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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
DOMESTIC.

The wages Of 10000 cotton mill OPP
eratives have been reduced about ten
per cent. in New England states.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Bank of Ravia, /. T., and President
Bank is under arrest charged with en-
bezzlement.
Father Roach. a Cascade (Ia.) priest,
was stabbed while saying the benedic-
ton at vespers by Charles Manzene, an
insane youth. The wound is moi seri-
GUS.
A petition in bankruptcy was fled by
Frank G. Coburn, contractor and build
er OF Brookline, Mass, with liabilities of
$236,448 and no assets.
Eight human skeletons, supposed to
be the remains of continental soldiers
who persisted during the revolution,
We're uncovered in City Hall park, New
York.
Woodland, Del, is suffering from q
smallpox epidemic, and so strictly is it
quarantined that eight deaths have oc-
Cured from starvation.
Langley's airship made a complete
failure in Washington, the craft break
ingintwoat the launching stage and fall
Ing into the Potomac river with the
navigator.
The ~receivership at Zion City has
peen dissolved by Judge Kohlsaat, and
". Dowie is again in full control of
affairs there.
alter g quarrel Joseph Hindman killed
ms wife a himself at Coraopolis, Pa.
man was sentenced to 1000 years
tor assault in q trial In a Texas court.
secretary Shaw, In hts annual Export
says thatgala danger Of q ~1nancial
strlngency IS past. The available zach
balance atsthe end Of the year was sass ]
esosll4 exceeding that Of 1902 bv sos
, 8,752.07 'Y1 ~ s1o'-
~. house Of Clayton Fowler was
burned atsGlarkabufg, II. j. ana ID anS
nls wis ana four children periahaa r.
the flames, ps,lsned IN
HydeP arkresidents held I mare &
sS ING Md askei ail..he reform organsna
crime. compat
]. g W.Beckham has for IN saaa..
Time bsep inaugurated as goyernos on =
Kentucky of
IDS annual report Of the inspector 81
sndlan Territory says that the ava c.,,,,
tzeo tribes IN the territory numhar j M
sho bold oser 70 100000 acres i
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18

nation Of the state department.. 1t is
understood that his assumption of du-
ties is not to be permanent, for he sac
rificed large business interests to IN
dertake the work.
The new minister was originally from
Ohio and represented the state as an
agriculturist commissioner at the
worlds fair at Chicago. He was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland United
States minister to Buenos Ayres. His
record at that point was so satisfactory
that President Mckinley continued him
at his post for several years after his
accession to Office.
Final Steps Taken.
The state department has been in
formed that final steps have been taken
for the formation of a permanent repub-
lican form of government in Panama.
The news came in a dispatch from Con-
sui General Gudger dated Panama Sat
urday, as follows:
Election for constitutional v
ton called for January 4. The conven-
tion meets Goth January"
This action is taken, it is believed, to
meet the suggestions from Panamani-
ans here that criticism of the new re-
public would be largely disarmed and
the status of the new treaty improved if
the final notifications could be exchanged
by the United States with a permanent
and regular form Of government on
the isthmus. The territory OF Panama
is SO small that, according to the belief
here, the elections can be completed
within a week after the date named
January 4. The convention is expected
to follow generally the outlines of the
Cuban constitution, which is regarded
as the most modern and complete model
of such documents.
To Learn Truth of Reports,
The navy department has received a
cablegram from Rear Admiral Glass an
n~ouncing that he is making every effort
to run down the various reports regard
ing Colombian expeditions to the 18TH
mus. He has ordered the Mayflower to
the south of the Atrato river to make a
thorough Investigation, and, If neces-
sary, a reconnaissance OF that region
also will be made to definitely ascer-
tain whether there are any Colombian
troops in that section. The Atlanta also
has been ordered to patrol the northern
coast Of the isthmus on the same mis-
sion. The commanders of both vessels
are under instructions to conduct their
Investigation with all possible dispatch
and return to Colon SO that the navy de-
partment may have a full official report
of the exact situation.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
FoREIGN.


Frau Fischer, q lion tanner, was torn
to pieces by four lions in a menagerie
cage at Dresden, Germany, her children
being present and witnessing the trag-
edy.
Herbert Spencer, the famous philoso-
pher, author and scientist. died in
Brighton. England. after a long illness.
aged SO years.
Russia's reply to Japan Is said In st.
Petersburg to make peace certain. 1t
will grant the mikado's claims in Corea,
and drop the Manchurian question.
Russians defeated q band OF Chinese
robbers on the Liau river, Manchuria,
killing 900.
The American consul at Alexandretta,
Asiatic Turkey, was asssultea by the po-
lice and he lowered the consulate flag
and severed official relations with the
Turkish
Accompany of marines from the Unit
ed States cruiser Dixie were landed at
Colon to give them relief from their long
confinement on the vessel.
Fiftyapasserssrs op the Greek steamer
[Pyloros were drowned as the result of q
collision with the Asses at Ithaca.
The government OF Sweden and Nor
way hasreaognized the republic OF PAN.
ana as m indepeH dent state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
TWIN CITY
Minneapolis, Dec /.

Wheat-No. i northern, sic; No. 3
northern, roc; May, s1Nc oats-No.
8 white, sac. Corn-No. 8, 44c. Rye
Rarlev-No.2.Z41c
Nax-9sc. Butter - Creamery, ex-
fras, s2@23c; creamery, 1rsts, Poodle;
dairy, fancy. 2o@2ic. Poultry-rnr-
keys, l1@tsc; chickens, 7@sc. Hay
Uplands, fancy, $Il.Oo.
st. Paul, Dec. i2.
C,attle-Steers. S3. @3 so; ccws,s3. rs
@s.oo. Hogs -s5. 100000. Sheep
muttons. So. 90; lambs. $500
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
Mfstakea for : Rur.rs-

McKeesport, Pa, Dec. 14.--Mrs- Sarah
Langley. aged Sc. q widow residing In
this city with her son, Edward, aged
"a, was mistaken by her son early Sat
nrday for q burglar and was shot at
by him three times. One bullet took
sfnff c and The woman Is III i serious
condition.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
MUST CLOSE "FACTORY."
Louisville Gas Company forced to
Stop Efforts to Ruin Rival
Concern.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 1.-THE court
of appeals has reversed the judgment OF
the Meade circuit court in the case Of
the Calor Oil and Gas company against
w. G. McGehee and affirmed it in the
case of the Louisville Gas company
against the Kentucky Heating
The cases grew out of the alleged eff
forts of the Louisville Gas company to
destroy the Meade county natural gas
fields, from which the Kentucky heating
company has for years been securing the
gas which it furnishes to customers OF
Louisville. The Louisville Gas com
pany officers organized the Calor Oil and
Gas company. the stockholders being A,
Hite Barrett, Rudolph Sneed and J. w,
Speed.
This company took over a number OF
leases of land made in the county. In.
this territory they erected what they
called a lampblack factory. This fac
tory was constructed with a stockade
about it, inside of which no one wa al
lowed to enter ana firearms were dis
charged to keep the neighbors away.
When they began operations the Ken
lucky Heating company had a.pressure
Of go pounds, and in five months this was
reduced to 80 pounds. The force of the
lampblack factory was two men, one for
day and another for night. In i've
months the factory produced 300 pounds
of lampblack worth four cents a pound,
and had consumed about 80, 900, 900 fest
of the natural gas.
The lampblack was never shipped.
away from the factory. On these facts
the chancellor enjoined the operation OF
the lampblack factory, as violating the
statutory laws against the wasting Of.
natural gas.
The retail price of natural gas for fuel
III louisville IS 65 cents per 1000 feet,
making the value of the gas alleged to-
ave been consumed In making SIC
worth of lampblack $63. 500.
The decision puts the lampblack fac
tory out of business.
Commissioners Proctor Dead.
washington dec Id -Civfl Seru;na
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
Lord Abfnrer Dead.

Paris. Dec. A-Lord Abinger died In
q hospital here Saturday as the result OF
Injuries sustained In falling down the
stairs OF q restaurant. He was born id
1871 His mother is a daughter Of the
late Commodore Magrudsr, United
States navy.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
PERSONAL AND poL1TIcAL,.

Mrs. Catherine 7. Curtin, widow of
Andrew G. Curtin, Pennsylvania's war
governor, died in Bellefonte, Pa, aged
81 years.
Elections were held in 20 cities in
Massachusetts,, the republicans electing
Ii mayors and democrats Z.
Rev. John Lanahan, one of the most
widely known ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal churchrin the country, died
in Baltimore, Nd, aged SO years.
Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull, editor OF
the Sunday School Times, and author
died at his home in Philadelphia, aged
70 years.
Rev. Seth K. Mitchell, an evangelist OF
national reputation, died at his home In
Dorchester, Mass, aged 70 years.
The town of Abbott, Tex, has been all
most wiped out by fire.
Rear admiral Bancroft Gnerardi ire
tired) died at his residence in Stratford,
Conn, aged II years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
Fatally Iniured il wr.or

Huntington, w. Va, Dec. 1.-THE
third section of a Chesapeake & ohio
freight, No. "a, ran into the Of the
second section near Lewis Station sat
urday. Engineer William Hamilton. Of
Russell, was fatally injured. Fireman
Il. = Larrese. of Russell. and Brakeman
Ed Hamilton. of Huntington were dam
gerously injured.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18
Cold in Mfnnesot.

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. A.-This city il
in the clutches of the coolest weather
OF the season 50 far. The thermometer
at the government weather bureau rep
istered five degrees below at ten a. n.
and the t-emperatureSis steadily going
down. At seven a. M. Saturday the
Observation-Disclosures only two below.
the Increase being n degree per hour
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-18

ComMissfoner Proctor nend.
Washington, Dec. As-Ciyil Service
Commissioner John n. Proctor suffered
q severe attack of neuralgia Of the heart
while at the Cosmos club Saturday and
died about 2:35 O'Clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
DISTRICT ASSESSORS APPOINTED.

Board of Commissioners Appoint these
Officers to Serve for One Year.
The Board of County Commissioners
for this county met on Tuesday and
adjourned Yesterday afternoon after
transacting a great deal of routine
business, appointing district assessors
and selecting the health officer whose
terms of office are one year from the
date of their appointment.
The Commissioners also appointed
viewers to view and locate a new
county road in District No. and
prepared papers inviting bids for the
erection of a new iron bridge to span
the Little Yough River on the road
leading from the corporate limits of
Oakland to Crellin. The advertise
rsnt for this work will be found else
where in this paper.
The District Assessors appointed
are as follows;
District No. 1-George W. Moon.
District No. 2.-Lucien Frazee.
District No. 3.-Gideon J. Gnagey.
District No. 4.-Floyd Duckworth.
District No. 5.-Joseph A. Beeghly.
District No. 6.-David w. Fraker.
b. District No. Edward E. Friend.
District No. S.-Jonas Yutzy.
District No. 9.-Daniel b. Layman.
District No. 10.-William Nine.
District No. 11-Charles A. Green.
District No. 12.-James NJ. burst.
District No. 13-W. Scott Pew.
District No. fitzpatrick H. Rhode
heaYer.
These appointees will not enter up
on their active duties until Novem-
Der LIST and will make their returns to
the Board of Commissioners at the
meeting of that body to be held in
January, 1904. They will make assess
ments of newly acquired personal
property, improvements made upon
real estate, etc.
DR.. w. H. Ravenscraft, of Oakland,
was reapointed health officer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Wife'S Mail is Sacred.

The Postoffice Department has de-
cided a question which will be of in
terest to many wives all over the coun-
try, for the decision is that husbands
cannot open the letters of wives
against their protest.
The ruling is as follows A husband
has no right to receive the mail ad-
dressed to his wife against her protest.
As to the mail addressed to the chill
dren, the father has the prior right
to receive it unless there be some par
ticular circumstances in the case
which the department might take in
to consideration on a statement of
the facts being presented" This
ruling has gone out to all postmasters
as result of repeated requests from
postmasters all over the country for
a ruling in the matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
REPAIR MEN ON STRIKE.
No Prospects of An Immediate Settlement
of the Difficulty Existing.

No Prospects of An Immediate Settlement
OF the Difficulty Existing
A bout $50 repair or section men on
the third division of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad haYe declared a strike.
The men demand an increase in wages.
They had been getting $1.35 per day
and want raise to $3.50.
The strike was declared last Thurs
day at noon, when about $50 men
quit work. On Sunday the number
increased another hundred and near
ly every section man between Cum
berland and Grafton is out. The
prospects for an imm ediate settle
ment of the strike are very poor.
All of the hands between Brady's
and Oakland are striking. This in
cludta the men working on the track
to connect with the Pinto cutoff.
The men are determined to strike it
out and say that they will not return
to work unless the company grants
the demand. 1t was stated Sunday
night on good authority that the
Pittsburg division section men CON
template similar move. The strik-
ers also complain that in several in
stances Italians and negroes put to
work, have received higher wages
than they.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Adiudged Insane.

Edward Smouse, an aged farmer
residing few miles south of Oakland
on the Aurora road, was before a jury
SUNNI oned to inquire into his sanity
at the court house in Oakland yester-
day. After hearing a mass of evidence
and examining Mr.. Smouse the jury
adjudged him insane and committed
him to the care of Sheriff Maffett I'M
til such time as the court appoints
committee to take charge of his per-
son and property.
Mr.. Smouse is the father of the
late Homer Smouse of Oakland; How
ard Smouse, of Fairmont, Edward
Smouse of near Deer Park; and Hen
ry Smouse of near Oakland. He is a
man of considerable means.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Kolb schlossnagIe Case Decided.

The legal battle which has been
waged for the past six or seven years
between J. George Kolb and Schloss-
maggie and others, was finally term
mated in the Court of Appeals of
Maryland on Friday last by decis-
ion in favor of Mr.. Kolb.
The question at issue was the title
to tract of land called "Friedland,' -
containing two hundred acres and ly-
ing near Accident, being covered with
a magnificent body of hardwood. The
case was heard the last time in the
Circuit Court for this county and de-
cided in March, 1902, in favor of Mr..
kolb. From this decision Schloss-
nagles appealed and the judgment of
the Circuit Court for this county was
affirmed on Friday last as above
stated.
The attorneys for the respective
parties were Edward H. Sincell for
Mr.. kolb and Richard T. Semmes.
Esq, of Cumberland, for the Schloss-
nagles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
A Special Meeting of That Body Held Last
Monday Night.


Monday Night.
Monday evening of this week a spec
ial meeting of the Town Council was
held at which, among other things,
the following business was transacted:
A permit was issued to Mr. A. b.
Gender granting him the privilege of
erecting retaining wall fronting his
property on Second street.
The new ordinances were read and
ordered printed, the contract for
which was secured by j. NJ. Litzinger
at his bid of $3.50, or little less than
so cents per page for $50 copies
An order was passed prohibiting the
Maryland, West Virginia and Penn
sylvania Telephone Company from
erecting any more poles or stringing
any more wires within the limits of
the town until such time as that com
pany shall have become incorporated
and its charter secured. This action
on the part of the Council was taken
owing to the very unsatisfactory man
ner and unsafe condition the poles
and wires already up were erected by
the agent of the company and the
violation of the agreement or right
granted said company to erect poles
at former meeting of the Council.
A committee of citizens residing
along Second street south of the rail
road appeared before Council and re-
quested that the hill between the
bridge and the railroad be graded.
No definite action was taken but the
matter will receive consideration at a
future meeting.
Attention was called to the fact
that the pavements fronting Dixon &
kelso's warehouse and the black
smithing establishment of A. d. Nay
lor were almost constantly blocked
by teams and the gentlemen were in
structed to keep their pavements
clear in future Mr.. Dixon agreed to
cut the elevated platform in front of
his building down to eighteen inches
in width,
Attention was also called to the
lack of a pavement fronting the prop
erty of Councilman Loar. He bound
himself to have same laid within two
weeks.
A charge for non performance of his
duty was preferred against Policeman
Dixon and after considerable plain
talk directed toward that officer in
which all the councilmen took part
he promised that in the future he
would give no cause for complaint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
The Deer Park Village Improvement So
ciety Seeking to Improve the
Local School

Among the many interests the I'm
provement Society of Deer Park has
set onfoot Isl plan through which it is
hoped the school at Deer Park will
become one of the most desired in the
| county, from the teachers point of
view.
Since the society was fiji st estab-
lished it has taken a special interest
in the educational question at Deer
Park-one year furnishing school for
two months and last year for one
month after the county term closed,
in addition to the summer kinder
garten started and carried on through
the personal kindness of certain mem
bers of Tho society. Something more
effectual, however, seems now desira-
BILE and the society has appointed
special committee of five from among
its members to take an active interest
in the school question. 1t authorizes
this committee to re-engage at the
end of the county term one or both of
the teachers at the Deer Park school
for an extra month provided they
found them satisfactory, and also in
case the committee are especially
pleased with the teachers they are
authorized by the society to make a
present to them of S. a month each
during the whole term both of the
county and society school. In this
way the Deer Park school practically
offers to thoroughly satisfactory
teachers a seven months engagement
and at higher rate of salary than
any school in the county. The per-
sonal character and influence of the
teachers as well as their teaching
qualifications will be considered, and
of course the society retains the right
to engage other teachers of the last
month and not to lay its gift of So
unless the committee finds the teach
ers fulfill the conditions. In this way
the society not only hopes to aid the
immunity of Deer Park but the
County Commissioners and school
trustees with whom they are anxious
to cooperate and to assist as much
as possible in their difficult task of
procuring the best possible teachers.
The society school for the month at
the expiration of the county term is
free to the children of members of the
society; Others pay 81 each family.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Letter to Chas. Whitmore.

Dear Sir; Here's what wears
longer" means
D. T. McGown, Cooperstown, N. Y,
built a house in 'S5 and painted Devoe.
The paint lasted ten yerrs.
A year or two later, neighbor
built house and painted it lead and
oil. The neighbours house was re-
painted twice in the same time.
This looks as if the neighbours house
was painted three times in eight or
nine years, and McGown's once in ten
years. We are not quite sure-we
tell the tale as it comes to us.
1t is enough to say that Deyoe Lead
and Zinc lasts twice as long as lead
and oil alone. The reason is: white
lead is soft and chalks off; zinc is hard;
and when thoroughly ground into
the lead, prevents its chalking and
makes it more durable.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.,
New York
p. 81. NJ. Davis & Sons sell our
paint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Attention, Old Soldiers {!

Crook Post No. 80, G. A. R., of Oak
land, desire that there be general
turnout of the citizens, public school
children, all the organized bodies of
the town and the band, and visitors
from the surrounding country are also
cordially invited, to participate with
the Post on Memorial Day, Saturday,
May 30th, in decorating the graves of
the noble dead that have answered
the last roll call and are now resting
in our cemeteries. An old comrade
will deliver an address.
Crook Post will assemble at Stur-
giss' Hall at 1890 a. m. and proceed
to the cemetery where the beautiful
ritual of the order will be carried out.
Donations of flowers will be thank
fully received and can be left at Stur-
giss' drug store.
By order of the Post.
J. A. HAYDEN, A. G.. STURGIss,
Adjutant. Commander.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
All OF The Newspaper Funny Men OF The United
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