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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29

The Santa Fe people have plans
completed for the erection of a
handsome two story brick depot
building in Oklahoma City. The
new building will have ample wait
ing rooms, baggage and express
rooms. The work is expected to
proceed at once. Ardmore will sub
nit and donate set of plans for
a comfortable depot. where whites
andiblacks can have separate rooms,
TO the Sant; Fe people at this place
if they will only give hint that
they propose to destroy the old
shack now in use.
Many so-called -'bitters" are not
medicines, but simply liquors dis
guised, so TO evade the law Prickly
Ash Bitters is not one of this class.
1t is strictly medicine, acting pri-
marily on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, and for the dangerous dis
eases that attack these organs it is q
remedy of the first grade. There is
nothing Objectionable in its taste, il
has a very agreeable flavor and is
acceptable to the most delicate
stomach. Sold By w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29

Beggs' Blood Purifier makes sick
people well. Miss May Meyer, Trini-
dad, Colo, says: my blood and
system seemed all out of order, but
since taking Beggs' Blood Purifier
my general health has been much
improved" Its a good medicine for
you. T. n. Coleman and w. B..
Erame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29
Grateful TO Rhodes.

Kimberley. April 26.-The wo-
men and children who were shelter
ed and fed in the mines here dur
ing the -bombardment have sub
scribed money to buy a gold cigar
cite case and matchbox for Cecil
Rhodes, who allowed them to use
the mines and who did much to re-
lieve their sufferings and discOm-
forts. An address expressing graf
titude will also be presented to Mr..
Rhodes.
Those horrid fits of depression,
melancholy, low spirits and sudden
irritability, that sometimes afhict
even good-tempered people, is due
to the blood being permeated with
black bile. Herbine will purify the
blood, restore health and cheerful
ness. Price 80 cents. City Drug
Store, W. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29
RED TOM.

The fine thoroughbred Red Pole
and Milk Durham bull, viii stand the
present season 11 Bailey's new barn
on Broadway. Rates for season. So.
j. d. ROBERTSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29
PHYSICIANS.

Office hours 10 To IL a. m 2to4p.m. Res
idence phone l. Off1ce phone 4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-29
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LAWYERS.

Ieshe,t.r. w.H. wimberly.
LEDBETTER & wIMBERLY.
GENERAL COLLECTORS,
Lecbetter Biedsoe Building. Ardmore.
Ind. Ter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25

masses of Chinese gathering in and about
the international concessions would
mean horrors compared with which the
massacre at Pekin would be insignificant.
Worse than Apache Indians.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express says
"A Chinese merchant who has lust ar
rived from Pekin gives horrible details of
the massacre. He says he saw European
women hauled into the street by shrek
ing Boxers, who stripped them and
hacked them to pieces. Their discovered
limbs were tossed to the crowd and car
rled off with bowls of triumph Some
were already dead, having been shot by
foreign civilians
He says he saw Chinese soldiers car
rying the bodies of white children alofr
on their spears, wniie their companions
shot at the bodies. He gives other de-
tails too horrible to be particularized
here.
1T seems that the Boxer leaders had
organized plan including the offering of
rewards and rich loot for the annihila-
ton of Europeans throughout China, and
that Prince Tuan's generals have been
emphasizing the opportunity the soldiers
have of Selling the bodies Of white
women"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
RESTRICT SUFFRAGE.
CubanS Not to Have an Entirely
Independent Form of
Government

Washington, D. c., July 2O.-It is un-
derstood that the President and Gen.
Wood have agreed ON September 10 as
the time for holding the election in Cuba
for delegates to the constitutional con-
vention that is to be called for the pur-
pose Of formulating a constitution for an
Independent government for Cuba.
On the return of Gen. Wood to Cuba
he will confer with the leaders Of the Gu
ban people as to the details of the election
and as to what restrictions, if any, should
be placed upon universal suffrage in the
island. 1t is now hoped that the consti-
tutional convention will be held before
the end of the year and if possible as
early as October 10. There is no doubt
that any constitution that may be formed
will be scrutinized carefully by the Presi-
dent and possibly by Congress before it
is allowed to go into operation, for it is
the settled conviction of the officials that
Cuba should not be permitted to make
treaties with foreign nations except
through the United States, nor should the
people be allowed to involve the island in
doubt unless authorized to do so by this
government
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INVASION CHECKED.
Chinese Badly Defeated by the Rus
slams.

London, July 2O.-The Russians, ac-
cording to the last news from ST. Peters
burg, have now utterly defeated the Chi
nese and have occupied Blagovestchensk,
capital of the Amur government, with
large force Since Gen. Grobski, chief
of the staff at Port Arthur, has taken
over the supreme command in Manchu-
ria,. reinforcements have been rapidly
pushed up and the general situation has
been greatly improved.
The Russian minister of the interior
has issued a notice that the Siberian
railway is closed to private traffic. There
is little doubt that the Russian authori-
ties were not prepared for such an or
ganized Chinese movement in Manchu-
ria, but they have taken brisk measures
and they believe that China will soon
be too much preoccupied with military
operations around Pekin to conduct Sc
rious operations in the North.
The Daily Mails Shanghai correspond
emit saws: "Adyices from Vladivostock in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
NAVY YARD FIRE.
Several Ships Including the ConSti-
tuition We're Threatened-A
Narrow EScapS.

Boston, July 2O-A fire broke out in
the north end of the navy-yard reserva
ton in Charleston at midnight, and in a
few minutes had grown to such proper
tons that it threatened every building IN
the grounds and the several ships tied up
at the wharves including the Constitu-
ton, better known as "Old Ironsides."
the Olympia and several others less IA
nous.
Hurry calls were sent to the Boston
fire department. the yard force being I'M
able to cope with the flames, and three
alarms on the Boston circuit were quick
ly rung in.
The fire started in one of the two spar
houses and quickly jumped across to the
other. These were destroyed, together
with one boathouse.
In the sparhouses were burned about
forty boats of all kinds, which belonged
to the ships at the yards undergoing re-
pairs, including the Olympia, and great
quantity of ship timbers and various
Spars used in fitting out vessels.
By l o'clock the firemen had succeeded
in saving the officers quarters, and so
prevented the further spread of the
flames. Admiral Sampson and all the
others present agreed that the other
buildings and ships had had narrow es-
cape, as most of the buildings are very
old and would have burned like match
wood had they once caught. The loss
Among the boats burned was the
launch used by Admiral Dewey in Ma
Mia bay and another still more valuable,
though only as relic; this was the long
boat in which the defeated officers were
taken off the Alabama after the memo
rable fight between that ship and the
Kearsarge off the coast of France in
1899
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
New England Opinion.

To my mind, the one issue of the
campaign will be patriotism. Here in
Massachusetts there are a lot of men
who are devoting their efforts to max
ing traitors of the people, and they are
thereby driving Democrats to the sup
port of Mckinley. 1t is needless to say
that the Republicans have made some
mistakes, but absolutely the only is
sues that our opponents have evolved
are not based upon our mistakes but
upon our right actions. No party can
achieve success merely by blindly TAX
ing the opposite side. 1 believe the
Republican party will squarely meet
all issues and by so doing will be tri-
umphantly indicated at the polls.-
Albert 2. Langtry, publisher the Morn
ing Union, Springfield, Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
THE DEFENSE OF PEKIN.
Three Hundred Thousand Chinese
Troops, Well Armed.

Chefoo, July 2O.-It is reported that
after the allied armies recaptured the ma
tive city of Tien Tsin last Saturday their
shells set fire to the town. The Chinese
before they fled killed all their own wom-
en-, it is reported, to prevent their fall
ing into the foreigners hands. Native
Chinese here report that there are in and
around Pekin at least 100000 Chinese
troops, and that the Boxers are armed
with the best and most modern weapons
From all sources come the same tidings
that the Boxers have enormous supplies
of modern arms and ammunition.
Boxer leaders had organized plans for
massacring foreigners in all the treaty
ports as well as in the interior, and a
heavy reward was promised for each
white head brought i'll. Rich loot was
promised to all. Especial stress is laid
by Tuan's generals on the opportunity
the troops will have of Selling white
women. The story receives the full Gre
dence of the Europeans here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Benefits Tobacco Growers.

In the Connecticut Valley the Depart
ment of Agriculture has classified all
the tobacco lands, studying the infiu-
ence of the soil on the character Of the
tobacco. In addition to this the cause
of the fermentation Of the cigar leaf
tobacco has been worked out, and an
improved method of fermenting the
duced, which it is believed will revolu-
tioniZe the practice in that State This
method gives q much more uniform
product, and thus improves the value
Of the leaf. 1t shortens the time re-
Quired to ferment the tobacco about
eight months, and so reduces the in
surance and the loss Of interest on the
money invested. 1t is estimated that
the value of this work will amount to
at least 100000 per annum to the
farmers Of the Connecticut Valley. The
Investigations are being carried still
further in order to see whether the
quality of the tobacco can be further
improved. There is reason to believe
it can be.
In addition to these practical results,
Improvements have been made in the
methods Of soil investigation, both in
the laboratory and in the field. Some
very important problems connected
with the physical and chemical consti-
tuition of solids are being worked out
which give promise of being of great
value in economic lines.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25

1.-THE amount of wages paid by these
same 200 manufacturers increased
steadily from 1890 to 1892, then there
was a drop in 1888 and another drop
in 1894. During the next two years
wages picked up, but it was not until
1897 that these same manufacturers
were paying out as much money in
wages as they had paid in 1892. The
increase of their pay rolls in 1893 and
1899 is as gratifying to me as it must
be to the men who are now busy at
good wages.
Between 1894 and 1899 the 200
manufacturers of the National Associa-
ton, who reported to us, had increased
their pay rolls by upwards of $685.
100000; in fact, the amount of wages
which they distributed last year was
almost double what they paid out in
1894.
eff this raJio of increase were ap-
piled to the whole country, without
taking into account the numbers of
new factories that have been started in
the last few years, who can deny that
general prosperity has visited the coun-
try? And what a depth of meaning
those three words, Open the mills, ut
tered by Mr.. Mckinley less than four
years ago, has really conveyed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25

dictate that the Chinese invasion of east
ern Siberia has stopped the Russian adj
vance from the north ON Pekin. The Rus
slams have burned the Chinese town of
Helampo and are adopting very vigorous
measures"
Advance on Pekin Delayed.
The allied army now assembled at Tien
Tsin is preparing to move on Pekin, but
the advance can hardly begin for some
weeks to come. The transport prepara-
tons are progressing satisfactorily, but
it is necessary that no mistakes are
made.
A big Chinese army, estimated in some
quarters as including 100000 men. lies
just outside of Tien Tsin, and it will be
necessary to dispense this large force be-
fore the allies can advance with safety on
Pekin.
Quarrel Over the Command.
The dssension among the allies about
cOmmander-in-chief continues. By
right of seniority Baron Yamagata, field
marshal of the japanese army, is emit
tied to the command but some of the
allies, notably Russia, refuse to serve
under him.
Maj -Gen. Sir Francis Grenfell, now
governor of Malta, who has seen service
in three wars, will command the British
troops
News Of a savage attack on native
converts at hlng-te-Chen, IN the prov
ince of Kwangsi, has been received at
Shanghai, where it is also reported that
a Nankin mob has demanded the head Of
the French bishop. All women and
children have been ordered to leave the
river towns.
Half Million Troops.
A special to the Daily Express from
St. Petersburg claims that Russia will
dispatch 100000 soldiers to Siberia at
the rate of 5000 day. 1t asserts that
the Gar has had this immense force al
ready modified near Moscow.
Lii Hung Changes Mission.
Rome, July 20.-The italian consul at
Hong Kong telegraphs, under date of
Tuesday, the 18th, that Ii Hung Chang
informed him that he was going to Pekin
to negotiate with the powers in compli-
ance with dispatch signed by the En-
peror and the Empress Dowager The
consul asked him to forward a dispatch
to the Italian minister, Sig. Raggi, but
Ii Hung Chang replied that he had no
means Of doing so. Ii Hung Chang, the
consul reports, notified the directors of
customs that they must obey orders from
Canton, not from Pekin. The viceroy of
Nankin has given similar instructions for
Shanghai.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
Sixty Missionaries and 100 Native
Converts Reported Slain.

London, July 2O.-A dispatch from
Shanghai received here this morning re-
ports that sixty missionaries and 100 ma
tive converts have been massacred by
Boxers at Tai Yuan.
Tai Yuan is a fortified and populous
city in the province of Shan See, on the
Fuen Ho, an aff1uent of the Hoang Ho,
200 miles southwest of Pekin.
Though the above report is not yet cor
roborated, it tends to show that the hope
that the central and southern vice-royal-
ties would hold aloof from the Boxer ris-
ing has never had much foundation. If
this massacre has occurred in the pyov-
ince of Shan See there can be little ques-
ton that the intense anxiety for the safe
ty of the international colonies at the
river ports and even at Shanghai is fully
justified for an attack later nv the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
ENDOF JOLIET STEEL COMPANY
Concern Which Made Fortunes for the
Owners Formally Dissolved.

Joliet, ILL.,, July 2O.-A notice of disso-
luton filed with the secretary of state
at Springfield by the old Joliet Steel COM
pany closes a chapter in the early his
tory of the Illinois Steel company.
In 1867 the Joliet Iron and Steel COM
pany got into difficulties and a receiver
was applied for. One of the heaviest
stockholders was James January Of st.
Louis, and through his influence his SON
in-law, A. J. Forbes-Leith, then an Off
Ger in the British navy; was appointed.
During his term as receiver Mr. Forbes
Leith saw the possibilities of the bust
ness and organized the Joliet Steel COM
pany, which bought out the old concern.
Forbes Leith made fortune out of the
Joliet Steel company and moved to his
home in Scotland.
About ten years ago the Joliet Steel
company was absorbed into the CONSOLE
dation which became known as the Hi
nos Steel company.
The notice filed yesterday was only the
formal dissolution Of the old concern.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
MILLS HAVE OPENED.
THE WAGES OF WORKMEN HAVE
DOUBLED IN FIVE YEARS.
Magical Effect of McKin1ey's Protect
i've Tariff Po1icy-TwiCe as Many Mer
at Wor1k-Reports from Two Hundred
Different Pay Rolls.

SIN the campaign Of 1896 Mr.. Nc
to the hearts of the people from one
end Of the country to the other. It
was, Open the Mills" said Gen.
Charles Dick, Secretary of the RepuD-
lean National Committee. 'Those
three words met with responsive
chord from those tens of thousands
who had been idle during the last
Democratic administration, and the
empty dinner-pail brigade went to the
polls and voted for full dinner pail
and for the opening of the mills.
''In order to gain some idea Of the
effect of restoring the home market to
our own people, the Republican Ma
tional Committee sent out blanks to
members of the National Association Of
Manufacturers asking them to kindly
furnish us with the number of men
whom they had employed in each year
from 1890 to 1899, inclusive, as well as
with the total amount of wages which
they had paid during the same years.
1--WE have received 200 replies. These
show that there was a steady increase
in the number of hands employed in
the 200 factories until the year 1898,
after which there was an immediate
drop of 10000 men in 1894. But under
President McKinley's administration
the increase in the number of men en-
ployed by these same factories has
been startling. In 1894 they employed
80, 4S3; in 1877 theyremployed 100000;
in 1898 they employed 131 ,428 men, and
last year they employed 174,645 men.
In short the number of wage earners
employed by these same 200 factories
has increased from 90,4S3 men in 1894
up to TIA, $40 last year, almost doubled,
in fact
But the contrast is even more strik-
ing when applied to the amount OF
wages paid, and the following table
shows the returns received from the
same 200 manufa ctOries:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Peculiar Patriotism.

Bryan says that the Republicans
showed their partisanship by holding
their national convention on the ami
versary Of the organization of the
party, while the Democrats have
shown their patriotism by holding their
convention on the Fourth of July. Such
patriotism is in line with his volunteer
ing and then resigning his commission
just before his regiment was ordered
to the front
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
The Boss of All Rosses

Mark Hanna is accused of being a
boss because he conducted a victorious
campaign and secured the election of
William Mckinley. Bryan has forced
his own nomination, has dictated the
platform, and by long-distance tele-
phone managed the Kansas City con-
vention from start to finish. No con-
vention ever held by any party in the
United States was more perfectly the
puppet of single man than the Kan
sas City convention.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
A MILLION A DAY.
What We Pay for Tropical Products
Our Islands Can Produce.

What We Pay for Tropical Products
Our Islands Can Produce.
The people of the United States are
paying a million dollars day for trop-
zeal products used in the manufacture
Of food and drink. Most of this can be
readily produced in the islands which
have come into closer relationship with
the United States through the events
of the past two years. In the ten
months ending with April our imports
Of tropical products were over $780,
100000 in value, thus averaging fully
a million dollars day.
India rubber, fibers, raw silk, cotton.
gums, cabinet woods, indigo, ivory,
dye woods, and certain lines Of chem
icals make up the share of this vast
sum. OF India rubber alone the i'm
ports Of the ten months amounted to
more than $27,00O,O0O: Of fbers, to
$20,O00,000; of manufactured silk,
$4O,OOO,000; of cotton, over $7,00O00O;
of gums, more than $5,000,0O0, while
cabinet woods, dye woods, indigo and
ivory also aggregated several millions.
OF the constantly increasing proper
ton Of imports Of food-stuffs, sugar is
first. The Dutch East Indies, which lie
just alongside of the Philippines, are
now our largest single source of supply
for sugar. For the ten months the i'm
portations Of sugar were more than
$S0,OO0,0O0 those of coffee nearly $780,
100000; tea, nearly $1O,000,000; tobac-
co, SIG, 100000; tropical fruits and nuts,
S15,O00,000; cacao and chocolate, So
100000, and such other articles as
spices, rice, olive oil, ETC., add several
millions to the total.
The following table shows the i'm
ports of tropical products into the Unit
ed States during the ten months end
ing with April, 1900:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
ALL GUESTS ESCAPED.
California Summer Hotel Burned to
the Ground.

San Francisco, CAL, July 20.-Word
has been received here that the hotel at
Castle Craig, Shasta county, burned to
the ground at 4 o'clock this morning.
All the guests escaped with their bag
gage.
Castle Craig tavern was a fashionable
summer hotel high up in the mountains
of Shasta county, and was owned by the
crowded with society people from San
Francisco and other portions of the state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Who Saved the Couutrxp

The evident concern shown by the
Democrats about saving the country
leads one to wonder if the offices have
anything to do with their zeal in the
matter Of country saving. 1t will be
remembered that it was the Republican
Lincoln who saved the country from
Democratic rebellion, and Republican
Mckinley who saved it from Demo
cratic panic and stagnation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
MESSAGE FROM CONGER.
Minister WI Receives Cipher Dis
patch from Pekin.
REPORT IS CREDITED.
Under Shot and She'll at the British
Legation and Requiring I'm
mediate Relief.

Washington, D. c., July 20.-Secreta
ry Long has sent the following cable
gram to Admiral Remey:
"Conger telegraphs that he is under
hre IN British legation. Pekin. Use and
urge every means possible for immediate
relief"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
To BE Remembered

After the Democrats hear from the
country concerning the platform adopt.
ed at Kansas City, they will remember
what Lincoln said about fooling ali the
people all the time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
More Money for Farmers

The Department of Agriculture,
through the appropriations Of Con-
gress, will have $4,000 more money
to spend in the next fiscal year for the
benefit of farmers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Republican increase 80. $41S, 161 .2O7

This shows that within three years
the increase in the national bank de-
posits exceeded $41S,OOO,O0O. There
was, therefore, an increase of only S7O,-
100000 in the national bank deposits
during President Cleveland's term, but
an increase of $41S,0OOO0O during three
years of President McKinley's term.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Bank DEPOSITS Increase.

The following statement Of the net
deposits in all the national banks Of
the United States is interesting:
Sept 7, 1899. .......... 81, 270, 766, O65
Dec. 10, 1893. ........... 793, 10O,325
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-25
Republican increase -. SAT-, 6G5, TAG

These three lines show that the in
crease in the deposit Of the national
banks between 1893, the first year Of
President Cleveland's second admins
tration, and Sept. Z, 1899, was SAT-, $685.
TAO. If we make comparison be-
tween the end of 1896, toward the close
of the Democratic administration, with
last year, we have the following:
Sept. Z, $780,. 81, 27O, 7G6, O65
Dee. II, 1896. ........... $50 1904, 1858