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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-27
To Whit

Pat. Sr.-Phat do y sh'tudying IN
school now, Patsy
Patsy-French, English composition,
algebra and geometry
Pat, Sr. Shaking head hopelessly--
Divil a helpll wan av thin be to ye
whin We grow UP + be carryin' tn nod,
bohemian.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-27
The Morality of Fear.

II is n sad fact that even more people
would gamble in the stock market II
they weren't afraid that they would
lose.--Somerville Journal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-27
An Old Friend

..Maude was afraid the girls wouldn't
notice her engagement ring"
"Did they?''
''Did they, Six of them recognized 1t
at once."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-27

TO the presidency. He has made It
what It Is, prosperous nation with
a great future.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
THE ANTI SENATOR'S.

According to the Ell Paso Times
vote against submission in conformi-
ty to the instructions of their dis
tricts and in dsobedience to the
platform demand of the democratic
state convention. The Times enum
crates them as follows:
Twelfth district-A. j. Harper.
Sixteenth Observation-Disclosures H.
Hume.
Seventeenth district-Thomas W.
Masterson.
Eighteenth district-D. A. Paul
Nineteenth district-Q. U. Wat
son.
Twentieth district-John l.. Pee
Ter
Twenty-first district. c. Vein
1wenty-second district-W. O..
Twenty-third district-John G..
Willacy.
Twenty-fourth district-John F.
Onion.
Twenty-fifth district-Claude B.
Hudspeth.
Since this list was published, an
other has been added, Meachum of
the 18th district
If the Times is correctly inform
ed-and it makes the statement with
positive assurance-there is little
likelihood that prohibition will be
submitted to the people by the 31st
legislature, says the San Antonio
Light
1t may be that the prohibitonists
will press the question so hard that
a weak place may be found in the
phalanx of the doughty twelve, elev-
en- of whose votes are needed to de-
feat submission but if eleven stand
by their guns they control the stu
alton
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24

races is less close and race antipa-
thies are less acute than they are in
other parts of the south, on five oc-
casions within sixteen years-once
in Lamar county, once in Smith,
once in Navarro, once in Cooke and
once and most recently in Hunt
in a storm and transport of passion
provoked by deeds of barbarism, bru
tality and blood in the first three in
stances without parallel in the an
nails of crime, the people executed
horrible vengeance upon the defilers
of womanhood and childhood.
In none of these instances, how
ever, did the people, despite the
stress of most atrocious provocation,
allow themselves to be carried to
the extreme Of murder or assault
upon innocent negroes, but content
ed themselves with inflicting deserv-
ed penalty upon the actual offender.
Houston Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24

warlike purposes, we declare that
the energies and resources of our
people should be utilized for the
purposes of peace and commerce by
developing the rivers and harbors
of our country and to that end we
favor annual appropriations for
these purposes.
13. We specially indorse the
Trinity river Improvement and ask
for continued and sufficient appro-
priations for it's completion. With
this done we confidently believe that
the perplexing problem of railroad
rate regulation will be solved in this
section of Texas by water competi-
ton which will 81 e to the people of
Texas such cheap transportation
rates as will make her agricultural
commercial and manufacturing de-
velopment the marvel of the age.
The people of the fifth district
on the 18th day of July, in their
sovereign vote Endorsed the record
and the man, of the Hon. Jack
Beall, the nominee of this convention
and we, your committee, reaffirm
that endorsement in convention as
sembled
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
CROPS AND BUSINESS.

1t looks good, according to the
annual summary of financial, COM
mercial and industrial conditions
just issued by the Commercial Ma
tional Bank of Chicago.
For convenient reference is set
forth the conclusions drawn from
thousands of banking and CONNER
cial correspondents, as to the pres
ent state of business in the United
States.
When the monetary crisis fell upon
the country in the fall of 1907 the
first impulse among business men
was to avoid new commitments, and
await developments. The immediate
result was wholesale cancellation of
orders for future delivery. This pol
icy, extended throughout the job
bling and retail trade everywhere.
forced by great majority of the
strong concerns, with definite
view of preventing disastrous
glut of merchandise. 1t was recog
nized that time must be allowed for
the slow working off of stocks on
hand. The relation between supply
normal position.
For the first six months of 1908
business was of very moderate vol
ume and confined largely to carryov-
er stocks. The supply had been kept
fairly stationary, the demand had
been slowly increasing. Thus the
business community was enabled
with comparatively little distress to
transform goods into money and to
avoid the disastrous sacrifices often
met in times of panic.
Stocks are now depleted in all
lines and in all hands from the
manufacturer to the country store.
Wear and tear has been going on as
usual; replenishments have been
barely enough to meet absolute, i'm
mediate necessities. Even in the
farming regions, where everybody is
prospecting, retailers have stocked
up only sparingly, buying from hand
to mouth. They are about sold out.
With the harvesting and move
ment of the crops and the flow of
money into the pockets of the far
mers there must inevitably come
general replenishment of stocks of
merchandise. The profits of the year
are, or soon will be, in hand, and
there will be strong demand for
articles of necessity and for luXur-
les unthought of except after the
harvest home, is predicted The pro-
cess of restocking stores throughout
the farming area is being generally
counted on to make the fall months
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
CONVICT HIDES IN STEAM PIPE
Had Stored Food and Water in Re-
treat, but Couldn't Stand
Cooking

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 24.-Live
which heat the workhouse rooms in
the penitentiary caused Ed Carson,
negro prisoner, to crawl out of
his hiding place and he was locked
in his cell again after a well-plan-
ned attempt to escape.
Carson is serving an Swear SEN
tence, having been sent here from
Covington. He has been in the pris-
on only a few months When the
time came to lock the prisoners in
their cells, Carson was missing. A
search was instituted, but no trace
of him could be found.
COL E. E. Mudd, warden of the
prison, suspected that Carson was
hiding in the heating pipes in the
workshop where he is employed, as
this was the only part of the prison
where the negro had been and with
which he was familiar.
HC otSdIl WdS luI Iltu Ou- anu ny
the time the pipes began to get good
and hot the negro crawled out and
gave himself up.
Being in the yard with the other
prisoners, Carson climbed up the
side of the workshop and crawled
into one of the big heating pipes on
the third floor. In the pipe he had
secreted food and water enough to
last him for several days, and had
| stuffed blankets into the elbow of
the pipe behind him, to keep out the
| steam.
1t was his intention to stay there
until efforts to find him had been
abandoned, and then make his es-
cape over the walls.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24

active and profitable. The important
question is whether the activity thus
set up will be maintained after the
crop movement ceases. A large ma
jority of the banks correspondents
believe that it will, and that the year
1909 will be prosperous and active,
though not on a boom scale. Pres
ent indications, as reported by the
selling organization in the field, are
that 1000 samples are finding a good
sale The signs decidedly favor the
opinion that next years trade will
be of satisfactory volume in all mer
camille lines.
Railroad gross earnings for the
first half of the year, it is claimed,
showed a decrease of 16 per cent;
and net earnings Is IL per cent de-
crease from the previous year. The
crop movement will help the car
riers to make better showing dur
ing the second half of the year. More
StHtIouS CiOpS WOufu nave bCth
ter for the railways in point of ton
mage, but the maintenance Of the
farmers purchasing power by high
prices assures the carriers an in
creasing tonnage of merchandise
freight at high rates.
The first half of 1908, in short,
demonstrated that the country is in
a very different condition from that
following any previous financial
panic. During it's years of prosperity
it has been accommodating actual
wealth. The enormous investments
of the last ten years have been more
promptly productive than those of
any previous period of expansion
Indeed, it is not too much to say
that there has never been like pc
Rod in the history Of this or any
other country in which its energies
and capital have been so effectively
and completely employed
as during the last ten years in the
United States.
The annual demand for money to
move the crops and handle the fall
trade, presents no problem this year.
Since the first of the year deposits
in the national banks of New York
and Chicago have advanced steadily
to unprecedented figures, and difficult
ty has been experienced in employ
ing the funds profitably. The COM
mercial banks are expecting that in
terest rates will stiffen as a better
demand for money appears in the
fall months, but the supply of idle
funds is said to be so large that it
would seem that nothing short of a
general revival can provide use for
them. Not the slightest apprehension
is anywhere felt as to ability of local
banks to take care of all needs like
ly to develop this year.-Dallas
Times Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
PLUMBING

should be looked after at this sea-
son OF the year. 1t is important for
the health of your family that your
drainage and Plumbing should be
examined by an expert. We are glad
to figure on
NEW CONTRACTS.
and on either large or small jobs
our prices are always fair and az
tractive.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
THE SPRINGFIELD RIOT.

1t sounds like the irony of fate
that around the home and the grave
of the man whose name will be for
ever linked with the idea of negro
freedom and equality before the
law, in Lincoln's home town, there
should have ragged for days and
nights an orgy of rioting and blood
shed, having its origin and inspira-
ton in the purpose of white men to
wreak vengeance on members of the
very race of which the martyr pres
ident" is the patron saint.
Springfield saw scenes and was
the theatre of deeds such as the
south has never witnessed. Here in
Texas, where contact between the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
SHERMAN PRISONER ESCAPES
Custodian Needed Pitiful Plea for
Removal of Handouts.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug 24.-C. H.
Doyle, known to police departments
all over the country as "The Art
full Dodger," lived up to his reputa-
ton here Saturday night, when he
slipped from the clutches of the law
in a bold dash for liberty, after C.
J. Annis, Chattanooga hotel man.
who was carrying him back to Chat
tanooga, had listened to his pitiful
pleadings to be released for a mo-
ment from the grasp of handouts
which had circled his wrists since
the pair left Sherman, Texas, Fri
day Doyle dashed from an -incom-
ing Cotton Belt train and was lost
before Annis could spread the
alarm He was charged with forgery
in amounts of $4,000 Annis trail
ed him to Sherman after a long
search. He was deputized and was
armed with requisition papers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
SNAKE SHOWER SCARE WOMEN
Eggs Were Bad Enough, but When
Each Contained Tiny Reptile
They Screamed

Lewistown, Pa, Aug. 24.-Eggs
falling in their path and a black
snake coming from each of them
was sight that nearly gave nervous
prostration to Mrs Joseph Settles
and Mrs. John Fullmer today The
women were walking beside a hedge
fence when, without warning, the
eggs began to drop and not until Is
little reptiles had squirmed from
the broken shells and scampered off
to the brush did the women's fears
subside.
In response to the screams of the
women the head of a farmer appear
ed above the hedge. He had plowed
up nest Of eggs and thrown them
over the hedge.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
Old Depot Moved.

The Katy's old passenger depot
now stands on piling on the south
side of the track The work of NOV
ing the structure was completed
Saturday afternoon. 1t required
more than weeks time to raise
the building above the surface of
the ground so rollers could be placed
under the foundation timbers. On
account of the high embankment
piling had to be set up on the oppo-
site side of the track before the
building could be rolled across. The
actual moving of the building re-
CURED only about thirty minutes,
and this was done without breaking
the telegraphic connections. Tele-
phone and electric light wires, how
ever, had to be cut.
The work on the foundation for
the new building will probably be
commenced this week
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24

During a rain and Thunderstorm
Thursday evening the barn of Tom
mis-, was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed by fire, together with a large
quantity of feed. No insurance. Ko-
va was unloading corn at the barn
at the time, and was severely stun
ned by the shock and badly burned
while trying to save his property.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24

There is more Catarrn In this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it local dis
ease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. HalFs Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the or ly constitution
al cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dol
lars for any case it fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co., Tole-
do, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipntion
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
COUNTS DAUGHTER.
WEEDS A PEASANT
DEATH OF HER FATHER ENDS a
YEARS FIGHT TO CARRY
OUT HER PLANS.

VIENNA. Sept. 25.-Unusually ro-
mantle was the marriage at Budapest
or Countess Henrietta Pongracz, who
mas hnally succeeded In wedding her
peasant finance. after q years conflict
with her aristocratic relatives. The
headstrong young lady, who is only
seventeen. fell madly In love with
Johann Ondrasik. a peasant stable lad
who worked among her fathers horses.
This was year ago. Naturally her
father, Count Edward Pongracz, was
furious and attempted to put his
daughter into convent. This punish
ment she evaded, and sought refuge
with her fiance at his parents cottage
at the gates OF her fathers castle.
The count then appealed to the
courts. which ordered that the girl
should bep laced In school at Buda-
pest. Before this could be carried
out, the count died.
Countess Henrietta then pleaded
with her mother. who with much re.
luctance, finally consented to the mar
rage.
According the Unmatched couple
have been married at a registrars OF.
Ace In Budapest.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
KING MANUEL AFTER
ENGLISH WIFE?
HE VOWED HE'D WE'D NOBODY
BUT THE GIRL he LOVES
MAY CHANGE MIND.

LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 25.-The
newspapers assert today that King
Manuel is arranging to contract mar
riage with an English princess.
This is not the first time such q
story has been current. But the last
rumor, set afioat four months ago, was
promptly squelched by the young king
himself, who vowed that he would
either marry the girl he loves or no.
body. His sweetheart Is the daughter
of ladyin-waiting upon the queen
mother or course court circles
strongly disapprove OF match unless
there is strictly royal blood In the
prospective queens veins.
The succession to the throne was
one of the firts things Queen Amelie
undertook to look after when her
younger son became king last Febru-
airy through the assassination Of his
father and elder brother. That she is
a masterful woman she has proved In
many ways, and ii Is not impossible
that she has found a way to bring the
king around to her way of thinking
about suitable consort.
The manageable English princesses
are King Edwards daughter Princess
Victoria, 40 years old; her grand
Princesses Alexandra Of
Fife, II, and Maud, 10; his nieces.
Princess Patricia Of Connaught. %:
Louise, of Schleswig- Holstein, 36,
whose marriage with Prince Albert OF
was dissolved by joint request:
and her sister. Victoria, 38. King
Manuel Will be 10 In November.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
ALL | ASK OF THE
PRESIDENT IS A
SQUARE DEAL
WIN. J, BRYAN.
SAYS 1T ISN'T FAIR FOR aoese.
WELT TO PICK SUCCESSOR, OR
USE HIS OFFICE AS PARTY
ASSET.

CINCINNATI, Sept 25.-"All ask
Of the president is that he put into
practice for a month and half what
he has talked about for seven years.
and that Is a square deal"
Twice VIM. j. Bryan. Democratic
candidate for president. gave express
sion 10 this utterance. the first time In
Dayton and again in this city last
night, before two of the largest audi
ences he ever has faced.
1t was not square deal. he charged
for the president to pick out one Re
publican and nominate him over
other Republicans and Ii was not a
square deal for the president te-ase
/ his office. which belonged TO all the
people, as a party asset.
The reception accorded the Demo
cratic candidate here and on his way
from Columbus was remarkable. Large
crowds turned out all along the line
but II remained for Dayton TO over
whelm him. So great were the crowds
that he was compelled to deliver two
extra speeches to street throngs that
stopped street car trafiic.
ne Was SHOWcTcu Win hoWSto ohu
greeted with vociferous applause from
the tens OF thousands from the city
and surrounding points.
During his speeches Id the Victoria
and the National theaters at Dayton,
Mr.. Bryan read q telegram from Ma.
itional Chairman Mack to Harry G.
CARRIER, national committeeman. In
this message Mr.. Mack denied the
story which had been circulated that
as chairman Of the national commit.
tee he had declared that there had
been left over from the last campaign
100000 or any other amount. Mr..
Mack also asserted that he had not
received from Gov. Haskell or any
body else. any money from the Stand
ard Oil company or other corporations
Mr.. Bryan corroborated. Mr.. Mack's
telegram
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
p. M. ASSISTANTS
PERFECT ASSOCIATION

JACKSON. Mich. Sept. 25.-The
Michigan State association OF assist
ant postmasters was organized here
Thursday. About 80 were present, com
Ing from different parts. of the state
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, Frank s. Knowles, Jackson: first
vice president, c. III. Hall, Grand Rap.
ids; second vice president, /. S. Fink,
Alma; secretary, w. s. Mum, Eaton
Rapids financial secretary, C. j. Well.
er. Muskegon; treasurer, F. B. Wat
son, Three Rivers; executive commit
tee, John j. Scenter, Saginaw; Charles
Cunningham. Mt Pleasant: George Fl.
Sexton, Lansing, and w. N Chidester,
Hastings
The next meeting, to be held In 1909.
was left to the executive committee.
The meeting was opened by an address
OF wlcome by Mayor Glasgow. The
response was made by Assistant Post
master Mayworm. OF Detroit At noon
banquet was served by the employees
OF the Jackson postoffice and~was fol-
lowed by addresses by Postmaster
Richardson, OF this city; Congressman
Townsend and Postmaster Hopkins. of
st. Clair.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
FASTER DIES IN
LONELY FOREST
NtVA HARRIS SOUGHT TO EMU.
LATE THE SAINTS OF OLD BY
MULTIPLICATION OF FLESH.

REDlNG. Cal, Sept. 24.-Emulating
those saints OF church history who
sought the Diety through the mortifica-
ton OF the flesh, Neva Harris. for
many years respected citizen of
l@owery. Tehama county. went into the
wilderness. where he tasted for SIS
days. with food at hand and money In
his purse
Rescued from his self-imposed vigil
as he was crawling toward spring
the victim was placed under medical
care. but his vitality had been SO
Slapped by the torture of his frightful
experience that he died.
investigation of the place where he
was found. ten miles from home. show
ed that he had tried to crawl back
His shoes did not bear evidence OF
unusual wear. In the nest he had
made In the brush dead limb hat
served as rest for his back. 1t was
highly polished-from continuous wear
All the twigs and knots had been re
moved.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
Daily Death Lis:

Louisa Scheppen, q years. 1919 TWEEN
~ fourth: tuberculosis.
Dora Wells. ~ years. Boulevard sani-
tarium. hbroid OF uterus.
Viola NJ. Snyder. is years, Green
ave. endoC arditis.
Eliza Stoddard rs years. Goa Baker;
pneumonia.
John Bauer, a. years. GO East Con-
grt So abruptly OF liver.
Myrtle lands, 3 years, 46 Navarro
accidental burns
Marie Biske. 81 years; 3sS Chene;
carcinoma.
GrnevieVc r.. FoXen. 10 years, Dear
born. Mich. ahsc.ss.
Edmonda Schartz. months. sl5
Chcnr: ccpiadas
James Murphy. 40 years. Detroit
river. accidental drowning.
David Bauer 20 years In ambulance;
fEpdest pending.
4 Frank BiczynskL 8 years IS Roby;
lcholrra infrntum.
william Iiiley. So years. Union depot
Inquest pending.
jeanette McGrayne. as years. 21S Lin
coin. carcinoma.
William 9haimerss 20 years. 149
sheridan: phthisis
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
WAYNE CO.'S TAX IS
TO BE $500, 889

LANSING, Mich. Sept. 25.-The an.
nual opportionment OF state taxes
which has just been forwarded to the
several counties by the auditor shows
that the total state tax to be paid IN
December is $4.193.422. or this sum
$663. 2S7.50 goes to the support OF the
university, $S73.177 for the current ex.
penses Of insane asylums, $4,000 for
current expenses of prisons. $500. 900
for the general purposes OF the state
government, $4,000 for the military
forces, and the balance for education
al and reformatory institutions of the
state, state highway department,
board of health, library and other pur-
poses.
Wayne county will pay total tax
of $860,S83S7.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
STIFF SENTENCES FOR
TWO BAD BURGLARS

Edward Preston and John O'Rourke
old-time burglars, and at one time
among the most desperate characters
with whom the police had to deal,
were sentenced by Judge Phelan,
Thursday, to not less than seven and
one-half nor more than Is years in
Jackson prison. The men were found
guilty OF burglarizing Abraham's drug
store, No. 148 Third-st., on the night of
July "a. They got away with small
quantity Of stamps, cigars and toilet
soap. The next day they were found
selling the stun on the streets, and
were caught after chase.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-25
ACCORDING to History

A woman In a western city. who be
longs to community called the isis
tiers OF st. John the Baptist" not long
ago spent month in backwoods
district.
Shortly after her arrival she went
to the local postoffice and inquired II
any letters had come for Sister Bern.
afdiHe.- The rural postmaster looked
bewilaercd.
Sister who?" he asked, incredulous.
ly.
Sister Bernardine." repeated the
lady, "a sister of ST. John the Bap-
tist"
Il think not" he answered, dubious.
ly. Then. after some reflection, he
added:
Say. amt he been dead pretty near
hundred years now?"-Harper's
Weekly.