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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-26
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Advertising and news are first cousins.
The railroad and the stage coach srandchld
and grandfather.
Four out of five advertisers still use stage coach
methods. The agency that distributes news has the
quickest cheapest and most effective machinery for
distributing advertising That agency is the news
paper
The who passes your shop window is going
somewhere. He IS on some other errand. If you
want to catch him when he is not in hurry put your
shop window in the newspaper a few articles at
time. You make hundred and fifty thousand
people look this kind of window every day and with
much better selling results than if that hundred
thousand walked BY your shop one by one
l know retail store in one Of our large cities.
branch of English house which until the autumn
Of 1906 managed by an Engishman; austere,
conservative. dignified; who would have been
shocked to see his shop advertised in an American
newspaper. He had an exclusive trade and his net
profits amounted to about $50 900 year This
Engishman died. His assistant an aggressive young
American, took charge. He advertised; advertised
continuously IN the best local newspaper. Last year
this exclusive shop made net profit Of over Ss00O0
Why7 Simply because there are five hundred
thousand we-todo people in that city who never knew
that this shop existed until they saw those advertise
ments in the newspaper; and the shop has an er-
ceIent street location too.
This is concrete case the facts Of which
personally know. The EngHshman depended upon
the quality Of his goods and his beautifully crested
stationery and his attractive shop window and his
perpendicular backed dress-parade clerks; all Of
which above criticism. The young American put
the whole show into the newspaper; admission free
Show ten shops which advertise regularly in
a daily newspaper and / will show you nine that
are making money The failure Of the tenth IS prob
ably due 70 bad manag cement of some sort
Some people value goods by the price they pay;
others by the shop In which they buy others BY the
effect the goods have upon their neighbOrs II Is only
the common wCrkaday sensible people who value
goods by the goods. you want all four classes as
customers il IS your business as an advertiser 10
make the cap fit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-26
PUTTING UP CITRON
NEW METHOD THAT HAS MANY
ADVANTAGES.
Tlnas saved ard Fruit Turned Out n
Better condItlon-Dirsctions for
Making the oid-Fashionsd
Preserves

The oid-fashioned way of putting ~
cilron was 10 holl 4 IN weak alum
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-26

you buy sell trade anything advertise in the
want column Of The Express Want ads business getters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-26

las GOOD WINE NEEDS NO BUSH" 50 any panegrc upon the
Arant play aTHE TWO ORPHANSp made famous By KATE
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
STATE TICKET OF REPUBLICANS
IS ALSO MADE OUT.
EVERYTHING IS TAFT
Secretary Of War Thanks the Dele.
gates in Convention for Their Ac-
tion-Foraker Men Have Been Com.
pIeteIy Routed.

Columbus, O., March 4.-The repub.
lcan state convention today nominal
d state ticket headed by Governor
Andrew 7. Harris for governor and in.
GLIDING the following other important
Offices:
Lieutenant governor-Francis T,
Treadway. Cleveland.
Delegates at large to the national
convention-Charles P. Taft, Cincin.
natl; Myron T. Herrlck Cleveland;
Arthur lvorys, Lancaster. and An.
drew T. Harris. Eaton.
Presidential electors at large-E,
N. Higgins, Columbus; J. T. Carew,
Cincinnati.
Secretary Of state-Carmie Thomp.
son, Ironton.
Auditor-E. N. Burlington, Marys.
vile.
Treasurer-charles G. Green, Co.
lumbus.
Attorney general-U. G. Denman,
Toledo.
Member Of the board Of public
works-W. A. Baldwin, Conneaut;
William Kirtley, Jr, Conneaut; Will
lam Krtley. ST., Defiance.
Dairy and food commissioner-Ren.
nick W. Dunlap. Piqua county.
Clerk of supreme court. s. Menut,
Salem.
Unanimity for William H. Taft for
To nomination Of president was the
teaAure Of the convention. The dele
eatee to the national convention were
INSTRUCTED to vote for TAFT until he
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
MICHIGAN COPPER
DIVIDEND IS CUT
CALUMET & HEcLA SLICES THE
AMOUNT IN HALF.

w H
Boston, March 4.-The directors Of
the Calumet & Hecla Mining company
today declared a quarterly dividend Of
IS a share as against the last quar-
terly divlaend Of SO.
There was an immediate decline in
Calumet following the public an
nouncement Of the reduction of the
dividend. At noon Calumet was quot
ed at 1901, q drop Of 40 points from
the last sale at $3.50 and 81 points
from yesterdays closing bid. It is
understood that the reaction in divt-
dend was made as q conservative step
in view Of the slow market.
One Of the directors Of the company
said today that the company had
very little copper on hand, and v
sales for that little were slow. He
declared that copper could not be pro-
duced in America in sufficient guam
titles at IS cents a pound to satisfy
the demand. Since the price Of cop
per declined below 13 cents a pound
some weeks ago the Calumet & Hecla
company has practically withdrawn
from the market.
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SENTIMENT is BECOMING MORE
CHEERFUL.
TRYING ORDEAL OVER
New Clip in Arizona Is Moving Slow.
Iy-Dates of Wool Sales in oregon
Are set-Territory Wool ls Still
Unsettled,

Last weeks Improvement in the
0 market is maintained. says the
Boston Commercial Bulletin. Senti-
nent is becoming more Cheerful,
though it is still far from optimistic.
Prominent merchants assert that the
financial situation Of the trade is not
SO very bad, that notes are being
taken up and that collections are
good. After passing through the most
trying period probably ever expert
enced, it is believed that the future
will be more satisfactory. The severe
shrinkage in values has made losses
heavy, but no further material decline
is anticipated. Manufacturers are
OF course. bearish still, and SO are
many dealers who have little to sell,
but their efforts to depress values are
believed to have gone far enough, and
any other attempts to break the mar
ket are likely to meet with stern re-
sistance. It must be admitted, how
ever, that the future is quite uncer.
tain and that many minds are dubious.
1t is still difficult to sell wool at
profitable prices, while the desire to
unload is still strong enough to give
buyers the advantage. Wool, however,
has a value, and by comparison with
It's former cost is cheap. There has
been no such decline in the manufac.
tured product as has taken place in
the raw material. Therefore, it is a
reasonable expectation that bottom
has been touched and that improve
ment in the demand will be accom-.
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been at grease prices ranging from 16
to 24c. From % to % cover the
prices paid. for the bulk Of the me
dunn and low woods sold. Good Mon.
tana medium sold at 22c.
Oregon Wool.
No notable transactions are made
public. The stock on hand is not
large. No. l eastern staple is offered
at 20 to 23c and does not sell.
The executive committee of the
Oregon State Wool Growers associa-
ton announces the following dates
for sale days in Oregon this season:
May q, Arlington; May rs, Pendle-
ton; May 26, Pilot Rock; May 90.
Heppner; June 4, Shaniko; June s,
Pendleton; June 9, Pilot Rock: June
II, Heppner; June 16, Shaniko; June
10, Condor; June %, Baker City;
June Is, Elgin; June 80, Heppner;
July s, shanlko; July 9, Elgin; July
II, Baker City. :
The date for the sale at Vale has
not yet been set.
Texas Wool.
A moderate demand for small lots
Of all is filled at 10 to zoe. The
secured cost is 48 to SOC.
California Wool.
The market is quiet. A sale OF 1OO,-
900 pounds middle county at 15c is
the only transaction Of note. Sam
Piles are still under consideration but
few buyers have had occasion to take
on staple quantities. The secured
cost of middle county is about 55c and
OF northern around Coo.
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is nominated"
The names of the delegates at large
were presented by Congressman Mich
olas Longworth Of Cincinnati, whose
memory failed after he had started
to deliver a prepared speech and who
was compelled to finish by reading
from the manuscript.
MI. Longworth was quick to recover
from his embarrassment and was
greeted with hearty applause at the
close Of his address.
Roosevelt Applauded.
Mention of President Roosevelt's
name, like that of Mr.. Taft's, was re-
ceiyed with applause. A notable oya-
ton was rendered to Congressman
Theodore Burton, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, who read
the platform, which was adopted
unanimously. The platfrom endorsed
the policies inaugurated under the
administration of President Roosevelt
and Governor Harris. The declara-
ton for the revision of the tariff by
friends Of protection was also made.
The state central committe was en-
powered to fill all vacancies, and the
eagle was adopted as the party en-
blem.
While the nominations were in prog
ress Chairman Ellis received the fol-
lowing message from Secretary Taft,
dated at New London, Conn.,:
please convey to the members Of
the state convention and through
them to the republicans of Ohio my
deepest gratitude for the expression
OF confidence, sympathy and support
contained in their action today"
The convention adjourned sine die
at 4:30 p. m.
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of the Australian clip show that to
December 81 the amount Of wool pass
ing through the United States consul's
office was 10000 bales, the quantity
representing the purchases in Aus
tralia on American account previous
to the close Of the markets for the
Christmas holidays. Since the reop-
ening OF the markets very little has
been done in Sydney and other mar
kets for this country.
American buyers have operated
very sparingly in New Zealand this
season, so that careful. and conserva-
tive estimates place the probable to-
tai purchases in the whole archipela-
go for the United States at not much
to exceed $4,000 bales, the bulk OF 1t
bought On manufacturers account.
The total is unusually light, and com
pares with 10000 bales bought for
this country in Australasia last sea-
son. In London at the January auc-
lions only 5000 bales were bought for
America against 10000 bales in Jan.
uary, 1907.
Territory Wool.
The. market is still unsettled and q
variety Of prices are mentioned as
being obtained on actual sales. Some
dealers report no good woods selling
at less than 55c clean and that they
are getting from that rate up to 60c
for fine. Sales of fine and fine me
dunn Montana are reported on the
secured basis Of so to Gle and idaho
wool recently sold to cost 57hc.
Sales Of fine medium Utah have been
made at 55c within the past 10 days.
On the other hand there are reports
of business at So to 53c and that buy
ers are looking for a 5O-cent market
ere long.
About $50, 900 pounds staple medium
have been transferred and the secured
cost is placed at about Coo by the sell
er. "A line Of $4,000 pounds choice
Utah fine and fine medium has
changed hands on the secured basis
OF 60c. Amid the variety Of prices
the fact shines out that the market
favors buyers and, while the hope is
entertained that bottom has been
touched, there are no sure indications
that such is the fact.
Advices from Phoenix. Ariz., report
the new clip as moving slowly and
on consignment. Growers are
10th to accept the bids submitted. A
few sales are reported at IA to 15c.
The transactions Of the week have
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
Horrible Catastrophe in a Public
School Building in Ohio.
EXITS WERE ALL LOCKED
Fire Drill Proved Useless---PupiIs Caught
Like Rats in a Trap.

to the front door and the children
had not been trained to seek any other
exit. The fire today came from a fur
mace situated directly under this part
of the building. When the children
reached the foot of the stairs they
found the flames close upon them and
in an instant a tightly packed mass of
children were endeavoring to get out
of the door. The children at the foot
/ of the stairs attempted to fight their
way back to the floor above while
those who were coming down showed
them mercilessly back into the flames.
In a few minutes there was a fright
full panic with 200 of the pupils fight
ing for their lives. Most Of those
who were killed died here. The great
er part of those who escaped man
aged to turn back and reached the fire
escape and the windows in the E
What happened at the foot of that
first flight OF stairs will never be
known, for all Of those who were
caught in the full furry of the panic
were killed. After the flames had died
away, however, huge heaps Of tim
bers burned by the fire was all that
told of the horrors.
AiIege Doors Were Locked.
Many different statements are made
as to the cause of the fire and also
that the doors of the building had
been locked at the front entrance,
while but one door of the rear entry
was unfastened. The janitor, Fritz
Herter, himself says that the doors
were open according to custom. At
any rate the congestion of fleeing chill
dren in the hallway below %effectually
barred the way and the little ones
went to their deaths totally unable to
evade the flames.
Within three hours after the start
of the fire it had burned itself out and
the work of recovering the bodies pro-
ceeded. The village fire department
had only two engines and neither,
upon arrival after the alarm was CIV
en-, was at all effective in stemming
the flames.
The school was a two-story and at
tic brick building constructed about
six years ago. 1t was o~ver-crowded
with pupils and it was found neces-
sary to utilize the attic for those of
the ages between six and eight. Near
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panied by a %steadying Of values. It
looks as though this Improvement had
started, and that it will gain force
steadily, eliminating in a fairly active
market in May and June, just at the
time when such a development would
have an effect upon the west and
make operations in the new clip at
reasonable prices difficult.
Some Active Features. Z
The goods situation Is by no means
satisfactory, but is better than it was.
More orders are being received, and
in several manufacturing centers ma
chinery that was idle 10 being started
again One OF our largest spinners
has taken quite a number Of orders
for one-Quarter and t~hree-eighth
yarns. Lightweight worsteds are sell
ing in New York for Immediate deliv-
cry with more freedom, as are heavy
weight fabrics in worsteds for mems
wear. Broadcloths are a feature Of
the dress goods situation. The wooden.
end shows no general Improvement,
one commission merchant saying that
they cannot be given away.
"A feature of the wool market this
week Is the demand for medium and.
low woods and the considerable trans
fers Of one-quarter blood and three
eighths in 1aeeces and territory. OF
one-quarter blood fleece alone esti-
mates are for about 100000 pounds
changing hands. Some dealers report
more interest in clothing territory
wool of fine and fine medium grades.
They find more disposition to consider
large lines. In every instance where
sales are reported, prices are low,
with a few exceptions where choice
wool is traded in. In the negotiations
on large lines in progress. bids are
also very low, SO low, in fact, that
they are not given serious considera-
ton by sellers, though instances are
where the buyer was surprised
to have his bid accepted.
London In March.
The European situation is waiting
On the opening of the next series Of
sales OF colonial wool In, LON
don on March II. Large offerings are
promised. especially Of crossbreds,
and it looks as though the sale might
most important Of the year in
It's influence on the situation.
Australian Figures.
The ofacial figures OF the movement
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Cleveland, March 4.-Penned in mar
row Railways, damned up against
doors that opened only inward, 17C
children in the suburb OF North Col
linwood today were killed by fire, by
smoke and beneath the grinding heels
Of their panic stricken playmates.
The awful tragedy occurred this
morning in the public schools of North
Collingwood, 10 miles east Of this
city. At 10 O'Clock tonight 165
corpses were in the morgue at Col
lingwood, six children were still I'M
accounted for and all the hospitals
and houses for two miles around con-
tanned numbers of children, some IA
tally and many less seriously injured.
All Of the victims were between the
ages Of six and Is years. The school
contained between 300 and 325 pu-
F@
pills and Of this entire number only
about so are known to have left the
building unhurt. It will be several
days before the exact number of killed
is known as the ruins may still con
tain other bodies and the list of fatal
tiles may be increased by a number of
deaths among the children who are
now lying in the hospitals lowering be-
tween life and death.
The school house was of brick, two
stories and an attic in height. The
number of pupils was more than nor
mally large and the smaller children
had been placed in the attic of the
building. There was hut one fire es-
cape and that was in the rear Of the
building. There we're two stairways,
n leading to a door in front and the
other to a door in the rear. Both of
these doors opened inward and it is
claimed the rear door was locked as
well.
Teachers Courageous.
When the flames were discovered
the teachers throughout seem to have
acted with courage and %self-posses-
sion and to have struggled heroically
for the safety of their pupils and mar
shalled the little ones into column for
the fire drill" which they had often
practiced. Unfortunately the line of
march in this exercise had always led
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06

EMMA GERvIC, 9.
RUTH GORDON, 9.
CATHERINE CLAssMERD, ~.
MARY GRUSHUGE, 13.
EDNA HECKLER, 10.
HENRY KUBAT, Is.
EDWARD KOHLTEN, no age given
WALTER KELLEY, 9.
RICHARD KELLEY, I.
FANNIE KAPUDZYA, g.
HERBERT LEONARD, II.
LOUISE LEONARD, 9.
ELMA MERRINECH. IL.
OTTO MARKOsHoTT, 10.
ELSIE MARKOsHoTT. 70.
CATHERINE MESSAGE, IL.
GLADYS ALLER, II.
RUSSELL NEWBURY, 10.
PAUL NEWBAKER, z.
FRANK PARAH, 9.
JOHN PTIsKY, 6.
JENNIE PHILLIPS &.
JOHN JTIsKY, 6.
NORMAN QUIRK, 10.
LOUIS QUIRK. 8.
DANIEL RUSH, IL.
FERN ROBINSON, 12.
HARRY REEVES, 9.
MARY SAPAR, II.
MILDRED sCHMITT, 10.
NORMAN SCHEPPARD, no age
given.
MADGE sKELLY, -.
HARRY SHELLY, no age given.
GILBERT sKELLY, 8.
GLEN SANDERsON, no age given.
NORRIS SHEPARD, no age given.
ALBERT SPRUNG, no age given.
TONY SAMPSON, no age given.
MARY SAMPSON, 10.
EDWIN sCHWAN, 10.
GEORGE SCHAFER, 10.
ELLA STEWART, IA.
FRED SWANSON, no age given.
EDWIN SWANSON, no age given.
EDWARD SCHOOL,, no age given.
JULIUS SCHOOL,, 8.
CLARA WENDORF, no age given.
EVA WACHAUS, 4.
MARY WACHAUs, no age given.
HENRY WEICHART, IL.
ANNIE WOODMAN, -.
ROBERT W1CHETT, no age given.
EMMA YANKEL, no age given.
LOUIS ZIMMERMAN, IA.
MARGARET zEIPER, no age given.
HARRY ZINCLEMAN, no age given.
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A marble statue of George Washing
ton. removed for protection from in
front of independence hall to the ro-
tunda of Philadelphia city hall, was
dedicated Saturday. 1t was a gift of
school children to the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
LITTLE GIRL scALDED.

A daughter of MI. Combs. who lives
about seven miles west OF Billings,
fell into q tub Of scalding water the
other day and was severely burned.
Just how the accident occurred Is not
known but the child is reported to be
recovering. i
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
CONTRACT FOR DITCH WORK.
High Line Ditch Company to open
Bids for Extension.

The contract for the construction Of
the extension to the High Line Ditch
ccmpany's canal will be let Saturday,
according tc on announcement made
by the officers pf the company yester-
day. The extension will cost In the
neighborhood Of $4,000 and win water
about 300 ac-os Of land It will be four
miles in length.
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one HUNDRED And SEVENTY CHILDREN PERISH IN flames

~ all the children were killed in til,
mass at the first floor door whicl
finally was opened by men from tn
Lake Shore shops who hurried to tn,
scene. A wall OF flame had forme,
across 1t and most OF the children
were dead by the time the doors wer,
swung open. Approximately 300 chill
dren attended the school, which hat
nine rooms.
Janitor Tells His Story.
Janitor Herter could remember lit
tie OF what happened after the dr<
started.
Il was sweeping in the basement
he said, when l looked up and saw
wisp OF smoke curling out from be
meath the front stairway. I an to the
fire alarm and pulled the gong that
sounded throughout the building
Then I ran first to the front and to the
rear doors. / cannot remember what
happened next except that / saw the
flames shooting all about and the lit.
tie children running down through
them screaming. Some fell at the
rear entrance and others stumbled
over them. I saw my little Helen
among them. I tried to pull her out
but the flames drove me back. I had
to leave my little child to de-
Herter himself was badly burned
about the head.
Teacher Lost Life.
Miss Catherine Weller, one OF the
nine teachers in the school, lost her
life In q vain effort to marshal the
pupils Of her class and lead them to
safety. She died in the crush at the
rear door. Her room was on the sec
ond floor and when the fire alarm
sounded she marched her pupils out
into the hall, thinking 1t was only a
fire drill. There the truth dawned
upon both teacher and pupils and CON
troll was lost. The children in their
plunged into the struggling
mass ahead Of them. Miss Weller re-
to stem the rush but went
down under it, and her body was
found an hour later piled high with
those OF her pupils. Miss Fisk, an
other teacher, was taken out alive
but she cannot live.
Burning through the cross supports
Of the first floor, the flames passed
upward until all three floors crashed
into a sm%ouldering pile in the base
ment. After the fire had practically
itself out the work of rescue
was begun by f1remen and railroad
employees from the Lake Shore shops.
The railroad company turned over
one Of its buildings nearby to be used
a temporary morgue and thither
charred and broken little bodies
we're removed as fast as they could be
lug from the ruins. Within five hours
practically all had been removed. They
we're placed in rows in the Lake Shore
Identification Difficult.
Identifications were made only by
means Of clothing or trinkets. The
had swept away nearly all re-
to human features in the
majority Of instances. Distracted
parents Don began to gather and the
work Of Identification Of the black
'ned and mangled corpses began.
The gruesome task Of taking out
he blackened torsoes and bits Of hui !
nan remains was n Of horror. The
inc of rescuers was formed. backed
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06

Beginning his studies of medicine
after being told he would never re-
cover from heart disease DIR. Charles
F. Fitzgerald, a former inferno Of st.
vincent's hospital, New York, pursued
them to the end, which came Friday
night.