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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-08-08

Walter Stalbens of Santa Maria
arrived in the city last night and is
transacting business here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A, Leather of In
dianapolis, Ind, arrived in the city
last night and are guests at the Mil
Ter.
DeKyle Smith returned yesterday
afternoon from short visit to Santa
Maria and La Gloria. where he is
interested in the new canal.
Mr.. and Mrs. A R. La Rue of Nc
Allen came down yesterday afternoon
and left this morning for Point Isabel
to spend the day on the coast.
Mrs. Geo. Seaman of Point Isabel
came up from the Point last evening
Mrs. Neale returned to her sum
mer home at the Point today
Mrs. A. Y. Baker and child came
down from Hidalgo yesterday after
noon to join her husband here. They
will spend a couple of days at Point
Isabel.
Capt Arthur Thayer was visitor
in the city this week from Point lisa
short time with Mrs. Thayer and the
bel. where he has been spending a
children.
Andrew Hanson, the we'll known
land man of Mercedes arrived Thurs
day night from trip in the north
and west. He returned to Mercedes
yesterday.
R. P. Boeye returned to his home
in Donna this morning after attend
ing the various truck growers meet
ings in the interest of this section of
the country.
D. NJ. Bennett, well known stock
buyer who was here buying some
stock for the Houston Packing COM
pany, left today for San Antonio. He
will return in a few days.
H. G. Stilwell. the enterprising
nurseryman of San Benito returned
home today, after spending a couple
of days seeing his Brownsville
friends, and attending to some bust
ness matters.
Mrs. L. B. Jacobs and children ar
rived last night from McAIlen, and ex-
pect to make their home in Browns
Vile Mr. Jacobs, who is a civil en-
gineer by profession, will follow them
in few days.
DR.. James Kentfro has returned
from LOUISVILLE, where he has been
practicing in one of the leading hos
pitfalls since his graduation at the
medical college there He went to
the Point Thursday to spend a
while with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna visited the
Point and Tarpon Beach yesterday,
looking for a cottage to spend n
month at the seaside. They are ex-
pecting visit from their son, H. A.
Hanna of Houston, and will take
him to the coast with them.
T. n. Raymond of Raymondville
arrived in the city last night to fill
the vacancy in the catcher's box for
Brownsville, in the absence of the
regular catcher, Walter Vann. who
was unable to leave his business. Mr..
Vann will be in this evening and as
sumo his regular position during the
Sunday games.
Editor R. J. Swearingen fthe Hi
dalgo Advance, who has been quite
sick recently at that place, arrived
here Thursday, accompanied by his
aunt, Miss E. ]. McCardy of San An
tonic, who has been visiting him at
Hidalgo. They left yesterday for San
Antonio. From there Mr.. Swearingen
will go to some health resort His
many friends are glad that he has i'm
proved sufficiently to travel, and hope
that he may return quite restored to
health.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-08-08

Chas. NJ. Armstrong of Katherine
is in the city.
Jos. F. Ryan of San Antonio ar
rived nthe city last night.
R. A. Conner of San Benito is a
business caller in Brownsville today.
Mrs. G. T. Porter and children went
to the Point yesterday for short out
ing. They returned home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Clay are
among the summer visitors at Point
Isabel.
Frank Rabb came in yesterday af-
ternoon from a business trip to La
Gloria.
Al. Brumberg of Galveston is
among the many visitors to Browns
vile today
j. NJ. Shipping and H. s. Goodwin
of Laredo are transacting business
here today.
JEFF McLemore came in last night
from Kingsville and is spending the
day in the city.
Amos B. Wise of Dolphin, Ind. is
among the many who arrived in the
city last night.
Jos. Kring of Lyford arrived in the
city last night to play ball with the
Brownsville team.
A l. Davis, civil engineer, left this
morning for McAllen where he is en-
gagged in surveying.
F. D. Lawrence of Harlingen ar
rived last evening and is transacting
business here today.
R. S. Pershing of Oklahoma City
arrived in the city last night to look
after land interests here.
D. C. Lorimer and ]. w. Holt re-
turned yesterday afternoon from a
couple of days visit to La Lomito.
Theo. NJ. Plummer and wife of
Mercedes arrived in the city yester-
day afternoon and are guests at the
Miller Hotel.
Ed. C. Lassater, the founder of
Falfurrias, arrived in the city last
night and is transacting business in
the city today.
Jno. T. Slaton of Hobart, Okla,
came in last night on a prospecting
tour of the Brownsville country with
a view of locating here.
J. P. Withers of Llano Grande ar
rived in the city last evening having
just returned from visit to Missouri
and other places in the North
Manager B. G. Stegman of the
telephone company left this morning
for San Benito on business relative
to the long distance line.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-08-08
THE DAILY HERALD
PERSONALS.
PuRLISHER,s NOTICE.

The Herald is always anxious to
obtain news of the arrival and depart
ure of persons in whom local readers
are interested. Naturally, it is i'm
possible to have reporters to cover
trains arriving so late and leaving so
early as the st. L., B. & NJ. passenger
trains. Therefore, the arrival or de-
parture of persons living in private
houses cannot be learned, except by
being informed of them by those in
terested. 1t is customary in other
cities for people to phone the papers
when they have news of this kind,
and The Herald would be gratified to
receive similar information from resi-
dents of Brownsville.
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28

but also very surely, creeping, creep
ing, creeping, now stopping. now
creeping, stopping, creeping.
All at once the gun play began
again, sharp, quick, from the spring,
from the sheds. The blot lay perfect
ly still for moment-waiting, watch
ing. The plucky little rifle was silent.
But so it had been before. Quarter
length, half whole length, cautiously
with frequent stops, eyes so steely, SO
intent-could it be possible that this
gun was really silenced-out OF the
race? 1t would not do to trust too
much. The blot waited, scarcely
breathed, crept forward again.
A sudden bright light flashed up
through the darkness under the unpro-
tected wall to Mary's left. Almost
simultaneously kindred light sprang
into being from the region of the cat
tle-sheds. The men down there had
been waiting for this signal. 1t
meant that for some reason the second
effort to creep up unobserved to fire
the house had been successful. The
mare SlGN anu opiC eau. - DNS$@A1S -
glare.
When the whole cabin seemed to be
in flames save the door-the dry, rude
boarding had caught and burned like
paper-when the heat had become un-
bearable. Williston held out his hand
to his daughter, silently. AS silently
she put her hand. her left hand, in
his; nor did Williston notice that it
was her left, nor how Imply her right
arm hung to her side. In the glare,
her face shone colorless, but her dark
eyes were stars. Her head was held
high. With firm step, Williston ad-
vanced to the door. Deliberately he
unbarred it, as deliberately threw it
open and stepped over the threshold.
They were covered on the instant by
four rifles.
Drop your guns." called the chief.
roughly. Then the desperadoes moved
up.
Il take it that 1 am the one
wanted said Williston.
His voice was calm and scholarly
once more. In the usefessness of
further struggle. it had lost the sharp
incisiveness that had been the call to
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
Strike Cancellation Fails.

Denve-.-The News Wednesday
morning says: Flat failure marked the
efforts yesterday OF the Denver cham
ber Of Commerce Of Commerce to set
tie the strike of the Denver & Rio
Grande shopmen. because of the re-
fusal of the railroad officials to accept
any grounds for arbitration.
President E. l.. Scholtz of the Cham
ber of Commerce. who took personal
charge of the question, obtained. from
the several unions yesterday morning
bill of grievances, which ne present
ed yesterday afternoon to Vice Presi-
dent Charles H. Schlacks and General
Manager a. c. Ridgway.
President Scholtz explained to the
railroad officials that he offered his
services in the interests of the business
and travelling public of the state, and
that he hoped to act as friendly me-
diator between the company and the
men for the purpose of bringing to a
speedy end a strike which threatens to
spread and cause decentralization to
the business interests of Colorado
Vice President Schlacks declared in
positive terms that he had no state
ment to make further than that which
was published week ago, and that in
sOfar as he was concerned the strike
was at an end. He said the company
now had sufficient men to do the work
of the strikers and that business was
gradually becoming normal.
In Difference to the older employees.
Schlacks said, he would show them
preference in giving employment, but
that none of the old men would be
taken back until vacancies existed.
The petition presented to President
Scholtz by the strikers yesterday set
forth that they wanted their unions
recognized, but that they did not seek
closed shop. They wanted time and
one-half for overtime and the appoint
ment of foremen from among their
ranks.
The company refused to consider any
of these propositions, all Of which are
Incorporated in the contract recently
abrogated by the railroad.
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
Pushing Morat Road Work.

Denver-There are now fully 800
men at work on the Moffat road driv-
ing 1t through to the great coal fields
and to Steamboat Springs On April
30th, twenty miles more of the road
will be opened to travel. This will
take the trains to McCoy's siding, two
and one-half miles from the nearest
point to McCoy's station. This new
mileage will put the Moffat road on the
mail list for the malls to Steamboat
Springs as 1t will cut twenty-five miles
from the stage line running from VOL
colt to Steamboat Springs.
Three miles OF heavy work have to
be done between McCoy's siding and
the springs. involving no less than
eleven tunnels and several bridges in
one mile, but after that there will be
easy sailing. Steamboat Springs will
be reached in October. The road will
be running through portion Of the
coal beds in the middle Of the summer
Plans are on foot now for the branches
running north and south to open the
territory.
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28

George Williston. a poor ranchman,
high minded and cultured. searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
s." On wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water, he dis
covers a band of horse thieves engaged
in working over brands on cattle He
creeps near enough to note the chang
ing of the Three Bars" brand on one
ford. the rich owner of the Three
Bars is informed OF the operations of
the gang of cattle thieves-a band OF
long have deted the law and authori-
ties of kemah county South Dakota.
Langford is struck with the beauty of
little girl" Louise Dale. an expert
court stenographer, who had followed
is living with him at Wind City. is
requested by the county attorney;
take testimony in the preliminary
hearing of Jesse Black. Jim Munson, in
waiting at the train for Louise. looks
Bill Brown and there detects old
Mag" well known "oInery' steer be-
for kemah. Crowds assemble in Justice
James r. McAllister's court for the
Springs the first OF many great sur
Prises: waiving examination. Through
Jake Sanderson. a member of the out
Jaw gang, he had learned that the
steer Mag" had been recovered and
thus saw the uselessness of fighting
against being bound over. Richard Cor
don. the county attorney, who is un-
popular because of his many failures
to secure convictions in court. wins
the admiration of Louise. which is mu-
tual, County Attorney Gordon accom-
panies Louise Dale on her return to
Wind City. He tells her of the dis
appointments of his Office of witnesses
that can be bribed and of the system
of tampering with Justice which pre-
vents him from securing a conviction.
He has the girls sympathy. While
Williston stands in the light in his
door at night shot is fired at him.
The house is attacked and a battle en-
,sue1 between Williston and his daugh-
ter. on one side. and the outlaws on
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28

action If one must die it is good to
die after a brave fight One is never
a coward then. Williston's face wore
an almost exalted look.
My daughter is free to go?' he
asked. his first words having met
with no response. Better. much bet
ter, for the make of man like Willis
ton to die in the dignity of silence,
but for Mary's sake he parleyed.
Il guess not!" responded the leader,
curtly. IF pulin' idiot hadn't missed
the broad side of you-as pretty a
mark this side heaven as man could
want-then we might talk about the
girl. She's showed up too damned
much like man now to let her loose.
His big, shutting form lounged in
his saddle. He raised his rifle with
every appearance of lazy Indifference.
They were to be shot down where
they stood, now, right on tie thres-
hold of their burning homestead. Will
liston bowed his head to the newt
able for a moment; then raised it
proudly to meet the inevitable.
A rifle shot rang out startlingly
clear At the very moment the lead
er's hawk eye had swept the sight, his
rifle arm had twitched uncertainty,
then fallen nerveless to his side, while
his bullet. playing faltering and
discordant second to the first true
shot, tore up the ground in front of
him and swerved harmlessly to one
side. Instantly the widest confusion
reigned-shouts. curses, the plunging
of horses mingled with the sharp
scrack of firearms. The shooting was
wild. The surprise was too com
plets for the outlaws to recover at
once. They had heard no sound of ap-
preaching hoofbeats. The roaring
flames licking up the dry timber and
rendering the surrounding darkness
the blacker for the contrast had been
OF saving grace to the besiegers after
all.
In a moment the desperadoes raj
lied. They closed in and imposed a
cursing. malignant wall between the
rescuers and the blazing door of the
shanty and what stood and lay before
it. Mary had sunk down at her fathers
feet and had no cognizance Of the
fierce though brief conflict that en-
sued
Presently she was dragged roughly
to her feet. A big. muscular arm had
heavy grasp Of her.
Make sure Of the girl, Red!" COM
manded sharp voice near, and 1t was
gone out into the night.
Afterward she heard-oh, many,
many times in the night Watches
the eerie galloping Of horses hoofs.
growing fainter and ever fainter.
heard 1t above the medley of tramp
ling horses and yelling men. and knew
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
Good Old Uncle Job Felt Called Upon
to Rebuke Sinner.

"Tas. suh," begun Uncle Job, sur
veying his hearers with an expression
of virtuous sadness; "yas. sub, sholy
glib dat trifing Ab'aham lesson he
neveh fohgot!" Then, seeing an in
quiring look in the eyes of some of his
hearers, and hearing a question from
the lips of one of them, he decided to
go more into details about the nature
of the lesson he had impaired.
"What'd do tub him? Is gwine tub
tell you alls. Abraham fair drawed de
lightnin on hfsself wen he he'd de
'dacity tub 'vite me tub he house tub
eat er turkey dinner. Turkey" re-
peated Uncle Job, after a telling
pause. wen dat liverashous rascal
neveh raised any turkey in he life
'cept often some wife mans roost
Hit sho was er fine turkey. but 1
showed dat Ab'aham dat stolen goods
profiteth little, Dat turkey was er
big gobbleh. an dere was nobody but
me an Ab'aham dere; an l seasohed
dat bird wifi admonitions tub be good
an wahnings fom de wrath to come.
Hit sholy would hev tasted good ef
hit hednt been stole. But de sauce
OBJ deed well did an a sinneh re-
buked almos' made hit relish. an"
concluded Uncle Job, with pious sat-
isfaction, though hit was er hahd
pill. is bound to say l held out to de
end an finished dat turkey, spite OBJ
Alb aham's hint dat he spected hit
tub las him er week"-youth's Com
panion.
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
ANARCHIST PAPER BARRED.
President Roosevelt Orders It ExeIud-
ed From the Mails.


Paterson, N. J.-President Roose-
veit states in answer to an appeal
from Mayor Mcbride to exclude La
QUESTION: Sociale" from the mails,
that beside directing that the newspa-
per be denied the use Of the mails, he
| has requested the department of JUS
tice to make every effort to prosecute
criminally those responsible for the
publication. A copy of the Presidents
letter to the department of justice was
enclosed as the reply to the appeal of
Mayor Mcbride, who made public the
Presidents letter. 1t follows
TO the Department of Justice:
by my direction the postmaster
general is to exclude La QUESTION: So
ciale of Paterson, N. j., from the mails,
and 1t will not be admitted to the mails
unless by order Of the court, or unless
you advise me further that it must be
admitted. Please see If it is not pos
sible to prosecute criminally the men
interested in the sending out of this
anarchistic and murderous publica-
tion.
"They are the enemies of mankind,
and every effort should be strained to
hold them accountable for an Offense
far more infamous than that of our
ordinary murderer.
This matter has been brought to
my attention by the mayor of Pater-
son. l shall, through the secretary Of
state, call the attention of the governor
of New Jersey to the circumstances so
that he may proceed under the state
law, his attention being further drawn
to the fact that the newspaper is cir
culated in other states. After you have
concluded your investigation l wish a
report from you to serve as basis for
recommendations by me for action by
Congress.
THE newspaper article in question
advocates murder by dynamite, it spe-
officially advocates the murder of en-
listed men of the United States army
and the officers of the police force and
the burning of the houses of private
citizens.
THE preaching of murder and arson
is certainly as immoral as the circula-
tion Of obscene and lascivious litera-
ture and if the practice is not already
forbidden by the law it should be for
bidden.
THE immigration law now prohibits
the entry into the United States of any
person who entertains or advocates the
views expressed in this newspaper arti-
Gle. 1t is, of course, inexcusable to
permit those already here to promul
gate such views Those who write
publish and circulate those articles
stand on the level with those who use
the mails for distributing poisons for
the purpose of murder. No law should
require the postmaster general to be-
come an accessory to murder by cir
culating literature of this kind.
"(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
. Church Floor Gives Way.

Denver.-An Evans, Colorado. dis
patch Tuesday night says: So large
crowd gathered at the Reformed
Presbyterian church In Evans tonight
to listen to Governor Buchtel's address
on temperance, under the auspices OF
the Anti-Saloon League, that two silla
in the floor Of the church gave way
cracking like pistol and throwing the
crowd into panic. People in the front
of the church rushed to the rear, and
those in the back rushed forward. but
Governor Buchtel and the cooled feads
among the crowd preveAtsd sersd6s ac'
cidents. The governor quieted tho peo
pl: % effectively that mot one left ths
building. ~
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
House Eleven Hundred Years Old

st. Albans possesses the oldest In
habited house in the country. This
distinction is said to belong to the old
Round house. now the Fighting Cocks
inn, which stands close to the River
Yer. 1t is curious structure-of
octagonal shape-of early, Saxon ori-
gin. having been built as a boathouse
to the ancient monastery founded at
st. Albans by King Ona about the
year 795, and is thus over 1,100 years
old. A subterranean passage. now
blocked up, runs from the basement
to the ruins of the monastery. . dis
tance Of about 200 yards. There II .
shed at the back Of the house, where
1t is said Oliver Cromwell stsbIsd his
norse. himself once sleeping under IL
ry,of during the civil war.-Co12eetanG.
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
CHAPTER X.
In Which the X Y z Figures Some
what Mvstariouslv

CHAPTER X.
In Which the X Y z Figures Some
what Mystsriousiy.
Jim Munson, riding his pony over
the home trail at a slow walk, dropped
sleepily in his saddle. 1t was not a
weirdly late bedtime, half-past ten,
maybe, but he would have been sleep
ing soundly good hour or more had
this not been his night to go to town
If he chose. He had chosen. He
would not have missed his chance for
a good deal But his dissipation had
been light. The boss never tolerated
much along that line. He had drunk
with some congenial cronies from the
Circle E outfit complimentary to the
future well-being and increasing
wealth of this already well-known and
flourishing cattle ranch. OF course
he must drink return compliment
to the same rose-colored prosperity
for the Three Bars. which he did and
sighed for more. That made two. and
two were the limit, and here was the
limit overreached already; for there
had always to be last little COM
| forter to keep him from noddins in his
Saddle.
1t was sleepy night, cool and soft
and still. He could walk his horse all
the way if he wanted to. There was
no haste The boys would all be in
bed. They would not even wait up for
the mail, knowing his, Jim's, innate
aversion to hurry. Had he not been
so drowsy, he would like to have sung
a bit; but it required little too much
effort He would just plod along.
Must all be in bed at Williston's-
no light anywhere. A little short Of
where the Williston branch left the
main trail he half paused. If it were
not SO late he would ride up and give
them hail. But of course they were
asleep. Everything seemed still and
dark about the premises. He would
just plod along.
Hello, there! Where'd you come
FROM" he cried of a sudden, and be-
| fore he had had time to carry his re-
solve into action
A man on horseback had drawn rein
directly in front of him. Jim blinked
with the suddenness of the shock.
Might ask you the same question"
responded the other with an easy
| laugh. I'm for town to see the doc
tor about my little girl. Been puny
for a week"
oh! Where you FROM" asked Jim,
with the courteous interest of his
kind.
New man on the X Y T." answered
the other lightly. Must be gittin on.
Worried about my baby girl"
He touched spurs to his horse and
was off with friendly 80 long," over
his shoulder
Jim rode on thoughtfully.
Now don't it beat the devil" he
was thinking. how that there COW
puncher struck this trail comm from
X Y with the X Y clean t other
| side O town? Yep, it beats the devil.
for fac. He must be ridin' for
his health. 1t beats the devil" This
last was long drawn out. He rode a
little farther. 1T beats the devil" he
thought again-the wonder of it was
waking him up-"how that blamed
| fool could a struck this here trail a
goin for doc"
AT the branch road he stopped ir.
resolutely.
| ITO RE CONTINJJEDN
The Glenwood post., 1908-03-28
To Aid home.tsaders.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Teller has in
troduced bill providing that persons
who have made homestead entries
upon lands to be watered from the
Gunnison tunnel irrigation project may
be given leaves Of absence pending
completion Of the tunnel, but must re-
sumo occupation Of entries within
ninety days after water 10 furnished
from the project for irrigation.