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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
WAR CLOUDS L|FT|NG
PEACE SEEMS CERTAIN
TURBULENT SITUATION MAY
SOON BE BROUGHT TO A
PACIFIC ADJUSTMENT.
The New Premier Has Been Ordered
to Pekin--Revolutionary Lead
err Asked to Suspend
Hostilities.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Pekin, China, Nov. 2.-The gov
ernment's plans for peace have NOV
ed rapidly today. The throne and
the national assembly are working
together In an effort to bring the
turbulent situation to n pacific end.
The new premier WAS ordered 70
| Pekin and the national assembly
| telegraphed the revolutionary lead
err to suspend hosthities penang NJ
| en- denvor to settle the difficulty
The German legation received
I. message today from the vicinity c
4 Hankow to the effect that the I'm
! perfaI forces are now burning fht
NATIVE city or Hnnkow and confirm
! ing the report that the fnPerfai
troops massacred men, women ana
children during the several days OF
fighting.
1t is evident that the Manchu sol I
dfers are Infatuated over the earlier
Chinese successes and have gotten
out of the hands of the officers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
NEGRO IS IDENTIFIED
BY HIS AGED VICTIM
BLACK BRUTE IS ACCUSED or
AssAULTING MRS. c. b,
PETERSON.
Victim of the Negro Is Sixty-Five
Years Old--Husband Strikes
at the Ffend But Was
Restrained.
Associated Press Special,

N~cc~A"eCN 'SoS fPS>Aoh-
Houston, Texas, Nov. 2,--Louis
johnson, the negro who was arrest
ed In Beaumont, was identified here
this morning by his aged victim,
Mrs. G. B. Peterson,
When Mrs. Peterson picked out
Johnson as the demon who had as
sanlted her the aged husband flew
at the blacks throat but was res
trained by the officers. Mrs. Peter
son " IS years old.
The crime for which johnson Wal
arrested was committed ~ Dayton 81
the sixth day of october, since whtcl
time he has been 4 fugitive.
The negro. after being identified
by hts victim. admitted that the Il
the right one and said that he did
NOT care what became OF him.
Feeling is running very high mere
Yesterday while the officers had the
prisoner at Dayton, where the crime
was committed, probable lynching
was avoided by ruse
johnson was captured by Johh
James, a negro, who gets the reward
of 5000 which was offered for the
arrest of the negro brute.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02

TEXANS TO PANAMA
Lone Star Congressman to Go on
Tour of Inspection.

Washington. Nov. 2.-Texas will
be represented by at least two con-
gressmen when the house committee
on appropriations sails for Panama
from New York Nov. 9. Representa-
tive Burleson, ranking member OF
the committee, and Representative
Garner Of the committee Oh accounts
being members OF the party Con
gresham Garner has wired that he
will reach Washington Nov 7. They
will spend ten days In the canal
zone and be back In Washington
about week before congress cor
venes Congressman Burleson will
have an active part in framing the
policy toward the canal allowances
and Garner will represent his com
mittee in cooperating with the ap-
preparations committee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
Hunting Season Opens.

San Antonio, Texas, Nov, 1.-The
hunting season has opened in Texas
and the rush of hunters to parts OF
the state where deer are reported
plentiful is greater than ever. The
mountainE of West Texas and the
thickets OF Southwest Texas and
along the Rio Grande are attracting
the deer hunters, while those seek
ing quail and doves are going to the
plains OF the coast country.
Hunting parties have been organ.
lied and wagons prepared against
the coming OF November ! and many
of them were already at the hunt
ing grounds when the day dawned.
The state game warden and his DEP
uties have been active In seeing that
all hunters have taken out the neces-
sary licenses and will be watchful to
prevent any violations OF the game
laws
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AND FOWLER
EXCHANGE GREETINGS.
The Transcontinental Flyers Meet
Each Other at Tucson-Talk
of Hard Luck.


Tucson. Ariz, Nov. 2.--Swoopin3
down at o'clock yesterday. Avia-
tor C. P. Rodgers, now on the last
stages of his coast to coast flight,
was greeted here by his rival, ROD
ert G. Fowler. who is attempting to
make the transcontinental flight
from west to east, and who has been
held here Since Monday for repairs
to his machine.
Fowler, who had been watching
for his rivals appearance through
the big telescope in the observatory
of the University of Arizona, was the
first to greet Rodgers as the latter
stepped from his machine.
Glad to see you, Mr.. Rodgers,
was his salutation.
II am very glad TO meet you, MI
Fowler" was Rodgers re1oinder.
"You have had lot of hard luck.
80 have you" replied Fowler.
The rivals exchanged their best
wishes for each others success, and
Fowler hurried away to push the re
pairs on his machine. Rodgers took
on supply of gasoline and over
hauled his machine, leaving at 2:25
Tor Phoenix. ITO miles away.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
TAFT REVIEWS
f. AMERICAN NAVY
Greatest Naval Fleet Ever As
sembled Passes Before
President
OEAfEh|hG SALUTE FIRED.
Big Guns Thundered While May
Hover with Presiden, Aboard
Picked Her Way Among
the Br!ileships.
Associated Press Special.


New York, Nov. 2.-Presideat
Taft today had his first real review
Of the American navy. Since Mr..
Taft entered the White House the
fleet has been on widely scattered
duty the greater part of the time.
From the bridge of the presidentih.
yacht, the Mayflower. President Taft
reviewed the gray amanda. As the
little white Mayflower picked her
way In ana out among the giant craft
OF the battleship line, the guns of
the fleet roared In chorus their sal
ute to the president of the United
States and commander In chief OF the
American fighting ships.
Late this afternoon the entire
fleet OF ninety vessels will get under
way and pass In review before the
president
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
SMOOTH sW|NDLER
FINDS RICH P|Ck|MCS
HE Is SAID TO HAVE SECURED
AT LEAST $40, 900 IN SAN
ANTONIO.
Posed As Employment Agent ana
Most OF the Victims Were La
boring People.-Police
Investigating.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
San Antonio, Texaa. Nov. 2,--The
police are looking for man who Is
said to have swindled q number OF
citizens out OF an amount aggregat-
ing $4,000. 1t is claimed by the
officers that this man posed as an
employment agent, charging COM
missions for obtaining employment.
Nearly the entire amount OF this ioss
falls on the laboring classes.
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ARGUMENT IS CLOSED
IN TRIAL OF WOMAN
Mrs. Zee RuDge McRee May Soon
Know Her Fate on Charge OF
Murder-Charge of Court.
Associated Press Special.

opelousas. La, Nov. 2.-Barring
the unexpected. Mrs. Zee Runge Nc
Rec, charged with numbering Allan
Garland, win know her fate before
the end of the day. II was expected
that argument in this case would be
finished yesterday In time for the
Judge to charge the jury. but Attor-
ney Dubuissen did not begin the
closing speech for the prosecution
until this morning. At the conclus-
ion of this argument the judge viii
charge the Jury and the fate of the
woman will be in their hands.
The case went to the Jury ar liS"
o'clock this morning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
WOMAN IS RELEASED
UNDER 4 LIGHT BOND
Mrs. Elsberry, Charged With Assault
to Murder In Connection With
Shooting Son Few Days Ago.
4 ssociatea prs.. spectAl.

Associated Press Special
Houston. Texas, NOV. mfs
ROSA Fishery, who Is charged witt
assault with intent to murder. va
| released this morning on $500 bond
Following quarrel Mrs. Elsbsrry
shot her son, George Louyrfa. and
she has been con fined In 5aff wait
ing the result of the wound. when
for time WAS feared would prove
fatal The young man Is recover
ing from his injury and 1t is now
believed that he will get we'll He
does not want his mother prose-
cuted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
WHITE FLAKES
PELT|NG TEXAS
Four Inches Of Snow Reported
at Clarendon and Am
arillo.
COLO WAVE IS SPREADING
Norlher Is Sweeping Over North
western and Northern Portions
Of The State Raining in
Some Sections.
Associated Press Special.

Dallas, Texas. Nov with four
inches of snow reported at Claren-
don, a heavy snow fall at Amarillo
where for twelve hours the chilling
flakes came pelting down, Texas Ia
in the grip of "norther" which Is
rapidly spreading over the state.
Late reports say that it Is showing
at Wichita Falls. Vernon and Gaines
Vile 1t Is generally cloudy and
some points report rain
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
A Sad Message.

T. A. Hunter received the SAD
message this morning from Kauf-
man of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Jim Phillips. The remains will az
rive In Waxahachie at ! O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon on special over
the Houston and Texas Central. The
funeral services viii be held at 1880
at the home of Mr.. r. G. Phillips on
Oldham avenue.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
MAKE SPECIAL EFFORT
TO FILL THE JURY BOX
Attorneys Trying TO Obtain Three
Men to Complete the First Panel.
Both Sides Are Active.
Associated Press Special.

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 1.-THE
counsel in the Mcnamara case nave
decided to make an especial effort
today toward securing the three
taiesmen necessary &c filling the
jury box with men who have been
accepted as to cause by both sides
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
At the Majestic.

The people coming to the Majestic
today for the remainder OF the week
are Florence Hobson. the girl at the
piano; Harrity and his dad. singing
talking and worlds greatest novelty
dancers; Leonard Carroll, comedy
juggler.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
YOUNG COuATERFE|TER
MAKES A CONFESSION
Albert Leon Says He Was RESPONSE
BILE for Eleven Varieties OF
Of Spurious Notes.
Associated Press Special.

Washington, Nov. 2.-According
to the treasury department Albert
Leon has confessed responsibility for
eleven varieties OF counterfeit mon
ey and disclosed the hiding place on
an island in Jackson Park. Chicago,
from which nearly $l,500,0oO IN
spurious notes have been recovered.
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SAFE IS CRACKED.

EXPLOSION IN FOBIOII1Ce UHmHKHS
Mercantile Stock.
Durant, Okla, Nov. 2.-The build
ing and stock OF Folls & Clemmons,
merchants at Yarnaby, a small town
IN this county. thirty miles south
east OF Durant, we're badly damaged
by an explosion yesterday morning
when robbers wrecked the safe OF
the postoffice. located in the stare.
The only telephone wire Into the
place was cut and the amount OF the
loss was not reported.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02

For promt service use the Daily
Light. The want column Is the
medium through which the best re-
suits are obtained II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
WOUNDED BY 4 NEGRO
POLICEMAN IS DEAO
Patrolman LaCoste Of New Orleans
Succumbs to Wounds Received
in Ffxht "wednesday


New Orleans, La, Nov. 2.--Patrol-
man LaCoste, who was wounded by
a negro desperate yesterday AZ
Algiers ferry, died last night. Cor
poral Roussell, who was shot at the
same time, Is in a serious condition.
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Associated Press Special.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov a
Kyrle Bellew. the actor died here
this morning
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PosToFFICE QUARANTINED.
Unusual State of Affairs Prevails at
Hulen, Oklahoma.

Lawton. Okla. Nov. 2,-The post
office at Hulen, Okla. this county.
is closed by quarantine and all mail
in the building is tied up. A child In
family living in the building Is Ill
with dyphtheria. A temporary post
office has been established.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02
HALLOWEEN CASUALTY.
Physician In Thrown From Buggy
and Severely Hurt.

Mineral Wells. Nov. 2.-Dr. J. H.
Eastland Is suffering from two bro
ken and one bruised rib az a conse-
auence of being thrown out OF his
buggy early yesterday morning
when his horse ran into pile oi
crates placed in the roadway by Hal
ioween prankers.
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BELOW FREEZING
AT AMARILLO.

; Associated Press Special.
Dallas. Texas, Nov. 2.-Tem-
peratures are reported this after
noon as follows: Amarillo. Is;
Abilenes SO.
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AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.
Independent System to BE Inaugur
atcd In Dallas.

atcd IN Dallas.
Dallas. Nov. z.-Announcement
has been made by the Dallas hide
pendent Telephone company that 1t
expects to begin service In this city
by Jan. /. The system will be an au-
tomato one, and the company an
nounces that the initial service Will
be between 10000 subscribers.
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MENDING FAMOUS.
CRlPPLES or THE TURF
" lREPA4NNlNG the Skull. Inserting Situer Tubes IN.
Windppes Nervng. Firing and BGstering Are Among
the Surgical Treatments by Which Thorouqhbreds Worth
Fortunes Are Sayed -..

stride far the running morse, the shock In rae
ing is much less and there is little more strain
on the fore legs than the hind Formerly the rot-
ting track was decidedly harder than the running
track. Now there is little difference between them
The ordinary reader or racegoer hears of thorough
breds being nerved fred blistered their break
ing down. but has little knowledge of what has been
done to the horse what is the real nature of the
breakdown. He has conception Of the difference
between splints and spavins or rinGbones. In fact
the difference is more of location than of character
All three are morbid growths of bone from bone 4
spawn appears in the hock splint in the shin and
ringbone above the coronet or hoof. These morbid
growths take place beneath the perosteum, which Is
the coating covering of the bone. They come from
shock or conclusion strain incident to hard train
ing racing.
Some horses have raced well with ring
bones. John A. Morris sold Civil Service to William
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The man who makes a speciality of treating race
horses must be far broader In his knowledge and
range than is the average physician who treats
humans alone or he cannot hope to get the rewards
that go to the advanced veterinary surgeon That
tnese rewards are big there is no doubt The men
who engage the skilled veterinarian believe in paying
well for good service, and money alone but sen
ment plays part with them their racing ventures
A Cassatt once sent for a great veterinarian and
asked him to do all in his power to save The Bard.
Ihere never was another horse Mr.. Cassatt owned
that he had so much affection for as The Bard And
ne never owned better one, either. He told the
veterinarian he would rather lose every other horse
he owned fair estimate of The Bards value of that
period probably would be $3o,OOo but 100000 would
not have tempted Mr.. Cassatt to sell him.
The veterinarian examined the horse and promised
Mr. Cassatt to do his best but he had little hope for
1he Bard had lacerated one Of his intestines a des-
perae injury in the case of man and worse in the
case of horse Not only did he save The Bard, but
the following spring The Bard beat Hanover in ne
Brooklyn Handicap and earned his place in the Val
hala Of the American turf.
Chuctanunda, the pride of General Sanford's heart
and probably the best horse that fine old sportsman
ever owned broke his leg at Saratoga Chuctanunda
was not destroyed. great veterinarian put "Chuc'
in sngs, encased the broken leg in plaster of paris
and Chuctanunda the broken bone knitted,
went to General Sandfords farm, Hurricane, to be
the lord of the brood mares.
The principal veterinarians have their private
hospitals nfrmaries the tracks. Most Of
the operations they perform are standing ones-that
the used when the horse is operated just
he stands Very few thoroughbreds put the
operating table. Owners of thoroughbreds have a
prejudice to the operating table and to chlorOforming
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c. Daily because the horse had ringbone. Daily won
a fortune with the horse and not infrequently de-
feated the crack sprnters of the Morris string with
him. but such an illustration is unusual 1t is as
unusual as was the case Of Castaway H., whose
hip bone was reset by veterinarian after disloca-
tion and who subsequently the Brooklyn Handi-
cap racing through mud that was deep and holding
and winning by nearly a city block. To treat
-navin, spnt or ringbone the surgeon has resort
morbid growths are reduced and the coating Of the
bone which had been strained injured by the
growth is toughened or made rigid. The horse suf-
fers but little pain when the firing iron is applied
for the part treated is deadened by cocaine.
trihe more than two years ago two Of the
greatest of our then horses Colin and Celt, had
to be laid up owing to bowed tendons. The injury
to these two horses maant loss to James R. Keene
their owner, of $4,000 or 100000. Colin had the
firing iron applicd but was unable to race. break
down is a rupture Of the suspensory ligament, or
what is commonly known as the middle tendon.
Really tae middle tendon is the front tendon There
three tendons in the leg, two in the rear and
one in front The ones may bow and mend, but
when the front one Is ruptured there is little hope.
So few men know the horse and his troubles that
bowed tendons may be reported a breakdown
and breakdown bowed tendons.
Experienced as James Rowe is having handled
thousands of race horses for the Dwyer Brothers,
James R. Keene and others and standing to-day as
the leading trainer in the western world he onceA
reported Colin broken down and yet the horse came
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out fnw days later apparently sound a silver
dollar and wo-: a The real trouble was that
he had been bandaged with inelastc material about
the legs to support his tendons The bandages had
Ten too tight. and when they ere removed the
muscles and tendons, suddenly released. swelleo
rapidly and the horse went lame, 20 lame that he
could hardly stand Then grad~nlly and naturally
the swelling subsidized and the horse W we'll again.
Z for time Colin gave frs. class imitation of
horse suffering from ruptured tendons.
The support Of the bones Of horses Is the peri
osteum membranous coating. The support Of
the tendons is a sheath. Generally overstrain
the tendon is evidenced by weakening Of this
sheath light application of the firing iron to
stlffen this sheath, a letup in training and perma
nent and inelastic bandages repair the damage and
prevent more serious injury.
Firing is nothing more than cauterizing and with
the racehorse it is practised than any other
of the lower animals. There might not be much
Of necessary If horses not subjected Cruel
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In Position for Operating. Showing the
Free Accessibility of All Parts


with safety and certainty the horse Of cold blood
of doubtful result in the of the thoroughbred
Regardless of this condition of the remark
able operations known have been performed on
the thoroughbred. Probably that in which John A.
brakes horse South Trimble was the subject ranks
first
In the Saratoga Handicap of 1908 South Trimbe
thrown against the fence other horses fell
him and the whole front Of his head was
crushed Mr.. Drake for having him killed at
once, but veterinarian, who at that time of
particular prominence, though he later attained
eminence, asked for permission take the horse in
hand. With rare patience and skill he went to work
to mend that frightfuIly smashed head.
Trephining of South Trimble
When South Trimbe appeared in public again 1t
was with silver plated frontal piece Where bone
had been broken removed silver took it's place
and seemed to be just serviceabe for South Trim
Die was fully good horse after the operation
before and carried Mr.. brakes colors to victory
many times.
Most Of the surgical operations on the thorough
breds, however the fore legs More than ninety
per cent of the troubles that suffer from have
their seat there There is where the splints, the
Spavins, the rtngbones, the bowed tendons and the
breakdowns occur, because the running turf most
Of the strain the horse is on the fore legs The
average race horse weighs little less than one thou
sand pounds and a mile in lao or there
abquts That is at the rate of thirty-six miles an
hour-almost express train speed
In his stride race horse jumps about twenty-tour
feet He lands on foot-one of the fore feet.
There is only very slight fraction of second be-
tween the time of the fore feet striking the earth but
The horse lands foot at a time. race horses
legs are sinewy but they much thinner than the
legs of man. There is little there but bone muscle
and skin. When the horse is going at the rate Of
thrsix miles hour the strain on the fore legs rs
result Of the conclusion of 1lQO pounds of weight
striking the earth 1870 times in 100 seconds is great
indeed. In figuring LOO pounds the weight Of the
jockey is included The jockey sits well forward
over the withers. and all his weight as the horse
gali0ps and lands on the earth is the fore legs
rrotttng horses. even II they were raced as much
IN their two-year-old form thoroughbreds, would
last longer for the strain on them is less The er
age otter travels at less than thirty miles an b6nr
and whatever there Is Of weight In driver and hIkv
is equalized or distributed by the manner in khich
he Is harnessed. More important than we,eb+ a,
rate OF speed howeve= the facts that he does not
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ling campaigns before they are fully developed.
But ruptured tendons, splints ringbones. spavins
and the like, while making up the majority Of the
ailments of the racehorse, do not cover them all.
Occasionally horse is nerved: that is. nerve is
removed. A kick. a blow, an accidental injury, may
ruin horse If the animal is left to the of one
who does not know what to do.
How Hanover Was Nerved.
There are few horses in American history that rank
higher than Hanover. He had to be nerved. Dr.
William Sheppard, Of the foremost veterinarians
of to-day. removed inch of the metacarpal nerve
In the human the metacarpal extends from the
wrist to the fingers. Without it the hand and the
fingers would not be of so much use to US. In the
horse the metacapal is the principal one lead
ing into the hoof. Hanover horse Of magnificent
courage. Philip j. Dwyer says no horse he
owned, bar Hindoo, and Hindoo was the sire of
Hanover was so stout of heart glorious racer
II the removal Of the metacarpal nerve affected
Hanover adversely he did not show it. for the opera
ton was performed at the close of his threeyear-od
form and he was good IL not better later on than
he showed when three-year-old.
Trephinng as radical resorted to In the case
Of South Trimble is rare but the operation is not
uncommon when there is serious trouble with the
molar teeth of racehorse.