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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-30

A novel suit came up in Sher-
man a few days ago. A man, who
was arrested in that city some
time ago and fined, paid a portion of
his fine and gave bond for the
balance. When the constable set
tied his accounts he paid the bal
ance Of the fine. Recently the
man was arrested for not having
settled up. He took the position
that the constable having paid the
balance of his fine he had no in
debtedness to the state and that
the matter was in the shape of
private debt to the officer and for
which he could not be put in Jail.
Judge Woods withheld his decision
for q day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-30
Floods in Texas.

TheLone Star state is deluged
with water, in places such rainfalls
have been unknown for 60 years.
All the streams are out of their
banks. Trains are not running
below Cleburne on the Santa Fe
road. A telegram to the express
agent here asks him to receive no
perishable express to go below
Fort Worth" Thousands of dol
lars worth of property and crops
have been washed away and other
wise damaged. The Fort Worth
Morning Register says:
The exceedingly heavy rains of
Yesterday and Wednesday in East
Texas have wrought great destruc-
ton of crops on the river lowlands.
The rain fall is unprecedented
At Brennan the government OBJ
server reports fall of 14.62 inches
in the two days, at Hearne 9.54,
at Temple 7.84, at Columbia D 81,
at Waco 4.20 and at Cuero $50.
Many railway washouts are re-
ported and traffic was interrupted.
The times., 1899-07-02


reward is therefore of no use to him. He
has no money to pay for coaching" IN
the subjects in which he is deficient, and
all hope of distinguishing himself as an
officer in the service of his country is
therefore gone. The protege of Con-
gTessman from some inland State, without
nautical experience and perhaps without
the qualifications really necessary for a
naval officer can become a naval cadet, but
Deignan, who helped take the Merrimac
into the harbor of Santiago, who was one
of that glorious daredevil crew who risked
death. wounds. or Imprisonment with the
coolness of veterans and the gayety of
young volunteers, must be debarred be-
cause he has not spent his life over his
books instead of in the orderly, disc!p ined
life of man-o'- war. 1t seems as if this
thing might be remedied in some way or
other.
Deignan is said to be youth Of brains as
well as bravery, and from his general
character it appears probable that he
would be able to make up whatever he
lacks in book-knowledge if he could have
a fair chance. But evidently he cannot co
this and earn his living at the same time.
The times., 1899-07-02
America In the East.
(From the Boston ClObe.)


What the United rStatst accomplished in Japan
and China they had succeeded in accomplishing
in Korea. 1t was an American commodore who,
in 1897, was successful iw closing Che first treaty
that a lNestern nation had ever secured with the
Gland rof-the Morning Calm II the firm
ness and bravery Of American naval officers that
taught the rude Koreans manners and first plant
ed the American flag on Korean territory. The
American commander was sent to make an en-
quiry as to how the Koreans could permit piracy
on their coasts and torture American seamen
They were, OF course, engaged in ''medding with
Eastern affairs but they did their work
thoroughly, and started the Koreans the road
to civilization besides. Eastern sffairs!" Take
the names OF Foote, Perry Tatnall, Glynn, Harris,
Shufedt Fighting John Rodgers" and many
other American commanders and statesmen, out
Of the history OF the Far East for period cover
ing over a century, and the history OF the trans
formation Of Oriental barbarism into modern
civilization would be sadly incomplete. To the
part taken by the United States in Eastern af-
fairs civilization largely owes the new awaken
ing that is now the chief theme of statesmen and
publicists Dewey was the latest hero of the
friends OF larger American influence in the East,
but other great names preceded his on the roll
of those who have done great and lasting service
10 the world in the same direction.
The times., 1899-07-02
THE FOURTH IN NEW YORK.
1t VIII BE More Generally Celebrate
ed Than Ever Refore

New York. July 1.-The indications are
that July Will be more generally cele-
brated than any Independence Day In our
history. If conditions in other cities of
the Union are similar to those in New
York an unusually large part of the coun-
try's population will celebrate the day as
far from the great centres of population
as they can get and yet be at business on
Wednesday morning. Railroad and steam
boat men were of one mind today that not
in the memory of any of them had there
ever been such an exodus from the city on
Saturday. The railroad men were will
ing to go further and say that they be-
lfeyed. when the returns came in, that the
business done by the many railroads run
ming into New York direct or by ferry con-
nections for the thirty-six hours ending at
midnight tonight would be shown to be
the largest ever done in a similar time.
A reporter visited three of the principal
fireworks warerooms in the city today to
enquire about business as compared with
other years and the specialties which the
people are asking for. At all the estab-
lishments great increase, wholesale and
retail over any former year was reported
The manager of one concern said;
las near as | have been able to figure,
up to the present time our business is
greater by about one third than that of
any year since we have been in the busi-
ness. What is true OF us is probably true
OF other dealers in fireworks. Another
thing that l have been especially interest
ed in is the demand Of our customers for
set pieces. Portraits OF heroes OF last
summers war are most in demand. OF
these Dewey and Roosevelt lead all the
others"
The times., 1899-07-02
Reforming n Tree.

Once upon q time there was a chief OF
police who desired that suicide be made
capital offence Rumor says that this gen
tleman lived in France. A recent despatch
from that country indicates that his de-
scendants are living there now.
A prefect In q provincial French town
went out to walk on the boulevard one day
cious person had been stripping the bark
from the plane trees which ornamented
that part OF the city. He Immediately is
sued a declaration, describing the ''pitia-
BILE appearance" OF these trees, and or
dering the vandals TO be punished severely
If they could be caught But apparently
they were disembodied spirits or had
bribed the police, for as time went on the
mutilation OF the trees continued, and the
depredators were not caught. The prefect
was In despair. He took TO haunting the
boulevard himself in the hope that he
might catch the culprit. But he could not
be there always, and it appeared that the
villains knew enough to avoid him. The
notices posted up all around town caused
no activity among the citizens. Finally
the prefect called a council and asked his
head clerk what ought TO be done in the
matter. The clerk said that he did not
know: that plane trees had a habit OF
shedding their bark every year, and he did
not see how the thing was to be prevented
The next day the notices had disappeared
and there was an embarrassed prefect who
The times., 1899-07-02

to have the faith of a COW instead OF a
little child. no doubt there are commenta-
tors who would be glad to undertake the
task.
There is another phase of the new de-
velopment which is entirely satisfactory.
II the Christian Scientist turns his atten-
ton TO farm animals instead of operating
on human beings, he will not be allowed
to continue his performances unless he
effects cures. If he forces himself into the
barnyard of a frugal but independent
farmer and undertakes to cure the bus
bandman's hogs, and sheep, and cattle of
whatever disease may affiict them, he will
have to succeed, or the farmer will come
after him with a pitchfork. and 1t will take
all his Christian Science, and all his
powers of locomotioB besides, to ward off
the effects OF that humble and useful
weapon. Moreover, there is Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
which Will look after the interests of the
beasts, and If the healer kills very many
of them in his operations, the farmer may
bring suit against him for destruction OF
property. All things considered, it is a
great deal safer to allow Christian Scien-
fists to practice on cows than on two-year-
old babies. The COW is better provided
with weapons of defence.
The times., 1899-07-02
A North Polar Fantasy.

tfrOn tne
The late lamented Paul de Rougemont, lineal
descendant Of Baron Munehausen, has been sue
ceeded by another pretender, one Gustav Bertrand,
a poor Quebec mariner. who claims to have found
the North Pole. Scorning such superfuous ac-
cessories as Nansen's aluminium Fran or Andree' S
balloon, this French seaman, cast adri, in Arctic
regions, simply walked along with various Eski-
mos until he at last beheld the long sought pole!
According to his undetailed statement, the pole
is IAN island surrounded by ice.' Thus it is not
exactly huge icicle after all, but the projecting
hub of the worlds solid axis, CREASED hF slowly
melting ice foes Nor is Nansen's theory OF an
omen sea discountenanced by this latest unaccred-
tied polar explorer. But he fails TO teil>us the
route he took thither thence-a thing which
Sir John Vaudeville never neglected TO set down
concerning those peculiar lands which he was
the first and last TO visit. Nevertheless, if the
North Pole is an island, here is chance for
annexation which the expanding empires Of the
world should not let slip.
The times., 1899-07-02
The End of n PopuIist College.


The legislative committee investigating certain
Populist members of the Board OF Regents OF the
State Agricultural College in Kansas has found
the accused guilty Of six of the eight charges
made against them. The charges all involve
lawful and irregular proceedings in the manage
ment Of the institution, and for the greater part
thev were abundantly sustained. As matter of
met, the real and most pressing for max
ing a change in this board desirable was not one
which could take the form Of legal charge
and therefore, the committee had authority
TO pass upon it, but it is none the les familiar
to all who keep any track Of Kansas affairs. We
refer OF course, TO the manner in which the col
legc faculty has diverted the high aim Of this
Institution and turned il into kindergarten for
the propaganda of dirty politics.
Under the guise of teaching political economy
the Populist regents OF the Agricultural College
imported no less than three political agitatOrs,
all OF whom had been debarre tirom teaching in
other colleges of the land and the whole curricu.
lum Of the institution made subordinate to
their department. Even the printing plant con
nected with the college taken from the work
OF printing scientific and other information and
set TO grinding out campaign literature by the
ton In place Of the handsome little weekly pa
per devoted to the interests o; education, there
has appeared during the last two years q pubiea-
tion filled with the raukest political argument
and persuasion. not to mention assaults the
religious, moral, economic, and social customs
OF the world.
The times., 1899-07-02
The Cn.e of peixnsn.

There it a matter In connection with the
sinking Of the Merrimsc which needs
prompt attention. and should have been
looked after before. 1t is universally con-
ceded that the men who went with Hob
son into the jaws OF death on that mem
orsble night little more than a year ago
were not less brave than he. and one of
them, Oscar W. Degnan. a youth of nine
teen. was particularly rewarded by Con-
gress. The President was authorized to
appoint him naval cadet
This was a reward efninently fitted TO
the deed Deignan is young enough to
profit by the training OF Annapolis. and
would undoubtedly make a good officer.
But after Congress had given him this
chance. IL strsightway amended the recog-
milton by decreeipg that he must pass an
examination ike any other cadet. Deig-
nan, being a sailor and not student, was
unable to pass the examination, and his
The times., 1899-07-02
Where He Made a Mi,tnkc


There was who would not read Sun
day paper, neither would he go into the fields or
the forests to enjoy the beauties of nature on
that day. And he Illuminated against those who
did not do as he did, and oft in his anger at
Others he forgot the commandments and wished
that those who enjoyed themselves on Sunday
might be stricken down for their wickedness
Now, it came to pass that while this man sat
alone upon Sunday he died, and his spirit
winged its way to the pearly gates, and To- they
were closed against him, and st. Peter stood
upon the inside and spoke through the bars unto
him, saying: Behold. you held it wicked to
do aught upon the Sabbath day that might have
been done upon any other day, and you prayed
that he who did that upon the Sabbath which
they might have done upon some other day of
the week should be punished. and your prayer has
been answered You might have died on Satur-
day or Monday"
The times., 1899-07-02
A Health Recnrd

From the St Louis GIobe-Democrat.)
Thus far the climate OF the Philippines stands
high in the health test. IN American officer
stationed in Manila describes his room, in which
the wainscoting as well the windows slide
open, and says that ''the weather is warm. Of
course. since we only eleven degrees away
from the equator. but it does not seem TO be
any warmer here than it is in Washington in
summer There is always breeze from
where, and il you keep out of the life is
very comfortable" The deaths OF Americans sub
scquent to wounds in the Philippines have been
under per cent. No parallel to this is known
in any former tropical campaign. or perhaps any
where. DIR. Sternberg, in his paper, declared that
there has been great advance in the medical.
surgical. and sanitary work in the Army, and
statistics confirm the statement. Here is some
thing for the chorus Of critics to talk about, if
growing is not their exclusive occupation.
The times., 1899-07-02

nation is probably a matter of short
time. Only their marvellous swiftness in
running has preserved them to the present
day.
DR.. Cook regards this tribe as high in
the scale OF Indian aborigines. While
poiygamous, the men seldom have more
than two wives, and their morality is un-
common for savages. Their superstitions
and habits he found highly interesting.
He expects TO publish In time a full ac-
count of his voyage and its fruits
The times., 1899-07-02

staid indoors all day rather than face the
plane trees on the Boulevard.
This conscientious gentleman of limited
information is aR example of large class
of people in this wof4d-people who spend
their time trying to pass ordinances
against the operation of natural laws. II
the prefect had carried his principles out
TO the bitter end he might have declared
that there was no reason why plane trees
should shed their bark in that way, any
more than any other kind of trees, and that
if they could not stop being SO untidy. they
would have to be cut down and elms or
lindens planted in their bIace.
1t would have been no more absurd for
him to say this than for certain reformers
TO declaim against perfectly innocent, nat
ural and inevitable expressions of human
character. The race as whole has nat
ural and spontaneous delight in dancing.
in music, in bright and beautiful clothing,
in dramatic representations, and in story
telling. There are individuals, even COM
munities, which have but little bias to-
ward these things, but That is no reason
why they should attempt to make others
over into their pattern. A great deal of
the Puritanism of the past was very much
on the same principle as that shown by
the French prefect In the matter of the
plane trees. except that he did not actual
ly bind up the trees in itiackets to
make them conform TO his ideas of pro-
priety. If he had done this the trees
would have died.
The times., 1899-07-02
Mcmillan and AIger.
(From the Chicago Journal. }


Senator Mcmillan, whose seat the covetous Was
Secretary is after. has organized one or two
trusts himself. But Mcmillan doesn't deny it.
He frankly declares that he believes III iudicious
trade combinations" People may differ about
what form of combination is judicous and as
to whether any trade combination at all is iu-
dicious, but between man who is frankly and
avowedly trust piomoter and man who. in
addition TO being a trust promoter, is also a
SNUG political mpester, it is hard to see how
the people of Michigan can hesitate. They are
in a bad way when they have to choose between
Alger and Mcmillan. but if they must make the
choice, one would naturally suppose they would
prefer the man who has organized combines and
doesn't try TO conceal it!
The times., 1899-07-02
Family Feuds.

Grom the Galveston News)
Texas is not entirely free from the bloody work
OF vicious apostles of never-dying vengeance Some
OF the old troubles brought across the sea to the
Atlantic States, thence to Tennessee, Kentucky
Missouri, Arkansas. Louisiana, have been
brought even TO Texas and the beds of red emb-
ers are still alive in certain localities. Stir up
the hot ashes and the blue blazes will burst forth
There is, however, less Of this than we formerly
had and less than one finds in OF the older
States. Is there no way to break up the family
war? II a ranger force will do it, the kentuck-
ians and Louisianans should not hesitate to adopt
this plan merely because it is in conflict with the
Democratic doctrine relating to the local self
government OF the outlaws
The times., 1899-07-02
Pen Portrait of pingree.

(From the New York Commercial -AdyertiserO
Governor Pingree is good business man. and
when the worsmeirs Of his factory strike against
the introduction OF labor-savng machines, he
tells them strike il they want to-he intends
to let no one tell him what kind of machines
he will in MS shop. Goovernor Pingrec Is a
hard headed business man in his personal Affairs
When lie rails against trusts he rails against ag-
gregations OF capitalbut he himself is interested
in aggregation Of capital. He talks Of the
people regulating them-but he will not allow
the people to regulate his shop. He talks about
oyerturrirg the laws OF economics for the good
OF the people-but he brings in machines that
throw six men out of employment with the help
OF three boys. Again to the sad con
clusion that this man who startled the world with
his potatoes had when he struck potatoes, reach
ed the zenith, not the beginning, OF his career
of usefulness
The times., 1899-07-02
Justice to MIR. Baynrd.
CFrom the philadelphia Times.)

(From the Philadeiphia Times
II would have been more appropriate II Re
publican recognition of Mr.. Bayard's faithful,
patriotic, and effective service as Ambassador
TO Great Britain had been manifested before his
death. But Mr.. Bsysrd was not the first dis
tinguished public servant to be misunderstood
and unjustly criticised while living, and prob
ably will not be the last. Senator Depew is to
be commended for his frank. II all too tardy con-
fesson, that he misiudged Mr.. Bayard, and it is
to be hoped that all others who charged him
with being un-American and guilty of toadyine
TO British conservatism and class prejudice will
be an frank and courageous as the New York
Senator in acknowledging their
The times., 1899-07-02
CAPTAIN FENToN OFF DUTY.
To BE Tried for Joining in Disorder.
at CienfueEOs


The Adjutant General of the Army re-
ceived yesterday a despatch from Brig
Gen. James H. Wilson, commanding the
Military Department of Santa Cara and
Matanzas. reporting that Capt. E B. Fen
ton, depot commissary at Cienfuegos, was
relieved from duty yesterday and would be
tried by court-martial for participating in
the disturbance at Cienfuegos on Saturday,
June "a.
The disturbance in question occurred, &C.
cording TO press reports over the attempt
of guard to arrest some soldiers. Cap
tain Fenton. it is alleged, joined with the
soldiers in resisting the guard. Captain
Fenton has been prominent in Mackinac.
Mich, his home city. He is a man of fine
appearance, nearly sixty years of age He
participated in the Santiago campaign IS
the commissary of Duffield's brigade, and
after the war with Spain was retained IN
the service. He has had an exec. lent per
sonal and military record
The times., 1899-07-02
Christian Science Applied to Cows.

At last a field has been found for the
be hoped that he will hasten 10 occupy it.
giving up all other engagements sor the
present. 1t offers his energies wider
scope than they have hitherto been given,
and is in all ways fitted for the employ
ment of his peculiar talents. Mr.. Joseph
B. See. New Jersey healer, has attended
and cured a sick COW.
1t is related that after three sittngs
of profound meditation Mr.. See left the
rejoicing and rejuvenated COW in the full
enjoyment of health and strength. and that
after several veterinary surgeons had failed
to cure her. He Justly regards this as q
triumph for the cause, and II will be fine
thing II he follows this up by other like
achievements.
One fact should be noted In this connec-
ton; the owner of the COW allowed Mr.
See TO experiment on the animal only after
veterinary art had confessed itself beaten.
In this he differed from the parents and
relatives of those sufferers who have
allowed no physician TO attend the patient
till after the Christian Science methols mad
failed. And. on the whole, it seems as II
the man who owned the COW had behaved
more sensIbly than those who own the
babies. and small children, and nervous
women. upon whom the scientist has
! hitherto tried his experiments. Another
notable fact is that in this case the cure
was brilliantly successful. This is a mat
ter which ought to be Investigated. Is ii
TO be supposed that It was because the COW
had more faith than the average human
being or because she had been SO badl,
abused by the animal doctors that wher
they let her alone she recovered as mat
ter OF course? We are not told anything
on these points. If It is necessary to re
model Scripture SO as to require believer
The times., 1899-07-02
Discomfort Signals.

NfIUW INC bUstOh JOufnaI.J
Although China has 10 central Government
capable of sustaining itself with dignity and no
army navy worth mentioning. il is clear that
the Chinese spirit is being aroused TO feeble
and scattering resistance to foreign encroaci,-
ments. The armed opposition to British exten-
sion in the "hintcrland" OF Hongkong the armed
resistance offered the German punitive expedi-
tions near kiao-Chou, and the iust-reported at
tack on the customs house and the French Con.
sulate on the Yun-Nan frontier are cumulative
proof of ! widespread discomfort, which NAV
yet take such fern 10 hasten the impend-
ing dissolution OF the Empire
The times., 1899-07-02

Bicyclist Charles Murphy has reformed
a marvellous feat of speed. He has covered
a mile in fifty-seven ;aand four -fifths seq
onds-faster than any other human being
has compassed the distance on anything
propelled by his own muscle. declares one
of the chroniclers of the feat. But it near
ly cost Murphy his reason, If we are to be-
lieve the popular accounts of the affair
The practical value ef the performance is
the demonstration that the possibilities of
the bicycle have not yet been developed
The times., 1899-07-02

An Ohio newspaper which knows a good
deal about things in general and Ohioans
in particular speaks thus strangely of an
interesting situation: THE President
knows better than to ask for Alger's resig-
nation. General Alger went into the Cabl-
net to stay. He knows why he is there,
and why not even Warwick Hanna can put
him out" We wonder what Potato Pin
gree will think when he reads these strange
statements?