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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
BLOOD SPILLED
At CLEVELAND
Four Persons Are Shot and Ser
iously Wounded in Riot
Of the Strikers.
MOB APPLIES THE TORCH
Wrecking Car by Means Of Barricade
Rioters Set Fire, Burning the We
hicle to the Trucks.-The
Guards Fired Upon.

Cleveland, O., May 20-Rioting
became more general and serious in
the street car strike early yesterday.
The first death, while not a part of
the strike but incident to it, occur
red when Yetta Wolkinski, 4 years
old, was run over by car operated
by an inexperienced motorman. A
crowd quickly gathered and would
have lynched the motorman had not
he turned on full speed and escaped,
In Lakewood a car was stopped and
the crew fired upon. Four persons
were shot and seriously injured and
the car burned to the trucks
The first disturbance in the down
town section also took place after
dark, when a Woodland car was held
up on Ontario street and the motor
man and conductor assaulted. Ihe
police dispersed the rioters.
The burning of a Clifton boule-
ward car in Lakewood was the most
serious riot of the strike, which is
now four days old. The car was go
ing toward the western terminal
when it was stopped by log being
thrown across the track. 1t was the
! first effort to operate car in Lake
wood, and the car carried no pas
sengers. AS soon as the car stopped
it was surrounded by a crowd of
rioters, who were hidden behind a
railway bridge. Immediately the
crowd began shooting at the mem
bers of the crew and guards The
| latter, w. J. James and John Swan
/ to- returned the fire. All told, ovel
/ thirty shots were exchanged.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
INDIANS GUARD CHURCH.
Claimed That Treasure Is Buried
Near the Building.

tilt
Bromide, Okla, May 20.-Accord-
ing to the Chickasaw Indians the
most sacred spot on earth is within
half mile of the new town of Bro
mide health resort recently open
ed by the promoters of a new rail-
road between Muskogee and Sher-
man. Texas, which passes through
the sacred ground, called "Kuh-la-
putnam" { Wild Spring church,
On the spot is an old log cabin
erected by the Chickasaw Indians
nearly three quarters of century
ago, and Ex-Governor Wright, a full
blood, became high priest, as the
Chickasaws called him. Camp meet
ings were held each summer, often
lasting six weeks. The cabin was al
ways locked and none but the high
officials of the Presbyterian church
were ever permitted to enter.
A brush arbor 100 feet in length
stood just east of the cabin. Under
it were logs hewn smooth on one
side and supported by legs and used
for seats. In this arbor the camp
meeting services were held. Often
several thousand Indians, mostly
fullbloods, would gather.
Since the site of Bromide was Sc
lected hundreds of white persons
have settled near the famous old
church and the indians have placed
a strong guard around the log cabin.
Just why, no one will venture to say,
but rumor has it that treasure Is
buried there. This theory, however.
is denied by ex-Gov. Moseley, who
lives nearby. He says that so many
white visitors have carried away
sticks and boards as souvenirs that
a guard sNas necessary to preserve
the church house.
Wilson Greenwood, who lives
within 800 feet of the cabin, de-
clares that a large sum of gold coin
was buried there in cows horns and
small earthen jars, as sort of a
tribal bank, but that it was dug up
two years ago and deposited at Ard
more.
Ex-District Judge Jackson, white
man, who has lived among the
Chickasaws for the past forty years.
declares that fully $4,000 in gold
is buried under the church and the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
KILLS FATHER AND SHOOTS SELF
George Sterry Shot Because He De
sired to Marry Young Woman.

New York, May 20.-Because
George Sterry, an aged philanthro-
pist prominent in business and re-
ligious circles, had declared his in
tention of marrying young school
teafher, his son, George Sterry, Jr,
yesterday shot and killed him and
then killed himself in the office of
Weaver e Sterry in Pine street.
Mr.. Sterry, Sr., was ~ years old
the senior member of Weaver &
Sterry, wholesale drug dealers, was
director of the Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary, member of the board
of managers of the American Bible
Society and of the American Tract
Society.
He was also president and direc-
tor of the Bloomfield Mills company
and a director of the Spring Coal
Mining company.
The young woman to whom Mr..
Sterry was engaged to be married is
Miss Rebecca Blaikie, who lives in
East Orange, N. j.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

Indians fear robbery He says the
Indians regard the cabin site a sa-
cred spot, and that q church costing
not less than $50. 900 will soon be
erected there. Judge Jackson says
that before the whites came in such
numbers, Kuh-la-pu-hah church was
a treasure house, and that each year
number of COWS horns and small
vases filled with coins We're deposit
ed under the floor of the cabin, In
dians were too honest he says, to
steal this coin.
Two mounted guards stand at the
cabin during the day and three stall
wart fullbloods remain there at
night, heavily armed with repeating
rifles, They keep intruders at dis
tance, day or night.
The new railroad survey passes
within one hundred feet of the ia
nous house of worship and ex-Goy.
Mosely expresses the opinion that
trouble will arise when attempt is
made to grade across the sacred
ground. This view, however, is not
entertained by other leading In
dams. They say the new temple will
not be erected until after the rail
road is completed and it will stand
on a high point overlooking the
valley
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Senate Committee Adds Over
Quarter Million for This
State to Measure.
THREE NEW STRUCTURES
Del Rio, Mckinney and Hillsborc
Are Favored by the Committee
in Its Report. rt.-Jack Beall
Has New Bills

Washington. May 20.-The sem
ate public buildings committee yes
terday favorably reported the house
bill retaining all of the Texas items
and adding the following items for
sites and public buildings aggregat-
ing $282,500:
Cleburne-House item increased
from 100000 to $4,000.
Tyler-Fifteen thousand dollars
in addition to the amount appropria-
ted last year.
New Buildings-Del Rio, $99,O00;
Mckinney, $4,000; Hillsboro, s6o,-
900.
New Building Sites-New Braun
fels, $500; Brownwood, $500;
Brenham, $4,000; Marshall s10,-
900; Weatherford, $500; Clarks-
vile, $4,000.
The senate amendments compro-
missed bills heretofore offered by
Senators Culberson and Bailey
The Galveston item Of 100000 for
repairs, which Senator Culberson
asked was not allowed.
Should the senate increase go
through unexchanged by the confer
ees, Texas will get about 1888, 900,
out of the bill.
Representative Cooper yesterday
in the house tackled on a bin sent
over by the senate an amendment by
which Port Arthur is made full
fledged port of entry, the same as
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

Baltimore and the large eastern
ports. The bill as amended in the
house was then approved by the sen
ate and Port Arthur will be made a
full port of entry as soon as the
president signs the measure.
Mrs. Gilbert Smith of san Anton
10, wife of the late Colonel Smith
of the army, formerly stationed at
Fort Sam Houston, is critically i'll at
Columbia hospital. Mrs. Smith un-
derwent an operation last night for
stomach trouble and but little hope
is entertained for her recovery. Her
relatives have been telegraphed for.
John A. Garvin of Houston is
here after having attended a conVen-
ton of supply and machinery deal
ers at Richmond.
Representative Beall Of Texas in
troduced three bills as follows: Pres
cribing the manner in which injunc-
tions and temporary restraining or
ders may be issued; limiting the is
suance of injunctions by federal
courts; prohibiting telegraph com
panies doing interstate business
from transmitting messages relating
to gambling in futures.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Pennsylvania Supporters Of Ne
braskan Making Efforts to
Capture Delegation.
THE STATE CONVENTION
Democrats Gather to Elect Delegates
to the National Conven'ion.-Ac-
tive Campaign Carried on
by Bryan League.

Harrisburg, Pa. May 0.-Marked
by strenuous efforts on the part ofthe
adherents of Bryan, Gray and John
son to capture the delegation for
their fayorites, the Pennsylvania
democratic state convention conven-
ed here today. Campaign managers
of each of the three candidates are
hopeful of success The Bryan boom
ers, who have formed themselves in
to a league which has carried on an
active campaign for several weeks,
are highly optimistic as to the pro-
liabilities of Bryan's endorsement by
the convention. The rivalry between
the factions is for the most part
good natured and free from personal
abuse. In speaking of the opposing
candidates, Vice President ROLAND
S. Norris of the Bryan League said;
Il do not think that there is any
member of what might be called
the progressive democracy who has
not great admiration for Governor
Johnson, of Minnesota. He is a con-
sistent supporter of our party prin-
ciples and is sound on every nation
al question. AS to Judge Gray. it has
been said that his political attitude
in 1906 would prevent him from
receiving many democratic votes
but | doubt If that would be the only
difficulty that would be in his way.
Personally | have the profoundest
admiration for him, and / think he
is sound democrat. For him, how
ever, there is a great disadvantage
in the fact that his judicial position
prevents him from expressing him
self as freely on public questions as
"a presidential candidate ought to
do in justice to himself and to the
people; and, again, his advanced
age is serious objection. You know
Mr.. Bryan has said that if Gray is
eligible as a candidate, then he him
self has at least eight chances more
for the nomination.
But the Bryan league simply
feels that there is an almost uniyer-
sal demand among the rank and file
of the democracy for Mr.. Bryan as
the most suitable standard bearer;
that the condition of the party is such
that we should have practical re-
ferendum on the question of the
nomination, and that this is the pri-
NAL object for which the league was
formed There is no truth in any
statement that the Bryan strength is
dis1ntregating in any quarter. The
reverse is the truth. We never ex-
pected that the New York or the
! New Jersey delegates would be in
| structed. | think the sentiment for
| Bryan in the New England states is
strong. 1t was not expected that
either the Connecticut or the Mass
achusetts delegates would be in
structed for him
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
YOUNG FARMER ON'THE WARPATH
Newt Horn Is Shot and Perhaps Fa-
tally Wounded Tuesday Night

While standing on the porch at
the home of his father in Boyce,
Newt Horn aged "a years and un-
married, was shot Tuesday night
and perhaps fatally wounded The
shooting is said to have been done
by w. B, Bush, aged about "a years,
and who also resided in Boyce and
who owns a farm near there. The
weapon used was double-barrel
shot gun, one entire charge of small
shot being fired into the young
mans breast Instinctiyely young
| Horn threw up his left hand as Bush
| fired and this member was badly
! lacerated by the shot. 1t is thought
that the amputation of two or three
| fingers will be necessary. 1t is believ-
ed that the act of the wounded man
in throwing up his hand kept him
! from being killed outright as the
! shot We're scattered from his waist
! to his chin.
Fears are entertained that several
of the little leaden missiles penetra-
/ ted the young mans lungs as re-
/ ports from Boyce Wednesday morn
/ ing stated that he was splitting up
quite a good deal of blood Bush
! has been missing ever since the
shooting and it is the general sup
position that he has left the coun-
! try. The assault on young Horn was
made about $40 and an hour or
| two later Bush took his mules to
neighbor and sold them.
/ The shooting seems to have been
! the elimination of trouble between
! Bush and his wife, who is sister to
! the wounded man. 1t is said that Mr..
and Mrs. Bush had rather a heated
; argument Tuesday morning and that
the latter returned to the. home of
| her father. She was standing on the
! porch talking to her brother when
the assault was made upon him, and
one thory that has found much fa~
vor in Boyce is that Bush intended
the charge of shot for lis wife, Ii
was said that when he first went to
the house he called for his little boy
saying he wanted to see him. While
the elder Horn was in the house
looking for the youngster Bush
raised his gun and fred at the
young man. He then turned and
walked away to his own residence.
So far as known the party to whom
Bush sold his mules is the only per-
son who saw him after the shooting
Arrest of Bush Effected.
A telephone message was received
by Sheriff Forbes about IL o clock
from Constable Ford at Alyarado.
stating that he had Bush under ar
rest Sheriff Forbes will go to Alva-
rado tonight to bring the prisoner
to Waxahachie.
Constable McCalpin and Deputy
Sheriff Hickman went to Boyce this
morning and made a search of
Bush's premises, but were unable to
find him or to get any trace of him.
After they returned to Waxahachie
officers in neigTboring towns were
furnished with his description and
instructed to be on the lookout for
him Constable Ford of Alvarado
suspected that Bush would attempt
to reach the home of a relative near
there and rode out the road toward
Waxahachie a few miles to watch
| for him. A short distance from town
! he met Bush and placed him under
arrest Sheriff Forbes was then i'm
= mediately notified
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

Hundreds of Leaders of the DenoIni-
nation are in Attendance.

Oklahoma City Okla, May 20
With meeting this afternoon of the
National Women's Baptist Home
Mission Society, one of the most i'm
portant national conventions in the
history of the missionary and other
organizations of the Baptist church
was inaugurated here. Hundreds of
the leaders of the denomination are
in attendance and were given a hear
ty reception by the Baptists of the
new state metropolis, who have been
preparing for the convention for
many weeks
The initial session of the Women S
Baptist Home Mission Society was
devoted to consideration of the re-
ports of the treasurer, Mrs. A. H
Barber of Chicago, and the cores
ponding secretary, Miss Rose L.
Boynton, also of Chicago. At an open
conference this evening the presi-
dent of the society, Mrs. John Nu-
venn, will deliver an address, and
several other prominent church
workers will speak. The meeting will
be continued tomorrow morning
when missionary work in Oklahoma
New Mexico. California and other
sections of the west will be consider.
ed
The Northern Baptist convention
which was Professionally organized
last year at Washington, will con
vene tomorrow, the speakers on tbs
program including DR.. l.. c. Barnes
of New York. DR.. l.. A. Crandall O
Minnesota, and Dr. B. L. Whitman
of Washington. The American Bap
tist Home Mission Society, the Amer
lean Baptist Missionary Union, th'
American Baptist Publication Societ.
and allied organizations will con
vene on Friday. The sessions will
continue until next Wednesday
The work of the American Baptis
Home Mission Society will be prom
inently considered, in view of tn,
fact that Oklahoma has in the pas
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
PLUNGED INTO BAPTISTRY.
Ennis Congregation Witnessed
LaughabIe Mishap,

A rather amusing incident occur
red at the Tabernacle Baptist chuch
in Ennis Sunday evening. The
amusement was occasioned by DR..
Geo. H. Rowe, head of the Rowe
Conservatory of Music accidentally
falling into the baptistry. He was
thoroughly drenched, but was 9th
erwise uninjured.
Dr. Rowe is one of Ennis most
dignified gentlemen and is always
made conspicuous by his stately
bearing and Immaculate dress The
personality of Dr.. Rowe, therefore,
made his plunge into the water of
the baptistry appear more ludicrous
than would that of an ordinary per
sonage.
The doctor treated the accident
with rare good humor.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Missouri Democrats.

Jefferson, City, May 20.--Mts-
souri's democratic state convention
was called to order at noon today
BY State Chairman w n, Evans, aud
will elect delegates to the national
convention at Denv4', four to rep
resent the state at large and two for
each of the states sixteen congress
sional districts. The f1iends of Bryan
are apparently in full control of tAa
convention and the delegation will
undoubtedly be pledged to his candi-
dacy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
AN OLD CANNON EXPLODEs
One Man Killed and Several Persons
Were Injured.

Eureka, Cal. May 20-News has
reached here from Ferndale, a small
town on the coast of Humboldt
county, of the explosion of an old
cannon which had been brought to
salute the passing battleship fleet.
The report says that one man was
killed and several persons injured.
The names of the killed and injured
and the details of the accident have
not been learned Ferndale is an out
of the way place.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Fight on BRYAN.

Lansing, Mich, May 20.-With
every indication of hot fight ia
prospect, over the Bryan endorse
ment question, the democratic state
convention of Michigan was opened
in Lansing today. The Johnson boom
has waxed strong in this state and
the Bryan adherents are alarmed by
the possibilities of a widespread de-
fection to the Minnesota governor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

been the field for missionary work
on a large scale. The Baptist church
in Oklahoma City was originally aid
ed, in its inception, by this society.
in the support of pastor and in the
erection of a house of worship. Now
the members of the denomination in
this city have church property val
ued at 500, 900, and the member
ship has increased until the denomi-
nation has become one of the strong
est in the city.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Illinois EIks in Session.

Peoria, H., May 20.-Thousands
of members of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks are in Peo-
ria today in attendance at the annual
state convention of the order. All Of
the sixty Illinois lodges are repre-
sented. The most elaborate conven-
ton in the history of Illinois Elk
dom is being carried out.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Bow Is Killed by Engine.

Taylor, Texas, May 20.-About
$3.50 o'clock last night Charley Che
Waller, the 13-year-old son of Max
Chevalier, an electrician, was run
down by switch engine in the In
ternational and Great Northern
yards and killed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Degree of Honor Meeting.

Portland, Me, May 20.-New Eng
land grand lodge of the Degree CT
Honor convened at the Falmo lth
Hotel today, with delegates from SIX
states in attendance. The member
ship of the order in New England is
given as about 800, showing a
small gain over last year.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20
Corsicana Building Collapses.

Corsicana, Texas, May 20.-EarIy
yesterday afternoon the north wall
of the two-story brick building occu-
pied by Johnson & Wood on Beaton
street fell. A large section of the rear
wall of the second story fell. No one
was hurt and it is thought that but
little damage was done to the stock
of hardware which the firm carried.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

Those who subscribed to the state
prohibition campaign fund last Sat
urday will find their cards with A.
Lasswell. All subscriptions are ex-
pected to be paid by June i.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-20

Eighteen rolls of toilet paper aad
holder for 81 at F. S. Cronk Co. II
Arizona republican., 1908-11-10
POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
Interesting Decision Affecting EIec.
 ton of U. s. Senators.

A fundamental principle, perfectly clear but often overlooked, is express ed in the decisions of the supreme court of North Dakota, that members of the legislature cannot~be compelled to vote for the candidate for United State senators named at a primary election. The election of a senator is duty committed to the legislature by the Constitution of the United States and by the constitution of the state. No mere act of assembly can substitute another method of election, or coerce the members of the legisla- ture in the performance of their con- stitutional function,
 This is just as true. in every state as in North Dakota. It is also just as Important to- be remembered in these: days of short-cut reforms" It is the right of all the people to alter their form of government if they will, but as long as we elect to live under constitutional form our security lies in conforming to its requirements. We elect representatives to whom are committed certain specified duties. If we cannot trust their discretion, we should elect others whom we can trust
Arizona republican., 1908-11-10
THE ROYAL CHEF"
 MAKES A BIG HIT
A Large and Pleased Crowd at the Elks Theater.

The Royal Chef which was pre- sented at the Elks theater last night played to a large seating capacity The book and lines are the compost tions of Stoddard and Taylor and the music is from the brain of that versa tile writer Of popular comedy music Ben M. Jerome.
 Jerome is also the composer of that most popular and pleasing musical ditty. The Tale of Spice" and his new effort Mimic World" which has play ed to large audiences in New York. Chicago and St. Louis. is the talk of the season.
 William H. Conlev who took the part of Henry Lemphauser from Chi cagO" is an artist of rare ability and portrayed the part to perfection. His song in the first act, Let Me Go Back makes all Chicagoans yearn for that dear old Chicago town" and many in the audience could be seen with bowed heads and thoughtful faces as the strains of this popular Chicago air were rendered.
 'The Royal Chef played to packed houses at the LaSalle theater in Chi cago for a run of 322 performances and at that time Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook were the big hits in the play.
 The company presenting this most amusing and ludicrous comedy musi- cale at the Iflks theater were all past masters in the art of stage conception. Many faces were noticed who were in the original company on the long first run, and the chorus was resplendent with unusually fine costumes and pretty faces.
 The song Its a Way They Have in Chicago was received with great ap- plause as also was the parody, Its a Way They Have in Phoenix" This was sung by Conley and made a big hit
 The limitations of Miss Julia Curtis were the hit of the evening and her impersonations of Eddie Foy, Anna Held and other celebrities commanded encores galore, until finally the curtain refused to longer roll on it's bearings and had to be creased and repaired.
 The Whirlwind Broilers made a big hit and Phoenix theater-goers will long remember the pleasure the even ing afforded