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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
The r. R. Committees Meet

The members of the two railroad
bonus committees held Il meeting at
the club room yesterday afternoon
at four o'clock to consider the letter
received from Mr.. Lott regarding
his railroad proposition. THE HER
AID learns that it was decided to
send a reply to Mr.. Lott and the
secretary, Judge E. c. Forto, was
instructed to write it. So far as
learned, it appears that this reply
will set forth an objection on the
part of several OF our leading mer-
chants to the clause in the proposed
railroad charter providing for a
branch railroad to Hidalgo. \ copy
of the letter could not be obtained
today, as Judge Forto had not yet
submitted it to the members OF the
committee up to two o'clock. He
will, however, acquaint the editor
with its contents as soon as it is
approved by the committee.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
LAS RUSIAS ITEMS.
Death of Don Estevan Gloria--Crop
and Weather Report.

To THE HERALD.
Las Rusias, Cameron Co, Texas,
Feb. 25.-Rain, rainl rainl The
more rain, the more rest, as the
darkies used to say. The rains
have been a great setback for farm
ing, but the benefit may prove more
valuable than the setback is hurt
full.
Much of the early planted corn
and beans were killed by the frost
of the 18th. inst. Fortunately the
cotton had not come up.
The rains have kept the range in
fine condition and there has been
no loss in cattle.
Cut worms have destroyed much
corn in the black lands.
DIED, last Friday, Sr. Estevan
Gloria, prominent citizen of this
ranch. He had been for many
years engaged in merchandising
but two years ago he became
.paralyzed and remained an invalid
until his death.
UNKNOWN.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
ABOUT TOWN.

Call on Layton & Haley for a
good Cigar
4 Lenten quiet has settled down
upon our little town
The beautiful sunshine was truly
relcome this morning.
\. Nordmann is very busy. tun-
ang and repairing pianos.
WANrED-To buy a light shotgun.
Apply at HERALD ofice-1wk.
Service is held at the Catholic
church every afternoon during
lent.
Services will be held in the Epis-
seopalh Church tomorrow afternoon at
Eialf past four o'clock.
Fresh vegetables, such as cabbage,
>eaulifIower, onions, beets, etc, etc,
an sale daily at Layton & Haley's.
For the first time in Goodness
knows how long, a sunshiny day
mas been vouchsafed US, and quite
a warm one, too.
The Alice stage which was due
last night did not arrive until nine
ahis morning, owing to the very
g5ad condition of the roads.
NoTICE.-We are now prepared to
deliver wood by the cord at any
mlace in town, at one days notice.
CELEsTIN JACOB Sons.
The Kings Daughters will meet
at the residence of Mrs. E. H
Goodrich on Saturday, Feb. IS, at !
a. M, instead of on Friday as
previously announced.
Railway Stock.-For sale One
Hundred (1OO) Shares OF the Rio
Grande Railway, value OF 800 each
Cor $50 per share For particular:
call at THE HERALD office
II. c. bennett has received a full
line of samples OF spring and sum
ruer suitings from Wanamaker q
Brown, thegreat clothing firm. Cal
early and order your suits.
THE HERALD was mistaken as Il
he railroad committees being lost
They are not lost. but held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon and decided
20 send a reply to Col. Lofts ulti
-matum
The band was over from Mata
fnlors today, advertising the perfor
finance Of the Solorzano troupe il
tlhat city tonight. ''Maria Giovanni
.o- the Two Mothers" is the piece
(which will be presented.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
Kauffnan's
Built Order Garments
III

Are cut to individual measures
and constructed by expert tailors.
Suits from $14 to $50. Kaufman
has a representative in this town
who will he pleased to show you
nearly 400 new and handsome
fabrics. 1t viii pay you TO see
f. DEL VALE, at
Forto's Office, Local Representative
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE

One was pale and sallOw and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the
difference? She who is blushing
with health uses DR.. Kings New
Life Pills to maintain it. By gently
arousing the lazy organs they COM
pei good digestion and bead off con-
stipation. Try them. Only 25c, at
J. L. Putegnat & Bro, Druggists.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
For Sale.

One elegant roller top desk and
desk chair, $50, U. S. currency.
One nice sofa, $40 currency.
Apply at this office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
WANDERING WHIm- WRAMS.


EDITOR HERALD:-You viii see
by the heading that l am a rover.
Owing to the exigencies of the pub
lie service chem, isn't that fne?) 1
came down here. In palmer Eng
lish, the chairman of the Teachers
Institute wrote me that my attend
ance would prevent the Institute
from being a farce. He didn't use
those words, but his letter implied
them. The appeal to nv vanity was
too great, and 1 came.
We had a disagreeable trip. 1t
was cold, blustery, and drilling all
the way. We were quite a party
one less than dozen.
I shan't say whether the Insti-
tute was a success. Modesty forbids.
As the weather was too cold, but
few teachers attended. There were
Miss Ernestina Vela, Miss Elodia
Lewis, Miss Mamie Mix and Miss
Woods. Then there was our chair
man, our young, popular and ro-
mito district clerk, VIM. Lewis
(familiarly known by all as "Billy"D
James Livingston, VIM H. Hale,
and Mr.. okidmore, but his appear
ance was a feeting one.
We went through the routine
business and then had a desultory
school, but little was done. On Sat
urday our county judge gave US
little lecture on the duties of a
county superintendent and urged
Us to take more pains with our in
stitutes. After some remarks by the
chairman, we proceeded to business,
but As there were no set essays or
topics, there Is no need to bother
you with our work.
There is a streak of cruelty in
human nature, but l thought wo-
man was exempt. l am now afraid
that | was wrong. There was an
! examination of teachers at the court
house, and one of the members of
the Institute, of the softer sex, pro-
posed that we 60 up and look on
Alas how shocking to see such
cruelty in woman, lovely womanl
I didn't 90. knew how people feel
in an examen, and l wasn't going
to countenance such inhumanity.
Friday evening there was an ac-
cident that lacked little of being
serious Our popular county attor-
ney, Knox Jones, went to examine
the generator of his acetylene ma
chinc-with lamp. There was an
outburst of flame, which singed
away eyebrows, eyelashes, must
ache, and some of his hair, and
burned the left side of his face
rather badly. He is doing nicely
now, though there was some fear
at first of his losing his eye. Use
only Eupion oil, and no such ac-
cidcn;S will occur.
On the night OF the 18th we had
our coolest weather. The thermo-
meter went to 800 or about, and
there was a severe freeze. Lots of
corn that had come well up was cut
down, but l think most of it will
sprout again, so it is only set
back, not a dead loss.
This week the meather has been
very unusual-cold, blustery, grey
days, with drizzles. but it was beau
tiful for grass, etc. The country is
looking green and grass spriuging
up everywhere.
| haven't seen a HERALD for near
a week. Mr.. Knox Jones told me
there was to be letter in answer
to some of my outpourings. I'm
on tenter-hooks. l warn you
beforehand that / shan't answer,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-26
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
at Point Isabel, house and lot,
Including all outhouses. House in
sgod order and situated on the
nigh bluff east of lighthouse, best
residence location.
For particulars apply to
Mrs. NJ. BAKER, :
Point Isabel, Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
WOLFE rs POISONED.
Topeka Boy Nearly Dies from
Ptomaine-C Companion Dead.

AIontrose Col, Feb. 24.-Godfrey BeaI
aged Is. is dead. and Charles Wolff. jr..
son of Charles Wolff. the Topeka packer
and Harry Russell of Denver are seriously
i'll as the result of eating canned tomatoes
last Saturday noon
The three young men were alone at the
Russell ranch, four miles north of town
and the two who recovered We're uncon-
scious and without help from Saturday
until this morning, when they recovered
consciousness and dragged themselves to
a neighboring ranch. where a physician
was called. Wolff. who is the son Of a
wealthy Topeka packer. was here looking
after his fathers interests, and young
Russell from Denver and Beal we're his
guests. They ate the canned tomatoes
for dinner Saturday noon and after a light
supper retired early. At II o'clock Wolff
and Russell aWoke in pain and called Bed,
who also was too i'll to go fer assistance
Soon all three were ia stupor. When
Wolff and Russell aWoke Monday morning
they tried to arouse Beal and discovered
him dead. John Sipler a neighbor. called
Sunday morning, but was unable to arouss
the sleepers. He went to the Beai ranch
house and told the Senior Beal. Who was
put out saying that the boys had been
out late and he would not bother his head
about them 1t was not until Beal met
Coroner Schermerhorn going to the Rus
sell ranch for the body that he learned
that his son was dead
Wolff ard Russell are reported tonight
cut of danger. Beal is nephew of AIOn-
20 Beal, who lives at Valencia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

into the tunnel and will DUNN their
loads into hoppers Machinery viii then
carry the coal to hoppers above and Ia
front of the boilers. Machinery viii feed
the coal automatically into the boilers
and the continuation Of the same ma
chinery viii carry the ashes out from
beneath the CRATES to chutes from which
the wagons to carry away the ashes
viii be loaded
Everything that it possible in the
plant is made automatic. In the chief
engineers rooms are a series of auto
matte recording indicators which show
the steam pressure. the voltage of the
generators, and everything concerning
the workings of the plant. By pressing
levers the chief engineer can instantly
see recorded before him every detail of
the workings Of the plant.
Mr.. c. r. Maunsel, superintendent
of the plant. said today: We are pre-
town. Our facilities viii equal any
plant in the country except that at
Niagara Falls. This is the only prac-
/ teal way to furnish power in Topeka.
The Kansas river could only give 900
| horse power, and not that all of the
time. We Will have q, $50 horse power in
the building and can add 1000 horse
power more. If necessary the building
can be enlarged for even more power.
This plant will do for Topeka in a
similar way, just what the great Nj
agra Falls plant is doing for the sur
rounding country 1t will bring small
er manufacturing plants to Topeka
where power can be secured cheaply-
The Shawnee mills will soon do away
with the plant at the mills and use
power from us for all the machinery.
The Elizabeth Bridge company has
/ contra cted for power. We can supply
/ the entire city with power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
FIRST SKIRMISH.
Proposed Amendments to D. A..
r. Constitution Taken Up.

Washington Feb. 24.-The first Skin
mish in the campaign for president
general began at the outset of tOdays
session of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Immediately after the conclusion of
routine business the proposed amend
ments to the constitution were taken
up The FIRST amendment proposed was
that of Mrs. Katharine r. Wolcott
Nerplanck, state regent of New York.
TO add to article four. section j. the
words except the president general
W no shall not hold the same office for
more than two terms successfully.
This amendment was designed to
make Mrs. Fairbanks. the present
president general eligible for re-eiec-
ton. Its acceptance was moved by
Miss Miller of the District of Columbia
and seconded by Mrs. Murphy of Gin
cinnati Mrs. Weed of Montana. want
ed the language o the amendment mad
clearer. and moved to amend the
amendment by making the latter read:
Except the president general who
shall ne eligible to this office for two
terms regardless of her previous ser
vice.
This move evoked loud applause. At
this point Mrs. Donald Mclean. of
New York who has been a conspic-
uous figure i'm the fight over the presi-
cent generalship was recognized.
II desire to go on record" she de-
clared. that I do not intend to oppose
the original amendment
The amendment to the amendment
was adopted The original amendment
OF Mrs Nerplanck as amended by MIS-.
Weed and by a subsequent amendment,
was then passed by a vote of 443 to
69. 1T reada
NO person shall hold office more
than two terms successfully and no one
shall be eligible to hold office in the
national society until she has been a
member of the national society two
years except the president general who
shall be eligible 10 this office for two
consecutive terms regardless of her
previous services in other offices on
the national board"
Then the fighting began anew. A
number of delegates claimed that the
amendment was subject to that con-
struction and it is a dangerous preced-
emit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
IS A MONSTER.
Engine to Supply VineWoOd Line
With Power Is Here.
1t Weighs 100 Tons and Is of
1000 Horse Power.
WILL BE ONE MORE.
These Two Giants to Soon Be in
Place.
Greatly Enlarged Facilities at
the Plant.
WILL BE ONE MORE.

Six horses. straining every muscle,
hauled load of is tons over the pave
ments from the Santa Fe railroad yards
to the Edison plant. The load was a
section Of an engine encased in a big
box as large as small house, and the
load was borne by three large house
moving trucks. The engine complete
viii weigh 100 tons and viii have 1000
horsepower.
Two engines, twins. of this sort are
being put in position at the Edison
plant, and when they are in working
order the plant will have a capacity OF
$3.50 horsepower, and viii be the largest
electric power plant in the country ex-
cepting the plant at Niagara Falls.
The power for the EineWoOd Park
electric road viii be furnished from the
Edison plant, but the power that viii
be furnished to the road Will be so
the plant, that it will in comparison be
about the same as the power takes
from tWO-horse treadnail to run a
sewing machine. And still the road will
not use any stingy amount, for it will
require 300 horsepower.
The big freight package delivered at
the Edison plant this morning was
forging which makes up a part of one
end of one of the big electric power
generators. The generators will each
have the capacity to convey power to a
radius of Is miles The Edison plant
viii have in working order in a few
weeks two generators of 1000 horse
power each and an additioial high speed
motor generator. making 600 revolutions
a minute, of 400 horse power besides the
engines now in service, which are, an
engine of $50 horse power, one of $50
horse power and four of $50 horse power
each.
Fourteen years ago the plant began
operations with a capacity OF $50 horse
power. The plant now represents an in
vestment of $500. 900.
During the past year the buildings of
the plant We're increased in size. A large
engine-room 120 by 50 feet and 4S feet
high was built over and around the old
engine room. Then the old room was
torn down. The plant was in operation
all this time. A switch board was put
in which cost alone. 600. It is ca
pable of doing the switching of 1000
horse power Above it is the big dis
tributing board. which distributes the
electrical current to all parts of the town.
In the engine room is a 20 ton travelling
crane which picks up the pieces of the
new engines and swings them into po-
sition.
The boiler room has a capacity Of O.
500 horsepower, and there are used all
the latest automatic stoking devices A
tunnel IS to be built u feet undeA
ground. The coal wagons will be driver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
WAGGENER NOT SATISFIED
Thinks the Democrats Are Neglected
by House Chaplain.


When Rev A. c.. Pyle. chaplain Of
the house invoked the divine blessing
on the house this morning, he took Oc-
casiou 20 criticise Mayor Parker to the
Almighty This drew the attention OF
Bale Waggeuer to the fact that the
Democrats were being neglected in the
petitions of the chaplain. He therefore
proposes to Introduce a resolution ask
ing for an assistant chaplain for the
minority.
We have am assistant sergeant IT.
arms and other employees" said Mr..
Waggeuer. but we have no assistant
chaplain at all. The minority isn't get
ting fair deal in the petitions Of the
chaplain and we want ain assistant to
look after our wants"
''I ann i'm favor of giving the minority
an assistant, Representative jerks to
Mr. Waggener. If there is anybody
that needs praying for it is the mi
nority"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Washington. Feb. 24.-Election com
mittee No. ?. of the house today. adopt
ed a report In the Wagner Butler cleo
ton contest from the Twelfth district Of
Missouri, recommending the adoption of
resolutions declaring that Mr. Butler
was not elected and that Mr. Wagner
is entitled to the seat in the house The
report rejects entirely the returns from
Al precincts. the result giving Wagner
a majority of 767. All the Republican
members Of the committee voted for the
report. The Democrats were not pres
ent. Chairman Olmstead will call the
report I'd in the house at the first op-
portunity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
PAWNBROKERS IN CLOVER.
People Pawn Things Now to Buy
Luxuries.

Things are certainly coming our.
way" said one of the busiest pawn
brokers downtown. Il looked over my
December cancellations a few DAYS ago
and found that they were almost as
many as the entries This means that
most of the things that were hooked for
money 10 buy Christmas presents have
been taken out, which argues that times
are good for the people and, so, for US.
Contrary to the general idea, pawn
brokers do not want things left with
them for a long time and especially do
they dislike pawred articles to be left
on their hands to be disposed of by
sale. There is no money in it.
The kind of business we want IS the
kind we are getting now. The pawn
broker IS neither the poor mans friend
nor his oppressor. and the less he sees
of the poor man the better he likes it
and the more his business prospers-
Neither does the Dawnbroker wax far
and rich when times are hard.
People pawn their things then for
the necessaries of life and get them out
again if they can-and the if is very
large. When times are good men pawn
their things for trifing reasons and get
them cut in few days, frequently.
Last week [ loaned a man 81 500 on
three lots of jewel1y and yesterday he
came and got them out. 1 got $40 for
the use of that money for eight days.
or at the rate of more than 1877 per cent
a year And this is the way people are
doing business with US in these good
times
Our interest charges are 3 per cent a
month for the first six months and 2
per cent a month for the balance Of the
year If articles are redeemed within
the first six months we make the maxi
mum interest, and if the months are
split so that we can loan the money OUT
again in the same month We make
proportionateIy greater profit. New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
BIG PRINTING DEFICIT.
House Passes a Bill Appropriating
$4,000

A deficiency appropriation for state
printing amounting to S65,o0O was pass
ed by the house today. It had already
passed the senate. Chairman Francis
explained that about 81, 600 of it was
for a real deficiency. while the balance
was for printing to be done during the
balance of the present fiscal year, prin-
cipally for legislative printing.
An appropriation Of $3.50, $50 was made
for the Hutchinson reformatory for the
coming two years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Der. 1901. Strunk had gone to Grether's
home to arrest him for robbery when
the latter shot the officer dead. Grether
was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced to be hanged. Since
his Incarceration he has twice broken
jail and the sheriff who conducted
the execution today is under indictment
for allowing Grether to escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

troduced to the multitudes The page
ant and bail following it at the French
opera will conclude the Festivities.
Miss Roosevelt, Admiral Schley and
General Wheeler witnessed the parades
today and were the objects of much atten-
ton. Miss Roosevelt and Miss Root will
rest here tomorrow and on Thursday will
20 for brief STAY at Avery.s island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

one person. no matter what the ofense
may be. but perfectly right for one per-
son to kill several, one at time
The helpful hen and her relative will be
able to roost in peace, If the bill present
ed by Representative Adams of Sedg-
wick passes the senate. With chicken
pilfery as grand larceny, the fowl will
no longer be made game of by the mid
night marauder- In fact the fowl Will
be Unsuitable in making game Of said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24


Little Johnnie takes great pleasure in
trying to roast the city which per
mitS him to reside within it's corporate
limits He frequently breaks into
print with some Wit6cism against our
burg. Johnnie has been in the habit
of living in Minneapolis. Kansas. and
a real town is a little too much for
him. Not long ago he had a humorous
communication printed in one of the
daily papers, in which he declared that
he had been in town nearly a month
before he accidentally saw a police
man. Johnnie did not hear what one
Of these policemen said in reference to
the Article, and this is a good place to
tell him. His remarks were short. and
something like this: No wonder Mr..
King has not seen policeman; we
have orders not to arrest member of
the legislature, and the gambling and
other resorts have not been raided for
quite a while" But of course the po-
liceman wouldn't have found Johnnie
in such a place for his wife is here to
take care of him.
Albert Reid is thinking some when he
has time about trying his rabbits foot
on some needed legislation relative to
oil property. He will attempt to legal
ize the forming of oil trusts in Kansas.
Some time ago Mr.. Reid got the oil
microbe and invested in quarter
worth Of land two and half miles from.
the village Of Chanute. Although he
/
a while ike a horse on Albert. Now he
has sDrained his arm trying to swat
himself on the back. and keeps himself
awake at night cOngratula ting himself
on his purchase. The cause of all this.
! is the news that man owning adjacent
property has bored a hole in the United
/ States Just across the road from the
property in which Reid has an interest.
and struck large punches Of kerosene.
On the theory that a hole bored in the
property owned by himself and seven
others will tap and drain the states
supply of lubricant, he is thinking. when
he has time. of course, of forming
s-'adieata.
Silent Senator Peterson has had his
svhiskers pruned,and the Improvement Is
very noticeable.
Tt would seem to a casual observer that
! Representative Bale Waggener is try
I ing to do what in circus parlance is
known as a split. First he springs
/ what sounds like a drastic bill permit
i ting most any body to shoot, stab or
/ Otherwise kill and disfigure most anyone
else OH a possibly ina ginary proVoca-
ton Next he come to the front with
bill to prevent lynching. From this it
is to be taken that Mr.. Waggener
/ thinks when mob becomes innoculat-
! ed with a desire to kill some one, it
4 should separates and each member there
I Of kill a separate person. In other words
4 ii is a crime for several people to kill