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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
ABOUT THE SCHOOL FUND.

| The requests for payment ot city
taxes now being made by the city
treasurer deserve favorable consid-
Grafton and response from our peo-
Pile. These requests are made IN
the interest of the public schools
of Ardmore, the school board De-
ing now in debt on individual re-
sponsibility for necessary rum
ming expenses ia the past.
The schools of our city have
done ali and more than was prom
ised to our people and now that
the critical period in their exist,
ence has arrived the benefciaries
of the system should come to their
relief. This is not a request for
subscriptions or donations. but a
request for the immediate payment
of taxes now due and payable.
Under the law payment of taxes
may be deferred until the 10th day
of February, but they must be
paid at that time. Why wait un-
til the last day when immediate
payment will be of such inestima-
BILE benefit to the school boardi
1t is only a small pittance that is
required of each person, but in the
aggregate it would amount to 4
sum sufficient to relieve the pres
ent embarrassment.
The school board has labored
earnestly and successfully for the
veal of Ardmore's public schools
and there is probably not a person
in the town today who will serious
ly question the efficacy and benefits
Of the system. 1t has taken chill
dren from the streets and placed
them in the school room, where
environment, example and precept
have had salutary influences upon
their character and development,
to say nothing of the educational
advantages which they have re-
ceived. This good work should be
continued with all the vigor which
has characterized it heretofore, but
in order to accomplish this the
funds must be forthcoming to
meet current expenses as we'll as
to relieve the board from the debts
already incurred. In furtherance
Of this good purpose and for the
attainment of this laudable object,
let every person owing taxes to the
city pay them at once so that the
scheol fund can be credited with
its share and be again -brougaC to
basis of solvency.
Pay your taxes and keep your
children in school.
Pay your taxes and relieve the
board of their self-imposed obliga-
tions.
Pay your taxes and thus secure
the continued efficiency of the pub
lie schools.
Pay your taxes and save the 25
per cent. penalty which will be
imposed after February 10.
Pay your taxes NOW.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

The dis position of children largely
depends upon health. If they are
troubled with worms, they will be ir-
ritable, cross. feverish, and perhaps
seriously sick. Whites Gre am Ver-
mlfuge Is a worm expeller and tonic
to make them healthful. Price 25
cts at City Drug Store, W. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
A French Coxey.

Maxence Roldes, the labor, agita-
tor, who is getting up an army of
$4,000 men and women to march
from LIE Creusot to Paris to ask
the government to interfere in the
matter of the strike at the Creusot
Iron works, says he gets his idea
from the "Coxey army movement
inc this country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

One hundred bales of cotton was
recently loaded into a box thirty
four feet long, having capacity of
$4,000 pounds. The cotton was
packed so tightly that there was
space to put in five more bales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

Makes the blood pure, renovates
the entire system, gives new life and
strength.-Beggs' Blood Purifier. "It
cured me of long standing case of
hstuia "-R. A. Bently, Summit, Fla.
Endorsed by physicians. Guaranteed
not 10 fail. Try it. Sold by City Drug
Store and ~. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

Pope Leo XIII has amassad
enough valuable presents TO fill a
museum and his jewels are famous
for their worth and beauty. He is
the owner of the largest diamond in
the world, and this. oddly enough
was given to him by that stanch
Protestant, President Kruger. II
is valued at million dollars.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
A Parallel.

Grosvenor says Kentucky has
been purified by the republican
party. This reminds us of Coler&
idge's verse:
The river Rhine, it is we'll known,
Doth wash the city of Cologne,
But tell me, nymphs, what power
divine
Shall henceforth wash the river
Rhine?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

BRYAN has just engaged in a
panther hunt in Texas and he en-
joyed it so much that he is now
preparing for an octopus hunt in
New JERSEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

THE enterprising Yankee who
got an old battered desk, cut Dew
ey's name on it and sold it
in Boston as relic is on a
par with Henry Grady's Yankees,
who snapped wooden nutmegs and
flannel sausages in the valleys of
Vermont.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

Cures coughs, colds, Group, whoop
ing-cough, lagrippe, pneumonia, and
consumption,-Beggs' Cherry Cough
Syrup. "Best doctors in the state
told me l had consumption; two bot
ties Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup cur
ed me. WIN. Whitfield, Lincoln,
Neb. Sold by City Drug Store and
T. n. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

ROBERTS made the same demand
when appointed to command in
South Africa that Butler made-he
is to have supreme command and
entire direction of the campaign.
Is it possible that he, too. will leave
his military record on beaten
fipldP
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

SECRETARY GAGE has suddenly
and unexpectedly run amuck in his
career of financial favoritism, and
is now threatened with congress
ional investigation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

IT is so seldom that the death
penalty is inflicted on female Grim
inals that when one is executed the
world is startled. Such an execu-
ton occurred Wednesday in Mani
toba and the criminal, notwith-
standing her sex, was the coolest
person on the scaffold.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

What shall we have for dessert!
Who has not had this plaintive
plea hurled at his head by dis
tracted housekeepera Bad as it is.
it is not such narrowing question
as it must have been hundred
years or SO ago. When Charles
was king it was considered a
charming climax to dinner TO
have huge custard set upon the
table and then have the Jester
suddenly leap over the heads of the
guests and land in the custard feet
foremost, scattering everyone
nicely After a Jacobite uprising
a favorite dessert was the citadel of
Carlisle done in sugar, which the
guests fire at with candles, One
noble couple had dessert to repres.
ent hunt. At the end was a
ehaise and six horses made in
sugar, with two human figures
represented in the coach.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
Am EIectrieit,.Heatea Theatsr.

The Odeon theater, Buenos Ay-
res, is heated by electricity. This
is not the first theater in the world
to be so heated, but very few large
public buildings have been warmed
in this manner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

NICHOLAS Miranda is an aspirant
to Mexico's presidency, and ha:
announced himself in opposition tt
President Diaz.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

A GOOD resolution to make next
Monday and then adhere to during
the wear is to build a sidewalk in
front of your property and keep it
in renair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

MANY people are quite willing to
undergo the mental embarrassment
of slanderous report for the sake
of the monetary consideration
which follows in n. damAge suit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

PRESENT indications point to
the advent of the new year in
lambs clothing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
TIME TABLE,

TIME TABLE,
Cuff, Colorado and santa Fe Railway
soUTH-BoUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express 1888 a. m
Cleburne and Kansas City Express o'of p'nn'
EoRTH-BoUND.
galveston and chicago Express--12:5o a. m
Oleburne and Kansas City EXPRESS IL :Ss a. m.
A. LUCAS. Ticket Agent.
W. 9. KEENAN,. General PASSENGER Agent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

The victims of the Maine horror
now rest in American soil. their
interment having taken place at
Arlington yesterday. Peace to their
ashes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

THE Fenian rising probably had
it's inception in the head of some
befuddled reporter next morn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
ARDMoRE. FRIDAY. DEC. %.

CITIZENS. pay your taxes now
and assist the school board in
their difficult task.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
Let ssCouchee'' Have 1t His WAY.

Quiller Couch says no one In Am
erica pronounces his name in the
right way, which is "Killer
kooch."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29

The faculty of the Boston Uni
versity School of Medicine have
nominated DR.. John p. Sutherland
as dean, to succeed DIR. j. 7. Tai
bot. DR.. Sutherland is a graduate
of the school, and has been con-
nected with the teaching force for
many years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-29
CITY DIRECTORY.

BOARD F HEALTH.
w Bocie T. S. Booth and J. F. Robson
Chief of Fire Observation-Disclosures kenoail-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20

play, and the same company presenting
newer play could have given much
more satisfactory performance. Some
few features of the performance were
meritorous and the company is fair eX-
cepting few members who seemed to be
in the cast simply to fill a space in the
stage. The music, however. was very
good. The chorus singing was saticfac-
tory and this relieved somewhat the dull
ness of the play. The company worked
hard enough to place out the play afford
ed but little opportunity for what talent
they may have.
Theatre goers this season viii be graft
fed in seeing entirely new SCENERY at
the Crawford theatre. very beautiful
parlor scene. a new kitchen scene and a
pretty country scene were used In last
nights production. Aside from these are
two new street scenes, a very elaborate
garden scene, and a forrest scene, painted
by well known scenic artist which are as
fine as those used in any theatre in the
country This much needed Improvement
will be hailed with delight by the patrons
of the theatre. Another Innovation is that
the orchestra program appears in the
theatre program and the rendition Of
three high class musical selections by a
large orchestra. under the direction %
Professor Sanford. will also be commend
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
is COMMENTED ON FAVORABLY
George Douglas Plan for Trust Sup
preston Is Attracting Attention

George l.. Douglass scheme to handle
the trust is attracting general attention.
Editorially the Chicago Tribune says Of
it: The American Review OF Reviews for
September prints the plan devised by Mr.
George L. Douglass, a Chicago lawyer, for
the elimination of trusts" from the next
presidential campaign. Mr.. Douglass
major premiss is that the general govern
ment does not possess now. in the opinion
of q majority of the judges of the supreme
court. the power TO suppress trusts and
combinations formed to monopolize trade
in more than one state. The court held, in
the case OF the American Sugar company,
that while the power 70 suppress a mcnop-
oily of interstate commerce exists, the
power to suppress a monopoly OF manu-
features. where int state commerce is
only incidental. does not exist.
Mir Douglass minor premiss is that the
trust" problem never can be dealt with
effectively unless TIE general government
IS intrusted with the power now divided
between the legislatures OF forty-five
states. That that number OF states ever
could be induced TO unite In a common,
effective plan OF operation against
trusts is out OF the question. There
would always De an of OK. Il vas i'm
possible TO get all the thirteen original
states to concur in giving tae general gov
eminent the revenue il needed \ state
campaign against trusts" would be
balked by the failure OF New Jersey Or
Delaware 70 fail into line. L they yielded
70 the wishes OF sister states and changed
their lax Incorporation laws. Nevada.
which welcomed the prize fighters for ths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
| HE HAS GONE TO WASHBURN
Summitt's Bright Boy and
His Progress i'm EducatiOn

Elyis Thaddeus Summit Of this city has
entered Washburne college at Topeka He
is a graduate of the Wichita high school
and is 10 years Of age. Probably the
proudest man in Wichita over sons pro-
motion is Benjamin Summit. his father.
For he has worked hard all his life TO give
his children an education. Benjamin
Summit is a fu1-blood Choctaw Indian.
He was born in Mississippi His mother
died in his babyhood and through pecui-
lar turn OF destiny Summit was made
slave and remained a slave until the cut
break OF the Civil war. when he JOINED
the army and fought clear through. lie
is 10 be congratulated on the advance
ment made by his bright boy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
FRAZIER BEGINS SUIT
Asks for Possession of the
Wichita Mill and Elevator.
CITY HAS NOT PAID $1,000
Condemnation Money--CaId-
we'll Stevens viii Fight.

N. F. Frazier Of FL Dorado yesterday
begun proceedings in the district court
to get possession of the property known
as the old City Roller Mills, leased and
operated with the elevator building; next
as the Wichita Mill and Elevator com
pany, by Caldwell and Stevens. 1t was
expected and stated that the matter would
be settled on an agreed statement of facts.
The matter has been delayed somewhat
on account of 1920 condemnation money
due the property from the city for open
ing up a street on the west side of the
property to accommodate the wholesale
interests on the street below This 81, 200
being an added value to the property,
also adds to the persistency of claim by
the men concerned. The statement of the
trouble in brief is, as has been stated be-
fore, that Caldwell and Stevens had Sc
cured a purchase option on the property
for one year dating from August, 1898.
When the property burned there was a
months time to expire on the option. The
entire insurance amounted to about &c.
0GO. Caldwell and Stevens claim that their
option still held and are contending now
for ownership and title. having rendered
Frazier of Ell Dorado, the purchase price.
They refused to surrender possession after
the fire and all attempts at settling the
matter between the men having failed the
matter has been taken to court.
Thornton Sargent, representing Caldwell
and Stevens, will file an answer to Fra
zier's petition in few days and the legal
fight will begin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
WICHITA COMPANY SUPERB
If Enough Can be Secured here, 1t
Will Make a Grrnt Record.

Ralph ingalls,, lieutenant, was in the
city yesterday on his way to Anthony. He
will he back in Wichita Thursday. The
plan now is to get up a full Wichita COM
pany for the Philippines If possible.
Wichita furnished fine company for the
Twenty-irst Kansas which did not get to
see fighting, and a full company recruit
ed from Wichita and vicinity will become
renowned. This is said because the re-
cruits who have gone from Wichita to
Leavenworth are admittedly the finest
specimens of manhood to arrive there.
Those who have gone are already uni
formed and are practicing craftsmanship.
Mr.. ingalls, is very proud of the men he
secured in Wichita and says that the col
onel complimented them highly. He viii
return on Thursday and stay until full
company is secured, or If not that, so long
as the field produces recruits in numbers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
BRAVE MEN FALL.

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and al feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness, head
ache and tired, listless, rundown feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that.
Listen to ]. w. Gardner, Idavi1le, Ind.
He says: Electric Bitters are just the
thing for a man when he is all run down,
and don't care whether he lives or dies.
1t did more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything 1 could take
1 can now eat anything and have new
lease on life" Only so cents a bottle at
C. Behring's drug store Every bottle
guaranteed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
CITY IN BRIEF.

Marcellus Murdoch is home from the
mountains and at school.
H. H. Babcock of Kansas City, Is in
the city visiting w. J. Weidenbach.
Frank Brown, clerk OF the federal court
of Topeka, was in the city yesterday.
Miss Mamie Houck yesterday left for
Washington. D. c., TO attend school She
was accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
LOOMS
Mrs. T. B. Gill and daughter Of Platts-
burg. Mo, arrived last night to spend a
week with her brother, I. ". Hockaday.
at the Carey Hotel
Jim Moriarity OF the Santa Fe tickle;
Office in this city is on the sick list. but
getting better, much TO the relief OF sew
eral young ladies of the city.
Superintendent Charles d. Darrigrand
of the Wichita house OF the Jacob bold
Packing company left last night for Kan
sas City on an important business trip.
Rev. ]. w. Foose OF Corwin, Kansas,
travelling solicitor for Kansas Of the mis-
sionary board Of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church, was here attending the G.
A r. reunion.
This morning there will be a general
decorating of business houses in honor Of
the reunion. The larger firms did not get
to it yesterday but It is expected that to-
day all the flags in the city will be dis
played.
Joe Dodds, travelling salesman for Casey
& Garst, found a double watermelon at
Pond Creek the other day and II put him
in such a reminiscent mood he brought It
home and placed it in the window at
Casey & Garst's on North Market.
Mr.. Frank Jones furnished Smith and
Allen. the real estate dealers. with five
bushels q select corn 70 be used in the
new decorations IN their office. Most Of
the ears measured 12iz inches long and
contained % rows in circumference.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Jones now expects 70
leave the city early IN October and such
of her household effects as she intends 70
dispose % may. be seen between the hours
of and Y In the morning and . 20 IN
6 in the afternoon at the residence. 62f
North Topeka avenue
Students tickets FOR the Lyceum course
OF lectures. which are sold By Manager
o. A Boyle at hair price. viii be on sale
next Monday morning instead % We8nes-
day morning as was expected. This r.
duction applies 20 students Of all schools
and colleges in the city.
Mr.. Harry Gibbons. one O. the oid-tiDle
forenen OF the Rock Island bridge and
building forces. q in the city on few
days rest the first in four years. lie and
his gang are awaiting orders from super-
inteudent Cannon from Herringto2. ard
as soon as the steel is received for ths I
track crew. Mr.. Gibbons and htz force /
wm leave FOR the Oklahoma country for /
duty again.
A. the Auditorium on September ? Tii I
axe place a 23-roun6 glove coa-cst be- 4
tween u. r. Davis u Kansas. and F. 81 4
Blggs OF Missouri This VIII be for 81 I
purse. and viii Be one % the best glove L
contests THAI has been he'd In tais e.ty (.
f. q long sine. This contest Is under the 4
of Mr. Joe Heron ard 'ick-
rs are for sale ~ Eou1ls r. Howard /
drug store and q. J. Herr9n's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
ARTERY A GETS UNIFORMS
Big Consignment of Clothing Received
Yesterday.

Louis Aspey, captain of Battery A, K.
n. G., said yesterday that the battery
had received a consignment Of clothing
from the quartermaster store at Topeka,
consisting of a full outfit Of uniforms.
The goods arrived yesterday and were
Immediately taken TO the armory at 1l6
North Market street. 1t is expected to
have meeting of the company tonight
when the suits will be allotted. and the
boys will begin preparing in earnest for
the salute on the arrival OF Dewey in
New York, probably September @. The
consignment of clothing and other para
phernalia contained sixty trousers, sixty
blouses, sixty caps, sixty campaign hats,
and lot Of sabres and belts. The boys
are very proud of their uniforms
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20

sake or revenue, would for similar rea-
son, invite the organizers OF trusts" and
combines to come to 1t for charters.
Mr.. Douglass conclusion Is that
The rational and practical thing for con-
gress would seem to be, first, to accept
the obvious conclusions of the supreme
court as to the existing lack OF power in
the federal government to deal effectively
with the trust question; second, to sub
nit to the states for ratification an
amendment to the constitution comforting
upon congress the necessary power to deal
with it. By necessary power mean
the power which Justice Harlan believed
the government already had, but which
the majority of the justices decided that
it did not have.
One great merit of Mr.. Douglass propo-
sition is that 1t furnishes the means OF
testing at once the sincerity of the profess
sions Of the leaders of the two parties
of deadly hostility to trusts. If honest in
those professions they will not find it dif-
fcult TO agree, when congress meets, on
the terms of an amendment granting con-
gress that power over industrial monopo-
lies which it does not possess now, and to
secure at once for that amendment the
two-thirds vote necessary to its sub1nis-
sion to the states. Then the trust" cues
ton will be eliminated from the presiden-
tial campaign, for the voters will see that
both parties think alike concerning that
question and that one is as much to be
trusted as the other.
The Bryan Democrats in congress may
refuse to support the suggested amend
ment Mr.. Bryan says it will De time
enough to amend the constitution when
the supreme court has decided that his
plan for the national regulation Of trusts"
and combines is unconstitutional. But
if the Democratic leaders take that
ground they viii convict themselves Of
insincerity. For If a constitutional amend
ment is submitted in 1900 more than three
fourths of the state legislatures meet
early in 1901 and the amendment can be
ratified at once. But even if the next
congress were to enact a law embodyinS
Bryans plan, which is not likely to hap
pen. much time would elapse before
case under it could reach the supreme
court and a decision be had as to the
of the law.
1t looks as If Mr.. Bryan did not care to
eliminate the trust question from the
next campaign. This is only another rea-
son why the touchstone of Mr.. Douglass
should be applied to test the
genuineness of the sounding antitrust
phrases of politicians of both parties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-20
ARTHUR {. SEWELL SUED
Candidate for Vice President Straek
n Sna- In Wichifn Rnnm

Arthur z. Sewell OF Bath. Maine. can
didate for vice president on the Demo
cratic ticket in 1885, Is having other trou-
bles in Kansas besides those experienced
in the campaign in this state. Mr.. SeweIl
was sued yesterday by Harry w Stew
art, receiver % the Davidson Investment
company. on his liability as stakeholder
In the company. Mr. Sewell owned SIa.O50
worth az stock, and. according "a the
Kansas law. is liable for twice the
amount Of the capital stock owned by
him. The Davidson Investment COMPANY
failed with an Indebtedness OF about
Nl6.ooo- The creditors Of the concern are
now suing each Of the stockholders. who
are able to pay. and Mr.. Sewell Is uafor-
tunate enough 10 De one of them. He is
said 70 have drawn out in dividends
about $soo before the company began 10
fail Judge ssnkey is representing the
receiver. and Attorney Clifford % To-
Peka was here yesterday in the interes,
Of tae creditor company.