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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-11

Added to the horrors of a food
In the Ohio Valley, every town
along the Ohio between Guyan.
dotte, w. Va, and Ironton, O. ex .
perienced a gas famine. The mains
leading to the cities of Huntington,
Central City, Kenova, Ceredo, Cat.
lettsburg. Ashland and others
smaller towns are broken on the
Upper Big Sandy owing to land .
slides. Great suffering Is the re-
suit. Numerous mills and indus.
tries are closed and thousands OF
workmen are idle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
The Rhodes Scholarships.

The conditions under which Amer
lean candidates for the Rhodes
scholarships must qualify have been
made known in a memorandum pre-
pared by the trustees of the will of
the famous South African. The first
election of American scholars will be
held between February and May,
1904, and those who are successful
will begin residence at Oxford in
October of that year. A committee
has been selected for each State and
Territory, and each committee is to
make an appointment from the list
of those successfully passing the
qualifying examination. The latter
is not competitive, but must satisfy
the examiners that candidates are
acceptable to enter on the course pre-
scribed at Oxford. A list of the
subjects is published. Applicants
must be unmarried, and must be
American citizens between nineteen
and twenty-five years old. No can
didate may compete in more than
one State. In view of the numerous
inquiries which will be made we pub
lish a list of the authorities from
whom information may be obtained.
In most of the Western and South
ern States the president of the
State university or college is chair
man of the committee of selection.
New York Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
lanes MCNEIL Whistles.

Whistler's death removes one of
the two greatest painters of whom
America boasts. Like Sargent and
Abbey. he was really cosmopolitan.
Winslow Homer, Brush, and Twatch-
man are instances of artists in whom
the adjective American has more
than accidental meaning. Indeed,
ever from Whistler and Sargent we
can derive the patriotic satisfaction
of proving that Yankee blood is
adapted to pictorial art, but in style
and training they belong to the
world. Whistler took what he want
ed wherever he found it, in Japan,
Paris, or Spain, and the result was
pure Whistler. His individuality in
art is as intense as his talent. There
fore hordes of young men initiate
him. His high place in etching was
won first, but he is safe among i'm
mortal painters also. The peculiar
personal quality which at first con-
fused people now fascinates them.
The world has grown smaller. Whist
Ter is no longer queer to our eyes,
partly because Japan has become
familiar. It is a question whether
nationality in art will survive mod
ern facility in communication, and
whether art will flourish under uni
formity. Whistler was little affected
by the actual civilization about him.
He lived with art and nature, and
when he confronted men it was to
quarrel. His writings and his witt
cisms have been much noticed in his
lifetime. They are clever and ephem-
eral. To the future he will be the
artist, the foremost etcher and one
of the most notable painters who
fourished in the last half of the nine
teenth century; a worthy period in
painting, that saw Puvis de Cha
vannes, Degas, Lembach, Watts, Sar-
gent and Whistler active together
Golfers Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
Cotton Condition is 1877, the Ten Year
Average Being 84.3.

Washington, D. c., August 5.-The
monthly report of the chief of the
Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows the aver
age condition of cotton on July 25th
to have been 1911 as compared with
III on June 25th, 1903, $40 on July
25th, 1902, 77.2 on July 25th, 1901,
and a ten-year average of 84.3.
The following table shows the con-
dition by States on July 25th in each
of the last three years and that on
June 25th, 1903, with the ten-year
averages:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
GENERAL NEWS

Brief Notes of Last Weeks Happenings.
Lieut-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COM
handing the army, was placed on the
retired list Saturday.
Philadelphia rumors are to the eff
feet that the Shipping Trust will be
dissolved in a short time.
General Miles says he is not a an
didate for Commander-in-C Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
The first bale of this seasons Geor-
gia cotton was sold at Albany, for
Is cents a pound, by a negro farmer.
William Hamilton, a white farmer,
was lynched at Asotin, Wash, for
the brutal murder of 13-year-old
Mabel Richards.
The imports of sugar into the
United States during the last fiscal
year exceeded 5,OOO,OOO,OOO pounds
and broke all records.
Of the 857, O46 immigrants who ar
rived IN the United States in the last
fiscal year only 1921 went to the
States west of the Mississippi River.
Eighty stocks made new low marks
on the exchange and the failures of
Sharp & Bryan and Hurlbutt, Hatch
& Co., of New York, were an
nounced.
Col. w. J. Bryan denounced ex-
President Cleveland as a "bnuco
steerer" at Urbana, Ohio, where he
had a conference with Mayor Tom
L. johnson.
DR.. Wiley, the expert of the Agri-
cultural Department, will go to Eu-
rope to instruct American consuls
about the enforcement of the Pure
Food law.
Republican and Democratic politi-
clans concur in the belief that it
would be good policy for both parties
to give the nomination for Vice
President to the Middle West.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11

ty, appointed him in November, 1894
at the age of 40 years, Bishon ~
Mantua, where he remained n;no
years, until 1898, when he was mad
a cardinal and appointed Patriarch
of Venice. He there DISTINGUISHED
himself as a thorough reformer, SIM
pressing all abuses, restoring tho
dinity of the clergy and the earnest
ness of religion. To him is due tho
revival of a Georgian chant in the
beautiful churches overlooking the
lagoons and to him is due the strict
return of liturgic rules.
Sarto became the idol of the We
netians. When his gondola went
through the canals the people rushed
on the bridges and along the sides
of the canals, kneeling and ~saluting.
the women exclaiming, "God bless
the patriarch"
In a few cases in which he came to
Rome, on returning, asked if he en-
joyed the gorgeousness of the Papal
court and the magnifcence of the
functions, Sarto answered: "When
I am there, I feel like a fish out of
water"
He has very modest tastes, having
retained almost the same habits as
when he was a mere curate at Sal
pazo. He was severe but was just
with his clergy. There is nothing he
dislikes so much as publicity, de-
testing the praise and compliments
of courtiers. Frankness is another
of his personal qualities, although he
is somewhat timid.
The relations Of Sarto with the
House of Savoy are we'll illustrated
by what occurred two months ago,
when the King of Italy went to
Venice to open the international art
exhibition. King Victor Emmanuel
gave orders that the patriarch be
given precedence over all local au-
thorities, but Sarto having arrived
while the King was speaking to the
project, who is the highest Govern
ment official in the province, he re-
fused to be announced and said he
would not disturb His Majesty. He
remained in an ante-chamber, IA
vorably ~conversing with the generals
and admirals gathered there. When
the King learned of his presence he
came to receive him on the threshold
of the chamber and kept him in con-
versation, accompanying him after
wards in a gondola, while all the sol
diers and guards rendered Sarto
military honors. Naturally this does
not mean that Sarto, as Pope, Will
fundamentally change the policy that
the church has adopted towards the
Italian State, but certainly his per-
sonal feeling will be favorable to
moderation.
Advices from REESE, the birthplace
Of Plus x, and a village of 4,OOO
inhabitants, state that the Pope)S
mother, now dead, when living there
occupied a small peasants house.
having in her humility always re-
fused to live with her son Giuseppe
as even his modest establishment was
considered by her to be too luxurious
in comparison with what she was acc
customed to-. The elder brother OF
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
R com o P

A Compromise Candidate, ne wins OuI'
and Chooses the Title, Plus X.-He
Has Risen from the Ranks Of the Poor
Parish Priests, and is 90 Years Old.
The concIave of Catholic cardinals,
after being in session for -four days,
last Tuesday elected Giuseppe Sarto,
Patriarch of Venice, as Pope to sue
ceed Leo XIII, and he now reigns at
the Vatican and over the Catholic
world as Plus K. He was not a
prominent candidate at first, but af-
ter Mondays ballots it was a fore
gone conclusion that he was the only
candidate sufficiently acceptable to
all to secure the necessary two-thirds
which the laws of the church re-
uuire. He had not been prominent
in any of the several church fac
tions, and in this lay his strength.
Unlike Pope Leo, Sarto is not hos
tile to the italian Government. The
following paragraph from the Out
looks editorial, reprinted in last
weeks Progressive Farmer, is worth
repeating:
FINALLY, three candidates stand
out more than ever as eminently and
nationally Italian in their divorce
from the prisoner of the Vatican
attitude-Cardinals Sarto, Capoce-
latro, and Agliardi, men of demo
cratic sympathies, liberal tendencies,
and marked capacity for administra-
tive work. All Protestants hope
that such qualities will distinguish
the next Pope-whether he be one
of these prominent papabili or some
obscure compromise candidate"
The following sketch of the new
Pope's life and character is given by
the Associated Press:
Giuseppe Sarto, now Plus x, was
only twenty-three when he was conse-
Grated a priest at Castelfranco, the
birthplace of the great master, Gil
orgione, acting afterwards for nine
years as coadjutor to the parish
priest of Tombolo, province of Padua
a small village of $3.50 people, who
were the first to appreciate his vir-
tues. His kindness was untiring.
He sought to fill their wants and
never a murmur was heard when he
was called in the middle of. a winter
night to a death-bed which proved to
be nothing of the kind. He gave
freely of his very small means, until
he often went without meals himself,
but he kept many a poor family from
starvation.
In 1857 he was appointed parish
priest at Salzano, which was consid-
cred an important promotion, being
a village of 3,341 souls. Still, he
was exceedingly sorry to leave Tom
bo1o, having become attached to the
people. The peasants, when he left,
made a most enthusiastic demonstra-
ton, crying, "Viva, don Guiseppe,'
while many women whose children he
had nursed, wept. He distinguished
himself so much at SalZanO that he
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
FEAR EXPRESSED BY HUSBAND
DOES NOT ALARM HIS WIFE.
Chief Kfely Receives Letter From
John H. Fry, Declaring Inten-
ton to Drown Himself.

Chief Of Police Kelly yesterday afternoon
received a letter signed John H. Fry, in
which the writer declared that he intended
to commit suicide by throwing himself into
the river. and feared that his wife would
end her life when she heard OF his DEATH
The writer requested that Chief Kelly
send to his home at No. 3039 Olive street and
see that his wife did not take poison. He
wrote that a bottle of carbolic acid was in
g. cupboard on a top shelf. and he advised
that this be destroyed.
Detective Tracy was sent to the Olive
street house. He found Mrs. John II. Fry
and her two children at home. She stated
that her husband left home yesterday morn
Ing and that she had no intimation that he
intended to end his life.
1t was kind Of him to think Of me-" said
Mrs. Fry. but shall not be such q big
fool as he thinks me to be while my chill
S dren are living; There 10 no danger of me
killing myself"
Detective Tracy took Mrs Fry to tie Four
Courts. where she assured Chief Kelly that
she had, no intention Of committing suicide.
and was permitted to go home. Mrs Fry
stated that her husband had been EMPLOYED
by the Missouri Wrecking Company but
had lost his position and was not working
when he left home
when he departed Monday he put on hi,
fingers two rings had given him and took
my picture. which he placed in the back Of
his watch" said Mrs Fry. 81 Thought it
rather strange and asked him yhy he was
taking them. He replied that he wanted
them, that was ALL"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
Jerseyville Notes,

News has been received at Jerseyville OF the
ceath OF Mrs. Jennie Mckinney, mother of VII
liam Mckinney OF Jerseyville. The death oc-
CURED at Washington. d c. The body will be
Attorney Richard W. Mills of Virginia. Ill .
was n visitor in JerseyvIe yesterday.
Tho Social Union of the First Presbyterian
Church at Jerseyville will hold an interesting
meeting on Friday afternoon with Mrs John
keehner.
Mayor Zed Reddish of F1eIdon, ILL.,. was a
visitor in Jerseyville Yesterday.
The Reverend ]. C. Klene pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church at Jerscyvlle has
anock. pastor OF the First Presbyterian Cnurch
at that place. in a series OF evangelistic meet
tngs-
The funeral Of John Herbert Cater OF Jer-
seyvi!e took place yesterday afternoon at .
O'Clock from the home of his brother Robert
Carter. The Reverend stephen Gait oficiated
and the burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
veiopment Company at Jerseyville yesterday a
committee consisti.g OF = II. Bowman, E ].
Vaughn, Edward Cross. c. ". Du Hallway and
J, j. Wisenlan was appointed go to the indian
Territory and lease or purchase large tract OF
land which will be devoted to farming pur-
poses. Do - ,--.,
Mrs Long. wife of Justice c. p Long of
P.asa Township. has been appointed treasurer Of
that township 10 I'LL the unexpired term of the
late Supervisor c. d. Bartlett OF that township
whose death occurred last week. The Town
Boafd OF Piasa township has also appointed
Frank CORN Supervisor to fill the unexpired
term, primary will be held on SATURDAY aft
VIII be dominated for the township election,
which Will be held in April.
w. S. Dempsey OF Grafton, H., was q visitor
In Jerseyville yesterday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
FIGHT IN CITIZENS PARTY
STRONGEST FOR CITY CLERK.
Nominations Will BE Made Mt COnven-
tiOn In City Hall Auditorium
TO-MOrrOw Night.

Candidates for Citizens party honors
busted themselves yesterday looking UP
their political fences and interviewing dele
gates selected at the various primaries Mon
day night requesting their support in the
convention to held tomorrow night in the
City Hall auditorium.
The principal fight is expected to be made
on the office of City Clerk. Friends OF
NJ. A. Cleary, who ia still unable to get
around since he was shot in a pistol duel
on Broadway. declare that he must be re-
nominated. Resolutions indorsing Cleary
have been passed in only the Third Ward
They were not passed in the Fourth Ward
in which he lives. In the Seventh Ward
resolutions were passed recommending that
c. 9. Lambert he nominated for City Clark.
E. c. Singers is looked upon as the dark
horse. who. in the event of a tie, may be
nominated.
For City Attorney. indications yesterday
were that Daniel McGlynn, the present in
cumbent, would have no opposition, unless
the friends of Charles Neustedt divide the
ballot. In uiat event. the nomination may
be given to r. E Dempcy. who was de-
feated by Judge Silas Cook for Judge Of
the City Court.
The city treasurersh!p lies between f. J.
lehman and William Rohm, from present
Indications
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
MISS kENN[DY'S CASE.
WHY SHE LEFT HER STUDIES
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Every Mother of q Growing Girl VIII
BE Interested in the Story M Told
by the Young Lady Herself.


The circumstances under which Bertha
Kennedy was taken from her studies in the
high school will be of interest to all moth
ers of growing girls. Miss Kennedy said to
q reporter:
when 1 was IA years old began to de-
cline in health on account Of suppression
of the natural functions OF my sex. and I
am sure would never have been the heal
DR.. Williams H Pink Pills for Pale People.
was entirely without color, thin as a rail,
nervous and irritable. tired and lifeless and
in seriously low state Of health in gen
me, he failed to do any good and .4ly par
ents felt very much alarmed about me.
II was taken from the high school on ac-
count Of my poor health. but continued to
grow worse. Then began to take DR.. VIII
iiams' Pink Pills. and with the first few
doses began to feel better -Four boxes
brough about the desired result and few
boxes more restored me entirely to health:
Now have a good color, am strong and
active and have not seen sick day from
Miss Kennedy lives at Canton Junction.
Mass, and both she and her mother are
willing to verify the above statement
The trouble with Which Miss Kennedy was
afflicted often causes severe headache. loss
of appetite, pale or sallow complexion. pal
pitation of the heart. swollen ankles or legs.
nervousness. offensive breath. etc, etc Inc
sufferer may exhibit one or more OF these
symptoms, or may have all. They simply
indicate the ravages disease has made upon
the system and the more OF these symp-
toms the patient shows the greater the ne
cessity for prompt and persistent treat
ment until they have been panished and
the bloom of health is restored; To ACCOM-
Pale People are the only unfailing remedy.
regularities. which. If neglected. inevitably
entail sickness and trouble inne. from ~ WI
AT all druggists, or direct rom u: VIII
liams Medicine Company, Scnenectauy, N.
Y. 50 cents per box: stx boxes for $50
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
JERSEYVILLE.
ROBBINS ESTATE CASE REVIVED.
Old Suit Settled In Circuit Court and
Two Divorces Granted.

Old Sudt Settled In Circuit Court and
Two Divorces Granted.
,Juoee X b. Shirley yesterday granted two
divorces In Jersey County Circuit Court at
deIault and were given to Bartholomew G.
MILFORD OF Otterville from Julia F. Milford,
ana Nellie Cheston from Clarence Cheston.
An ecno OF business transaction of the
earl avs also came up in the court yester-
DAY IN the case of Lucinda H. Russell Of
Pittsheld. Ill. against Theodore s. Chap
Judge Prentis D. Cheney, who sued to re-
cover 5000 alleged to be due from the estate
Jerseyville.
The case was appealed from the Jersey
County Court, and In the Circuit Court the
s sG vas directed against John A. Shep:.
Jerseyville, who was appointed the executor
OF the Robbins estate to succeed Judge
cheney upon the death of the latter.
Robbins was a member Of the banking firm
OF william Shepherd & Co. which was one
OF the first banking houses in JerseyyiIle
Robbins bins. was the silent partner in the bank.
!nS-nouse, Dut was its active head, Shepherd
being a prominent railroad contractor.
In the conduct Of the business Robbins
herd to save him from any loss that might
pc sustained In the business. The sureties
on the bond were Richard I. Lowe, Henry
Of the plaintiff In yesterdays suit. Rob
bins died In 1873 and when his estate was
s settled IN as4 ne was found to be insolvent;
<HAe sAaSSts WAS uOIe
executed by him to the banking house of
Shepherd & Co.
Tho sureties were ordered by the court
to pay the amount Of the note, which order
was compiled with, and Russell, one Of the
sureties, mad his claim for 5000 probated
against the estate. The suit against the
executor CT the estate by the heir of Rus
sell grew out OF the probated claim for re-
the court instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict for the defendant
Judge Shirley departed last evening for
Carli1ytlle, ILL.,, and Judge owen p Thomp-
Son OF Jacksonville. Ill, will arrive this
morning to preside at the remainder Of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
EAST SIDE NEWS.

ed a. ]. McInerney. city editor of the AL
ton Sentinel Democrat: J. Hart Chalk.
Charles +. Colbert. a. ]. Maxeiner, Joseph
T.: Crlyello. Fred Imnienga, William LATER
ty and James +. Dooley.
In addition 10 the presentation Of the
farce a special music and literary pro-
sramme was presented. Among the partic-
ipants We're the Twentieth Century Ladies'
Quartet of Jerseyville. and Mrs. Young.
wife of Mayor A. w. Young of Alton; Theo-
dore Maui. Thomas Terry. James Green
William f. Sneeringer, John Burton. Harry
Butler.
The musical comedy "A Rehearsal Of the
Village Choir closed the entertainment in
which the visitors were assisted by the fol-
lowing young persons Of Jerseyvile: Misses
Neima Mae Giers. Eulah FTorine Montgom-
err. Bess kinsella; Zetta Miller and Adele
BuZza and Theo. Dodson.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
Alton Note. and Personals.

The condition of John E. Hayner, the banker
of Alton, who Is suffering from a stroke Of
alcplexy at his home in State street. was re-
ported unchanged yesterday. The attending ply
sicians gave it out that he was still in an I'M
conscious state.
Tho Musicians Union of Alton has elected J.
c. Faulstich president. Thomas McHenry vice
Mathie treasurer. Following are members OF the
Board Of Directors: o. ]. Gossrau. Doctor Z. ].
Lindley and H z. Starr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dixon of Alton yester-
day celebrated the rorty-sixth anniversary OF
their wedding at their home at No. 334 Bluff
st.est.
Lieutenant E. V. Crossman OF the Alton Naval
Militia has received an invitation from the cit
liens Of East St Louis to attend the recs. ton
In honor of the State Encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic May g. and the naval
miltiamen have received an invitation to take
u :,arade
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
East st. Louis Items.

The Reverend Rutledge is conducting revival
meetings at the Baptist Mission this week
y. H De yinney crushed his hand while at
work in the Leighton & Howard steel works
yesterday afternoon.
IT. E. Morris Of Sparta was injured yesterday
by fall which he received while running to
catch q train
Miss 1rma wies celebrated her eighth birth
day anniversary yesterday by entertaining her
young friends at her home Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Eggman have returned
from Palm Beach. Fla
Frank Ferrall, IS years DID, con OF W. c.
Ferrall, die6 yesterday at the family residence
No. 3l6 North Eighth street.
.-MrA John Bratton will entertain the wednes-
Gay Club this morning.
In the guest Of J. r. Allen of Gross avenue
Tho LADIES' Literary Circle will be entertained
tomorrow by Mrs. NJ E, johnson. :.
Nj and Mrs c. T. Jones will return this
on q tour Of tho West and California
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18
A Prominent Gentleman Testifies.

Colonel J. Madison Cults. a native Of Vir-
ginia, and lineal descendant of ex-Presi-
dent James Madison. and brother rim law OF
the late United States Senator Stephen A
Douglas in q recent letter says:
AS many OF my friends have used
your Peruna as a cure for catarrh with
beneficial results, / have no hesitation in
recommending it to all persons, suffering
with that complaint. ]. Madison
Cults.
MIR. George A Douglas. Inspector of
Bridges Albany avenue Green Island. n.
Y. writes the following:
las my work compels me to spend a large
part of my time out of doors. l have often
been drenched by sudden rains. chilled by
extreme cold. and soon found that had
a bad case OF catarrh OF the bronchial
tubes. 1 tried plasters and medicine. but
nothing / did seemed to help me until I
took Peruna.
This splendid medicine took right hold
of me. drove every bit of disease out of
me. built me up until / felt stronger than I
had for years, and whenever have been