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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-21

sometimes creep III TO TIE CITY Win
the homeseekers excursions. Some
of them came in this week end.
Two men, who tried to tell every
body that they came from Chicago
were on one of the cars coming
from Matamoros to Brownsville
last night after the opera, made
one wonder if a new variety of
Poland Chinas or Berkshires had
been developed and assumed the
shape of men. During the fore
noon Sunday one of excursionists
with little conception of the mean
ing of the word gentleman tried to
force his way into a house in Ma
tamoros just to crafty his morbid
curiosity. 1t is amusing to watch
the antics Of some of the unsophis-
ticated Reubens who want to go
to Mexico and with a face which
plainly indicated their anxiety get
some of places on the board walk
to change a dime currency into
Mexican money and as soon as
they get into the boat get into
wrangle with the boatman about
the three cent fare~and because he
will not take two cents decare that
all the people in this section and
Mexico are a band of robbers.
Happily that class have not money
enough to buy land and they
cannot hope 70 ever come here to
live and spoil this paradise for
good men and good women.
: Among the persons interested
in the Gulf Coast Country to ar
rive last Saturday night from the
chilly Northland were Chas. Wat
son and wife and G. w. Watson
and wife, both couples from Louis
vile, Kentucky; c. c. Brooks
of Havana. Kansas; E. J. Kasper
and A. ]. Kasper of Elk City,
Kansas; S. S. Sawther, Cardingtou,
Ohio; NJ. B. Leftover and z. R.
Pease of Mt. Giliad, Ohio; J. &.
Roberts of Lyaut, Kansas; G. B.
Makenson and F. w. Wiedy of
Okarehee, Oklahoma; and Earl
Sell of Akron, Ohio. Most of the
party spent yesterday morning in
Matamoros and the afternoon in
sightseeing on our side of the
river.
The meteorological observations
taken Sunday and Monday morn
ing at the government station at
the South Texas Garden was as
follows: For the "a hours ending
Sunday morning at 8 O'Clock:
Maximum temperature, 81; mimi
mum temperature II; rainfall, .O2.
For the "a hours ending at 8
O'Clock Monday morning, maxi
mum temperature, "a; minimum,
6S; rainfall, .O3.
1t is said that some bogus tickets
were offered at the door of the
opera house last night.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Louisiana Tax Money Gone.

New Orleans, LA defalcation in
state tax collections which the police
have Just announced amounts to at
least 100000 and may reach $2OO,OOO,
was discovered on the books of Charles
e. Letten, chief clerk to John Fitzpat-
rick, state tax collector of the first dis
trict In New Orleans.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, who was formerly
mayor of New Orleans, has announced
that he will make good whatever the
shortage may be.
Letten, who is 55 years old, for 19
years has been one of the most trusted
men in the department Up to the
present time the police had not been
able to get a trace of what was done
with the missing money.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick after examining the
books said the shortage appeared to
have been hidden by using delinquent
taxes and the current year taxes to
cover up the deficit in the previous
year
A few days ago Mr.. Fitzpatrick call
ed for the Anal statement of the 1906
taxes earlier than his chief clerk had
been prepared to make 1t. Letten
worked with Mr.. Fitzpatrick for two
days helping prepare this statement
and then suddenly left the Office under
the plea that he must see doctor
Mr.. Fitzpatrick found that Letten had
not gone to the doctor, and immediate
ly opened the chief clerks desk, the
revelations following. The police have
not yet secured any clews to the miss
ing mans whereabouts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Makes Up With Her Father.

Newport, r. I.-That Mrs. Aurel
Batonyi has settled her differences
with her father, Frank Work, in New
York, due to her marriage to Aurel
Batonyi, the professional whip, is
no longer in doubt here, for her car.
riages are now in the stables of Elm
Court, the Bellevue avenue estate,
owned by her father, which she occu-
pied up to last summer.
The four-in-hand coach that was at
the Batonyi farm in Middletown,
where Mrs. Batonyis horses and car,
riages were, is being overhauled and
will be taken to Elm Court stables as
soon as the work is finished. The
horses belonging to Mrs. Batonyi and
her kennel, now at the Batony farm,
will be sent to her fathers stables in
New York soon and the farm closed,
this being the property of her hus,
band.
Francis and Maurice Roche, who
are with their mother at the Batonyi
farm, will remain until Harvard opens
when they will return and Mrs. Ba-
tonyi will go to her fathers home in
New York.
That a separation between Mr.. and
Mrs. Aurel Batonyi has been effected
is no longer In doubt, for it is a mat
tor of rooord that TNranl Work. would
have nothing whatever to. do with his
pet daughter, Mrs. Batonyi, while she
remained with her husband
The arrangement for the carriages
to be taken to Elm Court stables
was by Frank Work himself, who
wrote the letter of instructions here.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

Philadelphia, Pa.-Anthracite and BIZ
luminous operators say that the coal
situation is growing serious through
out the state, and 1t Is freely predicted
that before midwinter there will be
a shortage in many sizes.
The supply of water, has become a
serious problem in the anthracite re-
gion. The Reading company Is COM
PEELED to send between 35 and 40 tank
cars Of water to Its collieries daily to
keep them in operation. The labor
supply has been below normal several
weeks. Unless there is considerable
rain 1t may be necessary to suspend
operations at some collieries, 1t is de-
clared.
The labor problem is serious in all
the bituminous fields Of the state. Cen
tral Pennsylvania operators are ad-
vertislng for miners and agents are
securing the country for miners for the
Pittsburg district. Both anthracite
and bituminous operators are selling
coal from stored stocks to supply the
demand.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Central American ENJOYS Meet.

Washington.-Prac agreement
on the main points and general good
will marked the preliminary meeting
Sept. II in this city of the repTesen-
tatives of the five Central American
republics to carry out the suggestion
of the United States and Mexico for a
permanent peace understanding. Al
ter session OF several hours the con-
ference was adjourned until Monday
next
Those who participated in the meet
ing were Senor Calvo of Costa Rica;
Senior Corea, Nicaragua; Senor Her
rarte, Guatemala; Senor Mejia, Saliva
dor; DR.. Ugarte, Honduras; Asst. Sec,
of State Adee and SenoT GOdoy, MeXi-
co.
Messrs Adee and Godoy addressed
the Central American republics in
Spanish. Each spoke of the impor.
tanoo or the meeting and the Dement'S
to be derived from an everlasting
peace. They were asked to remain
throughout the session.
None of the parties to the confer.
ence would disclose the nature of the
questions discussed, pleading that no
conclusions had been reached. Two
of the Central American representa-
tives under their instructions are
without authority to sign the procotol
without first submitting it to their
governments for approval.
Some delay, therefore, is expected
to be caused by this. 1t is not doubt.
ed, however, that a permanent peace
pact will be entered into.
Everything was exceedingly en-.
couraging," said Mr.. Adee, "and good
nature prevailed"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Woman Carry Wooden poas.

London, Eng.-Caran DAche, the
brilliant French caTIcaturist,. has in
vented a toy which threatens to do
for Europe what Teddy bears have
done for America. Giving up pen and
ink work by medical advice, he de-
voted himself to carving wooden Carl
catures, chiefly comic animals, whose
charm lies in the grotesque humor in
which each is made to stand up, COL
ored in flat tints. They were intended
for children, but Paris has gone made
over them and no French society wo-
man is fully equipped without Caran
D'Ache dog. A common sight in Paris
is a fashionably dressed dame walking
with wooden poodle or bulldog under
her arm. These toys have now reach
ed London, where society people have
been captivated by the charms of Car
an DAche dogs and all the fashionable
stores have found 1t necessary to Or
der large stocks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

London.-The controversy over the
marriage laws which was started by
the passage of the deceased wife's
sister act has received a sensational
impetus from an announcement from
the see Of Rome imposing greater Sc
verify Of the marriage law upon Cath
olics. 1t is published officially in the
Tablet.
Hitherto, when a Catholic was mar
rled either in Protestant church or
In registry Office, the church held
that the marriage was sinful and sac
religious, but it recognized it as valid
and binding and acknowledged that the
parties were truly man and wife The
new decree says:
After Easter next such marriages
in Protestant churches or In registry
offices will be for Catholics not only
sinful but invalid, and persons con-
tracing them will have merely gone
through an empty ceremony and are
no more. man and wife than before"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Scores Of Jews Murdere d.

Braila Rumania.-News has reached
here of another serious and atrocious
anti-Jewish outbreak at Kishinev
1t Is estimated that no less than 80
Jews lost their lives in encounters
with the inflamed populace.
The outbreak occurred Tuesday.
The Jewish quarter of Kishinev was
attacked by organized bands Of roughs
who looted houses and shops and
ruthlessly killed or wounded all those
who attempted to defend their proper.
ty.
The Jews are fleeing from KishineV
in a state of panic. Many OF them
who made their way to the banks Of
the Pruth in the hope of finding pro-
lection in Rumania, were driven back
by the frontier guards.
II the foregoing dispatch from Brai-
la Is correct in its estimate OF the
number killed at Kishinev, the terri
BILE affrays which took place in this
Russian city on April 19 and 20, 1903,
the news Of which shocked the world,
have been surpassed In mortality at
least.
In the massacre of four years ago,
As Jews were killed, "a were seriously
wounded, 500 were crippled and in
jured, and no less than 10000 were
rendered homeless and destitute.
The soldiers of the empire looked
on passlvely at the numbering and pill
Laying until at last they were ordered
to act for the protection of the vic
Tins.
Kishlnev is the capital Of Bessara-
bia. 1t has a population of about
$4,000, about one-half Of whom are
Jews
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
MONDAY.
September 9, 1907.

MONDAY, September 9, 1907.
e. Ward Vanderbilt and his wife,
Mrs. May Scannell Pepper Wander
bilt, are prominent in the Sunday
meetings at Unity Spiritualist camp,
Saugus, Mass. ... ...,
Reported in New York Secretary
Straus is to intercede with President
to end telegraphers' strike.
Jews observe New Year with ser.
vices in synagogues.
Man falls between cars at Salem,
Mass, and is killed. I
President invites Palma trophy
winners to Oyster Bay.
Eighteenth plague case reported at
San Francisco and four suspects are
under observation; half the city's pa
tients have been saved.
Naval officers think width of Panama
canal locks must be increased to &C.
commodate increasing beam Of war
ships.
Massachusetts, to send at least 1000
G. A. r. men to Saratoga.
Woman killed and four badly hurt
in runaway at Bridgewater, N. s.
Giant turbine Lusltania starts on
cross-ocean speed test.
Milwaukee tax commissioner pro,
poses q national association Of asses
sors to hunt out tax dodgers.
Ten thousand workingmen in Van
couver drive 1000 Chinese from their
homes and destroy $4,000 worth OF
property. ....
War between sailors and Greeks al
Gloucester, Mass, Quiets down.
Terms Of the modus vivendi to reg
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
September 6, 1907.
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, ,N September 6, 1907.
Two physicians appointed to impor-
tant positions In Boston schools under
plan to reorganize physical training,
system.
Uncle Joe Cannon and Baron Rosen
speak at Burlington.
Beautiful Mckinley monument dedi-
Gated at Buffalo.
NGTs. PePPoE- " andarhilt CHALLENGED by
lawyers at hearing to produce spirit
of Bright Eyes" makes ii appear by
her answer that she is willing to try.
William r. Hollis, supposed to be
dead and buried at Lowell, Mass, re-
turns home to investigate.
France impressed with the delicacy
of its position in Morocco by the grow
ing restlessness of Germany.
Balloon with Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Fleishman as passengers sails from
North Adams to Meriden, N. H.
Husband prevented by injunction
from removing securities upon which
his wife depends for payment of ali
mony she is suing for.
Government does not intend forma
ton of second battleship fleet.
Federal authorities take charge of
the plague situation in San Francisco.
British legation in Tangier said to
be treating with Raisuli for the re-
lease of MacLean.
President Roosevelt said to plan a
peace conference of his own in the
shape of meeting for discussion by
ambassadors in Washington.
Favorable report from Col. Goethals
on Panama canal work draws congrat-
ulatory reply from President.
Bishop Potter Of New York speaks
at the celebration of Russian-Japanese
peace treaty and dedication of tablet
at Portsmouth.
Antwerp fire finally subdued with a
loss of $1,0OO,000.
American plan for high court OF
justice approved at The Hague with
exception Of one paragraph.
Mob drives 1000 Hindus from city
in race war at Bellingham, Wash.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Crime Due To Bad Cooking.

Ninety percent OF the crimes of
the United States is due to bad cook
Ing" declared DR.. G. II. Irion, State
health officer, in a lecture today be
fore the Holy Name Society, Of St.
Joseph's Church.
Proper food" he said, sis needed
by the human body in developing the
brain. A well.fed man or animal Is
generally happy and is not given to
criminal tendencies.
Every woman before she contracts
an alliance should be asked II she un'
derstands how to feed children. Half
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
cosT OF THE CANAL.
The Latest Fisuss Show over Eighty
four Million Dollars Spent.

WashiRgton-The Panama canal
had cost the American government
&84, AS, 900 up to Dec. 81, 1906, ac-
cording to a statement Of the audited
expenditures just published. The bulk
OF this expenditure was the $50,00O,
900 to the French company and the
Panama government for canal prop.
erty, right OF way and franchises and
SO, ,449,002 went for material and sup
plies. For general administration
there was expended $l,l24,226; gov.
ernment and sanitation, $4,38l ,OS9,
and construction and engineering $9,'
729,554. Other expenses included
$12,13s,S52 under the head of the
plant, which includes rolling stock,
machinery ana second main track on
the isthmus, buildings, zone water
works, etc.
A plan by which European laborers
on the isthmus of Panama may bring
their families to that place is under
consideration by the canal commits
sionF 1t contemplates the erection OF
cheap houses on small tracts of land,
establishing settlements In close prox'
unity to the work along the canal.
The colonization of these people, 1t is
believed, will give a steady and per.
manent supply of the best labor avail
able for the canal work, and will re-
suit in clearing and improving a good
portion of the land belonging to the
commission on the canal zone.
From the total force of cana EN-
lployes on the roll in July, 1907, the
death rate was 35 per thousand, as
aeaidst 67 per thousand in July, 1906.
Actual masonry 1t is believed, can
be begun at once at the Gatun locks
of the isthmian canal within 1S
months, according to a statement
made in the canal record, copies of
which have been received here. Rail-
road trestles are being erected across
the line that will mark the inside and
outside boundaries of the big dam at
Gatun and from one of these dirt
trains are dumping upon the site OF
the dam. Preparatory to the installa-
tion of the pipe line dredge, by which
more rapid work on the dam will be
possible The Chagres river has
been diverted from its main channel
and damned. The survey of all the
country to be converted into the great
Gatun lake has been completed and
the finished reports show that the area
will be III square miles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
SATURDAY,
Sentemher Z. 1907.

j. ID. Holland of Boston, president of
the National letter carriers associa-
tion, declines reelection at Canton, o.,
and is voted $4,000 in recognition OF
his work.
U. s. s. Gloucester assigned to use of
Massachusetts naval militia.
London paper suggests that Roose-
velt become "proconsuP' in Philippines.
Relic store In sNaSp .VoEls 0frers tooth
OF president, set in ring, for sale.
u. 8. Treas. Treat explains new plan
for emergency currency.
Dorchester, Mass, woman sees g.
year-old daughter killed by ice wa,
gon, and exonerates driver from
blame.
Newberry declares that removal of
frigate Constitution has been indef,
nitely postponed
Two Transatlantic steamship lines
cut rates a third.
Sidney X. Preble, boy murderer,
smiles for first time in many days as
judge at Bath, Me-, sentences him to
state prison for life.
ndilTOdu pIcSluSuIS Shlu W nave
had private conference in New York
on matters pertaining to requirements
Of new law.
Fireman of freight train killed in
collision at BotsfoTd, Conn.
Navy department may abandon ship
building on Pacific coast owing to lack
Of labor.
Striking telegraphers say there will
be important developments at the
meeting of the Western Union direc-
tors next Tuesday.
Gov. Hughes of New York makes a
speech that is well received by mem
bers of the Vermont fish and game
league; Speaker Cannon and Baron
Rosen also guests on the outing
San Francisco board of health rec
ommends burning Of hospital In which
plague cases were sheltered.
Mrs. Laura M. Carter-Ison, charged
with receiving part oE>the money stol.
en- by Runyan in New York, found not
Ruilty
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Russian imperial Yacht Aground.

Hango, Finland.-The Russian lmpe-
rial yacht STANDARD, with Emperor
Nicholas and Empress Alexandra and
their family aboard, is fast on the
rocks off Horsoe. a point on the coast
west of this place. The yacht Is ap-
parently in no danger, as the Emperor
and his family remain on board.
The STANDARD ran upon the rocks,
which were submerged at high tide, at
4.3O o'clock, Wednesday afternoon. A
steam lifeboat from Reval, on the gulf
Of Finland, has arrived upon the scene
and seven torpedo boats, which have
been escorting the imperial yacht on
its tour in Finnish waters, are near to
render assistance IL needed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Peace NsnotlatIons Fall.

Casablanca, Morocco.-The refusal Of
the Moorish tribesmen in the interior
to Join In the movement is declared
to be the cause of the failure of peace
negotiations.
The French frequently send up an
observation balloon to make surveys
Of the hostile territory, which enrages
the Moors, who open an ineffective fire
upon it.
Gen. Drude is still suffering from
fever and French advance has been fur
ther postponed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

along and told how a tornado had rip
ped up things at the grounds. The
tables had been set and the dinner
bell was about to be sounded when a
rlp-snorting wind came down through
the woods and carried OF every bit oi
food.
Strangely enough, several lawyer
cakes were left behind, and the wo
men who baked them were humiliat
ed. They said that some unkind per
sons might think they were too heavy
Eagles Mere Dispatch to Philadel
phia North American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

When hundreds of ham and chick
en- sandwiches fell here during a
thunderstorm the other day folks won
dered what miracle was being per
formed which should cause food to
drop from the heavens.
For twenty minutes the sandwiches
fell, with now and then chunk OF
chocolate cake TO vary the monOtony.
Some olives and a few pickles also
came along, and now and then a
pie.
1t was explained few hours later,
when g church picnic party came
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

Holiday makers will be interested,
whether they are pleased or not, to
learn that even Switzerland is being
affected by the modern craving for
luxury. Everywhere-on the heights
as In the valleys-the simple inn is
giving place to the grand hotel in
which the men dress for dinner and
the ladies' change their toilets sew
eral times a day. 1t is dlsconcert-
ing to those who repair to the noun
tains in the hope of living the simple
life there.-London Graphic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
TUESDAY,


TUESDAY, September 10, 1907.
Rex Reinersten killed and two 9th.
ers, including Walter Christie, famous
as an auto racer, seriously Injured
In two accidents on racetrack near
Chair factory of Nichols g. Stone,
Gardner, Mass. burned; loss 500, 900.
Orientals at Vancouver, B. c., buy
arms in fear of another attack.
Young women searched on arrival
Of steamer at New York found to
have undeclared property, which Ia
seized.
President Roosevelt receives the
United States team, which was victori.
GUS at the Palma trophy shoot.
Canada consents to arbitration OF
Newfoundland fishery case at The
Hague.
Massachusetts represented by 1000
comrades of the G. A. r. and mem.
mers of allied organizations at Sara.
toga. ,r,
Spanish war veterans propose ma.
llOudl HdB uuy " uOhOA uOPALbuLS Va
United States feet for Pacific.
Postmaster Lambert of Chelsea,
Mass, injured while shooting II
Maine.
Aged woman accidentally burned
to death in Cambridge, Mass.
Blast hurls nine men on scow into
water of Castle island in Boston har'
Dor.
John Ojalla sentenced at Quincy
to three years in Dedham jail on con
victIon of desecrating cemetery.
Tanners Of New England plan pro
test against prop6sed disinfection OF
imported hides.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

decayed fruits is the curse OF the in
fant and the alarming morality can be
traced to this cause.
"A fly walking across can OF
milk" said DR.. Irion, 'can do more
harm than a buzzard trampllng over
food on a dinner table. New Orleans
Dispatch to the New York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
Cholera Suspect in sIIesIa.

Berlin-A railroad workman at Koe-
nigshutte, Silesia, died recently un-
der circumstances which lead the au-
thorities to suspect cholera. ofacial
reports showing the progress made by
cholera in Russia are disQuieting and
every precaution is being made on the
Prussian frontier.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
REVENGE Is Sweet.

Walter (aside)-The blase crea'
ture! Our mountains are not high
enough for him, the lakes he calls
duck ponds, and he has not even a
glance to the splendid view from the
terrace. Now, will take him the
bill; that will make him open his
eyes.-Meggendorfer Blater.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14
~0rS~FSr'A'NS~"
The Material DdLue of
Friendships
LUhat a Boon to Our UeakneSSeS!
Nothing But Friends-Yet HoW Rich!
rAeAe-eAN.aI9r rs-O,a By O. s Marden. .0l.eelS~A

possesses UsT enthusiastic friends al
interests working Tor us all no
I a opportunity sup
u absence wheh we ueeu
sensitive weak spots stopping sihn
- correcting nl
right overcoming the preu
f$@%+@%%&A9 created by mistake or shp
we made in movement-who always uohe
something Is along!
of friends "haS
that hy nave
piled would been very huh
everything ~
Oh what boon friends are weaknesses our %
mantle
defects!
oneself as plenty
would given
their lives but for the
critical pace How
lives would be stripped all that friends have done %
waiting for clients OF
time than IN
business the reputation Oh nav
backing will bring
1t has is friendship"
helpful could anayze the hVes OIL sue
highly honod by their reno" e
andf fine QUIT the