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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-28

Tho present generation iu Valley Ciiy
knows the STORY of Muludmerc as "a frn-
diii0n The sight 81 hundreds of derricks
in Southern ohio calls io its mind the
day WHOM tht fcltgraph carried the news
fo the whole world thlt Two prospeciors
hy tho namt4 Of frnhlsncr and Maguire
had discovered ihf greatest reservoir OF
natural gas which drin lad ever pierced.
TO me every derrick Is eloquent ot the
secret of M0undmerc. known for years
only 90 Peter and Rchtcca FrohiSher.
TO Gracious Mcguire and his wife whus1
narnt was Eiifn New York Herald
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
CAN'T STOP MARCONI
EVEN THE COURTS POWERLESS
Representative of the DiscOverer of
Wireless TeIegraphy Explains
Why This Is So.

New York. Dec. 1S.-That William Mar
conis wireless experiments in Newfound-
land cannot be stopped by the Anglo
American Telegraph company, even by
resort to the courts, is the assertion of
Marconis representative here. They fur
ther state that he cannot be stopped even
from transmitting commercial messages.
They say the charter of the Anglo -Ameri-
can company, by which it claims monOp-
oily of telegraphic communication between
Newfoundland and other places was ex-
amined by counsel before an attempt was
made to experiment in Newfoundland.
They decided that the charter would not
interfere with the sending of wireless
messages to and from Newfoundland, even
for the two years that the charter has
yet to run. They declare, in the first
place, that charter monopoly would not
operate to estop scientific experiments,
and, second, that according to English
decisions such a grant would not operate
to bar an invention that was unknown
at the time the concession was granted.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
MORE LOGS BY RAIL
100, 900, 900 Feet Will Be Rail-
roaded' the Coming Season.
CONDITIONS IN WOODS ARE GOOD
WoOdsmen's Wages and the Cost
of Supplies Are
Away Up.

Minneapolis lumbermen estimate that
on the deals now made and those in pros
pect 100, 600, 900 feet of logs will be brought
from the northern woods to Minneapolis
by rail in 1902 This is about double the
amount transported by rail this year
Rail transportation is one of the means
whereby the local lumbermen hope to
bring next years lumber cut somewhere
near the figures of this year, providing
other conditions are as favorable.
The weather Is all that the lumbermen
can desire for logging, and work on this
winters log cut has good start. There
is about six inches of snow in the north
ern woods. This is not too deep for rapid
operations and the weather keeps the ice
roads in good condition
The number of smaller contractors is
fully as large this year as last. The eX-
pense of logging shows a big increase
over the figures of a few years back. The
men are receiving nearly double the
wages paid in the winter Of 1896 and 1897
Teamsters, sWampers, choppers, saWyers
and chain tenders receive $50 per month
and board. Leaders receive $35, black
smiths $50 and cooks $65. Good cooks
have been hard to find, even at the fancy
wages mentioned. Five years ago cooks
were paid $40 per month, blacksmiths $35,
teamsters SIG, swampers $13 choppers $14,
leaders $40. graders $l3 chain tenders SIG.
The lumbermens expense accounts for
supplies are IS per cent greater than six
years ago. Wheat has advanced from
40 to IS cents per bushel; corn from 40 to
60 cents; oats, from % to 40 cents; hogs,
from $4 to IS and $40 per hundred; pork
from $3.50 to SIS per barrel; iron from
$1.75 to 50 per hundred.
With the continued building boom and
development Of the west and southwest
this advance in price of commodities and
labor means that lumber prices will rule
strong next year.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
JUST THE MAN
MIR. Payne Well Equipped for the
Duties of His New Position.


Special to The Journal
Milwaukee, Dec. 1S.-The Sentinel, the
recognized leader of the stalwart move
lndorsing the action of the president,
says:
AS cabinet officer, Mr.. Payne will bring
TO the aid of the president an experience in
practical life that cannot fail to be of value.
Since he became a member of the national
committee, his labors in the political world
have been mainly in the larger field and he
has thus acquired a thorough knowledge of
the many and sometimes conflicting interests
OF the different sections of the country In
Iefested as he has been in many business
enterprises, he is also conversant with the
situation in the Industrial world and well
equipped to cooperate with other members
or the cabinet in advising the president on
SUBJECTS OF great national moment.
10 the administration OF affairs Of the post
otllce department, which will be his first and
chief care, Mr. Payne will bring a trained
mind, exceptional ability as an organizer and
familiarity with the details Of the depart
ment that Will assure an improvement of the
service along original lines as well as after
plans blocked out by his predecessors His
interest in the postal service was awakened
during his term as postmaster in Milwaukee
under the administrations of Presidents
hayes and Arthur. That interest has never
nagged, and he is probably as we'll equipped
to-day to take up the business of the depart
ment and carry it forward as any man in the
country not excepting those who have served
terms as heads of the department. His ap-
pointment is one that will meet with hearty
approval in Milwaukee, where Mr.. Payne is
best known, not only from his large circle
OF personal friends. but from all who appre-
ciate his strength of character and his emf
nent fitness for the position.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
BOBLETER's PLAN ACCEPTED
Settlement of Claims Against Ex-
State Treasurer's Sureties.

The state has accepted the compromise
propositions of Joseph Bobleter, former
state treasurer, and his sureties
Attorney General Douglas and Justices
Brown and Lewis of the supreme court,
appointed by the governor as a COM
mission to adjust the states claims, met
yesterday afternoon and conferred with
attorneys for the sureties. Their propo-
sition for a $4,000 cash settlement was
accepted, and Colonel Bobleter's $4,000
cash offer was also taken. This action Of
the commission is final, and releases the
snureties. 1t was reported to the gov
ernor this afternoon
The shortage resulting from losses in
insulvent banks during Colonel Bobleter's S
term as state treasurer now amounts to
$4,000. The offers. accepted to-day re-
duce it to $4,000. The bank assets held
by the state have an estimated value Of
10000, which would leave the state only
$4,000 behind. There is among the bank
assets a section in northern Michigan
which, from its location, may contain
valuable ore deposits, and may realize
many times the appraised value, turning
a profit for the state out of a vexatious
transaction.
The commission will meet later to take
up the proposition of sureties on the
Marine National bank Of Duluth They
did not appear yesterday. They offer to
settle shortage of $1,771 for $S8575.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

$7OO, 900 would be spent on new locomotive
and car repair shops, TO be built near the
Dale street bridge.
1t also develops that the old car shops
near Como are to be remodeled and
turned into a factory for making steel
freight cars and bridge work. They will
employ 500 men, and will convert sheet
steel into modern freight cars, displacing
the present old style of rolling stock. All
the smaller bridges for the system will
also be turned out from these shops.
The repair shops will give employment
to 1900 men, and will be OF sufficient ca
pacity to overhaul nearly all of the en-
gines used by the Great Northern railway.
Thirty locomotives can be handled at
once.
Electricity will be the motive power in
each shop, generated from common
plant.
With this assurance of Mr.. Hills love
for his neighbors it is expected that they
will keep still about his railroad consol-
dation, or better, give him their moral
support in his great philanthropic enter
prise.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
WHY PAYNE
WAS NAMED
Continued From First Page.

Payne was postmaster of Milwaukee ten
years, serving in that capacity under
Presidents Grant, Hayes and Arthur. He
was one of the receivers of the Northern
Pacific railroad company in the nineties.
Later Mr.. Payne became connected with
various large interests, including the old
Milwaukee & Northern railroad company,
now part of the Chicago Milwaukee &
st. Paul system; the Wisconsin Telephone
company and street railway properties.
He is now vice president of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company.
The political significance of Mr.. Payne s
appointment is in his prominence with the
national republican committee. He is
vice president of that political organiza-
ton and his value as political or
ganizer has been appreciated by no one
better than Senator Hanna, the chairman.
He bas never held political office in a
national sense, but he has been the adviser
of those who directed the policy Of the
party for many years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Regarded a ..staIwartY victory

Milwaukee, Dec 1S.-The appointment N
Mr. Payne will be considered a great vic.
tory for the ,stalwarts in Wisconsin, who arc
opposed opposed TO the reorganization of Governor La
Toilette. While Mr.. Payne is not a memheI
of the Wisconsin Republican League, its
membership being restricted to members oi
tne last legislature, its purposes are alone
nnes on which Mr.. Payne is in hearty SYM
pathy;, While ne has had very little to dc
with the factional fight in the state the past
teW months he has been identified with the
stalWart faction He was bitterly opposed
to the nomination of La Toilette last wear
put he was one of the first to withdraw
from the fight in the interest of the harmony
mat was promised. He has expressed him.
set very recently as thoroughly satisfied and
IN perfect accord with the plans and con.
duct Of the league.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Lind in a Horse Case

John Lind appeared before the supreme
court this morning as respondents counsel
In the case Of VIM. H. Flanagan, appellant,
VS.: Benjlmin A. Pomeroy, respondent The
by James Hogan at the state fair grounds
last year. Flanagan says he closed a bar
gain with Hogan for $3.50, binding the bargain
with a SO payment. Later Carlos Boynton
and ]. e. Neff it is said, got the animal for
$425, and put him in Pomeroy's stable Flan-
nigan had to sue Pomeroy, who had possess
sion Of the horse but lost in the ST. Paul
municipal court and appealed to the suprame
court
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
An Ancient warrant.

State Treasurer Block to-day received a
warrant for $50, dated 1853 and payable to
j. B. LIE Blond, then member Of the legis-
lature. 1t was never paid and G. G. lie Blond,
of Chamberlain, S. D., son of the payee has
asked the state to cash it, Some correspond
ence had occurred before and to prove his
statements Mr. LIE Blond has sent in the
original warrant. The state treasurer is at
loss to know what to do with it, as there
is no fund from which to make the payment
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
END OF BOER WAR
Belief Growing That 1t VIII Come in
Few Days.
Ne,, To,.,. S,,,, Sa.o,o, g..

London, Dec. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Heidelberg, South Afri-
ca, says: THE feeling here is that the
war will soon be over. number of
Boer prisoners say that hostiIities will
cease Dec. %. This is taken to indicate
that the meeting Of the Boer leaders to
discuss the situation, which was called
for Dec. Is, has been adjourned for a
week, when final decision will be
reached"
During the last few days most persist
ent reports emanating both from South
Africa and from Boer headquarters in
Europe, of an approaching crisis in South
African affairs, have been current. 1t is
alleged that Mr.. Kruger will abandon his
demand for independence and that the
Boer leaders in the field are inclined to
cease fighting and seek the best terms
obtainable
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
FORESTRY BOUNTIEs
Over $16,634 Distributed Among Min
nesOta Farmers

State Auditor Dunn to-day distributed
$16,634.4O in forestry bounties to $500
farmers, In forty different counties.
Under the law, a bounty of $3.50 per acre
is paid for each acre planted to trees.
The fund is short this year, and only $2.40
per acre is paid.
Renville county heads the list with $50
acres, receiving $2,0628O; Redwood
county, which planted 685 acres. gets
S1,645.80, and Martin county receives
81 ,O51. 80 for 43S acres.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
SUITS HANNA
Ohio Senator COmmends Mr.. Payne
Warmly.

" NelO i OTN Sum Slocf0J SerUfce
New York, Dec. Ex-senator Hanna
said when informed that Postmaster Gen
eral Smith had resigned and that Henry
O. Payne had been appointed to succeed
him:
1t is very good appointment in every re-
spect Mr.. Payne has been a very valuable
man as vice-chairman of the republican ma
tlonal committee. He is a very able gentle
man and will make a good postmaster gem
eral. am very glad he has been selected.
1t is said in Washington, Senator. :"
said a reporter, that the president did
not consult your wishes in selecting Mr..
Payne" Mr.. Hanna replied:
U, pshaw; that's nonsense The president
could not have appointed a man who would
have suited me better Mr.. Payne was en-
titled to, any appointment he wanted
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Mgr. Ireland.s Benediction.

The chairman of the conference, Oscar
S. Straus, and the secretary, Ralph M.
Easley, are eX-officio members Of the
committee. Archbishop Ireland made the
closing address of the conference. He
said:
May the winds carry the news over the
continent and around the world that Such a
meeting as this has taken place in the great
city of New York.
The hope of the twentieth century is that
the great principles of brotherhood charity
and justice announced by the Holy One of
Palestine, shall become wider and deeper
at this time than at any other. Let us have
industrial peace. Let employer and employe
show that they are brothers.
The general committee met to-day to
take up its work. 1t was announced that
committee on plan and scope, upon
which Senator Hanna, Archbishop Ire
land, Bishop Potter and Messrs. Gompers,
Nixon, Mitchell, Galloway, Sargent, Bliss,
Schwab and Strauss had been named
would present preliminary report during
the day Chairman Strauss made this
statement:
l cannot tell you anything about the plan
for putting into practice the peaceful projects
of this conference. We are at work on 1t
and in due time it will be made public. 1
believe every man named on the committee
will serve All of the labor leaders have
accepted and in this epoch-making union of
labor and capital no man can deny his
services to project that means such a great
good for his country. The approval Of the
labor leaders means the cooperation of more
than 100000 organized workers. AS we
progress in this work it becomes more ap-
parent that the chief cause of trouble in the
past has arisen from misunderstanding.
Never were truer words spoken than by John
Mitchell yesterday, when he, who has seen
more strikes than any man Of his age in the
country, said that there never was a strike
which could not have been averted if the
opposing interests had first met and fairly
considered their respective rights.
When the general committee was called
to order, Senator Hanna was selected
chairman.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
RISING RESTORED
MinnesOtan VIII Resume work as
Rural Delivery Agent.

Rural Delivery Agent.
From The Journal Bureau, Room @5, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington, Dec. 18Th. G. Rising OF
Faribault was to-day restored to his old
position as special agent of the rural free
delivery and, tomorrow will start for
Louisville, KY, where Mrs. Rising is wait
ing him. His movements after that he
cannot forecast. Rising had a hard fight,
but was helped by members of the Mime
sofa delegation. His removal was with
out just cause and arose from misappre-
hension of facts. and as soon as these facts
were fairly before the postoffice depart
ment, the rest was easy.
w. w. Jermane
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Austrian EnlistmentS.

Wellington, N. T.. Dec. 18.-Volunteers fo1
the Eighth New Zealand contingent for SER
vice in South Africa are already pouring in,
The Christ Church Press, leading newspa-
per. states that if the empire calls for it it Is
certain that the colony will cheerfully fur
nish ninth continengent
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
State Capitol News
HUBERT AS SANTA CLAUS
He BOrrOws Money to Pay Police in
Full.

F'uII. !
The 225 members of the police depart
ment viii get their full December salaries
after all. A kind friend in the person of
City. Treasurer Hubert came to their
rescue this morning with the announce
ment that he had made arrangements
with the Swedish bank to fur
nish the necessary money without inter-
est and that he would assume all the re-
sponsibility for it's return.
The money advanced by the bank will be
one-half the monthly pay roll, and will
amount to about $4,000. No one has yet
spoken in behalf of the employees of the
departments under the board of correc-
tions and charities
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
HILL AFTER IT?

Wall Street Interpolation of Rise
of $500" Railway stock.
Special to The Journal.
New York Dec. 18.-A spirited advance
in preferred shares of 800 railroad to-
day led to revival Of the rumors that
Hill and friends are seeking a voice in
the management Of this important Ca
madam Pacific connection.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
OF PEACE
Executive Committee to Deal With
Labor Disputes.
REPRESENTATION OF ALL PARTIES
Op Ireland Closing the
Conference.

New York, Dec. 18.-The conference be-
tween the leaders of labor and capital
closed yesterday with decision to give
the plan to harmonize their divergent in
terests practical test 1t was unani-
mously agreed that the working details
OF the scheme shall be perfected by an
executive committee Of thirty-six, to be
chosen IN equal numbers from the ranks
or organized labor the great industrial
and financial leaders. and such OF the
public not identified with either OF the
other TWO interests. The following names
were announced:
To represent the employers and capitalists
United States Senator Mark A. Hanna,
James A. Chambers, president American
Glass company, Pittsburg Pa; William II.
Pfahler, president National Association Of
Stove Manufacturers: S. r. Galloway, presi-
dent American Locomotive Works. Lewis
Nixon, president and owner Of the Crescent
snlpyards, Elizabethport N. j.; Charles M.
Schwab, president United States Steel cor.
poration; H. II. Vreeland, president Metro
poltan Street Railway company, New York:
Charles A. Moore, president Of the Machine
Manufacturing company; John d. Rocke
feller, Jr.; E. d. Ripley, president Atchiso1,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; Marcus NJ
Marks, president National Association Of
Manufacturers; Julius Kruttschnitt, general
manager Southern Pacific railroad.
To represent organized Iabor-Samuel Com
pers president American Federation of La
Dor; John Mitchell, president United Mine
Workers; Frank P Sargent, grand master
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen; Theo-
dore j. Shaffer, president Amalgamated AS
sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
James Duncan, secretary Granite Cutters
Union; Daniel ]. Keefe, president Interna-
tional Association of Longshoremen; James
O'Connell, president International Associa-
tion of Machinists; Martin Fox, president
Iron Molders' National Union; James E.
Lynch, president International Typographi-
cal Union; Edward E. Clarke, grand master
Brotherhood Of Railway Conductors; Henry
White, secretary Garment Workers of Amer
lea; Walter Macarthur, editor South Sea-
mems Journal San Francisco.
To represent the public-Former President
Grover Cleveland, Archbishop John Ireland,
Bishop Henry G. Potter, Charles Francis
Adams of Boston, Cornelius N. Bliss, former
secretary of the interior; Charles w. Eliot,
president of Harvard University; Franklin
McVeagh of Chicago; Former Controller of
the Currency James H. Eckels, Attorney
John M. McCock of this city; John G. Mil
burn of Buffalo; Charles c. Bonaparte of
Baltimore.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
A New Mining Company.

The Fay Exploration company, a mining
corporation Of Virginia Mimi. has been in
corporated with 900 capital stock by
Marcus L. Fay, Charles E. Fay and Sarah ].
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Impaired Digestion

May not be all that is meant by dyspepsia
now, but it will be if neglected.
The uneasiness after eating. fits OF nerv-
Gus headache, sourness Of the stomach, and
disagreeable belching may not be very bad
now, but they will be If the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker.
Dyspepsia is such miserable disease
that the tendency to it should be given
early attention. This is completely over
come by
Hoods JarSdpdriLLd
which strengthens thewhole digestive system
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Payne in York State.

jamestown, N. Y, Dec 18-Henry G.
Payne Just appointed postmaster general, is
visiting relatives here
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
FINE TOWELS
Mems Dept.

NECKWEAR-The newest shades and
patterns, soc, $1.00, $1.25, $3.50.
SUSPENDERS-Fa silk web-one
pair in a box, $1.OO, $1.25, $3.50,
$1.75 to $3.50.
BLACK OR WHITE SATIN for en-
broidering, $3.50, $500, $3.50.
MONARCH SHIRTS-Fancy plated or
plain bosoms, new patterns, at $1.OO.
$3.50, $500, $3.50.
FANCY HosE-At SOC, 75c, $1OO, $1.25,
$1.5O.
NIGHT sHIRTs-At $1.OO, $1.5O.
PAJAMAs-At $1.OO, $3.50, 1925.
BATH ROBES-All new patterns, $3.50
to $1,000.
FULL DRESS SHIELDS in silk or
satin at $3.50 each.
MUFFLERS, in square or Oxford
shapes, new colorings, from $1.00 to
$500.
BOSTON GARTERs-25c, 35c, soc, 75c.
COLLARS AND CUFFS-The E. & W.
and Arrow Brand.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-24
WORTHY OF SUPPORT.
Importance of the Local Newspaper
to the Community.

To every property holder, every
tax payer, every politician, every
farmer, every citizen, the local news
paper is Of vital Importance.
To these persons the most impor-
tant news matter is that copcerning
local affairs, for local happenings are
what affect them socially and COM
mercially, and to keep informed on
these matters is most necessary to
their personal success, if not to their
individual comfort and welfare.
The property owner has interests
which are vitality affected in mum Der
Of ways, by public Improvements,
| which may mean increase of tax rate
assessment, and the knowledge of
who the local officials are and what
they are doing, is most important to
the property owner and tax payer.
The citizen Of town is liable to
complain that his local paper does not
publish enough foreign or outside
matter, saying that he knows all the
local happenings, SO wants to read
about other matters. And yet not a
week will pass but this same com
planning citizen will read something
in his local paper that is of the ut
most importance to him to know, as
a citizen.
To estimate the value of the local
paper to the farmer, would be i'm
possible and yet very many farmers
will send money away from home to
get newspaper, and not subscribe
to their home paper, ....
The politician who is wise knows
the value of his local paper, it's sup
port and friendship being of immense
value to him.
1t is the full acquaintance and
knowledge of home affairs that makes
up the good citizen, and it is equally
true that the good citizen of the con.
munity is the liberal supporter OF
local institutions, and no local insti-
tuition is so worthy Of his support, as
the home newspaper.-New Bern
Journal.