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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
JAPS STAND PAT
STRIKE IS QUITE
Two Thousand Employees on the
Hawaiian Plantation Po-
litely Walk Out
DEMAND HIGHER WAGES
,Vhs Employers Refused to Increase
Rste Of Pay Nipponese Laborers
Simply Quit Work-Cost Of
Living Increases.

Honolulu. May 17.-With no
prospect of receiving recognition
from their employers, the 5000 Jap
anese plantation hands on strike in
the Hawaiian islands are politely but
firmly standing pat and quietly
awaiting developments.
The strike, which started a week
ago, was the result of a determined
and long standing demand on the
planters for an increase in wages
from SIS to $22.50 a month.
The Sugar Planters association
unwittingly brought about the agita-
ton by flooding the islands with
japanese workmen toward the close
of last year 1t was not long before
the same workmen, whom the plant
ers had imported in order to solve
as they believed, the labor problem,
surprised their employers by begin
ming a spirited campaign for improv-
ed conditions.
Last December the cane field work
ers held mass meeting, having
supplied themselves with statistics
purporting to show that while the
planters reaped enormous profits
from the land and held down the
price of labor, the cost of living was
increasing steadily.
Last Saturday some of the mlllS
resumed in a crippled condition witt
the aid of about 500 Hawaiians, Por
tuguese, Porto Ricans and Chines'
strike breakers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
NINE MEETINGS ARE HELD.
Services at City Churches Devoted
to Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Work

Something of the work being done
in Texas by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was presented to
the people of Waxahachie Sunday in
nine meetings held at four of the To-
cal churches The services in the
forenoon and evening were conduct
ed by prominent association work
ers. The speakers, were Mr. l.. e.
Jones, secretary of the Fort Worth
Association; DR.. F. d. Boyd of Fort
Worth; Mr.. George w. Benn of Dali
las, college secretary of the state as
sociation, and Mr.. l.. A. Coulter of
Dallas, state secretary. AT $3.50 in the
afternoon a meeting for men was
held at the Methodist church. This
meeting paINook of an eyangehstic
nature and was largely attended. A
splendid address was delivered by
Mr.. Coulter. The musical program
included songs by the Trinity Uni
versity Glee Club and a vocal solo
by Miss Wilson of Texarkana.
Mr.. Coulter and Mr.. Benn remain
ed in the city Monday to try to in
terest the citizens of WaXahachie in
the matter Of organizing an associa-
tion here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
HOLD Up TRAIN
RIFLE MAIL CAR
The Robbers Escape With Booty
Amounting to More
than $4,000.
DOZEN PASSENGERS HURT
The Great Northern Railway Offers
$4,000 Apiece for Capture Of
Bandits--Send Wild Engine
Crashing into Coaches.

Spokane, Wash. May 17.-ln the
holdup of the Great Northern pas
senger train No. 3, between Colbert
and Meade. shortly before midnight
Saturday night, twelve persons were
injured when the engine and mail
car, started running wild down the
track by the bandits after they had
rifled the mails, collided with he
remaining cars of the trai1 The
bandits detached the engine fand
mail car of the train, ran thah down
the track a short distance. and then
after the registered mails had been
opened, they send the engine back
to collide with the cars stsnding on
the track.
The cor iuctor saw the wild cars
coming down the track at the rate
of twenty-five miles an hour when
they were a short distance away, and
he and one of the trainlnen placed
a tie on the track in an elfort TO stop
t'A'N'
car were partially stopped by this
means, but plunged into the coaches
There was loud crash and the pas
sengers We're .thrown from their
seats, most of the injured being hurt
by glass from the broken windows,
Doctors were taken out on spe-
cial train to care for the injured
| Chief Ryan of Hillyard went out
with a posse and surrounded all the
roads leading toward Spokane. Nc
trace of the robbers was found. 1t is
believed that the bandits obtained {
large sum of money from the regis
tered mail, the amount being placed
at $40, 900
T. ~ Wilson and wife of Spokane
were seriously injured, Mr.. Wilson
| suffered fracture of two ribs and
! Mrs. Wilson was badly bruised.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
lNJURlNG SHADE TREES.
Oldham Avenue Citizens Make COM
plant to the City Attorney.

Complaint has been made to me
by property owners on Oldham ave-
nue. that injury is being done to
shade trees along that street by wan
ton cutting and hacking on them by
thoughtless persons. There is an or
dance against such which provides
a maximum penalty of 500 for such
injury Persons guilty of such should
and will be prosecuted. Parties liv
ing along this street are asked to
watch out for such and complaint
viii be fled against any guilty per
sons. Laws protecting shade trees
should be enforced and will be en-
forced j c. LUMPKINS
City Attorney
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
Cutting Down the Hill.

The street force began Monday the
work of cutting down the grade OF
South Rogers street at the top OF
the hill near the residence of B. R.
Moffett The dirt is being brought
of the street from the foot of the
hill to the Waxahachie creek bridge.
The street from the top of the hill
to the city limits will also be grad
ed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17

The sixteen counties that nave
more than doubled their assessments
in 1908 over 1907, include Caldwell,
Castro, Childress, Clay, Crosby, De-
witt, Ellis, Fayette, Foard, Gonzales
Hamilton, Hardeman, LaVaca, san
Patricio. Swisher and Tarrant.
The lowest assessed valuations in
the state are in the southwest, where
the lands are valued at from 81
cents to So per acre The lowest val
uations are Crockett county, where
il is "a cents, and Terrell county.
where it is S5 cents. In each instance
there is an increase of | cent per
acre under the full rendition law.
The purpose of the map is 10 tur-
nish information to property owners.
tax assessors, boards of equalization
and others interested in the equali-
zation of taxes between the dlnerent
counties. 1t was intended at hrst TO
show the assessed value of lands per
acre as compared with the true val
ue of lands per acre in each county
so that the tax assessor could have
a practical basis for enforcing the
full rendition law, but no ofhclal
records were available for showing
the true value of the lands and this
object had to be abandoned.
Copies of the map can be had
upon application to the office OF the
Commercial Secretaries association
in this city-F'ort Worth Record,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
burglars at Rice.

Burglars Saturday night entered
Fortson Bros. store, at the rear en-
trance, by cutting out the screening
and prizing open the door. Some
5000 worth of merchandise was tax
en-. consisting of shoes, clothing and
dress goods No arrests yet.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
Report Taken to Austin.

Sheriff Forbes report of the busi-
ness transacted by his department
during the last term of district
court was taken to the comptroller's
Office at Austin Sunday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Hickman.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
Negro Sawed in Two.

Kinder, La, May 17.-John Bry-
ant, a negro laborer, met his death
in a saw mill a few miles south of
here in a frightful manner. He fell
forward, his body striking the saw
and he was cut almost entirely in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
Girl Swallows Acid.

Dallas, Texas, May 17.-Bettie
Porter, a white girl, aged II, died
at a boarding house on Commerce
street Saturday morning from the
effects of taking a dose of carbolic
acid.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17

Miss DeOlive, who had charge of
the trimming department at Mrs
Dalton's millinery establishment,
left yesterday mornb,g for ST. Louis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17

Walter Butler and Elmo Mosley
went to Corsicana this morning to
see Oscar Dunlap, who was seriously
injured in an automobile wreck last
night.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-17
ELLIS COUNTY IS IN THE LEAD
Heads List in Taxable Valuation Of
Land Under Full Rendition Law.

There has just been issued by the
Texas commercial secretaries asso-
citation tax map of Texas showing
the relative values of lands in the
dered for taxes before and after the
full rendition law went into effect
Seven counties in the state have in
creased the value of their lands $40
and more per acre for 1908, the first
year the full rendition law went into
effect, sixteen counties have more
than doubled the valuation, and thir-
ty-siX have decreased their land val
Iuation under what it was in 1907,
the last year of the old method of
rendering lands.
Ellis county has the most highly
valued lands in the state for last
year, the value as rendered for pur-
poses of taxation being $33.0S per
acre. This also seems to be the cen
ter of high valuations in the state
as the farther one goes from Ellis
county toward the borders of the
state in any direction, this valuation
ldiminishes rapidly and is finally lost
entirely with a few exceptions, on
the borders.
Tarrant county is next to Ellis
county in rendering high values,
| the average per acre in this county
| being $3025. Grayson comes third
with an acreage valuation per acre
Iof $3.50, while Dallas comes IN
for fourth place with S23.S6 and
Williamson county fifth with $23.74.
The seven counties which have in
creased their valuations per acre
more than $40 under the operation
of the full rendition law, along with
their figures for 1907 are:
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results
Philadelphia, 5: Chicago. 0.
Boston, 5; Detroit, 2.
(Ten inningsD
New York, 4; Cleveland, .
(Six inningS.)
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
NATIONALS FEARFUL
OVER RECENT DEAL s
Serious Discomfort Among the Veterans-EIughes and
Ungaub Have Hunches--Cantllon Denies
Rumor-Ganley Sale Surprise

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 1s.-Man-
ager Cantillon entered an emphatic de-
nial to the report that wavers had been
asked on Ganley. Freeman, Shipke, and
Kelley, but the sale OF Ganley has led
the players to believe that waivers have
been asked and they are now awaiting
the day when they will be relegated TO
the minors.
The three mentioned are not the only
ones who think they are due to be exiled
from the American League. Two of the
older members of the team. Hughes.
md Unglaub, are said 10 have similar
lunches. Hughes is suffering with a
sore chest and is in no condition TO
pitch. in fact, he mas worked on his
nerve in the games he pitched In Chi
cago and st. Louis Unglaub has
couple OF Stats out OF place, and may
not be able to play for a month He
has az ed permission to go home. but
Cantillon has insisted that ne remain
with the team. Ungiaub has not dom
ned a uniform since the accident In
Chicago, and is IN doubt whether he
will be able to pIsy before June 10.
Bob Ganley is no longer captain of
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
Sports Inclined to Take
O'Brien End of the
Various WagerS.
HOW THEY COMPARE.

PHILADELPHIA, Nay 19.-With the
house sold out and the audience certain
70 be me biggest ever gathered in the
National Athletic Club. sporting interest
centers in the meeting tonight OF Jack
O'Brien and Jack Johnson 1t VIII be
the first ring appearance of the cham
pion heavyweight since he defeated
Tommy Burns in Australia, and he will
have to win by the knockout route to
demonstrate that he classes as cham
pion.
He declares he is trained TO the min
ute. Through his manager and handlers
he declares he will carry the tight TO
O'Brien ard viii pat him out in less
than the six rounds that the law will
permit the scrap 10 continue.
Maybe he will, but there is a whole
lot Of money being placed today that
o Brien viii last the six rounds, and
some at big odds that he will OutpOint
the duSky champion.
The experts expect 70 see O'Brien
bit and run tonight, and IL johnson
follows mis- usual fat foot ring style he
Is likely 70 find himself Outpointed
when the rual bell rings He says he
viii follow after O'Brien's style and the
sports are taking his word that he will
flgGs >F3ry second lie IS in the ring
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
ROYAL DUCKPINNERS
WIN IN GREAT RACE
Take Times Gold Medals From Capitol HIS In Total
Number of Pins-Rodrick Best Individual
Seasons Figures

One Of the hottest sporting contests
Washington has had in many q day
was the race in the District Duckpin
League. which recently closed
The Royals and Capitol Hills each
won 81 and lost 26 games. but the Roy
ais won the championship and The
Times gold medals by spilling the total
of 40.649 pins to 39.O64 by their rivals.
The Belmonts made a strong spirit and
grabbed third place from the Garrisons.
although the Garrisons had a comfort
able margin in average per game.
Rodrick, anchor man for the Royals,
was the best individual with an aver
age Of 1913 for 7S games. ". Harley
Of the Garrisons was second, and Baum,
Of the Royals, was third, the Royals
thus taking two parts Of the prize
money Tor individual players, as was
the case last year. The high game for
the season was rolled in the last week.
by Spiess, Of the HuTnmers-145. That
honor was won last year by Campbell,
Of the Senator's, with 154. Farrows, jr.,
of the ResolUtes, took the prize for
high set with rs Jater. Of the Royals.
the only man to ron in every game
his team was scheduled to play-S1-
made q strikes, the best performance
in the league. Rodrick led in spares
with 81.
Following are the official figures for
the season just closed. as compiled by
Captain Baum, Of the champion Royals,
who finished third among the individ-
uals and knows what ne is talking
about:
Z
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

the Washingtons Nationals. He is now
a member Of the Philadelphia Athletics,
Manager Cantillon having disposed of
him to Connie Macks team Tuesday.
'Ianley left for Detroit by steamer
Tuesday night, where he viii join the
Athletics. GanIey was the most sur
prised man in the world when informed
that he had been sold.
There are murmurings Of discomfort
in the Nationals camp. The manager
does not appear to have the well wishes
OF all of his men. and this probably
accounts for the poor showing of the
Nationals to date. Cantnlon has little
TO say, except that he is certain the
men win round TO within a week or
ten days. He thinks they will then
climb "a percentage.
Manager Joe Cantiilon, OF Washing
ton. Is much a clam In regard TO who
will succeed Bob Ganley as captain
Joe says he Is undecided as to who
viii be field boss, even IN shis after
Moons game The players are Of the
opinion that either Wild Conroy or Char
icy Street will be the mex. leader
Neither OF these players viii confirm
the report that they have been select
ell as Joe's right-hand man.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
KETCHEL WILL SEE
THE FIGHT TONIGHT
Middleweight Anxious to Get Line
on Ability of Jack
Johnson.

PITTSBURG. May 19.-Retchel will
see the 'Brien-Johnson mill tonight.
and will watch the latter closely. as he
has never had a chance to look him
over in the ring before.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

The results in the recent reliability
contest make it evident that clean scores
in profuson viii not be features OF
the endurance runs and contests of the
current season. once it was undoubted-
Iv necessary, in order to demonstrate to
the general public the reliability OF the
automobile TO have events wherein the
rules duplicated in some degree the
actual touring conditions which a man
might meet with in a crOxs-country run.
But the buying public has come 10 re-
alize that the average automobile an
swers satisfactorily TO the needs of any
reasonable owner. Therefore, to make
contests valuable. and at the same time
retain general iT terest, the rules must
be drafted in such manner as to cal for
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
CUBS ARE WINNERS.

The cubs defeated the X Streets in a
wei played game yesterday. by Is 10 ..
The pitching Of Finingan for the Cubs
was the feature. The Cubs would Ike
20 arrEnge games with teams averaging
fourteen and fifteen years. Address
Thomas Shea, Y Florida avenue north
east
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

j. B. Taggart. representing the Dia-
mond Rubber Company. is il the city
visiting the automobile dealers He re-
ports an active demand for Diamond
tires.
Claude Miller. of Charles E. Miller &
Bro, returned last night from two
weeks trip to Detroit, where he was
a guest of the Ford Motor Company.
Mr.. Miller states that great activity
prevails at the Ford factory, and the
big force of workmen is working Gay
and night n order TO keep up with Ine
unprecedented demand for the popular
Ford.
Charles w Noyes, one of the United
States attorneys in Boston, who came
TO washington on May in his Stevens
Duryea touring car. left yesterday for
Atlantic City, driving k1s car over the
road
T. 9. Spence, president of the Pope
Automobile Company. of Washington,
made a trip to Bra ndywine, Nd, yester-
day in a Pope-Hartford touring car.
He was accompanied by W. 3. Nc
Burney. Of New York
The Motor Car Company reports the
sale of q Chalmers-Detroit ''90' tour
ing car to ex-Representative Peter Por-
ter. Of New York The sale was made
by J. B. Sperry, who has just joined
the Motor Car Company's sales force
Mr.. Porter viii leave or June 1 in his
new car for his home IL northern New
York.
The c. L Fowler Company has sue
ceeded TO the business OF the Dewey
Garage Company. It Is the intention
Of the new owners to make the Dewey
garage one of the best known auto
mobile establishments fn this city.
Local motorists are considerably
worked up over the fact that the
Police Department IS waging a cam
paign against motorists who allow
their cars to drip oil on the streets in
violation. Of a police regulation. Six
teen motorists were arrested yesterday
for this offense.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
SAYS JOHNSON
WILL BEAT O'BRIEN

CHICAGO, May 19.-When asked for
his opinion about the six-round go be-
tween Jack Johnson and Jack O'Brien,
which takes place tonight at Philadel-
phia, James J. JeRries declared that
Johnson would win.
''O'Brien is a mighty clever Gghtcr.''
said Jenries. "and IF il were not for
his showing against ketchel. I would be
inclined 20 believe he had an even
chance in tGnights battle, but thar
fight showed plainly that O'Brien had
gone back"
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

Games Today.
Pittsburg at BROOKLYN.
Cincinnati at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Boston.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
Sparks from the Battery
By HARRY WARD.

a more vigorous scrutiny OF the sur
vlVors than in previous years.
The cars of a President are naturally
the subject Of considerable curiosity. ana
the fact that President Taft relies al
method Of TRANSFORMATION iends "a
dfuonal interest to the subject. The
two Pierce-Arrow cars, the White
steamer and the Baker electric IN the
White House garage are always OBJ
streets Of Washington
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

Games Today.
Washington ar Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at St. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19
Standing of the Club.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
Cincinnati. 4: New York, ?.
Chicago, 5; Philadelphia. ?.
Pittsburg, S: Brooklyn, 5.
CTen innings.)
st. Louis, 8; Boston. I.
The Washington times., 1909-05-19

Lester d. Moore, jr., the REQ agent,
has been advised that REQ registra-
tions throughout the country continue
unabated During March the REQ reg
istrations in California were 81 per cent
greater than its nearest competitor.
During the same month, in Wisconsin,
the REQ registrations were So per cent
greater than its nearest competitor.
while Illinois also continues TO favor
the REQ.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

grow to womanhood without knowing.
She must never learn who her father
was or what her mother did. We will
start all over, you and L and the baby,
and forget. Do you love me well
enough to do it?'
Il uttered a cry and took her in my
arms. the arms that had ached for her
all those years. Then | kissed her for
the first time"
The old man tried to light his pipe,
which had gone out. but his fingers
shook so that he dropped the match.
Her plan was for me to take the
youlfyster away that night and for her
to Join us later, because pursuit was
certain, and three could be traced
where one might disappear. She would
follow when the opportunity offered.
| saw that he had instilled a terror
into her and that she feared him like
death, but as | thought 1t over her
scheme seemed feasible, so | agreed.
was 10 ride west that hour with the
sleeping babe and conceal myself at
place we selected, while she would
say that the little one had Wandereu
away and been lost in the canyon or
anything else to throw Bennett OH.
After a time she would join us. Well,
the little girl never walked when 1
took her in my arms nor when the
mother broke down again and talked
to me like a crazy woman.
81 Travelled hard that night and
swapped horses at daylight. Then,
leaving the wild country behind. came
into a region | didn't know and found
Mexican woman who tended the
child for me. for | was close by the
Mace where Merridy was to come
Every night l went into the village IN
hopes that some word had arrived
and waited patiently for a week
Then | got the blow. | heard it from
the loafers around the little postoffice
first. but it dazed me SO | wouldnt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

deed. In all his life Poleon
DOret had never sunk to such depths
of dependency. for his optimistic
philosophy and his buoyant faith in
the goodness of life forbade it. The
arrival of the freight steamer afforded
him some distraction. but there was
only small consignment for the store.
and that was quickly disposed of: so.
leaving the other citizens of Flambeau
to wrangle over their private merchan-
disc. he went back to his solitary vigil.
which finally became so unbearable
that he sought to escape his thoughts,
or at least to drown them for awhile.
amid the lights and life and laughter
of Stark's saloon.
Runnion annoyed him with his volu-
bility. for the news of his good for
tune had fired the man with a reck
less disregard for money. and he turn
ed to gaming as the one natural re-
course of his ilk.
1t was shortly after midnight that
Stark came into the place. PoleOn
was not too absorbed in his own for
tunes to fail to notice the eXtraordi-
nary ferocity and exhilaration of the
saloon keeper nor that his face was
keener. his nostrils thinner. his walk
more nervous and his voice more cut
ting than usual when he spoke to Run
MON:
Come here"
It'll be with you when | finish this
hand" said the player over his Shout
der
Come here"' Stark snapped his COM
mand. and RunniOn threw down his
cards.
Drawing the reluctant gambler aside.
Stark began to talk rapidly to him.
almost within earshot of PoleOn. who
watched them. idly wondering what
Stark had to say that could make Run
Mon start and act so queerly. Well.
it was their affair. They made bad
pair to draw TO. He knew that Run
MON was the saloon keepers lieuten-
ant and obeyed implicitly his seniors
commands He could distinguish moth
ing they said, nor was he at all curl
Gus until a knot of noisy men crowded
up to the bar and, forcing the two
back nearer to the table where he sat,
his sharp ears caught these words
from Runnion's lips:
mot with me! She'd never go with
me!'' And Stark's reply:
She'll 60 where send her and with
anybody l tell her to-"
The Frenchman lost what followed,
for a newly dealt hand required study.
He scanned his cards and tossed them
face up before the dealer; then he
overheard Runnion say:
Its the only one in camp. he
might sell it II you offered MIN
enough At this Stark called one or
the men at the bar aside, and the