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VOLUMH XIJ1
ARDMORI?, I. T., FRIDAY KV1CNIXG, SM'TKMHKR 28, lK)(.
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SEVERE LOSS
OVER SOUTH
YESTERDAY'S HURRICANE
GREAT DAMAGE ALONG GULF
Communication With Gulf Points Is
Still Cut Off Anxiety at New Or
leans Where Members of Fam
ilies are Absent on Coast.
-jy Associated Prcsj.
Now Oilcans, Sept. 2S. New Or
lean today Is still cut off from gulf
points cast of here. There Is much
.anxiety regardln gthe situation In
the direction of Mobile. Tho gulf
towns are summer rehortu for Now
Orleans and many families have boon
separated by tho storm. Reports from
Interior Mississippi towns Indicate
that the less will reach bund;', t.
of thousands of dollars. Few towns
escaped damage.
Heavy Loss at Pcnsacola.
Pensacola, Fla.. Sept. 27. Tho
worst sea sterni and hurricane that
the ( ul f coast baa experienced since
the village or Pensacola, on Santa
Rosa Island, whs swept away 170
years ago, began last night, nnd Is
still raging. Every house In the city
has siinered damage, nn i many roots
are blown off. Telegraph and telo
plume and electric light wnes are In
a tangitt. the water front is strewn
with wreckage for miles on either sldo
of the city, anu vessels are piled on
the wharves, or where the wharves
were, in utter ruin. UIg iron steamers
and many larger sailing ships are now
lying high up in lh(. city where tho
tide never lias been kno.vn o readi
before, and every wharf for miles
around has been swept awny or dam
aged beyond repair. It Is reported that
many lives between tho city and tho
navy yard have been lost, but no
delinit,. details can be obtained. Many
of the houses In that section are un
der 5 to 10 feet of water and many
women have been tuken from the sec
ond story windows and carried to
safety in boats. The electric prwr
was shut off at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The Western Union has men
hard at work trying to clear wli.-s,
and this dispatch, with other t !'
graphic matter. Is being carried n
Flomntnn, Ala., by the Western Union
manager, who makes the trip by trul l
to ascertain tho exact extent of darn
age done. It Is feared that great havoc
and loss of lit will be s'.iowi when
reports from the entire section along
tho coast can bo gathered. Estimated
damagL. $3,0110.000.
Steamer Stranded In River.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 28. R
ports cf tho havoc of tho hurricane
In Its progress northward through
Mississippi were received hero today.
At Vlckshurg the stenme Modoc
was blown from Its fastenings In the
.Mississippi and stranded, and a dry
dock was reported to hao broken
from its moorings.
At McConib City the loss of two
lives from the blowing down of n
lranie hotel was reported by Illinois
Central passengers arriving In this
city.
Track Walker Killed.
.New Orleans. Ui.. Sept. 2S. Tho
Hist N.ew Orleans and Northeastern
train came Into tho city lrom the
north last night and reports scores of
cabins blown down hotweon Matties
hurg, Miss., nnd Pearl River and
about 10 per cent of the timber along
tho road blown down.
A track-walker was kPcd by tho
train miring tho storm.
About dark last night tho water of
like Pontchartraln receded apprecia
bly and began to drain off from the
wibmerged portion of the city, becauso
of a change In tho wind, which, veer
ing to the northwest, began to drlvo
the high wnter toward tho Gulf of
i.icxlco.
Mobile Is Cut Off.
Uy Associated Press.
Kansas C'ltv. Sept. 2S. Mobile. Ala.,
Is still cut oft from tho outsldo nnd
' nothing dins heen heard lrom tho
' city for forty hours. Tho damago
there Is not known.
Y. M. C. A. Saturday Market.
The Fourth ward carries tho ban
ner for Saturday market results' and
thev will lw on hand at tho Noblo
hulldlng 'next Saturday with an at
MINING DISTRICTS SAFE.
Presley B. Cole Sayj Miners Will Vote
for Democracy.
Presley II. Colo of McAlester, talk
lug at some length to an Ardmoreltc
I leprcsentatlvo today, said among oth
QID cr thing:, that his district, which em
braces an entire township nnd in
cludes tho old towns of McAlester
and South McAlehler. now known as
McAlester. a voting district heretofore
conceded to ho Republican, Is now un
doubtedly Democratic ns n result of
tho Itryan- demonstration Wednesday
evening. He described that deinonstri
tlon as the greatest event in the his
tnry of that part of Indian Terrlory.
Tho hour of llryan's address was ar
ranged for early nightfall and tho
miners marched from their work with
torch caps lighted and gathered tin
mediately beneath the speaker's stand,
back of whom tho populace In general
stood for hundreds of feet In every
direction. Owing to tho vmtness of
the gathering, there was a noticeable
strain In the efforts of the preliminary
speakers but when Ilryan rose and
began his address It wns nil easy
tone which reached every spectator's
hearing and without apparent effort
on the part of the speaker. Thine
who have heretofore been Inclined to
class Mr. Ilryan ns a mediocre, now
pronounce him a giant, and district
number 00 will give Its majority In
auctioning volco for the belief of the
Giant.
"It Is now conceded by all."
Ode added, "that the mining districts
of McAlester will go for Democracy
In the Constitutional delegate elec
tion." BRYAN AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
Great Reception There Last Night.
Last Day in Territory.
Ardmoreltc Special.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 28.
William Jennings Ilryan, who arrived
here last night, left early this morn
ing for a trip through Western Okla
homa. Brief stops will be mado at Kl
Reno Alva, and other points tl Alva
the special train which has carried
Mr. Ilryan through Oklahoma will he
abandoned and the party will travel
by automobile to Phillips, where a
train will he taken for Enid The No-
iiraskau will leave Enid tomorrow
morning for Kansas City, whero he
will speak In Convention hall tomor
row evening.
The meeting here was the most en
thusiastic and largely attonded of any
yet '"eld In the territory and attract
ed large crowds from all over south
ern Oklahoma and the Chickasaw na
tion. WABASH STRIKE ENDED.
Bciler-Makcrs and Machinists Resume
Work at Increased Salary.
Uy Associated Press.
St.. Louis, Sept. 27. Tho strike of
tho Wabasli boiler-makers nnd ma
tho WabiiBh boiler-makers, machinist.-!
and blacksmiths was ended today by
tho granting of an lncreaso In wage.'.
The terms have not been made pub
lie beyond this statement Is mid by
General Manager Miller: "The wtjo
question has been sntisfnciotli ad
question has ben adjusted by making
an Increase that Is mutually satlsfac
tory." '
Tho men returned to work immcdl
ately.
TROUBLE IN MEXICO.
Raiders Capture Town and Place Offi
clals In Jail,
uy Associated Press.
Eagle Pass, Texas, Sept. 27. A tal
ephrne message from .Jlmlnes, Moxi-
co, stntes that forty armed men raid
ed the town last night, placed tho
mayor nnd other olllelals In jail an .1
aro now In control. Government
trops ,havo hastened to tho scene
and a battle Is expected any hour.
Electrical Engineers Meet. ,
Ardmorelte Special.
New York, Sept. 28. Tho Amcrl
can Institute of Electrical Engineers
opened Its annual convention hero to
day wltn delegates present from nil
parts of tho country. Tho report
of Secretary R. W. Popo shows a con
siderable Increase In membership
over last year.
Graham Indorsed.
Ardmorelto Special.
Provence, 1. T.. SopL 82. At n
meeting of tho Democratic club hold
hero last night J. C. Graham of Ma
rietta was unanimously Indorsed ns a
delegate to tho Constitutional convention.
ALLOT TH
OSAGE LANDS
COMMISSION DECINS WORK IN
EARNEST IN OSAGE NATION.
Distribution of Lands and Contests
Occupy Year's Time Each Indian
Will Receive Approximately 780
Acres of Good, Rich Land.
Ardmorclto Special. '
Pawhuska. Okla., Supt. 2S. With
the expiration today of the time allow
ed to tho Osago Indians for making
the 111 st selection of lands, the work
if tho Osago nllottlng commission
will bpgln In earnest. The commis
sion, which Is composed of Col. (!.
O. Shepherd and Col. C. E. Medio
ney of the Interior department and
former Governor lllack Dog. a full
blood Osage, will Imcdlntely begin
checking up and surveying the se
lections of land made. The distribu
tion of lauds and the hearing of eon
tests will probably occupy fully a
year and It will probably be at least
three years before the work of the
commission Is fully completed.
When the allotment provided for by
a bill passed by the last congress
has been finally completed each
Osage will be In possession of ap
proximately 780 acres of as good hind
as there In In tho new state. Each
redskin of tho tribe will get a first
second nnd third selection of lfiO
acres each, as well as a surplus of.
about 300 acres each.
Many quarrels fiver allotments have
arisen among the member:! of tho
tribe and It Is expected that ex-Governor
lllack Dog will bo of great as
sistance to tho other members of, the
commission In settling these contests
to tho satisfaction, of all partlci con
cerned. niaclr-DfiS nra typical full
blood and was selected for tho posi
tion ho holds by the members of his
tribe. He Is unable to speak Enn'
and carries on his enuvcisatlou with
the Interior department representa
tives through an Interpreter.
All Saloons Closed,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28. Tho situa
tion still remains extremely ipilet and
(hero does not seem at thl:i time to
be eon a remote possibility of any
recurrence of tho raco rots of the
eaily part of the week. All saloons
lu the city arc closed and will not be
opened until Oct. 1. Even at that time
all men who operated low groggorloh
in sections of tho city In which negroes
predominate will ho refused permis
sion to open up their places of bus
ness again
During the night there was no dis
turbance of any kind and Col. Ander
son, commanding tin: State troops
now on duty hero, said ho did not
believe thoro wns any actual neces
sity for keeping the soldiers on duty
any longer.
"For the last two ulghlt," said the
Colonel, "there has not been the
slightest Indication of any outbreak
nnd I do not think there will ho any
more. We aro keeping tho troops
bore now more as a precautionary
measure than becauso they aro ac
tually needed. As soon ns I ho riots
bocomo a little moro of ancient his
tory and tho feeling has died out somi
what moro I think they will bu with
drawn." Mayor Woodward expressed similar
views and said ho did not look for anj
ienew.ll of tho troubles.
Big Crowds Hs.ir Bryar.
Uy Associated Press.
Clinton, Okla., Sop.. -Hrvm
made a speech from nl-t car here this
nicrnlng. He later spil" n1 .:im
and Alva. Great crowds he.irl 1:;m
everywhere.
For Sale
Good four rooip house, lot ion
by 223. North Washington, be
tween 0th and 10th avonues.
Half cash. Seo me at onco for
bargain.
G. M. Henley
at Madden S Companj's
wasting on
E CUBAN
AMERICAN CObHJ-: IN MtiA TO
BE DETERMINED TODAY.
Results of Today's Session of Cuban
Congress Being Anxiously Await
ed Funston Says He Is Pre
pared and Awaiting Orders.
By Associated Press.
Havana. Sept. 28. The leading
Moderates and Liberals, after an ad
night conference, decided to yield any
thing and everything to stave off In
tervention.
Ity Associated Press.
Havana, Sept. 28. -General Fun
ton this morning bearded the llagshlp
Louisiana and conferred slth Captal .
Coiidcn, commander of the naval
fc rces, and other naval olllcers. Kti lu
tein said ho was ready for whatever
might occur, and ,wiih simply awi t
I lit; orders.
Awaiting Today's Developments,
Uy Associated I'rcus.
Havana, Sept. 28. The Moderate
party last night deel led tr make r.
11 ii ii I effort to perpetuate the authority
of the Palma administration by
turmluliiK to reject the resUin'oti Tt
the piiMldont when preaenled to con
gress today. When this decision reach
ed Secretary of War Taft and Assist
ant Secretary of State llacon, t'te
American commissioners hnd alread
concluded to Intervene, bill they de
cided to await today's development
as they are anxious to afford the C-i
bans every opportunity to work out
their own salvation.
President Palma steadfastly refuses
every solicitation of his friends to
withdraw his resignation. Typlc.i1 ol
this was the cablegram :c .cut to
Piesldeut Rrosevelt In respins" to
the final urgent muss u" from the
American president that ho lemalu at
his helm, lu this President Palma ex
pressed his warmest appreciation ol
President Roosevelt's efforts to se
cure pence for Cuba and the friend
ship he has always shown tho Cuban
people, lie referred to his own ro
vlous sacrifices for Cuba, which he
said had not been mnde In vain, but
lu the present situation and In view
of all that had transpired ho felt tint
further sacrifice on his part would he
useless nnd that It was not consistent
with bis dignity and prcstlge to rc
tnnln In olllco.
Wero It possible to Induce Pro-I
dent Palma to withdraw his rcslgiu
tlon, tho situation still woull ho most
dllllcult and luterveiiiloi, would con
tlnuc to ho the most prooabl' out'
come. If Palmn's rodgia.'xiu were ac
cepted 't would then heounio nccis-
sary for engross to tA'.rl a provision
al president. Sucn an election would
bo a new sort of contention, not only
between the original parties, but prob
ably between the opposing forces
within these parties.
Th Amrleau commission will hrool
th establishment of .- provls'onnl gov
eminent by tne Cubans sinp'v as a
means of gaining Hire. The hold thu
If a provisional ",ovt mniop' o -.ieated
It must bo by tho Uncoil .tafo tec
relarles Taft and Uae-.i, wno would
not ho proper' discharging (heir fuil
duties If su ' governtii'jj.t weio r:e
atcd lu any j"ui nuiiumi
The Ann -icnn e'lii.mlbfcionors have
Ilttlo ner- In the scrlniitmeM
of t lie Intentions of the politicians
who liavo been vaccllatlng nnd Inula
cere throughout those nine days of fu
tile negotiations. This bolug the sltun
tlon, nobrdy Is Inclined to doubt that
within twenty-four lionis sjoerclfiiy
Taft, by authority of Prosldont Roose
volt, will proclaim himself provisional
gvernor of, Cuba. Such a gvernmotit
however, would bo made Cuban as far
as It was po.islblo to do so by con
tinning tho various departments undor
tho Immediate coat oi of the p e.
heads tho'ecf.
Rebels Resume Operations.
Uy Associated Press.
Havana Sept. 28. It Is roportoil
that rebels fired uon tho government
forco .near Toledo plantation, south of
Marlanno, and that thoy attacked the
Marlanao electric o.mt.
Prcoa'rcd' for mantling.
Uy the Associated' Press.
Havana, Sept. 28. --Viartennasti
Guptnln Roosevelt of thtl, marines has
itm-u ordered to.staaJ.bjviu'r.wndlti.'
hi . n I nun 2 o'cli.-l, l nh
nntt.iiil. Inn not !) mo
d ri d i do si .
-mod
- - oi
Mill!
Expect Peacifid Intervention. .
It Associated Press,
WaMilngton. Sept. 2S. A peaceful
lutcrx tuition Is bijleved by .Vetlng
Secretary Oliver and many olllelals
f the war department to ho tho prob
able outcome of die Cuban trouble.
Intervention Is regarded by theme olll
elals today as being almost Inevitable.
Storm Interferes .With Plans.
Ity Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 28. Plans tor
sending marines ft mi the Southern
states to Cuba have lies l seriously
lntcrfctcd with by th" strui along;
the Gulf of Mexico. N-utlior tho army
nor unvy hontn,unrli-ri are able to get
reports from tlu Gulf points. It Is
feared that much damage his bion
done tl u gove iimeiu piop'-ty.
RANGERS PATROL BORDER.
Governor Lanham Orders Troops to
Mexican Frontier.
Eagle Pass, Tex., Sept. 28. .Ilmllu'z,
l village of 1,000 people, thlrt miles
up tho Rio Grande from C. P. Diaz,
wns cupliired by armed men and the
mayor of the town nnd treiiHiirer taken
prisoners.
The marauders left fur Victoria, a
small hacienda on Gniualcs Trevlno's
ranch.
Colonel Agullnr arrived from Men
terey on tho evening train and at the
head of forty-live federal soldiers and
twenty slate ranger, left for Victoria
At 2 o'clock this morning they met
the bandits and shots wero exchanged.
One state ranger and one bandit lay
dead on the Hold.
The bandits diapered, it bunch of
llflccu going toward tho Rio Grande,
presumably to cross over to American
soil, with Mildicrs and ofllccrs lu hot
pursuit.
- special train left Saltillo last night
with 120 moil of tho Seventh cavalry
under Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Ro
Jo, and will arrive lu Din, this evening
where they will he stationed awaiting
devclnpmonlH.
That thoru Is a revolutionary move
ment Is denied by the authorities. It
Is it ract that no organization exists
and no one seemed to be nt the head
of the hunch of fifty men.
No uneasiness Is felt by the people
of Dlr.z. Rumors nre wild on this side,
but nil i: quiet across the river.
At the request of tho Mexican au
thorities Judge Winchester Kelso,
heie on business wired Governor Lan
ham Hie true stnte of affairs, ami ask
ed him to soud rangers to patrol tho
river and prevent tho bandits from
crowing to this side nnd depredating
on Texas citizens.
He has ordered a captain and two
rangers to patrol tho river .opposite
.Jlmlr.cz.
SEVERE GAS EXPLOSION.
Smelter Near Cheryvale Demolished.
Two Persons Killed.
Cherryvale, Ens., Sept. '18. An ex
plosion of natural hero ',uo yea
tcrlay demolished the Edr sine
smelter, killing two workman ur..l In
juring four others, two of w'rur v-ili
die. The deal aro Itobeit Smith and
Ilostetter. Fatally hurt: Georgo
Meehen, Luther Hampton am' Joo Is
Hard. Sr-rlnusly Injured: Melvln Rums
nnd Ityslnger.
Last Work Before Opening.
Law-ton, Ok., Sept. 27. Tho two
orewi of allotting and surveying en
gluenrs under John P. Illackmou
Kiowa Indian Agent at Auadarko, con
eluded their labors of allotting laud
to more than 100 Infant Indians bo-
longing to the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache tribes today. Each Indian re
ceived 100 acres of land. This Is the
Inht work to bo completed in the pas
tare reservo hoforo tho ono-half mil
Hon ncros of Comanche County land
Is thrown open to settlement till: fall
FEDERAL COURT ADJOURNED.
All the Lawyers Wanted to Hear Dry
an's Speech.
Pauls .Valley, I. T., Sept. 28.-
torm of (ho district court convened
hera today with Judgo DIckerson pre
siding. The term whb sot to convene
yesterday but so many of the attor
neys wanted to hear Urynn speak at
Oklahoma Cjty that-tho judgo adjourn
ed court until todav.
R.. A. Howard of tho district atta.'-
ney's ofllce waa hero from Ardmore
estorday.
NEW LINE OF
RAILROAD
KANSAS CITY LAWTON & PACIFIC
BUILDING SOUTHWEST.
Ardmore Commercial Club Should
Take Hold of Matter With View to
Bringing It to Ardmore Direct
Route Through This City.
Indian Territory Is to have another
line of road. Ardmore has a good
opportunity of securing this new line
The new lino Is the Kansas City, Ijiw
ton &. Pacific which Ih a continuation
of the old line known us the Muskogee
Union. It has been built ami Is now
In operation from Wagoner to Dunlin,
a distance of about seventy-tlvo miles.
The road will be built toward the north
through Jopllu ami on to St. I.o
Coming this way It Is proposed to
hiii'd through Ada, Pauls Valley, Law
tn i ,i..d on to El P.tr i. I'l !'ao Ih th-i
objective point. An Ardmore man
who Iiiih recently been over this lino
nnd conferred with the olllelals or tho
road makes tho slntcmcnt that thki
line can easily be brought to Ardmore.
From Ada the road could be built to
Sulphur on to this place and to Howie.
Texas, via. Lawtoti. Nocona and Mon
tugue. There would be no competing
lines Hint would be encountered cm
this route nud the lino would he nine
shorter. It Is the opinion that tin
Ardmore Commercial Club should take
up the matter at once nnd seo what
can be done toward Inducing tho road
to build to this town.
Some Pauls Valloy people have
made u survey running southward
from that town and a ileal Is now on
to bilng about a community of Inter
ests between tho companies or ti
transfer the survey to the now CQinp.t
ny. Ardmore should have this lino of
road nnd should also have the Frisco
from hero via tho oil fields to Okla
homa City. Whether --'o get thum or
not may depend upjii tho Intrcsr
manifested In tho matter by tho clt
Ir.cns of tho town.
GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS.
Former St. Louis Assemblyman In
dicted and Arrested for Perjury.
Jy Associated Press.
St. Louis. Sept. 28. Tho grand Jury
today returned Indictments against
Robert M. Snyder, tho KaiiBas City
capitalist, charging bribery In connec
tion wdth tho passage of tho Central
Traction franchise bill by the munici
pal assembly In 1898, nnd for former
Councilman Frederick Ulthoff, now ot
Denver on a chargo of having given
perjured testimony on tho name mat
ter before the grand Jury l.i 1002.
Utthoff was hoforo tho grand Jury f
two hours today, and tho liidictnicuta
followed. He arrived last night f x
Denver mid expressed a willingness to
testify. Utthoff was arrested anil re
leased on a bond of $3,000.
Racing at Blnghampton.
Ardmorelto Speclm.
UIiiKhainpton, N. Y., Sopt. 28. Tho
racing meet wiilcli,hns been held in.
connection wltn tho lllughampton :n
diistrlal exposition will close this af
ternoon wth u 2:20 pace for a purso
of $1,000. The exposition and races
have uttracted largo crwds of pcoplo
from all over tho stf.to.
Food is Condemned,
Chicago, III., Sopt. 27. Two cars of
cold storago chicken and over ten car
loads of moat woro condemned yes
torday by Chief rood Inspector Mur
ray and his assistants, to say nothing
of i. ..eon carcasses of discaed cattla
and four calves. Tho condemnation'
of tho chickens was due to private
advices recolved by Murray from Can
ada. When ho learned that tho lot had
escaped him nnd was on tho way to
Now York ho notified tho aiithorltle-s
there bo that they can catch tho ship
ments at Its destination.
K.-LING NEAR WICHITA.
Dead Man's Attentions to Slayer's
Wife Cause of Trouble.
Uy Associated Press.
Wichita, SopL 2S. At Leon today,
Lewis Uloomlleld shot and killed Jessa
Stosser, aged, twonty-soven, becauso
of tho lntter's attentions to Mrs
Uloonifleld, firing live shots at him.
Uloonifleld escaped with a posse la-pursuit.
tractive showing.