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'V, 0 voumi$ xni SI ARDMOlvK, I. T., MONDAY ICVHMX(i, AHiTST (J, l'.KKi. THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN INDIAN TERRITORY ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. mmln SHAKES DICE WITH DEATH GAME "LUCKY" BALDWIN STRUG GLES VITH GRIM REAPER. Is Now Nearly Eighty Year Old, but Still Retains the Qualities Which Gave Him Fame. Regarded As Being Rich. Associated Press. Winnipeg, Mn.. Aug. 6. Under the '"I1" . " . ...... .... constant cure ot physicians, who uo not concetti their belief that Ills case in a hopeless one, Hlla Jaokson Hnld win, or "Lucky llaldwln, as he Is ktuiuii ihroitalioiit the length and I.M..1H. ..r Amsriei. Is living In pw, H,.... II. Is suffer- log irom imiHiautm - i M9 .. .... . . . the doctors refuse to allow nis inemw to see him because they rear agita tion would lie harmful. The aged man's struggle this time Is not wold but for life. For over hair n century lie anJ fate have lieen playing a game of dice. Often the game went against lilm, but more frequently ho won. Many yenm ago, when It was at his height, thousands of Interested per sons watched It fascinating eyes. It was romantic, It was picturesque, like the man hlmaelf. Many times fate stripped htm bare and laid his fortune In ruins at his feet, but with a grim smile he would selxo the dice and with erne throw win all back again. Hut this time It seem sas ir he Is to lose forever. Mr. Hnldwln Is now nearly eighty years old. liaving been born In Ohio In the year 185S. Hut his picturesque career ban been Identified chiefly with the state of California. It was that state that ave him his first fortune. Then he made another one In Nevada out of the Comstock. His fortune at one time was reputed to ba f20.000.000 but much of It was wasted In unprofit able vontures. The greatciit medium for the dif fusion of his name and fame was the ..ii.iini hntoi mnd theatre that he erected on Market Street. San Fran Cisco, at a cost of tS.000.000. All the onitum mil nride that he lutd were centered In that hotel. A few years after it was built he saw It go up In smoke, imd as he walohed the names wrap tlionwelvea around It he wept for the first time to nnyones khowi wise. In later years he spent the most of Ills time In developing bis ranch of 60.000 acres, the Santa Anita, on whinii ho raised some of the finest race homes America ever produced He Is the only man whose horses won four American Derbys. Ilia famous Derby winners were Volanto, Silver Cloud. ICmiieror of Norfolk and Hoy ol .Santa Anita Wliat Mr. Haldwln's fortuno amounts to now hi not known but ho Is still regarded as a rich man, with nalltv of the richest land In the fertile San Oabrlel valley, southern California. In To Work Non-Union Men. New Orleans, Aug. 8. Kvory ludl oat Ion Is that the Southern Paclllo has arranged to rush non-union men Into the yards at Algiers at any hour and put them to work. The yards are be ing barricaded nnd the high fences tiro being topiwd with several strands of lwrb wire to make It nlmost lm posslblo to climb over the fenoes. 12x tni wntchmon are boliiK put on to night. Tho peoplo of Alglors npponr to be largely In sympathy with tho strlk lug enrmon, nnd tho Importation of Btriko-broakotv, It Is foarod, will start bad blood. To Succeed Judge Rains. Austin, Tox., Auk. C It Is stated that H. W. Wlnklor will probably bo appolntod state historian nnd librar ian to fill tho vacancy caused by tlio rccont death of Judgo C W. nalns Mr. Wlnklor has been connoctod with tho dopnrtmnt for two or throo yoars In the capacity of Spanish transia tor. He Is a young man and Is woll equipped for tho position. Spanish Veterans' Encampment. Ardniorolto Special. Albany, N. Y., Auk. 0. The United Spanish War Vetoranb opened tholr annual encampment at the city hall thH morning. Mayor Ohuh delivered nn nddrcss of wolcome. The reunion will Inst throa days. METHODIST CONFERENCE. Joint Session of Methodist Church and and Epworth League; Ardmorelto Speciil. IMmond. Okla., Aug. C. A Joint con fe retire of the Methodist church and of the Kpworth leagues of Oklahoma and Indian Territory began here to day and lias attracted a large niim Iter of religious workers ami Metho dist clergmen from all over both territories. Tin meetings will con tinue until Wednesday evening and rottaiom efforts In cither lines be sides the Kpworth League work will lie discussed by men and women thor oughly aomiHlntetl wit 1 1 their subjects. ... ... m .. .t .1 ..... Among tuo sponsors mi m wh the conference lomorrow nre me ., r l tw.t. Il.o V'uliio ..f llllila v.. . .m Study." the Itov. II. 15. Swan on "The Duty of the Kpworth League In Secur ing Constitutional Prohibition fur the New State." 15. IS. Cllne on "What constitutes iiiueas lor nervine. Mrs - Itay Warden on "Thoy That Con- .i.- l.o.rt .nrt'uuer Must Suffer." New officers for the next year will also bo elected at tomorrow's session . - ....... alar, tut oftnt The program for Wednesday In cludes addressed by the Iter. .1. II. Inboard, the Iter. M. I. Halnsberger, the Hev. H. It. Urch and the ltev. It. Grant. The program for the opening ses sion today Is merely preparatory to the real work of the conference ami Includes devotional exercise by the Hev. J. T. Hlley. the presiding older. and address of welcome by A. I), Dalley and a response by the Hev. IX W. Kellar. CHICAGO BANK CLOSES DOORS MILWAUKEE AVENUE DANK ONE OF THE LARGEST. Deposits Over Three at d One Half Million Dollars and Capital of a Quarter Million Intense Feel ing Among De poll tor. Uy Associates Press. Chicago. Aug. . Milwaukee Aran ue Bank one of the largest ouUlde of the downtown district, with deposits of three million six hundred thousand dollars and a capital of a quarter mil ilon closed today. The first Intimation of trouble was tho appearance at the bank of twenty policemen, dispatched to prevent ant! clpated disoiders. The imllce deimrtment having been notified that one of the officers of the bank nnd absconded. The most of the depositors are working people who ap peared In large numbers and demand od their monow. At one tlmo the run assumed the proportions of a riot, but the turbulanco of tho crowd was final ly quelled. News of the suspension spread rapidly and soon several smul ler banks In the vicinity were beslegod by depositors. President Paul O Stensland is In Hump where he wen to attend tho coronation of King Ila.i- ken. Henry W. Serlng, cashier Is missing and a warrant charging embeczlemen was sworn out by the bank examiner 'At the same time ho Issued n sta'o mant to the effect that the whereabouts of three ottlcers of the bank wor un known to him, and that the bank wa without an oWclsl hoad. The alleged defalcation Is estimate at $20,000. One of the subordinate of the bank it Is said, hnd been gai ling nu horso races. It Is wild the bank has nearly fifty thousand depositors, many of thum nre Polish laborers. It U said alt tho banks papor Is good. Tho first atntemont that President Stonsland was In Kuropo proved Incor root, ..o la ni St. Paul on a vacation. BY DALOON ROUTE. Passengers Make Trip of Forty Miles Without Mishap, ny Associated Pross. Noanlc, Conn., Aur. fi. Tho blR bal loon Nlrvlnla, carrying Dr. J. V. Thomas of Now York ond a profes sional aeronaut nsconded from a point on Kast Hlvor, Now York City last nlKht and landed tho passengers In tho vlllngo this morning, aftor oho of tho longest flights over taken by a pas ganger balloon In this country. Tho trip ovor forty mlloa was mado wltn out any in!s..np. Mr. and Mm. John Mulltoy nnd son, Chnrloy, loft today for Honvyn whore thoy will join a fishing party which will spend a week at Oil Springs. KILLED IN PUED FIGHT MEMBERS OF GANG REPORTED DEAD OFFICERS WOUNDED. Martin Family Hiding In the Hills. The Gang Wanted en Charge of Killing Richard Hall A Large Story of the Feud Parties. lAtttugtun, Ky., Aug. 6. A dispatch received here this morning front Whltesuurg says that a meanengor Irom Sand Kick, Ky., brings the news it u tor rifle battle on the headwaters u Hearer creek In Knott connty be twoen the Martin faction of the I tail- Martin feud, and tho kmm ii ruler Sheriff Hayes, who are trying to ef fect lluir capture. Tin- report says that four member of the outlaw gang worn killed and two officers were wounded, but that the names cannot be learned at this time, as the feudists wero not routed from their stronghold and the offleera have retreated to lllndman for rein forcements. Tho Martina are Wyatt and two ikhis. Silas and Alexander. They are under Indictment for desfieravely wouudlng Dick Hall anl Will am Thornberry and Deputy bbe.ltf )l:ncs, shooting them from ambush lutdy. Years ago there watt an encounter between the Halls and Martins. Ill feeling smoldered for a long time. An Ideal ending of the bitterness seemed Imminent when young Itlchard Hall fell In love with and married one of tho Martin girls. Instead of this bring ing poaco the resentment of the Halls dared up fiercely agalmtt Hicburd Hall mi a renegade, while be became no more impular among the Martins While lie and 111 Tnornberry were riding along the public highway a few nights ago a fusillade from the dark roadside brought them both down out of the saddle. Hall decc and Tbum berry Imdly wounded. A special grand Jury at lllndman has been called, The sheriff with posse Is In tho mountains cautiously attempting Jin effect ai rests of sus pects without "riling" the factions loo much while the atereotyiieJ "fnrth er trouble Is feared" appeat-.t appro priate enough. Knot county lias been -noted for bad men" before. It is In the heatt of a region about slxty-nlno miles wide which is without railroads. Here a town of 1.000 Is considered a big ono. The entire county. iy mo cen sits or 1000 had only 8.701 population, all American Intra and most likely nil liorn In the county or in adjoining uites. The census oould find only tluee pontons born abroad, two liet'i natives ot Knglnnd and the otlior be ing .Scotch. There are loss than 100 c'.-iriHl i.oople. This section more than any other In the whole country contain n impu tation unmixed with emigrants, or even with people from other portions of the country. This clrcismstunco has canied sociologists and ethnolo gists to marvel at the frequent blood shed noae of It, by tho wjy biP.g ever at the nxpense of stranr.Kh is. King the mouutalns. I.oik Is-ilnt'on Iiuh made the iieople cI-iiiiiImIi. Tholr lives are of the utaiost .ImplU'ty, their homes prlmltlv and their do sires few. Knott Is ilmottt tne only county In the state uUltoui u news taper of any kind. A'.thouaii the hi.U .re Infesi'-i with moiiikhlnert tboto is a strict local optioa law In f'noe saloons tMt lietiig toltr.i e!. The rarest tliliu on the coin dockuts Is the olis ire of lsrceu, ih. people m Ing not onl lionnit. nut taking n pride In It us thoy do In i else. GRAIN RATE WAR BEGINS. Charges Reduced From Territory to Galveston for Export. Oklttliomu City, Ok. .Aug, C Thore Is n war on between the Western mid Kastern roudu far grain ox port ship ments. The WoHtern roads have cut the rate from 30 1-Sc to SI 1 2c from Oklahoma and Indian Territory points to Oalveston. This only applies to the export shipments: and will be In effect from August 1G to September 1C. The Hasten! roads route the ship ments thfoush fSaatern ports and make a. longer rail haul. The West ern, load handle -the shipments through (lalvesUm ant tire getting the bulk ot the business. HUNDREDS IN WATERY GRAVE WRECK OF A STEAMER OVER THREE HUNDRED PERISH. ItMfan Vesstl With Eight Hundred Souls on Soard Strikes Reef Off Spanish Cesst and Qulskly Fsun dery Captain Sulelded. Carlegcna. Spain, Aug. 8. A terrl ble uinrlnc disaster occurfml last ev en I lit off Cafie Pnlos. The Italian steamship Blrlo, from (ieniw for liar oelonn, Cudix. MOntevIdlo ami Itiienos Ayte. with alMiut SOO iiersons on boa til, was wrecked off Hormlgaa Is land. Three hundred Immigrants most of them HuliniiM and Spaniards, were drowned. Ilia captain of the steamer commit ted tuilcldt-. The blxiinp of San Pedro, Ilratll. alsri was l"Ht. and It Is said that an nhtar Wihop Is among the mlalng. The remainder of the iasscugers and the ofHrers and crew got away In 4lie alilp'M ttoiits. or were rescueil by menus of boats sent lo them from the llioro. it iiiiihIk'i of tlsliernion, who made nttempls i't rescue were drnwneil. 'hose rfciiH from the vessel are now at Capo Palo In a pltlablo condi tion, lielng without fiMMl or clothing. The Sirlo struck a rock reef known as Hajost HormlgHS and stink soon after. Hormlgns Island Ilea about two and n half miles to the east anl of Capo Palos. The Sirlo was owned by the Navlga slone i .allium of (lenon. Hufore he aommllted sulchlo the captain declar ed the steamer had 016 iwsseiigers on board, and that her crew numbered 127 men. The olrlo had 670 passeng ers when leaving Ucnoa, but addition al Spanish passengtt were taken on boaid ni, Uaroe.oNa, where (ho vessel touched a few hours before the lUtaa ter. The disaster occurred at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tho steamer w.m threading a difficult iNiasage through the Hormlgaa group, where the Hi Jost H-irmlgas reef Is a continual men ace to navigation. The vessel began to Hdtlo rapid! Immediately she had struck and a terrlb.j scene of confus ion nnd panic onsued nn lMNtrd. The ttahermen along the coast sought to render assistance In their power ami sent out boats, wliloli brought many survivors nsi.ore. Most of the ottlcers and crow of the Slrlo are among the saved. lly Associated Press. Cuitagena, Spain, Aug. C Reports coiinnuo to arrive hero of tne terrible scenes attending the wreck Saturday evening off llorinlgns Islands of tho Italian steamer Slrlo, resulting In n loss of over three liunilrod lives. The drowning of Hlehop Sno Paolo, llraidl Is now attributed to the action of u p'tseuger who iiirctbly took from tho lil.thop his life belt, which the lat ter bail provided himself with. One Italian woman helped her three children to lloat on a plank until thoy were all picked up. A bridegroom on hU ImneymoiHi lost his wife and sis ter, one old man who was saved lobt three children. Probing the Standard. Ardmorelte Special. Chicago, Aug. fi. The. federal grand Jury convened here today and will hear testimony relating to charges brought against the Standard Oil company and aovernl railways enter ing the city. Some of the govern ment':! best legal talent has been at mirk mi tho cuho and Indictments un der the anti-trust and nntl-robate laws may result. Attornoy John S. Miller, head counsel for thu Standard, wilt took after thu oil trust's Interest. Senator's Daughter Weds Grocer, lly Assoolatod Pross, Hvanston, Wyo., Aug. fi. Mis Laura Clark, oldest daughter of Sena tor C. D. Clark, unit C. P. Hlythe. a wholesale grocer of Salt Lake City, will bo married hero today. Very Fine Candles, Our Hue of flue box and bulk can dim Include the world fumnus brands, Unvney, Iuiose-Wlles and Runther. Attractive prices ton fnnoy boxes. 6-2 0. V. S 150 A LIS. ; (let your barbed wire from Dlvcns, inrbn & Frcnstey. SUtletons of 1776 Unearthed. Philadelphia, Aug. 6. A himdrrd and thirty years after the revolution :.eveml whitened skeletons were un- vrhcd at the sight of the old provost prison In St. James' place, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Workmen digging a foundation for a new building struck their spades against a hard substance, which at first they thought was rock. They dug around the supposed lock ami dis closed a skull. In a short while the laborers had uncovered a complete Hkeleton ami portions of several oth ers. It was at II tut thought thai evidence of a murder had been brongh to light, and when the whitened bones and grinning skulls had been removed by the police the workmen continued their tabor In awed silence. Somo student of history (ben ills- covered that on the spot had stood the old prison which was nscd for the conflnemont and canturod American lanMlora anH I hat lia Anmfnaniior nf the prison was the Infamous Captain Cunningham .who, with Tarlton and a number of tbe Hessian officers, wero the obleet of bitter hatred by the struggling Americans. It Is thought that the skeletons utv covered are the remains of unfortii nato Americans who had boon caplur cd and Immured In tbe hateful pro vost prison, and there, In some man tier, had met their death. WRECK 014 TEXAS PACIFIC. Fireman Skelton Killed and Engineer Kane Injured. SHrmvn, Texas, Aug.. 0. A Imd freight wreck ocecurred on the Texas & Pacific six miles east of here Inst night at 11:68 o'clock, In which Fire man T. II. Skelton was Instantly kilt ed and Hnglnoer J. 1). Kane of Ko-t Worth was sightly Injured. Skelton lutd resided In Halrd and leaves a fen lly there. Hccenl heavy rains had washed tho supports of a small bridge lo such nn extent thai tho weight of the locomc Ive when It ran onto the structure caused tho bridge to collapse and the engine and two oars went Into the ditch, the equipment being Imdly de molished. The train whs running about twenty-five miles an hour when tlio wreck occurred. RUSSIAN STRIKE A FAILURE. Leaders Hesitate to Issue Call Some Resume Work. lly Associated Press. 8t. Petersburg. Aug. 0. Unlessi ills- patches from the Interior within n few hours materially change the situation the general strike promises to prove complete failure. Although liberals are strongly op pened to tlie oourae of the government they surlug from precipitating revolution, and Its horror of civil war In which tho plans ot proletariat leaders were auo- ssful. The syraimthy of the lutein gent public Is lacking and many men are lukewarm, and even In open re belllon agalnnt their leaders. Predicts War With Japan, rdmorelte Special. St. Petersburg. Aug. 0. Tho Novoe Vreya. which Is tlio only uewsimper apiiearlng except In dodger form, de voted a large portion of Its sjatce th morning to an article predicting war between Jniian and the United States and predicting a speedy vlctn-y for the Japanese and the occupation of California by the Japanese. IIU Purl. Ill tho Kugllsh "Caii nnd Gown" I told the following story of Oxford life, It Is cnlled "Hauled by the Dean." Tlio dean, who bod rebuked Mr. Ilrown for having nxslHted at the ducking of n fol low student, asks the otrondor, "What pnrt did you take In this disgraceful affair?" nnd Mr. Hrowu replies meekly, "Tlio left leg, sir." A rarrllmi Cnnrlrt. "This confinement," snlil the long faced prison visitor, "must distress you greatly." "Yes," replied the fn cetloiH convict, "I find the prison bars grating." "Ah, life to you U n fall urc." "Yes. It's nothing but n cell, .N'o dinner. ( drotr. Mrs. Nowwcd Dear me, thoso egga uro very small. (Irocor They nro In deed, mum, and I'm suro I don't know why. Mrs. Nowwod Oh, I dare say It's because you take thum out of the niwt too soon. If your gpMts nre low, do something :nd, If you hnvn I teen doing something, do Miuethltig different. K. le. Halo. J. U Hoffman and wife and baby lnft "today for DavHi to attend tho tno :iir and also to visit friends. ERMS OF SALE PASTURE LANDS LANDS MAY BE PAID FOR IN FOURTEEN MONTHS. ntcrlar Department Sends Letter to Land Offlse at Lawten in Which Explanations are Made for the Benefit of the Public. Uwtofi. Okla., Aug. 6. That pur chasers of tho Indian pasture lands, which nre to he sold this fall to the highest bidders, will hare tke priv ilege of paying tho entire amount bid. at the expiration of fourteen months after making homestead entry. Is now settled fact, as will be observed from the following- letter addreseed to the commissioner of the general html oiffce by Thomas Hyan, acting secre tary of the Interior. Believing (but if purchasers were given the privilege of commuting more prospective purchas ers would lie attnio . here nnd that the lauds would bring far bettor prices, tl-e loonl tana ortlce olllloals so staled to the Interior deimrtment and (he suggestion has lieeu looked niton vi lth favor by the interior depart- men 'mo lotter follows: The deimrtment la In receipt ot your olflclal letter of July 17, roiiort- Ing upon the letter, dated July 0, from (be register of the United States and office at ijtwton, Okla.. In whlcn he uks Inquiry n to whether or not commutation proof will be accopted on the imsture landa to lie opened for sale under the provisions of the net of June 6, 100(1, In which you ex press the opinion that as the lands arc to be dlsposod or under the general homestead laws with the condition Hint the purchaser must pay the price agreed iion, ami as you found noth ing In tbe law which prevents thu ap plication ot the commutation provi sion of the homestead law to mild lands, )ou recommend that he be no nd vised. "lly the second section of wild net It Is provided that these landa ahall be oiiened to aetllomeut by proclama tion ttt president of the United States wltldii six months from iwsssagu of mis act, and he disposed of upon Honi ed bids or at public auction at tlio discretion of the secretory ot the Interior to the hit-host bidder under the irrnvlsloun of tho homestead laws of the United Stilton and under the rules and regulntlonH minuted by (he secretary of tho In terior, and stion purchaser must bo duly n.iMlined to muKe entry under the general homestead lawa. The deimrtment Is at present In clined to take (he view that the pur chaser who makes entry of any of these lauds under the liomoatead laws, slmuld lie, for the reason set forth In the letter from tho register ot tho local laud ofllce at Iiwton, Okla., per- Ittwl to offer proof at tho ond of tho commutation period and make full payment for the laud or the usual privilege ot completing title aftor five years residence, In which ovont tho arum. Installments are to be paid as provided for In the third section ot said act, but these are matters to bo disposed of In the rules nnd regula tions to be Issued by this department ns provided for In section 2, nbovo quoted, and us the landa nro to bo opened to sottlement within bIx months from the passage nf said act, said regulations should bo prepared and siibmlted for departmental ap proval at your oarllest convenience." Protection During Trial. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. B. Tho Frank fort and llarbourvllle companies ot state national guard were today order ed by Governor Ilockham to go on du ty at llarbourvllle on Tuesday next to protect during tholr trlnl tho negro man and woman churgod with tho murder of a Mrs. Ilroughton lout week. Rifle Matches Among Troops. Ardmorelto Special. Chloago, Aug. C The annual small arms content ot tho uorthorn division of tho rogular army began at Fort SlterMa today. The national Bhoot will also be held at that post, begin ning August 20. Ardmorolte Spoclul, Lawton, Okla., Aug. (5. Tho rifle match of the troops ot the southwest ern dlvlsku hi in progress at . Fort 6111 today; A. pistol competition will Immediately follow the conclusion of tlio rlllo shoot. ' I