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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

the presence of band OF faquis In
The Los Otates mountains near 0tates
pass through which they had to tray-
el TO reach t.adura, end q mining
camp. where r A Hartman owns
large interests of silver and copper
properties The worst gorge was
passed and they entered wider
valley when from every ledge and
mountain debris came the crack of
rifles The men charged desperately
the slopes. calling down upon their
heads rain of lead to divert the
fire from those they would be bound
to protect. In this way they fell with
their faces To the unseen foe. The
last desperate stand the survivors
made was in the shelter over the
carriage, and they fought back, dy-
ing. but still fighting to the last,
knowing there was no mercy for
them.
The story of the massacre was
brought to Ortiz BY an Indian letter
carrier. who shortly afterward went
through the pass on trip with mail.
and who identified the bodies of
those killed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
THE DEATH TRAP.
Albert Johnson's Gallows Will BE
Erected Tomorrow or Next Day.

The gallows no which Albert John
son will be hanged Friday will be
| erected by Eph Dixon tomorrow O
the next day. AS there will no stock
ade around the scaffold the buildin
OF the death trap will not requir
| very much time. The site seIecte
| for the scaff0sd N IN fhe stetfs ls7axn
between the Katy track and ths
creek, just below the Washington
street bridge The execution will be
public and those who desire to wit
ness the affair may do so from the
bridge or railroad embankment The
proceedings at the gallows will take
place as soon after l o'clock as pos
sible.
The condemned negro appears re-
signed to his fate and it is believed
breaking down. Up to the present
time he has been seemingly indif-
ferent with reference TO the affair,
and puts in most OF his time laugh
ing and joking with his guards "A
great many people called at the
Jail Saturday afternoon to see him.
Several of the visitors gave a nickel
or a dime and with these he purchas-
es cigars and such other articles as
his guards permit him to have.
The issue of the Daily Light on
that day will consist of eight pages,
which will contain a fUll report Of
the execution In addition there viii
be a comprehensive history of the
crime. a review OF the two trials. "A
ketch of the murdered man. John
sons confession and record of his
past criminal career There viii al
so Dee cuts of the murderer and his
victim Several hundred extra copies
viii Dee printed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

chief surgeon ot the Santa Fee
donation of $500 for the dofmltory
Veey satisfactory progress II being
made IL ihe work of raising funds
for this building The total amount
Is nov In the neighborhood of 81
00o Since beginning campaign
for funds the donations up to this
time have averaged about $3.50 per
Sunday Dr Turner will continue
the work until the necessary amount
has been secured II Is hoped to be-
gin active work on the building at
an eariS date, and plans are being
made 10 lay the corner stone in June
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
TO BEGIN GRADING.
Dirt viii BE Broken Tomorrow on
Brnzos Valley Right of Way.

Dirt will be broken tomorrow af-
ternoon near Waxahachie on the
Trinity and Brazos Valley right of
way
A car load of scrapers and plows
TO be used in grading the road ar
rived in the city Saturday night from
Mexia, and today camp was struck
a few hundred yards east of the
home of w. A Briggs.
A Light reporter and r. F. Deven-
port visited the camp this morning
and found a large force of men at
work, putting up tents and making
other preparations for beginning on
the grade tomorrow.
The gang here is in charge of j. M
Phillips, who has just finished a con
tract on the Houston extension. He
now has fourteen teams and abou
sixteen men, but thinks he will in
| crease this force in a few days. H
will begin grading at w A. Briggs
! windmill and will work east until h
meets the gang which began grad
| ing at Bardwell some time ago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
PREACHER FACES
SERIOUS CHARGE
HAN WANTED IN COLORADO ARRESTED
IN WAxAHACAtt SATURDAY.
RETURNS WITH OFFICER
willing to 10 Back to Scene of Al
legged Crime Without Waiting
for Resquisition Papers.

Rev William Courtney Connell,
Presbyterian preacher, was arrested
in this city Saturday evening about
7 O'Clock. and has been taken 10 La
mar Colorado, where he will be held
to answer to the serious charge of
criminal assault
The arrest of the fugitive from
justice was effected by Sheriff George
II. Thomas of Lamar. who was as
sisted by local officers
Sheriff Thomas arrived in the city
over the Central Saturday afternoon
at 405, and three hours later had
the handouts on man whom he
had been trailing for nearly week
The prisoner waived requisition pa
pers, and at 1;43 departed for Colo
RADIO in custody of the officer
Immediately after reaching the
city Sheriff Thomas went to Sheriff
Minnick's office and explained the
object of his visit He furnished the
officers with a description of the
preacher, stating that he had received
| information to the effect that the
man had arrived here the day before.
| He said that Rev Connell departed
| from Lamar the Saturday before. and
| had been furnished with funds by
members of his congregation. The
| officer trailed the man from Colora-
do to Wichita Falls, Gainesville, Dali
las and to Waxahachie, arriving here
not more than twenty-fonr hours be-
hind him. Sheriff Thomas and mem
bers of Sheriff Minnfck's force made
a thorough search of the city, ant
about O'Clock the man was appre
hended on South Washington stree
in Bullard Heights 1t had beer
ilearned that he spent the day hrrt
1 trying to purchase Mr., Wakeley's
photograph gallery, and when arrest
ed he was returning to the city from
Mr.. Wakeleys residence. Before a
search for the man was commenced
Sheriff Thomas explained to the To-
cal officers that he carried poison
and that he would no doubt make
an effort to take the fatal posion
when he saw that his arrest was inev-
liable After his arrest a small box
containing what is thought to be
strychnine tablets was found in his
vest pocket.
Immediately following his arrest
Rev Connell was taken to the county
Jail where he signed an agreement
waving requisition papers.
Sheriff Thomas stated to the repor-
ter that the case against the preach
er is one of a very serious nature
His alleged victim was a girl about
lG years old, the daughter of one o1
the most prominent families OF La
mar. Colorado A doctor has also
been arrested and placed in Jail there
on the charge of malpractice. it be
ing alleged that he performed al
operation on the girl for the purpose
OF producing abortion.
Rev Connell made no statemen
after his arrest. further han TO say
his conscience had been hurting hin
so he had decided to remain here
until officers came for him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

a deal was consnmmated last
week by which Hubbell. Slack & Co.
have secured lease on all round bale
gin plants in the state that were
owned by the Texas Cotton Products
Company The lease on these plants
was secured from G. P Meade, re-
ceiver for the round bale people The
plant in Waxahachie is included in
the lease, and win be operated next
season by Hubbell, Slack & Co The
gin in this city is one of the best
and most up to date round bale sys-
TENS in the state.
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EIGHT PERSONS
ARE nASSACRED
PROMINENT htxICAkS SLAIN BY 4 BAND
or RAiDlSG OUTLAWS.
FIVE IN ONE FAMILY
Passing Through Wild section Of
Country Party Is Fired Upon by
Band of Btood-thirsty Yaquis.

San Francisco March 26--News
has been received in this city, says
dispatch from Los Angeles to the
Chronicle, of the murder of five
members of the family of Pedro
Meza, president of Ladura, Sonora,
Mexico, and brother-in-law of Freder
ick Hartman, president of the Will
| lam Hoege company of Los Angeles,
who was massacred by Indians with
in a few miles of their home and
their bodies left in the roadway be-
tween Ortiz and Ladura until suf
ficient number of Mexican troops
could be sent to ovverawe the raid
ing outlaws and bring in the victims.
The names of those killed are: Sc
! nor Pedro Meza, president of La
!. dura, arch mining contractor and one
! of the most prominent men in the
district; Sonora Elyira Meza, wife of
Sthe president; Senoritas Carmen, Ell
eoisa and Panchetta Meza, eighteen,
Etwenty and twenty-three years of age
their daughters. Mrs. Wenczlaus
Hoff, an old friend of the Meas, and
Mrs. Hartman and Theodore Hoff,
twenty-four years of age, her only
son. Three members of the Meza
family survive. They are the baby
son Pedro Meza, and two young dau-
ghters, Mercedes and Elvira
The children had been left at
home in Ladura when the rest OF
the family went driving in carriages
to Guayamas for the purpose of con-
sulting a physician about Senorita Ell
oisa, who had been ailing, and al
the same time to enable other mem
bers of the family to do some shop
ping and visit friends. Returning
from Guayamas the party stopped al
Ortiz, and 1t is supposed they were
Il Joined there by Mrs. Hoff and her
son. Here it is said they learned OF
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
STEN GROWING,
tiii~ County Brick Plants Are ia
Prosperous Condition.

The brick Industry ot Ellis county
bids fair 90 become its leading manu-
featuring interest There are all
ready four large plants at Ferris. all
doing good husinoss. and e. com
pany .s being organized there to put
leo the fifth and b. .s proposed io
make lt larger than an, that are nov
operating tn the county Palmer has
Two plants and 81 Compans has been
formed to pui ia Large plant near
CRISP. seven miles northeast of Ennis.
on the Midland railroad
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Died in Fort Worth.

Mrs Bennie Easterwood, wife of
J. S. Easterwood, died Saturday af
teruoon about $50 at the family
residence In Fort Worth The re-
mains were brought to Waxahachie
yesterday morning and inferred in
the City Cemetery.
| Mrs. Easterwood was Is years old
and had baen in i'll health for yea,
j or more. I Mr. Easterwood formerl.
lived in Waxahachfe and had employ
mant with the steam laundry.
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sheriff Ninuick returned This
morning from "a "trip 90 Guthrie. ok.
having iu custody Joe Graham. col
ored who was wanted here ou "a
charge of assault to murder The
offeuSC was committed more than "a
ycar ago and Graham was indicted
ht the Grand jury 40 'he February
term of court last year Ho is charE-
ed with shooting I'D Borders, another
negro. iu Freedman. The rouhlc oc
cured iu "a restaurant and WIS the
result of dispute over a same or
dominoas
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APPEAL REJECTED.
In Consequence Editor of Russ Must
>ery. Sentence.

St Petersburg. March 2G-Alexis
Souerin, editor OF the Russ. was ar
rested as the result of the rejection
by Emperor Nicholas of his appeal
against the sentence of one years Inn
prisonment in fortress imposed up
on him Jan 90 for publishing Sc
ditious proclamation. intending the
manifesto of the workmen's 8 council.
announcing the government had de-
clared civil war on the proletariat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

AT the meeting at Mexia last week
of the executive committee of the
Central Texas Log Rolling Associa-
ton the annual election of officers
took place. w E Cox of Italy, ed
itor of the Supriser and justice of
the peace of that precinct, was named
as president The annual log rolling
will be held at Italy III July.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
CITY Marshall Makes Haul

City Marshall Tom Dixon raided a
house last night and made a good
haul A game of craps was found
in progress. and six of the bone toss
ers were placed under arrest by Mar
shall Dixon. They made bond and
were released from custody
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26
New Serrice.

Commencing April Sth, the Queen
& Crescent Routes, Passenger trains
Nos and s. will run solid between
Shreveport and Atlanta, with sleep
ing car and dining car service.
This train will have no connections
to wait for, or make in transit, and
will have nothing to prevent 1t max
ing its regular time into Atlanta. st
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

Keep the little ones healthy and
happy Their tender, sensitive bodies
require gentle. healing remedies.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will
keep them strong and we'll 50 cents
Tea or tablets B. w Ferris.
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q q Anderson. rcFrrsHnfaffss 0s
fae Hruez NugwT re a.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-26

Stoddar&'ss lectures place before
your children the panorama of the
world in the most accessible and
comprehensive manner. 04
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
I rankin IS A
THRIVING: R. TOWN.
Business Center Of a Large and
Prosperous Agricultural
Section.
PEANUTS IMPORTANT ITEM
Special inducements Held Out to
Those Seeking N!anufac-
turing Sites.
PEANUTS IMPORTANT ITEM
Especial 10 The Tlmes-Dispatch

| Especial % The Times -Dispatch)
FRANKLIN, VA, May Franklin is
a thriving town and splendid manufac-
turing sites are located here, each one do
ing profitable business.
The pretty little city is built Just on the
banks OF the picturesque Black Water
River. Great strides are being made in
the way Of making Franklin great COM
mercials and manufacturing point OF East
ern Virginia. and progress is being made
In competition with other and larger firms.
There are special inducements In the way
of desirable locations held out to those
who are seeking manufacturing steR and
establishments that mean good for the
public.
The inference that Franklin would be a
splendid manufacturing siteHis sustained
by the fact that there are already numer-
Gus fsetories here and others in course of
erection. such as peanut factories; saw
mills and planting mills: carriage and
buggy factory: iron foundry, electric
light plant, and other different industries
which make a town.
Franklin is blessed with great gift
from nature; namely, good water. Ar
tesian wells are plentiful all over the
town and give forth the best drinking
water that can be- had anywhere
Franklin is situated on the line OF the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad land rha
Southern Railway, and the Black Water
River is 5nayig gable up to this point, which
affords transfer. of freight from this point
and points along the above named rail-
ways to Eastern North Carolina.
The officers of the town are: Mayor.
R.. T., l.. Watkins; Councilmen G. C..
i Vaughan, Sr., President; G. w. Gary, r.
]. Camp. ]. r. Knight. a. w. Hayes and
I, E. Howell; Sergeant. G. A. Bell.
Franklin Is the recognized market for
one OF the most prosperous sections in
| this part OF Virginia. Many beautiful
Southern. homes dot.the roads leading out
in various directions from the town The
farmers are prosperous and progressive
men-who send their sons and daughters
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to college-and who have homes of Gull
tllra and re6nemant. 5Ssal E5 g@s5f II

to college-and who have homes of Gull
ture and refinement.
Three prominent factors In Franklin's
business world are The Franklin Peanut
Company, The Virginia Peanut Company
and The Pretlow Peanut Company, ali
peanut cleaners. The Virginia Peanut
Company was the first to start in the
business and was first managed by Mr..
c. G. Vaughan, ST.. who sold out to Mr..
James M. Story, the present manager.
The Pretlow Peanut Company was next
organized and is run by Mr.. l.. a. Pref
low, who Is stockhoder in the Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank here, and other
business. enterprises. The Franklin Pea
nut Company started business last year.
Mr.. James |. Beale. who has been con-
'nected with the peanut business for many
years, heads the firm. All three concerns
have their factories on the line of the
Saboard Air Line Railway. affording them
the best shipping facill.es.
The success of the two banks of this
place has been, good from the first.
sNaughan.an Company, private insti-:
tuition. was Established in the year 1886.
with G. C. Vaughan, ST., president and
G. C. Vaughan. Jr., cashier. They have
$1,000 paid upscapital, a surplus Of s7O,-.
600 and undivided profits of about SIS
90. 1t Is the Oldest institution OF It's kind
In Southampton county. Their business Is
or surrounding counties in Virginia, but
they do a;large business3in Eastern North
Carolina as we'll Colonel c. c.. Vaughan,
Jr., is commander of the Seventy-first
Virginia Regiment: secretary of Cape
Fear Lumber Company, at Wilmington,
NJ. c.; president Of the Homestead Fire
Insurance Corporation. at this place, AMI
holds number of 0 ther important posi-
tons. The Merchants and Farmers Bank
ntznd IN do h,,c{ iop r.,
!. 1906, with Hon. j., d. Pretlow. president,
Their statemen made April 6. 1908, shows.
capital, 1880: surplus, $4,000 undivided
profits, (neD s237S.52; deposits. Sis, 1o97s;
due to banks, s63, 900: loans, s221 3o6 O1. Mr..
Pretlow has since died and Mr.. w. II.
Moore was made president, Mr. E. Frank
Story. weep president; John D. Abbitt
cashier and II. r. Hederick, assistant
cashier. ~
The churches of the town are very hand
some. and commodious for the size of the
town. stt
The great pride Of sF>ranklin is and has
always been Its schools. The Franklin
Military Academy has an enrolment OF
about eighty students from different, parts
of'Vrginla and North Carolina. It's teach
ers and instructors are OF tho best The
principal is n graduate OF Richmond Col
tlege, and his assistants are, respectively,
Maj Harry Carlton. a full graduate OF
the Virginia Military Institute. who is
commandant and has charge OF the min
| tary branch Of the school. and Professor
Bergman G. Betty, full graduate OF
Neutrality-suspicious. College,
The Franklin Female Seminary has for
its president, Professor John b. Brewer.
OF: North Carolina. All of his assistants
are lady instructors. About ono hundred
and fifty students are enrolled for this
year. It being the largest: number since
| (Continucd on Fourth Page (, 5i7'11'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
OUR GRAINING TRADE .5:..
With BRITISH AUSTRALASIA

- special TO The Times Dispatch.) ss,
Z 4 WASHINGTON,sD d. e., Nav, 10. IRA ~ \
between the United States and British
Australasia In the fiscal year 1905 aggre.s
gated tllrty-eight million dollars, against
5thirty-four and a half millions In this
preceding year, thirty-two millions in 1900
and fourteen millions In 1895. Statistics
complied by the Department of Commerce.
and Labor through Its Bureau OF statls-s
ties show that imports from British AUS
tralnsia has grown from four and two
third million dollars In 1895 to twelvesi
millions In 1905, and exports thereto EInstE
the same period from nine millions 10 q
twenty-slx millions. For nine months az &
the present fiscal year the exports are
about two millions In excess of the samofs
months OF last year. .sss
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UNITE LIBRARY
]. AND N |: AUDITORIUM
Mr.. Evans Suggests Plan Tor
Combining Two Institutions,
Reducing Cost Of Each.
HOMESTEAD HAS TRIED 1T.
Thriving Pennsylvania City Sc
cured Auditorium AS Well AS !,
Carnegie Library.

The. question OF a public library for.
Richmond has reached that state where
the people realize their needs. 1t Is now
only question Of the means by which
4 the library should 70 procured.
Carnegie. when he offered the city two
hundred thousand dollars for a public.
library, was inspired by motives entirely
foreignsto those which have been attrlb-
uted to him by some persons. He said
at the opening of one of his libraries, My
personal experience may have led me
to value a free library beyond all other
in Pittsburg, Colonel Anderson of Alle-
gheny-a name can never speak without
feelings.of devotional gratitude, opened a
little fllbraryTOf four hundred books. to
boys every Saturday afternoon. He was
himself In attendance at his house to ex-
change books. No one but he who has felt
1t can know the anxious longing with
which the arrival Of SATURDAY was await
ed. that a new book might be had. My
brother and Mr.. Phipps, who have been
my principal business partners through
life, shared with me Colonel Anderson's
gracious generosity. and, 1t was when
areveling in these treasures that resolved
that. If ever wealth came to me It would
be used to establish free libraries, that
other poor boys might receive opportuni-
ties similar to those for which we are
indebted to that noble man." f
In Every Country.
In fulfillment of this boyhood resolution
there are to-day seventeen hundred
Carnegie libraries distributed through
every Notwithstanding country In the
world Some forty to fifty millions Of
dollars have been devoted to this cause
and power for education. has been
loosed which is now benefitting twenty
five million people. No individual has
ever contributed SO much to single
cause, or benefited so many. With 1t all
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Patents to Virginians.

- EStPcIHI % TIC IIIHes-IJ1snatch.)9s 5.3IsSsl
WASHINGTON. D. G., May. 10. q.
Messrs, Davis and Davis Washington
patent attorneys report the grant thiss
week to citizens Of this state OF the i.
lowing patents. N
Thomas p, Conner. assignor al & o,,s.
half to w. "A, Cardin. OF Norton, forl
lunch pail and lantern. a ssS
James II, Copps of Alberene, for dn.s
vice for splitting stone q IN VI
Frank McManus. Of South Norfolk, ~;
clothes line support. # M
design for badge, 81 s's..g
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Demand for Horsehair in Bavaria

Consul-General William f, Wright, sof n
Munich, Is informed by large dealer,
In that city that there Is Il great scarf
city In the supply of horsehair In Ba, /,
varia. and that this would be a good OPS 81
portunlty for American exporters to Inv,
a footing on the German market. Sew
eral shipments have already been received Y
from South America and Russia, bItli
the demand is far from being covt,rp,, !.
1t would be advisable for American exsS !.
porters to communicate direct with the D
firm OF ]. l.. Hoenigsberger and Com.
pany, OF Munich. which Is the most In q
rortant concern in the district handling B
raw horsehair. fT54l
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Rubber Company Election,

N 4 Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
EW YORK, May 1sr-The nav boel
OF directors OF the United states Rulber
Company organized yesterday by rec
electing the old officers,
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