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ails I VOLUME X. (SIDNEY ruoob.i FBorniBToa, ; AEDMOUE IND. TER.. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1003. SDBSCRIPIION, J5 Jl TfAR. NUMBER 182 J. UPHILL 1 Sin CONDITIONS WORSE THAN THE LAST CONGRESS. i Senate Combine Might Let the Two Territories' In As One Stjtc, But the Outlook U Not Favorable. Washington, Juno 7. Supporters of statehood for tho two torrltorlos aro, beginning to rccogni4 that nn up hill flght confronts them In tho next congross. "Undo" J09 Cuniwn Is not frlondly to tho stntohoid proposition. Tlibro will bo trouble at tho vory bo " ginning of tho session over the or ganization of tho houso committed on torrltorlos. On tho senato slilo, tho committee on torrltorlos, as .it preset organized, wllfbo Indifferent to the admission of any of 1I10 torrltorlos. Political and business pretnure may change tho sonato sltu-t'lon somewhat but at this timo tho committee Is not Interested In' tho appeals of tho state hood supporters. Senator Fornkor took t' I 111 him to tho Coluniiius convention a statehood plank. Ht) did not suc ceed in having It lncosr.o-.i'.U In the state platform. Ponnsyhanla only of tho determining Republican Hales has spoken in favor of tho administra tion of tho torrltorlos Sonal Uov rldgo nrrlved In Washington last night. Tho CL'M.'rman of the senato eommltteos on torrltorlos was not inclined to discuss tho statehood situ ation. "I do not want to go on record with a prediction," said Senator Bovor'dge, "but you can say ono thing, t think with porfect safety, If there Ih any statehood legislation, Oklahoma and Indian territories wilt come Into tho Union as ono state." "You don't think there Is nfty chanco whatever for doublo state hood?" was asked. "Nqt tho remotest," ho answered. Senator Bovoridgo is, of course, not absoluto authority, but whatever posi tion ho takes will reflect tho senti ment of tho influences which domin ate tho majdrlty sldo of tho sonato. Tho Inslstonco upon having Oklahoma nnd Indian Torrltory como Into tho Union as ono state Is duo to many causos. Primarily, It will mako con sistent tho Republican position that New Moxlco and Arizona havo not aufllolont population to Justify their admission. Therproposltlo'n to admit L. P. ANDERSON, B. F. FRENSLEY, C '-.ANDERSON, President. Vlce-Pr esldent Cashier. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Afdmore, Indian Territory. Designated Depository for Bankruptcy Funds n Chickasaw Nation. Capital paid fn $ 60,000.00 Surplus Funds 165.000.00 Total $225,000.00 Tin- oldest, bank In Indian Territory. Accounts ol firms and Individuals solicited upon the most llboral terms consistent with good banking. ROBERTS, POLAND & BRUCE JNSURANCE. REAL ESTATE. ARDMORE ABSTRACT CO., (Incorporated. Tlie Most complete sel ol Abstract in the soultiern Dlslrlct. Abstract of all kinds accurately made. Records jJhorouRtily searched, ami any kind of inrdrma $ou furnished on sudrg notice and atrial fee. WIS S. WOLYERTON & SON, Mgr's. ,AIX KIND'S OF INSORArfc'EffcBAl. ESTATE'. BONDS these two torrltorlos with ono million population will bo contrasted, with tho demand of Arizona to bo admitted with ono-fourth of that population and Now Moxlco with loss than ono thlrd. Thoso who want no state hood legislation whatever will bo of fered tho opportunity of opposing tho admission of tho now stato on tho ground of Indian -territory's unprc parodncss. Tho now stato would havo flvo and probably six votes In tho doctoral college. Under no circum stances would a Republican majority vote to admit a strong Democratic stato Just on tho ova of olcctlon, nnd even though tho enabling act could bo passed, tho admission .would bo fixed for a dnto subsequent to the election of 3904. Dolognto Kody of Now Moxlco Is now horo and has traveled oxtonslve ly In U10 Knst, doing missionary work for Btatohood whorovor tho opportun ity "presented Itself. Ho recognizes that there will bo troublo in getting a frlondly hearing in tho houso or ganization. Pennsylvania Republi can roprasontatlon offers tho greatest liopo of success, but tho indications uro that It will bo Impossible to so curo that harmony of action among tho statohood frlonds which marked tho tight at tho last sosslon. There will bo friction at tho beginning be tween tho doublo and slnglo state hood Interests from tho twin territor ies and another omnibus bill will bo Impossible in view of U10 probable organization of tho houso committco on territories. Speaker Cannon will havo a Armor grasp on tho houso than Henderson had and his opposi tion will bo more' sorlous. With un favorable conditions already mani festing themselves, It Is Imperative that Oklahoma and Indian Territory should get together if thoro Is an earnest desire for statehood. Now Mexico and Arizona aro practically eliminated from tho statehood calcu lations. With tho chanco for any action restricted to Oklahoma and In dian Territory, cross-firing from that quarter will bo fatal. Tho Ilnmnn lnterrnarnttnn Point. "Mamnin," said the human ititerrdga"-' lion point, "who knows tho roost teacher or papa?" "Why, on general topics your father ts better Informed, Johnny." "Well, does pnpa know more than the minister?" "Of things worldly, yes. Your father, Johnny, is n very wrll Informed man. ns I hope you will bo some day." "Does papa know more than you, mamma?" "Johnny, when will you over got ovo: the habit of nuking n long string of foolish' questions? Run nwny and have your ten at once." New York Pruss. BONDS. 1 II MISSOURI RIVER CUTS A NEW CHANNEL ALTON SWEPT. Two Hundred Persons on a Narrow Strip of Submerged Land Likely to Go Down to Death Help Cannot Reach Them. St. Ixnils, June 7. Ono more foot of wator will ovorllow tho lost barrior that protects Kast St. Louis from tho full forco of tho flood current in tho Mississippi. This barrior Is tho Chi cago nnd Alton trnck. All tho other railway embankments botween it and tho river havo filvon nwny complete ly. Enough wator Is duo to como down tho rlvor to sond it two foot nbovo tho track. What will happen thon to Kast St. Louts will bo full of rorll to tho 32,000 Inhabitants of that town. Two porsons, a mossongor nnd n brnkoman,, havo met death in tho Hood at Kast St. Louis. Tho mosson gor fell Into tho curront whllo watoh- inr. a ropalr gang nt work, and tho brnkoman Bllpped nnd fell whllo mak ing a coupling on a work train. A marauder was shot by tho lovee patrol at Madison, and It Is bclloved that ho foil Into tho river nnd wns lrowned. Tho crosfileveo which hold back tho flood that broko through tho up per part of tho Madison lovoo nt Mitchell, III., last night, gave way odpy. About thirty yards of tho levco went out but tho break was ro- paired. It is not believed that tho eross-lovco can hold until morning. If It .Iocs give way, all tho trlcltlca will bo flooded. Hut tho main Madi son lovco Itself Is In a. most critlcnl stage, and It Is not bclloved that It can possibly hold through tomorrow. Tho Missouri has cut a now chan nel opposlto tho Alton nnd enters tho Mississippi now In a northeasterly di rection. Tho vlllago 'of West Alton, which formerly contained 200 Inhabi tants, has been swept clear off tho map by tho current Whcro tho two nvors como together tho water is a maelstrom in which only a river ftoamor of largo slzo could hopo to live for a ml mi to. In St. Louis about nil tho damago I as boon cono that is oosslblo. It Is estimated nt ?no,000. Tho wator has reached tho stoop Inclines that led to the lqveo, and a throo-foot rise will bring It not moro than twonty foot furthor into tho streets. Two hundred porsons on a narrow strip of land that Is nl ready almost complotoly submorgod, aro Ukoly to ) down in death In tho Missouri river beforo morning. Sheriff Dlorkos of St. Oharlos county tolophoncd from St. Charles tonight to Chlof of Pollco GUlaspy, tolling him that tho refugees aro at Mack Walnut, throe miles northeast of St. Charlos. They havo boon cut oft from communication with land, and no boat In tho vicinity of St. Charlos can poslbly live In tho tur- bulont curront of tho Dig Muddy thoro. Thj strip of ground on which those 200 refugees aro gathered Is A PERFECT "Charcoal Sheatine," or pure carbon pressed into sheets is rendered absolutely impervious to air or water, and in therefore a Perfect Non-Conductor It has been proven by tt'bt that this is the very best insulation for Refrigerators, Our line of Refrigerators has this insulation. C. R. JONES & BRO. Ardmore National Bank, ARUMORE, IND. TOR. Capital Stock and Additional Liability. : : : : : $200,000.00 B Largest of any Bank: in the Chickasaw Nation. We accept small and large General Banking Business lor you. DIRECTORS. 0. R. 8uith, President. O. R Jones, Wholesale and Hetaii O. M. Campbell, Vice-Prea. Furniture. . '' Lek Oboce, CashieW p 3a2?oble, Wholesale Eai-gware, G. W. Touno, SWcKtnan Jv RI Eenninqton, ic9tQ5r. J,C, THOMPSON, ARfrneY," Rv WA Bakdol, Merchjf, now almost complotoly covered with wator. It Is rortaln that it will bo covorcd entirely by tomorrow. Mcan tlmo the current Is eating nway tho ground, and prosontly thoro may bo nothing at all to stand on. Sheriff Uierkes nskod that tho harbor and. wharf commissioner of SL Louis send some vessol to tho asslstanco of tho Dlack Walnut people. Ho said Hint It is a mattor of llfo nnd death. Harbor and Wharf Commissioner Wh'lO slated latd to Chlof Olllaspy that lis has only ono vossol that could possibly go to SL Charlos at this time, nnd this boat, nt tho nrosont stneo of the Missouri, could not pos sibly pas under tho bridgo nt St. Charles, which would bo ncoossnry In ordor t.? rench Illack WalnuL It Is possible that me other sninllor craft niny bo sent on tho porllous mission, owing to the omorgoncy of tho appeal. SUICIDE AT FORT TOWSON. Drank Carbolic Acid and Died In Terrible Agony. Special to the Ardmorolto. Hugo. I. T.. Juno 7. Mrs. Mnttle Ilonrden of Fort Towson, I. T., com mitted xulclde at tho Iron Springs, which are located noar tho town. Tho woman drank carbolic acid and died In terrible agony In a short tlmo. Shi was the wife of William near don, a prominent cx-morchnnt of old Doaksvlllo, I. T. The couple woro married about three months ago and had Just recently returned from tholr honoymoon trip. Family troublos aro supposed to havo caused tho tor rlblo deed. George Allan was nrrostcd at Fort Towson yostorduy on a chargo of horso stealing. Ho is wnnted In Tex as on a similar charge. Allen was to havo been marrlod tho same day that ho was arrested. Fort Towson, I. T., is a small town located on tho A. & C. railroad six teen miles west of Hugo, I. T. What Mrrmrhnnni llt-ntljr lm. There Is n very general Impression In tho mjnds of smokers that the nicer schaiiKi part of the pipe, which tlnv treasure so carefully nnd take no much pridohnd satisfaction In "coloring," I compressed son foam. Such, however, la not tho case. The Gcrmiin word niecrHclinum menus lit Kngllsh fonm of tho sen, but Its formation has iiothlnv to do with the sea. It Is n kind of clay comes out of mines like coal and ! found only in Turkey. A IllaUlnnil Stole. The following little dialogue wa ovorhenrd In a fnr north tuitnlct: "Mac. I hour ye have fallen In lovo wl' bonnle Kntlo Stevens." "Wool, Sanely, I was near verrn neur daeln'lt, but I found the Insxlo hml line siller, so I said to iiiyse!', 'Mae, In n mini.' And 1 was a man, and noo I pass lior by wl' silent contompt." Ijndou Telegraph. I'oor 1 1 mini ii IVnlurc. Waggles Ho couldn't ii'inombor why his wife tied a string around his lin ger, so ho wns a f raid to go homo and stayed out nil night. Jnggles What wns It ho should have remembered? Waggles To come homo early. Smart SeL AVlmloni, Mnjlie. "Isn't It funny?" "Whnt?" "She's the head of a innr-imonlnl agency, but nn old maid." Detroit Free Press. INSULATION. accounts and conduct a OUDBURST PACOLET RIVER RESEMBLES THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER. Stream Rises Sixty Feet In a Night and Sweeps Everything Before It. Hundreds of People Carried to Death and Great Horror. Charlotte, N. C, June 7. Swollon by heavy rains and gnthorlnB a vol ume of wnter from ovory mountnln tributary, tho Pacolot rlvor burst upon the sleoplnn Inhabitants In Piedmont valloy at an early hour this morning, loavlng death nud destruc tion In its wnke. In Llttlo Valloy, Spartansburg coun ty, Clifton and several othor smnli villages, a dozen of tho largest cotton mills In tho South, principally In Spar- tnnsburg county, woro dostroyed. In theso placos, homos, churches and gin mills woro swopt nwny. It Is cstlmnted thnt the denlhs will roach ICO, though thoy may bo several times that number. Scoros of bodies havo boan seon Moating down tho Pacolot, Dig Tiger nld North Tiger rivers. At least flvo big cotton mlll.i woro washed from tholr foundation and woro carried down tho raging wators, onoH worth nt least half a million dol lars. A number of others woro wrecked,' Uvory bridge botweon Chnrlotto and Oroonvlllo, S. C, has been washed away. Ono of theso, over tho Tiger rlvor, tho largest bridgo cast of tho Mississippi In tho South, a hundred and twenty feet high and two hundred nnd sixty feet long, has two spans gone. Every train on tho Southern rail way south of Charlotto has boon an nulled. Not a train lins left Charlotto or reached Charlotto from tho south slnco Frldny ulgbj. All'tclophono and tolcgrnph wires aro down and tho stricken district Is cut off from tho outsldo world. Tho only access to tho district is by courier from Ulucksburg. An Oild Suix-ratKlnii. On the eastern shore of Maryland biliousness Is cured by boring three holes In u carefully selected treo and walking three times around it, snylng. "Co awny, bilious." It Is n matter of utmost .Importance whether tho one who performs, tho spell walks with the sun or ngnlust the sun, but no one knows which is the approved direction. Exchange. Not till lli I'rrillcllnna. "Well, Is married llfo nil that It Is painted?" nskod tho girl. "Not unite," replied tho bride, with what her friend Inter declared she was almost sure wns n sigh. Weve been mnrrlcd three mouths now, and during that time Jack has spent hut four even ings nt tho club." Syracuse. Herald. Of Unit Intrrcii. "Yes; I explnlned tho wholo theory of tho now discovery to my wife." "And what did sho say?" J'Sho said: 'George, can yon remniu her whom the Hourflcld girl mnrrled? Pro been trying nil day to think of his name." Cleveland Plain Dealer. J. A. BIVEN8, President. DON LACY, VIce-Presldsnt A. H. PALMER, Cashier. W. A. WOLVERTON, Ast Caahlw. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Capital and Surplus $100f000.0Q, Accounts of firms and Individuals Accorded ... . S If You want the The Flour that was given the Gold Medal oyer all the world's competitors at Pa., call for ALBATROSS. You can't iret better llonr, ill I.. Grocer will supply youu w till I S ns V -mm a wni IjplVl An Wholesale Distributor,) J Krrnk of n (Irnltm, One dny n bulky, tall, palo faced gen tleman with bushy, restless eyebrows, entered n Imdon tavern. Tho waiter did not nsk him for tils order, but Im mediately brought him n pinto of bread nnd cheese and a glass of nto. Having consumed tils lunch, the guest sat up right In his chair for nwhllc, leaning his hands on n heavy wnlklng cane nnd stnrlng blankly at tho opposlto wall, as if In a dream. Of n sudden ho gave a start. He seized the ompty glnss and dnshed it to the floor with nil his might, smashing It to atoms. Ho then reflected for a moment, laid n coin on tho table, got up and loft the Inn without n word to nny one. After his depnrturo nnothcr guest had the curiosity to ask the waiter whether the gentleman who had Just gono out wns not wrong in his hend. Quoth tho wnlters "Oh, no, sir! Thnt's nothlnk un usual with 'lm, sir. 'E's broko maybe n 'undred glasses slnco 'o's been a comln' to tills 'ouse. E don't seem to know it when 'o docs it. 'E Just gits a thlnkln' nnd seems to git hungry at soniothlnk 'e's thlnkln' about. It's Lord Macuulny, sir." Collier's Weekly. Stimulated III Imagination. The mothsr of tho threo boys bad noticed that when they slept in the same room they were a long tlmo go ing to sleep. A llttlo investigation brought out tho reason. "John," sho said, "whst kept you boys nwt.ko so long Inst night?" "Hob was tolling us stories," ho re plied. "nut I heard him saving: 'Boys, I wish you wouldn't bother mo. I want to go to sleopP" "Yes," ndmltted John. "When ho'il told us ono story wo'd got out of bed nnd run round tho room awhile. Then wo would crawl In ngnln nnd put our cold feet ngnlnst his back, and keep them there till ho told us another." Years nftcrwnrd "Hob" been mo n fa mous I "tit nnd story teller, and that, H)..oiuly, Is the way he got bis start. A Tl ' - I Ulrptnninnlnr. titled kleptoiiiiiiilnc of tbreo quar ters of n century ago wns tho Countess of Cork. She had n reputation for stealing nnyfhlng she could lay her hands on, whether it was useful or valuable or not. Once, when leaving n country house whcro sho hud been stnylng, sho snw nnd quietly picked up a hedgehog thnt wns crossing a hall, a iot of the porter's, and took It away In her cnrrhigc, Finding it an un comfortable foot warmer she decided, to dispose of It at tho first town where she changed horses nnd then offered It to a confectloucD in return for a spongo cake. TO RENT licht room dwelling, closoin, well and cistPrn, servant's room, 7nti houBe $15 CO per month. $5.00 VJVIONTH. Several neat new O.-room cottages, convenient location, at $5.00 per month. FOR -SALE 8 room dwelling, well, orcllard, lot 103x150 on Fifth avenue be tween Choctaw and Sata Fe R. R. Will take a Rood team on trade $400. The Redfield Agency, Real Estate, Rents, Loans, Phone 121. 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