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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
A CHRISTMAS IDYL
First s Prize Story by Mrs. Harry
Nixon. u.

First Prize Story by Mrs. Harry
twas the night before Christmas, sad
and alone,
Iwandered the streets along,
Longing for loved ones, signing fol
home,
Humming this. little song:er
"Oh, travel is, weary,
And travel is .dreary,
Home is far away
Alone I IN repining,
Alone I'll be, dining,
Tomorrow is Christmas Day.
When all in a minute I thought of a
Of which T had heard wondrous things
That would take me home without stor
or delay, III
As if 'twere carried On wings.
Twas a thought heaven-sent,
| ceased my lament,
Joy dwelt in my heart again; ,....
I followed the throng,
That hurried along
I reached the station, my ticket secured
And hurriedly passed the gate;
An obsequious porter took my bag, -,
Assured me I WASH It too late.
We came to the car,
The door was ajar,
] gasped with delight and SURPRISE,
The soft shaded light,
A beautiful sight, :.
Revealed to my wondering eyes.
Hangings of velvet, soft rugs under
foot, p,
Mirrors, with frames of gold,
Beautiful woods, carved by maste:
hands;
The half / had never been told.
Twas a palace on wheels;
Ny brain fairly reels -. g.
When 1 think Of it's splendor and state
Ills true, l could sing
Till the welkin would ring,
And not all it's glory relate.
! slept that night on bed Of down,
I.Silken curtains closed me in;
All earthly troubles left me there,
No more were strife and sin.
90 Oh, travels not weary,
And travels not dreary,'
| sing, now with might and main.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
"TAD's CHRISTMAS TRIP"
Second Prize Story by Stella Louise
III Wood.


= Wood.
I'm a year younger than the boy that
lives next door to us, but you bet his
mother wouldn't have let him 90 to
Chicago all alone. I've got sister
living in Chicago, and she wanted me
to come and visit her the day. after
trust me to go alone, if I went on the
North w Western Limited, because that's
the one she always goes On. Bob Chat s
my brother) promised he wouldn It ask
the conductor to take care of me, cause
I knew [ could take care of myself, if
I am only IL years old. Bob and
mother went to the train with me- and
We began with the car where they
make the electricity to light the train.
The engine is dandy, and nice man
runs it. He told me lot Of things.
Next is a fine car where you can smoke
and read or write letters. Then there
was fine sleeping car, with shiny wood
all over, and dandy one with little
private rooms in it, and the woodwork
was different in each of them. My car
lights you could turn on or off.
[ had an upper berth because mother
didn't decide till the last minute. Bob
said the last thing, "Look out for con-
fdence men, 50 1 did. A man sat in
the other seat, Che had the lower berth)
and he called me "sonny' right away.
I had a watch I got for Christmas, and
pocket, SO felt kind Of anxious.
When it was time to 60 to bed the
porter boosted me into the upper
berth, and then the man in the lower
berth poked his head in and asked me
if I was all right: I didn't like that a
bit, and I just made up my mind I d
fix it so he couldn It get my things in
the night. I didn It take off my clothes
but put my watch and money in my
! insidest pocket, then / put on my over
coat and buttoned it up tight, and then
/ took my long knitted scarf that was
going to wear when I went skating in
my waist and tied it in a hard knot.
was awful hot, but when you are afraid
of confidence men you can't stop for q
! thing like that e. -
In the morning that man asked me tt
take breakfast with him in the dininS
car. I thought T could take care Of my
self in the daytime, and was awfu
hungry, too, so l. went, I, tell you it il
fine to sit in swell dining car anc
eat a good breakfast and look out Of
the window at the same time. If yol
ever 20 on the North w Western Limited
you ask for cornmea pancakes ant
you ever tasted. @>'-, s..".'
When we got to Chicago, that maj
put his hand on my shoulder and sale
he was glad to have met me, and the1
he said, "Good-bye, sonny; I've go
a kid at home just your ;size,' and
don It believe he was a confidence maj
at all.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
FIRMS UNABLE TO
FIND BUILDINGS
Fire Reveals Scarcity in Mime.
apolis-Other News of Real
Estate Field.

The big fire has shown the city hasn t
enough buildings to take care Of the
demand. Neither one of the three ten
ants have been able to find other than
makeshift, quarters. Satisfactory, ar,
building negotiations usually require
considerable time, their duration in the
present cases are made doubly aggra-
waiting by the fact that good quarters
with sufficient space for temporary use
cannot be found in the heart Of the
The fire has developed the fact again
that well-known retail firms of other
cities have their eye on the Minneapo-
lis market. They are ready to jump in
on slight encouragement, but the same
difficulty presents itself to them, the
lack of buildings.
The reported sale of the Provo prop
erty for $4,000 to John SCHNEIDER is
made with R. M. Newport by E. NJ.
Anderson, q real estate dealer in the
Sykes block. The transfer of the prop
erty means a good deal to Northeast
Minneapolis, because Mr.. SCHNEIDER will
add value to the property by improve
Setp Se proptry S pao p Se
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth ave-
nues and Central avenue and Polk
street. There is vacant ground for six
more fat buildings on Nineteenth and
Twentieth avenues and Mr.. SCHNEIDER
may make some improvements in 1905.
This is the second good deal that E. M.
Anderson has made on Central avenue
property this year. He sold the Tows-
ley block at Twenty.fourth and Central
avenue for $4,000 to the Globe Land
y Loan company. The deal was made
thru the Corser Investment company:
This block is also regarded as good,
paying investment by the owners.
Walter A. Eggleston, of the D. C.
Bell Investment company, agent for
William Deering; F. A. Chamberlain,
president of the Security bank; F.. B.
! Long, architect for the new Deering
building, have returned from their first
determining the style Of the building
at Fourth street and Second avenue S,
which the bank is to occupy. The trio
visited Chicago and Milwaukee only,
! and have returned with views of sew
eral Of the modern buildings in that
city which struck their fancy.
A time Of great prosperity is ex,
pected by Mr.. Eggleston. Information
gained on his trip showed that Chi
eago, is on the verge, of tremendous
building. Milwaukee has similar signs
and Minneapolis is expected to be, a
close second when the spring opens
/ Buildings which met with the favor
of the Deering and bank representa-
tives were Of the plain but handsome
exterior-useful and ornamental only
in their simplicity. Future trips will
be, taken to other cities in search of
ideas.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

My troubles seemed lighter,
The future looked brighter,
On the North Western Limited train.
Christmas morning dawned bright ant
clear,
We were nearing Chicago fast;
Peace on earth, good will to men,
Seemed true to me at last.
Swift motor cars,
Airships to Mars,
To ask for them I'll not deign.
just hang for me-.
On the Christmas tree,
The North Western Limited train.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
RAILROADS
NEW STATION IN NEW YORK
Terminals at Grand Central Will Occu
T. py Nineteen Blocks.

=. New York, Dec. 24.-Plans for new
railroad terminal to take the place of
the present Grand Central station were
submitted to committee of the city
board Of estimates yesterday. 9
An area Of more than nineteen city
blocks will be taken up by the new ter
minal,. which will extend from Forty
second to. Fifty-seventh streets, and
from Madison to Lexington avenues.
The station proper, with the post
office and express buildings, will cover
the blocks between Vanderbilt and Lex
ington avenues from Forty-third to
Forty-ffth streets, inclusive, and the
block on Forty second street between
Depew place and Vanderbilt avenue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
A. E. ALIENS ASSISTANTS
Clerk of District Court Names Several
New Men.

Clerk of the District Court-elect A.
E. Allen has announced the appoint
ments for his office. Fred S. Cady,
with Mr.. Allen in the municipal court,
who are now in the clerk $ office are:
E. j. Davenport, R. G. Royce, George
II. Hemperly, n. H.. Nelson, and G. U.
Williamson: New men in the office will
be Harry Luxton, William Saunders,
Richard Wiggin, w. M. Nash and Earl
Conner.
In the municipal court P. S. Nelson,
the new clerk has appointed James A.
Wirtensohn, Walfrid A. Ryberg and
Warren D. Williams.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

ambulance and the transfer Of Mr.. DAILY
to the operatingroom. Several stitches
were taken in his head: The ticket
case was unruly When an attempt was
made to open it in the morning. Finally
slid the Alton train into the ditch.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
Less Enumeration Traffic

Western Passenger association figures
show decline of FL per cent in immi
grafton traffic. The railroads received
from January to October, inclusive,
$912,985 for the corresponding period
last year, $822,960 for the same period
in 1902, and $605,S73 for the first ten
months in 1901. 81 -e..,1. s@-..a.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Injustice done to the insurance agents
since the fall Of the Peck building wall
is, ranking. They say that the inter
view in a morning paper with "a prom
inent Attorney was discussed that day
by groups of excited men about the
ruins to their own detriment in that
public opinion was Influenced unfavor-
ably by the tissue of misrepresenta-
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Edmund G.. Walton, Harry G.. Robbins,
Harry B. Williams, W. D. Barring Gould
and A. J. Ralph of Minneapolis. have
incorporated the Edmund G.. Walton
agency for the handling of real estate
and loans. The capital is $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
S. G., Strickland Goes Up.

S. 6. Strickland, division superin-
tendent on the Omaha, will succeed w.
C. Winter as general superintendent. He
has been with the Omaha since 1880 as
clerk, general agent. superintendent of
terminals, assistant and division super
intendent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Go to the International Cafe, 25-27
Fifth street s, for American and Chi
nese cooking. Excellent food, good SER
nvice, pleasant surroundings.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
SAMBO GIRL SUED
Eva Tanguay One Of the Defendants in
Action Brought by Actor.

Action Brought by Actor.
Eva Tanguay, leading lady in the
Sambo Girl company at the Metropol-
itan, playing a benefit engagement for
the iremen's relief fund, f. Norcross,
her manager, and John P Williamson,
treasurer of the Metropolitan opera
house, have been made defendants in
garnishment proceedings started by J.
w. Sherry, discharged actor
Sherry claims that the company owes
him $156.60 in back wages The writ
was served by Detectives Hansen and
Helm last night under some difficulties.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Doctors think so highly of DR.. Laurit
zen 8 Malt Tonic that they prescribe it
to build up the strength of person
about to undergo surgical operation.
If it 8 good in extreme cases, it must
be good for everyday needs as tonic
and food, All druggists, or Lauritzen
Malt Co., 1900 Sd st NE, Minneapolis.
Backache is almost Immediately re-
lieved by wearing one of Carter s
Smart Weed and Belladonna Backache
Plasters. Try one and be free from
pain. Price 25 cents.
Do you like good cotfee7 Ask fol
Mclaughlin IS Coffee; It is the bes.
Mclaughlin & Co.. Chicago Importers
Best Warranted Pocket Knives
At Gardner Hardware Company.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
TICKET AGENT INJURED
Picture Falls on S. J. e. DAILY, in q. W.
Office at st. Paul

A picture of the Alton limited fell
on s. J. p. DAILY, assistant city ticket
agent of the Great Western in ST. Paul,
yesterday, Insulting in the call of a
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
RAILROAD NOTES,

= The Darby extension, of the Northern Pacif
is finished and vii be turned over to the opera
ing department In few days. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
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Abscesses For sale by druggists. Mail 25c and SOC.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

Good spirits don't all come from
Kentucky. Their main source IS
the liver-and all the fine spirite
ever made in the Blue Grass State
could not remedy a bad liver or tn
hundred-and-one i'll effects it pros
duces. You can't have good
spirits and a bad liver at the same
time. Your liver must be in fine
condition if you would fcel buoy
ant, happy and hopeful, bright OF
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using Green's August Flower the
greatest of all medicines for the
liver and stomach and a certain
cure for dyspepsia or indigestion.
1t has been a favorite household
remedy for over thirty-hve years.
August Flower will make your
liver healthy and active and thu
insure you a liberal supply OF
good spirits. Trial size, 25cs
regular oottles, 75c. At all drug
gists. West Side Drug Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
500 REWARD 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is one
dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure and that is catarrh.
Hall 5 Catarrh Cure is the only pos
tive cure now known to the medi-
cal fraternity. Cartarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall 5
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acting directly upon the blood and
mucons surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the con-
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doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer Sroo for any
case that it fails TO cure. Send for
list Of testimonials. Address F.
J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
Preachers Assigned.

The following is the assignment
Of Methodist preachers for the
Duncan district, given out at the
South McAlester conference.
Presiding Elder, N. L. Line
baugh.
Duncan Station, John l. Bray.
Duncan Circuit, Geo. w. Hoop
er. (supply.)
comanche Circuit, d. P. Will
burn, (supply.)
NARROW Station, D. A. Williams.
Bailey Circuit, J. L, Southwood.
Rush Springs Circuit, 7. f.
Roberts.
chickasha Station, Sam'l G.
Thompson, G. Q Ray, super.
Mlnco and Tuttle, ] R. Sanders.
Anadarko and Verden, w. w.
Turner.
Cement Circuit, +. c. Mayberry
Lawton Station, r. S. Satter-
field,
Lawton Circuit, ]. 7. Armstrong
(supply.)
Temple and Walter, S. G..
Weatherly.
Wanrika Circuit, to besupplied.
Terrell and Ryan, X. A. Baird.
Comanche Station, w. L. Free
man.
Indian Work-Comanche and
Kiowa, NJ. A. Clark, Kickingbird,
assistant.
Methvin Institute J. J. Methvin.
Hasting Circuit, Geo. w. Hall,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

license feature when the outlet was
sold to the United States and after
ward to homesteaders. The seq
regated townsites over which an
alien government has been estab-
lsshed and which have been sold to
the non-citizen temporarily he
even being induced TO come and
bid on the same-occupy the pc
culiar position Of being outside the
jurisdiction Of the nation.
The only difference between
Judge Gilrs opinion and that Of
Judge Clayton in the nisi prius
court, is that Judge Gill holds
tha. final payment on his town lots
must be made by the merchant,
while Judge Clayton held that the
treaty provided for the everlasting
REIMBURSEMENT Of the nations in
terest in the townsite, even should
default Of payment be made, in
that latter instance the property
reverting mot to the nation but to
the townsite commision-for sale
again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
Gill On Tribal Tax.

Judge Joseph A. Gill Of the
northern district in his special
opinion in the tribal tax i'll which
he declares that the merchant
would be exempt from payment Of
the tax if he would set up as his
defense the fact that he had made
final payment on his lot, whether
the patent had been issued or not.
The opinion states that his con
currence in the opinion of Judge
Townsend and Judge Raymond
was due to the failure of the South
McAlester merchants TO make
such a showing.
His opinion attacks the whole
theory set forth by Judges Town
send and Raymand intheir opinion.
He says that townsites, after final
payment has hscn made, are as
much outsidethe Indian country"
as the Cherokee outlet. He show
ed that the old 1889 treaty covered
hat territory as well and that
here was no special repeal Of the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

A very thoughtful article on t he
lease question IS contributed TO the
ExPREss today by a man who has
given the subject much thought.
There is no question but that the
granting of leases for long periods
would result in d much more rap
id development of the country.
Supplemented by the removal Of
restrictions il would open the way
10 speedy settling mp of the
country. Congress will never do
anything in the matter unless it
is properly urged by the people
81 the territory The EXPRESS
is in favor Of a concerted move
ment throughout the territory that
will bring such pressure upon
Congress that il will have to do
something for Il. Let this in
fluence be exerted through local
organizations. commercial clubs,
immigration bureaus, territorial
conventions OF anyway you please,
but keep hammeriug until we get
me legislation the, IS needed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
Want Column.

Advertisements under this head
will be received at the rate of
three go cents per line. No ad-
vertisement received for less than
twenty-five (25) cents. Special
monthly rates furnished on ap-
plication. The notice may con
tain any matter of LOST, =
FOUND" FOR RENT" "foR
SALE, . STOLEN, p 'sTRAYED, =
or any purpose without display
lines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
NOT A SICK DAY SINCE

II was severely sick with kidney
trouble. | tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me.
One day saw an old ad of your
Electric Bitters and determined to
try that. After taking a few doses
I felt relieved, and soon there-af er
was entirely cured, and have not
seen a sick day since. Neighbors
of mine have been cured Of r'asu-
matisu, neuralgia, liver and kidney
trouble and general debility" This
is what B. +. Bass, Of Fremont,
N. c. writes. Only soc at Brown
81 Co. Druggist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
poEsN'r : KEsrEcr oLp AGE.

It's shameful when youth fails
to show proper respect for old age
but just the contrary i'll the case
of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They
cut off maladies no matter how
severe and irrespective Of old age.
Dyspepsia, jaundice, fever, con
stipation all yield TO this perfect
pill. 25c at Brown & Co Druggist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
SENSATIONAL
Shooting ARRAY at Lawton Ends
in Killing Of Sid Will
liams.
BRADY SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Tragedy G7ew out Of a Difficulty
Of Long Standing.

Lawton, Okla, Nov. 2-One Of
the most sensational killings in the
history Of the new country occur-
ed in this city at 10 O'Clock this
morning
Sid Williams, constable Of Brown
township, lies at the undertaken, S
establishment dead, with bullet
hole through his body.
Nep. Brady, deputy constable Of
Brown township, and city marshall
Of the town of Sterling lies al the
Travellers Home with a bullet hole
through his body which barely
missed the lung. lie is in a pre-
cafious condition, and the chances
arc decidedly against his recovery.
The two men met at the Palace
bar and ordered drinks. Brady
drank and stepped back from the
bar when Williams, pulling his Se-
volver commanded Brady to deliver
up his revolver Brady, thinking
he was joking, said he would as
soon as he took the loads out Of it.
Williams then advanced and, level
ing his revolver at the breast Of
Brady, pulled the trigger. The
gun snapped and Brady lodged a
second attempt, in the meantime
pulling his revolver. Williams
retreated toward the rear of the
saloon and continued to fire, the
third shot taking effect in William 5
chest. lie fell, and as he did 50,
continued to fire upon Williams
until his revolver was empty of its
six loads. Williams was hit twice
and had fred FIVE times. He died
instantly.
An inquest was held by Justice
Of the Peace Armstrong about 100
O'Clock and the jury returned a
verdict that Sid Williams came to
his death from a gun shot at the
hands Of Nep. Brady.
The history Of the trouble be-
tween the two men dates back
more than year. In a difficulty
at the town Of Sterling, while
Williams was under the influence
of liquor, he fired upon a citizen
of that community. Brady arrested
him and brought him before the
court. The next grand jury in
dictcd him for assault with intent
to murder. This case was set for
trial in the district court yester-
Gay and continued for the term.
Both men are married and have
families
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

If the voters of Caddo county
and the rest Of Oklahoma want
statehood, they will vote for Frank
Matthews Mcclure has been
making and breaking promises too
long for anything to be expected Of
him. Fact is, Mcclure and the
federal Office holders in Oklahoma
are in league. They don't want
statehood it will mean the loss of
,hundreds Of fat jobs. A vote for
Matthew's means a vote for state
hood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

Indian Territory will be ready
for statehood as soon as the gang
of department clerks and petty gov
ernment officials are deported. We
have the population, wealth and in
Helligence necessary for 2 common
wealth and can easily set up IN
business for ourselves.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

brakes PaImaIin WIna.

A trial bottle Is sent prepaid. free OF charge
TO every reader Of this Taper who has chronic
stomach Trouble, Flatulency. Constipation
Catarrh Of the Mucorg Membranes, Congestion
OF Liver or Kidneys. ~ Inflammation or Bladder
One dose day relieves Immediately. cures alb
solutely. builds up the nervous system and pro
notes larger, purer and richer blood Supply.
Seventy-hve cents az Drug Stores ior q large
bottle. usual dollar size, but every reader q
this paper who n1e;is medicine will DC supplied
with q trial bostle OF Drake's FSlmettp Wine
free OF charge Af writing t1r Il 70 Wake f0E-
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03
WARNING ORDER

In the United States Commis-
sions Court in the Indian Territory
Southern District.
Clay Donovan, plaintiff, No.
VS. 1852.
M. +. Donohue, defendant.
The defendant, M. E. Donobue
is warned TO appear in this court
in thirty days and answer the COM
plant of the plaintiff, Clay Donovan.
Witness my hand this 72nd day
Of October 1904
[sEAL] L. M. PAYNE,
U. S. Commissioner.
F. L, RIDDLE Attorney for
plaintiff
LAWRENCE Mills, Attorney for
non-resident defendant. SIS
Firsl published Oct. 2S, 1904.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-03

Bees Laxative Honey and Tar
wards off pneumonia and strength
ems the system generally. Group
and whooping cough dissapear be-
fore its use as snow before the sun
shine of spring. Sold by H. ].
Brownson.