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New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
BOY LOSES FINGER; GETS s5,ooo

Harry Haas. sixteen year old boy yesterday
recovered from the East Broadway and Avenue D
Railway Company verdict Of 5000 for having one
finger cut off and two others badly crushed that
they are useless. The boy run over by
hOrsecar in Goerck-st.
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
LOUISIANA ADOPTS QUARANTINE

New-Oreans Feb. 23.-The State Board OF
Health at IT'S session to-day adopted quarantine
regulations and decided that the restrictions
against Cuba and the Central American norts
should become effective on March To-
New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
Lmqerie Waists

Think of the prettiest possible
combinations of sheer lawn or fine
batiste in full, soft effects, with floral
embroidery and lace insertions,
medallions, yokes and edgings, fine
plaits, and exquisite stitching.
These are what you are think
ing Of:
At $2.75-Of sheer lawn. with yoke OF fine
embroidery medallions, and ValencieEnes
insertion: lace and embroidery; long or
short sleeves.
At s3.5O-Of batiste; full front. daintily
embroidered and trimmed with Valen-
ciennes lace; long sleeves.
At $4.50-Of batiste with yoke of lace
and embroidery; or of sheer lawn prettily
trimmed with Valenciennes insertion; short
sleeves.
At S5-Of embroidered batiste. trimmed
with insertion and fine plaits; short sleeves
At $6-Of batiste. with yoke of imitation
of baby Irish lace; embroidery trimmings;
short sleeves.
Others uD to S2o50
The very latest models.
Second floor. Fourth avenue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
CURTIS BILL PROVISION.
Lots Not Paid for In Sixty Days viii
Be Sold

Muskogeo. |. r., May 3.-According
to a provision ~ the Curtis bill re-
Gently passed by congress and which
became a law on April 90. IL town lots
sold by the government for the In
dians were not paid for within sixty
days. after that time the owner shai!
forfeit right TO the same
Under the Cherokee and CreclI
agreement the purchaser OF such lets
when not able to pay would be allow
lowed 10 pay interest Under the now
law II lots are no, paid for within GO
days they will be advertised snd sold
at the highest bidde".
There 's probably 40 pcs cent 81
these lots that have not been entire
iy paid Odt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
MUST The LAW PREvAlL7

The Ardmoreite has very little pa
ucnce with good citizens who success
fully adopa some device TO escape jury
service aud later disclaim sngrily be
cause laws are not enforced.
Before there can be adequate en-
forcemont Of laws. such men must get
into the iurybox aud do their duty.
Whenever they do. the law in all
its integrity will prevail
Citizenship carries with It obliga.
tions that cannot be- disregarded with
out results more or less deplorablo.
The people Of Indian Territory are
sufficiently enlightened TO perceive
this truth. II IL is brought home to
them again ana again by the press
and. It is to be- hoped, have the nee.
ossary ethical development TO act up.
on It foarlessly and effectively, de-
spite temporary personal inconvcni-
cnce. Such Inconvenience ought not
have % feathers weight In delaying
the discharge of . civic duty that the
times demand
Despite the allegations Of traduccrs.
there never was In Indian Territory
ln any year of lis history as much
lawlossness aud crime as In any large
city In the United States. and there
is less now than in any former pc
Rod. but. nevertheless. there is all
toe much. the course Of justice Is
too uncertain. and there should be- a
swift and permanent change for the
better
Il will be q happy era. II IL ever
comes. when no man can be injured
in person. reputation or fortune with
out being certain of receiving full re-
dress by appealing TO the courts. and
when no eyil.door can for moment
hope 10 escape the consequences OF
his crime when arraigned az the bar
OF Justice. when II arrives. every man
will sit under his vine and fg tree
and there will be- none to despoil or
molcst him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE
NATION.

Nj Bryan adyis6s- the reiinqusn.
ment Of our hold on the Philippine
His arguments will command the ro.
spect even Of those who disagree with
him.
W. ] Bryan is the greatest man on
earth today. There is no statesman In
any country that Is greater than he.
In mind. morals or manner. He is
clean. unpretentious and great, says
the Dallas Democrat
Mr. Bryan's trip abroad will end
with a popular uprising Of the Demo
Gratis Of the United States. and he
will be acclaimed the candidate for
the presidency
Another word which some may no.
be- prepared to credit at the present
time-w. i. Bryan will be elected
president OF the United States.
ThIsis our candid and careful con
sidered opinion. We did not feel 50
confident about II a year ago A years
time has discredited completely the
Republican party. The insurance scan
dal did its business. The failure To
convict the meat trust settled IL. Its
record down at Panama cooked the
goose. \ stand pat" tarin. that has
TO be loosened up temporarily to per
nit San Francisco TO live, opens the
ewes OF the people TO its iniquity!
Mr. Bryan is the man upon wnom
Democrats who are Democrats can get
together: and he is going TO be nom.
mated with all the wreaklng expos
urcs. failures and scandals OF the
Republican party fresh In the public
mind. the Democratic candidate Is go
ing to be- elected Mark the prediction
and be- Of good cheer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
WILLIAMS FILlBUsTERs.
Has New Plan for Trying 10 Force Re
Report on Statehood Bill.

Washington, May Representa-
tive John Sharp Williams. the leader
OF the minority in the house Of repre-
scntatiyes. who Is conducting gen
oral hlibuster in that body 10 further
report IN the statehood hill. Is not
satisfied with the results he Is produc.
inc tie announced some time ago that
hereafter he would object 10 'unani-
nous consent" legislation until re
port was received from the statehood
conference. He has carried out this
programme, using his judgment IN
waving objection when the lcgisla
ton seemed imperative.
The report from the committee
however, has not been made and in
discussing the matter today he de
clared that he was endeayoring tn put
arbther reef In the legislative sails
and deemed that quorum Of the
house shall be present al all times
when business is transacted This, he
said, seems to he the next step nee.
essary. and although he has not ful.
ly made up his mind 10 take IL. he is
now Of the belief that there il moth.
ing else 10 do
The house conferees On the state.
hood bill have made, they say. every
effort in their power TO hasten the
statehood contest between the two
houses.
The main question of difference has
now been reached In their conside~.
lions, that Of admitting Arizona aud
New Mexico
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

all ordinances necessary TO carry in.
TO effect the above provisions, and
for the purpose of doing 80 may dl.
vide such municipality into improve.
ment districts
That the tangible property Of rail.
road corporations Exclusive of roll.
ing stoclO located within the corpo.
rate limits Of Incorporated cities ano
towns IN the Indian Territory shail
be assessed and taxed in proportion
TO It's value the same as other prop.
erty Is assessed and taxed I'm such
incorporated cities and towns: and
all such city OF town councils are
hereby empowered to pass such or.
dinanccs as may be necessary for tho
assessment. equalization, levy and
collection. annually ~ a tax on an
property except as herein stated
within the corporate limits and FOR
carrying the same into effect
Provided. That should any person
or corporation feel aggrieved by any
assessment ~ property In the Indian
Territory. an appeal from such as.
sessm,nt may be taken with
in sixty days by original petition to
be filed In the United States court
in the district In which such city or
town Is located, and the question OF
the amount and legality of such as.
sess6Tcnt and the validity Of the or.
dinancc under which such as
sessment Is made may be determined
by such court and the costs OF such
proceeding shall be taxed and appor.
toned between the parties as the
court shall find to be just and cquit.
able.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

In expressing It's opinion that two
telephone lines In city the size ~
Ardmore are q nuisance and incur n
needless and unnecessary expense.
tho Ardmorcite had no AK TO grind.
II Is not enc of the publications that
seem 10 lcse sight Of the best intcc.
osts OF Is town We spoke from eX.
perencc. But II warns the company
that was first 10 put In a i-ic that the
people should have better telepaon"
service That's all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT.

Section 20 OF the Curtis bill. now
law. coufors sufficient powers upon
municipalities 20 provide for means
~ accomplishment Now Is the time
10 land good. tangible results The
Ardmoreite trusts that Indian Terri.
tory will get busy al along the line,
for the reason that opportunity can be-
taken advantage Of only while IL lasts
Sec. &c. That In addition 20 the
powers now conferred by law. all
municipalities In the Indian Terri.
tory having a population OF over two
thousand 20 be determined by the
last census. taken under any provi.
sion OF law or ordinance Of the council
Of such municipality, are hereby an.
thorizcd and empowered 10 order I'm.
provements OF the streets or alleys or
such parts thereof as may be includ.
ed In an ordinance o. order OF the
common council, with the consent OF
majority Of the property owners
whose property az herein provided
is liable to assessment therefor for
the proposed Improvement, and said
council Is empowered and authorized
TO make assessments and levy taXos s
with the consent of major
ity of the property owners
whose property Is assessed for the
purpose Of grading, paving, macadam.
illng. curbing or guttering streets
and alleys or building sidewalks upon
and along any Greet, roadway or
alley within the limits OF such munic.
ipality and the cost OF such grading.
paving matchmaking. curbing. gut
tering or sidewalk constructed. or
other Improvements under authority
Of this section. shalt be so assessed
against the abutting property as To
require each parcel of land TO bear
the cost Of such grading, paving.
macadamizing. curbing, gutter.
ing or sidewalk as far as
Il abuts thereon, and In the
case of streets or alleys TO the c"Vter
thereof; aud the cost of street inter,
sections or crossings may be borne
by the city or apporticned to the quar-
ter blocks ahutting thereon upon the
same basis The special assessments
provided for by this section and the
amounts To be charged against each
lot or parcel OF land shall be fixed by
the city council, or under it's author
ity. aul shall become lien on such
Uhuttiug property which may be- en-.
forced as other taxes are en-.
forced under the laws in force In the
Indian Territory, The total amount
charged against any tract or parcel
of land shall not exceed twenty per
contum of its assessed value. and
there shall not be required 10 be paid
thereon eXce@ling one per centum per
annum on the assessed value, aud in
tcrest at SIX per centum on the de
forred payments,
For the purpose OF paying for such
Improvements the city council os such
municipality is hereby authorized 20
issue improvement script or certih-
Gates for the amount due for such
Improvements, said script or certih-
cate 20 be payable in annual install
ments ana 10 bear interest from
date az the rate OF six per cenrum
per annum, but no improvement script
shall be issued or sold for less than
its par value. All Of said municipal.
tiles are hereby authorized TO past
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

4 Tulsa man has been two days
trying to find a small boy whom he can
take to the circus Tuesday lie wants
a youngster about seven years old,
and one who has an unlimited capac
ity for red lemonade and half cooked
peanuts Tulsa Democrat
The world regards with admiration
the man who would rather take a
bare footed hoy to the circus than
adorn his shirt bosom with diamonds
Men should try 10 interest the boys
by giving them some consideration
II Is easy enough Ia make them feel
good Il is the boy who Is vet 10 d..
yelop into the highest type Of Amerl-
can citizenship Help mako the boy
perfect in your every day walk
through life
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
nAn

The Ardmoreite mentions Mrs. Sar.
an C. Bateman Of d. Queen. Ark. ns
a poor widow who has asked the pa.
pers TO help her locate her relatives.
II II should mention that she was
a rich widow the papers would have
an easy Gainesville Messenger
W" should imagine that the best
and safest investment in the world
Is the money and mercifulness grant
al to a righteous and worthy object.
Poor soul. Gods goodness has been
great to thee;
Let never day nor night unhallowcd
pass"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

Speaker Cannon has again assured
the Kansas and Missouri delegations
that Oklahoma and Indian Territory
will receive statehood before congress
adiourns for the summer Cannon can
not aforl 10 go back on this twice
made pledge State Capital
There Is no longer any doubt that
President Roosevelt is backing Speak.
er Cannon and lending powerful aid
10 the cause Of delay Least OF the
two, the president, II seems to us,
can AFFORD 10 go back on his pledge.
indian Territory people have about
reached the limit Of forbearance. God
has given us fine country and TO
our subjects health, strength and
manhood, Why should not the Repub.
iican party let us help ourselves? They
are not fooling anyone Aud besides
this, they are doing their own party
irreparabie injury.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

"Mr Speaker. I will have TO Objoc'
There Is n little statehood matter tha'
must be attended 10 before get good
any more John Sharp Williams II
looks like those Missouri and Kansae
congressman will have chance 10 rr.
deem themselves yet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

The Duncan Banner sings the fol.
lowing song Of prosperity: Never
before In the history OF this country
has the prospects for big crops Of all
kinds and general prosperity been 20
fattering at this time Of year than AZ
the present
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
o4o

Men have sight. women insight %
Hugo An exchange explains: That
is why-lf II is true-that women find
more in the store ads TO interest them
than do men
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04
Ardmore, Friday, May 4. 1906.

II is understood the secretary Of the
interior is preparing rules and regdla
lions governing the sale Of the so.
called dead claims"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-04

Many man whd rs honest from
principle Is honorable oaly for effect.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
The Real Roosevelt,

There IS more Of the spirit of what the
public knows OF regards as Roosevelt
I'm the Presidents defiance of Congress
in the matter of his summary discharge
Of three companies of the Twenty-ffth
Infantry than anything that has pro-
ceeded from the White House for long
time. There is no attempt to explain or
extenuate The President stands upon
his rights. He exercised an authority
vested in him, as he believes, by athe
Constitution as Commander-in-chief when
he ordered dismissal from the service
without honor of nearly an entire bat
talon OF infantry. The fact that the
soldiers involved were negroes had moth
ing to do with the case. Indeed. there
is an intimatiOn in the message that
had they been white instead Of black.
they might have been dealt with more
severely. So far as President Roosevelt
is concerned, the incident is closed. His
act was part of the days work He
assumes full responsibility and acquits
the Secretary Of War OF any blame. if
blame is to rest upon anybody.
The only new feature developed by the
Presidents message is that not all Of
the members of the three companies were
discharged. His order of dismissal ex-
empted certain members Of the companies
from punishment Presumably he was
convinced that not all OF the enlisted men
in the barracks the night Of the riotous
disorder in Brownsville were remotely
connected with the commission of the
crime or had any knowledge of its per-
petrators. BY a parity of reasoning. it is
plain that all Of the others discharged
had guilty knowledge, and, therefore.
were parties to a conspiracy to protect
The criminals In this view of the subject.
the War Department probably will not be
encouraged by the President to permit the
re-enlistment OF any OF the nearly 200
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21


The Rev. Madison c. Peters has been
investigating the seamy side OF metro
poIiian life and recording his findings
where those who run may read This
clerical muck-raker has told from mis-
pulpit many salacious stories about the
wonderful doings of the smart set around
and about the Tenderlciu. Il was he
who. only a short time ago. Numbered
against the society" women who made
IT a practice 20 drink 10 drunkenness
in the restaurants" and "shameIessly
smoke cigarettes in the very teeth Of the
mob"
one or his congregation had the tener-
ity to question the accuracy Of these
things. he advised Mr. Peters to talk
10 more upon hearsay evidence. but in
vesJigate for himself. Strangely enough,
the advice was accepted. Mr.. Peters has
for the past few months been carrying
on quiet personal investigation into
those realms OF riot of which he had
previously so recklessly talked.
quite naturally, he found actual condi-
tons very different from imaginary con-
ditions He now writes not only with
evident understanding, but in most read
able style as we'll. He discovered no So
ciety women making themselves con-
sptcuous by indulgence in strong drink
I'm public places, nor did he note any Of
them facing the mob cigarette In mouth
He did note in many places "simian-
faced young fools spending money they
never earned" He found many things
bad enough but he did not find supposed
L. refined and intelligent femininity in
anything like the degraded state his
fervid Imagination had previously pic
tured
The world is fun Of "simian-faced
young fools. more's the pity. Much Of
their money goes the way il should not
go. This element IS always in evidence,
as are other varieties Of anticipates who
have nothing but money. But society
women" are not Mt subjects Of ministerial
denunciation, and Mr.. Peters beIated
denial and correction Of his former views
Is 10 be commended.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
Prosperity! Even the Presidential mes
sage crop smashes all records.
The Chinaman in Manchuria.

The elusive Chinaman and the subtle
part he played In the war in Manchuria
are most interestingly disclosed in a re-
port made to the War Department OF
personal observations OF the military
operations Of the Japanese army BY Col
Walter S. Schuyler late of our General
STAFF. The reports from that and other
sources are only now beginning to be
available from the military information
division Of the War Department.
Col Schuyler finds himself able To
testify TO the skill Of the Chinese in
evasion and deception. It was impos-
sible. he says. to determine whether the
Chinese inhabitants were with the Rus
slams or the japanese. although naturally
in the presence Of the Russians they had
much 20 say against the japanese One
thing was apparent TO the most casual
observer. and that was the well-grounded
and justifable fear OF being left unprO-
teoted between the withdrawal of one
army and the arrival Of the other They
knew by considerable experience" said
Col, Schuyler, that at such time they
would be numerically robbed by their
tNn RStpitr anu II WIS ItpDALEl on EOOQ
authority in Liaoyang that In antici-
patton of the withdrawal of the Rus
SLAMS the organized bands Of Hunhuzes
had made elaborate plans for the footing
of the city" It became known to the
Russian commandments that the
Chinese commander, Ma, had arranged to
attack the Russians with force Of q. COG
Chinese soldiers in the vicinity Of Mukden.
and the Russians. in making plans for
advance, had to consider this threat.
which, Il was understood. says Col.
Schuyler. was first written to the Rus
sian yiceroy by the Chinese Empress
Dowager.''
The Chinese were employed extensively
by both sides as spies but the japanese
appeared to make most Of these secret
agents, for the Russian commanders
were frequently misled by their own
spies" who were evidently prompted BY
the japanese TO make certain reports.
On one occasion the Russian officer in
charge was BARRED by a series Of con-
The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
EMPORIA AND NEW YORK.
Interesting Contrasts Between Two
American CenterS of Population.


New York surely is the eatingest place
on This continent, writes William Allen
White in the American Magazine for
January In no other American town do
people spend 50 much time fussing around
their food as they spend in New York
Here in Emporia the stores open at Z
O'Clock, and by o'clock all the merchants
and professional people are at work. For
although the banks DO not open until g.
the bankers are down and at work by $780,
and Mai Hood. who for years ran our
leading bank. used to come down town at
80 and stay in his office until S O'Clock in
the evening.
There are no O'Clock jobs IN Emporia
and every one. rich and poor, works nine
hours. and many OF US ten hours Most
Of the clerks get an hour az noon, but the
boss-as We call the head Of store or an
Office or "a shop-rarely takes over half an
hour. Most men go home for their noon
meal, but few hurry over 10 the lunch
counter and spend i or % cents, or at
most 25 cents. for roast beef and mashed
potatoes. or stewed chicken and
dumplngs. or fried catfish and coffee and
a piece or PIE.
The meal has no social significance, as
il has in New York. An Emporia man
would as soon think Of inviting mis-
friends to take bath with him as 10
take lunch with him: for groceries have
not got so far along in Emporia society
as dry goods,
Little old New York is provincial; and
even though New York is populated with
people from Emporia and neighbOring
towns, these adopted New Workers forget,
or pretend to forget, all about the old
home town. And Emporia is provincial. IN
that, even though We 90 10 New York
once or twice a year, we ignore the fact
that the very presence Of 100000 people
living there argues that they live IN some
degree Of comfort and satisfaction.
What New York can't see Is how We
can live in EmpOria with 50 little going
on at the opera house; and what We can't
see is how a man who can have 100 feet
OF lawn and d kitchen garden TO sprinkle
with the hose every evening after work
can permit himself 10 be locked up in a
long row Of FIVE and six story ceIlhouses,
with nothing 10 distinguish one cell
house from the other but the number on
the front door. New York forgets that
We have the family horse and buggy. and
can 90 Jogging over town every summer
evening at twilight, looking at our neigh
bors' porch boxes and admiring their
trees and flowers, and in the spring and
autumn take long rides into the country
where the panorama is as good as BelsscO
ever attempted and the great comedy
OF life moves on without waits for the
shifting scene.
And We in EmpOria forget that New
York has the ocean and the great play
grounds for the grownups 10 which they
go when they escape from the cellhouses
and are happy