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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-18
.OPED A CALIFORNIA LION.
Novel Manner in Which a Seven-FoOt
Animal Was Killed by
Cowboy.

A fight worthy of being recount
ed in any tale of thrilling adventure
was enacted last week on the Nor
row ranch, which lies on the Mount
Hamilton range, extending from
the observatory south for many
miles. says the San Jose Daily Mer-
curry. During the past month E.
+. Robinson, foreman of the ranch.
had noticed that their young colts
were decreasing in numbers with
alarming rapidity. Almost every
morning the mangled carcass of a
colt would be found. Tracks
around the slaughtered animals told
the story of the mountain lion. A
close watch was kept, but the de-
precautions continued as before and
the lion evaded all efforts to kill
him or drive him away.
One morning Robinson. with a
bunch OF cowboys, was rounding
mp some stock in a remote sec
ton of the ranch, when the dog
withthem started a large animal
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-18

in a thicket. They tried to send
the dog into the bushes, but he
covered away. Suddenly an i'm
mense California lion left the cover
and ran up a large oak tree near
by. There were no weapons in the
crowd and Robinson was afraid to
send one of the men of the wagon
for a rife lest they lose sight en-
tirely of the animal.
Accordingly they formed a cor
don around the tree and let out
their riatas at the lion. The animal
stood at bay and warded of the
raw hides with his paws. The
men had almost despaired of ac-
complishing when anything Selby
Trimble. the crack rider of the Nor
row ranch volunteered to leave the
circle and climb a nearby tree to
endeavor TO cast the rope in a diff
ferent manner. He did this at the
risk of his life. After repeated
failures he succeeded when the
lion head was turned the opposite
way The other riatas fell quickly
one after the other and the animal
was hung then and there.
The skin Is in beautiful condi-
ton measures over seven feet from
the to tip. II i at present at the
Santa Clara tannery.
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C0Thee blocks South POstOfce
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-18
\ LOUIS KowALSKI.
= Clerk. District Court Cameron
County. Texas.
NOTICE

state OF Miss Mary {. Butler, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that all persons
wing claims against the estate of Miss
AIRY {. Butler. deceased. are requested
Immediately present the same 10 me
= payment, at my Office in this, the
y of Brownsville. County 81 Cameron
a State of Texas.
JAMES h. WELLS, Executor
Named In the Will OF Miss Mars
C. Butler. deceased.
huary 3rl.. 1908. a-ll-ls-25
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Citation by Publication.
No 1854
IRENE PATTERSON

IRENE PATTERSON
VS.. suit for Divorce.
HENRY ID. PATTERSON
The State Of Texas.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Cameron County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded 10 sum
mon, by making publication Of this
Citation in some newspaper published
in the County of Cameron, once each
week, for four a. consecutive weeks pre-
vious 10 the return hereof, Henry ID.
Patterson, whose residence is unknown,
10 be and appear before the Honorable
District Court of Cameron County, Tex
as, TO be holden in and for said County
of Cameron, Texas, at the Court House
thereof, in the City OF Brownsville, IN
said County, on the first Monday in
February, A. d., 1905, il being the 9th
day Of said month, then and there to
answer the petition Of Irene Patterson,
filed in said Court, on the 9th day OF
December, A. d., 1904 wherein, She,
the said Irene Patterson is plaintiff and
Henry ID. Patterson is defendant. The
File Number of said Cause on the
Docket, OF said Court being No. 1884,
and for a cause Of action alleges that,
plaintiff is a bona fide inhabitant of the
County Of Cameron, and where she has
resided for more than six o. months
before the filing OF this Suit; that plant
III was, on the 9TH day Of October, 1879,
in the city OF Brownsville, Cameron
County, Texas, lawfully married TO de-
PENDANT, and thereafter they lived to-
gether as husband and wife until about
November A. d., 1881, when defendant
without cause therefor, and with the i'm
tent to abandon plaintiff, then aud there
abandoned plaintiff, and has since CON
tinued such abandonment, until the pres
ent time, "a period of over twenty years.
That defendant present whereabouts
is unknown To- plaintiff
That there Is no community property
IF said matrmouy
Plaintiff pra,s that defendant De- duly
cited O., publication. 20 answer her said
petition herein, and tha, after due cita-
hion she be- granted "a Divorce from said
defendant
: Herein Fail Not, and have You before
lhe said Court this return, or the said |
irst day Of the next regular Term there
IF, with your return thereon, showing |
low you have executed ,he same
Witness LoUIs KowALsKI, Clerk Of
the District Court Of Cameron County, |
Texas
Given under by hand aud Seal of said
l,ourt, in this, the City of Brownsville, |
his, the 9th day OF December, A. D.,
9O4.
LOUIS KOwALSKI
Ills. Clerk, District Court Cameron |
49, County. Texas.
Came 10 hand at O'Clock z. NJ. on
he 9th day of December A. D.. 1904 at
recuted al S O'Clock p. NJ, same day
v ordering the above Citation published
The BRNowsvTLLE DAILY HERALD.
1ewspaper published in Cameron coun-
Texas. for four consecutive weeks
ON December 9th 1904.
CELEDoNIo CARA.
sheriff Cameron County, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-18
JAMESB.W WELLS
attorney
at Law.

Successor to Powers & Maxan,
Powers & Wells, Wells & Rentfro
Wells, Rentfro & Hicks, Wells &
Hicks, Wells, Stayton & Kl>S>-s.
buy and sell Real Estate and
investigate land titles. A complete
abstract of all titles of record IN
Cameron County, Texas.
Practice in all state and federal
courts, when especially employed.
Land Litigation and corporation
practice.
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odd papers, 25c per 200, al this
ice
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-18
R. B. CPEAGER,
Attorney and
COunSeIIOr.at.Law

Office. over Yturria Bank. Eliza
beth Street.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

through agents which have been no.
ticed mingling among the AfrO-Amerl.
cans. These agents when questioned
have always been quick to state that
they represented insurance companies,
especially the ''funeral' insurance
which is SO popular among them
It is not hard to notice in the above
the usual amount of imagination and
exaggeration generally included in
Southern news. All such things are
invented in order to divert attention
from the real facts in the case. The
real evils are the mortgage system, the
plantation store and the slinnings
alive to which the Afro-Americans
are subjected. The Afro-Amel lean is
inspired with resentment because he
is deprived of both civil and political
rights and he knows that this is done
in violation of the Constitution of the
United States. And he still more re-
sents the destruction of his education
al privileges; and it is these things,
not cocaine that drive him from the
plantation to the towns and impel him
to get home of his own. AS the
Afro-American becomes more intelli-
gent. plantation life becomes more in
tolerable.
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Our Southern brethren. when

Our Southern brethren, when des-
canting so eloquently upon Northern
sectional literature, would do we'll to
remember that they have an abund-
ant supply of the same kind, the prod
uct of their own most popular writ
ers. One of these writer's is Mrs. All
gusta Evans Wilson, who, in her
work. "Macaria,' fairly revels in
abuse of the North. From that work
we extract merely one gem. from the
midst of many others of the same
kind Mrs Evans Wilson makes one
of her characters, typical Southern
woman speak thus: could | have
foreseen the spirit which actuates the
North-the diabolical hate and fiend-
ishness which it's people have mani
tested and had I known that resist
ance would have cost the lives OF all
in the Confederacy, | should have
urged secession as the only relief
from political bondage Rather would
I have men. women and children I'LL
one wide common grave than live IN
subsection to or connection with
people so depraved, INSCRIPTIONS and
goddess" The lady who disgorges this
highfaluting rhodomontade is the typ
ical Southern woman according TO
Mrs. Evans Wilson.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1905.
SENSIBLE EXPRESSIONS.

1t is a positive pleasure to read the
expressions Of sensible white mel in
reference to the AfrO-AmeriCan, which
sometimes appear in the newspapers.
such as the following by Judge Cal
laway of. Georgia. 81 prefer to first
experiment with an effort to improve
the Negro as a farm laborer. cropper
and tenant rather than experiment
with that class of foreign labor which
comes from the lower and poorer
classes Of European mOnarchies,
where centuries of tyranny and op-
preston have thoroughly imbued
them with a hatred for all forms of
government We are too apt to allow
our impatience with one trifling Ne
gro to cause us to make cOndemna-
tory speeches and remarks of the
whole race. We often do ourselves a
a great injustice by remaining silent
and failing to challenge the flippant
and wholesale abuse and denuncia-
ton which we sometimes hear from
the lips of demag0gues hurled at the
whole Negro race" Rev. A. f.
Beard, D. D., Secretary of the Amer
lean Missionary Association New
York. remarks as follows: ''The Afro
Americans will never improve If the
worst traits of the least industrious
and moral of the race are accepted
as fixing the standards for all who
have the misfortune to be born black.
There has been too much OF the
wholesale classification of the race,
and it's result has been to discourage
and obstruct in every possible way
the tendencies to progress which a
wiser policy would have fostered and
stimulated Mr.. Beard notices the
Presidents fondness for the word de
cent" and favors an aristOcracy OF de-
cency, made upon this basis. He con-
dennis 1.-The Jim Crow car because.
''Those of the Afro-American race
who are Industrious, educated and
self-respecting are weighed down with
the burdens of an entirely different
class of their race. They carry the
weight of it upon their souls Such
are the thoughts and feelings of two
thoughtful sensible white men, one
from the North and one from the
South and we commend them to care
full consideration.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
FREIGHT RATES AND jim GROW
CARS

Commenting upon former Senator
Chandeliers suggestion that the adop-
ton of the Esch-ToWnsend bill would
do away with Jim Crow cars, the
Fort Worth Record says that "Mr.
Chandler belongs to that class OF
Northern men who have always made
use of their opportunities to produce
race friction in the South. He is not
a friend of the Afro-American in any
material sense, and if he could enforce
his views for twenty,four hours there
would be one Of the most destructive
race wars in history precipitated.
1t may perhaps console the Record
to point out that Mr.. Chandler repre-
sents the sentiments of thousands of
people and is their official spokesman.
Mr.. Chandler has good reliable back
ing and cannot be bullied. nor fright.
ened by gloomy predictions. 1t may
pain him to learn that he has failed
to secure the commendation of the
Record: but it would eXasperate him
and ruin him politically should he
square his actions by the Records
rule The threat of race war great
or small will probably not have any
effect upon his future course.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
BUSINESS MEMS LEAGUE.
Holds Magnificent Meeting in Ne
York and Elects Officers.

HOLDS Magnificent meeting IN new
York and Elects Officers.
The Sixth Annual Meeting of Nation
al Business Mems League was the rec
ord meeting of the organization in
every way and much good was done
by the showing made.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are:
DR.. Booker T. Washington, Ala.
President.
G. M. Howell Ca, First Vice Presi
dent.
J. E. Bush, Ark, Second Vice Presi
dent.
Chas. Baulas, Miss, Third Vice
President.
F. D. Patterson, Ohio, Fourth Vice
President.
Emmett ]. Scott, Ala, Cor. Secre
tary.
Gilbert Harris Mass. Treasurer.
S. Laing Williams. ILL.,. Compiler.
Fred H. Moore. N. Y. Rec. Secy. and
Organizer.
Peter J. Smith, Mass, Registrar.
= H Gilbert, N. Y, Asst. Registrar
Cyrus Field Adams, ILL.,, Transports
ton Agent.
W. II. Davis, D. c., Official Stenog
rapher.
The members of the executive com
mittee for next year are: 7. Thos
Fortune, n. j., Chairman; Theodore
w. Jones, Ill.,: Rev. W. l.. Taylor, Va;
NJ. NJ. Lewey. Fla: J. c. Napier. Tenn;
Dr.. S. E. Courtney. Mass; J. c. Jack
son. KY; Dr.. S. A. Furniss. Ind; )
G. Carter Ca; P. A. Payton. Jr., N
Y.
The next meeting of the League will
be held in Atlanta, Ga.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

A meeting of the "Civic Confedera-
ton" was recently held in New York
City:
The speakers, addressing that meet
ing, were Emil Boos, general manager
of the Hamburg line; Ma
than BLUR. vice president of the Unit
ed Hebrew Charities; M. V. Richards,
land and industrial agent of the South
ern Railway Company; J. P. Archibald,
secretary of the New York Civic Fed
Grafton; ex-Commissioner Joseph A.
Senner of the Immigrant Protective
League: Commissioner Watchorn and
]. w. Sullivan. editor of the Weekly
Bulletin of Clothing Trades.
These railroad and steamship agents
are great on literature and they are
flooding the country with wonderful
tales of the worthlessness of the
Southern Afro-American laborer. They
would like to secure a big lot of bust
ness for their cars and vessels and
that is all they care for. They are
ready to take anything that comes,
criminal. anarchist or leper and are
menace to the country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

A writer in the Presbyterian Stand
ard says: "It is notorious that mem
bership either in the Methodist or
Baptist church signifies nothing, Ell
Their as to Christian character or
Christian knowledge" The writer is
speaking of Afro-American bodies, ex-
clusively and his remark is both men
dacious and calumnious, as we'll as
impolitic. 1t is a fact that the two
churches mentioned have captured and
securely hold the race and the reason
is that those churches have an adapt
ability to the condition and tempera-
ment of the people of which the others
seem to be comparatively destitute.
Our writer will not change conditions
by railing. His communication is not
specially characterized by either Chris
tian character or Christian knowledge
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

property qualifications whatever, and
contend that the laW-abldlng man Of
good character, who does his duty as
a citizen and risks his life in defense
Of the flag, should not be deprived OF
not read or write. H. 5.
In republic there can be but one
kind Of citizen, hence we deny the
right OF the goyernment-general
state or local-to discriminate in any
way between citizens. We contend
that the enactment of any law which
specifies that the Afro-AmerIcan must
be separated from and treated differ,
emily from the great body Of citizens
is unjust and un-American .
We believe firmly in thorough edu
cation of the head, heart and hand
The claim made by certain Southern
Caucasians that they pay the taxes
necessary to educate the Southern Afro
Americans is an economic absurdity
and is only advanced by persons who
seek to befog the public intelligence
We again direct attention to the Ii
cense of the mob. Mob law is a fea
ture of crime more dangerous to the
we'll being and perpetuity of society
than the attractions Of law by individ
uals.
We deplore the attitude of many
alleged Christian bodies on the race
question and the growing disposition
of alleged Christians to humiliate
and degrade the Afro-American. II
is an evidence of the decadence OF
true Christianity in the United States
We heartily commend the brave an6
patriotic position taken by President
Roosevelt in the enforcement of the
Federal Constitution and the laws has
ed upon it. His words and deeds stanC
out in bold relief, in these times whe1
so many men iii high places are false
to right principles and the best inter
ests Of the whole people.
We reaftirm our unalterable deter
mination to contend in all lawful ways
for every civil and political right which
is ours under the Federal Constitution
and which is enjoyed without dispute
by all other ethnic elements of the ma
tional citizenship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
LABOR AT THE SOUTH,

In discussing the scarcity OF labor
in the South, the Atlanta Constitution
makes mention of certain report
which is to be sent to Washington.
Some OF the points OF the report are
as follows:
When given to the newspapers the
present rumor is that actual facts, fig
ures and statistics will be included
showing that tremendous proportion
Of the wage earners and field hands
of the south cannot be secured for
labor these days because of the fact
that they are absolute slaves to CO.
caine. ..
Another feature expected in the re-
port is that the system by which these
dope slaves have been made fends is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

Our Indian brethren are progressing
rapidly in civilization, as is shown by
the fact that many vastly respectful
schemes for boOdling are being devel-
ODed in their midst and ably promoted
by the white brother.
among those indicted are the gov
ernor of the tribe, Gov. Johnson.
United States Marshal Ben Colbert.
and Messrs. Mansfield, McMurray &
Cornish, a very prominent legal firm.
This firm is the one which not long
since got the heavy fee of $75O,0O0 in
payment of their services to the
Chickasaw and ChoctaW tribes"
Such indications are encouraging to
philanthropists.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

Syracuse, Ohio is a small town in
which no Afro-American is allowed to
dwell. The inhabitants Of the town
are generally, coal and salt miners
and when an Afro-American strikes
the town, the children have been train
ed to stone him and drive him out.
If their efforts fail the parents COM
plete the job. The citizens of SYRIA
cuse are training up their children in
the way they should not go. and pre-
pairing them to become ruffians and
murderers in due season.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
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The last legislature of the glorious
commonwealth of Arkansas failed to
make an appropriation for the state
board of health and that distinguish
ed body has not funds enough to pur'
chase even a postage stamp. Since the
danger from yellow fever has been
imminent Gov. Jeff Davis has been
importuned to call a special session,
in order to make provision for the
emergency, but declines to do so upon
the ground that a session of the body
would be greater calamity than any
amount of yellow fever Whether jeff
is right or wrong is debatable Ques-
ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

The victorious Japanese, although
they have the Russians licked to a
standstill, have shown they are not
hogs and have won another moral
victory by making peace possible by
their magnanimity President Roose'
welt. the great mediator, is entitled to
great credit for the result in which
he played so important a part. Peace
at any price is preferable to war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09

of worship to the memory of StoneWall
Jackson. The pastor OF the church iii
his youth attended a Sunday School
established by General Jackson, which
excited his ambition to erect the me-
mortal Our opinion is that the men
Of the race who do such uncalled for
things to commend themselves to the
white man, usually care but little for
the welfare of the race.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
UncIuding Medical, Dental and
Pharmaceutic Colleges)

INCORPORATED 1867
Thirty-eighth session will begin &C.
tOber 2, 1905 and continue eight
months. Students matriculate for Day
Instruction.
3-Years' Graded Course in Dental
Surgery
3-Years' Graded Course in Pharmacy.
Instruction is given by didactic lec-
lures. ouizzes, clinics and practical lab
oratory demonstrations. Well equip
ped laboratories in all departments;
Unexcelled hospital facilities. All
students must register before October
IA. 1905. For further informa ton or
catalogue, apply to F. J: SHADD. A.
NJ, M. D.. Sec'y, 9O1 Street N. W.
Washington, D. G..