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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
THE single statehood convention

THE single statehood convention
met at South McAlester today and
every indication points to an har-
naonious session. from which much
good may flow. This is only the
beginning of the statehood agita-
ton, which should be continued
until the great object IS attained
and the two territories are erected
into one state, whose size and re
sources will assure its future i'm
portance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
portance.

Now that the railroad talk is
becoming purposeful in Ardmore
the possibilities multiply. The
Choctaw company is knocking for
admission and now comes the
news that the Cotton Belt wants to
extend it's line from Sherman to
Ardmore and that the Southern
Pacific will build a line on the sur
vey of the Arkansas and Choctaw
Ardmore ought to get one of them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
ARDMoRE. MONDAY. DEC. 10.

AKDMoRE should be cleaned.
Christmas would seem more enjoy
able to our people if they knew
that the sanitary condition Of the
city hadbeen improved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

THE ARDMoREITE's big special
edition is attracting a great deal of
attention and business men here
and elsewhere are taking advantage
Of its advertising columns. 1t is
a bonanza for the advertiser.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

THERE seems to be no special
rush in congress to accomplish
anything important before the hol-
idays. But after the administra-
ton measures will. be railroaded
through at a rapid rate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
A Clear CompIexIou

Is sign of good health, which is
quickly obtained by the use of REX
TEA. 1t purifies the blood, regulates
the Kidneys and liver and cures con-
stlpation. All druggists are author
lied to refund the money in any case
where Rex Tea fails to do what is
claimed for it. Price 25c per package.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Praise the bridge that carries you
over either in flood or cough. Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup has brought
so many over throat and lung troub-
les, such as coughs, colds, bron.
chitis, ,.etc., that its praises are sung
everywhere. Price 25 and so cents.
W. B. Frame City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

If the statehood convention does
not succeed in squeezing legisla-
ton from congress this session
there is little Likelihood of favorable
action for the Territory through
other influences.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

THE plan to pay judges for the
proposed Philippine judiciary $780,
900 year is probably intended to
remove the temptations to corrup-
ton which carpetbag rule creates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
You Take No chancea

When suffering with a cold, la
grippe or neuralgia by taking Bro
MOLINE, as it will cure any case in
one day. All druggists are author
ICED to refund your money in any
case it falls to cure. Price 25c per
package. Remember the name,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

TIE wild talk of Mercier in the
French senate last week produced
NO furry in the diplomatic rela-
tions OF France and England. The
British seem merely to have con-
sidered the source.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Disease and danger lurk in the
vital organs. The blood becomes
vitiated and the general health is
undermined whenever the stomach
and liver fail to perform their func-
ton as nature intended. Herbine will
tone up the stomach, regulate the
liver, where other preparations only
relieve. Price so cents. W. B. Frame
City Drug Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
The Latest Song

And how it goes is always of interest
to some but the condition of ones
health should be first in the line of
consideration. If you take DIR. CaId-
wells Syrup Pepsin you can't have
indigestion or stomach trouble.
That Is certain. W. B. Frame, Ard
more, Davis and Oakland.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
Don't uae any of the counterfeits

Don't use any OF the counterfeits
OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Most Of them are worthless or liable
to cause injury. The original De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is . GER
tain cure for piles, eczema, cuts,
scalds, burns, sores and skin dis
eases. City Drug Store, w. B.
Frame, Prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

The electric road which runs be-
tween Carthage, Webb City and
Carterville has three spurs which it
calls Mckinley, Confidence and
Prosperity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Purify the sewers of the body and
stimulate the digestive organs to
maintain health, strength and en-
ergy. Prickly Ash Bitters is a tonic
for the liver, kidneys, stomach and
h0wela
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Hargrove college has just closed
a most successful term and the
second term opens Nov. 81.
25d&wtf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
A. G. Cruce Talks Statehood,

Hon. A. lC. Cruce, United States
district attorney for the southen
district of the Indian Territory un-
der President Cleveland spent few
hours in the city yesterday en- route
from Ell Reno to his home at Ard
more and while waiting for his train,
somewhat reluctantly gave way to
the pumping process of an Oklaho-
man reporter and gave expression
to his views on the question of Okla
homa and Indian Territory state.
hood. %Yes," said Mr.. Cruce, i've
are taking a deep interest in the
coming statehood convention at
South McAlester on Dec. 10, and
have selected strong delegation to
represent our section of the Terri
tory.
sit is very difficult now to deter
mine what can or will be done for
single statehood at the meeting but
nothing in my judgment could be
more desirable than that one grand
state be made of the two Territories,
There are many important mat
ters to be considered and / am we'll
assured that all the intricate ques-
tions will be carefully weighed by
the convention and the best possible
methods adopted. ."-Oklahoman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

The bIuest blue makes the
whitest white, that's Red Cross
Bag blue. Refuse imitation,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

The girl who begins selling kisses
at charity fair will soon loose the
purse to her lips.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

You come, come where9 To
Hargroye college of course-whye
Because it is pushing right to the
front with the best colleges in
Texas and Missouri. 25d&wtf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

NJ. Mimic, inventor of the fa-
nous rife which bears his name,
was born at Vincennes, France.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

The most effective little liver pills
made are De Wits Little Early
Risers. City Drug Store, W. b.
Frame Prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Clyde Nj attox, with a record of
five men in his private burying
ground, and now serving a term at
Lansing penirentiary for assisting
Lincoln Swinney to shuttle off at
Ponca City about two yearsIago, has
an ambition to become an artist and
has drawn several very creditabIe
pictures. II ever Mr.. Mattox reaches
the same prominence in pencil draw
ng that he has attained in gun
drawing. his artistic work will GER
tainly rank with the old masters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Ask to see one of those famous
wagons. Old's patent, at Spragins.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

The first United States bankrupt
law was passed during the year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

81 strongly recommend Beggs'
Cherry Cough Syrup; 1t cured me of
a throat trouble of many years.
standing. - Mrs. j. Brennan, Rifle,
Colo. Cures coughs, colds, asthma
bronchitis, la grippe, pneumonia,
whooping-cough, Group and con-
sumption. W. B. Frame City Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Not the price of powder for use
in coal mines but the price Of pow
der for the hair worried the people
Of this period. In England a tax
Of one guinea for each person was
in effect and greatly annoying the
wig nobility. gentry and yeomanry
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
Teacher Contest Prizes.

The following is the lisy of mer-
chants and the prizes donated by
them TO the Ardmoreites' Popular
Teachers Contest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

Savings banks first fourished-
a period marked by great advance
in the organization of provident
habits in general. Daniel Defoe
had suggested them a hundred
years before. but the time was not
then ripe. Brunswick had one in
1865. and Hamburg fifteen years
later. However. they began to
spread throughout Europe in 1900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10
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"THE WORLD ONE HUNDRED I!
3 YEARS AGO TODAY"
Q Copyrighted. 1900. by r. IN. Hughes,
Louisville.
DECEMBER 10, $500.


The crimes of Fra Diavolo, the
popular name given by his coun-
trymen to the most notorious and
dreaded of modern Italian brigands
land for whom a French opera
which has acquired a worldwide
celebrity was named) became in
vested now with a more general
and political interest. His real
name was Michele Pezza. At this
time from the frequency and auda-
city of his robberies and murders
along the frontier of the Terra .di
Lavoroe, the popular superstition
crediting him with the attributes
of q monk and a demon. Pezza
waged a fierce and untiring war
against the French soldiers. His
speciality was falling upon the
French governments couriers and
at -one moment he succeeded in
completely interrupting all eommu-
nication between Naples and Rome.
AT last Joseph Bonaparte put a
price on Pezza's head, and he was
caught and killed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

FOURTH PRIzE-CountrY-
To the teacher outside Of Ard
more receiving the fourth largest
vote In the teacher contest
oEr TRIPLE PLATED SILVER,
Knives and forks given by
STEVENS, KENNERLY & SPG.
ION exhibition in slow wiudov.l,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-10

ANOTHER PRzTo teacher either securing
smallest number OF
SPiegies u fuit cakes On exhibition In show case.
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
Residents WiII Have to Fight

London, May H.-The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the Times. telegraphing Sunday, says:
 "It is rumored that the Transvaal raad, in secret session, has resolved to order all residents irrespective of nationality to as- sist in the defense of the republic in ac- cordance with the terms of the amended military law The Boers recognize that they are now in the last extremity, and all sorts and conditions of men are being commandered. The merchants here have protested against the stoppage of a con- signment of clothing and corned beef of which the latter purchased in America. United States Consul Stanley Hollis, whose sympathies are notorious is said to have remonstrated against what he calle inter ference with American trade.'"
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
N -fL THE SITUATION
 IS COMPLICATED Ex-Governor Stone on Political
 Outlook. P0PULISTS MADE MISTAKE Democratic Vice Chairman is Pleased With Towne, and Thinks He Will Do What is Best Under
 the Circumstances
POPULlSTS MADE MISTAKE

St. Louis Mo-, May 13.-Ex-Governor w. J. Stone, vice chairman of the democratic national committee, while discussing the advisability of MT. Towne withdrawing from the race for vice president on the pop ulist ticket, said:
 q think the populist convention made mistake in nominating a candidate for vice president. Instead of simplifying, 1t com plicates the situation However, l am glad MT. Towne Is the nominee for the reason that I regard him big man and know him to be fair and patriotic. l am satisned he will do whatever may be thought to De fer the best, having but one end in view and that the success of the ticket to De nominated at Kansas City If it is the opin- ion of the Kansas City convention that It would be unwise to nominate him, 1 am confident he would accept that verdict ac- cordingly. I have high opinion of MT. Towne in every way, but at this time l don't care to express opinion as to what the Kansas City convention should do with reference to nominating a candidate for vice president That is something which ought to be thought out carefully and de- Iiberately after a full comparison of the views of leading men from different sections of the country"
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
Neely Made No Statement

Muncie, Ind, May 13.-C. F. W. Neely was called upon today at the home of his sis ter, and the reported confession of Mir Rich was read to him. MT. Nicely refused absolutely to make a statement further than to say that there must be some mis- take. Rich was one of Muncie's leading young business men, son-in-law of Joseph A. Goddard, wholesale grocer and for sev- eral years was travelling salesman and also was secretary of the Indiana Travelling Mems Protective Association Rich has al- ways been an intimate friend of Nicely and secured his appointment in ths Cuban postal department through Nicely. They were extensively associated together in business enterprises.
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
DIRECTOR RATHBONE
Will be Relieved of Charge of Posts in
 Cuba

Washington, May 13.-The Post tomor- row will say:
 "An order will be issued today relieving from duty MT. E. G. Rathbone, director general of posts in Cuba, under whose ad
 ministration the frauds recently disclosed
 have occurred He is held responsible for the extravaganza in the department and
 for the loose business methods in the con
 duct of postal affairs on the island result ing in an embezzlement of funds esti-
 mated at 5000 He is not charged with or suspected of any complicity in the frauds, but the postmaster-general and secretary of war are convinced that his unfitness for the highly responsible posi-
 ton has been clearly established. The or
 der relieving him may take the form of suspension, but it is the understanding that he will have no further connection with the Cuban government. reorgani
 zation of the department of posts will fol- low upon new basis that, it is believed, will preclude the possibility of similar frauds in the future.
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
DEWEY AT KNOXVILLE
The Admiral Spent Quiet Day-Cele-
 bration Today

Knoxville, Tenn, May 13.-Admiral Dew
 ey spent a quiet Sunday in Knoxville. He went to church in the morning at the St. Johns Episcopal church. withholding be- fore hand where he would attend services.
 The remainder of the day he stayed closely in his rooms at the hotel.
 | The hotels are filling up with visitors, in dcating that the presence of large crowds l in the city tomorrow to witness the parade and other features of the Dewey celebra- | ton. In the morning, militia, university cadets fraternal societies, municipal and civic officials, professional and business men will parade Gay street, passing in re- view before Admiral Dewey.
 The Woman's building, structure built and used by the women's societies of this city. will be the scene of most of the pub
 lie receptions. At that place, after the pa-
 rade the mayor of the city welcomes the admiral, following which the public will be greeted by the admiral
 In the afternoon Admiral Dewey and party will be driven past some of the school buildings, where the students will greet | them with cheers and patriotic songs. | A banquet is to be given at the Woman's | building at night.
 | The visit to Admiral Farragut's birth place on Tuesday will be one of the most l interesting events of Admiral Deweys visit
 to this place. trip by steamboat down | the beautiful Tennessee river to the Farra- | gut place will be made in the morning. l memorial stone, marking the birth | place of the first admiral will be unveiled | and dedicated by Admiral Dewey. DOT l trait of Admiral Farragut will also be dis | played at the spot to Admiral Dewey and | party.
 | On the afternoon of Tuesday the Cumber- land club gives the final reception.
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
SENATOR CLARK,s PALACE
The Montana Money King Preparing to
 Enjoy His Wealth
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 When Senator ". A. Clark, the mining king of Montana, brings his fair Ameri- can bride home from Paris, where she is now being educated, she will be installed as mistress of a marble and granite palace that will rank as the finest residence in all America.
 With this object in view Senator Clark in adding immense sums to the cost of the house which he is now erecting at Fifth avenue and Twenty-seventh street He has just bought the residence adjoining the house he is building and will tear it down and add the land to the site of the palace.
 This magnificent structure will in all probability, cost more than $5 000 000 in- cluding cost of ground and decorations For the residence just bought Senator Clark paid $20O,0O0 It is a beautiful struc- ture and comparatively new.
 The improvement to be made to the Clark residence by this addition will, it is estimated, cost $5oo,OOO, aside from the $2OO,0oO paid for the property. The sale was made directly to Senator Clark through Clarence w. Mcknight a Wash ington attorney, who represented the owner
 Leading architects of the United States and Europe have been engaged in per- fecting the plans for the mansion which, it was estimated, would take two years to build.
 The Clark family, which will be housed more magnificently than any other family in the metropolis, will consist of the sen- ator and his bride, now Miss La Chappelle; Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Culver and Miss Cath crime Clark and William A. Clark, Jr. Dr. Culver is the senator's son-in-law.
 Miss La Chappelles home is in Butte, Mont, but the wedding will take place in Paris. Miss La Chappelle's father was killed in one of Senator Clark's mines, and the millionaire assumed financial charge of the widow and her seven children. The senator is directing work on the Fifth avenue mansion in person. He want ed 1t rushed to completion within a year, and $50 men have been engaged for sev- eral months in the granite quarres of New Hampshire and at the Rangeley lakes in Maine, getting out the material for the exterior.
 The style of architecture will be mod ernized Louis XIV" which means that there will be much decorative work. The exterior walls will be of white granite from the same quarries that furnished the ma terial for the tomb of General Grant and for the Clark mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery.
 The main entrance to the building will be on Twenty-seventh street. but there will be carriage drive and entrance front ing Fifth avenue. On one side of the Fifth
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
ELKS' STREET FAIR.

Birmingham, Ala, May 14-19, 1900.-Reduced
 Rates via Southern Railway and Alabama
 Great Southern R. R. tN
 On account of the Elks' Street Fair at Birmingham, Ala, May 14-19, 1900, the Southern Railway and Alabama Great Southern R. R. will sell tickets from Co., lumbus, Miss Tallapoosa, Ga, Selma, Ala, Annston, Ala, Livingston, Ala., Fort Payne, Ala, and all intermediate points to Birmingham and return, at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold May 14th to 18th, limited to return until May 21, 1900. ,.-
 For further information call on Southern Railway or Alabama Great Southern R. R. Ticket Agent 5-9-1Ot
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
SERIOUS FIGHT ON
 EXCURSION TRAIN
One Man Fell from the Car and Will Die-0thers
 Badly Hurt,

Huntsville, May -(SpeciaL)-During a general fight in the baggage car of an ex- cursien train from Birmingham today J. T. Blount of Sheffield fell from the train and received fatal injuries. M. F. Blount of Sheffield received stab in the throat and Berney Patterson of Cherokee received a stunning blow the head.
 The fight was the outcome of difficulty between Will Patterson, Marshal of Chero- kee, Ala, and M. F'. Blount Three Patter- son boys and two Blount boys joined in, but their brother J. T. Blount, was drunk and avoided the fight. In some manner he fell from the train and there are several witnesses who testify that he walked out of his own accord.
 Blount is in a hospital here and will die. Berney, Will and Houston Patterson are under arrest here. The fight occurred west of Madison, Ala.
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
susplcIous and Jealous

London, May 4.-The Times publishes this morning a letter from it's Odessa cor respondent, dated May 6, in which he com ments upon the suspicion and jealousy with which official circles in Russia are watching the progress of the Turko-Ameri- can dispute. He quotes at great length from an important article sanctioned by the Turkish censor that has appeared in the Odessky Listol, which declares that the imperial policy of the United States is prompted by the necessity of finding new outlets for their trade" Commenting up- on the report that the United States gov ernment was prepared to dispatch hos tile fleet to Europe, the writer of the arti- cle hints strongly that Russia would head the powers in preventing such violation of Turkish waters"
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
Another Man With the Hoe

From the Washington Post.
 "Grumply used to think that the finest thing in the world was to dress like a tramp, neglect to shave, and dig around upon a farm that he owns not far from the city," said Smith with a reminiscent grin. He was out there one day last sum- mer on a vacation, and he invited me to pay him visit. I accepted and hardly ar rived when I was asked to put on pair of overalls and help him hoe a field of cab bage that was near the house. I declined with thanks, but told him not to let me in- terfere with his labors. So he seized hoe and started in, while I selected a shady spot where I could smoke and watch him swing the hoe He had only been at work a few minutes when a couple of women drove along the country road and stopped where he was at work.
 "'Oh, lookr' exclaimed one; there is the man with the hoe! How romantic!
 ".A brother to the OK quoted the sec ond.
 "'Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw?' said the second.
 "'Whose was the hand that sfanted back this brow? said the second.
 "'Whose breath blew out the light with in his brain? continued the first.
 There is no shape more terrible than this' cried the second
 "'With the emptiness of ages in his facer exclaimed the first
 That was the last straw. With grunt of rage Grumply threy down the hoe and fled to the house, while l was careful to have my laugh out before I faced him. He came back to the city with me, and I un- derstand that the farm is on the market, his agent having orders to accept the first offer received"
The age-herald., 1900-05-14
Nunez Wanted Vacation

Havana, May 13-A. V. Nunez, civil gov ernor of Havana, has applied to General Wood for permission to attend to urgent private affairs for the next six weeks Se- nor Nunez says he has received complaints from many small towns in the province with reference to the course of the mayors in anticipation of the elections. The com plaints, which are virtually the same, al- lege that the mayors are making an illegal use of their positions with a view to secur- ing reelection. This they are able to do effectively because the municipal inspect ors nominated by the municipalities, and in many small towns the mayors would be able to get their own friends nominated by the successful inspection candidates, who will count the votes.