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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07
BARGAINS IN LAND.

For sale in Hidalgo County, Tex
as, number of tracts of land rang
ing from 600 to 1000 acres, at the
remarkably low figure of from $3.50
to 81 per acre. These tracts have
a frontage on the Rio Grande River
and are specially adapted to the
growing of fruits. rice, cane, cotton,
corn and all kinds of garden truck.
For descriptions and price call on
or sSrite JOHN CLosNER,
Hidalgo Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
Fortifes the Body, Cleanses
the Blood, and Gives
Strength to Resist
All Attacks.

That mysterious visitor, Scrip"
is now invading many homes and
striking down the young and old
who are weak or predisposed to dis
ease.
1t is now well known that the dis
ease spreads rapidly to the various
members of the households into
which it has been introduced. 1t
accords with the theory of infection,
also, that the disease has usually
attacked the persons liable to infec-
ton. DR.. Richard Sisely, in his book
on Epidemic Influenza" says the
disease is almost entirely propagat-
ed by infection.
In past winter seasons it has been
fully and happily demonstrated
that Paine's Celery Compound is a
tower of safety when grip is preva-
lent. When this scientific and
healthgiving medicine is used, it
strengthens the nervous centres of
all the vital organs; it purifies the
blood, regulates digestion, gives a
healthy tone to the whole system,
enabling young and old to feel Sc
cure from the ravages of disease.
Weak, nervous, dyspeptic, and all
ing people will find in Payne's Celery
Compound true protector and
shield from the dangers of grip. A
trial of one bottle will Danish all
existing doubts.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

IT Is noticeable that in some cities
of the state the tax collectors kept
open Office until eight o'clock on
the evening of January 81, to &C
commodate belated citizens who
wished to pay their poll tax. The
course of these collectors was quite
a contrast to that of the tax collec-
tor at Laredo, who refused to issue
certificates to l75 citizens at five
O'Clock in the afternoon of that day,
saying it was after his office hours.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

THE senate judiciary committee
has turned down President Roose-
velt's appointment of William
Byrne as district attorney of Della
ware. The charm seems to be broken
at last. In the earlier days of Roose-
velt's administration a nomination
by him was equivalent to a con-
firmation by the senate.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

Vermicella, spaghetti and maca-
rOni are all made from -four, water
and salt, the only difference being
In the size of the holes in the per-
fOrated iron plates through which
the dough is forced in the making.
Hard wheat, rich in gluten like that
OF Italy, is now raised largely in
the Central West, so that Italian
Snacaroni comes from New York,
Just as Swiss cheese comes from FL
gin.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

THE Sol dc Mayo of Matamoros
mentions Dr. Miguel Barragan, the
Mexican consul at Brownsville, and
Francisco Treviho Canales, a well
known citizen of Matamoros, as
probable candidates for governor of
Tamaulipas. General Romulo Cue
liar Of Victoria, lamps, is also
mentioned.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

THE northwestern states were
blanketed with sleet and snow the
early part of this week, and the
high price of coal doubtless caused
much suffering amongst the poorer
people of that region. On the
lower Rio Grande it was scarcely
cold enough to make fires necessary
at that time.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07
LIST OF LETTERS.

The uncalled for letters remain
ing in the post office of Brownsville,
for the week ending February Z,
1902, are as follows:
LADIES.
Gomez. Srita. Francisco c..
Perez, Antonio A.
Saldaha, Srita. Andrea
Smith, Miss l.. A.
Sandoval, Sra. Maria L.
Villareal, Eulalia.
GENTLEMEN.
Anorga, Adolfo
Belasco, Cilbano
Balchivies, Jose
Carmona, Manuel
Garcia, Cruz
Granados, Simon
Hayes, Will H.
Lopez. Leonides CO.
Mahamah, Albert
Rangel, Francisco
Treviio, Calletano
Box B.
Persons calling for the above let
tiers please say advertised.
J. B. SHARPE, Postmaster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

ONCE more the appeal Of Mr..
Maybrick for freedom has been
denied. There seems little, if any,
room for doubt that this woman is
guilty of the crime for which she
was sentenced, and itappears useless
for her friends to attempt to obtain
a pardon for her.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

A phenomenon of the volcanic
destruction of St. Pierre still unex-
planned is the instantaneous disin-
tegration of all metals. The mar
ket, a large hall covering 1000
square meters, which had been en-
tirely and solidly rebuilt of steel
after the cyclone of 1891, was an
initiated without leaving a vestige
except fine metallic powder.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

Mr.. ROOSEVELT has appointed a
colored collector at a small north
ern port, with a salary Of $35 or $40
per month.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

WHAT will the country editors
do, if the Wellington amendment
limiting individual fortunes to S1O,-
100000 be enacted?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07
Temperature Record.

Following is the temperature
record as taken at the Fort Brown
hospital for the month of January,
1903:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

TIE Parker and Olney presi-
Dental booms now occupy the pub
lie attention to the exclusion of all
Others.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07
DYES
Color Jackets, Goats, Capes,
Ribbons, .NecktieS, Waists.

Stockings will not fade CT crock when
dyed with iamOnd Dyes. Direction
book and 40 dyed samples free. DIA-
MOND DYES, Burlington, Vt
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-07

For sale at Layton & Haley's,
hay and grain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31

Captain d. H. Olive, member of Gordon
Post of the G.. A. r., and one of the best
known veterans in the city, takes exception
to statements in the news columns of the
indianapolis News yesterday afternoon to
the effect that the veterans of the civil
war are shifting to younger hands the
custom of remembering the soldier dead.
Captain Olive says the statement is often
sive as it is worded.
80 long as they are spared to this
world" said Captain Olive yesterday, the
old soldier will never shift a responsibility
which he loves so we'll. To a old soldier
the privilege of placing lowers on the
graves of comrades is one of his dearest
duties. He has no desire Of letting any
one else do that work.
His idea is that sons of veterans and
the younger veterans should take some
part in Memorial day services so that the
beautiful spirit Of the ceremonies may be
kept alive through succeeding generations.
He believes that the spirit of patriotism
and respect for the brave deeds of the
men who rescued the Nation from grievous
peril may be enhanced by the participation
of young men in these customs; but so
long as he lives he will shift none of the
duties and responsibilities of the day."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31

that has been stolen bodily from some
~well-known source. knowledge of this sort
Is. OF course, only attained by years OF as
sidious theater-going coupled with a quick
and retentive memory.
To the young man OF literary rather than
journalistic tastes. the post OF dramatic
critic offers rewards of much greater value
than IL does to the shallow pate afflicted
with the laundering for behind the scenes
1t is not likely TO lead directly to any or
the best positions in a newspaper ONCE,
but IL affords abundant opportunity for
studying the stage In a thorough and prac-
teal manner. Often a dramatic critic has
succeeded in acquiring the elusive art OF
playwriting. or has lived to become an
adept in theatrical management-which is a
far more difficult accomplishment than
juggling with glass balls. and bowls OF
goldfish. AS to the influence of dramatic
criticism, my experience leads me TO the
belief that IL is not as great as most
actors and managers imagine. Favorable
notices can help along the run OF a play,
retarding its failure or fastening its sue
cess, but 1 doubt If the combined efforts
of all the critics in New York-supposing
such a combination were possible-could
make the public go to see a play that they
did not like or keep them from one that
they found entertaining. To the actor,
however, critical praise or blame is a mat
ter of no small Importance, not because
of it's influence with the public, but be-
cause of its effect on the manager TO
whom he must look for employment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31
CAMBRIAN SINGERS MEET
SECOND NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Sue
CEsSFULLY HELD AT PITTSBURG.
Fully $4,000 Sons and Daughters Of
Wales A~ttend-Prixes for Musical
and Literary Competitions.

PITTSBURG, May 30.-Exposition Music
Hall was crowded at 10 o'clock to-day. when
DR.. L.. E. Davis, of this city. called the
second National Eisteddfod ever held in
this country to order. Great preparations
had been made for the gathering, and
Welsh people were present from points
between Vermont and the far Northwest.
There were 200 singers in the various con-
tests, and twenty-five ~soloists. but only
three were heard from each society repre-
sented. Prizes to the vaule Of $4,000 were
awarded, and choruses competed from many
cities and towns.
The morning session was devoted to pre-
liminary contests. Owing to the great sue
cess attending the National Eisteddfod here
to-day the Cambrians of America are
planning for the establishment Of a
National Eisteddfod Society which will hold
annual festivals on the same extensive
scale observed for more than 500 years in
their native country.
When the accounting was made tonight
it was found that at least 1900 persons at
tended the three sessions of the Eisteddfod
to-day. The awards made were as follows:
John Gray, of Newcastle, Pa, was ad
judged the successful bard for his essay
on electricity.
David Williams, of Wilkesbarre, Pas, won
first prize for the Welsh recitation.
The competition in music began in the
afternoon, when Mayor Samuel Jones, OF
Toledo, presided. When Mayor Jones was
| introduced he could not proceed with a
short address for several minutes, so great
was the applause.
Ohio carried off the honors at the after
| noon session. The Euterpean Women's
Chorus, of Columbus, won the first prize OF
$500 and a gold medal for the rendition OF
1.-The Bells of Aberdovoy" and In May
The first prize for piano solo was won by
Mrs. LYDIA Kingdom, of Rome, o. First
for alto solo, was won by Miss Alice Steph.
ems. Bass solo, first was given to John A
Thomas, of New Castle, Pa.
The male chorus competition had five
contestants. The first prize of $500 went
| to Pittsburg; Steubenville, $3.50, second.
At the night session the first prize fol
| soprano solo was awarded to Ethel Skiles
Pittsburg; tenor solo, Evan II. Roberts
| Slatington, Pa; mixed quartet, stephens
Quartet, Pittsburgh; baritone solo, William
| Harvard, New Castle.
The grand choral competition Q25 to Isl
| voices), the big feature of the festival, had
| six contestants, P~ittsburg, Youngstown
| Johnstown, New Castle, Columbus anc
| Lima qualifying. The first prize of $1,Op
| was won by the Pittsburg Choral Union
| second, $500, Youngstown Choral Union
third, $50. Johnstown philharmonic So
| ciety.
The exercises closed with the rendition oil
the Welsh national anthem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31
WORK OF DRAMATIC CRITICS.

James s. Ford, i'm Munsey's Magazine.

James s.. Ford, in Munsey's Magazine.
Many people who, on the strength of a
perilously slender foundation of knowledge
and good tasteA desire to be considered
smart and knowing in all matters pertain
ing TO the stage. affect q profound contempt
for dramatic critics and their work. Among
the most popular of the sneers leveled by
persons OF this sort at the professional
critic are such profound observations as
the following: What does he know about
the stage? My ten-year-old boy can write
a better criticism than he can" why
/ know for a fact that half the time he
writes his notices without seeing the play
at aI!' In no establishment with which 1
have any sort of familiarity does the dol
lar, the standard coin OF our national cur
rency, find its value as carefully appraised
as in the counting-room of a New York
newspaper. Have any OF my readers ever
transacted any business with the auditor
of a great. fearless, independent metropoli-
tan newspapers. If they have. they will
not doubt my assertion that a man whose
knowledge of the stage did not exceed that
of a ten-year-old boy, or who criticised
plays without taking the trouble to see
them, would find IL a difficult matter to re-
tain for a single week one of the most
sought-after positions on the metropolitan
press.
The young man who has secured a chance
to do this much-sought-after work. and
who desires tc make his position perma-
nent, should go seriously to the play with a
clear head and a judgment unbiased by
either prejudice or friendship. Let him learn
10 write his criticism quickly and intel
ligently, and above all. let him remember
to be entertaining. Further, he should have
sufficient familiarity with plays to be able
TO recognize old situations when he sees
them. and not to be. deluded into prais-
ing as an entire novelty an act or scene
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31
A wEDDING-CAKE STORY.
The Baker Tells 1t with a Variety of
Embellishments.
New York Times.

New York Times.
The recipes / frequently use in mixing
these cakes call for such large quantities of
provisions that they sound as If / was pre-
pairing rations for an army. Here is a
sample of the kind and size / make every
day of the year"
The proprietor tossed about a few letters
on his desk and presently produced a scrap
of paper, from which he read glibly:
Eighteen cups butter, ten pints sugar,
eight quarts flour, ten dozen eggs, fourteen
pounds currants, seven pounds citron, eight
pounds shelled almonds, fourteen pounds
~raisins. three pints brandy, four ounces
ITO make a cake of that kind" he con-
tinued. lis an all-day job. 1t takes at
least five hours to mix it properly. and
sixteen g0od-sized loaves and will keep
from generation to generation, and if the
girl who has matrimony on the brain ever
intends to dream of her future husband
she will dream about him when she goes
to sleep with a slab of that connection under
her pillow.
But even though wedding cakes sound
make mighty good eating" the proprietor
went on with professional alertness.
Women are particularly fond of them. /
been married in her life, and since she has
had such bad luck with her eyes and COM
plexion 1 am afraid she never will be. but
she buys a wedding cake regularly every
year. She began 1t fifteen years ago. l
thought then she was going to figure in a
real marriage herself. She was q pleasant,
laxative lady, so one day when she was in
here volunteering remarks as to the trim
mings on her cake, / took the liberty of
j0liyinG her a little.
when is it going to come OFF, I asked.
The poor creature blushed and showed
so plainly tina she was all cut I'D over
being made light of that I could have bitten
my tongue off for having hurt her feel
ings. But she was clear grit, and present.
ly she braced up and gave me a straight
forward answer.
81 am not going to get married-not
just now she said, but l made I'D nv
mind a long time ago that if l ever did /
would choose the 18th of June for the great
have often eaten it at my friends we'd
dings, and as 1 am getting pretty we'll
along In years now, and there doesn't seem
much chance OF my ever having a we'd
ding of my own, / am going to have the
cake, anyway. Will you please make the
very best cake you know how and get it UP
to my house by the 1Sth?'
Il don't know how other people may look
at hat little incident, but it struck me
be sure l put in my very best work on
that cake. 1 wouldn't have let one of the
hands touch it for love or money. / stirred
1T myself and attended to the baking and
II l do say so, 1t was one of the most de-
lciouS pieces of confectionery I ever put
into my mouth. The lady was delighted
with it. She ate = a shce every day for a
year. On the following 18th of June l sent
her another cake, and / have continued to
to the point, l always charge her less thar
cost price, which is something l never dc
for anybody else. But then, hers is an ex.
c%eptional case all the way around.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31
CAUSED THE MASSACRE
INTERIOR MINISTER Won PLEHWE
RESPONSIBLE FOR JEw-BAITING.
kishineff Horror Instigated by Him
and Carried Out by His Subordi-
nates-He Dominates the Gar.

BERLIN, May 3O.-The part which Rus
sian Interior Minister NJ. Won Plewhe took
in the Kishineff massacre is described by a
person behind the scenes in Russian court
life, in a communication to DR.. Barth. lead
er of the Radical Liberals n editor OF
the Nation. The writer says:
won Plehwe, who was the assistant OF
General Ignetieff when the latter was
chief minister in 1881 at the time the Jew
persecution took place, desired to impress
the Car with the unftness of the common
people to have any share in local self-gov-
rnment, by a spectacular outbreak in the
provinces in which the crudity and prime
val character Of the people could be shown.
Parallel with this object was a desire to
divert the attention Of the people from the
government by giving their passions an
outlet against the Jews. Won Plehwe chose
as his agent his political friend, Kroushe-
van, who is known as the most extreme
anti-Semite in Russia, proprietor OF the
Bessarabyetz, a newspaper of kishineff.
In Krousheyan's interest he suppressed
the Bes~sarabyetz Westnik, the rival paper
in Kishineff. giving Kroushevan the ex-
elusive field. AS showing the close relation
between the two, Won Plehwe obtained for
Kroushevan a government s~ubvention of
5000 roubles with which he founded the
anti-Jewish paper Snamjau, at ST. Peters
Durg. Won Pehwe, at q council or the
ministers, asked for a further subsidy, but
M. White. the finance minister. objected on
the ground that the state did not get sufti-
cient return. Kroushevan then got the
amount he asked at the State Bank on his
personal note.
"Kroushevan prepared the minds Of the
DeODle at kiGhinpff nv nnhliChinQ anti
a golden ukase of the Cars had arrived,
commanding the death of the Jews al
Easter. Governor Won Raben refused &c
deny the m and the vice governor,
Ustrugof, was the censor and a contributor
to the Bessarabyetz, so even the intelligent
the government was willing to exterminate
the Jews. After the massacre Won Plehwe
informed Won Raben that he had permitted
the outbreak to GO too far.
The Car was deeply displeased with
Governor Won Raben and directed Won
city n province. Won Plehwe urged that
an inquiry first be made and the Car
agreed TO this. He said he would send one
OF his own adjutants and Von Plehwe Sug-
gested that Lopuchin. one of his associates
be selected to inquire into the matter. Lo-
was too dark. Won Plehwe revised il before
its submission to the Gear.
Won Plehwe still retains possession OF
the Cars mind. His position is completely
mistaken and ii will continue mistaken SC
long as Won Plehwe has daily personal &C.
cess TO His Majesty.
won Plehwe's ambitions were expressed
to a small party of his friends on an occa-
sion when he pantomimically held UP a
baton as II leading an orchestra"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31
MOVEMENTS OF sTEAMERS.


NEW YORK. May 30.-Arrived: Philadel-
phia, from southampton: Umbria, from
Liverpool. Sailed: Mlnnetonka, for Lon
don; Pennsylvania. for Plymouth, Cher
bourg and Hamburg; Campania, for Liv-
erpool; Vaderland. for Antwerp; Columbia,
for Glasgow; Neapolitan Prince, for Ma
pies, Palermo, etc.
LIVERPOOL. May s0-Arrived: Kens-
ington, from Montreal Sailed: Siberian.
from Glasgow. for Philadelphia; Lucania,
for New York.
QUEENSTOWN, May 30.-Arrived: Etru-
ria. from New York, for Liverpool; Cedric.
from New York. for Liverpool. and both
proceeded.
PLYMOUTH, May @.-Arrived: Fried
rich der Crosse, from New York. for
Cherbourg and Bremen. and proceeded.
LONDON, May 30.-Arrived: Philadel-
phian. from Boston. Sailed: Minnehaha,
for New York.
BREMEN. May SO.-Sailed: Koenigen
Luise. for New York via Southampton.
CHERBOURG, May 30.-Sailed: ST. Paul.
from southampton, for New York.
ANTWERP. May 30.-Sailed: iceland.
for New York.
HAvRE, May So.-Sailed: La Bretagne,
for New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-31

led a small procession OF the Boys Brigade
and members OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic into the cemetery, a NUMBER o.
people had gathered round the large cross,
the central point OF the burial grounds, to
hear the address OF the day and 10 assist
I'm the decoration OF the graves OF the sol
der dead.
The procession into the graveyard was
composed of two companies OF the boys. a
score of old soldiers and a number OF citi-
zens with the speakers and guests OF the
occasion. Patrick Carney, officer OF the
day. opened the exercises with a short talk,
in which he spoke of the occasion and
stated the pleasure 1t gave old soidlers anu
young soldiers, citizens and the rislng eeh-
GRAFTON to decorate and keep green in thier
memory the ValOrous achievements OF the
men who had laid down their lives IN De-
Tense of the .country's honor and who dled
with the blessing of heaven as their re-
ward and only the memory or posterlty
and the unity OF the United States TO per-
peutate the fame of their services
Captain Carney. as master or ceremonies,
directed the programme of exercises and
following his talk the band played Amer
lea" before Captain c. j. Murphy reetted
LincOln's Gettysburg speech. Captain Muir
ply, before reciting the speech familiar 10
all Americans, explained the significance
OF the utteranceS of the President and OF
the place and time at which they were de-
hvered. His elocution was excellent and
the Lincoln speech was heard by all the
crowd.
Emmett KeIIeher, a member of the band.
blew assembly on his bugle before the
Rev. j. S. Byrne delivered the address OF
the day. IL was a scholarly effort.
Father Byrne said: The sacred duty,
the pleasant task has just been performed;
you have placed the wreath OF immOrtelleS
upon the tomb Of your dead comrades, and
In that act you have ennobled yourselves.
In manifesting the grateful memory you
hold of the dead, you have lent new IN
spiratiOn TO the virtue of patriotism, and
have taught anew to the rising generation,
hat 1t is sweet and fitting to die for ones
country especially to the hero soldier when
hia sword has won the battle for the
the free, for he shall be blessed by mil
lions yet to be.
1T has been sometimes unjustly said re-
publics are ungrateful.' But no country
or no people has in the history of the