Brownsville herald. [volume], February 01, 1912, Image 1

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While In the Valley :j
’ DON’T FAIL TO VISIT ; ,
MISSION.
Elevation, 1 4o feet.
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Irrigation, unexcelled.
Drainage, natural.
WZi PROVE IT!
To be the most progressive, high*
fj
ly develooed, prosperous, thriv*
i
* ing proposition in the Lower Rio
» Grande Valley.
' A personal investigation will con
vince you of the greater advan*
1 tagcs and opportunities offered.
: MISSION LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY |
! MISSION. TEXAS ;
* JOHN J. CONWAY
PruiJnt V Sole Own jj.
BH.IKVKD KVOItK WAS FlltKT
ItOltHKII THFX HKT A FIIUC.
Tax ICeror«tfi %lK»nt KWNHHI
l*ahl in City Ta\e*> Vestei-ilsy. But
• inly Al«.iii \Va« le*ft in Store
Truly Brownsville «a favored by
the Gods. If she were not. a large
portion. If not the entire elty might
be a heap of ashes and debris this
morning. This mak^s the third fire
that has threatened to destroy our
little eitv, hut each time it has been I
favored by condition* which confined ;
the area of the fire to where it!
started.
Last night about It o'clock? the*
fire warning pealed out. Instantly
the street* became alive with people. I
It was not it e*»*ary to ask where the
fire was. for the sky via ablaze from j
the flames of the wooden building'
which was occti ipied by Macedonia j
Cerda, grocer, and tax collector of!
the city of Brownsville, on Twelfth1
street just opposite the Catholic
church.
The fire department was prompt
in rescinding. and hurriedly made
hone connect tons. The street was
heavy with mud. and in front of the!
building that was r fire a large pool
of water and slush, delayed the work
of the fire fighters. The fire was
rlresdv homing fiercely by the time
th« alarm was given, which was
arainst the firemen also. Worst of
all there wr* very little pressure on j
at the time, and despite their brave ■
effort* the hose brigade could do
nothing with the little stream that
trickled from the hose.
In a remarkably short time the
entire building was completely en-.
'doped 111 flame*, and It was quick-1
ly evident that the house was doom- ,
ed.
tUMciyo Building Hirntranl.
For a time It rooked aw If the
Besteiro huiklirlr also would surely
fall jk victim to the flames. that
werJIllekinjj the walls. and the j
* <i*j§ that were falling: on the wood
en v<dn anil dry goods boxes thot ■
had Je- n stored in the yard. Both j
low*wtl Manuel Reatelro. reaji
xing ili» daoger organized a bucket
brigade, that managed to keep th« j
Oil! houses wet. and another brieade
was set to work removing the loose
tillr rabie material.
The flame* leaned to the adjoin
ing Trame hullding in the alley, nex
to the Carets Wore and quickly «#* .
them up. All other sdjneeot small
wooden buildings were, torn down
and by this th ■> fire w a® confined |o
th*1 small area.
• The available water rnd a brick j
will kept (he fir® from spreading to
a wooden structure «n the corner
next to the burning building, which
h longs to Mrs. ('. B. San Bom no.
Ili.liln*rj Believed to ke l!e«i|H«n>dhb
for the Fire.
Macedonia Qarriq was Interviewed j
by a Herald reporter *a»t ni«h* and*
in reply to a question as to the cause
of the fire, said that he believed
that his store was just rolM and
then set on ffre.
Yesterday was the last day to pay
city taxes. A sum approximating
f ft.OdO more or less was paid during
the day to the city t?x collector, a’
h;s office, which was in the building
that was burned. A large part of
this amount had Wen deposited. All
the checks and paper money that
was received after banking hour?;
Mr. Car; I* took home, but the all-j
ver money, amounting to between
SINMJ and |32J. was nlac.nl in a Vox
and left in the store.
( it) Tux U<»lls Safe.
Fortunately Mr. Carrm took nil
the tax hooks home with him last1
night, so tka' all the tax words are
safe, the only loss of city property |
being the silver money that was left
in fhe’store. Mr. (Iarcia in talking
to a Herald reporter last night raid •
that he did not have an enemy in i
the world, and attributed the fire to
robbery.
Mr. (Iarcia said that he carried a
fire insurance policy of fi.ono on the
building and its contents. The build
ing was valtt »'l at $1500 nnd the
stock, fixtures, etc., at $ 13,000.
Knglnerr llllbnrn of the city water
and light plant, stated that the plant
received no order to i nr reuse the
pressure until some time after the
fire had started. Mr. Htlburn had
retired but was a wakened by the uls
ioI 'hots. He s: w the fire and drr*s
ed hurriedly, went to the* plant. The
pro; sure then waa not over forty
pounds. Only the motor pump was
work n*. Mr. HIM'urn had the
steam pawn conne«**d ra quickly a*
postil le. and state** that fee soon rais
ed the pressure to so pound:: and i*e
fcn the fire was oxer had ill
pounds on. Sometime after he rei.ch
p«l (he plant, be saya, someone rag
no and asked that more pref*»tte be
turned on.
Cottcn Market
N -w Orleans, 1a . Jan. * I —Co .on
futures closed steady with a net ad
unehaiiged.
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MURDER AND RIO!
REIGN IN JUAREZ
GARRISON OF CPY **REAK INTO
mutiny
Stores Looted. Cara Stopped. Bank
Broken Into. Many Dead in the
Street*’ Intruding Sam** Am*** icana
Hundreds Cross to 1 in ted States*
Associated Press.
El Paso. Texas, Jan 31.—Accord
lug 10 .Mlxicun official*, the garrison
at Ciudad Juarez has revolted. The
defection, it is said, was caused hj
the reported resignation of General
Pasnual Orozco. Pr iiitscuoiM firing
occurred in the street tonight, anti
cries of "Viva Zapata" were ht^nt.
Conditions fn Jus*ex are chaotic,
and foreigners are fleeing across the
river to El Paso. Four troops ;f Uni
ted States Cavalry are patrolling the
river to protect El Paso
A hundred former Insnrrocto sol
diers were disT-harged this afternoon
and the outbreak ecurted at 0:30 to
night, when 300 Maderlsta soldiers
of the Jttarez garrison rusTfl upon
the commander. Col. E«trada, and the
chief of polit e. Col Gallo. Thev lock
ed both In prison and relea-ed the
prisoners in the dry Jail.
Several hundred sh is were fired
In the air by mutineers, to terrify the
resident*, and then all the stores Ir
Juarez in which there was a posst
bllJt> of securing arms and ammuni
tion. were looted
Selecting ('apt Martinez as their
leader, ’he mutineers drove all Anier
lc in* a« roes the river, seized a Mexl
ran On ral train about to depart to
Mexico ICtv, and sent scouts south to
blow up railroad bridge* and* prevent
troops from reaching Juarez from
Chihuahua and Mexico City.
Desultory firing was heard in var
ious part* of the elty tonight a* the
soldiers e ntinued to search for loot
and drivp out foreigners. The sa
lterns were pillaged
Street ear traffic was stopped »ar
ly. The fr**ttt of the Banco Minero
wa» broken In, but it is said the
soldier* have not been able to break
into the vaults.
The mutineers declare they will re
sist the federal* if they elate to take
the town, and will fight to a finish.
Otis Rtthnke and Fred L. Lews -
ernploy**e* of the Keno House were
injured when the building was rid
dled with bullets
A surgeon of ihe Mexican army ar
riving in El Paso, wounded, at one
o'clock this (Thursday! morning,
said he counted fifteen dead In Jua
rez. including tv* Americans
Omoco R**signrd
Associated Press.
Mexico Pity, Jan. 31 — Pas'ual
Oroxco has resigned as commander of
the garrison at Juarez, but at the re
quest of Madero agreed to retain his
commission until March t. He cave
as his teas ns for resigning his de
sire to return to his former occupa
tion, that of freighter.
CUERNAVACA ISOLATED:
LAST WIRE DOWN
Zapatistas and F’d'rals Have Fre
quent Engagements. With Heavi
est Lo'ses to Rebels.
Associated Press
Mexico City, Jan. .'ll. — The last
wire over which comm un lest ion be
tween Mexico City and Cuernavaca,
the capital of the State f Morelos,
was possible, was cut this afternoon
by Zapatistas
The last reports wer«> that troops
were being concentrated in Cuerna
vaca in anticipation of an attack oo
the city.
Engagements between th# .federal*
and Zapatistas in the vicinity of
Cuernavaca within the past few days
have been frequent, with a net result
of 22 federal* killed, 11*. wounded and
5 missing, while P Is estimated that j
between 2d0 and 150 Zapatista* were
killed
Official advices say the Zapatistas |
were forced to retreat in every en
gagement
V newspaper man and former Zapa
tista officer went to the headquar
ters of Emiliano Zapata yesterday in
an effort to induce ’he rebel chief to
surrender. Zapata refused and de
tained tela former followers.
The newspaper man returned to
Mexico City Tonight.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. I.—At I o'clock
Thursday morning looting continues
in Juarex. The threatened attack on
the custom house i* delayed, if not
abandoned. No outbursts of fire so
far.
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4,692 LEGAL VOTERS
IN THIS CO [IN
HEAITHY INCREASE O^ER LAST
TWO YEARS fS SHOWN
fle-Tfe Lots of Territory Taken by
Wil'acy County—Heavy Payment
of Tax’ s Foreshadow* Wtta In
terest in Coming Elections
The time for tbepajmant of poll
taxes expired yesterday. Today tb#
man who has failed to line up for h •
receipt or exemption t* In the pos’*
♦ ion of one who must art the pari of
a mere bystander in the game of
w>lit ics as it will r*e played In our
-on«»try and city this rear.
That the game will be a warm «»*,
ind that many people are alive to the
"act, is seen in the figures given be
low, which show a decided increase
over the total regie ration of th** lait
wo years. The list is not tabulated,
hut It shows that the poll taxes paid
amounted to 1.319. and exemptions
STfi. mA!r7ng the total voting strength
of the county 4.992. By preclnts.
the word Is a*follows:
Precinct No 1, 197 receipts
Precinct No. 2, 1.14 receipts
Precinct No 3, 273 receipts and IS
exemptions.
Precinct No. 4. 413 receipts and 73
exemptions.
Precinct No. 5, 323 receipts and
93 exemptions.
Precinct No. 9 47* receipts and > 9
exemptions.
-Preeiact No. 7, Hi re cel pig and
lilt exemptions.
Precinct No. », 243 receipts.
Preeln t No. 9. 143 recf-inta.
Precinct No. 10. 1*9 receipts
Precinct No. It. 219 receipts.
Precinct No 12, 2*0 receipt*.
Precinct-No. 13, 338 receipts.
Precinct No. 14, 394 receipts.
This exhibit shows a healthy and
rather unexpected development of t’te
voting s-rength of th,. county. De
spite the loss of v >ters caused by ri*e
Topping off of the upper portion «f
the county for the new county of WIS»
’icy. fiiis year’s reco.VT >ho** a de
idea rain in the nmsber of mglstm
l .ns over the past two year-. Tin
total |K>II taxes timid and exemptions
issued in the coutny daring the past
two years were: 1910—2.979; 1911
-3,309. the decrease last year being
'he natural result of an off year. T- e
Hinparbss show* a gain In trot la ft
tretigtir. over *wo years ago of 719.
and -aver last year of 1,113.
The fact that this increase ha* oc
curred despite th,, toss of La Parru
darlta the Artnatroa*; ranch and the
treater par- of the King and Yturrla
am he*, during last year, makes this
oedition a notable one.
City poll Taxes Paid
The total el.y poll taxes paid were
1.994. By wcril*. its follow a:
First Ward—494 receipts and 199
exemptions.
Second Ward—.4#l receipts and " 3
exemptions.
Third Wxrd—392 receipts and *1
exemptions.
Fourth Ward 495 receipts and ■ .*
exemptions.
MINE MS
CONDEMN JUDGE
FOR DISMISSING INDICTMENT
AGAINST DETECTIVE BURNS
Convention of United Mine Workers
in Indiananolit. Pass a Resolution
Afking Congress to Investigate Fe
deral Judge for All ged Misconduct
in Burns Case
Assoc la'ed Press.
Indianapolis. Jan. .It.—Condemn
ing Federal Judge Anderson for re
leasing Detective Wm. Burns, under
indictment on s charge of kidnaping
in cornier.ion with the arrest of J_ J
McNamara. t’i,. convert ion of United
Mine Worker* of America adopted a
resolution today demanding th* con
gress tuveftigate his action, with a
view to removing him They also cri
ticised the federal jtidg*. for taking
documents held by the county court,
declaring thet this action set at
naught the law* of the state
Prohibitionists Meet in Julv.
Chicago. Jan SI.—A call wa* Is
sued today for the national conven
tion of the prohibition party to m.-n
at Steel Pier. Atlantic City, July Id.
Chairman Jane* of the national com
mittee in a **'111 sav* flic prospect®
of the party are bright.
‘ SAN BENITO, JSSL \
The GEM CITY of the RICH and FERTILE Lower Rio Orando
Valley ,
19 miles north of Brownsville, situated in the
midst of an exceedingly prosperous farming com- '
munity and conceded to be the most important
agricultural shipping point oa the Houston
t Brownsville line of the “Frisco” Railway system* ’
’ THE PRE EMINENCE of SAN BENITO, *» • City, and It * sur- |
(winding AGRICULTURAL nmmunlty, as a farming proposition m
) *liy olh<* section In tl...£0WER RIO GRANDE VAL -
, LEY. ha* bmn MUbtlst d beyond any fear of aucceoaful refutHion. ft
i The MARVELOUS growth and ADVANCEMENT of- this 3 4 •
. YEAR OLD Citf and tho extensive and wonderful DEVELOPMENT ’
' >f ,he farm ,and tributary to (be SAN BENITO IRRIGATION CA- '
' NAL SYSIEM. »«v the source of AMAZEMENT »»d ASTONISH- ’
* MENT to the VISITOR, easily CONVINCING him that this Is tfcb >
1 PLACE TO LOCATE If uc Ik desirous of enjoying good health, living 1
> In comfort, securing sttcresaful results from his efforts and salt! ’
* ■»*•'* attaining financial INDEPENDENCE. » hla Just reward ' /
i find tii which he is pntltlivf* > m
WE CAN T BE TOO EMPHATIC IN 0¥R CLAIMS.
| The Lower Rio Grande Valley, and San Benito in particular. •
, h«en endowed bv Nature with a rich, deep and extremely fertile »
, *°*L the productiveness of which is the equal of, if not superior to *
, the soil of any section n earth i nd a climate unsurpassed for uni- w
i formity throughout the entire year by any locality on this Conti- ’
, nent. '
. These conditions, coupled with our excellent. Reliable Irrigation ’
and Railroad Facilities, complete an ideal and perfect combina- *
1 ti°n of advantages at San Benitc offered by no other agricultural
* section in this country* \
’ Inspection and comparison will prove all our statements anti ft
1 claims made in this regard*
rh*' IRRIGATING CANAL SYSTEM »* SAN BENITO (Oravityi --
' I* ,h* largest in the South and and one of the lament and moat £F- ft
1 FICIENT *n operation anywhere at the present time. The main ca- ft
nal ia «7 mile* In length, 2T.0 feet in width and carries 20 feet ft
of m ater at all times. There are 1T»0 miles of lateral canals and Sr*0 ft
miles or lead ditches, glvine a capacity SUFFICIENT to 9ATISFAC- I
TOEILY WATER the SO.oiO ACRES reached by this immense IRRJ. ft
| GATION SYSTEM n connection with this our DRAINAGE SYSTEM ft
, TEM IS PERFECT- S
TO MARKET YOUP PRODUCTS SlYCESSEYLLY AND IN A ft
, SATISFACTORY MANNER IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO YOU AS
, THE PRODUCTION OF YOUR CROPS Hero Is where SAN BENITO
. h** a tremendous ADVANTAGE o'«r any other section, fu adtli
. tiTp to *be •FRISCO" Railway system which Traverses this farming
[ ** ! S«BENITO and RIO GRANDE
, VALLEY INTERURBAN LINE, now iu operation with modern and
( up.to-date equipment. This line extends out of the city of SAN ft
BENITO l*» opposite direction and traverses his vast AORICULTU- ft
RAL COMMUNITY from END to END within convenient distance ft
’ of HOW CAN YOU IMPR VE UPuN QUrH
> RANGEMENT?
• WE NOW HAVE OVER 22.000 ACRES w
• UNDER ACTUAL CULTIVATION. EVERY I
• ACRE DEMONSTRATING NOT ONLY THE I
‘ FERTILITY OF THE SOIL. BUT THE EF- ft
FICIENCY OF OUR IRRIGATION AND ft
1 EFFECTUAL DRAINAGE. AS WELL* j
Don't iorjret that here is where the pre-coo line plant is to b# 1
located. There are now onlv three in operation, two in California t1
’ «i.J one in Flnidh. Tin, will make the fourth in the United State** I
I SEEING IS BELIEYIM r. COME LET US SHOW YOU. |
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VALLEY LANO FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR OTHER PROPERTY
~ No. 21 n. LA DONNA CANAL Lr.ND. #0 acre# 1 1-2 ml lea
from !{' B *t ol bln.-k !*an<i> well drained Join* No. 2«i7.
•’ ■ i atlen. A very fine >r»i • #
_ well located. Price II23.IMI par acre, 1-2 bal. 1, 2 jrewia* «
t» i*cr cent,
HALLAH COLONIZATION COMPANY. Bronnsvii.on thcT ' v
§• •}* 4. + -i* v *f <k + + 3# + + 4 • fc## 4LII !#Hi'♦ ♦ -#■ # IF
Stamps and Ice jpj
• Same old price:
j Peoples Ice Co. I
* I1R0WNSVILLE, TEXaS ;
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FIGHT IN SENATE
WAS NOT MAGE
FOR QUICK REPORT OF FINANCE
COMMITEE
Reed of Missouri' Who Lc«‘ Flfht fo*
Early Reper:- Decided to Drop the
Matter A Host of Interests Offer
Piotesti
Aaeorlated Cnu.
Washington. Jan. 1!.---The flfht
on the floor of the Senate In the ef
fort !*!' hare the flnanae eemwilito*
tnatnarted to report the ateel tariff
hill back within twenty days, antici
pated for today, did not mafei^-* xe.
and the measure as adopted by the
J
House was referred to the committee
without Instruction*.
The committee will probably meet
tomorrow—arrange fr>r public hear
ing*. A host of interests have asked
permission to protest against the re
duct loss as contained in the House
bill, which will average 35 per cent
from the present law.
Senator Reed of Missouri, who is
the leader of the faction desiring a
•iui( k report, explained, after a con
ference with, his colleagues, that he
hat! decided not to offer the mutton. .
C*ttir Mtrkn.
Associated Press. ;
Kansas Pity, Mo.. Jan. 31,—
steady to IS cents higher; m
steers Id.75 to $H.25. Hogs ~
to S cents lower. Heavies $«., 'Jjk
flS.SS. Sheep ate:tdy #* lie l«^^|
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