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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-08
Few
Facts
ABOUT CAMERON COUNTY.

CAMERON county. itself a small
rrincipality In 4xtent. In area
Fl covers no Tess fkah 5. Dos
square miles. It's southern ex,
irrmity lies about the Sixteenth
of a degree below the 26th. par.
al+I, while It's northern latitude
IS about 81 2O'. Els greatest
width from east to west is some.
fling over forty miles and from
north to south 100 miles.
CLIMATE.
Though so near the tropics
yet the climate OF this codnty
is comparatively cool in sum.
n0rr. It's entire eastern front
Af about one hundred miles, be-
ing Iaved by the cool waters OF
fbe Gulf of Mexico, which great
Ty iempers thp heat natural to
southern latitudes. The pre-
vaiIing wind throughout The
greater portion of the year is
from the Southeast and comes
directly across the Gulf. The
winters are also extremely raild,
and make this an ideal place
for any who seek escape from
fhe rigoTs OF a northern winter.
Indeed, no place IN the United
States enjoys more sOlH brious
climate during the winter sea
SON that Brownsville, the coun-
~ seat of Cameron county.
Here the average temperature
for tlIir'y-uine years was 70 d.
9ress.
I he land lies nearly level the
altitude at Brownsville heing
6nly 43 f+et. The soil is rich
&ith the aIIuvial deposits of
Endless years. and its treasures
df fertility are as yet almost
untouched only a limited per
Tion- Of it's surface ever having
been disturbed by the pillow.
In many places the soil lies
from six to twenty feet deep,
Being practically inexhauetihIe,
and this of The finist aud richest
soil known, ranging fFon rich
dark aIluzial to a sandy loom.
The county is waierPd by the
Rio Granda, which skirts fts
entire southern boundary, a
tiistancs Of sr9eniy-five miles.
Besides this there are numerous
small streams, called "resacas"
aud "arroyos," thTuug bout The
County.
PRoegeTIoNs.
The leading industry of this
TagioH' al present is stuck grow
ling. cattle, horses and sheep
constituting the Re ad ing
export product. BAt it's
agricultural resources have
been proven tn be- almost end
less ia variety. It's semitropi-
s'aI climate permits such fruits
as the orasFge, lemon, citron
gnaVa, fig aud banana. to
flourish, while peaches pears
aud otheTsfi1IiIs also do we'll.
and graz pes grow aud reId'in the
Greatest Abundance. The chief
products of the soil, however,
are coin, cotton and sugar cane.
Besides these sorghum, broom
corn, aud ali vaTiiirs of vegeta
bies yield most ahHndanIly.
il may be said without fraI of
contradiction that all of these
will yield more per acre than
any other poriinn of the state
Experiments with Havana to-
hacco and ranlfe have also
proven most saetessfuI. The
latter, once planted becomes
almst' perennial. The culture
ef sugafcane inIhis rich valley
hnd deserses special Inpniio
-Four thnsand pounds Of enear
per acre is tie return made
from land planted in cane, aud
this snpgr is pronrnnced' by
govpifiaienf rxperts 10 BE- eqnal
"a The fin.st Louisiana PRO
daci
PoPUBATIoN AND TOWNS
Cameron county, according
Il, the census of 1890. contains
81 population Of 1920. The
ri1nuty egat is Brownsville
wi,h about 1000 Inhabitants
a.,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-08

Cameron county, according
Fi1 the census of 1890. contains
81 population Of 1920. The
e1unty egat is Brownsville
wiIh about 1000 i;:ha hitants
pnrni Label seaport, 3
miles from Brow nsvflIr, on the
l.agnna del Madr-, ha- ahen'
s5sss uhat,iranfs. and SsnI'.
Maria: = gfi,wing little river
ss1isl-mrnr. ahonf $50. Thee.
-. also .I1m~Inlss raucfl sci
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15

n connection with the, preceding re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Court Notes.

Keats Woodruff, the Indian arrested
at Fort Herman last week for sus-
tanning criminal relations to a 14-year-
old girl named Caddie Miller pleaded
guilty to felony in Judge NorrelPs court
yesterday. He will be sentenced on
Wednesday next.
The Deseret Savings bank is suing
Joshua Midgely and David A. Midgely
for $2,075.65, alleged to be the balance
due upon a promissory note for $10,S00,
given Feb. 4, 1895.
Judge Cherry yesterday granted d
decree for $SO9.32 in favor of the de-
PENDANT in the case of the Utah Ma
tiOnal bank VS.. the Peoples Building,
Loan & Savings association.
The case of William Gubal VS.. the
Salt Lake Water & Electric Power COM
pany, recently appealed from Justice
Nielsen's court to the Third district
court, was yesterday dismissed by stip-
ulation, the defendant company agree
ing to pay the plaintiff s10S.75, the
amount of the judgment obtained in the
lower court.
In Judge Cherry's court yesterday the
graphing COM
pany VS.. S. J. Stookev was on trial all
day. The suit is an appeal from Jus
tice Nielsen's court, where the plaintiff
obtained a Judgment for $40 and costs
for merchandise purchased. After be-
ing out but a few moments the jury re-
turned with verdict for the defend
ant.
All the courts will be closed today. as
it is a legal holiday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
MT. PLEASANT NOTES.
Many Babies Arriving-Various 9th
err Local Items.
Especial Correspondence.


Mt. Pleasant, April IA girl baby
was born to the wife of Carrot OF
ten this week, one to the wife of Mr.. A.
Isaacs and a boy baby to the wife of
Joseph Johnson.
Hans Nelson, formerly cashier of the
Mt. Pleasant bank, who for several years.
has been in a very serious and almost
helpless condition on account of para ytlc
to receive treatment from q specialist.
John w. Nicholson was rearrested this
week on 81 charge of selling liquor on
Sunday. The case was dismissed without
prejudice some time ago, but the city
council decided that they had grounds
sufficient to receive a conviction: so de-
cided to take the case up again. Mr.
Nicholson pleaded not guilty.
The district schools will observe Arbor
Day this afternoon. Each scholar attend
ing the schools will furnish a sprig of
lilac. of which hedge will be planted at
the south side of the play grounds. The
teachers will plant an evergreen tree on
the grounds, as will the graduating class
The day will not be otherwise publicly OBJ
served.
Clemenson & Co. have erected large
frame building at the rear of their har-
ness shop which will be used as an i'm
plement house.
A private letter from Black Rock says
that shearing is in full blast there and
proceeding rapidly. Shearers are scarce
at present.
Brown of the Round Hills was brought to
this city yesterday to receive the atten-
ton of physician. She was suffering
from a pin which is lodged in her throat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
JOE CHOYNSKI IN SALT LAKE
FAMOUS PUGTLIST STOPS OFF
FOR A VISIT.
Thinks Jeffries Will Whip Fitzsim-
mons and Mccoy Will Fight No
More-To Give An Exhibition.

Joe Choynski, the hero of many no.
table prizefights, arrived at the Knuts-
| ford last evening from the Pacific coast
accompanied by his wife, en- route to
his home in Chicago. He will remain in
this city several days, and on Monday
evening, under Jimmy Dickson's man
| agement, he and Willard Bean, Utahs
champion boxer, will give an exhibition
contest at the New Grand theatre.
While sojourning in Salt Lake,
Choynski will be the guest of his old
friend, Martin E. Mulvey. Choynskis
arrival last night was the occasion for
an informal reception in the visitors
honor, rendered by Messrs. Mulvey,
Dickson, Mike Kennedy, Dick Dreyfus
and others of his admiring friends.
Joe Choynski has been before the
public fourteen years, and in that time
he has won seventeen battles and
fought three draws. He is now only 80
years of age and is a splendid type of
| physical development. No man in the
world has fought more battles in the
ring to finish than he has. His fight
| ing weight is 100 pounds, but he now
tips the beam at 100. This is due to the
fact that he has been resting for a
couple of years.
! While in a reminiscent mood, Choyn-
ski referred to his fistic contests with
some of the worlds champions, includ-
ing Corbett. Fitzsimmons and Mccoy
In an entertaining manner he told of
his first fight as an amateur. In the
first round he was knocked down ten
times, but after that he determined he
would not be counted out. Before the
contest was ended he had given his OPP
ponent a fearful drubbing. His first
professional fight was with Frank
Glover. That bout netted him $1,75O
! Choynsk's first boxing with Corbett
was an event the visitor will not forget
| Twenty seven rounds were fought be-
fore Corbett got the decision, and even
then Choynsh was not finished. But
Joe did not see daylight after that little
scrap until the end of five days.
Speaking of the ys-F'itzsimmons
| fight that is to come off in New York
on May "a, Choynski is of the opinion
that Jeffreys will win. He will try to
arrange a fight with the victor, but he
! believes FitZsimmons cannot be in
duced to again enter the ring. Mccoy,
| the victor says. is sick and probably
will not be in fighting trim at any time
/ again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Subject of Professor Marshal's Uni
versitv Lecture


In the lecture room of the laboratory
building at the university last night
Professor George NJ Marshall repeated
his lecture on Westminster Abbey" The
lecture was given under the auspices of
the students lecture course; for the
benefit of the college paper, the Univer-
sity Chronicle.
In a few words the professor reviewed
the history of the abbey from its found
ing by Edward the Confessor about 1850
to the erection of the chapel of Henry
VII about 1900 The principal parts of the
abbey as it stands today were built by
Henry III, Edward l. and Henry VII
Within the abbey, the professor spoke
of Edward the Confessor and often
known as the resting place of English
kings, where stands the famous corona
ton chair upon which have been crowned
all English soVereigns since Edward l.
The south transeDt contains the poets
corner which is adorned with busts and
medallions to England's greatest men of
letters. The north tranSeDt is the rest
ing place of great statesmen, among them
Pitt, Fox, and Hastings. In the nave is
the choir. and here also are buried many
men of renOwn. among them Robert Liv-
ingston. Wesley. and Watts. With the
chapel of Henry VII, the newest part of
the abbey and 1.-The most exquisite Bit of
architecture in England repose the re-
mains of Henry N-Englandfs hero king
Queen Elizabeth. and Mary Queen of
SCOTS.
In connection with the preceding re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
JACK WEDAY'S Quick WIN
DEFEATED THE PENNSYLVANIA
sCRAPPER IN So SECONDS.
In Consequence Mercur Thinks It Has
World-beater, and Is Willing to
Bet Gold On Its Judgment.
Especial Correspondence

Mercur, April I.-Last evening Jack
Weday met and defeated Tom Dunbar of
Pennsylvania in fifty-five seconds. the de-
feated man being counted out before the
end of the first round.
The crowd that met at Mahnken's was
rather small one and while the boys did
not think the home man would do any
taking they We're not so sure of the other
man. Preliminary bouts We're pulled off
to keep the audience in good huTnor. and
1t was late when the principals of the
affair of the evening We're ready. Weday
had been in the audience enjoying the
sport for an hour or more before his op-
ponent came into the hail.
From the beginning Weday led the fight
ing, and before many seconds it was evil
dent that Dunbar was outclassed. A
perceptibly, and this was soon followed by
practically ended the fight. The referee
started to count, and at eight" Dunbar
struggled to his feet, but light blow on
the neck sent him down a second or two
after, and he failed to come to time. 1t
was just hfty-five seconds from the time
of shaking hands until the referee, Roy
Condie declared Weday the victor.
Mercur feels rather proud of their man.
who has been defeated but once since he
came to the camp. That was in the fight
with Bean. and many think that were 1t
tried over it would have a materially diff
ferent ending. Weday holds himself ready
for all Corners in his class which is the
Welterweght. and any amount of money
is ready to back the champion of the gold
camp.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
NORTHERN PACIFIC PLANS.
Clearwater and Other Extension.
Announced BY An Official.


New York, April 1.-THE Wall street
Journal today, upon the authority of a
"high Northern Pacific official" pub
fishes Il statement in regard to that
road.-in part, as follows:
n believe that we will eventually
settle the Clearwater affair If it is not
settled by the time our line is comS
pleted east OF Lewiston, we Will cerN
tainly build west of Lewiston. We eX-
peat to have the entire extension ready
for the new crop.
THE other branches or extensions au-
thorized on which work begins imme-
diateiy are the jamestown branch, fif-
teen miles from Darlington, N D..
which Will be extended fifteen miles
further; the Coo2erstown extension
northwesterlY. twenty seven miles.
both into a fine agricultural country
that is not now served and the Seattle
Palmer cutoff. They viii be completed
this season.
'-'Tlle report about our being interest
ed in a new Oriental steamship line is
pure Inoonshine All our interest in the
Orient is through the Northern Pacific
Steamship company, in which the
Northern Pacific has no financial inter
est
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
IN THE COURTS.
Jurors Drawn.

The following jurors were drawn yes
terday for service in the law and Grim
inal divisions of the Third district court
for the May term:
Law division-T. f. Howells, C. H.
Sadler, John w. Farrer George A. Hill,
A. Erskine, j. H. WoOdman, S. Rich
ardson, B. L. Cutler, w. T. Corbin, j.
T. Axton, w. P. Lynn, j. G. Pape, E. L.
Jacobs, H. B. Barber, Don C. Porter, NJ.
KOpp, Frank Parsons, B. H. Holdings
worth, d. n. Ross, T. H. Redfern,
Everett Jones, Charles Read, c. b.
briggs, F. A. L. Meyer, S. w. Morri-
son.
Criminal division-F. L. Smith, c. w.
Sherwood, C. J. Stanford, G. H. Har-
wood, o. II. Petit, John Taylor, w. r.
Foster, G. Speers, jr., D. w. Ammer-
man, L. w. Dittman, ]. NJ. Fisher, jr,
Charles SAMSON, G. Y. Wallace, F. Eb-
e1hart, John Allen, jr., c. w. Midgeley,
n. S. Allen, H. S. Margetts, ]. d. H.
McAllister, w. w. Rivers, Marshall
Hell m, T. a. Herringer, John Neff, a.
G. Pendleton, jr., P. j. Moran.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
WARM CROWD AT MILFORD.
Wool Buyers and Railroad Men
Mingle With the Lambs.

A warm outfit of railroad men and
wool buyers is just now rusticating in
Milford. The buyers are skinning the
farmers down on their fieeces and each
of the railroaders is trying to convince
the woolmen that his is the only line
to ship back each over. 3. D. Boards
ley Of the Northwestern, Patriot"
Frank Plaisted of the Union Pacific
and George Ferkin of the Rock Island,
are the railroaders. The wool buyers
are Theodore Davis of st. Louis and
Jesse Goodfellow, George Coping and
j. E. ClintOck, all of Boston.
From Milford come many tales of the
carvings on Of this crowd. 1t is re-
ported that the welkin rings with their
gleeful responses to the call of the din
ner bell and their remarks when the
hands run against. them in stuff and
other games. Theodore Davis and the
Patriot are reported to be slowly turn
ing into sheep as the result of a steady
mutton diet. They b-a-a at the slight
est excuse and both may grow fleeces
all their own before they come back.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15

utes late yesterday. The local officials
were congratulating themselves on this
approximate approach to schedule time
again.
freight agent of the Colorado Midland.
is said to be slated for the general
agency of the Chicago Great Western.
This is the place made vacant by the
resignation of A. B. Moseley.
The Salt Lake City Street Railway
company has begun fixing up its tracks
for the summer season. A large force of
men is now at work on the Third street
line. From there they will go to other
points on the system, and will continue
laboring until all necessary repairing is
accomplished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Interesting Law Point.

The case of Ida NJ. Frye VS.. r. G..
Richville and Thomas Homer was be-
fore Justice McMaster yesterday. The
case rests on an interesting point of
law. The defendants signed an appeal
bond, but were cited to appear and were
rejected by tks court. The case went to
trial, but was dismissed on appeal;
meantime the original defendant, Z. z.
Richie, had left the locality, and plain
tiff now seeks to recover from his
bondsmen. The latter contend that
having once been rejected by the court
they are not liable. The amount in
VOWED is $3.50, money loaned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
UTAH & PAcIFIc's PROGRESS.
Road Will Reach the Line Within
Thirty DAYS

The Utah & Pacific construction gang
is pushing rapidly toward the state
line. 1t is now within seven miles of
the border, and the remaining distance
Will be covered before thirty days have
elapsed. At the company's offices yes
terday it was stated that the roads
affairs are in ffrst-class shape. Business
both in freight and passenger depart
ments. is increasing with gratifying
rapidly.
The conference travel was all that
could have been desired. and the indi-
cations are that the road will pay from
the moment of its completion. a. D.
Wheadon, a very speedy telegraph OPP
orator and well posted railroader, was
sent out yesterday to take charge of
the station at ESealante.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Railroad Notes.

Vice President David Eccles of the
Utah &. Pacific came down from Ogden
yesterday to attend to some railroad
business
Nj. Lomax. Mr.. Wadleigh, Mr.. Good
man and other railway officials laughed
themselves hoarse at the minstrel show
last night.
William Bouck an employee of the
Short Line freight department, had his
hand badly lacerated yesterday while
handling freight
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Salt Lake City
Street Railway company viii be held
next Tuesday morning at II o'clock
The Union Pacific's Overland Limited
was JUST trifle less than thirty min
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Mrs. Isaac Riddle Dead.
Especial Correspondence.1

Especial correspondence
Provo, April 14.-This morning at s
o'clock the wife of Isaac Riddle, Mary
Ann Eagles-Riddle, died after long
siege of nervous dyspepsia.
She was born in Nauvoo Nov. 5. 1916 and
crossed the plains. arriving in Salt Lake
in %. In 1868 she was married to Mr..
Riddle. They left the capital for Iron
county, living there but few years, when
they moved into Beaver county. where
they resided for twenty years. For nine
die was engaged in working on the tenn
Pile Last August they moved to Provo.
intending to make this their home. But
since that time the deceased has suffered
from the Illness which finally proved the
cause of her death.
Mrs. Riddle was the mother of seven
children, five of whom, with her husband,
survive her
Funeral services will be held in the
Third ward meeting house Tuesday, April
Is, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Sheepmen Moved.
Especial Correspondence.1

Junction, April 1.-TWO years ago the
county commissioners of this. as well as
a number of other counties. passed an
ordinance licensing the business of own
ing. ranging. grazing etc, of sheep in
Piute county. but to the anxious 10 get
revenue" commissioners it proved Il
myth. as the sheepmen deserted the coun-
ty. and instead of its being a revenue
getter'' We have lost the taxes on some
$1,000 head of sheep. Yesterday the COM
missioners requested the attorney TO
draw up an ordinance repeating the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
PASSENGER CONFERENCE.
Arranging New Schedule From Chi
cago to San Francisco.
Messrs. Lomax. Goodman and Cairns


Messrs. Lomax, Goodman and Cairns
of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
and Northwestern, respectively, were in
executive session all day yesterday. 1t
was reported, that they are arranging a
schedule which will shorten the time
from Chicago to San Francisco by sew
eral hours. The fact that the Santa Fe
is rapidly nearing San Francisco is re-
sponsible for the sudden desire to make
better time to that point.
The Southern Pacific has never here
tofore been a bit anxious to get a move
on itself 1t had things all its own way
and there was no necessity for hustling.
With good, live competition practically
in sight, however, the Huntington road
feels obliged to do something.
The trio of passenger agents expect
to conclude their meeting today. The
local agents have been kept entirely in
the dark as to what the outsiders are
doing. F. A. Wadleigh of the Rio
Grande Western and D. f. Burley of the
Short Line both said yesterday that
they hadn't the remotest idea of the
work being done by LOmax, Goodman
and Cairns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
Sheepmen Busy.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence.)
Vernal, April u.-Snow has disappeared
from the foothills and grass is beginning
to grow.
Sheep shearing is progressing at the
rate of 1900 head per day. Teams are now
loading wool for Price, On account of the
splendid season the sheepmen have had
and the very small loss as compared with
other years, they feel able to give 40 cents
per hundred weight, providing the freight
in goods, the stores having contracted
with the sheepmen. How strange that
Republican prosperity should be confined
to so few of our citizens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
MIDLAND BLOCKADE RAISED.
Road Has Been Closed Up Since Jan
uary 81.

After a tie-up that has lasted since
Jan. q, the Colorado Midland will be-
gin doing business again today A
freight train will be started east from
Grand Junction this morning. Monday
morning a passenger train departs
from Grand Junction for the east and
it is believed that thereafter all trains
will be run up to the schedule.
The difficulties with which the road
has had to contend were fearful. Ever
since late in January the line has been
the victim of snow blockade in spite
of herculean efforts to clear the shift
ing flakes away. Hundreds of men
whose labor was augmented by rotary
plows, worked day and night, but in
spite of their best efforts the blockade
could not be cleared.
In places the drifts are said to have
been fifty feet deep and packed so hard
that il was necessary to use dynamite
in clearing it away. The worst of the
difficulty was between Arkansas juno
ton and Thomasville. 1t was thought
for a time that it would be impossible
to clear this division before the middle
of next month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
ALBERT HARTvIGSEN'S DEATH.
Utah Soldier Was Accidentally Shot
By a Comrade-

A couple Of weeks ago Emil Hart
vigsen of Sandy, whose son, Private
Albert W. Hartvigsen of troop E,
Fourth United States cavalry, was re-
ported accidentally shot in Manila on
March 10. requested Governor Wells to
make inquiry from the war department
as to how the young soldier received
his death wound. The governor adj
dressed a letter of inquiry to the adju-
tant general at Washington, D. c.. and
yesterday received a reply containing
the report from General Otis, as fol-
lows:
Albert W. Hartvigsen of troop z,
Fourth United States cavalry. was ac-
cidentally shot in the barracks March
10. with a revolver in the hands of Pri-
vate Stolkman of the same troop. Pri-
vate Hartvigsen died the following
morning. An investigation was held
and the proceedings of the board Of
officers have been mailed"
The letter of Assistant Adiutant Cen
eral Ward to the governor adds that it
will be the latter part Of April before
the proceedings of the board of officers
will reach the war department at
Washington, from which place a full
report will be made as to the manner
of young Hartvigsen's death.