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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
THE 1896 DESEKTIONS.

There are those who are con-
;tantly and consistently democratic,
and there are those who are dem
ocratic in spots; there are those who
apply democratic principles to all
questions, and there are those who
apply democratic principles to some
questions. 1t ought to be the purpose
or those who euHax- Ii. SS.s..s,.>ss...
work to enlarge the number of ques-
lions to which democratic principles
are applied. 1t is hardly worth
while to waste time upon one who is
really aristocratic in sentiment. 1t is
impossible TO make a democrat out
OF him until he has a change of heart
but it is impossible to show real
democrat that he has failed to apply
democratic principles to a particular
question. Ia 1896 number Of per
sons left our party who called them
selves democrats. Some of them were
aristoCratic in sentiment. and their
departure was perfectly natural
W. J. Bryan in the New York Sun.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28

4ggw*~ Finsfus is a Hreftt good
feltow affer sif Thsf shese- lss+
nishf wzs -. verv thinr the counfy
u.eeec
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28

There is nothing doing In Waxa-
hachio for shipped In mineral wat
ers We have q well Of our own that
can't be- beat Ia Texas nor else
where
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28

Tomorrow is the day when Grand
Ranch for political purposes only.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
STRIVING TO WIZ.

We have been striving so via sAs
pahlie's eonfsasnsa fuF n long time
We have succeeded, bees we do
rtsoxs work AT moderate prices. Every
JOB ~
PLUMBING OR HEATING
undertaken bv us ~ carried TO sue
Ssssfui conclusion, There are no
hallway methods. The best mate
rial ~ used and only skilled work
men employed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28

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 Will be gladly corrected
upon It's being brought to the atten-
ton OF thu RAaaGRReDt
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For that tired feeling try cutting
the weeds and grass
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28

SPREE dickens are noS ripengng
but the price has gone 70 seed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
F. S. CRONk co.
an.i plamb~r

MAshintata And PiamberS.
Dealers In Mi. Gin. Plumbing and
Water Supplies. Metal and Genasco
Roofing. etc.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
"BLENDED WHISKY.n

The President shunted the clamorous
"Rectifiers' and BLENDERS off on to
Attorney-General Bonaparte. These
have been saying to him that they were
confronted with ruin by his opinion that
nothing could be labeled whisky" but
the old-fashioned distillation, and that
blended whisky must mean two or
more straight WHISTLES MKT together.
They said that fully 30 per cent of the
whisky" sold in the United States was
the diluted and colored alcohol. and
that to prevent their labelling it "whis-
ky" would bring millions of loss an
nually to those engaged in the business
in every large town in the country.
The Attorney General, without pass
ing on the question of whether or not
rectifiers could. under the law, use the
word blended as they have done for
many years, said that the whole ques-
ton was so important that he thought
a test case should be brought in the
courts for a final determination of all
questions involved. The Department of
Justice would afford every facility for
making this test case.
AS frequently said before, The Ma
tional Tribune has, for once, no side in
this dispute. Both sides are equally
disreputable and perniciCus. The
'whiskies'' compounded from Peoria
alsohol are no better and no worse than
those said to be distilled in the old
fashioned way, in Kentucky, Virginia
and Maryland. Both sides are equally
dishonest and untruthful in their claims
and assertions. 1t is really fight be-
tween two parties of Jews-one con-
trolling the pot distilleries," and the
other running the so-called "rectifying''
and blending" establishments.
AS the Presidential order makes trou-
BILE for the "rectifiers' and blenders
We are distinctly in favor of it, but re-
greet that it should give any advantage
to the equally dishonest and dangerous
fellows of the pot dIstfllery' side.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
STILL SUFFERING.

The Grocery World says that Chicago
packers are still suffering severely from
the exposures of last year.
The exports of canned beef for the
month of April, 1907, amounted tc
S93,017 pounds. against 4,121,00(
pounds in April, 1906; and for the IL
months ending with April, 1907, showed
but 13,032,703 pounds, against $780,
S73 pounds in the corresponding months
of the preceding year, 1906. This
seems to indicate that the total amount
of canned beef exported in the full fis-
cal year 1907 will scarcely reach 49,
900, 900 pounds, while in 1906 the total
was 64,500,0O0 pounds; in 1905, Co.
100000 pounds, and in 1903, 76 Ia
million pounds. The value of the
canned beef exports in the fiscal year
about to end will probably not exceed
$1,5O0,O0O, against s6,50O,O0O in 1906
and 1905 respectively, and practically
SS,000,000 in 1903. The highest figure
ever recorded in the expectations OF
canned beef was that of the fiscal year
pounds, valued at S9,O6S,906.
This reduction in the expectation of
canned beef, which seemed in the be-
ginning to be due to the large falling
off in demand in Japan resultant upon
the termination of its war with Russia,
is now equally apparent in the trade
with other countries. The figures show
that the largest falling off at the pres
ent time ana during the current year
occurs in the trade with the United
Kingdom, which country is reported to
have taken particular interest in the
Chicago exposures.
The moral of this is that it richly
pays to be honest. No man or set of
men can defy law, moral or statute,
with impunity. Punishment is certain,
and the packers are suffering hundred
times worse than any judgment of a
court could have inflicted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
THE RED MEN WILL ASSIST.

In the Grand Council of the Red Men
of Ohio, held in Marietta last week,
most important action was taken by a
resolution unanimously adopted direct
ing the Red Men of Ohio to do every
thing in their power in the future to
assist the G. A. r. in the celebration of
Memorial Day. The resolution exprest
the deep feeling the Red Men have for
the G. A. R., and the thoro sympathy
of the Order with the purposes of Me-
mortal Day and appreciation of what is
due the men who had died in defense
of the country. 1t is to be earnestly
hoped that not only will the Red Men
of other States initiate this praiseworthy
decision of their brethren of Ohio, but
that other great Orders will follow their
example and that the Masons, the Odd
Fellows. the knights of Pythias, the
Junior Order of American Mechanics
and all organizations will take a deep
interest in the American Sabbath, and
see that they are well represented in CO.
operation with the Grand Army of the
Republic in the ceremonies of that sa-
cred day.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
DEATH OF GEN. BALLOCH.

Gen. George W. Balloch, well known
in the Armies of the Potomac and the
Cumberland and a high degree Mason,
died in Washington, May II, at the age
of 81. He was born in Sullivan County,
y. H, Dec. 3, 1925, of Scotch parents,
and became a railroad engineer and
agent. He entered the 5th N. III. at
the beginning of the war as First Lieu
tenant and he served with that notable
fighting regiment all thru the PENN
sular and Antietam campaigns. He was
transferred to the Commissary Depart
ment in 1862, and became a Lieutenant
Colonel in '63, holding that rank until
Sept. 1, 1868. when he was mustered
out of the service with brevet of Brig
adier-General of Volunteers. He par
ticularly distinguished himself by his
efficient work on the Atlanta campaign
and the march to the sea, and upon re-
tirement from the army became Super
intendent of Streets under the Board of
Public Works of the District of Column
bia. Of late years he had been con-
Quoting a claims, patent and insurance
business. and was interested in one of
the banks in the city. He was a favor
lite figure at all Army Reunions. having
made host of friends during his long
service in the various armies. He was
SD degree Mason, and a member of
the Royal Order of Scotland and the
Order of the Eastern Star.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
DEATH OF Ex-MINIsTER CONGER.

Maj. E. H. Conger, who came into
worldwide reputation during the Chi
nese troubles, died at Pasadena, Cal,
May Is of chronic dysentery contracted
in China. Maj. Conger was born in
Knox County. ILL.,, March Z, 1S43, and
graduated from the class of 1862, en-
listing as a private in Co. /, 1920 ILL.,,
in which he served until the close of
the war, reaching the rank of Captain
and receiving the brevet of Major for
gallant and meritorious conduct in the
field. He studied law. was admitted to
the bar and afterwards removed to
Dexter, Dallas County, Iowa, where he
engaged with great success in farming,
stock growing and banking. He was
elected for two terms State Treasurer
Of Iowa, and elected to the 49th Con-
gress as Republican, being reelected
to the 50th and 51st Congresses. Presi-
dent Harrison appointed him Minister
10 Brazil, in which position he gave
great satisfaction, but was removed by
President Cleveland. and reappointed to
the same post by President Mckinley.
more important post of Minister to
China. He was the first of the foreign
representatives to recognize the force
and importance of the Boxer uprising,
but had much trouble in bringing his
colleagues to a realization of the dam
ger. 1t will be remembered that the
German Minister lost his life by refus-
ing to believe that there was trouble
impending. When the storm came Mai.
Conger had the American Embassy
strongly garrisoned and provisioned for
a siege. He was easily in the lead of
the foreign Legations during those trou-
bles, and the knowledge of his danger
sent the American troops ahead of all
others in the rescue expedition. Minis
ter Conger always regarded this as the
greatest work of his long and useful
life. He was selected as the head of
the MKT commission that negotiated the
new commercial treaty with China, and
its successful engineering thru until
final signature was largely his work. II
required the greatest tact and patience
to bring about an agreement between
such dissonant elements as We're repre-
sented by the Japanese. Russian, Ger
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
PASSAGE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
PENSION BILL.

The Cochran Pension Bill was passed
by the House of Representatives by a
practically unanimous vote and will be-
come a law as soon as Gov. Stuart signs
it. There is no doubt but that he will
do so. The Legislature adjourned May
16. AS already stated. the bill allows
every Pennsylvania soldier now resid-
ing in the State and who served 80 days
s. a month; $3.50 a month to those
who served over 80 days and less than
two years, and SO a month to those
who served two years and over. This is
a measure of justice as well as of gen.
crosby on the part of the great State
of Pennsylvania, for no State was better
represented upon the battlefield than
the grand old Keystone Commonwealth.
She sent IL IL per cent of her sons to
the field. or one fighting man for every
eight men, women and children within
her borders, and they made a most glo-
rious record. OF Fox's 300 Fighting
Regiments SO went from Pennsylvania.
and the percentage of killed, of those
WHO Scditu luSiT uSfotlOA Will
lives, is higher for Pennsylvania SOL
diers than for any other State. Alto
gcther 1926 Pennsylvanians were
killed in battle, and 1913 died from
disease; making the immense total of
80, 1S3, out of a total reduced to three
years standard of 214.427, or 1874 per
cent. OF this total IL per cent were
killed and S.3 per cent died from dis
ease. Such magnificent record for the
Commonwealth as this is very cheaply
requited by the appropriation of the
comparatively small amount which will
be required to pay the pensions of vet
Grams residents within the State during
their few remaining years. 1t is hoped
that next year an amendment will be
secured to extend the benefits of the
law to Pennsylvania soldiers living out
of the State.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
G. A. r. RECORDS MADE OFFICIAL.

The Legislature of New Jersey has
past an act Incorporating the G. A. R.
records as part Iof the official annals of
the State. This is something that
should be done in all the States, and
Kansas and some others have already
done so. The law reads:
Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of New Jer-
sey:
l. Whenever the Commander of the
Department of New Jersey, Grand
Army of the Republic, shall forward to
the Acknowledgement of New Jersey a
properly prepared and duly certified
copy of the proceedings of their Annual
Encampments, together with a COM
plete series of the general and special
orders. circulars and other data which
may form a part of said proceedings.
then the said proceedings, so reported,
shall be considered part of the military
archives of this State, and, in the dis
erection and under the direction of the
Acknowledgement of New jersey such
part of said proceedings as he shall ap-
prove shall be printed and bound; and
a printed and bound copy thereof shall
be sent to each Grand Army Post, and
to each public library, in the State of
New Jersey, together with an additional
so printed and bound copies for ex-
change under the direction of the Adju-
tant-General of New Jersey, it being
provided, however, that such publica-
ton of the proceedings of the Annual
Encampment as aforesaid shall COM
mence with the proceedings of the An
nua1 Encampment of the Departm ent
of New Jersey, Grand Army of the Re-
public. for the year 1907. and continue
annually thereafter during the existence
Of said organization. Or SO long as it.;
Commander shall continue to report
such proceedings to the Adjutant- Cen
eral of New jersey.
2. The sum of $500, or so much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby an
nually appropriated to pay for the print
ing and distribution of the proceedings
as set forth in the first section OF this
act.
g. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
Approved April Is, 1907.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
NATIONAL TRIBUNE HEADQUARTERS
AT SARATOGA.

In accordance with its usual custom
The National Tribune has secured head
quarters at Saratoga near to National
Headquarters for the convenience of its
subscribers and friends. It's headquar-
tiers will be parlor and rooms 60 and
20 in the United States Hotel, directly
along the piazza from the G. A. r. Ma
tional Headquarters. 1t invites all its
friends 10 meet there, and to make its
headquarters convenience for receiv-
ing their mail and papers and for meet
ing their comrades. We need not say
that such a place will be very desirable
for comrades coming from long dis
tances to meet one another. They can
by correspondence make appointments
to be at National Tribune Headquarters
at such an hour of such a day, and this
will save them the tiresome and fire.
quently discouraging hunts that they
have to make to meet their long-sepa-
rated comradess
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

That fiction about the Southern Con-
federacy having but 100000 soldiers in
the army gets a hard knock every time
history of a Southern State is written
Shalcr's History of Kentucky, in the
American Commonwealth series, says
that about 10000 of the natural lead
ers and fighting men of the State went
South in the Summer and Fall of 1861
That, of course, was only the beginning
of KentuclSy's contribution to the Con-
federate armies. Keep on. brethren OF
the South. You will soon prove thai
you had more men in the field than we
did. So far the claims aggregate $780,
600 men furnished the Confederate
army with the claiming only fairly be.
gun.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

selves, since any refusal, any deviation
from the orders of the courts or the
officers of the law will mean immediate
confinement to the penitentiary. 1t is
one of the most terrible exhibitions in
our history of the might of justice and
the capacity of our people to right their
wrongs and visit the most condign Pun
ishment upon offenders no matter how
strongly they have intrenched them
selves against the law.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

Abe Hummel, the King of American
Shysters, and who for 80 years was
known as the 4slickest," most cunning
and INSCRIPTIONS of New York's crimi.
nal lawyers. began a years imprison-
ment on Blackwells Island. May 90
He was sentenced two years ago and
has since then exhausted every trick
known 10 the law to avoid the humilia.
Z ton of prison stripes and hard labor
a good many years ago a very wise
man said:
The wicked shall fall by his owl
wickedness'
This is as true today as 5000 year.
ago.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

between the Grand Army men and the
County Commissioners, who represent
Senator Smoot The County Commits
sioners took exceptions TO an article
which had appeared in the paper, and
refused very insultingly TO give any con-
tribution or other assistance toward
celebrating Memorial Day, when they
were called upon by a committee con-
sisting of Comrades Henry p. Burns
Alfred Kent and Ii. S. Evans. 1t has
been the custom for years for the Coun-
t. Commissioners to appropriate a sum
of money in aid of Memorial Day. Salt
Lake City is considerably stirred uI
over the matter.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

Italy is disturbed because the emf
grants are not sending back anything
like the money they used to. In 1905
the Italians who left the country sent
back to the Bank of Naples alone ST.
1886, but last year the amount fell
to S5,s11,1SS. AS they are getting bet
ter wages and more work than ever,
this must mean that they are becoming
American citizens, and investing in
property here.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

Think of how well it used to pay for
being a victorious General. Waterloo
as battle, was of about the same di-
mansions as Gettysburg. For winning
it Wellington received as his share OF
the prize money 100000. pension OF
s50,000 a year and an estate worth
$3.50, 900. This was from the British
Government alone. He also received
valuable gifts from other countries. For
Gettysburg Gen. Meade received the
thanks of Congress and a Brigadier-
Generally in the Regular Army-pay
and allowances about $500 a year.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

The Eastern papers are making much
of a "Maj.-Gen. Alan McIyer," who re-
Gently died in a New York boarding
house, and to whom they give most
astonishing fighting experience, extendeu
ing over so years, and including warS
in every part of the globe. The story
seems to have been gathered from the
old man himself, and from a casual
reading it would seem that he had a
tireless imagination, and gave the re-
porters, his drinking companions and
several women endless volumes of hot
air. He said he was for years in the
Confederate army, most of the time
under Stonewall jackson and Jeb
Stuart" and was promoted to Major
General for gallantry. There was no
General of any grade in the Confeder-
the only field officer of that name was
Geo. w. McIver, Major and Lieutenant
Colonel of the s1st S. C. There is no
Alan McIyer mentioned anywhere in the
Rebellion Records, which seems strange
for such an Industrious and dauntless
fighter. Another of his picturesque
stories was a duel on the ramparts of
Vicksburg with Federal officer named
Mai. Tonlin, whom he killed with q
sword thrust. There was no Maj. Tom
lin in the Union army, and the name
Tonlin does not appear anywhere in any
capacity in the Rebellion Records. Nay
hap "Maj.-Gen. McIyer" ras = talented
old blowhard.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
RAILROAD RATES TO SARATOGA.

The only thing left unsettled up to
this date with regard to the 41st Ma
tional Encampment at Saratoga are the
railroad rates. The COMMANDMENT.
Chief feels sure that the Central Traffic
and Trunk Line Associations will give
a one-cent-a-mile rate, and he feels
reasonably confident that the other as
sociations viii follow suit, so that nc
trouble is apprehended as to the settle
ment of this important question. The
railroads have shown q strong DISPOSE
ton 20 be fair and to meet every rea-
sonable requirement.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23
\ UNITED BRETHREN MONUMENT.

The United Brethren are as sincerely
devoted to peace as the Quakers and
their non-combatant discipline almost
as rigid. All the same there were thou
sands of splendid United Brethren SOL
diers in the army. It is one of the
ironies of history that the first United
Brethren church in this country was
built at Keedysville, Nd, within easy
sight of the Antietam battlefield, where
more men were killed in a single day
than in any battle during the war, or
perhaps in the worlds history. hand
some monument to mark the site of
this first church on Mt. Hebron, near
Keedysville, was dedicated May 90.
Bishop j. S. Mills, of Annville, Pa,
delivered the Grafton before a large as
semblage. The monument was unvail-
ca by Master Russell Geeting, the sixth
in line of descendants of Bishop George
A. Geeting, who founded the old meet
ing house. The original church was
built about 1775.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

''The President to Sail Down the
Mississippi" say the headlines in the
Eastern papers The idea, A man
who would attempt to sail on the Mis-
sissippi would strike full Township OF
towheads sawyers, sand bars and "rif-
hes'' on the short leg of his first tack
If the President goes down the Father
OF Waters it will be on a nimble steam
boat managed by pilot who is able to
turn her on her heel inside of five sec
onds. To sail on the Mississippi would
require the wind to be fed thru cork
screw
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

Missouri starts in the Summer lie sea-
son with a fairly good one about Alice
Benson, of Kansas City, 16 years old
being knocked unconscious by hail
stone while working in her garden
Something startling is likely to happen
to any one trying to work a Kansas
City garden.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

man and French ambassadors, who
were all exceedingly distrustful of one
another. After his relief from duty he
was appointed Minister to Mexico, but
resigned inya little while on account of
i'll health. 20
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-23

The Italians have invaded Portland
Me-, and the once respectable quarter
in which Thomas B. Reed saw the light
of day is now Little Sicily smelling
of garlic, and resounding with the
chatter of the Calabrian patois. Ar
enthusiast asked an inhabitant of the
durter to show him the Tom Reed
House"
''Tomma Reed? Tomma Reed" an
swered the newly made citizen. "You
meana Tomrna Reeda, de milkmana."
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