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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

Charlie Daniels, the ex-umpire, who
l. now with the Hartford Baseball cor
poration, was talking Of freak plays
the other day. He said:
"A game between Boston and Wash
ington was played at Beantown.
Charlie Bennett was catching and
Mike Kelly was sitting on the bench
when foul goes up in the air, and
Kelly, being captain. yells to the UNI
pire that he will put Bennett out Of
the game, and at the same time he
puts on a mitt with lightning speed
and catches the ball
"He then tries to make the umpire
allow the catch. But the umpire, after
@rangling a long time with Kelly, de-
'ides the ball was in play and Bennett
could not be removed from the game
until the ball had been caught by
player IN the game, so he ordered the
batsman to hit over This was quick
thought Of Kelly, even if it did not
work
New York was playing Philadel-
ohia at the formers grounds Char
lie Bassett was on third and Jack
Slasscock on second Bassett rushes
10 the plate with Glasscock close be
hind. the ball is felded to the catch
ar, who touches Bassett, but at the
same time Glasscock slides through
Bassett's legs and scores before the
catcher can put him out This was
one Of the trickiest plays ever made
n baseball, as it brought in the win
uing run.
"Arlie Latham scored on a run by
making an attempt to slide home; the
catcher gets in front Of the plate and
waits for the runner, but as the throw
s low the catcher has to get on his
Knees, and Latham takes advantage
Sf this by leaping over him. This is
;h'a only aerobatio run ever made.
Jack Boyle. while catching for
New York, made double play unas-
sisted. Two men we're on bases-one
IN second and one on third. The bat
Ter was instructed 10 bunt, and he re
tloAutu uf uIopNlNH NAt jail douui
.hree feet from the plate At the
same time both runners tried to score
and Boyle touched both Of them. max
ing the only double play like this that
ever happened on the diamond up tC
date.
in a game between Scranton and
Wiikesbarre a very amusing incident
occurred. Tim Hurst was umpiring
Sandy Griffin, who was at the bat
makes a feint to hit the ball. bui
draws back. Tim wells out. Strike
one. 'Whar for. Timg asked Sandy
You went a little too far, Sandy The
next ball was the same and the um
pIre says Strike two saying tha
Sandy went too far again. The mex
bali came straight over the plate
Hurst yells. Strike three; the man Il
out At the same time he cries t
Sandy that he did not go far enough
that time.
"1n a game between Detroit and st
Joseph at the latter's grounds a bal
was hit to left field The fielder saw
! a big snNke in the grass and refuse,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

The enormous extent Of the tobacco
business in America may be realized
from the fact that 1000 100000 cigars
and 5000, 900. 600 cigarettes and 2S0..
600 900 pounds Of Manufactured tobac-
co and 5000 600 pounds Of snufi are
produced every year. The retail value
OF all the smoking and chewing to-
bacco IN its various forms approaches
$500. 600 900 annually. II Is indeed 3
business Of royal proportions. and its
control is worth fShting for.-Les-
lies Monthly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

period so remote that no one can esti-
mate within several thousand years
Just when that period was. gambling
implements have been found. They
were found with the bones and stones
on which appear the first pictures
ever made by man. So man did not
learn art before he also learned to
gamble
These gambling implements Of the
gray past were pebbles. each Of which
had designs on one face. The de-
signs were stained with various col
ors, and there is no doubt that they
were the first dice. At least, they
were the first dice so far as known.
Perhaps some day it will be discov-
cred that, epochs before, the missing
link itself threw dice, too.
The gambler of to-day who talks
Of going up against the Eagle Bird,
does nothing new. The cliff-dwellers
Of Colorado went up against the Eagle
Bird long before America was discov-
cred They played with gambling
reeds and bowl. and on the bowls
are the pictures Of the bird Kwataka,
which means Eagle Man" This bird
was the patron Of those long-yan.
ished gamblers.
That the Eagle Bird was as liable
to moral stra, % nus then as now is
shown by the sact that intricate safe
guards were thrown around the game
and became more complex with each
year in order to protect the gamblers
from the dealer.
The Eagle Bird is not the only "old
one" In ancient East Indian gamb
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16


lers' outfits are found ivory tigers
which we're used as chips are used
now in bucking the tiger OF 1908.
The Chinese had a game Of dice sew
eral thousand years ago in which the
most difficult throw was known as
the tiger. In another Chinese game
there is a Roaring Tiger
The prehistoric lake dwellers we're
gamblers like all the rest Of sinful
humanity. In Bohemia and in Bern
are sticks marked with concentric
rings which were thrown like dice.
They have been found in the remains
Of many Of the pile dwellings.
From the oldest times to the pres
ent one Of the important rules in
throwing knuckle bones has been, and
is. that the bones must be changed
frequently. The crooked gambler
loaded these simple dice ages ago
and does now
Besides knuckle bones. the old Ro-
mans used dice made from all sorts
Of material from rock crystal to me-
teoric iron. And the gambler knew
what to do with them. OF more than
100 gaming tables found in ancient
Rome a good score were fitted with
ingenious devices to make the dice
come in the manner best adapted
to separate the player from his ses-
terees.
Wherever ancient dice are found
and, according to their throws, they
move counters around the board.
The counters are called men" in
Korea, as they are called in practical.
" all the world The name originated
all sorts Of receptacles are found with
them shaped in many ways, but all
devised to make the gambler shake
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16
COOP AND BAD LAUGHTER.
Dissertation on the Subject From a
London Newspaper.

Dissertation on the Subject From a
London Newspaper.
Is laughter a good thing-the laugh
ter which Is directed 70 something
which fails to comply with a social
requirement" which Is compelled by
the sight Of incongruity. OF bF sudden
surprise? All laughter. at all events.
IS not good. The giggle and the tit
ter are laughter debased. People who
trine with laughter, wrote Carlyle
only snlif and litter and sniggle from
the throat outward, or at best pro-
cuce some whining, husky cacchina.
ton. as n they we're laughing through
WOOL But though the snlgger IS de-
testabIe. YOU can still have too much
Of hearty laughter, Of the roar OF Teu-
feisdrockh. It Is only the unresIained
or the irresponsible man who laughs
tempostuousiy often; and. indeed. as
q uran grows older and gets a wider
view Of the world he laughs. no doubt,
less loudly. Prof Sully thinks that
as q nation we have lost some Of the
mirih OF our forefathers. II By that
ne means the noisier, selfabandoned
mirth Of two hundred years ago e is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

selected for President Pulliam's hall
Of fame" The National league execu-
tive has started gallery Of leading
players in the leagues New York
headquarters, and Beaumont's picture
was the first to be ordered. Beau
mont led the National League in bat
ting last season. is a brilliant fielder,
a daring base-runner and an all
around star. By many fans he has
been compared to Fielder Jones Of
the Chicago white sox The ckoice
will be well received by National
league enthusiasts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

plans. will lead In a gradual ascent to
the administration building. and fur
ther on TO what is designated as a cen
trail building The latter will contain
physicians Offices, the once Of the
head nurse toilet rooms and the STATS
and nurses dining rooms and pantries
In this building also will be the dining
room OF the men and women patients
living in the tents In these rooms
viii be provided separate cuspidors,
flushed With constantly running water,
one for each patient. Il IS proposed TO
make the recreation hail general as
sembiy and meeting room. in which re-
ligious services, lectures. musicales,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

not perhaps 10 be regretted. II is true
that hearty laughter is often an index
to an honest soul; Carlyle was prob
ably right when be said that mo man
who has once heartily and wholly
laughed can be altogether bad. But
there is a better laugh than Teuiels-
drockh's. and that Is the deep found
chuckle Of hdndliness and experience
together. Perhaps we laugh more
wisely. even if more rarely. than our
forefathers.-The Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

and amateur theatricals may be held,
and the general social intercourse OF
the patients take place. A stage Is to
be erected at the end OF the circular
apse for all these purposes. BY con
structing the dome OF glass this hall
may also be used as a solarium during
the day.
Extending from either side Of the
main axis. connected by corridors, are
the paYilions for the patients. They
are two stories in height and are ar
ranged in fan-like form for the pur
pose Of giving each building a maxi.
mum amount OF sunlight. The prin
cipal pavilion on each side Of the
regular hall will be divided into sep
arate rooms, sixteen to each floor
with the soiarium at the south end
Each Of the ward payilions Of which
there are three on each side Of the
separate room payilions, will accom-
modate thirty-two patients, sixteen on
each floor. An allowance OF 1900 Gu
bic feet of air per minute has been
made, These payilions are 50 ar
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

The Boston Americans have finished
their first week Of spring work at Ma
con, Ga. Captain Collins figured on
the presence OF Criger. Dineen and
Freeman. who are now at the Hot
Springs. also Nick Altrock Collins
has heard nothing from Bob Wood anG
win now pay no attention to that play
er. as Charley Farrell has been Sc
cured and promises to make a fine adj
dition to the club Harry Gleason is
working with the team. but win be
asked to join the White Stockings at
Mobile in a few days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

patrons, he surprised a great many
otherwise sophisticated persons, who
still believed in the old dime-noYei
story Of square gamblers
Yet historical tradition and arch
geological science both agree that
when the first gambling game began
the first crooked" game began, too.
Witnesses. The Smithsonian insti-
tuition of Washington and the ethno-
logical. historical and archaeological
societies. and specialists Of every
where.
In the famous French caves once
occupied by interglacial man in a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16
creat oId.TIme InHeId.

Perhaps the greatest infeld the
game ever produced was the Boston
League bunch of '77-Tenney, Lowe.
Long and Collins-all light men. but
fast, sure and accurate, says Tim
Murnane. 1t was a great treat to see
this combination ont for practice in
the early spring on southern fields.
AS / watched Tenney coach his men
a few days ago it looked ike differ
ent game. Griminger, Abby and Bon.
ner were heavy and made hard work
Of the plays that the old crowd en-
ioyed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

ranged with a solarium at the end Of
each ward that a patient in bed may
be wheeled directly from the ward
out on the veranda. Moving screens
will be provided for the veranda and
to shut on draughts. Each Of these
pavilions will be provided with ample
toilet rooms. baths and the like The
entire institution viii be heated and
lighted by a private plant.-New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

10 go after the bali. and the batter
was credited with a home run.
"Deady. an outfielder for st. Jo-
seph, hit a ball for a home run, but
instead OF going down 10 first he
started and ran to third base, com
pleting the circuit the wrong way. He
was declared out for running out Of
the line Of base.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16
GAVE HIM COOP ADVICE.
One Of W. S. eIlbert's Anecdotes Of
His Early Days.

W. S. Gilbert tells an instructive
story Of his early days as a playwright.
He had completed a short play. called
"Dulcamara. FOR Mr. T. W. Robert
son, Mrs. Kendars brother, and took
his manuscript to Mr.. Emden. Mr..
Robertson's manager, for approval.
This win do, Mr.. Emden said. af-
ter glancing through the play. How
much do You want for it?"
Thirty guineas." the young drama
tist dimdently suggested
Make 1t pounds and will take it. ="
answered Emden-a proposal to which
Mr.. Gilbert eagerly assented.
Now, said AIR Emden. as he hand
ed over the cheque. "let me give you
piece of advice. Never sell such
good stun for thirty pounds again"
"And." continued Mr.. Gilbert. when
telling the story. Il never did"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

John Hardy. the promising player
whom Manager selee had on trial. has
signed with the rival Los Angeles
club The manager thinks he is q
diamond in the rough and advised the
colt to Join some club where he could
be in the game every day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

4Gwan. Learned Luke said Weary
Willie. "how could you pipe OF such
a lie ter de Teddy as you bein' a son
o. toilg'
"It's the truth, Weary. Haven't I
often been In the tolls Of the po-
nceT"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

HEN the district attor-
ney of New York coun-
ty. William Travers
Jerome. announced that
he had cole sfed eyi-
dence to prove that
every gambling house,
even the most "exclu-
sive." was stocked with
appliances 10 cheat the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

HarEaway-"By the way. doesn't
your wife remind you Of some one
you knew before you married her?
En-"
Henpeck-"No. the fellow she's for
ever reminding me OF died before /
met her"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

try to fill the breach left by Grifith'a
departure for New FORK. was one OF
the Louisville clubs mainstays in the
American association last season. and
long before the race was over Comis-
key. through an agent. had the play
er's signature to a contract for 1908.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

Ten young Koreans are being sent
BY the Emperor Of Korea to fNish
their education % Russia the first
Of regular parties whose expenses the
Emperor win pay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

American steel Plant for Holland
Americans are making an EFFORT to
establish q steel plant at Flushing.
Holland.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

First in Players Hall Of Fame.
Clarence Beaumont. the star center
fielder of Barney Dreyfuss' champion
Pittsburg club, is the first ball ployer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

England does s1,O71 .s77 900 worth OF
business with Its colonies, which cost
about S12 900 900 a year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

Thirty tons OF cauliAogers from
italy are now being lanCed daily at
Folkestone for the london market
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

RRpsEYE VIEW OF PROPOSED sANAToRuM coNsuMPTvEs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-31
SAVED
THE CLAVERING
CAPTAIN BARTON ANSWERS THE
LIBEL SUIT BROUGHT BY OWN
ERS OF FEARLESS.

Arrangements were made this morn
ing for the release of the steamer CLAW
ering under bonds of S55,000, with S. NJ.
Damon, S. e. Damon and II. e. Waity
as sureties. Captain David Barton,
master of the vessel, filed an appear
ance and intervened in the suit brought
by Spreckels & Co., for $4,000 sal
wage and filed also answer in the case.
Barton admits that the Clavering ar
rived off port and went on the reef,
as alleged by libeiiants, and that the
tugs Fearless and Charles Counselman
attempted to pull her off, but he denies
that it was through the efforts of those
tugs that she was saved, alleging that
the tug Iroquois really did the work.
Barton also denies that the big steamer
was ever in real peril. He says that
the sea was smooth and continued
smooth and that the place where the
ClaVering grounded is not a dangerous
one. The Clavering was well equipped
to pull herself off the reef and would
have done so, says the libellee.
Barton says that the Iroquois was
powerful enough alone to have saved
the Clavering and that it was the eff
forts of the Iroquois that did so. The
Iroquois, it is set forth, pulled the big
steamer round, breaking the coral on
which she was resting and then the
Iroquois' hawser broke. While the Iro-
quois was getting a new hawser the
other tugs were able to float the steam
er, because of the work of the Iroquois
in changing her position. The services
of the Fearless and Counselman are not
worth $50, 900, says the answer but are
worth mere towage."
Barton denies that the vessel is worth
$35O,000 and says she is worth only
100000 and he also denies that her car
go is worth 100000.
Judge Estee ordered the case referred
to Commissioner Douthitt for the TAX
ing of testimony. Attorney Ballou
stated that he would probably have to
send a commission to London to ascer-
tain the value of the vessel and Stanley
said the libellants would probably have
to secure commission to take testi
mony in San Francisco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-31
OIL OVERFLOWS
A TEXAS TOWN
STRIKE A GUSHER IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN
WITH WONDERFUL RESULTS.

HOUSTON, Tex, July 24.-This has
been day of intense excitement at
Sour Lake. The business center was
at midnight Wall street is running in
oil, the plank walks are submerged and
not CLEAN of artificial light has been
permitted in the business center lest
the all prevailing gas fumes generating
from the lakes of oil should become
ignlted. Such a catastrophe would
mean the destruction of this town OF
5000 population and perhaps of a large
per cent of the field.
Not in the history of this field has
such a gusher come in. 1t is located
on the Keister1Geudry tract, in the
center of the business section, and just
off Wall street. For a month the well
has been under way. Last night Oil
sand wsls tDuelfe1 and opera IL az were
suspended until this morning when
bailing was commenced A fairly good
well was anticipated, but there were no
indications of a tremendous gusher.
There was a mighty, deafening roar,
and mud, water and oil shot eighty feet
over the derrick from the six-inch
pipe. The workmen ran for their lives,
and stampede followed on Wall street
which was thronged. A stiff wind
from the west aided to turn the whole
downpour into the street. Bankers,
oil men and sightseers had no time to
escape. They were drenched from head
to foot. Within thirty minutes three
squares of the section were completely
bathed in the greasy fluid. The board
walks in places hoated and to eros sthe
street meant to wade in oil knee deep.
1t raised sufficiently to flood the first
floors of many business houses. The
roar of escaping gas was tremendous.
The drillers worked through the deluge
and within three hours had the well
shut off and capped.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-31
@ TEMPORA! 0 MORES!
NOTHING is SACRED"
MAGOON FILES THE LAST BRIEF IN THE SUMNER DIS
BARNENT MATTER-SAYS HE HAS BEEN DONE A
COLOSSAL INJUSTICE AND THAT THE COURT
SHOULD GIVE HIM VINDICATION.

]. Alfred Magoon has filed in the
Supreme court a brief I'm which he de-
clares that a Colossal Injustice has
been done him in the Sumner disbar-
ment matter. and asks the court to
give him a complete vindication. Ma
goon is forcible and dramatic i'm his
characterization of the proceedings
against him. His brief is probably the
last document in the famous litigation
which the court is expected to decide
in the near future. After setting forth
the two charges-that of concealing
from court and counsel the existence
of a trust deed affecting the Ropert
Sumner case, and that of charging
Sumner too big a fee,--Magoon says
For the Attorney General of the Ter
ritory to have brought such charges,
conclusively proves that he was mis-
led by statements made to him, or has
permitted his better judgment for fair
ness and honesty to be overcome and
blinded by an excessive zeal in the per-
formance of the duties of the high Of
flee which ne has been called upon to
fill; but whatever the reason or excuse
may be, the fact stands out as clear as
the MONDAY sun that a colossal in
justice has been inflicted on respondent
which nothing but the complete vindi-
cation and exoneratiOn of respondent
by the Court can cure and for this rea-
son alone counsel finds comfort and
consolation in the fact that the charges
have been made This is the most mon
strous injustice that could be visited
upon an attorney of any court in any
civilized land Not one word of evil
dence in support of either of these
charges has been adduced before the
Court, and it is next to insulting to the
intelligence of the Court to discuss in a
brief, which stands as a judicial record
for all time, the testimony by which
it was attempted to sustain these
charges However, the fact that the
Court did not consider it proper sum
marily to not only dismiss the petition
a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-31
TRACHOMA STOPS
JAPANESE TRAVEL
OVER 200 STEERAGE PASSENGERS
FOR HONOLULU REJECTED ON
ACCOUNT OF EYE DISEASE.

The S. S. Coptic arrived this morning
from the Orient after an uneventful
passage. She left Yokohama July 22.
She would have been sighted last night
had she not encountered three days of
bad weather before making port.
She has very small list of through
passengers. Nobody in the cabin stops
at this place. Trachoma was RESPONSE
BILE for a large number of Japanese not
boarding the steamer for Honolulu.
Over 200 Japanese were refused passage
on the Coptic, by reason of being af-
tiicted with this disease. She brought
less than 100 Japanese in the steerage
for this port.
The Coptic has 700 tons of freight for
this port and over 5000 tons for San
Francisco. She came across from Yo-
kohama in days, 10 hours an min
utes. She did not run down by Mid
way on the homeward trip, although
she touched there on her outward run.
Among the through passengers on the
vessel is Captain j. Bugge, U. S. A. .
He was formerly on the staff of General
Wade in the Philippines and is now 60
ing to West Point to take some posi-
ton in the military academy
DR.. Kurt Jerschke is a German tou-
rist. He has been visiting Japan.
j. X. Reader of Ashland, Oregon was
a commissioner to the Osaki Exposition.
He is returning home.
H. Hopkins is of the Sydney Bulletin.
He sketched very clever poster com
memorative of the games that were
held aboard the S. S. Coptic
j. G. Jury a San Francisco attorney,
is returning passengers on the vessel.
Mrs. f. l. Randolph is a society wo-
man of the Orient. She is going to
California on visit
The Coptic win sail from the Bishop
wharf at o'clock this afternoon for
San Francisco