El Paso Daily Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 20TH YEAR, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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EL PASO TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH 1 1900
20th YEAR NO. 51
PRICE 5 CENTS.
EL PASO DA
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BELLS OF
ST. PAUL'S
To Echo Tonight The Joys
Of Old London
Town
ENGLISHMEN NOW WILD
Over The Relief Of Lady-
smith And Other Minor
Victories Reported From
Africa
London March 1. The crowds on
the streets vastly increased this after-
noon. Traffic at all the large centers
is completely blocked. Everywhere
are scenes of unparalleled enthusiasm.
People are singing the national an
them and cheering contlnuoubly for
"Bobs" White and Buller.
JOY IN LONDON.
"Ladysmith is relieved" London
tairly shouted this morning in her ex
citement. The jubilation caused by the
tidings Is almost past belief. When
Cronje surrendered there was only
languid interest in comparison. A
bright cold day added to the spirit of
the people who had been expecting
the news- some days. An immense
crowd by some intuition packed Pall
Mall at an early hour and at 9:30 the
eagerness for the news was rewarded
by the posting of the following on the
war office bulletin board.
Littleton's headquarters March 1
8:52 a. id. General Dundonald with
ths Natal carb'ners and a composite
regiment entered Ladysmith last
night.
The lord mayor read the dispatch
from the steps of the mansion house to
an immense throng.
The queen was Informed early of the
good news and she expressed the live-
liest joy. Flags were at once hoisted
on the castle.
THE QUEEN'S CONGRATULATIONS.
Windsor March 1. The queen to-
day sent telegrams of congratulation
to Buller and White.
BOERS REPULSED.
Mafeking Feb. 24. (Delayed.)
The Boers again attacked the town
but were repulsed losing about forty
men. . The British losses were two
killed and three wounded.
GREAT NEWS IF TRUE.
London March 1. I is Insisted in
London that Roberts with his cavalry
has reached Bloemfontein. The war
office is mute on the subject.
JAMESTOWN CAPTURED.
Sterkspruil Cape Colony Feb.
27. (Delayed.) Brabant's horse cap-
tured Jamestown midway between
Dordrecht and Aliwal North yester-
day. The BoerB reported their losses
in that vicinity as fifty killed 173
wounded and 300 missing.
colesberg occupied.
London March 1. Gen. Roberts
wires that he has sent a force which
has occupied Colesberg.
col. hanney killed.
London March 1. General Roberts
reports Colonel Hanney killed on Feb.
18. Hanney led the British invasion
into the Orange Free State.
THE BELLS OF ST. PAUL'S.
" London March 1. The St. Paul's
church will toll tonight in honor of the
British victory.
UNIQUE SHOW
Madison Square Garden Turned
Into a National Menagerie.
New Yokk- March 1. All sorts
and conditions of novelties were
placed on view in Madison Square
Garden today. The sportsmen have
invaded it and present to public view a
show both unique and interesting.
This is the sixth exhibition of its kind
and in many respests it surpasses all of
its predecessors. The board floor of
the amphitheater has been entirely re-
moved and the earth has been cover-
ed bv tons of oak leaves pine needles
fi-nm the woods of
Long Island.
There is a complete exhibit repre
sentlng all of th-i game districts of the
United States. Among the hundred!
of pine trees transplanted In the build
lnr mav be seen moose deer caribou
elk antelope bison foxes mountain
sheen. Canadian wolves wild Doar
mountain lions and other animals of
the rocks and woods. In the water
pools may be seen exceptionally fine
aoecimens of beaver ana otter.
Another Interesting feature of the
how is the Indian camp representing
the home life of the Iroquois Chip-
newas. Aleonquins and other tribes.
In connection with this year's show
as in previous years there will be held
numerous competitions in water spori3
and rifle and revolver Bhootlng.
EDITORS
Celebrating Today the Fifteenth
Anniversary Of Their Organiza
tion
New Orleans March 1. Truly
typical of the proverbial southern
hospitality has been the welcome ac-
corded by the local newspaper men
and citizens generally to the delegates
of the National Editorial association
and the visitors who have accompanied
them.
This morning the fifteenth annual
convention was called to order in the
clubroom of the St. Charles hotel. J.
Y. Gilmore. president of the Louisiana
Press association delivered an address
of welcome which was followed by
the annual address of R. H. Henry of
Jackson Miss. the retiring president
of the association.
The session this evening will be in
the nature of a celebration of the fif
teenth anniversary of the association.
"GET RICH QUICK"
How They Do It In Chicago These
Progressive Days.
Chicago March 1. The grand jury
has found indictments charging "book-
making" against six officials of the so-
called 'get rich quick" concerns. -One
of the witnesses declared that the
seourity savings society cleared over
8250000 in five months.
Carrie Fellows until a short time
ago the private stenographer oi a
security society official told the jury
that one day $5000 was deposited with
the concern for investment on horse
races one saia mat only occasionally
were any bets made on the races the
society pocketing all the money that
came in.
TERRIBLE STORM.
Fears That Several Steamers Have !
Gone Down I
Norfolk Va. March l.-The most
terrifying storm since last August pre- j
vails along the coast today. The wind -
is blowing 65 miles an hour at Cape
Matter as and the sea is rolling mount
ains high. All craft at sea are in great
peril and it is believed the big Spanish
steamship Minerva h as foundered with
crew of 25. The British steamer
Alder is reported in distress but as-
sistance cannot reach her.
THE BRIDE OF DEATH
A Woman Going To Meet Her Intend
ed Husband Loses Her Life
Kansas City Mo. March 1. The
body of a woman burned to death in a '
Missouri Pacific wreck near here on I
Tuesday evening was positively identi- I
fied this morning by M. Weil as that of
MlesElizabeth Grosteio 3137 Sheridan
avenue St. Louis on her way to Kan- :
ty to marry him. j
. 1
OVERCHARGING !
I
The Government For Unloading '
Mules At HUo. j
deDartment has ordered &n investiga
tion .of an allseed overture at TTilr. !
Honolulu for unloading mules f rom ' cessful.
the transports Aztec and Port Albert. On January 0 the Boers again at-
The transports were charged $6 a head ( tacked the town and after sixteen
while the charge to planters is only 32. I u v.s
TANNER SCORED
For Recognlzina Beckham As Gov-
ernor Of Kentucky 0n January 25 he captured Spion Kcp
Frankfort. Ky. March l.-The but wa3 compeiied to retire in a few
republicans today scored Governor . . ... .
rr. . hours with nearly a thousand killed
Tanner of Illinois for recognizing the '
democratic governor Beckhau in the Bnd w0UnJed.
matter of a requisition for prison-! The next day he started a third at-
er9' ' tempt to relieve the town with 24000
r a. r I
vapi Lyons is mck.
Jailor Timothy C. Lyons is back
again at his post after a briif business '
trip to Alamogordo. Copt Lyons
makes jail life a pleasure to the In-
mates by the mere magnetism of his
presence. (
LADYSMITH
RELIEVED AT LAST
The British Enter
This Morning
A STIRRING STORY OF THE WAR
Four Times Buller Tried To
Town And Four Times
Beaten Back With An Aggre-
gate Loss Of 4000 Men.
London March 1. A dispatch
from Gen. Buller announcing the re-
lief of Ladysmith was received at ten
o'clock this morning it says:
"Dundonald with a composite re
giment entered Ladysmith last Tues-
day night.
On October 12 Immediately after the
declaration of war the Boers moved
in force into Natal carrying the war
from the outset into British territory
and on October 20 the first engage
ment in Natal was fought at Glenco.
resulting in a heavy British loss. The
following day Gen. French captured
the Boer position at Elandsglagte but
only after severe losses.
Those engagements were followed
by a series of skirmishes around Lady-
smith and on Oct. 24 the British after
scoring a nominal victory asd forcing
the Boer lines were compelled to
abandon the ground and retire to
Ladysmith. Gen. Yule's forces reach-
ed Ladysmith on Oct. 26 and on Oct.
29 the Boer forces invested the
place.
Meanwhile on Oct. 30 the British
met a terrible loss in a battle near
Ladysmith. Their foree was entrap-
ped in the hills a 6hort distance from
.
losses were o Kinea or wounaea
and nearly 800 takeQ Prisoners.
righting around iadysmltn was
from the first almost continuous. From
.. hofirhta t.vA rtnora riirii-r t.h firt.
i ten days of the siege resorted to heavy
fire with modern cannon the daily
bombardment being enlivened occa-
sionally by skirmishes.
On Nov. 3 a force of Boers at-
tempted an assault and were driven
back but the bombardment continued
unceasingly. On Nov. 30 the Boers
attempted to carry the town by assault j
but were again driven back both
sides losing heavily. The Boers left
16) dead in the trenches they stormed.
Oa Dec. 8 the British attempted a
sortie and destroyed the big Boer guns
wnicb had been harrassing the town
fpnm f. . - r.nmh!Lrr.a h.
.
On Deo. 16 Gen. Buller ttarted to re-
lieve the city and was beaten back
with a tremendous loss over a thousand
British being wounded or captured.
The next day the 'Boers flushed with
I utiury upeueu a terrmu uuuiuiu-
ment on Ladysmith.
It WU3 UD8UC-
point.
The next weeit Gen. Buller crossed
the Tugela and made slow progress.
men. but could do no more than
hold
his own.
. .
Fdb-lade a fourth effort
to relievo Ladysmith and captured
Monte Chrlsto Pietre's Hill and
Alan g wane in succession which clear-
The Besieged City
Enter The
He Was
ed the way practically for the relief of
the besieged city which then became a
j question of time:
The long struggle ends this morning
with the British entering Ladysmith
and another long step made toward
bringing the war to a close.
HELD UP BY HOPE.
Buller's relief of Ladysmith came in
the nick of time. Despite the cheer
ful heliograph messages the beleagured
garrison was in dire straits. Only the
belief that relief was sure this time
enabled the garrison to hold out.
Private reports show that the garrison
was not only short of food but of water
and that the water was nothing less
than sewerage from the Boer
camp. Only a few spots were
sheltered from the bombardment.
Those who escaped fever or dysentery
are in wretched physicial condition.
For a long time the garrison subsisted
on horse and mule flesh. Luxuries
were beyond the means of the majori-
ty. Eggs were 89 a dozen a can of
milk $2 tobacco $25 a pound a case of
whiskey $700. Ladysmith has been in
a state of siege almost four months and
her relief has been costly.
GREAT OBSTACLES SURMOUNTED.
Some idea of the obstacles against
whichBuller contended are shown by a
Colenso correspondent who cables
that no one can describe the difficul-
ties. Ridge rises after ridge like
waves cf the sea. Each can be enfilad-
ed by the enemy and until one is taken
it is impossible even with the keenest
scouts to know what fortune lies be-
yond. To add to the difficulties the tropical
rainy season has set in. For twelve
hours the uniforms of the men clung to
them like wet seaweed. Mud caught
them underfoot and mist closed down
and shut out the position of the enemy.
This discomfort was borne by all alike
Bailer and his staff virtually living
lite privates. There has not been even
a tent to cover the commanding gen-
erals. They eat from their knees with
their shoulders against a rock and
Bleep where they can.
UOERS FLYING.
London March 1. Gen Buller tele-
graphs today at 5:20 p. m: I have
just returned from Ladysmith. Ex-
cept for a small rear guard north of
Surprise Hill the whole enemy retired
in hot haste south of town and the
country is free from them. Lady-
smith garrison was reduced to one
half pound of meat per day supplement-
ing the ration with horses and mules.
The men will need nursing before they
are fit for the field.
IS WALCHER INSANE?
It
Seems That Another American
Prisone a Confined In the Juarez
Jail Has Lost His Reason.
There has been no doubt for some
time tbai Mrs. Rich Is insane and now
it seem that James P. Walcher the
other American prisoner confined in the
Juarez jail is crazy too.
George Mundy Is an old friend of
the prisoner and knew him near
Guthrie Oklahoma as a hardworking
young man of an excellent family. He
had mortaged his property and it was
od ajisount of trouble over the payment
of tli.j debt that the shooting occurred
for which be is wanted now.
Mr. Mundy In company with J.J.
MuLdy went over to the jail in Jua-
rez and asked to see Walcher. The
prisoner did not recognize his old
friend and did not seem to know
where he was. He thought he was
out on tr.o farm again in Oklahoma
and asked how crops were and que-
tions of a ike nature.
He complained of constant and un-
bearable imios in his head and said
that his 1 -s seemed paralyzed and at
times pained him too.
He seemed a perfect physical and
mental wrick and it seems unfortun-
ate that ho on ci not at once be trans-
ferred to an American jail where a
committee would pass on his sanity
and provide comfortable and suitable
quarters.
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING
A Retired Merchant From Silver
City Kills Himself.
Silver City Ma'cb 1. M. K.
White an old resident and a well to
do retired merchant age seventy
committed suicide by shooting this af-
ternoon. Bad health a- the cause.
GERONIMO ASCARATE.
His
Whereabouts Still a Mystery
To His Many Friends.
The whereabouts of Garonimo As-
carate still seem a mystery. His sud-
den leaving was reported in the Her
ald exclusively and ttirred up an
unwonted interest among the many
friends and relatives of the missing
stamp tax collector.
A long dispatch in the Globe-Demo
crat of Monday elast contained an ac
count of a battle between Torres and
the Yaquis. in which it was said that
Ascarate who had gone as a special
agent of President Diaz participated.
It is not believed that the report i
sufficiently warranted regarding the
participation of Ascarate in any bat
tle with Torres.
It is now known that Ascarate has
extensive liabilities and it developed
today that his friends and relatives
have sent as special agent to induce
the missing man to return a young
man who was a clerk under him at
Casas Grandes. This messenger and
Ascarate are expected to return to
morrow or the day following. If he be
found at Hermosiilo as it is expected
he will be.
It is not believed that Ascarate left
because of financial difficulties be
cause in spite of his liabilities he is
known to have a store doing a good
business and other property at Casas
Grandes.
It Is said that his liabilities which
are in the neighborhood of $25000 are
fully -covered by the value of his
property.
DELIGHTFULLY ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Maaoffin's Luncheon
This
Afternoon In Honor Of
Morehouse.
Mrs
This afternoon at 1 o'clock an elabor
ate luncheon was given by Mrs. Joseph
Magoffin at her spaoious home on
Magoffin avenue in honor of her guest
Mrs. Morehouse of Denver.
There were fourteen guests. The
table was charmingly decorated in vio
let ana green xne name cards were
band painted in violet designs and the
centerpiece was a magnificent creation
of violets. The china and cut glass
ware exceedingly artistic.
Each guest found at her place a
bunch of violets with a silver stick pin
as a souvenir. The affair was perfect
in all its details.
The well known hospitality of the
Magoffins was again demonstrated to
the delight of all so fortunate as to
share In It.
Another Divorce.
Today Selena C. Smith filed suit in
the district court for divorce from
Thomas Smith alleging cruel treat
ment. They were married on the 19th
of last July and the plaintiff alleges
that on the 5th of August the defend-
ant knocked her down and bit her fin-
ger besides other alleged cruelties.
The parties live in Ysleta and are well
known and prominsnt.
Prisoners From the Post.
There was a well defined rumor about
the streets today that more prisoners
were to be brought in from the post
and this was strengenthed by the de-
parture of Deputy Bryant and Sheriff
Boone in a buggy. At the post Capt.
Loughborough refused to confirm or
deny the rumor.
Electric Lights.
The wiring in the city hall has been
completed and the lights may be put
in shortly.
LET TEXAS
REJOICE
Tomorrow The Anniversary
Of Her Indepen-
dence A STORY OF HER TRIALS
In Subduing The Warlike
Spirit That Marked Her
Early Years And Attain-
ing Statehood
Tomorrow is the anniversary rf the
declaration of independence of Texas
and a legal holiday throughout the
state. In El Paso the banks will close
in observance of the day so memorable
in Texas history.
The declaration of 'independence of
Texas was made at a conven tion he Id
at Washington a small town in the
state on March .1st 1826. The grie-
vances which led to this action were
many and dated baok to the first es-
tablishment of American colonies In
Texas by Stephen Austin.
Mexico was an alien rase and receiv-
ed but little sympathy from the Ameri-
cans. It was not the Mexico of today.
a peaceful well-governed orderly
country with life property and civil
rights of all protected. It was then
rent and torn by constant revolutions
and disturbances. No government
oould preserve peace throughout its
immense territory and one revolution
succeeded another. Presidents were
seated by the military one day only to
be overthrown the next and mean-
while there was no security for life and
property especially of foreigners.
In 1824 by an act of the Mexican con
gress Texas was joined to the state of
Coahuila temporarily for all purposes
of .govern ment. This proved a frui tfnl
source of trouble. The Americans
were in the ascendancy in Texas while
in Coahuila the Mexicans predomi-
nated. While Texas desired peace and
quiet Coahuila was convulsed with
revolutions and the friction increased
every year. Armed collisions followed
and charges of bad faith were made by
each of the parties. The military
chieftains who rapidly sucoeeded each
other in power paid little attention to
the rights and just grievances of the
Texan s and war followed in 1835.
At first independence was not de-
clared the Texans like their Amer-
ican ancestors of the revolution claim-
ing to be fighting only for the rights
guaranteed them by the Mexican con-
stitution of 1824. They however or-
ganized an army set up a provisional
government and sent commissioners to
get aid from tha Uaitsd States.
Victory rested witn the Texans from
the start and independence soon fol-
lowed. Oa Ma-ch lit a convention
was held at Waibiaton to draft a
declaration of ladepjndence and draft
a constitution. Richard Ellis of Red
River was p-e-ideat and H. S.
Kimble secretary. The great major-
ity of the partlcipaati were Americans
by birth or deacaat. but there were a
few native Mexicans amoag them.
On the Second d.y or the convention
the declaration of ihe independence of
Texas was unaaimrj-ly aiopted. Oa
the 15 a constitut oa was adopt d.
David G. Burnett wa eoosen president
and Lorenzo de Zavalla. ona of thn
native Mexicans who jjLoed in the
movement for inde-jen lence. vice.
president and Gao. S un Houston com
mander-in-chief of thes army. The
events that followed the
siege of the Alamo. the
victory of Sin JasintD iha annexation
to the United States and the ensulne
war are familiar subject to all Tex
ans.
The day is celebrated throughout
the length and breadth of Texai. The
public schools of El Paso will be given
a holiday tomorrow and bri. f exercises
on the subject of the day may be held.
BLIZZARD VICTIM
Two Men Run Down And Killed By
a Train.
South Bend Ind. March 1.
Jullus-Dewalleand Peter Van Derviere
caught in a blizzard last night were
run down and killed by a Grand Traak
passenger train.
Metal Market.
New Vork March 1. Copper Hi
silver 591; lead 4.45.
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