El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24
II Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1899.

VIII futile has returned from St.
U. S. Stewart left for the north on
the Santa Fe today
j. C. Bentley and n. Robinson left
over the Santa Fe for Salt Lake this
morning
j. G. Morrison and daughter
Miss Stella. went up to Alamogordo
this morning.
Major Brock. judge Kemp, and little
Ballard CCldweu went to CanutinO
this morning fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. Kline, OF Jarilla,
came down last night on the White
Oaks and left this afternoon for Mrs.
hline's home in Ohio.
Oliver Darbyshire, son of B. F. Oar
byshire. OF the T. * p left for the
SacramentOs on today's Northeastern
to spend the summer in the mountains
Mrs J. c. SiminO wife of engineer
SiminO of the G. H. viii leave Sunday
for St Louis, to visit eastern rela-
uves- She VIII be gone five months.
a train Of II cars of cattle arrived
yesterday over the Sierra Madre line
and were turned over 10 the 7. & p.
for shipment to the Panhandle cOun-
Claims are being filed against the
Mexican Central for losses sustained
in the depot fire, one Of them being
for $1,000 worth Of diamonds lost in
a grip.
That the town is being worked by
a gang Of bunCO stee-ers there is no
question. Complaint after complaint
has reached The Herald and il has
quietly looked up the truth OF the
The burning of the Mexican Central
depot has had the effect Of opening
the eyes of the business men of Fl
PasO to the fact that the town ought
to have union depot c. B. Rogers
has made a liberal offer Of $500 10
help il along
Officer Frank Winkler. who returned
from New orleans, says the biennial
convention of the Brotherhood OF Rail-
way Trainmen, To which he was a del
egate from the El PasO lodge, was
largely attended. There were present
II grand officers. SOS delegates and
500 visiting members
The closing exercises Of the Doug
lass school were held last night al
Chopin hail and we're witnessed by an
audience that filled every available
space in the room Professor Putnam
was present and at the close Of the eE-
ercises. presented the promotion cards
TO the pupils and delivered an ad-
dress.
Cheaper lights and better lights are
now no longer question of any
national Electric Light and Power
company held meeting at Leigh
Clarks office last night for the pur-
pose of electlns a board of directors
the charter W s. McCutcheOn. chair
man of the citizens committee. called
the messing to order and Leigh Clark
served as secretary. The following
were elected as the board OF directors
Felix Maritime. W. 5. McCutcheOn, f.
kOhlbcrg A. hrakauer. A. COurcheSne,
and J. J. Taylor. 1t was decided that
the $4,000 guarantee bond TO be given
to the city as required by the fran
chise. be given Fh the shape Of a GER
titled check
The meeting which criticized the
governments course and asked an end
to the war in the Philippines was held
on the night of May 20 and was pre-
Jim White acted as secretary. A
number of speeches We're made, but all
were not in line with the purposes
announced in the call of the meeting {
As a result of this meeting attention
was called at that time to the fact
that during the visit of president Har-
rlsOn to this city all American build
ings were prOfusely decorated with |
bunting and flags in honor OF the eX- :
ecutive. but that s H. Newman, who /
then occupied room in the Sheldon |
refused to permit his window I
sills to be draped in honor of the 4
president of the United States, but took !
his knife and tore the bunting away !
Fourteen years ago today FL Paso- J
ans met in a monster mass meeting I
to endorse the governments course IN I
the war against the EulllpplAe lilSuA- I
gents. Democrats and RepuDlcanS /
united to voice their approval of the I
course The meeting I
was held i'm the Myar opera house and I
was called to order by A krakauer- !
Capt. T. !. Beau presided and pa 3
triOtiC addresses were made by Capt !
Beau judge w. NJ ColdweIl and 9TH /
ers. Inference was made in the resO- |
buttons adopted. to a previous meeting I
held in the court house which criti- I
cized the course of the government I
Resolutions were adopted repudiatinS /
the proceedings of the previous meet /
ing and pledging earnest and united /
support to the government in its et-
forts to maintain its rightful author
.ty in the Philippines The resOlu-
tons were signed by T. A. Falvey, j. /
NJ. Dean. c. r. MOrehead II. L New
man, e. 3. Sexton r F. Burgess, AdOlph ]
Hrakauer. w. n. Villas, L. 5. Stewart,
and w. NJ COldwell, as a committee APP
pointed to draft the resolutions.