The Brownsville daily herald. [volume], September 23, 1901, Image 1

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VOL. TEN.
8E0WNSYILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1901.
NUMBER 60.
CONSOLIDATE! IN JULY 1891?, WITH THE DALLY COSMOPOLITAN, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED HERE FOR SIXTEEN YEARS.
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MOTEL
REFITTED
AND
REFURNISHED
jfj To Be Obtained
Un the market
8 Q 8
A Three Story Brick
20 Nicely Furnished Rooms.
On Principal Business Street.
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Raasofiablo Rates
"to Families.
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PROP.
jf Brownsville, Tex. j
DIRECTORY
DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Congressman, 11th. district. . .R.IOeberg
tate Senator 27th district
D. McNiel Turner
Representatives J P. W. Se.ibury
85th. district . . . J Win. J. Russell
County Judge Thomas Carson
County Attorney . . . Robt. B. Rentfro, jr.
County Clerk Joseph Webb
Sheriff Celedonio Garza
Treasurer Aug. Celaya
Assessor Ezequiel Cavazos
Collector Damaso Lerma
Surveyor Hanson, jr.
Eitie Inspector. . . . Tomas Tijerina
COUNTY COMiHSSIONERP.
Precinct No. 1.. Atenojenes Oribe
Precinct No. 2 Jose Celaya
recinct No. 3 E. B. Raymond
Precinct No. 4 Eugene Keller
Tustice Peace Precinct No. 2
Valentin Gavito
County court meets for civil, criminal
and probate business on the first Mon
days in March, June, September and De
cern oer.
CITY OFFICERS.
aiayor Thomas Qarsou
hief of Police L. H. Bates
x.-easurer. .......... - Geo. M. Puteguat
Secretary. - Prank Champion
Attorney S. A. Belden, jr.
.urveyor S. W. Brooks
i-jssor and Collector S. Yaldez
U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
Che following are the officers of and
the i-imes and.places of holding court for
the Western District of Texas:
S. District Judge T. S. Maxey
.Knmev .-...Henry Terrell
D. H. Hart
vfnT:1li Geo. L. Siebrechi
' Court convenes in San Antonio on the
Mmidavs in May and November
In Austin on the firsfMoudays inFeb-
.i irv jmd Jnlv.
Tu Brownsville on the first Monday in
, cnmnd Monday m June
In El Paso on the first Mondays in
A.pril and October.
J. S. CUSTOM HOUSE.
n H Maris Collector
Sl Entry Ctork.
Ci.j... -
MEXICAN' CONSULATE
Miguel 33arrag&i.
Jonsul
Gensicl Merchandise i
C. G. POKD.
Physician ami Surgeon,
qnecial attenriou given to" chronic dis
ises of aU classes. Will visit any
mrfc of the county to attend the sick
dav ornight. Consultation confiden
tial. Calls left at the Botica del
Leon.
OFFICE MILLER KOTJEL.
Brownsville. Texas.
MILLER.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
j AMKS H. WKLLS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofiict Second Floor lvo orandr Rnilrrd
' Building,
j AMES B. BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.13 ro wnsville, Texas
Will practice in all the courts!
E. II. GOODRICH. E; K. GOODRICH
E. H. GOODRICH & SON.
Attorneys at Law.
Dealers in Rfal Estate.
Complete Abstracts of Cameron Count
kept in the office. .
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OII.V JJAliTLKTT
' A-ITOKNEY-AT-LAW.
Will pr:nlie in District. Stat
Fedora I (Iouili.
OlP2- wlM f-t. . Wells. !n JUr Omul & ir d
IirowiKvillo. - - - - TlX
Q H. THORN
Gflice Opposite Miller's Hotel,
From S to i'2 a.
lim' from i to 5 p. m.
BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS.
Ro H- WAIJ JS.
PHOTOGRAPHER,
Its intraducine new and select styles
ot work at his parlors. Also new style
of fnncy card mounts.
Copw-ig and enlargements in crayon
Jellies and Jams.
Qatmeal and Rice.
o Nutmegs and Spice.
O rjAGere an Macaroni.
Gd floods for the Money.
$ Qnins if you please.
O yermisilli, Canned Fruit.
1 Everything that's nice.
Reasonable Erices.
fjever Fails-to Suit. ' :
'gave Money by buying at
S !
a tin
Oil!! ill
Oil ELIZABETH STREET,
A Linre Well Ventilated Two
Story Criclc-
Convenient to the business 'portion ofj
the city, rame snppuea witn nsu,
03sters, shrimp, crabs, ducks, geese,
and all kinds of vegetables iu season.
Miss Mary Douglas,
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LUuVC 5,
SPINDLE TOP
WAS IN DANGER.
Oil Ignited and a General Confln
- gration Was Threat ned.
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Bfaumout, Trx . Serjt. 19. For
a t.i:iif tliis aftenioou It looked
like Spindle Top was doomed to
destruction by fire, but fortunately,
and it seemed almost miraculously,
the flames were subdued befote
any material damage was done.
A tew minutes after 5 o'clock
this afternoon the Hey wood No. 2,
"Hyrd syndicate, the Trenton Rock,
and (ieoruetowu and Waco wells
were spouted in order that a party
of New York and Philadelphia
newspapermen might photograph
a jrronpe ot gushers.
The fires had been extinguished
in the nearby boilers, but the oil
i was ignited by the heat of one of
furnaces, a few moments after the
wells were closed. .
The visitors fied for their lives,
but the drillers fought the flames
heroically, using the water pumps
of the drilling rigs and throwing
np levees with shovels. The flames
ignited a Chinese restaurant and
started to climb up a derrick,
but the determined drillers kept
the fire confined to the restnrant
and the pool of oil surrounding it.
within thirty minutes the fire had
been entirely subdued and Spindle
Top had again escaped the much
dreaded holocaust.
This fire and the way it was
handled has quieted the fears of
the oil men to some extent regard
ing damage to the hill by fire,
thouhgh if a strong wind had been
blowing a different story would
doubtless have been told.
He Hadn't Lost a Burglar,
"John," she said, suddenly
shaking him, "there is a burglar
in the house.
"Are 3ou sure?" he asked.
"Positive," she replied. "Don't
yon hear him?"
He got up and began to dress
hastly, but quietly. - ,
"What are you going to do,
John?" ahe inquired. "
"I am going to sneak out .the
back way and get a policeman," he
answered.
"But if you go right down stairs
now," she said, "you'll find him
in the dining room."
"Oh, I'll find him, will I?" he
retorted sarcastically. Well, now
Just look me over carefully."
"Yes, John: what of it?
"Do I look like a man who has
lost a burglar anywhere?"
"No; of course not, but"
"Do I have the reputation of be
ing an impertinent fellow who is
always interfering with other peo
ple's business? Do I in any way.
resemble the lost and.fonnd depart
ment of a daily newspaper?
"No," . ' -
"Then why should 1-get tangled
np with other people's property?"
"You're afraid, John."
"Afraid nothing!" he retorted
indignantly. "I am looking at it
from an etl ical point of view; This
burglar undoubtedly has been lost
by the police, and if I took charge
of him they might think I was
trying" to steal him and make a lot
of trouble for me. Besides, I'm . no
searching party. You women don't
understand the ethics o business
at all. Chicago Post.
i 325S0IAJIEIY PlIBE
Makes the food more delicious end wholesome
Why Buchman Never Married.
"Mr. Bnchmanrwho was the first
bachelor elected to the presidency,
was G5 years of age when - elected
and had deliberately given himself
la a l.i f i- of celibacy,' writes Wil
liam Perrinein The Ladies Home
Journal.
"In the days when he was
young lawyer of Lancaster, Pa., he
he .had loved Miss Uoleman, a
beautiful daughter of a citizen of
that town. They had been engaged
to be married, when one day he
was surprised to receive from her
a promise. According to Mr.
George Tickuor Curtis, the sepa
ration originated in a misunder
standing on the part of the lady,
who was uusually sensitive, oyer
giddy and indiscreet tongues.
Soon after the eutrangemenr. she sible. They scoured . the hills and
was sent to Philadelphia and there valleys for several days and atTast
died suddenly. returned unsuccessful to the start-
"Throughout the rest of his iug point,
life, or for nearly half a century, The many tales told of this ex
Mr. Buchman is not known to traordinary being seem to have
have revealed to anybody the created quite a stir all along the
circumstances of this romatic trag- Atlantic coast. A printed circular
edy. He would oulysay that it issued by a land company in 1S15
had changed his hopes and plans says, "The climate of Gregoria is
and had led him more deeply than
ever into politics as a distraction
from his grief. In his old age,
long after he had retired perma
nently to private life. he called at
tention to a package containing,
he said, the papers and relics which
would explain the causes
of his yonthfnl sorrow and
which he preserved evidently with
the idea of revealing them before
his death. But when he died and
his will was read it was found that
lie had directed" that the package
should be burned withont being
opened, and his injunction was
obeyed."
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Puzzling Spelling.
The proprietor of a conntry shop)
once worked himself nearly into a
brain fever endeavoring to make
intelligible the following note giv
eu to him by a small boy, the son
of oue of his customers:
"mister Cream Wnnt yoli let
my boay hcv a pair of Easy toad
shuz?"
However, he was probably not
more horrified than the school
master who received a letter from
a man who wrote: ,
"I have decided to inter my b'py
in your scull." "
The letter .which one j person
wrote to an editor when -discontinuing
his paper contains internal
evideuce tf the truth of its asser
tions: "I thiuk fonlks ortent to spend
their munny for paypur, my dad
dideut, and every one said he was
the inteffigentesfc man iu the coun
try and had the smartest faihbly of
boize that ever dug raters."
The traveler's tree, found in the
Island of Madagascar, has from 20j
to 24 leaves, each containing, even
in the driest weather, a quart jot-
mor8 of pucet fresh water.
'OWDER
An Early Gregoria Monster.
In the fore part of August, 1S12,
n ,rtv ,lf i,unters found in a
mountainous region now known ab
Kabuo county, Ga., a being nearly
eight feet high covered with bluish
hair and having a human face
adorned with immense' 'ears resem ,
bling those of an ass. The creat-
ure was stone deaf and on that ac
count seemed wholly unconscious
of the approach of the men. This
monster seems, from old accounts,
ti have been seen upon several oc
casions during the next four years.
In 181G a number of adventurers
from Virginia, most of them sur
veyors working up the unexplored
portions of Gregoria and the Caro
liuaS, formed themselves into a
party foi the express purpose of
capturing the uncanny being if pos-
exceedingly mild, the soil produc
tive, and the danger of attack from
uncouth beasts which are represen
ted as being half beast and half
mau are fairy tales not worthy of
consideration."
Minister Wu to the Women.
The wise aud facetious Minister
Wu Ting-Fang made his appear
ance in a new role the other even
ing at a large gatheriug where both .
ladies and gentlemen were present,
and he was the most conspicuous
guest. He was asked to say a few
words to the ladies,' in response to
a toast to them. Hesald: "When
I see so mauy finely built women
couontiug me, and I am called
unjjBo be the 'gallant' of the mo
tnenHkhat can I say but that I
wishFhat moment only L were
not u Chinaman I shonld like to
be an American as I stand here,, so,
that each one of you would appear
as beautiful to me as yon
actually must be when seen through
your countrymen's eyes. Alas!
the slight difference in the formal
tion of my orbs caunot do justice
J to the impression your make, upon $V
me, individually audjointly and! v
severally. But there are some -well-uonrished
figures and forms- '
among you that really appear to be ,
as fine as tho best that my own
fertile country ever produced. And." t
your intelligence and souls, I am
told, which are hidden under your -intricate
fashionable apparel, are
more beautiful even than .yonr.
form. May yon all feel the depth
aud siucerity of my admiration
and make your youthful looks and
j honorable vears aiwavs walk hand- r
nn Frttnd." i
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INDIGESTION, Vesulim from
J "weakness of the stomach, is relieved.
. by JroodSarsaparilla, f lie reat $toi. "
cfc tank am4 cure for DYSPEPSW
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