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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

If the wine used at a vessels christen-
ing has any occult influence in producing
speed, neither Of the contending houses
in the famous wine suit in connection
with the launching of the German EN-
peror's yacht Meteor have anything
worth a deal of shouting. The Meteor
isn't the fast vessel it was hoped she
would prove herself to be; in fact, she
has been beaten repeatedly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The fine Italian hand' appears to
have turned handsome profits in a mixed
undertaking and life insurance business
in New York city. The undertaking was
a double element OF the game, because
the sharpers undertook the swindl;ng of
the insurance companies when they en-
gagged to bury the fake remains.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

when the: people took a stand simultane-
ously to emphasize applause. Unless
structures Of this kind are made strong
enough to resist the combined energy of
a bowling crowd they cannot be consid-
cred safe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

There is a Milwaukee man who thinks
that the Technology of grammar may be
employed in the household. He says, my
wife is'a proper noun singular number,
and agrees with John" AS this philolo-
gist's given name is John, why should he
not be cheerful?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

There has been a mistake about the
reported: death OF the Colombian warrior
with the double-barreled name. Tribe
Tribe still lives. but the fellow he shot
is dead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

doc Ames, formerly Mayor of Min
neapolis, but latterly a fugitive from JUG
tice, has been informed by the officers
who located him in hiding in New Hamp-
shire that while his constituents still
want him they object to his running;
which is contrary to what constituents
want men to do, as a rule.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

Owing to the character Of the OPPOSE
ton to the proposed abolition Of the
eighth keg, if the movement is defeated,
it can truly be said that the bill was
1scOonorp6"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The Washington dispatch concerning a
pair Of patched presidential trousers
would probably have. been more truthful
had the reporter been less fearful Of an
approach to profanity. 1t was simply
a case Of .d-d-darned trousers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The bill introduced in the Montana
Legislature, to give the proud parents OF
triplets $4,000, is the advance. guard OF
the movement against racial suicide"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

When the wireless telegraph stations
are erected ON the Pacific coast and in
Hawaii the telegraphers can become
sporty in racing dispatches through the
air against dispatches following the wire
under the sea. The air line ought to
win.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The tornado season opens in the South,
as usual. where whirlwinds are thawed
out early; and the overturning of the
steamer on the Chowan river, with loss
of life, shows that there is danger even
on a raging canawl," in the tornado
heltS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The publicity feature of the winding up
of get-rich-quick concerns may be a more
influential deterrent than the experiences
of friends who have had their fingers
burned in previous financial traps. Few
people. like to be advertised as "easy
markS.'' .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

Milk and butter consumers will not
object to effort on the part of the Wis
consin Dairyman's Association to secure
more stringent regulations against the
sale of. impure milk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

The story that the Kaiser contem-
plates another naval demonstration for
the collection of debts was probably start
ed by somebody who believes that the
German ruler is all kinds of a simian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
Bacteria on a Cherry.

And : now DR.. Ehrlich, a German
scientist, declares that the skins Of half
pound OF. cherries contain 100000.
bacteria. = -xeSSsSS#a#Ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

Hanna has his opinion Of Baer; and
presumably Baer has his opinion of Han
ma. This makes things even.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
Land Monopoly in Britain.

The thirty-four biggest estates in Brit
in average $4,000 acres EACH. s 5%R 3sEs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

After all, it may transpire that there
isn't a patch Of truth to the story. about
the Presidents trousers. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

Bolero jackets of black silk renaissance
lace are very useful to cover up a ia
vorite. waist slightly THE worse for FIRE
.quent wear. Under this charitable ex-
terror it can enjoy q: new lease Of life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

Tulle>chaux in white, blue or pink have
bits Of ostrich tips mixed in with them
i'll quite; a fetching manner.-New York
Mail and Express.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
Picnicked at Paden
CITY Park

Yesterday afternoon the following
party of relatives and friends had a
delightful outing at the new park.
They travelled on the street car, Of
course. took we'll filled baskets Of
lunch and enjoyed an excellent and
dainty supper on the pleasant park
grounds.
Those forming the trolly party
were Mesdames Walter Aspin, Geo.
Mccullough, W. S. Cutler, Bertie
Springer, Geo, Hill, Ollie Collins,
Martin, Charles Creekmore, Abe
Cutler. Misses Nellie Henderson,
Wilma Aspln, Maggie Hlcock, Vir.
ginia Cutler, Blanche Creekmore,
Hattie and Helen Hill, Virginia
Springer. Messrs. Afford Creek
more, Harry Cutler, Ross Collins,
Geo. Hill, George Springer, Deal
Collins and Ross Collins.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

The farmer has been the theme
In many a tale and many a picture
as the victim of the bunko man
But 1t will be remembered that II
was only when the James gang got
up into the farming community OF
Mortified, Mimi, that they were
run to earth and a number of the
gang landed In prison and
others In the cemetery. An in
stance has come into prominence
nearer home. Over In Jefferson
county, O., some confidence mea at
tempted to get the best of farmer.
When the familiar tactics were Intro
duced the farmer became suspicious.
He reads the papers. He has also
some sense. The confidence men
were physically too much for the
farmer, but what he lacked In
pounds weight he made up In the
possession of a telephone. The
telephone told the story throug b
the rural community, and immedi-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
SHREWD FARMERS

ately the whole township was
aroused. The story In detail Is one
of the most fascinating and drama.
tic that has been printed In many
months. Where the confidence
men followed the country roads the
rural Sherlock Holmeses took across
lots, and at every turn the fleeing
criminals were overhauled by men
with weapons which they knew
how to use.
The farmers have captured two
notorious offenders At any rate
they have landed two men who
deserve all they got, and the farm
er constabulary did the job with a
great deal of neatness and dispatch.
Instead of being held up as the
character for the inane joke about
the bunco victim, the farmer has
proved his right to more credita'
bic part In the story. The farmer
reads the daily papers, has tele.
phones, schools and other means of
keeping up with the times, and he
Is about as hard to fool and get
away from as anybody that lives.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

CONVENTION

guests. St. Marys W. c. I. U.
ladies deserve the highest compli-
ments for the success of such a fine
convention and such royal enter
tainment. A new impetus to the
work was given, and as West Viz
ginis has a State organizer Low,
organization was the watch word
and one may expect several more
Unions added to Peasants and Ty.
ler counties during the coming year.
Nine members went down from
this city. There were several visitors
from Newport. among them the CO.
president. The ladies who attend
ed from here were.
Mesdames T. P. Campbell, +. Z.
Reynolds, P. G. Ackerson, j
Olmstead, E W. Clawson, V. H.
Stanford, J. o. Hindman, K. f.
Conn and B. Naylor.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
Funeral Of Wallace KING

The funeral OF the late Wallace
King was being conducted at the
church Of the Holy Rosary, by Rev.
Father BoIce, as we went to press.
this afternoon at q O'Clock. A
large coucourse of relatives and
friends had assembled to pay their
last tribute of respect to al that
was mortal of deceased. The ser
vices were Of a very impressive
nature, and the selections sang were
beautiful au5 appropriate. The
remains will be taken on the 6:IS
train to Rldred, Pa, for interment,
and will be accompanied by the
mother and two brothers, Messrs.
Frank and Joseph and Thomas
King who is an uncle of the de.
The floral tributes were
quite numerous and beautiful.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
MELANCHOLY DAYS

of the leaves early. The cool
weather since June has forced an
early decay, and many of our trees
will be bare by the middle of
October. The Carolina poplar, so
abundantly planted about the city,
Is the worst sufferer, but the horse
chestnut and the elms are nearly as
far advanced and the cucumber, oak
and maple are all commencing to
look rusty.
The condition Is not at all de.
leterious to the trees, and a few
warm rains may bring about some
surprising changes. An early frost
will bring the leaves down In hur-
ry, but indications do not favor such
q condition, and some leaves may
hang on for some time yet,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

The ladies from this city who at
tended the W. G. T. U. Bi.county
convention yesterday afternoon,
report a most excellent convention.
Mrs. Morrow, State president, was
present at the afternoon session and
gave the address of the evening.
She spoke to the young ladies from
the school who came In, In 2 body
after school. Her topic was "Obedi.
ence to Authority" condemning
severely "lack of respect for Au-
thority at school" The largest
church In the city was filled to lis
ten to her address iu the evening;
Mr.. and Mrs. John F.Barron opened
their beautiful home to the ladies
and a fine banquet was served IN
the dining room to about forty
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

In the parks, the cemeteries, on
the lawns of homes and everywhere
the leaves are dropping from the
trees and being rustled about by
every passing breeze. So early a
falling of leaves has not been
known for years, and the condition
would indicate an earlv appearance
of the melancholy days. The dead
leaves have not the luster nor color
Ing of fall, even as seen here In
Sistersville but are a shriveled
brown or yellow, and yet the con-
dition Is not so unnatural.
The premature condition Is due
to the excessive amount of mois
ture during the early part OF the
year, which completed the growth
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
Last Nights Play

His Nibs the Baron" under the
of Seipel and B est,
played to fair house last night.
The speclalties were superb, every
thing being new and up to date In
every respect. There was nothing
In the line of a back number about
1t and the audience was pleased
with the performance In general
Marietta Leader.
At the Auditorium tonight.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
"His Nibs, the Baron
A GOOD sized audience greeted

A good sized audience greeted
the company presenting "His Nibs,
the Baron" at the Grand opera
house last night. The production
Is a musical farce comedy with Bell
Gold In the leading role. She Is a
very clever commedienne and was
given good support. The special
ties were first class In every respect
and on the whole the presentation
was creditable and exceedingly
funny.-East Liverpool Tribune.
At the Auditorium theatre
tire tonight.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
Key Found

A common lock key was picked
up near the post Office last night by
q gentleman who left the same at
the Review Office. Owner can have
1t by calling at this Office.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

The Woman's Home and For.
eigu Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian church will give a
social this evening In the parlors of
the church. Sherbet and cake will
be served. All are most cordially
invited,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
One.Way Colonit Rates To The West

One.Way CoIoniH Rates To The West.
Tickets on sale daily until Novem.
Der 7eth. 1908. inclusive, at ali
ticket Offices of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad to points In Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada. New
Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Washington, Wy
omiug and British Columbia at
Greatly Reduced Rates.
For full information call on or ad.
dress Ticket Agents Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. 10 z oc 2o
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

Notice is hereby given that the
city taxes for the current year were
due and payable September the 1st.
As the City needs the money low
past due for municipal purposes
all tax payers are hereby notified
to call and pay their taxes. I will
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

This Is the evening of the dime
social and the place Is the residence
of 6. NJ. Beaver on north Water
street. Proceeds 60 to the Baptist
church. Everybody invited.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

be at my store on Diamond street
all day and from 7 to 9 O'Clock
every evening. Call and settle and
save the extra cost of levy.
LEE FRANTz,
Collector.
o14tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

The Pan. Handle Baptist Associa.
ton, just closed, selected Sisters.
vile as the place for the meeting
next year, which meets with the
hearty approval ofthe church here.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

Mrs. May Campbell, of Marietta,
Is the guest of her mother Mrs. ].
R. Jones, of DlamC nd street.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

The work of repaving the wharf
Is finished. The extension to the
wharf hae been started and will be
pushed to completion with all pos
sible rapidity.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

S. S. Fertlg arrived In the city
this morning on the II:o8 train
from points north.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Insurance Agents Anxious.

The solicitude of several life insur~
ance agents as to the health and con-
dition of a prominent st. Louisan for
several weeks has been a source OF
amusement to other life insurance
agents moi interested in the case. The
subject of their solicitude carries
more life insurance than any other
resident of the city, or in the west,
and agents who had written him for
amounts varying from 100000 to
100000 have been on the qui vlve
since he was taken down with typhoid
fever. The fever ran its course
through five long weeks and the
agents breathed a sigh of relief when
the patient was reported able to be
about. They were thrown into a state
of nervousness, however, and several
summer vacations were postponed
when it was learned that the patient
had suffered a relapse. The insured
carries 81, 900, 900 on his life and pays
an estimated premium of $4,000 c
veal for il.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
.Farris Prepares for Trial.

State Senator Frank Farris, oil
Steelville, who is under indictment by
the Cole county grand jury for brib-
cry during the session of the legisla-
ture two years ago, was in Jefferson
City, the other day, arranging legal
matters for a defense at his trial,
which comes up at the next term of
the circuit court. Court meets on the
last Monday in July. Senator Farris
says that he will be ready for trial
when his case is called. He has en-
gagged Attorney Morton Jourdan, of
st. Louis, and Attorneys W. S. Pope
and F. E. Luckette, of Jefferson City,
to defend him. The cases of Senator'S
Smith, Matthews and Sullivan will al
so come up in July.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
STATE ITEMS
woman Kill. n Man.

Mrs. James Carter. the wife of o
farmer near here, says a dispatch sent
from Kenneth. shot and killed Henry
Gender, a farm hand, in her home at
night. Carter, his wife and Gender
had been to Kenneth in the afternoon
and had returned together a short
while before the tragedy. Gender,
who is said to have been under the
influence of liquor, had given his
money and his revolver to Mrs. Carter
to keep for him. On their arrival, it
is said, he used insulting language,
and Mrs. Carter shot him twice with
his own revolver. One bullet pierced
the left side of his neck and the 9th
er struck him in the left side of the
chest, causing almost instant death.
Either wound would have been fatal,
Carter was arrested with his wife, as
he was with her at the time of the
shooting, and they were locked up In
Jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
THIRTY PERSONS killed.
Train Overturned and Three Hun
bred Passengers Thrown Into
a'River in Spain.
WATERS WERE REDEEMED WITH BLOOD.
Fourteen Bodies cover from the
Wreckage-Sixty Passengers Seri-
0usly Injured-RaiIway Empioye
Caught RObbing the Dead and
Narrowly Escaped Lynching.

Madrid, June 29.-Fourteen bodies
and so injured persons have been ex-
tricated from the wreck of the Bilbao
train. which was overturned at Nejil-
la river. According to official in
formation 80 persons were killed and
60 others seriously injured. Many of
the latter will die. Of the 300 pas
sengers on the train it is stated that
only six escaped unhurt. The train,
which was composed of two engines
and is coaches, was crossing the
bridge when the couplings between
the engines broke.
THE train fell 50 feet from the
bridge to the river bed, the coaches
piling up in a mass of splintered wood
and iron work. The scene is described
as horrifying. Many corpses were
carried down the stream, which was
actually redeemed with blood. 1t was
found impossible to extricate num-
bers of the injured who were PIN
toned under the w%reckage. A railway
guard was arrested in the act of rob-
bling the dead, and narrowly escaped
lynching.
1t is believed that the officials I'M
derestimate the number of killed,
some accounts giving the number of
dead as 100. The full extent of the
catastrophe will only be known when
the wreckage has been cleared away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
IN A NEW YORK.

The post office of New York city
has 80 stations and 159 substations.
In it is handled daily As IONS of mail
matter. Fourteen stamp canceling
machines each handle $4,000 letters
an hour.
The total number of arrests by
the New York police during the year
was 1896, an increase of 12,1S7 over
the year 1901. The Tenderloin sur
passed all othr precincts, with a total
of 7,404; 1885 were charged with in
~toxication, while 27,s35 people were
accused of d%isorderly conduct, and
$3.50 of assault and battery.
Occupants Of fashionable apart.
ment houses and hotels in the neigh
borhood Of the F%ifty-ninth street
plaza, New York, where the Sherman
statue stands, are making a fuss be-
cause the commissioners are cutting
down the fine old elms near the mon
ument. Some of these trees are over
80 years old. "You can buy a statue
any time, but you cannot duplicate
the trees" is the burden Of the OBJ.
lection. Still the elms are coming
down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Frederick Seymour Lord" Barring
ton was lodged in the Clayton Jail,
on the 2Sth, charged with the murder
of James p. Mccain on the night OF
June IS. The information was sworn
to by Mrs. Mccain, on the advice of
her lawyer. Darlington admitted he
might as well be hung at once as the
evidence was against him.
Kiyoshi Satoah, of Toxic. was or
dained to the UniversaliSt ministry in
Boston on the 2Sth. Mr.. Satoah is the
first of his nationality to be ordained
in this denomination, He was gradu-
ated from Lombard college, Gales
burg, ILL.,, last June.
Robbers broke into a farm house
two miles from Limestone, \. Y. on
the 2Sth. and robbed James and Pat
rick Quinton, who lived there alone,
of. 81, 900. The Q%uintons, who are
bachelors. were known to be suspi-
cious of banks.
Rev. Montrose w. Thornton. col
ored, pastor of the First A. NJ, f.
church of Wilmington, Del. preached
q sensational sermon. on the 2Sth, in
which he said the white man was a
tiend incarnate, and a monstrosity be-
fore God.
Gideon Burts killed his wife at Ma
pantee. Ont, on the 2Sth, by batter
ing her head with a stove litter. lie
was insane. After committing the
crime Burts hunted up a constable
and invited him to see what he had
done. d.
The annual communion service of
the mother church of the Christian
Science denomination was held in
Boston, on the 2Sth. the three con
gregations a~ggregating over fifteen
thousand persons.
Michael Lee and Miss Thena Wal
dun We're drowned in the Sioux river,
on the 2Sth, e Sioux City. La. The.
got into the wake of the excursion
steamer Lora, and their boat was
overturned.
a new citadel, to be used as head
quarters for the Salvation army in
Cleveland, o., was dedicated on the
2Stb. Senator Hanna was chairman
of the occasion.
l.. NJ. Wilson, a travelling salesman
for the Armour Packing Co.. was as
saulted in st. Joseph, Mo-, on the
2Sth, and fatally cut. His assailant
is unknown.
Street ears crossed the Kansas riv-
er, on the 2Sth, connecting the two
Kansas Citys after an interruption of
exactly four weeks, caused by the
| great food.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Mrs. A. Lloyd Smith is the presi-
dent OF a company organized with a
capital stock of 800, 900, to propa.
gate eastern oysters in Willata har.
Dor, Washington. Mrs. Smith has
large interests in Mexican rubber
plantations and mines.
The widow of "Brave Bill Anthony"
whose GOODNESS the night that the
battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor made him famous,
has heen given a clerkship in the
permanent census bureau, with a
salary OF 5000 a year. When An.
thony committed suicide he left his
widow destitute.
Mrs. Elizabeth W.. Mitchell is real
estate agent for three blocks Of the
poorest tenement houses in Boston.
She collects rents from about 500
families, and carries on an extensive
educational and charitable work
among her tenants. She has intro.
duced into the section a kindergar-
ten and a branch of the public IL
brary, and in the course of her rent
collecting manages to give a good
many useful hints to tenement resi-.
dents.