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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
2t,424 TONS OF GOLD DUG.
Since Columbus plseovery Over sf2r
6oo,ooo,ooo Has Been Mined.

Since Columbus found his new
world, PLAZA tons Of gold have been
dug from the mines OF the earth.
Their value is over So, ,s0O,OOO,OO0. OF
this vast total 19 per cent, or nearly
one-fifth OF the whole, has been mired
in the last ten years; 80 per cent, OF
almost a third, in the last 20 years; Al
per cent In the last 30 years; 81 pei
cent. in the last 10 years, and IS per
cent, or over two.thirds, in the last
half century.
Assuming that an increase occurs In
the annual output, this amount win be
doubled in 30 years. while If an an
nual increase Of per cent is OBJ
tained the doubling VIII take place IN
less than 20 years. H. f. Van Wag.
enen predicts that as a result Of the
creation In so short time Of SO I'm.
mense an amount Of indestructible
wealth as this, a general advance In
the market price Of all commodities
may be expected. Interest rates win
certainly decline.
Wages should rise, for with this
amount OF new capital arising In the
brief period every department Of hi.
man activity is bound to be stimulated,
and this will create an enormously IN
creased demand not only for all those
things that machinery and art can
produce. but also for those that can
only be brought Into being by human
hands and human service.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

win not voice the opinion Of most Of
her readers. Or. Brown says she is
full Of nasty, unwomanly knowledge,
which she is always limiting at she
Is unwh0lesome. And again he speaks
Of the "onensiveness" Of 'The Mill
on the Floss" Many good women who
have read the books again and again
have failed to discover any Of the
faults referred to. but no doubt an
evil mind could easily construe evil
where II was never intended.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

site, dynasty and the date Of this one
IN particular Is about i200 before
Christ. In all royal grants Of land two
documents we're used; one. a large.
couical block. 10 be placed upon The
field IN question for the information
OF the people In general; the other,
a private document or tablet, TO Be
held By the owner as proof Of his tile.
Curses inscribed upon certain stones
show that they we're public monu.
menta, which could be removed. The
Absence OF curses Ia the inscriptions
upon other stones shows that they
we're private documents. Boundaries
and boundary marks wore sacred e
the god Nlnlb and we're alao,nAder -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
ReIIaIous and Literary Tsxts.

There must have been great
mass OF religious literature in exist
ence. There must have been IN use
hymns to all the gods In practically
every cult, for in Nippur not only
Eli, but most Of the other divinities
of the middle east were worshiped.
There must also have been large num-
bers Of inscriptions, omen texts, etc,
which are to be classed under the
head OF literature. Thousands Of these
texts have been found at Nippur, and
we have many Of them at the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania. One Of our
stan is now working at the translation
Of religious texts. other volumes EN-
bodying the results Of study Of the tab
let's have been projected and viii be
published in due order. would moi
be surprised If a national epic should
eventually be found in part OF whole
In Babylonian tablets.
The question as to what the depos
ltory OF all this material shall bs
called. whether a temple library ol
something else, is Of comparatively
trivial Importance, although it admits
Of course, OF some discussion. The
temple was certainly the chief insti
tuition OF the city, and dominated al
the rest. The fact that arlthmetica
matter was found in the library woul,
not make It any the less a library
The library Of the University Of Penn
sylyania contains statistical books O
all kinds as well as literary books.
would like It to be impressed upol
the public that We have at the univer
slty very large numbers Of literar.
as well az business texts"
Prof. Clay declined to discuss an,
other phase Of the Nippur question.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
Iha arsmpIe LIbrarga 30.

DR.. A. T. Clay. assistant professor
Of Semitic phllology aud archaeology,
has done much very remarkable work
as an interpreter Of the cunelform
texts brought from Babylonia. A 70
the identity Of the supposed Temple
library" st Eippur. he said, when In
tervlewed on the subject.
You ask II there vas a Temple Il
brary at Elppurl Most assurediy
there vas. Nearly 20 years ago Dr.
Peters found tablets IA the mounds al
Nippur. which he designated aa relics
of q library. We have at the museum
many religious taxta o. the early
period N Bahylonlan history. But
meae are exactly what You would ex
poet 70 and. for erery BabYionlan clty
had lts temple and eultua. and II con
aentlon With them schools for seslbel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
reputable little insect had something
to do with its manufacture.


When a boy Gov. Hughes knew
something Of dire poverty His father
was earning a salary Of $4,000 a year
in Baptist church in Greenpoint.
which was frequently unpaid The
family's larder was often empty and
the salary long overdue. The father
hesitated TO ask for Il, bnt when he
did one night In prayer meeting It
was in these words: 7 cannot invite
any Of you to my house to dine. for
I must tell you frankly that our
household stock Is so reduced that
/ should feel ashamed to have one Of
your own servants sit at my table
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

archaeological circles. the freedom with
which It was denounced in many seien-
tifc quarters as merely an application
OF what Is iiguratively known as
"whitewash." are almost unprecedent
ed IN any similar case. It may a
well be said that among the alumni
Of the university there still subsists 8
strong feeling Of dissatisfaction that Z
more positive course vas not takeT
by the trustees. and a movement hal
been begun 20 make a concerted rep
resentation in favor Of again forcini
the issue between Prof Hilprecht ans
his scientific accusers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
Refuge in the Abssruss.

'EtheliRda seems to prefer the most
classical pieces she can find, said the
fond mother.
"of course she does" answered Sen
otor Sorghum. Some people play the
plano Just IS some people make
speeches-the more dineult and unfa-
mlllar the subject. the less liable they
are 70 be corrected when they make
minfakea.s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

protection d Nasa tha GOD b asri-
culture
"Au interesting reference 70 bouna-
ary stones ln the religious literature,
says Or Hinke. occurs in the 5hurpu
series, in a prayer which IS remark
able for IT'S ethical contents lne
priest intercedes for the worshiper
and implores the deity to forgive him,
asking the following questions; Has
he drawn a false boundary? Has he
omitted to draw a true boundary? E? Has
he removed the confines, the limits
or the boundary stone?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

what time was & When y0u saw
the accident?" asked the Billvine ius.
uce.
"Weli. air" replied the witness. "ei
don't diBremembeF. Il wa wla.
ter time"
Il mean what hour vas ltl"
well. sir. ef ] ricollecl right Il
wuE two hours by sun
you don't seem 70 have any idea
% time
Il don't see why." replied tbs Hit.
ness, FER I've done time 81 ~
limelp-Atlanta Constitution.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

10 yoa think Bllgglns would make
Z goed huabandf" asked tho oOnsci-
entloun youth.
why do ron sskY- inquired the airl.
II Hurpgine.
"Becauss II you think such q hlol
aa nilsains could manage Il. have
4 good mind 70 take . chance my
ssl1.-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04


II was intimated to a representative
OF the Philadelphia Ledger By trus-
tee Of the university that the board
might yet determine to give 70 the
public the stenographic reports OF the
hearings IN the Hilpreeht matter. held
BY It's special committee IN 1905. In
this connection the statement was
mads that the verdict Of the commit
tee generating Prof Hilprecht was
purposely couched IN mild language
IN order that It might not wound the
feelings Of certain members Of the
university who had eonscientlously
believed that be should be compelled
to answer formally the charges made
by Rev. Dr. John z. Peters Of New
York and others.
AS this considerafe course has not
won their appreciation. it was added.
"an entirely different one may be
adopted"
OF course. no Official Of the univer.
slty win concede at this time that
the board Is at all likely to reverse its
action OF 1905 or 10 take any steps
which viii mean the severance Of
Prof. Hiiprechts relations with the
institution
There Is said 10 be a disposition on
the part OF the trustees 10 rely upon
the results Of the examination OF tab
let's brought from Nippur that has
been In constant progress At the Mu
scum Of Archaeology during the last
two years and 4 half to obliterate the
unfortunate effect Of the revelations Ql
Dr. Peters. Prof. Prince Of Columbia
university. and Mrs. Haynes as 70 the
real nature OF the discoveries at Nip
pur. In their bearing upon Prof. HI
prechts publications. It Is declared
that the translation Of the tablets
which until the beginning Of the con
troyersy had remained Iof I've year.
boxed up IN the cellars Of the museum
is yielding results OF the most brIlllan
character, far exceeding the expecta
tions 10 Babylonia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

throw of the foreign yoke, ascend the
throne of Babylonia and even extend
his conquests to the Lulubeans in the
east and the land Amurru in the west.
This enabled him to assume the proud
title of King OF the World"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04
Praysr On q soundary stone.

The archaeological publication last
issued by the University OF Pennsyl-
vania Is a volume Of Series d. edited
by Prof. Hilprecht and entitled "A
New Boundary Stone Of Nebuchadrez-
zar !. from Nippur." The author Is
Or. William J Hinke, assistant profes.
sor in the Auburn Theological Semi
nary. Boundary stones first appeared
in Babylonia under the third, or Cas-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

Criticism Is Surprising.
The recent criticism Of DR.. John
Brown on. the books of George Eliot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

HILADELPHIA.- Recent evil
dence that the so-called Hill
precht-Peters controversy
as to the results Of the Nip
pur excavations was not
Elled but was merely
nccotchadn Nv the course in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-04

relation to it taken by the governing
body Of the University Of Pennsyl
vania, may lead to further action Of
some kind on the part Of the latter.
There has been much disappointment
among the friends Of Prof. H. V. Hill
precht, the head Of the psychological
section at the university that the mild
verdict rendered by the investigating
committee OF the trustees in 1905 did
not carry with It the weight Of vim
dIcation. The degree OF contempt with
which this verdict was received in
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

DlXom'S pull with the powers that
they were stronger than the law.
and the report was prepared ac
corUiugly.
In discussing the committees re
port IN connection with the Stuart
mine i'll the rUceut issue OF the
Mine Workers journal. the Hon.
Andrew Roy, Il mining expert OF
International experience. among
g.ncr things, SayS:-
This looks like Il very clumsy
effort at whitewaSh; but for the
uon0r of American manhood, [
hop" that the committee was only
out generated by Samuel Dixon
.he president and general manager
"i the Stuart Cotliery Company
Hsd undoubtedly made Il Skiltul
"~'' Of the SAYING Of Napoleon, that
atnTuagc WAS invented not to speak
..r truth: but to conceal the truth :.
lirncc. the committee lis unable
." >Iy from its investigators, az
~" evidence submitted. that this
.."iajIon of tn" law (ruuning the
ai.H" with one opeuimg,) caused
-
'Iou)rd To it. or that the loss OF
-i" would have been less, or the
yr.">iOn less destructive, If there
-"! been more than one opening
he mine having but one open
.'g. neither caused the explosion.
-.' 'n ANY way contributed 10 ii:
'''t the los OF life would not hav,
.t''u greatly less. but would. III at
probability. hdv. been avoided
--'"gethcr, had there been an cS
'an"ment shaft. and "A good aiC
-.''Niantial stairway provided. ii,
mining law requires. W hci
r"Np."SIon occurred nj | 80 II
.'" afternoon. nearly all the meI
i %" ninr were al the bottom
af4 had been tn u. for three or fOu
-'Hi~ waiting for the cage to com
'Nn to raise them out of he pit
IN" Instant 1t struck the bottom i
NaS filed with men.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
OPERATORS AND
MINERS AGREE
A Two Year Agreement Made This Morning
Between the Kanawha. District Miners and
Operators Jno. P. White Was Here.

The miners and operators of the
kanawha District effected a two
year agreement this morning at one
O'Clock tn, full text of the agree
ment is as follows:-
Memorandum of Agreement
made and entered into this 29th dav
OF April 1908. by and between the
Operators of the Kanawha District
OF West Virginia, and the United
Mine Workers of America, govern
Ing the operations of mines in the
said district for the two years end
ing March 31st, 1910.
First-The 1906 Scale of Wages
tor mining and inside day labor
shall be in effect as and from the
1st day of April 1908.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Contrast Swisher, Sam Dixon
And the Law.

One day this week a tiny seven
line Item In the daily papers au-
nounced that Sam Dixon had been
indicted by a Federal Grand .Tnrv
Tor peonage. A few days later a
very much larger item told of the
fayette County Republican con
vention declaring for Swisher for
Governor
These bits of information wonld
appear rather widely separated ex-
cept tor the fact that Sam Dixon
controlled the Fayette county Re-
publican convention.
Sam Dixon is the man CHIEFLY
responsible for the course that
John Nugent took, Just before he
was dumped out of the Labor
movement of West VIRGINIA
Swlsher, like Nugent, has been
doing as he was told by the man
who is charged with bringing
white slavery to West Virpinia
Labor representatives occunied tho
gallery In the Fayette convention
and voiced their protests but were
howled down.
There is lesson in this that
you should read.-Majority.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
The Settlement.

W hiic the settlement between
the miners and operators was not
all that we had hoped to succeed
III securing and il may be possible
that the officers and delegates may
he adversely criticised it is an
evident fact that the mine workers
won Il grand victory under the
most adverse circumstances ard
the officers and delegates are to be
congratulated and especial V
National Vice President ,Jno. =.
White. Under the iNisting cir
cumStanccs it was Il grand victory
and if ali the union men the Dis
trict will unit together IN our
common cause two years hence we
will be in Il position to command Il
settlement that will he satisfactory
to all.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

several hundred feet from his body.
9Th" imprisoned miners very
generally remained at the of
the bottom OF the pit during the
long hours that the shaft was un
dcrsnimg repair. There ale no
Drawer men than American miners;
but self preservation is the first
law of nature. They were unwiil
ing prisoners in the depth and
gloom of the mine. because the
Stuart tolIiery panI-in de-
tiance of the law of God and the
state of West Virginia, iii pure in
eXcusable geed of that predatory
wealth. which President HoG Sc
Welt has SO happily and aptly
coined, i'll describing the arrogant
law defiant, great corporations of
the country, had only one opening
to the mine.
''N hen visited the Stuart
mine one 18th of February, three
weeks after the horrible castas
tiophe. ii did not take me two
minutes to be able 10 say, without
either making amy investigation or
examing amy witnesses, that the
great loss OF life WIS due TO the
fact that the men at the bottom
could no get out of the mine until
the wreck was repaired sufficiently
to lower Il cage to release them.
The fact was SO lnIt-cvidHnt that
il could be seen at :; glance " ny
the mine legislative -cummitte"
could not see. from its inve>tl-
CATIONS. or the evidence submitted. =.
that had the law been complied
with. the Joss OF life wouid no.
only been greatly ies>ened, If MOI
avoided altogether. >u"pa>>eS com
prehenSiun. unless If was guilty ="
ihe cruI charge which II mad
against the lire-hoSs that it ''mad'
a wrong report
..All doors used fo' guiding ans
directing the the ventilation IN !;
mine are required to-be 50 con
structed that they vii! shut o
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

Three cages filed with miners
In all about thirty men had bcan
holsted, before, the explo
slon happened the last cagcful
having scarcely stepped off the
cage when every one on top were
startled with, the roar and whirl-
wind OF the terrible catastrophe,
which blew the wooden tunnel,
hity feet i'll length, which connect.
ed the fan with the mouth of the
doWncast compartment of the shaft:
blew out the brattice in the shaft:
llited some of the men at the bot
tom off their feet and dashed them
against the pillars, knocking out
props ard loosening masses of the
roof shafe and burying a number
OF the unfortunate miners under it.
The arm of Il man was found
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Bulke1ey Wells
Big Bugaboo.

there Is considerable mystery
d',d iioI il1tle susplclbn connect
eI with that alleged attempt to
nloW up former AuJulanJ- General
nu' 'Nei"y ""lis al telluride, Col.
~ ccoiuinS 20 w cs'eri papers peo-
PIE IN lhe Vlcinliy shake their
eads kn"" lnsiy aud sni'e when
me mi''ter Is discussed. Wells is
prosecuting steve Adams, whose
lfliti is about u begin, and the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
ECHOES FROM THE
STUART DISASTER
Deplorable Conditions That Existed at that Place
Discussed by Hon. Andrew Roy---Governrnent
Has Taken Hand.

That Justice will prevail in the
enG i borne out by the fact of the
Federal Grand Jury returning 23
indictments for peonage against
sam Dixon the first of the month
at Huntington. 1t has been re-
pca,cdly charged that Dixon was
openly violating the mining laws
and the special legislative mine
Investigating in its preliminary"
report To the late lamented legis-
ia,urc stated that his Stuart mine
was at. and before the great eX-
pIoslon at that place occurred being
operated in violation TO the state
mining laws, but apoligised in and
closed their report in such man
ner that no legal action has ever
been taken against Dixon and his
crowd and it has seemed as though
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Labor Movements Birth.

The birth Of labor movement in
this country took place in the
closing year of the seventeenth
century. and was brought about
through the banding together of
number of master and jnurneymen
Philadelphia printers for mutual
protection Little is known of the
history OF this organization. except
that its leading objects We're to re
iirve its distressed membership.
hury deceased brothers and settle
any disputes of IL trade nature that
night arise between employer ant,
nployr. The organization bore
he title of the "ASyium Com
,lny.' and this body OF men may
~ regarded :iS the pioneers of the
tbur union movement in Amer,
lea.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

Second:-That the Charleston
G9O4) shall be continu-
ed during the life of This contract,
subject TO the following substitute
for clause 6 of said agreement:
"Clause 6.-There shall be no
check-off, and there shall be no
discrimination against Union, or
non-union men by the parties to
this agreement, or their representa-
tiveS.'
Third:-That the price paid in
machine mining for loading coal in
narrow work, by the ton, be the
same as in wide work, and the ex-
cess price now paid for loading be
paid on yardage basis according
to the number of tons of coal pro-
duced in each yard of narrow
work, at the option of the operator.
Fourth-It is understood and
agreed between the parties hereto
that the Operators in conceding
their demand for monthly pay,
which demand is largely based
upon the reduced tonnage of the
mines on pay days and for several
days thereafter, do so upon the
distinct understanding that if % 70
of the miners, or mine laborers at
eh
from work on any day when the
mine is in operation, without per
mission from the Mine Foreman so
to do, except only in case of sick
ness, then that particular mine,
at the option of the Operator, upon
the first or any subsequent offenc,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Serve All The People.

If elected governor. l will en-
deaVor to serve all the people. /
am opposed to partisanship in po
llucS ut the expense of the welfare
OF the state. l am opposed to the
practlc of favoring one faction of
my party, at the expense of those
VINO have not been my special sup
p"rters. The right to support
whom one pleaSes belong to every
man, and it is unfair to punish him
Tor asserting that right.
1t is my ambition to see the in
stltutons of our state equal or
superior to similar institutions in