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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06

his activities resulted in his recall as
governor general of Moscow and his
transfer to the governorship Of the
Caucasus.
The Grand Duke was born in 1857,
and in 1884 married Princess Eliza
beth of Hesse Darmstadt, daughter Of
Princess Alice of England. They had
no children. In connection with Rus
sia's internal troubles in recent years,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06
Entrv hY Nomlnatlon Il NaAy

Entry ny NoUliHatlcn IN Navy.
The writer of an article in Pages
Magazine on Lord Selborne's rev
scheme for the training of British
naval officers makes some pointed re
marks on the present methods Of en-
try to the navy. He states that tae
proposed mode of entry by romina-
ton is a relic Of admiralty patronage,
which the board is unwilling to re-
linqmsh; but, whether the admirals
ike it or not. it must sooa go the
way of all such sntleuated privileges.
Open competition is sure to come
within the next few years The re-
suit Of this entry by nomination Will
be to keep the naval seryiee-as far
as the officers are eoncerned-in the
family circles OF the admiralty and
their friends. so that parents without
influence inside Of that charmed circle
will have no cnance Of getting their
boys into the navy. however desirable
the boys themselves may be. or how
ever ready the parents may be tc in
cur the heavy expense Of educating
their boys for the service OF their
country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06

Following the Man Behind.
In Herald Square. New York. the
other evening. when the policeman
on duty were having their hands full
in regulating trafic, a coachman, ig-
norant Of the rules OF the road govern.
ing this particular point started
across tSe forbidden line. He was 81
once stopped By a rtouIted officer.
who gave him some sharp advice The
cabman. who was next in the stream
Of traffic kept properly in line, and
the officer shouted to the offending
driver: why didn't you follow the
nan behind you2 He knew the way"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06

was the center OF the turmoil in the
university city for the last two years.
He was an open foe OF the liberals
and constantly advised the czar
against making concessions. Recently
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06

Offices Of the Trsnsiserian rs,;way
viii be opened shortly in Paris. Ar
rangements are nezIly completed for
the -sSning Of the new Russo-El-o-
pean express from Calais, which viii
eaaase travellers from England 70
reaca Pekin in fourteen days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06
-ardid Exolanation.

Candid Explanation.
When the young mistress az the
house entered the kitchen she carried
herself with great dignity She had
come 10 call the cock 70 account
Mary sic said. Il must insist
that you keep better hours and that
you have less company IN the Kitchen
AZ night Last night was kept awake
because q the uproarious laughter Of
one OF your young women friends"
Wis, mum. know Mary replied
cheeriully but she couldn't help IL.
I was telling her how you tried to
make cake yesterday morning"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06
SERGIUS CALLED RUSSIA'S EVIL GENIUS
Grand Duke Had Beon Under Sentence
of Death-Hated and Feared by All
Liberal Men

nation. At that time he was given
charge of the handling OF the crowds,
and his neglect and carelessness were
declared respons BILE for the accident
in which thousands Of persons vera
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-06
sERoIus HATED BY RUSSIANS.
pespotic and Reactionary, He Had
Long Been Marked for Death.

Long Been Marked for Death.
The Grand Duke Sergius, uncle of the
Russian emperor, and formerly gov
ernor general of MOSCOW, assassinated
in the Kremlin at Moscow, Feb. IL, is
understood to have been condemned
TO death by the revolutionary party
In December last. The governor gen
eralship Of Moscow was abolished
early in the year and the Grand Duke.
according to dispatches from Moscow.
January 4. kept closely ia the well
guarded Nickouski palace on the cut
skirts Of Moscow. retaining his posi-
ton as commanderin-chief Of the mill
tary district.
Later in January, however, it was
announced that the Grand Duke had
sought refuge in one of the palaces Of
the Kremlin. He had been classed
as the most reactionary member OF
the imperial family. as the head OF
what is referred to as the war party,
and ha5 heen stigmatized by the liber
als as Russia's "evil genius
vladimir is more feared. Alexis
more despised, but Sergius was des-
pissed, feared aud bated.
AS governor general Of Moscow he
s-~~~--~-~-----~~-~-~-~-~
Genuine Boston Attitude.
The inhabitants OF The Hub Of the
Universe are said to have their own
ideas OF their own importance. The
comic artists have for years reaped
rich harvest in caricaturing the wise
Boston children. A story which IS
attributed on good authority 70 Henry
James hits OF this Boston attitude
20 perfection. At recent dinner party
Mr.. James told the story Of a Back
Bay Boston lady who in one sweep
ing classification spoke Of the pec-
pie living below Beacon street, New
Workers and tia. class Of people
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
REPUBLICAN PIE EATERS
IN MISSISSIPPI
Will be Asked to Explain. Serious Charges
Preferred Against Several Leaders
and Investigations VIII Follow.

A Washington special of the
18th furnishes the following:
Postmaster General Cortelyou
and Attorney General M O o d V
have been requested 10 investi-
gate certain charges of political
misconduct preferred a g "A n l
Edgar S. Wilson, United States
Marshal for the Southern dis
trict of Mississippi, and until re-
Gently patronage referee for that
State. L. T.. Mosely, clerk of the
United States District Court for
the Southern District of Misais-
sipi and f. w. Collins, register
Of tie United = atos Land Office
at Jackson.
The Charges in queA r5n We're
submitted in writing by we'll
known Mississippi Republican,
who stated in a personal letter
accompanying his formal state
ments his willingness to furn,an
the Postmaster General and the
Attorney General any informa-
tion in his possession.
1t is charged that in the fall Of
1901 i'm the month OF September,
a meeting was held in the gov
ernment building at jackson,
Miss, for the purpose of assess
ing the postmasters of the State
of Mississippi To defray the ex-
ponsea Of Mosely and Collins
both members Of the Republican
State Central Committee, to anC
from Washington, MoseIy anC
Collins agreeing TO use their in
| fluence with the President anC
| Postmaster General To have th'
postmaalrrs thus assessed retain
ed in their position. Itis alleged
that thi7 meeting was attended
| by l.. b. Mosely, F. w. Collins
w. o. Lignn, deputy u nj e
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH
PRONOUNCED REMARKABLE
By General Manager ACkef of the Southern
Railway. Has Many Nice Things to say
While in Memphis.

ness in the South is now active
and prosperous. The figures We
have given of railway building
in the Southern States are of
much more far-reaching signifi-
canoe. Their plain meaning is
that the South is advancing to a
place of higher prominence in
the country's trade and prOduc-
tive industries. For a variety OF
reasons all we'll knOwn-siavery
the Civil War, the blightine
years of reconstruction, want oil
capital, and "disharmonies, ," as
NJ. MetchnikOff woul call them
in the adaptation of agricultural
and Industrial processes to sol
and climate-the South has only
slowly come to get her due share
of benefit from the powerful i'm
pulses of growth and develop
ment which a quarter of cen
tury ago began to do their work
in the North.
1.-The Southern States have be-
come rich from the sale of enor-
nous crops of cotton at gooo
prices. Last years crop Of over
5000, 900 bales necessarily fore
ed down the market quotations
for the staple. The unexpected
size of the crop was regarded as
calamity when the figures were
announced, but the price has OI
late shown an upward tendency
and great deal of cotton has
been held back to get the advan.
tage of the rise. Again the crop
in spite of the eariv disappoint-
ment, will add enormously to the
wealth of the South. In thi:
country capital almost of neces-
sity creates bu sine Q IS. Tht
Southerners are everywhere
seeking home investments foI
their money. Manufactures ar,
increasing, and through a wiser
choice of crops and better pro
cesses Southern agriculture
productiveness mas of late nota
| bly, increased.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
Manager Scott
Painfully injured

Mr.. f. c. Scott, the affable and
popular local manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Co ,
met with an accident Friday that
came near being very serious,
and as he is painfully injured and
and will likely be confined 70 his
room for several days. The ac-
cident occurred ut the corner OF
Main and Market streets, and
was caused by the~seat of the de-
livery wagon on which he was rid
ing, ,overturning and throwing him
headIong to the ground, the rear
wheels of the vehicle passing over
his left leg He was picked up
by his friends and carried home,
accompanied by DIR. Mccullough,
who after making an examination
stated that some of the small
bones of tie leg were possibly
fractured but none broken.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
FRED ". KAvANAlIGH
IN 4 COLLISION.
Saratoga Sheriff and Standard
Oil Man Form Unexpected
and Hasty Acquaintance.

The following taken from the
New York World of May 10Th
will be read with interest by the
many friends in this city Of Fred
w. Kavanaugh the popular 5her-
if of Saratoga County New York
and a large stock holder OF the
Columbus Underwear Co, and
all of them are glad 10 know that
he escaped without serious in
jury:
"F. T. Budford, an officer uf the
Standard Oil Company and +.
w. Kavanaugh, from Waterford,
n. Y, ran into each other ai
forty third street and Madison
avenue yesterday afternoon, and
despite many bruises parted the
best of friends.
Budford was in ms automobile.
Kavanaugh was in a Ppnuayiva-
MIA cab, hurrying 10 the Grand
Central Station The automobile
being the heavier, had the best
of it, and overturned the cab a.
gainst a lamp post. Kavanaugh
was pinned in, and his driver
John Featherson, was h r. " \
through the air and landed or
his feet. Budford was unseatec
by the shock, but was not hurt
and he sprang to the rescue o
the imprisoned Kavanaugh.
An onlooker had called the 20
lice and an ambulance, but thel
had no use for either. After pre-
senting the cabman his card
Budford helped the bruised Mr.
Kavanaugh into his automobiI
and gave him ride to the Man.
; hatten Hotel. There he found
doctor, who patched up h
bruises while the pair chatted.
The patching done, Budfor
took Kavanaugh to the depot j
his automobile.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
GILBERT WALDEN
FAMOUS COWBOY
Will Give an Entertainment
for Benefit of the Athletic
Association.

Gilbert Waldren, the famous
Cowboy Orator, Rough Rider,
Scholar, Rifle Shot and Dialect
Humorist. assisted by Col. 5.
Paul Cutter, one of the finest
tenor singers in the land, will
give an entertainment at the Ath-
letic Association Hall Tuesday
night May 23rd for the benefit
of the AssC citation
Mr.. Waldren's 8 wife is charm :
ing Mississippi girl; her father
being prominent physician in
the Delta-and she too takes
part in the entertainment which
is bound to be pleasing.
Price of admission % and Doc.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23

age cost of construction, this
means an expenditure of $780,
600. 900. If in addition So, 900 q
mile is allowed for equipment W Q
reach the imposing total of S175.-
900, 900. Conceding that two
thirds of this great sum will be
expended for labor, there re-
mains in round numbers $50, 600
900 to be expended for railway
supplies. This is an item of no
little Importance in the eountry's
business, particularly in the
business Of the builders of loco
motives and cars, the makers of
steel rails, and the surveyors of
minor articles of railway equip
ment."
Mr.. Ackert was questioned
closely about his knowledge of
the projected Union Depot for
Memphis, but laughingly dis
missed that topic.
"You must get some one who
has inside information to talk to
you about that" he said.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23

States Marshal, with station at
Meridian, Miss, and others.
The following list of postmas-
ters assessed and the a IN o u n
subscribed by postmasters hold
ing office at that time was sub
mitted to Postmaster-G eral
Cortelyou:
Yazoo City, Miss, Oct. 1901,
$40; Bay st. Louis, Miss, Oct. Z
1901, $40; Duncan, Miss, Oct. z,
1901, $40; Hattiesburg, Miss,
Oct. 7, 1901, $50; Magnolia, Miss.
Oct. 7. 1901. SO; Water Valley,
Miss Oct. Z. 1901. $50; Durant,
Miss, Oct. 7. 1901, StO; Fayette,
Miss, Oct. 7, 1901, $40; Ocean
Sprin ys, Miss, Oct. 3, 1901, SO;
Laurel, Miss, Oct. 8, 1901, S25;
Pontotoc, Miss. Oct. 8, 1901 SO;
Greenwood, Miss, Oct. 10, 1901,
S26; McComb, Miss, Oct. lS,
1901, $40; Columbia, Miss, Oct.
18, 1901, S15; Grenada, Miss,
Oct. 8, 1901, S25.
1t is charged that a circular
letter, signed by w. o. Ligon,
an official of the United States,
was sent out To postmasters to
collect assessments.
A specific charge against Ed
gar S. Wilson, United s 8
Marshal for the Southern district
of Mississippi, is that he charged
the Government for services not
rendered in the regular and pre-
scribed way. 1t is alleged that
he mailed subpoenas to witnesses
instead of serving them in per
son, and that he collected mile
age and per diem for this service
The letter contained other pep
perry allegations and asked that
the charges against Wilson and
others be investigated.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
GRAND LODGE q. p. @. E. BUF-
'FALO, v. JULY iI--i5th, 1905.

On account of the above occa-
sion the Southern Railway will
sell tickets to Buffalo, N. Y at the
rate of one fare plus one dollar
for the round trip. Tickets will
be sold July 8th, 9th 10Th, good
returning to leave Buffalo not
later than Jnly 10Th, 1905 An
extension may be Secured until
June 25th, by depositing the
ticket with Joint Agent and pay
ing fee of fifty cents. For fur
ther particulars write to
j. n. HARRISON, d. i. A.
Birmingham. Ala
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
There Is d Difference

The difference between Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Honey and Tar and ali other Cough
Syrups is that it moves the bowels, thus
expelling cold from the system. This
relaxes the nerve-tissues and by its
healing effect on the throat and lungs
the cough is relieved cured entirely.
Kennedy's is the original Laxative Hon
ey and Tar and contains no opiates.
Good alike for young or old Tastes
good. Sold by Chapman &: Mayneld.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
Remarkable Development.

There could be no surer evi-
dence, not merely of the awak-
ening OF the South, but of the
fact that it is industrially wide
awake and undergoing remarka-
ble development 1t would be a
matter of merely temporary and
present moment To say that busi-
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
SECRETARY SYKES
GETS INTERVIEWED
While Visiting in Atlanta, and Furnishes Some Statistics
That Will Give Information to the Best Posted
Citizens of Columbus.

The Atlanta Constitution of
May 18th furnishes the following
interview with Mr.. J. FL. Sykes,
Sec'y of the Columbus Progress
sive Union, which gives some in
formation not heretofore known
by many Columbus people:
Among the prominent men not
directly connected with h
National Association of Manu-
facturers, but who have been
brought to Atlanta by the con-
vention, is I. II. Sykes, of CO.
lumbus, Miss. Mr.. Sykes is sec
retary of the Progressive Union
of his city, an organization of
business men, similar to boards
of trade or chambers of COM
merce.
The object of his visit here is
to invite ten members of the
Manufacturers Association to
make a trip to Columbus, Mics,
as the guest of the Progressive
Union that they may have ocular
evidence of the possibilities and
progress of that city.
In discussing his home city
yesterday, Mr.. Sykes said:
81 can present figures and facts
that will demonstrate to the most
skeptical that Columbus, Miss,
has made more rapid strides to-
wards permanent improvements
in the past three years than any
city south of the Ohio river.
Our population in 1902 was
6,496 Today it is by census of
the city IL, ,789, or nearly double
what it was three years ago.
In 1902 we had in operation
eight manufacturing industries,
with total paid up capital of
1891, 900, employing 432 hands
and having a weekly pay roll OF
| 81, ,715. Today We have in sue
cessful operation twenty eight
manufacturing plants, with cap
ital fully paid up of 81, 1,310,50O.
employing 1916 hands and pay
ing out weekly S11, ,266.
This shows an increase from a
| percentage standpoint as follows
Increase in capital invested ol
| 295 per cent.
Increase in hands employed
| 275 per cent.
Increase in weekly pay roll 285
per cent.
In the way of permanent i'm
provements in the last two year:
there has been built by the city 1
handsome city hall and quarters
, for ouf paid fire department, a. ,
cost of S54, 900; new water plan
} and sewerage system, laid at .
cost of S78, 900; new brick schoo
r building for negro children, at
cost of S8, 900, and sundry an,
other items of improvements to-
} numerous to mention. Their
, have been laid by the city in tn
> last two years q miles of cemen
sidewalks, and in addition t
9 what the city has done, the stat
= has erected two of the handsom
: est buildings at the /. |. and G.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
The Panama Canal.

'These conditions explain why
the South now outstrips the North
in the figures of new railroad
mileage. AS Industries multiply
and business increases transpor-
tation facilities are required.
Moreover, alert minded men in
the South are already studying
the effect upon the Southern half
of the Union, and particularly
upon the Gulf States, of the open
ing of the Panama Canal. That
, event seems a long way off, but
not too far off to be reckoned
with. Almost inevitably the
creation of this new waterway
shortening by thousands of mile 8
| the sea route to the west coast of
South America, to our own Pa
cific coast, and to the markets of
Asia, must build up an export
trade of much greater volume
than that which now exists. The
great railroad systems of the Cen
tral West will naturally seek
Southern extensions and gull
port terminals to secure their
share of the new trade. Some
of the systems already have ter
minal facilities on the gulf. Il
is not too early TO be thinking a
bout these matters, and when the
canal shall actually be begun the
plans of the railroads will quickly
take definite shape.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
a a. WORTHY NJ u NEGRO
INSTANTLY KILLED.
While in the Discharge of His Duties, Jack BiIIupS
is Struck and Instantly Killed bya
Switch Engine.

Friday afternoon Jack Billups
a worthy employee of the Arkay
Stave and Heading Co, was al
most instantly killed while doing
some work about car. From
the information gathered it seems
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23

that the switch engine was coup
ling out a car and that helm some
manner was struck, knocking
him senseless to the ground. A
physician was summoned but the
negro died before his arrival.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
Money in Railways.

1t will not escape the atten-
ton of persons accustomed to
study underlying trade condi-
tons that the railroad mileage
now under contract or construc-
ton in this country will call for
the expenditure of a good deal of
money. 1t is probable that not
more than 4 900 of the 7,5O0miles
under contract will actually be
completed this year. Within the
ensuing twelve months, however,
the entire 1900 miles will be
substantially finished. At $40, :
900 a mile, which is a fair aver
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23

that is to be found anywhere in
the south, new industrial hall at
a cost of S35, 900 and a music hall
at cost of $40, 900, and with all
of the above improvements, while
our assessed valuation is O t
over 60 per cent our rate of tax
alton in the growth, principally
among them in the city is but 10
mills.
Many things that Po to make
up this fact of manufacturers
recognizing in Columbus t h e
most propitious site to manufac-
ture anything ont of cotton, iron
or wood in the entire south.
If you have ever taken the
time to look at the map you will
see that the most centrally located
part Of the United States. from
standpoint of d 8 i b IL o n
coupled with the fact of an
abundant supply of raw material
is the northwestern part of Ala
bama and the northeastern part
of Mississippi, Columbus being
only 10 miles from the Alabama
line and not very far removed
from the Tennessee line, gives
her the most central location of
any of the cities in this section.
Then, too, we are on the main
line of two great trunk lines of
railroads, besides having at our
very door the Tombigbee river. a
naYigable stream for large pack
cts for six months in the year,
besides the protection as to
freight rates based on the fact of
our being in the Birmingham dis
trict.
| Do you know, we have the
cheapest rate of freight on pig
iron from Birmingham, the rec
ognized market on this product
of any city in a radius of several
hundred miles. For your infor-
nation The following rates on pig
iron fr m Birmingham, Ala. tc
points named below apply:
New Orleans, La, So. 80 per ton
Vicksburg. Miss, 2.75 8
Memphis, Tenn, 2.87 8
" ridian, Miss, 1.50 - ''
Admission, Ala, 135 IS
Columbus, Miss, 100 8 +"
The above facts. coupled will
that of Columbus being tn,
healthiest, and the wealthiest cit,
] | of its size in the entire country
! together with the high mora
, standing of its citizenship, to So.
/ nothing of the church and schoo
t advantages, makes it not only tn
most desirable location from tn
! manufacturer,s point of view, bu
/ as we'll for one looking for plac
I to live and rear a family.
) Columbus, Miss, is one plac
q where prohibition prohibits. c
q course, an occasional blind tige
t shows up, but it is only matte
o of few days before he shows u
Q on the county farm, where he
: given the opportunity to roper
;, for his misdoings."
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-05-23
Wanted

Two respectable young m Il
ooarders. Within three blocks
of the business part of the city.
Apply w. X, Commercial PIG
Office.