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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
ASSAILANT SHOT DEAD


Chicago, H., March 3.-Chief of
Police George NJ. Shippy, his son
Harry and his driver. James Foley
were wounded by an anarchist who
attempted to assassinate the police
official in the hall of the latter $
residence. $40 Lincoln court, short
ly after 8 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. The desperate struggle in which
Mrs. Shippy and her daughter,
GeOrgetta Joined, was terminated
when the chief drew his own revol-
Yer and killed his assailant At
tempts to identify the dead man
have thus far resulted in failure
The attack is believed to have been
the result of a widespread conspira-
cy to harm officials who have been
active in suppressing manifestations
of anarchy in this community
Other city officials are said to have
been threatened and police spy
who recognized the corpse of the
man who invaded Shippys home as
that of a person who regularly at
tended anarchist meetings, asserted
that the man was chosen by lot to
do away with not only the chief of
police but Mayor Busse as we'll. The
ramifications of the plot are said to
extend to other cities and to be
closely connected with the killing of
Rev. Leo Heinrichs, Roman Cath
olic priest, who was shot down at
the altar of his church in Denver.
Harry Shippy is the most severely
hurt of the injured in the affray, He
was shot through the breast twice
and was probably fatally wounded.
His father was stabbed in the arm
while Foley received a bullet in the
wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked by
the desperate, but her hurts are
slight
Following the attack squads Of
policemen We're sent out into the
Italian and Ghetto districts of the
city. Places known as headquarters
of secret societies suspected of anar-
chistic tendencies were raided and a
score or more of arrests We're made.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
National BoWlerS' Tourney.

Rochester, N. Y, March 3--In-
coming trains today brought many
additions to the bowlers congregat-
ed here for the convention and tour
nament of the National Bowling as
sociation. Every indication points
to a more successful affair than the
first annual event at Atlantic City
last year. Visiting bowlers are unan-
imous in the assertion that the To-
cal hall is the best equipped plant
of its kind in the country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03

change in the rendition Of property
for taxes in this state; and that,
whereas, the principal property for
taxation in this county consists in
land and that such character of
property is more directly affected
than any other kind of property;
Therefore, be it resolved. that
We, the people of Ellis county in
mass meeting assembled for the pur-
pose of securing a just and equal
rendition, recommend that there are
four classes of land in this county
and that the classes above mention
ed should be rendered for taxes for
the following prices, respectively:
First class land should be rendered
for taxes at $40 per acre; second
class land at $50 per acre; third
class land at $40 per acre; fourth
class land at $40 per acre.
That, whereas, some lands in
this county have already been as
sessed for taxes for 1908 and in
view of that fact we respectfully
ask the commissioners court to
take such lands into consideration
as well as all other lands in this
county in an Effort to secure a just
and equal rendition
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
TRIP ARRANGED FOR BANKERS
Members of Texas Association VIII
Visit Northern Points

Arthur NJ. Hall of Dallas, travel
ing passenger agent OF the Katy,
was in the city Tuesday Mr. Hall
attended a meeting of the executive
committee of the Texas Bankers
Association at Temple Monday, and
perfected arrangements with the
committee to send the bankers on a
pleasure trip to the north this sum
mer Immediately following the an
nual meeting of the association. A
special train of four standard sleep
ers and one baggage car will be pro-
vided for the bankers According to
the intinerary as outlined by Mr..
Hall the train will leave Dallas over
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas on
July 9, for Kansas City. From there
the Burlington will be used to Oma-
ha, and other stops will include Du-
luth, Sioux City and Chicago. There
will also be trip by boat across
Lake Superior.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
LARGE SUN STOLEN
BANCO DE MINERA, OWNED BY
AMBASSADOR CREEL, LOSES
$295. 900.
BORDER Being WATCHED
Bills of Large Denominations Stolen
Liberal Rewar'1 Offered for
Capture OF Robbers.
Watching Border.
BORDER Being WATCHED

Ell Paso, Texas. March "a tele-
gram received from chihuahua, Mex
leo, late yesterday afternoon says
that the Banco De Minera, owned by
Ambassador Creel, has been robbed
of S295,0 900 Mexican money. No par
ticulars have yet been learned OFF,
GERS here, however, have been asked
to watch the border closely.
The banknotes taken are in de-
nominations of $1,000, $500, 500
and $50. A telegram from Governor
Creel of Chihuahua, was received
by Chief Ponce of Juarez stating
that liberal reward had been offer
ed for the capture of the bank rob-
bers and asked that the United
States immigration authorities be
requested to keep a lookout for sus-
picious characters and for bills of
the denominations missing. The i'm
migration authorities have issued
instructions to the border riders and
to officials at the stations along the
line to keep a lookout for the miss
ing bills.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03

his battle tonight with Battling
Nelson at the Pacific Athletic club.
Nelson has been actively at work
for several months, however, and is
generally conceded to be in better
trim for the mill than Britt. Rudolph
Unholz, the Boer wonder, who re-
Gently defeated Nelson and George
Memsic in ten round bouts here.
will probably meet the winner at
an early date.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
Smallpox Quarantine Raised.

County Health officer Berry went
number of smallpox patients and
raise the quarantine which had been
placed over them. The residence in
which the victims of the disease had
been confined was subjected to a
complete disinfection. There are now
county, and three or four of these
are in Waxahachie.
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DIR. A. NJ. DOUGLASS DEAD.
Former State Senator Passes Away
at Cleburne.

al tIeDufie.
Information has been received
from Cleburne Of the death of DR..
A. NJ Douglass OF Coyington, Hill
county. DR.. Douglass was nearly 10
years of age and was a native of
Tennessee, having been born in sum
ner county. He graduated in medi-
cine at Nashville in SCI aud in the
same year enlisted in the Confeder-
ate army joining Company c. Sixth
Mississippi Infantry, and served
through the war. He was wounded
at Corinth and at Franklin, Tenn. He
had lived in Hill county, in the
neighborhood of his late home, since
iSeG, and had during that time been
prominent and influential in public
affairs. In the fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth legislatures he was
representative in the lower house
from the district embracing Hill
county and was state senator from
the district composed OF Ellis, Hill
and Johnson in the twenty-third and
twenty eighth legislatures. For a
number of years he was chairman
of the county democratic executive
committee and in most democratic
conventions of the county had pre-
sided either as permanent or tenn
porary chairman. Burial was at Cow
ington under the auspices of the Ma
sonic fraternity
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st. John, n. B., March 3.-Gener-
al elections are being held in New
Brunswick today, after a hot cam
paign attended by much political ex-
element. Federal party lines are not
closely drawn in this province and
the personality of the candidates has
been the principal issue.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
Sell Mansfield Art Collection

New York, March 3-After hay
ing been on public view at the Am
erican Art galleries for some time,
the valuable collection of paintings
and art objects of the late Richard
block to be sold at auction, bySorder
of the famous actors widow.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
BOOT LEGGER BAGGED.
Negro Landed in Jail for Violating
the Local Option Law

Barton Gustus, colored, was ar
rested by Sheriff Forbes Monday
night and landed in Jail on an al
legged charge of violating the local
option law. 1t is claimed that Bar
ton put up a pitiful tale to a physi-
clan in order to procure a prescrip-
ton for a bottle of whisky for
medicinal purposes After obtain
ing the whisky Barton sold it to
other negroes, so it is claimed
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Odd Fellows in Parade.

Fort Worth, Texas, March s.
Many additional delegates arrived
today for the annual encampment
of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodges of the state A parade and a
concert by children from the Odd
Fellows home at Corsicana are the
features Of today's program.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03
Indiana Mine Work ers.

Terre Haute. Ind, March s.
Delegates from all the 159 locals in
the eleventh district, United Mine
Workers of America. assembled this
morning in Germania hall for the
nineteenth annual convention. A
joint session with the operators will
settle other differences
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03

Miss De Sellem received an over
whelming ovation for her singing of
the difficult air "Adieu Forests. -
New York Mail and Express. At
Trinity University Friday evening,
March 6. Admission 75c. Tickets on
sale at Hood & Cailin's and at the
REGISTRAR office as the university. IS
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At the Opera House.

weeks engagement was opened
at the opera house last night by the
Payton Sisters. The Man Outside
was the opening bill, and the differ
ent parts were cleverly portrayed. A
large crowd was present.
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Jeanette and Langford.

Boston, March 3.-Beantown
sports are looking forward to one
of the best mills ever seen here
when Joe Jeanette and Sam Lang
ford, the colored Boston fighter, mix
things in a twelve round battle be-
fore the Armory club tonight.
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Quarterly Conference.

Quarterly conference for the Red
Oak circuit will be held at Chapel
Hill, Wednesday, March IL. Preach
ing II a. m. Dinner at the church.
Business session in the afternoon.
Brethren, please be on hand. c. E.
Lindsey, Pastor.
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Sapo.

For cleaning glassware, enamel
ware, silverware, brass, gold or any
other metal or earthenware. F. S.
Cronk Co. tt
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CUTTING AT BYRON.
Man Receives Several Severe
Wounds on Face and Back

UH h.
A cutting scrape occurred at By
ron, 5 miles south of Ennis, Sun
day night at singing entertainment
in which VIII Bates received several
severe knife wounds about the face
to Ennis by Deputy Sheriff Tom
Duke, and placed under $3.50 bond
for his appearance at court there
next Saturday.
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Britt-Nelson Battle.

Los Angeles, Cal, March s.
Jimmie Britt is the favorite of the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-03

Eighteen rolls of toilet paper and
holder for ST at F. S. Cronk Co. If
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
Stork I'm Sight.

Receipts OF live stock at the six prinei
al T~vastern marketa yeStardav.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
"OLD BILL" DIES AT cTTY JAIL
william Carter VIII ne seat to Csne-
tery Instead Of County
Hospital.

William Carter, more Familiarity known
as 'old Bill,' the aged coIored man who
has been a s~emi.vagrant and occasional
vender OF crawdabs in the summer time
and coal in bucket and wheelbarrow lots in
cold weather for many years in the Third
ward. died in the cell room OF the city
jail about 2 o'clock Thursday morning
after having been found in q semf-conscioup
condition at a restaurant at III Dodge
street and taken to the police station for
medical attention by Or. Henry Fitszibbon
late Wednesday night. 1t Is understood
that alcoholism was the cause OF death.
Assistant Coroner Hulse took charge OF
the body.
For a number OF years the old character
had lived in a little shanty on Twelfth
street between Cass and California that
almost 1utted out into the street, there
making his home since he was released
from tho state penitentisry, where he
served a sentence for chicken stealing. He
had lived with his wife before that time,
but following his conviction she left him,
and It is thought that aside from this fam
lily connection, he had M relatives OF close
friends.
When he was taken to the police station
II was decided to send him TO the county
hospital Thursday. but now his funeral ex-
penses instead OF the cost Of his medical
treatment, will be borne by the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
ouotatIons Of the Nay on VariOus
Commoditfen.

NEW YORK. oct. S.-FLoUR-Re-
ceipts, 33.026 bbls.; exports, 1000 bbls..
7 The D %seHss T Sslso S1 $50. e WINTER term s,r MIRGs-
winter extras. $500 so; winter patents,
SOq Rye flo wiR'S aui ,S% Saikr FG 10 good. ss'SS
afeO: choice 20 fancy. $4,000 $50. Buck
wheat flour, firm at ss,1sdS.25.
CoRNMEAL-Essy; fine white and yell
RYE-Dull; No. ? western. s4%c, +. o.
b., New York.
BARLEY-Dull; mating, sae5c, c. / T..
WHEAT Receipts. 100000 bu.; ex-
RS Grt' red rss.'g sl.C Sq sSYPSSsfIm s Elevator str0 No.
2 red. tl.0SA {. Q. B.. sfloat; No. north
srn, Duluth :LdsS. { Q b. sfiost; No. No z
market strong; advances occurred in
wheat today and the market was more
active, rejecting drouth news from the
for lighter northwest receipts, It eased
slightly near the close, but stil left off
,fSl1S net hi Ginsss At De sSss%OsSSsr
May tL.OsA @L1o& closed at i.loA:
sst firm; No. z sthe' n0 sgl ! eis srr,Se
Option market was without transacti9ns
el SHTs 4 assSi May 4s $685. ba a. sos sbot mar
ket steady; mixed oats, 26 to 80 pounds,
80 a 5Sc; natural white, 20 to 81 pounds,
SO 454c. clipped white, SO to 40 pounds
FEEDEEasy; middlings, S24.S5.
,HAY-Frm; shipping, 6@eoc; Seod to
HiDEsTsteady; Bosota. 1s9lst1c; Central
LBsATHERHouist; acid, 2sha2sc.
PROVISIONS Beef, steady; family
1875 @i7.50; mess, S13.50@l400i beef
hams, s2s.0ogS1.oo; packet alSoSS1SOo;
meats, steady picked bellies. '1l;259
firmer; western, j16.f5@io.bs; refined,
Stills; compound. sf.75Gs.00' Pork, firm;
family, S2l.000 u 100; short clears, $4,000
@22. 90; mess, s16.50@17.00.
TALLOW-Firm; city .(S2 per pkg)r
sac; country (pkgs. free), So @6hc.
~RICE-Steady; domestic, faiE to extra
2&@ &c; japan, nominal.
BUTTBR-Firm; creamery specials, 2a
2Shc.
CHEEsE-Firm; state. full cream spe
cials, 1Std14kc; state, small colored oil
white fancy, lac; state, large colcred OF
white fancy, 12c; state, good to prime 10
1870; state, common to fair, lOhgplAc
EGGs%Frm: state. Pennsylvania ant
nearby selected, white fancy, 35Q31o; same
fair TO choice, 2d34c; brown and mixed
fancy, 30d32c; same, fair TO choice, 26d2ec
western firsts, 23o; seconds. 2d22c
POULTRY-Alive, firm; spring chickens
15c; fowls. 15c; turkeys, lac. Dressed, dull
western spring chickens. 156lsc; fowls, l
@16c; spring turkeys, 1S@2Oc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09

BHEEP-Recetpts OF sheep continued
sood deal over one-hslf as compared with
last weeks big run. The total receipts
for the week to date amount to a little more
the quality, outside of a very few loads,
lacked a good cal OF being good today.
A considerable proportion OF the receipts
this morning consisted OF feeders, but un-
fortunately the demand did not seem very
brisk. There were a good many lockers
tnQuirlng after feeders and a good many
still the trade was slow. due apparently
to a feeling on the part of the buyers hat
prices which have been gradually advano-
Feeling that way the market could hardly
to be otherwise than sluggish, with prices
no more than steady.
Fat sheep were in pretty good demand,
buyers all seeming to want a few n
prices on that iii remained about steady,
but there was nothing very good to put a
top on the market. Some very decent ewes
sold up to A45 with some medium kinds
of wethers at the same price, and with a
mixed buch OF ewes, wethers and year.
enough sheen on sale to really make very
much of a market.
With fat lambs the situation was decid-
edly against the sellers. The market at
this point has been advancing very rapidly
under the Influence Of the light receipts,
until fat lambs were higher than at Chi
oaEo. Yesterday the Chicago lamb market
broke badly, the top price there being
only $3.50, which was paid for what the
Chicago Drovers Journal described as
choice Idaho rangers. At the Same time
good but not choice Wyoming lambs sold
here yesterday morning at $&a5. or sc
higher than Chicagos extreme top oil
choice stuff. With Chicago reporting a
still lower market today buyers started out
this morning determined to get prices
down here to a point where they would
be somewhere in line with Chicago. Hence
buyers hit the market the hardest that they
could and they are experts along that line.
They actually bought some Of the same
lambs here yesterday Soc lower, though they
would not admit that the market wae
really that much lower. explaining the diff
ference by saying that they bought them
too high yesterday. The feeling was tina
. real choice bunch OF lambs would bring
S6.00dP.1o. which would be Csc or 35c lower
than yesterdays top.
Quotations on range or grass sheep and
lambs: Good to choice lambs. t6000S.&
fair to good lambs. $6.5oQ5.d feeding
lambs, S4.00Qe.15; good to choice light year,
iings, sAOoq6oO; good to choice heavy
9 HeA%: good TO choice wsthers. ASa
ing wethers. $S.4O@965; good to choice
ewes. t4oo@4.5o; fair 70 good ewes. $500
400; feeding ewes, t20O9S.0O; culls and
bucks, N.00d2.0.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
FOreiEn Financial.

LONDON, oct. s.-Money was in good
supply In the market today, but the demand
was poor. Discounts were firmer. Trading
on the Stock exchange generally was nerv-
Gus and irregular. The political situation
on the continent induced Spectators. to re-
duce their commitments and checked fresh
ventures. Consols and home rails dropped,
while Berlin and Paris selling depressed
Kaffirs and foreigners. Some purchases In
the afternoon impaired a better tone, but
renewed continental selling caused another
setback and made the close easy at the
lowest prices of the day. American secur-
tiles opened around parity and fell a point
in the forenoon on the realizations. Prices
picked up later, however, and after easing
temporarily on New York selling they re-
acted sharply and the market closed firm.
Grand Trunks were weak
PARIS. Oct. S.-Trading on the Bourse
today opened agitated on The Balkan situa-
ton. Prices rallied slightly. but this was
followed by a general weakness on the
favorable Interpretations given the speech
made by Premier ~Clemeqceau this after
noon in southern France. The market
BERLIN. Oct. Sa-Thet1 political situation
continued to Influence trading on the Bourse
and prices were depressed Bank shares
and government securities were lower.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
Kansas city Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Oct, S-CATTLE-
Receipts, 5000 head, including 800 southerns,
market steady to 10c higher; choice export
and dressed beef steers, $6T5Q7.Oo: fair q
good, A.60d6.76; western steers, SS.S0d6.05
steers. $2S0G4.10; southern cows, 2.0003.8.
native cows, u.76m4.OO; native heifers. SIT
$500; bulls, $270d4.6; calves, Ss.OOQ7.M.
HOGs-Receipts, 1900 head; market
steady; light hogs &c higher; top. s6.S; bulk
OF sales. &.S0d6S5; heavy. R16a6.A6; pack
ers and butchers. $600n6.45 light, $3.50
6.15: pigs. $3.76G6.25.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts. 5000
head: market l0d15c market lower; lambs
4.5On600; ewes and yearlings, $3.75d4.Bj
western y~eaTiings, A.OOa459; western sheep
t3.50GA4; stockers and feeders, &.694.60.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09
DaFleV Receipts.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND r~RovIsI6Ns
Features OF the Trsding and ClOsIns
Prices on Board of Trade

ER1Cen' on BnaFN OF TFaue
CHICAGO Oct "A net advance Of lNe
on the local exchange today. as a result
OF an active general demand based chiefly
on record-b breaking sales OF flour at Min
neApolis, Corn, cats and provisions were
Nsariy every commission house repre-.
buying orders for wheat when trading
began and Opening quotations. were nc
lover to " hisnsr' Losol a Longs , so.a
fsins sales. The situation in the southwest
Many reports we're received telling Of the
decrease IN acreage sown to winter wheat
owing 70 the continued dreuth; A. trading
western markets began TO be felt. A sharp
upturn At Minneapolislw was especially note.
SSorsssg because q sn Insssass Se Gs 3 SSTnS
the last five days. This heavy increase,
however. Was offsst BY an unusually brisk
the flour situation. one message to a
local commission house claims that flour
sales teddy at M~InnfsISlEsS we're the lsssss;
shipped S6.i0 barrels Of -four 70 foreign
sSaptFiss compared o with l ,;SiS re SsTTsls a
better inquiry for cash wheat by foreigners,
but added that the advance today had
sion Quoted down considerably, but de-
msnd seemed still to be unsatiafied. The
the high point OF the day. ciearsncss Of
wheat and flour were equal to 96 200 bu.
Primary receipts we're 1,61S,000 bu., com
pared with 95 600 hu. the corresponding
day q year ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Chicago reported receipts Of 1,0e9 cars,
against 1,t0 cars last week and 66 cars
a year ago.
Corn was strong all day. but the volume
OF trade was small, The market closed
receipts were s. cars with % of contract
grade. ttte4s -t
bullish effect on oats. The price of the
cash grain waa up &c to 10. The close
was firm at gains Of SC to A9Stc. Local
receipts were 28 cars.
Provisions, were firm, Liquidation of Oc-
tober ribs caused a Decline OF zoe to SOC
In that product at the start, but all of
the loss was ragained. AtRthe close the
prices were 60 TO. iSo higher
Estimated receipts for tomorrow; Wheat,
lO,OO0 head.
The isSains FUTURES ranged a. follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09

NEW YORK, Oct. S-EYAPORATED
early new crop fruit In cases range from
6Ac to Sc; 1907 fruit. as 70 quality, M@sIhc.
at Sc, and sales arc said to lave been made
at SEC ..ar
DRIED FRUITsLPrunss are easier in
lSo for California end from SIC TO NC for
Oregon fruit. Aprioots arc perheps the
fryit r,s,b chcace o,,atsA =, at2s,aSlo. Ssnns
az l03i0mc. Peaches continued dull, With
choice quoted At 1910; extra choice at
IdSho; fancy, HAiatnb are easier
IN tone, with loose musoatel quoted at tM9
$40; choice to fancy seeded at ST6fxc
seedless at 44c., and London layers az sLe