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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
GOVERNOR HoGG DEAD
leyA Qfizea and psir,ein Statesman
PASSED. Away This nerniae.

Special 20 DailS Light
iioassou. Tex. March Govern
OF James stephen Hogg is no more
This morninE at 1880 this loyal
citizen and patriotic statesman vas
called TO his final reward
When the announcement was flash
ed over the city that this distinguish
ed man was dead grief filled the
hearts of his hundreds OF friends and
admirers here The death OF Gov
crnor Hogg will not only be noufned
in Houston. but 1t will b. universal
throughout tnis broad state. for he
was man of and for the people
Governor iIogg vas a native Texan
and true son OF the soil He first
came into state prominence as attor-
ney general under the adlnipistra.,
don of Governor Ross He succeed
cd Ross as governor and served two
terms, from 1891 to 1895 His ad-
ministration was wise and efficient
and his name will be handed down
TO posterity as one of the ablest men
who ever filled the gubernatorial
chair. He was the father of the state
railroad com mission, which will long
stand as a monument to his broad
minded craftsmanship
Governor Hogg had been in poor
health a long time. and last fall he
was sick several weeks at Fort
Worth, going there TO submit to an
operation After lowering between
life and death several days he re-
gained his strength sufficiently to
return to his home in this city. A re-
lapse came and he had been confined
TO his bed nearly ever since returning
from Fort Worth.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
CYCLONE CUTS
THROUGH CITY
atSNSSteN TOWN NFftRS FEARFUL
LOSS OF lEt AND pROetRTY.
THE WORK OF RESCUE
With Lighted Candies the People
searched Through the fs,sins for
Dead and Iniurcti--Eirc
Ficnd Follows Wind

Mobile, Ala. March "a long
distance telephone message to the
Item from MERIDIAN says cvclone,
accompanied by a heavy rain. struck
that city yesterday evening at G:20
O'Clock The storm center was in
The southern portion OF the city and
principally heavy along Front street,
one Of the principal business streets
OF the town. Nearly every house
on Front street is reported to have
been demolished The Armour pack
ing plant, from which this message
was received by long distance phone.
is the only building left standing and
the roof of this is gone. Fire broke
out in the ruins and despite the heavy
rain, the flames were burning fierce
ly when this dispatch was filed.
A number of bodies are reported
to be in the ruins and the rescuers
worked by candle light The city is
in total darkness, the electric light
ing plant having been put out of
business.
The tornado did severe damage at
sother points adjacent to Meridian
and all trains are delayed indefin-
Nitely
Vi Inc Western Union Telegraph
accompany reported having lost fif-
Efeen miles of wire and the Postal
kreiegraph company also suffered
great damage. The wires are all
down between Atlanta, Birmingham.
Memphis and other points and it ia
impossible to secure communication
with the stricken city
A private long distance message
received from Meridian At $50 last
night says three fires ragged In the
devastated district The work OF the
rescuers was going bravely on, but
owing to all lights being out, lanterns
and candles were being used In the
work and It was necessarily slow.s Il
is thought that t6O bodies are in tho
wreckage The union depot is one OF
the buildings blown away The tefe-
graph wires are still down between
Meridian and Mobile and other
points.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

4 am sincerely s<,rsY = busax
Il GOxernnf l11f r n Ssl
Z s}al21o 49, - u : p -,
n pfn Z. {
! Ssch ~as tA4 - 1sa -
| Judge J. E. D1fteF9 tHxs Aks11 -
when the reporter called ~ hlS coMSt
room and showed him the press spec-
ial, announcing the death OF that
eminent statesman.
Judge billiard lived IN East Terns
many years ago and knew Governor
Hogg when be was a bare footed boy.
The Judge was then editor OF a pa
per at Rusk. Cherokee county, and
Jim Hogg set type in the office TWEEN
ty-two mouths. II was under Judge
billiards. foreman that the future
governor took his first lessons in the
art preseryative.
Judge billiard always TOOK a gres,
interest In Hogg as a boy and h2s
watched his career In public life With
a great deal OF satisfaction. He has
always oePu q loyal friend 10 the COY
cruor and looiSed upon him as being
broad minded. patriotic and born
leader OF men.
Governor HoGG was an uncle 81
Dr " p. Ferguson OF this city. and
had many personal friends IN IN.
city Who viii learn OF bis death wits
sincere regret.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

NJ siEv0 noa IN stock >~-e la~
price. AeAIanus lmpl" sD~p4 Eeais-i.
and NardsaYe co -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
Poultrynncn 10 Meet.

\ meeting of poultry tanciers OF
Ellis county will be held NJ the city
hall Monday afternoon al O'Clock.
The purpose of the meeting is 10 or
ganizc the Waxahachie Poultry Asso-
citation on a broader scale and TO elect
Officers tor the year. Plans will also
be- discussed and outlined for the
next annual show. Every poultry
man IN Waxahachic is invited 10 at
tend this meeting. There promises
20 be a good attendance from differ
eni sections OF the county.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

B b. Moody merchant at How
ard. was in the city last night to at
tend the regular meeting OF the Odd
Fellows Mr Howard stated TO a
representative of this paper that
there was Vet some cotton TO be pick
cd in the Howard community He
said twenty or more bales were ginn-
ed at that place yesterday. Mr.
Moody said The farmers were taking
advantage of this weather and we're
h, ginning 70 get busy on new crops.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
Kuying Right Of Way.

r. A. Ferris and r. F. Thompson
are two of the busiest men in the city
Just now. They are looking after the
matter of procuring the right of way
through the city for the Trinity and
Brazos Valley railroad, and for the
past several days they have devoted
most OF their time TO this work They
reported yesterday morning that
deals had been closed in the city with
five property holders. The sum of
S4.300 was paid yesterday morning
for property within the corporate I'm
its of the city. The work OF securing
the right of way viii be pushed just
as rapidly as possible so that the
work of grading can be- commenced.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
.kU kLUx kLAN
IN SHREVEPORT
mtestS ftt1 WIN CRKs q ItRaOe
WREN eaoSTly VISITORS ApptaRfe,
NEGRO HOUSES VISITED
All ~aloons and Other Places. Dpcrat. /.
I'd by Negroes Received Calls
From Silent Hor<cmcn.
No Violence Used

Shreveport, La. March 3. This
city experienced revival Of Ku kIux
klan Thursday night when party
OF so mounted draped and masked
men rode over the city. causing a
stampede in the negro districts. The
raid was result of the trouble this
city has experienced during the last
10 days and followed after the exc
eution of the negro rapfst. Charles
Coleman
me raiders were costumed after
the manner of Thomas Dixon's
'Clansman except the mask and
toga were black. The patrolmen
were on the alert and as soon as the
masked body appeared reports from
all over the city were telephoned to
headquarters. The police made no
arrests, having learned that the ku
k}uX was composed of the best ciri-
zens OF the city and the leader prom
ised that no violence should be used.
they were to warn negroes what
would happen in the event of a re-
petition of former crimes.
Wherever the swift silent horse
men moved during the night the
negroes were panic stricken and fled
in wild terror.
! No violence was used, but the pres
, enee of the Khan struck terror to the
negroes and caused panic among
| them.
Saloons, dives and all negro quar-
ters were viaatad The h0raeme1
refined up In front OF the n4UrD y
AOrt1, and AZ uD0n NJ ne3rQa1 @mmMan
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
Engine Crew Robbed.

Paris. Tex, March 3.-Engineer
Jim Jones and Fireman B. Bryant
OF the Texas Midland came in Thurs
day night at II O'Clock and went to
their room In a boarding house on
Sherman street This morning they
discovered that they had been visit,
ed by burglar who took their gold
watches and 1850 IN cash from
their pockets No clew
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
GRANT ANOTHER STAY
PsifKkS sieSrias tor New Trial Goes
Over One More 1oaih.

New York, March .. The hearing
upon the motion OF a new trial In the
case OF Albert r. Patrick, convicted
oi the murder OF Nilliam Marsh
Rice. the aged millionaire. has ad-
journed until April :. This will make
necessary further reprieve BY Gov
ernoI Higgins, as Patrick is now un-
der sentence TO be electrocuted March
10. District Attorney Jerome inform
ed Recorder Goff, before whom the
hearing Is being held. that he would
JOIN with Patrick S attorney in an APP
plication for a reprieye.
Recorder Golf said he also would
give his approval 10 the application
for new reprieve. Adjournment
Followed short session of the hear
ing during which Recorder Goff.
states Attorney Jerome and Patrick's
counsel, William X Olcott. joined in
discussing the motions which were
made to strike out of the court rec
ords several affidavits made for Pat
rick made by Texas witnesses.
Mr.. Jerome made these motions
on the ground that witnesses had fail
e 70 appear at the present hearing.
and he also asked TO strike out the
affidavit of John 7. Milliken of ST.
Louis. Patriek's brotherin-law. from
whom a telegram was received yes
, terday. saying he would bs unable
/ 10 attend.
Milliken's i affidavit concerns tn
| manner In which the Texas witness
j es Tor Patrick were found and thei
statements obtained.
simultaneously with the distri,
attorneys action, Mfr. Olcott made
motion to place on record three ne
;sifidAsits made by Edward %. M
KsM1ts. official stenographer
Judge Kittrefl of Texas: AdOlpl
Goldman. real estate dealer ant
! ranchman of Houston. Texas. and
former Chief of Police John G. Black
burn of that city. Mr.. Jerome OBJ
jected to the new affidavits. Re-
corder Goff said the case should not
be carried to an interminable length.
it was six years since the alleged
crime was committed and if the dis
trict attorney did not object 10 the
Introduction of supplemental affi-
davits. the recorder said he would
be reminded of his duty. If the affi-
davits contained any new matter. the
recorder said. there would be reas-
enable justification for their admis-'
sion. but they were simply a reiter-
alton and accumulation. Neverthe-
less. he added. ne would allow their
admission in order that defendant
might have every opportunity under
the law to obtain justice. The atfi-
, dayits were admitted.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

We have oI. Led up IN be acAsG
us building where @e arr pfefAsfed 10
give still Better satisfaction than ever
In our line OF carriage painting and
rubber tire work The genuine Fire
stone rubber is used exclusively
None better C,ivr Ms a call
dS5-wb Il r. KENNEDY
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03
, = = - . 80 = = . . . = 90
school Man Whipped.

. Woodward, Okla, March 9
= because he suspended a pupil.
= Prof Bari Langley. supsrin,
= 'endens Of the Woodward
. schools. was horse whipped by
. the child's mother Langley
= had her arrested and she then
. renewed the attack. knocking
. him down with a club A trial
. today before Judge Patton re-
. suited in her conviction. with q
. sentence of ten days In Jail and
= SO fine She has Appealed to
. the district court.
- = = a n
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

subject for SUNDAY. March I. What
Is true happiness
The worldly idea. the christian
idea. Luke g 2o-eC / John le-
- II Cor e.. 90. Phil. 8: -.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

Waco, Tex. March 3.--Tbe hard
OF = white woman was found yester-
day by q number OF negro boys. The
police are mystified, but the explanA-
ton generally accepted Is that 1t is
a specimen OF anatomy thrown away
by some physician
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-03

CINCINNATI Ohio. March !
Death came 10 HrssIs Cole. I
. daughter Of stephen Cole of I
Biooningsbarg. Fasetie coun- 4
> " ohio, yesterday after spell I
Z o. sneezing which lasted ten 4
4 hours ! physician vas sum 4
, moned His efforts 10 cheek 4
> the sneezing were OF no avail 4
> Ine bursting OF blood vessel I
. ensued 4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
"JACK, The
STABBER''
JOHN BRADY ARRESTED
BIZ ST. LOUIS POLICE
He Is Said TO Have Confessed the
Crimes Many Women Were His
Victims y Prisoner Was q Waiter
Out Of Employmenf.

ST, Louis, Feb. IoJohn Brady, 2a
years old, waiter out Of employment,
was arrested today on suspicion of be-
ing the young man known as Jack, the
Stabber, who had stabbed number
of women OH the streets during the past
three weeks 81 ss VS.
i After being questioned the police
state Brady confessed he had dome the
stabbing
Brady was arrested early today III a
resort where he had on a previous yis-
Fit boasted that HE was Jack, the Stab
lber..
When he called early today the po-.
lice were secretly notified and he was
taken into custody. AT first HE denied
all knowledge of Jack, the Stabbers
but upon being confronted By several
linen who had held Jack, the Stabber'
and released him on the street one
might. and positively identified, Brady
Hit Is stated, confessed. What his mo-
tive was Ii stabbing women indiscrisn-
linately has not been told BY him. His
parents i've here He has three broth
lers and three sisters. ~. !.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
MURDERED
AN ITALIAN
BAD MEN ON A
NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIN


Exeter. nj H.. Feb. 10. wo ilrls
known men, who boarded the Boston
& Maine Express train at Dover, shot
and Tnortally wounded All iilknowti
Italian as he was starting to leave the
train at Rockingham Junction today
The conductor Of the train had at
tempted to arrest the men, having been
notified BY the Dover police that they
had robbed the Luddy & Currler she
factory at Dover and that they were On
the train. Ait the. same moment the
Italian started to leave the car and one
Of the alleged robbers fired FIVE revol-
yer Shots at him. all Of which took eff
feet The Italian died shortly after
wards.
III the corafusion which followed the
shooting the two suspects jumped from
the car and disappeared IN the woods.
When the train reached here word was
sent To the police of this town and the
cities of Dover and Portsmouth, about
fifteen miles asv ay. and posses started
from each place 10 search the country
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
Two North Dakota Boys Stand
Well in the Naval Academy

Annapolis. Md. Feb 1o. The oficiaall
figures Of the standing Of the gradu-
sates during the whole course were is
sued today. Allan j Chantry jr, q
Milvern. la, leads the class with
multiple Of 5I7.as. Whitford Drake, q
Waltharn. Mass, IS second with 5I5.2I
and John Paul Miller Of Lancaster, ~.
third with sI4.7o, the first seven grad
.uates with ssstar' rank having received
IS per cent as an aggregate in all sub
.jects.
Among the first twenty five graduates
George b. Wright Fergus Falls
Mimi. fifth.
Henry M. Jensen, Benson. MINI.
sixth. ss
Robert &. Ghormley. Moscow Idaho
twelfth.
Waller NJ Lorshbaugh, Fargo, n, p.
seventeenth.
Low N. Atkins. Butte. Mont. nine
teenth.
first.
Ray s Mcdonald. Grafton, n p.
twenty fourth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
ASIA FOR
ASIATICS''
CHINESE MUST BE
GIVEN al SCARE.
Shanghai Resident Says the Only Way,
to Rule the ceIestiaIs Is Through
Fear They Hate Foreigners and the
Feeling Is Increasing.

San Francisco. Feb Asia Tor As
iatics, this says William v. Carmichael,
Shanghai merchant who has Just ar
rived here, is the theory that has been
taken up in China and has spread like
wild FIRE from province 70 province
skindling everywhere the slunbefifiR
hatred Of the Mongolian against all for
eigners. !. &.
The spirit of revolt IS rife in the land
Young China is rising, and ii, his opifls
!, ion trouble is bound to come.
The growing sentiment against the
foreign element il, China, according te
. Carmichael, viii result in open hos
tilities unless they take a hand anc
show that they are prepared with al
armed force to suppress the first sign:
of an outbreak. He says that the only
/ way to gain the respect of Chinese !:
to inspire them with a wholesome Tea
Of foreigners. u 5 55 81 IL
8 He adds that the few regiments sta
toned at Manila will be entirely made
qnate to cope with trouble in case ]
comes 81 . Y Il 5ss5
I'll is possible, he says, 10 deal will
the Chinese with diplomacy.
The only thing to do is to seize thei
territory as Germany did in 1909 an
thus bring them to their senses,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
.BIGELOW
WELL FIXED
SON OF BANK PRESIDENT
RECEIVED STOLEN FUNDS
Indictments Against Assistant Cashier
Ring in Charges Against Young Blge-
low, VINO Is Said to Have Prcfited
to the Extent or 500, 900.

Milwaukee, Feb. To- Gordon Bige-
low, son Of Frank g. BigeioM, the de-
fauHing president Of the First National
bank of this city, is alleged, in an in
sdictment returned against Former AS
.sistant Cashier Henry o. Coll by the
federal grand jury, to have received
sIoo, 900, of the funds alleged to have
been embezzled by Frank g. Bigelow
and Coll. Al fifth count i'm the ifidict-
ment alleges that $2o 600 was fraudti-
slently transferred to Gordon BigeloW
on Dec. 8, 1904. A sixth count charg-
es that on the same day Gordon Bige-
low received $4,000 through President
Bigelow, aided and abetted by Coll
on Dec. 8, 1908, $4,000 is alleged to
have been transferred to Gordon Bige-
low though he had no account with the
bank and that on Dec. S, 1904, Coll is
alleged to have fraudulently transferred
$4,000 to Gordon Bigelow for his per
sonal use. .i I,l
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
|Dreadnoughi, The Greatest Battleship in
The World, Launched Today at Portsmouth

. The guns, ,arfnor, machinery, boilers,
etc, are ready to be placed in the
Dreadnought, so there should be no
difficulty in having her ready for sea
in twelve months, when she will join
the Atlantic feet, based on Gibraltar
thus. being placed midway between the
channel and Mediterranean fleets. AS
trouble threatens on the one side or
the other the ships Of the Atlantic
feet are moved, making them of the
greatest use in the time of war, no mat
ter who the enemy might be. Writ
ing Of this fleet as it will be when the
Dreadnought joins, a naval expert
said: Nothing as devastating as this
concentrated destruction has ever been
conceived in the brain Of man. 1t is
impossible to picture the result OF one
minutes well directed fire at an enc
my's ships, and when one minute is fol-
lowed, by others, the effect. would be
too terrible for words, presuming the
gttnners get the range and fire as al
target practice. To this length has the
contest for sea power gone, and this is
not the end, for the time is not far dis
tant when the British ensign will fly
over fleets and squadrons OF Dread
noughts, vessels costing GI, 100000, OIL
more, each with ten or I2-inch guns
which will engage an antagonist wher
| three or four miles distant, and viii
! pour in a succession Of shells, each
| weighing $50 pounds, carrying whole,
sale destruction in their wake
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
AFRICA FOR
AFRICANS
THAT'S THE SLOGAN .
f. OF TURBULENT NATIVES
They Have Been christianlzed and Re-
fuse to Pay Poll Tax-An Expedition
Has Been Sent to Shoot Few OF
Them.

Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Feb. 1o.--A
punitive expedition OF 400 carbineers
with artillery left here today for the
scene OF the troubles in the Richmond
district caused by the natives refusing
to pay poll tax. Another detachment
will start Sunday. The ringleaders OF
the turbulent faction have disappeared
in the bush.
The chief OF the tribe. who is now
here, describes the malcontents as be-
ing ''the troublesome Christianized sec.
ton of the tribe .,}@ y = ~. - ~
They are said TO be converts to the
Ethiopian church whose baner is in
scribed with the words: Africa for
Africans. = Il, q. T.. - ! 6 seg ssa5yes.
The government does not anticipate
any protracted field operations. .... +
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10
HERMAN AND HERRERA
FOUGHT Al DRAW

Lon Angeles, Cal. Feb To- Kid Her
man Of Chicago, and Aurelio Herrera
Of Bakersfield, Cal, fought d twenty
round draw before the Pacific Athletic
club last night. The fight was an inter-
esting one; 4 splendid exhibition of
cleverness on Herman's part and Of de-
cisiyeness on the part of Herrera.
With the disadvantages in height,
weight and reach to overcome. Her
man fought with splendid generalship
and cleyeTness. From the first to the
fifteenth round Herman had a decided
lead on points. using his left to Her
rera's body successfully, especially in
the infighting, of which there was a
great deal Herrera, who was strong
er and showed the hardest punch,
tried hard to land his knockout right
on the Jaw, but did not land It sqtiarely
during the entire fight. M
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-10

Portsniolf. q eb. 1o.1'ne monster
,battleship Dree> eli, which when fin
8ished, will have 10000 was
launched here today q King Edward,
H The ceremony was 'ost simple
possible, the king having 4oed all dec
orations and pageantry on account OF
the death Of his father-in-law. King
Christian.
There was a moment OF suspense
after the king touched the electric but
ton removing the last block as the huge
ship iiesitated and appeared reluctant
to take to the water. But ultimately
she glided down the ways in safety
Among the occupants of the royal
stand were the American naval attache
Lieut.. Com John II. Gibbons, and the
|other attaches, the admiralty officials an6
al few privileged persons.
The launching Of the Dreadilought
1.-THE largest and most powerful battle
ship OF the worlds ilavies, marks th'
| first stage in what the British admir-
atty claims as the greatest achieve
ment in naval construction. Oct. 2
1905, only few days over four month
ago, work was commenced at Ports
mouth on the vessel, the first OF what !
! to be known as the Dfeadnought class
THE promise was made then that sh
would be launched within six months
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