Phoenix Carnival Opens with a Busy First Day
The Phoenix carnival is underway in full swing today as the town stays lively. Visitors enjoy rides and games amid festive crowds and bright lights marking the event's kickoff.
10 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1900
Page
1
The Phoenix carnival is underway in full swing today as the town stays lively. Visitors enjoy rides and games amid festive crowds and bright lights marking the event's kickoff.
Special Dispatch from Phoenix describes a morning carnival with wild west displays. Cowboys and Indians parade through streets and gambling houses, crowds fill the city, a queen will be crowned tonight, and a bull fight is canceled due to community protests and ministerial crusade.
Four mining men met in Casas Grandes after returning from Yaqui gold fields and played for 68 hours. The pair of winners, John W. Walton of Louisville and Henry Ross, carried away more than 40 thousand dollars in gold nuggets, while the other two lost the same amount. They came to El Paso on Saturday and returned home for Christmas.
Miss Daisy Post and James Lawrence Van Alen wed at noon with Bishop Potter performing the service. The ceremony drew eighty guests and a lavish breakfast. The couple, each valued at about a million, plan a European honeymoon aboard the Deutschland and return for Newport season next year.
Towne of Minnesota was sworn in and joined the Democratic side in the Senate. Hanna offered a resolution to arrange inaugural ceremonies for March fourth. Hoar reported a bill for additional district judges. The Senate moved to executive session on the treaty. In the House, the District of Columbia bill was laid aside and appropriations faced passage. The judicial bill totals twenty four million dollars, a million less than last year.
The American Federation of Labor contributed five hundred dollars to support striking telephone employees in San Antonio. The donation underscores AFL backing for labor action in Texas amid the dispute.
The Royal Canadian Regiment departed London this morning bound for home as immense crowds gathered to bid them goodbye.
Philip Nordlund, who murdered seven men on the steamer Prince Kari last May, was decapitated in Stockholm today after being captured the day after the crimes. He confessed that he carried out the deed to revenge himself on mankind.
Judge Hook ruled former Captain Oberlin M. Carter must serve out his original sentence after his attorneys sought release from Leavenworth penitentiary. Carter was ordered remanded this afternoon.
Mrs Bonili Paris reports Countess de Cas Tellane is ill from worry over her husband’s finances. The latest development was the seizure of the count’s yacht at Havre last Friday.
Washington December 10 The statistician of the department of agriculture estimates the probable U S cotton production for 1900 01 at 10100000 bales.
A pro Boer meeting in Liverpool scheduled to feature Maud Gonne as chief speaker was banned by city authorities tonight. The move halted the event and prevented public discussion of the issue.
The Plattsburg area recorded a daylight temperature of nine degrees below zero this morning, as reported.
Market notes show bar silver at 64 1 2 cents in New York. Mexican money quoted at 49 1 2 cents in El Paso today. Call at The Herald office to view briefs printed there.
The Santa Fe operators threaten a broad strike with 7000 miles affected as 21,000 telegraph workers idle. Reports from Chicago Fort Worth and San Francisco describe mounting pressure, with calls for arbitration and possible settlement within hours.
Blas Aguirre, born in Texas, was found guilty of first degree murder by the Juarez tribunal and sentenced to be shot. The date of execution is not set. Aguirre led a raiding party that killed cafe owner Juan J. Escajeda in San Ignacio after crossing from the San Elizario district.
Paris December 10 The Echo de Paris reports the Darix Exposition shows a larger deficit than expected and the chamber will be asked for a new heavy credit to cover the loss.
Juarez officials told the Herald that most pickpockets and con men who swarmed the city fled to unknown points after the fiesta. They said public vigilance made thievery in Juarez unprofitable and steps were taken to drive out all light fingered gentry.
A public reading room is established within the city library near City Hall. Officials announce access for residents to browse books, periodicals, and reference materials in a quieter study space.
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