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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
RAILROAD OPPOSES
TW0-CENT Fare ACT
PENNSYLVANIA LINE RESlSTS IN
COURT LAW PASSED BY LAST
LEGISLATURE.
PROCEEDINGS ARE
REGARDED AS TEST
Counsel for Corporation Attacks Con-
stitutionaljty of Statute, Holding
Loss Would ResuIt-Same Issue
Decided in Iowa

Philadelphia, Pa, July 12.-Fres1-
dent McCrea of the Pennsylvania rail
road was the principal witness Thurs
day In the equity proceedings lnsu-
tuted by that company against the
city and county of Philadelphia to
RESTRAIN it from enforcing the two
cent railway fare law passed by the
last legislature. The law goes into
effect October /, and provides pen
atty of $1,000 for each violation of its
provisions. Most of the railroads of
the state have started similar actions,
garded as a test case.
Attitude Taken by Road.
John G. Johnson, of counsel for the
Pennsylvania railroad, in opening the
proceedings, said the commonwealth
had no constitutional right to legis-
late rates for the Pennsylvania rail
road under it's charter. But, for the
sake of argument, even if the law were
constitutional, the two-cent rate is
unreasonable and will not return a
fair profit for the capial invested.
City Solicitor Gendell, in his state
mept to the court, said that the county
was made a defendant because the
penalty for violation of the law is pay
able here. He thought the proceed
ings should have been brought against
the commonwealth as it is state mat
ter. Nevertheless, he said, the city
being a defendant, he would guard it's
interests which, in this case, are not
great.
Profit and Loss Estimate.
The first witness examined was Max
Riebenack, comptroller of the Penn
sylvania railroad. He presented a
summary of earnings and expenses on
state passenger business for the first
three months of the present year. This
summary showed that the average
rate per passenger per mile was 1907
cents.
The earnings for the three months
were s3,070,935, and the expenses ST.
921 1,607. If the two-cent law had been
in force during these three months the
earnings would have been but s2,S57,-
033. Estimated figures for the entire
year lJUt, DdSSu OH lllOSS vi IlIC III u
three months of the present year, were
also submitted.
Denies Two-Cent Fare Injunction.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 12.-Judge
Mcpherson of the federal court Thurs
day denied the application of two
stockholders of the Iowa Central and
the Minneapolis and st. Louis rail-
roads for restraining order against
the directors of these roads to pre-
vent them from putting into effect the
two-cent passenger rate passed by the
Iowa legislature, taking effect July 4.
The judge based his action upon the
ground that no injury to the roads was
shown, that the complaint that the
new rate would cut down dividends
was not proved, that increased pas
senger travel might increase receipts
and that under rule "a of the Supreme
court the case was not properly
brought, as no charges of bad faith
on the part of the directors was al
legged
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Illinois LAWYERS in Session.

Galesburg, H., July 12.-The thir-
tyfrst annual meeting of the Illinois
State Bar association convened here
Thursday The first session was de-
voted to an address by President Har-
port of secretary-treasurer John F.
Voigt Jr, of Mattoon, and a report
by the committee on law reform, pre-
sented by William T. Church of Aledo,
and an address by Judge Harry Olson,
Chicago, on: The Municipal Court
of Chicago
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Ships and Fish Docks in Peril.

Gloucester, Mass, July 12.-Many OF
old Gloucester's famous fish wharves,
storehouses and ships were seriously
threatened with destruction by fire
which broke out in the plant of the
Gloucester Cold Storage company
early Thursday. There was fortu-
pately very little wind and the flames
were extinguished after nearly $4,000
damage had been done.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Meet Death In Fire

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 12.-Fire
at Lowell, Mich, 20 miles east OF
here, destroyed a row of three wood.
en- stores. The family of o. C. Nc
MILAN lived above one of them and In
endeavoring to escape, Mr.. Mcmillan
grasped live wire, being instantly
killed. His wife in trying to save
him, was dangerously shocked The
loss was $1,000.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
EckerSaII in New Hero Role,

Colma, Mich, July 12.-Walter Eek
ersall the Chicago football player
saved the life of George Hastings, OF
No. 23S Thirty-frst street, Chicago
Wednesday evening by swimming with
him several rods through the waters
of Paw Paw lake to place of safety
Hastings was attacked with heart fail
ure while boating and fell overheard
into 20 feet of water.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Well Known Minnesota Judge Dead.

Mankato, Mimi, July 12.-Judge
Martin ]. Severance, one of the best
known jurists of the state, died at his
home here Wednesday night as the
result of an operation for goiter.
Judge Severance was 81 years old
and came to Minnesota in 1856. He
was prominently identified with the
served several terms in the legisla.
ture. He retired from the district
court bench in 1900
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
TIE MARK ETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, July II.
FLOUR = Market unsettled. Spring
wheat, special brands, $3.50; Minnesota
hard patent, jute, $460G540; straight, ex.
port bags, $3.7004 Is; clear, export bags
So. .25GI4.2
WHEAT-LoweI. September, 94@@951ac
December. 977s@9S7sc.
CORN-Higher. September, 5414@55Bc.
OATS-Steady. September, 391a@401kc.
RYE-July, S5c bid and S7kc asked
September sold at 7Sc; December, 79c bic
and SOC asked; May, Sic bid and 83c
asked.
BUTTER-EXtra creamery, per h., 24c
dairies, 18021c.
POTATOES-CNew). Choice to fancy
s100I1.05; fair to good, 90995c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkey per h., lie
chickens. fowls, lie: ducks, 10c.
EGGS-New cases included, 131ac pes
doz.; cases returned, 13c; extra high
grade, 1712c.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
LIGHTNING Strikes Oil Tanks

Vincennes, Ind, July 12.-Lightning
struck three oil tanks at Bridgeport
Thursday morning. The tanks con-
tanned 1880 gallons of oil each. Two
belong to Jennings Brothers and the
third to the Standard The loss
amounts to 100000. The fire that
followed threatened the destruction
of the entire town and hasty in
trenchments were thrown up around
the tanks to keep the oil from spread
ing
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
SIays Cir! and Admjrer

Buffalo, N Y, July 12.-Peter For
restel, a well-known saloon-keeper,
and Marie Smith, 80 years old, a
waitress in his saloon-restaurant, were
murdered early Thursday. George
Hodson, a painter, is accused of the
crime He was discarded suitor of
the woman
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
EIentroetIted by Accident.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 12.-R. F.
Hoover, a baggage handler, was elec-
trocuted in Kansas City, Kan, by COM
ing in contact with guy wire that
had fallen from a trolley pole and be-
came crossed with live trolley
wire
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Buck Hinrichsen Near Death.

Springfield, Ill.,, July 12.-William
H. Hinrichsen, one of the leading dem
ocrats of Illinois, is critically i'll at his
home near Alexander. Mr.. Hinrich-
sen was secretary of state during the
Altgeld administration, from 1898 to
1907
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Last Spike Is Driven.

Pierre, S. D., July 12.-The last
spike on the Northwestern Railroad
line connecting the eastern and west
ern part of South Dakota was driven
80 miles west of here at $40 p. m.
Wednesday evening.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Fined $3.50 for Strawberry Fraud.

Washington, July 11.-After bitter
arraignment of the man who would de-
liberately attempt to defraud the pub
lie, Judge Kimball fined Henry J. Rice
$3.50. Rice was charged with selling
strawberries in boxes with raised bot
toms.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Cardinal Gibbons Honored.

Milwaukee, July Il. - Cardinal
James Gibbons of Baltimore was
Thursday elected honorary president
of the Catholic Educational associa-
ton Of the United States by unani-
nous vote.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Low Fare Law Wins in Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, July 11.-By a vote
of Is to IL the senate Wednesday af-
ternoon passed the two-cent fare law,
to apply to all lines having gross
earning of $500 per mile.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Prof. l.. A. E. AhIers Dead.

Colorado Springs, Col, July 12.-
Louis A. E. Ahlers, for twelve years
head professor of German languages
and literature in Colorado college, is
dead here at the age of AZ. He was
native of Germany.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Live Stock.

Chicago, July II.
CATTLE-Good to prime steers, Sc. 5Od
7.30; fair to good steers, s5.75@650; in
ferior to plain steers, s4.50@550; plain to
fancy yearlings, s5.0od6.50; plain to fancy
cows, So. $685.; fair to fancy heifers,
s40Od615; good to choice feeders, "a. 0Od
5.15; fair to choice stockers, 81. 00cd4 25;
common to choice bulls, So. SOFAS 80; calves
common to fair, s45096O0; calves, good
to fancy. s6.2507.75.
HOGS-Heavy packing sows, S.. 7Od5. .85
choice to prime heavy shipping barrows.
s5.S0G15. 90; mixed packers. s5S5@6.00; rough
throw-outs, s40Oa5.5O; pigs, s5.5Oq5.So.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
New York ,Jllly II

New York, July II.
FLOUR-Dull and barely steady.
WHEAT-Quet. July, s1.0O01 OOA: Sep
tember, s10119@1.017s; December, s104749
1047s.
RYE-Dull. No. Q western, SS1Ac f. o. b..
New York.
CORN-Nominal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
Oma ha Neh .IIllv II

CATTLE. - Market steady. Native
steers s47566 50; cows and heifers, S3.254
5.25: western steers, $3.75G56O; Texas
steers, s3.00d440: cows and heifers, 81. 500
465: Gamers s2.256325 stockers and
feeders, s3OO65.00; calves, s3.25Q6.25; bulls
and stays. s.. 3.00G5.50.
HOGS-Market shade to sc higher.
Heavy, S.. 60d5. 75 mixed. s5.65G570; light,
S.. .7G65.S IS; pigs. s5.25G5.70; bulk of sales,
S.. .6545.70.
SHEEP-Market steady. Yearlings,
s.. .4On6.15; wethers, s4.S0Q5.S0; ewes. 81. 504
$40; lambs, Sc 00Q7.25
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-19

ANY erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF
any person. firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns OF the
Daily Light viii De gladly corrected
upon its being brought to the atren-
rion OF the management
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-19
STANDARD OLA tst>st. Itp.

Ia his message 50 eossr~@ sesoa
pans ina ihe rspoFt u Commissioned
Garfield Ut n. hag.aa ~ co.pofs
tioas, ou the sablcSt % traaep,f,a
ton and freight rates lu TIE Oh In
dussry President Roosevelt said
me report shows ghas me star
dard OH CO. aks benefited enes
aoasly az aluusG 90 he gfesaBl sao-
meat b. secret eatss. maaE ~ these
secret RATES belng elesrly aulas fsll
Fhis benefit amounts a. at lassNt
three-q quarters OF mlIiion a yeag,
Ntue~ Presidents Rogers aad Arch
bold. on he part ~ tha Standard o.
az once bitterly denounced President
Roosevelt and denied hiss statement
OF facts Commissioner Garfield tRes
called he mau Win a macA fake
lust year before. shen ID
Washington GLADDEN. protested
against the acceptance of taiuSe3
money from John ~ kotkvfalles for
missionary work. 5. r G. poda. ehi.f
solicitor Ut he standard Oil CO. Dr.
clarea that since the enactment 90
this Interstate commerce lav IN 1887
the Standard Oil hssa oaes va "a iu
ever, particular
For he first time the standard Oh
has been puE on trial tn federal
court for receiving rebates. Pr"si
dent Roosevelt has been fully jasti-
81. n "a, 2a
Louis Post-Dispatch. The Standard
Oil's system Of rebates IN connection
with IT'S great refinery at Whiting
ind has been maintained In tuil
operation with the connivance OF
the iii-famed Chicago and Alton rail-
road Il has been proved 20 be gull
Is OF having benefited by secret rates
contrary to law and Messrs. Rogers.
Arehbold aud Dodd have been proved
guilty OF plain falsehood Other
prosecutions may still reveal the
same IawIessness and uutruthfulness
in other cases.
The infliction upon the Standard
OIL OF fines agEregating millions
would teach certain eminent Law
breakers the expediency OF prudence
In their business methods Stripped
Of the mask Of hypocrisy. they can
no longer pretend that they are
martyrs TO official malice and pub
lie pre- udice On the whole they are
fortunate that they are not going
to ian Penalties under the Hepburn
law are more personal than under
the Flkins act The tniquity Of the
[ Standard Oil has been long time
{ In coming home TO it. When VII
+ Rogers next writes a panegyric or
petroleum and providence he may
thank his stars that he is not in the
uapirpuriaVv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-19

settlement og dasnatsa @3thaas fs'@s}s
to war IN nos "a Impossible. oalsssi.ss,
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conference.
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lasts. Hnt the spE.ad ABoas De "a
tloas 81 me nglaelpt, ~ iasega@tlou
al Justice IS likely Daring Inc t~ea
tieth G.aSaFs 10 .sghtsa 'as as@F'isaa
OF sx@Flakgsma preparedness fo& @sg
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-19

The Enterprise Publishing Com
panv is in uowise responsible for
debts that may be contracted by en-
ployes. nor will We assume payment
of such debts under any circum-
stances Every employee OF this office
is paid promptly for work done This
is TO protect ourselves and the sell
ing ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY. Per G. W. Nc
knight, Manager.
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freaf Cod Caa& Nuu Feelings Ia ths
Winds lisa year wsli D. king Let
yaar ~i3l guIe and control and 81
fcst yout tife and Don refuse TO do
these things xoa should io Yau say
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hafent faith Faith i'm Nbats Well
fa{fh la mas self Yea Don have tn
a8te faith ia s1uresgf taa ought 40
have fatgh ia Christ and you Say
you haven't This faith suppose your
mother should say Naut you to
trust me ! Viii DO q certain thing
for you Now there are times when
mother wiGl fail but We are told
God will not fail When onr fathers
aud mothers fan rs. God win take
us mp
"A man comes up bristlipg with
-elf-importanee and says 1 guess /
am an aknostic These things may
be true or they may not be true.
This man coniesses he has never
made an investigation of the claims
of Christ being the Messiah as
taught in the scriptures. He is an
agnostic because he wants 10 be one.
make this challenge There is not
man in WaXahachie who claims to
be an agnotic who has ever made a
candid and impartial investigation
of this question. Our agnosticism
does not amount TO much when we
get into trouble. This agnosticism
comes when We get proud with a
good bank account. There is not q
man here tonight who can give
good reason for not having entered
into the marriage feast of the Lamb.
1t is the devil who keeps you out OF
the kingdom. God has given lis the
invitation. How are we going to act?
Are we going to let flimsy excuses
keep us away from God? While sit
ting in the church this evening you
have received an invitation from the
King of Heaven to the marriage
feast of God. viii you accept or re-
ject this invitation
At the close of this service two
persons accepted Christ. This even
ing the subject of the sermon Will
be Shall We Know Our Loved Ones
in Heaven" All are cordially invit-
ed to the services.
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Substitute for Oats.

Oats are scarce and high. My
wheat and corn chops in equal parts
at $3.50 per sack 600 pounds) is
equal to As cents for oats. which is
a good substitute. This is ten cents
less than oats per bushel and Is good
for horse. COW or chickens ID. H.
81
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Notice.

The publishers of the City Direc-
tory have made a thorough canvass
of the city There are few whose
names the solicitors did not get, due
to their being absent from home at
the time the canvass was made. If
you have been overlooked please
address Publishers City Directory,
Box 50, WaXahachie, Texas.
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Marriage Licenses.

NJ. c. Showalter and Miss NJ.
Jones.
w Tutor and Eula Ritchey.
A. A. Miller and Miss Emma
Johnson.
j. l.. Templin and Miss Allie
Shaw.
W. j. Ewing and Miss Allie Bell
Hudgpeth
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oEEiC Frs AND DIRECTORS

cards OF thanks-all matter not
NEWS-wiil be charged for at the
rate Of cents per line Poetry at
double price
The newspaper., 1907-09-06
SALE!

willie for ~ miles north OF Cedaredge Coo
on Monday Sept. described
location follows N f. OF the s. w y y f. T.
of 81 Onehrd interest In the
cellar l6xO feet harm 2 e
and
apple alfalfa Il cultivation Interested
and the other half
with cent inter
estfr rom
Span Mares weight about 1900 Saddle horse
about 10 dozen chckens
Spring moving machine
turning pow hnrrow cutivator
of heavy about oil about
of heating
stove kitchen furniture
mention. FREE Terms of Sale:-An
in dollars credit OF
with
date discount Of cent
object making this sale that have
compelled to look aer
c. IL. McELRAvY,
w ADA
The newspaper., 1907-09-06

THERE was no reception ac-
corded Hon M. d. Vincent. the
fearless and unpurchasable repre-
sentative of Delta County in the
state legislature. on his recent
visit to this city. Hon. A. b.
Hoyt did not constitute himself a
reception committee to meet the
representative of a sister county
whose interests are so nearly
identical. Mr.. Hoyt in all proba-
bility was figuring how he could
avoid meeting Vincent, who had
no collar of Simon's purchasing
around his neck.-Grand Junction
Sentinel.
Grieve not Bro. Bunting, Hon.
M d. Vincent will be we'll taken
care of at home even if Senator
DeLong, Representative Hoyt
and the whole republican push
forget that he is on earth. They
will awaken from their lethargy
when convention time rolls
around and we are sort of laugh
ing to ourself thinking how diff
cult it is going to be for the gang
to get action on that Doodle that
they are figuring on using to clean
up Vincent. There will be happy
times around here a year hence
or we miss our guess. The G. o. p
bell wethers here love him as well
as your republicans.
The newspaper., 1907-09-06
The return of Gov. Buchtel tc

The return of Gov. Buchtel to
the state was the signal for the
pardoning of keeper Of a house
of ili-fame in Colorado City, the
petitioners for the gubernatorisl
relief being the gamblers and
saloon keepers of that place and
Denver. Evidently his excel
lency is doing his best to win fur.
ther golden opinions from those
interests that gave him an cleo
ton. We doubt not that Mamie
Major will go down the line for
the parson the next time Bill
Evans tells him to aspire to some
thing.
The newspaper., 1907-09-06
Miraculous Escape from Lion.

One OF the most marvellous
things happened last week at
Powell's sawmill on Black mesa.
! John Reed, who is working up
there. sent his little boy Jake out
after the COW, and as he stayed so
long he sent another of the boys
out to hunt him and the COW. The
boy had not gone very far when
he heard the little fellow calling
for his papa and mamma and on
running down to the creek he saw
a mountain lion slap the little
fellow and knock him down. The
other boy began to shout and the
lion skunk off into the brush. The
beys ran to the honse and told
their folks. who thought they
must have been mistaken. The
next day the boys were out on
burro and the lion took after
them again. The boys rode INTO
camp as fast as they could and
said to Mr.. Reed: Now if you
don't think that was a lion. look
for yourself" and sure enough it
was, but they didn't have any gun
but a twenty-five. so did not get
Mr. Lion. The boys are staying
close to camp these days.
Evidently the lion was playing
with the boy just as cat would
play with a mouse, and the other
boy coming there just in the nick
of time and soaring the lion away
was all that saved the boy
Crawford Chronicle.
The newspaper., 1907-09-06

CONSIDERABLE comment of an
unfavorable character is being
made over the charge that the
democratic state officials of Ken
lucky offered Gov. Durbin, of
Ohio, bribe of $4,000 for the
return of Gov. Taylor, fugitive
from justice, accused of the muir
der of Gov. Gobel. While the
charge is far from being proved.
it occurs to us that 1t is probably
true. Durbin had given evil
dence OF his willingness to break
all the laws and sequester a red
handed murderer, and the Ken
lucky officials were justified in
believing that the only way
to get HIM to do what was right