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The searchlight., 1911-12-01

S.. 90 Sheep lined duck coat, 32 inch black sheep
collar, double front, knit wrists, all size 38 1918
81. 50 Sheep lined whipcord coat, "a inch, Wombat
fur collar, leather trimmed pockets, now $50
SIX Sheep lined, Whipcord coat, 81 inch, Wombat
$500 Sheep lined corduroy coat, Wombat Fur collar
32 inch. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Now 500
s.. 90 Sheep lined Fustian coat, Wombat fur collar
"a inch. ............... ..,........ Now 600
s. 50 ShseP lined corduroy three quarter coat, AZ
inches, 4 pockets. beaverized lamb collar 600
g. 90 Sheep lined corduroy coat, SO inch, leather
trimmed pockets, Wombat fur collar, 100
1000 sheep lined Moleskn coat, 50 iach, 4 leather
trimmed pockets Wombat fur collar, now $3.50
300 Sheep lined moleskin coat, IS inch, Wombat
The searchlight., 1911-12-01
REMEMBER

THAT THIS is STRICTLY a CLEARANCE SALE OF WINTER
GOODS ONLY. EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE STATED,
AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE LEFT IN WINTER GOODS
is INCLUDED IN THIS SALE-NOTHING RESERVED
THE BEST BARGAINS AND THE BEST SIZES ALWAYS
GO FIRST, so MAKE 1T A POINT TO ATTEND THIS SALE
EARLY. TERMS CASH OF COURSE
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
BIG RUSH
In POSTAL
BUSINESS
LARGE Increase Over Last
YearExpreSS Com
panieS Busy

Posunaater j M Kayser is agthori'
ty for the statement that the postais
receipts at ihe Chickasha office axe
exceeding the daily receipts last year
Ii per cent each day The receipts
today were double HE receipts oi Yes.
lerday ana show a b'g increase over
the volume Of mil handled a teis
season last YEAR
For me pasi week iAa daily receipts
base been ID excess os the amount oi
business hau1led lass gear Christ
mas bnndles are beine mailed and NJ.
ceivHa and Al clerks are very busy IL
llH delivery ana distribution sass Af
KaYser
0. 4. Nicholson of the z S. rs
press company stated to-day that the
business Of his office Is on tho hi.
crease and that tie volume handled
today was the greatest since The
Christmas season begun.
fIasi year we had two offices and
/ ii Is hard Tor Mo 70 compare the busi-
ness handled each day with this sea-
sons business said Air Nicholson
when asked as - how Tie business Of
this season compared with last years
business
Passenger traffic at the Rock Is.
land station has already taken on the
appearance and activities Of the
Christmas season. Many Of the peo.
pie Of the town are going home and
many friends and relatives Of resi-
dents Of the city are coming here ~
the holidays The travel is also in
creased BY the number Of Christina.
shoppers who are here for the day
Thirtyseyen lady SHOPPERS went wes
on the Mangum branch last night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

ON WATER
NOT EASY

Macon ca, Dec 2i-After attend
ng a Holy Roller meeting ia West
Macon Inst night Airs Rliza 1harps
became SO imbued with religious for.
sor tbRt she concluded size could
walk on the water. Her husband sat
lip with her until daylight this morn
ing trying to convince her that she
had an erroneous Impression.
Bul She was obstinate aud insisted
that she could perform the feat When
her husband left to 70 to work she
called several Of the neighbors to vii.
ness the aet and ran 10 the river, q
block distant. Upon reaching the
bank she took off her shoes and
cloak and waded into the water In
minute she was swept under By the
strong current and when her body
was recovered Ten minutes later She
was dead
Nearly a hundred people Witnessed
the drowning but we're unable 70 pre-
vent her from carrying out her pur
pose or to assist her The tragedy
viii probably result III ban beini
placed on the Holy Rollers in Ma
con.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
MIDNIGHT
CHRISTMAS
SERVICES
Solemn Celebration at St.
LUke'S | hurCh on Sun
day Evening

For many years It has been Che
custom in the Episcopal church to
greet tbe birth of Christ wiih fan
elaborate service, beginning Christ
mas eve just before midnight and
continuing into the first hours Of
Christmas day
Such d service will be held III Saint
Lukes Episcopal church Sunday night
beginning 1T iI:45 D. nj. The choir
have been praciicing FOR several
weeks past y preparation for the
service, and The singers and ofches-
tra which viii play u tlal service are
IN excellent condition. The process
sional hymn IS one Of the oldest
hymns Of the christian church, hav-
ing been IN use in the church for over
Thousand years fhe Prophecies
being selections Of scripture con.
eerning tie birth Of Christ are then
read. followed by recitation from
Handel's Messiah sung as a solo,
Comfort Ye My People" Silence is
then kept throughout The church until
the last stroke Of the bell has tolled
Midnight, then the choir welcomes the
birthday Of christ with the ancient
hymn 81 Joy: 20 Come All We Faith
full. An elaborate service Of the
Holy communion then follows,
Special features Of the service will
be duets sung By boys and girls, mem
bers oI the childfens choir Every
one, whether members OF the Episco
pal church OF not are cordially vel
come at TINS service.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
Officers are Elected
by Ben Huf Court

All The regular meeting 81 Lew Wal.
lace Court Tribe q Ben tIur opTues-
day evening the following officers
we're elected for tlia ensuing torn
81. n Wiliiams. past chief Fl. 2
nowneY chipf JAS 8 Flatau, iudss
Katherlhe Crawford teacher 1as ~
Callahan. scribe Cbaflptte Aldridsa.
keepeF of tribute Zee Baker, eap
tain Clark 81 Trammell guide Iss
lie Barnes, keeper oi inner gate
Maarlee smltA keeper of outer sate
Several candidates were alsa nlsiah
/ ed Tho court Is making prapnfa.
tons Tor the installation Of the nifles
ers on Jan ?. At which limo several
Of the state officers are axpaeted y
he present
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
MUMMY Is
POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED
Body is Claimed BY Geo.
RObinett aud Taken
to Granite


George Robinett Of Granite, Okla,
arrived in the city fast night at 3
o'clock and identified the chlckasha
earless mummy is the body Of his
brother John Robinett who las been
missing from bis home for The past
four years and five months MFR
Robinett says that there can be no
mistake in tho identity The picture
found On the dead mans person when
he was discovered ii the box car il
Identical with the picture Of his bro
ther that George Robinett carries,
The resemblance between the man
from Granite and the dead mans pic.
ture Is striking
y ] Anderson, the undertaken, y
convinced that the dead man Is John
Robinett from the evidence produced.
Mt Robinet brought pictures Of his
family showing tie dead man in .
group with his parents. brothers and
sisters. Other family evidence was
also produced
George Robinet who il section
hand az Granite said III speaking of
his brothers sudden disappearance:
oAIy brother john left me at Enid. Ok
lahoma early in the monih of July
1907, with lhe intention Of goaag 20
Springfield, NO, To visit our sister
Since that time have never seen or
Iheard Of him He disappeared com.
pleteIy he was p years old and 4
common Iaborer By trade He had
about $50 on bis person when we part
ed
II have heard Of the unidentified
dead man at ChickaHha hnt had new
En- connected him with my brother
until saw tha picture ii the banrr.
do not read eraaf deai and there.
fore never saw auw Of the accounts 81
4 the happening at the time the body
was discovered MY brother had %
enemies il Oklahoma He was a sob
er. Industrious fellow and never had
trouble with anyone The motive ol
the crime is a mystery to me
When asked if he would try 10 I'M
rayel the mystery Of bis brother.
death in ain effort 70 punish the mur
derer Mr. Robinett said the he could
not say He had made no piapA fol
the future Mr. Robinett claimed til,
body and too kit to Granite, Okla.
this afternoon. There are twl
brothers at Granite and sister i
Missouri The mother Of the Robi
netts died last August. AT the tim,
John Rohinet disappeared the famiii
was living at Geary, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
PREFERS
DEATH TO
ASYLUM

do anything to me, Judge, but be
sure e add the death penalty I'm
not crazy and I'd rather be dead than
so back 70 the asylum
So declared john Hadlock, arrest
ea yesterday near Bailey IN this coun-
ty and brought here BY DEPUTY Han-
dy to be tried before The insanity
board. Brought before Judge VII.
liams this morning he talked IN a ra.
tional manner and begged for any
sentence that would save him from
Norman.
Hadlock was in the asylum from
July s, 1911 to Aug. IS. He Is not
dangerous but his peculiar actions
alarmed people in the neighborhood
Investigation OF his case is being de
layed ull his wife arrives.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
COLLEGE CLOSES
FOR HOLIDAYS

The Girls college closed the ses-
sion today for the Christmas holiday
season. The students Of the school
will 90 home and the college home
VIII be closed for the vacation period
number Of the members OF the
faculty will spend the holidays out oT
the city Miss Sara Trent and Miss
Ella HockadaY will 90 to Muskogee,
Miss Rose Murray to Oklahoma CITY.
Miss Eliza Rule to Hobart Miss Olive
Afcclintic 10 Oklahoma City, Miss
Ethel Dunn to Garden City Kansas,
Miss Mary Wilson to Guthrie and
Miss Lera Garrison to Pond Greek.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
TRIAL TO
PROCEED

Telegram BY United Press-
Chicago, Dec. 2l Judge Carpenter
today denied the motion Of counsel
for the ten packers that two Of the
seven counts be dismissed. The de-
Tense objected.
The decision insures the continu-
ance Of the present trial. The motion
that the jury be Instructed to disre-
gard certain Of Wilkerson's state
ments was also denied
After a brief recess following the
anti-defensa decisions, Attorney Buck
ingham. for lie defense began a ser
les Of opening statements speaking
particularly for Swift and Fowler
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
FMQ
lN9hNllI
THE PLEA
Telegram BY United PRESS.

Telegram BY United Press.
Boston, Dec I'll Rev Richeson
passed quiet night Medical Exam
iner Leary after visiting him this
morning. said there was llttle doubt
That he viii not be able To 90 to trial
January r..
Every indication points 70 q plea Of
insanity by the defense counsel The
district attorney admits that he has
conferred with allenists and is pre-
pared to meet the insanity plea with
reams Of evidence showing that Richie
son was sane Al the time Of the death
Of Aliss Linnell.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
START FEDERAL BUILDING IN SPRING

Replying to a letter from pr A. y.
Riddle, Senator owen under date esof
Dee. ID. writes from Washington as
follows
Dear doeios THE assistant secra.
tary Of the treasury with whom |
took up che matter 81 public build
ing al chickasha and who a. my re-
quest investigated the status Of Che
building, reports 70 ma CHS morning
as follows
with reference to your inquiry as
to the status ol The proposed new
postoffice building at chickasha, Ok
lahoma, and 10 your request that work
on the building be expedited ] ~
greet to advise You that the working
drawings nave not yet been started.
You may be aware Of the procedure
Of this department in connection with
tile various projects with which the.
supervising architects office is eharg.
ed, but in case YOU have not been pre-
yiously informed Of this, it may be
stated that the various projects are
listed in the order in which the sites
are vested under the control Of tAs
government
eThe department Is prohibited og
law from making any expenditures
toward providing federal buildings IN
III the title for the site on which the
I proposed building is to be placed has
been vested in the government. and
if any one particular building were
the only piece Of work that was before
the department not Inc could be
drawn on ii until the title had been
approved and the property paid for.
Therefore. the order for taking up
the drawings Tor the various buildings
IS established By listing them in the
order in which the sites are vested ii
the Government
This is stated fully to indicate the
fairness OF the system adopted by tn,
department, which is TO give eaei
niece Of work authorized its numbe
at the first moment it is possible t
do work On the drawings OF course
where so many authorizations ar
made as is the case at present, som
numbers came welt down the list bu
. this position is governed by the tim
: the Attorney General reports the It'll
to be good and sufficient
While he public buildings bill o
May sa la0q authorized the aequis
ton Of a site upon which to erect
posiofiice building 1T chickasha til
site was not formally vested under ih
control Of the government until int
t6. 1909. Meanwhile many sizes a
lhorized b That aet had been aeaui
cd and took precedence over ihat tt
chickasha. The erection Of huidin'
y OH these sites was NOT. however a
q hoflzed until the passage Of lhe a
2 OF June 2a. igi0 and while nathiI
e could be done toward the prepafallt
g Of ihe drawings until after that dai
ihe buildings in this group arc tak'
un IN Che order "a Which The Sites g
lhoriaed by The act Of zoos, were g
0t quired
Is The office Of the supervising are
at teet Is at present working on
h. drawings for the buildings authofiz
iii By the act Of 1910, which consists
the following Liut i. ~ extension
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

CRITICAL


Telegram by United Press.
Vienna, Dec 2l.-The city is much
alarmed over the report that Franz
Josef Is ii critical condition. Il is
reported that the emperor can live
bur 4 few hours
All the AFTERNOON papers containing
pesslmistie reports about the empen
ors health we're seized and burned by
the police.
Ii Is Officially announced thai The
emperor il much improved but the
people do not believe u
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
GRAND JURY
HARASSED?
Telegram By United Press.

Telegram By United Press.
Indianapolis. Dec. 2l-A grand
jury Investigation Of the charge Of
Prosecuting Attorney Baker that the
members 81 The grand Jury lugestigat.
ing dynamite outfages have been 'hafs
rassed and threatened by paid hugs
id the employ Of the National Erec.
tors association, has been ordered.
Baker says one Of the members Of
Tie iNls las heeA driven INSANE BY
threats.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
'KIMMELL'
SHORT

Telegram Dy uhlled EIeaa.
Sc. Louis. Dee. q Attorney Bea-
con, the family lawyer in the kimmeil
case, says upon his return from Niles,
Mich that he has discovered startl.
ing evidence proving conclusIveiy
that Andrew White is not Kimmell
as he claims
Kimmell when he took out his In.
suranee policies, was five feet ten
inches while White is five feet and
seven inches and q hall. This TACT
WIS overlooked in f0rmer trials.
Whites inability e properly pro.
nounce proper names witt which Kim.
nell was familiar is also to be used
against him At Che trial here in Jam
Haf9.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
NnnOHgYNn -
ROOSEVELT
CANDIDATE

Telegram by United Press.
Omaha. Dec. 2l-Koosevelt be-
came a candidate for the presidential
nomination in the republican primaf-
les in this state when John Yeiser
sent his name 10 the secretary Of
state this morning
Roosevelt, according to the law. is
said to have no authority to with.
draw his name even IL lie wishes
RPFERs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
nrcnrx1r1nn
kEJVLUllUN
Is SIGNED


Telegram by United preHai
washington, bee 2l- Immediately
after returning from New York today,
President Tatt signed the joint con.
gressional resolution ratifying his &c.
tion Informing Russia Of The abroga.
tion Of the 1892 treaty at the end Of
1912
Secretary of State Knox was the
only official present at the signing
Of the resolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24

Word having reached the barracks
that their beloved commander had
been killed, his soldiers rushed to the
city to avenge him. He met them,
however. quieted them, and they re-
turned to their quarters.
MIR. Payne, on receiving a note from
Washington the next morning asking
him to call at his lodgings, supposed it
was, of course, to give the colonel
opportunity to demand "satfsfaction"
for the blow he had received the day
before. Imagine his surprise when.
instead of finding pistols or swords
ready for duel, Washington greeted
him with outstretched hand, saying:
81 believe l was wrong yesterday. You
have already had some satisfaction.
and If you deem that sufficient here
IS my hand. Let us be friends."-H.
A. Ogden in st. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24
.EoIIIES oE 1910,

When F Ziegfeld, Jr.'s big musical
revue. The Follies of 1910" is pre-
scented at the Grand opera house. Dav-
export, March 81, the original Jardin
de Paris New York cast will be in evil
dence. It includes Bickel and Wat
son. Bert Williams, Willie Reeves,
Bobby North, Harry Pilcer, w Wanna.
imperial Russian dancer, William c.
Schrode, Quigg and Nickerson, Peter
Swift, Max Schenck, Charles Hessong,
A. Devlin. Charles Schribner, A Young,
Charles Evans, Fanny Price. Shirley
kellogg. Airline Boley, Evelyn Carlton
Margaret Norris, Vera Maxwell. Lydia
Scott. Trixie Cadiz. Bessie Fennell,
Violet Jewell. Evelyn Koerner. Lottie
Vernon, Betty Neill, and 10 Anna Held
girls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24
CURIOUS DOMESTIC PETS.
Musical insects and Waiting Mice
Popular In Japan.

Among the many curious domestic
pets of the japanese are their musical
insects and Waiting mice.
Hung up in the verandas of Japa-
nese houses may be seen small, exqui-
sitely cut bamboo cages. from which
in the hush of dawn and at the close
of summer days proceed quaint little
whistlings, tinklings and trills. Usual
ly it is at evening that the japanese
sit at their ease to listen to the music
of their imprisoned insects. One called
the "suzu-mushi" gives out, it is said.
a kind of trill so delicate and clear as
TO sound like an ethereaIized birds
song.
One species of Japanese mouse may
be said to waltz through the greater
part of the waking hours of its life,
never firing, though its feet wear out
in the process. This peculiar little
rodent is black and white and has
pink eyes. Its chief popularity is that
at a time when baby mice of other
species are just beginning to move
about this terpsichorean mouse is al
ready able to waltz.
Put together, these japanese dane
ing mice will waltz in couples, and at
times more than two will join in
mad whirl. So rapid is the movement
of the dancers that it is difficult to
distinguish their heads from their
tails.
The japanese says that Waiting
seems to be as essential to the happi-
ness of this mouse as midair somer-
saults are to the tumbling pigeon. An
upright peg forms a convenient pivot
round which the mouse can whirl, but
II is said that without any such guide
they would not in several minutes
cover an area larger than a dinner
plate. and they easily spin under O.
tumbler-New York Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24
The Theatre
AT THE MAJESTIC.

The Girls from Melody Lane" pre-
senting the feature act at the Males.
tic theatre for the last half of the
week, are giving Manager Quinn's
audiences one of the best singing acts
ever brought to lighthouse. The quar-
tet renders seven popular songs
with a number of different arrange
ments, and demonstrated the fact yes
terday that there are but few singing
acts on the stage better than this
one. Elizabeth and Beatrice Banks
in a refined, dainty musical act cap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24
CATCHING the speaksr,s Eye

The practice of catching the speak
er's eye" dates back to the session OF
1910, when a heated dispute arose be
tween members Of the house, several
of whom claimed precedence of speech.
1t was then decided that whoever first
caught the speakers eye should have
the right TO address the house. This
rule worked smoothly until 1855, when
Sir John Trevor was elected to the
chair The new speaker was afflicted
with an abominable sqgint; consequent
Iy two members would often catch his
eye simultaneously and decline to give
way TO one another To obTiate this a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-24
AK DROPS ON -FOUR
Two Pitchers, an Infielder and
a Catcher Dropped From
Islander Roster.
THREE COUNTRY BOYS
Stropes Brothers of AndaIusia and
GIazier of Taylor Ridge Fail to
Show Predicted Glass.

Manager Carney's ak descended last
evening on the necks of four of the
ambitious youngsters in the Islander
squad and they were told that their
services were no longer needed. They
were Joe and Charles Stropes, pitcher
and infielder. respectively, from Anda-
lusia; Richard Glazier, pitcher from
Taylor Ridge, and James Wilson,
catcher from Columbus. Ohio. All the
lads came highly recommended, but
they failed in their four days of prac-
tice to show that they had the goods
that the Three-Eye league demands
Several of the other youngsters who
are still in the squad are showing good
form and bid fair to develop into
finds" Roy Whiteside, the Moline
youngster who pitcher sensational anna
teur ball last year, is attracting the
most attention. He has limbered up
nicely and is showing lots of class
Manager Carney has used him both as
an infieldeT and as a slab artist and he
looks good at either job. With an even
break in luck and barring accidents,
he looks like one of the staff for the
coming season