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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

ed on several portraits, framed and
unframed, on the mantel. They were
portraits Of men, most OF them, the
majority portraits of men well under
40. Some we're portraits of mere boys.
"Pahl" she exclaimed. Il shall do
It again. know shall It gives me
pleasure, such intense pleasure. Per
haps it gratities me even more than
It gratifies them-while it lasts.
After a little while she rose and
pressed the bell
Il shall want the brcugham to-
night" she said, as the maid entered.
Tell John ] am going to the opera. -
Tristan and Isolde was over. In
the portico of the opera house police
men and others beloved down the
line of carriages. Within the hall
men and women mingled, awaiting
their turn to depart.
Beside the inner entrance a tall and
remarkably good-looking youth, exqui-
sitely groomed, stood wrapped in ad.
miration of an extraordinarily hand.
some woman waiting alone not many
yards away. Seemingly the woman
was ignorant Of his presence. of his
very existence. Yet presently she
turned her head carclessly and at
once her eyes met his. AS they did
so she smiled at him and almost
bowed. Taken abacE he instinctively
raised his hat. A moment or two
later he stood beside ner
Il believe have had the pleas
ure-" he began rather awkwardly
but the woman set him at once at his
1T is charming to meet YOU" she
said, with another enhancing smile.
and extending well-shaped hand
from beneath her handsome opera
cloak MY brougham is SO long com.
ing, could you, l w1nder-it would be
so dear Of you-nnd out where it Is?
! am quite alone"
She looked at him mean.ngly and
he returned the glance. Then he dis
appeared in the chattering throng.
How very bold you must think me,
she said, as they drove together
through the badly lighted thorough
fares. Z wonder. now. If you know
my name
He mentioned It at once and she
gave delightful little laugh.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26
The Siren
By Basil Tozer


Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.1
The jury returned a verdict in ac-
cordance with the coroner's decision.
Deceased. they said, had clearly not
taken poison. Neither had he died
of apoplexy. Seemingly he had been
in excellent health on the very day
Of his death. In the small hours Of
the morning. according to the evi-
dence, his valet, who slept in q room
adjoining, had heard deceased breath
ing unusually heavily. Becoming anx-
ious, he had entered his masters s
room and there found the young man
pale as death and quite unconscious,
with wide-open eyes and pupils ex-
traordinarily distended-
At once he had hastened in search
Of doctor, but by the time the doctor
had reached his masters room life
had been quite extinct. Deceased,
though pronounced by his friends a
man about town, had not, they said,
been addicted to violent dissipation.
Neither had he been addicted to
drugs or to alcohol "A rather remark
able feature in connection with the
case was the statement that no less
than four other young men Of social
standing had been found dead in their
beds under circumstances almost ex-
actly similar, and that within the last
few months. As on the previous oc-
casions the verdict returned this
morning was that Of Death from nat.
ural causes
Phoebe Vincent let the paper drop
from her hands and smiled A very
beautiful woman in the prime Of her
life, and gowned to perfection, few
knew whence she came or who she
really was. Rumor had it that her
husband had died under cloud, also
under circumstances said to have been
mysterious" But nobody much cared,
least of all the men-men of position,
all Of them, and not a few OF rank
who figured SO largely among her Wis
itors Indeed 1t had come to this,
among certain set, that not to know
Phoebe Vincent was to argue yourself
out Of date.
Poor boy" she said at last Il al
most feel sorry at times, and yet"
She looked steadfastly for some
moments at framed photograph on
her silver table. Then her gaze rest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

Of my girl friend in WoodIawn We'd
nesday night. / came back up town
In the morning. had about ten dol
lars when ! left home-it was my
Christmas money-and / wanted to
come up town and see what was
displayed In the windows and | want
ed to buy some things for the folks
| had a good time. l thought If 1
put on boys clothes nobody would
know me"
And was that the only reason You
left home, Dorothy?" some one in the
party asked.
The eyes Of the little girl filed with
tears and she shaded her face With
her hands. refusing to answer.
4 understand that Dorothy is Of
most romantic nature and a great
reader Of fiction" said Mr.. Kenyon,
one OF the amateur sleuths. 1T is said
that the child has a penchant for act
ing and aas expressed the intention
Of going upon the stage. Relatives
say that she has bec2 III the habit Of
amusing herself by donning her IA
TIERS clothes and Disgusting herself
for the purpose Of surprising her lit
tie friends"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

Camp Bailey. Pa.-Peter Kinder.
necht is still talking Of his narrow
escape from an infuriated deer, which
he finally killed in an unusual man.
ner.
While the other members OF the
camp were away on a long drive, Pete,
finding things slow in camp. decided
to do a little hunting on his own hook
Back Of the Hinkle farm he jumped
a large buck and fred shot which
made a flesh wound. The angry deer.
lowering It's prongs. made for Pete, who
dropped his rife and climbed the near
est tree.
The deer paved at the tree, snort
ing with rage, and Pete thought 1t a
fine joke until night began to dyaw
near with the buck still on guard.
Pete yelled for help. but his cries
only echoed through the ravlnes. It
was very cold, and the hunter found
that it would not be long until he
would have TO release his hold on the
branches and fall to the ground.
A desperate plan was determined
upon Pete weighs close to ESQ pouroa.
and when the buck. walking around
the tree. was directly beneath him,
the hunter doubled himself up like
ball and dropped.
He landed right on the bucks back,
breaking its spinal column and Grip
plIng 1t SO that the work Of killing It
with his hunting knife was easy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

OberIin. GA big mule in Peters
hall was what greeted Janitor Nav as.
he entered the building early the
other morning.
No sound did the animal make ex.
cept the shuflling Of his hoofs as he
stood on the second floor in the gal
lery overlooking the central court He
was a large specimen and it required
the united efforts Of May and Folk.
the college carpenter, to get him out
Of the building.
The stairs were broad and 1t was
not very difficult Cor a bunch Ct col.
lege boys to lead him up, where he
would have caused trouble had he not
been discovered by the janitor.
Whether It was class Stunt has
not been learned. but it is attributed
to the freshmen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

to his house for dinner where they
could at the same time have the pro-
lection OF the law.
The boys in the meantime had
gotten out Of their notion to visit
their uncle and had struck for homs
and told the story. Francis, finding
his daughter had beaten him, rode
one Of the mules hack. looking for
the fleeing couple. He learned that
they were at the Justices residence
and called with the voice Of a roaring
lion
Squire House went out to see him
and after much discussion and per-
.suasion he agreed to take his daugh-
ter back and receive his new son-in-
law into the family They put the
girl on the mule. while the father and
son walked homeward together, dis
cussing the weather and crops like
old-time friends.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26
NARROWED ON DESERT
With NAVAJO INDIAN
Colorado Girl Keeps Lonely Vigil Be-
side saeebrush Fire, Even Wei
coming HowIs Of Coyotes.

Denver, Colo.-Camped all night on
the desert with a Navajo Indian. That
is what Miss Grace Gertrude Dalton,
a young nurse, of Durango, Col, did,
and 7he smiles as she tells the story.
"Oh, It was nothing" said Miss Dal
ton. You see. ! was just going from
my uncle's trading store for visit
with relatives, and our team gave out,
and we had to camp out over night
on the way-the Navajo was taking
me on the trip. The Indian took me
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

trust the average Navajo Indian than
lots Of the white men. They are fine
fellows, and can be trusted in any
case"
Miss DaltoA is buxom blonde,
pretty. and about 20 years Of age.
With an aunt she visited the st. Louis
Worlds Fair, accompanied by a tall.
handsome young Navajo. whom they
took along as a servant Miss Dalton
and the young man attracted much
attention on the streets Of ST. Louis.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

Chippewa Falls. WISHED by Mus
tard Hardy and Charlie Kasoureck,
mighty hunters, all - male inhablt-
ants Of sadott and vicinity started
out to exterminate al the wolves and
bears In the neighborhood. The wom-
en-, IN their gayest dresses, turned out
to cheer them on. For six hours the
hunters hunted in vain. Then scouts
reported tracks They led to a clump
Of brush, into which tho hunters we're
about to FIRE. when Farmer Charles
Green rushed up, yelling;
Hold on, them's my old pig Fannys
tracks,
That ended the hunt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26
SWEETHEART
in OLD ROMAN WAY.

such cases he pulled her loose. and
they struck across the open field to
find the justice. He was not very
far away, and the knot was tied be-
fore you could say Jack Robin-
son.
After the marriage, the couple,
fearing the fathes, who had just lost
a daughter. and gained a sonin-laws
might carry out his often-expressed
desire to thrash the life out Of both
Of them if ever this important event.
which had just occurred did occur
got in the Justices buggy and droves
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

when It was frlgid and there was a
furry Of snow, we're given the cold
shivefs as they saw pretty young
woman make a dash out Of a bath.
house, dressed IN a bathing suit, and
make for the ocean on a run. She
plunged into the icy water and re.
mained there 15 or 20 minutes.
An effort was made to ascertain
the Dathers identity. but she evidently
had expected there might be some
curious enough TO want to know who
she was and therefore she had fixed
the keeper OF the bathhouae. She
was about IS years old.
The girl started OF on brisk walk
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

The making of common. everyday
pins IS an interesting process. The
wire is fed into machine that cuts
the pin the right length and puts q
head on It. Then they are thrown
into huld that brlshtens them. and
fed into a hopper by girls. who reru-
late machine that puts the pins into
the paper, ten rows al time quicker
than You can saw 'Jant Robinson.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26
YOUNG WOMAN BATHES
IN THE CHILLY SURF
Pretty Girl starsIes Promonsders at
Atlantic city BY Plunge In
Icy Ocean.

Atlantic City. N. Boardwalk
promenaders in the vicinity Of Con.
nectIcut avenue the other morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

down the esplanade when she emerged
from the bathhouse, and finally disap-
peared in an auction shop just below
New York avenue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-26

''It is extraordinary-most extraordi-
nary"
The speaker was one Of three mems
bers Of the medical profession who
chanced to be seated together iii the
otherwise empty smoking room Of a
rather well known club.
To what do you yourself attribute
death?" asked another member OF the
group
4 can throw as much light on the
problem as both of you can-which is
none at all, he answered grimly.
And you say this is the sixth case
Of the sort that has occurred in New
York?e
Yes. and that within a period Of
ten months
TT is most interesting"
Most perplexing."
As I say 1t is quite as extraordl.
nary case asits predecessors. Wen.
glancing at the clock. my time IS up"
7 must be OF, too.
And 50 must I. Good night to
you
Good night
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
WOMAN IS ROBBED
ON A TRAIN

OAKLAND. Jan. 5.--Miss Prudence
Taylor. residing at 500 H street, Sac
ramento, reported to the police this
morning that she was robbed of a
purse containing a check for $14o0,
gold watch and $40 In coin last night
on the train from Sacramento to Oak
land. AS soon as she reached this
city Miss Taylor notified the Sacra-
mento bank on which the check was
drawn to stop payment. She has no
knowledge OF the identity of the thief
who stole her purse, having missed
it for the first time when she was
preparing to leave the train at the
SiXteenth-street depot.
Burglars entered Springer & Engle
hardt's saloon at $40 Broadway last
night by forcing open a rear iwn-
dow and stole $50 4 silver. which had
been left in the saloon.
The salesroom of the Heine Piano
Company, 4s9 Twentieth street was
also entered last night by burglars,
who forced open the front door of the
place. The thieves secured $42.79,
which was in the drawer OF a desk.
+. Krause, a butcher of Melrose,
reported to the police this morning
that a bay horse and a black buggy
were stolen last night from in front
of Gates livery stable, Thirteenth and
Webster streets.
William Hansen. G. Symacopulos and
A. V. Willis reported that their bicycles
had teen stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
ASH AND ELLIOTT
ARE DISMISSED
Court Rules That Evidence
Is Insufficient to War
rant Their Commitment
SCORES DEFENDANTS

OAKLAND. jan 5.-Robert Ash. for
merly well-known attorney OF San
Francisco, and R. Elliott, mining man,
who were charged with having con-
spired to obtain money by means of
worthless checks, were discharged after
examination by Police Judge Samuels
today, the evidence against them be-.
ing deemed insufficient to warrant them
being held for trial Ash and Elliott
were charged with having secured vari-
Gus sums of money on worthless checks
signed by Elliott and indorsed by Ash
Judge Samuels. before ordering the
dismissal of the case, severely scored
Ash. declaring that as an attorney the
accused knew well that he was violat-
ing the law. Judge Samuels further
declared that in his opinion both men
were guilty as charged but that as
evidence against them was lacking,
nothing remained except to order their
discharge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
Events of Day in Four Counties About the Bay
University
Tackles
Carl Glasscock Is
After LaurelS
of Twain

BERKELEY. Jan. 5.-College jour
naiism, applied to the sagebrush wilds
OF a new mining camp, is now being
given a thorough trial by Carl Glass
cock. a graduate OF the.university with
the class Of '0e. who is putting out
magazine literature of a new and fas-
cinating brand at the mining town Of
Greenwater. where the copper comes
from
Glasscock trekked to Greenwater
months ago with the first rush of pros
pectOrs and other decorators of the
paths to the new copper camps in the
Greenwater district He tackled col
lege Journalism and succeeded in reg
ularly stirring the campus to approval
Of his literary skin.
dash into metropolitan Journalism
for a chaser and GlasscOck made for
the timberless regions around Green
water. His initial effort at magazine
making in Greenwater, under surround
ings primitive and picturesque, is taken
by hrs old college chums as a monu
ment to the nerve and daring that led
to his seif-imposed exile in the Funeral
Mountain ranges.
Glasscock has associated himself with
Curt Kunze, a brother Of the Kunze
who picked up millions by discovering
Greenwater and selling a lot Of 1T to
Schwab. the steel king. curt Kunze
and. Carl Glasscock admit joint respon-
sibilty for the new Greenwater maga-
zine.
Glasscock was one Of the Occident
Magazine editors at the university.
Kunze is a University OF Illinois man
who tramped the country to get the
racy flavor Of the soil after leaving col
iege. Their joint collegiate equipment
is now employed to dazzle the miners
and camp habitues at Greenwater. In
cidentally the college fellows expect to
make lot Of money-though not with
the magazine-and perhaps to give the
regulations Of such mining camp
laureates as Mark Twain and Sam Davis
q fairly close run for pen and paper
honors.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
HOARDS MORPHINE
To END LIFE
Eugene Mayor, Hospital
Patient, Saves Pellets I'm
til He Has Fatal Dose
ENDURES GREAT PAIN

OAKLAND, Jan. 5.-Preferring to
suffer almost intolerable agony for a
few days and then end ii all rather
than to secure the temporary relief
offered by morphine administered by
the doctors, Eugene Mayon, a marine
fireman, 55 years of age who was a
patient at the County Infrmary. day
by day concealed the tablets of NOR
phine given him to ease his pain until
he had enough of the drug to end his
life. Last night, during the absence of
the attendant from the ward, he took
the fatal dose and died at p. m, less
than an hour later
Mayor was native of France and
after the fire of April Is. which drove
him from his home in San Francisco,
came to this city. He was at that time
suffering from chronic tuberculosis and,
his condition becoming worse he was
admitted to the County Infirmary After
his admission to the hospital he suf-
fered great pain and morphine was ad-
ministered. Instead of swallowing the
tablets. however, Mayon retained them
under his tongue, later concealing them
in his bed. until he had enough to
cause death.
So far as known Mayon had no rela-
tives in this part of the country.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
BELIEVE BIC BARK
LOST ON ROCKS

MARSHFIELD, Or, Jan. 5.-The
bark Big Bonanza, with six men on
board, bound from San Francisco to
Portland. is believed to have foundered
on Seal Rocks. about 16O miles south
OF here. The vessel was in tow of
the tug Sampson, which arrived here
badly stove in after a terrible expert
ence with the elements, which nearly
ended in the tug going to the bottom.
The Sampson and her tow left San
Francisco January /; the schooner was
light and when the heavy storm of
Thursday struck them 1t was impos-
sible for the tug TO handle her tow.
When a few miles north of Seal Rocks
and $50 miles off shore in order to
save himself, Captain Robert Jones of
the Sampson was compelled to cut
away his hawser and leave the Big
Five minutes later the vessel was out
Of sight
When last seen the Big Bonanza was
listing and making 20 the westward.
The Sampson attempted to lay to and
keep the bark in sight. but a heavy
sea struck her amidships, slowing in
part of her cabin, flooding her engines
and boilers. breaking both water
gauges. This mishap allowed the tugs
steam to escape In addition to this
her fusible plugs burned out and al
lowed the water to escape from her
boilers When the boilers cooled the
tugs crew made temporary repairs.
The boilers were filled with sea water
baled from over the vessels side in
buckets, and berths and woodwork of
the craft torn out in order to get up
sufficient steam TO start the oiI-burn-
ing apparatus
When the tug finally got under head
way the Big Bonanza was within mile
of the rocks and driving toward them.
Captain. Jones says that when about
eight miles off shore Thursday evening
he sighted a steamer going south and
burned a flare light for over twenty
minutes. Although the night was so
clear that he could see the steamers
lights, she passed on without paying
any attention to him.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
ESCAPES BULLETS
AND STEALS HAT

OAKLAND, Jan. 5. - The police
learned this morning that the man
who stole a horse and buggy belonging
to DIR. ]. H. Callen of Fruitvale and
escaped from Patrolman Curran, who
had captured him with the stolen rig,
had later forced an entrance to DR.. c..
H. Wilders sanitarium at Eighteenth
and Grove streets, where he stole a hat
to replace that lost in his flight from
Curran. The thief escaped being hit
by four bullets fired at him by Curran.
1t is thought that the fugitive con-
cealed himself in the basement of the
hospital. and. after waiting until the
excitement incident to his escape was
over entered the building by forcing
open a side window.
DR.. Wilder was awakened shortly
after o'clock yesterday morning and
saw the man in the hall, but the
burglar again escaped. A search Of
the hospital showed that he had opened
a trunk, from which he took a black
derby hat, and was on his way out of
the building when he was seen by the
doctor. Nothing of value was missed
when a search of the premises was
made.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
FILES ACCOUNT AS
EXECUTRIX
Mrs. Edgar f. Preston Re
ports on Valuable Es@
tate Left by Husband
DISTRIBUTION

REDWOOD CITY. jan 5.-Mrs. Jo-
sephine F. Preston. widow of the late
Edgar F. Preston and executrix Of his
last will. has filed her final account
and report OF her administration OF
the large estate left by her husband
The total amount for which she ac-
counts is S9S6.13O. She reports S426.-
900 on hand, subject to distribution 70
her. as sole legatee under the will
She previously received $272.0O0 upon
partial distribution.
Preston had much valuable prop
erty in San Francisco and was inter-
ested in many projects, in the carry
ing out of which he needed ready
money. so he borrowed heavily from
the San Francisco banks and Mrs
Preston's account shows the satisfac-
tion Of those claims to the extent Of
s1S0,000. Her attorneys, Drown, Lei
cester & Drown, received $1,000 for
their services and Mrs. Preston has
drawn $500 a month for support
The terms of the compromise Of the
suit brought by PrestOn's eldest son
for his share of the estate. he being
left out of the will. are not stated in
the report on the estate.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
SELBY 'BAGH0USE"
UTTER FAILURE

MARTINEZ. Jan 5--The immense
playhouse" erected by the Selby
Smelling and Lead Company at cost
OF SIS. 600 as a last attempt 70 mini
mize the damage caused by the lead
fumes from it's plant at Vallejo June
tion, was tested for a few days last
week and found TO be a complete fail
ure This house was completed re-
Gently. II was hoped 10 eradicate the
fumes by passing them through a Sc
ries OF jute bags For the first few
days the trial was all that could be
expected. but on the fifth the noxious
vapors poured frora the chimneys as
bad as ever, and upon investigation
IL was found that the fumes had COM
pietely eaten away the sacking.
The experts OF the Selby Company
stated yesterday that the jute bags
had been successfully used IN Ea-tern
smelters owing to the superior grade
OF ore used in their work, but on this
coast the ores are OF baser grade.
containing more sulphur and acids. It
II understood that the officials OF the
company viii not give up efforts to
condense the fumes, but will substitute
flannel for Jute.
A permanent injunction was returned
recently from the Superior Court OF
Solano County against the Selby peo-
nle. ordering them to abate the nuis-
ance caused by their plant or suspend
oDeratfons 1t was proven that the
eulphuric acid fumes had killed hun
dreds Of head OF cattle.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
FINDS HER CHILD
DEAD IN C|STERN
Mother Searching for Miss
ing Boy Is Attracted by
Hat Floating in the Water
VICTIM AN ONLY son

OAKLAND. Jan. 5.-Walter Curtis,
the 12-year- -old son of W. L. Curtis,
whose home is on High street. near
st. Charles. in Fruitvale. was drowned
this morning in cistern, the body
being recovered this afternoon No one
saw the boy near the cistern- but when
he failed to come home to luncheon
his mother began a search for him. and,
passing the cistern, saw his hat float
ing on the water. Mrs. Curtis sum-
moned F. L. Bennett, a neighbor, and
the latter dragged the cistern, soon
recovering the | ody of the boy, which
was removed to the branch morgue at
Fruitvale.
. Just when the accident occurred Is
not known, but the boy was last seen
shortly before 1G o'clock The victim
of the accident was an only child