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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-07
Road Experts and Railway Of
ficiais Visit the City 10 Tell the
People How Better Highways
May Be Secured.

Perhaps one OF the most import.
ant meetings ever held in Ellis coun-
ty In the National Good Roads CON
vention which convened In this city
this morning
The convention is being held by
Col w n. Moore. founder and presi-
dent OF the National Good Roads
! Association. assisted by other road
experts and officials of the Katy rail-
way system.
The special train bearing Col.
Moore and HIS party Of experts ar
rived In the city last night from Dali
las where an enthusiastic conven-
ton was held Yesterday
This special good roads train which
IL being operated by the Katy left
st Louis January g. and the most
! remarkable fart In connection with
this expedition II that the train has
been passing througa Que of the most
severe zleel and snow storms ever
knawn siuea meteorological history
~as begun. Yet The enthusiasm for
Ka0a roads has been widespread and
deep rooted At every convention
whieh has been held enthusiastic
lsrowdA base been ia attendance. On
the windows Of the good reads train
Jack Frost has aigAiy wrought ptc-
lures that far exE@ll the sklIl of any
snamalc artist wbo has painted the
IwansanMm at famous churches and
lsathsarasm. and old El0rean hMa deco
rated tire coaches wGth scarfes that
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owned by the railway systems. He
said that he and his associates were
here to tell the. people how TO get
good roads and how to raise the
money. He then showed how one
class of good roads might be secur-
ed by grading the roads to the cen
ter. putting in drain tiles and max
ing bitches on each side large enough
TO carry away the surface water. In
this black waxy land he advised the
the use of drain tiles in public roads.
He said Ellis county had only about
Is cents 10 the mile, and this sum
was not sufficient TO make any kind
of a showing. He said that BY the
expediture of SCI eco a year on the
roads il would take twelve years TO
build good roads in Ellis county.
Al the conclusion of Col Moore
remarks. Mr.. W. G.. Crush. general
passenger agent of the Katy. made
a short talk on the relation of the
railroads 10 the common roads.
On motion of Judge Hawkins the
chair Was Instructed TO appoint com
mittees on permanent organization
and resolutions.
The chair asked 70 be given until
o'clock TO name his committees.
The request was granted.
The convention then adjourned
( until ? O'Clock this afternoon
Before Col Moore had finished
speaking this morning the crowd in
creased Ia number until people could
not ger Inside the county court room
The convention then adjourned 10
he district court room.
"A
Sill deliver sereopticon lecture
VA The Roads of the World This
I lecture viii be- in the district court
-oom. and the public In cordially In.
vited ta attend
The members of the party aboard
/ he train arw Cot W ~ Moore
| President National Good Roads As
ISOLATION ar A. G. Canttey. assist
ant 90 president National Good Roads
: A @sectagtnn. Hon samuel Huston
stats Highway commission af ths
stsss os OAIe lion. r. v Rtxey OF.
/ 2buT commissioner of Missouri MF
= /. Pw@isr. Industrial agent ~ K
a T.. Dallas Mr. HmmRmr a Nc.
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asnIz ston. . Feb.

washington, Il. a, Fob. I.
unocance
HI doae weat and done It and
bn't sprizs me nary BIT ii this
Texas delegation dent ut up q
Nfun to have me brung home
Washington. fist because told
Iin my last letter. hain,t seed
v 81 'em and didn't know
u fhar they was a1i gone fish
for some other place of amase-
II. Wail, that wux the truth sure
at the time ! written that letter
" Amt seed but four OF them Texas
hgrissmens, and never had no
fe whar tothers WIZ. for It's fist
Pc looking for needle i'm a hay
@fck TO find congressman In Wash
@gtons IL you don't see him on the
Sbor OF the house or senate, and
@metimes ysu'li be a sittin' In the
faiery lookin right squar down at
i'm and IL you send In your card,
se's herble TO tell the doorkeeper TO
Jay Se hain't In when You have list
Iced him and know good and well
ne ss In. That's congressional trick
reckin. But as | started to tell
Fon when some of them feIlers whose
names ! hain'f mentioned aa havin'
been saw by me. heered tell that I
had wrote sich news back to Texas,
about EN-. You ort 10 saw the freexin
look they have been a-givin' me ever
since.
Now you know me and Choice
Randels has always been plum
friendly with one another and think
sight OF poor Choice and would not
hart his feelin's for nothin'. hut /
was a-waIkin' down PennsyIyany
Avernne tother day and met Choice
and spoke TO him list as friendly as
would TO you. and bless my life,
Choice. he drawed hlssef up and
putin his hand behind his back, he
says to me In awful freezin' tones,
says he.
Mr.. Rainwater. / understand that
you have wrote back TO Texas that
ron hain't seed me since YOU have
been here and that the gineral per-
sumption In. | hav been off fishin,
Ds huntin,. Now" says he, .ssfch
haint the case whatever. was not
sent here TO fish and hunt. bat to
repTeseRt my deestrseks intrusfs.
I'd In SIGH a honorsd capacity. /
Ayf been workln night and day
With that thar River and Harbor
ensnmitty. y iryin 10 git appropry~
ashton for Red River aud have sue
cssdsd In geffin $4,000 1.-THE
aforesaid appropriation to be used
10 straightanin' the river, eleanin'
OIL The sAnd bars or in any other
Way thai the feilers what gifts the
nausaeg sees fit TO Ixpend 1t but that i
nuth@e here nor thar. the main OBJ
tect beins TO git the appropriation /,
besides this very ardnA work did by
me ] have been fryin to Kit a Public
Raildin at Greeavfile and many
ether things haa been did by me for
a xFonsgitehenry bet IL you keep
0W sendin sseh reports back thar
k1ogs ne no, beln' here at work
YaH re- liable 10 ruin my reputation
and raahian me 10 be defeated. Tor
fsecti Smith. Judge Moseiy, Tom
Bradley and siserai others down thar
~ a-tixln to Kit in nay shoes any how
AMI th~y Will nsH them reports sent
by you m vampaH~ thunder and
make speeches al over ms deestrick
tEaduFin' Of nay absence. and | want
yea To kerrect them reports instan-
Ter. says Choice Iookins at me
awful stern. jiss like he does when
he's In the court house at Sherman,
praaeeutiu OF criminals Well.
10 know you have been At work and
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LAND OE FLOWERS
AND NsHfN
California Womaa's Letter of Special
fntef~st ts People ina
MaAaiaaeiale.

Al this season Of the year q letter
from the land OF flowers and sun
shine as az special interest To our
readers The following letter from
the Holden Drug Company of Stock
TOE. Cal. enc OF the largest drug
Aau~es Ga the. Pacific coast. is OF
wDeelai Interest. They write: m
slnaad ls letter from one of the
nsoss promlssnt residents of this city,
shs wHiI not aiiew her name to De
pahlisAea tn tbs newspapers. bat we
can furnish II 10 aayone writing as.
Ne letter In as follows
ror some four years my daughter
la had headaches. which seriously
tnfsrfered with her sehool work.
tain recently we attributed the
troahla 10 eye strain. but happening
"a notice your advertisement OF Fly
oaawi. We we're satisfied that her
srnahies came from cafaFFh.
we purchased dollar ousiit and
wAshfm swsnsy.feaF hours snsat re-
lsef wms experienced. and the ioes"n-
smg ut nzneuus matter and the redae-
ion II THREAT Inflammation begAG
Sgnay day. use q HsaHasi mazsa asaE-
ly q easnpaese r~covwry. whaeh wT
consider VERY satisfactory after asAr
N four ysars II expense and traisie>z
truakmank by other methods. asa shas
W. feel mrRaH4Ml Im 20 pat il mild.
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The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
|. O. O. e. Bar. Liquor Dealers.

Philadelphia, Sept. 20.-The rea,
work OF the Sovereign Grand Lodge OF
the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows
began Monday, when various resolu'
tions for new legislation and amend
ments to the present laws were intro
duced at the session. Discussion will
take place on the question of afilia.
ton with Manchester Unity. There Is
considerable objection to the PROPOSE
tion, since II would admit negroes to
membership.
Chief interest in to-day's session
centered about the question OF the iiq'
uor traffic as being bar to member
ship In the organization. The report.
which was approved by the body In
session, decides, In brief. that no one
can remain n member OF lodge VINO
is engaged in the liquor business In
any way, unless he were member and
SO engaged and has been continually
since the first ruling was made at the
1896 convention Mt Atlantic City.
A feature OF the conclave was the
parade of Odd Fellows this afternoon.
The line OF march covered distance
or more than three miles and 1t Ia esti'
mated that $4,000 men were In line.
Captain Allie Parker and her Califor'
MIA drill corps, consisting OF seventeen
Young women, occupied n position
near the head of the line.
A reunion of past grand representa-.
tives took place tonight, at which al.
dresses were made by F. c., Goudy Oh
Denver and others.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
s,nt. r.,, New Line.

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-Western floods
caused the Santa Fe railroad loss OF
more than 32,000,000 in the fiscal year
Just. closed. This is stated In the an
nual report, made public yesterday,
showing gross earnings amounting to
more than $68,000.000.
with regard to the Santa Fe's new
trans-continental line. 1t 10 said that
work is progressing at three points
and It is expected that the, entire nne
vii he completed this year. This line
vii, be- sornewhat shorter than the
route BY way OF Trinidad, will avoid
two mountain ranges between Trinidad
ana albuquerque. and will be less ex'
posed to interruption by freshets. The
company Is projecting . road from
Wickenburg, Arizona. across the Colo
redo river to Bengal. on the main line
to California.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
b Reviews scotch Troops.

hrg. Scotland. Sept. 20.-The
muster OF Scotchmen under
ice the battle OF Flodden field
hewed by King Edward here
The king arrived at the
capital In the morning and
ID to holyrood palace. whence.
by the Duke Of Connaught
tilliant staif. he, rode to the
round in Kings park. where
10000 Scotch volunteers
past his majesty.
lous numbers of visitors from
of Scotland and the north OF
Witnessed the review. which
ted to assist In counteracting
me irritation felt in volunteer
yer recent worrying regula-
the war once.
the march past. Sir Thomas
sho is honorary colonel OF the
Lancashire engineers, was
his regiment past the. king
horse threw him and Sir
was kicked In the face. His
are most serious.
omas' injuries consisted Of a
h and bruised shoulder and
was unseated owing to q
werve Of his horse, although
food rider. The king sent an
o Sir Thomas hotel to inquire
condition.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
4 PEACE CONFERENCE
PROPOSED sy GEAR OF RUSSIA.
Powers VIII BE Invited to Send Repre-
ssntatIves to The Hague-Japan
included In the List.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 19.-Emperor
Nicholas to-day again appears before
the world as promoter Of universal
peace. No sooner Is the Russo-Japan-
ese war over. and even before tbs
peace treaty has been ratified, than his
majesty issues invitations to a second
peace conference at The Hague. That
the Emperor has done so was learned
to-day from a source which leaves no
shadow Of doubt as to It's authority.
1t Is officially announced that the
Russian government purposes to ad-
dress the foreign powers with a Wow
to the holding Of n second peace con-
ference at The Hague" but It is
known that negotiations preceding this
announcement that the government
proposed to address the powers were
entered into especially with the United
States and were conducted with the
greatest secrecy. there being not the
slightest inkling that Russia contem-
plated anything OF the kind.
The announcement created the great.
est surprise here and that Russia
should plan a second conference de.
spite the steps already taken by Pres
ident Roosevelt was also heard with
amazement. It Is clear that the step
could not be taken by Russia without
first reaching n complete understand
ing with President Roosevelt. The
fact that President Roosevelt is re-
ported as being entirely in sympathy
with the proposal and that he is saiA
to believe that to the initiator of the
first Hague conference should belong
the honor of convoking the second. and
readily and gladly acceded to the Rus
sian proposition, is clear proof that
the conference has already been called
and that President Roosevelt relin.
quished his part in 1t to the Emperor.
There Is strong reason to believe that
the news even of the intention OF the
Russian government would not be
given out unless invitations had al.
ready been sent to the powers and
possibly their answers had been re-
ceived.
In this connection m interesting
question arises as to how the Invita-
ton was communicated to Japan In
view OF the lack OF diplomatic rela.
tions. but the invitation may be de.
layed until such relations have been
resumed, or 1t may have been for.
warded through the United States.
1t was impossible to learn tonight
the proposed date OF the second CON
ference. or to gain even an approx,
mate idea regarding 1t, but It probably
will not be greatly delayed. Russia.
as the power convoking the confer.
ence. will probably submit an ofiicial
program, the other powers submitting
suggestions.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
TICKET BROKERS LOSE
WHO HANDLED Q. a. a. TICKETS
Judge Dixon Of Pueblo Imposes Heavy
Fines-Rallroads Cannot Be Kept
Out Of Court for Failure
to Pay Tax.

Pueblo. Colo. Sept. 20.-The three
DEFENDANTS cited to appear before
Judge Dixon and answer to a charge
OF contempt OF court In having dis.
obeyed the injunction against dealing
In Grand Army tickets, were yesterday
fined In the sum of $3.50 each. Thomas
May OF Pueblo and William Schubach
and !. c. Well OF Denver were the men
fined. The case of A. J. Parks, also a
Denver broker. was continued until
Monday. The three men sIgnified their
intention Of paying their fines ut once.
The testimony went to show that
spoilers had been hired by the rail.
way companies to purchase tickets
from these brokers. One OF these was
Mrs. T. N. Slusser. who. after several
attempts. succeeded In buying a Rock
Island ticket from the Pueblo broker.
The Denver men were caught In the
same manner and In one instance by
the same woman.
]. F. Crawford. n Colorado Springs
broker who had been cited. was the
last defendant examined. The testi.
mony In his case revealed the fact that
he had not been named In the restrain.
ing order and that he had sold tickets
upon the advice Of Judge Orr Of Colo
houo cptiubos WIZ tOIu HlLIl IIS wan
safe In doing SO under the circum.
stances. Crawford was discharged.
In announcing his decision in the
contempt proceedings Judge Dixon
delved deeply into the law and pre-.
vious rulings. Regarding the charge
that the railway companies had not
paid their nat tax. Judge Dixon said
that the state had forfeited its right
to keep them from coming into court
by not bringing proceedings to compel
them to pay the tax. He said:
Il concede the Legislature the right
to pass laws governing corporations.
but deny the Legislature the right to
pass Judgment on its own laws. so
made. To merely state that these
roads cannot come into court because
they have failed to pay this tax. would
be divesting them OF vested property
rights without any process OF law at
an. and that cannot be done"
Among the railroad representatives
who were present at the contempt pro-
ceedings hearing were s. X. Hooper,
general passenger agent OF the Rio
Grande: G. b. Sloat. general agent OF
the Rock Island: T. f. Fisher, general
passenger agent OF the Colorado d
Southern: George Ady, general agent
OF the Union Pacific: N. Underhill OF
the Colorado Passenger Association.
and J. F. Vallery, general agent OF the
Burlington.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
MONUMENT UNVEILED
sITE or sGEcHER ISLAND FIGHT.
csrsmsnIss Under charge Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic
Address by General
Foruvth.

Denver. Sept. ia News special
from Wrey. Colorado. last night says:
The Beecher island reunion closed to-
day with the unwilling Of the monu-
ment this afternoon. A heavy rain
last night greatly marred the ardor of
the crowd, and the rain continuing all
the forenoon, many Of the people had
started for home. However, there were
several hundred present. and the beau
tiful ceremony was carried out In its
entirety.
The unwilling was In charge of the
department Of Colorado and Wyoming.
G. A. R.. and was to have been directly
In charge OF DIR. Curfman. the depart
ment commander, but owing to sick
ness In the family he was unable to
be present. but Adjutant General Dan
iels was present and represented him
In the work, assisted by the depart
ment chaplain, DIR. Brooks of Fort
Morgan. The night Colonel Carpenter
arrived on the island with the relief
for the scouts they all Joined in singing
"Tenting Tonight" and the ceremony
OF unwilling the monument opened by
singing this song.
AS the words fell from the lips Of
the singers tears fell from the eyes of
the survivors standing within the rail-
ing about the monument. At the con-
clusion of the song General Forsyth
stepped forward and with short. but
appropriate address. dedicated the
statue to the heroes dead, to the heroes
living and to the heroes Of posterity.
After his address Adjutant General
Daniels proceeded with the regular
ceremonial service of the G. A. R., and
just at the close Miss Alice Donovan
pulled the string that held the yelling,
and the beautiful statue stood forth
free to view, a notable memory to the
purpose for which 1t was erected.
As the veil fell to the base cheer
after cheer rent the air. This closed
the best reunion ever yet held at the
Island. but now that 1t IL assuming per-
manency through the efforts Of the as
sociation. and mostly through the ef-
forts Of the associations untiring presi-
dent. Robert Lyman. the people OF this
vicinity are looking forward to many
more happy gatherings when they and
the scouts will gather in common re-
union to live over again and again the
scenes that have made this spot IA
nous.
In addition to the monument. there
| Is now beautiful headstone at the
grave OF each scout buried there.
The battle OF Beecher island began
September IL. 1868. and continued for
nine days. during which the Ameri-
cans withstood tine assaults OF 1000
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. under
the personal command Of that fearless.
! sagacious and extremely cruel chief.
Roman Nose. Among those who gave
up their lives in this memorable strug-
gle on the then barren plains Of
eastern Colorado was young Fred
Beecher. nephew of the late Rev.
/ Henry Ward Beecher.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
ODD FELLOWS IN COUNCIL.
Meeting Of Sovereign Grand Lodge at
iladelphia.

Philadelphia, Sept. 19.-Disagreea.
BILE weather conditions marked the for.
NAL opening yesterday of the eighty.
first annual communication of the Sow.
ereign Grand Lodge OF the Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows. Every jurisdic.
ton OF the order in the United States
is represented at the conclave.
The report OF Grand Sire Wright
shows the total subordinate lodge
membership OF 1.217.145; encampment
membership, 171,S39; Rebekah mem.
bership, 479.059; number of subordin'
ate lodges, 14,315: expenditures for re-
lief, $4,633.649; total revenues, $13,.
63S,791; total resources. $s7.645.071.
Continuing, the report states:
1.-The increase in membership of our
subordinate lodges was 65,724: in the
eneampment branch, 1890; in the Re
bekah branch, 26.391, making a total
increase OF 102,105. The Patriarcha
Militant will show decrease in mem
bership, but that decrease is only nom.
inal and doubtless results from a clear
ing out OF names that would not repre-
sent active members of that branch.
The increase in receipts for the year
was S751,O77. The increase In re
sources was S2,974,951 and the In.
crease in relief $307,13 The militant
branch alone in our organizations fails
to show substantial progress. There
has been loss In membership during
the year OF little over 300. This
condition of affairs in my Judgment
demands Immediate attention and per
haps radical measures"
The statistical Information for the
year in the report Of Grand Secretary
John b. Goodwin included the follow.
ing: 124,210 candidates initiated, 54,'
2S5 members suspended and 1S,0s5
died.
Since 1880 the order has initiated
2,927,2 1858 candidates; 292.541 members
have died.
The report upon the various homes
for the care Of It's orphans and aged
brethren shows thirty-eight institu'
ttons.
The Ordway new era., 1905-09-22
GOING TO NEW ORLEANS.
President Roosevelt Notified That Trip
Will Be Safe Next Month.

New Orleans. Sept. 19.-To-day
Mayor Behman received a telegram
from the President In regard to his
forthcoming visit in October, saying
that he would come October cath, as
previously arranged, or would defer 1t
to later date. Tonight the commit
tee In charge of the matter met and
afterward the following telegram was
sent by the mayor:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
your telegram Of this date, and at a
meeting Of the executive committee Of
citizens held this evening, at which
DR.. J. H. White, in charge of the
United Etates marine hospital and
public health department. was present,
was requested to telegraph you that
we are absolutely convinced that there
Is NO risk attached to your visit on the
date originally arranged. October cath.
next, and that we willingly assume the
responsibility. Knowing full well your
desire to honor us. we cordially reiter-
ate our heartfelt invitation. AS to the
possibility Of your entering Arkansas
after leaving here, We are at present
uncertain, but have wired the authori.
ties Of that state, and will advise you
shortly"
IN tno fFeSluentB ulspAtcn ne salu.
my trip to the South begins on the
1Stn' Of October. I had expected to ar
rive In New Orleans Tuesday, October
gath. II the people Of Louisiana and
New Orleans desire me to come ut that
time, Of course shall come. n they
desire me to come later, ] shall make o
second trip for the express purpose Of
visiting Louisiana and Arkansas. l
wish you to consider in this matter
simply the wishes OF the people OF
Louislana and New Orleans. and also
Of course, the question OF quarantine
regulations Of other states in 10 far ~
they would be affected by my enter
ing them after leaving Louisiana.
shah % whatever the people OF New
Orleann and Louisiana wish. subject
only q the feeling Of the other states
on this auarantine matter"