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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07
THE BRAzOS VALLEY
New Road Nay Bald Through Waxa-
haChie or Fanis.

II Is learned here upon absolutely
reliable authority that the opportuni-
tv is now omen for Ennis To get the
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad
and 1t is believed that the terms will
be comparatively easy II Is under
stood that Ennis has been asked TO
snbmit proposition and an effort
was made this afternoon TO get an
expression from the business men of
Ennis SO that q proposition might be
formulated, but SO many failed To
grasp the Importance Of the measure
that only a few gentlemen gat to-
gether Nov. II that read with Its
splendid connections should pass En-
mis- by on its way from Coolidge TO
Dallas. our people viii regret their
baekwardness in the matter
One gentleman said today that he
heard one of the stockholders say
the road would be built and il Will
so either by Ennis or Waxahachie of
strike line between
Mr. Baldridge said this evening
that he Is going TO write to Mir Baker
aud IN the mean time the Ennis peo.
pie should wake 'up and get busy.
Ennis News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07
skunk Killed Chickens.

A few nights ago a skunk got into
the store Of Pigmhoff Bros. and kill
ed forty-seven little chickens that
were being raised in brooder. They
were about one week old and were
about large enough TO be taken to
the poultry yard The night before
they were to be taken away from the
store the skunk made a raid on them
and did not leave one They we're
killed by being bitten through the
head, A steel trap was set and pois-
on was put out with the hope OF
catching the marauder, and this
morning when the store was opened
ONE skunk was found dead and an
other securely held iu the trap.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

Yesterday afternoon at the Katy
lake Charles Brady's horse was badly
injured and his buggy totally de-
mollshed Mr. Brady and Jess Ken
nedy had gone to the lake 10 spend
n few hours fishing They had got
Ten out of the buggy and while driv-
ing through the gate the gate was
blown against the horse, causing him
TO begin pluzging and kicking. He
got away from the driver and ran
into a wire fence, sustaining several
slight wire cuts and was pierced just
behind one fore leg with a buggy
shaft. The harness were torn TO
pieces and the vehicle completely de-
molished-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

b. F. Sargent of Ennis, TO whom
the building committee awarded the
contract for the erection Of The new
Methodist church. was in the city
yesterday and notified the casnmittee
that he would call off his Did He
said that after making further calcu-
lations on the cost of material after
submitting his bid he found that he
had taken the Job too low. The com
mittee had hoped that work on the
building would be commenced at an
early day, but this turn In the matter
will neeessitate a delay of several
days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

The balloon ascension made yester-
day afternoon by the aeronaut with
the carnival company was the most
successful ever seen in this city. The
ascensions each day are made from
a point near the Katy freight depot
Yesterday there was very little wind
blowing and the balloon made a
straight ascent of fully two thousand
feet before the aeronaut attempted
his parachute leap. The landing was
made withtng one hundred feet OF
the point from which the ascension
was made.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

Three more eases of smallpox are
reported in the bottom Mr. Hales,
ou the Sanders place, whose wife Il
recovering from a scourge. is broken
ont with it. aud two of J r Brooks
children, living on H. n Swinny 5
place. have the disease Ferris
Wheel
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

Misses Patrick will entertain the
NJ. w. M. club Saturday afternoon
at half past three O'Clock at their
home on Trinity Avenue. ,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

We cant sell you electricity. bur
we can sell you electric light globes.
Get oar prices Nili Moore Hard
ware Company II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

Better order sacl1sof good chick
en- feed Wheat At 81 90 per hrsbel
before it is gone. a azanachie Grain
Company. 3
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-07

Fancy Colorado Alfalfa aud ehoica
Territory Prairle ffay WsxahaehEe
Grain Company q
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Victory For the Maccahees.

Pittsburg, Jan. 10.-Judge Joseph
Burlington Of the United States circuit
court has dismissed the bill in the case
of d. st. c. Wineland against the or
der Of Maccabees of the World, on the
ground that the court was without
jurisdiction. An injunction was asked
against the order declaring recent new
regulations readjusting the insurance
provisions null and void. Some years
ago Wineland Joined the Maccabees.
He was then GA years old and by an
agreement was to pay dues until he
was 20, after which he was to receive
$4,000 in yearly instalments. He con-
tended that the new regulations made
his contracts void.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Land Officers Fired.

Washington, Jan. 10.-As the result
Of the investigation and prosecution of
the land fraud cases in Oregon, the
president has signed an order suspend
ing from Office James H. Booth and
Joseph T. Bridges, respectively regis
ter and receiver Of the United States
land Office at Roseburg, Ore. The &C.
ton is on the recommendation of Sec.
rotary Hitchcock and was based on a
telegram from Assistant United States
District Attorney Heney, who alleged
that the affairs Of the Roseburg office
were in bad condition. Special Agent
Neuhasen has been ordered to take
charge of the office.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Noted Woman Anarchist Dead.

Paris, Jan. 10-Louise Michel, prom
inent as a communist and revolution
airy agitator for the last thirty-five
years, is dead in Marseilles, aged Is
years. Louis Michel first came into
prominence during the Franco-Prus-
sian war, when she Joined an ambu-
lance corps and took part in the de-
tense of Paris; later siding with the
Commune and advocating the burning
of Paris to prevent the entry Of the
Versailles troops. She was arrested
and tried for treason and sentenced to
transportation to New Caledonia,
where she remained until 1880, when
she was allowed to return to Paris I'M
der an amnesty act. Three years later
she was again imprisoned for three
years for her activity in communist
movements. She then removed to
England, where she continued her ad-
vocacy of communistic and anarchistic
doctrines.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Hundred Persons In Montana to BE
Tried en- This Charge.
THEIR DEMuRRERs oVERRULED
Alleged Two Missouia Citizens In
duced Them to Make False Oath In
Proving Upon Timber Lands-Sena-
tor Clark Bought the Property Later.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 10.-Judge Will
lam S. Hunt, in the United States
court here, has overruled the de-
murrers of the defendants to the in
dictments in the case of the United
States VS.. X. M. Cob5an, ]. B. Cattlin
and many others, charged with subor-
nation of perjury and perjury in con-
nection with timber land entries in
western Montana, and the accused will
now have to come to trial.
There are twelve indictments for
subornation of perjury and ninety for
perjury. Among the defendants are
many settlers in Powell and Missoula
counties, who are alleged to have made
false oath in proving upon ii nber
lands, which were afterward acquired
by Senator W. A. Clark. 1t is charged
that Cobban and Cattlin, well-known
citizens of Missoula, induced their peo-
pie to swear falsely The indictments
were returned in June, 1901, and the
cases have since been pending in
court
Washington, Jan. 1O-The following
authoritative statement was made last
night:
"In the spring of 1902 the interior
department was informed that extern
sive land frauds were being perpe-
trated in Montana and Idaho under an
act of congress known as the timber
and stone act. Secretary Hitchcock
Immediately set on foot an investiga-
tion and in the state of Montana 1t
was discovered that at the land Office
Of Missoula and Helena many fraudu-
lent entries had been made.
Conspiracy Organized.
at was soon discovered, it is al
legged, that under the leadership of f.
lied and lot of people living in the
vicinity Of Missoula-men and women
were directed to make applications
at the land Office. Under this act of
congress it was necessary for the ap-
plicant, when he made his applica-
ton, to take an oath that the land was
not taken for speculative purposes, but
for his own use, and that no one else
was directly or indirectly interested in
the purchase. Cobban and his asso-
ciates prepared all these afidayits and
paid all expenses, and $3.50 an acre
for the land and gave these persons
from 500 to $3.50 apiece for false
swearing and entry
There were 102 persons, men and
women, indicted and a number of in
dictments were fled-Cobban being
indicted some ten times. These in
dictments were for perjury and for
gerry. All these lands, amounting to
some $4,000 acres, were sold by Cob
ban to United States Senator w. A.
Clark. Demurrers were filed to these
indictments, and these have been de-
layed from time to time until now"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Ship Lost and MANY Perished.

Manila, Jan. 10-The owners Of the
iron screw, three-masted schooner lie.
gaspi have given up all hope Of the
vessel, which probably foundered in
the China sea. She carried seven pas
sengers and had crew Of sixty Fill
pinos. Her captain was Spaniard
and her first officer an American. The
British steamer Nanshan has returned
here after an unsuccessful search for
the Legaspi
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
HANDS AND FEET TIED.
Italian Woman MysterlousIy Killed
In Buffalo.

Buffalo, Jan. 10;-Marie Dessanti,
aged "a years, was found dead by her
husband in a room on the third floor
of the Terrace Park hotel Her hands
and feet were tied and she appears to
have been strangled to death. A few
days ago she had informed neighbors
that she had received a letter from
the "Black Hand" society, demanding
5000 under penalty of death.
A man is said to have visited her
room the night before and evidence of
drinking was found. The woman had
been reported to have about $4,000,
and it was said that she was to return
to Italy shortly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Preacher Murderer Liberated.

Indianapolis. Jan. 10.-The last off,
cial act of retiring Gov. Winfield T.
Durham was the unconditional parole
Of Rev. William e. Hinshaw, convicted
Of the murder of his wife. Thurza Hin.
shaw, whose death occurred at Win.
cchester just ten years ago last night.
Bince his conviction Rev. Hinshaw has
been confined in the Michigan City
Prison. He will be liberated at once.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
President uraes Their PASSAGE.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The president
Monday sent to the senate a message
urging the passage of two bills proyid-
ing for the reorganization of the medi-
cal and ordinance corps of the army.
The bills already had passed the SEN
ate. Attention to this fact was called
by Mr.. Cockrell, who asked that the
message be printed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
MANY coNVIcTs KILLED
In Attempt to Break From Prison In
Philippines.

San Francisco, Jan. 10.-News from
Manila, just received, tells of an at
tempt of about 500 convicts at Bilbid
prison to break Jail. 1t occurred on
the afternoon of Dec. and resulted in
the killing of sixteen of the prisoners
and the wounding of forty others. Six
of the wounded are not expected to
live and twenty-six others are in a
critical condition.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
LookIno For Chadwick Gems.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan, 10.-H. B.
Skadden, deputy sheriff of Cleve-
land, Ohio, is in Jacksonville presum-
ably interested in the Chadwick case.
1t is learned that the Chadwick dia,
monds and jewelry may be in Jackson
vile.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Banks 20 Combine.

Cincinnati. Jan. 10.-The Merchants
National bank. with a capital stock OF
b1,000.o00 and the Equitable National
bank, with capital stock of $3.50. 900,
both In Cincinnati, have agreed to
combine
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Twenty.Four Persons Perished.

Geneva, Jan. 9.-It is said that TWEEN
ty-four persons lost their lives in the
mountains during the recent blizzard,
fourteen of the casualties being on the
st. Bernard pass.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
GENERAL MARKETS.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.

DETROIT.-Wheat: No. 1 white,
$1.23; No. red, $1.29; May, $1.29;
July, $1.03. Corn-No. mixed, 45c;
No. yellow, 46Ac. Oats-No. white.
S3hc. Rye-No. 2, SIC. Beans-Jan.,
$1.63; Feb, S1.64. Clover-Spot, $7.S5.
CHICAGO--Wheat: May, $1.17A;
July, 99hc. Corn-May, 441ac; July,
45hc. Oats-May, 3OBc; July, S07sc,
Pork-Jan., $12.27; May, 1892. Lard
jan, s665; May, s6.S7. Ribs-Jan.,
$6.35; May, $685. Flax-Jan., $1.15;
May, s122. Timothy, $2.75. Clover
jan, $12.75.
Live Stock Markets.
DETROIT-Cattle: Choice steers,
$4.25@450; light to good butcher
steers and heifers, $275@3.25; mixed
butcher fat COWS, $2.50@9.5O; common
bulls, $202.50; common feeders, $40
ESQ. Veal calves, s5@6.5O;, extra, 81
@750. Mich cows and springers, s25
GAS each. Best lambs, $725@750:
light to common lambs, $500; fair TO
good butcher sheep, s3@450; COM
mon, s2@3. Hogs-Light to good
butchers, $4.5O@455; pigs, s4.35@440:
roughs, s325@425
CHICAGO.-Cattle: Good to prime
steers, s5.60@6.10; poor to medium
t3.90@550; COWS and heifers, $3.50
8; bulls, $2@4.5O; calves. 1907 Hogs
Mixed and butchers, s4.4504.70;
Night, s44O@4e0 Sheep, strong; lambs
higher; good to choice wethers, $4.S5
@5.60; fair to choice mixed, s4@475;
native lambs, s5.50@7.75.
EAST BUFFALO.-Cattle Strong
15@25c higher. Hogs. steady; medi-
ums, s495@5; heavy, s4.95@5.O5:
pigs, s4.70@475. Sheep and lambs,
strong; BE- IT native lambs, $7.75@7.90;
culls, com non, s6.75@7; best sheep
s5.25@b.50; wethers. s5.50@5.75. veals
strongi tops $4,000.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
Give Us Your Attention.

We have the most complete line of stoves exhibition
IN our store ever shown in Yale and the prices right
Ranges Base Burners and the celebrated double heating
hot blast smoke self feeding heater These heat
the handsomest and best finished combnatonhad or
soft coal and wood stove the market. When you
quick work and the best results buy Pennsuar steel range
These stoves known the world We do ask you
to take word but have the testimonies those who
have given them trial and found them all claim them
be- We not only have the best the market but
every article in our store is of the best quality and the price
Just as low that which you pay for cheaper grades
We cordially invite the public to call and look line
over and see If it not just advertise No order too
small for our immediate attention
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Damage Done by Storm.

The early morning storm, which
passed over this section OH Monday
morning attended with a remarkable
phenomenon in the form of heavy and
continuous thunder. did great deal
of damage elsewhere. The heaviest
part of the storm seemed to pass
around north, the rainfall here being
light.
lightning struck the barn on the
farm of Mrs. David Mauser, tenanted
by George Thomas and located along
the DanvilIe and Bloomsbury Electric
Railroad Immediately beyond Gro
vania.
The lightning tore the shingles off
the roof aud running down the rafters
tore off the shingles on another side
of the barn. Notwithstanding the fact
that the barn was filled with summer
crops and the shingles were of pine
there was not a sign on the barn of
the lightning having even burned a
shingle
The residence of Fred Miller, on
West First street, RaIston addition,
Bloomsbury, was struck by lightning
during the storm. The lightning en-
tered the roof and passed down to a
hall on the second floor. A hole about
foot square was torn in the roof, but
fortunately no other damage was done.
During the early morning storm. the
barn on the farm of DR.. b. +. Gard
ner, In Scott township. Columbia
County, was struck by lightning but
the damage was slight. The barn was
struck at the rear end knocking off a
lot of weather boards which were
thrown into the stable among the
horses, but fortunately no one were
injured.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
The OYSTER and the X.

With the going out of the months
without an "r'' there enters the oys-
ter. at least that is the popular impres-
sion, but as matter of fact the oyster
is with US always. There Is no time III
the year that Danville dealers will not
get a customer for oysters. To be sure
in some months they are not Is good
as in others, but the dealers say that
properly cared for the oyster is as
good in July as in December
There used to be law in Pennsyl-
vania forbidding the sale of oysters in
May. June, July and August, the i'm
preston being that they were injur-
IOus TO puDIlC nealUn uurlng tnosc
months, but the oyster dealers in time
showed how utterly absurd was such
supposition and the law was repeal.
ed Therefore, you can get oysters at
any time of the year.
But it is with the coming of Sept.
ember that the average man gets the
oyster habit. and as the days grow
cooler so grows larger the appetite 70!
the oyster, and he will have every rea'
son to be satisfied this season. Dan.
Vile dealers who have heard from the
dreggers say that the oyster crop this
year will be the finest ever known
The weather conditions during the
summer were perfect for fine oyster
growing, and in quantity aud quality
the crop will be splendid.
Morris River Coges, from New
Jersey Crissfeld's from Virginia, and
Blue Point and Rockaways from the
New York coast are all plentiful and
in good condition. But there will he
no change in the prices, despite the
fact that the yield will be enormous.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
New State Automobile Law.

State Highway Commissioner Hunt
er is formulating his plans for the en-
forcement of the new automobile law
which goes into effect January l,neXt.
II. NJ. Outshall, a former member of
the legislature from Crawford county,
will have charge of this bureau OF the
department aud will probably have
one or two assistants.
The new law transfers the issuing
of auto licenses from prothOnotaries
to the highway department. and afte
January | nobody will be allowed to
run an automobile in Pennsylvania
without having first obtained license
from the highway department. With
this license will be furnished two
number tags-one for the front and
one for the rear of the machine.
All other tags will have to be re-
moved so that hereafter all machines
operated anywhere in this State must
| carry only the numbered tags bearing
the license number. The number tag
| in the rear of the machine must be
| lighted at night so that it can bt
plainly read. The new law also regu
lates the speed of autos in cities, Dor
oughs, and townships and makes s
radical change in existing laws on thit
subject.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Timers Call Convention.

Announcement was made on Labor
Day in Wilkes Barre that the conven-
tion at which the anthracite mine
workers will formulate their demands
upon the operators will be held at
Shamokin during the first week in
November. Delegates representing all
the union men of the $780, 900 mine
workers are to be present, while the
central figure will bo President John
Mitchell.
Ii is believed, judging by the de-
mands of the district conventions and
Mitchell's speeches. that the demands
will be substantially as follows:
Recognition of the union, an eight
hour-day, the present scale of awges,
weighing of coal and payment by
weight, a revised Cancellation board
acting upon the same principle as the
present one bat with fewer members ;
the sliding scale feature Of the present
agreement. the check weighman and
hhD OhoOh dOOhluR DOSs IoS6uI6 VI Une
present agreement.
From now on until the election of
delegates to this convention President
Mitchell and the district officers will
continue their efforts to increase the
membership of the union.
President Mitchell has been saving
in his speeches that if the men of the
region join the nnion he will be able
to get the eight hour-day and recogni-
tiOn of the union for them il they are
faithful TO the union and he is able to
90 to President Baer representing a
great majority of them. This has so
enthused them that great advances in
membership have been made by nearly
all the locals in the region. The Op-
orators estimate that of the $50, COO
mine workers in the region not more
than co., are paid mp members of
the union. Few OF them believe that
a strike will occur They think that
President Mitchell will be glad to ao-
cept a continuance of the present agree :
ment If the operators offer it.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Highwaymen at Lime Ridge.

Lime Ridge was the scene of hold
up Saturday night, in which Harry
Wertman, the ID. l.. &W. ticket agent,
was the victim. The highwaymen
were very daring. but they lacked a
little In oleverness. as they unwitting-
ly returned to the owner sixty five
dollars which they had taken out of
his pocket.
After the departure of the last train,
which reaches Danville at $40, Mr.
Wertman closed his office and started
for his home in Lime Ridge, about a
mile away. 1t was quite dark and
rainy and when about half way home
he was held up There were two men,
each masked Mr.. Wertmln was taken
unawares and with two revolvers look
ing him in the face he was unable to
do anything and submitted as grace
fully as possible.
In his trousers pocket he had near
~ five dollars in change, which the
robbers took They next reached into
tho inside pocket Of his coat and took
out large wallet. In this altogether
there were about IS dollars in bills.
Mr.. Wertman regarded all as lost but
he asked the highWaymen to return
him the wallet, as independent of the
money it contained papers which were
of great value to him, but which they
could make no use of.
The highwaymen proceeded 10 com
ply and abstracting ten dollars which
first met their gaze they returned the
wallet overlooking sixty five dollars,
which was contained in another divis-
ion of the wallet along with the valu-
able papers.
The robbers are supposed TO be two
men who got on the train at Plymouth
aud left it at Lime Ridge, taking the
precaution to step off the car on the
opposite side from the station After
the robbery no clue could be obtained
of them