The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 85, Ed. 1, Friday, February 17, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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A11DM0IIE IND. TER.. KM DAY EYKMNb. KE'MU'AHY 17. 1005.
VOLUME XII.
( SIDNKY HUGOS 1
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SUBSCRIPTION 50G PR 80NIHI
NUMBER 85
PYTHIAN PEOPLE PREVAIL
ARE UNDER THE LIMELIGHT
la
FIRST INSPECTION OF AOENV
SHOENFELT'3 office.
Two Indian Inspectors at Work Go
Ing Into Detail of the Various De-
partments and Will Make
Voluminous Report.
.Muskogee. 1 . T.Fob. 10 William v.. w
.. ...... w n..ii inn n.
.leiiKins aim wil! ---
illan Inspeclnrs of many years' export- ' sn Jl'"ks'
enee are here ami are conducting a "Most agencies are Inspected nnnunll
loutlno Inspection of the w.rk of the the Union agency has nol been sub
Union ageney. They are going Into J'N thlH rule
the detail of all tho workings ot the "l IHPt-ctorH are well no . to
various ileimrln.ents and will when!""' " Muskogee ami In.llan
thmugh. make voluminous report I j Territory ami they are perlee.ly com-
tii.ifi.ti I.. .inl.- thlu hit. Inum.i.Mfill mill
t tioit- work it v take tw.i or 'lure
weeks to make up the repot t
Inspector Jenkins stated till- mom-
tin' tli:ii In- hml hpen nL work (V. the
Inspection for some time an t mil ne
had been doing outside work prlne'.-al
ly. Ho has been up In the oil Jlel-'s
nd has gone Into the oil lea'dli? bust
nes.s very minutely The lease h'l-d-
WALLACE
IS DEAD
AUTHOR OF "nEN-HUR"
QUIETLY AWAY.
PASE
Was Surrounded 'jy His Family His
Last Words Were 'l am Ready to
Meet My Maker.' Was at one
Time Minister to Turkey.
Crawfordsvllle lud. .Veh. Hi. Sur-
loumled by his family '3;ii Lew Wal-
lace. auUior of "Ileu-Hir'' ono time
nilulster to Turkey and tUeran of the
.Mexican and Civil Wars died at his
homo In this city ;osterday aged 78
years.
The health of 'J..ii. Vallaco has i
been waning lor several years and lor
months despite Uio efforts of the lam-
lly to keep the public in ignorance ot
his tnio condition. It has been general -
ly known that his vigorous constitution
could not much longer withstand the
ravages of n wustlng disease.
The deathbed scene was one of
calmness. Desldcs his physician only
his wife his son Henry Wallace ot
Indianapolis and .Mrs. Waller were
present. Two grandchildren although
In the house were not admitted to tho
room
"When told by his physician that he
was dying (Jen. Wallace was pet fee1-
ly calm and his last words wore ex-
pressive of chcor to his grlof-strlcken
film lly. Wilding them farewell he said.
"i'ani ready to meet my Maker" and
lapsed Into iruoonselouMiess
which he did not reenvoi.
from
SAM H. DAVIS.
Suprems Representative Indian Territory Davit I T.
news Is ;i ft-.Uuiv thut 1m usually n
part of the work of it 1 1 liidtim ocet t
i ml therefore Uie liiHit'-otori nn giv
ing It very cnreful iitlcui...ii Col
1 It'll (1 llUH also heell doing hi mi M.t till
work on the fame lino n oiincilon
with thu Union agency Colli la unit
.Mr. Jenkins have been In ln:!Un lei-
rltory a great ileal anil iv thoroughly
familiar with tin' condl'lvis or Inilldii
Territory.
"It Is a eirurkablo far: that tin.'
Union agency here haw never leon sub-
(nil) in i tiiltiiitit I tt o ttnstt luti niti nu fli.i
- V. . " " .
present one since 1.01. niiui'iuoii wis
- "
(do It just as thoroughly and quickly
as Is possible for such a mass of de
tall to he handled and passed upon
Only Peach Buds Kilted.
I According to fruit growers In till i
I mid tho surrounding territory there
Is going to be a shortage of the p wli
crop. One of tho peach growers or
Crawford county on Wednesday tel v
graphed that all the trees were killed.
C.eorgrf Coleman says that Wednesday
I morning he went out Into his peach
! orchard and cut threo limbs from tree
laud found that about three-fourths ol
j the buds on each had been killed. Air.
Colt man says that he will harvesi
about a fourth of a crop hut ho knows
nothing as to the effects or the severe
cold upon the peach trees In other lo-
calities. Ft. Smith Times.
Canning Factory a Certainty.
Citizens ot Ardmoro are Interested
in the Industrial welfare ot the city
win imj gmii 10 nam iiiai aui.MiB n
many new uiuei pnsis in.iv i
to tins city in tne near miure uie
canning factory can bo included. This
pleasing Information comes from the
promoters oi uie nun
have leen hero some time In tho Inter-
est of tho factory ami who will shortly
complete their subscription work. The
promoters say that Just a tew more
shares will he sold. Whether those are
sold or not It Is a roregono conclusion
that the factory will ho built In time-
to handle Uie output this summer.
One ot tho projectors said that the
enterprise was given encouragement
! from tho very sL-irt and that the people
seemi-u hrc.ui iiuuuitu m uiu i
'tii. The oAlabllshme.it of this fat -
1 lry means tho employment lo a largo
: number of persons and there Is no
doubt but that It will bo i paying
proposition if properly managed.
At the Opera House.
A falr-sl.ed audience greeted the
Hoyt's Comedy company at the oper.t
house last night and the play "A De-
voted Woman" was greatly enjoyed by
those present. Tlio'cast was changed
hut tho performance was a good one.
The specialties were very good.
The company will give a matlneo to-
morrow afternoon and will closo their
engagement Saturday night.
S. I-. Blalno has returned from Paul
Valley. While there he fell upon the ice
mid badly Injured Ills arm.
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J. E. SHANmFELT.
Representative Perry Oklahoma
Supreme
RIVAL LOVERS FIGHT TO FINISH
SWEETHEART WITNESSES BOUT
Cambridge. .Mass. Feb. lU.-ItlvaU
n W lwo y(mUl8i S01H ()f woulthy
L.. anil reartIlB r- Harvard-
. t-ous)lj 11V(! desiterato rounds in an old
Concord round-houho during the early
morning hours and are now held pris- The youths have given their names """ moges inrougnoui tne
on.-rs by ihe police. The young mentis Stack and Kerney. l-'or almost n 'uniry will observe the day with ap-
were encouraged in the battle by a ear they have been courting tho girl Pi'opriate exercises.
I vniniL' woman who bad bmuiflit about
the encounter by saying that she wou'd
give her hand In marriage to the vie-
tor.
The police are searching lor the girl
and it is bellved she will he In court
when the youths are arranged belorc
.ludgo Almy. It Is even reported she
may be asked why she aided and abet-
ted th-o disturbance. Tho girl Is a
member of ono of the leading lain-
llles of Cambridge and thoie is Intens"
i ox.ltolnelll vtiCH circles bcause of
jtu( n(fah
Th(i c miuu a nil( uj Uu m)Uha
Juf)( when a mysluUI1 urrve to dress
tin. In lui les of the loser. Tim elrl Iia 1
final III i4t inilnirn ftu I 41 tt I It II I II J lift.
uiu in ti vtuimi; uuij itfu iiiiiiii.-i ii-
lore. There were twelve patrolmen .n
THE INDICTMENTS WERE NULLIFIED
!GRAND JURIES
REGULARLY
'
AT LAWTON IR
EMPANELLED.
Judge Gillette Has Ordered All Indict
ments Nullified and All Persons
Held and Serving Sentences to
Await Investigations.
liwtou Ok. Feb. Hi. Irregularities
tin tho drawing and empanelling of tho
I Febnirary l!)0-i territorial and UnltJd
'States grand purles wrlch returned
I lorty-nluu territorial and fourteen FeJ-
enil indictments has caused Judgu
(llllcttp today U order all Indictment
made by thai grand Jury uullitled mid
an persons nem aim scrvim: seuieiice
as a result of theso ImllctinentH turth-
or held awaiting further Investigation-.
Many ImiMHinnl Indictments were
turned at that time. This will cost
i Comanche county many thousand dot-
I I HIM.
Col. Sidney Suggs who was her"
from Ardmore yesterday. Is one of the
unique figures of Indian Toi rltory
I Join iiallsm. He has been In tho bus-
' in si- at Ardmore a good many yeais
mm It Is recorded that no competition
has ever been nbln to hland up against
him while the notches on the rule lu-
dlcating the newspaper funerals 1m has
been responsible for outnumber his
riner arid loes. Ha Is a' iiMwspapjr
t. issflh 4; Jr a i i 4DHBM
Ka
raid ami they made a search
bouse and surroumlini: hulliliuzrs
lor the young woman reliising to taks
the word of the rivals and their se.
onds that she had escaped
assiduously and a crisis came on Kri-; 1 'ceung yesieiuay opened
day. Thm both suitors pressed her .o i w" " "ddreHB of welcome by Joo .M.
niako a choice and the police say slio ''-nlou or Ardmore which was re-
replied she would wed the victor In a 'l'"'ided to by Cram! Chancellor .Mm-
good sipiare scrap." ''"' "f ''ot'""-
In the tilth round when the girl was 'I'1'" iraud Chancellor presided ovir
paUiles went out to Stack.
In the 11 1'th round when he girl was
crying 1 ngrlof Kenuey knocked Stncl:
out with a blow In the wind. Stack
was staggered by n right on the chin
iiml before he could recover himself
Kenuey stepped In and drove his lett
wl(h in I(J HtI.ll1Rlh )((y
.U) )1()w s(IU SUuk a(..uMSt tll(l WII
ami he sank down Insensible.
The irli-1 rushed lorward and in a
fpiill7V lit t V I 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1: I U Kill I CII !lfl.' '
j wi i.v(viiim Hi-
bloody fnco.
man who is versatile. He lias embar.
cd in a docu difrcrent enterprises and
uiey are bun iiinviug uuu paving HIV-
1 Mends so far as wo know. It Is also
stated that Col. Suggs never yet ha
iounu a puice on mis earui uuu no uia
i not make expenses collecting subsct'lp-
tlons. now and old. Ho can drop into
nny iowu in uminii Territory or Okla-
homa without a cent and get homo two
duys later with money to deposit in the
bank. Wo ate told too that he can do
the name thing lit Kansas City SL
I.ouis New York or Chicago and that
h It done It. When Snugs com-
t iiiices talking to a m.iii uliout sub-
hciiption tliat man hm' J.'st as vVl
(dank down Ills $. It's all In advanc.
ami saves time. This may be due to i i
lem.'.i kable personality or to nvoirdii
puis. Col. Suggs Is not short on either
jiU wllllov.r lt ls u hflH nne e
x -1-lllM.t.l..i to a Iillt! t.xtl.llt thu
... ... . IK Ar.imor. cm.
1 Suggs Is the kind of a newspaper man
that It pays to have and ho mako:i
everybody else pay loo. Muskogee
Times.
Editor Bryant Dead.
New York Feb. 1.1. William Culleu
llryaut. publisher of the Hrooklyu
Times and secretary of the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association
iml (llv . saiiltarluni in I'lalnllel.'.
N .. 0 m( Hllfrure a stroke or apo-
pe.y this morning
See our J. I Case plows ana cultl
valors. NOUUW HHOH.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES AT-
TEND DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Initiatory Services Were a Pronounced
Feauture of the Session Ritualist.
Ic Work Warmly Appreciated
By Supreme Vice Chancellor.
I wo hundred delegates lopieuentlnij of esipilro on two pages.
ib. principal towns In tho Chlckiuav i The following were given the rank of
iNailon. attended tho district conven-' pages; O. 11. Wolverton A. W. Bullt-
'ilmi und Jubilee held lieto yesterday iviin. .1. I). Trotter. .1. W. Hnnncr t'.
I he session inn far Into the night. ('. cnrr. .1. .1. Stolfu. T. II. Floyd an-l
Tim lniilatory ceremony of .Myrtle W. H. Hurry.
I lodge was one of tho Interesting fea-! Tim rank of knight was conrerriu
Hires of tho meeting. Klght novice: upon S. 1). Ittmh of Tishomingo
were made b others of the Ardinoi-j
lodge miller clrcuiiiHMuces and sui
louiullngs Unit were specially pleasing
i' ihc loyal lodge ami candidates. Tho
i lemony was Indeed beautiful and the
canilldnies were thoroughly Impress
I'd with ihe rltiiallsllc work or the or-
der Aside rioin this fact Ihe presence
of Supreme Chancellor Karnes was the
"''' "f heen reJolcliiK- Ills ad-
uivss was an oratorical gem. His In-
ti ret In tin- work Is largely ol an or-
der that makes the I'ythlans of the
io;inir love and reverence lilm there-
role ih local lodge was mado happy
li bis eomliig and expressed regret
Unit dill) called him forth to otlu-
llelds to labor lor the upbuilding ol
the great work he has undertaken.
Supreme Vice Chancellor Haines
weiii to Wichita this moiiilng to bu
' present on the occasion or the bit;
i meeting to he held In that city tills (
morning. 1 t U anticipated lua.1 0inof
tvo "'"'''-d delegates will greet Clia'l-
! ii..- ti
I nor imiio s loiitij.
lonNciiiiou wus Held Hero just
I
11111 'iyH prior to llie lorty-llrst annl-
xersary of the birth ot tho order. On
the mejtlug. Reports from miiiw
lodges throughout the Chickasaw Na-
tion were made showing tho progress
of subordinate lodges. These rcportfi
were highly interesting and the growth
of tho order was tho subject of much
tnvorablu comment and relicutltlons by
the officers.
Following the adjournment for thoi'ho time li will occupy cannot bo .n-
afternoon an Informal reception was
''eld in llio mill.
Tim evening ses-iloii was called lo
order at 7::i o'clock. The supreme
'honors were given Supreme Vice Chan- "nil- tlui Investigation should concern
jcdlor Harnes as ho entered Castle hall 'Particularly tho situation In tho Kan-
escorted by Messrs. l'otterr of Ari- H'-'ld but he expressed to the prosl-
Imore. I.Inebaugh of Atoka and Davis i''1"' ' '"'"ef that the Inquiry should
of Davis men of prominence In th"
' K .of I. circles.
The address made by .Mr. Harnes
- ; W11K . .... .vllan.
M(J C()ln)llm.nlel lho orIer m KOneral
for Urn great euro that was being tak-
I en 111 tint llnhllllillllL- of the K.nf I.
))lKt. al)(1 U)xM ... )f
)tfr(Ht U) (h() pyulnll!-
He spoke of the coming statehoo.i
jfor thfl twrorL nn(l r tlu. re1
work Uiu order was doing In the Stotith-
woKtorne ountry for tho betterment of
th celtkcnshlp. Ho said that no sta'e;''n years.
D. H. LINED
Grand Vies Chancel
contained men of more Intolllireiir .
'""' "Hcgrii- man uiu tnj
bouthwest.
Ho touched UKm Uio vnluo of the
endowment rank to members ot Uie or-
der; that tho order inalo better cltl
xens .better liusbanils and fitted th
menilH'ihlp better to light tho battlo3
ol life. Ills address was well recelvo-J.
It had been planned that a team
from Ardmore lodge should exemplify
the work In conferring tho rank ot
paxv on eight applicants and tho rank
The law of Ihe order and tlv
changes were discussed during the
mcctim!.
Ai midnight the bauipiet room win
Ihiowu open and a luncheon and n -Iii'hIiiih'iMh
were served to the guesti;
Mill newly made hrothers. Tho la!"
iralus made It possible for tho vlsltori
(Continued on -Kb I'age )
AFTER THE
OIL TRUST
PRESIDENT ASSIGNS TASK
CORPORATION EXPERT
TO
wilt Look Chiefly Into Kansas Affalrt.
Hitchcock Characterizes "Foster
Lease" in Osage Reservation as
a "Gigantic Monopoly."
Wiihhiiiglon Jan lti. 1'resldent
Roosevelt has directed Mr. (Jarflelil.
commissioner of corporations of the
ihpartmctil of commerce and labor I i
begin immediately tho oil Investigation
requested by the house' yesterday
Tho Investigation by direction ot tli'i
president will bo rigid and comprehen-
sive. The president directed his letter
ter to (iuiileld giving directions mi. I
presenting in outline his views.
The scene of the Investigation and
dlcated now. Representative Came-
hell of Kansas author of the house res-
olutlon. had a conference with tho
. I" esiiient today. Campbell's Idea Is
extend to tho operations of the Stand-
urd Oil company In
the Heaumont
and other Holds
Secretary Hitchcock today guvo out
a statement arraigning as a "gigantic
monopoly" tho present lease by tho In-
dian Teriltory Illuminating Oil com-
pany of Urn right to prospect for oil
and gas throughout the entire area
of tho Osage Indian reservation ani
eplalnlug tlui agreement for cuttlni;
off more than half of the lands opera-
tive uniler the lease during tho next
UCH Atoka I. T.
br Indian Territory.
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