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mm 'MM rfrw & VOLUME XI. (BII)NKY HUatlH.I I'RUrBIKTOR. J A EDM ORE. IND. TEJ?.. FRIDAY EVENING, .JANUARY 1, 1)(M. SDBSGRiPTIOH. S5I TEAR. NUMBER 46 1 UTILE W BIRD TRADE ADOPT RESOLUTIONS IN INTER EST OF INDIAN TERRITORY. Our Friendly Neighbors o. the East Arc Taking Up Our Burden and Through Their Congressmen Can Accomplish Much. Little Hock. Ark.. Doc. .10 Hon. Sidney Suggs, Prosidont of tiio Cham Iht of Commerce, Ardmore, I.T. Donr .Sir Replying further to your tavor , December 17th, bog to hand yon 'uk with copy of resolution adorn-d our board of directors. You will i m tlnd enclosed clipping from the n.uly Gazette oi tills city of even date. Whenever wo can serve the Interest viur people, please cotiuminil us. Wi an n colvlug a copy tlnlly of your papc which Is rend with interest by o.ir mcmhci Many thanks for same. mrs truly, OHO. It. HltOWN. Secretary. The Arkansas Gaxetto of Deo. an as this to say in the premises: Hon. Sidney Suggs president of the hambor or commerce and litor of ho Dally Ardmorolto ot Anlnioru, I. t recently visited both Littlo Hock .uid Memphis in tho intorost of the proved law to glvo Indian Territory a delegate in congress. Whllo here Mr Suggs made his headquarters at the board of trade, and on his return 1 onio tiio chamlKsr of commorce or nl more- communlcntod with tho loca' i omnierclnl organization urging its co pemtion In securing tho passage of tho bill introduced- In eongrw-. by Mr Curtis on the lOtli inst. The main points In the bill arc covered by the following extract: lie it enacted by Uio senate and iiouso of representatives of tho United ates of Amorlca, in congress nssen did that a dolegato to the house of r piescntativos to servo during each congns-t oi" tho United States may be olci ted by tho male Inhabitants ot Indian TorrJin.ry,. ;vliovtO ciUwna-oT Mm United States, twenty-one years of n;;i and who shall have resided in aid T'-ri-itory si" months prior to said 't-rflon: and said delegate shall be i titled t the snnu rights, privi i ",i , and emoluments as are exercised i i'ioyed by the delegate from t . M-rnl other territories of tho i nitn.l States in the nouse 'or roprc- n'Tllveif. Tiio 'llrst election shill ii held at such time and place a:xl conducted In such mistier as the Acting chief justice of said territory ' " in 1 apM)lnt and direct after at jcatt tlilrty days' notice, to bo xlvon b proclamation; and at all subse quent elections the time, place anil manner of holding elections shall bo designated by tho acting chief Justices of said territory until otherwise pro vided by law. "See. 2. That tho number of votes cnit at each voting precinct for every person voted for as such delegate shall within three days bo certified, scaled up and transmitted by mall to Hi clerk of tho court of appeals of said territory, w-ho, In the presenco of the acting chief Justice of the territory, r.hall open and canvass tho same. The person having Uio greatest number of votes of the qualified elector, as U P ANDERSON, President. D. F. FRENSLEY. Vice-President. Ardmore; Indlun TcrrlJory. Designated Depository ir Bankrupt Funds ot (iiukasaw Nation, Capital paid in $ 60,000.00 Surplus. Funds - 180. 000.00 Total $240,000.00 Tiio oldest bank In Indian Territory. Accounts of lirnis and IndliilunU solicit' d upon tho most liberal terms eoiiatstlng with good bankliiK. W. S. WOLVERTON & SON, -Insurance, Bonds, Real Estate' AND ABSTRACTS. Tine Largest and Stroncest Agency in the Two Territories. Managers, Ardmore Abstract Go. i o,,v,.n- Illinois Life. Insurance Co., IjKNBUAI. AOKNfh j Stntes Fidelity and Guaranty Co. hcrclnboforo provided, shall bo declar ed, by.snld noting chief Justice, elect ee nnd a certlllcato thereof shall b accordingly given by said acting chief Justice. "See. 3. That tho United States marshal of each Judicial district shall lay nil tho necessary expenses Incur red by said election upon the certifi cate of Uio United SUtcs Judgo of Uio respective districts; and the sum i-f $5,000 or as much thereof as may liu necosmry Is hereby appropriated out of any money In Uie treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay tho ox ponsoH of said election; provided that noUiing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit tho government ot the United States from annexing uid Indian Territory to Oklahoma Ter ritory or from glvliiK to said Indian Teirltory a complolo form of govern ment ; provided,' further, that nothing In this act shall be construed to im pair the rights of iiersens or property now pertaining tn Indians in Mid ter ritory." Congressman C. C. Hold, to whom tho secretary ot tho board of trade referred the matter, replied as fol lows: "Morrllton. Ark.. Dec. 2.1. Gentle men: I am in receipt of your letter of the 22d Inclosing a letter from Sidney Suggs, resident of the cham ber of commerce, Ardmore, I. T.. also a copy of tho bill to provido for the olectlon of a delegate from Indian Territory which papors I horewith he turn. As to my opinion In regard to the proposed monsure, I will' sny that I am heartily In accord with the general purpose of the bill that Is, to provide Uiat Indian Territory may be represented by a delegate In eon Hi chr. This Is highly important lr mi the fact that this section has no one directly Interested In their affairs In congress. It is a matter of simple justice, to them. A state wltli a leg islative department of Its own could bettor afford ot be without representa tion In congress Uinn a territory whol ly dependent upon congress for lcgis laUon upon every commercial nnd do niestlo interest. There arc somo fea tures of the bill that I do not liko and that I should vote to amend, notably the broad provision Uiat 'the tlrst cleo LkiiL-(ajnlall snlmoe.iiont- loetionu) should Im; held at such time aim place and bo conducted in such a manner as Uie acting chief Justice of said territory should appoint and di rect. ' I think the power given here l too broad anil might be badly abus ed In tho hands of an acting chief Justice who was so disposed. Sonu general manner or holding the elec tion, it seems to me, should be pre scribed by the statutes. Aside fro: this I should be glnd to support i measure. I am very truly yours. "OIIAS. . HMD." Following this, both Mr. Hold's let ter nnd tho other documents were re ferred to Hon. Goergo H. Hose, chair man of tho board of trade legislative committee. Mr. Hose approved tho step to secure tho delegate, because, among oUior reasons, of Uio close trade relations between Arkansas and the pooplo of tho Territory, and he feels It tho duty of Uie people of Arkansas to do ovcryUiing possible to assist them. Yesterday a majority of Uio direc tors of tho board of trado adopted Uie report as well as tho following reso lutions', a copy of which lias been sent to Mr. Held and to the Ardmore Chamber of commerce. C. L. ANDERSON-Cashier. PHONAL BANK. "Whereas, This board of trade. hn Ing been visited by tho Hon. Sldn Suggs, president of Uie chamber of commerce of Ardmore, I. T., in the Interest of Uio bill Introduced In con gresn by Hopresontntlvo CurUs, pro viding for giving th" .ild Indian Ter ritory a delegate in congress; and "Whereas, Having given Uie subjoct special InvosUgatlon through our log- l&latlvo committee, Hon. Oeorgc 11 Rose chairman, and at thu hands o our member of congress, Hon. Chan. C. Held, nnd tho roports bolng fa voroblo to such legislation as Is pro posed; therefore, bo it "Uosolved, That tho Mttlo Kock board of trade, as a matter of Justice to the people of the Territory and In the Interest of tho commerce of the country, most urgently recommend the jKissnne by congress of a law that will glw them ivpresentHtlou by a delegate lo Ih selected by U voters of said Territory " Silas Hare Wed. Washington, D. C, Dee. 31. l-'ormer lteprosontntive Silas Hare or Sher man, Texas, who succeeded Throck morton and lost his seat to llnlloy, and Mrs. Mary L. Kennedy of Wash ington wore quietly mnrrled in nai tlmoro last evening. Tho bridegroom is 7C and the bride 1c 0::. They kept their intentions a close secret, Mr. Hare cloaking their movements by announcing his depart ure to Texas for a month's visit. i : ! -:- NEWS OVER THE 'PHONE. 4- Burneyvllle. We have a good school here now with Hcv. Vaughter as teocnar. This week will end the cotton pick ing. Tho gin has turned out about 700 bales. Mllo. A big crowd of young lolks Is here to attend the New Year musical enter tainment at J. W. Johnson's. Elk. There aro many movers passing through, going both north and south. Graham. There wore mnny out to enjoy the big dance at J. A. Kowloj-'s last night Madlll. .ludgo Gullet Is here this week. Com missioner's court is in session. Mrs. Wliltohond, UioVlfo or our for mer city marshal, died last night. Mrs. Judge Henderson is vory'lll. Tho young people have had n dance every night this week. Tho pooplo aro out wiUi their hi!' books, notwithstanding this' is Now Year's day. Tishomingo. The young people had a big danco a' the club rooms last night. Earl. Thero is a religious ifebato In prog ress hero. W. P. Mayo has rettirned from n visit to Arkansas. Pato llayno and Ivlfo have returned from a visit to Arkansas. Jack Green returned yesterday from Arkansas, where ho has been visiting. A wise man will not teach a girl to skate unless ho Is engaged to her or expects to be. Sometimes you are playing a losing game wlion you win. SELLING Shoddy Furniture is a Habit That's Miirhty Bad And, "Bat's a Habit I've Never Had," R. A. JONES. AKUAIORU, IND. TI:R Capital Stock and Additional Liability. : : : : : 5200,000.00 Largest of any Hank In the Chickasaw Nation, ' We accept small and large accounts and conduct a General Banking Business for you. DIRHCTORS. C. It. Smith, President. C, M. CAMrDKbL, Vieo-Pre8. Lee Ckuce, Cashier. Q. W. Youno, Stockman J.C. TuoMvaoN, Attornov, 81111 PRESSING CLEVELAND MURPHY OF TAMMANY FAMIi VISITS EX-PRESIDENT And Urges Him to Again Become a Candidate A Humorous Inteivlew Which Occurred Detween the Two Asks Questions. To the Ardmorelte. Washington. Dec. 31. Th otner day Mr. MttriAir hd of ih? grwit Tamtminy org-inlxatloit In N'cw York f'lty. rlilted Princeton ani nnd at, v'rmkjd eoulereneo with ex l'resldeni 0 cvehiiMl on tb question ,if tho t loctlnn of a D ,(. cratlc n induce fi,r i.. xt pear. It 's well kno.-i thn iVurpiiy desires Cleveland's :inni:iu y.vn, believing that with t h Ivmio. cii.tic standard placed In ft velnud'd 'ntn.ds next fall jtie reaut' In N'ew York Is a rorraone conclit'ion It s'rrtild be remeatbered that t c result I.! New York state Is (i ;jreat mi meut tn the campaign. With the solid South, which Is eoncedud to the Dem ocrats, It will only require eighty olee tornl wites tn elect a Democratic prosldent. New York stalo alone rms half this number and It would only be necewiry for the Domocrnts to carry New Jersey. Connecticut! and Illinois, or Indiana and Illinois, or California. Illinois, and New Jersey 01 a half dozen or the smaller states to elect their ticket. It is because of Murphy's confidence In being able to carry New York ktate with Cleveland that he Is now urging the former president to again become h candidate. Tho following humorous lntorvlow between Murphy and Clevelam' is said to have occurred: "Hello Murphy! Glad to e you at Princeton again." "Glad to see you, Mr. CIvi laud, and particularly glad to see thr.t the rheumatism has left you." "Ye, I'm In tip, top cond.ro. once mitre. jfor are all lb Jbo;-f,,' and how do the plans for dinner tome n?" "Doth the boys and Uie .duns nro In excollont shape, Mr. Clevulund The boys aro awaiting your siwose. at l'ie dinner with much Impatience I am finding it n little dlftleult to hold Jbem in. They are for Mr. Cleveland t ) it man. And I nm unanimous o.i Unit point myself." "Thank you. .Murphy. No v nlv- im a line on McClollan." woll, sir, Georgo Is a t,c? biyk t like him. He Is tract tul. and grateful. There is good seivlc in him for the organization au i th-j ; ar ty. Hut, ns you know, iJoorgo is young. Wo need not hurry with i.lm He can wait for tho bigger things He has no beard and can t'tr-y on Manhattan or In New York wUite until his beard grows. Still, It Is good Just now to have Georgo In stock. If wo need him we can uso him at once." "t soo nn occasional reforenco to a Judge Parker. Murphy. Prom up state somewhere. Tell me something about him.' , "Yes, there Is such a man, and Uiere are people who want him noml- It. A. Jonkh, Wholesale and Kttail Furniture r Saji NoitbB, Wholesale hardware, J. li. Pennington, " Grocer. K. Randol. Merohiint. Beok, nntfd lor president. How man of them there may bo I really don't know. I understand however, that licit li, party has over gone to the bench for Its candidate, and 1 see no reason why the. Democracy should depnrt from tho rule now. McClsllan holds over him then. .Men hne gone by tho ny of a mayoralty to the white house. Am I right 7" "I know or one surh case." aMontod Mr. Cleveland with n smile. "Murphy, there Is something level about Hint head of ymirs. You hnv evidently made a study of polities. Hut answer mo on this point. Tho demand Is for New Yorker, nnd I'rlnccton, you l.t ow. Is In New .Iers;y." "Oh, well, Mr. Cleveland, don't l- that disturb you-. You know what th pocr jrlrl on trial said In the ji.dRO i bout her buby. Jcrst ) Is siicii a little state It wight not ti count h gal list you. Princeton Is simply your jilace of test. Seven yeurs miist bve set you up nn!n In full vlitnr. Your heart has always been with us In New York, and, In Mltlcs Ms in sentiment, the liomo Is where tee hoart ;s. You aro a New Yorker enough all right. I.enve that to us." 'Why, Murphy, hangod ir you are not something of a poet. I am prou.l er Uirii ever of your acquaintance. Good I . u- Hope lo see you In line feather at the dlnnor." ' H.-.pe to see you In Uie sn.n friipe 'heie Mi. Cleveland. If you tl.-.Mk It prudent, try to tell us then Jusc where you ft and as to the presided";-' A DIG VERDICT. Ben Garron Gets Judomcnt Against Santa Fc fo $10,000. In the ense of 11. . Gnrten ngninst the G. C. ft S. 1-'. Ity. Co.. which oc eupled four days In trial the Jury came In Tuosday nflonioon urter being out only throo hours nnd turned In a ver dict assessing tho plaintiff's damages at $10,000. This is tho second time the case has been tried in the court here, Uie former Jury giving a verdict for ?r,,a20. That verdict was reversed by the court of appeals and It came back for rehearing with tho nliovo result. Garron, who was a Santa l'e llremnn. lost his foot tholst of May. i;01, nt Saginaw by tho turning of a sten, which precipitated him under tho wheels as ho attempted to climb on the engine. Cleburne Knlerprlse. Wo are making a special tun on our big stock of guns nnd If you can bo tomptod by the lowest prlco evor of forcd you can not resist buying. WILLIAMS. COUHN & CO MOVED We have moved our IllCAL KSTAT13 AND 1X)AN OFFICE to ttio Carter Hooker Hulldlng, North Washington street. We have the front olllco up stairs over the stairway and will bo pleased In sec our customers and friends In our ww quarters, The Rodfiold Agency, Real Estate, Rents, Loans. Phone 121. ARunORfi, I. T J. A. BIVEN8, Presldtnt m. H. PALMER, Cathltr. 'Capital Surplus Funds AcoounU ,.' Arms and IndlTidualo Accorded Alb atross Flour ALL GROCERS SELL IT. WHITEMAN BROS., WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS, v INVESTIGATE CHARGES DOATH OF AGENT CHALMERS CAUSES FURTHER DELAY. The Report of Mr. Bonaparte Special Representative of the President, Has Nothing to Do With Acts of Department of Justice. To the Ardmoretto. . WuHUtttHoti, Dee. 31. It now scouw pmctlniMy certain that tho luvostlga Hon recently modo of Uio charges aralnst p. I,. Boixjr, United States at trrnoy lor tho NorUiern district i r Indtan Territory; Hen Collmrt.innt hal ii. the Southern dtatrict of Indian Territory; Judge Hitrwell. United tiUMctt district Judge, located at OKU I'Otna City, and a number of other Territorial offlelais, will have to b made over again. Special Agont Chalmers. Who Invostlgntod nil ot these cases, Is very 111 and doctors now hold out but little hop fo.- his recovery. No rtiorts wen prepared by him on tiny of those cases, and no Information has been I'unilrliM t' department with reference to the chm-RW made ngalma any ot Hn- red eittl ollk'lnls. 1L .ii now hor 'n a hospital and is not ojipoctou to re cover from tho Illness from which h" has been suffering during tho past Mx 'veoks. Accordingly, the dejiartmcnt is making preparations to sond an other special agent to the Territory to go over tiio same xronml formerly gone over by Mnjor Chalmers. Mr Honnparte. siwcial representative of the president, nxently lonductod nn Investigation in Indian Torrltory, but no matter what his report may be, the department of Justice will Investigate thn charges against Its own offlelais by Its own special ngetit. The ajtorney general takes the po sition Uiat when charges are mado against olllelals and employes of that department Uint they should bo Inves tigated and reported on by offldalB of that department. If ho Is satisfied that tho oiriclals under him have bem derelict In tho iierronnanco of their duties, then lie will removo thorn. If he Is sntlsflod they have been falUiful In the performance of their duties then they will not be removed no mntter what reports are mado by spec ial agentB of tho Intorlor or othor de partments ot tho govornmcnt. It Is linrdly probable, however, that Mr. Honnparte will Investigate all of tho casos undor consideration. His mission Is merely to Invostlgnto Uie condltk n existing In Indian 'i'orfitory so far ns It portalns to government olllcers becoming olllelals ot corpora tions or other companies organized for tho purpose of defrauding members of the tribes. Ho Una no authority to go Into Uio charges generally prefer red against Hen, Colbert, marshal or the Southern district of Indian Terri tory or Judge Hurwell of tho district court In Oklahoma. For this reason it Is neccEsary to send another agont to tho territories to cover these casos. Alter spending Xmns with friends In tho city, Mrs. T. J. West bought a supply of Hluo lllbbon flour from J. 11. Smart and returned homo to Davis. DON LACY, Vlce-Preildsnt W. A. WOLVERTON, Atst Casnlor. $100,000.00 30,000.00 solicited,' Cburtsduj treatment all alike,