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Ardmere, Friday, May 10, 1907. HUH THE DAILY AnOMOREITE (fljc Jinilij rDmorcilc. T THE AHDMOIIEITE PUBLISHING COMPANT SIDNEY SUGGS, President. C, I 1IVIINK VIce-I'M-aMenl II, A ItAHI.ANli . ...HHori-urj-Trf junT U'rantora llilno Atia-i-a, t." Union, W t. WMItlnKtnil. V. I.. lljrile.H. T. Ille.laiie. B, W. Dlok, II A. Ilaillallil. imieted al Itie Poatiiinee at Aritni'ira aa Heooli'l-t'lei'a Mallpr. Tarmi of Sabiirlptlon TIIK UAII.Y AIIIIMOIIKirK Uoa Wee Una Month .- ... . ..J' Oaa Tear .... ' TIIK WKKKI.Y AIIDMDIIKITK rf Tear, Iir Mall l Bll Mnntha - ... fbrea M miLha The Anlinori'lte la ihe onti'lal Journal ol li I Mini Htnlra Ci url l Inn houlliern lllatrlcl lor Anlmoln ami Manilla II' una, therefore ibv nnl l'i'r lor legal imiIiIIpb lloli ol llatiarlll'IOT NolUi'a anil N"IH e of hale III liilliarul'll') t'aaea puialiMlltig troui Ihoap cuurla rtunai 4ulnet Manairer l-rtlce S-"1 Ollr Killlor'a (limn . Long lititatiee a II, A, IIAIILANI) . II H, WKl.HCII. MauaUK KUII'T Liu K'litur Ardmore, Friday, May 10, 1307. If (lui railroads aru really losing money carrying passengers what a U. of It tln-y iiiimt mako hauling freight. 1'oor old I "rise! llrst an earth (jtakc, thou Kraft, then Htrlkoa and rlotH. Verily, tho way of thu trans gressor In liard. Tho fact Ihnt'Vlllinun will hit In I ho senate In tho main rraxon km many li)il(i nro hoping that ImoHovelt will Mucceod Sciialor I'latt. o o Mr llarrltnan may not know when' ho Ktftnds, hut thoio In lltlto reason to fear that tho cuduhiIkii collectors will not ho ahlo to find him next year. OTO A Missouri man la being proso-iited for bigamy hy seventeen wives. Wo do nut know exactly tho right word, hut "bigamy" falls short hy a wholo h, t- . m .,! Wo nro told that tho temptations Df wealth nro greater than those of pov erty, and yet thorn nro n few of ns that will pray, Deliver us from IIiobo temptations. Tho free-for-all flght hotween litis nlnmi and I'hlncito on n l'aclflo steam hip tdumhl hnvo boon iermlttei t'l proceeil to a finish. Neither nntlon has whipped anvthlng In recent years, and hero wan tho only chnr.ro of olth. or enrnliiK tho crown of p.irley. oo That Xluakogeo Cruet t'luh iooiiib to Iio a mtv healthy Infant ami all Indi cations oln t to n goo I Inu'lhy Kruwtli Uh birth will pr.hahly not bo exploited very oxteiif ivmv hy the llsslell lio" bureau nut we may ret. fhhnly expect to hear tro.u 't Con other BMircos. MusKog-o 1'hociiU Tho people, of Indian Territory have many reasons Impelling them t. vute for the adoption of tho proposed eon tdltiitlnu of the htnto of Oklahoma. To them It means emancipation frvm Ills too long endured. To tin in It means tho tnklng of tho reins of government from the hands of tho secretary of the Interior, the carpetbag courts nnd Ir responsible deputy marshals, who havo held them mi long, nnd placing them In tho hnndH of tho rltliens of tho country- a renlluitlon of home rule. This of Itself is sulllclent reason why wo IndlaiiH will vote for the rat Iflcntl n of tho ronslltulhin. Still, we nro not unmindful that other benefits i, nd advantages will How to us from such nctlon. Under tho constitution i the new stnto wo can ihit this coun try with tho "little red sclnvl h'"e and give tho girls ami hn8 of the ru ral dlstrrls, now growing to man lionil and wntuanhiAiil In tKiiorance nnd Illiteracy, nn opportunity to enjie the advantages of the nubile schools, ruder It wo can establish and I public highways throuKhout the coun try and span the stroiims with brldmn nnd pet some real practicable benefits from our modern clvillatlnn.--Shnw. nee Journ.il. WHO lsnTO DLA M E 7 That a conspiracy exists to defeat statehood there g no longer any doubt The IVtnocrals lay tho conspir acy nt tho door of tho Republicans, while tho latter party Is attempting to how that Haskell nnd Murray or the Democratic jMrty nro the real conspirators, lloth partlos allege inn splraey -henro there la little doubt that It really exists, Tho rnnstltutlon nl iDiiventlon. not npprenendlng tho plans of tho llepubllcnn party, made somo errors, Its first error was In pn vlillng that tho election proclamation should bo Issued within twenty days nftor tho nd'tptlon of tho election ordl. nance. Taking advantage of this pro vision tho enemies trt tho constitution havo determined to prevent tho Issu nnco of tho election proclamation hy Injunction, Tho governor Is now on Joined from Issuing tho proclamation and the motiun to dissolve this lujunc. Hon Is now being argued In the trk-t court In Woods cotml Now conns the Bivond nttompt III preven statolKHid. The Dfinorrallc slate cam paign committee has liein (iijolne'l from calling and holding the prltnarv election June 8 In Alfalfa anil Major counties. The ItepubllcnnH stnto thu, still other nulla will bo filed In wl. the petitioners, will nllego that tin institution dot not proldo for en.ua representation. it Is nleged that Democratic counties are glen mo representation, than Hepubllcnn rtiuiiu ties While the allegations cvnnot he sustained jet thu tact remains thn these suits can get Into the courts, nnd that whllo they are being tried n vnto cannot ho taken for tho ratifica tion of tho constitution and for the election rf a full corps of state (till eors. Tho Kepubllcnns read tho hand writing on the wall on last November and they are dtermlned to prevent stnlehixiil as long ns possible by In junction. They seek to discredit Dem ocrats nnd tho constitution ml'pted by Doniocrnts They desire to make at nppenr that tho Republican parly Is tho only party Hint can do things. It may ho ndmllted that the llbpnbll can pnrly Is the tmly parly Hint can do things t'i please tho white house partisans nnd tho hungry horde of He publican politicians in the new stnto, but tho Democrats ran do things that ant In accord wllh tint people. The roiiMltutron which was ndnptcd was written in the Democratic platforms before tho delegates wore elected The constitution Is cK to the peo ple. They have Indorsed It and they will repudlalo the nrtlons of Ihose who are fighting It. Tho nogut ipies Hon and carpet bag rule were respon sible for the overwhelming defeat of tint Hepubllcnn party last November. Tim nogiveR nro now lined up soll'ii' against the constitution. Tho Hepubll cnn otnco holders wlm brought disre pute to their party nnd worn roBUjm slide for their Ignoinlnous defeat nro resorting to any pretext to defeat statehood. These same politicians are doing nn Irreparable Injurv tt their party. Tho llepnhllcan who would rnther see a good school plnced with In the reach of every boy and girl In Indian Territory than to defeat the constitution because there is vne pin xlslon In it Hint does not suit them, cannot ho held In lino Jor this nefa rious work. Tho Democrats nro re minded the methods of tho recon struction nnd they will resent. If the llepubllcnn parly continues to wngo war upon tho new condition of affairs It will furfolt the respect of the bono and sinew of Its. own body nnd Its chnnces to ever cvntrol tno stale havo fled beyond recall for half n century. The Republicans who today stand for tho progress of tho country, who nro tired of nn school and ivnds, who are tired of being governed nt tho end of n telegraph wire 1(100 nilleR nway and wliii nro willing to labor for a glorhiis state, In their very person ality transmit In tho Hepubllcan party all the respect which It Is accorded by tilo people. on COMMENTS ON CONSTITUTION. Tho corporation lawyer, and carpet baggers think nllko. They both pros per under present conditions and are willing to "let well enough alone. ' 1'nl. n Herald. The Republican bosses of OHnhonm may bo' willing to wicrlflco atntelniod on tho nltnr of Insatiate and unholy IKirtlsnn nmhitton, hut tho great mass of Indian Territory Republicans will rlsonhove partisanship and say "state- lnvtl first." C'hlckasha Kxpress, Tho opponents of tho constitution nro haxlng a hard time to decide how they will present tho question of taxes. In some localities they are telling tho people that taxes under statehood wvuld bo conflscnUtry: In other localities thov urge t tint under the limitation pl.io a on the tax levies In tho constitution sutllelent taxes can not bo levied to carry on tho pub lic schools. Since tho e.nistltii'lon must ho between these two extremes sensible men will bo likely to con clude that It Is nbout right Okc-mah Udgcr. The Oklahoma t'lty meeting con vinced every one present Hint the lt--publlcnn oiKiinlintlon of the two ter ritories as now ixmstltuted. and their Invited guests present on that ocra alon, are by a very largo majority bit terly npponcd to the adoption of tho ronstltutltin. Tho snmo meeting, how ever, did iivt convince the rank nnd file of tho Republicans of Indian Ter ritory that tho constitution should ho defeated, neither did It havo tho effect of gaining their consent lo nmither ten year term of political slavery. Muskvgoo I'hoenlx. Vnlted Stales Federal Judge Jos. T. Dlckcrson hag tho following to say In regard rt tho constitution: "I in. lend t vote for tho adoption ol tho constitution nnd will do all In my iwiwer to bring tho Repnb'lran party of tho state tn the same way of think ing. Thero nro Bmo cliutin In It that I would change, but let us net statehood." Duncan Banner. HISTORY WESTERN WAR OF CLASSES, CAPITAL VS. LABOR Ilolso, Id., May 10. -One of the tuoal hortlhlo narratives of rrltne In the history of the world la that contained In tho confession alleged In have huoti lilndo to Detective James Mr I'artjand by Harry Orchard, which forma tho basis of tho prosecution of William Haywood nnd other officials of tho Western I'edoratlon of Minora. According to his own story Orchard was n professional nssnssln, who hir ed himself out by the day to slaught er human beings. In ndilltlor. to the killing of former (Jovcrnor Frank Hteuiienberg, Orchard Ih alleged to have admitted tho commission of twonty-flvft murders In Colorado and lo have engine -oil the explosion of tho ml I rou 1 1 station In lndopeude..ce, Colo., whereby seventten miners weio killed nnd over twenty Injured. Near ly all of theso crimes. Orchard as serts, were committed nt tho Insllga Hoh of tho "Inner circle" of tho West ern I-'eilerntlon of Miners. F.llher Or chard Is the greatest assassin unhung, or tho prince of liars. Haywood, Jlojer and I'ettlhono, ac cording to the Orchard confession, constituted the "Inner circle" of as sassins In tho Western Federation. I'hey hired him nt times hy tho day and at othirs for "tho Job." The Steiinenberg murder, declares Orchard was in tho latter category. $S,S0i) hav ing been agreed upon as Hie price for his services. Tho rendezvous of tin "Inner circle" was In tho outsklits of Denver, where tho plans were al leged to havo been mndo and Instruc tions issued to the nssnssln for car rying out tho orders of the "Inner cir cle." I'pon several occasions, Or chard declares, Mover, Haywood and I'ettlhono went with him to tile prair ies north of Denver, where, they ex perimented with dynamite and var ious forms of explosives. Newspaper correspondents who havo lnvestlg.it ed theso stories of Orchard's associ ation with ihe labor loadois havo been wholly unable to discover n shred ot verification and many believe them to he fabrications. According to Orchard's confession, his career of crime began In Utlca, N. Y., where ho was born. When a mere youth ho assaulted a brother with a pltchfoik, Inlllctlng serious Injuries. Running nway from homo, ho proceed ed to a small town in northern Mich igan, where he secured employment in a factory. The plant was burned nnd Oieliard was accused of the crime Ho tied to Cnnada, and finally mndo his way to tho Coeur d Aleno moun Predicts Plague of Locusts. Ardmorctta Special. Columbia, Mil, Mny 10. Prof. J. M. Stcdmnn. entoinohiglst of tho Missou ri university experiment station, has repeated his declaration that tho pres. out spring will witness tho ouslaugh vt n plnguo of thirteen year locusts and adds that they may bo expected to arrive in tremendous numbers tlie latter part "f this month. According to Professor Stedman, tho scourge will bo confined entirely to tho tim bered portions of tho stnto nnd tlie prairie Kectlon will bo free frvtn H" visitation. The statement of the ex pert has caused great alarm In tin fruit growing sections, where tho H weather has already caused consider nblo dnmage. Tho locusts mature every thirteen earj In wooded por tions of Missouri nnd do great dam ago, especially t.t oung orchards, hv puncturing tlie limbs to deposit their eggs. Blxby's Successor. Washington. May 9. Secretary flarfleld stated today ho would bo in no hurry to select n successor t ) Tains llixhy, mmmtssloncr to tho five clvlllred tribes, ns Illxhy's resignation Is not effective until Juno 30. Tho plice mny go to ono of th.vo men: Richard Rogers of Topekn, son of Postmaster Rogers; A. N. Clnnp tif Minnesota, nephew of Setu'or Clapp. or (leorgo A. Ward, chief of Indian Territory division in tho In dian bureau. Ward says ho doesn't care to succeed llixhy, as no mm could servo imire than two days n commissioner to the five civilized tribes without being nccused of liood ling nnd grafting. It now- hMks as though Mayor Schmliz of San Francisco would have been glad of the little distraction from local affairs n war with Japan would havo produced. Heft Tho Methodist ITplscopal church, South, was tho scene of the wedding last evening of Prof. T. F. Pierre, superintendent f the public schools of Rnff, nnd Miss Dnilce Ilrookx, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. 1 o- onld Ilrooks, Hev. John D. Sailer performed tho ceremony, A man feels nwfiil rich when Iio'f got ft few dollars hla wlfo doesn't Know about. tains In northern Idaho, where ho en gnged In mining. At tho time of the strike In U'S ho was an eighth own er of tho Hercules mine nt llurke Following tho explosion In tho Dunk or Hill nnd Sullivan mine, In which Orchard was alleged to ho Involved, ho was forced to leave the state nnd went I to llutto, Mont. Here ho wns III for Homo tlmo as tho result of tho hard ships undergone in "Steuncuborg's bull pen," nnd was forced to sell ills Interest in the Hercules property Ho received JSOO for his share, which Is now estimated to bo worth several million dollnrs. Some Ilolso people believe that this led to Orchard's bit ter hatred of Steunenhcrg According io this theory, which Is held hy thou sands of union men, Orchard s con foaslon Implicating Moyer, Haywood and I'cttlb.mu wns nn afterthought and was mnde ns n result of Inlluenccs brought t0 hear by those Interested In tho disruption of tho union. Many Ilolso iieoplo believe that Orchard was promised Immunity In return for his confession Involving tho labor lead ers nnd that ho will never bo brought to trial for his crimes hy tho Idaho or Colorado ofllcials. After leaving Idaho, says Orchard In his Htatoment, lie wont to Nevada, California nnd Utah boforo proceeding to Colorado, where he alleges ho form ed his blood pact with thu "Inner cir cle." Ho arrived In Crlpplo Creek In 1902. shortly before tho Colorado "war" bfoko out. In 1903 ho married a Mrs. Tony, u widow residing nt In dependence, who had several thousand dollars left hy her former husband. Orchard admits having spent this In dissipation, ns well as the largo sums ho received from tho "Inner circle." Tho twenty-five murders Orchard Is nlleged to hnvo committed In Colorado are detailed with great minuteness, Several of tho murderous attempts failed of their purKso, Chief Justice fioddard of Denver Is said to have been ono ot the men who escaped Hie vengeanco of tho "Inner circle." A bomb, powerful enough to havo wreck ed the en tiro neighborhood, was dug up In front of Coddard's residence whore Orchard confessed to havo pl.tM ed It eight mouths before, according to Detective Mcl'artland. I'ronilnent chemists brand Mcl'artland's story ns n "fake," declaring that tho elements of which the bomb was composed would certainly havo exploded spon taneously nfter n short tlmo In tho ground. Tills testimony of tho chem UtB will bo adduced at tho trial. MOTHER DESERTS INFANT. aby Found tn Wicker Basket at Ch'ck asha Depot. Chlckneha, I. '1'., .May 9. A deserted Infant was found yesterdny afternoon nt the Rock Island depot. Tho child was frozen nlmost to death and was found In a wicker telescope. Tho child Is very beautiful and seems to bo of refined parentage. It is supposed that the child was left hy n womtn w-ho wns traveling with two other chil dren, nnd win. Muted at tho hotel that she was on her way to Sacramento, Cal., to Join her folks In tho West. This lady cnlled on tho ticket ngeni for tho key to tho ladles' toilet n few mlr.utes before the Mangutn train l ft. As sho enmo out sho left the apartment locked and several hours elapsed before tho room wns opened and the child wns found. Mrs. Servlaa nt tho eating house Is keeping the wnlf. Several calls havo been mndo by parties who want to adopt it. Commissioner Tnms llixhy hns an nounced that after May 15 lands on which Interinnrrled Cherokee cltlrena havo Improvements, where they havo not listed tho improvements with the commission for schedule will bo sub. Ject to file uiKiu ns public domain. The notice also states that persons who havo bills of sale from Intermarried Cherokees for their Improvements, who nro Cherokee citizens by blood will bo given preferential right In the Cherokee land office. Lace Curtains Ruffelled Boblnet, Ruffslled Swiss, Plain Muslin, Bonne Fenne, with llattcnburg Insertion. Cable Net with cluney effect. Nottingham Curtain nil prices, whlto ecru, Arabian. JONES' FURNITURE 3T0RE Now'Don'f Forge ITALIAN CONSUL PR0TEST8. Claim Made That Treaty With United States la Being Violated. Ruthrlo, Ok., Mny 9. A lettr was rocolved by Gov. Frnak Frantz today from Secretary Hoot of the State De partment at Washington, containing n protest from Asqualo Corte, tho Ital ian Consul nt Denver, that tho treaty between Italy nnd tho United States, drfted In May 1S7S, has been violated In Oklahoma, and Indian Territory, ns well as In Kansas, In that the deaths of Italians, who havo died Intestate within tlie two Territories, havo not been rcortcd to tho consul, us Is pro vided In the treaty, flov. Frantz Is warned to notify all court and other officials throughout tho Territory of this treaty provision. i ho best language to swear In tho one that sounds the loudest. Don't Fail To Be in i Smith, Riggins SPECIALS large vacant Iota, lllnrk No. IV Large lot 3 room houap. No. IMI-AII ef block No. I'M N.K No. M7-Klne block lot In Phllllpa No. 1SI-1-S of ilealrable lot In Mi- Llab Place tyOtO No.hw;-)Plne comer lot In rtillllpa $1350 No. K 6 room reabtencp, ior room COlflf) burn anil orchard, aouthcaat 7IUW No, V fl room houae rloae In. northeat. bath room.rllr ali-r, cellar, orchard Cllgfl pan time, for I0ila)a Jal3U No lU A choice lot In beat part of 8onthet. Anttnoro. itak for price. No. Ill bare lot. a room houae, 1 CAfinft block Main turret, rloae In OUUU No, lu-S lota on Hama Ke. l.J block CSenfl of Math Mlii'l non't laat loug apOaWU Telephone 726 NO, INDEED. Don't forget the most delicious con fection that was ever produced. Don't forp;et to L . T-1 ..' 1 1 T .'II r i. ny iiicni. i uai t an. rur yuu win never lurei them after that. The mere remembrance of their glorious goodness will bring delight smacking to your lips again. Vassar Chocolates are so superior to ordinary chocolate creams, because they are most wholesome materials, the richest choco late, the creamiest, llavorea witu pure actually reach PERFECTION IN CONFECTION. Vassar Chocolates are packed in the handsomest boxes, tliem in perfect At all first per pound. Immigrants to Panhandle. Amnrlllo, Tex., Mny 9. - As nn evidence of the substnntlnl growth ot the Panhandle, D. U Myers, traffic manager of tho I'ecos Vnlley line gave out statistics this week show ing that during" tho first thro meonths this )enr tho Santa Fo had delivered r.OC cars ot Immigrant outfits nt va rious points In tho I'anhat.dlc. Last year during tho same months at the same iiolnts tho road handled 123 cars of such freight. Oklahoma Preis Association. Ardmoreito Special- McAlestcr, I. T., Mny 10. Kdltors from all tho larger cities nnd towns of tho new stnte are assembled here today for tho second annual meeting of tho Oklahoma I'ress nssoclntlon, which will extend through tomorrow. Tho visiting .scribes will ho tendered May 21st Watch This Space for Real Estate ana Insurance Telephone 726 "WE SELL THE EARTH" FOR SALU 4M Acres lino bottom land farm, seven miles southwest of Marietta In Texas on lted river; 'JtU fiOrk ncres In cultivation, 0 tenant houses, bargain at..pfjU Have Farms in Ohlahomn, Indian Territory and other states for iale or trade Still have some fine trackage property, now for sale cheap Ardmore dirt is cheap now, to what it will be inside 12 months Sure thing; watch it! Wo eon please you In vacant or Improved property in most nnv part of the clty-PHKAP NOW. If you hnvo a vncnnt residence tell us about It. wo will get you n renter WITHOUT CIIAltau, Smith, Riggins $ West Co. Dealers in Dirt and Sand ARDMORE, 0KLA. $800 $1100 $1350 $2250 made of the purest and mouth -melting centers, fruit extracts. They triply protected to keep condition. - class dealers CO cents qq q I LES KANSAS CITY, U.S.A. a reception nnd ball this evening nnd, nccordlng to tho proclamation of the McAlestcr chamber of commerce, will bo "royally dined nnd w d In tho larg est nnd best hotel In tho Southwest, bar none nnd no bar." Judge C. 11. Stuart, who declares ho Is not a can. iltdnto for any office wns given tho pleasant task of welcoming the edi tors. Ijiwton T. 11. Rybolt was last oven. Ing selected hy tho city board of edu cation as superintendent of tho Uivv ton public schools for tho ensuing year. Mr. Rybolt haB acted In tho ca pacity of principal of the schools and iiion tno resignation t)f Superintend ent S. M. llnrrett to enter tho rnco for state superintendent was elected temporary superintendent. Money files when wo are young nnd tlmo files when wo nro old. Ardmore Particulars West Co. STRICTLY