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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31

seconds ahead of it, gain in
actual time of eleven minutes and
twenty-nine seconds, and down the
wind Reliance steadily increased
her head. The low, wet clouds shut
out the sky and mist wreaths on
the sea made everything look ghaSt-
" and indistinct. The dark water
of the ocean was as smooth as a
floor and light breeze of about
four knots blew out of the south
west. The course was aid fifteen
miles dead into the wind and re-
turn.
At the end of the first hour
Shamrock was beaten and the in
terest waned.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

TIE HERALD hereby announces that
James T. Denton is now connected with
the paper in the capacity of associate
EDITOR and business manager, and Is
authorized TO collect and receipt bills or
transact any other business in cOnnec-
fion with either the paper or the job
department. Any attention or fayors
shown TO Mr.. Denton viii be appreciat-
sd BIZ the proprietor of THE HERALD.
JESSE o. WHEELER,
Editor and Proprietor
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31

SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of The New
York, Texas and Mexican Railway Com
pany has been called to convene at the
general Office of said company in the
city of Victoria, Texas, at four o'clock p.
N. on the 22nd day of October, 1908, for
the purpose of authorizing the making,
execution and delivery of a first mort
gage upon the railways of said company
heretofore constructed as branches to
its main line of railway, and such lines
of railway as said company shall here
after construct as branches to or extern
sions of its existing lines, with their
franchises and appurtenances, or upon
such portions of said railways con-
stlucted and to be constructed as the
stockholders at said meeting shall deter
mine; to secure the payment of bonds
of said company to an amount not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate the principal
sum OF twenty thousand (S2O, UOO 90
dollars per mile for each mile of such
railway and extensions mCrtgaged there
by, which has been or shall be con-
structed ready for operation, payable at
time not exceeding thirty years from
the date thereof, and bearing interest at
a rate not exceeding five per centum per
annum, payable semi-annually; to be
issued for the purpose of constructing,
completing, improving and operating
the said railways and such; extensions,
with their franchises and appurtenances;
and to repeal and rescind the resolution
adopted by the stockholders of said
company on The Goth day of November,
1900.
By order of the Board of Directors
entered at its meeti-.s; of date August
ID, 1903.
~ B. NJ SMITH,
.(SFAT1 Secretary of The Now
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31

The Schulenburg Sun says that
when a girl pins a flower on a
mans coat she always tits her chin
mp and looks at it sideways; and the
man who doesn't tumble is too slow
to get run over by a hearse.-Bra-
EOS Pilot.
Tumble, is it, Give us a chance
and we'll sprawl.-Orange Trib-
me.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31

The Sahara has one Protestant
missionary to 100000 Moham-
medans.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-08-31

1t has come to pass tina people
are not awed by mar merely
because be has safe in BIS Office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
JUST TWO CHANGES
They Are Enough to Start With,
Says w. L. Harris, in Char
ter Revision.
They Should Be Separate City Elec-
tions and Civil service-Mr.
Harris Plan.

w. l.. Harris, a member of the charter
commission, is heartily In favor of the
plan Of the public affairs committee of
the Commercial Club to submit to the
people at a special election the present
charter with proper amendments. In the
Judgment of Mr. Harris, these amend
ments should provide but two changes
separate city elections and complete
civil, service system. The difficulty with
the two charters which were defeated
was that they were too comprehensive.
So many new features were introduced in
these omnibus charters, each exciting OPP
position, that the entire charter failed,
Mr.. Harris believes the public affairs
committee and other bodies interested in
the submission Of a charter to the people
should meanwhile stand by the present
laws and see that they are properly eX-
ecuted. Then the city should take advan-
tage Of tie enabling act passed by the
legislature and adopt It's own charter as
ST. Paul and Duluth have done. After a
Charter Is once adopted the home rule law
will apply and more perfect charter
Aaay be evolved by occasional timely adj
editions. This plan is believed to be bet
ter than the present way of getting patch
work changes made by the legislature.
Suppose the council should frame a
civil service law said Mr. Harris, '"the
next council may change it, which would
rob it of all stability. This applies flso
to a dozen other amendments which might
be voted"
With this idea in view Mr.. Harris be-
lieves it would be much better to let the
people at a special election adopt the
principle involved, also a definite, dis
tinct and we'll defined civil service sec
ton. Sudden changes would then no
longer be possible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
OUTRAGE ON RANGE
William Minach Fatally Shot by
Raiders and His Flock of
Sheep Dynamited.
Old Strife Over Division of the
Range Between Cattle and
Sheep Men.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. Ana sked raid
ers used dynamite with telling effect
among the f1ocks Of William Minach, q
wealthy sheepman. who ranged his hocks
on the western slope of Big Pine noun
tains, about forty miles from Thermopolis.
band of twenty-five mounted and
heavily armed men appeared at Minachs
camp, shot Minach through the lungs,
dyhamited his camp wagons and outfit,
stalked his horses and dynamited 300
sheep in the corrals The raiders, who
! are supposed to be small cattle men of
| that section, then scattered among the
| hills.
| Minach's herder, who fed at the ap-
proach Of the masked party, returned and
carried the dying man to a neighboring
camp and then came to Thermopolis for
assistance.
| Sheriff Slough accompanied by g. ply
stefan, left at once for the scene, but it
| is doubtful if any of the raiders are ap-
pretended. The shooting is the result OF
strife over a division of the range. Both
sides are determined and further blood
shed is feared.
| Sheepmen Ready for an Attack.
One hundred sheepmen have organized
i and armed themselves and are now await
| ing an attack from the cattlemen in the
| southern Big Horn country. The fight
| may be postponed, but cannot be avoided,
! as both classes of stockmen claim a1prior
right to the range.
Cattle and sheep cannot Craze on the
same range Minach, the sheepman who
was shot last night, will die The sheep
raiders came from the Black Mountain
| district.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
SCHOOL BOARD VISITS
Crowded Buildings Inspected With
Reference to Plans for Additions
and New Buildings.

A party Of school board members and
officials made a tour of inspection of
vrowded schools to-day with view of
determining where the need for relief is
greatest. Those in the party were Messrs.
F. G.. Mcmillan, Robert. Pratt, NJ F. Haw-
ley and c. J. Bintliff of the board; Su-
perintendent C. M. Jordan; w. H. Adams,
foreman of buildings; E. S. Stebbins, ar
chitect Of the board, and H. B. March
bank, clerk Of the board. The inspection
was restricted to the western and south
ern schools as conditions in the north
section are well known to all of the board
members
The Laurel school on Laurel and Lyn-
dale avenues, was first visited. It is gen
orally agreed that the only solution of
the problem Of this vicinity is new
building, as the board does not own the
property now being, used. The three
schools between Hennepin and Nicollet,
beyond Franklin avenue, were visited to
ascertain whether an addition or new
school will be required.
There is sufficient land at each Of the
present schools the Whittier, the Lyn-
dale and the Calhoun, to admit of an ex-
tensive addition, and it is probable that
an addition to one of them rather than
a new building will relieve the congestion
in this territory. An advantageous ar
rangement for heating and managing the
enlarged DullQlng as We'll as the appear
ance will be the chief factors in deter
mining the location Of the addition.
The situation in the south territory
seems to call loudly for a new building,
for the existing buildings do not lend
themselves we'll to convenient and salts
factory additions, but no decision has
been reached either in this or the other
cases. Visits were made to the Jackson
Monroe and Adams schools where theregis
the greatest overcrowding.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
MARRIED HIS NURSE
Pretty Little Romance of Arson A.
Pierce, a Lumberman of
Rhinelander, Wis.
He, of Course, Has Much Wealth
and the Bride Is Sweet and
Charming.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Feb. Am acquaintance
which began in Denver hospital a year
ago led to the marriage in Chicago, yes
terday of Arson A. Pierce, a wealthy
'Rhinelander, Wis, lumberman and Miss
Clara Severson of Cincinnati Their first
meeting was when Mr.. Pierce who was in
Denver on pleasure trip, became i'll with
typhoid fever. Miss Severson, a trained
nurse, was his attendant.
When Mr.. Pierce recovered his health
he returned to Rhinelander and Miss Sew
erson went back to Cincinnati, where she
made her home with a sister, teacher in
the Cincinnati schools. They lived quiet
ly In the Lane seminary grounds on Wal
nut hill, and it was some time before Miss
Severson confessed that she had fallen in
love with her patient but had no hope OF
meeting him again.
Two months after her return to Cincin-
natl Miss Severson received a letter from
Mr.. Pierce and then followed a regular
correspondence. Finally Miss Seversor
returned to Denver to resume her duties
in the hospital, and about that time Mr.
Pierce told his business associates thai
he had important business that called him
to the Color ado capital.
When Mr.. Pierce returned he did no,
announce he was engaged to Miss Sew.
erson, but such was the case, as they hac
made arrangements to- meet in Chicago
and be married quietly. m zeay,5iie -.,: :,
Last Sunday Mr.. Pierce arrived in Chi
cago, and a few hours later he hurried
to a, train to meet his fiancee. Together
they went to the home of Miss Severson'
sister in Oak Park and explained thei
plans.
After the ceremony had been performed
Mr.. Pierce returned to the Grand Pacff,
hotel, and later he was joined by hi
bride. who left with him on an evenint
train for Rhinelander. -'' -.
Mr.. Pierce, who is 43 years. old, is vel
known in lumber circles in Wisconsin
His bride is q years old.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
ENTRY INTO SALTWATER
Company Supposed to Be. the Twin
City Renews Its Efforts in
the Council.
Special to The Journal.
Cft11r,of1~ NTi~~

Special to The Journal.
Saltwater, Mimi, Feb. 4.--Whe nthe
city council met last evening, J.. N.
Searles appeared for the Consolidated
Telegraph and Telephone company, sup
posed to be the Twin City company, with
two ordinances, one granting the COM
pany a right to set poles and string wires
on all streets in Saltwater, and the other
to build on Main and Water streets only,
connecting the Atwood A and Atwood B
mills Accompanying the ordinances was
petition, signed by about $50 taxpay-
ers, requesting favorable action.
The first ordinance is not favored by
the council apparently. The second was
referred to the committee of the whole
which will meet on Friday evening. A
letter from the general manager of the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange COM
pany to the Atwood was read in which
the company offered to give him the use
OF two wires between his mills and to
run line to his Willow River plant, all
free Of cost to him. Mr.. Atwood, who at
tended the meeting, said he could not &C
cept the proposition. for before it's receipt
other interests had become involved in
the movement for the new system.
! A committee of the council reported IA
vorably on the proposition to place three
more fire alarm boxes in the neighborhood
of the Northwest Thresher company S
plant, the company to bear one-half the
| expense. 49,.
The directors of the Saltwater Manu-
featuring company have elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, L. Sargent;
vice president, Robert Seibert; secretary
and treasurer, Thomas H. Curley.
| Professor Rodenkircken Of ST. Paul has
| been, engaged by the state board of con-
troll to organize a band and orchestra o.
convicts at the prison.. He arrived IL
saltwater last night. Instruments will bt
purchased at once and in a few month:
the prison will have first -class band.
! William Sauntry has appealed to the
supreme court in an action with Crane &
Ordway Of st. Paul involving but SAT
for galvanized pipe. MIR. Sauntry wor
a Judgment by default, but on applica-
ton the case was re-opened It is from
this order of the court that he appeals.
! Sheriff Ostrom served the papers II
the case of Lynch against the Foley-Bea1
Lumber company of Milaca, in which the
plaintiff demands damages of $1,000 TO
overlooking his property on Rum river.
The Atwood bowling team won three
games from the Bon Amis last night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
MOVING THE BEARD
Farmers Think It Too Much of a
Pointer for City
sharpers.
A Bridge Square Barber Says the
Rural Whisker Is Pass r
ing On. "

The honest farmer is cultivatng masks
and mystery. He is Disgusting himself
behind a hairless chin and beardless neck.
He is beating the confidence men at their
own tricks. This reformation is said to
have been started in eastern states by
members of the National Grange society.
The movement has spread to Minnesota.
r. J. Cook head barber at A. r. Swan
sons barber shop, Bridge square, ad-
mitted this morning. that the Hennepin
county winds are losing half their music.
YES" said Mr.. Cook, 'our customers
from the country are beginning to change
their faces. It's hard to recognize our
old friends from Hutchinson and Osseo.
Because they're cutting off their ribbons
and their. billy goats and the funny thing
about it is that they're doing it in self
protection. They've got the idea-and it's
more than half true--that a farmer with
Old-fashioned whiskeFs looks a, heap sight
greener than he really is. He's likely to be
imposed upon at a good many stores, and
he carries a regular come along notice
for the CON men. If one of the smooth
gents has his mind made up to find nice
little lock that's hard to work, or. if he
intends to cash a check and release some
goods at the express office, or If he thinks
Of selling for $40 a solid gold watch worth
| $50 so he can get back home to mis- sick
Wife-why then he always keeps an eye
out for. the next man with little bunch
| of whiskers on his chin If the same
man has a cloth cap and a rugh fur over
coat the chance of cashing that check or
selling that watch are considerably i'm
proved. At least, that's what the sharper
thinks. But sometimes he makes big
mistake. Everybody with fur on his face
and whiskers on his coat isn't farmer,
and every farmer isn't easy nowadays,
by any means. s. -
'The' farmers, though, are tired Of being
marks for sgrafters' And some Of the
| farmers associations have got the bunch
| that whiskers have become a sort of union
| label for the class that keep the rest OF
US Americans alive. The farmers have
been quick to see the point. They areEthe
most independent citizens In the country
and they won't wear any uniform if they
know it. That's what one was telling me
the other day. Fur coats and caps, sup
pose, are necessary for long rides in cold
weather and a good many people in town
wear the same things. But whiskers3 are
not needed by anybody in good health
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
SEQUEL OF A YARN
Romance Of a Dreamer Worked Out
Into a Clever swindle by
New Yorker.
Chance at $4,000 and Temporary
Matrimony Proves an Attrac-
tive Bait to Many.

That particular brand of truth which is
stranger than fiction" bobbed up serene
ly again in a New York police court last
week, when William G. Furlong, broker
with handsome offices on Wall street, was
arrested for swindling. Among Furlong's
victims were several Minneapolis men
but, as each customer only lost 81, it is
more than probable that they got their
moneys worth in experience.
The game was cleverly devised and it
worked we'll. Furlongt advertised in vari-
GUS papers for a gentleman who would
be willing to marry a lady whom he had
never seen and who would agree to Sc
cure a divorce as soon as possible after
wards, all for a consideration of $2O, 900.
The advertisement was as follows:
Lady to settle estate legally must marry be-
fore June Her trustees take this method of
finding suitable husband on whom they will
settle $4,000 without restriction the day of
marriage; eligible gentlemen, respectable, re-
quested. Write for particulars. tSigned)
Trustees.
Returns were prompt and highly graft
flying to Furlong. The police say he got
5000 answers. When a reply arrived a
letter was sent to the correspondent in
forming him that for 81 a photograph OF
| the young lady would be sent him. In
most cases the 81 was forthcoming; and
the picture was at once forwarded ac-
cording to agreement, but there the mat
ter ended. 2
Mr.. Furlong got the idea for his
scheme from short story published in
the December number of "Tales From
Town Topics under the title of .'Hel
Rubicon,',' and written under the sigma
ture of J. Benedict Cunningham In the
magazine story the heroine was left a
fortune under condition that she persuade
some strange man to kiss her twice with
in stipulated time. She attempted to
hire a young man to do the trick but only
succeeded in making him believe her a
practical joker determined to have some
fun at his expense. Finally friend ar
ranged matters and. in the last, the young
lady who was kissed married the man
pho kissed her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
35 tn st.
"A PIONEER GONE
TaIImadse EIweI, Pioneer Resident and
Father of Wel-known Business
Men, Passes Away.

Men, Passes Away.
Tallmadge Elwell, aged Is, died day
at the home of his son, George H. ElWell
903 Seventh street Sc. Mr.. Elwen was
one of Minneapolis pioneers, having come
here in 1852, and has always taken a keen
interest in the growth Of the city. He
was born in New York state and lived in
Wisconsin for a few years before coming
here. He married Margaret M. Miller in
1854. Mrs. ElWen died eight years ago.
He leaves eight children-four sons and
four daughters-siN of wnom live here.
These are James T., George H., John F.
} and Rev. T. Robert Elwell, Mrs. Charles
II. Richard and Mrs. Theodore Spaulding.
The, other daughters are Mrs. Professor
Frost of Wisconsin university, Madison,
Wis, and Mrs. DR.. Noyes of Terre Haute,
Ind ...... ~, 81 .....
The funeral will be held at Como Ave
nue Congregational church Friday at.
D. m. unless otherwise announced.
THOMAS e. LEWIS-The funeral SER
vices of Thomas e. Lewis, who died yes
terday afternoon at his home at PIP Har.
riet avenue S, will be held from the Lyn.
dale Congregational church at $3.50 O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon. Rev. c. E. Burton
pastor of the church. will be in charge.
Mr.. Lewis died of injuries received {
few days before in a fall from a scaffold
He was born in Indiana in 1882 and moved
to Wisconsin in the early COS and to Da
kota territory in 1888, locating in Aber
deem and residing there until he came tt
Minneapolis with his son, W. W. Lewis
a travelling man, four years ago. He hat
been a. carpenter and contractor for man,
years.
The survivors Of his family are his age(
wife and his SON.. He was a member O
the Lyndale Congregational church. A
Aberdeen he was prominent in church ant
fraternal organizations and left a larg,
circle Of friends. T
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
WINS JOURNAL PRIZE
Miss Marie Johnson Declared Vale.
dictorian of South HIGH 'O3.

The gradings of the graduating class of
the South Side high school were COM
pleted to-day and the honor list an
nounced The. valedictorian and ] u r.
n ! prize winner is Miss Marie johnson
with an average of 1888 and the saluta-
torian3 Miss Rose Schussler with. an aVt-
erage Of 9519. The remainder of the list
OF honor pupifs.and their grades follow:
Jennie Lindquist, 94::23;. Blanche Scallen. e4.15
ANNA Dahl, 93.77; Ella Long, 93.44; Clara Friel
heinz 81: go; Mildreth Iaggard, % SO; Nels vi
9l6s; Celia Tannar 60 So Ernest Slower, 90. 81
Rose Weisman, 90.12.
Miss Johnson will be graduated in the
Latin course and Miss Schussler in { the
literary course.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
MAY PLAY YALE
The Minnesota Basketball Team
as High Ambitions.

The University basket ball team will
leave for Duluth Tomorrow to meet the
Duluth and West Superior teams. They
will later meet Wisconsin, Nebraska and
Iowa, in the regular intercollegiate sched-
ule. If Minnesota succeeds in defeating
these teams, a game has been arranged
with Yale to be played in Chicago, pro-
viding Yale wins the eastern champion
ship.
Minnesota has been in correspondence
with several of the eastern colleges that
are in the championship race but Yale
was the only one that would promise
game TIC decide the championship of the
United tSates. Minnesota defeated Yale
at the university armory last year but
as the eastern team still claimed the hon
ors, it was decided that a game should
be played on neutral grounds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
COMPLETING COMBINE
Finishing Touches on Steamship
Merger Being Made.

F. c. Brown and j. A. Wright, two lead
ing officers of the International Mercantile
Marine company, the Morgan combine Of
steamship companies, were in the city to-
day looking over the agencies acquired in
the purchase of the several steamship
companies. The three principal inland
cities have now been inspected and placed
o ma combination basis, that is Chicago,
ST. Louis and Minneapolis.
The steamship companies Interested are
the Atlantic Transport, the White Star,
the Red Star, the Holalnd-A American, the
American, the Dominion and the Ley
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