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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
okLAromA's FIRST LYNcnISo.
Farmer Hanged BY Posse OF Cstt'e-
men a. Warning 20 Others.

Farmer Hanged bN fVSst "
men as Warning 10 Others.
Wood ward, o. T, May IA
Mr.. il. Chandler, a resident Of
Ioland. Day county, was taken
from his home by a posse Of cat
tlemen and hanged. The lynch
ing party was composed Of Day
county cattlemen.
There has been trouble be
tween the farmers and cattle
men of Day county for some.
time. During the past few weeks
the trouble has been growing
graver and many cattle have
died OF poisoned water.
Mr Chandler was suspected oi
being one Of the party who has
been poisoning the water and be
was lynched as a warning 70
others
Omcers are On the trail Of the
lynching party and they will
sooner or later be run 20 earth
and receive the f1ll penalty Of
the law for their crime.
This is the frs, lynch.ug that
has occurred in Oklahoma since
It's organization as a territory.
The question originated over
the question Of free range, the
cattlemen being fierce for it and
the farmers not wanting IT, The
land in western Oklahoma is
still subject 70 homestead entry
and many a small farmer has
had all his crop eaten up by the
cattle and has had no course Of
redress, not having any way Of
paying the cost Of a suit in the
courts
II has retarded the settlement
of some Of the western counties
20 a great extent. A poor man
who wanted a home in some Of
those counties has often been
told 10 move on by interested
parties who wanted the range,
aud the cattlemen have been
very negligent about trying 10
protect the farmers crop by
keeping their cattle in hand.
The act Of the Legislature in
1893 in granting free range west
OF range II, also provided that a
herd law could be voted upon al
election, and in their effort &c
get these elections the viii o.
the farmers has been thwarteC
By the cattlemeu until th'
trouble has assumed the proper
uon Of a fued, the farmer being
arrayed against the cattlemen
and the end IS not yet in sight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
MckinIer. the Husband.

of Gil the tributes paid the
President Of the United States
in the course Of bis tour Of the
country none has been 50 ELOQUENT,
and none other can be. o. that
paid him by one woman. That
woman is his wife, " says the At
lanta Constitution. And 1t is even
so.
At New Orleans she, for the
first time, allowed herself TO be
interviewed Il could hardly be
called an interview, however, for
il was but the expression Of an
opinion casually given bat it Is
doubtful if anything ever said Of
the president could bring him
quite as close 10 all the people as
this from his wife:
DO you know MAJOR Mckin.
leyf" she asked. "Ah, no one
can know him, because 20 appre.
ciate him one must know him as !
DO. AndI am not speaking now
Of Major Mckinley a. the president
I am speaking Of him as my hus-
band II any one could know
what il is % have a wife sick, com
planning. always an invalid for
twenty-five years, seldom q day
we'll. and yet never a word Of IN
kindness has ever passed hi. lips;
be is just the same tender, thought
ful. kind gentleman / knew when
first be came and sought my hand
Il know him because | am his
wife, and It is my proudest pleas
ure to say this, not because be is
the President, but because be is
my husband.
Il wish that / could have seen
him yesterday; love to see him
among the people whom be seeks
/ 70 serve so faithfully. But l read
his speeches this morning. read
all his speeches. only wish that
/ could help him as / should.
He is so kind, 50 good, so patient.
He gives me all the time be can
be never forgets me, no matter
how busy be is. But will be
glad when be is out Of public life
did not want him to run a second
time. | thought be had don,
enough for the country, and now
/ / know that be has done enough
and when his term expires be vii
come home and we will settle dowI
quietly and be will belong to me.
President Mckinley has mad'
for himself quite a reputation fol
happy little speeches, but he mus
look to his laurels. This littl
talk of his wife is well up with thu
very best things he has said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
CapitaI VS.. Capital.

London, May l4-Easy settle.
ment has been allowed the En-.
glish Northern Pacific shorts at
a hundred and forty due. An
ultimatum has been delivered TO
Pierpont Morgan by the Roths,
child banking house They told
him if he tried to engineer a il
nancial sensation in London they
would smash several of his
deals.
The financial giant of the new
world saw that it was desirable
10 avoid a struggle with the fl
nancial giants of the old world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
N'KINNEY.
1ecIal Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Mckinney, l. I May l3.-This
place was visited by water spout
Sunday night, which on the bottom
lands proved very destructive to
crops. 1t began raining at 10 p. m.
and continued until $3.50 a. IN. Little
Hickory creek was higher by two
feet than it has been for 10 years.
A great deal Of fencing and water
gaps are gone, and the farmers are
busy today "dxiug fence" How
ever the rain was badly needed, but
too much fell this time.
Whooping cough is as "thick as
hops" all seem 70 have il, but no
serious results.
Several new cases Of smallpox re-
ported very near US this week.
Rev. Stanford filed his regular APP
poiutmeut here last Saturday and
Sunday.
John Rose and family from near
Ardmore visited at G. W. Freeman s
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Bryant, mother Of Mrs Free
man, visited her this week.
Will Green OF Overbrook was here
on business one day this week.
Several successful fishing parties
have gone out this week.
Rev. Glenn and Uncle Jack Gala
CHER of Orinne attended church here
last Sunday.
The date Of the Sunday school eel
ebration has been changed from the
4th OF July to the second day OF
July.
For whooping cough, asthma,
bronchitis, or Consumption, no med.
icine equals Ballard's Horehound
Syrup, Price, 2j and so cts. W. b
Franz Citv Drup Store
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
HAIL STORM IN oKLAHonA.
Cattle Killed and Wheat Fields De-
Nastated BN PeIts Of lie.

FL Reno. o. T., May IA
strip Of country four miles wide
and eighteen miles long was de
vastaled by hail within three
miles Of FL Reno last night about
Is o'clock.
Wheat fields, orchards and all
growing crops within the storm S
path were totally destroyed and
much live stock was killed.
The hail stones were unusual
ly large, many going through
the roofs Of barns and houses.
In low places hail drifted TO the
depthoffrom fourteen to twenty
four inches. The roar of the
storm could be heard two miles
away.
The loss is estimated at $50.
600. Part Of the wheat was GOV.
cred by hail insurance. There
was considerable rain here, but
very little hail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
lie wns Cautious.

wederly-The doctor says must
take more exercise. DO you think
ought to begin with dumbbells?
Mrs. Wederly-Suppose for starter
you come out with me this afternoon
and wheel the baby carriage.
Wederly lie - really, Mary,
couldn't think Of II. | don't want to
overdo the thing the first day.-Chics-
60 News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
Nickel Plated.

We have a good quality Of
nickel plated copper ware that will
give the best service and perfect
satisfaction. The price is very
reasonable. We ask the ladies to
call and see our stock whether they
are ready to buy or not.
24tf BIvENs q WILLIAMS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
LEON.
special Correspondenee


Leon, May ia very heavy rain
fell here last night, accompanied
with considerable wind and some
bail. Some fruit trees and fences
were blown down. bat 10 further
damage was done that We know Of.
Quite a crowd Of men, women and
children gathered al the Leon Gene
terry Thursday 10 tx up the fence,
clean OF the grounds and plant out
shrubbery, and while we were there
the remains Of Mrs. Mcfarland, who
died in Ardmore, were buried. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. J. g. Forkner.
Several persons joined the Baptist
church, and ffteen were baptized in
Red river last sunday, the converts
being the result Of Rev. Jones
meeting. Mr Jones is bolding q
meeting at Keitner this week, ard
several conversions are reported 80
far.
The people Of Leon have recently
purchased a new organ for the
Methodist church here which adds
much 20 the music az the sunday
school
Mrs. Coleman Hammond is still
quite sick. very little hopes are en-
tertained for her recovery. Mrs.
Burt Johnson is also quite sick.
VIM. Keltner has moved % Dun
can ]. 7.
J. W. Mclntre and wife Of orr
visited the family Of J. D. Rodgers
Sunday.
The boys Of Leon have organized
themselves into secret order.
They have christened themselves,
"Y. A. W, meaning Young Amer
lean Wheelers. -
Miss Pearl Johnson, who has been
sick with rheumatism 80 long, has
recovered and returned 70 school al
Ardmore.
Mrs. Long, who lived near Leon
died and was buried here a few
days ego.
In constipation Herbine affords a
natural, health'ul remedy, acting
promptly. A few small doses will
usually be found TO 90 regulate the
excretory functions that they are
able TO operate without any aid
| whatever. Price 30 cts. W. B.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
A Good Investment.

The White Elephant buggy is
worth every cent Bivens q Will
Jams ask for them. They are bet
ter adapted to rough roads than
any other buggy made. In point
OF wear, comfort, finish and style
they canno, be excelled. When
you are ready to buy ask for the
White Elephant. 24dwtf
Just came in. Reed * Rattan
rocking chairs, a pretty assortment
at G.. X Jones.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
STOCK REDUCTION.
A Slaughter sale Brought About by
Business Change.

Our company intends to incor.
porate within a few days, and be-
fore doing so we will reduce our
stock. We believe in doing things
quickly, and in order to make the
reduction we will sell everything
in our mammoth stock at and be.
low cost. Sale is on now.
sh5 We will continue 10 sell
goods on credit.
a 2l-d W # SASS & CRAWFORD,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
snIes of Territory CattIe.

Among the sales Of Southern
cattle at Kansas City last week
were:
J. NJ Pollard, Ardmore, /. T.,
ll9 steers, $50 pounds, at $4.1j.
L. \. Keys, Nowata, |. T.. "A
steers, 922 pounds, at $4 40
J. c. Crawford, Purcell, 1. 7.
26 steers, 1920 pounds, at 81 80.
Rosenbaum Bros, Chickasha, l..
T., 10 steers, 1914 pounds, at
$4.55.
j. Il. Todd, Nowata, |. T., &C
steers, 1870 pounds, at $50.
Driggers Bros, Chickasha, /.
T.. l42 steers, 1860 pounds, at
$427
}. NJ Harris, Chickasha, l. T.,
60 steers, 9ji pounds, at $40.
T. S. Hutton, Muskogee, [. T.,
40 heifers, 40 pounds, at $4 %.
Alva Rolf, Ardmore, /. T., PIG
steers. SIC pounds, al a 30.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
White Elephant.

The name plate White Ele-
phant" is put on the best buggies
made. Hou can get them from
Bivens x Williams. 24dwtf
The ARDMOREITE has for sale in
any quantity to small purchasers
100 reams of 24x36 blank news
paper, at lowest market price.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15

Refrigerators at the furniture
house of c. r. Jones. Cash or
easy payments,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15
SGROFULH AND ITS awful HORRORS
JOhnSton's Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
MOST WONDERFUL CURE.

Brighton
Livingston This
the 1872
York She came to Michigan in $40 the Of "Tppecano
All faculties xceeny
enve mind fun
makabe she of
nothing
OF
JoHNsToNs SARSAPARIIA Mrs a
disposition scrofua terribly
thousands
tins OF the death angel Transmitted
found family
membrane
the head
and often Is the prime ption.
with skin disease My OF
dschargng yellow
nsghl body
My nhamed
frequent and
miserable condition. had
mended and had
the die
beginning Of
tried bottle
hlng else had faith
ugan 10 better took
healed the bad
troubled
OF 50 not
since then and firmly believe that
blood purifier
medicine This
NOT
We was saved by JoHNSToNS SARSAPARILLA" ~ "'
.lr..- I'm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15

viii Light is now located at Car
ter's barn, phone l07. Bus meets
all trains. day and night. When
Light gets your call you never get
left. 5.lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-15

II you want a good tin roof be
sure to figure with me before let
ting the Job. We do tin roofing
anywhere in the b. |. T. All
work guaranteed.
Yours respectfully,
FRANK BERRYHILL,
1dwlm Ardmore. !. 7.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-08-03
Feed Delta Feed Horse Sense.
Memphis & Yicksburg Packet
Regular
.G STEAMER DELTA.

-, urvsrr M zJR Master
~ T6r = DCSTfsI Clerk
Regular Memphis and Greenyiile
Packet Going down, leaves Green
viile Tor vicksburg everyW ednesdaY At
~ Going nm. leaves Greenv1lle
fof emphis every Saturday atv n
New boat: up-to-date IN every re-
snect. Electric lights and fans through
I'M Round trip Yicksburg and re
arm 81 so: Memphis and return $500.
T'ha boat carries q band Of music
,l,,r,no the entire season.
-''' - LYME STARING, Agent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-08-03
Never have you had
such an opportunity
Of securing such values
for your money.

bought
the the
ny
VIII 1aVor ny WIN
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28
NOW TRACE GENIUS TO DISEASE.
Scientists Find That MnIformntiOn
of Brain Causes BriIIiancy.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
That disease and deformities due to
accident or prenatal conditions develop
genuine genius along certain lines is
a theory formulated and announced
Saturday by cablegram from Paris
where psychologists have been making
experiments in that field. Chicago
physicians who have given the sub
ject attention say that the theory is
undoubtedly correct. The experiments
of psychologists and the research work
OF allenists point to the same con-
clusion. Many eminent examples are
at hand to demonstrate that the theory
is correct. Experiments of this nature
are in their infancy so far as speci-
fically directed work is concerned. Some
phenomena of this kind have been dis
covered a times in the past, but the
doctrine has never been formulated to
show that a mans genius lies in a
certain scope according to his deform
ity until the French psychologists made
their announcement
An eminent psychologist in Paris re-
Gently examined the brain and works
of NJ. Berthelot, the renowned chem
list, to ascertain the cause of his in
tuitive discoveries. 1t is announced
that M. Rerthelot had malarial fever
when he was but yeaFs-old, and that
two years later he struck his forehead
a stunning blow against a mill stone.
This blow depressed the Uranium and
irradiated the frontal lobes of the
brain. The peculiar genius of the great
French chemist is said to be due to
this accident.
Blow May Cause Development.
Nerve and brain specialists say that
such an accident would no doubt cause
the entire strength of a man to go to
another part of the brain and thus de-
Velop the well-nurtured part abnor-
mally. In other words, a blow or a
sickness may result in the lopsided de-
velopment of the brain, thus rendering
a man peculiarly bright on a certain
subject.
1t is pointed out that Milton wrote
his Paradise Lost" while he was
blind, and It is said that the blindness
confined his mind to a certain scope
in a manner that made it possible for
him to evolve the great epic.
Cases of a somewhat different ma
ture are shown in the elegant writings
of Thomas De Quincy and Samuel Tay-
Tor Coleridge, both of whom had brains
in which the excessive use of opium
had made havoc. De Quincy describes
his horrible experience with opium
taken in the form of laudanum in his
Confessions of an English Opium
Eater;"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28
Rabbits at Play.
From the Saturday Review.

IOlll the SATURDAY REVIEW.
Rabbits play in this way! Two Of
them-I have not seen it played with
n1ore-run quickly toward each other,
and. when on the point of contact, each
leaps into the air, but one higher than
the other clearing him completely.
They come down with their tails to-
ward each other, but instantly, with
an as It were Excuse my TAIL" both
turn and ruin and leap again, and this
they will do from two or three to half
dozen times, always laping up at the
exact moment when they would other
wise come into collision, and one al
ways taking the higher leap-some-
times an astonishingly high one-right
over his companion. They never meet
in the air, nor can | see how this can
be avoided, except by a plan or figure
being mutually followed by them, as
with ourselves in a game or dance.
believe that each clears the other alter
nately. but 1 have not yet convinced
myself of this. There is a less devel-
oped form of this game, as where one
rabbit runs up to another that is lying
couched and jumps over him. He
then couches himself, and, after a
while, the other one willing to return
politeness, runs up to and jumps
over him. Once l saw the invitation
to game of jumps given, but not ac-
cepted. The offering rabbit sported up
to another one, as he sat, stopped Just
in front of him, jumped, frisked, round
and round, jumped again and waited
but all to no purpose the other was
mot + the vein."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28
A soPHIsTICATED GUERRILLA.
Jan Meyers and His Warfare on the
British.

From the London Chronicle.
My friend, Jan Meyers, is one of the
new Beers. His tastes do not lie in
the direction of agriculture. nor does
he pay any particular observance to
the customs of his fathers. He used
to live at ordinary times in Pretoria,
where he inhabits a set of rooms that
would make his unsophisticated fam
lily gasp at the irreligious luxury of the
fittings. His living, and a fine fat liv-
ing it was, was derived from queer
trade which he called brokerage" and
it had a good deal to do with conces-
sions and the by-ways of the gold law.
In person he was florid and affable,
in the early prime of life, and habited
for the most part in purple and fine
linen.
Quite recently / met Jan in Durham.
He was no less affable than before, if
trifie less florid. His general ap-
pearance had lost none of its previous
prosperity, and his lips embraced a
plump cigar.
why, jan" / remarked, as he took
my hand and beamed, where have
you been all these months?"
Jan grinned dabolically. my
friend" he said, the past is an cpl
sode; the present is the matter in
hand. Come an have drink"
Il will not" l protested.
Then we will take a 'ricksha,' where
we can talk in comfort while patron
izing native labor"
This accordingly we did; and as the
boy" moved at a foX-trot down West
street l resumed my examination.
Were you captured. Jan?"
Am / an Imperial Yeoman?' he re-
piled.
Then you surrendered"
mot surrendered" he submitted
Say ! recognized proved facts. For
merly ! fought you English, now I
fight unjust aspersions. Both are easy
foes"
But when did you-er-patronize our
hospitality. JAM"
Just a month ago. or it may be five
weeks. l was wrought to IT. My dear
friend, endured the hardships of un-
tented field so long as the soap lasted.
Then, TO choose an apt metaphor, I
threw up the sponge"
And how did bushranging suit you?'
l asked.
He grinned again. 1T had its COM
pensations," he replied. II have quite
got over my dyspepsia, though l ac-
quired a taste for Sybaritic luxury that
a coast hotel hardly answers. Have
you ever eaten raw potatoes?"
Never"
Then let me advise you; don't ]
had sooner eat dead frog"
But how did you manage for sup
plies"
"Oh. as a general rule, we did not
manage. We Jumped 1t. as the saying
Is. OF course, there were cattle: and
II there weren't, they could be obtain
ed for the mere trouble OF lifting. There
are few things more uninviting than
bloody beef, freshly killed and badly
killed. And then the Kaiiirs assisted
US good deal with chickens and
mealies"
Voluntarily"
wen, a Kanr Is 80 easy TO cocrce
that II Is hard 10 say. Anyway, We
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28
TO DEVELOP THE EVERGLADES.

Times Union and Citizen: The Flor
ida East Coast Drainage and Sugar
Company represented by James M.
Schumacher, G.. r. Pride, ]. r. Parrot
and r. Il. Rose. yesterday closed
contract with Nj. Fichtenberg of Mil
waukee and Henry Benedict, the lat
ter also formerly of that place but
now located at Orlando, these gentle
men agreeing to provide a capital of
capital of $5,000,000 for the purpose oil
developing the lands of the company
as organized some time ago This is
altogether the most important under
taking for the industrial development
of Florida that has been consummated
in several years. With the capital stock
now subscribed the company will go
actively to work, expecting within
short time to begin the construction of
the canals the cultivation of sugar
cane and the erection Of factories.
When it is stated that the company
has acquired the right to one million
acres expecting to turn these into
magnificently fertile field for the cul-
tivation of the sugar crop, the
mammoth scope of the enterprise can
better be realized.
In addition to being a tremendous
industrial undertaking for Florida, it
is said to be the largest project for the
raising of sugar-cane and the making
of sugar in the world. The calcula-
tons are based on the fact that each
acre, after the drainage is completed.
will produce annually two tons of SUE
gar thus making two millions for the
whole tract, and. according to this es-
innate. the Florida plantation or plan
tations would be sufficient to supply
the whole sugar trade of America. The
lands are the Florida Everglades. The
project to develop these lands has been
of long standing-in fact, the inception
of the enterprise was during the In
dian war The first conception of the
possibilities of draining the lands was
made then, and the world was made
aware of the fact through the publica-
ton of the surveys and maps prepared
by the United States War Department
when Jefferson Davis was Secretary
of War.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28
SANTA CLAUS COMES HEAD FIRST.
Venerable Negro Emerging From
Fireplace Is Greeted with Blows.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Bloomfield, Dec. 25.-Ebenezer
Knowles. a prominent colored man in
lower Thomas street, played the role
OF Santa Claus last night with some
what disastrous results to himself and
to the chimney he intended to de-
scend. Meaning 10 surprise a number
Of persons who were sitting about a
log fire, Knowles. adorned with a pair
Of false whiskers and with small
pack ON his back containing chickens.
placed ladder against the side OF the
house and assembled TO the roof. where
he completed arrangements to go down
the old-fashioncd chimney I'm regula-
uon style
lie grinnod as he thought OF tho sur
prise that awaited those in the dining
hall lie pictured their dismay az his
entrance and 30 absorbed Ia thought
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-28

was he -that-he -carelessly stepped on
a loose brick and pitched head fore
most down tn chimney, despite his ef-
forts to check himself. Luckily the
fire was low.
The debaters, hearing a noise in the
chimney. started to leave the room. but
before they could do this old Santa
Claus appeared, a sorry looking sight,
with whiskers disarranged and a
smearing of SCOT from head to foot.
Knowles could do nothing but NUT
ter when he emerged. Those in the
room were dismayed and seized brooms
and other weapons and began to be-
labor the would-be st. Nicholas
eventually he was recognized.