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The times., 1901-04-04
Fresh Submarine Rivers.

ttrOm the OhlCaSO NlIoulCle-J
\ few months ago H. Beuest, an Eng
Iish ceographer. published an interesting
study of streams of fresh water flowing
beneath the surface of the sea. Disasters
to ocean telegraph cables first called at
tention to this subject. On several Oc-
casions. about 1895, a new and weli-made
cable between Cape Verde and Brazil
broke SOundings were made to discover
whether these breakings We're due to the
state of the sea bottom, and it was found
that the place in question was near the
submarine mouth of a subterranean river.
the alluvial material transported by this
fresh water stream encountered the cable
and finally succeeded in breaking it.
The fact is that river that flows into
the lagoons of Yof. on the coast of Sen
egaI is finally lost in the sand. 1t un-
toubtedIy has taken its invisible course
TO the sea, and it is this river that has
been discovered in the deep hollow of
more than 1,30o meters (f27O feeD that is
traversed by the Brazilian cable. Also
while the cable was being repaired at a
point twenty-four kilometres (fifteen
niles from the shore the repair ship was
surrounded one day by orange skins, cal
abashes. and bits of cloth. which could
not have come from the mouth of the SEN
egal River, 40 kilometres (ninety miles)
distant.
The times., 1901-04-04

Director Merriam has ordered a re-
count of The census in Anne Arundel
County, Maryland, where frauds iden-
tical with those committed in St. Mary
have been detected 1t is said that the
names of probably several hundred dead
men have been added to the returns, as
they were I'm the other case. AS we un-
derstand it, Mr.. Merriam has all the
small fry implicated under arrest or sur
vcIllance, and does not contemplate max
ing any more prisoners in the connec-
ton We sincerely hope that it is not
his intention nor that of the Admins
tration to punish the miserable tools in
this business and not to expose and pun
ish the principals. These insignificant
enumerators could not have had the
smallest personal motive in falsifying the
enumeration, except to earn somebody's
money by taking the broad chance of the
penitentiary. Anne Arundel County is in
Representative Mudds district.
The times., 1901-04-04
The Philippine Scandals.
fFrom Ia Indinnnnolis NemsN \

tFrom The Indianapolis News.)
The most disc0uragng feature of the situation
Is not the actual thefts in the Philippines, but
the feeling in this country that the Government
ought to help people to make money out OF
the islands. The chances for making money
are already far too tempting. As for develop
ment," that wait. The task now before us
is to punish the men who have disgraced the
American name. and to establish a government
that shall be honest and that shall also be the
predecessor Of an independent Filipino govern
ment. The humiliation OF the recent revela-
tons is enough almost to dim the glory of
Funstons act Taken in connection with the
miserable frauds in Cuba, they ought at least
to show us the dangers involved in the govern
ment Of distant lands inhabited by subject peo-
pies.
The times., 1901-04-04
Electoral Reform.

Nrom the Philadelphia Record)
Nothing could be more satisfactory TO the
friends Of reform in this State than the adop-
tion of the Maryland law in all respects in
which ii is applicable. The dsfranchisement OF
illiterates, white and black, would. however re-
quire an amendment to the State constitution.
In ali essential regards the Maryland law is
a genuine Australian ballot reform measure
which will greatly promote the purity of its
elections. Has the Republican machine in Penn
sylgania the manliness and decency TO come up
to the same high standard OF political legisla-
tiong We shall see.
The times., 1901-04-04
MINES TO RUN ON HALF TIME.
The Operators to Fail Back on Re-
serve SuppIies.

HAZLETON, Pa, April 3-Nearly all
the mines in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania will be operated on half
time beginning on April 10. The compa-
MES stored away large quantities of coal
in expectation of strike and wish to dis
pose Of 1t before resuming operations TO
the full capacity of their workings.
If half time should prevail at the col
leries for the greater part of the summer
the miners recent rather doubtful vic
tory would be still more of an empty one
than it has been generally regarded.
The times., 1901-04-04
A ST. GALL LACE RULING.
The Action of the board of Apprnis-
ers Declared Illegal.

NEW YORK, April 3.-In the st. Gall
lace cases the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals held today that the Secretary
of the Treasury had the right TO appeal
TO the Board of General Appraisers from
the appraisal by one of its members
which had reduced the original appraisal
of laces imported by Loeb & Schoenfeld
and that the board had jurisdiction. The
court. however, sustained the lower court
in holding that the action of the general
board in adding lump sum to the ap-
praised value was Illegal.
The times., 1901-04-04
Colonel Harrisen's Dismissal.
CForm the indianapolis Press.)

Whatever the motive. the fact remains that
Colonel Harrison was dismissed without adequate
reason. or any reason apparently and II was
done in such a way as to smirch his good name
BY leaving the inference that he was an in
capable officer In this situation he is entitled
TO one OF two things: First, that the War De-
partment or General Corbin shall withdraw the
imputatiOn OF ineffciency. or. second that he
shall have a court OF enquiry. This is common
Justice. He is entitled TO it, and must have it,
General Harrison was not disposed 70 submit to
such charge upon his son. and resented it with
all his power. lie has friends left who will
take the matter up the line ne laid down.
4 flct that VOL my be heeded
The times., 1901-04-04

For the first time in its history, Vice
President Roosevelt s home town Of Oyster
Bay, Long Island, has gone Democratic.
We note the fact with pain, because, al
though it may not be 50 meant, it seems
to involve reflection upon the greatest
man in oyster Bay, who has but recently
been elevated to the highest shelf in the
nation's 5 gift and receiving vault. Can the
men of oyster Bay so soon have forgot
ten the glories Of Kettle Hill? Do they
ignore the fleeing Spaniard who as al
legged was shot in the back on that mo-
mentous occasion? Are they dense to the
ringing declaration of their distinguished
fellow citizen that the colored troops
fought nobody? For what was the fierce
Rough Rider alone in Cuba. if Oyster Bay
is to desert his Khaki banner, and rally
round the red white, and blue Of Democ-
racy? The horror of the idea beggars
imagination.
The times., 1901-04-04
RAPID CoALING AT SEA.
An Invention Announced to the
Thames Iron Works Company


LONDON, April AT a meeting of the
Thames Iron Works Company today Mr.
Hills, the Chairman. stated that the com
pany's naval architect had invented a
method of coaling vessels at sea by which
it was possible 20 deliver from fifty to
one hundred tons an hour compared with
twenty tons by the method invented by
Mr. Miller, an American.
The Admiralty. he added, was consider
ing the advisabiiity of adopting the meth
Cd Mr. Hills also announced the f0rna~
tion of an electrical engineering cembina-
tiou, comprising the Thames Iron Works,
Siemens, Mathers & Platt, and Brush
companies, which he was convinced would
hold it's own against German and Ameri-
can combinations.
They had prepared designs for the cleo
trical equipment of the Metropolitan dis
trict, the Great Northern. and the city
railways. They had schemes in hand for
railways from northeast London to Lon
don Bridge and from London Bridge to
PiccadiIly
The times., 1901-04-04
TOIatOy's Doctrines.

lSUlI.J
While rostoy's criticism of modern Chris
tianty will evoke indignant protest from
millions OF sincere men and women thoughtful
people generally will concur in what he has to
say about the evils OF militarism There has
been a sad recrudescence Of the military spirit
in the past few years, and the world is more
than armed camp We see the growth of
this spirit among the EngliSh-speaking peoples
as well as among the nations of Continental Eu-
rope Abolish the immense standing armies
and as the Russian humanitarian we'll says the
world will be vastly better, because when there
are no armies the expressions to which the ma
tions are subjected will disappear of themselves
The times., 1901-04-04
A Possibility.
(From the Baltimore Herald }

A Pan-American congress is to be held next
fall in the City OF Mexico. The general thought
in the calling together of the American Re
publcs is that thus harmony shall be estab-
iished and everlasting peace assured On the
eve of this proposed love feast Venezuela is
acting like a badly spoiled infant 1t will be
truly sad il we are compelled to teach our
callow South American pupil TO be good before
the congress conyenes, by methods forceful rather
than peTsIasiye
The times., 1901-04-04
How Annexation should Come.

tFr0m The BrOokIvn IImes.)
There are doubtless many Americans. as there
are Cubans, who care more for the material pros
perity than for the political autonomy Of the
island who would be glad to avail themselves
OF any subterfuge to secure the annexation OF
Cuba to the United Statss. but no citizen who
recognizes the ALLEGATIONS Of honor can dream Of
annexation, except as coming through the IN
trammeed and spontaneous vote Of the Cuban
people after the termination OF the American
military occupation
The times., 1901-04-04
a Royal IchthyoIogist.
From the Birmingham Post. !

Nrfom the birmingham Fost.J
The King Of Portugal paid heightened visit
10 the Natural History Museum. South Kensng-
ton. in order 10 inspect the unrivaled collection
Of fishes preserved there. II is not generally
known that His Majesty is expert in iChthy-
ology and has written several scientific memoirs
the subject. lie i very fond OF fishing in the
sea off the coast Of Portugal, and, owing to the
extraordinarily great depth Of the water of that
shore the forms discovered are Of great va
riety and scientific interest.
The times., 1901-04-04
And Only Beginning.
CFrom the Chicago Chronicle,)

IFTUIN
When We began playing world power far
away from home il predicted by conserya-
tive Americans that sn era of corruption would
set in. repeating in our history the dismal tale
of iobbery and fraud in all colonization and i'm
periaI politics in history. The prediction has
been fii6lIed sooner than anticipated. Fraud in
the Philippines is now added to large scandals
in Cuba. Yet we are In only the beginning
OF cur imperial career.
The times., 1901-04-04
The Chance of n Poor BOY.

Mr., Carnegie says that there is as
much room for poor boy now as there
( ever was. The Indianapolis News, -
! commenting upon this. says:
1--WE should like to see a poor boy nowadays
( start in the steel business with the money he
had saved up out of hard-earned salary
1t is not true, at any rate that there
| is the same kind of a chance for a poor
boy now that there was seventy five
years ago He may be able to get on,
but he VIII have to do it in a different
way. Hard working and slow saving
do not count for as much as they did,
when it comes to a large success. Con-
ditions are different.
When Mr.. Carnegie was a boy half
of this country was undeveloped and
unsettled. and any man who went West
had at least a chance of getting in at
the beginning of a big enterprise. even
if he had not much money. That was
one chance which has now disappeared.
The immense industrial enterprises
and combinations which now coin
money for those who are at the head
of them had not been conceived. 1t is
not reasonable to suppose that because
the Sugar Trust has made money. a
second Sugar Trust could arise, with as
little capital to start on as the first had,
and make just as much money. The
field is occupied.
There is no denying that money
counts for more than it formerly did,
and not only money, but the appear
Of IL fe,,
1t was possible in former days for a
young man to get on even if he wore
shabby or homespun raiment; nova
days he must spend money on eX-
pensive suits Of clothes IL he would
convince those whom he meets in com
mercial life that he is really an able
and alert business man. He is contin-
ually meeting strangers. and if he be
shabby, or wear unfashionable or i'll
fitting garments. these strangers Will
think him lacking in good business
sense. So, at least, he reasons. and in
nine cases out of ten he is right. The
well-dressed man of good manners and
keen business sense is the man who
gets on, where making a large fortune
is concerned. The ability to make a
good impression counts for more than
anything else in the touch-and-go Of
competition. The stranger who appears
poor may be a genius. but the average
business man has no time to find out
whether he is or not.
The poor boy nowadays. then, decides
TO spend his money on himself and his
daily needs rather than invest it in any
other way He feels that a knowing
air and knowledge of the world Will
help him TO get on faster than a bank
account. If he is a certain kind of
man it viii. A bank account does not
count for very much unless it is a
large one: shrewdness, sagacity, and
knowledge Of human nature count for
a great deal. The Andrew Carnegie
who is starting in life today may begin
with a salary Of five dollars week,
but he is likely to spend all that on
himself instead of living on a dollar a
week and saving the rest, as some boys
of past generations were said TO do.
The times., 1901-04-04
4 Modest Request.
(Frou Puekl

Mrs Chatterton--I should Ike to go shopping
this afternoon.
Chatterton-But. honest. my dear. haven't
got a dollar in ms pocket
Mrs. Chatterton tlightlyl-0h, Vel. then. you
might give me ninety Eight cents.
The times., 1901-04-04
OBITUARY.

FIncenza Polidori. the founder OF three
Italian papers in New York City. died
yesterday at his home in Clifton. Staten
Island. aged fifty-eight years. He was
born in small town near Rome and was
a chemist by profession. He came to this
country in 1873.
In those days, the Eco a. Italia was
the only daily Italian newspaper printed
in New York City. There were so many
OF his countrymen here that Polidori saw
there was a chance for another paper,
and, with Carlo Bavsotti, he started lie
Progresso Italo-Americano' about eight
cen years ago. He retained his interest
in that paper for several years, and then
started another, the "Cristoforo Colon
bo." He ran this for two years and then
sold 1t. Four years ago the "Cristoforo
Colombo" was consolidated with III Pro-
gresso.''
In 1894 Polidori with Giovanni Vicario
started the Il Acaido Italiano. He was
one of the editors of this paper when he
was taken i'll fifteen days ago with ty-
'phOid fever, which caused his death. He
leaves widow and a son.
The times., 1901-04-04
Hard Lines.

(trOm Ihe indianapolis Press.)
'Hard luck 2" said the sOubrette earnestly.
'Why, we hadn't been on the road two weeks
before we had to pawn the magnificent diamond
which was to be presented 20 the star By her adj
mirers at every town. Hard luck! Well. should
muruurt''
The times., 1901-04-04

The Omaha WorId-Herald7 is Of the
opinion that any Senator or Representa-
tive who would like TO do Europe next
summer without cost can realize his de-
sire by addressing the proper party; and
adds that the Ship Subsidy bill will
show renewed vitality when Congress
meets again" So it will. but not as a
result of inconsiderabfe things like Eu
ropean trips. They have only the value
Of a vote to refer the job TO a commit
tee When it comes 10 the final dona-
ton of a hundred and twenty million
dollars or more of the public funds to a
dozen transportation trust magnates, the
arguments which are tor convince our
statesmen that the measure is altogether
for the best interests of the country will
have to be OF most substantial charac-
ter II may be possible that We must have
subsidies but there is no earthly doubt
that they will be found to come high to
the bene1iciaries.
The times., 1901-04-04

Capt. James G. Hill. a well-kuown con-
sulting mill engineer and expert, died at
his home in Lowell. Mass, on Tuesday,
aged sixty years. He was born in Albany,
n. Y. His parents moved to Massachu-
setts when he was boy. He entered the
volunteer militia at the outbreak of the
civil war, and came home in 1866 a cap
tain. He became superintendent of the
Thorndyke Cotton Mills in 1863, went to
the West Warren Mills, and in 1871 be-
came superintendent of the Lawrence
Manufacturing Company at Lowell, which
place ne held until 1887. He leaves
widow, three sons and a daughter.
The times., 1901-04-04

Sarah Guthrie Jewett, widow of Hugh
]. Jewett, once President of the Erie Rail-
way Company, died yesterday afternoon at
her home, y Park Avenue, New York.
from pneumonia. She was born in Zanes-
vile, Ohio seventy-nine years ago She
was married to Mr. Jewett in 1856 She
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Julian Rob
bins and Mrs. Thomas Hunt, and a son,
William Kennon Jewett
The times., 1901-04-04
Miller and His MUSES..

CFrom the Denver P0st)
joaquin Miller has purchased 200 acres OF land
and VIII in future make his home in Texas, where
the mules and nocktng birds sing
The times., 1901-04-04
Enough Trouble Already.

From the Philadelphia Ledger)
We have war enough hands now, and
too inany taxes. to go to with Vene-
xuela over rival asphalt claims,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26

TO DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS.

Notice is now here given TO any
and all persons owing this. the Gil
" of Brownsville, Texas, any
Taxes for all or either of the years
AID. 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889,
1890, 1891, 1882, 1898, 1894. 1895,
1896, 1897, 1898, 1889, and 1900,
to immediately pay the same tothe
City Tax Collector, of this city,
falling in which, within reason
able time, | will proceed to collect
the same by due process of law, to-
gethei with all interest, penalties,
costs and charges accrued, or to ac-
crue, thereon.
No interest will be charged, or
penalty, costs, or charges required
to be paid, upon any such taxes as
are paid before such legal proceed
ings are instituted to collect them.
And, as a large proportion OF
such taxes are p&ble in City
Warrants, or "ScriPNwhich can
now be purchased gnuch less
than its par value, all Zach delin-
quents can, in this respect, also,
save quite an amount by promptly
paying them.
All such delinquents shonld at
once pay all such taxes, due by
them, and by so doing save the
large amount of interest, and the
penalty due upon such unpaid
Taxes, and the costs and charges
that will necessarily accrue there
on, if they are not paid before
snch legal proceedings are insti-
tuted
JAMES b. WELLS,
Attorney for the City of Browns
vile, for tue collection of Delin-
quent Taxes.
January End 1901.
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this country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26
LATE NEWS IL BRIEF.

Tie grand opera honse in Gin
cinnali was burned down. catching
fire while tbe f. II. Sothern com
.pany was giving play. Tie build
ing WAS packed, but the crowd was
removed without any panic. Loss,
SEQ, 900 on opera house, and $50, :
900 TO Sothern company.
Tie senate has ratified the pur-
Chase of the islands of Sibutre aud
Cagayan near the Philippine group
from Spain for $4,000
S. Is. EIlk;ns was reelected U. s.
senator from West Virginia.
Both branches of congress adopt
ed resolutions Of regret for the
death Of Queen Victoria. The sec
rotary of the state also cabled
Americas sympathy to the king,
and many other evidences of sor-
row foSthe death of the British
sovereign were given throughout
this country
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26

distinguished himself, yet he may
do Sc before his reign is over.
Hitherto he has not had great OPP
portunities to 10 so As heir to
the throne, his chief object seems
to have been to have good time,
and he had it. On the throne, there
will be more scope for briliIancy
in some other line, aud he may yet
add some luster to Engiand's his
tory. There have been COED Ed
wards on the English throne, and
there is 30 reason to believe that
the present Edward may be other
wise. tie has always been "good
fellow" anyway, and there are
more than the followers and sycO-
phants of the court Of ST. james
who will join in wishing a long
and prosperous reign TO Edward,
the Seventh.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26
THAT'S so.
the Seventh

Some papers are prattling very
contemtedly about the big cash
surplus in the National treasury,
hui they do not consider how small
it would appear in comparison with
the stupendOus amount Of the Ma
lional debtS.-BROWNSvILLE HER
AID.
These same papers seem to think
that the more money there is piled
up in the National treasury the
more prosperous the masses are
on the principle that the more you
bleed a man the more blood ht
will have in observation-disclosures
Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26
Roosevelt will visit Ell Pa,

ROOSEVELT will visit Ell Paso
shortly. There are not any lions
there for Teddy to kill, but when
he gets there, Ell Pasoans will have
a live lion 10 stare at-not a man
eater, but just nice one of the
politico social species, which we
Americans love as genuinely as the
British do love a lord.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26
lie Alice Echo things it wonId

TIE Alice Echo things it would
be mistake for the Brownsville
railroad to 20 to Corpus Christi.
If the. Echo is really sure about
it, perhaps the road would better
go to Alice instead. The project
ors ought to look into the matter
seriously AS surveyed, it would
seem that the line is not projected
to touch either place. Maybe
Alice and Corpus would better
both move over to the intersection
of tie survey with the Texas Mex
lean.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26
Notice to Tax Payers.

Parties owing taxes on property
in Cameron county are requested
to call ut my Office, in the Court
House, aud pay same before the
close OF January. n ten per cent
penalty will apply on all taxes not
paid an or before the 3lst- of Jan
nary. (Sec. 10, Chap. 103, Laws
OF 1879
DAsfASo LERMA,
Tax Collector Cameron to Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26

All persons interested are here
t4v mortified that | AIN now ready 10
receive assessments or rendltlons
of property for the current year
Same must be presented To me AT
my Office in the Court House, with
in the time prescribed By lay. The
Assessor will leave town about
N.,reh 1St 1901.
F.zE2UIEL CAyszos.
49, pr Tan Co Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-26

JOSEPH BAILEY was elected to
the United States senate by the
Texas legislature last Tuesday to
succeed Senator Chiffon. Mr.. Bal
ley is a comparatively young man,
but has already gained national at
teution by his leadership of demo
Gratis in the house. He is consid-
cred a staterman of ability, and Il
brilliant orator. His career in the
senate will doubtless reflect credit
on the great Lone Star State.