table to the floor and he jump y
out of bed to attend to it. The lamp
Kinney was broken into several pie h
IS and he stepped on one of the pieces 81
18th his bare foot. receiving a bad cut a
ON the broken glass. al