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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

Between the islands parallellng the
coast OF southern California and the
mainland there extends a deep channel
where several kinds Of whales may be
found feeding on the vast schools or
jelly fishes which are nearly always
present The whale most common is
the California gray which goes every
year to the shadows Of the Gulf Of
California to give birth to its young
then moving north along the Cali-
fornia coast In what Is virtually a
great procession At this time the
channel Is the sporting ground for the
huge animals and nearly every steam
er that crosses sights a school tho
scenes forming one OF the attractions
Of the trip. as the whales Far from
being wild or timid sometimes eyi0ce
a playful mood, or, melted by cur.os-
ity. come near the steamer. anordlns
the passengers a near view Of the
largest OF living animals
This social disposition has resulted
IN several encounters between the
whales and vessels. in which the iorm-
er have always come on second BEST
Some years ago q steamer Oh the ,fiD
from San Pedro 20 San Francisco
struck some body supposed at lrst 20
be a log Several Of the men were
thrown te tAe deck; the wheel turned
over SO violently that the helmsman
was also thrown down. and steamer
Tor moment came to a standstlll Ail
hands were called. the pumps SOUNDED.
and as the mate ran aft he saw a large
whale lashing the water asiern. fhe
vessel had struck It directly back o.
the right paddle and evidently crushed
It down. rising over a. This whale
drifted into San Catallne some days
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14
FREsH-wArER SAILORS.
Their Lives on the Great lakes Al
FUN OF Danger.

Their Lives on the Great IaRes Are
FUN OF Danger
If any man thinks the American
sailor is a thing Of the past he should
spend a while on the great lakes, %
said G. f. Bailey Of Duluth. Mimi
The American fresh-water sailor IS
every bit as picturesque a parsonage
as was the salt OF early days, who
carried our merchant flag into every
port Of the world His life Is just as
full Of hardship and just as full Of
dangers" quotes the Washington Post
"There is a large fleet Of three and
four masted schooners on the lakes,
and stories Of the wrecking Of them
come with every big storm. A nastier
body Of water than Lake Erie when it
comes on to blow can be found no
where and some Of the experience1 OF
the life-saving crews along its shores
are the most thrilling In the history
Of The service. The men who take the
big steamers. Of course, have not much
Of romance in their lives. but there are
enough Of the old sailing vessels left
to keep a considerable army Of men
employed Any skipper who can nav
igate a schooner from Duluth to Buf-
falo is a good enough sailor 10 sail
around the world and he will do as
well as the next man to take care OF
his vessel in the toughest sea the At
lantic ever was able to blow up"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14
wH.RE Lee IS PRIMIrIvE
Bride snd Groom Had Never Seen .
steam Car

DNAAo ANA OAu4m AAAa -@N@A @~~~
steam Car
Thee are plenty of places where life
is veiy primitive. The Washington
Star ellis this story; II witnessed q
marriage the other day in which tho
bride and groom both live within fifty
miles Of Washington, yet neither has
ever. seen a steam or electric car "
said a drummer to a Star reporter.
'Ysu viii no doubt be surprised when
ten you there are hundredds Of people
living over in Virginia who have
never been to town But to the mar
riage During a recent trip one Of
the friends of the groom met me in
a country store and cordially extended
an invitation to take a drive across
country 10 witness the 'hitchin'.'
very gladly availed myself Of the op-
portunity. and we arrived at our des-
tination in good time The neighbor-
-hoed- was well represented. the male
contingent being oongregated in the
barn, where a barrel Of hard cider
was on tap. We were soon notified
that the ceremony was about to take
place. and we all filed into the best
room. shall never forget the ap-
pearance Of the contracting parties.
The groom was an undersized though
powerfully built young fellow. He was
dressed IN a pair Of jean overalls, a
stiff shirt. no collar. a fancy. old-time
vest, but no coat. The bride, who was
at least six feet in height, was dressed
in a calico wrapper, a piece Of pink
ribbon around her neck, little old
fashioned bonnet on her head. but
barefooted. After the ceremony the
happy couple received the congratu-
lations of the assembled company, ev-
cry man and woman present kissing
the bride Pretty soon one Of the
guests brought out a violin and dane
ing was INDUCED in the rest OF the
evening When / expressed my sur
prise that the bride should be bare
footed 7 was told that there were lots
of women in that section that had new
er known what 1t was to wear shoes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14
RUNNING x
DOWN WHALES
Collision Between
Them and Ships Of
Frequent Occur
rence.s-s-

later. and was towed into one of the
little bays o. the coast. where if was
cut up hy the fishermen
During the summer OF 1900 the
steamer Hermosa killed a whale on
San Pedro. which was az least so feet
IN length. The steamer was plowing
along at a rate Of l2 miles an hour
when suddenly a large whale rose 10
spout directly ia front OF her. placing
itself inadvertently across the bows. Be-
that the blow was struck fairly The
shock created o sensation on board.
and the blow was so violent that sew
eral people were thrown from their
feet IL was supposed that the vessel
had struck q rock. she stopped for a
few seconds. tremhled. then rose about
three feet. heeiine slightly. then re-
sumed her course. passing through a
mass Of blood which colorcd the water.
showing that che had plunged into
some large animal A dead whale was
sighted two or three days later. aud
Tor several days. On account of its size.
y driitea up ana down the coast with
the tide defying the efforts Of specula-
tive fishermen 20 secure g. Finally a
heavy sea tossed & on the coast az the
resort Of Redondo. where o was hauled
IN al high tide and when the latter
went out it left a remarkable spectacle
IN the remains Of one o. the largest
Of living animals. A .ong wound told
the story Of its contact with the
steamer
Doubtless IL the records Of shipping
disasters were examined many in-
stances would be found where vessels
bad crashed into whales with results
fatal 10 the animals and more OF less
injurious 10 the vessels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

At last. however, the posse succeeded
in firing the house, and as the DANES
got beyond control of the bandits they
broke cover and endeavored to get
away.
In the running fight which took
place the bandits were all killed, with
the loss Of but one man on M side Of
the posse.
This incident was only one Of the
many in which Paul participated AS
sheriff it was a notable fact that an of
the hardest work of the Office was done
by him, and that he never sent a depu-
W where he would not go himself
He seemed to have no fear Of man or
devil, and was as willing to go alter
the quickest and nerviest gun man In
the territory as he was after a petty
criminal Even among men notable
for nerve and daring he was marked.
and old timers, speaking Of him say.
He was a brave man and made a
good officer"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

T ported to the customs officer. Martinez,
and asked bis aid in capturing the Of
tenders. Much to their surprise, they
were placed under arrest and their
guns and horses taken from them.
For days they could get no answers
to their questions as to the cause Of
their arrest, but at last they were told
that they were detained for attempting
70 defraud the customs and entering
the province as an armed body. They
were informed that they must wait fol
an answer TO a note which Martinez
had sent to the authorities at Chihua-
hma during which time they were COM
PEELED to board themselves at extrava-
giant prices. Fourteen days afterward
the posse was released, but their stock
and arms were not returned, and they
were compelled to abandon the pur-
suit and return to their homes.
The posse under Paul. however, was
more successful. Paul located the men
at a ranch not far from Chihuahua,
where his posse Immediately went
The bandits were surrounded in the
house, and. barricading the doors, re-
fused to surrender.
AS the members of the ranchers
family were in the house, nothing be-
yond a blockade could be done, The
second day, however, the family was
released, and the fighting began in
earnest.
AT first it was confined TO long-range
sharp-shooting. as the robbers were
too strongly entrenched TO be rushed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14
Bob Paul, Bandit Hunter

taesoa. "a. &. correspondence Of The
Philadelphia Times.
e dafkened room Of a lowly adobe
mousse in this city Robert II. paul. one
q me most noted characters Of the
southwest LAST week passed from a
strangely exciting life to strangely
peaceful death.
tof years the name Of Robert IL
7et Nas identified with the admins
uAnon Of Jaw and order in southern
california and Arizona and his life
was one long tale 81 peril ana adven-
~ me age Of fourteen Paul embark
20 as 2 cabin boy on a whaler out Of a
1iaeiI connecticut port on a cruise
which took him out into the South Pa
.lne. ana eventually around the world
ne hrst voyage 50 kindled his love Of
aufeninfe that he embarked on an
othef cruise. this time making circuit
oi me seas IA the opposite direction.
On his last cruise the whaler put in AZ
me port Of Honolulu for supplies and
thefe learned the discovery of gold
IN California Paul obtained his re-
lease from the captain and took ship
Tor California, landing in San Fran
cisco in 18l9.
t'is varying fortunes led him into
southern and Central California, and
then north again. where he was elect
ga sheriff Of Calayeras county two
terms and rendered good service in
lhe suppression Of lawlessness. In the
iAtet seventies he came to Arizona, and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

The number OF species Of fishes llr-
ing habitaally in the salt waters Of
the world can only be approximately
estimated. probably about ten thou
sand. Those ciassed as shore fishes
live. IS a rule. close to the surface
and near the land. and are well knoen
70 the salt water angler in his outings
as the weakdsh. striped bass. kingfsh,
etc. OF the shore fishes there are about
four thousand species. The "pelagic
fishes. or those which inhabit the up
per waters Of the seas. are relatively
few IN number. The "deep-sea fishes.
which live 10 depths varying from two
hundred fafhoms TO twenty-five hun
dred fathoms. cannot be even appr0xf-
maiely estimated. az new species are
being constantly -Field
and Stream.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

This same cactus. by the way. is not
one Of the lesser curiosities surround
ing Phoenix. Among the numerous
varieties none is so remarkable as. the
sahuaro, or giant cactus. which is pe-
culiar to the southwest and grows to
the proportions of a great tree. attain
ing in some instances a height Of sixty
feet A forest Of these prickly mon
sters IS SO unlike anything occurring
al any other point Of the globe as 10
be almost indescribable. Rising like
great huted columns. the largest end
pointing to the sky. with not a bud or
branch Of any description. the effect
is grotesque. but on a desert gratifv-
ing. Arriving In Phoenix from any d.
rection, one leaves a mighty desert
and is Immediately enveloped in a
wealth Of verdure and flowers He
meets everywhere the fora peculiar to
the tropics In private grounds and
puolie parks TIE stately palm and the
speeding canopy Of the umbrella tree
greet l1e eve while the droopinr
iflaa-Ilke foliage Of the pepper tree
lends its softness to the scene. Along
side these flourish the olive and the
almond. the eucalyptus and the OLE
ander. all unconscious that they are
performing something wonderful
Transforming recent desert into
garden Of Eden.-Los Angeles Herald
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

/ on foot ia southerly direction The
train was coupled again as soon as
The men left, and run on to the next
station. where the news was telegraph
ed TO Tucson A posse. composed cf
Marshal Meade. Len Harris. a Wells
Fargo detective, Sheriff Shaw and four
Papago trailers and a few others. inn
mediately left for the scene. and took
the trail Of the robbers, and. owing
to the haste Of their departure. poorly
provided for the hardships Of a win
ter pursuit across the bleak county.
At the Palotado ranch. in the prov
ince of Chihnakaa, Mckee. Sheriff
Shaw and Detective Harris gave out
and were forced to return. The rest
Of the party. under the command of
Under Sheriff Shibell with two of the
Papago trailers. continued the pur-
suit At this ranch it was found that
three men We're in the gang Of robbers,
one Of whom took no part in the rob
berry. having accidentally shot himself
in the leg on his way to the pass. The
trail Of the fleeing bandits led toward
the city Of Chihuahua
Paul. who was at work on the case
in another direction found that the
bandits had been QUILTED for the hold
up at the city Of Chihuahua. having
been seen there by Detective Thacker
some time before. The men were an
we'll known under the names Of Dick
Johnson. Dick Hart and Leary. and
had had been arrested and tried for
The Southern Pacific train robbery at
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

Pantano in the previous April Lack
Of evidence. however. caused their re-
lease at that time. To Detective
Thacker. who met them in Chihuahua,
they said they had come down there
to eat peaches" but investigation
proved that they had purchased arms
and horses and started north. So at
the city Of Chihuahua a party Of Mexi-
can soldiers. assisted by Paul, and a
man named Pierce. set out to intercept
them on their way back
The posse, which was following the
trail from the north. pressed along as
rapidly as possible. enduring untold
hardships. Once they lost the trail,
where a herd OF cattle had passed over
1t. but they found it again by the aid CT
Mexican yaqueros. The trail led to
within three miles Of the city Of Ja-
nos, but suddenly diverted into the
mountains This was disappoint-
ment to the posse. who hoped to re-
ceive sanction for their mission from
the Mexican authorities at that place
and probably aid They followed the
trail twelve miles past Janos and then
returned to the city. There they re-
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to Venice be sure to call to see its one
and only horse. for that is noted
parsonage there and one not to be
sighted. And you may be allowed to
ride around on its back, as children
in New York and Chicago ride on the
backs Of the elephants and camels in
the parks.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14
napIa rs.lal ssr.Is. IN n.rlIn.

That the postal service OF Berlin has
long been the model las yet unattain-
able) for the rest 81 Europe IS well
known. But it is not equally matter
Of common knowledge that the excel
ience Of the Berlin postal arrangements
of yesterday no longer satisfies the
postal authorities OF today The lat
est innovation has been a still more
frequent clearing of the letter boxes
and a more rapid delivery than ever
The letter boxes IN the principal thor
oughfares are now cleared every fifteen
minutes during the busy hours Of the
day. The rauldity Of delivery Of letters
recently resulted ln the saving OF a
human life A girl determined 70 com
mit suicide. wrote 70 her parents Of
her intention and posted the letter
which was delivered within an hour
Of being posted This enabled the
father to hurry of ln a cab 10 the spot
IN the Thiergarten which his daughter
bad mentioned as that where her body
would be found to catch he- alive. box
her ears and take her home-Harper's
Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

The versatility of man IS pretty apo
70 overcome any difficulty which may
arise Recently a breakdown occurred
On board a ship and i was Necessary
70 bore a number Of holes IN a fat
bar OF iron IN order to repair the
break The engineer was without the
appliances required for the purpose.
but be performed the work IN a novel
way. with e piece Of chalk he marked
tie places where be uis1od The holes
and then fred a so-caiiber bullet
through each from a rIae.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

We can often create a very favorable
impression by not saying what we
think
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in the annals Of numismatics. The
coins. to the number Of 2.755. are said
to date from 2255 B. C. to the present
era, and they represent fourteen years
hard search on the part Of A. F. steph-
ems Of the Chinese imperial customs
who has hunted them up from all ports
Of China from the province OF Yunnan
to the province Of Manchuria. Their
authenticity is guaranteed by Herbert
a. Giles. formerly Of the British con-
sular service in China. and J. II. Stew
art Lockhart. colonial secretary Of
Hong Kong The k'ung shou pu
which IS one Of the oldest examples
in the collection. looks like an ak head
measuring nearly five inches from TOP
TO bottom. and about four inches
across. But the k'ung must have been
q sort of three-penny piece TO the an
cient Chinese lady. for the Chi tao
Lieh kua tao and the Ming tao known
as the knife coins. and which used TO
oe handed oft FOR pound of Pekoe In
the dusty ages. are exactly the shape
OF the modern razor blade. and vary
ID size from seven inches to FIVE inches
long, while the Yuan Fa IS a fat coin
about the size Of a cfumpet and It has
a SQUARE piece punched out Of the CEN
ter Ike the merry fan-tan chip Of pres
ent use.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

In New South Wales the number OF
sheep has shrunk from 81 .Ssf.F6 IN
1891 10 $3.50 So in 1898. In nine
years, BY natural growth. the skeep
Of the colonies might have been ex-
pected to have increased 100 per cent
Instead Of this they have decreased
nearly 90 per cent-the effect Of
drought
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

same rate Two days iatef the frm
failed with a crash that 81 ,ok the
country and Col. James found that be
had lost bis money. and that the offer
Of the $500 900 check was si1ply q cool
blum to stave of bis claim. Fortu-
uately be had his Law practice to fall
back on.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

a sale of coins recently took place
in London which vas rarely exceiled /
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14

Pehn now has a newspaper publish
ed BE- German.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

he was Whitney's partner, was connected with
several stations. He gave tip to Captain
Vredenburgh of the Oak-st. station, as the cap
tain himself admits though he denies that he
passed the tip on. Nevertheless the place was
Immediately closed. and the guard at the door
told watcher that IL was on the warning OF
the wardman. After making connections with
several stations the headquarters operator grew
suspicious, told the agent he was too busy SEND
ing out a general alarm to give him the stauons
in succession, and said ''You come down mere
ito headquarters with your list and we can hx IL
up quicker" He did, however. send out gen
eral alarm to all poolrooms. and 1T was gener-
ally acted upon. Thus the full knowledge or
the headquarters staff of the nature OF the calls
and their participation in the tipping was
shown.
This goes far beyond any previous revelations
that some particular wardman had blackmalled
or some particular captain had taken brlbes. IL
indicts the whole Police Department. Its brain
and nerves are found to be the instruments OF
the gambling combine The whole police ma
chinery is seen TO be working in harmony Win
criminals according TO perfectly arranged sys-
tenn There cannot be the slightest DOUBT any
longer that Devery is. as he has long Deen pe
lieved TO be- himself the chief protector OF
criminals The telegraph bureau, under MS
personal direction is found to be the avenue or
communication between the 'tppers ana the
gambling houses. He was the man IN case OF
misunderstanding with subordinates TO be ap-
nealed to by the ''tppers." The investigation
Of police corruption has reached the top
Whether the evidence obtained by MI MOSS
is Of nature which will convict police officials
of crime or not there can be no question OF lts
moral sufficiency The case against Whitney
10 r1n1r l
he makes a full confession, exposing his prin-
cipals and his dealings with Devery, as 1t Is be-
Iieved he is already doing, the whole shaken
Tammany structure may be brought down Al
any rate, it is impossible 10 suppose that the
moral sense of the whole community Will not
be shaken up by this revelation, and the people
impelIed to drive from power the governing
authorities who organize the public guardians
against crime to obey the orders of criminals
and make the officers of law the recognized and
regular protectors of the lawless.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

and Barclay-st. and at Broadway and Third-st-,
they are almost wholly bad. Being near tne
top of the tallest electric light poles, they are
at least twice as high above the street level as
they should be And being on Opaque tapietS'
with dazzling light placed behind them, they
are ingenously and uniquely distressing 10 reao
at night Their chief service is to snow What
street signs should not be.
1t may he said that we have offered only minor
objections 10 the first mentioned of Mr.. kear-
ny's signs. and that if generally erected such
signs would serve their purpose we'll enough.
But while we are about it. why not get RID OF
even the minor objections and make the signs
lust as complete and perfect as possiblef MT
Kearnys sign is good in some respects But
we cannot regard it as quite as good as that
suggested by Mr. Sleicher, which we nave
already described and pictured in The Tribune.
1t is to he hoped that on his return to this city
Mr. Kearny will be encouraged to continue mis-
good work by amending the design OF his signs
in the manner set forth by Mr.. Sleicher, and
thus make them not merely good. but the best