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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

Duy Tan. or he who Is attached to
reforms" is a tale as moving as the
manner In which the unfortunate
Than-Tai departed from the throne Of
his fathers. The new king Is OF the
royal line. but born OF an extremely
iowly mother she was not even a sec
ondary wife. but simply a peasant girl
who had entered the service Of the pal
ace concubines. The king loved her.
however, and she bore him the son
who IS now called 70 reign as puppet
where his father ruled as master.
To the eyes Of the Annamites the
ceremony was marked by az least one
innovation Of great significance. The
palace swarmed with French soldiers.
and when the ceremonies Of the coro-
nation were concluded they were not
Withdrawn Hitherto. even ID days OF
open revolution and Of civil wars.
which have been so frequent in An
nam, the sacred precincts Of the palace
have been respected by the invader.
This outward sham has been discarded
now and the fiction Of native SOW
ereignty falls TO the ground. The lit
tie king Is as much a prisoner in the
palace at Hue as Is the banished Than
Tai on the lonely strand where the
Saigon river flows into the sea.
Probably the French were led to
make their high.handed interference in
the native Affairs by the unchanglng
hostility Of the ex-king. and because
Of the recent treaty with Japan. BY
this compact the high contracting pow
ers mutually recognize and guarantee
to each other their respective recently
acquired domains upon the mainland
Of Asia. But Il should be remembered
that the people, with their national as
piratlons and their racial feelings.
make the treaties which last and en-
dure when the instruments Of formal
diplomacy have long since crumbled
to dust or been forgotten.
The French, IN the way they made
the new King In Hue, have furnished
new and interesting object lesson Of
how the white man behaves when no
has made himself quite at home In the
yellow mans country. Il Is a story that
cannot fail TO increase the volume OF
the growing CRY OF Asia for the
Asiatlcs. and It IS picture that will
lose nothing in the telling at the hands
Of the Japanese journalists who peered
over the bamboo stockade and saV Il
all as It happened.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

prince Of the kingdom by the French,
help to crystalline the aggressive spirit
Of the yellow race ana hasten that
conflict in the far east which many
profess to sec comingg Such questions
are being asked since the recent po-
litical upheaval In the little kingdom
Of AMMAN.
When the comat. or council, OF the
kingdom. which was once great In the
far east, and sent resplendent embas.
sizes to Louis XIV. although to-day it
only furnishes dancing girls to the
treaty ports which, open their hospita.
able doors to the mariner from Siberia
to the Spice islands. az the very forei-
Bile suggestion Of 81. Beau the govern
or general of the French eastern pos.
sessions. ordered the removal Of the
stubborn Than-Tai and the elevation OF
the obscure lfth prince TO the dan.
gerous honors Of the throne thero was
weeping throughout the low-lying rice
fields which border the great Mekong
and the indescribably beautiful Hue
river.
How the little boy Of eight. the nth
prince came 70 the throne under the
era name. as Is the eastern custom. q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

when asked as to where his headquar-
ters would be The vast empire Of
magnificent distances and insurmount-
able obstacles which the church mill
tant must overcome in its missionary
campaigns ig mightier than any east
ern man has any conception Of
Rev Dr. Robert l.. Paddock Of New
York. who was chosen at the recent
Episcopal convention at Richmond. Va,
for the post Of missionary bishop In
the mining camps and cattle ranges
OF eastern Oregon. knew what he was
talking about when he declared: This
work in the west is not OF my choosing,
but just as a soldier Is ordered into
battle. SO am / ordered on to the
firing line Of missionary work in this
country My work there viii be totally
different from that here. There | will
be a sky pilot. riding among the In
dians and cattlemen BY Office viii be
In my saddle will hlye no fixed
abode"
Bishop Paddock was brought up in
the great and bounding northwest, his
father before him having been bishop
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
WHAT ADMIRAL EVANS MEN
WILL SEE on LONG TRIP.
Places Where the Big Fleet VIII
stop on Its Way to the Pacific
and People and Scenes Which
viii Prove Of Interest.

At a ten-knotan-hour speed the big
fleet Of American warships is stead
iiy pressing southwark towards the
Magellan straits, where the turn vii
be made into the Pacific. and as the
thought OF the nation follows this
splendid aggregation Of battleships
there Is fresh interest in the route
over which they viii pass and the
scenes which win greet officers and
crews as they make their occasional
stops along the 14.000mile waterway
After the first stop IN the harbor Of
Port Of Spain, Island Of Trinidad
where Christmas was passed, no stop
viii Be made until Rio de Janeiro Is
reached, which. according to the sched.
ule prepared before starting. should
be January IT. A stop Of ten days
is to be made at the Brazilian capital
and If Jack Tar writes home as he
ought to. and probably will, the let
ters which come from there should
be we'll worth reading to other moth
ers who have no sons with Mr..
Evans boats. or to other girls who
have no sweethearts wearing the
navy blue. for they win probably con
tain much about the capital Of Bra
iii. over $50 years Old with its beau
fiful parks, public buildings and pi-
yate houses, oddly interspersed with
structures Of great antiquity among
Them the San Sebastian church which
was built in 1867
The next stop will be at Punta
Arenas. the most southernly town on
this side Of the globe, where the
feet is due January g.
The letters viii then tell Of passing
from the heat OF midsummer to the
cold Of winter while going south all
the time. and there win undoubtedly
be a complaint or two about the coun-
try. and perhaps a wish that the
writer could get a look again at Broad
way. and there may even be unkind
remarks in the letter about Magellan,
who nearly 400 years ago discovered
the strait through which Admiral
Evans plans to take his fleet For
Magellan strait. although an undoubt-
ed aid to navigation is not much to
look at. About 1870 miles long, the
channel through which Admiral
Evans fleet will pass is for the most
part only about as wide as the Hud-
son river. Chilli owns the land on
either side Of the strait-what was
part of Patagonia on one side and
Terra del Fuego on the other. The
vegetation on both sides of the great
waterway is said to be as scanty as
the clothing of the natives. which
would barely permit Of their entertain
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

Were the Panama canal now built, BY
passing through it the fleet could have
shortened the distance to Callao BY
100 miles
It will probably be with genuine re-
gret that he will turn his back upon
the hospitality Of the Peruvians on or.
about February 2S, for on March IA,
when the ships are due to drop
anchor in Magdalena bay, on the
coast OF Mexico, all thoughts Of the
pleasures Of the long trip around
South America must give place to
strict attention to the work Of tar
ret practice if he would secure a
place in any Of the crack gun crews Of
Uncle Sans navy. After practice the
feet will probably go to San Francis
CO. and orders received there may
take it to the Philippine islands or
bring it home again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

In spite Of the apparently mathe
mahcal straight lines which many Of
the western railways appear to follow
on the map, It has been stated that
the record in this respect will be beat
en- by the new national transcontl
mental railway, otherwise known as
the Grand Trunk Pacific. 10 miles ol
which will be constructed without q
curve. Five years ago. however. q
length Of n miles Of perfectly straight
railway track was constructed on the
extension Of the Rhodesia railways
from Bulawayo in the direction Of the
Victoria falls. So far, therefore, as
the length OF straight line is con
cerned, the record is held By the por
tion Of the Rhodesia railways above
referred to--London Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

The prophets predict that ere many
years have passed there viii be at
least throo railroads across the Andes,
one Of them transoontlnental, the 9th
ers connecting with steamers on the
Amazon or its tributaries. The line
which now runs from Valparaiso to
Jurtal IS 20 bo extended through a
long tunnel. which in fvo or ten years
will be finished. and it will connect
with an Argentine road at Mendoza.
The remarkable Central Peruvian
read. which rises 5000 feet IN 80 miles
from It's terminus and crosses the east.
ern range at an elevation Of 1886
feet. will in no great time be ready to
carry passengers to the Ucayali river,
thence there Is an S00-mile journey
ese the traveller reaches the head Of
navigation for ocean going vessels,
And that place is 1000 miles from the
Atlantic. Another road farther to the
north will greatly shorten the Jour
ney.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
NEW system 4 GOOD ONE
interlocldae Switching Plant Thai
Can't Make Mistakes

One Of the largest railroad signal
and interIockng switching plants in
the world has been put into operation
BY the Delaware Lackawanna 8 West
ern railroad. The new plant controls
an Of the train movements al the new
Hoboken terminal Of the Laekawanna,
and is the first plant Of the track cir.
euit interlocking type to be installed
in this country. There are 1S1 little
switches on every track that runs
into the main terminal The old way
OF switching required at least 50 men
to do the work. Under the new ar
rangement four men can do the work
In less time. and so perfectly con-
structed is the plant that according
to the engineers. it is almost impossi-
bic to make a mistake. This system
Of interloeking eliminates the old-fash-
toned detector bars used with the old
er interloeking plants In the inter
locking cabin, where the system ope-
ated there is a perfect model Of the
yard, showing every track controlled
by the apparatus and which indicates
at all times to the men in charge ex.
actly how the system is working. As
soon as the automatic signals are In
stalled. the engineer. before he starts
his train. win get his signals, his
routing will be absolutely fixed and
the signal win indicate to him when
and where to move. AS soon as the
engineer gets his train on the fixed
route the operator in the tower can
not possibly change that route or
change the switches under that train
until the train is clear of the route.
It will be impossible for another train
to foul that train while it is on the
route fixed for it, Seventy-fve miles
Of insulated wire was used in connect
ing the track circuits with the inter
locking layout The system is known
as the electro-pneumatic. the power
used being compressed air, the move
ment of the switches being controlled
by a piston operating in an air-cylin-
der The operations in the air cylin-
ders are made by means Of a magnet,
electrically controlled, which opens up
an air valve, so as to apply the air
IN the cylinder in such fashion as to
move the switch. When the train is
made up in the terminal and is ready
to go out, the station master touches
little electric button, which indi
Gates to the director in the operating
tower that the train is ready to go
The director then fixes the routing
for that train, gives it the signal and
the train is off on its journey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

No. II st. James street. Nottingham.
which has just had a narrow escape
from destruction by fire, possesses
unusual interest. for It was there that
the Nottingham Mechanics institution
passed its early days, an institution TO
which belongs the distinction Of hay-
ing organized the first railway excur-
sion ever run This was on July 20,
1870, TO Leicester and back. and 80
great a success was achieved that on
August "a a larger excursion was
run.-London Standard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
Mexlcan RAILROAD Methods.

CAS- the son of a soldier and hav-
ing lived in the midst Of alarms dur
ing my tender years, may be ac-
counted a man out of the ordinary,
remarked Phil K Gordon, after whom
Fort Phil Kearny is named. but |
must say that travelling on Epes Ran
dolph's trains in the state of Sonora,
Mexico, is liable to cause cold chills
to run up and down your spine.
Il was on the Sonora railway re-
Gently when the Mexican brakeman
rushed into our car and spoke excited.
ly to the conductor. who. by the way,
was an American.
What's the matter?' | asked, for
| was interested. owing to the excite
ment Of the brakeman.
"Oh, nothing. replied the conduc.
tor. and he continued his conversa-
tion.
After the lapse Of an hour he
slowly gathered himself together and
observed that he would 60 forward
and see what the Mexicans had been
doing.
You should have seen that car
1t looked like a butchers shamples,
for somebody had gone a-knifing for
some one else, and the end was that
it was a free fight for all The con
ductor calmly locked the door, wired
to the next station for the police, and
there was no further trouble. won
der what would have happened II a
car on one Of our railroads was
turned into a butcher shops"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
HAD NOT GUMPTION
CON REASON wHY RAlLRoADER
WAS STILL BRAKEMAN.
Incident Noted BY Chicago Writer
Told the Whole story-Eo Ad-
vaneement Possible for
such a Man.

1 wondered why it was that young
man was a brakeman On a passenger
train, writes Hollis W. Field in the
Chicago Tribune.
It was up in Wisconsin, and for
miles through the dust of the roadbed
and the storm of cinders from the
locomotive | had sat in the smoker,
smoked and smoking-some.
Having no one to talk TO, and-be-
cause Of the dust and the einders-un-
able to have talked anyhow. passed
the time wondering at that brakeman
He was a handsome, wel-built fellow,
25 years old, neat, attentive to the
calling Of the numerous stations, quick
at alighting on the depot platforms,
friendly with scores Of station loun-
gers, and yet alert in passing on the
conductors starting signal to the en-
gineer.
Altogether It seemed an outrage that
such q young man should be passen-
ger brakeman on a branch line, a job
that had no beginning and no end
worth the while. But not till we
reached the end Of the line did I dis
cover Why this young man was pas
sensaF brakeman.
Long before we pulled into the ter
minal station the news agent had
stripped himself Of his livery, emptied
his fruit baskets, packed hts papers
and periodicals. busted and brushed
himself for the streets. In che o1
the brackets at the far end Of the ca
two Of tho news agents small baskets.
empty, rested sQuarcly and firmly
against the molten Of the trains. one
nestcd" within the other
The train still was bowling on when
tho brakeman began TO strip himself
Of SIS oncial blue coat and vest and
yisorsd can. we were bowling still
whea be atcngod to the car bracket
for the rurpcse Of depcsit.ng co..
yoss ana can n tire same Bracket
which contained tho "nezted" baskets.
Flrpt. the brakeman tcck out the
bafss.r, rD-7ad &c c--. neatly in the
bottom Of tha bracket. laid his vest
over It. topped tho two With his cap,
and set the nested hask9.s back cn
top, but bottom side down And the
baskets toppled to the door. naturally
He preserved his temper and Set
them bacl--and down they came
again
Something was wrcng. Ee decided
Is was the cap. He tucked The cap IN
/ Ger his coat, and set the baeketn beck
upon the eoa. and vest. Hn. besc-e
he could get into his utrset vest
dowa came the baskets.
He was mad. think. I think hf
swors, he got into his coat bato-;
be picked up the baskets, brushed h!H
self. locked sHso q m!rror-aEa thor
did that WHEN f9ar grs!as o. com
msA sense would hEye prompted in the
beglhniAgl
He took his elo.Aea out Of the brack
ct and set the "aested" dst baskets
back into place, THEN he Ep:esd hli
eoat In the bottom o. the top basket
laid his vest saeothly upon tho coat
and far over set his cap aslant from
Its visor, and everything was there t.
stay until the cows came home.
why he didn't do that in the be
ginning Is why he was brakeman OF
b jerkwater passenger train.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

ment at a Turkish bath in this coua-
ry. n his letters home Jack Is at
least net likely % wax highly com
piimentary concerning the natives, for
they never battle. smear their bodies
with paint and grease. spend most Of
their days on horseback and their
nights under huts Of hides built up on
poles and deem horse meat and os.
trich flesh the finest Of foods.
There is a 3,000-mile run before the
feet after leaving Punta Arenas.
about February 5. until the next stop
ping place. Callao. Peru, is reached.
When the vessels cast anchor off that
port on February is Admiral Evans
ships win have covered a total dis
lance Of something like 10,7O0 miles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
eallasted with ooId

A section Of the Canadian North
ern railroad running northwest from
Sudbury and crossing the Vermll.
lion river. is unique in that It IS bal
lasted with gold. Every yard Of the
gravel used for ballast has been found
70 contain from so cents worth to a
dollars worth Of the precious metal.
IN the shape Of fine dust and a syn.
dicate Is installing machinery for fits
installation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

Michael Callahan. a section boss for
the Southern railroad in the little
town Of Ludlow. KY. has a keen
Gaelic wit. One warm afternoon
while walking along the railroad
tracks he found a section hand placid
ly sleeping beside the rails. Callahan
looked dlsgustediy at the delin
quent for a full minute and then re.
marked:
"slape on, Sc lazy spalpeen. slape
on. fur as long as you shape you've
got a job. but when you wake up you
ain't got none"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

The Lackawanna railroad announces
that ethe most powerful light ever
produced from a single fixture" viii
soon shine from the new iackawauna
station at Hoboken. H. Y. 1t VIII be
a cluster OF 40 arc lamps which win
be arranged in a series within a single
globe six feet in diameter. each are
consuming Is amperes at 2.3OO volts
It Is estimated that a candle.power or
j, ,500,0 600 viii be reached
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
DolNes IN AMMAN SHOW DRIFT
OF FEELING or AslATlcs.
Arbitrary Action Of French In En-
snronIng New King May PrecIpl-
tate Conflict Between White
and Yellow Races.

Was the summary exiling by the
French OF the supposedly insane king
OF AMMAN, Than-Tai, precipitated by
his sly encouragement Of the growing
sentiment Of Asia for the Asiaticsg
and will the arbitrary Environment Of
the little eightyearold boy. the fifth
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

from the mysterious actress who was
taking the leading part enthusiasm
grew. and loud cheers arose amidst
the hand-clapping for the English
senta." On everyone's lips the ques-
ton hung. Who was this actressY'
Who was # that had turned a seem
ing failure into a splendid success2
A sigh Of relief escaped the stage
manager as the curtain fell amidst
loud applause from the audience and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

cries for "Senta" Leading the young
actress on to the stage he waved his
hand for silence
"This little lady he said. was
until this evening only chorus
girl" He got no farther With one
accord the audience rose, and loud
and repeated cheering told that the
little actress had made the most Of
her opportunity.
Seldom does such golden chance
fall to the lot Of an obscure chorus
girl, but It Is very much to be doubted
whether, If the opportunity occurred
more frequently, many would rise 10
the occasion as "Senta" did
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

81 hope your titled son-ln1av viii
like you
We're getting on. answered Mr.
Cumrox. looking un from his check.
book he seems 10 think very well Of
my handwriting and the kind Of cigars
smoke. Washington Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24

Two railroad lines are now under
construction in the Malayan state Of
Pahang; they viii open regions Of
great mineral and agricultural posi-
binties.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-24
A BISHOP WHOSE PARISH is $4,000
SQUARE MILES.
Or. Paddock's Remarkable Mission
and the Work Which He Proposes
to DO in the BaclSwoods Of
Eastern Oregon.

My Office will be in the saddle"
This was the enthusiastic and busi-
nesslike statement Of the newly-ap-
pointed bishop Of eastern Oregon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-30
WE'RE NOT HOLDING HANDS.
nfrs.s Lee Says Officer WAS There Ia
Receive CnmpIntmt AEnlnst Husband

ts-scssii 70 The Times f1'Sp-tct
NORFOLK, VA, January 29.-In the
Police Court to-day the case OF James
Lee VS. Patrolman Godfrey. the former
cha. ging the latter with holding hands
with his Wife in q room and the lat
Ter grabbing his club and helmet and
attempting TO carry 1t to the police
station was heard and all of the de-
Pendants dismissed
The violence was confltting. Mrs.
Z Lee denying that she was holding
hands WITH the officer. and claiming
that he was in the house barely five
minutes. and had been called there to
rectipe a complaint OF i'll treatment 1T
the hands of her husband.
Lee charged tina, the officer was
visiting his home and that he had
separated from his wife because Of
improper conduct on her part The
preponderaace Of testimony was to the
effect tina the officer was in THE house,
but four or five minutes, although Il
street car conductor testified that he
watched for his exit for thirty min.
Iites before he appeared. He did not
see him enter, but had been asked to
note the time he was in the home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-30
DRUNKENNESS
A a! Durable Disease
Eminent Physicians and Scientific
Men Agree That il Should be
Treated AS Such.

E = rnf I
Drunkenness Is a progressive disease; tho
moderate drinkcF Is not satisfied with two Or
three drinks day, the craving for more and
mere becomes Irresistible as the disease ad-
vnnces the resutls Chronic Alec hollsn.
The treatment used successfully by tholls-
AIDS right In their own homes is orrlne Ne =
is scientific cure for Drunkenness and has
eiyen such universal satisfaction that u Is
s'!d under q positive guarantee TO erect =
cure or your money VIII be refunded. THIS
guarantee Is given In good faith and - car.
RED out to the latter. Orrlne is not q new
remedy: It has been sold by the leadlns
druggists IL every city for years. y mas
lifted tens OF thousands from the depths %
worthy manhood and has the hearty en-
dtrsement q grateful men and women g men! "
every State IN tho Union,if IT'D
Crime No, is tho secret Sreuie dy erF "
80 2 is for those willing 10 tnlse tlic }trett-
ment Either form costs sl,oo. ne .sFE uhs-
artee ls tho same III other cas ANr WIS. q
ne orriHe Co. washington, ~ , tof tree
ttee,ise on Drunkenness mailed In pam
sealed envelope, rrinewill be iled aea'
q on receipt q price sold by the aeau,ns
druggists in every town ana city, ans ~ Y
ei1y by Polk Mlller Drug Cos = ~ wv WV
lsaa cAllafss psps, co. q N. ri HSaaas "