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FOR SALE—Small cuok atore al-
most new. Anton Y eager. 72
WIZZARD HAIRETA la «uarun-
seed to r«noT« auperfluon» h at re
without pain or injury to th« akin.
A|r aale only by Hood Λ Martin 81
STRAYRO—Two Jeraey heifers
Finder pleaae notify Rud Ray. 76
FOR SALE OR RENT-Ait r
March 1 my home 133 Vickery
atreet; aeven rooms two halla nioe
garden. If aold will aell for caah or
on eaay terme. J W. Η awe·. 80pd
FOR RENT—Two nice furniahed or
anfurniahed room» cloa» in. Apply
at thia office. tf
FOB RENT -At one·» my re»i-
dence. Mr·. M. E. Calfee. tf
FOR BENT A * I ν room cottage.
Bath tub and «ink with «ewfrair»
connection on College St. N. J.
Thorn»· 77
8TBAYED OR STOLEN— Oue
Muck pony mart· about hand·
hlifh somewhat shaggy In appear-
ance; ihod all round «ho··· w«»il
worn ; barn*·· marks on ba^k Re-
ward If returned to W. J. Rule
West Main street
FOR RENT—On* four room bouse
•on Bullard Heiirht* Apply to J. Τ
Wilbanks. T.'ipd
FOB BENT—Two furnished room·
suitable for llsrht house-keeping
close In. Apply tbli office. tf
FOB SALE I can »el| you » Type-
writer from #10 up J. H Blatter tf
CLEANiNO pressing and repair-
ing by expert tailor· Hririfç your
«alt· here Matthew· Bro·. tf
CLEANINO preeemii and repair-
ing a· it should be. Price» reason-
able. Matthew· Rro·. tf
LOOK! LOOK Kor the pantorlum
for It I· the place to κ» t your clothe»
cleaned repaired pressed or dved
<n 0r»t class order. Ladie« tailor·
iu« and alteration* a specialty. Κ
Perrln A Son South »ide Square
Phone 5W. tf
SI'ITS CLEANED pre.»»d ami re-
paired on abort notice. Matthew·
llroa. tf
W . A . KNIGHT
PLIMBIN'O SHOP
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Salt· cleaned and Prtuxd .♦!.()€
Sait· Hr>ooit#d and 1'γ·«>»<η1
Pant· < leaned and I'reaaed 4<i
Pant· and t'r«a**d .15
Phone u« and we will com» and jf·:
your work and deliver It trtw.
NKW PHONK 347
flirfis Lackland's Misfit Parloi
* 11· of ttOttU Ht4· Ηςι t'·. Wnntjffcn
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Sewing
Machines
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! have moved my office nexl
door to the Daily Light or
West Main St. and have or
hand High Grade Sewing
Machines at low prices. Alsc
guarantee satisfaction in re-
pair work. Your patronage
solicited
» Both Phones
M. T. KNIGHT
Woman
STORÏ OF WOTfi
RHaie Treatment Tley Assert Was
Accorikd Them.
TOLD f\ DIARY FORM
fkij Report (irrit Dlsortw at Port
At bar Manrhartan ill
Itnselaa Soldiers l>olng Pil-
j lafiif OB Large Scale.
tendon. F>b. I».—The Japanese »*-
Ration hu given out itn official cable
dlnpatoh retPlved from Toklo as fol-
low» :
"A numhtr of Japanese refugee·
from Port Arthur who arrived tecent-
ly at Chefoo on board the British
•leam»·r Wcnihow (five In the form
of a diary in account of their treat-
ment while at Port Arthur a* follows:
"Feb S —The Japanese were forbid-
den to embark on the British «learner
Ras !!··γη All the Japanese were pro-
h bltcd from leaving the harlior.
"Feb 3. -Right Russian soldier·
were pla< ei| on guard ov er the Jap-
anese on board the Wvnc.how Non»·
of th» Japanese were allow·· dto land.
The Wnchow «a* detained and Route
I'M) Japanese on iMmrtl are ahout I ο
starve.
"Feb. 10 -After api«*:»is to Viceroy
I A le* left ten hag* of rire and some
biscuit» onl) were rn-lit to the uhlp in
ί the evening.
"Feb. 11 —No hee.l wan taUen by the
! Russians of our related ngnal». 'No
j drinking w .iter '
Ken. il ~K«newM appeal* m id·· to
; the Russians to give some Γικκΐ at l<> ist
to the Infant* and sl< k women. Un*
hundred and thrt-»* Ja|>an»-*e hoarded
the Wen»h<m from Harbin. While on
their way they were robbed of all
their baggage and rendered jiennll·?*».
There are now 300 Japanese on the
Wlnchow and their distreaeed condl-
ΙΙοη i* beyond description
'Feb It -The Wcnctinw wu allowed
to sail.
' Feb 15 Arrival »t ( *hefoo tn the
morning
It I* also reporu-l there is reuer.il
<JSsi»rder at Port Arthur mounted
Main liuri.il. bandits and Russian sol -
dler* pillaging everywhere The ahop
keeper· are all armed to protect therik-
•eiwa from plunder by mvt'
diera.
«EULV OF RUSSIA
Want» Her lnte»-«»ts Acquired in Man-
churia Safeguarded.
Waahtnngton. Feb II—The atat··
department las had an Intimation Ui.it
the Huam i'i reply to S"e< retarv Hay'*
not» relative to the · «ut ral ι ί» I Ion of
China will (Mt furthceinlin In t da*
or iwu Kox*i* first looked upon this
I proposition a* an a· l adverse to their
i Interest· hut It la now stated they
are entirely willing to accept A con-
dition. however wtli Im· attach*·'! safe
guarding the Importai t Interests that
Russia has a<qt)lr»··] In Manchuria »n
connection with the Siberian railroad
and It* brarierien an t the < oiisMenibie
porta and Inland town» that have tieen
developed at fluaaian et pen»»· in con-
nection with the Sit~it.*n railway μπι-
Ject. It 1» urid»r*1;>od that the valid
It y of the*·» interest* « !| he admitt»>d
by the co-operation of powers Aa for
Japan while her acceptai·· ·* of Sfo»·
tarv Hay'» proposition also wan cou-
pled with a condition. It is. admitted
thl* was nothing «nor» than a require-
ment tliat Russia be bound equally
with Japan In the observation of neu-
trality and restriiHon of the war area
GIVES DE Τ Alt. S
j Viceroy S * y s Several Japanese Ve*
tel» Suffered Severely
j Ht Petersburg Feb }».—A long
offii I<»1 dlspli II from Admirai Alexief
recounting (he d»tj!s of the flsht of
! Fefa » kl Port Arthul) wjk clven oui
Thursday H rnumtrtlni the ItuKsUn
ι aiMialUe· hj.<1 v* It is known that
a number of Japanese ship* suffer* !
s»v««rely. which acoounl* for their not
j following U{> their altat k
ftnulin Icmum>« are given a* follow
j Of the »v|u*droi) Ave offli »r* wounded
fourteen men killed and siKty men
wounded. Of the fortress and garrt-
slon on· man killetl. on· man severely
wo'indcd ajiil Ave men slightly wound-
ed
WAS FIRED ON
Commander of British Steamer So
Reports at Shanghai.
Shanghai. Feb. 18.—Th· British
steamer Hal Fine which arrived from
Shin Wang Tao. reporta that she »u
fired on bv the Russian ships and forts
when a···* In* shelter In th· outer road·
off Port Arthur and sh· was then or-
dered to Dalny. where she wu de-
tained four days In spite of her cap-
tain's protest.
Th· Russian gunboat Mandju has
not gone up th· river to be dismantled
as reported. She remains at Shanghai
Γη defiance of th· orders of the chine··
officials to l*av· this port.
Wants an Observer.
Washinngton. Feb. it.—Having failed
so far to secure permission from either
the Russian or Japanese governments
for United States army officers to ac-
company the force· In the fleld In Man-
1 churla the war department has del-
termlried to make on effort to Induce
the Korean eovernment to permit an
observer to be stationed In that coun-
try.
Commands In Manchuria.
Paris K*b. J·.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent says In a dispatch that
War Minister Kuropatkln has been
appointed to the chief rommaiid of
tbe troop· In Manchuria. Ht will be
under Viceroy AlexieC.
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OewiAL ·ν MPAN.
Claim τι «|| lr
London. t>b. IS—The Japanese
legation here rec*ivM*Tin official dis-
patch from Toklo aayfnK It wa* not
true that any Japanese veeaela had
been destroyed ao far in any of the
varloua na.val «ngas^m« its and thit
all necessary repairs had already twn
made. The Japanese fleet rematna In-
tact. This message also denies the
report that the Japaneae were driven
from the neighborhood of Kin Chau
after skirmishes la which 150 Japan-
ese were taken prisoners and deoian-s
that the Japaneae made no attempt < >
land at Pigeon Hay. It say* the Ja-
panese forces have up to the present
time made no attompt to land at anv
point where htey could com»· In con-
tait with the Russians and that con-
sequently all reports of land actions
and Japanese |osk»*s are untrue
Declared Unfounded.
ToklO. Keb. 19. The imports that
h.iv» bwn sent to th* effect thut Rus-
Μιη troops have crossed ι .κ» Yalu riv-
er and are movlriK south with the ob-
ject of seizing rtng Yang. are de-
clared to lie unfounded. A rellabt· re
Ι«>Π from Wljri states that the Rus
slant arc assembling In force nn the
north sld·· of the Y.tlti hut thev haw
not «(tempted to cross the river or
move further south.
Mexico I* Neu'ral.
t "It ν of Menlco I'eh 19—Mexico h 'ι «
oflVl.i'lv ()ri lur«l her neutrality In r>-
lation to lue «ar In the fir e.uit.
TE RR! BLE * LOSSES.
Albanians Have Eight Hundred Killed
and Wounded
8aI on ira Macedonia l>b. 19.—The
Albanian* whu were Ix-«leg1ntr Sbemsi
Pasha. who wllh ΪΓ>00 Turkish troops
and three Run* was reported to be be
*lff»fl hv Ό.οιιο A mamans ai iiau ι
Johsi have |»eeri routed losing Si>Q met
Mlle<1 and wounded. The Turkish
losses are saW to lie very severe. Hive
addrllori.il I .a I tailor - of troops have
been ordered to Kersovich.
BACK AT HOUSTON.
Dodge Return· to That City in Charge
of Two Rangers.
Ho. mfim. F**b. —On# of the most
•erMMftttopjit e* t rartit lor» rases In Amer
lokn J'ifisprudenre was given a new
Impetus Thursday nigrht when Charb-j*
IV i»1g*m rharpe of two rangers.
Captain John Hughe* and Senpeart
Tom Hoîs w a η returned tHouston
Captain Hughes «tut*·* that he »h
holding l>odg« on ihe strength of *
te^eifram from Governor I«inhani.
Th«* two ran^o ar»»t Mr I lodge put
up At the Rice «hotel
Itetecttve J#·»** I'nlted Statas Mar-
shal \'lfi and Mr Rr:ic||«»y. a friend
of fiO'fg*. arrival with the party
Shot Htrnself Through Heart.
Gnw*H^rk Tex I>Vh 1 ** ~ i \ C. Γοχ
white f»Ht\ t w ο ye;*is of a-j;·». killed
h ivtt f*- If hier e by π hoot trig- h I rnsH f
through the h*-art with a 3S~catlber
pisstul l^CfaneiJ win i r* the emplm
of Station Agent W I*. Saunders. and
no est ■■»*« i? known for the rax h at t
Throat W»i Gashed.
Texnic.in.i J>b. if.—Otv Asuensor
«f;. 3 i m) ;»-<!.■ ( ;.! tne* of Teiarkj'
Arte . wa-s found Sit his hack yard will*
hi* throat h.ttilv κ*»!}»*'! «ad unror
*4 ι » jn it is not known what
hÊ* Injuriée
Charged With Alleged Shortage cf
Two Thouund Dollar·.
New Orleans KVb is ~C. A. Mc-
Brain. cashier of the H:Lfik of Wau-
rika. at W^urika Ok In.. w*.ui arrested
here. charge) with t>ei ηκ warite«l hv
that Inst it utlun for shortage ammiM-
Injs to
('otyiUbie j. W Horn followed him
hem and pointed him out to local of -
licet a Me agreed to return without
n*q!il»ltlon paper». provided the of-
Ikfrs wouli sign a guarantee thathe
should not be Jailed before reach In-
I J
Waurika. His request was granteil
ROFF'S BIG BLAZZE.
Entire Block I* Destroyed in That
Territory City.
RofT. I *1 Keb 19.— An entire bîo» k
of business houses was destroyed In
ftre Thursilay afteniuen. "The loss will
be about J.%O(M)0.
SPOON Ε R SPOKE.
Wisconsin Senator Sustained the
President on Panama Matter.
Washington Feb. 19.—The Panama
canal question again Thursday wns
the uppermost topic In the senate an<l
Mr Spooner spoke on that subject
during the greater portion of the day's
session. Me discussed many ph»s<>s
of the subject sustaining the course
of the president throughout the pro-
{«edlngs resulting lu the Independ-
ence of Panama. He also contended
for the superiority of the Panama
route over that of Nicaragua. He
was interrupted frequently by Mi'
Morgan. Adjournment was had until
S^ti%rday owing to funeral of late
Senator Manna.
Pritchard Confirmed-
Washington Feb. 19.—George Κ
Pritchard of North Carolina has been
confirmed by the senate as United
State* marshal for the Central dis-
trict of the Indian Territory.
Postmaster Reappointed.
Washington Feb. J».—The president
has appointed William Nobles portma·-
ter at South McAlester I. T.
Boy Released.
New Orleans. Feb. If.—John Macktn
a bright lad. who Is on his way from
New York to Dallas where he was
born and has a brother llvlnjf. was ar-
rested charged with setting some cot-
ton on Are. When Recorder Hughes
heard his frank boyish story that h«
was making: his own way he was re-
leased. The boy had 75 cenU.
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
Fifty Thousand Peoph» Vit* l**e'
Senator HuniiaV Kody.
BLINDING SNOW FELL
When Ike Funeral Traie Arrtteé ac
C'leTeland. Ο. l#ol Thii Hid >«t
Defer i'Itiita* Front iialh-
erinjf at Depot.
Cleveland. Ο. Feb 1··.—This city
; was truly one of mourning Thuri'lay.
ι The mortal remains of Senator Mur·
>
! eus A. Harttia lay In κ tat* upon a
shrouded cataira(|iie In the auditorium
of tit» chamber Of commerce. where
j they were taken Immediately upon
their arrival here from Washington
ί Surrounded by a veritable ga rile η of
flimi'ts «iid guarded by a detail of
B<>l<liets from the stati* militia the city
of Cleveland now claims Its own dis-
tinguished dead Kully '<0000 people
passed the flowe r-covcred casket ari'l
took it last look upon th" features of
the il . ι Π senator.
With snow blowing: Into their faces
and a cold wind chilling them through
arid through thousand* "f people stood
for hours in a double line stretching
for more than five square* waiting: for
! an opportunity to pass Into the build-
I Ing where lay the remains and when
at J: SU o'clock the doors were closed
j for the night there were still sever.1
j thousands who had waited patiently
j but were compelled to return home
disappointed. The funeral train bear-
In* the body of the dead senator and
«··«· Π.. ...... « ··» w. · .» t » ι > ! y <ιι ι t ν ru iii
Cleveland during a driving storm.
Along t' e llrie of march the rever-
ence. respect and love felt for the
deai. senator was st»ow n. Men stood
with bared heads In almost blinding
! snow while the procession passed and
many eyes were filled with tears A
bugle announced the arrival of the
procession at the chamber of com-
j merce A moment later the casket
was placed on the bier the top was
removed and the face of the dead sei
ator exposed to the gaze of thos.·
friends who knew hlin best.
The floral tributes were the most
elaborate since the funeral of the late
i President McKlnley. A whole carlo.id
of offerings from "Washington offli lals
and friends accompanied the funeral
train They Include a beautiful
wreath from President Roosevelt. The
great tables In the eastern extremity
i of the hall are plied hlfch with costly
tributes.
The Senator Ifanna seen by the hou-
sands who filed past the bier was far
dfferent from the Senator Hanna fa-
miliar to Clevelanders in life. The
I face was thin and drawn hearing plai
testimony of tle suffering that he
had undergone
FEDERATION PROBABLE
Thought Cumberland and Presbyte "ian
Churches Will Unite.
St. I^oul». Feb. 19.— It is stated on
pool authority that the proposed fe·)
enttion of t' e Curtioerland and t>rest>\ -
tertan churches became an assured
fart at tin- cunclusion of Ttiursda\ -
ronffi'mv of the eut»· ο mm it M>e a r»-1 ■ -
resenting the tendrai romnutt'fs <>f
both bo.il·>*. which have bee η in session
here and the the only question remain
Ing deals purely with the phraseologv
of certain prescribed forms
Louisiana Postmasters.
WVshington. 4 "e b. 19 -The senate
has confirmed the fallowing nomina-
I tons vt postmasters for Louisiana S.
: I . Ster. Shreveport Ft η est A. Du-
pont. Houina: Albert M. Basse it Kent
wood 1λ>\i Ρ Carter. Runkie; Rutu*
: Morgan. New (loads John W. Miller
Alexandria .Ids. R. I K>mongeaux Iai-
fayette Jessie H. Wells. Leesvlile.
j Edward Κ Fitzgerald. Mitiden.
Company Reinsures.
Baltimore Feb. 19.—The local
agent of the Greenwich Fire Insur-
ance company of New York has an-
nounced that it has reinsured It* pol-
j ides unaffected by the Baltimore fire
] Interests In the oOmmerri^l fnion of
New York The Greenwich company
had a paid up capital of Î200.000 and
j a net surplus of Jl."»S164. Its losse
j from the Baltimore fire were J200.0O0.
' Its capital stock was therefore Im-
paired to the extent of J41.S36.
MINOR MATTERS.
Wife of W J Moon was found dead
j at Caddo. 1 'Γ.
Abundance of asphalt has been
] found near Caddo I. T.
Six frame buildings valued at S1000
each burned it Jewett Tex
Grayson college burned at Whlte-
wright Tex. will be rebuilt.
MÛss Willie (peace was so badly
burned at Davis. 1. T.. she died.
Tank of oil was struck by lightning
at Sour Lake. Tex. and destroyed
Two-year-old boy of J. P. Rushing
' was burned to death at Tishomingo
t T.
Treasury of Williamson county. Tex-
j as. has $«7000 and county Is out of
debL
Aiken. S. C.. will have a city i>ark
arid name It after the late W. O. Whit-
ney of New York.
Ruins of a city supposed to be 1000
ι years old. have been found In state
of Vera Cruz Mexico.
Colonel W. J. Bryan says ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland I* •"rank.'* but denies
I he 1» of the "file" of Democrat v.
City of Mexico has a Society for the
Prevention of < Vuelty to Animals. Wife
of President Diaz is a member.
A miner was killed by a cave-in at
-Wisbee Ariz. and another fatally fell
Eighty feet In the Arizona and Wol-
! recine mine.*
Seven freight cars went through a
bridge on the Brownsville road near
Corpaa Chrtstt. Contractor Robert -
j ·οα had a leg broken.
METER RATE FOR LIGHTS
SMALL. MOTORS—
Adapted by the WAXAHACHIE ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. t·
take effect on and after September 1st 1003.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE RATE
The flrit K. W. per month for each 16 c. p. or the equal
thereof 20
Each additional Κ W 1β
COMMERCIAL RATE
The flret two K. W. pt?r month for each 16 c. p. or the equal
thereof. » 20
Each additional K. W 15
The Commercial Kate include* everything except reaidencea and
the minimum charge on all Light account· is fifty cents per month
tt?"Small motors same as Commercial Light Rate.
Waxah&chie Electric Light
COMPANY.
We Join
Efficiency as to plumbic? fi„J
steam fitting work with low
charges in view of excellence of
pipe fittings and other materials
and our skill in adapting them to
your comestic or business pur-
poses. Glad to estimate on your
work any time even if you don't
favor us with your next order.
BUNKLEY plLmbkk
With Ellis County f Phone
hardware Company \ No. 8.
1904
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Feed and Groceries
Merchants' Library Voting Tickets given
away with every purchase.
New Phone 150. aaa Old Phone 8
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