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GREAT POWERS WILL INTERVENE In Balkan Quarrel if England Will Cooperate—England's Reply Wil] ( be Ready Today. ( Associated Press. Paris, France, Oct. G.—War or peace in the Balkans ihangs in the balance. The word now rests with Great Britain. All the other powers have accept ed, with some modification, the French plan for intervention, but it is understood that Great Britain is going so far as to assume with the other powers, responsibility for gain ing from Turkey reforms in Mace donia. PORTE READY TO . GRANT REFORMS Associated Press. London, Eng., Oct. G.—A dispatch from Constantinople says the Porte has expressed a willingness to grant a greater measure of self government for Roumania and Macedonia. Great Britian’s reply to the French premier's note as to inter vention, will he prepared tomorrow. Various frontier incidents figure in tlhe reports but apparently noth ing has happened serious enough for war. POLITICAL LEADER KILLS HIMSELF Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. G.—Thomas J. Ryan, a democratic loader Ihere and a prominent promoter of amuse ment enterprises, shot and killed himself in his office here today. Ryan had not been in good health for several months. _ig REBELS THREATEN CASAS GRANDES Associated Press. Juarcr, Mex., Oct. 6.—Ascension, Mexico, fell into the hands of the rebels today. The town of Casas Grandes is threatened. -o SIX KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Associated Press. Dallas, Tex., Oct. G.—B. Cornelius of Palmer, Texas, his wife, two daughters and his sister and her child, were killed tonigtht when the auto in which they were riding was struck bya Fort Worth-Dallas inter urban car near Arlington. -* Weaker Forecast.. Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Oct. G.—East and West Texas—Generally fair Monday and Tuesday. -* WASHINGTON AS A JUMPER. Ths Father of His Country Was • Champion In His Day. There Is an athletic record of which every American ought to be proud, al though It Is not found In any sporting chronicle. It was made by Georgo Washington of Virginia and was a running broad Jump of twenty-two feet three Inches. Exactly when and where Washington made this jump Is not known, but it seems to be historical. Thackeray refers to It In “The Vir ginians,” where he tells of the Jumping match between llnrry Wnrringtou and Lord March and Ruglen. Harry wins with a Jump of twenty-one feet three inches against his lordship's eighteen feet six Inches. In Ills letter to Vir ginia. Harry says he knows there was another In Virginia, Colonel G. Wash ington. who could clear a foot more. If Thackeray’s tlgures are correct Washington must have been a wonder ful athlete. He could easily have won any Intercollegiate ehampioushlp coin petition up to 1HH0 and most of the ua tlonal championships. Then, too. It must he remembered that the futim Father of Ills Country did not went spiked shoes like the athletes of today nor did he have a cinder path for his “run” nor a five tnch plank for his “take ofT," these Improvements not hav lug come Into general use ns early as the middle of the eighteenth century Washington today would be a recort breaker —St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Swiss Chard. Chard Is the bleuch«*d leaves, lea ■ticks or midribs of certain plants, a1 of the globe nrtlchoke and white beet also a variety or wulte beet; Swtw chard beet, leaf beet In cooking Swls chard for greens the wide white mid ribs are cut out and the green leave! ■erved alone, the riba being oooke< separately and served Mke asparagus for which they are an apjtetlxing sub stitute. Theu. for a change, a dish o leaves and ribs together Is served a greens, but this always seems a wash of good material when either 1s befte alone. The hens greedily eat any tha may be left when the table Is cleared or the cows and pigs will dispose of 11 •o that not a lenf need be wasted All things considered. Swiss chard 1 lone of the most satisfactory plants i lse.—Exchange. MURDER REMOVES IMPORTANT WITNESS Whitman Believe* “Big Jack” Seelig Was Killed to Seal His Lips in the Beck«r Trial. Associated Press. New York, Oct. 6.—After ques tioning “Red Phil” Davidson, who shot and killed “Rig Jack” Seelig. an important witness in the Becker trial, which is to begin tomorrow', Deputy Police Commisisoner Dough erty declared tonight that he was satisfied the motive for the murder, of Seelig was to seal his lips against ( Becker. Dougherty said he was not, inclined to credit Davidson's story that he killed Seelig because the lat ter robbed him. District Attorney Whitman, how ever is inclined to regard Seelig’ death more than a conincidence, al- f though he had no proof to show- a : conspiracy. -- LATEST SUCCESS IN AEROPLANES - Achievement of Capt. A. F. W. Mac manu*—A Type of Curti* Military Biplane. Information has been received that 'Capt. Augustus F. W. Macmanus, Cnited States army, retired, who at tracted attention in San Antonio tw'o years ago by his aeronautical exper iments, has at last achieved success as an aeroplane inventor. He is now at Pine Bluff, Ark., and in the last few' days five successful fligths have been made there in the machine of his invention. The Macmanus machine is a type of the Curtis military biplane and i” equipped throughout witli devices invented by the maker. Over fifty patents cover parts of the mechan ism of his aeroplane. Its principle feature is a pair of small planes, lo cated on each side of the driver, mid way hetw’een the upper and lower planes, which prevent the machine from capsizing. These small planes are controlled by a single lever, and their operation governs every move ment of the biplane. Machine i* Very Light. With the driver in position the entire machine weighs hut five hun dred pounds and in the flights al ready made it was demonstrated that a speed of seventy miles an hour can easily be attained. Driving power is furnished by a four-cylnder en gine developing BO-horsepower. Captain Macmanus did not operate the biplane in the recent flights, driving being done by Albert Dun dvver, a Belgian aviator. In the last flight the propeller was smashed and another is now being installed. As =oon as this is done flisht will be made over and around Pine Bluff. For a period of several months Captain Macmanus conducted his ex periments on the maneuver field at Fort Sam Houston. He made several successful flights, hut also encoun tered disappoinments in the execu tion of the theory of his areoplenae. Ho was a long time in getting the proper engine for his machine and by the time he had succeeded the fabric and frame of the biplane had become so weakened by exposure that he was afraid to go into the air. He then had the task of entirely re building it. Aviator* Encouraged Him. Captain Macmanus was in San Antonio at the time Lieut. B. D. Foulois, Parmalee and Coffin, the Wright aviators and Ely of the Cur tis camp, were holding the attention of the country by their aerial antics in this vicinity. They all commend ed his idea of a non-tippable aero plane and urged him to continue his experiments. Captain Macmanus is a native Texan and w'as in the regular army !until 1 004, when he was retired be cause of disability, lie first en listed at the outbreak of the Span ish-American war and attained the rank of captain in the volunteer service.— San Antonio Light. 1 Capt. Macmanus is a cousin of C. I.. Macmanus, ’he local general 1 agent for the Frisco, and a nephew of the late Dr. C. A. Macmanus of Matamoroi. -* > \ \ \ i l ft r i } r t • I •i ; I i ugg ft* w (i c.> DECKS CLEARED FOR BIG WORLD’S SERIES ( Continued From Page one ) | • making use of him, however, McGraw farmed him out to Toronto. It was there that Tesreau showed his first promise and by the end of the sea son he was haled as one of the best pitchers in the Eastern League, hav- j ing mastered the art of the "spit-1 ball.” McvGraw recaled him, only to be disappointed in his wildne-s the first of the season, but by mid summer he regained confidence in the young pitcher and has since been rewarded with the sensational cap ture of many crucial games. With seventeen games won to five lost, as the season closes, Tesreau stands at an average higher than any of hisj colleagues on the Giants’ pitching star. McGraw considers him the peer of Ed Walsh, the famous “spit ball” pitcher of the Chicago Amer- j icans. If he keep his control he will 1 undoubtedly be given the greater 1 part of the box work for New York 1 in the world series. Mathewson Still a Favorite. The acclaim of Tesreau and VV'ood, however, has not altogether over-1 shadowed the older favorite either here or in Boston. The veteran Mathewson is still steady and ef- ’ feetive with a fadeawey ball as his 1 specialty, and on the whole is still the mainstay in the Giants’ box.) Rube Marquard experienced a los ing streak after his sensational run up to July 4, and came in for harsh criticism from some of the fans. The only explanation of his strange slump is that he gave way to the nervous strain of his winning streak. He is now in good physical trim, j however, and will undoubtedly have j a (share in the big games. “Old Doctor” Crandall, Wiltse and Ames, the remaining members of the Giants’ pitching staff, are all consid ered strong relief pitchers and there is some expectation that Ames’ good work during the season will net him a chance to start the game. Boston’s Second Choice. Boston’s second choice in the box , is probably Ray Collins an old Uni versity of Vermont “southpaw,” who joined the Red Sox four years ago. | His average has no’ been up to that I of Charlie Hall, however, and the latter may be picked as Wood's real co-worker. Hall is an old American I Association player. Thomas (Buck) O’Brien and Be-' dient, both of. whom are practically serving their first year with Boston and Lawrence Pape, are the other I members of the Boston staff. Pitching Record3. Records of the pitchers compiled up to within a few games of the sea son’s close, give Wood the highest average of the twelve twirlers. He stands at .889 as compared with Tes reau’s .773. The table is as follows: GIANTS. S. W. L. H. Ave. Tesreau . 30 17 5 148 .773 j Marquard .... 40 26 9 274 .743 Crandall .... 36 12 6 177 .673 Mathewson . . 41 22 12 294 .647 Wiltse . 26 9 5 134 .643 Ames . 30 9 5 177 .64.! RED SOX. S. W. L. H. Ave. Wood . 40 32 4 242 .889 Hall . 32 17 7 165 .706 Bedient . 38 15 7 175 .682 Collins . 24 1 4 7 1 64 .667 O'Brien . 34 16 12 218 .571 Pape .".12 1 1 64 .500 -- BEAIER LAND CO. TO VISIT VALLEY Will Arrive Today by Automobile. Interested in Land in Hidalgo County. An auto train conveying the stock of Kansas Ci’y will arrive in Browns Iville this morning. The party trav eled from t’• north in a solid, jvestibuled train of ve coaches, including the buffet car, and has ibeen at San Juan the past few days I for the purpose of giving the stock i holders of the company an opportun ity to see their lands. The Beamer company has, it is said, a tract of land in the neighbor hood of San Juan and Mercedes, and has been engaged for son»' time in cutting it up into email farms. It > is not expected that they will begin selling until about the firs; of the year. Automobiles were drafted from pbints all over the Valley for the purpose of carrying the visitors over the proposition. They will leave this afternoon for the nor^h. -o A gift horse may get you in just as badly at the feed store. TEN CAR-LOADS OF t HOMESEEKERS HERE _ Land Companies Report Satsifac^orv Bu*iness—Many Investors Locat- ! ing in the Valley. The managers of the various land : companies that had their homeseek- j ers in the city yesterday all report I a very good business for the trip, j purchasers are beginning to settle j on their newly bought properties. ! and will continue to do so from now j until the first of the year. There were ten cars all told yes terday, carrying a total of about 173 persons. Many bought land and are luite satisfied with their invest ments, believing that if they have no trouble in getting the products they can raise here to market in the winter they are bound to come out well financially. One wealthy farm- P ;r from Wisconsin stated that in his |‘| opinion the advertising he had seen of the Lower Rio Grande.Valley did lot at all come up to what he had 'ound in looking the country over. He said that the printed matter j oould not be written strong enough, j ind that he thinks', .since he has dewed the lands, that this section stands “head and shoulders” above anything he has ever seen. Since their last trip the Mercedes Land Corporation has purchased 2000 acres of land ,to the west of Mercedes, which they will cut up In to small farms and place on sale. ; R. L. Trimble, in charge of the Standard Land company’s homeseek ers, is authority for the staiement that his company on this trip did a larger business than they have done an any one trip in the past four t months. He said that land to the value of $138,000 had been disposed of, and that every excursionist in their train had bought. - Indians Among Homeseekers. I Two rather unusual homeseekers accompanied the excursion. They 1 were Francis Goodeagle and his son. Charles Goodeagle, of Baxter Springs, Kan., who are Indians. Mr Goodeagle is a well to do farmer, and his son is a lawyer. Except for the ., fact that he looks like an Indian, the son has the appearance and dress of the average American. How ever, the father clings to the tradi- I tions of his forefathers and wears ' his hair braided. One braid hangs down over each shoulder, probably - eighteen inches long. In conversation wth a Herald re- , porter Mr. Goodeagle sta^d that he J operated a farm near the Kansas Oklahom line, growing corn almost j exclusively. When asked wihat wa- | his opinion of this country he r - ; plied: ‘‘Fine country: good land; land too high: $130 acre—too much! money. See corn so high, so high ! i and so high,” indicating with his, hands the height of the corn he had ! i seen in the Valley, some probably r. j i foot highfi some about three fee* j high and some in tassel. BASE BALL SEASON ' CLOSED YESTERDAY; New York Giant* Win Pennant in National, and Boston Ge(s Rag in American League. New York, Oct. 6.—The thirty eighth campaign of the National League, and the twelfth annual of the American League sea*on closed today with the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox winner in their re spective leagues by margins of 70 and 92 points over their closest com petitors. In the National League Pittsburg won second place with three point* over Chicago and Cincinnati is fourth 119 points behind Chicago. Washington won second place in the American League by seven points over Philadelphia, and Chicago cap tured the fourth, 85 points behind ■ Philadelphia. NEW RECifFOB ENDURANCE FLIGHT _ | Lieutenant Towers of Navy Aviation Corps in Air 6 Hours, Ten Min- J utr*, 35 Second*. Associated Press. Annapolis, Md., Oct. 0.—A new j American endurance flight record J was made today by Lieutenant Tow- t ers of the Navy aviation corps. I He w'as continuously in the air 6 hours. 10 minute* and 35 seconds. Four hours. 23 minutes and 39 seconds was made by Paul Peck, the best previous American record. _i _ BUSINESS | stationery! *"! mm ■ As a man is known by the company ■ he keeps, so is his business first known ■ by the appeal ance of his office cos- I respondence. ■ m BB| » BSgjiiai <J We have a way of making business ■ stationery that will put you in right I with a perfect stranger. I • The cost of this kind of printing is I always cheapest in the long run. I > * 4 fHHf t0;l THE BROWNSVILLE I | HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY | ! Rain Tomorrow ______ Who Knows? 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