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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

The Path section Of the Curtis bin
Is Of vast importance and interest "a
the public and will be a great benefit
In many ways. II Is as follows:
Sec a. That In the Choctav, Chick
asaw and Seminole nations public
highways or roads two rods In width,
being one rod on each side Of the sec.
ton line. may be established On all
section lines. and all allottees. pur.
chasers and others shall take title
to such lands subject 90 this provi.
sion. and II buildings or other i'm.
proyements are damaged in conse-
quence Of the establishment Of such
public highway or roads. such dam
ages accruing prior 10 the inaugura-
ton of a state government shall be
determined under the direction Of the
Secretary Of the Interior and be paid
for from the funds Of said tribes. re-
spectiyely
Al expenses incident 20 the estab.
iishment q public highways or roads
in the Creek. Cherokee, Choctaw.
Chickasaw. and Seminole nations. IN.
Guiding clerical hire. per diem. salary,
and expenses Of viewers. appraisers.
and others. shall be paid under the
direction of the Secretary OF the In.
terror from the funds of the tribe or
nation In which such public highways
or roads are estabiised Any person.
firm, or corporation obstuctlng any
public highway CT road. and who shall
fail. neglect, or refuse for a period %
ten days after notice 20 remove or
cause 10 be removed any and all 90.
structions from such puDlic highway
or road. shall be deemed guilty Of a
msdemeanor. and upon conviction
shall be fined not exceeding ten dol.
lars per day for each and every day
In excess Of said ten days which said
obstruction Is permitted 10 remain:
Provided. however. That notice Of the
establishment Of public highways or
roads need not be given 20 allottecF
or others. except In cases where such
public highways or roads are Oh.
structed, and every person obstruct.
Ing any such public highway or road.
as aforesaid, shall also be liable In a
civil action for all damages sustained
by any person who has In any man.
ner whatever been damaged by reas
on OF such obstruction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
Daily Capital Of South meAlester
Changes Ownership.

South McAlester, !. T., May 22.-
The Daily Capital has changed hands
w. G. d. Kinds, the former proprie-
tor. retiring. J. G. Puterbaugh. repre-
senting a syndicate OF prominent To-
cal business men, was the purchaser.
Nearly all the stockholders under
the new management are Democrats.
j. J. McAlester Melvin Cornish.
George Mansfield, G. E. Miller. ]. G..
Puterbaugh and others are to be as.
ISOLATED in the new venture. ]. j..
McAlester will be president OF the
new company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
KILLED sY LIGHTNING.
Moihr- ",tn C-'ld N Arms struek
by Bolt, Near Durant.

MoN0t- VAN JN'l5 N Arms Jtruck
by Bolt, Near DUrant.
Dnrant. T. T.. May 22.-Last Sat.
irday afternoon while a. Blackshear.
wife and FIVE children we're hoeing
cotton on their farm about one mile
north Of Matoy, a small rain cloud.
accompanied by lightning. cane nom
The west. They made a run for the
house. the father driving the team.
leaving his family TO walk. as the
cam was badly frightened. When
about one hundred yards ahead he
looked back just as a binding streak
OF lightning struck his entire family.
killing his wife Instantly and pros.
;rating the rest The mother carried
q little child In her arms and only
by the heroic efforts Of the fa;spr
was the child saved from boine burn.
u to a crisp. The child will recover.
The mother was inferred In the Ma.
toy cemetry last Sunday afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
GETS NINE YEARS.
Nillinssworth, Texas Negro Barber
Sentenced for Double Murder.

Muskogee. l. T.. May 22.-Dr. XII.
ingsworth. a negro barber from Den.
son. Tex, who came up to this place
last December following his wife.
Sho said he had been induced 10
,ome TO Muskogee by another negro
woman. Katie Patten by name. and
10Th OF whom he killed in negro
iotel directly after arriving in this
'ity was tried in the United States
court and sentenced to nine years in
he Leavenworth penitentiary. II is
said that Killingsworth was a prom.
'nent negro in Denton and owned
considerable property In that place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
Coo ROADS
oulle,,'s system Of Working PvbHe
Foada

. FoadA
I One of the great questions now be
fore the American people is how 70
make good roads
Il Is admitted on all sides that there
has been more work done and more
money spent in the United States on
reads with less practical results than
any other country on earth
The people In the indian Territory
are in a position. in my judgment, 10
make a good start 30 the right direc.
iion II they will only take advantage
of the Opportunity.
We saOald a4,ocate the passage Of
the following avs.
First-requlrag ali persons convict.
cd Of crime. v-ether feion.es OF mis-.
lemeaaors. 20 wola L-e upon the
public highways inder restrictions
and regulations.
second-A Nv authorizing the sec.
re,ary Of war 20 detail soldiers In the
regular army, by companies or reg
ments. TO guard the convicts doing
the work; and also, an engineer Cd.
ucated az West Point from the reg.
ular army. 70 superintend the work
! am aware that any attempt 20
put these propositions into practical
operation will be met by strong oppo-
sitlon.
For years certain unions have bit.
terly opposed any attempt 10 utilize
convic, labor upon public roads, on
the foolish and absurd grounds that
It was in direct competition with free
labor. They overlook the fact, that
road building Is the best and most
useful employment for convicts. be.
cause II gives the conyicts healthy
and wholesome exercise, requiring no
peclal SKILL and as / contend. com.
petes with nobody. There is practical.
ly no limit 10 the work required for
making good roads and but few la.
borers working in this field. The Unit.
ed Mine Workers In a number Of
places are changing their views on
this question and are advocating the
employment of conyicts in road build.
ing.
The public roads in the United
States, and especially in the Southern
states. are as a rule mere lanes, that
az times become almost impossible.
In muddy and wet weather, rough and
dusty in dry weather
Foreign countries, especially
france. Italy. most Of Germany and
part Of Great Britain have fine sys.
TENS Of public roads. some OF which
have been in use for centuries
The Indian Territory has hundreds
81 ablebodied convfcts in the state
prison In Kansas. that under the plan
outlined. could be used for road maxi
ing In the territory at but little more
expense TO the government than is re-
CURED TO transport them and keep
hem In Kansas at the present time
The regular soldiers at Fort SIN and
other points. could be used for guard.
ing the convicts az but little addition.
al expense to the government and
would not be a hardship upon the
soldiers.
The results would be a road system
thal would be a great benefit 20 the
people. Why not all put our shoulders
to the wheel and get the first trial OF
this plan in the Chickasaw nation, In
dian Territory.
ALEXANDER GULLETT,
TIshOmlngn. | L
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
Red Gross soeIstY at TuIsa.

Tulsa, |. T., May ga Red Cross
society in Indian Territory was or.
ganized at a meeting held here today.
DR. F. B. Fite Of Muskogee is presl.
dent; the chiefs OF the Five Civilized
Tribes. vice presidents, and DR.. F. s.
Clinton of Tulsa, secretary.
The first annual meeting OF the rs.
ciety will be heId in Tulsa the first
Tuesday in November unless other
wise ordered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

The present bin for the removal o.
restrictions, wl.ch II Is said mas ,tq
approval Of the secretary Of the a.
terror as matter of fact adds 70.
stricions instead Of removing them
II gives more power TO the secretary
Of the interior, not less. 4 careful
perusal Of all bills proposed by the
secretary Of the Interior shows Ciat
additional authority In Territory ma'
ters Is conferred on him and tt's
seems 10 bee the purpose Of an icris
latiOn proposed by him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
san Francisco Banks open.

San Francisco, May 23.-At ten
o'clock this morning practically every
bank In This city that has been able
TO secure temporary quarters threw
open its doors TO the public. There
was no sign OF run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

The Milwaukee Journal, the lead
ing Democratic paper OF the north.
west nominates Senator La Toilette
for president In 1905 as the candidate
Ot the democratic and Independent
republicans, Platform: Railroad reg.
ulauon and tariff reform.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

A wall that will reach the high
heavens Will 30 up from the Indian
Territory government officials II the
rate bill passes. It's passage means
the taking away of railroad passes
from the high salaried and overhur,
deRed officials, A government posi-.
ton without passes looses half It's
charm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

The wild Strawberries Of the In.
dian Territory which have grown boy
the thousand are being rapidly sup
planted In the Indian Territory by
the cultivated sort The latter kind
II berry finds a ready sale This is
indicative Of the rapid march OF civ.
ilization. The Wild things Of the In.
dian Territory are rapidly passing
and are things Of the past
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
--ofo

From the lofty position Of United
States senator TO an inmate Of a jail.
From the loftlest pinnacle TO the
lowest depths is Ralph J, Burton's
fate What's the matter with looking
after Plat and Depew?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

Now II seems that the statehood
bill Is TO be passed IN the form Of
rider TO some appropriation bill.
The mode and method OF It's passage
is lmmaterial so long as We get it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

Reserved seats for commencement.
Thursday and Friday nights, on sale
at Red Cross Drug Store. "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

Dallas Is full of Hello BINS" II is
better for Dallas Ia be fun than the
Hello Bill's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

Senator Burton of Kansas must 20
10 iail. II was he who nominated
Theodore Roosevelt for vice presi.
dent In the Philadelphia convention.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
CHANGES.

zone hundred years ago today.
With Wilderresses here,
Win powder In his gun. the man
Went out and got the deer.
But now the thing Is somewhat
changed.
And on another plan;
With powder on her cheeks. the dear.
Goes out and gets the man"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

The only house handling steel
bound trunk. No higher than ordin.
ary made trunks.
23.2 ARDMoRE DRY GOODS co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
Forest Fires Estinauished.

Marinette, Wis, May 22.-All dan.
ger from forest fires is past. Il is
raining today, and the wind has died
out. The loss everywhere is believed
to nave been exaggerated. The total
loss in the burned area will not be
more than 100000. The number of
settlers made nomeless has also been
exaggerated. The latest reports show
that not 500 homes have burned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23
PHONES.

Business Managers once. .53s
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-23

Confer with the Managing Editor
a all matters pertaining 70 the eel
orial department and with the Pres
Asnt or Business Manager on busi'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22

ened or annoyed. President Roosevelt will take them as soon as he receives my letter I mailed tonight to him. Please let them stay here until then.
 My heart is broken. so I take my own life in the familiar way I kno1 by drinking chloroform. No one is 10 blame but myself. trust my spirit and futuEe life to a merciful and lov- Ing God. who knows and judges our sorrow"
 Little was known of Mrs. Grover further than that she described her self as magazine writer. was of in. dependent means and an admirer of the public career of the chief executive
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22

tory msH any 6lner person. She said that Mrs. Grover was the daughter of q Dakota rsnchmsn. she was married at the age of seventeen. and when eighteen years old became a widow. While still flu her teens Theodore Roosevelt. fresh from Harvard. went 10 Medora. Da<. and bought . ranch.
 Mrs. Grover lived near Medora and was one of the few women in that sec ton ia those wild days. She often told Mfrs. Connor of the long rides she took over the prairie with young Roosevelt. The president has written q book about his rsnching experiences. and Mrs. Grover expressed her wonderment that she was not mentioned in II.
 There appears to have been an in- tsrvsl of many yesrs. according to Mrs Grover. between the time she knew Mr. Roosevelt In Dakoia and when she met him sgsin in New York. Her irst meeting tn this city. she told Mrs. Connor. vas st the shop of 6 seller of old books. She wss s bcokworn. and Nr. RooseTelt was also an enthusiast on the subject of ls.s-sture.
 IL is reported in tbe rcighborhood in which Mrs. Grover lived that when Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. went on his bunting trip sboat q year ago Mrs. Grover sent him . diamond studded re voiver.
 A letter left by Nrs. Grover said. To the Coroner sr the First Police
 oHesr That Ffacs My Bciy.
 T beg of you ss tesephone 10 Pre<s- dsnf Theodore Roosevelt. He will hsve ny hody cre1afed I have written to kEm. have nade ny will. snd afl I have l. hia He win hare eve-ythinr stfezdel ts su<r ss vfsh f. ts hr. and sH vfIE b~ right. He knows wh~re fg Hnd evesyfhsAE
 -Psesss es4 Escsrsed 6 szd . thou- an1 shanln fw yp9 bislse<e- PI>sse c sst lrs nT ppst klltses bs frighs-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22

lied my father several times and was
 treated as a friend of the family. have followed his career since with admiration and interest"
 Behind the pathetic story of the vo- mans death csnes the news that she was q mysterious donor of gifts 10 Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. for many years and had at times caused Presi- dent Roosevelt no little concern be- cause of her vssaries.
 Tn the opinion of United States Dis trict Attorney stimson. Mrs. Grover vas wessminded and imagined she was on friendly terms with President Roosevelt. The latter denies ever knowing the aged woman and had no knowledge of her except through the gifts sent to his son.
 It vas while the president was gov ernor of New York state la 1898 that a shotgun. a compass and watch ar rived at the capitol addressed to young Roosevelt. Inside the package vas q small slip Of paper which bore the words. From L. B. Grover. No. 2osa Lexington avenue. New York city
 The presIdssrs son showed the gifts to hIs fsther. who ordered him to write q note of thanks President Roose- welt. however, also sent . note to Mrs. Grover ssktns her net to repeat the eonatton-
 Mrs Grover. it is ssid. told story of having known Pressdeat Roosevelt when ks wss q youth sa s rsHch out h Dakota ard sf meeting hin i1 this city vhen hs rose ts prsuInence ia subss- event yesrs
 TAs ssiy nc.rrers st the fueesai outssde sf the un1srtaker and kis 1suxhter were Nr~L Rt~hard H. Csr- ger If thss city sd <>~ret S>rvs~s o@csr Tate Tk> b~1v wss rrezssed ss . erszsfssT in fbe BrssH
 ,erR Cnasr vss 1Gfx ofsr9's e3ss - - - - nn 4R - J
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
HAS BODY CREMATED
Roosevelt Carries Out Last
 Wishes of Mrs. Grover.
TAXES lyCORl CATsIOWHITEHO HOUSE
Moved by Pity. Presidest Regards Request. os Mssasine writer who Committed Suicide Iu New
 YorL-u.et HIrs E.sste.

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Moved to pity by the simple trust of the aged Mrs. Lulu B. Grover. who committed suicide several days sgo here hy taking cbloro- form and who aroused national in- terest by leaving sil her property to him. President Roosevelt has taken personal interest in the csse and or derei that the last wishes of the aged woman be csrried out
 Acting under the presidents orders. United States District Attorney Henry l. Stimson. in conjunction with the public administrator. personally super vised the cremation of the body and took charge of the ashes. He also for warded two pet AneOra cats to the White House. where they will be taken care cf hv the presidents family.
 Secret service men also saw te it that sIi the property Jeff hy Mrs Gro yer was taken ia charge ty the pubiic aduinissr1tor and advertisements iu- sertDd b th. newsp4prrs notifying her reiaff<es If Der death
 1here Is IirtIe dsTbt fh-t threrEhrst her Fife Hrs. tsrsrer hsa 6 rpmsnf5r sfmirxfica for IheszcEe RssseVelr- ehe oars be<ore spoke ts q frieni of nnving n>t hin ia hsr earJ ys1fh- mm 0Wsw oni1s
 0A nnuunnnnun mDozmm6n0rE5
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22

less and hungry. his face bearing evi. dence of consumption. rrsnk n. Bar bour waiked Into pelies statisa Nc. and told the o1leer iu charge tat As had come to give himself up to aaswss to the charge of Iarecay of t2oo frpu the New York ofFice of the Adaus n. press company. where hs vas feFnsriy employed. Barbour said that he wal one of the cashiers in the exprsss com papy's o0lce and one day took e2se from fhe safe and fled ts Cansds. Hs has been in Boston for the past thres months.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
MARYLAND LYNCHINC
Annapolis Mob Takes Negro
 Davis From Jail.
KICKED, BEATEN, HANGED lSD SHOT
Had ConfesseA Crime Cs8nittel at Brewnsville-O1A Prison 0sse te statsAeuse anA Gevernsr's
 ResiAenee.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 22.-Henry Davis, alias Henry Chambers. coiored who committed . felouious assault on Mrs. John Reid of Brownsville Friday and who confessed his crime. was talk. en from the jail here by . mob of sixty masked men and lynched. He was strung up and his body riddIed with bullets.
 Deputy Sheriff Ruben L. SmaIIwood says that about 2 o'clock . man ap- peared outside the jail and rang. ssy. ing he had a prisoner. Deputy Small wood saw that he had no prisoner and refused te admit him. whereupon De left.
 Soon sfterward the mob appeared with a whipping post and endeavcred to batter down the door. Cnsuccessful with that. they got . sledee snd pick and managed tc break hole in the door. through which one of the men crawled and unlocked the door
 Then Ave CT six men entered the buihing and vent to the wardes's rom. aBd af the point of . p;stol tbs warden surrendered the keys.
 To . few n,inutrs Daeis was secured and cafried out He made 10 resist- anee- Hjs sppssEaoes sue116e ths jail vns ezsetpa wizh ysl1a
 v - U14 u1 hr1om 1RQW
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
p.ri.,.n .x.in.t R..f.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2s-supe- rior Judge Dunne has refused to allow the attorneys for Abraham Rnef. on trial with Mayor schmltx for extor- ton. to question witnesses as to the testimony they gave before the grand jury inst voted indictments aesins, Rrpf snd SeslsuIsx.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
John X. Hegen,an,
 PRESIDENT.

bers of the lynching party and in . few minutes was taken to Brickyard hill. on the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington railroad.
 Here Davis was questioned and ad- mitted that he had assaulted his vic tim and repeated that he would have done 1t living or dead.
 As he made this assertion those who heard him raised . cry, . rope was quickly knotted and the moose clipped over his head.
 By this time Davis was nearly un- conscious from fright and the blows which had been raIned upon him. He was hoisted up to the limb of tree Almost before his feet had left the ground a revolver cracked This was the signal for general firing. and at least 100 bullets must have riddled the body.
 His body was left lying under the tree which had served as the gzlIows. where it was viewed by hundreds of persons. Later q coroner's jury was impaneIed and after hearing the tesfi- mony of witnesses returned . verdict of death at the hands of persons un- known 10 the jury. The prison from which Davis was taken is . hundred years old It is situated h Calvert street and is only about 500 yards from the statehouse and the executive unsuason If tbe eoveruor Tha lvurh. ing party used Senior hall of St Johns college for its assenhiInR plsce-
 This fact fs taken to indicate that most of the men connected with the afair wsre AnnspoIlfsns and dld nos csms frsa fgisharss station. vhess Mrs. Hs3d Hvsd-
 Tbe cellees authorities sfronsfy deay that any of the studenfs wpre implEcsf- d fn fbe fynrainx N,<f os fhem arsl at ter hsues for the bslfdsya
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
n....,el. Trys.s to Do r.o M.~h.

SPRINGFIELD. O.. Dec. 22.-Judge Grosscup. speaking on tue power of corporations here. declared that Presi- dent Roosevelt Is trying to do too much: that his policies will not avail to equalise prosperity without an ear nest organized popular movement for corporation reform.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-22
oaes.I,y D.elsr.A . ws.a..

O0ciab1y peelersd . Weean.
 PHENIX. Aria. Dec. 3z.-Hicsaai c Raylan. Baron schlippenbach's sscss tary. is ollciaIly declared by the au thofifies here 10 have ben . womas despite the denials of ''his" widow ans . divorced wife. This fact wss deveJ oped at the autopsy and inquest hek ever the body. 1t beins announced D: the coronsr's physician fhat the bod. vas that of . normal female.