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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
SHAWNEE MAN SUICIDES
TRAGIC ENDING OF SUIT FILED
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES FOR
WlFE'S AFFECTIONS.

Shawnee Okla. Sept Shorty
before midnight Wednesday Godfrey
lIcrold well known farmer living
one mile and quarter northeast of
'hc city died from the effects OF n
large quantity of strychninc which
he administered 10 himself.
Coroner Martin Fleming was imme.
diatoly notified by the family physi
elan, DIR. Bailey, who was present at
the time OF death.
Yesterday afternoon IIerold. who
recently brought sui. for damages
against Louis Baumlec of this city
alleging that he alicnated his wire's
affection, sent word to her that he
was going TO die before sundown.
ana for her and his daughter. ac-
companicd 10y a lawyer 10 bee at hand
as he wished TO make win
The wife aud daughter. accompa.
MED hy Judge Woods. arrived after
he had taken the strychnne. and
while he was sdll conscious Physi.
clans were called The dying man
stated that he had changed his mind
and would not make will. as his
children would get the money any
way.
lie was unconscious a few hours
before passing away. II was impossi.
bic to relieve him
\ bottle Of strychnlne was found
in his pocket II was half empty. and
It is believed that he took in the
neighhorhool of ten praius. His wife
says that when she was at the house
three days ago that She saw {, I'm a
trunk sealed.
Hcrold had suit pending against
Blumlee for $4,000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.

NuIVN NVWeT TOT AsthWl SuTftTeTs,
FoleNs Honey and lar affords i'm.
mediate relief 10 asthma sufferers
BOO the worst stages and If tax ~ in
time will effect a cure. For sale oy
am druggists
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
WINS MILITARY lAUNELS
ROY WlNTON. FORMER OkLAHo.
MA PRINTER, HEADS CLASS
IN EXAMINATIONS.

Guthrie. Okla, Sept. 3.--Roy Win
ton, formerly a Guthrie newspaper
man, headed the class which tool, the
examination for second lieutenant at
Fort LeayenWorth recently, with an
average of 81 lie will receive his
commission from General Luke
Wright secretary of war, ~ For,
Leavenworth tomorrow. His high
rank gives him first place In the way
OF assignments and future promo
tons. Winton enlisted as private AT
San Antonio, Texas, two years ago,
with the intention of working up to
commission
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
CORPSE WOKE UP
ON SLAB m MORCUE-DRUNk
MAN "sOUSEDr EDr-THOUGHT
TO Be DEAD

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

h''-""or' the unknown shot by Geo.
"'.+I'I ten udIs ago.
SLOWLY nus eyes wandered about
"I"' Ii' TOOK ln the TWO frightened ass
'.''""''' one win hnlie poised in the
'.I ''' sound ot uIrkilus Wa'er
I'd'''a nus ears. h' saw two incan-
descent electric lights shedding fec
Die rays ON the shcetcd corpses OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
HAD BURIED HIS MONEY
a CHECK FOR $e,e75 ON UNCLE
SANS TREASURY MAKES THIS
MAN HAPPY.

Morriltou, AK, Sept. 10. d.
Earl OF this place is the happicst man
IN Arkansas. check for $9975
signed by the authorized agents of
Uuclc's Sans treasury department Is
the reason for his Joy.
Four years ago Mr.. Earl accumu.
la.ed the neat sum Of 10000 Dis
trusting the banks. he deposited the
currency in am old pail, which he
buried. Having occasion to use some
of tdc money recently, he dug up the
pail, only to find his treasure rotted
and docayed to an extent that it
rcsembled a bunch of dried leaves
ON the advice of local bankers.
Mr.. Earl sent the decayed money TO
the troasurery department al Wash
mgtou, but was hopeless OF receiving
any return. believing the currency de-
cayed beyond recognition The ex-
peus of the redemption division,
We're wiser than he thought, however,
and succeeded in identifying all hut
S2j of the $4,000,
Nlr Earl declares that one expert.
ence OF the kind is sufficient. and
hereafter he will allow the banks
10 take care of his savings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
Unknown Killed by Train.

McAl'-ter, Okla, Sept. 3.-Au uu-
known man, apparently 3d., was fouul
dead beside the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas track I'm North McAlesfer go.
night Ills head was severed lrom his
body which was badly mane,cd lie
had 81 in his pocket, also a ticket
20 Galcua, Kas He wore odd Fellows
and Masonic pins. The lodges a.
tc'cglrphug 10 Galina TO find out
who he was.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
CARE OF lEPERS.
Inquiry Reveals Fact That Uncle
sam Has Some on Hand.

Sam Has Some on Hand.
WASHINGTON d. C., Sept Inquiry
As to the facilities of the war depar.-
ment for taking care of the leper,
John r. Early, has developed the
fact that leper is being cared for
by the army in the Volunteer Sol
diers Home in Milwaukee In the per.
son OF Alfred $. German, formerly
private in Company G, first infant
~, and another one at Fort Scriven,
ON the island of TyboO, off the port of
Savannah, Ga. Early will have to re-
main in the district OF Columbia, be-
cause of the impossibility of having
any railroad orr steamship company
accept him as passenger, He will
probably get pension from the gov
orument for total disability, and Will
thus bee able To support his family
I'm North Carolina. al least in part.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04
oratory at Wynnewood.

Wynnewood, Okla. Sept IA
monster picnic and barbecue is in
progress here today, and will last un-
til tomorrow night. w, IL. Murray OF
Tishomingo, L. J, Gliding of Okla
homa City and T, \ Robnett OF Ard
more and II. NJ, Carr of Pauls aVl'
ley are scheduled for addresses to-
day and tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

Every pg- on should known lhgi
good health is impossible it Jh, ll,.
ucNs are deraugrd Foley's sidney
Remedy will cure kidney aud Hn llw
disease I'm every form aud will build
up and strengthen those organs sn
they viii perform their tugclon-
properly No danger of Brshts dis
ease or diabetes II Foley Kidney
Remedy Is taken I'm time. For sale
Ny all druggists
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

Alaska retuserators at very low
prices The season is closing and
Se have "A few choice ones left. Bl.
ems, Corhu and Frensley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

New Grand Stand seating 1000 people, I2 feet Gem
walks. Street Steam railway service and aspl
boulevard to State Fair Grounds Grounds illuminated
night by electricity. New Poultry building
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

kodol will, without doubt make
your stomach strong owl will almost
instantly relieve You Of all the symp
toms oi Indigestion, Get bottle OF
Il today. 1t IS sold here by ". b..
Frame
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

Foley's Oriuo Laxative is new
remedy an Improvement on the lax.
atiyes of former years, it does not
grippe or uauscate and is pleasant 10
take Il rs guaranteed. For sale by
all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

DcWitis Kidney and bladder pills
ar for weak back, backache, rheu'
matte pains, inflammation Of the blad-
der and all other annoyances due TO
weak Kidneys. Thev are sold by w.
Il. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

According to an old Indian tradi-
ton the chief end OF man Is the one
with the scalp.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-04

The only way to crush an egotist
is TO pay no attention TO him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27

the opinion that II this drain on the
oil, gas inc mineral deposits Is o n
tinued the water supply will naturally
continue to find a lower level.
The III effects of this reduction Of
the water supply cannot be over esti-
mated. Each lowering of the level
under the earth's surface increases the
dryness OF the tillable portion OF the
soil and increases the possibilities Of
drouth. IL is probable, too, that the
destruction Of the forests has helped
much toward lowering the water level
and injuring the value of the soil. The
warnings of the geological survey
should prove another incentive to o n
gressional action looking to the preser.
walton of the forests and the conserva-
ton of all the country's natural re-
sources.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
on PRESIDENTIAL riniNe LINE.
Mr.. Bryan's Preference for Buttcred
Side OF TITS bread.

Brooklyn EaRle lind. deml.
Charles A. Walsh. once secretary of the
democratic national committee, has writ
ten a letter setting forth some OF the res-
sons why organized labor should not sup
port the democratic ticket this year. Here
is one Of them:
In the southern states the democratic
party has always controlled the lawmakers.
| want TO fairly call your attention to the
labor legislation OF the various states and
make the charge, the truthfulness of which
will be recognized by every man. that.
speaking generally, no section Of this
union has poorer laws for the protection
of labor than those states always known
as democratic. In no other states do we
find worse conditions as to child labor.
the farming out of convicts to contractors
and other abuses"
1t must be admitted that there is war
rant for the Indictment. Nor will it be
easy to answer this:
You depend on an obscure and meaning
less plank in the Denver platform; you
ignore the history of the party, the char
acter of its machinery, the evidence OF its
own laws, where 1t has had power to make
the laws.
Organized labor has no better friend than
Bryan in commonwealth where that
friendship can be safely shown. He is the
champion OF those who are governed with
out their consent providing they do not live
In the south. The preferences of that Sec
ton must always be consulted, whether
they are for child or convict labor or for
the shotgun at the polls. Mr.. Bryan knows
on which side his political bread is but
tered,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
4 spUR To CUBRrNCY BEFORl

A SPUR TO
Secretary Cortelyou of the Treasury
department has discovered three words
in the Aldrich-Vreeland emergency
currency bill, passed by the last con-
gress, that are certain to hasten action
looking to further amendment Of the
national currency laws and which have
already caused a %reopening of the plan
to secure a physical valuation of the
American railroads.
When Senator AldTich withdrew the
provision of the bill making railway
bonds available as security for new
issues of emergency currency II was
generally thought that that feature of
the measure had been eliminated.
Careful reading of the law as passed,
however, discloses the fact that after
a description of the bonds and securi-
ties available as a basis for such
emergency issues appeared the words
and amy other securities approved
by the secretary of the treasury. The
three words cover railroad stocks and
bonds, commercial paper and anything
else the secretary might approve. Mr..
Cortelyou has accordingly asked the
Interstate Commerce commission to
give him such information as is OBJ
tainable as to the value of any railroad
bonds or stocks as may be rendered to
him.
AS there are some SIS, 900 $1,000
of railroad and other bonds and Sc
c%urities outstanding that might be of
fered as a basis for emergency cur
rency issues, the proposition confront
ing the secretary and the commission
is a formidable undertaking. It is not
probable that Secretary Cortelyou will
have any occasion to PASS upon the
value Of such securities, as there seems
little prospect that there will be any
issue of the emergency currency au-
thorized by the bill, but the discre-
tionary power lodged in the secretary
is alarmingly large, and might lead to
serious results in the hands of an un-
worthy official or in case of great finan-
cial stress. The difficulty is compli-
Gated by the fact that emergency sur
rency issues are most likely to be
asked at times when values of such
securities as those allowed in the
measure are uncertain and unstable.
The Aldrich-Vreeland bill was ad-
mittedly a makeshift and the discovery
of the clause which opens the way for
the admission of all kinds of securities
as a basis for emergency currency is
sues will unquestionably serve as a
spur to congress to taxi up further
and full revision of the currency laws
with the least possible delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
DIsREGARDED PREcEDENTs.
Times when Presidential Candidates
Observed strict silence.
Indianapolis News.

indianapolis News.
The modern practice of experimenting
by presidential candidates is in marked
contrast to the early practice. In former
times IL was considered undignitied for a
candidate for president to make any open
effort in his WI behalf and candidates
generally observed strict silence. The
theory was that II a candidate opened his
mouth TO say anything or even wrote the
most commonplace letter It would be used
against him.
General Scott, whig candidate for presi-
dent in 1852, owed his defeat in part to two
innocent, but unfortunate expressions,
used by him long before his nomination.
In 1876, when he expected to be ordered to
Mexico. ne bespoke the support Of the ad-
ministrstlon for his military plans by say
ing in a published letter that soldiers had
a far greater dread of a fire upon the rear
than of the most formidable enemy in the
'front.' For this expression President Polk
declined to order him to Mexico at that
time, and when Scott was nominated for
president six years later, he never heard
the last OF the fire upon the rear The
other expression occurred in a note to the
secretary of war. One day the secretary
called at General SCOTS office and found
that he was absent. On returning and
learning that the secretary had called, the
general wrote a note in explanation of his
absence. saying that he chad only stepped
out for the moment to take a hasty plate
of soup When he was nominated for
president. the "hssty plate OF soup fig
ured IN all sorts of caricatures and brought
upon him rldicule tina he did not deserve.
Abraham Lincoln. a frequent speaker
prior to his nomination, did not utter q
word nubliclv during the campaien, He
made no addresses, wrote no public letters
and held no conferences. His letter OF ac-
ceptance contained only 1874 words. The
practice of speech-making by candidates
after their nomination began with Garfield,
was continued by Harrison and Mckinley,
and received great impetus from Mr..
Bryan. 1t is no longer considered danger
Gus for a candidate to talk, and the people
seem to like publicity.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
4 Political Barometer.

Gnllaueipnla ffeSs trep,Ds
The abolition of early elections in all the
close states d~eprives the country of any
authoritative preliminary indicator Of the
political weather in the year Of a presi-
dental election. Oregon holds its election
in early June. before the presidential Is
sue has been fairly Joined. Arkansas is a
September state, but furnishes no evidence
In its vote that is helpful in contested
states. Georgia is not much better, but
Maine and Vermont, in the fluctuations of
their September vote, have frequently
prophesied the outcome Of the general No
vember election.
Vermont holds its state election next
Tuesday. 1t chooses a governor and state
ticket, and. while the national campaign Is
hardly begun. the result of the Vermont
election will be awaited with special inter-
est as showing in a measure the political
drift. Vermont is not a changeable state.
From 1900 to 1000 votes are about all the
democrats can show, while the republicans
usually run up forty odd thousand. Bryan
received 1O,17e in 1896 and Mckinley 81. 1877.
In 1900 Bryan did better and the republican
ticket did not fare as well, but four years
ago Roosevelt received 4O,459 and Parker
o.77s.
Bryan manifestly is stronger even in
Vermont than Parker. Four years ago at
the state election in Vermont the repub-
lican ticket received 47,115 votes and the
democrats 1e, 566. While local considerations
modify state results and make them a
rather uncertain guide, nevertheless the
rise or fall of the republican or democratic
vote in the Vermont election on September
l will, as compared with four years ago,
have value as a political barometer in fore
casting election probabilities. '
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27

The action Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road company in making a special rate
of l cent a mile for festival occasions
in Nebraska may not be accepted as
establishing a precedent for future
basis of rates, but it does show a spirit
that is not only commendable, but
worthy of emulation. The Union Pa
cihc, in common with the ether Ne
braska railroads. stoutly resisted the
enactment CT the 2-cent ARE law and
ever since has withheld favors that
we're formerly granted the public in
the way Of special rates for special oc-
c~asions. Its action at present is a GER
tain indication Of restored sanity.
The most pleasing feature, perhaps,
of the Union Pacihc's action is hat the
rate is granted with a cordiality that
shows no bitterness lurking behind IL.
other railroads in Nebraska have made
slight concessions in passenger tarid
for the State fair. but have done so
gr~udgingly. The cent-a-mils fare OF
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
Personal NOTES.

Springfield, o., and Springfield, ILL.,. hay.
ing acquired a certain prominence, Spring
field, Mass, makes a bid by telling of an
automobilist there who got peevlsh because
his new machine was out Of order and gave
1t away to a stranger.
II all democratic officeholders I'm this
country would dig up in the same propor-
ton that the grand old mayor Of Timpson.
Tex, dug, the campaign fund would lack
nothing desirable. lie came across with a
whole years salary-seven plunks
Kaiser Wilhelm's government has a lone
memory. Charles Hisler, assistant chef al
the Bellevue Stratford. found il out on a
recent trip TO Germany, when he was ar
rested for neglecting his military duty
twenty-five years ago, and was fined Slg5.
Rufus ]. Cole OF Johns Hopkins universit,
has declined an invitation to succeed DR..
George Dock in the chair OF medicine at
the University Of Michigan. II ia said that
DIR. Cole will become director of the new
Rockefeller Research hospital in New York
City.
MOST OF the leading railroad men of this
country nave risen TO their present high
eminence from lowIy lots and posts of duty.
One Of the most remarkable careers of this
"0' WI = H. ttoula1an, re-
Gently appointed general manager OF both
the Toledo, st. Louis & Western and the
Chicago & Alton railroad companies. This
is a position of tremendous responsibility
and one that is, as it should be, highly
remuneratlve to its holder. Mr.. Houlahan's
attainment Of this post is the elimination
OF thirty-one years Of service in the rail-
way world. He began his work in life a;
the age of u as a humble water boy, sery-
ing section hands, on a western road.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
THE WORLDS WArER SUpPLY

III OuLO HALEh DCIfLls
One OF the first lessons in the old
school Biographies was that about
three-fourths Of the earth's' surface
was covered with water, and later on
the class in physical geography learned
that under the land surface was a
great s~ubterranean sea, covering every
inch of the globe. Now II appears
that this water supply is being ex-
hausted so rapidly hat the subterra-
can sea is getting shallowsr every
year, while the lakes and rivers are
rapidly drying up.
Striking statements on the depletion
of the worlds water supply are made
in a bulletin recently issued by the
geological survey. The bullsti con,
tains statistics showing the result of
extensive Investigations made by the
experts in this branch of the govern
ment service in every part OF the
ging or boring for water the water
level has lowered between seven and
fourteen feet throughout the entire
United States. In other words, the
man who digs a wen iP any part of the
country has to so FROM seven to four
teen feet deeper to find water than he
would have done twenty-five years
ago.
The geological survey offers some
explanations of this lowering of the
-. 80 |
a remedy. One explanation IS that the
taking from the earth Of such vast
quantities of oil and natural las, the
development of which industry has
been remarkable in the last quarter
OF a century, has created an empti-
ness which nature is hning up with
water, The experts are not prepared
to make predictions or dehnite state
ments on the subject, but incline to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
Merely n straw.

New York Times. Olnd.),
The Sunday Times reported yesterday it's
continued canvass of sentiment among
~workingmen and employers i'm this city
with respect to the republican, democratic,
Independence league, socialist and prohibi-
ton candidates for the presidency. OF 1,s52
secret ballots cast 1,O2s were for Mr., Taft.
In the canvass OF the week preceding the
republican, candidate had 62 OF 779 total
ballots, while Mr.. Bryan's votes on both
occasions averaged less than one-third of
Mr.. Taft's. The army of the unemployed
was not represented in the balloting.
II straws show at all the drift OF Ipo-
litical sentiment, Ne infer that Mr.. Bryan
might win among the voters of this demo-
cratic city IN some campaign when it's I'M
employed outnumber its workers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
Tariff Revision.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican dnd).
Judge Taft repeats his determination, in
case of election, to adhere 10 the party
Program of having a special session Of
congress called right after March 4, next,
to revise the tariff. There is thus the
certainty of an carly attempt to overhaul
the tariff, II not an actual overhauling,
whichever way the election goes. Business
interests will necessarily regard this as
a disturbing factor, but the lesson Of 1t
all is that there should be less tariff for
business to depend upon. To build upon
legislation Of this special character is to
build on foundations that are ever exposed
to a shaking.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-27
Mr.. Taft and the Tariff.

4 Illdutlpllld htuRSI AlllusJ
MIR. Taft's attitude on the tariff is al
most exactly in line with President Nc
kinley's impressive farewell speech at Buff
falo, in which he indicated with firmness
and unmistakable clearness that in his
opinion the time had come TO reform the
tariff. The tariff schedules are admittedly
Ubiquitous and Injurious to manufacturer
and consumer. The tariff is not the main
issue. If Mr.. Taft shall be elected he will
have a congress with him, and may effect
a large measure of reform in good order
ard for the benefit OF the whole country.
II Mr.. Bryan be elected, he can do nothing
except to make a disturbance with a
house and senate hostile to him. But If
the tariff were the chief issue. and II Mr..
Bryan could sway congress to his will, the
country and business would be safer with
Taft in command than with Bryan.
The great need of the country is a season
OF sanity and recuperation and reforms
carried on in a moderate and reasonable
manner The most eager tariff reformer
may we'll doubt the benefit that would
accrue to the country. even in the name of
tariff revision from a season OF disloca-
ton. perturbations and radical treatment
of the tariff or any other question at the
hands Of Mr.. Bryan.
The issue is, shall Taft or Bryan be in
trusted with the guidance of the nation for
four years? Careful people who think well
OF their country know in which direction
the risks lie.