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VOLUME XIV
ARDMORF, OKLAHOMA, Tl'KSDAY KVKNIMl. MAY 12. IH(s
M'MBER .V.ls
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RYAN AND
JOHNSON
DEMOCRATIC RIVALS DOARD
SAME TRAIN.
DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTANT
May Have Important Conference En
Route to Capital Their Depar
ture on Same Train Was Un
known to Each Other.
Chicago, III., May 11. The hopes
of two factlunH of the democratic
party nru centered on tho l'ennsyl
vanla train for Washington which
left Chicago at 11 a. in. today, b oar
ing as passengers William Jennings
Ilryan of Nebraska anil Govornor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota.
Vice President Fairbanks, colebrat
lug his D"th birthday, was a third
passenger on thu sanio train.
Mr. Ilryan and Mr. JoIidhoii board
ed tho train unknown to each othor.
They are both delegates to tho con
ferunco called In Washington by
President Roosevelt to consider meth
ods of conserving tho natural re
sources of thu country. Doth were in
Chicago for a few minutes In iho
morning and conferred with political
advisers beforo they boarded thu
train on which they will bo fellow
passengers during tho twenty four
hours' trip to tho national capital.
When Chicago !.iccratu IcarneQ
that both nro on tho sanu train
they began to speculate on what
might happen durlo;; the Washington
trip. Tho two oauJIdates wilt un
doubtedly confer during the Journey
and great posslbl.UIr.s hinge on
that conference.
Both Mr. Ilryan nnd Mr. Johnson,
beforo boarding tho train, expressed
themselves as being Immensely pleas
ed with tho way their respective
campaigns for tho presidential nom
ination aro progressing.
"Tho fight Is still on," Bald Mr.
Johnson, "or 1 would not begin H.
I look toward the east and Miuth.
In tho inlddlo west tlu states are
mostly pledged to Mr. Hrynn "
SCHEDULING CITY PROPERTY
TAXABLE VALUES PLACED AT
REAL VALUE OF PROPERTY.
EQUALIZATION DOARD.
Tho property owners of tho city
nro Interested In the scheduling of
property that is now being dooo by
city tax nssessor and collector K. S.
llayden. Tho assessor has not near
ly finished his work yet but ho snyj
according to tho schedulo ho la mak
ing taxablo values will bo placed
at tho real value' of tho property.
Kvury property owner will bo fur
nished with n copy of his schedulo
and any owner who Is not pleased
with tho valuation may appeal to
thu equalization board which Is com
posed of tho mayor, city clerk and
tho tax assessor. From tho opinion
of tho equalization board no Indi
vidual appeal Is allowed.
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF
FOLLOWING A QUARREL, DO HE'
MIAN FARMER SHOOTS WIFE
AND SWALLOWS POISON.
Kldorado, Kan., May 12. Anton
Hlly, a Uohemlati farmor, whoso farm
was near here, shot and killed his
wife last night and then swallowed
prboltc acid, dying within a fow
minutes.
Tho couple had quarrolcd.
A woman Isn't necessarily an old
hen because Bhu Is set In her wnys
See tho latest in Sepia Tono
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Photos at
Webb's Studio
ON BEHALF OF INDIANS
EFFORT BEING MADE TO SECURE
PRIVILEGES OF NON-RESERVATION
SCHOOLS.
Washington, M.iy 12. tSpoclalj
Non-reservation school privileges are
to bo extended to th peoplo of the
five civilised tribes of Oklahoma if
Representative Carter 'ha IiIh w.a).
Thu Ardmoru congressman has al
ready had one oonteruucu with the
secretary of the Interior on the sub-
Ject and It Is said that Secretary
Garfield looks with favor upon the
proposition.
Thu people of the flvo civilized
tribes are the only Indians In the
country that hate been denied thu
common privilege of attending nou
reservation schouls ana thlt. not be
cause congress lias thus decreed but
for tho simple reuson that tho rules
and regulations drawn by proceeding
secretaries of the Interior depart
ment governing admission to such
schools as Carlisle and Haskell were
never broad enough so as to confer
tho same privileges on thu Indians
of east Oklahoma.
Now Representative. Carter pro
poses to know thu reason why his
people havo been discriminated
against and one Is cafe In predicting
that something will be done In the
matter beforo Carter lets go. No fow
Indians from east Oklahoma have
written to -Mr. Carter telling of their
ambition to go to Haskell. Othors
want to go to the world famed Car
lisle Institution. 11 Is Mr. Carter'r
purpose to make thin possible and
would havo thu rules and regulations
so changed that both girls and boys
of tho flvo civilized tribes wll,' be
eligible to attend these institutions In
tho future.
Tho Indians of west Oklahoma nl-
leady havo tho privilege of sending
their children to Carllsla and other
non-reservation schools.
MICHIGAN
FOR TAFT
STRONG SENTIMENT FOR THE
SECRETARY OF WAR.
GETS DELEGATES AT LARGE
Governor Hughes Will not Accept
the Party Nomination for Vice
President, He Writes to Gen.
eral Woodford Today.
Cedar Haplds, Mich., Mny 12.
When teh republican convention to
elect delegates to tho Chicago con
vention was called to order today
It was apparent that tho sentiment
of tho convention was In favor of
tho endorsement of Taft, and In the
election following, as delegatus at
large, those who were known to ho
favorable to tho secretary of war,
wero elected. Tho delegates at large
from this state are:
K. D. Stair, Detroit; John W. Ulod
gett. Grand Haplds; F. W. Gilchrist,
Alpena; James Mc.N'aughton, Calu
met.
Hughes Won't Acept.
Now York, N. Y May 12. Govor
nor Hughes will not accept tho nom
ination for the vice proaldency. This
announcement was made In a letter
from the governor to Gonoral Stow
ait I.. Woodford today. The governqr
says ho appreciated the honor, but
In the event of his election hu
could not serve.
NEVADA HOTEL IN RUINS
FLAMES COMPLETELY CONSUME
BIG HOSTLERY AT NEVADA
GOLD MINING TOWN.
Tonopah .Nov., May 12. Flro last
night completely laid in ruins tho
Palace Hotel block, causing a loss
estimated at $150,000.
Tho origin ot the tiro Is not
known.
FOR LOCATION
OF NORMALS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INSTI
TUTIONS AGREE ON REPORT
WILL BE PRESENTED TODAY
Committee Will Recommend Loca
tions De at Ada, Durant and Tan
lequah Penitentiary Will
' Go to McAlester.
Guthrie, Okla., May 11. Tho inm
ate committee on stat Institution
has agreed upon a report, whl"h will
be made tomorrow, lecomniendinj,
that the three normal school pro
posed for thu eastern part of tue
state bo located at Ada, Durant and
Tahleiiuah. Tho penitentiary, with
out reference to a branch, will gj to
McAlouter and a favorable repnit U
to be made uikiii Senator Stewart's;
bill locating the Insane asylum for the
east xlde at Hugo. The senate's ac
tion, It Is said, will not affect the
house. Democratic members of ths
latter aro in caucus again tonight,
listening to a spotcli ot uov. Haskell,
which cunservativu membeis say will
round out thu house's policy on 1111
public building (juuetlun.
Thu senate passed llnally today the
Sorrells-Stlvers bill creating and lo
cating thu btatu bchool ot minus In
Wllburlou. It Is said thu nuw Insti
tution Is to lecelve an endowment of
forty ncios of laud from J. S. l.atl
mer, member ot thu constitutional
convention, and from whom that couu
ty was named. Tho situ Is but one
and one-halt miles fiom the Wilbur-
ton postolllce. Other measures llnal
ly passed by tho senate weru:
lly Senator liUlups, appropriating
$o,5U0 for the expenses of thu "ugenu
of tho statu Institutions; by Senators
gee and Henry Johnston, authoriz
ing the statu school laud commission
ers to lease statu lands for '.! and
gas purposes, the terms of v.ltieh
wero explained in Sunday's Dallas
News; by Senator Thomas, legalizing
.in election and bond Issue ma by
Temple, Comanche county; liv Sena
tor llillups, making eight hours a
legal day on state work, end by Sen
ator Couu, making it unlaw till to soil
or give away coacalno or hydrochlo
rate, except uikiii a written prescrip
tion ot a licensed physician.
The house advanced to a third read
lug the hill by Mr. Durant, creating
the positions of employes ot thu
state corporation commission, a bill
similar to which was vetoed by the
governor last week because the sal
ary piovlded for Uiu ox.iurt rato
clerk was not deemed uulllcl u:t to
secure a superior man. The original
bill called for $2,500 per year, w.iero-
,u the governor thought this should
bo not less than $0,000. Vlu bill
passed to third reading tod.iy pro
vides lor only $2,500 per year, which,
the commission said, was what It do
sired.
In considering the Fischer bll' for
the sale of public lands tho luuse
defeated thu second substltuto otter'
ed by Mr. Murray, which, llko tho oth
ur, differed from tho commit'.)) blii,
In that salu is restricted to 1C0 ucros,
residence on the land is required nnd
contemplates no division of tho profit
from the land between tho lene's
mil the itat.' I'nd'r the Murray
substitute the Itp'-daUon i"'or be
limes' Band Chorus Practice
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Tonight
Baptist Church at 7:30 sharp
Everyone wishing to sing May 31st,
come out and have your picture taken
as one of the big chorus.
'mini; I'lTeetlve Mnitt i.' :t i . -d l
' In i pie at the fall ' lit. mi
,! at of order made uii
nr. member of the iettlilature wli.i
al o a land leasee voting on "i ed,
i,"'ii which Mr. MrCiillu. presldiiN
-, iker. ruled that the coiim.tin .. a
nan plain In the prolioii th.u u
Mich member should 10I0, nut nuii
din-lose tho fnct ot his Interest to tie)
house. Tho tipttiker, however, told
the house that It watt a matter each
member would Imve to determine hy
his own eoiwclente. one member an
nomiced that he would retrain from
voting during consul. -ration of the
bill.
Considerable opposition appeared
against that provision of the Fischer
bill burring non-rosldi-iits ih purchas
ers from the statu, which, Mr. Durmit
nnd Mr. Hnlney held, would lend to
celve for thu propurty. It was charg-
d that the provision is in the liner
est of the lesseeH and lor the purHio
of keeping out general competition.
Mr. Murray slated that unless It was
provided that purchasers should main
tain buna lido residence on thu laud
for a given period Lhe people would
initiate such a law at the fall elec
tion. Ho related how Texas had u
fdmlflir ojiporlono, and under tie)
law there stockmen were able to
place dummies on the land, only to
buy it up after thu residence period
had passed.
Gov. Uu'l.tll sent two veto mes
sages to the legislature, onu accom
panying tho bill by Senators Stewart
and Couu for licensing ferries, which,
he stated, was fully covered by till
present law. Tho bill by Representa
tive .Murdoch, permitting cities and
towns to build sidewalks by special
tax assessments, also failed of ap
proval, because, the message stated,
It did not strengthen the present side
walk law and might endanger all oth
er municipal work pending.
Tho senntu adopted u resolution
providing for night sessions. A sim
ilar resolution In thu house was re
ferred to a committee,
ASSAULTED
AND ROBBED
MESSENGER GETS ROUGH TREAT
MENT FROM TWO MEN.
THEY LOOT THE STRONG BOX
And Make Their Escape With From
Ono to Ten Thousand Dollars.
Occurred Between Seattle and
Vancouver Today.
Seattle, Wash., May 12. E J. IVi
rlne, a Great Northern express mes
senger on tho train which lett Seat
tle at 10 o'clock this morning tor
Vancouver, was beaten over the head
with his owu gun, tied hand and foot,
by two men, who entered tho train
Just as It lett Seattle, and who after
overpowering him, looted tho strong
box, securing a sum estimated at from
one to ten thousand dollars.
Thuy made good tliolr escape.
MOTTO TO BE RESTORED.
"In God We Trust" Goes Daek on
Uncle Sam's Coins.
Washington, D. C, May 12. Tho
soiiato committee on tlnanco today
voted to report favorably tho bill
puBBod by tho house, restoring to
tho coins, "In ( -i Vv'o Trust."
Subscribe for tho Ardmorolto.
GOOD TIDINGS
TO DEMOCRACY
INTERESTING ADDRESS AT DEMO
CRATIC CLUD LAST NIGHT.
BY HONORABLE J. S. ESTES
Guest of Local Democratic Club a
Former Citizen of Iowa Speaker
Took Up Many Topic? and
Handled Each ThorouuMy.
A former citizen of tho Hawkey"
statu and a man who hns been prom
inent In iMilltlcs In thu ' HUltO of
Iowa wheru tho republicans have the
state going their way by a majority
of 100,000, was nil liulted guest
of the local democratic club last
evening and was tho principal speak
er at tho inuoilng. The man wau
Hon. .1. S. Kstos .now of Sulphur,
Okla. His 8jwech was very Interest
ing throughout uud boro unmlstakahlo '
evidence ot much study uild research.
Mr. Ustes said that ao had good tid
ings to bring from thu democracy
of the north .that in tho last cam
paign In that state they had reduced
thu normal majority of ono hundred
thousand to twenty thousand and had
elected ono congressman, in begin
ning his speech ho began with tho
birth of thu two great parties of
tho United States. Tho founders
of thu two parties Jefferson ami Ham
ilton ,weru taken up and their Ideas
of government and their utterances
wero compared. Hamilton was for an
aristocracy. Ho believed thu peoplu
did not possess tho Intelligence nor
tho integrity to govern themselves, hu
mis foreign born and was moro fa
vorable to a monarchy than a dem
ocracy, ho believed tho president
and the senators should bo elected
by tho land owners of the country.
Whllu Jefferson on the other mind
believed In tho people, ho was
against the landed aristocracy pro
posed by tho republican jmrty, he
did nut favor a strong central gov
ernment, he did not believe In con
ferring thu powers of u king upon
thu president and electing him for
a lifetime. Jefferson wanted thu au
thority ot thu government vested in
tho people, he, abolished tho union
of church and state uud de-plied
favoritism, His speech would convince
any reasonable man that In thu found-
lug ot this government tho bet'.-.-Ideas
weru advocated by thu founder
ot tho democratic party.
Tho speaker thoa went Into the
question of trusts. Ho told how the
.trust could pioduco cheaper and
how they weru encouraged to con
trol tho output and tho price. Ho
gave a doflnltlon of a reactionary
us a man who wanted to talio n
backward stup and talked of tho
reactionaries in both the parties. He
said the standpatters In thu repub
IIcuq purty wuro thu reactionaries
and that today they weru In the sad
die In that party's management. The
reactionaries controlled the democrat
ic purty In 1001 and thu people saw
the result and fully of their lender-
ship. Ho referred to Governor Ctitii-
tilings ot Iowa and guvo his Ideas on
the tariff and showed how- thu re
publican party is hopelesly divided
Ho said that labor was against
Taft and that Fairbanks might bit
made the leader In H0g. In fact
the republicans have no Moses to
lead them out ot the wilderness and
onu man was as likely to get the
nomination ns nnotl er.
Iu speaking of Oklahoma he said
the eyes of every other state wore
Upon us. That we aro applying dum
ocracy hero and tho world will oh'
serve the result of our laws. He
eulogized thu banking law ot the state
and said that other statos and the
federal government would havo to
adopt tho democratic Idea ot guar.
anteelng bank dojiosltB.
Tho spoakor eulogized Dryan uud
told of Watterson and others com
lng over to tho Ilryan banner.
When ho had finished the club
passed resolutions thanking Mr. Kstos
for his speech ,
, T llurton of Hugo, Okla., and
a brother of Senator Uurtou, ap-
proile'd Mr KatO't when he had fin-I
i 1 1 I .-pi liking and Indorsed what
ii. h i I said. Mr. Uurtuii Is a 1IO
f'tig ii piihilcan but hp smld he would
we for Hrynn this yenr ami he bo
lli'Md lliitt h would win. He mn J
he wanted to see tho demormts go
Into the elime mutes and tnake til ! r
war and in.: sieti, nil tledr ko
In tli- stat. s Unit are cotic-.led to
Hi j an.
RELIEF OF TORNADO VICTIMS
CONGRESSMAN FULTON INTRO
DUCES A DILL FOR RELIEF
TO OKLAHOMA VICTIMS.
Washlnnton, D. C, May 12. (Spe
cial) A Joint resolution was Intro
duced In congress today hy Reprn-
sentative Fulton of Oklahoma, which
calls upon the secretary of war to
render whatever assistance he can
oiler for the relief of the cyclone
sufferers and homeless people of
Western Oklahoma.
Tents and provisions, as well as
medical assistance, from the nearest
military post, will be rushed to the
scene at once.
HOW TO MAINTAIN PEACE
FIGHTING BOD" SAYS MORE
BATTLESHIPS AND LESS
STATESMEN.
North I'latte. Neb., May 12. Ad
miral Itobley Kvntm passed tl rough
horo today on his way east.
In a speech from the rear of tho
train, ho Bald:
''Wo always havo war as long as
wo havo anything worth fighting
over, and the moro battleships and
fewer statesmen wo have, thu longer
wo will havo peace.'
THE GUINNESS
MYSTERY
ACTIVE MINING OPERATIONS BE-
GUN THERE TODAY.
DEATHS DUE TO CHLORAL
Ten of tho Victims Said to Have
Come to Death From Poisoning.
Many Surgeons' S;ltors and
a Dirk Found In Ruins.
Luporte, lud., May 12. Milling op
orations, which liuvu been promised
by the sherltl tor several days, weru
started today Iu earnest ou thu Gulu
uusd farm, when laborers began to
sluluu thu ashus ot the cellar.
A complete solution of thu mystu-
rlus ot thu farm aru uxpuctsd within
foity-ulglit hours. Tho o ululs who
ii. nu been conducting the search fur
victims pruutlcuily admit tuts. They
retusu huwuver to make known tliolr
purpose, fuiUier Hihii to say Liat thu
lluul step will bu taken today or to
morrow ut thu latwst.
That tun of thu victims camu to
their deaths through thu Hdiiitnisliu
lion ot a deadly amount of chloral
has buuu provuu, Ihu ,dacj ut
w.ii It the drug was purchased during
thu past eight years weru touud.
Almost lo dUAwii lutr of scissors,
bent uud curved, uudoubtudiy surgl
ui, weru found Iu thu ruius of thu
house today, Thuru aru some who
assort thai thu dirk found loduy was
the chief Weapon employed In thu
murders. It Is pointed out that uu
expert could uuslly have slipped thu
suuku-llku weapon butwuuu thu ribs
ot thu victim, penetrating thu heart.
However thu olllcluls assort that
these Instruments weru only used to
dlssuct thu 'bodies.
A neighboring woman tells a story
ot the womun having worn a belt
about her body apparently containing
sheaths which seemed constructed for
kutvos.
A gold crown tooth found lu thu
debris ot thu Guinness home today Is
believed to bu from thu head of Mrs.
Hello Guinness,
DEATH BLOW
TO SOPER
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.CHARGES FILED AT WASHINGTON
AGAINST HIM.
THERE IS WOMAN INCASE
Preildent Tells Mellette That Judge
Must Be a Clean Man, Which
Soper's Enemies Claim Ellm
Inates Him From Race.
Washington, D. C, May 12. (Spe
cial) Charges of a personal nature
against Pliny Soper, candidate for
appointment as Judge of the Eastern
District of Oklahoma, Is the latest
development in the race to succeed
Judge Ralph Campbell, resigned.
A woman is said to figure prom
inently In the charges and It Is be
lieved that Judge C. W. Raymond of
Muskogee Is the author.
A statement made by the president
yesterday that a clean man will bo
selected to fill the vacancy Is rei
garded as a direct slap at Soper's
ambition to become a federal Judge.
The charges probably make It
more certain that no appointment will
be made until after the Chicago con
vention. Soper's eclipse Is attended by a
proportionate rise In stock of Lyman
F. Parker, who also aspires to the
Judgeship of the Eastern District.
REPRESENTS THE GOVERNOR.
Judge Russell Addresses the Medical
Association In Sulphur Today.
Judge Stlllwcll II. Husscll went to
Sulphur toduy and will bo present
for a brief tlmo at the mooting ot
thu statu medical association. Tho
physicians of tho stato are clamor
ing for Bomo legislation which thoy
think their profession and tho people
aru entitled to. Also thcro is a wldo
dtvorgenco of opinions hold with ret-
ereuco to tho dispensary law and
some ot tho Individual doctors had
Insisted upon Governor Haskell at-
ending the association. Governor Has
kell could not bo present nnd ho hns
called upon Judgo Hussoll to repre
sent him upon this occasion. Judgu
Hussoll'a speech botoro that body
will havo a special ulgnlflcanco for
tho reason that ho will represent
tho governor on that occasion. Judgo
Husscll was accompanied by Attor
ney Harry K. Allen nnd stenogra
pher John P. Gllday.
THE MODEL CLOSED
CREDITORS MET B. A. SIMPSON
APPOINTED TRUSTEE BUSI
NESS TO BE CONTINUED.
Tho Modol Dry Goods company's
store was doted yesterda evening.
Tho creditors had n moetl.it; yester
day and nppolnted II. A. Slfi,won trus
tee. His bond was placed ut $20,000.
Ten dnys will bo allowed tho com
pany lu which they may otter a com
IHJsltlou. If thu composition is offer
ed nnd accepted tho store will open
and continue business. It such is not
thu case tho stock will bo sold in bulk:
to the highest bidder. Tho Modot
has n good location and tho house has
xlwajs carried a good stock ot gjoda.
in coe a compromlso Is effected
wheruby Uie company will continue
lu business thoro Is no reason why
thu company should not earn a divi
dend oa tho Invested capital.
J. S. Mills, a practical bridge build
er of Sulphur, Okla., was horo last
night looking over tho spoclflcatlous
of tho bridges Cartor county propose
to build and will submit a hid on the
building at each ot them. Ho re
turned to his homo today at noon.
I Wo want your work and
I you'll bo glad you guvo It
I to us.
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