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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

THOSE Parisians who celebrated
the Commune so enthusiastically
this week surely could not have
known about the sickening horrors
of the reign of blood which they
were concentrating, else they
could never have shouted: Long
live the Communal"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

have for sale 345 acres of the
very best orange, grape, fruit and
vegetable land III the Rio Grande
Valley, within three miles of the
town of San Benito, and on
the main line of the San Benito ir-
rigating canal. This land is equal
in value for growing oranges,
grapes, English walnuts, figs and
vegetables to any land in California
which is now selling at from $500
to $1,000 per acre. I can divide
this land up into 10, 20 and 40 acre
tracts and sell it at S125 an acre
cleared and fenced. l will plant
this land in oranges, figs or grapes
for SIPS per acre and cultivate and
water the same for period of three
years for the sum of SIS per acre
per year.
w. 0. Coleman,
soft. Brownsville, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

ALFONSO displayed great bravery
IN Barcelona. The question now is,
does he have nerve enough to give
orders to the cook, now that he is
hack home.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

THE Yoakum Herald says that
the cabbage snake, when boiled
with cabbage, is dangerous to the
health. Not to pursue this subject
very much farther, how is the cab
bage snake when boiled with
spinach?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

On has been found floating on
the Gulf of Mexico. The odor of
gas. and lots of it. is lowering
about the political camps of the
state. But this is nothing new.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

BoTH houses of Congress have
passed the bill restoring to the
coins of the United States the
motto, In God We Trust" The
words were left off of a number of
coins at the direction of President
Roosevelt.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

THE fact that Brownsville is a
shipping point for wild animals
will be news to many people, but
II only goes 20 show that Browns
vile is the center of an unusual
country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

ACCORDING to dispatches. John
Chinaman has awakened to such
an extent that he knows a four
flush when he sees one.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

THERE is Congressman in Ohio
who was first for Foraker, then
Topped to Taft, and was wearing
Cannon button all the time. He is
evidently determined not to miss
the band wagon, no matter which
way If travels.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

ANOTHER man has shot his wife,
his excuse being that he thought
zlze was a burglar. Will the supply
sf wives keep up to the demand?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19
For Sale

Pure line bred White Plymouth
Rock cockerels. Sittings of White
Plymouth Rock eggs, $3.50 per
fifteen. MRS. A. H. FLICKWIR,
3-5-1m Lyford, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19
A Thinq of Beauty.

The heroes are not all six feet tall.
Big souls may dwell in bodies small.
The heart that melts with sympathy
For the poor and the weak, whoe'er it be-
Is a thing of beauty, whether 1t shine
In man of forty or a lad of nine.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19


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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19
John N. GARNER

Sor reelection as representative OF
the 18th Congressional District tor
the ensuing term. subject to the
action of the democratic nominal
ing convention.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19
THURSDAY. MARCH 49,. 1908.
Announcement

THE HERALD. is authorized to
announce the candidacy of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-19

Familiarity breeds contempt.
But, just the same, it IS the
greatest section of the greatest
state in the greatest nation on earth.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29

Mexico; Vicente Acena, a wealthy
planter who expressed sympathy with
the cadet corps, of which he was a
owner of the Guatemala abattoirs. As
turis held the contract to furnish meat
to the government and had been at
tempting to collect money which was
owing him. Following the trouble he
made other attempts, but was thrown
in Jail, and all his abattoirs. cattle and
other property were confiscated and his
relatives forced to flee to Mexico.
None of the men punished, accord
ing to DIR. Prove, were given trials.
even of such farcical nature as have
characterized former reigns of terror.
and the property confiscations have
been general. One of the most tyrrani-
cal and disgraceful features of the
whole occurrence, declares DIR. Prove.
was that each of the cadets of the
military academy was subjected sum-
marily to terrific whipping, 400 lashes
being administered to the bare back of
each.
"As a result of the outrage" writes
DR.. Prove, "the penitentiary is crowded
with capitalists and students, who have
been nogged from day to day ever
since the twentieth of April, whenever
and as often as the whim of the presi-
dent or the government officials has
dictated.
II have had hopes that the foreign
powers would awaken to the horror of
this affair and take some action that
would remove Estrada Cabrera from
power and erase this awful scandal
from the history of Central America"
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
ROCHESTER'S MAYOR is
STUDYING CITY'S WORK
j. G. Cutler Is Taken on Auto
Tour by the Promotion
Committee

Former Mayor James G. Cutler of
Rochester, N. Y, one of the dominant
factors in New York state politics and a
prominent possibility for the guberna-
torial candidacy at the next election, is
a San Francisco visitor, having returned
here Tuesday after a trip to Yosemite.
Although deeply engrossed in New York
state politics, Cutler expects to remain
in San Francisco long enough to study
day was the guest of the California Pro-
motion committee in an automobile trip
about the city. Cutler is much inn
pressed with the growth of San Fran
cisco since the fire and the advance
ment which has been made. and said
that few eastern people realized how
much had been accompliShed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
GAS PIPE THUG TO MAKE
APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY
Attorney Hopes to Save Young
Murderer From Paying
Penalty on GaIIOWs

With the hope that the death sem
tence passed on Louis Dabner, one of
the notorious gaspipe murderers, be
commuted to life Imprisonment. At
torney W. l.. Barnes is preparing an
appeal In behalf of Dabner to be pre-
sented to the governor.
After the reign of terror was ended
by the capture of Dabner and Siemsen,
Dabner confessed to many crimes and.
on the advice of his father, refused
at first to have counsel to defend him
He later allowed Attorney G. P. Hall
of Petaluma to represent him. Dabner
was sentenced to death. The matter
was carried to the supreme court which
upheld Judge Cooks decision. Now
Hall purposes to carry the matter to
the governor, and has engaged Attor-
ney Barnes to prepare the papers of
appeal
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
MAN KNOCKED THROUGH
PLATE GLASS WINDOW
Skaters Big Pane When Struck
in Fight and Suffers Cut
on Scalp

August Hagemann, clerk in the 81.
Ives hotel, had dispute in front of
the Philadelphia shoe company's store,
1541 Fillmore street, early yesterday
morning. with Frank Kennedy, Ed A
Bradford and George Stevens, bar tend
ers. and it is alleged that Kennedy
struck Hagemann, knocking him
through the plate glass window Of the
store.
Hagemann was taken to the central
emergency hospital TO have a wound in
his scalp stitched and dressed. ken
nedy. Bradford and Stevens were ar
rested on a charge of malicious mis-
thief and Kennedy had an additional
charge of battery booked against him.
They appeared before Police Judge
Cabaniss yesterday and the cases were
continued for week
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
CoMMERCIAL UNION MUST PAY

The American can company was
awarded a verdict of $23.73S.62 against
the Commercial Union assurance COM
pany of London yesterday by a jury in
the United States circuit court The
buildings of the can company, which
were situated at the northwest and
northeast corners of Seventh and
Townsend streets, were destroyed in
the fire following the earthquake. The
tending that the earthquake clause In
its policies eliminated 1t from liability.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
SHIPS STEWARD Acquitted

Judge c. n Post, sitting I'm depart
ment u OF the superior court for
Judge Cook, yesterday instructed the
jury in the case of Harry Fisher,
charged with robbery. TO return a
verdict of not guilty. Fisher who was
employed in the stewards department
Of the steamship Sierra, was accused
of the theft of a watch belonging To
William J. Howell, the chief engineer.
but there was no evidence that the
watch was ever in his possession The
jury acquitted him without leaving
The box
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
RUEF TO APPEAR MONDAY

In accordance with the arrangement
made early in the week, the trolley
bribery indictments against Abe Ruef
We're continued by Judge Lawlor yes
that day most of the indictments
against Ruef are in the calendars of
Judge Lawlor's and Judge Dunnes
courts, and it is expected the prose-
cution will then make an announce
ment as to the charge upon which
Ruef will next be tried
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
hank INCREASES CAPITAL

After being in business for less than
one year, the First national bank of
Contra Costa county, located at Mar
tinez, has increased it's capital from
$4,000 to $4,000. according to NJ E.
Glucksman, cashier of the institution,
who was in this city yesterday in con-
ference with several of the local bank
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
ADDS COMIC LINES
TO O'BR|[N DRAMA
Polisher of Shoes Contributes
Testimony in Negro Dialect
for the Leading Lady

Black race comic relief held the stage
yesterday in the modern problem play
which is being presented in Judge Mu-
raskys department of the superior
court, as the Captain Charles F.
OBrien-Mary q Alice O'Brien suit for
divorce progressed. James Smith.
Whllom janitor, at present polisher of
shoes. furnished the ebony effect and
the Williams and Walker humor. James
Smith testified that he saw Captain
O'Brien and Miss Catherine, Hagerty
holding hands and he also related, with
many chuckles, the story of an alleged
lhSldious attempt made by a certain
George Williams, also known as Wal
lace, to veer him away from the wit
ness stand in the O'Brien case. Will
liams has developed into a detective
for OBrien.
Mrs James ]. Dow, wife of Police
man Dow, also had a speaking part in
the case yesterday, testifying to the
friendly and solicitious interest that the
plaintiff in the case, O'Brien, took in
Miss Hagerty. The cast of characters
was yesterday augmented by the name
of Miss Annie Busteede. stenographer
with large agency on Montgomery
street, who loaned money to Smith, the
m1nstrelly looking witness. A check
signed by Miss Busteede was offered in
evidence.
GIRL WRITES AND wEEPS
Smith, on direct examination by Mrs.
O'Brien's attorneys, Frank Gould and r.
v. Whiting, stated that on several even
1ngs, while he was janitor in the Madi
son d Burke building, where O'Brien
had an office, he saw Miss Hagerty
n INT - 49,
basement and that O'Brien followed her
there. Once he discovered the captain
done holding" Miss Hagertys hand
while the young woman was stimuli
taneously weeping and writing let
ter. Williams, otherwise Wallace, ap-
preached Smith. the witness said, after
he had been subpenaed as a witness.
He said that widow up in Seattle
was going to give him $4,000 to start
a bootblack stand and manicure par
lor," said the witness. Il said that
looks good to me. and he said. Get
busy
Then he told me that the money
was coming tomorrow, but tomorrow
never came. But he said the widow
had done sent him the money"
MIGHT INJURE BUSINESS
Williams, or Wallace, casually re-
ferred to the O'Brien case during this
discussion of the nail polishing boot
polishing emporium, saying that Smith
should leave that "damnable case"
alone, as his connection with it might
injure their business venture.
Smith knew both the O'Briens, but
did not know Colonel Cabe1 H. Mad
dox. the codefendant until recently
although they had been distant rela-
tives in the official household of Cover
nor Stoneman. Smith drove Stone-
mans coach. Maddox was a colonel on
his staff.
Miss Busteede will be called to the
stand on Monday. when the case next
comes up According to Smiths testi-
mony she loaned him SIS. and Barry
tried to make out that the money was
a bribe of some sort paid by Colonel
Maddox to the negro through the
agency of Miss Busteede.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29

DIR. Siegert's Angostura Bitters before retiring
corects disorders OF stomach. Refuse substitutes
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
ASKS HELp ron WOMEN

The Associated Charities has made
an appeal for an outfit of clothing for
q Young English woman who has been
seriously i'll at the children's hospital
and IS to be sent home to her people. A
good, dark suit. size 3S, waists and two
suits of underclothing are wanted. Con-
tributions viii be received at the head
quarters Of the Associated Charities.
1900 jackson street. or will be called
for.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
Defense of the American Navy

The second article under this title
by Rear Admiral w. l. Capps, u. S. N,
= appears in the June Sunset, in answer
10 the charges recently made by Henry
Reuterdahl in the January Mcclure's. .
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
Byron Hot springs

For your week end rest. Two and one
half hours easy ride from San Fran
cisco on the line of the Southern Pa
cific. Ask any agent
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
WOOL MARKET
VERY WEAK

So far as can be learned very little
wool is being sold at this point, and
the market would seem to be Ia a
very unsatisfactory condition. The
last sales recorded were at Golconda,
some Ave weeks ago, the price paid
being eleven cents. All of this year 3
clip that has left this station since
that time has been sent on commits
sion, with an advance on good staple
grades of aboue nine cents per pound.
For the poorer grades there is no mar
ket whatever.
Yesterday about thirty thousan
from DEMO, belonging to w. u. Scott
was hauled into town and unloaded at
the station platform. What disposi-
ton is to be made of same has not
yet been decided upon.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
CLAIM JUMPERS AT WORK
IN SEVEN TROUGHS DISTRICT

Last week in the Seven Troughs dis
trict one of the claims of the Industry
group, owned by Messrs +. i Gum
ell, Messrs Moore, Mushett, F. Nj. Lee
and Senator Geo. S. Nixon was jump
ed and work is now being done on
the claim by the jumper. 1t is claimed
by the jumper that there was not suf-
ficent annual assessment work done
to hold the claim, while Mr.. Lee. one
of the owners of the property states
that the regular amount of work was
performed The owners of the proper
tv are preparing to oust the jumper
The Industries group in the Seven
Troughs district are among the most
favorably located in the camp.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
ROMANCE OF DISCOVERY
OF FAMOUS TIPTOP Mine

D. F. Mccarthy of Tiptop accom-
panied by Frank German and A. H.
Paddock. was in town Monday. Seen
at the Lafayette hotel by Silver
State News representative and asked
about conditions in the new camp, Mr..
Mccarthy said:
"Our errand in town was to appear
before the county commissioners in
the interest of establishing new town
ship at Tiptop, which has just been
accomplished. Everything in our camp
is progressing finely. The townslte
company, composed of Peck and Sam
pie Reno real etate men, Dwight Jones
private secretary to Senator Nixon,
Bob Douglass of Goldfield and myself,
recently purchased the old John Mel.
son water right in Barber's canyon for
$4,000, and pipe line is now being
laid to town. When completed we will
have an abundance of good water for
all purposes. There are at present so
or go tents and buildings in town with
a population of about $50. While
there have been no shipments of ore
as yet, there is plenty of it on the
dumps, and the first shipment from
the camp will be made about July /
to the Selby smelter from the ElRancho
mine, owned by J. f. Guernsey This
shipment will run 1925 to the ton all
gold, there being little more than a
trace of silver
"Who discovered Tiptop, Mr.. Nc
GarthvP' ventured the reporter.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02

For some weeks there has been a
persistent rumor in circulation to the
effect that the Western Pacific woulc
resume active operations in Nevada
June 1st However, the rumor proved
to be untounded.
In an endeavor to secure some defi-
mite information as to the company s
intentions, the Silver State News cali
ed on the local representatives Of the
company with the following results
Charles Harlow, division superin
tendent of the Humboldt division
which extends from Deep Hole to Elko
a distance of 237 miles, when inter
viewed in regard to the matter, said
"The only work being done by orr
company in Nevada at the present. is
on the one tunnel at Palisade, and two
in Moleen canyon. There is good
prospect however, that the steam
shovels will be started up on the first
of July. Track-laying in Utah is
practically completed, and at present
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
/" DRY YEAR NOT
FEARED
PROMINENT MEN VIEW
CONDITIONS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
F. M. Lee Says Prospects for a Fair
Year are Good, and Has Words of
Praise for Humboldt County.

F. M. Lee who is at present in Win
nemucca on general business matters
in connection with the Nixon and Lee
interests, views conditions in Hum
boldt county at the present time in
an optimistic manner. "Despite the
drouth condition, prospects for fair
harvest year are good,' said Mr.. Lee.
of irrigation waters in the Humboldt
river yet during the season, is the
opinion of Mr.. Lee. The continued
cold weather has to a considerable ex-
tent kept back the flood waters so
far this year, and with the first pro-
long warm spell there will be flood
waters in the river There has never
yet been a season, no matter how dry
but that there has been some sort of
flood waters in the Humboldt river
While the prospects for very mucn
water yet to cos1e are not very bright
yet 1t Will be enough to permit OF lrrl-
cation, which in many cases, parti-
cularly at Lovelock, will permit of
the cutting of the second crop of al
falfa. Speaking of business matters
Mr.. Lee says that business conditions
in Humboldt county are better than
the average in other sections of the
state.
This optimistic view is held by pro-
minent people in different sections of
the county. Through the Silver State
News special correspondent at Para
disc Valley comes the information that
despite the threatened dry year, bust
ness conditions in the valley are good
and the majority of the ranchers look
for. a good harvest year.
A letter received from Thomas Mel
son the well known wool grower and
stockman of the eastern part of the
state, is to the effect that the country
is very dry, yet prospects have been
much worse in other years.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
A WATER SUIT MAY
BE INSTITUTED
CIVIL SUIT MAY GROW OUT
OF A CRIMINAL ACTION
Case of r. Martin of Bottle Creek, Ac-
cused of Assault, Involves Cues
tion of Rights to Water.

Out of the case of r. Martin of Bot
tie Creek, who is charged with com
hitting an assault on Portegueses
named Joe Sisivera, in the employ of
the Wheeler Land and Stock company
may develop a civil action to deter
mine the water right to the waters Of
Bottle Creek
The trouble which brought about
the present charge being lodged
against Martin. occurred over the
waters of the creek. On this creek are
located properties belonging to Martin,
to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hirschel
and TO the Wheeler Land and Live
Stock company. 1t is claimed that the
Portueguese was using more water
than be was entitled to, and Martin.
in demonstrating with him became an
CRY, and the trouble arose.
Tie Martin and Hirschel ranches
ar, the Oldest en- the creek and il is
thor intention to test ta2 right of
the Wheeler Land and Live stock
company to the waters,
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
PLY THEIR
TRADE LAST evening

The theft of thirty slabs of bac,
from the cellar of the Club restaurans
and daring attempt to burglariy.
the big store of E. Reinhartand CON
pany, was nights work on the pa
of quartet of Yeggmen in Whine.
mucca last evening. The bacon weign
ing 150 pounds was packed off bodily,
and the trick turned SO neatly tha
no evidence is yet in the hands of tt,
officers as to where it is located o.
who were the perpetrators of the deod
Entrance to the cellar was effecte;
by prying off thelock on the door. -
J. higgins, the well known proprie
tor of the Club, was first made awar.
of the theft when he went to the cei
lar this morning to get some of ths
bacon, and there, to his amazemeni J,
found the place where the bacon for
merly reposed, occupied only by atmos .
phere. "Jacko views the matte
philosophically. He knows the thievss
got booty worthy of their effort
for the bacon was the choice easter
variety.
The attempt to burglarize the Il.
Reinhart and company store was i,
most daring one. The thieves knocs
ed in window sash on the weste-'
face of the building, one of their mum
Der crawling inside, when Watchma
Zarhen, having heard the crash Of tn
window. was calmly waiting for his'
with a sawed-off repeating shot gus
The burglar attempted to pry open al
inner door, behind which Zarhen ston
ready to fire. At this juncture, Zali
rem put shell into the gun and tn
burglar heard the snap of the breec.
He left quickly and so quietly tina.
Zahren was not aware of his depa.
ture
About an hour later one of the mer
passed down the street and knocke.'
in the glass on thelower front window
Again Zahren came to the front ans'
this time he raised his gun and aimesi
but the movement was seen and th'..
burglar dashed around the corner all,
disappeared.
Burglaries are becoming more ami
more common every day in this tow,i
along the railroad. They are of ai
most daily occurance in the towns ca
of here, and last Thursday night !
daring and successful robbery Wa
performed in the Marker News star
at Lovelock. 1t behooves the offict,-
of this town to keep sharp lookos
for suspicious looking characters.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-02
NEW BUILDING FOR
CIGAR FACTORY

Having outgrown his present quar-
ters at the corner of Fourth and Baud
streets, NJ B. Johnson the cigar manu-
facturer, win erect new building on
Melarkey street, between Fourth and
Fifth. and is at present excavating for
the foundation. The new structure will
be 30x30 feet in dimensions, and
will be built of cement blocks at al
estimated cost of $4,000 Mr. John
son is his own architect and will have
the work done by days. labor. He
expects the new building to be read
eor occupancy about August first whea
it will be occupied as a cigar factory
and residence.