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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
THE WRONG PLACE.

a Couple Uho Were Married When
They Had Neod 10 DO
A good story is being told of Penn
Sy17ania preacher. One Sunday after
noon a couple called at lhe parsonage
and in broken English inquired, 50 the
reverend gentleman understood, if the
preacher mal' lived there. Ana. on
being invited in they commenced pre-
pairing their toilet Of course it was
supposed tl:ey had come to be married
and every assistance was given by the
preacher and good wife in getting
ready for tn. ceremony. The bridal
veil and wreath were carefully ad-
justed by the lady, and the gentleman
carefully combed his hair. Then their
nands were joiaed and the solemn
words were spoken vh,Lh bind
humans together in wedlock.
The ceremony over, of course it was
supposed the newly-married couple
would be in haste to depart. Bat it
was not so with them, and by their
actions they betrayed that they ex'
pected something else before leaving.
Finally the reverend gentleman re-
marked, "Well, now you are married"
and the answer came, "Oh, yes, vO
bin married last February, and nov
want unse~ Sigture dalzen-" A feather
would har knocke down the preacher
upon the revelation. 1t was tLG
picture man" they were looking for,
and not the preacher man" How
ever, there can now be no mistake
about their being married, and that
the knot a .ied good AID tight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
Not sunera Ii.nnn.

OF a certain literary nan, uao dis
lains the trammels of Style. the story
was lately told that he once offered to
an editor a piece of verse in hexa-
meters The editor read it over and
remarked: This is very good, but
shouldn't think you'd want to have
these three or fodr lines with thirteen
syn2bles in them" ''Oh, / don't care
about those" said the pOoAs "TR nOt
VmaarsAitiou@l"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
JOHN ALIENS STORY.
It Relates to Josiah Quincy and I'll
LaborS.

Labors.
Apropos of his (Josiah Quincy'ss
3een scent for places Congressman
Allen tells this story: IA young man
desired position in The postoffice de-
partment and appli>d to his congress
man. He was told he could get no
place until vacancy should arise
He waited for several weeks, and one
day, when his money was nearly ex-
hausted, he went down to the Poto
mac beach. He found there many
bathers and among them a young maH
whom he recognized as a clerk in the
division where he had sought u place
The clerk ventured beyond his depth
and was drowned. When his body
was brought to the shore the appli.
can't lost not a moments time in mast
ening to the congressman.
Now, he said, L can have place
There is a vacancy
"'Where" asked the congressman
" Why, clerk IN the division nam
ing aim was drowned this afternoon.
"l21e congressman looked at him sad
ly. l regret to inform you.' he said.
that you are too late; the place hts
been flled.'
"'How can that be-? shouted the ap
p;'c2 1t, in despair The man has ;ust
beef drowned
Yes, know, replied the congress
mxo, but the place has been flled
1t was obtained by Massachusetts
fr end of Mr.. Quincy. who saw tho
t4erk go in and guessed correctly that
&c could not swim"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
NOT IN THE HANDS OF
FRIENDS.

II Mr.. Bissell ever gets into the
offi.:e of Attorney General he will
he a go,d man in the right pace.
NJ. Bi sell is we'll fitted FIR the
exc utiva work of the Post Office
department, bus his a sista ITS in
that 1 .partment arc not IF the sort
Which should properly su r uni
an officer charged with the execu-
ton of a gl trust u lder a party
government Mdny of them are
Republicans, who 81 far f. m h3v-
lug an in crest in the su cess oi
their chi f are most interested in
contributing to the failure # q
Democratic I'm nistra in Of such
IA great del al tment of the govern
ment.
If Mr. Oiney is to retire, by all
means let AIr BjsselI become the
attorney general. In the depart
m m3nt OF Justice his abilities could
find their best field Of usefulness
In the post Office dep ,rt-n mt he is
not in the hands nf his friends.
We are for Josiah Quincy a, his
succe ssor-the wisest Yankee of
the period.-Republic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

THE lady who recognizes in any
ma lner the traducer of female
virtue hls a concept n of social
duty wholly in opposition to the
id vs. o. God and in strange con-
trlst with tn ir methods of treat
nent Of members of tn .ir own Sex
waO through deception are led
aStray from d1ty's path.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

Henry Heath & Co., the great Z ~
Ssh firm of hatters. send their wares
al over the world, and in so doing
have a good chance to study the dis
tinctive features of the heads of the
various nationalities A synopsis Of
Mr. Heath's studies is given below:
German heads short and round, aver
age head measure % inches; English,
we'll shaped. rather long, average hat
IA, which means a head measuring
e2.77 inches; Scotch heads long and
thin: Canadians exceptionally large,
lverage United States head and hat
same as English. South Americans
and Australians have very small
heads, seldom measuring over 20
in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
Next We Nnl 1se Toothlesa.

Americans are said to have the
poorest teeth OF any in the world. It
is said the more brain work a person
has the worse his teeth become. The
same result is attained by lack OF
proper nourishment, and it is said by
q well known dentist that fifty years
hence, among the very poor classes,
everyone will be toothless at the age
of TWENTY
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

THE Oklahoma papers notably
tn Sc # Oklahoma City Guthrie
and Perry are taking up m St
there valuable space in abu ing
each other. This Is foolish boys
the people don't care ahOu your
little troubles. T ii them to q
D ,iiceman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
PRESS CENSORSHIP.
An AustrIsn Z Iitor TAo C IN, to Or .;
by Being too Smart.

An Austrian Z IitOr VINO C;m, to Or .;
by Being too Smart.
An amusing story of the shorough
ness of the press censorship in Austria
Is told in a German newspaper An
editor, being at his wits end for a
leading article, had the inspiration at
the last moment to print these ine>:
After carefully perusing the lead
ing artic e written for the preseni !
number by one of the ablest OF on
contributors we have arrived at the
conclusion that it may be misinterpret-
ed by the authorities and regarded as
AN attack upon the government. We
ourselves consider it to be perfec ly
innocent, but, as we are unwilling,
for our readers sake as well as for
Dur own, to have our newspa per con-
6scated, we have very unwillingly,
though, as we think, pruIently. re-
solved to withdraw the arti.le This
must serve as the 1ology to our
readers for the blank space in our
resent issue.
Ru Agine the shock with which he
4tt "A from his clerk the nsxt morn
ing that the paper had 'en CON
dscated By The DO ice. "For what
reason?" asked tie astonishej editor
For malicious ridic=ls of the institu-
tions of the Austrian e,>2ire by the
omission of the leading G,-icle," re-
piled the clerk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
Worse and More OF It,

A convict in German prison had
been extremely refractory. One
morning the warden said to the
keeper: 81 say, Huber, the scoundrel
is acting worse than ever. Put him
02 bread and water" "But he u
already doing two last days" ~Thox
give him cook book to read"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
A Test of Endurance.

Uncle Silas has been sitting in the
house gallery listening to speech by
q mparatively uew member.
"Beats all!' he remarked, tur ing
to the friend who was showing him
around town.
What does2'
'"The way that man kin talk. ]
reckon thet's the way it allus is,
though / dunEo's / ever yit heard of
a mans losin' his breath runnin' fur
office"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

Dashaway, on tra:n-Don't you want
to 90 forward into the smoking car,
od man? Clcverton Yes, bat it's
crowded. We can't get seat Dash
away Well be able to when you
begin smoking.
hungry ggins-Madam I uster
have as good a home as aAybo | till
misfortune over took ME. Mr.. Potts
indeed? And what was the nature
of the trouble? Hungry Higgins -
My fatherin-law lost his job.
Quite recently an Irishman in Jersey
City was under examination upon
charge of assault and battery. When
asked if he had any thing to say in his
defense, Patrick, with all the serious
ness in the world, said: "Weil, y4ur
honor, l saw but little of the fight, as
| was underneath most of the time"
Salesman-This is beautiful stuff for
a dress, miss. I can assure you that
several young ladies who have bought
this material have become engaged
by means of it. Customer, smiling
But am already married! Salesman -
Oh, that doesn't make the least diff
ference, provided you wear dress o.
this material
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

A MAN guilty of the seduction
of an innec Mt girl is wOr than q
mar lerer and should b, treated t
the extremites of the law. S. c.
e:y does NJ. take him in hand but
i at once proceeds to damn his
ctim.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
In Other Words. "Don's Mention It."

In other Words, s'Don't Mention It."
A Capuchin, about to preach in
church at Lyons, slipped on the pulpit
steps, falling so upgracefully that
pair of brawny legs presented them
selves through the banister to the
gazs of the startled congregation.
Quickly recovering himself, the self
possessed monk took his place in the
pulpit and gave out words appro 5ri-
ately chosen from the gos el for the
day: Tell the vision unto no IA e."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
The Enemy OF MOles.

The mole plague in the southern
counties of Scotland, which for time
proved terrible scourge to farmers,
has now ell but disappeared. This Is
due to the fact that owls were pre-
served by the gamekeepers and bAr
aana axtlaar.riinaxtlw ~IaufifpI
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

LET tn Republicans "a k for an
imp achment of the President.
Every Dem crat ou!d rush 10 tn
defense of Cleveland HOar and
B utelle will vt u.ite the Demo
cratic party.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
ARDMOEE, I. T., THURS, JAN. IL
"Mhen a nan has done bis b.st

when a man has done his bast
And stops to take rest.
AMI listen while the world may have its
say,
1t is dollars big to dimes
That he 4 hear a thousrnd times
How much better it would have been another
May.''
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11
w. F. Wilmington
Leader in the lines below enumerated
at bed rock prices.

DO you want fine suit OF clothes, if S 60 to
w. +. Whittington's.
How about Of those fine overccas at
W. F. Whttngtons.
L. ok at the immense stoyk of overshirs at
W f. Whittingtcn's.
if YOU will lock those beautiful albums at w. F.
hiington you will buy several of them for friends
Dolls !! Polls Tolls! You the quantity that 1
have for the Christmas trade.
My and shoes is complete in every reepect.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
THE ALLEGED DEAD MAN.
Chicago Police Believe They Have n Clew
to Pitezel's Whereabouts.

Chicago Police Believe They Have n Clew
to Pitezel's Whereabouts.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The Chicago police
have obtained clew regarding Benjamin
f. Pitezel, the accomplice of II. H. Holmes
alias Howard, who is now detained at
Philadelphia on charges of having swim
died an insurance company out Of $4,000
This amount was placed on Pitezel's life,
and on Sept 3 last a body supposed to have
been his was found in Philadelphia Pite-
eel had lived up to May last on Madison
avenue near Sixty third street. 1t was
found that Pitezel had vacated his apart
ments on May and removed the furni-
ture to 497 Sixty third street On or about
Aug last he was in the city ostensibly
to make arrangements regarding the re-
moyal of his household effects to st. Louis,
where he intended making his home for
the winter.
A letter was received from Pitezel from
St. Louis in which he promised to soon
clear tho standing Indebtedness on his
furniture and effect its removal. Four
letters have been written to pitezel at st.
Louis, and none have been returned. de-
spite the fact that the precaution was
taken to place the writer's address, with
the usual request for return, on the out
side of each envelope. This, the police
think, shows that If Pitezel himself is not
alive and living at St. Louis some one is
representing him there who knows every
detail connected with his business trans
action. The handwriting of the ST. Louis
letter corresponds with that of the one
mailed at Philadelphia by Pitezel. The
police believe they are on the track of the
alleged dead man.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
TO EKHUNR THE BODY.
Mrs Pitezel viii be Given an OPP
portunity to Identify 1t.
HUNTING THE ALLEGED DEAD MAN.

The Chicago Police Believe They Have a
CIew That WIN Lead to the Discovery of
PitczeI-The Philadelphia Prisoners Now
in Moyamensing.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24.-The Pitezel-
Holmes Howe conspiracy murder mystery
has taken an interesting and important
turn by the announcement from an official
source that the body of Perry, or Pitczel,
will again be exhumed and another effort
made to identify it.
1t will be remembered by those who
have followed the history of this extra
ordinary case that Mrs. Pitezel never saw
the dead body Of the man who was said to
be her husband. The Identification was
made by her daughter, and 1t was stated
that within the last few days the daughter
had expressed her doubts as to the con-
clusiveness of the identifying marks.
So that all doubt in this connection may
be removed, the intelligence comes from
an authoritative source that the body will
be re-exhumed SO that Mrs. Pitezel may
BIO given all the facilities possible for de-
termining whether or not it is the body of
her husband. The body is buried in Me-
chanics' cemetery.
Yesterday Holmes and Mrs. Pitezel were
committed to Moyamensing prison, there
to await trial. Secretary Crew, of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, volunteered to take care of the
l0-year-old daughter and the 1-year-old
baby, but Mrs. Pitezel objected to having
her baby taken from her. DR.. Andrews
expressed the opinion that the mothers
physical condition would not permit her
to care for the baby unassisted, and it was
finally arranged that the children should
accompany her.
Lawyer Harry Hawkins has been re-
tanned to defend Holmes, the money being
furnished by mysterious friend from
Chicago. To Hawkins Holmes earnestly
declared that he had never been guilty of
murder. Lawyer Hawkins says that
Holmes complains bitterly of the spiriting
away Of his wife. He has not been per.
mitted to see her since he was locked up
at the Central station, and he does not
know where she is. 1t is the intention Of
the lawyer to go into court and apply for
a writ of habeas corpus, and demand that
Mrs. Holmes be produced.
Holmes has retracted many Of the state
ments made or alleged to have been made
to detective when coming to this city
from Boston. He declared that both the
Williams girls are alive and that Anna
was recently paid 81 goo by Pitezel in New
York city. The story Of her murder and
numerous other crimes with which his
name was linked he characterized as
rot, :" invented to throw the detectives off
the scent
There was a new development yesterday
when it was learned that the detectives
are looking for an expressman who had
been seen with Pitezel and who disap-
peared about the time the body was found.
The theory is that either he had something
to do with hauling the body or that he
himself was murdered
Holmes lawyers state that they will
show by documents on record that at
the time of the alleged identification Of
Pitezel that shadowy individual was per-
sonally conducting real estate transac-
ton in this city.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
RUssIA's NEW RULER
Showing Himself Equal 10 the Rsspsnsi.
bfIities or His Position.

Knowing Himself Equal 10 this B4sp~ns-
biItties or His Position.
ST. PETERsBURG, Nov. e4.-Ths report 10
confirmed that Baron Morcnheim, Rus
sian ambassador to France, will be re-
called, and that his place will be filled by
Prince Scheremertieff, now governor Of
the Caucasus. Grand Duke Vladimir will
succeed Prince Scheremertieff, and Grand
Duke Sergius will succeed Grand Duke
Vladimir as commander of the st. Peters
burg military district. The office of gov
ernor of Moscow, at present filed by
Grand Duke Sergius, will be given to
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch.
The GEAR has ordered three days arrest
at his own residence Of M. Won VAIL,
governor of st. Petersburg, on account of
ordering the police to tear down the mourn
ing decorations on the palace Of Countess
Stronganoff because she declined to await
his official mourning decree. The car
might have overlooked this offense, but
the foreign ambassadors had also COM
planned to M. De Giers, the foreign minis
ter, that Won VAIL had treated foreign
correspondents badly. Thereupon the car
decided to punish him.
Another instance of the ozar's independ-
ence is cited. M. Durnovo, minister Of
eho ihuef1of, mas Just recommended Iof
promotion Prince Uohtomsky, who has
served in the ministry of the interior for
years without advancement, and who is q
personal friend of Gar Nicolas. When
the recommendation was made his majesty
remarked ironically to M. Durnovo: $50
you are suddenly approaching Uchtom-
SKYE" The minister was perplexed, and
appeared to be anxious to retract what he
had said 1t is Is stated that the car will
make Prince Uohtomsky his private secre-
tnvu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Slight shocks of earthquake was felt in
several Connecticut towns yesterday. No
damage reported
Sheriff McGee, while fighting burglars
ut Canadian City, Kan, last night, was
mortally wounded.
Miss Davenport Hill has been elected a
member Of London's school board, defeat
ing the Duke of Newcastle.
Fire early this morning in a manufac-
turing building in Roosevelt street, New
York, caused 100000 damage.
Burglars who entered the coal yard Of
fice Of George NJ. Preise, at Railway, N. j.,
shattered the building in blowing the safe
open. The explosion frightened them of
without booty.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24

WASHINGTON, Nov. a4.-The pension
subcommittee of the house committee on
pensions, after listening for an hour to
Commissioner Lochren's explanation of
the requirements of his office, virtually
decided to report bill providing for the
appropriations recommended by the COM
missioner in his estimate heretofore fur
nished, except in the one item of fees for
examining surgeons. The original esti-
mate was that 81 ,00O, 900 would be required
to pay these fees, but Mr.. Lochren told the
committee that he thought $500, 900 would
be sufficient. and that figure was decided
upon. The appropriation, us decided upon
by the subcommittee, will therefore be:
For pensions, $40, 100000; for surgeons
fees, $500, 1000; for clerk hire at pension
agencies, $3.50, 900; miscellaneous, s181 $40;
total, S141, 1891, $40.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
Destructive Wind Storm in Mississippi.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Nov. 24.-This city
was visited yesterday afternoon by the most
destructive storm within its history The
wind wrought great damage to buildings,
fences and shade trees. At the Central
school house, which stands on an emil
nence in tho north central part of the
city, two Of the large towers were almost
demolished, doors and sashes were badly
broken, tho stairs were almost entirely
torn away and some fifty shade trees on
the grounds were uprooted. The storm
evidently ragged flercest west of the city,
and report is current here that the town
of Newton, on the Alabama and Vicksburg
railroad, has been swept away, but as the
wires west and south are down full particu-
lars of the storms work cannot now be Sc
cured
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
The Chinese Stronghold at Last
Captured by Japanese.
COUNT oYAMA's GREAT VICTORY.

Description Of the Captured Town and It's
Great Defenses--The Improvements Made
In the Harbor Under the Leadership of
French Civil Engineers.
CHE Foo, Nov. 24.-Dispatches have been
received here stating that the Japanese
captured Port Arthur on "Wednesday
last. after eighteen hours fighting.
! The fighting was continuous from noon
of the goth. The Japanese fleet did not
take part in the engagement, though the
torpedo boats attached to the fleet did. The
Japanese are now leaving Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, the native name Of which
Is Lu Shun Kou, is the chief naval station
of China. Eleven or twelve years ago 1t
was simply good windbound harbor for
the junks that traded along the coast car
rying the timber from the Yalu river to
ports in the CULTS of Pc Chi Ii and Lao
Tung, or those Of a larger class from tho
south en- route to New Chwang and West
Chin Chiu. At that time the village con-
sisted Of about sixty to eighty mud housas,
with few shops and three or four inns,
which afforded accommodation to travel
ers to and from the north
The port is almost surrounded by ranges
Of hills varying from 800 to 1000 feet in
height, the valleys between being well cul-
Hvated. The town ut the present time has
Increased to nearly thousand houses and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa, Nov. 24.-The
cases of William A. Sponsler and b. F.
Judkin, on trial for embezzlement in con-
nection with the failure OF the Perry
County bank, were given to the jury at 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The accused
were partners in the management of the
bank, which closed its doors in March last
with liabilities of s140, 600 and assets barely
reaching sl2, 600 James Wells, the former
cashier Of the institution, swore that
Sponsler and Judkin had known that the
bank was insolyent for years, and that he
had frequently asked them to close the
doors.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24

CLEVELAND, Nov. 24,-The strong box in
the Merchants Storage and Banking COM
pany, which was rented to Mrs. Harris, the
Pennsylvania Land and Lumber company
swindler, was opened by an expert. The
order under which tho box was opened was
granted by Judge Stone, of the common
pleas court. Tho box was full of green
backs and gold the former tied up in
packages of IS, $40 and 800 bills, and the
gold was in woman's stocking. The ex-
act amount in the box was found to be
Sic, 5OO
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
Baby Killed by n WILD Hna.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Nov. 24-At Sacred
Heart, n hamlet few miles from here,
Mrs. Galobics' 14months'- oid baby was
almost eaten up by a wild hog. The wo-
man had laid tho child on blanket near
where she was washing. The hog refused to
give up its prey, and gave battle when the
woman endeavored to rescue the child.
In her wild endeayors to secure her babe
Mrs. Galobies was herself terribly injured,
her flesh being torn from her body in sew
eral places Finally she succeeded in
grabbing the child and escaping. The
baby is dead.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24

in and around this city il
awake to what is going ON A.
our store. It's not to be won;
dered at for M