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oi the present equipment this. in
bric.. X tho ysung engineers claim.
That be can do what he says Is not
only believed by a practical transpor-
tation man Of 40 years experience
Hike John # gtarin but by big firm
in Wall street which has agreed to un-
derwrite ali the bonds required to put
through the Jersey City to Newark
'mono-road, and by scores Of others
who have investigated the new plant
and are anxious % become financially
interested IA It
First Practical Test.
Starting On short halimile stretch
Of track inside the exposition grounds
at jamestown. the FIRST practical test
Of the new road was made IN public,
although for three years the young IN
ycnlor Howard 5ansel Tunis, has
been experimenting IN the suburbs Of
Baltimore.
More than q dozen noted engineers.
among them Chief Engineer George S.
Rice, of the Rapid Transit commission.
have Investigated the new invention
end have pronounced II practical.
Some 81 them assert that II viii rev.
oluuonize modern railroadlng because
of H- sFemeaasss speed which #
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claims. safer, faster and cheaper by
far TO build.
Construction Details.
The single track IS laid across ties
about three and a half feet in length
1.-The same sort Of ties used IN the
construction Of the present day two
rail tracks, except that they are short
er sixty-pound rails instead OF the
standard 100-pound rails are used.
Overhead. 30 inches apart, are sus-
pended two parallel rails, L-shaped
on the inside. These overhead rails
are supported by steel pillars placed
at intervals along the side Of the road
and connected BY steel beams
stretched across the track.
On top Of each car at both ends is
attached an inverted truck. This is
raised from the car By strong steel
arm. corresponding TO a trolley pole.
and the four wheels attached to the
inverted truck 1T into the shaped
inner surface Of the overhead tracks.
The trucks arc IN the form Of az X,
with wheel at each Of the four
points OF the * The * Is hexlble.
opening and closing to Accommodate
Itself to the curves.
It is this overhead truck arrange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
REMARKABLE TENT ROCKS.
Located in New Mexico and Contain
Prehistoric Caves.

Santa Fe. \. M.-0towi is the name
OF a canyon in northern New Mexico.
about seven miles west Of the point
where the Rio Grande river enters
White Rock canyon. and contains the
remarkable Tent Rocks. which were
the dwelling places Of prehistoric
man. The canyon in which these
most singular structures are located
is but one Of many forming a dis
trict that in its entirety is OF great
scenic beauty and one Of the richest
In the southwest In well-preserved
prehistoric remains This district
contains innumerable cayate houses,
a vast number OF small pueblo ruins.
and the remains OF the great com
mnnal dwellings Of Puye. Otowi,
Tsankawl. Navakwi and Paiarito.
The distinctive feature OF the OF.
owl ruins is the Tent Rocks. the Ike
Of which is found only IN Thibet that
fsr-away land Of mystery. There are
about so Of these conicai formations.
varying in height from Is 10 40 feet.
They are full Of caves. and Ia one
at least there Is a second story with
rooms duplicating the ground noor.
Perched on top OF many Of these
enormous cones is an immense rock.
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According VI All interview printed
II fha newark newspapers, the linking
q The new m0no-rali line rith the
AlcAdoo tunnel Is possibility Bion
J. Burrows says thar :. would BE- a
matter " the greatest ease 70 run the
trains from the mono4aiI road right
into aad through the McAao0 tunnel
without interfering with the operation
eg trains oyef the two rail- line. All
tlas would be necessary would be the
laying ~ a single rail- between the Two
ra.ia. and the installation of the neees-
eary overhead rails to preserve the
equilibrium 0f the #monoTair trains
II THIS is done. It is asserted. pas
eengers can be carried from Newark
to tire neart Of Manhattan in ten min
CITES. That he Is willing 10 enter into
an operating agreement with the
moncTaiI' company. William Ne
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NOTHING MORE HEARD Of oHcE
FAMOUS AGyiNALDo.
Distinguishes Trouble Maker Ne~ q
Successful ship-Buiider n Phil
fppiuss ano ReconeIisa =
American Rgis.

New Tork.-A correspondent writ
ing % contemporary. asked what
hzs become ot Agmnaldo. the once
cons icaous Tagal- sen Of Destiny
st Who seems to have dropped So
completely out OF public notice that
rhe paper 10 which the inquiry was
addressed replied b. saying that
patient and painstaking search O.
ne records discloses the fact that the
famous Filipino chiettafn. who for
many long months was chased from
oae end ot The Philippines to the
other 1T practically an the armed
forces Ct The United States, and who
was finally surprised and captured By
stratagem by Gen. Frederick Funs-
t0n. the daredevil o. the American
srHIf mas dropped out Of sight as
completely as If the earth had opened
and swallowed him al a single gulp.
It Is une that this distinguished
trouble maker. who once commanded
the first column On the front page. has
dropped out AZ the notice 81 the read
Ing world But he ls stiII very much
alive and-y0u would never guess Il
"a wsll-to-do shipbuiider. has a ship
yard On the Neimos river, at Cavite
Eeyo. 2 village near Cavite: IS thor
oashiy reconciled to AemTiean rule,
has taken the cath OF allegiance; the
surveillance upon his movements
once 50 keen though uu0barusiYe. has
been Withdrawn. 4nd the son 81 Des
giny is now engaged II leading sS
much Of the simple life as goes wits
the building Of coastwise craft a1I
the patching up Of those that are IL
need Of repair.
This information about the Filipino
Isadsr who gave SO much trouble t'
Spain and to America was farnishe,
by James FL Doyle. chief boatswain
United States navy. who Is now at
sached to the New York navy yard
and who has just returned from Ma
Mia. where he has been stationed 70
two years. It was Immediately prio
to his departure from Manila that thl
chief boatswain paid a visit to Agui
naldo at his ship yard Aguinaldo, h
says, employs about 80 men. is do
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which make the mansion q close rival
to the much talked-of Gardner Italian
palace In the Fenway.
The feature Of the new building
one that has been emphasized par
ticularly. is the possibility that has
been afforded for outdoor life Be.
sides an extended Dergola built out
from the south side. a balustraded ter
race adm a pillared portico adjoining
from the west and two smaller rear
porticos in the rear. loggia. fiat top
ped and surmounting rows Of square
columns has been constructed upon
the fat roof Of the new house where
an outdoor life the season round may
be passed without great discomfort
in case the latter mode Of existence
IS desired
Indeed. It has been planned 70
make this roof garden. situated sew
eral hundred feet above the sur
rounding level, one Of the most de-
nghtfully ideal places Of private
abode IN New England
Tie Peasmain estate Is one Of the
links In a chain Of country side
places built by wealthy Bostonians
that extend from The vicinity OF
the Old Wayside inn back to the
southwark into the Framlngham town
boundaries.
The new house. which is almost en-
tlFely OF concrete construction. tops
the summit Of the biggest hill in that
part Of the state and at a distance
gives the effect Of a somewhat mod
ern Italian palace.
In addition to the outdoor diversions
which the house itself offers. mon.
ster private swimming tank. 20 feet
vide and 20 feet long. all of concrete.
has been built at the foot Of the hill
upon which the mansion Is located.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
sialus RapIdIy peeayIna.

In a letter TO the Philadelphia
Ledger rear Admiral George W. Mel
Vile, United States navy (retired). /.
calls attention 70 the decay OF the
statue Of Washington at the portals
OF Independence hall. Slowly but
surely rain and snow, heat and cold
have sapped the life Of the marble
which, 40 years ago. was fashioned by
Joseph Bailly Into a likeness Of Wash.
ington. The Ledger quotes a sculp.
tor as saying that one more severe
winter viii ruin the statue IL repairs
are not speedily made.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
May ReIegafe Steam Locomotives
and HcnUy Coaches to the
Scrap Heap.
FINANCIAL cIANTs ARE INTERESTED
Men cz rI1iiions S1ard Ready ito Test Practica-
bilffy Of scheme of Howard Hansel Tunis-
Speed or $50 Miles an Hour Is Among
Promises Made.

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the building Of similar roads all over
the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys-
TEN is patented
Much Interest Aroused.
How active interest in "mono-raiT"
railroads Is. is shown by the fact that
following the announcement OF the
plans to build the New Jersey line,
the promoters Of the company have
been besieged with inquiries from per
sons who want to introduce the sys-
tenn in other places. One inquirer
was a capitalist who holds the con-
cession for a 400-mile railroad in
South America, much Of the route Of
which runs through inaccessible coun-
try. The Tunis 'monoTaily is es-
pecially adapted for use in a rough
country because Of the fact that the
Mghtness Of the cars makes 1t possible
to operate the trains up almost any
reasonable grade.
To all these inquirers the promo
ters say they have replied that they
are not in the field for the exploita-
tion Of the new system. or even for
money making Mr. starin, the leader
in the enterprise, has announced that
his object Is not to make money SO
much as to put into practical use an
invention which he believes to be the
coming railroad system Of the future.
No Stock to Be Sold.
His hope to have a railroad which
viii carry people from this city to
! Newark in almost an inappreciable
space Of time. and TO give an example
% other railroad companies in the
good treatment Of employees. 1t is an
nounced that no stock OF the new COM
pany is to be put on the market and
that all the money that is wanted to
push the enterprise gill be realized BY
an issue Of bonds at the right time.
A big Wall street firm has already
agreed to underwrite them.
Expert System to Be Popular.
That they ultimately expect their
system to be widely introduced the
promoters Of the new road do not at
tempt to conceal This. they expect.
will speedily follow a practical demon
stration Of its success.
Howard Hansel Tunis. the young in.
ventor Of the system. is at James.
town. where he is experimenting the
running Of trains over the expert
mental half-mile track. Tnnls wanted
a much longer track. but It IS said
that the trolley companies Of Nor
folk were too Influential with the ex-
position management and he was re-
stfleted
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CAY and FN 81 lls e1--rlzI Pow
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head Ha zsr lae operation g s1H
cara
One q ne claims made for TIE
Iuais nozora1 is that tzizz Ea
ming q K a.la be practically noiselsss.
Ole reason given for thls Is tht the
guide wheels q TOD. which run in The
gvarhead rails, are 81 cast irol. can
and leather and are z1 eo1Etrgetea as
to make bnt lttls noise They also
have Ezaesrlngs and this makes ire
neud0uz speed possltle The guide
wheels are only eight inches e
diameter and less ttan two inches
thick Another feature q the car
which contributes % It's rolzelessnHs
IA the use o. the direct current motor.
Engineer Taris claims that tie onsg
proper sTtsn cf railroad eoastruc.
tlon II TIE single track, because The
double tracks are in opposition ID the
laws u gravity. and make necessary
doaslE heavy cars
In his cars Tunis explains. tie bot
tom wiz - but % inches above the
rail- and thus the center Of gravity
win De very l0w The cars Eill have
2n almost peEfecs equilibrium. eTer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
SIMPLE LIFE.

fre a thriving business. accommodating
many 81 this worlds goods. and
getting fat
eLet he have men about me mat ara
fat.
sleak-headed meH, such as sleep @
nights
This Casslus no longer wears
lean and hungry look. and is no more
Of that dangerous class who think
TO much. A much-changed Emilio.
he Is. according to bis recent visitor
No more does be issue prcclama.
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ions whose poignancy q style vas
rivaled only by that oi Manila's bonn
bastic Captain General Augustin, and
no more does he send forth evil
communications to corrupt good FL
ipinos.
Aguinaldo. who is now about IS
years old. first came into fame in 1896
when he led the revolt Of his country
men against Spanish rule. Thereafter
he was constantly active as an insur-
gent until America conquered Spain.
whereupon be togz up arms against
the conquerors and caused this coun-
try far more trouble than Montolo
caused Dewey until he was finally cap
tured By Funston. Agulnaldo. it is
said. had been a close student OF the
life Of Napoleon and was credited with
an ambition 10 be a military leader
such as was the Little Corsican.
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without being steadied by the over
head arrangement
Cars viii Be Light.
Then, the cars are to be extremely
light as compared with modern rail
road cars-another element c0ntribut-
Ing to high speed. They VIII not weigh
over seven tons.
Right here. in the two points just
referred to. is the great advantage
claimed by the hackers Of Engineer
Tuniss system. Mr.. Burrows in de-
scribing its advantages said that en-
gneers had long recognized the fact
that the great sprawling cars Of the
present, with their immense weight.
are theoretically wrong.
"These big heavy cars are in effect
houses set upon wheels" he said
These wheels are placed four feet
eight and one-half inches apart, with
the center OF gravity between them
The first and greatest essential to the
whole system Is that the cars must be
heavy in order to remain on the
tracks. Here, then, is the whole key
to railroad ineffciency, that In a sgs-
tenn whose only excuse for being is
the ability to make speed the prin-
cipal requisite should be great weight
In short. having to overcome grayita
ton, they start out by making It i'm
possible. Tt requires no great mechant
ical ability to discover that onerail
track is greatly superior to a two-Fail
track. If one goes no further than tc
see that one wheel will only have halt
the obstacles to overcome that TWO
have"
Economy in Operation.
Still another claim for the monorai
trains is that they can be operated
very much cheaper because Of the
economy In power It is possible tC
realize. According to railroad men
from IS TO 30 per cent Of the powel
used to operate trains IS lost In the
sidewise, swinging motion Of cars
The Tunss mono-rail trains, it is de
clared have a straight ahead motion
without any side-swing.
Nothing which ever moved on
wheels can equal the speed claimed
for the Tunis "mono-rail" trains. One
hundred miles an hour is an easy mat
ter. and the cars can be pushed to 15l
miles without any difficulty And
while the cars are going at this speed
/ 1t Is claimed that the motion Is 81
gentle that passengers are barrel.
aware Of the fact that they are NOV
ing. The ierky, swinging motion o
two.rail trains is declared to be ca
tirely absent
As II II al this we're not enough 4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
OUTDOOR LIFE IN 4 HOUSE.
Boston Millionaire Introduces Unique
Ideas in His Summer Mansion.

Boston.-Upon the summit Of the
famous Notscott hill in the town Of
Farmingham and a short distance
from the old Wayside inn. there has
Just been completed one OF the most
unique summer homes in New Eng
land.
Mrs. s. B. Pearmain, a Boston so
ciety woman. is the architect Of this
modern palace. Mrs. Pearmain. in
planning the house, has introduced .
number Of novel ideas Of her own
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weighing oftentimes as much as =
ton Up to this time there has been
no excavation or exploration. and It is
not known whether these queer strue-
lures contain the remains Of human
beings, pottery and other relics usu.
ally found In caves and cliff dwell
ings. Notwithstanding their acces-
sibllity, very few persons have ever
visited these ruins.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02

Prince William Of Sweden, who viii
visit America shortly, although he
speaks excellent English, Is anxious
to get the right American accent and
70 be conversant with American ex.
pressions. He has obtained The serv.
ices Of NJ Michias, a well-known
teacher Of languages in Copenhagen,
10 instruct him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-02
Heavier Customs Reo.lnt..

Customs receipts in New York cify
are running $4,000 more a day than
last year.
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claims. safer. faster and cheaper by
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
THREATEN TO KIDNAP
Black Hand Gang Demands
$4,000 Of Knoxville Man.
OFFICERS TRAIL SUSPECTS
Hon. ID. n. Rose Told tO Put I'd
Money as Directed or One of His
Children Would Be Taken and He
Assassinted-PoEice Follow CIevS
Secured from the Letters.

knoxville, May 6,-IIon D. II. Rose,
a wealthy and influential citizen of Knox
Vile, has received three threatening LETT
ters from "a man who styles himself a
memebr Of the Black Hand. and who. In
one Of the letters. gives his name as Alb
bott Barron The letters are in the pos
session Of the police and efforts are being
made to locate the sender. who stated in
one Of the letters that he had come to
this city recently from New York.
The letters have not been made public,
bat the first one states that Mr. Rose has
been marked by the Black Hand. or by
three of its seven members. the others
having been captured he was told he
would have TO put up $500 else one of
his three little children would be kid
mapped. and he would be killed
A second letter. following the first
named a place and hour Of meeting 0u
Walnut street, this city, in day light.
He was told 10 come alone and have
the $4,000. Instead Chief of Police
Chandler and Patrolmen Rose. a rela-
tive OF ID. ~ Rose, who was attired
as the letter writer specified Mr. Rose
should be attired, went 10 stop at the
specified time No one was seen. all
though a man darted out of an alley ia
frcut of the officers.
To-day, in company with officers. Mr..
Rose followed several men believed 10
be shadowing hills
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
III HANDS OFSYRIKERS
Army Of Idle Men Menace to Peace
and Order.
street Car Company Announces In
tention of Resuniing Operation of
Important Lines To-day.

San Francisco. Nay e.-San Francisco
to-day Is absolutely in the grip Of labor
unions. and though there was no vio-
Ience. because no street cars were run.
the great army Of idle men is a dangerous
menace to law and order. The shutting
up of the Union Iron Works and other
big foundry plants has thrown az least
. 900 men out Of work Then there are
300 street ear men idle, and several
thousand bTicklayers and carpenters are
laid OF because of difficulty in securing
building permits
To-day every one walked. as not a
single street car system is running.
President Calhoun, Of the United Rail
roads, declares he viii begin running
street cars tomorrow He has Strike
breaker Farley and 500 men in the Turk
street car barns. and he counts upon
them TO run cars on important lines.
To add 10 the troubles Of the business
men. the telephone service is nearly
worthless, as many OF the girls have
struck for better hours, and il is feared
the electric ltnemen viii join them Many
merchants to-day let of clerks because
business was. practically dead.
Gen. Funston declared to-day that reg
ular troops would not be ordered out TO
suppress any disorder until the militia
had proven themselves unable TO cope
with the situation.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
WASHINGTON INCIDENT TOLD
Old Pamphlet Comes to Light, Tell
ing Of Patriots Defeat.
While a British Omeer He Was Cor
Hered by French in Ohio Ter
ritory and Surrendered.

London May 6.--An interesting item
at a book sale to-day at Sothebys was
4 small volume comprising seven PAM
phlets dealing with American events
Just prior TO the War of Independence
Tho most notable OF these was printed
at Williamsburg in 1854
tt records how washington, as a
British officer, once surrendered to the
French. 1t is entertainly chronicled
how he was sent by GOV. Dinwiddle TO
the French commandant In Ohio to
warn the latter of British territory.
This pacific mission failed. and Wash
ington then accompanied an armed force
as second in command, but on the death
of his superior officer he took command
He got cornered IN small fort. where he
was at the mercy of the French
This pamphlet is one of only four or
five IN the American edition. tt is re-
called that one appeared at the Mckee
sale i'm New York a few years ago and
realized more than $500 The present
volume after keen competition, was Sc
cured by b. F. Stevens for SECS. All the
pamphlets had been lying hidden for half
"a century in an old chest belonging to
the Hartford family. They are much
damaged by dampness It is understood
that Mr.. Stevens purchased them on an
American commission.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
PRE-ROMAN RACE FOUND.
Evidences Along the Tiber of People
of PrimiiiNa DaNs.

Evidences Along the Tiber of People
of Primitive Days.
Paris. May Authorization has been
received here from Rome of new ar
Genealogical discoveries on the Palaune
Hin, which tend TO confirm by new evi-
dence the hypothesis advanced some
years ago by Giacomo Boni, director of
the Forum excavations, that people
much more ancient than the earliest
Romans so far recognized once occupied
the site of Rome
Signor Boni. who has successfully un-
covered vestiges of the empire, republic,
and kingdom. has found along the Via
Sacra tombs in the form Of wells. with
potteries, jewelry. amulets, and skeletons,
which. he believes. are OF a people who
lived greatly anterior 10 the Romans
properly so-called-
The discoveries have caused many con-
trOversies. The most admitted was that
some people had occupied the territory
prior to the time that ROmulus and
Remus are reputed TO have founded the
Eternal City
Recently excavations at the Palatine
Hill brought 10 light sepulchers of great
antiquity apparently sustaining Signor
BOnis contention. There are tombs ia the
form of wells like those of the Forum,
and seemingly they belonged 10 the most
primitive inhabitants of the Palatlne
AcTopOls.