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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
Cambridge. Mass. Oct. With
the enrolment Of delegates Of uni-
versities. colleges and learned soci-
tiles at the Harvard Union. the cere-
monies connected with the formal
Inauguration Of Abbott Lawrence
Lowell as president Of Harvard Uni
versity, in succession to Charles
Eliot, began today. An informal re-
ception was rendered the relegates.
who came from all parts of the coun-
try The official ceremonies do not
begin until tomorrow Dr. Lowell
has had charge of the university
ever since President Eliot's resigna-
ton went into effect last May.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
New RaiIroad About Completed.

Monterey, Mexico, Oct. 3.-Re-
ports from Monclova are that the
new railroad from that point to Chi
huahua viii be opened within a few
days, the contract having been let
in the City Of Mexico a few days
since calling for the construction Of
the first seventy-fiye klometers,
beginning at MOnclova
The line will extend through some
OF the richest and more important
haciendas in the State OF Coahuila,
touching the San Bias coal fields,
pass large iron and kaolin deposits.
as well as the salt lakes at Jaco.
It is said this line viii traverse as
fine and fertile region as there is in
this country
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
10 Help the Helpless.


Special to The Herald
st. Paul. Mimi. Oct 1.-The
toi,,v-4bird an,,,aI ,noo+;ne of +ba
anne i0''n II ''ii''lii1 -A9Soels'I-o Oh "Ileu
began here today, brings together
humane workers from al r.r.s oil
+ha r-ni+a5 cf.+as
J ''i--ii'''i' ~i-oAs s-s '---'ip ilis
OF greater sOlicitUde for dumb brUtes
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

By Associated Press.
New York. Oct 5.-The stock
market opened irregular today. fIuc-
tuadons, however. being slight.
The market moved uncertainty
and showed a tendency to weakness.
A few stocks stood out in marked
contrast. such as Erie which went
up II.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

j. f. -Clwards agrees To build
railroad ii II sOutherly direction rom
San Antonio to point nthe Rio
Grande contiguous TO Brownsville, in
consideration of the Chamber OF Com
merce delivering to him 100000 of
the 100000 bonus raised ii year ago.
Edwards must designate the line
as far as Medina River within Is
days and within another I ) days San
Antonio is to furnish contracts tor
right-Of-way from city limits TO the
Medina River.
Work must be begun within 10
days from delivery of right-Of-way
contracts. Grading must proceed at
rate of five miles per 30 days and en-
tire line be in operation Dec. I, 1911
Upon maturity of bonus notes
$4,000 is to be spent by Chamber of
Commerce for terminals. Chamber
of Commerce not to be responsible
for failure of payment of notes. Cen
eraI office and separate freight depot
to be maintained iii this city.
Failure on part of Edwards to
comply with conditions of contract,
fOrfeits to Chamber of Commerce
right-of-way, grade and all improve
ments thereon as far as south line of
BeXar county.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

San Antonio the connection it has
so long been after. and forming a
circuit of rail leading directly into
the Frisco on the north and passing
out from Brownsville to the north
and east.
Nelson Backs Ii.
There are many facts that may
be taken as significant indications in
following this line of conjecture.
J. P Nelson, who is obviously Mr.
Yoakum's agent in the Fredericks-
burg railroad matter, has been a
strong booster for the project of Mr.
Edwards This forces the SuggeS-
ton of a connection of The two rail-
road schemes Secret forces of
Yoakum are positively known to
have been working for two years
on a San Antonio-BrOwnsville pro
ject from any of a half-dozen diff
ferent angles. Construction has
already been begun by Edwards
south from Jourdanton. If not
backed by railroad interests, with
whose line he could connect, this
spur starting from nowhere and
leading nowhere, would be useless,
without connection with San AntO-
Mo having first been arranged for
Part of Big System.
Il think it all a good thing for
San Antonio. 1t will make this
city a strong central point on the
big system. San Antonio has every
thing to gain and its big prize has
been at a moderate price.
Following the signing of the con
tract last night, J. F. Edwards left
Tor ST. Louis. 4 will return here
in 3 days and ! will start work on
the first so miles of the line just
as soon as right-of-way is provided, "
were his parting words.
In the absence of Fred w Cook,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, Jake Wolff, first vice pres
ident, presided at the meeting when
terms with Edwards were made fl
nal. The meeting followed a four
hours session of Edwards with a
E. Hildebrand, William Cassin, Aug
Brian, Jr, and F. L. Hillyer, who
were appointed to seek to reach
terms on which the contract could be
reported back to the central body
Judge S. J. Brooks met with this
committee as attorney for the cham
Der, its regular counsel, George B.
TaliaferrO, being absent, and the
contract was drawn by him together
with A L. MatlOck, attorney for Ed
wards
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
For Sale.

FOR SALE-4O acres of the fin-
est land in the valley, "a of a mile
from the depot Land all cleared,
broken and ditched. Suitable for
truck, forage or sugar cane Loca-
ton and soil must be seen 10 be
appreciated. ! have more than
can handle. DR. Mount c. Wild.
Harlingen, Texas 9-2Otfdw
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

On review of the contract by the
directorate it was adopted and the
acting president and the secretary
were authorized to sign it on behalf
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Present were: Jake Wolff, John
B. Darlington, J. F. Edwards, W. L.
Stiles, II. G. Staacke, j. H. kirkpat-
rick, H. E. Hildebrand, Henry L.
Half, William Cassin, S. j. Brooks
and A. L. Matlock. San Antonio
Light
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Cotton Market.

Liverpool Oct. Cuisines in
cotton spots was moderate today
Prices ruled 3 to points lower with
American middling fair closing at
7.65d
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
Want to snlit Up state.

lecial to The Herald.
Mos Angeles, Cal, Oct IA
sting composed of representa-
of civic bodies, industrial as
IONS and business men from
Asouthern counties of Califor-
held here today to consid-
Nd means Of obtaining sep
ood for the southern part
This sentiment has
steadily during recent
lies chamber of com
board, the Mer-
lecturers AssOcia-
League, and the
ub are among
call.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
HERALD WANT ADS

(Ads for this column strictly cash
in advance. 1t IS only by saving
bookkeeping and collection expenses
that The Herald can make the cheap
rate given.)
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
Wanted.

A FEW BOARDERS who can ap-
preciate good home cooking Mrs.
c. B. Blowers, Cor. Levee and 9tb
Street 10-l-6
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
San ANTONIO
BONUS AWARDED
MUST DESIGNATE PART OF THE
LINE IN FIFTEEN DAYS.

Road to BE in operation Dec. 1. 1911,
Grading Must Proceed at Rate
of Five Miles Every Thirty Days
to sGake Good.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Two teams mules.
Jersey COW, implements, household
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE Good mules, 151s to
1615 hands Address W. L. Stoner,
Texas. 9-22,26t
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05
Grain Market.

Chicago, Oct Closing quota
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

ing direct into Brownsville, giving
San Antonio the connection it has
so long been after. and forming a
circuit of rail leading directly into
the Frisco on the north and passing
out from Brownsville to the north
and east.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Two teams mules.
Jersey COW, Implements, household
goods, etc. c. W. Telie. Santa Ma
ia, Texas 9-2712
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

Have purchaser or renter for 10
acre tract near town. Give price,
terms, commission, etc Box 413
9-I6-O9
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

THE SHADOW PLATE FOR AERoNACTs.
ships. like the vessels at sea, cannot be
guided by gUesswork and an instru-
ment has been invented by which they
are enabled at all times TO follow the
direction they have set ont to pursue
This is done by means of he aeronaut-
icaI shadow plate. which consists of a.
circular celluloid plate zen inches inF
diameter. with a small pin ten inches
high and Oneeighth of in inch in di-
ameter mounted vertically on its cen
ter The plate is mounted in the for
ward part of the upper plane and
close to the aeronaut in such posi-
ton that he can easily see it. the ma
terial of the plane immediately under
the shadow plate being removed. The
sunlight. penetrating the celluloid-
throws shadow OF the pin.
The method OF using il is as follows:
The aeronaut takes from the chart the
course he wishes to steer by. The
shadow plate is then turned round I'M
til the graduation for this course is in
line with the lubber point. list of
the true bearings of the SUMS shadow
during the journey is fixed close to
the shadow plate, together with a
watch. The aeronaut as he flies OBJ
serves the time by the watch and reads
from the list the bearing of the suns
shadow for that time. The aeroplane
is then steered round until the shadow
of the central pin cuts this bearing on
the shadow plate. when the aeronaut
rection.
A pony that. should it become balky.
could be picked up and carried along
under ones arm until the tit of stub
bornness passed is now being exhib-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

little girl witt bouquet of roses so
big that they dragged on the ground
climbed the platform steps and. hand
ing the flowers to him. said:
THE $1,000 public school children
Of Portland present these roses to you.
They were grown out of doors, and
Portland is the rose city. We are
proud Of our roses. proud of our city
and proud of our president"
After many novel entertainments in
other towns and cities the end of the
month found Mr. Taft i'll Seattle.
where he was much impressed with
the wonderful Alaska YukOn-Pacitic
exposition. In the Alaska building he
was inTited into cage where more
than a million dollars worth OF gold
is exhibited. and here he washed out
a pan of the yellow metal worth 81 200
Mr. Taft remarked that he would go
into mining if he could keep up that
rate. He was delighted with the many
marvellous exhibits and said he wished
he could spend several weeks there.
The president reach San Francisco
on Oct. ) and rode through the city
with people ten feet deep lining the
sidewalks. A pathetic incident mark
ed his stay in Berkeley. He passed in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

him with open arms and dropped him
underground 100 feet into the depths
of the richest copper hill in the world.
1t was the famous Leonard copper
mine shaft that the president descend
ed, and he came TO the light of day
half an hour later with this exclama
ton on his lips: Il would not have
missed it for the worldT'
The cage which carried the president
and his party down into the mountain
consisted of three compartments, one
above the other Each compartment
held about six persons. The president
and his companions occupied the top
compartment Other members of the
Taft party. including newspaper cor
respondents. were in the lower COM
partments.
At every stop on his journey through
the country Mr.. Taft received f1attering
demonstrations from the people, and
in every town and city through which
he passed he has been royalty well
coined and cheered to the echo The
schools have been much interested in
the tour of the nations chief execu-
tive, and he has been delighted with
their novel plans TO entertain him At
Portland Ore. a gathering Of 21.O00
school children on the picturesque arb
letic field of the Mulnomah club af
forded a spectacle that he will never
forget In grand stand on the Geld
1000 boys and girls dressed in RED
white and blue rose tier upon tier and
200 pretty girls dressed in white spell.
ed Taft" in living letters A. the
president was addressing the children
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

CAPTAIN BUTT. and declaring:
Yes. this is great country, of
course, and I've had the time of my
life. but if anybody mentions tour to
me within the next twenty-five years
there'll be trouble. Home, sweet home
for miner
For by that time President Taft it
must be remembered, will have fin
ished the longest trip ever undertaken
by a chief executive, beating even
Roosevelt's record for a journey of
this kind Starting from Boston on
Sept IA after speech in the Hub
he has gone through the west and
south. making speeches, attending
banquetS, taking in the sights, play
ing golf and doing enough train riding
to make him ever afterward scowl
when he hears the whistle of a loco
motive The average man thinks he
has been going some when he Journeys
from New York to San Francisco, but
Mr.. Taft will have covered over $4,000
miles when he finishes his tour. 1t
has been an intensely interesting and
trip. Just why he made it he told as
follows on the eve of his departure:
Occasionally | hear a query why |
should start off on such trip and
What particular good does it do to
anybody? Well. it will certainly give
me very much more accurate i'm
preston as to the views of the peo-
will bring closely to me the needs of
particular sections, so far as national
legislation and executive action are
concerned, and | believe it will make
me wiser man and a better public
officer"
After leaving Boston President Taft
spoke in Chicago on Sept Is. struck
into Minnesota the following day.
where. in Minneapolis, he met the
members of the Japanese commercial
mission to the United States, and after
other stops in other states the 21st
of the month found him crossing the
continental divide, travelling all that
day with the panorama of the white
capped peaks of the Rockies in view
One of the great events of this trip to
Colorado was the opening of the Gun
nison tunnel by the president on Sept.
%. On the following day he was in
Utah. where he added a Mormon tenn
pie to the long list of religious edif1ces
in which be has made addresses.
A few days later the president was
in Montana, where be had some novel
and exciting experiences. Montana's
great mining camp. Butte. received
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

of Shamrock. to endeavor to wrest the
coveted trophy from Us. and, having
failed. he is now here to arrange for
another contest. 1t is the ambition
of his life. be says. to carry the 'old
mug" back to England.
There is no trophy in the world OF
sport on which there has been expend-
ed so much money for its defense or
capture. Around it has been thrown
sort of halo, but it is commonplace
sort of mug and not particularly
handsome. 1t is not what it is. bur
what it represents. that makes it so
worthy Il prize Although often called
the Queens cup and the One Hun
dred Guinea cup the cup retains the
name of the famous schooner that won
it on Aug, 22. 1851 defeating the flow
er of the British yacht squadron.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

played and studied the game. He is
very strong physically and is built on
massive outlines His shoulders are
broad and large bnnpd. His chest is
deep. and the muscular development
of the torso is superior To- that of the
average man Of his age and height.
Add to this Il pair of legs which seem
to be without limit as to power and
energy and which must be fed by boil
ers intended for AL engine of forty
horsepower and an idea may be OBJ
tanned of the amount of resistance
which is needed to combat him on the
football field
In 4 Harvard game once Coy was
held hv sheer fierce of numbers and
could not move an inch farther but
he was not downed- not a bit Of it.
He stood upright the center of all of
the GROUP The bail was still in his
hand. aud the referee had blown his
whistle to alnuum.O that it was Il
fresh down. but Coy was standing up.
They had been unable to throw him to
the earth.
Last season cog made ten touch
downs for Yale. and there are some
who believe that if he had been al
lowed to run once more in the Har
ward game when be was close to the
goal Yale would have scored Il touch
down. The Crimson was watching him
in every play. however. and almost
all of the Harvard defense was de-
voted to stopping Coy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

he was on the other side he suggested
the plan of an International trophy,
and the British received it with en-
thusiasm. When he returned to, this
country he completed the plans, and in
1900 the trophy was put up.
From 1900 to 1903 the Davis cup
was held by the United States, from
1908 to 1907 By the United Kingdom.
and for the past two years it has been
held by Australia. In 1908 Wright
and Alexander journeyed to the antip-
odes from this country in an effort
to bring back the cherished trophy. but
failed. and two other American play
ers. Melville Long and Maurice Nc
Laughlin. have now gone after it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
VISIT or SIR THOMAS.

Famous Sportsman Wants to Try Once
More Fer Anoorica's Cup.
The arrival III This country of Sir
Thomas Upton recalls the attempts OF
this famous sportsman to capture the
Americas cup, which has proved a
veritabIe will O the wlsp for yachts
men on the other side of the pond.
No less than thirteen craft, represent
ing English. Scotch. Irish and Cana
dian yacht clubs. have made unsuc-
cessful efforts to capture it. but there
seems to be a determination on the
part CT Sir Thomas Upton to stay in
the game indefinitely.
Already this Irish yachtsman has
sent three craft. each bearing the name
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
G0THAM's sKYsCRAPER.
Metropolitan Life Building Is the
TaIIest In the World.

metropolitan Life Building is the
Tailest In the World.
Two sleepy looking urchins stood
looking up at Gotham's tallest office
building recently. Said one:
"Hully gee, Bill, but I'd like to git a
job in de top floor of dat moon buster. "
"What furg asked the other in as
constituent.
why was the reply. with long
ing sigh. when youse got to your floor
it ID be time to quit work fur de day"
The structure the boys were looking
at was the Metropolitan Life building
in New York city. the tower of which
has just been completed, and it does
strike one in trying TO sight the top of
it that it would mean days journey
to get there. The big structure is one
Of the great sights of the metropolis,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

review of the pupils of an institution
for the deaf. dumb aud bind. The
tribute of flags waved with unseeIng
eyes. of silent mods OF the dumb aud
cheers from the bind deeply impress
ed the president
With his spec" hmaking over for a
time. Mr. Taft settled down to sight
seeing, and Oct found MIN humping
along in Il Yosemite valley stage tor
two days freedom from formality
He was deeply Impressed With The blg
trees and other scenic wonders. ana
the beauties OF The Yosemite were ex-
planned TO him by Professor Muir, the
noted naturalist
Z Arriving in the hospitable flower
land of southern California on Oct. II
Mr.. Taft received enthusiastic greet,
ings everywhere. Then came New
Mexico, where. after Il day in \ lbn
querque, where be witnessed an IN
dian war dance. be left OF Oct IL for
El Paso. Tex. TO exchange greetings
with President Diuz The ceremonies
were attended With much military dis
play. and the meeting was the most
formal of all the affairs that President
Taft had participated in on his jour
ney, There WIS striking contrast
between the two presidents and the
manner in which they approached the
meeting. President Taft reluctantly
laid aside the sack coat in which he
had been getting close to the people
of the southwest in platform speeches
and donned for the day silk hat ard
frock coat.
After having received President DiaZ
on American soil President Taft cross
ed the international border and return
ed the call at the custom house in tine
quaint little city of Cindad JuareZ.
After several other stops the nations
chief executive reached his brothers
ranch near Gregory. Tex. where he
spent several days and thoroughly en-
joyed himself Here he had an oppor-
tunity to play golf to his hearts con-
tent. hunt and fish. and many novel en-
tertainments were arranged. Then
came the trip to st. Louis. where
steamer was taken down the Missis-
sippi to attend the deep waterway
meeting in New Orleans.
On this voyage down the river. trip
by water of nearly 1900 miles. the
president was accompanied by the
speaker of the house. Joseph e. Can
non. cabinet members. senators and
representatives and thirty governors Of
states. The trip was arranged by the
Waterways association to call attention
of the government to the commercial
necessity and possibilities of deepening
the Mississippi In his speech in st.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14


traits. etc, of The great man never lose
interest, and in the near future me-
mortal is to be erected to his memory
that the entire country may share in
and feel proud Of
For several years the George Wash
ington Memorial association has been
before the public. and a great many
prominent people have been interested
in it. This movement has received
new impetus recently, plans having
been made to give it wider scope.
which seem to insure complete success
In the undertaking. These plans in
clude giving the patriotic men and wo-
men throughout the country a chance
to assist in the good work with sub
scriptions of 81 or more and to awaken
interest among the school children and
let them feel that theyslave an owner
ship, so to speak, in the memorial they
will each be asked to give the small
sum of 10 cents.
The George Washington Memorial
association was Incorporated in the
city of Washington in September,
1898. in response to call made to
the patriotic women of this country in
August of the same year. The asso-
citation determined to raise a fund for
the erection of a building. to be known
as the George Washington Memorial
building. in commemoration of our first
president and his interest in higher
education in America
Many, perhaps all. know that Wash.
ington in his last will July, 1881 pro-
vided $4,000 for the endowment of
university in the District of Columbia.
This legacy is nc longer available, and
all the more. therefore, should we con-
slider it a privilege to assist in carry
ing out the thought so often expressed
by Washington in his various mes
sages to the congress and in his fare
well address. Promote. then, as al
object of primary importance, institu-