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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

I CALVIN BROS. are prepared TO at
I tend to your wants When they are
! in the gents furnishing line Clean
ing, pressing and repairing receive
their careful attention and satisfac-
ton is always guaranteed. Phone
I them and see If
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HOUSE FOR RENT-See DR.. Keep
Hnger. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

FOR RENT OR SALE-Five room
! house with modern conveniences on
! East Marvin street. See T. ID. Mey-
/ Crs at EatitOrium If
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

Brown mare mule
about rs hands high Is years old
branded T 0 on left shoulder. e. A.
Maloney, Route 5, Forreston. 42pd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

LOST Friday night at opera house
child's hand bag; containing small
purse and money. Phone 273, Bell,
or see E. f. owen for description. Al
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

FOR RENT-One nicely furnished
room, 3 exposures, will rent reason
ably Apply at 120 Mcmillan street.
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

When you think of photographs
of a high grade and artistic finish
visit to the studio of Mrs. C. e.
Jackson naturally suggests itself to
your mind. Her work will bear the
most critical inspection. A trial offer
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-22

PLENTY of Yellow Yam sweet p0-
tatO plants for sale. e. e. Miller,
$40 s. Washington st. Phone $50. oh
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

boast were made possible by the in
crense of our party vote. The con-
verse Is also true. Whore the Pro
hibitionlst vote falls off. the polite
ians lay 1t to the inter-partIsnn or
gani8ations and do not hesitate 10
turn them down which helps to In
crease the Prohlbitionist vote.
County option. wherever passed,
las proved harmful to the Prohibition
party, and will do so until the honest
men who support IL learn what farce
II really is In its operations.
If the whole country showed a pro.
portionate loss in the Prohibition par
ty vote to that shown In Ohio. lndi-
ma, Illinois, Kentucky, and Oregon
the states In which county option laws
have been passed since the campaign
OF 1904, Mr.. Chain would have poll
ed but 20,16S votes. the smallest vote
os any polled by any OF our candi-
dates since 1884.
On the other hand IL the whole coun-
| try showed proportionate gain In
the prohibition party vote as shown
| by the states where county option waa
turned down, Mr.. Chain would have
polled 316,956 votes or 53.476 NOR
votes than the highest vote ever poll
| eG for a prohibitionist,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
SUGGESTION OF GRISCOM
MEETS APPROVAL

New York, Jan. 2.-The suggestion
made tonight by Ambassador Grlscom
In Rome urging that the money sent
from America for tho aid OF the Ital-
Ian quake sufferers, be used IN charter
ing steamers at Genoa or Marseilles TO
proceed with nurses. doctors and medl-
cal supplies 10 Messinn. meets with ap-
proval OF the local branch of both the
Italian and American Red Cross socIe-
ties, which have charge respectively Of
the funds collected in New York from
Italian and American societies.
Both these organizations arc sending
the money direct 10 the Italian Red
Cross al Rome and to the American
branch through the national hcadquar-
tors at Washington
Llonelli Ferrara. delegate in New
York for inc Red Cross. said he would
probably cable his national headquar.
taers at Rome, suggesting that steps
ne taken along the lines OF Ambagsa-
cor Griscoms advice. that the money
collected In Roman Catholic churches
VIII be sent direct TO the poDe
great masS meeting To raise relief
luh1S VIII be held ar Madison Square
Oafden on the night OF January :. To
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
PROHleITloNISTs LOCK HORNS
WITH ANTl-SAlOON LEAGUE

Chicago. Jan. 2-In a New Year 3
study OF the party outlook. the Pro,
hibitionists have locked horns with
the antiSaloon league, by declaring
that local option laws are farce, %
that they are nothing but temporary
eXpedients. with little or no real gain
to the temperance cause. and that
wherever they have been passed
they have cut down the vote in the
prohibition ticket
The survey of the situation issue.l
from national headquarters, was writ
ten by Michael j. Fannigan, OF Phila
delphia.
1t analyzes the returns of the re-
cent election that gives point to the
paradoXical assertions recently made
by Eugene w Chain that the smalley
the vote the party polled in 1908, the
greater would he its vote In 1912.
The writer points ont that In states
that passed local option laws. the
Chain vote fell off, while in those
that turned down the bills of the anti
Saloon League. Chain got more votes
than Swallow did in 1904 In part II
says,
1T t6 almost Invauaoiy true that
al the achievements OF which the
inter-parusan temperance workers
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
P 0 | 5 0 n | n
HOMEMADE
CANDY
Police Trying to Trace SEND
er, Three Persons Made
Dangerously Ill.

Denver, Jan. "A box Of homemade
candy sent through the mails has
nearly resulted in the death OF three
persons, and the police are now trying
to trace the sender of the candy in
the belief that deliberate attempt
was made TO poison the people to wnom
the conferctlon was sent. Mrs. Marie
A. Smith, the divorced wife of A. c.
Smith. a merchant OF Miles City,
Mont, and Violet and Oslo Smith. her
two youngest children. are seriously
Ill at their home. 1925 Elati street, as
a result Of eating the candy.
The box was received yesterday. but
was not opened until today. Mrs Smith
and her two children ate some of 1t,
and almost Immediately became very
ILL., Osie Smith, the 16-yearold boy,
may die. The postmark on the pack
age is too blurred to be made out. The
hand writing of the address resembles
that of a child.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
VEAL THY MAN Is
FOUND IN 7 He
WORK HOUSE
SERVING SENTENCE ON CHARGE
OF VAGRANCY.
He Escaped From His Wife When She
Was Preparing to Put Him in
An Asylum.

st Louis, Jan. 2.-In the company
of an officer Of the East st Louis po-
lice department. c.. b Needham, OF
Somerville, Mass, a Boston suburb.
who Is reputed TO be wealthy, depart
ed today Tor his home Els wife is
bearing the expense of the trip. Need
ham was found in the Belleville, Ills.
work-house serving sentence on the
charge of vasrancy.
For three months his wife sought
for him, since the day ne escaped
from her In st. Louis while she w25
preparing TO have him placed In an
asylum. He came here in October suit
fering from nervous breakdown.
He had been working in Florida. Mrs.
Needham located him in East st.
Louis and came from Boston, and 1t
was while she was arranging 10 have
him placed in an asylum that he es-
capped from her. Recently he reap
peared In East st. Louis and be WAS
put In the work-house until his Wife
could be advised,
The police say he is suffering from
mental alteration,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
|. 0 N 6 B O A I
AGAIN | H|E
WINNER
DorandO Led From the Track
Near End of Nineteenth
Lap.

Buffalo, Jan, 2.-Tom Longboat, TIE
Canadian, tonight. for the second
time. took the measure Of Dorando
Pietri, the Italian who almost won the
great Marathon race at the London
Clympiad Dorando. as in his race
with Longboat In New York. failed
10 go the distance. Time and timc
again he sprinted in an effort to get
away from the Indian, but without
success.
1t was 9:O5 when they were sent
away 10 a good start, Dorando spranS
into the lead and set a terrific pace
for the first few laps, Longboat. with
the broad grin on his face, stuck close
10 the Italian, not allowing him moro
than three or four yards lead.
The time for the first mile. 5:07 was
60 seconds faster than the first mile
Of their race at Madison Square Gar
den.
The pair moderated the pace consid
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

Washington, Jan. President
Roosevelt tonight announced that he
has sent two supply ships with $500,
coo worth OF supplies to Italy; that he
will ask congress for additional aid,
and that he has offered the use OF
the battleship feet to Italy
The announcement is made in a tel
egram made public at the white house.
which the president sent to Patrick
T. MCGOWAN, chairman of the Italian
general relief committee, New York.
The telegram follows.
81 earnestly wish success to the
AmericanItalian general relief COM
nittee In its great mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden. 1t Is, or
course. not possible for me TO attend
in person I am doing everything
thar can be done to get aid 10 the SUI
ferers, and on account of the extreme
urgency of the case have sent two
supply ships with three hundred
thousand dollars worth OF food and
provisions without waiting for the
authodlty of congress. being conf
dent that congress viii approve my
action / shall also ask congress Tor
additional aid, and throughout the
coming week will keep in the closest
touch with congress, and, through the
state department. with Italy, so that
everything possible to be done by the
United States may be done.
Furthermore, / have cabled the
Italian government pro1fering tho
services of any or all of the battle
hg of iT,
crisis. (Slgned)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
President Roosevelt was engaged
tonight In preparing the message
which VIII be presented 10 congress
Monday. A large amount OF data on
| pTecedents and on the aid that is be-
ing rushed from various quarters TO
southern Italy and the means OF get
| ting succor TO the victims, was pre-
! pared for the president and was con
sidered carefully by him.
Suffering Italy continues TO occupy
| the thoughts of most OF the citizens
and officials here. Aroused 10 full
| consciousness of the appalling disas
Ter. the one aim is TO get relief 70
| the stricken people as speedily as pos
| sible. Money is pouring into the OF
! fees of the National Red Cross and
is being telegraphed abroad as fast
as received The New York Red
Cross has telegraphed $4,000 to the
National Red Cross; $4,000 has been
telegraphed from San Francisco; Chi
cago telegraphed $4,000; $4,000 has
| teen sent the italian Red Cross from
the bay statesS 100000 has been ca
bed by the National Red Cross 10
the Italian society More than $4,000
| was subscribed locally today.
The suggestion that Ernest P. BicK
nell national director of the Red
| Cross. be sent to Italy TO cooperate
with the Italian Red Cross, has been
| abandoned as unnecessary, and Mr
bicknell has been instructed to con
tlnue his "trip to San Francisco.
Mayor Des Planches. the Italian am
bassador, this afternoon transmitted
to Rome $2,500. This included his
! personal contribution, that of mem
bers OF the embassy STAFF, and lndi
vlduals In Washington who took
Honey, TO the embassy with the re-
quest that 1t be sent to the stricken
region.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
5 I AR I | | n &
STORY OF
CRUELT TY
Mrs. Erb Tells of Various
Quarrels and Captains
Threats to Kill Her.

Media, Pa, Jan. 2,-Mrs. NJ. Flor
ence Erb. who with her sister, Mrs
Catherine Beisel, is charged with the
murder of Mrs. Erbs husband, took the
witness stand today and told SEN
sational story of extreme cruelty on
the part Of her husband as one OF the
causes leading up 10 the shooting ol
Captain Erb. Mrs. Erb appeared nerv-
Gus, but told her story in straight
forward manner,
Mrs. Erb said she went to Red
Gables, the Erb country home. In May
1906, with housekeeper and two
maids. Tnouble between her and the
Captain. she said started on the first
night they were there
I'VE quarrelled." she said, "and he
struck me with the back OF his hand
and knocked me over a chair, The
next day | had to call a physician TO
treat me
Another time ne quarrelled about
the food. | became afraid and ran
into the tower of the house. He found
me and grabbed me by the hair and
dragged me down the steps to his
room where he kept m all night and
treated me cruelty.
In December 1906, he put me out
of the house and as | Was standing
thinking wnat to DO. he came out and
seized me by the throat and threw me
to the floor. An ornament In my hair
was broken and my head was hurt. |
was unconscious. AS a result OF my
injury had 10 go 10 a sanltarium,
zone evening the captain found
fault with some article of food on the
table He swore at me and ran to my
room He followed and yelled at me.
YOU must leave this house at once or
I'll blow your brains out He got
his revolver but put it away again
When ne left took 1t and hid It,
When he came home he demanded
the revolvr ] told him bad hid
H. He chased nae around 10 hit me In
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
Three HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF SUPPLIES SENT TO ITALY
President Will Ask Congress for Additional AdU of Entire Dateshp Flee
OirdNOny Pouring to Offices Of National Red CrossNw York
TeegrapS Eighty Thousand; Large Sums From Other Cts
No Detail Overlooked by Citizens and Officials

erably after the first nine laps. Do
rando maintained lead of two yards
throughout the first two miles. The
tine OF the second mile was 1877.
III the first lap of the third mile
LonGboat stumbled and fell giving the
Italian lead of twenty-five yeards.
He sprang to his feet like a flash and
sprlnted. overtaldng Dorando before
another lap was completed.
The crowd cheered Jongboat's burst
of speed and his gameness heartily.
He led Dorando for a short distance.
but soon dropped back again, letting
the Italian take up the pace. The
time at the end of the fifth mile was
80 IL.
Dorando still leads by a couple OF
yards. His time for five miles at
Madison Square Garden was 2S:27 As.
Dorando sprinted In the nth and
sixth miles. but Longboat lengthened
his stride and never allowed the Ital.
ian to get very far away. Tom Elan.
agan, LoDgboat's trainer. was already
worried over the Indians injured leg.
Longboat's pace never faltered and
he nodded smilingly to his Canadian
friends in the boxes, The time at
the end of the tenth mile was
$3.50 Is.
The time OF their ten miles in the
New York race was 5S:17 is.
Dorando continued TO sprint in the
thirteenth aud fourteenth miles, his
lead stretching out at times to ten
au6 fifteen yards Trainer Flanagan
said the injury to Longboat was not
bothering the Indian.
The wound had ceased to bleed and
there was no perceptible change In
HIS stride. Just to show that he was
all right Longboat sprlnted in the last
Jap of the fourteenth mile and finished
in the lead by two yards. He then
waited for Dorando to set the pace
and the fifteenth mile found Dorando
again in the lead. Time fifteenth
mile, 1864 2-5. compared with
i:SO:o2 2-5 in the New York race.
! Longboat took the lead in the fifth
lap or the sixteenth mile. Neither
man showed any signs of distress.
Ir the fourth lap of the eighteenth
mile Dorando again jumped into the
| lead and the indian made no effort
to regain It. The time at the end OF
the eighteenth mile was 1:46:0I 10
compared with 1; 5000 3-5 made in
New York. Dorando led by two
| Yards.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
I old A LIE
WHEN ON
STAND
Woman Asks to Be Allowed
to Testify Against
Night Riders.

Union City, Tenn, Jan, 2-Asserting
that she had deliberately perjured her
self for the defense. and conscience
stricken. desired to tell the truth. MIS-.
Wad Morris. wife of one of the self
confessed night riders, asked to be re-
called today. Wad Morris swore he
was present when Captain Rankin was
killed and recognized some of the de-
PENDANTS. Mrs. Morris, mis- wife, went
on the stand yesterday and impeached
her husbands testimony by swearing
that he was at home the night Captain
Rankin was murdered.
She left the stand pale and tremb-
ling. went into the corridor and sent
for the attorney general.
Il nave done a great wrong" said
She, II have tcld lie. My husband
was not at home that night He was
with the riders. | was forced by my
relatives to testify as l did. | want TO
see my husband"
Her brotherin-law tried to get her
to leave the city with MIN, but the at
torney general ordered him away and
took the trembling woman to her hus-
band They are people of few words,
tuSSe Sll duSe ISoluellS VI inc Icu ulllS,
and the meeting of the young husband
and Wife, separated since October 20,
was silent. but pathetic.
For len minutes they stood clasped
in each others arms and not word
was spoken. Then the wife sald:: Il
am going to do the right thing, Wad.
The husbands only comment was:
Yes"
Mrs. Morris then made a complete
statement TO the attorney general,
which doubtless will lead to several
more indictments. Later, sne went on
the stand and corrected her testimony
saying that Joe Hogg and Jack Long
had told her husband would be hanged
by the soldiers unless she swoTe he
was at home the night of Rankins
murder,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
APPOINTED RECTOR OF
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Formal az
nouncement of the appointment of
John Carroll of Helena, Mont, recotr
of the Catholic University of Amer
lea. is expected to be made some time
during the present month He VIII
succeed Bishop O'Connell, who Is TO
become coadjutor bishop of San Fran
cisco.
The new rector Is popular with the
priests and hierarchy OF the country,
lie is well known in this diocese and
is said to have great executive abll'
ity. He has privately announced his
acceptance OF the new office.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
PROMINENT ASTRONOMER
DIES AT HOME IN EVANSTON

Chicago, Jan. George Washing
ton Hough. professor OF astronomy at
Northwestern university and director
OF the Dearborn observatory, died sud-
denly at his home in Evanston yes
terday. Professor Hough who was ~
years old, was a leading astronomer,
his principal contributions to science
being his observations regarding the
planet Jupiter. He measured more
double stars than any astronomer now
living, about $50 In all
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

people be the master and there will
always be good public servants. The
politician will always respond to his
master"
Mi Heney was loudly cheered as ne
left the club house.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

give this demonstration national char
acter, invitations have been sent TO
President Roosevelt, President-elect
Taft, Governor Hughes and Mayor Nc
Clellan.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
Marriage

AT the parsonage at 1870 Saturday
by Rev II. d. Zimmerman. Frank i.
tncrson. Of Salt Lake and Ada G..
Hills. of Salt Lake h:r. and Mrs.
Emerson returned 10 the capital, aud
will make their future home there.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
ANXIETY FOR THE SOVEREIGNS
CONSTANTLY INCREASING IN ROME

Fresh Earthquake Shocks Yesterday Aroused Wide Spread Panic People a
That Any Moment Another Calamity Might Happen Involving the Death
of Their Maestie Trembling and Rumbing OF the Earth
Indicates Another Shock Impending.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
WEATHER WILL BE PARTLY
CLOUDY SUNDAY, PROBABLY
BECOMING UNSETTLED MON.
DAY.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-17
Free!
MERRILL,

Merrill, Miss. 12-l5-1909. MIR.
f. Todd received a telegram on Mon
day last announcing the death Of
Capt. J. NJ Raby, which occurred at
the Soldiers Home, Beauvoir, Sun
day night last. Capt Raby was a
citizen of this place until October,
when he left here for the soldiers
home. He haassed his d pthree score
and ten, and held the offices of the
justice of the peace and also town
treasurer, which he resigned u short
time before leaving Merrill. He leaves
a wife and one daughter, who reside
in Mobile, one daughter in New Or
leans and son in Texas. His re-
mains were laid to rest at Beauvoir.
Mrs. w. W. Thomas AID Miss L.
Bert Thompson spent last Saturday
and Sunday in Leakesville.
Miss Della Churchwell sof Leakes-
vile, is spending awhile with her
aunt, Miss Dollie Breland.
Miss Dollie Breland visited Mobile
during this week.
Mr.. Shelton Mckay is expected
home from Clinton College to spend
the vacation with his mother. Mrs.
NJ. J. Mckay.
DR.. Carl Eiey and family, of Mobile
will spend the holidays at their old
home. Merrill.
Lewis DeHashmet, of Bexley Sun
dayed in Merrill.
Capt. NJ. McIpnis, of Mobile, was q
visitor here this week
Miss Bert Thompson IS drilling
the children for a Christmas enter
tainment and tree to be given at the
schoolhouse on the oath.
JEPTHA.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-17

BY virtue of the authority conferred on me
the undersigned trusteee in aeertain decd eff
trust given on the 18th day OF November 1907,
TO Commercial Bank & trust Company. bene-
hciary, of Laurel Mississippi. by H. q. Locke
which said deed of trust is of record in the
Chancery Clerks Office of Greene County,
Mississippi. on pages 10, IN ana III of Book
of the Records of Mortgages and Deeds Of
trust on land. reference to which being hereby
made, and default having been made in the
payments therein provided for ana having
been requested so to do by the said CONNER
cial Bank s. Trust Company. viii on the
First Monday in January 1910,
being the third day of the month offer and ex-
pose for sale and will sell during legal hours
at the front door OF the County Court House
in LeaKesville, Mississippi at public outcry TO
the best and highest bidder for cash the fol-
lowing described land situated in the said
County of Greene, Site of Mississippi. and
more pa ticularly described as follows to-wit:
The swift eff the ne ii. the n l-2 of the sc IA
sel-4 of the Sc IA Of section township 4 north
rahge west, and the sw IA of sw II of section
6, township north, range 8 west. the sw IA
of the sw IA, the Sc IA of Sc IA of section IS,
township north. range west. the Sc Ia of the
NV IA of section 20, townships north. range 8
west. the ne IA of the ne IA of section 30
township north. range west, the Sc IA of
the NV IA of section 81 township north range
west together with all and singular improve
ments and appurtenances thereon situated and
thereunto belonging.
Witness my signature. this the 7th day of
December. 1909.
1924 STONE DEAvOURS. trustee
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-17
A SenSeieSs Habit.

The young lady that habltually
uses slang in her CONVEX alton cannot
have very exalted opinion of her
self The estimate placed upon her
by those who hear her use it is GER
taiuly not q high one 1t sounds
coarse and vulgar when used by a
woman its tone is degrading and re-
pnlsive How often one hears a
young lady speak of children as
Kids That word comes from the
slang of English thieves. Not ex-
city d proper word for ia1y's use,
is it, Mash is another word in
common use by young ladies of both
high and low degree. The word or
iginates in the immoral relation sus-
tanned by a thief and his mistress. 1t
is essentially fou and when issuing
from the lips of innocence and pu-
rity gives a startling shock Even
thieves, toughs and disreputables of
either sex, who know the whole vO-
cabuary OF slang, seldom, if ever use
a single word of it in the presence of
houest people. Slang in English,
has but two sources thieves and
showmen; and any young person
who initiates those classes, either in
conduct on conversation. is plenti-
fully endowed with a lack of sense,