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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20

/ will sell for the next thirty
days good cord wood at $50
per cord; will saw your cord
wood for 50 cents cord, once
or twice. to suit your stoves or
fire place. Pile your wood up
on the opposite side Of the alley
from you, or ten or twelve feet
from the fence outside, so as to
give the engine room to pass
between the wood and fence, 50
that the short wood can be cas-
lily thrown inside when il is
sawed. Stove wood in quanti-
ties at reduced price To suit
the hard times. III you haven't
bought your wood you will do
well 10 see me before you make
a deal.
Ardmore Steam Wood Yard,
+. M. SSIDER, Prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
B. r. Owens Indicted.

The United States grand jury
at Fort Smith yesterday indict-
ed b. f. Owens Of this city for
manslaughter for the shooting
of Louie Miller for resisting ar
rest in the Seminole country
some months ago.
II is stated, however, that
Judge Parker has made n ruling
that no indictments could be
returned or cases tried before
the United States courts outside
of the territory when the crime
was committed in the territory.
If that ruling was made the
case will 60 before the court of
South McAlester.-Oklahoman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
The Good Old Times.

Yesterday Mrs. !. b Brady
gave an old time quilting which
was highly enjoyed by fourteen
young ladies who were enter
tanned by Miss Kate Brady. 4
number of elderly ladies were
present to see that the girls did
good work. Ii was an occasion
long to be remembered by those
present and a prize was offered
To the young lady who was
proven TO be the best quilter.
Work began early and ut II m.
one of the most delicious and
tempting dinners ever set in
Gainesville was served. Dinner
over and the girls resumed their
work and for hours and hours
piled their stitches for the
prize. Notwithstanding a num-
ber of the young ladies entered
into the race. Miss Mamie
Modrall came under the wire
about three lengths ahead, an
easy winner. II was a grand
time that was enjoyed by all
Gainesville Register.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
HoEEr GRAND AVENUE

The only hnt class
9O0 a day house
10 town
A. l. MOORE Pro
WYNN EwOOD.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20

DerbIes, Crushers, Fedoras
and all the fancy shape hats at
a low price.
ID. HEAD & SoN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
We quote:


Ordinary drivers, s35 and upwards.
These prices are for sound
horses, five to eight years old,
we'll broken and in good flesh.
Plain, blemished and green
stock sells at a discount.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
Prominent EIOpine Couple.

\ prominent eloping couple
from Chicago is quartered at
one of the local hotels. They
have been here two weeks.
The woman has deserted a hus-
band in Chicago while her COM
panion is a leading physician
of Chicago and draws a salary
of $1,000 a year. Chicago Of
ficers have endeavored to locate
the runaways, but their efforts
so far have be unsuccessful.
Since the elopers are genteel,
well hammered, and spend bush
els of money in the city the
Leader has no desire to run
them off, and the publication of
a sensational story would serve
no purpose.-Guthrie Leader.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
MARKET LETTER
Furnished thel ArdmOreIte Daily By %.
a b. Beer Of New OrIesns-An Inter
estInR Cotton Statement.
"Wednesday, Nov. Is. '96.

Dear Sir = Notwithstanding
early Liverpool cables were not
of a favorable character, our
market opened practically un-
changed. Later advices from
Liverpool reporting an advance
there ran prices up 4 points
here, but the large semi-weekly
interior movement, which was
issued shortly after, coupled to
the heavy estimate of New Or
leans receipts tomorrow, occa-
stoned uneasiness and brought
out a number of stop orders,
which forced a decline of 16
points from the top. making the
net loss on the day II points.
The semi-weekly movement
at the thirteen leading interior
towns this year, as compared to
the same time during the past
two years, was as follows:
YEAR. RECEIPTS. Ts.sHIPAIENTs. STOCKS.
1896. ..... 9s, 900 .... $1,000. 357, ,OOC
1895. .... 50 900 -. 81 900. 1856, ,OOC
1891 1877 900 lie, 900. 3l5, ,0OC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
To ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS
VIA BURLINGTON ROUTE.

Two splendid through trains each
day from Missouri River points 20
the north via the old established
BURLINGTON ROUTE and Sioux
City Line. DAY TRAIN has hand
some observation vestibuled sleepcrs,
free chair cars, and dining cars tnorth
Cf Council Bluhsl. NIGHT TRAIN
has handsome sleepers 20 Omaha
Council Bluffs and Sioux City. and
parlor cars Sioux City north.
Consult Ticket Agent
l.. W. WAEELEY,
Gen. Passenger Ag't.
S. Innia No
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
Warning to Nlmrods.

Indian Agent Wisdom, repre-
senting the government. with
the FIVE civilized tribes, has Is
sued an order to all United
States marshals and court OIL
GERS in the Indian Territory that
they shall enforce the law
against hunting in the Territory
TO the letter. Mr.. Wisdom calls
the attention of the officers to
the United States statute which
makes it an offense for any one
living outside the borders of the
country belonging to the five
civilized tribes to go there hunt
ing. The punishment for each
offense is a fine of 800 and the
confscation of the arms of the
intruders. This determined ac-
tion of Agent Wisdom will have
the effect of putting a check ON
parties going TO the Territory
on hunting expeditions, and
will make trespassing on the
forbidden ground a matter of
extreme jeopardy.-Denison
Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20

Positively no bills or accounts
will be recognized or paid by
the ARDMoREITE Publishing Co.
unless from an order signed by
the business manager.
ID. t. NIsBETT.
Business Manager.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20
ChlcaPo Horse Market.

Reported by F. J. Berry &
Co., Union Stock Yards, for
week ending Nov. IL.
Receipts show Il gain of 80
per cent over last weeks arriv-
ais. Foreign buyers have been
liberal purchasers, and eastern
buyers have been represented
in large numbers with urgent
orders.
The market developed some
vitality and showed greater inn
provement than for some time
past, common and medium
grades advancing - per head,
and extra drafters, export
chunks, and drivers showing a
gain of $40 per head.
All grades are in better de-
mand with the outlook favora-
bic for n strong market next
week.
We ouota.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-20

Receipts and spot demand
will be the ruling factors from
now on, and as the indications
point to an increased move
ment, and as the demand for
spots is limited, we do not ads
wise buying except on very weak
periods. We recognize, how
ever, that a reaction may he in
order after such a sharp decline,
which has been due To heavy
liquidation.
Yours very truly,
III. x b. BEER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
WITNESSES TO ALIBIS.
Shady Trade Which FIourfshed Mt
one Time In the New York Courts.

Shady Trade Which FIourfsbed Mt
one Time In the New York Courts.
From the New York Sun
The elder Weller In "Pickwick'' was as
all admirers of the works Of Dickens we'll
know, a great believer in the utility of an
ahhi as defense in both criminal and
civil actions.
Never mind the character" said Mr..
Weller to his son. stick to the allevhi.
Nothing like an alleybi. Sammy, nothing.
Nerever he's asoin' to be tried. me boy. a
alleybis the thing to get him on"
This sage advice of Mr.. Weller's found
frequent confederation in the views of
criminal LAWYERS in town up to a very few
Years ago. There were twenty. and even
Ten. years ago more criminal LAWYERS than
there are to-day, and the emoluments and
lees or criminal lawyers were materially
larger i'll the ordinary run of cases than
row. AS consequence cases were more
often defended than they are now and
pleas of guilty were much rarer Then the
allbi witness was a necessary though usu-
ally unwelcome part of the machinery of
defense in criminal cases. There is, in
criminal procedure, no better defense than
an alibi If sustained. Alibi witnesses wrre
therefore very much In demand until tu-
ries began to mistrust them, and the PEN
alties for the crime of perjury were visited
upon some of the delinquents
-, For a considerable time the mendacious
and subsidized testimony of professional
alibi witnesses obtained credence from in
rcrs. and some of these witnesses, to quote
their own language. made good thiae
out of 1t" Juries in criminal cases are IS
ually sympathetic where no outside pres
sure is brought upon them, aid it is the
part of the charge of every Judge in a
criminal case to inform the jury that the
prisoner at the bar is entitled to every
reasonable doubt. If. therefore, any un-
certainty existed on the point whether or
not the prisoner was actually present at
the time and place of the alleged crime,
he was entitled to the benefit of it, But
little by little, the prosecuting officers be-
came acquainted with the identity and
records of the professional alibi witnesses
One or two We're prosecuted Others We're
scared off. The commercial value of the
services Of the others was decreased and
finally the whole nefarious business was
abandoned, never since to be revived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
AN OLD DOCUMENT.
An Ancient Warrant Of George the
Third Unenrthed.

An Ancient Warrant OF George the
Third Unenrthel.
From the Cincinnati Tribune
Mr.. E. Chambers Of No $50 Sd avenue
Dayton. KY, forced open small wooden
box yesterday that had been the property
OF his Wife before they were married His
wife died over twenty-eight years ego
and, owing to the key being lost, the box
had remained closed until yesterday. The
oox contained a marriag. certificate Of
his "ife's grandmother, and besides some
Old trinkets there was a warrant issued
IN Virginia during the reign Of George
III The warrant read:
George the Third. by the grace Of God
or Great Britain. Franc. and Ireland King.
defenders of the faith. To the Sheriff
OF r alr1dx greeting. We Command you
tnat you take Peter Harlae, if he be found
within your bailiwck, and him safely keep
SO mat you have mis- body before our Jus
tice Of our County Court of Fairfax at the
Court-house thereof. Oil the third Tues
DAY in October next TO satisfy Alexander
douglass I'll lis, which the said Alexan-
uer' iate In our said court recovered
against MN for debt, also eighty-three
pcuilds OF tobacco and IS. Cd, or seventy
hVe pounds OF tobacco which the said Alex
aioef IN the same court We're adjuElgod for
nis dahiaEes. as we'll by the reason of de-
talhlng the said debt as for his cost by
MN m In the suit expended, whereof the said
reter Is convicted appears TO US Of
record and have then there this writ
witness: Peter Wagner. Clerk of our said
court, this sd day of September in the
hrst year of our reign, 1901.
j. WAGNER"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21

5o2,519 or 4.36 per cent, being s729, 9aS, 462
for 1888. The expenses of operation for the
same period were $725. 720, AIS, which were
$o.&S,O1 less than for 1894. The import
ant unit in railway statistics designated as
the co-efHcient Of operating expenses, that
Is. the percentage Of operating expenses to
operating income, for 1895 was GAS per
cent: for 1880. $3.50 per cent The income
from operation. Si9. 651 ,047. though s., 703.-
oi2 greater than 1t was in 1894, was yet
less than for any other year since 1880.
II appears that the railways of the United
states closed the year with a deficit from
Ihe years operations Of SO. Si5, 24l, which
was met by a decrease i'm accumulated sur
plus, or by the creation of current liabili-
ues: The corresponding deficit of the year
ending June 30, 1894, was s45, S5l, 2oi.
The number of railway employees killed
curing the year ending June 30, 1885, was
I.sll, and the number injured was 25696,
Ihese figures compared with those of the
previous year show decrease of II In
number killed. and an increase of 2274 in
the number injured. The number OF pas
sengers killed was lao, the number injured
2.3d5. These figures give for the year a
decrease or ia in number killed. and 659
in the number injured. The number of
passengers killed Is remarkably small.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
FHE PARADE PRIZES.
They Were Distributed to tho WI,
ners Last Evening.

They Were Distributed to tho VIM
ners Last Evening.
The prizes given I'm the recent bicycle
parade were awarded last evening to the
lucky contestants at the rooms of the Ad-
Writer'S Club. Chief Consul w. T. Robert
son of the local division. L. A. W., made
the presentations, and nearly every one who
was fortunate enough to win a token was
there to receive 1t, the clubs sending a rep
resentative. One or two winners of prizes
were absent and unknown, so that Consul
Robertson will hold the same for them I'M
til they make their identity known and
come forward to claim their winnings.
Dh1ring the proceedings President VIM.
Gettinger announced that the Arlington
Wheeimen would not receive the second
prize for the best club display so that the
committee still has that prize on its hands
The reason stated for this action is that
the Ariingtons refused to be rated second
in the matter of display. The prize CON
sists OF an order on Woodward & Lothrop
Tor anything in the stock Of their store to
the amount of SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
A BROKEN LEG.
The Very Pathetic story Of Q Fine
Horses Death.


The Very Pathetic Story of q Fine
Horses Death.
From the Youths Companion
Archer. the celebrated Jockey, was rid
ing In steeplechase, his mount icing a
horse called Fatigue. The man was fond
OF the horse, which returned his affection
with liberal interest. At the last fence
the horse tell and broke his leg. Archer,
though, of course. thrown. fell away from
the horse and was not badly hurt. The
pathetic scene that followed is described
by Vogue:
He started away to deliver news Of the
accident and arrange to have the horse
shot, but was stopped by hearing a whin-
ny. Poor Fatigue could only lift his head
rider he loved SO well Archer returned
TO the horse. and sitting down on the turf
look the poor creatures head in his lap
ana sASt boy with message for what
was necessary. Meanwhile the horse Law
stu. except for an occasional spasm of
pain.
No one wanted to shoot poor Fatigue.
small boy finally volunteered IL no one
W hen the pisto! was finally given him his
small hands trembled so that Archer took
the weapon from him. saying:
cure nervous. lad Youth bungle it.
He shan't have his pain added to- He'll
never know what put him out of his mis-
cry Addressing the horse, he added:
I1 l wasn't fond of you 1 couldn't bring
myself to do 1t. but you shan't run risks
of being hurt MORE
with one hand he caressed the horses
mead. with the other he put the pistol to
the forehead.
Goodbye. Fatigue. old chap: goodbye"
and he pulled the trigger
Fatigue hardly struggled. but settlad
down. dead. with his head still on his IA
vorite riders lap. and Archer sat quite still
TN the last culver was over, his bead
bowed, and did not notice that the red was
staining his clothes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
Had n Taste for Fine Clothes.

From the New York Times
The vagaries Of human nature were
never more clearly evidenced to me-" says
a lawyer. than IN the recent settling I'D
of an estate of which 1 was made admin
istrator. 1t was that of a man, the last of
well-known family, belonging to a neigh
loring state. For years he has lived alone
(he was a childless widower) with a couple
Of servants. man and woman, to look
after his creature comforts in the old home
stead of the family on a farm a mile or
more from small village. The house is
more than hundred years old. and Is
nlled with many curious relics and furnish
ings OF long bygone time. He saw little
company, and left his own place rarely
He had become, indeed, to a great extent a.
recluse. He was accredited with consid-
cradle fortune. but actually, as discovered
after his death. was on the verge of bank
ruptcy.
In the course Of my necessary examina-
ton Of the house ard IT'S contents, l reached
the room he had occupied as bed room
1t was as quaint and old-fashioned as the
rest of the house. but, to my surprise, in
the closet hung twelve or fourteen hand
some suits of clothes, none very much worm
and all bearing the mark of a first-class
city tailor. Trunks in the room disclosed
many sets of expensive underwear so ex-
pensive. indeed, that few city men think of
buying such. certainly very few in the pro-
luSloH that tH.S man NaQ purchased them
In the trunks too. found hosiery proper
tionately abundant and costly
But the greatest surprise was when I
opened the deep drawer of the old-fash-
Toned bureau and found a pile Of four-in-
hand neckties of really superb fabric and
exquisite colorings. They were of satin,
silk and brocade, and Of every. tint known
they had been worn, evidently, but with
such care that they were still fresh and al
most like new. BY actual count there were
101 Of these ties, all bearing the imprtnt of
a famous high-class manufacturer. NV
surprise was increased when. among the
bills presented to the estate l found one
from this maker. showing that these ties
were not paid for, that they cost "a apiece
and were nearly all included in one order
Of four or Ave months before the death of
its giver.
Nothing could seem more incongruous
and unexpected than that this lonely old
man who lived in the simplest fashion in
other respects should have had and graft
fed, far beyond his means, this taste for
expensive clothing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
Time In India.

From the London Times.
Clocks are regarded as curiosities by the
Hindoos and for this reason half a dozen
or more timepfeces are often found in the
apartments of the wealthy Hindoos. Th-v
are not used as timepieces. but simply for
ornament. since the old-fashioned wav oy
telling the hour Of the day in India. bv
calculating the number of bamboo lengths
the sun has travelled above the horizon. ia
entirely satisfactory to the natives. In the
country police stations in India. where the
European division Of the hours is observed,
water copper pot in which small hole
has been bored. 1t is supposed that 1t viii
take Que hour for the water to leak into
the pot 80 .as to fill it and sink It, When
the policeman sees that the pot has dis
appeared he strikes the hour on a bell-like
gong. If he is smoking or doing, the COP
Fer pot may have disappeared several min
utes before he discovers the fact; but the
hour Is when he strikes the gonG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
Queer Things About Flames.

From the st. LOUIS Republic.
There is a relation between the color OF
flame and the energy of the combustion
causing IL. The more vigorous and COM
plcte the combustion the higher the re-
Tranquility of the light A fame burning
in a tardy and restricted way emits rays
that are red. When burning in a more
complete and effective manner the emit
ted rays change to violet.
The flame CT a lamp or candle consists Of
a series of eccentric. luminous shells, sur
rounding a central dark core. These shells
Of flame emit light CT different colors, the
innermost one chat in direct contact with
the dark core) being red and having a
temperature of exactly g11 degrees Fahren-
heit. Upon this, and in their proper order
of refrangibility, are shells Of light which
are orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and
violet. The reason that such a flame does
not appear tc us as a nest of cones OF DIFF
ferent colored light is this: When we look
upon such a fame all of the rays Issuing
from the different layers or strata of con-
centric luminous shells are received by the
retina of the eye at one and the same time
This can only impress with the sensation
of neutral or white light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
A CHURCHMAN'S CURE FOR LOVE.
Advised the Young Woman to Take
to the bicycle.

Advised the Young Woman to Take
to the bicycle.
From the GentlewOman,
have been told that a great many cler-
gy men are much troubled by the members
or their congregation confiding to them
their love troubles. One weIl-known and
fauch-admired prophet and evangelist is SO
much bewildered by the quantity and quail
lily or these condolences that he now makes
II rule not 10 see any member of the fair
sex In the vestry Unless she states before
hand what she wants to consult him about.
one day, how yer, when he had preached a
very eloquent sermon, a sad-eyed lady
member of his congregation forced her way
mo ms mouse on the plea of urgent bust
iess, ana, IN spite of mis- most discourage
ing manner. insisted on informing him with
tears and sobs, that she had fallen hope
iessly In love with certain gentleman Of
ner acquaintance. and that she did not
know what would become of her in life un-
less he could be persuaded to return her
affections.
The reverend gentleman rose impatientiy.
aud exclaimed that lie should advise the
lady to buy a bicycle and go out for a long
ride every day until she was cured. The
damsel went away weeping and saying
that. alas! he did not understand that her
love FEVER was incurablei The clergyman
thought no more about this interview.
Whlcf ne had looked upon as being one of
the disagreeable details of lis profession.
but month later, as he was walking along
the street. he met pretty. blooming,
Dright-eyed girl. who stopped him, and ex-
claimed, With enthusiasm: Il can never be
sufficiently era teful to you for your excel
lent advice; L have acquired bicycle. and
go long rides every day, and now L have
no time to think of Mr. -, and dom
care for him at ALL"
Lovelorn damsels, please N b.. for I
think that the Rev Mr. Astute was a wise
and wholesome-mindeda adviser If he had
taken her confession seriously she might
still have been suffering from an unre-
Quilted attachment instead of being a hap
Ply, merry girl. To me IL is only one more
proof that there is no cure like outdoor ex-
ercise for a bruised heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
From the Plttsbury Dispatch.

From the PIttsbury Dispatch.
Never caught thing,' declared the old
man. Never even got a decent bite. Got
up before daylight and rode and walked
forty miles. spent 50 in fares and 80 for
sandwiches and rum, and never teched EN-
Ftshin' amt what 1t used to be. any
how, he continued mournfully 1--WE used
70 go round New York most anywheres
and bring In a good mess Now you can't
bring anything but a jag"
How do you account for lit" fnouired
sympatEetically.
'The bicycle" said he.
Wha-at? What In the world has tho
bicycle got to do with it?'
don't know-everybody says it's the BIZ
eyeis, you see The bike has just everlast-
inGly knocked the spots out of ffshJn' n
everything else-so they say Few wears
ego u was the Sherman law Then IT was
~ Mckinley lay. Next year it viii prob.
aoly be silver. Just now 1t is the b,cvcle
y plum discouragin', but I s'pose we've
rot to stand It,"