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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
BRIDGE WHIST CRAZE
SUMNER COLONY AT NEWPORT
WILD OVER GAME.
Many Prominent Society Women Give
Up Their Whole Time to it,
Golf Clubs Again Popu-
lar as a Result.

Newport, R. Newport has the
bridge whist craze So has Narragan-
sett Pier and Bar Harbor but 1t is at
Newport that the epidemic is most
Xirulent.
Here pursuit Of the game has be-
come an obsession. Big sums Of money
are won and lost every day at the
tables. Women III most instances are
the most inveterate Of the gamblers.
The flushed face Of the woman gam
bier can be seen daily in carriages that
flash along Bellevue avenue Her ner-
vous, eager manner betrays her. At
ordinary social functions she waits pa
tiently for the outsiders to depart in
order that the elect few may creep
away to the boudoir Of the hostess for
an hour at bridge
Bridge is not the only game. More
than one splendid villa here now CON
ceals dainty roulette wheel and a
private faro layout for the delectation
Of the elect.
To such an extent has the passion
for play gone that some OF the older
heads are seriously discussing the or
ganization Of an anti-gambling crusade.
The effect Of gambling on the nerves
of some women in the younger set, as
well as ON their pocketbooks, is Gre
ating alarm.
And then the golf club claims atten-
tion. The golf club had run to seed.
It was so far away it didn't offer any
particular diversion after one had made
the long journey out to the place. or
late, however. unwonted prosperity
has come to the club. Bridge whist
did It. Confronted with a situation
that spelled ruin for the club the man
ayers appointed women's committee
to take matters in hand The commit
tee turned to bridge whist Now the
golf club has become one OF the most
popular institutions at Newport Mem
bers even occasionally play golf as a
recreation after several hours Of en-
ervating play at the tables.
Here it is that the passion for bridge
is seen at its height On a recent
afternoon there were eight tables 60.
ing Refreshing breezes swept in from
the ocean. Half a dozen OF the best.
known women in New York and Phil.
adelphia society lounged outside on
the terrace. Within at least 20 young
women and a few men toiled feverish.
" at bridge
Among the stories they tell sub rosa
at the golf club is one of a young wom-
an who has won enough during this
season to buy a handsome automobile,
and another young woman who lost
SO much that her father threatened to
cut of her allowance and refuse to
stand responsible for any Of her debts
II she does not quit the game. There
are other stories Of matrons who are
heavily in debt to their fellow-pIayers,
and couple Of men who practically
support themselves by means Of their
winnings.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
INvENTs sELF.HANaINo nEvIcE.
Former Baseball Pitcher Testa New
Plan on Negro Murderer.


Pittsburg-To save the nerves OF
tender-hearted officials, Sheriff A. c.
Gnmbert. formerly a pitcher on the
Chicago National league baseball
team. the other dsl successfully put
Into use a self-hanelng device Of his
own Invention. The device was tried
on Bowling Green, a negro wife mnr-
deref, who went singing to the gal
lows
While the deputy sheriff stood on
the trap placing the moose about the
condemned mans neck the sherin
stood with d wire held tight in his
hand. The action Of the deputy III
stepping on the trap loosened the wire
and the weight Of the murderer sprung
It.
Green's body darted through the
opening In the floor Of the gallows and
death. the physicians said. was almost
instantaneous. the mans neck being
broken. It is claimed for this device
that no one person bears the odium OF
being a hangman, the condemned man
doing more than bis part
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
New York Motorman Searches Tracks
Fifteen Minutes for Quarter.

New York.-There was much excite
ment on the Bowery the other day
when motorman on south-bound
Third avenue surface car tied up the
line for nearly Is minutes trying to
find 25-cent piece he had spied in
the center Of the track. The coin was
wing in the groove Of the rail. When
nc brought the car to a stop the
wheels Of the truck we're directly over
It.
This the motorman did not know
and he crawled under the car to
search for the coin. A large crowd
soon gathered. thinking something was
wrong. The discovery was made at
Grand street, just at the time when
the streets were badly congested and
traffic was at its height. Several po-
licemen soon arrived and wanted to
know what all the trouble was about.
It wasn't long before the crowd learn
ed what the motorman was after.
Several men and boys, including a
couple Of street-cleaning sweepers, i'm.
mediately joined in the search. After
crawling about for ten minutes In vain
the motorman had an inspiration that
sAe coin might be under the wheel.
He told the conductor to start the car
on about foot Then there was a
scramble. Boys, men and street-clean-
Ing sweepers made a rush for the bit
Of money at the same time. The mo
tolman. who was the nearest TO It,
after hard struggle, knocking the
men and boys aside, finally got It.
BY this time the street was blocked.
and the drivers Of trucks were yelling
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
POPULATION OF NEw STATE.
More Than 1000 Census Enumsrators
Start Work In Oklahoma.

Washington. The actual work OF
enumeration for the special census
Of Oklahoma and Indian territory has
begun The work Is being done BY
1850 enumerators.
Tho census bureau here has been
notified by It's representatives. who
have been on the ground for some
time making preliminary arrange
menis. that the intermediate details
have been completed and that every
thing IS IN readiness for receiving the
returns The compilation and the tab
rlatlon will be done in Washington.
The constitution convention. which
was reconyened shortly after the pres
ldent directed that the census be TAX
en-, Is cooperating with the representa-
tives OF the government and has ap-
pointed q committee for this purpose
Many errors We're found in the new
boundary which required a great deal
of hard work TO straighten ont. and
the Washington officials have been
able to render the local authorities
much valuable assistance in the mat.
ter.
Several clerks have been sent out
TO the proposed state for office work
In connection with the enumeration,
but the enumerators have been Sc
lected from among the inhabitants.
The supervisors are under strict or
ders from Director North to make a
complete and careful record of every
inhabitant that should properly be
enumerated
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
Woman Of q Elne snrInfer.

London.-Sydney Talbot, the o.
year-old American marine engineer
whose activity has been told OF, has
rivals. AT charitable fete given Tor
the aged poor in Buckinghamshigs
prizes for fat races were won by two
men aged SO and Sc years respective
w. In one woman's race dame OF 90
sprinted finely, but was beaten by q
YOUNGER connection.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17
A SMALL COIN BLOCKS CARS.

like madmen A string Of cars ex-.
tended back almost to Fourteenth
street. A crowd Of nearly 1000 per-
sons had gathered and the poIics
had their hands full in dispensing it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-17

ness quicker and get back to the farm
in short time, to his financial better
ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23

mobs which have assembled during the
last two days.
Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese for
eign minister, describes his visit to
Seoul ais an excursion during the gov
ernment holidays, made for the pur-
pose Of communicating to Marquis Ito
the extent of public feeling in Japan
ese for rectification of existing con-
ditions in Korea and also consult with
the marquis as to what should be done.
In view of the grave state of the pres
ent crisis, Viscount Hayashi has con-
sented to say that the abdication Of
the emperor appearing Simultaneous
1y with his arrival in Seoul, was a
surprise and disappointment to his
plans. Neither Marquis Ito nor Japan
had any part in the abdication, but
on the contrary, if consulted, they
would not have advised it.
Regarding the report that he came
to Korea on a special mission, Vis-
count Hayashi admitted that It was
true that he came entrusted with his
governments program. Japan's posi-
tion here was delicate and its respon-
sibilities were great. An intriguing
government was Impossible and the
plan to murder all the cabinet mem
bers, which was reported to be
N& Gr,.
his restoration to power with a cab
met wholly anti-Japanese, was untf1ink-
able.
Regarding possible plans for the fu-
ture government, Hayashi said that
the Korean throne had nothing to
fear from the Japanese, but there
must be competent, organized admin
istration. Japan's program would be
executed only with regard to due
forms, with the consent OF the con-
stituted sovereign, and was subject to
modification according to conditions. It
already had modified its plans, and IL
the Korean throne established COM
petent government Japan would deal
with it. At present the Japanese au-
thorities. were wholly concerned with
the restoration Of order. Until this
was accomplished they were unable to
proceed and his mission must await
normal conditions, for the future pro-
motion Of the welfare of the people
was his foremost consideration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23
DEP0SED EMPEROR TRICKEY
Palace of New Roller OF Peninsula Hot
bed of Illicit Strife.

Seoul, July %. (Noon) "A discovery
Of plot against the throne resulted
in the arrest today of one of the elder
statesmen Of Korea together with PAX
Yung Ho, who yesterday was appoint
ed minister of the imperial household;
Yo Do Chai, grand chamberlain of
the former emperor and four Korean
officers.
The intervention of the former en-
peror in the affairs of today is evi-
denced by the fact that he had pre-
vailed upon his son, the present en-.
peror, to refuse his signature TO a
proclamation of the cabinet, the OBJ
ject of which was to calm the people
and restore order. Furthermore, the
appointment of PAX Yung Ho IS an
other evidence of the refusal of thu
deposed sovereign to surrender power,
and there is reason to believe he is
planning to precipitate an outbreak On
his own reserve.
The minister of war has reported
TO Marquis Ito, the Japanese resident
general, that he has no tontrol over
or communication with the army. 'rhe
former emperor is responsible lor four
anti Japanese conspiracies, since his
abdication. The first conspiracy CON
sisted in ordering the imperial guard
to rush into the palace upon the night
Of July 10; the second is found N the
defiance Of the minister Of war by
the Korean army; the third was the
attack upon the police at the Great
Bell, which the Japanese have proof
to show was led by an army officer,
and the fourth consisted in his ind1-
rect manipulation of the functions Of
the present emperor.
One Japanese was wounded in the
encounter in front of the Great Bell
yesterday.
Two Villas belonging to deposed
members of the former cabinet were
burned last night. The electric plant
| is now under guard and all night long
the Japanese town was under the
vigilance Of fire patrols.
Police reserves have arrived from
Toxic.
Sensational rumors are current that
three cruisers, with ability to land
10000 blue Jackets, are making their
way to Chemu1po.
The Japanese resident general
places the whole responsibility for
the arrests made this morning upon
the throne, disclaiming intervention
which, it is assured, would be an un-
necessary invasion into the affairs
which are purely Korean. On account or
the fact that every Japanese soldier
here is needed to guard the barracks
of the Korean troops, guards have
been refused to two houses of for
eigners in the suburbs, and their oc.
cupants, who have been threatened in
anonymous communicate have been
given refuge In the foreign quarter
until July "a and 1t is impossible now
to adequately patrol the whole city
so as to prevent the gathering Of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23
wAsHouT DELAYS TRAFFIC.

La Crosse, Wis, July 22.-All trains
on the Milwaukee, Northwestern &
Burlington railway systems between
Chicago and ST. Paul are tied up. ina
result of a washout following a
heavy rainstorm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23

ing all before it, reached the road be-,
hind him.
The flood left six feet of mud in the
Great Northern tunnel and service ON
that railway is still suspended. The
damage to property at the foot OF the
canyon is heavy, but no lives were
lost.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23

CLOUDBURSI'
PLUckY MoToRMAN SAVES 50
LIVES IN ELK PARK CANYON.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Butte, July 22.-Joseph j. McDer-
mott, motorman. raced with the
cloudburst in Elk Park canyon last
night and saved so lives. Pursued by
a wall Of water IS feet high, McDer-
mott put on full speed do grade
and clinging to the track by Il Jiracle
reached high ground just the
food. tearing up the rails an Keep
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23
TOXIC CONFIRMS REPORTS.
Illicit Plots and conspiraeies Fill Ab.
dicated Palace.

dtcated Palace
Toxic, July %. -Telegrams from
Seoul state that intrigues on an ex-
tensive scale are now in progress It
is declared that the palace Is a hot
bed Of Illicit plots and conspiracies.
The placing on the throne OF the new
emperor has aggravated the jealousy
between his mother, Princess Ming.
and the mother of Prince Ying. each
having a large following. This state
of affairs is being taken advantage of
by politicians, who are distrustful OF
one another Disaffection Is spread
ing rapidly and riotings OF the people
throughout the country are apprehend-
ed. n
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23
MONTANA svEATsiE ER.

Fair in west. Showers and slightly
cooler in the east portion Tuesday.
Wednesday fair.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23

| ~ u
B. WANTS.
H. p. WINTERS.
@. f. WILSON.
MRS. A. WALTER.
MISS H. WRIGHT.
ROLAND WINTERS.
C. w. WINsLOW AND WIFE.
WIDAll WALTER.
MISS EDNA WALLACE.
MISS B. WALLACE.
MISS w. w. WHITE.
2. A. WALLIN, (steerage).
J. K. YOUNG.
FIRST AID LEAD B HE'D
MASTER P. "A. DORAN.
j. e. BYRNES, purser.
FIRST oFFICED w. f.. WHITNEY.
SECOND OFFICER RAGERUP.
THIRD OFFICER r. M. HAWSE. y
G. M'KAY, carpenter.
d. S. M'ALPINE, Watchman.
j. ELLIS, Quartermaster.
w. CUNAN, quartermaster.
P. HINNER, quartermaster,
- CHRISTENSON, quartermaster
N. NORRIS, boatsWain.
A. LARSEN, seaman.
S. PENDERsEN, seaman.
R. GUsTAvUsON, seaman.
j.. LINDsTROM, seaman.
o. SIMMONS. seaman.s
y. i. JACKSON, chiefsengineer.
M. G. BURPEE, first assistant en-.
gineer.
MAX CLAUS, second assistant en-
gineer.
R. G. THOMAS, third assistant en-
gineer. IN
THREE WATER TENDERS.
THREE OILERS.
J.. ROSS, fireman.
j. MADISON, fireman.
c. EASTWOOD, fireman.
JOHN SWIFT, fireman
ED. LARKIN, fireman.
d. EASTON, fireman.
STEWARD IL. FUNK.
SECOND STEWARD MACK.
STEWARDESS 3. HARRIS.
A. SICKLER, porter.
w. T. LAWRENCE, steerage stew
ard.
A. SCHNEIDER, baker.
CHAs. Won ROESLER, chief cook
FRANK r. DAVIS, second cook.
, third cook.
w. TEDTSEN, messman.
----, mess boy.
e. r. DRAYER, pantryman.
, pantryman.
j. j. FOGARTY, steerage watchman
C. HOLLNA, waiter.
A. L. BLOCKER, waiter.
J. H. WHITE, waiter.
ROBERT ENGMAN, waiter.
G. SHAWLEY, waiter.
g. MURPHY, waiter.
ALEXANDRIA CABRERA, waiter
R. j. ALLEY, waiter.
j. G. ALLEY, waiter.
A. CODORRET, waiter.
In connection with the foregoing list
it should be borne in mind that 1t vii
be measurably reduced by the 81
names of the survivors spoken of as
coming ashore in life RATS at Shelter
Cove today.
Among the lost is Mrs. F. O. Lours
of Pasadena. She died Of exposure
Mr.. Lours' life was saved. Their boy
of nine and their 12-year-old daughter
were drowned. Lours succeeded il
getting his wife and children in the
upper deck in the brief interval Of the
collision and sinking of the Columbia
A big breaker brushed them OFF into
the sea. The husband and father sue
ceeded in dragging them upon life
raft and for two hours the forlorn ani
wretched family tossed about on theil
frail craft in the blackness of tht
night. Eventually the children los
their grip and slipped off into the sea
Mrs. Lours succumhed soon afterwart
from the shock and exposure.
The following survivors of the Co
lumbia have been brought to Eureka
among which will be found many o
those who were first reported dead:
| Among the SURVIVORS rescued ami
carried north to this port by th'
George Welder, are men and womel
from score of states, not a few o
them from the Atlantic seaboard an,
the middle west. Among these are
number of school teachers who wer
varying with a sea voyage on thei
| home trip from the annual convention
| of the National Educational associs
/ ton at Los Angeles.
/ Passengers:
H. A. schallenhorn, Portland, Ore.
Medora Sparks, Fort Smith, Ark
sB. Brotherton. Muskogee. I. r.. A. {
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CONTINUED on Eighth page,.
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tconti nued on nlshth Pager.
Graham guardian., 1907-09-13
IS The SOUTH GOING "DRY"

Georgia's adoption of State pro-
hibition by legislative enactment
directs national attention to the
marvellous progress of this idea in
the Southern States.
In the North, except in Indiana,
Ohio, and southern Illinois, the
prohibition sentiment is mori.
bund, if not dead; but in the
South it is sweeping onward with
relentless and irresistible force.
gaining new converts and increas.
ing in power every year.
Seven eighths of the territory of
the Southern States is to-day
"dry," and it is believed that a
majority of the population favors
national prohibition, The Anti.
Saloon League is well organized
in most of the States, and is pur,
suing quiet, determined, relent-
less opposition to tho liquor busi-
ness.
To, day there are fewer saloons
in the thirteen Southern States
than in Greater New York, and
only few more than in the city
of Chicago. In New York there
are 10000 places whore liquor is
sold, in Chicago $4,000, and in the
entire South only 10000. In New
York state the estimated popula-
tion in 1905 was S,l60, 900, and the
government issued in the state
that year 34,OSO especial tax
stamps" to persons desiring to en-.
gage in the manufacture and sale
of liquor. The thirteen South ern
States, with 23,500,000 people, Sc
cured in 1906 less than 10000
stamps.
President Marion Il. Taylor, of
the National Liquor Dealers Con.
vention, held in June at Atlantic
Graham guardian., 1907-09-13

City, in calling attention to the
assaults made by Prohibitionists
on the liquor business, especially
in the South, said: "Our only re.
course now is to save our business.
Unless we work with energy and
determination to stop this tidal
wave, every State in the South
will be closed against u.s."
Measures designed to restrict or
absolutely prohibit the manufac.
ture and sale of alcoholic bever-
ages have been introduced since
the first of the year in the legisla-
lures of half dozen Southern
States, and in almost every in
stance have resulted in new vic
tories for the prohibition cause
From "The Prohibition Wave in
the South" by John Corrigan, in
the American Review of Reviews
for September
The September number of the
National is filled with an abund-
ance of high class fiction and verse,
and 1t is a number that will ap.
peal to magazine readers at this
time of the season. Among the
special articles is one by Sidney J.
Dillon on "The Des Moines Plan,"
dealing with the new method of
city government IN Iowa's capital,
and "Leveling Our Population"
by Carlyle Ellis. The depart.
ments, Affairs at Washington"
and "Happy Habit" abound with
the class of material which so
many readers of the National par
ticularly delight in.
Graham guardian., 1907-09-13
Documents Filed for Record

Following is q list of the documents filed fol
record at the county seat and compiled by
Abstractor Fred Dysart:
John Brown to A Hobbs, deed, 81; lots I
to 10. blk G. lots to 20, blk :. all blk s. Duncan,
o. Flanagan to Marcella Hill deed, 5000
part lots 81 to 90, blk 5, Duncan.
Ernest Ellsworth and wife TO w Foote deed
$500; SC x Sc 4. sec 81, tp IS, r26 east
Mrs Alice Pomeroy TO Guerrero deed
$50; lots II and Is, blk H. Pomeroy add, Solomon.
Vile.
D B Ryan to Mamie NJ Ryan, wife, deed $40;
sw u sw 4 sec l3, tp IS, 26 east.
T 0'Rryan to Ernest Ellsworth, release OF
mtg $3.50; on 109 acres In Sc 4, sec 2l tp II
% east.
Alonzo Bingham and wife TO Hyrum Bling
ham, deed $500; ICY acres in sc 4 sec Is, tp 7
2G east,
N PBeebe and wife to Hyrum Bingham, deed
$3.50; Z blk Beebe's addition, Stafford,
Luther Green and wife to Geo Gamble, re-
lease of mtg, $1,000; on Coronado stage line, 25
horses, hacks. etc.
FW Hayes to VIM John aud wife, release OF
mtg, sl4OO; Gl acres in q sec y and II acres in
Sc 4, sec /, tp s, r % east.
Luther Green to Geo b Gamble and wife, re-
lease of mtg, 5000; lots TO H. blk 1, lots to G
blk &, SolomOnville aud toll road.
Geo Gamble and wife to Ben Clark, deed
5000; same.
Geo Gamble and wife to Ben Clark, bill
of sale, SIOOO 2i horses hacks etc, of stage line
W Johnson is appointed deputy sheriff.
Tong is appointed deputy clerk of the
probate court.
Geo Olney, ct al, to ThOs Wan slee, deed
$500; lots l and 8, blk Il, Stafford
Eugene Wambaugh, Alfred W IIoyt, W S
Mcnamara, Alex Veitch and d l. Forbes in
corporate san Francisco River Railroad Co
Termini of road; Clifton and Copper King In
cline. Capital stock. $4,000; office, Clifton
Graham guardian., 1907-09-13
The LATEST COMET

Some weeks ago an astronomer,
Prof. Daniel, discovered in the
eastern sky q star with gauze
which stamped it as a probable
comet. Close watch was kept of
the heavenly visitor, and its move.
ment toward the sun, as well as its
rapidly elongating tail, soon dis.
closed its identity as another com
ct, which has come out of measure
less space to invade our solar sys-
TEN. The comet is now visible in
the eastern sky at 4 o'clock in the
morning, and well repays an early
waking to those who enjoy astro-
nomical visions.
The advent Of this latest astral
spectacle in our sky again arouses
the question, what are comets and
whence do they come. Are they
they chariots Of some mighty trav.
eler, carrying him on a visit to the
different suns, or are they messen-
gers cf intelligence from one solar
system TO another? Does intelli.
gence guide them throughout their
remarkable career,or do they mere.
ly follow the law of gravitation in
some wonderful manner. They ap.
pear at regular or irregular inter
walls, apparently without motive or
purpose, but they nevertheless fol-
low certain fixed laws. They are
seemingly the vagrants of the uni
verse, and while they occupy a
marvellous niche in the astronomi'
cal world, they will doubtless al
ways be source of wonder to as
tronomers.
This is the first comet visible to
the naked eye for twenty five years
past. As did all its predecessors,
it is taking a straight course for
the sun, and while it will not
plunge into that tremendous body,
it will shave close around Old
SoPs edge, and then go winging
away into the darkness, perhaps
to appear in few years, century,
or never.
Some comets go out only as far
as Jupiter or Saturn, when they
disappear from view. Others go
far beyond the solar system. But
they all, when first seen, are ln-
ward bound, travelling towards the
sun. They usually make a pretty
sharp turn when near the center
of the solar system, and then dash
off again into space. Those which
do no, go past the furthermost
planets make u round trip in from
five to seven years. One is known
which comes back every three