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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

the number Of rooms and beds they are
willing to place at the disposal OF the
bureau for the entertainment Of con-
vention visitors. the charge per person
and the charge for meals II meals are
furnished. Some Of the best homes in
the city are to be opened TO convention
visitors.
The hotels have been reserved for
delegates. alternates. state committees.
newspaper men. visiting clubs and the
like and they will al be full. Tam
many. the Cook County Marching
club Of Chicago. the DuclSworth club
OF Cincinnati. the Louisville Demo
cratic Marching club and a dozen other
clubs which always attend Democratic
conventions will be there in as great
force as If the convention were held
much nearer the center OF population
The various headquarters are pretty
evenly divided among the leading no
tells. The Baltimore has secured Chair
man Jones. former Governor Stone. J.
G. Johnson. Sam L. Cock and other
members of the Democratic national
committee. but the Coates has the Ne
braSka delegation. which carries with
IL the Bryan headquarters. and the
Midland has Tammany.
The national Democratic committees
headquarters will not be in any of the
hotels. but at the Kansas City club. the
home OF Kansas City's leading social
organization. The club is strictly non
political. bat the use of its house. with
in two blocks OF the convention hall.
WAS rendered TO the committee 10y
unanimous vote and was accepted. The
tender included the absolute surrender
Of possession of the building-cafe. bill
lard rooms. buffet. sleeping apart
ments ard all-but the national COM
mittee hesitated about trespassing so
far upon the clubs hospitality. and will
only make its headquarters there.
Tammnny has signed n contract for
$50 rooms at the Midland. TO be occu-
pied by the GOO braves who expect TO
attend the convention. The Midland
will also be the home Of two-thirds OF
the newspaper men who will 90 TO the
convention. and the Elks clubhouse will
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

from the blackened. twisted ruins OF
the old hall. AS an example of what
civic pride can accomplish it is prob
ably unequaled.
Not for moment hid The burning of
the convention hall interrupt the prep
arations OF Kansas City for receiving
the convention and entertaining the
delegates. The total hotel capacity of
Kansas City is less than 10000. The
four principal hotels-the Midland. the
Coates. the Baltimore and the Centrop-
olis-can accommodate from 1.IO0 TO
1900 each and only under great pres
sure.
But from the first IL was seen that
this must be Il boarding house conven-
tion. So the committee on public COM
fort went 20 work. The city was III
vided into 2i0 districts. and TO each
was assigned precinct committees
man. Each committeeman has can
vassed his district for boarding house
accommodations. All these statistics
have he"n compiled, classified and ar
ranged.
When tie convention visitors arrive
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

serve admirably for headquarters for
them.
Chairman Jones OF Arkansas will oc-
cupy the handsomest suit in Kansas
City during the convention. 1t is the
bridal suit at the Baltimore and con-
sists OF bedroom aud parlor. connected.
with bathroom between. There Is lit
tie suggestion Of "Jeffersonian simple
ity" in the silk draped walls. the cut
glass chandeliers. the onyx bathroom.
the velvet carpets and mahogany fur
nlture. But I'm not running for pres
ident." said Chairman Jones when he
engaged the suit. and I've got the
price"
John Il. Mclean is evidently prepar-
: ing TO bring friend or two to the con-
vention with him. for he has engaged
three bedrooms. besides large parlOr
( for headquarters. Ii Is limited that one
Of the rooms Is intended for the admi-
raj Of the navy and that the Mclean
headquarters viii house a presidential
boom. butt this is so 10 one in Kan
sas City kGows il.
] Bat, whether Dewey is there or not,
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occurred. For a moment. when the
people OF Kansas City saw In flames
the hall which had been their pride.
they were dismayed. But they soon re-
covered.
When the fire began. members OF the
directory OF the convention building
were lunchiug at the Kansas City club,
near by. They hurried 10 the scene
Men stopped them at every step with
subscriptions toward the rebuilding or
the hall. Street railway employees
shouted to them from their cars: Put
me Gown for 50. Here's my number"
pointing to their caps. Policemen,
street sweepers and messenger boys
did the same.
Before the building was destroyed
William r. Nelson. proprietor Of the
Kansas City Star had subscribed So
600 to the rebuilding fund. Walter II.
Holmes and W. r. Thayer contributed
like amounts next day. BY o'clock,
less than two hours after the fire. the
directors had met the crisis by decid-
ing the three all important questions
that convention hall should be rebuilt;
that it should be as nearly freproof as
possible; that it should be rebuilt in
time for the national Democratic con-
yention.
When convention hall burned. the
con- pany had $4,000 cash in bank By
the evening of that day this amount
had grown TO SIG.23O. On Thursday.
the next days. mass meeting was held.
and the amount grew to $4,000 by vol
untary subscriptions. Another mass
meeting was held on Saturday, and the
subscriptions grew to So, $50.
The insurance companies waived all
opportunities for delay and their rights
to discount for prepayment and agreed
to pay S15o.05O at once. The directory
sold the ruins of the steel structure to
q junk dealer for $5.0O0. With the casl
in bank and the popular subscriptions
which within n week had grown &c
! $T1. 900. the directory had total OF
S236. .05O.
The plan OF the new hall is practical
| ly a duplicate of the one that was de
stroyed. An important difference i:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

For the first time in our political his
tory national convention is to be held
west of the Mississippi valley. The
Democratic party has been in existence
since 1882 and during that time has
held - national conventions, but only
on the two occasions. when they met
in ST. Louis. have its delegates gone
west of the Father of Waters. This
year, however, the men who are to
name the Democratic leader for the
presidential contest OF, 1900 viii gather
IN Kansas City.
Perhaps there is some subtle sig
nilicance in the fact that the star Of
Democracy appears to be taking its
way westward. The more obvious rea-
son is that the people of Kansas City
were determined to secure the conven-
ton and that they succeeded. Their
terms included the offer of a fine con.
Vention hall, the adequate entertain
ment of the national Democratic com
mittee and the payment of $4,000 il
cash
The convention will begin on July 4
That is an unusual date, but Chairman
Jones and his fellow committeeman
give good reasons for making the
choice These reasons, of course, are
political.
In assuming the burden of a nationa
convention Kansas City took a bolt
step. 1t was audacious This new
metropolis on the kaw has popula
tiOn of only little more than 100000
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in an unusual degree. If you do not
believe this. listen to the story of how
this wide awake and comparatively lit
tie city of 100000 population happened
to have the second largest auditorium
in the country. The largest, of course,
is Madison Square Garden, in New
York city; but. by the way, be careful
not 10 say so in Kansas City. On the
banks of the kaw they admit no such
thing.
The people of Kansas City, in the
liberal sense of the term, built and own
the big convention hall. The stock is
held by all sorts and conditions of peo-
pie, from millionaires to boOtblacks
There are few citizens who do not hold
at least one share. To make up the
S250.000 which it cost went the pennies
Of the poor as well as the dollars of the
rich
The idea of a great hall suitable to
hold all sorts of gatherings came about
through the annual ball of the Priests
of Pallas, which in 1897 had far out
grown it's quarters. This ball was the
annual event" in Kansas City and al
ways occurred during the fall .festivi-
ties. 1t was attended by the best peo-
pie Of the city and many from neigh
, boring towns. 1t came to the point of
giving up this enjoyable event or find
| ing a place large enough to hold it.
and with this idea in mind the Com
mercial club took the matter up.
The first discussion brought out the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

that the new building will be as nearly
tireproof as slow combustion processes,
nOncombustible paint. 'asbestus and
metal can make 1t. The only other
changes are in the placing OF the stage
at the side instead of at the end of the
ellipse and the sloping of the top gal
lery. which in the old hall was fat and
was used as a promenade. This will
increase the seating capacity.
This Is the story of how the new
convention hall rose like the phenix
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

fact that the hall was needed for many
more purposes than mere dances, and
the prospect of shows. circuses and
other entertainments that would bring
together large companies of people
soon stirred these conservative bust
ness men to enthusiasm. Subscriptions
TO the fund began right there, and in
no time 4 committee was appointed to
get money to build the largest hall Of
its kind in the west. \ subscription
headquarters was established, and busi-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

Twenty thousand buttons were printed
and numbered TO be sold as certificates
of stock in the great hall. The COM
mittee went about in tallyhos. sere-
nading the stockyards, the board Of
trade and all places where men were
gathered. hawking off their buttons
with great rapidity.
1t was not long until the supply Of
buttons was doubled. and IL seemed
that every man, woman and child in
the city was wearing q convention hall
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

do in order 20 fnd place TO sleep and
eat in the overcrowded city win De 70
make application nj the bureau OF IN
formation. The renting OF rooms wiz
be under the direction Of this bureau.
thus insuring the prevention Of extor-
ton and giving q visitor something 70
fall back on in case he has difficulty In
securing suitable qua tiers
The bureau has sent blapks to thou
sands Of householders. with n circular
asking them TO fill out the blanks with
their street and number. how the house
may be most easily reached by car line
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

Fourth Of July celebrations eEf -
west Of the Mississippi The ee'e-s-
ton will begin on tie night Oeiofs =
Fourth with n big torchlight 80
sion. There will be brass baDds " :
score and fireworks by the ton
The next day there will be
barbecue in one of the parks' -
open air vaudeville show ID - =
aud concerts in the public sqa.s
Other amusements ~lll be farnA. -,
for IL is the intention Of kansas
TO entertain her guests TO the %
her ability.
II is going TO be an immense -
taking. Sections Of four states ~
empty their population into 'm
vention city Special trains VIZ
in on half dozen different Ia'..-
lines. Across the prairies VII - 4
thousands il wagons. This pan -
west has ne.-rr had n national 49,
convention ocfore and the foiAs y
intend tn mss the opportunity,
Convention week viii he mace :
day week. The air will fairly -
with politics and patriotism.
combination which always a
enthusiasm and cXciienisH'.
party leaders. who have planneo =
thus. believe that the peui0cIaus
tional convention Of 1900 WIZ
greatest ever held.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

bryAu ~ hAm01t sure TO be-nN -.
the convention meets. but mirhfv =
after the nomination is made. IsL
lIeved that a speech by Bran d-..'
the convention would start ths
paign of with a whoop and -
that would count for much in W
Der. and plans have been laid 10
him there. As soon as he has boe-, 's
Misunderstanding that the trim :,
miral Dewey 10 "Klw-s ATou,k !,
Kansas City is called. is less sues.
than his descent upon Manila -
Mr.. Bryan will be notified by w,,a
requested 10y resolution 10 presen, -
self At the convention. \ SPECIAL -.
for which previous arrangemen,, - =
have been made, will bring him g..
Lincoln in few hours.
Mr.. Bryan will not find himsel,h. i
less when he arrives. for the ~
kans have engaged the most el,hs-..
quarters Of any delegation. ana -
will lie able to take him in
Nebraskans have about Il room,
the Coates and two of the largest -. :.
lors.
There Is the usual rush for ca5-.-
tiOn tickets. and. as usual. the daD.-,
is far greater than the supply. On.
the principal members Of the execr,,..
committee of the Democratic nst,,--,,
committee said recently that fron -
backwoOds county in his state bs -,
/ received letter written by the 49,
man Of the county COMMITTEES 80
that he had taken the greatest main, =
/ prune down 20 the barest and -
proportions the list Of tickets vh,.
would be absolutely neceSsarv -
! guests from his county and tia, !.
would he content with 125. Asar,
ter OF fact. that county chairman -
be mcst fortunate IL he gets ten
The convention itself promises 4. =
a short one. Three days is the MIN.
limit. and it is barely possible thai ~
entire business may be TRANSACTED :
two. This would establish 4 rpcn,s
for in recent years national ecur,.
tions have seldom adjourned earl-
than the third day.
J II is quite probable that the ror,.,.
tion for the first place on the t,etf
will be made on the evening OF Julv 4
for sentimental II for no other reasu,,
IL the convention is called 10 orb,
promptly At 10 4. m. on Independe,v
day. the organization can be ener,.s
the committees appointed and the csA~
preliminaries wound up before luna
con time, so that an Adjournment m
til > p. M can be taken. -
The afternoon would begin with A.
report Of the committee on Dlstfo--|
and the attendant speeches. n
would come the nominating speechss|
and il Bryan should be named by Al
claInation BE- could get there by ev.,|
ing to ig..s.T Fourth Of July spess|
to -!.e delegates and visitors.
On the second day the balloting tr|
the vice presidential candidate uOuH
be taken up and later the remainder n
the business concluded. This wodsl
leave the delegates 4 whole day trl
sightseeing in the valley OF the Kaw.
In the meantime the 10000 or mo.
visitors TO the convention city win NJ
participating in one of the bIgeez
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

tance Of the people OF five states
From Kansas city the iron rails
stretch east. west, north. south
ana to intermediate points Of the
compass. \ circle drawn with a
radius Of 100 miles around Kansas
City would include population Of
3. .OOO. 600 people. 1t is a section of
which has been said, Here all
men are politicians = and most
women"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24

ness men left their own interests to
take up the newborn idea. 1t was de-
cided that 2J0.000 shares should be
sold or subscribed.
Then, when there seemed TO he a
lu!l in subscriptions, new ideas were
sought to keep the interest going.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-24
the people Of Kansas
Il City expect TO entertain d
= big crowd OF people during
ne convention is putting the case

i, mildly. The re-
] cent estimates
, set the number
J Of visitors at
, from 100000 10
J 10000. Th ese G
. estim ates are
! based largely on
| the accessibility
J Of the city. Ii
, is within easy
reaching dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-29

Brief Filed by Missouri Attorneys In
the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, April ga brief was
filed to-day in the Supreme Court by coun-
sci for the State of Missouri in opposition
to the demurrer of the State of Illinois in
the case involving the charge of pollution
of the Mississippi river by the Chicago
sanitary canal. The brief contends for the
jurisdiction of the court in the case. and
also that the averments of the bill are
sufficient to constitute an equitable cause
of action. The brief says in part:
1.-THE appeal, which is made by the de-
PENDANTS upon the ground that the sanitary
canal has involved an expenditure of up
wards of s34.0 600, 900. and that this vast ex-
penditure is but a bagatelle, compared
with the incalculable benefit which will be
enjoyed by the people of Chicago and Cook
county for all time to come, scarcely needs
reply. A nuisance cannot become legal be-
cause its production and creation involve
great outlay; nor will the injury to the
people of Missouri be overlooked because
of the in~calculable benefit which a part of
Illinois might possibly be enabled to en-
joy, provided the people of Missouri suf-
for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-29
THE HIRED GIRLS PROGRESS.
Fable Showing the Wisdom OF silence
Concerning Some Things.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Once upon a time there came into the city
from the country a girl. The girl wandered
from her happy home TO secure employment
among the wealthy families Of the city,
and when she made known the fact that
she was willing TO work many persons
sought her and implored her TO engage with
them in domestic pursuits. The girl was
overwhelmed with offers, but finally made
a selection and settled in a family that
valued her services very highly. The girl
was happy until one day her employer
met a neighbor, a very dear friend. and
told her of her good fortune in finding the
country girl. And this ~neighbor met an
other very dear friend and told her OF her
other friends good luck. and thus did x
become generally known that there was a
good hired girl" in the neighborhood. And
from that time on the mistress and the
girl were unhappy until one day the very
dear friend gave the girl Sl50 more a week
than she was earning in her first place,
and in this manner did the girl become
happy again, while her mistress and the
very dear friend ceased TO be on speaking
terms. And then the girl became unhappy
again until the other very dear friend en-
gagged her at an advance OF 81. and the
other dear friend and the first dear friend
ceased to talk over the back fence. And
then the good girl wore fine dresses and
fine hats, and one day a dashing young
man led her TO the altar, and. now the
three friends and the poor country girl are
all very unhappy.
Moral-Don't talk good about your hired
girl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-29
THEY WON'T WALK.
Theory that Physical and Mental
Effort Are Too Much.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A story is going the rounds that when
William NJ. Evarts was asked the other
day to what he ascribed his long life and
excellent health. he replied: Il don't know,
unless it is because 1 don't take any exer-
ciSe." This has been taken as one of Mr..
Evarts's jokes. Those who know the VEN
cradle gentleman best recognize the answer
as absolutely true. Mr.. Evarts takes no
exercise. He has carefully avoided exercise
for many years. When he went from his
home to his office he would not walk a
block; he would take a carriage, no mat
ter how short the distance. Mr.. Evarts
isn't the only public man who has a theory
that physical exercise, added TO mental
effort, is a waste of tissue, which tends to-
ward debility and shortening of life. Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain is a conspicuous exam
Pile. He spares himself all physical effort,
so far as he can. He will not walk I'D a
single flight of stairs if he can help IL.
Senator Hanna, is, perhaps, the most not
able exponent of this practice in Washing
ton. Vigorous as he is in speech and In
mental effort, the senator is seldom seen
save in an attitude which suggests physical
repose.
The President walks daily. He feels badly
without his constitutional. He strides with
the movement of a man to whom the exer-
else is keen enjoyment. Usually he is ac-
companied by some one who may be at the
White House when he starts. Nobody can
remember to have seen Senator Hanna ac-
~companying the President on a walk I'm the
three years at Washington. The senator
has recently been afflicted with rheuma-
tism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-29
TIDAL WAVE IN A RIVER.
The Great Bore of Hang-Chau as Seen
by Moonlight.

On one of many visits to China, Eliza
Ruhaimah Scidmore. author of Java, the
Garden OF the East" etc, made a visit TO
the mouth of the Tsien-Tang river to OBJ
serve the great bore OF Hang-Chau-the
tidal wave that sweeps into that stream
three times a year. In the April Century
she thus describes the impressive phenom-
nor as IL appeared at night:
The moon was riding at the very zenith,
and 1t dazzled us to look up TO il. Each one
stood evenly within the circle of his own
clear-cut shadow on the ground, at that
moment of the moons transi and the bore
was due; but IL was a calm night and II
was three-Quarters of an hour after our I'M
accustomed ears had caught the first far
distant, muttering undertone before the
White Thing was seen, a CHASTITY line adj
yancing as evenly over the water, and as
quickly, as the dark shadow of an eclipse
sweeps over a landscape. Nearer and
nearer II roared, growing greater and
whittier. until we could see the whole cas-
cading, bubbling. frothing front, with
spray drops showering from the crest
higher up in moonlight. with the oar OF
awful waters the dread thing came on.
raising its white crest higher and higher
which the junks lay. There were shouts
and yelis. and the usual boatmen's pam
demonium let loose on the 1unks as the
roaring wave approached. A rocket sized.
some firecrackers sputtered and gongs re-
sounded, but all small sounds of earth's
creatures were drowned as the fearful
White Thing crashed past. and a frightful
Kissing, a seething flashing. and swirling
OF still higher pillows succeeded-the most
sinister sound of water ever hear-all
speeding. rushing. whirling mad.y. irresisti-
bly, on.
edge OF the piling and the junk platform. IL
aeated the tunks loose at the instant. Each
junk rose TO the noods's fury bow on. and
continued TO rise. to lift itself bodily up.
along the sea wall before ones fascinated