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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-08
The Road to Wealth.

Don't throw away your broken
goods, bring them here. We
Repair guns
DO lock and key work,
Repair sewing machines,
Repair typewriters,
Recover umbrellas,
Sharpen shears and
Repair bicycles,
25-lm G. w. RITTER & SON.
Phone 142 for bus or baggage
wagon. Meets all trains day and night
ll'lm LIGHT & THOMPSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-08
Miscellaneous

Mems and Youths Flannel Suits, big as
sortment, prices right
Mems boys and youths Furnishings.
Mems and boys Shoes. Ladies' and
misses Shoes. Ladies' misses and chill
dren's OXfords and Sandals.
Ladies' Corsets.
Ladies Waists, Gloves, Hose, Handker-
chiefs, Carriers Fans Lisle Lace Gloves
and NIitts, silk Gloves, silk Mitts, lace eff
feet, sash Pins, Belts, Waist sets, fancy
Hat Pins, Hair Ornaments and combs
Everything useful to ladies' toilet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-08

Every call given my personal atten.
tion. Phone "A catches carriage day
or night. T. z. CHOATE.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
Rhinoceros Worth $15, 1000.

From the New York Journal and Ameri-
 can.
 Twelve thousand dollars for a two horned rhnoceros, the ugliest, lowest, least intelligent, and one of the most ferocious of animals. Yet this Is what John Smith, director of the Zoo has re- fused for her.
 Moreover, Hagenbeck, the animal man. has said that Smiles is actually worth more than $12.OOO; that the value of the beast is at least $15,000.
 Fifteen tlfbusand> dollars would keep many a human being for life. or it would supply days food for 15,000 poor fam lilies, or 1t would give GOO homeless men a nights lodging. As Smiles weighs 1000 pounds, she Is worth $15 pound.
 Smiles almost increditable value lies in the fact that she Is one of the rarest ami mals in captivity, there being not more than eight two-horned rhinoceroses in bondage. The Central Park beast was named Smiles in an ironical spirit, for nothing like smile has ever been de- tected on her countenance, and she never shows sign of pleasure or of satisfac- tion. In fact, her demeanor has const antly been ferocious The two-horned 'rhino's" lack of intelligence is due to the fact that there Is little space for brains in it's head Where its forehead ought to be is a depression occupied by the horns.
 Smiles is believed to be 110 years old.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
ATTITUDE OF THE
 RELIGIOUS SECTS
GOVERNOR TAFT DISCUSSES THIS PHASE OF PHILIPPINE oUES- TON BEFORE SENATE COMMIT TEE-TEMPERANCE HARD.

Washington, February 19.-Among other onsstions nertaining to the Philippines discussed by Governor Taft today in his testimony before the Senate committee was the attitude of the different re- ligious sects toward one another.
 He said that generally the relationship is friendly and the evangelical churches are seeking to secure a foothold in the islands. He also referred to the ecclesi- astical courts saying that under the Spanish rule the members of the religious orders could elect to have civil cases In which they were concerned tried in those courts rather than in the regular tri- bunals.
 He said that from 25 to 50 persons had been deported from the Philippines and were sent to Guam by the military au- thorities because they are considered ir- reconcilables whose presence was injuri- ous He said that so far as the Philip pine advocates of independence had ex- pressed themselves, all of the ti desired independence, with a United States pro- tectorate.
 The convention which adopted the MaldlOS CO0SIllullOH Ileu bCtl ii"oC NP largely of residents of Manila, he said, although designed by Aguinaldo to repre- sent to various provinces. Comparatively few of the Filipinos, he said, are familiar with the constitution of the United States and he did not believe that Aguinaldo is among them who have this familiarity.
 Governor Taft also gave information concerning the newspaper press of the Philippines. Are the newspapers there at liberty to advocate the independence of the natives" asked Senator Culber- son? "They are under the restrictions imposed by the statute which we discuss ed yesterday just as others are,' the witness responded
 Therefore they are prohibited from such a course?'
 That is the effect of the statute while the war continues"
 Referring to the climate and health conditions of the islands, Governor Taft said the health of the troops there when not engaged in campaigning is about as good as it would be in the Southern States.
 The climate Is not severe nor is 1t a dis agreeable place in which to live, but the continued high temperature becomes, af- ter a time wearing upon Americans and Europeans.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
MT. schwab and the Colleges.
rom the Chicago Inter-ocean.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Charles M. Schwab Is likely to get jacketing from the colleges. This is not because he Is president of the steel cor poration, but because he is the man who tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo.
 Now, an effort to break the bank at Monte Carlo is looked upon in various lights by different people Nine men out of ten would call 1t gambling. The tenth man Is MT. Schwab, and he would say, probably, it was fun, relaxation, recrea- ton, amusement, rest, or something of the kind.
 Mir. Schwab's argument would be some- thing along this line: He went abroad to get rest from business cares. The essen tial of rest is change. Now making money for the steel corporation is his vocation at home; therefore losing money on his own account would naturally be his avo- cation abroad.
 But the colleges care nothing whether Mr. Schwab thinks the roulette wheel gambling or relaxation. To them MT. Schwab Is the man who advised the young men of the country against col lege education. It was he who made the statement that the school of hard work turned out better money-makers than the colleges. That Is why they have a rod in pickle for him. And here is their chance to use it.
 One of the tenetS or the colleBe IS that education increases the number of things in which a man can take interests, that it better fits a man to enjoy life. Now that MT. schwab's idea of rest and relax ation and pleasure is shown to be a game of chance they will hug them selves and say: This hetokens lament able vacancy of intellectual interest in Mir. Schwab, owing to his limited educa- tion in the school of hard work. Had he hxy a education he could have found much better enter tainment in Europe than as sailing the tigerp'
 Perhaps something of this train of thought struck the steel corporation mag mates Perhaps this is why they sent word to MT Schwab to come right back home and sit down.
 And when MT. Schwab comes perhaps he will come out with statement mod eled after Mark Twain's telegram in reply to his rumored decease: "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
Her Nickel Was Brass.
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 All is not woe and lamentation and pro- fanity on the transit company's street cars. Occasionally there is a smile.
 The other day a respectable old lady boarded an Olive street car at Leffing- we'll avenue, and when the conductor came through she handed him what she supposed was a nickel and sank back into her seat The conductor looked at it and then at her. But he could not get her attention. After an instant of indecision he said:
 Madam, I am very sorry, but this is not nickel" starting to hand 1t back.
 ',Not a nlckel2' she exclaimed. What
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
THE SENATE,

Washington, February 19.-The Senate continued the consideration of the Phil ippine tariff bill today, the main speeches being made by MT. Burrows of Michigan for the bill, and MT. Money of Mississippi against it, although MT. Mitchell of Ore gon, MT. Foraker of Ohio, MT. Mallory of Florida and MT. Tillman of South Caro- lima all took more or less part in the general debate on the subject MT. Bur rows maintained that Congress was deal ing with the question as it was today and without any reference to what took place in the past or might take place in the future. MT. Mallory of Florida spoke particularly in favor of his amendment to that portion of the bill relating to the navigation laws and said that 1t was necessary in the interest of American shipping.
 MT. Money maintained that 1t was not so much of a question of what could be done with the Filipinos as it was to legislate in the interests of our own peo- pie. There were several rather lively exchanges between MT. Forakr and the opposition Senators during the debate.
 MckinIey's Proclamation.
 While Mir Burrows was reading the proclamation of President Mckinley knoyn as the .brevet of the proclama-
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
MOBILE

Mobile, February 9.-(SpeciaD-in the suit of Anthony Koopersmith against the city of Mobile in the Circuit Court today for damages for injuries received in fall ing from a foot bridge in March last the Jury gave the defendant a verdict for $500.
 The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the Mobile and Ohio railway took place in this city today and the follow ing board of directors was elected to serve for the ensuing year. A. B. An drews, James C. Clark. c. c. Cuyler. w. Butler Duncan, w. w. Finley, Adrain Iseln, Jr.. Thomas E. Jevens James H. Mason, E. L. Russell, A. H. Stevens, Samuel Spencer, c. Sidney Shepard. F. D. Happen. There were 5O4s3 shares of stock represented at the meeting
 Chief Soost today received from Chief Kiely of St. Louis, the criminal record of John Whalen arrested here Mardi Gras evening on the charge of picking pockets It develops that Whaen, who was indicated by the grand jury and is now In Jail here is a professional pick pocket who has done time at Joliet and Pittsburg penitentiaries.
 Alderman A. s. Lyons, recently elected a member of the general council was sworn in today by Mayor Walsh
 Four Pennsylvanians, members of a colony of forty-four which left New York in August last for Truxillo Hondu- ras to embark In fruit growing, returned today the American bark Nineva They claim they were unable to make a living. Most of the colonist obtained work in Honduras in small way The men are Charles Shick Reading. George Com, Louis. Gnauth, Philadelphia, and Michael Walsh, Scranton.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
PERSONAL

Mir. Ben Well, who has been seriously ill for several weeks at the Copeland & Berry Infirmary, is at home again and is rapidly recovering from the recent op- eration performed upon him.
 Woodruff, Rome, Ga; J. R. Russ. St. Louis; H. E. Gould. R. D. Wall, Mem phis; w. F. Anderson, Montgomery; J. s. Clasco, Athens; c. H. Morgan, Denver; E. N. Cottingham, Baltimore; F. A. Sul- livan, Nashville; J. G. Graham. Chatta- nooga; George G. Spooner, Boston; l.. F. Jackson, Atlanta; r. l.. Dyer, Winston N. C.; c. H. McAlpine, Columbia; J. G. Hendrick and wife, Springfield, Mo-; w. H. Fluhearty. Memphis; D. M. Ward, Baltimore; J. M Bishop, Louisville: J. L.. Henry, New York; James A. Anderson, Cincinnati; l.. G. oWodson, Dallas Wal ter Hoffman, Fred H. Taylor, Jack Yates, F. Liden, F. Bailey, New York; s. M. Hall, Atlantic .City; l.. E. Woodtharpe, St. Louis; Neal O'Brien, Mobile; A. NJ. St. John, Memphis Clem Kingsberry, At lanta H. F. Sharon, Jr., Livingston; H. B. Malone, R. H. Richardson, Athens; R. S. Lewis. Kansas City; George c. Thohpson, Nashville; Joe Leath. Selma; w. J. Wibb, Atlanta; John Delaney, Durham. N. C.; J. w. Purce Cincinnati; F. T. McWiliams, Oak Hill Ala; c. Peirce, Mobile, Ala; A. D. Johnson, Nashville, Tenn. J. o. Stapler, Memphis, Tenn. N. s. Shurman, Detroit, Mich. Wallace R. Yates, Chicago; Charles A. Morris. Hot Springs, Ark; F. w. Wibb, Indianapolis, Ind; J. H. Dyer, Louis vile, Ky. A. W. Hull, Boston, Mass. E. J. Allen and wife, Atlanta, Ga.; Geo. M Dunne Forth Worth, Tex; J. c. Jones, Huntsville, Ala; C. E. Jackson, Memphis: P. H. Glenn, Branchville; W. M. Barber Columbus O.; J. H. McElen, Charlotte, N. C.. H. s. Worthy, Knoxville Tenn. Geo. G. Thompson, Nashville; J. A. Webb, Atlanta; R. T. Cooper, Frank lin, Ga.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
BESSEMER.
Fire Insurance Troubles Have Been
 Amlcably Adjusted.

Bessemer, February 19.-(Special.)
 The differences between the city and lne fire insurance companies were amicably adjusted at the meet ing of the City Council last night, when the license was reduced from e51 to $21. This action gives general satisfaction and puts an end to any
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

The Age-Herald will give to all new subscribers on rural routes, rural mail box, free of charge, with years subscription.
 For particulars, address The Age Herald or see carrier.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
Arduous Labor's Penalty.

From the New York Weekly.
 Tramp-Td like ter do something to pay for all this, but I'm a cripple, Mum.
 Housekeeper--You don't look it. What's the matter?
 Tramp-Writers cramp, Mum. I've been keepin' a list of .ll tn people wot offered me work. Mum.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

FOR SAL E-A Yot type writer in very good condi- tion; will sell cheap; can b9 seen at The Age-Herald bus ines office.
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The Coming Way.

From the Chicago News.
 Stubb-There will be many changes when Marconis telegraphy gets in gen. eral use.
 Penn-You bet. Instead of saying wire me-" I guess you will have to say 'Wireless me-"
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
is if9,,

is it?"
 It's a beer check" said the conductor.
 There was 6 smile all around. but this story did not end as they usually do in such cases. The old lady braveiy ac- cepted the situation-and the brass ohecbr and kept her seat to the end of n~- journey.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

and all Points West and, Southwest.
 Shortest Route-Fay Time.
 "Southeastern Linfis res Bir- mingham 12:30 noon, carries -dllman drawing-room sleepers, chair cars, coaches, cafe observation car, meals la carte; through to Kansas City. arriving 9:45 next morning.
 "New York Limited" leaves Bir- mingham 10;20 p. m., carries Pullman buffet drawing-room sleepers, chair car, coaches, to Memphis; arriving 7:15 next morning.
 City Ticket Office, Morris Hotel.
 Both Phones STA.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

MT. J. L. Film, a well-known and able young business man of this city, has purchased the grocery business of Willis & Co.,, on Second avenue.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
On the reverse side of the map is
 LIBRARY MAP OF THE WORLD.

It has a photograph of the world of the Mercators projection defined and beaut fully outlined and with distances In nautical miles between Marginal Index of easily country in the alphabetical order contains val mining manufacturing stats dollars. showing the population form of government world I'D to date-Edward the as and population
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 Mounted With Tn Ready Hanging.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

No. 4 furnace, at Robertstown, which has been undergoing repairs. will be blown in next Sunday. MT. A. P. Mcclure is acting as temporary superintendent of the Tennessee Con- pany's furnaces.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

further complications The Standard oil Companys license was not re- duced.
 No. furnace, at Robertstown, which has been undergoing repairs, will be blown in next Sunday. MT. A. P. Mcclure is acting as temporary superintendent of the Tennessee Con- pany's furnaces.
 MT. J. L. Film, well-known and able young business man of this city, has purchased the grocery business of Willis & Co.,, on Second avenue.
 A thief broke into Kennedy's fur niture establishment Monday night and stole s75 from the safe, which had accidentally been left unlocked.
 The repairs on the Office Building, recently considerably damaged by fire, have been completed. The front of the building has been repainted and presents a greatly improved appear ance.
 MT. L. A. Carlisle entertained at an elegant and elaborate dining last night at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Will Woods. The evening ended with a dance.
 The store buildings on Nineteenth street belonging to Capt. H. W. Crook, which were recently destroyed by fire, will shortly be replaced by hand some brick structure.
 A large number of Bessemerites are attending the performance of Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in Bir- mingham tonight.
 MT. A. s. Ledbetter leaves tomorrow for his old home in Georgia, where he will spend several days.
 Miss Lillie Hays came up from Woodstock today, and is the guest of the Misses Lena and Florrie Mingea.
 The marriage of Miss Maud Morton and MT. c. c. Deaderick, which took place in the Methodist Church at Jonesboro tonight, was a brilliant af- fair The church wass crowded with interested relatives and friends. The gowns worn by the bride and her at tendants were unusually handsome and becoming.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

A thief broke into .Kennedy's fur niture establishment Monday night and stole S75 from the safe, which had accidentally been left unlocked.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
UseIessly PernicIous.


 MT. Money denounced the Taft Commits sion as "uselessly pernicious."
 MT. Foraker said he did not believe that MT. Moneys despairing view of the sit uation in the Philippines is generally shared
 Replying to Mir. Tillman Mir Foraker said the people of Louisiana had not been allowed to elect a Governor or judi ciary of that territory and that the gov ernment established insthe Philippines is far more liberal than the government es- ,tablished in Louisiana by Jefferson and the Democratic Congress of that day.
 "The Governor of the Philippines is the Governor by appointment" said MT. For aker, "and he is as much Governor as MT. Claiborne was Governor of Louisiana under Jefferson's appointment
 Messrs. NTillman and Money called at- tention to the fact that Claibornes nom ination had been confirmed by the Senate while no such confirmation had taken place in the appointment of Governor Taft.
 MT. Foraker said that neither in the case of Louisiana or the Philippines had the people been bought when the terri tory became part of the United States, and there is, he continued, no more desire to attempt to govern the people of the Philippines withoqts their consent than there was in the ease of the people of Louisiana. fEs4G Mir. Tilman and MT. Carmack made the point that an early promise of state hood had been made in the case of Louis jana and that their protest was not against coming into the United States. After some further discussion the Sen ate at 5:25 p. m. adjourned.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
Money Replies to Mitchell.

MT Money Mississippi, reNRrd to some points in the speech made. la Mir. Mitch ell a few days ago contending that our failure to recognize the independence of the Filipinos at any time could have no bearing on the question of their stand ing as a people. The important question was not what should be done for the Filipinos, continued MT. Mooney, but what should be done for our own people. Our position, he argued, is liable to bring on war with other nations any time when. the s1,500,000 per week expenditure at the present time would be vastly in creased. He made an appeal for a fair decision of the question, saying that sen ators should consult their eonsciences and forget that there is any such thing as executive patronage.
 We should get rid of the islands in our own interest, MT. Money went on, espe- cially for the purpose of eradicatlng from our country the practice on the part of the present Congress of conferring auto cratic powers on the executive
 I've will find before we terminate this experiment" he said, "that the saddest day of our history is the day that we signed the Spanish treaty"
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
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OUR NEW MAP Alabama and the World. IS NOW READY
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MAP.

It gives you complete index of the Stae-counes area population of each. The and location of every lake, river mountain with complete index of all cities towns boroughs and villages giving the 1900 CENSUS ing this map invaluable every doing business in the state Every should have pride by having state map in the home or business office
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

MT. A. s. Ledbetter leaves tomorrow for his old home in Georgia, where he will spend several days.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

The repairs on the Office Building, recently considerably damaged by fire, have been completed. The front of the building has been repainted and presents a greatly improved appear ance.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

further complications. The Standard Oil Company's license was not re- duced.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

Miss Lillie Hays came up from Woodstock today, and is the guest of the Misses Lena and Florrie Mingea.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

A large number of Bessemerites are attending the performance of Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in Bir- mingham tonight.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20
TlIIman Produces Documents.


 MT. Tillman presented number of pub lie documents, as he said, in refutation of statements made by MT. Burrows in his address earlier in the day. Those papers generally bore on the treatment by the United States of the inhabitants of the newly-acquire ed countries, and was in tended to show that in the past they have been received as citizens. He laid special stress on the difference of the circumstances connected with the acqui- sition of Louisiana and those connected with the acquisition of the Philippines. The former he characterized as Demo- cratic expansion and the latter as Re- publican subjugation. Quoting President McKinley's announcement that we must pursue a method of benevolent assimi- lation'' of the Fillpinos, Mir. Tillman said the assimilation which had been prac- ticed could be contrasted to nothing so well as the parable of the lamb and the Hon. It would be found, he said, when they should get up that the lamb would be inside the Hon. He spoke of the er- forts of building up American schools in the Philippines as "mawldsh sentimental ity" saying that the system could De of no avail in view of the fact that the teachers sent over know nothing of the language of the Filipinos and the Fill pinos nothing of the English language.
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ton" Mir. Tillman inquired if he contend ed that the President had authority to issue that proclamation.
 NO doubt of it" replied MT. Burrows. ''In other words" suggested MT. Till- man, "although that proclamation zeal ously ignored the present status of the Fiipinos 1t was expected that the nine millions of people would accede to it's provisions"
 MT. Culberson said that the proclama- tion was considered so extreme that part of it was suppressed by General Otis
 Mir. Burrows asserted that the Filipnos were not prepared either by education or experience for independence and could not maintain 1t If it were granted them.
 MT. Mallory of Florida declared his op- position to the principles underlying the pending measure and to the specific pro- visions of the bill. He made an argu- ment in support of his proposed amend ment to the bill providing that the navi- gation laws of the United States. suit ably modified, should be applied to traffic between the United States and the Phil ippines and among the islands of the archipelago.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

Alderman A. s. Lyons, recently elected a member of the general council was sworn in today by Mayor Walsh.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

The store buildings on Nineteenth street belonging to Capt. H. W. Crook, which were recently destroyed by fire, will shortly be replaced by a hand some brick structure.
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

While Mir. Burrows was reading the proclamation of President Mckinley knoyn as the '.brevet of the proclama-
The age-herald., 1902-02-20

Mir. L. A. Carlisle entertained at an elegant and elaborate dining last night 1t the residence of MT. and Mrs. Will Woods. The evening ended with