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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
UNCOMMON WISDOM.
Sistersville People Should Profit
BY Neighbors Experience.

It's a wise man who profits by
the experience of his friends and
neighbors. Here is a chance to
do it and every man, woman or
child in Sistersville who knows
the misery of a bad back, the ner-
vousness and restlessness caused
by kidney complaint or the an
noyance Of urinary disorders, will
show uncommon wisdom to profit
by this citizens advice.
Frank Hiff, who lives on the
South Side, near the bridge,
Parkersburg, says: "Ny kidneys
were always weak, but during a
year the weakness developed into
something more serious, causing a
good deal Of pain in the small
of my back and side. Sharp
twinges caught me often, espec-
tally when STOPPING or lifting,
and I was 80 bad sometimes that
it hurt me to straighten. When
l took cold it affected my kid
neys and back more than any
other part and l was compelled
to do something for it. l went
to a drug store for Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They cured me-"
For sale by all dealers; price
so cents a box. Foster-Milburn
company, Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
Notice to Creditors.

All persons who were indebted
to the late firm Of Allen Bros. of
the Phoenix restaurant, are here
by notified to call at once and set
tie their notes and accounts with
Mccoy e. Church, . attorneys,
Room 4, in First National Bank
building. All notes and accounts
not settled promptly will be col
lected by law. Nobody but the
above firm is authorized to collect
any of the notes due this firm.
11,16-4t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
Doesn't Respect Old Age.

It's shameful when youth fails
to show proper respect for old
age, but just the contrary in the
case of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They cut off maladies no matter
low severe and irrespective of
old age. Dyspepsia, jaundice, fe-
yer, constipation all yield to this
perfect pill. Csc, at D. A. Hen
dershot drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
Local News

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Christmas number of all the
magazines at McCoy's Book store.
11,17-3t
The Auditorium orchestra will
hold dance at the City build
ing tonight.
Delineato and Designer,
Christmas numbers, at McCoy's
Book store. 11,17-3t
Attorney F. D. Young was in
New Martinsville yesterday aft
ernoon on legal business.
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Attorney E. R. B. Martin of
St. Marys, was in the city last
evening on legal business.
The colored walters at the Ho-
tel Wells have been supplanted
by mattresses from Chicago.
We can supply few more Gus
toners with cream regularly.
Frank Phillips, telephone 136-R.
11,15-5t
Josiah Dobsin left for Pitts
burg last evening, where he will
visit his sister for a few days.
4 y a
Mrs. J. w. Clark of Wheeling,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. F.
Magee, of the South Side, for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wagner
of South Water street, are the
proud parents of a little daugh-
ter.
4 y =
Miss Abbie Cherry, the dress
maker, has returned from an ex-
tended and pleasant visit with her
sister in Butler, Pa.
y 4 -
Everett Williamson, a we'll
known local oil operator Of
Friendly, was business caller in
the city last evening.
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Pure sweet cream delivered
anywhere in Sistersville in any
quantity on IL to "a hours no.
tice. Frank Phillips, telephone
136-R. 11,15-5t
The members of the Ben-Hur
lodge will serve an elegant hot
supper this evening in the Citi>
zens' Hose house from 5 to 9
clock.
y y \
The Christmas numbers of the
Delineator and the Designer, Pic
torial Review, and other fashion
magazines at McCoy's Book store.
11,17-3t
j. II. Sayre, better known as
Johnnie Sayre, died Sunday Of
typhoid fever at his old home in
Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
A more extended account is pub
lished elsewhere in this paper.
The Tribe Of Ben Hur will serve
an excellent hot supper in the
Citizens Hose house on Thursday
evening. Everybody cordially in
vited. The hours are from 5 to
9 o'clock. Tickets, % cents.
11,15-2t
Bert Walton has purchased the
residence Of H. B. Ringler at the
corner Of Catherine and Water
streets, and is raising it up and
otherwise improving it prepara-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17

4 y 4
Bert Walton has purchased the
residence of H. B. Ringler at the
corner Of Catherine and Water
streets, and is raising it up and
otherwise improving it prepare
tory to moving his family b the
same.
4 =
Airs. Tim Cushing. who has
been receiving treatment in a hos
rital at Allegheny City, Pa, for
several weeks. has so far recover
ed, we are pleased to note, as to
have been able to return home
this afternoon. Mrs. Cushing was
accompanied by her husband.
y 4 4
All those holding tickets for the
Ben-Hur supper, which had been
arranged to be given at the resi-
dence Of f. L. Cleveland, will
present them on tomorrow even
ing at the Citizens Hose house,
at which place the supper will be
given. A delicious hot supper
will be served from ) to 9 o'clock
tonight. Tickets, % cents.
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The rehearsak for the home
talent minstrel to be given here
soon for the benefit Of the Co.
tiEion club are progressing nice
ly. and Manager Kerr is well
pleased with the manner in which
the boys are taking hold of their
respective parts. The chorus is
composed of some of the best sing
ers in the city, and the music is
up-to-date and decidedly. catchy.
All are requested to meet this ev-
ening at the usual hour for re-
hearsal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
Danville Girls Fight.

Carrie Hughes and Mamie Wilson,
each u years of age, engaged in say
age fight in Danyille on Wednesday
night over the affections of Henry Smith
son, who is alleged to have been paying
court to both of them. One of the
young women followed the man to the
home of her rival and saw the other
girl in his arms through a crack in
the window. She hid in the shadows
and saw the young man kiss the lass as
he was taking his leave on the porch.
The first intimation that the affectionate
couple had that anything was wrong
was when an avalanche in petticoats
was launched upon them from the shad-
ows. The Hughes girl was jerked from
the young mans arms and deposited in
miserable heap at the bottom Of the steps.
The avalanche, which was the plump
person of Miss Wilson, jumped on her
aud beat her. Miss Hughes proceeded
to fight little on her own account as
soon as she regained her scattered senses,
She claims that all the hair that was left
in the yard was not from her own head.
Both girls were bloody when they came
out of the battle. Smithson acted in the
capacity of a referee while the fight was
in progress. Both of the young women
claim that they expected to marry him,
but he swears that he will have none of
them. He designates them as little wild
nofo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
Virginia News.

J. w. Hates, of Richmond, has re-
signed the superintendency of the South
ern Division of the Postal Telegraph
Company.
The following postmasters have been
appointed in Virginia: G. L. Loeffier,
at Ducal, King George county; Edwin
II. Harris, at Lunette, LOudoun county.
Two negroes are accused of robbing j..
w. Denton, white, at Richmond, and
attempting to cremate himin the house
occupied by them. The two men were
arrested later and committed for trial.
A sensation was caused in the investi-
CATION of the Norfolk primary contest in
that city yesterday when testimony OF
a witness for the defense, or the good gov
eminent crowd, was given and it was
shown that his own vote had been
tempered with.
After repeated efforts TO effect sale
of the Winchester Inn property, known
as the Boom" Hotel, the place was
knocked down at public auction on
Wednesday to Messrs. James B. Rus
sell and Holmes Conrad, the lien-hold-
ers, for s9l, 900. A number of years
ago Messrs. Russell and Conrad bought
II acres of boom land for Sl2, 900, and
sold it for S24, 900 to the Equity I'm
provement Company WHICH built on the
site an $S5, 900 hotel. The company
failing, the hotel was leased as a girls
college and summer resort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
Tho Victim Of a Naming.

Weston, Mass, April stabbed to
death by an unknown assassin, the body
of Miss Mabel Page was found on the
floor of her home by her father in a
lonely part of this city yesterday, and
the police are today searching the sur
rounding country for hemurderer. Six
stab wounds were found in Miss Pages
body, one through the heart. Nomotive
for the crime has been assigned. 1t is
thought that the young woman was the
victim of an attack of a maniac who
stabbed her with long sharp bladed
knife.
What makes the case seem the more
puzzling is a note found on the parlor
table, written by the murdered woman
to her father, informing him that her
brother, Harold, had been injured in Bos
ton and that he had been taken to the
Massachusetts, General Hospital. She also
said in the note that she was going to
see him. The theory is that the unknown
murderer called at the house during the
absence of the other members of the
family and the servant girl, and finding
Miss Page alone, told the untrue story
of the injury to her brother Harold. 1t
is further assumed that the woman wrote
the note hurriedly, went up stairs to
dress, and while in her bedroom, was
attacked from the rear and stabbed to
death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL l, 1904.

A STEP in the policy of substituting
the merchant marine is the pointed def
milton given in the minority report
from the House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries Of Senator Frye's
bill requiring all government supplies
transported by sea to be carried In YES
sells flying the American flag, which was
tavorably reported a few days ago. The
minority report, prepared by Representa-
tive Lucking, and signed by Represen-
tatives Spight, Goulden, McDermOtt
and Lacking, declares that in. the inter-
est of the substituting policy the most
active, persistent, influential and un-
bushing lobby has been for seven years
bounding the life out of both branches
of Congress. Outside of the goods trans
ported in vessels owned by the govern
ment, the report says, there was paid IN
freights for such carrying in the year
1901 "a, 52S, 954, and that "this carry
ing is done principally to the Philippines
and, like the major portion OF all our
war and naval expenditures of the pres
ent day. has been rendered necessary
by the ill-advised subjugation and re-
tention of those islands" The report
further says the bill is most barefaced
transportation of public moneys and
adds:
of the seventeen vessels now engaged
in this traffic on the Pacific all are
manned exclusively Except officers by
Chinese sailors, who work for about one
third or one-fourth the wages that Amer
lean sailors received; so that the Amer
lean sailors have been completely sup
planted by these Chinese in the very
Pacific ocean companies who are press
inc The bill and who are, in part, to get
lie cratuities. In some re-
spects this bill is worse than any pro-
nounced subsidy measure which has
been advocated in Congress, because II
gives an absolute monopoly to few
ecornorations and individuals who may,
and probably will, form combine and ID
hold up the government for all 1t VIII
stand.
This is true, every word of it, but
nevertheless, the Frye bill was reported
favorably by the majority of the COM
mittee and will become a law if the re-
publican monopolists in Congress have
their way
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01

IMPEACHMENT proceedings against
Judge Swayne, of the District Court Oh
Florida, will it is now said, not be insti-
tuted at this session of Congress. The
House leaders have decided this and I'M
less the House overrules them-a most
unlikely supposition-the Swayne case
with every other matter that can posi-
bly, be postponed, will go over until ate
the elections. Postponement OF the
Swayne matter will make an adjourn
ment of Congress by the first of May al
most certainty. This is what the Presi-
dent wants and his wants must not be
interferred with by public business, how
ever important.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
TOday's Telegraphic News
Train Held up and Messenger Killed


Reding, CAL, April l. The Oregon
Express of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, southbound, was held up last night
at Copley, near Keswick, by three masked
men. Express Messenger ONeil was
killed after refusing to open the safe.
Dynamite then was used and the car
destroyed. 1t is not known how much
booty the robbers secured. The express
train stopped at Copley at II o'clock for
water and as the engine drew up to the
tank, the three bandits appeared with
drawn reyolvers. The engineer was COM
PEELED to draw ahead some distance
with the engine and express car, which
we're detached from the train. Coming
to a stop, at a lonely place, two of the
robbers walked back to the express car
in which were O'Neil and a helper.
Upon their threats that the car would be
blown to atoms unless the door was
opened, ingress was obtained. Pointing
their pistols at O'Neill and his assistant
the bandits demanded that the express
safe be opened. This request was re-
fused by O'Neill and in an instant he lay
dead on the floor of the car, shot through
the head. The helper, upon protesta-
tons that he did not know the combina-
ton, WIS not molesied further While
the engine crew under guard was march
ed back to the express car from which
the bandits and the express helper leap
ed, after aGiEing huge charge of dyna-
mite to the safe, a terrific explosion
followed and the car was shattered to
pieces. The safe was wrenched and
twisted and the door blown Of. The
robbers then helped themselves to what
ever remained of the money, ordered the
crew to mount the engine, and decamp-
ed into the darkness. Engineer Goesins
Immediately started for Reding and
upon his arrival Sheriff Dickson and
posse of eight men were gathered to
pursue the gang. The passengers were
not molested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
TELEGRAPHIO BREvITIEs

Guy Wetmore Carryl, the author and
poet, died in Roosevelt Hospital, in New
York, today, from heart trouble.
The ashes of G. NJ. Strader, the old
Kentucky, soldier who died in Philadel-
phia March 9th, were cast on the waves
of the Ohio river, near Louisville, KY,
at midnight, in accordance with his
will.
One girl is dead and another is still
suffering from the effects of laudanum
poisoning, through what is believed to
have been an attempt at double suicide
in Kramer's Hotel in Wilkesbarre, Pa,
at an early hour this morning.
The examination of Edwin Hawley
and Frank II. Ray, ordered on the petit
ton Of creditors of Daniel j. Sully, the
former Cotton King" to learn if pos
sible to what extent Hawley and Ray
were responsible as partners in the cotton
pool with Sully for debts to creditors,
was commenced in New York today.
The heaviest rain of the season fell at
Celina, o., last night. Lake Mercer
raised 8 inches and farmers along
Beaver river and Wabash river have
been forced to swim their stock to points
of safety. 1t is feared that the bulkhead
lock at the east end of the lake will give
way under westwind. This break would
food half of st. Marys as the bulkhead
is ten feet higher than the town. Nearly
all bridges in the county are down.
An unknown aged man committed suicide
this morning by going over the American
falls at Niagara. He was well dressed. Sey-
eral persons saw the man jump into the rapids
Just above the falls and were unable to get
hold of him. The Niagara Falls police were
yesterday asked by the Batavia authorities to
look out for a man answering the description
ofthe suicide. 1t was later learned that the
suicide was Otis White, of Ransoville. He
left note stating that he was tired Of living.
A royal decree issued at Belgrade, Seryia,
yesterday retires IA of the higher army Of
iicers This is regarded as the first step in
the scheme for settling the question of the
treatment of the assassins of King Alexander
and Queen Drsga and to pacify certain of the
powers.
Fire today destroyed the new coaling sta
ton of the New York Central Railroad on
Hudson Island, near Albany, N. Y. 1t was
constructed about a year ago at cost of
$4,000. One thousand tons of coal were
burned
Mrs Sophia Miller Grant, who was born in
Montreal, 100 years ago, celebrated the ami
versary Of her birthday at Glens Falls, N. Y,
today.
Andrew Douglass, an aged farmer, was
killed while driving across the Maryland and
Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Laurel,
Pa, last evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
Oyster Protection.

The Virginia legislative oyster COM
mission, which has been on trip to
Baltimore and Annapolis, relative to the
oyster question and uniformity of laws
pertaining thereto, returned to Norfolk
yesterday.
The Maryland commission met the
Virginia commission Tuesday aud We'd
nesday, and agreed upon bills which,
when concurred in by the legislatures of
the two States, twill put an end to the
vexed question. The essential points
are:
1. Making the season for taking oys-
tiers from the waters in Chesapeake bay
begin October l and end March 10.
2. The authorities of either State to
pursue violators of the law into the
waters of the other State, capture and
bring them to trial.
3. Fixing the size of oysters at two
and half inches, hinge to mouth, in
stead of three inches.
4. Making compulsory the seizure and
confscation Of vessels engaged in yio-
lating the oyster laws.
1t is understood from the members of
the commission who made the trip that
the Maryland legislature will undertake
to pass the bill as outlined above at
once. The session ends Monday night.
The Virginia legislators are very much
gratifed at their success in securing the
greatly needed agreement between the
two States regarding oyster regulations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01

President IRA REMsEN, OF the johns
HOPKINS University, Baltimore, deliver
ed an address yesterday on education,
during which he spoke of the woeful lack
of good English in schools aud scholars.
One great cause for this ignorance he be-
lieved to be the general neglect OF Bible
reading in the homes and colleges, and
he regarded such neglect as a grave men,
ace to the development of true literary
stvle. President Remsen was actuated
to make this observation by the fact
that two references to Biblical subjects
were recently made by Baltimore paper
which could be located by but one out OF
eighty students of the university. There
is comparatively little study Of the Bible
on the part of the world at large IN TINS
day. while large percentage OF church
members fail to realize the obligation
resting upon them to 'search it." There
are many reasons given for the waning
interest in the scriptures, the most logi-
cal one being the fact that the book is in
MANY cases not made interesting to the
masses. The close study of the Bible, it
would seem, is the sine qua non of spirit
ual life, to say nothing of the general in
formation the volume imparts. Were
the church more of Bible class interest
in things spiritual would increase at the
expense probably ofmuch that may prove
to be wood, hay and stubble in the day
when all our works will be tried by fire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
News of the Day.


Senator Hoar's plan to leave impeach-
ment proceedings to committee OF the
Senate is objected to on constitutional
grounds.
Mr.. J. Pierpoint Morgan will sail
next Wednesday for England, where it
was reported he will take up his perma-
nent residence.
Mrs. Botkin agreed yesterday to the
continuation of her present trial in San
Francisco despite the charge that efforts
had been made to tamper with the
jury.
Edward Reglar, who is something OF
White House crank, was arrested IN
Pittsburg yesterday and held, pending
an investigation of his normal condi-
ton.
The United States Steel Corporation
Yesterday filed demurrer in Trenton,
n. j.. to the suit OF Alfred Stevens, who
asked that the corporation be required to
pay dividend.
Six officers of the international Broth
erhood of Transfers in st Louis have
been indicted there, charged with conspir-
acv to attack and beat non-union drivers
for the li7erymen, against whom strike
was declared last January.
The conference between the coal OPP
orators and miners to settle upon local
conditions under the basic scale adopted
at Indianapolis ended yesterday at
Pittsburg in an amicable agreement,
and the men will continue at work.
The United States government has pos
itiyely refused to carry out the direction
of The Hague Court of Inquiry'to collect
and account for the cost ofthe''recsnt Ven
ezuelan proceedings before The Hague
tribunal. The State Department has Of
ficialIy notified the tribunal to that effect.
Employees in Factory No. l of the
American Machine Glass company, at
Arnold, Pa, struck Wednesday and
every man employed on the blowing
machines which were recently installed
went out closing down all departments
of the factory, which is the largest in the
world
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-01
An Interesting Service.

The Washington Hebrew Congregation
for the first time in its history held
feast last night in its temple, on Eighth
street, between II and l streets north.
west. The occasion was the Sedar Haga-
dab service, a celebration among the
Jews corresponding to the Fourth OF
July and commemorative of the escape
of the Israeites from Egypt. 1t is a
part of the Passover celebrations, and
consisted of a supper, at'which over 300
children of the congregation ate the
symbolic foods of the Jewish faith in
presence of the elder members of the
synagogue, who filled the vestry room
and adjoining apartments of the temple.
The feast was an illustration of the do
nestle service of Seder, which has been
observed in the homes of the Jews for
the past 8, 400 years. 1t has been insti'
tuted as public affair by Rabbi Abram
Simmon, who recently came to Wash
ington. and who few weeks ago deliv-
cred lecture in the synagogue in this
city. The tables last night were arranged
in the form of a horseshoe and were
laden with unleavened bread and other
symbolic foods. Four glasses of wine
we're set at each plate, and Rabbi Simon,
who made the address of welcome, Of
fered four toasts--to "Our Parents, "
1.-THE Congregation" "The House of
Israel" and Humanity" one for each
cup of the symbolic wine. Rabbi Simon
made brief address, and the programme
was closed with a series of melodies
that have been sung by the House OF
Israel for seven or eight centuries. The
festivities were under the direction OF
Rabbi Simon and Mr. Isaac l.. Blout,
president of the congregation, assisted
by the board of the religious school
Mr.. Max Fisher, chairman Messrs.
Jacob Eisenman, Joseph Jacoby, Harry
King and A. Kahn, supplemented by a
committee of ladies composed of Mrs.
Max Fisher, Mrs. Harry King, Mrs.
Joseph Jacoby, Mrs. Jacob Eisenman,
Mrs. I. L. Blout, Mrs. B. Solomon,
Mrs. A. NJ. Fisher and Mrs. Myer
Cohen.
All of the above are we'll known in
Alexandria, Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher having
formerly lived here.