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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10

Mr.. Erwin spent twenty -four
hours in San Francisco and was glad
when he crossed the bay back into
Oakland. He said it would be diff
cult to determine which had been
most disastrous 10 the city, the earth
quake or the strikes Of the labor un-
ions. All street cars are tied up and
the work of rebuilding the city Is
proceeding under many difficulties.
Riots occur almost daily and Mr..
Erwin saw two men killed ana
another wounded lie saw block AT
ter block OF ruins where no effort
had been made 20 clear away the de-
bris and start new buildings.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10
DOCTORS TO MEET.
Ellis County Medical Society Will
Be in Session Tuesday.


The monthly meeting Of the Ellis
County Medical society will be held
in the Adelphian club rooms in this
city tomorrow. The visiting physi-
clans will be entertained at dinner
by the home doctors. The program
for the session OF the society will be
as follows:
Society called to order by DR.. J. A
Tate, president, at IL q. m.
Reading minutes OF previous meet
ing. ses7s =
| Clinical Fcases.
Foreign bodies In the bladde
with report OF cases, by DR.. j,
Shelmire, Dallas, Texas. Discussio
opened by Drs. J. C. LOggins. Bnni
and D. G.. Thompson, Waxahachie
Non-union OF fractures by DR.. H
10. Stacy, Waxahachie. Discussion
opened by Drs. A. l.. Thomas, Ennis
and T. L. Barnett, Midlothian.
Epilepsy, by DR.. w. P. Mccall, En-
mis-. Discussion opened by Drs. J. A
Tate, Ennis. and W. D. Boyd, Waxa-
haChie.
The Toxaemias of pregnacy, kinds
and character. by DR.. W. f. west
Waxahachie. Discussion opened b9
Drs. o. C. Grant, Avalon and Thos'
II. Cheatham, Italy.
Enuresis, by RI. r. +. House
Ferris Discussion opened by Drs. n
d. Nifong. Britton, and o. T. Bundy'
Milford
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
Galveston Longshoreman rails F'"n'
Gallery While Asleep.

Galveston. Tex. June io.--Dah'e'
Dwver. aged IS years, iongshore-
man. met with a tragic death last
night about 10 o'clock by tailins
from a gallery in his sleep. tie
boarded at lodging house on
aud Mechanic streets. He
was sleeping on the wide Sai'e'S
which is without railing when he
rolled from his couch 90 the street
q drop Of fifteen feet He was ~eR'
10 the hospital whore he lived hn' "a
few minutes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10
\D\ III CONTEST.
Evangelist and IA SHOW Woman ftt-
ted Against Zach other.

Wichita talls. Texas. June TO-.
Considerable iuterest is helus taken
here in a contest between an "Sanse-
list aud "a sh0S woman who has"
their tents SET opposite each othe'
aud are holding forth with their re
spy,tiyc pruxrams. The shos woman
Is Mollie Hauvt the veteran of waE
pu tsuf shoss iu an the south. sh"
pitched hrr tent here Is fr~ DAYS
axo. she was threatened with "a boy
,au feon some ot fhe sbnrcn people
bat nothing exsifins Hr sens'''enai
taa yet transpirrd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10
ExHORBITANT WAGE DEMAND.
Negroes Want One Dollar aud Sew
enty-Five Cents for ChOppine
CDttO0

great many farmers were In the
city this morning looking for labor
ers to chop cotton. There were per-
haps fifteensor twenty wagons on the
square at one time. and nearly all
the forenoon was spent In parleytng
with negroes with regard to waxes.
The farmers Offered t1.1k and $l.bO
per day and board, hut t10anAGroaa
wanted 70 haAA t1oms uoA - el.v1
4 ana ts.se : 80. - - - - ~ -
I uaabst o0sApSA4aa " Hli1Ilye hgfeed
! ITO pAy this pft1e, But s6vorAl TAR
!. lmers refused 70 ~ ve6&1a yAy
y ana returned home without hGR4S.
T. The cotton chopping season !
l. just now opening In earnest, and thr
N is the first week there has been al
II urgent demand for choppers Nearly
= all the cotton fields have been cult
: vated with the p20w. but owing to
. the plant being 30 small very little
chopping has been done Tho warm
weather OF the past few days has had
a beneficial effect on cotton and the
stalk has been growing nicely
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10
BURGLAR VISITS MEAT MAkNfI
Thief Takes Two Dollars in Money
from "a Cash Drawer.

The meat market OF Guy Allen on
the north side of the square was FlS-
tied by burglar sunday night Inc
market was entered by way OF the
back door which was protected onN
by screen \ hole was cut IN the
wire SO that the fastening on the IN
side could be reached and removed.
one cash drawer contained t"o dol
lars aud this amount was approprlai'
ed hy the thief The Two cash tills ln
the market were left lying on the
floor The matter has been repoT 'eo
to the Officers. but 40 clew has yet
been developed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10

Homely people made beautliu. a,
Photo cay Four stnaehs
oanel photos 20 cents.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10

]. 3. Watcher died last hish' al
his residence on East Jetielsoi,
street He was about so years old
and had lived in Waxahachie several
wears The funeral will take place
AT $50 this afternoon at the Ca'ho-
ne church. Interment will be made
AT the city cemetery
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-10

The Y. NJ C. \ baseball team
went to Mexia this mornins % play
s series Of three gaines The firot
game was PLAYED this afternoon. The
.ofber games Will be pulled Off Tues
s,, and "Wednesday The team play
.t On. Forrestou nine at that place
SATURDAY, afternoon 2 De- contest r'-
suited ia victory for fhe WaNah'-
phla team by "a score 90 : '7
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-12
CUBAN PRESS PLEASED.
Expresses Satisfaction With Taft's
Declaration Of Policy.

Havana, April 1.-THE Cuban press
generally expresses satisfaction with
Secretary Tdft's declarations of policy
Just prior to his departure from
Havana the Diaro lie La Marina. an
Ultra-SpaniSh conservative organ, says:
"Mr. Taft left everybody content. the
Liberals and Republicans. because the
municipal and provincial elections will
be held together, and the Conservatives
because the elections will only take
place after the census, which will be
complete. impartial and exact, requir-
ing indefinite time, as they wished. and
the great mass of the property owners
because he declares that the time Of the
elections depend upon the country
tranquility" The Dfaro De La Marina
in another article says:
Mr.. Taft promised Cuba in Septem-
Der last the American intervention
would end in June of the present year.
Now he fixes no date, except indefinite
~ the end Of next year. Mr.. Taft not
only knows how to content all but
shows himself master of irony
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PEARYS PLANS.
Continued from Page One.)

Wednesday morning on his way to Wa
tervile, where he spoke before the Colby
College students last evening. reporte:
was informed that there was nothing to
be given out at present concerning his
you now" said the commander, 'is that I
understand the navy department has
granted me a leave of absence to make
another trip, but shall have to wait I'M
til l get back to New York or Washing
ton before | can decide upon the cate. I
shall not start before the first Of July
if I so this year as the ice barrier of
this winter will not have disappeared be-
fore that time
When asked if it is true that there is
likely to be some difficulty in raising the
necessary funds for the trip, the CON-
mander said that he was not in a posi-
ton to discuss that at the present time,
but he stated that he was of the opinion
THAT after the date of the expedition is
decided the fund would be raised with
little difficulty. He also refused to dis
cuss the Wellman idea of employing a
balloon for the trip. He intimated, as
the conversation ended, that if matters
could he arranged the public need not be
SURPRISED If he sailed for the North the
latter part of June or the first Of July
OF the present year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-12
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MAhnET.
Features Of the Days Dealing in Al
the Leading Stocks.

New York, April 1.-the stock market
was still largely in professional hands
To-Day. but operations were conducted in
Il more aggressive manner and were cx-
tended to greater lengths. Constant shift
ing of position still indicated a very I'M
certain frame of mind on the part of
the professionals. Much of the days scs-
SION WAS given up TO what looked like
testing openings without success in de-
rcloping the prevailing tendency.
The trading sank into extreme dullncss
at times under the discoUraging influence
of these factors and then yielded decid-
eddy. Strength was most in evidence in
the carly part of the day. Part of this
wdsS in response TO Il rise in London mar
kets as result of the reduction in the
Official discount rate of the Bank of Eng
land from ) to ~. per cent. The carly rise
was turtharcd by the bull party in the
trading by manipulative imctics. Not
understanding this general and continued
yielding of money rates all over, tho
world. Sto ks began to reflect msgivings
over its sufliciencv to meet the large
waiting demands. United States Steel was
comparatively firm but this did not aus
tain the general market. The closing
tone was steady and at some recovery
from the lowest.
Bonds We're dun and irregular; Total
sales. par value. S14S0,c00. limited States
bonds were unchanged on call.
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REWARD FOR SWANTON.
Deputy Sheriff Who Captured Stead
man Will Receive $50.

Ellsworth. Ale. April 1l.-Wii;i1m
Stca1man. who dug a Mole through tho
wall of the Hancock county Jail on the
evening OF March 2S, after a numerous
assault on Sheriff Mayo in the Jail sta
bic. made good his escape. hcing captured
Tue sday at Milbridge. lie is now back
in the Hancock county Jail.
He is TncOmmuniCatiVe. He said. how
ever that after leaving the Jail hc went
10 Ellsworth Falls, where he heard some
one call out there goes the escaped pris-
Oncr." Realizing that the chase after
him was hot, he struck into the woods.
where he wandered about for some time.
Tho first familiar landmark die saw was
The standpipc. lie made his way back to
the railroad ard followed it until he
reached the cuvcrt over Church street.
when he took to the ROAD and struck
across country toward Hancock.
From Hancock his movements have al
ready been traced until he reached the
vicinity of Milbridgc. where he has since
been in hi'.ing.
The capture of Stcadman is very timely
rs the grand jury is how sitting. Deputy
Sheriff Swantnn will receive the reward
of so offered for his capture.
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THEIR 65th ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Robinson of
York Celebrate That Occasion.

York Me. April 11.-Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Robinson of this town
Wednesday observed the 65th anniver-
sary of their wedding, and although the
old couple are rapidly showing their
age, they are still active. They have a
little farm at Seabury and for the past
A. years they have lived there, the
greater part of the time alone.
They were married April 10, 1872. at
Kittery. by George Wilson, a justice of
the peace. and moved at once TO the
Scotland district at York. where they
lived for some time. and nearly 80
years ago they moved to their present
farm.
Mr.. Robinson was born in Kenne-
bunk. Me. April %, 1920. and when but
l. years of age he came to York, where
lie entered the employ Of Mai. John
McIntire. working with him until he
purchased 4 little farm of his own. Mrs.
Robinson was born in Kittery. June I,
1929, and il was while she was working
III boarding house ut Portsmouth that
she met her husband. and the following
year they were married. They have
two children. John RobinS''n of York
and Mrs. Lizzie +. Pratt of til" Scotland
district
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DOUBT CANNOT EXIST
Investigation Will Only Strengthen the
Proof We Give in Augusta.

How can doubt exist in the face of
such evidence? Read here the en-
dorsement of representative citizen
of Augusta.
J. S. Jones' at present with the Cush-
noe Paper Co. living at 127 Northern
Ave, Augusta. Me, says: II believe that
Doan's Kidney PiEs have been the means
of prolonging my life and Hitting me from
a physical wreck to good sound health.
In the fall of 1896 l gave statement of
my case for publication. At that time I
had been suffering from kidney complaint
III Il severe form for eight years. My
back was weak and l was subject TO
twTISeS of pain and could not get on my
feet frcm lying down without gradually
working myself up sideways. At night
rolled and tossed about unable to sleep
and felt as though lying on a bed of
rocks. / was often compelled to quit
work for Il day or two and sometimes 4
week or two. l used many remedies
without much benefit and finally got
Doans Kidney Pills ait Chas. X. Part
ridges drug store now Willis r. Fart
was the remedy 1 needed. | was sur
rrised at the great benefit | received for
considered such quick change for the
better almost an inpossibility. During
the eight years past L have been as free
from kidney disorders and backache as
l ever was in my life. The cure has been
permanent, and | cheerflly ro.endorSe
the claims made for Deans Kidney
Pills
For Sale by all Dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no OF her
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j, Observations of
q The Office Cat.

Mr.. Merchant came down to work feel
ling nightly fine. His office Rubbish
Sale had been a brilliant thought pro-
'ductive IF quite a few dollars and best
Of all had cleaned out his store of ali
kinds of rubbish.
'And just think of it, said he. "all the
expense that vas incurred was &c. I
pail for a Want Ad. in the Journal
That LITTLE ad. brought me tidy little
sum- besides one cannot tell how many
customers that Sale may have made
fer me. | got acquainted with lots of
new faces"
The words Of the merchant set me to
thinking again and I began to wonder
way other merchants didn't use the Jour
nal Want Column more along that line
II seems to me that besides his regular
advertising the merchant coulI run one
OF these little ADS in the Want Column
nearly all the time to good advantage.
The cost is very small and the results,
in proportion. are very large. / have al
ways associated the Want Column rs Il
means Of securing a hired girl or finding
a lost article, but it seems that the pos
sibAlities of this classified advertising is
nearly iimitless. Well, Is surely worth
considering. but 7 don't know rs it need
bother my head one way or the other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-12

employed many years as a mechanist
in the Maine Central shops at Port
land.
The heirs Of the late Lewis Cameron
of Bath arc said to be planning to
bring suit against the Lewiston,
Brunswick & Bath Street Railway
Company for $4,000 for Mr.. Cameron's
death on July 8, 1906. Mr. Gamer
on WAS changing his scat OH a
car ana as he walked along the
running board his head struck a trolley
pole. He died a week later.
Tho annual nice ting Of the Maine Den
tai Society will be he'd in Rockland on
July 10. Il ana is. and ii l. expected that
the sessions will be attended by more
than 100 knights of the fcrceps. There
will also be some 20 exhibitors of dental
supplies and many of the members will
he accompanied by their wives, so that
the population of the LIMERICK City will
be considerably increased during the days
the society is in session.
The honor parts of the Lewiston
High school graduating class were an
nounced by Principal Hill yesterday
The highest rank for the four years
have the valedictory. Miss Celia Jones
will have the salutatory, and the other
honor parts go to Helen Adams. Mar
ian Adams, Frances Holmes. George
Robinson, Edith Pemberton and Frank
Southland. The historian and prophet
Will be selected from the honor parts,
and the class will elect two young men
for orations and one to make the pres
ertation of gifts.
The steamship kensington arrived
Wednesday morning at Portland, after
one of the hardest passages on record
from Halifax, where she touched, to
Portland. She lay off this coast "a
hours and when Capt. James l.. john
son of the pilot boat Director reached
her he was guided by her whistles, the
storm being too thick for him to make
her out. She brought 1926 passengers to
Portland, and they were sent as soon
as they had been ticketed to various
Canadian and Western points on
Grand Trunk special trains. c. w.
tombstone. the travelling passenger
agent of the Grand Trunk, having gen.
eral charge.
George A. Oliver died at his home on
WelllldH street, LeWlSlpn lHurS-
day morning. He was for many
years employed by the Maine
Central railroad, and was widely
known among railroad men of the State
He was born in Bath So years ago,
and lived there until he was 16 years
old. when he entered the employ of the
Maine Central as fireman. Four years
later he was made an engineer, and
continued in that capacity until Dec
ember last, when he was taken i'll.
He married Miss Margaret Frye of
Bath in 1873. and they came here 80
years ago. He ran at times between
Portland and Skowhegan and Lewiston
and Portland, but for the last 25 years
ran continuously between this city and
Bath. He was an Odd Fellow. A wife
and one son, Roy Oliver of this city,
sirvive him.
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In The Plans Of Yale Uni
Versity Government.
Equalization In the Handling Of
The Executive Powers.
Changes In Faculty Powers and
In Athletic Methods.

New Haven. Ct. April H. y COM
mite" Of five rf the Yale Corporation,
including President IindlrY. which hau
bccn at work for Il long tim" on IN"
Il:ic. rnr university government. re-
Gently brought in q report when INC
,orr,nratiom has aCc"ptcd. I'll" import
ant features Of the nCW rules as CO.
diticd. cqualizc in functions, powers ana
,,riyflrcrs AN the faculties Of tn" uni
vcr..ity and the same is tru" OF the
functions ami powers Of tho deans anu
directors AZ the various departments
Imnurtnut changes are made Win ISL
,.roucr t, the h"stoWal Of honorary 10
rr,rs which are To he passed upon ny
:, reconstructed committee before th'H
are nasscd upon by the corporations
inns rroviGirg for greater caution Ill
thor selection. The doctor Of laws nom
nrury degree is hereafter to be award
cd only in recognition OF the iloSI us
tinguishcd public service.
Tho old veto power of the president
in the faculty can he reversed by IN
CORPORATION. There is much larger dell
milton as well as expansion Of the pow
ors of the prudential committee, and
nov ana husincss-Iillc order of proceed
urc i adnntcd. There * also very care
full definition in such matters rs aP-
rointments and important AFFAIRS OF II
struction and government.
The Yale field is nut under cnntr"l 81
a treasurer appointed by the corpora
ton who is also to act rs graduate adj
visor in athletics ana have his ac-
counts verified by an auditor. also 70
he appointed by the corporation. me
deans are made executive officers OF
their departments. exercise general SUI
pervision over them, represent them IN
inter-dcpartmCntal matters. deal with
emergency gu, StionS and can. in I'M
portant matters. personally represent
their departments at corporation meet
inGS.
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New York Produce Market.

New YORK, April H.
FLOLR-Receirts, 3i,S33; exports, JAG
sales, 10,400; steady with fair trade.
WHEAT-Reccipts, 5000; exports. iS,-
~; sales, 3.>00O0o spot barely steady
No. red. So elevator; No. . red, S4ls
+ b afloat. No. / northern Duluth, yDSs
opening navigation b afioat; No. ,
hard winter SIS opening navigation o b
atloat.
COKN-Rcceipts. 77.iO0; exports 500:
sales. 2i,OGo futures. 20G0 spot: spot firm:
NJ. >, u elevator and 5J%i f b afioat; No.
afloat.
OATS-Receipts. 5000; exports. 1..l5o,
spot steady: mixed 26Gt32 lbs. A: natural
white. 3OGa3 lbs, $40; clipped white. s.
q 10 lbs. 400! J3J2.
BEEF-F arel;' steady: family 1im1t.J0;
moss. y.50tIlO: beef hams 2tD2G: packet.
10 d0D H. city extra India mess. c4M2l.
LARD-I:asy; western prime S.g)l9.
PONk-EarCly steady; short clear 11.30
az
BUTTER-steady, unchanged; receipts,
7SJ9.
EGGS-Strong. unchanged; receipts, g..
9Ol
POTATOES-Q Quiet. unchanged.
SUG hR-Raw. strong tN); fair rclin-
ing. 323; centrifugal 10 test. 3.13: molas-
SEES sugar. 3.0i; refined firm; No. 6. 10:
No. {. 40: No. s, 40: No. 9. 4.25; No. 10.
Ill; No. IL. 10: No. l., LOS: No. l3 400;
No. II. 395: cHnfectiorers, 100; mould A.
51i; cut loaf 80; crushed. 90: powdered,
40: grarulated. 4.S0; cuhOs. ..0j.
(Nl-I1ereafter quoted in decinais.
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AT cASco CASTLE
About $4,000 Will Soon Be Expended
in improvements.

FTcoport, Me. April l1.-(SpeciaD-
III an interview with one of the directors
of the Portland and Brunswick Street
Ry. Company, the representative of the
Journal learned that at a meeting Of the
members Of the Casco Castle Angling
Association and the directors of the
Street Railway Co recently held. it was
decided TO build a dam 1G0 feet long
across the mouth of Spar Creek, near
Casco Castle, So. Freeport. The dam will
be constructed in a WAY that VIII make
it a driveway between the land and the
Castle. and the large grove on the oppo-.
site side of the creek, called the Good
win property.
The Street Ry Co, and the abuttcrs on
the other side of the main land, will
contribute $1,000 or $1,000, and the fish
association will make up the balance.
which will Undoubtedly reach $4,000 or
more. The object of the enterprise is to
create about 125 acres of dead salt water
that will remain inside the dam the
whole sumner unless it is necessary to
change it through the gates. Another
dam will also be built that Will make
ireSh water Tor trout, salmon ana fresh
water fish. They already have hatch
cry two years old that will be put in full
operation carly this spring and the whole
waters will be stocked with the best kind
of fish. 1t will be held as a preserve for
the life members only, which now num-
bor 800, all representative men OF Port
land and Brunswick. and the nearby
places. 1t will also afford one of the fin
est beating and bathing places along the
coast Of Maine 1t is expected that it
will be completed by the first of Juno.
aud it will be model and up-to-date in
every respect.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Arrangements are being made to inaug
uratc Regis II. Post, who succeeds Beck
man Winthrop as governor of Porto Rico,
on April Il.
The British torpedo boat destroyers
Colnc and Falcon put in at Dover, Eng.
Thursday. having been badly damaged in
a collision off that port.
King Alfonso returned to Madrid from
Cartagena Thursday and was met at the
railroad station by Queen Victoria. who
was in remarkably good spirits.
General Eugene Griffin, first vice pres
ident and head of the sales department
of the General Electric Co, died at
Schenectady, N Y. at the Mohawk Club,
Thursday. He had a stroke of paralysis
after the theatre Wednesday evening.
The shareholders of the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada at the semi annual
meeting in London Thursday unanimous
" adopted the report of the board of di-
rect9rs and reelected the retiring mem
bers of the board. The president, Sir
Charlie, Rivers Wilson, reviewed the ac-
counts and the work accomplished in the
extension of the road.
During the discussion by the budget
committee of the German Reichstag of
the appropriation to purchase typewriting
machines for the military authorities, DR..
Sudetum, Socialist, introduced a motion
providing for the exclusion of American
machines because of the prohibitive of-
fec. OF the American customs duty on
German goods Herr Paasche, National
Liberal. first vice president of the Reich
Stag summarized the motion