Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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CSAUTIFUL SENORITA OBJECTS
TO DISTASTEFUL MARRIAGE.
RUNS AWAY FROM HOME
Fop Three Months She Roams Country
In Male Attire Part of Time
as Member of Robber
Band.
Madrid. Truly an amazing story Is
that of Senorita Esperanzi Vasquez a
wealthy merchant's daughter who
after being missing for three months
was found masquerading as a male
tramp and it now a nun In a convent.
She Is only 19 and her father is a
leading citizen of Santander. The sen-
orira was carefully brought up and
educated. She is a tall good looking
and well built giri who was known
as a regular dare-devil and the hero-
ine of many merry escapades. With
men and women alike she was In-
tensely popular.
One night three months ago the
Vasquez mansion was ablaze with
light as a great ball was being given
to celebrate the betrothal of the Sen-
orlta Esperanzi and the Senor Pablo
y Cerda of liilboa. The next morning
the senorita was missing. Day after
day passed and there was no word of
her; no clue by which her wherea-
bouts could be discovered. She had
simply vanished.
For several weeks the girl's disap-
pearance was the sensation of the
district. Then her discovery caused
un even greater sensation. Disguised
as a ii.an slie was found In a tramps'
"refuge" a type of lodging house run
by the municipality of Paula Christi-
na In a district of Madrid. Clad In
rough men's clothes the girl had been
a lodger for three days. On the night
before her discovery a dispute arose
ibetween her and a burly giant the
bully and terror of the place. The
bully struck her knocking her sense-
less. When the police rushed In a doc-
tor was sent for and thus it was found
that the tall we;i built comely lad
was In reality a girl. Then It came
out that she was the much sought Es-
peranzi Garcia Vasquer.
The pirl waB reconciled to her fam-
ily and her lover pleaded for an Im-
mediate marriage but Inntead the
senorita has just taken the veil In
the Hernianas do Carldad convent In
Madrid and swears she will spend
her lif? as a sister of mercy tending
the poor and nursing the sick.
She told a remarkable story of her
wanderings lu the three months. It
was because of the distasteful be-
trothal that she determined to leave
home.
The household In the early morn-
HJUieS BY LEGS FROM
FIFTH JFLOOR WINDOW
.Daring Young New York Bookkeeper
Risk His Life to 8ave Two
Stranger.
New York. An old sis-story Ameri-
can basement dwelling on East Elev-
enth street caught fire on the first
fitter the other afternoon and In the
scramble to Ect out no ono on the
He Pulled Both of the Men to Safety.
five lower floors thought of two men
Louis and Max ScbwarU who were
working In a fur room In the rear of
the top floor.
The first known of their dinger
was when the Schwartz brothers enme
out on the fire escape and shouted
for help.
No hook and ladder had arrived and
there scorned to bo no way of escape
but to jump. The Schwartz brothers
were about to leap to the sidewalk
when a window adjoining in a nine-
story building way raised and Charles
Fell a bookkeeper 21 years old called
to them to stay where they were and
he would rescue them.
Abraham Goldberg and Solomon
Strow Workmen for a manufacturing
company for whom Hell Is bookkeep-
er had remained with hire. The win-
dow of the building where Bell and
his comrades stood Is half a story
higher than the fire escape where the
Schwartz brothers stood and about
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ins tired out wish the ball was sound
!y asleep. The girl dressed in her
roughest clothes and taking only such
money as she had In her purse quiet-
ly walked to the railway station and
boarded a milk train bound for liilboa.
From there she took another train .o
a lonely country station and began
a tramp over the highway to Madrid.
The first night she slept with the
fen:ale servants In a cottage back of a
big mansion.
On her second day she fell In with
a male tramp who suggested that she
assume male attire and Join an ad-
venturous band of wifich he was a
member. She agreed and he intro-
duced her to the chief who gave her
man's clothes cut her hair and taught
The Bully Knocked Her Senseless.
her to walk swagger talk from her
chest and put her hands properly in
her pockets.
She was treated with great con-
sideration and finally a position was
secured for her as footman In a
nobleman's house. The suggestion
was that she furnish plans and In-
formation of the house so that the
band could rob It. The girl declares
that she did not Intend to do this but
seemingly aereed In order to enjoy
the experience and adventure. Put
she only stayed the one day for she
found she had to share the sleeping
accommodation of one of the other
men servants.
The robber band were angered at
her behavior so she escaped and be-
came a wanderer In the land a
tramp. Frankly she says she did not
enjoy herself and is glad of the haven
of rest and peace which the convent
has now given her.
five feet to one side. Bell told the
two workers to hold fast to his legs
and the young book keeper crawled
put on the window ledge over the
coping and swung head first far to
the side toward the balcony of the
adjoining house. Louis Schwartz
standing on the fire escape rail was
just able to reach Bell's outstretched
hands when the bookkeeper was let
down almost to his full length by his
legs. The young bookkeeper pulled
both men to safety.
Dead Man Sat Eeside Him.
New York Harry Melbourne drove
a heavy furniture van through the
Christmas shopper? Sixtn aren" for
nearly an hour with a dead maj on
the seat beside him. With John Par-
ken 45 years old the regular driver
of the vjin. Melbourne went to a house
In West Thirteenth street to get a
load of household goods to take to
Harlem. The two men carried out
chairs tables beds and other effects
and had a large pile on the sidewalk
when Parken reeled and complained
of feeling 111. Melbourne supported
liliii and led him to the wagon. Prop-
ping him up on tho seat and wrapping
a blanket around him he finished load-
ing up the big vehicle alone. At Thirty-first
street Mellbourne drew his
wagon up alongside the curb made
a hasty examination and found that
Parken was dead. A -physician called
from the New York hospital said that
Parken had died of heart disease and
apparently had been lifeless for near
ly an hour.
Finds Family "Are Disagreeable.
Edmonton. Ala. A weird talo of
cannlhaHsm among the Indians ct the
far north was brought In the other
day by Jerri McDougall son of the
first 't missionary to the Canadian
northwest who is in the employ of
the Hudson's Bay company and L. S.
C. Ward an Independent trapper. A
member of the Rili tribe when provi-
sions ran short killed and ale his
wife and three children one by one
but soon died from the effects of over-
eating. MacDougal! and Ward are enthu-
siast ic over tho possibilities of the
great wilderness. They toll of salt
wells of Inexhaustible wealth of sup-
plies of game limited only by the abil-
ities of trappers to carry It away and
of lakes full of excellent fish but at
present inaccessible on account of the
lack of transportation.
Experience may be a good teacher
but many a man who Is rich in ex-
perience can't raise five dollars to
save his Hf.
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LOCOMOTIVE VERY MUCH CUT CF
ITS ELEMENT.
Engineers Engaged in Construction of
Florida Railroad Set New Rec-
ord Sixty -Mile Tow a
Nerve Strainer.
It Is not the easiest task in the world
to roll a locomotive on a barge tow It
eome 60 miles out to sea and put
ashore on a small Island all Intact and
ready for instant use. But this was
one of the obstacles met with as the
wotk progressed and overcome In the
construction of the extension of tne
Florida East Coast railway now build-
ing' 160 miles across the Florida Keys
from Miami to one of the western-
most landlinks of the chain Key
West. While the work of bridging the
intervening channels between the
Keys was progressing the 15 miles of
railroad on the solid ground bed of
Key Largo (the longest of the chain
of islands called the "Florida Keys"
and nearly half-way out to sea be-
tween the mainland and the proposed
railway terminus) was under way and
ready for the services of a locomotive
necessary to assist m the completion
How Locomotive
of the Island railroad. But how was
this big cumbersome engine t.o be
transported across to the Key?
The connecting line of grade was
not completed so that the engine could
be run out over the several smaller
i Islands and Intprveninir hrkl
Its own steam so the only feasible
method seemed to be by a 60-mile tow
the advantages or disadvantages of
which were discussed pro and con by
the men In charge. It was finally de-
cided to experiment. Three parallel
tracks were laid on a huge barge and
this latter backed up to the wharf also
laid with a track. Three flat cars were
run on each of the two outer tracks on
the barge and the ponderous locomo-
tive was shunted in between them.
Every wheel was securely wedged and i
blocked the flat cars acting as a guard
should the engine refuse to submit to
being towed to sea and surcharged
with latent Indignation be unable to
restrain Itself and decide to leave the
track. Lines were made fast to a
puffy little tug which encouraged by
the cheers of the workmen started off
bravely with her burden like an ari:
tugging at a breadcrust her prow high
as If to challenge the ocean rollers
and her taff rail nearly submerged by
the pressure of her tow-lines.
After a safe voyage the barge was
beached on the shores of Key Larso
steam was generated in the boiler and
on a track laid to receive it the loco-
motive tiid from its fastenings to the
scenes of Its future labors the only
engine of Its class which ever enjoyed
an ocean excursion.
ADVANCE OF THE RA1LR0AT.
There Hai Been a Prodigiout Growth
in Recent Years.
During the lifetime of many who
are still active factors in business af-
fairs or 76 year3 ago. we had 23
miles of railroads to-day 2L'3000
miles or including double track aid
sidlugs 313000 miles says IUcba-'d
H. Edwards In the Review of Re-
views. The freight in mile tons has
grown from 30000000000 in and
79.000000000 In 1S30 to 1 87.000.000.-
000 In 1905. the total for the latter
year being more than twice as great
es for 189. The gain of 43.000000
tons between 1900 and 1905 wa3 very
much larger than the total of 1SS2
and nearly two-thirds af. great as the
total of 1890. Owing to the more
powerful locomotives and cars freight
trafllc has Increased by a much great-
er percentage than the Increase in the
number of cam and locomotives and
likewise than the increase in mile-
atce. On most- of our roads we have very
nearly reached the limit of heavier
locomotives and larger cars for as
these are increased lu weight heavier
rails and heavier bridges are made
necessary. It !(s really a case of re-
construction and reconstruction and
rebuilding year after year. Yet no
road in a prosperous section 'seems to
catch up with its business. The depot
and the rolling stock and the roadbed
built for the present are behind the
times before they are completed.
Great as hns been the growth of traf-
llc during the last ten years it must
of necessity be far exceeded by tint
of the next ten since population is in-
creasing and the volume of trade
grows more rapidly than population.
To extend our railroad facilities by
thQ building of now mileage by im-
provement of tracks niid terminal fa-
cilities and by the increase of rolling
stock adequate to meet the actual
needs of thti country during the next
!en years would require as a minimum
an expenditure of $4000000000 to
15000000000.
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LOCCMCTiVE HAS LIVE FZT.
j Engine on Connecticut Line Adapts
I Live Kocr.ter.
Fneine No. 1.SS3 has tf-lcptoil a
jroosrtr. "H.-r" en&ineor E. II. Cou-r
i swears "she" has and certainly the
rooster is devotedly attached to his
ponderous foster-mother according to
a dispatch from Winsted Conn.
Wherever "she" goes there goes the
rooster which although "slightly dis-
figured is still in the ring" Cozier
says the proudest bird in the Nauga-
tuck valley.
"She" or Cozier has named the
rooster "Hank." He went to Tor-
rington one day recently and later to
Bridgeport and New Haven. "Hank"
sleeps in the engine cab o'nlghts at
Waterbury and is becoming the pet
of all the railroad men on the Nauga-
tuck division of the New Haven rail-
road. When "she" was running past the
Turner manufactory at Livingston
a month ago Cozier and his fire-
man J. E. Downs of Waterbury
saw "Hank" hopping and tumbling
about near the tracks. Merciful men
they halted "her" and picked up the
rooster. A train had run over him
cut off a wing and so narrow was
his escape part of his bill. They
Went to Sea.
nursed him tenderly and after his
wounds healed "Hank" would not
leave "her" and those who had be-
friended him.
When "she" starts "Hank" jumps
on the coal In the tender and
Downs Is mighty careful not to
scoop him up In a shovel and throw
him in the fire-box. When "she-
comes to a standstill the rooster
hops Into the cab and to the ground
sometimes while his chums oil "her"
joints. Proud as he is. "Hank"
crows only when he is hungry; then
the engineer and firemen share their
food with him.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CAR5.
rreigni trains Over Here Haul
Far Heavier Loads.
For a quarter of a century so ex-
pedition is the British methods
freight has been collected in London
late In the afternoon and Slivered at
the consignee's door any. ..re south
of Scotland the following : -uing.
Ti e great American roads St.. 1 out
four fast freights daily from New
York; the London & Northwestern
railway sends out 2S: But the Eng-
l'?h freight car or goods wagon for
this service has a capacity of ten tons
and 24 or 25 of these make up a train!
Three tons per wagon is considered
good loading. At that rate there must
b? an engine and crew for every 70
tens of freight. A New York Central
grain train with one enfiue and crew
hauls 2roo tons. The coal trains on
the Pennsylvania haul more. Hundred-ton
steel cars are common on
that line.
Put there Is another difference tha
must be considered or comparisons
of this sort come to nothing. The
Biiibb. railways perform the same
service that the express companies (k
in this country. The s n-i'l ca-s the!:
managers my suit th's work better
than our lartre cars would. That how
ever is to be dmibtel; the p!ea is
cuite as like1)- to be in defense of old
foi'ydem At any rata s me H'vitis'
lines notably the Xortheaste-n. hav
bou-un to use car3 with a ca- acitv o
not less I ban 60 ions but it docs no'
aopc.tr th.it these are for fast freia.t
The Northwestern with 30 cars to th'
fast trr.'n considers K'O tons a cod
train lead. This looks like estrava
cant handling. Two of the fas
freisi'ts from New York carry. 'in ai
probability ns much as the i!S train-
of the London & Northwestern.
WILL OPEN !'P ALASKA.
Ken of Millions Plan Ranroa.' to Ta
Ric. Courtry.
An entepr'so ir- which the :;.
helms and J. P. Morgan a:x Sl.:.iT
rf embark! .: wiil dwcf ail ttl-c::
thus Cm- undotaken in A':is!;a. It hi
l ee. i stated pi.b'ijiy Cat tiu-so r.u-
without of'er'.'-g tny s'i-e'-; to n ?!
crs. intend t.-vb-i!M fc-m Yp'-' i
of tho Alaska Cvnt.-a! u.:.-.hwt'-;e:i
fhrii.i::h the ('!o;i;h".- rive:- c-uu;ry ;
tl': Yukon river tave.-sics n rt ;iir
rich in cop-! frc'.d and cil.nr :ri: u'-
Not cnly is the r'-;; er ore of tl'at ;
-ir.n n'miu:a::t and il.-h. Imi it n.:
to have k-a)'.w far s -i.-:t:;r; oiK--i!';i;-ov.
ii.g to k availitWiiy as a flux. 1
is L'oneraiiy kaot.'u nni; s 's ltin
Mill that owniunj (" on- uiVv ct
be secured only by a;nf: d .'?('
ores some of wli!e!t ar? b'rcu-rht fYc-
long distances for t" is rea.-5.';r. t!
s:ii( ltiiig iicn a?';u;.ie n.i-e t i:s
i arts of the world touched hy r!n
oilii: in Mexico South A: i :
nn. Alaska aud the Ta.i.'.o Uu
';t a ten.
CROAT AWAKENING TO WESTEP.N
IDEAS SURPRISES WORLD.
Is Adopting the Latest Inventions and
Making Strides Toward Complete
Modernization of Habits and
Methods.
At last western ideas have pene-
trated the Chinese intelligence and
the awakening is likely to be swift
and of extraordinary importance to
the world. The sleeping giant is rous-
ing himself and when he shakes the
counterpane of the world the nations
of Europe will do well to look to their
supremacy. For behind the exclusive-
ness of the ages there lie forces that
need only to be set in motion to be-
come overwhelming. The China of
to-day Is not that of ten years ago.
Her army Is undergoing thorough
reorganisation and no lunger will the
Chinese ipprove their ancient prov-
erb "One does not take the. best iron
to make hooks nor brave men for
soldiers." Smart uniforms modern
weapons and drill are now in use on
every parade ground and even the
very small boys of the nation are un-
der military instruction. The soldierly
ideal is taking root and these small
cadets are said to give every promise
of smartness and efficiency.
In industrial life it is the same. The
printing press of the west has come
to the land where the art was known
long before Caxton. The Celestial
compositor stands at European cases
filling his stick and in the machine
rooms the most perfect presses driven
by electricity are looked after by
clever workmen who have learned
their business in Europe. Thus the
Chinaman of to-day receives hisv up-to-date
newspaper.
On the railways Chinese officials
drive the latest patterns of locomo-
tives which are sometimes built in
China or if not are put together there
by native artificers.
On the roads the motor car has
made its appearance not the anti-
quated machines that Europe has cast
aside but powerful new vehicles of
Ifrom 20 to 30 horse-power. It is noth-
ing uncommon to see the staid man-
darin rushing along in his motor on
business or pleasure. It is regretta-
ble that the picturesque national cos-
tume is yielding to the top-hat and
frock coat but this penalty to prog-
When it comes to measuring
strangth with the mighty ocean man
has to bring all his ingenuity and
skill and patience to bear to win the
victory. And yet how often he has
been victorious over the elen ents and
planted his lighthouses in places
where it was said that no human pow-
er could succeed. And although at
first defeat and failure may be met
with as was the case in the fall of
1905 with the effort to sink a caisson
in Chesapeake bay for the building of
a lighthouse foundation man generally
persists and finally conquers.
There is a struggle going en at the
present time off the mouth of the Ma-
gothy river. In Chesapeake bay 20
miles from Baltimore which is at-
tracting the attention of the engineer-
ing world. As we have said in the fall
of 1905 a 972-ton caisson was floated
to the spot but before it could be
sunk below the power of the waves
ItjWas caught by a northeaster and
capsized and now the struggle is on to
right the Immense wooden box. Early
last spring says the Scientific Ameri-
can in telling of the beginning of the
herculean task after the Ice had gone
the new contractors who had been en-
gaged by the surety company which
was on the bond of the first contractor
began the erection of a pier on either
side of the caisson. Owing to the
formation of the bottom which was
of soft mud for a considerable depth
it was necessary to drive 100-foot
piles and by the first of August the
piers 40 feet wide and 120 feet long
were completed. There were then laid
on the upper side ten EO-foot 12 inch
square timbers bolted securely. The
ends of the timbers projected out over
the iron cylinder and the whole was
firmly bound with wire cables. Then
on the after part of the caisson and
resting on the foundation of the tim-
bers an A frame was erected. The
frame is 55 feet high; and from the
base there projected ten 70 foot weight
arms and to each of the latter there
were swung 20 tons of pig lead mak-
ing a total of 200 tons. It was esti-
mated that by using the lower lip of
the caisson as a fulcrum the actual
weight to be lifted would not exceed
COO tons and it was estimated that the
weights could be supplemented by der-
ricks. In order to obtain for the derricks
as much of a purchase as possible
there were built two "sticks" each 70
feet long and 24 inches square which
the divers put in place through the
central shaft in the caisson. From
Choice of Heroines.
The Maid What is your favorite
style of novel heroine?
The Man Favorite stylo?
The .Maid Yes. Do you prefer one
better than any woman could be or
one that is no bolter than she ought
to be? Chicago Daily News.
Nothing Lost.
No'! Mr. Gush is alwavg
using
words that I don't' understand at
Wise-Neither (tuya be.-IX-irolt
FrWJ Fress' '
Big
Battle
f-
r ss l.:;s Iwti pa'-l. ly J .-s-.-.r a- I
China an hard; y escape. The wu;!rt
of ('! do not adnj.-t Paris (Xjh ;mn
at home but they do so not ii: fre-
quently when they travel. Since they
discovered that they must go abroad
the awakening of China has become
an accomplished fact. They sens! rep-
resentatives to the French maneuvers
and have also some cadets unite In-
strucllT Et the French naval school.
Ir u.i8 they are only following the load
of Japan. In every science they are
becoming capable and in the applied
sciences their experts are to bo mot
with everywhere.
Chinamen are now accomplished In
the conduct of telephones telegraph
and railway service. As engineers
The N'ew Country Sport of Celestials.
they are sure to be successful for the
nation is proverbially iugenious anil
neat-handed. The Chinaman it pi-
tient and although he is sly he sel-
dom scamps his work. There Is little
doubt that lie will pick up the lessons
of the west as quickly as the Japan-
ese and it remains one of the most
Important problems of the age what
he will do with his knowledge once
he realizes the power it bestows. The
German emperdr is uneasy about the
future exploits of the Chinese army.
He has a vision of the tide of ye!!v
conquest rolling westward over Asia
and Europe and it would seem that
he doubts whether even the "salt of
the earth" will be able to withstand1
it. But the Chinaman is commercial;!
militarism does not attract him in Che
first instance and he may like Ger-
many decide for pacific aggression.
The yellow man indeed has the ball
at his foot. It Is hard to say how far
he will send It.
wit
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tho ends of the "sticks" wire cables
led to t wo great derricks one on either
pier.
When everything was in readiness
the derricks were started and slowly
the caisson was raised until it is hotv
In the position shown. It has been
found that the weights have lost their
effectiveness and the caisson hanging
at an angle of about 45 degrees wlllt
come over no farther although tho
derricks prevent it slipping back.
The contractors have rigged a pow-
erful suction pump and there ia now
in Baltimore a barge being fitted out
with boilers and compressors and tho
contractors are preparing to dredge
away the mud from under the under
lip and cause it to settle keeping It in
position by cables from the piers and
thus gradually bring it to an upright
position. The caisson will then be
sunk according to the original plans.
It is estimated that the completed
lighthouse structure will be a con-
crete monolith weighing nearly 10-
000 tons and to withstand this strain
and great weight it was necessary to
have the caisson of great size and
strength and it ranks as the largt'si
of its kind ever built.
The caisson was built in the harbor
of Baltimore and it is 4S feet square
and 23 foot high. The first rcvon feet
is entirely of wood the smallest tim-
ber being 12 feet long and 12 inches
square while the largest is 48 feet
long and 12 inches by 24 inches. There
was considerable difficulty experienced
in procuring the large timbers ands
when they arrived In Baiitmore they
were the largest single sticks that hatf
ever been seen in that port. The tint-'
bers in the caisson were laid ia alter-
nate layers lengthwise and crosswise
each course being laid in pitch and tho
seams firmly calked. The structure is
a bi.omless box. It contains 1100-
000 feet of lumber and it is belted
together with 26000 spikes rangiiiR
in length from 21 inches to SO Inches.
On the lower lip of the cai?cn vu
nlaced a cuttinir edirp of bif-tn. ;--to
assist it in biting its way throueh tl
bottom.
Cajrs for Larks.
At a police court recently a man was
brought up for drunkenness.
The Magistrate What did you want
to get drunk for?
Prisoner Oil it was only for a Inrk.
"Oh!" answered the magistrate
smilingly "we have cages for lark.'
Go in one for 14 days." Royal Maga-
zine. What He Needed.
Sapleigh I aw would nevah mu.
ry for money (lonelier know becau
I aw don't woaiiy need it.
Miss CausUque-tf you ever marry
1 tuppose it wiii be for brains. -CM-cago
Daily News.
Enough for Him.
Dandy -So you wore 8Dowb.mt
west now horrible!
-i. .inn Mot miwh Tha lpp.
j'aud two prWtv 'girls wore aiiarh
the tratn.-DctroIt Frio Vx"
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