11 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
1
Newspaper notices show a mutual rebuttal between two unions over a labor action. Statements from each side dispute the other’s account, signaling a tense stalemate in ongoing labor dispute coverage.
Across cities from Chicago to Dallas reports show a widening Santa Fe strike impact with new operators deployed in vacant offices. A collision near Denver injures crew while non union staff fill posts. officials report congested traffic and unreliable service as talks continue.
A Juarez rumor claimed US Secret Service agents were expelled by Mexican authorities and spied on El Paso buyers. Officials dismissed the tale as unverified, noting only that both sides monitor cross border trade. Merchants complain of inflated prices due to customs fees, while Collector Dillon defends his control.
A Vladivostok dispatch reports fresh ferment in China due to German and British Sepoy excesses. It claims Chinese are concealing themselves and preparing to rise, aiming to repeat the siege of Pekin on a larger scale in January, with threats of terrible surprises for occupiers.
Special dispatch reports Standard Oil acquiring the wells and other property interests of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, the state’s largest producer, for a total consideration of 10 600 950 dollars.
Fire at Prospect hall in Brooklyn destroys a seven story brick building at Fifth and Prospect avenues. Loss totals 25000 dollars. Owner John Kolle becomes crazed by the blaze and is under care of two physicians.
At 10 this morning the six day race standings show Elkes and McFarland at 698 miles two laps tied with Simar and Gougoltz on 698. Pierce and McEachern are also 698 miles, Turville and Gimm 697, Stinson and Waller 697.9, Fisher and Frederick 697, Ki ser and Ryser 697. The field continues through the competition in New York City.
Fort Worth advices report an El Paso and Rock Island extension charter filed in Austin on December 11. The Chicago Rock Island line aims to span 110 miles southwest across Sherman Dallam and Hartley counties with a $2,000,000 capital. principal office set for Twist in Hartley county. The correspondent notes steel for the project.
The House discussed the Booze hazing case at West Point and approved a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate. Debate was spirited as the House then moved to consider the appropriations bill. The Senate met with expectations of ship subsidy debate and adjourned for a joint centennial celebration tomorrow afternoon.
St. George Kempson editor of the New York Insurance Journal and Perth Amboy Democrat is jailed on a court attachment for contempt in disobeying an injunction against divorce proceedings in South Dakota He imprisons himself in his cell and continues to edit his paper from there describing the scene in New Brunswick.
Interest in El Paso’s midwinter carnival queen contest rises daily as voters weigh candidates including Miss Kelly Miss Trumbull Miss Schutz and others. Executives plan to clarify pending matters while foreign press coverage expands awareness and orders for the official carnival flag exceed one hundred dozen.
Governor Beckham was inaugurated at noon in Frankfort for a three year term. The city crowded with spectators witnessed a grand parade. Judge Hazelrigg administered the oath and Beckham received a gold headed cane from the Kentucky club of New Decatur Alabama. He urged Kentuckians to set aside party bitterness and unite to advance the state's material and moral welfare.
A man named Aranda and a boy named Mayo were arrested in Santa Fe county and held for the grand jury on the charge of murdering Jose Romero at Golden by throwing stones at him.
The Hague Dec 11 It was announced that the government of the Netherlands decided today it could not take the initiative in behalf of arbitration between England and the Transvaal.
A special dispatch notes the Phoenix Carnival crowd enjoying Wild Indian and cowboy street dashes firing bows arrows and pistols. Rides depict early Arizona Indian and cowboy life with lifelike scenes and dramatic displays.
A concise report noting the case remains with the jury as deliberations proceed. The record shows the trial concluded with closing arguments and the judge charging the jury on relevant law. Jury deliberations continued as prosecutors and defense counsel await the verdict.
Jessie Morrison, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Clara Castle in El Dorado Kansas, awaits a verdict as jurors deliberate after closing arguments. At noon no verdict was reached. Morrison remains in her cell surrounded by relatives and shown hopeful.
Senator Lodge briefed at the State Department declares rumors of Hay resigning over the Hay Pauncefote treaty amendment are trash. He notes the amendment must be acceptable to both the State Department and England and implies they will have to accept it.
Cape Town celebrated with a holiday as General Lord Roberts received a large reception. About twenty thousand spectators watched the sword presentation by a citizens group with Irish and Indian community support.
Major James Converse, a builder of the Southern Pacific road in Texas, has died in San Antonio on December 11.
In Paris on December 11, ex Colonel Picquart wrote to every deputy urging exclusion from the amnesty bill. He argues the measure would grant him amnesty for a crime he did not commit and would place him among felons and forgers.
New York reports bar silver at 64 36 and Mexican money quotations in El Paso today at 49 50 with market readings.
Special dispatch from San Antonio reports the marriage of J. W. Saunders and Mrs. L. C. Boyce of El Paso in San Antonio Texas on December 11.
New York December 11 1923 Alvord a bank thief was indicted today by a U S grand jury in the district court. The case accuses him of burglary and embezzlement in a series of robberies across the city.
Durrell Powell aged 17, visiting his uncle H. P. Durrell, died this morning at the uncle’s home at Rio Grande and North Florence. The body will be shipped to Dallas tomorrow.
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