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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01

Apropos to the electric railway
project, the Observer Is In justice
bound to commend the caution OF
council In Its consideration OF the
complications that are now salts.
factorlly adjusted. The attitude
OF the dads" was that of the man
who had been gold -bricked once
but was-if he could be again"
and while this position might oc
casionally work unwaranted injury
to sound propositions amenable, to
councilmanic action, it at the same
time safeguards the public against
imposition. There does not seem,
however, to be any very tenable
ground for opposition to the rail
way, and 1t was gratifying that
council did not take on any un-
necessary antagonism through the
howlipgs of blatant asses, sx.
crecences on the face OF the pro-
gress, who invariably In natural
cussidness become obstructionists
whenever any enterprise looking
to the public good Is proposed.
We have men In this city today,
debtors to the bounty of a thriving
munlcipality.who would actually be
pleaed If a fasco was made Of the
railway; who are tirelessly search
Ing for flaws to give color to
to their opposition. Rome was
not built In a day. Neither can an
electric railway be constructed In
that time. Mistakes, innocent
ones are apt to be made. Difficult
ties are sure to be encountered.
But In a case like the one at home
where consunmation means so
much, where failure can give salts
faction to none but mean souls, the
projectors, like the prisoner at the
bar of justice, should have the
benefit of every presumption of In.
nocence or good faith until the
contrary Is demonstrated beyond
the peradventure ofa doubt. The
electric railway people have In our
opinion, acted all the way through
In perfect good faith. They are
proceeding as rapidly as possible
IN acquiring rights Of way; they
have either bought or optioned q
large acreage at Paden's Valley for
an industrial community and feed
er for the railway; they have pur-
chased and are purchasing material;
they have bought the "jug" prop
erty; they have expended a large
sam of money In making surveys
and In attendance on other costly
preliminaries: they have on the
spot Charles G. Tennis, president
of Tennis Brothers Company OF
Pittsburg, who says on the reputa
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01

J. B. Wildman, a we'll known
employe of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad company at Pennington,
which Is small hamlet on the Short
Line, has been taken to the Pasteur
institute 10 be treated for a mad
dog bite that he received last Sun
day.
On last Sunday afternoon Mr..
Wildman was out taking walk a
short distance from Pennington,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01

The dedicatory services of the
Louisiana Purchase Expositio: will
be held today and President Roose-
velt will deliver the principal ad
dress. The Exposition bids fair 10
be the largest show of industrial
greatness and activity ever laun-
ched by any country. TIE citizens
of ST. Louis subscribed more than
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01
The Quiet Observer

tion of one of the most relia ole
construction companies of the
couutry that that company has d
contract for building the road from
Slstersvllle to New Martinsvllle
and Is going to build it with full
confidence in the responsibility and
integrity of the party of the first
part. In the face of all this It IS
hardly fair to attempt to cold
blanket the proposition by asserting
that the project Is speculative to
the extent of being a franchise
grab. Conditions all indicate the
contrary and the preversion of fact
without reason should be cried
down.
*
A better feeling for New Mar
tlnsville comes with the announce.
ment that The council of that city
Is beginning to show disposition
to subserve prejudice for the pub
lie veal In the matter of the elec
tric railway, and that there Is a
strong probability that the CO.
operation of Wetzel will be forth.
coming. This Is as 1t should be.
The proposition that the people Of
our sister city were actuated by
honest motives In opposing the
railway will be more generally
credited In the light of the report
that sentiment has changed for the
better. There should be commun-
ity of interest In the enterprise and
in all else that effects the prosperity
of the neighboring cities. Jealousy
on either side Is childish. Let's go
hand In hand for mutual good,
Both cities are destined to great
accomplishments along with the
industrial development of the State
and cannot afford to be on the
"outs."
~
Much of the success that has at
tended the negotiations for the
electric railway is due to the per-
sonal worthiness of the chief pro-
moter, Mr.. Robert Miller. He has
been the gentleman throughout and
has earned the good will Of all with
whom he has been brought In con,
tact. His earnestness and sincerity
has been the seal Of success.
**
The Observer honestly believes
that the railway will be extended
to Middlebourne and finds no seri-
ous cause for the skepticism that
exists at the county seat. This
construction Is pledged In all seem
ing sincerity and our faith extends
equally along the full route pro.
posed.
NC. r.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG

and was walking along the high
way when he saw strange cog
coming towards him II was noticed
that the auim a was acting Strangely
and he was given wide
berth The dog came running
towards him and when but few
feet way 1t made a sudden lung
at him with a frothing mouth.
Wildman attempted to esc1pe bu'
received several lacerated wpuuds
from the rabid dog before he could
beat 1t of
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01
New Electric Line.

We are to have an electric rail-.
road on the Ohio side. A survey
Ing corps Is at work today opposite
the city making a temporary
survey. The more railroads the
faster We progress. Z,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01

A mountain beaux kissed his
best girl, on the streets of Hunt
ingtou the other day and was
promptly fined for the indiscreet
offense. Sistersvllle boys are more
discreet In their smacks Of love.
The knockers" club has goue
out of business but the boosters"
organization was perfected by the
City Council last night.
The Fellow who always looks
upon the dark side OF things, rarely
ever sees the sun.
The Seat of Government will be
transferred to ST. Louis tomorrow.
Roosevelt and hls.Cabinet had bet
ter fight shy of the Missouri Legis'
lature.
Alderman Ryan was the recept-
ent of the fremen's congratula
tious last night. May the Irish
statesman ere another year elapse
have need for larger quarters.
The report of Gen. Miles Is a
boomerang to the army bat re-
cruits are still being taken into the
ranks.
It's better to be wise than foolish
bat nature continues to hold the
check reign.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-01
SmaCks From the Pen

April borrowed largely from
March. 1t Is to be hoped, how
ever, that May will Wind up In the
fools debt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Bradstreet's Review of Trade.


Crop, trade and labor conditions
still present some Irregularities, but
six months trade returns point to
actual business having been better
than year ago, and the situation, as
whole. shows favorable features pre-,
dominating as to the future.
The iron and steel situation seems
to have improved slightly.
Some large strikes have been for.
mally ended, and the two leading
troubles are those of the textile work
ers at Philadelphia and the building
hands at New York. The disorder at
Richmond is due to strike of rela-
lively insignificant number of EN-.
ployes.
High prices for raw materials, no.
tably cotton, constitute a drag upon
future business, the full effects OF
which cannot yet be measured until
the turn of the year, when the crop
situation becomes more clearly de,
fined.
The situation, in fact, may be said
to be waiting one, but confidence in
the future Is still predominant
Business failures for the week end
ing with June 25 number I'll against
153 in the like week of 1902
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Reply to TuIIoch Charges.

Charles E. Smith, succeeded as
postmaster general by Mr., Payne, has
made public his reply to the charges
made by Mr.. Tulloch, in connection
with the postoffice investigation. Mr..
Smiths letter explains that all the
transactions described in the Tulloch
statement as irregular were examined
and a report was made to him, which
gave the facts and the explanations
in each case. These explanations, he
said, had never been challenged. The
explanations of the Tulloch charges,
Mr.. Smith says, have been on file since
1889. Most of the explanations are
that military exigency justified the
course taken.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
hurSday,

Long continued rain, following pro
tracted drought, broke meteorological
precedents.
Ira ID. Sankey, the evangelist, is
hopelessly and permanently blind, ac.
cording to his son, at the latter's home
in Brooklyn.
Ships of the American squadron, un.
der Rear Admiral Cotton, arrived al
Kiel and were courteously welcomed
by Prince Henry and the officers of the
German fleet.
At continued hearing in the appli
cation for a receiver for the shipyard
trust, Charles NJ. Schwab was severe
ly scored by Samuel Untermyer, who
declared the entire scheme fraudulent
Thieves got into the old postoffice
building at Buffalo and stole brass
fittings, including brass door knobs
brackets and drop lights. The booty
was carried away in bags which were
obtained by emptying three ore bags
of their contents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Farmer Murdered In Field.

The Ontario county authorities have
arrested and lodged in county Jail
at Canandaigua Edward Sexton, 35
years of age, on the charge of killing
with a shot gun, on the evening of
Tuesday, Thomas Mahaney, Jr., fell
low farmer, at their home, in Farming
ton.
In 1899 Sexton was arrested and con-
victed on a charge of assault in the
third degree, for shooting at Thomas
Mahaney, Sr., the father of the man
lust murdered. He served so days in
Jail for the crime, although he broke
jail once, but was recaptured. At
that time, it is charged, he swore
vengeance on the Mahaney family.
The murder was foul one, the
assassin creeping up behind Mahaney
while he was drilling beans in the
field, just out of the sight of his
family, who heard shots, but suspect
ed nothing wrong till the team came
running in from the field. The body
was found lying on its face with a
terribly mangled skull, the entire
charge of shot piercing the left eye,
ear and temple The murder aroused
the entire community and bloodhounds
we're taken to the spot by the authori-
Ees, but tn heavy rainfall hampered
tne dogs. Sexton was found at his
home later The Officers who won't
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Ne,u Steel ComnanX.

Sharon, June p. - The Shenangc
Iron and Steel company has been or
ganzed by Sharon, Pittsburg and
Youngstown, O., capitalists and will
operate the Continental iron works
at Wheatland, recently sold at auc'
ton for 100000. Application for a
charter will be made at Harrisburg
July IS and the capital stock will be
5000. 900. The company is composed
of Samuel Mcclure, manager Of the
Stewart Iron company and vice pres
ident of the Sharon Savings and Trust
company; D. Leet Wilson of Pittsburg
A. w. Heron Of the Fort Pitt Ma
tlonal bank, Pittsburg, and Mason
Evans. a Youngstown manufacturer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Monday.

President Roosevelt goes to ais
home at Oyster Bay from Washington
Authorities of Indiana worried by
the hostile attitude to negroes all over
the state and will confer on plans to
protect the blacks.
Kenilworth park, Buffalo, was pur'
chased for $1O5,OO0 y s. S. Rowland
representing the creditors Of the de.
funct Buffalo Racing association.
United States government transfers
the Plus fund of $1,423,O0O in Mexican
silver to the Philippine account and
breaks what appeared to be a corner
in silver
Charles Emory Smith, former post
master general, made a new reply tc
charge of Irregularities during the ad'
ministration made by Seymour w Tul
loch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Press Association Officers.

The New York Press association,
in session at Thousand Islands park,
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Daniel D. Frisbie, Schoharie Re
publican; vice presidents: John w,
Slauson, Middletown Press; ]. T. Mac.
Arthur, Granville Sentinel; w. B. Col
Inns, Gloversville Leader; ]. e. Klock,
Kingston Freeman; L. NJ. Henry,
Cnittenango Times; secretary and
treasurer, A. o. Bunnell, Danville Ad.
vertiser; L. w. Homes, Roscoe Review;
L. B. Green, Patchogue Argus; Gard
ner Kline, Amsterdam Recorder and
Democrat; George e. Marcelus, Le-
roy Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Saturday.

Cornell won the three races in the
intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeep
sic.
King Peter took the oath of office
at Belgrade and informed the powers
of his accession.
Rioting was resumed at Whining
ton, Del, and negro named Will
lam Cramer was shot and died later
in hospital.
Kaiser Wilhelm inspected the battle
ship Kearsarge at Kiel and sent q
complimentary cable dispatch to Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Pope Leo held a public consistory
giving red hats to the new cardinals
present in Rome and confirming re
cent appointments of bishops.
By deciding to transmit to the czaI
the Hebrew petition regarding the i'll
treatment of co-religionists in Russia
President Roosevelt surprised Wash
ington.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
AMERICANS WINNERS
Success Of Our Men-of-Wars
men at Kiel Races.
Ensign Steele of the San Franclsc,
Won Race For Large Launches
Lieut.. Muslin of the kearsarg'
Was Ahead But Was Fouled by al
Outsider and Was Third.

Kaiserlicher Yacht Club, Kiel, Jun,
S0-The American men-of-warsmei
won two first, a second and third il
yesterdays races against the boat,
Of the German feet. The Americans
had five boats entered in four event.
while the Germans had 81 and tn
American crews were not famiiia
with the course and had not special,
trained for the occasion.
The closest contest and the on,
which attracted most attention from
the Germans was that between tn,
large launches. Lieutenant MustiI
Of the Kearsarge led after the frs
quarter Of a mile and gradually in
creased his lead until near the finisl
he was one eighth of a mile aheaC
Of the San Francisco's launch.
Then, what was probably a civil
lan's yacht, that was running oblique
ly, yelled something unintelligible t.
Lieutenant Muslin and few moment!
later the strangers bowsprit raj
through the sail of the Kearsarge'i
launch, tearing away part of it. Be
fore the two boats could be Olsen
tangled the San Francisco's launcl
passed and 100 yards behind her the
launch of Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse
Lieutenant Muslin and Ensign Steele
both outsailed the German boats IL
turning the mark buoys and they
gained severa seconds on eact
turn. The German crews, although
they cheered the Amrican winners
could not help feeling vexed, because
they had been training for a fortnight
for this event
The emperor presented the prizes to
the winners at the yacht club at night
in the shapc Of personal gifts to the
officers commanding the launches. En-
sign Steele received a silver cup
II hope you will drink many bumper
out of it, said Emperor William hand
ing it to him. Lieutenant Muslin anc
Midshipman Rowan, who sailed the
Chicago's small cutter received large
silver cigarette boxes.
Lieutenant Patrick W. Hourigan OF
the Kearsarge was entered in the sail
ing cutter competition, in which Il
German cutters took part, and came ir
fifth.
The Chicago's small cutter competed
in another race and came in second
being beaten by eight lengths by G
boat manned by men from the EN-
peror's yacht Hohenzollern. The Amer
lean squadron will leave this evening
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
10 serve the warrant had to batter
down Sections door to get at him
He was dragged out of his house ant
went quietly with the officers.
President at Oyster Bay.

President Roosevelt passed a quie'
Sunday with his family at his Saga
more Hill home.
1t is announced by Secretary Loci
that the president will receive few cal
lers at Sycamore Hill this summer
and those wno hope to see him will
be obliged to make engagements
through Mr.. Loeb in advance of theiii
arrival at Oyster Bay.
The president will devote his morn
1ngs to the transaction of executive
business and afternoons to recreation
and rest. During the afternoons, toe
he will receive such callers as may
have engagements with him or those
whom he may summon to Sycamore
Hill.
The executive offices selected fol
Secretaries Loeb and Barnes and the
jcHerical force this year are much
more commodious and convenient than
those occupied last year. They con
sist Of six rooms in the second story
of the Moore block and are well ar
ranged and admirably adapted to the
purposes of the executive staff. The
desks and other furniture in the offices
are chiefly those which were used in
the executive Offices OF the old White
House.
President Roosevelt will spend nc
time in the offices, his work being
done in his library at Sycamore Hill
The offices are in direct comnunica
ton by telephone with Sycamore Hill
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
A Northern Lynchinu,

A mob of couple of thousand men
Monday night at Wilmington, DEL,
broke into the county workhouse bent
on lynching George White, the negro
who was held on a charge of assault
ing and killing Helen Bishop.
The guards defended the place and
a boy and man, members of the
mob, were shot and slightly injured.
The guards played a strong stream
of water from hose into the crowd,
which stubbornly held it's ground and
declared they would get the negro.
The negro was taken to the scene of
the crime. He there confessed to hav-
ing assaulted the girl He was then
burned to the stake and his body rid
died with bullets.
The excitement attending the grue-
some tragedy enacted Monday night
when George F. White the negro MUIR
derer of seventeen-year-ol Helen
s. Bishop, was burned at the
stake, has subsidized. The swift and
dire punishment moted out to the per-
petrator of the crime is the sole topic
OF conversation but the details are
calmly rehearsed.
During the show Of resistance made
by the police and the jail officials
when the mob attacked the New Castle
county workhouse, Peter Smith,
12 year old boy, was shot in the back.
The bullet which struck him evident
ly came from pistol in the crowd,
as 1t is claimed by the prison war
den that his guards fired over the
heads of the lynchers Smith died
Wednesday afternoon.
Another young man, whose name is
unknown, was slightly injured. The
only other persons known to have
been hurt was a man who was kicked
by White, when the negro attempted
to escape from mis- torturers, and
another man who had his arm burned.
Mrs. Bishop, mother of the MUIR
dered girl is in a state Of extreme
nervousness. White was put to death
within few hundred yards Of the
Bishop house and the glare of the fire
and howls of the mob could plainly
be seen and heard at the house.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Yale Won All Three Races.

For the first time on record Yale
triumphed over Harvard in all three
OF their boat races in the annual re-
gatta on the Thames at New London,
Thursday. The wearers of the blue
won the eight-oared varsity race by
three and one-half boat lengths, the
freshman eight-oared race by two and
a quarter lengths and the varsity four
cared race by one and a half lengths.
In all three races Harvard put up
a memorable fight and went down to
defeat after gallant struggles in which
her boys rowed out the last ounce Of
their strength.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
ELEVATOR INQUEST.
Woman Testifies to the Fall Of the
Caae In the ponnellY Building.

Pittsburg, June 29.-The inquest
into the death of the four persons
killed in the elevator accident in the
Donnelly building. No 1926 Fifth ave
nue., on May 22, was opened by Coro
ner McGeary, and after two witnesses
were examined the case was contin
ued until July g. Attorney James
Francis Burke represented the rela
tives to Mary Curtin and Susie Elan
nigan, who were killed in the fall, and
Catherine Flanagan, who is still con
fined in the hospital from injuries sus
tained in the accident. Attorney Will
lam J. Bremen represented Charles
Donnelly, owner of the building.
Mrs. Lulu Postelwaite of No. 81 Hol
land avenue, McKees Rocks, who was
in the elevator when it dropped, said
there were about IA people in the cage.
but was unable to tell whether Frank
Lee, the colored janitor. had charge OF
the elevator or Professor l. N. Gil
lis.
Frank Lee brought the elevator
down, and we all got in" she said.
I'VE went to the top of the building
think it was at the fifth floor the
elevator started to come down at a
terrific speed. Professor Gillis told
us to brace ourselves and then the
crash came"
Frank Lee told of turning the ele
vator over to Professor Gillis. He
said he had never taken over nine
persons in the cage at one time, and
was unable to tell what caused the
accident.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
SHOT BY HIS HoUsEKEEPER2
That Is the Theory of the Police Re
gardinu the Injuries of j. L. Rosso.

New Brunswick, N. j., June 30
John L. Rosso, Jr., is likely to die. He
was shot through the abdomen on Fri.
day morning at 2 o'clock at his home
at Kingston. At o'clock that morn.
ing Miss Flossie Fawcett, his house
keeper, gave the alarm. Both she
and Rosso have since declared that
some man who climbed into Rossos
room by means of ladder fired the
shCts. Their stories do not agree,
and the county prosecutor does not
believe that anyone was in the house
at the time of the shooting besides
themselves. The woman is in Jail
here. and is under medical care.
Miss FHxett has lived with Rosso
for three years, going to Kingston,
where the shooting took place, from
New York. She refuses to tell any
thing about her family. She is Of good
address.
She declares that she screamed for
help after the assailant fired three
shots. Aaron Hurley, who lives with.
in 400 feet of the Rosso place, declares
that he heard one shot and that he
heard no screams.
There is no evidence in the room
that more than one shot was fed
The bullet was found in the hallway
several feet from the bedroom where
Rosso says the shot was fired. The
bullet is Of the same calibre as those
used In Rosso's revolver. The re-
volver contained two cartridges in
the afternoon before the shooting.
When found afterward there was but
one cartridge in it.
The police believe tnat in the two
hours that interviewed between the
shooting and the alarm to the neigh
bors Rosso and the woman became
reconciled. and that they planned the
story of the night assault.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-07-01
Tuesday.

Lord Rosebery promotes establish
ment of a great technical training in
stitution in London.
Negroes in Wilmington, Del, were
excited by the pastor of one of theiT
churches, who urged them to be law
unto themselves when attacked by
white men,
While crossing a river in Spain q
train from Bilbao was thrown from
the track and fell into the water, q
persons being killed and 60 seriously
injured.
Concessions have been made to the
Republican tariff reformers of Iowa
in reference to the platform to be
adopted at the Republican convention
in that state
Governor Odell granted respite to
the three Van Wormer brothers. who
were sentenced to be electrocuted
next week for the murder of their un.
Gle, Peter A. Hallenbeck, at Green
port. Columbia county. Sept. /.