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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
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Milford.
| w. A. Briggs left last night on a
trip to Jacksboro.
! Misses Fay Hood and Elsa Martin
are visiting at Italy.
| H. P. Roberts of Dallas spent
yesterday in the city.
Mrs. J. M. Carlisle of Arlington
is visiting in the city.
Joe Pinkston of Dallas spent yes
terday and today In the city.
Carroll Todd left yesterday for St.
Louis to visit the Worries fair.
Congressman and Mrs. Jack Beall
returned last night from Dallas,
Little Miss Hazel Griggs, of Dali
las, is visiting her grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meredith are
here from Terrell for few days.
Miss Dixie Saxon of Dalla is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. w. N: Snow.
John Johnston, Jr., OF Hereford,
Texas, is here on a visit to rela-
tives.
Mrs. b. f. Abbott and children re-
turned this morning from a visit to
Italy.
Mrs. NJ. +. Meredith and Mrs.
Maud Edwards visited in Hillsboro
yesterday.
Mrs. +. A. Slough of Cooper is
visiting the family Of her brother,
Harris Mcintosh.
Rev. c. c, Russell, editor of the
Western Presbyter, was I'm the city
yesterday from Dallas.
Mrs. q. w. Morgan has gone to
Corsicana to visit Mrs, w. NJ. Nor
gan and Mrs. II. l.. Phillips.
Geo. l.. Moore, local agent for the
Katy, will leave for Wichita Falls
this evening to spend day or two
with his family,
Messrs. John Poindexter, of this
city, and Il. b. Jackson, Of Boz,
returned this morning from the re-
union at Nashville.
K. =. Moore, who is attending "A
commercial school at Waco, ar
rived last night to visit his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. }. Moore.
Mr.. aud Mrs, George Deputy, of
Shawnee, Okla, are on a visit to
homefolks in this city. Mrs. Depu-
ty is a daughter Of Mr.. d. .. Kent,
of Boyce.
DR.. A. @, Hicks, OF Sterrett, was
a pleasant caller at our office yee-
terday. He stated that be had spent
some time at his old home in Ten
nessee this spring and had quite a
pleasant visit.
J. h. Hines returned last night
from San Antonio where he attend
"a the annual meeting of the State
Retail Groeers' Association. He
reports a delightful trip and "a prof.
table meeting.
Rev. r. w. Nation, pastor of the
Bardwell circuit, with his wife,
passed through the city yesterday
to his home from Georgetown where
Mr.. Nation has been attending the
summer school.
Rev. +. Brantley and wife, of
Antlers, |. T., are in the city visit
Ing Mrs. Brantley's sisters. MIR.
Brantley says the rains have been
tremendously heavy in that country,
doing great damage to the crops.
DR.. w. r. Smith, OF New York
City, is the guest of his sister, Miss
Myrtle Smith, on College street.
DIR. Smith has been professor OF
American History in Bvrn Mawr
University for the past three years.
He is IA native of Texas and q grad |
uate of the State University.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
SNAPSHOTS AT THE NEWS
DAILY HAPPENINGS OF THE
CITY BRIEFLY TOLD

SA~~~~~ $4,000 :
One hundred and fifty nice fryers
at Gould Bros. meat market. If
See Brooks Satchel & Comp any
for all kinds of cane and wicker
work, IS
Bookkeeping, Typewriting, Short
Whitley. GO
Mrs. NJ. E. Beverly is rapidly re-
covering from her recent illness.
Try Brooks, Satchel & Com
pany for all kinds of upholsternig IS
! Learn Bookkeeping, Shorthand,
Typewriting at night.-Whitley. Of
fee over Herring Drug Co. 60
Brooks, Satchell & Company
have some bargains in second fur
niture see them. IS
Brooks Satchel d Company pay
best prices for second hand house
hold goods,
Will Clark appeared in the county
court yesterday afternoon and en-
tered a plea of guilty to a charge of
theft. He was fined $40 and given
/ ten days in jail.
| In making mention IN yesterdays
paper Of the games of baseball to be
played here next week the name of
the visiting team was given as
lockwood when it should have been
Rockwell.
I f. f. owen requests the state
ment that he has not received copies
of the Texas Almanac for distribu
/ ton. He has only sample copy.
He says he thinks the Almanacs
will be ready for distribution some
time next week.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Hdv! hdyli Hayll!

viii deliver you good hay during
July at ST 80. Order must be this
month Ton or more.
6G ID. H. THOMPSON.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Lots OF cobs and shueks at New
Grist Mill. Ask for prices on same,
and all kinds of feed stuff. J. T.
4 Co. II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27

negroes. They found the driver OF that
entry lying along the roadway. where he
had been blown. Rooms 10 and IL, south
entry. are caved to the depth OF five feet
NO REMOVAL FOR WEEKS.
There are several men buried there.
as there are undoubtedly men buried un-
der rock in different parts of the mine.
For this reason IL will be weeks before
all the bodies are recovered"
inspector Cunningham says the air In
the mine Is getting better every hour. but
there is still considerable gas encounter
thinks now that the men were killed by
the force OF the explosion--aHd not by
after-damp as at first suggested
At 10 80 a. m. 10 bodies had been brought
up to the surface. and there are about II
at the fot OF the shaft
MAY HAVE CAUSED EXPLOSION.
Among the bodies found was that OF a
was slightly burned. 1t Is thought he
may have unwittingiy caused the expio-
sion by lighting match.
X. A McMillen, who led one party OF
found in butt one. of the south entry.
All OF them. with the exception OF the
stranger, were badly burned and
mangled. One had his head blown off.
NONE WILL BE FOUND ALIVE.
Bernard Callashan. deputy state mining
inspector OF The Ninth district, upon com,
ing To the pit mouth after hours OF work
In the mine was convinced that by night
ALI the bodies will have been recovered
He said II was absurd to think there were
any living miners enbombed.
FOR AID OF FAMILIES.
A general appeal for aid for the families
Of the men who lost their lives will be
issued from tho little mining hamlet OF
Harwtck within the next IS hours AL
cities and towns of the state will be asked
TO assist In raising at least $4,000 which
will be adequate to provide for the suffer
ing and almost destitute women and chill
dren until the warmer weather comes, OF
some permanent arrangement can be
made to care for them.
Continued on Page Two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
ITALY IS CORDIAL.
Shows Desire to Meet Wishes Of U. S.
Regarding Chinese Indemnity PAYMENTS.

Rome. Jan 27.--The cordial desire on
the part OF the government OF Italy to
meet the wishes OF the United States re-
garding the Chinese indemnity payments
Is shown by Treasury Minister Luxzatti.
who is I'll. doputing signor Mortara, in
spector general OF the treasury, to confer
with Charles A. Conant "a member of
the monetary commission who has been
in Rome conducting negotiations with tho
Italian government respecting the stand
ardizing OF silver currency In the ORIENT
before the In tier lett this city.
Signor Mortara said that Italy had al
ready expressed her willingness to ao-
cept the proposal OF the minister OF Rel-
GUM at Pekin. that the indemnity pay
ment be accepted In silver at the current
rate OF exchange while the indemnity Is
In process OF payment. with the reserve
that the difference be made up later.
Italy imposed some minor conditions.
but not such as TO prevent cordial CO.
operation with the United States.
Signor Mortara added that Signor Luz
zatti had authorized him TO say that
Italy was most desirous TO Cooperate
with the United -Statas- assisting I'm
carrying out the program for improving
the monetary system OF China.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
TOOK OATH OF OFFICE.
New Pilot Commissioner Qualified Very
Promptly.

Ellsry Pomroy. who was elected by the
senate as a member OF the board OF pilot
commissioners yesterday. was sworn In
by Deputy Secretary OF State ]. Fred
Parker this morning.
There was an amusing side to Mr.. Pom
roy's qualification for thu office as
number OF friends OF the new commits
sioner drew up a protest TO his election
and deputed Fred Fanton. the inspector
OF scyths stones, TO act as counsel and
presented.
The protest was presented In due form
but Mr. Pomroy qualified just the same
and his many friends are greatly pleased
at his success.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27

Inspector F. w. Cunningham came out
OF the mine at 7:l6 a. m, today and said
there were 2 2bodies at the foot OF the
shaft while at that time so bodies had
been found. but were not yet taken from
the headings. This leaves sbodies OF
the dead which have been discovered.
still entangled in the debris.
MANGLED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
Headless. naked. charred beyond recog-
milton. disembowelled. and horribly
mangled is descriptive OF the condition OF
the bodies found by the searchers. There
are six mine inspectors and % men at
work, the inspectors penetrating into un-
explored regions locating bodies while
the main body OF searchers came after
wards TO extricate and carry out charred
and blackened bodies.
In room one. OF the south entry they
found two men lying face downward near
each other. They had evidently been
killed by the force of the explosion. In
another place they found six men. all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
TAFT
SEEKING
new TRIAL.

complainant. VS.. Robert Taft. was sub
mitted to the appellate court today on
briefs. A Jury In Judge Wilbur's court
found that the defendant did keep GER
tain live pigeons to be shot at as a test
OF marksmanship. new trial Is asked
for on the ground that there is no evi.
dence TO maintain the verdict.
IL Is claimed by the state that on Sum
day Dec. 1. 1901. there gathered at a hotel
ip Scituate rs to 100 persons. who had q
chicken dinner. and afterwards went TO q
place nearby and held a pigeon shoot.
The shoto had been going on but few
minutes, when Mr.. Smith appeared on the
scene and broke IL up. IL Is further
claimed that the defendant had the pig
cons there for the purpose of a shoot.
This, defendant says, is not proven.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27

CURES COLDS IN SOUTH AFRICA
LAXATIVE BROMO QUINTNE. To get
Me genuine. call foe the full name. Is centA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
S32O,OOO SCIENCE BUILDING.

Colorado Springs. Col. Jan. H.-The
Colorado college has just comp.etsd ar
rangements for the dedication Of Palmer
Hall, the new science building erected
and equipped at a cost Of 1920, ,oOo on Feb.
n, q and q.
The building will rank with the Massa-
chusetts Institute OF Technology and
others in the east and It's importance Is
doubted on account OF It's location.
Among the speakers TO assist In dedi-
eating the building viii be DR.. Edward
c Moore OF Harvard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED.

New York. Jan. 27.-Following dead
lock which threatened breach OF rail-
road harmony I'm the Mississippi valley.
negotiations have been resumed. accord
ing 10 the Herald between George j.
Gould and the Rock Island and Frisco
company for the Joint use OF the new
Iron Mountain-Texas Pacific route from
Memphis TO New Orleans.
No contract has yet been signed but IL
is asserted that the stumbling block 10
former negotiations which at one time
caused the announcement that the Rock
island would build an independent line TO
New Orltans has been removed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
ENTIRE
FAMILY
KILLED,

Madison, Wis. Jan. Flour persons
have been killed by Chicago and
Northwestern passenger train at Carry.
near Chystal Lake.
minister. his wife and four children, In
stantly killing the father mother and
two Of tho children.
The other two children are said to be
fatally injured. The name OF the family
Il not known here.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
Charred and Mang|ed Remains Of Vic
Tins Of Mine Explosion Found by
the Searching Parties Ice at the
Bottom Of Shaft Prevented Sending
Of Bodies to Surface for Several
Hours MANY Of the Victims Buried
Under Masses Of Rock.

Ptsbug Pa JAM a7-The day of for the village
Haryick The
poson of the Allegheny Coal Co.'S mines being found in large
numbers and being prepared be brought surface
Several foot of the bottom of the shaft delays starting
of the bodies surface.
The ice the from being lowered but quantities
have been used and thought that before
Wi be brought out of the mir
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
INDIAN UPRISING.
The Keetowahs In Indian Territory Holding
Dances Nightly and Are Restless.

Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 7.-slsns Of a
threatened indian uprising continue to be
reported by runners from the vicinity OF
Psarmans Gap. in the southern part OF
the Cherokee nation. and much uneasi-
ness Is felt.
The Keetowahs are foclking In large
numbers TO the mountains. and IL Is re-
ported they are holding dances nightly.
II In feared the Snakes. who are dis
PLAYING great restiessness, will join than.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
GUILTY Of MURDER
in SECOND DEGREE,
Jury Returned Verdict in Trial Of Joseph
Bean for Killing Ephraim Root Pen
atty Is Life Imprisonment.

Woodstock. w. JAN aJoseph Bean found guilty of
der in second degree by here today for having killed Ep
Root this place last October.
The verdict returned the o'clock this
Exceptions taken by Beans counsel and
go the supreme court of Vermont.
The penalty for murder in the second degree in this
imprisonment.
1t expected that would be
which will be prison
await the result of the appeal to the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
MANY ARE HOMELESS.

wilkesbarre. Pa. Jan. T.-The situs-
tion at Bioomsburg is not improved to-
day. the food in the susduehanna river
having receded but few inches.
The relief committees have secured
quarters for all the homeless and they are
being comfortably clothed and fed Ef-
forts are being made 10 start the great
Ice gorge by dynamiting II. Railroad trsf-
ho IL still suspended
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
NEW RAILROAD PRESIDENT.

New York, Jan. N.-oscar Murray was
elected president OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern Railway az n meeting
Of the directors In this city today. samuel
Rea was elected n director to succeed
the late Frank w. Tracey.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
OLDEST ENGINEER DEAD.

New York. Jan. sl.-william Ii. Gordon.
the first engineer TO become n beneficiary
OF the Pennsylvania road pension system,
and who was believed when he retired In
100 after IS years service. TO be the Oldest
engineer I'm the country, is dead at his
homo In Plainneld. N. J. He was amons
the first TO run the John Bull engine az
ter a was brought 10 this country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
DECISION FOR S607.10.

Judge Dubois today handed down his
decision I'm the case OF Maths and Danue,
trustees, W.. Henry II. Richardson. He
gives plaintiffs decision for to07l0.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-27
WRIGHT
COMMITTED
SUICIDE.

London. Jan. 27.--A post mortem ex-
animation has shown that whttaker
Wright committed suicide by taking
cyanide Of potassium.
The investigation made indicates that
Wright must have swallowed the tabloid
poison while standing before Justice
Bigham. after receiving his sentence
II is recalled that Wright pulled hand
kerchief from his pocket and appeared 70
wipe his face and II is surmised that un-
der cover OF this he took the fatal dose
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
PEARL FISHERIES.
flow the Gems Are obtained aud Dis
posed Of In CcyIon.

Since Keats told how the Ceylon
diver lcld his breath and went. all
naked. to the lunlry shark" many
poets have exhausted the resources of
their Imagination in II. ing To describe
the Wonderful pearl q herics of ley
Ion \ few faets about them may he
of interest. il only rs an antidote to 80
much poetry.
Tie pearl fisheries are the property
of tie government of Geylnn The
divers are paid no wages, hut receive
one third of the oysters they bring up.
the remaining two thirds being taken
by II government alcnt and sold al
public auction To speculative buyers,
who tatl.er from all parts of the orr
ent lie pearl fishery usually lasts
from thiity to forty days, but doe mol
take place every year. If II did the
oyster hunks would soon be ruined
Sometimes several Years are allowed to
pass by without fishery.
The div my Is done after n primitive
fashion. and the stories told about the
marvellous length OF time the divers
VIII lNIlIllI ul'Nl N6llfl INV 'Ibil' hil
founded The record Is minute -
seconds
The auction which hsts for several
days, Is one of the most interesting
sights Ia be seen in Asia. The oysters
are sold IN lots of LOCO and of course
the purchaser Is buying n pig In Il
poke" 1hcr" may he no pearls In ANY
of his oysters or the first one he opens
may give him II fortune This risk ap
pcnls to the gambling spirit of the
orient, ana pretty nearly all the raees
from the Persian gulf to japan are
represented at the sale.
The prices paid usually start low on
the first day Then If the buyers have
found pearls In fair quantities bidding
IL keen, and the prices jump skyWard
one year they varied from los III per
1000 on the first day to FL lIs. lnd.
ON the second.
1t is remarkable that the fisheries
are still 81 profitable, for there are
historical records that they were work
ed there 300 years before the birth of
Christ. and II Is impossible to say how
many years before that date
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
THE FROGS SKIN.
Remarkable Manner In which Ii Alb
serbs Air aud Water.

The frogs skin is breathing ma
chine. The supply of mir is II neces
sary addition to that taken in 10y or
binary breathing. The skin Is most
remarkable for its powerful ahsorp-
ton Of water, due To the numherless
minute pores He can soak up half
his weight of water I'm an hour.
Az the skin persplres quite as free
ly as it ahsorhs, We can comprehend
why contact with moisture is neees=
sary. Besides the loss from evaporu-
tlon there is the stopping of skin
be kept moist and soft to n orb fresh
air and give off used air from the sys-
tenn. You have noticed tie cold, clam
my feeling of the skin of the frog
when YOU have handled him. The
soaking OF water is the cause. II you
put Il fcdhot iron on frogs flesh he
will not feel ii. simply because of tn"
cold water iii his skin which the heat
turns into Napur escaping under the
iron. but If hot water be dropped upon
him he viii instantly jump from pain,
ns II Immediately strikes into the skin,
This moisture is safeguard against
drying up. and there IL still another,
which Is an interior sack for storing
water Like the camel Ii thus keeps
supply which carries the amphibian
over many ii dry place when II would
otherwise lose all its moisture and die.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
The wIdn,,,. Rcnson.

The widow of IL wealthy but irrev-
erent man wished to have an imposing
funeral for her departed and engaged
the services of noted preacher who
lived at great distance from their
town. After the funeral she thanked
the eloquent man for his long and
beautiful discourse. The minister said
TO her:
MADAM, when | passed through
your town l noticed quite II number of
churches. As your husband always
lived here he must have been known
TO the ministers of this place | nm
at loss to know why you engaged
me to speak mt his funeral, as | am
stranger to him and they knew him."
"Thc reason | employed you to speak
was that the others knew him too
we'll" answered the widow. Phlladel-
phla Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
FLIES IN MANCHURiA.
They swarm Everywhere and Are an
InInIe rn bic PInRue.

They swarm Everywhere and Are an
IntoIernbie Plague.
Manchurla IL the land of flies. They
ravage 1t like an Egyptian plague. If
you have not experienced II, 1t Is al
most impossible to realize how loath-
some are these black swarms. Early
IN the morning they descend from the
ceiling and crawl over your face and
hands, into your ears and nostrlls.
Friendly meetings are held In your
hair, and fights tnke place In the cor
ners of your eyes. There Is not II glass
or cup In which they are not to be
found drowned In masses. They buzz
out of sugar bowls and dishes, they
swim In the sauce of every dish we
eat. They seurry In great numbers
over the tablecloths; they cover bread
aud meat AZ Il solid body which the
eye cannot penetrate; they make
everything alive ceiling floor, wallis,
furniture, bed. the paper on which |
write this letter, the pen In my hand
and the ink | am using, Everywhere
these small black things crawl and
buzz ns IN repusive dellrlous vision.
But the evening IL the worst time of
nll Satisfied and drowsy, they settle
| themselves where 1t best suits them,
and they are not 10 be got rid of. So
one brushes them, only to be slckened
still by the black, yellow and red spots
which they leave on ones skin, on
ones tnblecloths tables, llnen paper
everything Truly the flies own Man
churln, increasing by millions in its
dust and mud, nm lntoleruble plague
Cor. London Graphic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26

An amusing break once occurred
In production of Camille" mt the old
Walnut street theatcr In Philadelphia.
In those days sea Island cotton was
stage Ice cream, Just as molnsses and
water was make believe wine sherry
or port according to the proportion OF
moaSscs.
Armand and Camille were at table,
where they had been discussing such
yiands as these, and their dialogue was
making the finest sort of an impression
on the crowded house. Enter a maid
servant with cundclabra of the wab-
bllcst sort Imaginable. The scene was
SO engrosslnG that the maid was hard
ly noticed by the audience, but when
she had set down the candelabra be
tween the unfortunate Camille and her
lover and one candle toppled over ana
set the ice cream In n blaze the merry
Gus strain upon the house was broken.
and the entire audience burst into a
roar Of laughter that brought down the
curtain Harper's Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
PlTH AND POINT.

You are not expected TO accept all
Of your invitations
Quit talking when 1t Is plain Tue
other fellow Isn't listening,
We wish We could have as good II
time AZ young people think they are
having.
our punishment used to hang on II
nail behind the kitchen door Where
did yours used to hang
No matter how rich or influential any
man becomes, he can never be as i'll
dependent AZ hired girl
All the old people seem To he look
ing for the impossible young people
with no fuolishucss about them.
Occasionally man talks Of always
wanting To do what's right" Ms if he
thought hc had monopoly on the
desire AtchiSou Globe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
PULPIT HoURGLASSES.
AT One Tire Ised 10 Time Sermons
In English Churches.

1t WAS aiicr the reformation, when
long sermons came much into fashion
In England. TINT pulpit llurginsseS
were Introduced The pulpits had be
conc II very "drumccClesiastlc, and in
the middle of the seventeenth century
Puritan preachers held forth for two
hours and more to drowsy hearers.
To remedy this abuse hourglasse5
were fixed upon the pulplts, and we
rend of preacher in 1G23 who was
"attcnded hy man who brought aft
er him his book and hour glass Some
churches were also provided with half
hour glasses. and we may imngine
with what anxiety the parsons choice
was looked for by clerk nad congre.
CATION If his sermons We're dun and
dry
In the sixteenth centurt ifonwork
stands were fitted for the &c option of
the hourglass. some Of g. .ch We're
very elaborate IN design VI of cost
~ materials They lineer' In eonn-
try churches for lnany yea but ceaS
cd to be in general use aftC.' the Res
toration- Pcnrson's Weekly.