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by the spaniards to go unpunished, even

unchallenged.
Admiral Dewey truthfully remarked
to that senate committee that a great
many things in that Manila affair had
occurred OF which the public were not
informed. This remark, we believe. he
made when cross examined as TO his
connection and relations with Aguinal-
do by Senator Patterson.
The admiral has been given credit
by the press for being very open in his
statements to the committee as to the
circumstances connected with the cap-
ture Of Manila, but, on the contrary, ne
has, while making the pretense of hav-
ing nothing to conceal, kept the public
in the dark as to matters OF which he
as much as II other officer connected
with the affair. When questioned upon
a point about which he wished to keep
the people in ignorance or one which
he did not care to explain or felt that
he could o do SO to the satisfaction
of the public mind he would refuse TO
answer
There is only one way to clear up
this matter and that is for the war de-
partment to call upon General Merritt
to tell what he nov about the matter,
and in the telling to give the truth and
the whole truth. Unless some officer
who knows the whole truth will give it
to the public the American people will
be forever kept in ignorance as to the
real situation of affairs and the occur
FENCES during those days.
As to Admiral Dewey's late statement
as to a sham battle, it will be remem-
bered that General Anderson, who de-
MES having any knowledge of this
agreement, for a sham battle, was the
officer appointed by General Merritt to
draw up the tactics order for the move
ment of our troops, and if Admiral
Dewey had given information of his
Importance to the commander of the
troops who were to make the attack it
seems passing strange that he impaired
nothing of it TO the officer who was to
draw the plan of attack.
Admiral Dewey in his testimony init
mated that the sham attack was to be
made in order hat the honor Of the
Spanish general of Spain might be up
held even at the cost Of the lives of a
few Spanish soldiers. The American
people would like to know the full eX-
tent of that understanding. Did it
tacitly or otherwise include h sacrifice
of the lives of a few American soldiers
REQ +bo avfanf of 1907 for tho r,oiofan-
ance of the honor of Spain? Let Gen.
eral Merritt speak. Let him tell what
he knows about this agreement for a
sham battle which was so costly in
American life. Let Mr.. Roosevelt who
has been so strenuous in vindicating
the honor Of the army ventilate this
matter thoroughly M show the Amer
lean people what vas dom and how it
vas done.
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A Gentle Hint.

In Jul style of climate. with it's sud-
den changes of tempertture,-rain,
wind and sunshine often intermingled
in a single day.-it is no wonder that
u children, friends and relatives are
so frequently taken from us by neg
lected colds, halt the deaths resulting
directly from this cause. A bottle of
Boschee'S German Syrup kept about
your home for immediate use will pre-
vent srious sickness. a large doctors
bill, and perhaps death. by the USE Of
three or o buses. For curing Con-
sumption, Hem orrhages, Pneumonia,
Severe Coughs, Group, or any disease
Of the Throat CT Lungs, it's success is
simply wonderful, as your druggist will
tell you. Get p sample bottle free from
r. r. Bellamy. Regular size, IS cts.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
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TORPEDO BOAT ACCIDENTS.
biddle Runs Aground and Was
Helpless-The Barney Had to go
Back for Repairs.

Norfolk, Va, July 16.-The torpedo
boat Biddle, of the fiotilla which under
command Of Lieutenant Chandler sailed
from b navy yard yesterday for New
port, R. l., ran aground near the Rip
Raps last night and remained in a help
less condition until fioated this morning
by the government tug Mohawk. The
Biddle. apparently uninjured, then pro-
ceeded out the capes to join the other
vessels Of the fotilla which had sailed
with her.
The Barney, another one of the boats
which made up h fiotilla met with an
accident after the start from the navy
yard and had to return for repairs.
There Is something the matter with one
OF her propel1ers and the boat will prob
ably have to be doeked>
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

Admiral Dewey in his testimony be-
fore the senate Philippine committee
just before the adjournment of congress
said the attack of the American forces
at Manila was nothing more than a
sham battle; that he had already had
an understanding with the Spanish
commander OF the city that the latter
by the Americans; that it was agreed
the Americans should not be fired upon
from the city forts. Nevertheless in
this sham battle" 122 American SOL
diers were killed Or wounded by the
Spaniards defending the town and Cen
eral Anderson, who commanded the as
sault, says he knew nothing of this
agreement for a sham battle, n h
result of the assault showed that SO far
as 122 American soldiers were concern
ed there was a great deal of reality
about the affair.
1t seems strange that if the Spaniards
should have violated their agreement,
to surrender upon demonstrations made
by u forces, to such an extent as to
kill or wound that number of u SOL
diers Admiral Dewey, who seems to be
the only American officer who knew
anything about the agreement, should
for so long a time have kept silent on
the subject. Had there been such an
agreement with Admiral Dewey this
breaking Of it would have been in VIOLA
ton Of all rules Of warfare. inhuman
and barbarious- How Is it then that
the admiral allowed this breach of faith
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A shrewd Clergyman.

We find in Viek's Family Magazine
an account o IA well-known English
dean who had the misfortune to loss his
umbrella. and In his next sermon I'm the
cathedral contrived to say that II its
present p~ossessor would rop 1t over he
wall o the deanery garden that night
he would say no more about It" The
next morning he went to the spot md
ound. not only his umbrella but
forty-hve others. 1t almost seems az
though the forty thieves, described In
the ARABIAN N1ghts' Entertafnments.s
must have been In that cathedral.
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strument of fate to carry it out. We
or principles. The democratic party
would have broken the Spanish yoke in
Cuba without having embroiled itself
in the Philippine wal perhaps-but who
knouS1
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General Anderson claims ne lost 122
men at the now famous battle of Ma
Mia. Possibly lie general made the
mistake of getting within range of Ad-
miral Dewey's guns when he was en-
gagged in shooting the kinks out of the
Spanish honor.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

The New York Sun staff is up in
arms because the Louisiana legislature
has banished Maclay's Naval History
from that state. The L~ouisianians do
not seem to be frightened though.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

The Washington Post says: THE
Paterson, N. J., date line always
startles one when it appears on the
first page of a daily newspaper" 1t
was only a short while ago that Ma
con, Ga, engaged his distinction.
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When Richmond Pearson Hobson re-
turned from the Spanish prison III
Santiago de Cuta after succeeding in
sinking the Merrimac in the harbor
ing palm in his pocket?
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Admiral Dewey seemed to find it
hard to explain TO the senate commit
tee how he came to have such close
relations with uch a liar, scoundrel
and looter as he knew Aguinaldo to be,
so he simply declined 20 be questioned
on that subject.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

Scale books for sale at this of
fee.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25
Insure Your Property.

save over so per cent. by insuring your
property In the National Dwelling House
insurance Company against loss by fire and
ughtning ana in the Missouri Farmers Tor
ma 10 Insurance Company against loss by
toruadoes, cyclones and windstorms. Ey ry
honest loss has been adjusted and paid with
out delay. and the company has been running
over ten years without single case. OF litiga-
tion.
The Missouri Farmers Tornado, Cyclone
and Windstol m Insurance Company - the
Oldest company of the kind in the statei was
organized over ten years ago and has furnished
Insurance for less than the interest on the
money required fer the same insurance by Ole
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this or any other state Write COCHRAN
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

Some time ago my daughter
caught severe cold. The com
planned OF pains in her chest and
a bad cough. gave her Cham
berlain s Coufh Remedy accord
dinS to directions and in two
DAYS she was well and able to goto
school. / have used this RENE
dy in my family for the p ast
seven years and have never
known it to fail" /" says Jamesi Pen
dergast, merchant, Annato Bay
Jaimaca, West India, Islands
The pains IN the chest indicated
an approaching attack of pneumo'
MIA. which in this instance was un
doubtedly warded off by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, 1t counter
acts any tendency of a cold towarC
pneumonia. Sold by the Palace
Drug Store
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25
Does 1t Pay to Advertise ?

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want
something that will relieve and
cure the more severe and danger
Gus results of throat and lung
troubles. What shall you dot Go
to a wagner and more regular cll-
mattel Yes. If possible; If not pos
sibIe for you, then in either case
take the only remedy that has been
introduced in ell civilized counr
tries with success in severe throat
and lung troubles, "Boschee's g
German Syrap.s 1t not only heals
and stimulates the tissues to de-
stroy the gsrm disease, but allays
fnfianaati0n, causes easy expecto-
ration. gives . good nights rest,
and Sares she patient. Try one
bottle. ResommGad9u many years
by.all drusgists gA weEld. Get
0faens e Wins Almanac. YOu can
set Or. ~reenb reliable re1edies
a ~ d'h @sS FalsgA Mqa
Nl,iS, tEEf8.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

The startling announcement of
3 Discovery that will surely
lengthen life is made by editor O..
I'll. Downey of Churubesco, In
diana. wish to state, he writes
that DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is the most in
fallable remedy that | have ever
known for Coughs, Colds and
Grip. It's invaluable to people
with weak lungs. Having this
wonderful medicine no one need
dread pneumonia or consumption
1t relief is instant and cure GER
tain. Brown & Co, guarantee
every SOC and S1.00 bottle, and
give trial bottle free.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CON ERACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the chairman of the street and
alley committee of the. city of
Chickasha. from this date until
four o'clock Wednesday March the
Goth, 1902, for the construction
of stone wall, sixty feet long,
eight feet high, and two feet thick
except, the footing of said wall
shall be three feet thick to a
heighth of eighteen inches
The same to be ruble work with
through stone alternately laid
every one and one-half feet in
heighth by three feet in length
The work TO be laid in Portland
Cement, to be three parts good
sand and one part cement.
All work to be done under the
supervision of the street commits
sioner of the city of Chickashs,
and approved by the street and
alley committee of said city, and
TO be completed by the goth day
of April 1902.
NJ. f, lizard, Chair
man Street and Alley Committee /.
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w. L, Yancy., Paducah, Ky,
writes: had q severe case of kid
Rey disease and three of the best
physicians in southern Kentucky
treated me without success. /
was induced to try Foley's Kidney
Cure. The first bottle gave inn
mediate relief and three bottles
cured me permanently. ! gladly
recommend this wonderful rene
dy. Take no substitutes. Sold
by Jas. Pettyjohns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

Dick T. Morgan is covering
more ground in his Congressional
csnvass than any other candidate
in Oklahoma. He says that he
proposes to see everybody from
the Arkansas to Bed River and
from the Greek line to the Pam
handle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

/ have few words to say re-
garding Chamberlain's Cough
Rsmedy. 1t saved my little boy's
life aud I feel that | cannot praise
1t enough. | bought bottle OF 1t
from A Il. Steere of Goodwin, 5.
D., and when l got home with it
the poor baby could hardly
breathe. / gave the medicine as
directed every ten minutes until he
''threw upr and than ] thought
sure he was going to choke to
death. We had to pull th9 phlegm
ont of his mouth in great long
strings. | am positive that If i
had not got that bottle of cough
medicine. my boy would not be on
earth today. Joel Demont, In.
wood, Iowa.
For sale at the Palace Drng
Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25
IN MEMORIAM.


Another one of the old land
marks has been removed from this
earthly habitaton. Another link
has been broken from the great
chain OF endless timeodiAnot
good citizen has gone to his re-
ward. The scythe of time has
cut another swath from a peaceful
devoted family.
Our Bro. j. G. Bilbo has pass
ed from these earthly sorrows to
the bright beyond where there
are no moDe tears, no more
languishing, no more suffering.
That sweet spirit, has taken its
flight TO the land of promise,
where all is joy and never end
ing eternal lest. Through the
many long Intervening years of
his life he spent under the com
forting influence of the Holy Spir-
it. Bro. Bilbc was a quiet un-
assuming and noble citizen, one
that stood well by his convictions
and was a man that never turned
love to wrath. Nor did he darken
his sunshine with the shadows of
inhumanity to his fellow man.
His home was always safe re-
treat for those of his more unfor-
tunate friends. Bro. Bilbo has
lived well with those who knew
him best and we believe that all
seeing eye that hass kept watch
Through all these long years is
still keeping peaceful watch. Bro.
Bilbo was an ex-confederate soldier
At the close of that long and bit
ter struggle he, as a vanquished
soldier, returned to his home with
the full assurance and confidence
of brighter future, and has kept
well his promise in the upbuilding
of our beloved country. He low
ed the sweet companionship of
those around him, be loved the
church, and the strong ties of the
Masonic order, of which he was
an old and honored member.
His life was of many and varied
scenes-but all was well and end
led well.
Eighty-two years, four months
and fourteen days was his allotted
time, and how well he stood the
storm beaten paths of life, and, oh,
how gratifying to his friends tC
believe he has crossed the river tC
rest under the shade of the trees
G. &. BUCHANNAN.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25
For Pneumonia.

DR.. c. j. Bishop, Agnew, Mich.
SAYS, I have used Foley's Honey
and Tar in three very severe cas-
es of pneumonia with good re-
suits in every case. Beware OF
substitutes. Sold by Jas. Petit
Johns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25
A Onra tor Lnmhago.

w. c. Williamson, of Amherst,
Va, says: " For more than year
i suffered from lumbago. finally
tried Ohamberlain's Pain Balm
aud it gave me entire relief, which
all other remedies had failed to
do" Sold by the Palace Drug
Store.
La Grippe, coughs often con-
tinue for months and sometimes
lead to fatal results after the pa
tient is supposed to have passed
the danger point. FOley's Honey
aud Tar affords positive protec-
tion and security from those
-coughe. Sold by Jas. Pettyjohns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

You should know that Foley's
Honey and Tar is absolutely the
best Tor all diseases OF the throat
and lungs. Dealers are author
ized to guarantee it to give satis-
faetion. Sold by Jas. Pettyjohns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-25

Chapped hands, cracked lips
and roughness of the skin cured
quickly by Banner Sslve, the most
healing ointment in the world
If Banner Salve doesn't cure your
piles. your money will be return
ed. 1t is a most healing medicine.
Sold by JAS Pettyjobns.
The Conservative, 1902-02-27


idea had long been growing in the
world. 1t found expression in Magma
Charta, in the English instrument of
governm ent and the Bill of Rights,
and in the colonial charters and com.
pacts. But the full fruition Of the
constitutional idea came with the
revolution and it was then that the
first complete constitutions were pro.
duoed. Disregarding the maxim that
"amid arms the laws are SILENT" the
struggling colonies framed their in
dividual constitutions in the very
midst Of the war, and within less than
four years from the conclusion of the
treaty of peace, the Philadelphia con-
vention gave us that instrument which
Gladstone pronounced the most won
derful ever struck off at given time
by the brain and purpose of man.
And this, too. like the federal idea
has been model for the nations. To-
day every civilized state has written
constitution with the notable ex.
ception of England, and her colonies
have borrowed what the mother coun-
try lacks in this regard. The Austral-
ians avowedly framed their new con-
stitution on the model of ours. Even
the Oriental nations, Turkey and Japan
have borrowed from us and pro-
claimed written constitutions. In
this way the results Of the American
revolution have contributed to the
civic progress Of the whole world.
Sovereignty of the People.
Along with the written constitution,
and springing from the spirit Of the
sovereignty Of the people. In Amer
lea, during the progress of the revolu-
tion, occurs the first instance, at least
in modern times, of inviting the peo-
pie to pass directly upon the character
of their fundamental laws. Thereto
fore constitutions and laws had been
proclaimed by some authority above
the people. But the first and only
constitution of Massachusetts,, framed
in 1880, was submitted to the electors
in their town meeting. This example
| set by Massachusetts was gradually fol-
lowed elsewhere, until today it has
become the rule in America, with rare
exceptions, to submit all constitutions
and all amendments to the people. In
this way the citizen becomes directly
a legislator and the movement thus
inaugurated by the revolution has
succeeded in establishing the people
as the seat and source of power.
Other important civic achievements
followed in the wake Of the revolu-
tion. It freed US from the dangers of
international intrigue, taught us po-
litical self-reliance and enabled us to
develop those institutions which have
been at once our own pride and the
wonder OF observing foreigners from
De Tocqueville, early in the century,
Spencer, Bryce and Won Hoist into
our own day.
The Revolution was the crucible in
which the political ideas Of all preced-
ing ages were cast and refined. Out
of the revolution came the American
Commonwealth Ont If the din Of
The Conservative, 1902-02-27

CIVIC RESULTS OF THE REvOLU-
TON.
Address Of Charles s. Lobingier at the annual
meeting Of the Nebraska Society," Sons of the
Revolution, at Omaha, February %, 1902.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Com
patriots:
In our histories it is the martial
glory of the revolution Of which we
read most. The bravery of the men
of Bunker Hill. the heroic sacrifices
at Valley Forge. the triumphant scenes
of Saratoga and of Yorktown,-these
are the pages Of the revolutionary
record upon which we most fondly
linger. But,
"Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war;
and dear as these events have become
to US through the valor of our ances-
tors, it is nevertheless true that not
the military, but the civic results of
the revolution, have made it a land
mark in history. Nor are these re-
suits at all such as were contemplated
by the promoters Of the revolution.
The colonists entered upon the great
struggle, not, we are told, even to Sc
cure independence-but merely to re-
sist the payment of an obnoxious tax
and to thwart the tyrannical designs
of headstrong king. But while they
were thus engaged they were uncon-
sciously forging materials for the
mightiest achievements in the form
of civic inventions which the world
had yet seen.
Involuntary Union.
The first great civic result Of the
revolution was the voluntary union
of the colonies. For nearly two cent
uries they had remained in state Of
dependence upon the mother coun-
try, and of isolation from each other,
with scarcely the sign Of a yearning
for nationality. But the guns Of
Concord and Lexington reused them
to~a sense Of common danger. Wash
ington, the Virginian, was placed in
command of a continental army, in
cluding men Of all colonies, who for
got they were New Workers or Caro-
linians, and became for the first time
Americans, fighting common foe and
enlisted in the common cause of
liberty. Thus in the fierce forge of
war the scattered colonies were welded
into nation.
And the striking feature of this
union was it's perfect spontaneity.
The world had seen political unions
before, but they had almost always
been accomplished through force.