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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-04
WarnInR order.

Warning Order.
In the United States court in the Indian
Territory, southern Districts:
John Graham, Plaintiff. fasHf
VS.. No. 1851.
Mary Graham, Defendant. +.
The defendant Mary Graham. is warned to
appear in this court in thirty days and an
swer the complaint of. the plaintiff John
Graham.
Witness Hon. Hosea Townsend, Judge Of
said court and the seal thereof, this the
18th day of Oct. 1898. c. NJ. CAMPBEL
Clerk.
DICK & LEE, Attorneys.
F. NJ. LYKISs. Atty. for nonresident s.,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-04

WARNING ORDER.
In the United States Court. in the Indian
Territory, Southern District:
Chas. Gear. Plalntin,
Mandy Gear, Defendant
. The defendant Mandy Gear, is warned to
swer the complaint of the plaintiff, Chas.
Gear.
Wasness Hon. Hosea Townsend, Judge of
said court and the seal thereof, this 18th day
of OSt, 1898. c. N. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
DICE q LEE Attorneys
GRo. @. CALMss. Atty. for nonresident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-04

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win be sent by mail on receipt osRs1.
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treatment and win cure any case
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of Texas. r.
READ THIS.
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to certify that / have been consider
ed incurable by two good physicians.
both saying I had Bright's kidney
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half bottle Of Hall q Great Discovery,
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For broken surfaces, sores, insect
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
The City Councils Plan.

Half a loaf is better than no bread This is evidently the policy that the city council adopted when it offered unusual terms to woodlawn, Avondale, Elyton and West End, rejecting Gate City, East Lake, Smithfield, North Birmingham, Ensley and Pratt City.
 The communities to be taken in have se- cured a good bargain. They have secured everything they asked for. They have se- cured good public schools, including a high school, police protection, sanitation, complete application in each locality of taxes paid into the city treasury, freedom from saloons, and local police courts. If there had been anything else that they wanted, no doubt it, too, would have been nominated in the bond.
 The six localities that are not included in the city councils resolution may con- clude that the bargain is too good to go dis regarded. Pratt City and Ensley, for ex- ample, can now gain school privileges that would be utterly out of reach in either community. They can gain the home ap- plication of their taxes for considerable period, and come in for share of all ex- penditures in the central district.
 The six districts not included in the pro- posed Birmingham can, by prompt action, not only secure everything they can req sonably demand, but they can serve all by lending a hand in the formation of a real and genuine Greater Birmingham that will be the glory of the mineral district, and the pride of the wholeNstate.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
Construction of Protocol.

The meaning of the phrase in the proto- col, "the control, disposition and govern ment of the Philippines is up-squarely up-for settlement at Paris. The Spanish ca,nraissioners claim that the clause in question does not touch the matter of sov- ereignty, and that therefore the commission has no right to consider the sovereignty of the Philippines except upon Spain's terms The American commissioners know that the word disposition was originally "pos- session" and that the former word was sub stituted for the latter with no intention of changing the meaning of the protocol, but with kind intentions only towards Spanish sensitiveness.
 The change was, of course, weakness on the part of Judge Day and President Me- K.nley. The word first selected should have been retained. Due regard for Spanish evasiveness, not to say trickery, was not pelled to make plain what the administra- tion had not the nerve to do.
 The London Times in its comments of yesterday morning presents the situation compactly, comprehensively and clearly. It says: "The Spanish cabinet has no in tention of breaking off the negotiations. It is only prolonging them in order to famil- iarize the public mind in Spain with the inevitable concessions. Certainly there is no need for the United States to send fleet to Spain as they could easily enforce sub mission without that. Spain would be fool ish to sulk, and thus lose the money com pensat:on America is now willing to pay"
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
OUR NAVAL PAST.

From the Galveston News.
 In referring to Adr1iral Dewey's home coming, a San Francisco paper declares that he should be hnnored as the "man who taught the nations that Uncle Sam amounts to something on the sea-" One infers. from numerous references both at home and abroad to thu wonderful victories of Dewey and Sampson and to the daring effort of Hobson, that many people of this age are sadly neglectful of the history of the United States. All glory and honor to Dewey, Sampson and Hobson, and other heroes of the recent contest with Spain; but lest we forget that there have been others, it is in order to glance occasionally over the naval achievements of the nation. It should not be overlooked that not only steam navigation, but the submarine tor result of American genius Results of the ingenuity of citizens of this country are found in the ironclads of the worlds navies. When the confederates raised the Merrimac at Norfolk and plated her sides with impenetrable mail of iron they taught the nations to build battleships. The Mer- rimac and Monitor moved the nayymakers of the world to abandon their old plans and quicken their gait Lieutenant Hobson was probably inspired to undertake the daring feat of barring the passage of the Spanish fleet with the hulk of the Merrimac by the heroic work performed by Lieutenant Cushing and his volunteers in Albemarle Sound, by which the tremendous iron ram Albemarle was destroyed by torpedo.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
SUBSCRIPTION RAFT 8.
Yellow Pine Shipments.

The yellow pine clearing house repre- sents ninety-seven large mills, twelve of which are in Alabama, eighteen in Missis- sippi, nineteen in Louisiana, eighteen in Texas, twenty-five in Arkansas, and five in Missouri. These mills cut in September 100, 772, ,756 feet, and they shipped in that month 113, ,606 444 feet. The twelve Alabama mills cut in September 6,s24,7SS feet, and shipped S,6S1,3S7 feet. The cut of these mills in September. 1897, was 900 feet. and their shipments in that month aggre- gated 5,265,129 feet. The increase of busi- ness in the Alabama mills is paralleled throughout the pine belt. except in Mis- souri, where the product is falling off.
 At present Texas is the leading yellow pine state, followed by Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Alabama bids fair to out rank Missouri very soon, thus taking fifth place in the list
 About 80 per cent. of the production is absorbed west of Indiana, the shipments to the eastern states being comparatively un- important. The east is still supplied to a great extent with white pine.
 The excess of shipments over the amount cut has been a feature of the year. Yards stocks are each year becoming small CT, and if the movement is long maintained better prices must soon be inaugurated.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

trade of Alabama may still be regarded as in it's infancy.
 There are ninety coal mines in the state, forty-two of which are in Jefferson county. Over three-ffths of the coal production of the state comes from Jefferson county. In the mines of Jefferson county about 1000 men are employed. Walker is the second coal-mining county of the state, followed in order by Bibb Tuscaloosa, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Winston and Etowah coun- ties
 In 1897 there were 4,662 coke ovens in operation in the state. and their product was 1895, ,292 tons Jefferson county had B. 71S ovens and their production for the year was 1,221,s26 tons. Tuscaloosa, Bibb and Walker are the other coke-producing counties.
 The mines seem to be more dangerous to life each year. The number of fatal ac- cidents is nearly forty each year. In 1896 one life was lost to 205 2O1 tons of coal pro- duced in 1897 the fatality had been in- creased to one life for every 151,122 tons, and thus far in the present year one life has been sacrificed for every 117,SS1 tons produced. The tendency is one that de- mands closer inspection, and perhaps addi- tional legislative safeguards.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
THE SOUTH AND THE CANAL.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 The king product of the south is cotton, and one of the principal if not the chief demand of our new possessions is for man. ufactured cotton goods. The Philippines will be made the base for our Asiatic trade and from the principal Chinese ports alone the demand for cotton fabrics is sufficient to exhaust the entire cotton product of the southern states. The acquisition of these islands makes the Nicaraguan canal a ne- cessity, and by its construction the south will be given absolute domination of the Asiatic market for cotton fabrics and raw material as well. Goods can then be ship ped from southern ports by direct all- water route without breaking bulk.
 This means the establishment of cotton manufactures in the south and the build ing up of a merchant marine on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It means that the chief southern coast cities will become ports for a constantly expanding trade, the possibilities of which seem to be unlimited. It means that large share of the north- west trade will find outlet and ingress through southern ports.
 It means that the south will become great financially and commercially, and that the negro problem will be partly solved by the increased demand for un- skilled labor.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
EVENING CHAT.

From the Washington Star. When it's early in the mornin' an I'm jes'
 a-turnin' out, I allus stop an wonder what the day will
 bring about; Will the Kaiser make some statement that's
 particularly rash? Will some bran'-new trusts be started an
 some old 'uns go to smash? I wonder where the strikes an maybe
 lynchin's will be found; I wonder if another shipll sink or run
 aground, An whether or Don Carlos will have any
 thing to say An how them Spaniards will set out to
 ask for more delay. I wonder by what arguments they'll cause
 it to appear Some special baseball club'll surely win the
 flag next year; If some doctor will bring out a way to cure
 all earthly pain, An if the Chinese emperor will be killed off
 again. Al's an interestin planet; you can't tell
 what 1t may do, But it's lots O fun to guess an see If what
 you think comes true. I don't resk interferin' an I've wondered
 when I've found Some folks that tried to boss this compli-
 eated world around.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
NOW FOR THE CANAL.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Though the republican majority in the lower house of the next congress may be narrow, there is one undertaking that should be pushed through regardless of party lines This is the bill for the con- struction of the Nicaragua canal. Possibly this can be done in the final session of the present congress. which will meet upon the first Monday of December. The canal is a national necessity and should be treated as such by all men who are devoted to the nation. The development of our new islands dspends upon its construction, and the im- portanee of binding the Pacific coast to the Atlantic by short cut is perfectly appar- ent. The Walker board will soon make it's report, showing it's recent work in sur- veying and estimating the route across the isthmus. As soon as that Is presented to congress let the leaders force to a passage a bill for the construction of the great ocean pathway.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
Coal and Coke Production.

The biennial report of the chief mine in- spector of the state is an interesting docu- ment If it covered ore production as well, as it should do. it would be still more in- teresting paper Inspector Hooper recom- mends that all underground mines be put under the Jurisdiction of the mine inspector. The ore mines are free from fire damp, but peryision as much as coal mines do. Many lives have been annually lost in the ore mines that rigid system of inspection might have saved.
 Inspector Hooper's report shows that the number of men employed in coal mining has risen from S,93s in 1894 to Il, 1,1O1 in 1897. There are at present employed in the coal mines of the state fully 12,OO0 men, repre- senting nearly, if not quite, 6O,0O0 people.
 The workers of 1897 brought out from the mines 5,S9S7n tons. This was record year, although the productions of the two previous years closely approximated the outturn of 1897. The indications all point to production this year exceeding 6,000.000 tons, an aggregate that has not heretofore been reached in the state. The production of 1888 was 2,9O0,oOO tons, and that of 1878 was 224,oOo tons. These figures go to show that the coal production of the state is doubled every ten years; and the prospect for doubling in the next ten years is good, both in the respect of home consump- tion and an export demand. The railroads and mills of the south are almost exclusive ly supplied with Alabama coal. and the coastwise trade Is becoming considerable item in the sales of the chief company of the district. The export trade is at present largely confined to Mexico, but few years will bring broadening of this trade that will lead on to gratifying results. The coal
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 The new woman usually meets her match in the new servant.
 No man wants the earth more than the seasick ocean voyager.
 Some people make the best of everything and others take it.
 It is from contraries that all the harmony in this world results.
 Fools ofttimes rush in where wise men would be afraid of the police. gsl
 The title often sells a book-and 1t in- variably catches the American heiress.
 The kangaroo is healthy looking anil nal, but it is nearly always on it's last lexs.
 The trouble with the man who knows it all is that he is unable to keep 1t to him. self.
 Solomon when arrayed in all his glory didn't have pair of plaid stockings to his feet -.
 Even though she refuses him, a woman always admires the good judgment of the man who proposes.
 When the new crop of pensions begins to ripen 1t may be necessary to appoint veterinarians as medical examiners.
 It's a. wise man who can conjecture what a woman is going to say-and It's a foolish one who wants to.
 It Is human nature for man to look out for number one, but the charming young widow always looks out for number two.
 "A scientist recently asserted that . man could double his circulation by bathing his feet in tepld water, and nov soma rural editors are having tanks fitted to their office stoves.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
m a New York Dispatch.

From a New York Dispatch
 Governor-elect Roosevelt has asked Will liam J. Youngs to be his private secretary. While Youngs is a personal friend of the governor-elect he Is also the Platt leader of Queens county. The choice created sur prise until it was announced semi-officially that Senator Platt will have bill passed at the next legislative session investing the office with new dignity, similar to that of secretary to the president, and with a sal- ary sufficient to attract men of distinction.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
NEWEST STOCKINGS ARE sPANGLED.


 From Harper's Bazar
 A letter just received by one of the girls from Paris tells of the most marvellous ''nouveautes" in the way of stockings. Not stockings to be worn in the street, or in the daytime at all, in fact, but stockings to be worn with slippers in the evening only. They are of silk or lisle thread, and very much open-worked over the ankle and instep. Sewed on, running lengthwise, the spangles and beads, which graduate in size from the slipper-top to the end of the open work the largest at the bottom, the small est at the top. They are very expensive, costing, even in Paris, from to $1O pair. The spangles and beads are generally in silver or gilt, but can be in colors well, to correspond with the color of the gown they are worn with. Black stockings look the best when spangled, but they come also in all pale shades, and even in bright red.
 "One of the best things about these beau- tiful stockings s, this girl writes from Paris, that for just about half what they are selling them at the modistes and in the shops you can make them yourself" It cannot be difficult to sew the spangles on, and certainly the effect must be lovely. Girls who want to look chic this winter would better take the hint and get to work spangling. What with painting their gowns, sewing spangles on their stockings, and decorating their mantel pieces, the girls will have busy time this winter If they want to be ornamental by learning to be useful.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Commissioner Peck has secured ample space at the Paris exposition, and the prob- lem of filling it properly is now up to the American people.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

There are six widely-known Alabamians, namely, General Joe Wheeler, ex-Minister Hannis Taylor, General Oates, Senator Morgan, Senator Pettus and Lieutenant Hobson. These men are well known in other states, some of them in other coun- tries, and all six of them, friends and fel- low-countrymen, are jingoes.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
TEDDY.
From the Washington Star.

From the WaShlngtOn Star.
 What's the reason of your enmty to that politician?" asked the rather romantic young woman. 'Did he cross your path early in your career?"
 ''No," answered Senator Sorghum. "He didn't cross my path. We were after the same office, and he ran over me from behind."
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Colonel Roosevelt has one advantage in the presidential running-he has no brother Abner.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Parents hesitate nowadays in selecting a name for a newcomer of the boy per- suasion. Some call him Richmond Hobson, some Joe Wheeler, and some George Dewey Heroes are numerous.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

MT. Croker, of New York and England, denies that he is in Chicago for the sake of sanitarium treatment against the effects of a diet of crow.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

nority in the house of the Fifty-sixth, It will be Bailey against the field; but the field includes Bankhead of Alabama, Rich Souri,
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The esteemed MT. Hanna has poor opin- ion of MT. Dingley's tariff, and the former is preparing to inaugurate another presi- dential campaign.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The gentlemen of the roads on the North side are interfering with the meteor busi- ness. Their shooting is more probable than that of the stars.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The esteemed Congressional Record will reduce its composing-room force when Stewart and Allen leave the senate.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The chief contributors to the Congress- ional Record have been or soon will be re- tired But there are others.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Jerry Simpson has swapped his good will in Kansas voters for cattle. He thinks he can round up the latter.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The Parisian street that was prematurely the English colony.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Senator Teller will look around in vain for his old friends, Stewart and Allen. The Colorado statesman will soon be the Lone Fisherman of the senate.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Spain can dissolve the Paris commission, but her own dissolution would follow.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The miners of Virden won. The price of mining is to be 40 cents a ton, instead of 2S cents, as the mine operators proposed.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

MT. Roosevelt may confer with this or that wing of his party, but in the end he will do as he pleases.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Winter wheat has secured fine start in all sections of the country.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The colored miners who went to the Illi- nois mines are now out in the cold, in a double sense.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

The man who waits gains all. Ask the undertaken.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

In a Kansas district the people are so volatile that they have twice elected simp- scn-Jerry-and twice elected Long. When
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Long comes home in 1900 Jerry will demand 'the rubber"
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
RoosEvELr,s SECRETARY

Five-cent cotton is affecting the price of sRnnl
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

It is human nature for man to look ou for number one, but the charming youn widow always looks out for number two.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

It's wise man who can conjecture what woman is going to say-and It's foolish one who wants to.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

When the new crop of pensions begins to ripen 1t may be necessary to appoint veterinarians as medical examiners.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

A scientist recently asserted that . man could double his circulation by bathing his feet in tepld water, and nov soma rural editors are having tanks fitted to their office stoves. -s'-
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Even though she refuses him, woma always admires the good judgment of th man who proposes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-01
UNITED STATES COURT
The Case OF Soss Versus the
School District.
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
The Day Zee Up IN Arguments a.
to the Pertinency OF Evidence.
Contractor soss Tells of His
Dealings With the Old Board.

The case OF Soss VS.. the school dis
trict was duly put on trial in the
United States district court yesterday
morning. All the plans and specihca-
lions Of the noted building were pro-
duced. the originals. blue prints. cross
sections and many other sections un-
derstood more clearly by the persons
directly interested in their makeup
than by anybody else. The prints bear
evidence OF wear and tear. particularly
tear. Little progress was made yes
terday. as most OF the day vas con-
sumed in arguments by counsel as TO
che p%ertinency of the evidence sought
to be introduced by the plaintiff.
Contractor soss was on the witness
stand when court adjourned Thursday
and yesterday morning was again on
the stand. when his counsel. J. W. Cot
ter, handed him the large roll OF prints
for his inspection. Before the witness
was allowed to proceed. Judge McHat-
ton, for the school board. called the
courts attention to an admission in the
complaint of the plaintiff, which he
presumed was an error. but believed
best TO have II rectihed. as It's eXis-
tence would undoubtedly raise addi-
tional issue in the trial OF the case.
By consent II was amended by delin-
cation and then the preliminary 10 the
case was opened.
The witness proceeded to state the
conversation he had with the old board
IN relation TO the contract he had en-
tered into for the completion Of the
high school building: the assignment
TO him OF the Mcbride contract. and
how negotiations were arranged with
the board. He was not positive, how
ever. as to the number of members OF
the board present at the meeting at
which he made the proposition. He said
that he submitted to the board a con-
tract for II TO sign. but that he was told
that q new contract was not essential:
that an assignment of the Mcbride
contract was all that was necessary;
that he could proceed with the con
struction of the building from the point
where Mcbride left of, and that n
transfer of the contract would answer
the purpose of a new document.
Counsel for the board objected TO
the Introduction as evidence OF the un-
signed Passmore contract. which Soss
had offered to the board for it's sig
nature. on the ground that II was in
tanned. Mr.. Cotter aid that II was
offered merely as n circumstance to
c~orroborate the statements OF the wit
ness in reference TO his conversation
with the board in the matter of con-
tract.
The witness began to relate what was