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The daily Alaskan., 1908-02-04
FROM THE NORTHERN LIGHT"

"Pat, do you understand Preach ?" "Yes, If it's spoke in Irish"
 co sss The ladies of s,int Agnes Guild will meet with Mrs. Flynn tomorrow after noon.
 sooo The excursion launch Elsie will be launched in March.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
NolSELESS SHOT DEVICE.
Worcester Man lnvents Firesrm At
tsokme ut Different From Maxim'3.

Oliver \. Smith OF Worcester. Mass.
has invented an apparatuS for making
noiselesS the discharges of all kinds OF
firearms. Ii is wholly different from
that invented recently by Hiram Percy
Maxim. Smiths invention can be ear
ried about in a vest pocket and attach
ed ut Il moments notice
Smith regards 1t as remarkable CO.
incidence that ut the time his inven-
ton was being perfected the same
idea WAS being worked out secretly by
Maxim hundreds of miles away.
Smith does not allow close scrutiny
OF his attachment. hut from demoa-
stration it seems to be II kind of cap,
with narrow bar across the top. that
fastens on to the end of the barrel or
muZzle. adding IN inch or more to its
length. The outlet is the exact bore
of the shot. bat projecting inward the
bore increases slightly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
The First Coins

While the first actual Coming @:
money is attributed to pheidon. kim
Of Argos in 800 T. c.. il must not be.
supposed that there had not existed Il
keen appreciation of the value ard
uses of money for centuries previou.:
to the introduction of coinage. The
ancient Egyptians had gold and sill.
YER standard of currency, and their
money was in The form of gold and sill
yer ornaments. rings and nuggets. the
purchasing value of which depended
on their weight. The Greeks improved
somewhat Oh this system by first mark
Ing the weight on gold and silver uur.
gets so that it would no longer BE-
necessary TO reweigh them every time
they were to be used for purposes CT
exchange or trade. Then came The in
trodGction of gold. silver and cop,Ier
nuggets of graded Uniform sizes and
yaltle. The Eext s:Sr was the ,moldlng
and. stamping AT disks in:tde from tho
precious Metals. Some IF these first
COINS were enormous. the idea ,appar
entity being to discourage the greed.
from attempting to accumulate afd
carry around too many of them. Their.
were copper coins as large as dinner
plates. While the idea was based or
excellent motives. it had to give way
before the demand for smaller ap,l
more convenient forms of currency.
ard the giant pennies soon dwind!ed
in size to meet the popular demand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
CLUB TO
HOLD A MEETING
Managers Win Report on Matter of
Harbor Guard and Club
House Plans.


The Island City Boating club will
hold another meeting tomorrow hight
at the city hali. the principal reason
for the gathering being 30 give new
members chance 10 join and 20 dis
cuss the objects ard the accomplish
ments of the club. The club now
numbers about 20 active members
and many more have, signed.
The board of managers will meet
in the afternoon and the men who
have applied for the position of guard
at the harbor will meet with them
and one of them will very likely be
hired. The matter of buying a boom
will also be discussed, and at the meet
ing of the club the managers will re-
port The managers hardly hope to
be in a position TO put up perma
Inent club house this year but plans
for store house which will be located
at the harbor have been given, atten-
ton and will be submitted 10 the club.
1t is very probable that future
meetings of the club will be held at
the city hall. The mayor is heartily
in accord with the movement and is
doing all he can to promote it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22

at trinidad. no de Jarei-n. Puata Arc
mas aud callao. At Valparaiso the
feet had not arranged to stop. hut the
play as any OF the more favored ports.
They were steamed in one side of the
harbor across the water front and out
the other side, while 100000 people
gathered from the various parts of
Chile stood and watched. No less
than the size aud power of the fleet
did the behavior of our sailors ashore
leave their impression upon the South
American people.
At every port the men We're given
liberty At no port did they reflect
anything but credit upon the service
and the nation They We're clean. we'll
set. Intelligent looking. well behaved
young fellows, three or four thousand
of them some days. making the rounds
of the shops, museums, anything, any
place that would interest the young
fellow eager to see the world And
among all these thousands so few of
them played the rowdy that we all had
TO feel proud of them.
"The United States must be great
and good nation, they said every
where, IF these are their young sail
orS"
The Monroe doctrine became to them
| much more palpable because of the
| Impression made by our officers and
men. Undoubtedly we will have TO ill.,
| terfere or at least be asked to inter-
| fere for generations yet in South Amer
| lean political affairs. and because of
| this cruise these southern people will
| appeal to rs with more force.
This great fleet of ours in its per-
| sonnet and material is unquestionably
| the highest class atloat Its great
| cruise just finished has furnished an
| other concrete Illustration OF American
efficiency. 1t has raised the standard
| of military efficiency for the fleets of
!, the world 1t is the greatest naval
cruise OF the history Of the world. and
at no time could it have failed to make
| faster schedule.
| Thus on the last leg from Callao to
Magdaleua bay no trouble was expe-
rienced in beating the schedule by two
days. and even at that the fleet could
! have come several knots faster. II
must also lie remembered that during
all this while all branches of the serv-
Ice Mere keyed up to the same high de-
gree of efficiency
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
New Umbrella Handle.

Even though summer weather is sup
posed TO he perfect. umbrellas are
sometimes necessary. and for tile very
newest is made Il detachable circular
vanity box about one and Il half inches
i'll diameter, which may be fastened to
the handle. Thus in clear weather the
box may take its place among the dan
Cling trifles on the wrist. but in wet
weather it may be instantaneously at
tached to the umbrella. The tiny aid to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
TELLS OF FLEET
j. 3. Connolly Gives impress
sions of Vessels That Went
Around the Horn.
FINEST IN WORLDS HISTORY
Even While Passing Through the Dan
gerous Magellan Straits the Ships
Kept Their Spaces.

James Il. Connolly OF Gloucester,
Mass. noted us writer of sea stories
and Il close friend OF President Roose-
welt, left Admiral Evans fleet at Mag
the ships from Hampton Roads as the
civilian representative of the president
He arrived ut SAN Francisco by train
the other night and gaze this state
ment of the fleet:
With the coming to anchor in Magda-
lena bay Of the Atlantic fleet Il great
cruise ended. To be sure the vessels
later, after Il parade of the west coast,
have TO complete the circunlnavigat ton
of the globe by the way of the east
and the Suez caa;:l. hut that will be
childs play compared with what they
accomplished in leaving Hampton
Roads, holding the fleet formation all
tie way and making the $4,000 mile
itinerary in schedule time.
Here Is the problem: Sixteen battle
ships of five classes aud as many sizes.
speeds and equipments, We're suddenly
called upon to get ready for sea. Most
Of them We're preparing for fall target
practice and had been looking forward
to the winter West Indian cruise. Most
OF them had their systems of internal
communication yet TO Install. Under
these conditions they left for sea with
many various and important parts I'M
completed. \ good deal of this work
they finished during the cruise By their
own men in addition TO the hundred
other duties. To take this fleet around
WAS the duty of some hundreds OF
officers, Young and old. experienced
and otherwise. and $4,000 men. OF
whom half probably had never before
been to sea.
For eight weeks this fleet proceeded
in Il formation which allowed only pc
yards of clear water between the stern
of one ship and the bow of the next
behind. all this time steaming at 10
IL or II knots an hour except on rare
occasions. when they slowed down fol-
some extraordinary reason. and then
only for the shortest time. And that
go yards interval had TO be preserv-
ed ut all hazards. for if the officer OF
the deck allowed ship to fall more
than forty yards out of position he
was compelled by the commander in
chiefs order TO hoist an indicating
penuant. which of course no officer
cared to do If he could avoid it,
Now. 1t did not matter whether Il
was night or day. clear weather Oh
foul, that close interval had to bt
maintained.
Made at Regulation Speed.
The passage Of the Magellan strait
of the reri!s of which so much has
been said WAS made by the fleet al
regulation speed mt regulation inter
vals. The worst part of that passage
making from the strait into the IA
clfic. was made at night in the usua
formation in Il fog aud ut 10 knot.
an hour without one ship for a single
instant endangering the safety of the
next III line.
Another thing. this feet impressed
as no one thing ever did before upor
the minds of the people of the Soutl
American republics the military powe
of the United States. This is the cast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
Prize Eor tho Best Apple s1.oCo.

One thousand dollars in geld will ~,
awarded as :; special prize TO the grow
err of the best single apple exhibited ~
the aatienal apple show III the Sp--
kane (Wash.) state armory Dee. : to
IA. The competition Is open TO the
world. In addition prizes aggregating
$4,000 and nlmerolsi trophies. medals,
banners and ribbons nil. he hung up
for exhibits in other classes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
Open Minded.

> You wouldn't believe this possible
but still
I'll believe anything possible" in
terrupted the sour citizen. I've bought
little law in my Louisville
Courier Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22

beauty inclCde5 the powder and pun
and in the lid is fastened a diminutiye
mirror which magnifieS the face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22

that it is the best medicine have ever
used-W. F. CASTOR, Posco, Ga. This
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22

remedy is safe and sure. For sale by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22

Remedy in my family in cases of
whooping cough, and want TO tell you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
HIS MONEY WAS GONE.
salina Man Robbed of Several Hum
drcd Dollars in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Dec. 19-When William
Chitwood of Salina, Kan. arrived in
Z ansas City, he, was accompanied by
c. L. Arterburn, who also hailed from
Salina. The two men became friends
on the train and went to the Metropoli-
tan hotel for the night. The clerk as
signed them to the same room. Chit
wood retired at 1880 and woke up at 4
in the morning. His Salina friend was
up and dressed and was taking a soci-
able drink swithIs the clerk, Mitchell
Jeffries. Clitwood was invited to par
take of the redeye liquor, and accepted
the invitation.
Desiring to know1the time, Chitwood
looked at xhis4 watch, but it was gone
and then he discovered that his money,
1916 in silver, was missing. His friend
and the clerk said they knew nothing
about it, Chitwood was not suspicious
of the clerk or his friend.
Patrolmen Richard Elliott and John
withroW arrested -Arterburn and JEFF
fries later and booked them for inyesti-
cation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

thing originated from the inquiry of
William Gordon for his wife
In short the history of the affair
runs like this: John Gordon, the son
of Joseph Gordon, disappeared from
his home in Topeka thirteen years
ago. He was at one time a pressman
in the employ of the State Journal.
He was a member of Sunf1ower
camp No. 536, of the Modern Wood
men and carried $4,000 insurance.
For seven years during his sons alb
sence the father paid the dues of the
son in the lodge and then he claimed
the insurance. After suit against the
Woodmen in the district court and the
supreme court the old man received
the insurance together with the in
terest for seven years. Nothing has
been seen or heard of John Gordon
since. 1t is confidently claimed that
he was killed in a freight train wreck
between here and Junction City at the
time of his disappearance from To-
peka. Several Unidentified bodies
were taken from the burned and shat
tered caboose of the wrecked train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
STRIKE is GENERAL.
Glass Manufacturers Will Meet Tues
day to Take Action.

Cleveland, Dec. 19.-Advices re-
ceived at the headquarters of the Ma
tional Window Glass Workers indicate
that the members of the union quit
work generally throughout the country
this morning in order to enforce the
adoption of the new wage scale which
carries an increase of practically 25
per cent. Among the plants that are
said to have signed the new scale in
addition to the American Widow
Glass company at Pittsburg are those
at Kane, Pa, Shinglehouse, Pa, Ell
bred, Fa., and Fredonia, Kan
President Faulkner of the Window
Glass Workers union said today that
about 200 pots were in operation this
morning compared with 100 yester-
day. This means that about 500 skill
ed men are at work and 1000 idle.
meeting of the manufacturers will
be held at Columbus, o., next Tuesday
to take action relative to the new wage
scale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
WAS ONLY A DREAM.
No Resurrection of John Gordon,
Missing for Many Years.

A story, erroneous in almost every
respect, came out this morning to the
effect that John Gordon. who has
been missing from Topeka for over
thirteen years and who has been legal
~ dead for seven years, had reappear-
ed and the case would cause all kinds
of legal proceedings and trouble in the
family and lodge circles. John Ger
dom disappeared rom his home in To-
peka in 1895 and has not been seen
since.
The report this morning stated that
he was seen in the Simms laundry in
North Topeka asking for his wife. He
was said to be mentally unbalanced
and disappeared from the laundry in
the same manner he appeared. The
truth of the matter is that his brother
William Gordon was inquiring con-
corning his wife in the laundry and
John was never thought of. Further
more, none of the girls working in the
Simms laundry know anything of Ger
dom ard are not acquainted with him.
It is stated that one of the girls
called him by name and sought TO
quiet him. telling him that his wife
was not. there"
The legal trouble said to have been
caused over the alleged appearance of
John Gordon originated in the eff
forts of the Modern Woodmen to keep
the young mans father from collecting
the life insurance. When Gordon
disappeared his father, after a series
OF nSntS All OIL the COu Is u
the state, succeeded in collecting the
life insurance of the son. 1t was
Thought" by the morning report that
the lodge would have a chance to
claim their money.
When interviewed by a State Jour
nal reporter this morning the father
of the young man in question, c.
Joseph Gordon, who runs a machine
shop at $50 Kansas avenue, denied the
whole story and was very indignant
about the false statements.
Have you heard anything from
your son ?" was asked.
81 have not heard a word in over a
dozen years and there is no truth in
that article this morning"
''Dou you think there IS anything to
the laundry story?" was the question
intercepted.
ct know that it is untrue. I don't
know a thing about my boy"
1t was plain that the old father was
unaware of anything pertaining to the
whereaoo of the son and he was
left 20 himself. He was not in very
good humor when seen by the re-
porter this morning.
County Commissioner Frank SimmS,
the proprietor Of the Simms laundry
in North Topeka, denied the story this
morning. He said that the whole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
DOES THIS SUIT YOU j?

NJ Weightman, jr., the enterprising
druggist of Ninth and Kansas avenue,
having such a large run on "Hindipo,"
the new Kidney Cure and Nerve
Tonic. and hear it so highly praised
that he now offers to guarantee it in
every case to cure all forms of Kid
ney Troubles and Nervous Disorders.
He pays for it If it does not give
you entire satisfaction.
If you use it, it is his risk, not
yours A 50-cent box Blue Liable
Extra Strength, $500. sent by mail
under positive guarantee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

this evening in police court. Certain
evidence is hard to find. The intricacy
of the workings in the Bottoms bafHes
the police Although sure of gam
bling house or a nuisance, When they
gain an entrance there is no evidence
to be found This district is iurtn le
protecting itself from the police by
having all phones taken out. At pres
emf there are but two or three tele-
phones available for the patrol call.
The threatened snow SENS to have
aroused the insane people worse than a
full moon. S. H. Bennett was FOUND
prowling about the river front at l
o'clock last night. Bennett has just es-
caped from the asylum and Will be re-
turned. N. H. Cedarstrom, a North TO-
pelSa painter, was taken Thursday and
sent over to the county Jail to await
trial much to the distaste of the keeper.
In view of Christmas. the police de-
nartment are all paid the months sal
ary at nidmonth which is about as
much an appreciated kindness as could
be done at this season
An extra dinner of turkey and cram
berry sauce and other Auletlue u ellca-s
cies will be served to the city prisoners
Christmas is the plan of the ch1ef II
is epected that an unusually large table.
will be needed for the White Horse
Gang begins it's depredations early IN
the morning of that day.
Fred w. Brown, from Kansas City
an old enough fellow to know better
go+ drunk in Topeka last evening and
insufted some little girls who were ON
the street He was arrested by De
fac+ive HOPKINS but at court this morn
40 was not prosecuted except for being
drunk, for which he paid 50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
EXIT MRS. ABBIE RICE.
Central Figure. in Rustin Trial to Live
in Idaho.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 19.-Mrs Abbie
Rice. the central figure in the trial of
Charles E. Davis, who recently was
acquitted of the charge of killing Dr.
Frederick Rustin, is said to have
started yesterday for Boise, Idaho,
where she has a sister living. Mrs
Rice previously expressed the inten-
ton of rejoining her husband from
whom she had been separated. Rice
lives in Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
Is Sentence of Mrs. Morton for Dyna-
uniting Ogden Home.

Oakland Cal, Dec. 19.=Mrs. Isa-
bella J Martin, who was convicted of
conspiracy in the dynamiting the
home of Judge Ogden in this. city, was
sentenced today to Imprisonment for
life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
SOW sNNestern Posfn,nsters.

washington, Dec 19.-These postmas-
tiers have been appointed: Kansas-Boi-
court, Linn county, Isaac E. Matthew.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-25

nue. as ln said ordinances pro-
gidei and as authorized hy the
act Of congress approved April
26th. 1905, entitled can Act to Pro
vide for the Final Disposition Of lne
Affairs Of the Five Civilized Tribes
in the Indian Territory and for Other
Purposes, and the total cost Of said
improvement has beenascertained and
is hereby determined to be the sum Of
$751; 1420s6, to be paid by assessments
against the lots and tracts Of land
abutting upon said portion Of said
avenue Sc. constituting said street i'm
provement district No. 2 and
Whereas. all legal requirements
have been fully complied with to
authorize tho levying Of assessments
gaainst said lots and tracts of land
liable to assessment for the cost Of
said improvements, and,
Whereas. It has been ascertained
and is hereby declared that each Of
said lots and tracts Of land will be
specially benefited BY said improve
ments to the extent Of the cost there
OF to the center Of the street as far
as such lot or tract Of land abuts
thereon, therefore
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY CHICK
AsHA:
Section # That there shall be and
hereby Ii apportioned to and assessed
against the several lots and tracts Of
land in said street improvement dis
trict No 2 with the improvements
thereon and the appurtenances there
to belonging the amounts respective
ly as follows, towit:
Assessment for paving Kansas ave
nue. from Railroad street 10 east line
Of alley between Fifth street and
Sixth street, improvement district No
2, Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Woodward, DIETRICH, Guth-
/ ridge. lot 10, block "A s272.8C
Woodward, DIETRICH, Guth.
ridge, lot ii, block a.. 272.sC
Woodward, DIETRICH. Guth-
ride. lot l2, block 44.. 2728C
I woodward, DIETRICH. Guth-
ridge, lot lS. block 44.. 272st
S. S. Prince. lot "A, block a.. 272.St
s. s. Prince, lot Is, block 44.. 272st
S. y. Prince, lot 1e. block Al 2024.
Guy Wood & Son, lot II, block
"A ..................-. 202.4.
Guy Wood & Son, lot Is, block
"A. Observation-Disclosures. 2024i
John W. Dun, the south 100
feet, lot 19, block 44... 202. a.
John w. Duff, the south 100
fnnf fnf On bIonfr 400 Rl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-25
COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCED

To the Members Of the Chickasha
Commercial Club.
Gentlemen:-
Below will be found the committee
assignment for the ensuing year. /
trust that each member of the COM
mittee win feel that a certain special
duty devolves upon him to mako a
creditable showing In this ork for
the year. Without this the work Of
the club viii be very much restricted
Mr.. Cad Allard was selected by the
executive committee as secretary for
the club by reason Of MS especial ht-
ness for the publicity part Of the
club work, a part Of which will sup
niement the work done by the presi-
dent and each committee Of the club
BY this plan it is contemplated that
everybody shall do his part in this
work. Yours truly,
d. d. SAVER
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-25

Membership and Finance: B. P.
Smith, Ben f. Johnson, T. H. Dwyer,
R. NJ. Cochran, M. D. Carson.
Advertising: Jonas Cook, G. H. Rus
sell G. H. Evans, J. W. Kayser, A. B.
Cochran.
Industrial: J. c. Early J. R. Aber-
orombie, D. H. sigmon, Scott Jones,
Dennis o'Brien.
Trade Extension e. e. Dugan, ",
N. Edwards. ] D. Buie. r. f. Brown.
Roads and Bridges: Ed r Johns,
A. s. Gilkey, II. b. Spencer, G.. G. Cal
vert, Guy Woods, G. Sullivan.
House and Entertainment; II. L.
Jarboe, Jr.. DR.. r. H. Williams, r. G.
Latling, R r Thweatt. o. NJ Clay
comb
Railroads Lawrence Martin H. B.
Johnson. H. G. Mckay y. u. Colby,
r K Wooten.
Transportation and Rates I. n.
Potts, G. Fl. Russell, A. 3. Mckenzie,
Jno. Gribi. II. ]. Brownson.
Parks and Bouleyards H. B. John
son, Bon Hampton, ]. B. Sparks, ]. d.
Chastain, n G. Steele.
Sidewalks; G. Schlotterbeck A.
/ B. Thompson, G. A. MeGehee, G. p.
/ Holland. A. A. Humphrey.
Auditing: Q. L. Greer, Jn0. A. Nc
Clure, w. W. Horne, r. d. Lemon, c,
n. HollingswOrth.
Convention: Horace Humphrey, G.
NJ. Fechhelmer, B. B. Barefoot, H, r.
Hovey, DR.. r. L. Dawson.
Paving: J. b. Burton. j. A. Temple
Lawrence Mills, %. e. Colby B. b
Bridges.
Legislative: Thomas O'Neill, 4. s
lCilkey, e. e. Colby, Alger Melton, G.
II Barefoot.