El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-06

return he will go directly to San Fran
cisco. via Ell Paso "a city in whose fu-
ture he is very much interested.
Texas Legislature Making Up.
While Mr.. Gould was in Austin he
was actually extended the privileges of
the house on the grounds that as he
held much property interests in Texas.
he was great benefactor. This is
generally taken as meaning that the
hitherto over-radical body of state
lawmakers is gradually awakening to
the interests of the state and beginning
to recognize that capital has few
rights as we'll as anybody or anything
else. Parenthetically it might be
stated that it's action on the Hogg
amendments also points that way.
Spring Is Here.
Springtime in all it's glory is bloom
ing full upon the old towns of San An
tonic and already the pleasure resorts
are the mecca of many citizens, the in
crease on the street car lines being
very perceptfble. Some more cold
weather is expected, however. but as
considered here for good-in fact many
have said that the weather man cut
out our spring and gave us a hunk of
summer for a starter. So many beauti-
full parks have been put in condition
for visitors since the fall of the autumn
hot he ,vh ~ in
hurry to take advantage of the early
spring weather and get out to see them
and enjoy their quietude and beauty.
Political Buzz.
The fight of the politicians over the
small jobs-like mongrels over bits of
waste meat or bones-is still on and
the mayor continues to hold all in sus-
pense by failing to fill any more posi-
tons up to date. For several days past
his honor and the police committee of
the city council have been examining
applicants for the police force. howev-
err, and some of it's members will no
doubt be named shortly.
Labor Troubles
The striking union electricians and
the non-union employees of the South
western Telephone company have had
another clash but this time no harm
was done and the telephone company's
men were working on phone at the
corner of Salidad and Houston streets
, when the affair occurred and they were
approached by several union men, who.
they assert, abused them. A fight
ensued and one of the non-union line
men pulled a revolver and fired, but
missed his mark. The police interfer-
red at this juncture' and further trouble
was averted.
Conventions.
The business men are busy now ar
ranging to entertain the delegates to
the state stockmen's convention 10 be
held here on the, 18th, 18th and 14th
and will show the bullionaires a good
time. An entertainment is also being
arranged for the legislators who are to
come over on the 9th to see the town
and have good time.
| The New Phone.
At last the new telephone exchange
has announced ready for business and
it is now operating about 400 instru-
ments. Others are being "cut in as
rapidly as possible and in a short
while, the management asserts, 1000
phones will be in operation on its line.
New Inventions.
The Business Mems club has a couple
of propositions before it, which. if all
that is claimed for them is true, are
wonders and may revolutionize the
world. One is from an employee of the
local insane asylum mot an inmate)
who claims to have invented a flying
machine that will fly. just like a lot Of
other people. and the other is from a
man who has a gin that he claims takes
the seed from cotton without destroy
ing the value of the lint by cutting it..
Each inventor will be given an oppor-
tunity to explain the merits of his