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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-10
Died.

FINZEL.-In the village of Finzel,
Md, on July 2, 1902, John S. Finzel.
son of the late John and Annie Finzel,
aged forty-one years. He was MEM
Der of the German Reformed church
and always a Republican. His body
was inferred in the family burying
ground at Finzel, on July 4th. The
Rev. J. H. Truxal, of the German Re-
formed church, of Meyersdale, Pa,
conducted the funeral services.
A singular coincidence connected
with his death is the fact that his
younger brother died just two years
ago with the same disease Spinal
meningitis) both leaying widow and
six small children. He owned small
farm and worked in the fire-clay
mines, always leading a very busy
life. Two brothers and one sister
survive him. He was married seven
teen years ago to Rachel Bolan, a
daughter of Charles l.. Bolan, who
with six small children mourn his
death.
A large number of friends and rela-
tives followed his remains to their
last resting place. His widow has
the sympathy of the entire commun-
ity in this her great bereavement.
WOLF.-At his home in Oakland on
Monday, Samuel Wolf, an old Union
soldier, aged about 70 years. The de-
ceased was paralyzed about six months
ago from the effects of which he never
rallied. His funeral took place yes
terday, the interment being made at
the Treusdell farm near Altamont.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-10

A BIG COAL DEAL CONSUMMATED.
The Monroe Coal Mining Company Be
come Owners of the Watson
Low Plant,

Yesterday the representative of the
Monroe Coal Mining Company, a cor
poration formed under the laws of the
State of West Virginia, met the off
cials of the Watson-Loy Coal Com
pany at the Office of Mr.. Edward H.
Sincell in Oakland and closed up the
deal for the purchase of the entire
plant OF the latter company located
at Barnum, West Va. The coal prop
erty covered by this purchase con-
sists of about 1900 acres of the four
and six foot veins of coal and is all
within the borders of Garrett county.
The deed, which was admitted to
record in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court this morning, shows a
consideration of 1925,
The output of this plant, which is
at present about 300 tons per day, will
be greatly enlarged, probably to 1000
tons per day, which will necessitate
the employment of many additional
men and the expenditure of a large
sum of money.
The gentlemen present represent
ing the Monroe Coal Mining Company
were Messrs. Chas. NJ. Dodson, vice
president of Weston Dodson Co.,
owners and operators of fifteen an
thracite mines in the Scranton pa
region; Alan G. Dodson, director in
the Monroe company; Josiah Bach
man, secretary and treasurer of the
Weston Dodson Co.; Robt. B. Beahm,
general manager of Weston Dodson
Co., and vice president of the Garrett
County Coal and Mining Co., whose
extensive holdings and works are
locat ed at Blaine, in this county, and
Mr. H. b. Douglas, uperintendent of
the same company. The gentlemen
representing the Watson-Loy Com
pany present were Mr.. James G. Wat
son, president, and George NJ. 10y,
ESQ.,, secretary.
Mr.. E. H. Sincell represented the
purchasers in this transaction while
Mr.. F. NJ. Reynolds, of Keyser, w.
Va, and Mr.. John I. Mitchell, of
Oakland, We're the representative of
the Watson-Loy Company.
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course there was rain and some peo-
pie got soaked.
The small boy was much in evil
dence. Fire crackers were fired and
an Internal machine in the shape of a
cane with explosive caps made ner-
vous people and horses have a siren
uous time. Several teams were fright
ened and that no serious accidents
occurred is due to something aside
from the intention of the shooters.
The night was especially hideous.
Roman candles figured to great ex-
tent in making it so. People with
very little judgment lighted these
fire throwers' and turned them
loose from all directions and at every
angle. The police did not make any
arrests for this but they might have
done so and received the thanks of
many people.
Little drunkenness, considering the
size of the crowd, was INDUCED in.
Several were run in and assessed the
minimum fine next morning by Hiz-
zenner Justice Gender. The rest of
the population had a good time with
out making fools of themselves.
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NON-JURY TERM OF COURT.
Judges Boyd and Stake on the Bench Dis
pensing Justice.

Judges Boyd and Stake on the Bench Dis
pensing Justice.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the
non-jury term of the Circuit Court
for Garrett county convened with
Chief Judge A. Hunter Boyd and AS
sociate Judge Edward Stake on the
bench.
The trial docket was called over
and judgments entered in uncontest-
ed cases, after which the ejectment
suit of Riley VS.. Harvey was taken
up, consuming the whole day. Argu-
ment in the case was made Tuesday
evening in chambers.
Judge Boyd in deciding the case of
j. Forward VS.. the Mt. Lake Water
Company which was tried at the
March term, found verdict for For
ward, assessing the damages at $55,
the amount paid out by the plaintiff
during the summer of 1901 to parties
for hauling water to his hotel at the
Park made necessary by reason of the
water company failing to comply with
terms of its contract to supply a suf-
ficent quantity of water for hotel
uses.
The case of L. A. Rudisill against
the same Water Company was taken
up yesterday morning before the
court. This is similar to the Forward
case and is suit for damages result
ing from the failure to supply water
to a house at the Park which Mr..
Rudisill had leased for the summer of
1901 to a lady for hotel purposes. The
trial of this case consumed several
hours and at its conclusion the yer-
dict of the court was held $25 in favor
of Mr.. Rudisill
At two o'clock a jury was empan-
elled to inquire into the mental con-
dition of Norman Camp, of Keyser
Ridge, who made a murderous as
sault on his little niece and also upon
his brother at their home Saturday,
June 2Sth, and who was sent to Jail
for safe keeping by Justice Nathan,
of Grantsville, a report of which APP
peared in the last issue of this paper.
There were number of witnesses
PRESENT at the hearing The evidence
presented to the jury was of such a
convincing nature as to the mans in
sanity that verdict was rendered
accordingly and the man was COM
mitted to Sylvan Retreat, Cumber-
land, for treatment.
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School the committee has watched in
vain for single gathering of the fac
ulty of the school which might prop
erly be called meeting of the Nor
NAL School faculty. The minutes of
the meetings of the faculty of the in
stitution read like an opera bouffe,
their proceedings consisting of play,
work and pastlme; questions of edu-
cational policy and normal training
and psychology or pedagogy, science
of school administration, or advance
ment of the curriculum or of co-relat-
ing subjects which it embraces, have
never occurred to be considered in
the deliberations of this learned body.
The droll but perfectly conscious hu-
NOR of these assemblages would be
shining mark for the pen of Dick
ems or Mark Twain.
The attention of these momentous
occasions is occupied by school pins
and class colors; with designs and
badges for various events, with the
color of the cover upon the catalogue
of the school; with class entertain
ments, Arbor Day exercises, school
holidays and programmes for COM
mencement. In these moments of re-
Taxation Arbor Day appears especially
to fill up their esprit du corps. TAX
ing up these weighty minutes from
point some eight or nine years back
they run to the present time, averag-
ing about one regular meeting a year
and four special meetings a year; al
most all of these being devoted to
preparations for Arbor Day.
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Wife and Money Gone.
F. w. DEvoE & Co.

Mrs. Michael Bell, wife of promin-
ent merchant of Morgantown, W. Va
has disappeared from her home, and
taken with her $500 belonging to her
husband. 1t is alleged thatsshe has
eloped with another man. The couple
have been married for several years,
and their domestic relations recently
have not been of the most pleasant
character. Monday morning Mrs.
Bell was missing, and when an inves-
tigation was made it was found that
she had left the town, taking the
money with her. Bell on Tuesday
evening swore out warrant for her
arrest. Her whereabouts are I'M
known.
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Letter to John AuIt.

Dear Sir; 1t is your business to
know what materials to put into a
house as well as to plan it. Of course,
you know the effect of zinc and lead
in paint-toughens it. Do you also
know the greater effect of zinc ground
in?
For a painter can't grind; he can
only mix, Devoe lead and zinc is
thoroughly ground in oil. The re-
suit is an intimate mixture.
Your painter can only mix; he can't
grind; there's no need of grinding by
hand. He should buy lead and zinc
ground together in oil.
Devoe lead and zinc is that; the
proportions are right besides. 1t
outlasts lead and oil two to one, and
costs no moreover less; for hand
work can't compete with machine
work.
Yours truly,
16 F. w. DEvoE & Co. ,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-10

At the regular monthly meeting of
the town council held Monday night
the proposition to make an additional
bond issue of $4,000 was carried with
but two votes against the PROPOSE
ton, they being recorded by Council
men Mitchell and Loar The other
members Of that body as well as
Mayor Frear favored the proposed
measure and gave their votes in sup
port of it.
Under the Act of the General As
sembly of Maryland for the year 1898
authority is vested in the Mayor and
Council to issue such bonds for the
purpose of providing a fund with
which to Improve the streets of said
town and also to provide for the pur-
chase and operation of an electric
light plant for the use and benefit of
said town."
The law also authorizes and en-
powers the Mayor and Council in its
discretion to issue coupon interest
bearing bonds of said corporation to
an amount not exceeding the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars in the
aggregate, each bond to be of the de-
nomination and in sum of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars and
said bonds shall draw interest at
rate not exceeding six per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually on tile
first days of January and July. re-
spectively, in each and every year
and said bonds shall be issued
so that none of them shall mature be-
fore the first day of July in the year
1908"
In accordance with the act above
cited the then Mayor and Council on
December Dist, 1898, issued and sold
to the First National Bank of Frost
burg a block of $4,000 of the bonds
bearing interest at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum and at figure con-
siderably above par With the money
thus secured the floating debt of the
town was wiped out and permanent
Improvements in the way of paved
streets were begun.
The proposed new or additional is
sue of $4,000 will be made under the
authority of the Act of 1898, the first
$1,000 being payable in July, 1916, at
which time the last bond of the for
mer issue will also be paid. They will
be issued in denominations of proba-
bly, $500 and will be sold to the high
est bidder, the bids to be submitted
to the mayor and council sealed and
to be opened publicly when the award
will be made.
The money derived will be expend-
ed in paving Liberty street from Sec
ond to Wilson; Second street from
Liberty to the McComas Sanitarium,
and Oak street from Third to Fourth
street.
"A committee was also appointed at
the meeting on Monday night to draft
counter proposition to be submitted
to l.. L. 1oder and any others who
desire to install a system of water
works in the town. The committee
is composed of Mayor Frear as chair
man, and Councilmen George w.
Fleming, Harry Loar and James D.
Hamill.
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SWANTON.

Mr.. Frank Mason, of Swanton, who
has been very sick of typhoid fever,
is getting along nicely under the care
of DIR. J. w. Laughlin, of Deer Park.
Mr.. A. F. George, spent the Fourth
at home but went away again Sun
day.
Mr. j. f. Friend, Jr., has moved in
his new house recently built west of
Swanton.
There was a very hard storm here
Monday afternoon. One of Mr.. b. s.
Bray's daughters was knocked down
by the lightning but is alright now.
l..
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Married.

WRIGHT Saturday
evening, July 5, 1902, by Rev. w. H.
Miller, at the Presbyterian parsonage
in Oakland, Charles Turner and Miss
Susie Wright, both of Morgantown,
West Va.
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
The Legislative Investigating Com
mittee Makes Serious
Charges.
Mr.. fINzEL STARTED THE BALL ROLLING

When He Asked at Annapolis Last Winter
That the Committee Be Appointed to
Investigate the School and Its Manage
ment-The Report Lengthy One.
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zinc and Grinding Make

Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear
twice as long as lead and oil mixed by
hand.
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A NEW BOND ISSUE
To the Amount of $4,000 Voted By
the Town Council On
Monday Night
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREfTS

The Demand Almost General For Such
itiss-MOney Will Be Used on Second,
Oak and Liberty Streets For Paving
Purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09
Personal Notes.

Hon. George S. Boutwell, was the
guest of honor at a banquet of the
Daughters of Massachusetts given in
Boston on Thursday evening last.
Prof. Charles w. Pearson has sold
his home in Chicago and will go to
Europe for the summer. and may re-
turn in the fall to lecture or re-enter
educational work.
George NJ. Moulton of Illinois, has
been elected president of the Service
Men of the Spanish-American war.
The first annual convention was held
in Springfield, ILL.,, April 3.
Governor Van Sandt Of Minnesota,
has appointed April IS as Arbor and
Bird day in that state. and has recon-
mended that trees be planted in honor
of the late President Mckinley.
General S. b. Buckner has presented
Munfordville, KY, with water works
and his son-in-law, Colonel Morris s.
Belknap. has given the city marble
fountain made i'm Florence, Italy.
Prof. Shaller Mathews of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who recently re-
turned from the Holy Land, says that
in small town east of the river Jor-
dan he discovered a windmill which
had been made in Batavia, Ill.
DR.. Elisha II. Gregory, whose half
century service as professor Of surgery
and anatomy in the St. Louis Medical
College will be celebrated on April II.
will be given a banquet, to which 5000
invitations have been issued to promi-
nent physicians in the United States
Anson A. Gard, the Canadian
American author, who wrote Ma
tional Hymn to the Flag" which was
sung by special request of President
Mckinley at the dedication of Grant S
tomb, is in Baltimore studying public
school instruction. He will visit
schools in Philadelphia this week.
Prof. Achille Naissens, who met a
mysterious death at Fox Lake, this
week, although only 80 years of age.
had wide reputation as a linguist. He
was graduate of the University of
Paris, London School of Preceptors.
University of Bonn and the University
of the city of New York
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09
OUR OLD FRIEND JOSH"
A Revival of Some of His Famous
Philosophy in Funny Bits.

Josh Billings Comic Allminax,"
which lived from 1870 to 1879, was in its
time the most popular comic publica-
ton in America, and millions of copies
were sold. The author less well known
as Henry w. Shaw than by his pseu-
donym. was a natural humOrist and as
such holds rank among the foremost
fun makers of our literature His
"Allminax' has been out of print for
some time, but recently the G. w.
Dillingham; Co., New York, has brought
it out in book form. A few samples of
Mr.. Shaws philosOphic humOr, in his
own style of phonetic spelling are
Cleaned from it's pages:
Ekonemy is the art of alwuss Citing
the worth of your money and the
of making ten cents go as far as a
shilling. 1t IL like an ear fur musk; it
has got to be born the time you are or
not at all.
Diogoneze hunted in the da time for
an honest man. with a lantern; if he
had lived in these times he would hav
needed the he'd lite of a lokomotiff.
A man with a very small head liz like
pin without emmy. very apt tew get
into things beyond his depth.
Falling in luv is like falling into
molasses. sweet, but dredful dolby.
Suckcess liz quite often like falling
oph from a log; a man kant alwus tell
how he KUN to do it..
Self-made men are most aIwus apt
tew be leetle too proud ov the job
There amt nothing that is a sure
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09

llura for laziness, but have known
seoold wife tew hurry it some.
Tbare is no kure for vanity. Citing
thoroughly wet kums the neerest to
ii for the time being.
Few enjoy good reputashun, CIV
publickly and steal privately.
If man amt got well balanced
head like to see him part his hair In
, the middle.
Piety is like beans; it seems tew dc
the best on poor sile.
Opinions are like other kinds OF
vegctables-worth just what they VIII
fetch.
A good karacter is alwuss gained bl
inches. but IL often lost in one chunk.
Those persons who spend all Their
time watching their symptoms are the
kind who enjoy poor health.
| love to see an old person joyful
but not kickupheelsful.
There is no man so poor but what he
kan afford to keep one dog, and l
have seen them so poor that they
could afford to keep three.
Trieins to define love is like trieing
few tell how you KUN tew brake
thru the ice-al you know about it is
that you fell in.
Gravity IL no more positiff evidence
Of wisdom than paper collar of a
shirt
70 kant hire a man to be honest;
If yu do, he will want his wages raised
every morning.
Faith is the right bower of hope. If
it want for faith there would be no
living in this world; we couldn't eat
hash with emmy safety.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09

The famous voyage of the Oregon
from the Pacific coast around Cape
Horn to the shores Of Cuba was a re.
markable and memorable nava
achievement The noble battleship ant
Captain Clark deserve all the glory
they won. 1t was a spectacular voy-
age under circumstances that at
tracted the attention and won the ad
miration of the world. But the Ameri
can navy has other ships, many O
them. capable of doing just what the
Oregon did. The Wisconsin, for instance
has just arrived at San Francisq
after voyage of 1850 miles. 1t was
record trip for battleship, though
such high speed was not kept up a;
the Oregon maintained during it.
forced voyage The Wisconsin brings
too, wonderful records for accurat,
shooting with big guns and small arms
OF 4S2 men practising 470 are qualified
marksmen and 22O are sharpshooters
How good preparation for war is such
target work in peace the whole worlt
recognized when our ships had Span
ish fleets for marks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09
The Custom House Complaints.

ore Of the first acts Of Secretary
Shaw when he assumed the duties of
his portfolio. a short time ago. was to
enter upon a practical and thorough
investigation of the custom-house COM
plants, that is, the complaints made
Ly many returning travellers, particu-
larly women, OF the examinations of
their BE- Ggage at the custom-hOuses.
This Investigation was prompted by
Il complaint signed by 1860 women,
protesting against the administration
of the New York cu5tom-hou3e. First
he made several visits, without MAX
ing himself known, TO the New York
custom house and observed the officials
at their work. Then he took up the
protest which 1000 women had signed
and sent him.
Ii transpires that of the 1900 women
W..o signed this document, 300 could
not be found at the addresses given;
of the 60 remaining only lS5 answered
n REQUEST for specific charges, and Of
the 1S5 there were 46 who reported that
they had signed on the representation
Of others: 81 objected to making any
declaration: y said that they had had
no personal experience, six said that
they had not been abroad in three
years. fou, that they had never been
abroad, one wrote that she signed on
general principles. and two objected
to the letter of inquiry. Ii is notice
able also that in the statemen mt of
specific complaints there is much
diversity of opinion and experience as
to what causes the chief ground of
against the $l00 limit Complaints OF
insolencc and discourtesy are few,
while 5G of the 1S5 of the correspond
ents acknowledged that they have been
courteousiy treated. Two say that
tney have iribed inspectors, three
others that they know of such cases.
Thus Secretary Shaw has been given
very slim grounds to work on in
making reforms. No doubt, it is often
annoying for returning tourists,
anxious to get ashore. to have their
baggage examined, but it is evident
that cases of abuse are few and the
secretary is sincere in his desire to re-
duce the causes of complaint to a
minimum. On such evidence as these
women gave him. however, he could do
nothing except to wonder how the
names were obtained.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09
Reflections of a Bachelor.

An old maid is good wine gone sour.
Let me write the bills of nation and
/ care not who pays them.
There are never any divorces in the
families where the husbands praise the
meals.
A widow never pretends to a man thai
she is worried about the way he is inter-
eSted i'll other women; she pretendS she
is world about the way other men are
interested in her.
Give a nah a chance to gamble and he
will do it even if it is as risky as mar
riage.
The average man has about as much
chance of getting rich as of going
through the eye of a needle.
Women will wear pretty stockings
without low shoes. but they will not wear
low shoes without pretty stockings.
There is more eloquence in one kiss
that comes from pretty lips than in ali
the oratory that has fallen from them.
When a girl is in boarding school she
thinks she could never have n husband
whose name wasn't Reginald or Percivai;
when she is ready to get married and set
tie down Tom or Bill will do as well as
anything else.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-09

The seasons hrst salmon has beer
landed down in Maine, but the cucum
ber that goes with it comes up from
warmer climes.-Boston Herald.
And it is reasonably assured that ht
who eats the aforesaid cucumber al
this season will travel on the flee
than the cucumber ever knew. If tn,
salmon would only cause dreams o.
Maine. or dreams of any kind pro-
portionate to its cost, the cucumber
nightmare would be easier to bear.