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The waxahachie daily light. T* WlXAHAlHIK. m.U. Π MliU, Jl Nf II*. iw: VI MRI» «. Fresh Shipment of jj ! Cream Cheese. BrlcK Cheese, Swiss !» Cheese, Limberger Cheese nist receivevl. !» Plentv f Ice Cold Melons. Fine Blachber- jj rles fur 5-' per cr ite rest ot the week. !» Γ J. B.HI NES ι The Season is Ripe | For ice tea. If you like ice tea and want to drink something that iï> tine, try one of our standard brands. We carry a line of the best teas in town Roy Connally Ù Co. — : We Are Still Handling the best of everything the market affords. Ice cold melons all the time. Phone us your orders early. E,. C. LUMLEY, Both Phones Opposite P. O. Λ Τ the same old stand; doing more business than ever; winning new customers every day; giving to every body good service and better goods. I I * * Pf ♦ ♦ ♦ old phone p^ p^ SMITH Ô CO. 30 New ♦ ■ : ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I 1.1 I T IS MI TINOI S Bombardment of (Nle*.*;t Narrow l> id'itcii l>> Itimsiim \dniiriil. Odessa. June is It now appears thai the mutiny here of the Mark Sea fI·"···( consisting of einht hattle ti11> I'i^lu cruiser» and a division if torpedo boats whose ι ri'« < in all uumbi'i ".000 men was only discov •red Just in lime to prevent a plan ned lionib ι ; <1 ment of Ode- and Cauijslan ι oant towns The tleet Jflie here June I'J foi practice and had j ι : -1 entered Ode a ha* when the cuniataiidlnK officer vdmlral I-.eNinakl on liourd the flaxsbip KotaMov · eiliK that ordt - were not propel 1> olie>ed and 1.110*1111: the mutlnou- -pirli animating the .re* id·ι.ΊιΙ> -iKnuled m o:d-r to lIMitiui: th·· κ Ulla and be.id back, t > Setiftat o|»·.. where after th·· troop-, π ..I · · ι .111 on hoard th*· » r-blp .1 if h'tlli|...| -alb 1.' itl-eli balked and Ιηιι·π-ιιι.·,| Be up-to-date (it·! into >ne >! ur s ft niitlik!'· · χ h ι r t ν with I' ι IimkJ ti»· t·» m tîv ί I , " ir ill ι. λ Ν l.i>; voir '* no-t« t -tin J hero Hiti t l· π ν V est η >\ iMtk"· t .1 »v Β 8 INTO DALLAS .II IΛ I. New Thin· Card Iteing I'rejiared for Trinity Λ I Ira/.os Yallev. Preparations are being made by the Trlnitv and Brazos Valie> to open the freight and passenger er- ι vu*» on tiie Dallas brant h July 1 Î V new titu»- raid 1* being arranged , aiul the Katy is preparing to handi·- ι tin- trains over its line between Wax aha<-hie and Dallas in the paasen^ei ervbe. it l· un derstood that the time «»f arrival and departure <»f t rat us in Fort Worth will b*· 11 κ h t lv » hanged and th*· running time between Fort Worth· and Houston reduced probablv one hour. t'ont· uipiatioti rail f«»i th·* moru iuk train leaving Port Worth about thin ν minutes earlier than the pre*, em tin»»· of *'· '»<> oVIiM'k, and ufflv-j ιiiκ at Houston about thirt minutes earlier than the present time of ·♦ ·> H.I.Mk Oil the olio h^ud. the tu ι I hhound tratu wtll leave Houston • •Mil thirty minuit"* latei and at : at· lit l or' Worth about » J" ρ m thtt retint Iιικ the tint·* about one hour Pert Won h tteeord I ι % · · > t li.tiitf' * « »hhi »«. M II tia> who ha* b« *-n ··»».£ u κ*· J ii the I've»· btttfifie** til W ' iili4> h'<' wwut tear* hat* miK) ht# «tibl*1, ι Itulttdina «Il »to« k «end vrbul*» toi H W Kvuhliii »a«l ί D Κ·ιιβΙ< ham The deal ha* be » 11 pending foi *e»« r#| i|av*> a lut wut « <i4) i(tv(nix»ii I he fetiM&eaa wilt Imp η II toratt m» »·* \\ fthifSgt'U Tfir fi"m RAtui »»( tfee tai* puififlrt<»ri nil) fir Hash ■ ** / A Heafttajtr to* 1t>iî h λ · *■ ♦ tp·** i#iio-4 liter > ■ '■· atvl atul ι km M** «law itrtW ι» ι*» . u · OlWÉfiMML Teea#. lut** aUtfnkllltli»· |(r, * * turn Citf» Éktenl'V* »» iCtv« *î'»«r ι Iwtf h»*d^n*t*er» »··» ^*ι i|«>*T4 to flf*#**» T%* pi«il;lUnMirtt« fee* id « m I t&4 4mI4N to «Ι! all f» 4ae * «kttrflMNl **.*&*'* > si -- «*· I '«w Ρ tu# to 4 .« r.i* IAIN (UTS Off HEAD I Γ. ΠμγιΙμ too I* Mtr> m ikr în» fWlMë Trwk. Γ Κ Til·· ; 'OT » i < Milts] 'Ί the 1 • ιλ ' Midland track Mot. !j> wo? η 3* at ftat.d Ijik»· .ι f*-w tii'l··* e.t>t f Kmh. Th'irnl ; lia? Sired in »hr ·" !·" ■ î'ι f . ι In·.κ Mt .·· and HI -,srt! !a '!«h!ng mid huntlue Ml* brother ho bwn keeping th··, ι·γγ> on the rI\t-1 I*··«■Γ,ΐϋπΐ In *.ild ο have a wlf·· and two children In : 111 t s and I he\ hate been notified t Is learned th:il Thornton hail uta | I'd 'hat he wa^ going to Dallas end . I 1- Όίρρ. 'ted that he had (ton· toi he flag station to board the train j or KntiiH The i>uppo«itk>n I* that ( e had fallen asleep Hi* head and ight hand «ere lying on a rail He ia.« near the west end of the little ilatform and the engineer could not "•e him till he was too near to atop "he pilot of the engine cut a great iole In the -kull and the rlitht hand ras mangled The bod> was warm ,nd bleeding when the trainmen ook him up The body was taken ο Alsdorf, where it was viewed b> ustlre Youngblood and I'ndertaker \"eal, of Ennls. The dead man had a ?»*w dollars η moiiey in hi> pocket and a bottle if some sort of spirits was near, the mell of which Indicated a strong ι uixture with paregoric. Whether he I tad (1 riiiik of the drug is not known | The bod\ w as taken to Ennls and ι irepared for burial. Λ K.WOHITK TRICK. liiinjt of Teams by Crooks fx Being Tried Successfully in Texas. Waco, Texas, June 18. Λ livery I ■ table man named Doyle came over tere yesterday from Gatesvllle after [ ι pair of black mares and a buggy. ! lie outfit having been hired from j lim on June 1 by a man who claim-1 >d to be a drummer and said he I vanted to make the towns around there. Nothing further was heard ' from the outfit until it turned up aere and hud been sold to a livery man in this city. There is no clue to the man who hired it at Gatesvllle. Sheriff George Tllley found the out fit here. This plan of hiring outfits seems to have become a favorite one with crooks, as they can thus keep a team several days at a time without being suspected. SAW HIMSKI.K IN Λ11 Itlif »*t. Police Itansai k a Furniture Store in Search of liurglar. Because a young man saw his image in a mirror and mistook hirn "lf for a burglar I he police ransack ed the furniture store of W Κ. I Rudolph on Kast Main street today tetween I - and I o'clock in a search or (lie supposed thief. It seems that the trouble was ι nutted by the aforesaid young ntan,1 λ ho i-- .ι friend of -Mi Rudolph, Ko ng to >leep on a pile of mattresses! it the real of the stop There hap pened to be ι large minor standing tear the mattresses. and «hen the , oung man awoke he -.ι» m hut h·-, bought to be a burglar hiding In 1 the store lie made a dash for the j Γι on r and between gasps for breath old 'he proprietor that his store wa being robbed In broad daylight The min e were immediately summoned ' ι lid when the blue loal reached th< (tore the\ moved nenrh all the fui illture in an effort to find ihe but xlai When ihe mirror ·<ι> dlscovei t'd it dawned Upon ti · officers th< the alarm was caUMtd h" unite a let· r dtHcption of th»· youii. mai •pi lea I organ* II) Mit I 111 l«t I III Mill \tll ι*·«Ι·ιΙιΙ I "I K.ictoih. Ι !ίπ·ι '«»> I liai Ι*ιιΙ|ν·*. I ιοί· ι |H»« ιι»·ο··ιι It I* pi tillable that »tv|.« will I» iAkiilt ut an i*4tli date to iaIm* fund· to h* .*peuil.-d In idverttstn* h« illy « mineral »< 11 Nothing tati glbl·' hi- > < ·*« tc ' ■ -o l%HHlUI roriANlE ENDS SADLY ι ^vrrtfcorh Dtr t Γη» dun Apart ' SMfcy **»l el trier M. Λ ' Ιι»· · ■ M otola <?trr' -·<π 111· fanera ? M : »« \|»ίκ*! 11r > à»fï ' < vil,ι! Un!»· ; ' W i ί ; 11 »> ·· F'1 at ! Ih< ' ·ρ· -.ι h..m< » in <'r.lar Hill. I l»a : : » - · ·>·!!·· Tb< luft-r ' ..f Mu» ι H r > * η t »*■ u th· >i<» lemeter) ι »!>; ■ th:i! >t M Wlloon » >■< in t îiv " >!il «•met»· . » I» d l r*-< 11> wi n· I [h» r«nd I Thi' double funeral which h>J ι ni ι r -ihaili»* of κΙοηη over the little »ii |i Ihkh of («Mlir Mill » :t κ ih· r · - - 11 r of thi' death >f MU.» Hr Ull » ho ha- ι been In poor health foi «orne time ι nd who «at reported to be engaged I lo Robert Wil*on. a rural m.ill <ar- ι rl«>r of that place. l MU* Bryant w as the daughter of | William Rryant, a prosperous farmer » who r•■Bides at Cedar Hill For book1 j ι time past she had been In poor t health and had «pent «orne little ι time in Mineral Well» In the hope of benefitting h<r condition It was ι while returning to her home from ( Mineral Welle 8unda> that «he [ fainted In the Texan and Pacific de- | pot at Dallas and wan taken to her t home on a stretcher Everything pos sible was done for the unfortunate l wirl but she never regained con- j scIouhiioss and quietly paused away t at her father's home at midnight 1 Overcome with grief at the sudden and untimely death of h!s sweet- ( heart, Robert Wilson, a rural mail . carrier and a son of Joseph Wilson, ( after visiting the home of the be- · reaved parents and viewing the re mains of his dead sweetheart, went , to his father's home where he was j found dead Monday mornihg with a f 38-ealibre revolver near him He received a mortal wound in the j head. i CHAXGKS OK IMIMHIT.WCE. j| ('«inmciiv Commission Promulgates I. New Tariff Circular. Washington, Jane 18.—An im portant tariff circular. No. 14, was promulgated yesterday by the inter state commerce commission. It con tains a revision ot and cancels pre- ' vtous circulars pertaining to the construction, publication and filing of freight nnd passenger sctifdnfc·*. 1 classifications, etc., and also con-1 tains administrative rulings and J opinions of the commission. The I new circular sets forth in consolida- j led and simplified form all of the j ll\e matter shown In previous tariff | circulars and some important addl-j tional rulings. ! Numerous minor, but important I changes have been made in the rules I covering the construction and filing ! of tariffs The new rules also permit j carriers to authorize fast freight line) agents to act for them in the puhli- ι1 cation and filing of tariffs under j power of attorney It is further pre-| scribed that tariffs covering rates , to and front points on new lines, j branches or extensions shall bear : notation that the> .»i»pl> to new -ta- ; ' tions to and from which no rat··-|1 have heretofore applied The commission expressed the)· opinion that carriers ma> lawful-j I y make special rates for >h·· move men! of federal troops when such ι movement» are under orders and it j< the request of the United State-I I government and that such rates ι ( Tired not b«· posted or filed which ' •iling applies to similar ti.iUM>orta non for the naval and marine μ·ι - | Sick Room Necessities \\ ktvp \a iut th isk r. >r. ml ·\ ·η ·. irrv μ·\ s-r ι ι ι -s >' Κ 'ï ' i ι ■ >.|v r ι ,.ίί^ • π :κ·γ.· ν · i * I ! Η" Λ kV» π«" •Λ r > * r ·" . * . Ι, * Η*· »*«< ι Λ . . . .ι V ' : « ■ * I ■> > Α ■m i gfrî thf' ·* H · W th*r H tt' ·ν Κ \ I > ' · » ') i > \ ·τ M -t. κ * ' ; MM.ilV l»Kt t. μι·\ν\ SAVE OUT THE REPORTS '« hfay TntaMty m Ht (·Ημ If it Uw W»\ ScrabM W wMTlglt'ïl, Jtlttr ^«tn^thins f a »>:·.»*(ii»n » .1 ' m »?.-j ,ii Judge >?4fford * » .sift Mc-rid*^ w h»O !.,ί:ίΙ* I Van Kilwr. «ho h.«* -en r'iard Λ » ift·· principal wllari* In the .·!.«! f K«J*'!n M Main.·-» J- on h- . hsrs;** of ·'i«Uni* ' ht govern (Will In «-mine· tlon wrh Us<* ail«g>'d cahlnit of cotton · op rrport* of lh»· gririittiira! ilepartlrwM, n.i, ralltnl (i the stand Mr V«tl filer III at «<iiw, nil under lh.· <11r« ■ ! κ ι.'·· rtf Holmei* nd hi» wife h< -aid I ■ fir»! met lolm· on \ug i*t 7. I ' M at a ho ι I Iri thl. ·ΙΤ* \\ Itm · said the In roducllon *n* made bt Mr Perk· aro In that gentleman- room. * ho toted "This H the man I told you liout, and he Is going to -ho*· yon hat h·· can kIvi advance figure* ou rop report» ' Holmes, a fronting to th*· witness. ! hen proceeded to exhibit «opte* of rop bulletins and to till him that e had practically made up the re ort.s and !hat Statistician Hyde ad accepted hi· estimate Holmes also told him. th"· wit· esu testified, that he had Ι»«·η sup lying Information ιοικιτηΐηκ tbe eport to other person* In New ,'ork as the result of which he had (■cumulated $55.000, which was hen locked up In a safety vault, unuim those to whom he supplied Igures according to Van Klper was "heodore H. Price and Moses Haas. Holmes also promised, the wit less stated, not only to ad vise him s to crop figures, hut to keep him dvlsed as to Price's operations Witness said he told Holmes that f he would demonstrate to him his .billty to supply figures in advance te would operate with him and give lim two-thirds of the profits if hp ould supply the figures a day in idvance. Van HI per Λ ci 1(1 I v. wuuiu UC §i«cu I Urough Mr. Peckham bu( In view I of that gentleman's absence, he, the] wttnea*. returned to Washington A ileum t 9 to receive figures oo the wueei report which warn to be pub lished 'he next day. A letter of September N, signed F. Pecliliiiiu «ah read. ft «(ifP advice to the effect thai the approaching wheat report would show a big de preciation on spring crop and sug gesting heavy purchases. .As a result a profit of $2."00 was realized and two-thirds of this amount was turn ed over to Peckham. Other letters and telegrams from , Peckham dated at Washington were J ead Ml dealt with the cotton report! md all purported <o six- Inside in 'ormation. There had been an urgent j equest for the destruction of all ■ommtiniiatlons Witness had been , )uj Ing cotton through Septembei >itt during the latter part of that j non h he had conn· to Washlntgon ι ' see Holmes who advised him to ell rainer than to buy because the eport would be bearish rather th;i". lullish It was agreed, lie said, that f anything went wrong on the da> if the promulgation of ih· report iollues wn.- to lower the window hade In the statistician's room as a yarning to Peckham He gilded th»*; xplauatiun that this wa> μ be don·· η ι a se of a mistake in the jdvatice Inures or In the ra.-e if the s t η 11 - iiiun \ Γ<·ι tt I in ι \< ι id-lit While working the road ne.< lîrlf irh lust week Mile* Hairi* had ihe misfortune to low hi evr He »a» lrl\Ing a team and strut k at on» of ι ihe mules with his I In·· which re bounded and 'he tongue of Ihe nil kle pill tiis e>e open He was lufferllig untold »*oni··* and at last for treatment. Our Belmont $3.00 Hat No rr. ('· - ■.% . κ kind of 3 hit ν ou Je;ide ' wear, you will be vue t>» îmd it in our r thin ever stOv k The "B-im)nt" repre sents m »rt· value th in any ■ thcr rut made at til** ρ rue. Distinctive styles. $3.00 Matthews Bros Til»·: \Ν M %I. WKKTIXti rt'onmi»' Koreljtn Mlwiniiarji Socie ty \|i*ct·» al Win·. Thi· Twenty-Seventh unnua) meet lng of the Woman's Foreign Mis ilonary soclef> of the Nort h «κ t Texas conference ».ι>· held in Waco The meeting: opened June 6Ui and losed June !0th. The illness of the president, Mrs. \ C" Johnson, caused deep regret, jut Mrs. J i>. Musset ably filled the jlace The society has done much good work in the past year, hut enters ιροη ihe new year with increased SDergy and devotion More work is ilanned and the «uni of $4,000 fledged for the support of schools ind missions. W. H. Matthews who 1» pastor of :he Fifth Street Methodist church, where the meeting was held and he and Kev. M. Hotchklss, our mission ary agent, did ail in their power to make it the most delightful and nu»t auccMitiii meeting ever held. M lu Une; Harper, our own Tau· 1 missionary to Mexico, was present to cheer and encourage us In our ef forts to help the women of our sis / 1er republic. Schools aid bible #om I en there are doing great good The /cry comes for more schools and more teachers. Brother Shaw on Sunday preached a very unique missionary sermon to Ihe delight of all who heard him. Fie says as we accept the preaching of Christ and send out the bible to the heathen and they, accepting Chris tianity, desire to be fed and clothed that the missionary opens the door of commerce Then we of this south hind from our cotton alone which is the cheapest article for clothing w:li receive < large per cent of all w> l>a> out for missions in our cotton 1 rade. , While missions take love und jo> ο the heathen b> means of increase · ommerce our home laud Is blessed A VISITOR Memorial sert ice Ovillu l.odge, I Ο Ο I" will i>a\ memorial services at the Ovilla tab •made Sunda>, June 2:!rd. ul "·<> m. I>esoio. Ked Oak. Midlothian Hid Wa xahachle lodues lax. be· Invited and the publli generally i, t ordialh Invited Prof Criddle of η mill' hi·, will deliver the add re*, lia 11 1 eil III Γ · I I'lll" The Waxahsi lu· \ VI t A ball W ί OUK DISPLAY! ι " )t u r\ ι - \ w tt \ \ · Ί *r in- ·η ·ηΐ beauty *γκ1 ΛνΙιηο«»ν It rival· vk»>elv. in variety, rûhno», beauty »f de>un, cx luMven -SN. inJ juantitv ιη\· >imil.ir JKpliy you wil fin i uifvLl·· >t the larger vitrei pr: » it » r in 'iMJorati't» o( tht lUJiitv of th·,' m«* tt* IK' [ C. Y. Thomson 6 Co. Î South Side Square.