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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17


Some Of the people of Chickasha
who had an idea that the coal
dealers had formed trust and
were getting rich off the price Of
coal this. winter, we're somewhat
surprised 10 read the true expla-
nation OF the high prices IN the
Express yesterday At a net
profit OF from 40 to 46 cents, on
each ton Of coal, out Of which they
have to pay their driver, the
"coal baronsH Of fchickasha are not
getting rich very fast. But The
RAILROADS. Alb, there are the rich
boytl They make the profit, and
. prohibltive one it is, too. OF
course they lay the high prices at
the door OF the recent coal strike,
but 3 rate Of e2.li per ton for less
than $50 miles, is the true expla-
nation OF the present exorbitant
price.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

And now the trust barons and
plutocrats have cornered the poor
Christmas turkey. The price is
going up, up, up; and by Christ
mas the poor turk will be roosting
so high that common. ordinary
poor man, with his pocket book
already hattened by successive
holiday purchases, will not be able
TO partake Of heluxurious Thanks
giving bird. Twas ever thus.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17
FAKES AND EAKIRs.

From the Foundation Of the town
up to the present time Chickasha
has been visited BY about every
kind Of iakir with bis fake that
anybody ever saw or heard Of, and
perhaps no line of business has
been so cursed by these frauds as
printers and newspapers. This
class Of fakirs depend entirely
upon the money received for "ad-
vertising' for their profits.
The business men IS rule have
been generous turing the year in
their patronage of newspapers and
in addition have given up money
to these fakirs. As result, many
merchants ID figuring up the years
BUSINESS nnd they have expended
TOO much money for advertising.
The iIIegitimate has been charged
in the same account with the legit-
innate, instead Of discriminating.
The Express believes the time
has come whenthe fakes and fakirs
should be branded for exactly what
they are, nine times out Of ten,
frauds of the first magnitude. II
believes newspaper advertising il
legitimate. 1t believes it is the
best medium in Chickasha, but moi
the only one. The Express is no
grieved to see other newspapers
secure advertising, but does be-
lieve thata newspaper $50 called
can be illegitimate as well as th'
fakir and his fake.
The Express asks the business
men of Chickasha to considerthes
fakes for what they are, and II
looking over the expenditures TO
the past year charged to advertis
ing We would like to ask then
how often they have gotten an.
returns whatever from the goo
money 10 Invested in fakes.
There will be other fakirs SC
Iiciting for fakes and the bushes
men are their first prey and th
general public second.
isn't it about time to discrim
mater
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

present Of Christmas turkey. II
was the same way Thanksgiving.
We make this announcement thus
early SO that there will be plenty Of
time for volunteers. The turk
having been cornered by the trust,
We are afraid the poor editor will
have to go without unless some Of
our rich farmer friends cone to
our assistance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
r. r.. will sell holiday excursion
tickets locally at one fare for the
round trip, December "a, % and 81
1902. and January ! !, 1903, limited
for the return until January 2, 1908.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

Anyone needing glasses should
consult Miss Frankhauser at once,
as her stay here is limited. At
Herald Shoe Store. SOl-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17
Why Don't ~
You Take a y
Home Paper .

If You take the ExpRxss you
will be SURE to get ALL THE NEws
of the city.
If you see it in the ExPREss you
may KNOW it is RELIABLE.
The LARGEST circulatlon-the
MOST news-the BEsT service.
Delivered by carrier ANYWHERE
in the city, 10c per week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

II pleasea everybody to know
that they can buy the pure Bnlxing
Powder named "Perfect' so reas-
onably. The Mascot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17
LOOK HERE.

Four room house, barn and we'll.
quarter of block of ground, all for
S525.00.
Cochran \ Thompson.
20S 3ti
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-17

So Tar none Of our good friends
among onr country readers have
glsddened the editor 3 heart By the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
THE LAST SAD CEREMONY
OF FORMER SPEAKER REED

Portland, Maine, Dec. 9.-Simple
but impressive services consisting of
music, scripture reading, prayer and
a brief eulogy were held over the re-
mains of Former Speaker Reed at the
First Parish Unitarian church, in this
city, today. The edifice was throng
ed with a distinguished assemblage
which included the governors of
Maine and Massachusetts, represen-
tatives of the Loyal Legion,
several Grand Army posts, members
of the bar, city officials and delegates
from nearly every political organiza-
ton in the state of Maine. The day
was one of mourning throughout the
city.
Many places of business closed dur
ing the afternoon. The body was de-
posted in the vault at Evergreen GEM
etery to await burial in the spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
BRUTAL TREATMENT
BY COAL COMPANY
Miner Tells of Corporations Inhu-
manity in Time of Suffering
and Misery.

Scranton, Dec. AT today's ses-
sion of the strike commission Henry
Coll, n miner formerly employed bv
the Markle company, told how his fam
lily, including his mother-in-Iaw. aged
100, was set out on the road with house
hold goods. He gave a graphic de-
scription of how he was injured many
times in the mines and saws the com
pany gave him nothing until after the
other employees took up a collection
for him. Then he was given $50 after
being on the injured list for two
years. The company took out of this
collection the rent he owed.
Coll said only the rent he owed was
for the months during the strike. The
day on which they were evicted was
rainy. His wife was sick and her 100
year-old mother was blind and unable
to walk. He took them To Hazleton,
seven miles away, and placed them in
cold, damp empty house.
His wife became worse and died
He was burying her yesterday.
All the commissioners and many of
those in the court room were much
affected by the miners story. No one
cared to cross examine. and Judge
Gray said: That's an, Mr.. Coll, and
that enough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
COMPL LIMENTS FOR US.
Alfred Mcyeley Says We Do Things
industrial Better Here
Than Elsewhere.
SUCCEED WHERE BRITIsHERs FAIL
Remarks to the National Civic Feder-
ation-Archbishop Ireland Talks
on Labor Matters.

New York, Dec. 9. - One of the
speakers at the meeting of the Nation
al Civic Federation yesterday was Al
fred MOseley, who explained how he
came to bring a delegation of British
workingmen 10 the United States. When
in South Africa he had found that
United Statesan engineers had succeed
ed in mining operations where British
engineers had failed, and a later Wis
it to the United States had convinced
him that United Statesan business
methods were in advance of those of
the old country. One of the reasons
of this, he said, was the adoption by
manufacturers here of piece work, and
another the encoura cement offered to
brains and initiative.
His Views on shorter Hours.
There is not that close touch be
tween the English manufacturers and
mis- wOrkmen that there is here. Add
ed to this is the improved machinery
and the knack of getting more out of
it than they do on the other side. AS
to shorter hours Moseley was of the
opinion that to secure the eight-hOur
day the movement must be universal.
Restriction cf output, he said, could
not be permitted. The speaker de-
clared himself against the boycott, in
favor of the freedom of man to sell
his labor to whom he desired and the
organization Of both capital and labor.
Not Afraid of Trusts.
There were other things besides the
question of consumption to be consid-
cred in connection with the movement
for shorter hours. Among them We're
freight rates and money exchange. AS
to the trusts. he said, that personally
he did not distruSt them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09

CT violence ana aggression against
Venezuela, and their manner of obtain
ing the resumption of the payment of
interest on the public debt was to be
suspected as consequence of the rev.
olution that lately crushed.
Notwithstanding the official char
acter of this news I refuse to believe
it, because it is inconceivable that ma
tions which entertain cordial and
friendly relations with Venezuela
should prefer to resort to force rather
than follow the diplomatic path, es-
pecially when the supposed difference
comes fully within the Jurisdiction of
our laws, which are based on the prin-
ciple of justice, which together with
the other attributes of authority L have
just redeemed.
Had Venezuela refused to fulfill her
fiscal engagements, and had justice
and diplomacy exhausted their re-
sources against such an attempt, only
then could such extreme acts be eX-
pected, but this will never happen"
President Castro explains that his gov
ernment has not increased the debt of
Venezuela and that he paid all that
was ordered during the revolution, In
Guiding the German and other railroad
freight charges occasioned by the
transportation of troops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
CONTRACT OF NO CONSEQUENCE
Suicide Clause in Life Insurance Policies
Not Worth the Paper 1t Is
Written Upon.

Washington, Dec 9.-The United
States supreme court has affirmed the
opinion of the circuit court of appeals
in the case of the Knight Templars'
and Masons' Life Insurance company
VS.. Rosa Il. Jarman. The case involved
the validity of the suicide statute of
Missouri, of 1879, providing that sui
eide shall not be a defense against
the payment of a life insurance pol
icy.
The policy involved was upon the
life of John p. Jarman, husband OF
Mrs. Rosa Jarman, who while insane
took his life. in Gruhdy county, Mo-,
in 1898. The decision of the court sus-
tained the law and held the company
liable for the amount of the policy,
regardless of the fact that the policy
contained a clause for the avoidance
of the policy in case of suicide "wheth-
er voluntary or involuntary, sane or
insane"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
FREAK OF THE MISSOURI
Concludes to Change Its Course and Leaves
Nebraska City Dry Enough for
ANYBODY.

Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 9.-The
Missouri river suddenly changed its
channel Friday night, leaving this
city three miles from the river, which
formerly flowed at its very door. The
Burlington railroad bridge was in dan
ger of being left spanning dry land,
but was saved by the heavy stone en-
bankment. The suddepness of the
change was the greatest in the history
of the river. IA dark Friday night no
indication of the conlng change was
visible.
By daylight Saturday morning a
large fiat three miles wide by five
miles long was between the city and
the water. The pumping station for
the waterworks is without connection
with the river. and a heavy force of
men are at work laying new intake
pipes to the current of the river.
The situation is becoming serious.
The electric light plant has been forced
to close down and every manufa actur-
ing establishment in the city will have
TO close today unless relief is secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
UNIONS AGAINST THE MILITIA
Lieutenant in the Indiana Guard Forced
to Resign by the Press Feeders
Organization.

Indianapolis, Dec. 8. - The deter
mined fight which organized labor is
making against the enlistment of any
of its members in the state militia
was emphasized Sunday. when notice
was given of the resignation of Sec
ond Lieutenant George Cook, of Elk
hart, because of pressure brought up
on him by the Press Feeders union, of
which he is Il member. Lieutenant
Cook has been a member of the Ma
tional Guard for several years, and
was recently recommended for promo
ton.
David Kennedy, an organizer for
the American Federation of Labor, re-
Gently has addressed the unions in
many towns and advising against en-
Hstments of labOring men. The un-
ions, as a rule, have passed bylaws
IN conformity with his speeches, and
there have been many Withdrawals
from the militia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
TALK BY SHOP IRELAND
Establishment of Industrial Peace q
Task as Great as Amy Existing.

Task as Great as Amy Existing.
Archbishop Ireland made an address
in which he said the year almost gone
had confirmed the originators of the
Civic Federation i'll their conviction
that they were engaged in Il great and
salutary work, that of striving to bring
together, to put face to face. capital
and labor, so that the one would under
stand the rights of the other, so that
one would be willing to perform its
own duty toward the other. and that
in this manner industrial peace should
be made to reign over the country.
mo greater task today" he contin-
ued, would be given to Il minister of
Christ's gospel than to contribute in
some little way to establish this reign
of Industrial peace. 1t is not surpris-
ing that there are arising disputes and
collisions. Humanity is entering into
q new period of development. and all
development. and all develop
ment and all growths in
being, whether physical or NOR
al, originate with feeling of un-
easiness. and in sentiment that new
conditions have been brought around,
new adaptability.
1.-THE conditions which confront us
far from being discouraging-are real
ly such as to give us hope and comfort
such as to bring us to seek out solu-
tions with all the hopefulness of ap-
proXimate victory. Labor, in its effort
to secure for itself Il just and reason
able proportion OF the wealth that it
and capital together are creating, nee
essarily for the time being comes some
what into conflict with capital. And
what seems at present to threaten
somewhat public peace, and to arrest
somewhat the growth of prosperity. is
but precursory sign of greater social
happiness. and of greater social wealth.
1T is not at one meeting, it is not
in one year that all these great prob
lens can be solved. At the same time
we must feel sure that solution is
coming. Humanity has sufficient mind
and has sufficient good will to settle all
matters in which it is Hitally interest
ed. The Civic Federation in bringing
representatives of the different classes
together has adopted the proper method
of bringing about a settlement"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Excur.isn Is OF.

Terre Haute, Ind, Dec. 8. - The
city school board has declared off the
proposed two days excursion to Chica-
go for the public school teachers to
visit the schools and art galleries in
that city. The teachers, who had been
practically unanimous in favor of the
excursion, voted 134 to 6S against it
after the local merchants raised the
objection that public servants should
not do anything that would divert
Christmas trade from the home stores
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
HOUSE HONORS REED
Adjourns After Adopting a Minute in
Memory by che Dead Statesmen
Remarkable Tribute.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The house yes
terday paid n remarkable tribute to
the memory of eX-Speaker Thomas B.
Reed. For the house to take action on
the death of a former member had
only three Drecedents in its history,
namely, on the occasions of the death
of Benton. Blaine and Alexander Step
hens, when the house adopted resolu-
tions and adjourned out of respect to
their memories.
II was decided to follow these prece-
dents in the case of Reed. The chap
lain at the opening of the session paid
a feeling reference to the death of the
eX-speaker. No business was transacted
beyond the formal re2ning of two mes
Sages from the president and an ar
rangement to postpone the special or
der-the London dock bill.
Then Sherman of New York rose
announced the death and offered an
appropriate minute to be entered on
the record. He made very brief
address and the question being put on
adoption the vote was unanimous and
the house adjourned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
DROWNED THUG IDENTIFIED
Milwaukee's HoId-Up Seems to Have Been
Distinguished i'm His
Procession.

Milwaukee, Dec. 9.-The robber who
met tragic death by drowning in the
lake after holding up a saloon and its
occupants was identified at the morgue
as a man with long criminal career,
known to the police as Mysterious
jim" He is said to have received a
sentence of fifteen years in Iowa for
shooting a conductor in a train hold
up.
He got two years in Sheboygan for
a hOld-up and was arrested here twelve
years ago and sent to prison for anoth-
er hold-up. He is said always to have
worked alone and to have been willing
to shoot on the slightest provocation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Farmer Attacked by an Eagle.

Harrisburg, Ills, Dec. civilian
Boatright, farmer who lives ten miles
west of this city, while going through
the woods was attacked by a large
eagle and he was considerably bruised
and bitten. The bird then started to
fly, but the brush was so thick and
its wings so large it could not rise.
Boatright quickly grabbed it and held
it till his brother came to his assist
ance, when they tied it and carried it
home. The bird measured eight feet
and one inch from tip to tip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
War Against a TeIephone Company.

Jackson, Mich, Dec. "a new
phase of the row between the rival
telephone companies here is the active
participation of the business men. The
associated coal dealers have agreed
to order out their Bell telephones and
the boss paper hangers. or most Oh
them, have taken similar action The
Bell company is in fight with the
Trades Council in regard to the en-
ployment of union linemen. and there
is strong sentiment favoring single
Telephone system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
To Helm a Hero,s Family.

Laporte. Ind, Dec. "a movement
has started at Westville to raise a
testimonial fund for the father and
mother and sister of Wesley Rein
holds. aged 16 years, who was muir
dered while protecting the treasure in
trusted to his care. The father of the
boy is mentally incapable of caring for
himself, and the family is in a position
to appreciate the benefactiOn of the
public. 1t is desired to make the move
ment national in scope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Memorial for a Club woman.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Dec. O. The
movement to establish a memorial for
the late Lucinda II. Stone, of Kala-
maZoo. mother of women's clubs" is
meeting with great success according
to reports received. All the women's
clubs in the state are contributing in
one way or another. 1t is said that the
larger proportion of the 5000 which
the Michigan federation at its last
meeting voted to raise is already in
sight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Favorite Color In Paris.

The favorite color in Paris millinery
Is the new cerise in rather paler shade
than of yore. This is mixed with red
dish pinks, which form a veritable
study in color. But such a shade is
not universally becoming, and for more
general wear there are delightful green
and blue mixtures, with dashes of yell
low, in beaver. made up into large
toques or small hats, the only decora-
ton being glace rosette or some silk
faS SselS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
ALL DOUBT IS DISPELLED
AS sTo FATE OF THE CELTIC

SauH Ste. Marie, Dec. 9.-An doubt
as to the fate of the barge Celtic,
commanded by Capt. Jeffrey, of De-
troit, and carrying a crew of eight
men, which broke away from the
steamer Reynolds on Lake Huron in
the big gale Nov. 30, was settled today
when the news was received from
Thessalon, Ontario, that life boats,
papers and quantity of the wreck
age from the Celtic had come ashore
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
HAS A
SEVERE FIRE LOSS
Business Houses Aggregating Half
Million in Value
Destroyed.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 9.-Fire this
morning destroyed the Shook & Aus
tin company furniture store, the Nor
cross office building, the Jacobs COM
pany drug store and the c. H. Rose
company's liquor house and Williams
hotel.
There was no loss of life as far as
known. The damage is estimated at
half a million.
New Westminster, B. G., Dec. "a
large portion of the business section
of this city is burning. Several eX-
plosions have occurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Rraksmen Badly Crushed.

Howard City, Mich, Dec. Oh.
Hamilton, a brakeman on the Grand
Rapids and Indiana road, had his leg
badly crushed here while he was side
tracking a car of lumber which shift
ed. catching him between the cars.
The lumber had to be unloaded before
he was released.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
WHY THE BRITISH ARE MOVING
Because Venezuela Simply Ignores Their
Existence.

The foreign Office says: There is
not the slightest desire to coerce Ven
ezuela, and if any answer had been
made to our repeated protests and de-
mands no such action as now taken
would have been proceeded with. 1t
was the persistent and insulting dis
regard to all representation which
compelled us to move. 1t is now too
late in the day for anything but pure
Iy diplomatic arrangements for the
satisfaction of our injuries. When the
fleets have assembled there is scarcely
time to deal with bankers, and finan-
ciaI settlement should have been sug-
gested long ago and would have been
welcomed by both Germany and our
selves However, any bona fide propo-
sition will receive careful attention"
Caracas, Dec 8. = The Venezuela
press publishes an open letter from
President Castro on the imbroglio with
Great Britain and Germany. In this
communication President Castro says:
Foreign cablegrams relate that GER
tain foreign nations, among them Great
Britain anu Germany, have allied
themselves. together to carry out acts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Sa,nralGas I'm Montana.

Livingston, Mont, Dec. 9.-Much ex-
element has been caused here over the
discovery of natural gas well in coal
measures two miles west of this city.
The well apparently is of great pro-
portions. The gas is declared by min
ing men to be of superior quality. The
country is being staked off in every di-
rPpfiOu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
senate Committee Agrees.

Washington. Dec. g. = The senate
on appropriations yesterday
agreed to report the house resolution
sppropriating $4,000 for the anthra-
cite coal strike commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09

New York. Dec. 9.-The coolest
weather of the winter prevailed to-
day throughout the state. The ther-
mometer ranged from S above in this
city to 80 below at Saratoga. There
was much suffering sin many towns,
especially among the poor because of
the scarcity of coal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09
Infected Animal. To BE DESTROYED.

Washington, Dec. 8. - The secre-
tary of agriculture has sent instruc-
tions to DR.. Salmon, of the bureau Of
animal industry. who is personally su-
perintending the work of fighting the
foot and mouth disease epidemic in
New England, to destroy all animals
infected