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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

The gallantry Of an engineer and
members Of a crew Of a passenger
train on the Milwaukee railroad re-
suited in the rescue of a blushing
schoolma'am from curious predica-
ment. according to a dispatch from
Scotland. S, D. The incident occurred
at Kaylor. a new town about midway
between Scotland and Tripp.
The young woman was hurrying to
catch the early train and in order to
reach the station platform had tc crawl
through a barb wire fence. Her skirts
became entangled, and the more she
struggled the tighter grew the clasp
OF the fence upon her.
The engineer saw her predicament
and promptly applied the brake, SO
some one could go to Yer rescue. The
rescuers were the conductor and the
members Of his crew. and after some
little time they succeeded in separat-
ing the clothing Of the young woman
from the sharp barbs on the wire.
Naturally the young woman did not
volunteer to give her name, and the
engineer and others who had gone to
her rescue were too gallant to ask it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
MEANS VAST OUTLAY
COST or ELEcTRIFIcATloN OF
ALL RAILROADS.
Estimates Made Show That a Billion
and Half Dollars Would Be
Needed to Make the Change
Desired.

The adyisability of wholesale cleo
trihcation Of all the railroads In the
country has been formally considered
In abstract before the electrical en-
cheering associations, and the ques-
tlon has been found SO great that the
meetings were marked more by con
tention and argument than by definite
results. Figures presented show the
estimated expenditure involved should
every mile or railroad IN the United
States be reconstructed for operation
by electricity and the rolling equip
ment changed to correspond. The to-
tai cost Of such a change is given at
about s15O0, 10000 Electrical pow
erhouses to give a total of 2,1O0,O00
kiIowatts or 100000 horsepower
would be required. Fifteen hundred
millions Of dollars is sum so vast
that it means nothing to the average
person, and yet 1t represents an invest
ment so stupendous that only an ex-
tremely small portion Of it can be con
sidered to have any relation to the inn
mediate future.
The economy OF such change has
been estimated, in prospect, as CON
siderable. Present operating costs for
the movement Of every car and en-
CINE in the country total $l,40O, 100000
in one year. BY electriflcation this
would be reduced by about $2b0,000-
900, representing that much actual and
net saving. This last sum Is indeed
enormous, but Il only emphasizes the
magnitude of the project Of universal
electrification for the most radical
advocates Of the new power have not
yet dared to claim that the saving,
large as 1t seems, would warrant the
change In its entirety
Under certain special conditions,
however. the new power will stand su-
preme, and it is by the extension and
more general application under these
peculiar circumstances that electricity
viii one day, in due time. come into its
own on the rallroads.-Clyde Fenni-
more Burns, IN The World To-Day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
MAHN ~ Il 4 E-NNN1-I.
HamorIsl Earned SO in Tanaaetion.
ard Faan Was aGnkoed.

Mark Twain blosaomed out with
new dogs tale a the weekly banquet
81 the Pleiades club at ths Lafayette
Brevoort. The theme ol the humor.
ist was: How 1t Pays to BE Honest
When It Doesn't Hurt Yourself He
said he was starving with q chap
named Davis, 81 Washington, in the
latter SOS, and Davis told Twain to
SO out and rummage for $3 for Scotch
whisky while he'd stay home.
Twain said he walked into a hotel
and came on the prettiest dog heshad
ever seen In the lobby.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles came ia with
three months salary. Miles saw
Twain fondling the dog. and offered
Twain $40 for the animal
4 haven't any right to sell this dog
for $40" answered the humorist, but
II you'll give me 50 you can take the
pup away"
Miles paid the SO and took it away
The real owner rushed In.
"Ill fnd your dog for IS" said
Twain The owner agreed. Twain
walked upstairs, told Miles the situa-
tion, and got the dog back by paying
SO, then received SO for restoring it to
the owner. He took three quarts
back homo to Davis, who drank 1t all
and ignored ain.-New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
poEr WAS DEEp CALCULATOR.
Certainly Had Results Of His Mar
rlage Figured Out Well.

Former Chairman Shonts Of the 18th
milan Canal Commission was prais-
ing a foreign system Of reQulsitions.
"The advantage Of this system,
he said smiling. is that It works both
ways. 1t is like the marriage OF the
spendthrift poet
This poet made a good deal OF
money, but, being extravagant. he was
always In debt. One August at the
seashore he wooed, won and welded
a young woman Of great wealth.
Thereafter times we're better with
him.
"At breakfast during the honey
moon, the bride said to the poet ten
derly:
Does the fact that have money.
dearest. make any difference to your
To be sure It does, my love, the
poet answered.
"she dropped a little, perplexed,
alarmed
What diherenceg
Why, said he. It is such a COM
fort to know that If should die you'd
be provided for
"'And il should die?' said the
bride.
Then, he returned, I'd be proyid-
ed for"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
BRITISH RoArs IN BAD SHAPE.
over-capitaiized, They Have ksrd
Work to Earn Dividends.

According to P. w Wilson, NJ. p.
British railroads are capitalized at
$6,4SO,00OO00 This is less than half
the American total, but four times as
much per mile. The railroads ex-
pensively built. with renewals being
added to capital at the rate Of SIS, 600.
600 year, with receipts increasing
only two per cent. a year and the divi-
dend rate steadily falling, are loaded
with 100000 a mile Of capital.
Practically all the stock Of English
railroads is held not for control. as
here, but for investment, and the own
ers demand dividends. But capital in
creasing faster than business has
gradually forced dividends lower.
Nondividend stocks are fewer than
with us, but the great mass Of securi-
ties pay between two and four per
cent and the general average for a
generation has been:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

Rear Admiral .enry $ Lyon, here
OF the Samoan disaster In 1889, VIC
tim Of three wrecks, and veteran Of the
civil and Spanish wars, was recently
retired and settled down to hum
drum life In the little village Of Paris.
Me. The law says that the retiring
axe IN the navy is 90, though phys
ically the admiral is as good as ever.
and has as fine q stock Of nautical
knowledge aud experience IS any man
living. When given shore duty It was
largely as an ordnance officer or in
spector Of ordnance. torpedoes and
small arms, regarding which he Is q
recognized expert
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

Most people would be the better
for It. for. consider. how rare is 8
really musical laugh Some people
who can sing well laugh harshly when
they laugh At all. for laughter ot any
kind Is rarer than il should be.
ITO be popular you must be cheer
FIJI, and the most popular people are
the ioyial ones those who can dispel
a cold. artificial social atmosphere BY
a ringing and musical Hol ha.
Training IN laughter would mean the
banIshment Of the inane elggle, the
snigger and the grin. We should
either smile or laugh meIodiously. for
no matter what the natural tone Of
the laugh may be II can be trained
into a thing Of beauty"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
cAR sRoKE FRoM rRAIN.


One night long freight train broke
In two as It was coming around a
sharp curve on the Erie road between
Buffalo and Corning, N. Y. The en-
gineer put on all speed and ran away
from the hind section in order to give
the conductor and brakeman on the
rear end chance to stop their sec
ton. This they succeeded in doing
a quarter Of mile or SO, and then the
engineer backed the forward section.
coupled on to the rear section and pro
ceeded to Corning, the end Of the di-
vision.
The conductor who was to take the
train over the next division discovered
in looking over his train that he had
way bill for car which was not
among those delivered to him. The
other conductor was certain that he
had the car when he started for Corn.
ing and showed Its number checked
off in his report
No solution of the mystery came for
a long time. Then some boys came
across the missing car at the bottom
Of a ravine below the curve on which
the freight train had broken in two.
It is supposed that when the rear
section Of the broken train started to
round the curve this car had jumped
the rails, broken the coupling holding
It to the car behind, and cleared 20
or 30 feet down the bank before strik.
ing the ground. which at this point
was covered with underbrush, and
that this underground after the car
had rolled past had righted itself and
given no indication Of having been dis
turbed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
rooK al INDyoEMENr AwAY.
Admraps Provlso Would Have Rem
dered Shore Leave Valueiess.

Admiral Coghlan. as every one
knows, sprang into fame as an after
dinner speaker through his recital Of
"Hoch der Kaiser" at a dinner given
by the Union League club in 1899.
Little the admiral cared about the
diplomatic stir that followed Admiral
Coghlan is a stout man Of medium
height, grayish hair, large nose, and
twinkling little eyes. He is always
smiling, good humored, and easy to
approach Though polished by CON
tact with men OF many minds, he IS
still an old sea dog. and his after din
ner yarns retain much of the flavor Of
salt water
Il never know what am going to
say when start out, says the ad-
miral n just get on my feet and
trust to the Lord, like the sailor who
starts to row out into a harbor on q
dark. foggY night and trusts to the
good Lord to help him find bis ship
somehow.
One Of the admiral's fayorite stories
Is about a former bo'sun Of his who
always got drunk when allowed to 60
ashore He was carried aboard so
many times In a helpless condition
that Admiral Coghlan finally decided
to make aim stay on board Some
time after. the ship made a European
port after long voyage and All the
crew, except the bibulous one, was
given shore leave. The latter moped
around looking so sorrowful that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

appeared to be deeply absorbed in a
newspaper, and had to accept a seat
offered me by an entire stranger. You
didn't see me. of course o, moi"
My dear Miss Pimmie, when
pretty girl enters a car where ! am
sitting | never rise and offer her my
seat. / always know that lot OF
younger fellows will do it at once and
it won't be necessary on my part.
20, well. Mr. Gayboy, there was no
harm done-and have no doubt you
really were too busy with your news
paper to see me. was just joking
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
DOG Understands sIanaIn.

The New York, susquehanna &
Western railroad has a cur dog that
understands the block signal system
as well as most engineers. His name
is Boscoe. This quaint mongrei rides
In the cab Of a locomotive amt
watches the semaphores. II an arm
q up, meaning that tie block ahead
s. not clear, Boscoe growls ominously,
na the engineer takes warning. #
b arm is down indicating 3 cleaf
# ahead Roscoe barks ioyouslY.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

"We come to your city and write
I'D your manners and customs"
scoffed the naughty New Yorker
"Why don't some Of your brains come
to Gotham and write up our manners
and customs2"
"We might write up your customs
replied the Chicago man, indelicately,
but we'd have hard time finding
your manners"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
DOM coNnEMN COINS HAerlLY


Gold coins which do not ring are
not always counterfeita, according to
Operative Thomas b. Foster, ia charge
Of the United States secret service
work Tor this district. He demonstrate
ed chat fact at the police station, and
as a result Aimee Sykes, alias Gera
O'Gera, win be charged with stealing
five dollars In lawful money Of the
United States from one William Nc
Garrlty
The woman was arrested by City
Detectives II. G. Adams and f. w.
Clark on complaint by Mccarthy. The
five-dollar gold piece supposed to have
been stolen was found on her and
was held as evidence. Clerk Billy
Kent dropped the gold piece on the
desk at the station and il fell like a
piece Of lead. There was absolutely
no ring to It.
Operative Foster was called in with
view Of capturing a band Of coun-
terfeiters.
Just as good as any coin ever
turned out Of the mint. said the se-
cret service man after he had ex-
amlned the coin 1T is very probable
that there is a small cavity in this
coin. That happens very often and
gives a great deal Of trouble. When
the inpOfq frof,, vrhiob fhaoo nf,fnc 70
made are cast at the mint air bubbles
get into them sometimes. When the
metal is rolled out and the coins
made the bubble sometimes stays
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

Senators Who Had Been Governors.
OF the SO senator's sworn in and
serving, %, or nearly one-fourth, have
officiated as governors Of their states.
Ten Of the % are Republican and ~
Democrats. The senatorial delega-
tions from Arkansas, Louisiana, Ten
nessee and Vermont have been the
chief executives Of their respective
states. Twelve are from the southern
states and comprise nearly one-half
Of the south's representation in the
senate. Four are from the east, four
from the middle west and two from
the western states.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

u just love to see art extending its
influence to the masses, remarked
the cynical young woman There's
that elevator man in the building 1
just left. He wears a gray livery and
MS cap has a straight black leather
visor. Now, there is an art gallery on
the top floor Of the building, and he
has heard 50 much, probably, about
the harmony Of colors that he has all
lowed the dust to gather on the visor
Of his cap just to have It harmonize
with the rest Of his clothes"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

Mrs Jinx husband gives her q die.
mond every birthday she has"
Il wouldn't change places with Der.
Why. your husband cant aiGord e
give you diamonds2"
II know II; but he kisses me and
tells me ! look younger than the day
was bride Houston Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

The owners Of British railroads. BY
years Of after rs the deIugee In
sistence upon dividends at the cost
Of watering capital, have got into as
bad condition as American frenzied
finance reaches in its most pyrotech-
mic flights. The service is unpro-
gressive, Improvement is delayed and
the demands Of laboring men 20 un.
heard. It is at base a disquieting sit.
uation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
All Her polno.

"Your husband. said caddie, "ap-
pears to be a man Of great selfcon.
troll"
~Yes, replied Mrs Peckham. 'he
is"
Il suppose" Gaddie went on, he
inherited that quality from his gather.
The judge"
mo" she replied significantly, 'it'a
virtue he acquired since his mar.
riaraN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

finally Admiral Coghlan relented, and
said; Jim, II let you Of this time
will you promise me not to get
drunk" Thereupon the reply was:
Thanks fer yer kindness. Cap but
what's the use goin ashore77-Bo-
hemian Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

The difficulties and dangers Of build
ing transcontinental railroad such
as those crossing Canada are not ap-
preciated by the layman, unfamiliar
with the obstacles encountered In
many places the roadbed has to be
blasted out Of the face of a sheer cliff.
possibly overhanging mountain
stream hundreds of feet below. In or
der to mark the way 1t is necessary
for the surveyors to hang logs from
the top Of the cliff, to enable them to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

obtain foothold. Moving cautiously
along this perilous path, where the
slightest slip would send them to
death they work their way, examining
the geological formation and making
notes Of the cutting that will be re.
quired The ak men go first, then fol-
low the transit men to ascertain the
distance and angles, the Jewelers., rod
men and topographeFs, each with
their work to perform before the ac
tual construction Of the road begins.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

did you ever notice anything funny
about bis conyeFsati0ngn
Funny / should aay not Why,
there's absolutely no point 70 It"
That's the funny part Of It Since
It has no point how Is II that It bores
30 quickly"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

The railroad stations Of Berlin are
shortly to be provided with automatic
machines which, on the insertion OF
so cents, will deliver an umbrella A
ticket will also drop out, and. on pre-.
aentlng It within two days to an ofica
Of The automatic society. SO cents will
be paid back in return for the UNI,
brefa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

"Mr Gayboy, when went into a
car the other evening you
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25
Lessons in Laughter.

Il often think" said a teacher Oh
singing, that vocal training might
proftabIy include lessons in laughing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

there, and there is no ring to such a
coin. Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-25

There other embassy Berlin q which such splendid entertain
other embassy which
the chaemagn filled the
for the which ne lives
and this just $500 than his salary
The midland journal., 1908-04-10
WASHINGTON

Speaker Cannon introduced reso-
lutions directing the Attorney Cen
eral and the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor to inform the House what
steps have been taken to investigate
the Paper Trust.
Representative Francis Burton
Harrison, of New York, rebelled
against Minority Leader Williams
scheme to devote the national sur
plus to building public roads.
A new postal savings hank bill was
introduced by Senator Carter, chair
man of the subcommittee of the SEN
ate Committee on Postoffices and
Post Roads.
The House passed the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill. 1t carries an ap-
preparation OF $11,500,000, which is
$4,000 more than originally report
ed.
The Lafollette Employers Liabili-
ty Bill was favorably reported to the
Senate from the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor.
The Senate confirmed the nomina-
tion of DIR. David Jayne Hill as am
bassador to Germany.
The House Committee on the Judi
ciary temporarily tabled the subcom-
mittee's report on the Wiley affair.
The midland journal., 1908-04-10
Foreign

First Lord of the British Admiral
ty Lord Tweedmouth refuses either
to confirm or deny the authenticity
of the letters published in Munich
>zepresSnted as being the cor
fespondence between the Emperor
and himself relative to the British
Navy.
President Castro's official organ
publishes part of Venezuela's an
swer to Secretary Roots last note,
saying .the Venezuelan government
refuses for the time being to take
under consideration the insinuation
made"
King Frederick, at Copenhagen,
received Chancellor McCracken, of
the New York University, and re-
Quested him to tell President Roose-
welt how cordially he appreciated his
labors in the interest of peace.
Vigorous opposition is already de-
veloping to the bill soon to be intro
duced in the Prussian Diet increas-
ing the Kaiser's civil list to cover
the increased cost of living and pro-
vide for his growing family.
Natives and foreigners in Seoul,
Korea, are indignant over the action
of the French consul general in post
ing notice opposing the message of
coincidence sent the family of d. w.
Stevens.
An anticlerical demonstration in
Rome, near the Austrian Embassy,
resulted in the troops firing upon the
mob. Two of the rioters were killed
and three fatally wounded.
A oh N txx hA D~&k r.
is imminent. Should Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman die or resign.
Chancellor of the Exchequer H. H.
Asquith will succeed as premier.
The French Cabinet of Deputies
adopted the Amnesty Bill, which
grants amnesty to those who COM
mitted political offenses in connec-
tion with the winegrowers' revolt.
Alexander Dickson, carpenter on
the United States collier Aberanda,
was acquitted in San Juan of the
murder of Chief Officer Walter
Weichert.
The French minister at Port au
Prince sent alarmist dispatches to his
government indicating a fear that
the legation would be attacked.
Chancellor McCracken, of the Uni
versity of New York. delivered his
second lecture at the University of
Copenhagen.
Lord Roseberry was elected chan
cellor of Glasgow University to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Lord Kelvin.
President Fallieres' visit to Czar
Nicholas has practically been ar
ranged for the middle of July.
Frau Malvine Won Arnim. only sis
ter Of the late Prince Bismarck, died
in Berlin at the age of 81.
Til Yasu, grandson and heir ap-
parent of the Emperor Menelik of
.Abyssinia. is dead.
Dowager Queen Margarita of Italy,
received ]. Pierpont Morgan.
The midland journal., 1908-04-10
ExHAusTING COAL DEPOSITS.
Being Consumed At An Alarming
Rate, Says Roosevelt.

pittsburg. Pa. Especially In re-
sponse to resolution adopted by the
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce,
urging commercial organizations of
other cities to realize the necessity
of conserving our natural resources
sent to President Roosevelt, the fol-
lowing letter has been received by
President English. of the Chamber
Of Commerce:
The White House, Washington, D. G.
My Dear Sir-I am particularly
glad to receive the resolutions of the
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
unanimously indorsing the plan for a
conference on conservation of our
natural resources 1t is peculiarly
fitting that commercial organizations
should be among the first to realize
the necessity of conserving our re-
sources and to act accordingly. The
very foundation of our. commerce
rests upon the natural resources now
in course of rapid exhaustion.
The movement of trains, boats and
ships depends on coal, which is being
consumed at an alarming rate, the
very material of our trains, boats
and ships is wood and iron, of which
both are disappearing at still more
alarming rate than are our mineral
fuels. OF all our industries those
which would suffer soonest and most
from the exhaustion of our resources
are those connected with commerce.
1t is for this reason that l applaud
the action of the Pittsburg Chamber
of Commerce, not only in adopting
the resolutions which you we're good
enough to send. but also in bringing
your action to the attention of SINH
lar organizations in other cities.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt.