Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 253, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 25, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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Herald.
VOL. XV. NO 253
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THURSDAY APRIL 25 1907.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
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THE RIO GRANDE COUNTRY IS ALL RIGHT
YOUR RESULTS depend on the RIGHT
IMPLEMENTS and TOOLS in the hands
of the RIGHT MEN.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT OUTFITS IN OUR LINE
Birdsell and Old Hickory Wagons Stand-
ard; AJL Steel S? . Mattocks Avery aid
Hancock Disc Plows Planet jr. Seeders
Weejfiofsand Cultivators Tents Wagon
K Covers Axes .
E. S. CALDWELL
AERM0T0R AND STANDARD WINDMILL
Our Catalog No. 10 gives net cash delivered prices
tells all about oar goods and is free for the asking.
Corpus Christi Texas
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HALLAM COLONIZATION CO.
OVER MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
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Representing Lands From Corpus
Christi to the Rio Grande
Our CfdffieS arid Shoes
Have given satisfaction to everyone.
They must. They are guaranteed.
OUR CONSTANT REFERENCE:
Ask'
Your Friends.
EVERY GARMENT in ow
clothes is made with tie
greatest care and most ex.
celleno fiaisb and have the
ty!e Soap and Cat to - -
Ha
Make You Look Well.
SPERO'S
Combe Buildiajr Next to Pestoffice
Elizabeth -Stree
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J. S. & M. H. CROSS
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN.
Dry Goods Boots Shoes
Winchester Arras (8b Ammnnitioa
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Lumber Shingles Doors Sash
Binds and Builders' Hardware
BROWNSVILLE TEX. MATAMOROS MEX.
GREETS HOUSTON
GLAD HAND GIVEN TO BAYOU CITY BUSI-
NESS MEN'S bKurSi'OnV
Special Train qWVhitc-Capped Visitors Arrives. Sixty-five Represent
atives of as'Vflahy Leading Houston Firms Are; Guests of
City of Brownsville. Greeted With Music and Taken to
See Town and Country. Visit Matamoros Later.
Never in the history of The The visitors were then invited to
Herald has it been the privilege drive about and see the city car-
of the paper to report a pleasanter riages being provided for the pur-
event than the visit of the Houston pose and some time was spent
Bsiness Men's league. A more thus. Most of them were eager to
clever' interesting and congenial see Fort Brown the post made
set of business men was never met famous by the midnight outrage
and The Herald feels sure that committed by its garrison of negro
it voices the sentiments of all who soldiers last summer upon the sleep-
met them when it says that it was ing town of Brownsville and to be
J. W. HANCOCK
Finest Assprtmnent of Furniture Ever Brought toj
Brownsville and must be Seen to be Appreciated.!
"Everything in the Furnitures Line at Right Prices"
Iron Beds Davenports Dining Room
Sokes and in Fact Anything uf ' the Kbuse-
furnislung Line can be found at Hancock's
a genuine pleasure and a highly
appreciated privilege to have them
among us even for so short a time.
This was doubtless impressed upon
them by the addresses of welcome
made at the Federal building where
the visitors marched from the sta-
tion. Assembling in the court
room they were first addressed by
Mayor F. J. Combe who extended
the most cordial greeting on behalf
of Brownsville. "The city has no
keys" declared the mayor and
all doors stand open to you." Af
ter a few more words in the same
happy vein the mayor introduced
Wm. Kelly president of the First
National Bank who spoke on be
half of the Business Men's Club
his remarks beingr both appropriate
and impressive. For forty years
Mr. Kelly said there had been
ties between Houstan and Browns-
ville though formerly it took a
week to make the trip. Now how
ever with rail connection and pros-
pects of early connection which
would shorten the trip between the
two cities to one day those rela-
tions were rapidly growing strong-
er. It was forty years ago. Mr.
Kelly continued that a railroad
was first projected from Houston
to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec via
Brownsville by'Wm G. Hale who
wa'j one of the most prominent men
on the Rio Grande border in those
days. This great project he said
had been premature and fell
through but was now about to be-
come a realization the railroad
from Brownsville to Houston being
the first link and in the eveatof
its final completion Houston was
destined to become the greatest
commercial center of the. great
Southwest and Brownsville would
grow proportionately and give her
trade to Houston. Further cordial
expressions of good will and pleas-
ure in meeting so many of Hous-
ton's prominent representatives
concluded Mr. Kelly's address.
Hon. Thos. H. Ball former con-
gressional representative from the
Houston district Jwho is noted as
one of the Bayou City's most elo
quent orators was called upon to
respond in behalf of the visitors
which he did expressing high ap;
preciation for the hearty greeting
accorded to his fellow townsmen"
whom he characterized as a broad -
gauged set of men interested equal-
ly in building up a Greater Browns-
ville as well as Greater Houston.
He assured his hosts that their hos
pitality was most heartily appre-
ciated and that it would not be
abused. "We come on a mission of
peace of mutual interest and good
fellowship" he said and wej
promise not to re enact the dis
graceful scenes enacted in Browns-
ville by the Foraker cadets-" Mr.
Ball here commended President
Roosevelt's course in relation to
this episode. His remarks elicited
enthusiastic applause.
convinced with their own eyes that
no bullets from town had scarred
even a single building in the post
while the gaping holes bored by
steel-jacketed army bullets through
a dozen or more houses in the town
speak mutely in evidence as to
whether the soldiers or the citizens
perpetrated this heinous crime. .
The visitors were not forgetful
of their chief mission here how-
.ever and limited though their
time was they circulated indus
triously amongst our business
houses and citizens making ac
quaintances everywhere and dis
tributing cards and trade souvenirs
of various unique designs.
VISIT TO MATAMOROS.
About seven o clock the entire
crowd crossed the river to visit the
historic old city of Matamoros. It
was too late to do much sight-see
ing but the Plaza de Hidalgo was
brightly lighted and the Ninth In
fantry band of the Mexican army
courteously tendered by Gen. Vi-
lar rendered a most enjoyable
serenade in honor of the visitors
The shops were still open and
inese were an oDject ot much in-
terest many curious souvenirs be-
ing purchased to take back to Hous
ton.
About nine o'clock a luncheon
of sandwiches and beer was served
at the Hotel Cardenas which
was the scene of the most cordial
intercourse. Many witty speeches
were made and toasts proposed
over the foaming steins of beer.
It was quite late when the last
of the crowd returned to Browns
ville. The crowd though tired
was still in the jolliest of moods
and the town was alive with their
merry-making until past midnight
wnen the visitors began to say
good-bye and found their way to
the waiting train which pulled
out at one o'clock with its eighty
tired and sleeping passengers.
The entire trip from Houston to
Brownsville has been a perfect sue
cess so the excursionists report.
Everywhere they hive been met
with royal manifestations of good
will and hospitality and they are
enthusiastic in their praises of both
people and country along the entire
route traversed. The excursion
left Houston Monday at 9:30 a
m. and stops have been made at
quite a number of places. At Port
La-aca and Corpus Christi they
stopped over night. At'the latter
place the visitors were royally en-
tertained. From here the excur-
sion went to Robstown and Alice.
This much of the trip was over the
Brownsville road; from Robstown
the return trip will be over the
Southern Pacific and stops will be
made at all leading points along
that line.
The equipment for the excursion
was furnished by the Southern
Pacific but the traiu crew waa
furaished by the Gulf Coast Lie las one. Puck
Little drops of water..
Little grains of sand
tTHake the farmer wealthy
On the Rjio Grande.
San Benito Land & Watef C6l
A GOING CONCERN;
Eleven cTftiles of Canal completed.
zAny quantity- of Band you want from a Town Lot
to a thousand acres.
WE cARE OH THB-qMAIM LINE iT 1& StilfrB.tS
At SAN BENITO formerly BESSIE. . r.
OFFICERS: Alba Heywood. Pres.. w.H. Stenger VicePres.and Cen. Manager.
- E. F. Rowson; Treasurer; Sam Robertson. Secretary;.
' DIRECTORS: Alba Heywood. diw. Heywood. W. Scott Heywood W.H.Steneer.
; Sam Robertson. E. F. Rowgon R. L. Batts.
with the following personnel:
Conductor S. L. Franklin; en-
gineer John Gunn; fireman Joe
Borden; brakeman Will Lewis.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Wm. Doherty general passen
ger and ticket agent of the St. L.
B. & M. who accompanied the
party in his private car and direct-
ed the entire excursion deserves
to be brevetted a general for the
highly successful manner in which
he has carried out the plan of
campaign.
Frank H. Bushick one of the
best and best known newspaper
men in Texas who was for years
managing editor of the San Anto-
nio Express and now Washington
correspondent for the Houston
Post G. J. Palmer also represent-
ing the Post C. E. Gillespie of
the Chronicle and H. J. Reynolds
advertising agent for the Monterey
News constituted the newspaper
contingent of the excursion. T; F.
Jones also representing the Mon-
terey News was here to meet the
excursion.
F. A. Heitman of 'he Heitman
Hardware company was much' ad-
mired as he returned from Mat-
amoros "after the ball was over"
wearing a huge Mexican- sombrero
and a bright-hued Indian blanket
artiscally draped over his shoulder.
E. J. Hogan and Hines Hirk-
land two boyhood chums of the
editor both now prosperous busi
ness men of Houston were among
the excursionists.
The Hurb & Lewis band from
Houston won the hearts of Browns
ville with its splendid music.
Theo. Keller Geo. W. Hawkins.
F. A. Heitman and Thos. Flax-
man were distributing some uni
que trade souvenirs for their
respective firms.
F. A. Boetcher D. R. Jamer
son E. J- Hussion Theo. Bering'
jr. Henry Cook John McClellan
H. W. Cortes John A. Harvin
BIG RAILROAD
CONFERENCE
B. F. Yoakum and Others Con?
fer About Texas Lines-..
Officials of Brownsville Road Participate
Harrimanls Interested Also May
Determine the Ownership
of this Line.
A conference between B. F.
Yoakum chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Frisco Rock.
Island system. B. L. WinrfiPir
president of the Rock Island A.
Davidson president of the St..
Louis and San Francisco and oth-
ers in the control of associated!
railroad 'properties- in Texas was--held
the early part of this week
in St. Louis. Engineers of Texas
lines were present and submitted
plans for passenger and freight
terminals at Houston Dallas and
Galveston.and it is understood that
millions of dollars will be spent on
such improvements at the Dlaces.
named.
It is expected this conference
may result in the settlement of the-
ownership of the Brownsville road..
Besides Mr. Miller R. J. Klebergr
of Kingsville vice-presidents . of
this road and Hardy W. Adams
general freight agent of the line
participated in the meeting-.
The Brownsville road is consicT--ered
one of the most important -propositions
to be considered! at
this meeting.
This line has always been call- -ed
a Yoakum proposition but the -money"
for its construction- was .
furnisned by the St. Louis-. Ufiipn .
Trust company and now the-trust c
company it is learned has dis- -covered
that this railroad is a coni
ing proposition and they are every-
thing but ready to release ito.
Harriman it is also stated? is
playing an important part in this
Geo. A. Rick L. B. Carlton Geo.transacnon. He like the trust
company has discovered: that thft
railroad will become a paying prb-
position and would be an excellent
addition to his already large sys-
tem in Texas.
J. Mellinger J. S. Purdy and E.
J. Hussion were among those who
left cards at The Herald office.
John McClellan one of the lead-
ers of the white-capped brigade
did his part nobly and carried off
scores of good opinions as trophies
of the Brownsville engagement.
Geo. S. Freeman the enterpris
ing Mercedes real estate man came
down with the excursionists after
helping all he could to entertain
the crowd at Marvellous Merctdesl'
A. B. Cole K. H. McDavitt and
G. W. McGonigle of Brownsville
deserve honorable mention' -for
the enterprise which they shov.-td
in going out hy the early train to
meet the excursionists and- ac
company them to Brownsville.
No Chance for a Kick.
The Owl Twins eh? Ain't yon
afraid they'll displease your patrons?
The Stork Certainly not. Cnpid
says he often hears 'em telling each
other that two can live as cheaply
Letter to H. BL Field;
Brownsville Texas.
Dear Sir: Theyiwon't fool hira
any more with past&paint; they'lli
try something-else!
Editor Saulsbury Dover Dela
ware ha ping used 35iallons paste
paint on his house bought 35 gal-
lons Devoe for it. He had enough
left for a new stable 20 by 20 and-
fence and returned four gallons.
1 Paste paint has as many tricks as.
a bunco-steerer;
Yours truly
17 . F
p. s. Front.
our paint.
W DEVOE & CO-
Lumber Co. sells
That Beautiful Gloss
comes from the varnish in Devoe's
Varnish Floor Paint; costs 5 cents.
more a quart though. Sold by
Frontier LtoraRK. Co.
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Wheeler, Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 253, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 25, 1907, newspaper, April 25, 1907; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147441/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .