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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
GUILTY"
THE VERDICT

"Not guilty was the verdict re.
turned by the Jury in the case OF J. p.
Slate. charged with the murder OF s.
T, Hill. The verdict was reached
about IL o'clock last night bat was not
reported TN the convenlng Of court
this morning.
jeff Thomas and Leonard Coins
were arraigned in the district court
this morning and plead guilty to the
charge of petit larceny. being fined
fined 500 each and sentenced to thIr.
ty days In jail.
Clye Taylor plead guilty to the
charge OF attempt to kin but sentence
was passed upon him.
The trial of andre Solo, charged
with an airocious crime against a lit
tie girl in this city, is now in prog
ress
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
LARD SCARS
/. UPWARD

A Chickasha grocer yesterday paid
a5 cents a pound for homemade coun.
try lard. This is believed to be the
highest price ever paid for hog grease
In Oklahoma.
However, the grocer wasn't to blame
for 1t. He thought he was buying but
ter. Three pretty pound rolls OF coun-
try butter were offered to him at S5
cents a pound and he quickly took IT,.
One pound Of It was sold TO a Chicka.
sha lady aud It very quickly came
back for cutting into It, the purchaser
found the interior to be pure lard. The
grocer found the other two rolls which
the honest farmer had sold him TO be
Of the same composition. about half
lard and half butter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
ROCK ISLAND lNsTALLs
TELEPHONE SYSTEM.


The telephone is slated to succeed
the telegraph service in many in
stances on the Rock Island system,
and before long. it Is thought, local
dispatch news will be cent via tele-
phone. The problem of long distance
phoning seems to have been solved !;
1t is claimed there is no danger Of con-
fusion of orders and the system OF tele-
phones to be installed makes eommuni-
cation safe and speedy.
A system of telephones is now be-
ing installed along the system through
out Illinois and at one or two other
points. Il will be some little time be-
fore the system is installed in the
Southwest but the change at this end
Of the line viii follow in the wake
of that being made on the older lines
Railroad men are not agreed as to
the efficiency of the telephone system
as compared with the telegraph. This
improvement has naturally been op,
posed BY telegraphers and these lat
ter assert the telephone will never
supersede the telegraph When in
stalled here It will probably be used
in conjunction with the telegraph as
is now being done at other points.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
Hundred Lives Snuffed Out
In Gas Explosions in a COlliery- Second CataS-
trOphe Of Same Kind Women and Chill
dren Frantic

Bluefield, W Va, Jan 13.--An explo-
sion CT gas in the Lich branch of the
colliery today snuffed out over one
hundren lives. In these same mines
two weeks ago to a day. fifty miners
were killed by similar explosion.
A sound like thunder reverberated
along the miles OF corridors and air
passages crowded with those who work
there in the depths and from the mine
mouth belched forth a cloud Of flame,
SCOT, dust and debris. heavy timbers,
broken mine cars and even a massive
motor.
Scarcely had the detonation died
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
Cochran Makes Dirt Fly
Another Brick Building

A. B. Cochran has bought the Bird
property az Eighth street and Wash
ington avenue from W NJ. Edwards
and will occupy Il as a residence as
soon as Mr. Bird yacates It. Mr.. coch-
ran sold the latter the residence OF
Col Bryant on Iowa avenue. He also
sold two lots on Sixth street. between
Minnesota and Dakota avenues to A.
v Chalfant and the latter win move
the Johnson house at Eleventh. and Ida
no to this place. having purchased the
same.
J. NJ. Sanders has bought a one-half
interest in Mr. cochran's lot on Third
street next to the Holmes grocery.
and the two men win erect a two-story
brick building on The same.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
TAYLOR INTRODUCES BILL
TO LOCATE SCHOOL In
CHTCKASHA
Many Bills Go Into The Legislative HOpper-BilI
To Probe The Work OF COdifyinS
Committee Is Going To Start
Merry Row

Guthrie Okla, Jan. l3.-More than
a score OF new bills introduced in the
senate, ten new bills in the house, the
Russell bill. repeating the high school
law. passed by the senate in the com
mittee OF the whole. and a series Of
committees appointed to examine the
work of the codlfication committee
formed the bulk Of the work in the leg
islature yesterday The house did lit
tie except receive bills, and a mock
resolution by Durant declaring Il 10
be the sense Of the legislature that
the water wagon should be declared
a common carrier with seats and 9TH
er comforts for passengers"
Three resolutions. introduced in the
senate by Senators Franklin. Hatchett
and Memminger. demanding an inves-
tigation of the work Of the codifying
committee and the charge that bills
were changed. are expected to cause
some fireworks when they come up
for consideration in that body.
Eighteen news bills we're introduced
in the senate. including bills by Hatch
EFT. creating a lien for the services of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
MANY CATTLE
PERISH In
STORM

Vinlta Okla. Jan. following an
eight-inch snowfall Tuesday night. the
heaviest in this county for years. the
temperature dropped to below zero
here This Is the coldest weather ex.
perieneed here since February. 1905.
and came wholly unexpected. AS a
result there has been great suffer.
ing end heavy losses in live stock
The warm weather that has pre-.
vailed In this section this winter had
led cattlemen to take unusual chances
on the open range and thousands Of
cattle have been shipped here to win
ter. These cattle suffered greatly from
the bitter cold and hundreds are re-
ported frozen.
Gunter & LeForce are reported to
have lost 700 head OF cattle. The
temperature began rising yesterday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
COlOred Population
Call at Police Court

Judge Grigsby entertained large
delegation from dark town this morn
ing in the police court. The room was
filled with dusky damsels and bad
coons and the charges were varied, in
cluding theft. wife beating. plain
drurks and disorderly conduct. The
Judge played no favorites. asking
cash bond from all offenders, then
after remanding those who did not
come through" back to Jail, he post
poned the hearing until o'clock this
afternoon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
WEATHER FORECAST

: chickasha and Vicinity: To- :
: night and Thursday, threatening :
probably rain or snow; warmer. :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13

away before a throng of terrorized
women and children rushed to the
mine mouth and implored those there
to allow them to aid in the effort to
save some of their loved ones. who
might still be alive within.
Over one hundred and twenty-five
men were thought to be in the sec
tion of the mine affected.
The debris from the explosion Of
two weeks ago had not been cleared
away and twenty men we're engaged in
this work. Nineteen contract miners,
with their crews we're at work in a
new entry and it is feared all of these
were lost.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
Work Progressing
Well on the City Hall

Work has been progressing fairly
well on the new city hall building. un-
til delayed by the cold weather The
material is on the ground. both brick
and stone, and already the work has
sufficiently advanced to convey the inn
preston that the structure will be
substantial and beautiful in its pro-
portions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
EoR STEALING TROUSERS.

A negro was landed in jail last night
to await trial on charge of petit lar
ceny, his alleged offense being the
purloIning of a pair of pretty panta.
looms at the Hub Clothing Store. The
trousers had been sold by the party
who took them, to a secondhand
dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13
$4,000 FOR
KILLING BOY


In a suit filed in the district .
court today, the Rock island is"
asked to pay $4,000 for the kilt e
ing Of the little Mckinney boy in =
the yards here last summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Mckinney, 2
the lads parents, join in the suit .
and the attorneys are 2. {. Riddle .
and Barefoot & Carmichael. .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-13

male animal; by Franklin, defining
duties of common carriers; by Taylor
locating the Girls Industrial School
at Chickasha: by Newell perpetuatine
the criminal court Of appeals; by VIII
liams. making appropriation to cover
deficiencies in the state departments;
by Yeager. msking kidnapping a felony,
punishable By life Imprisonment if the
child is under ~; by Stafford. for a
juvenile court and care Of delinQuents;
by Stafford. requiring correct weight
TO be stamped on mill products; by
Morris, renewing school land leases; ;
by Stafford creating state purchasing
board
Three bills for the location of the
proposed Southwestern State Normal
school were introduced in the senate
yesterday. Senator Allen introduced
one for Ardmore with an appropriation
Of s15OO0O attached. while Senator
Roddie's bill for Ada and Senator
Smiths for Duncan had 100000 ap-
propriations each. Durant Is also un.
derstood to be a candidate. All Of the
towns are ready to furnish land and
other inducements.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

One day several months ago thin and ragged boy got
past the portals of of New York exclusive clubs The
stewards going to throw him out but of the
bers whom good meal and cigar had made good
aturedn stopped them
''What do you want, kidd" he asked
''Just job sr' the boy answered. trembling.
There of the assertveness, of the alert
smart confidence of the city boy in the answer Just
pathos and fear and hunger.
The cubman had been frightened boy from the coun-
try himself once. He felt protective instinct toward the
youngster He found that the boy had ridden in from the
west in box
The clubman got the boy uniform and job as bell
boy in the hotel
Beyond his name--Leon Wesley-the club men never
learned anything of the boys past But they all liked
him. He thin and pitiful and willing
After few months the boys steps Jagged The work.
easy it was, hard for him. doctor was con
AT the hospital couple of months later physician and
his cot.
81 don't want to brighten you old chap" said the club
man. but you are near the end Won't you tell me
thing about your family your friends notify
them"
The boy looked his questioner square in the eye.
All want to know is will anything hurt after
thisf" he said
And little later the boy died.
And that all his New York friends ever learned
about Leon Wesley. What the things in his young
life that made him look to death the end of pain and
trouble what things drove him from his home sin the
west that he wanted to forget-they never knew.
was just another little tragedy OF the cyand of life
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
Good Specials in Glassware

Good glassware
m a k>e s the dining
table attractive and
inviting during these
hot S u m m e r days.
You can supply your
wants with economy
here. These specials
are of thin blown
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
MOST ANYTHING

Anyhow, tn old fashioned wom-
an gave tn fashions chance ter
git old"
An inquirer wants to know
whether it should be spelled as one
Observation-Disclosures as two words
with a siphon between them.
Brooklyn Lady very much mix
ed in stations)-Oh! sir, where Is
New York?
Guard-At the top of those stair,
ma am.
Taft may be the chief magis-
trate, but Aldrich is evidently the
boy with the tin star who goes out
and levies on the household goods.
The first balloon ascent was
made in 1888.
1t is a great folly to neglect the
things that are profitable and ne
cessary and to choose to dwell
upon that which is curious and
hurtful. Thos. attempts.
It's funny, but potato bugs seem
to be immune from tuberculosis.
If he Is still hunting for a dig
ging antelope, Teddy may find one
up a jubejube tree and bring it
down with ping-pong ball.
A penny saved is two-pence clear;
A pin a days a groat a year.
Benjamin Franklin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

London eats 100000 tons of fish
each year. sur &
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
BARE PATEs AND HAIRY ONES.

I'm few centuries says French scientist who
Is declared to be authority paes and the coverings
thereof, mankind will be bald.
cit of the laws of nature to discard that for which
there is no We given hair because needed it.
Excepting those who lived in caves had roofs We
had hats and hair necessary protect the head
But that have roofs and warm houses and hats
and caps, hair is unnecessary.
.The increase in badness cannot be checked Mankind
is becoming bald In natural process. just the horse
dropped all its toes except because needed only
losing all his hair because he does not need it
Inc time Is near near from sciences viewpoint OF time
when man with hair will be as rare woman with
whskers and in few centuries after that, the women
will be as bald as the men,
That sounds dlscouraging, doesn't it?
But cheer up Hear what this German scientist, de
clared to be eminent the Frenchman, has to say
'There has been time that there were no bald
men, but the day is when badness will be ,;re
Scientists have not paid great deal of attention to
gation of badness principally because they had not
reached the point where they could investigate Intelligent
y but they have reached that point and turning
to the subject In less than 100 years from today people
will look at bald head though it freak of
nature"
Wouldn't it be too bad if everything that either one of
these men says should come true?
Fancy if heads turn out the Frenchman predicts
what prosaic thing will be- Try to imagine matt
nee hero romantic lover holding the heroine up against
his openface shirt while she murmurs, 81 love you
Jack, and then proceeds to rub his bare crock
Ugh
Think of the of coming centuries, sitting on a
couch, caressng sweet Alice's but bare noodle
noodle with less fuzz it than celluoid ball. Why
a head that has no Billie Burkes on it.
And what time women will have in those days! Try
to imagine this scene:
'Come, Mary, you know the curtain rises at Sis and
We'll miss the whole first act if you don't hurry
''All right, George DEAR III hurry. But I've misaid
the muciage and cant make my hat stay with this
common library paste"
For you know hat pin will be of as little to a
woman without hair as it now is to man.
But the can be trusted to find something to
make up for the lack of hair Those with husbands of
moderate means will have the noodle tattoed while those
whose husbands have larger have theirs res
coed week. and the extremely rich have theirs
hand painted.
And how would miss the baldheaded man if we were
to live in the centuries when every looks like the big
chief of a medicine show!
Whom would the ushers escort to the front at the
musical comedies! Think of with five inch pad
of oakum on his pate in seat down 'front.'.
Who would be the Buffalo Bill? Why, with hair so
common there couldn't be any Buffalo Bill!
Perish the thought that there will be day when every
body will be bald when nobody will be! Why can't the
scientists stop giving such things to worry about in
midsummer?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

*"Yo Rastus diff guidn
mnou plant up cord an pepan de vegetable fob de pot
while ridin' a baggage
BLESS yoah heart. All
why trann a string, m
in beans a
I'VE will Doan Roll Eyes Me;
Dem
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
III

III.
Business at the shore is picking
up. A sea serpent has been sighted.
Sea serpent fanciers are coming in
by the trainload, and the Blenbor-
ough- Marbleheim is putting cots
into all the rooms except Mr.
Firms. Mr.. Finn keeps his room
all to himself. He must have a
very strong drag with the manage
ment.
/ met him on the boardwalk
after / had changed from a cham
bermaid to a summer girl for the
evening. People were still lined
up looking out to sea for that sea
serpent. The sea serpent was in
everybody's mouth, and all seemed
eager to swallow it,
do you really believe anybody
seen a sea serpent?" | says to Mr..
Finn, as we strolled toward an
Orangeade stand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
KNOCKED HER IN HEAD
TO SAVE HER
(sy United Press.)

TACOMA, July 29.-Investiga.
ton into the death Of Miss Mar
garet Cuyreau,. who was drowned
In the bay Monday afternoon while
boating with John Flynn, has been
commenced by the coroner. Flynn
testified that he beat the girl into
insensibility in an attempt to res
cue her. He said she fell into the
water in such way as to drag him
under.
"All the time she was crying,
John, save me-" said Flynn. This
was before l struck her, and she
did not speak after that" He then
explained how he dragged her
ashore and tried to revive her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

glass, highly polished and beautifully etched in
scroll and figure designs.
6Oc plain, thin blown glass water jugs. -. .45f
1925 thin blown glass tankards, jugs, neatly
etched; three choice designs to choose from. 81
$1.25 tunlblers to match, per dozen. ....... .95f
$3.50 etched water bottle, neck cut glass. ZOO
$125 plain water bottle, neck cut glass. CSC
1915 neatly etched sherbet glasses, dozen. $500
1915 neatly etched custard glasses dozen $500
$3.50 neatly etched finger bowls, dozen. $3.50
$3.50 fancy oil bottle, goose neck. .......$ 90
$1.25 fancy oil bottle etched and cut. ESQ
$3.50 plain thin blown glass goblets, dozen $3.50
$500 plain thin blown glass goblets, dozen $500
35c individual berry sugars and creamers, per
pair ................... Zoe
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

"Cinch," he said. II saw 1t my
SELF"
Il thought you was at work all
day. l continues, trying to pump
him to find out what he does.
'If l hadn't been at work all
day." he replies, Il wouldn't have
seen it, and nobody else would
have"
And that's all / learned from
him. They wouldn't have seen 1t
If he hadn't been at work. Ell? Is
he a bartender? q O..
We rode on the merry go round
and played Japanese rolling ball,
and then he took me back to the
hotel. Such was the mad evening
we spent.
(Continued.) ;trt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
SWEET PEA CARNIVAL

A sweet pea carnival at which
a delightful musical program will
be rendered and refreshments
served, will be given tonight by
the Woman's Aid Society Of the
First universalist church. Howard
and Fifth. Competent judges have
been selected to make the awards
on the floral exhibits.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

already begun. The new portion
of the church win be used ~ the
main auditorium, while the old
church will be sued for a class
room and Sunday school room. Rev.
A. N. Smith Is the pastor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
DOUBLE THE SIZE OF b
LIDCERWOOD CHURCH

The growth of the congregation
OF the Lidgerwood Presbyterian
church, Princeton avenue and Me-
vada street, has created the neces-
sity for doubling the capacity Of
the building. A contract has been
awarded for a frame addition to
the church, 42x52, and work has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29

why don't you ask your office
boy to wash these windows?'
II amt got the nerve to do 1t,
old man. He was the valedictorian
of his class"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-29
Omens Interpreted

Omens Interpreted
Going under a ladder is more
lucky than going up one.
See a pin and pick 1t up. your
$1.S5 fountain pen will drop out
of your vest pocket.
A child born with a wart on its
nose will be well known through
out life.
III fortune following the break
ing of looking glass is no reflec-
ton upon you.
Whether you will suffer injury
by meeting bull in the middle of
field is usually a toss-up.
A spider in the house shows that
new broom does not always
sweep clean.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-05-21
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-18
The Sulju-1..... Of
Fai.sa,
By BERTHA HART EkECE
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman.)

Copyright, by w. G. Chapman.)
Il am so glad" declared Felix, that
we are to have a quiet wedding"
Nan surveyed the ring upon her
slender finger, then let her glance
wander to the veranda floor, where
the shadows of the vine leaves were
dancing merrily. Then, with one OF
her quick changes of mood, she turned
to him with eyes that danced like the
leaves
Il believe" she accused. that you
are afraid of a crowd"
u surely an" confessed Felix with
out turning his head. Her eyes fol-
lowed his, and she saw a man COM
ing in at the gate.
"Who is that" she inquired.
81 think saw him at the hotel this
morning"
The stranger came slowly up the
path and paused at the foot of the
steps, scanning them with alert, gray
eyes.
Good evening"" he began, slowly,
lifting the stylish hat from his we'll
groomed head. Then, as they replied,
he suddenly bounded up the steps.
why. Nan, I've found you at last"
he exclaimed, making quick dive
at her lips with his. Mans head went
up and backward, and the kiss ,ex-
ploded in midair. Felix sprang to his
feet
What right have you to kiss this
LADY," he jerked. The other man
faced him with a cool smile.
1.-The best right in the world" he
replied. Il am her husband"
Husband" echoed Felix, and Nan
also rose.
81 never saw him before in all my