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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Officer Menard Was Wounded While Trying
to Arrest Crook
Who Was Seeking Entrance to the McAshan Home
Which Has Been Threatened in Anonymous
Letters-Man Wounded Escaped.

Ing and marking his course with blood at
every step. The officer followed. and as
he turned the corner he was fred on, the
bullet striking him 10 the sleeve Of the
left arm, barely grazing the flesh.
officer Menard fred twice more at the
fleeing man. but on account OF the smoke
was unable to see very clearly, A second
fash from the direction Of the fugitive
showed that he was making a stff night.
TIE man aade an exit from the back yard
through a small gate, the posts of which
were marked with blood. Blood on the
wall OF an outbuiidlng showed where the
man fell or leaned against the wall to sup
port himself He left the back Enclosure
and escaped tuto Pense avenue by climbing
fence. using a slaEtlng plank TO assist
him in getting over There were blood
marks on the plank, and the train was easily
followed for short distance Ia the street
but was soon lost,
Mr.. Mtnard secured fatr view OF both
the men. He states that they are white
men
THE shooting rwokS the neighbors In that
vicinity, and several gentlemen were soon
on hand with lamps assisting the officer
in his search for the man known to be
wounded. Sergeant ausey and Deputy
Chief Thompson of the night force arrived
IN a short time, and they. with other Of
hcers. Joined In the chase.
The amount OF blood left behind lndi.
Gates that the man. whoever he Is To-
desperately wounded.
There was no one at home at The Nc.
Asian residence last night.
ofGccr Menard was sick at the stomach
Tor short time from the eneet Of the
slight wound IN the stomach. the bullet
grazing the skin and leaving mark for
several inches
There IS every reason 10 expect that the
hidlng place OF the wounded man will be
discovered before the lapse of many hours.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23

The recent anonymous letters left az
the McAshan residence. corner Of Main
street aud Iceland avenue, and the mys-
terry surrounding them are still fresh in
the minds OF every one.
Ever since the letters became so frequent
as to attract attention. an officer has been
on watch every night. Lately officer
Menard has been stationed there. Mr..
Menard was beginning to get a tribe tired
of his vigil aud ne and neighbor early
last night discussed the improbablity of
any crook or assassin being SO foolhardy
as TO carry out threat or attempt to
carry ont one contained In an anonymous
letter. very Jew hours afterwards Mr..
Menard had no occasion to complain OF
nothing coming of his vigil.
1t was between 1 and . o'clock when
Mr.. Menard, who was waiting in the
shadows for something to happen. saw a
man walk upon the gallery on the Iceland
side Of tho residence. Mir Menard tIptoed
down the cement walk to the gallery banis-
ters, which nre high from the ground, and
drew a bead on the man Just as he was
in the act of trying the side door for On
entrance into the building. Simultaneous
almost with the shot from tho officers re,
volver, he felt something sting him in the
stomach and heard the report of a pistol
behind him The shot came from man
who was hiding behind telephone post Ia
the broad glare of an electric light.
Mr. Nenard was too busy with his hrst
man to pay much attention to his second
adversary His Grst shot knocked the man
down and pool OF blood on the back
stone steps leading to the gallery showed
that the shot had found Il target,
Under the impression that he had dis
abled man, the officer ran around the side
Of the gallery to get nearer TO him. A.
he did so the man recovered his feet and
ran down the steps, following the cement
sidewalk where 1t curves around the build
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
A MILLIONAIRE MURDERED.
Sam Strong Tried TO Defend His
Father-in-Lav.

Cripple Creek, Colo, August % Sam
Strong millionaire mine owner, was shot
and killed this morning by Grant crumley
The shooting took place in the Newport
saloon owned hy Crumley. John Neville
Strong's fatheriD- law, and Crumley, got
into an alteration. Relieving TINT his
fafher-in-law was ia danger, Strong drew
revolver. Crumley jumped behind the
bar. grabbed a shotgun and blew a hole
self up to the police o few minutes later.
Sherman Crumley, Grants brother was
shot ia the thigh lost night By William
Trombaek In quarrel over bet. His
wound Is not serious.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23

tbe cash and drafts on hand balanced wifi,
the books which called for 500. 9i4"
The governor closes the statement 10y
SAYING The examination OF the funds OF
the treasury WINS made as reaulJed OF me
by section 1877 Of the constitution, aud IN
my opinion the books Of the treasury show
a correct statement of the Amounts which
should have been in the treasury on the
said 10TH and 10Th days OF August ;Nnl
respectively, and before doing or saving
iuet 60 Mr.. Showers the treasurer that no
be given full opportunity 20 make explaaa.
don Of the matter AZ he may see Il -
The publication Of this report created no
end of excitement Mr.. Stownrs declined
TO make a statement.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
STATE TREASURY IRREGULARITIES.
Custodian Of Mississippi Funds Placed
in Bad LIGHT.

IacEson. Miss. August 22.-Goyeraof
Lonelno bias issued statement Of the con
dftlon OF the state treasury showing that
on August Is he found therein by actual
counting s677, SAC, when tue books called
for $50 4ss shortage Of slG2e2l, Treas
urer Showers was, however, allowed credit
for due bills, drafts. etc. amounting 10
ss5 900 leaving the shortage S1OT,62i
Tho governor then states II INDUCED
the hone mat the amount Of the shortage
would be replaced II opportunity aud ume
we're given before the result OF said cs,int
,yex trsade puplic and the State might ihus
recover the money without further trouble,
explsnation or loss. Therefore In the In
terest If the State | en1oined secrecy on
agreed with Mr. Showers that ] would
make another count 81 the money on Tues
day. August %. On the date hxed mace
he ss,T count. II was then found that
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
sHRevEpoRTs DEATH RATE.
figures OF the Census Bureau Are sad
10 Be Misleading.

shreveport. La, August p The shreye-
Mort Times this morning edtoriaily ex-
mains the statement of the Washington
800, aanartment that its death rate OF
Isn is larger than that OF any city N the
Tinted States. The Times says that TINS ms
caIenistion was based on the census re-
ports Of 1890, which give snEe ssIItS ha
ny Ok e,oo and possibiy more Her local
des,h rate iast year based on a Popniatl s.,.
81 IS 600 end exclusive Of nonres'es"e essss
was 16-5a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
RaiI,.,au Master Rlackamiths.

Denye-, Colo. August 1.-THE National
Railwsy Master Blacksmiths' association
elected these officers President NJ. p
savage. International and Great Northern,
Palestine Texas; secretary treasurer, A. !;
Woodworth Cincinnati. Hamilton and
Dayton, Lima. Ohio ehsnist. q. n. VIM
lama, BoBten-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
saiIed lor Turkish Waters.

Paris. August 22-Ihe matin this after
noon announces that the French second
class cruiser Cassard started Tor iuIhisa
waters Yesterday and that naval division
Is ready to follow.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
MAY sRoAcH INTERVENTION.
Gar of Russia May Take up Tho
South African Trouble.

var OF RUSSIA May I AXE Up the
South African Trouble.
Brussels, August 22-Ths indie
pendenee Beige today prints DIS
patch from Copenhagen which says:
1T IL currently reported In Russian
circles that the ear has decided TO
breach South African Intervention to
Emperor wnliam ana President Lou
bet He considers the time oppor.
tune for friendly mediation.
The poner adds under reserve that
the car, during his stay In France.
VIII receive Mr.. Kruger In private
audience and obtain from him dl.
rect statement of the Bocr position
with view OF formulating a plan
for action.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
The SULTAN NAV YIELD.
Believed in Constsntinopfe that re viii
ACCORD Full Satisfaction.

London. August 23.-It is believed In Of
iclal circles in Ctrstahtinople, says a dIs-
patch from the Turkish capital, that the
sultan will accord fun satisfaction 70 NJ.
consinns without coercion on the part Of
France and that the Incident VIII have
ended In f0rty-elghi honfs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

II IS queer how ironclad Is the hold
Of convention and conventional con
siderar.ous. They have q tighter grip
and a wider influence than law. rea.
sou, sentiment or ethics Itself. A WON
an whose marriage may Ie termed
mellumly successful admitted can.
didly not long ago that az the very last
moment never. never would she have
married her lellnd had Il not been
Tor the thought ~ IN tie conventional
usilerlfiols Involved.
-On the way 10 our wedding" said
the woman. eve lad the most awful
kind - @ row iL1t made me vow in.
wardly never. never 20 marry him.
Then az tie thought 0f the ceremony
20 come on az friends house. the
breakfast that. thanks 70 her. was pre-
pared and tl-e invited guests, and how
they would ail talk 90 any change Of
plan. grit uy teeth aIl went through
H. But it Was the thought q the con-
yeutICus alone that Kept me Up. No
other possible pressure could have in
duced me 10 marry him after such a
row as we had on our way 20 the we'd
dine."-New York sun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
FLOWER AND TREE.

Never buy a pl-lt I'd bloom.
Never water plants % fower from
,b1Fe.
In planting cgt o1 orchard c. r1t
plant more than can b. E-auured aud
cared fCr we'll
4 yard Cr Lawn always looks barren
without some cLo.ce 1Euameutal trees
and shrubs On -lis account every
lawn should contain q few choice specl-
Mons q these ornamental trees
sale insects on plants. such as the
o,eallers. the fragrant olive. roses.
etc. arc among lle most diEcult pests
g. overcome. \ mixture q white belle
bore powder with dissolved soap rub
ted il is q good remedy.
Keeping all young trees carefuIly
staked leads 10 -le formation u clean.
straight stems. These iu their turn are
conducive % the growth % large.
healthy. f-ui'ful heads One stout
sts1e should b. placed by each tree
v Len u is pianted.
CrOcus must b. planted IN October
70 insure spring blooms. Il makes a
tine APPEARANCE II tLickly planted upon
"a lawn. Make a cut with q spade
three ~ four inches deep In tie sd,
tuck 90 q couple of bulbs and press the
sod back into place with the foot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
hIcARAoUAs ROUTE.

The Republic says General sstis.
faction ull be felt 0yer.the rc-alt VI
the istnmlan canal commiEs on. t.a
salient points ~ which have 5aau
made public In r-commeudIlz shat
The SicaraEuan route be- chosen. Al
mirai Waller and his ass0oIa'as are
iu accord with the general sel..uru.s
~ 'te country
According ~ tho dlspatcles. Ih4
commission has rejected eut ..l7
the prruos.,Ion that was submitted
for the aale OF no. rights OF the Paua.
ma company The complications that
would necessarily follow a D1rchaze
of This company property would de-
lay the work indefinitely. In the end
there might b. International compli
cations that Ecsld result 10 the
abandonment Of the enterprise.
As the commission reports. tho
Sicaraguan route IS nearer the ports
n the country and the engineering
problems are not 70 dlfcuit Slcsra
qua and Costa Rica arc absolutely
unbound by treaty stipulatlOus They
are friendly ~ this country and a--
anxious that the waterway be COZ
stucted through their territory
They realize the commercial u-rs
Hity FOR The canal and the Drepouder
auce oi influence ia the lstHmIs
which ifs importance uili give.
Anything worth doing az all rs
worth doing we'll The commls .or
evidently believes IN the Old mayu
The recommendation is medo that 20.
canal should be 100 feet wide at th.
bottom, and al least % feet deep.
These are larger dimensions tsr
have hitherto been suggested.
Yet the cost OF the enterprise .s
enough 10 cause some deep thlnklu~
even by such prosperous count. =
as the United States. Two huudisd
million dollars is the amount witch
will be required 10 build the canal
The advantage Of the isthmian water.
way should be many % Offset such
an expenditure
However. as a majority Of the SEN
ators and representatives, are IN fayo-
Of the Nicaraguan route. and wara
elected on that platform. the pro9cr
legislation looking 10 that end win
probably be passed at the next ses-
sion OF congress.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
Habit. of seals.

The habits q seals are very interest
Ing The very young seal is helpless
IN the water until be T. taught by bis
mother o. swim. She takes hin into
tie water daily on her On and dumps
him ln. and when be gets tired q
fOInderls about places him On her
IL again and returns % her camp.
When tie young seals are well grown.
they suddenly disappear with their
mothers and the bull seals. No one
knows where they 90. ard their return
o. equally as sudden as their departure.
The bulls are the first % put lH al ap-
peaIauce az the camping ground
when they arrive. they commence az
once to Urs pare q camp for their mates
which they stake Of. aud Tor which
they fight until they die. In the mean
time The female seals remain quite o
distance from land floating lazily on
the water AID seemingly having a good
time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

The English middle classes have had
50 much fun poked al them for drop
ping the letter "h" and for carrying II
forward and placing II where 1t should
not be, possibly thus 10 obey the laws
II compensation, that they have BE-
come sensitive on the subject, and
many asplrate the "a" with double
force when the letter should be aspi-
rated. Instead Of saying before him" E"
as Americans DO. with a light aspira-
ton, they VIII say before him." taking
full and deep breath when they utter
the second word, shooting Il out "a II
II came from a popsun. Dropping the
al" is not new for ordinary English
folk. II IS new trick TO asplrate il
with double the force required.-N
York Commercial Advertiser
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

To dwarf trees as the Chinese do you
must follow their methods. They take
a young plant. say a Seeding or a cut
ting of cedar when two or three inches
high. cut on us taproOt as soon as ii
has enough other rOOtlets 20 live upon
and replaut 10 in q shallow pot or pan,
allowing the end 0f the taproot 10 rest
upon the bottOug Of the pan. Alluvial
clay nodded 20 the size Of beans and
just sufficient I'm quantity 20 furnish a
scanty nourlshment is then put into
the pot. Water, heat and light are per-
mittcd on the same basis.
The Chinese also use various me-
chanical contrivances TO promote sym
,-C.ry Of growth. AS, owing TO the
shallow pots, both top and roots are
easily accessible, the gardener uses the
pruning knife and the soaring iron
freely. 50 that the little tree, hcmmed
on every side. eventually gives up the
unequal struggle and. contenting itself
with the little life left. grows just
enough 10 live and look well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18


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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
IS o.Ls-oVA SEES IT..

Tla T.EsET11-zal ~ CE-a11-z %
-eFleEl1g ..- recent stz-e111- --
re-r..1 szgs. t1- o1lF-1-lC1 r--1-.-
t5r single s-zt-I1ll. al aas -rre1-e-
% also provided c1u-l-t=- ~ sr
~ ezrry -ta memorial -1 Irss1----
me Memorial ls z9o1 and t,e c9--..-
zee can L1 no tarm. TIE r@=l.r-l--s
and tre rgmu.--ee. t1H---r are --
secs1lary iEp1ra1-e Tle only lzl
god segzI..s-el tE -t- r5-se---.-
szs -te broadening ~ arrlal1-s-
between fte $50 territories. -re ua.
ing vas Cr1...-.s- ~ 1.-rlIs.
good sl-e.y teeaHse &, brought t1z
~ resrese1ra,l,a people ~ rhe ra1
teu.t0r-s TIE memorial aI r1-
bring Statehood during The l.fe 9f .le
DreseIr congress but the acqlsiu-z--
ces formed ar that convention HII ~
q long uay toward removing The pre-
l11lces eznsrlng between the tuo te--.
tories The Indian Territory has m.s-
understood the status ~ Oklahoma e
finance and greatly underestimatst
its resDurces The convention st ft-
people of the Indian Territory right
ou these matters. and by expressing
IA willingness 10 be perfectly fair rla
.OklahDrnans removed the imDres ION
that Oklahoma was eEieav0riuz 20
hog the whole affair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

King Edward considers the pres.
ident Of the United States as good
as king or emperor and will make
no distinction between such rulers
in the honors connected with his com.
ing coronation. II there Is king
anywhere who holds himself a better
man than the president OF the United
States he will consult his personal
welfare by keeping his opinion In his
own bosom until Teddy's term Of Of.
fce Is ended. Where Is the king or en-.
Deror who has slain mountain lions
and grizzly bears, or roped a wild bull
OF the plains?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18


L ls Hlf-v llrL.-- Down ~
s-r- -u.r-- r-. bly, dressed
-~r--
WY doc Sic hasten so WY that
lolE ~ .l-e--- excitement u L-r eyes .
j. -la sal1- -1 Tie office q her la7-ye-.
there rs hear Tie win q her fav0-i,e
uncle re4dt or is she Fastening % tie
bedside - Tie dying: No. none ot
tLes-- $40 pulls newspaper 0ut @;
L-r pocket and r-ads again the an
rC-le-uelr q the wonderful bargains
t1 D. lad 40 the department store.
Size Eu-Les fraur.cally into the src-e.
Yes. size s1u see before her the rem
I1u- u pgases six which g. selling az
only - ce-.s q yarL What a crowd
Cf excited women are clustered about
tie prize.
She forces her way into the thi1kest
O. tie crowd. She is tossed this way
aul that she cares not. Her hat Is
pulled of and walked on by the haIf
graz=I mob. SIZE cares not She
reaches ne counter. Ten yards only
u -le -lk Is l.fr.
W-- take -r she says. just 10 ad-
vance n tour other women, all reach
Ing Tor tLe coveted prize.
Tie clerk says, 1t IS yours" The
woman feels for her purse. She has
left IL 81 home.
The other women eZult. They buy
the pJugee. The wonderful bargain j.
gone TIE bargain day Is over. There
wiz De- no more bargain sales for one
WeeE.-CL.cag0 Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

His Loving Spouse (who has been
talking for five minutes without
breakl-Id Ike 20 know. now, what
you've got 10 say for yourself. when
you went down town told you exactly
the Kind Of bath Jonge / wanted, and
you wrote II down. and now you bring
me this miserable. pitlful good for
nothing What are you throwing that
sponge up ia the air forf
Mr. Mecker-My dear. IT'S the only
thing | can do.--Chlcago Tribune
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
Oyster shells.

One thousand bushels Of shucked
oysters leave about 100 bushels Of
shells, which accumulate in great
heaps about the shucking houses. The
oyster shells landed on the shores OF
Maryland during the last ninety years
have beeS rechoGed at 100000 tons
"a quantity twice sufficient TO over
load and sink every sailing vessel,
steam vessel, barge and canalboat In
America.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

Twenty irreyerential citizens oi
Chicago conspired together and per
Detrated a transaction OF the Bible
which they have published Rewiewing
their work, a newspaper Of that city
says with some feeling such an at
rocity almost makes one sigh for a
few hours Of the inquisition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18

The Irish Nationalist who have 0t
fered Kruger uar.laucltary seat .n
ireland, claim that 10 eqlence
OF Kitchener prociam4t.94. Er-
ger is virtually a British subject 10
accept the offer however ha must
admit that he ls British subject
and % be- is, then the other B0er- are.
and that makes All of them rebels
against their sovereign Ola Paul Is
too sharp 20 get caught iu that way.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-11-18
strnIahflor,ynrd.

He You mustn't believe every beg
gar who comes 10 yJur door.
She-But this was no common beggar.
He was a sea captain who had lost ey-
erything In a shpwrcck.
lle-iIow DO you know he was?
She-Hc told a straightforward story
about how his ship went 10 pieces on
HE coast Of Observation-Disclosures
Press.