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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
Book OF the Royal Blue.

The Book of the Royal Blue"
for December has that touch Of
Christmas universally noticeable
in all magazines. 1t opens with a
short sketch in prose by S. w. Gil
lilan, and Christmas poem by w l..
D. Nesbit. The second article On
the Identification of American
Cities" appears, with direct refer
ence to the recent movement of
Cleveland, Ohio, in considering
measures and making plans for the
rebuilding of the business portion
of that city in an artistic manner.
The article is accompanied with
illustrations of the methods pur-
sued in the various European
cities.
Another most interesting article
is that on Alexandria, Va. 1t is a
historical sketch of the time of
Washington, and deals with the
first acts of the Revolutionary War,
which occurred in this quaint old
Virginia town near the city of
Washing ton.
The number is replete with its
usual poemsand descriptive matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

Mr.. C. w. Swink returned to
Oakland Tuesday evening from a
visit to friends at Parsons. w. Va.
Mr.. V. V. Washburne, the Balti-
more and Ohio agent, spent few
days last week at his home, Han
cock, Md.
Tomorrow friday being legal
holiday the postoff1ce will observe
Sunday hours and the banks will
be closed all day.
Miss Critic Shirer, who has been
employed in the Sentinel Office at
Grafton, is home to spend the hol-
idays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. f. Shirer.
MIR. and Mrs. John Yelloly. who
visited their daughter, Mrs. Thos.
Davis, at Columbus, Ohio, several
days last week, returned to Oak
land Monday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J Peddi-
cord, who arrived from Washing
ton last Thursday afternoon, re-
turned to the above city Saturday
evening where they will remain
the balance of the winter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
Quarantine to BE Lifted.

The quarantine which has bee II
i'll effect at Loeb Lynn Heights for
two weeks or more, will be lifted
on next Monday as all persons
affected with smallpox are conva-
descent and confined to one house,
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
F. Crane.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
schools 10 Resume.

The public schools throughout
the county with the exception of
these in Oakland, Hutton, Loeb
Lynn Heights and the Enlow
school, north Of town, will resume
on Monday of next week, after
holiday of two weeks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
BALTIMORE g. OHIO r. r. TINE TABLE
- In EFFECT Nov. 10, 1903.
GOING WEST.

The following time table on the b. & o,
went into effect on Sunday. Nov. 10, 10 ).
Trains now leave Oakland as follows:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
Calendars.

This office acknowledges the re-
ceipt of calendars from The First
National Bank Of Oakland ; James
Clark Distilling Company, Cum
burland, and H. c. Sincell & Co.,
Oakland, all of them being dis
tinctive works of art.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31

MONEY TO LOAN-On easy terms.
w. r. OFFUTT, Atty.
Leo Rasche is working at Graf
ton this week.
J. NJ. Stanton, who visited his
wife and little daughter at Park
ersburg a few days last week, re-
turned to Oakland Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr., and Mrs. Percy Proctor,
who left Oakland several weeks
ago to spend the winter in the
South are now at Augusta, Georgia,
to which point Mr.. Proctor re-
quests The Republican to be for
warded.
Miss Carrie Colardeau, who left
Oakland recently with her mother
for Philadelphia, developed small
pOx few days after her arrival
there and was taken to the MuniC-
ipal Hospital where the physicians
pronounced the attack light one.
Connection will soon be made at
the central office in Oakland with
the new telephone line now build
ing between Blaine and this place
which will be quite a convenience
to the people in both towns and
intermediate points.
A Cumberland Ne70S note an
nounces that Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Frost have gone to Oakland to
spend the holidays" Their close
relative, Mr.. Jack Frost, has been
up in that country for some time,
is the facetious comment of the
Baltimore Meas.
This paper extends its sympathy
to Brother Definbaugh, of the DEM
Ocrat whose estimable helpmate
is suffering with an attack of small
pox, and hopes for her early
and complete recovery, indulging,
at the same time, in the wish that
Brother Deffinbaugh may prove
immune to the disease.
DR.. A F. Speicher, until recently
one of Salisbury's most prominent
physicians, was town visitor
Thursday of last week. About
two months ago he sold his practice
to young physician from the
Northwestern part of the state, and
will shortly leave for California,
where his family have been located
for some time, the doctor remain
ing behind to settle up some bust
ness affairs. The best wishes go
with him wherever he may locate.
Myersdale Republican.
H. L. Grant, of Grafton, official
photographer for the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad Company, was in
the city on Wednesday in confer
ence with Col. Winchester with
reference to having him take up
the matter with the official of the
exposition at St. Louis, to allow
him the privilege of selling book
of fifty pictures of West Virginia
on the grounds during the expo
sition. These pictures will be of
three classes, historic, scenic and
industrial. Mr.. Grant is to have
the largest and most valuable col
lection of views of West Virginia,
of any person, and expects to loan
to the commission a collection Of
his choice views which will appear
in the West Virginia building. Mr..
Grant had with him several Of his
photographs which were very
much admired by those who saw
them, one of which was in natural
colors, which was made through
new chemical process of coloring
which he has been working on for
the past six years. -Parkersburg
Sentinel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31

*No. stops at Oakland only to let off pas
sengers from points west of Grafton.
GEO. l.. POTTER, General Manager
ID. b. MARTIN,
Manager of Passenger Traffic
V. V. WASHBURNE. Agent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
DIED.

CUsTER-Robert Clark, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Custer, of
near McHenry died December 18TH
1908, aged three months and FL
days. The parents with the child
seemingly in the best of health
retired for the night at 1890
O'Clock. The mother awoke at 2
O'Clock to find that the Angel of
Death had been there and had taken
the soul of their darling baby to
God who gave it. The child was
laying OH its mothers arms and is
supposed to have died from apo
plexy. The funeral services were
ably conducted by Ed. Samuel A.
Miller, assisted by Ed. Jeremiah
Beeghly. Text, 18th chapter St.
Matthew, first 4 verses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
Via Atlantic Coast Line,

Tickets including, in addition to
round trip railroad fare, sleeping car
accommodations and meals en- route
Washington to Jacksonville, but not
for the return. Returning, tickets
will be good on any regular train I'M
til May 81, 1904
For detailed information call upon
Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Agents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31

The three-year old child of Mr..
and Mrs. George Reckley, residing
at Loeb Lynn Heights, fell from
its chair on last Saturday night
and dislocated its arm. The child
was brought to Oakland where
surgical aid was rendered by DR..
Legge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
ROAD PETITION.

Notice is hereby given that thirty days
after the first publication hereof, the under
signed will petition the County Commits
sioners Of Garrett county toappoint viewers
to view and examine proposed new county
road in Election District No. 2, said road to
begin at a point on the Friendsville and
Kingwood road near the end of the lane
leading to Blooming Rose church and run
ming through the lands of jeremiah, Albert,
and Noah FraZee, Mary Ellen and Samuel
Bowling, G. V. Dixon, c. n. Friend, Allen
Teats, jeremiah Casteel, r. S. Hubbard, J.
W. Mccullough, Truman Root, Benjamin
Schroyer and S. F. Cuppett, and intersecting
the Friendsville and Oakland road at or
near Elder Hill School House, distance OF
four miles more or less.
HENRY KRUG,
5. A. ENDALL,
RUSSELL S. HUBBARD,
ALLEN TEETS,
JEREMIAH CASTEEL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
ROAD PETITION.

Notice is hereby given that thirty days
after the first publication hereof, the under
signed will petition the County Commission
ers of Garrett county to appoint viewers to
view and examine a proposed county road
in Election District No. II, said road to begin
at point on the Barton road near Alban
FaZenbaker's, and running through the
lands of the Georges Greek Coal and Iron
Co., A. J. Michael, Magruder Bros, Robert
Russell'S heirs, Noah Neat and others, and to
intersect the Barton road at or near the AL
legany county line, distance of about three
miles
STEPHEN A. MAGRU DER,
PETER +. MICHAEL,
ARCHIBALD RUSSELL,
36-5t ALBAN FAZEN BAKER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
FEBRUARY 9.
Via Southern RaiIwad.

Tickets including, in addition to
round trip railroad fare, sleeping car
accommodations and meals en-route
Washington to Jacksonville. Return
ing, leave Jacksonville February "a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
) SPECIAL TOURS TO FLORIDA.
Baltimore Ohio Railroad via at Washing
ton at Very Low Rates.
JANUARY 70.

Tickets including, in addition to
round trip railroad fare, sleeping car
accommodation and meals en- route
Washington to Jacksonville February
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23
DEATH LIST NUMBERS SEVEN
Renr-Admirai HtgIinson Reports
seven Dead rs Result ofNhc
Massachusetts Explosion.

Washington. Jan. 20.-The follow.
ing c%ablegram was received ut the
navy department from Rear-Admiral
Higginson, dated san Juan, January
IS:
"Seyen dead altogether: Robcr;
Rule, =. II. L~oesser, S. +. Malinowsky,
X. j. Platt, Andrew Hendricksen. Al
bert Tackle. Walter W. Ashert. Two
living: Patterson and Dossett. Pat
terson's recovery probable. Dossett's
recovery doubtful. The dead were
buried with military honors at San
Juan. Sick in hospital. Cabled Dun
lap for information. Tackle died 3 p.
NJ Saturday. Ashert died Sunday 7
Q. m"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23
WORKING FOR MRS. MAVERICK
Ing All In Their Pow.r 90 OBJ
tain Her Nelrnsr.

London, Jan. 20.-Thcre have been
no developments In the ease Of Mrs.
Florence T.. Maybrlck, who Is under
going life sentence at Aylcsbury pris.
on for poisoning her husband. Tho
United States embassy has made no
request to the home office for her no
lease to enable her To testify in n
suit now pending in Virginia, but in
%tluentlnl English friends OF the pris-
oner are %unccnsing In their efforts
to obtain her release.
Home Secretary Ackers. Douglass
recently visited Aylcsbury prison.
and Mrs. Mnybrick was able to put he.
fore him the facts In connection with
the suit through Which Mrs. Muybrick
and her mother, Baroness de Rogue,
will. II Is declared, lose all title and
interest to over 100000 acres Of land
in Virginia, West Virginia and Ken.
lucky, unless the prisoner is released
In time TO testify.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23
FORTY-FIvE INDICTMENTS.
True MN Pound Against F~orty-Eivs
Coal Operators aud Dealers
ny GRAND Jury.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-A true bill was
returned. Monday morning, against IS
coal operators and retailers. charging
conspiracy TO do an illegal act injuri-
IA to public trade. Tho indictments
are against both corporations and in
dividuals doing business In Illinois
and Indiana. hail was fixed ut s 1900.
Following is a list of the corpora
tions and individuals against whom
indictments were returned:
Chicago, Wilmington q Nermillion
Coal Co., Big Four Coal Co. Gardner
Wilmington Coal Co., Wilmington
Star Mining Co.. Bell & Zoller Coal
CO., Murphy Keenan, Coal Co., Car
bon Coal Co., Tilmington Coal Mining
Co., Cardiff Coal Co.. The Star Coal
Co.. Of Strcator, ILL.,; The Bracevillc
Coal Co., Acme Coal Co., Illinois Third
Vein Coal Co.. The Tcuona Coal Co.,
The Dcvlin Coal CO.. Spring Valley
Coal Co.. Marquette Third Vein Coal
Co., Oglcsby Coal Co., W. NJ. Sanford.
c. s. Lusk. Frank T.. Lukcns. Gus. An
cult. T.. IT.. Keclcr, Frank McGrew.
y. NJ. Durkee, c. l.. Mnrston. IL. q.
Brown. Hugh Shirkic. J. J. Higgins,
j. Smith Tallcy, Joseph Martin. Ed.
win Shirkic, II. II, Mcclellan, John
sbirkic, Walter s. Boyle. iiuillit's
Creek Coal Co, Oak Hill Coal q Min.
ing Co., Conl Hun Mining Co.. Park
County Coal Co, Glen Oak Coal e
Mining Co., Nevins Coal Co.. Indiana
Fuel Co.. Mcclellan Sons q Co., Crcs.
cent Coal a Mining Co.
Accompanying the return Of the in
dictments wns IN explanatory report
setting forth the grounds ON which
the jurors based their action. The
shortage, they declare. they found
due primarily aud principally to the
recent great strike in the anthracite
coal fields"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

The druggists have already i~cn sep.
piled with Peruna almanacs. There 10
sure TO be a great demand for these al
ogy which they contain. The subject Of
astrology IL n very attractive one TO most
people. The articles on astrology In the
Pcruna almanac have been furnished by
. very competent astrologist, and the mem
tai characteristics Of each sign 10 given,
constituting almost q complete horoscope.
A list Of questions and on nstrol.
be a great rush for these books. Ask your
druggist for one early before they are all
gone
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

telBgence without any expression az
betokening any emotion. lie was
asked II he would make u statement.
ana replied, through his b~rother-in.
law, e~N'Judge buchanan, that he haa
nothing to say.
Throughout the day and night hun.
dreds Of kilograms OF sympathy havs
been pouring In, not only from COM
munities, newspapers and citizens
from all over South Carolina, but
from many American citizens, north
and south. Among them were ex.
pressions from Hugh NJ. Thompson.
Of New York, ex-governor Of South
Carolina, and Gonzales De Quesads,
Cuban minister to Washington
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

WmEn WHITING To ADvRRTisERs
pie~se state ,hst yes ssw Ne Advertise
1snA In thls paDsr.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

Mr.. C~rimsonbeak-I see Q Brooklyn
woman has discovered q way OF preventing
her losing her hair.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Indeed! And what
does she dol
Locks II in the afc."--Yonkers States.
man.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

Piso's C.ure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave. N. Minneapolis. MINI, Jan. o. 1900.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

II you want TO he cured Of a cough use
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothaehe Drops Cure in one minute.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-01-23

When the evolution Of history IL held
hack u results IN a revolution Rams
Horn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28

the extra two inches. These two We're
obliged to arrange with a third owner.
The size of the tile had increased to
eleven inches in his case. OF this extra
three inches, the first farmer paid for
one inch ana the second for two The
estimates and survey We're made by q
competent engineer and the entire ar
rangement has been most satisfactory
to all concerned.
OF course all this was by mutual
agreement Spite or bullheadedress on
the part of any party to the arrange
ment would have defeated a valuable
and necessary Improvement And there
are innumerable instances where
neighboring farmers fail to agree Each
can by law force the other to build his
line fence and make certain other inn
provements TO their mutual advantage.
II seems quite as necessary that the
law should provide a plan of forcing
drainage 10 mutual benefit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
Retaining Soil Moisture.

The cheapest thing provided the far
mer is water yet it is the most dli-
ficult to obtain at times when most
needed. Every ounce of water that can
he retained in the soil for future us9
is so much saved. When the surface
soil is loosened to a depth OF only an
inch it prevents. loss by evaporation
and the loose top soil also permits OF
greater absorption of water during the
rains. The amount Of water lost By
flowing away when the soil is hard
is usually more than sufficient for the
crop. The two main points to observe
is 10 allow no water to escape and also
aim TO prevent loss by evaporation.
An inch of rain may appear as very
insignificant quantity, but 1t means
over 100000 gallons of water on
every square mile The plants pump
a large quantity and give it to the air.
and much is evaporated from the sur
face. 1t requires but a few inches OF
rain to produce crops if 1t could be re-
tanned in the soil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
THE SOUTH is GAINING.

Recently published statistics on the
increase of population in the United
States show that the southern states
have made a greater increase of popu-
lation during the decade between 1890
and 1900 than the north. This growth
has been especially marked in the
trans mississippi states of the south.
they having increased almost two and
one-half times as rapidly as the north
ern. 1t is this fact which makes the
growth OF the south as a whole exceed
that of the north, as east of the Missis-
sippi the northern states have held a
slight advantage in growth. 1t is no.
table that the south has kept UP an
equally distributed growth between its
rural and urban populations, while the
tendency in the north has been toward
a lower rural increase balanced by a
higher increase In urban growth. The
northeastern states have held their own
against the southeastern ones better
than the same states in the west
There are several reasons for this
state of affairs. The opening of the
Indian lands and the settlement Of Ok
lahoma have had their effect in the in
crease of the southwestern states. The
rice lands have drawn a considerable
influx of investors and actual settlers
from the north to the south and natu-
rally most Of this emigration to the
south has gone into its rural districts.
The south is certain to grow greatly
in this decade as well. The cheaper
lands are there. The possibilities Of de-
large returns on small investments are
certain to induce a large emigration to
that section. There are farm lands and
mines and lumber forests to be devel-
oped and made productive, and the ma
tive scutherner will nerat do this lack
ilg the aid OF the northern immigrant.
! ff.taesota and Dakota lands are no
l7nger cheap and Canada is too cold.
Ia.i'. sra eicn seeks the plane of least
iesiz.ance. The gain of the south is
ere perfectly natural and healthy. 1t
VII r3t only continue. but increase as
the ne.tl.ern farm lands rise in price
ana Investment gives lower returns,
and rs It's rural possibilities are ex-
hausted its cities VIII grow as those Of
the north have grown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
TWO KINDS OF NEWS.

Americas Cup Safe-Reliance Win
ming Easily
yachts Fail to Finish In Time"
The above headlines, in yesterdays
evening papers illustrate the difference
IN the news service OF Des Moines
aailies and the Times Republican. The
first was the startling news given TO
the public by the Des Moines afternoon
papers. At half past four in the after
noon telegram came stating that the
race was another iluke and readers OF
The T.-R got the real news in the sec
ond headline given above. The Times
Republican has repeatedly called atten-
ton 10 the fact that it gives the latest
news Of the day OF any evening paper
in Iowa.
Again on Wednesday, Of this week the
T.-R. contained first page intelligence
pf the nomination of Tom Johnson for
governor by the democrats of Ohio. AS
Johnson has become very consplcu-
Gus man as mayor of Cleveland and
presidential possibility T.-R. enterprise
enabled it to present with the tele-
graph news of his nomination an excel
lent half-tone likness. The two evening
dailies of that day published in Des
Moines contained not word as TO the
result of the Ohio convention, but on
the day following gave their readers
good slug head" story about it. By
that time readers of the T.-R. had read
and forgotten it and were absorbed in
the real news Of the yacht race. Today
the IRIS so-called evening" contem-
poraries will probably explain that the
yacht race was 'tiuke." 1t costs
money to keep on day after day giving
news service of this kind, but there is
class OF people In Iowa who have no
difficulty in choosing between the pa
per that struggles to publish all the
news first and the paper that brags on
its front page that it publishes more
columns Of advertising than its con-
temporaries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
DRAINAGE LAW NEEDS CHANGE.

The wet weather of last season which
spoiled one crop in the low counties OF
Iowa produced another of litigation.
Suits for damages and appeals for in
functions have followed the drainage
operations forced by the flooding of
farm land last year. One prominent
attorney of northern Iowa says that he
has never had so many cases at one
term and that nearly ali his clients are
compliments or defendants in drain
age suits.
a There seems real need of change in
our drainage laws. AS the law now
stands the farmer who is forced to tile
out or lose the use of his low lands Is
prevented from discharging the drain
owners. He may not even increase the
flow in a natural watercourse by thing
from ponds into them without accept
ing the chances of a successful suit for
an injunction or for damages later.
Consequently in many instances he
must lose the use of considerable por-
ton OF his farm which a small expendi-
ture might render particularly profita-
BILE. WHAT is needed is a change in the
law that viii permit the owner of the
higher farrh to force a mutual and
equitable arrangement with adjoining
proprietors.
An instance near Hampton illustrates
the matter fairly well. One landowner
who desired to tile out a iow-lying tract
applied to his neighbor for permission
to discharge the flow upon his land. He
objected, but needing drainage also an
arrangement was entered into by which
farmer No. / paid for the difference in
Fhe size of tile made necessary for
raining farm No. by the water from
Q 6rst farm. Thus the first farmer
d eight-inch tile. The second laid
.1pch and the first farmer paid for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-28
THE REAL MOB REMEDY.

The influence of one determined man
upon the action of a community is
illustrated by the fashion in which
Danville Ill.,, has followed the example
set by a sheriff who had sand enough
to defy mob Winfield Baker, one OF
the lynchers. who assisted IN the death
Of one negro and afterward was a
member of the mob which attacked the
aail was given an indeterminate peni-
Tertiary sentence for assault and riot
ing Tuesday and is now behind the
bars to reflect upon his sins and Incl
aentally do ten hours in the stone
quarry. Similar cases against other
rioters are in progress and will be
pushed to their conclusion as rapidly
as may be. Baker will not be Obliged
to await long the coming of his con-
freres and accomplices.
All this is cheering news. 1t means
that Danville will have no more lynch
ings and that the history of riot has
been written in at least one town.
Thanks to vermillion county's deter
mined sheriff, the mob failed at the end
and his high estimate OF duty seems to
have infected the people of his county
and inspired them to finish what he
began when the mob, lied before the
muzzle of his shotgun.
Danville has the real remedy for
,ynchings. An officer who holds duty
higher than office and a citizenship
that is ready to punish crime in round
numbers as in individuals. More pow
err to Danville.