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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

surprise some folks to know that the
Grand Trunk was originally built TO
a five foot gauge.
The result was endless trouble,
both when the Grand Trunk cars were
sent over other lines or strange cars
were to be run on the Grand Trunk.
Cars had to be specially constructed
to meet the contingency, with loose
wheels on one side so that they could
be set over to fit whatever gauge
might come their way.
These loose wheels we're fastened
with metal pins which were forever
working loose and causing all manner
OF smashups. Traffic suffered, delays
ensued and the system was eventual
ly found to be impracticable. Some
thing had to be done about 1t.
Finally the wise ones got their
heads together and agreed that the
track would have to be narrowed It
would never do to suspend traffic
while the hercuIean task was being
accomplished. The wise ones talked
and talked ang t1nally hit'upon a plan.
Uncle Anne helped carry out that
plan.
Word came TO us long in the spring
OF ~ that the old railroad was a-goin'
to be narrered, he said to a reporter.
That was good news, mister The
wide gauge was no end Of bother,
what with transferrin freight an pas
sengers, wheels comm off perpetual,
an trains runnnin' into tn ditch. So
we was glad to hear the standard
gauge was a-comin' spite O all the
trouble and expense, you bet
First thing we had to do, Y see
@as to unspike one rail all along the
inside, leayin' jest three spikes tc
hold her.
AT four a. m. we was all ready on
the depot platform. Pretty soon along
comes an engine and some fiat cars
to take us to our new positions Mine
was furthest from the depot.
"'There you be, says the conduc
tor, lettin US on. Now you wal
right here until you see two trains
pass with signs on rks back car; theI
get busy
Purity soon we heard a whistle an
along comes the east bound. maxim
things hum. 'Twan't a great whill
before we heard number two kitin
along t'other way. BY she whizzed II
cloud Of smoke an cinders. Stick
in out from the back platform we Sc
the sign: Last train going west
Now jump, boys!' / hollered, an
they jumped some. tell ye!
"They certainly did make ther
spikes fly! One man held a gauge
two was armed with drawbars an tn
rest had sledge hammers an spikes
Those with the bars run along puIIIr
out the three spikes that held eac
rail. Others slipped the rail over /
the gauge an the rest spiked dow
to every other tie.
Mister, that was snappy work!
an hour we'd covered all but half
mile Of our section an had the fnis
in sight, where another section Ia
started"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
HIS WRATHFuL GOODBYE.
The Train Dispatcher Was IrrItated
at the Operator.


When the weather Is foggy and
damp telegraph wires work badly due
to what is known as ''escape"-that
is. loss Of current due to imperfect
insulation, moisture being a conduc-
tor. On such occasions 1t is difficult
for operators to keep their instru-
ments properly adjusted. 1t frequent
ly happens therefore than an opera
tor will begin to use the wire while
1t Is already In use This is termed
breaking in and is at times a source
Of great annoyance especially on
train dispatcher's wire.
Recently C. NJ. Pierce, Missouri Pa
cific dispatcher at Osawatomie, Kan,
was up against such proposition, It
was quitting time for the day men
along the line and one chap out in
The western rart of the state broke in
TO say, ''G N, which is the telegraph.
er's manner of saying good night. A
similar response from the dispatcher
is authority TO close up.
This man was not adjusted and did
not hear Piercs's acknowledgment.
Every few minutes he repeated his ex-
asperating &c n" Pierce was Gov
cred up with work and every Interrupt
ton meant set back to his plans
that can only be fully realized BY a
member Of the craft.
For the seventeenth tine was heard
the same old appeal: &C n"
Pierce. in sheer desperation, re-
sponded; Good night, good morrow,
good Lord. good bye"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08


was when ! had appendicitis. After
! left the hospital my interest in the
subject grew. I couldn't pick up a
newspaper without noticing several
items about people being III with ap-
pendicitis Or operated on for It.
began to make clippings and tucked
the items away in a big envelope in
my Office. When it became too bulky
1 carefully assorted the material and
started scrapbook Every few days
add to It.
II guess it's the only scrapbook Of
the kind in existence. l never heard
Of one like It, I have shown 1t TO
many summer visitors and found it
Interested them. Awhile ago talked
Of organizing an appendicitis club In
Maine, its members to be composed
Of persons who have been under the
knife A number Of persons to whom
I mentioned the project approved. but
l didn't get around to carrying it into
execution. / think l shall revive the
scheme.
Such club would have wide
field to draw members from. The OBJ
ject Of the club would. Of course, be
largely to promote sociability, but sub
jects pertaining to the special dis,
ease Of which the club members had
been afflicted could be discussed
AS his credentials to prove the gem
uineness Of his experience and his
title to membership in such club
as he proposes, Station Agent FernaId
keeps in his safe a little vial. in
which preserved in alcohol, is his per-
sonal appendix. 1t is with degree
Of pride that he brings forth the
vial from the inner recesses Of the
big Office safe when visitor whose
interest has been developed BY a
study Of the scrapbook makes inquiry
as to what a pruned appendix really
looks like.
The first two pages Of the scrap
book are dedicated to Mr. Fernald's
own case-clippings from the local pa
pers about his illness. etc.
Whenever the compiler Of the scrap
book has been able to secure newspa.
per pictures Of afflicted persons On.
titled to mention In the record he has
, inserted them. The list of those who
according to his book have died Of
appendicitis and whose pictures adorn
!, the book. includes President vii
! liam r. Harper OF Chicago univer
sity. Thomas W. Keene, the TRACE
I dian; Capt. w. h Kemp, Boston; War
rem F. Leonard, well-known New
T York hotel man; Virginia N. Leeds
J. the authoress; A. A. Mcleod, a promi
nent railroad man; George A. NEcker
o son, a Massachusetts legislator: Ma,
o ORell; Dr. Shaler, dean Of the Law
4 renee scientific school; Alexander r
d. Shepherd who remodeled Washing
It ton; United States Senator Tabor o
a. Colorado; Rev. j. ]. Woolley Of Paw
1t tucket: Henry + Thurher, secretar
n. Of President Cleveland: William {
IT Whitney, and scores Of others. PlI
lures Of many Of the patients are ii
al serted In the record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
FREIGHT TRAFFIC. rae CAUSE.
Responsible for Excess Of Accidents
in the United States.

How little we really know OF the
casualties on foreign railroads is in
dicated by the fact that, while French
railroad statistics give the total Of
railway employees killed in 1904 at
226 and the injured at 500. the re
ports to the labor inspectors under
the French law give the following
figures Of accidents to employees in
the transportation industry: Killed,
374: permanently disabled, 51S; dis
abled not exceeding four days, S2.7SS;
results unknown, 655; a total Of
S4.SSO.
The reason why there are more
casualties on American railways than
on European is because the units Of
risk are greater here. as can be seen
in the following comparative table;
All Ea.ope. Unit'd states.
Miles Of railway 1874 TX. .o2s
Passengers car
Red one mile. s., 1e5, 100000 25. .ooo. 600 900
mile ............ ss.asscsO.OO0 2c.ooO. 900 900
The enormous freight traffic Is the
overshadowing element Of peril in
railway operation In the United
States. It IS almost three times great.
er than that Of all Europe. Freight
trains figure three-quarters Of the
prominent collisions reported here
slason Thompson, in The World To
Day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
AUTOMATIC STOP FOR TRAINS.
Simple Device Which Sets the Brakes
Il the Danger Signal Is Ignored.

y the Danger Signal is ignored
On the subway In New York city.
and on the Boston elevated, operating
pracseally all the interurban service
Of test city. there is now. and for
somt time has been, in use a simple
mechanism. meekonical trip. by
means of which, when an engineer
runs past a danger signal, the motive
power is shut off and the brakes
are set mechanically, writes Carl
Snyder, in Everybody's. This is
what is known as the Kinsman stop.
It has been highly successful and has
permitted much freer and closer run
ming OF trains than had heretofore
been deemed possible. It is a practi-
cal and demonstrated success.
Its elevator has likewise developed
an electrical device of the same ma
ture, and this is now being tried by
one or more steam roads. It is ex.
tremely simple. It consists merely
of an inner guard-rail about 100 feet
in length. forming part Of an open
circuit In connection with the ordi-
nary block signal Projecting from
under the engine is a heavy steel arm
strong enough to resist all breakages
and fixed on a stiff. but sufficiently
flexible spring, so that It may be
knocked about without danger. The
arm scrapes along the guard-rail as
the engine passes over it, thereby clos
ing the circuit. and If the signal be
at danger it automatically shuts the
engine throttle and throws on the
brakes. 1t is set little beyond the
danger signal,so that il the engineer
has obeyed the signal 1t has no eff
| feet. If he has run past, the train Ii
automatically stopped With this de
vice goes very ingenious recordinE
apparatus, which shows every timl
such an automatic stop is made; ii
other words, how often the enginee
has gone by his signals 1t is me
chanical surprise test" This record
ing apparatus is under lock and key
and is opened only by the Inspector
at the end Of the run.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

Sec S. should the nrst session Of the
Legislature. provided BY this Censetu-
ton. fan to provide f1F the division OF
the property. assets and liabilities 0f any
county existing Ia the Territory Of Okla
homa between such county or counties
created in whole Or Do part out of such
county original jurisdiction Is hereby
conferred upon the Supreme Court 10
make equitable division OF such property
assets and liabilities. and for the purpose
Of hearing and rcceiring evidence and
reporting findings Of law and fact may
appoint a special Master IN Chancery IN
any such case
Sec. 80. The qualifications prescribed
by the laws OF Oklahoma shall not ap-
ply TO Supcrintendents OF Public Instruc-
tion. elected at the time Of the ratifica-
ton Of this Constitution IN the Indian
Territory. and Usage Indian Reservation.
Sec. 40 When this Constitution shall
have been ratified by the people Of the
State OF Oklahoma and the State admitted
into the Federal Union. under the same,
as engrossed on parchment and signed
by the officers and members Of this Con-
stltutional Convention. II shall be filed
IN the office OF the Secretary OF State and
sacredlY preserved by him. as the fun
damental law Of the State Of Oklahoma.
Accepting Enabling Act
BE IT ORDAINED by the constitu-
tional Convention for tine proposed State
OF Oklahoma. that said Constitutions
Convention do. by this ordinance lrre-
vocable accept the terms and conditions
OF an Act OF the Congress OF the United
States entitled "An Act to Enable the
People OF Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory to form a Constitution and State
Government and be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the ORR
glaal states and TO Enable the People
OF New Mexico and OF Arizona to form
a Constitution and state Government
and be admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original states,
approved June the Sixteenth, ammo
Domini. Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Done In open convention at the city Of
Guthrie. in the Territory Of Oklahoma. on
this the nineteenth day Of April, In the
year OF our Lord one Thousand nine hun
dred and seven and the one hundred and
thirty-first anniversary OF the independ-
ence OF the United States OF America,
wM II. MURRAY.
President OF the Constitutional Conven-
tion OF the Proposed state Of Oklahoma
and Delegate from District No. 1Qf
JOHN M. YOUNG. Secretary.
tSeal)
Attest. cEAS. II. FILSON
Secretary Of the Territory Of Oklahoma
THE END.l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
DONE IN A HURRY
GREAT RAILROAD STUNT OF THE
LONG AGO.
han Who Helped to "Narrer' the
Grand Trunk Line Tells How the
Work Was Pushed to It's
Completion.

Uncle Anne Byrant Of Byrants Pond,
Me, took par. in a railroad stunt back
In ~, which makes one realize that
the much abused railroads have ac-
compllshed some big things in S5
years.
Uncle Anne helped as he says, to
..narrer" the Grand Trunk. Il may
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
HILlv JR.. CHIP OF OLD BLOCK.
New Head Of Great Northern Cares
Nothing for Clothes.

St. Paul-Louis Warren Hill, a
great figure in the railway world since
his recent succession to the presidency
Of the Great Northern, was born in
St. Paul 35 years ago He is the old
est son Of James ]. Hill. His early
education was gained in the school OF
the Christian brothers. He graduated
from Yale in 1893.
Thorough instruction in railroadins
was obtained by service in the ae-
counting. construction and traffic de-
partments Of the marvellous organiza-
tion directed by his father. He was
appointed assistant to the elder Hill
several years ago.
Louis w. has The Hill gift OF fore
sight. An example of this was his
purchase of great tracts Of iron lands
On the Duluth range in northern Min
nesota. Experienced prospectors ridl-
culed his action and other experts pre-
dicted disaster. Solid evidence that
his faith was JUSTIFIED is afforded BY
the fact that those lands now hold
mines worth millions of dollars.
Hill was married in 1901 to Miss
Maude Van Cortlandt Taylor, Of New
York and st. Paul, by Archbishop Ire
land.
They live In handsome home, the
gift Of J. ]. Hill, which adioins the lat
ter's mansion. Both are devoted to
outdoor sports and they indulge every
fall in automobile hunting trips over
the plains and hills of the Dakotas.
In Louis w Hill the rugged, homely
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

features and the short, stocky figure
Of J. J. Hill are almost exactly repro
.duced. The son has red-brown hair, a
decidedly red beard and light blue
eyes.
He cares as little as his father for
dress. The navy blue suit he habitual-
~ wears would not be credit to any,
tailor He owns three hats an opera
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08
MAINE MAN RECORDS ALL Ap-
PENDlclTls CASES.
Survivor Of Disease Plans to Get Up
Organization Composed Only Of
Persons Who Have Been
Operated Upon.

Probably the oldest scrap
book in New England is that Of VIII
liam F. Fernald OF Old Orchard. Ne
It is a big book devoted exclusively to
the preservation Of news lore pertain
ing to appendicitis.
Every person, great or small, who
has had an attack Of appendicitis and
a newspaper notice within range Of
Mr. Fernald acquires a space Of rec
ord In his book, II the person re.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

The young folk whose springtide
fancies turn toward wedding bells
and honeymoons will rejoice to hear
that the Midland Railroad company
has its fatherly eve on them, and
hence a 'honeymconers' carriage" has
been introduced into the service OF
the railway. says the Dundee (Scot-
land) Advertiser. Happily, the car
rlage Is not to attract the unmerciful
curiosity Of other passengers. It Is
just a plain. coy, first-class compart.
meRt. on the coupe principle, and it
holds two persons-and no more.
These two,seat compartments will en-.
able honeymooners to obtain the adj
vantage Of reserved compartment
at the price Of two tickets. The new
compartment is in the middle OF the
new composite coaches which have
Just been built; they are linked IN by
side corridor with the other com.
partments OF the coach. AT present
these carriages are known in soId OF.
ficlal language aa Composite corridor
coaches
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

Helen. four years old. whlle dining
recently at the house Of her aunt. de-
sired her water glass realled. Her
father, who sat beside her poured
the water til II allied tho glass to the
very brim and threatenend each nom
ent to overflow. The little tot looked
at i for a moment and then IN a dis.
gasted tone remarked. Now. amt that
just IKE d man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

tile that rarely sees service, a round
panama with red and blue band for
summer wear, and round. gray felt
hat with eoIored band that he wears.
crushed down over his right eye. every
day from September until May.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

First AnthFaalta ceal MlMed.
u 1862 the hfss anthracite eOal
wap mined withsn tho limits OF whas
Is now the eity ei Scranton, Pa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-08

The following ordinance shall be sub
mitted separately to a vote OF the people
at the time OF the ratification Of this
Constitution:
The Washington times., 1907-02-01

IL would not make any difference to
sou il the defense were 10 he seIf-ds-
Tense Just-hable homicide or anything
eIseg"
White Home WTecker?
The defense is said TO have found
several witnesses who heard Thaw ex-
press the opinion that stanford White
would stop at nothing TO separate him
from his wife. Thaw was further
quoted as saying that he felt that his
life was Ia constant danger. and that
be had armed himself against attack.
II is hardly believed the taking of tes-
umouy VIII be commenced before next
Monday. Reports were current in the
court building early today that another
juror would be dropped, and with Two
jurors 20 be- found the box might not
be filled today.
Scores OF detectives focked about the
court building and with The selection
uf "a juror they set about 10 hunt up his
record. All his social and business se-
crets are searched. and his whole life
Investigated. One set of detectives are
working for the State. while tie other
band of sleuths is employed 10y Thaw.
one hundred taiesmen on the new
special panel reported in court today.
Each talesman is asked when he takes
the witness stand ii he "has been ap-
preached since he was drawn IN this
case.
Six jurors found acceptable 10 both
sides and sworn in have been excused,
and it is said that detectives found con
oitions which would make their presence
IN the jury box objectionable.
The dismissal OF David 5. Walker
from the jury is said 10 be due 10 a
Continued on Eighth PageJ
The Washington times., 1907-02-01
JapS Think They
Could Take Our
Se0bOard Cities

LONDON. Feb Diplomats here re-
gard the feeling Of the japanese people
Is the most dangerous element in the
controversy between the United States
and Japan. Since the Manchmian war
the whole population. from the co0lie 10
noble. have shared the war spirit that
used 10 be Tie monopoly of the SamuraI
fighting clan. For ages the people were
taught that lighting was the highest and
only glorious profession Etiquette
compelled the ordinary pea.ant and la
obrer 10 abase himself 10 the Samurai
The war has made every male Japan
ese a Samurai in feeling, but ignor4nze
and prejudice make the common - 9pIe
more proud and arrogant than the
Samurai ever were Recent English
visitors 10 Japan report that the Japan
ese believe that the United States, with
its S0,c00, eco people Is a pygmy com
pared TO Russia with its 40, ,00G 900 peo-
PIE. They think tnat 10 take the Phil
ippines, Guam, and Hawaii would De
merely a spring excursion Tor the Jap
anese feet IL IS also popular japanese
opinion that seabOard cities could De
surprised as easily as Port Arthur was
in February, 1903.
Official and educated classes in Japan,
however. do not share the popular de
sire for war. according 70 reports here.
They want a long breathing spell 10 re-
pair their finances and extend their
commerce. They believe that II the
United States viii compel the San
Francisco authorities fully 10 acknOWl-
all trouble will be avoided.
European opinion cannot understand
Continued on Eighth Page.l
The Washington times., 1907-02-01
CONDEMNATION
JURY SERVICE
IS DENOUNCED
Thomas w. Smith De-
clares Congress Makes
Impracticable Laws.

II tell you. gentlemen. citizens Of the
District OF Columbia are compelled by
the laws you make 10 go on these juries
for the condemnation Of land, and do
things which they know are wrong. and
for which their conscIences reproach
them the rest OF their lives"
This statement was made today before
the House District Committee sub
committee on streets by Thomas W
Smith, prominent from his work for the
city's welfare. He was speaking for the
report Of the law passed last session
for the extension OF Nineteenth street
northwest, from Woodley road TO Bilt-
more street. putting the cost of the i'm
pr0vemept wholly on the abutting prop
erty. He favored a bin TO let the Dis
trict pay the difference between the costs
and the real benefits assessed against
the adjoining property.
Arguing that the custom Of saddling
the entire cost on abutting property is
wrong in such cases, Mr. Smith said /:
You gentlemen pass such a law as
this and the condemnation jury has 10
assess in way il knows 10 be wrong
! know a man who is now on his death
bed, and he told me he regretted the
things he had had to do on condemra-
ion juries as a result Of these laws. that
assessments clearly unfair had TO be
made against abutting property
Il have had 10 serve on these juries,
and have regretted that ! had 20 do
what the law compelled me TO do. make
unfair assessments. When / tried 10 be
excused from serving. 1 was told I had
to serve.
After the hearing. Mr. Smith said;
a lawyer told me the other day such
service was not compulsory. If that is
so. I'll never serve on a condemnation
jury of this sort again
The Washington times., 1907-02-01
- 10 CD hiIIionalre Murderer.
ENEMY
OF PITTSBURGER
TAKEN OFF JURY
By CARL S. BRANDEBURY.

NEW YO,E Feb Harry Thaw i'm his bitter
armed Counsel
Taw try Young dread
that aheet do him bodily had told
friends % i-
Proving This viii explain why Harry Thav revolver
ghlmer contention of the proecu-
The purpose Of killing
suggestion among the defe Of
frd for Thaw along with the plea temporary insanity
Taws counsel Lawyer Hartrdge asked a taIsan:
The Washington times., 1907-02-01
WOMAN'S EQUALITY ASSN
PLANS MEMORIAL MEETING

A meeting OF the Federal Women's s
Equalit Association has been called for
-ouorTow evening at the home OF Mrs
Martha Hoyt. the Victoria, to arrange
for q memorial meeting for the honorary
president of the association. Mrs. Isa-
bella Reeeher Hooker, who died recently
at her home, in Hartford. Conn. in her
year. Mrs. Hooker was the
last OF the famous Beecher family and
was we'll known and beloved in Wash
ington. where she had spent much time
in behalf of The various reforms for
women in which she was deeply inter
ested