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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
He Ought to Marry.

Miss Antique You ought to get mar
ried, Mr.. Oldchapp.
Mr. Oldchapp (earnestly)-I have
wished many times lately that l had a
wife.
Miss Antique (delighted)- Have you.
really?
Mr.. Oldchapp-Yes. If 1 had wife,
she'd probably have sewing machine,
and the sewing machine would have an
oil can, and l could take it and oil my
office chair. 1t squeaks horribly-Ex-
change
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
What 1t Looked Like,

"Beg pardon" said the rude young
man, gathering his features together
again, ~ simply couldn't suppress that
yawn."
Don't mention 1t" replied the bright
girl "By the way, that reminds me.
! visited the Mammoth cave last sum-
mer." Exchange.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
4 CHARTER OAK CHATS,

= q
G. A. Cooper was atSioux City, We'd
nesday.
Geo. Mills, OF Manila, was an Oak
caller, Wednesday.
S. w. Seymour and B. Nicholson
were over from Denison, Wednesday.
G. Harm, of Ute, had business here
this week.
H Cummings was over from Ricketts,
Wednesdays
Frank Bates has gone to Armour, S.
D., where his father is working at the
carpenter trade.
Mrs. j. P. Thompson is at Denison
this week visiting her brother, before
he goes to Oklahoma.
Louie Bahnson, of Holstein, is visit
ing friends here,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E Springer are re-
joicing over another daughter. which
arrived at their home Wednesday
morning.
P. w Harding transacted legal bust
ness at Norfolk, Nebraska, this week,
Mrs NJ. Christensen, of Ricketts,,
visited the first of the week with her
sister, Mrs. r. G. Roup.
Mrs. John Mcfarland is dangerously
i'll with pneumonia.
John Shumaker, of Sioux City. was
shaking hands with friends here,
Thursday.
F. LOOMS is preparing to build a
new barn on his lot back of his store.
In the Tuesdays REVIEW we read,
Mrs. D. o. Johnson received from
seven to ten guests, Saturday evening.
1t should have read that she received
a large number of guests, the first party
being invited from to 8 p. M. the
second from 8 to 8 p. M, and the third
from to 10 p. M. ice cream, cake and
coffee were served and all enjoyed a
very pleasant evening.
Jas. Healy. of Denison, had business
at the Oak, Thursday.
Mrs. Bates is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. McGraw in Denison.
G. B. Coin returned from Colfax,
Thursday.
Mrs. LIE Valley has been much worse
the past few days.
Hugh MAR, wife and child, of North
vile, S. D.. are visiting at the home of
his nephew, VIM. MAR.
P. D. McMahon, of this place. and
Miss Marie Barrett, of Dunlap, were
married at that place at high noon,
.uesday, Feb. 10Th, at the Catholic
church, Rev. White officiating. Chas.
Rottler of this place, was groomsman,
and Miss BARLEY OF Lincoln, Nebr.,
bridesmaid. A splendid dinner of four
courses was served to twenty-four in
yited guests, after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcmahon accompanied by Mr.. Rottler
and Miss BARLEY departed for Omaha
The bridal couple will spend the re-
mainder Of the week at Chicago and
Milwaukee.
Mr.. John Mcfarland died Wednes-
day night. The funeral services will
be held Friday at Dow City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Peterson and
Mrs. Henry Peterson. of Council Bluffs,
are visiting friends here this week
The principal object of their visit at
this time was to participate in the cele-
bration of Mr.. Theo. Peterson Sr's.,
S0th birthday, which was heldjsTues-
day. the 10Th February, at his home
here.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
How to Cure the Grip.

Remain quietly at home and take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as di-
rected and quick recovery is sure to
follow. That remedy counteracts any
tendency of the grip to result in pneu-
monia. which is really the only serious
danger. Among the tens of thousands
who have used it for the grip not one
case has been reported that did not re.
cover. For sale by G. F. Cassadpy &
Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
Electrical Mem Elect oHce,.

Des Moines. Feb. 22-The Iowa
Electrical association closed it's meet.
ing yesterday. Officers were elected
as follows: President. w. j Greene,
Cedar Rapids; secretary. w. r. Kefrer,
Des Moines: treasurer. George S. Car.
son, Iowa City. The association will
meet in Cedar Rapids in April, 1902.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22

The Review has been short handed
this week but it is making arrange
ments SO that shortly the news will not
have to be crowded out on account of
.ack of type-setting force.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22
Held for Alleged theft Of water.

Omaha, Feb. 22.-Ernest Stunt,
against whom the Omaha Water COM
pany has filed charge of misappro-
priating 1,320,OOO gallons of water ap-
peared in the police court yesterday
and waived preliminary hearing. He
was held to the district court under
$500 bona.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22

st. Paul. Feb. 22.-.John NJ. Baum,
an amateur sleuth, caused the arrest
of Patrick Hussey and John r.. Layne
on the charge of being implicated in
the abduction of Eddie Cudahy. Both
men have been released. and the po
Ilicr officials consider the affair huge
joke.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-22

n NEWS LETTER
sairrs
81, and daughter, Sylvia, event
rs 4 thursday. The doctor re-
wn ime day, but Sylvia will re-
vol seS W days.
If ell remained over night
?ot lend, A. Alexander, and
anr'ly morning train for Man
trt0
yq2fter, an enterprising farmer.
lv'ehursday.
fa,hant sold 100 pairs of shoes
- hturday. He thinks it pays
cor
'rhasked another in this place,
,talought were the two most
wfnations?" His reply was,
lec IN and Carrie Nation.
leh
,usNamson went to Mapleton,
nc, where he assisted with
ectsor a dance given in the hall
.3dpte.
,nr ,rs shipped two cars of cat
wi Sioux City. He purchased
rem the stock yards and expects
1me and soon have them ready
III, Mr.. Eggers is a successful
SIT. A. Of this place are swell
Doers. Some of the members
aa,'f this place are deserving
60 tiers Button"
M.alcott visited relatives in
.e.tAst week.
lM rer has traded his stock Of
IL ,kota land. The goods will
" from this place to Dakota
es III be moved into the build.
= the barber shop and the
Z ce will be in the building
% Banker Mourer.
s.grove went to Omaha with
lDon, Elton, where he will
es examined by specialist
necessary to have an opera
,smed.
j
~ evening. Feb. 2lst, a very
gathering was held at the
5Mrs. G. Underhill. The r
ociety planned a surprise on
herhill. she being member Of
I'VE nance society. Shortly after
TX the ladies marched in and re.
Mrs. Underhill that she was q
r member among them and they
Ding to make themselves at home
w hours, and they carried with
l supply of cakes, sandwiches,
], fruit, ETC., etc. After the
On was served, the society pre-.
Mrs. Underhill with q beautiful
o pin by which she may always
Der her many friends of this
who join in wishing her we'll in
me in Lincoln, where she soon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Obe Acqufffaf of Professor
E1r@~1~
EQSfmQn.

The acquittal of Prof Charles r.
Eastman of Harvard University of the
charge of numbering his brother-in-
law, closes one of the most remarkable
murder trials in the history of juris-
prudence. The circumstances of the
shooting, the high standing of the de-
PENDANT in the educational and social
world and the strange ante-mortem
allegations of the brother-in-law as he
lay mortally wounded by a bullet fired
during Fourth of July target prac-
tice-all served to invest the trial with
intense dramatic interest.
The verdict of acquittal in this case
is somewhat remarkable considering
the weight of purely circumstantial
evidence with the average American
jury when adroitly and powerfully
handled by lawyer of Attorney Gen
eral Knowlton's eloqueDce and ability.
But fortunately for American juris-
prudence and justice the jury consid-
cred and weighed the testimony of
witnesses and not the fervent oratory
of Mr.. Knowlton. To have convicted
Eastman under such circumstantial
evidence would have been a blot upon
the Jurisprudence of the old Bay
State In such a case as this the ends
of justice and of humanity are best
served by giving the defendant the
benefit of the doubt which any inn
partial student of the case must con-
cede was present in every detail of the
trial and which the state could not re-
move.
If the accused in this case could have
been hanged for murder the life of no
person would be safe, no matter how
remote might be his connection with
fatality. The bullet that killed
Richard Grogan was no doubt fired
from Eastman's revolver. but there
was not sufficient evidence adduced to
refute the claim that the killing was
accidental.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Rolling ~
* in Riches

By the recent renting of 900 acres
of grazing land the Usage Indians of
Oklahoma Territory have secured an
additional income of 100000. Already
they are the richest people on earth.
Several years ago the lands of the
Osages in Kansas were sold, the sale
realizing 100000 This money was
placed in the treasury of the United
States, and from it the Usage Indians
derive an annual income of 100000. In
addition to this, they own 1,57O, 195
acres of land, which is fairly worth S.
an acre, making the value of their land
holdings $7,850,875. There are 1872 In
dams in the tribe, counting men, wo-
men and children. They all share
alike in the tribal wealth, and when a
child is born it becomes
joint property owner with all
the other Indians in the tribe.
The profits from the 5000 900 held in
the treasury, the recent rental of
pasture lands, and other sources of
revenue, give the Osages an annual in
come approximating $500. 1000, a per
capita income of $304-25 for each maa,
woman and child. When family con-
sists of man and wife and eight child
rem, as often happens, the family re-
ceives each year in cash $3,042-50, and
on their lands they raise all their food
stuffs, and considerable grain for the
market.
The realty holdings of the tribe have
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

as the water LeCOA-eS the n>h
cannot exist and if fresh water is not
at hand the fish will die. To prevent
this loss Cassius NJ. Fisk of Ohio has
designed the receptacle here shown.
The device consists OF a pail to re-
ceive the water and bait, with an air
pump and storage reservoir at one side
and a perforated tube located in the
bottom of the water chamber. 1t will
be seen that air may be compressed to
a relatively high pressure in the air
container, and by means Of the pecu-
liarly arrange distributing pipes a
gradual discharge of the air through
the water is permitted, thus keeping
the water continually purified and
necessitating the use of the air pump
only at comparatively long intervals as
the pressure becomes too low to prop
erly feed the air to the water. To aid
in selecting the bait for use the in
ventor has also supplied a sort of net
composed of ring Covered with fabric
and mounted on the lower end of
rod inside the pail. which will lift the
fish clear out the water until the one
desired can De taken out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
-Tbe Breodsvfnners."


The attempt at this late day to find
in an Illinois woman the doubtful hon.
or of the authorship of THE Bread
winners deserves a place among the
curiosities of literature.
We can readily understand that as
events have shaped themselves since
1888 the real author would gladly es-
cape attention behind another name,
for when he wrote the book it is not
likely that he foresaw a public or poll
teal career for himself Fortunately
it is too late for any misrepresentation
as to the authors identity. That was
settled long ago by external and in
ternal evidence AS to internal evid-
ence alone the book is the boldest
apotheosis of snobbery, aristocracy and
the money power and the nastiest
sneer at the common people so far
written in this country.
1t had but one purpose says the New
York Journal, that was to show the
essential vileness of every person not
a millionaire and the divine sublimity
of the men that make great sums of
money. According to the teachings of
this book the man that labors with
his hands is an ignoble creature and
the man that has no occupation but
to pursue the refined and elevating
amusements of society is the only re-
spectacle person in the community.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Ope7 Air TeIep6oner.

Open air telephones are now being
set up in New Haven, Conn.,, and if
they prove successful will soon be in
stalled in all the large cities through
out the country. The outdoor tele-
phone is of the height and shape of a
police or fire alarm box, and is borne
on a slender iron post. The door can
be locked by dropping a penny in the
slot and the coin can be recovered
when the door is opened
Inside the box is the mechanical
pay station telephone with the slot for
dimes and nickels, and on the inside
of the door is a telephone directory.
The receiver is attached to the back by
a short arm, and beside it hangs the
transmitter. Connection with the CEN
trail office is made in the usual way,
and when central gets the person
wanted and the money is deposited
conversation may proceed. The door
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Cheap Steel for Foreienerr

Mr.. Charles M. Schwab, president of
the United States Steel company, adj
mits that the American steel manu-
facturers sell their products to for
eigners at lower price than they do
to their own countFymen. He admits
and he defends the practice. His rea-
soning is that to produce goods at the
minimum cost plants must be run to
their full capacity; that when the pro-
ductivity of plants run in this fashion
exceeds the demands of the country
surplus stocks pile up which must be
disposed of abroad if. disposed of at all,
and that it is for the interest of the
manufacturers, their employees and the
country generally that these SURPRISES
should be got rid of abroad, even if
they are sold at a price much below
that asked of home consumers, as 9TH
erwise mills will have to be closed or
run on half time and workmen thrown
out OF work Mr.. Schwab contends
that to obtain foreign markets and
sometimes to keep them when obtained
II is necessary to reduce prices below
the home standards.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Census Report on One
of the Great
Industries
IndUSfrfee

the fact that while the value OF the
products has increased 45-8 per cent.
and the number of the wage earners
has increased SO per cent there has
been a decrease in the number OF re-
fneries- In 1899 there were sixty
seven refineries in operation While
there were ninety-four in 1882 The
average value of plant. together with
the live or working capital, in 1880
was $317,741; in 1889 it was 1928. 578.
and in 1899 it was 81, 422, S04, a rise
showing clearly the effect of the con-
solicitations made in recent years. Mr..
Rockefeller said a while ago that the
mineral oil interests of the country
employed first class labor and paid the
best of wages. The report now pub
ished shows that wages have substan-
TALLY advanced in the past ten years.
While the total number of wage earn
ers has increased only SO per cent the
total wages have increased 1873 per
cent. There is good deal to be said in
praise of an industry that turns out the
best products of the sort, pays labor
the highest market prices and sells it's
output low enough to compete with
rivals in all parts of the world.-New
York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
ASSINIBOIA. WESTERN CANADA.
'.Don't Think Of Coming, but come

'Don't Think OF Comine, but Coma.
To the Editor: The above is the EN-
phatic manner in which a friend in
Yorkton writes to a friend near st.
Paul, Minnesota, and it is pretty near
~ right, too, with the advantages
that Western Canada offers to those
seeking homes The Assiniboia dis
trict is one OF the best The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on to
say:
John, If you miss this chance you
are foolish. for you can get out cheap
er when there are so many coming,
and would not tell you to come il
thought you could not do well. and
II you don't come in the spring you
will have to go away back, for you
do not want to think that there is no
one living out here but u.s. 1 saw
nicer buildings out here than I ever
saw before. and if the country was no
good what would they want them for?
John. If you sold everything you have
and came out here you would be worth
more than ever you were before, and
II you can bring your team. You can
get anything you want on tick, and
when they do that with strangers they
are not afraid they can't make enough
to pay for it. 1 saw as nice wheat as
1 ever saw in my life, and if they could
not grow grain what would the flour
mill be for, and it cost $40, OO0.''
Now this was what Mr. Thomas
Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, Assiniboia.
Western Canada. wrote to a friend
There will be opened up this sum-
mer new districts in Saskatchewan
and Assiniboia at low prices, particu-
lars Of which can be had of any agent
OF the government of the Dominion of
Canada, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in the columns of your
paper. Yours truly. An Old Reader
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Canning Industry in California.

During the season of 1900 in Cali
fornfa fruits and vegetables were can
ned to the amount of 50.868 tons. or
101 1886 900 pounds, producing a pack
of 3,870,157 dozen and 1,949, 1868 cases,
on which 5000. 900 labels were placed
In order to accomplish these results
a large amount of side material was
used, many hands were employed and
a vast amount of money was paid out
in wages.
The principal items were &c. 439
pounds of fiux for Gaping purposes,
1883 tons of coal for fuel. 3,544 cords
of wood and $3.50 gallons of oil for
fuel. 5.121.470 cubic feet of gas for
heating. with 1851 gallons of gAso-
line and S.035 gallons of oil for the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

People with plenty of ground space,
yet CONSTRUCTED houses, may profitably
take a leaf from the book of south
country household economy. 1t is
common there for country folk to have
a sort of outdoor fresh air closet, a
small detached structure set in the
shadiest place possible, standing upon
four tall legs, with fiat single roof
of barely enough pitch to shed rain.
The floor is at least four feet from the
ground, and the whole structure only
big enough to reach we'll across. There
are shelves all around, and the
weather boarding up next the roof II
full of tiny auger holes. The door fits
tight, and fastens with lock. Around
each of the four legs is commonly a
tar bandage, applied six inches above
the ground.
This traps venturesome ants, spiders
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

largely interested in the Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Pacific Mail Steam
ship line, Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton company, and Kansas Southern
railroad, and practically holds sway
over the destinies of all these roads.
Through utilization with the Goulds
and Rockefellers he is also interested
in the roads controlled by the latter.
His conflict with ]. ]. Hill over the
possession of the Northern Pacific,
which precipitated the great stock
panic, brought Mr.. Hartman still more
into public notice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Popularity of Outdoor Liz

1t is an encouraging sign for the
health OF the modern American that
the popularity of outdoor life in this
country seems to be increasing. The
number and variety of sports and pas
times which allure to open-air exertiou
mas grown greatly. Not very many
years have elapsed since the time
when tennis and football were unus-
ual and golf and the bicycle were al
most unknown Yet the influence of
these and other sports has been so
strong In recent years that open-air
lie has come to be enjoyed for it's
own sake and apart from the amuse-
ment associated with it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
As THE WORLD
II EVOLVES


E. H Hartman during the last few
years has achieved a reputation as q
inancier and an organizer of railroad
combines second only to that of j.
Pierpont Morgan Up to two years
ago, when he organized a syndicate to
purchase the Chicago and Alton, he
was but little known in railroad or
financial circles, except as a member
of the New York brokerage firm of
Hartman Bros, and a director of the
Illinois Central railroad, with which
he has been prominently connected for
the last fifteen years. Since acquiring
control of the Alton, of which he is
chairman of the board. he has become
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Refining
Petroleum

The development of our manufac-
lures in the past decade is as inter-
ec@ng as our growth in population
The information on this subject, col
lected for the twelfth census, is just
beginning to be distributed For the
next two years or SO the results of
these Investigations will be continual
ly coming from the census office. The
third bulletin on the manufacturing
industries relates to the refining of
petroleum. The fact is well known
that while we sell a larger value of
some other commodities to the rest of
the world our refined petroleum has a
wider distribution than any other
commodity we sell, for it is sent to
nearly every corner of the earth.
One of the most striking facts in this
report is that to produce refined Pc
troleum in 1899 to the value of $123,-
929,384 raw materials to the value Of
S1O2, S59 ,341 were consumed. The diff
ference between these amounts by
no means represents the profits of the
industry. for no account is made of
interest on the capital invested, the
cost of selling products or other
charges. 1t is evident that the differ
ence in value between the raw ma
terial and the finished product is much
smaller than is common in industries
of more complicated character. The
report also shows that we sell to for
eign lands a larger proportion of the
refined petroleum we produce than of
any other commodity we turn out. OF
the 1924, 664 barrels of refined pc
troleum produced in 1899 not less than
16, 666, 800, or nearly 40 per cent were
exported to foreign markets. 1t is also
interesting to note that the cost OF
crude petroleum has been increasing.
while at the same time the price of
refined petroleum has been decreasing.
The value of the crude oil used in 1880
was a little less than 81 a barrel; in
1889 it was worth $1.46 a barrel, and
in 1899 it was worth $1.55 a barrel.
But in 1899 the value of the refined
products, and particularly of illumi-
mating oils, was generally lower. This
shows that the large economies intro
duced into the business, such as pipe
lines, and so on, have made it possible
to sell the manufactures from crude
oil at lower prices than formerly.
though the cost of the raw material
has advanced. The process of CONSOLE
dating the interests of this industry
under one management has gone on
during the past decade, as is shown by