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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
Katy NAIL CAR BURNS


Nussoke. r pes % when
southboupd fast malt so She Mis-.
soufi. Kansas & Texas came into
Auscorep yesterday afternoon mail
car Ne 24J loaded with through
mail from ST Louis 90 Fort Worth,
was on fire The fire department
was called out aud the flames extin-
guished. but not until the interior
gof thc car had been practically des-
troyed. and the mail that was not
burned was saturated With water.
There were no mail clerks In the
ear and 1t was locked Most of the
mail was second class. though there
was lot OF through pouch mail and
lots of Christmas packages The
burned car was cut out here and
dray load after dray load OF charred
mali pouches. papers, letters, and
Christmas packages have been haul
ed 10 the local postoffice where an at
tempt will be made TO see what can
be Identified and forwarded.
The origin of the fire is unknown
and the car was locked when II
reached Muskogee. The engineer
car and knew II was on fire. He
threw her opeu' and made the run
Of his life to reach Muscogee before
the burning car set fire to the rest OF
the train The mail train was de
layed an hour
Several tons of St Louis Sunday
papers and magazines were in the
car
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
SAVED THE CARS.

The energy and activity OF the

Ii The energy and activity OF th'
\ passengers on the northbound Hous
| ton and Texas Central train. which
was in the head-on collision at
Thornton early Tuesday morning.
saved TO- the aiiroad company three
s'aep.ue cars and passenger coach.
This story mas developed by re-
ports of the train men. which have
just been received af The office ot
the superintendent Mr. @. r. HaWs-
The car of crude oil in fho freight
train caught fire immediately after
the collision occurred. Almost stimuli.
taueously the fire broke out Boo tHr
combination mail and baggage gar
from the gas The maii clerks aud
tho baggage man had difficulty -af-
tiu- out alive Tho baE-a-e man
had fo take piece Ot air hose tu
br,at Gl- way out of fhr ,ar and
when he tried fn saFu The uaIE3g.
hr managed fu let usf four pieces.
and thy fire WAS futu -H Iuf char he
would NOT fl-h hi- If. longer Ihr
Pullman conductor aNpk. lII ut bis
passengers and cold tGru .HE U.d
plenty of time tU dress and -.t uu.
OF thr cars AII came nu. safely
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
TRAIN ROBBER CAPTURED
Man Arrested at san Antonio Had 4
Large sum of Money.

san Antonio, Tex, Dec. 22.-T. f.
Tabor, charged with being the man
who o0bed the Pac'fic Exp, ess com
pany safe on the Cotton Belt train
near Red Water, Bowie county, Dec.
/, was arrested here yesterday morn
ing by Sheriff Tobin. Three thous-
and six suudred and eighteen dol
lars was found on his person. He
was pointed out by a Pinkerton de-
rectiye His reckless talk to rail
road men lead to his arrest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
| DEPUTY SHERIFF. Is KILLED.
His Head Strikes CurbIng and He
Dies Instantly.

Denison, Tex, Dec. 22.--Bee d.
Burgess, deputy sheriff, was al
most instantly killed yesterday after
noon by falling and striking his head
on the curbing of a sidewalk Bur
CESS had an intoxicated man under
arrest and was taking him to jail
He found it necessary to knock his
prisoner down, and in picking him
up slipped and fell An inquest was
held and the prisoner was found to
have had no part in the causing of
the officers death.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
Plenty of Pork.

J. w. Gamer reports that be but
chered nine of his shoats on the 18th
inst, that weighed 1884 pounds, $40
pounds each. They were bulky
enough and We can vouch for their
quality for We enjoyed a fine meal
of spare ribs from them - Midlo-
THAN ArgusNews
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22

The real thing" Sealshipt oys-
ters of course--firm, clean, with the
delicious salt water flavor that
makes your mouth water. Tell II. n.
Nycum TO send YOU some II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
Territory Corn.

| won't have any of your barley"
But | want that good old Thompson
corn,
To feed old Carley. "a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-22
Republican Executive COMMITTEE

Midlothian. Tex. Dec. 2Z.-To ths
| rs1em bers of the Republican Exsco-
| tive Committee or Ellis county. Tax-
A meeting of said committee is call
ed to meet in tae city of Waxahachie.
Texas. on Dec. 30. 1906, at clock
p m All mem bers OF he committee
are requested To be present. fmpor-
t8nt business will be transacted
A. ". FORD.
d2twfN County Chairman
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
NEWSPAPER MEMS TRIP
TO PACIFIC CANADA
Three Weeks Jaunt Will Include
Visit to Vancouver and
Victoria, B. c.

Twenty members of the corps Of
Washington newspaper correspondents
will leave Thursday forenoon for a
three-weeks' trip through southwestern
Canada.
They will be tire guests of the West
ern Canadian immigration Association
and the Canadian Pacific Railway COm>
many. Vancouver and Victoria. B. G..
will be the terminus of the jaunt.
Tho partv viii include l. W. Strayer.
Pittsburg Gazette; c. w. Thompson,
New York Times and Philadelphia
Ledger: r. H. Lindsay, Kansas City
STAR. Charles A Hamilton, Rochester
Post EXPRESS and Buffalo Express; R.
V OuI9han, New York Sun: Ernest
Walker. Boston Herald: Jesse L. car
michael Detroit Free Press and Los
Angeles Times; Robert Jones, Chicago
Tnter-Ocean. a. E Heiss. Pittsburg
Dispatch: ]. A. Aubere, St Louis Globe
Democrat: Walter Clark. Toronto Globe
and New York Commercial; n William
Thavis. Hartford Courant and Nebraska
State Journal; John Boyle. Wall Street
Journal: Reginald Schroeder, New York
Staats-Zeitung: J. X. Oil. Atlanta COl~
stitution and London Daily Telegram
Edward G Lowry, New York Evening
Post: Louis Ludlow, indianapolis star;
Samuel @. Blythe New York World;
Harry = Brown, Portland Oregoniau
and Tacoma News; Henry 5. Brown.
New York Herald; Angus McSween.
Philadelphia North American. Gus J
Karger. Cincinnati Post and Cleveland
Press.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
ONE PHONE SYSTEM
FOR Departments
First Subcommittee of Keep
Commission to Com
plete Work.

The only subcommission Of the Keep
commission that has completed the work
ASSIGNED II by Chairman Keep, Is the
one 10 which was referred the interde-
partment telephone subject. This work
has been done. and the subcommission
has made It's report. with recommenda-
tions. which. If carried out. will IL Is
understood, simplify the present system
bv placing all departments under one
telephone exchange. thus doing away
with calling central when one depart
ment wants another.
The reports Of the subcommissions
will not be ready for some months,
as nearly all of the subcommissioners
are still at work gathering data. and
corresponding with municipal officers
relative TO methods employed in the
transaction of public business.
The report of the commission, when
ready for the President. viii be quite a
bulky document. and some new and
and drastic measures for the handling
Of public business will be recommended.
Much of the new methods proposed viii
have TO be passed upon by Congress.
eSDecia!Iy changes in salaries for type
writer's and stenOgraphers and skilled
laborers. and the proposed change in
the sick leave allowance, which, under
the present law. is thirty days.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
BEAT RICH WIFE,
HUSBAND IN HIDING
Prominent Manufacturer of Waterbury
Arrested While Whipping Woman
in Palatial Home.

WATERBURY,, Conn, July I1-Ar-
rested while beating his wife. in their
Palaual home, John O'Donneil. one Of
the most prominent manufacturers in
this city. IS hiding today. while Mrs-
ODonHell has gone into seclusion at their
summer home outside the city. When
O'DOuueu was aTraigned in court Judge
Furpee refused 10 hear the case because
Of his friendship for the manufacture
ct want justice" cried the wife. He
must be punished now" The case was
continued for a week.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11

barrassed at the mention OF the organs
and even despises 10 think Of them.
The most essential thing in life Is
power. not knowledge" said Prof. Tyler.
Our stomach is Of more Importance
than our brain and yet people continue
TO abuse 10 and put health as Of second
airy Importance in life
Our colleges are not putting enough
iron and blood into the veins of the stu
dents. They are excellent and powerful
Institutions OF learning, but certainly are
not the institutions Of power which they
may Yet become. The reason why We
md SO few men of power is because we
seldom find a man in which all of the
essential qualities are united. A dys-
peptic has neither faith, hope nor char
ity.'
The Washington times., 1906-07-11

ed at the j. L. Reitz lumber camp. on
the Pine Creek fork Of Hyner Run. four
miles from the mouth OF the Susque-
hanna river. was in town. and told a
story that seems almost incredible He
stated that IN his camp sixty rattle
snakes have been killed thus far this
season. and IL is no unusual occurrence
10 kill a half dozen IN a single day
Among the reptiles killed have been
some with twelve and fourteen rattles
and one with seventeen.
McClosky states there are fourteen
camps along Hyner Run, within a
radius OF seven miles, and the number
killed in the other camps is equal 10
that at the Rcltz camp. which would
bring the total in that vicinity up to
500. So far as known. not a single
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
WOULD HAVE Drawn
RATHER THAN BRAINS
Prof. Tyler, Of Amherst, Declares
Power More Important Than
Mind.

CHICAGO. July IA plea for fewer
brains and more good physical qualities
IN the student of today was made by
Prof John Mason Tyler of Amherst
College i'm his lecture at the University
of Chicago, when he spoke on THE
Evolution of Man"
The speaker showed how it was pos
sibIe for life 10 exist without brains
but impossible without a good digestive
system. Although people know il 20 be
true, the speaker said, that health is of
primary Importance instead of thinking
of digestion as the fundamental function
Of the body the average person Is en-
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
GIRLS FATHER TOO LATE
TO STOP HER WEDDING

SOUTH BEND. Ind. July l1.-FolIow-
Ing a chase across northern Indiana in
automobiles. Miss Harriet /. Weir,
daughter Of Attorney Ellsworth L.
Weir, Of Laporte, and George "Bobbie"
Burns. son OF the late Senator A VI.
Burns, oT South Bend, were married
here last night. Thirty minutes after
the ceremony the brides father arrived.
and when he learned he was too late TO
prevent the marriag he returned 10 his
home heartbroken. The bride is eighteen
and the groom twenty.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
WOMAN SLAPS YOUNG GIRL
BEFORE BIG STREET CROWD

ST. LOUIS. No. july 1.-THE large
monday crowd on the street in the vi
cinity Of Ninth and Olive streets saw a
woman slap a young girl In the face
and pursue her half q block. The Gu
rious ones wondered who they were
and why the girl was slapped. They
are still curious, for the woman and
girl left the neighborhOod as mystic
riousIy and as quickly as they came.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
JUDGE SAYS KISSING
NOT DIVORCE GROUND

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July lI.-Judge
Keeler holds that kissing another man s
wife was not ground for divorce or
evidence Of improper relations between
the persons doing the kissing.
The decision was the result Of testi-
mOny offered In the divorce court BY s.
Fejda against his wife. Josefa. which
showed that a nclghbor had kissed her
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
EXERCISES GOLDEN RULE
IN DISPENSING JUSTICE

WEST ALEXANDER, Washington
County, Pa, July Il-Thomas AIcCleery.
Justice Of the Peace IN West Finley
township. has held lhis Office for five
terms, a continuous service OF twenty
five years. and has the unique record OF
having issued but one jail commitment.
and Of having sent but one case 10
court I'm that time
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
Make Divorce Easy.
WOMAN BURIES DOG ALIVE
TO SAVE COST OF KEEP

TRAVERSE CITY. Eich.. July H.
Mrs. Susan Jones, aged sixty-hve years,
who buried her collie dog alive. ap-
Peared in Justice Nerlinger's court and
paid a fine OF SIS.
Il might better have let the dog live. %
she said 1t would not have cost me
so much"
The woman is extremely poor and
Ignorant OF the Nervousness OF the crime
she committed else she would have
been more severely nunishAd
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
GIVE THE WOMEN
EASY DIVORCES
Kansas Attorney FavorS Leg
iSlatiOn to Aid Abused
Wives.

TOPEKA. Kan. July 1.-THE versa
tile Eugene +. Ware. lawyer, poet and
extension Commissioner, believes not
only In love at first sight, but that the
divorce laws are all right In analyzing
his views. Mr.. Ware says: You can't
knock out the love at first sight bust
ness unless you make over the race. q"
Divorce Laws Not Easy.
again. the divorce laws ar none too
easy. Women have got 10 have some
way to get rid of worthless. no-account
husbands. AS IL is now. women stand
good deal more than they ought TO.
and there are not enough divorces
granted. because women are too patient
and too foTgiving. / have assisted dur
ing my legal career I'm separating a good
many women from miserable brutal
husbands. and I have often wondered
why they had not brought suit for di
vorce sooner. II good men would sta,.
good there would not be 50 much need
Of divorces. But they go 10 pieces like
autmODlies. and after awhile some of
them get beyond benefit from repair and
ought 10 go 10 the scrap heap.
Make Divorce Easy.
"If a woman doesn't want to live any
more with such a 'crltter' she ought
not to be compelled to do so. am,
therefore. a believer Ia love AT first
sight and easy divorces for women.
"As for men. they rarely have cause
for divorce. and II their wives fght
they generally don't get q. and there
fore men are not 20 be considered on
that subject"
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
NEED TWENTY ROOMS
FOR SCHOOL WORK
Secretary Conner, of Educa-
ton Board, Trying to
Secure Them.
PEOPLE REFUSE TO RENT
Not Enough Room to House Children,
and Compulsory Education Law May
Make Conditions Worse.

The necessity OF providing twenty
extra school rooms for the children Of
the District of Columbia in the next
school year is keeping w W. Conner,
secretary 10 the Board OF Education,
busy these days
Owing TO the provision in the new law
that there shall'b be no halliday schools
for any children above the second grade
and 10 the enactment of the compulsory
education law. more school room is alb
soluteIy essential 10 the legal conduct
ing OF the local school system next
session. Mr. Conner is now employed
in attempting 10 rent these rooms ad-
jacent TO school buildings, or as near
10 them as is possible
People Won't Rent
Great difficulty IS experienced in this
work by Mr.. Conner because of peoples
reluctance to allow their property 10
be used for school purposes. A further
difficulty is that many of the rooms
which are otherwise available are not
~ fer school rooms because of their
faulty lighting and ventilation In times
past the school management has been
on several occasions severely criticised
because of the alleged moor lighting
This objection they propose TO meet in
the beginning this time by not allow
ing any ground for such complaints.
In some instances the basement rooms
OF school buildings viii be utilized Tor
school purposes. Even If there is abso-
utely no Increase in the number OF
children attending school as a result of
the compulsory education law. the
twenty additional rooms VIII be needed,
owing To the number of halliday classes
there were last session above the second
grade.
Can't Discuss Increase.
As 10 the increase resultant from the
compulsory lazy, Mr. Conner and the
other school authorities are completely
at sea. The increase may be very great
or il may not. While IL is known that
there are thousands of children in the
District who are not school attendants,
II is the idea OF some Of the heads or
schools that many of these viii he able
20 give ample excuses for rot attending
school
II this does not prove to be the case,
there will be little room 10 spare next
session in any of the school buildings
of the District Most of the extra room
is needed in the northwest, the south
west and the northeast.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
Keystone StateMOuntains
Alive With VenOmOuS
Reptiles.

LOCK HAVEN. July u-Not in years
have rattesnakes been SO plentiful in
Clinton county as this season. They are
especially numerous in the Hyner Run
regions. north of this city. where some
big fellows have been slaughtered. More
this season.
John McCIoskey. a woodsman. employ
The Washington times., 1906-07-11

Many Of the Woodsmen and barkpeel-
ers take dead snakes home with them
and extract the oil. which IS said 70
possess rare medicinal properties, and IS
regarded as especially efficacious IN the
treatment OF rheumatism. Some wea-
the skins about their arms. wrists. on
other parts of the body as charms 10
prevent snake bite The rattles are cut
from the tails Of the snakes and carried
about as pocket pieces.
McC1oskey had in his possession =
number of these queer pocket pieces. Ia
Guiding the one with seventeen rattles
and a button.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
BARKPEELERs SPORT RArTLEsNAKEs
Snake Oil for Rheumatism.

woodsman has been bitten by he
VenomoUs reptiles. and the men rather
enjoy the exciting sport of killing them.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-28

Mr.. and Mn. Albert Haynes of Austin
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Leman
]. w. Abbot, and wife returned to Mart
yesterday after n visit at lola, Grimes Co.
Mrs. Newton Clifton returned to Fl.
Worth yesterday after a visit to relatives at
Harvey.
II. l.. Hutson Of Houston Is visiting
his parents at College and was in the city
yesterday.
A. J. Tabor ST.. and niece, Miss Sybil
johnson. OF Rock Prairie were In the city
yesterday.
Mrs. Tyler HasweiI and daughter. Miss
Ara. and Hetiie Smith are visiting in
Hampstead.
Mrs. NJ. A. Po,sei returned TO Calvert
yesterday after a visit to MIR. ard Mrs. J.
b. Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. Wallace left yes
terdav to visit in Fort Worth and Dallas
for few days.
w. X. Foster left for r.. Worth yesier.
day and will shortly move to that city
with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Patterson Of
Moody, Texas, returned home yesterday
after visit TO Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm
Cafnes.
Tom Mallard and family returned to
oakwoods yesterday after a visi, to Geo.
Gilbert and family.
Richard Davis returned to Houston yes
terday after spending the holidays with
relatives in this city.
Marriage licenses ]. X. Davis and
Lola BToadwayi Josephus Flowers and
Malinda Westbrook.
Mrs. w. +. Johnson and MB. c. S.
Gamer returned yesterday after a visit to
relatives a, Somerville.
s. p. Hart returned TO Cooper yesterday
eaying his family here for a longer visit
10 Mn. Hart's parents.
w. +. Bennett and family returned to
Singleton yesterday after a visit to Rev.
md Mn. G. A. Foster.
Mother Superior Mary Evangelist and
Mother Mary Patrick Of villa Maria Aead-
my arevisiiing in Dallas.
Mrs. X. G. Tabor, Mrs. F. f. Stevens
md Edwin Tabor are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodson in Cameron.
DR.. /. +, Belts and Prof. ]. II. Allen
Ii,ended the Methodist district stewards
Meeting at ilearne yesterday.
Manuel Depuma has sold to Peter Tren-
acosi forty acres of Bra1os bottom land
lear Midwife for 100000.
A. b. Carr Jr., S. ]. Balm and p. $.
rilson arrived from Houston YESTERDAY,
eing called here on account Of the illness
nd death of Mr.. NJ. Parker.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-28

&c. c. calhoon wen, to Nsvno,a yes,er
~. w. Bats has returned from Calves
f. ton.
Ira Gooeh came up from Nayaso,a We,
terday.
Miss Charlie jenkins is visiting IL
franklin.
w. c. clond Of Kuren was in the cit,
yesterday.
]. w. Massey was a visitor from Kurter
yesterday.
Ed Emmel has gone to visit relatives al
Columbus.
Capt. p. n. Dawson Of weliborn was IL
town yesterday.
MFR. and Mrs. Frank Myers returned tc
Waco yesterday.
]. L. Andrews was in from the Brazos
bottom yesterday.
Miss Maggie Dawson returned yes,er.
day from Wellbom.
sss. @. w. MeMiehael and children
al ti,ing at Milliean.
Law Henderson returned to his home in
San Antonio yesterday.
Prof. and Mr. Furmeir Of College are
visiting in San Antonio.
Mrs. Samuel levy left yesterday to yisi,
relatives In Helena. Ark.
X. II. Grant of Grant. Burleson county,
1sas in the city yesterday.
w. n. Edge returned to Beaumont yes
terday after a visi, TO relatives.
Mrs. Emma Brown Of Cottonwood re.
turned from Houston yesterday.
Mrs. viii Payne Of Payne Prairie is
IN the city visiting her parents.
B. f. Gentry and 7. c. Wade of Well
born was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. L. S. E;;le and baby arrived from
lBeeyille yesterday to visit relatives.
II. Burrows and son, J. w. Burrows, Of
enfarm were in the city yesterday.
Marriage license was issued yesterday to
than Rowe and Georgiana Higgins.
irs. +. c. Mum went to Hearne YES
to attend a reception las, evening.
Ind Mrs. X. ]. Robe.::s returned
visi, to relatives near Nayaso,a yes