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VOL. ELEVEN.
BEOWNSVJLLLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1902.
NUMBER 217.
CONSOLIDATED IN JULY 1893, WITH THE DAILY COSMOPOLITAN, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED HERE FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
AMES B "WELLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office Second Floor Rio Grande Railroad
Building,
o W. HOODRICH. K. E. GOODRICH";
E. H. GOODRICH & SON
Attorneys at Law.
Dealers in Real Estate.
Complete Abstracts of Cameron County
kept in the oSce.
BROWNS I.LE. TEXAS
H. THORN
DKNTIST,
OFEICE NEAR MILLER HOl'StL
.Elzabeth St.t Browcsville," Tessas.
F. W. KIR&IHAM,
Pliysician ami Surgeou
Special attention to the diseases of
.the Eye. Ear, Hose and Throat.f
'fice in Tilghmas. Building, (up siaars
Thirteenth street. Brownsville Tesas .
L. E. LA.XT02?.
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE: .Parker
Corner .Ssh
aud .Washington
stairs. 1 Enteaaee
.streets, cp
Washington
Street.
BROWNSVILLE, : TEXAS,
ATTORNEY AT -XAW,
San 'Antonio, Tbeas,
french gilding. plaza.
Will practice, in the fedecai and state
courts. Land titles : examined-
W. F. DENNETT,
Staple & Fancy Groceries
.Cigars, smokhg and chewing-
tobacco, Fancy candies,
cakes and crackers,
.EeQI line tin ware, icrockery, Etc
Washington Street.
Old Furniture
MADE NEW. -a
Joseph Kxick
Cabinet Makee.
And General Repairer is now ready
to repair and upholster furniture
Levee and lUh. streets.
THE TAILOE.
Zt, ELIZABETH STREET.
I m prepared to make suits
f- and clean Clothes
on short notice. Worll
Guaranteed.
Shop'Opposite Thielen Bakery.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Gsagressman.llth. district. . .R.Kleberg
tate Senator 27th district
D. McNiel Turner
Representatives I F W Seabury
85th. district . . . "Wm. J. Russell i
bounty Judge Thomas Carson
Jounty Attorney
.E.K .Goodsich
5hS.A::::;;:V:cVlS?oS "J" injustice that you American
Treasurer Aug. Celaya newspaper men ought to register
yut lr"te5t Sai"st i "one other,"
Surveyor M.Hanson, jr. said Chairman James M. Griggs of
Hide Inspector, Tomas Tijerina the Democratic campaign commit-
COUNTYlCOMMISSiONERS. 1
Precinct No. 1 Atenojenes Oribe tee at the headquarters today. "It
Precinct No. 2 Jose Celaya is the simple' matter of lead pen
Precinct No. 3 E. B. Raymond i T i r u-v .
Precinct No. 4. F. S.Wmpion said Judge Griggs. You
'Justice Peace Precinct No. 2 may put it in double-leaded fashion
'QMeV".V:.V."QSro2 'that lead Pencils which are wielde(1
County court meets for civil, criminal by Americans without regard to
and probate business on the third Mon- . , - n nn (1,mAj.
lays'in March, June, September and De- tclass mcluding-of course, tjle work
cember. ing man, every woman and child,
gitt officers. an(j every. n.eWspaper man, are so
-Mayor Thomas Carson . . . u . il)
HMof nf Poli-P Tj TT ttnf.
Treasurer Geo. M, Putegnat
Sirveyor S. W Brooks
Assessor and'Collector b valaez
u. s. district couaT.
tne
the-Southeaz. District of Texas:
TJ. S. District Judge Waller T. "Burns
Attoniej' Mssxi MjcLemore
Cleik . C. Dart
Marhr.l Wm . Hanson
Galvestyn: Second Monday Jan
uary and First Monday in June
Houston; Fourth Monday cflFeb
uary and September.
Laredo: Thrid Monday of ApriL-and
Secoud Mnlay of November.
Brownsville : Second Moaday-dTMay
and Firstl&onday of December.
IHISTRICT COUKT.
Cameron Gountyts ixsb Man day in
February, amd First MoE&ay in Sep
tember, asjfd May continoe in session
four weeks.
Hidalgo County: Fourfch Monday af
ter the FiHstSnonday in Fdvra&yg- isnd
September, .and may contianse in session
two weeks.
Starr Consscty: Sixth Msmlay -after
the First Mcsidav in TPeb&zarv fiaafirSen-
tember, ajadL may continue in asssion
two weeks.
Dnval Oorrcntv r "Eicrhfch 5&M5avinftp.r
the First Mceaday in Febraary aooflep -
wedS1"' aDd"amy continneiMessiimtwo
iNuecesCbassty: Tenth Mimdayjcfter
atne uirsc jaojaaay m ueoruary anuanay
continue in session eight creeks .and
Penth Mondar after First Moodigrdn
September acyi may continue m sesmon
Hour weeks.
j. s. custom house.
C. H. Maris CoHestor
A., inornnam opecizi iepircy
Che touting aretheofSc'ersotad and 20 per cent additional ad va
3 Mmes and places of holding conrffor lorem is the tariff. Take the pencil
SL. B.tRentfro, Jr Entry Cletfk iness simply by reason of the pro
pose office. tective .tariff. The pencils that are
Sw-:::.":::::::ia& ow8oM"-' and
Registry Cle"k E. S. DoHgbeatfjr .frequently more, would cost you
mexicas jonsulatjc. ;;newsj)aper imen and theest of the
MignelBarragan.... Consi
AMERICAN CON8ULATE.
P. Xfiorrill Griffith HoncnS ,
LODGE DmECTORY.
jtASONcc.
Rio Gsrande Lodge No. 81, A. F. & A. !
M., meats on the first and third Tues- j
days of each month, at T?.80 p. m., at!
the Masojiic Hall on Levee Street.
officers:
J. L. Putgnat W.M.
E.K. Goodrich S.W.
Jesse O. W&eeler J.W.
W. A.' Neale. Secretary
R. H. Wallte .'Treasurer
M. Y. Dominguez Tiler
Ludwig Dreyfeis S . O .
U. F. Bollack J.D.
KNIGKXS OF HONOR.
Brownsville Lodge No. 3730,K.of H.,
meats on the second and fourth Tues
days of each month, at 7.30 p. m.t &t its
hall on Elizabeth Street.
officers:
Jesse O. Wheeler, Dictator
Celedcaio Garza Vice Dictator
Jno. L Kleiber .... . Assistant Dictator
F. 13. Stsrck, Jr Past Dictator
Aaron Turk Treasurer
W. B. Austin Financial Reuorter
T. Rivadnlla Reporter
WOODHEN OF THE WORLD.
Acacia Camp No. 690, W.OTW., meets
on the second and fourth Thursdays of
each month, at 7.30 p.m., at the Wood
man. Hall, on Twelfth Street.
officers:
A. Ashheim ; C.C.,
F. Champion.... A. L.
A. Turk Banker!
esie O. Wheeler -.. Clerk!
TAX ON LEAD PFNCILS.
Chairman Griefs Claims American
Lead Pencils Are' Sold Abroad
at Half the Home Price.
Washington, D. O, Oct. 31.
"There is one item of tariff inequal-
pimeuieu J lug wuii cxkh- n.
have to pay double
the price for
of the foreign
user of our .pencils. Fifty cents per
gross specific duty on every gross
marked lS. M.' and CM." American
graphite pencils, such as are made
by the Dixon Crucible Company.
The regular price for export is
$3.75 per gross less 40 :per cent,
$2.25 per gross, or just one-half
what is eharged to the American
dealer. In many instances, I am
reliably Informed, they have been
sold in.ffiQpan and other countries
at $1.S0 per gross. The lowest price
that can be charged i any whole
sale deaier in the United States is
$4.50 per gross, less :20 per cent,
making r$3.60 per gross, or just
double what the Japanese merchant
can buy
American lead pencils for.
''If.anj'bod7 wants io verify this,
: let hiraget a Dixon pencil catalogue.
They issia8 one for .domestic prices
and another for export prices.
i ni
- '"-"-""V
. of lead .Deacils m the United States.
rv,0,- or0.h T?ni r:i n
- b.j. vxx uuuiiij ,
theAmefisan J.ead.Peneil Company,
.the Paber Pencil Company. They
A.merican people I .cent -each, and
, , , , , '
i-Ilt' mamuaoiAirex would make 50
i per .cent on the product, but for this
joperation .of the .high -protective
tariff."
B2S BODY TURNING BLACK.
Employe of New York Sewer Depart
meat Dying From Mysterious
Ailment.
New York, N. Y., fcov. 3. Patrick
McGrath, sxh employe of the sewer
department, is believed to be dying
at Beilevue hospital from a
mysterious disease, the cause of
hich leading phTsicians have been
naDie 10 determine. Mcuratn is
LI. i. -mr rt .1
urning black. Cases of a similar
ture have been frequent in med-
lcarmjstorv, out the victim's color
genenuJaiijjyjgd very slowty. Mc
Grath's case is entirely new. He
was taken to the hospital on Thurs
day. The discoloration began
soon afterward in his lower ex
tremities and already has risen to
his abdomen. The -doctors thus far
have been unable to afford him any
relief. He has grown steadily.
weaker. j
LIFE INSURANCE FRAUDS.
Extent of Loss of New York Com
pany Not Fully Known, but
$20,000 Has Been Collect
ed. New York, Nov. 3. It was said
to-day at the offices of the New
York Life Insurance company that
it was impossible at present to say
accurately the extent of the insur
ance swindle scheme which has been
unearthed in Texas by detectives of
the company. It is known, however,
that bogus claims have been col
lected to the extent of $20,000. But
that figure, it is believed, will not
cover the company's losses. At
present, it was said, three men, one
of them an agent of the compan,
were under arrest. They are charg
ed with conspiracy to defraud, but
further charges of forgery and pos
sibly of murder, will be pressed
against them, it is said. According
to the offiSSfiftf the company, the
frauds were perpetrated mostly in
the vicinity of Chihuahua, Mexico.
The agent of the company, it is al
leged, wrote policies, and the two
other men who are now under ar
rest, using various aliases, were us
ed as beneficiaries or substitutes.
One of the schemes appears to have
been to insure some man in the last
stages of consumption, substituting
a confederate for examination and
dividing the money after death with
the heirs of the consumptive. Should
murder charges be nrnde they will.
be based on the cases cl James De
vers and a man of vke name of
Mitchell, who were insftred for $10,
000 and $15,000 .respectively and
who both died mysteriously. Their
bodies are to be exhumed for ex
amination. The frauds, it is said,
have extended over a period of sev
eral months. An application for a
policy of $100,000 caused suspicion
ana brought about the investiga
tion which culminated in the three
arrests. Galveston News.
HOW MEXICANS FIGHT
BOLL WEEVIL.
TTv- . -mr . 1 t . . 1 1
uown in aiexico, tne oirtn-piace
and natural home of the cotton boll
weevil,- many Americans are raising
cotton and a well known planter
here in Austin has been in corres
pondence with them to learn how
they protect their crops from the
ravages of the busy pest A letter
from a prominent planter says the
cotton is thoroughly protected by
planting "trap rows" of small chili
pepper. 'I hese rows are six to eight
feet apart, and the pepper is sown
at the same time the cotton is plant
ed. The weevil, he says, has a per
fect fondness for the pepper and will
eat and deposit their eggs in noth
ing else as long as it lasts. This
pepper is prolific of pods and the
weevils are kept too busy to molest
the cotton. The "trap rows" of
pepper are said to afford complete
protection to cotton, and in Mexico
at the proper time the plant is des
troyed by fire and with it the young
boll weevils. If the weevil fail to
appear, the pepper is gathered and
sold. The planter referred to will
go to Mexico soon to make a
thorough investigation and the re
sult of his trip may be, and he be-
ieves will be of vast benefit to
Texas cotton planters, as chilli
pepper is a certain crop and grows
uxuriently here in the state, espec
ially in the middle and southern
nortions. Austin Tribune.
SENATOR BAILEY - ,
AS AN ORATOR.
The speech of Senator Joseph-W
Bailey last night was one of the
most pleasing and, at the same
time, convincing oratorical efforts
ever heard in this city. There are
speeches and speeches. There are
few men. who cannot get up and.
tell what they know. It is, however,
in the manner of the telling that
moves and thrills the vast heart of
an audience and not what the
speaker says. The finished orator is
able to take the driest subject and,
by the magic of eloquent speech,
clothe it in bright hues and gorge
ous colors.
The tariff is a dry subject to the
ordinary crowd so dry that the
usual run of political speakers are
utterly unable to interest a mixed
audience. Yet men and women ol
all shades of political belief sat
spellbound for two hours last even
ing eagerly listening to every word
and noting every gesture of the
great statesman.
The great issues dividing the par
ties were presented as only the in
tellect of a master statesman may
present them. His speech did great
good for the cause of Democracy.
That it won converts and rendered
! the Democrats of Webb county con
fident and enthusiastic goes with
out saying. He left the Republicans
not a peg to stand upon, and all
those who heard him felt that Judge
Garner's election was doubly as
sured. Laredo Times.
COULDN'T
WAIT
FOR THE NEWS
Russell Sage Wanted to Know the
Result of a Meeting of
Financiers.
Russell Sage, although absorbed
in the business of money-getting,
occasionally takes times to attend
church. An important meeting of
financiers was scheduled for a day
on which Mr. Sage was unusually
busy and when he arrived at the
designated place the deliberations
were over and all the participants
had dispersed. Use the telephone
as he could, Mr. Sage could not
get in communication with any of
them. Knowing that one of those
who had attended the gathering
passed the plate at the midweek
service in a church near his home
Mr. Sage went there. He did not
wait for the close of the service, but,
taking a seat on the aisle through
which his acquaintance passed, he
waited until he came along with
the plate, and as he put a dollar
bill on it he remarked: "Edward,
what did you fellows do down ther
today? I did not get around in
time." The gentleman spoken to
! smiled and took the earliest on-
portunity to inform Mr. Sage of
what had transpired.
AFTER ENGLISH COAL FIELDS
Morgan
Great
is Trying to Buy in the
Staffordshire -Collieries.
New York,
N. Y.3 Nov. 3 A
report that J. P. Morgan is abont
to buy up a share in the Staffordshire
coal fields has, according to the
London correspondent of the
Tribune, created lively interest in
that district. The greatest reticence
is observed, but it is stated thafc-a
meeting of local coal owners-will be
held on Wednesday to consider the
matter. .