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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-10
FOR SALE AT A G

Fifteen thousand dollars is the
amount of sales for 1908 by W. S.
Dougherty, wholesale and retail
merchandise dealer, at Hidalgo,
Texas, and the business he now Of
fers for sale at a bargain. The
stock comprises a full line of fresh
fancy and staple groceries, and a
large assortment of dry goods and
notions.
The purchaser would step into a
paying business at once.
A LARGE BRICK BUILDING
Recently built with brick ware
house and out houses, all in good
condition, including two lots, will
be sold with stock of goods, or
buildings with all fixtures will be
leased for III to II FIVE years at
a very low rental, if desired.
kCASON TUX SCLIlNU.
l have large ranch interests
which demand the greater portion
of nv time, and it is impossible for
me to devote proper attention to
mercantile business. l am willing
to sell at a sacrifice rather than
neglect either business.
With the S. A. & A. P. railroad
heading for Hidalgo, this is sure to
be of the best business points
on the Rio Grande, and this is a
chance for some one to coin money.
The business is already paving big
profits daily and improving rapidly,
and is undoubtedly one of the best
business chances ever offered at a
bargain.
For term and particulars, address
W. S. DoUGHERTY,
Hidalgo, Texas. 3-2-tf.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-10
NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that, pur-
srant to Article 38S, of the Revised
Statutes of the State of Texas, an
election is hereby ordered to be held
in each of the Four Cd Wards OF
the City of Brownsville, Texas, as
required by law, Tuesday, April
Fifth 18th. A. D. 1904, for the
purpose of electing the following
named City Officers, for the term
of two CD years next ensuing to-
wit:
MAYOR,
CITY SECRETARY,
CITY TREASURER,
CITY ATTORNEY,
CITY ENGINEER,
CITY ASSESSOR AND COL
LECTOR OF TAXES
CITY MARSHAL,
TWO ALDERMEN FOR THE
FIRST WARD,
ONE ALDERMAN FOR THE
i. SECOND WARD,
ONE ALDERMAN FOR THE
i THIRD WARD,
ONE ALDERMAN FOR THE
FOURTH WARD.
The said Election will be held at
he following places, to-wit:
First Ward, at the house of Joa-
uin Trevino, on St. Charles street,
etween Fourth and Fifth Streets,
nesiding Judge, Justine S. Lopez.
iSecond Ward, at the house on
e corner of Elizabeth and Tenth
lreets, opposite Post-ofice, Pre-
ding Judge, c. Lindsey.
Third Ward, at the City Hall.
Eesiding Judge, Hermenejildo
yes.
| Fourth Ward, at the Leahv
1ilding, corner of Jefferson and
lfteenth streets, Presiding Judge
forge Champion.
JNo. BARTLETT, Mayor.
Evansville, Texas,
arch 4th., A. D., 1904.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-10
Reason Enough.

Tess-She always laughs at him
so and yet he isn't at all humor-
Gus.
Jess--No, but / believe she heard
that he had remarked once that he
admired her teeth.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-10
A Sense Of Oistrust.

Have you yer done anything
to entitle you to the gratitude OF
posterity?"
No" answered Senator Sora-
hum: and when / see some of the
statuary that is scattered about l
don't teel like tempting posterity
to be too grateful"
Go to the Botica del Aguila for
Huylers, candies. A full assert
ment now on hand.
The Imperial press., 1904-09-17

carrying six or more lines of business subject to separate license pay a fee of nine dollars per year for each line carried, and stores carrying less than six and more than four lines subject to separate license pay the highest fee for which they would be liable, and in ad dition pay nine dollars for each line above four carried. Stores carrying less than four lines pay the hig ghest fee for which they are subject.
 This business license seems high, but as no taxes can be levied until next August and meanwhile the city business must be carried on, this seems to be the only way, other than a liquor license in which the necessary money can be raised.
 The blind pigs came in for heated discussion, and Judge MacDougal ap- peared before the Board in plea for providing liquor license. He stated that in nine cases out of ten, it was inn possible to convict for violation of liquor ordinances, and as the city had no funds for prosecution he believed it would be better to grant license. He advocated as a means of obtaining pub lie opinion that petition be circulated, on WHICH every voter SnOulu SuDScf1De his name either for or against license. This would be as effective and far less costly than an election. Trustees Var ney and Hawes announced themselves as favoring the license, while President Edgar and Trustee Morrison stood for first trying to enforce the law. Trustee Preble refused to be drawn into the discussion and did not express himself
 The Board adjourned without further action.
The Imperial press., 1904-09-17
CITY TRUSTEES
Hold Lively Session-Business Li-
 cense Ys. Liquor License

The City Trustees met ill regular session Wednesday night with the full Board present for the first time.
 The fire ordinance was passed and ordered printed.
 Then the business license came be- fore the Board for the second reading. The last reading will be at the regular meeting next Wednesday night. It has been revised and changed until there is little resemblance to the original form. As amended, the ordinance provides for license of SIP year on fruit stands and from that up to license of $48 year on general merchandise business. Establishments dealing in dry goods, groceries, hardware, furni- ture, shoes, drugs, jewelry, watches and clocks, wallpaper, stationery. crock cry and woodenware, fencing, farm inn plements vehicles, gents furnishings, lumber or harness, are divided into three classes and graded by the amount of gross receipts. Those over $5O,OOO a year pay the full license; more than $2O, ,O0O and less than $5O,OOO pay three-fourtils of the full license and those with gross receipts less than $2O,- GOO pay one-half the full license. Stores
The Imperial press., 1904-09-17
CALEXICO Items Of Interest at the h. ternatonal Gateway City.

Wait Preston is ranching again after three months spent in Los Angeles.
 P. Barnes is in Los Angeles where he makes final proof on his land the 18th.
 Jack Auer is behind the counter again at Dr.. Heffernan's store after weeks absence in Los Angeles
 At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Mercy McAlmond was ap- pointed constable for the Calexico pre- cinct.
 Herbert George, one of Uncle Sam's custom house officials, returned last Friday from three weeks vacation at coast points.
 Water was turned into No. 6 canals Monday. This will be welcome news to number of people who own land ill that district.
 The Calexico Mercantile Go. are busy arranging the goods in their new store room. They will be ready for business in few days.
 Two gangs of Southern Pacific car penters are at work here, one bunildig the round house, the other the house Tor their pumping plant.
 Samuel Berhees, who has been. work ing in the Thing Bros. butcher shop in Imperial for the last few weeks, is back again. Sam owns valuable lot on Im- perial avenue near 2d street and it is his intention to put up building as soon as he can get a carpenter. Every carpenter in town is rushed with work and jobs waiting for them.
 w. E. Holt was in town Monday and bought several valuable lots, among them being the four corners on Paulin avenue and 2d street. It is Mir. Holt's intention to erect at once on one of these lots brick building, ill which he will open bank. MT. Holt is one of the pioneers of the Imperial Valley and has been very successful in everything he takes hold of, and we predict his Calexico enterprise will be no exception to the rule. Such men coming in give stability of the town.
 Dool & Redwood report the following transfers in Calexico real estate since last week:
 w. F. Holt, lots 1, 2, blk 68. .. . . .$975. .00 w. F. Holt. lot II, blk 67 ....... 525.00 w. E. Holt, lot 22; blk 57 ..... 6O0.0O w. F. Holt, lot 12, blk 58 ...... 525 .0O c. Eaton, lot %, blk 57 ........ 52e % w. D. Carey, lot 3, blk 68. ...... 45O.O0 E. Remand, lot 10, blk 67. ...-.... 450.OO V. Cant, ST., lot 7, blk 39 ..... 3O0.O0 Harry Grass, lot 1, blk 62 ....... 75.O0 T. H. Tucker, lot 3, blk 62 ... 6O.OO n n 1ok LII
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
From tho Granada Times

Water Commissioner II. II. Nc
Dowell was a Granada visitor, Mon
day.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
Tho Chestnut Ticket.

The democratic party either has
no new material to work on or else 1t
is trying to kill off its old. Just
look at the Office running record Of a
few of its state and local candidates,
and you will no doubt cease to won
der why the people turn them down.
We have been called on to vote for
or against these candidates as fol-
lows:
Alva Adams, Governor, 4 times.
John Shsfrotb, congress-, 6 times.
Helen Grenfsll, Supt. times.
Horace Havens, Secy. State 3times.
Joe Maupin, congress, times.
JB. Trs1ler, representative times.
Frank Tate, sheriff, 4 times.
NJ. H. Exline, Supt. 3 times.
Eight candidates have run 32
times and we believe should now be
given q rest.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
Advertising q Big Show.

The honorable methods adopted
by the Sells & Downs shows sd-
vance department in advertising that
big circus institution is such q con.
trast to those Of other shows that we
cannot refrain from commencing
the Sells & Downs people. They
seem anxious to be fair and reason
able and deal honorsbly in all in
stances.
In regard to their press work, it is
noticeable that the press agents are
armed with an immense scrap book
filled with clippings about the Great
Sells & Downs Shows. Every arti
Gle, and some are quite lengthy, is
complimentary to the show. The
most influential papers, the city and
the country papers alike, seem to
unite in one common song of praise
for the real merits of the Great Sells
d Downs Shows.
The Great Sells & Downs Shows,
which exhibit in Lamar, Friday,
September both. travel from coast to
coast and from Hudson Bay to tie
Gulf of Mexico.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
REPUBLICANS MAKING SURPLUS
Thomas and 0rman Both Left State
In Debt for Current Expenses.

This is not the year when petty
matters will be allowed to intervene
in the political situation, the great
issue of whether Colorado is going
to be turned back to the professional
agitators and dynamitards over.
clouds all else. In the faultfinding
resolutions adopted by the demo
cratic state convention complaint is
made of the alleged axtravaganoe OF
the present republican state admin
istration. No specific charges are
made. The platform throughout is
one Of glittering generalities.
As a plain matter of truth, the
present administration has been un
usually economical. It has had bus
inessmen in charge. The board Of
audit has attended to its duties and
saved the state hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Secretary Of State
Cowie has given as much attention
to the purchase of state supplies as
though he were making purchases
on his own account, and Auditor
Holmberg aud Treasurer Newton
have not let dollar go through IN
less they knew where it was going.
The people have right to know.
A big saving has been effected in
expenses. Figures compiled from
the books of the different offices at
the state capitol show that saving
has been effected Of 5000, 900 in the
20 months of the administration Of
affairs. This has been brought
about through better collections and
greater care in the expenditures of
public moneys.
The decrease in the expenses is as
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
though the principal was sacrificed
to save the party name.

though the principal was sacrificed
to save the party name.
The money appropriated to pay
the Thomas excess warrants was
squandered by the Orman admins
tration, and the best testimony to be
had is the scathing denunciation by
Mr.. Thomas himself on the graft"
Of the Ormsn government and the
use of the money referred to in the
payment Of cooked" printing bills.
On it's efficiency and economical sd-
ministration Of affairs the present
state government should win.
The democratic platform vail did
refer to the misuse OF the sppropria
tions made for the Worlds fair, and
unfortunately there was some reason
therefor. Cne half the appropria
tion was made under the Orman go.
as you please days, and the demo
cratic board Of managers, with Capt
Thatcher at the head, should be call.
cd on further to explain. The first
thing the republicans did when it
took office WAS to cast the cheap out.
fit from the capitol aud to defend
that course IN court. Remembran.
ces Of the Orman and the Thomas
administrations are still coming to
the top.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
THE FIFTH SUGAR CAMPAIGN.
Beot Deliveries Began Tuesday,
Outlook the Best.

Orders were issued to growers last
week and the delivery of beets com
menced on Tuesday. These first
orders were given to those growers
whose crops the field analyses prov
ed to have reached such a stage of
maturity as to possess the requisite
sugar content.
During the past few weeks the
finishing touches have been put on
the repairs and cleaning up the mass
of machinery, and the vast plant in
all its departments is in readiness
for what is expected to be the long
est and most profitable campaign for
both farmer and factory.
Now that the growers are to be
paid flat rate of S. per ton the
work of the laboratory will be great
ly reduced. Analysis of individual
wagon loads will not be made as
heretofore. However, analyses will
be made with such frequency as to
assure the company that they con-
tain such a per cent. of sugar con
tent as to make their working pro-
titable.
During the past week the office
force has been largely increased and
now has the regular crmpaign ap-
pearance.
The four new upright tubulars
boilers have been fully enclosed by
a brick building and are ready for
use as soon as the active operations
of sugar manufacturing shall make
a demand for the large additional
steam power which they will furnish
A change in the matter of tare has
been made this season. This un-
pleasant and oftimes vexstious part
of the business is now being attend
ed to at the shipping stations.
The Russians seem to be more
rapid and successful in agricultural
than military operations. The first
load of beets delivered at the factory
this season WAS by Michael Mil, q
Russian. Rocky Ford Enterprise.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28

Miners will show conclusively that
the present state government in
Colorado is not alone in its condem-
nation Of them as trouble breeders:
"With regard to these organiza-
tions, we think they ought to be
specially declared illegal, as their
leaders have shown that they care
nothing about the obligations Of
contracts or about the interests Of
their employers against whom they
are ever fomenting discomfort; that
they ignore the constitution and
rules Of their own organisations
whenever it suits them TO do SO;
that they at all times preach the
doctrine Of confiscation of property
without compensation, and that So
ciety is divided into two classes, the
toilers and the spoilers; that they
Justify the use of the boycott and
the sympathetic strike; that they do
not disapprove of violence and in
timidation; that they are wholly in
different to the loss and damage
which they inHct ON the public, and
that they recklessly allow suffering
and privation to befall the families
of those misguided followers with
regard to whom they are constantly
guilty of deception and conceal
ment."
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
On the Republican Record.

eve base our appeal upon what
we have done and are doing" says
the President for himself and his
party. We rest our case upon prov
ed governmental efficiency"
What results of republican govern
ment during the last seven years
would the democracy snnul if it had
the powers Suppose the democra-
cy put in full control of the govern
ment. What would it do?.
Would it apologise for svengiug
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28

the Maine and freeing Cuba, haul
down our flag in Porto Rico, and
cut Cuba adriit?
Would it tear up the treaty with
Panama, turn anarchy loose there,
and indefinitely delay the building
of the isthmian canal?
Would it stop rural postal delivery,
abandon internal Improvements, re-
peal the irrigation law, dlsband the
army, and stop building ships for
the navys
Would it repeal the gold standard
scts, and plunge the currency again
into the confusion and finance into
the uncertainty of 1903?
Would it again revise the tariff as
it did before, with such anxiety to
prevent a few from getting too rich
that it gladly took the chance of
making everybody poors
w ueEo ID tuo ueiuOCEhtlC ledueT
who dares even to whisper that his
party would do any of these things
Would the democracy abandon
the PHILIPPINES immediately, continue
the republican policy of fitting their
people to become self-governing
Americans, or promise them inde
pendence at some future time?
Within fifty days the democracy's
chosen leaders have declared for all
three policies What would their
party do? What could it do, with
out betraying the republic and com
hitting an international crime, ex.
cept what the republican party has
done and is doings
Would the democracy, while en-.
forcing all laws against poor men,
omit to enforce some laws against
rich men associated in trusts?
Some rich men are supporting
Judge Parker because Theodore
Roosevelt declined to respect per
sons in enforcing the law, but neith-
or they nor the democratic leaders
dare tell the true motives of their
action.
The deeds that the democracy does
not and dares not pledge itself to
undo are the deeds of the republi-
can party. They are it's work in
government.
$50 we'll has the work been DONE"
rs the President says, that our op-
ponents do not venture to recite the
facts and then oppose them. They
attack them only when they have
first misrepresented them"
Against q party which does not
and dares not pledge itself to undo
republican deeds-against a party
which does not and dares not even
criticise republican deeds without
first distorting the facts as basis
for its argument-the republican
party appeals with confidence on the
facts-on the results of its work
to the sober judgment of the Ameri
can people.-Inter.O Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28

cihSo eho icPuoiiSoh ouhihioein-
ticn assumed office there has been no
scandal in any department. The
printing department has been con-
Quoted as business department,
not as graft.
In striking contrast is the record
OF the previous democratic admins
trations. Although the legislatures,
being of the same faith, gave them
liberal appropriations, the Thomas
government and the Orman admin
istration left the state heavily in
debt.
Gov. Thomas had to borrow $140,.
600 from the Denver Clearing Houses
association, and the Orman admins
tration was not much of an improve.
ment. Its record WIS such that the
party was decisively defeated there
on on al appeal to the people, al
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
What Others Think.

The following report of the Cana
dian government commission on the
unions of the Western Federation of
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28

$40, 900 just received for farm loans.
No delays.
e. WRIT MARKHAM.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
County Notes
fFrom the Holly News.l

Steve Garfield, living near the
state line four miles east of town,
was visited by serious fire Satur
day evening last. about A o'clock.
Mrs. Garfield had just returned home
from town and among her purchases
were several boxes of matches. One
of the children climb d upon the ta-
BILE, procured handful of matches
ahd going out to the barn set fire to
some straw. The wind blew the
burning straw into the barn, and
harness for five horses, SO bushels
of wheat, so bushels of speltz and
four tons of hay were consumed,
also the barn frame structure 1Sx
"a. The section men helped Mr.
Garfield in keeping the fire confined
to the barn, otherwise the loss would
have been greater.
fFrom the Amity OptimistI
The Amity Cantaloupe Growers
Association has shipped its sixth car
of fruit, and will ship as many more
if the frost holds off ten days longer.
These late shipments are bound to
bring a good price, as the Rocky
Ford crop is exhausted.
Delivery of what will be the great
est sugar beet crop ever harry ested
in this region commenced in Amity
yesterday. 1t is estimated that the
total amount of beets to be shipped
from Amity this season, which is ex
pected to last until March LIST, will
be about $4,000 tons-more than
double the amount shipped last sea
son. The beet dump and approach
es have been put in good condition
and the shipping will be in charge of
w E Tarbox weighmaster, John
Davy tareman, Ed Wardener dump
man.
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28
Sells &DoWnS Circus DayProgram

10 mThe Grand Street Parade unique combination of Glor
Street Carnival,
Fair, and Glttering Pageants
and mDoo opened the Immense Water Pr
1:l6 mProf Meals
scian begin 40 minute Grand Concert the
and mA Feature Performance begins comprising
Overwhelming Indescrbsble
Trained Animal Hippodromatc
The Lamar register., 1904-09-28

MIR. and Mrs. A. N. Parrish and
daughter of Lamar, and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Koen, of Warrington,
West Virginia, were visiting with
Postmaster j. b. Davis and family
on Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-20
The Russian Situation.

If there Is chaos at Port Arthur and at
Hardin, what shall be said of the situation
at st. Petersburg? The news printed to-
day from the Russian capital would not be
credited If 1t carried any other date line
Such deliverance from Paris or Berlin, or
particularly from London, would be re-
jected untrue and intended to injure the
Russian cause. But surely we may credit
1t as it stands. 1t could not have passed
muster at st. Petersburg as fanciful Gre
alton. We may accept it, then, not only as
true, but probably as conservative state
ment of the case
And what does it show? First Of all,
that Russia's stumble in the field was the
outgrowth of her previous stumble in
council. 1t is confessed that her statesmen
as we'll as her soldiers and sailors were Sc
| riously divided on the subject of the policy
toward Japan, and that between the fac
tions the car stood a helpless and pa
thetic figure. Pulled first this way and
then that, he hearkened in his confusion
first to this minister and to that, until he
lost his bearings altogether. The break
with Japan found Admiral Alexieff on
guard under conviction that Japan was
only bluffing, and before he could pro-
nounce the long Russian equivalent for
Jack Robinson Japan was fighting, and at
the first blow had put him almost hors de
combat at Port Arthur.
Since then one Russian disaster has trodden
upon the heels Of another, so fast have
they followed. Admiral Stark, who was in
command of the fleet when Japan struck,
has been retired and called home. Admi-
raj Makaroff, who went to redeem matters.
has lost his life in a heroic attempt to full
fill his mission. General kuropatkin, who
N.IrN 4Ixo 30 lrv.l for4 f1
reported to be in a state bordering on de-
spair at the land conditions that confront
him. And now Admiral Alexieff, who did
so much to bring on the war, and at the
outset was all-powerful in directing the
Russian movements both af1oat and ashore,
throws up the sponge and asks to be and
is to be relieved