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AUDMOllE INI). TEH.. Ml DAY EVENING DECEMBER 2 1004.
SUBSCRIPTION 50G PIR IONIA
NTMUER 20
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SHOT AT JUDGE
MINISTER ATTKfllTS TO KILL
JUIH1E ON BENCH.
Was Disappointed Over a Divorce
Vcrdlcr and Sought Revenge in
Open Court. Preacher Re-
Krci5 That lie Failed.
San Fruuciseo Oil.. Doe. 1 -Rev.
Isaac Shelby of Australia
plaintiff in u damage suit shut
at Superior Judge Hubbard
while thu latter was on the
bench The bullet cumo within
an inch of thu judge's head and
lodged in the bank of his chair.
Shelby was at once removed to
the city prison charged with
attempt to commit murder.
Shelby recently sued for di-
vorce. He conducted his own
defense but was unsuccessful
a decree against him being gran
ted.
.ludge Hubbard who issued
the decree was trying a ease
when Shelby arose from his
I. '. ANDKItHON. President H. F FRKNSI.KY Vlo Proa.
C. I.. ANDKBSON. Cashier C. H. MAUPIN' Ati't Caahlor
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Ardmore Indian Territory
Capital Paid In $ 60000.00
Surplus Funds 200000.00
Total .$260000.00
Th alilint bank la ladun Tttrrltory. Account o( ttrma anil Itultvlilutl
vollcltitd uiun thu mint literal tt-ima ennntatent wltli ifo.nl banking.
How Much Salary Do You Get?
That la a very important question when you go to figure up
what your expenses ate and how much you will have spent after
all necessaries are paid for. You probably need some few pieces
of furniture and after you have bought them of R. A. Jones you
will not have to pay for them only as you are able say at the rate
of two or three dollars per month. Consider this matter! There
are thousands of persons buying this way every day and you may
as well be getting the benefit of easy payments as they. If you
have never tried this plan let me show you how easy it is to pay
for goods you really need and you hardly miss the money You
can furnish your home at R A. Jones and pay by the week or
month as suits your convenience.
W. S. WOLVERTON a SON
Insurance Bonds Real Estate Abstracts
The lariroitt :inl nlronu-et njeeoer In the two terrltorlm.
Managers of Ardmore Abstract Co.
nenintl Atcxnts lllnols Lite Insurance Co. anil United State
Fidelity and fluaranty Company.
J. A. BIVEN8 President
DON LACY Vice-President.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
ARDflOR 12 INI) TER.
Capital $100000.00
Surplus Funds 30000.00
Accounts of firms ml individuals solicited.
Courteous treatment accorded to all alike.
ARDMORE NATIONAL BANK
ARDMORE. IMD. TER.
Capital Stock and Additional Liability : : : : : $20 jOO.OO
We Conduct a General Banking Business fc r You and
Accept Small and Iarge Accounts.
DIRECTORS.
C. R. SMITH President.
C M. CAHPUELL Vice I'rtsJ
LEE CRUCE. Cashier.
(1. W. YOUNO Farmer.
J. C TUOriPSON Lawyer.
seat in the court room and tired
point blank at thu judge who
hearing the bullet whistle past
his oar rushed from thu bench
and grappled with his assailant
preventing him from tiring an-
other shot. For a time great
excitement prevailed but quiet
was soon restored when it was
learned that the judge had not
been injured.
lie fore being taken to his cell.
Shelby said: "j shot at .fudge
Hebbard because that seemed
the only way for a man to got
justice in tins country. My
only regret is that 1 seomud to
have bungled matters consider-
bly. My intention was to kill
him. but I was a trillo nervous. "
Colctrnln Dying.
Sam Coletrain. charged with
the killing of his uncle near Car-
vin last year is dying with con-
sumption in the hospital at the
jail in South McAlester. He
was to have been tried at Durant
Saturday the l'.Hh but owing to
his condition the witnesses in
the case were discharged.
Gunuliie iiorx sausage: always at
Davis' market. Phono 349. 13-lta
A. H. PALMER Casnler.
FRED C. CARR Asst. CashUr
R. A. JONES Furniture.
SAM NOBLE Hardware Merchant.
J. R. PENNINUTON Wholesale Her-
chant. R. W. RANUOL merchant.
IMPORT ANT
.NO Aim M ..I) I REEDHI-N IN rite
CHUROKEE NATION.
A Decision which Cuts Out 'Hi cue
who .Married Cherokee Prccdmen
Two Hundred Shut out
From the Allotments.
There is no such person in the
Cherokee Nation as an Htlopted
freedman citizen by blood. This
important question was decided
by the assistant attorney gener
al in a test case the decision
having just been received by the
Dawes Com mission.
The attorney general says that
though the freedmen were
adopted by the Cherokee Indians
and these freedmen thus entitled
to allotments the mutter did not
go so far as to include their
wives and husbands. The case
in point was that of Lemuel
Welcome which was referred to
the attorney general some time
ago.
Welcome is a "State" negro
who married a Cherokee Indian
and on that ground applied for
enrollment. It was contested
with the above result
lion (tcorge Dick Uogers
chief of the legal department of
the commission says this decis-
ion will directly affect about "JOO
applicants for enrollment cut-
ting them outof their allotments.
As to others intermarried
The case decided does not af-
fect tin status of the hundreds
of applicants in the Cherokee
nation who applied for allot-
ment on the ground that they
had married Cherokees by blood
and were therefore intermarried
citizens. That case is now in
the court of claims and even af-
ter it is decided there will likely
have to be taken to the attorney
general's department whose de-
cision is tinal. - M uskogee Times.
COCKRELL CARED POR.
Offered Choice of Place on Isthmian
or Interstate Commission.
Washington. Dec. 1. -Senator
Cockrell of Missouri who ar-
rived in Washington last night
from his home called on Presi-
dent Roosevelt today and had an
extended conference with him.
It was the first time the presi-
dent and Senator Cockrell had
met since the election.
When it became evident that
the election in .Missouri would
result in the retirement from the
senate of Mr. Cockrell the pres-
ident let it be understood that
he would offer to him a federal
appointment commensurate with
his ability knowledge of public
affairs wide e.erience and high
character. At the conference to-
day the president informed Sen-
ator Cockrell that he would ap-
point him as a member either of
the isthmian canal commission
or of the interstate commerce
commission as the senator might
elect.
Senator Cockrell did not indi-
cate to the president what he
might do regarding the proffer
and said to his friends after the
conference that he would not
announce his decision perhaps
for several weeks as it was not
necessary that he do so immedi-
ately. Tishomingo rtayor Resigns.
Mayor Uorah has placed his
resignation in the hands of Re-
corder IJoyd to be presented to
the council next Monday night.
Mr.'Horah expects to be absent
nearly all the time for several
months and for this reason has
tendered his resignation. Cap
Hal.
CITIZENSHIP
COURT
OF T'SUOrtlNOO DENIES
CiriENi).
Hundreds of Cl.iini.nitu Denied citi-
zenship. Opinions have been
Handed down In .Many case.
Very Few Admitted
The following opinions were
bunded down Monday by the
Uiti7.en.ship court the llrst four
cases being from the South Mc-
Alester docket and all the oth-
ers from the Tishomingo docket:
No. 87 Joanna Miekle. et al
denied.
No. '20 A. A. Spring et al
denied.
No. "Jl .1. M. Oirady et a I. de-
nied. No. V.V2 Louis Hill et al de-
nied. No. (il Martha Jones et al
denied.
No. 71 Z. T. Hottoins et al
denied.
No. f7 J. j. Ivey et al. de-
nied. No. 117. T. .1. Minor eta I ad-
mitted. No. 1 I J. C. Moore et al de-
nied. No. 12-1 .1. S. Layman et al
denied.
No. Ill W. S. Heavers et al
denied.
No. 118 .1. N. Ciabtree et al
denied.
h 'No. "iJI Mat tie Lee Armstrong
et al denied.
No. 107 Walter Jones et til
denied.
No. -18 .1. W. Hyden et al de-
nied. No. IMi A. O. Mallory et al
denied.
No. 10 J. W. Sparks et al
denied.
No. Ill) Sarah Eihnor et al
denied all except Joe Trentham
admitted by intermarriage.
No. lOil LO. W. Cotton et al
Cora and Minnie Cotton admit-
ted by intermarriage.
No. ill Mary Huffman et al
denied.
The following opinions were
handed down Tuesday:
No. 100 Viney Davis et al
denied.
No. 117 Mary Coddard etal
denied.
No. 1211. (i. W. Paul et al. de
nied.
No. fi. J. 15. Sparks et al de
nied.
No. H II. C. Wiggs el al de
nied.
No. !) 15. H. Wells et al de
nied.
No. 10 J. M. Fitzhugh et al
denied.
No. II C. L. Jones denied.
No. 12 Wm. P. Thompson et
al denied.
No. 1!! J. L. Woody etal do
nied.
No. Ill Dora Phillip- et al de-
nied.
No. 21 J. C. Washington et
al denied.
No. 2ii Mary Elizabeth Still-
nct et al denied.
No. 2ti S. C. Wall et al. de-
nied. No. 27 Dick Randolph et a!
denied.
No. Ill Lewis Clay Stiunet et
al denied.
No. f!8 G. M. Poe et al de-
nied. No. 47 C. W. I h ooks et al
denied.
No. rf J. M. Dorchester et al
denied.
No. 01 Geo. M. D. Hoi ford et
al denied.
vt. ! limn..... KT: ..I. i .
IO UllU. till All.-iyilfk '
Urown et al denied. nA
No. So. W. V. Alexander et al
denied.
No. H2 Margaret 14. Low etal
denied.
No. 811 Nancy A. Lallin et al
denied.
No. 8(5 J. IC. Albright et al
denied.
No. 12 W. W. Poyner et nl.
denied.
No.. 102 William Duncan de
nied.
No. 101 Lydiu M. Johnson el
al denied.
No. 112 N. II. Woolsoy etal
denied.
No. I IV M. D. Carson et al
denied.
No. 110 IJertie Cotton et al
denied.
No. 122 Nelson II. Nornmn et
al; Norman admitted others de-
nied. No. 12.1 W. K. Story et al
denied.
No. 128 J. A. Tucker et a I
denied.
No. 11)1 Mary Ann Thompson
et al denied.
No. 98 fi. L I Hake etal de
nied.
DELEGATES TO WASHINGTON.
Indications Are that Congress Will
Fass Important LcR'tflatlon
With the assembling of con
gress delegations representing
the varied industries of the
Chickasaw nation will go to
Washington for the purpose of
asking the national body to pass
certain legislation that will im
prove conditions in the territory.
MMwt t'iiitt ft 1 if pot1! mw
A Ill IUUIWUI Wl I I illl Ull
alienated lands is desired by the
commercial interests as is also a
law that will give the Indian al
Irittee more authority in the dis
position of his land. ' "4
The present lease system it is
claimed is very satisfactory to
all interests and it is unlikely
that any modification of the
treaty in this respect will be
asked for. The plan of Senator
Stewart to require settlers to re-
side on the land at least live
years before the title shall pass
is strongly opposed by business
interests.
It is stated that the' delegates
recently appointed by Governor
Johnston in accordance with an
act of the Chickasaw legislature
will depart for Washington
within the next few days to rep-
resent the nation in the matter
of legislation. The report that
Hitchcock is opposed to Indian
delegations saying that it is a
needless expense to the tribe
will have no effect on the dele-
gates from this nation as they
intend to stay in Washington
during the session of Congress.
It has developed that a promi-
nent citizen of Ardnion will
leave for the capital in a iv:
days to represent certain inter-
ests in this country- Indications
are that congress will pass im-
portant legislation vitally affect-
ing the territory.
The ollicersa'. the union depot
have had the benches which ex-
temled around the depot for the
bonetit of traveling people re-
moved. While these benches
wore a great help to the travel-
iug public they became a loaf-
ing place for bums and chronic
loafers so wore removed. Tho
seats upon the inside are suffi-
cient to iiccoinmodato those who
are waiting for trains and us
thu bum is not allowed to lay
around in there it is thought
tho removal of these seats will
in somo way break up tho gang
who iniiko themselves a nuisance
around tho depot.
Tho Methodist ladies will hold
heir Saturday market at Hum
s cafe this week.
BODY FOUND
CHICAOO INVENTOR MET DEATH
IN MACHIN't.
Tragic Ending of a l-'oolhardv Naw
Bator's SunHatIon.il Attempt to
(Kiln Notoriety Ills Itody
Coit Upon the llencli.
Chicago. III. Dpt. Pi t
Nismm is believed to haveeitV .
smothered or fimen to death in
his rolling balloon "Pool Kille-
in which he started for .it. p
Herons the lake yesterday
The opinion that Nisseu w is
lost became general this after
noon when it was found that af
ter twenty four hours there was
still absolutely no word from the
inventor who some years ago
shot the whirlpool rapids of Ni
agura Kails in a barrel. He had
not been sighted by any vessel
Possibility of Nisseu 's smoth
ering to death was made niort
clearly when it was learned that
his only supply of air was that
pumped in before the craft was
launched. It was said by Nis
sen's brothers however that
the navigator had computed his
air carefully and figured that it
would last him for a great num
her of hours.
At the weather bureau it was
said that even if Nissen reached
shore he would suffer from the
cold as there was a snow storm
blowing near the Michigan shore
land that as his boat had no
means of heating and permitted
of- no -liir thu navigHtor woiild
suffer severely. The wind to-
ward midnight increased from
twenty-live miles an hour to a
forty mile rate.
To Leave for Washington.
The commission appointed by
the Chickasuw legislature to go
to Washington during the session
of congress and arrange for a
settlement of all matters jkmhI
ing between the government and
the Chickasaw's to arrange for
having the money due the Chicle
asaws paid over at as early a day
as practical and generally to
look after the interests of the
nation during the session of con
gross will leave on the ."th of
December for- Washington City.
The commission is composed of
Gov. D. H. Johnston ex-otticio
chairman: Palmer S. Moseley
Holmes Willis and E. U. John
son. They are all men of ability
and all have served in like ca
pacity at Washington heretofore
Several of them have large u
quaintances with public in. n
with whom they will come in
contact and whatever can be
accomplished for the good of the
Nation they may be depended
upon to accomplish Tishomin
go Capital.
I Hogur tho West Mum s'r
wulc-h-maker has Uip handsomest j .
of Inexpensive watches and clock
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Mbllahml pli.ee. 3 boarders hall
block (rum hutlneaa corner Hex
this l( you want a Ijuh-
$1500
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Two entire block i( 1 larc !"
S."! trult treHi. gooil water t riHini
iliu'lllnc. tiara mil beli. worth V
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$2800
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ter. lu.-u ilouble barn four re n
ilwrlllni;. worth iK). but ownr in
muII to pay iuorti;at.-i n
pluco ail t wiilt.il!
$900
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