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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-05

Rev J.F. Webb, presiding elder
Of The Becwlle district, who preach
ed in this city Thursday and Fri
day nights. left tor home this morn
ing.
Nj. and Mrs. Benz. Kowalski.
who have been spending a few days
at Koville farn. fifteen miles up
the river, are expected home this
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs J. G.. Fernando
are occupying apartments with Mr..
and Mrs. Clay in the Carson
cottage. corner of Washington AID
18th streets
]. c. Rcister. local agent for the
Sap road at Eagle Lake. who has
been here looking at the country
for several days, was an outgoing
passenger this morning.
Mrs. w. A. Hamilton, wife of
Mail Clerk Hamilton, accompanied
by her little son, left this morning
for Corpus Christi, where she will
make her home for the present.
Captain Dalton, commanding Of
fcer at Fort Ringgold, and Lieut..
Wait Johnson of the same post, ar
rived in the city this morning, and
are guests of friends at Fort Brown.
Mrs. c. B. San Roman, Miss
Mary Browne, and two young sons
of A. A. Browne. returned this
morning from the Point where they
have been enjoying the gulf breezes
the past several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Adams, of
Corpus Christi, accompanied by
their friend, Miss Dunn, of Dallas,
arrived in the city last evening for
short pleasure visit, and are do
miciled at the Miller hotel.
David Sloss arrived from Fordyce
last night over the Mexican Ma
tional on business and returned this
afternoon. THE HERALD learns
Mr.. Sloss will soon engage in the
saloon business at Fordyce.
John Dougherty, who has been
holding cases on the Hidalgo Ad-
vance for some time, arrived in the
city last night by way of the Mex
lean National. on a visit TO his
mother. Mrs. NJ. Dougherty and
family. Mr.. Dougherty reports hot
and dry weather at Hidalgo.
E. A. Leighton, the genial rep
resentative of the well known firm
of A. B. Frank & Co., San An
tonic, arrived in the city Yesterday,
and is interviewing our merchants
toda. Mr.. Leighton is well Anown
in Brownsville, and his visits are
highly appreciated by his friends.
The following delegation left Fri
day for Point Isabel to spend a few
days fishing aud bathing in the
gulf: Our postmaster, the Echo
editor, our local attorney, the pro-
prietor of the Alice tinshop, the
city recorder, the manufacturer OF
the Ideal gas generator, also S. ].
Overton and ID. S. Booth.-Alice
Echo.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-05
LOCAL ITEMS.

Don't you use export manifest
bIanksl We have them.
The annual fair at Reynosa, Mex
ico, will open tonight and continue
two weeks.
A car load OF onions was shipped
to Houston this morning by r. A.
Cunningham.
The examination for teachers
certificates in Hidalgo county was
held yesterday and today.
Just received at McDonald's de
partment store, a full line of blue
fame coal oil stoves, at $3.50 to
SIS. S-S-tf
A sweet, new blossom of hui
manity, in the person OF a little
girl, was born to Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Il. Starck this morning at / o clock.
The regular monthly business.
meeting Of Orange Grove, Wood
men Circle, will be held tonight.
All members are requested to at
tend.
Another of the postofice en-
ployes, Ed Dougherty, began his
vacation this week. He is visiting
relatives and friends in Hidalgo,
and also attending to business in
that vicinity.
Five cars of freight from the
Manteo came up from Point Isabel
this morning. The Manteo will
make no more voyages to this port
until the yellow fever situation at
New Orleans is improved very ma
terially.
THE HERALD is requested TO an
nounce there will be services at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock, and also to-
morrow evening at Sis, by Rev.
L. B. Newberry, pastor of the M.
T.. Church, South.
Among the passengers going
out this morning THE HERALD
man noted Mr.. and Mrs. II. w.
Butler, of Chicago, who have been
here the past several days OH a
prospecting tour. They are pleas
ed with this section and will likely
return here in the near future,
perhaps to remain permanently.
THE HERALD would be pleased TO
welcome these good people to our
city, and in be half of the citizens
of Brownsville bids them come
and help us in the great work of
developing this portion OF the
Brownsville country. Mr.. Butler
is in touch with the party of pros
pectors from Chicago who left here
a few days ago, and THE HERALD
learns almost the entire party ex-
poets TO locate here within the next
few months. Again we say, come
over and help US in the good work.
In conversation today with c.
Lindsey a HERALD man learned
the gentleman had purchased the
grocery business o. ]. B. Hessel-
brock at Olmito. and will soon
move ont there and begin the
erection of a residence and will
also add many other improvements.
Among these will be the enlarge
ment of the business house, the
putting in of a thorough system of
waterworks and many other things.
Mr.. Lindsey also tells us work
will begin on hrst-class gin in
short while, in order 20 have every
thing in readiness for the large
cotton crop which il is expected
will be planted in the vicinity Of
Olmito next season. A good stock
of general merchandise will also
be put in by Mr.. Lindsey, and he
will take charge of the express and
freight business at that point. A
telephone line viii be one of the
convenience which viii connect
with Harlingen also, arrangements
for same having already been
made. The HERALD commends
the progressive spirit shown by
a :
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-05
puBusHERs NOTICE.

Hereafter all notices other than asn-
nouncements Of church meetings, lodge
notices and religious services wlli pc
charged for az half rates. This rule VIII
be strictly adhered TO for the future.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-05
Oldest White Woman.

A special of recent date from
Red Rock, Texas, has the follow
ing:
Grandma" Smith, who, If she
had lived till Jan. lst next, would
have been l02 years old, is dead
here. She was born in 1904, in
the State of Georgia. and came to
Texas in early days. Her eldest
daughter is nearly 80 years old,
and her youngest 90 years She
leaves a host of grand children and
great and great-great grand chill
dren. She was in full possession
of her mental faculties up to within
short time of her death. She
could vividly recollect many events
of the war of 1912. and remember
ed seeing the British troops march
past home. She was, no doubt,
the oldest white person in the
State.
For RENT-My home place
corner Jefferson and 18th. Apply
10 Mrs. Katie 4. Leaky. 6-7-tf
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMAs-
" TER, san Antonio. Texas, August
I ,. 1905. Sealed proposals, in triplioate,
will be received here, until II O'Clock
noon, Sept. ?, 1905, for supplying and
installing one Cd forty horse power
steam boiler at pumping station, Fort
Brown, Texas, according to specifications
to be seen at this Office. United States
reserves right to reject or accept any OF
all bids, or any part thereof. Information
furnished on application. Envelopes con-
tanning proposals should be marked
Proposals for Steam Boiler, Fort Brown,
Texas" and addressed to Robt- z.
Stevens. c. Q. N.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-05

For RENT-My home place
corner Jefferson and 18th. Apply
TO Mrs. Katie 4. Leaky. 6-7-tf
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26

~ RoLLHAETTAN, Sweden, July
16.-In all the world there is
no water journey like the ia
nous trip from Stockholm thru
the heart Of Sweden to Goth
enberg. 1t is known as the Goeta canal
trip, since most of the journey is made
by means of that wonderful engineer
ing exploit. For $50 miles these clever
little Swedish steamers, built to be sea-
worthy on the ocean and lakes, small
enough for the canal locks and large
enough to be comfortable and pleasant
at all times, make their way in the
journey from the Baltic to the North
Sea. 1t takes nearly three days to
make the journey, but so wonderful is
its variety of scenery and adventure
that one never thinks Of growing
weary.
The busy little boats in making the
trip pass thru six lakes-Maelaren,
Roxen, Boren, Vettern, Vikern and
Vennern-traverse a bay Of the Bal
tic, make their way thru three canals
Soedertelge, Goeta and Trollhaette-
and are hoisted to the height of land
and then lowered again by means of
seventy-four locks. They make num-
Der Of inland ports where Swedish
commerce and manner of life may be
observed at close range; they stop for
two hours in the famous Swedish Mag
ara where this letter is being written;
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above you. A mahopany table is trans
formed into washstand at will.
The meals served in the dining saloon
midday and aftenmad-are
appetizing and entertaining little table
d 'hote functions in true Swedish style.
The Swedish 'Smorgasbord.'
That quaint institution known here
as smorgasbord literally, sand
witch tablets maintained on board the
Goeta canal boats in the old, hospitable
fashion and it never fails to prove at,
tractive to the traveller from other
lands. On table in the center Of the
saloon is spread wonderful variety
of cold dishes-fsh of all kinds and in
all styles, cold meats and sausage,
cheeses without number, pickles and
preserves in endless variety. When you
enter you take plate from a pile
near by, provide yourself with a knife
and fork and some bread and butter
and then make the rounds of the table.
You help yourself to anything that APP
peals to your appetite. When you have
filed your plate you may, if you like,
retire to your assigned seat and eat
what you have selected. Or you may
stand near the smorgasbord and eat,
replenishing your plate from new dishes
as the fancy seizes you. After you have
sampled everything that appeals to
you, full dinner is served to you in
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they give one time to visit ancient
cloisters and medieval castles and they
take the happy tourist thru the fertile
garden region of Sweden. Surely there
is no monotony here or chance for any!
Clever Little Swedish Steamers.
The seven steamers Of the company
are kept busily plying back and forth
between the capital and the shipping
metropolis of Sweden, and, besides car
rying large passenger lists in the sea-
son, they do a goodly package freight
business and furnish the outlet for nu-
merous factories along the line of the
route. These steamers are quite unique,
owing to the necessity for adapting
them to heavy weather and for making
them commodious for the passengers
and at the same time keeping them
small enough to pass thru the locks,
which are small affairs compared to
the great 500 locks with which you are
familiar in the northwest. The locks
are III feet long, 2314 feet wide and 10
feet deep. Yet there is room in each
of these quaint little 25O-ton craft for
about fifty cabin passengers, while the
second cabin accommodates as many
more day passengers. The staterooms
are the 'cutest'' little seagoing
apartments imaginable, the two COM
Portable sofas by day being transform
ed at night into good berths with no one
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FROM NAPLES, ITALY, TO
TROMSOE, NORWAY, IN AUTO

No one had ever driven from Christian
sand to Christiania or from Christiania
to Trondhjem and therefrom to from
soc, as we did. And I do not wonder!
Had our machine not been as good
as it was we could not have gone thru.
The road from Christiansand to Chris
tiania was built 200 years ago by the
way was under Danish rule. Since then,
little or nothing has been done to i'm
prove it. In most places the road was
just wide enough for the auto to pass,
and as it turned nearly every hun
dred yards, it was difficult to watch for
approaching teams In, one place, just
outside Kraageroer, midway between Ar
loop, passing over a bridge and then
turning under the very bridge itself, at
an angle of As degrees.
The small Norwegian horses became
simply panic-stricken when they saw us,
and commenced to climb up the sides
Of the rocks, with the small vehicle
trailing behind them. One vicious little
of our lamps into smithereens, while we
were standing still to let him pass.
We finally decided that it was i'm
possible to drive in the daytime, and
for the rest Of our trip thru Norway
we rode at night, it being nearly as
light then during June and July as in
| the daytime.
Altho the roads were bad, the hotels
were not, and it was quite surprise
to find such excellent service and meals
as we obtained at places with only a
few hundred houses. It was also de-
| ightful to stop for refreshments at the
"saeterhytterne,O which are semipublic
inns maintained by the mountaineers
| all thru the beautiful districts of Tele-
| ~, rlap ond G,16hra c6 alan K
Three times we were compelled to
ditch ourselves on the road to Chris
tiania in order not to run down some
peasant teams which were impossible to
see, owing to the sharp curves. At one
place it took six horses and twenty
men to drag US out of the ditch.
The road from Christiania to Trond-
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BY ELEANOR ROBSON.

we were compelled to enlist the assis.
lance of twenty hardy mountaineers to
shovel a way for us to get down.
Belgium and Holland being flat coun-
tries, offer but few difficulties and as
they are small, we went thru them
quickly. It was rather astonishing in
some places to travel along q canal in
the most modern vehicle possible and
then pass on the way hundreds upon
hundreds of the most primitive convey
ances-small barges and houseboats-
drawn by teams Of dogs.
Germany is not a pleasant country to
drive thru. The feeling Of the "agrars'
and the socialist laborers against any
persons who look decently dressed and
are able to pay their way is so pro-
nounced that the usual greeting extern
ded to an automobilist is a sheer or a
long drawn boot. The children have
nasty habit of expectorating in the di-
rection of the auto as it passes by.
Denmark is beautiful country. The
people are all civil and polite and the
roads AS velvety and as fine as those
of France. The only drawback is the
fact that the country is split up into
islands, compelling one to cross fire.
quently on ferries.
Sailing from Skagen to Christiansand
in Norway, we entered upon the more
| adventurous ana dangerous part OF our
trip. We were first informed by the
authorities that we would have to apply
for a permit in every county thru which
we intended to travel; that the roads
were impossible, and that we wouru
have to deposit $500 kroner-12 per
cent of the value of the auto-with
the customs department before we could
proceed. However, the American con-
sui in Christiansand, Mr.. Reimer, a Nor
Wegian, came to our rescue, and after
an exchange Of kilograms with Prime
Minister Nicholson in Christiania, sue
ceeded in getting permission for us to
i go thru.
In all Norway there are only, I was
told. eight automobiles, and they are
mostly all electric and used only as
! runabouts in the streets Of Christiania.
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phase of the question plain, will do so
now. The sum fixed upon is one that
was determined upon several years ago
after mature consideration. It is one
that lumberman with a small available
capital could put up, and we want the
small man as well as the large one to
compete. this time in order that the
If the forfeit were made higher, it
might freeze out some Of the small
lumbermen. In fact, it would be most
certain to do so, thus leaving compete
tion in the hands Of the big lumber
81 must say again that I believe
the Indians will get all that the timber
is worth in the present state of the
market, and shall make it my business
Indian is carried out to the letter by
the successful bidder
Reason for Short Time Limit
It was reported here today that Jo-
seph Farr, the special timber expert Of
the Indian bureau, had something to
do with fixing the short time for open
ing bids under the first advertisement.
Commissioners Leupp put a sudden
quietus on this story by saying that
the first person who objectea to the
short time was Farr. His letter of OBJ
lection is now on file in the Indian
office, together with Mr.. Leupp's reply
stating that the early date was fixed
because it was desired that mills should
be established and cutting begun dur.
ing the coming winter, in order, as ex-
planned above, that the Indians might
have the advantage of the present high
price of lumber.
Special Agent Downs, who has been
at White Earth investigating the recent
allotments, has been called to Wash
ington Commissioner Leupp explained
today that he was not coming to talk
| over White Earth matters, but allot-
ments on the Yankton reservation in
| South Dakota.
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INDIANS TIMBER
INTERESTS SAFE
Commissioner Leupp Says Good
Prices at Coming Sale Are
Assured.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Aug: 26.-The new ad.
vertisement, fixing Oct. 2 as the date Of
opening bids for timber on the White
Earth allotted lands, will be published
i'll The Minneapolis Journal, st. Paul
Pioneer Press, Milwaukee Sentinel,
Ashland Press, Detroit (Mich.) News,
one paper in Grand Rapids, Mich, Chi
cago Tribune and a lumber trade paper
which circulates generally among lum-
bermen.
Since public attention in Minnesota
became conferred on this sale, Commits
sioner Leupp has received numerous let
tiers and kilograms bearing on it, all Of
which, he says, convey to him the i'm
preston that the senders believe the
Indians will not get fair price for
their timber.
II do not believe this suspicion is
well founded said Mr.. Leupp.
In 1896 I investigated the system
of sales Of timber on allotments in
northern Wisconsin,. not with reference
to the personnel Of the people manag-
ing the sale and cutting, but with a
view to ascertaining whether it was one
that would bring the Indian allottee a
fair price for his timber. I then
made up my mind that it was a good
system and after that, whenever there
| was sale of Indian timber, tried TIC
have the Wisconsin system OF selling
applied to it. That is the reason
adopted the same system for the selling
of White Earth timber. / wanted this
| sale to come off this winter in order
that the Indians might have the benefit
Of the present good lumber market, ant
get a good price for their timber, mo-
| knowing what another season NIGH
/ bring forth in the way of prices.
Indians Interests Guarded.
ct believe / went into the question
4 Of the forfeit required very fully, OIL
Thursday, but il did not make tina
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At the close of the theatrical season Of
1904 1905 Eleanor Robson, the distinguished
young American actress, needing rest after
an arduous season that had witnessed her sue
cess both in London and in New York in the
play Of Merely Mary Ann,'' was advised to
take long automobile tour. Accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Madge Carr Cook, and Miss
Ada Dwyer of the Merely Mary Ann cont
pany. she sailed for Naples where auto
mobile and a French chauffeur were in waiting
The party then set out for a record-breaking
tour, covering 90, 600 kilometers in seven weeks,
passing thru eight countries and not meeting
with q single accident. Miss Robson and her
party were the first automobilsts to tour Nor
way and to conquer the natural difficulties of
that beautiful, but rock-bound country. An
interesting story Of the trip is told by Miss
Robson in the following article.
Automobiling thru France and Italy
is a matter of pure delight: Both the
Italians and the French realize that the
automobile has come to stay; that 1T is
an unquestioned factor in the develop
ment of the country and source Of in
come both for the workingmen and the
farmer, inasmuch as it has created a
new industry and daily brings people to
country inns and country places that
formerly were visited only once In a
while by tourists and scientists. AS a
result the roads in France and Italy are
well cared for, there arc signposts cree
ted by the automobile clubs at all the
crossways, and even the smallest town
has place where you can obtain petrol
(pasolene). The farmers and the horses
are used to the sight of an auto coming
along at full speed-the speed regula.
to the discretion Of the chauffeur, and
the touring party is always greeted by
the passer-by in a polite manner, the
men raising their hats and women max
ing courtesies.
We crossed the Alps when the snow
was still in the tops of tho mountains
and on the other side Of st. Gotthare
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Morgan Post "offcial Route"
to the G.. A. r. Encampment at
nonaxrnr Gnl0ro do

Special train September End, via the
Minneapolis & st. Louis R. R., consists
ing of Pullman standard and tourist
sleepers, will be run through without
change. Leave Minneapolis $3.50 am.
Only SITS for the round trip. Liberal.
limits and stopovers.
Call on j. Ct. Rickel, G. T. A., No.
tiers, No. 407 Phoenix Building.
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Indeed, for the traveller whose time
in Sweden is short, no more pleasant
and profitable manner of seeing the
country could be devised than a jour
ney from Stockholm to Gothenberg, or
vice versa, thru these devious and de-
ightful waterways.
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rection are in evidence all thru the re-
gion traversed by the Goeta canal
boats. Some Of the finest and most
beautiful farming country, too, is to be
seen from their decks, or examined
more at leisure while the boat is pass
ing slowly thru the locks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26

We took tourist steamer from from
soc to Trondhjem and there caught a
liner to Hull. A quick trip thru Eng
land and across the channel brought us
to Cherbourg, where we left the chauf-
feur and the auto and sailed back to
America for another season Is work.
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hiem is the main highway of Norway
and is of comparatively recent construc-
ton, so little difficulty was experienced
soc. the point where the midnight sun
is seen at its best, we had similar ex-
periences as on the road to Christiania.
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tempt to describe the varied scenery
along these waterways, nor the ancient
buildings that may be visited. Per-
haps the most impressive bit of sight
seeing on the trip is here at Trollhaet-
tan, where the Goeta elf (river) pours
its volume of 500 cubic meters second
thru a narrow and precipitous gorge
two miles long and with total drop
Of 100 feet. The resulting series Of
falls and rapids are wild and pictur-
esque beyond the telling. The tremen-
dous waterpower, estimated at 100000
horsepower, is only partially used, and
while the factories mar somewhat the
picturesqueness Of the scenery in the
village proper, there are compensations
in the gorge below and on the tops Of
the cliffs, to which easy approaches
have been built. The water is churned
to wild fury at many points along its
descent.
Many Great Factories.
There is locomotive works here
which employs 800 hands and turns out
locomotive week. At Motala, about
midway Of the trip, there is another
big machine establishment. Indeed,
all thru this central part of Sweden
are to be found factories which turn
out all kinds Of products. There are
no finer artizans in the world than the
Swedes, and their talents in this d.