05 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
1
LaCrosse Wisconsin December 5 a proposed marriage law plans to create a medical examiners board and require a state certificate declaring applicants free from insanity consumption and tainted blood before a license to marry can be issued.
The Allan liner Parisian from Liverpool to Halifax, five days overdue with a large passenger list, was sighted near Camperdown harbor. A pilot boat reported it broken down off Sambro while a blinding snow storm and high wind raged. Tugs went out as the ship fired distress signals.
The Morning Post seized Mercier speech to fault British defenses as hampered by red tape while papers treated the outburst with banter. Critics liken Mercier to a wartime figure and mock his fear of Germany, reflecting press tone across London papers.
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior says the pension roll will reach one million, with total pension payments at 142 million dollars, up four million. The rise follows an amendment allowing soldiers and widows earning 250 dollars or less to qualify for pensions.
President and Mrs McKinley will host the first dinner of the season tonight in Washington with the Paris exposition commissioners as guests. The event is described as the most exclusive function of the White House year.
The steamer Rossgull struck near Nine of the crew are missing after the voyage incident at the Island of Jersey. All passengers were saved. Rescue efforts ongoing and officials investigating the accident.
Federal prosecutor Lic Amador will argue in Juarez court tomorrow after affidavits from Chihuahua doctors are received. Defense, led by Lic Najara, contends plaintiff was drunk and Lewis not negligent. Consul Kindrick praised for expediting testimony to speed the case.
In El Paso a case involving Park W. Pitman and the Pacific Express Co. was reversed and remanded on appeal. Catarina Escobar was found murdered on the international road just outside the city limits. Washington Howell was appointed postmaster at Sierra Blanca in El Paso County.
An imperial edict at Shanghai denounces Tung Fu Hsiang and deprives him of all rank while keeping him in command. He is ordered to return his troops to Kan Su province as the first step by the dowager empress toward full punishment after the peace treaty is signed.
Washington December 5 The canal bill to authorize Nicaragua canal construction faces many hurdles in the current session. Senator Morgan remains hopeful but the path to final passage is uncertain amid a confused political landscape.
Congress opens with credentials and executive sessions as the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is discussed. The House moves to Army reorganization amid Democratic opposition to a 100000 man force while ship subsidies are expedited. Carnival plans expand with features, queen contest, fireworks, roping, parade, posters, and advertising logistics across Texas and surrounding regions.
Ed Fink captain of customs guards and a brakeman chased down a pocketbook thief at the Santa Fe depot. The Mexican Central passenger train was involved as the thief grabbed a lady's purse, fled onto the platform, then fled by train. Fink overpowered the suspect, recovered the knife and purse, and placed him in county jail.
Typhoid fever looms in Galveston after a hurricane and flood wrecked infrastructure. Authorities report twenty one cases under treatment at St Marys infirmary and seven at Sealy's hospital, with more potential if space were available.
The state department announced that Geo W L Meyer of Massachusetts will be sent to the senate as ambassador to Italy. He is a Republican national committeeman from Massachusetts and is described as wealthy.
Chairman Hull announced that the army bill will be rushed through Congress tomorrow. The move aims to advance military funding and policy measures as planned by the administration.
A northeast gale sweeping from Labrador to Cape May drives 76 mph winds. The schooner Oliver Schofield runs aground at Lavelette New Jersey and is smashed to pieces.
Dec. 5 in Victor Mine Gray Creek Trinidad Colorado matthew harocich an Austrian worker was crushed to death by top coal fall at 11 am at Victor Fuel Co. He was 30 and survived by his aged mother.
A bullfighter visiting Juarez entered the pen with banderillos on Sunday. Monday he drank tequila and caused trouble at the Plaza. An officer faced the man when he drew a dirk knife. a warning shot sent him to jail where friends later paid the fine. He is said to be sober now.
The Herald operates two telephones with distinct rings one in the business office that rings twice and another in the editorial rooms that rings thrice.
Doctors Stevenson and Vilas conducted an autopsy on Scott Williams who died at the county hospital. The cause is an liver abscess, and Dr. Stevenson believes an earlier operation might have saved him. Burial planned locally with Telegram from Dock Williams confirming burial here. Williams was a hotel waiter.
The Mormon group of nearly one hundred travelers, detained in El Paso for two weeks due to Mexican duty rules, passed Juarez customs yesterday and proceeded to their colonies beyond Casas Grandes after the duty order was located.
The Carnival Fund received ten dollars from J. E. Nagley and F. W. Murphy of the Colorado Casket Co. in Denver. The Mound Coffin Co. and the St. Louis Coffin Co., both of St. Louis, each contributed five dollars through the same firm.
A report notes a fatal shooting with a victim left unnamed and authorities investigating. Witnesses described a single gunman who fled the scene. Police urge anyone with information to contact the local precinct.
Jose Varela city secretary of Juarez fired two shots into his left breast at seven this morning after writing letters to officials and friends. The 25 year old, once popular, endured recent heartache from a lost romance and drink binges. Doctors say the wounds grazed the heart and he cannot survive.
Col Neff receives a letter from Mr Courchesne dated November 30 in Kansas City. He says a reporter at a hotel asked for El Paso information and the We Will carnival, and Courchesne claims the reporter was fed lively details about El Paso and the Midwinter Carnival.
Bar percentages on silver Mexican money quotations in El Paso today show 49 percent and 50 percent as metal markets react to New York pricing signals.
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