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VOLUME IX. A1UBI0JIE, 1ND. TEH., SUNDAY HOMING, NOVEMBER $f 1901. f sidnby suaas, I V Proorletar. i I SUBSCRIPTION. I One Yenr St. J NUMBER 4 L. P, ANDERSON, B. F. FREHSLEY, G. L, ANDERSON, S. M. TORBETT, President. Ylco President. Cashier. Asst. Cashr. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. JArdmorc, Indian Territory. J Designated Depository (or Bankruptcy Funds in Ciilckasaw Nation, Surplus Fund, Cash $120,000.00 Capital Paid Up, Cash.... 60,000.00 The oldost bank in Indian Territory. Accounts of Arms ami individuals solicited upon tho most liberal terms consistent with good banking. be too late. There may bo nothing ROBERTS BUY THE BEST Euoion Oil jr The following merchants only are Pettitt Bros., A. P. M. P. Bomar, Skipworth J. A. A. A. Bailey, J. A. Bodowits. Kendall W. C. P. A. Lnughlin. General Insurance, Real Estate and Rental F V T W. S, Woiverton & Son, Agents. T T Ardmore Cotton Exchange. GUILLOT BROS., Managers. Oldest Commission Mouse In the Territory. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. (up stairs.) COTTON, STOCKS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS For Futur. op I m mo d lo to Dellvory. Private wires New York, New Orleans & Chicago, MINIMUM ORDERS ACCEPTED. 20 Bales of Cotton. 1000 Bushels of Grain. 10 Shares of Stock. 50 Barrel; of Pork. Continuous Quotations. Prompt Execution of Orders. REFERENCE: FIRST NAT. BANK ARDMORE. YOUNG & HEINTZ, DAL.L.AS kTEXAS. Machinery, Mill I Gin Supplies High Grade "-'"Write for what yoa want. Bog's Book Store AhIc About Hit JJooIc IClub. Vkentke fife Spreads good resolutions nmnng the unin sured are ns numerous as the spark's that fly upward. But like the 8moko, these resolutions die out with the flio nml the next con flap-ration destroys a lot o unin sured property. Yhy tlol Insure Ito? tomorrow or the day after may to insure then. & POLAND handling Eupion Oil in Ardmore Jones, W. A. Payne, W. A. Davis, Porter Staples, S. E. Jenkins, 0. Orosbv. M. T. Felker. Sou Bros. Co. ft f 7 7 V r Long Uistauce 'Phone No. 96. Belting a Specialty. PRESIDENT MAY SO URGE IT IN HIS MESSAGE. Both Territories Have a Warm Place In His Heart He Wants to See Them Come Into the Union Under His Administration. A special from Toneka, Kansas says it was given out here today by a close riend of President Roosevelt that. If he made any recommendations what ever in regard to statehood for Ok lahoma In his forthcoming message. ho would ndvocnte single statehood for both Oklahoma and the Indian Ter ritory, and he gave It out further. that. In his opinion, the president would treat the subject in his message. Statehood is the all-absorbing topic now In the two territories. It was kept In the background when tho free homes measure was being agita ted, but now that Is outof the way and the only thing talked of now Is state hood. The Oklahoma politicians mostly want double statehood. Thoy don't want to bo nttnebod to the Indian Ter ritory for state purposos.Thoy advance two reasons. One is that It would be impossible to lovy a tax against tho land In the Indian Territory nnd that th" burden of taxation for tho support of the state would fall on Oklahoma proper. The other Is- that It might make the state democratic. A minority in Oklahoma, however, favors single statehood. The Indian Territory statesman also favors single statehood that Is, most of them. They say that the claim of the Oklahoma politicians In regard to the taxation question is not well found ed: that the Indian Territory Is filled with minerals and oil, and thnt it would soon be developed so highly thnt the tax on personal property and mlnernlB would aggregate as much as on Oklahoma's personnl property nnd lands. They also arguo that tho two territories combined would malle one grand, big state, while If double state hood were granted It would make two poor states. President Roosevelt is well ncqualn ted with conditions In tho two territor ies. Ho got tho most of tho Rough Rid ers out of them nnd he has visited them frequently. Tho two territories have a warm place In his heart and ho ispartlculnry anxious to sec thorn do velop Into a big commonwealth during his administration. For this reason he is likely to sny something upon tho subject in his messago. Tho plan of the single statehood advocator Is to havo both territories como Into tho union nt onco and divide tho Indian Territory into counties for politlcnl purposes and then throw tho Indian lands Into reservations. Of nirsc, tho lands could not bo tnxed .1 tho Indian country until tho Indians passed titles to othors, but tho Improv cmcnts, tho mlnornl and nil tho portion nl property, Including the vast herds of cattle, could bo taxed. A call has been Issued for a big sin glo statehood convention to bo held ut Muskogee, I. T., on Novombor 11. All of tho big guns in tho two territories interested In mnl'lng one stnto out of tho two territories will bo In ntton danco . Invitations havo boon extend od to nil ot tho Western mombors of congress, to nttond; also tho Eastern membors of congross who aro Intor- osted in Indian affairs. Dologato Flynn. of Oklahoma, will probably Introduce a statehood hill during the early days of tho coming sosslon of congross, Holng a doublo statehood advocate, his bill will prob ably only ask for tho admission of Ok Inhoma nlono. Hut when congross gots hold of It. the measure will be amen dod so ns to tako In both territories. It Is tho opinion ot somo of tho congross mon that tho bHl will not pass nt tho coming session of congross. but that It will go through at tho short term bo Ginning one year from noxt Decern nor. TWO INDIANS FIGHT. Emptied Their Winchesters and The Smashed Them Over Eeach Other. nine, I. T.. Nov. 2 Yesterday morn ing mcnoins uniuwon and Gibson Fo- lumba, two full-blood Indians, met In tho woods nbout ti mil is just of Hluo nnd oponed Hie on each other wim inoir wiiuiiostors nnd as a re sult both nro seriously If not fatallv wounded. Just how tho troublo camo up is not known, but it sooms from tho story ns told by Cnldwoll that after both had emptied their Winchesters thoy mot In hand to linntl combat ami used their guns with bad results. Thin story Is verified by the fact that Cald well managed to get to tho home of Daniel Peyton, another full-blood In the HCttloment, with n noW Winches- tor broken to pleeos. Searching Indians found I-'olumbn today about noon lying beside n log at the place where the tragedy occur red, where ho had been for thirty hours lthout water or attention and Ih fn n serious condition. Files had blown his omuls, which consists of one or two shots nnd ugly bruises. It is thought aldwell got tho bst of tlx- fight and had left IYlumbn by the lug for dead. HAMMER OF ARDMORE AND COL- BERT OF TISHOMINGO. Brings to Light Some Interesting Cor respondence Which Caused Mr. Roosevelt to Say He Would Take No Further Stand. Special to tho Ardmoroito. Washington, 1). C, Nov. 2. A live ly contest Is being waged over tho United States mnrshalshlp for the Southern district of Indian Torrltory. Cnpt. John S. Hammor, tho present In umhent. Is a candidate for reappoint mont. He Is endorsed by tho netire Territorial Republican organization and by many Influential Republicans In the stntos. Ho is opposed by Honja mln Colbert of Tishomingo. Colbert Is- a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and, bases his claim for recognition up on Ills Spanish war record. Ho was a momber of President Roosevelt's reg- I in ant. He Is being urged for appoint- mont by SenatoivHurton and National Committeeman Mulvane of Kansas. Thlg contort has brought to light some ntarestlng correspondence whiich oc currod nearly n yenr ago In connec tlqiJ Wit), the niarshalshlp. Whon Ron Colbort first announced his candidacy for tho ofllco ho wrote Presldont Roosevelt asking him for ai endorsomont. Tho president respond ed with a strong letter urging his np polntment. and a little later Capt, Hammor heard of tho incident. His son also, had been a member of the president's regiment and hnd made a gallant record. Tho boy addressed a communication to President Roose velt In whlh he stnted that his father was the mnrshal and that ho would bo a candidate for reappointment; thnt he was a member of tho president's regiment nnd was wounded nt San tiago; that his father was a vetoran nf the civil war and ho boro the marks ot tho wounds ho reeived in battle The young man suggested that If war records were to count for anything that Capt. Hammer could eortnlnly mao ns good a showing ns Hen Col bort. On receipt of this letter Prcsl dent Roosovolt evidently decided that ho had dono Capt. Hammer an unin tentional Injustice. Ho therefore with drew his formor endorsement of Hen Colbort and announced that ho would tako no further part whatover In tho controversy? It Is pointed out that If Mr. Roose volt as vicc-presldoiit would withdraw a letter of recommondntlon glvon to Colbort, upon dlscoyorlng that, ho had niado a mistake, that now, Mr. Rooso velt ns prosidont, will hardly refuse to reappoint tho fathor of ono of tho boys In his regimont who mndo a gal hint record and a mnn who Is a civil war vetoran and who has mode ox cellent record as mnrshal of the southern district of Indian Torrltory Captain Hnmmor's term as marshal expires January 10, 1902, and It Is probnblo that tho president will reach some decision before congress con venos. Mr. Mollotto, tho republican National committeeman is In Wash Ington urging Mr. Hammor'3 reappoint mont. The othor day ho saw tho pros dent, and to his surpriso Mr. Roosevelt ovhloncod grent familiarity with the situation. "File your Indorsements of Captain Hammor," said tho president 'and I will give It my porsonnl con slduratlon whon I tako up the case In that way I will havo It before mo whllo I may forgot what you say to mo now. You prosont your shlo of tho enso and Sonator Hurton, of Kansas will prosont tho othor sldo." This conversation indicates that tb prosidont has not mndo up his mind We Can't Tell a Lie. Whon wd say there Is no shaking of bottlos, no licking of spoons, no wry faces when Cbontham's Lnxatlvo Chill Tablots nro usedj 25 cts. No euro no pay- SERIOUS, REVERSE TO THE BRITISH TROOPS. Sixty-Seven of Whom Arc Dead, Nine of the Number Are Officers The Column Under Col. Benson Fought in a Mist. London. Nov. 2,--The Rustonburg olumu, under Colonel O. HoiiRon. met with a serious rovorso In tho south eastern part of tho Transvnnl, whoro General ltothn Is opornting. Colonel Benson and eight other oth ers were killed anil thirteen olllcors wounded, besides fifty-eight non-com- nlsslonod olllcors nnd men killed nnd 16G wounded. The disaster was reported to tho war office by Lord Kitchener In two dlspntches, datod Pretoria, November The war ofIice published tho dis patches early this morning. Tho dlspatehoa say the attack was made on tho rear guard of Colonel Honson's column near Hrakonlaagte during a thick mist, and the one my, who were reported to bo 1000 strong, rushed two of the Hrltlsh guns. In one ot tho dispatches Lord Kitchener glvos a report by Colonel Harter, on tho disaster. In his report Colonel Harter says that besides Col onel Henson, LloutonnntColonel Gill ness, one major, three captains and three lieutonnnts wore killed, nnd three captnlns nnd ten lieutonnnts wore woundod. Colonel Harter says tho fighting was at closo quarters, and malntnlnod with grent determination on both sides. Tho Hoers suffered sovoroly. Thoy retired to tho cast. Lord Kltchenor nssumes tho losses wero recovered, and oxprossos regret for tho loss of Colonol Honton nnd the otliors. seers casiurec. London. Nov. 2. -Lord Kltehciior re ports thr.t Colonel Kokowloh surpris ed Van Albert's lnagor at Uesto kraal, thirty miles northeast of Rustonburg, rni of whom wero woundod, Including Commandant Kloppor. NOW GUTHRIE ROARS. Because Her Street Lights Are Turn ed Off at One O'clock. Tho Leader says an economical streak struck the city council last night nnd it ordered nil the arc lights In tho city to bo turned off nt ono o'clock nt night. Loud complaints will! eortalnly follow this unwlso move. The council thinks It can save $1000 a year by cutting off the lights. Seven years ago a like order was made by the council, but the howl beenmo so great that th'o lights wero turned on all night after ten days. There aro now forty-nlno ore lights In tho city. They cost $1.73 cents a month. All the meanness nnd burglaries committed In Guthrie Is after ono o'clock. The light entailment will nec essitate tho employment of two extra policemen, Tho order to cut off tho lights is not popular and the council will understand this fact within a few days. Coal! Coal! Coal! at Laidlaw Lum ber Company. ltt A. J. WOLVERTON, J.A. DIVENS, DON LACY, A.II. PALMER. President. Y-Prei. Cashier. Asst. Cashier. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK ARDMORE. I. "TV Capital and Surplus. Accounts of Qrms and Individuals Accorded WHiTEMAN -wholesale Meats, Flour, Fruits and Produce mission Merchants. Cor. West Main St. and Railroad, Opposite Depot. THE CHEROKEE OIL LEASES. Argument of Judge Springer Agalnsti Them Companies Alarmed. Wnshlngton, L. C, Nov. 2. -Argu ments in tho Cherokee Nation case were continued before Justice Hag nor of the Supremo Court of the Dis trict of Columbia today. Judge Spring er consumed the entire time of the court, presenting n ninstorly argu ment ngnlnst the power ot the secre tary or tho lntorlor to leasb tho lamia or the Cherokee Nation without Its consent. He contended thnt when tho government convoyed n patent to the Chorokees to their lnnds It thereby re linquished all claims to the land and thnt It had no more powor now un der a subsequent statute to nttompt to rent their lnndB tbnn It has to take from a homesteader his property to which the government has glvon him a lintent nnd lenso It lo othor parties, iio dwell at length on proporty Inter ests nnd rend from numorou's supremo court decisions showing thnt tho property Interest dorlvod under an act ot congress could not bo disturbed by subsequent onactments. He referred to tho appeal ot land grnnt Inws by congress and pointed out thnt this notion did not effect property Interests ncqulrcd whllo they wore In force. Ho conceded that con gress nnd tho oxccutlvo had full con trol over tho Indlnn form of govern ment nnd nil political questions but de clared that they could not Interfere, with proporty rights guaranteed by tho patents nlready executed ana deliv ered. The nrgument was by far tho atrong est of nny thus far- made In tho In junction suits brought In district courts. It evidently mndo a deop Im pression on tho Judgo who asked many questions. I3x-Senntor Thurston, who repre sents the oil compnny, wns visibly dis turbed by tho questions raised by Judgo Springer nnd requested per mission to nddrcss the court In behalf of his clients. Whllo ho hns no legal status In the suit tho request wns granted by tho court nnd tho senator will dellvor nn argument Monday morning sustaining tho constitution nllty of tho Curtis net nnd tho power of tho secretary to approvo tho lenses applied for. Mnn Is willing to ndmlt that there Is an eternity nwaltlng his enemy, but he insists thnt It is red-hot. 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