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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Cleveland Is the only one Of the six
teen major league teams that I have
not seen az work this season. writes
Tim Murnane. and that team being
little changed from last year ! think
have a pretty fair line on the bunch
in both leagues.
still Ike the Philadelphia boys for
the American League championship.
To win a championship the manager
must know the temper Of his oppon-
ents. and be ready for slump at an
times and reverse the system OF play
when some club has mapped out a
strong defense Bill Reid. the old
Harvard catcher. once said: Il could
write many interesting things about
college baseball. but seldom take a
chance OF that kind for fear that
might In some way reveal our secret
about stopping Yale's hit and run
game"
There is nothing Ike having some
thing on the other fellows but. II
clever. the other chaps viii fathom
your secret and turn II against you
The Chicago Americans are up To all
the tricks OF the trade. and viii win
many games by good head work, but
they are too weak In the inheld 10
win the first Prize.
The game Is getting 10 be more Of
a gamble each year, for e takes the
winner 70 get the money. and there
Is a ~ Of luck In picking up young
talent Even the minor league men
are securing the country from Maine
10 California for players. and the In
dependent clubs can often outbid the
strong minor league clubs for players
who care TO take a chance. This makes
Il hard for the small clubs. who must
remain at a certain limit 70 live and
pay expenses. and the man anxious
20 remain In ball tied 70 a minor
league loser for more than one year
has yet TO appear.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22


Monte Cross is certainly a wonder
Pitcher Gibson has made good and
Jimmy Collins Is happy.
Buck Freeman is going after the
home run honors again
0uthelder Hemphill Of ST. Louis IS
laid up with a bad ankle
Washington critics object to the
benching Of Ducky" Holmes.
Pitcher Nick Altrock has gone to
Bramwell, W. Va. to pick up little
easy money.
The ex-Athlete shoFtstop, Fred Ely
may manage tie Portland outlaw
league" club
In all probability s.anager Armour
will now work Gus Dorner regularly
upon the slab.
up to June Socks seybold has
made sixteen doubles, two triplets and
three home runs.
Nal Eason got an awful betting
from the Browns June 2. He does
hate 10 be hit hard, TOO.
George Davis plays occasionally
with the Woonsocket Or. ID "Gyms'
for tidy retainer per game.
Catcher Buelow and Pitcher sieyei
Of the Detroits recently had an en-
counter. sieyer smashing Buelow IN
the face.
Billy Keeler can be depended upon
70 hit with the best Of them befor,
the season is over. He has hit the hal
to good advantage Of late
Jack O'Connor has been fined s25 by
President Johngan for kicking and be
ing put out of a game in the recenl
series with the Bostons.
'Tls said that Charles Augustus Co
miskey has promised to turn Let
Tannehill back 10 Louisville the mo
ment George Davis reports.
Jesse Burkett hit safely IN seven
teen Of tho eighteen games up 10 Juns
g. In the game he missed getting a
safety he was at bat but once. draw
ing three bases on balls.
Strange as It may seem. the Wash
lngton team was as good a drawing at
traction on the recent Western trip
as any Of the other Eastern teams.
The club made big money on the trip.
From Cleveland comes story to
the effect that there Is internal dis
sension in the Cleveland club and a
shake-up which will affect the old
men is in Manager Armour's mind
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Minneapolis is drawing better than
any other city in the Association cir.
cult
George Tebeau was in Philadelphia
last week looking for players. He So
cured inhelder Brashear.
Minneapolis is now coming with q
rush and promises to b, -git up ln
the running in few more series.
President Gear is making plans f&
putting IN a thorough system Of tilina
at Association park in Kansas City.
Pitcher Claude Elliott has improved
about rs per cent since he started
using a slow ball with his fast ones.
Manager Leonard Of Columbus ~
lieves that the team-reduction rule N
needless. a1S that team managers
should be permitted to be the best
judges OF their own necessities.
The fans Of Minneapolis muG noe
lose. sight Of the fact that the man
accent on the 'the"-who was 70
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Cedar Rapids has a new catcher iP
Rysn.
Decatur has a new first baseman in
George Kuhn Of Green Bay. Wis.
Rock Island signed Pitcher Hoag
the instant he was released by Joliet
Pitcher John Desmond has been re-
leased BY Decatur and signed BY Du-
buQue.
The Rock Island club has decided to
farm Pitcher Clark to the Waterloo
Qa) club.
The work OF Hess at short for the
Rockford team Is bringing all kinds
OF praise to that young nan.
Rockford has taken on Bert Hull.
who played on the Illinois university
team last season, and is using him in
the outfeld
jacobson, the Decatur left-hander,
sustained his first defeat May 2S. and
that. too. in a game in which he struck
out fifteen men. Dubuque turned the
trick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Chicago critics say that Joe Tinker
Is worth two Dahlens
st. Louis has released and Pitts
burg has signed catcher Weaver
Manager Hanlon has offered 70
trado Sammy strang for Elberfeld.
Maihevson and McGlnnity are fair
y lnvincible on their own grounds
Dick Harley can paste the ball for
keeps when a shaky pitcher is up be-
fore him
Ed Abbaticchio Is playing a great
game az second for Buckenberger s
B0ssonltes.
Tenney does far less kicking now
as Boston's captain than when be was
a mere private.
Mike O'Neill OF St. Louis is suffer
ing from a sore arm. and TO that Is
attributed his recent defeats.
Pitcher Milton. whom Pat Donovan
offered 10 Cincinnati and Philadel-
phia. IS doing well for Omaha
The Chicago News says Manager
Buckenberger is thinking Of letting
Baity, Bonner and Stanley 60
Davis, the Altoona outfelder whom
Pittsburg was reported 70 have
signed. IS fre 70 80 anywhere he
pleases
Roscoe Miller appears 70 hs quite
IS unfortunate this year as he was
last losing all his games By a small
margin.
Mercedes allround play IL fall
ing on. and the Brooklyn fans no
longer think him a star successor TO
Billy Keeler.
Patsy Donovan has secured Dun
leavy, the ex-Montreal southpaw
twirler. and hopes to stop the run Of
bad luck with him.
The Brooklyn club win under no
consideration waive its right to pitch-
srs Newton. Corbett and Hughes. now
playing in the outlaw Pacific coast
league.
Bnly Nash, the old Boston third
baseman. has just got back 70 BoE-
ton from Chicago. and says the Ma
donai league has all the best Of Il in
that town.
Barney Dreyfuss claims to have re-
ceived a tip that ne Cir 'inasti play
ers have corspired % pue Hans Wag-
aer ont OF the game indefinitely BY
spiking him.
Manager Harioa has signed pitcher
Pounds. who was recently let out BY
Cleveland. ro was 70 have Joined the
Eeu York Americans. but failed 70
aerea on terms.
Tie Boston eiut e tryiug 70 sec7re
Two rasts-n .ieasve pitchers. Man
sssr RachnberEer has come 90 the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

A Warsaw journal relates the fol-
lowing story Of an experiment made
by Polish nobleman to ascertain how
far storks migrate during the winter
He caught a stork and attached plate
to its neck on which were inscribed
the words: "Eaec ciconia ex Poi0nisH
This stork comes from Poland)
IN the following spring the same
stork was found IN the nobleman'a
park with a bundle round It's neck
containing several precious stones Of
great value. and the metal plate with
these words on the other side India
cum donis reisittit polonis" (Irdis
sends him oeck With SFssenia N the
Poles).
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
The DeacOn's Vindication


For two or three weeks a good part
Of Horton county had been holding its
breath and waiting for the thunder
bolt to fall It had been whispered
about that neacon spooner, widower,
was asout to be sued for breach Of
promise by Nancy Skinner, spinster.
No one could speak with authority,
but all gossiped and hoped that the
suit would materialize.
It was known in a general way that
Deacon spooner had been paying
Nancy skinner attentions. There
were vague rumors that she once rode
home with him from the village: that
he had recommended a cure for tooth
ache; that she had knit and presented
him q pair Of blue mittens; that he
had helped her out Of a mud-hole In
front OF her own gate; that she had
said he was the best singer in the
church; that he had praised the color
Of her hair.
All these things we're talked over
and magnifiec, and hundred people
were ready to take their dying oath
that there would be a marriage.
AS a matter Of fact, the deacon
didn't want to marry. He was Just
''being good" to a lone woman. AS
matter Of fact. also the old maid had
no hopes Of catching him, but she
didn't propose to have her heart brok-
en- without holding somebody respon-
sible for damages.
Likewise she had been told over and
over again that she was too old for
romance and that she couldn't look for
love, and such things were calculated
to put her on her mettle.
Gossip was right for once. Nancy
Skinner sued Deacon Spooner for
breach Of promise and laid her dam
ages at $4,000. That suit was big.
ger thing than all the Fourths Of July
for twenty years past. A circus came
along IN the midst Of the excitement
and attempted to compete with it with
disastrous results.
The county at once divided itself
into two factions, and whenever a
Nancy adherent met a deacon adher.
ent there was no corn hoed during the
rest Of the day
Deacon Skinner had to answer to
more than the law. There was his
church, his children, and his fellow.
religionists. They demanded to know
by what moral or legal right he toyed
with an old maids heart. and his an
14Ins& -offeFrr
He denied in the most solemn man
ner that he had toyed. They had never
sat in the moonhght-never listened
to the whippoorwill. Their talk had
never gone beyond windmills, light
ming rods and carpet rags. and in shak.
ing hands with her he had always been
careful not to squeeze any harder than
he would in handling a ripe peach.
The deacon made these assertions
and denials to his friends and his
lawyer, while Nancy simply set her
Jaw and said she would prove her case
at the proper time.
The case came on at last. It was
Just as the potato planting season had
arrived, but not a farmer for ten
miles around minded that. He was
bound to be present at that trial II
potatoes went up to So per bushel in
the fail,
Nancy's lawyer looked like man
who had confidence in his case. In
his opening address he talked Of
wolves in sleeps clothing. hypocrites,
liars. broken-hearted women and many
other things to sway the spectators,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

on the canal will not begin for from
one and a half to two years after the
final negotiations between the United
States government and the Colombian
congress are completed, so it viii not
be advisable for anyone who intends
to go there to think about giving up
his present job, or to let his boss get
an inkling Of his intention to quit. II
is estimated that about 20 per cent OF
the total expenditure (neariy $25,000,-
000) will be used in getting ready.
The most thorough and comprehensive
arrangements will be made in engi-
neering, policing, sanitation and gen.
eral contingencies without this pre-
llminary work three out of five men
who go there would never cctne back.
Panama is dirty and foul beyond de-
scription. Swamp and jungle ooze
with poison. and the very air is
freighted with death.
TO break this slender rib Of soil
and rock, and thus shorten the path
Of ocean travel hes been a dream Of
centuries, and ile effort has already
cost so many nyes that the world
would be shocked if it knew the truth.
The French lay their failure to swind-
ling, but the one great obstacle has
always been the dreadful fevers,
which attack the workmen and cause
them TO die like flies. Pestilence must
be overcome, or the big ditch will
never be put through
The American sanitary officers are
the most skilled disease fighters in the
world. Wherever they have tried their
hand they have brought the death rate
tumbling down in manner that was
little short OF marvellous. They will
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
chIIdn Faith Rewarded.

An extraordinary misslve has just
passed through the hands Of the post
al officials in Ost-Gothland, Sweden. Il
consisted of a letter. addressed in a
round, girlish hand, to Our Lord il
Heaven" On being opened at the Re
turned Letter once the letter proved
to be touching prayer emanatins
from an eight-year-old child, who hac
selected this means to secure gui
tar from the Giver Of all thirgs. Hei
appeal has been answered. philan
thropic persons having subscribed fol
the purchase OF the instrument
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
LAND OF PANAMA
ever-Inested Country Through Which Big Ditch Is to b
Cut-Immense Amount Of Preliminary Sanitary Work
Necessary Before Actual Labor Can Be Commenced
Especial f'orrespOndence.l

transportation for the people and send
ing all provisions on transports. In
this event the arrangements will also
include living quarters. There are
hundreds of houses that viii be includ-
ed in the transfer OF the property and
an important part of the preliminary
work viii consist Of putting these in
order. Additional accommodations
will be provided as they are needed.
The plan Of inaugurating the big
project is already under way. We
have in Panama at present a commits
sion, headed by Admiral Walker,
among the members Of which are two
army engineers and two civil engi-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Massachusetts, inventor 20 bring forth
the self-playing violin. 1t makei
music so closely in imitation OF this
real thing that you would scarcely be
lieve an automatic device was pro
ducing the notes II you could not set
the mechanism.
It would be dihlcult to explain ar
the parts OF this instrument suf
fee It to say that there are strings. 4
belt bow. a frame and self-acting o.
vices by which the bow is made ts
sweep over the strings and prodaes
almost any tune desired. BY a sys
tenn Of levers the machine can be made
to play in any time the operator
wishes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
II you loved ne
As l love you
No knife ccrii cut
Our love in two.

II you loved ne
AS / love you
No knife ccrli cut
Our love in two.
What did the verse mean? she had
read it over a thousand times she
had repeated the lines TO herself by
day and dreamed Of them by night.
They had told her that while butter
and eggs were not fetching the price
they ought to, she was beloved.
1t was, or appeared to be. a seek
dologer on the deacon. It had come
from his own hands. On an occasion
he had brought her from the village
half a pound Of broken candy. There
were peppermint, wintergreen ana
cinnamon pieces among the lot. There
were chunks and hunks and cubes
Wrapped in a tissue paper was a hunk
bearing the above motto. II was the
deacohs way Of declaring his love.
It had been accepted as such. but he
had refused to follow up his good luck
and ask Nancy to name the day Every
time he had departed she had burst
into tears Of disappointment
Her wandering thoughts had made
her mix up the sour with the sweet
milk half dozen times over ans when
she sought her couch it was % toss
about and sigh and groan and suspect
that the deacon was a hearuess vii.
lain.
When her tale had been concluded
everyone in the courtroom ro-e 20 his
feet to mob the deacon. but before a
hand was laid upon him the court dis.
missed the case and assessed the costs
on the plaintiff
In legal lore he explained that the
poetry signifed nothing, and that BY
no possibility could Nancy's heart
have been broken in consequence Of il
The candy might have given her indi
gestion, but the poetry could not have
given her a hold on the deacon.
Deacon Skinner stood forth trium,
phant. but his church had to take un
the natter. He passed another bad
three days. for there were those who
were inclined to think love and broken
candy went together. But when tho
affair had been cncluded the verdict
was
1--WE cant say that the deacon ia
guilty as charged, but after this we
hope he won't leave any poetry with
his packages. Amanda ClaAson 10
Boston Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

II the notice should appear In the
papers calling for 10000 men to build
the Panama canal. there would be a
scramble for jobs the like Of which
has never been known. For some rea-
son most men would rather go some
where" to work than be satisfied with
job at home. and in this case the
opinion seems to prevail that there is
no time to be lost; that as soon as the
Colombian government agrees to the
transfer Of the concession from the
French company to the American au-
thorities, the dirt viii begin TO fly be
fore the ink gets dry on the treaty.
AS a matter Of fact, the real york
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

Among the Chicago players who re-
eeived their first introduction to
league company this year is Johnny
Evers who Is guarding the second
bag for the Colts. The critics in the
Windy City have been saying all kinds
OF pleasant things about this young
ster, who was one Of the star infelders
Of the Troy club in the New York
State League last season. EYers is a
South Troy boy and is % years Of
age. He first started out as a catcher
but later became an infielder. doing
brilliant work for the Troy nine at
Ehortstop. Eyers has been fielding and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

sponsible for licking the Minneapolis
team into shape was Walter Wilmot
George Tebeau writes that he haa
gone over the Association circuit, az
well as the Western circuits OF the
National and American leagues. and
that good ball players are not to be
had At any price
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

cons perhdy She had kept a diary
for several years. and it was fun OF
such extracts as:
"The deacon called again this after
noon. He said one Of his COWS seemed
to be sick. AskA1 me if wasn't afraid
Of tramps. I think I saw love 10 his
eyes as he said Good night, Nancy
After about fifty extracts had been
read each and every one of which
seemed TO be a nail IN the deaconA
coffin and caused the spectators to
suck in their breath with a gasp, the
court excluded the diary
Then Nancy played her trump card.
She produced from paper box, where.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
MAKING a DATE.
Apes as OWNERS

It may not be generally known thai
in South Africa apes are often EN-
ployed as geologists and engineers
They are trained to explofe mining re
glons. having a marvellous scent foi
discovering springs Of water. even II
underground. A good many have beer
used for this purpose on the Cape to
Cairo railway.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

concusiW that he Is not too well for
titled in the pitching department
A writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch
says that the champions win not win
the pennant this year. Luckily foI
Dreyfuss his team doesn't quit as
quickly as his scribes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

and his listeners decided that the dea-
con was a pirate in disguise.
Nancy had only one living witness to
bring forward He was her hired man,
and he swore that he once heard Dea-
cor. Spooner tell her that she ought to
XIII the worms In her plum trees with
kerosene oil.
She didn't depend on living Wit
nesses. however. She brought forward
Niten and printed proofs of the sea
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
Held BACK rnE sAvAeEs.
seret. Hooks Splendid Bravery in De.
fense of Rorke's Drift.

In the two desperate battles Of
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwhana. in the
British Zulu war. the oath British regi-
ment lost 21 officers and 5S7 men, and
the survivors received no fewer than
eight Victoria crosses. OF these the
most magnificently won is that which
Sergt. Hook, now employed at the
British museum. still wears, because
he won not in aggressive war, but in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

A giraffe assumes a high position
Immediately after its birth. At that
time he measures six feet from hn
hoofs to The top Of his head.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
A seIf.Plavinn VloIln.

In these days one does not ncces
sarily need 10 be a skilled musician
to make music. Music-boxes and self
acting pianos and organs are quite
common. but It has remained for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
ELAo oF HIsroRIo INrEREsr
Emblem Of Upper Canada Rebellion
Still Preserved.

Still Preserved.
Almost green with age, tattered and
scarcely recognizable, hangs now one
Of the most remarkable Of flags in Or
Bain's office in the public library Of
Toronto. Can. II is the flag that
aoated over Navy Island at the time
of the upper Canada rebellion OF 1887.
and which, perhaps, new from the mast
IF the famous Caroline. 1t is a can
vas square, with a history, one which
almost caused a great war. Capt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

A scheme for the establishment 81
permanent wireless service between
Sweden and Germany is near realiEa.
tion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-22

hitting Ike a veteran Lacquer since he
soined the Chicagoa. His batting
average for the first "a games he
played Is 3l5.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-08
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. THE opening in wheat
trihe easier to-day. due large worlds
shipments and lower cables. May was
changed TO &c lower at S26S2kc. There
considerable selling at the start owing to the
bearish news and ST. Louis houses led in the
selling. The July delivery was fr1n con-
tinued dry weather IN the winter wheat sec
tion. and the strength of the distant future
eXerted a supporting influence the other
months. Toward the end OF the first hour
good demand developed reports OF heavy
rains in Argentina, which resulted in the
ket becoming strong, with May up to S2$tc.
Later in the day rumors of probable big in
crease in the visible supply, together with
later reports from Argentina, contradicting the
earlier advices and claiming favorable har-
vesting weather there, brought out abun-
dance Of selling orders and prices again de-
clined May going down to S1sc. Much OF the
selling due 10 runors 10 the effect that the
big holder was unloading through commission
houses. There was an urgent demand later in
the cay from brokers who were credited with
buying for the bull leader and with only small
offerings a rally occurred, and the close was
strong with prices near the top, May closing
at s252 ds29c.
Corn ruled easier and trading was less active.
May closed at 425sc.
Oats ruled easier in the session along with
other grains. May closed at 36Ac.
Provisions ruled firm. although trading was
quiet The close was steady, January pork be-
ing UP 121ac lard and ribs each up 2j5c.
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