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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The Attention OF Congress is Direct
ed to the Sufferers In the
Flooded Districts.


Information which has re-
Gently come to me from the
/ governors OF Arkansas. Missis-
sippi and Louisiana and from
prominent citizens OF these
states and Tennessee, warrants
the conclusion that widespread
distress. involving The destruc-
ton Of large amount OF prop
erty and loss If human Eie, re-
suited lrom the floods which
have been submereing that see
ton Of the country. These are
stated on reliable authority to
he the most destructive floods
that ever devastated the NisSis-
sipli valley, the wafer being
much higher lh9u the highest
stage it ever reached before.
From Marion, Ark. north of
Menohi,. 10 Grcenviiie. Miss,
a distance OF more than 30
mites by liver. 1t Is reported
that there are now at least fifty
towns and villages under water
+ and the territory extending 100
miles north OF Memphis to 200
miles south and from ) TO -
miles wide submerged, hum
dreds OF thousands OF acres OF
cultivated soil with the growing
crops included in the submcrg-
eel territory. In this section
alone theye are from 10000 to
C0,000 people whose property
has been destroyed and whose
business is suspended. Growing
crops are ruined and thousands
: OF cattle drowned and the in
habitants in certain areas
threatened with destruction. as
Il great majority Of the sufferers
: are small farmers. they thus
= having been left entirely desti-
= tute aud viii be unpreI,ared foI
+ work even after the floods have
G subsided.
! The entire Mississippi valley
5 in Arkansas is flooded and
9 communication with many
q points is cut off and in Missis-
e sippi like condition exists.
The levces in Louisiana, with .
/ single exception, nave held, bat
d theIwater j. rising and the si:ua-
/ SON here IS reported as being
: extremely critical.
Under such circumstances the
citizens OF these states look foi
d the cooperation and support
'e Of the national government il
/ relieving the pressing cases OF
5 destitution with food, clothing
= and shelter, which are beyond
the reach Of theit efforts. The
d authorities who have communi-
} Gated with the executive recog.
/ nize that their first and most
II energetic duty is to provide as
/ far as possible means for caring
t for their own citizens; but
/ nearly all of them agree in the
y opinion that after theirresources
e have been exhausted Il sum
II aggregating at least $1j0.000,
d and possibly 100000, will be
Y required for Immediate use.
It Precedents are not wanting
?. that in such emergencies as this
: congress has taken prompt,
: generous and intelligent action,
involving the expenditure OF
considerable sums of money
5 with satisfactory results. In
: 1874 $4,000 was appropriated
n aud in 1892 $3J0,000 was also
I appropriated for relief in the
same direction, besides large
+ sums in other years.
e The citizens relief commit
= tee of Memphis, which has
t taken prompt action, has al
e ready cared for from 6OO0 tc
Y 1000 refugees from flooded dis
. tricts and they are still arriving
: in that city in large numbers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08
II. F. POTTS & co.

Thirty years is a long time to fight
so painful a trouble as piles, bnt Ja-
cob Mitchell of Unionville, Pa. 4,
struggled that long before he tried
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, which
quickly and permanently cured him.
IL is equally effective in eczema and
all skin affections. City Drug Store.
Cascarets stimulate liver, kid
neyS and bowels. Never sicken
weaken or gripe; Zoe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08
g. MASON.
Druggists and Booksellers.

Your patronage solicited. Good
value for your money.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. AL druggist refund the
money If it fails to cure; 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08

The best line Of cigars in the
city at Coleman & Lynn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-08
TISsE TABLE
CoIorc,io osd Santa &c Railway

ARDMoRE, THURSDAY, APRIL s
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

party, who agree perfectly not only in
but also in the detailed description Of
it.
All who have seen or claim to have
seen the mirage agree in several i'm
por.ant details of the appearance. The
streets in the mirage are always de-
serted. The observers all say that the
architecture Is not at all like the ar
chitecture of an American town. The
houses are quaint, solid and old-fash-
toned. Then there seems to be unan-
dome, as if of some monster build
ing and of at least one thin
church spire in the distance
The accompanying illustration
ton is a copy of one of Mr.. Willough-
by's photographs taken in 1888. In the
foreground are seen several houses, I'M
questionably of English architecture.
There are the elm trees with leafiess
branches. The main feature of the
picture is the lofty structure in the
Illuult, Sdlu W llC ldlhOuo lHPioSO
pal cathedral of Bristol as it appeared
twenty years ago, when the building
was undergoing repairs. The shipping
and the river are not visible. The
strongest points made by Professor
Jordan in his article are found in his
indications of the nearness of the
house in the foreground and the leaf
less elm trees Tin midsummer). These
two things are certainly telling points
against the genuineness of the Will
loughby photographs Even the small
tiles on the chimney pots are visible.
But judging by the tales told by Mr..
Thornton, apparent proximity and
clearness of detail in the foreground
are not impossibilities in mirages.
Are there two silent cities in the
skies of Alaska? If the Willoughby
photographs are genuine there must be
for the description given by Mr.. Thorn
ton of what he saw in July does not
coincide with the photographs taken
nine years ago from the Muir glacier.
The vision, said Mr.. Thornton, was so
distinct as to require strong faith that
it was not a real city. The principal
feature of the mirage was what ap-
peared to be two Chinese temples. In
the middle of the city was a huge
building with great columns reaching
from the ground to the roof. Sur
mounting this was a great dome, Near
this structure was a group of solid
buildings which Mr.. Thornton de-
scribed as business blocks" Then
there was a church with tall spire
and then three buildings that looked
like factories He added that these
three buildings were only partly visi-
BILE, but that the city seemed to ex-
tend far away in that direction.
Three theories only are open to ac-
count for all these stories. The al
legged observers are deluded and no one
ever saw a city, silent or otherwise, in
the Alaskan skies; all these stories are
pure fabrications and the travellers are
attempting to deliberately deceive
their hearers; or silent cities are seen
in mirage from the Muir and the Ma
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

laspina glaciers in Alaska. 1t would
seem absurd to charge six men with
willful deception. Such a supposition
involves concerted action among them,
and six men of ordinarily good char
acter do not deliberately lie with no
especial purpose in view. Equally alb
surd is it to suppose that these various
witnesses were the victims of illusion,
delusion or hallucination, whichever
the scientific man desires to call it.
Even scientific men have been doubted
when they have made assertions con-
ed by more substc n evidence. The
only absolute tru,.. of the proof of
these travellers tales will be, of course,
photographs taken under conditions
which will admit of no doubt of their
genuineness. Until this is done scien-
tific men will ridicule the stories, and
for that very reason, perhaps, it will
not be a man of science who will be the
first to obtain indisputable evidence of
the alleged phenomenon.
Alaska's mysterious city (if it be q
mirage truly, is of that class of mir
ages known as 'Fata Morgana," so
called because of the Sicilian belief
that the wonderful mirages of the See
of Reggie are caused by fairy (fata)
whose name is Morgana. The phenom-
enon seen in the Straits of Messina is
a most remarkable and beautiful effect
of mirage. The airy images take the
forms of grand architectural struc-
lures, magnificent landscapes, columns,
arches, towers, castles, palaces, ave-
nues, trees, and wooded plains, with
crowds of moving men and women and
animals, the whole scene being full of
the highest animation and changing
rapidly and marvelously in color.
These transformations are caused by
extraordinary reflections in the atmos-
phere. The silent city of the glaciers
is a most commonplace and orderly
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

that he is very anxious to try his luck
in Alaska, make fortune, become a
good citizen and retrieve his good
name. He wants Auditor Seibert to
intercede for him with Gov Stephens
and secure him a pardon. He points
out in forceful language that, if he is
kept in prison until the expiration OF
his sentence, in 1912, the gold field will
be overcrowded, and his chances of
striking a rich lead will be greatly di-
minished.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
TOO ENGAGING YOUNG MAN.
Breach of Promise Suit Causes Him to
Change Brides Quickly.

Change Brides Quickly.
Freeport, H., correspondence OF st.
Louis Globe Democrat: George Spear
en-, superintendent of the water COM
pany at Warren and Miss Mary Schroe-
der, also Of Warren, were married here
today under rather unusual circum-
stances. Spearen went to Warren about
a year ago from Batavia, H., where
he had lived for some time, and where
he had courted and became engaged
to a wealthy but not very attractive
young lady, Shortly after he went to
Warren, Spearen met Mary Schroeder,
who is beautiful and had just been di-
vorced in this city. The young en-
gineer at once fell in love with her, and
was soon engaged to her, but he did
not break with his Batavia sweetheart,
and their wedding was to have oc-
Cured early in the summer, but the
ceremony was postponed. A breach OF
promise suit threatened him whichever
one he married, and, after months
hesitation, he concluded to take the
wealthy girl. He, therefore, left War
rem for Batavia, where he expected to
marry her tonight. Miss Schroeder
heard of his decision, and she came
here yesterday, secured a lawyer and
began a breach of promise suit. When
the young man stepped from the War
rem train this morning he was met py
the sheriff with a summons, and he
accompanied the officer to Justice Mar
WINS office, where he met Miss Schroe-
der. They made up their quarrel in
short time, and were married, leaving
directly afterward for New London, On
tario, where the young mans parents
live. They will probably stay there.
All preparations were made for the
Batavia wedding tonight, but the
bridegroom failed to appear.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

ognized the view of Bristol from the
noted Brandon hill.
{ In the June QS97) number of the
Popular Science Monthly Professor Da-
Vid Starr Jordan, president of the Stan
ford University, published an article in
which he charged that the Willoughby
photograph was a fraud, and said 1t
had been made from an old plate taken
twenty years ago Professor Hudson
remembered that the famous cathedral
of the town was at that time undergo
ing repairs. An investigation into the
methods of photography used by Mr..
Willoughby which was made by an
officer of the Albatross was not salts
factory. The old prospector fatty re-
fused to disclose what sort of chemicals
he had used or how he had developed
his plates. Professor Jordan took
high scientific ground in his criticism
of the photographs, and did not hest
tate to say that so far as mirages in
Alaska were concerned, the Willough-
by pictures were rather poor and I'M
substantial guide.
Professor Jordan's argument would
be strong or even convincing from the
standpoint of circumstantial evidence
were it not counterbalanced by testi-
monial evidence, the validity of which
there can be no reasonable doubt. Even
If Mr.. Willoughby's photographs were
not genuine, the chances that he really
saw a mirage city are very great. a
man named Bruce, we'll known in Alas
ka, testifes that he saw the city de-
scribed by Mr.. Willoughby. S. B.
French also says he was fortunate
enough to see it. There is an Indian
legend about Glacier Bay in which the
story of the phantom city is preserved.
Robert Christie and George Patterson
OF Bartlett Bay aver that they, too
have seen it. And now comes Mr..
Thornton, a man of position in Seat
tlp. and five members Of Prince Luigis
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

mirage compared with the almost in
credible effects of refraction that arc
seen in Calabria, and if Mr.. Willoughby
had told of a mirage such at the Fata
Morgana Is known to be he would
probably be given a severer scoring
than that which he has received at the
hands OF Professor Jordan in the
Popular Science Monthly. But as Pro-
fessor Jordan confidently predicted
new boutreak Of the glacier city and
more newspaper stories concerning 1t
he will no doubt feel more than justi-
fed for the opinions he has expressed
concerning the unreliability OF the
unframed observers of Glacier Bay.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
Taking Him Mt His Word.

There is story OF Bishop Barring
ton and Philpotts, afterward Bishop of
Exeter, who was at the time Barring
tons secretary. The bishop said.
Il wish you to select for publication
twelve of my sermons that you think
will do me least discrGdit."
Shortly after, when the sermons had
been chosen, the bishop asked: do you
think that these will do me credit?"
Il prefer, my lord" answered Phil
potts, Ito adhere to your lordship's
former expression"
The sermons were not published
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
A Klondyke Struck Convict.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat:
]. B. Johnson, the desperate convict
who fired the prison and led the re-
volt in 'S9, by which 100000 worth Of
property was destroyed, and who has
since made several murderous assaults
on officers, is suffering with severe at
tack Of Klondike gold fever. He has
written a letter to State Auditor Jas.
NJ. Seibert, one of the prison inspectors,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
To Get Rid of Flies.

Pope Stephen "a. D. 500 drove away
a plague of locusts by sprinkling the
fields with holy water. while st. Ber-
nard destroyed an innumerable multi
tude of flies which filed his church
and interrupted his sermon by simply
pronouncing the words excommunicO
cas- CT excommunicate them Corn
hill MaSazine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

Myrtle-"They say that you made a
regular fool of Algy Persons, at the
islands. last week" Maud-"No; they
are wrong. l might have done it but
for one thing" Myrtle-"What was
that?" Maud-"Somebody had An
ished the job before got hold of him."
Cleveland Leader.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
Another Theory.

The most curious thing about the
insane rush to Alaska is that the pro-
portion Of fools in the rest of the
world does not seem to be materially
decreased.-New York Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES"
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Text, ii. Chron. 5:13 as Fol
lows: 1T Came Even to Pass the
Singers We're as One to Make One

HE temple was
done. 1t was the
very chorus of all
magnifcence and
pomp. Splendor
crowded against
splendor. 1t was
the diamond neck
lace of the earth.
From the huge pill
lars crowned with
leaves and flowers
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
QUEER FABRICS.

There is a firm in Venice which is
turning out glass bonnets by the thou
sand and several other European fac
tories are showing remarkable results
in this particular industry. The In
fanta Mercedes, sister of the little king
of Spain, recently received from the
Venetian factory white ball dress of
spun glass as pliable as silk. Many
society women with a within for the
curious have similar gowns.
Queen Victoria owns a more marvel
Gus robe. In 1877 the empress of Bra
I'll sent her a gown woven from a GER
tain spiders web which for fineness of
texture and beauty surpasses the love-
Hest silk. A drachm of web reaches 200
miles and is proportionately stronger
than a bar of tempered steel. A web
of equal thickness would support sew
enty-four tons, while steel would
break at fifty tons. These spiders when
at work eat seventy-eight times their
own weight every day and produce IN
ly half grain of silk.
Louis XIV. has a coat made of spi-
ders' web which was a great curiosity
in those days. LIE Bon, a great beau
of Languedoc, had, some 200 years ago,
webs woven into gloves and stockings.
In one Of Gilbert's funny Bah Bal
lads" there is a story of two noted
dukes, one of whom wore silver I'M
derclothing and the other pewter. The
Japanese make underclothing of a
much cheaper paper-fine-
ly crisped and grained. This is cut.
sewed together as cloth would be, and
where buttonholes are necessary linen
is used for Strengthening the paper.
The material is strong and flexible
and light, weighing about ninety grains
to the square foot The Japanese also
make umbrellas of paper which even
after it has become wet is hard to
tear.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01
IN A MIRAGE CITY.
THE WONDERFUL SIGHT WIT
MESSED IN ALASKA.
The Silent City In the Clouds-Supposed
to Have an Original Somewhere on
This sphere-Lately Seen by IA Seattle
Man. q

nee again "The
Silent City of Alas
ka" has been
brought before the
public with it's
mysterious towers,
it's deserted streets,
it's quaint roof tops
and its quaint
beauty. The man
who describes it
this time is c.. w.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-01

lUOTUIOU, well kHOWu ClllLeu VI Dc
attic and a member of the Young
Mems Christian Association of that
city. He was one of the party that
made up the expedition of Prince Lui
81 of Savoy to the top of Mt. st. Elias.
Five other men were with Mr.. Thorn
ton when the beautiful mirage was
seen. The mirage city has formerly
been reported as having been seen
from the Muir glacier. Mr.. ThorntoR
and his companions saw it from the
Malaspina glacier They had left the
expedition to return to the coast for
provisions. The mirage was noticed
at about o'clock in the morning and
lasted for thirty-fve minutes. Then 1t
vanished.
The first that was ever heard of a
mirage city in Alaska was in 1888. In
that year Richard G. Willoughby, a
prospector of Juneau, Alaska, came
down from the Muir glacier with the
assertion that he had beheld wonder
full city in the clouds. 1t was standing
out in the sky, in full view. There
were masses of tall brick houses with
sloping roofs, elm trees in the fore
ground and a river with shipping in
the distance. From the midst of the
buildings arose two great towers sur
rounded with scaffolding. Mr.. Will
loughby infinitely described the mirage
and claimed to have seen it several
times. Changes had taken place in
the towers as if progress had been
made in the construction of the build
ing. The people heard the miners
story with wonder, but as no one but
himself had seen it no great import
ance was attached to the tale, until in
June of the year named he succeeded
in photographing the mirage and fix
ing the picture upon plate. These
pictures had a large sale, and in 1899
several of them found their way to
Chicago. A citizen of this city who
saw copy of the photograph declared
that it was view of Bristol. England.
Others who were familiar with Bristol
verified the identification and more
b, lately Prof. William H. Hudson of
Stanford University, California, rec
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
A Great Book Given AWAY.

One of the most deeply interesting
and truly educative books ever writ
ten is "The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" by R. V. Pierce,
Chief Consulting Physician of the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. This splendid volume
of o pages, includes ninety pages
on the subject of diseases peculiar to
women, with directions for home
treatment, rendering unnecessary the
embarrassing denominations" and
generally useless "local treatment'so
dreaded by modest women. 1t also
treats extensively diseases of men
and points out their remedies. The
book contains the most comprehen-
sive explanation of human physiology
and the rational principle of hygiene
ever published. Illustrated with over
300 engravings-a complete medical
library in n volume. No other
medical book in the English language
had such an enormo sale.
$50, 900 copies were sold at 81 so each.
DIR. Pierce is now distributing a new
free edition of a half a million copies.
A copy will be sent absolutely free to
anyone who will send to the Worlds
Medical Association, Buff
falo, N. Y, 21 one-cent stamps to pay
cost of mailing only. The present
edition is in all respects the same as
that sold at 81. 90 except only that it
bound in strong manila paper COW
ers instead of cloth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
STOCK NOTES.
From The Paris Annual

MHE
Harry Cleaver this week so,s.
light hogs to B. F. Vaughn at san
Joseph Davis, 8 miles YVES,
has 90 feeding steers !.
gained 4725 pounds in 81 davs {.
average gain per head of 1881. NOM
John Vandeventer on Wedn...
delivered a car load of hogs to ~
Bros. at StoutsvIlle at %. 90. Th,.ss
the lowest price we have heard i, .
some time.
J. R.. Ridgeway bought Of "
Wright IS head of yearling c,.a
average weight $40 pounds, for NJ.
he paid $4.25 per hundred. The ~.
were shipped Sunday.
A gentleman from near Perry -.
that In the last two weeks Sid po-s
has shipped 14OO hogs from PERI.
Chicago, for which he paid 50 to 4,
Hogs must be plentiful down !.
way.
The last shipment of Arms.
sheep arrived at Paris Monday. n
were $500 in the lot, all of which :.
bought around San Angelo, I'm
They are Merinos, and while they,
heavier than the sheep brouehs,
before, they are not as good In onsn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
THE CONLEY ESTATE.
University Claim On It to Be Thor
oughly Tested.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, June 12.-The ad-
illustrators of the estate of John @.
Conley, who recently died at his home
here, are about to become involved
in an interesting legal contest with
the authorities of the University of
Missouri. At the time of his death
the parents and other immediate rel
atives of John O. Conley were not liv-
ing, and, according to law, the State
University gets a large per cent of his
estate. The question Is disputed by
the many heirs of deceased, who left
an estate valued s3OO, 900. They will
combine in testing the claim of the
university, and have consulted lawyers
with this in view.
The administrators of the estate are
w. W. Garth and Turner McBain, of
Columbia, and Samuel Hunt, of Boone
County. The university authorities
have not yet made a move in the mat
ter, but it is certain that the claims of
the university will be vigorously push
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
1t Was Premeditated-

A column article in Saturdays LED.
GER told of the desertIon of Robert
H. Boyer, living is miles north Of
here, by his 24-year-old wife. 1t was
then thought that Mrs. Boyer left in
company with a man named A. j.
Baker. Not over three miles from
the LEDGER office lays a trunk with
the following words written on a blank
bill head in a scrawly hand writing:
ga. j. Baker," which was written by
the mar who left the trunk; "June 1,
1897" was added by the proprietor OF
the place in which the trunk was left
as a means of remembering when it
was left there. The proprietor said
that Baker had the trunk In the front
part of a buggy when he brought it
there and said he wanted to store it,
but did not know how long; he said
that he would pay for the storage.
The trunk was left three days before
the woman ran off with Baker.