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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
WHAT GIRLS TALK ABOUT.
Why, Clothes, of Course, and the
Eternal Masculine"

Mrs. Ella Richardson, former
president of the Missouri State SUI
frage Association, told the Engle-
wood Woman's Club on Monday
that the girls of today talk about
clothes-and men. True enough.
They do. And the women of today
Talk about clothes-and men.
We are violating no secret when
we say that the boys of today talk
about athletics-and girls, about
their school work-and girls, about
everything-and girls; while the
men of today talk about business
and women, politics-and women,
and sometimes about clothes-and
women.
This would be a weary world if
the girls and women did not talk
generally about the boys and the
men. If there is anything better a
girl or woman can talk about
than the boys and the men, or
anything better a boy can talk
about than the girls and the women,
Mrs. Richardson ought to tell us
what it IS. Certainly, whether there
is anything better or not, there is
nothing more natural. If the girls
of today are talking about clothes
and men, they are doing only what
their great-great- grandmother did
before them, and there is not a
right-minded man On the face of
the earth who would have their
principal topics of conversation
changed. For, after all, no matter
what other intervals in life she may
haye-and the girl of the period
has many and worthy ones-her
greatest interest centers in the
clothes she wears and the man she
likes, and because of this fact she is
interested largely in clothes and
mankind generally.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
HOM,S THIS

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.
Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known T.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
ably to carry out any obligations made
by their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING. KINSAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
y acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price zoe. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
Bank Organized

The Merchants National Bank
of Brownsville effected its arganiza-
ton yesterday, adopted bylaws
and appointed the following board
of directors to serve until second
Tuesday in January, 1904. J. T.
Pryor, John McAllen, J. G. Fer
nandez, Jose Celaya, o. c. Sauder.
Miguel Fernandez, Jr., f. H. Good
rich. Capital stock 100000 taken
in one thousand shares. The bank
expects to open for business Novem-
Der LIST. Among the stockholders
are, Hon. Jno. y. Garner. Uvalde
Tex, George and John Sealy. Gal
weston, Tex, J. 7. Pryor, San An
tonic, Tex, /. \. Patterson, Fort
Worth, Tex, and most all of the
prominent business men of this
city.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
The State OF Texas.

10 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
filed 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. ii 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. II any they have, on or before
the September Germ, 1903, of said
county court, commencing and 10
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
flee, at Brownsville this 10Th. day
of August 1903.
JOSEPH WEBB, Clerk,
C"ulv Court Cameron County,
Texas.
BY Nj. J. VALDEZ, Deputy.
A hereby certify the above to be
a true copy.
CELEDoNIo CARA, Sheriff Cam
eron County, Texas.
By DoRoTEo VARGAS, Deputy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18

one more week and Corpus
.Christi's big hotel enterprise, that
has been the talk of the State for
the past couple OF months, will like
ly be a sure thing. Letter 60, Gal
Iagher. Talk about long-felt wants,
it is one.-Corpus Christi Caller.
We will be glad for Corpus sake
when her newspapers can say, that
big hotel is a sure thing, instead OF
saying, sit will likely be a sure
thing" If Corpus doesn't cineh
this enterprise she will not deserve
the name of town fit for progress
sive-minded people to dwell in.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
Work On Sap Extension.
Road to Brownsville to Be Pushed
from Now on With Great
Dispatch.
San Antonio Express:

CdIl aHlOiIiO IN piCoS.
J. P. Nelson of this city, who has
secured the contract for grading the
greater portion OF the Brownsville
extension of the Arkansas Pass, has
commenced actual operations. An
nouncement to this effect was made
at the roads general offices Monday
afternoon. Within the next few
days Mr.. Nelson will have 120
teams at work on the new road.
The work has commenced at Alice
and will be pushed with the great
est dispatch. Should weather con-
ditions remain favorable it is
thought Mr.. Nelson will be in posi-
ton to grade from Is to 20 miles of
road monthly. On the level STREET
ches the work will be comparatively
easy, and again at other points he
will be forced to construct a long
or high dump.
The two engineer corps in the
field have already definitely locat-
ed about 60 miles of the extension.
They have varied to a slight extent
from the original route mapped out,
though not to an appreciable
extent.
The laying of steel will closely
follow the grading in order that the
transportation of supplies to the
front will be an easy and convenient
matter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
What Are Disinfectants.
Deoderants, Antiseptics and Disin-
fectants-Different Agencies
for Different Purposes.
Editor DAILY HERALD:

The headlines of this article may
not be understood by the. public in
general, and as l see every day
many persons coming into the
drug store calling for copperas to
disinfect their privy vaults with, l
thought it appropriate to write an
article for the public, telling the
difference between a deoderant, an
antiseptic and disinfectant.
The popular use of the term
disinfectant has led to much misap-
prehension, for any agent that
masks bad odors or arrests putre-
factive decomposition is regarded
generally as disinfectant, when
such is not always the case.
Deodorizers are agents which
destroy or mask bad oders. Antisep-
tics are agents that arrest or prev
ent putrefactive decomposition. But
a disinfectant is an agent which
destroys the specific Infectious ma
terial known as bacteria, microbes
or germs.
An antiseptic agent may or may
not be IA disinfectant, but disin-
fectants are antiseptics. Many of
the deoderants and antiseptics are
entirely without value for the
destruction of disease germs.
For example, copperas is extern
sively G;ed as disinfectant, but it
does not destroy the vitality of
disease germs. 1t is a valuable
deoderant and antiseptic and | APP
prove of its use in privy vaults as
means of arresting putrefactive
decomposition, but during the pre-
valence of epidemic diseases it is
better to use those antiseptics which
are disinfectants, and experiments
have shown that the most efficient
of all true disinfectants is corrosive
sublimate. Chlorimated lime is
also a valuable disfnfectant.
The amount used of either cor
rosive sublimate or chlorimated lime
must be in proportion to the
amount of material to he disinfect-
ed. One pound ofcorrosive sublimate
for every 500 pounds (estimated)
OF fecal matter contained in the
vault, or one pound of chIorimated
lime to every 30 pounds Germs are
organisms of very low grade of
life and are very hard to kill, there
fore use your diSinfpctants freely.
h. T. LAYTON,
City Health Officer.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
TEXAS TOBACCO IN SOUTH
AFRICA

The wonderful tobacco fields of
East Texas not only have attrac-
ted national attention, but, due to
the far-reaching advertising meth
DDS employed by the Southern Pac-
ific, the fame of the new tobacco
fields OF the great Lone Star State
has reached around the globe. As
striking example of effective adj
vertising, General Passenger Agent
7. J. Anderson of the Southern
Pacific has just received letter
from Mr. George VI. Odlum, special
agent of the Rodesia Department
OF Agriculture, Salisbury, Rodesia,
South Africa, who requested MIR.
Anderson to furnish him with full
information and photos of the East
Texas tobacco fields, all of which
will be published in the agricuItu-
raj Journal of Rodesia, South Afri
ca. 1t is needless to say that the
information and photos were
promptly dispatched across the
waters to the Dark Continent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18
A CARLOAD of dynamite exploded

A CARLOAD of dynamite exploded
near Beaumont, Kan, killing two
men and injuring two.-Gonzales
Enquirer.
The wonder is that the whole
country Whereabouts has not been
totally wrecked, with combination
of names like that on the map.
Beaumont, Kansas Sufferin' Moses!
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18

'0f course" she said, Pm the
only one you love"
Darling" he replied, "when Pm
in yonr presence forget all"
''You do, do you?" her eyes fash
ing FIRE. "Alll,How many are there?
o, deceiver" (Tears. pleadings, ex-
plantations and the usual windup.) )
Baltimore American.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18

sam really and truly your first
love, Edgar?"
Really and truly, darling. But
it's funny-you girls all ask that
acknowledgements Blaetter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-18

1t takes little grains of sand to
enable some men to imbibe little
drops Of water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
Nine Hundred Houses in the City and
NeighbOring villages Wrecked and
Occupants Mangled.
TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED TURKISH
SOLDIERS AMONG THE VICTIMS.
Shock So Violent 1t Was Felt at Ere
rOum, Distant Thirty-Eight Hours
Journey from the Scene.

CONsTANTINOPLE. May 2s.-Advices
which reached here to-day from Asiatic
Turkey show that a terrible earthquake oc-
CURED April % at Melazgherd. in the viii
Erzroum, on the Euphrates. The town was
destroyed with its entire population, num-
bering 1000 souls. including 700 Armenians,
as we'll as the troops forming the garrison
of Melazgherd. In addition over four hum
dred houses in neighboring villages COL
lapsed. A somewhat severe earthshock
was felt here this morning, but no damage
was done.
here to-day received some details from the
British consul at Erzroum regarding the
recent earthquake at Melazgherd, accord
ing to which a strong earth shock, lasting
thirty seconds, was felt on the morning Of
April % throughout the entire district be-
tween Lake Van and the Russian frontier
and as far west as Kharput. The town Of
Melazgherd, consisting of 500 houses, was
destroyed. and much havoc was wrought in
the surrounding villages Colonel Khalil
Bey, commanding the garrison of Melazg-
herd, with his whole family, three other
officers and eighty soldiers. perished in the
ruins. Lieut.. Col. Tayeb Bey whose fam
lily perished became insane. The telegraph
operator who sent the news of the catas-
trophe said he himself was badly injured
and that his wife and sister had been killed.
The Foreign Office has been appealed to
for subscriptions for the relief of the desti-
tute Mohammedans and Christians of the
'Melazgherd district.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Vice Consul
Ojalvo at Erzroum, Turkey. reports to the
State Department that an earthquake in
the Canton of Melazgherd, district Of Fit
lis, on the 2Sth ult., caused the death of 500
people and left the city in ruins The
shock was strongly felt in Erzroum, a
journey Of thirty-eight hours, and threw
the people into a panic. Many Of them
turned their stables, where built level with
the ground, into sleeping apartments for
greater security.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
EXCITEMENT in JACKSON
KENTUCKY TROOPS ON GUARD AT
JAIL HAVE BUSY NIGHT.
Believe There Was a Plot to Rescue
or Kill Prisoners Jett and
White.

JACKSON, KY, May 2S.-The Illustration
of what the troops believe was a plot to
rescue or kill Curtis Jett and Tom White
last midnight increased the tension in
Jackson to-day. How many men were in
volved besides the one fired on, and who
returned the sentry's fire, and what relation
the incident had to the playing of a search
light on the jail grounds from nearby
mountainside earlier in the night are ques-
tions in which actual interest is felt.
The illness of Judge Redwine also puts a
new phase on the entire situation. If his
condition grows worse special judge will
probably be appointed. The attempt to-day
TO remove the special bailiff, B. J. Little,
is a matter of much interest. The grounds
offered are that his brother married Mrs.
Z. Marcum's sister and that the relation
ship might influence him in the discharge
of the duties of sheriff. Major Allen,
who, in the absence of Colonel Williams in
Lexington, is in command gave out the
following statement concerning the affair
last night:
the sentry at the south side of the JAIL OBJ
served man approaching from the Jack
son Deposit Bank. He gave two commands
to halt, which were unheeded and then
gave warning that he would fire unless the
man halted. His words were answered by
one or two shots. The guards disagree as
to whether the prowler fired once or twice,
and whether he fired at the sentry can of
course, only be imagined. as he was not hit
The darkness was intense, and objects could
only be seen by lightning flashes. Harper
and two other guards returned the fire. The
marks seen to-day indicate with what de-
struction the shots took effect. A minute
later the sentry at the north side of the jail
observed moving object which he thought
was man or horse coming toward him.
He commanded a halt three times before
he fired. The object, a cow, was instantly
killed. The adJutant said the owner wants
$40 for the loss. The glass front of the
bank was penetrated and an unlighted lamp
on the counter was shot through 1t is be-
lieved that the prowler was sheltered by
the stone fence around the courthouse. The
Gatling guard remained on duty all night
and momentarily expected to be called on
to repell an attack. Very few of the SOL
diers slept at all. About fifty men from
the country were in town yesterday even
ing. 1t is the popular belief that the plan
was to pick off the Gatling gun squad with
the aid of the searchlight and then rush
the guard. The search of visitors to the
courthouse to-day resulted in the finding
OF only one weapon, large knife John
O'Neil, OF Covington, an attorney was
sworn at this bar to-day. He is trying to
have the trial set for Monday a week
Prosecutor Byrd announced his intention 10
ask for a special jury venire from another
county TO try the men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
CASE OF AUGUST w. MACHEN.
GO-Between Who May Testify I'm Be-
half of the Government.

Associated Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. May PA large corps
of inspectors, including some of the veter-
ans of the service, were at work probing
into the alleged Irregularities at the Post
office Department to-day. but no further
arrests were made. 1t is said to be possible
that the intermediary who. 1t is alleged,
figured in the transactions which led to the
arrest of Augustus w. Machen, the former
general superintendent of the free delivery
service may turn States evidence. His
identity has not yet been disclosed. Mr..
Machen's counsel issued statement as
serting his ability to fully disprove all the
charges The investigating officials are
equally confident. The government is anx-
ious to expedite the trial of Machen as much
as possible consistent with the proper ham
ding of the case. 1t is arranging to have its
witnesses at Machen's preliminary hearing,
June 5. The preliminary hearing of the
Groff brothers. the profits of whose firm
Machen is accused of sharing on a 40 per
cent. basis, has been set for June 9.
Assistant Attorney General Robb. of the
Postoffce Department. had long confer
ence to-day with United States District At
torney Beach regarding the procedure in
postmaster general that the trial be expo
dited as much as possible. The evidence
has already been reviewed by Attorney Gen.
eral Knox. Solicitor General Hoyt and Dis
trict Attorney Beach. and the prosecution
now rests with the Department of Justice.
The federal grand jury is In session. and
IL is expected that the case OF Mr.. Machen
will be presented Immediately. The civil
suit and attachment proceedings TO recover
the amounts alleged by the Postoffice De-
partment TO have been obtained from the
postoffice box fastener contracts will be in
stituted at once. This phase of the case
is now in the hands of the district attorney.
The proceedings will be similar to those in
stituted in the Green-Gaynor cases. Otner
arrests are believed to be imminent. POST
office Inspector Mayer. who worked up the
case against Machen. was at the district
| attorneys office to-day To arrange for the
| issuance of subpoenaes for witnesses in the
| case and for the hearing of the Gron
brothers. Several of these witnesses reside
| outside of Washington. Their names could
| not be learned this afternoon.
IN BEHALF OF MACHEN.
Charles A. Douglass. OF counsel for Mr..
Machen, to-day gave out the following
| statement of the present status of the
| Machen case and also about the course OF
proceedings in the immediate future: Mr..
Machen cannot fight out his case in the
newspapers. but this much can. with pro-
priety, be stated: The charges, seemingly
made with great deliberation, are OF the
| gravest character. and IL the government
1 succeeds In establishing them Mr. Machen
| and every one connected with them ought
l CONTINUED ON PAGE COL. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
jackson Reports Exaggerated.

LEXINGTON. KY, May 2s-Colonel
Roger Williams, who is here tonight, gave
the following statement to the Herald:
Some reports'of the situation in jackson
have been grossly exaggerated, more espe-
cially by the correspondents from cities
remote from the scene of trouble The
soldiers have received nothing but the
most friendly treatment there and are daily
in receipt of courtesies from all classes of
citizens regardless of their connection with
the different factions. No demonstrations
of any kind have been made against the
troops, unless the firing of the shots last
night in close proximity to the Jail by
some half-drunken man that provoked a
return fire from the guard could be called
SUCH While the excessive guard details
arreSting squads and escorts to witnesses
and prisoners have entailed exceedinely
hard and onerous duty upon the men. night
and day. not a single complaint has been
made and no request for additional men
has or will be made
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
NEW SCHEME OF BURGLARS.
Studied Combination Of Safe
Through a Magnifyfng GLASS;

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May 2S.-Bennett
Bibb and James Williamson were arrested
this morning. charged with burglarizing
the safe in the Union Passenger Station
ticket Office and taking therefrom nearly
5000 in cash and Endorsed checks. The
detectives are after another man. whose
arrest they believe will bring about the re-
covery of large part of the money. The
robbery occurred several weeks age. The
arrests developed the most ingenious
scheme known TO the detectives who have
been working on the case. A hole was
bored through the ceiling Of the Office, and
from above the alleged burglars studied
the combination through magnifying
glass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29

feels the terrible situation of his parents
and brother as none other may. He judges
from Mrs. Feldman's letter that the par
ents and brother may emigrate to this
country.
DR.. H. F. Jacobs, who is attending Field
man, says his condition is due to the shock
of the letter which he received, but that
ii will not be permanent. At the time the
letter came Feldman was i'll and has con-
stantly worried about the danger to his
parents. In week or ten days, DR..
Jacobs says, the acute stage will subside
and from that time on Feldman will re-
cover his full faculties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29

ST LOUIS. May 2S.-Five years in the
penitentiary was the verdict returned this
evening by the jury in the bribery case of
j. j. Hannigan, former member OF the
House OF Delegates Hannigan was found
guilty OF accepting a bribe In connection
with the passage OF the suburban railway
bill. When the verdict was announced Han
nigan made no sign Of concern. He is the
eighteenth man tried on charges resulting
from the local Doodle investigation, all of
whom but one were convicted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
ILLUMINATED SHELLS.
Missiles That Resemble Hugs Balls of
Fire Shot from a Cannon.

NEW YORK, May 2S-Tests were made
yesterday at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds of two pieces of ordnance which
have been under consideration by United
States army and naval boards for some
time. The weapons tested were the Nc
Lean automatic one-pound gun and the
Luger automatic pistol. The Mclean gun
can fire 500 shots minute, each pull of the
trigger discharging twenty-five one pound
projectiles.
After dark a test was made of big guns
which discharged what appeared to be huge
balls of fire. The army officers at Sandy
Hook refused to furnish information re-
gardng the night tests but 1t is understood
that experiments were being made with an
Illuminated shell intended for night use.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
Trial Set for Next Monday

JACKSON, KY. May 2s.-Curtis Jett and
Thomas White were arraigned to-day for
the murder of j. b. Macrum, and pleaded
not guilty. Their trial was set for next
Monday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-12
ODD RUSSIAN CUSTOM.
A Ann Assembly For the Promo
tlOn OF MatrtmOny.

In compliance with an ancient Rus.
sian custom all the young men and wo.
men of the mercantile class in st. Pc.
tersburg assemble on Whitmonday, the
former to stare and the latter to be-
stared at. The young girls. dressed as
richly as their means will allow. ara
arranged in long rows by the sides Of
the flower beds in the summer garden.
with their mammas standing behind
them. The wardrobes of their mothers
and grandmOthers are laid under cor.
tribution. and everything bright and
gaudy Is carefully brought forward to
enrich the drapery. the headdress or
the girdle.
Some of the young ladies are SO COW
cred with gold and jewelry on these oc-
casiOns that their natural charms are
altogether concealed: indeed the lu-
dicrous excess to which this sort of
decoration is sometimes carried goes
beyond what has ever been ATTEMPTED
elsewhere. Thus bedizened the blush
Ing damsels are drawn up in mute
rows. while the papas. in flowing
caftans and curling boards. parade
their sons up and down. Here and there
the papas and mammas try to lead the
young folks into conversation with one
another, in the course of which certain
little looks and emotions nav arise.
pregnant with future circumstan noes.
Eight days or so after this bridal ex.
hibition private family meetings take
place, at which those whose hearts
are captivated at the grand show are
more formally %afiianced to one another
by their parents and relatives
sketches Of st. Petersburg"