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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
The Democratic State Convention
in Massachusetts, Elects Four
Delegates at Large.
WILLIAMS CAUSES NTEST
The Chairman Has Great Difficulty in
Maintaining Order, and Police
Are Called In.-Some
Bitter Argument

Boston, May S.-With some op-
position to instructions for w. j..
Bryan for president, such instruc-
tions were adopted finally and with
a more decided contest over the Sc
lection of delegates lat large, the
democratic state convention yester-
day elected four leaders to represent
the state at the Denver convention.
The delegates are George F. Will
liams of Dedham; District Attorney
j. B. Moran of Boston; former May
or J. w. Courtheim of Fall River,
and D. J. Doherty of Westfield
Opposition to the instruction
plank was voiced by Prof. Alexan-
der Chamberlain of Clark university,
but his effort was ignored.
The main contest came on the Sc
lection of four delegates and prin-
,cipally over the name of George
Fred Williams. For two hours Fan
euil hall resounded with shouts
cries, speeches and motions and the
chairman had difficulty in maintain
ing semblance of order. At one
time he was obliged to call on the
police to clear the platform.
Some of the speeches were ex-
tremely bitter, but all the speakers
pleaded for harmony. A roll call or
the question of the choice for dele
gates by acclamation was finally
carried by vote of 40S to 1852.
Previous to the meeting OF tht
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
State Meeting to BE Held in Dallas
on Nav 36

State Meeting to BE Held in Dallas
on May 26.
Dallas, Texas, May S-A state
convention of prohibitionists is here
by called to meet at the commercial
club rooms, corner Commerce and
Austin streets, Dallas, Texas, at 10
a. m, Tuesday, May 26, 1908, for
the purpose of electing twenty-five
delegates and alternates to the ma
tional prohibition convention which
meets at Columbus, Ohio, July Is,
1908, and to nominate electors, and
do such other business as may prop
erly come before such convention.
This Us to be mass convention,
and aH prohibitionitsts, irrespective
of past political affilliation, who de-
sire to see national prohibition and
are willing this year to cooperate
with us In making this the dominant
national issue, are earnestly invited
to attend. We offer a clean political
home to the noble men of Texas who
hate the liquor traffic and desire to
have worthy part in it's overthrow.
Remember the date and place and
come. Special rates on railroads.
E. H. CONIBEAR, Chm.
P. F. PAIGE, Secy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
4 PROTEST AGAINST DECISION
Oil Company S Attorney Pleads Ianor-
ance Of Illegal Rates Used.

Chicago, H., May S.-The Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana commen-
ced a new fight to escape from the
payment of the fine of S29,240, 900
levied against it by Judge Lands in
the United States district court,
when the attorneys appeared before
the United States circuit court of
appeals to argue the appeal from the
judgment of the lower court The
hearing consumed the greater part
of the day
The opening argument for the
company was made by John S. Mil
Ter. Mr. Miller declared that a re-
versal should be granted because,
according to his stattment, the oil
company did not know that it was
using illegal rates and that each
train load of the company's product
should have been taken as the basis
of shipment instead of car, as
charged in the indictment under
which the company was convicted.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
ANOTHER CORPSE
NOW IDENTIFIED
The Cuiness Farm Mystery Bal
files the Authorities in La
Porte County.
A RAIN PREVENTS SEARCH
Digging Tor Additional Bodies Of Muir
dered Victims VIII Be Resumed
Today-Witnesses are Being
Searched for by Officers.

La Porte, Ind, May S.-Another
victim of the Guinness farm outrages
was positively identified yesterday
as the body of Ole O.. Budsberg, a
farmer of lola, Wis.
The remnants of his corpse, un-
earthed in the pine-shaded barn
yard near here Tuesday, were recog-
nized as the mortal remains of their
father by his sons, Matt and Oscar
Budsberg, who reached La Porte late
yesterday afternoon.
Other developments in the as
founding tragedy yesterday include
the following:
Declaration by Prosecuting Attor-
ney R. n. Smith that positive evil
dence had been secured against a
man accused of Staying Mrs. GUM
ess and her four children, and that
plans have been laid for his indict-
ment by the La Porte county grand
jury on a charge OF murder next
Monday.
The discovery that Olaf Limbou,
a former employe of Mrs. Guinness
on the farm, mysteriously disappear
ed several years ago. Relatives have
never seen nor heard of him since.
farm Limbou, it is believed, was
one of the first men to meet muir
derous death within the walls of the
brick mansion.
Suspicion aroused pointing to a
sixteenth victim in the series of bru-
tai crimes in the case of Swanhilda
Guinness, the 7year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Guinness second husband The
girl disappeared after the myster-
ious death of her father. Her STEP
mother said she had been sent to
Wisconsin, to the home of her hus-
bands brother. 1t is now believed
she never reached the reported des-
tination, and that she met the same
sad fate as did the nine whose corp
ses were huddled into crude barn
yard graves.
Detention by the police of Bessie
Wallace, alias Conklin, a Michigan
City woman, who knew Lamphert
and who, it is alleged, heard him sa.
that he would get even with Mrs
Guinness, and that he could put he
in the penitentiary if he desired tt
do so.
Vigorous search instituted b.
Sheriff Shutter and deputies to fint
witnesses throughout the countr,
who will be called before the gram
jury next Monday to testify.
Pursuance of the inquest into tn
tragedy by Coroner Mack, who too
dispositions from AISLE X. Hegelir
Mrs. George Arthur Olander an
Sigwald Olson of Chicago, brothe
and sister Of the murdered Jenni
Olson.
The garden burying ground wa
not disturbed yesterday because c
q heavy rain Forces of men will re
sumo digging today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
ORDER MOBILE CLERKS ARREST
Members OF Council Take Action Al
ter Shortage Is Discovered.

Mobile, Ala, May S.-Expert ac-
countants employed by Mayor P. j.
Lyons yesterday afternoon discover
ed shortage in the books of eX-
City Clerk R. B. Owen. This is the
second shortage found in month.
The shortage dates back from 1906
to 1903 and bonding company of
Baltimore, Md, is good for the first
named sum.
The general council in special
session last night ordered City At
torney Boone to proceed against
Owen, both civilly and criminally
and against his bondsmen, surety
company, civilly, to recover all or
part of the shortage. Warrants were
Immediately sworn out for Owen
but up to a late hour the officers
have been unable to locate him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
PIECE OF IRON CUTS THRU ROOF
Fragment Of Casting Carried Nearly
Mile by Force Of Blast.

The occupants of house on East
Jefferson street We're almost fright
ened out of their wits Thursday af-
ternoon when a piece of iron crash
ed through the roof and ceiling and
lodged in the floor. The source from
whence the missile came cause much
mystification at first, but it's origin
was finally located at one of the oil
mills where workmen were bursting
heavy pieces of casting with dyna-
mite. The fragment which punctured
the house OH Jefferson street was
carried about half mile by the force
of a blast. The missile which will
| weigh a pound or two was brought
! up town Friday morning and exhi-
| bited by Policeman Beckham.
Ika.a q q 1xasf Z isxS a6a r
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
AN ExPhE5SMAN IS MURDERED
Train Robbers Shoot Man Down for
One Hundred Dollars.

Denver, Colo, May S.--Train rob-
bers who boarded the Denver and
Rio Grande train No. at Castle
Rock early yesterday shot and in
stantly killed Express Messenger
Charles H. Wright, aged so, employ
ed by the Globe Express company.
From the dead messenger the rob-
bers took the keys to a small safe in
the baggage car, which they opened
and took the contents, in all worth
less than a few hundred dollars
The big safe in the car which
contained large sum of money and
the combination to which is known
only to the clerks of the company
in the principal stations along the
route was tampered with, but the
robbers We're unable to enter it.
The body of the dead messenger
was discovered when the train reach
ed Denver
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK.
Gravel Has Been Distributed Over
Two Miles of Track.

A big steam shovel is now in oper-
alton in the Trinity and Brazos Val
ley's pit four miles east of town. A
spur was completed out to the pit
some time ago and several car loads
of gravel are being taken out daily
The pit is said to contain an abund-
ance of gravel of very fine quality
for ballasting purposes. The gravel
has been distributed over two miles
of track, and the work will be push
ed as rapidly as possible.
Carpenters are at work on the
coal chutes in the east yards. This
has been made a coaling point fol
all engines that turn here for league
and for Fort Worth. The yard facil-
tiles will also be enlarged by the
construction of two or three more
SidetrackS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

Philadelphia, May S.-A banquet
at which speeches will be made by
President Eliot of Harvard, Cover
nor Wilson of Kentucky, Owen Wis
ter, Austin G., Fox, Charles F.
Adams and other distinguished men.
will be feature of the twelfth an
nual meeting of the Associated Har.
ward Clubs, opened here today.
Alumni from all over the whole
world are participating in the re-
union, which is under the auspices
of the Philadelphia Harvard club.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
LECTURES AT CONFERENCE
Bishop Galloway Will Address Nor
ern MethOdistS,

Baltimore, May S.--As the first of
series of lectures in connection
with the Methodist Episcopal quad
rennial conference, Bishop Charles
B. Galloway, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, will deliver an
address tonight on 81. @. G. Lamar,
the Great Pacificator." DR.. James
Buckley, editor of the New York
Christian Advocate, will introduce
the famous Southern clergyman. As
marking tendency toward concil-
iation between the two great Metho-
dist bodies of America, divided on
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
OFFICER INITIATES A NEGREss
Adopts Clever Ruse to Capture Fusi-
tive from Justice.

Bastrop, Texas, May fisherman
Ramsey, the negro who escaped from
iail Wednesday, was located in a
cane patch at his home about ten
miles east of town.
It was ascertained that no one but
his wife could approach him. Depu-
ty Sheriff Nash blacked his face,
donned the garb of woman and af-
ter dark succeeded in getting close
enough to place the man under ar
rest by 10 O'Clock.
He was safely locked in the jail.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

convention, there was spirited
contest in the committee on resolu-
tions over the instruction plank. A
compromise was effected and while
the plank was retained, it was modl-
fed The Bryan advocates wished
the instructions to embrace the en-
tire Massachusetts delegation to
Denver, but it was modified so as to
apply only to the four delegates cleo
ted yesterday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

Vital Statistics for Past Month Civ
en- Out by Officer Brumby.

Austin, Texas. May S-The
monthly bulletin Of the state health
department for March is just out. 1t
shows 1417 deaths reported de-
crease of 400 over the previous
month. Births, 4515. For the past
three months the report shows 976
pneumonia deaths, ass from tuber-
culosis, 329 from influenza, 146
from typhoid fever and PA from
other communicable diseases This
is approximately 80 per cent of the
total death rate.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
Guernsey Cattle Club.

Peterboro, n. H., May S.-Accord-
ing to the announcement of Secre-
tary William H. Caldwell, the AM
erican Guernsey Cattle club will hold
it's annual meeting at the Hotel I'M
perial, New York, next Wednesday.
Several important matters of inter-
est to breeders o. Guernsey cattle
will be discussed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
Arbor Day in New York.

Albany, n Y, May Sin com
pliance with the proclamation of A.
S. Draper, commissioner of educa-
ton, Arbor Day will be observed to-
day in the public schools throughout
the state.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

sectional lines by the civil war, the
appearance of Bishop Galloway is
awaited with great interest
William Jennings Bryan has ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
conference on May 10, when he will
repeat his lecture on The Prince of
Peace"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

Get our prices on engraved visit
ing cards, invitations and announce
ments, and you are sure to give us
the order. Southern Printing Co. If
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
DALLAS ELKS GET TENTS
Roosevelt Signs Measure Passed by
Congress for Texas Meeting.

Washington, May S.-President
Roosevelt yesterday signed Repre-.
sentative Bealls joint resolution Civ
ing the Elks of Dallas the use Of
$500 tents for the grand lodge this
summer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

Head tue advertisements
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
McCRACKENs PLEAD GUILTY.
Mother and SON Given Three
Months Sentence.


Mrs Ruth McCracken, the Cassie
Chadwick Of Washington, with her son
and two daughters. who were recently
indicted for conspiracy to defraud certain
merchants out OF merchandise. clothing
&c. was brought up from the jail yes
terlay morning.
Mrs. NcCrscken, and her son, William
j. McCracken, each pleaded guilty to
sundry charges. Both received a three
months sentence, the mother 10 spend
the time IN jail, and the son in the work
house
Assistant District Attorney Perry en-
tered q nolle pros in the case OF the
two daughters Ruth and Jane
The son was indignant at the manage
mrnt Of the Jail. Before starting for
the courthouse, he said TO the warden
that as he was going 70 appear IN court,
be desired a shampoo. a haircut and
shave, He was furnished with bar Of
soap, and told 20 make himself COM
Portable with that, but apparently was
unable 10 do so.
Mrs MCCTacken said the whole pro-
Ceedings were an outrage
The MCCraCkens came 10 this CITY dur
ing the past summer, and by early fall
had cut wide swath, renting a fash
ionahle house il Connecticut avenue. and
succeeding In running large bills with
weil-known merchants before il was dis
covered that they were impOstOrs.
They claimed TO be from England. and
70 be possessed Of large wealth
Before leaving the courthouse. Mrs.
McCracken stated her intention Of open
ing fashionable clearinghouse at some
watering place after her release
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
EXPLAINS SHONTS' TROUBLES.
Customs Collectors Report Filed
with Department

The official version of the search Of T.
p. Shonts' residence. made by New York
custom-house officers. was received yes
terday at the Treasury Department in
the form of a report from Collector
Fowler.
The report was brought to Washington
by H. c. Stuart, deputy collector of the
port Mr.. Stuart had a talk yesterday
afternoon with James B. Reynolds As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, in
charge of the customs administration.
There is reticence as to the contents
of the report of Collector Fowler. Mr..
Stuart would not talk about it. Mr.. Rey-
nolds said he had not had time to read
the document.
It is known that the report places the
value of dutiable goods which the Shonts
family brought with them when they re-
turned home from abroad at less than
1,5O0- The amount was probably in the
neighb0rhOod Of S1,3J0
Full credit is given to the statement OF
Mr.. Shonts that the goods which Mrs
Shonts and their daughters brought in
were not considered by them to be dutia-
bic, since they had been worn during
their sojOurn In Europe. What recon-
mendation, if any, Is made as 10 future
action by the customs authorities is not
known
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
NOkFOLK AND WESTERN hMY

sCuLuJLL ~ EEFECI JAAJAIiT o. Iss
Leave Washington NgE UuIJL station.
s1b q suc s@J .. m.-Daly-AA points on
ACliolA an Nesis4l, s4so AuoXsIl4s, JL4Ll4u5osa.
ana MempaA
80 J. G,-DaIy- Roanoke Bristol. Winston
salem, nLJxyIle. Chattanooga, Nashville, Mempuls
Nes OEIe4-S through Sleeper DINING Cars.
FoE NClIolk-LCzTs Nas-IlgtCu izy d IA daily
Ito a. q. daily. 10 =. u. daily. arrive Norto.k
a ~ a. H.. "a y. u, l3.i5 ,. u
49, p. m.-DaIly-BeuJyi.Ie. Luray. Shenandoah
Trans from tl5 SJullsess srrl,e s.S l. L ana
u ~ p d.
Al information Fourteenth street and NeE York
syeuue lBolu Bnldlugi
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
Inv Students to Dine.

Arrangements are completed for holding
the twelfth annual banquet of the Wash
ington College Of Law at Rauscher's on
Saturday evening, February J.
A programme has been arranged with
Miss Marie X. Saunders, class 1909. as
toastmistress. Miss Ida Daly is speaker
for the same class Mss Sarah Morrison
is speaker for the senior class. and Mr..
Bobst for the freshman class. Prof. Wiley
will respond to a toast.
The guest of honor is the newly-elected
president of the District Bar Association,
Nathaniel Wilson. The responses from
the alumni indicate that this will be the
largest reunion IN the history Of the col
lege.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
SEND BODY TO INDIANAPOLIS.
Funeral of Mrs. Bennett VIII Be
Held Monday Afternoon.

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Ne
Cracken Bennett, who died Thursday
night in the Homeopathic Hospital, will
be held Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
in the Church Of the Covenant Rev. &
A. Smith will offiCiate
The remains will he placed in a vault
in Glenwood Cemetery. temporarily. and
viii later be shipped to indianapolis.
Ind, for inteTment. The honorary pail
hearers viii be Hon. Stanton J. PeaIIe.
Walter c. Clephane DR.. Marcus BENJAMIN,
Thomas 5 Hopkins, Benjamin D. NJ.
Miller, and Dr.. Charles F. Langworthy.
Mrs. Bennett underwent an operation for
appendicitis two months ago. and a sec
ond operation recently.
Her husband, Robert r Bennett. chief
clerk Of the Bureau of Manufactures.
Department of Commerce and Labor, and
one son, Tracy Bennett, survive.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
TRANS-PACIFIC MAILS.

Hawaii. Japan, Korea China, and Philippine
Islands via San Francisco, close here daily at 6.l5
p. N. up to January 25 for dispatch by steamer
Mongolia.
Australia Except mails for West Australia New
Zealand Samoan Islands. FIJI Islands and New
Caledonia, via Vancouver and Victoria, British Co
lumbia, close here daily at 6 Is p. n up 10 Janu
sry g. for dispatch by steamer MioweTa.
Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, via San Francisco
close here daily at els p. N up to January 2. for
dispatch by steamer Mariposa.
Hawaii, Guam. and Philippine Islands, via San
Francisco. close here daily at Sis D. n. up 10
January ST. for dispatch by United States TRANSPORT
Hawaii, via San Francisco close here daily at
6I5 D N. up to February 8 for dispatch By steamer
Alameda.
Hawaii, Japan, Korea, China, and Philippine Isl
ands via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:l5 n
n. up 10 February 6. for dispatch by steamer Hong
kong AIaru.
Australia Except mails for West Australia. New
Zealand, Samoan Islands, and New Caledonia. via
San Francisco. close here daily at Sis D. m. M To
February g. for dispatch By Australian Mail Line
Japan, Korea China. and Philippine Islands via
Vancouver and Victoria. British Columbia close
here daily at 6l5 p. up to FebruaTy z for dis
Patch hT steamer EmrTsss S Indis>
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
FOR SALE-H HOUSES.

NORTHEAST
Not far out Handsome 6room brick with cellar.
furnace. aud an desired convenience Double porch,
large kitchen; house in excellent condition This Is
rcy cheap at SlE0
CORNER STORE AND DWELLING.
In good condition One of the best stands in the
northwest section. North of Pennsylvania ave, and
near Washington Circle Fine as an Investment OF
as q business proposition. 500.
DOWNTOWN HOTEL PROPERTY.
good inv stmpnt tor Ss0a0
NEAR FARRAGUT SQUARE
Fine residence propcrt,. Hotwater heat; double
0ar.lrs; two baths. $500.
EBUWNSTONE HOUSE
The biggest value in the northwest, for A,503
Handsome three story house. Can be sold on easy
terms
NORTHEAST HOME.
SiX-room house convenient TO car line. $500
PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Sc.
NcW Groom h0use; white stone trimmings CELLAR;
furnace and an modern improvements. This IS very
cheap az S30JO.
THBEE-STORY APARTMENT.
Should bring 81 30 annually Price 50 COO. In per
feet condition All modern Improvements. steam
beat - feet front by 80 feet in depth. Well
known through street,
SMALL INVESTMENT
Rent $50 Price 8 050 Lot l9Il00
ANOTHER INVESTMENT
6To0m house. Rent 5ll. Price. S.l0 Downtown.
INVESTMENT AND SPECULATION
u-Toom. 3-st0rF brick. Rent. $3.50. Price, $500
This viii have o business value WITHIN a few years
MOORE 4 HILL UncD,
1888 4 81. NV.
Headquarters for Everything in Real Estate.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

y. B.-tOAoalug scu-dgls uglrts published olly
as information ana ut not guaranteed
For Atlanta, Birmingham, 5i50i.s. Nev Orleans.
Asleu-le, Chattanooga Memphis $50 o. d. aud
II 10 p. H. daily
tor Roanoke, Knoxville, Chsytanooga. Memphis.
New Orleans. l0.5 b. IL. daay.
For savannah, Jacksonville, and Florida points.
z 10 p Il. daily.
FOR Columbia. Charleston. Augusta. Aiken. 10
p. m. and s.JJ p. H. daily
Tourist cars ior Caluom.a, tri-Heekly $40 p. II
Local Tor HaulsolOuTs. $50 a. Il. daily. is . H.
week days. tor DaIvI4-. $50 a. u. uaIy. ana for
Charlottesville. 500 a. n. and % T. II daily
Frequent trains so and tnm Bluemout
L. ). BROWN Eeneral Arart
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTING 'QUARTERAfAs-

OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTING 'QUARTERAIAS-
ter. Walter Reed Army General Hospital Takoma
Substation. Washington, .. c., January g. 1905
Sealed proposals. Ia uipicate. subject TO usual con-
ditions. will be received here until u O'Clock noon
STANDARD time FEBRUARY q. 1908 for the con
strUction Of sever system on the Walter Reed
Army General Hospital Reservation. Washington.
ID. c., including sewage tank. pump pit, pumps
and motors Plans, Specifications. blank proposals.
and further information furnished on application.
L. s. reserves right TO TteCt OF accept any or all
bids Or any part thereof. Proposals % be marked
Proposals for Sewer system" and addressed to
Capt. h L. PETTUS @ NJ ja2T.8, 9,feg. Q
The Washington herald., 1908-01-25
INDIAN TO PAY ALIMONY.
f. L. La FIesche. IN Omnha Indian.
Assessed $40 Weekly.

Justice Gould yesterday directed
Francis E. La Flesche, tie educated
Omaha Indian. and an author AID official
Of the Indian Bureau. 10 pay to his wife.
Roca B. Le Flesche. so per week alimoDy
pending the final determination OF suit
for maintenance which she has instituted.
Mrs. La FlesChe herself a member Of
the Chippewa tribe of Indians, alleges
that her husband has failed TO provide
for her. Notwithstanding that he is in re-
Ceipt Of a large salary at the Indian
Bureau. the owner of land in the West,
and has other resources.