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EL PASO. TEXAS. FRiDaY. DECEMBER 81900.
20th YEAR NO. 307
PRlCt 5CENIS
MORMONS SEEKING
RICH MEN
DECISION
A WARM CONTEST
THE BIGGEST
ALA10ST
TO DEATH
SCORED
REACHED
THING EVER
FOR THE HONOR OF
BEING CARNIVAL. QUEEN
E1L PA
SO
LDJ.
A Public School Teacher Is
Outraged By His
Pupils.
SWAM HALF A MILE
In Icy Water To Escape His
Tormentors and Was Un-
conscious at the Bot-
tom When Rescued.
PETERSBURG. Ind. Dec. 28 Wes-
ley ' Dugan a public school teacher in
th pntithern uart of this county was rum in Bouui Juumra -e"
2e vtctinTof a brutal LTng at Tut by the descendants of Lehi the Mor-; Peter Cooper made some striking ut-
the victim of a brutal hazing at tne demonstrate to the go.i- terances in describing the 'staggering
m 7 DWr' 1 o! the world that the iirst inhao- price for industrial prosperity" as
ng "boll hours this morning itants of the American continents were ( proved J" Pr
he was set upon by a number of the'o' the Mormon faith. Cluff says: and the selfishness of the rich
he was set upon by a numDer or tne prehistoric ruins have been I At a civic reform meeting in the pro-
larger pupils his hands secured bo- tbe Darty evdences cathedral on Stanton street he said:
twe
a mile from the school house.
'me intention was to duck him iu
the nond but he succeeded in releasing
the pond but ne succeeded in releasing
himself and wading out into the water
got upon a large stump.
Not being able to carry out their
sit bank and lost consciousness. He
had sunk to the botton. of -the pond
when a farmer rushed in and rescued
him.
It was several hours before he was
out of danger.
THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER
STOPS RUNAWAY. WITH A
TWIST OF THE WRIST.
- CINCINNATI Ohio Dec. 28. The
Duke of Manchester distinguished him-
self twice yesterday. On one occas-
ion he made himself a hero and on the
other both he and his father-in-law
found themselves facing the conductor
on the street car ' with no money in
their pockets.-
After luncheon at the Queen City
club the duke and -his father-in-law
Mr. Zimmerman were standing on tbe
front steps of the club. A light ex-
press wagon owned by Adolph Wil-
liams and drawn by a runaway horse
came dashing down the street.
The duxe without a moment's hes-
itation stepped out jumped caught the
horse b ythe bridle and with one twist
of his powerful arm brought the ani-
mal to a standstill.
GENERAL. LEW WALLACE WANTS
TO DEPORT ALL THE FILI-
PINO REBELS. . ...
RICHMOND Ind. Dec. 28 General
Lew Wall; e believes it will take a
thousand years to pacify the. Philip-
pine Islands at the present rate. Gen-
eral Wallace thinks the United States
. should take more drastic measures.
."I believe the easiest way to end
this war" he said "would be to send
every hostile Filipino captured to the
island of Guam. It is a wild desolate
place and would be Just the spot to
. . 1
keep them prisoners. To my way oft
thinking every Filipino captured
should be placed in a corral and kept
. i. . ...
until there is a shipload of them then
they could be removed to Guam and
kept prisoners until the war is end-
ed.
SANTA FB RAILROAD ATTORNEY
INDICTED FOR BRIBERY IN
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
PERRY. O. T.. Dec. 28 Henry E
Asp. general attorney for the South
western division of the Santa Fe rail
road and former republican national '
5 3 'et -which were found hieroglyphics
purpose the pup Is began pelting him the braflj
with stone and clubs and he was fore- ...
ed soon to leave the stump and at- blet. said to have been found In New
tempted to reach the opposite bank. and which were translated into
. .. .the Book of Mormon. Further exca-
nearly half a mile away. luo ... .
He was benumbed with cold and ai- eled a burial ace' wbere
thoueh a eood swimmer he was x-'a rge number of human bones were
.7.. . ... 'I found some of the skeletons in an ex-
hausted before he reached the oppo- IO"m' """"f " ot
committeeman of this territory and was successfully held up near Hot CORK Ireland. Dec. 28. The worst
Asa C. Sharp formerly agent for the Springs. Ariz. by a lone highwayman storm in southwest Ireland for a quar-
Otoe. Ponca and Missouri Indians. Wednesday night. The amount of his ter century prevailed yesterday and
nave been indicted for bribery by the booty is unknown. this morning. Much property has been
territorial grand Jury. A posse is hot on bis trail. destroyed.
FOR EVIDENCE IN MEXICO OP
THE AUTHENTICITY.
Of the Traditions That Have Been
Brought Down In the Book of Mor-
mon and That Form the Foundation
of the Mormon Belief.
Special Correspondence of The Herald.
PHOENIX A. T. Dec. 26 Benjamin
Cluff of a party ot Mormons which
three months ago left Utah and pass-
ed through the Mormon'1 district of
Arizona on an exploration trip writes
to a friend In Mesa City A. T.. from
Central America telling of important
antiquary discoveries made by the par-
ty in southern Mexico and Central
America. Benjamin Cluff is president
of the Brignam Young academy in
Provo. Utah and . is in charge of the
expedition. He - is accompanied by
twenty-four students who are searcu-
mg for traces of the last of the Neo-
phites. whom the Mormons believe
were the first people in this country.
Br the discovery of ancient cities in
I . . . i acta
ly to uphold the Mormon traditions
At one Dlace in the south part of the
te of Durango. we found the re-
mains oi wuu ttyjjwucx.
been a very large city and from the
largest ruin we iiug out a stone cask-
tablet were found nd marked in sieh
found on. the Painted Rocks in Ari-
zona. "In one large cuamber isolated from
the others we found a great stone
casket in which were the bones of) PARIS. Dec. 28. The trial of the
what had been a very large man. On suit of Charles Wortheimer the bric-
the stone were engraved the figures of a-brac dealer against Count Boni De
a ruler tending to Bhow that the dead Castellane disclosed the fact that Miss
man once ruled over the people. A Helen Gould sister of Countess De
large pile of tablets probably records Castellane. let her as much as $600000
of the reign of the ruler were in the to tide the pair over their financial
rear of the casket and many will be difficulties.
sent to the United States for examina- I Whether this is the only gift made
tion by expert antiquarians." (by Miss Gould to her sister has not
The party will slowly move south been brought out.
and calculates to spend about three j During the last six years the Cas-
years in unearthing evidences of the tellanes have spent about $4000000
prehistoric man of America. j and according to the statement of their
The Mormon traditions referred to advocate Maitre Bonnet they still owe
by Cluff date back to COO years B. C nearly $5000000.
when Lehi and Ishmael accompanied ! Messrs. Faucalt and Guerin counsel
by their families built coats and sailed or Wortheimer say they have not yet
north from Jerusalem toward this con- decided whether they will prosecute
tinent. disembarking on the Pacific
coast of South America at a point now
thought to be where the nation of Chili
is now formed. According to tradi-
tion the patriarch Lehi had two sons
Neohi and Laman who were lead
er Th first was an obedient son'
and the latter recalcitrant. The popu-
lation of the small colony increased
and the two factions rallied around
Naphi and Laman. The race multi-
plied rapidly until It numbered many
thousands who built cities and set up
municipal governments at many points
in South America and Central Ameri
ca and in Mexico and Arizona and
New Mexico in this country. Within
two hundred years after the landing
at Chili the Nephites . were extermin
ated by the Lamans with whom they (
had been engaged in unceasing war-
fare. The American Indians are said
M .
the people who followed the belliger-
. . .
nt ari' the af
J1 the records b
people written on a brass plate in
V .
. .
u ' .. c.. .
...
I founded the noon or Mormon rrom tne
i rvmn i
Lloyd Damron.
A STAGE IN ARIZONA AND
ThtN ESCAPED.
Special Dispatch to The Her&ld.
PHOENIX Ariz. Dec 28. The stage
Ex-Mayor Hewitt Of New
York Says they Do Not
Do Their Duty.
CAN THIS BE ALL?
He Cries 'hat We Have
Striven for During All this
Century Of So Call-
ed Progress.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28 Abram S.
Hewitt ex-mayor of New York and
Knn-1n-law of thp old nhilrin thromst
they ought to do. Have we the right
to take all this wealth and do noth-
ing to correct the evils created in its
nmHnrtin? fiond find' nan this
the end to which we have been wort-
ing all this century? Is this the re-
suit of our industrial development and
mu8t our rt a8 a natIon be
.
purchased at such a staggering price?
If these terrible tenements these over
crowded districts these dark and foul
. ... .
dWe"inft " " he8Te
must attend industry then I would to
God that every industrial center cou'd
v t .
morrah of old."
THE FINANCIAL. STRINGENCY I:?
THE FAMILY OF COUNT BONI
DE MAKEAFOOL.
Count Boni in the criminal court.
BRYAN WILL BE ASKED TO SAVE
CHICAGO DEMOPOPS FROM
THE GOLDBUGS.
CHICAGO. 111. Dec. 28. Wm. J.
Bryan's devotion to the cause of silver
18 likey to make the foundation for
an aP1 to the democratic leader to
eavc the P organization in Illin-
m iron so c&uea goia Dug oomi-
nation.
The appeal if made will be on the
part of the Harrison wing of the state
democracy and will be intended to se-
f"re Bryan's influence to prevent
kins as chairman f the democratic
committee.
Col. Bryan's visit to Chicago Jan-
uary 8 the date of the Jackson day
banquet may be used for the purpose.
NO TRUTH IN THE REPORT OF
THE DROWNING OF FORTY-
NINE CHILDREN.
CHICAGO. 111. Dec. 28. The report
that forty-nine school children were
drowned at What Cheer. Town nt Q n
. . "
m-. last night while skating on the
river seems to have been unfounded.
I A dispatch this morning from What
Cheer says: "False report. No drown-
ing accident In this vicinity."
THE WORST STORM FOR A QUAll-
TER CENTURY DOES GREAT
DAMAGE IN IRELAND.
The Rock Island Will Build
the El Paso Extension
At Once.
TO PUSH WITH VIGOR
Is the Expression Used and
That Means Another
Trunk Line Within
A Year.
Special Dispatch to The Herald.
CHICAGO. III.. Dec. 28. The direc-
tors of the Chicago Rock Island & Pa-
cific railway at their meeting today
definitely decided to build the proposed
extension from Liberal Kansas to con-
nect with the existing White Oaks road
into El Paso.
A report was presented showing that
all necessary preliminaries had been
arranged the charters secured and the
contracts already let for clearing the
right of way and grading a part of the
proposed line.
The directors were satisfied with the
showing and they ordered that the
work aheady commenced be pushed
to completion with vigor.
NEW MEXICO EDCUATIONAL AS-
SOCIATION WILL MEET NEXT
YEAR AT ALBUQUERQUE.
Special Dispatch to The Herald.
SANTA FE Dec. 28 The New
Mexico Educational association ad-
journed today after fixing upon Al-
buquerque as the next place of meet-
ing and electing the following officers:
President. Hiram Hadley Las Cru-
ces; vice president. Hugh A. Owens.
Silver City; secretary Miss Maggie J.
Bucher. Las Vegas ;v treasurer A. Mon-
toya. Albuquerque; railroad secretary
W. T. RoDertson Deming; executive
committee Wm. T. Childs Albuquer-
que L. C .Butcher Raton. D. M. Rich-
ards. Gallup educational council W.
A. Chapman. Raton; Mrs. Catherine
C. Wallace Mrs. Ella C. Wellmer. J.
A. Woods. Santa Fe; Miss Catherine
Field. Albuquerque; W. R. Martin.
Roswell; T. D. A. Cockerell. Las Vegas
Miss Lisette. Santa Fe; M. E. Hickey.
Albuquerque; Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson.
Sliver City.
GENERAL DE WET IS GIVING THE
BRITISH ALL KINDS OF
NIGHTMARES.
LONDON. Dec. 28 Gen. DeWet is
again "bucking" the British line in
the neighborhood of Thaba N'Chu.
Lord Kitchener says that the Dutch
raider hopes 'to break through to warn
the south and this information causes
concern for Britisa military men fear
General DeWet's influence in Cape
Colony should he reach there with his
brilliant little army.
Lord Kitchener reports that a cloud
of British commanders continue to
strive with the great fugitive fighter.
While almost universal attention is
being directed to the southern portion
of the theater of war General Botha is
said to be seeeking untried opportuni-
ties for effective operations In the
Transvaal where the British garrisons
are kept in a high state of suspense
and are ever tearful of attack.
MORE COAL MINES BOUGHT BY
THE NEW SANTA FE AND
ALBUQUERQUE R. R.
Special Dispatch to The Herald.
SANTA FE. N. M. Dec 28 Lewis
Lewisohn. of New York representing
the Santa Fe Gold and Copper com-
pany and the Interests behind the
proposed Santa Fe. Albuquerque & Pa-
cific railroad has bought the Omaro
and other coal mines near Ortiz iu
this county from Major Fred Muller
and others paying $84000 for them.
The deeds were recorded today.
The force in the coal fields will be
doubled at once. The mines will
henceforth furnish coal to the 300 ton
smelter at San Pedro which will be
blown in on Monaay.
THE METAL MARKET.
NEW
YORK. Dec. 28. Bar silver
64.
'Will Culminate Tomorrow Night
When Votes Will Be Bought By
Tens of Thousands. :
The queen's contest is. waxing warm
today but few votes are being polled.
It is reported that arrangements are
being made today by two factions each
preparing to elect their candidate. -
One party has raised nearly $2000
and claims that fully that much more
will be ready for use when the contest
comes up at the Sheldon ' tomorrow
night. ...
There are threo factions gathering
money but it is said that the fight
will be between two of the leaders
unles3 there is a sudden change in the
program.
ANOTHER ANTI TRUST FIASCO
SETTLED BY THE DISTRICT
JUDGE AT AfffjrA;
Special Dispatch to The Herald.
AUSTIN Texas Dec. 8. District
Judge Brooks today overruled the mo-
tion to hold the Waters Pierce "Oil -Co.
for contempt for doing business in this
state. '
AN AUSTRIAN TOWN WIPED OUT
BY FIRE AND 506d PERSONS
HOMELESS h ' '
VIENNA Dec. 28. The town of
Wiznitz has been wipedr but by fire.
Six hundred bouses were burned and
4.S60 people made homeless.
Forty-six persons loet their lives.
THE CAPTURE OF GENERAL DE-
WET IS PERSISTENTLY RUM
ORED IN LONDON. '
LONDON Dec. 28. Persistent ru-
mors this afternoon tell of the capture
of De Wet. The foreign office is si-
lent. MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST BY
-
A GREAT STORM ON THE
BRITISH COAST.
LONDON. Dec. 28 A gale which has
steadily increased in violence today is
raging along the British coasts. The
packets between Dover :. and Calais
have been stopped. " " ' Many minor
wrecks are reported and many lives
have been lost.
A FIXE SPECIMEN OF '
COPPER ORE.
Added to the Chamber of Commerce
Exhibit By
Steins Pass.
a Mining Man From
At noon today R. T. Barton man-
ager of the Providence Mining com-
pany of Steins Pass added to the
mineral exhibit of the chamber of com-
merce a fine specimen of ore from the
Mammoth Queen mine in Mexico three
miles osuth of the New Mexico line
and fifty miles south of Deming. Mr.
Barton was recently down to the Mam-
moth Queen and the manager J. O.
Martin requested him to bring the
specimen in for him. He had a Mex-
ican take Mr. Barton in a wagon part
of the way back to Separ to take the
train for El Paso but that way of
traveling was so slow that Mr. Barton
turned the Mexican back after he had
gone seven miles and proceeded on foot
with the rock weighing thirty pounds
under his arm. "I'll tell you" said
Mr. Barton. "I came very near throw-
ing that thing away several timest
for it got awful heavy by the time I
had walked three miles." After going
that distance he reached another min-
ing camp and secured a conveyance to
Separ. a distance of forty miles from
the Mammoth Queen. '.
The specimen is a combination of
brown carbonate and copper and is a
very pretty rock in red white and
blue. It will assay probably 20 per
cent. copper and twenty-five or thirty
ounces or silver. This ore is found In
deposits in crevices forty feet below
the surface. The mine has been work-
ed six months and many car loads
have been shipped.. The ore is taken
to Guzman and brought 'to El Paso
on the Sierra Mad re road.
Up on the hill higher than the vein
from which this specimen came there
has bene found a vein much richer as-
saying 30 per cent copper and 150
ounces of sliver but it Is so difficult
to reach with anything by which to
move it to the lower surface that
there has not yet been any of it remov-
ed. It is t.ie intention of the company
to make arrangements to get at this
ore later. The lower vein is paying
them very handsomely so far.
1 Paso's Midwinter Carnival
I W.ll Be Without A
Parallel.
UNIQUE FEATURES
And There Will Be a Number
Of Conventions That Will
Attract All Kinds
If People
There are few people in EI Paso
even among those who have been its
prime movers who realize foully what
the Midwinter Carnival is going to be
and just what it will be worth to El
Paso.
It is easy to say that it will be a
great thing and most everybody now
realizes that fact but what will come
of It; what will be the result during
the carnival week; what it has already
done and what has been made positive
as the result of the association's work
not to mention what the probable per-
manent results will be is more than
a great many people right here in the
city have yet grasped.
The association was formed by.
young men none of them largely inter-
ested financially in the city and at a
time when the proposition had just
been dropped by the chamber of com
merce. They were all new in the bus
iness none of them ever having been
interested in such an affair before
and; have already made . a ' wonderfiil
success of it The attractions that
have been secured are now greater in.
number and variety than has been
seen at any carnival ever given in a
small city and fully equal to anything
ever given in Kansas City or similar
places. Some of the features of the en-
tertainment are greater in magnitude
than were ever seen in any part of the
west and many others are that' which
can only be given in EI Paso because
of its location. The volcanic eruptions
of Mt franklin could not be success-
fully given In any city in the United!
States and the bull fights could only'
be seen in one other town. The pa-
rades and the illuminations are in the-'
charge of the men that have made-
such occasions notorious in the large-
cities of the north and they contend1
that nothing more grand was ever seen
than will be seen here.
So much for the attractions.
It is generally believed that the- at-
tractions wnl be equal to any occasion '
but there may be some who are not in-
formed on what the carnival has done
and will do for El Paso.
. Some time ago a movement was
started to have a mining convention
here. That convention is now an as-
sured thin gand could never have been
made a success but for the carnival
which has given cheap rates and offer-
ed other attractions to bring the min-
ing men here. . . t .
The local cattlemen hay been try-
ing for a long time to get the cattle r
men of this territory ' interested -in El
Paso and made every effort to get a
cattle convention here. . All . efforts
failed until . the carnival - association ;
arranged for rates and attractions that
will bring them and now the cattle-
men's convention is an assured fact.
The chamber of commerce has been
using every effort to get the neighbor-
ing towns to bring exhibits of their
products here but very few responded
until the carnival association adver-
tised El Paso and received assurance
that the largest crowds ever seen in
uiis city would be here from every . i
part of the country. As a result many
of the mining towns have collected
good exhibits and will attend the car-
nival and probably for the first time
become Interested in El Paso as a place
of meeting and ' trading.
The El Paso Medical association has
been endeavoring to organize a tri-
state medical association here but have
failed to get the people here to take
an interest. The carnival has brought
the crowds or assured them and a
convention of all the medical men in
1 Texas New Mexico and Arizona and
' that association will be permanently
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