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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
HOUSTON HEALTH BOARD.
Precautionary Steps Taken in the Case of
Man From Beaumont.

Precautionary Steps Taken in the Case of
Man From Beaumont.
Superintendent J. M. Lee of
the Houston and Texas Central
sent out the following from Hous-
ton at $50 p. m. Monday:
ALL AGENTs.-Please give the
following information to your
health authorities atonce: ''The
board of health will advise tomor-
row that we have a case of fever
which they consider best to guard
owing to patient having come
from Beaumont eight days ago.
The board are unanimous that
the case presents no symptoms of
yellow fever. 1 send you this as
confirming our desire to deal
frankly with you and your people.
In other words the board has
guaranteed the premises simply
as matter of precaution.
j. M. LEE.
The BANNER publishes the
above at the request of Doctor
T. o. Hynes, health physician.
The following message was
sent to the ticket agent of the
Houston and Texas Central at
Houston:
Sell no tickets to any point in
Washington county, Texas.
T. o. HYNES, NJ. D.,
Health Physician, Washington
County.
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SANDY WEST SURRENDERS.
Now an Inmate of the County Jail
Charged With Numbering BIS
Sweetheart.

S"SSl4ASS1Al-
Missy Emmerson, the fifteen
year-old daughter of Rev.
Henry Emmerson, colored, who
resides on Shepard Prairie, is
dead and buried, and Sandy
West is a voluntary inmate Of
the county jail charged with
numbering her.
The tragedy occurred last Sat-
urday afternoon, and Sandy
came in Monday morning and
surrendered to Sheriff league.
He was seen by BANNER repor-
ter shortly after being incar-
cerated, but declined to make a
statement, other than that the
girl accidently shot herself while
fooling with his pistol.
Sam West, brother of the ac-
cused, who resides near the City
cemetery, furnished the reporter
an account of the shooting as re-
lated to him by his brother. 1t
seems that Sandy and Missy had
been sweethearts for a year or
more, and were on the best of
terms. Sandy called at the En-
erson residence of the afternoon
of the tragedy and he and the
girl walked out to the we'll some
fifteen steps from the house.
Sandy was on the scout to avoid
arrest for attempting to murder
Charlie Polk a few days ago, and
had his pistol, 38-calibre, with
him. The pistol was of double
action make, and the defendant
says that while fooling with it
the girl accidently pressed the
trigger too hard. At any event
there was an explosion and the
girl fell to the ground stone dead,
with bullet through her brain.
The report aroused the family.
When the old father saw the sad
havoc that had been wrought, he
went for his shot gun, and Sandy
Lit out for the brush in Mill creek
bottom, and staid there until
Sunday night, He then came to
his brothers residence, spent the
balance of the night there, and
surrendered to Sheriff league as
above stated.
The grand jury has been re-
convened by Judge Sinks to in
vestigate the killing, and Sandy
will probably have to answer for
the killing at this term of the
court. All the evidence in the
case, other than the defendant S
statement points to cold blooded
murder.
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REUNION POSTPONED.
Quarantine Would Interfere With the At
tendance.
murder

Quarantine Would Interfere With the At
tendance.
The Confederate Veterans of
Brennan and vicinity will find
the following San Antonio spec
ial of the twenty fifth of in
terest:
The following general order,
postponing the annual State re-
union of Confederate veterans
was issued on the 25th:
Owing to the excitement
throughout the State regarding
the yellow fever, the guarantees
now in force and the improba-
bility of the delegates and mem
bers of the division being able to
assemble at San Antonio, Octo-
Der 6 and Z, l have concluded to
postpone the meeting to some fu-
ture day. Due notice of the
time of holding the meeting will be
given as soon as agreed upon.
R. H. PHELPS,
Major General, Commanding
Texas Division U. c. V.
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THE QUARANTINE SITUATION.
Regulations Being Moderated to Some
Extent.

With the exception of Nava-
sofa the quarantine surrounding
Brennan is being considerably
modified, and, in case there are
no new developments in the yell
low fever scare, is likely to be
lifted in day or SO. The first
passenger train since quarantine
was established stopped at Cald-
well Saturday evening. The
quarantine has been consider
ably modified but it seems that it
has not been generally known.
Passengers can get off there in
the daytime if they are not from
infected points and can show a
health certificate, but at present
no passengers are allowed to get
off at night. The quarantine has
caused more inconvenience to
people than they at first sup
posed.
Health Officer Tabor at Bryan
has modified the quarantine regu-
lations so as to admit perishable
freight and flour in carload lots
from the north, provided same
does not come from or through
any infected district. Medicines
may be received by express I'M
der the same restrictions when
put off at the fumigating station.
Freight trains are permitted to
to sidetrack for passing in Bryan,
but nowhere else in the county.
The quarantine interferes MA
terially with business, but public
opinion sustains the regulations.
Austin county has quarantined
against infected points and has
adopted a system of travelling
quarantine inspectors as a pre-
cautionary measure. These in
spectors ride on every train and
pass on the credentials of pas
sengers desiring to get off at
stations in the county. Mr..
George McQuaid, the Santa Fe
inspector, whose run extends
from Rosenberg to Brennan,
spent Monday in the city. He
says his instructions are to allow
all persons having health GER
tificates to get off at any station
in Austin county. According to
his statement the job is not an
easy one, as the quarantine Of
ficer is frequently cussed by both
passengers and train men. He
rides on every passenger train on
the Santa Fe, and has very little
time to sleep.
Of all the ''shot gum quaran-
tines ever instituted, the one at
Navasota takes the cake: 'Say
reporter" said Conductor Blake,
of the Navasota branch, "you've
often heard, haven't you, that
fellow can go home when he can't
go anywhere else? Well that
amt So" he continued, without
giving the reporter time to reply
to the first interrogatory. We
trainmen had everything ready
to return to Navasota by private
conveyance Sunday when we
received a message that if we
came home we should be put in
jail. The foreman of the round
house asked permission to stop
in Navasota just fifteen minutes
in order to get his books and
make out the time of the men
under him, but this was refused.
l sent the message to Superin-
tendent Dickerson, and am watt
ing to hear from him what to do
in the premises.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
IN QUARANTINE.
Conductor Blake Is SOjOurning in BRENNAN
for a Season.

Conductor Blake Is SOjOurning in Brennan
for Season.
Conductor Blake of the CALI.
gator Limited" is sojourning il
Brennan, and having been fore
ed by quarantine to go out of the
railroad business he has gone
into poetry:
l am waiting at the station,
While the lonesome hours fly,
am waiting, sadly waiting,
The embargo to get by,
l am waiting, sadly waiting
If they miss me, Sallie Green,
Just tell them that you saw me
When you passed the quarantine.
i am signing, sadly signing,
As the trains pass by each day,
Lean hear the whistle blowing,
But cannot get away,
Are the old friends very anxious?
Do they miss me. Sallie Green?
Won't you tell them that I'm coming
When they raise the quarantine?
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
A BRENNAN EXPERT
Discusses the Resemblance Between yell
low Fever, Black Jaundice and
Henaturia

There seems to be a wide d.
versity of opinion among the
experts" as to the nature of the
case of fever at Beaumont and
the suspicious case" at Hous-
ton. l am not an expert" for
what I don't know about yellow
fever would make an immense
volume. But l have treated
hundreds of cases of black
jaundice and malarial hernia
turia and the man doesn't live
who can diagnose the three dis
eases apart when all three are
prevailing. The "dengue COM
plicated with kidney trouble' as
described by the ''experts" is, in
my opinion, yellow fever, hernia
turia or black jaundice. Of
this, I am as positive as a man
can be about anything pertain
ing to disease of the three,
black jaundice is less to be
dreaded than the others, as it is
neither infectious nor contagi-
Gus and yields readily to treat
ment. 1t differs from the other
two in that negroes are as sub
ject to it as whites, and it is a
well known fact that the colored
brother is almost proof against
yellow fever and hermaturia is
the most formidable disease that
1 have ever met in a practice of
twelve years, yellow fever not
excepted. 1t will prevail in any
malarial district, but 1 do not
think the conditions in this Sec
ton are such as to favor its ap-
pearance here.
agree with the writers who
think yellow fever is not conta-
gious. 1t is however highly in
fictitious, and this makes it the
more important to put the town,
your premises and your system
in good condition. This is not
"expert" testimony-its plain,
country sense. 1t is more than
likely that Brennan will have a
suspicious case" before this
fear subsidies. The conditions
here are favorable for any form
of malaria, and it is impossible
for any physician, care not
how famous he may be as an
expert" to swear that either of
the above diseases is not yellow
fever when he sees it. This be-
ing so the conscientious practi-
toner must report as ''suspi-
cious'' what may be g harmless
case of black jaundice. So
don't get on a stampede, but stay
at home, take quinine tonic,
and you are in no more danger
here than in the Rocky Noun
tains. K SPERT.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

ALBERT KLEINER, thirty -eight
years old, who has been conduct
ing shoe shop on Quitman street
for several months, died Monday
afternoon at the Krause boarding
house on st. Charles street. His
death resulted from typhoid fever
with which he had been pros
tPated about two weeks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

Mr.. j. G. RANKIN, editor of
the BANNER, was unable to be at
his desk Monday, having sue
cumbed temporarily to the all
pervading dengue. He hopes to
be out in a day or so.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

OUT of a total of 466 cases of
yellow fever reported up to date
there have been seventy three
deaths.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THIS yellow fever business has
reversed the order of things to
some extent and the man who
used to have to pay doctor to
prove him sick now has to put up
for being well. The price of
health certificates is 81 and there
are a large number of them in
circulation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THE passenger trains carried
the usual number of coaches
Monday, but that was all.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

We are having some of the
most delightful weather that any
climate ever furnished.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THE case of VIM. Reddehause
VS.. E. Kochwelp, a suit for a
horse tried in justice court Mon
day, resulted in a verdict for
plaintiff for the horse and SIS.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

Mr.. GEORGE MCQUAID who
held cases on the BANNER while
last winter was in the city yes
terday from Bellville.. George
has retired from the art preser~
vative and gone into the practice
of law, having formed a partner
ship with Mr.. G. R. Johnston.
He is graduate of Georgetown
University at Washington, and
if his success is measured by his
deserts he will soon take first
rank at the Bellville bar.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

ALL the Hebrew shop keepers
in the city closed their establish
ments Monday in honor of Rosh
Hashona, their new year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THE New Weeden shooting
club held a fest Sunday which
was largely attended, among the
Brenhamites there were Messrs.
E. G. Langhammer, M. Russi,
Otto Hess and P. Mundelius.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THE midnight Santa Fe pas
senger Sunday brought in jack
rabbit on the pilot. 1t is thought
the rabbit was fleeing from the
Austin county quarantine.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

A PARTY of Brennan cyclists
who visited Chappell Hill Mon
day had to submit to being fumi-
gated before they were allowed
to stop.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

PREPARATIONS are being made
for a fest at Rodenbeck's hall at
Pleasant Hill on October 10th.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

THE regular monthly session of
Justice court was held Monday.
Judgments by default were en-
tered and cases were set for trial.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

OWING to several reasons,
primarily failing health and
seeondarily certain disaffections
among the membership, Rev. G.
Reeves has rendered his
signation as pastor. of the
.st Baptist church, and will
gtUrn to his former home at Far
lersville.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

A TELEGRAM from Memphis, re-
ceived by DR.. E. L. Day Sunday,
announces the death of his uncle
James S. Day, aged about so
wears,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

Mrs. Hicks, mother of Mr.. N.
Hicks, Santa Fe agent at Ken
ney, died Monday afternoon.
She was one of the pioneer set
tiers of Austin county, and her
death will be mourned by a large
circle of friends.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
LOCAL NE VS.

THE open season for quail
shooting begins Friday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
Injured by a Balky Team.

Near William Penn last week
Mr.. W. T. Dotson, father of Mr..
B. F. Dotson, was very badly in
jured by team of horses pull
ing a wagon over him. The team
had baked and Mr.. Dotson was
attempting to lead them. Sud-
denly the horses started vio-
lenlty forward. The tongue of
the vehicle struck Mr.. Dotson
in the side Telling him to the
ground. One of the horses paved
him and one wheel of the wagon
passed over him. Mr.. Dotson is
eighty years of age, and his hurts
are regarded as very serious.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

In Mayors court Monday Ber-
tie Hasken, Joe Blair, Lila Allen,
Sallie Henderson, Lottie Hender-
son, -Vashti Brown, and Minnie
Kiefer were fined 81 for vagran-
cy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30
DISTRICT COURT.
Tom Veal Acquitted on a Charge of Rape.
The Grand Jury Reconvened.
Divorces Granted.

Divorces Granted.
The case of the State VS.. Tom
Veal, charged with rape, went to
trial in the district court Tuesday
morning and consumed the prin-
cipal portion of the day, result
ing in a verdict of not guilty.
The offense was alleged in the
Indictment to have been commit
ted on the person of Dora Wade
on or about Dec. Is, 1895. The
state depended for conviction
upon proving that the girl was
under the age of consent at the
time the transaction occurred, it
being clearly proven that the de-
PENDANT used no force to accom-
plish his purpose. Messrs. W.
G. Henderson and J. M. Mathis
were appointed by the court to
conduct the defense, and made a
strong fight with the result that
their client was acquitted. 1t is
understood that VeaPs friends
will make up the money to pay
the lawyers.
The grand jury was recon
vened Tuesday morning. The
only change in the personal of
the jury is the substitution of
VIM. Krause in place of Hiram
Hickey who was unable to be on
hand. Mr.. J. F. Estes was made
door bailiff and Dick Rivers
riding bailiff.
The following divorces were
granted:
Mary Taplin VS.. VIM. Taplin.
Hattie Hanks VS.. VIM. Hanks.
John Elliott VS.. Gilly Elliott.
Wyatt Kanard vs.. Marguerite
Kanard.
Laura White VS.. Charles White.
Petty jurors for next week are:
Geo. Hewitt, VIM. Yates, T. D.
Garrett, Gus. Schumacher, julius
Menk, W. ]. Wheelen, H. Col
wess, Gus Dierke, Jno. Giese,
Anthony Flewellin, Theo. Boarts,
Theo. Schawe, ST., W. T. Car
rington, Louis Brown, Wiley
Hubert, julius Stolz, Henry
Eberhard, Geo. Groeten, VIM.
Boomer, VIM. Mercer, Henry
Kire. ST., VIM. Monigh, F. Vie
busch, Fritz LANCE, Henry Dip
pei, Jr., ]. M. Kraig, H. A. Mil
Ter, Lewis Lehman, Hem
Caruthers, Aug. Werner,
Lins, j. B. Campbell, John
nick, VIM. Hole, Jr., S.
riss, Theo. Schawe, Jr.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

Few men id this country are bet;
ter or more favorably known to
drug and medicine trade tha
E ] Schall, buyer in the prop
medicine department of the
Bros Drug co, st Louis. He
"My boy came home from scf1
with hand badly lacerated an
bleeding, and suffering great "a
[ dressed the wound and app
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, freq
pain ceased, and in a reT
short time, it healed withoz
a scar. For wounds, spI
,ings and rheumatisWA
no medicine or prescp
it. 1 consider it q
eessity." Sold b
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-09-30

SEVERAL of the leading repub-
licans of Brennan are in receipl
of letters from DR.. John Graz
national republican comm
man, in which he asks tb
operation for establishi1
per in Texas for the
ton of republican id
poets to have fifty
scribers before q
LEGATION.
IN. N. JON
penter of good
UNI, has been l
United States,
Austin, to
United State
the charge
letters thrl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-19

so far as known. in Chicago. This is
young girl, who, when pleutifully blessed
with the worlds goods, tried to help 9TH
ers by visiting them in trouble and
trying to bring sunshine to them. Later,
when hard times come to her own family,
a friend suggested that she turn her tai
eqt for consolation and cheer to mone-
tafy account. The experiment has been
a decided success. In New York more
than dozen men and women do this
work regularly.
In the top OF a tall building on State
street is a small office in which a man
works busily all day long making plaster
casts of hands, feet heads. and so on. For
women with pretty members to have
them perpetuated In plaster, always sup
posing that marble Is beyond her pocket
books capacity, has been society fad
for some time. This man seized upon the
idea and has lifted himself well above
want by means of t. Some day, when
a famous man or woman dies, he will
reap rich harvest by selling replcas OF
these casts.
over in the Bohemian district lives a
man who Is growing rich by painting pic
lures for the use of beggars. Day after
DAY ne works on, painting away at ex-
ploslon scenes, fires, battlehelds, and 9TH
er CORY and startling happenings which
nave supposedly reduced the bearers OF
the pictures to beggary and want
~ In a big Wabash avenue building NAV
be found woman who earns her bread
ana butter by means OF a kind Of leather
work never done in America except nv
herself It Is German method, a com
bnation of repousse work, hammerfng
and photography, and is unique and ar
tistic enough to afford her a living. on
randolph street Is a man who does real
Mexican leather carving; he together with
a compatriot In New York. does the only
work or this kind not brought from
across the Mexican border on the west
side Is man who carts bodies from the
morgue to the medical colleges for a
lVlng, and Chicago has the only woman
In America to make colored medical draw
ings within her gates
And so Il goes on; the list OF queer avo-
cations followed in Chicago might well
be indefinitely extended. for the people
who are forced to think out new ways to
earn u livelihood are exceedingly numer-
Gus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-19
RICH METAL WILL KEEP.
No Reason For Haste I'm Getting to
the Alaska Gold Fields.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
If the stories are true that Alaska and
the Canadian northwest are gold-produc-
ing countries Of the first rank. there is
no reason for extreme haste In getting
there. As we pointed out yesterday, those
vast regions, if as rich in precious metals
as men say, will keep; If not, 1t is best 10
think twice before going so far north for
a probable disappointment. Meantime the
wise man will walt for fuller information
before making up his mind 10 start, and,
81 the early news Is justified, will content
himself with the chance 10 travel in COM
fort which will be given him when spring
mobiles the Alaskan temperature and
makes the routes Of ingress 70 the country
easier.
No man has had experience in the CAL
ifornia placers needs % be told that n
the northwest Is a "storehouse OF gold,
the ratner OF even twenty years from now
viii have an excellent chance TO make
his stake" I'm a.. II 10000 people were TO
90 10 Alaska ana British Columbia this
summer they would hardly relieve the sol
itude Of a land which SIS larger than the
United states or the Australian continent.
Certainly they could not begin 10 cover
the ground Of possible riches. The arRo-
nauts could not do that 10 California. IN
1913. when the local craze began 100000
Of placer gold were taken out; IN 1879 the
bars and gulchcs yielded &23.Ol00)0 the
year following they more than doubled
this output, giving $j0OO,0)O That figure
had 100000 added 10 D. IN 1851 while in
1879 the product Of California was $4,000
90 In 1853 we had So o00,Oo0. 1854 $50 000
90. 1850. $500 COO. 1876. E50O0000. During
this time. according 40 the statistcian.
almost nothing came from gold-beanng
yiens Even al the present
dag. according 10 this same
authority, p.accrH yielded about
ono-half The gold product Of the United
States ~ b. not "a fair inference that f
ten years dd not exhaust the richest
placora o. California nor forty years an.
cover all that were hidden from man. the
placors Of the auriforous couttry no huge
that California might be- lost ln one end of
it are not going t0 boz worked out by the
pioneers Of one summer
Hence there o. no need Of running away
40 the kl0ndikc in haste. possibly 10 re-
pcnt a. leaHure. Wait q bit m there Is
plenty ~ treasure iet law and order be-
Instituted new trails opened. new steam
cfa built Tor the nV0r lrad0. De- tine price
0f provisions be lowered ana trading posts
and towns organized. Nothing viii H. i1rf
except hardship boy q reasonable delay. Tor
NJ Alaska b. herkof ani spDffl with R0'd
20 living man HIil nee the day when ile
supply hae run cut
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-19
THE INDIAN REBELLION.
The Afrlds Are Moving Against the
OutpOsts-TrOops Advanced

OutpOStS-IrOopS Advanced.
simla. Aug. 1S-The whole country
seems to bS afiame with the startling an
nouncement made here this afternoon that
the Afrids are marching through the
Khybes pass upon Jamrud, while the
Orakzais are advancing by Kurram and
are threatening SANTANA.
The thirty-sxth regiment of Sikhs which
is divided into two attachments along the
frontier, has been ordered TO concentrate
at Fort Lockhart. All the ladies' except
Mrs. Dosvoreux, the wife of Maj. Dos
voreux of the Thirty-sixIh Sikhs, left Sa-
mana and have reached Hangu in safety
The Gurrah and Samil-Mazasai have
combined and threaten Parachonar in the
Kurram valley, which is garrisoned by de-
tachments of Gorkhas and Sikhs.
1t is believed that 10000 Afrids are
threatening Jamrud. but the place is con-
sdered proof against attacks by any
force without artillery. Before venturing
to attack Jamrud the Afrids, il Is ex-
pected, will try their strength on the
smaller forts in Khyber pass
Additional reinforcements of infantry,
cavalry and artillery have been ordered
to proceed from Simla TO Peshawar to-day,
while troops are being forwarded 10 re-
place those sent TO the front. The work
Of mobilization is proceeding smoothly.