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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
PENSION ROLL INCREASING.
Commissioner Ware Says II Win
Never Again Cross Million Mark.

Never Again Cross Million Mark.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE annual
report of Commissioner of Pensions
Ware, places the total number of
pensioners now on the rolls at $685.
545, of which 729,356 are soldiers, and
267, 1S9 are widows and dependents.
Mr.. Ware announces that II Is not
probable that the pension roll will
again cross the million line, the high
water mark having been reached
year ago. Five of the pensioners are
on the roll on account Of the war Of
the revolution; 1.116 on account Of the
war of 1912; 4,734 on account Of the
Indian wars, and 1884 on account of
the Mexican war. The great bulk of
the roll ID as follows:
Civil war, invalids, 703,456; widows,
24S,390; Spanish war. invalids. 5000;
widows. 1862; and the regular estab-
lishment invalids, $40; widows. 1888.
The roll shows net loss of 2,901 PEN
sioners during the year. Out of to-
tai of 304,S09 applications on hand
during the year, $780, were admitted
and 1874 rejected.
The average annual value of each
pension is now S133. The annual value
of the Spanish war pension roll has
reached $1,765,310.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
Indian Maiden In Jail.

Toledo, Sept. 12.-Pen-Mo-Sa-Ha,
The young squaw, was lodged in Jail
here by United States marshal Healy.
She is the only eyewitness OF the
killing of John Seepo by Frank Earle
on the Indian reservation here Fear.
ing that she might be prevented from
testifying by force or by violence the
federal authorities thought 1t safer
TO confine her awaiting Earle's trial
in the federal court at Council Bluffs.
Earle has been indicted by the federal
grand jury.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
RUSSIA ASKS TIME.
Request to Remain Longer In one
Province Not Taken Seriously.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Russia has
requested permission of China to post
pone her evacuation of one OF the
frontier provinces of Manchuria for
several months after October 8, the
date for the general evacuation of
Manchuria. Minister Conger cables
lne state department this fact, and
the matter has been referred to Sec
rotary Hay at the secretary's summer
home in New Hampshire for consid-
Grafton. The state department ap-
parently is not concerned over Rus
sia's request, as 1t is pointed out the
province is only small one, and the
postponement asked is only for a
short tina
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The yield of oats is put by Mr.. Wells
at rs bushels to the acre, on basis
Of 32 pounds to the bushel. Mr.. Wells
reports, however, that not more than
2 IL per cent of the total crop will
weigh out in excess Of 80 pounds to
the bushel. Fully one-half of the crop
is below "a pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Andrew Carnegie predicts that
Great Britain and the United States
will be one nation some day. Mr..
Carnegie has unlimited faith IN the
power OF steel bands to bind things
together.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
DILLON GROCER KILLED.
D. M. Adams Run Down and Fatally
Injured at Marshalltown.

Marshalltown, Sept. 1.-THE Sec
ond fatal railway accident of this
week occurred at the west end of the
Chicago Great Western depot when
ID. NJ Adams, operating grocery at
Dillon, was run down and killed by
the north-bound passenger No. 8. The
engineer failed to see him and the en-
tire train passed over his body, sever
ing both legs between the knees and
ankles, also crushing the side Of his
head to a pulp. His chest was also
crushed. The company physician and
ambulance were Immediately called,
but the man died In the ambulance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
MILLER GETS THREE YEARS.
Sentence of Fontanelle Boy Who Stole
Money From Farmer.

Greenfield, Sept. 14.-Burton Miller,
the Fontanelle youth who burglarized
the home of Peter Schofield, August
10th, and secured $1,000, has been SEN
fenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison at hard labor.
Miller, after securing the money, went
to Des Moines, where he lavishly
spent the major portion Of the cash.
His freedom with the money there
was the cause Of his undoing, causing
.he police to investigate and resulting
in his arrest. He pleaded guilty when
taken before Judge Apologize, but did
not appear to realize the extent Of his
crime. The boys relatives are prom
nent people and are nearly heart
broken over the lads disgrace.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Mr.. Rockefeller is said to be about
to assume control of the sulphur prod
uct of the world. If he will also get a
corner on birthstone, he may be able
to force Old Satan to terms and thus
assure his future.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

What 4 lovely time that man must
have had who made the circuit Of the
globe in fifty-four days. A book re-
lating the interesting things he saw
and studied during his leisurely
journey would be most entertaining
and instructive.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

We are now to have train de
luxe" across the continent for the ben
eft of those exclusive ones who have
too much money to mingle with the
common herd. o Democratic sim
plicity," what a jewel thou art!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Chemists of repute in Massachusetts
are said to have demonstrated the
fuel value of mud taken from the
swamps, after II has been dried and
properly treated. What difference
does it make? A mud trust would
soon have it all.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The Japanese are reported to be
wild for war with Russia. Somebody
with a kind heart ought to tell the
Japs few things concerning the size
of Russia.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The Washington Post announces
that President Baer is making expert
ments looking to reduction of the
cost of handling coal. We have been
enjoying the comforting thought that
President Baer was still In Europe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

James J. Corbett has entirely re-
covered from the blow which con-
cluded the recent battle. and quits
with a bank account and a contract
for the theatrical season. Why waste
sympathy?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

A New York scientist has impover'
ished himself seeking the germ of in
sanity. In the face of so much phi.
lanthropy it would be unkind to hint
that he did not look near enough
home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

We have az idea that If the toy
pistol were making half the mischief
in Turkey that it is in this country,
the Sultan would put it out of bust
ness for good between two puffs of
Turkish tobacco smoke.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

1t takes two women longer to ex.
plain over telephone why they can't
go to lunch together than it does a
dozen mon to draw up plans to build
railroad.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Odom, the jockey, will earn about
$4,000 this season. Many men who
understand three or four languages
or the higher mathematics are lucky
to make $4,000 a year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

An astronomer thinks that the Mar.
tians are trying to signal us again.
Perhaps they, too, are trying to find
out when Prof. Langley's aerodrome
is going to start.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

In naming the new boy Francis Gro
yer, Pa Cleveland shows an apprecia.
ton of the fact that mamma comes
first as far as family matters are con-
cerned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
FARMERS FATAL QUARREL
C. E. Dove, Shot Down by His Neigh.
Dor, Will Die.

Ottumwa, Sept. 10.-Jesse Cavines
shot and probably fatally wounded
Tuesday evening, c. +. Dove. who
lives two miles west of Charlton.
Both are wealthy farmers and neigh.
bors. The quarrel is of long stand
ing. Dove is very low this after
noon. Cavines surrendered and gave
a bond for q thousand dollars. He
claimed the shooting was in self de-
fensa
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

II France really wants to double
her population she can do so by i'm
porting the great American cucum-
Der.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The idea is slowly being evolved
by people in Scotland that the only
chance now is to establish cup OF
their own and invite US to challenge
for It.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

At night, when you sit on your front
porch and talk. it is well to remember
that those to whom you talk will re-
peat what you say in broad daylight
next day.-Atchison Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
Worlds Record Broken.

Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 1.-two
worlds records went by the board
Saturday afternoon at the Gienville
track. Lou Dillon, 900, driven by
Willard Sanders. broke the trotting
record to high sulky Of 2:08A. es-
tablished by Maud s. in 1885. negoti-
ating the distance in 2:Vo. The frac-
tional time was :s2h, 1:04, 1885. 2:05.
The Monk and Equity also broke
the worlds wagon record, going the
mile In 2:09A.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The probability is that Count Toll
stoi considers every man who doesn't
wear an old blouse and go barefoot
q barbarian.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

A young man seldom realizes how
dear his best girl is until he goes
broke trying to make her wishes come
true.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Mrs. Langtry has an abiding con-
Viction that she can stand any play
the public can.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

An inch on the end Of mans nose
and a second off the ,trotting record
are about equally conspicuous.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Too many so-callAd gems of thought
turn out to be paste.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

At least it must be said for break
fast food that 1t has provided para
graphers with plenty of material.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

II some way could be found Of
emptying the Kaw river into Mount
Vesuvius-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

When gamblers fall out the lambs
are less likely to fall In.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
BULeARiANs ARE AROUSED.
Their Temper, as Result of Recent
Events, Reaches Boiling Point.

London, Sept. 1.-THE temper of
the Bulgarian people and government,
according to kilograms from Sofia, is
rising to a danger point All indica-
lions tend to show that however 10y
ally the government desires to observe
a neutral attitude il will be forced ere
long by pressure from the people into
a formal declaration of sympathy with
the Macedonian Christians. Premier
Petroff's informal intimation to the
diplomats in Sofia that unless some
means of restraining Turkeys terrible
measures to suppress the uprising in
Macedonia is taken by the powers
Bulgaria will be forced to depart from
strict neutrality, is regarded as a
warning in this sense to the powers.
A committee representing all classes
has been organized by the professors
of the Sofia university and is sitting
daily to discuss the situation. Bitter
attacks on Prince Ferdinand are in
dulged In for his action In dissolving
the sobranje at such a critical mo-
ment, which is characterized as trea-
son against the people. Resolutions
will be submitted to this committee
today urging the immediate mobiliza-
ton of the army against Turkey.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
AccEDEs TO DEMANDS.
Turkish Government Removes lniquit
Gus Vail of Beirut.

Gus vail OF 6cifut.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE follow
ing bulletin was posted at the navy de-
partment yesterday:
admiral Cotton telegraphs from
Beirut. September 10, that the COVER
nor of Damascus has been app0kx6 ed
acting governor general at Beirut, and
has expressed a desire to settle the
case of the American vice consul sat
isfactory to the United States govern
ment. Beirut quiet; business improv-
ing; confidence increasing"
The state department has authentic
advices that Governor General Nazim
Pasha of Damascus, who has been ap-
pointed acting governor of Beirut, Is a
trustworthy and broad-minded man,
and Minister Leishman has been in
structed to advise the sublime porte
that the Washington government is
greatly pleased at the immediate
granting of it's request for the removal
of the governor Of Beirut and the APP
pointment in his stead of a responsible
person and one favorable to foreigners.
A long cablegram reached the state
department from Minister Leishman
on the general Turkish situation
which has not yet, been made public.
The prestige of Mr.. Leishman at Con.
stantinople has greatly increased since
the appearance of the European squad
ron off Beirut and the scope of his rep
reservations to the pore have also in.
creased in the last few days.
II is understood our government
will push to an early conclusion all its
pending claims against Turkey.
Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister,
was a caller at the state department
yesterday. bringing further reassuring
advices that condition of absolute
peace has been established at Beirut
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
WOmen and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the Older of woman's pref.
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest of all
Jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem. then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous conse-
quences of coughs, colds and bron
chial affections by regular use Of
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. II
will promptly arres, consumption
In It's early stages and heatl the at
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. 1t is not cure all
but 1t Is a certain cure for coug hs
colds and eli bronchial troubles.
You can get Dr.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Hendershot's
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
I S tt
Executors Sale Of Valuable Real Is,
tate and Personal Property.

The undersigned will, between
the hours of 10 o'clock. a m. and q
o'clock p M, on
Monday, ,he 9th Day OF March. 1908,
at the front door OF the First Ma
tional Bank building, at the corner
of Wells and Charles streets, In the
City of S:stersville, West Virginia,
offer for sale at public auction, to
the highest bidder, the following
real and p-,soral property:
Flrst-The house and lot at the
corner Of Water and Elizabeth
streets, and KIN wv as lot number
Fl, In the City Of Sistersville, West
Virginia, beip" the property used
by the late G. 2. Russell as a resi-
dence.
Second-Fourteen shares of tie
capital stock of the First National
Bank of Sistersville. West Virginia.
Third-Ten shares ofthe capital
stock of the Board of Trade of the
City of Sistersville, West Virginia
Terms of Sale-Cash In hand on
day of sale
w. r ISHAM.
Exec ntor of the last will and tesla
ment of Z. P. Russell, deceased.
Hanes & Young,
! Attorneys. 2Io4w d "
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
Farming In the South.

The Passenger Department Of
the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany is issuing monthly circulars
con ,ernlng fruit growing, vegetable
gardening, Stock raising, dairyirs
etc, In the States of Kentucke ,
West Tennessee, Mississippi, auc
louisiana. Every Farmer, or
Homeseeker, who will forward his
name address, to the undersigned
will be mailed free Circulars Nos
1913 4. and 5. and others as they
are published from month 10 month
E. A. RICHTER,
Travelling Passenger Agent. Park
Building, Pittsburg Pa IL IL tt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
Notice OF Dissolution

All partnership relations hereto
fore existing between Bert c Buell.
and H E. Stephan under the firm
name Of Buell. & Stephan, are here.
by dissolved by mutual consent.
All claims and debts due the la'e
firm of Buell. & Stephan shall be
paid to Cutler & Kirkland. and all
demands against said firm OF Buell.
& Stephan are to be filed with Cut
Ter & Kirtland.
January 3 1903
BERT G. BUELL.,
Fl. E. STEPHAN.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13

On Saturday, 2 p. m, Feb. 18th,
the Ladies' of the Needle Work
Guild will hold their regular meet.
ing In the City Hall. All officers
and directors are requested to be
present. IL IT
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
OIL DEVELO PMENTS
THE OIL MARKET.

White House ~
w
GAINESVILLE %
summerseti %
Lacy %
Ragland %
The Mutual Oil & Gas company
were due last evening with their
No. 6 Selmon Wells In the Bens
Run pool. Contractor George Wolf
commenced to spud today at Nc. 7
same farm. He also has contract
for drilling No. IS well, and will
start same at once. for Slegel &
Fried on the Way trace which ad
Joins the Wells farm. Wav No. IA,
which was finished a few days ago
and reported dry, was given a dose
of the high explosive yesterday and
! 1t Is now showing for ten barrel
producer.
One mile west of the Ten Mile
district Barnsdall, Mitchell & Nolan
are due with their No. Friend
Travis In the Keener formation. In
case oil Is not found In this pay
the we'll will be drilled at once to
the Big Ipjun.
The we'll of Joseph Kennedy q Go.
which Is being drilled to the Keen
er formation at Matamoras, will In
all probability reach the pay streak
tomorrow evening. This well Is
attracting much interest among
the local talent, and was S barrel
producer from the salt sand.
Peasants Co., VIVA.
S. Y. Ramage Is having the
machine moved In this week to
start No. sc Sol Pethtle in French
Creek fields. This field Is now the
most active in Peasants county, the
big wells on the Bills and Reynolds
farms tending to stimulate opera
tons wonderfully.
7. Simpson a we'll known drilling
contractor, now operating In We,zel
county, was In the city Sunday,
shaking hands with his host of
friends here.
The Central Oil company has
completed another magnificent
Cow RIM sand we'll on Its J. B
Reynolds lease on French creek.
1t IS reported better than go bar
rels per day. This Is No 80 on that
farm. 1t will start other wells at
once as 1t now looks as If they were
just finding the cream of that ter
ritory.
A big delegation of New Workers
came In on Tuesday evening 10 WIS.,
1t and inspect the local oil fields.
Many OF them are interested In pro.
duction In the county and the re-
mainder came along with view to
investing should anything gilt
edged" present itself. The COM
pany was quartered at the Haddox
during their stay. They left yes
terday morning for Columbus, 0.
The personnel of the crowd follows:
]. H. Ruggles, Brooklyn; J. Wal
lace barrow. Chatham, J. w.
Hoegebaum, Nassau, Richard Crit.
fin; VIM. J. Hunt, Geneva; Albert
Younger, Goshen: M. B. Cook,
Little Falls; Z. J. Phillips, Mr..
and Mrs. With. Scott, Syracuse;
Eugene J. Haiss, Harry II. Walsh,
S. G. Hull, Albany; &C. Schonne
berger, o Harrang, New York; ].
W. Hawson, Cazenvia; c. B. Har-
rang, Columbis; G. S Humphrey,
G. E. Scudder, Dan Lyons, Bling
hamton.
The Octo OIL company Is starting
another we'll Oil the Rodney Rey-
nolds farm. Edmonds & Schau-
wecker are contractors.
Zahniser & Ambler have well
due on the D. W. Reynolds farm at
Boaz, Wood county.
Zahniser, Browse & Hall have
we'll due In the Big Knot field
Leader.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
Bad Breaks.

Chaffer-You can stop your auto very
quickly, can't you? ] suppose it has
an eccentric brake?
Shaffer-I!rh. It's had all kinds Of
breaks, and they're all eccentric
Philadelphia Press.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
Mr. wheeler Got R,d of His Rheuma-
lis,n.

Iis,n.
During the winter f 1898 l was
so lame In my joints, In fact, all
over my body. that I could hardly
hobble around, when I bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pats Balm
From the first application begar
to get we'll, and was cured and have
worked steadily all the year.-R.
Wheeler, Northwood, N Y. For
sale by c. W. Grier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-09

Nadia crept on in front OF Michael
StrogoG. The balls fell around them
like a shower of hailstones and crashed
upon the ice. The surface of the field,
rugged and with sharp edges. made
their hands bleed. but still they kept
advancing.
Ten minutes afterward the lower
border of the barrier was reached.
There the waters Of the Angara again
became free. \ few large blocks of
ice. becoming by degrees detached from
the field and floating with the current,
descended toward the town.
Nadia understood what Michael Stro-
goff wished TO attempt. She saw one
OF those blocks Of ice that was only
held by n narrow tongue.
Come" said Nadia.
And both lay down on this morsel of
fee, which a slight rocking loosened
from the barrier.
The block began to make its way
down the river. The river itself be-
came wider. and the route was free.
Michael Strogoff and Nadia coulo
hear the firing of guns, the cries of dis
tress, the shouts OF the Tartars that
made themselves heard up the river.
Then little by little those cries of deep
anguish and OF ferocious joy were lost
In the distance.
"Oh, those poor companions whis-
pered Nadia.
For half an hour the current quickly
carried along the block of ice which
wGs bearing Michael Strogoff and Ma
Ola. At every moment they feared that
they might sink under the water. Be
ing caught in the stream, it followed
the middle of the river, and it would
not be necessary to give it an oblique
direction until there was question of
making for the quays of Irkutsk.
Michael Strogoff, with his teeth set
and his ears ready to catch the least
sound, did not utter n single word.
Never was he so near attaining his
end. He felt that he was about to sue
coed.
Toward o'clock in the morning a
double row of lights lit up the somber
horizon on the two banks of the An
CARA.
On the right was the glare from the
! lights of irkutsk, on the left the fires
of the Tartar camp.
Michael StrogOff was not more than
half verst from the city.
"At lastw whispered he.
But suddenly Nadia gave a cry.
At that cry Michael Strogoff rose VI
! from the block, which became very I'M
steady. His hand stretched out toward
the head of the Angara. His face, al
lit up with the reflections of blue lights
became terrible to look at, and then, as
though his eyes had been reopened tC
the light, he cried:
"Ah, God himself is against usv'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-09
READ 1T TH RQHGH

'IwoULD SPOIL THIS STORY TO TELL IT IN THE
HEADLINES
To use an eighteenth century phrase, this is
an Ger true tale" Having hapl ened in
small Virginia town in the winter of 1902, it is
a story very much o the present. Up tn
short time ago Mrs. John E. Harmon Of Mel'a
Station, Va, had no personal knowledge of
the rare curative properties of Chamberlain
Cough RENE dy. Last January" she says
''my tahy took dreadful colo and at one
time feared she would have ppeuu onia, but
one of my neighbors told me how this RENE Y
had cured her little boy and began giving it
to my baby at once and it soon cured her. I
heartily thank the manufacturers Of Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy for placing so great
a cure within my reach. 1 cannot recommend
il too highly or say too &C its favor.
hope all who read this viii Try it and be
conviL ced as I was" For sale by 81. G.
Pierce. Barton; B. u. Wells, G over; w. l..
Cove, Barton Landing; q. Wheeler lrss burg /;
l. Stephenson, Lowell.