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The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-22

! have come every day. and you have
always said to come tomorrow"
II BEG your pardon" said Kelley
with great smoothness. Call day
after to morrow. Sunday Magazine.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-22
STRIPES IN WIDE RANGE.
All Kinds Of Materials Show the Pre-.
vailino Fashion.

One tone striped material in satin
and gauze, crepe de chine and chit.
fon, silk mousseline and marluisette
and other combinations make modish
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-22

evening frocks. and the stripe Idea is
In evidence throughout the whole
range OF materials. though the Pekin
stripes are less popular than they
were last season. and the preference
10 given to onetone stripinEs. Here
IL an especially successful model In
toile de sole. which shows alternating
three-inch stripes Of white and light
blue. The skirt Ii no plated that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

REMARKABLE SPEED ON FRENCH
RAILROAD LINE.
Body Of Dead American Carried to
Coast at Average Speed Of rs
Miles an Hour = Amerl-
can Locomotives.

The body of dead American has
made the swiftest railway run Of the
whole world.
Cooks agents hanging round the
Paris Care St. Lazare tell the story.
Some say it was the mortal remains
Of Mrs. Strong. the daughter Of John
D. Rockefeller. Others say 1t was the
body Of a man-"an American a mil
lionaire; / never heard his name be-
fore" 1t may be; there are many
such. The French railway people will
tell nothing. To admit the facts
would be confession that the French
laws rs mile per hour limit had been
broken tiagraatly by a special train in
long spurts over the most important
roadbed Of Francel
Let the dead, therefore, rest-after
its misunderstanding dash to catch
an English boat.
But is it not an awful picture-the
impassive corpse alone in its car,
crashing onward, faster, faster, to
make the connection that will give II
peace in its own hallowed home soil?
The peculiar incident has very
much struck the Parisians, and all the
more SO as it illustrates the terrific
speeds French railways are attaining
writes Sterling Heilig in the New
York Press. 1t was a special funerai
train Of two cars, quitting Paris few
minutes ahead Of the train de luxe
facultatiff' of the Mediterranean-Ca
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
.IxAnPLE or THE So SAILED
ATLANTIC Tyr. TREacH- BUILT

lais express, itself the fastest train in
Europe, with one Of the fastest long
breaks in the world. It does the S1.15
miles between Paris and Amiens in
n minutes 1882 miles per hour, and
the whole lS5 miles in 1870 minutes.
The corpse did 1t in just two hours
and a half, or 100 minutes making
the sustained break OF 1855 miles at
the average of 73 miles; and when
the first wonder oft passes the ques-
ton arises: How have French rail-
roads suddenly attained such sensa-
tional speeds over their curying and
otherwise inferior roadbeds?
1t is a creditable American story,
because If in the last five years the
French lines, first one, then another,
have broken all the proudest English
records, 1t has been due purely and
simply to the adoption Of American
type locomotives.
Somewhere around 1S99-19OO two Of
the French state lines found them
selves in the predicament Of being re-
fused locomotives by all the French
makers Arrogantly sure of the home
business, they had refused to enlarge
their plants or to work overtime. They
told their customers to wait.
Now, the French government is
after all, not to be turned down in
this style. Nor is the Orleans railway
so, before the Creusots knew what
was going to strike them, both the
State and the Orleans lines had bought
a number of high-speed American
built locomotives. A small row wal
raised-at the spectacle Of govern
ment discriminating againat its Owl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

which holds a concession from the
Congo government Of an area in Ka-
tanga $4,000 square miles in extent,
or about one-thirteenth Of the entire
domain of the Free State. The line
will be 1,10O miles in length, the long
est east and west road yet projected
in Africa
Fifty miles of 1t have been COM
pleted from Lobito bay, which affords
a fine harbor little north of Benguel-
Ia, in the Portuguese colony Of Ango-
la. Many hundred men are now build
ing the second section, 200 miles long,
which will carry the road through the
mountains and up on the inland pla-
teau. 1t viii then follow mainly the
water parting between the Congo and
Zambesi river systems, a level region
offering few engineering problems and
not single important river to cross.
This large enterprise is eloquent
testimony to the faith of its projectors
IN the great value of the Katanga
mining region. This faith based upon
the results of seven years Of investi
cation which Robert Williams and his
force of mining engineers have given
to this region. In an interview the
other day Mr.. Williams said that they
had found zone rich in copper ex
tending almost 200 miles northwest
and southeast nearly to the frontier
of Rhodesia
They had marked about 100 loca
tions on this line which promised re
markably rich returns and his com
pany intended to begin operations ~
a large scale as soon as the railroad
should supply the essential transporta
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

looking chap who'd rather piece behind
the
Jaeksons public clerk the
county clerks Office he hadn't enough his
blew around having time with the fellows
in second assistant district
his He knew Jackson
So he fed fight to his
uict attorneys Office had peace.
When Eugene Geogr president
d the
Of feeling which characterized his prosecution graft His denuncia
on Georger was the most yue the criminal trials
ern
Then there the graveyard scandal involving ocehoders
Everybody that big graft
auditor elected Jackson
assistant attorney henand
Indicted big His penhant ndcng
leaving It TO the Indicted their
troublesome habit led
They
Also Jackson shook his fist his eventually
He also convicted the prime graters in the
B Jackson worked his through college
athletics
attributes his rugged strength and perfect health
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

industries by spending home money
outside the jurisdiction. In Parlia-
ment the question was asked.
In the reply Francs learned Incl
dentally that the new locomotives
We're Of the type that draws the Allan
tic City Express at the rate Of nearly
70 miles an hour over a 6O-mile run.
That such a squirt, however, IS done
In America only on specially prepared
higii-speed tracks and with loading
gauge that permits the use OF heavy
rolling stock was a detail not over
much dwelt on.
One Of the first results was a catas,
trophe that permanently sickened two
French lines-the Orleans and the
Midi--of excessive veloclties. Within
a year after the adoption Of American
type locomotives the sud-Express be
tween Bayonne and Dax Ca s1-mils
spurt) was averaging 81 miles pei
hour. and the 67-mile Morceux-Bor
deaux break was NJ otiated aG neYeI
less than sa miles per howl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

i was between Bayonne and Dax
that the historic accident occurred.
The Sud express simply dashed on one
Of the roads abrupt curves at a tan-
gent No satisfactory explanation has
ever been assigned; but have heard
that the roadbed had been undermined
by water from a spring that suddenly
trickled through the rocks at one side.
At any rate. the Sud express now does
Paris-Bayonne at an inclusive average
Of so miles per hour.
That the other French companies
lost no time in profiting by the exams
pie to improve their ballasting and
substitute heavier rails is certain; but
even on the most famous trunk line
stretches there remain the numerous
curves, grade crossings and facing
points that would send an American
engineer promptly into nervous pros
tration.
Over such handicapping conditions
land in spite Of the absence OF pick
up water troughs-the Paris-Lille ex-
press makes the 120-mile dash be-
tween Paris and Arras in lit minutes
-at the rate Of 611a imles an hour
This, for its distance, is said to be
the fastest run in the world-just as
Paris-Amiens Isl miles at the rate
Of 63.2), and the still faster Camden
Atlantic City are the fastest for their
respective distances.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
ON OF TIE ORLEANS LINES
AhEHcAN HlcD-SPEED loWnonvES

tlon. He had not found the gold pros
poets promising, but the amount Of
iron is enormous and coal has Just
been discovered, though it is too early
to say how important 1t will be in the
development Of Katanga.
This company. however, does not
hold nearly all the mining preserves
of that region and a pretty race is
now in progress to see who will be the
first to reach them. The Cape to
Cairo railroad hopes to tap southern
Katanga in a year or two aud the
Congo State has 5000 men building
the line around the last rapids that
impede steam transportation from the
Congo mouth to this territory The
Tanganyixa concessions viii, however
have the shortest route from the sea
to the mining districts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

about month ago Rockefeller his home in Poanto
hear Akeds England the oil ob
urging America promising him free hand In his
ministerial work
Aket Of New York mIlonaies as Hows
personal pey Rockefeller and OF these other wealthy
something did understand
meeting them admire the simplicity Of their lives and
their the world and look forward hopefully
Saton such Of advancing chrst Kingdom
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
RocKEFELLER's NEW PREACHER

Rev Charles F. Aked, pastor Of Pembroke
Ghapel. Liverpool surprised many people when he
accepted cali to the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
New York, which boasts the richest congregation
in the world 1t Is known as the "mIllionares
church" and as "Rockefellers church" Million
aires ill It's front pews on Sundays, and it counts
John D. Rockefeller as its most prominent men,
Der
Even greater surprise was expressed that the
Fifth Avenue church should extend call to Dr.
Aked For he Is noted for his freedom Of speech
and thought and has earned reputation as
spokesman for the newest forms Of social democ-
racy He is acknowledged one OF the foremost pull
pit orators in England. He Is 40 years old
Dr Akea nreachcd sermon In New York
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

that opposition viii from year
he might have expected support.
criticism
They
forgiven Last Senator
brother attempted
when thought
probable that Senator win
likely
ali OF Mr. La Foee bills unless he makes his with the
who feel aggrieyed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
OPPOSITION TO Ia TOILETTE

t Is expected that before long some Of the
senators will attempt to do unto Senator La Fol-
lette as Senator Ia Toilette did unto them.
When the Wisconsin senator last summer lee.
tured in several states he was introduced to his
audience on several occasions by men who are his
colleagues in the senate Mr., La Toilette took oc-
casion at times to roast the political actions in
Washington Of the very men who introduced him
and who we're sitting on the stage beside him.
This was held not only to be impolite but pretty
near the line OF insult
During the session Senator La Toilette will at
tempt to get consideration for several bills the
passage OF which he has at heart among the bills
being the one which limits the hours OF work Of
rallrnad nmnlnvna He has nfhnr railrnad hilIr h,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

0 regard Roosevelte" CD prob
ably officers Of the have as yet made protest against this nonco
Invasion of the the Outsiders however
severely ccng the president this method making Kpngs out
splngs
molly admiral hapay devote
his entire time the fighting predicted
that not recruiting will crowded with
calw literary
by writing prowess
Mr. Connolly young studied
abandoned Blackstone
writing stirring To "Out Of Gou
cester" said
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

KIPLINo OF AMERICAN NAVY

James B. Connolly is the latest friend Of
Theodore Roosevelt to get the president into
trouble. Admiration for the brilliant young Bos-
ton writer 1t is said led the president to suggest
to him that he become the "kipling Of the Amer
lean Navy" Accordingly Mr. Connolly has en-
listed as a "yeoman" He will be a yeoman and
yet not yeoman In order that his impressions
of the American navy may not be one-sided OF
preiudiced he will have full run Of any battleshp
on which he may be. Every door from the Off
GERS quarters to the stokehold viii be open to
him. He win have nice little cabin all to him
self in which to indite vivid and wonderful tales
that shall make the American navy feared anc
admired to the farthesf corners OF the globe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08

Another bad boy has been made
good as the result Of surgical opera
ton. Why not try 1t On politicians
ana legiglators7
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
RAILWAY WORK IN AFRICA.
Rapid Progress in New Construction
Qpeniqg Mineral Fields.

Next to the Cape to Cairo line the
most important railroad now in con-
struction in Africa is that which will
connect Lobito bay, on the Atlantic,
with the mineral fields of Katanga, in
the southeast corner Of the Congo It
is being built by the Tanganyika Con-
cessions, limited, British company
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-08
WOULD GUST GOTHAM MAYOR

William Schuyler Jackson. the new Demo
cratic attorney general OF the Empire state, whose
first move after taking ofice has been to start
suit to unseat Mayor Mcclellan Of New York OF
the ground that William R. Hearst was counted out
and is entitled to the Office, was elected on
Hearst's Independence league ticket in last falls
campaign.
William s. Jackson is a Buffalo attorney ga
years Of age who has won the reputation Of being
a relentless foe to graft.
"Bill' Jackson grew up in Erie county. He has
castiron nerve. He Is constitutonally and cheer.
fully belgerent He is absolutely radical No
middle ground for "Bill" Everybody likes him for
all that and 1t is said that even his enemies have
sneaklng feeling Of frlendshn for the big pood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
EDMOND coTTERILL's FUNERAL
Former Indian Fighter and Promi'
nent Veteran and Mason.

The funeral Of Edmond Cotterill. who
died yesterday. as the result of a stroke
of paralysis, will be held from his late
home, 1907 Corcoran street northwest,
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. Inter
ment will be made In Arlington cemetery.
The funeral services will be under the
direction of Columbia Lodge, No. 3, Of
Masons. of which the deceased was a
member. The pallbearers will be repre-
sentatives Of that lodge. A delegation
from the Grand Army will also attend
the funeral.
Mr. Cotterill was seventy years OF age
and native of England. He was a first
cousin of Bishop Cotterili Of England.
and Of Emily Boone. related to Daniel
Boone. Before the civil war he
engaged in number Of battles with
the United States troops against
the Indians on the frontier. Mr.. Cot
terill had been in apparently good health
until Sunday afternoon. when about 6
o'clock he called on his son, Mr.. Charles
A. Cotterill Of the Associated Press. When
he started for home he was stricken with
paralysis and was unconscious until his
death yesterday.
and had A host of friends in this city.
He was postmaster of Columbia
Lodge. F. A. A. M. and a member of
John r. Rawlings Post, G. A. r., and
of the Union Veterans Union. He had
served as a clerk in the War Department
for the past forty-two years. He was a
noted penman. and made out the commits
sions of many Of the officers who In late
years have been promoted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04

Liverpool, Ohio; Edwin NJ. Knowles, East
Liverpool. Ohio, and John a. Campbell.
Trenton, N. J.
Kiln and fuel-Moses Collear. chairman,
Trenton, N. j.; Charles Maddox, Tren-
ton, N. j.; J. r. Moore, Trenton, ". J.;
II. n. Harker. East Liverpool. Ohio: W.
f. Wells. East Liverpool, Ohio: c. Bert
ram Corey. Syracuse, N. Y, and E. j.
Owen, Minerva, Ohio.
Historica1-Henry Brunt, Baltimore, Md.
Transportation-H. P. knoblock. chair
man, East Liverpool, Ohio: John A. Camp
bell, Trenton, N. j.; John Maddox. Tren-
ton n. j.; George G. Thompson, East Liv-
crpool Ohio; Daniel Willets, Trenton,
n j., and 7. A. McNicol, Easl Liverpool,
Ohio.
Statistics-Louis I. Aaron, chairman,
East Liverpool. Ohio; ]. r. Warner, East
Liverpool. Ohio; II. D. Wintringer, Steu-
benville, Ohio: Thomas Carr, Wheeling,
w Va; Homer J. Taylor, East Liverpool.
Ohio, and George w. Ashbaugh. East
Liverpool, Ohio.
Auditins-Thomas A McNicol, chair
man, East Liverpool, Ohio; James e. Nor
ris, Trenton, N J., and Harold H.
Knowles, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Machinery-Joseph G. Lee. chairman.
East Liverpool, Ohio; John S. Goodwin.
East Liverpool, Ohio: Henry Brunt. Balti-
more, Md; Patrick McNicol, East Liver
pool, Ohio; o. c. Vodrey. East Liverpool.
Ohio: Frank A. Sebring. Sehrins, Ohio,
and f. J. Owen, Minerva, Ohio.
Labor-W. e. Wells. chairman. East
Liverpool, Ohio; II. N. Harker. East Liv-
erpooi, Ohio; J. H. Mulhairn. Trenton, N.
j.: Joseph G. Lee, East Liverpool. Ohio;
Henry Brunt, Baltimore. Md: w l..
Smith, East Liverpool, Ohio, and Thomas
A. McNicol, East Liverpool. Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORK.
Report for November Submitted by
~ Chief Belt.

In his monthly report. submitted to the
Commissioners today, covering the fire de-
partrnent for the month of November.
Chief Belt said that ninety alarms OF f1re
Mere received Of which fifty-seven were
bell alarms and thirty-three were local
alarms. OF the bell alarms thirteen were
false which is considerable above the
monthly average for false alarms.
The loss occasioned by the bell alarms
was estimated at >.4,292, covered by an
insurance of $105,4O0; loss by the local
alarms was estimated at sl3,4.O. covered
by an insurance of s74,710. The total es-
,imated. loss is SS7. TO-. which is a little
over per cent of the total insurance,
-slsO.1l0.
OF the seventy-seYen actual fires. forty
-four were in brick. twenty-five were In
frame buildings, two for fires in motor
ears one for "a fire in d freight car, one
for a fire in caboose car. one for a col
hsion between passenger trains, one where
The fireboat responded to assist the steam
Sboat Estelle Randall to prevent her from
sinking at her wharf, one for the burn
ing of leaves in woods. two fo- the burn
'tng of the old water tank on the former
site of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
station and the remaining two for fires
for which other boxes were sounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
TWO CASES OF SMALLPOX.
Report Made to the Health Office
Yesterday

For the first time in nearly half q
year there is smallpox In the District OF
Columbia, two cases OF the disease having
been reported to the health office yester-
day. Every precaution Is being taken by
the authorities to prevent a spread of the
malady. The victims reported are Samuel
Johnson. twenty-five years old, and James
Brown, twenty-seven years, both colored.
These two men lived in the same house,
at 313 X street northwest. and the au-
thorities are of the opinion that the dis
ease was conveyed to them by a colored
man who recently visited the house and
who has not yet been located. The officials
and police are making an energetic search
for him, and when be Is discovered. and
If found to be suffering from the disease.
he will be sent to the smallpox hospital.
Brown and Johnson were sent to the lat
ter institution yesterday afternoon. and
the X street house has been placed under
strict quarantine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
TEXAS SOCIETY MEETS.
Representative Gillespie Of Fort
Worth Elected President.

Worth Elected President.
The December meeting Of the Texas So
ciety was held last night at the Pythian
Temple, about a hundred enthusiastic
members being present. The amendments
to the constitution which were laid over
from the last meeting. providing for GER
tain changes In the society's organization,
came up for final action and were car
ried by unanimous vote.
The following officers were elected for
the year 1908: President, Representative
o. W. Gillespie; first vice president, W. E
Suddarth; second vice president, Mrs. Os-
car Wilkinson; third vice president,
Charles Bruce: recording secretary. G. c.
Callan; corresponding secretary, Mrs
Bertha Payne; treasurer, S. Joseph
Rips; historian. DR.. w. j. r. Thoenssen,
the last four named being reelected for
a second term. Tho following, in addi-
ton to the president. first vice president.
treasurer and recording secretary, were
chosen as the executive committee: P. M.
Kennerly. Mrs. B. v. Wolfe and w. L.
Alexander.
The following program was rendered
under the direction of the chairman of
the program committee, Mrs Oscar VIII
kinson: Overture, Raymond Orchestra
song and dance, Irving Cosgrove; vocal
solo, Miss Stella Raymond; recitation.
Don Carlos Ellis; song and dance, Beat.
rice Cosgrove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
BEFORE TRAINING CLASS
Address by DR.. VIM. A. White O,
Effect of Alcohol

That alcohol is not a stimulant, but a
depressant. that 1t is always a poison
that even when used in small doses It re-
duces vital strength and the power to re-
sist diseases. were among the assertions
made by DR.. William A. White, superin-
tendent of the Government Hospital for
the Insane. at the final meeting OF the
training class for charity workers, yester-
day afternoon in the rooms Of the Asso-
ciated Charities. 81 G street.
From his recent trip in Europe Dr.
White reported that Germany. France and
Belgium have become alarmed by the
effect Of the general use Of alcohol, al
though in those countries 1t Is used mod
erately and seldom to the point Of intox-
ication.
After Dr. Whites address members of
the class asked for suggestions concerning
the treatment of families In which de-
pendence Is due to inebriety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
Will Of Mrs. Mary Weser.

The will of Mrs. Mary z. Weser. dated
February 8, 1907, was filed today for pro-
bate A bequest of $500 is made to the pas
tor of ST. Dominick's Church, 500 to An
geline Ritter and 500 TO Lavinia Black
burn. The remaining estate is to be dis.
tributed equally among her children, Rosa
l.. Cummiskey. Barbara L. Swing, Annie
NJ. Gordon, Charles F. Weser and Joseph
B. Weser. and her granddaughter. Mabel
+. Weser Dr. Edward +. Cummiskey and
Michael j. Colbert are named as ex-
ecutorS.
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TROPHY TO BE PRESENTED.
No. 10 Engine Company to Receive
Flag Friday Morning.

Arrangements have been made for the
presentation of the Macfarland trophy
flag. which has been awarded to No IL
Fire Engine Company by the COMMITTEES
on inspection of the fire department, Fri
day morning at IL o'clock, at the house
OF the winner, on Maryland avenue mort h
east. between 18th and 14th streets. The
presentation will be made by Commits.
sioner Mcfarland
Besides the Commissioners and Chief
Engineer Belt members of the commit.
tee on inspection, John L. Weaver. chair.
man: Harry w. Reed and S. Duncan
Bradley. and MIR. Ralph w. Lee, actine
president OF the board of fire under.
writers or the District of Columbia; Cunc
H. Rudolph. president. Washington Boarc
of Trade. and Col. Robert n. Harper
president of the Chamber of Commerce
have been invited to be present.