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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-14
flavor 5000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Statement Issued in Behalf Of Adop
lion Of Pending Amendment.

Presidents OF six denominatiOnal
colleges have issued the following
statement in behalf of the adoption
of the pending constitutional amend
ment relating to public free schools:
In our opinion Texas needs a
strong, efficient and effective system
of public free schools for the masses
of the people, for the purpose Of en-
abling our young women and young
men to make adequate preparation
for entrance into college. That our
state is greatly behind In providing
tgxcn
train the girls and boys Of Texas
for the duties of life and the respon-
abilities OF citizenship no well-in-
formed person will deny. A carefui
study of the public school systems
of Texas and other state will con-
vince the most skeptical on this
point.
Taking into consideration the pub
lie free schools, Texas presents the
following educational rank when
compared with other states of the
Union: In amount OF school funds
raised for each person Ave to eigh-
teen years OF age, "a; in per cent of
school funds raised by local taxation,
AZ; in expenditure of money per cap
ita of average attendance for schools,
35; in expenditure OF money per
capita Of total population for
schools, 35; In average length OF
public school term in days. SO; IN
per cent of scholastic population en-
rolled in school, AZ; In number OF
years children attend school free OF
charge, 45; In illiteracy of native
born whites. 4b.
Attention Is directed to the fact
that there are 93,370 children In
Texas who did not enter school last
year for which we have complete sta
! tistics; that of every one hundred
children residing in the country dis
| tricts, forty-seven were out OF school
all of the time the schools were In
session: that the average daily abb
sence from the country schools was
262,946 children; that the money in
vested in the school houses and
grounds in the Independent school
districts of the state amounts to
336.17 per child, while that invested
for the same purpose in the country
districts amounts to only $500 per
child; that there ares 444,516 white
children residing In the country dis
tricts OF the state. the desks in the
schoolhouses of which have seating
capacity for only 100000 children.
leaving 144,516 white children for
whom there are no desks In the
I schools OF Texas; that It would Be
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-14
BRYAN IS SAFE
VOTES TO SPARE
Hudspeth Claims 261 Certain
in the Electoral
College.
NEW YORK IS DEMOCRATIC
Ohio and Indiana Also Out Of Doubt
full Coiunn-Roosevelt Charged
with Tempting Labor
Leader.

New York, Oct. 14.--Vice Chair
man Hudspeth of the democratic
national committee made public yes
terday list of the states in which
Mr.. Bryan will receive the electoral
vote. They are as follows:
The solid south, 1866; Nebraska,
s; Indiana, 10; Ohio, %; West Vir-
ginia, Z; Nevada. 3; New York, SO.
Total 261. Necessary to choice, 242.
The vice chairman put Wisconsin
in the doubtful column, and said
that New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode
Island and Illinois were still debat-
able, with New Jersey and Connecti-
cut favorable for the democratic
party.
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CAMPAIGN FUND PUBLICITY.
All Names of Contributors TO
Made Public by Treasurer

New York, Oct. / 14-There is sub
dued excitement in political circles
today in anticipation of the publica
tion tomorrow of the first campaign
fund report of the democratic ma
tional committee. All names of con
tributors and amounts given will be
made public tomorrow, according TO
National Treasurer Herman Ridder
1t is also stated that all sums receiv,
ed after tomorrow, up to the close of
the campaign, will be published
daily This will be the first time in
either of the big parties has taken
the public into its confidence In re-
gard to the source and amount of
the funds secured for carrying on a
national campaign. although the So
cialists and other minor parties have
done so.
| Mr.. Ridder declares that while
there has been something of finan-
cial stringency at democratic nation
al headquarters, the prospects are
now growing brighter and the fund
is daily growing in volume. The Ger.
man editor who succeeded Haskell
as treasurer has more than made
good, according to his colleagues
and 1t Is declared that he is rapid
| ly educating the common people
to the knowledge that this is theil
campaign and that they must supply
the sinews of war.
| The national treasurer declare.
that he has implicitly obeyed Mr.
IBryan's instructions in refusing con
tributions from favor-seekipg trusts
and corporations, and that no contri
button has been accepted from an,
|person who seeks favors in return
| An attempt has been made by tn,
! newspapers of William Randolph
! Hearst to create the impression tina
Bryan's promise to make public al
lcampaign contributions tomorrow
gives immunity afterwards, and tina
after tomorrow's report the lid vii
be put down. Thomas F. Ryan, Aug
ust Belmont and Anthony N. Brad.
are named by Mr.. Hearst as some o
the trust magnates who are willini
and anxious to contribute to tn
democratic campaign fund and vii
be allowed to do SO. This statemen
is denied at democratic headquarter
and II Is declared that the publicit.
program will be carried out fully an,
In good faith until the campaign ha
closed.
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Accident Was Witnessed by a
Large Crowd Of Breath
less Spectators.
he DIED IN FIVE M|UTEs
Missed the Net on Rebound and His
Head Struck Edge Of Box, Crush
ing Skull-Lived in
Oklahoma.

Decatur Tex, Oct. 13.-Allie Me
kenzie, high diver for the Danville
& Kasper Amusement company met
his death here at ABB o'clock yester-
day afternoon while diving from the
city water tower, distace of eighty
feet. In diving he turned too far in
the air alighting in the net upon his
feet, and on the rebound was thrown
from the net into the air about fif-
teen feet, and in coming down miss
ed the net, his head striking box,
crushing his skull. He lived only five
minutes after the accident.
The dead mans home was in Man
gum, Okla. He was 23 years old and
unmarried.
A large crowd saw the accident.
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his furniture before the house oc-
cupied by him caught. The fire start
ed in the house in which Mrs. Mich
OILS lived and its origin is unknown.
When Mrs. Nichols awoke the fire
nad got a good start and her room
was filled with smoke. An alarm
was turned in and the department
Responded promptly.
Mrs. Nichols valued her houses at
S2500 and her household goods
were estimated to be worth about
$1,000. The houses and furniture
We're insured for $2500. The loss
sustained by Mr.. Cavender could not
be ascertained
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Oppose Express Companies.

Washington, oct. 14.-One of the
most important hearings ever held
before the interstate commerce COM
mission is scheduled for tomorrow
when the express company commit
tee of the American Bankers Asso-
citation will appear before the COM
mission and state its grievances. The
bankers are seeking to prevent the
Lexpress companies from going fur
|ther into the banking business, and
to compel them to give up the mon
ey order business.
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NO PARDON FOR CONVICT DENT
The Board Of Pardons Rejects the Ap.
plication Of Famous Prisoner

Austin, Tex, Oct. 1.-THE board
of pardons has declined to recon-
mend to the governor a pardon for
w. J. Dent, according to Judge A.
P. McKinnon, a member of the board.
Numerous petitions have been re-
ceived by the governor and board of
pardons but Judge McKinnon said
that the board could see no reason
for changing its views. as Dents re-
cord is against him. The matter is
now exclusively with the governor.
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A MEETING CALLED.
Citizens Asked to Meet mt Court
house Tomorrow Night.

A call is hereby issued to the citi-
zens of Waxahachie for a mass meet
ing to be held in the court house
Thursday night, October Is at 7:45
to consider ways and means to pro-
vide for the better enforcement
of laws Let every one inter
ested in good government attend
Signed: H. P Mizell, H, D. Tim
mons, G. C. Groce, T. F. Thompson,
w. B. Moore, A. Lasswell, J. T. Sui
livan, T. o. Cheatham, G. B. Winn,
j. NJ Alderdice, E. P. Hawkins, S.
w. Durham, d. II. Thompson, j. w.
Singleton R. P. Grimes, w. S. Kem-
BILE, j. H. Miller, L. c. Todd. G. K.
LeBlonde, T. j. McDade, ]. S. Camp
bell c. w. Gibson, J. S. Herring.
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NeW Lumber Rates.

Washington, Oct. IA new
freight tariff involving a consider
able reduction in the rates on lum-
Der from the Pacific coast, becomes
effective tomorrow by order of the
interstate commerce commission.
The order was originally scheduled
to become operative on August 10,
but a delay until October 3 was
granted in order that the carriers
involved might have sufficient time
to prepare revised tariffs.
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Meeting of Maccabees.
All members of the Knights OF the
Maccabees are requested to be on
hand tomorrow night.
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Daily want ads pay most for least
money.
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TWO RESIDENCES BURNED.
buildings and Contents Destroyed by
Fire Wednesday Morning.

Two residences belonging to Mrs.
D. l.. Nichols and situated on Water
street were completely destroyed by
fire Wednesday morning about
o'clock. Mrs Nichols lived in one Of
the houses and a man named Caven-
der was occupying the other. All of
Mrs. Nichols household effects, with
the possible exception of two or three
articles were destroyed. Mr.. Caven-
der succeeded in removing most OF
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Ellis County Medics

The Ellis County Medical society
met at Ennis Tuesday in regular
monthly conference. A number OF
professional subjects were discussed,
and a clinical case was brought in
for discussion. This was local pa
tient suffering with liver trouble,
and proved an interesting subject.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19

The program opened with flag

The program opened with flaf
drill by several of the smaller boy.
and girls. Recitations and solos b,
youthful performers came next anG
then for a few moments the stage
Sas occupied by a group of young
sters who had flowers to sell to i'm.
aginary customers, and other games
familiar to the little kindergarteners
One of the daintiest bits of the ev-
aning was a chorus composed of lit
tie maidens. resplendent in costumes
of pink. topped Oil with regulation
old-fashioned poke bonnets, who
was evidently intended go
in to meetin" as the words of their
song suggested.
The Maypole dance, formerly CIV
ell at the Y. NJ, c. "A. May festival
was reneuted successfully, and added
greatly TO the pleasure Of the occa-
sion,
A delegation of Rapid City busi-
ness men had been secured to regale
their friends with some origin.
stunts on the stage but for some rea-
son or other, they backed out with a
single exception. Alderman Dilger
appeared in brief sketch and was
given the glad hand for his rendi=
ton OF song about dos whose
traditional finish was as usual in II
butcher shop.
AS the colsing number band of
fcro"ious Sioux put in an appearance
md proceeded to hold a war dance,
VIII TIE usual racket attending to
;hc real thing. A S:ose inspeciQn Pa
vealed number OF well known Rap
id Oityans in the role of a redskin
N'r party. A fire cracker drill was
% "ave served as finale, but the
AL ;S CT ",cor O" got on the nerves
o. lie little fellows representing the
explosives and they soon scamporea
TO afer positions in the wing,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19
Horton of Chicago is to make an

address.
Missionary topics are on the pro
gram for the afternoon session, in
Guiding the annual meeting of thu
South Dakota Home Missionary So
ciety
Sessions will also be held this ev
ening and tomorrow morning. An ex
cursion on the Crouch Line has been
arranged to furnish little diver.
sion for tomorrow afternoon.
In the evening the regular pro-
gram will again be taken up, and
Sunday preaching services will be
| held in the morning and evening.
| fne Sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered in the morn
ing. An afternoon meeting in con-
junction with the Y. NJ. C. A. is
to be held at Derthick's Opera House
Following is the list of delegates
as they appeared on the register this
morning:
w. Judson, Estelline; Mrs. John
Whalley, Miss Benson, Conata; w.
L. Gardner, Mrs. Gardner, Harry
Gardner, Rec Heights; Mrs. S.
koenigsberger, w. H. Ashley, Dead
wood; d. j. Perrin, Mrs. Perrin,
w. e. Benedict, Rev. w. R. Sis
son, Mrs. Sisson, T. NJ. Petigrew
Belle Fourohe; Mrs. G.. b. Skinner,
Rov. j. Spittell, Scenic; N. II. May
and wife, oacoma; w, M. Grafton,
Mrs. A. Craig Bowdish, Mitchell;
Mrs. g. Il. Buckle, b. c. Ford,
Springtield j, p. Clyde, Water
town; F. V. Stevens, Mrs. H. X.
Warren, Mr.. and Mrs. e. M. Jen-
ney, Yankton; Fl. w. Jamison,
Beresford; V. b. Hill, Alcester;
Charles NJ. Daley, Huron; Rev. and
Mrs. Laureston Reynolds, Mr. and
Mrs. G. NJ. Clark. Washington
Springs; w. e. Lougee, New York;
w. II. Thrall, Huron; S. J f. Beach,
Prof. X. l.. Stahl, Redfield jean
ME Hoy, Lebanon; Mrs. j. Alseth,
A. R. Larson, Lake Preston; Frank
w. Hart and wife, White Owl; Rev.
p. M Keeler, j. e. Kidd, Loom
is; Rev. K. w. Powell. Custer;
Thomas j. Dent, Aberdeen; George
L.. Brown, Running Water; A. u.
Baer. Tyndall; H. Johns, Wagner;
George S. Evans, Canton; e. l..
Chamberlain, Hill City; Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen, Underwood; Mrs. Mo-
sier, Miss Mosier, Spearfish; Rev.
Askin, Pierre; Mr.. Camp, Rec
Heights; Eleanor C.. Bracket, MUIR
do; Miss Foote, Ezroom, Turkey.
A reception for the delegates
was held at the home of Mrs. G. A..
'frowbridge yesterday afternoon, fol-
lowing the meeting. A large number
attended and spet the time pleas
antly becoming acquainted and par
taking Of dainty refreshments. The
hostess was assisted by Miss Carrie
Cliff, Mrs. Thomas Sweeney and
Mrs. w. H. Lanphere.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19
AFTER LUMBER THIEVES.
Association Formed to Protect Inter-
csts of Homesteaders in Town.
ships One North, Ten and
Eleven Hast

Eleven East.
Somebody has been borrowing
lumber from a number of the home
steaaders in the country south of
Underwood, and forgetting to re-
turn it. This has been carried on to
such an extent that gradually it has
gotten upon the nerves of the right
full owners of the material to such
an extent that an organization was
recently formed to make things
warm for the thieves. The follow
ing communication from the secre-
tary of the protective union explains
the situation fully, and also tells of
the wrongs the union will attempt
to do away with.
Editor Black Hills Union:-
Your paper last spring took up
the cause of the homesteader and did
noble work against the contestors.
In appreciation of your work every
homesteader should be subscriber.
Now will you allow number of us
to express our thanks for your good
work, even though they may be a
little late in coming and at the same
time we desire to say that several
of rs have formed a union for pro-
lection in townships one north, ten
and eleven east.
There has been some thieving go
ing on which must be stopped or
the thieves will be cealt with, il not
according to law, it will be in some
other way but they are going to be
dealt with and it will be in no mild
way. Stealing fence posts, wire,
lumber and many other things, and
breaking into shacks; these things
will have to stop in the above named
townships, or something is going to
drop.
There is another matter to which
we want to call attention and that
is the contesting of homesteads by
a dirty set of would-be real estate
men who have not he capacity Of
making an honest living or else they
are too lazy. We hled on our home
steads for the purpose Of making
them our homes and we are going to
do it. The time has come for this
contesting to be stopped and it must
be done. We do not expect to pro-
tect an entryman who has been away
: from his claim for more than siz
months and made no improvement
at all, but we are going to protect
the homesteader who is honorably
I endeavoring to comply with the law
! though he be away from his CLAIM
sometimes. 1t will also be our du
ty to see that every hcmesteadel
I does his duty toward the government
but we now call a halt on those fel
e lows swearing lies to beat an homer
a homesteader out Of his home. La
hint be sumsient,'' =
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Congressional
RAGE IS CLOSE
INDICATIONS POINT no BURKE
AND MARTIN VICTORY IN
PRIMARY.
Crawford and .Vessey .safe-Rep.
Joseph Hare Defeats DIR. Emrick
On Draw for Senator.

Complete returns from the pri-
mary election of ten days ago are
still impossible. as several counties
must yet make their reports. How
ever, all the contests for places on
the state and congressional ticket
are practically settled with but
sing.e exception. This is the fight
between Hall and Martin, which may
have to go to the state canvassing
lca.d be.ore it's final settlement.
johnson, stalwart candidate for
The nomination for state treasurer
won out over Cassill, the present in
'ur 3ent of the office, the majority
running between two and three
'hca2and. Burke put it over Glass
q one of the congressional nomin-
Htlons and this with the exception of
he secretary of state, which may
Z s-ibly go stalwart, composes the
1i''eas captured by the Kittredge
zen
Z he telephone message from Hay
ard last Friday, reporting ma
Gritty of five for Hare thus giving
7mrick majority of two in the con-
test for senator from Pennington
county proved erroneous, for the
cte stood 8 to 1. thus causing a tie
ct GIG votes each. The deadlock
vas settled by lot, Hare winning.
This gives the local insurgents rep
resentative and a senator.
No other changes have occurred
inte last week and the list of re-
publican nominees remains the same
fs announced in the previous edi-
.fon Of The Union.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19
DEADWOOD CARNIVAL PLANS.
Great Doings for the Second Week
In August in the Village Up
1,n


Deadwood is making preparations
for a great time during the second
week in August. From the tenth tS
the fifteenth of that month the
streets Of our northern neighbor are
to take lease of life sufficient to
cause visitors to sit up and take no.
tice.
"A carnival company has been Sc.
cured to furnish part of the excite
ment and local talent will do the
rest. A name for the celebration
has been discovered. 1t is Ma-ha-
sa-pa, which according to reliable
Deadwood authorities means Black
Hills carnival or something to that
effect.
Brass bands, p-tbe-loops, trap
eze performers, wild animal shows
a Ferris wheel, and others too nu-
merous to mention, as our old friend
the side show barker used to remark
will be on deck when the opening
gun is fired. Each day is to have a
lite. On one Lead will be given
spec!al attention, on another the
Pioneers will be the particular guests
and 80 on down the list
al! doubt regarding the holding
of the celebration was removed when
l Special committee from the Dead
wood business club passed arund the
hat and gathered two thousand dol
:ar2 with which to finance the festi-
yities,
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from this city, to bring the passen-
gers and mail into town. The trans
fer was made across the bridge by
means of handcar.
During Monday the work crew got
far enough along with their work
to allow the stalled train to resume
its journey and it arrived here late
in the afternoon. The track ano
bridge are again in shape to carry
the traffic, but the Milwaukee Off
:ials, desiring to take every precau-
ion, have been running the trains
on daylight schedule for the past
few days.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19
PEOPLES TICKET
SNAMPS CITIZENS
BIG MAJORITIES RULE AT TUES.
DAYS SCHOOL ELECTION
IN RAPID CITY.
Record-breaking Poll Is Feature of
the Contest-AInch Interest
Shown by Both Sexes.

The memory of the oldest settler
will have to go back quite a ways
to include the time when a larger
number of votes WAS cast, than at
school election held last Tuesday
When the returns were all in, 1t was
found that 1,011 ballots had been
cast in the four wards. OF this
number, the heaviest vote was in the
Second ward, where over four hun
dred availed themselves of the op-
portunity to select a school board
and treasurer under the new law,
for the first time.
AS noted last week two tickets
were in the field, one known as the
peoples and the other the citizens
The candidates under the peoples
banner won handily with varying
majorities. DR.. w. E. Robinson de-
feated Mrs. Bridge by nearly two
hundred votes for the office of school
treasurer and the majorities of the
other winners was approximately the
same, with one or two exceptions.
Long before the polls were open.
carriages were on the streets dis
playing placards advising the voters
to stand by the peoples ticket. They
were kept on the jump all day gath
aring in the votes and the result
shows with what success their efforts
were attended. Private rigs were
requistioned by partisans of the Cit
izen's ticket, but the supply was in
sufficient to keep up with the hot
pace set by the opposition.
The campaing of the winning tick
ct was skil)fnlly managed and took
the other fellows completely by sur
prise, especially in the case of Mrs.
Bridge, who was generally conceded
the lead, by all except few of the
wise ones, who were familiar to some
extent with the plans of the victor
ious faction.
w. II. Tompkins was given a ma
jority of 296 over Jack Leary for the
one year term and this was the larg-
est received by any candidate, al
though Gilbert Donoho and H w.
Hinrichs was close on his heels.
A little excitement was stirred up
in the first ward. when the rig owned
by A. j. Mccain, started off at a
lively gait, without driver and
made a circuit of the town before
slowing up sufficiently to be caught.
Strange TO relate the carriage came
through the experience without be-
ing damaged to any perceptible ex-
tent
Following is the vote by wards:
For Treasurer of School District
Robinson .175 223 LA S4-59G
Bridge ..... &C 212 81 6O-397
For Member of Board of Education
three years
Appel $3.50. .163 22l '11v 93-5s7
Mosier ..... II 2O7 81 47-39S
For Member of Board of Education
two years
Hinrichs ..1S3 237 ia e7-63O
Boyd ......175 227 115 9e-6t4
Thomas 80. 81 1876 SO 48-386
Jones ..... GO 2O9 81 4s-3s1
For Member of Board of Education
one year
Tompkins .S7 244 112 94-G3i
Donoho .1S4 243 ia $3.50
Leary $3.50. 81 1873 60 49-S41
Appel, Hinrichs, Boyd, Tompkins
and Donoho constitute the member
ship of the new school board.
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NO FISHING HERE.
PRIVATE POND.

However, this particular preserve
8 10 be a.iort-lived, for the proper
9lcin1s haYe been instructed to in
ves.igate and perform the work ne
c--sary to improve the locality, so
4 pond in the center OF the. business
district will be an imEossibility here
-,t.er.
The trouble seems to arise from
insufficient tamping of the earth
used in refiiling the trenches made
Dy tie ditch digging machine when
the sewer was laid about a year ago.
The heavy traffic and continued rain
combined to make the Main street
alley about the worst in town, and
several teams founG the going al
most impossible this week After
tne workmen spend a little time on
the bad spots, it is believed the alley
a!ll be in good shape once more.