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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
CRITICIsE ROCK CREEK.
Delegation Sees Health officer Re
garding Fever Outbreak.


Health Officer Woodward late yesterday
received delegation of Maryland dairy
men and a committee from the George
town Citizens Association. The purpose
of the call was to register a protest
against the assumption given publicity
that the epidemic of typhoid fever in
Georgetown is entirely due to alleged in.
fected milk distributed by dairymen from
the farm of Mrs. Emma Stearns.
The delegation asserted that the fever
epidemic is largely due to insanitary con-
ditions in R street and to the sewer pollu-
ton Of Rock creek.
J. w. Sherwood. one of the dairymen
who distributes milk from the Stearnes
farm, pointed out that while large quanti-
ties of the milk from that farm goes into
the homes Of Georgetown consumers in
the district in which typhoid fever pre-
walls. 1t is a fact that the same milk is
likewise literally distributed in other Sec
tions Of the District without producing
typhoid fever.
A. s. Trundle, president of the Milk
Dealers Association. made the statement
that several well developed cases of fever
could be shown in the affected section
where the milk from the Maryland farm
had never been used. He is Of opinion,
he said: that Rock creek is badly pol.
insanitary schoolhouse in the affected
fever district which. he says. he believes
contributed in no small measure to the
fever epidemic.
Replying to the views advanced by the
callers DR.. Woodward said that so far as
he is advised Rock creek is not polluted.
as alleged. nor is 1t menace to the pub
lie health to the extent claimed or capa-
BILE of producing an epidemic Of typhoid
fever
Amonr those present at the conference
were DIR. L. L. Lumden. ]. v. Horigan,
Messrs. Storm and Sherwood, A. s. Trun-
die. G. A. King. DR.. Munson c. Thompson
and Arthur Peter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
ASKS WRIT FOR RAYMOND.
Wife of Federal Prisoner Petitions
the Court of Appeals.

Mrs. Emma c. Raymond. wife OF AL
bert NJ. Raymond. who is serving a term
Of Ave years in the penitentiary at At
lanta. Ga. under conviction of libeling
District officials has filed in the District
Court Of Appeals a petition for writ OF
habeas corpus.
Mrs. Raymond claims that her husband
is unlawfully detained at Atlanta on a
commitment based on the judgment of the
District Court Of Appeals. She claims
that the court In its original opinion re-
versed the action Of the lower court. and
that 1t was subsequently changed SO as to
limit the reversal to the sentence only.
the court having found that between the
time of the rendering of the verdict OF
the jury and the imposition of sentence
testimony had been allowed to be intro
duced.
In only one other instance has the To-
cal appellate court been asked to issue
a writ of habeas corpus. In 1894 John +.
Dries, who had been convicted in the
Police Court and sentenced to Jail, ap-
piled for this writ, but the petition was
denied. -.>t
The opinion. by Justice Morris. showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
Merchant Forfeits Collateral,

Charged with using a pair of spring
balance scales in his place of business
which did not conform to the official
standard. Samuel Pekofsky, a merchan,
at 2O39 L street. failed to appear for trial
In the Police Court this morning and for.
feited s. collateral. 1t was alleged snecif.
cafly that the scales in question were used
In weighing fish and salt meat. George
A. Howe. attached to the office of. the
sealer of weights and measures, was
named as complainant in the papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
THREE-CENT FARE BEATEN
VOTERS DEFEAT
TRACTION LINE FRANCHISE.
Climax to General Street Railway
Contest Waged There for Years.
Referendum Majority COS.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 22.-Com-
plete returns from every precinct in the
! city in the referendum election Of yester-
day show that the so-called security
| street railway franchise was defeated by
the narrow margin of COS votes. The to-
| tai number of votes cast was 1888,
| with 1854 in favor Of the franchise and
80 249 against 1t. AS a result of the
failure Of the people to approve the grant
the entire street railway system Of the
city will revert to the Cleveland Railway
Company.
The defeat Of the franchise was doubt
less brought about by what was held to be
| the inadequate and unsatisfactory serv-
| ice rendered by the Municipal Traction
Company, the holding company which
operated the lines on a three-cent-fare
basis. The rate Of fare to be charged
by the Cleveland Railway Company will
not be announced until after a meeting
of the directors, which is expected to
| take place today.
Slap at Public Ownership.
The vote came as a climax to the gen.
eral street railway contest which has
been waged herefor years. with three-cent
fare and ultimate municipal ownership
as the goal Of the city administration.
This was constantly opposed by the old
Cleveland Electric Railway Company.
which had been charging five-cent fare
During the progress Of the strife a new
company-the Forest City Railway Com
pany-fostered by the city began the OPP
Grafton of cars over a few competing
lines on a three-cent-fare basis.
The settlement finally came under an
agreement to consolidate the two COM
panies and lease the property to an oper-
ating company. the Municipal Traction
Company. which agrees to make, the gen.
eral fare within the city Of Cleveland 3
cents. Accordingly a new company the
lied to take over the consolidated proper
ties. Under the arrangement five-year
franchise was granted to the Cleveland
Railway Company.
Surplus for Only Three Months.
Then the property and franchise was
leased to the Municipal Traction Company
for ninety-nine years upon the condition
that the operating company protect the
property and pay rental equalto per
cent dividend upon the stock of the Cleve-
poration. 1t has been during only the
past three months that the operating COM
pany has had a surplus.
To place the property. upon paying
basis at the lower rate of fare the serv-
ice was greatly curtailed and this caused
great antagonism to the new regime.
During the first month the motormen
and conductors declared a strike because
the Municipal Traction Company did not
carry out a contract the men had with
the old Cleveland Electric Railway Com
pany for an increase In wages. When
the striking car men found that they were
losing in the fight they decided they would
compel consideration from the new COM
pany by taking advantage OF the state
Initiative and referendum law and call
for a vote upon the new franchise. The
strike was dropped and the former en-
ployes directed their attention to the ref
erendum. That vote was held yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
MARIANNE ISLANDS NOW.
Natives Object to Private Name Of

N6tlVSS OOJCCL " 3AAV0VC No0nS Va
Hereafter the Ladrone Islands in mid
Pacific. will be off1cially known as the
Marianne Islands.
This Is their correct geographic name
'Ladrone' is Spanish for robber or pirate
Natives Of the islands protest that the
name does them grave injustice.
The United States has a naval station
at Guam. the principal port In the group
Heretofore the official address OF the ma
val station has been Guam. Ladrone Is
lands"
Several months ago. when the special
service squadron. consisting of the battle
ships Maine and Alabama. visited Guam
the sentiments of the islanders were made
known to Capt. Giles B. Harder. COM
handing the squadron. He recommended
that the Navy Department change the
Official title.
The recommendation has been approved.
Hereafter all official mail will be ad-
dressed to Guam, NJ. L." instead of
Guam, L. l."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
THE FIGHT FOR A new NAVY
RESULTS OF NEWPORT CONFER
ENCE CALLED BY PRESIDENT.
Position of Water-Line Armor
Changed in Ships About to
Be Constructed.

NEW YORK. October 23.-ln an art!cle
entitled 1.-The Fight for New Navy. IN
the November McClure's, the writer pre-
sents the results of the Newport confer
ence called by the President last july
for consideration of alleged defects III
battleship construction. The conference
changed the position of the water-line
armor belt in plans for ships about to be
constructed, and adopted other of the
changes declared necessary by critics of
the construction plans last spring The
article says, in part:
The Newport conference decided that
the line about which armor belts of our
future ships should be placed should be
several inches higher on the ship than
that of the Walker board-about a line
reached when the ship has on board two
thirds of its coal and stores and all its
ammunition. This recommendation alone
would have meant that the belt be
from two to three feet higher than it is
upon our present ships. Settling this, it
decided that 1t should extend six instead
of five feet, as now, below the water
line. In other words, the conference de-
cided that tine armOr belt on future ships
should be from one TO two feet higher
than that on practically all the vessels
In the American navy now afloat.
Increased Protection.
This would have made a great i'm
provement in our old ships. with their
narrow shell-proof water-line belts, but
so far as the battleships now building are
concerned this change In itself is not of
great Importance, because on these ships
The band of armor just above their water
line belt is shellproof, and consequently
their water line has an ample high pro-
lection.
But above this second belt was placed
thin armor, easily pierced A shell
passing through this would shatter the
unprotected flues from the boilers to the
smokestacks. and fill the big gun deck,
and probably, through broken ventila-
tors, the whole ship, with smoke. shin
might easily be made uninhabitable by
TINS during battle The conference voted
mat the hues Of the next four ships
should be given special protection, and
tnaf all future ships should have armor
OF proper thickness on their sides.
Torpedo Boat Exposure.
The conference at Newport further
voted that the broadsde guns upon the
four ships about to be built are too low
to be used in ordinary trade wind wealth.
er. This conclusion could not be escaped
after Admiral Evans official report, fol-
lowing observations on the trip of his
ships about South America last winter
which reported that their broadside guns
could not be effectively used in ordinary
trade-Wind weather at a speed of ten
Knots, which is only two-thirds of the
speed which would be made during hat.
tie. '
Ihese broadside guns on our battle
snips are their principal protection
against the attacks Of torpedo boats-one
Oh tne greatest dangers of modern sea
nghtng. 1t is now officially established
that the American feet, and also the next
tour battleships to be delivered, cannot
defend themselves effectively against tor
weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
Car Collides With Wagon

Shortly before o'clock this morning
car No. Is OF the Capital Traction Rail-
way. crowded with passengers. crashed
into lumber wagon at 11th street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest -. .
The glass front of the car was com.
pletely wrecked. while the fender was !
twisted into scrap iron. The wagon Wao,
not damaged. No one was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
SUCCEEDS A. r. SPoFFoRD.
Herbert Putnam Becomes Trustee OF
the Public Library.

Herbert Putnam. Librarian of Congress,
has been appointed by the District Com
missioners to fill the vacancy on the
board of trustees OF the Public Library
caused by the death of Ainsworth r.
Spofford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
Injured Workman Improves.

Herman L. Abel. recently injured while
working on a portable school building
near 18th and Kenyon streets. is still un-
der treatment at Garfield Hospital. He
was injured by a piece of timber falling
and striking him on his head. 1t was
stated at the hospital this morning that
the patient was much improved, although
not yet out of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23

Boston. where he was born. and New
ton where he spent the greater part Of
his adult life. celebrated the centennial of
the birth of DR.. Samuel Francis Smith,
author of America" Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
another and which the despoiler can seize
without redress?
OF what avail
Are pillow and sail
IL Freedom fall?

can best be set on foot by a committee
of representative men chosen from all
sections of the city and classes of the
people-and that they organize for victory
If it costs q ten years War-Or longer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23

This will be a great work. 1t should
specially interest the young men. for the
future belongs to them. To us who are
fast falling forward. or at least dying
in our tracks, an all-sufiicient solace is
the glorious vision of what they and
theirs are yet to be. But this .strona
and virile generation now bearing the
burden and heat Of the day should rise
as one NATIVITY not as one woman
and besiege the Capitol Of their country
with the determined demand for political
independence and equality before the law,
until the people of the District of Column
bia are free and equal to their brethren
in sovereignty.
THE generation which gives actual free
dom to this city will be remembered for
ever. and for a greater work than the
abolition Of slavery in the District of CO.
lumbia. for what is the empty form OF
freedom and what are good houses and
rich lands which are held at the will OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23

other legal means available for Dries and
declared 1t was. unnecessary that any ex-
traordinary writ issue In that case. The
decision does not state whether the court
has jurisdiction to issue such a writ.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
sfATAMORENsENs WILL
RUN FOOT RACE
Prominent Citizens of Neighbor City
Will Race From Matamoros to
ROsita Tomorrow.

A novel form of amusement will be
ndulged in by number of prominent
citizens of Matamoros tomorrow,
when ten of the best known Mata-
morensens will run a foot race from
Matamoros to La Rosita, station
about seven and a half miles up the
National railroad. Those who are an
nouced as contestants in the race are
as follows: Lawyers Mariana Ber-
langa and E. Perez, DR.. Gilberto CT
zero, Emilio J. PUG, Augusta Pc
triciola, Adolfo Garate, Raoul Garate,
Manuel Cardenas, FRANKIE R. Trevino,
and Felix Pumarejo.
According to the plan as announced
the contestants vii start from Mata-
moros tomorrow morning at half past
four and race to La Rosita along the
railroad track. A prize has been of
fered by R. Bennevendo for the win
ner.
Quite large crowd is expected to
go to Rosita on the morning train to
see the finish. The second Mexican
Cavalry band will be on hand and
quite demonstration will be made at
the conclusion of the race. An ele-
CANT luncheon will be served at La
Rosita
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1908.
BROWNSVILLE NEEDS.

One of the best openings in
Brownsville at present undoubtedly is
the establishment of a canning fac
tory. With the prospect of another
large vegetable crop by next spring,
there is every reason why such an en-
terprise should pay. It would be to
the interest of the truck growers
themselves of this section to organize
and establish one or more canneries,
so as TO be able to dispose of their
surplus truck at fair rates, instead
of being at the mercy of the markets,
as they are sometimes. The success
that has attended a small enterprise
of this kind at the little town of Oh
mito, where an independent planter
saved the surplus tomato crop of last
spring by canning them, and now has
a good trade in choice home canned
tomatoes, should encourage a similar
enterprise on a larger scale at
Brownsville. The Herald has no
doubt that number of our leading
capitalists would easily be induced to
take stock in such an enterprise. if
only some responsible person would
set it on foot.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
ONE Brownsville People Have Learn
ed How to Get Rid of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the back
ache until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong
the rest of the system is pretty sure
to be in vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Mrs. ]. T. Bowman, of 322 Sher-
man street, San Antonio, Texas. says:
81 feel that l cannot praise Doan's
Kidney Pills too highly after my ex-
perience with them. | have been
a sufferer from kidney disease for a
long time, and it seemed as if moth
ing would bring me relief The kid
ney action was much too free and
was subject to severe headaches. ]
had frequesnt chills and was often
Kidney Pills. l was greatly pleased
with the result, as l am now in bet
ter health than l have been for some
time. / no longer have headaches.
the kidney action has become regular
and l am much stronger. 1 owe all
this to Doan's Kidney Pills"
Plenty more proof like this from
Brownsville people. Call at Geo. NJ.
Putegnat's and ask what customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
ole agents for the United States.
very dizzy. l was rapidly losing
strength when l got a box of Doan's
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
TOWNSVILLE REPRESENTED
IN GRAND CHAPTER o. e.

At the meeting of Hope Chapter. o.
E. s., last night, the worthy matron
announced the appointment of Miss
Addie Goodrich as her proxy to at
tend the Grand Chapter of the order,
which will meet at Beaumont on Oct,
13.
The appointment of DR.. C. H.
Thorn, worthy patron of Hope Chap
ter, as associate grand patron of the
Grand Chapter of Texas. vice the
late Associate Grand Patron An
derson, who died about two months
ago, was also announced, and appre-
citation of the high honor bestowed
upon the Brownsville chapter duly
expressed. This chapter also has the
honor of one of its members holding
the Office of grand Electa in the
Grand Chapter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
HIDALGOCOUNTY
LEVEE PROJECT
CONTRACT FOR GREAT WORK
WILL BE AWARDED IN
ABOUT THIDTY DAYS.
Outline of Plan Designed to Protect
Immense Area from OverfiOw-Ex-
pected to Cost the County Nearly
Half Million Dollars.

1T is thought that the contract for
the construction of the great drainage
nd levee work which has been under
taken by Hidalgo county will be
awarded in about thirty days, stated
Judge D. B. Chaplin this morning.
Bonds for this work have already
been voted upon and will soon be
issued. The engineers employed by
the drainage commissioners to map
out the work are not quite through
yet The district which will be pro-
tected and drained by this great work
is composed of something over 340,-
600 acres and includes, besides the
marsh lands along the river, all of
the irrigation enterprises in Hidalgo
county. The levee will be built from
Penitos to the Eastern line of the
county, a distance on a straight line
of As miles, but as the levee will fol-
low the banks of the river it will be
over sixty miles in length. The OBJ
ject of this levee and drainage is to
reclaim all of the marshy land lying
close to the river and also protect
other lands from overfiows from the
river The benefits derived from this
will me many fold, it will bring many
acres that are now worthless into Gull
tivation and guard against overfiows
like that of 1904, which now, would
approximately damage Hidalgo coun-
ty alone to the extent of $40, 100000.
The cost of this great work it is esti-
mated will be between 100000 and
100000 and it is estimated that it
will take from Is moths to two years
to construct it. +"
Judge Chaplin also reports
that the new town of Chaplin
is being built up rapidly. that there
are about eight houses that have al
ready been built and that thirty-five
OF forty more will be built as soon as
the material arrives.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

Apiary of 80 hives of bees 6
miles south of Sam Fordyce. Nova
bic combs, up-to-date, modern hives
and appliances. Everything in
shape for crop of honey and a fair
flow now on. If purchased soon
crop not removed goes with the out
fit, including extra hives and appli-
ances not in use to the value of $500.
Whole outfit for sale for 100000.
Manager ]. B. Cotton, postoffice, Alb
rams, Hidalgo County, Texas, or at
The Herald Office. B. W. Hopper,
ROCKFORD, Colo. 9-24-13
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
DISTRICT COURT ADJoURNs.
Appeal in Mcclellan Case-Summary
of Term.

After being in session for four
weeks, district court adjourned this
afternoon. During the term twelve
civil cases were disposed of. one by
jury, eleven non-jury. Four criminal
cases were dismissed.
This afternoon the tax docket was
taken up. Of the "a cases on this
docket, 81 were disposed of and the
remaining Al were continued over
until the February term.
The hearing of the argument by
the attorneys for the defense for a
motion for new trial in the suit of
]. D. A. Mcclellan VS.. the Brownsville
Land and Water Company, in which
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff was
rendered during this term of court,
was concluded this morning. At the
conclusion of the argument the court
overruled the motion and the attor-
neys for the defense at once notified
the court that they would appeal the
case.
LETTER LIST.
The letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice at Brownsville
for the week ending Saturday, Sept.
26, are as follows:
Ladies.
Sra. Junan G. Ayola de Castro,
Miss L. Brownsville, Miss Emma
Cuellar, Mrs Antonio Cantu, Sra. Jo-
sefa Castillo, Mrs. Ygnacio Cavazos,
Sra. Telisitas Chapa, Sra. Rafaela
Garcia, Miss Natibida Cara, Angela
Gaitar, Marcia Martinez, Mrs. c. S.
Maupin, Sra Refugio C. de Meza,
Sra. Filomena Pillos, Miss Esperanza
Ramirez, Mrs. Chaimsec Tooke.
Gentlemen.
A. ]. Arzua, Y. B. Brown, Sr. Pc
dro Cabrera, Sr. Perdo Castillo, Mr..
F. ]. Cohen, Sr. Atilano Fuentes, Sr.
Erasmo Fuentes, Sr. Carlos Florez.
Sr. Antonio Cara, Mr.. E. J. Heaslip,
Sr. Pascual Hernandez, Mr.. P. NJ.
Hallingsnit, Rev. W. G. Hefly, Laur-
iaano Jimenes, Mr.. w. B. Jones, Mr..
Leon Royles, Mr.. ]. K. Nesmith, Mi.
Horny Oman, Sr. Severe Pena, Sr.
Jose Angel Rodriguez, Mr.. George
SHEPPARD. Jesus Sanenz, Mr.. S. S.
Taliaferro, Sr. Pedro H. Villareal,
vina, A. c. Wike, o. E. Walker.
Persons calling for the above let
tiers will please say advertised.
R. B.Rentfro, Postmaster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.

100 acre tract 2 IL miles from city
on Central Boulevard Brownsville
Land & Improvement Company, canal
northern boundary, 40 acres cleared,
balance timber plenty water, east
ly plated to continuation Brownsville
Land and improvement Company's
townsie
$50 acres of land about ten miles
from city, heavily timbered about
l IL miles from Olmito station, tim
Der will more than pay for clearing of
land, short distance from canal. 9th
er bargains at bargain prices. e. H.
Goodrich & Son. S-3-tf
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-03
LAND BARGAIN.

Fifteen thousand acres in Artesian
belt on railroad between Yturria and
Raymondville in lots of five thous-
and acres, or more. sandy loan, clay
subsoil. Sweet surface water. well i'm
proved, good timber. Ten to twelve
dollars per acre. Apply to A. T.
woodhouse. RaymondviIle. Texas.