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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF
lQoUNTY COMM ssloNERs.
lPnbllshed March 12. l9O


State OF oklahoma County of
Carter-ss.
The Board OF County COmmis-
sioncrs Of Carter county met tnis
the 9th day of March, 1908, pursu-
ant to adjournment, with IN" fol
lowing members in attendance, TO
wit Robert +. Scivally, commits
sioncr's district No. /; \. W. Speake,
commissioner district No. ,, and o.
X. Dardcn, commissioners district
no 3, and the following business
was transacted, to-wit.
Board approved resolution author
izng a bond issue.
Current expense bonds to :he
amount Of Si5,0OO.OO were signed, to
borrow money from the state Of OK
lahoma TO meet our current oxpcn-
scs for the year 1905.
Repositories We're designated In
which to place the money borrowed
from the state.
IN, county srrv,vor w,s notifiad
IN no marc nprctual I'm obeving the
orders Of the commissioner court.
W Sr.ol., wo. ,u,bori,ed %
ordor r.co.sar,. surrIies "a work
IN, ,oun,y convicts ON ,he roads
and IN have th,m roadv hv AnriI
first
p,t, ir,v cl,ims IN tho ,mornt
of s3oo on were allowed ana war,
rants issun1 tharefn-
SCOT, uytu.se claims ~ the
,p,,u,,t of cons On urara allowed and
IN, warrants issued therefor
CI,ims of official stenographers
wore allowed IN the amount of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
Railway Men TO Meet.

Chicago, Mar. l2-lresidents, vice
presidents, general managers supe"-
intendents, chief engineers and 9th
er officials of leading railway sys-
TENS in the United States, Canada
and Mexico will congregate in Men.
leo next week for the convention OF
the American Railway engineering
and Maintenance of way Associa
tion. The sessions will open on
Tuesday and will Occupy three days
Delegates are expected from Soutl
and Central America and Europe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
FIRE QUARTES BEAUTIFIEO
FIRE BOYS HAVE PRETTY QUAR-.
TERS-REPAPERED AND is
EQUIPPED WITH BATH.

The quarters OF the fire boys of
the city of Ardmore are about the
prettiost Of any city in the state.
none excepted Within the past few
days the boys while not on duty have
been doing considerable work in
bcautifying the quarters. The sleep.
ing apartments have been papered
with beautiful wall paper, and bath
room has been fitted up with hot and
cold water.
The bath was purchased by the
boys themselves az cost OF about
thirty dollars, and the fittings for hot
water consisting of tank and the
plumbing was furnished by the city
fathers
The room was papcrcd by the boys
without one penny's cost to the city
for either the paper or the work that
having been done out OF the boys
/ own pockets who receive but mea
/ gre salary AT most.
The apartments are aS COZy ant
neat as any private home and th'
boys all seem to take an interest II
keeping their place neat and clean.
II would not be amiss II some %
the good citizens would inspect tn,
place and see how well il is kept anO
present the department with severa
pictures To decorate.
The fire department OF this city /
one Of the best in the country, am
the fire boys among the hardes
| workers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONER

published March IL, l9os).
State OF Oklahoma, County OF
Carter-ss.
The Board of County Commission
RS OF Carter county, Oklahoma met
this the 2nd day OF March, 1908,
pursuant to adiournme
with the following members in at
tendance, to.wit: Robt. r Sciyal-
", commissioners district No. /; \.
W. Speake, commissioner district
No. ., and o. X. Darden, commits
sioncr's district No. 3, and the fol
lowing business was transacted, to-
wit:
Claims OF grand jurors to the
amount OF S332.5O We're allowed and
warrants issued therefor.
Claim Of hailiff 10 grand jury for
sl2 was allowed and warrant is
sued therefor.
Claim Of petit jurors amounting
to $9l2.So were allowed and war
rants issued therefor.
Claims OF states witnesses before
grand jury and district court,
amounting to sS3520, were allowed
and warrants issued therefor
The commission of Grove Chase
as deputy sheriff was approved
Board upheld order OF township
trustee of Berwyn township to re-
move Instructions on section lines.
Bond of L. y. Kennedy, treasur-
er OF Graham township was approy-
ed
The Clerk was authorized to or
der blank warrants needed, also
criminal fee book for sheriff's Of
flee
\ new contract was made with the
United States government for board
of county prisoners,
An order was issued to county
surveyor to survey road on section
line running west from Ardmore to
county line.
Thereupon the Board of County
Commissioners adjourned this the
4th day of March 1908, TO meet on
| Monday, March s, 1908,
ROBT. f, SCIVALLY,
Chairman Board County Commis-
sioners.
! Attest:
Wm. II. FRAME,
County Clerk
by h. w. DUKE, Deputy,
(SeaO,
Cane seed. millet seed and alfalfa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
FLYNN, MCGUIRE, DoRE AND HAR
RIS SELECTED.
CAOE IS Committeeman
Republican Convention for Taft
Platform Makes Strong Play TO
Negro Voters-RooseVelt ana
MCGUIRE Endorsed

Oklahoma city March 1.-THE re-.
publIcans of Okhahoma tonight de-.
clarpd for TAFT for president ana the
four delegates at large are Taft men.
The convention passed resolutions
endorsing the administration Of |
Roosevelt and the work of Congress
man Mcclure, the lone republican .
from oklahoma in Congress
rhe action O. Governor Haskell |
in the g. \. Il. flag matter and the F.
proposed establishment of state dis
p,nsarics by the Oklahoma legisla-
turc were condemned
The convention in an effort to
square things with the negro voters
passed "A resolution favoring a rcduc-
ton OF the representation in con
gress Of states whore colored men
are disfranchised
/ As agreed upon in committee yes
trrday afternoon. j. T. Dych" Of law
ton was selected as temporary chair.
man and II. G. House OF Marietta,
temporary secretary.
Cash Cadc Of Shawnee and
Wm. Johnstonc Of Bar,lcsyillc we're
placed in nomination, the Shawnee
man winning by vote of ~ to 2dG.
for national committeeman.
Carl McGec of Tulsa was made per.
mancut secretary and the remainder
Of the temporary organization made
permanent.
The following committees were
then appointed:
Resolutions s Cunningham, H.
A. Seay, Bob Lowry, Dick Morgan
: James Admire, Frank Gillette. W. J.
Byrcs, C. H. Kenan, Judge Gin. vii
liam Wecbcr, Sam Brown, william
Ruckhart, : \. Parkinson, C. e. Chap
pei, Tom Connor.
Rules and order Byncss-Tou
Freeman H. J. Surgcs, Jim Lock
wood, Cy Howcustcin, A II. Carter
|, j. II. Hopkins, Otis Fleshcr, II. II
h"s'rS' solomon l'o''''' H. w. nous,
. w \. liafriNon' Joseph heho'S' j. l.
!, Zannauerr, Judge Dickinson.
'''d'h'''IS- Elmer barrow 'ha'
les fra'''r' t. H. i'"'''''S' j. d. h'I
lew DICK Vu''h' H. l.. h"s''' a.
: Neuha"' w H ''St'''' 'ohn l'n'ho''
John h'aru' h'n '''o'f'' to'h la5
lor r. = N"F'''''' H. u. HOUSE ii
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-12
Thousands Perish.

Thousands perish every year from
consumption resulting from a cold
Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most
racking coughs and oNpels the cold
from your system and prevents con
sumption and pneumonia II has
cured many cases of incipient con.
snmptlon. Sold by all dealers. d&w
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
FRONT WHEEL BROKE.
While Auto Was Going at Rate of 60
Miles an Hour.

Providence, R. l.. Aug. 12.-J. Mont
gomery Sears, a member of one of the
most prominent families of Boston, was
probably fatally injured and George
Saunders, his chauffeur. was severely
hurt in an automobile accident on the
Apponga road, about five miles from
here early today. The car was being
driven at about 60 miles an hour. AT
the point where the accident occurred
there is a sharp curve and one of the
front wheels of the machine broke and
the car plunged over an embankment.
Another automobile, containing A.
Albert Sack, Jr.. and Charles Chester
of Providence, happened to be in the
vicinity and hearing the crash and
eroans of the men they rushed to the
scene and found Sears and saunders
unconscious on the ground with their
automobile in flames They took the
injured men to the Norwood House,
thence in an ambulance to the Rhode
island hospital in this city.
Mr.. Sears is suffering from frac-
ture of the skull, fractured tracnea
and internal injuries. An operation
was imediately performed. but the
doctors said there was slight nope OF
his recovery. Saunders sustained Two
fractures Of the leg and will recover
Mr.. Sears Is lawyer and memoer
of the Massachusetts, Democratic com
mittee. His family are now travelling
in Europe.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
LAWSUIT OVER 2e CENTS.
Estate of Suicide Is Involved in
Litigation.

New York, Aug. 12.-Twenty-six
cents. representing the total estate OF
Samuel Siegenthaler. who committed d
suicide in october of last year, is in
litigation, and B. G. Hammond, the
dead mans son-in-law, has applied to
Surrogate Noble of Queens county for
letters of administration on his father
in-law's estate.
when the body of the suicide was
picked up "a cents. penknffe, a bag
of tobacco and a purse were the only
articles found in the clothing These
articles passed through the hands of
the coronor's Office into those of Public
Administrator John T. Robinson of
Newtown, and then into the hands OF
CITY Chamberlain Martin, who sold the
nurse and knife, realizing two cents.
which increased the original amount
to 26 cents, which was duly turned
into the city chamberlain's fund, and
the records of the transaction were
properly set forth in the archives of
the city.
It was at this stage that Mr.. Ham,
mond. who is native of South Caro-
lima appeared and demanded his
father-in-law's effects. He declined to
believe that all his father-in-law left
was 26 cents, So in order to compel
an accounting and division Of the es-
tate he has appealed to Surrogate
Noble Siegenthaler left three chill
dren, so that if the estate Of 26 cents
is divided among them they will each
receive 8 % ceHts.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
USED A BOGUS DRAFT.
Two Strangers Are in Jail ON This
Charge.

At a late hour last night, Ben Jud-
kins, a deputy sheriff and Rock Island
detective, appeared at the county Jail
with two prisoners. who gave the
names of John Sterne and c. Morvan.
These men are charged with working
Fred Lawrence, a Santa Fe engineer,
on a bad draft for $S41. 1t is alleged
that they raised $S5 in good and law
full money by the aid of this draft.
The draft was made payable to the
First National Bank of Colorado, at
Denver.
These two men, who were first ar
rested at Alma by Rock Island Detec-
tive Judkins on a charge of drunken
ness on railway train" were brought
to Topeka, upon request of Sherin
Wilkerson, who held a warrant for
their arrest on the charge above. Today
the men were brought before the
court of Topeka, and their hearing set
for 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. De-
tective Judkins claims that the men
were working 'phony" jewelry trick
on Rock Island train NO. IL before
thew unloaded at Alma.
When the suspects were brought TO
the county jail. one of them objected
to incarceration, and was Knocked
down by Jailer Bayless. In giving
their names today, they gave the
names of John Sterne and George HI.
Teller The latter gave the right name.
as two men who saw him in court this
morning recognized him as the son OF
DIR. Teller of Arkansas City.
The complaint against these two men
was made by Detective McGrath, OF
the Santa Fe company.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12

Mrs. Harrison had an eventful life.
She was born In Ohio and after her
marriage and the death Of her first
husband, she enlisted as an army
nurse and was a hospital nurse dur
ing the Civil war. She was at Camp
Charles and Galopolis, Ohio, much of
the time of the war. She carried dis
patches through the lines for union
generals several times at the risk of
her life. She had relatives in the mil
itary service from the time OF the rev.
olution to the present time.
After the Civil war Mrs. Harrison
came to Kansas She filed on a home
stead in the Saline valley west of Gull
yer about five miles. She was driven
off her claim by an Indian raid in that
vicinity, when the people of the Solo
mon and Saline valleys were driven
out. In those dags-she spent a great
deal of her time in Salina and other
places, visiting her claim when neces-
sary ..-
abode at the Bickerdyke home at Els
worth. where her eventful life came to
an end She was woman of unusual
strength of character and much of her
life was devoted to the alleviation of
pain in suffering humanity. A record
Of her work is a part of the history of
the hospital service of the Civil war.
The remains of Mrs. Harrison were
sent to Wichita, the home of her son,
for burial today. She was an honor
ed member of the Ladies of the G. A.
R. of Salina.
Mrs. Harrison's "reminiscences are
being printed seriaIly N The Club
Member.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
WORK NIGHT and DAY.
This Is the Busy Season at Oyster
Bay.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 12-The unusual
activity at the government executive
offices here which has been apparent
for almost week both during the dav
and at night has become the subject
of considerable curiosity Acting Sec
retary to the President Rudolph Fors-
ter and the force of clerks under him
recently have been the hardest worked
men in the village. Their duties heejn
early and at times have Continued
far into the night. The executive Office
staff has been augmented by the ar
rival of two clerks from the Wash
ington office.
Secretary Forster makes two trims
almost every day to Sycamore Hill
and each time upon his return brings
with him a mass of correspondence
His first visit, made in the forenoon
usually consumes two or three hours
Recently he began making the night
trip, leaving the office about n m
and remaining with the president fire.
quently as late as midnight and some
times after that hour.
Just what is the occasion of this ex
ira activity can not be learned. In
quiries are met with the reply "official
business" 1t is not improbable. how
ever. that political matters form a
considerable part of the business
transacted.
Not a single official visitor has been
at Sycamore Hill since Friday and nc
scheme of any kind has come from the
president in several days.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
WRIGHT FLIES AGAIN.
Circles Field Five Times inside OF
Seven Minutes.

Lemans, France, Aug. 12.-Wilbur
Wright of Dayton, Ohio, made spien-
did flight with his aeroplane here this
morning, circling the field five times
and remaining in the air six minutes
and Sc 2-5 seconds. The flight was
undulating throughout. with the high
est level 90 feet. Among the specta-
tors was M. Kapferer, the engineer of
the dirigible balloon Vile De Paris
The fight was timed officially by the
Aero club of the department of the
Sarthe. The wind was blowing at the
rate of 10 miles an hour, the greatest
velocity since the experiments were
begun. The height attained by Mr..
Wright is considered remarkable and
the experts present were unanimous
in the opinion tht the American
aeronaut today demonstrated even a
greater degree of skill in the direction
eof his machine than he did in the
previous trials.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
SAYS He STOLE $500.
Kansas City Negro Held for Bank
Robbery, Confesses.

Kansas City, Aug. 12.-George Will
cox, a negro formerly employed as a
Janltor in the National Bank of Com
merce, has confessed to the theft of
a package containing $500 from the
cage of a paying teller in the women's
department of the bank on April 25,
1907. Detectives have been working
on the case for several months and
wilcox was arrested Monday. The evil
dence against him was laid before the
grand jury and an indictment return
ed against him a few hours before he
confessed. After the confession Will
cox led the officers to his home where
he dug out of the cellar a tin box said
to contain $4,000 of the missing mon
ey.
Immediately after the disappearance
of the money from the bank where it
had been carelessly left by an en-
ploye, Wilcox was suspected, but for
a long time no evidence was found
against him. He was more frugal in
his habits than before and even bor-
rowed money from loan sharks. In
September of last year he left the SER
vice of the bank and since then has
worked only one week. He bought a
few lots and built modern home,
furnishing it with the most elegant
furniture, even to a costly piano. To
this was added horse and buggy. He
made few trips to the city and then
bought provisions in quantities large
enough to cause suspicion. His con-
fession leads the officers to suspect
him of knowing something about the
theft of two sacks containing $500 in
silver each missed some months before
the theft of the larger amount. Will
cox was locked up pending his trial.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
TODAY's MARKET REFOKIS

Chicago. Aug. 12-WHEAT-With firm
cables offsetting the weakness in corn
wheat succumbed to the influence Of gen.
eral rains at the opening today Septem-
Der opened hQAc lower to 4 shade higher
at 941sc to s4asc and then declined to 93Rc;
Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported
receipts of 366 cars.
Heavy. sales by e leading long s broke ke
exc, and closed weak. 21sc under yester-
day at 921aG92Ac.
CORN-Corn was active and weak on
rain. September opened 1xc under yes
terday at 77a4c and on covering advanced
to 7S1zc.
The close was weak. September was
down &c at 771xc.
tember opening c lower at fI%c ana
selling down 4 shade
PROvISIONS-Libera selling of pork
was the fea, ire of the provisions market
which opened weak. September FORK
opened 125k0l5c to 2Od2eNc down at $15 90
to S1537z; September lard, 71zc lower az
So 20 and September ribs TIC depressed at
$50
/ RYE-Cash: 7Sc.
BARLEY-Cash: 64Q67c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $S.66.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
New York Stock Market.

Wall st.. New York, Aug. 12.-STOCKS-
Opening prices of stocks as rule were
slightly changed from last night, the de-
cline being in the majority. There were
conspicuous exceptions that showed small
gains, including st. Paul and Reading.
Transactions were large and well distrib-
uted. American Smelling sold at a decline
Of III and Texas and Pacific and Ana
conda y.
A bar raid in American Smelling un-
covered stop loss orders which sent the
prtce tumblins to 961zc, or 31sc below yes
terday. Other stocks broke sharply in
sympathy with the industrials most af-
fected. The principal railway took did
not fall much below yeterday' final fig
ure. Westinghouse Electric sagged 21z
Virginia-C Carolina Chemical preferred and
Utah Copper 3 and Louisville and Nash
vile, Minneapolis, ST. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie, Amalgamated Copper, Nationai
Lead Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel prefer
red l. The market rallied sharply and be-
came dull before the end of the hour.
Some belated declines were recorded but
the general movement was upward. in
f1uenced by the strength Of the Tinted
States Steel stocks and Reading. Gains
for Reading, Northern Pacific, United
States Steel preferred and American Tele-
phone reached 1, National Enamelling IL
and General Chemmical preferred 31s. The
movement was hesitating at noon.
Bonds were irregular.
The undertone of the market grew grad
ually stronger, but the demand was re-
stricted to the usual leaders and the en-
tirement movement came to a standstfll
by one o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
Kansas City Live stock.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 12..CATTLE-
Receipts 13,O00 including 1000 southerns.
Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers.
81. 4od7 so; southern steers. $3SOQ4.5o;
heifers. s2.0O6515; stoekers and feeders,
$3.0O@4. 70; bulls. s.. 40aS.5o; calves. $500
575; western steers, s3.60d5.75; western
cows, $2.40Q3.69.
HOGSReceipts 10000 Market steady
to &c lower. Bulk of sales, s.. 1905 20;
heavy. s.. 7od6so packers and butchers,
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market weak.
Muttons. $3.759425: lambs. Al0o@6 90;
range wethers. $S.50@4.20; fed ewes, $50
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
DIVORCE Is ABSOLUTE.
Alice Thaw Is Made Entirely Free of
the Yarmouth Marriage.

London. Aug. 12.-The decree
granted February by Sir BirrelI
Barnes, president of the divorce court,
to the Countess of Yarmouth, who was
Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, nullify-
ing her marriage to the Earl of Yar-
mouth, has been made an absolute di-
vorce by the court, the necessary six
months having elapsed. The case is
described on the records as "Yar-
mouth, otherwise Thaw. versus Yar-
mouth" This leads to the presump-
ton that the countess contemplates
resuming her maiden name.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City. Aug 12.-wHEAT-Market
unchanged to 1c higher September. SAc;
December, $3.50; May. 935tc: Cash: No.
hard. 92d97c: No. 3. sSd93c; No 2 red. &c;
No 3. -94d951xc.
CORN-Market unchanged TO Nc higher.
September. 707ec; December. 51kc: May,
8. 72hM73c; No. white. 75d75lzc; No.
TIC.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
4Sc: No mixed, 46647c.
RYEl76dS0c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy,
So 5Od1oO0: choice prairie. $500.
BJTTTER-Market steady. Creamery.
PIC: packing stock. 16c.
EGGS-Market steady. Freeh extras,
1910: current receipts. 131zc. 3zms&S-e
WHEAT-Receipts 100 cars. z4&trx<
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12

J. L. Bristow, Republican nominee
for United States senator from Kan
sas has accepted the invitation from
the labor body of Kansas City, Kan,
to deliver an address there Labor day.
]. r. Burton, who has been a senator
himself and knows, sizes up the situa-
ton as follows in the Salina Union OF
which he is editor:
1.-The square dealers-I mean the
politicians among them-feel that they
were not getting their share of the
pie Long and his crowd We're hog
ging it at the political trough. Hence
a rebellion-a battle royal in the name
of God and the people. Now that the
square dealers have triumphed in the
primaries. they would take everything
but for the fact that they know tina.
the interests'-that they have pretend
ed to fight, are with Taft and that Taft
is with Long. Besides, there is an
other victory to win before they can
reach the pie counter. Stubs and
Bristow must be elected. The state
must be carried for Taft, and Long and
his followers must be gotten to help.
So long before the frost am on the
pumpkin we shall see Stubs and Le-
land Long and Bristow Albaugh and
Dolley, Andy Richards and Bill White.
all under the same banner marching
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12
Chicago 1--we Stock.

Chicago. Aug. 12.-CATTLE-Receip
about 1900. Market steady to 10c lower.
Beeves $3.65@Z75; Texans, $3.50@6 70: west
erns. e. 5Od6OO; stockers and feeders 81. 40
@450; cows and heifers. $1.6oQ5.70; calves,
s. 5O67.0o.
HOGS-Receipts about 24,000. Market
steady Lights, S. 20Q6.70: mixed, Sc. 200
6S21a; heavy, Sc. 2Od6.s5 rough, S. 30d6: 40:
good to choice heavy, IS 40q6. IS: pigs. $3.50
as 80; bulk of sales, $6.50@6b.
SHEEP-Receipts about 1900 Market
steady Natives, s.. .25@4.15; westerns, s.. 40
@415; yearlings. A.0OG4O lambs. $3.50
625: westerns, $3.7bQ6.00
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12

Woman Spy and Famous Army Nurse
Dies at Ellsworth.

MRS Emily Haines Harrison, who
d1ed at the Mother Bickerdyke home
at Ellsworth Tuesday, was one of the
noted women of Kansas. She was a
famous army nurse during the Civil
war and was sometimes called "the
woman spy" because she carried dis
patches through the Confederate lines
She was 81 years old and her death
was caused by typhoid fever.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-12

ed to do the work that you are doing
as an honorary member of your or
ganization, 1 can be a full member,
working full time in everything that
means the enlargement of the idea of
brotherhod in this country. I am very
glad to be here"