Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-05

hu>tiH-- boNffiuf toiVuitt ntS OilcT-
red "A reward of 80 for the arrest and
conviction Of the parties who dynamitel
the Blalock home at Patton. Texas. L.
miles irum Galveston. la a blast of dy-
mantle on the night Of December =. the
house was partially wrecked and one Of
The Blalock children was killed and three
wounded.
AUSTIN. l.. Ware Of Dallas. was APP
pointed Deputy United States Internal
Collector 10 Dallas. The appointment
was announced by 4. :. Walker. collect.
Jr ~ customs for this division.
Austin The Order If Legal Watch.
men, Palestine was incorporated Satur-
lay. It's purpose il for the protection Of
men. women AMI children and the pre-
vcntIon ~ cruelty To animals. The i'm
corporators are Harrison Barrett. w. L.
Swanson. j. Il. Elan.
Washington. The Panama Canal will
be- in condition 10 pass steamships alI
the Way across the Isthmus within the
next 60 days. unless unexpected obstacles
are encountered This il the Judgment
III ~ HiEu ViNtili. WIN AttlkltS I'D IlA
the dat, more definitely.
san FraneiSco.-With more rain pre-
dictcd throughout the northern and cen
trail sections of California the flood sit
uation in the Valley. where considerable
damage has already been caused, again
became menacing Fear j. felt for sever
AL tcwi.s IN the Sacramento.
Riverside. Calif.-Palu Case and
Thomas Green. motion picture actor,
who robbed the palo Verde Valley bank
M Blythe. Calf. II approximately -.
400. pleaded guilty here TODAY II the muir
der of William Bow les. cashier Of thu
bank. Case and Green had been acting Ia
bandit roles for film plays.
Richmond. Na.-PcrSonal letters re-
ccived herr today from Madrid by friends
of Ambassador Willard. report the en-
gagrntnt 1T the ambassador daughter,
Miss Belle Willard. L. Kermit Roosevelt
son Of Theodore Roosevelt. The wedding.
il j. said. will take place. ia the spring.
Shreveport. La.-A mon of masked
men entered the Jail al jefferson Texas.
early Saturday morning. compelled the
jailcr 10 give up his KEYS. took Dave
Lee. a negro. and lynch,d him a. "A near
10y bridge. Ice Was charged with theft
aud shooting Constable TAYLOR while r..
%sis.ing arrest.
Austin C. y. Horton. "A prominent
bridge contractor If this city. was re-
ported killed Saturday. lie was super
intending the construction of a bridge
at that point. when a heavy timber
Slipped and fell 90 his head crushing il.
Death was Instantaneous.
New York; tube containing radium
the existence 81 which was unknown 10
the police n well n MANY mcmDcr> Of
the medical profession has been success.
fully used here by DIR. Charles Russell
Hancock. u surgeon. ia treating three pa
ticnts in the last three weeks. Dr. Han
cock today told Of his use Of the anle.
which. he said. belonged 10 Dr. Gcorgr
IL Earl Thomas. u bacterioloei>t of
Bloomfield. y. !. The tube was purchaS-
Ell from VI idamc Curie. soon after the
Cnrie~ discovered radium. The first ease
lf'Hift ~ III flaH'N'k. MI> tidt vi "
young girl one II whose eyes had been
removed because of cancer. only 10 have
the cancer rccur despite the operation.
Three radium treatments removed the
inflammation from the cancer and most
If the pain. Another ease was that of
4 child who went peacefully "a sleep I'M
der tho radium treatment AMI has not
since experienced pain from a cancer
Gus growth. The child had no tknown r.
lief from pain for 4 long time.
Houston Florists club plans the in
auguration of it, work and the launch
ing Of u civic Improvement campaig in
Houston III a dinner tonight. The civic
Improvement and parks committee II
the Chamber of Commerce. the city park
commissioners aud the mayor aud city
commissioners have been invited "a ~
tend.