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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-15
Wolf Pen

| ION, VINO Il qll!e poOIly, Dut was
feeling little better today. Al
thur Is tool dressing on the PrIckett
farm for tie Silver Dollar OIL Co
Must be Jem ,cratic). They have
reached the sand and iuaSmuch as
We saw E Lappard the main push
going In that direction with shot
gun we conclude he Is going to
shoot the we'll If he does we will re-
port results.
We heard this morning that Mrs.
Thos. Stepleton was sick In bed
with ty phiod fever and had sent TO
the county seat for medicine. The
wr ter called TO see Thomas and
found Mrs. Stepleton looking and
feeling we'll and taking the best of
care If her husband, but we are
used to this.
We had a boy kicked by horse,
his jaw broken In three places, his
side caved In so you could lay your
hand In the hole and was otherwise
seriously injured. We do not think
the boy missed a meal.
A few nights ago pumper left
his post for a short time, his trip
| fell and the whistle was reported TO
have blown for four hours. The fact
Is it lacked a few seconds Of eleven
minutes, but this is pretty close.
Frank Maher; of Sistersvllle, IS
pumping the N c. Fluharty wells
at present.
Clyde Morrow, of Ten Mile, was
quite badly burned while lighting
the gas under the boilers. He Is
pumping On the Aaron Jacobs,
Robt. Rice and Kate Morrow.
There are several cases of French
Measles here now. Oscar Fluharty
and Carrie Holpp at c C.Fluharty's
Cliff Morrow's son Don and several
more. Don also has symptoms of
mumps. Now what will Cliff do he
has been lodging around all cases
so far but it will be hard to dodge
home.
Reported that we are to have a
new family move into our midst
but we will not mention names
until we see them move In. The land
slips In this section but tongues
slip worse than the hills.
We do sincerely hope that the
Rev. Barnes when he comes back
may convert many. We think 1t
needs a muscular preacher to hold
series of revivals In this section
like the one I am going to tell you
about.
And when one night the parson
came
His pIety friends to greet,
He found a gang of the hummer
gang
All SGT on the anxious seat
He seemed to take their meaning
In
But never mite be stirred
And the prayer be raised to the
Lord that night,
Was the powerfulest ever heard.
He prayed for all mankind that's
vile
Alvin on earth below,
Aud asked a special prayer for
That sot In that front row.
The gang they stood 1t as best
they could
Till 1t got so mighty hot
And then the terbacker began to
A.,
From where them bummers So.
The parson allowed quick amen,
Then stepped up to the crowd
SHOW me the Teller that throwed
that terbacker"
The parson asked aloud
WAL, what will you dc5
One asked 10 reply,
But the first be Knew, he calmly
dropped.
With balcony over his eye.
Them fellers fell and chawed the
floor,
But the parsou -ever stopped
Till he had cleaned the gang all
out
And the last burned cass had
6ronne6
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-15
GOOD LIVING

Quite often results in bad health, because
what is termed Hgood living" is usually
the qualification OF the palate without
reference to the nutritic::cc of the body.
When the good liver is business man
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-15

The bottle factories are closing
down The can and pitcher are still
available.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

Agnes E. Safely, Deputy Right Worthy
Grand Temptation Minnesota, and Lizzie
P. Cole, District Chief Templar, Fifth
District, Minnesota.
Officers and Installation by Agnes E..
Safely, D; W. G. G. T.; "Juvenile Tenn
T.; juvenile demonstration by Riverside
juvenile drill team, in charge of Super
intendent L. N. B. Campbell; "Temper-
ance Sentiments Rev. Stanley B. Rob-
erts; responses to "What Can l Take
Home to Ny Lodge?'
7:45--Paper, "Grand Lodge 4: P;
fs}egs nv E Pot Ga5s0p s. C e. T Fss
plary,O Jessie Forsyth; "Our Educa-
tional Work. S. B. Chase, chancellor,
Hallstad; Pa; recitation, Mrs. 0. j. Ogg,
D. S.; exhibition beautifed work by
Riverside lodge.
Wednesday' pm:sat the h 19gs Of T, pr:
avenue, Enthusiastically reception
to distinguished visitors; literary and
musical program under auspices Chris
tian Endeavor society, Open Door Con
gregational church; addresses of well
come, etc, by prominent citizens.
Thursday, excursion to Hastings.
steamer leaves St, Paul at S:45 am. At
Hastings the boat VIII pc met OY the
Hastings lodges, and Captain W. 3.
Reed, acting as marshal. An appropri-
ate program has been arranged.
Friday, 8 pm-Minnehaha lodge No.
6, the oldest lodge in the state, which
| has now members in nearly every state
in the union, will celebrate its forty
first anniversary in Minneapolis.
Saturday, 3 p.m.-.-Union meeting
Riverside and st. Paul Juvenile temples
| at Vandrrburgh Memorial Presbyterian
| church. .Iinneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

onel B. F. Parker, right worthy grand
secretary, Of Milwaukee; address Of
welcome, W. G. Benton; responses by
n Jessie Forsyth, Boston, and B. s.
Anderson, Belle Creek; PROMINENT
Workers Of Minnesota Rev. G. F.
!Dykeman, grand counsellor; recitation,
"a. L. Bigham. -. 1850. -.
Z Tuesday, 8 am, Central hail. IS ".
Seventh street, st: Paul-Credential
committees; comforting district degree;
paper, "District Work. B. S. Keith;
10:45, reports district officers; SUI
preme Lodge Delegates A. G. Macau-
ley, Duluth; "Loyalty. - Mrs. Ida E.
Moore, D. V. T.; 1870 pm, question
box, conducted by Miss Forsyth; paper,
The Subordinate Lodge T. j. Froy-
land, G. V. t.; report Of committees on
paper, insurance and medal contests;
1.-THE Present Statistical Condition OF
Minnesota Templary,'' Emma M
James, G. s.; use andinayian Grand
report of the committees on state of
the order and state fair; ssThe Power
for Good and Reflective Value on Cool
Templary in Saving the Fallen,' Mrs
M. B. O'Donnell; report Of committees
on juvenile templary and finances; re-
ports of lodges; discussion; "Elective
Franchise, J. D. Engle; ELECTION of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
AT THE THEATERS
acknowledgements center.u

When a Chicago newspaper man had a
'story' of doubtful authenticity, it was
the custom several years ago to date it
either Lone Tree or Strawberry Point,
Iowa. These hamlets being modestly COM
PLEASANT were not given to strenuous de-
NAL in the public prints. In like manner
John T. McCutcheon of daily cartoon fame
conceived village called Bird Center, Ill.,
and peopled it with many odd but very
human types. And then Glen MacDon-
ough happened along and staged the whole
thing. Il, v9s....@r. f. -. 60 rr--,.s.,.--. l.,
Plays developed from series Of car
toons are not entirely new, and there
are still painful memories of Happy
Hooligan," Foxy Grandpa" and others
quite as impossible. Surprise at the stage
land view Of ''Bird Center is, therefore,
not unnatural, for Mr. McDonough has
builded on his slender foundation Of car
toons as funny a rural comedy as one
may see in a season.
The surprise does not come with the
first act, which halts and falters and
sometimes fails Of action altogether. and
gives promise Of a bad down east play
with an Illinois setting. But as the play
ment Of warmth on the part Of the play
ers. Then droll, diminutive Will Arcnie
places it II the. safely successful class
from the moment of his first appearance
as the irrepressible and ingenious. small
boy, Sheridan Grant Greene.
interviewer with the very light but en-
tirely sufficient comedy which is Bird
Centers" greatest attraction, there IS a
little p1ot-the simple story Of the village
money loaner, and the ultimately success
full town marshal, in love with the COM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
Leased *'Without Looking. "

Those newspapers and persons who are
for personal reasons lighting the election
of Robert c. Dunn to the gubernatorial
chair on the pretended ground that thru
Mr.. Dunn's conduct I'm relation to lot l.,
section 6, township 5S7a. range II, COM
prising 1866 acres, the state suffered loss,
are handling fire and will burn their fin :
gers. That tract has probably within its
borders deposit of iron ore, a mine. The
state owns this land today, and 1t owns
today the 1000, 900 tons Of ore claimed to
lost to the state. So the wicked innuendo
that the state has met loss IN respect to
this falls to the ground.-Duluth News
Yes, dear little Z: organist, the, state
does own the land, and NO one ever has
disputed that fact. But who owns the
fifty-year contract to take ore from
that land? While the title was in dis
pute, before the general public knew
it was subject to lease, and during the
last week of his administration as state
auditor, R. G. Dunn assigned the rights
on this tract to a sister Of one of his
land clerks, living in his own town of
Princeton. 1t was granted without
competition, at an initial cost of $25.
However,: it is not the loss to the state
but the faveritism and loss 10 the gen.
eral public; that is the, eause~ef com.
plant. Experienced mining men have
tried in vain to file leases on land be-
fore the title was settled in the state
Now they know why.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
Did Platt Win, After All?

Holland, the usually we'll informed
New York correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Press, has discovered something
new notwithstanding NEW York poll
tics. Lieutenant Governor Higgins ,
nomination. is supposed to have been
brought about by Governor Odell, altho
it has been apparent Of late that Gov
ernor Odell was not running for gov
ernor again in the person of Mr.. Hig-
gins, and that Mr.. Higgins is a positive
quantity and no man IS man. Holland s
story is that Senator Plat has played
politics a good deal sharper than Gov
ernor Odell and that while it was made
to appear at the time that Senator
Platt's candidate, Timothy L. Wood
ruff, was defeated by the generalship
Of the governor, ais a. matter Of fact
Woodruff was never regarded seriously
as a candidate by Plat, but was put up
as blind while he was arranging to
have Higgins brought out as Odell g
candidate. This scheme worked beauti-
fully and Higgins was nominated.
If these statements are correct-and
they seem to be we'll substantiated-
if, Mr.. Higgins is really Senator Plat s
candidate, the numerous expressions of
sympathy for the old senator, the car
ICONS representing him in sackcloth and
ashes, neglected and alone. a king
robbed Of his, scepter, and all: the pity
Of the reading public tfor#the sorrowful
and forloril old leader, deserted by the
politician s sycophantic following have
been expended upon the wrong man.
Holland' IS story is interesting; how well
founded, the future will tell.
Two boodlers pleaded guilty In ST.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

Frankly, the Tribune thinks is is more
important to elect the republican candi-
date for governor than to elect a repub-
lican candidate, for mayor. The Tribune.
! Just why is it necessary to connect the
two? That the republican candidate for
governor is in danger is apparent enough
but is that any reason why the republic
can candidate for mayor should suffer?
If the republicans make a mistake in
their choice Of one candidate does it nec-
essarily follow that others should be
dragged down to defeat with him or that
sprofessedly. republican newspapers should
feel it necessary. to do the dragging?
But leaving out these questions which the
public is asking, how many people are
there in Minneapolis who really think as
the Tribune does, that 1t IS more lmpor-
tant to elect a. republican governor than
to elect good mayor of this city, no mat
ter what his politics may be?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
WILL RALLY FOR
A WHOLE WEEK
GOOD TEMPLARs ARRANGE FOB
TWIN CITY MEETINGS.
Prominent National Speakers Are to
Deliver Addresses, at Sessions to Be.
Had Morning, Afternoon and Night
Many Social Features and River Ex-
cursion to Hastings.

Members Of the Independent Order Of
Good Templars are to have big twin
city, rally all next week. Meetings will
be held in both Minneapolis and ST.
Paul. Thursday, the event Of the week
will be q steamer excursion to Hastings,
where the Good Templar program was
submitted by Rev. ohm Quigley, DID,,
and adopted in May 1858.
Prominent national speakers will be
present. Among them will be the vet
eran of the temperance work, Colonel B.
F: Parker, right worthy grand secretary
Of Milwaukee; George F. Cotter of Seat
tie; Miss Jessie Forsyth, supreme super
intendent juvenile templars, of Boston; ;
B; sopry Keith, past grand chief tenn
plar, Of Clinton, Iowa.
Several social events are set for the
week and the meetings will be enlivened
with programs of music furnished by
Miss Edith Brown, Mrs. Mae Merden,
Mrs. L. E. Mosher, Miss Fanny Dore-
mus: Miss. Thyra Bergstrom, g. E. Cas-
Ter, Miss Beatrice King.
The program: Monday, s pm, Seven
Corners hall, st. Paul, report credential
committee; comforting district degree;
address "The Supreme Lodge" Col.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
Friday Evening,

would strengthen the empire, it. is not
practicable to adopt a general system
Of free trade as between the mother
country and the British donninions.
The principle Of preferential treat
ment of the products Of the mother
country by the colonies, and Of SINH
lar treatment by the mother country
of the products Of the colonies, was
strongly affirmed and commended. At
present, Canada continues her prefer
ence of 33 1-3 per cent in favor Of the
mother country, with some additional
preference on lists Of selected arti.
cles; Australia has not formulated her
preferential treatment; New Zealand
gives preference of 10 per cent reduc-
tion on British manufactures, and
Cape Colony and Natal give preferen.
tial treatment of British goods to- the
extent Of 625 per, cent, which, however
has not, as vet, had the effect Of i'm
pairing American trade, which holds
it's own we'll. 4ES.sssEs;S S 20
In the second year Of his fiscal re
form campaign, Mr.. Chamberlain does
not find himself overwhelmed with en-
couragements. The realization Of his
scheme for : an imperial ,zollverein
will be unquestionably injurious to- hit
own country, under a. policy inimica
to reciprocity Of trade. That scheme
is vision far from naturalization al
present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
HASTY LEGISLATION
A Safeguards Against Hasty Legislation i

= the New Charter. ~.-. -.
= The presefit charter contains the fol-
lowing rather dangerous provision IF
in any case any of the powers granted to
said city council to be exercised by ordi-
nances, cannot we'll be exercised by the
passage Of ordinances, then said city
council may exercise any of said powers
by means Of the passage Of resolutions"
The dangerous nature Of this provision
lies inathe fact that resolutions may be
passed at any meeting of the city council,
without any prior publicity, while ord
nances cannot be passed on the night of
their introduction, thus giving the public
knowledge of their provisions.
In the proposed charter, this provision
has been stricken out and a further safe
guard provided, which should commend
itself to the public. Under the present
charter any pending ordinance may be
amended on the date Of its final passage
and this may be radically. changed from
the form in which 1t was presented.
Under the new charter, an ordinance
can only be introduced at regular meet
ing, when it shall be given its first read
ing its second reading must be at q
meeting occurring not less than one week
after It's first reading, at which time
amendments to the ordinance may be
proposed and acted upon. Its third read
ing and passage cannot take place until
a subsequent meeting, occurring not less
than one week after IT'S second reading
and at that time no further amendment
can be made.
This method of passing ordinances as
sures the public an opportunity to ac-
quaint tseA With the nature Of all pend
Ing ordinances In advance of the meeting
at which they may be adopted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

paratively rich widow. BY compelling the
town marshal to sell his household goods
at auction that he may reimburse the
money -oarler for $500 overpaid by his
daughter, cashier Of the bank, the dra-
matist gives the play substance.
Will Archie and Ipha Dahl, as the chill
dren Of the ponderous Mrs Smiley Greene
are responsible for the greater part Of the
fun. Arches fat innocent way Of pound.
fng up his sisters dolls and then stillins
the outcry by guileless diplomacy; his
disastrous celebration Of the glorious
Fourth on the second; and his entirely
youthful explanation Of the presence OF a
large share of a missing huckleberry
pie spread over his features, were bits
that gave the audience last night danger
GUS spells Of laughter.
There are several really funny things in
the play, notably the Bohemian night in
Fthe photographers gallery and the in
cidental singing by Mrs ]. Milton Brown
Of sad sea song, accompanied by decid-
| eddy awful lantern-slide illustrations. A
| modern change on the hidden treasure
story is rung in the discovery Of q ship
load of long buried brandy tapped by a
newly driven well. The effect of this
grapher's wife and the portly Mrs. Smi-
! ley Greene, as depicted by Virginia Ross
Blanch Chapman and Rose Cooke, had
! elements Of real humor. E}',5s -,
| Two excellent character sketches are
given by Edward j. Connolly in the role
of the mysterious stranger and George
Richards as Captain Roscoe Fry, towr
4 marshal. Some Of us have seen this very
character in real Illinois life. Praise i!
due Mabel Strickland as Kate Fry, the
captains daughter. Earl G. May.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
Renewed Interest in Land.

Another indication that the country
is recovering from the slump that began
last fail is to be found in the renewed
activity of the landseekers and in the
brisk business now being done in farm
lands. Coincident with the general
business depression there was reaction
in what may be called the land bust
ness. The number Of homeseekers fell
off and i'll places there was consid-
cradle rec. ,ssion in values.
All who had paid much attention to
however, that the recession would be
temporary. There is just so much land
in the humid region in the United
States and it is fairly well occupied to-
day. With the republic g population in
creasing at the rate Of 100000 a
decade, it is plain that good land any
where near markets that today sells for
less than 800 an, acre has good
margin for further Increased value.
The high price of wheat and the gen
sral conviction that it will be many
years before wheat is again very cheap
will doubtless stimulate the northwest
srn land market and accelerate the
movement from high-priced to low
priced lands; from lands that have
seached a valuation that fully capital
ICES their earnings to lands that are
now selling for prices much below what
is should be capitalized at.
The railways report very satisfac
tory homeseekers movement this fall
30 good, in fact, that every Tuesday IL
IS October, instead of the two at first an
nounced, has been made ia day for home
seekers special rates.
1t is probably safe prediction to sa,
that the movement will assume p.opor
tions next spring far larger than tina
of the last two or three years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
"Fiscal Reform in England.

In his last speech, Mr.. BalfoUr, prime
minister, did not commit himself very
earnestly to the Chamberlain plan for
the restoration Of the active princi-
pie of protection in the United King
dom.
Last year, during the excitement in
cident to Chamberlain g disturbing
movement, he gave adhesion to the
principle Of fiscal reform, but held
that the country was not ready for the
taxation of food, and only committed
his government to the policy of re-
taliation in the shape Of 10 per cent
import duty on all foreign manu-
featured. goods, the q argument being
that, if other nations cannot be in
duced to adopt British free trade, and
make the whole world zollverein,
then protection, with which the world
is fighting England, must be met by
the levying Of protective duties on
foreign importations.
Mr.. Chamberlain proposes to lay a
duty Of two shillings quarter on for.
eign wheat and a corresponding tax
on -four, giving the colonies and Brit.
ish possessions exemption from duties
and giving substantial preference tc
the colonies ON wines and fruits, while
corn and bacon are to be excluded
from taxation and half the duty OF
sugar, three-fourths the duty on tea an6
corresponding reduction on cocoa
and coffee are promised, together with
old age pensions to attract the work
ingmen.
Chamberlain s most earnest speeches
have been addressed to workingmer
and yet, after year Of incessant eff
fort, the great trade union congress
representing a million and three-quar
ters Of workingmen, at their recen
annual meeting in Leeds, adopted reso
lutions fatty opposing any effort t.
abolish free trade or to return in an,
way to the policy repudiated nearl.
sixty years ago, when the corn law
were repealed. The trade union con
gress is strong body. politically, an,
it's action would seem to. indicate tina
the eloquence Of the ex-colonial secre
tary has had small effect upon the ele
mont he most desires to win. Britis
trade, indeed, has not collapsed s
disastrously as Mr.. Chamberlain pre-
dicted it would. The dumping 0
American goods to compete with Eng
ish manufactures has stimulated Brit
ish manufacturers to the improvement
of their shop and administrative meth
DDS, that they may meet America
competition on more equal terms.
There is no impressive evidence tina
the colonial premiers are any more de
cided in their adherence to imperia
federation than they were at the con
ference in London at the colonial of
flee in 1902. At that time they con
cluded that while preferential trad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
RAILROADS.
Pullman's Big Showing,

At the annual meeting Of the Pull
man company yesterday at CHICAGO. The
board Of directors was reelected. The
regular Quarterly dividend of So share
from net earnings was declared. The
annual statement for the fiscal wear
showed total revenue of $24,7SS..729
Total expenses of operations. deprecia-
tion on cars and property, dividends
declared and proportion Of net earn:
lngs OF cars paid associated interests
amounted to $21, O47 ,104, leaving a net
surplus for the year Of 1914 655.
This amount, together with the sur.
plus, brought forward, makes the total
surplus $18,017,374. The total number
OF passengers carried during the year
was l3,3l2,668, or 99l, 40S more than
the previous year:
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system of beliefs or
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at the heart of art,
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