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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
Reduced Fares Authorized via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
Summer Season 1904.

Atlantic City and Seashore-
Special low rate excursions
from all points east of the Ohio
river on June 30th, July 18th
and 2Sth, August 18th and 25th,
and September 9Th.
Atlantic City, N. j.
American Academy of Medicine
(June 49, and American Medi-
cal association (June 7-10).
Very low rates. Tickets on sale
June End to 9Th, inclusive, good
returning June 18th to 18th, in
elusive.
Atlantic City, N. j.
Imperial Council, Ancient Or
der of Mystic Shrine, July 49,
Is. Very low rates. Tickets on
sale July 18th and 18th, good
returning until July 23rd, inclu-
sive.
Boston, Mass
National Encampment, G. A. r.,
August 1920. One fare for the
round trip. Tickets on sale Au-
gust 18th to 18th, good return
ing until August goth, inclu-
sive.
Cincinnati, o.
Grand Lodge, B. P. O. Elks,
July 1928. One fare plus 81
TOR the round trip. Tickets on
sale July 18th, 18th, 18th, good
returning until July 23rd, inclu-
sive.
Detroit, Mich =.
Baptist Young Peoples Union
of America, international con-
vention. July 40. One fare
plus So for the round trip. Tick
cts on sale July 5th to 7th, good
returning until July 18th, inclu-
sive.
Indianapolis, Ind
National Prohibition conven-
ton. June $3.50. One fare for
the round trip. Tickets on sale
June Goth to 9th, good return
ing until July 10th, inclusive.
Louisville, Ky
Knights of Pythias, Biennial
encampment, August 1919. One
fare plus ST. for the round trip.
Tickets on sale August 18th,
18th, 18th and 18th, good re-
turning until August 31st, in
elusive.
San Francisco, CAL
Triennial conclave, Knights
Ternplar, September SO. One
fare for the round trip to Chi
cago or st. Louis added to fares
rendered therefrom Chicago
$50, st. Louis $47.50). Dates
of sale to be announced later.
San Francisco, CAL
Sovereign Grand Lodge, |. 0. O.
F. September 1925. One fare
for the round trip to Chicago
or st. Louis added to fares ten
dered therefrom Chicago $50,
st. Louis $47.50). Dates of sale
to be announced later.
Toronto, Ont
Friends General conference.
August 1919. One fare plus 81
for the round trip. Tickets on
sale August 9th to 18th, inclu-
sive, good returning until Au-
gust 31st, inclusive.
For additional information con-
corning rates, routes, time OF
trains, etc., call on or address tick
ct agents Baltimore & Ohio rail
road 5.27-6.15
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
WHEELING.
Serious Case of Itching and Bleed
inc Piles,

For nearly a year I was afflicted
with itching and bleeding piles,
and was so bad that l could not
sit down without a great deal of
pain. l doctored and used all the
different kinds of pile medicine
I could hear of, without any bene-
fit. Six months ago l tried San
Cura Ointment; the second appli-
cation gave me great relief, and
half a bottle cured me completely.
l have had no trouble since l used
San-Cura Ointment.
M. W. BUCHANAN,
Titusville, Pa.
25c and soc. If your druggist
does not keep it send to the
Thompson Medical Co., Titusville,
Pa.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

synonymous for honorable deal
ing and who give to the profess
sion it's high standing, do nothing
to keep these sharks from using
the special privileges conferred
upon them for preying upon
corporations and fleeing their
clients. The conduct of the
sharks brings the whole profess
sion into deserved disrepute,
because the honorable men could
suppress the sharks if they
would take the trouble. So long
as they are willing to allow their
profession to be besmirched
they are to blame, if the public
forms it's idea of the standards
of lawyers from such fellows as
this Birnbaum, instead of from
the great lights of the bar. The
great lights tolerate the sharks
and they cannot complain of a
public which infers that they
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

approve of them. That Inference
brings what should be a highly
respected profession into gen
eral contempt. Until the honest
LAWYERS decide to clean house
that contempt will be DESERVED
1t is a crying shame that such
sharks should be permitted to
prey upon railroads and other
corporations. They are encOur-
aged by the silence of respect
able members of the bar and by
the leaning of juries against
corporations. The tendency of
these innumerable damage suits
is to repel Investments in enter
prises which do so much to
build up our cities and develop
the country. Juries should have
as much sympathy on one side
as on the other and be slow to
permit sharks to prey upon
public institutions.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

woman $3.50 of this amount. The
Brooklyn Eagle says:
"The jury was satisfied that
the woman was entitled to half
and convicted the lawyer of
grand larceny. The lawyer
claimed that he was being pros
ecuted because he had damage
suits against the same railroad
company amounting to $780,
600, although he has been in
business only five years. That
claim emphasizes the des-
perate and disgraceful nature of
the business of promoting litiga-
ton. Lawyers who carry it on
retain their regular professional
standing until, like this one,
they are convicted of a crime.
So long as they are bright
enough to keep out of Jail the
lawyers at the head of the pro-
fessiOn, men whose names are
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20
Lawyers Who Promote Litigation

Lawyers Who Promote Litigation.
Daily Item, New Orleans.
The Brooklyn Eagle tells about
a damage suit lawyer who has
recently been convicted by a
jury before Judge COwing in
Manhattan, of grand larceny.
The story Is that he was re-
tanned by a negro woman. who
kept a laundry at COney Island,
to bring suit against the Metro
politan Street Railway Company
on shares. He settled the suit
for $1,000, but only paid the
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

pires. That man actually exists.
Taking his political life into his
hands, Alton B. Parker put
away the Presidency, unless it
was offered to him on terms
squaring with his own cOnvic-
tons. No wonder the country
was thrilled. No wonder that
Europe rubbed its eyes. A man
has risen, towering above the
puny politicians.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

Inc Democratic Candidate and
the Independent Press.
New Orleans States.
Judge Parker has won thou
sands of votes by the courageous
and honest message which he
sent to the st. LOUIS convention
and there is no reason to doubt
that additional strength will be
given his candidacy when his
views on the issues of the cam
palgn are fully presented in his
lorna acceptance of the nOmina-
ton for the Presidency. Even
at this early day it is evident
that he will have the support of
the independent press and the
great body of independent voters
in the North, which it is adj
mitted were the influences that
elected Cleveland IN 1892. BY
his bold and manly telegram to
st. Louis saying that he would
not accept the nomination unless
he could do so with honor, and a
thorough understanding of his
views on the money question, he
has made himself the OvertOwer-
ing figure on the political stage
to which the eyes of the country
are now turned in admiration,
the strenuous Roosevelt suffer
ing an eclipse which is product
i've of much alarm and exaspera-
ton.
The situation which has under
gone such a wonderful change in
So short a time is very accurately
described in a few words by the
Boston Herald. 1t says:
THE whole nation has received
a sudden, unexpected revelation
concerning Judge Parker's char
acter, a revelation that has come
like a lightning flash from a
dark, mysterious cloud, binding
and stunning those who were
gazing at it,"
Our Boston contemporary did
not approve of Judge Parker's
resolve to say nothing in advance
of his nomination by which his
opinion on public issues could be
made known to the Democratic
party. because while occupying
an independent position in politi-
cal matters the Herald believed
that the Democracy had a right
to more information than his
silence gave. On the other hand,
however, it realized that what
ever those who were supporting
him were doing in his behalf, he
was not himself seeking the
nomination by any personal
effort, and he was free to decline
q nomination he had not sought
if it came to him under cOndi-
tions that would force asurrender
of his convictions or a conflict
with his view of the proper in
dependence of his Office as
President, hence the Herald
says:
THE vast difference between
President ROOsevelt's ambitious,
anxious seeking of the nOmina-
ton as a personal prize, and
Judge Parker's attitude of re-
serve and contentment is obvious
to everybody"
Our Boston contemporary and
the whole country has been i'm
pressed by the fact that the
Democratic candidate has shown
himself to be his own master,
and that those who supported
the movement to promote his
nomination have no control over
his conscience and his judgment.
But even more euloglstic than
the Boston Herald of Judge
Parker's moral courage and
qualities for leadership are the
comments of the Evening Post,
the leading and most influential
independent paper in New York.
It says:
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

1000 yards of White Lawn,
worth &c. closing out A1o
sale a yard. .............t2C
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

Ready-made Pillow Cases,
42x36, worth 15c each.
no more than 4 to one
customer, special in IN
this sale, each.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20
Big values in Bobbinet
Bars, only lots to close
out, Lot ] II, 1O8 inch
long, worth $3.50, clos Q On
ing out sale a bar. O.|O

Lot r Ii. 1903 inches long,
worth S.. so, closing out o nc
sale a bar OeOC
The colored American., 1904-08-06
EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN.
Condemned to Death for Murder Of
Brother-in-LaW--Fa His Fate
with CompOsure.

Daniel Davis was the name ct the
culprit, and he was condemned to
death for the murder Of his brother-in-
law, says the Coweta O. T) Courier.
On the day of the execution his cofin
had been placed on two chairs under
a big oak tree, which still stands in
the old courthouse yard at Coweta.
He requested them to let him see the
coffin, and he stood by its side, gazed
sadly into it, and said it was all right.
A chair was set at the head of the
coffin; he took his seat, pulled of his
boots, and said he was ready. Capt
Childers, the sherin-now dead
pinned a small blue ribbon on the
lapel Of Davis vest over the heart
The prisoner viewed all this with
cOmposure and unconcern Two men.
one with a double-barreled shotgun
and the other a Spencer rife. took
their places about 20 feet away. The
command was given, ready, aim. fire.
Both shots were simultaneous; the
blue ribbon was hit; a convulsive
tremOr, and poor Daniel Davis was
no more. Old men wept and many
were the tears that were shed for this
poor fulLblood Indian who had taken
the life Of his erring brother-in-law.
The colored American., 1904-08-06
JUMeo'S HEART IS ON FILE.
Treasured by Cornell University
Which Has No Glass Jar Large
Enough to Receive It.

The largest heart in the world. which
once beat in the generous bosom Of
Jumbo, the great elephant, is one Of the
treasures of the museum in the depart
ment of neurology at Cornell university,
says the New York World. The heart is
so large that there is no glass jar large
enough to receive it, so it cannot take
its place in the ranks of other hearts
which stand on record in the museum
Instead, it rests in a barrel slowed away
in the cellar of the museum waiting it's
turn for dissection. When IT is finally
dissected by the students it will be de-
strOyed.
Jumbo's heart is SO times as large as
the average human heart 1t now weighs
36K pounds, after having stood several
years in alcohol. A human heart, which
weighs little more than a pound,
soaked in alcohol for the same length
of time, weighs ten ounces.
The human heart is less than six
inches long. JumbO's is % inches long
and "a inches wide. The ordinary heart
will go inside the main artery of Jum-
bo's heart. The walls of the artery are
fve-eighths Of an inch thick and the
walls Of the Ventricle are three inches
thick
The colored American., 1904-08-06
A Japanese Soldiers Luggage

Lieut. G. s. Turner, Tenth United
States infantry, who accompanied some
Japanese troops in a three days recon
nOissance south and east of Peking, says:
Each soldier carried on his person 100
rounds of ammunition, an overcoat for
bedding, a haversack, water bottles and
three days ratiOns. The ration consist
ed of rice and dried fish. The soldiers
however, depended mainly on the coun-
try for their subsistence. l am Of the
opinion that in a country where there
was no foraging the amount of food car
ried would be insufficient. Before leav-
ing camp each morning the food for din
ner is prepared and packed in ration
box made of lacquered wood, similar in
shape to our meat ration can. and con-
sists of rice, dried fish and sometimes
small pieces OF mutton or beef"
The colored American., 1904-08-06
JUNIOUS.
July %, 1904.

The Temple Quartette gave one of
its inimitable smokers. Friday evening,
July 22nd, at 1921 Sixteenth street,
northwest. This Quartette is the
crack vocal organization of the city
and took advantage Of the smoker to
have a number of its friends present
Music and merriment was continued
until a late hour when all adjourned
otter having voted the Temple quar-
tette the 1T" of the District.
The colored American., 1904-08-06

4
of at the table in presence of the sur
geon in Chief, Clerk, and others. No
one said anything about it to him or
anyone at that time; but strange to
say twelve months later it was report
ed. The mere fact of it being spoken
of at the table goes to show that DR..
West was not doing anything he con
| sidered wrong. And evidently all pres
ent thought likewise at that time.
wonder if the Clerk will ever ex-
plain why he did not recommend that
DR.. West be reprimanded or dismissed
then. 1t is strange the Clerk did not
report this to the proper authorities
twelve months ago. When you consid-
er that DR.. Warfields' four years ex-
pires in but little more than a year
hence and compare the Clerks present
salary with what he received prior
to DR.. Vests dismissal it may aid
you wonderfully in realizing why this
''Shakeup at Freedmen's'' To an OBJ
server on the outside it appears that
DR.. West was simply made a scape
goat, for some good reason known only
to those in authority at the Hospital
For several years the surgeons and at
tendants at Freedmen's have done pri-
vate work in their profession and the
public mayjudge whether all this work
is done outside OF the Hospital build
ing or not. Even the present Chief has
only maintained an outside office since
he was married, yet l doubt seriously
if his private practice dates from his
marriage
While the Record claims that it was
all a surprise to Dr. Warfield, the pub
lie does not see it in that light. Dr..
West has been for several years an as
pirant for the position of surgeon in
Chief at Freedmen's Hospital, but has
always tried to obtain it by honorable
means. In a competitive examination
to fill that position he stood far above
everybody on the list, but for political
reasons some one else was appointed
Nearly three years ago he entered the
competitive examination for assistant
surgeon and easily stood head on the
list. Even in the Marine Hospital ex-
animation in competition with forty
whites he stood number one on the
list.
That is the kind of a man whose SER
vices we lose for a trivial affair.
He is made suffer for continuing a
practice that has been in operation no
doubt ever since the Hospital was es-
tabIished. A man who has given faith
full service and who has merited all he
has received, not being fortunate as
others have been to receive positions
without any competition whatsoever.
feel safe in saying that the public
does not indorse such methods of deal
ing with such a man. The reaction
will eventually set in and it remains
to be seen what the outcome will be-
Remember that Truth crushed to
earth will rise again.
JUNIOUS.
July %, 1904.
The colored American., 1904-08-06
Editor CoLoRED AMERIcAN:

Freedman's'' in the Record of a few
weeks ago, DR.. Charles ]. West was un-
Justly treated in the writer not ascer-
tanning all the facts in the case and
publishing them, as they were. In
view of the vast difference between the
facts in the case and the writer's YER
sion of the affair, shall for the bene-
fit Of the writer and public, give
short account of the trouble at Freed
mems, so far as it affected Dr. West:
In June, Mr.. Thomas called at the
hospital to have Dr. West treat an in
fected finger, an infection due to an in
jury he received a week previous to
his visit there, he was informed that
he, being a man of property and in
fairly good circumstances, could not
be treated as a charity patient, for the
rules of the Hospital will not allow
other than INDECENT sick or emergen-
cies to be treated there. This man
came in neither class Mr.. Thomas in
sisted on being treated by DR.. West
and he informed him that he could
treat him only as a private patient,
and that he would have to pay him for
his services. He readily consented,
saying that he had been referred to
him after being unsatisfactory treat
ed by some physician for a week or
more. WhereupOn his hand was
n6 oho
also for subsequent treatment
The Record would make it appear
from his information from entirely
reliable sources" that this man Thom-
as was pauper and was not expecting
to be charged for treatment as pri-
yate patient, when the facts are that
the agreement was for him to pay for
such treatment for reasons above
stated.
In reference to the man, DR.. West
had boasted of having touched" for
a small fee, when he should have
charged more, the facts are that the
man called at the Hospital about a
year ago and said to the clerk, he
wanted to be examined by a Hospital
doctor, not as a charity patient, as he
was able to pay for such examination
NhereupOn, he was referred to DR.. |
West, who made the examination and
charged him nominal fee of one dol |
Lar. The man expressed surprise at |
such small charges whereupon he was
told by the doctor that he was only
trying to harmoniZe his charge with |
his apparent ability to pay. The man
ufeW a one dollar bill from a roll of |
ABOUT a thousand, and stated in explain /
aIlon that he was a merchant of Chi /
'ago and had been sick quite a while /
"no was travelling for his health and |
was not only able, but insisted on pay
ing LOT any treatment given him. The
"ldh was dressed in rough clothes, |
"IIhout collar and laughingly stated /
1t "" Of his fads to travel incog. |
DR.. West stated in the |
that he had received only /
um fee when he should have
'e,--Veu fee commensurate with the
services he had given and in accord
a1-e with the mans ability to pay
The colored American., 1904-08-06
A sHAKEUP AT FREEDMEN'S.

A Writer Gives another Version of the
DR.. West Affair and Tells Why He
Left the Service-Some Hospital Ex-
perienceS.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-15
CONTRACTS TO LET.


The Board Of Education OF the Inde-
pendent School District OF Grafton, West
Virginia. win receive bids until Tues
day, March Is, 1904, at $50 pm, for
the heating. plumbing and wiring of a
twelve room school building in the
Fourth Ward of said city of Grafton,
also for heating, plumbing and wiring
of a six noon building to be erected in
the Third Ward of said city of Grafton.
Bidedrs viii be required to submit es-
Inmates on the heating, wiring and
plumbing separated.
Bids viii also be received for the err
ection of a six. room building in the
Third Ward in said city of Gmfton, ut
the same time as the above contracts
are to be let. A certified check 20 the
amount of ten per cent. of the amount
bid must accompany each bid, as guar
antee that contract will be entered into
to complete the work according TO speci-
fications by the successful bidder.
Plans and specifications may be had
Of the president OF the board in Grafton
for the above work.
JAS. W. HOLT. Pres.
Miss Estelle Stubbins, Sec.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-15
ACCOMMODATIONS
For the Press at National Democratic
Convention viii Be Allotted After
Next Committee Meeting.

Chicago, Feb. l5-Mr. Charles A.
Walsh, secretary OF the National Demo.
cratic Committee, has made the follow
ing announcement:
NO press Accommodations viii be al.
lotted for the Democratic convention un.
til the next meeting of the committee
on arrangements, which win probably be
held at st. Louis some time IN April,
when an experienced newspaper man will
be selected to take charge OF the appor.
tionment OF press seats. All applica.
lions should be withheld until that time
and filed with that man. Notice will
be sent to the press of this country
when the next meeting Is held, when
the man viii be selected, his name given
and his full address. It also will be
necessary for papers having heretofore
made applications to the secretary again
to make application to the press repre-.
sentative so selected.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-15
RETURNED TO PARENTAL ROOF

William Bruce johnson, son OF II, II.
johnson, has returned home after a few
days absence. His father thought he
had run away and that seems to have
been the case. So the father advertised
that he would not be responsible for any
debts the boy contracted. but, when his
son came home, he forgave him and will
now pay any obligation he may have
made Some of the neighbors intimated
that he had been persuaded to quit his
home and join the army, but they wera
merely guessing at it and guess worl;
did not hit this time. The boy had a
good time, but he tired of going IT alone
in the world. He got enough OF it wit.
out even thought of hard tack.