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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09

quitoes caused the spread of yellow
fever Mai Ronald Ross of the Brit
ishIndia medical service also discoy-
cred that malaria was also carried
from one person to another by the bite
of the anopheles mosquito, and scien-
lists began to awaken to the impor-
tanee of systematic and thorough in
vestigation on this subject. Col
Gorgas made such an investigation in
Cuba.
Mosquitoes, according to the army
Investigations, do not originate the
germs of either yellow fever or mala-
ria, but carry both, after biting human
beings. The stegomyia insects are ma
tives of India and the Philippines, but
the yellow fever organism has never
been taken into those countries, hence
the mosquitoes are not dangerous to
life or health there
For his work in Havana Mai. Gorgas
was promoted to colonel by special act
Of congress in 1903 He was sent to
the Panama zone as chief sanitary Of.
flcer, and March 4, 1907, was made a
member of the isthmian canal commits
sion. At Panama he proceeded to
clean up" and to prevent the devel-
opment Of disease by fighting the mos
quitoes.
We fought the yellow fever mos
quito with chemicals and screens, de-
stroyed the breeding places of the ma
laria mosquito, drove him back sew
eral hundred yards from our camps
and villages, put wire netting into the
houses and advised everyone to take
three grains of quinine daily" said
Col. Gorgas last October. 81 think I
am justified in saying that we have
malaria under control Our death
rate among Americans last year was
less than four persons In 1000, and we
have 1890 men and 1900 women and
children along the zone from Panama
City to Colon.
Describing the general measures for
sanitation along the Panama zone. Col
Gorgas said:
we found a strip of country ten
miles wide and 46 miles long, with a
considerable settlement at each end
and almost 25 hamlets between. we
followed the methods which had rid
Havana Of yellow fever, a scourge that
had been epidemic for 15O years We
stopped the fever in 16 months.
''In the city Of Panama alone. where
each house was fumigated three
times. we burned 100 tons OF pyre
thrum. 200 tons of sulphur and large
quantities Of other disinfectants. -Four
hundred men were engaged in the
work. Ninety-eight per cent Of the
West India negroes. who came to dig
the canal, had malaria, and the para.
site was found in the blood Of 20 per
cent. of those persons whom we exam
ined at random"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
HEAD OF PHYSICIANS
coL.wlLLiAM ooRoAs, CLEANSER
OF PANAMA ZONE, HONoRED.
New President Of American Medical
Association Has Attained an In
ternatlonal Reputation Among
the Scientists.

Chicago.-Col William c. Gorgas
whose work as chief sanitary officer of
the Panama canal zone and previous
work of like nature have been recog-
nized by the medical profession in his
election to the presidency of the
American Medical association, las at
tanned an international reputation
among scientists He is generally
given credit for the measures that
freed Havana Of yellow fe5er and made
the canal zone. once considered one
of the deadliest spots in the world, as
healthful as Illinois or Vermont.
Col. Gorgas is a native of the south
He was born in Mobile. Ala, October
3, 1854. His father was a leader in the
confederate army-Gen. Josiah Gorgas
At the age Of q Col Gorgas was grad
uated from the University of the
South, sewanee, Tenn. He finished
his professional course four years
later at Bellevue hospital medical col
lege, New York city, and became a
member Of the house staff Of the hos
pital. After a few months Of this
work he entered the army service.
His first appointment was as a lieuten-
ant Of the medical corps, in 1880. He
was sent to Fort Brown, Texas, where
he was the victim Of an attack Of vel
low fever. Misfortunes have been the
making Of many men, and in the case
Of Col. Gorgas personal experience
with the dread disease gave him an in
terest in it that was destined to bear
important results for the good Of the
world.
One year after the appointment of
Lieut. Gorgas to the army service, DR..
Carlos Finlay, praeticing physician
in Havana, first brought to the notice
of the world the theory that mos
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09

and who brought me over here-a
man with a big hearty smile on his
face, and big warm hand. and a big
warm heart Gents, he-he supported
me. He made me live In comfort.
But, gents, he"-old TerwiIllger
smiled In spite of himself-"he was a
ioker-such a Joker. And didn't mind
so much. But his heart-that man
would give, give give all he had for
the poor, the sick. the stricken. But.
gents, he was man who would never
let his left hand know what his right
hand was doing. He gave through
me-" Old Terwi"Ter became terribly
In earnest "CAHs" he went on, yes
terday, In the fire, was IN my sec.
ond-story backroom in closet. was
shut OF by the fire. There was no
hope for me. But--he. this man with
the big heart. He found me. He res.
cued me. I'm safe. But he-he's IN
in his big house" Terwilliger's voice
Quivered. only the doctor knows
He's burned that man. And he amt
a-goin' to get well. Gents" he cried
aloud, that man is the man YOU never
knew, who wouldn't let you know him
whose left hand didn't know his own
right hand Gents, that man was-
Cradlebaugh. He gives the thirty
thousand, as he gave all he ever gave
-unbeknown-through me"
The crowd was silent for a moment
Bartlett led the cheering, then led the
way silently out Of the church and nm
the steep hill toward the house Of
Cradlebaugh.
The town was almost too late. The
doctor shook his head as the commit
tee forced its way on tiptoe into The
room Of Cradlehaugh
Hell never speak again. the don
ror said. But he was mistaken era.
dlebaugh had heard chem. He strug.
gled painfully up on his elbow.
Boys, boys" he cried, you've come
for me-to-get-up--a list. Its-all
-right-boys.'
He stopped for an instant. Then his
voice rang loud and clear:
Jim Cradlebaugh gives two dollars
to- rebuild Donaldson" he cried
Come, step up now. Who'll give
twenty?"
That night there was a list OF fatal.
ties In the hand.printed Donaldson
daily. And Jim Cradlebaugh. head.
liner, was at It's top. He had passed
into the loving memory Of the town
whose best friend be had been.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Man Who Slept on Cecil Rhodes Tomb
Shows Worth.


Minneapolis, Mlnn.-Frank Clifford,
civil engineer, Boer scout, prospector,
adyenturer-and as proof Of this last
title, the man who slept on the tomb
Of the late Cecil Rhodes in the zam-
bezi mountains-is in Minneapolis.
He came in without any fare Of
trumpets In fact, just how he got here
is material only to himself. He is
here and better satisfied with Mime.
apolis than any city he has yet seen.
This man, who has most fascinating
life story, had the good fortune to
meet STAFF Captain W. H. Goodlng, and
is now making temporary quarters at
the Salvation Army industrial home.
The meeting was fortunate, because
Clifford had allowed the cashier Of a
Bridge Square restaurant to fll his
meal ticket with holes His shoes
were already in the same condition,
and it looked as II the starry sky was
to be his eoyerlet Instinctively Capt
Gooding sized Clifford up as a man
deserving Of a boost.
The boost was given him. It was an
invitation to the bed and fare afforded
at the Industrial home. while a search
could be made for employment There
is always lots Of work at this home,
where rags, paper and other scrap
from the city is gathered and convert
ed into cash to sustain temporary
stopping place for just such men as
Clifford The Boer scout took hold,
and after two days was sent out on
call for a laborer.
Since then he has had work Of near.
~ every description, except at his
trade as civil engineer. In civil life
IN johannesburg. South Africa, he has
handled big contracts for building
reservoirs for hydraulic mining, and
aid much city work. Not being a citl-
zen here, he says he has been handi-
capped. but he intends to take out
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Jim Cradlebaugh, Head-Liner
By VIM. Hamilton Osborne
lcopyrIght. by shortstory Pab. -

seen. The rumor grew that Cradle
baugh was keeping to himself, in com
fort, up in his big house on the hill.
Others, who had, perforce, sheltered
themselves there during the night, had
not seen him At any rate, he was not
among the crowd in the church.
Bartlett told the people just how
things stood He knew the town. He
knew its needs.
"This is business" he said fully
third of us are very well-to-do. We've
saved money. Two-thirds Of us have
been living from hand to mouth. The
one-third must rise 10 the occasion.
Gentlemen" he added earnestly, this
is thing that will make the rich
poor; but it's real-its real-it's real
The crowd felt it. Bartlett prepared
dozen subscription lists and sent
them through the crowd
Wen pull through he told him
self, when he began to see results.
And Terwilliger Terwilliger II give.
Good old Pro Bono But-where is
he?"
Almost as he spoke Terwllliger, q
lean, struggling old man, entered the
church, and struggled up the aisle.
He seated himself at the foot Of the
stairs just below the pulpit. He wait
ed hours until the lists were all in.
Then Bartlett stepped to his side
Il want something from "A
Friend" he ventured
Terwiliger took the list and scrib
bled something at the bottom. Bart
lett looked at It, and shouted aloud
with glee
"Hurrah, boys" he yelled, here's
something worth seeing. Listen while
| read The last name on the list
From fellow townsman, $3O.OOO'
Nov" he cried, I'm going to tell
at last-it's from Mr.. Terwilliger here.
That's who it is The nan Of this
town-the man who gives every time,
all the time who
But Terwilliger was up beside him
in the pulpit, holding his arm.
Wait, wait" cried Terwilliger, in a
thin, shrill, piping voice, but a voice
quiyering with earnestness-"wa wait
He turned to the audience.
IF the truths to be told" he said
Tets tell the truth, the whole truth.
and nothing but the truth Gents, he
went on, fifteen years ago | was in
the poorhouse over in Monroe. Listen.
There was a man who found me there,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
A BOER SCOUT MAKES GOOD.

his naturalization papers and over
come that point.
In addition TO scouting through the
entire Boer war, during which he re-
ceiyed three wounds, he acted as
scout for the Beers in three Kafir up
risings. He speaks and writes four
Kaffir lingos. With his wife and three
children he left johannesburg last No
vember. His wife and family are at
present staying with a Boer farmer
near Cleveland, o. With the boost
given him he hopes to earn enough
soon to send for them and have them
join him in the city that makes good"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Public Mensess to Morality

Perhaps it is waste of words to
moralize over social scandals, but each
new domestic upheayal in what is
called our best society (meaning orr
wealthiest) exerts an evil influence so
far beyond Its source that the impulse
to plead for a higher standard of
morals among the richest people is
hard to resist. Il must be admitted
that little good has resulted from the
most earnest remonstrance in the mast
The young lions in society. In many
instances, continue to conduct them.
selves as If they were unconscious Of
any public duty incumbent upon them
as If they were unaware that the no.
sition they hold, by the grace Of the
community, carries an influence which
II exerted for evil, menaces the very
existence Of the social order. Yet this
is the plain truth.-New York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
NATURE AS a scULPTRess.
Waves Of Ages Have Set Up Monument
TO Washington in His Name State.

Seattle. Wash-From the most
northwesterly point Of the state which
bears the name Of Washington, itself
the most northwesterly in the Union,
a likeness Of the father Of his country
chiseled by nature through a multi.
tude Of years, looks out across the
water to British territory, a silent war
der Of the nations outpost. This great
sculptured rock upon the beach is
such replica Of the profile of Wash
ington that it might have been the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
oh. ooodnessl

"Where do asps come fromge
whats an asp?"
"Why, these little snakes, you know
-the kind that bit Cleopatra"
"Oh. yes. j think they come from
Asia"
What makes you think so?"
I'm sure I've heard Of a place
called 'Aspasia. cleveland Leader
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
BROKERAGE FIRM GOES UNDER
Court Appoints Receiver for BuItman
Company, Survivor of Bucket
House Campaign.

CINCINNATI. o.. Aug. 5.-Upon applica-
ton of James Healy. L. Daniels and Clar-
ence Bennekemp, all of Cincinnati. in the
Thompson appointed william r. Thrall re-
ceiver OF the Charles e. Bultman company.
Assets amount to between $4,000 and 800, f,
600, while the liabilities are from 10000 to
$4,000. Nearly every state in the union is
said to the represented among the dealers
with the Bultman company, which recently
absorbed the brokerage firm OF Moorehead
& CO.. one of the best known concerns in
this section. The Bultman company was
the last OF the larger brokerage concerns
10 quit business, nearly all having failed
since the indictment OF over a score of
those connected with them on charges of
bucket-shoppng.
NEW YORK. Aug. 6-Ths suspension of
the firm OF Eastman & Co. stock brokers.
was announced on the floor OF the Consol-
idated Stock exchange today. Robert E.
Eastman. head OF the firm, was arrested
in Chicago last night after A. A. Knowles,
vice president OF the Mechanics National
bank Of New York, had gone to Chicago
with evidence against Eastman.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6-Robert +. Eastman,
the New York broker arrested here yes
terday, was found by the police today to
have in his possession bonds and certified
checks to the value OF $4,000 Twelve
thousand dollars was in government bonds,
$4,000 In other bonds and the remainder in
certified checks.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
CLoUDBURST WRECKS TOWN
Waters Sweep Down six Feet Deep
from Mountain Side at
Bisbee.

BIsBEE. Ariz.. Aug 5.-The postoffice
and all the business houses and offices on
one side Of Main street for a distance OF
200 yards were wrecked late yesterday by
the cloudburst which swept down the
mountainside a mass OF mud and rocks.
The damage is estimated at $4,000
Postmaster NJ. Z. Cassidy. Sheriff Jack
White and eighteen girl clerks in the post
office narrowly escaped when the flood, al
most without warning. struck the building
and filled 1t with water six feet deep.
Huge boulders and tons OF dirt and rocks
slid into the first floor OF the postoffice,
where the force was at work. Considerable
mail was washed away.
Miss Clara Larson OF Chicago was
rescued from five feet Of water by Miss
Barr, another clerk.
Thousands upon thousands OF tons OF
rocks and dirt were washed into the streets
which are piled five to twenty feet high
with debris.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
PIG IRON TRADE ACTIVE
Heavy Buying to CastirOn Pipe
Interests Puts New Life Into
Market.

CLEVELAND, Aug 6.-The Iron Trade
Review tomorrow will say, that heavy buy
ing of pig iron by cast-iron pipe interests
has brought new life to the pig iron mar
ket. leading pipe interest has within
few days purchased $1,000 tons OF southern
iron and an order for 1900 tons, recently
placed by the New York state pipe concern,
is announced. The sale of southern iron
places several companies. which have been
making low prices, out of the market for
the third quarter. Although 1t may still be
possible to buy on basis OF $11.5O Bir-
mingham for No. foundry, several i'm
portant interests have advanced their quo
tations to from s1225 to $l25O. In spite of
the Improvement in conditions in the south
the situation is not such as to justify fur
ther advances, which, II made, would prob
ably check buying. The Standard Sanitary
and Manufacturing company has purchased
1900 tons for It's Louisville plant and Is in
the market for 1000 additional tons. The
usual sale basis for southern product has
been $11.50. birmingham. In the east there
is moderate activity in foundry iron. The
average price OF Bessemer for July was
$685. valley. the lowest figure since
October 1905, and the iron is now selling at
s11.5O valley, with a limited demand. Basic
is also quiet.
The movement OF ore from Lake Superior
region for July amounted to 1884 2s3 TONS
making the total for the season 7,235, PSI
tons, a decrease of 1.029 46O tons. compared
with the same period Of last year NJ. A.
Hanna & Co., sold 100000 tons of ore on
fve-year contract but other sales are
for smaller lots.
The production OF pig iron for July
amounted to 1,225,S63 tons, compared with
1.1O6, 800 tons in June, and eleven more blast
furnaces are In operation.
In finished materials the strength OF the
situation largely. is not very satisfactory
situation lies largely not very satisfactory
on specifications that are being received.
Buying by the railroads is still disap-
pointing and some companies which cater
exclusively to the railroad trade. state that
their business is poor. We note, however,
an order for 1880 tons OF rails placed by
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. An indus
trial railroad is in the market for 500 cars.
The light rail demand is fairly active.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
SENATOR ALLISON'S FUNERAL
Services Will Be Held Saturday After
noon at Late Residence.
LONELINESS OF LATER YEARS
without Kin, the Aged Statesman
Has Been Living Solely for the
Public service-COneaeues
VIII Attend.

DUBUQUE, Ia. Aug 5s--The funeral OF
Senator Allison will be held on Saturday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock and II will be simple
in the extreme Funeral services will be
held at the residence of the dead senator.
Rev. ]. T. Bergen, d. D., pastor of West
minister Presbyterian church, of which
Senator Allison was a member, will offici-
ate at the house and also at Linwood GEM
etery where the burial will take place. The
body will lie in state on Friday afternoon
and evening. Arrangements are under way
for the suspension OF business in the city
during the funeral. Flags are at half-mast
on all public buildings. kilograms of sym
pathy are pouring in from public men in
all parts OF the country.
The arrangements for the funeral Of Sen
ator William B. Allison were completed to-
day at a meeting Of his friends. There is
not relative to consult, not a single wish
to consider outside OF the desires of his
best friends in Dubuque and Washington
and throughout Iowa. Alone, not survived
by a blood relative and living solely for
the public service which he might perform
Senator Allsons last few days were a fit
ting climax OF a lonely mans life.
The Allison home today is in charge OF
the few intimate friends OF Senator ALI
son. The house, draped in mourning, Is
fairly filled with the flowers and the body
OF the aged senator, prepared for burial
will no doubt be laid In state for severa
hours later in the week.
His funeral arrangements depict the lone
illness OF his later years. No relatives are
! present-he has none. Friends are there
he had legion. and 1t is they who are ar,
ranging for the final obsequies over tho
remains of Iowa's distinguished senator
who bad cast his life 50 much in the hands
OF the public. Home life, privacy and quie
were all sacrificed by Senator Allison fol
the public veal.
Senator Allison was more than a publ,
man. he was the publics man. He be
longed to them. They will bury him a.
he would be buried. by throngs Of hi
neighbors and friends.
Elaborate preparations are being mad
to handle the enormous crowds OF friends
not only from Iowa, but from all over tn
| United States. who will attend the funera
services Of the great statesman. Many o
his colleagues in the senate will be present
Many OF the officials from Washington
| are telegraphing to Dubuque friends tina
they will be present No man other thai
a president will be more honored dead thai
Senator Allison,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
FLAMES TURN ON MICHEL
After Three Days Fight for Homes
People Are Beaten.
RUIN AS COMPLETE AS AT FERNIE
Canadian Pacific Train with Fire
Fighters on Board Blocked by
Wall of Fire and Forced to
Turn Back.

VANCOUVER, b. c.. Aug, 5.-For three
days the peole of Michel have fought for
their home with death at the door. Yester-
day afternoon they were beaten at the
game. The city, the second in size OF the
devastated district OF East Koosteai.
started to burn in real earnest at dusk.
Nothing can save 1t from being heap OF
ruins even more complete than Fsrnie.
From a light eastern breeze the wind
turned to a gale from the west at o'clock
in the afternoon and the city in moment
was doomed. The blaze came sweeping
down the hill. At the edge of the town
10000 feet OF mine timbers owned by the
coal company caught fire and four loaded
railroad cars standing on a sidetrack were
consumed. Two Canadian Pacific locn-
motives were hitched on to a train to carry
the fire fighters away to the west to safety.
BY the time the train left for the west the
fire was spreading all over the yards.
The train got only half a mile on It's
journey when 1t encountered a wall OF
flames. There was danger OF its being
hemmed in and being burned with every
body aboard, so the locomotives were re-
versed and run back with all speed. BY the
time the train returned all the houses on
the flat district back OF the Great Northern
depot were burning and the main town was
likely to catch at any moment. At 8
o'clock lone newspaper man and the tele-
graph operator still stuck by the telegraph
instrument.
The last message the newspaper man sent
was:
Many houses are burning. Trains cannot
go west OF here. Railroad service west OF
this town will be blocked Indefinitely. To
the east the line Is clear. VIII try TO reach
Crows Nest before morning and forward
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
SCIENTISTS TO SALToN SEA
Government Experts WIN study Evap-
GRAFTON 10 Arrive at
Formula.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Aug. 5.-If plans
which scientists In IN employe OF the
government are now carrying into effect
are successful. engineers will have within
the next few years what they have never
hitherto had-a formula OF evaporation OF
water under given conditions The field
OF study OF the scientists is the salton
sea, the inland body OF water near the
Mexican line which was In ages past a part
Of the Gulf OF California
The government proposes to keep from six
70 eight men on the ground for two years.
These men win study he supply OF water
70 the sea and will attempt to determine
by the recession OF the body OF water how
much is taken in by the atmosphere in a
given period.
Prof y. B. Bigelow OF the United States
weather bureau has been assigned 70 take
ehArgo of ths WORK and he win be assisted
hS the local weather bureau memoers
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-06
MAY SEE DAUGHTER MARRIED
Ran of Church VIII Not Keep Presi-
dent of France from Attend
ing NuptiaIs,

PARIS. Aug. 5.-The marriage OF Mile.
Ann Falleries daughter OF the president
OF the republic, to ]. ]. f. Lanes. the
presidents secretary, which is to take
place in the church OF the Madeline, August
10, has raised the question whether the
president can participate in the ceremony,
owing to the fact that all French officials
who were concerned in the adoption OF the
law providing for the separation Of church
and state have been accommodated. Ac-
cording TO the church organ, the Gaulois
the archbishop Of Paris, basing his con-
clusion on one Of the acts Of the council
OF Trent has decided that inasmuch as
the ban of accommodation was not pub
lished by Rome in the churches, the pres
ence Of President Falleres at the church
would be tolerated"