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VOL. V. NO. 203.
EL PASO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 30. 1885.
HELLO!
OFFICLAL PAPEK OF THE COUNTY
We are Just Opening up our
Immense Stock of Holiday Goods,
consisting of the Best Selections
from the Largest Stock in New
York, Chicago, St. Louis, and
New Orleans.
>#archased for Cash, and will be sold as cheap as they can be
bought in tho.ie Cities at retail. Yours Hespectfullv
W. A. 1RVIN & Co.
FLATLY DENIED.
General Manager Towne Says
It Is False.
NO ATTEMPT HIDE
R. P. JOHNSOW.
—established 1862 — john julian.
JULIAN & JOHNSON,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Sol© Agents For
VAL BLATZ VIENNA BEER, MILWAUKEE,
mexican curiosities
Hnt National Hank Building.
PIANOS, ORGANS
—..^^WlaeL!'1 ■■ ,.I —and—
toys, fancy and
Holiday goods.
TO BLOW UP THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC BRIDGE NEAR
EL PASO.
SPORTING GOODS,
NOTIONS,
ft.
EiSWING .MACHINES
W, G. WALZ
EL PASO, TEXAS.
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL.
S. E. MclLHENNY, Proprietor.
OKI FIRST-CLASS HIKE IK THE CITI.
BARBER SHOP AND ELEGANT BATH
ROOMS ATTACHED.
Sample ROOma for Salesmen
Pleasantly Located in the Center of the City. Street Care
at the Door.
Livery Adjacent:
\k A Credit to the City! The Leading Hotel
Jn the Southwest.
That V^retcbed Fabrication.
|By Associated Press Dispatch. 1
San FRANCisC0,Dee. 29 —Referring to
a dispatch tod^y from El Paso, Texas,
that au attempt was made on the 23d
instant to Mow up ihe Southern Pacific
railroad bridge over the R'o Graade,
General Manager Towne, of the Southern
Pacific Co., says a thorough inves-
tigation of the mutter made today shows
there is no foundation for the statement,
nor can he understand how it could have
originated.
We got the scoop on the other papers
last nii'hf in the attempted train roDbery,
pretty decidedly.—Evening Tribune.
There is no foundation for the state-
ment.—General Manager Towne.
The Times can safely promise that it
will never attempt such wretched'scoops'
on its contemporaries. Such things hurt
the city's business.
We respectfully suggest to our con-
temporaries that when they strike a
dull day and don't know how to fill
their columns with legitimate news,
they had better use their scissors on the
Globe-Democrat or Albuquerque Jour-
nal. and not go to concocting dynamite
stories and blowi ig up railroad bridges.
Our business men don't reli-h that kind
of fun. This is a suggestion, not a
threat.
Land OfflcH Proofs.
Washington, Dec. 29.—In view of a
large number of defective, Irregular and
insufficient proofs ur-jseuted in public
land oases, Commissioner Sparks, of the
general land oflL-e, has is-
sued a circular to registers
and receivers of land offices In which he
directa that proofs must in all cases be
to the satisfaction of registers and re-
ceiyers, and that cross examination
should be directed to a verifica-
tion of the mateiial facts
in the case, especially to the actual facts
of residence, and whether the entry is
made or sought to be perfected for the
"wn use and occupa'ien. or for
the use and benefit of others. Ready
made proofs presented merely for form,
an acknowledgement without verifica-
tion, cross-examination or evidence of
identity will not, it is stated, be consider-
ed such proofs as are required by the
law. Officeis taking affidavits «n I testi-
mony are required to call attention of the
parties and witnesses to the laws respect-
ing false swearing and the pennies
thereof, and inform them of the purpose
of the government to hold all persoHs to
a strict accountability to all statements
made by them.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Consultation About How to
Fight Apaches.
CROOK CANVASSED.
FULL REPORT OF THE DAY'S
DOINGS BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
Silver too High.
[By Associated Press Dispatch.]
Washington, Dec. 29.—The treasury
department bought no silver bullion to-
day. the price asked being regarded as
too high.
The Late Galea.
(Py Associated Press Dispatch.)
Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 29.—The
work of the northeast gales of Friday
and Saturday has been very disastrous to
the Gloucester fishing fleet, having de-
stroyed five vessels, aud eight lives were
lost.
Emerson & Berrien.
EL PASO, TEXAS
FTXE^fcTXTTTR/IEi,
F"C" Wr ,b*° ^
Chas.J.Luff. CALL AND SEE H. M. Kingsbury
LUFP &c IKZIUSTGSBUBY'S
. STOCK OF
Pi gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
"'*• HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Et.-.
Sgk. Northeast cprner San Antonio and Oregon streets, El Paso, Texas.
S fl^TRlCTLY ONE PRICED
,«SK5
OROWELL <fe 3DOWJEI.
OREGON STREET,
North of San Antonio .Street.
EL PASO, TEXAS.
Emerson & Berrien,
EL PASO, TEXAS.
Dealers in
|COF
Order* by telegraph fof Metalic Caskets, Wood Coffins, and Burial Shrouds ship
pad by first outgoing traUi.
t:
PIERSON!
El Paso, Texas.
Tst AND BEST appointed hotel in thl
ciirsr.
rE. MclLHENNY. Proprietor.
f£ PIONEER HOUSE AND MOST EXTENSIVE
Z HENRY BENEKE,
fi Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE GOODS.
CUTLERY GUNS, PISTOLS, MINER'S SUPPLIES,
AND AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS
Sole agent for
CHABTBB OAK STOVES,
El Paso Street. - - B1 P«m, Texaa
Religious Insanity.
(Special E^jatchto the Timbs:)
Ciuci</6, Dec. 29.—The Inter-Ocean'»
Pal my re, Wis., special says: Thomas
Green, residing In Sullivan township, has
creited considerable excitement and
much comment by abstaining from nour-
ishment of any kind for the past fourteen
days. Two weeks ago, while attending
a series of revivals at the Free Methodist
church in his village, Mr. Greea became
possessed with the idea that he should re-
ceive "power" by fas;ing and prayer. He
still asserts he will continue to fast until
he received that "power."
The Nautlcoke Disaster.
I By Associated Prc,sDispatch.J
' Wilxesbakre, Peun.,Dec. 29.—There
appears to be uo change today in the
situation at No. 1 stope in Nanticoke.
The work of clearing up goes on slowly,
but steadily. George and Joseph Kir*
ler, brothers of the three Kivlers who
are among the victims, explored the
mine as thoroughly as possible last Sat-
urday afternoon. They came to the con-
clusion that it was impossible that the
entombed could be still alive.
Eight Hoar Yobacoo Factory,
[By Associated Press Dispatch. |
yumcr, 111., Dec. 29.—The Gem City
Tobacco Works today changed their sys-
tem of working to eight hours a day,
makinsr no change In wages. The name
of the company hereafter will be the
"Eight Hour Tobacco Company." Tuis
is claimed to be the first corporation to
adopt the eight hour system.
New York Railroad Mattorn.
fBy Associated Press Dispatch. |
New Yokk, Dec. 29.—•The trunk Jiae
executive committee met today and de-
cided that the joint agency for the sale
of tickets at Castle, Garden should offi-
cially go Into effect on January 1st. The
contemplated immigrant pool was dis-
cussed, but no action was taken in the
matter.
A Kentucky Elopement.
tby Associated Ptess Dispatch. j
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29.—Sidney
Barber and Miss Kate Woolford, daugh-
ter of Congressmen Frank Woolford, were
married at Jeffersonville, Ind., tonight.
The young couple ran away from their
home at Columbia, Ky., and rode forty
miles in a buggy.
Carried Rack to Leadville.
[By Associated Fress Dispatch.]
San Francisco. Dec. 29. —• Deputy
Sheriff Leonard, of Leadville, Colo., left
here today with two prisoners. Lawrence
Gaflett is wanted on a charge of forgery
and embezzlement in Leadville. A.
Meyers is charged with stealing funds
from Moses Harris, liis employer. It
is stated here that Meyers
is wanted as an important witness in a
number of suits brought by creditors
against the Ann of Herrman Bros., of
Leadville, who failed about a year ago
for a hundred thous ind dollars. Meyers
was employed with the bankrupt firm.
Gentleman George's Recaption.
[By Associated Press 01-patch,]
Berlin. Dec. 29.— Mr Pendleton, the
United States minister, and Mrs. Pendle-
ton gave their first reception here, this
evening. Among the guests were a
large number of American residents, a
fact which shows that the American
colony here is Impressing.
The Coming Parliament.
(By Assoc in ted lres< Di-patch.]
London, Dec. 29.—A cabinet coun-
cil will be held o i Satuiday next for the
purpose of discussing the drafts ot bills
which tlie government intends to lay be-
fore parliament in the coming session.
Gladstone's Bad Hamor.
I By Associate J Press D.spatch.l
London, Dec. 29.—It is reported that
Mr. Gladstone has decided to await tlie
production of the conservative local gov-
ernment measure before revealing his
own schemes. He is rnuc i initated by
the cold reception given the published
account of his project by the liberals, and
•privately declares that he will never
again accept office.
Olivei Wendell Holmes recently met
the other autocrat, Grover Cleveland at
Secretary Bayard's dinner table.
The Utter Imbroglio-
By Associated Press Dlspatch.J
St. Louis, Dec.29.—The Globe-Demo-
crat's correspondent r.t Brownsville.
Texas, telegraphs as follows: Advices
from Rio Grande City state that Major
Kellogg at the head of sixty United
States soldiers left Ringgold Barracks for
the .Tuan Maldouado ranch, eighteen
miles above on the river, to arrest
or disperse any armed forces
there gathered for the purpose
of invading the city of Mier, Mexico.
A deputy sheriff sent to reconnoiter re-
ported that there were about a dozen
armed Mexicans at the ranch, and the
efforts to get a force together there have
proved abortive. It is also said the
force is only a gathering of smugglers.
For some time the Standard Oil Com-
pany has been quietly Investigating the
natural gas wells of Ohio. It is now
said that arrangements have been per-
fected for the consolidation) and control
of all the natural gas fields of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It is proposed to have
the gas couveyed by pipes to Cleveland,
Buffalo, New York and other cities
where it will be used for fuel and light.
There was but a single objection in the
house to Mrs. Grant's annuity, and that
was from Mr. Price, a Wisconsin repub-
lican, while the solid vote of tlio south
was given to honor the memory and
fame of Uen. Grant by the tribute to his
widow.
The Indian Question.
By Associate! Pr.ss D.spatch.l
Washington, Dec. 29. — Prominent
congresmin interested in the welfare of
the territories called on the secretary of
the interior about tlie present condition of
the Apaehc question. During the pro-
gress of the conversation which lasted an
hour, allusion was made to General
Crook's record. Mr. Springer read
to th» secretary a letter
he had received from Judge
Barnes, of the first judicial district of
Arizona, discussing the situation and set-
ting forth the views of intelligent iu ;n of
the locality as to the best remedy. Thi?
s ia brief for the government to raise a
battalion of frontiers men to be lightly
equipped, whose duty it should be to
patrol the regiou in small parties, espec-
ially keeping in view the watering
places. It was possible for the
Indians to move more rapidly than troops
could, by riding the ponies until they
dropped from exhaustion and then steal-
iniothers, but they must reach the wat-
ering places from time to time or perish
themselves. Judge Barnes also propos-
ed the arming and enlistment of a body
of Papago Indians, a friendly and indus
triousrace who are as much annoyed by
the renegade Apaches as are the whites
to fight the enemy. The secretary said
in reference to this plan that the army
was already doing much of the service
proposed. General Sheridan had been
stut out to the scenes of the disturbances,
and General Crook in whom they all bad
confi lence, was in corammd. If these
could not subdue tha hostiles, none
could.
Mr. Springer said he did not know
General Crook and had nothing against
him, but judging him merely by results,
he was, a failure. The renegades did
not number more than 290 men and Gen-
eral Crook with 3006 or 4000 men at his
command had been hanting them fur
years and had not succeeded in
putting a stop to the outra-
ges. Senator Manderson came to
General Crook's defense, attributing to
his skill and ability the pacification of
the Indians of Nebraska. A bill will be
introduced by Congressman Laird, of
Nebraska, in relation to this matter.
The secretary of the treasury received
a telegram from Captain Hooper, of the
revenue steamer Rush, at Sau Francisco,
stating that afcer consultation with Cap-
tain Healey, of the Corwin, he
has decided to undertake the
search for the missing whaler
Amethyst. He also enquired if the
cruise should be limited to the Aleuti an
Islands or whether he should push north-
ward, following the ice pack as it broke
up in the spring. Secretary Manning
replied as follows: Take the necessary
supplies and proceed at once. OfBcers
have been directed to report to you for
duty immediately. Employ a surgeon
and use your judgment as to the north-
ern limit of the cruise. It is believed at
the department that the Rush will be
able to sail from San Francisco for the
Behring sea on Thursday next.
Kansas City Cattle markets.
[By Associated Press Dispatch.]
Kansas Citt, Dec. 29. —The Liva
Stock Indicator reports:
CATTLE—Receipts, _962; shipments,
91; market active and itrong; fat a
shade higher; stockers and feeders quiet;
exporters, 5.00 to 5.25; good to choice
shipping, 4.50 to 4.85; common to me-
dium, 4.10 to 4.40; stackers and feeders,
2.80 to 3.75; cows, 3.00 to 3.25.
HOGS—Receipts, 6,940; shipments,
232; market|weak; choice about steady;
common 5 cents lower; good to choice,
3.55 to 3.75; common to medium, 3.20 to
3.50.
SHEEP—Receipts, 685; shipments,
noBe; market quiet; fair to good 2.60 to
3.00; common to medium, 1.50 to?.2S;
scalawags 50 to 75 eich.
Chicago Cattle Market.
(By Associated Press Biipatch.)
Chicago. Dec. 2#.—The Drovers' Jour-
nal reports:
CATTLE—Receipts, C00Q; shipments,
3000; market steadier; shipping steers,
3.30 to 5.50; stockers and feeders, 3.40
to 390: cows, bulls :iqd mixed, 1.40 to
3.80; bulk, 2.75 to 2.90.
New York Money Market.
[By Associated Press dispatch J
New York, Dec. 29.—Money on call
easy at 2 to 3 per cent; prime mer-
cantile paper 4 to 5; foreign exchahge
dull at 4.85>j for 60 days and 4.88)% for
demand. The total 6ales of stocks were
34*,M49 shares.
At a charity fair in Berlin the Crown
Princess of Germany has been selling
sausages at #35 apiece and sponge cake
at $1 a slice.
Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, is to
build a $1,000,000 residence in Washing-
ton,
A NOTED EVANGELIST.
Short Sketch of Rer. Dixon C. William*.
The strike against rent practically con-
tinues in the county of Limerick, and the
tenants have so carried on their combiua
tions as to succeed in obtaining from not
a few landlords reductions of from 25 to
30 per cent. Where the demand has not
been met to nearly this extent no rent has
been forthcoming. In a large number
of cases it has been ascertained that ten-
ants, owing tc the great depression in th«
prices for all kiuds of agricultural pro-
duce; are unablu to pay the present rents,
even where judiciially fixed under the
Land act.
Leading ladies of Minneapolis and St.
Paul are organizing a society "to deal!
out justice to those who inveigle has
buds from the paths «f rectitude."
Call for Bouds.
(By Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Dec. 29.—The secretary
has issued a call for ten million dollars of
three per cent bonds, the principal and
accrued interest of which will be paid on
February 1, 1S86, aud interest thereon
will cease on that day.
a Cabinet Meeting.
[By Associited Press Dispatch. |
Washington, Dec. 29.—All the mem-
bers of the cabinet were present at the
regular meeting today except Secretary
Lamar, who is at his home iu Mississippi.
The session was devoted to the con-
sideration of the financial condition of
the country and a discussion of proba-
bilities of congressional action upon the
silver question,
a Civil Service Episode.
[By Associated Press Dispatch.]
Washington, Dec. 29. — Abouj a
month ago John I. Morton, of Arkansas,
was appointed through the civil service
commission to a thousand dollar position
in the postofllce department. Nothing
was kuown of him, however, except that
he was a school teacher and that the re-
sult of his examination had been .entirely
satisfactory, and when this morning a
(olored man presented hiins> lf everybody
was surpri-ed He was I he first colored
man appointed to a clerkship iu that
i
Dixon C. Williams was born May 3,
1858, in Yeliville, Arkansas. When but
two yeurs old his parents moved to
Lebanon, Tenn., where he was reared.
Inearly life his father died and his mother
married again. ILe was educated in the
Cumberland University. Ho has had
much experience in business life. His
first efforts were made while editor and
proprietor of the Lebanon Register, a
paper that, still enjoys a good circulation.
For a number of years he was conrected
with the First National and Peoples' bank
in Lebanon. His mother's ambition was
for him to be a lawyer and a politician,
and he was educated especially ♦' r triili
purpose. His chief experience in politics
was that of editor, and his legal ex-
perience never led him to a prominent
position as counsel in criminal cases. Af-
ter selling his Register he bought an in-
terest in the Nashville Bauner and did
much towards elevating that paper to its
present prominence. He is a native
Arkansian and feels a pride in his native
state. His father, D. (I. Williams, was a
member of the Eleventh Legislature of
Arkansas, being the representative from
Marion county in 1856 and 1857. In 1868
he was elected state senator and served
in the legislature of 18fis and 1859. Gen.
John S. Roane, who was elected govern-
or of Arkausas in 1859, was the evan-
gelist's uncle. He also has many other
worthy relatives in the state that space
will not permit of mention now. About
three years ago Rev, E. P. Hammond, a
well known evangelist, held a series of
meetings at Lebanon,where Mr. Williams
was first impressed with the realities and
beauties of the christian religion. He at
once set to work for the Master. He first
engaged iu Sunday school missionary
work under the auspices of the i*. M. C.
A. Iu this work he gained the training
and Christian development that resulted
in his present usefulness as an evangelist.
His first reviyal was a prayer-meeting
held in an old store room in Lebanon,
where the poor and neglected—those
who could not buy Sunday-go to-meet-
ing clothes—attended. This work was
very successful and resulted in one of
the greatest revivals that Lebanon had
witnessed for years. He had not yet
decided to preach the gospel continually.
Soon afterw ard however, he visited La-
fayette, Ind., and while theie held a
series of meetings that resulted in a great
revival. He was then still working un-
der the direction of the Young Mens'
hristian Association and held three
other revivals before abandoning this
work to enter upon the work in whioh he
is now engaged. It was not until
February, 1885, that Mr. Williams cut
loose from all business engagements and
devoted his whole time to eyangelistio
work. His first meeting, as an evangelist,
was held at Corsie ma, Texas, where 570
professions of faith were made. He then
went wEnnis,Texas,and411 conversions
were the result of bis labors. His next
was Lampasas wnh 4* conversions
Then in Dallas the number of tavad
amounted to over 300. He married a
daughter of Col. M. W. McKnight, a
prominent attorney, who now Uvea at
Waxaha.-hie,Texas. H« has two children,
a boy and girl, and is devotedly attack,
to thetn a*} Ma wife
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