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ETL PASO BA
Y HERALD
Third Edition TO-DAY'S NEWS 4:30 p.m.
PRICE 5 CENTS. EL PASO TEXS FRIDAY MAY 26 1899. VOL. XIX NO. 126.
' I 1 III
THE TRIAL
IS BEGUN
Lee And Gilliland To Answer
For the' Murder Of
Henry Fountain.
BOTH SIDES ARE READY
And a Battle ROVal Will Re-
J
'suit From the Effort Ut
the Prosecution To
Convict.
Hillsboro N. M May 26; special
to the Herald. Lee and Gilliland ap
peared before District Judge Frank
Parker this morning for trial on In
dictments charging them with the
murder of eight year old Henry Foun
tain on February first 1896
Both Bides announcing their read!
ness to proceed with the trial selec
tion of a jury commenced almost im
mediately.
The court room was packed with
notables from all parts of southern
New Mexico. Pat Garrett however
was absent having left last night with
a posse to obtain an Important witness
from Oiero county. It waa due to the
absence of this witness that the case
was continued until this morning.
William McNew eat near the prison
ers and George Curry occupied a seat
inside the rail. Oliver Lee took ac-
tive interest in the selection of jurors
and frequent whispered conversations
were held between him and the attor
neys. '
wtA fimtlanri tnrft.hfir for the murder
Ul .OU. J J
willreBult from the effort of the pro-
secution to convict.
A.B. Fall H. B. Fergusson and H.
H. Dougherty will represent the de
fense J B. P. Barnes W. B. Childress
and TUB. Catron will conduct the pro -
eecutio
QA juify of eligibles was obtained at
eleven thirty and peremptory chal-
lenging commenced. Each side avail-
ed itself jo f the privilege.
At noop the court adjourned until
two with eleven jurors in the box and
fourteen challenges remaining to both
. sides. '
The sheriff was instructed to sum-
mons another special venire and the
probabilities are that the panel will be
filled this afternoon.
HORSE RACES
Attracting Attention in New York
New York May 26. The annual
summer meeting of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club begins tomorrow after
noon and the classic Brooklyn Handi
cap one of the greatest annual events
in the turf world is the chief attrac-
tion. This rich prize will bring to the post
some of the best flyers that will race
in the east this summer and public in-
terest in the result is at fever heat.
The indications are that the field of
starters will include St. Cloud Pink
Coat Ben Holliday George Boyd Fili-
grane and probably half a dozen others
that are in active training.
Next in interest on tomorrow's pro-
gram will be the Expectation stakes
which will call out a select field of
two-year-old horses and in which the
quality of Mr. Keene's juvenile winner
Doublet will be tested against the
best of all the noted stablee.
OUR TARIFF
Enables our Manufacturers to Com-
pete Actively In British Markets.
GLASGOW May 26. A sensation was
created today by the announcement
that Neilson Brothers the
most extensive iron manufac-
turers in Scotland have failed.
The liabilities are 250000 pounds sterl-
ing. American competition is responsible.
ADMIRAL DEWEY
Will Reach New York About Oc-
tober 1 .
Washington May 26. A cable-
gram from Dewey; at Hong Kong was
received by the navy department this
morning. The admiral states that he
will stop at various places on his way
to the United States and will not
I reach New York City until about
October 1.
Hong Kong May 16 Dewey coc
tinues to decline invitations and is re
mlaininsr auiet. Hie stay at Victoria
I Peak is benefiting him.
ROYAL AUTHOR
Will
Distribute Her
Book Among
Rings.
London. May 26. Within a few
weeks all of the sovereigns of Europe
together with a number of other per
sons of note will be the recipients of
handsome volumes descriptive of the
queen's recent trip to tne eoucn oi
France .
The author of the book is the Prin
cess Beatrice her majesty's constant
companion who has already
several volumes some of th
issued
them an-
anymously which have attracted wide
spread attention because of their
literary merit.
The book now in fpress will bs il
lustrated not only by land and sea
scapes but also with photographs of the
men women and children whom the
queen met at Clmiez all of them snap-
shots taken by Princess Beatrice.
BAPTIST SOCIETY
Continues Its Anniversary Session
At San Francisco.
San Francisco Cal. May 26.
The American Baptist Publishing So
ciety resumed its seventy-fifth anni
versary today. Reports on the com-
mittees on publication and on the mis
sionary department were followed by a
number of interesting addresses.
Rev. Jay Pruden of Utah told of
work 'among the Mormons; Rev. G.
Berg of Washington r sported of the
work accomplished among the Danes
and Norwegians and Rev. L. W.Green
of Idaho epoke upon the subject!
"Frontier Colporter Work."
MUCH CRITICISM
Of the Action of President Schurman
Washington May 26. There is
considerable feeling among high offic
ials of the war department against the
aotion of President Schurman of the
Philippines commission which he has
taken in the peace negotiations now
pending. The conciliatory methods
proposed by Schurman and his civilian
colleagues ao not meet witn tneir ap-
proval. They stand by Otis in his de
cision that unconditional surrender
must precede all other propositions
xnis reeling prevail not only in army
circles bat men in all walks of life
have taken up the cry.
MORE PERILOUS
The Paris Believed to be Doomed
Falmouth May 26. No attempt
was made to drag the Paris off the
rocks at Lowland point this morning
on account of the failure of the tide.
If there is a good tide this evening an-
otherattetnpt-will be made to release the
vessel. Her position is steadily be
ooming more perilous.
Another break in the hull " of the
Paris occurred this afternoon greatly
increasing the leakage into the engine
room of the steamer. The wind and
sea are rising rapidly. It is feared the
beginning of the end is insight.
THEY WILL VOTE
To Decide If They Will Land At
Portland.
Washington May 26. The follow
ing dispatch to Gen. O'.is was sent to
day:
Washington May 23. Many peti
tions have been received from Wash
ington and Oregon asking that troops
from those states be sent direct to
Puget Sound and Portland. This can
be done if the men wish it. It will
deprive them of from $25 to $35 each
for travel pay from. San Francisco.
Let a vote be taken with this knowl-
edge by regiments and advise me.
'Alger."
MORMON ROBERTS
Is Troubling the Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly.
Minneapolis May 26. Resolutions
asking congress to refuse to seat Rob'
erts of Utah were presented in the
Presbyterian convention today. This
resolution also favors an anti-poly
gamy amendment to the constitution.
SERIOUS CHARGE
Against Two Physicians of Cologne
COLOGNE May 26. Two physicians
were Arrested today chargiog with as-
sisting men to escape conscription in
the -irmy by administering pills which
caused palpitation of the heart. Four
menj who took the pills died. Suspicion
was aroused.
CONEY ISLAND
FIRE SWEPT
The Noted Resort Burned
Over Early This Morning
With Heavy Loss.
LOSS HALF A MILLION
The Fire Is Believed to Have
Been the Work Of an In-
cendiary And It Was a
Fierce One.
New YORKvMay 26. Coney Island
was swept by a conflagration early this
morning which destroyed eight blocks
of buildings in the heart of the resort.
The fire is believed to have been in-
National Testimonial For Dewey
F. A. Vanderlip assistant secretary of treasury; Charles
A. Allen assistant secretary of the navy: Perry S. Heath assist-
ant postmaster general; Brig. Gen. Corbin and Ellis H. Roberts
treasurer of the United States have been appointed a national
committee to take charge of funds with which to purchase a home
for Admiral Dewey in Washington.
It is desired that every American contribate something to
this popular testimonial. Treasurer Roberts is now prepared to
receive contributions in any amount. A handsomely designed re-
ceipt will be got out immediately by the engravers at the bureau
of engraving and printing and all contributors will receive such a
souvenir certificate.
The Herald will receive contributions to the fund acknow-
ledge receipt in the paper and promptly forward the gifts to the
national treasurer.
Only cash donations will be received and accounted.
The name of every contributor will appear in the deed of
transfer.
The following donations have already been received by the
Herald for this fund:
C. B. Rogers 1 $100
L. A. Meader 1.00
A. Kaplan 1.00
Master Sanford Wilzinsky A . . . 1.00
H. D. Slater 1.00
H. L. Capell 1.00
cendlary.
The local department was unable to
cope with the flames. Brooklyn was
called on for assistance as the flames
threatened to destroy every structure
in Coney Island.
After many hours fighting the fire
was got under control.
Many notable escapes occurred; half
a dozen persons were injured during
the progress of the fire among them
Policeman Rich Flremn Taggart and
William Aldricb Richard Downs and
William Durkin. 1 -
The part known as the west end was
wiped out including all the saloons
damaerinfir also the pavilions and other
places of amusement for which Coney
Island is famous-
Help was promptly sent from
Brooklyn Bath Beach Fort Hamilton
and Gravesead.
The fortunate shifting of the wind
alone 6aved the east end from entire
destruction.
The loss is estimated at half a mil-
lion. Though a large area was burned
over and many buildings were destroy
ed they were mostly of a cheap char
acter.
The formal opening of the island for
the summer was to have occurred on
Decoration day but it will be postponed
a few weeks.
TH E I9TH INFANTRY
Will Not Go to Manila Yet.
Washington May zo. rue secre
tary of war ha9 revoked the order for
the Nineteenth infantry to go to Manila
on the Sheridan from San Francisco
June 7 and instead has ordered that
2000 recruits for the regular regiments
now In the Philippines go on that ves
sel.
The Nineteenth willjgo to Manila
later probably from New York by
way of the Suez canal.
Benjamin Harrison at Paris.
Paris May 26. Former president
Benjamin Harrison who has been in
Paris for some time will go to the
Hague tomorrow.
THE MOST
DRASTIC
Anti-Trust Law Ever Consid
ered In Any Legislative
Body
SIGNED BY GOV. SATERS
The New Law Becomes Ef
fective On the Last Day
Of January Of Next
Year.
Austin Texas May 26. Governor
Sayer ha? affixed his signature to the
most drastic anti-trust law ever passed
in the United States.
It Is doubtful if a more stringent
measure was ever given serious consi
deration by any legislative body In the
world. The new law becomes effac
tive on the last day of January 1900.
Austin Texas May 26. Senate
passed the Childs bill which is in
tended as an offset to the anti-trust bill
T. 1 . ...
xbiiaa now passea ootn nouses and em
braces the following provisions:
"It shall be lawful for any and all
persons engaged in any kind of work
or labor manual or mental or both to
associate themselves together and form
trades unions and other organizations
for the purpose of protecting them'
selves."
GIRDLE OF LOVE
Encircles the World as the Women
Clasp Hands For Peace.
The Hague May 26. On behalf of
the international peace association of
women Madame Kolenka today pre-
sented to M. de Staal president of the
peace conference a handsomely bound
album containing peace petitions from
women's organization of eighteen na
tlons.
ine petitions were prefaced with an
introduction embodying the statement
that "The nations no longer bate since
we women hold our hands across the
spaces encircling tbe world with a
girdle of love."
JOHN C. TWOMBLEY
Appointed Postmaster of Denver.
Washington May 26. The presi
dent today appointed John C. Twom-
b!ey to be postmaster at Denver.
INTEREST GROWING
In the Fltzsimmons-Jeffries Fight
New York May 26. Interest in the
Fitzslmmons-JetTries mill grows apace
as tbe time for the fight draws near.
Several more good sized bets have
been recorded. Frank Meehan Dan
Stuart's partner bet $1400 on Fitz
against $1000 with Bert Tucker.
Frank Burgess a Jeffries admirer re
ceived the beat odds today. He placed
8500 against $1000 on the Californian
with A. Riley of Providenc. ' .v
GOLD EXCITEMENT
About the Finds In LowerjCallfornia
Los Angel.es. May 26. The excite
ment caused by the discovery of gold
in large quantities at Cerro Pinto.
Southern California is growing. The
stampede continues and many prospect
ors are leaving for the new Klondike.
The gold is very fine and it is said will
assay $19 to $20 per ounce. The steam
er Pacho left Eaeendo for the new dig
gings last nlgnt. .The vessel was
crowded with passengers.
In this connection a late San Diego
dispatch is interesting. It says: Re
ports received in this city from Lower
California indicate that a stampede of
miners has taken place to the recently
discovered placer diggings at Santa
Clara fifteen miles from the seacoast
and about 350 miles south of this city
ah tne miners ana men wno were
engaged in other occupations at Cal-
maill numbering about J0O have sud
denly started for the new camp and
the Ibarra Gold Mining company at
calmalli wnicb lor years has carried
on extensive operations in its quartz
mines nas Deen forced to abut down
on account of scarcity of men all of
wfeom fcave crone to the Santa Clara
diggings.
I ue agents of the Ibarra company at
Ensenada wired to this city that they
naa receivea a telegram Irom super
intendent H. M. Swayne of the com pa
ny at San Quentin directing them not
to ship any freight on the steamer St.
Denis for San to Domingo as the min
ere had left the camp for the now plac
ers leaving Calmalli deserted and
that it would be impossible to eret men
euough to haul freight overland to Cai
man a distance of sixty milee.
icis oeiieved tnat discoveries oi as
tonishing richness; have lately been
made at Santa Clara. The miners at
Calmalli knew of the placers a month
ago and a few of them made the trip
of eighty miles overland to the dig-
glns situated in a southwesterly direc
tion irom Calmalli. The news now re
ceived that Calmalli has moved bodily
to Santa Clara is taken as the best
kind of evidence that the placers are
extremely rich. The first reports stat
ed that the extent of the diggings were
phecomenal.
The only practical way of reaching
the new camp is by vessel to San Ro
que bay eighty miles south of Cedros
UlaritlMtnd by trail fifteen miles inland
Further particulars beyond the fact
that miners from the culf coast are
also flockiner to the die?in?s. are not
obtainable.
SUCCESS ASSURED
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress Will Convene Next
Week.
Wichita Ka?. May 26. Arrang e-
mentsare rapidly nearing completion
for the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
congress to convene here next
Wednesday for a session of four days.
Secretary J. H. McKnight reports
to date the following number of dele-
gates appointed .by the governors
mayors of leading cities of the west
and southwest and by boards of trade
and other commercial bodies: Ark
ansas 56; Arizona 14; California 57;
Colorado 96; Indian Territory 3;
Iowa 75; Idaho 17; Kansas 273; Loui
siana 33; Minnesota 31; Missouri 141;
Montana 20; Oklahoma 94; Nebraska
92; New Mexico 21; Nevada 10; North
Dakota 21 ; Oregon 13; South Dak ota
29: Texas 113; Utah. 15: Wvomine. 18.
and Washington 19.
HEAVY DAMAGE
Wrought By A Cyclone In Ne
braska.
Hasting Nebr. May 26. -Early
this morning a cyclone passed di
agonally across this section of Adams
county striking the southern limits of
this city.
The damage to houses and farm
property was heavy but if lives were
lost in remote countrv districts the
facts are not known.
Four farmers here are badly wound
ed.
ROSA BONHEUR DEAD
The Famous
Animal
Paris.
Painter Of
Paris May 26. Rosa Bonheur the
famous animal painter died thid morn
ing of pneumonia. She was unmar-
ried. She has for many years dressed in
male attire by government permission.
Her best known work is the "Horse
Fair" in the Metropolitan museum at
New York-
Schley Up Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs May 26.
Rear Admiral Schley arrived here and
took a ride to the top of Pike's Peak.
He leaves for Salt Lake tomorrow.
Metal Market.
New York. May 26. Copper 19.00
Silver 611; lead 4.25.
HOT FIGHT
FOLLOWED
When A Scouting Party Met
A Body Of Rebels Near
Santa Anita
GEN. (HUSTON AGAIN
The Kansas Hero Takes A
Leading Part In Driv-
ing The Enemy
Back.
Manila May 26. A small Ameri
can reconnoitering party encountered
a body of rebels near Santa Anita this
morning and a hot fight followed. The
Americans were holding their own
when General Funston and the South
Dakota regiment appeared and the re
bels were forced to retreat.
Six Americans were wounded one a
lieutenant. Ten insurgents were killed
and several captured.
General Moatero one of tbe Spanish
commanders 1s dead of wounds receiv-
ed in battle. Zamboanga has been
evacuated by tbe Spanish garrison
1700 which has arrived here. Insur
gents tooK possession of tbe place as
soon as the Spaniards left.
Y. M. C. A.
Second Day of the Biennial Con
vention
Grand Rapids Micb. May 26.
Tbe second day of the biennial conven
tion of the International Young Men's
Christian Association opened with a
largely increased attendance of dele
gate?.
The morning session was taken np
with addresses by a number of men of
note. Included among tbe speakers
were Anthony Comstock of New York
who spoke on thefsubject "Impurity"
John G. Woolley of Chicago who
spoke on ''Intemperance" and J. M.
Buckley D. D. Editor of the New
York Christian Advocate who took as
his subject "Rationalism."
Rev J. Wilbur Chapman D D.
closed the morning session with a stir-
ring discussion of the question ''What
Manner of Men Ought We to Be?"
DISTRIBUTION
Of the Big Cuban Gratuity Fund
Will Be Begun Tuesday.
Havana May 26. Gen. Brooke an
nounced today that the distribution of
the $3000000 to the Cuban soldiers
will begin Tuesday. A special train
has been chartered to carry money to
such points inland as may be reached
by rail. It has been decided to deduct
from tbe money the amount of expense
incurred in distributing it.
The Summer Normal.
Prof. G. P. Putnam who will have
charge of the summer normal in the
Sacramentos was seen by a Herald
representative this morning in regard
to the progress being made and said
everything was progressing nicely.
"All of our tents have arrived and I
will leave for the mountains in a few
days to personally superintend the erec-
tion of them.
"I am now busily engaged in map-
ping out a course of study for the nor-
mal and am making my selection of
teachers who will conduct the various
courses of study."
This Town Filled Up.
"You would think that rooms of any
kind would be very easy to obtain at
this time of the year" said a visitor to
the city this morning. "But such is
not the case" he continued. "I wish-
ed to get two unfurnished rooms for
myself and wife and hunted the town
over before I could secure them and
then I was not pleased. This town
must surely be tilled with strangers for
Albuquerque and Tucson towns in
which I have lately been have vacant
rooms by the score."
No Concert Tonight.
There will be no music by the Mc-
Ginty band in the plaza this evening
as reported. Prof. Pitzer assures the
Herald that-the concerts will begin
on next Thursday night the first of
June.
Second Ward School.
The7foundation for the second ward
school is progressing rapidly. The
contractors have a larjre force of men
ft. work and the buildinp will undoubt-
ealy oe completed within the prescrib-
ed time.
Mrs. John McFarland who gnent a.
winter some timo uuo in El Paso iipd
Ler homo in Amsterdam. N. Y on
Monday lnoriiiji. Mrs. McFarlaad .
was a cousin of Henry L. Capell.
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