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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-05-11
Condensed News.

The high price of corn at present
threatens to close down the big starch
works Of the country.
The British are said to hold twenty
SIX Americans among the prisoners
captured In South Africa.
Ten cars Of provisions and clothing
were started from New York Tuesday
evening for the Jacksonville fire
sufferers.
Three battles were fought in the
Philippines recently between the
Americans and the insurgents and net
an American was hurt.
News comes from China of additional
lighting this week in which the
Germans again defeated the ChiAese
and killed large number Of them.
Charles J. Devlin, Of Topeka is re-
ported to be the richest man in Kansas.
He is very much Of phllanthropist
but he makes no publicity of his gifts,
Five men we're probably fatally in
jnred last Tuesday in a powder ex-
plesion at the Henry Colllery Of the
Lehigh Valley Company near Wilkes
barre, Pa.
Nevada, Mo-, is preparing to give
Bryan a royal welcome May 18th,
when he goes there to deliver bis first
!. political speech since the presidential
campaign.
Colorado springs, COL, announces
that President Mckinley, who is a men,
Der of the Epworth League, will open
the state convention ia that city with
an address June 9Th.
Upon petition of one tenth Of the
qualified voters, the county court OF
Shelby county last Tuesday ordered an
election on the local option law which
has been in force IN that county since
1887.
, Burlington passenger train No. 3
, was wrecked last Monday while passing
Thayer, a small town eighteen miles
east OF Creston, causing the death Of
Engineer S. ID. Brown of Burlington
, and iDjurlng over a score of passen.
gers. The locomotive hauling the
passenger train struck an engine at
;, tached TO freight tram that wal
backing onto side track. The pass,
enger engine and all but two ears o.
:, the passenger tram left the rails and
rolled down q twenty foot embankmsat
;, Thursday thousands Of the knights
of Pythians Of Kansas and Missouri
. met in Kansas City. The occasion Wal
the Official visit of the three highes
% officials of the Knights of rythias ordel
, in the United States. These oficiall
are Supreme Chancellor, ogden H
;, Fethers Of Janesviile,. Wis; James x
n Carnahaa, of Chicago, major genera
= of the Uniform Rank, and C. F. s
:, Neal Of Lebanon, Ill.,, president Of th'
board of control Of the endswnen
rank
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-05-11
Provided for m. Four wives.

Salt Lake City, May 9.--The will OF
the late George q. Cannon, president
OF the Mormon church, disposes Of
property valued at $i,OOO,OOo, inciud-
ing $4,000 acres of land. To each OF
his four wives he leaves home and a
maintenance for life. To each of his
30 children he gives $1,000 and an
equal interest in 100000 when the
Youngest child becomes OF age.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-05-11
Roth. weeds out the weaklings.

Pretoria, May o.-Dutch refugees
who have arrived here from Peters
burg say the reason that there have
been so many Boer surrenders recent
ly il because Commander-in-Chief
Botha wishes to get rid of his weak
fighters, who, instead of helping him,
are an incum"~"nce.
Fort Scott, Kan, May "a jury
in the federal court here awarded AL.
bert Wallen judgment against the
Fort Scott Water Supply company foz
$4,000 punitive damages for blacklist
ing him. .... .---.-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-05-11

CORRESPONDENTS wANTBD-The In
TELLIaENcBR wants correspondent in
every town 10 Lafayette county. Write
or particulars.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-05-11

was In Feverlsh Demand and
eohed 90 Per Cent. shortly After One
Banks Checked the
u Decline In Stocks by Offering to
ID Several Millions at Six Per Cent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

A special from Vancouver. B. c.. 70
the Pittsburg Chronicle says. Two
children named Bertrand. brother and
sister, met a horrible death at Eng
lishman's river. on the northern coast.
They we're attacked and killed BY
wolves. which have committed num-
bers Of depredations in this district re-
Gently. Young Bertrand was Is years
Of age, and he and his sister were re-
turning from the village at English
mans river, some seven miles from
their fathers ranch, when they were
attacked. The youth was killed by
the animals In trying to protect the
life Of his sister, and the latter expir-
ed from injuries and fright shortly az
ter she was carried home. The rescu-
Ing party arrived in time TO drive on
four large gray timber wolves. ana the
girls story OF how her brother fought
the great animals to protect her life
was pitiful The lad had nothing but
a small knife and with that he wound
ed one Of the animals.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

oar wares Make rnroads In narksis Of
EnEIana.

OR Wares Make lnroads in Markets Of
England.
English discussion Of the American
commercial invasion continues to grow
more pointed and frank. says g. C. Nc
Farland, consul at Nottingham, IN
Consular Reports. Hardly an issue Of
the leading English papers appears
without reference to American compe-
tition IL some line. Within the past
two years the tone Of such articles has
become serious. and economic writer's
are kept busy attempting to ind ac-
ceptable explanations for American
success. leicester, in this consular
district. " the seat Of two great in
dustries-ihe manufacture Of boots
and shoes and Of hosiery Cncludlng
underwearl. A few days ago large
quantities Of boots and shoes were ex-
ported to the United States. Nov, not
only are there no exports. but enter
Drising American firms have actually
opened retail stores there, while much
Of the machinery used Is Of American
make. Hosiery exports a few years ago
we're very large. They are now COM
paratiYely small. and as shown in pre-
Vious reports. are constantly declining
IN volume. and. to cap the climax, Am
erican goods are actually selling at re-
tail in this market AS this is the very
home OF the British industry, it is not
astonishing that such a fact should
come as a shock to natural British
pride, and that its Importance, as dis
closing the general trend Of trade.
should Be minimized, and. as a rule,
made light o. The leading trade organ
1.-The Hosiery Trade Journal Of Leices-
ter-attempts in the following sugges-
tive article in its current number to
bring the more serious phases Of the
matter to the attention Of its readers'
"The report from the British consul at
Philadelphia strengthens the fact that
America Is making fast strides IN the
manufacture Of hosiery Of all kinds,
and that IN the near future American
goods viii be met in many markets
where same have been up to the pres
ent unknown. As such advancement
takes place. so will decrease the i'm
portation by that country Of hosiery
goods, and those countries which have
IN the past supplied America with ho-
siery will have TO find other markets.
This is no surmise. for at the present
time the exports Of hosiery from both
Germany and England are nothing like
what they were in years past. and. as
stated, have the tendency to still fur
ther decrease"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
STANDARD TIME.

MIA convenlenes for Railroads and
Travellers.
Standard time was established IN the
United States IN 1888, for the convent
ence OF the railroads and people who
travel a great deal BY this system
the United States. extending from IS
to 125 degrees west longitude. Is di-
yided into four sections. each OF Is de-
grees OF longitude. exactly equivalent
to one hour. The first (eastern) sec
tlon includes all territory between the
Atlantic coast and an irregular line
drawn from Detroit to Charleston, S.
c., the latter being its most southern
point The second (central) section
includes all the territory between the
last-named line and an irregular line
from Bismarck. N. D.. to the mouth Of
the Rio Grande. The third (mountain)
section includes all territory between
the last-named line and an irregular
line from Bismarck, N. d., to the
mouth OF the Rio Grande. The third
lmountainl section includes all terri
tory between the last named line and
Close to the western borders Of Idaho,
Utah and Arizona The fourth (Pa-
eihcl section covers the rest Of the
country 10 the Pacific coast. Standard
time Is uniform inside each Of these
sections. and the time Of each section
differs nom that next 10 Il BY exactly
one hour. Thus, at - noon IN New
York city eastern time). the time az
Chicago central time) Is II o'clock a.
m. at Denver (m0untain time). 10
o'clock a. M; and at San Francisco
lPatihc time). o'clock a. m. Standard
time Is sixteen minutes slower at Bos-
ton than true local time. four minutes
slower at New York, eight minutes
faster at Washington. nineteen min
utes faster az Charleston. twenty-eight
minutes slower at Detroit. eighteen
minutes faster at Kansas City. ten
minutes slower at Chicago. one min
ute faster at St. Louis. twenty-eight
minutes faster at Salt Lake City. and
ten minutes faster at San Francisco
New York Weekly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
How Nations
Agree

All OF Uncle Sans bargains With
foreign governments are put into writ
ing by both parties to the agreement,
our state department writing out a
document to be sent abroad. while the
car. the shah or the other party 70
the transaction writes his version and
sends It to Washington. These docu-
ments take a good deal Of character
from the nation issuing them, and the
state department library holds many
a curious manuscript
For his part Uncle Sam Is content 10
be plain and democratic In such mat
ters. According 10 a writer IN the Phil
adelphia Times. no attempt is made to
elaborate copies Of the treaties which
ne sends to other countries. There are
one OF two clerks in the department
who do very neat penwork. and they
copy the treaties on TO a very heavy
quality OF white paper known as "trea-
~ paper. Sometimes they make an
artistic initial or decorative title,
but usually they keep to clean, read
able lettering The document is writ
ten on both sides Of the paper. and
around each page is drawn a double
border Of plain black and red lines. A
cover Is made Of the same paper. and
the whole is bound az the side with
silk ribbon. The great seal Of state is
not stamped in silver, as are some Of
the foreign seals. nor even in wax. but
Is impressed on the last leaf Of the
treaty itself The entire affair is not
nearly 50 elaborate as one OF the laws
passed By congress, engrossed on
parchment and sent TO the president
for his signature
Some Of the treaties received In ex-
change for these simple documents.
however. are both curious and valu-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

The story 'of the rescue by Queen
Ameiie Of Portugal Of a drowning boat
man at Cascades brings to mind the
fact that her majesty already wears a
medal awarded her for saving the life
Of her own child some years ago. The
child was drowning IN the Tagus. when
the mother Jumped in and saved its
life Many stories are told Of the
queens courage. She IS. for an prac-
teal purposes. a qualified doctor. az.
though & Is not true. as often stated
that she has taken the degree Of NJ. D
She has, however studied medicine
and she was able. not long ago. &c
dress the wounds Of a woodcutter who
met with an accident IN a lonely wood
through which she happened to be
passing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
Uncle SOm's nibrury
Of Foreign Treaties.

able. swedens copy Of the extradition
treaty Of 1899 is printed on parch-
ment and bound IN purple velvet ana
watered silk. The seal Of state. which,
covers two cords Of gold and silver. red
and blue. Is inclosed in a silver case.
upon which the Swedish coat OF arms
"a worked in gold relief A box os pol-
ished white birch with brass clasps Is
the outer covering Of the whole. Il is
said that the copy which Uncle Sam
sent in return was worth not more
than Is cents. His treaties are writ
ten In English. while those that come
to him are usually IN two languages
sometimes In three. French is becom-
ing less used az the language Of diplo-
macy.
A Chinese treaty which Is IN the IL
brary was the most ornate Of It's treas
ures before the Swedish treaty arrived.
Il Is printed In Chinese characters
upon thin yellow paper mounted on a
background Of linen. The singular
sheet upon which these characters are
printed is six feet long and rolls up
into a scroll. II has a border OF dra-
gons beautifully drawn In Ink. and IL
inclosed In a cylinder Of yellow SILK.
lined with silk Of a rich old gold color
This last is embroidered in many COLI
ored designs. the dragon being most
prominent China has furnished Uncle
Sam with some very artistic treaties.
The celebrated Burllngame treaty Of
1SoS was a book contained IN a rare
laequered box literally sprinkled With
spots Of gold The leaves Of this docu-
ment were also embellished with gold
by a process unknown to American
craftsmen. While American gold can
be rubbed on the paper with the finger.
the Chinese writing Is permanent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

Girls Adventurous
Effort to Get
Rich>e><>S

Rollins was unhappy He had plans
for selling out and going away to the
land from which be came. Not long
ago he went 70 Del Rio. Passing along
the street Johnnie saw a well-dressed
stranger. who seemed to be dying slow
ly Of consumption. The invalid was
leaning on the arm Of a woman. John
ME followed them to the hotel and
then went to his own room. to which
several trunks. which had arrived from
the north. had been sent No one
knows how the transformation came
about. but at dinner a beautiful wom-
an entered the dining-room, glanced
toward where the invalid and wife
we're seated. and the next moment
there was q commoflOn. The invalid
had turned to see who the newcomer
was, and then. arising hastily, his pal-
lid face becoming ashy. fell to the floor
in a faint His wife screamed. the
other guests focked about to assist Ia
restoring the sick man. aud during the
comm0tion the handsome woman re-
tired to her room. When the sick man
revived and was asked what had
caused hts sudden faintness he i'm
quired II the handsome woman he had
seen was not Johnnie Rollins. He was
told that Johnnie Rollins was a rich
man and the goat king Of Mexico. but
Johnnie Rollins was not a woman
Johnnie Rollins was the girl I was
once engaged to marry" said the sick
man. THAT was Johnnie Rollins I
saw enter the dining-room Johnnie
wss the name she was always known
BY" That evening the handsomely
dressed young woman who had caused
the excitement called a few friends 10
her room and told the story Of her life.
The man who was dying in another
part Of the hotel. she said. was the
man who more than seven years be-
fore had Tilted her Miss Rollins said
that her sole ambition had been to be-
come rich and return to the north ana
shame the man who had Tilted her be-
cause she was poor and because a girl
with money was willing to accept him.
When asked about her plans for the
future Miss Rollins said After / get
used to wearing dresses / mean 70 take
trip to my old home. do not be-
lleve would ever be content to live
there however. and mean to con
tinue raising goats"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

Mr. James MacIror. the librarian Of
the Honorable Society Of the Kings
Inns. Dublin. who died recently. was
one of the most accomplished men OF
tsss present generation He was called
to the Irish bar. where he pracuced
for several years with success. He pre-
ierred. however. scholarly seclusion to
the hustle Of forensic life. and accepted
from the benchers the librarianshlp Of
TIE Irish Inns Of court He was a
classical scholar Of Trinity college. a
sold mcdalist ia ethics. and the winner
Of university prizes in Arabic and ~
civil law.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

All along the Rio Grande the boys
are talking about how the goat king of
Mexico turned out to be an American
girl That she managed to conceal her
sex all the years she has been on the
frontier Is a marvel. Some Of the boys
say they suspected her all the while,
but the truth is that for seven years
Johnnie Rollins played his. or rather
Ter, part So well that no one thought
he was other than she seemed, relates
he ST. Louis Republic. The first ap-
pearance Of Johnnie in the southwest
vas In 1888 when a slender, UNDER
lized tenderfoot applied at Nemmer 8
,aneh on DEVILS river. west OF San
Angelo. for job. The boy rode we'll
and was willing, but was 50 small and
looked SO unequal to the hardships Of
q cowcamp that the boss was about to
tell him he had no use for more help
just then, when. seeing the look Of dis
appointment in the youngsters face.
lie asked II he could cook. Yes said
the boy, but I'd rather ride after the
cattle Johnnie left the Nemmere
ranch and got a job herding goats.
For this he got $40 a month. He was
so faithful that at the end Of the year
his wages were raised He lived alone
Ia a cabin out in the mountains, as
Wild a region as there IS IN all the
DEVILS river district His nearest
neighbor was 10 miles away, but with
bis dogs. his goats, and good Winches-
ter be bore his lonely life stolidly and
uncomplainingly OF all the herders
ia the DEVILS river valley Johnnie was
the most faithful. After a time he got
reputation for courage and honesty
that led one Of the richest stockmen
IN west Texas to turn over sew
eral thousand goats to him to
care fer and manage on shares. This
was the turning point toward fortune.
Johnnie secured a big tract Of grazing
land across the Rio Grande IN Mexico,
bought all the goats he could get with
the money at his command. and by ex-
ercising the strictest honesty in all his
dealings got a credit with the frontier
banks that was enjoyed by no other
person in similar circumstances along
the Rio Grande The herd grew and
before Johnnie realized 1t he had
earned the sobriQuet OF the Goat King
Of Mexico" But all this time Johnnie
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

Today the stars visible from the first
to the thirteenth magnitude aggregate
70 about is.0oo.ooo. Of which nearly
loooo, 900 have been photographed. IN
the most powerful TELESCOPES. even the
fifteenth magnitude has been revealed:
q this magnitude perhaps 100. 600 900
stars are suspected. but a knowledge
concerning them IS uncertain. Tn the
milky way clone there are some 1e.ooo
stars. separated By vast distances. To
the eva az the telescope the sky seems
10 longer dotted with consultations.
bui powdered with gold aust
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

tainiy remains in the hole itself Let
Us say frankly" declares Henri de
Parville In his Review Of Sciences,
that these Americans IN the Park Of
vincennes have accomplished In few
weeks q work that is simply marvellous.
The company Of Piitsburg had only
the idea OF demonstrating the value
Of lts tools and methods Il went about
the matter IN characterlstically
American way. Tia plant is the most
rustic that could Be imagined There
Is a cord run over a wheel-and-axle
moved BY petroleum motor; a length
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

On the Interoceanic railway of Mexi-
co a part Of the track has been laid on
ties Of iarrah wood imported from
Australia for this purpose. The iarrah
wood is obtained from one Of the larg-
est trees Of the forests Of Australia
which grows to an average heiEht Of
200 feet. and is about four feet In
diameter at the trunk. There is usual
ly an interval Of 100 feet to the arss
branch. or IN the case OF a tree Of ex-
treme hight such as 5000 feet as
much as $50 feet. These trees furnish
timber which is sound In every respec,
there being an absence Of dry rot.
gum veins. and other defects that often
characterize large trees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

Sir H. Johnston reports that 10 the
Congo forests there exists q remark
able. hitherto undes,Tibed. species Of
horse or zebra He also says that the
gorilla and ehinpanzee both inhablt
these forests between the Ituri and the
AruVimi. Sir II. Johnston and two
comSanions spent three weeks Ia as
cendlng and examining the upper part
Of Mount Ruwen1ori Above 1850 feet
theT encountered q sheer ual Of rock
which they aseended vita extreme dir
ncuitT. Snow vas found AZ a. aitiuds
- 1900 feet and permanent snow Al
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
BIRDS OF sPR,No.

BIRD Migration Began at she Close of
she 0lacIai Epoch.
Wilmer Stone. IN a lecture at the
Academy o. Natural Sciences. Phila-
dsiphla, on the birds Of Philadelphia
and vicinity. considered The Birds Of
Spring" eniarging especially on the
subject Of song birds and migration.
eie remarked that the lowest types OF
birds produced only a very few
sounds. usually very harsh. and that
the highest development Of bird Lam
waage was only met with IN che os-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

perforation Of the earth 70 great depth
is derived from Artols. the old French
province ln which the thing hrst was
practlced. and the invention or Idea
must therefore be called French.
American well-diggers lead the world
90 unquostionably today that only one
rival plant was operated Ia the whole
Yinoonnes Annex Of the Exposition.
''It went down little way and quit z
a. Mr. Burgiy says For three months
engineers experts. land owners and
ofnciais from every Continental coun-
try stood watching the American we'll;
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

They have struck coal just outside
Of Paris. Two young Americans did
T. Hugh MeKeeyer and G. A. Burgly
e Pittsburg. being sent over to the
Exposition 10 show how Americans dig
arteaian wells. erected their plant at
Rlnesnnes and began digging. The
home company IN whose names they
operated had not forbidden them 70
strike coal At first they hoped to
md water: It would be a handsome
thing 70 present 10 a whole Paris quar-
tier a supply gratis Coal came in
stead. 80 much the better re-
marked Hugh McKeeyer and g. A..
BurglY. to whom striking coal. oil and
natural gas is a matter Of routine Bat
The Parisians set up a shout Of exulta-
tlon The unpronounceable names Of
3 iMcKeever and Burgly became house
hold words. They overwhelmed the
modest young Americans. Today when
coal Is mentioned they start running
"Thers Is the hole, they say. IT Is
on government land They do not
add There is nothing In it for us.''
though the reflection would be a nat
ural one.
The story Of this well-digging is full
Of matter FOR pride to Americans. In
Il American methods triumphed fully
and aione. Although the term ar
tesian well applied 70 a boring OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
Two Yankees Find a
Coal Mine in P0ris

of the cord is seen moving up and
down; away down below In the earth,
At the end Of Il. there Is an immense
" heavy chisel that falling, slowly
pulyerlEes the hardest rock; an ap-
paratus f0f letting IN water 70 %
mixed with the powdered debris and
pumped out In the form Of mud. And,
with this apparently 50 primitive an
outfit, there are accomplished results
that must be termed stupefying.
with the European system. con-
tinues this frank French scientist. the
system which We had imagined almost