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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-31
BAPTIST

Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p.
nj. by the pastor. Baptizing in con
nection with the evening service.
Sunday School and Young Peoples
societies meet at the usual hours.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-31

VIII speak in Chickasha, Monday evening at
3 o'clock Hear him discuss the Constitution
and Democracy. Everybody invited.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21

According TO the London Shipping
Gazette there IL a probability that the
Salvation Army will soon own several
transatlantic steamers. The steamers
will be used IN connection with the
army's scheme for promoting Cana
dian immigration.
A German company is now tele-
phoning wirelessly from Nauen to
places In Germany fifty to sixty miles
distant. One of the officers of the
company said that conversations had
been conducted with extreme clear.
ness and precision.
A railroad connecting the two CEN
trail passenger stations In Christiania
has been opened. By this arrange
ment lines entering the city from vari-
ous parts Of Norway and Sweden are
enabled to transfer their cars directly
from M line to any other.
Iquique, Chile, has been visited by a
fire, the biggest since 1882, which has
entailed losses amounting to over ST..
900. 900. Seven and a half blocks were
burned over. The property destroyed
was mostly dwellings and no less than
1000 people are homeless.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
MARKS BIRTH OF NEW STATE.
President Signs Proclamation Admit
tjnu Oklahoma as State.

President Signs Proclamation Admit.
ting Oklahoma as State.
Washington, Nov. ia new star
was added to the American nag Satur-
day by the admission formally into
the Union of the State of Oklahoma.
President Roosevelt, at 1916 o'clock
Saturday morning, signed the procla'
nation admitting the Territory of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory jointly
as one of the American states. The
president used a pen formed from a
quill plucked from the wing of an
American eagle, The pen will be de-
pNsited with the Oklahoma Historical
society.
There was no ceremony connected
with the signing of the proclamation.
The Inauguration.
Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 1.-THE admis-
sion of Oklahoma to statehood Satur-
day was marked by jubilation through
the two territories and by Inaugural
ton exercises, a parade and barbecue
In this city. Gov. Charles N. HaskelPs
inaugural address was extremely radi-
cal.
The retiring officials of Oklahoma
Territory took no part in the inaugu'
ton. The executive oath was given
by Leslie G. Niblack. a newspaper
man. The ceremonies took place on
the steps of the Carnegie library,
there being no state building here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
FORM BASIS FOR BANK NOTES
PROCEEDS ARE TO be PLACER
WHERE MONEY IS NEEDED
TO MOVE CROPS.


Washington, Nov. 10. - Secretary
Cortelyou last night made the impor
tant announcement that as a measure
of affording relief to the financial sit.
uation, the treasury would issue $780,
000,O 600 of Panama bonds, and 500,
100000 certificates of indebtedness,
or SO much thereof as may be neces-
sary. The certificates will run for one
year and will bear 3 per cent interest.
The secretary's action in coming to
the relief of the financial situation
meets with President Roosevelt's
hearty approval.
Afford Substantial Relief.
Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will afford most sub
stantial relief, as the law provides
that they may be used as a basis for
additional national bank circulation.
He also states that the proceeds from
the sale of certificates can be made di-
rectly available at points where the
need is most urgent and especially
for the movement of the crops, which
te says, IF properly accelerated will
give the greatest relief and result In
the most immediate financial returns.
The secretary calls attention to n
attractiveness of the bonds and certifi-
Gates as absolutely safe investments.
Congress Will Act.
Secretary Cortelyou adds that these
relief measures will enable him to
meet public expenditures without
Withdrawing for that purpose any APP
preciable amount of the public o
eys now deposited in the national
banks throughout the country.
In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou.
approving the treasury plans, Presi-
dent Roosevelt states that he has been
assured that the leaders in congress
have under consideration a currency
measure (which will meet in perma.
nent fashion the needs of the situa-
ton, and which | believe will be pass.
ed at an early date after congress
convenes two weeks hence"
Conditions Are Sound.
The president also calls attention
to what is needed most at this time
that the people should realize how
fundamentally sound business condi.
tons in this country are, and how ab
surd it is to permit themselves to get
into a panic and create a stringency
by boarding their savings instead Of
trusting perfectly sound banks"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
BANKER
KILLS HIMSELF
FORMER PRESIDENT OF kNlck.
ERRocKER TRUST COMPANY
A SUICIDE.
HEALTH AND REASON BROKEN
TRAGEDY OCCURS WHILE HIS
FRIENDS WERE TRYING TO
ADJUST HIS AFFAIRS.

New York, Nov 16.-Charles Tracy
Barney, the deposed president of the
Knickerbocker Trust company and un'
til recently a power in the financial
world, shot and killed himself yester'
day in his home. His loans with the
bank, it is said, are amply secured,
| and when he was forced from its pres
ldency he was, to all intents and pur-
poses eliminated rs a factor in banking
circles. What i'll effects his unexpect-
ed taking off might have had on the
financial situation generally had long
since been discounted. In distress OF
mind over the dissipation Of his pri-
vate fortune and the loss of high
standing among business associates,
lntimates acquaintances find the hid
| den drift that broke his health and
reason.
Wealth Might Have Been Saved.
And even much of his personal
wealth might have been saved. At the
time that Barney was dying at his
home and surgeons probed for a bull
let that, m%isdirected by a nerveless
hand, had entered the body below the
heart, a handful of friends at a down
town office were concluding an ar
rangement by which the loose ends
Of the bankers many enterprises were
to be gathered up and financed by a
stock company, which, IL not wholly
successful, would at least rescue from
the wreckage sufficient to insure the
promoters future standing financially.
The conference broke up at the an
nouncement that Mr.. Barney was
dead.
Shot Self While Alone.
Mr.. Barney, who was in his fifty.
seventh year, shot himself while alone
In his chamber. The death was re-
ported to the coroner a little after 8
o'clock.
From the confusing stories due to
the excitement Of the hour, 1t was de.
termined that Mr.. Barney deliberately
shot himself while alone and soon aft
er rising. AS the bullet entered his
body he fell unconscious upon the bed.
The report of the revolver startled
the family. Mrs. Meade, a guest, was
the first to reach the chamber, and
she summoned the physicians. DR..
Dixon responded and also called other
physicians. Mr.. Barney was revived,
and to DR.. Dixon, for twenty years his
family physician, said:
Says II Was an Accident.
Doctor, this is an accident"
In reporting this to the coroner DR..
Dixon added: with this l coincide"
Ether was administered and efforts
were made to emo the bullet, but
they were not successful. During pc
RODS Of consciousness the patient suf.
fered much, but according to those
who were with him made no statement
other than that quoted by DR.. Dixon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
ATTORNEY FOR RICH WOMAN
BURGLAR SAYS OTHERS ARE
SHIELDED.
FATHER NOT ALLOWED TO TALK
LAWYER DECLARES WoMAN's Ac.
COMPLETES PREFER PRISON
TERM TO ASYLUM.

Chicago, Nov. II. Mrs. Eveiyi
Romadka was yesterday sentenced L
the p~enitentiary for from n to TWEEN
ty years before Judge B~rentano. he
counsel declared in court thai she wa'
being railroaded to prison for the pur
pose of shielding other people. Th'
trial lasted eleven minutes.
Lawyer Would Quit Case.
Earlier In the day Attorney John r
Donovan of Milwaukee, who has TO-
some time acted as counsel for Mrs
Romadka, announced his intention @
applying to Judge Brentano for a luna
cy commission to examine the pris
oner.
This was not done because of a dis
agreement regarding the proper meth
cd of defense, and Mr.. Donovan In
court expressed a desire to retire from
the case. Permission to do this was
refused by the court.
Attorney s. G. Perrin then address
ed the court declaring that Mrs. Ro'
madka was being railroaded to pris
on for the purpose of protecting other
people who preferred to see her in the
penitentiary rather than in an asylum.
Won't Let Father Talk.
T. G.. Cain of Oshkosh, Wis, the
father Of Mrs. Romadka, asked per.
mission to explain his attitude In the
case, but Judge Brentano would not
permit him to talk.
Assistant States Attorney Short de.
clared that no effort was being made
to railroad" the prisoner, saying that
she was receiving treatment similar
to that given in any other a The
court asserted there was no intention
to hasten the proceedings, and turn
ing to Mrs. Romadka, asked her to
choose what counsel she desired to
represent her.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
CR[MATfD IN
BURNING WRECK
500 TRAIN WRECKED NEAR OF.
TAWA is BURNED FROM END
TO END.
SEVEN Min LOSE THEIR LIVES
ST, PAUL MAN TELLS GRAPHiC
STORY OF NARROWING
DISASTER.

Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 10. - DR.. A. A.
Charpentier of st. Paul was a passen-
ger on the east-bound 500 train which
was in a wreck ear here, when, seven
lives were lost and nine were injured.
The st. Paul man escaped injury. Both
engineers an dboth firemen were XIII
ed and four of the. seven dead were
almost cremated, three OF them being
charred quite black.
DR.. Carpenter was on his way to
New York. When interviewed here he
said:
THE acetylene tanks under the cars
were belching out gas SO that the cars
were in an intense blaze from n to
end. 1t was a narrowing sight. Pin
ned under a heavy safe was Irvine,
the Ottawa baggageman, imploring to
be released. But it was impossible to
save him, so quickly did the fire rush
through the cars. He was burned
alive.
Dead at Their Posts.
Both engineers we're sitting lifeless
at their posts, each with his hand on
the throttle of his engine. The fire.
man of the express told me that there
were two tramps on the train, but he
could not verify his statement, which,
IL correct, would raise the death list
to nine.
"The first colonist a was burned
up and the fire had just caught the
second car when the un
occupied it and started it and the re-
naming cars back along the track.
The disaster occurred on a grade, so
that the cars were easily moved to
safety"
The government railway commits
sion has ordered a thorough inquiry
into the wreck.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
People Talked About.

Santos Dumont has just completed
the construction Of a new aeroplane.
The new machine Is shaped like a but
terfiy.
Juliette Estelle Prescott Mathis.
sixty-eight years old. a writer of songs
and verses, died at the home of her
son at Los Angeles.
Rear Admiral Asa Walker has been
retired on account of having reached
the statutory age limit. He took part
In the battle of Manila bay.
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, the mother
Of seventeen children, danced FIVE
hours at the celebration of her golden
wedding anniversary at st. Louis.
Abraham Evans, grandfather Of the
duchess Of Manchester, Is dead at
B~ellefontaine. Ohio. He was eighty
years of age. The duchess Of Man
chester was formerly Miss thinner.
man of Cincinnati.
Count Cassini. former Russian am.
bassador to the United States, is
slated for retirement from the post OF
ambassador at Madrid and will be
succeeded by M. de Giers, now Rus
sian minister at Brussels.
Gen w. e. w. Ross. former vice
commander of the national organiza-
ton OF the G. A. r.. died at his home
In Baltimore at the g Of seventy.
Gen. Ross served with distinction in
the Civil war, losing a leg before Pc
tersburg In 1864.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
PAYMAsTER ROBBED OF $1,000.
Four italians Do Job-Three Caught,
but Fourth Escapes With Booty.

-SSSf~S ''s "
Passaic, N. j., Nov. 17.-Four armed
Italians perpetrated a daring robbery
on the outskirts Of this city yesterday,
holding up a paymaster and carrying
away a satchel which the police say
contained between $4,000 and $1,000.
Three of the ~highwaymen were arrest
ed after an exchange of shots with the
police, but the fourth escaped with
the booty.
Paymaster William Knapp of the
Workman & Aldrich company, dyers,
of Delawanna, N. j., two miles from
here, started yesterday afternoon to
drive to this city, where he intended
to deposit the money in a local bank.
He was alone and unarmed and was
nearing the city when four men, arm
ed with ~shotguns, stepped from behind
trees and ordered him to stop. One of
the men seized the horses head, two
covered the paymaster with guns,
while the fourth climbed into the
wagon and seized the satchel, keeping
Knapp covered and warning him not
to make an cutlery. The men disap-
peared.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
Domestic.

After many years of experimental
work the machine with which Alexan-
der Graham Bell hopes to solve the
problem of aerial navigation has been
successfully launched.
The Dominion government has ar
ranged to keep navigation on Lake
Superior open until Dec. 10. Every eff.
fort is being made to have as much of
the wheat crop as possible moved be-
fore navigation closes.
Col. Hodges. the purchasing agent
of the isthmian canal commission
has received authority from the CON-
mission Headquarters at Panama to
contract for the delivery of twelve
steel barges from the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Derrick company for
the sum of $2S2,000.
Prof. Brander Matthews OF Colum.
bia university has won another victory
In his efforts towards reform In spell
ing. The trustees and the University
press have voted to adopt a standard
of spelling which win bring into Off.
ciai use at Columbia at least $50 OF
the 900 reformed s~pellings proposed by
him as chairman Of the reformed
spelling board.
The total assessed valuation of all
taxable property in Montana this year
is 1851, 1926, 719, according to figures
compiled by the state board of equal
ization. The total assessed valuation
OF all real property is $116,167.7 19, Of
personal property $91, 242, 1893 and of
railroad property $43,S16,035. This is
an increase ove the assessed valua-
ton last year of $17,0 0 200.
Supt. Shelton OF the Ute Indian
agency at Ship Rock, N. NJ. positively
denies the report sent out from Duran.
go, Colo, that another battle took
place Tuesday between the disaffected
Utes and the United States troops now
In the field at Ship Rock to subdue the
redskins. The report had 1t that six
indians were killed by the soldiers.
". T. Hamilton was given a verdict
OF $4,000 against w. w. Mcneil. the
millionaire Of Oskaloosa, Iowa, who
was sued for alternating the affections
Of Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton mar
ried McNiel shortly after she had OBJ
tanned q divorce from Hamilton and
the latter promptly sued. Mcneil Is
many years older than his pretty wife.
All schools and public places Of ed
ucation and amusement at Paulina.
Iowa, have been ordered closed by the
town council on account Of the preva-
lence Of smallpox. The streets are
deserted and all kinds of business is
suffering Z temporary lulL
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
Accidental Happenings.

A man identified as Jacob Dealmar
OF Newark. Iowa, In attempting tC
board a Milwaukee train at Wesleyan
fell under the train and was killed.
While trying to board a street car ir
Canadian 500 Ofie Thomas was in
stantly killed. He fell under the real
trucks and his head and arm were
crushed.
The north-bound train crashed into
the rear Of another train waiting al
the Bronx Park station, New York
and injured twenty persons. Two are
IL a serious condition.
Fire that threatened the entire bust
ness district of Parsons, Kan, destroy
ed $4,000 worth of property. The
fire originated In a barn where small
boys were smoking cigarettes.
Harry p. Grapl, a prominent club
man and contractor, fell eleven stories
while working near the top floor OF
the Fleming building at Des Moines,
Iowa, and was instantly killed.
Fire which started from a defective
fue in the garnet destroyed the main
building of Monmouth college at Mon.
mouth, Ill. One fireman lost his life
while fighting the flames. Loss, $40.
600.
Seventeen guests of the Santa Fe
hotel at Cleburn, Tex, were injured
when they were compelled to leap
from the second-story windows to save
themselves from rapidly spreading
flames.
A North-W Western freight train
crashed squarely into an electric
a In a crossing accident near Ames.
Iowa, seriously injuring ten and bare.
ly escaping many fatalities among the
passengers OF the electric car.
Ole Olson a fireman Of the coal dock
at Gladstone, Mich, fell from one OF
the clam shells a distance of twenty
five feet, landing on a pile OF coal. He
broke two ribs and received internal
injuries which will probably prove
fatal.
Mrs. John Brodeson Of Mason City,
Iowa, was fatally burned, the result
of using gasoline In cleaning. The
flesh was burned from her limbs, arms
and face. Her fourteen-year-cld boy
tore the clothing from her, preventing
the house from burning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
STATES WILL GET MONEY.
Reclamation Fund Is ApportIoned
Amonu the States.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE reclama-
ton fund account arising from the re-
ceipts from all sources in the disposal
Of public lands in the States of Wash
ington. South Dakota and Montana for
the fiscal year ended June 80. 1907,
has been adjusted by the general land
Office. The amount to be credited to
the fund is $632,s41 on account of
Washington, $5O5.760 on account of
South Dakota and $740,252 on account
of Montana.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
A Weighty Question.
Mountain Is MovInu,

Montpelier, France, Nov. 10. - A
mountain neal this city. called Mont
Bringuesz, 2,100 feet high. is chang
ing its position as a result of having
been undermined by the recent floods.
1t already has moved a distance of
1900 feet, and is sweeping everything
before it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
SEEK TO CONSERVE RESOURCES.
President Calls Conference Of Gov.
ernors to Discuss Matter.

TTCStOCUt SduS SOuISTCUCC " Wv
ernors to Discuss Matter.
Washington, Nov. 10. - President
Roosevelt has invited the governors
of the states and territories to meet
him at the White House May 10, IL
and Is next to discuss the question OF
means to conserve the natural re-
| sources of the country. Invitations
of both houses of congress and to the
inland waterways commission. The
Importance and manner in which the
subject is to be considered are indi-
Gated in the presidents letter to the
governors, which was made public at
the White House yesterday.
Are Becoming Depleted.
The president says in part:
ut is evident that the abundant nat
! ural resources, on which the welfare
OF this nation rests, are becoming de-
pleted, and, in not a few cases, are al
ready exhausted. This is true of all
portions of the United States; it is
especially true of the longer settled
communities of the East. The gravi-
ty of the situation must, believe, APP
peal with special force to the govern
ors of the states, because Of their
close relations to the people and their
responsibility for the welfare of their
communities.
Vital to the Nation.
''The matters to be considered at
this conference are not confined to
any region or group Of states, but are
vital to the nation as a whole and TO
all the people. Those subjects In
clude the use and conservation Of the
mineral resources, the resources of
the land and the of the wa
tiers in every part of our territory.
"In order to open discussion. I shall
invite a few recognized authorities to
present brief descriptions Of actual
facts and conditions, without argu-
ment, leaving the conference to deal
with each topic as 1t may elect.
A Weighty Question.
Facts, which cannot gainsay,
force me to believe that the conserva-
ton of our natural resources is the
most weighty question before the peo-
pie of the United States. If this is
so, the proposed conference, which Is
the first of its kind. will be- among the
most important gatherings in our his
tory in its effect upon the welfare of
all our people"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
NEWS or THE WEEK IN FPTOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington

Max Duffen Of Munich, Germany,
walked on his hands down all the
steps Of the Washington monument
and won a wager of $500. He tainted
upon reaching the bottom and was
then ordered off the grounds by the
Waterman.
Secretary Root announced that Da'
vid Jayne Hill, American minister to
The Netherlands, and a former assist
ant secretary of state, will be named
rs ambassador to Berlin to succeed
Mr.. Tower, who is about to retire on
account of Ill health.
Chief Wilkie of the secret service
reports the discovery of a new coun.
terfeit SIC national bank note. The
counterfeit is on the Wells-Fargo Ne
vada National Bank OF San Francisco.
and is a poor Photographic r%eproduc-
zion, printed on heavy bond paper,
with no silk fiber.
There is a great deal of anxiety In
Washington regarding the condition of
the health Of Elihu Root, secretary of
state. 1t was denied at the White
House that he had any present inten-
tfon of resigning, and yet, in spite Of
this fact, those who are acquainted
with the situation. are aware that Root
Is ready to lay down the burden OF
public life almost any day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
TWENTY-FIVE HURT IN FIRE.
Gas in Lodging House Explodes-Twc
Persons Fatally Injured.

Gas in Lodging House Explodes-Two
Persons Fatally Injured.
Pittsburg, Nov. 17.-About twenty
five persons were injured yesterday,
two of them fatally, and a dwelling
house was torn to pieces when an ex-
plosion Of natural gas occurred in a
house located at No. 103 Elm street,
this city. In the fire which followed
two firemen were severely burned.
Apparently gas had been leaking in
a kitchen stove all night. Early yes
terday, when a match was struck in
the lower portion Of the house to light
the stove there was a terrific explo'
sion. The house was torn to pieces
The roof was blown into the air and
the front and real Of the dwelling col
lapsed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
Hurt IN Strike Riot.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 1.-TWO po-
licemen were injured by bricks, Ave
men were arrested and a number of
persons dubbed as the result of a riot
Gus demonstration made by striking
street car employees and their friends
yesterday afternoon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
AGED Woman Burned "a p.,,h

F1ndlay, Ohio, Nov. 16.-Miss Han
nah Oman, eighty years old, was burn
ed to death yesterday as the result d
p~racticing an ancient religious rite
She burned incense while praying ane
In some manner the fire was commu
nicated to her clothing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-11-21
LAUNCH s5,ooo,ooo PROJECT.
Corn Products Company viii Erec,
Huge Refining Plant at CHICAGO.

Chicago, Nov. Reconstruction of
a huge corn refining plant in this city,
the ultimate cost of which is to ex-
coed $~5,000.000, will be begun at once
by the Corn Products Manufacturing
company. The final plans call for the
erection of thirtyLthree buildings,
about half of which are expected to
be in complete operation by Oct. /
next.