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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Died.

Recently there died in Galveston
Mr.. Gus Reymershoffer, one OF the
founders of the Texas Star Flour
Mills and vice president of that in
stitution at the time of his death.
He was formerly resident of Mata-
moros, at which time he carried on
a wholesale grocery business. At
the close of the Civil war and with
his brother John, now deceased,
erected the mills above referred to,
and he continued that business I'M
ill the time of his death. Mr.. Rey-
mershoffer was a man who always
commanded through his merits the
confidence and esteem of the entire
business communities in which he
lived. He was about 60 years OF
age. He was we'll known in this city
as we'll as Matamoros.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Brought Home a Bride.

Among the arrivals by the steam
ship Manteo, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Volz, who were married at
the home of the bride nee Miss
Meyer, near Cincinnati, on Nov. II
Mr.. Volz is one of our prosper
Gus young rice planters, being the
son of VIM. Volz of this city. He
went North last October for the pur-
pose of claiming the fair young lady
of his choice, The happy young
couple will make their home chiefly
at the Volz rice farm, though they
will spend much of their time also
in town. They begin their married
life with the best wishes of many
friends, and The HERALD joins in
wishing them much happiness and
prosperity.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
PER SONAL POINTS :
For furniture see H. Grunewald

For furniture see H. Grunewald.
The Ladies Card Club will meet
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Miss May Seaman.
Get your fresh ground spices for
Christmas at Putegnat's.
Walter Amthor, got up and walk
ed around the block yesterday Tor
the first time in over six weeks. de
will probably leave on the next
steamer for his home at McGregor.
For Hamilton Brown gentlemen's
shoes, American Lady shoes and Secur-
ity shoes for youths and children see d.
Grunewald.
J. H. Johnson, the confectioner,
was in bed nearly all day yester-
day with an attack of sick headache,
but we are pleased to see him at his
place of business today.
For rubber boots, rubber shoes and
Fish brand pommel slickers see h.
Grunewald.
Mr.. 0. c. Hildebrandt an attor-
ney of San Antonio arrived on the
stage last night to attend Federal
court and is stopping with mine
host Andersen.
Fresh garden seeds at Valentin Ga
yito's.
LOST one gold watch chain with
seal charm attached. Reward will
be given for the return of same tC
THE HERALD office.
Latest Books Newspapers and Magazines 70
Sale at JOhnson's Confectionery.
Mr.. Thad c. Bell, Supt. of South
ern agency for New York Life In
surance Co., came in on last night,
stage looking after business for hi
company and his registered at tn,
Miller.
The lesson for the union Sabbath
school for next Sunday Afternoon
will be First Kings, 10th chapte
and from the first to the tenth yer
ses inclusive.
Typewriter ribbons and carbon pape
for sale at THE HERALD office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Rags Wanted.

Pieces of clean cotton rags suit
able for washing presses. Bring to
foreman of THE HERALD Office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Woodmen of the World.

The above order for Brownsville
will meet in regular session Thurs
day evening, Dec. 10. Initiation de-
grees and election of officers will
require a full attendance of the
members.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Magnolia Dairy Farm,
prosperity

Shears & Putegnat. Proprietors,
VIII deliver Fresh Milk on and af-
ter June l, 1908, at 10 cents quart,
Mexican coin.
Leave orders at Botica del Leon
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
Our Aim In Business.

We desire to National the Bank of the People The
depotor the treatment and considea-
ton extended the largest within the limits of safe and
banking. Officers give personal attention all details
Directors regularly and frequently and keep closely in touch
with Every safeguard known safe and sue
banking awaited Of and past the best criterion
by which to Judge of the security of the future.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08

Not always rich-the cream of
society.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-08
We Solicit The Patronage Of All.

Our funds protected in repoo vault and by safes
to be obtaned and further covered
daylight robbery Our officers under bond best surety
companies.
People who ntrust their bank have
financial strength We recognize this right and will furnish
deposor statement condition day year Abb
oute safety the best thing upon this basis
your is solicited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
=. ~--7-----.es-- - THE MULTIPLE ENCORE.

From the New York Times.
 Now that the fall season of indoor entertainment has begun and the thea tres are reopening their doors, a sugges- ton to managers which we are sure will voice a well-deined and growing public sentiment. is timely and useful It is that a judicious restraint be placed upon the extremely bad habit of New York audiences to demand the repeti- tion ad nauseam of anything which pleases the fancy of few noisy claquers by permitting such repetitions until everybody is thoroughly weary of the incident and heartily glad when it
 is over Actors and actresses take very kindly to encores, and 1t needs very little applause to induce those who are lowering expeetantly in the wings to re- appear as often as an excuse for so do- ing can be found. No doubt 1t gratifes their vanity to have such evident ap- preciation of their work expressed by the galleries, but the audience has some rights which even the singers of topical songs are bound to respect and one of these is that even pleasing number shall not be repeated until 1t becomes wearisome and disgusting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
L.eadinQ Coke States.

The annual report of the United States geological survey for the cal endar year 1902, has just been com pleted. showing a coke production ex- eeeding twenty-five million tons, or IS per cent more than was made in the previous year. The record of 1902 had not been equalled, or closely ap- preached Not only was the produc- tion of that year unpredecented, but the price per ton was the highest recorded in twenty years.
 Altogether there was last year 69,069 coke ovens in operation in this country, and those ovens turned out over twenty-five million tons. worth $2,49 a ton. The price per ton is however arbitrary, most of the larger establishments having furnaces which consume their entire product. The Prick company is no longer seller of coke, it's immense product being consumed by the steel trust of which it is part. The prices affixed by such concerns to coke are not ex- actly market prices.
 The report of the geological survey shows that Alabama is now second in the list, being outranked by Penn sylvania only. From 37 establishments in this district last year 2.552,2 tons of coke were made worth in the average $S.25 a ton., as against $233 ton in Pennsylye la, and $2,31 in West Virginia. The demand alone ac- counts for the higher price in this district Our ovens were pushed to the utmost last year and that fact rendered Alabama coke higher in price than coke n the other two chief producing states. The differences in price will rapluly be adjusted, and Alabama coke will be put in a posi- tion to contend in the markets with West Virginia or Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
THE MEMORY OF M'kINLEY.

From the Hartford Courant.
 But, after all, the best tribute we Amer jeans can pay to the memory of William McKinley-the one he himself would choose and value above every other-is to dedicate ourselves anew, as often as these anniversaries come around to the preservation of his work and the carry ing out of his patriotic, wise, beneficent policies. How utterly he-the old soldier of the Union-abhorred sectional politics; how manfully and successfully he strove against theml With what solictous, sa- gacious vision he looked out upon the world, urging a businesslike readjustment of our economic system to the new condi- tlons! Here and there a republican poli- tician appears in haste to forget William McKineys parting counsels, September IA Is a good day for the peope-and espe- ciany the rank and file of the republican party-to remember them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
About Persons.

Richmond Pearson Hobson stopped over a few hours yesterday at the Hillman en route to his home in Greensboro from a tour in North Alabama, where he has been delivering a series of lectures on "The Navy Captain Hobson was in excellent spirits. He is naturally grati- fled over the cordial receptions he is re- ceiving.
 M, L. Roberts of Cullman is registered at the Metropolitan.
 Sam IL Oliver of Lafayette is stop ping at the Florence.
 w. G. Crockam, one of Tuscaloosa's most prominent citizens, is registered at the Metropolitan.
 P. A. Ridgeway and c. G. Collier of Dadeville are stopping at the Metropol- itan.
 Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the dem- ocratc executive committee, went down to Montgomery yesterday on a business trip.
 c. w. Jones of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 R. Oscar Noojn of Gadsden, one of Owenton's last years graduates is stop ping at the Florence.
 c. w. Bell, a prominent business man of opelika, is stopping at the Florence.
 
 Spencer B. Adams of Greensboro, N. C., spent Sunday at the Hnlman.
 T. B. Redmond of Chattanooga, who has contract to build a large portion of the Seaboard railroad that is being built into Birmingham, is stopping at the Mor- ris.
 J. A. Blount of Gadsden Is registered at the Morris
 Charles I. Graves of Alexander City spent Sunday at the Morris.
 M. M Huey and R. D. Curry of Battle are stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 w. P. Pearson, one of Sylacauga's most distinguished citizens, is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 The Right Rev. F. P. Allen, bishop of Mobile. spent yesterday in Birmingham and left at night for home. He was re- turning from Philadelphia, where he had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
Recess Primary Bill.

The senate recess bill providing for the regulation of primaries contains no clause requiring the probate judge of a county to furnish officers of pri- maries with lists of qualified voters, and the lack of such a provision will certainly be fruitful of trouble. As pirants for office and political com mittees cannot be trusted to procure such lists at thelr own expense. They are keeping an eye on their own good, not caring a bit for the purity of the primary, or the general good, or any other desirable but somewhat abstract end. There cannot well be honest pri- maries unless certified lists are fur nished under the law to the officers of each precinct when a primary is to be held. The expense of such lists would be small in comparison to the good they would do They would cut off deal of illegal voting. especially if the primary law orders primary of fcers to be guided by such official lists. as it should do.
 The primaries are of deep impor- tanee, and the legislature cannot throw too many safeguards around them. They have come to stay. Revolutions never go backwards, and a popular revolution in a democratic country certainly will not A free bal lot and an honest count should be guaranteed in every county, and the rascals who step in between the peo- pie and the banot box should be hur- ried along to the penitentiary. The ballot box "experts" should be round ed up, and the legislature can do much in that direction by passing a comprehensive and authoritative pri- mary bill And above all else it should see that every precinct is sup piled before a primary is held with a certified official list of qualified electors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
THE TEACHER FROM BOSTON.

From the Boston Herald.
 The Barre Gazette tells of a young wo- man from Boston who arrived in that town last week under an engagement as a teacher in one of the district schools there. While she was being conveyed from the station to the boarding place that had been engaged for her, she asked where the theatres were located, how of ten the trolley cars ran by the school house door. and what other facilities for amusement and recreation were provided in the village. Upon being informed that there were no theatres no trolleys or oth- CT metropolitan accommodations, that the green and fertile meadows, pastures and woodlands furnished the stage for most of the old hill towns activities and that the birds supplied most of the music. with occasional interruptions by the local brass band. this young woman from Bosto.: straightway threw mp her job and return ed whence she came. The narrative seems to be well vouched for, and the people of Barre are quite eXcusable for asking whether such extraordinary freshness and foolishness as this are inherent in a met ropolitan education and bringing up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
PASSING OF DEVERY.

From the New York News Oem)
 William Stephen Devery has now time to sit down and think 1t over. To use Deveryism of the former police chief The put everything on the high card and lost" Now he is merely an integral fac tor in the discard of politics. He will strut around for brief time. and then subside into an obscurity that has long been awaiting him. He will learn, with another ambitious statesman, that in this rapid age the public has no time to waste son attached to the political downfall of this Count Johannes of New York city politics which gentlemen anxious to shine in the political world might do well to ponder over. It is briefly this:
 To remember that politics at best is merely the science of circumstances; that to rush mady about with nothing safe- guarding you more substantial than a battery of wind, is dangerous experi- ment, especially when your real opponent is a silent gentlemen with the dynamic force of Charles F. Murphy. In freeing the democratic party from such an ex- crescence as Mir. Devery he has rendered a great service to decency in this city. MT Devery. probably without knowing it, had become more or less of public nuisance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
Paris and the Canal.

Paris has been heard from. Le Matin thinks the United States should now disregard Bogota, and proceed to dig a canal under the indefinite terms of the treaty of 1S46. The 35th arti- cle of that treaty guarantees that the right of way or of transit across the isthmus by all communications that exist or may come into existance shall always remain open and free to the government and to the citizens of the United States.
 When Uncle Sam puts S2O0,0OO, 900 into a ditch under that guarantee he will be much easier than he is at present. The entire situation is one that the United States should shake off with all possible speed and dis patch. The Louisville Courier-Journal brings out the naked truth, in a few words, as follows:
 "The Panama canal act of congress was a job pure and simple. Twenty millions for the thieves of France and twenty millions for the thieves in America-a few debris all the way from a secondhand derrick to a first class foreign war, for the United States-was the size of it. Now comes Colombia to say, No treaty without twenty millions for the thieves in Bo- gota!' The president has the reputa- ton of being an honest man. He has shown himself sufficiently prompt and courageous when occasion has re uuired. He knows these things as well as we do. How long is he going to wait on these forty--grown to be sixty-thieves, stretching their nets from Washington to riris, and back again by way of Bogot The Spoon CT bill is mandatory, l, wing the dis cretion with MT. Roosey It. Is it not time for him to act?"
 This is the entire cass in nut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
BACKWARD VERMONT.

From the Montpelier Journal.
 The national department of agriculture is training foresters who are making re- search into planting and preserving. It is sending out young trees to help in- duce the planting habit. with information regarding propagation. New York and New Hampshire, in the Adirondacks and the White Mountains, are moving ener- getically for the preservation of the for ests in those fountain heads of their streams, and resorts that woo the pleas ure and the health seeker. Vermont with a conservatism that Is so closely akin to coma that the dividing line Is not discernible, will haggle for days over a bill for the destruction @ of hedgehogs, but cannot be awakened to the momen- tous importance of protecting her best esset, her forests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
SHADE OF EMMET CAFES
 ON IRELAND PACIFIED

and. on it's failure. went to France and planned general uprising of the Irish people.
 In 1902 he returned to Dublin. organized his forces. established depots of powder and firearms. and designated July 2s 1SOs as the time for seizing the castle and arsenal. On that day the insurgents kill ed the chief justice, Lord Kilwarden, and fled Emmet also left Dublin but, returning. to bid his sweetheart adieu, he was arrested, tried, condemned and exe- cuted. It is the pathos of his gallant end which has enshrned him in the tender Irish heart.
 We are observing now one of the most peaceful and promising periods of Irish history, from the immemorial days of the Celtic king and Brehon, past the turbu- lent age when the great O'Neill rebellion came to an end in 16O3 on. three full cen turies, In all that time Ireland has not lacked an agtator or a rebel; a Feargus O'Connor, a Daniel O'Connell, Parnell. It has had parliamentarian like Grat- tan, a diplomatist like Flood, to fight it's cause. Its patriots and martyrs" have been imprisoned or shot for its sake and all in vain. Blunt MT. Redmond has ac- complished more for his country than these. Only six years ago the Irish Ma tional Federation of America issued this statement:
 'In a few days Irishmen everywhere will be celebrating the birth of the Leoni- das of Ireland, Robert Emmet, who by hts words and example showed our people how to fight on. without counting the op- position or the cost. Irishmen should re- solve fittingly to celebrate the centenary of his death by reopening, in 19OS the par liament of Ireland, the robbery of which, in 1SOO drove his indignant soul to rebel against the remorseless power of Eng land"
 By the irony of fate the centenary has arrived and the shade of poor Emmet-no man knows his sepulchre-who spoke as eoquently as our Patrick Eenry but % less purpose. gazes with melancholy eyes on an Ireland pacified, at least for the moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

been to participate in Archbishop Regans jubilee ceremonies. Thirty-five bishops were assembled in Philadelphia on the occasion of the jubilee.
 The special coaches of the Al G. Field minstrel that will show in the city to- night. arrived yesterday and silk hats and prince alberts are much in vogue today.
 Paul M Murphy and John M. sully of Anniston are at the Hillman.
 Henry Mclaughlin of New York spent Sunday at the Hillman.
 Fred Bell of the Anniston Hardware company, is in the city.
 P. M. Laird of Richmond, Va, south ern manager of the traveling department of the Good Luck baking powders. is at the Metropolitan.
 Capt. Frank P. OBrien and wife re- turned Saturday from the east. They spent the greater part of the summer at Asbury Park, but before starting for home they visited Scranton, Pa. Mrs O'Brien's health is greatly improved and Captain O'Brien comes back looking the picture of health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
AMERICAN MARksMANsHlP.

From the Baltimore Herald
 The military annals of this country show a record of superior craftsmanship The American soldier, whether of army or navy always has been regarded by fighters of other countries as dead shot
 Ability to shoot to the spot was an accomplishment necessary to the safety of the early oolonists The Indians, whom they fought almost continuously, waged their warfare from behind trees, rocks and other Instructions to bullets, and a close marksman was the only kind available against them.
 In the two wars with the mother country this precise craftsmanship told with terrible effect. It was the Ameri- can rifiemen who repulsed with great slaughter the forces of Pakenham at the battle of New Orleans, It was American craftsmanship that made the conflict be- tween the states one of the most dread- full of the worlds wars. In the Spanish American war the guhners of the Ameri- can navy simply ridded the Spanish fleet
 Times of peace do not dull the Amerl- can gunner's target eye. as is shown by the reports of the recent target practice of the North Atlantic squadron off Mar tha's Vineyard One gunner of the bat tleship Indiana, pointing with big eight-inch gun. fired four consecutive shots through target only fifty inches square. and that at distance of sixteen hundred yards. This is expert shooting and a specimen of the skill of the men behind the guns on our fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
State and Private Banks.

Every state or private banker who is willing to let his depositors know what is the condition of his bank at any and all times, is heart and soul in flavor of the senate recess bill pro- viding for the examination of all banks other than those of national origin. Every state or private banker who desires to conceal from his de. positors the inwardness at all times of his bank, is opposing to the utmost the senate recess bill. MT. Cornwall of Mexico. formerly of Bessemer. be- longed to the latter class As mem Der of the third house he worked early and late to defeat all bank ex- animation bills, and his success was great and unquestioned.
 There are other men engaged in doing the work MT. Cornwall formerly did, and such men now on the scene
 
 in Montgomery desire just what MT. Cornwall did in his bank career, namely concealment by the suppress sion of statements verified by official and unexpected examinations.
 Alabama should not become a party to the suppression of information re- lating to the protection Of eleven mil lion dollars of deposits. She should not become a partner of illicit bank CTS She should stand for sound banking, and against wild cat bank ing of all sorts, and especially of the Cornwall sort. If the bill that came from the senate recess committee had been passed by the previous legisla- ture the Cornwall embezzlement would have been detected, and per haps prevented. The state cannot longer afford to wink at banking of that sort It is disreputable, and very damaging to the general credit of the state-very hurful too to individual depositors.
 Let us hope the house will unflinch- ingly tell the third house to stand back, and that it will then proceed to pass the senate recess bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

house is popular for many reasons. It may be had at a rental sufficiently mod crate to allow quite a margin of saving. It is easily furnished. It does not re- qure so much domestic service-a great inducement to good servants who do not like the heavier labor of larger houses In fact it often enables the scientific housewife to partially dispense with the worrying business of employing and dis charging help. It Is easy to heat--a con- sideration of some moment particularly at the present time, when coal is not any too cheap. Its occupants may have all the advantages, on a smaller scale. of the three or four story dwelling. company has recently erected number of model two-story houses that are a revelation to housekeepers
 T he two-story house is one extreme or the large expensive dwelling; its only rival is the other extreme, the apartment house, which is popular for a similar reason-makes domestic life as little trouble as possible.