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The Washington herald., 1908-05-27
MALoDoRoUs PLATT.

From the Hartford Couraut
New York once sent to the Senate such
men as Rufus King, Philip Schuyler, Cow
erneur Morris, De Witt Clinton. Martin
Van Buren. and silas Wright-as Daniel
S. Dickinson, John A. Dix. William H.
Seward, Hamilton Fish, Preston King.
and Edwin D. Morgan. AT present her
commissioned spokesmen In the Senate
are Thomas c. Piatt and Chauncey N.
Depew. We have To-Day the news OF a
finding in a New YORK courtroom, and
In an exceptionally malodorous litigation.
that it's the woman In the cAse-and not
New York's senior Senator-who has been
committing perjury upon the witness
stand about an alleged marriage cere-
mOny OF sorts on the premises Of hotel.
But what shred Of dignity Is left 10 the
aged Senator by his own testimony in the
case?
Prom the Baltimore NeWA-
Now. the character of Mr.. Platt has
not been suddenly disclosed The peo-
pie who made him Senator knew him
for what he was. He gained the honor
By his grip on the organization. and IT
was composed largely OF the men who are
now fighting Gov. Hughes and who are
amazed at his hardihood IN contesting
their supremacy. II Mr.. Hughes has
done nothing else. &c has awakened the
public conscience in New York so that
it Will not be possible to send another
Platt to succeed the one who now dis
graces the State.
From the Springfield Republican
Senator Platt. having been handsomely
acquitted OF the crime Of two wives in
one package, will be absent from the Re
publican national convention for the sim
ple reason that he does not care 10 go.
Had he said the word, faithful old Tioga
would undoubtedly have sent him as one
OF its delegates. Mr.. Platt has not missed
a Republican national convention hitherto
since 1872. and the next one viii not miss
him.
From the Springfield Republican
The fact that the hero OF the narrative
II hero a moral monstrosity Ike Platt
can be called-ls a member OF the United
States Senate, the greatest legislative
body in the word. from the first State il
the Union, makes the disclosure OF his
depravity almost q national disgrace.
From the Rochester Herald.
Mr.. Platt confessed just enough TO
make it apparent that his resignation Is
is order.
From the New Orleans States
Platt denies that he said he was an
old fool. Still. It may have been said
r.. a. a. VI r~.-t-- pos4
Brass as a symbol FOR effrontery might
now give way 10 Platinum.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-27

Representative Hamlin, of Missouri d.
verted the House by illustrating the i'm
mensity OF the appropriations made at
this session Of Congress.
The amount Of appropriations IS S1.O23,-
100000. In twenty-dollar gold pieces this
weighs ls5l tons.
Allowing one ton to a load. it would re-
quire a train Of wagons seven and one
half miles long 20 transport il. To pack
ii on mems back. allowing $50 pounds to
a man, would require every Representa-
tive who voted for Speaker Cannon's cleo
tion as a Representative. and 1 30 Demo-
Gratis beside
The Washington herald., 1908-05-27
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE MORAL.

He got him up q deal in wheat, and Ill
most had to sell his shoes.
He did, In fact. part with his seat It's
tough TO gamble when you lose.
he tried 10 corner pieDlant then; ex-
hausted every trick and ruse.
But made bust of it again. It's'tough
to gamble when you lose.
He has no money now TO burn; his wad
consists of ones and twos.
We may from this a lesson learn. It's
tough 10 gamble when you lose.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-27
From he spripeaeld Rspublican.
Frnn ths snrinraeld Ren,lhllcan

From the Rochester Herald.
Mr.. Platt confessed just enough TO
make it apparent that his resignation Is
is order.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-27

From the New Orleans States
Platt denies that he said he was an
old fool Still. It may have been said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
MILLIONS IN SIGHT.

claim. The brothers, both Of whom
are dead remained unmarried, content
ing themselves with the life in the
Australian bush and the accumulation
Of the vast fortune that now awaits
distribution.
Like a fairy tale is the story Of the
romantic career Of the Goodman
brothers, who left Iowa in May. 1852,
bound for Australia, to try for for
tune, and whose heirs, now residents
Of Dubuque and vicinity, are about to
inherit a fortune Of $10,000000. On
February 30 the heirs of the deceased
wealthy miners, residents in Spokane,
received word by cable from counsel
Of the family. who had been sent to
Sydney. Australia, to look up the mat.
ter, that he had been able to locate
the holdings Of the men, and that a
fabulous fortune was in waiting for
distribution among the heirs in Amer
lea.
Notification was Immediately made
to James Finney, formerly Of Du-
buque. now OF Cassyille, Wis, and he
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
WAR MYCROBE IS BUSY.

idea has been developed in naval con-
struction, new offensive idea TO
overcome it has been Immediately
forthcoming. Just now, little is heard
of the inventors of defensive elements
in naval or land warfare The trend
is all toward the offensive, toward
more deadly types Of guns, shells, and
other projectiles
OF course, inventors Of military bal
looms and airships are much in evi-
dence. Each one is confident that he
has evolved plans whereby it will be
possible for the armies Of this coun-
try to soar up in the empyrean and
wipe out all their enemies before
breakfast simply by dropping explo-
sives among them.
One inventor has evolved the idea
Of a torpedo which carries a gun in
side of it. On striking the side Of
ship the torpedo explodes and this ex-
plosion in turn fires the gun, which
is supposed to wipe out the battle
ship Then, there is torpedo with
double explosive capacity, the idea
being to make useless the chain OF
netting protection which is sometimes
employed TO keep warships from be-
ing torpedoed.
A man from California has written
to some Of the members of the house
committee on naval affairs suggesting
that If the sides of a battleship were
creased it would lessen the ability Of
projectiles to infict damage This
idea has been referred to Secretary
Metcalf for what it is worth. The ad-
vocate of it found that when his ham
mer was creased he could not drive
nail. and he thought application of the
principle to battleship may be useful
The application Of oil to the sides
Of torpedo is another suggestion
made This may prove practicable. as
most of the resistance to the pas
sage Of a torpedo or a boat through
the water is due to the friction between
the surface Of the moving body and
the water Immediately In contact with
that surface. Oil would tend to les
sen this friction, and hence increase
the speed of the torpedo.
The favorite argument offered for
the consideration of congress by the
inventor of some alleged deadly en-
CINE Of destruction is that it will help
to make war impossible If this does
not serve the purpose, then there is
the argument that high patriotic duty
ought to lead to the adoption Of the
invention in question as sure way
to the discontinue Of all the enemies
of the Republic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
INVENTORS WITH DEADLY DE.
VICES PEsTER CONGRESS.
One Suggests creasing Sides Of Bat
tleships to Defect Missiles---High
Explosive Shells and Military
Balloons Offered.
Copyright by waldon Fnwcett.

Washington as the locusts
which plagued Egypt or the grasshop-
pers which pestered Kansas are the
cranks and inventors, in whose brains
buzz and whirr the bacilli Of destruc-
ton, who are swarming about the cap
itol and insisting that congress take
up their inventions.
They are the geniuses who have
evolved plans for wiping out large
share of the human race in case Of
war. They are prepared to obliterate
whole armies and sink battleships like
mere pleasure craft, if their inventions
are accepted by the government and
turned loose on the enemies Of Uncle
Sam.
Probably there never has been a
time when congress was so beset with
such inventors as it is now, and the
naval affairs committees and the mill
tary committees are beleaguered by
them
Some scientist has advanced the
theory that red corpuscle Of a spe-
cial variety is at work on the human
race, exciting it to war and stirring
up sanguinary trouble on a great in
ternational scale. Evidences exist
that this theory is not far out of the
way. At any rate, an extraordinary
number of folk haunt the capital nova
days who are anxious to be allowed
to demonstrate how large segments
Of the population can be obliterated by
the use of the right kind of weapons.
Inventors of new types of torpedoes
are numerous. Indeed, much Of the
inventive genius Of those who would
enhance the terrors of war is centered
on naval warfare If some of the in
ventors are justified in their asser-
tons, torpedoes Of an efficiency which
will make navies almost useless, have
been developed.
High explosive shells are also the
subject of much inventive attention
Shells Of a type which will crush the
armor Of a Dreadnought at the dis
tance of six or seven miles as if the
armor we're an eggshell, have been de
vised, according to their inventors and
promoters.
II is we'll known that, in recent
years, wherever some new defensive
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

bathe in, declared the person inter
viewed.
Then, there are plumbers bills.
The lint from the clothing chokes the
bathtub drains and we have to pay
big money to get them clear again
Besides, there is a hotel laundry. 1t
costs a fortune to maintain it, and If
the mulu.millionairesses choose to
economize by turning washerwomen it
will put the laundry out Of business.
"Chambermaids kick, too They say
It Is almost impossible to get the
bathtub clean after a bale of dirty
clothes have been washed in It.
Lastly, bathtubs are not laundry
tubs; toilet soap is not laundry soap,
and chambermaids are not laundry tub
scrubbers."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
MlNcE Pie PARTS COUPLE
Mamma Gave II to Children Against
Papa's Wish.

81 Louis-Henry ]. Pierce, owner
Of the Pierce skyscraper here and for
mer president of the International
Street Railway company OF Buffalo,
n. r. and his wife Violet 3. Pierce,
filed evidence in his divorce suit here.
Alexander Hellrung, styling himself
a medico gymnast, deposed that while
Pierce was convalescent at Little
Boarshed, N H., Mrs. Pierce appeared
and talked SO excitedly and persistent
ly that Pierce tainted, and it became
necessary to order her to leave the
resort
Robina swetman, trained nurse,
testified Mrs. Pierce refused to kiss
Pierce at breakfast, and insisting he
was not to be cheated out Of his kiss
he seized her hand and kissed It,
Mrs. Pierce claimed he refused to
receive her and her five children when
they returned from Switzerland in
1907, forcing her to 60 to her former
home in Yonkers, N. Y, wherS she
now resides Her refusal to receive
Pierce once until he looked less like
a shorn sheep" was in jest she al
legged Mrs. Pierce wouldn't let Pierce
walk with his sisters huoband, his
sister testified, and gave her children
mince pie when he objected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
NINE h=R UNLUcKY NUMBER.
That Figure Re, rrs in All Mrs. Vein
STEMS M fortEnes.

Philadelphia.-How mucn tLq figure
9 can affect the life of a woman -7as
shown when 9-year-old Yetta Vein
stein died Of convulsions at the Penn
sylvania hospital Her mother, who
was Jennie Silverman before her mar
riage, is one woman who does not be-
lieve that the figure is lucky and
the story Of her life seems to prove
her belief.
Her maiden name contained 9 let
ters and she was married to a man
named Weinstein, which also contains
9 letters. She was born 39 years ago,
on the 9th day of the 9th month and is
4 feet 0 inches in height and weighs
80 pounds She was married January
8, 1889, and her husband died 9 years
ago, October 8, 1899, leaving her the
infant child, Yetta, who was weeks
old.
Mrs. Weinstein was taken sick with
fever 10 months later and after 8
weeks Of serious Illness recovered,
but with the loss Of her eyesight With
the death Of her 9-year-old daughter at
9 o'clock, she was left without rela
tives and few friends. She lives at
No. 533 South street, and in her blind
ness is dependent upon charity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
DOwies Now Raising Chickens.

their heads tucked contemplatively
under their wings, and noted the deep
religious calm that hovered over them,
said: IF you half close your eyes, it
looks like a meeting Of whiterobed
Zionists at prayer
Ben Mac Dhui was one Of the pet
projects of elijah Dowie at the
height of his power It consists of 100
acres, and Dowie expended an im-
mense amount Of money on IT, It was
his favorite home, and he was accus-
toned to spend his summers there.
or all the valuable property thai
belonged to the elder Dowie before his
death, Ben Mac Dhui is almost the
only piece that Gladstone Dowie now
possesses.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

departed FOR Spokane TO hold counsel
with the members of the family there
and TO meet the family attorney who
viii arrive there from Australia with
the testimonials be has secured prov
ing the claims Of the family to the
wealth Of the Goodman brothers.
"Of course, I do not remember my
uncle, who left here in 1852" said
Mrs Mary Needham Of So Needham
place, when seen at her little home,
but I have heard stories Of the ad-
venturous young fellows who went out
to seek fortune in their youth and
about whose lives there hung much
Of the mysterious and romantic to us
children.
My mother, who was a sister to
Lawrence and owen Goodman, de-
lighted in talking Of her brothers, and
often have we heard tales Of how one
May day in 1852 they started for Cali
fornia with a team Of oxen. They
were bound for the land of Australia
and their fortune. It took the boys
all summer to reach California. There
they set sail for Australia, and, with a
few exceptions, the family did not
hear from them. The last letter was
received in 1876, when my uncle wrote
to mother. The letter was from Owen,
stating that Uncle Lawrence had been
killed in a mine and for "a hours was
buried under 100 tons of earth. Owen,
the younger of the two boys, died 20
years ago. From that time until few
years ago we heard nothing Then
my cousin, John Finney Of Spokane,
Wash, started on an investigation, and
eight months ago, he having died, his
wife sent her attorney to Australia to
determine the facts in the case.
"We have had no notification from
my brother James, who left for Spo-
kane but we expect word any day now
telling US exactly how things stand in
Australia / believe the claims are
right. The property had been confs-
Gated by partner Of the uncles. But
the counsel from Spokane has been
able to secure quit claims to all the
property. It has taken long time,
but ! believe it will come out right
yet am sure It is relief to know
what became of the uncles who left
here SO long ago.
Years and years ago one Of my
uncles wrote to the Finney boys, tell
ing them to come to Australia, that he
would give each farm and stock the
same. that he would pay all their ex-
penses and start them on the road to
success. But they refused And we
heard nothing Of them afterward.
I'VE will soon hold family reunion
in Cassville, where other relatives live.
There are II Of us to share in the for
tune Of s10,OOO,OO0 it is claimed is
ours by right Of inheritance.
MY mother died in 1885, and It is
regret that she might not have
known what became Of the young fell
lows who went away in their youth to
seek and find their fortune. She was
very proud Of them and it was de-
light of our childhood to gather about
her knee and hear her narrate sto-
ries Of the two brave young boys who
went to seek their fortune in the un.
known land"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
WASH IN BATHTUBS
RICH WOMEN IN NEW YORK
HOTEL ARE ECONOMICAL.
Cleanse Own Hosiery and Lingerie
and Use Soap Worth So q Cake
Management and Chamber
maids Kick on Practice.

New York--Tt Is wasteful. III bred
disgusting, and a sure sign Of tight
wad' for a woman Of wealth to wash
her silk hosiery and lingerie in her
bathtub, according to the manage
ment Of the Hotel Gotham
Therefore the management of the
hotel is debating whether to give its
millionaire patronesses a gentle tip in
the shape of a petition against such
"unladylike" practices.
When a reporter called at the fash
ionable hotel he was told that for
some weeks wealthy feminine guests
had been cheating the hotel laundry
out Of its dues by turning laundresses
and scrubbing their own lingerie in
their private bathtubs
No names we're mentioned-of
course not. The management did not
deign or dare to expose the women
who have the clothes cleaning idea, A
petition requesting them TO patronize
the hotel laundry, and by so doing cut
down exorbitant plumbers bills for
digging lint out Of stopped up bath.
tub pipes, will be sufficient, it is said.
A representative Of the management
said that the soap which the hotel pro
vided for its guests costs three dollars
a cake. Il is toilet soap, to be used
for removing dust from faces and
hands, not from soiled pieces Of fem
lnine attire.
Its simply shocking and it's even
more expensive-this cleansing OF gar
ments In tubs made for people Ia
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
MOTOR car ouTklcKs MULE.
Jury So Decides Because a Farmer
Flew Thirty Feet.

York, Pa.-Something on the morn
ing Of October Is, 1907, hit Farmer
Leander Blouse of Chanceford town
ship amidships as he was driving
along the Chanceford pike near York
before daybreak with a load Of pota.
toes. He was propelled over the fence
for a distance Of 80 feet.
1t was left to a jury in Judge Wan
ners court to decide whether the
great injury to his person" was in
ficted by an automobile driven by
Arthur Geesey or by Farmer Blouse's
own mule. The jury, after deliberat
ing for a quarter of an hour, decided
that it was too good a kick even for
a mule, and awarded the farmer $739
damages.
Geesey, who had been making an
early start to open the rabbitshooting
season, insisted that he had been on
the right side Of the road, that Blouse
was driving on the wrong side, but
that he turned his auto in time to
avoid a collision.
His theory of how Farmer Blouse
came by his grievous injuries was that
the farmers own mule must have in.
fiicted them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
TWO IOWA WOMEN TO INHERIT
BIG FORTUNES.
Bachelor Uncles Amassed sfo,ooo,ooo
in Australia Which Now Awaits
Distrbution-EIeven to Share
In Wealth.

Dubuque, lathe sudden transition
OF the families OF Mrs John r. Need
ham and Mrs. James Finney Of this
city from all but poverty % opulence
is the prospect that recent develop
ments have brought about
BY the death OF two uncles these
women will shortly come into nearly
$2,00O,00O worth Of property left them
by adventurous brothers Of their pa
rents. who, back during the days OF
the mining craze. left the old home
and made their way 10 Australia,
where they struck It rich, amassing
a fortune OF 100000 Attorneys
are at work on the case proving the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
Widow and Son Go Into Poultry 5usi-
ness at Ben Mac Dhui.

Chieago.-Ben Mac Dhui, Apostle"
Dowie's costly farm at Muskegon,
Mich, has gone, not to the dogs or TO
weeds, but to the chickens. The long,
sloping lawns are covered these days
with chickens, geese and turkeys, and
the halls Of the summer home are de-
voted to a chicken hatchery. The
Bible has been displaced by the in
cubator
Mrs. Jane Dowie and Gladstone
Dowie, the widow and only son Of the
former ruler Of Zion City, are man
aging the enterprise, and their entire
income is derived from the poultry
business. Nj. Dowie is a graduate Of
the Harvard law school, the University
Of Chicago. and several Australian
schools, and is bringing all the re-
sources Of his trained mind to the fat
tening Of fowls for the Chicago mar
ket
An irreverent outsider, who visited
the farm the other day. when he saw
long lines of white fowls at roost with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
HE'S A NAVY MASCOT NOW.

named Teddy and sister called Alice.
They we're all born near Fort Leaven-
worth, the army post, so it is unusual
that Nick should be enlisted in the
navy. But his master says Nick never
liked the army
Nine thousand miles is longer dis
tance than most dogs travel. However,
that is the trip Nick is to take Mr.
Weaver is a hospital steward in the
navy. His home Is in Efingham, Kan.
He left Kansas City for San Francisco
Later he will sail for Manila, taking
his dog with him.
Anything for a ships mascot-a
horned toad or a grizzly bear-but few
persons are fortunate enough to own
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

Names Of offenders we're refused.
Examination Of the hotel register
showed many millionairesses among
the guests, some Of them being Mrs.
Frederick Nelson, Mrs. Tracy Dows,
Mrs. Henry Burden, Mrs. Herbert Car
penter, Mrs. Frank G. Bourne, Mrs.
W. S. Draper and Mrs. Kniekerbocker.
Other uptown hotels have made
similar complaints regarding the use
of the bathtub for laundry purposes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

Washington-The government on
Nay will pace on the market 2,135
arms and viii allow purchasers ten
ears to pay for them
The area of the farms will range
-om 10 to 100 acres and they are
lade available by the completion and
svelopment Of the irrigation projects
the west The farms are in Ne
ada, Oregon and South Dakota.
In South Dakota 175 farms will b.
vailahle in tracts Of eight acres, and
/ Wyoming 200 on the North Platte
reject and 200 on the Shoshone pro
.,ct. costing from 5000 to $1,000.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25
JOKE FEEDS HUNGRY MOB.
Rich Church Makes False Report
Good by Real Breakfast.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Some enemy of the
fashionable Second Presbyterian
church played a joke with surprising
results, by circulating a story that at
the Sunday morning service a good
breakfast would be served to 150 for
the city's needy Long before the time
set for service the vestibules and
halls Of the big church on Eighth
street were crowded with the worst
looking lot OF people who had ever
been inside the doors. They were
hungry and had come to be fed,
though neither the pastor nor any Of
the flock knew what was expected.
The pastor, Rev. S. Edward Young,
soon found out, however, and starting
the collection with a dollar, which he
said would find breakfast for ten men,
he went through the church and soon
had enough to feed every one and
have a surplus for permanent Sunday
morning breakfasts. Now every one
is invited each Sunday morning to eat
in the basement at the expense OF
Pastor Young's Breakfast Brother
God club"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

good mascot like Nick" said
Weaver.
This is the description on the dogs
enlistment papers: Eyes brown, hair
white, complexion aibino, disposition
cheerful, health excellent, wages three
good meals per diem.
So no more chasing Of cats and
barking at wagons for Nicholas Long
worth Weaver"
when he returns from the islands
he'll be able to tel many interesting
stories to his fellow dogs" said his
owner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-25

Freeland, Pa-Every industry IN
town dependent on electric power was
compelled to suspend operations be-
cause a rowing mastiff was caught Ia
the betting of the electric light plant
and dragged into the machinery. Or
erations were resumed after the
mangled body Of the dog was removed.