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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-17
TO ELABORATE DRAFT
OF UNIVERSAL TREATY
Powers Invited to Meet at The
Hague in 1909.

The Hague, Sept. 17.-At the re.
quest of Germany and Italy Holland is
to invite the powers represented at
the second Hague peace conference to
participate in a further conference at
The Hague, probably in 1909, for the
elaboration of a draft of universal
treaty. 1t is suggested by The Meth
erlands that the royal commission of
international law, as affecting private
persons, make the necessary arrange
ments.
Washington, Sept. 17.-No advices
have been received at the state de-
partment concerning the request OF
Germany and Italy for conference OF
the powers at The Hague on the sub.
ject of a universal treaty.
1t was stated that such a request
probably will reach Washington in two
or three weeks. Acting Secretary of
State Adee was disinclined to make
any comment upon such a proposal in
advance of it's receipt by this govern,
ment.
London, Sept 1.-THE conference
which Germany and Italy propose to
hold at The Hague in 1909 is for the
purpose of adopting, If possible, laws
for the international regulation of ex
change
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-17
LOCAL ITEMS

For 25c and 35c lodgings apply to
Mccain, fronting the depot. 6-27-tf
See change in the ad of Whitman S
Pharmacy in today's Herald.
A neat cottage is being erected on
Levee street opposite the home of
Rev. w. H. Petty.
For HOT and cold water see the
Brownsville Electric and Plumbing
Co. 7-14-6
Admission to the grounds at Fort
Brown, where the South Texas Gar
deners are holding their meeting, is
entirely free.
Miss Emma Cummins of Kansas
City viii arrive here next week and
will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Boss of the South Texas Gardens.
FOR SALE-NeY SO-horse power
Platform Bed Motor Truck, solid rub
Der tires, carrying capacity 5000
to 1000 pounds. Speed one to fif-
teen miles per hour. Givens Pack
ing Co., Corpus Christi, Texas.
7-4-1m-dw
A generous donation of a number
of fine watermelons from bis ranch
near Brownsville for the South Texas
Gardeners was sent in yesterday by
Frank Rabb. The melons were put on
ice at the Peoples Ice Factory and
will be served to the Gardeners to-
morrow.
AS many as a dozen recent settlers
who have bought land on the Indiana
Cooperative canal a short distance
below Brownsville are now at work
clearing land, and getting ready for
planting. Two men who bought land
night before last went down to the
canal and are already on the ground
cutting away the brush
The new irrigation enterprise at
Santa Maria, which has been
launched by the Santa Maria Mutual
Canal company will soon be under
way. Civil Engineer E. B. Gore is
in charge of the survey work and is
now in the field laying off the canal.
This enterprise will add fifteen thous-
acres to the irrigable area in Gamer
on county.
Misses Kate and Jennie Devine of
Laredo, who formerly resided in
Brownsville. will arrive tonight to
visit their aunt. Mrs NJ Hanson of
Brownsville. Mrs. Hanson and child
rem are now staying at their summer
home at Point Isabel, but she will
come up to meet her nieces this even
ing and will take them to the Point
tomorrow. The Misses Devine have
many old friends here who will be
glad to see them.
The moonlight boat ride On theRio
Grande that was planned for night
before last did not materialize. some
OF. the party having changed their
mind about going. 1t wouldabe a nice
idea for someone to put a"gasoIina
pleasure launch on the river and
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-17
Why Keep a Horse {!

When you can have Holsman, that
costs less to maintain than horse, and
Is so much more satisfactory?
The Holsman only costs cent a mile
to operate, and less than So month for
repairs. Can you keep horse as cheas
as that? Will the horse go as fast as
The Holsman? Is it always ready for
instant use?
The Holsman neither eats, sleeps.
gets, sick, nor requires currying, OF
stable-cleaning.
The Holsman never tires out, gets
overheated or goes lame.
The Holsman does not get balky or
run away-when danger threatens it il
always under control-one hand on the
lever-the other hand free to operate
the brake.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-17
HERALD WANT ADS

1 insertion, per word .........1c
consecutive insertions, per word. Sc
s consecutive insertions, per word. &c
10 consecutive insertions, or more,
for each insertion, per word &c
Matter set in "caps" will be charged
double the above rates.
No advertisement taken for less than
the price of Is words.
Ads run at intervals take the one-time
rate.
Cash Must Always Accompany
the Order.
Those who have replies sent in care
of The HERALD must furnish stamps to
forward them.
Positively No Ads Taken by Telephone.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-17

make boating one of the features of
the summer at Brownsville. Nothing
could be more enjoyable than boat
ing on the broad bosom of the Rio
Grande by moonlight.
Two carloads of cattle were at
tached to the regular branch train
this morning for Conway & Holt at
Mamie.
Some piling is being put in along
the river bank on the Mexican side
some distance above the ferry, which
is said to be merely repairs on levee
that previously existed there.
Some fine samples of corn and al
falfa were presented to the Lower
Rio Grande Valley Commercial club
today by w. H. Carothers of the
Rancho Viejo neighborhood. This
| alfalfa was from thethird cutting and,
though of only thirty days growth,
1t is yard long. Mr.. Carothers has a
fine alfalfa field on his rach.
The Mexican w. o. w. Camp, No.
1892, Ebano, initiated twenty-one
new members last night at their reg
ular meeting. This gives them a total
of one hundred and forty members.
After the initiation the members re-
paired in body to one of the Mexi-
can cafes and had genuine banquet
in honor of the new members.
The Herald is requested to an
nouce that tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock an address will be delivered at
the South Texas Gardeners meet
ing by Prof. H. P. Attwater, the well
known authority On topics relative to
natural history, on the subject of the
Value of Birds Prof. Attwater's
address will be of interest not only
to the gardeners, but also to all 9TH
ers, and both ladies and gentlemen
and children of Brownsville are spec
tally invited to attend tomorrow and
hear him
An enterprising youngster this
morning held up visitor from Kan
sas iat the gate leading into Fort
Brown, who wished to attend the
South Texas Gardeners meeting, and
boldly charged him five cents ad-
mission. The visitor came back to
town and met ]. R. Axsom and asked
him if they were charging admission
to the grounds. Mr. Axsom went
down with the Kansan, and the
young highwayman, recognizing a
Brownsville man in Mr.. Axsom,
straighway abandoned that method
of making a living.
In reporting the prospects of secur-
ing the use of certain buildings in the
post for the Brownsville Rifles yester-
day, The Herald was mistaken in at
tributing to Secretary Barnes of the
Commercial Club the statement that
General Myers said it would require
some pull to secure the privilege.
What Mr.. Barnes said was that the
general had informed him that it
would be necessary for the request to
come to him through the regular mil
itary channels, before it could be act
ed upon, but he thought it very prob
able that the application would be
favorably received.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12

The statement that the above was a mock trial and not real one comes just before press time. and so it Is with regret that Ii is announced that tho jury will not get the $3OO,
 The mock trial was held by the Mems club of the Congregational church of West Haven,
 The following participated Judge, Greene Kendrick; clerk John Wilkin- son; complainant, Mrs W. B. Warner; defendant, Clarence D. Hall prose- cutting attorney, Charles k. Bush esq defendants attorney, Col. A. V New ton; court officer William IT. Futile; crier, George s. McLaren, witnesses, Mrs Edward E. Lettney, Mrs. Luclus P. LangdOn, C. A. Bevan, M. D., Ar thur IT. Elmer, Frederick r.. Pierce; jurors, Hon. Clarence F. Thompson, Hon. John Brown, Deacon James Tolles Henry r. Spencer, Deacon Fredrquo R. Lewis, John B, Lomas, Hon, Samuel J, Bryant, Hon. Robert J, Woodruff, Harry D. Nottleton, Ed ward w. Burtis, George Leete Peck, John F.. Mar.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
D0NNELLY TAKES TRIP
Detective Will Look Over Burglary
 Suspects in New York.

Tho police of New York city yestnr- day captured two men and a woman, the two former of the three being par ties already in the Rogues' gallery who are suspected of burglaries com mitted in the city, The local detective bureau has learned of the arrests and from the account of the case 1t is thought that there is some slight pos- sibility that this trio was concerned in the burglaries committed a week and a half ago at Lunts fur shop and the Speciality shop in orange street In cons cqu 'nce of this view Detective .Donnelly has been detailed to make a trip to New York today and see the trio and endeayor to learn whether they may be connected with tho cases here or not. The names of the parties arrested are Giuseppe Markette and William Pesky and the latters wife, Annie who is also said to be sister to Markctte.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
BUSINESS FALLS OFF
Receipts of Railroad Company Much
 Lower Than Last Year.

The report of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company for the quarter ending September 30. 1908, shows gross earnings of s33749.- 1S1Oi decrease of s1,68t,StO.72, as compared with the corresponding quar- ter of 1907.
 The operating expenses were s9,0Ss,- 77o.4L decrease of s1,331134O1.
 The net earnings from operation were $i7lO4lG6S a decrease of si94t76.71.
 Income from other sources than oper alton decreased $1,016,765.75.
 Interest, rentals and taxes increased SS) )i261O
 Tho surplus for tho quarter this year was $18S4SS2.SS against a sur plus of S3,575.7OL44 for the same ouar- ter of 1907. a decrease In net income of St6g1 ,S6S.56.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
SHERIFFS GUARD COOPER
Three Deputies at Bedside of Senator
 Carmack's Murderer.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov 11.-A state warrant, charging him with the mur- der of former United States Senator E w. Carmack. was served on Robin Cooper at the hospital to-day Cooper Is now in charge of three deputy sher- ifs, He will be removed to the county jail as soon as his condition permits. II has developed, according to the phy- slcIan who 's attending young Cooper, that two shots were fired at the young man. one penetrating his shoulder the other going through his coat sleeve.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
LONG TERMS FOR
 TWAIN'S BURGLARS
(ContInuod from First Page.)

trial on the charge of assault with in tent to murder, whih had been placed against him as a result of his resisting the deputy sheriff and firing a shot at him on train at Bedding on the morning following the robbery. Coun- sel for the defense thereupon asked for an intermission and the court took a recess while the prisoner and counsel on both sides consulted. At the con cusion Williams counsel stated that his client would change his plea of not guilty on q charge of assault with in tent to kill. The court accepted this plea, and after listening to statement of the case by counsel imposed sen tence
 represented Hoffman, and the story told t6 the court by Hoffman through his counsel was to the effect that he had lived for six years in New York, and that a day or two before coming to this state, he had met Williams. The latter suggested that both go to Danbury and look for work at the Danbury fair. After they had been In cldedthis city couple of days, Hoff- man claimed, Williams produced a gurglars outt, including lanterns and reyolvers, and suggested that they make an attempt to rob pr. Clemens home.
 Williams, through his counsel, M. ]. Cunningham, of Danbury, claimed that he had not known Hoffman until a day or two before they started for Connec- tlcut and declared 1t was Hoffman who suggested the robbery and also pro- vided the outfit. He said he had for merly lived in Syracuse, N. r., where he had been employed as coachman, and had arrived in New York city only week before he met Hoffman. In regard 10 the shooting on the train he said that he did not know that the man who was trying to take him was an officer of the law, and that he had only fired the shot to frlghtcn the man.
 Prosecuting Attorney Judson said that the state felt impelled to ask for severe sentence in each case.
 In passing sentence Judge Case said that burglarles were becoming too fre- quent in the state and he was inclined to think that the courts might have been too lenient. He also referred to the number of youthful burglars who had been before the courts of late. While some of the statements of the accused he said were evidently true, others were such that he did not feel that he could place much credence in them. It was evident, he said. that tho two men had come to the state en a desperate enterprise.
 The prisoners were taken to Bridge port immediately after being sentenced
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12

years campaign instituted by Mayor Johnson's administration for three cent street car fare. That rate of fare had been in operation six months when the referendum election was called.
 Mayor Johnson will not be cited for contempt of court because of his re- fusal to produce the books of the Pay Enter Far Box company before Spe- clal Master Belford, threatened yes terday. To-day the papers and con tracts showing the relations of the Fare Box company to the Municipal company officials were produced in court.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
MEMORIAL T OEJJOT.

Boston, Nov. 1l,--Prominent Harvard alumni are discussing a proposition to raise 2 memorial fund in appreciation of the achievements of President Charles w. Eliot, during tho forty years that he had been head of the university, The plan has not vet taken definite shape but the suggestion Is receiving the hearty approval of liar. ward graduates
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12

Continued from First Page,)
 cent fare company was to operate. That vote was in the negative, and in order to preserve the bondlolders' rights, apparently jeopardiaed by the referendum vote, the trust company brought suit for a receiver.
 The Municipal Traction company was organized only to operate the lines that -;cre consolidated under the title of the Cleveland Railway company, capitalized at $S5,O0OOOO. The Mu- nicipal has capitalization of $1O,OOO. It was holding company designed to be useful until such times as state laws could he enacted to permit mu- nicipalities to own and operate street railways It was the child of a seven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
THREE YEARS FOR ruIEyIyG.

Toronto, Can, Nov. l1.--Duncan Cam eron McCallum, late teller of the Farm CTS bank of Canada, pleaded guilty to- day to theft of s16,495 from the bank, and was sentenced to three years in Kingston penltentary, McCallum att trlbuted his downfall to gambling ,n tho stock market and horse racing
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-12
THREE-CENI FARE
 ROAD INSOLYEN1

(Continued from First Page,)
New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
WRIGHT URGES TAFT
Leading Virginia Democrats Coin
eide zcith His Viezcs.

Richmond. Va, Oct 2s-Before large audience
at the Academy Of Music here tonight Luke E
Wright secretary Of War. spoke in favor Of the
candidacy Of William H Taft The meeting was
held under the auspices OF d number OF men Of
prominence in this city, who has always been
Democrats, but who in this campaign are support
ing the Republican candidates
Mr. Wright was introduced by John Skelton VIII
Jams, former president of the seaboard Air Line,
who stated that the constitution Of Virginia
has purified the electorate as to remove all fears
of the negro vote. He continued:
know what he will do and how he VIII DO u
intend TO vote against the present candidate OF the
Democratic party Our people are earnestly laoor.,
ing to build up and develop many industries a19
business enterprises l do feel that these would
be safe with our foreign relations and our dor1estc
affairs likely at any time 10 become dangerous
mind should our financial stability and our army
and navy be in the keeping of human kaleldoscope-
thing nv turns and nothing long, an abstract OF
all the political faults that men fall into modern
ProteIs he has power of endless transrorrnauo1
4 shining wiIl-o -the-wisp. he dances brilliantly
over hogs and lures his party into bottonless ire
Mr.. WRIGHT declared that there are tens Of thou
sands OF men in the South who regard Mr. Bryan
as unsafe and dangerous and who shudder at the
Thought Of his election. yet who. as a matter Of
habit or prejudice feel themselves constrained TO
vote for him He declared that such course is
neither good citizenship sound sense He did
NOT ask men to abandon their party simply because
+bAx, could not have everything their way, but
n vote according 10 their conscience when they
believe II would be disastrous the real interests
of the whole, country to elevate Mr. Bryan 70 the
presidency. He insisted that parties but a
means to an end and not the end itself
New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
II. RIDDER GIVES $4,000.
Sons Credited rith Part to obey
Brvan's Order.

Thirtv-seven thousand dollars is the amount OF
money contributed 10 the Democratic national cam
naieo nv Herman Fiddor. treasurer Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee AS Mr.. Bryan early IN
the can,pafgn insisted that not more than $4,000
should be accepted fro many person, Mr. Ridder
y-as Obliged to split his contributions and on the
oooxs of the treasurer the entire amount IS dis
tribj+ed as follows: Herman Ridder 10000 Victor
F Ridder. 50 go: Bernard H Ridder, 5000. and
1oseph F; Ridder $1,000 The latter three Riders
are sons Of the treasurer
Thus does Mr Ridder take his place at the head
Of the roll of honor on the Democratic contribution
list for 1908 The next largest contribution, $500
was that received from a corporation lawyer named
Hughes in Colorado The $1,000 does not represent
money put into the treasury by Mr.. Ridder yester-
dav, but includes what he has spent since the nom
ination of Mr. Bryan in conducting a personal
campaign among the Germans in all the states
whore they live in any considerable numbers.
Il believe in fighting hard when I fight said
Mr. Ridder in speaking of his large contribution to
the campaign THE work have done among the
Germans has produced great results. We have sent
many copies of the Staats-Zeitung all over the
country fifty thousand day in Wisconsin alone"
Edward F. Goltra of St. Louis who is personal
friend of Mr.. Bryan, gave 5000 10 the campaign
fund on Tuesday This is in addition to the $1,000
given by him earlier in the campaign. Several Of
the leaders got together several days ago and de-
cided that they must have $4,000 at once. Mr.
Goltra's subscription in answer 10 the appeal
made that time. Ex-Justice Morgan J. O'BrieD
gave additional 500 yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
LABOR VOTE FOR TAFT.
Canvass of Mines and Mills Shoes
Him an Lead OUer Bryan.

= canvass by The Labor World, of Ptttshurg,
Of mines and mills in West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio Illinois Indiana and Maryland indicates that
Taft will poll labor votes in any Of those
states than Will Bryan. The result in states
taken collectively gives Taft 28,652 TO 1852 for
Bryan.
The Labor World" is a non-partisan paper. It's
straw taken in eighty-siX mills and
mines and is regarded in Pennsylvania and Ohio
fairly representative. The poor showing for
Bryan delightful surprise to the Republican
National Committee, as it believed that Bryan
was stronger with the miners and mill employees
than the figures show. The canvass, summarized.
IS follows:
West Nirginia-Six mines and four mills: Taft
20SS Bryan, 1244; Debs, 5o1; other candidates. 81
Pennsy sylvania-TWelve mines and eight mills
Taft. 85S2; Bryan, 2S0l; Debs 1888; other candi-
dates, 2
Ohio-Fourteen mines and nine mills: Taft ss26
Bryan e46, Debs. E42; other candidates lO3.
IllinOis-Eight mines and mills. Taft. 455a
Bryan $3.50, Debs. 641; other candidate Is
Indiana-Eleven mines and six mills: Taft 5635
Bryan 5,227: Debs, g14; other candidates, q
Maryland-FoUr mines and mill: Taft 81
Bryan 94; Debs l54. other candidates. 8.
TotaI-Taft. 1852; Bryan, 1852; Debs, 4l10; other
candidates. l8l.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
ROOT SPEAKS FOR TAFT
Talks ini Cincinnati on Issues OF the
Cam pdtgn.

Cincinnati oct 2S-Elhu Root, Secretary OF
State spoke to a large audience at Music Han
tonight The meeting was held nnder the
auspices of the Citizens Taft Club. In paraoe
which nreceded the meeting members Of the
Citizens, Taft Club Cincinnati Blaine Club ana
many other organizations took part
eecre,arv Root was introduced by Robert
REYNOLDS, president of the Citizens TAFT Cluo'
He ers+ took I'D the alleged dissensions IN
Ohio the Foraker matter being the first the ne
gro question the second and the liquor question
tbfrd He urged that If these dissensions still
extsted they should be laid aside for the greater
d,tv If American citizenship. The climax OF
the sneech was a review of the public career OF
William H Taft and this received Win Ile
greatest enthusiasm by the audience. ne oe
cIared that Mr.. Taft was better prepared lhdil
any other man TO succeed 10 the PRESIDENCY anu
carry out the policies of Mckinley ana hooSe-
welt As al executor and as an admlnlstra
he declared Mt Taft almost without pee
Sarcasm was hurled at the Bryan
as Mr.. Root took them up in turn ne a0o
Shall we elect poor men TO our IeglslaIu'S 60
darend ,pon the initiative and referendum
Gu -. .,,.rantee our bank deposits by tax
,,- +ra banker the depositor and the DOT
ro,rar rather than prosecute the dishonest
banker? ,-,-+
"Sbau we close our factories and bankrupt
o,,r merchants by reducing the tariff to get rlu
Of the trusts or shall we prosecute theIh anu
,,o1-a them he good? Shall we place IN Ihe
hands of an executive officer in washington 'i'e
cole destiny Of any part Of the tariff. to be low"
ered nv raised as he desires? Shall we elect 10
Office a man of experience or man OF tneo-
riesH
we are asked to turn out Of office the men
who carried on a good. efficient Administrations
Never before have we been asked to chahse
great government on such grounds as the op-
,4;o- presents Extravaganza has been
charged. but the Treasury is well filed NO at
tack on the honesty and integrity OF thlS gov
eminent as it has existed since Mckinney was
- -. baan made. The Democrats
know we have done our own nouseeiealilIls
New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
"FINGEY" DOWNHEARIED.
Poor Reports about His Cand'd0te
ChdnIer.

Chairman Conners Of the Democratic state
r,o,,,roir-ee has about thrown up the sponge tor
lieutenant Governor Chanler. The reports that
he has been receiving from the various county
cbafrr,An in the last few days have been uni
fornly discouraging.
The state chairman is a good loser, however
and last night greeted the newspaper men with
a smiling face when they went in search OF the
forecast that he promised about this time
week OF so ago.
I'm not going to give out any figures until
see what the other side has got to say, he de-
clared. Il want to know what sort Of lies they
ara going TO pass out before I say anything.
The state chairman evaded answering direct
question as TO whether Chanler had been gain
ing or losing strength in the last week. Each
time It was asked he side-stepped gracefully,
saving Il am much encouraged or words TO
that effect -.----- ,. - =--.
.Chanler seemed to be a painful subject with
the state chairman, he switched off on to
BRYAN and began TO speak eloquently Of the
wonderful fight he making. The state
chairman is particularly downhearted, II is said,
because he practically forced Chanler upon
Charles F. Murphy and Senator McCarren, and
the latter have been twitting him on the weak
ness Of the candidate