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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-25

Samuel Woods, of Colgate,
Okla, choked his wife because
she wanted to see what was in a
Christmas package and then shot
at his brother-in-law when she
ran to his home. The brothe.-
in-law returned the fire and killei !
Woods in his tracks.
The usual Santa Claus fire from
igniting cotton burned Miss Clara
McGlory to death at Charleston, j,
Ill, where she was posing as San
ia Claus.
Nine-year-old Harold Mclean,
son of Mrs. William Mclean OF
Riverside, CAL, was accidentally
shot and killed with a small rifle
in the hands of a playmate, Roy
Salter, last night.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21
S p o r T S
Local and National
Team Tourney
Plans Nearly
Completed

At meeting of the tournament
committee of the Country Club, the
following arrangement was made for
conducting, the team tournament
which is on the golf schedule for
Sunday morning.
Individual entries will be received
at the clubhouse up to 10 a. m. as
usual. At that time the committee
will divide the entrants into teams.
For instance, in the event of 80 en-
tries It would make six teams of five
men each. The six men with lowest
iiandicaps will be chosen first, each
to captain a team. The balance to
be assigned to teams according to
handicaps. AS each team will be
theoretically evenly matched, play
will be without handicap.
Each team will play one round
with each other, match (hole) play,
with captain versus captain, etc.
Each individual win will count one
point for the team; II each member
wins the team would get five points.
In this instance, there would be Ave
matches of nine holes each, so that n
team could make a possible twenty
five points.
To the team with the largest total
OF points at the finish will go the
trophies, one for each member.
Team-play is very popular form
OF tournament at the Eastern golf
clubs, as 1t is productive of much
good-natured rivalry, and everyone
has an equal chance at the prizes.
McLauren has the links in good
shape now, and II Sunday is fine, a
record crowd is expected.
The buses will start at $40, and
the table d'hote lunch at noon will
be for all members, as we'll as golf
ers. This is feature that other
members are only beginning to APP
preciate-a fine place for Sunday
lunch. ....
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21
John And Jake
After Many
Years

1t will be twenty years, come July,
since John l.. Sullivan and Jake Kill
rain battled in the broiling sun at
Richburg, Miss, for the heavyweight
pugilistic championship of the world.
Seventy-five rounds with bare
knuckles these powerful young men
fought, and when the fray was over
John l.. was declared the winner, but
none who saw the fight could doubt
that in Kilrain the popular Boston
ian had met foeman worthy of his
steel.
Recently these two stepped upon
the stage of the Empire Theater on
Suffer street, San Francisco and
spared three short rounds for the
amusement of q crowd which packed
the auditorium to the doors. There
is still the jaunty air to the once
mighty John L., whose hair and
mustache are pure white. Kilrain
bears himself like an athlete, albeit
his hair is streaked with gray, and
the reception which was accorded
the twain showed the warm spot
which the public still holds in its
heart for the men who used to rule
| the rOost.
Previous to boxing with Kilrain,
Sullivan came on the stage and told
few stories. John is rotund and
confesses that his weight Is now 275
pounds, but his heart is still light
and his repertoire of stories reels
from his tongue with all the vim of
a youngster. Most Of the yarns are
about people "who lived where |
come FROM" and every character
whose quaint sayings or bright rep
artee form the basis Of the anecdotes
has a name as Irish as the big green
harp flag which drapes the back of
the stage. The former champion
made n hit with his stories. Al
though 1t is more than likely that
half the audience had not seen the
light of day when John L. was in his
lprime, the glamOr which hangs
around conQueror made him to
them as much of an idol as 1t did
to those who could look back to the
times when every movement and ev'
cry battle Of the Boston fighter wa'
carefully noted and exhaustively dis
cussed. n't"s
The sparring bout was short, but
1t reused the audience to some de
gree of excitement and fitful burst!
of laughter. Sullivan was fastel
with his hands than would be ex
pected from a man carrying such al
excess of weight. Kilrain, whos'
figure is still shapely, pranced arounC
with an amount Of energy which as
tonished the onlookers, but Their
was no need for the announcement
which the manager made that ther'
would be no hard hitting. Maybe
these old boys could hurt each othe
If they wanted to, but after that sew
enty-five rounds in Richburg, what
the use?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21
Threats BY aekmallers. - FIJI

Threats BY Blackmallers. - Flint,
Mich, April Anonymous blackmail.
ers, who have written from Delavan,
Wis, have threatened the lives of the
mother and sister OF 10-year-old Harold
Moon, whose body was found last Sat.
urday in Thread pond, unless l.. N.
Moon, the boys father, turns over
$4,000 to them.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21
John l.. Says
McklnnOn Is
Coming Man

John l.. Sullivan has the following
to say about a new fighter named
McKinnon, who appears to be good
man:
That boy McKinnon, who is lick
ing them all in my old town, looks
pretty good to me. / am going to
keep my eye on him. Any boy who
gives promise coming from my birth
place will get all the encouragement
| can hand him.
II have a good chance to size up
the young heavyweights In my jour
neys around the country, but haven't
come across anything that looks to
be the goods, and | guess it's up to
the grand old Hub, after all, to turn
out candidate for the honors.
"McKinnon has come along by TAX
ing on all the tough game that they
have sent against him and shown
that he has the right stuff in him to
make champion. He cleaned up all
the best ones in his class In the East
and he will now begin to broaden
his field, and then his real mettle
will come out.
"As he is a good-living youngster
and seems to have level head on
his big shoulders, predict bright
future for him.
Nothing would suit me better
than to see the lad fighting for the
big championship and coming frsm
my old hamlet, Roxbury, too, would
derive the greatest pleasure"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21

And still the price for the services
of James ], Jeffries goes up. II the
retired champion could hold off a bit
longer from announcing his return
TO the ring even John d. might be
tempted to offer half OF his fortune
to see Jim don the gloves. The lat
est that Is added to what now ap-
pears to be huge joke is that Sc
attic business man has wired the re-
tired fighter offering him $125,000
II he will come back to the ring.
The story was sent out of Los An
geles and all the information is con-
tanned in the few words of the offer.
The name of the kind-hearted per-
son is not given and the spot where
the bout is to be held seems to have
lslipped the mind OF the one who
started the story on its round. The
inventor of the story-for that's
about all there is to it--however, Il
kind enough to say that the offer is
for twenty rounds.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21
A SUSPICION

How many servants do you keep"
only one servant, but she has about
a dozen relatives, and suspect that
we are keeping them. Fort Worth
Record.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21

A Chicago motorist finds that there
is very marked tendency on the
part OF village blacksmiths to take
up the business Of making repairs to
automobiles. Garage and horse
shoeing" is a sign he encountered.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21

1t is a mistake for driver ever to
try to correct an apparent fault in a
coil. There are no reasons for coil
to refuse to work than can be reme-
died by an ordinary mechanic, except
it be some outside connection. If
the coil is so that current will not
pass through 1t, either the primary
or secondary part, it is always due
to burning out, and calls for new
coil at once.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21

MOTOR CAR CLIPPINGS
FROM COAST FILES

A great many drivers who have
not gone into the subject carefully
think that the changing from smooth
tread to non-skid tires makes consid-
cradle difference in the distance reg
istered by the odometers attached to
speedometers, as well as affecting the
reading of the speedometer. 1t has
been found, however, that such
changes make very little difference,
especially when comparatively short
distances are travelled. In order to
ascertain just how much difference
such changes make in the reading of
the odometer, some experiments were
made recently by a manufacturer of
these instruments, which showed the
difference to be less than one hun
dred feet in a mile. Figures show
that a difference in tire diameter OF
half an inch in the case Of a 34-inch
tire should not amount to more than
eighty feet for a mile.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-21

o. , sso: s:s s sss
sent to you - he
pays them. BUT,
he pays them out of
profits which would
have been YOURS
If your advertising
had been better
than his.
You will continue
to pay the Othsr
fellows advertise
ing bills, and, In the
came way, for his
automobiles, his
new store fixtures,
his expansion i'm
every way '-- until
you decide that
you'll stop it, inn.
prove and expand
your advertising,
SET THE PACE
YOURSELF, and
Make Him Pay For
Your Advertising!
"
80, 4,,.n. WA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

tertainment. A committee to have
charge OF all the arrangements and
to look after the formulation of a
program was named as follows:
John V. Singleton, chairman.
Fletcher Norton, Sam Andrews G
b. Wlnn, viii Farley, W. Z. Shive,
Mrs. T. 0. Cheatham and Mrs, Roger
Kennedy
The place where tie banquet will
be given and the number of tickets
to be sold will be agreed upon this
week, and as soon as this has been
done the tickets will be placed on
sale with Sam Andrews at the Wax
ahachie National bank. The number
of tickets will be limited and the sale
will end on Saturday. October Is.
I he price of the tickets Will be fifty
cents each and their sale Wal not be
restricted to Baracas and Philatheas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

Mobile, Ala, Sept. 21-At IL
O'Clock last night tlre water began
entering the Western Union TeIe-
graph office
The wind changed and began
blowing the water straight toward
the city.
Indications now point to a storm
of severe proportions.
At 10:45 p. m. the water in the
bay was backing over Water street.
This is nearly as high as the storm
of 1906, and the city's only protec-
ton against flood is its leyees and
dikes,
That these are strong and high is
conceded, and in this fact lies the
hopes of the safety for the beautiful
former capital Of the former French
Empire in America
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
Declares Senator Has Not Ans
wered Arguments Presented
in His Dallas Speech.
THE FORCE Of PLATFORMS
Nebraskan Asserts that Bailey Has
Not Fairly Met Issues Laid Down.
but Discussed Other Sides
ol Proposition.

Ell Paso, Texas, Sept. 21.-Hon.
w. j Bryan of Nebraska arrived
here yesterday from Pecos. Below is
summary of statement he gave
out in reply to Senator Baileys
speech at Dallas Saturday night.
The main portion of Senator Bal
ley's speech is devoted to an attempt
to answer the argument that a duty
on raw material is always transfer
red to the consumer. He recognizes
that he must overcome that argu-
ment or confess that his policy would
put higher tax upon the consumer
be put under our policy. He labors
TO prove that a tax on raw material
would not be transferred under his
policy, but he inadvertently uses one
sentence that establishes my position.
He says: II the manufacturer trans
fers the tax on his raw material to
MS NOhHuiit'A' thtn VIII ltll YOU
how to prevent him from doing so.
1t is as simple as the alphabet Let
us take the tax off of tie finished
product and then he can not trans
fer his tax on his raw material
Yes. thai is more than simple. 1t
is absurd. His plau is to put a tax of
40 per cent on wool for the benefit
of the sheep owners Chat is the du
ty today, aal by so doing, increase
t. that exteu, tl,. cost of the manu-
facturers raw material; but If the
manufactures attempts to add that
increased cost to the price of the
product his product will be put on
the free list. See how easy it is. This
is the way and the only way to pre-
vent the transfer of the tax, but as
that method never has been employ
ed and never would be employed my
proposition stands, namely, that a
tax on raw material is transferred to
the finished product and paid by
the consumer.
The man who favors a tax upon
raw material must know this If he
understands the tariff question and
he must contemplate it when he fa-
vors the tax A tax on raw material,
therefore, means the protection of a
few producers of raw material at the
expense of a large number of con-
sumers, and as the tax grows as the
productions pass through different
hands, a tax levied on raw material
means a heavy tax on the consumer
of the finished product. The best
way to relieve the consumer is to re-
move the tax on raw material and,
at the same time, make still greater
reduction in the tax on the manufac-
turd articles. In this way you will
help the consumer without helping
the manufacturer.
There are many cases in which the
finished product should be put on
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

Manila, Sept. 21.-The British
steamer Harlow, Captain Bruce, from
Newport News. June IA, for Port
Natal and Manila reports on July 27
while 1S0 miles from Durham, she
passed a steamer afire. The vessel
possible to make out, shortly after
ward was destroyed by explosion. 1t
is supposed this steamer is the mis-
sing British steamer Warath, which,
with 800 persons on board, has not
been heard from since July 26.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
New Orleans Storm Center.

Memphis, Tenn. Sept 21.-Frag-
mentary reports from points in
South Louisiana and Mississippi evil
dence that severe tropical hurri
cane swept along the Mississippi
louisiana Gulf coast last night, dam
aging shipping, wrecking the more
frail structures and seriously imped-
ing railroad traffic. New Orleans,
apparently the storm center, has
leel Crt Of from communication
since 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
At the office of the Illinois Central
railroad company here announcement
was made that train No. 6 of that
road, known as the Chicago fast
mail and due to leave New Orleans
lat 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. had detoured over the tracks
of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
route via Baton Rouge, the tracks of
the Illinois Central route between
New Orleans and kenner being un-
der water and many miles of track
age washed away.
From Biloxi and Scranton, on the
Gulf coast of Mississippi, meager re-
ports tell of the damage to shipping
and buildings along the beach, and
so far as can be ascertained at this
hour there has ben one life lost
Natchez, Miss. is cut off from
communication by wire. Before COM
munication was lost the wind had
attained velocity of fifty miles an
hour, the power plant was out OF
commission, putting the city in
darkness.
A number of trees were uprooted
and several buildings were damaged.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
BISHOP SETH WARO IS NO MORE
The First Native Of This State to Be
Raised to the Episcopacy.

Toxic, Sept. 21.-Bishop Seth
Ward of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, died yesterday after
noon. The bishop arrived at Kobe
last month on regular tour of in
spection of the Methodist missions
in Japan, and he was taken i'll short
ly after arrival. Last week he was
reported gradually sinking, and the
fatal termination of his illness was
not unexpected.
Bishop Ward, who came from
Houston, Texas, sailed from San
Francisco late in July to make an
annual inspection of the work of his
church's foreign missionary work.
While he was not suffering from any
chronic complaint. it was known he
was in poor health, and friends at
tempted to dissuade him from the
trip.
The bishop was fifty-one years
old. He served as assistant mission
ary secretary of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, from 1902 until
1906 and was elected bishop in the
latter year.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

the free list, as in the case OF leath-
er. harness. boots and shoes. but 1t
is not logical TO say that there must
be no tax upon the finished product
unless there is also tax upon the
raw material used in the manufacture
of that product.
Senator Biley's speech proves what
| said in my speech in Dallas. name
ly, that taxation of raw material
could not be defended as national
policy but must he defended if at
all, purely as a sectional doctrine.
1t can not be advanced for the bene~
fit of the whole people. but must
be advanced if advanced at all, for
the benefit of a few special interests,
ed at all, upon the same ground that
other protective duties ar defended.
While in his speech he read the
free wool plank Of the platform
which | proposed. he proceeded to
make an argument which ignored a
vital part OF the plank, We ask not
only for free wool but for two other
things. first. the abolition of COM
pensatory duties, and, second, sub
sautial reduction in the ad Valorem
rate. This would not be a favor to
the manufacturer, for the abolition
of the compensatory duties would
more than offset the benefit which
ne would derive from free raw ma
terial, and "a substantial reduction
in the ad yalorem rate would bring
a stin greater advantage to the con-
sumer. Our plan would give 20 the
Texas consumers of WOODEN goods
from five to ten times as much in
reduced prices as it would give to
the eastern purchasers Of wool in
e reduction in the price of wool,
while his plan compels the Texas
consumer of woolens to pay the
eastern manufacturers many dollars
Tor every dollar that tariff on
wool collects from the eastern man
ufacturers.
No one but wool grower will ac-
cept his argument on this subject
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
Committee Is Named.

Arrangements are now under way
for the banquet to be given on the
night of October 22d by the Baraca
and Philathea Union of Waxahachte.
Representatives from the Baraca
classes met at the Central Presbyter-
ian church Monday evening and out
lined a plan that is to be adhered to
In making preparations for this en-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
EXPLOSION BURNS RESIDENCE
Home of B. Il. Colvin Destroyed at
Ennis Monday Morning.

The five room residence of b. r.
Colvin in the south part of Ennis
was destroyed by fire at 1880 Mon
day morning, together with practi-
cally all the contents except the
piano, which was gotten out. 1t Is
that the fire was caused
by the explosion of kerosene oil
lamp. The loss is estimated at ST.
200 with $3.50 insurance. The house
was outside the water limits and the
firemen could do but little.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
WATERS Of GULF
INVADE MOBILE
Aided BY Hurricane. the Waves
Break Over Wharves and
Flood Streets.
DAMAGE IN NEW ORLEANS
Wire Communication Cut OF During
Afternoon and Four Lives are
Lost-Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi Hill by Storm.

New Orleans, Sept. 21-After at
tanning a velocity of sixty miles an
hour at New Orleans at 7 O'Clock last
night, the West Indian hurricane re-
duced at late hour in its intensity.
-Four known dead in New Orleans.
Property damage will exceed $780,
upn
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21
Biographical sketch.

Bishop Seth Ward was born IN
Leon county, Texas, on Nov. 10,
1858. His father was Samuel Goode
Ward and his mothers maiden name
was Sarah Ann Wyche. In August,
1871, he was converted under the
ministry of Rev. L. j. Wright and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-21

Col J. ]. Mulone, agent for the
Trinity and Brazos Valley, is NOV
ing into residence on College
street. Mr. and Mrs. Mullane have
been boarding since coming to Wax
ahachie.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-17
JUDICIAL SALE.

No. I3,o8I-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish. La:
D. S. Sims VS.. Altman & Adrian
Bloxom, Minors.
By virtue of a commission to sell, to
me directed from the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
| will offer for sale at public auction,
for cash according to law, during the
legal hours for sales, at the principal
front door of the court house of Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1909
The west half of the southwest quarter /;
the west half of the northeast quarter
Of the southwest quarter, and the south
east quarter of the southwest quarter OF
section II, township I6, range IA, con-
tanning in all I4o acres, more Or less,
with all buildings and improvements
thereon. The above property to be sold
for cash according to law, for purpose
of partition J. 2. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian July rs. Sheriff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-17
sHRRIFFs SALE.

No. 12,82o-Tn the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of caddo Parish, La:
Hicks Company Limited VS.. w. F.
Beasley
By virtue of writ of 6eri faciss to
me issued from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction. for cash
according to law, during the legal hours
for sales, at the principal front door of
the court house of Caddo parish. La. on
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS. 1909,
Commencing at the northwest corner OF
Andrew c. Dominicks lot in town OF
Mira, and running south with 1. ,.
& N. right of way land, IS yards !;
thence east IS yards; thence north S
yards; thence east IS yards; thence
north with same degree west as above
named, 30 yards; thence west 70 yards
to place of beginning, with all buildings
and Improvements thereon, including
store house. All in northwest quafter
section IS, township 23 north, range IS
west, and containing one-half acre Of
| ground, more or less. The above prop
erty seized as belonging TO. the above
defendant, and to be sold to satisfy tbs
amount specified in said writ, say in the
sum of $2o7I2o with S, per cent pei
annum interest thereon from March Q
1909, until paid, and all costs of suit.
| P. FLOuRNOY.
Caucasian, July 22. Sheritf
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-17
CONTEST NOTICES..

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Natchitoches, La,
July Is, Iooo--A sufficient contest aft-
dayit having been filed in this Office by
William Jamison, of Forbing, contest
ant, against Homestead Entry No. o5I7,
made March Fl, 1907, for north half OF
southeast quarter section 81, township
16 north, range Is west Louisiana merid-
ian, by Jerry Andrews, contestee, in
which it is alleged that Jerry Andrews
has entirely abandoned said Homestead
Entry since the last three years, said
parties are hereby notified to appear, re-
spond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o'clock am, on Septem.
Der 2, 1907 before the Register and Re.
ceiver at the United States Land OF.
fee in Natchitoches, La.
The said contestant having, in prop
er affidavit, filed July IS, 1909, set fortf
facts which show that after due dill
gence personal service of this notice car
not be made, it is hereby ordered an'
directed that such notice be given b.
due and proper publication.
J. ERNEST BREDA,
July 49, Receiver