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WNSVILL
VOL. XVII. NO. 346-
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THUTSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1909
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
JL Jk JL JL.
Masurys Liquid House Paints
and Varnishes
Masury's Nomar Wood Stains, Pratt and Lambert's Var
nishes, -Adelite One-coat Dull Finish Wood Stains, Sapolin
Enamels for all Decorations, Collier's and Railroad White
Leads, Pure Linseed Oil, Turpentine and Window Glass,
Paint and Varnish Brushes, and Painters' Tools.
HICKS HARDWARE
Shipments from
February 17 to fnS
May 2 1,1909) Cabbages
I onap Beans
cTWISSION Station was opened December 15,
1908, and the above vegetables billed to San
Antonio on a 28 cent rate netted the railroad
company between $7,000 and $8,000. This is
over and above express shipments.
cAlfalfa shipments are just beginning.
W. L. Rockwell, Irrigation Engineer for the
Government, examined the red soil four miles
north of cTWission, on June 24th, and pronounced
it equal to the finest in Texas.
If you want an irrigated farm under the most
favorable conditions, or a town lot in one of the
most prosperous new towns in Texas, address
CONWAY & HOIT
Mission, Texas
PENSACOLA NOW j
UNDER WATERI
KAIXFAMj AMOUNTED TO 1.20
IXCHES IX AX HOI K.
Almost Equal to Cloudburst Streets
Flooded to Depth of Four Inches
Street Car Traffic Stopped, Wat
erworks Out of Commission.
Associated Press.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 21. A ter
rific downpour of rain almost equal
ling a cloudburst, struck this city
early today, stopping street car traf
fic, putting the city waterworks plant
out of commission and damaging
other property. Many stree'ts were
floo-ed to the depth of four inches.
According to the weather bureau the
rainfall, jemounted to 4.26 inches in
one hour.
DECIDE OX MEDINA CHOaSIXG.
Edward's Railroad Will Span 3Ie
dina Itiver at Earl Crossing.
Reports from the headquarters of
the engineers, who are actively en
gaged in running the line of the J.
v-. T-.-1 I . T" SI .1 moiniinnli t ll '1 ,
, Luwaiua naiiLuau, nuuvum-t iuuv
the surveying squad has reached and
crossed the Medina River. The
krijira wViirVi is in snnn this river
will be placed at the Earl crossing,
according, to the construction data
received by the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday.
Work on the line south from the
Medina River is being pushed, ana
the route is to take a course due
' south toward Jourdanton. Engineers
rodmen and other members of a
typical chain gang are being employ
ed by the surveying engineers. San
Antonio Express.
MARKIXG HISTORICAL. SITES.
Louisiana State Museum Placarding
Many Buildings.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans. Oct. 21. Visitors
to New Orleans during the presi
lenfs visit at the Lakes to Gulf Deep
tVaterways Convention, Oct. 30, have'
little use for guide boks tofind his
toric sites and buidings. Hundreds
of notable old landmark in the
quaint French quarter and buildings
occupying sites where once such his
toric structures stood are heing pla
carded by the Louisiana State Mu
seum for the information of those
who come to the city at that time.
1
COMPANY J
SION
A28 cars
.-..29 cars
1 car
SPANISH CABINET
HAS RESIGNED
THE SIXTH L.IIIEKAL 3IIX1STKV
IX EIGHTEEN MONTH.
Religious Issue Caused Downfall of
the Others War in Morocco the
Present Question Ferrer's Ex
ecution Precipitated Matters.
Madrid. Oct. 21. The Spanish
cabinet, headed by Premier .Maura,
resigned ithis afternoon.
Preceding the formation of this
cabinet there have be.m no less than
five liberal ministries in IS months.
The religious issue has been the rock
on which these ministries were
wrecked and the accession to power
of Senor Maura, was regarded as a
sweeping victory for the clericals
and one likely to arouse a revolu
tionary spirit. This proved to be
the case, the opposition finally unit
ing against the government's con
duct and furtherance of the war in
Morocco.
Stern measures taken to put down
the recent anti-war demonstrations
in Spain tended to inflame the oppo
sition", and the execution of Ferrer,
foPowed by popular demonstrations
of disapproval brought matters to
a crisis.
GIFT FROM CARXEGIE.
Laud in Pennsylvania to Be Used
For Sanitarium.
By Associated Press.
Harrisburg, Oct. 21. Andrew Car
negie has offered to State Health
Commissioner Dixon a tract of 450
acres of land on the crest of Alle
ghany mountain near Cresson as a
gift in recognition of the state's
great fight against tuberculosis.
The tract is offered so it can be
made a sanitarium for Western
Pennsylvania just as Mont Alto is
for the eastern section
BOMB IX MUXICH.
Pavement Torn Up, Building Dam
aged Xo Explanation.
By Associated Press.
Munich, Oct. ,21. A powerful
bomb exploded on the street hre
early today. The pavement nearby
was torn up and a neighboring build
ing considerably damaged. Xo one
was injured. There is no explana
tion of the incident.
BROWNSVILLE
SENDS LARGEST
DELEGATION
MAKE A BIG HIT WITH FLAGS,
SUGAR CAMC AXD SOMBREROS.
March Through the Principal Streets
and are Extended a Cordial Wel
come by Secretary Miller Com
mittee Appointments.
Special Dispatch to The Herald.
Corpus Chrisn, Oct. 21. At :4a
the Brownsville delegation, the big
gest one here arrived. Over Two
hundred including the band, Rifles
and delegates with flags, cane and
sombreros marched through the
principal streets to the headquarters
of the convention.
The morning session was called to
order by President C. S. E. Holland.
A welcome was extended by Secre
tary Miller. The reply was by Sen
ator H. L. Guydon of Louisiana, the
vice president. Hon. Ball of Hous
ton was nominated for chairman,
but declined. Senator Willacy of
Corpus Christi was elected.
Senator T. B. Labbe of St. Mar
tinsville, Louisiana, was elected sec
retary. R. B. Creager was named
in the credentials committee; F. J.
Combe, organization; L. Cobolini,
resolution and R. N. Magill, nomi
nations. Annual Convention Inland Waterways
By Associated Press. "
Corpus Christi, Tex., Oct. 21.The
anuual convention of the Interstate
Inland Waterways League met here
today with a large number of dele
gates present. Secretary of War
Dickinson, Governor Campbell of
Texas, and several congressmen ar
rived today. Secretary Dickinson
addressed the convention this after
noon. The Field Artillery band from San
Antonio is here and will furnish
music during President Taft's vis
it. The president is scheduled to
make an address tomorrow.
FIFTV-TWO RAILROADS VS.
COMMERCE COMMISSIOX.
Arguments Heard Today Roads
Claim Their Loss From Reduction
in Rates .S.00,00 Yearly.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Oct. 21. Arguments
were heard here today in the suit of
fifty-two western and southwestern
railroads against the interstate com
merce commission brought over a
year ago and known as the "cattle
rate cases." The filing of the suit
was followed by an order from the
commission reducing transportation
rates on cattle. The roads claim
their loss as the result of the redac
tions approximates $500,000 annu
ally. VACATION' ALMOST OVER.
President Taft Enjoys Game of Golf
Witli Robert Connolly.
?y Associated Press.
Gregory, Tex., Oct. 21. President
Taft began the third day of his ranch
vacation with a game of golf this
morning against Robert Connolly,
champion of Texas. This afternoon
he visited Taft, one of the towns on
Charles Taft's property to see the
work of development there.
Governor Campbell and a large
number of delegates passed through
here today en route to the Inland
Waterways Convention at Corpus
Christi.
LAKE MOHOXK COJiKKIlKVCE.
Topic for Discussion Today Is "The
Philippines."
Associated Press
Mohonk Lake," X. Y., Oct. 12.
"The Philippines" is the subject for
discussion at the Mohonk conference
today. Members of Congress, judges
and educators and men interested
in tht physical improvement of the
islands, are the speakers. A Filipino
student is also on the program.
DAM GAVE WAY.
Twenty-five Persons Drowned Xear
Constantinople,
By Associated Press.
Constantinople, Oct. 21. Twenty
five persons were drowned toe ay fr"
lowing the bursting of a dam at Lake
Derkos, thirty miles northwest of this
city. The lake supplies water for the
capital.
STANDARD OIL PRICES CUT.
Almost AH Grades Crude Oil Affect
ed Somewhat.
Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Oct 21. Announce
ment was made today by the Stan
dard Oil Company of a cut in prices
of all grades of crude oil except
Ragland. Pennsylvania brand is
reduced to five cents and other
grades from 2 to 8 cents.
BLOODHOUNDS ON
MURDERER'S TRAIL
FOLLOW TRACKS FROM SCEXE
OF CRIME TO KAXSAS C1TV.
Alonzo Vanroyen, Wife and Sister-in-Law
the Victims Robbery the
Motive for the Deed Thought to
Be Stranger.
Associated Press.
Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 21. Blood
hounds today are fresh on the trail
of the men suspected of the murder
of Alonzo Van Royan, his wife and
sister-in-law, Rose McMahan, five
miles west of Kansas City, yesterday.
Followed by a posse of officers
and farmers the bloodhounds fol
lowed on the trail all last night.
They traced the suspect from the
house in which the two women lay
murdered to the ravine where Van
royen's body lay. Then the hounds
turned into the road and came to
ward Kansas City.
Officers are confident that the
murderer is a stranger jrho .Traa
seen with Van Royan last week. The
theft of ?500 from a trunk In the
house and a diamond ring from the
finger of Mrs. Van Royen indicates
that the motive was robbery.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION-.
Evangelistic Work Today Conven
tion Proper Tomorrow.
Associated Press.
Omaha, Xeb., Oct. 21. Evange
listic work occupied the time of the
officers and delegates to the annual
convention of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, the greater
part o ftoday, designated as "Day of
Prayer." The convention proper will
begin tomorrow, when President
Stevens calls to order tne delegates
representing 300,000 women and ev
ery State in the Union.
CHILD LABOR
Criticism of Doctor Who Advocated
It in Southern Cotton Miils.
Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 21 While criti
cising Doctor Stiles of the United
States Pubiic Health ana Marine
Hospital Service for defending be
fore the Southern Textile association
at Raleigh. X. C, the employment of
children in the cotton mills of the
South, F. C. Roberts, chairman of
the labor committee of the Central
Labor Union of this city, today
stirred up strong indignation among
the delegates to the United Textile
Workers of America, assembled in
convention in this city. Rotljrts de
clared his surprise that public offi
cer, paid from the public revenue
would come before a convention of
employers of labor and undertake
to defend the system of child labor
in the South. Roberts advocated ac
tion by the convention in opposition
to any further attempt to extend and
perpetuate the system of child labor
in southern cotton mills.
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.
Much Interest Developing in Elec
tion of Officers.
By Associated Press.
Houston, Oct. 21. Interest is be
coming more pronounced in the elec
tion of officers of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, which takes
place Friday. Slates are being
made and unmade, and a lively con
test is promised. Mrs. States of
North Carolina ha sdeveloped much
strength for the office of president
general. Mrs. Hickman of Tennes
see also appears to have a strong
following.
WISCONSIN BANK ROBBERS.
Secured S."0 Cash and Negotiable
Papers.
Associated Press.
Manito, Wis., Oct. 21. Bank rob
bers looted the Readaville State
Bank lagt night and secured $6500
cash and negotiable papers. They
made their escape.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
Apparently About Five Thousand
Miles Away.
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, Oct. 21. A prolonged
and somewhat severe earthquake
shock- was recorded by the St. Igna
tius college seismograph here last
"'.ight. The quake was apparently
about five thousand miles distant.
DR. JAMES CARLISLE DEAD.
President Emeritus of Wofford Col
lege, Spartanburg, S. C.
By Associated Press.
Spartansburg, S. C, Oct. 21.
Dr. James Carlisle, the venerable
president emeritus of Wofford Col
lege, died at his home here this
morning. He was 84 years of age.
RAISES RATE OF DISCOUNT.
Bank of , England Raises Rate From
"4 to 5 Per Cent.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 21. Governors of
the Bank of England today raised
the minimum rate of discount from
4 to 5 per cent.
SAN BENITO, TEXAS
Is in the very heart of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Nineieen miles north of Brownsville on the main ling of the St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico Railway.
SAN BENITO
Is the most favored spot in this, the most favored valley
on the Continent.
Forty thousand acres of rich alluvial soil, varying from a black sai.lv
sill to a rich chocolate loam.
The Only Gravity Canal in the Rio Grande Val
ley the Largest Canal in Texas.
The San Benito gravity canal is 37 miles long, averaees 2.10 'eet in
width and 20 feet in depth. It is navigable its entirelength, afford
ing cheap and convenient transportation for the products of our
farrns. Each of the six great locks in- this canal will pass boats 20x60
feet. Many motor boats and small pleasure craft plv our canal's
waters.
This immense channel affords storage for 31,000 acrefeet of water
We can store enough water at a single filling to last us four months
Storage and Gravity are the Two Most Neces
sary Conditions for Successful Irrigation,
The town of San Benjto, although only two years old, has a population
of more than 1,000, a complete water system, cement sidewalks now
being laid, two good schools with a corps of six competent teachers,
churches, stores and many permanent and expensive residences
THE BUSIEST NEW TOWN IN THE LOWERRIO GRANDE VALLEY
Come to San Benito and see what has been accomplished in two years
seven thousand acres of our tract id cultivation, prosperous farms
in all directions. Many thousand acres more being cleared and pre
pared for crops.
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COTTON MILLS
OF THE SOUTH
OWXEKS AKE CABEKUL OF
HEALTH OK EMPLOYES
Not Actuated by Philanthropy Good
Health :m Asset of Value to Manu
facturer Physician Defends
Child Ijibor in Mills.
By Associated Press.
Raleigh. X. C, Oct. 20. That the
health of child laborers and. in fait
all employes of cotton mills of the
South has been infinitely improved
through the safeguards thrown round
them! by the mill owners was main
tained by A S. Winslow, superin
tendent of cotton mills in Clinton,
S. C, in an address before the South
ern Textile Association here today.
In view of the widespread interest
taken in the labor problem in South
ern factories, and especially cotton
mills, the address was of more than
local importance.
Mr. Winslow's position was that
the health and morals of the em
ployes were greatly bettered through
their employment in its mills. He
contended that the first thought of
the mill owners was the safeguard
ing of the health and well being of
their workers. This, Mr. Winslow
frankly 'acknowledged, was not
prompted solely by philanthropy He
acknowledged that the good health
of tne employes was of the greatest
importance to the owner of a mill.
"Good health among the operatives
is an asset of value to the manufac
turer," he said, "It means more and
better work. The knowledge of this
fact explains the increasing over
sight of the operative, both in and
out of the miii. His physical, moral
and spiritual health are being con
sidered so carefully today that the
old-time prejudice against employ
ment in the mill is fading from the
public mind."
Mr. Winslow quoted from a letter
written by Dr. C. W Stiles, of tne
United States Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service, and addressed
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to him last june. In this letter Dr.
Stiles deiends the employment ot
children in the mills, holding sucfe
employment infinitely better tbam
existence in the insanitary dwellings
of the people in tne sand jands ana
thD Appalachian regions of the
South.
-Mr. Winslow quoted Dr. Stiles -as
saying that he would much rather
place his ten-year old daughter in the
spinning room of a cotton mill thac
send her to the insanitary surroufTd
ings to be found on the average ten
ant farm in those sections.
Mr. Winslow proceeded to quote the
testimony of a physician who is en
gaged in making a careful study5fcJ
sanitary conditions of the South.
This physician, he deokired. stated
that Dr. Stiles had not gone far
enough and that hp should not have
; confined his strictures to the tenant
j farms. The homes of many of the
planters, Mr. Winslow said the phy
i sician declared, were not above se
vere criticism fro ma sanitary point
of view.
"The fact is. and we have a right
I to be proud of it," continued Sir
Winslow, '-that the cotton mills i '
yhe South are better suited to the oj-
I eratives than many places whera 'he
I world has been taught to look "for
: health. The mills may not be perfect
1 for human as well as local limitations
will not permit us to attain unto per
' fection. but we may boldly proclaim
I that the mills are safe places of oe
i cupation from a health point of vie"x,
and that the mill ofiicials are
keenly intent upon the Tiiajnten
' ance of sound health anion:; .the
1 operatives. And we are not only jus- f
tified in claiming this, but we may
safely challenge the world to dia-
prove our statements."
Mr. Winslow credited the great
' advance in the health conditionsor
Southern workers to the fact that
j new factories now are constructed
' and old ones remodtled with the
physical welfare of the workers in
1 view. This fact, together with the
ptrsonal interest taken by owners
in their employes health, he said,
has w.orked wonders among the
i operatives.
The Cotton Market.
Liverpool, Oct. 21. Cotton spot
moderate, business done; prices 3
points lower American middling to
fair, 7.80d.