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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03

AUCTION BUSIEST BUsINESS-We
can sell what you have to sell Our
terms are reasonable. Nothing too
arge or small for us TO SELL. Ihone
2210 x. Tilton Auction Sales Co.
FURNISHED room, So. Bath hot water.
electric light. 1923 Boulevari. Fort
Bliss car.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03
FIVE ROOM HOUSES

FIVE ROOM HOUSES
Are In demand now and we have two
left in the most desirable residence
sections at prices that will interest
you. Good terms on these.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03
nEsIRaRLE HOMES.

DESIRABLE HOMES.
For sale at prices and on terms that
will make you stop paying rent and
apply the money on q house that will
be yours some day. We have them in
ali locations. 5, and z rooms. any
size you want
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03
For Sale-ReaI Estate.
WANTED

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03

OUR CLIENT WANTS PIANO.
He has a dandy pressed brick cot
tage. Will take good piano as first
payment and good terms on the bal
ance.
Mathews-Champlin Realty Co.,
III \. Stanton ST
The oasis., 1910-04-02
ALTAR DISTRICT.

Mir. Karnes, the auto man, stated to several Altar people that he would have two more machines making trips into the District soon.
 MT. William Fuque of Long Beach, California, has invested quite heavi y in a group of quartz claims near Los Norias, and will commence work on them at once.
 Activity still continues in the acquiring of the old Spanish dry placers, five large Announcements having been made in the mining office during the week as follows; 200 pertenencias taken in he name of ST. c. Ferratt for the Governor of he state; 270 by Dr. II. E. Kelly; l50 by c. A. Allen; 50 by J. E Masters and a ledge Announcement by MT. John Mcintyre.
 The presence of several contraC. tors on the line of the new Tucson. Port Lobos Railroad has installed new life and thought into the resi- dents of this District. New houses are being built, old ones repaired, new cement walks are being laid in the public parks, and q general air of activity is plainly to be noticed. Two new modern flour mills are in course of construction 10 handle the increased acreage Of wheat, and an ice factory will soon be supplying ice to the public.
 Misses Howard and Kimber, the two live land agents arrived on Fridays stage, leaving at once for Port Lobos, where they will com mence soon to lay off townsite at this terminal of the new Tucson Gulf Railroad. Within the last three years these two young ladies have bought l,800,000 acres of land in this District besides owning the townsite at Port Lobos which will soon rival Guaymas as a port oi entry and exit for the products oi the great middle west, being about 200 miles nearer, thereby saving freight rates.
The oasis., 1910-04-02

and Nogales, the altitude of Gala. basas must vary nearly 1000 feet according tH whether you go down from Noglles or come up from Tucson. In one case you descend to a point 357 feet below the sea, and in the other you rise to an elevation about G400 feet above. That would be about as elastic as the imagination and conscience of the writer of the article given space by the Citizen. And taking No. gales as starting point, with its altitude of 3868 feet, an 89o grade
 to Calabasas and a l4% grade the
 rest of the way Tucson, may be computed to be 4542 feet below sea
 level. That would beat the bottom of the Salton Sea or Death Valley
The oasis., 1910-04-02
pIats to Re Elled omelaIIv.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. PHOENIX, Arizona, Narch %, 1910 Notice is hereby given that plats of survey for the lol' lowing townships and ranges have been re- April 3O 1910: Township 20 South Range D East: Sec. E15-l, NEh-l2 Township 22 South Range 10 East: Partial survey of Secs 3. 4 ana 5. Township 2l South, Range 10 East. Town 20 South, Range II East. On and after saiip date this office will receive and act upon Rppl cation to make entry in said townshB FRANK H. PARKER, Register, CHAS E' ARNOLD, Receiver,
The oasis., 1910-04-02
THE SILLY SEASON.

March has been noted from time immemorial as the silly season for both hlres and men. In this year of our Lord, 1910, it has seemed to affect in a most remarkable degree the men running the Tucson news papers. And oyer the approach ing completion of the "Nogales and Tucson railroad" (that is it's legal and correct name), they have gone particularly daft. They have assured their readers gravely that the Tucson & West Coast Rail- way" will make Tucson the center oftrade for the entire West Coast of Mexico, when a glance at any map will show the most casual observer that within 150 miles south Tucson merchants will come into compe- tition with mer chants at Guaymas who enjoy the tremendous advan- tage of free and untrammeled water transportation from all parts of the world-the hardest kind of compe- tilion to meet; and they have asserted with equal gravity that the shops for all the West Coast will be at Tucson regardless of the facts that there have been built at Empalme (within the municipality of Guaymas) most extensive and modern railway shops, excelled in completeness and appointments by no shops anywhere in the world; that the concession given by the Mexican government requires loca- tion of the shops of the system at Guaymas; and that the Mexican authorities have the habit of hold ing corporations down to the terms of their concessions.
 But the latest and silliest of the emanations from the Tucson news  papers is this unparalleled 6gment of imagination from the Citizen of last Saturday:
 Calabasas, and not Nogales, will be the railroad center of the Tucson West Coast road, according to authentic state. ments which reached here this after. noon. The yards. roundhouse, and shops of the road will be established in Gala
The oasis., 1910-04-02

rejuventation and become busy little railroad town.
 The transfer from Nogales to Gala basas is to be made tor several reasons. In the fist place the grade between Tucson and Calabasas, a distance Oi fifty eight miles, Is very slight, not exceeding in any instance one and one half D cent, while a steep hill between Cala' basas and Nogales forms grade of aOout eight per cent, which in itself makes Calabasas a more desirable place for the shops.
 Of greater importance however, is the fact that Nogales has very little room for railroad operations of magnl- tude. The ground is rough and the shops are already crowded for space Ground enough for large trackage is not valable at the present location, while Calabasas, on the other hand, offers plenty. The roupdhouse at No- 2 les will therefore be moved to Gala basas at the earliest possible datc, ac- cOrding tO the information received here, and large yards and shops will be con- structed in the near future.
 How is that for pipe dream? It recalls the old days when the Sonora railway was building, and Calabasas was really a thriving and bustling community with quite population, and with pretensions of no mean dimensions. There was a fine hOtel-the structure stands yet-a bank, several stores, thirst parlors galore, faro, monte, keno, and all the diversions and attractions of live town of those days. It was to be division ter minus, and all trains going into Mexico were to originate at that place. Eligible building lots com manded gilt edged prices, and the townsite company sold lots at prices that would turn green with envy a Tucson real estate booster of the present day. There is yet to be seen occasionally a copy of map promulgated by the townsite com pany, with marginal engravings, one representing a steamboat un- loading cargo at landing at Gala ba8as on the raging Rio Santa Cruz. Calabasas simply boomed, as now 1t seems in the minds eye of the Citizen to be destined to boom again.
 But alas, the cruel and relentless government of Mexico blasted the boom at Calabasas ere it could reach its full flower and fruitior. When the road was completed and con nection made with the Southern Plciic at Benson, the Mexican authorities decreed simply that all trains in Mexico should originate on Mexican soil. The Mexican custom house was at the line, at that point all traffic entering Mex. leo had to be delivered, and after complying with the formalities oi the customs laws of Mexico it was free to go forward under the rules and regulations of the Mexican government only. Straightway Calabasas got up from the river port beside the Santa Cruz, hied itself to the line, where it settled permanently, and became the pros.
The oasis., 1910-04-02

and will remain ever.
 It is wonderful how much misin- formation can be crowded into few lines of type, and the foregoing excerpt from the Citizen is one of the most remarkable instances on record. As stated herein before the shops for the entire Southern Paci 6c in Mexico have been located at Guaymas { (Empalme) by the con- cession of the Mexican government; and they cannot be placed at No. gales, Calabasas or anywhere else, without alteration of the conces- sion. To such alteration the Mex icau government will never con sent, particularly to transfer those shops underneath the shadow of another flag, the egiS of another sovereignty.
 Again the sapient writer of the article quoted states that at Nogales ground enough for large track age is not available at the present location" Upon the Arizona side of the line there are nearly twenty acres in the railroad reservation, and fully as much on the Sonora side-sutlicent for all purposes that will ever develop in the opera. ton of the Coast system. The trackage now in use would accom- modate vast traffic, and the rails now laid could be quadrupled at small cost.
 The more closely one scans the article reproduced herein the more ridiculous 1t seems and the more marked the ignorance of the ap- prentice reporter who conceived the story and gave it form. Read this in the second paragraph: In the first place the grade between Tucson and Calabasas, a distance of fifty eight miles, is very slight, not exceeding in any instance one and one-half per cent" A grade of 14 per cent is a pretty stiff one of itself. It is almost eighty feet to to the mile. Between Tucson and Calabasas it is safe to say that there are few grades, if.any, which will exceed fifty feet to the mile, and without doubt the greater part of the distance is far less. Were the grade one and one.half per cent It would make Cala6asas at an altitude 3900 feet higher than Tucson. That would put Gala basas at an altitude of more than 6400 feet. Upon the other hand an eight per cent grade between Calabasas and Nogales, distance of ten miles, would put Calabasas 1925 feet lower than Nogales. As Nogales is but 3SGS feet above sea level, upon that computation Gala basas is 357 feet below tide water. So taking the figures given of the gradient between Tucson and Gala basas and those between Calabasas
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
MADE LONG ROPE .r, OF THEIR 5EDsHEETs.
Three Girls Tried to Escape from
 Convent in Brooklyn.

New York, Aug. 9.-Three small girls sisters, attempted to escape from the convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Kent and Willoughby avenues, early Sunda y morning by making rope Of bedsheats and sliding down on it from a third story window to the yard. The wake : fitness of a resident living next door, caused the failure of the plan of the girls. They were Sarah, IS, Nellie, I2, and Teresa McGarrity 10 years old. Yesterday they were taken before Judge McInerney in the children's court on charges of juvenile delinquen- cy and sent tomthe New York Catholic protectory.
 The children were found in a desti- tute condition in a two-room flat in of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Their mother died a year ago and their father is serving a sentence for assault. On charges of improper guardianship the children were sent to the convent last Thursday.
 Shortly after l o'clock Sunday morn ing the children crept from their beds With one end tied to the window sill they went down into the rear yard. The yard is surrounded by a ten foot brick wall. Aided by a clinging vine that covers the wall the three climbed to the top of it and dropped to the bround outside.
 In growing their way through the yard one of them upset a box, which aroused the owner of the residence Investigating, he found the three girls hiding clad only in their night clothes and carrying their street clothes in small bundles. They were taken back to the convent
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
Statement by Italian Vice Consul.
"HANDKERcHIEFn MEN ROB
 SAN FRANCISCAN IN BOSTON.
Andrew Morgan Buncoed Out of Sew
 epteen Hundred Dollars.

Boston, Aug 9="Handkerchief" men relieved Andrew Horgan of 1517 Ken lucky street, San Francisco, Cal, of S44 in American money and a check for 341 pounds sterling on Causeway street this afternoon. Horgan met the two strangers this forenoon.
 They engaged him in conversation, learning that he was going to sail for the old world. Then they told him the old story-how they were to be fellow passengers and they pictured the pleas ant time they would have together on the ocean liner.
 One of the pleasant strangers sug- gested pooling funds. It was a good idea when travelling to have one of a party guard all of the money, he said. Horgan consented to placing his money in the handkerchief because he had been named as custodian of the funds.
 He put his money in the handker chief and one of the strangers took it and placing it in his bosom said: Con ceal it in here: just like thisH Then he drew from his bosom what Hogan believed to be the same handkerchief. The next move that the handkerchief men made was to excuse themselves so they might see an old friend before the boat sailed They were coming back they said. Horgan got curious. united the handkerchief and found a wad of paper there He told his story to Captain Kimbali at the North End police station, furnishing a descrip- tion of the men who had buncoed him
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
THE GORE BRIBERY CHARGE,
 HOW M'MURRAY WORKED.
Testimony Brought Out in Oklahoma
 Land Deal Inquiry.

McAlester. Okla, Aug 9.-whiIe J. F. McMurray was in Washington last May urging the approval of his con tracts by which he and his assistant would be able to secure 10 per cent. attorneys fees on the sale of s30.O00.- 900 worth of land owned by the In- dians, the Indians. themselves were be- ing urged to send telegrams to Wash ington recommending the sale.
 A few days before May G. on which date Senator Gore charged he was of fered a s25,O00 or s50,0O0 bribe to in duce congress to approve the con- tracts, McMurray telegraphed to Okla homa: i''Send not less than fifty letters and telegrams and keep up the work for week at different towns: looks better here. We will win. know"
 This evidence was drought out in the investigation in the land deal be- fore the congressional committee to- day. Senator Gore said he introduced a the time the bribe is alleged to have been made.
 Much amusement was caused by the testimony of J. R. Logan.
 One day last November" said Lo- gan, "a certain Tom Sanguin called on contracts I asked him how McMur- ray was going to do anything
 He said:-'WeI, Mac has got pow erful influence at Washington. He can afford to spend lots of money For instance if he makes 5000 900 out of these contracts he can afford to spend $I.000,000 to get it; out his ten per cent. he can give 1 per cent. to one senator, 1 or 2 to another, a couple of per cent to some congressman, and way he will get the land sold. I tell you, somebody is going to get lot out of this. anyway, and we might as we'll let McMurray get it.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
Five Persons
 Instantly Killed
WERE RETURNING FROM A TRIP
 TO ATLANTIC CITY.
EXPRESS TRAIN HIT AUTO.
Tracks Hidden from View of Touring Party by a cornfeId-Ms sehine Hit
 SquareIy Between the Wheels.

Cape May N. J., Aug. 9.-Five per sons were crushed to death tonight when an express train on the Penn sylVania railroad dashed into an au- tomobile at NH Lane crossing on the West Jersey and Seashore railroad.
 Victims All Belonged in Baltimore.
 The dead: Frederick w. Feldner and wife and Fritz Mergenthaler and wife and their chauffeur. M. C. Jones, all of Baltimore.
 days in Atlantic City and this after Cape May.
 Cornfield Hid Tracks from View.
 As they approached the tracks the fast running express was hidden from view by cornheld and it was impos- s!bie for the chauffeur to see the train until he was within a few feet of the track
 The express struck the automobile it and all of the occupants clear of the tracks All five of the occupants were instantly killed.
 Baltimore. August 9.-Fred w. Feldner of this city. who, Vi.h his wife, son-in-law and daughter MT and Mrs Fritz Mergenthaler, and their chauffeur, were killed when a Pennsylvania railroad express train struck their automobile near Care May N. J.. tonight. was a well known lawyer of this city. MT. Mergenthal- CT. who was also a resident of this city. was the son of Ottmar Mer- genthaler the inventor of the Mer. genthaler linotype.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10

in Hoboken after his arrest. who point ed the mayor out to him before he fired the shot.
 James J. Gallagher made the follow ing signed confession of his shooting to Robert W. Bell, acting chief of police of Hoboken:
 tI came over to Hoboken at e.2O this morning went to the steamship pier and I went on board the steamsh ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. I met a clergyman on board the steamer and asked him to point out Mayor ~Gaynor to me.
 a shot at the mayor. I do not know if I fired more than one shot or not.
 Knowing that Mayor Gaynor was going to Europe this morning to enjoy himself after depriving me of my bread and butter, not porterhouse steak, I was irritated to the point of commit ting the act.
 The revolver you show me is the the mayor with. I don't know how many shots were in the revolver when I used it. I have had this revolver a long time in my possession. I carried it when I was in the employ of the city,
 Gallagher seemed remarkably cool while making this statement, to which he affixed his signature.
 Notoriety PIeases Gallagher.
 After his arraignment before Re cOr0er McGOVern th1S afternoon Galla- gher was sent to the Hudson county jail at Jersey City, where he sat in his cell tonight contentedly smoking a pipe ana seemingly pleased with the attention he had attracted An effort will be made by the New York au- thorities to have him tried in New York but the New Jersey authorities hold that this is contrary to- law. The commitment on which he is held charges assault with intent to kill lon board the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, in the city of Hoboken.'
 Location of the Split Butler.
 While the official bulletin stated that the bullet had been split during it's passage. it did not specify the. location of the two segments. It was bit of lead remained embedded in sIle flesh almost at the wounds opening, while the other part is buried in the lower part of the mouth.
 Condition Favors Recovery.
 Dr. Ferdinand c. Wolff. the house physician at the hospital. said late tonight that it was probable no op- eration would be performed to-mor- row. The mayors temperature Is normal, his pulse strong auo his mental attitude favorable for recov- cry. In fact the surgeons were so optimistic that members of the Gay nor family left the hospital to-night, leaving Mrs. Gaynor alone in he. vigil beside her husband.
 The mayor called for ice wate- late to- might and was allowed to drinx quite freely. Previously he had taken several swallows of brandy poured over ice. He slept for a time this afternoon and again tonight
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
POSTAL
 SAVINGS BANKS
May Be in Operation in Smaller Cities
 by October IS.

Beverly. Mass. Aug. 9.-Postmaster General Hitchcock made a preliminary report to President Taft today regard ing the plans for the institution of postal savings banks in different parts of the country in the near future. The Experimental banks will be located in the smaller cities. Sufficient money to establish the system in cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and other great centers of population is not yet available. There is also desire to perfect the system through the experiments in the smaller com munities before an attempt is made to open up the metropolitan branches.
 It is hoped that the experimental banks may be in operation by Octo- Der 15, though this date is not def mite.
 MT. Hitchcock and the president, it is Said. also talked generally of the political situationf
 T am not th9Tleast bit pessimistic over the outloqk from republican point of view,'f said MT. Hitchcock after his interview
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
COLLECTOR WILLIAM LOEB
 AT SYCAMORE HILL.
Spent Last Evening Talking Politics
 With the Colonel.

Oyster Bay. N. Y. Aug. 9.-Theodore Roosevelt spent this evening talking politics with William Loeb. Jr., collec- tor of the port of New York. Tomor- row he expects to confer with Clifford Pinchot, former chief forester, and James R. Garfield. ex-secretary of the interior. They may not be able to reach Oyster Bay tomorrow. however.
 When Colonel Roosevelt returned from New York late this afternoon, MT. Loeb motored down with him to spend the night with his former chief. Before, their conference began Colonel Roosevelt remarked with a emile that ffe didn't know what they would talk about.
 When an attempt was made later to learn what had been discussed, Coll onel Roosevelt sent word that he had nothing to say tonight about the mat ter, but might say something tomor- row.
 i--The colonel was equally reticent about the expected visit of Mfr. Pin chot nd Mir. Garfield. All three men are numbered among his closest friends and most trusted advisers.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10
ATTACKED BY BIG STURGEON.
Power Boat Nearly Goes Over Niaaara
 Fish Leaped Into Craft.

Niagara Falls. N. Y.. Aug. 9.-A BO- pound sturgeon nearly sent a party of late last night. Opposite La Salls two miles above the falls. the fish leaped for the searchlight in the bow. missed it. struck and seriously Injured Miss Nslle Johnson of this city, and then thrashing about in the boat disabled the engine.
 The sturgeon, which measured six feet eight inches. was finally subdued with oars wielded by Frank Mensdale of this city and Sebastian Smith of La Sale the other occupants.
 Meanwhile, the boat was being swept rapidly toward the cataract. George Allen, Hearing oriss Of distress. speeded out in launch and lowed the party ashore.