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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-19

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g. so Shoes Than ANY Other Manufactures
Ia because give the wearer the benefit Of the most
Complete organization Of trained experts and skined
shoemakers in the country,
The selection Of the feathers each part Of ths sno
and every detail of making IN every dspsrsmsot1
looked after the best shoemakers IN the snoe
If could show you how carefully w L. oopns 49,
are made you would then understand why they nola sn
NM Method of tanning the Soies MAKES them More
Flexible ard Longer Wearing than any Others
shoes for Every Member of the Eauiiys
Men BOYS, w omen, M isses and Chtiorens
For sale by shoe dealers everywhere.
n6IlrlnAI None genuine without w. L. Dougias
GHU HUN name and price stamped on potsoM.
Fast Color Eyelets Used Exclusively cataog mailed se
WI. DOUGLAS, 1877 Spark ST., Brockton. Mass.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16

floor of the jail, leaving ORly john
son and a white woman on that
floor The court pointed out that
this same mar had been removed
from the upper floor Of the lail,
leaving only Johnson and white
woman on that floor The 1urt
pointed out that this same man had
been removed IN the same way at
the time of the first attempt to
lynch Johnson which had been frus
trated by the removal of the negro.
Shipp lived only 81 few blocks
from the jail and when he was mott
fled by the trial Judge and the pros
ecuting attorney that a mob vas at
the jail, went there alone. Although
for an hour in the midst of or near
the mob. the court held he did not
seek To oEtain information sc that
he could identify any of its members
The court in finding Ship GUILTY
,ommenteG on a published inter
view alleged to have been had with
Ship: The people of Hamilton
county we're willing to let the law
take its course until it berame kTs9wn
that the case would not probably
be disposed of for four or five years
by the Supreme Court of the United
States. it quoted ShIpp as saying:
But the people Will not submit to
this, and | do not wonder al it.
Chief Justice Fuller in pronounc-
ing Ship guilty said that this ref
erenee to people, was significant.
for he was a candidate for re-elec-
ton and had been TOLD that his
saving the prisoner from the first
attempt to mob him would cost hin
his place, and he had answered thai
he wished the mob had got him be
fore he did
The court held that Gibson mus
have believed that a mob would at
tack the Jail the night Johnson wai
lynched, but although he was il
charge of the Jail more than two
hours before its arrival. he made NJ
r effort to summon assistance to repe
the attack The testimony of Mrs
Baker. a white prisoner, the eff
+ feet that Gibson told her before TIL
mob arrived that it was coming an,
= for her to go to her cell, was re
). ferIed TO.
. Williams and Nolan participate,
in the lynching, the court held upol
= the strength of the direct testimOn
r to that effect. Statements made b
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16
THOUGHT To BE
POSTPONED
No ARRANGEMENTS FOR STATE
WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION.
No Definite News Regarding Mat
ter, HOweVer-BrOwnsVi Bust
ness Mems Club Will Cooperate
With Lower Rio Grande. Club.

No meeting of the committee ap-
pointed by the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Commercial Club 20 make ar
rangements for the State Waterways
Convention, which may or may not
meet in Brownsville this week was
held last night, as Noah Allen, chair
man of the committee, had received
word, since calling the meeting, lead
ing him to think the convention
dates had been changed as desired,
although no positive word TO that
effect has come from Secretary Ma
gill, who is still at San Antonio.
On request of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Club, President
More of the Brownsville Business
Mems Club appointed r. B. Creager,
Noah Allen, E. H. McGary John
Gregg and A. Ashheim, a committee
from the new organization TO coop
crate with that from the valley club
in making arrangements in case the
thought-to-be postponed convention
has not been postponed
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16
BROWNSVILLE IN THE
LE4GNE


A most important event in base
BaII circles for Southwest Texas was
chronicled in yesterdays Herald. in
the special from San Antonio an
nOuncing the organization of the
Southwest Texas Baseball League.
The towns embraced in the league
which are Austin, San Antonio, Bee
vile. Corpus Christi, Laredo, Veto
ria, Bay City and Brownsville, give
promise of a strong league, one
which is doubtless destined to play
an important part in the making of
baseball history the coming season.
1t is especially gratifying TO the low
sFs of the green diamond in the val
ey to learn that Brownsville is one
Of the league teams. This viii make
Brownsville q great baseball center
Il viii justify the enterprise of the
Brownsville Fair and Park AssOcia-
ZION in building one of the best base
ball parks in Texas. And it Will give
the Brownsville fans and The Her
aid something 20 ,alk about in the
way Of baseball news throughout the
season that Will be worth while
1t is up to the Brownies now to
grid themselves for victory. There
can be no halfway ground with
Brownsville in the baseball. fielG.
since she is in the league
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16
VALLEY PRODUCTS
SENT TO CHICAGO
TO BE DISPLAYED AT IRRIGA2
TION CONVENTION. THERE.
Sugar Cane and Citrus Fruits to
Show What This Section Can DO
Rock IsIand-FriscO Assisted by
l.. H. HaIIam In Securing Exhibit.

Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley will be represented at
the irrigation exhibition to be held
in Chicago, beginning November
goth. and lasting for thirty days,
by display of sugar cane and citrus
fruits. This exhibition will include
all manner of products raised by If
zgatfon from every section of the
+ v.feds States where irrigation is
,,,.a. eI5Fsad. II will be viewed by
many thousands of people and the
.dverti sing 10 be gained by proper
dienlav there can not be estimated
The movement was started by the
Chicago Tribune which through its
columns has advertised the eXhIbl-
ton throughout the country
The Rock Island Frisco railroad
system has heartily cO-operated with
The Tribune in promoting this exhi-
bit5op both railroads having sent
special agents to every irrigated dis
trict in the United States TO gather
displays
Recently E. P. Hovey Of Chicago,
renreseuting the industrial depart
ment of the Rock Island road. was
in brownsville for the special pur-
nose of securing an exhibit from this
section OF the country to be dis
nlaved at Chicago. Mr.. Hovey was
instructed by his road that II he
was unable to obtain the exhibit any
other way to purchase outright sucl
snecimens as he could find suitable
for this display Mr.. HoTey wa:
assisted materially in securing The
exhibit from this section by l.. II
HaIlam of this city. Fifty stalk
of fine cane We're secured from 1
Jackson. residing near Browns
vile. by Mr.. Hovey, who left her
Monday morning for Chicago, taking
the cane with him. The eitru
sruits to be used in the display wer
secured by Mr.. Hallam and consist o
nonderosa lemons, commercial lem
ons. oranges and kumquats, all be
ing raised in this immediate section
and making a fine showing for tn
valley as a citrus fruit country Thes
Specimens will be shipped to Chi
cage by Mr.. Hallam tomorrow,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16

Padgett and Mayes. were neld as
evidence Gf their guilt
Chattanooga. Tenn, Nov 15.-Cap-
tain Ship has been IN public life
here since 1878 he is now a trus-
tee of the Tennessee Confederate
So1mers1 Home During the Civil
War he served in the army of North
eyn Virginia Capt Shipp IS sixty
six years old He had a wife and
seven children all living in Chatta-
uooga. Except two sons who live
IN Dallas and Houston. Tex.
Jeremiah Gibson, the oldest of the
six defendants is T6 years of age.
He was also a soldier in the Con-
fAdefere. array
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16

The Herald doffs its 'sombrero' to
the new Brownsville Business Men S
Club May it live and thrive. and be
able TO pay its bills
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-16
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER l6. 1903.

Loafing on the streets IS an offense
against the law and loafers give the
town an uncouth, disorderly appear
ance. Run in the Migrants. Mr. Pc
liceman, and see that they are fined.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
MAKES LEAP FROM A BRIDGE
THOMAS H. BYRNES ATTEMPTS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Two Men in a Boat Effect Rescue.
Act Ascribed to Dependency
Following Illness.

Thomas II. Byrncs, fifty-seven years
of age. of 4o7 18th street southeast,
made an effort to end his life yesterday
afternoon about $50 o'clock by jump
ing from the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge. A large crowd on the bridge
witnessed the rescue of the man, which
was accomplished with trouble.
Rice Bosley and Eugene Arnold. who
happened to be among those in the vi
cinity of the bridge at the time Byrnes
went overheard. FASTENED to the res
cue in a boat. They finally succeeded
in getting him into the boat and then
rowed to the shore. The patrol wagon
was summoned from the Anacostia sta
ton and Byrnes was hurried to the
Washington Asylum Hospital for treat
ment Later he was taken home.
IT Is explained that Byrnes has been
under treatment In Baltimore Hos
pital. He returned home some time
ago and his wife thought he was we'll.
Yesterday. the police were told, some
thing went wrong with Byrnes, and he
became despondent and Jumped over
board. saying he had done SO for the
purpose OF ending his life.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
STATEMENT FOR THE DEFENSE
OBJECTION TO EVIDENCE IN
BAKER LIBEL CASE.
Question of Law Involved to Be
Argued Next Monday-Mr.
Darlington's Statement.

Attorney J. ]. Darlington of counsel
for Brainard II. Warner in the trial OF
the $4,000 suit instituted by United
States Attorney Baker against Mr.. War
ner for alleged libel made an opening
statement for the defense late yesterday
afternoon. The construction which he
placed the article complained of
caused Attorney Henry f.. Davis. for
Mr.. Baker. to enter an objection to the
Introduction of any testimony under the
statement on the ground that the article
is not susceptible of the construction
given 1T by the defense. The question of
law involved in the objection will be
argued next Monday, to which time the
court adjourned.
Mr.. Darlington said he expected to show
that at the political meeting in Rockville
Mr.. Baker mentioned one or more sources
from which campaign contributions might
be obtained.
Mot from the the race tracks" cried
Attorney Davis, starting to his feet.
Were there possible way to put up
bulletin in this court" answered Mr.. Oar
ington, '1 would have inscribed thereon
that do not at any time charge that Mr..
Baker obtained money from the race
track men. 1 simply say that while the
church, the public press. the Commits
Sioners, and the public were CRYING for A
discontinuance of betting ut Renning, Mr.
Baker was in Maryland taking an active
and partisan part In the campaign in the
sixth district
Evening star., 1909-03-03
A NJ U S E M E N T S
The Unbroken Road"

In Bertha Kalich's new American
play. The tnbroken Road. when
comes TO the Belasco Thcater next
week. Thomas Dickinson. the author.
presents an idea new to the stage. The
characters mirror some of those pow
erful native types that are making The
America of today. The scene is laid in the
capital city of midde-west state. and
the Rading figures are governor, two
political bosses and an erring girl. Eva
Fellonova In the complex character of
Eva an American girl of unusual emo
tionalism, all the art and interpretive
skill that have distinguished Bertha
kalich in the past are drawn upon. Poll
tics form tho background of the play.
II is the clash of weak and strong, good
and bad. that make the drama Optimism
is n prevailing note of the story. which is
throughout, and ends I'm an
unusual but happy way. The produc-
tion is by Harrison Grey Fiske. and the
caliber of the supporting company is
suggested by the names of Frederick
Truesdell. Eugene Ormonde, Thomas l..
Coleman. Riley Chamberin, Florine Ar
mold and Blanche Weaver.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
JOHN MILLER's WILL FILED.
Estate in Trust to Widow-Patricl
DoWney'S Last Testament.

The will of John Miller, dated March -.
1905. provides q bequest of $1,000 to Mrs.
Ann Miller Maschmeger and the cancela-
lion of all her obligations to him. The
remaining estate is devised to his widow
Mrs. Sarah s. Miller, in trust to use the
income for her maintenance and the care
of the children until her death or re-
marriage
Should she renlarry she is to take one
third of the personal estate absolutely.
and d third interest in the real estate for
life. The remaining estate shall be dis
tributed equally among the children.
Should the widow die before the young
est child attains majority, John II. Miller
and William C. Miller sons of the testa-
tor. are to become trustees and hold the
property during the minority of the
youngest child.
Mrs. Miller is named as executrix
BY the terms of the will of Patrick
Downey. dated December 13. 1907 his
household furniture and money are given
70 his widow. Mrs. Ellen Downey. absc-
1uteIy. She is also to have d life interest
in his real estate. A bequest of $40 is
made to his grandson, John Knighton.
After the death of the wife premises
400 Limerick alley southwest. and 41O and
AZ Sd street southwest are devised To his
sc-> Patrick Downey; 414 and 40 I'd
street southwest to his son, Dennis
Eowney; 4oS Sd street southwest 10 the
eci,dren of his deceased son, James
DeWney, and premises 4OS1. Sd street
southwest to the children OF his daughter.
Hannah d. knighton. Maurice r. F'lynu
is named as executor
Evening star., 1909-03-03
THIS LETTER WENT RIGHT.
Addressed to New Orleans, But In
tended for Man in Philadelphia.

Pleased but puzzled. a. Philadelphia
man has written to Assistant Postma ster
General DeGraw to say that. while he
has been noting with qualification the
remarkable advance in the efficiency of
the mail service he could not figure out
how a letter bearing his house number
but Inadvertently addressed to New Or
leans. instead of Philadelphia. had
reached him at his home
AS he is unknown in the Crescent city
he says:
"The New Orleans postmaster was
much to the Sherlock Holmes in deduc-
ing that my preocCupied correspondent
meant Philadelphia when he wrote New
Orleans"
The solution of the mystery is in the
system used by the postal clerks In sup
plying deficiencies in addresses In this
instance the clerk at New Orleans con-
suited the street directory of the princi-
pal cities of the United States, which is
furnished to all city delivery post offices
The book showed that the street
named in the address existed in fifteen
cities 1t also showed that In none of
them except Philadelphia do the numbers
run as high as $40, which was the num-
Der given
warded to Philadelphia and delivered.
with only a couple of days delay. This
is one of the systematic methods used by
postal employees to supply correct adj
dresses and, coupled with the natural
adeptnesS acquired through experience.
results in preventing the loss of much
important mail matter
Evening star., 1909-03-03
1.-The Merry Widow"

Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock seats
will he placed on sale at the New Ma
tionaI Theater (F; street between 18th
and 18th streets) for the second and final
week of the Merry Widow engagement.
Before this engagement closes it is ex-
pected to establish itself as the most sue
ceSsful in the history of this theater.
But the surprise to many who have
heard of this delightful operetta is the
fact. discovered last Monday night that
the famous Waltz from the Merry
Widow" is but one of some twenty at
tractive musical numbers. The entire per-
formance is furore of picturesque color
ing harmonious ensembles and heart
stirring scenes that take the man and
woman in the orchestra through the
Marsovian embassy in Paris, to the gar
dens of the bewitching widow and fin
ally 10 Maxim's, in Paris. The visitors
to Washington this week have
been much attracted to the New National
for the history connected with the famous
playhouse All of the Presidents. from
Grant tn Roosevelt have witnessed plays
in this theater Zone of the oldest in the
city, and it was on the site of the present
New National Theater that Polk was in
The present building has been
since 1855.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
DIR. WILEY ON POOR FOOD.
Chief Chemist Talks to Churchmen
on "Things We Eat

Things to Eat was the subject Dr.
Harvey w. Wiley. chief of the bureau of
chemistry. Department of Agriculture
and father of the pure food BILL
spoke upon before A large attendance of
the Emmanuel Christian brotherhood in
the new Bible house of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. 18th and Columbia road north
west, last night. In his address DR.
Wiley said that adulteration was first
used in the making of beer. and since
that time il had been continually prac-
ticed i'll the manufacture o. many food
products.
Since the passage Of the pure food and
drug law he announced there has been
a decided Improvement in the quality Of
all food and drug products
DIR. Wiley declared that the older a
person gets the more fastidOuS he
should become in regard to his choice of
meals. but that he finds from obscrva-
tion that the people of today as they
grow Older. instead of changing their
meals to suit their ages drift along In
the same course they have been pursuing
for years.
At the close of the address the speaker
was made an honorary member of the
brotherhood. The meeting was opened
with prayer by Rev. George Ellsworth
Whitehouse. pastor Of Emmanuel Church.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
CITY AND DISTRICT.
HATCHING YELLOW NEDS.
Fish Commission Station at Bryans
Point Starts Work.

Tho yellow perch propagatinG season
has opened at the Bryans Point station
IF the United States fish commission. and
from this time until about the first or
second week in April the taking of the
spawn of the fish will continue and many
thousands of them will be hatched
The propagating of yellow perch is
rompa rativelv d new industry of the fish
commission on the Potomac. Shad propa-
CATION has been worked at Bryaus point
every spring for twenty years or longer.
but il has only been within the past four
five years that the perch-hatchnE
work was taken up. Several millions of
each variety of the fish are hatched at
Bryans point each spring. and the young
fish are shipped all over the country, to
streams where the natural conditions are
such that the fish will thrive Perch and
shad from parent eggs from Potomac fish
now fill the waters of many western
rivers, where these varieties of the finny
tribe were unknown few years ago.
The power launch Gregory, owned In
fhis city. is under charter to the fish
commission as one of the tenders to the
station. She will be replaced with the
new launch Mercedes within the next few
days. The launches are used making
trips to the fishexmen in order to gather
spawn for Matching. =
Evening star., 1909-03-03
ROBERT n. CoWAN'S FUNERAL.
Late Head of Congress Heights As
Sociation Is Inferred.

Funeral services over the remains of
Robert III. Cowan, president of the Con
Eress Heights Improvement Association.
who died Saturday. were held ut the
family residence in Congress Heights
yesterday afternoon at $50 O'Clock The
funeral was under the auspices of 81.
Johns Lodge. r. A. A. NJ, of which the
deceased was "A member
Rev. William BraShaW pastor of rs
ther Memorial Church. conducted the.
services. He was assisted by Rev Frank
Bartens. pastor of the AnacoStia Bap-
tlst Church, and Rev. Mr.. Spencer of
the Anacostia Methodist F.piscops
Church. lntcrmcnt was in Congressional
cemetery.
Evening star., 1909-03-03
Burton Holmes Travelogue on Paris.

Paris, subject of perennial interest TO
every woman. every tourist and every
student of art. science or sociology. is to
be the next subject chosen by Burton
Holmes in his series now being given
at the Auditorium by Wright Kramer.
While il is manifestly impossible to do
Paris anything like Justice in one short
evening. Mr. Holmes. with Mr. Kramer's
assistance will take his fellow travellers
through the main thoroughfares and to
the principal points of interest within the
city walls. showing the lie OF beauty and
fashion, of pleasure and entertainment
of the student in the Latin quarter and
the boulevardier, in their daily surround
ings. With the aid of his colOred views
and his motion pictures. A very realistic
and up-to-date Paris will be presented
The pictures are all of the nawest and
most interesting type. the result, of
recent visit
Evening star., 1909-03-03
Cured Itching
Painful Hlul1nol'
Which Had Spread Over Face,
Body and Arms : Swellings
Were as Large as a Dollar
When They Broke Sores
Would Not Heal -. Suffered
Three Years.
MADE SOUND AND WELL
BY 8 SETS OF GW1TlGWRA

My trouble began about three years ago with
little black swcIlings scattered over my face
and neck. They would disappear, but they
would leave little black that would itch
at times | coutin't keep from scratching
them. Larger swelings would appear in the
place and they painful could
hardly bear 1t. and my clothes would stick
to the sores. The first doctor went TO said the
disease was scrofula. but the trouble only got
and spread. BY this time it all over
my arms and the upper part Of my body i'm big
swellings as large as a dollar. Ii was so painful
that could not bear TO lie my back at night.
The second doctor pronounced my disease inhani-
nation of the lymphatic glands. He stopped
the Swellings but when they would break the
places would not heal. He tried every thin. that
he could but To effect. He said might be
cured. but il would take a long time. I bought
a set "f tho Cutirma Remedies and used. them
according to directions. and In less than a week
some of the places we're nearly VOL. con
tiIiued with the Cuticura Remedies until had
used three sets and now sound and well.
The disease lasted three years from the time it
commenced until I was cured. Before Christ
mas something broke out my sevcn-ycar-oId
brothers hands in the form of large sores.
tried everything could think of. hut t" no ef-
feet. until happened to think Of Cutirura. and
one application cured him. Also. not long ago
my sister got a bad burn on her ankle. ! have
been using Cutrura on that and il gave her
scarcely any trouble. .. L. Wilson, Puryear,
Tenn. Feb. y, i90S.
Warm baths with Cmicura Soap. gentle anoir-
inss with Cutic,Ira Ointnent and mild doses Of
Cuticura pills afford Immediate relief and point
to y speedy of iorlurin-. disfGuring hum"rs
Of the skin. scalp aud blood f infants. children
and adults. when all else fails.
Cuticura Soap ,2Jc, to Cleanse the Skin. Cuti-
cura Ointment iI,,.l In Heal the Skin and tuti-
ctIra ResoIveut ,-Or, Tor in the form OF Chocolate
Coated Pills. 2Jc per vial of 6b To Purify
the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter
Drug 4 Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston. Mass
~ Mailed Free Cuticura lsook on skin Diseases
Evening star., 1909-03-03
MARCH CONCLUDES REVIVAL.
Colored Baptist Church Members
and Friends Parade Streets.

Singing Wash Me and I Shall Be
Whittier Than Snow large number of
the Cosmopolitan Colored Baptist Church
members and their friends marched
through several of the principal streets
of the northwest section last night at
the conclusion of revival services held
in that church. They were led by Rev
S. p. W. Drew. pastor of Cosmopolitan
Church. who planned the march as a
duplication of that conducted some
months ago by Evangelist Gypsy
Smith.
The parade was planned to begin shortly
after $40 o'clock, but ii was after II
o'clock before the marchers started follow
ing drum corps. After parading through
a number of the streets the column, led
by Rev. Drew, marched to the Second
Colored Baptist Church on New jersey
avenue, where a midnight service was
held.