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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

The Japanese are building new
dockyard It is 10 be In the form OF
a letter z. as shown In our iIlustra-
tion, In honor OF King Edward. the
monarch OF their allies. Their naval
experts. however. are considerably
perplexed oyer the thing.
For example. suppose the eight men
OF war numbered ! to 3 are In the DO
sitions shown, how are they to man
euver In the quickest way 30 that /.
2. 8. and shall change places with
5. s. and 8; that Is. with the num-
hers still running from left to right
as at present. but the top row ex-
changed with the bottom!
Make a large diagram on a sheet
Of paper and use eight numbered
counters. What are the fewest posi-
Bile moves7 One ship moves at =
time. and any distance counts as one
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

In his hasty fight the gentleman with
the valise full OF greenbacks and other
negotiable evidences OF wealth, might
think that Borneo, CeIebes, sumatra
and New Guinea, or any Of the other
or the East Indies. would be just the
place. Nay. nay. The Dutch boss
Borneo, Celebes and sumatra, and,
with the Germans, divide up New Gui-
naa.
Africa Ig pretty well divided up be
tween France. Great Britain. Germany
and Belgium, SO expansion has been a
pretty hard blow for the man who
thinks the United States is an un-
healthy place. Cruel Argentina took
over all Patagonia, SO one more place
Is closed. Denmark owns Greenland
and Iceland. SO even these fnnospitahle
cllmes turn the cold shoulder to the
weary traveller with the goId-laden
gripsack.
Japan is also shut to the fugitive,
but C0rea Is open. China occupies a
peculiar position. The Chinese won't
arrest you. Mr.. Embezzler, but under
the law any American consul may ex-
ercise the powers Of policeman, sheriff
and magistrate all In one, and throw
you into Chinese jail--if he pays
your board-till Uncle Sam can send
somebody to bring you home.
There is no extradition treaty with
Siam, but the Siamese would be only
too glad to cast you into dungeon
cell If Uncle Sam asked the favor. for
King ChuIalongkorn is anxious to be
friends with the Americans, who en-
tertained SO lavishly his two sons, the
Grown Prince Somdetch Chowfa Maha
VajiraYaudh aud Prince Chakrabongse.
The world to-day Is a small place,
and is getting smaller every year for
the man who fees arrest In the United
States. He is now limited, with one
exception, to Morocco, Siam, Ecuador,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, the little
Central American republics. Persia,
Corea and one or two semi-barbarous
lands in Central Asia. In any of them,
bar Central Asia, and perhaps Moroc-
co, the authorities might take 1t into
their heads to turn Mr.. Fugitive over
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

People Of the Rest Of the United States
Do Net Understand fts Extent.
The present collector OF customs at
Sitka, Alaska. Lieut. ID. Fl. Jarvis. for
merry in the revenue cutter service.
has recently been in Washington con
ferrinE with treasury oficials. He
says: The only troyi - with Alaska
is that the people or III Q lifted States
do NOT know what country 1t Is. A
campaign or education In the United
States would add to the population OF
Alaska BY many thousands and would
soon make it one OF the great coun-
tries Of the world. The possibilities
Of the territory are beyond comprehen-
sion. Leaving out mining-for every
body knows that Alaska is rich in gold
and si1sTer-the future OF the terri
tory viii be brilliant enc OF com
merce. cattle-raising and agriculture
and fishing. There il the greatest ig-
norance about Alaska. Why. some Of
the rich islands Of the territory are
larger than several OF the small states
Of the United States. There Is a coast
line to Alaska Of $4,000 miles.
The people in the States associate
Alaska with seals and icebergs. and
whenever Alaska is mentioned that
is about the first and only thing that
comes TO the mind. unless it is some
thing remote about gold discoveries.
All winter at Sitka the thermometer
never went below s degrees above
zero. I believe the weather reached
that point a number OF times the last
winter in washington. There are
2.000 miles OF coast In southern Alaska
where the temperature is never below
degrees above zero and where it IL
as mild In the dead OF winter as in
haM cf the United States, Just thiak
II tnatl
The grass in spring and summer
grows temptingly green and cattle and
sheep grow fat and contented. AS to
vegetables. there is hardly place in
Alaska where they will not attain
splendid growth. OF course the In
terror Of Alaska, far back from the
coast. is cold and the summer short.
but there are hundreds and thousands
Of the most fertile valleys In the In,
terror where vegetables will grow cas-
lily. Sitka Is no further north than
Glasgow. Edinburgh or Copenhagen,
and its climate is more temperate thav
any OF them"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY
ADVERSE DECISION EY NEW YORK
COURT or APPEALS.
Legislation Providing for Shorter
Hours Of Labor Declared unconstl-
tutIonal-Publie Contract Work
Aimed II by Trainers Of the sill.

The decision Of the New York Court
Of Appeals that the eight-hour pro
vision of the penal code OF that state
Is unconstitutional is one OF the most
important in its bearing upon labor In
terests ever rendered by that tribunal
It reyerses the actiC- Of the Appellate
Division Of the Supreme court, but is
In accord with decision given By the
Court OF Appeals two years ago on
the amendments TO the labor law
adopted in 1899 These amendments
provided that. In each contract to
which the state or a municipal corpor
alton was a party. a clause must be
included providing for eight hours CT
labor only. TO be paid for at ~the pre-
Failing rate" Of wages. and this wheth-
er the work was done directly by the
contractor or BY sub-contractors
The statute upon which the Court
Of Appeals has now pronounced went
further and made it a misdemeanoF
for any person or corporation, con
tracing with the state or with a mu-
nicipal corporation. to require more
than eight hours work for days
labor In the case under review, the
defendant corporation was engaged In
road building. and criminal proceed
ings were instituted against it in be-
half Of the people fer violating the
eight-hour law. The grcurd On which
the court bases its decision Is that the
Law discriminates unjustly between
different classes OF contractors and be-
tween the same contractor working for
the state and for a private party. The
defendant corporation, for example.
might be building road in the next
town for turnpike company. In which
case it could get men to work without
limit Of hours, while il the case Of
state or municipal work it is made
criminal offense to exceed the eight
hour limit This arbitrary distinction
between the state and other employ
ers the court declared to be denial
Of the essential equal protection"
guaranteed by the law to all citizens.
This decision, however. by no means
ends the eight-hour agitation in New
York. in its relation to public contract
work. The legislature Of 1902 adopted,
and the legislature just adjourned re-
adopted, a Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution
which is far broader in its scope than
either Of the laws against which the
Court Of Appeals has pronounced. This
amendment gives the legislature power
TO regulate and fix the wages or sal
aries, the hours Of work and labor, |
and make provision for the protection,
welfare and safety Of persons EN-
pIoyed by the state or any county,
city, town. village or other civil di-
vision of the state. or by any con
tractor or sub-contractor performing
work, labor or services for the state
or any county, city, town." etc.
This amendment is to be voted on in /
1905, and if it should be adopted there /
viii be practically no limit to the pow
ers of the legislature to regulate every
form OF public employment ana con-
tract work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
Russian Care Of Railroad Men.

The care Of the railroad men is
one OF the philanthropies to the credit
Of the Russian government The Rus
sian railroad hospital is a combina-
ton hospital for the sick and injured
and home for inYalids. It is usually
surrounded by large tract Of land,
with ample buildings for the comfort
not only OF the invalids but their fam
lilies. These are garden tracts In con-
nection which the families can work
for their own profit The government
provides a pension fund Of $4,000, 900,
it is said. and wisely invested it yields
generous sum annually for distribu-
tion among those who suffer from ac-
cidents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

At a euchre party In Bala the other
afternoon young woman told funny
story that she had part in. in Color
ado, recently 4 was calling" she
said. ION lady in Denver. and In the
parIor with us were the two sons Of
the house, Willie and George. aged,
respectively, 8 and 5 years. Willie
was very quiet and good. but George
behaved awfully. He broke an orna-
ment; he fretted and cried: he kicked
his mother; he cut his finger with the
fruit knife. Finally my hostess said
to him: George. why can't you behave
yourself7 Just look at your brother
Willie. See what a perfect little gen
tleman he is. His good conduct ought
to make you ashamed. Hea perfect
gentleman; you-a little beast The
good Willie. sitting upright in his
chair, smiled acquiescence to all this
praise George Is making q damn
fool OF himself. isn't her he remarked
complacently Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
And stIII 4 Missl

Talk about your Golcondas, your
Cripple Creeks. and your Ellis county
shales! How is this for a treasure
story from the Atchison Globe:
Visitors at the home Of Miss Abb
bic Barber, southwest Of town, say
she is the most all around capable
woman Of their acquaintance: that she
is fine housekeeper. perfect cook,
splendid manager, and can make a
stylish dress, trim a pretty hat, and
play the piano well, besides being a
genius in raising chickens and under
standing how to attend to cows
Kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
GAVE THEM BOTH a SURPRISE
Ezra Simpsons unIucky Fall and His
WIfs's Narrow Escape.


Ezra Simpson while cleaning the
snow often his back piazza roof last
Tuesday morning lost his footing and
started to fall often the roof. Just
as he slid often the edge his wife
came outen the kitchen to empty the
dishwater and let go Of whole dish
pan full Of 1t just as Ezra struck the
ground in front Of her. II was bad
enough for Ezra to fall often ihe roof.
out what surprised him most was to
be hit right in the face with about
four gals of greasy dishwater. But
he wasn't no more surprised than his
wife was 1t made her tremble to
think what would OF been the result
il Ezra had fell right on top Of her
and broke her back like as not. She
give Ezra a severe Ieckshuring and
told him to watch ont where he fell
hereafter. As for Ezra he sprained
his ankle and Jared himself up
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

A Swiss traveller. Paul Brun. who
has returned from two and a half
years travels among the savage tribes
OF the Congo, describes In his recently
published journal the dreadful burial
ceremony OF chief or the man-eating
Bakete. The body Is set In a chamber
followed in the side OF deep ditch.
into which young girls are thrown.
their arms and legs broken with a
club. In the tomb with the chief are
goats and fowls, together with his
weapons. and especially bis sun.
which Is broken to save 1t from theft.
The earsA il then filed in. and his
wives and slaves arc slain over the
grave.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

comfortable steamship between
morning and evening upon smiling
secs. and with pleasant company. the
fugitive is safe
And tails haven of REFUGEE
Cuba.
ri this year 0f grace 1903. with
Cuba before the world free country,
able to govern itself. to make its laws
and 10 enforce them, and the United
States standing in the double position
TIE while AZ sponsor and protector,
the malefactor is absolutely safe in
this pleasant isle
That was far trip which Henry
Herman. the Milwaukee promoter, Is
sald to have taken the other day. when
be suddenly disappeared. owing 5000
600, under decidedly questionable cir
cHmgtances. He escaped safely ID New
Orleans. and there took ship TO Puerto
C0rtez. Honduras. with which country
the United States has no extraditlon
treaty.
He might more easily have taken a
testibnIed train to Florida, junketed
On to Key West. and from there board
ed the Cuba steamer and been safe for
ever, Or until Uncle Sam and the Gu
bans conclude an extradition treaty.
With Canada no longer refuge, It
II Cuba now, and iust as convenient
cf access. Once the steamer for Cuba
leaves the land and is three miles out
at sea the fleeing passenger is as safe
al if be were 1000 miles away and not
three
However. the world is gradually
closing in on escaping criminals. Year
after year finds new treaties and new
laws for the arrest Of men wanted by
Uncle Sam in foreign lands.
A treaty with Great Britain some
years ago made Canada--long the
haven Of safety for boodlers. bribe-
giyers and bribe-takers, embezzlers.
ard thieying bank offlcials-a danger
Sus country to fee to.
Mexico. too. was another hunt
for wealthy gentlemen who found 1t
desirable to live beyond the bounds
0E the Union. But the unsympathetic
dons calmly signed an extradition
treaty with the United States, and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

What foreign country = the safest
EizERg place for criminal from the
Jailed Ekates2
Morocco. Persia. Central Africa,
Siam. Thlbet. thousands upon thou
sands OF miles away
NOT at aIl
When the officers of the lsw pursue
hIm with warrants duly drawa and at-
tested. be the crime murder. embezzle-
memt, larceny. bigamy or any Of the
ether felUnies, the man about to fee
doesn't have to seek the utteTm0st
ends of the earth to escape arrest and
extradstion
Just q nsnetY-mile 1aant-Iess than
THE distance frcm Eew York to Phila-
deiphia and he Is as immune from
&rrsst hy anybody is If he we're suF-
rounded by wall Of ice It the North
Pole.
"A I1arney from the United St1tes
thst can be comfortably made aboard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

LIahted Stoves. Cemeteries and Rlw
era Amonn Them.

kNHNkEH 2kRW~@F @~fft"~Nff"@ 1870 49,
era Among Them.
The theft Of the ashes Of Columbus
was attempted In Chicago during the
worlds fair said Lecocq, the detec-
tive. Thanks TO friend Of miiic
the attempt failed. Stranger things
have succeeded. though.
"The theft Of a lighted stove con-
stituted my first case. A man. hay
ing deserted his wife. returned home
half drunk and in the good wofnan's
absence put the stove on a push cart
and started of with it. He had set
up, 1t seems, an establishment Of his
own farther down the street.
Two williams once stole Wiscon-
sin cemetery. First. they looted the
graves, selling the skeletons to anat-
omlsts. Then they stole the tomb
stones. getting. naturally. good
price for the granite and marble. The
place wasn't cemetery by the time
the theft was discovered. It was
only torn-up field.
Men have stolen rivers often. To
irrigate their land they change a
streams course. They dig a channel
through their own property and the
river, leaving its natural bed, follows
this channel. 1t Is stolen-a stolen
riYer-and bitterly does such theft
snrage the man who suffers from II"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
WASHINGTONS FINE NEW UNION DEPOT

From one side Of the District Of
Columbia to the other the railroad
lines are to be- rebuilt. When all the
work now planned is completed the
trackage arrangements and depot
facilities ia the national capital will
be the best that the foremost engin-
eorinE thought and the most lavish
expenditure of money can assure to
any community.
the taxpayers OF the District Of
Columbia are to share to the extent
OF million and half dollars the
cost 0K the railroad Improvements.
The last Congress did not appropri-
Ike anY money for the purpose Of
meeting this expense. but the matter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
svENeALI or MODERN LIFE
Story Of Depravity That Is Sent us
from Russia

SLoFy Of BEpfdsftJ that - CcHA ~
from Russia
A story from Russia that MAJ soon
be expected to make its exaggerated
appearance in the American 'yellows'
concerns a young woman Of good fam
iIy who was Eynotized by her husband
with the idea Of having her commit
suicide SO that he might receive the
money for which her life was insured.
AT the time OF her marriage, about a
year ago, Nine. Wasilevsky was live
" young woman, buoyant with health
and spirits, and she and her husband.
supposed To be a wealthy private gen
tleman living on an inherited income,
went for a years travel. AT the end OF
that time the young bride returned 50
changed in appearance and health
from causes so obscure that the physi-
Gians decided to try to discover the
trouble. The patient resisted for a
time. but finally yielded to the doctors
influence and told her story From this
il appeared that her husband had In
sured her life the day after their we'd
ding, and had clause inserted in the
policy providing that In the case Of her
suicide he would receive the insurance
money.
Wasilevsky then proceeded to hyp-
notize his wife, and while she was in
the frances to influence her gradually
to commit suicide. The scheme had
to be ca ri ID out slowly. as the policy
did NOT come into force until q year
after it was signed.
Wasilevsky has escaped arrest by
flight. and turns out to be penniless
Nine. Wasilevsky has
fled a petition for divorce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

will probably be taken up next win
ter and arranged so that the District
work in connection with the under
takings may go forward sss-ss-;s:::l.t.ane-
ously with that Of the railroad COM
panies In the meantime there is
much work to be accomplished by
the railroads in which the District
will not be financially concerned.
The style Of construction, as shown
BY the plans recently approved. ~ a
twin tunnel. or two single track tnn-
nels. separated from but running par
aEleI to each other. The tunnel
tracks will enter the union station
twenty feet below the level Of the
main track platform. To bring trains
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

The British Growing associa-
ton is sending missions to study the
growth Of cotton In different soils to
secure the best seeds, and to distrib-
ute those to colonial natives In Egypt.
the Egyptian Soudan. India, tho
Oceanic islands. Uganda, East Africa,
and more particularly IN West Africa
at Sierra Leone, Lagos and the lower
Niger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

on these lower tracks up to the level
Of those on the yiaduct viii require
a grade from she union station to
K street north.
Sc these tracks for the through
trains must go over H street, accord
ing to the law and the plans, 1t is
said It will be necessary to cuE down
that thoroughfare some eight or nine
feet It was thought at FIRST that the
depression Of H street would be only
a few feet at the eastern end Of the
viaduct on account Of the natural rise
In grade OF the taoroughfare toward
the east.
The union station will have q front
age equal to that Of the Capitol.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

II the automobilists would only con-
fne their attention to brewery wagons
and sprinkIing carts they might be
forgiven. But their modest coyness
keeps them aloof from anything more
welghty than runab0ut or car
riage driven by lady.-Ohio State
Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

Iron that will not get hot is the kind
Of metal that is wanted for rails on
railways and in other positions where
the expansion Of metal In hot tenn
peratures il source Of danger or
great Inconvenience.
A firm has just produced an iron
containing proportion OF an alloy
that Is inpervlous to heat. and the
result Is a metal that will not ex-
9and.
An cil-ccntaining lens. recently I'M
vented. enables the photographer to
take a snapshot Of such places as the
aters without the aid Of 2 fashlight.
An ort-0f-door exposure OF fifteen
minutes On a pitch dark night will se-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
I'M BLAcro FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN WHICH AN AMERICAN
FUGITIVE MAY ESCAPE ARREST.

cure good picture Of the scenery,
while one minute will be sufficient if
the moon is shining.
This lens is based on the weIl-known
fact that certain oils have very great
light-refecting powers. and the in
yentor claims for It an immense ad-
vantage over the all-gIass lens.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

The important and increasing busi-
ness Of the Mexican railways is shown
by comparing their international traf-
Ic during four months Of last year
with the same interval in the preced-
ing year. The increase In exports by
rail 10 the United States was from
81. .2ss, ,7es to s7.6ss. .4S4 and OF imports
from $40, 722. 1866 to s1z.5ss. .707.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
Queens Two hundred Rlnns,

queen Christina Of Spain has no
fewer than 200 rings OF a royal kind.
She makes point Of werving them
all in turn, changing the rings on her
fingers every time she changes her
dress, which she does four or five
times a day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

Edyth-Is Il true that you are en-
gagged TO JackI
Mayme-Yes; but you are NOT tc
mention f. I'm not quite sure that
Jack knows IL a. Let.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

Rev. G. ID. Babcock has z5-cenk
piece or gold coined In 1872. It Is
octagon In shape and was coined in
California in the days OF hard
money" The gold dollar. itself but
a herring scale. looks large beside ths
tiny gold piece.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

move. To prevent misunderstanding
the stopping places are marked In
squares, and only one ship can be ID
square at the same time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-06-06
To Meet at har,nood.

The Fargo Association of Congre-
gational churches holds it's annual
meeting at Harwood tomorrow. The
session begins at a. M, with organi-
zation, address of welcome, and res
ponse, addresses by Rev. E. III. Stick
ney, G. j. Powell, DR.. Barnes, Rev. FL.
V. Rominger and DR.. Strong of Chi
cago in the morning. Lunch will be
served at the church and after din
ner reports of churches will be given.
The women will have a missionary
hour. DR.. Knowlton of Fargo College
will make an address, also Rev NJ w.
Williams of Cummings In the even
ing Rev. S. e. Fish will preach the
association sermon and Dr. Strong
will again speak. A large attend
ance is expected. A load of people will
drive out from Fargo and many will
go out for the evening session, the
new train service making this very
convenient.