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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-13
LOCAL lTEMS.

Old iron for sale Apply at this
Office.
] H. Lewis, a cigar man from
Dallas arrived in the city yester-
day
Just received a full lire Of Quick
Meal gasoline stoves, S.. so to $50.
Hancock & Hendricks. 9-10-16
If you want a frst-class meal or
short order lunch, 90 to the Browns
vile Chop House. 9-19
L. H. Bates, city marshal, is
spending the week on the Wells
ranch.
]. L Landrum, of the San Be
nito ranch, was here yesterday Oh
business.
a. A. Bates was appointed river
guard yesterday IN place of vice J..
H Vale removed by the collector
We've got it-corn chops, oat
chops, mixed chops, cracked corn.
Bright top folded Barbour,s Feed
Store. 8-23-tf
Just received a full line of Quick
Meal gasoline stoves S.. so to $50.
Hancock & Hendricks. 9-10-16
Owing to the recent rains rice
cutting and threshing has been
considerably retarded in this sec
ton.
Contractor S. a. Robertson and
wife left on the train this morning
for Los Ebanos, having failed to
get off yesterday, as stated.
Fox SALE-Three lots in Browns
vile, one block from passenger
depot. Also 90 house blocks.
Apply to A. H Weller. 7-25 If
Meadow Gold butter and blue
ribbon cheese, cold as ice, at Leo
Wise. $40 If.
II. w. Adams, traffic manager
of the St. L, B. & NJ. road came
in yesterday for a short visit to
Brownsville.
DR.. J. H. Purnell, of the L. S.
hospital service, left this morning
for his headquarters at San Antonio
after spending some weeks here.
Furnished andunfurnished rooms
for rent, one block south of post
office, corner of Levee and 10th.
streets. 9-1317
FOR SALE-Wooden house on
Washington street, recently, oc-
cupied by ". F. bennett, as &
grocery store.
9-10-16 ". F. DENNET.
I. Hirsch, has resigned as book
keeper al The First National Bank
and left yesterday for a visit L
home folks at Laredo. The plac,
made vacant By Mr.. Hirsoh's re
signation is filled by Mr. Woods
of Del Rio.
H. NJ. Sneed, the book man iron
Nashville, Tenn. left on the dc
layed train yesterday for Corpu
Christi, after spending a week Q
more in Brownsville. He says II
an Ill wind that blows nobod,
good. as the delaying Of the traii
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-13
Notice of Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Brownsville and Gulf
Railway Company will be held at
the Office of the company, in
Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday,
the 18th day of September, 1904,
at 10 O'Clock a. m, for the purpose
of electing directors, and the trans
action of such other business as
may be brought before the meet
ing.
The transfer books Of the com
pany will be closed at 5 o clock p.
m. on the 18th day of September,
1904, and viii remain closed until
three days after the final adjourn
ment of the meeting
The regular annual meeting OF
the board of directors will be held
at the same place and on the same
date.
Brownsville. Tex, August 18th,
1904 II PAYRo.
$751; m Secretary
CARPENTER AND BULDER.-Con-
tracts taken for both frame and
brick buildings. ard al other WORK
in my line. Also painting and re-
pairing. Cypress cisterns made to
order Address. " 5. CoRKILL,
Eleventh street, bet. Elizabeth and
Levee streets. Brownsville. Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-13
Wanted at Once.

twenty-five house carpenters to work
on depot al KingsviIle. Apply to John
H. WooIery. Supt. of Buildings and
Bridges, KingsvilIe. For information and
transportation. apply to agent at Browns
vile, Texas. 9-13-1o.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-13
ST L. B. &MRR
PAssFNGER TRAINS.


N9''f leaves Brownsville every
i9gexcept Sunday al $50 q. N.
fNo. 2 arrives in Brownsville
Every day except Sunday at AS
.. m
FREIGHT TRAINS.
No. Il leaves Brownsville Tues
DAYS. Thursdays and Saturdays,
only, at $50 a. m.
No. u Arrives in Brownsville
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, only, at IFS p N.
Nos. and 2 pass each other at
Rudolph at p: SO P. m.
JEFF n MILLER,
Vice-pres. and Gen. Man.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
Proposals for Supplies.

Sealed proposals for furnishing
groceries, provisions and meats to be
delivered at the State Orphans Home,
Carson City, Nevada for six months
from and including January LIST, 1905,
will be received up to noon December
~, 1904, according to the estimate
furnished by the Superintendent and
Matron and now on file in the Office of
the Secretary Of the Board Of Direct
lors.
All articles to be first class of their
kind and to be delivered in sucn
quantities and at such times as the
Superintendent may direct, quantity
varying each month as directed.
All articles not satisfactory to be
returned at contractors expense.
Bids to be directed to Secretary OF
State Orphans Home Board. Carson
City, Nevada.
The Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
ORvIS RING.
Secretary of Board.
Carson City. Nevada, December Goth
1904.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
PROCLAMATION.
Executive Chamber


Carson City, Nevada.
WHEREAS, On the eighth day Of
November, A. D. 1904. a General Elec-
ton was held in the State Of Nevada
for three Presidential Electors. one
Representative in Congress-, one jug
tice Of the Supreme Court, one Regent
of the State University (long ter1n)
and one Regent of the State University
(short term.)
WHEREAS, On the third Monday
Of December succeeding such election
to wit, on the nineteenth day of De-
cember 1904. the Justices of the Su-
preme Court Of the State of Nevada
did in accordance with law. meet as
Board of Canvassers in the office of
the Secretary Of State of the State
Of Nevada and opened and canvassed
the vote cast at said election for the
aforementioned officers; and
WHEREAS, The certificate Of the
said Board of Canvassers. declaring
the result of said election. is now on
file in the office of the Secretary Of
State;
NOW, THEREFORE, In pursuance
of, and in obedience to. the laws d
the State of Nevada in such cases
made and provided, I, Lemuel Allen
Lieutenant and Acting Governor
do hereby declare and proclaim
that the following named person,
we're, at the General Electio,
held in the State Of Nevada on Novem
Der 8, 1904, duly elected to fill the 81
fees hereinafter specified, with tn
right to hold and enjoy, all and singr
lar, the powers and privileges Thereof
to wit:
G. A. Ahern as Presidential Electol
James L. Butler as Presidentia
Elector.
w. J. Plum as Presidential Electo
c. D. Van Duzer as Representativ
in Congress.
D F H. Norcross as Justice Of the 81
preme Court
Oscar J. Smith as Regent Of th
State University, Qong term)
w. S. Starrett as Regent of tn
State University, (short term)
And that the proposed Constitution,
Amendment submitted to the voters
said election was carried by me- icri,
Of the electors voting thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 7 hay
hereunto set my hand and cause
the Great Seal of the State of n
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate Of JOHN RosSER Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the an
dersigned, Marie Rosser has been duly
appointed and qualified by the District
Court of the First Judicial District
Of the State Of Nevada, in and for the
County Of Ormsby, as administrator Of
the Estate of John Rosser. late OF
said Ormsby county, deceased. All
creditors having claims against said
estate are required to file the same
with proper vouchers attached with
the clerk Of the Court, within three
months of the first publication Of this
notice
Dated June %. 1904.
MARIE ROSSER,
Alfred Chartz, Attorney for Admin.
istratix
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
SIMPLIFY THE BALLOT.

The Times has heretofore advocated
the simplification OF the Australian
ballot used in Presidential election
years, by the elimination of the names
of the Presidential Electors. and the
marking of the ballot directly for the
Presidential nominees. In every Pres
are spoiled by voters marking their
choice for President opposite the NOM
inee's name as well as after the names
of the electors 1t has been held by
some that the Constitution would have
to be amended to allow Of the change.
The following article from the New
York World, on the subject may be
OF interest. 1t holds that the amend
ment would be necessary in the State
of New York.
Adherence to tradition seems the
only good reason for retaining the
present electoral ballot in any of its
forms. AS the election laws now
are in all the States, like or dislike
for an individual elector may affect
the result of a Presidential election.
AS an electors duty is only to register
mechanically the Presidential choice
of the elector, his personality neel
not enter into the matter. Moreover,
f,,J - z11
blanket ballot. often leads to confus
ion, and a split electoral vote some
times follows If the election this year
had been close and Maryland's elec-
toral vote had been decisive. the work
ings of the Maryland ballot would
have thwarted the wishes of the peo-
pie of the United States in their
choice of President. A division in
the electoral vote of Oregon, which
gave Roosevelt 10000 plurality. g
threatened through the ineligibility Ct
an elector. AS each State has the
right to regulate it's ballots and the
manner of it's choice Of Presidential
Electors, might it not be well to drop
the names of the electors entirely
from the ballot and substitute the
name of the candidate and to provide
that a vote for the candidate for
President shall be considered vote
for the electors whose names have
been registered with the Secretary OF
State by the State Convention which
nominated them? This would shorter
the ballot, prevent split electoral
tickets and simplify voting. 1t need
no constitutional amendment to put
it into effect.-Lyon County Times.
III!l!lJ!lIl''II
To Establish a New Town.
Thirty thousand fertile acres an
water-bearing land lying bctweCl Lu
Angeles and the ocean. hitro'to d:
voted to grazing and grain ta,-nin:
are about to be added to the higki
improved area of Los Angeles county
By the terms of deal just consuma
ed. the vast tract comprised in tn
Ranches San Vincente and BOca d
Santa Monica passes from privat
ownership by ex-senator J. P. Jone
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
THE EAGLE MARKET
The Peoples Friend.

The Peoples Friend.
Down goes the prices. Come AMI
get the benefit.
Our Meats are First Class.
Corned beef, Z a pound, 3 pounds
shoulder % cents; 3fbs rib steak, 25
cents; Abs brisket, Is cents; Rib
Roast beef. 10 and 1919 cents per
10. Round steak 10 cents, Hamberg,
10 cents; 5fb tin lard. 65 cents, 10fts
1925; Sausage, 10 cents 10. Fresh
fish Thursdays and Saturdays.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
Tamaies.

From this time on the celebrated
Coronado tamales will be served at
the Briggs House. Parlors in con-
nection with the house. Special or
ders filed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30

and Mrs. Arcadia B. de Baker, into
possession of wealthy syndicate of
Los Angeles and Santa Monica CAPT.
talists, whose purpose is to improve
and subdivide the property into lots
suitable for small ranches and town
and country homes. The project in.
wolves the building of new line OF
electric railway, the development Of q
large water supply, the foundation OF
a model village and the establishment
of a picturesque resort for tourists
and other visitors.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30
CAPITAL fully PAID UP
Aqercy at Tonopah, Nevada,

Asercy at Tonopah Nevada
Branch at Goldfed Nevada
H. Petersen c. T. Gender E. g. Yer
Lee, w. p. Woodbury.
First Vice President;
w.
Cashier,
DEPARTMENT.
HUNDRED DEPOSIT BOXES been placed In
Of hanch spesa
They
Full Information
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30

vada to be hereunto affixed at Car
son City, Nevada. this Twentieth
day Of December. one thousand
nine hundred and four.
LEM ALLEN,
Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
By the Governor:
w. g.. Douglass.
Secretary of State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-12-30

The Burdick-Sweeney election con-
test came UP in the District Court at
Eureka last week. but after hearing
argument of counsel Judge Bown dis
missed the proceedings. This action
gives the office of sheriff to Sweeney
who defeated Burdick by only a few
votes.
Sheriff-elect Terrell of Washoe coun.
ty has appointed Thomas Branton his
chief deputy and Mr.. Maxwell as Jail
er.
| Dress suit cases, pajamas, night
robes, underwear and hosiery at the
Emporium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
FIRE INSURANCE RATES
AMPLE IN WASHINGTON
"Yiews" Insists That This City Should
Be Exempt From the Pro
posed Increase.

Regarding the proposed Investigation
by committees of the National Board OF
Fire Underwriters. of insurance rates In
different cities and The eventually posi-
bic increase of the same. Views" an
insurance paper published in Washing
ton, says
But with all due regard 90 the stu
alton. and 70 the Justice of mauguratlng
au increase OF rates m majority OF the
cities mentioned by the national board
So as to enable the companies 60 make
up their heavy losses, It is also but
proper that this committee should give
due consideration 70 those cities whose
fire losses Curing the past ten OF twenty
years have been below the average, and
20 exempt chose whose :a-iuess has
proven favorable to the companies for
long period OF years
I'm brl,l, Co apply the principles Of
equity In defining boundaries and deter
mining the relative danger of coulaEra-
tt0ns in such cities. IF this is done. il is
very reasonable conclusion that the
city OF Washington ought 90 be ox-
empted from the operation of this ad-
vance IL can also Ice safely conceded
that, with the exception Of few speCi-
ally hazardous risks, the prevailing
rates in the city of Washington are
amply sufficient, and already iu keeping
with this now demand OF adequate rates
for reliable Indemnity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
DAG s Great Of!aIay.

Now that the Presidential elections
are SO soon TO come off in Mexico, 80
said man who has Just returned from
a visit TO that country. there is great
interest as to the condition of General
D!az's health. / had occasion TO consult
the same physician who attends the
DiaZ family. and he informed me that
General Diaz. though he would be
seventy-three years Of age on September
To- Is stiI possessed Of wonderful vital
ityr and viii undoubtedly be able to fiji
out thu term if he is elected again this
June
->Tther obtained Information OF n
mcz- surprising character as 10 the Sc
ere Of General Diaz's health. It seems
tlet the old hero is a man of most alb
stfmious habits. He neither smokes
nor drinks. and he is fairly q crank
over physical culture. Never a morn
ing passes, they say. that the general
before going to his bath. does not take
a ten minutes course In vigorous calls
theHlc exercises. Only when he WANT.
70 De particularly cordial 20 visitor.
dCts he allow himself the luxury OF a
cigar. IVA %
For the average Mexican to do with
ggJ cigars is real suffering. but General
Dlaz. ! am told. broke himself OF the
= very happy home life his second wire
DeiIS devoted to him. and his only son
d young man or about thirty is q cam
sliA OF engineers In the Mexican army
mere IS no doubt about the general
Del"s elected. If he wiz accept it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01

convention to assume that il is not,
/ that no student except the bad. fast
ones ever knows what a stein is for.
/ or smokes a cigarette. Hence the per-
/ pleXity OF foreigners who come to our
shores and find us bursting with in
dignatiOn at any Implication that we
are not a temperance people. while
some of these foreigners see with sur
prise and bewilderment more drunken
men on our streets than they ere ac-
customed TO see in their own country.
Is it not about time TO take things
as they are? There are communities
in this country which live and do
business without the general use Of
liquor in any form; they happen to be
made up of people who by tempera-
ment and heredity have not the taste.
for intoxicants. These people are not
hypocrites or abnormal beings; many
OF them are admirable characters; but
the rules which govern them will not
do for everybody. The taste for beer,
and wine, and whisky, is not normal
in the sense that every healthy man
must have it; it is largely a matter
OF temperament, neredity and habit
But these three things are powerful
forces in human society, which, as
all history shows, cannot be disre-
garded without disastrous cOnse-
quences. Hence, since temperament,
heredity and habit make il practically
certain that a given number of men
and a considerably large number
viii drink, what is our best course? /
Manifestly, to give them liquor as
pure and harmless as liquor can be, /
in places which viii be as free as pos /
sibIe from evil associations. This the (
German has. He takes his glass of
beer as we take our cup Of coffee; /
and the German beer-garden is not a /
place where the drunkard sinks in 10 (
Stake an unconquerable thirst, but a .
place Of innocent family enjoyment I
The surprise Of Prof. Meyer at finding
that in extoling beer as a means Of /
harmless pleasure, he is supposed to /
be celebrating drunkenness and de-
bauchery, must have been great, in
deed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
THE EVENING STORY
A CHAPERON PRO TEMPORE.
By GUY SOMER VILE.

You see. Mr.. Walker" observed
Aunt Mary. Dorothy is a terrible bur-
den
/ glanced thoughtfully at Dorothy
who weighs one hundred and six in the
shade. being tall and reasonably sub
stantial.
Il know" I said
She has been with me about three
months. said Aunt Mary, and wheE
she came she brought NE letter from
her mother in Texas. Mary, wrote
ner mother, I send you my little girl.
she can ride. swim. dance. and lassO
horned cattle. / want her TO see the
great East before she settles down and
/ want her to have good time But
charge you. Mary. TO send her back
to me this time next year, the same
little girl that left me. heart whole. 1
cannot have my only daughter marry
ing an Eastern man.
Il think" said /, that Dorothy can
lasso a good many things besides horn
ed cattle"
oh there are the uniformed kinds. -
said Dorothy
There is Edgar Castleton," said Aunt
Mary. significantly
Dorothy blushed coral.
1T must stop. said Aunt Mary grave
y. 1T must stop. He is not a nice
young man. He cares for nothing but
his automobiles and his dogs. He has
Tilted three girls who have let them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
Beats Sherlock Holmes.

customs inspectors in New York be-
come extremely expert ia detecting per
sons engaged iu smuggling.
The most expert of them al IS said by
Treasury officials 20 be an oId-timer
named Tim Donohue. He has been in
the business Tor thirty-hve years. and
IL Is Il cold day when q passenger on
any ol the big liners succeeds in getting
any articles Of greater value than the
-d" allows past him. Donohue is said
20 have Sherlock Holmes distancad iu
the first quarter
Instead " taking time for any labor
looa deductions, he merely looks q man
or woman through with his keen cold
gray eye and seems TO know by iutui-
uoh WEetlcr search ought to be made
for diamonds. concealed laces. or other
tsLuaL-es- 4 tav0rite method Of his is
20 pfl7H up against doubtful inGivid-
t1ir VINO when suddenly disturbed is apt
10 bstray himself IT he is engaged in
any Trims not legitimate. more especially
II he has any yaluabIes concealed on his
person.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
Count Cassint S c4rn1or.

Count Cassini the Russian ambassa-
dor is great collector OF curious
weapons During his long diplomatic
career IN the East it became particular
ly TAD with him. In the main hall Of
the embassy against the wall is dis
play OF these remarkable Eastern
weapons which at once strikes the at
tention OF visitor. Not only are an
Client blunderbusses and swords with
quantity designed handles represented
but there are also several pieces of ar
NOR richly engraved which are said TO
nave most wonderful histories dating
D4ck into the time OF the early Chinese
wars.
no diplomatic representative. ii is
sara, ever became closer TO the Chimes.
court imam Count CassinL and through
nus intimate friendship with certain Chi
HtSe 1ilcills he WAS PRESENTED a-frh
Eastern trophies of priceless value The
collection of ancient sword models done
dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01

NO I don't. answered. from nay
soul
Then came the explosion quickly and
sharply ike a summer storm. When
all is said. she IS a sweet old lady and
hated 10 see her panied. We stood in
the west doorway OF The Turkish room,
and saw-as ] expected Dorothy sitting
on the divan beside the awful man.
And Dorothy wore a fresh diamond
upon the fatal finger.
Aunt Mary grew deathly white
Dorothy ran 10 her and. regardless q
the presence of others, threw her arms
about her neck Dorothy was from
Texas
'Aunue' said Dorothy, beseechingly
She can lasso horned cattle 1 BE-
gan under nay breath
Castlston rose Ike a man.
Hello walker" he said. Did you
try to 90 me after all. or were you
pushed? Anyway, it's too late. You
shall have the pup"
Aunt Mary turned to him, her eyes
blazng.
do you call yourself "a man Of
honor? she said Didn't I forbid you
the house2
But this isn't the house, ma'aBl,''
SAID Castleton respectfully. And we
are-er- engaged"
she shall leave father and mother"
7 said solemnly.
VIII you kindly explain said auntie,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
A Babe in the Wood.
Prof. Meyer, Of Berlin, at the Uniyer-
sity Of Chicago.

Prof. Meyer, Of Berlin, at the Uniyer-
si-y of Chicago.
Not long ago one Prof Meyer. Of
Berlin. came to Chicago. and being
interested in colleges. naturally he
was invited TO Chicago University
and he made a speech.
In this speech NE said that he
could not imagine a peerless universe
T., and that If q student did not enjoy
two things, beer and song, there was
something the matter with him-0r
words to that effect. All unDrc2s-ef
he was fcr the storm OF criticism
which broke upon his devoted head.
and even upon the head OF President
Harper for letting such an incendiarv
inside the doors of his institution
lie Yves a babe in the wood. that in
LOcmt German.
AS a matter of fact, beer in ouartf-
Ties moderate and occasionally I'm
moderate probably is drank in every
big American university, but It is the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
The Cleaning Of E Street.
COMMISSIONS Vests Prompt Recogni-

ton Of the Need Of Action.
Commissioner West. Superintendent
SUuter, and Major Sylvester have
formed themselves into a committee
of three and decided that Z Street is
to have its face washed. This prompt
ness in the recognition of dirt is
gratifying and leads to the hope that
other abuses may be as speedily
righted when perceived.
1t has been found that the condi-
ton of the street between Ninth and
Thirteenth Streets is due mainly to
the passing of coal wagons. which
drop bits OF their load along the street
10 De ground into the roadway by sue
cessiTb wheels. Sweeping does not
remove this dirt any more than one
could remove it from ones shirt
with a clothes brush. The street. is
To be flushed, and swept, and secured
until it is clean, and after that it
VIII be kept clean. Incidentally,
drivers Of coal wagons Will be gently
encouraged TO refrain from dropping
coal all along their track. This part
of the process viii be in the hands
OF the police. With the Street Clean
ing Superintendent and the Chief of
Police working in harmony for clean
illness We may hope for results.