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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-04
DRAWBACKS OF AN EMPTY HEAD

The substance of letter written TO
close friend by Mrs William Thaw
mother Of Harry Thaw. has been
given ont in Pittsburg 1t is vivid
reminder that wealth is no protection
against the worst sorrow that can be
fall family.
Mrs Thaw says. The trouble
with young men nowadays seems TO
be that they think they can do as
they please if they have money and
an influential family So many
think money is all-powerful and they
can violate the laws Of society and
at will. believing they
are not in the least danger of being
made to pay the penalty of Justice
Harry Thaw was well provided
with ancestors His father was
robust character, man of force and |
intellect: his mother a gentle wo-
man, sane and sensible. Had he |
been thrown upon his own resources
of inherited character, probably he
would not have gone the primrose
path to destruction
But he put his trust in his riches
and not in himself He thought il
was not necessary 70 cultivate his
own character because he could Ge
along without such support, As Mrs
Thaw expresses it, he thought hf
could do as he pleased since he hac
wealth and an influential family
. As years passed the passions Of man
/ hood grew. but in will and intellec
he continued a child Is it wonder
ful that he is now awaiting trial 70
capital offense2
Wealth has its disadvantages whic
can be overcome only by rigorou
training OF the mind Nothing ca
take the place Of character, and tn
youugstei who imagines that he ca
get along with an empty head IT onl
his pocket is well filled. is prett
sure 10 discover when n is too Tat
. that money is poor substitute ia
manhood St Louis Post-Dispatch
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-04
\ Lesson in Health.

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri-
ties from the blood, and unless they
do this good health is impossible
Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound
kidneys and will positively cure all
forms of kidney and bladder disease
II strengthens the whole system
Solo by y. W. Fearis d
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Mexico City and return S35.25-
On sale Sept. 8 to IA; limit Oct. 81.
Oklahoma City and return $40
Meeting Order of Hoo-Hoos On sale
Sept. Z, $, 9. limit Sept. IA
Fl. Worth and return $1.70-
Meeting Royal Achates On sale Sept.
and morning of Sept 6; limit to
Sept
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-04

The school fund apportjoncd to
Ellis county This year amounts TO
$A7.f5o. For last year the amount
was $f9,26o.T5. the decrease being
SINln1n
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The Enterprise Publishing Com
pany is in 10 wise responsible for
debts that may be contracted by ON
ployes, nor win we assume payment
of such debts under any circum-
stances Every employe OF this Of
fic- IS paid promptly for work done.
This is 10 protect ourselves and the
selling public.-ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per G. w.
Mcknight, Manager.
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Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns OF the
Daily Light viii be gladly corrected
upon its being brought to the atten-
ton of the management
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II. x +. &. Rates.

Cotton, basis middliug. .......
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
The Weather.

The storm moving southeastward from the Pacific
Coast was central over southern Utah yesterday
morning and travelled 10 Texas. ~ was the most
extensive which has tTaverSed the country in many
months. So far the precipitation due TO II has been
general but not heavy. Snow fell yesterday In al
most all States in the northern half OF the country
and there was rain or cloudiness at most southern
points. Gales blew In the lower Rocky Mountains
and even to the Allegheny Mountains. The winds
wore becoming casterly.
Freezing temperatures covered everything north
OF Virginia. the Ohio and Arkansas valleys. II was
colder In the Atlantic States and warmer over
middle Western districts and the Rocky Mountains
Zero weather continued in the extreme Northwest
In this city the day was cloudy. with light snow.
wind fresh northwest, shifting 70 northeast; aver
age humidity. n per cent: barometer, corrected
TO read 10 sea level. at s 4. NJ. 900: s. NJ. $3.50
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
of1cial Thermometer. Is shown In the annexed table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
RUSSIA DOESN'T GET GAIDsIs.
Alleged RevOlutiOnist. Arrested as Thief,
Let Go Yesterday.

United States Commissioner SHE Ids
sitting as special commissioner in extra
dition proceedings, yesterday ordered the
release of Felix Gaidsis. Gaidsis is the
immigrant whom the Russian Consul
General had arrested as a thief, but who
protested that he was a revolutionist and
that the Russian authorities wanted to
get him back to extort a confession from
him.
When Marshal Henkel discharged Gaid.
sis on the Commissioners order, there
was a mans kissing bee and general halle
luiah of congratulation in the corridor.
The Bundists. or Russian revolutionaries
from the Fast Side who have been behind
Gaidsis in his fight for freedom say they
are going to give him a dinner in oelebra-
ton of his release.
Commissioner Shields gave the Russian
Government forty days to prov the charge
against Gaidsis. Coudert Bros, informed
him yesterday that they would not ne oeive
their final papers in the case until he time
had elapsed, so Gaidsis was let go. He can
be rearrested IL evidence arrives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
PRESENTMENT IN SUGAR CASES.
February Grand Jury Hands One Down
No Word About indictments.

The Federal Grand Jury concluded yester-
day its preliminary investigation of the
charges of infraotion of the Elkins law
by the American Sugar Company and the
trunk lines. A sealed presentment was
handed down and filed with Judge Holt.
It could not be learned whether any in
dictments were included.
1t ia known, however, that several adj
ditional subponas have been issued as a
result Of the preliminarv Investigation,
two of them for prominent railroad men.
The witnesses called yesterday belonged
principally to the Palmer crowd"-Lowel
NJ. Palmer and his assistants in the traffic
department Of the American Sugar Com
pany. III T. Leeming, general trafic
manager for the Thomas a. Edison com
panies at Orange. n. j., formerly an as.
sistant to Traffic Mianag ger p. T. Riley of
the trust and G. W. Bullen. oommissioner
Of the Trunk Line Association, also testified.
The new Grand Jury which is sworn in
tomorrow will take up the investigation
In earnest and the first of the railroad wit
nesses will appear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
CAB RIDE COST $780,.
DE- GRAAF. WHO DID CHINATOWN.
PICKED UP DAZED.

Watch. Rings and Cash Gone and Blood on
His Coliar-COp Thinks He Was Dragged
Says Driver and Man Who Showed Him
Around Robbed Him in the Hanson.
When Henry p. De GRAF, employed in
the office of BucRhout, Davis & Co. at 90
Broadway, was arraigned in the West Side
court Yesterday afternoon he told O strange
story OF a cab ride on Monday night. He
said that he was drugged by the cabman
and an accomplish and robbed Of $500, a
$500 gold watch, and two diamond rings
worth $500. Ma gistrate Breen Immediately
forgot the charge OF intoxioation registered
against De GRAF and listened to the details
of the alleged robbery.
De Graaf Is a son Of the late William De
Graaf OF the old Fourteenth street furniture
firm of De Graaf 4 Taylor. He said that
he received on Monday a check for 5000,
which was his share in the final settlement
of his fathers estate, He deposited part Of
the money with his firm and about 1000
with the Central Realty and Trust Company.
Then he vent for a night Of sightseeing
with about $500 in his pocket.
He went to Hanmerstein's Theatre and
after the show decided to investigate China
town, he said. He picked out a hanson
driven by an ununiformed cabman. showed
him his roll and told him he vas anxious to
see all that was worth while. The cabman.
who was described as being tall with a black
mustache, took him to a chop suey restau-
rant, where he was introduced by the cab
man TO another man who knew a lot Of
places worth seeing.
De Graaf said that he remembered going
TO several dance halls and drinking freely.
When he left Chinatown the cabman's
friend sat beside him in the hanson.
Suddenly the man with me grabbed me
around the neck and called to the driver"
said De Graf. The cabman jumped of
the box, and the last remember the two
men were going through my clothes. When
/ regained consciousness this afternoon,
abrasion on my neck, the button was torn
from my vest where my watch chain had
been fastened, my iewelry was gone and
/ had only 10 cents in my pocket"
Policeman O'Connor Of the West Thirty
seventh street station house said that he
found De GRAF wandering around at Q
o'clock yesterday morning in the n%eighbor-
1000 Of Ninth avenue and Twenty-ninth
street. He thought he was in Harlem
and made incoherent Statements about
being robbed. When he was taken to the
station house he collapsed completely
and did not recover in time to go to court
in the morning. o'Connor thought he
was suffering from the effect Of some drug.
Magistrate Breen advised De Graaf to
90 pack to the station house and make a
complete report of the robbery. He dis
missed the intoxication charge. The police
man took De GRAF back to consult the de-
t~ectives.
De Graaf lives at 1887 Ocean avenue,
Flatbush. His sister said over the tele-
phone last night that her brother had all
the jewelry that he reported az having/lo
and verified his story of receiving the IS 600
check. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth De GRAF,
was considerably worried over his failure
to come home Monday night but supposed
he was at work yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
TURKEY HAS NOT REFUSED,
But Is Slow in Carrying Out Agreement
Regarding American schools.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE sun.
CoNsTASTINoPLE, March 13.-Statements
that there has been any clash between the
United States and Turkey over the new
Turkish customs duties and the privileges
of the American schools in Asia Minor are
without foundation in faot. Minister Leish-
mann merely awaited himself Of Turkeys
desire to obtain the consent Of the United
States to a 3 per cent. increase Of the inn
port duties to urge upon the Porte the
carrying out Of Its engagements with regard
to the American missionary schools. The
Porte has not refused, but is exceedingly
slow in carrying out the necessary for
malities,
Rear Admiral S~igsbee's squadron has left
Turkish waters and has one to Alexandria.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14

Sweet Anne Fair" and he had recently
oollahorated with Edgar Smith In "Pousse
Cafe He wrote many songs, the best
known Of which was "A Little Piece Of
String" Another Of his songs was David
and Goliath"
DE Lange priced highly the Commodore
stewart watch which had been given TO him
by his foster father, Mr.. Moss, into whose
possession it had come many years ago.
1t was one OF the last things he would have
pawned had he been In need Of money.
He also valued the razor with which he was
killed and which Mr.. Moss had given him.
Mn,. De LANCE was notified at her mothers
home OF her husbands death. She reached
the hotel about l o'clock and became pros
trated. h was under a physician'a care
and the police said it vas impossible to
question her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
JURY FIXING SCANDAL.
Clerk TuIly Of the City Court 10 he FIX.
amined Next Thursday.

The examination Of Edward G. Tully,
a City Court clerk, on charges relating to
the jury fixing scandal, was adjourned
yesterday until Thursday by Tom Smith,
the chief clerk, who has the power Of re-
moval. 1t is expected that considerable
light will be thrown on the alleged jury
fixing operations by the examination Of
Tully, some other City Court employees
and certain lawyers.
The charges against Tully recite that in
six cases tried in May and November, 1910,
he called William II. Tillinghast. the pro-
fessional juror who has been sent to the
~penitentisry on his own confession, az a
juror in every case, although Tillinghast's
name did not appear on the panel list.
City Court Justice Seabury, who is hold
ing Z magisterial investigation into the
scandal, refuses to divulge the exact nature
of his evidence against the men who arc
accused Of fixing Jurors.
In the six cases in which Tillinghast
was called as a juror by FULLY, all Of them
damag e suits against the Metropolitan, 1t Ia
shown that four OF the verdicts were for
the company, one trial resulted in a dis
agreement and the other in a verdict against
the company for COL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
81 RVIVING MINERS ANGRY MOOD
Cry Down With Assassins!" NJ Funerals OF
Victims Of French Disaster
Special CabIt Despatch 10 The SUN

Special Cable Despatch 10 The SUN.
PARIS, March 13.-The first of the funerals
Of the victims of the Courrieres mine dis
aster took place to-day in a driving snow
storm. A few of the bodies which had been
identified we're buried at Billy Montigny.
Sixty-six unidentified dead were INFERRED
in a common grave with military honorsa at
Maricourt.
Hysterical women sobbing and laughing,
threw themselves on the collins. calling to
husbands, SONS OF brothers. The scene
unnerved the most callous onlookers.
Everybody was weeping.
NJ. Dubief. the retiring Minister of the
Interior, made a deeply sympathetic adj
dress. The Bishop Of Arras conducted the
service
The attitude of the surviving miners
causes some anxiety to the authorities .
They are filled with angry resentment
aga inst the company, which they accuse
Of criminal ca relessness. Some Of the miners,
after the service, fiercely harangued groups
Of sympathetic listeners. Their violent de-
nunciations we're applauded and cries Of
"Down with the capitalists" "Down with
the assassins!" we're frequently heard
There il talk Of a general strike. which, in
view of the ugly disposition Of the men, is
feared would enc in destructive rioting.
The search of the workings continues as
far as possible, but the fire. which is still
burning, prevents much being lone in the
way Of rescue work. The rescuers fear
further ex plosions. There is no doubt that
a majority Of the dead will never be re-
covered. Popular hope that some OF the
entomb ed miners are still living cannot be
conque red, but there seems to be no reason
for this hope.
The Westphalian life-saving corps have
worked until they are almost completely
exhausted, They have been accompanied
by local searchers.
workings in pathetic attitudes. In some
cases the bodies OF men were seen carrying
the bodies of boys in their arms standing
as erect as when they were suddenly ar
rested in their attempts to escape from the
de~ath-dealing flames. Others were hold
ing up their arms az II to ward off approach
ng death from their comrades and them
selves.
Subscriptions for the relief of the suf-
ferers are flowing in literally. This will
allow Of much being done to help the widows
and fatherless, while the company is bound
by its contracts to pension those dependent
upon men killed in the mines.
Ambassador Mccormick presided to-day
at a hurriedly called meeting of the Ameri-
can Chamber Of Commerce. and made a
brief appeal on behalf Of the sufferers from
the disa ster. The sum Of 81 900 was sub
scribed in the room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
r.. r.. BOARD DELAYS ACTION
On Connecting Railway Franchises. AL
though Mayor Has Been Working.

There will be no action this week by the
Rapid Transit Commission on the franchise
asked for by the New York Connecting
Railroad. At the offices Of the commission
1t was said yesterday that there would
not be a meeting on Thursday because Of
the inability to have present the six votes
necessary to.pass on a franchise. Prest-
dent Alexander T.. Orr IL too busy with
insurance matters and John H. Starin and
Morris h. Jesup are out of town
Mayor Mcclellan was somewhat annoyed
Yesterday when he heard that the board
would not meet this week. In order to
have the amendments he wants included
in the franchise ready for Thursday he has
for some days been at work on them until
the early morning hours and has had many
long conferences with Chief Engineer
Nichols OF the Bureau Of Franchises.
1t is understood to be the intention OF
the commission to reject the Mayors
amendments and to pass the franchise as
1t now stands, representatives Of the
Pennsylvania Company threaten that they
will Withdraw their application il changes
are made in the form Of contract. The
commission will adopt the franchise recon-
mended by its commit ee and then leave
TO the Mayor, who must sign or reject 1t,
the responsibility!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
CATS MUCH ASTONTSHED.
They Had Interfered Inadvertently with
Prof. Luoke oak.

Prof. Luoke d'Aix is an inventor who,
like many Of his class, Uses the most placid
hours OF the morning, when normal folks
sleep, for the development Of ideas and the
construction Of models. He was recently
trying to work out a difficult problem, not
in any way related to flying machines or
perpetual motion, but requiring almost as
much concentration, when the cats in the
back yard broke in on his scientific reverie.
He had almost accomplished somethi ng
at the moment of violent interruption. and
he wa vexed. He threw up the window
and said "Scat!' in all the languages he
knew. as there are In the neighborhood OF
bis boarding house at los Clinton street
cats belonging to folks of many rationale
ties.
The cats apparently we're har d ened to
explosives worse than the professor 8, and
they kept on dancing along the fence and
split ing and meowing. Then the professor
collected a few things that the landlady
would not miss and threw them at the cats.
They merely lodged and went on with the
discord. The professor regretted that boot
jacks had gone out of fashion,. as he had
read IN d paper in his boyhood that they
were fine antidotes for cats. He finally
shut down the window n went to bed,
with his idea u~ndeveloped. But he thought
hard about a way to keep cats of back yard
fences n got up presently with a fully
developed plan, which he put on paper to
the music Of the cats. Last week he strung
wires along the back yard fence, connecting
them with a battery, He set to work on
his big problem, and the cats came around
As usual: After he had flashed a little
searchlight on the fence and found That 1t
was pretty we'll lined with cats he turned
on the current.
Every cat appeared to think that it had
been attacked by every other one. and
they leaped wildly into space and landed
fighting mad in the yard. The fur few
for n while, and, some what exhausted
by the electrical shock and the general
scrimmage, all scampered back to the
fence again, like prizefghters to their
corners after a round. The professor
gave them the full force of the current
light that they were more startled than
before. They did not seem to be able TO
break loose from the fence and the wall
that split the night was heard blocks away.
The professor turned off the current. Curved
backs resumed the horizontal, and every
cat jumped into the next dooryard and
fed like a dog with a tin can tied to its
tail. They did not come Jack that morn
ing. n the professor went ON with his
thinking, But they appeared the ne xt
night and took up their usual places on the
fence. One shock was enough for them
this time, and they vanished in the dark
ness, to come no more until a few nights
ago. Then they got N her shock and
became wise, and now the professor does
his heavy meditation in silence, while his
immediate neighbors sleep soundly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
MOROS PLAN SAVAGES.
Major heck Says That There Is but One
Way OF Fighting Them.

Frank Keok, a New York lawyer who went
to Cuba with the Seventy-first Regiment,
and was Major Of the Forty-second Infantry
during two years of fighting in Luzon, told
the members of the Canadian Club at the
Vendome Hotel last night SOM OF his ex-
periences with the Filipinos, which led him
10 read the recent a dispatches with
peculiar interest.
There is considerable discussion just
now as to whether the American troops
were justified in shooting the women and
children during the recent engagement
with the Moros," he said, 1T was Of course
regrettable, but there is only one way to
fight men who arm their women n use
their children as shields,
In explaining the v~iciousness of the Moro
women, Ma ior Heck told of a time when
one of his soldiers was sent out with a small
deta ohment on scout duty. For some
reason, he fell behind the others When
he did not appear, a search vas made for
him. and the searohers found dozen Moro
women cutting his body into pieces after
he had been killed by the men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14
Osdnins Goes Republican.

ossrNTSo, March 1s.-The regular charter
elections for the villa &c of ossining were
held to-day. Except for the Office of water
commissioner, the Republicans had a clean
sweep. DR.. Joel Madden was elected
president of the villa ge, $50 votes being
cast for him. Trustees were elected as
follows: First ward, Smith l.. Riker;
Second ward, Charles f. ~Blandford; Third
ward, Joseph M. Rigney. Col. Francis
Larkin, the Democratic leader, opposed
Blandford in the Second ward, James
Owens was reelected treasurer and Sylves-
ter w. Lyons got the place OF collector.
Gilbert M. Todd, the only Democrat elected,
got in as water commissioner with the
trustees stands seven Republicans and two
Democrats, a gain OF one for the Republic
oans. ..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14

Warriors Carried Them rs Shields Against
the BayOnets Of American Troops
Impossible to Prevent AnnIhll alton
or Natives who SeOrned Surrender.
Special Gable Despatch 10 The sun.
MANILA, March i3.-Major-Gen. Leonard
Wood, who was present at the battle OF
Mount Dajo, in the island Of Jolo, last week.
when a band of several hundred Moros was
exterminated by the American troops,
talked about the fight to-day. He admitted
that native women and children were
among tho killed. He deplored the fact
and said it was unavoidable, because the
women fought alongside the men, n Moro
children were used as shields by the war
riors.
Those Moros who fought on Mount Dajo
were absolute fanatics" said Gen. Wood.
THE men of the hospital corps were in oon-
slant danger while trying to minister to the
native wounded. The Moros would feign
death and slash at the ambulance. men and
surgeons with their knives.
When our men were climbing up the
mountain Just below the summit many Of
the fanatics leaped headlong from the edge
OF the crater upon the Americans. Some
Of them succeeded In seizing soldiers in a
death grip and rolling with them down the
precipioe.
women fought alongside the men, and
many were necessarily killed. Some of the
men, holding children before them as
shields, plunged into our bayonets and
slashed the Americans with their bolos
until it was impossible to segregate the
inhuman enemy.
'Iregretthe killing Of women and children,
but II was unavoidable.
The majority Of our casualties were
caused by spears and krises. After the
fight commenced it was impossible to pre-
vent the humiliation Of the Moros. Sur
render they soorned. Even on the operat-
ing table some of the wounded fought the
surgeons,
The island is now quiet