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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT.
Royalties and Leases Of Indian Lands
Not to Be Paid Direct.

The interior department has pro
mulgated a new amendment to its
rules governing the leasing of lands
in the Cherokee and Greek nations as
follows:
Thereafter no rents or payments ac.
Ouing under any lease which has
Lcen approved by the secretary of the
Interior, or which requires his ap.
rroval, shall be paid direct TO the
loasor, but all payments TO be paid
uuder any lease shall, at the times
end in the amounts specified in such
instrument, be deposited with the
United States Indian agent at Union
agency, or with some such other per.
son as may be designated by the sec.
rotary of the interior to receive the
same, to be turned over 10 the leesor
o. his representative"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
RELEASED FROM PENITENTIARY
-Four Prisoners Obtain Their Liberty
By Fraudulent Pardons.

san Francisco, oct. 13-Iames II.
Darling, Cornelius Cokes and John l..
Moore, military prisoners at Alcatraz,
have been released by the authorities
on pardons which it is now discovered
we're sent through the ordinary course
Of a soldiers pardon, bearing the regu-
La seals and stamps and approved by
the president, but by whom and with
whose assistance the forgeries were
p,rpetrated are questions not yet
solved.
The prisoners were sentenced to
hye years Imprisonment and had more
than two years unexpired term yet TO
serve The signatures forged were
those of Major Z. b. Hills, acting as
gistant adjutant-general at Washing
ton; Major Henry NJ. Morrow, Judge
advocate of the department of Cali
fornia; Major j. r. Williams, assistant
aGjutant-general of the department of
California.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
RUSSIAN WAR CHEST HIT.
Vast Sums Of Money Seems to Have
Been Used for That Purpose.

st. Peterburg, Oct. 13.--The czar
Las appointed coInmittee 10 inyesti-
safe the disappearance of a large
share of the huge treasure that was
contained in the so-called Russian
war chest"
Russia has always been supposed to
have an enormous store of gold ready
Tor any war emergency, and sensa-
ton has been created here by the dis
cuyery that fully one-half of the treas
ire has disappeared. Neither theft
TOR embezzlement is suspected, but
the czar is anxious to discover Just
what has become of the treasure.
A decade ago the Russian state ac-
counts reported that the chest con-
tanned $4OO,O00,O00, figue which the
cars ministers and army chiefs
agreed was absolutely necessary to
have on hand in the event of war. II
Is known that the chest was allowed
10 be heavily tapped for various pur-
poses in the far East-by the Siberian
railroad among them-while payments
to the Chinese mandaIins and others
for secret service PURPOSES rere also
made from the chest
Officials were recently startled to
discover that the treasure in the war
chest had dwindled to s15O,OOO,OO0.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
SENATOR VEST SLOWLY DYING
Missouri's Little Giant Is Nearing the
End Of His DAYS.

st, Louis, Oct. 13.-George Graham
Vest for thrity.siX years United States
senator from Missouri, is dying at the
homo of his daughter here. The
Little Giant, as he was known in
the senate, is making the same gal
Isn't fight for life that has always
riarked his battles in public life. But
the fight is "A losing one, and the bril-
liant mind that swayed the senate is
slowly but surely fading away.
All day long the old statesman sits
In his great leather chair. his ballid
lace on his breast, his ashen hands
folded in his lap, Once in a while his
snrunken fingers stroke his chin or
h. rouses with start to mutter, "Eh
what is it?"
Senator Vest was dying man when
Re left Washington last December,
when his term expired. But even
then flashes of his old-time vigor and
mentality reused his colleagues and
h'led the senate with his brlliancy
hut these flashes ore becoming less
roquent. Mental decadence is fol-
lowing physical decay
Il should like to grant you an in.
tcryiew," he said to a correspondent a
few days ago, but I'm too IN. | al,
ways trust newspaper men. will
a. 80 4
provided you do lot make me talk
politics. am an old man. out OF
politics-nearly out of the world"
Then the aged senator's eyes closed.
lis head dropped and he dozed a min
ute. All at once he started nervously
and exclaimed:
"Eh? What? I'm tired, very. very
tiied
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
Woodford.

Oil has been discovered near South
McAlester At a depth of 400 feet the
Crillers struck oil and drew up sever
al bucketfuls OF the oil. Work has
been progressing for some time at
point northeast of South McAlester on
land upon which a lease had been Sc.
secured. At a short distance below
the surface gas was struck in sufficient
quantity to run the machinery, and
recently the drillers announced that
oii had been struck at a depth of 400
feet. Experts who have seen the oil
from the new well pronounce it much
superior to the Beaumont article. and
declare that the field is most pomis-
ing Oil men from Texas, who keep
Up with such things, are reported 10
Lave offered the promoters $4,000 for
4 half interest in the well being sulk
and $2,50o per acre for land near By Is
offered. The site selected for the cX-
pertinent is about twenty miles nor.h-
eas, of South McAlester and near
where there has been a flow Of natural
sas for many years
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
Appeals to Court Of Last Resort

Guthrie Ok, oct. 13.-Appeal was
taken to the United States supreme
court from the territorial supreme
court in the case of Oklahoma City
against Frank McMaster. The case
involves the question Of ownership of
two lots in the heart Of the business
district of Oklahoma City, which Me-
waster claims to nave stalled April
- 1883, the day Of the opening of Ok
Hhoma The lots are valued at thous-
ands OF dollars, and the litigation over
tncm has been on for years. The ter
ritorial supreme court recently decid-
ed i'm favor of McMaster.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
FATHER CLAIMED REWARD.
For information to Arrest Son, Con.
demned to Hanq.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 13.-Application
VAS made today to the governor for
the reward offered by the state of
Georgia for the arrest of Tom Caruth.
crs, sentenced to be hanged October
IL, fer the murder of Henry Byrd, and
who escaped shortly after receiving
ais sentence. The officers were dumb
founded to see that the application
came from the father of the condemn
cd youth, farmer of Wilcox county.
The papers are endorsed by the sher-
III, who says the oil man gave the Ia
formation hich led to his sens ar
rest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
DURANT BOND ISSUE.
Secretary Hitchcock Refuses to In.
dorse Proposition.

Durant, |. r, oct. 13.-The applica.
ton to issue 100000 in waterworks
tonds for the town Of Durant has been
denied by the interior department. A
contention is that the proposed bond
issue and the previous issue of Sl5.-
coo school bonds as whole exceeds
the aggregate amount allowed by law.
The largest amount OF bond issue the
department would he authorized to
permit under the present application
would be $4,000.
According to City Attorney Sprowls
the ruling is reverse to the ruling in
the South McAlester case.
Tho belief is expressed that an cleo
ticn vim be called et an early date
tc vote on the proposition to issue
bords in the sum of $4,000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

ArdmOre is becoming known abroad
az a profitable mule market. During
the past week mules have been
brought here for sale from Lamar
Cooke, Jack and other Texas counties,
and in many instances the parties
sold and were pleased with the price
The mule is as profitable crop as
cotton and the money he is scattering
over this town and country is greater
than many imagine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUM

The steamship Syracuse. from Bra
iii. steamed into New York harbor
long overdue
Reporters swarmed on her decks
and piled Skipper Winhoft with ques-
tlOns.
It was a good sto "a tale that
dealt with the hcroism OF mea. There
was storm and waves that looked
like mountains, and just when pow
cr was needed more there was a
ripping and crashing in the engine
room. and mammoth crank snaft
was shattered.
For ~ hours while the gale bowled
and seas swept over the vessel. men
worked with hammers and drills
Then came the deliberate operation
Of putting the new shaft into place.
II was done in spite of the storm, in
spite of ceTy obstacle that the Gle
ments could interpose. in spite of the
fact that the steamer had drifted 206
miles while repairs we're being made.
Then came the signal full speed
ahead" and the Syracuse came home.
The man behind the gun!
Not once in a thousand times is he
soldier.
Sometimes he is an engineer, or a
al VI =.
coal-passer. He wears no epaulets.
His uniform is greasy and his hands
calloused He knows little of the
higher education, but in his profes
sion-his trade-he is supreme. He
seldom gets into the papers, because
he Is seldom on parade. The lime
light of publicity rarely goes below
the surface. The public forgets that
the captain may be brave. the gener-
al man Of mighty intellect and
known courage, and powerless with
out the fellows who march shoulder
where the atmosphere is black with
CRIME, where steam shriells. not wat
or drips, oil oozes and thousand
arms Of polished steel are kept in
motion and subjection because plain
men are doing their duty intelligent
ly.
You may not near about them, but
they are working. and when storm
comes and stout hearts are needed,
these men behind the guns-these sol
diers Of industry-are magnificent
You can't give them too much
praise Kansas City World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Few people, perhaps, in Ardmore
realize the extent of the mule market
Ia our city. L. J. Hubbard, who, from
long experience in that line has be-
come adept in dealing in stock. in
forms MS that only yesterday he paid
s.,255 cash for mules and that during
the past four weeks he has paid out
for this kind OF stock the sum of
S7GSO The country is well supplied
ut present with live stock in the ma
ture of horses and mules. and the fact
ttat the latter is as ready a cash sale
az cotton and much more profitable.
places the farmer IN an easy row. If
rs too wet to do anything with cotton
he can take his mules to market and
receive the top cash price.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
Cocaine Victims Dies.

A Waco special says: As evidence
that the sale of cocaine has been cur
tailed within the past few weeks by
fser Of prosecution for violation and
also out of regard for the law, two or
three victims OF the cocaine habit have
d,ed outright They were not able to
get the necessary amount of the drug,
hence succumbed when the reaction
set in. II is pitiful to see some OF
them trying to get the cocaine, but it
IS getting more and more difficult.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
Found Buried Treasure.

At Waco, a cotton picker named
Ncouzy reports that three Mexicans
dug up a pot of gold and silver a few
days ago on Taylor's plantation near
the crossing of the old Fore Graham
road on the Brazos river 1t has been
believed that there was buried treas
ure in this locality, and much digging
has been done along the river Neouzy
did not know how much money they
got, but believes it was a considerable
amount.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

The presence of former Governor
Iowndes of Maryland at the white
house is construed by many pol.
h,cians to Indicate that the president
looks with favor upon Gov Lowndes'
aspirations to be the Republican nomi.
rec for vice president. President
Roosevelt is a warm friend of Gov.
uwndes and four years ago, when
the latter was candidate for re-elec-
tion as governor Of Maryland, made
campaign speeches sor him.
Should Lowndes be Roosevelt's run
ming mate II would be the first time
IN the history of the Republican party
that the West was ignored in the
makeup of n national ticket Hereto
fore all the Republican presidential
candidates except Blaine were from
the West A Western man, Gen. lo-
gan, was Blaine's running mate. Just
how a ticket made up from the Allan
tic states would suit the Western Re.
publicans is matter for the future
to determine. Coy. lowndes is quite
wealthy and stands well with the
dominant Eastern business interests.
lie is lively at work for the vice presi-
dental nomination.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Mr. VIM. Busby, Worlds Fair com
missioner of South McAlestcr, will
lave charge of the coal exhibit for
lddian Territory to be made in the
mines and metallurgy building at the
St. Louis Exposition. A large relief
map TO cost more than $4,000 is now
being made in Washington by ceel.
lated model maker. This map will
slow the towns, railroads, mines, tim
ber, streams, etc. in relief and will
i,rm part Of the coal exhibit, Be
sides this, large quantity of the fin
est grades of Territory coal will he
shipped to St. Louis and attractivcly
displayed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

One financial barometer of the coun-
try is the increase or decrease of the
receipts at the postOiIlces, and accord
ing to the statement of the annual re-
adjustment of postmasters' salaries on
the basis of office receipts. just com.
p'oted at the postoiiice department,
there is such prosperity throughout
the land as has never before been re-
corded. The highest percentage Of
Increase falls to Indian Territory, 1872
Per cent, with Idaho second with ll9
per cent, and North Dakota third with
llG, while Connecticut brings up the
rear with an increase of but 23 per
cent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
a Perfect Painless Pill

Is the one that will cleanse the system,
set the liver to action, remove the
bile, clear The complexion, cure the
headache and leave a good taste in
the mouth. The famous little pills for
doing such work pleasantly and effect.
ually are DeWitts Little Early Risers.
Bob Moore Of Lafayette, Ind, says:
All other pills have used gripe and
slcken, while DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are simply perfect" Sold by
all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Salina, Kan, Oct. ia son was
Dorm to Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Boggs
here today The mother is II years
o!d' the grandmother, Mrs. Tibitha
Foley 42; the great grandmother
Mrs Louisa Stonescyper, 60; and the
the Observation-Disclosures and moth
ei Mr.. and Mrs. John f. linton Of
minneapolis, Kan, are 81 and 81
years respectively. which makes five
generations, the oldest only 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Oklahoma city is just starting up a
big brewery a big soap factory, a
broom factory and proprietary medi-
cine factory Several others are in
cieasing their capacity. Among the
latter are the packing houses a broom
factory and two nour mills. It is graf.
flying to note the increase in facto-
T.tt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
Election at AntIers,

the first election ever held at Ant
lers under the United States laws,
ras Just been pulled off in the election
Of officers for the city government.
The entire Democratic ticket was
elected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14
1 O'CLOCK EDITION
Ardmore, Wednesday, october IA.

MY love for you can't express,
II IS so very great"
The lover cried, and she replied,
Pray ship Il, then, by freight"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

II appears that the government will
be Obliged to put up more than 81 for
a postofiice at Oklahoma City or
go siteless.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

II has been announced that a call
for an extra session Of congress 20
meet November . would probably be
ifsued on the goth inst.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Grover Cleveland. citizen, and The
Cdore Roosevelt, president, will speak
ga the same day again this week, but
rot on tho same platform, or about
the same platform. They will be a
thousand miles apart in distance and
ten thousand in some of their declar-
atoms
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

The Denison Herald says peach
orchard, if 1t makes a crop once in
three years, beats cotton at twenty
cents a pound"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

In Rains county, Texas the Farmers
Union of that county adopted this reso-
luton! Resolved by the Rains
County Farmers Union that we urge
the farmers of Rains county and OF
every cotton producing county in the
state to hold their cotton seed for a
n inimum price of SIG per ton"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

c. skinner, cotton buyer OF Chick
asha, fell from an excursion train near
tnat place the other day and was Kill.
cd. His body was taken to Bowie.
T rNas, for interment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14


j. r. Patty and wife have moved
lack from Oklahoma. Mr.. Patty will
engage in the general merchandise
business here and is fixing us his old
building for that purpose.
Dixie.
Our people pounded the preacher
here last night
Holder.
Oh Blackburn Of Marietta is here
today.
Milo.
w II. Fits is here from Fort Smith,
Ark.
J. NJ. Morrow is here representing
the Ballard Snow Liniment company.
Mr.. Williams is here from Ardmore.
Cotton picking has almost stopped
cn account Of the wet weather.
Woodford.
l.. j. Akers and Allen Speake have
gene to Ardmore.
The Peoples Favorite Comedy com
lany gave an entertainment here last
ght and will give another tonight
George w jackson has returned
from Dawson, where he has been visit
ing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Prepare now for the first cold snap
by providing your home with a Char
ter Oak heater Williams, Corhn &
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

Vote for the Benevolent Society
for the Merchants $500 contest. Him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-14

certificate filed with the Clerk of tt
United States Court at Ardmore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-28
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
PLANS FOR ENTER
 TANNING VETERANS.
1rntsresting Visit of Richmond How tigers and Richmond Veterans to Montgomery VIII Be
 Marked by Interest
 ing Exercises.

The financial arrangements for the en- &ertainment of the Confederate Veterans of Richmond, Va, and the Richmond Howitzers in Montgomery, while stop ping over for a few hours en route to the Confederate reunion in New Orleans in May, were successfully completed at a meeting of parties interested yesterday afternoon in ths Commercial and Indus trial Association rooms.
 Representatives of Camps Lomax and Falkner, the Montgomery True Blues, the Montgomery Greys, and the Mont gomery Mounted Rifles, were present. The Montgomery Field Artillery repre- sentative was not present, but it is un- derstood that the battery will go into the entertainment as soon as their weekly meeting next Thursday night Is held.
 The two camps reported that they would give $25 each toward the entertainment. while the military companies are to give &15 each The Commercial and Indus trial Asspciation will also aid the vete- rans and the militiamen in the enter fainment.
 No definite plans have as yet been ar ranged. but 1t is tSe general idea that the entertainment will consist of a re- ception to the visitors with a light lunch after which the sons of the last Capital of the Confederacy will visit historic points in the first Capital of the Southern States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-28
Danger of Colds and Grin.

The greatest danger from colds and grin is their resulting in pneumonia. If reason able care is used. however, and Chamber Isin's Cough Remedy taken. all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thous- ands who have used this remedy for these diseases we have yet to learn of a single case having resulted in pneumonia, which shows conclusively that it is a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. It will cure cold or an attack of the grip in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all druggists. adv--tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-28
OKLAHOMA VINEGAR co. V. KAUPP. Action of assumpsit-Appeal from the

OKLAHOMA VINEGAR co. V. KAUPP. Action of assumpsit-Appeal from the
 City Court of Talladega.
 1. Appeal from justice of the peace; sufficiency of Judgment recital in state ment.-Where an appeal has been taken from judgment rendered in a justice of the peace court. and the justice of the peace in compliance with the statute sends to the appellate court the original papers and a statement of the case and the judgment rendered. signed hy him. Code, Sec. 4S4) in which statement 1t is recited that the defendant made a tender of the amount claimed to be due the plaintiff, the recital in said statement that "the court heard the evidence and considers from the evidence the contract in court that the tender is all that is due the plaintiff and so renders judgment, " is sufficient to show a judgment authoriz- ing an appeal.
 Reversed and remanded.
 Opinion by Dowdell J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-28
PLAN FOR EXHIBIT.
Meeting of Alabama Fair Commis-
 sion is Called.

Meeting of Alabama Fair Commis-
 sion is Called.
 The Legislature having failed to make an appropriation for an exhibit of re- sources of Alabama at the St. Louis Ex- position, the commissioners have been very anxious to devise some means by which the money can be procured with which to make a creditable exhibit
 At the request of w. K. P. Wilson and Erwin Craighead of Mobile, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries k. R. Poole, has called a meeting of the St Louis Fair Commission of Alabama to be held in Montgomery April Sth to hear plans from these gentlemen by which the funds can be raised for the purpose of making the exhibit.
 Commissioner Poole expressed the wish yesterday that there might be full at tendance of the members of the Commis- sion IS he was very anxious to hear the proposal of the gentlemen and equally as anxious to speedily devise ways and means to have the State represented. He regards it of the most vital import ance. as almost every State in the Union will have there a display of its minerals and other advantages that are offered investors and home seekers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-28
HEAD NOTES OF THE DECISIONS
 OF THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT

request prior to filing of bill-Where, in a bill filed to correct and reform the mis- description of land as contained in a mortgage. there are facts alleged which show that request to correct and reform such description would have been vain and useless, it is not necessary for the complainant to aver prior request for such purpose.
 3. Conveyance of homestead void when one of joint owners was married and con- veyance not signed by wife-Where lands are owned by two people who occupy the married man, a conveyance of such land without the wife of the married owner joining therein, as required by statute. is void as to the married owner.
 Reversed and rendered.
 Opinion by Dowdell, J.