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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-24

&c. A. WALKER. IL. A. BASHAH
WALKER & BASHAM,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Will practice in all courts. Com
mercial litigation a speciality.
Ofiice in Herbert & Lewis building,
over II. a, Kembel & Co.
Admore, Ind. Ter.
c. c. L FoTTER' formerly OF Of PSTis, PMFsT TX
c. B. POTTER, b. c. THOMAS.
of Gainesville, Texas.
POTTER, OWNBY & THOMAS,
LAWYERS,
Ardmore, I. T.
This firm is now located over First
National Bank. Will do civil and
criminal practice in all courts in the
Indian Territory.
Il. NJ. Furman. Z. L. Herbert. Jesse II. Hill.
FURMAN, HERBERA & HILL.
ATTORNEYs-Ar.LAW.
Omce-Herbert & LsAis building
Ardmore. 1. I.
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Beginning the first day of December and continuing
day of Januarywo monthsTHE WEEKLY ARDNoRETE will
guessing contest which will be open
child.
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How To Do!

Enclose giving and post Office in sealed
Hand this with dollar to the Cotton Editor the ARDMoR
who will endorse the date when received the envelope which
entite precedence in of tie Write plainly
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07

The story of the fearful disaster from the few officers and members of the crew who were saved is yet to be told, but if the words of the passengers who were dragged aboard the Cromarty- shire and later brought into this port by the steamer Grecian, are to be be- lieved, the last few minutes on board the La Bourgogne witnessed some of the most terrible scenes of horror and cruelty that have plotted the history of civilized race.
 Instead of heroic discipline which so often has been the one bright feature of such awful moments the crew of the steamer fought like demons for the few life boats and rafts, battering the help less passengers away frorl their only means of salvation, with the result that the strong overcame the weak, for the list of 163 saved contains the name of but one woman. The disaster oc- cured at o'clock in the morning on Monday, July 4, about sixty miles south of Sable Island, which lies nearly a hundred miles off this port.
 The Bourgogne had left New York bound for Havre the previous Satur-
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07
MURDER RUNS RIOT ON THE
 DECK OF A SINKING SHIP

ande their
  he o dozen heroes. inmed e the ishenzc o
  lines and gveth life  of 
  Il of rescue owedm been in for andW we'd
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07
WOMEN SLAIN LIKE
 SHEEP IN SHAMELESS

HALIFAX, N. S.. July 6.-In one of the thick fogs which at this time of the year hang like a pail over the Grand Banks and Sable Island in the North Atlantic, occurred, on the early morning of July 4, one of the most ap- palling ocean disasters in the annals of transatlantic commerce, and. in fact in the history of steam sailing of the world. Without a moments warning, almost, the great French liner La Bourgogne, with 725 souls on board was run down by the iron sailing ship Cromartyshire and sank within a half hour, carrying with her to the ocean S bottom over 300 of her passengers and crew, while the balance, who were not drawn down by the fearful suction, struggled and fought for life until one hundred and sixty three were at length rescued by the crew of the Cromarty- shire, which ship survived the colli- sion.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07
COLLISION WRECKS
 LA BOURGOGNE AND
 SIX HUNDRED PERISH
FrenZied Seamen Slay Men, Women and Children in Fight for Possession
 Of the Boats.

NEW YORK; 6- n H with the British ship Cromarhe early the morning of July south Sable Island tand O v se only me eWas we'd.
 issa Fasenge and fo osht the of snmtes
 
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Evening star., 1898-08-29
SECRET SERVICE WORK.
Many Spanish Spies Arrested During
HOstiifties.

The report of Chief Wilkie of the secret
service Is the first of the bureau offices of
the Treasury Department which has been
made this year to the Secretary of the
Treasury
On the outbreak of hostilties between this
country and Spain the division was called
upop by the War Department to inycsri-
gate numerous cases of persons suspected
OF furnishing information to the enemv.
Inc demand for this service was so great
and increased so rapidly that an emergency
rorce was organized outside of the regular
olVlslon, ana the operatives were so active
and successful In their investigations that
numbers OF Spanish agents were arrested
and the principals in the spy system were
driven from the neutral territory in which
they had refuge. From the special fund set
from the national defense approximation
and made available for the necessary ex-
penses IN connection with these Spanish in
Vesugauons, there had been drawn at the
close of the fiscal year S7,119
The following is summary Of the secret
service work of the last fiscal year:
Arrests, 7O5; Of which l3I for counter
le!lihg or altering paper money, 523 for
coming ana 10 for miscellaneous offenses
Convictions, 2e9; awaiting action of
courts, 2e0; acquitted, Ia; died, 1; fugitive
on forfeited bond, !.
Missouri led the states with the largest
number of cases, &c; Pennsylvania, e3:
New York and Illinois, IS each; Texas, IS;
Ohio, "a; Arkansas. %; Indiana, 25 Ala
pama, 70; Nebraska and Virginia, ~ each;
Georgia, 23; Michigan, p, and The other
states less than 20
There were no cases in Maine New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New
Mexico, the Dakotas, Idaho, Utah nor
Wyoming.
Representative value of counterfeit notes
recovered, S127 2e5.
Over $1,000 600 600 in flash" notes. con-
federate fac SMILES, ETC., were seized and
destroyed
There were recovered 514 plates for the
printing of counterfeit and flash" notes;
1I12 sets of dies for counterfeiting coin, and
2351e sets for molds for the same purpose
The division, acting under the advice of the
law sofhcer OF the department inaugurated
crusade against various advertising de-
vices, printed in imitation of United States
notes and coins and confiscated them wher-
ever found. 1t supplied details of men to
other departments for special investiga-
uons of naturalization and customs frauds,
with satisfactory results. Nineteen new
counterfeits appeared during the year, only
bye of which were in any degree danger
GUS. The maker of three of them was ar
rested and convicted; one had SO limited a
circulation to be general menace,
while the feth, the 500 silver certificate,
the most dangerous ever placed In circula-
ton, still threatens the business community
with its makers unknown
Evening star., 1898-08-29

bloodshed. Here the great question asked
is: What attitude win the kaiser take?
The Figaro believes that the conference
will assemble because the car would not
have risked refusal. 1t believes, how
ever, that the aspiration is chimercal.
The Gaulois thinks the proposal natural
one from Russia, because the immense ar
mament imposed upon her is the principal
obstacle to her development. The Gaulois
says:
France would not gain what Russia and
the other powers would by disarmament ~
LIE journal thinks the conference instead
or realizing the cZars hopes will rather
accentuate national antagonism if it does
not lead to demands totally inimical to the
worlds peace So
lie Radical wishes all success to the
movement, but says:
The readjustment OF certain patriotic
question in which France cannot and never
will cease to interest herself is. however.
an essential preliminary to general peace "
Ihe S1cle and the RappeI comment in a
similar strain
The Petit Journal expresses the hope that
the powers win respond and that the con-
ference VIII solve the problem in accord
ahce with the principles of right and
equity. In short, all the papers welcome
the proposal, with the reservation that the
question of Alsace-Lorain shall first be
regulated.
The Roman View.
The belief at Rome Is that the czar first
obtained Austrian and German assent to
the conference. The papers admit the ex-
traordinary Importance of the document
ana pay tribute to the humanitarian mo-
tives.
The Tribuna thinks Germany and ItaIy
will consent, but France will disapprove Of
her allys action.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
Are Subject to Taxation.

The commissioner OF internal revenue has
yuled that memoranda of sales or trans
fers of stock or agreements to deliver the
same at any future time are taxable under
clause one of schedule A of the new rev.
enue act at the rate of two cents for each
k100 represented. and not at the uniform
rate of ten cents for each memorandum
under the head of certificates In the same
act. The commissioner has also held that
In cases of reinsurance where one insurance
company Ieinsures the risks or parts of
risks Of another company, no stamp Is re-
Quired where the transaction IS confined TO
book entries. But where tine transaction
involves the issue of a new policy, such
policy Is subject TO the same tax as If 1t
were an original policy.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
"THE DELIN ERER'S" MONUMENT
Emperor Nicholas Ukase Read Mt the
UnveiIing.

Emperor Nicholas UEase Read Mt the
UnveiIing.
Yesterday, upon the occasion of the nm
Fellng at MOSCOW of a monument to Czar
Alexander H., grandfather of the present
czar, Emperor Nicholas issued a ukase re-
1errlng to the event and euogizina the
DEEDS OF the deceased, notably the Hbera-
uon of the peasants from bondage. which
earned him the name of THE Deliverer', in
the mouth OF grateful people. The ukase
concludes:
Wishing to seal more firmly the memory
Of this historical deed, we have resolved TO
make hereditary the wearing and possess
sion Of the medals he conferred upun his
So-operators as & sign of his gracious ac-
acknowledgement of their labors''
Emperor Nicholas unveiled the poanu
meht at O'Clock yesterday afternoon. ir.
the presence Of the czarina, the Queen Of
the Helenes, the cabinet ministers the
German and Austrian ambassadors denu-
tations from all the land and naval forces
of Russia and the Austrian Uhlans reei-
ment.
The clergy recited prayer in memory Of
the deceased, the entire audience kneeiinp
AT the moment of the unveiling the troons
presented arms and a salute of 3oO euns
was fired. The emperor then placed him
self at the head of the troops and marched
past the monument, amid the enthusia site
cheers OF the multitude.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
FOR GALLANTRY AT MaN,I.
Military Promotions Ordered nv tho
PreBideut.

Military Promotions Ordered bx the
President.
The President has ordered the following
promotions of officers who participated in
action in the capture of Manila:
To be major general Of volunteers-Brig.
Gen. T. M. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur, Brig. Gen. F. v. Greene.
To be major general of volunteers by
brevet-Brig. Gen. John B. Babcock.
To be brigadier general of volunteers
Col. s. Ovenshine, 23d United States In
fantry; Col. Irving Hale, 1st Colorado Vol
unteer Infantry; Lieut.. Col. c.. A whittier,
United States Volunteers.
To be brevet brfgadier general of volun-
teers-Col c. McC. Reave, 18th Minnesota.
Z. To be brevet colonel In the regular army
Lieut. Col. John French, 23d Infantry.
To be brevet colonel of volunteers-Lieut.
Col. r. 2. Thompson, chief signal officer.
To be brevet lieutenant colonel of yoIun.
teers-Maj Cuthbertson, 10th PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers; Major ]. F. Bell, United States
Volunteers; Major Stotsenberg, 1st Me-
braska; Maj. Boxten, 1st California; Mai.
Sturgis. assistant adjutant general of VOL
unteers, Maj, Strother. volunteer engineers;
Major Bement, volunteer engineers; Major
Evening star., 1898-08-29
DEMAND FOR HORSES.
A Good Field for Those of Good Size
and Breed.

Consul Dudley at Vancouver reports to
the State Department that there is a good
field in that section of Canada for the sale
of well-bred horses, cattle and sheep. The
horses in that vicinity, he says, are nearly
all understood and very poorly bred. Good
driving horses are very scarce, and good
draft horses seem to be almost unknown.
The consul quotes the following from :he
Vancouver World:
at was thought by maryland there
seemed good ground for such conclusions
that with the introduction of electricity
and modern machinery the day for the prof
table raising of horses might almost be
classed as past. Before the introduction of
the electric street car horses for use on the
street railways were in great demand
Those required for this purpose were what
might be called a second grade, as but few
high-class animals were used A ready
market was therefore found for class of
horses which are now drug on the mar
ket But the price of first-class ones in the
coach and draft classes was always good,
and dealers report great scarcity of those
in eastern Canada. 1t Is with difficulty
that decent shipment can be collected,
simply because the country has been drain
ed of its best material; and the great ma
jority of farmers have stopped breeding
them, thinking that because there has been
almost no market for second-grade horses
for a few years, it was not profitable TO
raise any at all. Those who followed the
rule which should be the guiding one as re-
CARDS all kinds of stock, namely, to raise
nothing but an Al article, are now reaping
the benefit. There are plenty of horses in
British Columbia; but the large majority
are of the wrong grade, and consequently
would not be looked at for supplying the
best markets. Many of the range horses
make suitable farm or pack animals, but
they are under size and poorly bred. What
the province wants in this line is the in
PRODUCTION of more pure-bred sires to i'm
prove the native stock, and there is no rea-
son why this should not be made a very
profitable source of income"
Evening star., 1898-08-29
Idaho Fusion Ticket.

The Idaho silver republicans and demo-
Gratis have concluded to fuse. leaving the
popuiists out, because Of the populists' fail
ure to harmonize with the two factions.
The combination ticket nominated at Boise
on Saturday is as, follows:
Justice of Supreme Court, Isaac N Sui
livan, silver republican for governor, Frank
Steubenberg, democrat; for Congressman,
Edward Wilson, silver republican; for at
torney general, 8. H. Hays. democrat; for
Secretary Of State, Mart Patrie, silver re-
publican; for auditor, Bartlett Sinclair, sill
yer republican; for lieutenant governor,
Joseph H. Hutchinson. silver republican;
for superintendent of public instruction.
urer. Lucius c.. Rice. democrat for mine
inspector. Jay A. Czizek. democrat.
Nothing has developed respecting the pro-
gram of the populists.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
Army Personals.

Post Chaplain r. w. Springer, who was
with the 9TH Army Corps in Cuba, is at the
st. James. He is on his way to Mackinac
Island, Mich.
Lieut.. Col S. Y. 7. Noryeli of the gallant
9th Cavalry, which distinguished itself at
Santiago, is at the Ebbitt on sick leave of
absence.
Major J. j. Pershing Of the 10th Cavalry
has reported at army headquarters for
duty. He is at the Wellington.
Evening star., 1898-08-29

Simpson, assistant adjutant general of vol
unteers.
To be brevet major in the regular army
Capt. Hobbs, Sd Artillery; Capt. Herman,
21st Infantry; Capt. Nichols, I'D Infantry;
Capt. Sage, 23d Infantry.
To be brevet major of volunteers-Capt.
T. B. Mott assistant adjutant general of
volunteers; Capt. w. G. Bates, United
States Volunteers; Capt. R. w. Young,
Utah Artillery; Capt. F. A. Grant, Utah
Artillery; Capt Bjornstad, 18th Minnesota;
Capt. Oscar Seabeck 18th Minnesota; Capt.
c. e. Sawtelle, United States Volunteers;
Capt. p S. March. Astor Battery; Capt Z.
A McHenna, Volunteer Signal Corps.
To be brevet captain in the regular army
Lieut.. Hagadorn, 23d Infantry.
To be brevet captain of volunteers-Leut.
Lackare, 18th Minnesota; Lieut.. Whit
worth, United States Volunteers; Lieut..
Povey, ID Oregon; Lieut.. William w.
Chance, Volunteer Signal Corps; Lieut..
Philip J. Perkins, Volunteer Signal Corps;
Lieut. Charles E. Kilbourn, Volunteer Sig
nal Corps; Lieut.. Anson ]. Rudd, Volunteer
Signal Corps.
To be brevet first lieutenant in the regu-
lar army-Lieut Williams, 9th Artillery;
Lieut.. Koehler, 9th Artillery.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
HOBSON'S REWARD.
Examination Board Recommends
That He Be Promoted

Examination Board Recommend.
That He BE Promoted.
Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson was
to have been examined for examination for
promotion last week. but owing to his
duties he could not 60 before the board.
1t was ordered that his record be examined
to see if that would entitle him to the
highest rank. The board says:
THE board joins, with all the world in ad-
mlring the Skill courage and gallant con-
duct of Assistant Naval Constructor Rich
mond P. Hobson in connection with the
Merrmac, as set forth in the letter of the
commanding officer of the North Atlantic
station" The report then refers to the
record of Hobson and closes with a recon-
mendation that he be promoted to the grade
of naval constructor.
Evening star., 1898-08-29

peals tending in any degree to lessen the
about to undertake her industrial polity is
closely akin to our own, and hereabiding in
terest in the maintenance of peace is hard
ly less vital"
Evening star., 1898-08-29

Consul Smith at Moscow reports to the
State Department that Spanish vessels
which formerly took cargoes of kerosene
from the United States are now obtaining
supplies from Russia, large steamers hay-
ing been sent to Batura for that purpose.
Evening star., 1898-08-29

Cheapest at regular prices; doubly cheap
est at Hoeke's Clearing Sale prices.-Advt.
Evening star., 1898-08-29
August Clearance
Sale of Floor Coverings.
Another
Chance to
Buy Rugs.

With the ending of our Annual
Clearance Sale of Floor Coverings
Rug prices will assume normal pro-
portions.
Till then, however, you can pocket
a saving we'll worth saving by TAX
ing advantage of these reductions:
Evening star., 1898-08-29

IF Russia, which has also a great, but
still undeveloped, industrial future before
her is becoming fully convinced, as we in
England long have been. that her resources
are better devoted to the beneficent arts of
peace than to the destructive uneconomic
energies of war, Englishmen, as essential
ly a peace-loving people, can only hail the
diality as glad tidings of great joy, which,
whatever may be the practical issue, does
cast honor upon that sovereigns generous
and lofty spirit and humanity. The difficult
ties are great, but nothing can henceforth
deprive the car of having brought peace
and disarmament into the sphere of prac-
tical politics.
1T looks at present as though all the
great powers might be willing to enter the
conference. While the United States might
be expected to lend a favorable ear to ap-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08
RED HOT FIGHT OVER REFORM.
FRIENDS OF THE LAW RALLY TO
IT'S DEFENSE.

Gillette of Massachusetts Comments
WittiIy on the Spectacle of the
. White Haired GrOsvenOr Leading
the HOtspurs of the Party in the
Battle for the SpOiIs-Amos Cum
minGa Recalls Roscoe COnlSling's
AIIusions TO the SWIVEL service Re
form.
Washington. Jan. Before the debate
on the civil service question was resumed
in the House to-day an Intellectual attempt
was made to agree upon a time for the
termination of The debate. Mr. Gillette,
Rep, of Massachusetts, then took the
floor in support of the law.
Mr.. Farris. Rep, of Indiana, followed
Mr.. Gillette and spoke in favor of civil
service reform.
Mr.. Cummings, DEM. of New York, made
a vigorous speech in favor of wiping out
the civil service system, which he deelar-
ed was doomed, He made a speech in de
tense of Tammany Hail and warmly de-
Tended ii against its accusers. He mains
tanned that the arguments of E1r. Gros-
venor and Mr. Lands against the law
were both in reality strong arrangements
of the spoils system.
Mr.. Gillette commented wlttily on the
spectacle of the whito-haired veteran,
Gen. Grosvenor, leading the young hot
spurs of the party in the battle for the
spoils, and said it recalled TO his mind
the words Macaulay placed in the mouth
OF Henry of Navarro at the Battle Of
lvry:
Press where you see my white plume
shine,
"Midst the ranks of war
And be your orihamme to-day the head.
''Of Grosvenor"
Mr.. Cummings announced himself an i'm
piaeable fee Of the whole system of civil
service reform. Roscoe O. Conkling, in his
opinion the greatest senator New York
ever had, had once spoken. he SAID OF
''the drsary drivel of SWIVEL service re-
FORM He had never appreciated it so
much as he hnd during This debate. Mr..
Cummings said the hostility to the sys-
tenn had been steadily growing.
The system is doomed said he, and
one of the factors in its destruction is
Tammany Hall"
Mr.. Hobart, Rep, of Oregon, followed
| in defense of the merit system. He in
! veiged against the insolence of the Of
fice-seekers and argued that this was not
a government for the reward of party
| workers.
Mr. Kerr, Rep, of ohio. favored the
modification of the law. He was espec-
| tally severe in his condemnatio of the
| last Cleveland executive order which, he
| said, had been used to cheat the incoming
administration out of the legitimate fruits
| of victory.
After half a dozen other speeches by
! Eastern and Western members the House
| adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08
METHODIsTs TO MERGE.
Representatives of the Two
Branches Meet Mt Washington.

Representatives of the Two
Branches Meet Mt Washington.
Washington Jan. IAN assembly Of
eighteen representatives of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of the United States is
now in session at Foundry NJ. e. Church
in this city, for the purpose of effecting
a union of the forces between the two
branches of the church. This assembly
consists of three bishops, three ministers
and three laymen of each branch of the
church, the personnel of the delegation
being as follows:
For the Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishops John NJ. Hurst of this city, S. M.
Merrill of Chicago and w. X. Ninde of
Detroit; Rev r. j. Cooke of Chatta-
nooga, Rev. Luther B. Wilson, d. D., of
this city Rev. H. G. Jackson of Chicago,
Judge r. l.. Muller of Covington, KY,
Judge Murray of Clearfield Pa, and ].
I. B. Sweet of Topeka, Kan.
For the NJ. E. Church, South-Bishops
J. C. Cranberry r. K. Hargrove and W.
w. Duncan; Revs. E. E. Hass of NASH
VILE editor of the Christian Advocate;
G.. A. Macdonald and j. H. Dye, Judge
Walter Clack, Prof. r. w. Jones and Col.
Asa Holt of Texas.
Almost as soon as the meeting was oall-
ed to order resolutions We're adopted en-
Joining the members of the committee
from giving to the press or to any one
not connected with the conference any in
timation of the work done, or any pro-
ceedings of the convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08

hide was permeated with the odor of the
plant. Then Billy sat on a bunch of the
catnip, caught a ieaf-laden stem up in
either paw and rubbed his cheeks chin,
nose, eyes and head. He ate an additional
mouthful or two, and then jumped back to
his shelf where he lay, the very picture
of safety and contentment.
In the tigers cage there is a very young,
but full-grown animal captured within
eighteen months in the Jugles of India.
When this great sury beast inhaled the
first sniff of the catnip he began to new
like kitten. Prior to this the softest note
of his voice had been one which put the
roar of the big-maned South African lion
TO shame. That vicious tiger and his kind
ly dlspositioned old mate fairly reVeled in
the liberal allowance of the plant which
was thrust into their cage. They rolled
about in 1t and played together like six
week-old kittens. They mewed and pur-
red, evidently discussing the question as
TO what this strange plant was which gave
them a variety of pleasure never before
experienced. They tossed II about ate OF
IL, and, after getting about as liberal
dose as had Billy. the leopard they like
wise leaped to their respective shelves and
blinked lazily at the sun.
The big lion, Major, was either too dig
nihed, or too lazy to pay more than pass
ing attention to the bunch of catnip which
fell to his lot. He ate a mouthful or two
OF II and then licked his chops in that's
not-half-bad" way and then went back
70 his nap. The three baby lions quar-
relied over their allowance and ate 1t ev-
cry bit