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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
Texas Has Oil TO Burn.

Austin. Tex, Feb. 27.-There
is a proposition on foot to dispose
OF the lake of oil which is now
in the vicinity of the oil gusher at
Beaumont. 1t will be remembered
that when the Lucas drill tapped
the stream of oil below the surface
of the earth the artesisn flow spout
ed to the heighth of 200 feet. Be.
fore the well could be capped, the
oil had formed a lake covering
about fifty acres of ground. There
is in this lake about 300, 900 or
400. 900 barrels of oil. Many drill
engines have come into the vicin-
ity and the owners of the oil fear
that sparks will cause a fire. and
they are preparing to burn the oil.
1t will be drawn off into small pools
and burned. There is no doubt
about the beauty of such a blaze.
The oil is owned by Guffey & Galley.
"Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup saved
the life OF my baby boy when dying
OF Group; God bless the remedy"
writes Mrs. Adam schreiber, Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Guaranteed to cure
throat and lung troubles. Saves
hundreds OF these little ones every
year. w. b. Frame City Drug Store.
BY using the baking powder
named Perfect" you will show
appreciation of pure food. Always
use the Perfect. "
S. 4. JENKINS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Millions of people are familiar with
peWitt'f Little Early Risers and
thoee WHO use them find them
TO ! . f'mous little liver pills.
New giipe. City Drug Store, w.
b. fram' prop,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

At bargain-a Burr and Bolt
Touring mill, capacity 20 bbls, COM
plete except the power.
SuGGs BROS,
7d&wtf Berwyn, 1. T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
should a Man BE valn7

Ce-tainly he should. He should
have ambition to look well and feel
good, which he cannot do unless be
q riges's his food. DIR. Caldwell 3
'iyruI Pepsin aids digestion, clear ,
the hsad, keeps the bowels regula
and cakes a man feel at peace witt.
the whole world. Try II. w. b
Frame, Ardmore Davis, Oakland +,
/. 4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
How the Mayor Works Them.

A story is going the rounds that
the mayor of South McAlester has
found more than one way of pre-
venting city officials from voting
themselves salaries. The aldermen
of that place recently voted them
selves So for every meeting attend
ed. The mayor vetoed the ordi-
nance, but il was passed over his
veto. Now he refuses to sign the
pay warrants on the ground that
the laws governing municipal in
corporations in the Indian Terri
tory does not permit officials to
vote themselves salaries while in
office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

We will pay you top prices for
your stock hogs this week-bring
them in.
26d&w6t DEFREEsE & HARTING
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

A man that understands women is
willing to admit that he doesn't un-
derstand them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

The City Drug Store and F. j..
Ramsey guarantee every bottle Of
Chamberiain's @ Cough Remedy and
will refund the morey to any one
who 10 not satisfied after using two
thirds OF the contents. This is the
best remedy in the world for la
grippe, coughs, colds, Group and
whooping cough and is pleasant and
safe TO take. IL prevents any ten
dency of cold to result in pneu-
monia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
To Cure Malaria In 4 Days.

Take Quinoria. All druggist are
authorized to refund the money in
any case OF chills, fever or malaria
1t fails to cure. Price b0c per pack
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Watch FOR the big fire and water
sale of sacrificed goods at Joe
Baralls great fire sale beginning
Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Children never cry very loud for
1t, but they do like DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. Ask w. b. Frame,
Ardmore, Davis, Oakland.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Every body runs to q fire and
everybody will rush to the great
fire sale at Joe Barall's Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

There lie always danger in using
counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
salve. The original is a safe and
certain cure for piles. 1t is a sooth-
ing and healing salve :or sores and
all skin diseases, City Drug Store,
w. b. Frame, prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
A BUSINESS CHANCE.

Two hundred acres of Texas
land to trade for town property in
the Indian Territory. Apply
SIDNEY SUGGs,
l8-tf ARDMoREITE office
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Everybody will rush to the great
fire sale at Joe n. BaralPs next
Saturday. It's the place for bar
gains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28
Cotton nil Proposition.

The good people of Gainesville
are now considering the advisable
ity of building a cotton mill in that
city. A special from that point
says; Mr.. J. A. Smith of Deni-
son. who was instrumental in
building the big cotton mill at that
city. arrived here today and held a
conference with a large number of
the leading business men of
Gainesville regarding the pros
poets of building cotton factory
at this place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

To the people of the Indian Ter
ritory: Inasmuch as the dreadful
disease. smallpox, is steadily grow
ing worse | now offer absolutely
free a prescription that is guaran-
teed to prevent it. All it costs
you is the calling at my Office over
Bonner & Bonner, Ardmore, | 7.
If You can not call, send 81 and
the medicine will be sent you 10y
return mail.
dSw IN G. T. DoREMUs, NJ. ID.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Don't think that man is ready to
take the advice of every fool he
meets Just because he takes yours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

GAINESVILLE is agair eu
her periodic talk abou, erecting
cotton mill. 1t will only b a few
days until the Red 'ver bridg
story is brought up also Arino .
would rejoice with Iinesy lie
people in the establishment Of a
cotton mill in thc'r town, but
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

Don risk the little ones life;
Group is dangerous disease. Mrs. II
Gregg, Dundee, Kans. ,says;-"My
little daughter had been troubled with
Group since she was three months
old: Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup
cured her" Children like 1t, Guar
anteed by. W, b. Franc, Citv Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

For the weakness and prostration
following grippe there is nothing so
prompt and effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is
highly endorsed as an uufailing rem
edy for all throat and lung troubles
and its early use prevents consump-
tion. 1t was made to cure quickly.
City Drug Store, W. b. Frame, prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

eased the blood becomes impoverished,
and nerves and muscles grow weak for
lack Of nutrition. More fatal diseases
probably begin with weak stomach
than with any other cause. The first
symptom Of disordered stomach calls for
prompt use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. II is a vegetable medi-
cine, absolutely non-alcoholic and nom
narcotic. and is unequaled for the strength
1t gives to blood, nerves and muscles.
During the summer and fall Of $50, writes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-02-28

A girls idea of masculine revenge
is for her best beau to elope with her
chaperone.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

food supplies could be sent to all
parts of the devastated region and the
homeless survivors suffered great
hardship.
Most of the sufferers are coal min
ers, their wives and children, en-
ployed in the Pocahontas coal fields.
The flood was caused by a %cloudburst
and thirty hours of rain.
A tremendous rainstorm followed by
n cloudburst set in early Saturday
morning, and after n lapse of a few
hours in the afternoon started again
with fresh violence and continued un-
til 10 a. IN. Sunday.
The valley, or basin, in which the
P%ocahontas coal field is located was
the worst sufferer, because of its pc
culiar formation. On two sides it is
walled by high mountains. Through
the centre of the basin runs ElkhOrn
Creek, fed by innumerable streams
running down the sides of the noun
tains.
The basin is long and narrow. Its
width varies from a quarter of a mile
to n mile. From Ennis to Vivian
Yard, w. Va. a distance of ten miles,
miners cabins, coal company commits
SiilNo anu NONt pants liIt Tue buSiIt.
Near the center of the long basin
and in the heart of the P~oeahontas
coal field was the town of keystone.
Smaller villages and settlements are
scattered over the whole length of the
basin. Elkhorn. a railroad and tele-
graph station, is at the eastern end
of the basin on comparatively high
ground. Everything west of Elkhorn,
in the district is submerged in the
Hood.
The cl0udburst and many hours of
continuous rain turned each of the
many little streams flowing down the
mountain ranges into formidable tor
rents. They poured great quantities
of water into Elihorn Creek, and it
began to rise without almost incredi-
bic rapidity, 1t flowed over its banks
and soon covered the entire floor of the
basin from mountain wall to mountain
wall.
Nothing like it had cyer been seen
or heard Of before, and the inhabi-
tants of the basin We're taken by sur
prise. So quickly did the flood come
that scores of them did not attempt
to seek safety by climbing up the
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Elbridge t. Gerry is credited with
starting the melon-growing fad ut
Newport, Il. l..
The Duke Of Cambridge. rounding
his eighty-second year, is the first
member of the British royal family to
attain that age.
Nice-Presldent Roosevelt has prom.
ised to deliver an address at the cele-
bration of the quarter centenary of
Colorado's Statehood.
Secretary Long has accepted nm in.
vitation to be present at the celebra-
ton of Old Home Week at Portland.
Me, August 10 to II.
Alfonso XIII. is not a black spon.
lard. He is fair and has blue ewes
and curly hair.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, saws that
he is too old to be II Presidential can
didate IN 1904, and names Governor
Shaw as Il suitable nominee.
Former Senator Towne, of Mime
sofa, and Governor McMillin, of Ten
nessee, have gone into a $500 900
company to hunt oil in Texas.
General Bates, recently returned
from the Philippines, has been an
dered to command the Departn Rf
the Missouri. with headquart{ at
Omaha, Neb.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
The Fniblt Fired tho Gun.

"Brer Rainft" has been outdone in
real life, and a West Virginia rabbit
family has u hero. The incident oc.
Cured in fhis wise, according to the
Chicago Tribune:
Peter Frees and his son Louis went
out rabbit-hunting in the woods near
Parkersburg, West Va. Their dog
soon chased a %cottontail into a pile of
brush, and Long rushed up to get him
out. He put his gun on the ground,
and taking up a long pole, began to
uunch in the brush pile to dlslodge the
rabbit.
Finally bunny ran out in an unex-
pected place, straight over the gun,
which was cooked. Ills hind foot
struck the trigger, sending the charge
of shot into Louis's leg. and some of
It into the dog. The boy yelled, the
dog howled, and in the midst of the
excitement bunny got away.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

The stage hands and scene shifters
of Richmond, Va, have formed a
union.
The paper mills strike at Holyoke,
Mass, has been declared off, the strik
ers winning.
Coal miners wages in Great Britain
have advanced fifty to eighty per cent
in two years.
President O'Connell has been re-
elected by the International Machin-
lists Association.
Servant girls are becoming scarce
in Berlin because OF the greater popu-
larity of factory labor,
There are 1l4.32O British fishermen
owning ~, Ia boats.
France has POS colleries, with a joint
yield of 2~5,000,0O0 tons Il year.
1t has been decided by the Woman's
International Labor League to start
to organize Il servant girls union in
Chicago.
Work in the Woolwlch arsenal, Eng
land, has now somewhat slackened
down, and many hands have been dis
charged.
Only about twenty per cent. of the
walters in German hotels and restau-
rants receive any wages, as they are
expected to live on their fees.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Suffolk, Va.-Whlle seeking to save
an elght-gear-old brother who was
being swept away in n stream two
sons of John Ely, colored. Of Exit, Va,
gave up their own lives. The older
heard from the bank of SCOTS Creek
ain appeal for help, and turning they
saw that their brother had got beyond
his depth. and was being borne down
by the current. With no thought of
their own peril the boys jumped to the
rescue. They reached the drowning
boy and struggled to drag him from
the force of the current. but could not.
The three brothers, their arms locked
about each others necks, went down
together.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
rnt0r..i.inr snnirre1a-

Alive In his native woods the squ1r-
rel is an amusing little fellow, and
he will entertain you by the hour if
you will let him.
You probably become first aware of
his presence by his dropping things
on your head; then he plays hide and
seek with you as he zlgzags up a tree.
While he pauses for thought, or posi-
bly, to wash his face, another squirrel
comes scudding along the branches of
n n~eighborlhg tree, and away they go,
one chasing the other, jumping from
branch tip to branch tip, racing up
and down the trunk and making the
bari. fly. Sometimes one loses his
footing and falls headlong twenty or
thirty feet to the ground, landing
there with n force that makes him
bounce. You thing every grain of
sense must be knocked out of the
small body, but he only blinks a bit,
and after n moment spent perhaps in
letting the stars set that must have
suddenly risen before his eyes, he
streaks it up the nearest tree after
the other fellow. Long after they
haye disappeared from sight you hear
them chattering together up among
the leaves like two watchman's rat
tlcs.-Philadelphia Record.
Oxford is the greatest university in
the world. 1t has twenty-one colleges
/ and five halls.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

sides of the mountains until 1t was TOO
late.
Hundreds Of miners were In Key
stone and North Fork, a small place
about a mile from the latter, When the
food swept down upon the TWO placeS
Saturday night.
Saturday is pay day at the mines
and the miners go to the niue town
on Saturday night TO purchase sup
plies. Many of them take their wives
and children. keystone was the ohly
town In the Pocahontas district Where
LIQUOR was sold, and it had between
twelve and fifteen saloons, besides Il
great many supply stores
When the flood came scores OF MN
| ers started back for their cabins, nlles
| away, up and down the basin. n great
number of these and their wives and
children were caught in the torrent
and drowned.
A pathetic story is told Of a Hunsa-
| rian family at keystone. The father
was at work in the mines. and when
the alarm was given did not reach
the drift mouth until the town was
| partly inundated. He made MS way
to the cabin where his wife ana new
born babe were lying helpless. lie
tried to rescue both, and after a bat
tie with the waters, logs and debris
reached n place Of safety with them,
, only to discover that both were dead.
on the North Fork branch of the
| Norfolk and Western, which is five
| and one-half miles long, hundreds
were rendered homeless, and are
| camped in the mountains. The dam
age to property on this branch is
heavy.
Only one of the ten colleries escaped,
the Ashland, at the head Of the stream.
| The Mcdowell Coal Company lost two
buildings. The Roanoke Company
lost its boiler house, and big boilers
were swept four miles down the
stream. The Louisville Company's
storchouse is a wreck and the stock
a total loss.
In Rolfe many miners houses were
swept away. Twenty-Five houses were
iammed together in n large mass OF
| broken timbers and debris.
At the Gillian Company's Colliery
the powder house and fourteen houses
are demolished. At Indian Ridge the
company store was considerably DAM
aged and the stock lost.
The North Fork track is nearly all
washed away, all the t~restles being
gone except onc. In the Elkhorn Val
ley it is estimated that the loss TO the
railroad and coal interests will exceed
81 100000.
Out of twelve miles of main line
| double track only one mile remain,
and all the bridges are gone. Some of
the bridges were of the heaviest ma
sonry and iron, but they could not re-
sist the force of the flood.
The Crozier Company, Il Of the
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
INSECTS AND INFECTION.
Tho Mosquito, Flea, and Fly Undoubted-
1y Transmit Plague and Fever.

Washington, D. C.-Surgeon- General
Wyman has issued a general circular
to medical officers of the Marine Hos
pital Service calling special attention
to the Importance of insects as factors
in conveying disease. The circular
says there is no longer doubt as to the
relation of the mosquito to malarial
diseases aud flariasis. According to
Simond," it says, ''plague Is transmit
ted from the rat to mar by the flea.
The infection Of typhoid fever and to
q certain extent cholera may be con-
veyed by flies. Medical officers are di-
rected to place mosquito MEETINGS over
the beds of communicable diseased pa
tients.''
Hospitals are TO be thoroughly pro-
tected by fly screens Mt all openings,
particular attention being paid to the
kitchen, dining room and protection of
the food. Sulphur fumigation is rec
commended as the best method Of kill
ing insects in a large room.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
FIND OF ARNOLD RELICS.
A Diver on Lake Charnplain Discovers
Guns and Ammunition.

Burlington, VT. - J. G. Falcon, q
diver, visited the spot where the
schooner Royal Savage, commanded
by General Benedict Arnold, was sunk
in 1776 by the British. lie found three
qua carEiages and about thirty cannon
balls ind shot. Two of the former
will be sent to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition at Washington, and the other
has been given to the city of Burling-
ton.
The relics were discovered in about
thirty feet Of water. The carriages
are made of wood and iron, the former
being now petrihed. Further investi-
cations, it is thought, may lead to
finding the private papers Of Benedict
Arnold, which were lost On the boat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Pittsburg. Penn. - The Turtle
Creek district was visited by d
heavy rainstorm. The town and
valley have suffered thousands of dol
lars worth of damage. At East Pitts
burg the Westinghouse plant, which
extends for nearly a mile parallel with
the hill, was submerged with six feet
of water on the lower floor. which left
three feet of mud when it receded.
The loss to Westinghouse it is believed
will reach $780, 900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
NOW COMES THE "sHlaT-coAT."
Letter Carriers in Washington Introduce
anew Garment.

Washington, d. C.-Fifty letter car
riers of this city will appear in a new
garment called Il "shirt-coat" within
Il few days. Others will follow ac-
cording to their inclinations. The wear
ing of the garment is not obligatory.
The ''shirt-coat' is of dual character
and appears to be both Il shirt and a
coat designed to meet the objections
generally urged against the shirt waist.
The material is gray flannel with roll
ing collar attached. From the belt up
the "shirt-coat' is made as an outing
shirt. The lower part of the front is
belted inside the trousers. The sides
and back are cut so that they hang
outside the trousers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

A most important memoir has been
presented to the Academy of Medicine,
at Paris, France, by its author, DR.,
H%ericourt. 1t deals very specifically
with thirty-five cases Of consumption,
and says the whole t~hirty-tiye have
been cured by Il certain strong extract
of raw meat. Hericourt's standing is
so high that his claims are accepted
without question.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
IN ILLINOIS,
Houses Wrecked. Stores Unroofed and
Thousands of Trees Torn Up.

Lincoln, Ill,-This city and vicinity
was visited by a tornado which did
100000 damage. The storm came
from the southwest, and its path was
a mile and a half wide by twelve
miles long. The Lincoln Mattress
Factory was destroyed, while severe
damage was done to the Illinois Asy-
lum for Feeble-Minded Children, Hin
OILS Odd Fellows Orphan Home, Lin
coin College and the County Door farm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
DROWNED IN
TERRIBLE FLOODS
Scores of Lives Lost and
Thousands Made Homeless
in The West Virginia
Coal Fields.
MANY TOWNS ARE WIPED OUT
The Victims Were Caught in a Noun
tain Basin by a Cloudburst
Without Warning.
MANY TOWNS ARE WIPED OUT

The Floods Swept Away Keystone. a
Town of 20OO Inhabitants - A Dozen
Towns in the Narrow, Mountain
Lined Valley of the Elkhorn Suffered
Severely - Nearly "a Score of Galleries
Were Wrecked - Miles of Railroad
Tracks Were Destroyed - Property
Loss VIII Reach Into tho Millions
A Cloudburst Caused the Floods -
Acute Suffering of the Survivors.
Bluefield, W. Va. Hundreds of
lives were lost and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed as the
result of a tremendous cloudburst
which swept away whole towns in its
path of devastation through the cast
ern part of Mcdowell County, the
southernmost part OF West Virginia,
near the Virginia State line.
Thousands have been rendered home
less. One town, Keystone, of 1000 in
habitants, was completely wiped out,
only the remains ofsone building with
standing the rush of the waters.
Thirty miles of track and between
fifteen and twenty bridges of the Nor
folk and Western road were de-
stroyed. 1t was several days before
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Orders have been given by the Navy
Department. at Washington, for the
conversion of the collier Southery al
the Norfolk Navy Yard into q prison
ship, where enlisted men and marines
nov detained in the small lockups at
other navy yards will be imprisoned
pending the completion Of new guar
tiers at the Boston yard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
Shot After killing Thirteen Men.

Tom Burns, notorious as a gun fight
Ell, was killed by a cowboy named Wal
lace, on the ranch Of Tom Willis, near
Tucson, Ariz. a number OF cowboys
danced upon the coffin. He has a rec
ord of having killed thirteen men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
Wind and Rain in Ohio.

Columbus. 0hio.-A terrific storm pr
vailed in Columbus and vicinity. The
chief damage was from water, which
flooded the Easements of many busl-
ness houses, The losses amount to
many thousand dollars. Several build
ings were unroofed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Oswego, N. "a terrific thunder
storm prevailed in Oswego and the
surrounding country. The West Bap-
fist Church here was struck by light
ming and Slightly damaged, and barns
and farm buildings suffered. Rain and
hail caused damage to the crops.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28
lightning Kills Man, Horse and Dog.

Whittier, Fla.-The bodies OF Abb
ner Thompson, son of Il well-to-do
stockman, his horse and his dog were
found in the woods on the Thompson
Ranch near here, the young man and
his horse having been killed instantly
by lightning.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-28

Judge Wood, of the Circuit Court of
st. Louis, Mo, said that jurors, wit.
nesses and attorneys will be permitted
to wear shirt waists in court during
the heated term.