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4:30 p. m.
Last Edition
EL PASO. TEXAS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 1900.
20th YEAR NO. 50
PRICE 5 CENTS.
SO
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BULLER'S
OPERATIONS
The Enemy's Main Posi
tion At Pietre's
Hill
MAGNIFICENTLY SWEPT
But He Finds That There
Still Seems To Be a Con
siderable Number Of
Boers Left
mrA rtnAon Mariraherlta nave tele
graphed w Queen Victoria congratula
tlons upon Roberts's victory.
CRONJE TO GO TO MAURITIUS.
London Feb. 28. A Capetown die
natohsava It Is reported toac uen
rsnm-a mil staff will be Bent to the
w J
Island of Maurltlus.east ol Madagascar
HERDED LIKZ CATTLE.
Capetown Feb. 27 (Delayed).
Six hundred Boer prisoners who were
captured near Paardeburg on Saturday
&m nnnfined In wire fenoe enclosures
at the Modder river camp.
A SWORD FOR CRONJE.
Paris. Feb. 28. The intransigent
hu nmntd a subscription ior me
purpose of buying Gen. Cronje a sword
of honor. The Gaulers urges .ngiana
te anlza this moment to offer terms of
peace to the South African republics.
BIG SNOW STORM
Kansas That the
Plains Will Suf
London Feb. 28. Buller reports
to the war office from his headquar-
ters on Hlaogwane Plain under date
of Feb. 28th 8:30 a. m.as follows:
Finding the passage of Langewachte
Spruit commanded by strong entrench
ments. I reconnoitered and found an
other Tugela passage below the
cataract which on Feb. 26 we began
approaching. Finding approach prao
ticable I carried guns and baggage
back to the south side of tbe Tugela
and removed the pontoon bridge on the
night of February 26 to a new drift
During all this time the troops were
scattered crouching under hastl
ly constructed small stone shel
ters and exposed to calling shell and
rifle fire. However they maintained
moat excellent spirits.
On February 27th General Barton
with two battalions of tbe Sixth brig
ade and the Royal Dublin Fusileers
crept about one and a half miles on the
river banks and ascending an almost
precipitous cliff 500 feet assaulted and
carried the top on Pietres hill which
to a certain extent turned tbe enemy's
left. The Fourth brigade under Col
onel Northcott and the Eleventh brig
ade under Colonel Kitchener with
the whole under General Warren as
saulted the enemy's main position
which was magnificently carried by
the South Lancashires about sunset.
We took about sixty prisoners and
scattered the enemy in all directions.
"There still seems to be a considerable
number of the enemy left on and un
der Bulwana mountain.
Our losses I hope are cot large
Xhey are certainly much less because of
tbe admirable manner in which the ar-
tillery served especially guns manned
by the Royal Navy and the Natal Na
val Volunteers.
ROBERTS'S NEXT STEP.
. London Feb. 28. Tbe city is very
quiet after yesterday's outbreak of ju
bilation ana it is like a lull alter a
storm. Interest even in Buller's move-
ments despite his heavy losses is at a
low ebb. The feeling prevails that ill
luck still attends the Natal campaign.
The Manchester Guardian thinks
a good part of Cron je's army escaped
from Magersfontein with his sixty
guns. None of thehea vier guns which
surrounded Klmberley and did such
effective work in holding Methuen
were found in Cronje's laager and the
balance of 8000 or 10000 men known to
have been at Magersfontein are not
accounted for. This force without
guns is believed to have been drawn
ff northward at the time of Roberts's
advance and has doubtless now joined
with Boer reinforcements in the vicin-
ity of Bloemfontein.
. It is the general impression that
Roberts will now advance on Bloem-
fontein forthwith in order to clinch the
moral effect of his victory over Cronje
by the occupation of the Free State
capital. It is not known whether the
Boers aim to give Roberts battle be
fore the town. It is reported that they
are concentrating at Asvogel about
fifteen miles north of Bloemfontein
and that the army which is being
gathered there is under the personal
eommandof Joubert from Natal.
While the situation in the western
theatre of war appears now distinctly
favorable to the British no one be-
lieves the issue was settled by Cronje's
surrender of 4000 men and Gen. Rob-
erts will undoubtedly see some stiff
campaigning before he can approach
the borders of the Transvaal.
congratulating the queen
London Feb. 28. The Telegraph's
Berlin correspondent says lie learns
that Emperor William has telegraphed
to Queen Victoria and the Prince of
Wales referring in generous friendly
terms to the British victory at Paarde-
burg. 'A dispatch to the same paper
from Rome says that King Humbolt
Fear In Western
Stock On the
fer.
Chicago Feb. 28. The heaviest
snow fall of the season prevails here to
day. When the olty awoke this morn
ing It found that over a foot of snow
had fallen sinoe 9 o'clock last night
There are bo signs of a let up. Aided
by a variable wind snow formed great
drifts at many street crossings and be
fore dawn hundreds of men were at
work cleaning it away for early work
era.
The surface and elevated lines are
running out of schedule and suburban
trains are badly delayed. Fully one
fourth of the workers of the olty are
unable to go from their homes in the
suburbs to the heart of the town. Per
haps another fourth waited on street
corners -until they were almost buried
under a white avalanche vainly search
ing for street cars that did not come.
Of tbe remaider one fourth ' reached
their respective places of labor from
one to three hours late.
KANSAS IN A WHITE MANTLE
Kansas City Feb. 28. Snow whloh
began falling early yesterday morning
continued until late into the night.
This morning there is a heavy white
mantle everywhere but tbe at
mosphere is clear and the temperature
moderate.' The fall Is the heaviest
with ono exception in the history of
the local weather bureau. On Feb. 11
and 12. 1894 there was a fall of 10
inches. Trains from the west are de
layed. Reports from Kansas say that
snow is from 18 inches to three feet
deep throughout the state. The storm
extended over the Colorado lice and
was most severe in western Kansas.
Snow drifted on the plains last night
and it is feared that stock will suffer
Farmers are pleased with the heavy
falljof snow as the winter has beenun
usually dry.
DYING FOR
THE FLAG
Three Americans Shot In
Mexican Mining
Camp On
a
WASHINGTON'S DAY
Because They Would Not Al-
low The Mexican Flag To
Fly Above The Stars
And Stripes
Guaymas Mex. Feb. 28. A Wash
ington's birthday shooting affray oc
curred at Pllares de Tierra in which
three Americans and five Mexicans
were killed..
The shooting followed an attempt on
LAST OF
THE GANG
Lotus Curry a Hunted Train
Robber Killed To-Day
signs of terror. When-requested by
the young woman' who had him
covered with tbe shotgun to take back
the complimentary words he had ap
plied to her on tbe previous evening
"without delay" he "took them back"
and was then Interrogated as to
whether he would now reoelve an in
troduction which he had previously
declined.
With
eyes
'in fine -frenzy
VISITING LIZZIE LEE
A Farmer's Daughter He
Was Surprised And Shot
By Pinkerton
Men
Kansas City Feb 28. Lotus
Curry supposed to be the sole survivor
of a gang of train robbers was shot
and killed by officers sent to arrest him
on the Lee farm near Dodson Mo.
this morning.
Curry was accused of being one of
GOLF RULES.
By
Important Changes Prepared
the Association.
New York Feb. 28. The annual
meeting of the United States Golf as-
sociation which is being held here to-
day will be watched by golfers in all
parts of the country with the deepest
interest. The question of adopting the
new St. Andrews rules is up for con
sideration.
The new code contains many changes
in the prenent rules. One of the most
Important of these is that relating to a
moving ball. Heretofore a player
unable to check the downward swing
of his club when the ball bv chance
moved from a hanging tee had a
stroke counted against him on the
ground that the ball moved while be-
ing addreseed. The new code forbids
such a penalty being imposed.
Another important alteration is that
dealing with the option of replacing
a ball displaced by tbe opponent
tnrough tbe green and on the putting
green. If the incident happens through
the green the player may drop a ball
without penalty near the place where
it originally lay but In either case this
must be done before another stroke has
been played.
The new code also modifies tbe old
"lost ball last hole" rule so that if
each player loses bis ball the hole will
be considered halved.
. DISCRIMINATION
rolling" he replied in alto "yesum! yes-
um!! yesum!!!" whereupon his friend
and attendant introduced him to the
three happy damsels with exceeding'
ly great ceremony the young man
bowing very low. Then the curtain
fell and the incident was olosed.
OTHER MIDLAND NEWS
The Missionary Baptists have been
carrying on a meeting here for about
ten days and they report that quite a
number have been converted from the
error of their ways. The Rev. Mr.
Carroll quite a prominent Baptist is
here conducting the meeting which is
designed to last during the entire
week.
Our oircult court which had been in
session here for the last two weeks
adjourned on Saturday the 24th Inst.
Two important suits were tried: C. C.
Slaughter vs. Crowley Bishop et al was
decided by tbe jury in favor of defend-
ants but a new trial was granted and
the case continued. -J. S. Dougherty et
al vs. L. T. Brown was decided in favor
of plaintiffsand $261.25 awarded as real
damages. The grand jury preferred
one indictment which was dismissed
by the court as having no foundation in
fact. The contested prohibition elec-
tion case did not come to trial as tbe
papers were filed too late for this
court.
Our postmaster Theodore Ray was
married about a fortnight ago in th e
state of Pennsylvania and arrived
here with his new bride on the day be-
fore yesterday. Mr. Ray is quite ' a
pioneer of Midland and was the first
merchant in this town. .
VICTORY FOR
Mckinley
The
Porto Rico Tariff
Passed The House
Today
Bill
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
The Debate One Of Th
Greatest Ever Held In The
United States Con-gress
"TOP HEAVY"
OUR
PORTRAITS
CARICATURE
OP
IN THE PUBLIC BYE.
DAVID B. HENDERSON
S0KAKBR OK THE BOVSB.
the part of Mexicans to raise the Mex
lean flag above tbe American flag.
Charles Hogsett who was with the
Rough Riders in Cuba John Evans
and liick Rea were the Americans
killed.
Their comrades succeeded in holding
the flagpole and prevented the lower-
ing of an American flag.
ELKS TO GATHER
At Atlantic City To the Number Of
Fifteen Thousand. .
New York Feb. 28. At Atlantic
City active preparations are under way
for the coming session of the Grand
Lodge of the United States Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks which
promises to be the greatest convention
in the history of the organiza-
tion. Since the last session in St. Louis
the membership has grown with amaz-
ing strides and there is a spirit of
good natured rivalryCamong tbe va-
rious lodges to make the best possible
showing at the approaching gathering
so that even conservative estimates of
the-probable number of visitors is now
15000.
the gang who held up the Union
Pacific train at Wilcox Wyo. June
6th 1899 and secured a large amount
of booty. Several fights with officers
followed and it is thought all of the
bandits were killed except Curry.
Pinkerton detectives traced Curry
to Cripple Creek and later to Kansas
City where he arrived a week ago. I
was learned that Curry was visiting
Miss Lizzie Lee near Dodson and
officers went there this morning.
Curry with a pistol in his hand at-
tempted to escape when he was shot
down. A large reward had been
offered for his capture-
GUNNING FOR A MAN
Is the Verdict Of Experts On the
New Royal Yacht.
London Feb. 28. Notwithstanding
the profound secrecy with which the
naval experts headed by Prince Louis
of Battenburg have surrounded their
conclusions concerning the tests of the
new royal yacht Victoria and Albert.it
is learned on the best authority that
the craft has fallen far short of the ex
pectations of her constructors.
It is learned that the yacht is top
heavy to 6uch a degree as to rende r
necessary the entire remodeling of
her internal fittings. Ik is understood
that the ship is not properly trimmed
by reason of the boilers being placed
on one side instead of the weight be-
ing equally distributed to port and to
starboard and this defect will have to
be rectified by an entire change of
plan. It is found also that in the royal
apartments wood of an ornamental
character would probably have sufficed
for tbe bulkheads and divisions but
instead of this the top weight has been
materially added to by the use of thick
steel with a casing of wood but be
iween tne steel ana wood there is a
considerable thickness of silicate of
cotton.
In order to remedy tbe defeots.tbe
vessel will be placed in dock again and
the top hamper of the ship will be re-
duced as much as possible by shorten
log the masts lessening the weight of
the upper deck and attaching large
Diige Keeis to tne oottom or the ves
sel.
POLICE ARE SCEPTICAL
Washington Feb. 28. The leal
day's consideration of tbe bill placing
a tariff on goods passing between Por-
to Rico and the United States began fa
the house today at 11 o'olock. Interest
In the culmination of the fight which
has been raging between the two po-
litical parties over the constitutional
question involved Is manifested by the
large attendance of members on the
floor and in tbe crowded galleries.
-The bouse at once went into com-
mittee of the whole and Chairman
Payne of tbe ways aad means commit-
tee offered an amendment reducing
the duty established in tbe bill to 15
per cent and establishing the same in
ternal revenue taxes in vocrue. Mr.
Payne estimated the revenue to be de
rived from the bill as amended at
tl250000. or a reduction of half a mil-
lion from the original bill.
Tbe house by a viva voce vote.
adopted the Payne amendment and
discussion was then continued.
Republican leaders in charge of the
bill state this afternoon that allowing
for absentees pairs democratic support
and republicans opposing tbe bill it
will pass by a vote of 168 to 165 .
Mr. Sibley (Dam.) of Pennsylvania
announced bisintantion to vote for the
bill.
Mr.Grosveoor of Ohio said that the
debate just closing would go into his-
tory as one of the greatest evar held in
the American congress.
The amendment limiting the tariff
o March 1 1902 was adopted in com
mittee of the whole " without division.
At 3 o'olosk the committee arose and
the bill as amended was reported to the
bouse.
Mr. Richardson democrat of Ten
nessee moved to recommit the bill to
the committee on ways and means.
The motion was defeated .
A vote on the substitute resulted In
175 nays and 159 ayes. -The bill aa
amended was then passed.
ITS OWN WHIPS
Charged Against the Missouri Pacif-
ic By a Coal Dealer.
Omaha Feb. 28. The interstate
commerce commission is in session
here today for the ouroose of invnati.
gating alleged discrimination aeainst n ine descent City Ready To Talk
EDITORS
James Mcurew a coal dealer of Lex-
ington Mo. by the Missouri Pa-
cific Railroad company.
The complainant alleges that the
Missouri Pacifio operates a coal mine
at Rich Hill Mo. and he says that he
cannot get tbe same rate as is given to
the agents of the Missouri Pacific.
Shop.
Nkw Orleans Feb. 28. All of the
delegates to the fifteenth annual con-
vention of the National Editorial as-
sociation are In the city and the pros-
pects are bright for one of the most
successful gatherings in the history of
the organization.
Three Girls Behind One Piece Of
Light Artillery Bring a Young
Man To Terms.
Special Correspondence of the Herald.
Midland Tex. Feb. 26. We. had
a "hold up" in the suburban part of
Midland a short while ago. There
was a social party at whloh were pre-
sent a young man and three young
women all residents of Midland. The
young man was asked if he would like
an introduction to these three young
women and he declined making an
uncomplimentary remark about them .
The affair rested until the next
day when the young man and his
friend whilst -indulging in a buggy
ride in the edge of town saw another
buggy approaching them at a very
rapid rate loaded with these three
slighted young women holding in a
menacing attitude a double barreled
shotgun.
They commanded the young man to
"halt" and "light" which he did
with great diepatch showing evident
Do Not Believe That the. Man Seen
At Odessa Was a Negro Soldier.
Chief of Polioe Lookart and the
other officers are inclined to place but
little credence in the story from Odes
sa iDao tne negro ueserter was seen
there. There is no doubt of the relia
bility of Mr. Sheomaker who brings
the story that a negro with a uniform
wearing a soldier cap and carrylag
gun was seen on the railroad track
near Odesealast Sunday but It la be-
1 Ik.l u 1 - i . .
iitcu un iuo mvuia woo saw uir.
were mistaken in several particulars.
It is pointed out that here in El Paso
several people brought intelligence to i
the officers of two negro soldiers skulk.
ing along the river bank and investi
gation disclosed the fact that they were
not negroes at all.
Court Notes
Today E. O. Conway filed suit in the
federal court against the Mexican
Central railway company for $150 00
damages for personal injuries alleged
to have been received on December
20 1899 while acting as conduc
tor.
In Justice Spencer's court W. W.
Wiley was fined five dollars aad costs
for using abusive language.
Labor Men In England To Organize
a Group In Parliament
London Feb. 28. In compliance
with the resolution adopted by the
trade union congress at Its last meet-
ing at Plymouth there opened at Me
morial hall today a special conference
of trade unions socialist and co-operative
societies the purpose of which is
to consider the best means of securing
the proper representation of working-
class opinion in the houe of commons.
The conference was called to order and
presided over by Sam Woods M. P.
The conference proposes that a dis
tinct labor group shall be established
in parliament with its own whips and
which shall from time to time agree
upon its policy "which for the time
being may be engaged in promoting
legislation in the direct interest of
labor'and be equally ready to associate
themselves with any party in opposing
measures having an opposite tendency."
TOBACCO MEN
To
Combine Eight Million Dollars
Fight the Tobacco Trust.
San Francisco Feb. 28. Five
western firms with a combined capital
of $3000000 have organized to fight
the tobacco trust on the Pacifio Coast.
They will discard bill board advertising
and use newspapers exclusively.
The members in the agreement are
Henry Welslnger Tobacco Company
Louisville; R. A. Patterson-Tobacco
Co.. Richmond Vs.! Sparker Bros. &
Co. Mount Airy N. C.; Brown Bros.
Winston N. C. and Richard Bond and
Co. Baltimore.
Metal Market.
New York Feb. 28. Copper 161;
silver 592; lead 4.45.
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