The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-29

Erdmore, TUESDAY, August 2s, 1905.
over 100000 Bibles have been dis
tributed among the japanese soldiers
.since the beginning Of the war in the
,far east by the American Bible society
Twenty years ago Presbyterian mis-
sionaries entered Korea. Today they
have 32S congregations with more than
10000 adherents and between 5000
and 1000 communicates.
Notwithstanding the last word
and the "ultimatum' which the Rus
sian ENJOYS utter every hour al Ports
mouth. We notice that they have Not
yet moved an adjournment sine die.
An Oklahoma woman teacher con
fesses 10 the age Of 20. The case is
all the more remarkable since the dec.
lara,loa was not made for the pur.
pose Of establishing a claim as the
Oldest iuhabitant
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The CITY Of Reading. England. has
enacted a law requiring that baths
shall De placed in all dwelling houses
constructed within the borough In the
future. That's what Reading does .or
people
The Japs seem equally efficient In
sending Russian warships 10 the bot
tom and then bringing them to the
top Two Oattleships salyed at Port
Arthur have arrived in japanese wa
tiers flying the Japanese flag
The sultan Of Su,u can hardly be
blamed for wanting Miss Alice Roose-
welt the sultana He was doubtless
prompted TO make the ofer because he
had 50 often heard Of American girls
jumping al any old chance 10 capture
a title.
The Trans-M Mississippi congress and
the National Irrigation congress have
both endorsed Joint statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Now
IL our national congress will do as well
We may yet live 10 see local self gov
o-nmert in Oklahoma.
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The indictment OF Holmes. Haas and
Peckham on the charge Of conspiracy
TO defraud ,he government in the mat
ter Of crop reports probably will result
in an exposition Of the facts. notwith
standing the technical defense will b,
made that defendants are not amena
Bile under the conspiracy Of the law
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Graf In the purchase OF supplies
for the Panama Canal IS freely charg
ed. and doubtless before we have pro
ceeded much farther We shall have oC
casion to investigate. BY the way IN,
story OF departmental corruption a
shown by investigations during m,
past eight years is one continued 81
ries Of graft and crookedness exposed
The half has not been told II is Ger
tain that the story OF the official crook
cdness exposed in the department.
would make a great campaign docu
ment II 81 We're properly arranged.
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MONDAY September I, will witness
the beginning of the last session o
the Chickasaw council This session
will last for two months and will b
of great importance In winding tp tn
affairs Of that nation It is estimate,
that In the final distribution OF none
to the Chckasaws that there will b
$4,000 due each Indian, making a tota
oy rage of over $4,000 to each India
family. Il Is not likely however, tina
this money or half OF IL will be pai
TO the Indians at one time as Il wi
take several years TO conclude m
payments ON toWusites and for IN
segregated coal lands, the two grea
est sources of revenue TO the Indian
OF the Choctaw and Chickasaw n.
tions
THE CORNISH PosToFFlcE.
Decision Of Federal Judge Oekerso