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A Friendly Hint.

The small cigar cutters generally seen
in tobacco stores seem to exercise a
strange fascination over some people. 1t
seems that few people can stand near
one of these machines without playing
with it, and sometimes there is n finger
cut. A dealer has a clever scheme by
which to obviate this danger. A small
sign upon the cutter reads, For cigars,
not fingers. '-Exchange
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FROM now on ArdmOre may be
expected to experience healthy
boom, healthy because whatever
strides of progress are made will
be free from imitation. The addi
ton of full and original jurisdic-
ton will furnish a substantial
boom for such progress and the
certainty of reorganization OF
the territory by the next congress
will lend confidence to the inaugu
ration of new enterprises, manu-
featuring. commercial and indus
trial. Property holdings will
naturally enhance in value. but
the ARDMOREITE hopes they will
not go beyond reason. That i
wherein boOms are dangerous
things to monkey with. They toe
often get loaded and go off at the
wrong end and scatter disaster
among those missing them. We
do not believe ArdmOre will suffer
from such a possible epidemic
but that her splendid facilities fol
the judiciOus investments of cap
ital will be appreciated and that q
steady growth and improvement
will date from now on.
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ArrIral boo peparsurs y. 5. NsIs.

NFFEFN-I "IlW = - ~ = =
South bound mail closes 4:45 p. m.
South bound mail arrives $3.50 pm.
North bound mail closes ii:l5 n. m.
North bound mail arrives 1900 m.
Night mails are closed at $3.50 p. m.
Money order department Is open
at n. m, and closed at 5 p. III.
Office hours from s n. m, 10 8 pm
Sundays from a. m, 10 a. m.
JOIN 5. HAMMER, y. NJ.
EDGAR SASDLIN. Deputy.
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Grape treaders in Portugal. who tread
out the juice with their bare feet, get
80 cents a day. a high rate, as they
claim the juice is apt to make the feet
sore.
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From the Memphis Appeal.

The lecture of Ex-Governor Hub
bard OF Texas, and our late minister
to Japan, on 1.-THE South: Past, Pres
ent and to Come" was one of the
most thrilling and eloquent eve.
heard IN this city from the platform.
1t was a picture full of humOr,
pathos in the past and future ont
lined full of glorious fruitions.
it is a lecture to be heard from
Boston to Galveston, and in the en-
tire Union.
Hear him az Kloski's opera house
June -. Admission - and so cents.
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TIME TABLE.

cs,f. Colorado aad Santa re RaIlwsy.
SOUTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express tsio a. m.
Cieburre aud Kansas City Exprcas SD p. o..
NORTH BOUND
Galveston and Chicago Express las a. IN.
Clchurnc and kansas City Express fisto am
I. r. MASON. Ticket Agt-
w. :. KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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Be careful in lighting gas stove to
see that all the burners are lit; other
wise yOu viii suffer.
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We are sorry to announce the
continued illness of DR.. Hartdmeycr,
formerly connected with the Frame,
Green Drug Company. The doctor
is suffering from an aggravated attack
of fever from the effects of which
he has been confined to his home
for several days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-10

Photos IS cents per dozen al
willyerd's new studio, this week.
IO-iw
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HOTEL GRAND AVENUE

You who want typewriter letter
heads can find something at this Of
fee that will surely please you. Only
the best paper used.
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/. ". Folsom.
Choctaw Inspector for the Chicka-
saw Nation.
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BIael'berries at Brady Bros. s-2i
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Ube Daily Hromoreite.

Published Every Afternoon saturday Ex-
ceptedl and Sunday Morning.
ONCE of publication, North Court Street
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Entered at the Postotiice at Ardmore rs
second class mail matter. Nov n, 's3.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY

ARDMORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
Monetary Convention.

The preliminary conference in Indian
| apolis of representatives of the leadin,
| commercial bodies of the Middle Western
States issued a call for general con
vention of commercial bodies of the Uni
| ted States, to be held in that city Jan.
| to consider the reform of the currency
and banking laws. The vote, by which
| ii was decided to call the convention, was
| unanimous. Chicago and indianapolis
were the only cities suggested for the
convention. In view of the fact that thu
call for the preliminary conference had
gone out from Indianapolis, it was decided
to take the general convention there The
detailed work of preparing the call and
fixing the basis of representation was left
to committee composed of one delegate
from each city represented in the con-
ference.
President Justus G. Adams, of the In
danapolis Board of Trade, called the
meeting to order, and in well-timed
address referred TO the Importance of the
subject which it had been called to con-
slider.
Z. o. Stannard, of st. Louis, ex-Gov-
ernor of Missouri, presided after Mr..
Adams had finished his speech. EX-Gov.
Stannard said that he felt assured that
If the commercial bodies of the country
offered to Congress a financial system
that would not be subject to change it
would be accepted. The principal address
before the conference was by John X.
Wilson, of indianapolis. He said there
was practica! demand for reform. Ex-
pedients adopted by Congress in the stress
of war as temporary measures had be-
come an enduring system. The legisla-
tion of Congress on finance had been
from hand to mouth since 1861.
Il. V. Smalley, who represents the ST.
Paul Board of Trade. said the people Of
the Northwest, irrespective of party. were
heartily in favor of the proposed national
convention. The resolutions he intro
duced provide for national convention
OF representatives of all commercial bod
les in cities of more than $4,000 popula-
tion, for the consideration of the cur
rency system of the country, and to rec
ommend to Congress such measures for
the remedy of such defects as will COM
mand the Endorsement of the business
public"
The conference agreed to that part of
Mr. Smalleys resolution providing for a
convention, but there was much discus
sion as TO how large the convention
should be, and it was decided to leave
that question to committee composed of
one representative from each city present.
In the call, as finally agreed upon, it is
proposed that the convention shall be
composed of 1,251 delegates. The basis
OF representation is calculated upon the
United States census of 1890, and gives
TO cities of 5000 to 10000, one delegate:
10000 and less than $1,000, two dele
gates; 10000 and less than 25.OOO. three
delegates; $1,000 and less than 30, 600. four
delegates: 10000 and less than 100000
five delegates; 100000 and less than 2OO.-
OOO, six delegates; 100000 and less than
4Oo.OO. seven delegates; 400,O 900 or over,
eight delegates.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
PERISH IN THE BLIZZARD!
Reports of Suffering and Death from
North Dakota.

Ii Is week since q train arrived in
Langdon, y. ID. The storm was excess
lively severe in that section. and the tenn
perature dropped to 30 degrees below
zero. Three persons are known to have
lost their lives and several others are
missing. Mrs. Mikelson was frozen to
death in her house and n man and his
wife succumbed to the cold while fleeing
from the fire. From Emmons County a
pitiful case of suffering and death is re-
ported. A Russian family named Belo
Witty used all their fircwood in the storm
ana had torn down and burned n part of
the house. This let in the intense cold.
and the whole family-father. mother and
three children-were found frozen to
death. There is wood and coal famine
in that section. the farmers having bought
sparngly because of high prices. Mail
Agent Burroughs was buried in the drifts
three miles west of Devils Lake.
The body of William f. Heron, sheriff
of Plymouth County, was found frozen
stiff and badly bruised by the side of the
railroad track near Merrill. Iowa. Half
dozen steamers are said 10 be bound
tight in the ice along the north shore of
Lake Superior, and il will be impossible
TO release them. A snowstorm of almost
unprecedented severity for this season of
the year broke upon Atlanta, Ca. We'd
nesday morning. Snow began falling nj
u o'clock and fell without cessation until
IL. when ii lay four inches deep. At
Petersburg, Va, snow began falling be-
fore noon and continued without intermis-
sion through the night. The snowfall in
North Carolina is very heavy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10

munition TO any man who wants to take
| gun and wait for the appearance of the
brutes. There is n bounty for the deliv-
cry OF scalps of the lynx. wildcat and
wolf in the State, and it is expected that
there will be many claimants for it this
winter. The wolves and wildcats are
much more numerous than they have
been for years past and have encroached
upon the limits of civilization Timber
wolves are frequently seen on the out
skirts of South Superior. A settler from
Lyman Lake, Gustave Peterson by name,
reports that the pests are unusually nu-
merous in that vicinity. Peterson brought
to town with him Il big wildcat. which
weighed thirty-five pounds, and two
lynxes of the booted" variety. the larger
breed. Peterson shot the wild eat about
week ago. One night after he had
turned in there was hurried knock at
his door and much frightened lumber
camp hand told him that he had been Wis
iting neighboring camp, and on the way
back had been followed by couple of
wild cats. The man was in considerable
fright, but Peterson took down his rifle
and went out. He saw n glaring pair of
eyes and fred bringing down his game.
The other animal got away. The next
night Peterson shot the lynxes, which
were prowling about the clearing The
wild cat was of unusual size. II is very
seldom that they will follow man. but Il
is reported erom the more remote dis
tricts that the lumber jacks will not ven
ture out in the woods after night un-
armed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10

was trying to speak. but could not be
heard Then it was learned that Referee
Wiley carp had awarded the fight to
Sharkey on claim of foul. 1t was claim
ed that FitZsimmons struck Sharkey in
the groin with his knee as the latter was
falling.
Fitzsimmons protested and the crowd
Kissed and groaned. In the eigth round
FitZsimmons soon had his man going and
went at him ferociousy. A right-hand
swing staggered the sailor and then came
left-hand swing. and left-arm punch
under the chin that sent Sharkey over
with thud. While the marine was fall
ing the referee claims that Fitzsimmons
struck him in the groin with his knee,
thus committing foul Sharkey was
undoubtedly badly hurt. His seconds
rushed into the ring and raised him up,
but he tainted away and was borne from
the ring unconscious. Hardly any one
among the spectators saw the foul. and
the decision was received with Kisses and
groans.
No event in the history of pugilism on
the Pacific coast ever attracted so much
public attention. Between $4,000 and
1000 people Occupied all the available
space in the big Mechanics pavilion and
watched the contest. which every one re-
garded as practically deciding the cham
pionship of the world. The long, lean
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
Notes of Current Eyen.s.

John Coyne. of Newark. y. J., was
taken with a fit on train and jumped
through the window. He was fatally in
jured.
Mrs. Maria h. Mullen. aged GO. n resi-.
dent of La Grange. Ind, for the past
fifty-four years, died from stroke of
paralysis.
William Waldorf Astor has given $50
600 TO the Children's Aid Society to erect
a memorial building.
John Barker, of New Orleans, whila
out hunting, overturned his skiff and be-
ing wet froze to death.
Two months ago Henry Wescott, of
Forest City, n. Y, was placed under n
spell of travelling hypnotist and he can
not be aroused.
A contract has been closed by Andrew
Carnegie for the construction of a big ore
and coal loading plant at Conneaut, Ohio,
and extensive docks will also be built
there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.
Worlds Total of Wheat Decrcascd
3O6,OOO RnsheIs Lasf Meax

oOO,OOO Bushels Inst MceS.
Special cable and telegraphic dispatch
es to Brads;reet's. covering the principal
points of accumulation, indicate the fol-
lowing changes in available supplies Last
Saturday, as compared with the preced-
ing Saturday:
Wheat-United States and Canada. en- ST
OF Rockies, decrease, 2,670, 900 bu.; afioat
for and in Europe, increase, 2,3O4. 600:
total decrease, worlds available, 366, 900
bu.
Corn-United States and Canada, east
of Rockies, increase 10000 bu.
Oats-United States and Canada, east
of Rockies, increase. 30. 900 bu.
The more important decreases in avail
able stocks of wheat last week not in
cluded in the official visible supply state
ment were 1,0J0,000 bu. in Northwestern
interior elevators. 541 600 bu. at Fort
William. Ont; 172,OOO bu. at various
Manitoba storage points. $1,000 bu. in
Chicago private elevators, $4,000 bu. in
Milwaukee private elevators, 10000 bu.
at Louisville and 23,OO0 bu. in Kingston.
Ont. There were very few increases in
available stocks worthy of note last week.
aside from these reported in the official
visible supply statement, the more con-
spicuous being 253,000 bu. at Pittsburg.
G9,OOO bu. at Rochester and 10000 bu.
each at Syracuse and Fulton, ". Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
FEAR A GREAT FLOOD
DANGER AT CHIPPEWA FALLS,
WISCONSIN.
Water Held Back by the Enormous
Ice Gorge Threatens to Inundate the
Whole Vailey-Fitzsin m m ons Loses
the Fight on a Foul.
chippewa Faiis' Disaster.

A calamity distressing in its results
and in some respects unique is that which
has befallen the people of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, where an ice gorge forming In the
river has damned up the water, causing
it to overflow and flood the surrounding
territory. The extent of the disaster and
the formidable nature of the elemental
forces causing it may be conceived from
the fact that within very short time the
river has risen to height of twenty-four
feet. There is danger of its changing its
course and flowing into the town. AS it
is, the little place is flooded, buildings on
certain streets being submerged to the
second story. The inhabitants are get
ting away and carrying as much of their
property with them as possible. Not only
Chippewa Falls, but several adjacent
towns. must suffer unless the gorge is
broken within n very short time. I'm
mense quantities of dynamite have been
exploded with a view to breaking the
gorge. 1t is reported that nearly 1900
people are homeless, and the intense cold
makes their situation worse.
At the time this is written the water is
still rising, with little hope of breaking
the gorge. The Chippewa River is twen-
ty-eight feet above low-water mark. All
places of business on Spring, River and
Lower Bridge streets are vacated. One
rumor to the effect that the river would
cut out passageway for itself through
the high banks north of the Wisconsin
Central Railroad bridge gave rise to great
apprehension. The rivers course is Sc
rously obstructed by the gorge, that has
reached within short distance of the
dam and the turning of the course of the
stream upon the city seems so plausible
that every one is panic-stricken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10

The river presents n terrible appear
ance. The ice gorge is forty feet high,
and backing water on the city at the rate
of foot an honr. Poor people are suf-
fering terribly from the cold. The Wis
consin Central depot and tracks are un-
der water. All business is done over the
Northwestern Hne. The city is in COM
plete darkness. rs gas and electric light
service are shut off by the water The
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul has
suspended its service through the Chip
pewa Valley, being unable to get a train
through the flooded territory. Logs and
limbs of trees are strewn many feet high
on the track. On low grades the water
rises many feet above the ties, and high
enough to extinguish the engine fires
An engine and coach that went out to
the low lands below Durand came back
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
HOW A PATRIOT DIES.
Coioma Is Shot Like a Dog in Laurel
Ditch mt Havana.

Ditch mt Havana.
There was another frightful scene in
Laurel ditch, in front of the Cabana fort
ress. at Havana. Saturday afternoon
just az the sun was hiding its head, as if
ashamed to lend its light to such a cruel
deed. The victim this time to Spain's
hcartless custom of dealing with prison
ers of war was Antonio Lopez, Coloma.
well known as a Cuban soldier since the
very outbreak of the revolution. Coloma
was white man captured at Ybarra, in
Matanzas Province. Feb. "a, 1S9J. the
day of the outbreak, together with the
mulatto journalist. Juan Gualburto Co
mez. The poor fellow had been locked ND
all these long twenty-one months, hoping
against hope, which Mt times passed into
certainty that he would not be executed.
There were the same great cliffs, which
constitute one side Of the ditch, black
with the crowd. which had come TO see a
Cuban patriot die. Below was the ditch
Itself. more than fifty yards in width, and
on the other side the stern ramparts of
the Cabanas, with the gate leading into
the ditch, which is so narrow that four
men can hardly pass through abreast.
Once through the gate, Coloma gave n
quick look around. In an instant his
glance swept the cliffs above, and then
fell to encounter that array of Spanish
solciers, everywhere pitiless faces, thou
sand TO one. Two more steps he took
forward, then, raising his head proudly,
he shouted distinctly, "yive Cuba libre!'
About to die, he deied them all.
A the words left his lips the officer of
the guard drew his sword, and with the
uplifted blade sprans toward the man
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
A TRUST BURSTS.
The Wire Nail Manufacturers Asso.
citation Goes to the Wall.

citation Goes to the Wall.
Not every trust formed for the pur-
pose of sitting competition and raisins
prices is successful. A fortunate illustra-
ton of this we have in the Wire Nail
Manufacturers Association, commonly
known as the nail trust, which has gone
to the wall, and which wound up its busl-
ness Dee. /. This trust started into life
in June. 1895, the guiding hand at the
helm being J. ii. Parks, of Boston. Dur
ing that time it ruthlessly forced the price
of wire G0-penny nails from so cents to
$3.50 keg and of cut 6O-penny nails
from 30 cents to S225 a keg. It's net
profit during the period of its existence
has been $1,000,O00, exclusive of the
royal salaries drawn by its officers.
The trust started by controlling a
large number of manufacturers and buy
ing up and subsdizing rival concerns
From the manufacturers in the pool II
exacted 1.00 for each keg of nails man.
ufactured. OF this sum Go cents was used
for the purchase of rival plants and the
balance was rebated to the members Of
the trust. Then from each of the jobbers,
or those to whom it sold its stock. it took
u cents for each keg sold. This sum was
held on deposit to insure against a cut
in prices, and at certain periods n rebate
in full was made to those who had re-
maned faithful. Those who had cut
prices received no rebaue. To further
guard against competition it sought to
control the manufacturers of nail-making
machines. But new and more economical
machines were nevertheless turned out
and competition in manufacturing nails
became so keen and constant that the
trust was forced to allow the jobbers to
cut prices. and hence the collapse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10

with two score of women and children
on board who were driven from their
homes by the water and were found near
ly dead from exposure and cold. The en-
gineer said he could not finish the trip Oh
account of the rising water 1t looks at
this writing as though the entire city will
be inundated.
great number of visitors are at the
scene of the ice gorge. TO realize the
great danger II is only necessary to visit
the banks of the Chippewa. 1t is dou-
ble-headed danger that Is threatened.
What means relief to Chippewa Falls
will bring devastation to Eau Claire, Du-
rand and other points below. The ice
jam will likely remain intact. perhaps
for months, and only natural causes can
hrenk IL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
FINANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Statement OF the Public Debt and
Other Fiscal Matters Of Intereat.

OsneK Fiscal Motters or Interest
The statement of the public debt, issued
Tuesday, shows that on Nov. 30, the debt
less cash in the treasury, amounted te
$99o, ,IC0, l59, an increase for the montl
OF $S,2IO,2O3. This increase is account
ed for by the corresponding decrease in
the amount of cash on hand. The debt
Is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt, $S47, ,364,5 $40.
| Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, 81 ,591 $40.
| Debt bearing no interest, $372, 2,17O.117.
| Total, 81 ,221, 126,257.
This does not include $567, ,523, ,923 in
certificates and treasury notes outstand-
ing, which are Offset by an equal amount
of cash in the treasury. The cash in the
treasury is recapitulated as follows, cents
omitted:
Gold, $169,527, ,1O1.
Silver, 500, $50, ,45O.
Paper, $139,616,155.
Bonds, disbursing officers, balances,
etc, SIT, ,137.S72.
Total, $685., ,961 800 against which there
are demand liabilities amounting to $780,
COLA which leaves cash balance in
the treasury of $225,357 ,O9S.
The comparative statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the United
States shows that during November,
1876, the total receipts were S25, 30. .696.
and the expenditures $50, ,26O, 720. The
receipts for the five months of the fiscal
year amount to S131 $50, ,4S9, and the ex-
penditures $171, 1,597 ,335. The deficit for
the month of November, therefore, is
$I,OoOO24, and for the five months $780,
46,S46, as compared with SIS 1897
for the corresponding five months of last
year.
The receipts from customs during No
vember amounted to $9,930. 1856; from in
ternal revenue, S13, .S2S and from
miscellaneous soruces, 50, 175,4 49, This
Is loss in customs, as compared with
November, 1893, of 81 .524 .929; gain
from internal revenue of S64,7 and a
gain of $6S4,319 from iscellaneous
sources.
The monthly statement of the Comp
troller of the Currency shows that on
Nov. 30 the amount of national bank
notes in circulation was $235,312. 1O3. an
increase for the month of S414,446. and
for the last twelve months of $21 ,44O, ,9OT
The amount of circulation based on Uni
ted States bonds was $216, 900, ,6S4, an in
crease for the month of $99,47O. and for
the last twelve months of 500 140,1 ,15S
The amount of circulation secured by
lawful money was SIS, T02. 40. an in
crease for the month of $314,776, and
decrease for the last twelve months of
S4,699,3o1. The amount of United States
registered bonds on deposit to secure cir
culating notes was S241 ,212.150, and to
secure public deposits ST., 100000.
The statement of the director of the
mint shows that during the month OF
November, 1896, the total coinage at the
mints of the United States was S7,45S,-
I22. of which $5,0G4.7 200 was gold, ST.
3O3,022 silver and $4,000 minor coins.
The coinage of standard silver dollars
during the month was 81 914,00O.