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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Major General Mood Will # Be
come a Brigadier- General on
Monday at y Noon, VI
MANY ! OTHERS L0sE5 a GRADE
Mood Will4bc Renon1inated BY
President Chances tossBecome
Commander-in- Chief Good.
Times D.snatch Bureau,
Colorado BuiltiEg 4
fourteenth and g Streets, n. W.
- Ia.rCy w 81 u Z

washing: d. CO. D Deceml er 18th.
At noon Monday Major G eneral Leo
nard wood " II become a brigad er-sen-
era, and one hundred and stXty-seven
officers under him. who were promoted as
a result ,of his advancement will Likewise
drop back one grade, This somewhat !
curious fact was made known to-day and
appears Q have been 5oyerlooked inc.
law and the constitutional provisions soy !
erning nom nations to office by the Pres
ident are vary plain. 1t is proviled that
where the President makes an appoint
5ment when Congress is not In sess OIL
the Official shall assun e tie duties and
receivs the pay attached to such office.
But It Is provided that when appontn ent
Is made While the Congress Is IN session
the appointee shal not receive tho ply
attached, until '3the appointment Is con-
f.rmed ty the Senate.
Wood and the other officers promoted
at the time Of his appointment TO the
rank OF ma ajor-geEera lave been receiv-
Z Ing the pay of lhe!rlnew rank.
4, OLD RANK AND PAY.
The Senate Committee on NJ lltnry AZ
fairs Is still nvestlSatlng the II ness, OF
Wood for the rank Of ma jor-g general, and
the extra SESSION will end Monday wi h
out any action be ne taken. At once the
officers Will have to- go back to- thar
old tank and pay
OF course. the President VII send the
nominations to heEsenate again. but this
docs not alter the fact that the Officers
promoted will have to so back to The
old rank t8
1t Is regarded as settled that the com-
m,ttee will report favoratly on tie nom.
lnat'on OF Wood 1t is said to-day that
all the Republican members OF the COM,
mittee VIII vote for n favorable /, erort,
and that Cockrell, Pett.s and Blackburn
ara for corfilmaton, IA,
There is doubt as to how Bate, OF Ten
nessee, the other Democratic mem or.
stands, but ltis thought he Is probably
opposed to confirmation,
WHERE HANNA STANDS.
Senator Hanna has not as yet IrtIrated;
whether he will f'sht the rouin OF.
whether there be a favorable repo,t or
not. It is said ty some OF 8 friends
that he Will hardly do so. however much
re would like TO, for the reason thai lis
would not risk defeat against sLca heavy
odds. t-s
So the outlook for the Doctor to be
confirmed In the rank OF nnajor-g eneral,
which Will make him the chief, OF saft
and virtual commander-n-c c.1 Of Of tho
army In loll. Is exceed ngly bright.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
AN AIVFU I'LL
EXPERIENCE, j
tstowaway ior ourteen DAYS in
the Hold ofa:the Rappa ahan
mock as il. 4 Sealed Tomb. 81
III A RI 2 TABLE CONDITION q D
Left :LiYeeEpool a Man Weighing
One Hundred and Forty and
Sc II Fell Away. to Sixty Pounds.
lspe c.al 10 The TImes.DIspatch.) )

Especial to The Tlmes-D DIspatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, Dec. 5.-When
tie ergo from the lower hold of1the
British steamship Rappanho mock was
terg discharged to-day. Robert Leslie.
an American. who slowed away on the
ship atLycrpool. was found In pitaLle
coalition. a living skeleton and almost
un1on;cious.
The young man went aboard the ship
at Liverpool. intend. ng TO throw himself
at the mercy OF Captain Buckingham
when the vessel had gotten to sea. He
crept into the hold to hide while the
cargo was beiIg loaded
AS IN a TOMB.
It was dark. and he could not see that
bcx after. box Of merchandise was being
placed around him. and before he real
izeds what had happened he w1s securely
sealed In the bottom OF the ship. What he
suffered physically and mentally can Ca
i'm giEed.
Two pounss Of bread he carried into
ths ship with him was half eaten up by
rats and the water was soon gone.
For ten days he tried TO attract the
attention OF those on board by shouting
at the TOP OF his voice, but no relief cana.
and he lay down tn die, despairlng Il
rescue,
IN HOLD TWO WEEKS. X,
For fourteen days he remained In the
hold and when he was finally rescued to-
day. he dill not know whether no was
de- or alive.
Wren he left liverpool he was hale.
hearty man. Weighing over 100 pounds:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
THE WHITE. HOUSE
BECOMING A 200
Especial to The Times. pispa,ch,,

4 WASHINGTON. Dec. 5,-The contri-
button to the executive mcnagerie yes.
terday was snake. This visitor was
not nor, welcome to the uniformed at
tendants of the Whia House than the
wildcat that prece 'el It. The reptile
had travelled from the swamps of Flor
( Ida. ana was of q variety known as the
glass snake. Tt, snake is alive, but
there Is Always impending orsr L the
possibility Of breakins into fragments OF
account of the brlttleress OF its tissue.
A sudden jar or Il sharp blow VIII snap
1t into pieces,
The snake was. bv tth Presidents tdi-
roctlon,, rent to the Zoo bu, when It was
yl,ftAd out az .ha .haN there ra-s' sd(sey-
sral good sized p.eces et It's anatomy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
STEPHEfe' nnEs: Z, i.
WHERE HEY ARE AT!
(speciel to The T mes.D;sp I h.l

fspeciel9 to The T mes. D;,sp,t hlf
i NEW 8 yC'RK. Dee. ; Ito q Ga. .es
A yer ,ia Fol c. Court, ErocklSn: TO-DAY,
orc FIe~-rrr t"pte"s WAS before re, NJ esis, Is!
t-eta Furlo-e to ey-lain Why be- had
led to obtoin 'icnn~e for, his dogs !:
l'''you--'' Honor, have no dog now."d.3'H-- do
clara@ Fyer--an. i.2+l n
why. this Inspector here says you
have ore ~
"we'l wr,t became Of them?" In
uulred tre court. j. -.a4 &, ..s,st n
wet. your uornr."
.what husirees are you n?.+r
l'.Me? Oh TRY In the snu age, busi-
ness ~ep'!ed Herman, twirl'rg his hat
erd shtrti-r f-o-, ore foot TO TIE other.
"D!snie sod" snid4the MAGISTRATE. start
Ing a s',''., which ran all around the
court room.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

AMERICAS BEST
Professor smytl1's Iden Of Poe's
Rhythmic Creation Of the
. Beautiful
Especial to The Times Dispatch,)

lg4.H (GpeCltl W w @l'AFs'A||opa hSthi rHha ~
+ PIIlLApELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 5,-Profes,
sor Albert IL. Smyth delivered last night
the f.t,h la.lure Of his course upon Amer.
lean Literature at the WI1insr LlDsAry.
He said lha. he had united The names
of Hawthorne and Poe because they
wore the chief literary artists Amer.cn
has produced, Hawthorne was the most
consummate master OF prose: Poe the
most subtle master Of the melodies of
Yert,,
The llfe of Edgar Allan Poe was re-
viewed, ana the numerous blunders--
many of them wiful-of HIS early bog.
rap.lers, were said to hive produced a
Poe mythology, His theory of poetry
was said to be nthe rhythmic creation Of
the belutiful.' Poe was convinced tla2
tho yagueress OF .sxaltatlon excited by a
sweet Air, which should be indefinite and
not too strongly suggestive, was pre-
,cisely what We should aim at IN poetry,
His own poetry was In accord with this
definition, TIE .t>cturer re ID In illustre,
tion ',Tres Haunted Palace" and THE
City lathe Sea-" ,'ts Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
CIT @TsRE.ATsItNt6

a Berwick last Tuesday, It was thought
that he had teen burned to death.
/ Tho re-11aIrs were shipped here' and a
Startling discovery has been made, -whtchl
points to murder. TIE, BODY Wr"n 60
ceived here was without arms; legs or
head, and a search made In the ruins OF
the rn"sc has revealed no trace orS,these as'
members.
Kisner lived alone. hermit In tie
house wrcN hu-roi. ard It was su,posed
sttat he had wealth s.creted It Is, now
/. te,lev,l no WIS -1u-do o-ed for lis = IN ~.
sand that, TIE criminal chop-red of the
head. legs and arms and buried them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
WOMAN AND ptPp
POTH GO SLIDING.

fsrcc',, to The Times D!s3atrh,,
CUMBERLAND. MD. Dec. 5.-Mrs.
william Klddy, OF Midland. this county.
.l.nc a thrilling slide for life this mcr7-
:ng Sire was In the barn on the hill
side and tad just finished milking when
the barn. loosened by frost. stared from
Its moor!Egs. went 5Co feet down TIE
steep track Of snow and settled, Fight
side ur, on the level, ,,
1t swayed In the lightning descent fut
the woman clung fr1ntically to a post
While the tlmfers twisted and groaned
atont FER With the otler hand size
ciutched her pail. and none Of the milk
was sr Tiled. :
Wren the building settled the terrified
woman. unharned emerged with the
bucket Of milk. leading tie COW.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
INVENTOR OF THE TROLLEY
DIES II. CHICAGO
(By A ssociated Press.l

CHICAGO Dec. 5.-Albert H, Honey,
rh,co ~ f,-v.rto- Of IT., u"dersrnund troll
lev ts dead from n stroke OF paralysis.
He was an, od,tine telegraph operator
ana uns ore OF the three operators first
an, nlovad Nv the Ass-c'n'.>' Press IN Chi
carn.S ater he entered into the employ
ofs ire Union P,cfc Ra'l~ood Company
,rd rt'erward surertntended IRE con-
s.r,iction OF the l'rsrs tor me Nortnern =,
pa ciric from Bismarck to the Pacific
coast. +
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
LIVE NEWS OF The DAY PLAINLY PUI.

now. hr lies at the hosri'al wreck. hard
Is VIZ Z; slng sixty pounds.
b TIE physicians fear that they Will not
he nble to savelthe unfortunate life. hu'
the fact that he went through with the
horrible o-ueal and came out alive, shows,
RI lilo vitality and It Is hoped that
I he will pull thrnuEh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
A 6 CHASTITY CRIME
is NOW SUSPECTED

(s.ec,ol to Tire .'.nes- Dspateh.2
WitKEsRARRE, PA. pac. 5,-When
trs charraA body Of siluelt 3, klsner
's was FOUND In. the ruins os ,, burned house
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
NOTICE OF MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brownsville and
Gulf Railway Company will be
held at the office of the company,
Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday,
the 18th day of September, 1903,
at 10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose
of electing directors, and the trans
action of such other business as
may be brought before the meet
ing.
The transfer books of the COM
pany will be closed at 3 o'clock p.
m, on the 10Th day of September
1903, and will remain closed until
three days after the final adjourn
ment of the meeting.
The regular annual meeting of
the board of directors will be held
at the same place and on the same
date.
E. J. PUG, Secretary.
Brownsville, Tex, Aug II, 1908.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
The State Of Texas.

To THE SHERIFF OR ANY Cons
TABLE OF CAMERON COUNTY, GREET
ING:-August Thorsell, Guardian OF
the persons and of the estate of F..
B. Garriga ct. ais. minors having
fled in our county court his final
account of the estate of said minors
together with an application TO be
discharged from said guardianship,
YOU are hereby commanded. that
by publication OF this writ for
twenty days in the BROWNSVILLE
DAILY HERALD, newspaper
regularly published in the county
of Cameron, you give due notice to
all persons interested in the ac-
count for final settlement of said
estate, to file their objections there
to, if any they have, on or before
the September term, 1903, of said
county court, commencing and to
be holden at the court house of said
county, in Brownsville on the Dist.
of September, 1908, when said ac-
count and application will be con-
sidered by said court.
Witness my hand and seal of Of
fee. at Brownsville this 29th. day
of August 1903.
JOSEPH WEBB, Clerk,
County Court Cameron County,
Texas.
By NJ. J. VALDEZ, Deputy.
A hereby certify the above to be
true copy.
CELEDoNIo CARA, Sheriff Cam
eron County, Texas.
By DoRoTEo VARGAS, Deputy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
1908

repair for the reception of pupils.
1t will open its fall session within
a few days.
Tormine Norris, son of Tom Nor
ris, will leave tomorrow for Portland,
where he will take a course of in
struction at the Bay View college,
at that place. Mrs. Kennedy and
daughter, formerly of this place,
but now residing in Laredo, are on
a visit to their old home.
Dr. A. NJ. Healley has gone to
San Ygnacio to look after the
interest of the McCabe estate.
Miss Mamie, daughter of John
E. Mix, is seriously i'll.
Francisco Laborde has his new
store and residence completed. The
structure is of latest architectural
design and is a valuable acequisi-
ton to the appearance of the town.
NJ.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
Rushing The Work.
Work on Lofts Railroad is Being
Pushed Rapidly by Contractors.

Corpus Christi Sun:
Tuesday about y o'clock, u cars
arrived on the Arkansas Pass with q
railroad working outfit belonging
to ]. NJ. Mulligan. There were 80
head of stock, mules and horses
and equivalent in wagons and
scrapers. This is but a small in
dication of the amount of work the
railroad will occasion.
There are now 152 teams of horses
and mules at work on the Lott
road, and more are expected daily.
With such a force, it will not re-
quire much time to complete the
grading over the level country the
survey runs.
The first barge load of ties is now
en- route from Orange, and is ex-
pected here tomorrow, or next day.
The way they are rushing things
there appears little doubt about the
roads being completed within the
specified time.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
Rio Grande News.


Rio Grande, Texas, Sept. 2 1903.
To BROWNSVILLE HERALD.-Think-
ing perhaps that an occasional
letter from Starr county might be ac-
acceptable to your readersI the fol-
lowing may be of some interest. The
crops have been satisfactory and
the evidence of it, is in the indepen-
dence of many laborers, who are
enjoying the fruits of their labor,
by taking a rest when approached
and solicited to do certain work. The
solicitor is surprised to find he will
have to pay at least fifty per cent
more, before proposition to work
will be considered. Roasting ears
watermelons and other luxuries are
not incentives to life of activity
and extra inducements have to be
offered, before a move is made.
These life savers are supplied in
abundant quantities, and there
will be little work done while the
supply lasts.
A new industry has been inaugu-
rated here. The former drawn
work industry has been relegated
to the shades of oblivion, and one
can see as he strolls through the
town a number of women working
at small looms for the manufacture
OF torchonlace. The machine costs
five dollars and the product is sold
at stated prices to the manufacturers
of the loom.
Two companies of infantry came
in this morning from Hebbronville.
The men had fatigued appearance,
and as they had not received their
pay for three months, were not
loaded down with a surplus of
funds.
John Closner arrived here yester-
day, accompanied by his sister-in-
law, Miss Alice Dougherty and his
daughter, Miss Mamie. They left
on the stage en- route for New York.
Miss Alice to visit relatives, and
his daughter to attend the celebrat-
ed Convent of ST. Vincent on the
Hudson, said to be one of the best
institutions of learning in the
United States. Mr.. Closner stated
his sugar crop would -gsoon be on
the market for sale, and that its
quality would compare with any
produced in the South. He pro-
ceeded homeward Immediately after
the departure of the stage.
Assistant I. S. Marshal Bates.
has been doing some good work in
his line and will make a good
showing at the next session of the
L. s. district court.
The Hon. F. ", seabury will
leave in few days for Austin.
where it is expected he will make
his mark in looking after the inter
ests of the lower Rio Grande.
The school house, which has been
for several years in dilapidated
condition, has been thoroughly
renovated and put in complete
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
FIRST TIES FOR LOFTS ROAD

Corpus Christi, Texas, September
2.-The first bargeload of ties from
the Kirby Lumber company for the
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
road will arrive here tomorrow
from Orange and be Immediately
transported by rail to Robsville,
where tracklaying will follow the
grading now in progress.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07

AMERICAN RESTAURANT.-l have
opened the American restaurant on
18th. Street opposite First National
Bank. First class American cooked
meals, everything clean and agree
able, % cents U. S. cy. Board by
month SIS. VIM. FORSTER.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-07
Time Table.
Rio Grand Railroad.

On and after June 18th, 1903,
regular passenger trains will
run as follows:
Leaves Brownsville daily at 5 p N
Arrive Point Isabel " "6:15 pm
Leaves 90 3" Z a 10
Arrive Brownsville - S:l5 ID
Excursions Saturday good till Mon
day morning. First class $1.0O, second
class so cents, third class % cents. Mex.
lean money. Special trains for $50 90,
United States currency.
Jose Celaya.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-18
NOT ALL HEROES.

The preacher who told a reporter
that he drove away from Heppner with
Mr.. Ayers team just as the wall of
water came rushing upon the Inflated
town and that he did not turn back.
knowing that he could do no good.
must be a queer sort of a man. One
would think that by going back he
might have saved some of the drown
ing people or given aid and comfort
to the grief-stricken survivors. Pos
sibly he might have rendered aid to
the Ayers family whose team he was
driving off while they were carried
away on the roof of their house in the
food. There were some heroes at
Heppner on that fatal Sunday eve
ming, but the preacher does not seem
TO have been one Of them. In his Gag
erness to save his own precious life
he forget the scriptural exclamation.
What greater love can one man have
for another than this, that he will
give his own life TO save the life of
his friend ."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-18
THE SOUTH FOR THE NEGRO.

Booker T. Washington, it is report
ed, is decidedly opposed to the move
ment to bring negroes north and east
in large numbers. Rev J. Henry
Duckrey. pastor of the Mt OIivet
church in Cambridge. Mass, expects
to induce the migration of half
million negroes from the south to
Boston and its suburbs. the first party
of some 800 to go during this month.
Rev Richard Carroll. manager of
the South Carolina Industrial Home
at Columbia, S. c.. and formerly
chaplain of the Tenth United States
volunteer infantry. who lately met
Rev. Mr. Duckrey and carefully con-
sidered the proposed plans, goes back
home prepared TO use his influence
much as is possible. He says:
Il know of no scheme which would
be so injurious to the negroes. 1t
there; it would be detrimental to
here; it would be detrimental to
those who would come. Race preju-
dice is growing in the north because
Of the large influx of unskilled and un
employed southern laborers. There
can be no objection to scattering the
negro through the north. but any
scheme to bring any number to one
place would be bad. | believe that
for the present the south is the best
country for the negro. | know Of no
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-18
WEATHER..

Tonight and Friday fair; warmer
Friday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-18

a clique of officials who were using
their official positions for personal
profit by levying blackmail upon all
contractors for supplies.
Second-That this clique was sup
ported and maintained in it's thieving
operations by men powerful in the ma
tional republican organization, by at
least one United States senator, sever
al members of congress and by proml
nent republican leaders in various
parts of the United States.
Third-That responsible heads OF
departments in the postal service were
cognizant of the evils which are now
being exposed and that they tolerated
them at the direct instance of promi
nent republican leaders.
Fourth-That the clique of dishon
est officials. some of whom have been
removed, and Others who will surely
follow. paid for their protection by
expending for the benefit of their
protectors many millions of dollars.
Fifth-That the rural free delivery
system has been maintained mainly
for the purpose of providing patron
age for republican leaders, there being
on the rolls of that bureau the names
Of 1920 men who receive 5000 a
year each from public funds for per
forming a class of unskilled labor.
The possibilities of vast political
power and graft" in the rural free
delivery. in view Of what has already
been disclosed, may be Judged by the
appropriations for this branch of the
postal service. In 1897 the amount
was $4,000: 1898 500. 600; 1899. $3.50
000: 1900. $4,000; 1901. $4,000; 1902
s3.999.140: 1903. $7000.000. with a
deficiency appropriation of $500 900
added: 1904. $4,000 600. The esti-
mated cost Of the service when it is
completed as now planned will be
$4,000 600 a year
Sixth-That while the erection of
this bureau found its inspiration in
the demand of farmers for increased
mail facilities, it was later transferred
into a compact and perfectly organ
lied factional machine representing
nearly 100 900 votes and was intended
TO be used as a club by the members
of the national republican committee
and their aides. who were secretly
working against President Roosevelt