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OFFICIAL OMAN OF
THE CHICKASAW NATION.
Alio the Official Orzin (or the
Ohickabaw Btocjc Association
of the Indian Trr1trj.
TIME TABLE
atf Clr4 and Stats Pa Kallarar.
lOCTS-aOnaO.
alTaiton and Oteiro Bipraaa I:U . m.
CUtmrae tod Kaaaa CUT Eiprcaa.. : p.m.
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alra'ton and Chicaffi Exprcai 11:11 a. m.
Clabnrsa and Kamaa City Kxpreia. 11: i? a. m.
A. W. DcxHaai Ticket Ag-nt.
W. B. Kaaa. OeneralPaiienrer Airart.
Uti the Long Distance relepbooe
J :: ad call ur
5 Phone No. 5
g If you want the Audmouzite.
TERMS OP U. 8. COURT.
For the Year Ending 1901 Fall
Term.
At Chlckasha Begins Monday Oct
ober 14 1001 continues in seselon
two weeks.
At Ityan Begins Monday October
28 1901 and continues in session two
weeks.
At Purcoll Begins Monday No
vembcr 11 1901 and contlnuos In
session two weeks.
At Pauls Valley Begins Monday
November 2G 1901 and contlnuos In
session three weeks.
At Ardmorc Begins Monday Do
cember 1C. 1901 and contlnuos In sos
slon six wcoks or longer.
Ar.UMOBK Fkiday Nov. 22.
The very mention last evening that
Ardmore was In a fair way to antra
waterworks at lant was productive
of a good tain.
The rourt of appeals in Kentucky
haB decided to oust the damn itle
attorney general and Install th re
publican contestant.
Statistics show that railway cmnlov
es In this country constitute an army
of nearly one million persons nnd that
nearly Ave million persons aro do-
pendant upon wnges pnld by railroad.
The now town of l-nwton la spread
lng rapidly. The Wood's claim and
also that or Miss Ileal adjoining are
soon to be platted as an addition 'o
Lawton.
Think how Ardmore Is moving In
thin twentieth century securer! two
new railroads and has every assurance
of a completo waterworks system all
within the year.
Chicago labor unions will combine
and go Into politics. It really seems as
If the working man wns learning some-
thing nnd would hereafter work to
correct existing evils at the ballot
box.
Following closely the news of the
enpturo of Colon. Columbia whle';
created a stir among the government
officials cornea tho assurance from
Captain Tarry that all In quite thora
ngnln.
The governor of Minnesota in not
on tho Inside of the groat rnllio:id
combine. He has called a conference
of Northwestern governors to com.
combine ngalnst the proposed comb Inn
tlon of railroads. f
It Is offered in explanation of tho
recent heavy gold shipments to
Kuropo amounting to $7000000 that
It was merely repayment of funds bor
rowed by American banks to finance
tho recent big Industrial combluat.ons.
Agulnaldo lias asked permission of
General Chahee to come before con
gross and express the desire t iho
Filipino people. The proposition was
ndvnnced when Aggie wns captured
that tho best thing to do with hlra wm
to send him to congress. I.ot him
come by all means.
Notwithstanding the vnst amount of
building of both residence and busi-
ness property in Ardmore the demand
continues for more buildings of both
JdnilK.lt Ib a fact that n prospective
rontor bobB up wherever nnd whenever
workmen begin foundation work and
tho samo cry "it's already rented" goes
on day oftor day.
Tho Missouri Republican factional
fight led by National Committeeman
Kerens on one side and Secretary of
Interio Illtc on the oth
er Is growing In Importance
and increasing In bitterness.
Hundreds of telegrams from Missouri
arc pouring into tho White Hoiibe re-
garding it. The bono of contention
BcemB to bo the office of appraiser of
Customs at St. Louis. Kernes Insists
on retaining mnitli tho present encum-
bent while Hitchcock demands a new
innn. Ilceont reports nay tho prenhlent
Jiitonda to support Kornen In which
event Hitchcock ussorts ho will leave
tho cabinet.
REVERSING M'KINLEY.
Wh'-n V President Ro-velt suc-
d-l to thf preeidnv upon the
.ath of Mr McKlnley given
out that he would carry out the poll-
i-s of the dud president Uttle mora
than two months from th date of his
taking the presidency we find Mm de
parting from the politics of the Mc
Kinley administration and In soma
cases actually nndoiag the worfc sf
his predeceseor In office.
This Is especially the rase la tho
worit of crvHerrfco raform. Mr. Me-
Klnley was not an ardent friend of
that sort of politics. Civil-service re
form commended Itself to him an a
means to popularity and not as the
carrying oat of a fixed principle. He
was a trained politician understand
ing the hiddm springs of action by
which the popnlace Is controlled and
placated Knowing that civil-sorvlee
reform had the popular ear. he would
not rink falling Into disfavor by show
ing the hostility to that fad. nut at
th- same time favoring the ntace-
huntfrs. he used his power to take
out of the civil service classified lists
of more than 19000 appointees that
President Cleveland had put under
the protection of the civil service com
mission.
Appointments to these lK.ooo post
tkins then ceased to depend upon mer
it and the man with a "pull" wns the
winner.
President Roosevelt has now turned
his back upon the action of President
McKlnley and restored these offices
to the classified list under the protec-
tion of the civil-service law. Here ho
is carrying out the policies of Cleve
land rather than of McKlnley. The
country approves and will excuse any
violation by President Roosevelt of Ms
first emotional pledge to do as tho
dead pr eel dent would have dons If
he can do better. Fort Worth Regis
ter.
President Roosevelt's signature t
state papers shows the strenuoslty of
the man. T. Roosevelt is bow It ap
pears. The "T" Is something like a
flgurv seven. The balance of tho name
starts ont with a very plain "R." It
gradually crawls away up to the north
east corner of the paper and does net
follow the straight line Intended for
the signature. The final "elt" all
jumbled together as if the writer was
In a hurry to finish.
Just one week from today our city
will be uxect8l to entertain the teach
erg of the Chickasaw nation who meet
here for two days. We will have peo
pie from nil over thla country and Ard
more must extend to them a cordial
greeting a friendly hospitality. It id
not to soon to devise plans for a gen
erous entertainment outside their n-g
itlar program.
NEGROES DRIVEN OUT .
Tillman's Lecture Said to Be the
Cause of Renewed Outbreak.
Several delegations of colored citl
ions have cnlled on United States Mar
shnl Thompson recently to have some
nctlon takon relative to tho colored
homostendorH who have boon run out
of tho now country by certnln whites
An effort will bo made to stop such
work which has been greatly increas
ed It Is said since Senator "Pitch
fork" Tillman delivered his race nrob
lorn lecture throughout Oklahoma in
one of these delegations that called on
tho marshal wore Judge O. N. Per
kins. Attorney R. K. Stewart. Attor
ney 15. I. Saddler nnd Win. Dickson
the federal Jail guard.
The announcement nlso conies from
Polo In Noble county that many
threats were made against negroes
who wore prewiring to locate on farms
In that vicinity and at BrltUjaport in
tho new country the declaration has
been made that "no niggers need
come this way."
Ill connection with the above a tel
egram to the State Capital from Dal
Ins. Texas of recent date says:
"Theodore Ileinars. a Dallas con
tractor Is building the niRohlno shops
and round houses of the Fort Worth
& Denver rullroad at Childess. in the
Texas Panhnndle. About two weeks
ago Mr. Ilelhurs took twenty-throe
Dallas negroes to Childress to work
as day laborers. The white men work-
ing on the buildings protested but
could not get the negroes discharged.
"One night about a week into some
white mon disguised ns cowboys raid.
od the quartern where tho negroes
were boarding and conimencod shoot.
ing. Tho frightened ntfgroes lied
across tho country from Childress and
the whlto men pursued theni twenty-
threo miles.
"Most of the negroes have reach.
d Dalian. Mr. Helhare has been un
able to Induce the negroes to go back
to Uhlldross. He says the white men
did not try to kill nuy of the negroes
but tho latter did not know that. Tlioy
are so frightened that ihoy aro 'dead'
to any further work in Childress.'
When United States Attorney Snix.il
was culled upon In rognrd to the mat-
ter of negro homesteaders not iminv
allowed to settlo In the now country
ne announced that ho would use his
influence to have cnncollod tho hnmn.
stead entry of ovory man who takes
pan in such movemeniH mrninii mm
homesteader colored or whlto. Ho
said that mm have ben sent to 't
penitentiary irrrn this Territory 'n
foraiT vr f-;r tb violation of tht
statute and will bo snt again if th"
statute n violated and the evldnc n
produced against them.
By 8etkn SM of the Revised Stv
ates of the United States:
"If two or more perrons conspire to
injure oppress threaten or intimi-
date any citlxen In the free exarcle
or enjoynmit of any right or prfrflegs
tocttred to him hy the constitution or
laws of the United States or hecat "e
of his having exercised the same or
If two or more persons go in disguise
on the highway or on the premises
of another with Intent to prevent or
hinder his free exercise or enjoyment
of any right or privilege so secure I :
they shall he aned not more than live
thousand dollars and Imprisoned not
more than ten years: and shall more
over thereafter be Ineligible to my
office or place of honor profit or trust
created by the constitution or laws of
the United States." Outhrle Sta'r
Capital.
FAIR EXHIBIT IN DANGER.
Commissioner O'Brien Says a United
Effort It Necessary .
The South McAleater Capital con
talnes the following:
World's Fair Commissioner O'ilrlen
of Tishomingo. I. T. reached South
McAlester last night from St. Louis
where be went to have a conference
with the World's Fair Directors.
He expressed himself as rieeolv
aware of the condition that confronts
the people of Indian Territory and
said a strong united effort would be
necessary If the Territory ur to be
represented.
"The 8L Louis World's Fair will
be a gigantic advertising scheme for
SC l-onls Md he "and Inasmuch
as this country Is tributary to her
and our prosperity means their pros
perity it Is not unreasonable to think
that we should receive assistance
from the fair Itself. They fully tinder
stand the condition here and see that
any fund raised for a proper display
must come direct from the people as
no appropriations are available. In
terest over the Territory in the move
ment in awakening and I have assur
ances of support and financial assist
ance from a number of towns which
1 have visited. A good represer Mve
man to solicit funds from the fieople
will meet with much assistance but
he emi not be expected to raise a
rami large enough to meet the iU
mandt of the exhibit w hope to
make.
"I suggest that the railroads be call
ed upon to raise a fund
- ' ... ' M
selves and  If deemed proper appoint
a custodian of the fund so as to keep
it separate from the Individual sub
scriptions. Unless the neorde rrr.n.i
heartily to our solicitations for funds
and the railroads and St. ijnula people
rally to our support there is every
reason to believe that our exhibit
will be endangered."
Mr. O'lirlen further atated that in
conference with the board of dlrectni-K
at St. IMiis. he was Informed that no
provision had been made to pay the
salary and oxpensos of the Territnt-ini
Commissioner selectod. This Impres
sion prevailed at the Holdenville con-
vention and now that tho directors
claim that tho Impression was erron-
eous some arningenientH must be
made. This matter will be decldml at
the meeting to be held here tomorrow.
i-ereonnlly. Mr. O llrien Is a man that
makos n good Impression and he i.
awakening great Interest In the cause
even though beset with numerous ob-
stacles. Horn to Air. and Mrs. W. x nt
man. a nine-pound boy. All well.
KILLIISC IN niSSOTRI.
Attorney at Joplln Shot by Supcrln
tendont of Waterworks.
Joplin Mo.. Nov 21. J. K
Grnyston n prnminont attorney
wn.8 siiot and killed late this after-
noon by Georco P. Bnyno super
intendent of the waterworks.
urnyston nnd wife were senn.
rfttud n 3'enr or moro and Graysion
it is said liolieved Bnyne who is a
widower intended uiarrvini M m
Urayston as aoon as she was di
vorced.
Grnyston struck Hayne in the
face and the lnlter drew a revolver
and commenced shootintr firintr
Ave shots ns rapidly ns the wonnnn
eould bo worked Three of the
missies struck Grnyston in tJ.
chest. lie wnlked across the street
nnd fell dead on the sidewalk.
A stray bullat struck Prank flier
ft bnrtouder woundintr him sliiht.
Hefore declining HI! Off fir nf innn.
rlage n girl should tin a string to It.
Vo-I n.tvr ran tt1 - .. . .
ncxji u numaii will no
" 1 ran '
"Well what?"
"Talk."
friln'i1?1 '.'rA w"an will talk nnd Irll her
If . iUuf Ue wrfl ciUM made by UU.
? n?.?!rM"rl.lla "J" P'uprlMor-f have to
ihanK thoujanda of Rool m.l.le om.-n '.a Una
in V 7 u' '!Bf made Jolm.lon'. fcAKbAl' "
UIU.A (uuart totllckj fciuou."
'FIGHTING JOE'S" SWIM'
' Unpublished Chapter In General
J Wheeler's Philippine Career.
TREE OLIMBIMQ FEAT DI8G0OHTED
Rarlird Onlr In atorc' Inincr Hp
5itnni n Itltrr to Get i'nula A lion t
Wrecked Ilrldcr Acviirdinic to llyr-
TCltnrat Murj ISxplolt Character..
latle of III Coiifrdr rntr liny.
A very lmtortant incident In the
I'blllpfdfte career of (leneral Joe Wheel-
er the diHtlnt;ulghed veteran of two
wari. has leen overlooked by the news-
poHr correspondents In I'm-le Sam's
new w)hIob. t'nptaiu William L.
Kilert. imiw in charge of the Louisville
oinco of the United States engineer
corps was the only eyewitness to the
eirffode says the Washington Post. At
the time be vnn chief engineer of the
Ktifhth army conn then operating in
northern Liison. Olllc-inl re-onl of the
luchletit appeMrx in (Jenerul MacAr
tburN recently lsued rejMirt.
The iHirtleulsr page of history here
for the lli-st time revealed tells how
Cenoral Wheeler coHtumtHl In tho garb
of gool Father Adam with a supple
incut In the way of a tattered lint
went In swimming lc-Hue lie wanted
lmmeK.te facts mi the condition of .-.
wrecned mil road bridge. The camera
HoimI was it long way oft at the time
the thing occurred but Captain Hlbert
was fortunate enough Inter to secure a
photograph of the exact spot In which
his Illustrious superior otlleet took the
pluugo.
Hveryliody remembers when General
Wheeler climbed a tree Just before the
battle of Santiago in order to ger
olKJVe the tops of the bushe. so he
could secure an uiiolodnicied view of
the Spanish lines. The Idea of an old
fellow beyond flxty and n major gen-
eral shinning up n tree raised n great
laugh at the time but the veteran
who hud served with "Fighting .lo-"
oald that It was a trick to which he
had ofttn resorted during the i v 1 1
war.
The maneuver In the I'liilippint-o
however more than doubly discounts
the tree episode. At Tarlsc on N.
IS 1809. fSetiernl Wheeler went swim
mlng for the purtmse of InvestlgHtin
a railroad wasliout. A port ion of the
debris lay in water seven feet deep
part of which was a swiftly running
stream. If there Is any other mnjoi
.general who at the age of sixty-four
divested himself of his uniform and
plunged Into n treacherous stream un-
der similar circumstances hlxtory has
failed to record It. General Wheeler's
rort fays on the subject:
' I wtlkad artaM lMO teat of orr HtawH railroad
Hack at tha aad of hkh 1 fonad that the tnk
ad roadbed wer entlrelx (one (or a JIiuih
alaitt ISO ftt. The Hr thirty feet of this brr.k
trai a rapidljr ruontng alrean varying Irom thn
to rtgkt ktt in depth. Ur caploiiiiK the botiuir
at tbe ritrr I found a part of what had been a
teas of a bridge the Iron raft still adhering to
the stringer. Thi I aawrtaiaed I'.v personally
fee ling the Iron niH and stringer arrra feet be-
lev tbe surface. ith my banda. Contianinc tlie
etamlriatlon I nest found a aeries of brick pier
bout flfteea ia nomber. all however beneath
tbe surface. Beyond the brick plan I
(stind a rapid run of water about ISO feet widr.
tbe greatest depth of sis feet being near the
north side alirre tbe railroad commence agiln.
I alterward (roaaad tlie riser and eiaaaincd
tbe rsilroad north of it.
A.s there was not a boat within fifty
miles of the sjwt. nil of this gettlirg
around In the rapid stream was done
by swimming it was very neeesi-nry
that tho work on tbe washout be com-
pleted within n few days for tho pur-
pose of forwa riling supplies to the sol-
diers who were operating against tlie
Insurgents beyond the river. That was
tho reason why General Wheeler was
In sticli great haute to a sect tain tho ex-
net condition of tbe wreck and. tbe
length of time It would require to re-
pair the track. The engineer soldiers
who were at work upon tbe washout
wore a considerable distance farther
I mck along the track ami so none save
Cuptnlii Sibert witueseed the general's
swimming feat. The nearest newspa-
per corresHiMlents were several miles-
away either at the front or In the roar.
Naturally none of them supposed that
thore would bo any such history mak-
ing at n mudhole like tho Tarloc wash-
out which was at once many miles
from the enemy and the American
headquarters.
The bathing costume of General
Wheeler was Identical with the one In
vogue In Georgia during the last year
of the civil war namely mu obi slouch
lit t and a very determined expression
of countenance. The general did not
explain why lie wore this hat. as he
wns under the water nlmost ns much
of the time as ho wns on the surface.
General Wheeler showed that ho wns
an atlept at swimming every stroke
known. The swiftness of tho current
npirently gave him but little trouble
nntl when ho got ready to go to the bot-
tom he went down like a rock and
stayed under nn nltirmlngly long time.
Ho hardly stopped to rest llvo minutes
tit a time but splashed as lustily as a
young porpoise from t te moment he
plunged In until ho clambered back up
tho lunik.
General Wheeler's friends have al-
ways known of his prowess as a swim-
mer. At Santiago ho Jumped off one
ot tho army transports ami took n dip
in tlie sea.
Tlir Klrt l.mlr Arc-liltei-l.
For tbe llrst time In tho lilKtnrv nf
tho arts an academically accredited
woman architect 1ms come to the front
In France writes the Paris correspond
ent or the Tall Mall Gazette. Sho Is a
young American student tmmod .lulin
Morgan and belongs to San Francisco.
nun tne courses of tho Ilenux Arts
were llrst thrown open to women four
years ago Miss Morgan was tho only
one of her sex then or since to elect
for architecture In which she has Just
taken honors.
AN ATHLETE
oust I
JAKE THE GROCER.
ARE you amply pre-
pared for the cold
blasts that are cer-
tain to come? Let us
provide your home
with the SuperiorHot
Blast Coal stove the
famous Gem Oak
coal stove or the
Sylph wood stove.
WEEKS BROS.
A Safer Snort.
"There's one lespect at least In which
Ashing Is a good deal safer sport than
hunting " 
"How Is that?"
"We don't make any fatal mistakes
hooking up men who happen to look
like Mfeh."-Cleveluud Plain Dealer.
Milled Ilia rllM-W.
The Colonel You only have to preach
one sermon on.Suudny Uncle Mlcnjah?
I should thlnl: your congregation would
Insist on an evening sermon too.
Parson Mlcnjnh Dot's coz do con-
g'gatlou has hern me preach cuntiel
an' yo hain't. -Chicago Tribune.
The heaviest metal U platinum the
lightest potassium. The latter will
tloat on the surface of water like a
piece of cork.
Alabama was long ago nicknamed
tho Cotton State belag centrally lo-
cated In tho cotton belt of tbe south.
DR. J. G. ABERNETHY
..Dentist..
Up to Date Dontlstry.
Crown and Bridge Work that gives
satisfaction.
Plates that are guaranteed to fit.
Fillings Gold Amalgam J'orce-1
lain Inlays otc. I
At prices consistont with irood !
workmanship. i
Rooms over T. N. Coleman's I
Drug Store. j
Oswalt's Work neatly
Cleaniji-JyBingS
and Repairing door west of
SllOD Westcff hotel
NOTICE I
S. S. Boll H"s aldei1 two more
chairs to his NEW
BAKBGR SMOP. All workmen arc
llrst class Antiseptics used. The
only first class ioc shave In thoclty.
Hair cutting n specialty. All work
guaranteed. Your patronage kindly
solicited Located 5 doors west ol
post oflico.
SEE MASON
Hand Man if you wish to Bell or
exchange your house hold goods.
If its signs j 011 wntit try
Wiles
One block south of postollluo.
?S1
MAY have good wind big hings a lone stride
great strength and fine endurance but expose
him to a draft of air and he stiffens with rheuma-
tism; he is worthless. So the tea you buy may be
the best grown but expose it to the air and its vir-
tue is gone. That's why the tea experts place such
high value on the "originat package" teas of
SfflOI...
Native flavor is imprisoned in an air tight lead
form. It is China or Indio brought into your kitch-
en. We are sole agents in Ardmore for Chase and
Sanborn's high grade
M HUD (Offffi.
See us for the finest groceries on the market.
Practical Tinners
and Plumbers.
REmember that we
are sole agents
for the celebrated
Bridge & Beach cook
stoves.
Come in and let us
show you the sewing
machines w e sell
from $18 up.
Our store is headquarters for
Guns and Ammunition.
Reliable Shoes
SCHOOL TIME
MEANS SHOES.
It's the school shoes that gets
the hard knocks. Cast iron would
be just the thing for school shoes
if it were more pliable and not so
heavv. The next best thing is our
select line of school shoes made
from oil grain box calf and satin
calf. Special value at
$1.25 $150 $175 $2.00
See us before you buy.
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H1BJIBACHE 1
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500
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Windows Doors Porch Columns
Brackets
Window and Door Frames
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