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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
River Notes.

The Bessie Smith was Sundays
Parkersburg and Wheeling packet.
The Lorena was Sundays Pitts
burg and GAINESVILLE boat. passing
this point at 4 .. m. She will ar
rive here on her return trip Wed
nesday evening. The handsome
steamer Virginia was Sundays
Pittsburg and Cincinnati packet
The steamer passed down at 6 p.
m. She Is due to arrive here on
her return trip Thursday evening
The Keystone State Is due up to
night In place of the Queen City,
The local packets are all running
on schedule time.
The Greenland passed down en-.
route for Charleston at IL O'Clock
Saturday night. She was lighted
up In all the colors of the rainbow,
and presented beautiful appear
arce while tied at the local wharf a
short time. Her cargo was enor
mously large, and good passenger
list was on board. The first trip to
Pittsburg was made without any
mishaps, and the steamer was a day
late at this point, owing to the big
business of the trip.
River Filled With Ice,
All day the Ohio carried I'm
men. e fleets of Ice south, and 1t Is
expected that a rough liver may be
on most any time. If the weather
continues cold navigation will not
be long In suspending, but will not
Interfere with traffic If warm
weather sets In.
All the through boats and local
packets report both the freight and
passenger traffic good. The rive r
continues to fall and unless there
Is a rise very soon the through
boats will be forced to the bank.
There IS barely water In the chan
mel now for them to reach Pittsburg
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
The Early Buyer.

Each year the newspapers con-
tain admonitions urging holiday
shoppers to make their purchases
as early as possible. How many
persons heed this advice 1t Is i'm
possible to say. Certainly there
are ordinarily enough left 10 crowd
the big stores uucomfortably In the
fortnight Immediately before Chris
mas. But the fact remains that
those who buy their presents be-
fore the great rush sets In not only
perform this highly necessary trans
action with a minimum of incon-
venience to themselves. but lessen
in a corresponding degree the pres
sure upon the men and women who
stand behind the counters.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

Saturday afternoon the old barn
on the Auktom farm at Paden City
was totally destroyed by fire. A
man was seen to enter and leave
the barn about half an hour before
the fire bat 1t Is not known whether
he set the barn on fire accidentally,
Intentionally or If he set FIRE to 1t at
all. He Is a stranger and unknown.
AT any rate the barn burned down
Saturday afternoon and the origin
of the fire will always remain
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
THAT FIRE PLUG

that the fire plughas not been blown
out for over year. Another mar
at the head OF Wells street tns'N'>
the fire plug up there has not beef n
blown out In months. This Is both
sides of the story. We do MT
blame the superintendent. The city
council should see TO 1t that the
Superintendent does attend to bis
ou,Ies aud discharge him If be
don't do his duty. II so much mud
gathers In fire plug that has been
blown out every thirty days the
council ought to know this and see
20 1t that 1t Is blown out oftener,
every day if needed It's no small
matter to lose a planning mill and II
Is hard 10 say who will be the next
firm to be burned out. 1t Is 8
serious matter and there IS no occa
siou for anybody to get angry, but
1t should be warning to cause
radical change In the matter OF
blowing ont fire plugs. This thing
of not blowing out the fire plugs
has been mentioned many times In
the Review before this fire occurred
and all 1t resulted In was to have
some councilmen say we were
"kicke1s" May be we are but the
public In general are kicking"
now, but Its after the horse has
been stolen.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
Weather Conditions.

The storm noted Saturday morn
ing over Iowa has moved very
slowly northeastward, and Is cen
trail this morning oyer Ontario.
The high area covers the west
ern portion Of the country this
morning, and another depres-
sion appears over the extreme
With the exception
of snow Aurries over the lower
Lake region, the weather Is gen-
orally fair In all sections with tenn
peratures below normal. The
lowest temperatures reported this
morning Is zero In Minnesota. The
prospects are for fair weather over
this section tonight and Tuesday,
continued cold.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
Finch

McCoy's Book Store received
this morning a big lot of the popu-
lar game "Flinch." There has been
such a demand all over the country
for this game the manufacturers
have not been able to any ways
near supply the demand for them
McCoy's Book Store have been for
tunate In getting a few dozen Iof
this game which are now on sale. at
the Book Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

Saturday evening Superintendent
Cutler called and insisted that the
water line which we mentioned In
Saturdays paper In our eccount Ct
the burning of the Mccoy & Alex
ander fire as being frozen, was q
private water line that belonged TO
the planiog mill and the city was
not responsible for Its being frozen
up. Mr.. Cutler also insists tina. he
blew the fire plug out by the mill
every thirty days and the cause ct
there not being any pressure was
the result of connecting five four
inch hose to four inch He.
We are willing to admit that al
of this Is true but the facts ere that
dozens # people say there was
nothing but mud In the fire hose
line and that the mud continued 10
come through the hose for at least
fifteen minutes and that If the mud
had not come as 1t did and the line
had been properly blown out the
fire could have been extlnguished
In a few minutes. but the fire get
ting a fifteen minute start caused
the loss of the mill. A man who
resides In front of a FIRE plug on
Virginia street, says he Is willing to
swear to the best of his knowledge
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

The Review received special
telegram this afternoon announcing
the fact that today the Pure OH
company advanced the price of
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
oil to ST. IS per barrel.
This carries out the Reviews
statement made last week and
denied by the OH City "Organ
of OIL" that there Is a
fight on between the Independents
and Standard and the pro
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

Harry Ihrig, through his attor-
neys, Caldwell and Watson, of Par
kersburg, and F. L. Blackmarr, OF
this city have sued Mrs. Ihrig for a
divorce, on the grounds that she
has committed adultry with a man
named I'D Landsllttle, ormerly
chief of police of Parkersburg We
believe this Is the first time Harry
has sued for divorce bat Mrs.
Ihrig has kept a suit for divorce
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
BARN BURNED

a mystery. The barn was occupieu
by R. G. Aukrom, who had 1t stored
full of hay and grain and many
farming utensils of all kind, all OF
which was burned up entailing
quite a heavy loss to Mr.. Ankrom
A good number of hogs were under
the barn at the time of the FIRE bat
they were all saved 1t was a
very heavy loss to Mr. Ankrom who
of late seems to be having a great
deal of hard luck. His many friends
sympathize with him sincerely In
his loss Of Saturday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
OIL GOES UP

ducers will necessarily be profted
by he fight. Its now up to the
Standard to call this advance or 60
II a few cents more Just hold
your oil and watch the battle royal
wage. There isn't any oil Is what
Is the matter now ard the fight Is
for very existence. Don't get
alarmed If oil goes to So or 81 a
barrel or even higher. Just hold
your oil, read the Review carefully
and be thankful there IS an oil
paper that publishes all the oil
news that Is news that Is of
interest to the producers.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
DIVORCE SUIT

standing on the docket of our
courts for many years
The newspapers who don't know
anything aboul the parties call
Mrs Ihrig an OIL Queen" and ac'
cuse Harry of being the wealthIest
oil producer In seven states. The
tacrs are they are neither of them
enormously wealthy, and their
quarreling Is nothing new at all.
The suit will probably be ccmpro-
missed inside of thirty days and the
ouly gamers In the transaction
will be the attorneys.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

Superintendent Strahl, Of the
Wetzel Tyler Electric Railroad Co,
informs as the grading OF the road
Is now about a mile and a quarter
south of Brooklyn and that his
company are working hard to have
the cars running from this city to
Brooklyn by Christmas and they
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30
CARS TO RUN CHRISTMAS

will be running by that time If The
weather CONTINUES favorable for
outside work. The company hope
20 have he power house completed
by the 2oth of Dec ember. The cars
are now running regularly to Men.
dota or Sardis. Work on the road
70 Middlebourne will be started In
January If the weather Is favorable.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

Some geologists estimate that the
world Will endure for 100, 900 yeais
longer. This Is of interest to the
taxpayers of this city, as they may
be able during that period to elect
a new set of officers; and thereby
save the unnecessary expense Of
the town being disposed of at
sheriff's sale.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

A man gets Nc reward for his
stupidity, neither In this world nor
the next. Old party voters do not
get an extra star In their crown
simply because they suffered an
extra pain In their stomach.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-30

If the men who are to be return.
ed from England charged with the
murder of Contractor Ferguson do
not know anything about West
Middletown the people of that com
munity know enough about them
to make the average good.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
LOCAL NEWS.
BARTON.

James Barker In very Ill.
Mrs. q. w. Moxley OF Lancaster, n. II,
} i'm town.
Mrs. Carr OF Marshfield is cooking at
otel Barton.
h Miss Marie Johnson visited in Newport
aturdsy and Sunday.
\ Remember the village meeting to. morrog
5ening at 730 o'clock.
i A cousin OF II. b. Orcutt's has placed a
hphi ha launch on Crystal Lake.
HH. j. stsnnsrd is verifying the pass
eoks at the Barton Savings Bank.
(. Mrs. Orsnge Mills and Mrs. Luke Colt of
sssawippi are visiting Mrs. Geo. Goodro.
congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
IA Hook OF Concord, n. ii on the birth
son.
Ia meeting OF the w. II. c. will be eld
Wednesday afternoon al 2:30 O'Clock at
A. X. hall.
Geo. w. Buzzell will sell all his real es-
te and personal property at auction next
iday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Rand has had her residence
a her tenement house painted, greatly
y rrovirg their appearance.
Mrs. l.. b. Dunn and two children of
Johnstury visited Mrs. Dunn's sister,
Is. f A. Girard, last week.
6everal Of Miss Gertrude Folsom's Young
ends gave her a surprise visit last Thurs
". All had a very pleasant time.
Rev. Mr.. Treat delivered an exec Tent
mon at the Congl church yesterday in
ehsnge with Rev. Mr.. Warner.
3y special dispensation the next regu-
meeticg OF the o. r. s. will be held on
day evening, May ~, instead of May 10
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold a meet
at the Msthodist church parlors nexr
sdnesday afternoon. Gentlemen invittC
ea.
he acad smy baseball team defeated tn,
wport high school te,m on the fail
|uud last Saturday afternoon by a scor'
30.
mr. o. II. Mossmsn. who was badly in
fd by q falling timber striking hin
bes the neck and shoulder, Is slowly i'm
viug.
ev. W. A. Warner, accompanied by :
nd, Mr.. Graham OF Bethel, and F
chslder, spent two days at Caspian
lsst week.
r. W. NJ. Msgoon and son Of the Crys
Lake House were ia Boston last weel
purchase a naphtha launch 10 be place
crystal Lake.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

Dr. leonard's Office will be closed Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday OF this week.
1W
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
BARTON LANDING.

Miss Vivian Burke is sick with measles.
Tsplin & Rowell are selling lots of wag-
ons this spring.
son was oorn to Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Hook Of Concord, N. H, May 9Th.
William Blsisdell is shingiing his house.
Frank Skinner is painting his house.
Mr.. and Mrs o. NJ. RoweIl of West Al
bany visited at f. e. Browns recently.
George Buldoc has moved to North Troy,
where he will open a shoemaker's shop.
The Congregational people had their
church wired for electric ligh hts last week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

Or. Leonard's office at Glover will be
open from 9 a. m. to ~ noon, till further
notice. Filling and plate work by appoint
,nent only. lo-u
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

The celebrated horse. jefferson Wilkes,
= :14i, will be at hotel, East Charleston, VI ,
Nv ed nee day afternoon, May Is. NV
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

{. G. Aldrich will be at his jewelry store
in this village, Saturday, Msy 10th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements will be inserted under thh
head At ttco cents per word for h'st inseitot
and one cent per word thereatter. Cssh 5 inuS'
arcompant the order. No adUertissment rtl'
b. inserfsd for tess than ttreHtv-fue cents
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
BLOOMINGTON CENTER.

Lorenzo Grow is treating VIM. Smith
for a cancer.
Mrs. Collins LaCourse, who has been ill
with grip is recovering.
A. 81. Gardyne has niece from North
Troy visiting at his home.
Rev. Royal Vail and family came back
to their home here last Thursday.
A. e. Denison is moving to the farm
which be purchased of Collins French.
Mrs. Amasa Sessions of Coventry visited
her sister, Mrs. Homer Leland, last week
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

=. r. winslow will buy stock at Barton
for the stock train, and Will be at home
|every Saturday. Highest market price
paid for good fat calves and hogs. Also
highest market price for wool brought In
on Saturday. lo-u
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
EAST cRAFTSBURY.

Mr.. Thomas Noodle of Boston was
called here by the sick ness and death of
his brother Armour.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11
WEST CHARLESTON.

After the Y. P. s. Q. E. meeting Thurs
day evening reception will be given Rev.
Mr.. Maben and family at the Cong'I par
sonage, to W bich all are cordially invited.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the F. B.
church will givea baked bean supper at
A. W. Lyons next Thursday evening,
commencing at five O'Clock. All come and
get good supper for 1Oc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

In accordance with Section 4O9o OF the
statutes of Vermont, this is the year in
" hich Savings Bank Books are to be veri-
he'd, and the month of May has been desig-
hated by the Inspector OF Finance as the
month in which this must be done; kindly
bring or send in your books as soon as
hpossibIe for veri6cation, ard oolige. r. >.
ITink ham, Treasurer Orleans Trust Com
rany NeWpOrt. VT. 10 ~
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

/ will buy wool any day in the week
kiuriug the season. q. V. Joslyn. 17tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

Call at my shop in Beans block for boot
band shoe repairing. Ladies' shoes a
|specialty, also mending rubber boots
Ham Casavant, Barton. 1911
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

To SELLS two horse lumber wagon. OF
will exchange for light wagon. D.
johnson. 1918
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

DR.. Stevens dental rooms at Barton
Landing will be closed Saturdays and
Mondays until further notice. 19-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

Wlnn, who was active IN the labor
cause will represent the nth district
In the next Congress. Both the Demo-
cratic and Union Labor parties nomi-
mated him. largely on his record as a
labor supervisor
THREE FACTIONS,
There are three factions in the Union
Labor party They are headed by
Mayor Schmit2, Michael Casey and J.,
II. Mccarthy
Casey, president Of the Transfers
union, the board of health and the
board of public works, was business
agent of the Transfers union during
the big strike. He was appointed to
the board of public works by Mayor
Schmitz, whom he soon threw down
and began planning for his further adj
Vancement
He was made president of the board
and by virtue OF that Office he became
a member Of the board Of health. There
was difficulty about reorganlzng the
health board and finally Casey accepted
the office OF president OF that. In his
dual role on both boards Casey Is able
to do a great deal for the party
and he Is materially strengthening his
position. He was reputed to have his
eye on the shrieNalty, but being slgnally
defeated In trial of strength with
Schmitz at the primaries, his star
waned and he Is now merely one Of
the malcontents.
PHI. Mccarthy, a Democrat, Is at the
head of the third faction. which Is also
inimcal TO Schmitz, He is employed
at one of the big hotels as carpenter,
and is president OF the Building Trades
Council, which has about $4,000 mem
bers and Is growing.
Mccarthy was appointed a member
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

man who makes friends and keeps
them. Schmit2 as an official Is a DIFF
ferent person and is no less open to
criticism than other officials who do
politics" In tho hope Of perpetuating
themselves in positions of power ana
omolument
While the mayor has been made TO
realize in various ways the limitations
Of his office, he still feels that he has
accomplished a great deal. He points
to the fact that not In ten years past
has there been done so much work In
extending school facilities as during
the PAST year and a half. with VI
limit to taxation for general mainten-
ance the city cannot expect much new
street work but something has been
done In repaying and repairing. Some
success has come to the mayor in set
Ting labor troubles, Soon after his
Inauguration, $500 street car men went
out on strike. The mayor insisted on
peaceful conduct as condition for his
mediation. Every one of those $500
men were informally constituted spe-
cial POLICEMAN, and reports were made
to the mayor every six hours FOR the
ten days the strike lasted. The pub
lie was with the men and they won
signal Victoy. New differences which
arose between the men and the AQ,-
600 900 corporation owning most or the
street railways are now being arbitrat-
ed, Another thing accomplished by tho
mayor was the institution of eighth
watches In the police department He
has kept his pledge to give conserva-
tive administration, and he has largely
overcome the distrust of the CONNER
cial interests. He Is almost constant
ly acting as arbitrator or mediator In
labor disputes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

the county clerk, in whose office scan
dals are continually coming to light.
The courts, however decided that the
county clerk was a county officer and
that the mayor could not remove him,
In the case OF the board Of health a
ready injunction issued out OF he SUI
perior court has restrained the new
members appointed by the mayor from
taking their seats, and the slow move
ments OF the judiciary make 1t reason
ably certain that by the time the case
Is decided It VIII have ceased to inter
est the men against whom II was
brought. Discouraged at these setbacks
the mayor abandoned his direct policy
and fell back on the more devious
course made famous by one Fabian.
SOME SCANDALS
Mayor Schmitss administration has
not been without mistakes, not even
without some scandals. Some OF the
mayors mistakes have been caused by
ineXperlence; others were due 10 bad
or sef-interested advice Such an one
probably was the error Of appointing
James r. 7. MerShon on the board OF
civil service commissioners, and secur-
ing his election as president Of that
board
Mershon was an oil stock manIpula-
tor ana he bore a very doubtful Iepu-
tation, Being asked why he appointed
Mershon the mayor Is said to have re-
piled that he had put $4,000 into the
municipal campaign. And yet It is
portable that this was but an evasion,
and that the blame for Meyshon's APP
pointment lay In another quarter Mer-
shon lived up to his reputation when in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

office.
lie resigned under fire, having been
charged with giving out in advance the
questions for the examination for pro-
motions in the fire department, and
with having altered the markngslo on an
examination paper for friend who
sought a place in that department The
latter fault Mcrshon sought to justify.
He was arrested Tor ii on an lndlct-
ment by the grand jury, and admitted
TO bail. Mayor Schmitz incurred crit
icism because he did not actively assist
IN prosecuting Mershon, but il il prob
able that here again he was only fol-
lowing the counsel OF his political ora
Giles, who hold that man In politics
must keep so busy getting friends and
supporters out of Jail that he will have
no time TO be getting any one in.
Another Of the mayors appolntees
and one Of his most active supporters,
Fire Commissioner Parry, was invcsti
gated on charge of petty graft but
the evidence was not stronge enough 10
convince his friend, the mayor, who
held the Investigation, that there had
been any wrongdoing.
RENT BY DISsENSIONS.
Although the labor party has made a
great deal Of noise and has compelled
respect, its course Is be. with reefs
and hidden rocks. 1t Wa \ ,riy rent by
dissension. 1t lacks Conference. Nearly
one-third Of the voters OF this city are
foreign born, representing 50 different
countries.
Another third contains representa-
tiyes Of every state and territory. while
20 may be called true sons Of Neptune,
men, without country, being born at
sea. And so there are many leaders of
great and small degree, and almost ev-
cry tongue.
Among the big leaders Is Rev. Peter
G, Yorke, a Catholic priest, locally ia
nous as n controyersalist, He is a free
lance and has a large following. An
drew Furuseth, a Finn, with the gaunt-
ness and hollow eyes Of the ascetlc Is
the chief spirit in the City Front feder-
alton.
He opposes the mixing of the unions
I'm politics and has thus far declined 10
accept any political office. which per-
haps, may be the explanation of his
following among the toilers. Fufuseths
thin, high-pitched voice. and his blunt.
forceful language, never fail to hold the
tense interest OF his audiences Bril-
liant and errat!c, n journalist and law
yer, Il, j. Llyernash Is popular as a
leader,
He was the opponent OF Hon. Jullus
Kahn IN the fourth congressional dis
trict. and although he had both the
Union Labor and the Democratic sup
port, he won by 50 small plurality
that his seat is contested. William J.