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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-16
Kills Self in Bath Tub.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 16.-Prof
Charles Baelens, aged 80, killed
himself by shooting while seated in
a bath tub at his boarding house
Baelens for many years was a solo
celhst in Theodore Thomas orches-
ira and at one time was head of the
Cincinnati Conservatory Of Music.
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Gone to the County Farm.

George Stone, one of the men ar
rested Tuesday night on an alleged
charge of disturbing the peace at a
house In Freedman Saturday night,
was taken to the county farm Thurs
day to work out the remainder of an
old fine. Stone was out under a con-
vict bond and after his arrest Tues
day he was given up by his bonds
men.
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Good Samaritan Meeting.

Waxahachie Chapter No. 70 will
have a Good Samaritan meeting
Friday evening, January II. Com
panions with their wives and daugh-
tiers are requested to be present and
participate in the ceremonies. Re-
freshments will be served. W. L. P.
Leigh, Secretary. d245w51
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Fight Smelter Rates.

Butte, Mont, Jan. 16,-Mine
owners of Butte, Helena and other
Montana cities met today for the
purpose of organizing to fight the
new smelter rates of the "smelter
trust" by which rates at East Hell
ena and Great Falls have. been ad-
vanced more than SO per cent, thus
practically forcing small mines and
companies to quit operation. Mine
owners allege that the rates are pro-
hibitory and exorbitant.
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HapnY 1ears.

A good cry Is solace to many wo-
men. 1t steadies the nerves and. add
ed to cup of tea and an interesting
story. forms their idea of supreme hap
piness. Arising from the perusal or
their books with red eyes. swelled fea-
lures and sopping pocket handker-
chief, they feel their time has not been
wasted.-Lady Violet Greville In Lon
don Chronicle
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A Differences.

Young Aspirant-Sir. may | count on
your supporting me? Practical Citizen
That depends. young man. Are you
going to run for once or do you want
to marry my daughter -Philadelphia
Ledger.
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A Little Ambiguous,

She-So sorry to hear of your motor
accident! Enthusiastic Motorist-Oh.
thanks! It's nothing. Expect to live
through many more. She-Oh, but
trust not.-London Opinion.
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A ne.son IL always startled when he
hears himself seriously called old for
the first time.--O. w. Holmes.
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Union Central Life insurance ca

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The family medicine in thousands ~
bones for 50 yearS-Dr. Thschefl Live
and Blood S---n
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He conquers twice who restrains
himself in victory .-Syrus.
, 1908-11-21
SEAS BATTER HELPLESS LINER.
Furnessia, Temporarily Disabled, in Danger
for Thirteen Hours.

Many marks of the batteriug tho seas
gave har for thirteen hours in a hurricane
that blew ninety miles an hour were plain
when the steamship Furnessia arrived here
from Glasgow yesterday. The steamer left
Glasgow on October the II and stopped at
Movijle. At Ia. IN. on last "Wednesday she
ran into o gale of hurricane force.
The Furnessia was going we'll through
the seas when a plate of the crosshead ia
the engine room slipped out CT place. Such
an accident can he remedied easily i'll calm
weather, but with a storm raging the task
is far different. The Furnessia's machinists
could work at the engine with only one
hand apiece, for it was necessary to hold on
tight with the other hand 50 as not to be
thrown giolently against the machinery.
Under such conditions it took thirteen hours
to get the plate back III place.
In these thirteen hours the efforts Of
Captain Lumsdane and the crew were pow
erless to keep the liner out OF the trough of
the sea. There were 308 passengers aboard;t
when the engines stopped most of them were
awake. They passed an uneasy night as the
waves again aud again keeled the steamer
over, dipping her gunwales far down on the
lee side. At Z a. IN. a lifeboat was lifted
off the chocks and swept away on the hills
of water.
II have travelled on may seas" said
Charles NJ. Steele of Perth, Australia, who
was "a cabin passenger, "but never have L
seen a vessel so hard hit by the waves as
we we're during those thirteen hours"
When the repairs were being made the
signal, "Not under control" was hoisted,
No vessel came in sight in the thirteen
hours.--N. 7. PreSs, Oc. &6th.
, 1908-11-21

miles on foot, the first time he has been in
St. Petersburg streets since 1904.
New York, Nov. 20th-The port of Mara
caibo ia reported to be closed, and revolu-
lutionists from the Eastern portions ot Vens-
zuela are fleeing westerly.
A telegram from Port au Prince says Pre-
sident Alexis has read publicly a letter. from
the Haytian Minister at Washington. stating
that Mr.. Taft is friendly, but he will not
tolerate Civil War in the neighbouring Re-
publics, and it would be prudent for. the
Haytian elections to be conducted without
violence. A sensation has been caused by
this hint of intervention.
New York, November 2Oth
Flo lr. Blended Clears per barrel s. se--
Meal, Kindred, per bnrrel S.75-
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork. $154--161
,o Crystals per d.. . 1915
Sugar Mnscovndo 8yotest 8 Tia
Molasses Eng. Islds. per gal. no qnoTauoB
Liverpool Cottoa middling Upland. s 1870
Exchange, New York&Londou,o 80 days sight
4.8z
Exchange Network and Lon1on, sight 4.SeA
london. November Goth
Dem. Crystals los OIL los 81.
Muscovudo, hoating terms, in
0"6" bond, los. Od-1Os. 81 .
t German beet 80 {. o. b los. 81
JAVA Sugar $500 Gibraltar OF Chu.Do. to1
orders, uoatin3 erns. 11@.19d.
Demerarn Rum, nominal, 1851 Is. w.
Cocoa, Trinidad. good middjins Red,
pr cwt 623,
Cotton'medjuN Fine s, I.aA Liverpool, no niuAl
Is. Cd.
Bank of England Ratio OF discount q.
ConsolB "a J
Thr3e pey ccot. Rente4 in Paris 90 Is
, 1908-11-21

The British schooner Ethel, 80 tons, Capt.
Ouner, from Liverpool, N. s., bound to Sto.
Domingo with lumber, arrived here yester-
day bringing spars and rigging for the
schooner Leah I'll. Widden.-naW Notice.
10Th W0U.
, 1908-11-21
.(Fr0m Mail Notes, 18TH NoU.)

The Copenhagen papers mention the death
of Mrs. Helene Margrethe Schousboe, wife
of Mr.. Otto Schousboe, late Of st. Cvoix.
She died on the 18th October and her funeral
took place on the 9Th.
, 1908-11-21

The Italian barque Colombia Lofaro, Cap
tain A, Scala, from Trin;dad bound to Ion.
don, laden with asphalt aud cocoanu!s, arriy-
ed here yesterday in distress. She left Trim
dad on September 30th.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
NO ExcorRAGEuENT FoR GRAFTERs.

NO ENCOURAGEMENT FOR GRAFIHhS-
Mr.. Simmons generously attributes his reslS-
nation from the Board of Water Supply 10
causes of a general nature antedatlng ana en-
tirely dissociated from the recent assault
unon him and his colleagues by superseryice-
able empioyes of the city government. we
must accent as true his explanation that he has
long wished to retire because of the burden OF
other cares and duties. But there is humllla-
ton in the reflection that So faithful pupilc
servant was in the last few months Of his SER
vice subjected to aspersiOns sufficient to impel
the average man to resign his place in sheer dis
pust The Mayor assures him that there mas
been no reflection upon his integrity or motives
Rut If is notorious that the chief ann or the
noliticaI ring which hoped to profit by the
activities of the Commissioners OF Accounts
was 10 discredit him and to drive him OUT OF
office in order that the place might be declined
nv other men of like character and given to
somebody with whom the ring could 10 puSl-
ness
Tho consoling feature OF the case is, of
course the Mayors prompt, straightforward
and manly letter TO the president of the Cham-
her of Commerce asking for nominations of
citizens from among whom he may appoint
Nr Simmons's successor This means that In
accordance with the Mayors promise OF three
wears ago. vacancies in the Board or water
Supply are to be filled in the same manner III
which the board was originally constituted. II
was eypected that the Mayor would folloW tnaI
course. and it is gratifying and encouraging 10
have that expectation fulfilled. 1t is to be as
S1lIned that the Chamber of Commerce VIII re-
spond to the Mayors request IN the right spirit
and will make three judicous nominations or
men any one OF whom would wortblly perform
the duties of the commissionership. 1t may not
be so easy TO persuade man of that stamp 10
take the place now as it was three years ago,
but we trust that some fit man VIII be found
willing 10 assume the risk-which indeed, may
not be great after the collapse Of the conspiracy
against Mr.. Simmons and his associates
1t will not do however, to neglect any point
in the campaign 1t is a fight between the old
systems of favOritism and graft in great pub
lie works and the new and enlightened system OF
appointment for fitness and merit and OF admin
istration with an eye single to the public vel
fare In Mr.. Simmons's resignation there is a
certain peril of opportunity 10 the ring 10 re-
gain some lost ground But the Mayors letter
empowers the Chamber Of Commerce and some
worthy citizen of its selection to close that
opportunity and to confirm the discontinue OF
the grafterS
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
A NEW CATSE
the CRATER

We now have the cause of the panic from
woman's point Of view, and Of course 1t Is
woman herself. She could hardly sit quiet and
hear this great kick-up in the economic world
ascribed to mere man-whether rich malefactor,
speculative banker or over-Optimstic manu-
facturer-least of all to such foolish things as
the absorption of circulating into fixed capital
We must have personal explanation Of what
has happened and one that does Justice to
woman's rights. The hand that rules the cradle
rocks the business world.
"Womans chief economic function" Miss
Ida Tarbeli told the Consumers League, sis
spending money, but the American woman has
mot learned TO exercise this important function
satisfactorily. Her usual plan is TO take all
1.-THE money she can get and spend as she hap
s'pens to- / think If we should analyze the
cause of most financial panics here we should
find that they were caused by the failure of
American women to spend their money wisely
"and we'll" The attractive syllogism underlying
this demonstration contains what masculine
de-" and so we eIonerate the sex from more
than its share Of the blame In causing the
panic Probably Miss TarbelI Is right in saying
that it did what it could toward bringing on
trouble by spending It's money not wisely but
too well. But until woman has more rights
than at present the possibility of her usurping
the place of the rich malefactor and over-ex-
tended Speculation in the public eye in times
such as these is necessarily limited.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30

haired nv the fact that the Treasury had an
actual surplus hand from issuing one-sear
certificates for the double purpose or ehiarsihs
hank circulation and of increasing the Treas
urv,s facilities for coping with the monetary
crisis.
Intelligent observers must agree tha' tne
Traasurv,s poIicv throughout was bold, sound
and effective The run on the banks was Daseu
on nervous panic and unreasoning impulse. Inc
disturbance was chiefly psychological TO ailay
IL Son,a drastic counter-demonstration was neces-
sarv and when the administration announced
that rho government would put all its availape
funds at the disposal of the banks ana was
ready TO issue S50.00o.0O0 of Panama Cahai
bonds and slo0oO0O00 of Treasury certihcates
of Indebtedness the shaken nerves OF deposllors
,,era ou;eted The mistake Of the second Cieve-
land administration was not repeated. Tor Tue
haIting and scattered measures taken ps tna'
administration for checking the drain on 'ne
cold reserve had shown how inadvisable 1t is
70 deal ginserly and half-heartedly with the
spirit of panic The very magnitude OF the issues
nronosad hv the Roosevelt administration so I'M
nressed the fearful that the necessity fo lncreas
ing the public debt became at once much less
urgent and of the S1O0OO0,O0O of Treasury GER
tificates at first authorized only Slo4o6ooo were
actually issued. Fromptitude and declslon Oh
the part of the Treasury turned the TIDE, ana Ihe
not cost of that invaluable achievement was only
I'll, interest at 3 per cent for one year on sl9'-
4365oO.
Mr. Cortelyou does not hesitate TO say thaI
the obligations put on the Treasury py our
present ineIastic and unsatisfactory currency
laws are hurdensome and possibly highly dan
gerous He would be glad-as every right think
iny citizen would be glad-to see the Treasury
taken out of the banking business and the duty
of expanding or contracting the money supply
devolved more completely on the banking instl-
tutions of the country. But so long as Congress
continues to thrust improper responsibility Oh
the head of the Treasury that responsibility
must be acknowledged and lived up to. Ihat
Mr.. Cortelyou lived up to it fully and honorably
iu the October November crisis no candid critic
will venture TO deny.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
FRANKLIN BUTLER LORD.
Tribute to a Lawyer, Scholar, Gentleman
and Good Citizen.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: BY the death of Franklin Butler Lord there
recently passed earth OF the gentes spirits
and nobest characters in this community In We"
of his many activities, all modestly conducted d
brief tribute from old friend may not seem OUT
of place in your columns. Both as lawyer ana d
man Frank Lord. as he was faTniiariy known 10 i
large circle of friends. held a position OF dis-
tincty high character. OF old and distinguished
lineage he we'll maintained the prestige OF very
honorable name. being OF the third generation OF
family that successfully contributed "a leader 10
our New York Bar
tIis grandfather Daniel Lord was considered by
MANY of his contemporaries the best CONNER
cial lawyer OF his day. His father, Danlei De
Forrest Lord although perhaps without some or
the incentives to effort that present in the
case of the founder of the famous law firm OF
Lord Day & Lord. nevertheless maintained the
standard of professional obligation and cOnscien-
tious discharge of duty that gave the grandfather
an international reputation Frank Lord had ooth
the character and capacity that enabled hm to hve
up to the prestige of his name. Possessed OF an
annie fortune he continued the work of profes-
sion he loved not much for its generous rewards
as for the opportunity of useful service that II
affcaded and the exercise of attachments of hish
order that he possessed. Scholarly in his tastes
the cultivation of his mind by association with the
classics of ancient and modern literature was
habit carried forward from his academic days
which furnished ever present joy Were to
state the distinguishing characteristic of his life,
should say that IT his fine sense OF obligation
This was apparent in all his activities, and they
were rnany-whether il was as president of the
Board of Education of the seaside town in Long
Island where he spent many useful and happy
years as q member Of the board OF trustees OF
Barnard College, in this city, member of
the executive committee of the Association of the
Bar he was constantly concerned in seeking how
he could make the best contribution of himself and
his means TO the he was Immediately serving.
How we'll he responded to each demand on bis
1fr1rr in
this and other communities well know A keen
lover Of nature in all her moods fine sportsman,
a manly man, lawyer of the highest type a low
ing loyal friend a Christian gentleman Of the
finest, incest instincts-was Franklin Butler Lord.
Many Of US knew not how much loved him until
We reckoned with our sorrow and affection after
he had passed away G. h. H
New York. Jan. %. 1906
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
TINE SVFEL RETI RMS.

The United States Steel Corporations quar-
terlv report impressively reflects the extent 10
which the business of this country was az
fpcted bv the financial panic. There have been
q number of other indications pointing in the
same general direction, such as the decline IN
the gross earnings Of railroads, the number OF
freight cars standing Idle. the falling OH or
bank clearings and the reduction In SOFT coal
mining. but nothing else has given SO complete
a picture as the steel corporations report or tue
swiftness and progress of business contraction
In October the net earnings of the company were
s17 O52 OIL the largest for any month in Its
history In November they fell to $40, ,46I ,203
and in December to $5034.531, the smallest fig
ure reported by the company since the hurry IN
1903 The untitled orders, amounting to only
1924 .553 tons compared TO S,4S971S on Decem-
her 81 2 wear ago. reveal the general uncertainty
of business regarding the future.
Unfortunately the report was closed at d time
when credit was thoroughly paralyzed. On De
cember 81 the banks had not yet resumed cash
payments and the steel industry had not felt
the stimulating effect of that step. Very likely
the figures for the next quarter Will show an
imnroypment in January over the earnings or
December Even though the earnings and the
tonnage Of untitled orders are low they do not
necessarily indicate a serious outlook Tor busl-
ness In the financial disturbance OF 1913 ana
1904 the earnings of several months were lower
than those of last December, and for five quar-
ters In succession at that period the untitled
orders dropped below the tonnage just reported.
Yet general business prosperity was quickly re-
stored Whether the present disturbance will
pass off without further marked effects from
the severe strain on credit will depend on the
extent to which liquidation involves mercantile
bouses. Various elements Of fundamental
strength in the present situation lead to strong
hope that the recovery which has now begun
will be q continuous process.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
hR. CORTELYOCS REPORT.

Secretary Cortelyous report 10 the Senate on
the operations OF the Treasury during the Octo-
ber-Noyember panic is an admirably clear and
STRAIGHTFORWARD narrative. It tells the whole
story of the governments highly creditable and
effective Intervention 10 allay apprehension and
restore confidence snd meets fairly and fully
all criticism OF the Treasury's policy in the try
ing panic period 1t was easy at the time when
the one-year certificates Of Indebtedness were
being issued to raise the objection that the
proceeds were not to be used technically to re-
pair Deficiencies In the Treasury's income. Yer,
as Mr.. Cortelyou justly observes. the Secretary
Of the Treasury Is charged under our present
laws with very large responsibilities. He is re-
quired TO do much more than to collect and pay
out the public revenues for the Treasury Is SO
direct and powerful factor In our general mon
etary and financial system that 1t cannot escape
the obligation TO do its utmost TO guarantee the
soundness and security Of the general monetary
situation
In the larger sense it was as much the Sec
retary's duty to use available funds to check
depletion OF bank reserves and to relieve the
currency stringency as Ii was TO use the gov
ernments credit TO wipe out current deficits In
the revenues Having determined in the execu-
tion OF his broader obligation to put the actual
surplus at the disposal c: the banks and the
public, 1t was only a wise precaution to create
a further reserve fund, which when created
would also serve as basis for new national
bank note circulation. The Secretary undoubt-
ediy possesses under the law the right 10 decide
when the resources Of the Treasury are insult
fcient to meet the demands made or likely TO
be made on 1t, and In view of the present inter
relation Of Treasury operations and general
business II shows an excessive regard for tech
.,ealities to maintain that the Secretary was de-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
HOLIDAY IN HONOR OF COLUMBUS

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Permit to send you printed copy or
the bill introduced IN the Assembly. designating
October 12 of each year a public holiday. TO be
known as Columbus Day. This league asks. IL
you WILL that you give this the support of
your influential paper. The object of the league
Is to foster the BILL and to that end Columbus Day
leagues being organized throughout the
State of New York.
Your attention is respectfully invited to the fact
that similar bill has been enacted into law I'm the
State of Colorado. and that there Is now pending
before the House of Representatives a bill intro
duced by Congressman Goulden designating Octo-
Der Il as Discovery Day." Some years ago Gov
ernor Odell vetoed Columbus Day bill passed by
our Legislature. but that bill did not contain
proviso az contained In lines g. and of the In
closed bill JOHN j. FRESHI,
Secretary, Columbus Day League.
New York. Jan. q. 1905.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
| F.

The snow would always be cleaned from New
York's streets if Last year. it will be re
menbered, an irate citizen wrote the Street
Cleaning Commissioner in moment Of wrath
and received reply saying that his bock
would be positively the last to receive atten-
ton. Everybody knew then that everybody
must have written similarly to the Commits
sioner and that eyerybody's block was going TO
be the last The streets would haye been
cleaned if everybody had kept his temper, but
the Commissioner was giving the city an i'm
portant lesson In manners.
Now the snow could be carted away If 1t
were not for the Murphy-McClellan unpleas-
antness. How does that affect it, Does cold
ness between the two so solidify the snow that
removal is difficult? No, the difficulty seems to
be psychological rather than physical. You see,
a Mcclellan man got the contract, and that
too. at figure much below the other bidders,
who We're all Murphy men. This, of course,
created pretty how-de-do. The impertinence
of a Mcclellan mans Offering himself for dis
trict leader at the primaries, only TO be beaten,
could be overlooked, but his positive insolence
in going ahead and winning contract over
the organization was something that had TO oe
rebuked New York has been wading around III
the rebuke ankle deep. Don't see the connec-
tion? Well. 1t does sound little like the Black
Hand, but it isn't. It's politics.
This is not the only If. II the street cleanlnS
foremen liked the new system as well as the
old there might still be some hope that the
streets would be cleaned, but they don't They,
it appears, were not consulted about the ar
rangement by which the city began paying con
tractors for snow actually removed instead OF
having them TO watch the sun melt it. The old
plan had many merits in their eyes Think
saws Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Ed
wards "of the diamond rings and things that
passed around under the old system" Clearly
the city must not change its street cleaning pol
lev in the future without taking referendum
of the Whirc Wings.