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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15

charge d d'affaires. since First Secre-
tary Eddy left Berlin to begin his
duties as American minister to the
Argentine Republic.
Berlin real estate dealers cherish
the prospect that somebody will be-
come rich through the proposed pur-
chase of an American embassy build
ing in the kaisers capital Since the
announcement of the project, the
embassy and state department have
been deluged with offers of property
OF every description, ranging from
palatial and princely establishments
to suburban tenement houses Amer
ica S fame for wealth is so thorough
ly established in Germany that each
enterprising house agent is conf
dent he will have no trouble in driy-
ing a handsome bargain for him
self. If, as reported. it is intended to
divide half million dollars equal
ly between the embassies of Ger
many and Mexico, not much of an
establishment will be obtainable
here.
The palace Ambassador Tower has
vacated is held at half million dol
lars, and three or four others re-
garded as fit for the housing of our
embassy are priced at s400, ,000
each. The Japanese government
which has just rented Ambassador
Francis's house in Vienna, is think-
ing of leasing or buying the estab-
lishment in Berlin vacated by the
Towers,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL HOSTS To MEET
International Convention to Be Held
in Louisville Next Month.

Louisville, KY, May 15.-With
the International Sunday School
convention, to be held in Louisville
from June Is to %, now little more
than a month distant, the commit
tees having the details in charge are
nearing the completion OF their pref
liminary work. Louisville will be
called upon to entertain 2,500 dele
gates from all over the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Australia
and parts of Europe and will bring
to its task all the enthusiasm and
cordiality of true Kentucky hospi-
tality.
The program to be given. during
the six days of the convention will
be the most elaborate in the history
OF the association, and will include
the most prominent ministers and
Sunday school workers from every
section of this country and Europe.
The first meeting will be held
Thursday afternoon, June Is, when
addresses of welcome will be made
by Gov. Augustus E. Wilson on be-
half of Kentucky, and James F.
Grinstead, the mayor, on behalf of
the city Of Louisville, followed by
a response by the Hon. Justice J. j.
Maclaren, d. d. L., LII. D., of To-
ronto, Ontario, Canada, president Of
the International Sunday School AS
sociation. All of the meetings will
be held in the Jefferson county ar
.Gory.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
CYCLONE BLOW
LEVELS LINDEN
Two Men and Woman Killed
and a Number of People
Are Injured.
WHOLE TOWN IS IN RUINS
Every Business House Except Two
Blown Away and No Vestige
Of the Baptist Church
Is Lett

Linden, Texas, May 15.-A cy-
clone struck Linden Wednesday af-
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock, killing three
people and iniuring a number of
others.
The Dead; T J. Nelson, Sam
Whitworth, Mrs. NJ. j. Tramper
Seriously Injured; Ex-Sheriff j.
H. Lanier; Mrs. T. ]. Nelsbn, spine
injured
A number of others were slightly
hurt.
Every business house in Linden
except two are gone, and no vestige
of the Baptist church remains. The
bank is total wreck, as is also the
postotfice. Wires are all down and
nothing has been learned from the
country beyond the fact that New
Colony church, five miles east of here
was destroyed, also several dwellings
east of here. Many people are home
less
T. J. Nelson was a brother-in-law
of Hon. H. A. O'Neal of Atlanta. The
streets of Linden are strewn with
debris, dry goods, etc. and presents
an awful scene.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
THE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
National Organization Meets in An
nual Session at Buffalo in July,

Buffalo, n. Y. May 15.-Reports
received here from all over the
country are highly flattering in their
promises of the success of the Ma
tional Good Roads convention to be
held in Buffalo, July 6, and s. The
meeting will be under the uspices
of the American Automobile Associ-
alton and will Immediately precede
the start of the Glidden tour As
the association now has twenty-four
state branches, the event will prob
ably be the most truly national, as
we'll as the biggest good roads con-
vention ever held in this country.
The convenient proximity of Niagara
Falls makes the selection of Buffalo
particularly commendable for July,
aside from the fact of the Glidden
tour starting from there on July 9.
The proceedings of the convention
itself will be attractive enough to
repay every one in the least inter
ested for attending. There will be
prominent speakers, but the affair
Will by no means be confined to ora
tory. Practical demonstrations will
be given of new machinery used in
the building, preservation and re-
pairing of roads, and various novel
features are being arranged to make
it gala occasion, replete with en-
tertainment, as well as instruction
and practical results
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
AN ANCIENT ITALIAN FESTIVAL
The Ceremonial Dates Back to the
Mists Of Antiquity.

Rome, May 15.-Thousands of
pilgrims from all parts of Italy and
from other lands are gathered today
In the little Umbrian town of Cub
bio, to witness the famous process
sion of the ceri, which the natives
hold every year on May Is in honor
of their patron saint and former
bishop, ST. Ubaldo. This quaint cer-
emonial dates back to the mists of
antiquity and is said to have been of
heather origin.
Aycero is at all wooden pole or
mast which passes through the mid
die of two lantern shaped frames of
wood and canvas, separated from
each other and surmounted by the
figure of saint. The lower extremi-
ty of the mast fits into wooden
stretcher provided with two. long
shafts, one at each end, so that it
can be borne along the steep streets
and up the mountain side above the
town on the stalwart backs of the
young and vigorous.
These ceri are three in number,
and each is surmounted by the
image of separate saint-the first
by that of st. Ubaldo, the second by
that of St. George and the third by
that of st. Antonio.
st. Georges cero rests on supports
representing a, heap of wine barrels,
a collection from various shops, a
drum, mace and battleax and a pile
of spears, because that warrior saint
is the patron of the shop keepers, as
according to Napoleon |, he was in
England.
At 5 O'Clock in the afternoon the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
EDUCATIONAL BOARD HAS POWER
The Governor Has No Authority to
Order Suit Instituted.

Austin, Texas, May 15.-It was
disclosed yesterday that Governor
Campbell has no authority to author
ize the attorney general to institute
suit for the cancellation of contracts
made by the text book board with
book publishers. The contract enter
ed into between the text book board
and the book publishers specifically
provides that in the event a contract
is secured through fraud or collusion
by either party, steps may be taken
for cancellation of such contract "at
the election of the governor and
state board of education"
Consequently it will be seen that
not the governor nor the text book
board, but the state board of educa-
ton has the power to order suits
filed for cancellation of any con-
tracts. This puts another phase on
the situation.
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bishop gives his benedictiou to the
cerl, and then at a given signal the
ceraidoli dash down the steep Va
Danrt at full speed, bearing the
three ceri in rapid succession round
the town.
All the time the great bell of the
palace is tolling; finally the bearers
of the ceri rush wildly thrice around
the square. hen out of the sqaure
the procession rushes up the hill to
the gate of st. Ubaldo which leads
through the ivy clad walls to the
hillside.
At the gate the bearers rest a few
minutes. Then off they start AID
soon st. Ubaldo's yellow cope and st.
Georges blue cloak, followed by st.
Antonio's black habit, may be des-
cribed speeding up the steep serpen-
tines of Monte Ingino. Arrived at the
top, st. Ubaldo is first admitted into
the monastery. gyrates three times
around the court his image is then
carried into the church. the others
then follow and the procession is at
an end.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
Trinity and Brazos Valley Freight
Engine Blows Up at
Virginia Point
BRAKEMAN BADLY SCALDED
The Engineer. Fireman and Conductor
Also Injured When Crown Sheet
OF Locomotive Burst Asunder.
One Victim May Die.

Houston Texas, May 15.-Engine
No. So, pulling a southbound freight
train on the Trinity and Brazos Val
ley, exploded Thursday morning at
t 5 O'Clock at Virginia Point. scald-
ing Brakeman A f. Matthews so Sc
yerely that he may die
Engineer h. c. Lucas, Conductor
+. w Swift and Fireman j. Thomp-
son were likewise so badly burned
by hot water and steam that they
had to be taken for treatment to ST.
Mary's infirmary at Galveston, where
the brakeman was hurried immedi-
ately after the accident.
Engine 55, with her crew and
part of the train crew, stood waiting
for orders before passing into the
Galveston bay bridge. The trainmen
were standing near the engine when
the crownsheet blew out scattering
scalding steam and water and hurl-
ing pieces of the tender in all direc-
tions. The men were thrown to the
earth, all being struck by the dis
charge.
Brakeman Matthews appeared to
have received the brunt of the blow
He was knocked unconscious, his
botS lluh Hedu 10 neSl seemed TO
be enveloped in water and steam and
it was not doubted that he was kill
ed outright.
Engineer Lucas was burned on the
right hand and arm, his legs and
feet scalded and some portions of
his neck and ears drenched
Conductor Swift received rather
serious burns, being caught by the
water and steam on the hands, face
and the right side.
Fireman Thompson escaped with
but slight burns
With the exception of the brake
man. whose injuries were such as to
warrant the belief at noon Thursday
that he would die, the others will
fully recover. Galveston dispatches
indicate that they were discharged
from the hospital after having the
burns treated
AS soon as the accident occurred
a Santa Fe switch engine picked up
the injured and carried them into
Galveston, where they were given at
tention at the hospital.
Engine No. 55 was pulling string
of about fifty cars, having passed
through Houston about midnight.
She went on through toward Calves
ton over the Santa Fe tracks. and
had reached Virginia Point when the
engine blew up.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
WILL REPLY TO HIS TRADUCERS
Attorney General Davidson to Take
the Stump in Own Behalf.

Austin, Texas, May Attorney
General Davidson is receiving invi-
tations from every section of the
state to address the people. Among
them was the much-appreciated in
vitation from the people of Waco. 1t
is stated at the attorney generals de
partment that the attorney generel
will not open his campaign until he
has so arranged his public duties
that the interests of the people will
not suffer. Many important matters
of vital interest to the welfare of
the state are engaging the attention
of Attorney General Davidson and to
quit his office and allow official mat
ters to go by default in order to
promote his campaign would be in
excusable.
1t is said that Attorney General
Davidson will in due time open his
campaign and when he does so he
will make answer in no uncertain
language to the ISLANDERS and mis-
representations that his political OPP
ponenrs have been making against
him. In the meantime patriotic citi-
zens will fight his battles, while he is
fighting the battles for the people
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15

leads 10 the mines. A special and a
transfer of the money was necessary
at French. A special guard heavily
armed, accompanied the treasury
and upon leaving the train at French
the guard went inside that station,
placed the money in the safe and
locked the doors to the station. Sud
denly the noise of breaking win
dow attracted his attention and the
station agent on looking around,
faced the muzzles of two rifles. A
third bandit broke the door and en-
tered. He then held the two men
covered with a revolver, while the
other bandits entered the building
After tying the guard and agent, the
robbers shot the safe with dynamite
secured the booty and fled.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15

District Deputy W. E. Craddock
has granted the Waxahachie Elks a
special dispensation to hold weekly
meetings until about the middle of
July. These meetings will be held on
Tuesday night of each week. The
dispensation was asked for because
of the large number of applications
for membership in the order, ma
jority of whom wish to go through
the initiatory work before the grand
lodge meets in Dallas. The first
meeting will be held next Tuesday
night.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
MEXICAN WAR VETERANS
Survivors of Historic Struggle Meet
III Annual Reunion

Waco, Texas, May 15.-Survivors
of the historic struggle with Mexi-
co, in which so many Texans parti-
cipated, met here today for the an
nual reunion of the Texas Associa-
ton of Mexican War Veterans. Time
has greatly thinned the ranks and
left but handful of aged veterans
to enjoy the hospitality of the pa
trioic people of Waco, which will
be poured out in unstinted measure
during the two days of the meeting.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15

Prof. j. l.. Henderson of the Uni
yersity of Texas visited the WaXaha-
chic High school yesterday. He ex-
pressed himself as being highly
pleased with the work being done
in this department of the citys
public schools
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15

The Wise Orchestra went to
Mansfield this morning to play at the
closing exercises of the Mansfield
Academy
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-15
Notice,

NOl1Ce.
The Sunday School picnic of the
Central Presbyterian church has
been postponed on account of the
weather. Further notice as to time
and place will be given the school
Sunday, also through the paper next
week. COMMITTEE.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
Farmer Bests HoIdup.

New York.-Raymond D. futile, a
farmer of Lincoln Park, N. j., was
held up" by two highwaymen and in
consequence one of them is poorer by
a gold watch and $25, which futile
will hold as the spoils.
He was returning from Paterson
when the two men leaped into his
wagon and commanded him to dis
gorge the contents of his pockets. In
stead, the farmer struck one of the
men, knocking him over the dash
board, and the horses trampled on
him.
AS the animals continued to speed
along Tuttle continued to fight the
other one. Within a hundred yards
from his house he tore most of the
highwayman's clothing off and hurled
him into the road.
Later, Tuttle searched the clothes,
and in a waistcoat pocket found the
money and watch. The latter is worth
$50.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
Sydney Entertains Fleet.

Sydney, Australia.-Despite heavy
downfall of rain that swept over this
city this afternoon the entertainments
for the men of the battleship fleet,
which included a regatta, football and
baseball matches, races at Rose Hill
and matinee performances at all the
theaters, were carried out as per pro-
gram Saturday.
A baseball team composed of sailors
from the Nebraska defeated the team
of the Sydney university by a score
of to 0, and the team representing
the entire fleet defeated the New
South Wales team by a score of 6 to
4. In a Rugby football match New
South Wales team turned the tables
and defeated the fleet team by a score
of to 3. tr
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
OREGON sQUIBs,

Bert Allen, George Dunbar and
BLACK" Davis have been arrested at
The Dalles, charged with the robbery
of Harlow brothers store and the post
office at Troutdale, Ore, two months
ago. Eight hundred dollars was taken
from the safe in the post office after
it had been dynamited.
A southbound Southern Pacific pas
senger train went into the ditch two
miles south of Irving Sunday. The
dead: Frank Boulter, two unknown
boys who were riding the blind bag.
gage. Fatally injured: Engineer Jack
Nichols. Several passengers we're
bruised, but none seriously hurt.
Despite the assurance of w. s. Love,
the Portland druggist, who was robbed
recently, that Thomas Perkins, clerk
recently discharged, could not have
committed the crime, the police ar
rested him and have obtained a con-
fession. Because Perkins is only IT
years old he will not be prosecuted by
the police authorities, but instead will
be turned over the United States Off
Gals, who know no distinction where
post Office robbery is concerned.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Duke Carl Borwin, aged 20 years, of
Metz. Germany, is dead.
Al Kaufman knockout Jim Flynn
in the ninth orund at Los Angeles last
Tuesday.
Fred Hopkins was killed in the
mountains near Kalispell, Mont. when
a train was derailed by broken wheel.
Herman Wrieth, mail carrier on the
rural route between Kalispell and Big
Fork, Mont became violently insane
be cause his horse got bauky.
Half Of the Union stockyards in
West Toronto was wiped out by fire,
Tuesday. Loss will exceed $15O,OOO.
The origin the fire is unknown.
The two younger children of Mr..
Verzuk, an employee of the CRANKY
smelter at Grand Forks, B. c., were
drowned in the Kettle river Tuesday.
They fell from foot bridge.
A crowd of 200 strikers attacked a
train of seven oars of strikebreakers re-
turning from work at the Angus shops
at Montreal last Tuesday, breaking
every window and injuring two men.
The stage running between Cody and
Meeteetsee, Wyo. lust across the Car
bon county line, was held up Tuesday
and robbed by single highwayman
who received as reward for his efforts
an amount estimated at $500. Posses
are in pursuit. Because of the rough
ntaure of the country little hope is en-
tertained for his capture.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
BaIIinger on Committee,

Washington state. has been honored
by the appointment of Hon. Richard
A. Ballinger of Seattle as one of the
members of the advisory committee
of the republican national committee.
The other members of the commit
tee, as announced by Chairman
Hitchcock are:
Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; Pow
ell Clayton, Arkansas; w. Murray
Crane, Massachusetts,; William Mel.
son Cromwell, New York; John Hayes
Hammond, Massachusetts; Franklin
Murphy, New Jersey; Charles P. Taft,
Ohio; Arthur I. Vorys, Ohio.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Snow fell at Burke, Idaho, last Tues
day.
Earl D. Coe, formerly prominent in
Denver, died recently in New York.
The official test of Hiram P. Max
i'm g gun sill: ncer was made by officers
stationed at the United States armory
at Springfield, Mass, last Monday.
The test, it is said, proved the claim
Of the inventor.
Bert Paul Of Lima, one of the big
merchants of southern Montana and
one of the best known cattlemen in the
Centennial valley, was seriously cut by
George Walker, a saloon swamper, in
Butte as the result of the latter being
joked.
AS the reuslt of the wreck of the Cot
tage Grove train three miles Forth of
Eugene, Ore, Engineer John Nichols,
said to be the Oldest engineer in the
employ of the Southern Pacific, Coast
division, is dead from his injuries. His
death brings thetotal number of deaths
as the result of the accident to four.
Six persons were injured.
A special committee of five members
of the stock exchange will conduct an
investigation of the transactions which
took place on the floor of the NewYork
exchange last Saturday, when more
than 100000 shares were bought and
sold in enormous blocks and in such a
manner as to arouse suspicion that the
sales were so matched as to create a
fictitious impression of activity.
District Attorney Ira Darrin of
Queens county, New York, says that
by an agreement with Attorney MoIn.
tyre, counsel for the Hams brothers.
the Annis murder case would be shorn
of sensationalism.
IF l am elected president of the
United States on November and in
augurated on March next I will call
special session of the congress of the
United States the next dav after my
Inauguration and ask them to legislste
the liquor traffic out of existence" ia
the declaration made by E. W. Chain.
prohibition candidate for president, in
St Paul, Mimi.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
IDAHO NOTES.

The Spokane G Inland railroad has
about 100 men working on it's ter.
minal tracks. depot and grading at
Moscow
A severe electrical storm visited the
Lewiston country at an early hour
Saturday morning, but no serious
damage is reported.
A 60-foot trestle just west of Post
Falls on the Northern Paciflc's Spo-
kane & Idaho branch was DESTROYED
by fire recently.
The farmers of the Neg Perez
prairie are now engaged in the deliv-
cry of the timothy hay crop; and a
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-28
MONTANA ITEMS.

An automobile accident occurred
Sunday afternoon four miles from AL
hambra, Mont, in which the machine
Of Henry M. Parchen of Helena was
totally destroyed and four persons in.
jured. Mrs. J. G.. Sanders of Butte
received a severe cut across the fore
head and her two daughters and Mrs.
D. A. Cheul of Pasadena, CAL, were
slightly injured.
Forest fires have broken out anew
in the Little Belt reserve of central
Montana, and much valuable timber is
being destroyed. More than 1900 acres
have been burned over, and the large
force of forest reserve men is appar-
emily helpless in their efforts to con-
troll it. The fire started a week ago.
bua was apparently subdued, only to
break out again. Assistance is being
sent from Great Falls and from nearby
places.
The grand lodge of the Scandinavian
Brotherhood of America, in session at
Great Falls last week, elected Enoch
e. Engdahl Of Spokane grand presi-
dent of the order. Spokane was chosen
as the place for the grand lodge meet
ing next year, which will be in Sep
TENDER. The other grand lodge officers
are: Gus j. Stromme of Butte, grand
vice president; A. K Anderson of Mis-
soula, grand secretary-treasurer; Wal
ter H. Hanson of Wallace, Idaho, and
s. r. Jensen Of Great Falls, Mont,
grand trustees. The Spokane delega-
ton in attendance, besides Mr. Eng
dahl, are Frank Burman and A. C.
Clausen.
The remains of Charles Aubrey, who
disappeared from his home near
Browning, Mont. several days ago,
were found Friday about 300 yards
from the house. His head had been
badly beaten with some blunt instru-
ment It was known that he received
$1,000 recently and robbery is believed
to have been the cause of the crime.
Doan Faber grocery clerk, shot
and seriously wounded W. D. Ferrebee
Saturday night at Plains, and then
surrendered to the officers. Faber and
H. e. Metcalf, night clerk at the Hotel
MCGOWAN, were conversing on the
walk near the hotel, when Ferrebee,
who had just arrived in town, came
across the street and struck Metcalf
with heavy iron bar, Telling him to
the ground and continued beating him.
Faber fired two shots, one piercing
the left lung and the other grazing
the right side. Faber fired to prevent
his friend from being murdered, he
says. Ferrebee is stranger here. He
made statement generating Fabnr.
His condition Is serious. He was
crazed from drink.