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Jmim mm 1WW '"""So, VOLUME X. (SIDNEY BUOOH.) I PaoralKTOB, j AEDMOBE. IND. TEE., FRIDAY. EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1903. CRIPII0H, 15 1 TEAR. NUMBER 246 ENJOIN EXPRESS GOMPRNIES 8UIT ORDERED TO FORFEIT THE CHARTERS IN TEXAS. Heavy Penalties Will Be Aiked Against Wells Fargp jyid Pacific Companies jOthors Can Only Be Enjoned. Austin, Tox., Aug. 20. Tho railroad commission today, by unanimous vote adopted n resolution Instructing tho attorney general to institute suit ngafcnst tho Wolls-Fargo and Paclilc express companies for forfelturo of their respective- permits to do businoss in Texas and against tho United Stntos nnd American expross complnlos to unjoin thorn from doing businoss In this state. It is understood that heavy penal ties will bo asked against the first two mentioned companlos. Tho United States nnd American compnmlcs aro Joint stock concorns and aro not required to havo a per mit from tho stato to oporato on Tox- as rallroaJs. Thoy can only bo reach ed through injunction proceedings. Tho basis for theso suits la that tho defendant companies have failed to amply with tho law In tho matter of maintaining general ofllcos in Texas. Other alloged violations of the law aro also alleged.. Tho Institution of theso suits havo boon oxpectod for somo time. As a matter of fnct, tho railroad commission adopted a verbal motion soveral weeks ago hat the attorney general bo instructed to bring pro ceedings against theso companies. It is said that it was decided best to ut the knstruclons Jn writing, nnd ur that reason tho resolution submit td by Railroad Commissioner O. I), jolqultt was adopted and submitted Attorney General Dell. It Is expected that tho suits will o instituted within tho next few days. It is well understood that tho ex press companies propose to go Into ;ho federal court and seek to havo tho commission enjoined from putting En reduced rates if tho result of thp Behcarlng to bo hold on Sept. 1 Is to that offect. ADOPTED BY INDIANS. hite Men Entitled to Allotment In Cherokee Nation. A special from. Muskogee says ticorgoW. Johnson, a whlto man and Kansan, r.eoms to possoss those m. P. ANDERSON, B. F. FRENSLEY, Vice-President. President. HBST Ml MM RAW Ardmorc, Indian Territory. iosignaied Depository tor Bankruptcy Funds in Clilokasaw Nation. Capital paid in Surplus Funds Total Who oldest bank In Indlnn Territory. solicited ujion tho most llboral terms consistent with Rood banking. we WSRJL korjo you the id shies Finn m mm n. Home Office, $ Paid Up Capital, $1,G50,800.00 Surety Bonds. FIDEUTY CONTRACTS JUDICIAL. Judicial Bonds Gxecuted Without Delay, BURGLARY INSURANCE. Banks, Stores, Residences Insured Against Burglary or Theft. ROBERTS, POLAND & BRUCE, Correipondms Solicltsd. ' OBW5'A1?i. T. iVRDWORE ABSTRACT CO., (Incorporated. Hie Most Gomn Abstracts of all kinds accurately mode. Records thoronulily searched, nnd any kind of Informa tion furnished on short notice and small fee. I W. S. WOLVERTON & SON, Mgr's. tlX KINDS OF INSURANCE, traits that make a hit with Indian blood, for he has been adopted by two nations, and attor a long and hard fight hns been adopted by Secretary of tho Interior Hitchcock, too. ThJs Is tho way it happened: Away back in 1866 Johnson married a woman In Kansas. Aftor that ho was adopted Into tho Cherokee nation with tho rest of tho Shawncos, and got on tho "eighty" roll. Aftor that his Shawnco wlfo died and Johnson married again, this tlmo to a white worann. When ho applied for enroll ment as a Chorokco his right was con tested by tho Chorokco attorneys an tho ground that ho married out; in othor words, no had forfoltcd his right by marrying a woman who was not a mombor of tho Chorokco trlbo of Indians, and as ho had no Indian bloo In his veins, tho attorneys claimed that ho was not cntitlod to tho same right as a full blood, whether ho was an Indian or not, ns onco a Chorokco, nlwnys a Chorokco, married or single. Tho matter was carried to tho seo rotary of tho interior, and, this morn ing n decision was returned In which Johnson is ordorcd enrolled. Johnson is nn old man and llvos at At ton, I. T. All aboard for Wapanucka Sunday morning. If you have never soon the town, here's your chanco. It you havo seon it, you want to seo it agalc. Indians Settling In Mexico. A special from San Antonio says E. M. Fullor, special agent of tho Klowns, Comanclios and Apachos Is In that city on his roturn from Moxlco, whore ho has socurod for forty Indian farm ers a largo tract of farming land. Tho Indians will buy tho land and in ono largo community will carry on agricultural pursuits. Tho land, which llos between Victoria nnd Montorcy, will bo occupied by tho Indians in about six weeks' time. Mr. Fullor says that this is but a forerunner of the exodus to Mexico of thrifty fam lllcs. A Sextuple Killing. San Antonio, Tox., Aug. 20. News was received hero tonight that Bias Quentora of this city and five com panlons had been killed at Montoroy, Moxlco, whllo endeavoring to sccuro possession of a child to which Quen tora had somo kind of claim. No par tlculars of tho killing havo been re colvod. Quentora Is well known hero, having boon a rosldent of lsls city for years. Business Chance. Ono hundred and fifty dollars In vostod will Insuro a clear incoino of ?06 per month. It's worth your whllo to invostigato. Address Box 311. 18-3. fs1orlbe for the Ardmoreltft. C. L. ANDERSON, Cashier. $ 60,000.00 165,000.00 $225,000.00 Accounts ot firms nnd individuals 1 Baltimore, fid. REAL ESTATE and BONDS IS SAYS BROSIUS HAS MEDDLED IN DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS. And Can No Longer Receive the Glad Hand Tho Report Is Treated In Chilly Manner by the Depart ment To Be Looked Up. Without tolling whoro it resolved tho Information, tho South MoAleater Capital says: Soorotary Hitchcock Is hot. Hot at Hroslus, who made tho ro- port In tho name of tho "Indian Hlghts Association;" hot at tho nows papers for giving so much opacs to tho moss In Indian Toirltory protia bly hot at himself for bolng bo back ward as to bo called down by Uie prosldent and ordered to start nn In vestigation. Hroslus is no longer wolcomo at the department It Is claimed that he has "meddled" with department uf fairs. Privato Sccrotary Scott Su'lta told tho newspaper men Sunday that tho roport was not news to tho depart ment but tho charges had been known by Hitchcock for somo tlmo and thai a quiet Investigation had becnstarted several weeks ago. But now tho plan is openly uufclded Francis E. Lcupp, a Washington nows paper man, has been solccto.l to "plow up" tho Indian Territory moss. Mr Lcupp is at present engaged In look ing Into reported scrtndals In the Kiowa and Comanche country in Okla homa. When he completes this work ho wilt como to tho Indian Territory. Tho president of tho Indian nights association Is Phillip C. Garrett of Philadelphia, a millionaire. Mr. Garrett Is thorough! persuad ed that combinations liavc boon form ed to rob thd Indians and he hlnuclf gavo the Broslus report to Philadel phia newspapers for publication. An other porson who Ih prominent In" the agitation Is Herbert Welsh Mr. Welsh Is tho man who is Interested In the effort Uo havo General Funstcn court-martialed,, and personally prefer red charges before tho Philippine com mittee. He had tho expense of bring- Ing a naif dozen witnesses to Phila delphia and amused hlmsolf by writ ing open lcttors to Prosldent Itooao- volt. Officials Ulame Department, flteports from Muskogoo Indicate that all of tho mcmbors of the Oawoii commission, as woll as tho other fed oral officials, aro not alarmed over tho prospect for an Investigation. They rathor court It. Tho Idea pre vails that tho stir Is but tomporary, probably anopubllcan whitewash game as It is too closo to a prosldentla' olection to permit soreness among tho fodornl officials, alt of whmi hs.vo a following back in tho sta'ou If an Investigation Is started. It Is enough to got to the bottom of tho troublo. That tho Invostiga'I in will havo to bo carried to tho dopartraent of tho Interior at Washington and there In somo of tho sub-departments will bo found tho real causo for com plaints, Is tho sentiment that prevails Folding Camp Furniture THAT Mahes Camping Out a Pleasure. R. A. JONES (Successor to C. R, Jones,) Ardmore National Bank, ARUMORG, Capital Stock and Additional Liability, : : : : : $200,000.00 mrgeat 01 any uank In the Chickasaw nation, Wc accept small and large accounts and conduct General Banking Business for you. DIRECTORS, 0. It. Smith, President. 0. M. (JampbelIj, vice-Free. Like Chuck, Cashier. (i. W. Young, Stockman 1.0. Thompson, Attorney, In Muskogee anion? men who aro In closo touch with govcrnmont.il affairs, but' not on tho fodornl payroll. This state of affair Is not blamed on tho secretary of tho interior or tho commissioner of Indlnn nffa'ta, but on tho olorks under Hiom who pass upon tho work sont from tho Indian ofllcos from tho Territory. There have been many evidences thni theso clerks aro Interested In tho nil leases and tho Choctaw removals and sc frequently has advance Information been doled out 10 tho big companies from Washington that it has become an accepted belief that a mnn with money can get nlmost any informal Ion ho wnnts about Indian Territory at Washington and got It soonor thnn tho officials here. A notable Instance of this is when two or three big ell companies got advaaco InfoMi'nllon on rulos and regulations of oil lease nnd gobbled up all tho choice lenses hi tho oil fields of tho Cl.orokoo nation boforo tho Indian offices hero wcro ad vised In the matter. POWERS HAVE NEW PLAN TO SETTLE TROUBLE. All Embassies Declare the News from Macedonia Is Exaggerated Unit ed States Will Not Interfere. Russian Squadron In Sight. London, August 20. Tho Associated Press learns that important negotia tions nro in progress between tho pow ers which promiBo to result In tho early adoption of a now plan for tho settlement ot tho Macedonian trouble. I nmtnn Am. H -.VnlMini. (tin Ana trlan, Ilusslan nor Italian embassies I hero have any knnwledgo of roported oxchanges of communications between tho continental powers In regard to a joint naval demonstration off Salon lea. 'All ombasslcs lioro unlto in tho statorr, -at that tho news from Mace donia Is exaggerated. Thcro Is a general belief that tho United Slates will not lntorvcno in Turkoy. Constantinople, Aug. 20. Tho Ilus slan Bquadron arrived off Intnda, on tho eastorn coast of European Tur koy, yestorday nftoruoon. CLAIMS TERRITORY OIL FIELDS. A Young Man From Germany Says His Father Owned Bartleovllle. Now York, Aug. 20. Jacob B Muel ler, a guest of tho Hank hotol, In Whshlngton street, haB as a reward for the untiring efforts of four years, es tablished his tltlo to a ono-half mil lion dollnr esfato In Indian Territory. This ostato was loft by John H. Mueller, whowas ono of tho onrly settlors In Indian Territory and who helped found tho town of llnrtlcsvlllo Tho eldor Mueller camo to this coun try from Germany. Ho loft his fam ily and thoy heard nothing of him un til after his death. In settling In In dlan Territory ho took up a largo tract of land that was practically worthless until a fow years ago, when valuablo mines woro located upon it. Bcforo lits death Muollor abandon- IND. TGR. It. A. Jonks, Wholesale nnd Retail Furniture. Sam Noble, Wholesale Hardware, .1. It. Pbnmngton, " Grocer. ft. WmRanpoi.. Merchant. cil tho properly and moved to no cholln Park, near Hackonsack, N. J., whoro ho mado his homo with a farm er named Docrr. Young Muollor camo to this country from Germany. Ho managed to trnco his father from Indlnn Territory to Hackonsack. In tho meantime Docrr had moved away. For tho last four years tho young man hns endeavored to locato Doorr, and at last succeeded through suggestion of hla probablo whereabouts mado by1 W. M. Octing of Hackonsack. It was only through this friend of his father that ho could establish his identity nnd push his claim. Indian's True Characteristics. Tho editor of tho Vlnlta Chieftain, who is familiar with tho red mon, has this to say of bis characteristics: "A great deal of unnecessary senti ment Is being wnstcd on the full blood Indian In this Territory nnd iriuch has eropt Into books and Into tho minds of tho ulnltlntcd with rofer onco to his true charactor and Incli nations nnd prospects. In tho first plnco ho Is paraded as bolng constltu tionnlly and rigidly honest, which Is untrue nnd a gross exaggeration of facts. Ho Is naturally sccrotlvo and deceptive nnd his modd of wnrfaro from tho boginnlng hns been fiout bohlnd trcos nnd rocks nnd from am bush. Nobody will know what a full blood will do until ho hns done IL Ho Is the first mnn to Boll his voto at an election nnd gots less for .t. Ho follows his leader llko n sheep. When a lendor Is brought ho carries his fol lowing with him. Just wbnt is to becomo of tho full blood is one of tho probloms of tho day, and will not bo solve J In tho Interest of tho In J Ian. Ho Is doomed to poverty and will eventually bo lost In history. Thero nro exceptions, but thoy aro go ruro and so fnr between as to bo uf Ilttta conscqucnco In viewing the CtK blood as a whole." ' SELLS HUSBAND FOR $500. Wife Lets Other Woman Have Him on Money Dads. Dotriot, Aug. 20. For $500 Mrs. Constant Mcntho ot Montreal agreed to give up her husband to another woman who had onco bocn hor Her vant in tho Canadian city. Tho agreement to accopt $500 and call all account square was drawn up by Attornoy Ignatius Sallottcoand slgnod by husband and wlfo. Ludgor Montho pnld tho monoy to his wlfo, aftor which tho cuuplo soparatod, tbo wlfo leaving for hor homo in Montreal whllo tho husband returned bora to. his homo to livo with tho woman for whoso sake- ho dosortod his wlfo.-say- Ing ho will got a dlvorco and mnrry tho other woman. Montho dosortod his wife In Mon. tronl Bovornl yearc ago. Sho told tho polico sho did not doslro to llvo with him, but ho must provido for hor, Thoy finally agrood on separation on money basis. Fired on Americans. Ixmdon, Aug. 20. A nows agency Jlspatch from Hong Kong snys that a riot occurred on Sunday at Fatshan nnd spread along tho railway to Fall. Tho American engineers woro flrod upon by tho rioters. Thoro wero sov eral casualties. J. A. DIVEN8, President. A. H. PALMER, Cashier. THE CITY NATIONAL 6A ARDMORE. I. Til Capital $100,000.00 Surplus. Funds 30,000.00 Account of firms and Individuals Accorded Albatross Flour. ALL GROCERS SELL IT, WHITEMAN BROS., "WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS." THE GRAND MY eiH LACK HA8 CINCH ON COMMAN DER-IN-CHIEF. acked by Strongest Delegations, Klnne, a Callfornlan, Is Promised Second Place Veterans Had Good Time At Duslnct. San Francisco, Aug. 20. Tho visit ing votornns ot tho Grand Army of tho Itopublic, after onjoylns n porlod of pleasant relaxation enlivened with entertainments of nil vnrlotlos gotten up In their bohnlf by comrades nnd hospltnblo pcoplo of this kin J,, sottled down to work this morning when tho onenmpmont opened In oxocutlvo ses sion. Intorost ot tho dolcgatos confers In tho election of offlcors, mainly that of commnndor and senior vice com mander-in-chief. Gonornl John C. lllack undoubtedly hns tho Insido running for tho position of commnndcr-ln-chlcf, backed as ho Is by throo ot tho strongest delega tions, Now York, Ohio and Pennsyl vania. Thero Is not likely to bo any con tost for tho position of vlco commander-in-chief, C. Mason Klnno of this city, having rccolved tho endorsement thorofor from tho department of Cali fornia nnd Novnda, which practically bars any opposition candidate. San Francisco C Aiif 20. Gen. John C. Hlack Jf Illinois was elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. IL this afternoon. Excursion to Wapanuckn. On Sundny, the 23rd, tho Choctaw pcoplo will run nn excursion train f re m Ardmoro to Wnpnnuck.i to wit. noss a ball gamo botweon tho Ard moro team an1, that of Wapanucka. Tho faro will bo tl.W and a largo crowd Is expected to go. When a man attompts to kiss a girl alio usually threatens to caM for help but tho young man doesn't nujd any help. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO Buy a Home. $275.00 Will Imy ii irood two room dwell ing, barn, large lot, splendid well, cood locution $300.00 Will buy u good two-room cottneo, good lot and Rood location. t Investigate theso ami own your own homo. We have others' to sell nnd potno Rood houses for rent. Wnrnhoufe, truckage facilities for rent. The Rodfield Agency, Real Bstate, Rents, Loans, Phone lai. ARDflORD, I. T. DON LACY, Vlce-Prekldent W. A. WOLVERTON, Asst. CaattUt sullcltud Courteous treatweut all allkb, m (X