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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
MauretnnIa'. Maiden voyage.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. IS. - The
steamer Mauretania, on her maiden
voyage to the United States. was 495
miles west of Fastnet at 10 o'clock this
morning. Those on board are loud in
their praise Of the splendid appoint
ments of the new Cunarder. Captain
Pritchard said he had never sailed In
q vessel that behaved so sweetly or
steered so well. She carries large
gold shipment for New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
r,ooa Omaha Win NickeI..

OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 1S.-The Omaha
Street Railroad company fairly flood
ed Omaha with nickels by meeting its
monthly payroll with 100000 five cent
pieces, $4,000 In all Even since the
money stringency the street railway
has promised its employees actual cash
on pay day and to this end paid them
In nickels
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
New York Get. s11.ooo, 900 In Gold.

NEW YORK, Nov lS.The gold sup
ply here was increased by more than
S11,500,000 by further importations
which have reached here. The steam
err Kaiser Wilhelm ii. of the North
German Lloyd line. from Bremen,
Southampton and Cherbourg. brought
$4,000, 900 in eagles and double eagles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
Mexico cede. U. NIagdnlenn hay.

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 1S.-Mexi-
co has ceded Magdalena bay, In lower
California, to be used for coaling
station by the United States navy.
This is thought to be the first fruit Of
the recent visit of Secretary of State
Root to Mexico.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
Best Sleep Of All.

~ see that an eminent physician de-
clares that two hours Of sleep before
midnight are worth more than six
after that hour" Nonsense! Two
hours of sleep after you're called in
the morning are worth more than
anything else"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
with Bullet Hole In His Head.

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 1S-Frank
Westover, a machinist, was found ly-
Ing dead In the hall Of the Wercker-
ling block with bullet hole in his
head T. NJ. King, chauffeur, is be-
ing detained by the police pending an
Investigation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
Dull Times.

"Hello!" said the funny man to Fin.
negan the undertaken. II suppose your
business is dead with your" Faith,
It's worse than that" replied Finnegan.
"Shure. haven't buried q Twin soul
In near q month" :
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19

Nth doctoring tho effects, while the cry
i,dI disease undermines the system.
What To Do.
There is comfort i'll the knowledge SO
often expressed, that DR.. kiliner's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulflls every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary. passage.
II corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overSomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
Is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
YOU should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes;
You NAV have sample bottle and a
book that tells all g.
about it, bothsent free A4#l
by mail. Address DIR. i;:ES;! = {
Kilmer & Co., Bing- =
hamton, N. Y. When H0meof swamp-R0os.
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and
the address, Binghamton, N. \.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19

of kidney disease.
While kidney dis
orders are the
most common
diseases that pre-
vail, they are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and ply
sicians, scho con
tent Themselves
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-19
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect Il.

Prevniency of Kidney Disense.
Most people do not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
DIES WHILE BANJ0S TRUM
PATHETIC DEATH OF AGED MU
SICAl INSTRUMENT MAKER
IN THEATER.

Chicago, Ill.,, oct. Ga gray haired
maker OF banjos died in the Olympic
theatcr last night while the music
of Don't You Remember, Sweet Al.
ice. Ben Bolt,' strummcd upon the
stage on instruments of his own
make calmed the large audience,
which had been thrown into n semi
panic
J. II. Schall, ~ years old, occupied
front seat in the lower balcony
He had visited the thcater to hear
the playing of two musical special
1US who ubed banjos (which had
been turned out by his own hand
Suddenly Schall rose in his seat
with choking cry, swayed for n mo
mcnt as II he would topple over the
balcony rail into the crowded parquet,
and then crumpled down on the floor.
instantly intense excitement pre-
vailed Schalls collapse was wit.
messed by three.fourths OF the people
In the house. Several women near
him screamed Ushers and attend
ants hurried TO him and carried him
TO the foyer, where they laid him on
the carpeted floor and attempted "
restore consciousness.
The two players upon the stage
had reached pause in their musical
spccialties. Looking across the foot,
lights they saw Schall collapse and
realized the danger OF panic in the
packed house plunged into wild
medley OF music to quiet the alarm
OF the audience. Their efforts We're
successful While the musicians
played merry airs the audience listen.
ed I'm attentive silence, unaware that
man was dying behind the last
der OF balcony seats.
Once Schall came TO his senses.
- opened his eyes and said, "a
,hink can go home now" Just
then the banios on the stage struck
up Don't You Remember Sweet Al.
ice Ben Bolt" As the last bars of
the old tune ceased and the audi,
ence burst into a tumult OF applause
the old musician died.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
POLITICAL ABSENTEES
Never Before, II Is Said, Has the Ad.
ministration Spent So Much Time
on Partisan Politics and In
reference in Local Politics.
Ardmorelte Special.

Ardmoreite Special.
Washington. d. c., Oct. with
the president away on politics and
llnting bent, and Root and Taft,
the two chief members of the cabi-
net in foreign parts, and the other
members of the administration alb
sent from their departments on pol
itics or private business, the govern
ment OF the country is running with
the republican understrappers at the
helm. This has been pretty much
the case all the summer, since the
president left early In June. No
other administration has such a rec
ord for absenteeism. Nor has any
other administration spent so much
time on partisan politics and inter
ference with local party squabbles.
Every kind Of excuse has been made
TO send out the cabinet officials and
their assistants TO do the preliminary
work to round up the delegates TO
the next republican national conyen.
tion. Secretary TAFT has made
speeches in all the states where he
could do any good; Secretary Met
calf has been for months In Cali
fornia and the other Pacific states;
Secretary Bonaparte has been rusti'
eating in Canada and his Maryland
home and incidentally has helped to
muddle up the republican prospects
in Maryland; Secretary Meyer has
been boosting up Senator Lodge for
control of the Massachusetts dele
gates; Secretary Garfield besides
spending the summer in the West,
oetensibly on government business,
but really on politics, then took an
other month at home in Cleveland
TO help fix up the proposed defeat OF
Tom Johnson for mayor by the presl'
dents favoritc, Congressman Burton;
Secretary Wilson has been travelling
all over the West at government eN.
pense and II the truth were known
the other cabinet members have not
paid out much from their private
purses on their political junkets.
Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock has been rounding up the
I~sn ast cps and instruccing them
TO secure delegates to the republi'
can convention favorable to Secre-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
TO OPEN INDIAN LANDS
NEARLY SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES
FARMING AND GRAZING LAND
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Ardmoreite Special

Ardmoreite Special.
Washington. oct. 7.-Beginning to.
day and continuing through the week
registration will take place at the
government land office in Pierre. 5.
II. for public lands In the Lower
Brule Indian reservation. containing
j6.56O acres OF farming and grazing
lands ia South Dakota Tho distri.
lBution VII take place by lottery,
and entries will be made between
October 20 and December 20. Each
applicant Is required to appear at
Pierre land office In person and make
affidavit that he Is entitled TO take
public land under the provisions OF
the homestead law. Those successful
In drawing a farm must pay the gov.
ornment the appraised value Of the
land IN annual installments The val.
Nc is placed from s1.25 to si.OO per
acre. q
This r. the first reservation OF Q
total of nearly 100000 acres Of gov.
crnment lands to be opened TO settle
ment during the coming year This
great acreage Is divided between
the states OF South Dakota, Idaho.
Montana and Washington and will
provide homesteads for nearly 35,.
600 settlers. All Of the tracts will
-. l,s h..
In addition to the Lower Brule,
opened today. the reservations. with
their acreage, include the following
Yakima. Washington, 1,14j.000
acres: Colville. Washington, 1000.
600 acres: Fathead. Montana, 1000.
600 acres; Blackfeet, Idaho, 100000
acres. Couer d. Alene. Idaho. SO, 900
acres lemhi Idaho. $4,000 acres, and
Rosebud, South Dakota, $4,000 acres.
All OF these lands will be divided
into 100 acre tracts. except in the
irrigation districts. where the home.
steads will be limited TO 40 acres
each. The largest reservation. at
Yakima, Washington, consisting OF
h1i5.0OO acres. will be disposed of
under the homestead, mineral and ir-
rlgation acts About 100000 acres
will be included in the irrigation pro
ject now being constructed by the
government and this will be disposed
OF in 40 acre plats. The settlers
must pay the government the amount
OF money expended in building the
irrigation plant although tie pay
| ments will be spread over a perid ON
ten years. This will make the land
! cost the homeseekers about $50 an
acre. The irrigated lands are used
chiefly for sugar beet and alfalfa
culture. and are likely to be immense.
| " profitable at the price charged
Several months more will be required
to complete the Indian allotment work
in the big Rosebud reservation in
| South Dakota.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

tary Cortelyou. Pinchot Of the fores.
try bureau member OF the tennis
cabinet has been in the Rocky
Mountain states trying to overcome
,the opposition developed there on
account OF the enlargement OF the
forest reserves. The political expe
ditions OF many others might be men.
toned who have put in more time for
partisan purposes than for what they
are paid to do. Booker Washington
and other administration negro lead.
ers have been attempting to turn the
current Of darkey voters away from
Foraker, but with no effect, outside
Of the negro office holders
My my! but It has been a siren.
uous summer and after all the results
look quite doubtful for the admins.
tration unless the office holders can
induce the president to run for a
third term, for they at heart fear a
new deal with a new candidate The
telyou boomers Of using the patronage
Of the United States treasury and
the post office department 20 force his
nomination, and as far as the South.
ern states are concerned they have
no doubt rounded up the office hold.
ers. who compose the republican par.
ty there, leaving out the da-key con.
unsent
The democrats, while they have
not been so active as their republi.
can friends. are much encouraged by
the republican divisions and factional
fights, but are still at sea about who
will lead the party. The trend o.
events has led to a thorough investi.
cation of the merits of possible can.
di lafes and their reputed strength in
close and doubtful Northern states.
which 1t is feared Mr. Bryan could
not carry, If again nominated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

The mother who writes to Judge
Wallace that she began taking her
children to church and Sunday
school almost as soon as they were
able to walk and talk" and that now
these children prefer the Sunday
evening theater to the church sryioc.
may have opened curious specula.
tion as to whether the theater was
responsible for this latter melancholy
condition or whether the children
when young received an overdose OF
enforced churchgoing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
ARDMORe FURNITURE CO.

does not want to advertise without
results. Tell US We adsr disc IN this
paper and get 10 per cent of this
week
AFEW sss
look big to us and will buy lots
OF furniture at the Ardmore Furni.
ture Cos. store for 60 days.
OUR WAREHOUSES
are loaded down and We want TO
unload II YOU have any money the
Ardmore Furniture CO. wants to trade
you goods for it at a low price.
FURNITURE REPAIRING.
Upholsterlng, repairing. vanishing
packing and shipping done By the
Ardmore Furniture Co.
LARGE LINE
Leather goods. Dayenpcfts, chairs and
rockers. in Mission, Early English ano
golden oak finish. The Ardmore Fur.
niture Co. wants to sell these goods
at prices that will move them.
DON'T FAIL
TO see our new goods In Birdseye
maple. mahogany and golden oak.
RUGS.
4 big line of rugs. Administer. Vel.
vet. Ingram, Crex grass rugs and
granates. 9xl2. $3.50 TO $50. Let the
Ardmore Furniture CO. show you the
line.
We are headquarters for the big.
gest and largest assortment OF furni.
ture, rugs. mating and house fur.
nishing goods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
HOLD 10000 BALES.
Bell County Farmers are Storing
Third Of Ginned Staple.

Temple, Texas, Oct. 6.-According
to information given out by Farmers
union officials there are nearly 10000
bales of cotton, If not more, remain.
ing in the hands of the farmers in
Bell county which are being held for
the minimum price OF Is cents, fixed
by the union. Cotton stored in ware.
houses is given as follows: Killeen. l..
200 bales; Belton, 450; Nolanville,
225; Hedenheimer, 500; Rogers, $50;
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

1t looks as II Teddy were losing
ground in his own state At the
recent primaries In Brooklyn, Mr..
Roberts, President Roosevelts post.
master Of Brooklyn. was de.
feated, and Robert A. Sharkey, whom
President Roosevelt refused to reap.
point as naval officer OF the port OF
New York, won in his district. There
was a good deal OF clatter ON the
part OF Woodruff and Roberts and
Sharkey as 20 how the result was
brought about Chairman Woodruff is.
sued statement declaring that he
had not interfered in the Sharkey
district The Sharkey people declared
that he had This is pointer show.
ing what may be expected in the
Johnson-Burton fight In Cleveland,
Ohio. The people almost always rebel
against dictation from federal officers.
great or small.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
Jewish Congregation Organized.

The Reform Jewish congregation
Emeth of this city was reorganized
yesterday afternoon, and will begin
holding weekly services commencing
Friday evening in the Sims Hall on
Main street.
An endeavor will be made this year
to secure the offices of a rabbi al
least once n month TO officiate and
deliver n sermon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

Harry +. Jones OF Tampa. Fla.
writes: Il can thank God for my
present health, due to Foleys Kid.
ney Cure. tried doctors and all
kinds OF kidney cures. but nothing
done me much good till | took Fo.
ley's Kidney Cure. Four bottles cured
me, and have no more pain In my
back and shoulders. | am 62 years
old. and suffered long, but thanks
20 Foley's Kidney Cure | am well
and can walk and enjoy myself II
is pleasure TO recommend 1t to
those needing kidney medicine. "
For sale by all druggists. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

"Thc Rollicking Girl company ar.
rived at noon today from Fort Worth
and will be the attraction at the
opera house tonight, The company
has received excellent press notices
in Texas. The scenery Is new and
does not show wear and tear OF last
seasons use. The music is the best
OF any musical comedy in years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
ENTER OKLAHOMA.


if rom tNe BDsNoN fpSNsI
Within few days the president
Is expected TO issue a proclamation
possibly from the Louisiana cane
announcing the result OF the
aler oklahoma. and. there
upon. according 10 law, the new
state OF Oklahoma will be deemed
20 have been admitted by congress
into the union The president has
already made known the fact that D.,
vii find the constitution and govern
ment Of the new state TO be repubh
can In form. although his private opin
ion Of the constitution IS unfit for
publication. All that remains to BE-
done . in making Oklahoma a state
is the Issuance OF the proclamation
which must be issued within twenty
days OF the receipt by the president
Of the certificate Of the result OF the
election.
The forty-sixth state Is Demo
cratic. Its two Democratic sena
tors will swell the minority to thirty
one. % prevent the ratification Of a
treaty proposed by a Republican
president and supported by the solid
Republican majority in the senate
The frequency with which important
events have been decided on a slen
der margin lends interest to the
entry of the two senator's from Oh
lahoma into that chamber. The
state will also send FIVE representa-
tiyes 20 the house. only one Of them
a Republican The next national
convention will have delegates from
Oklahoma OF respectable size, and
the next electoral college will con
tain seven electors from Oklahoma
probably all OF them Democrats. Il
Is within the range OF possibility, al
though al this time apparently very
improbable that the vote OF Okla
homa may make William J. Bryan
president OF the United States. II
that event the Republicans who now
praise the president for his broad
and statesmanlike neglect OF the fac
that Oklahoma Is Democratic may
revise their opinion. and wish from
their Souls that he had kept Okla
homa out OF the Union.
But the future must take care o
sself. The president does not ap
prove OF the Oklahoma constitution
and is too good a Republican 10 lool
with pleasure upon the Increase o
Democratic votes In the electora
college. lie recognizes the still more
important fact. however. that I
Permanent and populous communit,
Of highly intelligent, prosperous Am
orleans have created state. worth,
in all respects to join the mighty sis
torhood, and that It must, in justice
be admitted to the union. There |
will stay forever Democratic o
Republican-what matter Is It In tn
long run. 40 long as Il Is one NOR
sturdy prop OF a perpetual republic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

Two months more and the SiXtieth
congress will convene and the issues
will be discussed which divide the
parties There has been no more i'm.
portant session OF congress, so far
as party politics Is concerned, for
the past ten years, at least The
republican leaders seem determined
10 stand pat" on the tarin, by refus'
ing to consider the revision OF even
the most trust protecting schedules
It is also expected that no enort
will be made TO strengthen the rail
tend TO pass any antitrust legislation
Speaker Cannon, for he will certainly
be reelected. designs to pass the
appropriation bills and adjourn at the
earliest date possible. All reforms
are to be postponed until after elcc
tion-that Is, revision OF some kind
OF the tarin Is TO be promised and
assurance given of control OF the
trusts and corporations, but as such
pledges have often been made be-
fore other presidential campaigns
their fulnllment can be taken with
due allowance and the needs OF cor
poration contributions for the cam
palgn fund
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
ARDMORE FURNITURE CO.
Has Premonition Of Death.

ATuinoTtlle SpeCldL
Cleveland o., oct Like a con
dmned assassin awaiting the gal.
lows or the electric chair, with no
hope of pardon or reprieve, is Leo
Adrian, of iii Chestnut street, al
though he has committed no crime.
and is apparently in the best OF
health. Some time ago Adrian re-
ceived a premonition that he was
to die on October S. Since that time
he has constantly brooded over the
matter and has come TO belir,e that
the sentence of death passed upon
him is irrevocable and certain. Not
wishing to take an unfair advantage
OF the insurance companies he has
ordered Cancelled two policies he
held. one in the Pennsylvania Cas-
ualty for $4,000 and the other in
the Central for $1,000. Many of Adri-
ans friends believe him to be tempo.
rarily insane but it is hoped that
with the passing of tomorrow, the
date he has set for his death, he
will recover from the effects of the
CHASTITY idea that has temporarily
obsessed his mind.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
A Card.

This Is TO certify that all drug.
gists are authorized to refund your
money is Foley's Honey and Tar
falls to cure your cough or cold. II
stops the cough, heals the lungs
and prevents serious results from a
cold. Cures la grippe cough and pre-
vents pneumonia and consumption
Contains no opiates. The genuine
is in a yellow pacKage Refuse sub
stitutes. For sale by all druggists.
DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
Change Of Place and Date

Judge-elect Stillwell II. Russell
wishes to announce that the meeting
Of the bar of the Eighth Judicial dis.
trict will be held at the city hall
Thursday afternoon. instead of Tues.
day afternoon as announced In the
Ardmoreite OF Sunday. He earnestly
requests all to be present at the
meeting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

II those Congregational preachers
are right the Chicago 400 are worse
than the New York crowd. But thank
goodness there are only 400 of them
and they are all republicans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

The colored vote is said to be grav.
itating towards Tom johnson for may.
or Of Cleveland, because the president
came out for Burton. Thus do polit.
ical chickens come home TO roost.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
ELkS TAKE NOTICE.
important Meeting to Be Held To.
morrow Night.

The Ardmore lodge OF Elks will
hold one OF the most important meet
ings of the order that has ever been
held in its territory and it is i'm.
portant that eXery member be pres
ent and in attendance, number OF
matters of subjects are to come up
for discussion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07
Hararove Students Return.

Miss Clay Draughan OF Davis and
Walter Williams of Rayia who re-
turned TO their homes on account OF
the burning OF lIargroye, have re-
turned and resumed their tsudies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

American coal is TO be used for
the battle ships going the Pacific
II the cost does not exceed so per
cent more than the tenders for for.
eign coal. That would seem TO be
giving the coal trust more than It's
share OF protection. But President
Roosevelt has so ordered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-07

Holland AS; Bartlett, 625, Copperas
Cove, 800; Temple. 500. 1t is claimed
that an equal amount is being stored
in farm yards and cotton yards
where there are no convenient ware
house facilities. If these figures are
correct 1t means that one third of
the crop thus far ginned in Bell
county has not been marketed