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The Washington times., 1906-10-07
American Cars EXCEL.

NJ. Paul Meyan. writing in La France
Automobile on the subject OF the Amer
lean invasion, sees IN the giganuC
strides toward perfection in automobile
construction recently made by Ameri-
can builders a serious menace 70 French
trade. lie says;
"Can We compete successfully with
the reaping machines snd other imple-
ments forwarded 10 Us from the United
States? Decidedly no. and soon IL will
be the same story regarding automo-
biles" The United States. he thinks, will
produce a thousand for every hundred
manufactured In France.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

The fact that an American army on
Ger. Lieutenant Lahm, has won the
great Coupe Internaiouale des Aero
nauts has stunned Paris. The Ameri-
cans have been regarded as rank out
siders among French eeronauts, and
that one OF these aeronauuc heathens
has come over here and actually Won
what may be called the aerial derby
is actually astounding. II may be that
the French aeronaits will follow the
example OF the British Tscing men ana
make IL so unpleasant for the Amert-
cans that they viii not compete In
further contests
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Yanderbilr Continues to Win.

w. X Vanderbilt continues 70 win
more than his share Of the rich races in
France Mainten0n Is the chief pot win
ner Of his stable, but Trainer Duke has
succeeded In developing JapOnais into a
fTst-class race horse which is adding
in a gratifying manner 10 the Wander
bilt list OF purses.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
DO Dead Wings on FiTst.

With the runners continually reVeFs-
ing their direction on the bases, the in
felders would gradually develop into all
around inhelders- Dead wings" on
first would be a thing OF the past. as
Mr.. First Sacker would have 10 be there
with that long swing across 10 third
Then the pitchers would get whole lot
of exercise chasing over 10 third one
moment and then switching over TO
cover first on bunts.
The idea would keep every man on
the infield awake. IL would certainly
make a hit with the fans, as il woulo
DO away with a lot OF mechanical bat1
ting and fielding. Then tlle shOrtstOp
and second sacker would have to be
men who could work to both the right
and left sides-nOt one -stders, as many
of them are at present. The idea is not
a bad one Why wouldn't il be just
as proper to run to third As efrst after
making q -hits 1t would create lot OF
excitement in the stands
Elberfeld is dead serious z bout this
new game He has toe b. cking of
Manager Clark GTifhth as vel Elber-
field be il known. is one of the bTainiesU
thinkers in the baseball wOrlG. He and
Griffith are credited with being the
origiuators OF the squeeze play and
many other winning points of the game.
Elberfeld sprung his famous standing
steal for the first time here on Wei
uesdav last lie figured this steal Out
while he was lai1 up in New York suf-
fering from a fractured shirhcne Hue
to his having coutled with George Stone
m second base.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

The salmon fishing in Scotland this
year promises TO be unusually good. Al
ready some big nsn nave been caught
and the fsh are in plentiful supply. An
unusually large number Of Americans
have rented hshings this year and this
is Of more Importance to the thrifty
Scots than the run and size Of the fish.
American money looks good north OF
the Tweed. II is not despised. by the
way, south Of that historic stream.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Let EN- Run ANY Way.

Thus we have been chasing down 10
first ever since Now comes the little
St. Louis boy with an idea which is
just as good as that of the original "in-
ventor' of the game
Instead of compelling every batsman
10 run 10 first base after hitting the
ball, shorty" suggests that the first
batsmaR up in each inning have the
right 10 choose-on the quiet-whether
he shall run to first or third base
Then. if he makes a biugle ana breaks
for third he will be compelled 10 chase
10 second, across TO hrst. and then
home from that side Of the -diamOnu.
OF course, the batsmen vino follow him
in eGch inning must continue 10 make
the circuit the same way.
The inneldeTs and Outhelders, as well,
will be up i'm the air when the first
batter comes up. They viii have to
trust 10 luck TO get him, or try to out
guess him. The third baseman Will
have to be combination of both
first and third baSeman. 4 nd over at
sack No ] the gentleman there viii
have To do third sacker for the inning
The uncertainty of Just where the
batsman will make for is where the run
will come in. It he makes up his mind
80 head for third, he viii naturally Try
TO crack one against the f1Tst ba5eman 8
shins thus making him the third sacker
for the inning. This viii make our sec
oud sacker the shoTtstOp, and the short
stop the second sackert
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
would Eliminate Long Sliding.

..Sbortv.' !snXioIls To- Eliminate the
long. dangerous sliding Of batsmen into
second. lined up his scheme like this;
Instead of dancing of iirst aad try
ing 10 steal seecnd on every ball pitch
ed. 1 win simply loaf a few feet OF the
sack and not worry tie pitcher. Then
lie viii think | have no idea 70 steal.
This also throws the catcher Cn as well
when "A SLOW ball is sent over l VIII
Jump into the aiF and leg for second
The second basyJnan and shoTtStop
woa't be there because they Mere 1ot
looking for me-seei
The kid worked tAs system out
perfectly. lie was ou EfsJ. }aWnS
with Tom Jones. slowly but surely,
snailing his way toward second.
Powell never noticed him. ncirhert dill
O'Connor Thee Pow Ell sent oVeT one
of his fiOaJcrs. and the ''t(id broke
like an express train for. second. Rock
enfield and HartZell were dumfcunded,
and C'COnncr was SO surprised that he
actually couldn't get the ball away.
Islberfeld states Ehet il is hts Intention
to organize Two teamS-,i in New York
after t,,e season closes, and play the
game as he has mapped il cut Again
in the spring Griffith Vlll adoPt TIE
scheme ht training cat1p. Iafld " IL works
3 well as it looks rn paper the pair
VIII ask the bosses 10 c0nssleEa atiae proPe-
siIcn.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
GEORGE STONE IS CHAMP
OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
ST Louis Demon Sugger IS Well in Advance in Batting
Averages-Cleveland Aggregation EXces in Team
Fielding SIugging, and Hitting.

With only a couple more games TO 90
Stone pulls into sllc home stretch as
fhe sure leader of the American League
! Uatsmen. re can't to- headed. and I'm
ishvs with n cTackeT5aCk perceH, &c.
even if Sunday nets him nothing. Thir-
teen men are batting 800 or better-a
light showing. but 2 shade better than
last season.
On the face of the returns the season
seems like "A joke on the Cleveland
club. Lajoie men lead IN team bat
ting iong-ranGe slugging ard fielding.
but do not get tho fiab What's the an
swer? Harry Dan is is the chief indi-
Vldual slugger of the league with Flick
a fairly close second
Holders Of Fielding Hono1s.
Some OF the young substitutes who
cut into tho game for short periods lead
IN a few of the fielding po-itions
Throwing these into the discard. tho
fielding hOuOrs are as follows. Pitcher
HOgg. catcher. U'ConnoT. frst basemen.
Jones' second base. Iejoic third fase.
Bradley. shortstop. Turner. outfcIder.
+. Jones
The 1ew games yet 10 Ice recorded
Nll not change The 0rJer of procession
70 an tppTaciable decree.
Records of men who played fifteen
or more games
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Club Fielding.
Double Plays.

Cleveland. I2a: Athletics. 95i Detroit.
9i; Chicago. 81 Boston 81; St. Louis. 81;
WASHINGTON. "a; New York, 73.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Triple Plays.

Athletics, /; Cleveland, / New York, !, !
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
EEt/s,~ VALLEY DELAYED.
VII Not Operate Trains Into Fort
Worth Bs-fur,. Nov. 1.

Fort Worth. Sept i2. According
to "A statement Of Vice President and
General Manager VI Sweeney of the
Trinity and Braxos Valley that line
will not commence train service into
Fort Worth or Houston before Nov,
II is expected. however. that
trackiaying will be completed be
tween Oct. 5 and TO-
The recent heavy and continuous
rains" he said, have SO handi-
capped us in construction work that
IL will be impossible to complete the
line by Sept. 10, as was anticipated
At present We have track laid to with
in about twenty eight miles Of Hous-
ton and expect TO complete tracklay-
ing by Oct ). after which We VIII do
considerable surfacing. and will not
commence train service before Nov.
/ when in all probability regular
service will be put on"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

j. j. Holvek. Frenchman who
has resided in Waxahachie several
years, died last night about / | o clock
at the Smith boarding house on East
Franklin street The interment will
take place at the City cemetery some
time tomorrow.
Mr.. Holyek was about IS years old
and had been in poor health several
months.
Mr.. Holvek came to Ellis county
from his native country about lSoH
and soon after the war he located in
Waxahachie. He followed the trade
of a blacksmith several years and ac-
cumulated some property in the city.
He was a hard worker, strictly non
est and was respected by all who knew
him
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
CHARGED WITH nuRD Err
Neers Who Shot llema Brown ai tosreS.
ioa Is in the Ceaaty Jail

The negro who shot and mortally
wounded tzema Brown, also colored,
at q dance near Forreston last Satur-
dag night, is a prisoner ia the coun-
~ iail
After spending the time since the
shooting In hiding In Chambers creek
bottom The negro surrendered last
night about IL O'Clock 10 Deputy
sheriff Henry Smith of Avalon. The
name of the murderer is Jim Harde-
man and he is about - years old.
Mr.. Smith. man named Trull and
Walter Greenwood, colored, were III
the Italy country last night looking
for Hardeman About midnight they
met him in the public road. He
said he was ready to give up and
stand trial Hardeman was brought
to Waxahachie by Mr., Smith and
placed in Jail complaint for muir
der was filed against him this morn
ing in County Attorney Smiths Of
flee
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
WEEKLY WEATHER ntLLhrt>.


Following ts summary OF the
weather conditions in Texas for the
week ending September 10. as pre-.
pared hy the section director at Gal
weston
The week just closed was marked
bg numerous light TO copious show
ers in nearly all parts of the state
and no day passed on which there
was not a shower In some locality
In the beginning OF the week the
showers were general. and during
the remainder of the week they were
scattered. The amount of rainfall
exceeded the normal In all the diyis-
ions of the state, except in the south
eastern aud extreme western coun-
ties where ii was below the normal
The heaviest rainfall occurred in Me
Lehman county with over four inches
In l.ampasas and Nueces counties the
rainfall exceeded three inches. and
In a number of other counties 1t eX-
ceeded two inches The great amount
of precipitation caused = correspond
ing decrease in the amount of sun
shine Damage resulted in q number
OF localities from the wet weather
and field work was interrupted on
account of 1t Less rain and more
sunshine are now needed in many
counties. There We're but few elec-
trical disturbances during the week
and, while they were not unusually
severe, the lightning caused some
damage in a few instances
The temperature averaged either
normal or slightly above the normal
except in number of western, south
western and northern counties. where
it was cooler than usual at this time
The day temperatures We're not un-
usually high nor the night tempera-
lures unusually low The first day
and the last three days of the week
were comparatively warm with maxi
mum temperatures generally well in
to the nineties, while the remaining
three days were comparatively cool
The highest temperatures reported
ranged from 80 degrees at Dublin to
80 degrees at Beeyille. and the low
est from So degrees at Henrietta to
"A degrees at Corpus Christi. The
week closed with generally fair
weather over the state, except that
! considerable cloudiness prevailed
over the eastern and southern coun
ties
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
FALLS EIGHT STORIES
NoMiaeat kaNeexS hAa oi noSsioa
Meets His besth.

Houston. Sept l2~E. VI Talia-
farro. GO terai s tles ascnt Tor the
Gulf Refining Conpyny and on OF
the best known and most popular
business men IN Houston, met his
death yesterday afternoon ut i:3o
o'clock by falling from the window
OF his office in the eighth story OF
the First National bank building
Just how the accident occurred no
one has yet been able to say and Of
flee associates knew nothing OF the
tragedy until some time after. The
first known was when the body was
seen flying through the air at such
speed that it had the appearance of
a scantling falling from the roof and
then as II hung upon an obstruction
it took the form of man, and those
who were witnesses began TO cry for
help or make an effort to rescue the
man in the hope of saving his life
If It was at all possible
An examination of the body show
ed the nose to have been fractured,
the mouth badly cut and the right
arm broken at the wrist
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
DIVIDEND ORDERED PAID.
Directors of Cotton Mill Elect on
GERS and Declare II Ten Per
Cent Dividend.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Waxahachie cotton
mills held yesterday afternoon the
following directors were elected for
the ensuing year.
Dr. d. G. Thompson, j. Houston
Miller, S. p Skinner, w. a. Grow,
H. d. Timmons, 0. f. Dunlap, r. w.
Getzendaner. c. w Gibson. B. F.
Forester, T. a. Ferris and f. A Du-
Bose
The directors met and elected the
following officers: T. A. Ferris,
president; C. W. Gibson, vice presi-
dent; f. A. DuBose, secretary and
general manag ger: Thomas Howorth,
superintendent.
The annual report was satisfac-
| tory, and a dividend of ten per cent
| was ordered paid the shareholders.
The mill is now being increased t'
t10, 900 spindles and Will be in full
operation about January.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

MI G. W. Grow. aged about 90
years. expired at his home In this city
some time last night MI Cow had
not been in good health for some
time but his condition was not re-
garded AS being serious He retired
lasf night aJ the usual hour and this
morning ar t.4o ~ was found cold
iu death
Tn, remains viii b, shipped to
Mansfield ON rhy t.su tHiu roWor-
ruV Uoruin- tor urgmsHf BE-
IormerI, lived rhsr, bur came Hyr,
% few years ago fu a,Drp. s position
a- head carpenter ar fhe cotton mills
Hy was good man aud was tiGrE
esteemed by a. iar-, circle gf friends
Zee lra,-s wife and uuwner ui
children ro mourn hi~ death
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

on or about sept goth. MeAars G
NJ Benton Go nf New York viii ia.
sue a special end Of season number
of their Cotton Quotation Record
This monthly compilation. edited BY
Cart Geller. h now In Ills finh year
and rcplete aith interesting and 80 ia
date information on acreage. condi.
tion. killing frost. Yield. receipts. tak.
ings. consumption, supply. exports,
mill statistics, prices Of spot and fu-
lures etc
I may be had on application from
any OF he leading cotton brokers
and commission houses Of New York
New Orleans Memphis, Houston.
Waco. and all the larger cities OF the
South
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

J. J. Hatfield, who has been agent
here for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, was checked out yester-
dav and the agency transferred 10
the firm of Kemble Bros. Whlle IN
charge of the agency here Mr.. Hat
field made his headquarters at the
furniture store of Kemble Bros. w
S. Kemble, the manager stated TINS
morning that a man would be put IT
the field, and that full line OF SIN
ger supplies would be kept at the
store at all times Persons desiring
to Investigate the merits OF singer
machine or purchase supplies should
call there.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
MUCH WHEAT BOOKED.
-Four Million Bushels to Leave Gal
weston Within Few Days.

Galveston, Sept. 12.-Four million
bushels of wheat are booked to be
shipped from port OF Galveston our
ing the next twenty days. The TEN
porary congestion is due primarily to
washouts on the roads, and the big
rush incident to opening up traf1lc
has pretty well filled up the yards
for a few days. Things are WORKING
smoothly now.
Another cause of the congestion
during which more than 1000 cars
of wheat were piled up at the ele-
yators to be unloaded, was because
SINNERS were afraid to book orders to
Europe pending temporary te-ups on
roads entering Galveston.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

Mud Overwhelms Town and Hun
dredS are Buried Alive,

Tiflis, Sept. 12.-City of Tiflis ha!
been overwhelmed by an avalanche
of mud from mountains in the neigh
borhood. The township of kwareli
has been practically obitcrated
Some 270 people were buried alive.
Fifty-fiye bodies had been recover
ed from the mire up 10 noon Monday,
which is about sixty feet deep.
In addition to human lives lost
countless head of cattle perished.
KwareH township occupies an area
of five kilometers in the district Of
Telaw, in the Caucasus. Similar dis
asters are OF common occurrence in
the Caucasian valley
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

Four marriages were solemnlzed
in Ennis Sunday. Dock Allen and
Miss Celia Dennis and w. b. Austin
and Miss Alice Brown, all OF Ensign,
were married by Rev ]. A. Pace.
j. r Hicks, Jr., and Miss Nirgie
Lingo, both of Ennis, We're married
by Rev. c. B. Knight.
w. L. Edmonson of Fort Worth
and Miss Minnie Barney of Ennis
were married by Rev. Horace Bishop
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
FOR SELLING BOOZE.
Sam Hardin Tried in County Court
for Violating Local Option Law.

Sam Hardin was arraigned in the
county court this mornig for trial on
a charge of violating the local op-
ton law He was indicted by the
grand jury during the February term
of court 1t was alleged in the in
dictmenJ that the defendant made IA
sale OF whiskey to Watt McGee. \
verdict OF guilty was returned by the
jury Hardin was fined s25 and seu-
fenced 10 serve twenty days In the
county Jail
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
Constructed Il Brick Crossing.

Street Commissioner Meredith has
had constructed a brick crossing or
Park avenue, abutting College street
This is only beginning of the work
to be done on College street, and 1t is
assured that work will begin soon in
the way of opening up the water
ways and beautifying this street
The commissioner is doing his work
thoroughly. and with a little time
and forbearance the city will soon be
a thing of beauty and a JOY forever.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
HOW to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habitually constlpateo.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
chronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels, and restores the
natural action of the bowels. Orlno
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau-
seate or grippe and is mild and pleas
ant to take. Refuse substitutes.
Sold by B. w. Fearls. q
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

Gainesville. Sept. 12.-The wife OF
County Public Weigher Piper com
mitted suicide at II O'Clock Monday
night by jumping into Elm Creek and
drowning The lady was forty years
old and well known Mr. Piper has
been public weigher for ten years.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

Felix Weeks and Mary Grown,
Tom Clark and Leila Browner.
ELI Breeder and Dora Boren
W. B Render and Mary a Ledbet-
ter.
] l.. Birch and Tippie Smith.
Josef Erama and Maria Sasalik.
Paul Thomason and Eula Wardlow
J. T. Hicks. Jr., and Nirgie Lingo.
w. l.. Edmondson and Minnie Bar
ney
Dock Allen and Celia Brown
JChn Richardson and Ida Cowling.
J. l.. Carroll and Eta Hannah,
Cleaye Berrier and Kate Shippey.
J. II. Maloney and Miriam Shaw.
Never Break Ranges. If
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

There will be a special excursion
TO Galveston via the Missouri, Kan
saS and Texas on September Is.
Tickets sold for trains arriving in
Houston or Galveston evening of
Sept. - or morning of Sept, 16. Gal
weston and return 81 40: Houston
and return, s4.15.
l.. II. PADDOCK, Agent.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12
Negro Cotton Picker stabbed

In difficulty among some negro
cotton pickers. near Oak Grove, five
miles south of Ennis Monday night
Scott Hudson was seriously and prob
ably fatally cut He received four
wounds, TWO of which penetrated to
the hollow and IL Is believed he will
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-12

Gibraltar. Sept. l2--Steamer Prnz
Albert will stop at Tangier and take
on board Paul o Stensland and con
vey him to New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

Barowsky troupe, a group of European
entertainers who are down for a TWEEN
ty-minute turn. The second attrac-
ton in order of merit will be James H.
Cullen, the man from the west" who
looks more like a bank president than
a rapid-fire comedian. He has been
appearing in Minneapolis and the Jour-
nal of that city last week took occasion
to say of him: There are probably no
better stOry-tellers in the profession
than Jim. He was there last aSon
and his memory is still kept green -
Mr.. Cullen makes good with a success
sion of foolish little songs and rambling
jOcosities. Another turn which the
management believes will make a hit
is that of Ethel Whiteside and her pic
aninnies. under the direction of J. w.
Fitz. This act is a novelty and carries
with it electrical and scenic effects.
For some time they stOrmed Australia
Regarding their work IL the Antipodes,
the Auckland Graphic, the leading New
Zealand weekly, printed the following:
Miss Ethel Whiteside and her two
pickanin 1:es created a great impress
sion. The lady sang several coon
songs of novel nature IN a most agree
able voice and style. The aforesaid
pickaninnies evoked rOars of mirth with
their cornicaI antics meanwhile
The other acts on the bill include
some refined work by Carlisle and
Baker, "cOlored aristocrats, pianists
vocalists and composers" Gerdener and
Revere, presenting a gladstone sketch
which has for its plot the troubles of q
soubrette and a bellbOy; Deedy and
Morren, a couple of agile comedians
and singers. and the kinOdrOme with a
new set of motion pictures showing a
great coal mine disaster which runs the
gamut from the explosion to The break
ing of water and the rescue of the live
miners and the bringing out of the
bodies.
This bill will be presented every
evening Except Sunday, with matt
nees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.