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The Washington times., 1903-06-23
OF POPE
EHBARRASSES LOUBET
POntiff Refuses to Meet
French President.
MAY NOT VISIT ROME
In This Case Italy's King Will Be
Offended, as He Is to
Visit Paris.

PARIS, June 23.-The attitude of tho
Pope in respect to President Loubets
proposed visit to the King OF Italy in
Rome has caused. and is causing.
good deal OF perp1exity to the govern
ment.
Owing to the attitude OF France TO
the monastic orders NJ. Loubet will not
be received at the Vatican and the
question now is whether the proposed
visit to Rome should be abandoned or
not.
The King OF Italy will visit Paris In
July and etiquette demands that the
President should return his visit But
the attitude OF the Pope raises a Sc
rious question. for his refusal to meet
the head Of great Catholic country
who visits Rome would be entirely
without precedent
Seeking a Way Out.
When shown the Vienna reports to
the effect that the visit had been given
up because the Pope would not receive
the President. foreign Office officials
stated that it had never been officially
determined that the President should
visit Rome. the early reports being
largely a deduction that King victor
Emmanuel's visit to Paris wouI1 natu-
rally be followed by NJ. Loubet going
to Rome.
While this probability continues, no
official decision has been reached and
no announcement has been made as to
the time or program for NJ Loubet's
visit
On the other hand. If NJ. Loubet does
visit offense will be taken by Italy, and
that does not suit France just now
Signor Prinetti. who was Italys min
lister for foreign affairs when the visits
were first discussed. and who Is now In
this city, had an hours talk with For
leign Minister Delcasse yesterday even
ing He said afterward that II King
Victor Emmanuel came TO Paris. Italy
would expect NJ. Loubet to go to Rome.
Signor Prinetti added: TT is TO be
distinctly understood henceforth that
each time a King OF Italy visits the
chief OF a foreign state at the capital,
that chief of state will return the visit
at the Italian Kings capital, namely,
Rome"
NJ Loubet's Position.
The fact that two Catholic sovereigns
the Emperor OF Austria and the Queen
OF Portugal, have declined 70 visit Rome
IS not regarded as a precedent for NJ
Loubet. Austria and Portugal have
Hereditary sovereigns. who maintain the
theory OF the divine right OF kings. the
Pope being considered the temporal in
| sirument of this divine right, whereas
NJ. Loubet is democratic ruler. chosen
| by a people who do not hold to the
theory of the divine right OF rulers.
The official program of King Victor
Emmanuel's visit 70 Paris. given out to-
day makes no mention of a return visit.
The King viii stay here from July is 10
July IS. and Will be entertained with
elaborate fetes, a military review, state
tanquets, and a gala performance at the
! opera
The Washington times., 1903-06-23
FATHER AND SON.

E c. Troughton. OF Cleveland, Ohio,
says that he and his son find Father
Johns Medicine all that is claimed for
IT. Cures asthma, bronchitis, consump-
ton Not a patent medicine
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

pass on public business and signed
by the major general command
ing West Point.
For one moment the pass suf-
feed. Then there was doubt. In
that moment of hesitation the
travellers eyes rested upon coat
that one of the men wore which
he had obtained while a prisoner
not long before, and, recognizing
the garb of the Hessian soldier at
tached to the British army, the
traveller concluded hastily that he
had fallen among friends instead
of foes. Il see you belong to the
army down below, as I do" he re-
marked, with slight gesture of
the head toward the river.
Fatal words! They sealed the
doom of Adjutant Major General
John Andre of the British army.
He was quickly dismounted and
searched without result, and still
there was delay. Some latent
sense of required vigilance melted
these humble militiamen to renewed
search of the travellers person.
West Point was saved.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
Fatal Words.

At Tarrytown there is a monu-
ment surmounted by bronze fig
ure ever on duty that marks the
spot where on September %, 178O,
a man sprang, as it were, out of
the ground, seized the bride of
the travellers horse and at the same
instant demanded halt. Two
other men joined the first, and to
these three the traveller offered the
authority for John Anderson to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

git behind them redskins. But
fore [ started [ tied a blanket over
Busker's one eye. cause [ knowed
it wuz dark over in Chiny an [
didn't want him stoppin' over thar.
When I got the blanket over his
eye, I jerked his left ear an we
started. We whizzed through
Chicago, Pittsburg, New York,
France, Germany, Chiny, an at
last we got back to Frisco. Well,
soon as we passed Frisco [ thought
I'd better slow down, SO [ reached
round an grabbed Busker's tail,
but stead of givin' it an easy jerk
as usual, I give it hard one, an
I'll be DANCED if I didn't pull it
out. Yes sir, roots an all! Then
[ wuz in fix. How wuz I. goin'
to stop Busker when the switch
wuz gone? When I got thinkin'
bout this it made me feel jest like
I did the time I had the snakes.
Then I got thinkin' bout Sal an
the kids an wonderin' if she'd ever
git hooked up ag'in. Suddenly
Busker stumbled an'-bang! some
thin had happened. Somethin'
had cut my suspenders an I wuz
goin' straight up. I looked down
to see if Busker wuz cumin', too,
but couldn't see hide nor hair of
i'm. I went up bout three miles
an jest as luck would have it [ run
cross an old pard of mine in a
balloon an he stopped an took me
aboard. Next day [ went lookin'
fur Busker, but all I could find
wuz big hole in the ground an
rubber boss shoe.
"Gentlemen, that thar shoe wuz
the cause of it all. You see, Bus
ker had lost this shoe when he
wuz runnin' an his bare hoof
touchin' the ground caused what
Electricians call short circuit an
it blowed Busker up.
can thar, gents, thar's the story
of Busker, the creased lightnin'
mule, an every wurd I've told yer
is the gospel truth or my name
amt Lion Ike. But, by the way,
gents, amt none of yer got bot
tie in yer pocket, have yer? You
amt? Well, so-long. Don't take
any bad money"
MIRRORS DEVIL.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
Panorama Of Finance and the markets.

AS one would expect of great
metropolitan newspaper having the
facilities Of the Chicago Record
Herald, that paper always covers
the markets and financial and COM
mercial intelligence generally on a
scale of exceptional fullness, cover
ing two entire pages of each issue.
The quotations on live stock, grain
and provisions, stocks and bonds,
and in fact every commercial and
financial market in which the peo-
pie of the Northwest are interested,
are thoroughly complete and sat-
isfactory.
Special cables tell the story of
finance abroad. The Speculative
Gossip "Wall Street Talks" and
'sLa Sale Street Notes" are feat
ures of the Record Herald market
page that interest spectators from
the Pacific to the Atlantic coast.
They tell of the undercurrents in
the grain and security markets.
They relate personal gossip of the
pits, in its way as important as the
humdrum and routine part of the
days story of speculation. The
Wall street letter of John Cham
bers summarizes the daily history
of Gotham's money market in a
most entertaining and instructive
fashion. Examine the market page
of any issue and zee for yourself.
-Adv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

GB lions in five minutes
by swinging them
through the ar by their tails and
humping their heads against a
tree: therefore he was entitled TO
wear the word "lion" before his
given name. Others claimed that
after such statement it behooved
him to spell it lying. But lit
tie did Ike care how it was spelt;
it was pronounced the same.
Ike was typical plainsman in
looks, manner and parlance, and at
the present writing was the fore
man at the X bar ranch of Tucson,
Arizona. On the night this story
opens. [ and several others we're
seated in front of the ranch house
discussing the wonderful time
made by an Eastern trotting horse.
If [ remember correctly the time
was 2:O14, which at that time was
considered marvellous Ike was
not one of the group, but strolled
up Just in time to hear me remark
that a horse going mile in two
minutes is travelling some.
whats that?" asked Ike as he
shot contemptuous glance in my
direction, "a boss goin' mile in
two. minutes is travelin' some?
Why say, that boss amt goin' a
little bit. Wouldn't mount to a
Greaser's cuss wurd side the old
boss [ had back in the los. Bus
ker wuz his manchester. Ever
heerd bout Busker?'
No one answered. All knew what
was coming.
"Thar wuz boss that wuz a
hoss,'' continued Ike, biting off an
enormous chew Of Battle Ak.
"Known from York state to Frisco
count of his runnin'. Beat any
thing from a steam enjun to one of
them new tangled hossless bosses
I've heerd tell of. Fact gents, that
boss could run mile a minute.
Ever heerd tell of imp"
whats that? A mile min
rutew exclaimed one of the group.
.'Guess that horse was a night
mare"
Guess he wuzn't," grunted Ike.
"'Fact is, that boss wuz no boss
a'tall. Twas a mule an the orn-
eriest mule that ever muled on a
mule train. Member old Pete
Ross the mule driver? Well, I got
Busker from Pete. Pete said he
wuz good mule all right, all 'cept
his habits. An talkin bout hab-
its, that mule certainly had some
bad uns. His wust wuz quittin'
work as soon as the sun went down.
Yes sir, wouldn't work lick arter
the sun went down. You could
cuss i'm, club i'm, pet i'm, or
veil oats in his ear, but it wouldn' t
do no good; he'd jest stand thar
an wait till the sun cum up next
day. Guess he belonged to one of
them labor unions I've heerd tell
of. Pete said one time him an
Busker wuz swimmin' a river an
the sun went down jest when they
wuz in the middle. an TIL be
horn-swaggled if that mule didn't
turn over on his side and float
down stream. Next mornin' when
the sun cum up he swum ashore.
"Busker had mother bad habit,
too. When I'd want to stop he'd
want to keep goin', and when he'd
want to stop I'd want to keep
goin'. Once in while we'd both
have our way bout it; he'd stop
an I'd keep on goin'. That usete,
make Busker laff. Yes sir, laff
That mule could laff same as you
or me. An talk-why say, if I'd
tell you that mule could talk you'd
Ill ~. . l;n. hut ;f,a foot 4nnc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

DuSK0T. DuG twas no. use. he jest
stood thar an snored with that
foot Of hisn~ stickin' out in front.
You see, he thought the sun had
gone down, but stead OF that twas
an eclipse of the sun, an hang me
fur a boss thief if [ didn't have to
kill every one of them DANCED red
skins fore the sun cum out again!
Fact, gentlemen, fact!
"Nother time when me an Bus
ker wuz out huntin', a thunder
storm cum up an as soon as Bus
ker missed the sun he stopped.
Wouldn't move an inch. [ knowed
it wuz no use to club i'm, so l jest
raised my umbreller an set still.
Suddenly an awful fash of light
min cum an Busker give jump
an started. Talkin' bout goin' a
mile a minute-we went mile a
second! Fact, gentlemen, fact. You
see, Busker had been struck by
lightnin' an stead of the lightnin'
goin', through i'm, it stayed right
thar inside. Them rubber shoes
of hisn kept it from goin' into the
ground an course it jest naturally
mad to stay inside of i'm. I tell
you [ wuz skeered. I got thinkin'
that if Busker would 60 that fast
when the sun wuzn't out, what
tell would he do when it wuz out.
Then [ got to wishin' that the
walkin' delegate Of the mules union
would happen along an ketch Bus
ker workin' overtime. All this
time we was whizzin' Gross the
plains at the rate of a mile min
ate. Never so skeered in all my
life. 1 knowed he'd never stop till
he got good an ready, SO [ made
up my mind to jump off. So [
reached round an grabbed i'm by
the tail, intendin' to swing off that
way, bat jest as soon as l grabbed
his tail he commenced to slow
down. l gave his tail mother little
pull an he slowed down a little
more, so I kept pullin' an pullin'
till finally [ got i'm stopped. Gen.
tlemen, that tail wuz the switch
that turned off the lightnin' an
when you wanted to turn it on
you pulled his left ear You kin
talk bout yere 'lectric autermo-
boils-I had 'lectric mule!
"Well, arter bout two weeks
practice. I got SO I knew jest how
hard to pull his ear to start i'm an
jest how hard to pull his tail to
stop i'm, an then [ got a job car
ryin' the mails tween Omahaw an
Frisco. Useter make two trips a
day; one in the mornin' an one in
the AFTERNOON. One day when I
wuz jest startin' fur Omahaw, Sal
says-Sal's my wife, Sal is Ike,
says Sal, here's twenty eightcents,
bring home a pound of lard" You
see, we useter do all our tradin' in
Omahaw cause things wuz cheap
er thar. So [ took the twenty
eight cents an when I got to Oma-
haw I got pound of lard an tied
it on Busker's back. Then [
jumped on, an give his left ear
yank, an gents, the way he started
wuz somethin' awful. He made
jest one jump an. we passed Pixies
Peak an I jest had time to grab
his tail when we reached Frisco.
Fact, gents, fact You see, when
I turned the lightnin' on, it melt
ed that lard an the lard ran all
over Busker an changed the plain
lightnin' into CREASED lightnin'.
"'Twas good thing, too, cause
the very next day when | wuz on
my way to Omahaw, 1 got chased
by lot more Injuns an one OF
'em shot me through the ear. See
that hole thar? Well, thar's whar
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
Tke'$ borse, Busker.

reached down and bit the hull seat
out of my pants, an I'll be plum
locoed if that critter didn't chew
the rag fur the next three days.
"Busker wuz pretty good look
in mule, too; that is, he would We
been if some of his Stats wuz
pushed back in his carcass. Be-
sides, one eye wuz gone; t'other
one wuz cross-eyed. Pete said he
strained this one lookin' fur the
, sun to go down.
"One good thing bout Busker,
he could run. Beat anything on
the plains. AS I said afore, he
could run a mile minute, that is,
he could when the mile wuz short
'nough. Sometimes when he'd git
started all Arizona couldn't stop
i'm. All [ could do wuz jest hang
on an wait till the sun went down.
He had a queer way of runnin',
too. His hind legs useter git
three or four feet ahead of his
front ones, an then he'd look jest
like an X with line cross the top.
Nobody knowed jest what kind
of a critter Busker wuz. One fell
Ter said he wuz a cross tween
jack rabbit an buck saw. Once
when me an him wuz in town
little gal pointed at us an axed
her paw if that wuz mule or
jackass. Her daddy looked at me
an then at Busker an then axed
her which one she meant.
"It took bout month fur me
an Busker to git acquainted, but
arter that we got along all right
and useter go huntin' together.
He liked to hunt same as me. At
fust he wuzn't much good at hunt
in cause he made too much noise.
You see, he'd git goin' SO DANCED
fast the air would whiz round us
and make a noise like a steam
whistle. Besides, his feet useter#
come down pretty hard on the
ground, an when they'd git goin'
fast, it made noise jest like thun-
der, an course this scared all the
lions away. But I soon fixed that.
[ had a set of rubber shoes made
fur i'm an then he could run
right up to them lions fore they
knowed it.
"When I'd see lion I'd say gid
dap to Busker an he'd run right
up alongside the lion, an then all
I'd have to do wuz reach over an
soak i'm. Then I'd git off, swing
the lion up on Busker's back an
away we'd go fur home. AFTER a
while I didn't have to git off a'tall.
Busker would run up behind the
lion, grab i'm by the tail, bump
his head against tree an then
swing i'm up so I could tie i'm on
the saddle. Bet cher life that mule
knowed his job all right.
Il tell you what, me an Busker
useter have some gay times to-
gether. Once when we wuz out
huntin' we got chased by bout 500
Ipjuns. Never had SO much fun.
Twas bout l o'clock in the arter-
noon an I knowed they'd never
ketch Busker as long as the sun
stayed up, SO [ lowed I'd have
little fun with 'em. stopped Bus
ker an when they got bout fifty
feet from me commenced laffin'.
This made 'em mad an they started
fur me hell bent fur lection, cussin'
an shootin' fur all they wuz worth.
Well, sir, the air tween us got so
full of bullets an arrers I couldn't
see no Injuns, SO I said 'giddap'
to Busker an away we went fore
them bullets ketched us. Once [
waited till them Injuns wuz bout
ten feet from me fore I said gid
/ IIl
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in q mile-a.
Winters Tale
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

ION IKE" was what
he called himself
"Lyin' Ike was what
others called him. He
I claimed to have kill
ed five mountain
lions in five minutes
by swinging them
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27

The County Court has removed
Commissioner of Accounts 0. ".
o. Hardman, S. G. Pyle and Ben
jamine Engle and has appointed In
their places K. c. Moore, c. B.
Riggle, ard II. B. Hanes. The
bouncing of Hardman Is certainly
very sad and calls for tears to be
shed in great profusion. Here we
weep Hardman, perhaps, was
never before bounced. He has had
his hand In many a bouncing
match but we believe this Is the
first time In over twenty-five years
when he got 1t. He has held these
petty Offices world without end.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27
WORK
PROGRESSING

will be spent with our merchants
In this city. This IS only the be-
ginning of what the railroad will do
for us. Besides this 1t Is perma-
nent and will be with US always.
Some few are objecting to having
the poles for the wire or cable
placed In front of their places of
business. We want the railroad.
All agree to that. This opposition
means these people want the road
but they want the poles on some OF
their neighbor's land. This Is GER
tair Iy a very narrow view and ex-
tremely selfish, to say the least of
1t. The railroad people have the
right to erect poles where they
please, but so far always change
them when 1t can be done. We
hope there will be no more opposi-
tion to these poles, because we
can't have a railroad without them
and we fall to see how they will
injure anybody.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27
COTTAGE HOTEL

In another column of the Review
appears an ad of the Cottage Hotel,
of New Martinsville. Charles Hen.
derson, who Is a former resident of
this city, we'll and favorably known,
Is sole proprietor of this popular
hosiery. 1t was opened to the
public Monday and Is modern
throughout. There Is also an up
to-date restaurant In connection
with the hotel, and appetizing
meals are served at all hours. The
hotel Is located near the B. & o.
depot, and is kept open for the ac-
commodation of guests day and
night. Mr.. Henderson Is one of the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27

most practical hotel men In the
State of West Virginia, always
courteous and obllging to his
patrons and his rates are
extremely reasonable. Mr.. Hen
derson successfully conducted eat.
Ing establishments In this city for
number Of years and was a pop.
ular caterer. Only recently he re-
signed his position as manager of
the Depot Hotel, of New Martins
Vile. He extends cordial invita-
tion to his friends In this city and
vicinity, to call and see him at any
time they may have occasion to
visit the metropolis of Wetzel
county.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27

The large circle of friends in this
city of Mr.. Harry P. Myers
will regret to learn of his death,
which occurred last night at the
home of his mother in.law at Lima
Ohio. We were unable to get par
ticulars of his demise. DR.. G. B.
West received a message about
noon today announcing the sad
news.
Mr.. Myers resided In this city
some seven years and conducted a
brber shop on Wells street, and
was very popular with all classes OF
people. He was quite fortunate In
oil speculations during the early
excitement here. About three years
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27

Work on the Electric Railroad
goes merrily on. Yesterday the
rails were distributed along Wells
street. Men were digging holes for
the poles and another gang was
at work at the depot preparing the
poles to be put up which will be
done at once. A number of teams
were at work hauling railroad ties
from the depot and distributing
them along the grade. Seven more
cars of rails are expected to come
In on any freight train now. Yes
terday twenty five more Italians
came In and were put to work on
the grade. All told there are now
over two hundred men at work on
the railroad, to be plain there are
eos men at work and they will all
be paid Saturday for two weeks
work. That means at very low
estimate over two thousand dollars
and the greater part of this money
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27

A number of Our people have
met Mr.. Charles Cambell, the re-
cruiting officer who has been In the
city for several days. All who
have done so have found him a per-
feet gentleman and one so full OF
experience and recollections as to
make their conversation exceeding
ly interesting. Mr. Cambell enlisted
some Fl years ago In the 9TH caval-
ry, which was General Clusters old
regiment. At the time of the not
ed battle at which Clusters forc9
was annihilated and the general
himself killed, one of the most san.
culinary In the history OF
Indian fighting In the country, Mr..
Cambell was within mile of the
fight with Reno's command, but
they were prevented from going to
the rescue by some ten thousand
Indians who intercepted their pro.
gress, and who made 1t sufficiently
difficult for Reno and his men tc
prevent a fate similar to that whlc b
overcame the brave Custer.
Mr.. Campbell carries some trophies
of the wars which are not pleasant.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27
A VERY SAD TRAGEDY

We are glad he was put out. The
program was arranged by the mem
bers of the County court at It's last
term, but up to date, tor some un'
known reason, was not reported IN
the court proceedings by the Tyler
County Star which Is paid for send
Ing out the report Of the courts
work. We are glad the commls-
siouers bounced Mr.. Hardman.
He ought to have been kicked out
long ago. We heartily commend
this act of the County court and in
doing this they have made a host
of friends throughout the county.
We hope the court will continue to
use Its little ak good, hard, strong
and often.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-27
THE RECRUITING OFFICER

One Is q wound In the right
shoulder received at the battle o.
Little Big Horn, where he was
shot In the shoulder while trying tc
get water for wounded companions
The other was at the battle oi
Wounded Knee where he lost ter
teeth and two inches of the jaw
bone, which still almost constantly
cause unpleasant recollections ol
this bloody fight.
Mr.. Campbell has filled nearly
every position as an enlisted soldier,
resigning from the active service
on the recommendation of the
surgeon to enter the recruiting SER
vice. The wound in the jaw
caused continuous and painful
trouble on account of the active
life led In the field. From all as
surances received, 1t will not be
long that he will fill private, S
position In the recruiting branch of
the service.
Mr.. Campbell Is delighted with
Sistersville and her people, but
thinks 1t poor place to recruit for
the army, as every man who wants
employment can secure 1t at so
much greater pecuniary returns.
He has about decided to go to New
Martinsville, or Marietta where
people are not busy to secure addi-
tlons to Uncle Sans army.