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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-12

The Wichita Beacon Of this
morning-The Rock Island rail-
way is unable to accommodate the
immense traffic to the Kiowa-Com-
anche opening without securing
passenger coaches from other
companies. Three extra coaches
were attached to the south bound
train, leaving Whitchita at 6:35
yesterday morning and two Of
these cars were borrowed from
the Memphis company. About a
carload of people went from Wich-
iia.
An of this immense traffic from
the north is to FL Reno, as the
Lawton land Office is % miles
from railroad. The further
south the traios 60 the heavier the
traffic becomes, and extra accom-
modationsare provided at Caldwell
for the crowds.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday,
there will be homeseekers' rates Of
one fare pulls 81, alongthe entire
system, and the Rock Island com
pany is making extensive prepara-
lions to handle the thousand Of
homeseekers who will take advan-
tage Of the rates. A large numb
cr Of special trains will be run on
those days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-12

There is a postoaice in this ma
ton called Kiser and the post
masters name is Degarmo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-12
-FcoN0MY BEGINS At THE NEW YORK STORE.
THE OPENING

Summer weather is now here
and we are in the lead for a
claim on the best goods at the
lowest prices.
We want your business, and will
merit it by proving this as
sertion if you will come to
see us when making your
purchases.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-12

We stop the press TO
announce that Maj.
Granlee and the good
lady are still recreat-
ing and we, the
devil" and Me-" are
making this sheet the
leader Of news pur-
veyors in the B. I T..
Now is the time to
subscribe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-12
HOT WEATHER NOW

and we have the coolest and
noOyest line of clothing at the
lowest temperature ever shown
in the city.
Dress up for the 4th end keep
Klean, Kool and Komfortable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

The white mans burden has beer described in prose- and poetry; The yellow
and commentators lmenMtato% chnas payment ofs$ooocoooo indemnity, enormous as this
Ceesstas, says lIimsport Pao Grit china's credit remains good so long as
She has concessonst to oferas security. If she display good fnanciemng. China
an casiyp ay thisa amount or even n larger one to satisfy the pecuniary demands
of the powers. the while investing large sums in needed internal improvements.
The yellow mans burden is not financial one.
China is to-day practically without government for her 400O0OO00 of people.
he royal family is divided, thu Empress working aganat reforms necessaryf for
the perpetuty of the empire and the Emperor icing poweress to carry tut such
improvements as hi considers advantageous for the nation. Imperial authority
lacks power to execute its ordinary orders even. neither Empress nor Emperor
having civil hiceso of sufficient loyalty or armies OFFS sufficient strength to oppose
the powerful vieroys nd crafty mandarins. Such obedience as is secured,
springs from policy moret than from anything else. Dishonesty, corruption.
treachery, ant worse crime exst in the highest as we'll as the lowest official ant
soial circles. Civilization in its true sense is not appreciated by the average
Celestial who is an example of a decaying race. Chinas real burden is to arrest
decay,r envgorate and elevate its OnO0OOOO people, IL burden which no other
nation has to bear.
1t is true that the payment Of $3OOOOOOOO indemnity will not make Chnats
burden n lighter, 10 matter how favorable the conditions of payment. 1t is also
truct that naideds she cannot begin the process of regeneration necessary for her
further existence as an entirely Independent nation. But the indemnity may
bring this necessary assistance since financial obligations will continue inter-
course with some nation Oh nations ablcto give direction. Still. the conditions
are not such that foreign assistance can easily be accepted, a fact that didoses
the worst phase of the yellow man burden.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
Electric Eel,s Vict;n,

AT the Geological Gardens n large
electric eel was swimming in it's tank
With more activity than usual, when a
big cockroach fell into the water. fand
in it's efforts to get out made a dis.
turbance of the surface, which attract.
ed the attention of the eel. The eel
turned round, swan past it, discharg.
ed its battery at about eight inches
off, and the cockroach instantly stop.
ped stone dead. 1t did not even move
Its %antennae after. The eel then pro.
ceeded to swallow its victim, and the
narrator goes on to point out the GU.
rious circumstance that the fish
which weighed about twelve pounds.
should find it worth while to fire it's
heavy artillery at n creature an inch
and u half long. when it could easily
have swallowed it sans facon.-Cham.
bers' Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
winter was cold and wet, and the set.
tiers suffered for clothing. Buclsliin

winter was cold and wet. and the set.
tiers suffered for clothing. Buckskin
was sufficient while the weather kept
dry, but there was great objection
to it as q rainy-day garment.
One afternoon Il certain Jimmie, who
had not been long in the country, was
out With a surveying party. when there
came UP a drenching rain. Before they
could reach shelter the buckskin
breeches of the men We're thoroughly
saturated. A hospitable house, rem
dered delightful by daughters and
young lady guests, opened it's doors,
and the surveyors took shelter.
Jimmie was not acquainted With the
vagaricS of buckskin. and on alightins
from his horse he was distressed to find
his feet e%nveloped in the Shiny folds
of trouser legs which had mysteriously
heightened. and become as unmanage-
able as Il jellyfish. So he took out his
knife and cut off the extra length.
\ rousing fire had been built in the
great open tireplace, and the boys drew
up in front of it to dry their clothing.
AS the buckskin dried it began to
shrink, and the brooches made a per.
ceptibly retrograde movement.
Jim perceived 1t. and. bending down.
stretched them, to the ill-concealed
amusement of those who had Witnessed
the amputation. But the buckskins
were on the retreat, and presently had
put an alarming distance between their
lower edge and the top of Jim's shoes.
He did not wait for the rain to stop.
He got out his horse and rode away.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
A NOTABLE AUTHOR DEAD.
Sir Waiter Besant, the English Nov

Sir Walter Besant, the English Nov.
clist and Historio.raphcr.
\ notable English novelist and his
Photographer, Sir Walter Besant, who
vas Il warm friend of America and
ln admircr of Americans. has been laid
to rest at Hampstead, in the north of
London, where he had long made his
home. Sir Walters death followed an
illness of short duration.
Walter Besant, i'll the minds of Eng
lishmen, was the nearest approach to
Dickens the country eve produced. He
was born in 1888 and was the son of "A
well-to-do merchant. Entering Cam
bridge, he took up the study of matle-
matics but, becoming interested in
Dickens works. determined to emulate
the great writer's example and enter
the field of literature. All his time
could not then be devoted to writing,
however, so he secured q colonial APP
pointment and, when opportunity
offered, wrote a novel. Two years
passed before his work was finished
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
Flints Are Still in Use.

1t may surprise you to hear that in
spite of the millions Of modern guns
and rifles nowadays turned out the
ancient fintlock is not quite a thing Of
the past. There is still in England at
least one mandatory of fiints for this
use. The fints are all made by hand,
being place on the operators knee and
Clipped with q hammer to the proper
shape. OF course a number of these
iints are used for fire-making. These
go principally to countries like Spain
and Italy, where the duties on ordinary
matches and wax matches are SO high
as to convert them from the absolute
necessity they are in Great Britain to
a. positive luxury, SO that flint and
steel are used.-New York Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
Told in a Few Line..

Many deaths from plague in Formosa.
David Nation, Carries husband, celc-
brated his seventy-third birthday, 1be
ria, Ohio.
Fire destroyed the postofice at Dex.
fer, Mo-, entailing a total loss Of SILL
600.
The Dawes commission completed en-.
rollment Of Cherokee freedmen at Chill.
sen. Indian Territory.
George r. Watson, wife and daughte.
were killed by lightning. Sutton County.
Texas, while in a prairie schooner,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

~ to inducing people to marry. 1t is
said that he has performed more mar
riagc ceremonies than amy other minister
NJ squire in Indiana. Whatever Of this.
the number of people he has joined in
wcdlock exceeds 1000 couples. 1t was
1896 that MIR. Mccse succeeded in get
ting the various people he had married
to form an association. with the purpose
of holding annual reunions. his idea he
ing that this feature would encourage
matrimony in general. and also tend to
prevent marital disputes and divorces.
Not II divorce has ever been asked for
among his matrimonial proteges.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Carlyle. Ill. Miss
Berry, who is only
% years old and
has been a school
lcacner since before
she was 20, de-
clarcs that she is
not seeking, for mo-
toriety, and that
her crusade bears
no resemblance to
that of Mrs. Ma
ton. Instead OF
breaking the law.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Ii v e
lment. receives
pension of $500 per
month in lieu of her
throne. She is now
in Paris. and the
slight restraint put
upon her liberties
has furnished a
prctcSt for consid-
cradle royalist crit.
icism of the govern
ment. Count Cas-
tellanc has volun-
%~." ~--:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

titled the Mccse
Matrimonial Asso.
citation, has just
held its fifth annual
reunion at Water
loo, Ind. Mr..
Mecse is an histor-
icHlI character in
his section OF In
diana. Ever since
his wife died. in
1894. he has lived
alone. dcvoting all
his fine and pner-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

and then it was rejected by Il pub
Usher with the result that it was placed
in the fire. Then Sir Walter set to
work publishing studies in French lit
erature and also engaged in journal
ism. Becoming acquainted with n mag
azine editor named James Rice, lie
joined with him and together they pro-
duccd i'll ten years twelve successful
books.
While celebrated as an historical
writer, a greater reputation was gained
by MIR. Besant in IL class of novels
which added something of n purpose to
the narrative. He vas one of the first
to discover for the present generation
the East End of London, an Industrial
city whose millions pass an apparently
dull, uneventful existence.
The Peoples Palace, which it was his
idea should be the center of wholesome
pleasure amid sordid surroundings.
took concrete shape. and has been the
parent of many similar institutions. It
was in recognition of his work in this
connection that knighthood was con.
ferred upon him in 1895. So compre-
,hensiye and thorough was his knowl-
edge Of the topography and history of
London TINT he was chosen to direct
the preparation of q new survey which
should picture the history, traditions
and institutions Of the vast metropo-
lis.
Sir Walter twice visited America, the
second occasion being in 1893, when he
read a paper at the Worlds Congress of
Authors ut the Chicago Exposition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

connection OF Geo.
u. Mcneil OF Bos-
toy with the union
labor movement.
Fifty years =
Mr.. Mcneil began.
asit;iting in favor
OF the cig,ht-hour
work day, and he
has been active in
that direction ever
since. He was the
first field agent OF
t he lEisht-lIcnr
League. ami has
Won the tide of
''Father of the
Eight-llour Day"
Beginning life as II
bobhin hoy in 81
WOODEN mill. he has
devoted half Il ccn-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

VIM HS
siblc ninth place in
the Presidents cab
inet-that is. for
Secretary of Com
.mcrce and Indus
try--is as scholarly
Il gentleman MS one
could find in Il
months walk. lie
is thoroughly famil-
lar with every fact
of Importance con-
corning the indus
trial growth of the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
It Was official.


During the battle of Wilson'S Creek
the ~Confederares We're taken complete.
ly by surprise. The columns moved by
different roads, and we were ordered
to march as silently as possible. The
only sounds were the rumbling of the
| wheels and an occasional clash Of arms.
AT midnight the Federal forces were
encamped in a-meadow, four miles from
the Confederate camp. At dawn tho
Federals We're in motion, and at day
break the smoke of the Confederate
camp could be plainly seen. No pick
cts were encountered, and the Johnnies
We're unaware of the nearness of the
Union forces. Indeed, the Confederate
forces We're not aware of the condition
of affairs until their pickets, about one
thousand yards from their camp, were
driven in. Many of them were loath to
believe that the Federals were so near,
and attributed the firing upon the pick
cts to the work of q scouting party.
One of the Confederate officers was in
his tent at the time. He paid no atten-
ton to the firing, but presently receiv-
ed a message from his commander to
order his forces out. He turned over
in bed and lazily asked the courier If
the order was official. Even before the
bearer Of the dispatch had time to an
swer q shell went crashing through his
tent. The officer waited no longer for
u confirmation Of the order, but tum-
bled out Of bed rather hurriedly, ex-
claiming, "Well, that's official, any,
way" and soon had his men in line. II
was at this battle that General Lyon
was killed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

\ camera tiend in British Columbia
while e~ndeavoring to take a Photograph
at the extreme edge of a cliff. made .
misstep and fell a hundred feet into the
water below. On his way down he press
ed the button. The resultant picture, h.
declares. is the best il his collection.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

A movement has been started II
Georgia to p%erpetuate the memory of Ell
Whitney by converting into an elegan,
country club the scene of his labors neal
Augusta. where he perfected his cotton
gin. An organization has been perfecta'
and a charter for the club secured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

the cause of organized labor. lie has
written several books OIL labor subjects,
and in 1Sst; was the labor candidate for
Mayor of Boston. In 1880 he was chos-
On as arbitrator OF the great Boston
street car strike, and by his influence
succeeded in settling it. He was born
i'll Amcsbury, Mass, in 1857.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

she Is only attempting to enforce the law
by strictly legal methods. She person
ally visited a number of saloons which
were open on Sunday, and personally Sc.
cured the evidence on which the Offend
ing saloonkeepers were arrested.
The title of marrying parson'' is right
fully bestowed upon Rev. William D..
Moose, whose marviAgn associarlon. en-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Every person is responsible for all the
good within the scope Of his abilities.
and for no more, and none can tell.
whose sphere is the largest.-Gail Ham,
ilton.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
RANAyALoNA

the government concerning its restraint
of the queen. Ranavalona succeeded to
the throne in 1888 and was deposed in
1897. when Madagascar became a French
colony.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
Fcudal Warfare in Kentnckv

Almost every mountain county I'm
Kentucky has. or has had, it's feud. On
n side is a leader whose authority ia
rarely questioned. Each leader has his
band of retainers. Always he arms
them; usually he feeds them; some
times he houses and clothes them. and
sometimes, even, lie hires them. In one
local war 81 per day were the wages Of
the fighting man, and the leader on one
occasion, while besieging his enemies
in the county courthouse-tried to pur.
chase a cannon, md from no other
parsonage than the governor himself
%Scribner's Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

This is the picture of Miss .Addie Der.
ry, the pretty young woman who is con-
Quoting a crusade against the saloons of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05


man first, last, ana all the time. He
organized a temperance society Of
twenty-eight members in his company,
but after he returned from two months
imprisonment at Belle Isle lie found
that MI but four had broken the pledge.
He at once reorganized the society and
built it up to sixty-eight members. Once
there came an order that every soldier
should have two doses of quinine in
whisky every day. Sergeant Bush
marched his company up to the Sur
geon's tent at "sick call" and the Sur
geon said: PUT out Il big one for the
Sergeant" But the Sergeant answered:
Il swore allegiance to Uncle Sam to
fight, but not to drink whisky" The
Surgeon was inclined to make a fuss,
but the Colonel backed up the Sergeant
and others of his company who refused
the whisky. when the Governor asked
that question: said Mr.. Bush, 81
thought 1T my duty to stand up. and
up 1 went"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

In IN address at Reading, Pa, ex-
Governor Curtin once humorously said:
WHO ever knew an old soldier to re-
fuse c6mmissary whisky?" To his sur
prise a tall. gray-bearded man arose
and answered.: Here's one" The
Governor was not SO much surprised
but that he could exlaim: sThen you
must have been Of dry as q craven
image!" The old soldier who was not
afraid to make known his temperance
principles is William n. K. Bush, Of
Reading. He served as Sergeant four
years in the war and WAS in twenty
two battles. He vas 4 temperance
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

The only Jewel which Will not decay
is knowledge.-Langtord
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Don't depend on your personal an.
pearance earning your salary.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Organized labor. particularly in New
England. is greatly interested in the celia,
bration OF tilc iiftie;h anniversary of the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Briggs-Well, 1 have had to give I'M
flirting.
Griggs-Why?
Briggs-I found It was affecting my
heart.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Theodore G. Search. the president of
the National Association of Mnnnfac.
4.,nn... ,rhun 4. l.o;n.x ,,,.hnl e.. IL, -.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05
Surprising Shrinkaoe.

A writer on old Texas says, in "The
Evolution of a State" that in 1887 the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

mutton. present and past. He has strong
views ON national policy. and he shapes
his opinions only after he has exhausted
every means of widening his knowledge
III the subject in hand. The suggestion
of giving him the new portfolio-in case
it be created by Congress-is regarded
rs Il peculiarly fortunate one. This en-
tirely apart from the fact that Mr..
Search is IN intimate and sympathetic
friend of the President.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

Former Queen Ranayalona of NADIA.
gascar. who is causing no small agitation
in the ranks of the opposition to the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-05

but the Colonel backed up the Sergeant
and others of his company who refused
the whisky. when the Governor asked
that question:" said Mr.. Bush, II
thought it my duty to stand up. and
up l went"
How Gen. Harrison Enlisted.
How Gen. Harrison turned his back
on all fair prospects and determined to
offer his services to his country at the
opening Of the Civil War has been told
as follows, according to the Des Moines
Leader:
81 went n day to see Gov. Morton
with MI. Wallace to seek an appoint
ment as lieutenant for a young man in
the northern part of the State. After
getting through with this business Gov.
Morton invited ME into an inner room.
He there spoke of the call and of the
response being made thereto. The Gov
seemed quite discouraged at the
apathy of the people, and, pointing over
toward the Gallop block, where men
We're dressing stone, remarked that men
We're more interested in their own bust
ness than in the safety of the nation. I
said right there: Governor, If 1 can be
of service to my country I am ready to
co.
"He said: You can; you a raise a
regiment in this district He went on
to say: You have a good Office, and it
would be too much to ask you to give
it up, but you q get up the regiment
and we can find some one else to take
1t into the field 1 said: NO, if l make
q recruiting speech and ask men to en-
list, I propose to go with them and to
stay as long as they do, If 1 live that
long, WELL said the Governor, you
can command the regiment I said: I
don't know that l want to. I have no
military experience. We can see about
that"
After this conversation MI. Harrison
proceeded up the street with Mr.. Wal
lace and bought a military cap; they
got the bills for a war meeting, hired
Il fife and drum and hung the flag out
Of q window. Mr.. Harrison took IL a
second lieutenant's recruiting commits
sion in July, 1862, and raised and took
the first company (A) of the Seven
teenth Regiment into camp, and in less
than thirty days from the date of the
first recruiting commission he was in
Kentucky with 1,01O men, having been
first promoted to a c%aptaincy and then
to a colonelcy.
This was the first regiment in the field
under that call. The record of the Sew
enteenth Infantry was a notable one
and the story of the battles of Reseca
and Peach Tree Creek and Gen. Harri-
sons conduct for bravery continues one
of the inspiring pages of the history of
the Civil War.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-12
DISAGREED
JURRIN CARRIE NATION TRIAE
DISCHARGED
seven stood Tor Conviction and Five
FOR AcQuittai.'

The jury in the Carrie Nation case was
discharged Sunday afternoon. having
failed TO reach an agreement on yer
dict. Judge Dale was notified that the
jury wanted to see him, 50 he went to the
court house ana, calling in the jury, ask
ed them If they had agreed on a verdict.
THE foreman replied that they had not
nor CID he think they would ever be able
to agree Tbereupon Judge Dale dis
charged them. it being just twenty-four
hours from the time that the case was
submitted to them.
While the jurors were somewhat reti-
cent as to Wat took place IN the jury
room. it was learned thai they stood
seven for conviction an I'VE for acquit-
tai from the first
This was quite a surprise TO most of
those who heard the trial. 1t was gener-
aIly predicted that one or two might pos
si1ly hang the jury, but it was not
Thought that there would be five who
woul4 hold out for acQuittaI
AS it IS now. mis-trial was entered on
the next term Of court
The other case charging Mrs. Nation
with malicious Lrespass has gone over 10
the next term Of court also