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PAGE TWO. THE EL PASO HERALD: FRIDAY, MAY 8. 1903. NEWS OF ALAMOGORDO SANTA FE NEWS NOTES Special to The Herald. ALAMOGORDO, N.

May government contracts for extensive improvements at Fort Stanton were awarded to Alamogordo parties this week. One is for the construction of buildings to cost $34,000, which was awarded to O. D. Warnock; the second was for the installation of an electric light plant costing $8,000. Merrill H.

Fisher received this contract. Joe Taylor, a well known miner of Jarilla, in town this week securing teams to haul ore from the Iron IVlask property in that camp to the station. Taylor and others will supply about 600 tons of iron ore per month to the El Paso smelter, the ore being used for a fluxing material. Enough is now blocked out for four months shipment, or about 2,500 tons. This property is owned by the Jarilla Mining company.

An excursion to Cloudcroft will be given Monday for benefit of the delegates to the M. E. conference. The death of the six-months-old baby of Conductor John Ryan occurred Wednesday, v-' Rev. M.

T. Conklin left Thursday morning for Albuquerque to attend the Presbytery. Frank S. Evans, formerly train master at Alamogordo, has accepted the position of chief clerk to President Eddy. A NEW MINERAL DISCOVERED IN NEW OVER A TURQUOISE ITEMS.

RURAL CARRIER HELD UP -Masked Men With Guns Order Him to Discontinue His Service on a nessee Route. WASHINGTON, May post- department is notified officially John A. Algood, a colored rural free delivery letter carrier, while making a regular trip near Gallatin, was stopped by men armed with guns masked, and he and his colored were warned not to continue the service under penalty of fdeath. Postmaster General Payne has suspended service on the route pending investigation, and if the report of the "affair be confirmed summary action 4 will follow. This route was put in effect March 1, last.

There were five applicants under "4he civil service rules for the appoint- Jfrnent as carrier. The three men passing the highest on the list were all Under the civil service rules postmaster general says there is no option with the department except to appoint the person who stands highest on the list. THE FORCE WANTS BOWLING MATCH. The force in the county collector's has become courageous indeed. and the members have sent out a mal challenge to every office in the courthouse, to meet them in some bowling alley the coming week, boasting that the collector's office can beat anything that shows up.

It especially entreats the district office force to meet it, and tries to arouse its determination by calling the force It is not yet definitely known which force of tjie county offices will accept the challenge, but there promises to be a good game soon. Ike Alderete says he bowl very much, but is good on thumping marbles. He is somewhat afraid to line up his force against the collector's. OFFICER SWEARINGEN RESIGNS. Officer Swearingen has resigned from the police force.

Night before last he was found intoxicated on duty; according to the officers at headquarters he was arrested, and on the docket he is charged with being drunk and disorderly. However, in a note to The Herald Swearingen says: were in error in saying that I was arrested. There is no charge against me and I was not Swearingen insists that the docket is in error. BOUND OVER ON A CHARGE OF THEFT. Clem Fry, the colored man, I mj is charged with cutting an old Mexican's pocket open and taking about $200 in money had his examining trial before Justice Mitchell yesterday and was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Alex H. Miller to C. R. Morehead, H.

L. Newman and U. S. Stewart, trustees for the union depot, lot 11, block 180. addition; consideration $1400.

D. P. Beckham et ux to W. R. Asca- rete, lots 9 and 10, block addition; consideration $1500.

Arthur Borcherding, proprietor of the Ramona hotel, will give a complimentary dance at the hotel tomorrow night to his guests. For Marketing. Fresh dressed poultry and Kansas City and native fed meats, the best doins and roasts ever in this market. Phones 138 and 1078. Nations.

This Weeks Specials BUSY BEE, FLO ODOR A new CREAM Our KISS. THE ORIGINAL LIME ADE. CHOCOLATE DE EGG. SIBERIAN FREEZE. All the Latest Up-to-date Drinks can Be Obtained at the Largest and Best Candy Store in El Paso.

THE BUSY BEE Buckler Building and 219 San Antonio Street. Special to The Herald. SANTA FE, May Charles Lincoln, of the Xew Mexico School of Mines at Socorro, is engaged in an investigation of the waters of the alkali and saline lakes of the territory; he has just completed a series of interesting chemical investigations of New Mexico table salts and has discovered an interesting mineral new to New Mexico. The scientific name is bloedite and it is a hydrous double sulphate of magnesium and sodium. It is very valuable as a source of commercial soda.

It occurs in a thick bed covering an area of over three square miles. The mineral is of a beautiful crystalline variety. Single crystals like cut glass occur three inches long and an inch in diameter. All saline lands in the territory belong to the University of New Mexico. For a second time, the board of regents of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, to compel territorial Treasurer J.

H. Vaughn to pay over $25,000 appropriated to the college from the territorial sinking fund by the thirty-fifth legislative assembly. The first application had been denied because it had not been made in the judicial district in which the capital is located. A suit in ejectment has been brought against the American Turquoise company, in which the Tiffanys of New. York are interested and which controls the valuable turquoise mines at Turquesa in Santa Fe county.

The plaintiffs are Mariano F. Sena et al who claim ownership to the Jose de Leyba land grant upon which the mines are located, but which claim has been repected by the court of private land claims whose decision has been confirmed by the United States supreme court. The Truchas Lumber company has filed incorporation papers, the capital stock being $50,000 divided into 500 shares. The following are the incorporators and directors a George B. Brady, Benjamin Buchhaimer and Collins L.

Pollard. The headquarters are at Truchas, Rio Arriba county, where the company carries on extensive lumbering operations. PERSONAL. Dr. Klein is in New York.

H. J. Anderson, a prominent banker of Alamogordo, is a guest at the Sheldon. Miss Catherine Fassett. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. C. W. Fassett, is quite ill. Ben Goldbaum, a prominent merchant of Naco, is a guest at the Sheldon.

A. J. Pierce and wife, of Casas Grandes, Arizona, arc guests at the New Commercial. Mr. Pierce is a cattleman.

G. W. Parks, a cattlemen of Abilene, Texas, is in the city looking around and may possibly locate in this section. C. H.

Karney, manager of the Dos Cabezas company, limited, which company is operating the Dos Cabeaas mines in Sonora, is a guest at the Sheldon. Mrs. C. F. Holeman and son, who have been in this city for some Jnie for the bentfi of the young manV health, returned to their homo in Springfield, last evening by way of the Rock Island.

Harrison D. Barrett, president of the National association and editor of the Banner of Light, who has spent the winter in El Paso, is now in San Antonio, Texas, lecturing. He opened his series there Wednesday and closes tonight. R. Scott Parks and family, of Scottsboro, Alabama, are guests at the New Commercial.

Mr. Parks is a farmer in Alabama and is out here looking at the valley lands and will leave in a few days to look at the lands in the Sacramento mountains. He will probably either locate there or at some other point in this vicinity. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Manuel Mancilias.

Manuel Mancilias died at his home on South Oregon street last night and was buried at Concordia this aftecaoon. L. S. Royce, L. S.

Royce. aged 50 years, uied in his rooms in this city yesterday and the El Paso Coffin Caskei company is holding the remains waiting instructions from his son, who resides in Lawrence, Mass. The deceased had been in this city for some time, having come here for the benefit of his health. He was a member in good standing of the I. O.

O. F. and Knights of Pythias lodges in his home town. A. H.

Meyer. The remains of A. H. Meyer, the barber and shoe man who has been in this city for a number of years and wrho died at Faywood, N. a few days since, were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery this afternoon.

The funeral was held from the parlors of Nagley Carr, with Rev. H. A. Huebotter, of the German Yutheran church, officiating. W.

H. Simpkins. The funeral of William H. Simpkins, who died suddenly at El Paso, Texas, April 29, will be held from the family residence, 2433 Grand avenue, tomorrow morning at 9:30 The interment will be in Bellefontaine cemetery. J.

J. Hagerty, chaplain of Ransom post, will officiate at the services. The deceased had lived in St. Louis for the past thirty-eight years and is well known to the brick contractors. He left here last January in the hope that a western trip would benefit his health.

He was a member of the A. O. U. Ransom post G. A.

First Missouri light artillery and the Loyal Legion. The funeral services will be under the direction of the G. A. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

GRAND JURY MEETS AND AGAIN ADJOURNS. A VERY VOLUMINOUS TRANSCRIPT COMPILED. ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING IN A SALOON. Warrants were issued this afternoon from justice court for the arrests of a bookkeeper named Mulhall and a bartender at the Zeiger, who gave his name as plain John Doe. The men were arrested by Constable Bryant and Deputy Franco, charged with fighting, and their cases will come up for hearing probably tomorrow.

The young men got into a row in the Zeiger, which resulted in a fight a few nights ago. but no complaints were filed until today. The transcript in the case of Eugene Del Ara et ux against Leonardo Avocato et als. has just been finished by Deputy District Clerk Lyda Watkins, and it makes the most voluminous record that has ever been prepared in the district office here. The case has been in the higher courts twice, both times being remanded for rehearing.

Last December in Judge court the case was decided in favor of the defendants. The suit was originally filed to recover a one-third interest in the Bohemian saloon property, and has been hard fought. The grand jury met this morning and returned several indictments, then adjourned unti lthe 15th. H. the dope fiend, was indicted on two counts, burglary and theft, either of which charges would send him to the penitentiary if he should be found guilty.

Everman, the car robber, was also indicted for burglarizing box cars. The men are both in the county jail. A NEW BRICK BUILDING ON STANTON STREET THE STATE CONVENTION MEETS SOON. Two dozen Bananas for 25c at The Lion Grocery Co. Postmaster Olshausen has received an invitation to attend the Texas State convention in Marlin on the 16th and 17th of June, but will be' unable to attend, owing to the shortage i of help in the office.

That is the vacation period, and in order to get a vacation the clerks even i have to on their work, as there are no substitutes. Miss i Maude Doane, stamp clerk, will got the first vacation on fifteen days, be-1 ginning a week from today. Bananas, 10c dozen; Oranges, 10c dozen; Lemons. 15c dozen, at The Rattler. 310 East Overland street.

Fresh Creamery butter. 25c a pound at The Lion Grocery Co. A building permit has been issued i to C. D. Freeman to build a ge brick building on South Stanton street cost $4,900.

Mr. Freeman is at present engaged in the bicycle business on Mesa avel nue and thinks of moving to the new quarters when they are completed. A YOUNG BOY ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. THE MARKETS Money or Metal. NEW YORK, May Money on call easy at 2.

Prime mercantile paper, 4 3-Ki 5 1-4. Silver 54 1-3. Lead, quiet, $4,37 1-2. Copper, nominal, 14.75. Florentine Flores was arrested this afternoon by Officer Rvnerson.

charged with committing an assault upon a young Mexican girl. The mother of the unfortunate boy called at the station awhile later and brought him some cigarettes. Seeing her boy in jail, she began to crv bitterly. Live CHICAGO, May Cattle steady; strong; good to prime steers, $5.20 poor to medium, $4.25 5.10; stockers and feeders, $3.25 5.50; cows, $1.50 4.75; heifers, $2.50 canners, $1.50 2.80; bulls, $3.50 (a) 4.50; calves, $2.50 Texas fed steers, $4.00 4.75. Sheep steady; good to choice ers, $5.00 6.00; fair to choice mixed, $3.75 5.00; western sheep, 5.75; native lambs, $4.50 (ry 7.25; western lambs, $4.50 7.25.

PHYSICIANS SLOW TO REPORT BIRTHS AND DEATHS County Clerk Pitman complains that the doctors are not complying with 4he new law relating to reporting 1 uths and deaths. Parents also, lie says, seem to take no interest in the law. Since the second of May but two births have been reported; a boy to Carlson and wife, and a boy to R. Perez and wife. TWO MORE TRAINS OF CATTLE FOR CANADA.

Live City, KANSAS CITY, May strong; native steers, $3.75 5.25; Texas and Indian steeis, $2.10 4.50; Texas cows, $2.30 3.HO; native cows and heifers, $1.60 4.85; stockers and feeders, $2.75 5.10; bulls, $2.90 calves, $2.00 6.90; western steers, $2.90 5.1<>; western cows, $2.00 3.95. Sheep firm; muttons, $3.80 5.90; lambs, $4.80 7.00; range wethers, $3.85 6.00; ewes, $3.75 5.50. Two train loads of cat tle were brought over from Mexico today, one for Capt. Chas. Hunt and one for L.

E. Booker. They will be taken out tomorrow morning in bond. Frank Shannon will accompany one train as special inspector, but the inspector for the other train has not been selected. Stocks and Bonds.

NEW YORK, May Atchison 80 1-4, pfd. 97 3-4; New York Central 131; Southern Pacific 55 5-8; Union Pacific 90 1-2; pfd. 911-4 bid; United States Steel 35 1-4; pfd. 84 5-8. Wool.

ST. LOUIS, May is quiet; territory and western mediums 15 (ft line 11 coarse, i Gram. CHICAGO, 111-. May quotations on grain and provision markets: 78 1-2; July, 72 1-2. 1-8; July, 44 45.

35 1-8; July, 32 Provisions. July, $17.10. July, $9.00. July, $9.35. he Last Bucket of Coal New Success Gasolene Stoves Costs little more than a half ton of coal.

done carrying in coal; done carrying out ashes; done with the heat all dav These Gasolene Stoves are Quick, Cheap and Clean. We recommend them to any housekeeper that values Keal Comfort in her home. thr ee notable NEW BOOKS THE CAPTAIN This is an able romance dealing with life on the eve of the CIVIL WAR and during it. Most of the people come from South of Mason and Dixon's line, and we see the struggle from their standpoint. The GREAT FIGURE of the Captain, recognized as GENERAL GRANT, dominates the story.

DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES (By Author of DARREL, the elock-tinker is a new CREATION, WIT, PHILOSOPHER, and MAN OF MYSTERY. As loveable I as Eben Holden, but MORE FASCINATING. Once in its mystery, the reader will go to the last word with increasing interest. THE SQUTHENERS Its romance is founded on the frank, emotional diary kept by an ALABAMA GIRL DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THESE BOOK'S, AS WELL AS ALL THE LATE BOOKS, ON SALE AT THE BOOK STORE OF PJ.Curran, 215 SanAnionio We are Agt A a We are for the CALISHE.R for Butterick W.

Patterns I Mesa Ave. Texas St. bo Corsets This Under-Price Store -N BASEMENT AS an assured success before it was started. Its attractions are real, and very strong. Seasonable goods of all kinds are being sold there for under-price.

Every-day goods to be sure, but at far less than every-day prices. That is why we have so many lookers, and buyers, too; and that is why there must be an extra hurry to get share. The articles mentioned are for SATURDAY. 5c for Amoskeag GirvgKams About 3 cases of Amoskeag Ginghams go on sale Saturday at, per yard 5c 4c for Lawns and Dimities All remaining lots of Autrim Dimities and Corded Lawns will be sold for quick clearance Saturday at, a 4C for 5c Lawns More of those Delmar be exact, 1,800 yards will be sold Saturday at a yard instead of 5c. 1.00 for 1.80 Pillow Cases Pest Quality Pillow Cases, size 45x36 inches, sell regularly at 15c each.

In dozen ft A lots only, Saturday, at liUU 5c for 20c Taffeta Skirting Fancy Taffeta Skirting, widely used for petticoats. Saturday, on sale at 5c a yard. Were 20c. 9c for 15c Glass Towling 26 Pieces Glass Toweling, the wide width, pure linen, in pink and blue, very special ft Saturday at, a yard 9C 87c for 1.25 monas 85 Lawn Kimonas, good quality, good looking. Regular price $1.25.

Special 87c 92c for 1.50 Cloth Long 88 Pieces English Long Cloth. 12 yards to a piece, will be sold Saturday at a piece, instead of $1.50. 15c for 25c Ta.ble Oil Cloth Best Quality Table Oil Cloth, colored, 5-4 width. Special Saturday at. per I5c for and 15c Laces 54 Pieces Point de Paris Laces and Insertings, were 12 1-2 and 15c.

Special Sat- mm urday at, a yard for 10c Batiste 45 Pieces of Batiste, fine sheer goods, all new patterns, a very goo4 value at 10c. Special price for Saturday, 1 per off on All Overs and Appliques All Overs and Appliques, in black, ecru, and white, sold up to $5.00 a yard. Remaining lots of these splendid Laces. Saturday AT HALF PRICES. 10c for 15c Curtain Swiss 1,850 yards Curtain Swiss, the wide kind.

40 inches, a splendid value at 15c. Saturday special at. per 10c $3.35 for Skirts worth vip to 10.00 IS Wool Skirts, an odd lot, including Serges, Venetians and Homespuns, Saturday at S3 35 Worth up to $10.00. 15c for Fancy Piques Plain Welts Fancy Piques and Plain Welts, every go.l color, sold in the regular way at 25c and if 35c. Saturday, a 19c for 25c Nazareth Waists Nazareth Waists, all sizes, 2 to 12 years, ecru and white everywhere for 25c.

Special Saturday only, I if THE SANTA FE COMPANY DOING A GOOD BUSINESS. CURE The Santa Fe company is having quite a rush of business out of FI Paso at the present time, both passenger and freight. The passenger trains leaving here every evening are now crowded with people leaving the city. During the past, week there has been checked out of El Paso by that line, an average of one hundred pieces of baggage per day, which is a pretty good showing of the amount of passenger business done, as practically all the strictly local travel carries no gage. bag- Tvvo cans Table Friut (3 pound cans) packed in heavy syrup in Peach! es.

Pears, Plums, or Apricots for 25c. The Lion Grocery Co. Go to The Rattler, 310 East Overland street, for your Bananas, at 10c dozen; Oranges, 10c dozen; Lemons, 15c dozen. Furniture Store. Phone 341, Stanton, Near San Antonio St.

W. E. Fletcher, who runs a second hand store on South El Paso street, yesterday purchased the fixtures In the kitchen and dining room in the old Pierson hotel, which were seized last December owing to the proprietor of the place failing to meet his acco nits. DISEASES OF MEN By New Methods NO FAILURES. NO DELAYS.

We have the only regularly graduated physician in the state of Texas making diseases of men only a specialty. He has cured hundreds of stubborn cases right here in the city. We'guaraniee to cure all curable cases. You run no risk. We are established here.

Why send money for medicine to some one you never saw and know nothing about? We cure blood poisons without mercury, and all contracted diseases in the shortest possible time. We cure HYDROCELE without an operation; and never fail on VARICOCELE, PROS- TATIS, CYSTITIS, IMPOTENCE, etc. Consultation free. Out of Town Patients Inclose Stamp for Reply Excelsior Sanitarium Facing Buckler Square Dr. WEEKS (Sl CO..