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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19
CHAPTER Xxx.

'"The woman you want went in there )"
It was Mendotti one of Cassagne's men,
who spoke to his employer, as both stood
in the deep shadow of tree, whose fur
thest branches spread over the narrow
street and beyond a high brick wall OPP
posite.
"She went in there, not twenty minutes
ago" repeated Mendotti, pointing with
his finger to q wooden door, which was
let into the wall. II at once sent you
message. 1 have not moved from here
except to do that. She's in there yet l
don't know whose house it is
"But l do. 1t is the residence Of Col
bert- Remplin, the rich banker of the
place de rOpera. That door leads into
hi. Garden. Tell me how she got in. Did
she have a key"
mo. a woman admitted her
"What kind of a woman was she
"An elderly woman. She looked as
though she might be housekeeper' OF an
INNER servant. l crept up near enough
TO hear her say, My mistress is BUSY
now but she will see you in few min
,,tos Co into the summer house.
Cassagne thought deeply for minute
or two. At last he SAID;
"Run around in front OF the mouse ant
see what is going on. The house Is wei
~. nm The Colbert Remplins are no
neonle who entertain much; but ther'
mist he something on tonight. DO
o. hoor ,he sound of music? Whoever
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19
RID COTTON FIELDS OF PESTS.

Good Work Accomplished by an ok
Inhoma Farmers Turkey Drove.
n. G. McElhany, a farmer who ives
near this place, has apparently solved
the problem of Kidding his cotton fields
Of the dreaded boil worms, which are
The forerunner Of the boil weevil, and
that, too, by the simplest and at the
same time most profitable process, says
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19
The Truth.

Fear is not in the habit OF speaking
truth. When perfect sincerity is ex-
pected, perfect wisdom must be allow
ed. Nor has any one who is apt to
be angry when he hears the truth any
cause to wonder that he does net hear
it-Tacitus.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19
Not the Same.

Merchant thought you TOLD me he
was a man Of very good character.
OuIbble-I guess you misunderstood
me. said he was a man Of good rep
utation.-Phlladelph Press
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19
Almost.

Horace-Dld the college authorities
reinstate young Smith after he was ex-
PEELED?
Helen-Almost.
Horace-Almost7
Helen-Yes; 1 heard his folks say
he was halfback.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19

A widower uses his children as an
excuse for marrying again, the same rs
he does for going to the circus.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04

schedule in the bulls eye was never
for a moment contemplated as a pos
sibility
Even the yigilant Democrat repor-
ter dug the sleep out of his eyes as
he raced depotwards after No. had
rounded the White Swan mills
curve, and he had plenty of COM
pany; for drummers, draymen, hack
men and the travelling public gener-
ally were hiking furiously.
"Gee, but 1t was funny" said a
knight of the grip who came in on
the train. Il had to run to catch 1t
down at Nevada. 1t came straight
through on time to the dot, and at
every town there would be a fierce
race to the depot that made us sit
up and take notice.
Then they would pile on and
cuss the train for being on time un-
til the next town was reached, whom
they would rubber out of the win
,dows and laugh and whoop at the
foot races. / never expect to have
so much fun again--for No. being
on time is about as rare and uncer-
tain as comets visit
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
MADE CLEAN SWEEP OF CASH
Young Man Decamps Alter Riilinq
Safe and Cash Register.

The safe and cash register at the
Eatitorium were rifled early Friday
morning and so far as can be ascer-
tained about $39 was secured. This
amount, included about two dollars
In small change that was taken from
the cigar case, The theftNis presum-
| ed to have been committed by a
young man who had worked at the
Eatitorium two days He drifted In
to town Tuesday and applied to ].
T. Williams, proprietor of the Eatt-
| tOrium. for employment He gave
his name as Adams and said he was
from Alvarado. He put up hard
luck story and said he would do any
kind of work that is ordinarily per-
formed in a restaurant in order to
secure employment. Mr.. Williams
gave him Job and left him room
on the second floor of the Eatitorium
in which to sleep. Thursday night
he was entrusted with the keys and
instructed to open the establishment
about five O'Clock Friday morning.
He has not been seen since business
hours Thursday night. When Mr..
Williams reached the store Friday
morning his new clerk was nowhere
to be found. An investigation dis
closed the fact that the safe and
cas- hregister had been robbed. A
money sack containing something
something over $50 had been taken
from the safe, while the cash regis
ter had been cleaned Of about five
dollars.
The theft was reported to the OH
GERS and the matter Is being investi-
AaAS f6H i4I64sa ssan
cheap suit 81 clothes was found III
the room occupied by Adams. This
was turned over to Sheriff Forbes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
WARL|kE RUMORS
DISTURB VIENNA
Populace Imbued With Idea that
Hostilities May Open in
Near East.
OFFICIALS DENY RUMOR!
Advices Received from Constantine.
pie Indicate More Hopeful Con-
dition in Balkan Situation
Conference with Officers,

Vienna. Dec. 4.-The public is i'm
bued with the idea that the govern
ment is only awaiting the close OF
the jubilee festivities to threaten
hostilities in the near east. All kinds
|of warlike rumors are being spread
broadcast. 1t was thought that the
annual military conference of the
emperor and the chief officers of the
army. which began yesterday at the
Hofburg and was attended by Arch
dukes Franz Ferdinand and Eugene
and General Shoenach. minister of
war, some aggressive step would be
taken. But on the contrary, the en-
peror informed the conference that
peace was not likely to be disturbed
War runiors, therefore, We're official
ly denied.
The latest advices received here
from Constantinople indicate more
hopeful condition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
WATERING ENGINES ON RUN.
just Look What Methodist Minis
ter Of Norton, Kansas Dreamed.

ter Of Norton, Kansas Dreamed.
Norton, Kas., Dec. 4.-Rev. A. N.
See, the we'll known Methodist min
lister, is now selling stock In the in
vention which he patented short
time ago and which railroad men
say, will revolutionize things in rail-
road circles,
Rev. Mr.. Sees invention consists
of a tender for railroad engine so
devised that when going at a great
rate of speed 1t will take on coal and
water. No stops are necessary and
this is the saving of time which rail-
roads have long sought after.
BY an ingenious arrangement as
the train pulls near to the place
where a car of water and a car of
coal are standing on trestles beside
the railroad the car of water and
coal. both cars much smaller than
the tender itself, which are already
in the tender, are showed outwards
and they meet squarely on the rails
on the trestle They ~slide along 1t
and stop and thestender AZ It goes
along picks up the other two cars
which have been filled and goes on
with them. Thus it has full supply
of water and coal and no stops. BY
the same arrangement a device to
take on passengers can be had.
Another patent is sliding floor
which is worked by the fireman and
does away with shoveling When
coal is needed, open goes the furnace
door, the coal on the slide floor Is
shot into the furnace, just as much
as is needed, and the door is closed
again.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
People should Read.

Daily Light: The article in Thurs
days paper by your field CORES
pondent, "Bill Cox" THE difference
in the man who reads and one who
does not" should be read by every
young man or young woman in all
the land. In this day OF public free
schools, newspapers and books ignor-
ance IL without excuse. The man who
keeps posted on the transpiFin&
events of the day has at his COM
mand something of interest to re-
late, while the man who does not
Through ignorance or pure and un
adulterated stinginess, will never
rise above talking about his neigh
bor's affairs and should be made t
sit on barb wire fence. chew the
cheapest grade tobacco and spit at
spiders until he pays Bill Cox dol
lar for the Weekly Enterprise
Them's my sentiments.
OLD CITIZEN.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
"HANDED A PACKAGE"
What Happened in Missouri, All Be
cause Train Was on Time

What Happened in Missouri, All Be
cause a Train Was on Time.
In years gone by when a neWspa-
per man could get. so many pleasure
cards from the railroads that he
was sometimes called pass packer,
and could get on a train with his
deck and when the conductor
came along for his fare. ask with a
look OF ennut, what road is this?"
nearly all editors we're friends Of the
roads. When. what some choose to
call 'insane legislatiOn," and which
is general admitted to be inane. stop
ped this, some papers seem to take
a delight In handing 1t to the rail-
roads at every opportunity, says the
Denison Herald. Along this line
the following from the Democratic
teresting:
The attention OF Supt. N. ], Fin
ney is respectfully called to the fol-
lowing clipping FROM S.the Clinton
Democrat of Saturday. The Demo
crat-Sentinel requests that Mr.. Fin
I.ney give the article careful perusal.
and then send his copy OF this paper
with the '4No, Q production" mark
ed, to Col. A. A. Allen, general man
ager, at St. Louis headquarters.
Here's the Democrats roast"
| without any attempt at sensation
alism, and realizing that our plain,
modest statement OF an astounding
fact will be almost unbelievable, we
publish to the world the news that
the Katy northbound morning pas
senger train No. Q, was on time this
morning.
For months the travelling public
has felt safe In reaching the depot
any old time after I q. M. the efn-
cial time card proclaiming S:16 ~
the correct schedule.
Such . thing - MOI hitting ths
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
PRISONER DEAD
CASE DISMISSED
David Laushlin, Who Was Ac-
cused Of Killing His Wife,
Ate Matches.
DIES IN 4 PRISON CELL
Would Have Faced Trial Tor Murder
Had Not Death Intervened-Case
Had Been Set for Trial
December l6.

Haskell, Texas, Dec. 4-David
Laughlin, who killed his wife with
an ak short time ago, died in jail
here yesterday morning between 4
and o'clock.
"A few days ago the grand jury
returned a bill charging him with
the murder of his wife, formerly
Miss Ophelia Gibson. He was ar
raigned last Tuesday and pleaded not
guilty to the indictment. A special
venire has been ordered and the case
set for trial Dec. 10.
Last Sunday night Laughlin broke
of and swallowed the ends OF about
160 matches. The physicians made
all efforts to save his life, but with
out avail. The case pending on the
docket against him was dismissed
today
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
Directors and officers Elected.

At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mexicana Gold
Mining company, held in Waxahach-
lie on December 1st, the following d.
rect0rs were elected for the ensuing
year: D. G. Thompson, e. P. Haw-
kins, w. e. Coleman, 8. w, Wesley
]. s. Davis, r. X. Erwin, H. A.
Pierce, Geo. T. Wilson and Bert Ro-
by. I'LL
The board OF directors elected the
following officers: j. s. Davis, presi-
dent; R. X Erwin, vice president
e. P. Hawkins, secretary and
treasurer. George T. Wilson was
continped as general manager.
Mr.. Wilson will leave for Mexico
on next Tuesday, by way OF Ell Paso
where he will purchase machinery
with which to equip the mine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
HUNT DEER IN AUTOMOBILES
Party of Well Known Texans VIII
Camp Near Uyalde.


Mr.. Frank e. Shaffer, president of
fthe Denison Hardware company
Hunter Dempsey. well known land
man ard colonizer of the same city,
and c. NJ. Hurdleston, passenger
conductor OF the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad, who resides In San
preparations for a big two weeks
hunt in Uvalde county on the ranch
|of the Flowers Cattle company.
They leave Houston tonight and
Twill be joined in San Antonio by G.
l.. Blackford. president OF the State
National bank of Denison; C. D.
Kingston of the Denison Drug COM
pany; Gus Franks, proprietor of the
Angefus hotel in San Antonio; Rufe
Bynum of Waxahachie, expert raiser
of short horn pol1 Durham cattle;
Ralph Getzendaner, cashier of the
Citizens National bank, Waxahachie
and f. B. Flowers, president Of the
Flowers Cattle company
On Monday morning at 8 O'Clock
| the entire party will leave San An
tonic in three automobiles for the
| trip to Uvalde. The autos will also
be used in the prairie hunting The
horses and camp eqiuppage have
been sent on ahead and a camp has
! been established on the range OF
! the ranch
The party will camp out for Is
days and hunt deer, wolves and
javelenas. Two days will be spent In
chasing cayotes and two days In chas-
| ing the Mexican wild hogs, also
known as peccaries
Last year Mr. Hurdleston and 9th
er members of the party in the same
place killed nine deer and IA wild
turkeys. Court of Lad and Rex OF
Gladsto1fe, two Of the most famous
bird dogs In the state, will be taken
with the party.
Conductor Hurdelston is an ex-
pert hunter and uses for small game
only a 20-guage gun. Last year he
spent four months hunting in Boil
via, Ecuador, and the canal zone In
South America. Black tail der and
Spanish pheasants were killed In
abundance. He says the Spanish
pheasant Is like cross between the
English pheasant and the American
grouse. Houston Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
P[UNGES DOWN
ELEVATOR SHAFT
Lawyer, Soldier, and Prominent
Fort Worth Man, Acct
dentally Killed.
BODY FALLS FIFTY FEET
Stepping, as He Thought, Into Ele.
vator, Is Hurled Over and
fEsyss'
Over and Found, Bleed
ing, in Basement.

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. Ma
jor George T. West, Junior member
of the law firm of West, Chaprnans&
West, and prominent member OF
the Texas National Guard, died at 3
O'Clock yesterday afternoon from in
juries due to fall of fifty feet down
the elevator shaft in the Wheat
building at 10 o'clock that morning.
The accident occurred without
warning and there were no eye-wit-
nesses. The law Office OF the firm is
on the third floor of the building
and the elevator had just passed up
ward and was at the seventh floor.
1t is supposed that the door at the
third floor landing had been left
open and Major West walked into
the orifice expecting to step on the
floor of the elevator. He stepped
into space and fell to the basement,
three floors below, his body making
several revolutions before 1t reach
who were waiting for the elevator
on the ground floor or street en-
trance saw the body of Major West
pass on its way downward.
Tom c. Beulow. who conducts the
cigar stand at the entrance of the
building, was also witness just be-
fore the fall terminated. As he fell
Major West uttered loud cries for
assistance. These were heard by
many occupants OF the building. who
ruined tfft0 the corridors The injnr-
ed mans brothers. Capt. Tom West
land DR.. w. B. West. who were In
his office, also hurried to the spot,
| Major West In falling struck his
shoulders and head on the concrete
flooring at the bottom of the eleya-
tor shaft The formation at the bot
tom prevented him from falling full
force upon his head, and his shoul.
| ders sustained the greatest shock oi
the fall. This probably prevented In.
stant death. He was bleeding and un-
conscious when picked up, but lived
hve hours. Several physicians In the
building and dozens of citizens vol
unteered assistance. The body was
removed and placed on the floor of
the basement, where first surgical at
+! tention was administered. He was
subsequently removed to his home.
/! ITO West Second street, where he
fingered until 3:05 o'clock. Twice
during the afternoon he Is said to
have partially regained consciousness
| and called the names of members OF
the family.
Major George T. West at the time
of his death was a practicing attor-
ney of the city and major and pay
master of the Texas National Guard.
He was born in Virginia about 46
i years ago, and had resided here for
twenty years or more. His first mill
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04

Eighteen rolls toilet paper and
holder for $1.00 at Cronk Co. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
To Wed Chinese Pupil.

New York, Dec. 4.--One OF the
most novel weddings ever witnessed
IN this cosmopolitan city is scheduled
to take place tomorrow, when Miss
Belle Leroy, refined and accomp-
lished young white girl, who has for
some time acted as missionary and
teacher In Gotham's Chinatown, will
become the bride OF Kee Sing Chi
,nese washerman of "a Mott street
The full Chinese marriage ceremony
will be used to unite the loving pair
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
The Devil.

1t Is estimated that from the roy
aities OF The Devil. Franz Molnar,
the Hungarian author, will receive
In a single SEASON fully $3.50, ,0OO. 90.
Henry. " SavAee,wao controls the
American rights OF this celebrated
play, now has companies playing in
New York City, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Boston and Pittsburg and has
given permission to James d. Bar
|ton & Co.. to present the play In
other. sections of the United States
The production given by this well
known theatrical firm Is exactly the
same as that given by the Henry w
Savage company in New York and
other cities The Morning Telegraph,
the recognized theatrical authority
OF America, says that the Ave most
successful plays OF the decade are:
''The Lion and the Mouse" paid In
Full" "The Merry Widow" "The
Man of the Hour" and "The Devil. I"
The last named play will be the Of
fering at the Shelton opera house
tonight.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
Officers Elected.

At the meeting OF the knights of
Pythias Thursday night the follow
tng officers we're elected:
VIII Farley. G. c.; o. B. Calvin,
4. c.; R. J. Beebe, p; P. @. Rock
It, NJ OF W.; e. Q. Vestal, X, OF r..
g.. and NJ. OF f.; Sam Andrews.
of E.; J. w. Brodhead, M. at A.:
4arence Miller. I. G.; A. w. Caro-
ers, O. G.: Geo. p. Mizall, trustee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
Racing at FL PasO.

HI Paso, Texas, Dec. 4.---El Paso's
sixty-day racing meet Will open to-
morrow and Is attracting much at
tention throughout the southwest
II the coming meet Is successful. the
promoters hope to make Ell Paso a
permanent center for winter racing
The Christmas handicap and the Der.
by, for 81 ,000 each, are tn efeatures
OF the program arranged for this
season.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-04
Home Mission Society

The Home Mission Society will
meet next Monday afternoon In reg
ulAr business session. Every NOM
Der urged to be present and hear re-
ports from our institute work Re-
nN1fnP Es4Ar ssssssse ..s.s X,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-10
Conceited Conscience Worse Thing
in World, Says Noted Preacher

The Rev. DR.. Chas. L. Goodell,
who, by the circulation of a story to
the effect that he had been connect
ed with a divorce scandal, failed in
election to a bishopric at the recent
general conference in Baltimore, de-
livered a cutting criticism of his foes
before a congregation that packed
Calvary Methodist Episcopal church
in New York Sunday.
THE worst thing in the world, -
said DR.. Goodell, lis a conceited con-
science. A man so afflicted will ap-
ply the torch and the sword, and not
stop at the fagot to carry out his
purpose, forgetting entirely that ha-
tired and death have no place in
Gods plan and that righteousness
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-10
WORSE THAN CONSUMPTION
Pneumonia Kills One Hundred and
Forty Thousand Persons Year
on This Continent.

Contrary to the general opinion
tuberculosis is no longer the scourge
of society It's place as a death-deal-
ing destroyer has been taken by an
other disease which is making great
er havoc the world over This dom
inant slayer of the race is pneu-
monia. 1t is now the most deadly of
all diseases, says the New York
Times. Every year it is killing off
about 100000 persons in the United
States. Allowing a mortality rate of
one-fifth of the total number of cases
this means that there are about 700,-
600 cases annually in this country.
In New York, with it's sudden
changes of weather and severe win
tiers, SO in every 10000 persons die
of the disease every year. Boston
comes next with a death rate of 80 in
every 10000, and Philadelphia and
Chicago are not far behind.
In some European cities, however,
the CHASTITY results are much worse
than in the United States, notably in
Vienna, where pneumonia carries off
40 in every 10000 persons every
year. LOndOn's population suffers
severely from the inroads of the dis
ease, as also that of Stockholm and
other cities. Berlin is perhaps the
best off of the European cities in this
respect; it's mortality rate from pneu-
monia is about 16 in every 10000.
Pneumonia, said Dr. Thomas
Darlington, commissioner of health
of New York city, has been second
only to pulmonary tuberculosis. Now
it has Outranked even that captain OF
the men of death During the peri
cd from 1881 to the present pneu-
monia has increased in practically
every place in the United States and
Europe. In this country, in the ten
states where vital statistics are accu-
leAINiy lCNOl dCus incl Z was Il SeuGIdl
increase in the number of cases dur
ing the period from 1900 to 1904.
In 1906 the number of deaths mark
edly decreased, while since then an
upward tendency in the death rate
has again been apparent. In all of
these states the death rate in the
cities has been and is persistently
higher than in the rural regions.
This condition is not peculiar to this
country for a recent register gener-
ais report states that in England
and Wales the city rates were in ex-
cess by between so and 80 per cent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-10
INCREASED PENSION BURDEN.
Is Now Nearly One and Quarter
Million Dollars. Still Growing.

Is Now Nearly One and a Quarter
Million Dollars. Still Growing.
There isn't much use in calling at
tention to the steady increase in the
pension burden. The people seem to
think they don't have to pay the pen
slons, and hence there is no reason
why they should worry over the in
crease in the amount of them. If
they were to look a little more close
~ into the sources of the govern
ment's income they would see that
they do pay the pensions. and that
the steady increase in the amount of
them Is an increase of their burden.
Because the revenues of the govern
ment come from indirect taxation if
doesn't follow that the people are
not taxed to support the government
lhey are taxed, and heavily taxed.
The pension appropriation bill car
rles S163, 100000, which is manv
millions more than any previous mem
sion appropriation bill carried. If
General Garfield could return to
earth he would be surprised how lit
tie foresight he had as a statesman
Years ago, on the floor of the house
ne was urging the passage of the
annual appropriation bill, and in rhe
course or his speech he said that tho
pension appropriation wouldn't evar
Ieach $3O,OOO,OOO a year. 1t is more
IMAM i've times that sum. and if
the republican party is continued in
power much longer it wouldn't he
surprising if there were a movement
to turn the treasury department over
to the pensioners.