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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21

conferences over the long distance
telephone with National Committee
man Mack, who is at headquarters
in Chicago, and to discuss the poll
tical situation in Idaho with G. 0.
Stockslager, who is the antiDubois
candidate for United States senator
in that state. The subject matter of
the talk with Mr.. Mack was not dis
closed and neither Mr.. Bryan nor
Mr.. Stockslager would give any in
formation concerning their inter
view. 1t was ascertained, however,
that the Idaho situation was discuss
ed at length and that an effort will
be made to bring the warning fac
tions together in the expectation OF
Strengthening the national ticket in
that state.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Boy Shoots at Woman.

A negro boy IL or ~ years old
named Dink Terrell was captured
near the oil tanks here this morning
about 10 o'clock charged with shoot
ing at the wife of negro named
Frank Moore at Rice. He says the
woman started to whip him to make
him pick cotton and he got pistol
Ia As colts) and shot at her. AS
soon as he shot he left on foot and
had not stopped going when he was
overtaken. The woman's husband
was not at the house and didn't
know whether his wife was hit or
not. He followed the boy to Ennis
and said he could see him on ahead
trotting along the way but he could
not overtake him. Moore says his
wife raised the boy and he doesn't t
know why he resisted her as he did.
Ennis News.
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A MOB GATHERS
ON FALSE REPORT
Accidental Wounding Of a Boy
lncites Big Crowds at
Springfield.
THE POLICE ACT QUICKLY
Order Removal Of Inflaming Bulletins
Posted in Newspaper Windows.
Negroes Become Alarmed and
Seek Protection.

Springfield, H., Aug. 21.-
by a report that Rolla Keyes, a IT.
year-old boy who testified before
the special grand jury when that
body indicted George Richardson for
an alleged assault upon Mrs. Mabel
Hallam, had been shot. by friends of
the accused negro. Before the ru-
NOR had time to spread far, how
ever, it was learned that the shoot
ing was accidental, the wound hav-
ing been inflicted by companion
of Keyes. The boy is SO seriously in
jured that he may not recover.
According to the story first told
by Keyes' companions, Harold Nc
Laughlin, IA years old, and Chester
Brown, Is years old, he bullet
struck Keyes while he was fishing
in the Sangamon river, near the city
waterworks, three miles east of
here. They asserted that they had
! left him for a few moments, and
| that when they returned they found
| him wounded.
| This was the version which was
posted on the newspaper bulletin
boards about the city. Instantly
crowds began to collect and the ex
citement was increased when the
ipolice ordered the removal of the
! notices. The act was interpreted as
an attempt on the part Of the author
tiles to conceal the fact so as to min
| imize the possibility of a renewal OF
the local race war.
When the fresh bulletins appear
ed, however, and the true story OF
the affair became known, the excite
/ ment gradually subsided.
This occurrence caused fresh
fears in the black belt despite the
attempts of the officials to quiet the
/ town. The arsenal was crowded with
! refugees again and there was also a
large number of negroes who slept
at Camp Lincoln under the protec-
tion of guard from the Seventh
regiment
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He Leaves Lincoln For Des
Moines, Where He Will Dis
cuss the Tariff.
THREE DAYS IN CH|CAGO
Nominee VIII Confer with Chairman
Mack and will Be Present at
kerns Notification -Situa-
tion in Idaho.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21.
w. j. Bryan, democratic candi-
date for president, left here last
night on a seven days trip in the
course OF which he will deliver sew
eral speeches and hold three days
conference with his campaign mana
gers in Chicago. The first stop will
be at Des Mojnes, Iowa, where to-
night, he will discuss the tariff ques-
ton.
Saturday, Sunday and a portion
of Monday, he will spend in Chicago
and Tuesday he will be present at
the notification in Indianapolis of
John w. Kern the democratic vice
presidential nominee. In Indianapo-
lis he will speak on the subject of
1.-The Trusts
Two days at Des Moines he will
deal with the question of the guar
anty of bank deposits. He will re-
turn to Lincoln Aug. 26.
Notwithstanding his eagerness to
complete, before his departure, the
preparation of the speeches he is to
deliver in the next fortnight, Mr.
Bryan found time to hold several
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
is DESERTED TOWN
Only Scattered Ruin Marks the Site
fs8 of Coast City.

- OF Coast City.
Austin, Texas Aug 21.-O. c..
Hallmark, one of the attaches Of the
state treasury department, returned
yesterday from the vicinity OF In
dianola, on the gulf, where he has
been spending his vacation He told
remarkable story of how the fates
pursued family by the name of
Hill at that place, which, as Is well
known, was twice destroyed by
floods, once In 1875 and the second
time in 1886. The family in question
consisted of six members, and they
were prosperous people of Indianola.
When the flood of 1875 occurred,
four members of this family perish
ed in the waters and lost all they
had. BY a miracle two of the sons
survived and rebuilt as far as they
could the home and rehabilitated
the place. AS the years rolled along
they ordered tombstone with the
names of the four members OF the
family who had perished inscribed
upon 1t. In due time the tombstone
reached Indiancla, having been
transported on flat car. On the day
before the storm in 1886 the tomb
stone reached its destination. The
next day 1t was to have been placed
over the graves of the four deceased
members Of the family The next
day the storm occurred and the two
remaining members of the Hill fam
ly perished and the stone was never
put in position. Mr.. Hallmark says
the stone is now lying in the sand
at almost the exact spot where 1t is
said to have been left when 1t was
brought to Indianola.
Mr.. Hallmark says that no effort
is being made TO rebuild the town,
there being only one house, which il
used as boat or club house. After
the first storm the town was rebuilt,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21

Marvin Rudolph left this morning
on visit to relatives in kentucky.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
GIVES ALARM OF FIRE IN SLEEP
Cries Awaken Family and Mill Is
Found to BE Burning.

CrfeS AWAKEN Famlly ana Mill is
Found to BE Burning.
Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 21.-The
venerable father of Jacob H. Bearl
of Milford Township had genuine
nightmare at an early hour. in the
course of which he dreamed that the
Rearl summer house was on fire. His
cries awakened the son, and on
hearing the cause of the latters
demonstration proceeded to make
an investigation.
The summer house was found to
be all right, but short distance
away the Bearl sawmill, cider press
and applebutter factory were in
flames The best that Bearl and his
neighbors could do was to lend their
efforts in saving the adjoining build
ings. The loss Is in the neighbor-
hood OF $4,000, with no insurance.
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but the second visitation was the
final stroke, and those who did not
perish in the waters abandoned the
place and now it is desolate waste.
Mr.. Hallmark says that in many
places can now be seen iron safes
which were blown open after the
second storm and the contents taken
out by the owners and the safes left
behind. Other evidences of the storm
are also visible even at the present
day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Cannon Will Take Stump.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-It has been
quarters that Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon will make a speaking tour
of the country. beginning in Septem-
every doubtful congressional dis
trict
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Six Are Burned in Fire.

Colfax, Wash, Aug. 21.-Six
children are dead and two others are
burned SO seriously that recovery is
doubtful at the H. w. Schultz ranch,
between Colfax and Colouse, result
ing from a fire that destroyed the
home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Ten Dollars from Havana.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 21.-The
of Gov Haskell, treasurer of the
national committee, for use in the
national democratic campaign
amounted to more than $1,000. OF
the amount, $40 came from Havana,
Cuba
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
BEER COMES HIGH.
Traveller Drinks Bottle on Train
and Pays $25 Therefor.

Victoria, Texas, Aug. 21.-A
travelling man coming from Rous-
ton on Wednesday nights train,
while passing through Fort Bend
county, seeing only one other per-
son in the car besides himself,
thought he would enjoy a bottle of
beer. The other man was the sheriff
of Fort Bend county, and the bot
tie of beer was worth just $25 to the
man who wet his lips.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Ten Reported Dead.

Grafton, w. Va, Aug. 21.-Ten
persons are reported killed and
many others injured when an over
loaded passenger train on the
Pennsboro and Harrisville railroad,
bearing excursionists from the Rit-
chic County Fair, one mile from
Pennsboro, broke down.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21
Special Session Is Ordered.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 21.-Gov. Hoke
Smith has issued proclamation
convening the Georgia legislature in
extra session Aug. 25. The call sets
forth broadly that the convict lease
system Is the matter to be consid-
cred
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21

c. G, Drake, Fort Worth travel
ing salesman, sustained a painful Tn
jury at the sample room Friday
morning. BY stepping on a piece Of
broken china an ugly cut was in
flicted on his foot. The injury re-
quired the attention of physician,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18

half wife, and who have finally left
that same slave of husband when
1t was seen that he was not prosper
ing as fast as other men.
There are two sides to the house,
hold story always. Where one man
abandons wife because she grows
unattractlve, dozen women desert
their homes through the enticements
of society and the promised luxury OF
other associations. Where there is
one deserted wife standing in the
shadows there are dozens of hus-
bands under the load, wondering why
their wives find more pleasure away
from home than with their families.
There are always two sides and the
East oregonian is always with the
under dog. Let us give the husband
a square deal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18

CHILDREN ION EXHIBITION"

The principals Of Portland public
schools have voted unanimously
against the school children of Port
land taking part in the Rose show in
June, and the promoters of the Rose
show are indignant.
But the principals have good rea-
sons and state them clearly. They
object to exhibition drills of school
children for the reason that it re-
quires immense labor and much time
to prepare for the drills and the tax
payer is not paying teachers to drill
children for parade. but to teach them
necessary rudiments of an education.
Therefore the principals object to
using up the children's time in en-
tertaining the morbid public. And
the principals are more than half
right, although children on parade
are half of the show.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
THE HUSBAND UNDER THE LOAD

In the Pendleton Tribune this
morning was a pathetic editorial on
the subject, "The Wife in the
Shadow" 1t was a very pretty bit of
sentiment and well written, but there
is another side to it.
While 1t censured husbands for al
legged neglect and abandonment OF
old wives who have helped to make
the fortune, the editorial took no
note Of the women who have driven
men to bankruptcy through extrava-
gance and neglect of home duties;
who have given their time entirely to
alleged social duties while the hus-
abnd slaved at his business to pay
the bills and keep the home going;
who have sought the company Of
other men in society while their every
day husband spent his evenings at the
desk, trying to make a six-bit income
meet the demands OF a dollar and a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
WHY NOT PENDLEToN?

1t is announced that a paper mill
company is going to establish a large
plant in Willamette valley, The same
company recently looked over the
field in Umatilla county with a view
tc Starting a paper factory here. Why
this field has been abandoned is not
known and in fact 1t is not known
that the field is wholly abandoned,
but why is not Pendleton the logical
location for 1t?
Pendleton is situated in the heart
of the inland empire wheat belt on
main lines of transportation running
east, north, west, furnishing excel
lent communication with the outside
world. The raw materials in both
timber and straw are found near here
ir abundance; power and fuel and
labor can be secured here as cheaply
as anywhere and everything seems to
be favorable.
Why is not Pendleton the home of
more factories? Why are not COM
bined harvesters manufactured here {?
Why are not more factories maintain
ed here? Let US dig into this ques-
ton and see. Let us inquire earn
estly and vigorously why this city Is
not selected as the home of more in
dustries? This Is a vital question in
the city's life; it is a question which
Pendleton should solve and it is the
duty of every citizen to delve down
into the reasons why and see il the
present conditions cannot be improv-
ed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
GENESIS OF TORNADO.

At birth the tornado is a harmless
the leaves and dust in playful eddies
says the Woman's Home Companion
Far overhead where the opposing
currents of warm and cold airs clash
is a stronger whirl, of which the 9TH
er is but a sympathetic reflection
Gradually the little one reaches up
ward toward the parent vortex and
the latter stretches a helping hand
downward.
The two unite, and the tornado has
found itself. Leaves and dust ascend
through the sucking spiral, giving
color to the mass, Now its growth is
rapid. Twlgs and heavier objects OF
every description are added to the
whirling conglomeration overhead.
The cold. dry aid quickly congeals
the moisture of the lower stratum
and forms first a vapor and then a
cloud, giving the finishing touches of
color to the funnel, whicfr is now in
good order and ready for business.
Planks, trees, shingles bricks, dust,
feathers, fence rails, and even ami
mails and houses may be seen floating
around in the vortex like swallows
circling about a chimney, as one
observer describes it.
When 1t becomes surcharged with
debris, it bursts like a huge bomb,
emitting volumes of dense, black va
por-like smoke, and scattering its
contents over acres Of ground; then
II resumes its funnel shape, repeat
ing the belching process as fast as its
gullet is filled.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
ROOMS: $l.Oo and $3.50
Block and n Half from DcpOt.
See the big electric sign.
HOTEL PORTLAND
PORTLAND. OREGON.

PORTLAND. OREGON.
American plan. 50 per day and up
wards. Headquarters for tourists ana
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
H. C. BOWERS. Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18

experience, chastened, ripe in years.
Where have you been?" we asked
Of the throngs going down to the
ford.
"Ah, have you not heard? We have
been in that strange, great Country
called Life. only this morning we
saw you sitting at that other ford
by which we entered this land. We
wandered far into its mazes, tasted
its glories plucked its fruits and flow
ers and saw its Wonderful Things
We have traversed II to the fartherest
border and now We are going back.
We have had a wonderful expert
ence."
And where do you go?" we asked.
Across the River" they answered
and disappeared down into its mists
and were lost 10 view.
No one has ever been able to see
from bank TO bank and no one knows
what is on the farther shore. but It
cannot be an awesome river, for
these throngs cross II joyfully in the
Morning; and at Sunset they go back
by another ford just a little distance
away.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18

H. NJ. Cake as a senatorial candi-
date stands for everything progress
sIve in oregon's political advance
ment; he believes in the rule of the
people; in popular election of United
States senators; in statement No. /;
in the primary law; in fearlessness
and courage and purity in legislation;
in rigid regulation of railroads and
other public service corporations, ana
is in hearty accord with President
Roosevelt in all his policies. So why
not send Mr.. Cake to the senate to
represent oregon and give the world
to understand that Oregon has not
repudiated her progressive prlnci-
Piles, but that she believes in and in
dorses them and will vote to keep
them in force.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
4 Mnhant Republican.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells OF the militant republlcanism OF
a man he met in Rome several years
ago The man was a merchant In a
small town I'm New York.
One morning they went out for a
ride in a victoria and passed King
Humbert. The people lifted their
hats to the king and he bowed I'm re-
turn. AS his carriage passed the one
in which Williams and his friend
were riding Mr. Williams lifted his
hat. and the kind bowed and smiled
The merchant sat bolt upright look
ing straight ahead and did not raise
his hat.
Don't you know who that is?"
asked Williams.
Eyes. It's King Humbert. rec
ognized him the minute 1 saw him."
"Then why didn't you bow to him
as dld?"
The merchant stiffened in his seat
and squared his shoulders.
81 don't bow to no kings" he said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
THE HONORABLE CALLING.

There are men who have weighed
the worlds of space
And capped the star-mists white,
Who have chained the torrents and
sunk the hills
And measured the paths of Light,
Whose minds are keen as the tenn
pered steel
And swift as the falcons flight.
There are men who have pondered
the mystic lore
The genius of Age on Age,
Who have fingered folios, centuries
And read from the rocks SCARED
page,
Whose hairs are gray and whose
bEows are bent
With the wisdom of the Sage.
There are men who have dreamed a
beauteous dream
And given 1t forth again,
In color in song. in moulded form,
A gift TO their fellow men,
Whose eyes are stepped in the light
of suns
That rise beyond mortal ken.
sssz.s
But give me the man with the hard
brown hand
And the toil-stain on his face;
The man with a heart that can hope
and love.
And a hand that can work for his
race.
All, the World should rise for a Man
like this
When he enters its proudest sphere.
Sister Anthony, S. H., in The Mon
itor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18

the enjoyment above the worldly
plane, but It should not seek to de-
stroy 1t; II religion destroys amuse-
ment and makes life barren and
sanctimonlous form, young people
(and old) will gradually forsake 1t.
So in order to keep its blood warm
and its life vigorous and alert, relig-
ion must give the world pure and
wholesome diversions and delights
else the world will seek them out
side the church.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-18
BAN On ADJUSTMENTS.

The Methodist ministers of Port
land are agitating the matter of pop
ular amusements and on next Mon
day the ministerial association will
vote for or against retaining in the
church discipline that paragraph
which places a ban on the innocent
amusements enjoyed by young people
throughout the civilized world.
1t seems that the Mormons have
solved the popular amusement ques-
ton as sensibly and satisfactorily as
any OF the churches and here is the
way they have done it: Knowing that
the young people of the church crave
companionship and amusement, and
that they will naturally want to do
what they see other young people do
ing, the members of the church de-
cided that their children should
dance and so in order to safeguard
the dance, the old folks joined in it.
The Mormon dances are the most
orderly, genteel, pleasant events in
the Mormon community; girls and
boys are always there together, but
in the presence of their parents, and
there is no rowdyism, no ungentle-
manly behavior, no drinking. no dis
order The old people take a delight
in their dances, not only because it
Is a personal pleasure to dance to
good music. but because their child
rem are enjoying a clean, wholesome
amusement, free from the contami-
mating influences which so often sur
round them at public dances.
And so on through the list of pop
ular amusements. The Mormons hold
that dancing, card playing and thea
ters are not wicked within them
selves. but that the surrounding cir
cumstances make the harm that
comes from them; they hold that
there is way to keep amusements
clean and pure and So the fathers and
mothers go along and see that good
order and right conduct prevail.
This builds up companionshlp
between father and son, between
mother and daughter which goes
long way toward making manly boys
and womanly women and at the same
time it furnishes the Norman boy and
girl all the popular amusement they
desire, under the purest possible con-
dtions.
The Mormons have not put ban
on enjoyment; they have simply ele-
waited 1t to the right plane and under
their direction young people enjoy to
the fullest extent and are content.
There Is no sneaking out to dances
clandestinely, on part Of the young
Mormons. Old and young together
and the presence Of the minister and
Of the father and mother, keeps the
atmosphere pure and elevates amuse-
ment to the highest possible plane.
Religion is not supposed to be a
continuous renunciation of every de-
light and enjoyment: It should uplift