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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-02
HOLDUP BY BANDITS.
Stop a Worlds Fair Excursion Train
and Rob Passengers.
GET MUCH AS RESULT
Occupants of One Pullman Sleeper
We're Marched In NightciOfhes
TO Another, Two Resisting
Hit With Hatchet.

Chicago. Aug. -Four highwaymen
all heavily armed and two wearing
masks. held up the passengers on the
Illinois Central Chicago-St. Louis ex-
press train, known as the Diamond
Special" as it neared Matteson, ILL.,,
Monday night. The robbers secured ali
money and valuables carried by the
thirty passengers in the two Pullman
sleepers. stopped the train and escaped
In the darkness. The forward sleeper
was entered first the occupants were
aroused and. with nothing on but their
night clothes. were marched back to
the Pullman car behind Two OF the
passengers who were slow In respond
ing to the commands OF the robbers
were hit on their heads with a Ratchet,
and one was seriously injured. II was
Impossible 10 obtain the names of the
injured passengers.
When the passengers In the two cars
had been lined up in the rear Pull
man two of the robbers stood guard.
one at each end Of the car, with drawn
revolvers The third. who is supposed
to have been the leader ordered the
passengers to throw their garments
on the floor Of the car. Then the lead
or began TO search the clothing for val
uables When he had finished the
search he made close examination
OF the passengers for any money they
might have secreted.
When the search had been completed
All the booty was placed In flour
sack and the three robbers Joined their
companion. Pulling the bell rope
the signal 20 the engineer TO stop
was given when the speed Of the train
had slackeued sufficiently the robbers.
after having locked the doors Of the
car fnmnea Of and lied.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
WILL THERE BE GENERAL WARP

Just now 1t seems as if the whole of Europe and part of Asia is sitting up nights and keeping the watch-fires bright ly burning with hands on guns and the guns cooked. Nations watch each other, and like the sentry at night, each is lis tening for the breaking of a twig or the rustic of a leaf, the stealthy tread of an It seems to be a season of suppressed ex- citernent. of quiet unrest and of strained watchfulness.
 Nations are suspicious of each other, rulers are jealous and armies and navies are a-quiver with strained uncertainty. The very air vibrates with possibilities and the rush of battle and the smoke of conflict threaten at any moment to dis turb the peace of empires and set the civ llized world by the ears in struggle for life and national existence.
 True, there are but two powers now en- gagged, but who can tell how soon all this will be changed? If there were a train of powder reaching all over Europe, stretch ing across into Asia, light spark would ignite it and the whole world would see and feel the conhagration. And that trair Is there. Japan is fighting for nationl life and territorial integrity. Russia i. fighting for conquest. for territory, fo the extension of commerce and for nor ports which she can occupy and hol against the trade of other nations. sh is bent on the possession or partition O China. and on the occupation or complet control of Manchuria and Korea.
 What nations of Europe can Russia loo to for allies? It looks very much as she is going to be backed by France an Germany. If China Is to be divided. Manchuria and Korea are to be occupied will not France and Germany want a pol tion of the spells, and will they not sid with Russia in her campaign of spoliatio and division? It looks just that way.
 Then what happens7 wIn not Greu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

Britain back up Japan? And may not that bring ir the other powers of Europe until the whole continent will be afiamef But that is not the limit. for if Russia and her allies undertake the crushing or Japan and the division of China is 1t not as certain as anything in the future that the United States will be drawn into the disturbance? Our government and Great Britain will not remain idle and allow Japan crushed or China become the prey of other powers to be divided among them as spells of battle. And if there should be no other nations drawn into it. a war with Japan. Great Britain and the United States on one side and Russia. France and Germany on the other would be such a struggle as the world has not witnessed in a long time. if ever. and he would be something more than human who would undertake to forecast .he result of such a conflict.
 We are not to infer that any of the ns- tons except the two now actually en. gagged will certainly be drawn into the quarrel, but we do hold that the chances are at least favorable. There are so many things that may occur. so many un- certainties. and so many jealousies In the old world that a very small spark may set off the fireworks. All friends of hu- manity hope and pray that such dread- ful disturbance of the worlds peace may be avoided
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
LIGHT PUNIsHMENr.

Sharks are powerful creatures, but even a shark can sometimes be caught. It takes a strong hook and line, and some times skillful maneuvering to hook and land him. but 1t is sometimes accom- plished. So, too. human shark is some- times landed, though the operation is more difficult, and success less frequent. They usually have more intelligence or shrewdness, and are harder to round up than their finny brethren are, but some times one is captured.
 Recently New York jury made an ex- ample which ought to have a good effect The shark was named Moses Gluck, and according to the evidence before the jury he had charged and collected interest at the rate of S6 per cent a year, and when the borrower failed to pay on time Gluck seized and retained property really worth about double the amount of the debt. The verdict of the jury was that Gluck had to lose his money and surrender the property he had seized
 We presume that under the law this was the only punishment that could be in- ficted on this shark, and if that is true the jury did all that was in its power, but 1t is a great pity that the man could not be punished In some way that would be more effective and deterrent than by touching his pocket nerve. No doubt the loss he suffers in this case is a trife com pared to what he has made in other oper- ations of the same character. It may be possible, too, that this experience will cause him to hide his tracks better in future, in which case little good has been accomplished.
 The tactics of Gluck were those of the shark everywhere They will lend a limit ed amount of money on personal property, charge from five to ten times legal inter- est, and after they have collected much more than the original loan with fair in- terest they will take and keep the prop erty if there is any failure to comply with their voracious demands. It is a species of robbery, carried on under the guise of business, it Is true, but none the less rob- bery for all that For such transactions as that proved against Gluck the shark should be put behind the bars and kept there for length of time corresponding with his crime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2e, 1904.
TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA.

As win be seen from an article in an- other column The Chattanooga Times is not fully in accord with The Advertiser on the question of uninstructed delegates to St. Louis. With the lesson of 1896 be- fore it The Times is evidently in dread of a repetition of that not altogether credit able performance. It fears that some pop ular and attractive sentence-builder will again hypnotize the convention and lay the foundation for defeat. and it seems to think the only way to avoid such cat estrophe is to send delegates instructed against any more un-Democratic policies.
 The Advertiser may be unduly optimis- tic, as The Times intimates, but we are sincere in 1t. The Democracy of the country has had lesson-two of them, in fact-which we hardly think have been forgotten. nor do we believe that they will remain unheeded. There will not likely be any more cross of gold oratory to charm away the sober senses of the delegates. There will be no ebullient phrase-maker who can control a majority of the peoples representatives against their own better judgment and lead them from the safe paths of sound Democracy. We have an abiding faith that men will be sent to St. Louis who cannot be so easily tripped up but who will have the firmness and the sober judgment to look only to the best interests of the party.
 If Tennessee political conditions are as uncertain as The Times intimates, will not an instructed delegation from that State be instructed for Bryan, or Hearst, or some man of their kind? If that is probable we can understand how a good Democratic newspaper like The Times would prefer an uninstructed delegation of men who would not feel themselves bound to act in opposition to a majority of their associates and against the Demo- cratic sentiment of the country Tn that view our contemporary may be correct in wanting men sent there without in- structions.
 In Alabama we have no fear that del- egation will be sent to St. Louis which will be favorable to the Kansas City platform or to any who still adhere to if. We have a pretty good idea of the senti- , ment among Alabama Democrats and we feel sure that majority of them are sin cerely in favor of getting the party heck to the bedrock principles of Democracy and that they will send men to represent them who can be depended on not to be seduced by the siren song of any free sl- yer charmer. That is why we prefer an uninstructed delegation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
HANNA's PLkCE.
Active Discussion as to when HIS
 Successor Will Be Chosen.

Washington Special to N. Y. World:
 postmaster General Payne IS souh1ins nI other members of the Repupncan Ma- tional Committee with regard 10 HIiIls the Chaifmanship made vacant py sena- tor Hanna'sN death and electing secre- tary in place of Perry s. Heath, resigned.
 The question whether the Commi'tee shall be called together in the near iu- ture for this purpose. or whetner actlon snail be deferred until after the Nauohai Convention, will be decided soon.
 If an immediate election Is decided up- on. President Roosevelt will be allowed to indicate his preferences for chairman ana secretary,
 k'ormer Gov. W Murray Crane of Mas- sachusetts, was here some weeks ago Tn conference with the President, who asked him. 1t Is understood. to become Chair man if Senator Hanna should decline to serve.
 Mir. Crane at that time was averse 10 accepting. He stands high in the busi- ness world, particularly in New York city, and his election to the chairman ship would be valuable to MT. Roosevelt for that reason.
 It was announced yesterday by prom inent Republican just returned from Washington that the President told him that ex-C5overnor Crane would be chosen Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Gossip Of men
 and nldtterS
"Met Here by Accident"

Vice-President Walker D. Hines of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany, and President Jones G. Moore of the Alabama Southern Railroad were Tn Montgomery yesterday. Hon. A. M. Tun- stall of Hale County, and one or two oth- CT gentlemen prominent in Alabama pol itfcs and railroad life, were also in the city. They all stopped at the Exchange. It was stated positively, however, that there was no conference of any sort, one of the gentlemen saying:
 We came to Montgomery on various business errands and met by accident. The race for President of the Railroad Commission? Well, perhaps that was in- formally discussed, as 1t Is at present of general interest in Alabama, but we had no conference as there was nothing to confer oVer.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Present From a Cannibal King.

Captain Foote. of the British barkentine Mary Hendry, now at Barbados, states that during recent cruise on the Afri- can coast he entertained King Ogby, the ruler of the Jarkrimen, who Finhabit Southern Nigeria.
 The dusky monarch was much impress ed with the vessel. While feasting on roast pork he inquired if 1t was the flesh of white man. The king has over a thousand slaves, numerous wives, and quite a crowd of children. Captain Fcote asked him for a piece of tanned skin with which to make a pair of slippers, and the next day a slave came to the vessel with parcel from the monarch. It contained the hide, from the neck to by order-of King Ogby for the sake of his Skin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
POLITICAL POINTS

The Hearst boom is not regarded &s substantial; the Olney boom is not taken seriously, and the Cleveland boom is said to nave been ruined by the onslaughts is not at all clear that Senator German will allow the use of his name, although he still has many friends among the steady party leaders in Southern and Western States. MT. German is not os strong as he was a month ago.
 Democrats here say that Tammany wGl not be able to hold its delegates against Judge Parker. Much work has recently been done for Judge Parker in the West. A vigorous effort will be made soon to induce the Democrats to get together on Judge Parker. The belief is that Mir. Bryan would not bolt Judge Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Scattering the Truth.

Georgiana Enterprise.
 The agent of The Montgomery AdVer. tiser here receives the Advertiser ,rS'n Gn train No 97, the high flyer" The bundle comes outside mall ana IS thrown off here. Last Sunday the pacah- age was thrown off and with the preclJ,, ion of aJpanese gunner the mall clerS hit a freight car with the bundle or Advertisers, and-the car did not slnk Ss blow mp, but the wrapper, around tho bundle did burst and To! there was destruction. The papers were scattered and sucked under the wheels or d tnd
 hyer' and when the iron monster na ad left the scene would have conpaIeH o favorably with the Russian fleet altsr -a a battle with the Japs. The people hebo tho were lost for the day. No news oI ,5t Ii.t war to be had a gloomy day it was. B BuI Monday got us straight alright. nS Monday Advertiser came safe to hThe srhe and was read with much pleasure ,aS e Advertiser Company deserves the PrsaAse PLsasso it if getting for giving the public MOn- dayl paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN BY xxPRIL 15.

Democratic and Republican Leaders
 Agree to Hasten Legislation. Washington Special to Philadelphia
 Record.
 Senator Aldrlch. representing the Re- publicans, and Senator German, repre- senting the Democrats, have a practical agreement in the Senate, and Speaker Cannon and MT. Williams of Mississippi, the Democratic leader. have practical agreement in the House, that every ef- fort shall be made to adjourn Congress not later than April 15.
 These leaders talked the matter over today. In view of the ratification of the Panama treaty. and the certainty that nothing else of importance is coming up which is likely to delay adjournment, they agreed that the appropriation bills could and should be put through both Houses within the next seven weeks. fn- deed, they hope to accomplish the task in much shorter time.
 Making allowance for all possible de- lays. there seems to be no reason why Congress should not adjourn by the 1st of May.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Mr. wallace A Visitor.

Hon. J. H. Wallace of Huntsville was in the city yesterday on legal business. He notes the growth of the strong Cleve- land sentiment in North Alabama as something remarkable.
 Mir. Wallace has just complated his second novel under the title of ''The Senator from Alabama and 1t Is now in the hands of his publisher. The novel Is a story of romance and politics. Some of the scenes are laid in Montgomery, to which the author pays an eloquent tribute, calling 1t ''the heart center of patriotic Southern sentiment"
 MT. Wallace has several times repre- sented Madison County in the LeEisla- ture and has many warm friends in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Bar Association to Meet.

General John W. A. Sanford President of the Montgomery Bar Association yes- terday issued cali for meeting of the Bar to be held at the Montgomery Coun- ty courthouse tomorrow at F o'clock to take action on the death of Judge John c. Winter of the Fifteenth Judicial Cir cult.
 Judge Winter was distinguished law yer who practised at the Montgomery bar all the years of his manhood. save those years when he was on a Mont gomery bench. He possessed in a marked degree the cordial esteem of his fellow lawyers and his death caused universal sorrow among them.
 Visiting lawyers are invited by the call to meet with the local bar tomorrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
It Did Not Fit.
4J New York Iii

The day following the last of the re- captions at the White House which was given in honor of the Senate and House one of the Western States, whose wife was unable to accompany him to the re- ception and who had occasion to visit the President In his office. felt that he was obliged to explain the reason for the absence of his wife.
 MT. President" said the new member, 1T regret that Mrs. Blank was unable to be present with me last night at the re- ception on account of illness"
 "De-lighted," said the President. falling into his now familiar formula. II hope you enjoyed yourself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
A strannar Murdered.

W. K. Johnston, Sheriff at Lumpkin. Ga, has written The Advertiser of the murder of a stranger near there who is believed to have been from Mobile:
 "A stranger was murdered within one mile of Lumpkin last Tuesday" MT. Johnston writes, "the following is a des- chiption of him. Weight about 14O front teeth bad; tattooed, two women on one arm, man and woman on other. It has been impossible to identify the stranger. Please publish in order that had on hat bought of R. E. Wilson, Mobile, Ala. Any further information will be cheerfullY given
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
BRYAN AND HEARST.
The Nebraskan Denies That He is
 Supparting the New Yorker.

Tne NeDraSkan OeIllcS 4ndC oS ls
 Supporting the New Yorker. Richmond Special to Washington Post.
 William Jennings Bryan addressed the Virginia Legislature today and received a most enthusiastic greeting. Mir. Bry- an arrived here from Raleigh early this morning. spent large portion of the day in sightseeing and tonight lectured under the auspices of the Y. M. c. A. on ''The Value of an Ideal"
 In an interview MT. Bryan denied that he Is backing W. R. Hearst for the Presidential nomination, or any other particular individual.
 Hearst is among the men worthy to be mentioned he said. but I have not dis cussed his availability as compared with the availability of others: Those who have been fighting :le think they can hurt him by accusing him of having my support"
 MT Bryan repeated with emphasis his view that the Kansas City platform should be reaffirmed, and declared that it would be impossible to harmonize the corporation element of the party and the rank and file.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

The Scotland Neck (N. O. Common wealth condenses much truth in a limited space when it says:
 The wisest thing for the farmers of tlt> South to do will be to plant no larger acreage, but make the acreage of 1903 pro- duce a. million more bales.
 That is good solid sense The only dam ger as we see it. that will confront our section if a larger cotton crop is made is that it will be grown at the expense of something else. If the number of bales can be materially increased without de- ereasing the food crops the planters will be benefited, even if the price is not so high as has prevailed lately It Is a sen- sible suggestion The Commonwealth makes and well worth needing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

When we see the statement in a news paper that Hanna's estate Is mot more than three million dollars it will strike different people in quite a different way. Rockefeller will look on 1t as a trife, while some of we newspaper folks feel as if we could live comfortably on 1t for two or three years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

The latest reported discovery is that whiskey can be made out of cotton. If they had said cotton-seed we might have some faith in it. for they can mako lard and butter of cotton-seed and why not good red flicker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

If Queen Lil wants to get that pension bill of hers passed there Is only one road to success. She must in some way iden- tify herself with the G. A. R. or in some other way prepare herself to help the Republican ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
HON. A. A. WILEY.
Highly Complimented for Patriotic
 Speech.

Highly Complimented for Patriotic
 Speech.
 Washington Post.
 Colonel A. A Wiley, Representative from the Second Alabama District, has received many complimentary letters coming from all sections of the Union, from patriotic ladies and gentlemen, and resolutions of thanks from religious and political orders and public assemblies, on account of the eloquent and interest ing address he delivered in the House recently in advocacy of his bill to erect a monument in the city of Washington to the memory of Jeremiah O'Brien, the fought the first sea battlH of the Revolu- tionary war. But one of the most unique and highly treasured testimonials came to him from one of the literau of the Hub" an editor of a Boston paper. This letter, which The Post Is permitted to publish, runs as follows:
 Globe ofice,
 Boston, Feb. 20. 1904. My Dear MT. Wiley-I have just read your speech In the Congressional Record on Jeremiah O'Brien. Portions of 1t read aloud to some half dozen newspaper spoken or read. and there were among them men of Irish. French, German. and Jewish extraction; one or two old Yam kees, but all red-hot Americans. I think any Alabamian would have reason to be proud of the reception your eloquent words received. Allow me to thank you for myself, and to congratulate you on the efort. 1 can say no more than that 1t was worthy of Alabama and of o'Brien. Yours sincerely.
 It goes without saying that Colonel Wiley is now very proud. He will re- double his efforts to secure a statue in Washington to Jeremiah OBrien.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

The Dothan Siftings informs us that the people down that way are great dlscov- erers." No doubt of 1t. Some of our con- temporaries down there discover things that have no existence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
MR. ELKINs,s BOOM.
Some Wall Street Men Support Him
 for Second Place

TOT 6ecCnu f1dce. Washington Special to N. Y. Herald.
 Senator $. E. Elkins of West Virginia, whose modest boom for Vice-Presidcnt was chronicled the other day. has become quite a factor in the Republican situa- tion. He is being urged by the Wall street element of the party for the sec ond place on the ticket and his opposition policies has caused him to be taken se- riousIy.
 Many men interested in railroads are writing to Washington in Senator Elk in's behalf. The movement for MT. Elk ins affects the Senatorial situation in West Virginia. There are several men in that State who would like to have his seat in the Senate, and they are joining in the talk. Wall Street. 1t is said, is by no means unit for Elkins.