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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
GIVE US A REST.

The Bellville Times prints the
following sensible editorial "From
those who know, the information
comes that the people of the state
who are in favor of the elimination
of the liquor interests from our
boundaries have now in their hands
pended 80, 900 names, asking for a
submission of a constitutional
amendment by the next legislature
to a vote of the people upon the
question of prohibition for the state
at large. Twenty-one years ago this
same question was submitted to the
people of Texas, and, after a most
acrimonious and hard fought cam
paign, the ti-prohibition forces
then the sentiment In many com
munities of the state has changed
very radically, and it is now prob
lematical, at least, as to which side
would triumph in contest Of the
same nature. Every one who is in
the least informed upon the ques-
ton recognizes this The people
have just been in most bitter po
litical fight, and, while it is not pro-
posed to open the war again until
the coming spring, if the question
should be submitted to the legis
lature, and by that body to the peo-
pie. it is to be hoped that the wise
men and counsellors of both sides
of this much-veXed question may be
able to keep it from assuming con-
crete form, for a while, at least.
The hot heads on either side should
not be allowed to jeopardize the
large interests of those holding the
middle ground, who are largely in
the majority, and whose ranks are
recruited from both forces"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
PEACE CONGRESS- IN PHILLY
Governor Stewart will Preside at the
Opening Session.

Philadelphia, May IA notable
array of leaders In the international
movement for the abolition of war
has been attracted to Philadelphia
by the Pennsylvania Arbitration and
Peace conference, which opens this
evening and will last through to-
morrow, Mnoday and Tuesday Gov
ernor Stuart will preside at the in
augural meeting this evening, and
the speakers on the program include
several distinguished devotees of
universal unity.
Tomorrow morning peace services
will be held in churches of all de-
nominations. A committee of clergy
men has this feature in charge, and
hopes to make it universal through
out the city. The delegates will at
tend the afternoon service of the
M. G. A. in the Garrick Theatre, and
an evening service will be held in
the Baptist Temple. The speakers
will be Rev. Walter Walch, of Scot
land; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of
New York; Rabbi ]. Leonard Levy,
of Pittsburg; Rev. Friedrich Lynch,
of New York; Benjamin F. True
blood, Edwin D. Mead, of Boston;
Rev. James l.. Tyron and Rev.
Charles S. Beals, both of Boston.
Monday mornings meeting in Hor-
ticultuyal Hall will be for the wo-
men, with Mrs. Cornelius Stephen
son in the chair. The speakers will
| be Miss Mary A. Burnham, Miss En-
ma Blakiston, Mrs. May Wright Sc
| wall, of Cincinnatti; Mrs. Frederick
Nathan, of New York; Mrs. Lucia
| Ames Mead, of Boston, and Mrs.
Anna Garland Spencer. On Monday
afternoon there will be bench and
bar meeting, with Senator Knox
| presiding. In the evning the meet
| ing will be held at the Academy of
| Music, and Senator Knox will also
be present. General Horace T, Por-
| ter, who was one of the United States
delegates to the second Hague con-
ference, will speak, as will D. James
| Brown Scott, of Washington. Con-
gresham Bartholdt, of Missouri
and Justice Brewer, of the United
States supreme court.
The business session will be held
on Tuesday morning, and in the
lafternoon there will be q meeting at
the Academy of Music. at which
there will be prominent speakers
whose names have not yet been an
inounced. A banquet at the Bellevue
Stratford will conclude the confer
fence that evening. Wayne Mac Veagf
will preside, and the speakers viii
be Ambassador Joaquin Nabuco, o.
Brazil; Don Gonzola Quesada, Min
lister from Cuba, and John Barrett
Director of the International Bureau
lof American Republics.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
WOMAN GETS ISLAND.
others Beat Her To 1t But She Had
the Field Notes.

TIE fleIu Notes.
Fort Gibson, Okla, May 16.-Mrs.
Mary e. Weddel, of Muskogee, out
witted about 200 anxious Cherokees
and succeeded in filing on a Robin
son Crusoe Island in the Grand riv-
er for an allotment for her daugh-
ter, Ora Ethel Weddel, a child two
years old.
Robinson Crusoe Island contains
IN all zoo acres of land. Sixty acres
or 1t is above high water and can
De cultivated. 1t was overlooked by
the government surveyors and not
plated for allotment. In the mean
time an old fisherman named Law
son had squatted on it and made
ms nome, making a living by fishing.
put he put some improvements on
the place. The government took cog
nlzance of the land, surveyed and
plated it, and declared it open for
allotment. 1t is mile from Fort
GIBSON, four miles from Muskogee
and wonderfully rich land. When
the land office opened there was a
Dig crowd ready to grab the land
half a dozen applicants got into the
land office before Mrs Weddel, but
they dld not have a description Of
the land or the improvements. Mrs
Weddel had visited the island the
Sunday before and her information
was perfect. She filed for her little
child.
Mr.. Lawson is now in the position
OF squatter. He says he will never
give up his home and that there will
be trouble If any one tries to put
him off.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

"Taint likely we'll come back this
way" 1t was one of those simple,
homely incidents that sometimes
seem to epitomize life. We must pick
now, if we want them at all, the flow
The pleasant hours, the dear friend
ships, the offered condolences, the
happy gatheripgs-all the bright
push aside but mean to find leisure
to enjoy sometime-we must take
them day by day, as they come, or
can we turn back TO find them
Selected.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
"SWEETBREAD FOR BRAINS"
That is What President Roosevelt
Said of Senator.

Washington, May Let has de-
veloped that something besides his
three letters of defiance has stirred
the wrath of senators recently
against the president. He has spoken
in personal disparagement of one of
the most highly regarded of the "old
group"
The trouble with him. Mr..
Roosevelt is reported having said of
this senator, is that he has sweet
breads for brains.
A good many senator's, especial
ly Foraker and his friends, were
highly incensed over his letters to
Senator Smith of Michigan and
Stewart of Vermont, of which he an
nounced his intention to veto the
Foraker Brownsville bill If 1t should
pass and to ignore it if it should be
passed over his veto. But their wrat h
at that defiance was as nothing com
pared to their rage over this dis
paragement of their colleague.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
NORWAY'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
Descendants Of the Vikings to Ce!e-
brate Anniversary.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 16.-Nor-
ways independence day, the seven
teenth day of May, will be celebrat-
ed in an elaborate manner by the de-
scendants of the Vikings who COM
prise a considerable portion of the
population of the great northwest.
The exercises in this city, to be held
this evening, will be especially no
table, owing to the presence of Owe
GUIDE, the newly appointed Norwe-
gian minister to the United States.
He will deliver the chief address.
An elaborate musical program will
be carried out. The actual anniver-
sary tomorrow will be observed BY
special services in Norwegian church
es in all the principal cities and
towns of Minnesota, the Dakotas
Manitoba and Wisconsin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Expecting chair to walk just be-
cause 1t has legs is as sensible as
thinking that printing Of any kind
will bring business. 1t will no more
pay you to be careless about the
quality and appearance of your
printing-letter heads, bill heads,
envelopes, ETC., than it will to neg
lect any other part OF your bust
ness. JOB printing is not side line
with us. We devote our best efforts
in the execution Of a quality of print
ing that Is sure to stimulate any
business. If
SOUTHERN PRINTING co.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Farm and Ranch says: THE mon
eign titles, by tourists from Ameri-
ca to foreign countries, added to
the amounts sent back home an
nually by those who immigrate to
this country, would make an amount
sufficient to build and keep afloat a
navy large enough to satisfy Presi-
dent Roosevelt and awe all belliger-
ent nations
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
ADVICE TO EMPLOYEES

Paul Gilmore. the actor. recently
gave utterance to the following IN
teryiew which is full of common
sense and good advice. Read 1t.
IF you work for man, in heav-
ems name work for him. If he pays
you wages that supply your bread
and butter, work for him speak
well of him, think we'll. of him
stand by him and stand by the in
stitution that he represents. | think
if | worked for man, would work
for him. / would not work for him
a part of the time, and the rest of
the time work against him. ! would
give him an undivided service or
none If put to the pinch, an ounce
of loyalty is worth pound of cleV-
erness. If you must villify, condemn
and eterually disparage, resign your
position, and then when you are out
side, damn until your hearts con
tent But / pray you as long as you
are a part of an institution, do not
condemn it. Not that you will in
lure the institution-not that-but
when you disparage concern of
which you are part, you disparage
yourself. More than that, you are
loosing the tendrils that hold you to
the institution, and the first high
wind that happens along, you will
be uprooted and blown away in the
billiards. track-and probably you
will never know why Times are dull
and we regret there is not enough
work, etc.
Everywhere you will find these
out-of-a-job fellows Talk with them
and you will find that they are full
of railing, bitterness, scorn and con-
domination. That was the trouble
got themselves swung around sc
they blocked the channel and had
| to be dynamited. They were out OF
| harmony with the place, and no Ion
| ger being help, had to be removed
Every employer is constantly look
ing for people who can help him
naturally he is on the lookout among
his employees for those who do moi
help, and everything and everybody
| that is hindrance has to go. Thi:
| is the law of trade-do not firt
| fault with it; it is founded on ma
ture. The reward is only for thu
man who helps, and in order to hell
you must have sympathy.
This bad habit of fault-fnding
or so called, and complaining is
tool that grows keener by oonstan
use, and there is grave danger tina
he who is first only moderate kick
er may develop into chronic kick
err, and the strife he has sharpene,
will sever his head"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
BY THE WAYSIDE

A young girl visiting the country
was following farmers wife along
wild, half overgrown path amid a
tangle of wild flowers The young
visitor exclaimed at their variety
and beauty. Il mean to gather all
can carry when we come back and
we have a little more time" she
said. Better pick them now if you
want them" said the elder woman.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
Woman Sent to Rock Pile.

Fort Worth, Texas, May 16.-Po-
lice Commissioned George Mulkey
yesterday ordered a large quantity
of rock and will re-establish crock
pile" for women prisoners. Although
this step has been determined upon
several times in the last few years,
no action was taken until yesterday.
Formerly the rock pile met with
strong opposition and it is believed
the protests may be renewed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

As the splendid quality Of Wax
ahachie mineral water becomes more
generally known the number of
health seekers increase and the ne
cessity for better hotel facilities
grows. We are losing a deal. Let's
build it now.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

The Enterprise Publishing Com
amy is in nowise responsible for
iebts that may be contracted by en-
,loveJ. nor will we assume payment
4 UGH debts under any circum-
tances Every employee of this office
paid promptly for work done. This
= to protect ourselves and the sell
ing public --ENTERPRISE PUB
fishing COMPANY, Per G. w Nc
Knight, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Any erroneous reflection upon the
laracter, standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation that
nay appear in the columns Of the
Daily Light viii be gladly corrected
apon It's being brought to the atten-
ton of the management
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

A Katy conductor is authority for
the statement that Mrs. Guinness, the
several times mUrderess, recently
entered Fort Worth on his train.
Fort Worth seems to be getting
everything.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

President Roosevelt did not over
step his authority when he fred the
negro troops at Brownsville. At least
that is what the United States dis
trict court says about it.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Just because we democrats had a
little family row is no reason why
Texas republicans should split all to
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

If those "derelict' counties don't
hurry up their election returns we
know somebody who is going to
have to change his figures as to
senator BaIeys recent majority.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

The natatorium will soon be fin
ished, and then we can all get in
the swim.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Take your spite out on the weeds
grass and flies. We would like to
have rest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Really now, don't you think these
"shames of Texas" are becoming al
together too numerous.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

You can help to make Waxaha-
chic a larger and a better town.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

If Senator skinner does announce
for attorney general some one will
have to sit up with Clarence Gus
ley and his candidate
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

A drop or two of printers ink ia
ken according to our directions will
prove a good business stimulant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

. A OWNBY City Editor
Residence Phone. Bell No. $3.50
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Alas, poor Clarence We know him
well
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Get in the habit of going to
church The revival season is almost
here
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

Entered at the Waxahachie Post
Office as mail matter of the second
class. :
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16
OFFICERS aad DIRECTORS.

G. w. Mcknight, President and
Treasurer; Ed Cunningham, Vice
President; C. w. Kent, Secretary.
Directors: T. A. Ferris, G. w. Nc
knight, Ed Cunningham. c. W.Kent.
Dr. G.. w. Simpson.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

The man who bugs does not spend has
time hunting over the variOus stores Of
the to1On He c0nSults his newspapers
or has magazines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

Princeton.-The funeral of Grover
Cleveland was marked by extreme
simplicity. No pomp nor splendor had
place in the ceremonies. There were
no bands to play dirges on the way to
the old Princeton cemetery, no mill
tary escort, no eulogy by the officiating
clergymen.
through which the cortege passed
from Westland, the Cleveland home
on Bayard lane, to the cemetery was
policed by mounted troops, but they
were there for police duty and as a
measure of precaution in protecting
the living president rather than for
display in paying tribute to de-
parted chief executive.
Four clergymen officiated at the
house and at the grave. They read
the burial service from the Presby-
terrain Book of Common Worship, but
offered no eulogy. This simple but
impressive service was conducted by
DR.. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton,
Rev. DR.. Williams r. Richards, pastor
of the Brick Presbyterian church of
New York; Rev. Sylvester w. Beach,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Princeton, where the Cleveland
family attended, and Rev. Maitland v.
Bartlett, former pastor of the same
church.
There were no honorary pallbear-
ers. Those who bore Mr.. Cleveland's
body to it's final resting place in the
Cleveland plot were Mayor George B.
Mcclellan, Paul Morton, Commodore
E. G. Benedict, Richard Watson Gil
der of New York; Prof. Paul Van
Dyke, Dean Andrew F. West, Prof.
John G. Hibben, Junius S. Morgan,
nephew of j. Pierpont Morgan; A. ID.
Russell, Prof. Howard McLenahan,
and Bayard Stockton of Princeton.
The simple Presbyterian service was
said at the grave, the casket lowered
into the ground and one of the coun-
try's most distinguished citizens had
become but memory. A silver plate
on the casket bore the inscription:
Grover Cleveland, March Is, 1887
June "a, 1908"
President Roosevelt, Gov. Fort of
New Jersey, Gov. Hughes of New
York, Gov Hoke Smith of Georgia,
members of President Cleveland's cab
met, and other notable citizens at
tended the funeral. After the cere-
mony the president left Princeton at
once in his private car Signet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

Cleveland's message was prepared.
The Olney note was drafted after a
consultation between the secretary Of
state and Mr.. Cleveland during the
summer at Great Gables on Buzzard' S
bay. Mr.. Olney went there to confer
with the president about the Venezue-
Ian question. The note was submitted
to every member of the cabinet.
War Was Not Feared.
Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert, then secre.
tary of the treasury in Mr.. Cleveland's
cabinet, has said of the incident: Il
remember that as the note developed
it almost took my breath away, and
1 was inclined to oppose it's presenta-
ton, but before the reading was fin
ished 1 realized its force and value and
l heartily approved it,
did you anticipate that war would
result from the message?" he was
asked.
mo, / did not think SO, because
did not think there was enough in the
controversy to cause war between
the two countries which were SO close
" allied in blood and business. OF
course, such measures as could be
taken with the means in hand to be
prepared in case of trouble were taken
by the navy department, but there
was neither time nor money nor oppor-
tunity to make any extensive prepare
tions"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

NE:WSN]TE:S..
FOR THE
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen.
ings Of the World
Told in Brief.
PERSONAL.

The body of Grover Cleveland was
buried at Princeton after brief but i'm
pressive services which were attended
by President Roosevelt and other
notables.
Secretary of War Taft went to New
York from New Haven, and met a
number of friends, including Booker
T. Washington.
William H. Pettis, treasurer of Sac
county, Ia, was arrested on charge
of embezzling the county funds.
II. w. Tiers, former discount clerk
of the First National bank of Pitts
burg, Pa, was arrested on an informa-
ton made by National Bank Examiner
Folds, charging him with the abstrac-
ton of about $51 900 of the banks
funds.
James S. Sherman, Republican vice
presidential nominee, i'll at Cleveland,
continued to improve and his physl-
clans advised that, as soon as he re-
gained his health, an operation should
be performed for the removal of the
gall stones.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son OF Pres
ident Roosevelt, was given his bache-
lor's degree by Harvard university,
after three years of study, having
taken extra courses.
John d. Rockefeller is to write his
autobiography for New York maya
zine
United States Senator Stephenson
Of Wisconsin announced himself a can
didate for reelection.
Secretary of War Taft was the cen
ter of enthusiastic doings at Yale,
marched at the head of his class and
sew Harvard defeated on the ball
field
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, is said to
have taken a position for summer en-
ployment with the United States steel
corporation.
William j. Barnett, charged with
embezZling securities from the Cotton
estate, was convicted at San Fran
cisco.
John Mitchell, former president OF
the Miners Union, refused to run Tor
governor of Illinois or vice-president.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-02

1t was an honorable title. Buffalo had
long been in the grip of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians.
Grown arrogant from power and rich
from graft, they had come to regard
rule wholly to their interest as
settled right. Mayor Cleveland dis
abused their minds. Raids on the
treasury were blocked by his veto.
Officeholders were warned that their
allegiance was due the people. Claims
of friendship and the pressure of pow
erful influence were without effect up
on him. His sturdy fights in the inter
est of his employer" were widely pub
lished and attracted attention through
out the state.
Governor of New York.
So it happened that when the Dem
ocrats in 1882 cast about for can
didate for governor their eye natur-
ally turned toward Buffalo. Grover
Cleveland was placed at the head of
their ticket He was elected over
Charles ]. Folger, then secretary OF
the treasury, by 100000 plurality.
Cleveland's record as mayor and his
overwhelming victory in the election
made him a national figure. There was
widespread curiosity as to the course
he would pursue as governor. He
gained new celebrity through his We
toes. He refrained from discourses
on public affairs and framed no theory