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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04
CIRCUS MERGER PLANNED.
New York Hears That the Ringlings
Are After Barnum a. Bailey
SHOW

New York, Sept. 4-Concerniug
a report current that Ringing Bros.
aspire to control the principal cir
Gus business of the world and are ne
gotiating to get the majority Of
stock in the Barnum & Bailey show,
which is owned by the widow Of the
late James A. Bailey, ]. T. McCad-
| den said that there had been no op-
tion given as reported, but did not
deny that negotiations were in
) progress. Further than saying that
). his sister. Mrs. Bailey. had not con,
). tracted TO sell her control OF the CIR
n Gus and that he. as the next larges
-e stockholder, had not disposed of hi
e share of stocks, Mr.. McCadden wa
d reticent about the report Beside
+ the show under their own name the
' RinglfnEs own the Eorepaugh- Sell;
circus. The Barnum a Bailey circus
ownership carries with it a contract
| with Colonel w F.. Cody. Buffalo
Bill" to present him in this and 9TH
er countries.
With the acquisition of the Bar
mum & Bailey show the Rfnglings
would control the circus business of
the globe. The question of the great
amount of money necessary to fin
luce such an undertaking arises.
Tho Ringjiug- would have to secure
900 amount of cash which would tax
o., Golfers %. Monte Carlo to ac-
.ompI.sh rHe.g reported ambition 10
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04
DEATH UNDER TRAIN.
ID. j. Conrad Falls While Attempt.
ing to Board Passenger Train

ID. j. Conrad. white man abou
| 35 years of age. was killed yesterday
evening shortly after 6 O'Clock,
while attempting TO board at Mil
ler's Switch, two miles south of Dali
las. orthbound Houston and Tex
as Central train. The mans left leg
was cut off below the knee and the
upper part of the leg was ground
to a pulp. while the left arm was |
broken and the left side badly bruis- !
ed
The man had been employed in
hauling gravel in the neighborhoOd
ot the place where he met death.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04

Havana, Sept. 4.-Building con-
struction here is at a standstill be-
cause of the strike of masons, who
ges in American money. This strike
may be the beginning .of a general
move for American money that has
been expected since the cigarmakers'
strike
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04
DIVORCE STATISTICS
Representative of Census Bureau
Investigating Records.

ti ttuShS
Investigating Records.
Marshall H. Wilson of Washing
ton, representative of the bureau |
of the census. is in the city collect
ing divorce statistics Mr.. Wilson |
Will be here about six weeks and !
| the records in the district clerks Of
| flee back to the year 1887 will be
Thoroughly inspected. The. number
of divorces granted In Ellis county
tsince that year will be shown in the
report that Is to be made by Mr
Wilson to the bureau of the census
The report will show the state i
: which the marriage took place, dat
of marriage, date of separation dat
of filing petition, whether husban
or wife was the 1ibeIlanf whethe
notice was served personally or b,
publication and whether or not de-
| cree was granted. Then there are
| other blanks TO be filled out show
ing date of decree. number of years
married cause of divorce, kind of !
divorce. number of children. wheth- (
cr or not alimony was granted and
occupation of wife or husband
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not af-
fected by the National Pure Food
and Drug law as it contains no OPT
ates or other harmful drugs, and
we recommend 1t as a safe remedy
for childhen and adults. B. w Fear
ris
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04
A Wild Guess.

New Orleans, Sept. 4.--The an
nual crop estimate report of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange issued
yesterday by Secretary Hester places
bales
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-04

Ht .e Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
WITH CUSTOM HOUSE
y Kansas City. Kan. Priests Has HIS
Books Stopped

Kansas City. Kan Sept. 34-The
Rev. NJ d Krom pOtic has an exalted
opinion OF the form Of this govern
nlenT. but he il not Dragging about the
GUS Orus laws For a week he has been
trying 10 get shipment of books
cleared duty free, but without success.
The custom house officers are de-
handing the legal impost
But the book was written in this
country" said the Russian clergyman.
who wore the garb of a priest. "and I
live IN this country II was copyright
ed in this country and translated in
this country. All 1 did was send the
translation back TO Russia Ia be print
ed. where they have Russian type.
Why should I pay duty -
Making his fourth visit yesterday to
the custom house the Russian writer
left 70 get some papers which he said
Washington had sent him giving him
permission TO have his printing done
at home and brought into this be-
nighted land duty free He is pastor
OF St John the Baptist church in Kan
Sas City, Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
GETS DATA ABROAD ON ROADS.
Roosevelt Aiming for the Next Rail-
road Bout in Chicago

Washington, Sept. 24.-The president
and the leaders of his party in congress
| have been rushing this summer after
! information about the operation of Eu-
ropean railroads II is all expected to
have a bearing on the contentious the
| coming winter about further railroad
legislation.
Some of the investigators are still on
the other side Baron Speck Won Stern
berg, the German ambassador, has been
one OF the laborers in the vineyard AS
matter of personal friendship for the
president, the ambassador. when lie
sailed for Germany in April. agreed to
procure some informat ton about the op-
erations of State-owned railroads in the
Fatherland. Presumably that fnforrna-
ton is now in the presidents possession
Colonel Pete" Hepburn, sometimes
mentioned as the author of the present
railroad rate law, and often accused of
being a railroad man at heart, was
across the water for several weeks this
summer. He, too, has been studying
railroad problems in Europe for the first
time in his life. Colonel Pete is
chairman of the committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce, which has
charge of all railroad rate legislation
that comes before the house He and
Uncle Joe" Cannon are cordially i'll
sympathy about railroads and Mr. Hep
burns visit TO Europe and his railroad
studies there We're at least fully sane
toned by Speaker Cannon
1t is expected that Martin A knapp
the astute chairman of the interstate
commerce commission viii return with
some strong arguments against too much
new legislation this winter As far as
il is feasible, the president proposes to
forestaII his conservative party leaders
in the house. They have been gathering
their ammunition for use during the
session. when the presidents railroad
legislation campaign has come into full
swing.
But the president proposes now to put
the cream of his European data into his
annual message 10 congress His agents
have not all reported, and he is uncer-
tain just what they will furnish him.
He does not intend, however, that
Speaker Cannon or Colonel Pete" Hep
burn shall catch him at q disa dvantage-
The methods of financing European
railroads are being carefully studied by
these rival camps of Investigators Fig
ureS pertaining to railroad securities
have been gathered The foreign gov
ernments and private corporations have
raised enormous sums of money at diff
ferent times toward the construction
and equipment of railroads The prest-
dent and his leaders in the national
house have been DESTROYS of ascertain
in~ what terms the governments have
also what safeguards were imposed for
the protection of the public in putting
their money into private enterprises
The apprdiSement, or valuation, or |
railroads is still a live question with the
president He wants information about |
the experience of European roads with !
that question. and before congress /
meets he expects to have that informa- |
ton on his broad mahogany desk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
p BURLINGTON WILL MERGE.
Nineteen Subsidiary Lines Are to Be
Absorbed in System

The stockholders of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy will vote NoveTn-
Der on merging in the company tbs
following subsidiary concerns. all OF
whose securities are owned but it,
Atchison & Nebraska railroad, Atch-
ison Kan, to Lincoln, Neb-. and
branches, 142 miles; Beaver Valley
railroad Nebraska state line to ST
Francis, Kan, "A miles; Burlington =
Colorado railroad. Nebraska state line
to Denver, Colo. IT'S miles; Chicago.
Nebraska & Kansas railroad, Odeu.
Neb.. to Concordia, Kan, II miles;
Cheyenne & Burlington railroad. Colo
RADIO state line to Cheyenne, Wyo-- 90
miles: Colorado & Wyoming railroad.
Nebraska state line to Wyoming state
line. las miles: Denver. Utah & Pa
cific railroad. Denver to Utah Junction
and Burns Junction to Lyons. So miles;
Denver & Montana railroad Sterling,
Colo, to Nebraska state line ana
branch, 80 miles; Kansas City & Oma-
ha. Stromsburg to Alma, Neb-. and Nc
Cool Junction to Fairmont- Neb-. 1S5
miles; Lincoln to Columbus. Neb-. "a
miles: Lincoln & Black Hills railroad,
Palmer to Sargent. Neb-. q miles;
Central City to Ericsson. Neb-, So miles,
and Greeley Center to Burwell. Neb.,
40:176 miles Nebraska railway. Ne
maha TO York. Neb., and Nebraska
City Bridge line, a142 miles; NebraskN
& Colorado railroad. De Witt, NeD-, 10
Colorado state line. 29s miles. and
branches to Oxford. Chester and Su-
perfor. Neb., 133 miles; 431 miles Ne
braska Wyoming & Western railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24

Alliance. Neh.. to Guernsey. Wyo-. 129
miles. and Northport. Neb-, to Colo
RADIO state line SO miles: 1S2 miles
Omaha & Southwestern railroad Oma-
ha to Oreopolis, II miles: Crete to
Beatrice. Neb-, 81 miles; Pappio to Gil
more Junction. miles; 80 miles. Ona-
ha & North Platte railroad Omaha To
Schuyler. Neb-. etc, 81 miles; OXforc.
& Kansas railroad. Orleans. Neb-, to
Kansas state line SO miles; Republican
Valley & Wyoming railroad, CuIbert-
son to Imperial. Neb.. 40 miles: Re
publican Valley, Kansas & South
western railroad. Republican. Neb-, 10
Oberlin. Kan, IS miles.
This step will change the company.
S24.505. 5000 Nebraska extension 4 per
cent bonds of 1927 from chiefly col
lateral issue into direct first mort
gage loan. ten of the foregoing lines
total of about IAN
miles of road. heretofore covered by
the Nebraska extension mortgage Oniy
deposit in trust of their $23.-
494,200 bonds. being brought under
the direct lien of the mortgage along
with 297 miles already owned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
LIFE IN MANITOBA.
A Dickinson County Woman Finds Ii
Different From Kansas.

Mrs. n. E Hoyt of Buckeye town
ship writes TO the Reflector as follows
from Plum CouIee. Manitoba. Canada.
under date OF September as: Per
haps some OF the readers Of the Re
fiectOr would like TO hear how this
country appears at present Leaving
Abilene September ?. coming through
Kansas and Missouri, the ears of corn.
pointed to the earth, but in Iowa ana
farther north they pointed heaven
ward. As We came through North Da-
kOta they were cutting wheat. II-
Manitoba were vast fields of wheat too
green to cut: oats like ours in June tn
wheat is very spotted on account of
the late spring Some are threshins.
getting about eight bushels TO the acre
and selling at so cents. The soil re-
sembies tar. both in color and sticking
qualities II is a very level country.
But few cattle around here The
weather is quite cool. needing fire In
rhe evenings; have had light frosts-
Temperance is not thought Of A COM
mon sight to see drunk men ana
women fighting Any person not in
favor Of prohibition should spend
awhile here.'-Abile1e Reflector
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
WANTED HER CHILD BADLY
SIarysviIle the Scene OF a Kidnapping
by the Mother From the Father.

MarysvilIe. Kan Sept. 24-Consid-
era Ole excitement was caused here
Monday by the successful attempt OF
Mrs Ed ManroSe TO kidnap her own
child from the rooms of its father
Manrose and the child have been stay
ing a the Reifel rooming house here
and the mother and two other little
children have been living in Blue
Rapids About o'clock in the morn
ing Mr. Reifel. proprietor of the room
ing house, was aroused by a knock at
the door. He went TO the door ana
found a woman heavily yelled She
inquired if ManrOse was there and
when told that he was asked Reifel to
call him and tell him woman at the
Sherman house. two blocks away.
wished to see him at once Manros.
was called and started for the hotel
AS soon as he left the woman, who had
been waiting outside. entered ana wen.
to his room and secured the child.
Reifel discovered her just as she was
leaving but was unable TO stop her
He ran to the hotel and told Manros,
of what occurred The latter started
in pursuit as soon as he could secure 4
team It IS supposed that she took the
child to Blue Rapids. Manrose and his
wife have been having considerable
trouble for several months Last
spring Mrs Manrose applied for a di-
vorce but the case was settled out OF
court and they moved from here to
Colby A few weeks ago they again
separated and ManrCse brought the
one child here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
HE SCORED THE NEGROES.
A CoIored Orator at Atchison Told OF
Lack of Loyalty.

Atchiscn, Sept 24--The negroes are
talking about an address delivered BY
Dr. NJ o. Ricketts,, a colored physician
of St Joe, at Forest park White per-
sons who heard his address say that it
was really remarkable DIR. Ricketts, is
q prominent negro. He jumped the fell
low men OF his race good ana hard
He started out by praising them for
the progress made since emancipation
and then roasted them because of the
absence OF unity and lack Of loyalty to
their own race He declared the negroes
should rise or fall together He roasted
the AtchiSon negroes because they fall
ed to support a small grocery store con-
Quoted here a one time by q negro He
said the negroes, or large percentage
of them. traded exclusively with the
white people. He believed that the
negroes ought TO support the business
institutions conducted by persons of
their own color He made the point
that il there were nearly all negroes in
Atchison. and only a few whites, the
whites would have their own stores. He
told how many of the colored people re-
fused to have cOlOred physicians Dr.
Ricketts, said the white merchants and
doctors did not want the patronage of
the negroes, and that it was forced
upon them He is wrong there Work
ing negroes are good patrons because
they spend practically ali they make
Very little color line is drawn when il
comes to business. Some white doctors
have as many negro patients as white
patients He said that social equality
ought not TO be question between tn
two races. and that it was rightly an
individual problem. He said that white
patrons OF a theater refused to sit next
TO negroes. vet they make no complaint
when gamblers and notorious women
of their own color were placed next to
them He said there was great
social gulf between the better and low
class Of whites as between the whites
and TIE negroes About $40 negroes =
tended thu celebration
Judge Hudson read the proclamation
by Lincoln which freed the negroes. and
Paul Jones. cclored, CT Topeka. was
another s1ea kerr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
HARTMAN LINES DO WE'LL.
Business on Them Is Greater Now
Than Ever Before.

Hartman roads have made new
high records in earnings thus far in
the current fiscal year, and this condi-
ton of affairs is expected TO continue
for four months to come at least Out
in the west there is enough business in
sight to keep the roads working up to
their full capacity for that length OF
time After that there is no saying
at the moment what may take place
At the same time it is worthy of note
that these roads, which were in the
market for large additions to their
equipment, have withdrawn there
from for the present, on the ground
that the manufacturing companies
will not make them any concessions in
prices They think that under pres
ent conditions they are entitled to con-
they had better go slow for awhile.
until they are assured of what the
future has in store for them
It is predicted that for the first six
months of the current fiscal year the
Union Pacific will earn enough TO pay
1012 per cent on its common stock. or
enough for a full years dividends
This estimate is based on its actual
earnings at present, and it is said to be
certain that these will increase rather
than diminish, from now until Dec
81 at all events
Gross earnings on the southern Pa
cific are also showing a large increase.
though not so big one as those of the
=
do not govern on the two roads. The
first six months or. the period from
July to Dec. 81. is always the buster
half of the year, so far as the move
rnent of traffic is concerned on the
Union Pacific, while on the Southern
Pacific the movement is pretty equit-
ably distributed over the entire year.
The Southern Pacific in the current
six months IS expected to earn per
cent dividends on its common stock,
or enough to pay the present estab-
Iished rate for the entire year This
will not leave any room for grum-
bling. no matter how the latter half OF
the year may turn out, although there
is nothing actually in sight at present
to indicate that there will be any re-
cessfon in the rate of earnings
One peculiar feature of Union Pa
cff1c earnings is that pretty nearly
half or to be more accurate. about
four-sixths Of them come from invest
rnents. and are only indirectly in
ffuenced by the movement of
traffic It receives $7,500,000 every
six months from sources other than
its transportation earnings But of
course the other roads whose secUri-
ties ii holds and from which it re-
ceives dividends to this amount must
earn these dividends before they can
pay them so the Union Pacific is
vitality interested in the prevailing
traffic conditions on every one OF
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
THAT INCUBATOR BABY.
Case of the Kidnapped Child Still in the
Se(Ian Court.

Sedan. Kan. Sept PA writ of
habeas corpus has been issued by Judge
G. P. Altman Of the district court, conf
manding Mrs Charlotte Bleak ley.
mother Of the incubator baby. to appear
before him in chambers with the child
and show cause which she should not
reinquish it to its foster mother, Mrs
James c. Barclay. Mrs Barclay at
tempted to kidnap the child at Elgin
one month ago. and is now in Sedan
under bond on a charge OF disturbing
the peace
Sheriff Ricketts, went to Elgfn to serve
the papers on Mrs Bleakley. but was
unable 10 find her 1t is believed that
Mrs. Barclay will be arrested again on
a charge of attempting to kidnap the
child as soon as the other trial is held
That will come up at Elgin on SePtem-
Der 80. T. s McAnny of Kansas City is
charged jointly with her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
BIG FIVE Is AFFIRMED.
Circuit Court of Appeals Says Great
Northern Must Pay SIS. 600

Denver, Sept 24-In an opinion an
uounced yesterday by the United States
circuit court of appeals. sitting in Den
yer. the judgment of the district court
fer Mir nesota against the Great North
ern railroad rebate cases, wherein the
road was fined $4,000. was practically
affirmed
The circuit court holds that the Hep
burn act is an amendatory act and not
a repeating act; that insofar as it re-
reats or reproduces portions of the
E-Ikins act it continues them in force
and makes no break in the law. and
that insofar as it ornits or changes
provisions CT the EIkins act it repeals
them
The act of granting rebates was ad-
mitted by the Great Northern Rail-
road company at the trial. and the only
question presented by the defendant
was whether or not the EIkins act of
1903, making it an offense and fixing
punishment for granting rebates. was
such a way that thereafter there could
be no prosecution of offenses committed
prior to the appeal The district court
ruled against this contention of the rail-
way company and hence the apueaI to
the circuit court of appeals
The decision was written bx Judge
Vandeventer. and Is concurred in nv
Judges Adams and RfQer- The case or
iginalIy was a criminal Prosecution
against the Great Northern Railway
company in the district court az the
United States for Minnesota and the
offenses charged in the indictment con
sisted of granting rebates upon each Of
Is distinct carload shipments of corn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
HosIEsEEKERs, RATES.
Southwestern Lines Have About De.
cided to Keep Them Up.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Western rail-
roads are considering what is best to
be done with respect to homeseekers'
rates throughout the west. northwest
and southwest Several conferences
have been held and a variety of opin-
ions have been advanced. Some pas
senger men believe that with summer
and winter tourist rates in effect to all
portions of the country that the home
seekers rates ought to be Withdrawn.
Others believe that they should be re-
strfcted more so that homeseeKers will
not be sent into Manitob a, for example
in midwinter.
The lines in the southwest are eager
to continue the work of colonization.
and purpose doing so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
PUTS THE "GINGER" IN
The Kind of Food Used by Athletes

A former college athlete. one of the
long distance runners. began TO lose
his power of endurance. His expert
ence with change in food IS interest
ing
while 1 was in training on the
track athletic team. my dairy joys be-
came a task, until after 1 was put on
Grane-Nuts food for two meals a day.
After using the Food for two weeks i
felt like a new man My digestion was
perfect. nerves steady and I was ruIl OF
energy
Il trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which reQuir-s
so much endurance) and then the long
daily .jogs' which before had Deen
such a task. were clipped OF with ease
I won both events
The Grape-Nuts food put me Ia.
perfect condition and gave ms my
ginger Not only was my physical
condition made perfect, and my weight
increased but my mind was Eua0e
clear and vigorous so that l could get
out my studies in about half the time
formerly required. Now most all OF
the University men use Grape-Nuts for
they have learned it's value. but think
may perhaps help some one TO learn
how the best results can be obtained
There's reason for the erect OF
Grape-Nuts food on the human body
and BRAIN The certain elements in
wheat and barley are selected with
rebuilding the brain and nerve celters-
The product is then carefully and
scientifically prepared so as to make it
eaSy OF digestion. The physical and
mental results are so apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce
Road to Wellviile," in pkgs- There's
a reason
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24

and cats shipped by a Minneapolis dea-
Ter In Minneapolis to Seattle during the
months of April. May, June and July,
1906
The schedule of the railway at that
time hxed-the date upon these COM
modities at 90 cents a 100 pounds, and
the rebates granted consisted of al
lowances ranging from 10 to 20 cents
100 pounds The maximum fine in this
case is $4,000 for each offense, and
there are over a dozen cases of great
Importance awaiting the result of the
decision handed down yesterday, nota-
bly, four cases in Kansas City, where
the Armour, Cudahy. Swift and Morris
packing companies were each fined
S15.Oo0 for accepting rebates.