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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01
BOARDING HOUSE BURNS.
Two Young Lady Students OF Normal
College 0arely Escape.

Denton, Tex. Jan. 1.-The J. S
Eeeman boarding house, in the Nor
NAL college additionaoishrt1luta
NAL College addition. burned with. !
loss OF about $4,000 twenty-five
young lady students of the norma
boarded at the the place. and why.
o4ly fDur ware # TT
clothing books. etc. The residence
and a portion of the furniture belong
ed to ". T Potts, and on this there
was an insurance OF IS 800. The loss
on Leeman $ furniture will total W
600. and was uninsured. Two OF the
young ladies barely escaped with theit
lives
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01
special announcement Regarding
81" National i'ur~ iu,si and
i,rus Law.

Ne lIs pleased to announce that
Fulvy tinu.F and Tar fof coughs.
colds and .ung troubles b. net affect.
- bs fhr National Pure Food aud
prus aw se Or contains uo opiatss
uf other harmful dtuFs. and N~ rve
ummrnd Cos as Ia safe rvmvdY for chill.
dfrn sad Haults % 81 Fvarts
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01

l. \ NsCaalsad. Fort Worth. "
= Rub.usau Ennis . g. White.
l.akcyille Tenn : ~ Risi"n. ~.
Louis Mias lrnni. Dunbar. James
VI nraphN, : Emmeit Baxter. Miss
Jane Cascoran. i =. Everett, Ne~
Yark r. Miller. city 3 u rarn.r
DALAI n a Glars. Dallas. r. "
naghs New York Y =. Adkins
Fufr.~tug Wallace Rogers. Waco
IAs- Wilson. Garland joe Caldwell
Mansfield " a LYON. Bluomins
Grove " T. Harmon. jppun. No.
" T ssAasfsr. 81 Louis. " W A
exAnasr. Dallas. J Ballard FoT'
Worth " n. Anssr-on. city.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01
Grandma Chambers Hurt.

Mrs. ]. S. Chambers happened to
lite "A serious accident Saturday
Mining. She had been out visiting
she went to alight from the car
at her home when she fell and
bones OF the right limb below
knee We're broken. Friends assis-
her 10 the house where the in
was dressed and she is said TO
ting along today very we'll.
Chambers is in her NTth
Vi has been fairly active for
u age. This injury will prob
w serious to her and she
lp2lhy of many friends.
is the mother OF
pf this city, She
Iere who will re-
~ serious injury
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01

obituaries, resolutions OF resnec,
cards OF thanks-all matter ~,
NEWS--wiil be charged for a. ~
rate of cents per line post,r nc
double price. o.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01
GOOD uDA

/, "hXul
"eek says the
some se~fnatfc plans and /,
npon effective Legislation in +
ter of Improvement of the
highways of the state of Toy
the streets of the cities af Il
near addresses with rafe
practical road building,
cnss In general all phas
Ject that Is of vast imp
nome, 10 education. "a
10 commerce, and pan
future development a
Star state. "a
State officials,
elect members u
county Judges
Sioners superb
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01
j. J.. CLARKE RESIGNS.
etircs From Banking House Ate
Twenfy-Thrpc Years Service.

The Daily News learns that at
asst one very decided change Is to
l<e place in the banking circles In
\nis. Mr.. j. l.. Clarke, assistant
|hier of the Ennis National bank
d his resignation with the direc-
on December Is. effective Jan.
30T.
n News is not advised as 10
Mr.. Clarke expects to do. He
zen connected with the Ennis
aaI bank for twenty-threc
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ana y HTI
regarded as a very [careIN1 and

Rate man in handling money
U.d his scrupulous honest is reeog-
nized and appreciated by YGll who
know him We wish him I well in
whatever line he may hereafter en-
gage Ennis News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-01

Ans erroneous reflection upon the
nni ae'er' standing or reputation OF
ons person, flrm or corporation that
m", appear IN the columns OF the
DalIy Light will be gladly corrected
upon rs oelng brought to tie a,tep
ION of the management
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
URGES ACTION On sAlIOA'|, I, a q
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CALLS
UPON CONGRESS- 70 TAKE Il;
PRoMPT5AcTIoh.

I. Washington, Jan. 15. Presiden
Roosevelt sent to the senate Saturda!
message urging action by congress
toward remedying the situation caused
by the break in the Colorado rive
four miles below the internationa
boundary line, In Mexico, which threat
ems government property and Interests
in the Imperial valley or Salton sinh
region.
The presidents message contains {
review Of the situation, and says thai
prompt action must be taken. other
wise conditions will become SO ex
IRENE as to be impracticable of rene
dy. Probably with an expenditure o
100000, he says. the river can b
restored to its former channel AM
kept there indefinitely.
The president says that at presen
there appears to be only one agen
equal to the task of controlling thu
river-namely. the Southern Pacific
company. The question of what sum
if any. should be paid to the Southern
Pacific Railroad company for worl
done since the break Of Nov. 4 is on
for future consideration.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
w. ). OLIVER AND a. N. s"BAnas
BID s.7s PER CENT AND GET
THE JOB.
PROFIT WILL Be s9,45o,ooo
CONTRACTOR SAYS COLOR OF IA.
soRERs WILL NOT sE CON-
sIpERED.

Washington, Jan. Is. - William J.
Oliver, in conjunction with Arson NJ
Bangs of New York, was practically
awarded the contract for the construc
ton Of the isthmian canal.
The lowest bid-Oliver's-was 6.75
per cent on the estimated most. Ac-
cepting the figures most commonly
mentioned, $14O,OOO.OO0. as the total
estimate, the profit Of the successful,
bidder would be s9,450.0O0 on the en-,
tire work.
William J. Oliver is one of the rich.
est men in the South. having made his
millions in contracting operations
Wanted Contract Alone.
Mr.. Oliver wanted the contrac,
alone, hut the isthmian canal commits
sion insisted that he take some othe.
contractor in with him. He showed
them that he had practically limitles
financial backing to carry on the work
but the canal commissioners were
fearful that something might happen
to him and that the work would lag un
til some one was able to carry it along
When Chairman Shonts fatty re.
fused to permit him to undertake the
contract alone and unaided, Arson NJ.
Bangs was taken in by Mr.. Oliver.
Wants Men, Not Hues.
Eve will employ any kind of labor
we can get" he said, white, black.
yellow or red. 1t makes no difference.
Any one who comes along and wants
work will get. it."
He thinks he will not fail and he has
no failure marked against him yet.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
sHIPwREckED; "a ARE DROWNED
British Vessel Pengwern Grounds OF
Scharppern. Germany.

British Vessel Pengwern Grounds OF
seharppern, Germany.
Cuxhaven, Germany, Jan. Is. - TIL.
British ship Pengwern grounded OF
Scharpern, about ten miles northwes,
IF Cuxhaven, yesterday. Twenty-fou,
men, comprising the crew. were
lrowned and her cargo is total loss
The tug Vulkan went to the assist
ance of the stranded vessel, and, pass
ing closely to her, the crew of the
Pengwern threw live dog and bun
die of clothes aboard the tug, but dis
regarded the appeals to jump into the
water SO that they might be rescued
The Vulkan made repeated attempts
to reach the Pengwern, but a heavy
sea broke over her and she diappeared
from view.
Steamer Stuck on Beach.
Chatam, Mass, Jan. IA. - Strayins
from the beaten track, the Clyde line
freight steamer. Onondaga struck on
Orleans beach early yesterday, and is
in a dangerous position. At low water
yesterday afternoon the Onondaga was
high and dry, and the chances of saw.
ing the steamer were considered about
even. She carries crew Of twenty.
eight men, who are all still aboard the
vessel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18

The Chinese trading quarter d
Bangkok. Siam. has been devastate
BY IRE. The loss 10 about s3.ooo.000.
Cen. Sir Henry Percivai dc Battle
whose son, Hugo do Battle, 10 the hus
band Of Lille Langtry, 10 dead In Lon
don.
The portion Of the railroad up Noun,
vesuvius between Tore Annunziat;
and Boscotrecaz. which was complete
ly destroyed. by the eruption Of las
April. has been rebuilt.
King Peter authorized q specific de
NAL Of rumors that it is his intention
to abdicale or permanently leave
Servia with his family In consideration
Of financial compensation.
Four officers Of the German gneral
staff have gone to Japan for two years
service in the japanese army, in order
properly to study methods of training
strategy and other matters.
Japanese poachers have received
short shift on the Kamchatkan PENN
sula. Recent Investigations show that
forty Japanese vessels have disappear
ed since 1904 and that 400 men are
missing.
AS a result of the receipt Of reports
Of numerous scandals, Premier Glenn
enceau has decided to take drastic &C
ton against certain gambling houses
and clubs in Paris, conducted mostly
by foreigners.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
GIRL HELD UP IN. DAYTIME.

Young Woman Carrying $40 Pay Roll
Robbed, but Thief Drops Money.
New York, Jan. 15.-Margaret Hot
man, fourteen years old, with $34o
claspel to her breast-the pay roll for
the employees of Bernard Waldestein-
was held up and robbed Of the money
on her way to the shop from the Ger.
man Exchange bank.
With a fast-gathering crowd at his
heels, the highwayman ran through
the streets to Broadway, where De.
tective Murphy tripped him up. He
threw the wallet containing the roll
into the gutter and almost as it fell
the girl he had robbed pounced upon
it and then sat down on the curb In
the rain and cried.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
wHlRLED TO DEATH.

Engineers Hand Caught and He 10
WhirIed Around Drum.
Stockett. Mont, Jan. Is. John Kos
XII, engineer in the coal mines at Cot
tonwood, was instantly killed while at
work.
He was in charge Of the engine
which draws cars from the mines, and
his right hand became caught between
the haulage rope and the drum over
which 1t runs. He was whirled VIC
lently round, striking against the en-
CINE at every revolution, and when he
finally was released life was extinct
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
CANNON. TOO, HAS THE BEE.

Speaker Will BE Candidate for Re.
publican Nomination for President.
Washington, Jan. Is. - Joseph G
Cannon of Illinois, speaker Of the
house Of representatives, is a candi.
date for the presidential nomination.
This statement was made yesterday
by a close friend Of the speaker, who
said:
"At the proper time Mr.. Cannon's
boom will be launched. You may de,
pend upon it that his name will be pre-
scented to the net convention" (
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
TALK NEW YORK POLITICS.

Speaker Wadsworth Has Conference
With President.
Washington, Jan. 15-James Wads-
worth. Jr., speaker Of the New York
assembly, had conference last night
with President Roosevelt, in which the
New York political situation was thor
oughly discussed.
Mr.. Wadsworth arrived here last
night by invitation of the president
and proceeded Immediately to the
White House. The conference lasted
about two hours.
Mr.. Wadsworth would not discuss
the conference further than to say that
It related to the New York political
situation and the New York legisla
ture.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
Criminal.

SVtSH1uU0ts
Dominick Christie accused Frank
Blaha, butcher of New York, of over.
charging him cents on a purchase OF
meat. A fight ensued in which Blaha
was killed., Christie was arrested.
In battle between union and non.
union longshoremen at Eureka, Cal
one non-union man was killed, one ia.
tally shot and one union man probably
fatally shot.
The drug store owned by DR.. d. r.
marlborough at Daggett, Mich, was
entered by burglars, who forced the
door open and rifled the cash register
helped themselves to cigars and other
articles.
Elmer j. Bean and Lila Bean were
found dead in rooming house in Den
yer, Colo. The man had committed SUI
icide by cutting his throat and the wo'
man, the coroner decided, had died OF
heart disease.
E. H.. Turner was shot and almos,
Instantly killed by Capt. Emmons, and
Andy Russell was probably fatally
wounded by the same man in a ba,
room in Seattle. Emmons then killed
himself. The cause of the shooting is
not known.
Mrs. Lena Weidman, a manicurist
was shot and killed at her apartments
in New York in a quarrel in which
three other persons were probably
mortally wounded. The police at a
late hour had been able to learn little
of the origin of the trouble.
Operator Charles Brady has beef
placed under arrest. charged with re
sponsibility for the recent wreck on
the Northern Pacific at Coal Spur
Mont, in which two lives were lost
The coroner's jury found that Brady
was blamable because he had permit
ted two trains to enter the block al
the same time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
ENGINEERS GIVEN INCREASE,

Western Railroads Reach an Agree
ment With Men.
Chicago, Jan. 15.-After a series of
negotiations which have lasted daily
through period o. several weeks,
western railroads decided by agree
ment with their men to grant increas-
ed wages to locomotive engineers ag-
gregating between s5,O00.000 and ST.
100000 annually. The increase will af-
feet between 10000 and 10000 engi-
neers on all the railroads west Of Chi
cago to the Pacific coast, north to the
Canadian border and south to the Gulf
of Mexico.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
General.

Overseer Voliva announced Sunday
that Zion City Is to be thrown open to
private business enterprises.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
to build a Creek memorial hall at
Okmulgee. l. T., in honor Of the Greek
chief Esparhacker.
A strike of over 1000 steamfitterl
and their helpers in the Pittsburg dis,
trict was averted when an advance In
wages of Is cents day was granted.
The Cuban governments financial
statement shows that on Dec. 81
there was on hand $1,117 900 In cash,
of which $S84,963 had not been appro
priated.
Articles for a finish fight between
Joe Cans and Jimmy Britt wer signed
in San Francisco. The fight is to take
place at Tonopah, March II, for .
purse Of $4,000.
Because they say they cannot afford
to run the mines if they meet the min.
ers' demands for higher wages, the
owners of the coal mines at Bear
Creek, Mont, have closed down.
The trustees of the University OF
Chicago announce that John D. Rookie.
Teller. will in the near future endow
the university with 100000 for the
purpose of maintaining fund for pen
sioning superannuated professors Of
the university.
Eugene Anderson of Amityville, N
Y, has just finished ride of thirteen
years on the water wagon, the prize OF
his long abstinence being 100000
left him in trust, to be delivered when
in the opinion of the trustees, he
showed sufficient control of his appe
title for drink. He is now fifty years
old.
Fire destroyed the factories Of the
RussellKress Box company and the
Fort Pitt Washboafd company, adjoin
ing, at McKee's Rocks. a suburb o.
'Pittsburg; throwing 200 men out o.
work, and causing loss estimated Al
100000.
Mrs. A. Garrison Of Radcliffe. Iowa
may lose her hand on account Of
slight cash cut by lamp chimney
She has serious case Of blood poison
ing. 3
Sheriff Charles T. Kent, after an m
ness Of three months, 10 dAad 1t bill
home in Sidney, Iowa. He was popular
and ut the last election vas Ts-slectet
BY the largest majority ever given m,
l ~4.19F AAa.- 49, =. e.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
collision with snow Piox.

Collision With Snow Piow.
Superior, Wis, Jan. 15.-A Northern
Pacific train was run into by a snow
plow at Amnicon and p. J. Mungavin,
the roadmaster of the Northern Pa.
cific, was cut about the face by broken
glass and is In danger Of losing the
sight of his left eye.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
SUIT AGAINST SUGAR TRUST.
Damage of $50 100000 to Be Demanded
in Action Charging Conspiracy.

damage OF $ZU,uuU,UUU 10 BE DEMANDED
in Action Charging Conspiracy.
New York, Jan. 1.-THE sugar trust
and its principal officers will be called
upon within few days to defend ac-
tons for damages aggregating $780,
100000 and to answer in the federal
courts the direct charge that by con-
spring they brought about the finan-
cial ruin of competitor, wrecked.the
Real Estate Trust Company Of Phila-
delphia last summer and drove its
president, Frank X. Nipple, to suicide.
The legal papers have been drawn
up by the attorneys for George H.
Earle, Jr.. Philadelphia's reorganizer,
who is receiver for the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining company.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
Personal.

Col. w. c. Williams. we'll known
veteran of the Civil war, died in In.
dianapolis from pneumonia.
Newark. N. j., lost one of her Oldest
residents when Mrs. Anna Stager,
aged ninety-two, died. She will be
buried in shroud she wove herself
from fax grown in her back yard
many years ago.
John Stone Draper, eighty-three
years old, builder of the first tele-
graph line between Milwaukee and
Chicago, died at his home in Chicago.
Rev. George H. Hoover, founder of
the American Home Finding associa.
ton. died in Chicago after an illness
of a month.
Daniel Carman died at Lebanon
Pa. Of paralysis. aged seventy-two
years. He served thirty years as an
engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad
1t fell to Carman's lot to bring Presi
dent-eiect Lincoln. on the eve of his
Inauguration. through that perilous
midnight journey from Harrisburg te
Washington.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
Farmers' Elevator eurns.

Toronto, s. D., Jan. 15.-The farm
ers' elevator here was destroyed by
fire. The fire started in part Of the
structure where no grain was stored,
and the origin is a mystery. There
were 1000 bushels of grain in the ele
vator at the tipe. There is insurance
for $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18

q. ssvsrll dogs and, : horse were POI
ssoned at Egeland. Us lIs I,
\ Stark country wants the Sixth Judi
cial district divided. ss5s' .3 II.
4 The secret society organizers vii,
get busy q e mn now = oI,.
Miss Pilot Of Moorhead Is one Of the z
teachers at Dickinson.
Coal hasn't reached Walhalla in
any considerable quantities.
y
There are more North Dakotans in
Cuba this winter Sthan usual.
Great Northern agents are still hos.
tile over the order to uniform.
Some Bismarckers had experiences
with passes that were not good.
The Dickinson fire department
cleared $40 from the annual ball.
lux SIIdW UuIjl0lS dIO 6Olu III SOAuS
of the western towns 'of the state.
Spears and Ferriss, billiard experts,
are giving exhibitions over the state.
Miss Nellie Murtaugh of Cogswell
has decided to enter The Forum con-
test.
The best sleighing in years is the
way some papers express the situa.
ton. u
A blind pigger, who escaped from
Crosby ahead of the officer, has re.
turned.
Judges Burke of Valley City and
Winchester of Bismarck exchanged
pulpits. /,
Dickinson is agitating an electric
line south to tap the Milwaukee ex-
tension.
The Mandan Commercial club is
out to secure conventions for that en-.
terprtsing city.
There is a disposition to. have all
the county printing possible done at
home printeries.
The fire boys of Dickinson have
over thousand dollars in the bank
drawing interest.
Plaza wants tow mill. Some 9TH
er towns in the state want some re-
turns on those they had.
Max in Mclean county proposes to
organize school district and have
school as soon as possible.
The body of Mrs. N. J. Wallin, the
unfortunate Lidgerwood lady who dis
appeared, has not been found.
The brand of weather this winter
has caused lot Of old timers to dig
up recollections Of the early days.
-
The park at Glendale has been con-
veyed to the state manual training
school to be used as drill ground for
the cadets.
Receiver Fox Of the Minot land Of
flee denies the statement credited to
him about the filing of charges in res
ervation lands.
The home on the Howard Leathert
farm, near Wahpeton, occupied by ].
A. Wagner, was burned while the
family was at dinner.
A Jury was drawn to try. pocket
picking case at Glenburn, but as the
defendant failed to put up bonds, the
jurors refused to serve.
State Senator Simpson is expected
to introduce some hot bills at the leg
islative session. He is said to be one
of those who returned his annual.
+ City and village schools have re
sumed the grind after the holiday
vacation and some Of the boys are be-
ginning to pray for another holiday. !.
There are said to be hundreds Of
empty box cars over the state-but
they are not being loaded with wheat
and sent east for lack Of motive pow.
or.
It is claimed that one butcher in
Mandan is retailing chickens whose
crops yield most beautiful sapphires,
and as q consequences there 10 excite.
ment galore. is3
County Super intend entelect Mrs.
w. G. TateW Of Williams county. who,
will assume the duties Of her once
this week. has appointed Mrs. Lydia 4
Leonhardy Of Williston % assistant
= f9.E = fAs.-f5r st~s 80 a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-18
frelaht Cars Burned.

Freight Cars Burned.
Aitkin, MINI, Jan. IS. - A freight
train ran into the rear Of . freight
train standing on the main track. tele.
scoping the cabe0se and one box car
Both were destroyed by Gre. \