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The ChickastToP
Vol. 1.
Chickasha, Indian Territory, Thursday, September 13, 1900.
No: 226
WEEKLY EXPRESS
Established 1892.
For Chickasha First; The Indian Territory Second; The World After.
- Established January I, 1900.
New
lot
of
these
A. . I
Y
UNEQUALED
SHOES
on sale at
EMERSON'S.
Postollice build
Terrible Stories
Of Infamous Massacres
of Foreigners in
China.
PRESIDENT MUST
Decide 'poIu Willulrawul , . Wli itli
lumbers Increase.
As Reports Come in the List of Flood
Victims Grows. Mayor and Other
Notables Tell of ihe Horrors
and the JJurial of Victims. '
Death List Grows.
Houston, Sept 13.
Special..
. The mayors of Galveston and
Houston concur in the statement
that largely increased mortality is
shown. Each report showing
situation gcowing worse from
honr to hour- More militia has
been ordered to Galveston to help
preserve order and bary the dead
Relief funds to the amount of one
hundred theusand dollars have
been received. Idlers forced to
work at the point of the bayonet
Bodies are burned hi the wreck
axe.
bulletin received nero cvciy
hour says tho situation irovs
worse every hour, water and ice
are needed, l'eople are frenzied
from snl'ering, from these causes
scores have died iuce last night,
unit rnitntw-rx huvn emm in nunc
is Most Important Jucstion - ' r.ora 8nffe,ru7' .
Special.
at Washington Just
- . 7. "Sow;
ALLIES AGAINST I50XEIW.
The Allied Troops are Marching
Against the Boxers Who.
Threaten Tien Tsin
Region.
Lomlon, Set. 13. (Spcuial( All
corrispondents in China are sending
terrible stories of wholesale slaugh
ter of missionaries nnd native Chris !
tians.(Iti3 'asserted that during J
"July between .15000 hod 20,OO0j
.converts; were" massacre! in i the;
northern provinces. L.lrgo num
bers of missionaries are still unac-
-
counted for, and small hope is en
tertained for t heir escape.. Wonun
were subjected to unspeakable bar
barities and tortures, being stripped
and slowly eluboed to death. This
was oiio of the nuldeot melt oils used
by the Boxers in their fiendish
work.
... Germany and Kugland .have de
clined Russia's proposition to evacu
ate Fekni. Italy aud Austria have
decided to be guided by Germany.
Minister Conger advises " the
Americans to.leave l'ekin if possible
and is favor of the punitive expe
dition to Fau Tung Fu. ...
..Washington, Sep. 13. The ques
tion of withdrawing the American
troops from IVkin at once is now
before the president aud a speedy
decision i? expected niul required.
General "ChalTee ,as made aWjuaint
ed with the attitude 3f the govern
ment and asked to hold himself in
readiness to withdraw his troops.
Meanwhile tho state department is
trying to force the Chines govern
ment to restore per c '.
Corpses on the Prairie.
Houston, Tex., Kept. 12
J D Dillon commercial agent of
the Santa Fe has-returned from a
trip to Virginia Point. lie made
the trip from Hitchcock to Vir
ginia Point on foot and gives a
graphic description of his jour
ney. Twelve miles of track and
bridges lire gone south of Hitch
cock,' said he. I walked, waded
andwam from Hitchcock to Vir
ginia Point and nothing could be
seen in all that country bat death
and desolation. The prairies are
covered s ith water, and I do not
think I exaggerate when I say that
not less than 5,000 horses and
cattle, dead, a; e to be found along
the line of tricks south of Hitch
cock. The little towns along the
railroad are aU swept away, and
the sight ia the most horrible I
ever witnessed, when I reached
a point about two north of Vir;
ginia Point I taw some bodies
floating on the prairie, and from
that point to Virginia Point dead
bodies conld be seeu fromthe
railroad track floating about tfie
prairie. At Virginia Point notb
Is left. About 100 cars of mer
chandise that reached Virginia
l'oiut on the International rail
road on the night of tho storm are
scattt red about over the prairie,
and their contents will no doubt
be a total loss.
br jak of pestilence is being neg
lected. This morning it was'found
that large numbers of bodies
had been previously thrown into
the bay were washed back "upon
the shore aud the situation was
thus rendered worse than ' bef ore
they were taken in barges and
tbqjwn into the water.
It wfll now never bo known
how
Galveston Sept. 12. (Sp m.,
Via Houston, midnight.) All
attempts at burying the dead have
utterly been abandoned and bodies
are now being disposed of in the
swiftest manner possible. Scores
of thciii have lcn - buried today
and hundreds were taken out of
the sea and thrown overboard.
The safety of the living is nowibc
paramount question ard- nothing
that will tend to prevcut tho out-
many have lost thoir lives in this
awful catastrophe. Mayor Jones
of Galveston thinks the dead . will
amount to 5000 and others whose
apportumties for judging are less
than that of the Mayor place it as
high as 10,000. j
Robbing and rioting are going
on, and as the town ia in darkness,
the efforts of the millitary to con
trol the lawless element are not
very Bnccessfal. Big bonfires
were fcuilt at various points, made
from the heaps of rubbish to ena
ble troops to see where watchrnl-
ness was needed.
.,- ----- 2
'f - Belated Locals.
Miss Lizzie Copeland has re
turned from St. Louis. "
E, S Dougan, will put in a
food store on the corner of 4th
and Chickasha Avenue. " .
C O. W. Ball meeting No
tice: au' members' of Chickasha
camp.l'Jo., 04requested -to meet at
hal Friday night Sept. 24, prom
ptly at 7 p m for jmrpuse jo.Eaja
ing contributions for Galveston
Flood sufferers. r
John Wantland c c,
- C. James, elk.
Attention Confederate Veterans.
There will be a Smoking Festi
val and meeting of Joe Shelby
Camp 975 at the Mayor's office in
the town of Chickrsba, on Satur
day, September 22 at 3 o'clock p.
au i All confederates are cordial
ly invited io attend. ; By order,
' - J. G. Buchanan,
Com. Joe Shelby Camp 975.
Reserved seat tickets for "Brezy
Point, ''. now on sale at P O drug
store.' '. . i f -
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DON'T
BLAME
::::::: ;.the
COOK
If the biscuits are not good;
It's all in the Flour.
SUPREME FLOUR
IS GUARANTEED
To be the Best Flour sold in Chickasha,
Or your money refunded.
- HIGHEST PRICE!
HIGHEST QUALITY!
WHITEMAN BROS.,
Sole Wholesale Distributing Agents for above Flours.
ARMORE,
-IIOUSES-V
CIIICKASIIA.
C. B.CAMPBELU Pre.. oil. B. JoHMsOH,
R. K. Woottbn, Jkm Vice Pres., Cashier,
J. T. Aunt, Aas't. Cashier,
B. F. Johnson, Ass'l. Cashier.
No. 5431.
First National Bank. ;
CHICKASHA, IND. TER. Z
Capital . $ 25.000.oo. s
DHRCCTORt:
R. .V. Kourlanrf. C. H. Resxtnt, R. Bond, X. R Johnxnn, A L Vail
R. K. H'ooten.jr., Webb Hendrix, C. B. Campbell, 11. B. Johnson. '
Offers to Depositors every Facility which their Balances,
Business and Responsibility Warrant.
fa. P. Smith. President,
Yt'u. Inman, Vice-Pres.
C. T. Erwiw, CHhier,
I N. OE8COMBK8, Ass't Csh!er.
N0.5548.
Citizens National Ban k
CHICKASHA, IND. TER.
Capital, - $50,000.oo.
' B.R Smith. . J. C. Vriggen, Wm. Inman,
r.L. Suit yen, H. Tut tie,
Hanover' National, New Vor'.;; National Bank of Commerce. Kansas City, Mo.;
Merchants and Planter, Shermin. Tex., Continental National Bank, Ht.Loirig
GRAID
THE BIG CASH STORE:
OPENING
OF
FALL
AND
WINTER
GOODS.
THE BIG CASH STOKE, as
usual, right in tho lead
' ; with the Largest, Best,
and Cheapest Line of
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Shoes and Boots ever
brought to Chickasha. - .
Wo have the a Cheapest
and Itent assorted .-stock -
of CLOTHING IN THE TOWN.
A REAL CALIFORNIA SUIT FOR
S12.50.
Kcal California PanU $3.50 and $4.00, Can
A Good Suit SLOOj 4.50 and $5.00.
give you
w
SELL THE OLD RELIA
BLE HAMILTON BROWN
Shoes and Boots. . The best in tho World.
ON DRY GOODS WE ARE
STRICTLY IN THE SWIM.
A good yard wulo Sea Island Domestic '20 yards for
$ 1 . 00. A good Outing, 20 yards for $ 1 . 00.
Flannel De-Laine A splendid goods for Ladies house
Dresses b cts. Can give a good Standard Calico,
fast colors for i cts. Cotton Cheeks 30 yards for
$1.00. We can save you money
THE BIG CASH STORE.
J. G. MAYS, ProDr.