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it. icnl , VOLUME X. bidnky suaas.i rOPBITOH, J ARDMORE, IND. TER., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 11)03. soinrai, m i rail number 159 & r if iirtili1 MURDERER OF J. B. MARCUM IS IN JAIL." Says It Will Be HI First Duty When Out of Jail to Kill Hit Accuser. Cockrell Swears He Will Kill Jett Unless Law Convicts. Lexington, Ky., May 11 Curtis Jctt, tho Urcnthltt fouillBt of tho Hnrgls faction, was arrested at 3 o'clock this morning by Sheriff McCord of Clarke county and placed In Jail at Winches ter charged with tho assassination of Attorney J. I). Marcum In tho court- houso nt Jackson last Monday. Tho warrant waB Issued by Jttdgo Pendleton of Winchester and was sworn to by Sam Jctt, an unclo of tho Cockrlll boys and tho leader of the Cockrlll faction. Jctt was found at tho homo of Ms mother In Madison county, nlno miles from Winchester, wlicro ho went yes terday from Jackson. Ho arrived lato In tho afternoon, Intoxicated, and drovo his stop-father from homo. A warrant was placed In tho hands of Sholff McCord at midnight who went to arrest Jett with a posso of six mon. Tho houso was surrounded at 3 o'clock. Sheriff McCord entered tho houso nnd found Jett In' bod. No re sistance was mado and Jott took a pistol from under his pillow and wont with tho omcors. Jctt when seen by tho Publishers' Press correspondent In tho Winches tor jail this afternoon was recovering from tho effects of tho liquor. His condition nt tho tlrao of his nrrest is probably tho only reason ho was ta ken alive. Ho conversed with an air of sarcasm and bravado. Ho declined to discuss tho Marcum situation, but expressed a doslro that ho bo taken to Breathitt county. It is probable Uiat 'j ho will bo brought hero before morn ing for saro keeping, as tho Hargls faction Is expected to uso all means to Ubcrnto him. It Is now known that J. D. Ewen was an oyo witness to Marcum's mur der and has told friends Uiat Curtis Jott fired tho shot. This accounts for tho attempt to nssnsslnato Ewon Jack son yesterday. It was reported nt Winchester nnd hero again today that Ewon was killed, but this can not bo verified, ns no trains woro run to Jackson today and correspondents thoro through fear will not answor. tolograms. Half a dozen raombors of L. P. ANDERSON, D. F. FR ENSLEY, C. L. ANDERSON, President. Vlce-Pr esldent Cashier. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Ardmore, Indian Territory. Designated Depository for Bankruptcy Funds m Chickasaw Nation. Capital paid in $ 60,000.00 Surplus Funds 165,000.00 Total $225,000.00 The oldest bank In Indian Territory. Accounts ol firms and Individuals solicited upon tho most liboral terms consistent with good banking. ROBERTS, POLAND & BRUCE INSURANCE. - REAL ESTATE. tho Cockrlll faction gathorod at Win chester when Jctt was placed In Jail but mado no demonstration. Tho nppcaranco of any Hargls mon will cause bloodshed. Tom Cockrlll has sworn to kill Curtis Jott In case tho law does not convict him and Curtis Jctt has stated that to got oven with Sam Jott for swoarlng out tho warrant It will bo his first duty when hb Mb liberated to kill tho fatter. TISHOMINGO. Special Correspondence. Tishomingo, I. T., May 11. Local capital has mado arrangements to placo an ico plant thcro on tho bank of tho Pennington, to bo ready In jlxty days, and when completed will bo second to nono in tho Indian Ter ritory. Ico mado from tho pure spring water of tills stream will bo tho very best quality. Thcso parties do not want for means to push this enter prise with nil posslblo speed. This plant will bo of fifty ton capacity. This may seem rather largo for tho town at prcsont, but tho parties build ing samo rcallzo tho great futuro of tho town and doslro to have n plant which will bo In keeping with other enterprises going In at this placo, and which will bo ablo to supply tho town and surrounding country for all tlmo to como with purer, cheaper and bet ter Ico than can possibly bo secured elsowhero. Soma rich nuggets of gold nro to bo seen In tho window of Itodmori Bros., coming from Devil's Den. This Is now being Investigated by an ox port Tho physlclnns of Tishomingo nro preparing to entertain the Medical As sociation to meet there on Wednes day. Drs. Bacon and Saunders of Ft Worth will bo prcsont A banquet will bo given at tho Hotel FIshor. Quito a number of visitors aro expected. All physicians of tho Chickasaw nation aro cordially Invited. A Little Early Riser. now and then, at bedtime, will euro ionstjpation, biliousness and llvor troubles. DoWltt's Llttlo Early Ills- ors nro tho famous llttlo pills that euro by arousing tho secretions, mov ing tho bowels gently, yet effectually, and giving such tone and strength to uio glands or tho stomach and liver that tho causo of tho troublo Is re moved entirely, and If their uso Is continued for a fow days thoro will bo no roturn of tho complaint. Sold byfjlty Drug Storo. The W. C. T. U. will meet at tho Christian church tomorrow aftornoon at 3 o'clock. MRS NOBLE, Sec. Tho nations pride, standard rotary shuttlo sowing machlnos, at WEEKS BltOS'. Practical Tinners and Plumbers. BONDS. You Feel Secure A good reliable insurance pol icy makes you feel secure, rests your nerves, and makes slumber a possibility, even in the midst of danger. Insur ance is comparatively cheap -much cheaper than restless . ; finxifcQ-y W. S. Wolveftdri'rSon. III SOME TALK ABOUT PROPOSED STATEHOOD CONVENTION. Pureed and Ardmore Attorneya Favor ' the Plan, but Some Dangers Are Pointed Out by Ledbetter No Territory 80 Fixed Refused J. W. Hockor, lawyor of Purcoll, Is In tho city transacting legal business. During tho months of January and February of last year Mr. Hooker as corresponding secretary for tho slnglo statehood cxecutlvo committee, did a vast amount of work for the causa of Blnglo statehood. Mr. Hockor said yes torday that ho was dovotlng his on tiro tlmo to tho prnctlco of his pro fession, but at tho samo tlmo ho was lorestod In legislation for tho Indian T rrltory nnd Intimated that ho would ontor tho battlo again when his ser vices are needed. Ho oxprossod him self as pleased witu tho proposition to call a constitutional convention of tho two territories, nnd In order that such n convention should not smack of bolng n "one man'fl affair," Mr. Hockor believes that tho cxecutlvo commlttco of tho slnglo statehood con vention should meet and consider tho matter and let Uio call for the consti tutional convention como In a regular way from n regularly organized body. In nnswer to the query "What do vou think of tho propriety of calling a constitutional convention of tho two territories," W. A. Lodbottor, an at torney of this city said yesterday: "I would favor calling a constitu tional convention In advanco of tho passago of tho btatohood bill by con gress If I did not fear that thorol' tho forces which favor slnglo s cu to ll ood may bo divided. It will bo al- .most lmposslblo to proparo a consti tution that will recelvo tho approval of all tho advocates of slnglo stato- Kd, It will bo lmposslblo to kcop Uio question of prohibition out of tho convention, and no tnattor how the convention decides it, tho fight will bo renewed when tho constitution Is submitted to tho peoplo for their rat ification, as well as when It Is sub mitted to congress for Its approval. This opposition will naturally unlto with tho advocates of doublo stato hood and bocomo formidable. At pros ont Uio ndvocntos of slnglo statohood aro not divided on tho prohibition quostion, and thoy will not bo divided on that quostion unless tho Issue Is raised boforo nn enabling act Is passed bv ronirrnss. - Another fact which wolglls heavily with mo against a constitutional con vention this year Is tho hollof In tho nterlor department and In congross that tho Indian Territory Is not ready for statohood. Ono moro year will witness great progress In Uio oxocti' Hon of the Indian treaties and tho general propartlon of Uils Territory for statohood, and tho opposition which now exists on account of tho unpreparcdncss of tho Indian Terri tory will bo unfounded by tho tlmo an ennbllng net can bo pasaod and a constitutional convention can bo hold and a constitution submitted and rati Refrigerators That are ice savers, are profitable investments. We carry the Century that has the small quantity of ice C. R. JONES L BRO. Ardmore National Bank, ARDMORE, Capital Stock and Additional Liability, ; : : : : $200,000.00 Largest of any Btnk In tho Chickasaw Nation. We accept small and large ueneral banking Business for you. DIRECTORS. 0. R. Smith, President. O. M. Campbell, Vice-Pres. Lee Crock, Cashicrr G. W. Younq, Stockman J.C. Thompson, Attorney,? fled by tho peoplo. In tho naturo of things, this will require from twelve to eighteen months and by that tlmo only mad mon will Insist that tho In dlan Territory Is not ready. I shall not opposo n constitutional convention, but merely throw out thcso suggestions nH worthy of con- Bli'eratlon. In reply to tho samo quostion, A. Eddlcmnn, also an attornoy of this city, said this morning: "ca, I favor holding n constitu tional convention for Oklahoma and Indian Territories, frnming and adopt ing n constitution, tho oloctlon of stato omVere and the organization of a do facto stato govornmonU With a constitution properly framed, ox- prossly leaving to tho United Stntes tho winding up nnd sottlomont of trl- bnl affairs, n stato government organ ized and ready for work, bnoked and upheld by a million citizens of tho United States, wo could bo admitted nt tho.noxt sosslon of congross. Tho gods holp thoso who holp thorn solves. Other states havo boon ad mitted In this way and I know of nono having boon rofusod nftor framhur nnd .adopting a constitution. HITCHCOCK'S SECRETARY TALKS 8ays Statehood for Indian Territory is impossible for Number of Years. Tho Times-Journal of Oklahoma City publishes tho following: "None of our party bollovo that tho Indian Territory will bo ready for statehood In tho near futuro." said rMr. Smith, private secretary to 9w. rotary Hitchcock. "Thoro aro so many unsolved probloms and so much unfinished work In tho Indian Terri tory, that It Is npparont to a disin terested observer thnt Uio gonornl government should havo chargo for a cumber of years to como," contin ued Mr. SmIUi. If Oklahoma gots statehqod soon It strikes mo Uiat It must necessarily without tho Indian Territory. You havo a grand terri tory hj-ro. and you will havo a grand state." Tho secretary and tho members of the party havo talked tho matter over, freely. Creek Indian and Hitchcock. When 11 Crock Indlnn, who has Borne matters ponding boforo tho in terior department heard that Secre tary Hitchcock was horo ho rushed Into town nnd hunted up his lawyor. "Get my papers In shapo and prc sont tho mnttor to tho secretary whllo ho Is bore," said tho Indian. "It will suve mo big oxponso nnd I will got n quick decision." "Why, I can't do that." anld tho lawyer. "Tho sccrotnry will transaot no bualnons on his trip. It must bo done nt Wnshlngton." "What the hell did he como horo for?" asked tho Indian in disgust. Received the Money. A. H. Whlto, a carpontor, held tho lucky Uoy to Ed Ringer's money box nnd opened It this morning. For material with which to pavo rour sldownlks seo J. F. Young & Co. E-Gt, You will bo better pleased with your rofrlgerator If It's a Whlto Moun tain. Sto"i.ji Konnorly & Spraglns Co. an envirable reputation for that is necessary to run it, IND. TER. accounts and conduct a 0. It. Jones, Wholesale and Batali Farniture. . . 8am Ndmjc,, Wholesale Hardware J. Ri3iNNiNGTOi,!.'r - Qto'tav?. E.; Yfl. JUndol. MwrthautalJ (HIS 10 LEAD HE FIGHT INDIAN TERRITORY TO ASK CON GRESS FOR REPRESENTATION. Needs a Delegate Who Can Give Con. greta Some Idea of the Conditions of tht Country Even Porto Rico Has Representation. A spoclnl to tho Kansas City Jour nnl says: In Uio vont that congress does not glvo Indian Territory lorrllorlal gov- ornmnnt at tho next session, n strong offort will bo mado to havo It provldo for n dologato to congross from tho torrltory. This country needs repre sentation In congress. At least It needs a dologato thcro who can glvo congross somo Idea of tho conditions In this country. Congress hns given Oklnhoma, Arizona, Now Moxlco and oren Porto Rico representation, and tho Indian Torrltory is moro Impor tant than all of them combined. Yot It has no ono nt Washington to apeak for it. Congressman Curtis of Knnsin In troduced a bill at tho last session giv ing the Indian country a dologato, but It died In committee. Curtis will bo asked to lead a fight for a similar bill at tho noxt session nnd somo of tho leading men of tho torrltory will go to Wnshlngton to help push tho bill Uirough. "Tho Indian country with Its half million or moro peoplo and Its 19,000,- 000 acres of as good land as any stato somo consideration nt tho hands of congross," said Jamos Qtvons, a lead ing attorney hero. "At tho present tlmo wo nro treated Hko a lot of bar barians. Wo havo no volco In anyr thing affecting our Interests. A dolo gato In congress could do us a lot of good. Whllo ho would havo no vote ho could hustlo around Hko Den nis Flynn has dono for Oklahoma and succeed In letting congress know that wo nro ono tho map, and Uiat probably wo aro as intelligent nnd as capable of self-government as Porto Rico nt least. It seems Just a trlflo strango Uiat congress would glvo a forolgn Islnnd roprosentatlon nnd bar an omplro right In tho very heart of tho United States." Suit for Divorce. W. It. Drew has filed suit against his wife, Sarah Drew, praying Uio court to grant him n dlvorco from tho dofondnnt and to glvo him the custody of tholr two children, agod respective ly. 9 and 12 yoo-g. Plaintiff lives nonr Doughorty. imndonmont Is al Iogod. ' Art 3. Hamly. photccrtphor. was In Uio city for a brief tlmo yesterday. Atr. llaroiy Is now "far iwelllng" a1 urcoll preparatory to moving to Sul phur for Uio summer seasou. i Ice Cream. It's tho monoy I am after. If It's tho goods you want. Try that good Ico cream at 8-Gt INGHAM'S CONFECTIONERY. Subscrlba for tho Ardmorelto. J. A. BIVENS, Pretldent DON LACY, Vice-President A. H. PALMEn, Cashier. W. A. WOLVERTON, AL Cahlw, THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Capital and Surplus 5100,000.00. Account! of arms and Individuals Accordod If You Want the Best Flour on Earth, The Flour that waB Riven tho Gold Modal oyer all the world's competitors at Paris call for ALBATROSS. You can't iret better fbnr. 5 Grocer will supply you. Wholesale Distributor. MARLOW MOVING. Fine Rains of Great Benefit Wants a Drlck Plant at nnct. Special Correspondence Marlow, I, T.. May 11. Wo hav had a steady rain horo for tho paat sixteen hours and prcucnt indlcaUon denoto thnt moro will como shortly. Iloporta from Law ton, Sterling aHd other towns west In Comnncho county stato mat a flno rain hns fallen there, farmers from as fnr east as twonty miles report a flno rain. Crops aaj. grass will bo greatly honolltod as Uda Is tho first rain of any bonoflt wo har had In this Immedlato vicinity for over soveu wcoks. Crops In nil lines havo suffered badly for want of rain but wo hope to mako a good yield In all lino. Whcnt has sufforod most, first from rust and Intor from want of molsturo. Frost killed noarly everything grow Ing hero somo dnya slnco and manr farmers havo planted over again. Hno brick clay has been discover ed right In tho honrt of our town oa tho railroad track, and Wo nro Im patiently waiting for somo man of means who understands tho business to como horo and erect a plant. Our town bolng built mostly of wood thoro Is a flno opening horo for a brick plant, ns well ns a market nt Chlcknsha, Duncan nnd othor points for millions of brick. An export of 3D years cxperlenco who recently. mndo Investigation ot tho samo here says It Is of Uio very boat quality and will mako a flno pressed brick, being ontlroly free from nil vogotablo mat ter and having qitlto a por cent ot ochro In It, Belong to Buseh. Tho private car that Is oolng uted by Secretary B. A. Hltihccck is the property of Adolphus Dnsch, tho mil lionaire St. Louis browcr, and Is the ono that was prcsonted to him by tho cltlzons of St. Loula. whllo ho wan In Qormnny arranging with tho em peror to havo Germany tnko a prom inent part In tho World's Fair. Tha car Is said to bo ono of Uio finest la tho world. Commissioner's. Court. Frank lsxs, charged with shootine nt Wnltor Towery njear Provonco re cently, was given a hearing beforo Judgo Itobnott yesterday which result ed in tho prisoner's dlschargo. TO RENT. Storo building with track fuclllUea, sultablo l'or grain or wholesalo houoe. Store-room and dwelling combined. Good location, ?1G por month. Four-room cottago A streot, north east, botween 2d and 3d avcmios.'NIco ropalr. ?10. Four-room dwelling, Carter avenue, closo In, $6.G0 por month. Eight-room framo dwelling and largo lot, Hargrovo Hill, $12.50. Throo dwellings of three rooms each on South Washington street, $6.50. Threo-room dwolllng, barn','" 2 lots, good soft water at 8th avenuo and O street, norUiwcst, JO. Two-room dwolllng West Broadway, The Rodfield Agency, Real Estate, Rcnta, Loans. Ardmore I no. Tcr. solicited. Courteous tmtmcal all alike. but you can pay more. You 4$ y it