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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-13
CO. g q. Extension.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb H.
The Choctaw, Oklahoma s Gulf
Railroad Co. Saturday aEaFded
the contract for The wnsiarn sx-
tension Of iss road 70 johnson Bros.
& Fraught, or Philadelphia. This
ekt giou n from Wenshsr-
ford vest towards Amarillo. The
contract let today was FOR eighty
four miles to the Texas line, which
will cost abont o. 100000. Ma
serial and labOreFs are already on
the ground at We4thetford and
Chief Engineer F. A. lfoliiors says
trains will be running % The Texas
line hy sept /. JohnsOa Bros. 3
Frought were co-conlrAct0rs in the
construction OF the Choctaw from
Little Rock 70 Howe, 1T.
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Please call for your pictures.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-13

Granite, o T., Feb li.-Granlte
Is all excitement over the big
strike made just at the head Of
main street yesterday b. two old
miners from Old Mexico, named
W II Farnum and w + Walker,
who fled on q claim and are now
taking out ore that ruEs from
$3.50 10 1850 per ten Of gold with
considerable copper, lead and
silver.
Several other good strikes
have been made In the past few
days Ia The mines around the
city and everybody is out with
picks md shovel hoping to be
able tcGqd something as good II
not better than anyone else.
No news can be obtained at
present from the copper mines
south ef the city but Is q large
amount Of land has been leased
during the past few days it has
aroused the suspicion that there
is plenty OF metal to be had By
thoselwho have the energy and
grit 10 stick TO il and dig It out Of
the bills.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-13

We Daily Receiving spring Goods. such Dress, Duck
Madras and Toe d Nord Gnghams The styles all entirely
this season and pretty.
Among the arrivals have the New Embroidery AIbaoss
for ladies' waists they right upoate Call them.
Remember Z n = 81 . & n ST ORE
headquarters everything Goods Clothing, Boots and Shoes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-13
Olr MI. PaYt0l is lDV

In the east where he will meet the
Mississippi Store buyers from Texas
and the Territory, twelve in number.
Their combined purchases will be
the greatest in the history of these
popular stores
At our spring opening we will
show the largest and best selected
stock of Dry Goods and Shoes,
Ladies, Gents and Children's furn-
ishings ever displayed in Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-13

OKLAHOMA
GOLD MINES
Big Strike Made in one Of
the Main Streets at
Granite in Greer
County BY Two
Old Miners
THE ORE is VERY RICH.
Thsy are Taking Out Ore
Whi0h Is Claimed VIII
Run $3.50 Per Ton
IN Gold Besides
Lead, Copper
andSilver
FINE COPPER MINES.
There are Many Leases Being Made
Near the Town.-The Town is
in High STATE OF Excite
ment over the Late
Mineral Discover
les In ThAt
District
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

HE PRESIDENTS rebUke ia
General Miles for mixing
Il into the Suhlcy Controvers.'
is severe. No doubt II would
have been less stineinG had this been
the generals first onensc. In recent
years General Miles has aired his,
opinions upon official matters not only
with II freedom tha, would hardly have
been tolerated in II subalttrn. hut also
in some Instances With notable irregll-
arity. While the public holds in high
esteem his truly wonderful work as IN
Indian tighter ana recognizes in him a
military authority of extraordinary
experience ana inuucstioned natural
ability. ii has not failed To lolo the eX =
hihitiOnS Of weakness he has also Civ
en-, These have eStranged him from
every administration which has come
INTO power sine" he succeeded 10 the
command of the army and his escape
from earlier rebuke has been remari-
able
Manifestly, however. the rchlke now
nominnlly addressed to Miles is act
unlly meant FOR all loquaclous and med
dlesomc employees in the Federal SER
vice. 1t is intended as Il notification
that discipline hereafter Will be en-
forced. It's purpOrt Is that pickering,
dissension and incitement of gossip and
scandal must stop, AS a result of
pulling and hauling i'm the navy i'm
the first instance absolutely uncalled
l,a ~, ~ I Ia,
warfare have been involved in the
smoke Of jealous fractional contention
over the distribution of the honors. rc-
mindful of nothing so much as the
hair-pulling scraps of fractions school
children: and If the example Of the
lieutenant general had been allowed To
invite imitation. soon the army would
also have been torn up over the same
matter. Al these things are subver-
sive Of discipline and most pernicious
in their influences upon legislation.
The president is wise in putting his
foot down upon them. The fact that
he has not hesltated To put 1t down
upon the officer at the very top, whom
personally hr aGmires, shows thai he
means business ana mat TN" rules OF
the service are TO be enforced impar-
TALLY.
Equally timely and to the point is
the presidents dismissal of Historian
Maclay from HIS small place in the
Brooklyn navy yard, Some persons
wondered VIII" lhis action was not taxi
on sooner the reason Is obvious.
Maclay hsd charged a fag officer of
the navy With being a coward. That
officer had asked for a court OF inquiry
The court had taken evidence but had
not rendered AN opinion Cntl that
opinion had been filed and approved,
Maclay could not toy this reason have
been detached from the naval service
without opening the department to
Just charge of partially. His fate
hung on the verdict. Had Schley been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

I
been Invested in ,hc rebuilding of their build.
in2s and the replHnting oi thtir land. More
| iwn ait OF ih' rconir ot the island are lie.
pending directly ~ Indirectly upon the success
~ that industlN. VI Il Svocccd> We may cNrcrt
rc'''. plenty domestic ordtr and the 'appi.
Nos ~ nee all c,rt,nigd people 20 reward
lIH sN"tH F." OF american lives AND tCHsure
ido'igh which tIli wae set ircr. Ii II !as,
we may rSp"u 'hit 'iic lirls will again become
waste, the mll. VIII again bccOuic d=miutcd,
'hr great body ot lilurCW viii he thrown uul VI
employment. and that poverty aud starvation,
disorder and unar,uy viii follow"
IN" cause Of he present condition with its
resultant menace to ihc island. t. not .dr to
Nr'k. Ilr cnomons Increase. during the past
twenty Yeats, OF Euronein bonntcd bcct sugr
ilN established Hamburg as the dominant cenIe'
W VI" regulation u world p,rcs ob sugar. Tic
quotations III That market iuuat lave fallen IN
lsnt" which makes Gc New York nice oi dGtN.
p''u 'chtiine'l sugars oi On per cent. la'i'F,
'nont $50 per huui'cd pounds
me variation III tho cost NJ th" tuban pro-
u,,t. 'uc TO lo,L ion and equipment Of the
dihei'h' plantations. m,kcs II impossible to
N'io'r exact figuI's. But II Is certain that,
N'"'T present circumstances, thcie are no more
man very few planters who can lay doNn
Their dnitpaid sugar on the wharf IL New York
'of m''ch nhdcr Sl2O per hundred pounds. sohe
'"'m"t u" u Tor that. lhis means. IN Tue
present state OF the sugar market. WhIth SLOWS
no sign OF an upward tcil'lcnc!. dead loss Oh
n'neh the larger n1't OF the Cuban crop oi at
ea.l 10 cents per hundred pounds. amounting, III
@ ,i,c age'ceht'' I" something ABOVE NoWo'"'
ihiS would mean utter ruin to many nlai'eE
"h'lc amos, hopelcssly c,prlhg Others. and
WORKING serious ininfy 10 All
Few planters came out OF the war pr'iod
W''h S'nGIc dollar ior the ichahiIitation oi
their estates. large percentage oi thc~e prop.
III.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

NE of THE. serious evils in
this country. which ever and
~ anon finds conspicuous iliu>-
tration. is the proneness of
tho American people to believe i'll of
their public servants 1t is possible
that the word believe is too broad II
wCrd to convey our meaning correct
ly. They believe far less OF the i'll
that they freely speak and write than
they think they believe while they lre
speaking or writing of 1t. Chronic
! consciousness, OF the kind which inn
putes To men in official position mo-
tives far less creditnble than would he
imputed to them in any transaction
private in its character. has grown ~
be Il habit with an ever-in' 'reasing
number. who, when they pause to
think. generally recognize that they
are unfair in most of their suspicious.
1t can truthf,,lly be said that the c%-
penditurcs Of public moneys author
iyed by those in representative posi-
tions are usually planned with less
anxious economy than are the cXpcn-
tltuIeS ol lnoSe same men III private
life. In other words. there is often
some waste. This is censur.ble, Of
course. The public dollar should go
as far as the private dollar. Pressure
from public opinion toward greater
economy is always in order. But it
need not be eXerted on the supposition
that all wastes are fraudulent in in
ception. and that the men we elect 10
I'iice are given over to the practice Of
footing. l[navery has Il footnold in
public life: that. unfortunately cam
not he doubted. We are not ieplOr-
ing its exposure. What we deplore
is the proneness of many people to
credit reputable ucn in public office
with motives in their public acts that
would never he suspected with regard
to acts done by them in a private re-
lalonshir.
How little real fairness enters inln
tn" printed criticisms Of our public
men, Comment. after several eenng-
ations Of free schools and II free press.
is still pretty much Of two kinds:
either extremely adulatory or cX-
tremely hostile. or judicial ana judi
cious criticism. fam in praise and in
blame. or at least exhibiting The spirit
of fairness. Wa lave hardly any. Nor
is this spirit being cultivated. Rancor
ana detractlon on the one side We
with SNcophan'E ana nattery on the
u'ner. .ntil II takes the lapse often of
4 generations TO determine the riehtful
place of Il puhi,c official, in the pub.
lies eSl!lia ton. such a state of lhnES
is not credilable to us us a people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

q GOOD plan in considering tlla
~ street railway franchises
4 n, now before councils is to not
get excited or worked up
into frame of mind about them. but
to keep cool. They constitute strict
ly business proposition and as such
should b" considered on their merits.
The men back of these ordinances
had for many years heard public con-
plant at the insutticency OF the SEP
vice afforded by the Scranton hallway
company. They We're led I" belic"e
that the people OF Scranton wanted
better scrric" than the present con-
panE had given or with its eauipmen:
ana other handicHps seemed likely
ever to be able to give.
\ chance came to test this feeling
among the people. The Legislature
passed Il law incidentally making
competition possible in the street rail-
Way business in Scranton. harters
We're applied for and granted. Pla,1
to interest outside capital in the enter
prise in conjunction with the new
lEullk lllP tV'tlllt EHltpHI Nti'
formed franchise ordinances We're
drawn: and after due leisure with
every possible fHirness to the Scranton
Hallway company. including an offer
Ia buy its holdings at Il reasonable
price, these franchises We're intro
Cuced. All these steps met with plain
signs of public approval.
Now. however. some citizens appear
to have developed Il sudden Soicitu !o
for the future OF the Scranton Rail
way compdnN. If the hackers Of these
ncw franchises hal cared to dispose
o! their charter rights to the Scranton
Railway company. its future woul'i
have been assured. 1t would have
been riveted upon Scranton for all
time To come and the promoters of the
new company could. without invest
ment. have realized a generous profit:
doubtless more than they would real
izo through bringing about COM
rntition. But most OF them are m,'l
who have made and expect To max.
Scranton their home: and who. there
fore, are not engaged in undcrhandcl
business.
The new street railway proposition.
as We understand it, is virtually this:
lf the people want Il good system n
place of Il poor one ana viii say 50
through councils, they can have it by
means of these ordinances. for the
proposition embodied in them s bona.
tjlc and The money To back /, up -
In sight II they prefer the norlunl
service of the scranton halfway com,
pany and feel that il supplies all raa-
sonable public requirements, then they
will cause these franchises TO be de-
featcd. Attempts Ia load the fran
rhses with unfair demands or with
conditions muniteslly fatal to the sdr-
"css OF til" enterprise from a ilir
business standpoint are not guided by
an intelligent perception uf what il
best for Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

is giving attention To politics.
He could not do less and do
justice either to himself or to
his party. The office of president is in
the highest sense II political office, ANA
out giving attention to politics would
soon land in II hog. But the kind OF
politics which President Roosevelt is
playing is fair politics, II is clean,
manly and omen. There is nothing
sneaky about it, All can see It's drift.
He wants to hold together the Repub-
lican partys' He wants to preserve for
the party and country what 1t has al
ready achieved, But he intends to do
this by honorable methods. He does nol
purpose to lower the standards. He
does not purpose to let his politics h-
terfere with giving the country first
class administration. The politicians
can copeult him and, within reasonable
limits, advise him. But they cannot
rum him. He has set out to he presi-
dent in fact as we'll as in name, and he
will succeed, lie has Just enough Dutch
in him TO give assurance on this point
We"do moi credit All we read and
hear about his having begun To lay
wires for the nomination in 1904. No
doubt he has the ambition to he his
party's standard-bearer in that cam
paign, and desires so We'll to please the
fair-minded Republican people of the
country by his intervening udmmistra-
tion that they will call for his nomina-
tion unanimously. But this is a diff
ferent thing than being consumed by
ambition and willing to subordinate all
things TO its promotion. II fidelity to
conviction OF duty. combined with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY DECEMBER 90, 1907.

convicted of cowardice. Maclay would
have remained oil the pay roll while
Schley would have had to 30. Schlay
| on this question in the precept Wus
unanimously acquitted. to the heartfelt
| satisfaction of evu"y dcceut American
That acquittnl iHNns Mar!ay forever
as Il historian. for he did not qualify
! his words. he made directly agninrt
Schlcy, as If sure of Ms ground, the
most humiliating chars" known to- the
military service; and having so
charged and been confoundcd the navy
yard is no place and t'ncle sam no
employer FOR him.
Before dis,nissing this subject and
with it, we hope. the whole nauseating
Schlcy controversy, we deem 1t season.
able TO repeat some words spoken near
ly three years ago on the occasion OF
the presentation of II sword to Com
modorc. afterward Rear Admiral
Phillip. since deceased one of the no
blemen of his generation. The speaker
of those words was Theodore Roosevelt,
then governor of New York. but recent
ly assistant secretary of the navy and
now by virtue of his position as presi-
dent of the United states. commanders
in-chief Of all our land and naval
forces. Said he:
when Il commander-in-ch chief. atioat
or ashore, has done the best possible
with his forces. then rightly the chief
credit belongs to him. and wise and
patriotic students of the Santiago sea-
campaign gladly pay their homage
first to ADMIRAL Sampson. 1t was
Admiral Sampson who initiated and
carried on the extraordinary blockade.
letting UP even less by night than by
day. that will stand as the example for
all similar blockades in the future. 1t
was owing to the closeness and admir-
able management of the system of
night blockades which he introduced,
that Cervera's fleet was forced to come
out by daylight. In other words. 1t
was the success of his system which
ensured to the splendid sea-captains.
under him, the chance to show their
prowess to the utmost possible advan-
tage. But the actual fight, although
Admiral Sampson was present and in
command was Il captains fight, and in
this actual fighting each captain did
his work according to his own best
Judgment"
Muclay should have written his his
tory in this spirit; then his history
would have been correct.
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Americans wish no ill-luck to holders
of Panama Canal company stock.
Their determination to go INTO Ii .
canal business themselves is forced
upon them by the imperious logic of
events.
In the interests of justice, it is hoped
the revolution in Venezuela against
President Castro will succeed and sue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 80. 1901.

Neither admirals nor generals can
play horse with the present ccmman-
rrr-in-chief. II they don't know ii
yet. they soon will.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

There is ,no less excuse for Edgar
s. Maclay in The FACT that his rrevions
writings shnW II" Was II man who
knew better
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

worldly wisdom and manly politics can
win for Theodore Roosevelt the nomi-
nation three years hence he will get it..
but not otherwise certainly not at the
expense of his sclf-rrspnci or high con-
Niction Of duty. That Is something We
would bc willing to stake II fortune on
Z.
There is again talk of trying to get
the government at Washington to Pc
lion the government of Great Britain
to pardon au American woman recent
~ convicted IN London of forgery. 'thc
woman In this case Is undoubtedly on
titled to sympathy. but II is hardly
the business of one national govern
neni to busy itself with the court pro-
ccedings OF another government.
Americans who go to other countries
to break laws should accept TIL" consc-
Qucnces. the same as they would have
to at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

In the interests of justice, it is hoped
the revolution in Venezuela against
President Castro will succeed and sue
ceed quickly. Castro is Il good kind Or
Il man to disconnecL from public office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

II is proba BILE thai the latest Hunun-
Foraker tight is being Fought Chief
IN sensational newspapers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
Sugar Costs as
Much as Pensions

Washington, Dec. -, 1901
lGAE IMPORTS Unto the lni,cd States III
u the calendar wear lvjl will exceed those
y OF any weccdinr year by about s5o.oo.oc,
pounds, and The cost will he greater than
any preceding year, except ls!s;. when prices
"rre unusually high, The total hnpo,ia,o,,> Of
sugar in the year about ,r end will, acco, ding
TO the treasury bureau ot statistics. lSgrcgdIr
i,h,0,NOO,uO pounds. and the cost about slII.
noro. The highest record OF sugar mpolti
lions in any preceding year was. in un,llgitv,
those vi 1899. l,5:n,.Io,o1s pounds; while in
value. the figure, o' i>'si made The highest Tee.
ord, SD, ,OS.:.!l1
The estimate Of the bureau Of statistics fot
the calendar year nl is based upou the actual
figures Of impolralous nom foreign cotin,,rS
Tor ten months ending with October. 10 which
are added the actual figures uf sugar shipped
from Hawaii TO the nitcd states 10 these ole
| added estimates iur Novcmbcr md December.
both tron foreign countries and Hawaii. and
| ior the ul year rom pc,t" Rico: this mclud
ut obtaining the Hawaiian Yud Porto Rirau g
urrs being necessary hv lesson ur the fact that
| commerce With tli"-c islands iS no longrn IN.
cuded in the statistics oi the torcgn commerce.
oI the United States, This shows an increase OF
about 30 per cent. IN the sugar impo,.tia,l-
into the United states in the decade, tie ilgue.
ior lsol hcng "G,.,a"S5i pounds against H.
Gi2,Nnn,OW IN 1901. the actual increase in the
decade thus being IN round terms, one billion
pounds.
The rnoruou> quantity can prrhal, hr ',tt'cr
,ealizcd when il i stated thai accepting the
average oar load al tO,HS ponds the sugar i'm.
po,tIticu> ui 1901 would be sufficient to Load
$3.50 cars. in addition 10 this cnorinons hgurc
"I i.n.0,U|.0W pound, imported the sugar pro.
iUclion in the United states for the yclr is
presumably about GoJulo.,UO pounds, this hay-
ing been about the annual average during recent
Year. ~ This t,,HUDO,UGO pounds OF slie lr ina.
ported into the nitCd state, in 1901. more ilu
i,uSr1,,D, on ull> - pen cent, i, cane -,tgdr
non the tropics. The remainder Is chiefly beet
sugar, chiefly nom Germany and Austria Hun.
gary. In The ten months ending with October
the imnoItaiionS OF beet sugar amounted Ia
about jjO0W,OOo mounds, out OF total inpor.
iiiion oi more than i,u0UWD,UD pounds. OF
the more ;hin l,G0l, l,WU,nD pounds OF cane sugar
imported during tho v"al, about per cent.
comes from tuht, about II per cent. from the
East Indies. and the rcnlandcr chiefly from TIC
West Indies and Central and South '\mnri ,II
r"mllirs,
The following table show, the total sugar ni.
r"Il.'ionS. quantity and yllur by calendar
years, from l'0i to 1891, November and pcv-m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

TNVIWIIng UUDNH,'N0 p llT1, NlTuCU NJ II,
o"o,O0. r.thuared imports from Hawaii 10
June II 10 Dec. H.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

Americans wish no ill-luck to holders
of Panama Canal company stock.
Their determination to go INTO III.
canal business themselves is forced
upon them by the imperious logic ri
pranic
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
Roosevelt as a Politician.

/ ::; ::: (: :::::: {: !: ::; s;
Justice either To himself or to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
The Habit OF Criticism.

~ NJ. of THE. serious evils in
this country. which ever aud
~ anon finds conspicuous Hits
tratiOn iS the prOnpness of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
Enforcing Discipline.

PRESIDENTS rebuke to
General Miles for mixing
Il into The Schlcy controvers"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23
The Practical Issue.

q GOOD plan in considering the
~ street railway franchises
l. ~ now before councils is to not