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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07
COTTON.

wi ONs
New York, Nov. 1.-Two or
points advance took place the first
half hour. Although sentiment was
largely against present prices, buy
ers appear on every slight decline.
Gables were unchanged for spots at
Sd. Sales, 10000. Futures at Liver
pool were steady at 1-2 to l point
advance. 1t is believed that sellers
from now on will display more eau
ton than heretofore. Liverpool, al
though showing only slight changes
of late. fails to develop that aggres-
sive policy which was feared. After
the early market futures were easier
at and around Saturdays prices
Some foreign selling took place dur
ing the morning, but there was little
doing on the whole. The port re-
ceipts reached 81, All: exports to-
day, about "a 900. The market closed
to points higher for near months
and unchanged for late months.
sPoTs-MIDDLING.
New York, 8 5-16; sales, 1900; dull.
New Orleans, 3-4; sales 2250;
steady.
Liverpool, 8; sales 1O, 900; fair de-
mand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

Gov. Brown of the Seminole ma
ton says his people are becoming
more and more satisfied with their
treaty with Uncle Sam, and Gov.
McCurtain of the ChOctaw nation
says the same. The fact of the
matter is the majority of the intel
ligent Indians are beginning to
wonder why they didn't take the
allotment step a generation ago.
Muskogee Phoenix.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07
PRODUCE
IEXASl TEXASI

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway company will. sell round
trip tickets on Nov. 1st, 18th, Dec.
9th and Goth, with final limit of re
turn to Il days from date of sale
An excellent opportunity for home
seekers, tourists and investors to
view for themselves the great re-
sources of the state. For further
information address, F., B. Drew,
G. F. & T. A., Parsons. Ras.
l0s27-tf
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swerable

WOMEN are coming to the front
in Oklahoma territory as public
officials. Miss Alice v. Beitman
is a candidate on the Free Silver
ticket for reelection as superin-
tend Of schools in Oklahoma
county. Mrs. Nellie McHarg,
register of deeds in Woodward
county, is candidate for reelection
on the Populist ticket. Miss Lucy
Waldrnp is the Republican nomi-
nee and Miss Lizzie Monahan the
Democratic nominee for the same
Office. So whatever ticket may
win woman register is certain to
be elected. Miss Lucy A. Minor
is the Republican nominee for
school superintendent In Noble
county. IN Pawnee county Miss
Mary Hussey is the Republican
candidate for school superintend
fnt. i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

THE Territory farmer is praying
for rain. A rain now would solve
the cotton problem. Wheat-sow-
ing time is here, and if the ground
could be plowed, the wheat acre
age would doubtless be increased
500 per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

Gov. Tanner of Illinois takes
the ground that if the United
States is justified in preventing the
importation of contract laborers
and of convicts to the country, the
state over which he presides is
equally entitled to the same brand
of self-protection His logic is
good, and as far as it applies to
the introduction of habitual crimi-
mails like the negroes from the Ala
bama convict mines is unan-
Swerahle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

If Uncle Sam pays any lump
sum to the Spaniards in the settle
ment for the Philippines, it is a
pity that the arrearages to the
Spanish soldiers could not be Sc
cured to them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

THE prided flagship of Admiral
Cervera, the Maria Teresa, sunk
by Schley's feet and raised by the
courageous Hobson, went down
again-lost in a storm while on
her way to the United States from
the Cuban coast.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

The finding of immense bodies
of anthracite and bituminous coal
In the Copper river valley, Alaska,
will no doubt be the means of pop
ulating the frozen North.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

Truth wears well. People have
earned that Dew it's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for
regulating the bowels, curing consti-
patton, and sick headache. Thev
don't grippe. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

THERE is more religion embodied
i'm the golden rule than there may
be in q ton of creeds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

We would all be surer of heaven
if we could be born old men and
women and then grow backward.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

A NEW YORK man and his wife
started out the other day on their
wheels to ride around the world
awheel-a sort of century run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07
TIME TABLE,
ARDMoRE. MONDAY, Nov. 7.

GREAT BRITAIN spends on tobac-
co and pipes about $14, 900, 900 ev-
cry wear,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07
LOCAL nARKETS.

The prices quoted below are
those paid by our merchants and
will be changed every day, or as
often as the market is affected.
COTTON
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-07

PUTS AND CALLS ON DEC. WHEAT
Puts, "a S-4, 5-s to 8 4, 3-4.
Calls, e6 1-s, 66 to 1-s. Is, IA. 1-s, Ct
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"Minnesotians are fighters, and will only
be satisfied in the front ranks" Gov.
Stephens of Missouri declares that if war
is declared he will issue call for 10000
troops.
And so il goes and so IL comes, with
other warrior States to hear from. There
is no lack of soldiers. Spain can depend
upon that. Old Glory was at half-mast
because the tears were being shed for the
dead in Havana. but it proudly and de-
family waves in the brcezes that blow
from the north south, east and west and
it will be well for the Spaniard If the
good ship Maine went to the bottom of the
Havana harbor as the result of an in
scrutable act of providence.
This Washington correspondent, whose
assertions are thought 10 be reliable, says
that private talks with members both
of the Senate and House clearly indicate
that there is volcano Mt the Capitol
which may burst into activity at almost
any time. The pictures of the wreck re-
ceived in Washington, reproductions of
which are shown on this page, coupled
with the general tenor of newspaper dis
patches, have gone far to convince men,
bers of Congress that the Maine was
blown up from the outside. They are
willing to wait n reasonable length of
time for the board of inquiry to discover
something definite but as the general
opinion is in favor of Il torpedo or sub
marine mine, failure to discover positive
evidence of an accident will only serve to
confirm this opinion.
Several well-known Senators talked
with say that they are being fairly nun-
dated with letters and kilograms regard
ing the catastrophe in Havana harbor,
and that ninety out of hundred of
them look upon the explosion as the result
of Spanish plot and demand action ac-
cordingly. Conservative leaders are be-
coming startled by these expressions OF
public opinion, and they say this is evil
dnce of rising tide of popular indigna-
tion which will sweep Congress from its
feet unless something is done to allay the
excitement.
The newspaper reports Indicate with
surprising unanimity that submarine
mine destroyed the Maine. If these re-
ports are not contradlctcd promptly and
officially Congress will surely respond
with declaration Of war. which is clearly
within its powers. and which the Prcsi-
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BAKERS AssAssINs SOUGHT.
Rewards offered for Those Who Killed
the Negro Postmaster.


The most revolving crime ever perpe-
trated by white men in South Carolina
was committed at Lake City, Williams
burg County, at 1 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, when Postmaster Baker negro,
and his family were burned out of their
home, the postmaster and a babe in arms
killed and the wife and three daughters
shot and MANNED for life. Baker was
appointed postmaster three months ago.
Lake City is n town of 800 inhabitants,
and the negro population in the vicinity
is large. There was a protest at Bakers s
appointment, but it was not very vigor-
Gus one.
Information Of the killing of the post
master and the burning of his office came
to the Postoffice Department at Wash
ington in dispatch from Inspector Will
liams, in charge of the district, who has
headquarters at Chattanooga. The lat
ter's telegram was very Drief, and mere
ly told of the killing OF the man and the
burning of the Office. He will send an in
spector to the scene of the tragedy at
once to investigate and make u full re-
port of the case to the department. When
this is obtained the Department of JUS
ticc will be asked to prosecute the per-
sons engaged in the crime. The Postmas-
ter General has offered reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction of the per-
sons who burned the postofiice, and a re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction
Of the persons who murdered the post
master at the same time Gen. Gary has
issued an order to discontinue the office
at Lake City
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taken from the wreck and will be given
to the reconcentrados.
The Spanish anti-American feeling in
Havana is growing and Americans are in
suited openly on the streets.
The most intense anxiety is shown by
the Spanish officials in Havana, who are
in constant communication with Madrid
Divers found the bodies of twenty men
In hammocks, where they had been in
stantly killed 10y the shock of the explo-
sion.
Admiral Sicard issued orders forbidding
any United States official or sailor to talk
of the Maine disaster with outsiders un-
der severe penalty.
Significance is attached to the fact that
the wrecked ship was the first foreign
war vessel to be anchored to that par
ticular buoy since the Cuban trouble be-
gan.
Sharks have given little trouble, but
the vultures left scarcely anything but
the skeletons Of three men, who were en-
tangled in debris very near the surface
of the water.
A Spanish lieutenant openly boasted
that IL any other United States warship
arrived she would be served the same
way. His brother officers applauded him
uproariously.
One thing seems certain, II the Maine
was blown up by an outside agency, the
agent was a mine, and not n torpedo, as
no torpedo known could have produced
such tremendous results.
The number of missing is cighty-6ve or
eighty-six, and five have died i'm the hos
pital. OF the missing many doubtless
were blown to atoms, no portions OF their
bodies being recoverable.
Cubans claim that there are mine gal
leries under the harbor leading from sub
terranean passages known to have exist
ed for years between Fort Cabanas and
Moro Castle and Havana
Havana newspapers are not permitted
to publish any news concerning what is
going on In Washington, and American
papers have been called for BY the censor,
who seizes NIL printing any disturbing
news
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zoLA IS FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to n Year i'm Prison and a
Fine of 5000 Francs.


Emile Zola has been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one year and to pay a fine
of 1900 francs. NJ. Perreux, manager OF
the Aurore, the Paris newspaper which
printed Zola's open letter to President
Faurc, is sentenced to Imprisonment for
four months, and To pay fine of 5000
francs. Zola's appeal to the justice of
his country has been in vain. The spec
tators within the court and the mob in
the streets howled with JOY when the SEN
tence was pronounced. The mob yelled
death to Zola" and "Down with the
Jews" Had it not been for the strong
guard of police the mob would have drag
ged Zola from his carriage and killed him.
This result has been expected ever since
the complaint was fled The charges
were skllfully confined to Zola's criti-
cism of the Esterhazy court martial and
ignored the Dreyfus question. The court
steadily upheld this limitation of the is
sue The jury was out less than half an
hour. The court promptly gave lola the
limit of the law
1t is inadequate to describe that dis
tractcd country by saying that France is
no longer n republic. 1t is better ana
truer to say that France has never been
republic. No man dares cry "Nive la
republique" in the streets of Paris. "Zola
has been condemned, and the army is
avenged cries the press and the public.
Zola has been sentenced to year i'll
prison for denouncing n gross public out
rage upon justice. and Paris is gay and
light hearted over the belief that at last
she has rid herself of the hated incubus
which for weeks and months has tram
melcd trade and pleasure. The last day
of the trial saw the elimination of the
excitement and passion of the fourteen
days already passed. The audience threw
itself from one spasm Of emotion into an
other until, at the end, after expending
its last strength in delirium of excite
ment over the verdict and sentence, 1t
went away exhausted.
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wrong. 1t has been suggested to the Pres-
ident that an indemnity of S10,0OO,O0O
might be demanded from Spain If the
board of inquiry reports that the battle
ship was blown up by Il torpedo or sub
marine mine. Some members of the cab
met are reported to favor such demand,
but il is not favorably considered by men
in Congress with wider range of expert
ence in such affairs. Should il be estab-
lished clearly that the Maine was blown
mp by torpedo or mine placed III Ha-
vana harbor for defense. it is not proba-
bic that this Government will present any
claim for damages. 1t will he regarded
as hostile act-as the beginning of n
war in the most barbarous and treacher
ous manner.
Had one Of the guns at the fortress
opened on the Maine rs she entered Ha-
vana harhor it would have been regarded
as Il declaration of war and the beginning
of war. \ Government torpedo eXplod-
ed under the Maine by trusted Govern
ment official is as hostile if not as open an
insult. IT matters not that the Spanish
officials in Havana expressed their horror
OF the destruction of the Maine. and the
Queen of Spain sent her condolences to
the President
When the board of inquiry establishes
the facts that there are torpedoes ia the
harbor, that Blanco's naval officer guided
the Maine To her anchorage, and that Il
torpedo was exploded by means of the
secret cables controlled by the Spanish
Government officials, there can be no fur
ther investigation or inquiry. This Gov
ernmcnt will not try To find out who eX-
ploded the torpedo. The whole ease then
rests with Spain. On her rests the re-
sponsibility. On Spain will be the sus-
picion of having made another treacher-
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tiyity on the part of officers and men.
No longer do the officers deny that the
Government is making the most strenuous
preparations ito meet any emergency"
Tampa. Fla.-The cruiser Montgomery
has been ordered to Havana, where she
takes the place of the wrecked Maine un-
til further instructions are received.
Columbus, O.-The Ohio militia is pre-
pairing TO respond to the Presidents call
for troops in the event war is declared
between the United States and Spain.
At Charleston, S. c., work on the Gov
ernment Notifications is being rapidly
pushed. The navy yard force is kept
busy putting the guns in shape for war.
st. Augustine, Fla.-Captain Hubbell,
with one battery. has been sent to Sulli-
vans island, and few days ago Lieut..
Van Duzen departed for Fort Moultrie
with detail of twenty men to take
charge of coast defenses. Army officials
here freely discuss the probability of trou-
Bile with Spain.
At Cincinnati. o.. recruiting Office
for soldiers to serve in case OF war with
Spain was opened at Mergard's Hall.
Many men signed the muster roll. A
member of Nelson Post, G. A. r., issued
n dodger headed ITO arms. to arms"
Hundreds of white badges and buttons
with the words ''Volunteer-On to Ha-
vana" have been distributed
New York.-Preparation for war, car
ried on with the greatest secrecy, have
been going on in New York harbor. IL
the United States declares war and Cap
tain Eulate tries to leave porte by force,
he will find barrier such as nc has not
bargained for. All that is necessary to
do to blow up the Spanish warship Viz
caya is to touch an electric button if she
tries TO pass out through the narrows.
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READY FOR A FIGHT.
In Case of Trouble with Spain tn,
United States Wouid BE Prepa--ad.


United States Wouid BE Prepa->d.
In spite of all denals K is well known
that unusual efforts are being made to
arm and equip every sea coast fortifica-
ton, and that the regular army officers
throughout the country have been quietly
notified to put their commands into the
hest possible condition. The President
does not want war, and will go a long
ways out of his way TO avoid il, but he
fully recognizes the force of public sent-
ment and is preparing rapidly for the
worst that may come. Press dispatches
from different points show preparation
that is being made:
, New Orleans, La.-Thc United States
cruiser Marblehead has joined the North
Atlantic squadron mt Dry Tortugas.
st. Louis, Mo.-The war fever con-
tinues undated and already the work Of
organizing companies here has begun.
At Norfolk, Va, the Norfolk navy yard
received instructions to have the monitor
Terror ready for sea. Both the Puritan
and Terror have been shipping recruits
for the vacancies caused by the Maine
disaster
Providence. II. 1.-The 80 officers and
men in the three companies of the Rhode
Island naval reserves are fully equipped
for any emergency and are prepared to
answer a call to duty OH board any of the
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Since the terrible destruction of the
battleship Maine in Havana hGrbor the
United States has been facing the gravest
crisis of the last thirty years of its his
tory. The people have been stirred by
the disaster as they have not been since
the close Of the war for the Union. From
the South, from the North, and from the
far West have come magnificent outbursts
of national sentiment showing how pro-
foundly this great nation is agitated
The Maine was one of the finest battle
ships afloat; one of the most perfect in
construction, one OF the most complete in
equipment. All that modern invention,
long experience and trained intelligence
could do to make her efficient and safe
had been done. And yet this magnificent
vessel. at anchor in the harbor of friend
ly nation, was destroyed with greater loss
of life than would have followed an en-
gagement with the whole Spanish feet in
ers and torpedo boats attacked the Maine,
and sent her to the bottom with the loss
of 250 lives, the calamity would have been
hard to bear. But to have the Maine de-
stroyed as she was destroyed is calamity
unbearable. 1t was useless to cry pa
tience when there was no patience. 1t
was useless to ask for suspension of judg-
ment when judgment had been given.
That judgment was against Spain, and if
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s-ariss from the Wires.

The barn of Capt. J. NJ. Cullers at Shcr
man. Tex. was burned. together with
seven hcrses.
Harvey Il. Roller, a trave.ing salesman
fer 81. Louis drug house. died of heart
disease NJ Marshall, No.
As tribute to the mcmcry of the late
Frances Willard, II is proposed to change
tie name of the Woman's Temple at Chi.
cago 10 Willard Temple.
At Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. J. Wi;hers
Cay Crollcd dead from heart disease
Size was q mCmbcr of oIe of the most
prominent families in the South.
Adviccs frcm the City OF Mexico state
tia all the employees Of the large Col
mena a. Barron cotton factories have gone
o:I Il strike because OF a cut in wages.
Gov. stephens of Missouri has pardon.
I'd l.. w. Bailey. who was sentenced at
thc January, 1896. term Of the Jackson
County Criminal Court TO three years
Imprisonment fer obtaining money under
fa.se prctenscs.
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reversed it would be only on the testi-
mony of'witnesses who had standing in
the court of public opinion.
No foreign country can appreciate the
full depth Of American patriotism, writes
n Washington correspondent, and it takes
an incident of this sort to show it up in
its full strength and magnifcence.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois was the first to
offer the fighting forces of his State to the
nation. Gov. Mount of Indiana telegraph.
ed that Indiana would make n generous
response to arms. Gov. Black of New
York sent word that militia of the En-
pre State, numbering 14,000 could mo-
blize within twenty-four hours after or
ders were received. The belief is also ex-
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der Government supervision. Spain must
stand responsible for the men who could
gain access to that keyboard. just as she
is responsible for the men who control
the guns in her forts and on her big cruis-
ers. Governments DO not have such Sc
cret agencies open to the access of ia
natics. and If they 30 they must be held
responsible for Their acts.
The work of the board of inquiry will
therefore end when they have examined
the ship and found the evidences of foul
play. There will then be left no alterna-
tive for this Government but war, unless
Spain sues for peace and asks for con-
dtions of peace.
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Gus assault upon the United States Those
who are most experienced in diplomacy
and the more delicate relations OF Govern
ments express the opinion that the Prcsi-
dent can do nothing but declare war on
Spain and send the navy to lombard Ha-
vana. He must accept the evidence be-
fore him.
Spain alone can prevent war under such
circumstances by making amends. She
can express her regrets. tender her apollo
gies, lay hands on the criminals whom
Blanco must know, because they must
have been in his employ, and execute
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MARYLAND'S NEW SENATOR.

Judge Louis f. McComas, Who Sue
ceeds Arthur Il. German.
Judge Louis Il. McComas, who has
been chosen to succeed Arthur L. Cor
man as United States Senator from
Maryland, like his colleague, George b.
Wellington, is Republican, and when
he takes his seat Maryland will for the
first time in her history be represented by
two members of that party.
Louis T.. McComas was born in Mary
land in 1916. He graduated from Dick
inson College in 1866 and was admitted
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Government war vessels within FIVE
hours.
Washington.-All the marines on shore
duty have been ordered to hold themselves
In preparation for service at the shortest
possible notice.
New York.-Never before since the days
OF the war of the rebellion has the Brook
lyn navy yard seen SO pronounced an &C
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10 the bar two years later. He prac-
t;ccd and lived at Hagerstown, and took
ali active part in local politics. In 1882
he was elected to Congress and served
several terms, being one of the conspicu-
ous and able men of the House. In 1892
he was secretary of the Republican Ma
tioaal Committee. President Harrison
appointed him justice OF the Supremea
Court Of the District of Columbia and he
still holds his pace ON that bench. He
viii retire 10 enter the Senate in 1899.
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war n it should be established that the
Maine was blown up by Il torpedo or mine.
They brush aside the suggestion that it
could have been the act of fanatic of
either faction in Cuba. No mere enthu-
sast or fanatic could have access to the
secret keyboard which communicated
with the torpcdues laid in the harbor un-