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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
To Weigh Mail Matter.

Under instructions from Post
master General Smith every ounce
of mail matter passing through the
post office between the 3rd of
October and the 9th of November
will be weighed and a record kept
of the amounts. This order affects
every post office in the country,
and is made for the purpose of OBJ
tanning date for the information
of the special congressional com
mittee which is investigating the
postal service. This will be the
first time in twenty years that the
mails have been weighed. The
railroad and other transportation
companies who have the contracts
for carrying the mails have done
the weighing and rendered bills on
their own figures. The informa-
ton secured by this investigation
will furnish ground for deciding
whether or not the government has
been overcharged by these COM
panies. Separate accounts have
to be kept for all classes of mail
matter. including first class, second
class, both stamped and otherwise,
free mail matter, and also the
weight of sacks. locks and other
articles used in transportation.
''If you scour the world you will
never find a remedy equal to One
Minute Cough Cure" says Editor
Fackler of the Micanopy, Fla, Hust-
Ter. 1t cured his family of lagrippe
and saves thousands from pneumo-
mia, bronchitis, Group and all throat
and lung troubles. w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
Western industrial Association
Writes the best certificate of any
fraternal order, in that its certifi-
Gates provide benefits in case of
Accident.
Sickness,
Death,

Permanent Disability, and an En-
dowment or Old Age Benefit,
and paid up in 90 years. Five
benefits in one certificate, for which
every prudent man or woman
should provide; and at monthly
cost of only $l.00 per thousand.
1t also has cash surrender OF
withdrawal value after five years.
For further information, call on
T. C. Bridgman, Ardmore, |. 7.
Good, reliable solicitors wanted.
Apply to
7. C. BRlDGMAN, Arduure. |. 7,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
WARNING Order.

In the United States Court in the Indian
Territory. Southern District:
II. VI. Hollingsworth, Plaintiff
NO 3R30
j. w. Stiles. ct al Defendant.
The defendant. w. Stiles, is warned 10
appear in this. court in thirty days and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff, III. M.
Hollingsworth.
said court and the seal thereof. this End
day ef October, 1899.
.M.CAMPBELL, Clerk.
Eddleman & Graham, Attorneys.
w. R. Blakemore. attorney for non-res-
ide1t.
First published October 4. 1899.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
WARNING ORDER.

In the United States District Court In the
Indian Territory, Southern District,
VIM H. Cannon, Plaintid.l
VS.. NO. ss2s.
Annie Cannon. Defendant.
The defendant, Annie Cannon is warned
TO appear in this court in thirty DAYS and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff VIM.
II. Cannon.
Witness Hon. Hosea Townsend. Judge of
said court and the seal thereof this 10Th
day of September. 1899.
lsEALl c. NJ. CAMPBELL. Clerk.
j. c. Thompson. Attorney.
W. ID. Potter. attorney nonresident.
Published Sept. 2l 1899.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
The uDusf Gr,n."

1t is now said that an Ardmore
man can be easily detected any
where he goes by the dust grin"
which he carries. It is a habit
readily acquired by all Ardmoreites,
and easily obtainable by the most
adverse since the discrimination
of the street sprinkler
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09

Joseph Stocktord, Hogdon, Me-,
healed a sore running for seventeen
years and cured his piles of long
standing by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t cures all skin dis
eases. W. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
Our Home is DeSOlate.

The icy hand of death took from
Us our darling little Jesse July the
Sth, 1899, aged two years, five
months and two days. Little
Jesse was sweet baby and was
loved by all who knew him. He
has gone to dwell with him who
said: Suffer little children to
come unto me-" Written by his
heart broken mother,
KETURAH HEARN,
Weaverton, |. T.
For driving out dull, bilious feel
ing, strengthening the appetite and
increasing the capacity of the body
for work, Prickly Ash Bitters is a
Golden Remedy. Sold by W. B.
Frame
One thousand dollars for one dol
lar. How is that? The Kansas City
Times announces that it has hung
up prize of 81 900, and sealed up a
bushel of shelled corn in a glass Jar
The subscriber who comes nearest
saying how many grains there are in
that bushel of corn gets this one
thousand dollars in cash. Then the
Times asks ''what will you do if
you get the 81, ,O00?" This is big
offer and worth trying for. 1t is
open to everybody who sends in 81
to prepay three months, whether
old or new subscribers.
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Warning Order.

Warming Order.
In the United States District Court In the
Indian Territor. Southern District:
James Carr, Plaintiff,
No. 3S25.
Ella Carr. Defendant.
The defendant Ella Carr, is warned to ap-
pear in this court in thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff. James Carr
Witness Hon Hosea Townsend, Judge OF
said court and the seal thereof, this 4th day
of October. 1899.
c. NJ. CAMPBEL Clerk.
j. C. Thompson. attorney.
R. Crockett. Jr., attorney nonresident.
First published Oct. c. 1899.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09

J. B.. Spragins & Co. have the
finest line Of cook and heating
stoves in the city. Call and get
one cheap. a d&wtf.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
A TEXAS WONDER.
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.
One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
Irregularities of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder trouble in chill
dren. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle is two month g
treatment and will cure any cause
above mentioned.
DIR. E. W. HALL,
Sole manufacturer, st. Louis, MO-,
formerly Waco, Texas.
For sale by w. B. Frame, druggist,
Ardmore, t.
READ THIS.
Temple, Texas, April 26, 1899.
have used Halls Great Discovery
for bladder and kidney trouble and
would not take $1,000 for the benefit
received from using one bottle l
feel that am permanently cured.
w. &. TYLER. ID, d. 3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
A Stockman,s View.
The Claremore Progress of last
week had the following:

The Claremore Progress of last
week had the following:
/ am frequently asked, What
kind of a country is the Indian
Territory" My answer is it re-
minds me of a great bank vault
when the cashier closes his door at
the end of day; he sets his time
lock so as TO open at 8 o'clock next
morning. He nor any one else can
open it before that time, but when
the clock points at 9 O'Clock next
morning the cashier turns the
bolts and swings open the great
steel doors and exposes to view
the vast treasures stored therein.
Just so with the Indian Territory.
When the Great Ruler made the
fulness thereof He put a time-lock
on that part of it and it has re-
manned closed until the present
time. | am of the opinion that
the hour hand has almost reached
a. M, and when that time comes
the geologist will step in and open
up to the world one of the greatest
mineral productions yet discovered
by man. coal, lead, zine, oil and
probably iron will be found in
abundance. There is coal enough
in the Cherokee nation alone to
last the United States 100 years.
This is no idle dream and time
will verify this statement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-09
CHANGED Hands

Notice that l have bought the Chi
nese Laundry, formerly run by Hong
Lee, and will continue the Laundry
at the same place. We wash by hand
and iron by machine shirts, collars
and cuffs as good as any steam laun-
dry, and at as low a price. Ladies'
waist skirts and bOnnets a specially.
The best Chinee laundryman ever in
this town. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Clothes called for and delivered to
any part of the city free.
sep,s-dlmi JOE Q. LANE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
STONE is FOR BRYAN.
Says He Has Never Thought of Any
other Candidate.

St Louis. Aug Ill am for Mr..
Bryan for president. 1 have always
been for him and expect to remain so.
I think that there is not a shadow Of
a doubt of his nomination by the next
Democratic national convention" This
statement was made by Vice Chairman
of the Democratic National COMMITTEES
William J. Stone today, when he was
asked about reports from Washington
that he was preparing to forsake Bryan
and take up Rear Admiral Schley as q
candidate for the Democratic presiden-
tiaI nomination
Mr.. Stone further said: I have never
heard Schley's name mentioned as a
possible candidate for president except
in newspa per gossip. I never thought
this was serious and do not think the
last report is any more serious than
the others. I have never thOuGh ht of
Schley as anything but a brave naval
officer. This talk about my being for
him is rot. am for Bryan"
Speaking of the Democratic confer
ences reported as being held at Saratoga
Mr.. Stone said: 4 don't believe the con-
ferences amount to anything. This talk
about them is all nonsense"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
HE FAILS FOR
SIX MILLIONS.
Alexander Mcdonald, the King
of the KlOndike,
Makes a Formal Declaration of
Insolvency.
UNABLE TO PAY OUT
Though He Claims Assets Of
$2O,OOO,OOO.
Incompetent Agents Ruined
Him While He Was Away.

Chicago, Aug. ia special to the
Times-Herald from San Francisco
says:
Alexander Mcdonald, king of the
Klondike, has failed. His liabilities
are estimated at $4,000, 900. His assets
are of uncertain value
In his formal declaration of insolv-
ency, filed at Dawson July %. McDon-
aid states his liabilities to be approx
imately S. 00O, ,OOO There is no way of
fully computing his assets, as his in
vestments are of largely problematical
value. As they viii have to be sacri-
feed, Mcdonald himself says there will
not be enough to go around, although
he believes the ultimate value Will
prove $20. 600, 900 at least
When Mcdonald went to England a
few months ago to organize a syndi-
cate to control the TRANSPORTATION and
provisions business of the far north he
left his affairs in the hands of incompe-
tent agents On his return creditors
made demands which he could not meet.
Before going to the Klondike Mcdonald
pTospected in Colorado.
He is not at all dtsheartened by his
sudden change of fortune. Indeed, he ap-
he declares, TO be millionaire"
Mcdonald was one of the first we'll
as one of the most fortunate of the Klon-
dixie pioneers
His bride. an English girl, almost 20
years his Junior. looks at the situation
with philosophical fortitude. She says she
is quite satisfied so long as he keeps his
health and courage.
When Mcdonald married Margaret
Chisholm in London February last, his
wealth was variously estimated from $10,-
1000 to five times that sum. Mcdonald
passed through Tacoma last October en-
route from Dawson City to London and it
was stated then in various dispatches
that he carried with him for expense
money fully s2,000,000. It was also related
by the press that four years ago he pass
ed through Tacoma practically penniless
headed for the KlOndike with the avowed
purpose of pulling out his stake
When Mcdonald went to England q few
months ago to organize a syndicate to
control the transportation and provision
business of the far north he left his af-
fairs in the hands of incompetent agents
On his return creditors made demands
which he could not meet Before going to
the klOndike Mcdonald prOspected in Col
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
HAwKEYE FIGHTERS.
The Colonel Cables Account of Their
Performance.

Des Moines. Iowa. Aug. 1.-THE Des
Moines News has received the following
cablegram from Colonel J. Q. Loper, com
mandine the Fifty-first Iowa regiment in
reference to Wednesdays battle:
Manila, Aug. 10.-Ihe Fdfty-hrst Iowa
saw some of the hardest fighting it has
encountered during the present campaign.
Our forces advanced several miles from
San Fernando. Wadiug through deep mud
and fighting almost constantly, the Fill
pinos retiring in considerable confusion,
but maintaining steady fire. The en-
gagement was general, 5000 Of the enemy
being engaged while General Macarthur
has in addition to our regiment, the
Ninth and Twelfth regiments and the
Thirty-six. part of the Seventeenth and a
cavalry troop. Our advance was assisted
by the artillery, fifteen guns being en-
ployed. One battalion of the Fifty-frst
accompanied the artillery in a successful
movement in the direction of Mexico. the
regiment advancing with the main body
of troops toward Angeles. The American
loss was severe, several killed and about
twenty-five wounded Our casualties were
follows:
Harry P Brenholts. private company
NJ. Mount Pleasant; shot in leg. severe
Lamont Williams, second lieutenant,
company E, Shenandoah, shot in both
thighs; moderate.
Peter Hardiff, private company c. Hen
derson, Mills county; shot in chest, Sc
we're.
A NJ. Slatten, private, company A. shot
in the leg: moderate
James F. Stuffit. private. company f.
Clarendia, member of hand; shot in side;
slight.
VIII continue to cable all casualties.
T.OPER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
AMERICANS IN DANGER.
Five Hundred of Them In the Yaoui
Country.

Chicago. Aug IA special to the
Chronicle from Ell PasO, Tex, says:
J. H. Latin of BrOwnWood, Tex
reached here Thursday night direct
from the heart of the Yaqui gold coun-
try of Sonora, Mex, where most of the
American prOspectOrs who have gone
into the mountains during the past two
vars are cOngregated. He says that
more than 500 Americans are in the
mountains not far from Montezuma
prospecting. Latin reached Montezuma
last Thursday and had not heard of the
Indian uprising until he arrived there
His camp where he left several COM
paniOns is "A miles from the town and
nine miles from the Yaqui river The
hostile country where the Indians are
massing is 25 miles distant but the
Indians are likely to retreat to the
mountains at any moment before the
advancing troops. Latin says not an
American miner in the hills has heard
of the outbreak and all of them would
be taken completely off their guard and
fall an easy prey to the Indians should
they decide to raid their camps. He
says. however that the Americans at
MOntezuma seemed to have no fear of
the Indians penetrating that far into the
mountains and none believed that min
ers in the immediate vicinity would be
mOleSted although those Americans fllr-
ther down the river are admitted to be
in great danger unless the rebellion is
soon stamped out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
OTIS To STAY
Unless He Requests That He
Be Relieved.
In That Case LaWtOn Is the
Man
TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR.
Understanding Was Reached by
the President
And the Secretary of War at
Plattsburg.
70 BE HIS SUCCESSOR.

New York, Aug. IA Herald special
from Washington says:
Major General Otis will remain in SUI
preme command of the Philippine Is
lands. Should he request to be relieved,
Major General Lawton will be assigned
to duty as his successor. This is the
decision reached by the president and
Secretary Root during their conference
at Lake Champlain.
1t Is evident that notwithstanding CEN
eral Merritt5s expressed desire to return
to Manila he will not have the opportun1-
ty and even Lawton's promotion IS con-
d1uOnal upon the request of Otis to be
detached from command
1t is learned that former Secretary Al
ger just before his retirement, recon-
the ground that he had not proven him
self equal to the emergency.
General Miles favors sending additional
cavalry but it is said that Secretary Root
has no intention at present of doing this
The operations which General MacAr-
thur : conducting to the northward of
San fernando have a double purpose
first, to demOralize the insurgents and
prevent them from Strengthening the p0-
sition they hold. and second to establish
himself at point on the railroad con-
Meeting the gulf of Lingayen with Manila
General -LawtOn's recent demons tration
to the southwark of Manila and the Op-
erations generally are all part of Otis
plan to keep the insurgents in constant
fear of attack.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
TO SECURE FUGITIVEs.
A Policy of Extradition With Cuba
and Hawaii Determined Upon.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE state de-
partment has determined upon a gen
eral policy of extradition between this
country and Cuba. Hawaii and other
territory in part under the direction of
the United States. A number of cases
have lately arisen in which fugitives
from justice have claimed immunity by
going to Cuba or an insular possession,
on the theory that our relations with
these places were in such a transitory
condition that the usual processes of
extradition would not apply.
The question was recently brought
before the state department, both as
to Cuba and Hawaii, and a general
ruling was made that if fugitivies were
located in these countries an applica-
tion for eXtraditiOn made in the
usual form to the state depart
ment would be turned over to
the military administration and
such steps taken as to secure the ex-
tradition on the ordinary prima facie
evidence. The same rule will apply as
to persons from Cuba, Hawaii, Porto
Rico or the Philippines who seek refuge
in the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
GRIGGS CONDEMNED
And Mckinley Praised by Nebraska
Epworth Leaguers-

Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 1.-THE Nebras-
ka Epworth League assembly which
concluded today. adopted resolutions on
the army canteen as follows:
THE Nebraska Epworth assembly
1000 strong, representing a constituency
of $4,000, condemn the infamous decis-
ion OF Attorney General Griggs in nulIi-
flying the act of congress abolishing the
army canteen and appeal to President
Mckinley to exercise his authority as
commander-in-chief to carry out the
will of the people as expressed by con-
gress and protect our soldiers from the
injury and outrage inflicted on them
and their families by the shameful blot
on our military system which is more
destructive to life and character than
fever, famine and war itself -
The assembly passed resolutions
warmly commencing the administra-
ton OF President Mckinley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
o. s. TROOPS SUFFER
From the Recent Hurricane In Porto
Rico.

San Juan de Porto Rico. Aug IL
The hurricane which broke over the
south coast at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing swept northwest. There was no
abatement for nine hours, the greatest
damage being done between and 10
o'clock a. m The wires were down and
communication with the interior was
for a time impossible. It is now chief
ly carried on by cOuTiers.
At San Juan four natives were drown
ed in the harboT, so houses were demol-
ished and hundreds were unroofed. The
damage to property is estimated at
$500. 600 Commissary stores to the val
ue of $4,000 were destroyed.
A dispatch by cable from Ponce says
the town was almost destroyed Almost
all the frame buildings are down. the
bridge is swept away and there is no
communication between the port and
the city proper The damage TO the port
is estimated at $3.50. 900. Two natives
are known to have been drowned. The
records and property of the custom
house are ruined and all the vessels are
ashore
At Aibonito very little remains stand
ing except the cathedral and the bar
racks. -Four natives perished and three
United States soliers were badly in
jured. AS the town IS without provis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
HARVESTED BY HAIL.
Two Million Bushels of Wheat De-
stroyed by Storm

st. Paul. Mimi, Aug IA Fargo.
N D., special to the Pioneer Press
says:
Two million bushels of wheat are es-
timated to have been lost in yesterdays
hail storm, which partially destroyed
the crop on nearly 25O,OOO acres OF land
in the state. Farmers who were busily
engaged in the morning were driven to
their barns for shelter, and afterwards
found il unnecessary TO take the bind
ers back to the fields, as the grain had
been harvested by hail in a few brief
moments Just before IL o'clock the
storm struck the nOrtherRe part of Cass
and the southern part of Traill counties.
In addition to a big area over which
hail fell thickly. heavy wind and rain
storms completed the destruction of
thousands of acres of grain. On either
side of the center of the path of the
hail. covering an area fifteen miles
north and south between Argusville and
Gardiner in Cass county. to Kelso in
Trail county, and on the east and west
a territory ranging from five miles wide
on the south to Is or 20 on the north,
the country is practically devastated.
Losses are estimated all the way from
25 to 100 per cent of the crop The
acreage lost in Cass and Trail is placed
at from a hundred thousand to two
hundred thousand acres. Many con-
servative estimates say that so per cent
of the crop on a hundred and twenty
five thousand acres are not too low fig
ures for the destruction in Cass and
Trail.
In the northern part of the county
the storm seems to have begun as far
west as Erie and Galesburg and gone
directly east on the county line between
Cass and Trail to- Red river and then
over into Minnesota The hail was ap-
parently heaviest along this line and
crops on big farms like Grandin's and
StanfOrd's, near KelsO. were completely
wiped out. The destruction is SO COM
plete in many parts of the devastated
territory that no effort will be made to
harvest what is left.
AS an indication of the losses, G.. H.
Knight telephoned from his farm at
Grandin stating that he had cut 200
acres before the storm and tomorrow
would start his plOws to summer fall
low the other thousand acres of his
farm. The storm swept east from
Dakota into Minnesota and kilograms
from Halstead and Henderum report
terrible destruction. The lowest esti-
mate of the loss in that vicinity has
been put at fifty thousand acres. In
all the storm stricken section insurance
men assert that less than 5 per cent
of the acreage was covered by hail in
surance. Another storm is reported at
New Rockford in Eddy county, where
it is asserted from Is to 100 per cent of
the crop of forty thousand acres of
wheat was laid to waste. The total
loss will be over one million dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-11
FELL ON HIS SWORD.
Desperate Efforts of an Evanston
Man to Commit Suicide.

Chicago, Aug. lin an effort to
commit suicide today George Paterson,
a cook, of Evanston, first drank a quart
of whisky, then secured an old rusty
sword. set the hilt against a bath tub
and fell upon the point so forcibly that
the blade went nearly half way through
his body. Feeling little pain and being
still able to stand, Paterson again fell
upon the sword His vitality was still
strong, however. and he placed the
weapons point against his stomach and
rushed with the hilt against the wall
Still he did not collapse and pluckiug
the blade from his wound he set fire to
the house and craWled into closet and
waited for the fire to consume him He
was rescued by firemen, however, and
taken to the hospital He may recover.