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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-25

A humane deed is the erection
of drinking trough for horses by
the Brownsville Grain Company at
the bottom of 18Th street, near the
river. The trough is made out Of
zinc and is enclosed in a neat
wooden case. A plentiful supply
Iof fresh, clear water is supplied
from the pumping station of NJ.
Besteiro. The act OF the Browns
vile Grain Company will be ap-
preciated by all horse owners, and
others interested in the welfare of
animals.
For SALK-At San Benito SO
acres of cleared land 1-2 mile from
depot at SIPS per acre. This land
has a good we'll on it. 40 acres of
partly cleared land on Boulevard
and IL mile from depot at $40.
These lands will be cut up into 10
acre block if desired.
If. W..O. COLEMAN.
The officers of the Order of the
Eastern Star published in THE
HERALD yesterday were elected at
a meeting held in August, and not
at the last regular meeting.
At the Presbyterian Church to-
night there will be held preparatory
services for the Lords supper next
Sunday. Hs a -
Naturalist Armstrong shipped
two consignment of rattlers away
this morning and one armadillo.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-25
THE DAILY HERALD.
LOCAL ITEMS

Meal tickets at the Metropolitan
Restaurant-21 meals for $500.
The river has fallen a little this
morning, but only few inches.
About IS barrels of fish were
shipped out of Brownsville this
morning.
A number of passengers ar
rived last night on the St. l., B.
& Mr.. R.
A good number of passengers
were aboard the north-bound train
this morning.
Prayer and song service this
evening from $50 to $50 at the
Baptist Church.
The local freight train which ar
rived here this morning consisted
of only an engine and a caboose.
WANTED-At Texas Confec-
tionery, a boy about IS years old
who can speak both English and
Spanish.
The government weather prophet
says we are to have cooler weather
tonight and a gentle north wind.
It's welcome.
For SALE-5O head of Jersey
Cows; will sell part or all of them;
good mixers. R. J. KIRKwooD,
Kingsville, Texas. 9-24-3t.
If you have painting and paper
ing to do, see J. P.sCampbell FOR
prices, as I am now located in
Brownsville. P. o. box 50.
Some dead animals brought
down by the high waters in the
river disseminated millions of
bacteria at the ferry late last night.
The freight train leaving here
this morning took IA cars of freight
for points along the branch road
and for points this side of Ray
mondville.
The sheriff's officers are having
hard time trying to evict the
tenant of a house in the city. 1t
looks something like the siege of
the. Alamo.
Rev. W. c. c. Foster will attend
the Presbytery to be held in San
Antonio next week; and from San
Antonio he will go to Brentwood
to attend the Synod.
Rev. Hernandez of Laredo is
preaching in the Spanish language
at the Baptist Church every even
ing at $50 o'clock. Ali Mexicans
are cordially invited.
SHOTGUN FOR SALE-A fine
16-guage shotgun for sale, in SUBJ
stantial leather case, all in first
class condition. A bargain for
some one. Apply at HERALD of
fee.
The equinoctial storms appear
to have broken the long spell of
heated weather that has been
hanging over the lower Rio Gran
de valley since the beginning of
the month.
Interest in the fiesta at Matamo-
ros seems to be dying out in this
city The number of passengers
who crossed the ferry last night not
being much in exess of the re-
gular light trade done there each
Thursday night.
The earnest work of the sanitary
department. urged on by a desireto
prevent the spread of Dengue fever
resulted in the death of nearly all
the mosquitoes in town. There
does not appear to be any effort
being made to keep up the good
work, and life is being made mise
rable by the appearance of the
skeeters. in great numbers. The
dengue fever is nothing in COM
parison to the deviltry of these
pests. Clean them out!
NrivoI1 Pr0c have ;,,e+ ;--.-4-5
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-09-25

Rev. Hernandez of Laredo is
preaching in the Spanish language
at the Baptist Church every even
ing at $50 o'clock. Ali Mexicans
are cordially invited.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
womnn eisamlst Gets One Year.

Colorado Springs.-For the crime of
bigamy Mrs. Allie Briggs-Garvin must
serve from one year to fifteen months
in the penitentiary. Sentence was i'm
posed by Judge w. S. Morris in the
District Court.
The woman made plea for elem
ency Although the law held her
guilty. she said, her own conscience
told her she was innocent; that she
had married Arthur Garvin believing
Barney Briggs to be dead. Already
Mrs. Garvin has spent several months
in jail.
The case had many sensational feat
ures. The woman made an unsuccess-
full attempt to escape from custody by
feigning illness. She was taken to St.
Francis hospital, and, "blacking up"
to impersonate negress nurse maid,
left the institution, carrying dummy
baby in her arms. She was arrested
when about to board an outgoing train.
Mrs. Garvin caused the arrest of her
husband on several charges. and Viola
Lacey. a pretty waitress who was en-
ployed in a Manitou hotel last season,
figured in the scandal the woman
stirred up. Garvin is now free and is
working in local restaurant. The
two mothers-in-law of the woman ap-
peared against her in court. and were
the star witnesses at the trial that re-
suited in her conviction for bigamy.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
COMMISSION AT SCHOOL OF
MINES.
Every Man in Sophomore Glass towns
Uo" to President.

Golden, Colo.-Through the infiu-
ences of six prominent citizens of
Golden, including one trustee of the in
stitution, the threatened strike of the
students st the State School Of Mines
is of, AMI, with the exception OF the
six men who were expelled from the
school for hazing, the entire student
body will return to their studies
While the men have taken this action
without exacting any promise from the
faculty, it is expected that the six ex
PEELED students will have their SEN
tence changed to suspension.
Forty members of the Sophomore
class appeared before President Alder
son Sunday, confessing that they were
as guilty as their classmates. and
asked that the sentence of expulsion
be pronounced upon them.
Although President Anderson has
been quored as saying that as fast as
the culprIts wer found out, he would
expel them, he accepted an apology
from the class, and told them to return
to school, and that no further action
would be taken against them.
Upon. this acton of the president,
the men base their hopes that their
classmates will be called before the
faculty once more, and that their pre-
vious sentence will be recalled.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
DEATH MYSTERY
WAS UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED
OR KILLED BY AcCIDENT7
QUESTION is CONFUSING
Maneied Body OF Man Found Near
the Railroad Track at Brush Per-
picking Fort Morgan Sleuths.

Brush, Colo.-It is now believed by
the court police that the unknown man
found dead on the Burlington tracks
with bullet in his head, and whose
body was run over by train Friday
night. was murdered by his pal. The
victim is known by the officers to have
come into Brush with partner, and
is said to have left the place in COM
pany with the same man. All efforts
have proved unavailing to learn the
identity Of either, and the mystery of
the case is growing deeper.
Sheriff Burdette at Fort Morgan is
making every effort to get the corpse
identified.
Since the inquest was held persons
have stated that they saw the muir
dered man and another start up the
railroad track together. This is the
last time the barber was seen alive,
and 1t is believed that if his compan-
ion was not the actual slayer that he
has knowledge of the crime.
The victim is known to have had
in his possession a nickel-plated
mounted revolver. When he went TO
work in ;he barber shop here he took
it out of his pocket and placed it in Il
drawer. On the body of the dead man
was found an old blue-barreled gun
with three loaded cartridges. The
theory of the officers is that the mur-
derer, after taking the nickei-plated
gun out of the dead mans clothes, sub
stituted The gun which was found on
his person.
The dead man told at the barber
shop. where he worked for two hours.
that he sent his clothes from Julesburg
to Denver. and that his partner had
done the same. From this statement
it is believed that the man and his part
ner came from Julesburg and were on
their way to Denver, stopping off at
Brush to earn n little money. 1t was
testified by a boy at the inquest that
two men had been thrown off Bur-
lington train. and that he saw them
wander down the track together.
A motive for the crime. the police
say, is hard to conceive. They believe
the two men started to walk along the
track preparatory to stealing a ride on
n freight train. that they Guarreled,
and that the shooting followed. Then,
in order 10 hide the crime, the body
was placed on the track with the hope
of concealinS the murder.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
OF Interest to Coloradans.

An article of more than passing In
terest to al Coloradans has recently
been published regarding the struggles
of our very earliest pioneers to obtain
the recognition of this western coun
try as a territory by the federal gov
ernment. Former Professor of History
in the University of Colorado Frederic
l. PaXson. has united under the caption
of "The Territory of Colorado" in the
last issue of the University Studies
al the steps and deliberations which
were taken by the first prospectors in
and around Denver to win grant OF
protection and organization from Con.
gress. The settlers had no laws and
no representation in the National
Council md their needs were urgent
and many. But all their efforts for
a while availed nothing. With the M
rival of the first newspaper their de
mands became more insistent and urg'
ent, and finally on February 2S. 1861,
the territory of Colorado became le-
gal fact. 1t was not, however. without
hardship and travail that the TERRITORY
was established, and many incidents,
such us heavy fall of snow. which
forced the miners to stop work and in
idleness discuss politics, operated to-
ward the erection of the government
of our state. The article is well writ
ten, concise and interesting
Every one of the other contribution
to this number of the University Stud
les concerns the state in some way
DR.. John b. Phillips, professor of So
GEOLOGY and economics, writes upon
The Significance of the Banking Stu
alton in Colorado" and in the course
of the treatise tells of the rise of the
banking laws of the state, their rela'
ton to the population, and of remedies
which should be adopted according To
the experiences of other common
wealths. This question is of current
interest and the article was first deliS
cred in talk before the State Com
mercial Association, and was consid-
cred so valuable that it has been puL
IN permanent form.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Colorado Wants More Horses.

Denver.-"Denver is the natural and
distributing point for the entire North
west and Southwest and is destined to
be the greatest horse mart in the coun-
try. Its business along this line in
creased twenty-five per cent. last year
and this year should break all pre-
vious records" said G. l.. Goulding,
proprietor of the City Stock Yards.
I'VE are shipping horses all over the
country. Texas buyers are here now
looking for carload of saddle horses.
California and Washington. other ter
ritory to the west of us. is represented
by buyers constantly, and we are NOW
trying to help supply the New kk
market, but with little success, fo
demand here far exceeds the mp
ply"
Mr.. Goulding says that the sooner
ranchmen in Colorado realize that
there is demand for far more horses
than they can supply, the sooner the
industry will grow to the proportions
it ought. 1T Is simply impossible for
us to fill the ORDERS" he continued.
Last year we disposed of some 6,OOO
head of horses. the value approximate
ing 100000. The only reason we
stopped there was because We could
get no more horses. Buyers from the
country over come here.
"They like the Colorado, the noun
tain horses. The animals raised here
have greater lung capacity. fiintier
hoofs from the nature of the soil. and
better bone and muscle. This is
known to horsemen, consequently the
demand is great here constantly"
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12

Most of the tortoise shell of com
nerce is obtained from the hawks-b
turtle. which is taken chiefly in the
Caribbean sea. Turtles caught in
these waters vary in size from one to
four and one-half feet long, with n
maximum weight of $50 pounds, and
the average weight of shell obtained
from each is from six to seven pounds.
The commercial value of tortoise shell
depends upon the thickness and size
of the plates rather than upon the
brilliancy of the colors. The price of
shell in this market fluctuates from
three to six dollars in gold per pound.
AS the best prices are obtained in
England. the largest amount of the
shell shipped from these parts goes to
that country The San Bias Indians.
hSwever, trade large amount of
shell to coasting schooners, which is
partly carried to the States and partly
to Colon.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
THE HERALD
COLORADO
Good Blood.

Without good blood we cannot be
healthy, or live long. Plain, healthy
food, moderate exercise. and fresh air
make good blood: pastry, candy. and
the rich and dainty dishes which are
considered the masterpieces of the
cooks art, cause numerous ailments
as well as bad blood. 1t naturally fol-
lows that to eat nutritious, wholesome
food and breathe pure air would in
sure pure blood. There is another
New York Weekly. and that is the
casting out of waste material that rem
ders the blood impure. This is usual
ly performed by the bowels, the kid
neys, the skin and the lungs. If. then.
we would have pure blood. we must
see that these organs are kept active.
Breathe pure uir night and day, being
careful to wear no clothing which in
the least interferes with deep breath
ing. Eat plain but substantial food.
use moderate quantity at regular
times, and absolutely nothing between
meals. Keep the skin active by bath
ing often. the kidneys active by drink
ing freely of pure water, and the bow
els active by right food and exercise.
Keep clean conscience and a serene
mind. ahd you will have pure blood.
and the ruddy tint of health will glow
in your cheeks.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Bio Gain in Bank clearinss.

Denver-Bank clearings for the
month of March show an increase OF
more than twenty per cent. compared
to the clearings during the correspond
ing month last year. The clearings
for March, 1907, amounted to s33, ,723,-
1SS, and during March, 1906, they
amounted to $2S,O19.ll5. The increase
for March this year amounts to $5.704,-
073, and breaks all records for March
business in the six national banks in
Denver.
A report of the condition of the ma
tional banks, as they were on March
22r, has been made public and shows
an increase of $370.202 in the aggre-
gate deposits of the national banks
since the report made on January 26th.
An idea of the unusual gain made in
the clearings can be cleaned from the
following comparison of the clearings
for three years:
1907 1906 1905.
Mar. s33. .723,1SS s2S0l9,llo s25.741,3o4
The deposits in the six national
banks of Denver as of January 2Gth
and OF March 22d, follow:
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Tornado on Atlantic Coast.

New York.-Nearly every vessel
that has arrived from southern ports
during the past week has brought
some story of marine disaster wrought
by the tornado off Hatteras during the
last ten days of March. The Bluecher,
arriving from West Indian ports, was
no exception. Standing in disconsolate
groups about her decks were thirteen
people whom the liner had saved from
their laundering bark. the Gulf Port,
as the vessel was on the verge of 60
ing down. The rescue was witnessed
by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon and
others of the congressional party on
board the Bluecher.
Those taken by the lifeboat from the
water-lcgged wreck were near starva-
ton, as for nearly week they had
had nothing to live on except few
atersoaked biscuits.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Good Manners Dying out7

furry and bridge have killed the
art. of polite conversation; hurry has
robbed correspondence of its grace;
hurry is fast Transforming the once
sedate city OF London into a pande-
monium of whirring noises, whirling
wheels and evil fumes. Dignity, grace.
repose are banished from our midst,
and We areas yet-only at the be-
ginning of this breakneck race through
life. Perhaps some dusty memoirs of
our period will cause the men and
women of the future to say: Those
people were very punctilious, very
slow, very sedate." That, says
Adolphus Vane Tempest. in Nine
teenth Century, may be the opinion
held in the not very far distant days
when contending areoplanes crash
into one another without an apology,
and myriads of motor cars sweep over
the PROSTATE bodies of pedestrians
without inquiring Il they are hurt.
But there will be less difference be-
tween the people of that day and the
people of ours than there is between
us and the powdered, courteous gal
lants and danes who worthily upheld
the traditions of good manners when
the first gentleman in Europe was
the glass of fashion and the mould of
form
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Mayor Dunno Turned Down.

Chicago.-Fred A. Busse defeated
Edward F. Dunno for mayor at the
polls Tuesday by a plurality exceeding
1900 votes. He will take his seat a
week from Monday. Within ten days
thereafter there will not remain a
Democratic employe of Importance, un.
protected by civil service laws, in all
Chicago.
1t was a day of surprises. The en-
tire Republican ticket is swept into of.
flee as by a tidal wave, with the excep-
ton of city treasurer
No one was more surprised than
Mayor Dunno himself at the result. Up
to the hour the polls closed he was Ger.
tain of victory. Those Immediately
around him shared his opinions. They
were as If thunderstricken when the
news came in
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Says Murder Was Result of erainstorm

Washington.-Mrs. Annie NJ. Brad
ley, who shot to death former United
States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah
in a hotel in this city, December Sth
last, will plead mental irresponsibility
as her defense to the Indictment for
murder.
Her counsel has asked the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia for
an order authorizing the summoning
of thirteen witnesses from the West
to be brought here at government ex-
pense to testify in her behalf Accom-
panying this motion is an affidavit in
which Mrs. Bradley says she is unable
to pay expenses of witnesses.
1t is declared that the defense en-
poets to prove by the witnesses that
any act she committed that day was
the result of her diseased condition of
mind, for which she is not RESPONSE
ble"
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
MANY cALLED-FEw CHOSEN.
eut one-Fourth of the Bills Introduced
Get Through to Governor.

Denver.-Bills introduced in the Sen
ate during the legislative session just
closed were 4lS. OF this number los
were passed and became laws.
In the House $40 measures were in
troduced, but only 147 were enaceed
into laws, making total of bills con
sidered by both bodies 92S, and passed
225
Senator Bardwell had to his credit
thirty-seven bills introduced and Sen
ator Anfenger followed a close second
with thirty-three. Each had passed
twelve.
Senator Alexander had twenty-three
bills and only three of them passed.
Senator Taylor put in thirty-four and
got only three through finally. Senators
Campbell and De Long had each TWEEN
ty-four. The former had passed five
and the latter only one.
Senator Fry did not put in single
bill. Senator Clayton had eleven in,
but none were enacted into law.
w. H. Adams was the author of only
one bill. This was passed.
Representative Kelly of Denver
holds the record for bills introduced in
the House-thirty-four. Nine OF these
became laws.
Representative Collins of Colorado
Springs had to his credit twenty-seven
bills introduced and ten passed. Twen-
ty-six bills bore the name of Represen-
tative Redd of Denver, with ten passed.
Representatives Bunny, Dillingham;
and Lawrence had one bill each. Only
the first got his through.
The record of Representative Can
non was twenty-three bills introduced
and seven passed.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Assassin Stays General BariIlas.

City of Mexico.-General LiZadro
Barillas. ex-President of Guatemala.
was assassinated here Sunday evening
as he sat in a street car. AS the car
stopped, young man, seventeen years
of age, climbed aboard and, rushing to
the general, stabbed him twice, the
first blow severing the jugular vein,
the second cutting his face. The gen.
eral died instantly.
The assassin was captured. He gave
his name as Jose Estrada and his
home as Ocos, Guatemala.
ExPresident Barillas was generally
considered as strongly opposed to the
present government of Guatemala. He
was sixty-two years old and was a
strong possibility for the next presi-
depcy of the country.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Cannon Approve. Canal.

New York.-Speaker Cannon arrived
here Sunday from a trip to the West
Indies. Venezuela and Panama. He is
enthusiastic over his trip.
Il was nightly well pleased and
agreeably surprised. as was every
member of our party, with the prog.
ress of the Panama canal,' he added.
1T is mere question of work, which is
being done rapidly under a splendid
system. If I was paying for the job I
would slap the boys on the back and
say: Hustle along and get the dirt
out"
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Freight Rate kindeI in War Paint.

George ]. Kindel's fight for
equitable freight and express rates
is being waged increasingly. He re-
Gently received letter from Commits
sioner Prouty urging him to file fur
ther complaints on freight charges on
certain commodities with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. In mis-
fight against discrimination by the eX-
press companies he has met with en-
couragement on all sides. The follow
ing table shows the inequality.
Express rates, 100-pound lots,
New York to Chicago (half way
to Denver) SO
Chicago to Clinton, Iowa, (half
way to Omaha) .............. 2OO
Chicago to Omaha (half way to
Denyer) 200
Chicago IN Denver. 600
New York to Denver. ........... $50
The rate from Chicago to Butte,
Montana, is only 81 more than to Den
yer, while the rate from Chicago to
Buena Vista, Colorado, and all points
west of Butte is $500.
why don't our boosters bust these
discriminatory rates?" asked Mr.. Kin
del, after submitting his table which
shows that the western half of the ex-
press haul between the Atlantic coast
and the Rocky mountains is nearly
treble that of the New York-Chicago
haul.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12

There's n Pittsburger in New York
looking for site for Fifth avenue
home, and he thinks he has a griev-
ance because he cannot find any va.
cant land for less than 100000 lot.
Between Fifty-ninth street and EenoX
library, at Seventy-second street, he
found no available land at all, and
from Seventy y-second to One Hundred
and First street he found only IA lots
offered. at prices running up to $780,
Pittsburger who has the price.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Ship Builders Heavy Losers.

New York-Following the annual
meeting of the Bethlehem Steel Cor.
poration in Newark, New Jersey, Pres
ident Charles NJ. Schwab said the com.
pany would never again attempt to
build warships.
He said the three ships being built
for the government in the yards Of the
Union Iron Works in San Francisco
have resulted in loss of 1,725, 900 to
the company, and that this amount has
been written on during the year.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
sneezed and Swallowed Dozen Pins.

Richmond, Va.-Mrs. C. H. Lewis
was taken to the Virginia hospital, the.
victim of an accident which carries a
moral for other women. She was in
her yard hanging the weeks washing
on line and pinning the clothes up
with ordinary pins. These she car
ried safely in her mouth until she
sneezed suddenly and swallowed ~
least dozen of them. Since then she
mas suffered intense agony and at the
hospital II is said her condition Is
critical.