Fourth of July Celebration Planned in Independence Day
A big Independence Day celebration is proposed with plans for a large public event. Organizers aim to mark the Fourth of July with parades concerts and fireworks in the city center.
11 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
1
A big Independence Day celebration is proposed with plans for a large public event. Organizers aim to mark the Fourth of July with parades concerts and fireworks in the city center.
A Gardiner chamber meeting at 10 A M proposed a heavy Fourth of July program with military elements. Gen L M Openheimer elected chair. Proposals include troops from Las Cruces and Mesilla, music, speeches, a Declaration reading, fireworks, and a possible governor invite. Estimated cost about 1000 dollars. Committees named for finance, firework, and events. Secretary Russell urged coordinating with teachers convention crowds.
A cabinet member states President McKinley does not favor any specific running mate. He would be satisfied with any of several suggested candidates and wants the Philadelphia convention to freely express the popular will without perceived coercion.
A report claims Russian troops are massing for a major advance on Pekin with heavy formations. The timing and scale remain uncertain though the deployment signals intensified military pressure in the region.
Dispatches from June 11 report tense moves as diplomats seek a solution in Pekin while European powers prepare for further action. Notes include Chinese government concessions, troop movements toward Taku, and Allied plans to pressure the Boers in South Africa, with updates on military positions around Port Arthur and Laing’s Nek.
A Denver News editorial urges El Paso to lead mining promotion by establishing a mint and mineral exhibit and to host a Southwest mining exchange. Mr. S M Davis advocates reproducing the Palace of the Montezumas with a regional mineral display to attract capital, investment, and coordinated mining interests to El Paso and the surrounding Southwest.
The Home Products exposition, under the Manufacturers' Association of Kansas City, opened today with favorable conditions and runs through Saturday evening for public attendance.
Admiral Dewey and party reach Grand Rapids from Detroit and will bathe guests tonight. The city crowds for his reception and the Maccabees conversion event bring record crowds, with a monster parade planned. Dewey departs for Washington on Wednesday morning.
Special Dispatch reports Peter Till an aged German man found at his home ten miles north of Stanton severely shot in the head. His house and contents were burned. No suspects yet. Till’s wounds are painful but non fatal. Mea resting but unconscious.
Waco Texas June 11 Mayors from nearly every town in the state gather on call of Mayor J W Riggins to discuss sanitation water supplies water works lighting ownership of utilities fire bridges streets hospitals public charities sewerage sidewalks and mutual city interests.
The naval practice ships Newport and Chesapeake with cadet crews sail from Annapolis for a two month cruise off the Atlantic coast. Newport is a steam gunboat and Chesapeake a sailing training ship. Torpedo boat Gwin also departs for Newport News to join the North Atlantic squadron for the summer.
The Democrat party on the Hawaiian Islands holds a convention to select a delegate to the national convention in Kansas City. The event occurs today with delegates to represent local interests at the national gathering.
County Surveyor Parker returns from Hueco Tanks where two surveying parties study state school lands. He notes the young men face the harsh sun and long water deprivation, learning the field’s difficulties. Parker will resume fieldwork tonight and stay likely until the eighteenth or twentieth of the month.
Jose Maria Galois a Mexican resident living south of the caral between Utah and Oregon streets was found dead by a pistol shot said to be accidental. Neighbors heard the shot at five o'clock yesterday morning and he appeared to have dropped the revolver causing it to discharge into his groin and bowels. He died after being taken to Nagley and Liors undertaking establishment where funeral arrangements are handled.
Joans Santos to Miss Maria Herrera, James W. Sellers to Miss Annie Smith, and Juan A. Garcia to Miss Pelicita Tellez received marriage licenses indicating formal union pending ceremony.
Mrs. B Early of 415 El Paso Street nearly died yesterday evening at 7 30 after taking morphine to ease headaches. She was found unconscious, revived by a physician, and later recalled to consciousness. Her husband denies any suicide attempt and says she recovered quickly and returned to work.
A call invites locals to offer rooms or board to visiting Texas teachers. The notice appeals to residents with available lodging during a listed visiting program period and urges timely response.
The chamber of commerce committee on mines discussed a mineral exhibit and arrangements to attract outlying districts to El Paso as the regional mining center. They approved employing a motor to visit camps, secure specimens, and prepare extended reports while planning cabinets and an attractive entrance display.
The Aguirre versus Lawrersee case yielded a verdict Saturday evening with damages set at 486.16 on a 15000 suit. Attorney Richardson said both sides will appeal the decision and seek changes.
Judges Exchange Judges Walthall and Smith have swapped bench assignments. Smith leaves the thirty-second district for a new role and Walthall returns to the thirty-second district in a routine judicial reshuffle.
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