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VOLUME IX. f sidnby suaas, 1 I Proorletar. J AlllMOHE, INI). TER., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1902. ISUDSCRIMTIUN, i Obo Yaar SB. ) NUMBER 78 l. P. ANDERSON, B. P, PREHSLEY, President. Vice President. IRST NATIONAL BANK. Ardmorc, Indian Territory. Designated Depository tor Bankruptcy Funds m Chickasaw Nation. Surplus Fund. Cash $135,000.00 Capital Paid Up. Cash.... 60,000.00 The oldost bank In Indlnn Territory. Accounts of Arms and Individual solicited upon tho most liberal terms consistent with Rood banking. A Wreath of Smoke Is Not Always a Pleasant One lor the Holidays ..but it is always possible. Piro has no respect tor person?, seasons or tilings. Minimize its effects by carryiuK enough insurance to offset nnv nny damage done to tho house, furniture or stock. ROBERTS c POLAND BUY THE BEST E upion Oi! The following merchants only are Pettitt Bros., M. P. Bomnr, Skipworth J. A. A. A. Bailey, J. A. Bodowitz. Kendall W. C. P. A. Langhlin. A. P. Jones, Dillard & Allen t i General Insurance, 4. 4- Real Estate and Rental W, S. WolvertoD & Son, Agents, $ Ardmore Cotton Exchange. (stUlLLOT BROS.. Managers. Oldest Commission House In the Territory. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. (up stairs.) COTTON, STOCKS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS For Putura or Immediate Delivery, Private Wire? New York, New Orleans & Chicago. MINIMUM ORDEKd ACCEPTED. 20 Boles of Cotton. 1000 Bushels of Grain. 10 Shares of Stock. 50 Barrels of Pork. Continuous Quotations. Prompt Execution of Orders. REFERENCE : FIRST.NAT. BANK ARDMORE. We have recently embarked in the GROCERY AND PEED business and deBiro to call your oapecial attention to our stock of clean, fresh Groceries. We buy all kinds of Peed in car lots aud can give you what you want nt'very low figures. A share of your trade is respect fully solicited. McCHAREN & WEBSTER, Phone 202. West Main St. The Ardmoreite C. L. ANDERSON, S. M. TORBEIT, Cashier. Asst. Ctsbr. handling Eupion Oil in Ardmore: W. A. Payne, W. A. Davis, Porter Staples, S. E. Jenkins, 0. Crosbv. M. T. Felker. Son Bros, Co. $ f Long Distauce 'Phono No. 96. In thn Banks building FQrI?cl!ss( JOB PRINTING. EG ERS OF SHERIFF SMITH CAPTURED WITHOUT BLOODSHED. The Suspects Were Heavily Armed, Each Had Winchester and Revol ver and 200 Rounds Ammuni tion Caught at Newklrk. Nowklrk, O. T., Jnn. 26. Two men aio now In Jail horo on suspicion thnt they nmrdorod ShorlfT Smith and I)e ufy Hock of Caddo county. The m:n savo tholr names as moffet nml Cooper and say they camo from tho Crock Nation. The arrest was duo to the doslro of the men for more ammunition. Tho men arrived In tli9 Kaw roservntl'.n three days ago and stopped at the homo of a farmer. Yestorday lha farm er got ready to go to Nowklrk. a dm lance of fifteen inllos, and tho men sont for moro ammunition. As ) oon as tho farmer reached tho city ho Inform ed Sheriff Bain and described the men. The description tallied so well with tho murderers of Sheriff Smith that a possec of ten men was organized and followed the farmer back. Tho house, a little one-room hoard Bhnnty, was surrounded about 1 o'clock In tho afternoon and nil uvenucs of oscapo ehertually cut off, making any such attempt a case of almost instant death. After a little parleying tho mon notified the shorlff that thoy would surrender. Thoy stopped outsldo vlth their hands abovo tholr bends and wcrr r on surrounded by tho poss4. Tv 1 'inchostors and two revolvers o hundred I omuls of t.ininuiil n;n were found. Tho horses tho men rodo were sMU so Jaded after two days' rest that thoy could scarcely mako tho trip to this city, having the appearance of over riding. Tho posse arrived nt about dark and the shorlff began to tele phone to tho United States marshal ct GuthrUWltli tho mon right before him Shorlff-JJnJn nave a most accur ate description of tho mon who miir deied Sheriff Smith, the description ot tho men tallying in ovory particular with tho description givon by Deputy nrlggs, who was with Smith wlion ho was murdered. Tha United Stntos oin cal's say that tho men havo undoubted Iy given dctlcfous names. Tho men refuse to say anything ox copt that they camo Irom tho Creolr Nation. They do not attempt to oxplnl-j their visit to tho Kaw reservation or tho condition of tholr horses. Deputy Shorlff Crlggs arrived here tonight to Identify them. Tho theory of tho marshal'-! ofP.co lit that tho men went first to t'ao Chickasaw Nation, then to tho S"mi nolo and then north "through the west edgo of tho Creek Nation to tho OnngD whero tfycy turned to tho Kaw coun try. ' ' ' v "It Is now known that tho murderers wero taking such a course. It is nlso significant that tin neemblossou mur derers also made prnctlcally the sair.o circuit. Tho marshals bellcvo M.nt ono of theso mon Is a member of tho gang that murdered the Bcomblossj'ti boy. VIRUS' FOE TAKES SMALLPOX. School Trustee Who Fought Compul 60 ry Vaccination Falls Sick. Mention, Mass., .Ian. 25. Edwin A Snow, a mombor of tho boari rf edu cation of this tovn, who caused a sensation throe weoks ago by oppos ing compulsory vaccination of tho school chlldron Is now sick with tho smallpox. Saturday Dr. P. L. Morso of tho State board of health was call ed bore to seo Snow, who had been sick four days. Tho doctor pronounce! It a malignant caso of smallpox, and Immediately quarantined the house. Today tho selectman sent Itov. N. S. Hoagland a formal Invitation to nur.io Snow, offonng to pay him 25 a wcok, but tho mlnlstor refus'cd tho olfer. Hoagland 1n a sorinon a week ago commended Snow's position aa to vac clnatlon. RICHARDSON MURDER TRIAL. 2 Lettsr Written by Deceased Read In Court Argument Begun. PlattBburg, Mo., Jan. 25. Mrs. Ad dle B. Illchardson today made her own dofenso to tho charge of having klllod nor husband, Frank W. Itlchardson, SVPNB HR In tholr home at Savannah, on Chrlst mns eve. louo. Her attorneys produc ed n letter written by Hlchnrdson t his wife while ho was an lninnto of a drink nt.e Institute. It exonerated the defendant of tho slurs ngolnst her character, acknowledged tho writer's own guilt and bogged forgiveness. I no Jury received Its Instruction late today and tho nrgumonts wore bogun. Under tho instructions tho Jurv must find Mrs. Hlclmidson guilty of tinier In tho first degree for whirl. tho penalty Is doath. or It III 1 1 nt nn. quit her. Tho Instructions nro consid ered to loan slightly in favor of Mm. Kicnnrdson. BECOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Large Grazing Tract Close to Duncan to be Opened to Farmers. Special Phono to tho Ardmoroito. Duncan. 1. T., Jnn. 2fi. Our cltlznnn nro much elated ovor tho following let ter wnicii was rocolvcd from Washing ton this morning: Washington, D. C. Jan. 21, 1902. Jlilbert & Gilbert, Duncan. I. T. Gqntlomun: In rosponso to your lottor of mo 13th Inst., rolatlvo to tho Klnwn. f'n,. audio and Apacho rosoi vo pasture, ino. or Oklahoma for grazing purposes, you are Informed (.hat the Cojiimls sloner's of Indian affairs undor (Into of tho 2(ith. Inst., advised tliat said par, turo would be leased for agriculnutrnl and not grazing purposes. Advertising nnd Inviting for tho pro posals of the leasing of this pasturo will contain full Information In regard to tho proposed lease or leases nnd the terms thereof, Very respectfully, 13. A. HITCHCOCK. See. This refers to tbo pasturo Just wnf of ub and opens nlomst 2G000 ncros for settlement for agricultural purposes. This removes n great barrier or the trado from tho now country to this place. Tho pasture waB n tract ot land about seven miles long and some six or sovon miles In width and extonlod from about four miles south of this place to tho baso lino of our town, it Will open up n vast territory to farmers and consequently to tho mcrchantB of Duncan nnd Comanche. It was for tlu-.t reason that our citizens nro so much elated. It Is reported that tho citizens of Comanche flrod nnvils this morning upon learning this Information. TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION. Slxty-Flve Miners Burled With Prac tically No Hope of Rescue Alive. Dos Moines, Iowa, Jan. 25. A ter rible dust t-xploslon occurred today In a mine, owned by tho Lost Creek Mining company, ten miles south of Oslmloose. Sixty minors nro reported Imprisoned. Four dead nnd six Injur ed, nil fatally, have already been re moved .There wore three hundred men" In the mine at tho tlmo. All os capcil except sixty, who are entombod In tho back part of tho side shaft. A messago from Lost Creek at 2:45 this afternoon, states that there Is lit tle Mopo for (ho Imprisoned mon. The rescue forco Is hard at work. GIGANTIC PATRONAGE PROJECT. Claimed President Favors Government Ownership of Telegraph Lines. Washington, D. C, Jan. 25. Tho re nomination of President Roosevelt In 1001 Is to bo assured through a gi gantic patronago project which calls for nothing less than government ownership of tho telegraph lines of the country. Tho administration bill for tho ac quisition of this property Is now being prepared by a Bub-commlttco of tho Sonato postofllco committee, and will bo Introduced at an early date. It will have tho support of all tho strong Republican senators, Tho adherents, of tho Democrats has boon promised, as their party has always advocated governmont ownership of telegraphs. Tho plan was originated by Mr. Uoosovelt's closest personal and politi cal frlonds, who cnllod Into consulta tion a number of mon prominent In tho political and business world, and with their aid n definite plan of action was formed. Tho bill will bo mndo popular with the pcoplq through tho oxpedlcnoy of nn immodlato reduction In telegraph tolle of from 10 to 20 per cent. The bonds used to pay for tho linos will bo accepted as security for tho circulation of national "banks, and In this way the Influenco of every na tional bank In tho United States wilt be obtained for the proposition, IflK 1 I CABINETS RUMORS" HAVE CEASED TO CIRCU LATE FREELY OF LATE. Hitchcock May Retire Before Many Weeks Roosevelt Credited With a Laudable Desire to Succeed Himself as President. Washington. Jnn. 25. Humors of cabinet changes havo been nitber In frequent during thy last wcok. Tho ro. tlromont of Postmaster Qonornl Smith and the accession to his posi tion or Honry C. Pay no, together with the npproachlng dsllvcrniico or tho koys or tho treasury by Secretary flago to Losllo M. Shaw or Iowa pro duced a quietus In tho rumor factory. It lias been porsbitcntly stnted. how- over, that Socrotary Hitchcock would rotlro from tho president's ofllcial fnm- lly uoforo many weoks. Tho latest phase of this Is that Iio will bo sue- ceeded by Henry Stewart Now, of Indiana, Republican national commit teeman rrom tho Hooslcr State, editor and" publisher or tho Indianapolis JournnI, nnd close porsonnl rriend of President Roosovoll. Captain New Is porhana not wl.Jolv known outsldo of tho Hooslcr State. but thciu ho Is o potent figure In pell tics. Ho Is Just past forty-threo years or age. Ho wlolds a powerful Influonco In party nfrnlrs when ho sees lit to put forth tho effort.- During tho Spnnlst war ho served In the voltintcoiR nn cnptaln nnd assistant adjutannt gen eral. Ho Is closo to PrnHlilnnr llmin. volt politically and personally, nnd when hero tho oilier day lunched n' tho Whl to House. Tho political bearing of Nov'h so. lection for a cabinet plnco reaches far beyond tho confines of Indiana. Tbo choif cnadldacy for tho noxt Ro publican nomination up to tho tlmo of President McKinloy's death was that of Senator Fairbanks of Indlnim. Now's entranco into tho cabinet of Prosfdont Rooscvolt would moan the postponement of tho Fairbanks candi dacy to a moro convenient season thus removing from tho president's path tho most dn'igorous comnotltor bo is likely to hao two yean hence. It would bo unnatural If President noosevolt did not, undor tho circuit'- stances, deslro a presidential nonilna lion at (ho hnnds or bis nnrtv .linl n presidential election at tho hands of J. A. BIVENS, President. DON LACY, V.w Resident A. H. PALMER, Cashier. W. A. WOLVERTON, Asst. Cash. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Capital and Surplus $90,000.00, Accounts of Arms and indlriduala Accordo'l The First National Bank of Marietta, I. T. Established, 1896 offers to depositors every ...jv. iv.jjjuiioiuimy Directors Judge Overton Love UEO. 1U. U. HOLFOHD Jas. A. White E. F. Graham A GOLD MEDAL is a"badge of merited 'this r distinction was awarded Albatross Flour at the Pan-American Exposition over all competition. This should mean something to you if you want the best Floor that can be made. Your 'grocer will sunplv yon. ?. '!' WHITEMANBROS. DUtribntora, Ardmore. the people. Heretofore no vloo presi dent who Iiiih becomo president be rause of the death or his chior has over so much nB been nomlnnted Tor president Tho nmbltlon to bronk this dismal record Is a nntural ono. Ho cortnlnly would Ilko to be president by right or his own olectlon to thnt plnco h steail of going Into history as, to quote what John Tyler's coachman once snl 1 ho was, "a sort or n second-hand proH Idont." OKLAHOMA TO BE A STATE. Believed the Oklahoma Bill Will Be Reported Favorably. Washington, Jan. 25. Tho commit teo on Territories will comcludo Itn hrnrlng on tho statehood bills before It on February 7, when the New Mex ico bill will bo under consideration. It I bcllovod tho Oklnhotna bill will bo reported favorably, and probably that for New Moxlco, hut that Is not absolutely certain. Ten Dollars Reward. I will pay tho Mint or ten dollar', for tho arroat nnA conviction of any ono Btenllng tho Ardmoroito from tho boxes or yards ot lcgttlmato subscrib ers. Tho evening paper Is frequently stolon but moro particularly thn Sun day morning paper. Subscribers have frequently seen parties tako their pa per, and tho publisher Is determined to protect bis customors. To the end thnt this pilfering prnctlco bo stop ped, I will keep a Btandlng roward as above stated. SIDNBY SUGOS, Proprietor Ardmoreite. For Sale Cornor lot 130x140, four room dwelling, closo in, very desirable location; $700. Corner lot 200 feet square, three room dwelling, streets on three sides. Corner lot, elogant residence, 8 rooms, every convenience, extra desirable location. Above nro located In noutUwe.lorn part of city. It will pnj-to investigate If jou want n ilenlrablo home. Business Property. Two story modern brick 25x100, good locution. Pays annual ren tal of $1080. Two story brick 25x100, good location. Pays rental of $1000 yearly. If yoa want to buy, at II or rent any olnaaotolty property, either I.AHOK or HM ALL, wo will una our bcit endeavors to make It your Intorest to deal with ub. Meld Real Estate 8 Rental A;ency Established y Years, sollcltod. Courteous treatment all alike. facility which their Balances, wiirrunt. Holmes Willis Jas. N. Kiukpatrick W. S. 'Derrick J." G', Butler