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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-27
General Chaffee Here Tonight.

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of the general staff of the y. S.
army, and second in rank only to
the president. will arrive at Fort
Brown this evening on his tour
of inspection. The general will
be accompanied by Quartermaster
General c. H Humphrey, Captain
Grote Hutchson, aide on General
Chafee' 5 staff, and Gen. Jesse NJ
Lee, commanding officer of the De
partment of Texas. These dis
tinguished visitors will come by
the regular train. They will be
guests of Major Geo. F. Cooke,
commanding officer at Fort Brown.
While practicing at baseball in
the post yesterday afternoon. Cam
Hill, one of the Brownsville team,
in some way had one of his ribs
broken, The injury, while not
serious, was sufficient to prevent
his going to Corpus with his team
today
An accident to the machinery on
the Clarke dredge boat, which IS
engaged in deepening the channel
at Point Isabel, occurred yesterday,
the main shaft being broken, which
has caused a suspension of work
for the present. Superintendent H.
H. Crosby, who IS in charge of the
dredge, came up from the coast by
yesterdays Rio Grande train,
bringing the broken shaft with
him, and left today with it for
Kingsville to see if it can be re-
paired in the machine shops there.
If the Kingsville shops are unable
TO do the work, Mr.. Crosby will
have to go to Houston, which
would necessitate a somewhat long
er delay in the resumption OF oper-
atoms at the Point. It may be a
week or more before work can be
resumed.
Daily shipments of truck are
now being made from the demon
stration farm OF the Brownsville
Land and Town company, and re-
ports Of prices on the same are very
gratifying to the company. Cucum-
bers. snap beans, potatoes and
onions constitute the chief pro-
ducts that are being shipped. Nine
boxes Of cucumbers went out to-
day for Beaumont and eleven went
Tuesday to Houston. Mr.. Childress
IS especially proud Of his success
with potatoes of which he has ship
ped a large quantity. Latest reports
show that his potatoes are selling
Of & :. crate which holds abort
bushe1. These are very choice pota-
toes and show the Brownsville
country to be especially fine for
potato growing. Onions are bring
ing FIVE cents per pound. The sec
ond car load of onions is being
loaded now at the demonstration
farm aud will be shipped in a few
days. So far shipments have been
Confined to Texas points, including
Houston, Waco, Beaumont and
Fort Worth.
<. T.. hammond returned this
morning from Harn-Ko farm up
the river and reports everything
hourishing up his way In con
versation with a reporter for THE
HERALD Mr. Hammond stated that
while away he visited the Closner
plantation in Hidalgo county and
found everything blooming as the
rose. The onion crop of Mr.. Mont
gomery on this plantation he said
was the finest he ever saw any
where, and would easily average
IS 900 pounds, or one car load, to
the acre. In this patch there IS
thirtv-six acres and Mr.. Montgom
cry is now engaged in Grating for
shipment, three cars now being on
the track awaiting to be loaded,
and other shipments will so out
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-27

Lady fingers,
Nabisco.
Cheese sandwiches,
Animal crackers.
4-26-28 At LEO WISE.
Improvements are everywhere in
progress about town.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT
BOODLING SENATORS MAY VOTE
Can Be Deprived of Franchise Rights
Only Upon Conviction by SUI
periOr Court,

periOr Court.
The Supreme Court yesterday hand
ed down it's opinion in the appeal of
former Senators French, Wright, EN-
mons and Bunkers for writ of man
date to compel the Senate to reinstate
the expelled boodlers. The decision of
the court is that the Supreme Court
has no authority to interfere with the
action of the Legislature. A feature
of the decision is that the four bood-
lers still have the privilege of voting.
That can only be taken from them
when a conviction Is obtained in the
Superior Court.
Another point is that as the Thirty
sixth session is a thing of the past, the
usurpation of the legislative function
of reinstatement would be impossible.
The next regular session Of the Senate
will be composed of different legisla-
tors and will be an entirely different
body.
The petition alleged that the Sena-
tors were discharged without notice,
but this the Supreme Court holds to
be untrue, as charges were preferred
against the petitioners and referred to
a committee for investigation, which
committee subsequently reported that
the charges were true and recommend
ed expulsion. There was no Irregular
ity in the proceedings, as the Senate
has power to proceed with its business
any way it may select.
The opinion follows the denial of
the writ on April g. when George d.
Collins appeared for the four petition
ers and Attorney General Webb for
the people at the request of the Legis-
lature.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
Portland, Oregon, Knows of
Exploits of LeOna Brooks
in Reaping Gold From the
Foolish Sons of Wealth
DYES HER HAIR AT
REQUEST OF SMITH
Complies With Fancy of Tax
Collector and Her Raven
Tresses Are Changed to
Warmth of Golden Curls

Leona Brooks, the woman with
whom Tax Collector Edward J. Smith
has fed to parts unknown, as related
exclusively in yesterdays Call, is per-
haps as well known as any of her kind
on the Pacific Coast 1t was early in
last October that Smith fell under the
spell OF her charms. Previous to
that time all his attentions were show
cred upon the beautiful Lillian Leslie.
Until Leona crossed his path Lillian
had been the queen of his heart.
When Leona appeared upon the scene
he told Lillian that his love for her had
ceased and that he had found an
other one more congenial to his tastes.
Lillian buried her pride and also the
many thousands of dollars that he had
given her. She said ''day-day'' to him
and then and there their friendship
ended
His new charmer, Leona. was at
once installed in luxurious apartments
at the MignOn, on Hyde street, near
Pine. Almost the first request he made
of her was that she should change the
color of her hair. Leona's tresses were
of raven darkness. but evidently men,
ories of the golden locks Of the fair
Lillian still fingered with the tax man.
Be that as il may. Smith asked
Leona TO bleach her hair She forth
with complied. Hafrdressers were
summoned and In brief time Leona of
the black locks was transformed as
Il by magic to Leona of the golden
curls. Smith was more than delighted
at the change.
The Tax Collector lavished upon the
new idol Of his heart everything that
she demanded Her gowns were mag
Hiffcent. She became extravagant in
her habits and spent every dollar that
he gave TO her on personal adornment.
b LeOna's friends declare that she
never saved UP a penny but blew the
coin in as fast as the infatuated Of
fetal gave il to her She is said to
have been very liberal in spending the
money and was known by her associa-
tes as a good fellow" She was not
a habitue of the race track. She
was, however, Very fond of the social
glass. and a small bottle Of -'Mumm''
was always on tap when she enter
tained her friends.
Her expenses were heavy, but Smith
was so devoted to her that he never
refused to crafty her slightest whin.
Leona came from the north, where
she was very well known. She lived
for a long time in Portland, the pet
Of the gilded youth of that city. She
was known in the north as Blanch
Srpythe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
TRY TO BURN
AN Old SCHOOL
specI.I ptspateh . rhs, can.

FRESNO. April 2S.-The torch was
applied to the Selma school building
last night. 1t is believed that a desire
to see the old structure replaced by
a modern building prompted the ap-
plication of the torch.
Three times the progressive element
of the town has caused the. calling ok
bond election In an attempt 70 re-
place the old wooden structure with
two up-to-date brick schoolhOuses.
Each time the bond proposition was
defeated with the result that much
bitterness has been engendered.
Janitor Mcknight discovered the
flames in a pile of sacks and shingles
underneath the building. A few
buckets of water put them out
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
WILL LOCATE
IN PORTLAND
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

PORTLAND. April 2S.-That Nit
sui & Co., the great japanese firm,
will transfer their American boats TO
the Pacific Coast and that they have
selected Portland as. the location. for
all their exporting business is the re-
suit of the visit of t. Mikimoti, the
firms travelling representative. who
has just left here after two weeks on
the coast.
t. S. MeCrath & Co., who are also
the Portland agents for Gervin & Eyre
of San Francisco, are to be the agents
for the Japanese house. Hereafter all
the cement, mating and other imports
which are sent by Mitsui & Co. into
the United States will enter through
Portland. The first shipment will
come on the steamship Nicomedia, due
here Nav g.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
BAD TIDINGS
PHOSPHATE
SMITHS WIFE
DefauIter's Invalid
Spouse Takes
Blow Hard.

Mrs. Edward J. Smith, wife of the
defaulting Tax Collector, was so Sc
verely shocked at the sad news of her
husbands wrongdoings that much fear
was for a while felt for her recovery.
However, she rallied yesterday. Last
night the doctors said she was on the
road to recovery and that all she
needed to restore her to health was
rest.
Mrs. Smith has been ill for a long
time. Several weeks ago she was con-
fined to her bed and ever since that
time she has been under the care of a
doctor and trained nurse. When she
heard of her husbands fight the
shock affected her to an alarming ex-
tent. She suffers from fainting spells
and nervous breakhowns.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
JUDGE SPOILS
ROBBER' PLANS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, April 2s.-The residence
of Judge S. F. Leib was entered about
o'clock this morning. Before start
ing in to loot the house the robbers Sc
cured lunch from the pantry and sat
down at the dining-room table to enjoy
it. While at the repast they made a
noise that awakened Judge Leib. who
went down stairs TO investigate. As
he opened the dining-room door the
men made their escape by a window.
Nothing was taken from the house. al
though IT was plain that the men had
made preparations to gather up the
silverware in the dining-room.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
WH4r Joy HEYBRING
IoFyERYHoM

with joyous hearts and smiling faces they rop and when in health
how health the games which indulge the outdoor
life they enjoy the can regular habits they should be taught form and
the wholesome diet of which they should How endery their health
Should preserved by medication but by careful avoidance OF
medicine of injurious Objectionable and time
remedial agent required to assist only those of known excellence
should remedies which and
effect like the
the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs has general favor in
millions of informed families estimate quality
excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use.
Figs has with the approval physicians generally be-
cause they know wholesome simple and gentle its action We inform
reputable medicinal
by an original method from certain plants known benec
ally and presented in agreeable Californian
blue used the pleasant therefore
edy and hence informed physicians who
medicines
Please to remember and teach Children also that the genuine Syrup
OF Figs always has the full OF the CompanyCafoa Fig Co.
plainly printed on the front every package and that is for sale in
bottles OF one size only dealer offers other than the regular Fifty
accept If fail the genuine you get beneficial
family should
for the parents and the children whenever
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
POLICE SPOIL
A BUNKO GAME
Special Dispatch to The Call.

RENO. April 2S.-One-armed John
Dow and Fat" Sandy, two Of the most
notorious confidence operators in the
United States, were captured in a pri-
vate room In the Hotel Clarendon here
tonight They were engaged in fleec-
ing Cass Morris and e. T. Thornton,
two wealthy young mining men, who
are here from their homes in Milwau-
kee. The young men were enticed to
the room upon the pretext of looking
at some rich ore. While there the out
fits were produced and the game had
just been started when Chief of Police
Leeper and his officers pounced upon
the crowd.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
STARTS ON HER MAIDEN
TRIP TO THE PACIFIC

Great Northern Company's New
Steamer Dakota, After Some Little
Delay, Leaves New York.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-The Great
Northern Company's new steamer Da-
kota went to sea this afternoon on her
maiden trip TO the Pacific. There was
some little delay in her starting from
Brooklyn pier. and an erroneous re-
port reached the Maritime ExchanSe
that her machinery was disabled. It
required the services of three of the
largest tugboats in the harbor to help
the Dakota out to sea.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR MURDERER

BAKERSFIELD. April 28.-orbega
Urbangarin, accused with Philip
Walker, Patton Palmer and Dave
Senega of numbering aged William
Nichols. to-day withdrew his plea of
not guilty and pleaded guilty. He was
sentenced to States prison for life.
Walker. who is a brother of Newt
Walker, who shot and killed Burton
and Bagsby at Havilah last Monday.
received a similar sentence last week.
Urbangarin made a statement from
the witness stand duplicating Palmer.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
VENEZUELAN SCANDAL,
Continued From Page /, Column 8.
gotiations which followed. They had

gotiations which followed. They had
no quarrel then, but they did not, for
some reason, get along we'll together.
After the negotiations resulted in the
raising of the blockade, Bowen went to
The Hague. Just after the negotia-
tions in \ ashington Bowen published
on his own responsibility a blue book
of the correspondence in connection
Herewith. This publication aroused
the representatives of the powers. The
State Department did not like 1t, and
to Loomis was delegated the respon-
siDillty of suppressing its circulation or
further publication. Bowen resented
this.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
THIEVES TAKE CASH FROM
SAN DIEGO PASTORS STUDY
Small Sum and Clothing Reward
Burglars for Raid on Episcopal
Church

SAN DIEGO, April 28.-Last night
burglar or burglars entered the pas
tors study and guild room Of st.
Paul's Episcopal Church and extracted
from the drawer of desk $40 in cash
and sundry articles Of clothing. The
burglary was discovered by Rev.
Charles L. Brown. rector Of the
church, when he entered the church
this morning and found the door to
the guild room broken open and the
floor strewn with burnt matches.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
Snake Bite Proves Fatal.

Los ANGELES. April 2S.-Edward
Rabe, one of the best known wild an
imal trainers on the coast and keeper
of the Eastlake Park ZOO who was
bitten yesterday by a rattlesnake, died
at the County Hospital tonight
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
WILLIAM j. BRYAN SPEAKS
AT MONROE DAY BANQUET
Nebraska Orator Takes for His SUBJ
ject "Back to the
PeOplen

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April 2S-wil-
liam j. Bryan was the guest of hon.
or and Congressman Champ Clark was
POSTMASTER at the Monroe day BAN
quet here tonight. Bryan's suject
was Back to the People,
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
BUNKERS CASE WILL GO
TO THE JURY TODAY
Argument and Expects to
Close at Noon.

SACRAMENTO, April 2S.-In all
probability the Bunkers bribery case
will go to the jury directly after the
noon recess tomorrow. Attorney
Morehouse concluded his argument at
1920 D. m. and District Attorney Sey-
mour began the closing argument for
the State.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
Summer Colds.

Laxative Bromo ouinine, the world wide Cold
Cure, removes the cause. Call for the full name
and look for signature Of E. w. Grove. 25c. :
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
GENERATOR OVERTURNS
AND KILLS A WORKMAN
Employe of Truckee River Electric
Company Crushed TO Death
in Nevada.

RENO, April 2s.-Otto Lang was
instantly killed to-day while at work
at the site of the Truckee River Gem
eral Electric Company. near Verdi,
New, by a generator, weighing 10000
pounds, overturning. burying him be-
meath its massive weight.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
PREMATURE BLAST NEARLY
CAUSES WORKMAN'S DEATH
Employe at Santa Cruz Quarry Badly
Burned by Explosion of
Dynamite.

SANTA CRUZ, April 2S.-Frank
Pellargrini, an employe at the lime
stone quarry of the Santa Cruz Lime
Company. narrowly escaped death by
the premature explosion of a charge
of dynamite yesterday. The unfor-
tunate man was thrown some distance.
His face, left arm and left leg were
badly burned.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29
Mexican Police on Watch.

Chief of Police Dinan received the
following dispatch yesterday from
Felix Diaz. Inspector General of Po-
lice, Mexico City, Mexico:
Il have given instructions TO keep
a close watch for Edward Smith and
will let you know result
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-29

BEATS HIS NIFE.-Berkeiey. April 2S-
Lawrence J. Smith arrested early this
morning al his residence SOB Delaware street,
and CHARGED with beating his wife.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17
LOST IN PRAIRIE FIRE.
Two Children Missing and Farms Devas-
tated in South Dakota

Boncsteel, s. d., Nov. 1.-Two child
rem are Missing and many square miles
OF farm land have been ravaged as a re-
suit of a prairie fire that has ragged for
two days threatening for time TO at
tack Aberdeen, $. d., and the newly
opened Rosebud Indian reservation lands.
MANY cattle have persisted and score
of farm buildings have been burned, de-
spite the fact that 800 farmers are
fighting the flames night and day.
A number Of school houses also are re-
ported burned. John l.. Brtting's farm
was devastated and his two daughters,
aged six and eight years, are reported
lest. They were at school when the flre
swept the region, and could not be found
later.
Eighteen men Wednesday probably
saved Aberdeen by ploughng re-break
four miles long north of town and start
ing fire toward the north.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17
CONFUSION,
Fits, then
Epilepsy.

Or. Miles Restorative Nerv-
inc has been so successful in
curing these brain-wrecking
diseases that there is every
reason to believe that even the
most hopeless cases can be
benefited, if not fully restored.
We will be pleased to refer
any one thus afflicted to many
who now enjoy the blessing of
health, after years of hopeless
suffering.
Il have a son that had brain fever
when two years old. followed by fits OF
the worst type, and he was pronounced
tncurable- / spent hundreds OF dollars
for him, without relief. After about
sent him to Longcliff hospital for the
Insane, at Logansport. Ind. He was
there nearly three years, but he con-
tinued to grow worse, SO we brought
condition. He HAD lost Ills mind almost st
entirely. He. hardly knew one Of the
family; could not even find his bed:
was a total wreck. He had from 5 to
10 hts 9 day. We were urged to try
bottle was used. we could see change
for the better. We have given ii to
him ever since. and he has had but
two very light spells since last August.
1908, and then he was not well other
ways. We pronounce him cured, as he
can work and go anywhere. II any one
wishes to ask any questions concerning
this. they are IT liberty to do So"
Il. III. BuNNELL. Lincoln. Ind.
Or. Miles Nervlne Is sold by your
HrflnHicr ~ VII .
first bottle Will benefit. III VI falls, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17
WENT BLIND AFTER HER
STIMULATION ON STAGE
Amateur Actress Played Blind Bertha
at Des Moines Really Lost Her
Sight Three Days
Later.

Chicago, Ill.,, Nov. ia despatch to
the Inter-Ocean from Des Moines, Ia,
says.
From assumed to actual blindness
within three days is the experience OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Conger Heaton, niece OF
the former minister to China, Edwin H.
Conger.
Saturday evening Mrs. Heaton played
the part of blind Bertha in drama
tization of Dickens Cricket on the
Hearth" presented by Unitarian so.
cicty club. Mrs. Heaton put her soul
into the part and won the highest
praise. Wednesday, while walking the
streets, her sense OF seeing vanished and
she was obliged to call for help and
be taken home.
Physicians say that the retina Of
each eve has been divided and that there
j. but remote possibility Of saving
one eye. Mrs. Heaton is % years old
and is the wife Of dentist.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17
PROTECTIVE coLoRs.
Abbott H. Thayer on Natures Care of
Bird and Beast.

New York, Nov. l7.-Abbott III.
Thayer Of Dublin, n. f., delivered a
lecture last evening at the Museum Of
Natural History, before the esd annual
congress Of the American OrnithoIog-
lists union, on his theory that birds
and beasts are so colored by nature as
TO Disguise them against their enemies
when they get into tight" places. By
skilfully contrived cabinet, Mr.. Thayer
showed that the spots of the leopard
are so arranged BY nature as to resem-
bic spaces and interstiees among the
foliage. and thus conceal the animal
from his pursuers. The leopard, more
over, i lightly colored on his belly,
which throws the light downward. On
his back the spots are darkest, so as
to absorb and not reflect the light.
The same thing is done by the zebra )
stripe. The zebra's tight place is by
the reed grown, lion haunted drinking
places. The stripes blend with the reeds
and their shadows, the white bands
being like chinks Of light through the
reeds.
Mr. Thayer showed pictures of the
AAt AitNAh OtditNht1f tAt btttc id4 aDh
the bird Of paradise in colors. The birds
in these pictures were actual specimens
fixed to the canvas, with the landscape
painted on.
The woodpecker's tight place is in
the bare, leaaess tree, with every twig
and sprig standing out against cloudy
sky. The white stripes on the wood
pecI<er's plumage give the effect Of chinks
Of light through the twigs, and so the
woodpecker is to all intents lost
against the tree.
Similar experiments We're made with
the blue Jay and the bird of paradise.
The tail Of the deer, he showed, was
not white for the fawn to follow, as
was supposed but for the purpose of
suggesting the sky to the pursuing ami
NAL. He showed many slides Of ami
mails that seemed completely blotted
Quit the surrounding shrubbery and
foliage. The white tail of the hare
and the white buttock tufts Of the an
telope were shown as cases in point.
The white coalesced with the sky line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17
WRITE TOO MANY LETTERS.
Bureau Chiefs Ought to Be Bnefer. Says
President.

Washington, Nov. IT, President
Roosevelt in his instructions to the COM
mission created to ascertain what
changes may be necessary to place the
conduct OF the executive business Of
the government on the most economical
basis, among other things said
"a resolute effort should be made to
secure hrevity in correspondence and the
elimination of useless letter writing.
There is a type Of bureaucrat who be-
lieves that his entire work and that the
entire work of the government should
be the collection Of papers in reference
to case. In all branches Of the govern
ment there is tendency greatly to in
crease unnecessary and largely perfume
tory letter writing"