El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-13
4 Years Ago Today
From The Herald Of This
= Date, 1905.

QUIET continues in St Petersburg
" The Putiloff Iron works and four
other works are still idle. Advices
from LODI say that a number Of men
resumed work today. but aftera couple
OF hours. again quit. II is semi-offi-
ciaIly announced that as a result o.
the disturbance at LODI. 124 bodies
have been buried and 200 wounded re-
main in the prison
The severest cold wave for the
present season will o.erspread the
eastern part OF the United States. &C
c0rding to a special forecast issued by
the weather bureau today. It was %
below at Roswell last night at the
government bureau and 81 below at
the military institute on the hill north
OF that town. Fourteen below is the
lowest record ever known there be-
fore
An berths have been taken on the
E PasO business mems trade excur-
sion train which is to leave this city
next Sunday The itinerary viii in
clude the City OF Mexico and all cities
and places Of historical interest be-
tween FL Paso and that point. A
series Of receptions are being pre-
pared at nearly every city to be
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chairman OF the arrangement COM
mittee.
The prediction Of a year or two ago
that the custom Of sending valentines
would soon be obsolete has proved
hopelessly wrong, Judging by the
number OF missives that have been
passing through the mails.
Rock Island trains from the
east are hOpelessly snOwbOund
and no arrivals are expected un-
III late tonight or tomorrow.
Snow is reported especially bad at
DaIhart and Buclzlin. The Il. 4 p.
train from the east is ten hours
late.
Or. Howard Thompson, in an ad-
dress delivered before the Fl Paso
Medical association Saturday after
noon. declared that he saw no reason
WHY FL Paso should not be provided
with a drainage system which would
Obviate the difficulties arising when
ever a heavy rain deluges the streets
of the city.
A bunch Of vags who were ar
raigned in the recorders court this
morning. smiled with satisfaction
when they saw that the officers who
arrested them were not present. All
of them pleaded not guilty with en-
phasis on the not They all seemed
confident Of immediate release but
wre disappointed when told that their
trials would come at five in the aft
ernoon when the officers making the
arrests could be present to tell their
stories. They then changed their at
titudes and pleaded guilty to the
charges. not wishing TO have the tes-
timony OF the srresting officers taken.
Each was fined s. but later all were
escorted 70 the city limits and told
that serious results would follow
their being again found in the city.
Refugio Hernandez, known in the
bull ring as "Cuco," added another
scar 10 the list already received in
the Spanish national game IN the
fight al the Plaza de Toross Juzrez.
Sunday afternoon He was thought
70 be dead when taken from the ring
but It was found that the wounds
would not result fatally.
Yesterday while Tom Spivey and a
party were out hunting IN the bosque
near Vinton. Spivey killed a csta-
mount which measured four feet, six
inches in length and weighed 81 IL
pounds. Old timers in that vicinity
say il is the largest one ever killed
in that section OF the country