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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
WITH THE pARAoRApHERs.


The man with a wife and several
grown daughters seldom boards his
mcncy.-Chicago News.
There is n crtain quality about tho
Virginia Lent not observed elsewhere.
-R!chmond Times Dispatch.
Many a dive CO an!t proves that n
husband in the house is worth two
IN the peniten;inry.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Some people would never get men
toned at all If they were not talked
about behind their backs.-Chicago-
Record Herald,
Edward VII. in Paris, has appar-
entity decided to let Lord Tweed
month and and William IL do the wor-
iying.-New York Evening Post.
Gov. Fort, of New Jersey. refuses
to ba held. no matter who is coming.
New York Sun.
II Chicago has levied a tax ON the
cranial wheels within her confines in
Stead OF on the vehicular ones. her
income from the wheel tax would he
much larger.-Topeka Journal.
Offlceholder-The copy wasn't of
the best, but there was no need of The
printer making 4, delegate to nau-
seating convention" when IL was writ
ten nominating convention.
York Evening Telegram.
with specially designed inslru-
ment an Italian doctor is trying 10
measure the Gepth of ,sleep. It must
be over the head. or some men wonli
wake themselves up by their snoring.
Nashville American.
President Roosevelt MS yet hasn't
discovered the man who suggested
him for vice president on the Tart
ticket. When he does the Inbad club
VIII receive another distinguished
member.-Chicago News.
Three of the foremost American
magazines carry laudatory articles
ms month concerning Gov. Hughes.
II this thing keeps UP, government
regulation of magazines may come TO
be considered worth while. -Wash-
ington Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
Always in Fashion.

Always in Fashion.
Vice trlumphs now and then. of
course, and wickedness at times
holds sway;
And men permit the rule of force.
and rancor has its little day,
we have of rascals quite brood and
each town holds its local rogue.
sut don't imagine. friend, that good
Is ever going ont of vogue.
Louisville Courier Journal
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

Many a dive CO an!t proves that Il
husband In the house is worth two
IN the peniteniinry.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

There is n crtain quality about the
Virginia Lent not observed elsewhere
-dt.chmond Times Dispatch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

Some people would never get men
toned at all If they were not talked
about behind their backs.-Chlcago
Record Herald
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
% geR maflas Dresa.

Q. Il. Thacker-Editor and Publisher.
L. Il pugh----. Advertising Manager.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

The man with wife and several
grown daughters seldom boards his
mcncy.-Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

- TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorinl Rooms. Bell Phone No. IA
BusineSs Ofice. Bell Phone Nc. 1sl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

T.. C. HATHAWAY. General Man
ager. WA. r. ALLEN. General Sup
erintendent Railways.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

South. With astonishing rapidity
the slow moving "hayburners," as the
mule cars were called in southern
places, were retired in favor of mod
ern electric conveyances. Such
cities as Savannah, Columbus, Dallas,
Houston, Tampa, Birmingham, Knox
vile, Jacksonville, Key West, FL Paso
and many more were given modern
transportation, usually by co-opera-
ton of local and eastern capital. The
New Englander is traditionally a
close student of the growth of the
country; wherever it has seemed to
him that an important city is in pro-
cess of upbuilding there he has i'll
vested his savings, Investors in
other sections have frequently got
the benefit of his shrewd guesses,
This movement, still going on, has
become tremendous considering that
it is only twenty years from the very
beginning of the trolley system and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27
Twenty Years of
Trolley Tripping
I'Broomstick Car First Appeared Just Two
Decades Ago---Now 1t Is Omnipresent,
Is an Important Factor in Transportation
and Has Opened Vast Field for Invest
ment

BOSTON, May 26.~~Twcnty years
ago this Spring Boston street rail
way manager went to Richmond
Va, to inspect the newly opened
trolley line, There he saw 22 mot.
ormen, one after the other, start
their ears from the car barn and 40
buzzing up hill and down through
the city streets, The spectacle was
something ncwin street railroading,
The Richmond line, the first prae.
teal application on any scale Of the
principle of the overhead trolley, had
been in operation since February II,
1888 OF rs success there was no
question The Bostonian went home
10 take immediate steps for the in
stallation Of a trolley system on one
Of the lines leading outward from the
Hub, Boston was thus the frs, very
large city OF the United States 10 be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

gin to electrify its street car services,
Since then in the brief space OF two
decades there have been built in this
country alone trolley roads which
carry more than five billion passen-
gers annually.
II one person had to do all the troll
ley tripping for all his fellow Amer.
Mans he would travel in n straight line
more than fifty thousand times around
the earth. In order to finish his task
in single year he would have to go
day and night at rate Of about l5O,-
600 miles an hour--say two thousand
times as fast as the human voice is
carried through the air. AT the pres
ent rate OF growth OF the industry he
would be obliged few years hence
to exceed the velocity with which the
light leaps from sun to planet.
All this in twenty years. The mod
ern world moves fast, Men who
would resent DR.. Osler's chloroform-
ing were students at Harvard Uni
versity little less than two decades
ago when the plush seated vehicles
remoddled from horse cars and pro-
vided with motors and controllers, be-
gan to zip to the accompaniment OF
sparks from the overhead wire along
Main street into Bowdoin Square,
Boston. That and one other were
the only electric lines in the country
beside the one at Richmond. Today
the student in any of the New Eng
land universities can travel by trolley
far into the middle west or to a CON
siderable distance southwark or
northward along the coast
Often as the story of trolley de-
velopment has been told, the rapid
ity with which it has taken place is
not always appreciated, This sort of
electric transportation is not yet OF
age. Within the life time of a boy
the horse has been retired. Because
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

lous cities, after supcrceding the
cable cars which had been invented
about 1873, Frequently there were
several little electric traction compan.
les in city; later came such "onsoli'
dations in the direction of efficiency
as the Boston Elevated Railway Com.
pany, the Detroit United Railway
Company, the New Orleans Railways
Company, the United Railways and
Electric Company Of Baltimore and
many others. Toward the end Of the
ninctics came the beginning Of the
great interurban systems Of the Mid
die West, one OF the most prominent
promoted by a New England inter
est which has since come to grief, but
most of them successfully and con-
servatiyely financed. The whole
country had awakened to percep-
ton that the trolley was going
further Figures told remarkable
growth. Some 5000 miles OF track in
1890 had expanded to nearly $4,000
in 1902. The number Of fare passen-
gers had more than doubled in II
years. The number Of employees be-
came an army twice the size Of the
standing army Of the United States.
The time came early when not only
the largest cities and their suburbs
were seen TO offer a field for cleo
trical equipment but places Of from
twenty to two hundred thousand as
we'll Capital from the eastern money
markets was on the lookout for in
vcstmcnt in traction cnSsrprises in
promising cities OF the West and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

I Island and Mechanics Institute Fair
at Boston in 1884; ChaS, j. Van De.
poeles demonstration line at the New
Orleans Exposition OF 1885; John c,
Henry's Kansas City Independence
line, first exemplifying the overhead
wire system with a rod which the
management of the road called a
troller but which the employees
called the trolley, fixing the name OF
the system for all time, When f.
nally Frank J, Spragues line at
Richmond was declared successful
practical men all over the country
were eager TO make the change as
soon as possible,
To help them do this it happened
that within a very few years after the
first successful operation at Richmond
a great deal of money became avail.
able for what appeared certain to be-
come a profitable form of invest
ment. The steam railroads in the
early ninetes seem to have been pret-
ty well constructed. Many of them
were no longer so profitable as few
decades before, Particularly in New
England, where so many of the great
continental lines were projected, and
to an extent elsewhere, owners of
railway stocks were beginning to
sell their holdings and to re-invest in
electrical enterprises. Telephone Sc
curities appealed to many, with the
result that today, as President Vail
has recently shown, more than three
fourths of the share capital of the
parent company of the Bell system
is held in New England.
Many others, particularly during
the dull times about 1892 and 1893,
put capital, for which there were but
small dividends in the established in
dustrial enterprises, into trolley pro-
jects. Electric street car systems
were installed in all the more popu-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

Of the Inconvenience oi animal power
rs 4 motive street car managers cy-
crywherc few years ago were Gag
erly watching the outcome Of exper-
imcnts with electric traction. For
years they had kept watch on the
pioneer efforts: Thomas Davcnporfs
little circular toy railroad shown at
Springfield, Mass, in 1885; Professor
Moses G, Farmers car propelled from
a nitric acid battery in l&7; Thomas
Halls toy motor car on a 40foot
track, the marvel Of visitors at Char
table Mechanics Fair at Boston,
1857; Professor G. G. Pages trial
motor car run over the Washington
and Baltimore railroad line in 1870;
the trial motor cars experimental up
on by the wizard Of Menlo Park in
the carly eighties; Leo Dafts exper-
mental roads experimental at Concy
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

For burn or scald apply Chamber
lain's Salve, 1t will allay the pain
almost instantly and quickly heal the
injured parts. For sale by Frank Hart
and Leading Druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-27

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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
ONE OF vINITES STAR
PLAYERS OUT or GAME

There was some distress In the ranks
of the high school foot ball team today
over the injury Of Benge Wright, the star
left halfback Of the team. but a shift Of
the team viii probably be made, before
the game with Tulsa that will cover the
weakness caused by Wright's injury
Wright with several other boys rode a
Katy freight train to the water tank onCab-
In Creek.Sunday thinking the train would
stop for water. and when the train did
not stop, Wright jumped and was terribly
bruised up. and was unconscious for more
than an hour Il is doubtful II he win be
able to play for many days
Whether a new man for the position
vacated by Wright's injury or the team
shifted soas TO allow Captain Franklin L
play that half is not known. Pershinl
who was injured in an explosion twt
weeks ago may be able 10 take his plac'
in the line, and Franklin can then play
the backfeld position. and the team vii
practically as strong as with Wright play
ing his position
However, the injury Of one of the bes
men on the team just before the hardes
game in prospect for the season cas-
gloom over the local squad Tulsa
comes Wednesday for the second game
with Vinita. and since the last game have
strengthened their team. and are coming
confident Of victory On the other han'
the local boys have put in nearly twl
weeks Of good stiff practice and had ac
quired almost perfect team work. and thei
chances o. victory in Wednesday
struggle are exceedingly bright.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
DO NIGHT RIDERS
INFEST OKLAHOMA
Organization Said to Exist in South
eastern Part of State to Boost
Cotton

Guthrie, Ok, Oct. 16.-There are evi-
dences that an organization exists IN the
southeastern part Of Oklahoma similar to
the night riders Of Tennessee and Ken
lucky that have struck terror 10 the
farmers Of those states. The Oklahoma
organization, II the movement has reached
the organization stage originated in
Seminole county and its object to intimi-
date growers into holding their cotton
until they can secure 10 cents pound
for it.
Reports of night riders have come from
Hugo, Sallisaw, Wewoka. Konawa and
Seminole, where notices have been post
ed on several cotton gins warning the
owners not to gin any more cotton until
Il reaches l0cents
While no reports Of destruction Of gins
In Oklahoma have yet been received here,
night riders recently in Red River county
Tex, destroyed two gins by setting fire
to them after the owners had failed to
notice warnings posted upon gin doors
An unconhrmed report states that eight
gins have been burned in Titus county.
Tex. The fact that the night rider
organizations exist in some Of the Red
river counties of Texas, which border Ok
lahoma, lends color to the belief that the
same organization is responsible for the
notice upon gins in southern Oklahoma
AS a result Of the threatened violence
many farmers in Seminole county are
refusing 70 haul their cotton to the gins
and some of the gins are refusing to buy
cotton. Many loads have been hauled
away. after the ginners have refused to
gin them.
In some of the towns Of Seminole
county notices have been posted in the
postoifices warning cotton buyers not to
purchase cotton. There is a well defined
fear among cotton men In southern Ok
iahoma that a number Of gins will be
burned II the ginners refuse 10 comply
with the edicts Of the night riders.
Members Of the Farmers Union organ
lzations deny all knowledge Of night
riders.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
SHOOTING AFFRAY
WAS PREVENTED
Irate Woman Arrested by Police
Just in Time to Save
George Mclaughlin
From Friday S Daily.

From Fridays Daily
A tragedy was narrowly averted on the
east side yesterday afternoon,by the time
ly. arrival of Chief Of Police Lee Webb.El-
len Reed. who became angered over the
refusal Of George Mclaughlin TO marry
her. according to alleged promises, and
secured a revolver and started ON the
trail of the man, whom she claimed
wronged her and then refused to marry
her
Mclaughlin hearing that the woman
was on his trail telephoned fur the police
Webb hurried to the scene Of the trouble
and arrived barely In time TO prevent the
woman from shooting McLau ehlin. When
the big chief arrived the Reed woman
was not more than thirty yards from
Mclaughlin, and according 70 the police
story. she was bent on annihilatine the
one whom il is claimed Tilted her.
Both Of the participants in this fracai
we're brought before the police judge thil
morning. Ellen Iced was fined $25 anC
costs amounting to $32. MoLanehlir
was assessed Si2.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
COLLEGE
GRANTED A CHARTER

Guthrie, Ok, Oct i6-Henry Kendall
college at Tulsa, the state school Of the
Presbyterian church, was formally char
tered yesterday from the secretary Of
states office. The trustees named in its
charter are. c. H. Nicholson, C. W. Kerr,
B. F. Pettus. H. 0. Mcclure and J. NJ. Hall
of Tulsa, d. |, johnson Of Oklahoma City
r. j. Lamb Of Bartlesville, A. w. Robb Of
Muskogee, F. r. Fanand of FL Reno and
Harry Omar Scott Of Guthrie.
The charter provides that the school
shall teach the English Bible apolgetics
church history and the evidences of
Christianity among its courses, and that
Indian youths shall always be admitted
TO it on equal terms with all Others.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
STATE INSTITUTE
EXAMINATIONS
Conductors and Instructors Certi-
ficates Given by The County
Superintendents

The attention of teachers is called 70
the fact that the Institute examinations
this year win be given in each county
and also at the Normal schools in Ed
mond Alva and Weatherford, This plan
is thought to be an improvement over
the old arrangement from the fact that
all prospective instructors in the County
Institutes viii be enabled to take the
examinations in their own county and at
a minimum expense. Another advantage
10 be gained lies in the fact that teachers
who attend the State Teachers Associa-
ton win not have their minds distracted
from their work Of the Association IN
December by an examination at that
time. All examinations in the Institute
subjects win be given by the County
Superintendents and the Normal schools
on Saturday, October 3ist. The papers
however will be sent to Guthrie to be
graded under the direction of the state
superintendent.
A slightly higher standard Of qualifica-
tions will be required Of all applicants
than heretofore Applicants for an In
structors certificate must hold a first
trade county certificate or diploma of
graduation from some accredited school
or college, and must have had twelve
months Of marked success as teacher IN
public school work Candidates for one
year Instructors certificate win be requir-
ed 10 pass a satisfactory examination in
psychology, composition, history, educa-
ton, English and American literature
and also in history and practice. Appli-
cants who have held one year lnstruc-
tors certificate and have taught in one
Institute may have their certificates re-
newed for twoIyears andsat the expiration
Of this period their certificates may be re.
newed for three years An average
standing Of go per cent with no grade
below 20 per cent will be required II
each case.
Applicants for a Conductors certificate
must have held an Instructors certificate
and must have taught IN one Institute
preceding the date Of their applications
They shall also be required to take az
examinations in all Of the subjects re
quired for an Instructors certificate an'
shall also be required to pass satisfac
tory examination in Philosophy Of Eduea
ton and Oklahoma School Law. An av
eraee standing Of IS per cent with n
Grade below rs per cent win be requires
Of each candidate. To defray the ex
penses Of the examination fee of s.
will be charged each applicant who take
= the Conductors examination, and fee 0
ST for each applicant for an Instructor
certificate. No part Of this will be re
funded in case nf the applicants failure
Reports on the examination and certif
Gates win be sent out the first week !
December Yours sincerely
f. D. CAMERON
State Superintendent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
ONE MAN KILLED
IN CAR COLLISION
Air Brake on TrOOst Avenue Car
Refused to Work and Car Backs
Down Hill.
By Associated Press
State Superintendent

BY Associated Press
Kansas City Mo. Oct. i2-Three trolley
cars on the Troost avenue line collided at
thirteenth street and Troost avenve here
this morning and we're badly wrecked
One man was killed and fifteen Others
injured. K. l. Smith. forty-fve years old
OF Nevada Mos was crushed between the
cars and killed. The air brake failed to
work and car rushed back down a steep
hin. Two cars coming up the hill behind,
backed awayfor three blocks in thrilling
attempt to escape the collision. For a
quarter Of mile before the cars finally
eollided the men and some women jumped
frantically 70 the street. Several we're
hurt in their effort to escape
In an twenty-six persons we're injured
The hurts Of half this numder were slight
consisting Of cuts and bruises. Five are
In a critical condition.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
Announcement.

We wish TO announce 70 the public that
we have purchased the Jumbo Mercantile
Company Of W. 7. Wade and | D, S. Wade
and will continue the business under that
name. az the same old stand The Mes
srs Wade have sold out, not on account
Of poor business, but on account Of bad
health. and we were therefore enabled 20
buy business as well established as the
Jumbo Mercantile Company.
We wish to invite an old customers Of
this store in to see us aud Get acquainted,
and We will assure them Of the same eour-
teous treatment as Of old We wish also
20 invite our friends who have not done
business with this store to visit as, and
in fact, Why not all come In and leok
around
We will carry the same hieh-class GOODS
as before, viz; Hart. Schafner and Marx
clothing. Hanan and Thompson shoes, and
others; Stetson hats. Manhattan shirts
etc. and in fact everything iirst-class.
In conclusion. we wish to say that ia
undertaking this business We feel assured
Vinita will support an exclusive Mems
and Boys Outiitters store, and such q
store we win run. Our terms will be cash
as heretofore. as that is the only way a
store can sell goods at the right price, as
all credit stores must add on = certain
per cent for loss.
Thanking you for any favors shown us
we remain,
T. l. Or.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
RUN TAFT TRAIN IN SOUTH
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Greensboro. N. C.. Oct 17.-At High
Point today William II, Taft republican
candidate for president, was introduced
by j. Ellwood Cox. nominee Of the repub-
lican party for governor, and aftera speech
went forward to the engine and shook
han Is with the engineer, II, C. Elmore
who is a republican nominee for corpora.
ton commissioner, and with the con.
ductor, a republican nominee for III,
legislature.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
SOUTH'S FIRST GLIMPSE
OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
By Associated Press.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Oct. i6.-William
II. Tafts first argument TO southern demo-
Gratis. together with his reasons for giving
the South les first glimpse Of a republican
presidential candidate. was delivered here
this morningto an audience which packed
the Auditorium. which is the largest hall
In this city. Tie win spend the entire day
in this state,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
MIS-. Etter Entertains.
From SatnrIays Dnlly.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. A. r Ettef entertained q party Of
friends last evening Dainty refreshments
were served. consisting Of cake and hrique
ice cream. Each quest was presented
with beautiful earnation Mr Robinson
and the Walker brothers furnished high
class music. The following were ID at-
tendance Misses Anna Chandler, Ruby
Robbins. Odessa snidef. Anna Galewood
Bell Robbins. Hattie Haynes Mary chand-
Ter. Anna Robbins. Messrs. Carson gobin-
son. Chas. Gooeh Tom Walker Earl
Walker. James Highland and NJ and Mr.
Albert Bailey.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
FOREST FIRES
STILL RAGING
Seven Persons are Now Known to
Have Perished In the Flames
at Alpeno, Michigan
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Alpena, Mich, Oct. l7--With twenty
seven people now known to have perished
yesterday in Presque Isle county and
with the forest fires still raging, uncon-
troIled through the counties ofCheboyyan,
Presque Isle, Alpeno and Altoona and
other scattered districts in northern Michi-
gam and diligent search began today to
determine the full extend of the holocaust
The death list may not be fully known
fora week but il is certain that the prop
erty loss will run into the millions.