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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-03
nILfIN IN THE FIELD
0bssfrsl,sas Made h7 fIf,rhrisf lis.
aeaary % HIS vseksq Rouas

for catch myself stopping ~ the
shade Of ,he trees aud parting like
a lizard for my very breath The
dust, too. Is a~tul. and my appetite
IN gone. and when the good ladlca
put chicken before me and | eat or
ly the gizEard they don't understand.
| Bot this bot weather vii soon be
over and then watch me- get my APP
/ petite aud nerve. too. again
/ A. a Warren lives between here
aud Boyce and as he vas out call
ed TO see the reason why. Like
Il everybody else he could give no rea-
son, so just renewed " Davis,
another Boyce man had lost his
mules and Was hunting for them.
They got aboard the Enterprise wag-
on again for they had only been off
for a short time. | drove up TO see
w. c. Aday at dinner time and he
was cooling off from hauling wood.
/ He had gathered some corn and was
doing a good deal of work, notwith-
standing the hot weather. X. Bell
came along while l was there on his
way TO his fishing. He stopped for
/ a while and we had few laughs be
/ fore | pulled out He is a hunter and
/ fisherman too and generally takes
( trip or two every year. My trouble
in that neighborhood is finding
somebody who don't take the Enter
prise, and when / do find such a fell
low ii almost makes him mad to ac-
cuse him Of it. / found a number of
our regulars all taking life easy and
who told me incidentally that rain
would be a good thing e o. WyHe
was bathing his wagon wheels in
oil and then painting them, Mr..
Woodfine is better with his rheuma-
tism but not well yet / went to see
w c. Osborne but he was gone. J.
l.. Sims had a gang OF darilies pick
ing cotton for him His picking was
pretty good. He also had company
and l spent quite a little time with
them.
r. j. West has good cotton. bet
ter than the ordinary. His land is
rolling and always comes UP with q
good yield. His family were taking
in the meetings and enjoying the in
terval before cotton picking Mr..
West is a great man for his friends
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-03

SEND US your repairing and press
Ing. All our work is done by the most
skilled workmen and guaranteed to
be satisfactory, Porter VIII call Tor
all packages. Both phones. Hosford
4 Brown. u
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-03
RAILROAD TIME TABLE

. 20 ~
NJ, X. & T.-North Bound.
No. Flyer leaves 7:20
No. 204 leaves .......7 1882 II
No. cog leaves ....... 1906 N
South Bound.
No 203 leaves ..-.,,.. .9:Zt 10
No. 20I leaves ....... .5:35 p m
No 5 (Flyerl ...........,.. III p III
H. & r. C.--Wcst Bound.
No. So leaves ....... o. 80 III
No. 80 leaves ........ Guy u III
No 81 arrives 4:05 m-Does not
run west of Waxahachie.
No. 80 arrives ........ HID m
East Bound.
No. 81 leaves 9:22 a m-Connects
at Ennis for Houston.
No. "a leaves 800 p m--Starts from
WaKahachie-
No sc leaves .......... 3.Vo III
No. SO leaves $40 m-Connects
at Garrett for the North.
Trinity Il Brazos Valley.
Southbound leaves $500. 10 m
North bound leaves ..-.... 100 p m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
JOHN FINNETI DISCHARGED.
Conductor ON Santa Fe for Twenty
Years Gets the Axe.


Arkansas City, Kan, July AFTER
more than twenty years of faithful
service for the Santa Fe, John Finnell,
conductor. has been discharged for
MS part IN the wreck at Perry a week
ago, when No, 4e5, the train of which
he was in charge, Fsi1e-swiped a freight
train, which was not in the clear and
dera1led a mum Der of cars, besides de-
moi1sh1ng the engine on the passenger
tram 1t was in this wreck that En-
gineer Spunaugle was injured by
jumping from the engine, when he saw
the trains were going to hit.
The investigation was held here last
week and was followed by the dis
charge of the conductor, and Fireman
Mcbride of the passenger train. 1t
was shown that the members of the
freight crew had told both Finnell and
Mcbride that they might not be in the
clear at the south end of the yards
and to look out. Finnell, busy with
other matters did not pay any atten-
ton tosthis, and Mcbride forgot to tell
Spunaugle until after the trains hit.
Finnell has been in the service of
the Santa Fe for more than twenty
years. He started as a brakeman and
worked himself into passenger service
as conductor,
serious nature and that was at Win
field number of years ago. About
three years ago, while working his
train near Red Rock, he was shot by
wounded. He was for months in
dangerous condition, but finally re-
covered. Finnel1 has been a mighty
good man forfthe company and there
is not a man ON the Oklahoma division
but who is sorry to see him leave.
He has saved his money and owns
couple of good farms. so that he can
sit down and watch the trains go by
without Worrying about the check that
should come the next month, but
which is stopped by a little hard luck.
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TO SHOW Low EARNINGS.
Missouri Roads Scheme to Keep Down
TNvO-Cent Sales

Chicago, July 4.-The Missouri rail-
roads have asked all outside lines in
figuring rates to and through Missouri
to base them on a 2-cent rate through
the state. This is asked in order that
through passengers will not buy tick
cts to the Missouri line then stop and
buy at Missouri stations for two cents
mile through the state. The Missouri
railways have agreed to give the 2
cent fare a 90-day test and they want
to keep their showing of earnings down
as low as possible.
The request was made through J. E
Hannigan, chairman of the southwest
ern passenger bureau, on behalf of all
the Missouri lines He has sent to the
chairmen of all passenger associations
in the country this letter:
IT beg to very respectfully 7fncIose
you herewith copy of the proceedings
of the conference of Missouri lines, and
would call your particular attention to
resolutions adopted as follows:
- Resolved, That in view of the con-
ditions brought about by the 2-cent fare
law in Missouri and the necessity for
immediate reductions in Interstate
fares, supplements be issued to the dis
triet rate sheet covering rates to and
through Missouri basing points imme-
diately. 1t is particularly desired that,
in a confidential way, you should bring
this matter to the attention of your
lines, in order that they may arrange
to have interstate fares, based on the
supplements to the various Missouri
rate sheets which are now being issued,
put into effect and used in the publi-
cation of interstate fares from points
in the territory under your jurisdiction
at the earliest possible moment
1.-The 2-cent fare law in Missouri is
on trial for a period of 80 days and it
is the opinion of the counsel and man.
agement that unless interstate fares to
and through Missouri are reduced at as
early date as possible the business
passing through Missouri naturally will
do so upon local tickets, thus unduly
increasing the earnings of the lines un-
der the local Missouri 2-cent law"
1t is generally understood that the
roads will concentrate their efforts to
overthrow in the courts the 2-cent fare
law of Missouri and if they succeed in
doing it they will attack in the courts
like laws passed by other states.
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EXPRESS CARRIERS SUED.
Franlking Privilege characterized as
Unjust Discrimination.


Chicago, July 4.-Charging that un-
just discrimination is being shown and
the Hepburn act evaded, petitions have
been filed in the United States court
by the federal district attorney against
the following: United States Express
company, National Express company,
American Express company, Wells
Fargo Express company and Adams
Expr company.
The suit is intended to prevent these
ing privilege to each other. it being
claimed they are carrying free all sorts
of property for the officials and en-
ployes and families of men employed
by the various express companies,
while the general public is excluded
from the privilege. This action is in
tended to test the application of the
interstate commerce law to the express
companies, it being held that they
come under the head of common car
riers." The express companies were
not subject to the provisions of these
laws until the Hepburn act was passed
Under this act the companies must file
with the interstate commission and
print and keep open for public inspec-
ton schedules showing all the rates
over their own routes and points on
the routes of other companies.
The exceptions granted the COM
NAMES under the Hepburn act do not
permit the free transportation of prop
ertv of employees. 1t is charged that
such transportation has been granted
from one state to another, either free
of any charge whatever or at a rate
much below that granted the public.
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WORKING ON FREIGHT DEPOT.
HustIing With the Orient Affairs at
Wichita.

Wichita. Kan. July Active work
has been begun on the new Orient
freight depot, on the southeast corner
of Douglas and Mosley avenues. Be-
fore work can commence on the build
ing the site must be cleared of the old
buildings and trees that are now. on
the ground. The houses are now be-
ing moved off the ground, and the
work viii be pushed Through to fin
ish as soon as possible.
The depot that the Orient expects
to build is to be on the corner directly
opposite to- the Frisco passenger sta
ton. 1t is to be made of brick and
will be three stories high and about
$50 feet long by 80 feet wide. The
front part of this depot will be used
for offices and the other parts will be
used for wareroom purposes The
Orient passenger station will be in
with the Frisco passenger station.
1t will be some time before the site
can be gotten in shape for the con-
tractors. as there are a number OF
buildings to be moved off and a great
many large trees TO be cleared away
first. As soon as this is finished the
work of laying the foundation will be-
gin
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GREAT ACTIVITY IN TEXAS.
Much New Road Built and More Is
Building.

Building.
Austin, Tex, July 4.-The Texas rail-
road commissions official resume of
mileage constructed in Texas in the
fiscal year ending June 80, follows: Abb
lene and Northern Abilene to Stamford,
40 miles; Beaumont, Sour Lake and
Western, between Beaumont and Hous-
ton, So; Burrs Ferry, Browndel and
Chester, Rockland to Aldridge, II; Caro-
Northern, Caro- to Mount Enterprise,
165; Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf,
Irving to Carrollton, II; Galveston. Har-
r1sDurg and San Antonio, between Cuero
and Stockdale, 266; Houston and Texas
Central, between Mexia and Navasota,
~; Houston Belt Terminal in Houston,
8; Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Knox City north, 6: Pecos and Northern
Texas, Canyon to Plainview,. 81; Texas
Central, Stamford to Rotan, As; Texas
City Terminal, Texas City junction to
Santa Fe junction, %; Trinity and
Brazos Valley, between Houston and
Waxahachie, 146; Wichita Valley rail-
road, Weinert to Stamford. 81; : Weather
ford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern,
Mineral Wells northwest, s; Wichita
Falls and Northwestern, Wichita Falls
northwest, 20; total. 567.1.
The railroad mileage constructed and
in operation in Texas June 80, 1906, was
II, 03S.3- Other railroad mileage con-
structed on June 80, 1906, but not shown
in that report, 91S. The total railroad
mileage (approximate) constructed and
In operation in Texas June 80, 1907 is
12.717.2.
The railroad mileage under construe-
ton or surveyed and under contract for
construction on June 80. 1907, follows:
Beaumont and Great Northern, Onalas-
ka to Livingston, Is miles; Burrs Ferry,
Browndel. and Chester, Aldridge to
Browndel, %; Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient, between Red River and San An
gelo. 152; North and South Texas. Ste
phenville to Hamilton, 40; Pecos and
Northern Texas. Plaiaview to Floydada
26; O'Connor's Port, Rio Grande and
Northern. O'Connor's Port, to Yoakum,
rs; Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific, Roscoe
to Snyder. 80; Southwestern railway,
Henrietta to Archer City, 30; weather.
ford. Mineral Wells and Northwestern,
between Mineral Wells and Graham, %;
Falls and Southern, Wichita
Falls south 20: total 40
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PUTSTACS OMEN
Farmer at Wichita Carried a
BOLT Of Red Ribbon.
Pinned a Small Piece on Every
Man That He Hired.
HELP AWFUL SCARCE.
Stores Are Visited and Clerks
Asked to Harvest Fields.
Took Prisoners From the CITY
Jail at So Per Day.

Wichita, July 4.-Reports sent out
| from various parts of the state con-
corning the scarcity of harvest hands
| seems to have been we'll founded. This
| City. which has become a sort of center
for harvest hands, has been. visited the
past few days by wheat growers from
all over the southwest in search of men
to help them harvest their crop.
Yesterday and today there have been
dozens of these men on the streets, at
the depots and elsewhere hunting for
| men. Some of them even visited
| the stores Wednesday and attempted to
induce the clerks to spend a vacation
| in the harvest fields. Several farmers
have been at the police station, willing
to take men from the city jail who
would promise to work for them, being
willing even to risk the pilfering of pet
ty larceny thieves and the annoyance
of common DRINKS rather than take
chances with the weather and let their
wheat stand longer without cutting.
At the Frisco depot last evening half
dozen of these men from farms in
Ellsworth Reno and Rice counties, bid
against one another for the services of
the few men who appeared ready to
ship out to the harvest fields. In every
case they promised to pay So a day Tor
good hands, and in few instances
where they knew the men. they paid as
high as $3.50 day.
1t has been several years since there
was such a lively competition for help
in the harvest fields, due largely, no
doubt, to the belief that the harvest in
Kansas this year would be light and
the small number of men who came
west as consequence.
One man at the Frisco depot adopted
an unique method to keep trace of the
men whom he succeeded in inducing to
work for him. He had a bolt of red rib
bon about one-fourth of an inch wide,
and when a man promised to work for
him he cut off a small piece of the rib
bon and pinned it on his coat. Judging
from the number that had been tagged
this man had been quite successful, for
there were no fewer than a dozen men
wearing these little red badges. When
asked what the badge signified, one of
the men said he did not know only that
the man to whom he hired out, had PIN
ned it on his coat.
A reporter talked with one of the far
mers from Ellsworth county, who said
he ought to be at home cutting his
wheat. but that it was little use to cut it
if he could not get someone to help him
care for it afterward. He said:
"Our wheat is dead ripe, and we are
needing men worse than any time since
/ have been in the business. We are
paying three dollars day when we can
get men, and are not bile to get half as
many as we want. I have been here all
day and have found only three men to
work for me. when Isneed six.
wheat in our part Of the state is
short and thin, but it is of good quality
and if we can save 1t we will come out
all right" s-s
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GIVEN A $50 PENSION.
Ottawa Man Afflicted in Spanish War
Hears Good News.

ottawa, July 4-W. S. Miller has
received word that the pension depart
ment has at last allowed his claim
for a pension and granted him one at
the rate of $40 a month and also all
lowed him $500 back. pay.
In August 1898, Mr.. Miller enlist
ed in the Seventh United States cav
airy The Spanish-American war was
nearing the close at the time but the
use of the army was not. unnecessary.
The Seventh cavalry was ordered to
Huntsville Ala, and then to Macon,
Ga, From Macon it was ordered to
Cuba. Mr. Miller re-enlisted twice,
and served in all, two years and ten
months and was discharged because
Of disabilities.
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Racing At Wichita.

Wichita, July 4.-The track record
was broken here Wednesday by Sir
Cedric, black stallion owned by DR..
Greenfield.
The. two forty trot went to The
Thorn in three straight heats. All
Wright was second; Dreamy Eyes
third and Colonel Mack fourth. Time,
2:31%, 2:29%. 2:29A.
The two-year-olds, half mile trot,
went to Pullman Thorne. Council
Croft was second, Fair Exchange
third and Tom Steadman fourth. Time
1:17, 1:131A, 1:12. Barney Dreyfus
won the five-eighths mile dash with
six starting. Time, LOB.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
GRIFF GETS SAN JOSE STAR.
frank Arellancs Signed by the New
York American Club.

t New York, July frank AreI-
lanes, a twirlers of the San Jose (Cal.)
baseball club, has. signed and mailed a
contract TO the New York Americans
league baseball club Besides a SAL
airy, greater by several hundred dol
lars than that given the average play
err who. breaks into the big league
ranks, the twirler will receive trans
portation to New York. His salary
Will be larger than that at first given
Hal Chase, whose recommendation
has secured the new berth for him.
.sa5Arellafles, since his connection with
Baseball, has improved steadily at the
bat as we'll as on the slab and is at
present sIamming the ball close up to
the 300 mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
WANTS $4,000 DAMAGES.
Wellington Man Sues Milling 90. Be-
cause Engine Fell on Him.

Wellington, July a4s--Wm. A. Maib
has filed suit in, district court against
the Aetna Mill & Elevator, company
for $4,000 damages for personal in
juries. He alleges that on February
4. 1907, he was working as a day lab
orer for the milling company under
the directions and control of E. N.
Perkins in moving a Corliss engine
out of the basement; that by reason
of carelessness in constructing the
trestles over which this engine was
being rolled the plank under the en-
CINE broke throwing Maib onto the
railroad track and letting the engine
fall on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except prescriptions
they will do is tenfold to the good Won
can possibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Che
ney & Co, Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry and is taken internally, acting di-
-rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
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Oklahoma City Times Journal: If
the local club owners are looking for
another outfielder they might engage
Landreth, who was released by To-
peka. Landreth is said to be sticker
of first class ability and a good fielder
but a trife slow in base running.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
LONG Live fine Kinp,

is the popular cry throughout European
countries while in America the cry of the
present day is Long live DR.. Kings New
Remediesi. of which Mrs. Julia ip R NIng
Paine. Truro, Mass. says. TT never fails
to give Immediate relief and to quickly
cure cough or cold" Mrs. Paine's opfn-
ion is shared by a majority of the inhab-
itants of this country New Discovery
cures weak lungs and sore throats after
all other remedies have failed; and for
coughs and colds It's the proven remedy.
Guaranteed at all druggists. Soc and 90.
$780, Trial bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
GooDLAND TO CELEBRATE.
Twentieth Anniversary, Will Be Made
a Jolly Event

Good1and, Kan.3 July 4.-The Com
mercial club and other citizens Of
Goodland and Sherman, county are ar
ranging for twentieth anniversary of
this city which will be a hummer. The
dates Of this event are September 8,
6, Z. All of the northwestern part of
the state have given notification of
attending in part. It will be the big
gest event of this kind in western
Kansas this fall. For information adj
dress w. A. Smith. secretary.
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Western, Association STANDING
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 8, Cincinnati 1

Chicago. July 4.-Steinfeldt, Sheckard
and Chance won for the locals. They
were the only ones to solve Weimar's
delivery and their hits were made at
the right time. Reulbach pitched a fine
game, holding the visitors down to four
singles. CAMEL and Weimar each get
ting two
Score by innings: HI: e:
Cincinnati ...........1 o 0 OO1 0
Batteries and Killing; Wei
mar and Schlei.
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EARNINGS AFTER AUG. 4.
Atchison Coal Mines VIII Soon Be on
q Paving Basis.

Atchison, Kan, July Am expert
who has made a careful inspection of
the Atchison coal mine says it is
steadily improving; that within six
weeks the money now being paid out
for development work will cease for
at least a year. During this year, the
men now employed in development
work will be employed in mining coal.
and the work on the new shaft rushed.
1t is confidently believed that the bal
ance sheet will show comfortabl
earnings after August 1.
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Pittsburc 5, St. Louis A.

Pittsburg, July 4.-The Pittsburgs
made a great finish, scoring three runs
in the ninth with nobody out. With, the
bases full, Leach hit to right center for
a single. 1t was fumbled by Hostetter
and three runners scored.
Score by innings: R.H E.
st. Louis ...-....1 o 1 o 2 o o 0 o. IL 4
= Batteries-Phillipp and Phelps; Nc
Glynn and Marshall
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GOOD CROPS FOR GRAY COUNTY
Harvest Shows Wheat VIII be Better
Than EOrecaSted.

Cimarron, July 4.-The harvest in
Gray county is on in full blast with
prospects exceptionally good. The
late frosts reported to have hurt the
wheat at least so per cent were not so
bad as at first supposed and it is pro-
bable that not more than 20 per cent
of the wheat was hurt by them. Some
fields in the county will go as high as
20 bushels per acre, while the. general
average will be between 10 and ~
bushels
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st. Ioins 8. Detroit 4.

Detroit, July Alive hits in the tenth
inning, including a double by Glade,
gave st. Louis four runs in the tenth
and the game
Score by innings: R.H. e:
ST. Louis ....1 900 0001 As Is 2
Batteries-Mullin and Schmidt; Glade
and Spencer.
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OxIahoma CITY 6, webb City 2.

Webb City, July 4.-The locals lost to
Oklahoma City, to 2. The game was
called in the eighth inning to allow the
visitors to catch train.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
Oklahoma City ........00 2 90 o S-6 1
Batteries-Shaner and Cheek; Bandy
and Goes.
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Totals
LEAVENWORTH.
SCORE, BY INNINGS.

Topeka ...........2 o O. 1 80
Leavenworth 800 o 0 o 90
Summaries: Earned runs-Topeka, 3.
Two base hits-Quigley, Halla. Sacri-
flee hits-Schaumyer. Stolen base
Reagan. Bases on balls-On Gilbert 4,
off Selby g. Struck out-By Gilbert 5,
by Selby 1, Halla 1. Wild pitches-Gil-
bert 2, Selby 2. Passed ball-Queisser
q Double plays-Gilbert to Queisser to
Quigley, Olson to Runkle. Hits-On
Gilbert in ID innings; off Selly, 3
in 2-3 innings. Left on bases-Topeka
g. Leavenworth 6. Time-2 hours. UNI
pire-Kilduff.