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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-14

such a spectacle Of herself that she
forever would be shamed, Mr. Fon-
taine tried to persuade her that no
one would make fun Of her or in any
way would attempt to make her life
miserable. She would not believe him
and was almost On the point OF break
ing her engagement and calling the
wedding OF, whhE her IoverA made the
proposition that they be married IN
the dark.
Accordingly, they began tQlay their
plans The groom-tobe did not let
any one in ON the secret except his
best man, Henry J. Spooler The we'd
ding night arrived, and 100 OF mora
guests fled into the BRIDES home.
They were crested with the sight Of a
profusion of bridal roses and other
beautiful floral DECORATIONS.
The guests all were seated and
were awaiting the arrival Of the bridal
couple, when sMr Spoolers the best
man, turned of the electric lights. at
first all was consternation, ThesxIs-
itors could not imagine what was the
matter Then Mr. spooier announced
that the wedding would take place in
the dark, save for a candle which
would be placed in such position that
the minister could see his lines.
Presently the bride and groom ap-
peared at a side door They quickly
stepped, tostheirpl PLACES where, BY the
Uncertain light OF the candle. their
faces scarcely could be seen. The
minister spoke the few words that
made them one. and, before the bewil-
dered guests were aware ofrwhat had
Enspnened the happy conple escaped
from the room and entered a carriage.
They we're driven to the depot. where
they boarded train for the east.
AYhen the carriage left the, house the
lights were fnfped eR EYsry corner
Of the house was searched, but no
trace Of the runaway couple could be
I80Hnda Mrs Fontaihe hot only had
hidden herr blushes, but she had pre-
vented any one seeing her wedding
gown, although Il was Just Rsa beauti-
ful as 1t would have been had the
/ wearer consented to wedding In the
"limelight."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-14
LAp IS ApRIEr ALL NleAr.
8E1n tsft------Att-
Runaway Sailor Boy Has Terrible Ex-
perienee IN the North Sea.


London.-A runaway sailor boy.
haTned Edward Gray. has had a ter
rible experience. He was ahoat all
night 10 an open boat ID The North
sea.
Gray was found lying on the beach
at Walton-on-the-Naze, shivering and
cold, Beside him lay a grounded boat
A nan hemed sovthgate made the dis
covery, and seeing the lad was In q
state q collapse took hl9, to a police
mans house.
The warm Gre revived him, and he
told most extraordinary story.
He ran away, be said, from the
newly erected Royal naval barracks ae
Shotley. where he was stationed as a
sscond.class boy. Just after midday the
other day. He walked to Manningtree,
ana there found a boat. The idea oc-
CURED to him Of selling the boat and
rowing out to sea.
He piled the oars till he had passed
through Harwich harbor into the
North sea. Soon he began to feel the
terrible cold, and his numbed hands
could hold the oars no longer. He was
at the mercy Of the waves.
All through the bitterly cold night
he drifted along, almost insensible-
At daybreak steamer hove IN sight,
but his feeble shouts were unheaFd
Hope rose again when three barges
came into view, but despite his shouts
and signs they passed By unheeding.
At last, when he was too helpless
and hopeless TO zee or feel, he heard
/ tie grating Ot shingle. Lifting himself
up he saw the boat had grounded on q
beach. He made one spring and land
ed on the shore. Then he knew nd
more till he found Mr.. southgats
] bending over him fi<-i-.A-l
| The boy remained at the police
mans house until the naval authori
Itiea sent for him
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.lRlEI FOB 752 hlLES
THROUGH gRAI CANYON
TWO MINERS TELL or EXPERT
ENcE lN ANiEuL RAPIDS or
coLosADe RIVER

The Needles, Cal-Charles S. Rus
sen and D e MoHett who came an.
the way through Grand Canyon Of
ne Colorado IN l6-fpot rowboat,
reached here the other day. Not
since 1889, when Robert B, Stanton
landed here after a successful fight
Of 752 miles 50 the river. has any one
made the perilous voyage.
ID telling Of the trip Russell said:
The river below Bright Angel for
$50 miles was 30 rough that 4 never
expected to get through alive. II
Niagara Is worse than Diamond Creek
Rapids It must be more than rocks
and water After the damage to the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-14

Pottsville, Pa-Joseph Bradley.
aged six years, wandered upon the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks south of
this place and was run down by an
engine. but miraculoualy escaped IN.
jury BY coolly lying down upon his
stomach between the rails.
( The engineer saw the boys perIlous
'predicament too late to stop Horror
stricken, he and his areman vent
back after the engine had passed oIeF
young Bradley's body. They found
aim in tears. butEnacatisd
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-14

of Julius Haas Smoke Houss. q
BY MI Kennedy Sunday morning
coming out Of Kennedy Brothers
dairy ] resolved I1sssE y tfy fate
again.
BID on Tuesday morning found
that temptation was too strong for
me-t was impossible 10 resist-and
accordingly stole a lot OF picked
tongues from the Haas meathouse.g
When asked as to Why he did mot
give epnd and obtain his liberty. even
II onIs temporarily, schuelle said:
4 don't want to give bond and get
out Of jail. woald rather go to She
counts jail and stay there untl my
trial comes on. think II is better Tor
me to be punished BY staying IN fail
anyway, ! can't face the friends who
trusted me and whom robbed The
value OF all stole would not amount
70 $500 ] could have bought what |
took. but ! could not fight success
fully agatnat the temptation"
Whisky also was blamed BY schnelle
for his downfall
Schnelle has heretofore been so re-
spected and trusted In Alton that
some Of the wealthiest men in the city
have backed him IN his contracts.
When, some weeks ago. he was de-
tected carrying a ham out Of Julius
Haas smokehouse be was so promi-
nent that the man who caught him re-
fused 70 report him. A few days later
be was caught coming out Of the Ken.
nedy dairy. The person who saw him
teld Kennedy without mentioning
Hchuelle's name, and advised Kennedy
10 watch himself for the thief, stating
that Kennedy would not otherwise be
lieve who The man was Kennedy 40.
cordlnRIy watched and finally caugnl
Gchuelle. The, dairy proprietor how
ever, also refused 10 prosecute Their
the police were notified and they ar
rested schuelle when he was making
Oh With the picked tongues.
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Man, so Years Old, Makes Startling
Admission on Witness stand.

Clos Angeles, eak-0n the witness
stand Judson H. Coe. so years old. ad-
mitted writing letters in which he
agreed to- exchange his 1C-yeaE-old
daughter, Ethel, for a position with >
railroad According to the letters The
agreement was made In 1902 with G.
w. Smith, who was employed BY the
Illinois Central N Waterloo Ia
Coe had been summoned into court
BY Judge Bordwell to explain the let
ters which we're introduced by Mrs.
Theodore coe in her suit for divorce.
She was granted an interlocutory de-
cree. Coe had previously been dE
Iyorced from three wives. and a fourth
is dead.
When he owned the letters Judge
BordwelI said Il don't want to listen
to another word from you. You are
stencil in the nostrils of the people n
any community in which you reside"
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she-i am simply tired Of your con.
duct; Ronder how woman can ever
marry 4 mani
He-Vell, there's really nothing
else % maIFa'tF tpeEeF 8 g
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script, Is plainly visible between her
shoulders. while Just below are figures
which the police .discerned as "4'i
and n" tl-- htr1 yt ih
According to the child, she was
passing through Alexander avenue,
near One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
street, when the man, an ice dealer,
ran out and took her 10 the basement,
where Albright FIRE was burning. He
then placed handkerchief over her
mouth with something wet on it, as
the girl related. and that was the last
she knew until she awakened several
hours later, gaffering great pains.
The man, she said, then took her to
the street and warned her that if she
told anyone he would burn her up.
The child became dreadfully nervous,
and has appeared to suffer from the
effects ef the Sleeping petlona rAs fews
days ago her pain became so great
that she told her mother and thephysi-
clan was SUMMONED
Tor a long time Irene, half de-.
hrsodk refused totpefmit the pfssf
saiahlt6 ekamihe her declaring chat the.
man would eitlHefg RIlI Der corr throw
its aaAs
IRE fatler of Tie child, who Is an
ironworker and respected in the
nelghborhood, where he has Lived for
Il n, ,,+frssf 4rf,fl,.e sro,,f ot,t ~, ooorcb ~
the man. threatening 10 Kill him, but
/ at the suggestion of tie police be de-
clded to lef them deal with hifna MAJ.
Kegel recalled that when man came
TO the house to deliver some ice the
little girl ran into the bedroom and
hid her. head aidPr a #eft Shawept
fer q lcpg tire afterra ara INT when
first Questioned declared ahe simply
had a headache The doctor said the
/ man was undoubtedly a maniac, as
+ the -chiid was not otherwise harmed.
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More Than ons Thsfsas $3.50
He-t ana q confirmed bachelor.
She Indeed Nav ] ash ham many
girls alsted 10 The ccnhfmAsical
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-14
EXCHANGES DAUGHTER FOR JOB.

"linelight.'
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YAd1a7dsW 5IAe 70 lIAat
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Treachery Of Officials.

Word came 10 the officials that q
very friendly native chief living among
the colOnists was suspected Of treason
The officer IN charge OF the district In
vited him &c a so-called friendly din
ner. and while he was drinking IN
glass OF wine the health OF his host. he
was attacked from behind and assas-
sinated.
4 not uncommon manner OF eXeou-
ton which is done with official sane
ton is to tie a captive down TO a ring
fastened to the boards OF the floor at
the entrance Of the barracks The sol
diers then receive instructions that
going IN or coming out each one shah
administer a kick 20 the man tied
down 20 the ring. Under this form OF
torture such an unfortunate prisoner
sometimes lives eight days before
death mercifully releases him from
Portuguese inhumanity. Near their
forts in the interior you viii often find
portions OF human bodies hanged on
the trees for the purpose OF terrOrizing
native chiefs whom they fear
In short, the cruel and enforced slav-
cry OF Angola Is Tar wor.fe than that Of
the Congo; the so-caNed labor In
denture" system heretofore has con
cealed from the casual observer the
true facts and that the lives Of men
OF human beings-ars ucS IS valuable
in the sight Of these DE- generates and
slave traders as the Gov or the sheep
in the village street From Angola
arise to heaven the wa S and means
OF a suffering, detected people. and the
frequently seen pile Of bleached and
dried human bones found along the
trail or back OF some village mutelY
testihes that some pOOr unfortunate
slave was done 70 death.
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tie OF brandy from his owner. snd that
for a fortnight he had been placed on
starvation diet, and ever morning
had been beaten on the hands IL make
him confess To the crime. I bought
him from the owner. and told him
that he was now free man, as 1 be-
longed to nation and a government
that did not deal in human beings.
He agreed 90 stay with me az long as
I wanted him at q stated salary and
I have got him now, and can produce
him at any time 10 prove what | say
and also 20 show the terrible marks
Of cruelty on his body from head to
feet.
You can readily understand that II
the officials do this sort Of thing what
the prtvate individuals viii do. SAID
10 one Of the richest slave traders III
that country one day that l would sp-
neal 20 the Portuguese government on
behalf Of the slaves. He iaCgnea- anu
Dojnting to himself. said: II you
want TO appeal 20 the governffle I''
then do so now. because 1 an tne
government OF this country. The gov
eminent owes me so much money tnll
they can never pay it, and they osis
not do anything against me.
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iutely no schools The parents teach
their children TO read and write to
certain extent. hut that is the sum
total Of education Altogether they
are too ignorant and uncivilized 10
see the terrible horrors OF the things
they do. I saw the chairman Of the
church council ia Humpata leading
divine services about 10 O'Clock ard
ct 4 o'clock the same Sunday after
noon taking three wagons with brandy
end other stuff TO a native village
where he traded his cargo for thirty
children. having first gotten their par
ents drunk that he might effect the
exchange.
The system Of government IS
traves.y and a farce. It's f0lIies can
not oe explained and an idea can be
given only by relating incidents that
actually opened. For instance. ]
had a rife Glen and reported the loss
20 E magistrate saying that 7 suspect
ed 3 certain boy. He told me 70 go
and arrest the boy myself. as there
was no Official 10 perform that ser
vice. He said that after securing the
suspect he would staIve him for three
days in order 20 secure a confession.
Failing to secure it he would bear him
They usually coafes before they
died he said. II after the starving
and beating the man sJin lived, and It
appeared that he was innocent he
would be turned loose.
Duplissis was g resident somewhat
more hardened. He lost three calves
and told the magistrate OF the man
he suspected. The magistrate told him
to arrest the man, but the situation
was delicate as the latter was a chief
Of a sinai; tribe. The magistrate au-
IhOrized Duplissis TO recruit his friends
and go armed and get the chief, which
was what the renegade settler wanted.
The result was that a number OF the
harmless natives were killed and al
their cattle were driven of 10 the
profit Of the settlers. The case ended
there
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THE Oh TRAMp pRINTEa.

1.-THE renectiors OF a coul try editorl
The old tramp print What's come o
who dropped around bout wunst =
In times gene by7 That cherroin
We use { see, half full G cheer
He us tails that pole an jest as
CANT
AND looked like sixteenth cousi= Il
sum boardin' house, er rest er-ranti
He'd walk right IN an git { biz
An choose sum absent fellers case
Forever like the shop was his
An that was his pre-empted place,
An never say a word But then
II allus seemed he'd timed It so'st
He'd git tus most usual when
We seemed t want an need him most
The dust OF many ciimes lay brown
Upon his shoes; he used { say
That some was there from every HOW'D
From Maine Z Cal-o-forn-i-as
Perhaps his morals want the best,
Nor emmy speshul good Z US,
But we could overlook the rest
In such an interesting Cuss.
There has been times. in twilight. when
I've knowed ne felt the loneliness
Mongst strangers when he'd take my
An write rare lines OF tenderness
OF mother. home an faces fair
An fadin' dreams Of other days,
An then I've knowed some good was
there
Behint his wild an rovin' ways.
But now he's gone. an sometimes when
The papers out an al IS still
! seem { bark back there again
An this oil wien seems q 6Il~
He wasn't Just what a man should bSa
No doubt o that-but when I look
There's sumthln hurts me when 1 see
That go s missin' or his hook.
John D. Well5 IN Buffalo News.
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Slave Traders in Power.

THAT is exactly the position me
slave trader being a rich man anu Ille
Portuguese government and govern
rnent officials being essential FooF, II
does nor take the willy save u.4deI
long IN have them in his power ana
this is exactly what makes II 50 ulL-
cent for anyone 70 interfere on behaH
OF the slaveH.
The way l anc my family have peeh
nersecuted. driven from the country
and subjected TO innumerable losses
ana indlgnities on account OF the
position I took IN behalf If the slaves
IS an illustration Of what an active
part the, government of Portuguese
takes to protect the slave trader
Yet II is a fair country in which All
these horrors are today going on. Dor
dered by the Congo on the north. the
German Southwest Africa on the
south. and British Central Africa on
the east. is Angola. the Portuguese
colony or West Africa Messamedes
is the coast town and a hundred miles
inland where the mountains rise into
the cooler airs is Humpata-
II was N June. 1905, that I arrived in
Angola with the intention OF making
Il my nome. I went in 20 the village
Of Humpata, where 7 purchased prop
erty and started business. l remained
IN the country until the following
April. when on account Of my OppOsi-
ten 10 slavery my stay was made i'm
possible for me by tie government Of
hcials there, in conjunction with the
slave traders. In that time. however,
/ had gone about much and seen a
great deal as my business was trading
and transport riding and necessitated
srlr.ci TIA -raI
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An Island On Dry Land.

FOR fifty miles inland from the coast
tnsre is a barren and protitless cOun-
try, and then are encountered great
mountains that are difficult Of ascent.
On top OF these mountains is a great
Plateau, and on this are other noun
taiEs and rivers, and altogether a
country distinct from anything else in
Angola. 1t is like an island on dry
ls nd. Offering conditions where life
may be most pleasant. and 1t is on
this mountain that colonists settle
themselves. It is quite healthy and
easily accessible from the east side.
There are, perhaps. forty or fifty Boer
families settled here. who left the
Transvaai some thirty or fifty years
ago. They consist OF the old stamp
of people. who would never submit to
law and order. and who. after long
years of treklSing, have eventually
settled down under the Portuguese
government on that mountain They
built the village OF Humpata. laid out
fans. where they built homes. and
now live comparatively comfortable.
There are a few Englishmen and Ger
mans. and. perhaps. thirty 10 forty
Portuguese families settled in the vii
lage of Humpata. on top Of this noun
tain.
The colOnists exist from hunting.
transport riding. and trading, princi-
pally. In a small way some Of them
indulge in slave trade, but the real
slave trader of the country is a DIFF
ferent stamp Of man from these set
tiers.
There are several plateaus where It
IS perfectly healthy for Europeans to
1--we but In the low and swSmpy coun-
try malaria fever RACES the greater
part Of the year. and It is only during
the winter that the colonists or other
Europeans go down to these districts
to hunt or trade with the natives
Game there is OF all kinds Elephants
are being shot every winter not more
than fifty or sixty miles away from
-a-mpata, and such game as buffalo.
f1raffe, hippopotamus, lions. and tigers
is to be found 10 great number 1t is
therefore the perfect EldoIado of the
hunter
The colonists live in a very primitive
way. and education is almost an un-
known quantity, there being abso-
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tie slave girl OF some twelve years OF
age. Her mode OF Furnishing this child
was to burn her with "a hot iron. She
after Yard left Humpata and went
down to Mossamedes, ard there she
inflicted wounds with these hot irons
that killed the poor little girl. This
was done right under the nose of the
governor and magistrate, but nothing
Was done toward furnishing her.
The Portuguese officers themselves
are slave owners and one of the most
cruel acts 10 q slave that il has been.
my misfortune to see was perpetrated
by The wife of one of the leading Of
icers in Mossamedes, who owns quite
100 slaves. Passing through a village
called Chebia in the interior. ! wit
messed a slave being beaten To death
in the following way. He was stretch
- out on hiz StomaCh on the ground
and held down by wo strong men.
two others were hired by the owner.
who is a Portuguese woman. for the
purpose of flashing this poor slave 30
death. She said 10 was necessary to
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Terrible Atrocities Perpetrated.

The unfortunate men handed over
to the slave trader In this way are
shackled together in Tows OF four,
in wooden shaci1les, and are driven
down 10 the coast in that way. the
journey lasting from ten 20 twenty
days. On these journeys from the in
terror TO the coast some Of the most
terrible atrocities are perpetrated.
Arriving on the coast an officer in
Portuguese uniform is met, he being
stationed there for the purpose; he
reads a form OF contract 70 these cap
tured people in Portuguese they are
told by an interpreter stationed there
also for the purpose, to answer yes
TO the reading Of the contract They
do so without having understood
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By GENERAL FRANCOIS JoUBERT
PIENAAR.

TNDER the yoke Of slavery or
daily threatened by II, 100000
natives Of AngOlaland lead
lives that abound in grewsome
prosecutions, and are more hopeless
and more depraved as the years pass.
A handful OF people, Portuguese and
their descendants, renegade Beers,
with a sprinkling Of English and other
adventures. augmented by the slave
traders. hold the whip hand over this
mass, and WELD it TO their viii and
advantage
These outsiders are unthinkable de-
generates, having been so long cut of
from the civilization OF their fore
fathers they have lost all appreciation
of il. and 50 exploit the native as ever
10 drive him 10 deeper depths OF
misery. The nation having authority
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One Slave That Was Freed.

Walking Up the streets OF Humpata
one day, I saw a man in charge OF
the prisoners working in the streets
flashing away at one OF the men in
lis charge. I asked him what the
matter was. and ne told mo that the
prisoner would not work The pris-
oner showed me his hands. which
We're swollen to an awful extent, so
much so that they were hardly recog-
nizable as human hands, and could not
use the shovel. ] went 10 the magie-
trate, and he told me that the man
was suspected Of having stolen e bot
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make an example of him as he tried
to escape from her too brutal service.
These Two hired men were handed
chicotte and told that first one and
then the other had to lasn away until
the slave was dead The agony of the
poor fellow before he died was bevond
description. This was cone not $50
yards away from the house Of the
magistrate,