Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. NINE, No. 160, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 8, 1901 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL NINE.
BROWNSVILLE TEXaJS THUESDAY JANUARY S JL901.
NUMBER 16a
Vi NSO L U AT R I ! X .JULY 181)15 WITH THK DAILY COSMOPOLITAN WHICH WAS PUBLISillSU HEKK FOR SIXTEEN YUAItS.
!JKUCTO!Y
STATE OFFICHI13.
Governor Joseph. D. Savers
Lieut. Governor J. N. Browning
Comptroller R. TV Fiutey
Land Commissioner Chas Hogau
Treasurer . . .John W. Robbius
Attorney General Tlios. S. Smith
Supt. "Public Instruction J.S.Kendall
IISTSICT AKD 1FFICEES.
Congressman 1 Ith district . . R.Kleberg
State Senator 27th diBtrict
D. McNiel Turner
'Representatives F. W. Seabury
85th. district . Win. J. Russell
County Judge Thomas Carson
County Attorney. . .Robt. B.Kentfro jr.
County Clerk Joseph Wobb
Sheriff Z Celedonio Garza
Treajmrer Aug. Celaya
Assessor Ezequiel Cavazos
Collector Baipaso Lerma
Surveyor . .M. Hanson jr.
Side Inspector. Toinas Tijeriua
oopKTY aoinassiONEas.
reciuctNo. 1 Atenojenes Oribe;
Pfecluct No. 2 Jose Celaya
"ecinctNo. 3 E. B. Raymond
I.'recinct Iso. 4 Eugene Kellerj
Justice Peace Precinct No. 2
. .' J. I. P. Franklin
County court meets for civil criminal
sand probate buiuesson the firs? Mon-
' ia3's in March Juue September aud De-
-cemofcr.
an crncSfvS
aiavor . . Thomas Carson
"bhief of PuIiCc L- H. Bafc j
re&mrr ....; .Geo. M. Putegnat
:ieerefcary '. Ctemente Miirtinez
Attorney S. A. Beiden jr.
surveyor S. W. Brooks
Assessor and Collector S. Valdez
I S. DISTRICT COURT.
Tke following aw 'the officers of and
the tiuiws iid pliicub of holding court for
the Western District of Texas:
U. S. District Judge T. S. Maxey
Attorney Henry Terrell
l-rk D. E. Hart
Marshal Geo. L. Siebrecht j
Court conveniw in S;tn Antonio oil the
first Mondays in May and November
In Austin-on the fa-st Mondays in Feb-
ruary and July.
In Brownsville on the first Monday in
January and second Monday in June.
In 151 Paso on the first Mondays in
April and October.
TWKNTT-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
District Jodge Stanley Welch
restrict Attorney John I. Kleiber
District Cierk Louis Kowalski
District court meets ns follow:
Cameron Coo niy First Mondays in
February and 8th. dayof Octobers con-
tinues in session five -weeks.
Hidalgo- County Fourth Monday s af-
lor the first Mondays in February and
September; continues in session three
weeks. '
Starr Comity Sixth Mondays after
the first Mondays in February and Sep-
tember; continues in session three weeks.
Nueces County Ninth Mondays after
tne first ?dondays in February and
September continues in session sis
weeks.
r. S. CUSTOM HOUSE.
O. H. Maris Collator
A. Thombaiu Special Deputy
A. A. Brotrae Chief Clerk
E. K. Goodrw-h Entry Clerk
MEXICAN' CONSULATE.
Miguel Barrgan Consul
. ' - -
RjfiUe R
On nrni after Sppt. 15th. 1900 .reg-
ular nassepr traiaji wiH ran
follows?.
RKGULAU TRAIN.
Leaves Brownsville (Daily at 9 a. m.
Arrive-Point Isabel at 10:15 a.m.
Le;ive u atS p.m.
Arrive BrownsvQIe at 4:15 p.m.
JOSK CELAYA "
HFiNERAL MANAGRK
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J
AAlKb it. WKLl.S.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offict Second Floor urande Rnilrcd
Building
E. H. UOOmtlCH K. K. GOODRICH.
. H. GOODRICH & SON.
Attorneys at jLaW.
Dealers in Real Estate.
Complete Abstracts of Cameron Count
kept in the office.
BROtt . LLE. TEXAS
JOHN HARTLETT "
ATTO K N E Y-AT-L A W .
Will practice in District State an-
Federal Courts.
wltii Jan. B. -Wells in Rio Grtitp Ral ..
BuildiTiu (iiiKtHirl.
Brownsville. - - - - Tox
J.S.McCampbell R. W.Stayton.
W. B . Mc( JaMPBELL
iVjcCampbells & Slayion
Successors to McCampbells & Weir
and Mc ampbells & Son
Law ana Land Office-.
Practice in Supreme. Civil Appeal. x -
era! and ot'-ver State ("ourtb .
Special attention given .to. lidation
the (6nnttes of Araasas Curner'.
Duval. Hida'ga Nueces Starr u id -
Patricio.
Abstracts of bad titles &tn&t.cS
.titles examined.
ain office Corpus Ch'risli Trvts.
Branch ofiice Rio Grande Git Tex
J.
(Succsso.r io Bloom here o:
- Raphes )
OEAl ER !I 0ri p'n
Staple Goods
Li nensHosiery
Hats Shirts
Notions ec.
ELiZfi BLTH STREET - BROWHSViLLE-
DENTIST.
Meg Bdufs1 From 8 to 12 a m- an
JIlHg HUUli from x to5 p. m
lioe OppositE- Miller's Hole
s:ow:svrLLE. tkxas.
R. H- WALLIS.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Its introducins new and select styles
ot work at his oarlors. Also new style
of tr.ncy card mounts.
do!":! &id enlargements in crayonC
RV R. P. ANDFRSON
Hfc DENTIST
Graduate Vanderbilt Dental collige
c charge for examining teeth
Office Hours ai
Office 9th street. One block from P.O
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
008
lelsanHte
Q H. THORN
I THE PIN-AMERICAN.
! The ezhibits ari classified In the foK
A GLANCE AT THE GREAT ENTER-flowing divisions: Electricity and eiec-
PISE AND ITS PURPOSES. i rIcaI appliances; fine arts painting
1 sculpture and decoration: raplm arts.
Tme' P!cinrs if Nineteenth Canrj'
Dpvclnpt3fnt ArrnnKcti In n Settiitc
of Unnnrpasscil ficauty nnil Splec-
lor at P&n-Aniei'icaxi Exposition.
If one mnr jtidge by the presence of . tlve architecture music and drama
thousands workmen at the grounds"f"nnitation aud hygiems ethnology
f the Pan-American Exposition and nivha'ology. progress of labor and
The wondnrful progress they have Invention. Isolated and collective ex-
made during the last few months the hibits: agriculture agricultural imple-
Exposition will be opened in a coudi- J-lueuts: machinery and appliances
tlon of completeness upon the 1st of j foods and their accessories uortlcul-
Maj next. " ture. viticulture agriculture forestry
For the benefit of those who for any ; end forest products fish fisheries
reasou have cot been Informed con-' fish products and apparatus for'ilsh-
ceruing the plans and purposes of this
vast enterprise I will state that the ;
Expositiou rounds are In the nortliern
part of the city of HulTalo and have
an area of 3oO acres. Buffalo with Its
400.000 population. Is
most artistic creation
preparing the
ever produced
for the purposes of an exposition. The
completed work will cost probably $10-
000000. exclusive of exhibits.
The landscape upon which the build-
ings stand includes a part of one of the
most beautiful parks hi Buffalo or. in
IIA7.I. OK MUSIC.
fact In the world. The Exposition
will thus have the setting of trees
lawns and water features which have
cost the city of Buffalo millions of dol-
lars. The maiu Exposition buildings
are some 20 or more In number and are
arranged about a system of beautiful
courts some XI ncrea in extent. The
arrangement is such as to permit the
most exquisite decorative effects that
the best trained artists of the world
may be able to produce.
Space will .permit only -an enumera-
tion of the principal buildings. These
nre: Thn T5!prfr?r Tnnw foci-
bich. which is to be the centerniece of
the most brilliant and novel electric il-
lumination ever conceived: the Propy-
ln;. or architectural screen at the
northern end of the grounds; the Sta-
dium for sporting and athletic events;
the Agriculture building. Manufactures
and Liberal Arts building. Ethnology
building the Government group of
three great buildings the Midway res-
taurant building. Electricity building
tho Machinery and Transportation build-
ings and Railroad Station the Temple
of Music Graphic Arts. Horticulture.
Mines -Forestry Dairy Ordnance.
Service and other buildings the Al-
bright Gallery of Art costing 5400.000:
the New York State building costing
5175:000. besides the stnte and foreign
buildings and numerous other sfruc
-tures of beautiful and interesting de
sign for a variety of purposes.
The Midway at the Pan-American
Exposition alone will cpst more than
some large expositions. It Is estimat-
ed the cost of the Midway will be about
53.000.000. ns it will have more than a
mile of frontage closely built with the
most picturesque structures conceiva-
ble and wHl contain between 30 and 40
entertainment features of most novel
and interesting character.
The purposes of the Exposition are
not merely to give the beople a most
magnificent and attractive entertain-
ment but It will furnish the opportu-
nity for etery one to Inform himself
upon the progress of the nineteenth
century. The Exposition is held for
the purpose of celebrating the achieve-
ments of the western .world duriUg a
century of unparalleled progress. It Is
distinctly a western world affair all
the governments of the western hemi-
sphere having been Invited to- partici-
pate in all departments. Ofllclal re-
sponses have been made by every im-
portant government state and depend-
ency of the western world and this
. t
oy
'most creditable exhibits.
fJtyiwjniphy. lithography steel and cop-
! per plate printing. photomechaoical
! processes drawing engraving and
I bookbinding; liberal arts education
1 engineering public -works constmc-
ing: mines and metallurgy machinery
manufactures Iransporlatiou. raik
ways vessels vehicles ordnance. ex-
i hibits
; Porto
from (he naiwaiian Islands
Rico. Guam Tutuila and the
i Philippine islands.
j The Imposition has the Indorsement
not only of the state of New York
Jvhieh appropriated 300.000. but of the
national government which appropriate
Some 30 or more American sculptors
of renown are at work upon the deco-
rative groups Which are to have a
place at this Exposition. These are
to be nearly all original productions
under the master direction of Karl
Bitter. ItVill be the most elaborate
I Use of decorative sculpture ever undcr1-
taken at ai Exposition there being
more than 115 groups. These will
adorn the fountains bridges entrances
to buildings and other salient points.
Besides the pools and fountains with-
in the several courts will be a grand
and stately canal which will surround
the entire group of buildings. In the
southern reaches of this canal are
artliicial bodies of water known aTthe
Mirror Lakes from which lagoons ex-
tend In several directions thickly-set
with aquatic plants of rare species.
In additionlo the sunken gardens
and other floral features of the courts
will be the horticultural exhibits in the
southern part of the grounds. These
Will consist of several acres of beds of
the finest productions of the best nurs-
eries and greenhouses of the western
world. The competition for supremacy
will be very keeu and the lover of flow-
ers will have a rare opportunity to
make a comparison of the merits of.
the productions of competing growers
Mabk Benkitt
VETERA UJ!' .LAox' BATTLE.
General Slaughter Commanded
federates at BccoChico
Con-
Mexico City January 4. General
James E. Slaughter the wall known
Confederate leader died at the Amer-
: ican hospital in this city yesterday of
pneumonia aged 65 years. Ho was a
West Point graduate and aireoKpanied
General Si-ct'a army to this city a
lieutenant. During the civil war ia the
United States he rose to the rank of
major general and was appointed from
Alabama- When the war closed he
came to Mexico
other Southern
leaders and re
years. Ue
known to
was the first
the Mexica
the fraudu-
and LuAbra
lent charact-
claims and
i due Jtiore than
any other individual the rctnrn of the
money to Mexico hy the United Statrfe
government an act -which has given
the American government great prestig
here. His' funeral took place at the
American Kational ceinetery.
Mobile AlaM Janujiry 4.tajor
General James E. Slaughter vho died
in the City of Mexico on Tuesday com-
manded the Confederate forces at. the
last fight of the war between tho States
at Boco Chico Texas as aientionDd in
Mr. Davis' book. - He captured more
Federals than he had troop. Thin ;vras
after Lees surrender. A few days" af-
ter the fight General Slaughter publish-
ed the following proclamation:
"Soldiers: The war is over. .Go
home and try to make aa good citizens
as you have soldiers. 1 hope that tho
result will prove that our enemies were
right and wc Were -wrong-"
General Slaughter was for tws terms
potm-istcr Mobile "ky rpptrtrli n ap i
fare prepanns to bo represented
vhini
pointmeiit. He was in Mexico .collect
ing certain claims when fatal illness at-
tacked him
Lltffi SAVING PIGS
Tho Australian coasting steamer Ka
meruka while going from Eden to Syd-
ney traveling at full speed struck on
a reef at Mornya head. - There being b
rockets on tke ship the captain tiod ;t
life line to some pigs which formed part
of the cargo and had the animals pus
overboard The pigs swam totheshoro
taking the line wvith theih and by es
tabliahing communication every soul
on board Was rescued. "
KRUGERMAY COME TO AMERICA
Will Arrive in February With W. T
Stead as a Compauiqni
New York) Jan. 4-. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from- London
says:
It is almost certainly decided thatMfw
Kruger will go to America in February
probably accompanied by W. T. Stead
who will -make a ringing campaign in
behalf of stopping the war.
The Journal correspondent saw Mr
ptead just before he left for Paris in
company with John-Es Milholland who
w ii". ill ugu IU i5.JL rXXUCUll
While in Paris thev -will see tho teadei
of the arbitration movement in Europ'o
aud decide definitely on plans. Mr
Stead said:
"The time as come for President:
Kruger to play his tromph card and
boldly declare his intention to visit
President McKanley -in order ta plead
with him the cause of the independence
of the South African republics. Kruger
is looked at askance in Germany and
Austria because he ia tho president of
of a republic hut he thinks this will
not he regarded as a disquaUfication for
his reception by the president of the
greatest republic in the World
"He does not believe. th American
government-is indifferent to the war th
Boers are waging against the British
monarchy. If he goes to America he
will go as a president visit a presi
dent. He will probably arrive in New
York in the middle of February. The
state of his health is not regarded as
likely to deter him from crossing tha
Atlantic He baa believed the voyage
would take a fortnight and is much
pleased to hear ke could make it in sev
en days.
"His movements sonieWnafc .depend
Upon the .health of the czar who is now
IriTtifrp "vvpII wild had fnfotidpd tn t-fmr
to St. Petersburg on January 23 hut tho
linfinenza has broken out in Neva and
it is a. dangerous malady for thorfe 3Sfc
recovering from typhoid. The czar will
probably go to Tsarskoe Solo. If Prcsi
dent Kruger. Went to Russia he would
have a superb r.ceptiou and at every
station in Gtormany between the Dutch
and Russian frontier ho would receiva
ovations-
FEMININE EMPHASIS.
Daisy Oh yesi she wrote him that
they must part for ever and evw but
she did not mean it
Dolly How do you knoW?-
Daisy Because she did nut under-
score it you silly. Baltimore Amer-
ican. .
Dead ancestors are said to occtifcy ion
much of the arable laud in China. Fam-
ines would ho less freqneui if the conn
try was not one vast cenn;tery.
SHOPPING FOR COUNTRY-KIN.
"That's just like Cousin Sabitha
"Whats the matter?"
"She sent mc ?5 and a ilat of -things
ahe Grants that amounfcs to S2o."Cbicag9
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