El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
n Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1893.

l. P. Maple went to Cincinnati this
afternoon.
Today was pay day on the Santa Fe,
the checks being a day late
DR.. A l.. Justice and family returned
this morning from New YORK
L. B. Mccormick went over the santa
Fe to Las Vegas Hot Springs this
The Board of directors Of the Y. NJ
c. A is now considering plans towards
Dr. BishoD returned this morning
from San Marcial, y. NJ, where she mas
been for the past week
The district court room is BENG
eIabOrateIy decorated today. for the
the mask ball Friday night
Foreman NOss's crew has been sent
iron bridge for the santa Fe company
J. FewsOu Smith viii be IN this city
in a day or two and begin Work max
ing the preliminary survey OF the
Sierra Madre narrow gage extension 10
the timber and ore country beyond
Casas Grandes-
Lieut.. Chris Fewel, L. 5 ~ IS due 70
reach this city this afternoon 70 Visit
his parents. 1Ir. and Mrs. w j. FeWeL
Lieut.. Fewel comes direct from Ha-
vana, where he was stationed aboard
10 freight viii be received or de-
livered by any of the railroads and no
transfer will be made to or from Mex
leo, unless a train OF cattle snOulu
show up, in honor OF the corner stone
celebration Friday
The piers for the new railroad bridge
were completed this afternoon, and the
danger from high water VIII De over
in few days Foreman MUSTANG crew
of 20 men is pushing the Work as rap
idlv as DOSsible and the bridge Will De
omen ana ready for the flood by May l.
g. +. Carson, formerly an operator
in the Western Union Office mere IS
now doing duty in the provost mar
shaIs office in Manila Ed Leonard
disDatcher of the Sierra Madre com
pany, received long letter from Car
son, also a description OF Manila as
A fair sized audience assembled in
the district court room last night ana
heard Rev. J. d. Hammond, secretary
of the board Of the NJ h. churcht sOuJh'
who came to FL PasO for the purpose
Of esta bIishing a Methodist college,
The firemen held a blowout at their
new quarters last night, the occasion
being the christening OF the new cnen-
ical engine, ''AIagOffin No. i Speecnes
were made byA judge Edwards and col
Onel Neff Mayor MagOffln told OF the
large amount Of public funds expended
since he had been in office
The Republican primaries held IN the
various wards in the city last hlSnI
passed off quietly although the at
tendance at most of the polling places
was large From the present OuIlOOA
John O'Keeffe Will receive the unanl-
nous nomination for mayor On mo-
tiOn of A. G. Foster II delegates were
selected to represent the third ward
The following were then nominated
B. F Coffin. J. J. Stewart. H r H1lIe-
brand. J. A. Smith. JOS Crosby, ir- P
". AIillspauEh. J. w Lucas. O. s stew
art George Parker. A G. Foster NJ =
McGIennOn. W Bergman. Ihos- Nc
Phersou. II. c. BOrcherdinS-
The corner stone has been cut and
polished for the celebration and IS now
lying at the new city nail site WneIe
il was inspected by hundreds OF per
sons TODAY ". J. Ten Eyck, W j.
Rand and Charles B. DOWd have been
r6adv selected by grand marshal Davis
chairman of the parade committee OF
the corner stone celebration The com
mittee in charge Of the floor and uoor
will he. d w Reckhart. W. r Brown.
T. G. Lyons. ". " Mccoy. A. J. Schulz.
Robert Krakauer, H A Carpenter, w
H Burgess. A reception luncheon VIII
be given by the mayor to governor
Ahumada and others Friday.