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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
onD FELAoWs DEDICATE HOME
Appropriate Exercises are Heid al
san Antonio Tuesday Night.

Hon C. r. Gibson of Waxahachle,
editor of the Texas Odd Fellow re-
turned Wednesday night from san
Antonio, where ON Tuesday night
me new home of the Odd Fellows
of that city was formally dedicateu'
Mr. Gibson said he had pleasant
trim and that the dedicatory exercises
were appropriate and Impressive
Prominent ODD Fellows from dtffer-
ent parts of the state were in attend
ance and took part on the program
Grand Master Spangler Of Bonha'n
was one OF the principal speakers
An interesting feature of the even
ing was the presentation to the odc
Fellows of a photograph OF }. )
lGiddings, one of the five pioneer
who organized the first Odd Fellow
1oage in San Antonio in 1919 Mf
lGddings has been dead seVer'
wears. He was the father OF W .
land John j. Giddings of Ennis.
In reporting the dedicatory exei
eises the Express has the foliowln
~ saw of the address delivered b
Mr.. Gibson:
Chas r. Gibson of Waxahachl
mast grand master. was introduce
nv Chairman Davis as Uncle Cha
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
NIGHT OF TERROR.
Sixty Passengers spend Nlght on
Boat Caught in Ice Gorge.

Bridgeport, o., Dec 3O'---Slxty
passengers, thirty-fiye of them wom-
en-. spent night Of terror aboard
the ferry boat CEaron, from Beliaire
to Benwood ~ Va. which becpme
caught in an ice Golge in the ONO
river Monday night and floundered
un.i' aarly yesterday All were
landed in smat 4uste at daylight
without injury Fear the feriS-"~'
would sink caused the panic-Strlckel
women TO offer up prayers ana th'
cries cf small children made tht
night extremely exciting,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
HUMAN LIFELINE SAVES MAN.
Boys stretch Out on Ice Crust as
Others Flee.

Allentown, Pa Dec 30 BY the
formlns p lifeline James Bird oi
151A Liberty stree w.. -aya1 from
arowning after skating on a poua
There was a great party on ths
ice and all fled when Bird broke
through except Clarence Nagle ana
Archia and Fred Fried, young boys
They yelled to Bird to hang on q
the edge OF the ice, while they forh1
ed lifeline, laying themselves ~
~ me thin crust, and in this w
they succeeded in hauling him on
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
Funeral Of II. Il. Ransom.

Funeral services over the pouy Vi
p b. Ransom, who died WEDNESDAY
were held at 1890 Thursday moru-
ing at the family residence. The IN
tprnent took place at the CITY cen'-
etery The funeral and burial ser
vices we're attended by a large mum
hor of the deceaseds s friends. Cere-
monies at the grave were conducted
nv the Woodmen of the World.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
yyo,ripea the Coolest City.

81 Paul, Mimi, Dec. 3O.-EH-
tremely low temperature preVaiieu
Yesterday throughout Minnesota
North and South Dakota and por-
,tioos of Manitoba 1t was s degrees
lbelow zero at St Paul, Officially. Du-
luth reported 16 below, Huron ;.
IL, 20 below, the coolest being at
winnipeg, where it was 2S below
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
Zero in Kansas CitY.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 3o.-blV-
ter cold weather prevailed III the
Missouri river valley yesterday II
was zero in Kansas City. At Norfolk
Neb. the mercury registered IS be-
low and at Omaha G below while at
Des Moines 1t was II below Seven
degrees below zero is recorded at 81
Josepl. and 6 below at Sedaha.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
SIXTY LIVES IRE CLAIMED


So J5au E D.. Der 0 Sixty
HEes lost auj rarJ,e Fishing achoon-
ar II ,hc Newfoundland fleet foun-
l,rHd .s the known toll ct the great
christmas storm raat has ragged the
H.J s.a days. while from an parts OF
Ihe island come reports of devasta-
lions auc 10 the high winds and high
uue.
the great gase reached Eos height
ON sunday Today the colony is re-
covering and beginning to get the
nrst news OF the disaster and deaths.
Reports from Inland coast points
are slow In reacAmg here on ac-
count of broken Telegraph wires and
blocked roads I'd this reason IT Is
feared that the tot number of deA
may be increased vter. y
Wreckage of all description Is pli-
ed high on the beS Shes by the udai
wave. telling OF the Aeat destruction
al sea. Reports reathed here lnul-
cate that few Of the \ fishing fleet
scbooners we're able 70 reach places
of safety. and there appears to be
no hope that their crews could have
survived in the tempest in small
boats
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

Sheriff Forbes returned Wooh
aav night from Houston, having
custody Joe Jelek. the Hohen
arrested there on alleged charges
violating the local option law. }
was placa In the county JAZZ
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
WAR ON 1oNhH.


New York, Dec. &0.-Score. o'
detectives and uniform patro'meh
we're sent to Chinatown yesterday
TO check, if possible, the outbreak Oh
the Tong war, in which one China
han has been killed and ano-
ther mortally injured.
Police Captain Calvin states ne"
assassins. known in the Tonss as
"gun men" we're sent here from
Boston following the recent legal
execution there of five Hip sins
Tong members, who were convicted
of killing several Leon-Tong men
and their mission is revenge
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

the horse for which he had traded
10 Dallas yesterday morning.
Deputy Sheriff J. w Allen be-
came suspicious regarding Blakeney
Yesterday. The suspicious were cauS-
ed by the anxiety OF Blakeney 10
dispose of the horse at almost any
price. Mr.. Allen notified Sheriff
Tedbetter who Investigated the mat
-er IL was found that Blakeney had
aisuosed Of the second animal for
.SI2.50.
The matter was taken up with
Cleburne officials over telephone
when It was found that horse thett
had been committed there last sun
aay Blakeuey is then alleged to have
made a complete confession. The
Midlothian purchaser was sent 1oi
and arrived last night. He got bach
his own horse and $3.o5 OF the 81
paid in addition.
Blakeney was taken 10 Cleourh'
last night. 1t is declared that nj
: mind is unbalanced and that he
irresponsible.-D Dallas Times Her
, aid
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

The friends Of Mrs, NJ. '. Frame
will regre, to learn that she mas
been quite sick several days,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

mometer dropped 4 degree above
zero in Chicago Yesterday and the
weather bureau preA ction is that it
will be colder Throu Aout the north
west it was cold yesterdsy, the ther-
mometer registering the No"est at
Charles City. Il degrees beio" ne
ro. At St. Paul it was 10 below ze-
ro. below at Madison, Wis" De
low at Des Moines, la, and belo"
at Duluth.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

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aeaH. Isa a.r
WHOM t0E bad descended Coo
f.st IIe.h,rHEloH Iaf uat Hr was
ha.aa overcome bg fbe black damp
Fa.aG Ha# being carried uy tho air
Brown Has tea'Iug strong and eue.
aestej tHaf HetHarnrtou had better
return le d.d So and got about TOO
fael when be became unconscious
The men al the top grew alarmed
and at % O'Clock Ernest Albert and
Arthur Walsh started for tueiI r,-
lief IN, stumbled over a ,Gt l.g-
tons iu,Y Wash himself was feel
ing the effect Of the damp and they
returned lc the top and eight men
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30

Several loads of seed cotton "ere
brought in today, One load SoAu w.
s5.28 per hundred.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-30
..,- ro,r and -uEhl .--sh'

erincton who was revived in a few
lorrs ana il out Of dangc'
There Is bare possibility mat
Brown. who is an old Scotch miner
went up to the cross entry to the
main slope, getting out OF the pain
of the carbonic gas and finding
breathable air. 1t is on this that the
rescuers base their hope.
The extent of the damage 10 the
mine is not yet known. Fortunately
here is no fire, Signs of the force OF
tie explosion are seen down as far
at 1900 feet in the air shaft
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
WAT OF THOSE GRAND JrRIEs,

When it was semi-oflcially an
nounced a veal or so ago that a grand
jury would be called by our district
judges for every term OF court The
Bee remarked that while an occasional
grand Jury was highly desirable. there
was a possibility of having too much
Of a good thing. And now another
term of court is fast approaching. with
no grand Jury as yet called.
Last year we had three grand juries
in Douglas county and each one Of
them, after emitting a long series of
recommendations, suggested that an
other grand jury should be called at
the next term of court in case those
recommendations were not all
promptly carried out to the letter. In
other words, these grand juries recon-
mended the calling of a grand jury for
each term of court, but the judges
have seer fit to ignore this recommen-
dalton. 1t comes to this, then, either
that the grand jury's recommended
lions are to be binding on everyone
but the judges who call the grand
%juries, or that the district judges con-
slider the recommendations of these
grand juries to have been fully exc
cuted and put into effect so that no
further grand jury admonition is
necessary,
In the meantime the judges have
raised the pay OF all the county attor-
ney's assistants. Possibly this will
put the county attorney in position to
handle his office by himself without
grand jury help.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
A TALE OF TWO STATES.
sharp Contrast In Party Discipline in
Ohio and Kentucky.

Washington Post.
The difference between a party that says
things and a party that does things is well
illustrated in the achievement of a demo-
cratic legislature of Kentucky and a repub-
lican legislature OF Ohio. There was a
eautiful faction fight on the south side
of the s~inuous, the graceful, the romantic,
the silvery river that separates these two
great republics, and the result was a re-
publican senator from the state OF John c.
Breckenridge and John Morgan, Henry ID.
McHsnry and Henry Watterson.
There was just as beautiful a quarrel on
the banks of the turgid Scioto, at a place
called Columbus, on the north side of the
delightful Ohio, and tremendous things
might nave come of it. and did threaten
to come of it, but 10 and behold, what
promised 10 be a pitiless blizzard of re-
~lentless February is turned to a delicious
morn OF glorious and efflorescent May. In
Ohio the republicans are reading the 1SSd
Psalm. over the river at the "confederit
X roads" the faithful are looking on the
Scriptures in the light of those somewhat
worldly Of our forefathers who were com
PEELED in their youth to read and ponder
the l19 sermons old father masters deliv-
cred on the 1lsth Psalm.
Our excellent friend. William o. Bradley,
comes to the senate a republican from
Kentucky, and for intellect and for elo-
quence he will not lower the high standard
set by tho old commonwealth OF Clay, Of
Crittenden. OF the Breckenridge. and the
more numerous Msrshalls. A better lawyer
than he is a statesman. more fitted to per-
susde a jury than to convince a senate. yet
Bill o. Bradley, as his ntimates love to call
him, will assert himself and be a positive
force from and after the day he enters
upon his office OF solon OF Capitol Han.
And Ohio has sent Burton here, and that
great state has not contributed more brains
TO that august council since Allen G. Thur
man left Il in 1881
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
THE SAVANNAH 1NSURRECT1oN.

Georgia is furnishing another illu-
minating illustration OF the difficulties
that attend the enforcement of a law
obnoxious to the people in a particu-
lar locality. Tho old conservative
city of Savannah is in open rebellion
against the states prohibition law and
its inhabitants are openly defying the
state authority. County, city and
town officials, public prosecutors, po-
lice officers and constables are in
league with a majority of the people
and doing all in their power to show
their contempt for the law and their
determination to ignore it. All kinds
of liquors are sold without resort to
assumed names or subterfuge of any
kind, just as they were before the pro-
hibition law was enacted.
The plan of the city and county OFF,
Gals is very similar to that adopted
in many Iowa towns when the Iowa
prohibition law was supposed to be in
rested once a month and fined in the
amount that they formerly paid as a
license, and that is the end of Official
cognizance of the existence of the
liquor traffic. OF course, the temper
ance workers are not idle. The presi-
dent of the Georgia Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union. who is not a
resident of Savannah, has made an in
vestigation of conditions and reported
to Governor Hoke Smith that IAN
archy is rife in Savannah" and the
governor has been asked to send the
militia to Savannah to enforce the
law. The formal order for placing
the city under martial law has not
given warning of his intention. In
the newspaper he owns in Atlanta APP
pears this editorial reference to the
case:
The sheriff. the prosecuting attorney and
the courts of Savannah will find that they
have been sowing dragons teeth unless
they promptly take steps to remedy a stu
alton which is not to be tolerated by the
people of Georgia; and in the name of the
people OF Georgia we call upon the authorl-
ties OF Chatham county to vindicate and
enforce the law. They owe it to their good
name as law-abiding citizens to do this;
but IL they persist in their defiance it will
then become the imperative duty Of the
governor TO take a vigorous hand in this
matter. And when he does he win make
his efforts effective and complete.
Interest is added by the showing
made in the Savannah papers that
there is more drunkenness in Atlanta,
where Governor Smith lives. in pro-
portion to the population than in Sa-
yannah. The difference IS that sa-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
A Il CANE.

The Douglas county bunch at Lin
coin are playing a great game. 1t is
to be noted that they are the most law
ish contributors to the first %hopperful
Of bills introduced in both house and
senate and among the early numbers
are the particular bills on which the
local democratic m%achinists have set
their heart.
The Douglas county bunch is bell
wethered by some experienced law
smiths who know the way Of legisla-
tive ~log-rollng and that the way to
beat the other fellow is to make him
deal first. If the Douglas county
members car start their measures first
and keep a clear track so as to pull
them out early in the season, they will
then be free to hold up and shake
down the other fellows bills to their
hearts content. Let the Douglas
county players take their tricks first
and they will call every hand that is
dealt afterward for a showdown, I'M
less they are sure of a big slice of the
pot for themselves.
In legislative see-sawing, however,
two can play at the same game. 1t Is
reasonable to presume that among the
democratic majority in the state house
there are some lawmakers who have
also had their eye-teeth cut and that
they will know enough to know that
the way to keep the Douglas county
bunch in the traces is to hold their
bills up in the air, at least, until the
end OF the session Is in sight and they
can do no serious damage by getting
off the reservation.
Great game that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
Personal NOTES.

Mr.. Tafts cabinet is complete again, and
correspondents are almost too busy with
congress to build him another just now.
According TO certain medical authorities
the bowling suffragette of London is merely
the victim OF hysteria. And she won't take
a thing for 1t.
Since the gentleman who ran on the
socialist labor ticket for the presidency
has been refused a pardon for murder, IL
is perhaps as well that he failed Of election.
Inheritance tax returns Indicate that
Charles I. Barney. president OF the Knick-
erbocker Trust Co, OF New York. who
killed himself during the panic of 1901.
left properties aggregating nearly 1000. 900
above liabilities.
Charlemagne Tower has been telling his
friends that rumor wrongs him when Il
says he's after Ambassador Whitelaw
Reds job at London. II am not seeking
nor do l desire any office" he says: 81
wish to live quietly in Philadelphia"
Senator La FoIette's heralded weekly
paper has just made its appearance under
tine title of La Follette's Weekly Mega
zine. published at Madison. Wis, and with
this legend on the title page: I'VE shall
know the truth and the truth shall make
you free
Platon Brounoff, a musician, native of
Russia, has gathered from the people of
the East Side, New York City, 900 Jewish
folk songs, He was moved 10 the task, he
says. by the fact that in these days M
revival of the familiar songs OF almost
every nation, the folk songs OF the Jews
seemed TO be neglected.
One hundred thousand dollars a year as
a retainer. and 1900 a day when he is &C
lively ON the job. isn't half bad as a salary
for a E-year-old lawyer. That's what
Moritz Rosenthal. the Standard Oil attor-
ney. receives. He was born in Dixon. III,
and was graduated from the Michigan uni
versity ia lSS&
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

vannah is selling openly. even deh-
antly. while Atlanta is INDUCING its
bibulous tendencies in speak-easies
and by stealth. making a pretense at
law obedience, but buying, selling and
drinking liquor as heretofore. OF
course, the Savannah insurrection
may be put down by force of arms, II
need be, but the whole thing develops
into something of a sorry farce, as
have so many previous attempts, to
make people good by legislative
decree.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.


w. D.. Nesblt in Chicago Post.
prot. Ferrero asserts that Antony mar.
ried Cleopatra for her money!.
! am busted, Egypt, busted; @
over head and ears in debt;
creditors all dog my footsteps-
o, would that they could forget!
j would like to take thee riding.
Take thee TO q matinee,
Any trifling charge TO pay.
Though my SCARED and veteran lesions
Still they will not travel homeward
Unless l produce the coin.
Listen, Egypt! Hear the bowling
the f%retting, angry horde!
They say IL l do not settle
They Will levy on my sword!
Thothmes Tadmuk, the pawnbroker
Round the corner from the sphinx,
Holds my watch and gold sleeve buttons
Why. 1 even haven't oarfare!
And today at my hotel
When l couldn't tip the waiter
Now, did that look very we'll?
And the base plebelan rabble
Are presenting bills in Rome.
where my angry spouse, Octavia,
Barricades herself at home
And writes me for alimony,
Saying II l don't come down
With the cash, then a mandamus
Soon Will yank me back TO town
As for thee, star-eyed Egyptian.
Glorious heiress OF the Nile
Could you spare me ten or twenty
For say just a little while?
Give to Caesar crowns and arches,
Let his brow the laurel twine-
l can scorn the bill collectors
With that bank account OF thine.
1 am busted, Egypt, busted;
Hark! the insulting balliffs cry,
He has come with an attachment.
An attachment? So have I!
It's for you, o regal woman
My poor secret you can guess
Listen, Cleopatra, darling,
Make me wealthy with a 'Yes!"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
ROUND ABOUT NEW YoRK.
RIppIes on the Current of Life In the
RIetronoIia

Metropolis.
The usual annual slump I'm New York's
millionairedom is about TO begin. The as
sessment roll Of personal property for the
current year has been completed and those
burdened with large, invisible resources
may come in and swear some. Under New
York's law anyone whose name is on the
roll may secure reduction by a swearing
off process, the amount of the reduction
usually depending on the vigor of the
swear and the force OF the victims roar.
AS the roll now stands the widow of Rus
sell Sage and Andrew Carnegie head the
list with 100000 each. The Vanderbilt
family is put down for S39OO.OO0 and John
d. Rockefeller for SS,5Oo,OOO, a trifle less
than his last quarterly dividend from
Standard Oil. Ida A. Flagler, Lila Gilbert,
Florence @. Sutterwhite and Clifford
Brokaw are the other names on the mill
lionaire list.
At the head of the realty list stands the
Waldorf-Astoria, assessed at $11,95O,O0O,
which is 100000 less than last year.
The second most valuable piece Of real
estate in the city, according to the tax
rolls. is the Pennsylvania terminal. which
by the work done during the year has in
creased from 100000 to $11,16,00. The
Metropolitan Life Insurance building ranks
third, with an assessment Of SO. 1880
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
evOtio to Spells.
New York Tribune

Congress clings desperately to the pa
tronage which census appointments fur
nish. Both houses have rejected the idea
OF using genuine competitive tests in Sc
lecting the extra force needed for the next
two or three years in the census bureau.
Too few federal lawmakers are able to
take a broad view of things when it comes
to surrendering the right to disSense a
little first aid to followers who look
askance at the idea of getting what they
want through prosaic competition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

During the last year, with the figures
for one month missing, it appears that Ala
persons were killed in connection with the
steam and traction railways in Greater New
York and 52,1s5 injured. Cases Of serious
injury, however, yield much smaller fig
ures, or about 1000 altogether. The ex-
hibit is impressive and not to be considered
as exceptional to the year in question,
since these statistics have only just begun
to be collected by the public-service COM
mission. 1t appears that the traction roads
alone kiln about $50 persons each year and
injure from 1000 to 5000 more to damage
able extent, and for this they have to pay
a lot of money. During 1907 the New York
traction companies paid out nearly S2,5OO.OOO
in damages and the legal expenses Incl
dent to damage suits alone were SLOT, 49,
AS most cases of damages must have been
settled without suit. the lawyers cost the
companies apparently about as much as
the injured persons suing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

1t took n hour and twenty min
utes to read the hypothetical question
prepared by the defense in the Hams
murder trial and the expert witness
promptly answered it with, 81 do not
know" Apparently there is room for
a big volume on The Humors OF the
Law"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

A Washington commission has re-
ported plans for ending usury, sup
pressing nostrums and banishing
drunkenness from the District of Co.
lumbia, The surprising feature of
the report is the implied confession
that such abuses exist in the national
capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

When Governor Shallenberger's jul
dicial appointments are made we will
have a chance to see what the demo-
cratic idea of nonpartisanship on the
bench looks like.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

The new president Of the New York
Central asserts that it will require the
expenditure OF $500, 600. 900 to sup
ply the improvements needed by the
nations railroads within the next five
years. The American farms produce
that much yealth every ear
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

Congress has practically decided to
the salary of the president to
100000 a year. As that is more
than even the topliners get on chau-
tauqua circuits it will be an additional
inducement for a certain candidate to
make the race again in 1912.