The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 193, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 8, 1908 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XIV
AUDMOUE OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY EVENlNCi IANLTA11Y 8 l!KM
BIG FIRE IN
FORT WORTH
TEXA3 AND PACIFIC FREIGHT
WAREHOUSE IN ASHES.
WHOLESALE DISTRICT SAVED
The Mammoth Building With Con-
tents and the Offlco Building
Containing All Records Re.
celptt Etc. It Destroyed.
Tort Worth Tex. Jan 7. SLirtlng
from n uuurco Hint remains n mutter
or conjecture fl.e destroyed tho im-liui-i
Texas .mil Pacific freight ware
house anil olllco building tonight and
for an hour tho llatnts encouraged hy
a strong wind from tho southeast
threatened to creato untold havoc
throughout tho wholesale district of
tho city which Ilea Immediately north
of tho destroyed building.
Ii. iino hourV tlaio t'.io cntlro
structure wns In lulna and net a vsa-
tlgo of valuables tu i'.i as recorJi
waybills receipts biolc freight cr
furniture had been sived. Tha ware-
house waa COxSO feet In dlmonslona.
and although the night office fore 3
was nt work at tho time nono of
tho contents of tho place wero saved
so rapidly did tho flames tpread.
Tho building was completed In
May 1901. In tho warehouse was stor-
ed almost every conceivable freight
consignment Including pianos bug-
gies automobiles furniture farming
Implements and countless smaller ar
One-Third Off
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The window display alone is worth a visit to the
store. Come and see the new designs--and better
still--buy now while you can get choice goods at so
low a price. f
Remember our After-Inventory sale lasts the re-
mainder of this week. This sale offers you the best
bargains in the city in Ladies' Suits MiHincry Men's
Shirts Men's Suits and Men's Wom.en's and Child-
ren's Shoes We lead in quality and low prlcei.
Model Dry
ticles of which no record U avail-
able. Along the south side of tho
warehouse on tho liouse track stood
twenty-four cars ready for unloading
In i.iu morning and these wero only
r.:ied by daring efforts on tho part
of the members of tho crew of Mill
engine No. 145 wl.o singed o)e-
brows and hair and burned their
hands while backing up to the cur
and making tho coupling.
flener.il Agent A. V. Montague In
discussing tho lire made -the follow-
ing statement:
"There seems to bo no one who
can tell the cause but all t can say
Is that nsldo from some money and
a few receipts In tho safe It Is n
coinplclo loss. The lois to tho build-
ing proper may reach $UOQG0 v'..lch
of courto Is covt red by tho com-
pany's blanket Insuranco. On tho
contents of tho warehouse tho losa
Is estimated at ?2;0000.
HEINZE PLEADS NOT GAILTY
FORMER PRESIDENT OF MERCAN-
TILE NATIONAL MUST AN-
SWEH TO COURTS.
!v ArsrrlntiMl l'r"ss.
I Now York N. Y. Jan. S. V. A'J-
-:u ;tua Ilelnzo who waa arirstn!
jharged with ovcr-cortlfic.V.iou '.
hccUs while president cf tho Mcr-
siutllo Natlcn.il Punk ploidca not
g.illty when arraigned In tho Unit-
ed States caurt. Through oouu ioI
ha reserved tho right to wlihdra'v
tho plea.
Tho $50000 bond which lleln.u
furnished yesterday after Ills ar-
rest was allowed to stand.
Doctors are In business for tho
health of others but not for their
own.
UR SHOWING in
Muslin Under-
wear tin's week
will be the de
light of every woman.
These dainty garments
in skirts drawers and
corset covers have been
reduced one-third i n
price. The garments
arc the choicest in the
city and we have made
them doubly attractive
by reducing the price
until the material alone
cannot be duplicated
at the price.
Goods Co.
DEFENSE HAS
A SURPRISE
THAW'S ATT0RNEY3 TO .USE
JEROME'S EXPERTS.
ONLY THREE SWORN JURORS
low Work cf Obtaining Jury Box
Not Expected to be Filled Be-
fore the Middle of Next
Week.
y Associated Press.
New York N. Y. Jan. S. Prcdlc-
Ions were fully made at the be
ginning of the third day of tho
fhaw trial this morning that a
ury will not bo obtained beforo
the .middle of next week.
There were but three sworn Jurors
n tho jury box when the court
convened today.
Tho defense sprung a great stir-
irlso today by announcing that they
had Issued subpoenas for several of
the expert w Uneasea. who testified
for the prosecution at the first
hearing a year ago. and who when
District Attorney Jerome applied for
a lunacy commission niada affidavit
that In the'r opinion Thaw nt tho
time of tho Inquiry wns suffering
from an Incurable form of Insanity.
At tho noon recess today there
wure but three sworn nnd Hlx pro-
visional Jurors In the box.
IN COUNTY COURT
WILL CAPLES SENTENCED TO
PAY FINE OF $250 AND SERVE
THREE MONTHS.
fter having been adjudged guilty
h ya Ju y In tho county court Will
Cnples was sentenct-d to pay a fine
of $230 and spend three months In
tho county Jail or nt hard labor and
1M Miller wus adjudged not guilty
on tho charge of selling liquor. Tho
Jury returned a verdict late yester-
day afternoon and sentence was pass-
his morning. Tho attorneys for
Cnpic-j Underwood ana H. V. Turner
madu a motion for n new trial
which motion was ovor-ruled and the
notice of nn appeal to the district
court was taken and tho prisoner
admitted to ball In tho sum of (1500
pending tho appeal. Tho cases of the
btate vs. Jim llodgers. J. I Maddox
and Chas. Davis charged with sell
ing whiskey wero passed.
This morning tho court was engag
ed In hearing tho trial of tho stato
against John Palmer charged with
permitting a gaming tublo. After
hearing all of the testimony In tho
case which was submitted without
argument the Jury failed to agree
anil a mU-trlal wus ordered and tho
Jury discharged.
John Mason and Frank Miller
charged with selling whlskoy enter
ed a plea of guilty. Tho Judge In
these two cases suspended sentence
until Jan. 20 when tho prisoners will
hao to appear ahd receive tho sen-
tence of tho court. In tho meantime
tho Judge and other county ofllcers
'will Investigate tho behavior of tho
men. They wero allowed to go henco
cn their own recognizance.
Local Cotton Market.
No change Is noted In tho local
cotton market nnd prices range thu
same from 8 to 11 cents with grade.
avoragln gfrom strict ordinary to goof
m'ddllng Ilecelpts contlnuo light.
Wo bavo soinii
EXTRA CHOICE FARMS AT
"PANIC PRICES"
Want to sell your
lands to homeseekers?
List them with us
JOHNSON! XIXFM Farms Oily
TAFT'S CANDIDACY ENDORSED
BY A NUMBER OF LEADINO RE-
PUBLICANS IN ARDMORE
LAST NIGHT.
The candidacy of William II.
Taft the secretary of war for the
republican no'iiluee for presidency
wni endorsed at a meeting of a num-
ber of prominent republicans held
last night. The resolutions adopted
are as follows:
Whereas William II. Taft of
Ohio represent In his personality
the political conviction of the men
of tho republican party and Is Uio
exponent of the present unexpressed
thought of tho Auierleui people In
reference to tho modern political
iiul .uplifting pollute; and
Whereas tho republicans of Okl.t
noma owe a debt of gratitude to
Secretary Tnft for his splendid at-
tack upon tho Jaciiblu tendency of
the Oklahoma constitution towards
tho absolutism of the people and
the vesting In the primal masses of
uniiu.illfled poltlclal power and
Whereas the republicans of the
United States owe a debt of grati
tude to Secretary Taft for his re-
peated defenses of the representa-
tive government of thu United
States. Tart massive In his physical
Intellectual and moral attributes
came down with both feet upon cor
rupt party bosslsm In Ohio. lie
shook thu political organization of a
great stute. Ho dared cut oit tho
rotten branches from tho tree of
state craft that the energies of the
people might have a now and bet
tor direction for their expression.
Taft Struck at tho "bogle man" In
South Carolina and Kentucky. No or-
ganization haj liaan too powerful
for him to awall with tho kindly
criticism of his scholarship and pa
triotism; and
Whereas WiRfnnt II. Taft has
shown tho American people and the
would that ho poiEcsacs const ucilxc
executive ability of tho highest or-
der In tho bunding of tho constitu
tional government for tho Phlll-
pines and tho perforninnco of the
Titian tasks of construction In thu
war department; nnd
Whereas. William II. Taft Is the
product of tho American school and
university and has enjoyed the
training nnd discipline of the Insti-
tutions of our country nnd tho posts
of tho hardest labor In tho public
service nnd In the qulot nnd patient
study of thu laws and traditions
of our country;
Therefore Ho It Hosolved. That It
Is thu sense of this meeting that
William II. Taft Is tho most avail-
able candidate and should be nom-
inated for the presidency of the
United States at the next national
republican convention; and
It is Further Resolved That this
meeting pledges Itself to urge tho
tepubllcau organizations of Carter
county and tho statu of Oklahoma
to stand for such nomination."
OFFICIALS UNDER ARREST
ST. JOSEPH MEN UNDER ARREST
FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S
INDICTMENTS.
lly Associated I'rcss.
St. Joseph Mo. an. 8. Waltor C.
Stewart superintendent of tho mun
Iclpnl street lighting plant surreu
dered today to tho sheriff who held
grand Jury copies charging Stowar
with falsifying certificates.
Charles A. Waller foreman wa-
nrrested last night for embezzlement
and Is In Jail. Kurd Mays a saloon
keoor charged with forging tlmo
slips bought from city emplojes. Is
also under arrest. Hen I). Ilradford
a former city employee has ulso
been arrested charged with collus'
m In thij nlloged frauds.
jSVfe e?W ayi
Fancy China
and Pottery
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A LAW SUIT
PROPOSE PROSECUTION DY U.
GOVERNMENT OF
S.
SO-CALLED HARRIMAN LINES
This Was the Langauge Used to
President Rooevelt bV a Special
Attorney of the United
States.
Ardmoreltu Special.
Washington I). C Jan. s. "It will
be a lawsuit Mr. President. That Is
nil at this time that properly can
bo said of It. Wu may win and we
may lose."
That was thu statement of Prank
II. Kel)gg siv-cl.il attorney fui
tho United States to President
Roosevelt respecting tho proposed
prosecution by the government of the
so-called llarrlman lines because of
roads.
The subject has been under consid
eration by the government over since
the report of Its ln estimation of
thu llarrlman system wns submitted
by tho Interstate commerce com-
mission. For several mouths At-
torney ?leneral llonaparto has been
studying tho evidence adduced by the
commission In it Imiulry. He has
about concluded his own Investi
gation of tho matter. While a suit
by tho government similar In gen-
oral character Ut tho prosecution of
thu Northern Securities case Is In
prospect It can bo said that It ab-
solutely has no(" been determined
upon nt this time.
Tho administration realizes and
Mr. Kellogg oxpressed It that tho
proceeding If Instituted mill be
merely a "lawsuit" tho Issuo of
which will be somewhat problemat-
ical. In other words tho government
has no "dead open-and-shut" case
but will have U) fight every Inch of
the ground up to the supreme court
of tho United SLates.
The operation of tho Union Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific Is
not Identical nlthou;h a practical
control of tho latter is held by
former. If the government should
Institute Us suit It will maintain
that tho combination of tho two
lines Is In restraint of trade. This
point It Is suggested by a student
of the situation will be difficult to
maintain because the two lines
practically are a thousand miles
apart nnd except as to the west-
ern ends touch an entirely different
territory. In tho east thu Southern
Pacific gets Its traffic from what
Is known as tho Trui-k Mao ter-
ritory nnd the Union Pacific guts Its
traffic from tho Central Pacific terri-
tory. Tho two territories uro whol-
ly distinct. Thero could fccorcely
bo any competition It Is maintained
between tho two.
Krom Ogdon Utah to tho Pacific
ocean n distance of about 800 miles
the Union Pacific uses tho Southern
Pacific's tracks. When Mr. Hnrrl-
man acquired Interest In tho South-
em Pacific ho wns confronted with
thu necessity of obtaining a west-
ern outlet to tho Pacific. He had tho
choice of building a new lino oi
of purchasing u control of tho South-
ern Pacific. Ho choso thu latter
cour3e.
In view of this situation thu gov-
ernment Is hesitating whether to
begin an action against tho Harilman
system for alleged unlawful com-
bination particularly as such an ac-
tion against thu llarrlman lines
logically would necessitate a similar
action against the Now York Central
NOT desiring to carry over so much in Fancy Chinas
we will on the 9th ioth and nth of January sell
any and all fancy China and Pottery at absolute cost.
Nickel Store and China Palace
II. P. WOLVERTON Proprietor.
Remnant
in the bargains
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com l no inn Inner
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(lnr 'llld vc lirul rn
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people to wait on the rush.
lie hero tomorrow many specially good tilings arc
being sold. We have put our entire line of Misses and
v-iuklrens Caps in this sale
aii 50c caps are going at
All 25c Caps are being sold
HAi KERCHIEFS
lieautiltil 40c I Utulkercliiefs for 25c
All 35c Ilandken hicfs goingat 20c
Cou't Miss the
Undermuslins. Wo are selling our entire line of
Ladies' Undermuslins at Remnant Prices which means
just about one-half what others ask.
Ladies' Suits Coats and Sllirts arc going at greatly
reduced prices
I3e here tomorrow wc will make you glad you came.
for Its control and ownership of
stock In thu Uiko Shore and Mich
igan Central lines and against tho
Pennsylvania for Us control of tw 1
computing lines from Pittsburg to
Chicago. All of such nctlous would
be of u disturbing nature without
any practical results In view In the
event thu government succeeded In
maintaining Its cases In tho courts.
The president and tho attorney
general are considering tho subject
with great caro and their final de-
termination will hu awaited with
anxious Interest.
"Thunderer" Change Hands.
Iindon Jan. 0. Tho London Tlmea
has passed from thu control of the
Walter family which has oweud and
conducted It for three generations
ever since It was first useabllshed.
C. Arthur Pearson ono of thu two
Journalistic managers of Iondou has
secured tho direction of tho great
newspaper. A now company has
been formed with Mr. Pearson as
managing editor.
At Dltzler's.
Miss Katlo Ingram Is now sales-
lady at the DIUler Dry Ooods Co.
Miss (Irnca Merrill of Kureka
Kans.. has accepted a position with
the Dltzler Dry Ooods. Co. Miss
Merrill comes highly recommended
as n first class saleslady. Her fath-
er C. K. .Merrill Is manager of tho
Houston-Merrill Lumber Co. of Ha-
la Okla.
STOCK BROKER SUICIDES.
Member of New York Firm Ended
Life Last Night
fly Associated PrcBS.
Now York N. Y. Jan. S. Cltarlc
M. Whltnoy of tho Btock exchange
firm of H. N. Whitney & Sons com
mltted sulcldo last night. Tho caus"
Is unknown.
offered don't put of
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l?mr I'irKoc mum --
ini uiviio .uiiv
mil nn nvli-i tnlm-
ivt. W I OlllLO
at Remnant Prices.
35C
for 18c
Embroideries.
COURT AT SULPHUR
TRICT COURT IN SESSION.
McMillan presiding.
Ardmorclto Special.
lec'tured tho county officials a
1 ni'ir ilium iLiiii 11 n iv 1 iii'iii riiA
adding that' It Is his Intention
pury anu puuu jurors nuu ju
cases will bo tried In tho forepart
Dr. Harry murder cases which w
como up for trial at this; term
if 1 1 in 1 n ra r 111 it ttr 11 ifuir v inn 11
In tho back end of his drug store
1: iiipii n i.iimror nt urusner n a D
doctor was under tho Influenco of
firnir. 1 nnv are lurrav couniYS 11
murders.
January 20th. Judgo McMillan
Valloy six weeks at Purcell and
weeks at Norman. From July 1
will hold a mld-bummer session
Sulphur.
DR. J. M. VADEN
Hotchklss' Jewelry Store.
Offlco Phono 752 lies. Thono
Fancy China
and Pottery
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