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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16
OUR CITY HONORED.
I. X. Mason Elected Graad Master OF
Territory Odd FeIlows-Grand
Ledge Proceedings.


from Muskogee, where they
have been in attendance on the
grand lodge |. o. 0. f. They
report an excellent time and a
most harmonious meeting of
the order. They extol the geni-
al hospitality of the dear peo-
pie in and around Muskogee
most highly. Their main object
was business, however, and
during the two days and
nights sessions IL which the
lodge was convened they had
no time for anything else.
The procession on Tuesday,
headed by the Muskogee mill
tary band, in which all the Off
GERS and members in full uni
form participated. was an i'm
mense affair. A royal recep-
ton was held in the opera
house and an address of vel
come was delivered by Hon. w.
/ G. jackson for Muskogee.
Following close upon this
the active work of the grand
lodge was taken up and as
promptly disposed of.
South McAlester got the
plum for next year, and the
next session of the grand lodge
will meet there.
Following is the list of Off
GERS elected and installed:
Representative to sovereign
grand lodge-Past Grand Mas
ter William Noble. South Me-
Alester.
Grand master-I. r. Mason,
Ardmore.
Deputy grand MASTERY. G.
Turk, Checotah.
Grand warden William Clari-
dy, Purcell.
Grand secretary-C. w. Hat
field, Wagner.
Grand treasurer-A. Frauk
/ Ross, Hartshorne.
Grand marshal-John Reth-
art, Krebs.
Grand conductor - Richard
Hughes, Lehigh.
Grand guardian-Dr. Black.
well, Kiowa.
: Grand messenger - W. Joe
Heric, Tahlequah.
Grand herald-John Kirk.
: Coalgate.
} Grand chaplain-C. w. Burk
r Wister.
And with this the fifth ses
sion of the grand lodge closed
Mr.. Mason, who now hold.
the honorable and exalted posi-
: ton of grand master of all Ode
< Fellows in the Indian Territory
bears his honors proudly. A,
an evidence of how proudly hC
, may feel over the result of hi.
election, we will here state thai
!. the only other candidate for the
office was the old time-triec
veteran, Leo II. Bennett (whC
on this occasion was ABSENT
and only one ballot was taken
resulting in Mason getting 81
! votes, Bennett 10, scattering ,
1t is pleasant to note how
) quietly and gradually Mr.. Ma.
son has worked his way up tc
the distinguished position he
now occupies. A noble ster
has been taken every year, be.
ginning with noble grand OF
the local lodge here. We find
him next as grs nd secretary:
another year finds him chair.
man of committee on returns
the next year he is grand war.
den, and now he stands at the
top of the ladder as grand mas.
} ter.
Mr.. Mason has been the re.
cipient today of many kind
words of congratulation from
his friends here, who are all de,
lighted at his s11cceSS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Fresh. pure fiavors of all
kinds at soda fountain at Ross
& Bonner's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Austin White Lime, $1.OO per
barrel, at Sammon's Lumber
Yard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16
Salt water crabs.
Dressed ducks.
Dressed chickens.
Salt water fish Saturday.
7. B. JOHNSON x Co

Apricot. peach, strawberry.
raspberry and pineapple crush
eel fruits with ice cream soda
water at Ross x Bonner's foun-
tain. lift
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Austin White Lime, Sl.OO per
barrel, at Sammon's Lumber
Yard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

\ telegram from G.. Il. Doug
las, now in Washington, to W.
b. Johnson, received today.
reads:
"Humphries letters OF with
drawal and indorsing YOU, are
in my pocket. He left yester-
day for home"
Thus Mr.. Johnson is the only
Richmond in the field for the
United States attorneyship OF
the Southern district.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Austin White Lime, 100 per
barrel. at Sammon's Lumber
Yard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16
Notice

Paint, oils and wall paper
going cheap at Coleman 4 Lynn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

just received, a large ship
ment of shirt waists, from New
York, which our Mr.. Sass pur-
chased at remarkably low
prices. They must 90 accord
ingly. SASS q CRAwFoRD.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16
To CURE A coLp IN oNE ~.

Take Laxative Bromo Qmnine
Tablets. All druggist refund the
money if it fails to cure: pc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Twin Medals cigar, best )
cent cigar III Ardmore, at Ross
Bonner's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-16

Not only acute lung troubles. which
may prove fatal in a few DAYS, but
old chronic coughs and throat trou-
bles may receive immediate relief
ana be permanently cured by One
Minute Cough Cure. CITY Drug
Store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

United States the absolute fee and
ownership OF all public. government or
crown lands. public buildings or edi-
fees, ports. harbors military equip
ments and all other public property OF
every kind and description belonging
60 the government of the Hawaiian
Islands. together with every right and
appurtenance thereunto appertaining.
The existing laws OF the United
states relative To- public lands shall not
apply TO such lands In the Hawaiian Is-
lands. but the congress OF TN .,United
states shall enact special laws for their
management and disposition; provided,
that all revenue from or proceeds OF
the same. except as regards such part
thereof as may be used or occupied for
the civil. military on naval purposes of
the United states or may be- assigned
FOR the use u the local government.
SHAH be- used solely fOr the benefit OF
the Inhabitants or the Hawaiian Islands
Tor educational aud other purposes
Article lit-Until congress shall pro-
vide for the government of such islands
all the civil. judicial ana military pow
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
PAGES
0.tos IL.

from the land. Their wages are 10 yen.
or about IS in gold. a month. Here they
get what amounts To SIS month. That
II Is more than they need for sub
sistence Is shown by what they send
home. Every month from $50. 900 20 $50
900 In gold is sent TO Japan. Besides
they embrace the. opportunities offered
them here, and after their contracts are
up do even better. So. while we ac-
knowledge the benefit that Japanese la
Dor has been TO Hawaii. we want IL re-
men~oered that Hawaii has given that
labor opportunities which II could never
have at home. We welcomed them here.
but when they began TO come I'm such
numbers that they soon would have had
the islands IL was necessary for us To
call halt. If Hawaii had not been an
inviting field for Japanese colonization.
we would had have no immigration
controversy, and Japan would have
made no protest to the United States
against annexation"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII.

ment is building roads Apparently
their movements are aimless. They
greet each other as they pass, tell what
the prospect OF work is and go along
contented. They prefer To work in
"huis," or companies, on the roads
Where they can get employment or in
clearing the coffee lands. These "huis"
are joint Stock concerns. in which the
drone shares the profits equally with
the industrious laborer. The coffee
planters bargain with the head man.
and that is the end of IL on their part.
The road contractors do the same. Aft
er the bargain is made the pay is dis
tributed among the members OF the
hui" by the man they have selected TO
act for them. They are aggressive and
united. The overseers on the planta-
tions found long ago that If one Jap
was TO be disciplined by physical pun
ishment IL was necessary TO whip the
whole gang. Under those circumstances
few complaints are heard of the NAL
treatment of japanese laborers.
1t is hard to determine how many OF
these Japanese have seen actual war.
but the majority OF them have the mill
tary instinct strongly developed. All OF
course have performed the compulsory
service which their government ex-
acts from its subjects. Some of them
have clearly had further experience.
One may meet scores of japanese cross
ing the lava beds and along the trails
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

lands upon the United States, of their
geographical proximity thereto, OF the
preponderant share acquired by the
United States and its citizens in the
industries and trade OF the islands and
OF the expressed desire OF the republic
OF Hawaii that those islands should be
Incorporated into the United States as
an integral part thereof, and under it's
sovereignty, have determined 10 ac-
complish by treaty an object so impor-
tant TO their mutual and permanent
welfare. To this end the high contract
ing parties have conferred full power
and authority upon their respectively
appointed plenipotentiaries, TO wit:
The president of the United States:
John Sherman, secretary of state of the
United States.
The president OF the republic of IIa-
wall; Francis March Hatch, Lorrin A.
Thurston, and William A. Kinney.
Article 1.-The republic OF Hawaii
hereby cedes absolutely and without re-
serve TO the United States of America
all rights OF sovereignty of whatsoever
kind i'm and over the Hawaiian Islands
and their dependencies. and il 10 agreed
that all the territory of and appertain-
ing TO the republic Of Hawaii is hereby
annexed to the United States of Amer
lea under the name Of the territory of
Hawaii.
Article 1.-THE republic OF Hawaii
also cedes and hereby transfers to the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
THE JAPANESE
TRAMPS OF HAWAII.

The Japanese tramp is To be met ev-
erywhcre on the Hawaiian Islands. but
he is not a tramp in the ordinary mean
ing of the word. lie is always supplied
with enough to insure him "A lodging
and meals ana sake. n drink. At old
man Galloway's Halfway House. In the
midst of the lava desert. the patronage
of Japanese tramps enables the place 10
be kept open. Otherwise IL would be
closed. for old man Galloway does not
love desolation well enough to keep an
inn without somebody coming along TO
eat his chickens and sweet potatoes
and honey. He has japanese cook.
who Is the man Of all work about the
place. and divides the good things Of
old man Galloway's harder impartially
between his own countrymcn and the
few white people who once la great
While come that way
The trsmpsIs habit of the japanese
seems 70 be ingrsihed They move from
the sugar plantations 90 the coffee
lands. from the coffee lands to the sec-
tion oi shc country where the govern
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

said government snail continue to pay
the interest on said debt.
Article Where shall he no further
Immigration OF Chinese into the Ha-
waiian Islands except upon such condi-
tions as are now or may hereafter be
allowed by the laws OF the United
States. and no Chinese. by reason OF
anything herein contained, shall be al
lowed To enter the United States from
the Hawaiian Islands.
Article VI.-Thc president shall ap-
point five commissioners. at least two
OF whom shall be residents OF the Ha-
waiian Islands who shall. as soon as
reasonably practicable. recommend to
congress such legislation concerning
the territory OF Hawaii as they shall
deem necessary and proper
Arthle VII This treaty shall be
ratified BY the president of the United
states. by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the senate. on the one part and
by the president Of the republic of na-
vail. with the consent and advice ~
the senate. in accordance with the con-
stitution Of the said republic, on the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

The steady increase OF insanity in
England has long been attracting at
tention. but it seems from recent
German official return that In this re-
spect Prussia is not whit behind. IL
indeed IL is Irt tending TO hll its iu-
natic asylums at a more rapid rate than
I'm England In 1871 the total number
of lunatics in Prussia was 55,063, In 1850
it had risen TO 66.S50. while In 1895 IL
had gone up To $3.50. IL Is curiousiy
interesting TO note also that. while the
growth of insanity is general. IL Is more
marked among men than among wo-
men. OF 1O0.O 900 Prussian males IL seems
27S are found insane. but I'm Ike num-
ber OF women only 2i3. From figures
given i'm the same return II would seem
that blindness is diminishing, while the
number OF deaf mutes Is rather increas-
inc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
ASIATIC CUSTOMS
ON THE ISLANDS.

The japanese laborers I'm Hawaii cling
closely To their own customs. In Hilo
they have both hospital and a temple
or their own. In the country farther
back they form little settlements. where
the kimona or native dress Is worn in
preference TO other garments. They
also use japanese tools In several re-
mote places it is Said sthat polyandry
is practiced. On some of the planta-
tions Japanese women are employed as
field hands. The little brown creatures
tie up their hair i'm handkerchiefs so
that the dust may not get into II, and
trudge off To work with the men, The
manager of one of the plantations says
that the gravest trouble ne has had for
a year was a strike among the Japa-
nese women. They came i'm from the
fields one night splitting at one another.
screeching and crying In the morn
ing not one OF them would 40 to work.
Ultimately he learned that one OF their
number had in some way made her
self obnoxious. This one he kept at
the mill and then the others trudged
off To work.
With the exception OF their desire to
learn English the Japanese everywhere
remain Asiatic. They will not readily
give up their civilization for Anglo
Saxon civilization. on the island OF
Hawaii there are 1000 Of them. They
are only exceeded in number by the
native Hawaians. and are crowding
these so fast that in a few years the
natives will give way to them. The
Chinese are already yielding. The ma
tive Hawaiians have heretofore been
employed largely as teamsters, but the
Japanese are now taking their places.
In the corners OF many canefields what
seem to be the grass huts of the natives
prove on examination to be Japanese
bungalows. Apparently they know how
To draw more sustenance from rice and
fish and dried seaweed than do the
Chinese. They also have in many places
theirk own doctors. In the Kona dis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

Americans have slept all night on the
fioor of a Hawaiian land office In or
der to be on time at a sale of land
the next morning. This is proof enough
that there cannot be much doubt that
plenty OF small farmers will occupy and
cultivate profitably the lands of Ha-
wall. 1t is safe to predict that five
years after annexation takes place
there will be $4,000 American farmers
in the Hawaiian Islands. growing cof-
fee. bananas. pineapples and even farm
truck. The Asiatic population will
not be a source OF worry then. 1t will
drop TO n secondary position. Then the
better class of the Japanese will afiil
late with the Americans. To those un-
acquainted with the higher class OF
Japanese this may seem peculiar. yet IL
is the consensus of opinion among
Americans who have lived among Jap
anese and know them.
RED FANTON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

other. and the ratification hereof shall
be exchanged at Washington as soon
as possible.
In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed the above
articles and hereunto affixed their
seals.
Done in duplicate at the city OF
Washington this sixteenth day OF June.
one thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-seven.
JOHN SHERMAN ISeall
FRANCIS MARCH HATCH [Seall.
LORRIN A. THURSTON [Seall.
WILLIAM A. KINNEY [Seall.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

through the forests. who are provided
with the latest improved army canteens
instead OF the water bottle OF the ordi-
nary wayfarer Many of them. too.
swing along with a military stride which
is unmlstakable. One night the writer
attended a house warming given by
Japanese carpenter. The participants
were other carpenters OF the district.
wheelwrights and local traders. Few of
them were road laborers or hired plan
tation hands. The feast consisted OF
roast pig. fish and tidbits OF all sorts.
which were eaten with chopsticks. Sake
was the favored drink, but the greatest
moderation was observed in both eat
ing and drinking. After toasts had
been drunk 10 Yamataga. the giver of
the feast. merrymaking followed. Jap
anese games were played. but IL was
the military drills that brought out the
greatest enthusiasm one merry fellow
went through ali the motions OF the new
recruits drill, showing the fresh sol
dier's awkwardness as compared with
the veteran. He played buglo accom-
paniment with his fingers 10 his lips
and his appeal Co the military feeling
was responded TO by the whole compa-
NY. Akuba, the overseer on "a neigh
boring plantation. was asked how many
of the men had been soldiers i'm the war
with China. Not quite understanding
the question, he said with animation:
You want soldiers? / get you plenty
OF them" When IL was explained that
all that was sought was information
about the former soldiers. Akuba's face
fell He said there were not many vet
Grams of the Chinese war on the is
land; probably not more than one In
hundred had taken part I'm that strug-
gle. Nevertheless. good many old
uniforms are found.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

ers exercised by the officers OF the ex-
isting government I'm said islands shall
be vested in such person or persons
and shall be exercised In such manner
as the president OF the United States
shall direct. and the president shall
have power TO remove said officers and
fill the vacancies so occasioned.
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian
Islands with foreign nations shall forth
with cease and determine, being re-
placed by such treaties as may exist,
or as may be hereafter concluded, be-
tween the United States and such for
eign nations. The municipal legisla-
tion of the Hawaiian Islands. not en-
acted for the fulillment of the treaties
so extinguished and not inconsistent
with this treaty, nor contrary To the
constitution of the United States. nor
To any existing treaty OF the United
States, shall remain i'm force until the
congress of the United States shall 9TH
erwise determine. Until Legislation shall
be enacted extending the United States
custom laws and regulations to the Ha-
waiian Islands the existing customs
regulations of the Hawaiian Islands
with the United States and other coun-
tries shall remain unchanged.
Article IV.-The public debt OF the
republic of Hawaii lawfully existing
at the date of the ratification OF this
treaty. including the amounts due to
depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Saw
ings bank, is hereby assumed by the
government of the United States; but
the liability of the United States in this
regard shall in no case exceed $4,000, O00
So long. however. as the existing gov
ernment and the present commercial
relations of the Hawaiian Islands are
continued, as hereinbefore provided,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

trict one frequently meets the Japa-
nese doctor riding furiously Is or 20 miles
away from his home. He has his sad
dlebag, for all the world like the Amer
lean country doctor OF generation
ago.
In Honolulu the Japanese does not
appear so well as on the plantations.
He is more aggressive and disagreea-
bic and anxious for trouble. AS Homo
lulu is the port TO which all immigrants
come. IL is perhaps natural that the
scum should settle there and remain. An
American merchant summarized the OBJ
lection TO them by saying that they
were "bumptlous and presumptuous."
Another American said the whole trou-
BILE was that the nation had the big
head, but would be all right after Uncle
Sam dipped IL I'm the Pacific ocean.
While there are many Japanese mer-
chants I'm Honolulu their commercial
standing is not good They are tricky
and overreaching. No comparison can
be made between them and the Chinese
merchants The credit OF the Chinese
merchants is unimpeachable.
Much Is said by the Japanese i'm IIa-
wall about their share i'm developing
the natural wealth of the islands. This
Is true. They have been OF great bene-
ht ON the sugar plantations. I'm building
roads and in clearing coffee iungles.
But the other side was put by mem
Der Of President nole's cabinet in this
wsy0
1t j. Hawaii that has given oppor-
tunity go these Japanese They come
here because they DO Infinitely better
than az home ! have seen the farm la
borcrs in japan working long hours.
Contentcd IL they got a bare subsistence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
THE TREATY
WITH HAWAII.

The following Is the fun text Of the
Hawaiian treaty
The tnitsd States Of America and
the repdlIic or Hawaii. in view ~ the
natural dependence VI the Hawaiian Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
Americans Will Always Be
Masters of the
Islands.
Excellent Opportunities For Farmers and Set
Iers-CharacteriStics of the Japanese
POpulatOn-CuStOmS From
the Occdent.

will fill up with Americans in mighty
short order The American population
will increase as rapidly as II did i'm the
farming districts of California, and no
American is ashamed of the state of
California.
Whether the predominant population
now is Japanese. Chinese or Hawaiian
IL will make little difference after an
nexation. Even at the present time
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
Marriage and Death Door.

Many old houses in Holland have
Special door which is never opened save
ON two occasions when there IL "a mar
riase on death in the family The
bride and groom enter by this door. IL
IS then nailed on barred up until a
death occurs when II ~ opened. and
the body " removed by this exit
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-20
LIME CITY.

Miss Emerette Warner is In Wal
bridge on account of the illness of her
mother.
A number of Lime City people at
tended the entertainment In Perrys-
burg last Monday evening.
Mrs. E. A. Cox spent part of last
week with her mother near Kenton.
VIM. Schlect and son George were
In our city on business last Monday.
Martin Powers is able to be up after
several weeks sickness.
Ii. Hoffman and wife entertained a
sleighing party Monday evening.
i. A. Cox attended the fftieth ami
versary of the /. o. o. H. lodge at Ken
ton last Wednesday.
A. e. Hitchcock is having his house
decorated and papered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-20
IN NIENIORIANI.

Anna Mary Schumacher, nee
Schaffner, was born on the 30th o.
June, 1926, in Wintersingen, Canton
Basel, Switzerland, and died Feb. l3
1897, at the age of 20 years, months
and 13 days.
She emigrated to America, Novem-
ber 1850. January Sd, 1851, she mar.
ried Andrew Schumacher In this city.
Forty years ago she joined the Ger
man M. e. church In this city and has
since been true, active and highly
esteemed member thereof.
She was also one of the founders OF
the Ladies Aid Society of the congre-
CATION in which she labored faithfully
until her death. She was we'll pre-
pared to meet her Savior.
She leaves her bereaved husband,
three sons, three daughters and rea-
tives, besides many friends In the
church and city. One son, Andrew,
preceded his mother about three years
ago.
The funeral was largely attended and
the floral tributes numerous and beau
tiful.
Her pastor, Rev. Jacob Braun,
selected the appropriate text, Revela-
tion IA, l3. His discourse both in Ger
man and English was heartfelt and
we'll received. ~