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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28
PADEN NOTES

| dollars worth of freight was un-
loaded at that boat Sunday shows
that they are doing some business.
The cars have been a little un-
lucky for several days. For some
reason, the power has been rather
unstable, and brief delays on the
road was the result.
Brady ST. Clair Is rapidly COM
pleting hts new building, which
when completed, will be occupied
by Gardner & Hazlett
The addition to the Moran board
Ing house Is rapidly nearing com
pletion, and when finished, will add
materially to the capacity OF this
popular resort -
Work Is being rushed on the
power house, and 1t will be but a
few weeks when the railroad COM
pany will have their own power,
and enough Of 1t to . I'd string OF
street cars buzztng through half
the state.
The hunters are looking anx-
ously at the Paden plain, which has
alway been a great resort for quat'. .
When the denizei of Paden 60
into the Arc. d. of Amusement at
Sis:ersville, they think 1t Is summer
and that they are at the PARK.
Mr. Frank Behen, OF Behen &
Son, left yesterday for a business
trip of several days to Parkersburg,
and other points down the river.
The last few days have demon =
strated the fact that when there IS
any breeze going, the Paden plain
will get Its share, which guaran-
tees a suhciency of good, whole.
some fresh air all the year round.
1t Is hoped that Santa Claus will
90 to New Martinsvllle this year In
Tyler Wetzel electric car.
Robert Miller, OF the Paden com
pany, returned from P.ttsburg yes
terday, and Is again at his Office In
the bank building.
Under the efficient management
Of NJ. Elliott, the Paden bank Is
steadily progressing, each day see
ing the business increasing. In a
little while, this will be one of the
substantial State institutions OF a
| foancial character.
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THE SEASON

hunting them Is not what 1t was rs
yesrs ago,
1t Is after such a season as this
that Indian summer, the most de
lightful season of the year, comes,
but some years 1t falls to appear.
Fail ra MS frequently sets In about
the time 1t Is due and that ends all
hope. But If November sets In
warm and dry after the usually
blustery days of the closing OF Oc-
tober, then the Indian summer IS
realized In Its perfection Very
frequently the bluster that begins
about the first of November
continues throughout the entire
month and Is followed by winter
without any agreeable break. That
Is one Of the exceptions. Bona
6de Indian summer Is only an oc-
casional feature, bat when 1t does
arrive 1t pays amply for all the
lapses 1t has made. This bluster
referred to Is not winter. 1t Is only
the forerunner OF Indian summer
If any Is to come.
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This Is squaw Winter but not OF
the genuine variety. There Is an
old tradition among the rural pop
ulation that such spell OF winter
Is due alb out this season of the year.
In many states where elections oc
cur In November, the old hunters
used 20 look for tracking snow"
so that they might 60 hunting
after they had gone early to the
polls to vote
A "tracking snow" that falls
about the first of November, Is one
cf the most inviting Of all the
SHOWS of winter for the hunter, TO
1t comes when the grouna IS still
warm, and while 1t lies Is soft and
quiet under foot. 1t dampeps the
leaves so he can steal through the
woods unheard BY his quarry and
while he can follow the deer and
other game by the prints OF tn!
creatures feet In the snow. How
ever, deer has become so very
scarce In this State, the sport OF
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28

At about 7:3o this morning a
trestle on the R. S. & G. railroad,
which Is q branch of she Ohio Riv-
er Division of the B. & 0. was de.
stroyed by FIRE. AS a result the
train due here at 1885 a. M, and
which goes as far as New Martins
Vile, returning again at SLAP m.
did not get through today. This
accident caused many to be disap-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28
OIL PROPERTY
In This County Belonging to
Caldwell Estate.
Was Sold Last Week by the Executor

The oil leases and personal
property on these leases, consist =
Ing of drilling tools, etc, belong
Ing to the estate of the late R. G
Caldwell, were sold here last week
by E A. Durham, Of SIstersville,
the executor of the estate.
The property sold consists of the
entire working interests In the
leases on the o. M. Newbank's
farm of IS acres; the S. P Aller-
man farm of IS acres and the Ret
ia Freshwater farm of 81 acres.
All these leases are In the old
Henderson, field In this county
and there Is small production OF
oil.
The property was purchased by
the Harrison County Oh company
and the consideration was S9.9 o
It is the intention of the company
to clean out and operate all Of the
old wells on the property and drill
several other wells.-Parkersburg
Sentinel.
This company Is composed OF
local capitalists In this city ard
was organized few days since.
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Monday afternoon Park Taylor
took a rig and proceeded to take 10
the town at a pretty swift pace for
a time He was arrested by officer
Bonar but resisted and he and the
officer were taking a tussel when
Mr.. Smyers also took q hand
against the policeman. About this
time Mayor Fry arrived and the
parties were taken to the Office.
No hearing was had at that time,
but later Mr.. Taylor appeared and
paid a fine of $40 for himself and
friend Smyers.-Cameron Star.
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BURNED ON THE
RS & g. BRANCH OF B. & O.

pointed, who had intended to take
this train for points north and
south. This train leaves Spencer,
which Is twelve miles of Ravens
wood, In the morning and goes
through to New Msrtinsville, re
turning to Spencer In the, evening.
l. was the opinion of the railroad
officials here that the trestle would
be repaired by tomorrow morning
so as the train could pass over It.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28

On the fifteenth of October, a
certain leading gruceryman In this
city approached us with a proposi
sition to close our stores at s
o'clock except upon certain nights
of Zach mnnh. W. tept cur pro-
.Jlse aud clio ed up our places o.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28

The Jewell went up this morn.
Ing and presented a very attractive
appearance, having been recently
painted and generally repaired. The
steamer will pass here tomorrow
evening" on her return trip.
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GROCERY STORES OPEN'ASUSUAL

business but learn during the past
few hours that the instigator Of the
movement has violated his pledged
word and honor by opening and
keeping open his grocery store
after six o'clock when he had
lemnly promis ID he would not
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-28

do so. Therefore, beginning tonight
our store will remain open as
Heretofore until eight o'clock
except ON Saturdays and on the
evenings of the 10th, ! 1th and 18th
All the other grocerymen who
have kept the faith and complied
with their solemn promises will
remain open as heretofore and as
stated above namely: NJ A Syoert
Grocery company, W. NJ. and J. H.
Laz ear, S c. Sybert, F. E Apple,
]. W. Maher, and D. George & Co
Signed
M. A. SYBERT GROCERY Co
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Panama Special to the New YOrk Post.
Panama, Republic of Panama, Nov.
3O.-So seldom can a republic be snap
shotted in the making that the true
and veracious history on Panama
ought to be set down. New York ac-
counts Of it have been fragmentary.
Washington accounts have been pol
itic, oblique--you have felt that they
did not touch upon realities Here.
among simple and elated people,
nothing is concealed. The only
thought is that there shall be told none
of that which might reflect in the least
upon the United States government.
the population. To the best Pana-
mans New York has long been the
1oveliest OF. cities, and the United
States the ideal of a country. Only
one Of the de facto cabinet of the new
republic is unable to speak English.
Much of the population5is is from the
British cofony sof Jamaica. Officers
from the British warship Amphion
fraternize with American correspon-
dents and naval officers, and among
the Spanish or so-called natives of the
Isisthmus to be an American is to en-
sure social treatment such as only
Spanish courtesy is perfect in supply
ing What the native girl who made the
first Panaman flag said is truly
| illuminative of. the attitude: After I
am a Panaman, she told us, II am
a Yankee!'
AS it is written here, the story of
the revolution is as veil authenticated
as it could be, if you accept the word
l8of the esigners of the declaration of
independence. of the junta. of the
/ provisional cabinet, of the admiral of
1 the navy, of all who participated. i
think they are keeping nothing back.
sAltogether, it is a unique story. 1t
1 begins in March, or perhaps May, of
] this year. Control of the trans
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
AS THEY TELL 1T
WAY DOWN IN PANAMA
Correspondent
Conpmors-How the Plot Almost Faied-The
Played by .:

isthmian transportation (the great as
set Of this neck of land connecting
two continents) had, as has been said,
given the United States a hold upon
popular allegiance. She was the pow
er which had to be respected; hers
was the government for which battles
were stopped that trains under her
interest might pass uninterruptedly
upon their business. Here,~as we'll as
at Washington, the feeling was that
treaties to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, it was somewhat Quixotic for
American marines to be landing al
ways for the practical support of Co
slOmbian sovereignty.
The idea of American interference
in behalf of a separate state was
abroad in March. In May, DR.. ANA
dor talked about it to Jose Augustin
Arrange, lobbyist of the Panama rail-
road, and to Tomas Arias, who held
the electric light concession. They
took into confidence Federico Boyd,
half-British by descent; Constantine
Arosemana, whose family had been
feeced by compulsory subscription to
various revolutions" Ricardo Arias,
brother of the electric light man, and
De Obarrio. Sometimes meetings
were held at Amador's house; often at
night in the electric light back office
on the edge of the Bay of Panama.
They kept then. purpose close, fear
ing to let it out General Herbert O.
Jeffries sI have it from himself) was
..in the know also; Arrange was ap-
pointed to. keep Colonel Black, U. S.
A., engineer supervising the present
digging of the canal at Culebra cut,
and Colonel Shaler, r. D. Prescott,
Captain j. r. Beers, leading officers
of the Panama railroad. fully in
formed as to what was going forward
James Hyatt of course, was also in
formed. Summer came. Colombia
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can go ahead" In the morning (Nov.
u arrived a reply from Varilla, dated
Oct. 81, saying that American men-of-
war would be 1.-THE isthmus immedi-
ateIy to keep transit open. Arias, on
hearing this, said
What if Colombia changes her po-
sition and grants the treaty."
Then was the answer, I'VE are all
betrayed, and it is the end of US
Gaining Adhesion of Troops.
Nov. was fixed on as the date for
"the movement The work of enlist
ing the aid of government officers was
progressed. Admiral Varon of the
Colombian gunboat "Twenty-first of
November" was won over with all his
forces, General Huertas, comman-
dant of the garrison, was found easy
to approach, because he is Pana-
man by birth, has a Panaman wife,
and had heard that he was to be
transferred, with all his troops, to
Barranquilla Such a transfer would
mean that he and his troops would
hereafter be paid in paper money,
worth only a few cents on the dollar,
as at Barranquilla there Is no silver
currency. To rid himself of officers
and men he was not sure would enter
the plot to revolt, he pretended to
have had a dispatch saying that revo-
lutiOniSts were landing at Cocla, down
the coast. Then he sent off all the
distrusted officers and men to put
down Cocla's imaginary insurrection.
Senor Melindes of Colon was called
TO Panama, and asked to be ready to
take the governorship of Colon on the
4th. About noon on the I'd the Nash
vile arrived at Colon. Everything
then was favorable. except that no
American warship had yet appeared
at Panama. Suddenly, that evening,
to the CONSERVATION of the plotters.
the Colombian Warship Cartagena
steamed into Colon, bearing some 500
soldiers, SO clerks and new governor.
Somebody had tipped off Bogota
that a coup was being planned, and
Bogota had dispatched these troops
to replace the suspected garrison,
clerks to do the work of untrue office
holders, and General Pompilio Cult
| terrez to supplant Governor Cbaldia.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

fight Colombia if she objected, and
create the ''independent government
Of Panama" Senior Duque informed
Secretary Hay that the revolution was
to take place on Sept. %. the day after
the adjournment of the Colombian
congress. Mr.. Hay is said to have re-
plied-this is from report in Senior
DuQue's neWspaper-.'that the United
States could not lend aid to revoluS
tionists in carrying out secession
from the nation to which they be-
longed. Besides Mr.. Hay is said to
have added, Sept. % is much too
early pointing out to Senior Duque
that revolution coming the day after
the expiration of the treaty would be
an absurdity, since revolutions usually
require preparation.
Making the First Flag.
The revolution did not come off on
Sept. %. 1t was POSTPONED to Nov.
4. ''On Nov. 2 Admiral Glass was
notified to go to the isthmus, and, if
necessary, occupy Ancon Hill with ar
tillery.'' Various American vessels
were sent within striking distance
| Meantime DR.. Amador took colored
design for a flag to Senorits
| Maria Enelia Ossa, his niece
and asked her to make flag
accordingly. Senorita Ossa is the
DetrOtned Oh X. u. prescott, agent al
| Panama of the Panama railroad. Hel
parents are Chilean; she was bor1
4 here, and, disregarding her father.
neutral position as Chilean consu
i general, has been ever an inspiring
/ Panaman, a liberal, with a grea
liking for Yankees" as she told III
last evening. She is not the black
eyed, black-haired Spanish woman O.
Frank Daniels '.The Office Boy" bu
brown-eyed and full-cheeked ant
rown-haired, without the Moorish
blood. All the time | was sewing tht
flag" she says, II fancied endless
4 columns of Colombian soldiers march
1, ing into the house" But she finished
! it Oct. 81, and it was first seen il
New York on the City of Washington
one of the Panama railroads char
tered steamships.
On the evening of the day the fla,
was finished there was a final meet
ing of the consDirators at DR.. ANA
/ doris house. Eight persons wer
4 present. They heard that DR.. Anna
dor had telegraphed Varilla tha
i everything was now ready for th
| overturning. They adjourned will
the remark that IF Varilla coult
j move some American. men-of-war t.
the isthmus, he is somebody, and W,
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Governor Obaldia lived in the same
house with DR.. Amador, and belonged
to the same poker clubs but "official-
ly' he knew nothing. OF the conspiracy
everybody says so. Colombia never
theless had prepared to remove him.
The CartaSena's outfit, civil and mill
tary was landed at Colon. Leaving
command to Colonel Torres, the gem
erals boarded a train for Panama.
Ihls city was in ferment. The revo-
lutionists thought the jig was up.
What should be done? Now General
Huertas. in command of the garrison.
had fought under General Herbert o.
Jeffries. Huertas lost his right arm
serving with this New Yorker, of Vir-
ginian antecedents, who was one of
Roosevelt's political helpers when
Roosevelt first ran for the assembly in
the twenty-second district of Manhat-
tan. Huertas said to Jeffries:
Will you stand by if I deliver the
garrison to the elrevolutionists?
Sure" answered Jeffries.
Then Jeffries went to the nonplussed
revolutionists and declared: You
/ have arrived at the time described in
an old Spanish saying-you have got
t ogive birth now, or burst" Mrs
Amador, who had been the soul Of the
!! revolution, besought her husband to
take his opportunity You must go
on now" she insisted. A dispatch
/ came I1OlIl SOlOll. X. u. prescott,
/ while pretending to make a purchase,
! conveyed the telegram to the hand of
! the head Of the Brandon firm. It said
THAT the Panama railroad had refused
ITO transport the. Colombian troops
across to Panama. Hearing this the
revolutionists took heart. They would
go on. At 5 o'clock they would sere-
made the Colombian generals. Then
after dinner the generals would be
i seized, and the same band which had
/ welcomed them would sound the
1 tocsin of the revolution.
i This plan was superfluous. On ar
irving, the generals went down to the
barracks after noon to see General
4 Huertas One vision of what hap
/ pened is this: They greeted General
! Huertas, who offered them wine. They
] proposed a toast. Invaded by. a fear
/ that when he raised his one good arm
i to drink the Colombian generals would
i take advantage of him and run q
sword thru him, he said: lone mo-
ment'' He left the room, gave orders
for a company of soldiders to go in
i and put the newly arrived officers un-
/ der arrest. The arrest was made and
the prisoners turned over to the po-
i lice, to be kept in JAIL Revolution
4 was declared; the populace rejoiced;
4 the flag OF Senorita Ossa was un-
4 furled.
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ness to take the warpath against the
whites, his voice was always raised
in opposition and his eloq.ence lent
to the side Of peace. He adjured his
people that they were but women as
compared to the whites, and assured
the young men that they should
rather initiate the modes of living OF
their pale-face. brethren: than attempt
the war of determination against
them. It is told Of him that he was
recognized as one of the foremost ora
tors Of his people, and that his council
for peace has more than once pre-
vailed, greatly to the indignation Of
the young men, who said he was more
fit to be squaw than chief of the
iChippeWas.
- At the time of the Bear island out
break, when his people were discon-
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hesitated over the treaty. DR.. ANA
dor sailed in August via Jamaica, to
Boston, and thence proceeded to
Washington. Mr.. Hay, secretary Of
state, was on his holiday, and ANA
dor could not see him. He told of his
mission, however to somebody, and
went on 10 New York.
Plotting at the Waldorf.
There he consulted with M. Bunau-
Varilla, agent Of the Panama Canal
company. Both We're staying at the
Waldorf-Astoria, and held their con-
ferences there.
Now, are you sure about this ?"
asked Senior Arrange Of the junta.
Yes" he answered Yes coin
cided Senor Arias.
Dr. Amador talked with Varilla and
others and was assured presently that
the American government would give
support to a secession movement. Not
officially of course General Jeffries
has a letter, he says, in which Presi-
! lent Roosevelt declares he'll be
! damned if he will aid in any revolu-
ton But DIR. Amador believed in
| the authority Of the utterances of
| Bunau-Varilla and went home in a
| fervor. Put these papers in the
safe,'' he said to the purser of the re-
/ turning steamer Yucatan; they are
worth much-I would not lose them"
! His narrative Of the results OF his mis-
| sion to the United States was scarcely
! credited in spite of the accompanying
! papers. Nevertheless F.. A. Morales,
! c.. A. Mendoza, and j. HenriqueZ be-
| gan to draft a declaration of inde-
/ pendence for Panama.
There were more conferences at
! Amador's house. Mrs. Anlador be-
| came interested. (In all these Latin
countries the women are fierce and eff
| fectiVe patriots). Jose Gabriel Duque
/ Cuban-born, but an American citizen
editor of the Star and Herald, went to
I New York and Washington. He went
! it is said, on his own hook; and he
| spoke With Secretary Hay on Sept. 3
who had on Aug. % been in conference
! with President Roosevelt at Oyster
/ Bay. Three alternatives We're dis
cussed: One was to ignore Colombia
proceed to construct the canal under
| the treaty Of 1916 with New Granada
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Correspondence of The journal.
Bemidji, Mimi, Dec. 24.-Of the
many picturesque characters Of the
Chippewa yTndians of northern Mime
sofa that are. East passing, there are
none more interesting than Chief Be-
middi the sage Of theELeech Lake
Chippewa, after whom the city OF Be
midji was named. and the recent am
nouncements of, whose physical indis-
position has aroused the widest inter
est among the early settlers and pio-
neers of this section, whose acquaint-
ance and respect, for Bemidji dates
back to the time when the nearest
railroad was onef hundred miles dis
tant and thes lumberman and farmer
confined his operations to "a; section Of
the state as IfarIremoved.
Bemidji is etynieal of0t the American
aborigine. Fes n1ore than forty years
he made his home at onefof the most
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tented and stirred by the rumors of
strife, some of the hotheads counciled
the massacre of the few whites in this
city at that time. Bemidji sent his
son to warn his white friends of the
sentiment Of his people, and the great
est excitement attended his arrival.
The women were all gotten together
and sent to- the courthouse and the
citizens patroled the streets armed
with Winchesters to ward off the ex-
pected attack.
Bemidji's last visit to this city was
made last summer on the occasion of
the district encampment of the Park
Region of the G.. A. r., and he was
much honored. He is about 80 years
old at present, and has been in feeble
health for some time.
Thomas H. Noodle.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

picturesque spots in the townsite Of
what is now the beautiful little city
that bears his name 1t was a favor
ite hunting ground of his forefathers,
and there is an old Indiana,le legend to
the effect that Bemidji first saw the
light of day in the -bark-cpvered tepee
of his father near the spotfwhere he
made his home SO long: 1T was for
years Il favorite rendezvous of his peo-
pie. In the spring they came to fish
the maskalo1lge and in the autumn
the rice fields Of little Bemidji lake
were famous as the best in all the
broad domain of the Chippewas.
While the men hunted the red deer
in the forests Of the lake shore, the
women, in their graceful birch bark
canoes, harvested the lake rice that
dreamed that it would one day be one
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as really good Indian, and the rep
utation has remained with him to the
present. -
Step by step the white man en-
croached on the; hunting grounds OF
his fathers, but the Indian had
learned to love mis- home, and in his
old age, he was 10th to leave it. 1t
lis his desire that at his death his body
shall be buried on the spot where he
has lived SO long. Not until the rail
road came and the lodges of the. white
man were everywhere. in evidence. and
the, noises of their civilization grated
upon his nerves, could he be persuaded
to leave his old home to take UP a
residence at an isolated spot on the
Cass Lake reservation, where the few
remaining people Of the band of-braves
that recognized him as their head re-
moved years ago.
- Bemidji was. always known as a
friend of the whites. In the councils
(sof his nation, When the young men
danced without ceasing and struck
their knives deep into the bark of the
dance tree as a token Of their readl-