El Paso Daily Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 21ST YEAR, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1901 Page: 2 of 8
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EL PASO DAILY HERALD FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15 .901.
THE DAILY HERALD
Published Every Evening Except Sun-
day by the
Herald News Company
El PASO. TEXAS.
MTTLE PLAZA. TELEPHONE 115.
problem of another sort that of the and arrogant street cars in St. Louis
irrigation of arid lands that is quite attempted to pass by without noticing
as important In the general economy a citizen who hailed them and after
of the nation as the deepening of riv- three had evaded him. he picked up a
ers and harbors in the east. stone and hove it through the fourth's
It is a most encouraging sign that window. The car stopped to arrest him
the advocates of just treatment for the and he calmly got aboard. At his trial
west have won such a victory even in he was excused from fine the judge
committee and the outlook for the re- remarking that he had noticed that
olamation of the arid lands of this sec- street cars were often indifferent to
tion was never brighter.
the desires of citizens and that ho did
the annual appropriations could not
be reduced. This first act resulted in
a reduction of $317000. $66000 of
which came off' the salary account.
This was business and not politics It
was "management": not" "govern
ment." as that word is very generally
understood. The rule followed in mak
ing salary reductions was to find what
similar service was paid in private em-
ployment. He ascertained for in-
stance that In private employment no
elevator man was paid more than $600
or $700 per annum. Accordingly the
TO ELIMINATE THE
UNDESIRABLE VOTE.
The Texas state house of representa
tives yesterday passed to the third
reading the senate bill to amend the
I confutation by making the presenta
tion .f a poll tax receipt necessary in
I order to vote legally at any elect'on
not think the citizen who resorted to I salaries of municipal employes in this
violence to stop one under such cir- service were reduced from $900 to the
lamplighting force which he found
unnecessarily large he dispensed with
cumstance8 deserved punishment.
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Sulzer of New York finds the. Boer I letting those contracts out at terms
Widows" Fund scandal won't die. The I greatly advantageous to the city. He
Boer envoys chaperoned by Sulzer held was not moved by sentiment save to
a sympathetic meeting in a Washing- the dea that the offlce not n
ton theater .where an appeal was J but the people's; that he was but a
An Independent Republican
NEWSPAPER.
Rigid Enforcement of Existing Laws
Is the First atep aowbxu mu-
nicipal Reform
I .J I. l. 1 I tiA aiiiliAnnttltriUtM with Tift TT1 Crl fO-ht trt TlflV TVW
The Herald's special correcpondent rZ-JZZ liUcai debts out of the city treaary
at Austin states it as his opinion that ana "Klun u" """u"""8 than his private debts his grocer or
the bill will pass and the people will 10 or wnicn scauaai iuai i hls butcher bills out of the public
$1782 was spent tor wine ana terrapin I tunas. He says:
it 1..- Ifm- Sulzer and the Roer envovs leaving " may De saia Wltnuot rear OI 8UC
opinion upon me matter ai ine nei --- - -- - -- - ; cossful contradiction that the first
general election. w' oul"" " benefits resulting from the application
Ili.ongh it will be some tiino before I scurriuous ienow wno is given to i of business principles to the city's ad
I . . . . . . I X X A A. t a 1 M
fh unali ryt now nrnvklnn .-un I DlaCKenlng mOtlVeS. DUl niS eiieillieS I II11UIMU ilUUU wire U1P saving m
" - I - . I oar. n-i .. uiti
have an ever convenient nrod In the ""-w
Boer Widows' Fund.
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H. D. SLATER Editor and
General Manager.
5HNRY L.
CAPELL
Business Manager.
be felt owing to the necessity of sub
mining the matter to the people for
ratification nevertheless the action on
the jart of the legislature is most coni-
:.nn!able and if -such a law be rigidly
ohfortfd it can i
SO .J
and the tax rate lowered from $2 to
$1.67 on the $100."
Such balance is a slight indication
as to the difference of meaning of the
word "government" and the word
riti)in? management" "Government" costs
Minister Wu so suave smiling and
bland has made a violent breach of
nroductive of much diplomacy in his letter
Ceneral Otis s rniuppine-cninese ex-iment- casts and really comes to very
xr v nrnvi.mni I elusion policy. The letter was read at I much less. Management business
.ntered at the Postoffice In El Paso lb. uill it stands. Tlle eraU cannot a banquet in New York and might be
leias lur irauaiu.vu w.. - . v .nfither it will firtlv accomnlish its I luwrprewju o ... 6'uii. most of tho atAtes- ihat la nnW w
BANKS.
BANKS.
Joshua S. Raynolds President.
Ulysses S. Stewart Cashier.
W M. Flonrnoy Vice-President.
Jos. F. Williams Ass't. Cashier.
First
THE
National
EL PASO. TEXAS.
Bank
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $150000
C R. Morehead President.
J. C Lackland Cashier.
Joseph Magoffin Vice-President.
J. H. Russell. Ass't Cashier.
National Bank
ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1881.
A legitimate banking business transacted in all Its branches. Exchange cm
all the cities of the United States bought at par. Highest priee paid for
Mexican dollars.
H. L. Newman President. T. M. Win go. Cashier
A. P. Coles Vice-President. Wm. H. Webb. Assistant Cashier
J. G. Lowdon Second Vice-President. j
The Lowdonlational Bank
DOG
mails at second class rates.
purpose or not. A necessary ac'.orcpa- j cv of the president which will en-
walking papers. Wu claims that he
did not intend the letter to become pub
lic and has apologized.
I . ... ... I lift. tVin elant niFiul ..ntlamon tl hid
mpnua rw QTTTesr!TiTTnON: I mment or sucn a rule in ne eioction
C7 nn I laws i? a provision to the effect i hat
nailT six months "!!!."."."!!."... 3.60 the poll tax must be paid a year or six
TJbJIt. three months 1.75 i months in advance of the election. If
Dally one month .60 j It is Jeft tbat tbo oI lax Cl-ji. be
Weekly six montns
Wultlv throA months.. . .50
opportunity for fraud and bribery as
Tesla has invented fresh air. With
his new light which he has the mod
esty to only call
prefer to give ourselves over to high
lotteries in which all must nay for
ticketc. but in which only the select
who are in on the ground floor and are
In charge of the wheel can hone to
win any of the rich prizes.
OLD CHAPS SHOULD BE CAREFUL.
Capital Paid m $100
The Purchase and Sale of Mexican Maney and Exchange a Specialty.
Safety deposit boxes for rent. Telegraphic transfers to all parts of the world.
Enrique C. Creel
J. George Hilzinger
H. E. Dillon
Ass't. Cashier.
TO ADVERTISERS
Xn order to insure prompt changes in I at present.
advertising copy for same enoma i f lne Jaw 8hould simply call for the
be at the business office not lterl.ntttoil of a tax certifitate at
Tvcran'i'rc'T'kTn t a TT37Q. . I the Dolls the voters coulJ be t.ikrn in
Bates of advertising in The Daily or droves and their poll taxes piu by the shine nor hls fresh air 18 yet ready fr lfL!ZftT a"C exerclse' in m?d-
Weklv HERALD will be made C!. nan . the market. When everyday tolka f ration by persons 10 middle age has
In a late one of the series of articles
artificial" sunshine! contributed by eminent authorities to
he can burn certain gasses which will! the New York Sun on scientific pro-
purify the air of a sleeping room or ajress m tDe P81 century. Professor
sick one. just the same as if the win- c0Tside7s toe pro gres s of medic lne. and
dows were opened. Neither his sun-1 remarks that the prophylactic benefit
been very great. Golf and the bicycle
THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Issues Drafts on all parts of the world. Buys and sells Mexican Moner
Pays Interests on Deposits In its -SAVINGS
BANK DEPARTMENT.
Open from 9 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. . Sheldon Block.
The Accommodation Bank of EI Paso.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
H. Lesinsky President.
B. P. Michelson Secretary.
A. Solomon. Vice-President.
S. J. Freudenthal General Manager.
THE H. IESINSKY CO..
Wholesale Grocers
AND JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS.
known upon application at tneDusi- Jf tfae t have what he promises Tesla will be have materially lowered the ave raeein!
ess oiiicc liiuw " v-v-' -I.. ... I .- IK.I it . . .
. . nmnmtin nt th busi-1 tne boa tax a yenr or six months in I -" " comra oi me nocwrs oi mis coumnr w.mm. o . .
T . - - i I . . . . . I i j r . j n t.. i " " iuia i ouiuiv ua raBcr uracenes. ana (numifM ail
n department call upon tnem wno advance of the election no heeler twenties century mumw oiurB ' 8d to be flrst-class. We solicit tho trade of dealers only aad rtr
win nnntii nrleei and make contracts I . ... 1V i hr lnroia the notable statement of Professor Os- iKnMn n ano eIT
l'u- uu i.u3 uiuuj 1 r nr. iur-I 1.. i .i. . .1 v .vn I ' Hvu
tcm imioA. call teieonone no. xi. i . i n uii wunu uio
- . . vnaonn a vrktA Att in .4nn nn n n I .j i . . i a. i
There is little doubt that Krutar i I "u" ui mcuicai imienuij uas
rniucm vj LUC sjbwiuiiuc exer
cise taken by the younk and middle
aged it has been correspondingly in-
ZX tor locals ten I Usable vote so long In advance and
cents per line for first insertion and the only way the certificate could be
Are eento for each additional inser- obtained would b Ly forgery. This
Mom. Splal rates upon t five ban- 8Uch . aeriou oifense tb.t it is
health is failing though it is not for
mally admitted. He is failing as a pri
vate cltlaen and an ordinary man of I creased by tho additional medical at-
o bo msed in one month will be doubtful if the proportion of such clar but as president of tho Trans- tention required by the senile contin
f lull i ill upon application.
criires would be coniora!e. In this
I way the undesirsbi ota rnuld iu nr.
JT1 "-IV'J? tlcally eliminated to tho great gain of
Mexico and at the' El Paso smelting tbJ eommunity and every other in the
nrVi a fifteen. 1 15C1 cents per I state.
Mk. or alxtr C60c) cents per month.
SMtMoribersfaUingtogettheHERALDlTHE PUBLIC LIBRARY A
vaal and leader of the Boers he will
be considered well until his last breath.
regularly or promptly should call at
the office or telephone no xia. au
eeaaplalns will receive prompt at
tention.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
THE ARID WEST.
PUBLIC BENEFACTOR.
Every once in awhile one oomes
across a man who firmly believes the (BRAINY
newspaper jokes. A Des Moines sa
loon keeper has protected himself I
gent who are said to have been injured
by taking ap sports which may be rig
orously pursued with safety only by
those with young arteries.
BUT STILL
TIOUS.
SUPERSTI-
UND ERTAKERS.
UNDERTAKERS.
Em
erson & Berrien
UNDERTAKERS.
H4-3SC Bfl Paso Street.
HurBoe and Oarriaces Furnished.
Phones 71 C8 199
Emanuel Friend the notari Nw ! .
against any raid by Mrs. Nation and I York lawyer to superstitious and he ' I
The action of the directors of the I local W. C. T. Uers by buying fifty I isn't afraid to admit it. The other day T
public library last nieht in nrovidinzlrats and storing them under his bar. Ia P?rter was cleaning the silver grill X
I I I I I I 1 1 1 1 I II II II I I II 1 1 II III! HI tin
for keeping the library open evenings!
and Sunday afternoons is to be quick
ly and strongly commended.
T.. night's Herald contained two lne neraia nss many times called
telegraphic dispatches that are of spe- th attention of the public the direct
work around the elevator shafts on the
Milwaukee is out gunning for laarels Pud ??T ofthe Pulltxer building. T
OD . v . I " wuicn air. r nena nas nis omces. A
as the healthiest city of her sire ifc This necessitated a long ladder which I
the United States giving as proof j was set up right in front of one of the I
thereof the health statistics for 1900. 1 three elevator doors. To board the car '
oial interest to this section of the state or8 and the ctT council to the urgency
aad nation. One was the information I or 118 moTe' and now " is not to be
that the people of this state will have expected for a moment that the coun-
tfae opportunity to vote on a proposi-c" wm 80 narrow minded as to
tion to amend the constitution so as 8tana n waT of this most desir-
to make the presentaUon of a poll tax aDie Mvance movement.
ertificate necessary as a precedent to
mntim Th w th nwa from I ce8SitT of this thing. It is a wonder
wAinn that the honae commit-1 move haa not been taken before.
on irrigation and arid lands will lt is not tne ault of the library direct
report favorably the Newlands-Shaf- ore that !t has not hfen Uken beforo
Ttk Dni I The city council refused to provide
Ths Newlands-Shafroth bill was I llghU and Janitor service that is why
mi.tH tn fn n Th vtoraid onlv a I The library has become one of the
few days ago. It provides that the cit'a Proudest possessions. It is run
raeeeds of the sale of nubile lands on tncle8t husiness principles.
fasll be placed in a fund to be known There is no waste. Every cent is de-
ma th. "rfrt lnnH reclamation fund." yolea lo SOOd end. The few women
pan recommendation by the geologi- wno have " devotedly labored to'se
at smrrev the secretary of the Interior cure a livln competence for the 11
ntar withdraw from entry reservoir bTaT7 now "e the Institution at least
sites and irrigable lands adjacent. Up- relieved from actual want. Their work
em completion of any irrigation pro- has been hard- and volunteers for the
jeot. the total cost is to be divided pro nardest part the actual soliciting of
rmJLm. amone the Irrigated lands and nus nave Deen conspicuously want-
toke a charge upon the lands which ln8 but tnere nas been somebody ev-
smaJI then be subject to homestead ery Ume- to take up the work when It
ee.tr-. The water right would be per- 8eeme1 10 Ia. and carry It along.
vetaal. and could be nald for in ten I The hole history of the library is
anaaal instalments if desired. As fast one 8eriea of Incidents of unselfish de-
' as tho money should be paid Into the TOon to the public welfare on the part
"reolaeaation fund." It would be applied or a Iew women it would come in very
to tho carrying out of new irrigation P001" grace just now for the city coun-
projects. cU to refuse to take the necessary ac-
The amount received from the sale of tlon that would make possible the
rnahlie lands last vear was about S4.- broadening of the usefulness of the 11-
ett.M. This amount more or less brary at such a slight increase of ex
would be available each year as fast I Pense.
as needed and as the irrigation It s an oft expressed cynicism that
schemes progressed the receipts from men go into pojltic8 for the money
she sale of lands would increase in g n it rathef. than fQr Interest
geometric proportion thus constantly ln maklng or execuUng laws or the
increasing tne avananie runa. me honor or patrioU3m n 8ervlng one.a
money once used would under the pro- country or 8tate. Nevertheless we have
visions or the Dill De usea over ana spectacle of many public men for-
ever.and the investment on the part gating political triumphs in order to
c tne government wouia De a most nb- nt
the death rate being only 13.80 to the5?SSIe bad to pass under the ladder. i
thousand which is low. ''.' It Office Onen Dav anH NTIrrht
' In IT fthnvp It. Krh alroA ' laiio-hn jr- jT
- n s.u w&a v ssauua s ;mu
lng above it. "No. slree." lauehed Mr. I
mrs. iNation nas naa a quarrel witnifTlend. I guess I'll wait for the next
her manager already. Verily the star lone. No ladders in mine." Then he
of her fame is ascending. Divorce I lurneY arouna oniy to race two other
it sv. . . . i scqu&iniances. one a lawyer ana the
follows. Sna will 1nn hpr Hi nnn Hal . "
It is waste of words to arena th n- I joiner a newspaper man wno were con-
is waste or woras to argue the ne- next Then comeg bathing In milk. tent to wait as Mr. Friend did. when
o I they saw the ladder. "And vet thpT
There is one thing in which all men I say." he remarked pointing toward
NAGLEY LYONS A McBEAN
Expert Funeral Directors and Embalmers :
Parlors 305 El Paso St.-
Telephone 197 Z
oxeellent one.
Is no doubt that Reed is making more
a.. 10 -v- money as a lawyer than as speaker.
10 tne minas oi tne congressmen and Harrison's leeal fees are
as reasonable. The public lands are more 8UD8tantJal than the whlte house
practically all situated In the arid or pettigrew has added his name
semi-arid states and territories ana to those that have 8tepped from pubn.
share Is no particular justice in devot- city to a fat income. He wiu hold an
hag the proceeds of the sale of these 1800o position witn the Hill railways
lands to the deepening of the harbor which Ilvng compares Iav0rably as far
of Savannah. The west has never par- flgures go with hls 5000 a year M
tidpated to any considerable extent in aenator.
she appropriations for river and har- Q -
or works simply because we have few Street cars do not always have their
navigable streams but the west has a own way everywhere. Some uppish
and women throughout the world are! bis friends "that superstition and ig-
alike and consistent. Did you ever see I noranci so together.
anybody sharpen the end of a lead pen
cil that has the lettering on it?
o
A CENTURY'S PROGRESS.
The idea of the mouse as an antidote I of a centUry is given by the London
to Carrie Nation is spreading and there I Chronicle In a note on the treatment of
is quite a demand for the beasts in I the insane only 10 years ago. Bar-
Kansas. Missouri and Iowa. JWm "ents were ex-
0 uui4 iuvwi nmueu wilu cnains.
The Great Salt Lake is said to be nmOTwl . 7. ."f" an 8UU
drying up and will have to be connect- tne age were the means taken to cure
ed with some living stream in order them by startling them back into san-
to maintain it. Ity. Sometimes they were put in re
volving swings that spun 100 times a
minute an ordeal that. might unsettle
even a well balanced brain. Some
times they were put in baths so con-
Britain's national anthem is changed tructed that the bottoms came out
WIU flUUBVU U1V WVUIMUU 1 LX IU WL HJ-
called "bath of surprise" below. Some
times they were suddenly dropped from
high towers Into subterranean caverns.
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SECOND HAND DEALERS.
SECOND HAND DEALERS.
Some people achieve greatness
recommending a patent medicine.
by
to "God save the King."
ECONOMY IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
New and Second-Band kwtm
The New Store at the old stand U where prlcea talk
A True Confession is Food for the Soul
1 promised the public to pay them more for their trood
and give them more goods for their mosey than tnt
buyer ia El Paso. I make this talk and stand by Iv
C. C. SH ELTON
Across from Zelger Hotel
110 SOUTH 0RE60N STREET
TAILORS.
TAILORS.
I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I III I I I I I I II I I I II I I I I I I I
NO LONGER EVEN BOSS GLUTTON.
From the Dallas News.
There Is no doubt that the word
. jujuiagemrai is a. more appropriate u.to. Van Wvck of Npw York ha.
r . S'TS W"." 1 bis sole claim for glory-the same t
'1 " ' v .vT i being a record for eaUng beefsteak.
'Jw rr Pu"""!Since the incident of the city hall Oag I
might be said with reference to even ""u I. :.7. v rj"
i Let us take your Measure
the affairs of the states. "Govern" is
not an apt verb in a country like ours
(where the people boast of the right
of self-government) and is decidedly
misleading besides. It is a word which !
dragged forth among other incidents
in his career and the world was in-
formed that Mr. Van Wyck had eaten
fourteen pounds of juicy beef at one
haa a tninv to omnhacWo tho r.niit. '. sitting a. Biao an incn mien ana
leal Imnnrian nt a nnhn frw anrf three feet square. Last week Patrick
of the man who is called to fill it and Dlvver the east side political leader.
thus minimize tho importance of the i deliberately planned to rob the nr.ayor J
practical or business affairs for which i"1 tt3L eurBa laluc- wuerea
he is elected. I fifteen pounds of beefsteak ate four-
The mayor of Baltimore is getting ; teen and a half pounds without get- I
himself talked about because he has ! ting up from the table. The remain- ;
applied business principles to the ad- j lng half pound Mr. Diwer gave to the
ministration of city affairs. This is cat. He added that he "felt quite re-
remarkable but true. In most cities j freshed.
of the country the biggest business in I :
the city the city government Is run I LUCKY SCHOOLMASTER
bv men who have never had huRinnnn '
experience or if they have have failed i A fortunate New York schoolmaster i
It is hardly to be expected that such was he who lost bis job four years ago. j
men are capable of aDDlylnsr close busl- . He claimed that he was illegally dis-
ness methods to city government even : charged and he sued the city for his
if they had the inclination. If they 1 salary. Now the court of appeals
are regulation . politicians they are . awards him $13824 the same being the
quite sure not to have the Inclination amount of the salary he should have
Their idea is to "govern." It is easier. J received meanwhile together with the ;
and there is for them more glory and interest thereon. And he is restored j
more money. to his position too.
The mayor of Baltimore began his I j
work by scrutinizing every item of the Briefs minted lust right at The
ordinance of estimates to discover if Herald office.
For your winter suit t
We guarantee a perfect fit and will show
you the largest stock of samples to select
from. We also carry a complete line of
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
The Tailor. 104 El Paso St X
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