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1 ".'i,.fv J, flSf 0ttf VOLUME XII. HIDNKY HUU0B.1 rioraliTOB, j ARDMOIIE, END. TER.. TUESDAY EVENING, IMOTJMMSll G, UXM. f SUBSCRIPIIOK 50C PER MONTH I N I'M HER 2: thm TO V HOLOCAUST THREE LIVES LOST AT DENISON SUNDAY. Fcoming House Burned Down and Three Guests Incinerated Their Charred Remains Found In rfulns Escape of Others. Denlson. To.v, De. 5. At clock juterduy morning the Major rooming house nt 212 South Huak aveimo wan linrniHi down and thriKi guest were lrclncrntcd. Tho dead nro: Albert (). S Harris, a wiper at tlio John Uhiiwcllor, tailor, Dallas. K. It. AudeiHon, printer, Greonvllle. Tho liro was within a block of the flit) Ktutlon. but the flames had gain ed wuch headway before the alarm win: given thnt the lire apparatun was of llttlu value excep( In saving joining buildings. The flro was first discovered bv Po- bremnn Klnlev. who went to the cltv Jail with a prisoner, and saw tho Teirltory uKin tho dissolution of the flames wblle locking tho man In HeIVwes comtnls-xlon on .Inly 1st. 1,-ave the alarm to Che lire station In l!w m'lt Unit .arH.ilnl... tl... till tt. ..n. i.i.i, imjviuiah ui' jii. i. i The itKimlty; house contained I. P. ASDKKHON. Prfiil.lniit f. I.. ANDKUHOX.rHHhler BST NATIONAL BANK Capital Paid In Surplus Funds , Tlit olitrit dank In lodun Turrllnr.r. Accoanta it llrni nml loiuvliluiilf milleltd uprio the mint lltirral tt-rnn cumtWtvnt with itouil buiiklai;. How Much Salary Do You Get? That lap very important question when you go to figure up what your expenses are and how much you will have .ipent after all necessaries are paid for. You probably need some few pieces of furniture, and after you have bought them of R. A. Jone.i, you will not have to pay for them only as you are able, say at the rate of two or three dollars per month. Consider this matter! There are thousands of persons buying this way every day and you may as well be getting the benefit of easy payments as tliey. If you have never tried this plan, let me show you how easy It is to pay for goods you really need and you hardly miss the money. You can furnish your home at K. A. Jones and pay by the week or month as suits your convenience. W. S. WOLVERTON S SON Insurance, Bonds, Real Estate, Abstracts The UrKfit ami Mronuest aicencr In tb two trrltorlt. Managers of Ardmore Abstract Co. flMir.U AKents H,lnoU Lit tnaursnca Co. aud Utiltod Stalei KMi-llty anil (Juarant.r Cniotniur. ARDMORE NATIONAL BANK, ARDMORE, MID. TER. Capital Stock and Additional liability. : : : : : $20P jOO.OO We Conduct a General Banking: Business U r You and Accept Small and Large Accounts. DIRECTORS. C. K. SMITH, President. C. M. CAITPBIILL, Vice Pre8 LHE CRUCB. Cashier. O. W. YOUNO, Farmer. J. C. THOHPSON. Lawyer. J. A. DIVENS, President. DON LACY, Vice-President THE CITY NATIONAL BANK ARUriORH, INI THR. Capital $100,000.00 Surplus Funds 30,000.00 Accounts of lirmK ud iudividuals solicited. Courteous treutmeut aceordod to ull alike. twenty-five room, all of wood con ((Miction, with a hall running north tun taulli that mado a dmftway lor Ui lire. There w?rt twenty-five guest rtoms In the building and all or them ai.i reiwrtol (occupied, tfliero being alcut tlilrty five people In the btillil li p at tho tlmo of tho lire. The llnmcA started In tho northwest comer. It U thought, and were swept by a north wind down the liallwny. consuming tlr' stalrwav. which furnished food fr.r Uiu tlanioA to mount to (he second nory. and when Uio InmntGw of (he building discovered the lire and ran for Uie stnlrwny they found It burned cut and In the hottest of (ho (lames. Mont of them ran lo tho windows, k .iHKhed the glass aiHl Jumped to tho ginuuil below, while those In tho front of the house gained egnw lo tho p-iroli In front and Jumped lo the jc mid. THE END SEEMS NEAR. Hitchcock Asks for $60,000 to Com plete Work In Indian Territory. Washington. P. C IVc. fi. -At- though department estimates for the ad-'mxt iiscal vear remains closely guard lo - i. It Is lea-end today that Secretary i HI'chrock ban asked for $BO.OOO with which to complete the work in Indian . NolKxIy maked any particular prog- ..irii.i-i. ....j ...... a .. ios bv patdng himself on the back, t 11. Y FKKNSLKV. Vice I'ren. 0. H. M Al'I'IN" Ass't Cnnhlfr Ardmore, Indian Territory $ 60,000.00 200,000.00 Total ,$260,000.00 R, A. JONKS, Purnlture. SAA1 NOBLU, Hardware Merchant, J. R. PUNNINUTON, Wholesale Her chant, R. W. RANDOL. nerchant. A. H. PALMER, Cashier. FRED C. CARR, Asst CaihUr BROKEN RAILUN CONGRESS CAUSr ANOTHER WRECK ON THE MISSOURI PACIFIC. Tirln Derailed at Holden, Mo. Forty five Pass;ngcrs Injured but For. tunately No One Killed Due to Broken Rail. Kaunas City, Dec. fi. -Mlmmtirl Pie eltie iwwcnKor (mill No. I duo hero at 5-It. till owning rrom St. I Hits. wm wricked tw tulle enst of Holden, Mo., this afternoon. It Is reported thnt nearly a hundred iierwiim are Injur- od. It Ih believed that no one was hilled. A. relief train has started lrom Kansas City for the scene. Holden. Mo.. IK-e. fi. A MliMolirl I rclllc pasenger train, bound from St. l.outs -o Kansas City. thM nttor mon was wrecked at the Power Weeks bridge, result lug In the Injury r.f aliotit forty II v iaengerx, several of them being seriously hurt. Tho nc- cident was due to a broken rail, which piojected from the track. It caught the flisl coach behind the mall car, Uirow it lrom llie track down a twenty- hot embankment. Two of the coaches a imuman and a oJning car. rouowc.i. v broken rail wiw on tne (irtitgo ant the rear Pullu.an rolliMl off the bridge Ir.to the creek below. The passengers jlt.side were all serloimly Injured. Two o!u women, tniprlsoni'd in this car, J wire taken nut of Uie top after holes In it lu.iiii tiimlr u-llli nviiM Tin- Inn. I ,, . . .. i u niollve. two baggage cars and a mall. .....i i..-i.i,. . ...r.tv n,i remained on the track, 'htit the i-e-Jirsllider Of the train was derailed. The wreck occurred fourteen mllos west of Dead Man's curve, nenr War- r iiKlntrg, where Uhj worst wreck In the history of tho Mlnwiurl lMcltle Uai pened In October, when thirty pas-'w-iigers lost Jbelr lives. HE IS NOT CUILTY JURY RETURN VERDICT CLOAK ING J. C. WILCOX Of the Charqe of Conspiracy in the Shepard Assault Case It Was a Hard Fought Legal Battle To Be Tried on Similar Charge. The Kveulns News of South MeAI- .icr tells us: Tlio Jury took the .er .ens us. .i.e. j..., .uo so of tho l-nited States against .1. C. Wilcox for conspiracy with Wil.'.iM , ll)Ir(.cinU, vory ,nIldl tu. .,mslan I't.gles and others to assault and lm- tIn, lMeMnR thllt ilus oecn Kmj by j,i de the work of Col. Charles tho Imllnn Territory lrB from Htart Sl'4-nnrd, chilnnan of the Choctaw lovnsite commiHslon, al 0 o'clock TUnrfday evening and returned a ver diet or not still ty at 0:2.1. Tho cue waa luird i'"trht an I l'i ', Interest. Tho government admit -ltd tilmt a consplnicj- was hnrd to piove, from the fact that conspirators seldom shout their plans from the he use-lops and 'do not draw up writ- Not Only be Postmaster General, but ten agreements. Tho only proof poa-1 Remain National Chairman. sll) waB an stray of Isolated clrcuni-1 WaHhlngton. D. C Dtr. 5. -Mr. Cor siances pointing to concerted action. teiou will lemnlii olinlrmnn of the sible wos an array or l bited c'iv i: ( "innccs wer not crlminnting ir rea sonable expliiiatton or treat could i made. The nfmnult and battery ele i .1 ui a eliminated from tho trail. li'aiug the conspiracy charge a thi s -Ih question. . TO DEFEAT HAMILTON BILL. (Democratic Politicians to Fight Single State Plan. Guthrie. Ok.. Dec. fi. Democratic politician); of Oklahoma will try lo iKfoat the pending Hamilton Stan--hood bill, making Oklahoma and In- (ban Territory one state, (y Intmduc I' i. In Uio hunate a nuasure, drawn l-i Thomas Doylo of Perry, asking Jo nt statehood, but allowing sc.vem.. flv ilelegats each from Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the Constim- tl. mil convention, tnstcaa or sixty, tK.in the former and fifty from tbe inner as in (no tiamiiton oin. Miner Kd.alor Gorman or Senator Stone will Ii'troduco Doylo's moiisttre. His bill provldefi for tho Immediate Hi. of the public building land and ui uie .sin i- oi an M'.iiuiM minis as in l.i glslnturo ahall determine. It pro vides for tho now ntnto government to tnltti effect March I, lOOfi, Just think of it, a $65 top buggy tor 30. J. C. PKBDDY LAST SESSION OF FIFTY EIGHTH CONGRESS CALLED. 1 Familiar Fane.-. Missing Many Newly Cleted Members Present Sight seers Throng Corridors and Crowd Galleries. Washington, Dm:. 5.Th Inst av- ion of ttia HMty-oluhth contrtH was ii'lml together Ml mwn today. Htm lr.ls of ightfoerit ihronRtu ttio cor ridor ntl crowk-iI the naileries. P'om om end of the eupltol bulblliiK t- the other busy trend of Blntofltuen nnl the flutter of feminity dlsilnKiilmh- e.i the (Kduvlon .from any other unol-fi'-.al or Mioial function in the calon-di- of tho year. The seats were rmwdo.l with pcraoiu Intent upon v 'messing the ceremonies. .Many n wly elpctel ineiuhers were nt the intiltol, iiltlioi-.rfi tliey will not enter ol',re until at;or Mnrr.U t. The par tbularly sad leature wnus the absence of many 'who had grown old In tho mi view of The country. Itarely In the memory of the old members ha the opening day been made Mttoli a gaJa occasion. In the senate, after the usual open In formulltl-'s. the k-shIoii adjourned i... of resp-el for tbe late Senators 1 1 mii i- and Qua. In the bouse, pend Ii the nniiual meHsago from tho lit ldent, nothing beyond the merest roiitlne work wh nci-oniplisbiM , 1 Intimates i appropriations re- ijrlrcd for 'be support ot (be govern ment ifor tin fiscal year ending June "I'. lOOfi. weie t.nin,smittel to con giesH today I y the secretary of tho tiiasury. Th(ke o&tlmatcvi aggregate I4,"i18,037 for the current fiscal yean, . PRESIDENT'S COMPLIMENT. ' Wat Surprised at Territory Showing. Commissioner Extends Thanks. St. Louis. Dec. 2. Udltor Ardmoro i'.e: Dear Sir The sreat reposition la now a tiling of the put. The In d'an Territory's participation In samo has been. I believe, very benetlclul to the territory, nnd good results will follow for a long time. President Roosevelt, when be in spected tho Indian Territory building and exhibits during bis recent visit complimented our building and exhib its very highly and stated to Presl oenl 1-Yancls thnt he was sreatly snir pitsed and pleased lo know that the territory had made such a line show ing I feel that much of our aucccmh Ih ,0 ,,a, llflTOlw,lcr mi of 0 tcr. ., , . , ,.., to llnlfah. Trusting that tho Ardmorelte Irf prospering, I remain, llwpectfully. P. C. IIUnilAUI). Hxocutlvo Commissioner. CORTELYOU'S TWO OFFICES. ULiiililliau National committee Indef initely and bis assumption or the olllce of Post master General, which Is M'iiedulcil to lake place about Jan. I. will make uo difference In his (Us I'mrge of the dutlcH of National f halrninn. With Cortelyou, Klmer Dover and Harry Nw, all dowted friends ot Vr. Itoosevi'll's. al. Uie head of the .,,, .im,u,,, n,., .IHnlriiniii for i,.os Jn, W(m,j,.rB f t, President , , ,.,, ., .,, .... Mh ii!j?anl7.atlou and havo something to si when v tliueiconies to name his MieceMr. Postmaster-General Tyner Dead. Washington. Dee. fi. Former Pot-iii.ihler-Gener.il Tyner died at OiUfi j Illornn. Tyner was removed ,, y,.ar from lDO position a aaslst- m n,,nu,y K,,ma of the postollu'o ,1(,inr1lnm,t j,r,.niwe of an ludlclment on the rhnr; of consplruey In con-m-etlou -with Uie of the malls In al leped gotrlchqulck concerns. He wn: ncfiiiiiod. no nan neen in m m R mimb(r of ymf The Orios will meet with MIm Willie Grool nt Iholr noxt rogular inoetlng, Instead of with Mr. 'Walter Huiily, us wus announced previous. ,ly. TELEPHONE NEWS. Springer. Among Ui f-Atisfor of residence property In SprlnKor this week may '.ii tnontloti'id: T. M. Novlll to John Pattoti. l-'mnk Parker to T. M'. Novili pint Mr. VIo'h litUm to 1'rnnk Pjip ket. Will Chnpnian has mri to the Putntley ranch. Graham. I. U. Iln'on of Mlk linn p'tt iHnnoil he Kin n this pluce from nme Swirkn. OUo Hooth of Anlmow la n rs v:'i tt r his brother. Dr. lJveret. IDYL. Fox. Hev. l.eaeb of Orr pruached nc ' liiit Sunday. 'rhe mliool nt thlM place In good ii w. The ntlundnnco Is about forty. K. .f. atnntou. W. M. Wright and Mat Ion McCourtnoy are in Ardmoro today.. I ee Carp'inter and 1L .1. ,SUui(on have purchased a half Interest In the r u at thin place. TO AID FOLEY. E'forts Making to Secure Services of Congressman-elect Murphy. .Mtmliogee, I. T, llty. fi. Some of tb" banks and IiuhIiiuhs men (if this rlty have aturted n move to get Hon. A. P. Murphy, congreitsnian elect from IJ.t SIMttontli Mlrtsoiirl itl.fUlcl. to ao to Wiifhlngioii this winter for the prrpofe of lending bis asHlhtance lo rurliig legislation needed In this ci tintry. This Is becauno Mr. Murphy. hi (reek nit tonal attorney lor two y nrs. has a thorough aciiunliiiiince with the conditions In this country. l would materlnlly assist ('. K. I'o h-. who represents Indian Territory lis delegate. Murphy dries not take -i .-cni in cougreM ttulll the fourtti if March anil expats to spend this Meter In Washington. Dr. Nichohiou. dentist, will be In Atlanta, On., from Jan. 1 to May l!, 1'iOS. &-3 AT PORT ARTHUR S'PGE WILL CLOSE WITH TERKIBLE t'l.OW. ONE Japanese Are Mounting Heavy Guns on Meter Hill Russian Mine Dragging Ships at Work at Mjuth of Harber. ToUlo, Dee. fi. Uuotl Slum 1K the only hill now held by the HuMlnns at lort Arthur that la higher Uian 211:1 Meter liill. which the Japanese lm on tho evening of Novomber 30. The rurtti upon It bombarded l!03 Meter hill !' only u dosiiltory manner. Mnott Shan In at the extreme southern end of the Kwnng Tung ponlnsula ncrosa the harbor from tho town of Port Ar thur. Tho mini) dragging shl. of the UiiKMlaus hare resumed ocraUoiis . tic moutfli o tho harlwr, and Uils Is cor.sJderf(l sldnlllcant. The 'Japan-. i.io nro liiit-riedl v tnVlntr nili-nnt.arre nf tiitlr capture of 203 Meter hill. Al ready General Nogl's men have iHignn v untltig heavy guns on the hill, nnd pC'sltlon,H for twenty of them havo in" en constructed. ' From this it la np I'ront that (lie Japanese Intend to f-w-oop (he h-irbor and (he surrounding fort mentions at onco and end In one terrible blow tho long sieite or Port Arthur. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Traveling Man Recleved Painful In Juries Stepping from Sidewalk. A traveling man by the name, nt ir'inrke. of the Dunn & Powell Co.. ot UK In Itock, Ark., received a very PMiiful Injury yesterday, ovonlng. Mr. Cparks went to stem from tho high sidewalk in f'ont of Uano Hroa. gro cery More 'nto tho street, when ho fell triklug the hip nnd aide of his rlf.Ut log upon tho jddo of the walk, lacerating and bruising it badly. Ho watt taken to tho Ardmoro Sanita rium where his woundB wore dressed. It In probable thnt he will hnve to remain in the sanitarium five or six days. Dr NlchoUon. dentist, wtll bo In ,i hint u, On., from Jon. 1 to May 15, VJ05. C-3 On gold-filled spectacles no one meets tho pricos of 1- Bogcr, tho Vo3t Main street wjvtcu-makcr. J0-i SNOW STORM 01 LAHOMA. KANSAS AND TEXAS IN WHITE. Fflr Indian Territory Enjoys Fin?, Clear WeatherSnow Storm Seemed tfl Be General and Will Prove Beneficial, Rl IHuso. Tix.. Ic. 6. HI Pax) baa Jui errwrienced lt f)rt anow in two yw.i The fctorm htaled tx hours nt.ii waa pn-edd ami follow! by a ' Id ruin and alMl. Norfolk, ixt. 5. H-av) aaow ! our Northwest Nebraska last nigh'. and a.V, jls Iikjii hitlllir reimrtPil n il Valontlna and Doodwood Khiimu City. lhn 5 An aver.vgo or twfi Inclie nf snow hart rallen In Khuis lo Oklahoma and Colorado I'ne. northern Oklahoma and In (be l'.:i.haudle of Texas within tho past iwi nty-toiir hours, and Is still railing throughout Oklahoma lodny. The Ii inpeniture Is falling steadily. (llithrie. o:t.. Dec. fi. The city and vh Inlty I enjoying a gixxl snow storm today. The storm began la night with sl"el. Wheal will be great 1 beuelltiHl. HI Iteno. Dec. r.. KI Uouo Is In. cludi'il In tbe snow nnd sleet lielt to dsi, and as a romilt (tin farmers an n julelng. It will be or great help to tix: wheal. Shawnee, Ok., Dec. 5. Street car tJiillle wtw tied up toilay on account of snow and sleet, but there an- no ceniplalnts becnuso i,t (he rnct that moisture is needed Imdly. Norman. O'c, Ih-v. C. Tnilnnten lit from the north report tbe snow torm general lliro'iriiont Oklahoma. Wheat ti-re Is Inully-lu'neod of moisture. THE COAL LANDS. 1 Reports From Washington That Bldi " Opened Will De Rejected. Advices received this morning from Washington are to tho effect that Ih bids for several tracts or coal laniN In tho Wlllmrton nnd South MeAlea (or illatrictH went oponed In Wanh. lagton yostorday at tho interior do part moat, and in the presenco of spe cial reprosontatlveH of the Choctaw nnd Chickasaw nations, Incliiillu. Wnlter Colbar'. of this o'y ti,; oUier oliclalH. Mr. Colbert, It is remem bered, Wua I'ppodntod to determu the value or these lands. When Uio bids were opened he was, therefore. In a ponltlou to determine whether or not Uielr (rue value was obtained. It If learned on tlio highest authority that Uio bids were vory low, the highest for a tract of coal land be ing 8.C70, while the lowest bid waa sllghtJy In excess of $3,000. It is hinted (hat these bids will be reject oi. C. D. Carter of this city, former n Ir.eml trustee, was naked Ills opln I fun concerning tho sale or the lands, j He said that be had not received in ! advice concerning tho sale and ror this reason could not make a state jment. "IT It wore a ract that the Jildt ror the lands hnve been rejected then I do not know what the govern liifilt will do." he said. "I ravore , the allotlng of Iheso lands in ttoveral ly They could have been appraised at their value the sumo as all other li. ids, but this plan was not favored Mr. Carlor thinks It would be a L'orwl Kchemn for the Federal rnivi in Ji'int to purchase Uie mineral land ai ti ubo them In the endirwniont or i I nnauent school fund for the n state. Thla plan may 1k ultlmati ty ndoptod by the nations, althowgb It !s apparont that they are very anxious to sell thorn. General Miles Appointed. Htvcton, Mas.. Deo, 5. Lieutenant Cenoral Nolson A. Miles lia acceptei ui npixilntment tin adijiitant gener-l on tlie staff of Govornor-Hlect W ' Maui U D-juglas. This Inrorniattin v.iw. givon Ui tho Associated Pre i teiilMht by Mr. Douglas personally. Tho -weathor cUaroil otp nicely this iiiornlng and with a fow days or sun dl-mo tho faTmera will bo able to ri r I it tho balanco or their cotton, at t -ongli a great tnauy tiro holding It f r better pricos.