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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
MINNESOTA CONSERVATION.

The state OF Minnesota Is profit
ing greatly by it's wise policy of con-
seryation of public lands and natural
resources. Early In its history the
state began TO husband It's lands.
Instead OF adopting the course of
Wisconsin. Michigan. Iowa and other
states of selling off the public
domain TO all @ho would come at
about 3f.25 an acre. Minnesota
would sell only for a fair market
value, reserving great sections for
future disposition. In 1861 4
strong effort was made to have the
state lands sold, but Gov. Ramse.
insisted that these lands should be
held TO build up a great trust fund
for the benefit of the people of the
state His policy was adopted and
today the permanent trust fund ag-
aregates s26,9T5,225. according to
the state auditors report. S2l ,0o2,-
57l of which is a permanent school
fund. S1,i4S.7S9 permanent uni
versity fund. S2,9i4597 an internal
Improvement fund.
The state has sold great amour,
of land at fair prices, but on much
of the timbered land the timber was
sold separate from the land. When
iron ore was discovered in 1889 a
law was passed authorizing the
leasing OF the mineral lands, on the
basis OF 25c ton for all orc taken
out. II is estimated that the total
income TO the state that will be de-
rived from the mines will be s20V-
600 .o00--Nashville Banner.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
THE THIRD DEGREE.
Jurics Show Convincingly Their OPP
position to Bullying Methods.

A special committee OF the United
States senate is about to investigate
the practice and theory of "the
third degree" This method of ex-
amining suspected criminals is al
most universally condemned by pub
lie opinion. yet it continues to flour
llsh in many large cities in the
United States and finds its defend
ers among veteran police officers.
who might properly be considerea
experts In the matter. in France,
where the organization of society
for the protection against crime Is
on more scientific basis than any
where else, the third degree is one
of the most valued features of the
system. BY its application many
a murderer has had @onfession
forced from his trembling lips. With
out its aid many an atrocious crime
would so unpublished by earthly
tribunals. This is the testimony of
French judges and chiefs OF police.
and even In British countries where
tho third degree is cordially detested
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
SOME FAMOUS DEAD HEATS.
Thrilling Finishes That Have Been
Made at Big Races.

A deRd heat on race course Is
an event of extremely rare occur
renee, which makes that between
the derby winner Lemberg and Neil
Cow, in the Eclipse stakes of $780,
600 at Sandown park recently, OF
more than passing interest. Despite
the great value of the stake there
were only six competitors in. this
race, and SO far as the spectators
were concerned there were only the
two above named in it. Neil Cow
had beaten Lcmberg in the 1000
Guineas. but the latter horse turned
the tables by winning the derby, in
which Neil Cow was not even placed
Lemberg, therefore. was favorite
for the Eclipse stakes, but although
in the earlier stages of the race he
held lead of several lengths, Neil
Cow gradually reduced it. The
finish was most exciting one, the
horses doing their very best and the
jockeys straining every nerve to get
the lead AS they flashed past the
judges box it was impossible to say
what the verdict would be. but as l.
matter of fact the pair finished to-
gether, and the substantial stakes
were divided. 1t may be long time
before another such thrilling finish
is witnessed.
dead heat was that which happened
in the race known as the French
derby couple of seasons ago. On
this occasion quite a sensation was
caused by W. X. Vanderbiit's horse,
Sea Sick IT,, running a dead heat
with Ed Deschamp's Quintelle.
In the whole history of the EPSON
derby, extending to 1870 years, there
have been only two dead heats. P'o,
the last we have to go back nearly
a quarter of century. This was
In the race run in the year 1884,
W uCi TWO CdHuIudJ6S LOT the Dlue
fibbon of the turf. ST. Gatlin, the
property of John Hammond, ana
Harvester, belonging to Sir John
Willoughby. proved inseparable at
the winning post and consequently
divided tho stakes.
The only other instance in which
the derby resulted in a dead heat
occurred no fewer than eighty-two
years ago, The horses concerned
in 1t were Cadland and the Colonel,
ana it is interesting to recall that
in the. deciding race the former
proved to be the victor to the great
qualification of the then duke o,
Rutland. its owner.
The most famous dead heats at
ter the above will not take much
space to chronicle. Some forty-two
years ago there was one in the 1000
Guineas race. This was between
two favorite mounts. Moslem ana
Formosa, who ran past the winning
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
Are Your Kidneys Wen?

Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheu-
matism, Gout. Gravel, Dropsy, Infla-
nation of the Bladder, Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by
Sick Kidneys
Curtin Drug company, the well
known druggists OF Waxahachie
know by experience that HINDIPO
will cure all forms of Kidney and
Nervous Troubles, and will guaran-
tee 1t in all cases.
Can't you afford to try 1t at their
risk? 1t costs you nothing IL it don't
do the work
Sent by mail to any address pre-
paid, on receipt of SO cents. Six bot
ties. $3.50, under a positive guaran-
tee. Fl;
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
Sansaaes to His Majesty.

In certain small English village
there were two butchers living in the
same street. One placarded his saus-
age at one shilling a pound. and the
rival promptly placed eight-pence
on his card,
No. / then placed notice in his
window saying that sausage under
one shilling could not be guaranteed.
No. rs response to this was the
announcements; Il have supplied
sansages to the king"
In the opposite window the follow
card. bearing the words; God save
the king"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
post neck and neck amid the greatest
excitement

post neck and neck amid the greatest
excitement
There was much the same scene
at the conclusion of the st. Leger of
just about sixty years ago. Always
great popular race, it was doubly
interesting on this occasion on ac-
count of the dead heat which it quite
Unexpectedly produced.
The contestants responsible for it
were named Voltigeur and Russbor-
ough, and the way in which the two
horses contriVed to get home to-
gether, with absolutely nothing TO
choose between them greatly pleased
the crowd, or that portion OF it
which had not backed other competi-
tors.
In more than a single respect and
d great deal more remarkable,
though, was a dead heat which the
racing season of 1857 produced. 1t
occurred in the race for the Cesarc-
witch, when the utmost unique re-
suit of triple heat ensued. The
horses which achieved this extra,
ordinary distinction are known 10
the history as Priorcss, Ell Hakim
and Queen Boss. There was more
over not great deal between the
trio in the deciding race that follow
ed, though quite enough for the
purpose.
In this victory went to Prioress
with George Fordham in the saddle
She came in a length and half
ahead of Ell Hakim. but the last
named was only head in front of
Queen Bess for second place. Prob
ably the smartness of the jockeys
was a great factor in producing this
result as the speed of their mounts
In dealing with a subject of this
kind it would scarcely be fair to
over look a performance at Sandown
Park twenty-five years ago, July
&c, 1888, there was run on that
course a five furlong race known as
the Subrbiton handicap.
On this occasion in question ten
horses started, eight of them being
beaten by the first and second favo-
rites. These were C. ]. Merry s
Deuce of Clubs and General Owen
Williams Sea Song, the two provid-
ing the spectators with the sensa-
ton of perfect dead heat.
In the deciding race-a misnomer
in this particular instance-the pub
lie fancy favored the chances of the
second favorite in the original race.
but once again there was a dead
heat.
At the third time of asking def
mite result was achieved, though
only by bare neck The WHINE.
proved to be Deuce of Clubs. who had
again become the favorite, but there
was precious little in it-Tit-Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

bv the private citizen there are Of
ticials who lament the limitations
the law places upon them in the mat
ter Of securing confessions. They
are convinced that If they were per-
mitted to apply the method that In
spector Byrnes SO successfully used
they would hang more murderers
and have to their credit fewer un-
punished crimes. IN this supposi-
ton they are probably wrong, just
as were the lawmakers wrong who
thought that the death penalty would
nut an end to sheep stealing. So
cietv evolves its own antitoxin for
legalized assaults upon Il and 1uries
refused to convict sheep Steclers, no
matter how strong the evidence was
against them. In our own city
few years ago, the hint by counsel
for the defense that the accused had
been bullied into Il confession by a
detective was sufficient cause for
her acquital, though, leaving the
confession aside. the evidence was
overwhelmingly for conviction. In
Detroit a year or so ago peculiarly
horrible murder was unaVenged
chiefly because the murderer con-
fessed, and the jury was more anX-
ious to rebuke the method OF OBJ
tanning this confession than TO
punish an assassin.
If the police Will balance the
cases where the prejudice of jurie5
against third degree methods has
resulted in an acquittal against the
cases which only these methods
would solve, they may find that the
third degree is more of an encum-
brance than an assistance in the dc
lection of crime. Whatever con-
clusion they may come to in the mat
ter, their master, the public, has
firmly made up its mind. The dan
ger of one innocent man being con-
victed is more serious than the dan
ger of the guilty men escaping, and
that innocent men are imperiled By
the third degree is a widespread be-
life Overcome by fatigue or terror
many n victim of the Spanish in
QUESTION confessed to crimes cl
which he was innocent, and de-
nounced to his examiners others as
guIltless as himself Wee know I,
little more about the power of su5-
gestion and hypnotisn than did the
victims of the holy office, and that
knowledge serves to increase rather
than to diminish the public distrust
of confession secured by any method
of coercion-ToVonto Mail and En-
pire.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
List of Candidates for County ana
District Offices.

At the republican county conven''
ton held in Waxahachie, Texas, on
the 30th day of July, 1910, the 1ol-
lowing candidates were nominated
for the various offices in Ellis coun-
ty:
For Representative Place No. +
w. S. cox.
For Representative Place NO. 3
GEORGE CASEBIER.
For County Judge
T. ]. REED.
For County Clerk
b. F.. CREWS.
For Tax Asscssor-
l.. l.. LOHR.
For sheriff.
Z. w. STIRMAN.
For Tax Collector.
w. S. GARDNER.
For District Clerk
w. S. MORRISON.
A copy of this list is filed with
the county clerk and should any OF
the nominees object or otherwise
could not let their names remain on
the ticket it will be his duty to mott
fy the county clerk of Ellis county
within five days after publication so
he can remove your name from the
ticket.
w. B. FRANKS,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
CITY ORDINANCE.

An ordinance defining the fire IL
mits of the city of Waxahachle,
Texas, prohibiting the erection
and placing therein of houses and
buildings made Of certain sub
stances and providing a penalty
for a violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the city of Waxahachie,
Texas:
Article /. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to erect or
cause to be erected, or place or cause
to be placed, or haul or cause to. be
hauled, any wooden, sheet-irOn or
corrugated iron building, structure,
or erection, or any building with
wooden frame with the wall filled
in with brick and mortar, concrete
or other such substance, Or any tent
or canvas structure upon any ground
or land in the following territory
in the city of Waxahachie, Texas:
All of blocks1, 2, 8, s, 8. IA, Is, IS,
81, %, %; sc, and that part of the
east half of block IS that is south Of
Spring Branch in said city.
Article 2. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to move
or cause to be moved into the terri
tory specified in Article l of this
ordinance, or to remove from one
place to another in said territory
any building, structure, erection or
tent as are specified in Article l %
said limits.
Article 8. Any person or persons
violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, provided that
each and every day such building
structure, erection or tent shall Ge
permitted to remain in said territory
shall constitute and be a separate
offense.
Article 4. All ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed
Passed and approved, this 9th day
of September, 1910.
A. LASSWELL,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16
FRAUD IN WEIGHTS AND MEAS.
CRES.

An Informative but depressing
article in the last issue of the Ame4i-
can Review OF Reviews throws light
on the petty frauds SO largely
practiced In weights and measures.
The author deals with the false bush
ell, the fraudulent berry box, the
denied tin nteaaslft, the milk elIi
within the milk can. the falscbot-
tom dry measure, the iugrlea spring
scale. the wire-wci. ,htel scale pan
Gn | other dark ,e>ice* Of the rctai.
mind As he says pointedly, the
familiar units of measure have be-
come merely figures of speech.
The tricks are in general ure. and
trade custom even defends them.
Fortunately, the evil is being at
tackled in quarters that can con
conspicuously set "A good example.
In New York the campaign of the
city department OF weights ana
measures against these widespread
frauds has been one of the sensation
al features of the Gaynor administra-
tiGn. In Chicago the endeavors Of
Inspector HIGHLANDER have had a
good effect This is matter that
concerns the body of the great pur-
chasing public, especially small
purchasers at retail They have q
right 10 be protected against trick.
cries, fraudulent manufactured
weighing apparatus and customs
that mean deception and imposition.
Chicago Rccord-Hera1d.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

San Antonio Is evidently only at
tached TO Texas for political pur-
poses. Laws that contio. elsewhere
are, according to newspaper reports.
obsolete In the city made famous by
Bryan Callahan.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Farmers as rule make their pur-
.6haaes where they sell their products.
Al independent buyer backed up by
ne merchants would be standing
guarantee 10 the producer that Wax
aiiachio Ii the best selling market
as ven ID the leading buying point
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

We are backing up the business in
terests of Naxahachie in demanding
that fun market price be paid for
cotton and seed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

And besides the pleasures OF pull.
ing over pike roads free mineral
water flows for the trader WaSaha-
chic bound. 1t is an indueement 70
hf considered
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Eighteen y nts per gallon more
for oil and five dollars per ton less
for cotton seed. Can the local mill
men explain this "thusnessg"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Paying dop prices for seed cotton
made lively times in Waxahachie
last fall and the same practice viii,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

A New York town has gained 791
in population during the past ten
years, not including the lunatics.
The census returns do not give the
gain in the last named class.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Beer comes high~ebut some people
must have H. According 70 reports 4
keg notted subscription taker" in
WaXahaeilie about SIC.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Remember that all pike roads lead
to Waxahachie and our business
men propose To make 1t To your In
terest to travel them.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

The insurgents put the skates on
some of the regulars in Illinois and
Uncle Joe's majority was sufficiently
reduced 10 make him good
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

We've just had the statistics on
money Invested In automobiles and
now comes the call for funds to fin
ance the statewide prohibition cam
paigp. These are the days that keep
dollars lodging.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

An Independent cotton buyer
backed up by the merchants wouts
wake things up. WaXahachie needs
the business.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Business once lost is hard To re
gain. Waxahachie cannot afford Il
take chances.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

The question now disturbing
President Taft: Can the colonel COME
back7
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-16

Waxahaehie buyers can and must
pay top prices for farm products,
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They have found an honest office
holder in New York.
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Attend the commercial club meet
ing tonight.
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We print anything you want from
visiting card to the largest size
circulars. Enterprise Publishing
company. tt
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The Enterprise Publishing Company in
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be contracted by employees, nor viii we
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A. LASSWEL

Mayor of the city of Waxahachie,
Texas.
ATTEST:
CARROLL TODD, Secretary of the
city of Waxahachie. Texas. 142
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character. standing or reputation OF any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
pear in the columns Of the Daily Light
will be- gladly corrected upon It's being
brought To the attention Of the manage
meat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-16
"The Spirit of 1910"

When the Snowstorm in New York
had subsidized the other day n little lad
in the upper part of the city. heavily
booted and warmly wrapped. went out
and, armed with a small shovel. began
clearing away in front OF the house,
while his mother watched from a win
dow overlooking the street. He had
worked only n few minutes when his
grand father Joined him. and they were
having a fine time when the boys fa-
Their came along and also became one
of the street cleaning force. The wife
and mother. impressed by the scene.
brought a camera and took picture
of the trio after posing them, and she
says that when the picture is finished
she win hang it next to THE Spirit Of
70" which hangs in her library, ard
label 1t THE Spirit of 1910"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-16
MAJORITY VOTE
FOR LEW POWELL
Los Angeles Unique Method of De
Gliding Fights Returns Him
Victor Over MemsiC.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb 16.-By the
unwrtten law in local boxing circles.
according to which the decision of
majority of the morning newspapers is
accepted after a prize fight Lew Pow
ell has gained a verdict over George
Memsic as a result of the 10-round
battle last night Two of the three
morning papers declared today Powell
was entitled 10 the decision and the
other gave the honOrs TO Memsic by
a wide margin. Bets are paid here on
the majority ruling. Through the last
half of the fight Powell suffered from
an accidental foul committed by his
opponent in the fifth round Memsic.
in swinging. lost his balance and fell
forward, his head striking Powell be-
low the belt. Powell from that time
on landed two blows to Memsics one
Both men were strong at the finish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-16
City Chat
MAUD MULLER'S HEY-DAY.

Maud Muller. in the far away.
Was busy raking meadow hay.
She had no time for social din,
Because the hay had TO go in.
Her father had no boys to call,
So Maudie had to do it all.
She raked 1t early, raked it late,
And had no time TO make date.
The village boys came now and then,
And saw the rake. and left again.
Alas, For Maud, she saved the hay,
But lost a husband ev'ry day.
Maud Muller's not the same today,
She doesn't go out raking hay,
She sits upon the porch so cool,
When she has left the boarding school.
And nails the Judge, when he Is spied,
To take her for an auto ride,
Her father has no hay to rake,
They're living on ice cream and cake;
They do not have TO rake. they say,
Because an auto eats no hay.
Boston Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-16
ANOTHER RAID
AT PORT BYRON
Robbers Make Third Descent
on Town in Year and Crack
Bank Safe.
ROGERS & SON MULCTED
Secure Between $4,000 and $4,000
and Escape Without Leaving
Any Tangible CIew.

For the third time in about a year
Port Byron has been visited by burg
lars who have cracked a safe and es-
capped with the cash contents without
leaving any tangible clew by which
they might be apprehended Last
night the bank of E. Rogers & Son,
which occupies the rear part of the
store conducted by the same firm, was
broken open, the safe blown and be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in cash taken.
\ few months ago robbers blew open
the postoffice safe and secured nearly
$1O0 About a year ago the Port Byron
State bank was cracked and nearly
$4,000 taken. 1t is believed that the
same crew of robbers did all three
jobs
Flee on Hnndcar.
Last night, as in the other cases,
the crooks made their escape by means
of handcar, which they took from the
Milwaukee tool house and abandoned
at Watertown. They are supposed 20
have walked from there to the yards
Of the Rock Island road at Silvis and
to have taken one of the many trains
that leave there every night The
was opened this morning and II is like
ly that by that time the thieves were
already in Chicago, or some other city
equally distant.
Entrance to the store last night was
effected by prying open the front door.
the lock yielding easily. There were
four doors on the safe, and each was
drilled and blown in turn, nitroglycer-
inc being used. The fact that the
building was not damaged, not even
a window being broken, and that no
body heard the robbers at work, shows
that they were skilled men.
Lay Papers Out.
When the second door was forced
a number of mortgages, notes and
other valuable papers which the rob-
bers did not want, were exposed TO
view. These were carefully taken out
and laid on the counter so that they
might not be damaged in the succeed
ing explosions.
All the cash in the safe. excepting a
little loose change which was evidently
considered too bulky to carry, was
taken.
Mr.. Rogers states that his loss is
fully covered by insurance.