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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-29

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-29

BUOUES EN- PUERTO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
SENATOR BAILEYs EVOLUTION

SENATOR BAILEY introduced an amendment to
the Indian appropriation bill yesterday creating one
state Of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
This act marks the last step in the evo ution Of
the brilliant Texas senator from the most ardent adj
vocate of separate statehood to outand-out single
state with the fiery zeal of a new convert.
In the minds Of many friends of single statehood,
not hesated to declare his honest conviction that the
highest interests of the nation and the territories
demanded separate statehood When it appeared
evident that single statehood bill was the only
measure that had ghost Of show Of passing, the
senator contented himself with the promise to
make speech opposing it and there let his opposition
drop and this he did in one of the most eloquent
speeches ever heard in the senate chamber Like
the broadminded statesman that he is, the senator
accepted the logic of the situation.
But other influences were at work in Senator
Bailey mind He had hosts Of warm friends in
Indian Territory. These friends many Of them
former Texans, told him Of conditions here how the
million and half Of people in the territories were
the progress of future great commonwealth was
being impeded--in short the whole story Of our
deplorable state became thoroughly familiar to him.
Then when it seemed that the just claims of these
people were to be thwared by the obdurate partisan
ship of the party in power HhelSenators Texas Irish
was aroused Suddenly in the heat of debate last
week he surprised his friends and enemies by
declaring that rather than see the bill die he would
vote for the house proposition He tremendo us
ly in earnest and his last action, noted above shows
that he is going persevere to the last in his efforts
to do justice to the people of the territories.
In striking contrast with the attitude of the
narrowminded opponents Of the bill, the Texas
senator rises to the height of real craftsmanship
His course has been marked by commonsense,
candor and patriotism. The people have every
reason for gratitude to Senator Bailey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
TERRITORIAL LABOR CONGRESS

AT MUsKoGEE congress of labor has been
called by the trades council representing 20 local
unions with membership of 4, 222 upt dete to be
held March 2S, 20 and 3o 1905, for the purpose of
devsing ways and means for the enactment of laws
for the betterment of organized labor in the consti
tuition of the new state and to the benefit of uplifting
of organized labor Of the territories large can
presented ntegently in the form of resolutions Of
the Twin Territorial Federation of Labor convention
which is to be held in June at South McAlester.
Each localin the two territories is accredited
with three delegates who shall the vote OF their
local on all questions and resolutions that may be
brought before the congress. Not only special dele
gates are invited to attend this congress- but every
member in good standing of any local union in the
two territories, having regular working card is
requested to be present and and be and hear
and be heard. Many questions of Importance to the
laborng man in regard 10 the coming statehood
legislation will be discussed and every card man
present will have the right Of voice.
Many eminent speakers of note will be present and
deliver addresses on these subjects -Ardmoreite.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
LAST DAYS OF REGISTRATION.

THIS marks the close of the registration for
the democratic primary. Next Saturday is the last
day for getting your name on the roll Of democratic
voters The wisdom of the democrats in convention
assembled last year decreed registered primary for
future nominations and the executive committee in
arranging for the present primary merely carried out
that degree. 1t had no option in the matter. Its
only duty provide system of registration and
primary rules that would be absolutely fair, insuring
every candidate square deal and guaranteeing that
every man nominated would be the choice Of the ma
jority of real democratic voters.
That the committee did its work we'll and its plan
has met with hearty approval is shown by the large
number of democrats who have registered There are
few who have not yet registered. They should not
fail to attend to this important matter before the week
closes.
THE Express has no axe of any kind to grind in
this election It has urged democrats 10 take an
active part in the nomination Of men who are to repre-
sent the party and is still urging them to do So Get
out and work for the candidates who in your opinion
will make the best officers and who will make the
strongest candidates in the contest with cur political
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Other Editors Say
SUFFRAGE QUESTION DISCUSSED.

KANSAS, WHICH has been agitating for years the
Just defeated the project in its legislature Montana
did the same thing on the day. Both of those
states have limited form Of suffrage Kansas
has long had school suffrage for women andfor the
past decade and half women have been allowed TO
vote on municipal matters in that state From the
latter part Of its territorial days Montana has allowed
its women voice in school affairs, and also ques
tions involving the issuance Of mum spal bonds
In recent years woman suffrage has not made
much progress in the United States. More than a
dozen states in addition to Kansas and Montana have
school suffrage for women, and New York permits
women property owners to vote OH propositions for
raising money by taxation or assessment. Complete
suffrage however, is still denied women in all the
states except Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
Wyom ing has had full suffrage for them since the
early part of its territorial days, more than third
Of a century For along time in its territorial stage
women in Utah were on exact equality with men at
the ballot box and they have had this since the state
was admitted in 1896 Colorado, in 1898, struck off
all disqualification for at the polls, and Idaho
did the same in 1896 In those four mountain states
women voted for all elective officials from President
downward
| Whether womans participation in elections has
made the ballot purer or intelligent is question
which is difficult to answer with any confidence Prob
able it has made no special change one way or the
other In the Investigations of the frauds in the
ballot in Colorado in the PeabodyAdams contest tor
governor in 1904, some women were involved, though
apparently not in such large proportions as men It
was said at the time that Bryan in 1896 got larger
proportion of the support in the four states in
which they voted for president than he did Of the
men, Woman suffrage is still in the experimental
stage, and it is making much less headway in the
country at large than its advocates expected. One
very powerful reason for this however is that seem
ingly only small proportion of thu women want it.
Globe Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

enemies Now is the time to make your fight and
after the primary is over, lay aside any personal
grievance you may have and work teeth and toe nail
for the election OF every man nominated This is
democraic-at least it is the kind of democracy that
the EXPRESS believes in and practices.
LET Us be democrats and good citizens
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
A FARMERS OPINION OF FOOTBALL

A FARArER heard so much about foot ball games
that he finally took day off and went to see one.
A neighbor asked him about IT, "There is nothing
TO tell said he Just let twenty big hogs out in a
soft field any day and then throw in peck or 50 Of
corn in sack and see EN- go for il, and you will
know what game Of foot ball looks like. '-Ex.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

THE President made the following postofice
nominations yesterday Geo, w Mellish Comanche;
George Keeton. NARROW.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
POTATO
SEED

tits almost time TO plant the
garden. The question is where
will get my seed3 We have
anticipated your wants and
have put in a large stock of
potato seed, the Tennessee
Triumphs, Early Ohios and
Rose. We also have onion
setts and small garden seed.
the way, while all Of these good
things are growing we would
like to have you try some Of
our canned vegetables such as
canned Lima Beans, White
Swan melting sugar peas, corn,
tomatoes, string beans, etc.
Call and see us, opposite post
Office. Phone SO.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
Americnnn On Canada.

The Americans who are rapidly coming
to Canada are creating new political condi-
lions here At present the great west is
a tail of this new empire, but the tail
grows and grows. and with it's vast wheat
region yet to be opened up it may in time
be heavy enough to either wag the dog or
to break off and have an independent ex-
istence OF its own. l shall tell how Cana
dams and others feel about this matter, in
terviewing the people Of the new colonies
in different parts of the Canadian west
There are hundreds of Americans who
have settled in Canada and became promi-
nent here. The great trunk lines of rail-
road are managed by them. They have
opened up the biggest iron mines and they
have all sorts of investments in the way OF
factories, lands, pulp mills and forests.
What Americans are doing and what they
can do should be interesting reading The
same is true OF our trade with Canada. We
are spending vast sums sending commits
sioners to all parts of the world to look up
trade openings while we pay but little at
tention TO the big possibilities near home.
Canada is one OF our best customers. We
sell her twice as much goods as We buy
from her. She has a commerce worth half
a billion dollars every year, and it grows
like a green bay tree 1t is more valuable
to UNCLE Sam than his trade with Japan,
China or any other country outside Europe,
but he takes little pains to cultivate IT,.
What that trade is and how it may be bet
tered is worth the consideration OF our gov
eminent and business men.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
check. AIreadr FiIIea out.

Big check books, very much like the
check books that are furnished by banks to
their customers, with stub for each
check. are furnished the pension office.
Some of the check books are in blank, 80
that pensions OF odd amounts can be filled
in For the most part the pensions are in
classes and the check books are made out
with the amount printed in the check.
Either Miss Rood or the pension agent HIM
self must go through the pension rolls
each quarter and sign a check for each
old soldier, widow or army nurse on the
pension roll. When the voucher comes in
from the old soldier the check with new
voucher for the following quarter is mailed
to him. There is one chief clerk, who looks
after the details of the office, and the other
twenty-five are occupied in mailing the
checks and looking over the vouchers to
see that no mistakes have been made. This
latter is no small task, for every voucher
must be scrutinized with the greatest care.
They are looked over hurriedly when they
first come in but after the rush is over,
which lasts for several days at the be-
ginning of each quarter, the vouchers are
taken again and carefully examined. II
one is sent in to the department at WASH
ington which has the slightest flaw It is
sent back and unless the pension agent
can get it corrected he is out of pocket
the amount of the voucher. The voucher
sent from the old soldier to the pension
agent is evidenced in the first instance that
the old soldier is still alive and has PEN
sion certificate that entities him to a pen.
sion. Attached to the voucher is a dupli-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
New Agent n Young Soldier.

The DesMoines Office is temporarily in
the charge Of A. II. THOMPSON, an official
from the department at Washington. w.
V. Wilcox, the agent appointed TO sue
coed the late r. P. Garrison, will soon as
sumo the duties OF the offlce. Mr.. Will
cox was a member OF the Eighth Iowa cav
airy and enlisted when he was but II years
old in 1868. He came nearly being refused
His youthfulness was easily apparent,
though he strenuously informed the exam
lining officer that he was over 49, Finally
no was accepted on the statement of one
of those interested in raising the regiment,
who claimed that Mr.. Wilcox was home
less and might just as well be in the
war as any place, and the recruiting office.
ignorant Of the fact that wlllcox's father
was the owner of several hundred acres
of good farm land in Johnson county, ac-
cApted the youth, who but a short time
before had run away from his home and
walked to Wapello in Louisa county. Mr..
Willcox's father came to Iowa in the early
days from Ohio and kept the Halfway
house between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
Mr.. Wilcox was with Sherman on the
march to the sea and was with the lost
regiment which wandered for about forty
days without communication with the rest
of the troops. Finally the regiment reached
Macon. Ca Joining the rest of the forces.
Following the war, Mr.. Wilcox clerked
at Iowa City and Eldora and then engaged
in business in Eldora in general merchan-
disc and grain. He was associated with
his brother and father under the firm name
of Wilcox g. Sons. Mr.. Wilcox was sheriff
of Hardin county during the notorious
Rainsbarger days when the four Rainsbar-
ger brothers. two OF which are now in the
penitentiary serving life sentences, were a
terror to the whole country and Mr.. Will
cox was very instrumental in their capture.
Mr.. Wilcox later became district agent
for the Hawkeye Insurance company and
some years ago bought an interest in the
local agency, with which he is still con-
nected. Prominent in the G, A. r. and
political circles, Mr., WILCOX has a very
wide acquaintance in Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
rcn.Ion nnlcr Tipurr,.

OF the $3.50 449.l paid last year from this
Office s.. $50 Oi5.S2 was paid TO Iowa pension
ers and S2,l95, 1854 to Nebraska pensioners.
Pensioners resident in Iowa number $3.50,
and in Nebraska 1896 Pensioners fire.
quently move to another state and are not
transferred to Tho other agency. The total
number carried on the rolls here Is u net
gain OF thirty-seven over that of the pre-
ceding year. The high water mark OF tho
number of pensioners in the entire country
was reached January 81 last, when the rolls
contained l,00il96 June 50 this had fallen
to 99s, AL, and it is believed that 1t will never
again reach the million mark unless there
is another war or the service pension law
is passed.
The largest agency in the country is that
at Topeka, which carries IFS sos pensioners
on the rolls, and the smallest is that at
Concord, ~. H., which carries 1909 on the
rolls,
The agency at Des Moines now carries on
its rolls the following pensioners: Invalid
pensioners of the regular establishment
(neaning thereby soldiers who have become
disabled during time of peace), 2s1; widows
OF the same, A.; civil war pensioners, A.554;
widows of such, 1876; Spanish war PEN
sioners, 7SS; widows of such, Isl; war OF 1912,
no soldiers: widows OF soldiers of war OF
1872, 10; Mexican war, 1907 widows of such.
24S; Indian wars soldiers, ID; widows OF
such, 43; army nurses OF civil war, 40.
IL will be seen that out of the 54.710 pon-
sioners on the rolls of the agency a very
large per cent are invalds or soldiers them
selves the total number being 42.7T7. The
invalid roll is, however, decr~Rsing each
year and the number Of widow pensioners
is correspondingly increasing.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
Montreal In 1907.

I came 10 Montreal from Boston. 1t is
only a night on the sleeping car, but that
night brings you into John Bulls dominions
and into the New York of his Canadian
possessions. Montreal is like New York
and not like it. The chief resemblance is
in location. Both cities stand upon dia-
mond- shaped islands. and both are sur
rounded by great rivers, The st. Lawrence
and the ottawa here flow together, embrace
ing the towns. Montreal island is thirty
miles long and the city rises from the
shores up the slope Of Mount Royal. a
undiscovered hill from which Montreal
has its name.
One can ride &c the top of this hin on an
inclined railroad and have one of the finest
views of the North American continent.
Standing upon the lookout. the Ottawa and
the st. Lawrence winds for miles below you,
the latter filled with great steamers and
other craft. Looking at the southeast and
southwest you can see the green mountains
of the Adirondacks kissing the sky and
marking the existence of Gods chosen ooun-
try, while right under you is Montreal with
its wide streets, its many trees, its mighty
churches its myriad factories, its enormous
grain elevators and new docks and wharves.
The city covers, l judge, between ten and
fifteen square miles. and IT has numerous
suburbs which are now coming in.
Montreal Is a substantial city with plain,
business-like English blocks. It has no sky
Serapsra. and It has not AZ yet been afiictsd
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
Canada-A New Country.

This gives some idea of the new Canada
I say new because the oldest things are
new when first known, and Canada is
just becoming known to the world As
far as the original discovery is concerned
II is the oldest part of North America.
Lief Ericsson, a Norwegian, discovered
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by sailing
down from Iceland almost 500 years before
Columbus came across the Atlantic and
landed upon the West Indies. John Cabot
was the next arrival, little after Column
bus, and 1t was about a generation later
that the French sent out Jacques Cartier,
who discovered the mouth OF the st. Law
renee and sailed up through it to Quebec.
The next wear he made his way as far as
Montreal and gave the French their title to
Canada by right of discovery. The French
settled that part Of Canada. There are a
million and half French Canadians today
and the people OF that region still speak
French and have papers published in that
language.
Every American knows OF the conquest of
Canada by the British. Its story has been
that OF a British colony from then until
now and It is a British dependency today.
The country has grown slowly in popula-
ton until recently. II has now altogether
less than 1--WE and a half millions. but It
has had more than 10000 American immi-
grants within the past two years and peo-
pie are coming in by the thousand from
the different parts OF northern Europe.
What this immigration amounts to. the set
Elements of the Americans and what they
are doing, and the general development OF
the far western lands of the country will
form large part of my writing during the
tour
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12

UNIT Win tne mayor
In order to give you the latest Informa-
ton as to- the new Montreal, called upon
the mayor. found him In his ONCE in the
city hall, a four-tory light gray stone
building opposite the French market and
not far from the river. 1 heard nothing but
French spoken as 1 passed through the
market ON my way to the mayors office.
There were notices printed in French pasted
side by side with the English notices In the
Railways and every door had a French and
English sign over 1t. The mayor was speak
ing in French to delegation when ! en-
tered, and was not surprised to find that
he himself is OF French Canadian descent.
His name is Mr.. H. La Porte, and in ad-
dressing him one calls him your Wor-
ship" Mayor La Porte speaks English as
we'll as French. About two-thirds of the
city over which he rules is French, but the
other third is English. and the business
must therefore be conducted in both Ian
guages.
I opened the conversation by asking him
to tell me something about the Montreal OF
1905. His worship replied;
Montreal is thriving as never before. 1t
has increased in population 10000 IN the
past five years 1t has now more than
100000 citizens, and it will soon have half a
million. We are taking in the suburbs
just as other great cities have done. and
are creating a Greater Montreal. We shall
add several suburbs to the city today. We
have a large outside population, which is
now governed by its own little municipali-
ties Within short time these will all
be a part of Montreal"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
Extent OF Canada's UnexpIored Region

sumers. We want a reduction of 40 cents
a thousand off of the present rate of $1.2O
a thousand. Gas can proftably be manu-
featured at 20 cents a thousand and II
Montreal will pay so cents the companies
should not complain"
Are you native of Montreal, your wor-
ship?' 1 asked.
mo. I was born within fifteen miles OF
the city, but came here as boy and have
lived In Montreal all my life. like the
city, and have every confidence in its i'm
mediate and ultimate prosperity"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
Similarity Between Japanese and oiibways

this continent, and that the primitive eul-
ture Of America was transplanted into
Asia and then TO Europe, to become the
civilization of great historic peoples.
II have a great many curious evidences
of this in the notes that / have collected
from time to time" said Mr.. Armstrong.
81 pro ulgated the idea In the play OF
'Hiawatha, which dra -natized and staged.
That play is intended TO depict Indian life
before the arrival of the white man The
theory first occurred TO me through the
striking physical resemblance between tie
Ojibway Indians and the japanese. and also
by the fact that the ojibways have the
same totem as the Japanese, which Is a
crane standing on turtle. There are many
other proofs For instance, in neither the
Ojibway nor the japanese language are
there any swear words. The social posi-
ton of the women in both is the same. She
has little voice in the management of do
nestle matte but is a worker Chicago
Reeord-Hsrald
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
View ThinEs In Canada.

I want to tell you something about the
new things going on there. The country is
being opened up by railroads and there
are all sorts OF new lines of transportation
proposed. both by water and by rail Can
ada has now more than 1000 miles OF
railroad track. In proportion to its popula-
ten it-has done much more than the United
States in building canals. and 1t has some
of the greatest OF navigable rivers OF the
world shall go along the line OF the rail
and water routes from the Atlantic 10 Man
itoba, and shall mention the schemes pro-
posed for fast ships from England through
Hudson strait and Hudson bay.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12

check IL one gets lost or stolen all checks
would be collected at once. A new check
cannot be issued Until six months have
elapsed from the issue of the lapsed or
stolen one. Besides, the owner must not
only wait six months to get a duplicate,
but must furnish a bond in double the
amount that will be acceptable to the
Treasury department to protect the gov
eminent from the possibility of having to
pay the original check, should it be found.
Checks will not be paid at all by the as
sistant treasurer on whom they are drawn
unless presented within three years after
they are drawn. The funds representing
all checks outstanding at the end of three
years are covered back into the treasury
and the holders of such checks must for
ward them to the secretary of the treas