The Brownsville Herald from Brownsville, Texas • Page 1

1 AILY HERALD WNSVIL BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1907. SINGLE COPIES, 5 GENUS BRO If 'HT 4 is at 8 8 4 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 Hick6ry Wagons," Standard All Steel S. C. Atattocks.

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I 8 OFFICES OVER EAGLE DRUG STORE Representing Lands From Corpus Christi to the A Happy can be more thoroughly enjoyed with the' satisfaction of knowing you start the year well-dressed and with a plentiful supply of clothes. To begin the year right you need A BRAND NEW SUIT of the peerless S. M. S. brand, a pair of those swell Friedman or Burt-Packard shoes, shirig some of our Young derby or a Stetson felt hat and a BIG NEW SMILE COME around to I rOTrDT7TlT7TvTAr Combe Building, Next to Postoffice Elizabeth Street ESTABLISHED 1865 Botica del Leon Wanf the BI'i Your Physician aims to put all, bis knowledge, excellence and skill into the prescription he writes.

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Everything of the buy or experience can select J. Putegnat Bro. JS1 3 Rio Grande New Year a Silver brand fancy ties, a TDTJ ADMA finest quality that monev tan W. 0. Coleman, Real Estate And Rental Agent Farm Lands City Property Sale or Rent Will Receive Prompt Attention LAND FOfl SALE Farms and Ranches Tracts of 40 and 50 acres and upward to suit purchasers.

Situated near Brownsville. Suitable for Truck and Sugar cane, Cotton, Corn, Etc. Address, BOX BROTHERS, ISABEL, TEXAS, or phone with instructions to have message delivered. FRANK RABB eaF Estate Agent Brownsville. Texas Have for sale some choice pieces of agricultural land in large and small tracts.

Also have a number of tracts of grazing lands. OFFICE: Store of Juan H. Fernandez JAMES B. WELLS i I o4ttorney at Successor to Maxan, Powers Weils, Wells Rentfro Wells, Rentfro Hicks, Wells Hicks. Wells.

Stayton Kleberg I buy and sell Rea Estate and investigate land titles. A complete abstract c. all titles of record in Cameron County, Texas. Practice in all state and federal courts, when especially employed. Land Litigation and corpdration practice.

MAGNOLIA HAIRY FARM Pure Jersey Milk 25c per Gallon Morning Delivery Geo. M. Putegnat. American Restaurant Mrs. Annie Fosrter, Proprietor Everything First-Class, Prices Reasonable.

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All Kinds Tin Work Done Promptly aud Neatly, Also Pluwbi. Patronage Respectfully Solicited NEW EVIDENCE BY MCDONALD P-revious Bad Behavior of Negro Soldiers. 'Made Rough House" at Yoakum and Spoke Insultingly of White Vfomen" of Brownsville Examination Ended at San Antonio. The Express of Saturday reports at length what Captain McDonald of the Rangers had to say about the Brownsville outrage, about the course of the civil authorities in revoking the warrants for -the arrest of the negro soldiers and other phases of the affair. 'The most important contribution of CaDtain Mci? sfPonald to the evidence in the case concerns ttVSYwr the negro soldiers when en route to Brownsville.

Of this the Ex-press says: Captain McDonald came to San Antonio especially to see Assistant Attorney General Purdy and to give him some new testimony in the investigation. 'These companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who created the trouble at Browns ville," said Captain McDonald, "had shortly before that created a rough house at Yoakum, when the were being conveyed to Fort Brown. The colored troops were in sleepers on the Sap train in charge of Conductor C. N. Lunk- enheimer.

They went into the other cars and tore up all signs 'for negroes' wherever they could find them. Then they asked many questions about the white women at Brownsville and made foul insinuations about them. This is something that has not been brought out before, and Conductor Luukenheimer stands ready to corroborate it before Attorney Gen eral Purdy or anyone else. ARMYtOFFICERS EXAMINED The Express of Sunday reports as follows: Milton D. Purdy.

assistant to the Attorney Ceneral, will today conclude his examination in San Antonio, relative to the Brownsville raid by soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Mr. Purdy leaves tonight for Houston where he will examine two witnesses who were in Brownsville the night of the raid. He will then go direct to Washington. Mr. Purdy's -examination was yesterday confined to the testimony given by Lieut.

Col. Frank Baker of the ordnance department and Capts. David J- Baker and Hanson E. Ely of the Twenty-sixth Infantry. Mr.

Purdy said last night that the testimony elicited during the day was of an important nature-Some additional testimony will be taken today. Mr. Purdy has not taken any written testimony from Capt. V. J.

McDonald, though he discussed with Captain McDonald his investigations at Brownsville. NEGRO SOLDIERS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES All Three Negro Regiments to Go Also the Twenty-Sixth (White) Infantry. A press dispatch from Washington announces that the War De parttnent has ordered- the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and Twenty-fifth Infantr, which include all the negro soldiers in the army, to the- Philippines for service. The Twenty-sixth Infanty (white) js also included in this order. The last white soldiers at Fort Brown were of 'the last named infantry and this order will take to the' Philippines a number of officers who are quite well known in Brownsville, including Major Roberts, Captains Roche and Kilburn, Lieutenants Leckie Parker and others.

It is claimed that this order was not due to any prejudice towards the negro soldiers or account of the Brownsville affair, but was merely in accordance witli the army rule for an equal distribution of foreign service, the said regi ments not having been in the Philippines in four ears. Foreign service, is pointed out, increases tne ot the men 20 per cent and counts double time for retirement. MAY COURTMARTIAL ANOTHER OFFICER Rumor that Damaging Testimony Against Officers Was Secured In San Antonio. A special to the Houston Chro- nicj troni ban Antonio Jan. sayp: Major A.

P. Blocksom of the inspector general's department, has arrived' in San Antonio to assist Assistant United States Attorney General Purdy to conduct the examination of witnesses regarding the Brownsville outrages. Major Blocksom was one of the first army officers to make an investigation and it was upon his report that the negro soldiers were ordered dismissed. It is understood tint some very damaging testimony against the officers in command -vea here, which will has been securca u. have a very important bearlus the court martial which will convene here in February.

The rumor is that the court martial of a third officer of the batallion, a captain, trill be ordered as a result of this testimony. Up to the present time his name has not been mentioned in connection with the outrage. HUNDREDS OF HOMESEEKERS. Six Car Loads of Excursionist Arrive in Brownsville from the North. The special homeseekers excursion coaches Gulf Coast, Isabel, Raymondville and Tourist Cars 2317 and 1718 which were attached to the regular passenger train arrived in Brownsville Saturday night, all loaded with homeseekers from the North.

In addition to these an extra day coach was attached to the train, bringing in all 250 passengers. The special car of the Hurd company, The Land, also airived last night, bringing 23 more excursionists, beingxhief-ly Ohioans. The visitors lost no time yesterday in exploring Brownsville and vicinity as well as our sister city of Matamoros. Fifteen hack loads werit out to see the truck and sugar farms near here yesterday morning, and many others went in the afternoon. There were not nearlv sufficient vehicles available to accommodate all that wished to go.

The visitors were simply amazed at the splendid crops of truck growing in the open fields in mid winter, and were particularly interested in the many orange and lemon trees that are now bearing fruit here- AH who could man age to secure samples of these or anges or lemons did so eagerly, and nearlv everyone of them was to be seen carefully guarding these fruits which they will take home to show to their friends. The banana trees, manv of which are still bearing were also the admira tion of our visitors. Three car loads of the excursion ists left this morning, the other three remaining over until tomor row. Late News In Brief. A bomb thrower wreckedf fourth street Bank "of Philadelphia Saturday, killing the 9 assistant casnier and injuring twenty Thesisamevda vl a bomlwas thrown on the street in New York, not fatally, injuring a number of persons.

A company with $250,000,000 capital stock has been chartered to build an electric line from Chicago to Denver, Colorado, and a number of other large northern cities. The total length of the line will be 2500 miles. The steamer City of Panama due at Mazatlan, Mexico, from San Francisco which was supposed to have been lost in the severe gale eff California New Year's day, is reported to have been sighted off Santa Cruz. TO BRIDGE RIVER AT BROWNSVILLE Mexican Government Approves Site Selected. Will Be Built Jointly By SI LowglW Brownsville Mexico.and Mexican.

National -Railroad Awaits Ap- proval of Yoakum. A recent press dispatch from Mexico" City which is of great interest to the people of BrownsviUe-andalso of Matamoros -says: "Advices have been receivet? from the Mexican Federal government giving official approval of the site selected by the National railroad" for a bridge across the Rio Grande River to connect Matamoros with Brownsville. The proposed bridge is to be built jointly between the National, and the St. Louis, "Browi TTr ructing tne Dnage Work of Cuiisr will be commenced as scoi r- F. Yoakum, President of lastnan ed road gives approval of the site, and plans to the contractor.

The building of this bridge will give a new railroad route between Mexico and the United States." A Herald reporter yesterday saw General Manager Jeff N. Miller of the Brownsville road, who was here on a trip of inspection, and asked if he could verify the above: report. Mr. Miller said, however, that he knew nothing more thaiE what the press dispatch had announced and could give no intimation as to what Mr. Yoakum would do.

IS AN ABSORBING TOPIC. Approaching Courtmartial of Penrose. and Macklin Causes Speculation The coming trial oft Major Penrose, Twenty-fifth Infantry, to be called Feb 4, is still an absorbing: matter of interest in army circles. Just whom Major Penrose and Captain Macklin will engage to conduct their defense is not known. They will be privileged to engage civilian counsel, an officer of the array or an enlisted man.

Capt. Charles E. Hay, judge advocate of the department, who is named as judge advocate of the court, will conduct the prosecution in behalf of the Government-It is not expected there will be any postponement and that the court will proceed with its workr Feb. 4. Whether or not the sessions of the court will be open or closed is also a matter that will he decided when the court Just how long the trial may Vast is another problematical matter.

It mayp two days or it may caa-tinue over an extended period. Should the defendant officers acknowledge the guilt of the soldiers in the Brcwnsville raid the trial will be materially simplified and shortentd- It oal then be necessary to agcertaiu whether or not the officers at Fort Brow were negligent in the performance of their duty. Express- Excursion Rates. The St. Louis, Brownsville St Mexico Railway offers the and under xaudrtions Tiamea: AnnualMeeting-Texas-Division -Southern Cotton Ass'n.

Dallas, Texasjanuary 9 andll0-1907. Rate Date of Sale, January 1907; Limit, January 12 307- Inaugural Ceremonies, Austfnv. January 13th, 1907. Date of Sale, Jarraary 14 1907; Limit, January 18, 19071. Retail Harness Man-ufacturers Ass'n Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 14-18, 1907.

Rate, One and. one-third fare; Date of Sale, January 14, January 18. 1907. G. T.

-Porter, General Agenr k. 4.