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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
PRAISED PEACE WORK
OF HAGUE CONFERENCE
Lake Mohonk Meeting Com
mends Many Efforts for
Prevention of War

LAKE MOHONK, n. Y. May 22.-
Gratefully recognizing the development
of the forces which make for interna-
tional peace, the Lake Mohonk confer
ence on international arbitration today
adopted a platform setting forth its
views on the peace movement.
The platform commends the work of
The Hague peace conference, notes the
existence of 80 or more interna tional
arbitration treaties concluded within
the last five years, commends, the ac-
tiVity of educational institutions and
business, protest. tonal and labor organi-
cations toward the prevention of war
and rejoices in the final act of The
Hague conference for a future meet
ing.
The principal address OF the early
session was delivered by Baron Korogo
Takahira, Japanese ambassador to the
United States. Others who spoke were
DIR. Henry c. White of the University
of Georgia. President Joseph Swain Of
Swarthmore college and William P.
Rogers, dean OF the law school of the
University of Cincinnati.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
WOOD CASE OVER,
PIATT Will RETIRE
"Withdrawal to Private Life Is
Decreed,' Says Senator
With a Sigh
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK. May 22.-Senator Platt
today paid his compliments to Mae C.
Wood, and incidentally made the posi-
tive announcement that he would not
be a candidate to succeed himself at
the expiration of his term a year from
next March
Il am winding up my public career,
said the senator, with deep note OF
sadness. and I cannot tell you with
what regret | shall retire to private
life. But it is decreed.
The senator made interesting COM
ment, too, on various other matters OF
Importance In which women and poll
tics Were curiously intermingled. About
Taft, for instance, whom he believes
will be nominated and elected without
difficulty, about Bryan, who will run
no better than usual" Roosevelt, who
ceed Depew in the senate;" Hughes
who is out of touch with the repub-
licans of New York." and Cortelyou
than. whom there is no better man in
this state"
Mae C. Wood, who was sent to prison
in default of $4,000 bonds, was still in
cell today. Apparently no effort
had been made to procure bail. al
though Miss Wood had said yesterday
that she was sure influential friends
in Washington would come to her as
sistance.
This is only one case of very
vicious type not uncommon in this
city said District Attorney. Jerome
today. 1T will be presented to the
grand jury as early as possible and II
the woman is indicted she will be
placed on trial in hope that her con-
viction will furnish a salutary lesson
that such offenses cannot go un-
whipped of Justice"
Miss Wood seemed not at all per-
turbed.
Il suppose I shall have to swallow
any medicine they prescribe fol
me for the present" she said. But
you may say this for me: AS long as
live and there is Platt alive / shall
fight and fight hard, for my rights"
DO you still claim you are Senator
PIatt's wife,"
"I certainly do" she replied, land
would have proved it If they had
not robbed me of all my papers. 1 did
not expect to win. I feared that the
suit would be dismissed and / had
counted on being permitted to go on
my way would not have bothered
old Platt after that. I did not expect
this she added as she glanced around
at the narrow cell.
do you intend to plead guilty In
event of an Indictment being fopnd
against your she was asked.
"I'll rot first she shouted, the smile
disappearing and her lips coming to-
gether in a straight tight line.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
said this afternoon that Miss Woods S
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
ATTACKS RAILROAD
MERGER IN COURT
Sherman Antitrust Law Basis
of Equity Suit 10 Restrain
Consolidation

BOSTON, May pa bill in equity
to restrain the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad company from
exercising any control over the Boston
and Maine railroad, and TO separate
the New Haven road from the various
trolley lines il has acquired. was filed
in the United States circuit court here
today by United States District Attor-
ney French, acting for the federal gov
ernment.
The bill in equity was brought un-
der the Sherman act of 1890 and
charges that the New Haven road ac-
quired numerous trolley lines and is
attempting TO control the Boston and
Maine railroad in restraint of trade.
The petition claims that If the New
Haven road is not restrained from
holding the trolley lines and voting
81 ock of the Boston and Maine road, a
situation viii he created with respect
10 the transportation instrumentalitles
will eventually enable the New Haven
company to control for ali time the in
terstate transportation not only among
the New England states, but between
such states and the several other states
of the union. The defendants in the
bill are the New Haven company, the
Boston and Maine railroad company,
the Consolidated railway company and
the Providence security company.
The complaint says:
The New Haven company having,
prior to the year 1904, acquired prac-
tically all the steam railroad facilities
for the transportation OF passengers
and freight between southern and
southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, and between
these states and New York city and
the south and completely suppressed
all Interstate competition in transporta-
tion by steam railroad IN this territory.
did therefore, in violation of sections
~ and 2 of the act of July >, 1890.
knowingly, unlawfully and wrongfully
combine, monopoliZe and attempt to
monopolize certain other steam rail-
roads and electric railroads, and did
suppress and attempt to suppress all
competition between itself and such
other steam railroads and electric rail-
ways in the transportation OF pack
ages and merchandise"
Declaration is made that the cleo
tricaI companies were brought under
the control and domination Of one sub
sdiary holding company. that the Con-
solidated railway company and the ac-
QUESTION of the New York and Stam-
ford railway under SO year lease by
the New Haven road, in further pur-
suance of alleged suppression Of COM
petition, is also recited-
1t rs alleged that by the acquisition
Of these lines the New Haven company
has completely suppressed competition
and deprived the public of the adve :
tages thereof, and has established a
monopoly so thoroughly and completely
as to practically preclude the posi- .
bility of competition being hereafter
revived and re-estab blished, except by
relief from this court
The attempt to merge the New Haven
and Boston and Maine railway systems
is then taken up.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
CONFERENCE FAILS
TO SELECT BISHOP
Eighth Ballot Shows No Choice,
but Rev. H. S. Stuntz Ap=
pears to Lead

BALTIMORE. May 22-Balloting for
bishops today consumed much of the
time of the delegates to the Methodist
Episcopal general conference. No choiee
was reported as the result of the fifth.
sixth and seventh ballots and before
the end of the day the eighth had been
taken and was In the hands or the
tellers with instructions to report the
result tomorrow. 1t is said that the
eighth ballot resulted in no election,
but shows Rev. II. S. Stuntz, Rev Will
son S. Lewis and Rev. w. A. Quayle in
the leading places in the order named.
Perhaps the most notable showing of
the ballots was the rapid advance IN
the standing OF Rev. II. c. Stuntz from
1875 votes and eleventh place on the
fourth ballot to third place with 421
votes on the seventh ballot. The lead
ing colored candidate, Rev. NJ C. b.
Mason, withdrew from the-contest. Rev.
W. A. QuayIe of Chicago advanced to
second place with $50 votes, and though
showing a net loss of nine votes Rev.
Wilson s. Lewis of Sioux City, Iowa,
took the leading place in the poll, Rey
Edwin H. Hughes of Greencastle, Ind,
falling back from the first to the fifth
place in consequence OF the loss or so
votes.
Presumably because of whispered
questions and stories relating to the
divorce incident in his life more than
a score OF years ago Rev Charles
seventh ballots, lost more than 200
votes, the history of the long buried
incident being revived at time when
he could not defend himself.
report to the conference unani-
mously adopted by the committee on the
state of the church embodies lengthy
statement setting forth the attitude of
the church to the laboring classes. 1t
declares for equal rights and privileges
for all people in all stations of life, for
the abolition of child labor. for the
suppression of sweatshops, for the
highest wages employers can possibly
afford and for Abe provision of health :
full environment and sanitary arrange
ment whenever women are employed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
WOMAN'S PLUCK WINS
FORTUNE IN MINING
Left a Widow, She Saves Claims
in Death Valley and Is
Now independent
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CAL

RENO, New, May 22-The pluck and
grit of Mrs. sylvia Casey, a young
widow of southern Nevada, resulted in
her making a fortune, the result of a
mining deal this week. Last winter,
six months after her husband. James
Casey, had been killed in a mine acci-
dent at Goldfield, she trudged through
the snow and sleet. and over the Fu-
neral range into Tule canyon on the
edge of Death valley to locate a group
of claims for which many others We're
awaiting an opportunity to jump.
With her own toll she performed the
assessment work alone. put up her
notices and made her way back to
Goldfeld where she has since been
earning her living. By the deal this
week she has bonded the Tule canyon
property for $4,000, insuring her in
dependence for the balance af her DAYS.
Mrs. Casey is scarcely 80 years Of age:
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23

special preparations are: Cough Ginger Tea and
Herbs for Colds and Opium Abstainer's Food.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
DIR. PIERCE's REMEDIES
Cures WOman's Weaknesses.

We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial staff
of THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
of Unicorn root Q4elonids Dtoica) which
IS one of the chief ingredients of the HFa-
vorite Prescription
"a remedy which invariably acts as utter
ine invigorator makes for normal ac-
tivity OF the entire reproductive system" !"
He continues sin Helonias we have medical
purposes th0r. any other drug tclth tCiatch am
acquainted. In the treatment of diseases pc
culiar to women it is seldom that a case is
seen which does not present some indication
for this remedial agent" DR.. Fyfe further
says: THE following are among the leading
indications for Helonias Unicorn root) Pain
or aching in the back. with leucorrhoea :
atomic tweaD conditioffk Of the reproductive
ritabiiity. associated WITH chronic diseases Of
SENSATION sem heat r. the rsson % Of tssad the Sid
neys; me1brrhagi4 lfooding). due to weak
ened condition offthe reproductive system:
pTod o. OF aceompsnHns aossns m0a'nS
abnoYfn4l condition OF the digestive organs
and EHRmic (thin blood habit: dragging
sensSAons in the extreme lower part of the
II more or less Of the above SYMPTOMS
aTa QTEsent. no lnYalld WOWaD can 90
better than take UT. Piercevs -FaYOrite
PTescflpyi0fl, one 6I tic leading ingredi-
-ents OF Which is Unicorn root, or Helonias.
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient of vEavorite Prescription,
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, NJ. D., of Ben
nett Medisal College, Chicago, says:
~It is an important remedy In disorders of
the womb In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeeblement. 1t is useful.'
Prot John NJ. Scudder. NJ. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
vIn relation to it's general effects on the
system. there is no medicine IN use about ,Uic!
there Is such general unonimity OF opinion. II
is u,aspersally regarded as the tonic useful b,
all debilitated states"
Prof. r. Bartbolow. NJ. D.. of jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
"Valuable in uterine hemorrhage. menor
rhagia tfooding) and congestive dysmenor-
rhoea painful menstruation).n
DR.. Pierce'S Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures the diseases for which
they are recommended.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
PREPARE FOR VISIT
OF GRAND MATRON
Santa Rosa and Rose Valley
Chapters to Join in Reception
to Head of Eastern Star

SANTA ROSA, May 22.-The coming
of the grand matron of the, order of the
Eastern Star of this state to this city
June % is to be made very notable
occasion with the members of the or
der here. There will be a joint meeting
of Rose Valley chapter of this city and
the chapter of Windsor at that time
and the official visit of the. head of the
order in this state will be quite a social
affair.
A banquet will be a part of this
occasion, and the presence of Grand
Patron Cartwright of southern Cali
fornia will add to the interest. The
grand matron is Miss Emma Rehl.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
California Promotion Committee
'.PRoMoTIO
(ORGANIZED 1902


''PRONOTION-The act Of promoting; advance
ment; encouragement."-Centur Dictionary.
The California Promotion committee has for
its object the PROMOTING OF California as
whole 1t has nothing to sen- Its energies are
devoted TO fostering all things that have the
ADVANCEMENT OF California their object
1t gives reliable information on every subject
connected with the industries OF California It
OF new industries and invites desirable immigra-
ron IL is not Employ ment Agency. although
ft rtves information regarding labor Conditions
IN uresents the opportunities and needs In all
Acids of business and professional activity. This
comufttee IL supported by popular Subscription
and makes no charge for any service rendered.
Affliated with the committee are $50 CONNER
ciaI organisations OF the state with a member
chin Of over 30. O00- Meetings held semi
snnuxlly in different parts OF California where
matters Of state interest discussed. Head.
ousrters Of the committee maintained In San
francisco IN Calirorna building. Union square.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
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AIM TO CEMENT
CITY AND COUNTRY
Continued from Page i, Column 1

Continued from PaEe I, Column I
row evening. A reception will be
The affair will be informal and adj
dresses will be made by Governor Gill
lett. Mayor White; Alden Anderson
president of the chamber of commerce
and prominent members of the visiting
party. The visitors will depart Sun
day over the Northern electric for a
visit to Marysville, Chico and Oroville.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
WARRANT OUT FOR BERNIEn

CHICAGO, May ga warrant was
sworn out today for the arrest of Ray
mond l.. Bernier president of the r.
l.. Bernier company, who has been
taken into custody at Los Angeles.
Postoff1ce Inspector Ketcham of this
city will probably be sent to California
for the purpose of bringing Bernier
back to Chicago for trial on charges
of nisusing the mails.
case would be presented to the grand
Jury on Monday. He also said that
Senator Platt would not be called upon
to appear before the grand jury as d
witness. but that the record OF the
court ins the divorce case probably
would be presented.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23

prior o
the of fcmrnece
C. oore o
horo Con exrem &
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
HYDROPHOBIA HYSTERIA
SEXES MANY IN EAST
Chicago Doctors Receive Frantic
Appeals From Persons With
Imaginary Troubles
SPECIAL pIsPATCH no THE CALI

CHICAGO, May 22.-Hydrophobia
hysteria has seized on many persons in
William H Marsh of Brooklyn from
rabies caused by fondling a dog. The
dramatic circumstances of his death
have moved scores of Chicagoans to
fear for their own lives and the lives
of their children. Physicians are in q
state of distraction from the frantic ap-
peals of those who believe themselves
doomed to the fate of Marsh after re-
calling some slight bite or scratch in
fiicted by family pet.
Behind this wave or imaginative ter
ror lies an ominouS truth. Actual cases
of hydrophobia have increased in Illi-
nois to an alarming extent this spring.
More than 100 persons have rushed to
DIR. Antonio Lagorio, head OF the local
daxs. entreating him to examine them
for traces of the feared affiiction. The
fears of most, DR.. Lagorio said today,
are entirely due to imagination.
&c snreading to all sections of Cali
fornia We have installed an absolute
lv honest government in San Francisco;
Los Angeles and San Francisco are not
rivals. In fact, we are partners. The
motto of the entire state should be one
For all and all for one. Your city is
bound to be a metropolis; your pros
perity is our prosperity
After the speech making the get to-
gether" part of the program was re-
newed with zest and interest that
testified TO the shrewdness with which
President Moore had planned the San
Francisco expedition. For an hour or
so the wide rooms of the Stockton
chamber OF commerce resounded with
the talk of shifting groups. talk so
loud and earnest that the excellent
orchestra could hardly be heard. The
kindly Stockton people constituted
themselves a general escort committee
to show the San Eranciscans TO their
sleeping quarters on boat and train. A
number OF local businessmen will
breakfast with the excursionists on the
steamer tomorrow before the river trip
heEinS-
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
NATURES REMEDIES
TEA AND HERB SANITARIUN

Sickness OF every de-
scriptton successfully
treated with Tea and
Herbs by DR.. Chow
Juyan, the famous Chi
nese physician, whose Gre
dentials are attested by the
Chinese Ambassador at
Washington, ID. @. San
Francisco office 760 Clay
st.-Mon.. Tues, Wed.
and Thurs Stockton Of
fee 122 North Hunter ST
ur-H c. .
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucuous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine 1t
is taken internally and made in To-
ledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. X
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The State of Texas, County of Ellis.
By virtue of an order of sale is
sued out of the honorable district
court of Ellis county, on the 18th
day of May 1908, by the clerk
thereof, in the case of c. Mcpherson
versus VIII A Malcolm and A. L.
Connally, and to me, as sheriff, di-
rected and delivered, | will proceed
to sell within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's sales, on the
first Tuesday in June, 1908, it be-
ing the End day of said month, be.
fore the courthouse door of said Ell
lis county, in the City of Waxaha.
chic, the following described prop.
erty, to-wit:
Being lot No. IA out of Block No
2 of College addition to the City OF
Waxahachie, in Ellis County, Texas
according to the Phillips & Hawkins
official map of said city, levied on as
the property of Will A Malcolm and
A. l.. Connally to satisfy judgment
amounting to S1S304 in favor of C.
Mcpherson and cost of suit
Given under my hand this 18th
day of May, 1908.
W. H. FORBES, Sheriff
By R. Fl. Hickman, Deputy Al
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
GIRL BATTLES PHYSICIAN.
Dolly Smith of Muskogee Has Been
In Cataleptic State Since Sunday

Muskogee, Okla, May 15.-Miss
Dolly Smith, pretty brunette of IS,
presents case that is battling the
physicians of this city. Last Sunday
she complained of dizziness and
went to bed. Since that time she has
been in a cataleptic state and the
physicians have been unable to
arouse her from her apparent sleep.
She lies with her eyes open, appar-
emily suffering no pain, takes no
nourishment and is unconscious
Yesterday the physicians bled her
profusely in an attempt to arouse
her, but the attempt like all others,
failed.
Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph c. Smith, graduated
from Spaulding Female College last
year and is we'll known in church
and social circles here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
DEATH OF AARON TRIPPET.
Another Pioneer Citizen Called
From the Walks of Men.

Thursday afternoon at $3.50 death
claimed another pioneer of WaXa-
hachie in the person of Mr. A Trip
pet, Sr., who had been i'll several
weeks at his home on Water street
Mr.. Trippet was native of Mis-
souri, and was about SO years old
He came to Texas in 1851 and set
tied near Pilot Point in Denton
/ county, In the fall of 1863 he moved
to Ellis county and engaged in farm
ing on Chambers creek. Two years
later he came to Waxahachie and
entered upon long life of merchan-
dising. Mr.. Trippet was living with
his second wife to whom he was
married on February 30, 1913. in
Benton county, Mo. He was the ia
Their of eleven children, one by his
first marriage and ten by the sec
ond. The names of the children are
given in the order in which they
were born:
William w. Trippet, Mrs Josie
Rogers, H. w. Trippet, Mrs. Ed Old
ham, Caleb Trippet, Mrs. T. R. An
derson. Mrs. G. R. Chastain, Aaron
Trippet, Jr., Mrs. w L. Harding,
John Trippet and Mrs. ]. B. Hines
All are living except Mrs. Oldham
and Mrs. Anderson
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Trippet were
charter members of the Main Street
Christian church. Mr.. Trippet was
chosen to serve on the first official
board of the congregation, and was
q member of the board until his SER
vice was ended by death. He was
among the most faithful members
| of the organization and never missed
| a service except when kept away by
| sickness. By the exemplary life
which he lived he was universally
esteemed by the people of Waxaha
chic
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock at
the family residence. The inter
ment will take place at the city
cemetery.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
SUPERINTENDENT ELECTED
Prof. Acker Again Selected to Pre-
side Over Public Schools


Prof. w. L. Acker has again been
chosen by the board of trustees to
preside over the city's public school.
He was unanimously reelected sup
erintendent by the board at it's last
meeting.
Prof. Acker has been connected
with the schools of Waxahachie for
several years. He served four years
as principal of the High school and
was then elevated to the position of
superintendent, which place he has
filled in most creditable manner
for nine years. Under his admins
tration the school has made marked
progress and the system is now class
ed among the best in the state. The
enrolment has increased from 500
to more than 1900, and the High
school department has been affiliated
with the University of Texas in a
number of subjects.
The election of teachers for the
ensuing year will take place at an
early date
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
VISIT CENTRAL AMERICA.
Special Envoy Sails on Albany for
Costa Rico

Washington. May 15.-William /.
Buchanan, special envoy from the
United States to the Central Ameri-
can republics, sailed today from Sa-
linas Cruz, Mexico for Punta Arden
as, Costa Rica, according to advice
received in Washington. The United
States cruiser Albany is conveying
the envoy, who is accompanied by
Ambassador Enrique Creel Mexico S
envoy. The cruiser will reach Costa
RIGA in time to permit the ENJOYS to
attend the opening next month OF
the supreme court of justice of Cen
trail America in San Jose. Owing tC
the disturbed condition of affairs in
Guatemala. that country has been
omitted from the itinerary of the
return trip, which will include stops
in Nicaragua and Salvador