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siderable length Of time no one can fore
see what the consequence,
Business may be. Public as wei
r as private improvements
AAoSSAoSS' are everywhere curtailed
and in most cases altogether suspended
Very few. if any. who have a dollar viii
risk investing it anywhere now. while SC
much uncertainty exists On the LIST Of Jul.
Washington's years taxes are due. Who
can say. with the present signs Of the
times. that any considerable amount OF
those taxes will be then paid; and IL they
should not be the condition Of our city
will be quite embarrassing, with a debt
of nearly million, the interest Of which
must be provided for: with a school sys-
tenn that costs about $4,000 a year, and
a police system that costs at least four
thousand more, a poor and work hous.
to maintain which require many tnOu-
sands more, besides many other heavy
items of expenditure which it is not nee
essary to particulariZe. Our object is to
draw the attention of the constituted au-
thorities, national and municipal, to this
subject, and also that of the humane OF
our community to the unprecedented
condition of many honest and industrious
workingmen in our midst"
Il
While awaiting for Virginia and other
states to act the Confed rate authorities
were bus!ly preparing for a
Southern military campaign. The
news columns Of The
AIoopS' Star were at this time
fifty years ago punctuated with dis
patches indicating activity along these
lines throughout the south. For an ex-
ample, in The Star Of March %. 1861, are
the following items:
Memphis. Tenn, March 27.-Five
hundred Mississippi troops passed
through here for Pensacola today. They
had a military reception and were enthu-
siasticaliy received.
New Orleans, March 1.-TWO compa-
MES Of zouaves left for Pensacola today
for active service. Mobile advices say
that troops and munitions are constantly
moving to Pensacola. Several companies
were expected from north Alabama"
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A Not Impossible Colloquy.

You have been on deck here for n
number OF terms I am entering on INV
first Tell me a few things about service
in the House. ] want TO make a good i'm.
preston On these Washington people, and
on the country at large"
Cut on. the Westinghouse"
Why"
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of his linen shirt. James B. Sylvester,
printer. who was serving in the Texan
ranks, noticed this popularity and also
discovered that the fugitive peon wore
gold buttons in his sleeves. SuSpecting
that he was something else than that he
pretended to be, Sylvester arrested him
and took him to camp.
Santa Anna tried to bride Sylvester by
onertng him money and a gold watch,
but his offers were received with con-
tempt and only confirmed the latter S
suspicion. AS the party entered the
camp, groups of Mexican prisoners who
were sitting around rose respectfully and
saluted the prisoner. according to GUS
tom, with the words lei Presidente."
Santa Anna no longer denied his identity.
He was conducted to Houston's tent.
His officers were allowed to remain with
him. His personal baggage was recov-
cred. and he was treated with respect.
Houston, who had been severely wound
ed, was asleep beneath the shade of a
great oak tree when the Mexican presi-
dent was brought in. When he awaken
ed Santa Anna, was conducted to him,
and, bowling, said:
Il am Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna, President Of Mexico, and l claim
to be your prisoner of war;
Houston had great difficulty in pro-
tecting Santa Anna from the wrath of
the Americans who demanded his life,
and it is one of the legends that. none
but Masons were detailed to guard the
Mexican president while he was in
prison.
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Santa Anna was captured in flight. He
discarded the glittering uniform he had
worn constantly during
Capture Of the campaign and dis
guised himself in the
odAta AA11a' cotton garments Of a
peOn. But he forgot or neglected to take
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-
Battle of
San Jacinto.

0dA SdCAAtV' the site Of the govern
ment house. A constitutional convention
assembled at the village of Washington.
on the Brazos, at once A declaration of
independence was adopted the first day,
and a committee was appointed to draft
a constitution. There were three candi-
dates for president. but Houston was
elected by a large majority. The con-
stitution was unanimously ratified. The
first Texan congress met five months
later and authorized the president to ap-
point a minister to the United States.
who Immediately began negotiations for
annexation, but it was nearly nine years
before the question was settled. In the
meantime war with Mexico over the ques-
ton became inevitable, and in June, 1915.
Gen. Zachary Taylor of the united states
Army occupied Corpus Christi, settle
ment on the Gulf OF Mexico at the mouth
of the River Nueces. In April following
the first battle was fought above Mats :
moras by Capt. Thornton. and May s
occurred the battle OF Palo Alto. near
Brownsville, between $500 American sol
diers under Gen. Taylor and 6,O0O Mexl-
cans under Gen. Arista.
The Bayou Buffalo. on the banks OF
which, as I have told you, the battle OF
San Jacinto was fought, is a narrow estu-
airy, which for ages has been eatlng It's
way through the clay soil for distance
of forty-seven miles, and has been navi-
gated by flatboats from very early date
As long ago as 1912 the Republic of Texas
made an appropriation to remove the
snags from the natural channel, and al
together SoO92,OOO has been expended
unon It up to date. Last year 1.295, CSC
tons of freight, valued at $37. 1912 We're
fioated on barges down to Galveston. 1t
was mostly cotton, with considerable
lumber and shingles. grain and forage,
brick and thing, hardware and machin-
cry, coal, crushed rock and other heavy
freight, which was an increase of about
10 per cent over the commerce of the pre-
vious year.
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Houston visited Santa Anna. frequently
and held long consultations with him on
the subject of
Santa Anna >. Texas independ-
ence, finally In
enter upon a treaty, which was signed
May IA. 1886. three weeks after the bat
tie, In which Santa Anna agreed that all
hostifities should cease at once. that the
Mexican troops should withdraw beyond
the Rio Grande, that all Americans held
prisoners by them should be released. and
that he would neither take up arms nor
use his influence against Texas in her
struggle for independence.
Santa Anna was then released, and. ac-
companied by George w. Hockey, Bar
nard E. Bee and William II, Patten. went
to Galveston, where he took a steamer
for Washington. At the latter city he
was received with courtesy by President
Jackson and renewed his assurances that
he would use his influence for Texas in
dependence. He remained in Washington
for several weeks, dined with the Presi-
dent and cabinet, had his portrait paint
ed and sailed from Norfolk for Vera
Cruz in q naval vessel provided for him
by the President
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century ago, ana the re-
suit was that large numbers of people
were in a distressing condition Of need.
In The Star of March %. 1861, Is the
following:
For many months past, and at this
time. hundreds and hundreds Of honest
workingmen here, as elsewhere, are un-
able to procure a days work; many are
now in almost a state of starvation. In
fact, they would be at that point were it
not for friends and dealers in groceries
and other necessaries of life who have
thus far given them credit. The owners
Of the houses many of these people oc-
cupy can get no rents from them. This
state of things cannot last. Many have
families dependent upon their daily labor
for subsistence, and in times when en-
ployment was easily obtained found great
difficulty in making both ends meet. All
these men ask is employment, and that,
it seems, they cannot get now. Many Of
them tell us for they often appeal to us)
that they are in the habit of leaving
their distressed homes morning after
morning. after very scanty meal, with
a fixed determination that if possible be-
fore they return to their families they
will get some employment: but, alas, bit
ter disappointment meets them. They
have no means to leave the city, and if
they. had no one can tell them where
they may obta:E work, because business
and employments of all kinds are, through
the disunion imbroglio, almost PROSTATE
in nearly if not all Of the cities and towns
Of our country.
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EANe AAo0' March. 1t was the
Mercator, q steamer Of 1000 tons, 2i5
feet long and drawing 10 feet of water.
belonging. to the Texas Steamship and
Banana Company, and it delivered 10000
punches Of bananas upon the docks. in
the very heart Of the city. These bananas
filed a train of thirty-three ventilated
cars, which started north twenty-four
hours after arrival. some Of them going to
Utah. others to Minnesota, Iowa, Kan
sas, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
This was the first cargo of bananas to
arrive in Houston, and was received as
an assurance that Houston would soon
become rival Of New Orleans and Mo-
bile as a distributing base for tropical
fruit. few days later the Mercator
sailed for Ceiba, Honduras. laden with
general merchandise. furnished by the
merchants Of Houston. and made the voy-
age, which is a little less than 1000
miles, in four days and ten hours.
January 10. 1911, the people of Houston
voted 6,243 for and 48S against O PROPOSE
ton to issue $1,25O.OOO in 5 per GENT bonds
TO meet a similar appropriation by the
federal government to dig a channel of
eighteen feet from the head Of navigation
in the center of the city of Houston to
the Gulf Of Mexico, which. according to
the estimates Of the Engineer Corps,
will cost $2.JOO,OOO. The bond issue Is
the result Of a contract entered into by
authority Of the Sixty-first Congress with
the federal government for an improve
ment of the channel at Joint expense.
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Admiral Nhlarl, WHO, HUtW tdlIuIII6
his Italian name, is Austrian, declared
openly a short time
Another ago that war was
inevitable between
PROMISE OI wal. Italy and Austria.
If would be on the sea, asserted the ao-
miral, and the conflict would be de-
cisiye, unless Austria doubled her fleet.
With her present fleet Austria would
experience great difficulties. because the
conformation of the Dalmatian coast
lent itself singularly to an Italian or
fensive, while Austrian ships would re-
main at Pola. Admiral CHAR concludes
nv saving that Austria would not break
the peace during the exposition. but after
Admiral Chiari should here be citea
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Although Fort Sumter was not actually
nred upon as a war measure until the
10Th Of April. 1861, there
Careless was some target practice
u on the part of the Con-
u"nAeAJ' federate gunners man.
ping the batteries trained upon the Fed
eral forces in the harbor. In The Star
Of March q. 1861, is the following extract
from the Charleston correspondence OF
the New York Times:
There are a good many curious things
happening here. which do not get into
the papers. for motives, perhaps. OF mill
'tary expediency.' One Of these created
terrific stir among the fair who flocked
to see their brothers and lovers. the other
afternoon at Sullivans Island. You are
aware that an immense number Of the
tallest kind Of shooting irons are scat
tered thickly over the points that pro-
tect the harbor. This particular after
noon the same soldiers who fired the 'ac-
cidental shot at Fort Sumter were ex-
perimenting with shells. These men are
infantry. who have no practical knowl-
edge of long ranges, so they put a large
shell in one OF the columbiads and let it
slide 1t went ricochetting over the bay,
Sullivans Island. directly back of the
summer hotel, the Moultrie House, now
used as barracks. At that spot the ladies
We're enjoying themselves. where the
Palmetto youth gathered close around
were whispering all sorts Of sweet things
in fondly listening ears. when, with a
loud whiz, the shell landed within fifty
yards OF the party. Fortunately nobody
was hurt. Yesterday afternoon another
company. who are stationed at the old
United States lightship, the Rattlesnake,
which Is now off Wappor creek. on the
Ashley river. were experimenting with a
FOUNDER. the mate OF Old Secession.
They carelessly shotted her and pointed
the gun at Benefits sawmill, in this
city, just to see how near they could
come without hitting as one of them told
me when went over to inquire about it.
The shot fell among a group of fifty
negro women in the yard. and strange to
say 1t did not kill anybody. but the
women ran screeching through the city
and created great excitement"
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Capture Of

peon. But he forgot or neglected t
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The battle of San Jacinto was the end
Of the Texan war; the republic was de-
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Signor Bissolati asserted that the i'm
portance OF the nationalist congress at
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'el. Congress is ~ cd aid ever dar
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Admiral CHAR, who, notwiths
his Italian name, is Austrian,
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IF these troubles continue for any con
siderable length Of time no one can fore
see what the consequence
Business may be. Public as wei
r.A as private Improvement
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Houston visited Santa Anna. frequent
and held long consultations with him
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
SENATE WILL VOTE ON
RECIPROCITY MEASURE
COMMITTEE FENAisA ptttliss
10 ppRT BliA Win
noon NDMtNT
SENATOR i,ailsa T. Nne at Iight ~ru+
afufs u ito \ ute fuf ihs Root
Amendmeut IN auted
nfaNoTabie Report


A--e.iate5 Press speCai
Washington. June s The senate
finance committee TODAY agreed 10
report The Canadian reciprocity
measure with the Rooi amendment
added
The reciprocity bin via be report
ed 20 the senate next Tuesday with
cut any recommendation from com
mittee The vote for the Root
amendment was 10 6 Senator Bal
ley of Texas cast his vote for the
amendment
The attempt of the opponents OF
the bill to authorize an unfavorable
/ report resulted ia tie vote. SenA-
/ tors Bailey. GalNnger and simmons
| after voting against the motion u
report the bill without recoumenda
ton. changed their votes and allow
ed the motion 10 pass
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
RECLAMATION WORN
Illinois Central u Turning Atien
zion Ca swamp Lands.

Associated Press Special
Chicago. June Officials of the
Illinois Central railway here an
nouucod that an important step in
the movement 90 reclaim the vast
swamp areay in the south has been
taken through the completion of ar
rangement for operating train
throughout the territory which VIII
carry lecturers representing both the
United States reclamation service
and the geological survey
G. ! Blanchard, statistician o
the. reclamation service, and NJ o
Leighton chief hydrographer of ths
geological survey, viii be among
those In the car during the tour.
The purpose of the tour is to give
impetus to movement begun re-
Gently By the national irrigation con
gress to secure the Improvement or
swamp lands and plans have been
perfected for the delivery OF lee
lures in 81 towns and cities.
The campaign viii begin in south
ern Illinois and continue to the Gun
of Mexico. covering the states OF
Kentucky. Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama. Louisiana and Arkansas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
SAYS MILLENNIUM Is NEAR.
Mrs. Besant Predicts the Early Re-
incarnation of Christ.

London, June Same Besant,
who is here from India, announces
the impending reincarnation OF
Christ
Everything tends to show that
the time is at hand, said she, Tor
the arrival of the Great World
Teacher. Physical and social chan
ges throughout the world tell that
the age of militarism is closing and
that fraternity is to be the watch
word.
"The future AngloAmerican peace
treaty is one sign, but the world
peace is unbelievable politically II
will result in vast spiritual move
ment unifying all warning creeds.
This will be the task of the coming
Teacher prefigured in the christian
dogma as the second coming OF
Christ.
at is not far distant. Then our
aenon will close and a new age VIII
open
Mrs, Besant brought with her two
indian boy disciples One believes
in reinearnation and in Buddhf
and saws his lives cover between
90 600 and 10000 years. They vii
see the coronation and then go =
4 oxford.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08

San Antonio, Texas, June S.--lh
nineteen elections so far held In
Texas to vote on the proposition Oh
bonds for building public highways
the required two-tnlrds vote WAS
given in fourteen OF these elections
The result of this vote upon bona Is
sues for highway purposes gives
como notion of how determined Tex
as farmers are to build good ROADS
An roads built under these appropri-
atoms viii be of the most approved
kind for the use of the automooile'
More roads and better roads Is inc
vatchword of the Texas farmer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
NOMINATION Of TEDDY
WOULD Be A CALAMITY
HE SAYS 50 HIMSELF III Y He
HAS CHANGED HIS MIND
BEFORE.
Linn Hunter Demands OF His Friends
That They Stop any Movement
Looking to That End.
Not a Candidate.

Associated Press Special.
White River Junction, Vt, June
& - will not be candidate FOL
the republican presidential nomina-
ton in 1912. | should regard it as
a calamity if | were to be nominated,
| demand ii OF my friends that they
do everything in their power to pre-
vent any movement which has for It's
purpose the sucuring of my nomina-
ton
This is the sense OF statement
made by ex-President Roosevelt to
Wallace Bachelor yesterday Bach
elder is a former Rough Rider and
was with Col Roosevelt in Cuba
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
SMALL Roy DROWNED
DIVE PROVES FATAL.
Boyish Ambition to Display Aquatic
Skill Costs Life.

Gainesville, Texas, June g.
Frank Allen. the Syear-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Allen, was drown
ed at the waterworks dam on Elm
creek here late Tuesday afternoon
and his body was recovered that
night. Young Allen dived into the
creek to show some companions how
he could swim and he was found
with his head sticking in the mud,
the water being not more than SIX
feet deep at that point,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
Thousand, d peapif Ar With
oul Food And Shrhr
Nom iuNpan
MANY HOUSES DESTROYED
Scores d Building, Mep Co'p
pleel, Mmrked b, III, 0uakt
Volcano Becomes Active
During The DAY


Assoc affd Press special
M0geo CrB. Jane Thousands
af people are homclgss and without
food to-day Boz t4t ucighhafhood eft
TuApau as result of che earthquake
NhlDh visited thls section yesterday
morning MANY casualties have been
reported The church aud many
BONUSES have been totally destroyed
by tbe quake
Iepalan Is reported to have beeu
severely shaken
The volcano Coiina near TuNpan
became active during she shocks yes
tcrday
Portions of the towns of renila
and san Andree were destroyed by
the quake
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN
DIES IN WASH|hGT TON
~. \. Is. Chamberlain Is Claimed by
Death-Was, a Free Mason OF
High Rank.

Associated Press SPECIAL.
Dallas, Texas, June S.--News was
received here this morning of the
death in Washington last night OF
Dr.. A. 3. Chamberlain, secretary OF
the general supreme council of the
thirty-third degree Scottish Kite
Masonry of the southern jurisdiction.
DR.. Chamberlain formerly resided in
Galveston and was well known
throughout Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
UNITED STATES WILL
RECOGNIZE PORTUGAL
10 Tal. Formal Action as Soon as
Form of Government Is APP
proved.

Washington, June lhsti u0
lions have been sent by the state de-
psrtment to the United States lega-
ton at Lisbon to accord the govern
ment of Portugal the formal and OIL
fetal recognition of this govern
ment Immediately upon an express
sion of the voice of the people OF
Portugal upon the form of govern
ment to be adopted
This is expected to be the flrst act
of the constituent assembly Whleh
is to meet on June 10
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08

WAS BURIED BY CHIlEAhs
Clev kabs Cruiser "a Geld aad
Desert, Asssel lhe txpadi
lion Is Returning b.
Amrrlfa


Associated Press Special
san Diego. cal 1une A mes-
sage today from ihe treasure seok
ers who are aboard the steamer Eu-
reka says tbe expedition has bee0
successful "a COS attempt to recover
a. immense cache of gold hitch was
hidden hy the crew ot Chilean
cruiser OFT Che Hondurau coast moro
than twenty years ago
n Is reported here that the value
ref the treasure IS estimated az from
fifteen 20 sixiy-fiye million dollars
The Eureka To- expected to reach
here some time next week
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
Old Letter Is Found.

San Antonio, Texas, June S-A
letter written fifty-eight years ago
by H. NJ. Smith and directed to ia
cob linn was found in the attic on
the old Linn ranch by 7. A. Coleman
the recent purchaser of the property
a few days ago. This letter sets out
the fact that people in Texas more
than half century ago had trou-
HES very much akin to those when
are common today. This document
also states that hired man known
as Bieno acted very much as sone
hired men do today by getting drunk
and remaining in that condition lot
week. Just where he got the II
ouor however, Is not stated,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
A HOUSTON KILLING MADE
BASIS FOR DAMAGE SUIT
Mrs. Clara VI Shook Files sun
AGAINST Man Who Killed Her
observation-disclosures
S25. 900.

Associated Press Special.
Houston, Texas, June H.--Mrs
clara NJ. Shook today filed suit In
the district court against julius r,
Norton TO recover damages " the
sum of $4,000 The suit is based on
the killing of the plaintiffs HUSBAND
bv the defendant Norton is charged
with murder in connection with the
killing
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
TO MOBILIZE IN AUGUST.
General Order Has Been Issued ny
the Adjutant General.

Associated Press Special.
Austin, Texas June S.-A gen
eral order for the mobilization OF
the Texas National Guard at Camp
Mabry August 9TH to 10th, was is
sued today by the adjutant general
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
JolesCh $ChaskaCo
The Big Store
RIGHT HAND NAN To M
ARRIVES IN SAN ANTONIO
u,cotnes Known That Address GAR
IN CoIan Has Been In that tity
several Days.

Associated Press Special.
san Antonio, Texas, June Sit
vas learned here today that Address
CARA Colan. former right hand man
to President Diaz is in san Antonio
where he has been for several DAYS
with his family
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
TELEPHONE LINES MERGE
IN WEST TEXAS COUNTIES
The Scurry County independent
Company Bought by South
western Consideration
Was $50, 900.

Associated Press Special.
Snyder, Texas. June Sine
Scurry County Independent Tele-
phone company, with exchanges in
Scurry, Kent, Cara and Borden
counties, was today sold to the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone company The consideration
was 100000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-08
Praying for Rain.
fated Press Special.

Associated Press Special
Snyder, Texas, June S,-Prayers
we're Offered for rain today at re-
viyal service which is in progress at
the Baptist church,