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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
INHERITANCE TAX MEASURE.
Legislature Acts on Bill and Camp
bell Removes Effect of Objection

Austin, Tex, April 25.-By vote
of 76 to 2S, the house yesterday pass
ed to engrossment the inheritance
tax bill, which has been up for con-
sideration the last two days. The bill
will have no trouble in passing fin
allv in the house and then it goes
TO the senate.
Tuesday Representative Canales,
who is opposed to certain features
of the bill, raised the point that the
bill is not within the recommended
tions made by the governor in his
proclamation and subjects submitted
TO the legislature for the special ses-
sion. The chair overruled the point
and Yesterday the house sustained
the chair. This action on the part of
Mr. Canales caused Governor Camp
bell to send yesterday to the leglsla-
ture a special message submitting
the inheritance tax bill as one for
revenue and taxation.
The gross receipts tax bill, Whlch
was set by special order for yestef-
dav morning in the house. was post
poned until in the afternoon. An
amendment 10 the bill has been pro-
posed TO tax all newspapers in TeXas
having a circulation of 10000 or
over Sls per cent of their gross re-
ceipts.
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such conference was had or thought
of at any time. Our people in llH-
nois are exceedingly busy attending
to the ordinary affairs OF life. Some
time during the latter part OF next
winter or spring, no doubt, the re-
publicans of Illinois will select
delegation to the republican natlonai
convention, but no attention, so far
as am informed and believe, is be-
ing paid to the matter at this time.
We are not in the habit or crossing
"a stream almost twelve months OH
before we get to it. 1t would De
bold man that would agree to denver
the Illinois delegation to anybody,
and anyone in public life would pc
nor only a bold man who would
agree. but would draw prize, II one
was offered, for being a toolish man
| might add further that on my way
east to attend the jamestown expo
sition I was detained at Indianapolis
for a few hours and. as has been my
habit for many years, | called on the
vice president. 1t has been his habit
for wears when in Danville TO can
on me. II | should be in Indianapolis
in the future and could possibly
spare the time. | expect TO call on
him again. ! may go further and say
1 [ always call on the president when
/ come To Washington and on many
other men iu public life. In conclus-
4 ion. { did not intend 10 say a word
I touching The production of the en-
/ terprising correspondent VINO seh'
/ thar dispatch. I would not have done
-o mad NOT this fiction been accepted
( AS sober truth and had not the rs
-oeilted Press called and asked me
! f1 say word touching ON the
saline
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
FORMER OFFICIALS SUED.
Tarrant County Will Seek to kecov'
er Certain Office Fees.

Fort Worth, Tex, April 25.-At a
meeting of the county commissioners
Yesterday morning an order was
made instructing the county attor-
ney to bring suit at once against ex-
County Judge John F. Milan, eX-
County Judge M. d. Harris, ex-Coun-
tv Attorney O. B. baltimore and eX-
County Clerk r. L. Rogers and their
bondsmen for amounts aggregatlns
100000.
The order is based on an investl-
CATION of fees collected in previous
administrations, which, it is claim
ed. should have been turned into the
county treasury, but which were Kept
bv the officials. The largest amount
is charged up to Mr.. Rogers, agsre-
eating S12, 200.
Defendants in the suit claim that
there is a misunderstanding, as they
thought they had a right to keep the
fees
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
ONE ARREST MADE.
Delaware River Deck Hand suspect
ed of Having Murdered Boy.

Dover. Del, April 25.-Frank II.
Rutler employed as a deck hand on
the steamer John p. Wilson was
taken into custody yesterday ana
held for hearing today, charged
with the murder of Horace y. Mar
vim. the 4-year-old son of DR.. Mar
vim. whose disappearance on Mareh
ttb has aroused the entire country.
The arrest of Butler was MADE
nriucipailv ON "A statement given de-
tectiyes by a man named Caldwell
who was working with Butler the
dav the child disappeared.
Butler saws he was ordered 10 20
Ia the harm and load up wheat
screenings In bags This he did and
when Caldwell later entered IA,
barn De- found Butler had loaded
three bags on the wagon and
fourth was Wing on the floor OF th'
baru. Caldwell says he lifted th's
har into the wagon himself and
fotud ir heavy. although Butler said
r was filled with corks. such as
used by fishermen for nets, This bag
caldwell saws. disappeared
Acting eu the theory that this bae
contained the body of the child. th'
det.stive- decided 90 charge Bufle'
with murder
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
SAWED OFF OWN FINGERS.
Fivc-Year Prisoner At JeffersDM CITY
Was Tired ~ wUrkfug.

jefferson city, Mo-, April 25.--Be
cause he was required to work whei
| he did not want to or was not able
to work, Harry Campbell, five yeal
man in the state penitentiary, yes
terday afternoon deliberately walk
ed into the shop of the J. S. Sullivan
Saddle Tree company, where ne was
employed, thrust his left hand in
front of a circular saw and allowed
all the fingers of that hand to be cut
off
AS soon as it was seen what had
been done, he was taken back to the
hospital and the wounds dressed
When asked by the prison physician
why he manned himself, he said he
did so because he was not able TO
work and was not going to work. He
had previously been in the hospital
and the prison physician, Dr. Chas-
tain, could find nothing the matter
with him and ordered him to report
for duty, He is serving sentence
from Pemiscot county for criminal
assault. J
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
PACE or SOlONS SLOW


Austiu. TEX, April @a--~ From tho
gait In which the legislature In golng
for this extra session. X IN already
becoming apparent that IL will bs
Impossible for the lawmakers 10
complete the entire task for which
they were fs-assemhied by the gov
ernor. The Legislature haa now bsen
in session going on To tao weeks.
nearly onc.haIf OF the extra session,
and vet not one nf The measures for
which the lawmakers were called,
have been passed. II " true. one OF
two OF the bills embraced In the call
for a special session have passed
either on. or the other OF the two
legislative bodies. but not one has
ment
Then besides, the governor has not
only vetoed one OF the acts passed
BY the legislature during the regular
session the textbook bill-~but the
chief executive has submitted several
other subjects for the consideration
OF the lawmakers. The governor
seems determined that these acts
and IN fact all of those which he has
recommended. and on the other
hand the legislature is progressing
at very slow gait. Probably during
the last two weeks OF the special
session, will mend matters and the
law makers will rush the business,
but then there is no assurance that
this will be done.
The additional subject Of the pas
sage of law reducing the passenger
fare on Texas railroads from three
| to TWO cents per mile has been sub
mitted for consideration. 1t is need
less to say that the railroads VIII
most vigorously oppose the passage
OF ;his proposed act.
The corporation lobby is here and
watching intensely the trend OF az
fairs. and there is a large contingent
| in the house who do not favor taxing
these public utility corporations too
lhiga. as everyone knows that in the
end, the people of Texas viii nave
to bear the burden, as is always the
case The people generally over the
Estate are wondering what is the mex
lthing which the legislature Will tack
lie, as 1t appears to be generaiy COT
> lceded that the thirtieth ieg1siatui
will go down in Texas history as OF
: of the most radical which has eve
Assembled beneath the dome or Tn
big granite capitol on the hill. In an
ieyent, it is not believed that the gov
iernor will ever consent to or cal
lanother extra session Of the thlruetl
Legislature. at least at this time.
the legislature cannot wind up III
iaffairs by May II, next, then the
business or measures left pendins
! will have to go over perhaps UNI
two years hence.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25

Dear Sir. We manage TO get some
fun out of paint J. n kohlmeyer.
Grove City. Pa. put in Devoe. Along
came salesman Of somebody else 5
paint before ours had got there.
salesman said ours was short-meas-
ure Kohlmeyer weakened hung fire
and Topped stopped ours and took
his. II was onr turn nov. We emp
uad our can into his and his into
ours n. short measure was his. not
ours and we sept our man
md. ever since then. that paint
manufacture gives fuli-msasure
his paint Is not pure. bat bis gallon
contains four quarts.
Go bw he name and the name 70
20 hv ~. Dexoe lead-and -Etnc
Yours truly.
r W DENOE 4 co.
y. TIE waxzhachie Lumber Co
sells our paint
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
CRUSHED BY CAR.
Aged TeXarkanian Is Crushed Il
Death Beneath Wheels.

Texarkana, Tex, April 25.-Thos.
G. Lanier, an aged white man OF
this city, was run down and killed by
an electric car yesterday evening
about 1880 near his home on Rose
Hill. After being struck by the car
he was dragged distance of eighty
feet. The left leg was ground TO a
pulp below the knee, while his LETT
side of the leg and body were reduc-
ed TO a Jelly. He lived about an hour
after the accident. The dead man
leaves a widow and seven children.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
HAS SEVENTEEN WIVES.
Michigan Man Captured in Arkansas
Charged With Bigamy and
Robbery.

Marshall, Mich, April 25.-John
Carver, alleged bigamist, who is said
to have at least seventeen wives,
has been captured at Fort Smith,
Ark. Carver is charged with defraud-
ing his wives out of $15o,000. The
specific charge on which he was ar
rested was that of defrauding Mrs
Lola Davis, OF Battle Creek, out OF
$25, 900.
Carver is wanted in Cincinnati
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Grand Rapids
| Norfolk and Saginaw and officer
have been after him for three years
He is a graduate OF the Pittsburl
Dental college, is 40 years DID, ant
procured his wives through matrl
monial bureau.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
ENTEI.ED a PLEA or GuILrx
Harvey Hen0erson Admit~ COaAoc
!, fif,n Win HondurAA LotterY.

Mobile, Ala, April Harry w
Henderson. one of the many indicted
by the federal grand jury for connec-
tion with the Honduras lottery. has
appeared before the United States
commissioner and entered plea or
guilty. Sentence was suspended until
April 81, the date fixed for sentenc-
ing all those who entered pleas OF
guilty. At the time Of the returning
of the indictment Mr.. Henderson
was located in Los Angeles, Ca1.>
having gone there from Brooklyn,
N. Y, where he acted as state agent
for the lottery He came 70 mobile
from Los Angeles to answer to the
indictment All testimony in the lot
terry cases is not yet in and 1t is I'M
derstood other witnesses VIII De
called before the jury today. Among
these are Cashier Palfrey and Mr.
William Moore, runner of the Ne"
Orleans National bank.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
CANNON DENIES DEAL
Ms Not Aareed To Deliver lHiaoiS Del
eqatiou to fairbanks.

Washington, April 25.-Speaker
Cannon who arrived in Washington
Yesterday from the west, was very
much surprised to learn OF the re-
port that he had made an agreement
to deliver the Illinois delegation TO
the republican national convention
to Vice President Fairbanks. lie
said:
The first | knew of such a report
was on my journey to washington
this morning when | received the
Washington papers. | do not kno"
what enterpriSing correspondents
wrote and sent that dispatch. | be-
lieve. however, that someone mad OF
ders during this dull season 10 lui
nish something for the papers NO
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25

In the court of criminal appeals at
Austin yesterday the case of {. J.
youuu appealed from The county
court ~ Ellis county, WIS ssiifuie".
youne was convicted ON a charge 81
f,iling to pas poll TAX or work the
cosntv road and fine % s. 90 I'M
pos.d This vas The third ease aP-
p.slst and from Judge spencer :
csnrr. aaa al have been affirmed.
Th.s other two cases were J, % SuGsS
violating fhe local option la~. and
c 4 Arnold falling to pay poll
r.N
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Read the Want Ads.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
HAVE A CltW


Dallas, Tex. April IS s--i Local po-
lice aud private detectives, ~ho have
been working on III. Jesse " John
son murder mystery. believe tina,
they have at last struck upon ci.v
that wlli lead TO The final clearing
up of this much talked of case.
The officers have seayed net
work OF circnmstantiai evidence
around certain party and II is ex-
psrted tha, an arrest will he made
some time this afternoon. A confer
ence of the police officers and detec~
tiyes. who have been interested In
the case. took place at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon.
Jesse w. Johnson, who WAS an
nmploye of the ] l.. A. Thomas Coal
company. and member of the DEM
ocratic executive committee Of this
county, staggered into a drug store
Monday afternoon two blocks from
his home and fell unconscious before
he could make statement. He was
picked up and 1t was discovered that
his skull was fractured above the
right eye and his nose crushed and
broken. He was conveyed to his
home at lo3 Hawkins street, where
he died late Tuesday night without
ever having regained consciousness.
The wounds which caused his
death, from all appearances were
made by a blunt instrument, but so
fnr tho lccal officers have hppD I'M
able to unearth any evidence that
will throw any light on the manner
In which the deed was committed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
Non-ResidentS Barred.

Austin, Tex, April 25.-Senate
Judiciary Committee No. / has IA
vorably reported Senator Hudspeth' s
bill providing that no personal lnJu-
ry damage suit shall be brought in
the state courts of Texas by nom
resident of this state.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25

Austin, Tex, April 25.-ihe gen
eral land office has received l5f
sealed envelopes containing bids to
purchase school land coming on the
market in Ell Paso county The en-
velopes contain from one to eight bids
each. The envelopes were opened at
10 a. m today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25

They NAV cost more, but that :
not 4o tifferenf when they are worm
mere CIapp Shoes Is the one line ~
mer-s sho-.s which rank first. Just
recsived by express at Crows som"
new STYLES for you. II
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
STFTV--nORT MAN
EMBEZZLES $4,000
Tanag of Commission House
Cha ael VIII Embezzlement.

Shreveport. La Wednesday,
Charged With embezleing $4,000
lrom The Shreveport branch of the
l.. Y. Pewter Commission Company
@ rrar, the local manager, was
ARRESTED and placed in the Caddc
Parish jail to-day. Ills bond was
fiyed at $4,000. Nh Fowler, who
came to Shreveport 10 prefer the
charges, left without making a state
ment. Mr.. Farrar came here from
TeXarkana several years ago, and has
a wife and children.
Revs. r b. Hill, r. ]. Harp and
II N. Brown; w. l.. Weber. presi-
dant of Centenary College; DR. W. e.
Boggs, recently assigned to Waco
and Captain r. IT, Welsh, president
or the Centenary Board, left to-day
fnr the Methodist conference at Rush
n.
IN explosion of a natural gas fur
&c III the basement of the North
louisiana Sanitarium to-day excited
patients and attaches, but caused lit
t.a property damage.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
AURORA LODGE F. e. A. N.
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

Aurora Lodge 1913 F. & A. M. Held
It's annual election Tuesday might
with the following results:
". J. Bernard, w. M; Edward
Pfister, S. W.; w. D. Reynolds, J. w.
Lazard King. Treasurer; John r.
White Secretary; Rev. C. c. Kramer,
Chaplain; Adolph Koch, s. D.; 9 "A.
BBenthal j. d.; Victor j. Erath. M.
of G.: T. G. Brigham, Jr. Tyler.
Executive Committee. c. c. Kramer
II. A. King, J. A. Fagot and Sam
Well
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
SLAYER or DEPUTY
Granted RESPITE
a2amned Slayer Of Eeputy Granted
Respite by the Governor.

lake Charles, La Thursday -
f4ea Coleman, convicted of killing
Deputy Sheriff William Shumake. at
AaQuincey, last February, and SEN
fenced 10 hang here Friday, was
eiunted reprieve to-day to January
., BY Governor Blanchard, who in a
telephone message to Paul Sompayrac
attorney for Coleman, stated that be-
cause Of representations made to Kim
he believes the Board of Pardons
should be given an opportunity to re-
consider the case.
Ca'casieu, has made the best show
ing OF any parish in the State. The
Police Jury to-day reduced the tax
rate for 1908 to 6 mills, meaning a
reduction of mills. During the ad.
ministration Of the present Police
1nry q debt Of $4,000 was wiDed
cut. and schools, roads and bridges
- each ward materially improved.
Flo Parish is in excellent Financial
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
9TATE: OFFICIALS
TO INVESTIGATE
y lLNlIL JE 1T WV uw-
40 ACT In TIE MATTER.
At ONCE.

New Orleans, La Thursday =
I he charges brought by Mr.. Charles
eWis, q shipping clerk of Baltimore
a,ast the Pelican Baking Compa-
ilouma, La, in which he al
a number OF men, women
-e .iidlen are being held by force
made To shuck oysters 1T starya-
lgn wages by that company, have
iean brought to the attention of At
anag General Guion who has prom
ai IN take immediate steps to probe
e natter.
General Guion will sci into COM
nmnication with the sheriff of Terre-
0une parish and will instruct him
WY give He situation such attention
necessary, and If Mr. Lewis
4HrEes are found TO he correct, steps
miil Immediately be taken to prose-
Min the o6 nlers.
air. Lew Gains that he answered
adNer' Mt for farm hands to
cork in ths state of Louisiana and
Fought his wife with him from Bal
more.
Ile states Hat several Of the party
fainted tr, ~ant Of nourishment on
rl.a trim to- Louisiana and after ar
inE at una and working all day
ihe combined wages Of his wife and
ieif nttl@d them but 80 cents
Iie alfu alleges that the manager
the company threatened to jail
'm IL hc ala not work and pay back
anna transportation from Baltimore.
iio states that even six year old
Efiiran are aroused with the rest mt
salock each morning and set to
Smoking oysters at ; cents gal
1an.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
ENTIRE MAIL
WAS RECOvERED
POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR RETURNS
FROM SCENE OY DYAS WRECK
AND REPORTS SOME INTER-
ESCTING FEATURES

New Orleans, La Thursday) 49,
According to the reports OF the post
oflice inspector who took charge of tn,
mail situation in the wreck at Dyas
Ala, on Monday night, and who re-
turned to New Orleans this morning,
! all mail between here and Mobile for
northern and eastern points was re-
covered and subsequently dispatched
as fas as could be ascertained.
The inspector was on his way from
Montgomery to New Orleans when
appraised Of the Dyas' wreck. He
stopped off at the scene of the dis
aster and Immediately undertook
every effort for the relief of the in
jured mail clerks and for the expedi-
ting Of the mail.
The wreck was freak" said the
inspector in discussing the matter
this afternoon. 1.-THE tender and all
cars We're derailed, and the engine
was the only thing that stayed on the
track. All the cars took an angle
of about thirty degrees from the
track and tore path about fifty
yards long through the woods. 1t is
miraculous why the injuries and ia
talities were not greater.
~ found that the mail clerks, five
in number. were SO injured as to pre-
clude their further continuance on
The trip, and I, therefore, directed one |
Of the mail clerks of the southbound |
train to take charge of the pouches |
and handle the matter as best he
could in the baggage car in which |
hey had to be deposited A special
rain from Flomaton was made up to
larry on northward the passengers
md mail. The mail may have been
'etarded but l am quite sure that it
was all there
The inspector spent the whole Of
Monday night and portion of Tues
lay in trying to recover all lost mail
Ind he thinks that he was success
hat there is no occasion for appre-
tension on the part of New Orleans
enders of letters or packages that
heir missives will not arrive at their
roper destination.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
| lnANKL|N HAS
nOUH!E MURD::F

News Reached the city yesterday
~ double tragedy that occurred al
Franklin. Wednesday. From what
could be learned 1t appears that ne
RIO man had a quarrel with his para
nour and fired load of buck shot
into her face and breast. Another
iegro was standing only few feet
l:ehiId the woman and received a
part Of the deadly shot. The rs
suit being both were killed. The ne
gro who committed the bloody crime
escaped. Wednesday night couple
of deputies We're in disguise here in
hopes of catching the fugitive here,
but SO far all efforts to locate him
has been u1uccessful. The names of
none of the negroes could be learn
ed.
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.S|xTIETH CONGRESS- OPENS:
USUAL SCENES ATTEND
WILLIAMS RAMPANT At OPENING SESSION
GALLERIES WERE CROWDED IANY WERE UNABLE TO GET
SEATS TO WITNESS THE SHORT SESSION HELD-spEAKER
CANNON AND MINORITY DER JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
RECEIVE 0VATIONS-SOME CID WAREHOUSES; ARE MIS-
SING-PRESIDENNTS MESSAGE NOT READ-H0USE
NOT ORGANIZED-Wo THRONG CAPITOL

I Washington. &C Monday SO ia,
| as the first session Of the sixtieti
congress is concerned the house o.
representatives convened to-day annie
imilar scenes that have been wit
messed in years gone by.
The galleries were crowded with
beautifully gowned women who had
come early in the expectation of wit
nessing some exciting scenes. Their
tickets had been provided weeks in
advance Those unfortunates who
were unable to secure admission to
the galleries were compelled to stand
in long lines in he corridors. hoping
for an opportunity to secure the
much coveted seats.