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The Chickasha Daily Express Vol. i. Chickasha, Indian Territory, Tuesday, September 18, 1900. No. 230 WEEKLY EXPRESS r Established 1892. For Chickasha First; The Indian 'Territory Second; The World After. DAILY EXPRESS Established January I, 1900. i ' New lot of these Jjr 'I'M'" i 1 . r y ":. .t. j . , ; . i r, -rt .y, ,. ' . - - ' -J .. i i i i V "on -irr ti-"?iHt j THE SITUATION All is Quiet at Hazelton, Where the StormCenter of Coal War Is. STRIKER'S MEETING. Addresses are Made in Order to Strengthen Cause and En courage Mine-Workers. DISTURBANCE THREATENS UNEQUALED SHOES , on sale at EMERSON'S. roHlolllee buildinr. Some Threats Have Been Made, But Leaders are Doing Their Best to Prevent any Outbreak Great Storms for the Last Forty Years. The great storms of the last forty years are given in the following litt by the Chicago Times Herald. It shows the appalling figures of up ward of tOO.OuO lives lost in storms: The great storm of along the const of China tleslsoj cd 300, 000 lives arid is on record as Hi; greatest storm in history where any estimate of the loss of life is given: 1HG1 Calcutta, India; 43,(100 lives and 100 ships lost. .. J-KSi-Hairoug, China; 300,000 lives lost. 18S1 England; great destruction ofrirop.irty and many lives lost. 1882 Manila, Philippine Islands; 00,000 families rendered homeless and 100 lives lost. 188G Madrid, Spain; thirty-two killed, C20 injured. 187 Australian Coast; 550 pearl fishers perished. 1888 Cuba; 1,000 lives lost. 18S9 Apia, Samoan Island ;Ger man and American warships wrecked "and many lives lost. lM'JO Muscat, Arabia; 700 lives lost. 1801 Mat uuie; 310 lives lost and t.l 0,000(00 worth of probity destroyed. 1882 Kavigo, northern Italy; several hundred lives lost. I8'J2 TonnaUy, Madagascar; several hundred lives lost. , 193 C.rat storm on the north ! west coast of Europe; 237 lives lost J - off English coast and 103 fi&lit-i men , off Jutland. I A hunting Stoiy. j I too had fallen asleep under a! gooseberry tree besidt? a erfek. j When I awoke the first object , that met my gnze was a great big back deer I put my riilo lo'my shoulder and took aim. Just then I heard terrific quacking olT tc my right and turning saw a great Hocking of ducks. 1 took 'aim at the deer agaiu when my at-1 tention wns attracted by n squak ing off to my left. It came from a lare Hock of geese. I tcok aim ' at the defr again and this time . my attention was claimed by a hissing and rattling at my feet. 1 looked down and saw a big rat tlesnake. Without slopping to take aim I pressed the triggir' "What was the result!1' 'he guu bnrslcd. The bullet killed the buck the trigger enter ed the ruUVsnakc's throat nud killed it; the barrel of the guu limled iu the other direction Strnek the fiock of gtese and kill ed forty; and I was blown two miles into the woods fell inlo a drove of rabbits and smashed the life out of 317 of them." . Philadelphia, Sept. lCTat the strike of the mine workers in the antracite regions of Pennsylvania which President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers ot America has olllcially ordered to begin to morrow, will be one of considerable magnitude, seems certain tonight from reports received from the region effected. It eeems equally certain that a number of operators will make an effort to run their mines, even though they be success ful only can be determined when the breaker whistles sound the call to work. Today was one of p4iut ibrou gh oul the coal district. parently r;coned without accurate knowledge of the attitude of ths'r men. It is true that some operations in the Hazelton region were work ing today with as high as 80 per cent of the men at work, neverthe less the greater number of men in the district were idle. ,s In the Scranton and Wilkesbarre districts the tie-up was pracliU.y complete. As "was ''expected Wife Scuylkill region with Pittsburg for a central point,, was at work with very few defections. These men have not the same grievances that in other districts and if they go on, a strike it will be largely through sympathy. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers", who has established headquarters at Hazelton and is personally directing the strike, estimate! tl at over 100,000 men struck and that 15,000 moro wUl join them tomorrow. Wilkesbarre, Pa , Sept. i7. The coal miniers strike in almost general in the Wyoming vvallcy. Some of the Pennsylvania Co.l company's collieries of PiUson started to work this morning short handed. A Delaware and Hudson Coal com pany mine at Plains is working, but the big mines at Nanticoke, Plymouth and Parsons are com pletely tied up, Geer County Quarantined, . OME FOREIGNERS AT WORK In Some Sections Mines are Run ning as Usual. Many Mines Mart Short Handed. Philadelphia, Sep. 17 The tie-up caused by the strike for higher wages of moro than 140,000 mine workers is at least as complete as the of the Union claimed at any time. Companies and individuals owning in nts who had claimed that their workings would operate as usual, despite the strike order, ap- REFUGEES QUIT Every Train Leaving Gal vsston Takes Out a Steady Stream. BOATS INADEQUATE. r-T r-i j-r e m e 4 DON'T BLAME 6 Eyes' Are Moistoncd Willi Tears as They Depart From the City. Texas Fever Reported to Y, Among the Cattle There. Sk clal i lb'' KxprcsH. Guthrie, Ok., Sept. 10. Special inspectors of the Department of Agl'icnl'uft wlirlic tsee luyvti) . igating violations of the live slock sanitary laws of (ireer coun ty have quarrautincd the entire county until Nov 1 and no cattle can be shipped out of the county north except to qnarrantine yards for immediate slanghter. This aciton is based upon the prjval ence of Texas fever in the county brought by a herd of Texas cattle driven across the country in viol at:onoflaw. They are now in vestigating similar conditions in Dewey County. On October 1 the cattlemen will meet in Ardmore to adopt a con stitution and by laws, and to per fect the organization receutly be gun at Sulpbur. RELIEF STATION OPENED At Tex is City for Refuges. Lots of Work on Hand forMany Moro Laltorcrs. ' Galveston, Sept. 17. The steady stream of refugees from Galveston is kept up. There is not a depart ing train from across the bay which is not packed to its platforms. In M e will be refugees leaving for a week to come. No sadder sight could ba imagin ed than the picture presented by a boat load of refugees, when the ropes were cjst off and the, craft swung out into the bay and away from the storm swept city. There was not a face that was not turned toward the ruin. There was not an eye thai, was not moistened by tears. So great has teen the rush to'leave behind the scenes Qfthe storm that nec'.s with the trains at Texas City, liss not' failed to leave her wharf a single day without denying pass age to a portion of those who want ed to get away. KRUCER'S VISIT. He is Authorized To Negotiate Settlement. London, Sept., 17. A special dispatch from Naples 6ays an agent of the Transvaal states that the object of Mr Krnger's visit to Europe is to negotiate a settle ment with Great Britian and that he has full power to act to that end. If the biscuits are not good;7i It's all in the Flour. SUPREME FLOUR, IIS GUARANTEED To be the Best Flour sold in Chickasha, Or your money refunded. HIGHEST PRICE! AC HIGHEST QUALITY! 'it : WHITEMAN BROS., Solo Wholesale Distributing Agents for above Flours. A RDM OK K, -HOUSES- . CHICKASHA. -- if. Xi C. ft. CAMrnni.i.. lron... It. K. V.'oo'lTEN, Ju., Vice IV ;i., , II. Ii. JOHNSON) I'ushh.T, No. 5431. J. T. Acst. An. Cstflcr.r J H. F. Johnson, Ass'l,, Cashier;"' "-'r, First National Bank, CHICKASHA, IND. TER RApitftl: :l:: r .... ' , M 'i m DHRECTOiiS: m R.M. ttourlaml, C. if. l-.i,rnt. ii. llmd. K. K. Johnson, A. L. Xail, it A". U'outenjr., Webb ilcmhix, C. ii. Campbell, it. B. Johnson. . Oflers to Depositors every Facility which their Balances, Easiness and Responsibility Warrant. B. P. Smtth. Presilent, Wm. Inman. Vicc-Pres. N0.5547. C. T. Ekwin. Cashier, 1 N. Dkhcomues, Ass't Cashier. . ...! Citizens National Bank CHICKASHA, IND. TER. Capital, $50,000.06. H. 1'. Smith, J. C. Drbjijers, Wm. Inman, A r '' Wr L. Saiiicr-i, J, if. Tut tie, GCHSESrOlTDElTrS. ' ' Hanover National. New York; Natiocal liank of Commerce. Kansas City-"Md.? March mts anl Pla ners, Sberintn. Tex., ConUninta' Nation il Bank, SULouiti-. : GRAND OPEIK OF FALL WINTER AMD THE BIG CASH STORE; A REAL CALIFORNIA SUIT FOR Real California Pant. $3. 50 and !?1.00. C.in give you A Good Suit 4.U0, t. 5 J and 5.00. . m ; GOODS. THE BIG CASH (STORE, as usual, right in the lead with he Largest, Deot, and Cheapest Line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes' and Roots ever irourhl to Chickasha. We have the Cheapest and bct 'assorted stock of CLOTHING IN THE TOWN. WE SELL .THE OLD RELIA BLE HAMILTON BROWN Shoes and Roots. The'licvt'in liic World.' " ' N DRY GOODS- WE ARE STRICTLY IN THE SWIM. A good yard wi.lo Sea Island Domestic 2 i ynrds for 61.((). A good Oiilip.g, -JO yanls for Flaunt 1 Pj- Laine A sjilendid goods for Ladies house Dresses SA ets. Can give a gool Stand;ird Calico, fast colors for -I V cts. Cutloii Cliceks JJO yards for 1.0U. Wc can save yon mouey THE BIG CASH EX I G. MAYS, Pr S1 "'-si Si A