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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18
3. & O. RAILROAD
OHIO RIVER DIVISION.
Time Table; in effect May Is.
EaStbound.

Eastbound.
$40 A. M. (daily except Sun
day)-Accommodation Wheeling
and intermediate points.
1914 A. M. (daily)-Pittsburg
Express; New Martinsville,
Moundsville, Wheeling, Pittsburg,
Franklin, Oil City, Titusville and
intermediate points. Runs solid
to Pittsburg daily, except Sunday.
Daily to Wheeling.
1875 A. M. (daily except Sun
day)-Accommodation New Mar
tinsville and intermediate points.
1:57 P. M. (daily)-New York
Express; New Martinsville,
Moundsville, Wheeling, Pittsburg,
Buffalo, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and all
points north and east. Runs solid
to Pittsburg. Parlor car.
4:58 P. M. (daily)-Accommo-
dation: Wheeling and intermedi-
ate points.
6:1O P. M. (daily except Sun
day)--Ohio Valley Express; New
Martinsville, Moundsville, Ben
wood, Wheeling, Pittsburg, Buff
falo, Baltimore, Washington, New
York and all points north and
! east. Runs solid to Pittsburg.
Parlor car.
Westbound.
9:21 A. M. (daily)-Accommo-
dation; Pittsburg and intermedi-
ate points.
11:1S A. M. (daily except Sun
day)--Ohio Valley Express; st.
Marys, Marietta, Parkersburg,
Ravenswood, Milwood, PomerOy,
PIT. Pleasant, Charleston, Gallipo-
lis, Huntington, Kenova, Ironton,
Portsmouth, Cincinnati and all
points south and west. Runs solid
to Kenova. ParlOr car.
Lbs P. M. (daily)-Kenova Ex-
press; St. Marys, Marietta, Park
ersburg, Ravenswood, Milwood,
Pomeroy, PIT. Pleasant, Charleston,
Gallipolis, Huntington, Kenova,
and principal intermediate points.
Parlor car.
3:14 P. M. (daily except Sun
day)--Accommodation Parkers-
burg, Spencer and intermediate
points.
5:41 P. M. daily except Sun
day)-Accommodation Parkers-
burg and intermediate points.
1875 P. M. (daily)-Express :;
Friendly, st. Marys, Waverly,
Marietta and Parkersburg.
D. B. MARTIN,
|. Manager Passenger Traffic.
c. W. ALLEN, T. P. A., Park
ersburg. W. Va.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
WAS TOO VIGOROUS.
Undue Ardor of a German Officer in
Southwest Africa Cause of the
Native Uprisinu.

Berlin, March 3.-The rising Of native
troops in the Cross and Nsassanang riv-
trs region of German Kamerun, west
Africa, resulting in several factories of
The Northwest kamerun company being
burned down and four Germans killed,
was caused by the eccentric conduct of
Count Won Pueckler, who formerly was
en- employe of the Northwest Kamerun
company. recently employed by the gov
irnment. Herr Scheeller, president of the
company, received in December last a
long letter from Won Pueckler regarding
2 stolen lantern, concluding with the as
iertion that he intended to make the
property of white men respected by burn
tls tive villages.
Schocller inferred from the violence of
The language of Won Pueckler hat the
utter was %deranged, and wrote both to
The count and to the agents Of the COM
rany, commanding that nothing be done
over SO trivial a matter, saying the COM
pany for the first time was about to pay
r dividend and the good will Of the ma
tives must be cultivated. Schoeller's let
!ers arrived too late. Won Pueckler, with
twenty-five men, tried to arrest the head
1nen of one of the villages, but the count
was killed and his escort with difficulty
escaped. During the next few days the
c~ompany's factories On Cross river were
burned down and four agent killed. A
punitive expedition has now arrived in the
hostile district.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
THE TROUBLE MAKERS.
Alleged That Certain Powers Are De-
terminedly Trying to Drag Eng
land and France In.

Paris, March 5.-The London CORE
spondent of the Echo de Paris has tele-'
graphed an interview with a person in
London, who, although his identity is
not revealed, is obviously Paul Canlbon,
French ambassador to Great Britain.
According to the correspondent this
person declared that the beginning Of,
hostilities by Japan came as a sur,
prise to Great Britain, which had done
its utmost to prevent war. The spreadI
ing of he conflict will be avoided easily,
the correspondents informant COntin-
ues, II France and Great Britain keep
cool, but the greatest Vigilance is
necessary to Illustrate the aims OF in
~diViduals who are interested in Great
Ing a quarrel between the two nations.
A power in central Europe is actually
conducting a press campaign in Eng
land with the object Of creating a ON
nict with France, this person declared,
and an emiSSarN of this power has Of
fered a certain English journalist a
series of articles attacking France:
and, Furthermore. q representative of
a certain Asiatic power is also striving
to excite the English press against
France.
I'm my opinion the peace of the world
depends largely upon the maintenance
of good relations between France and
Great Britain this person concluded.
Let us not allow i~ntriguers, whose
motives are known, to profit by the
fact hat France is Tor Russia and
Great Britain for Japan to destroy the
good work of recent years"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
SMO0T HEARING IS
NOW IN PROGRESS
inquiry Which viii Determine
Political Status of the
Mormon Church.
JOSEPH SMITH is HEARD
first President Tells Of the Divine
Powers That Are Given Him and
the Apostles, Whose Number
Includes Smoot
JOSEPH SMITH is HEARD

Washington, March 4.-The investi-
cation which is to decide whether Reed
Smoot Of Uta is to retain his seat in
he United States senate, and incident
ally to define the political status of the
Mormon church., was formally begun
today before the senate committee ON
privileges and elections.
A. S. Worthington Of Washington and
Waldemar Vancott Of Salt Lake were
attorneys for the defense, ex-Secretary
of the Treasury j. G. Carlisle and ex-
Congressman r. w. Taylor, who prose-
cuted the successful contest against
Brigham H. Roberts retaining a seat
IN congress, appeared as counsel for the
protestants. There was a large num-
Der Of ladies in attendance.
Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Mormon church, was the first witness.
In reply to a question by Taylor, Smith
said he was president of the Mormon
church, and acknowledged he was
sustained as prophet, seer and revel-
htor, receiving his powers by reason
of the position he holds in the church.
He identified the list Of twelve apostles
governing the church, which included
the name of Smoot.
Smith explained the first presidency
is composed of the president of the
church and two high priests or coun-
%cillors, and the twelve APOSTLES are
next In authority. The president Is
elected by the council and apostles. he
said, but he believed and it is thought
that the presidents are really chosen
by divine revelation, and are then en-
doWed with authority of the holy
priesthood by authority direct from
God. He said the apostles might Sc
lect to their number in the event of va
cancy, but they would not go contrary
to the wish Of the first presidency.
During the hearing President Smith
stated that Notwithstanding the second
revelation, stopping polygamy, he be-
lleVed the first revelation, permitting it,
was correct. II cannot help my belief"
Ne said
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
WHY JAPAN FIGHTS.
Minister Takahira Gives Out a State
ment of the Attitude His Coun-
frN Ocnunies

New York, March i.-Under the title,
why Japan Resists Russia" Mr.. Taxa
hira, the Japanese minister at Washing
ton, discusses the causes of the present
conflict In the forthcoming number OF the
North American Review.
Mr.. Takahira points out the grounds
for his governments belief tina Russia's
encroachments In the rar east were a
menace to Japan, inasmuch as the absorp-
ton of Mkanchuria meant 1.-The inevitable
sequence of such action; the absorption
of Korea" ~
After explaining in some detail the
events that led up to the war, he says:
There Is no foundation for the belief
that Japan was prompted to war by am
bition, oritliatrhe success, If happily. she
be successful, .implies any danger to-olher
nations. To thoughtful Japanese there can
be ne greater cause for wonder than the
conjecture whether their %country's sue
cess may not be the precursor of.a new
alignment of races, oriental on the oiie
side, Caucasian on the other. To them It
seems no more than Il chimcrical dream,
a suggestion Of memories of the age of
Genghis Khan, impossible of achievement
in these better days Of intimate inter
course and mutual nterdependenCc among
ull nations.
Let me add, also, that those who Ell
deavor to attach some measure of re-
proach to Japan by characteriZing this as
a war between a Christian and n non
Christian country, fail utterly to appre-
ciate. the efforts my countrymen awe
made TO conform to the spirit as we'll as
to the practices of modern civilization.
Freedom of religious belief is as firmly
guaranteed In Japan as in any country in
the world; and speak with no thought of
s"elf-laudation or of inVidious comparison
when ! express the belief that rectitude
Of thought and conduct will be as fully
~exemplitied by the actions Of my country
men during the present struggle as by
those of their adversarics. Assured Of
the justice of our cause. yet not DESTROYS
OF escaping judgment founded on knowl-
edge, we do feel that we have the right
to expect exemption from narrow minded
criticism based on the preiudices of race
or of creed.'
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
Condensed TeIeorams,

Because they don't want a negro post
master, people at Humphreys, Ark, dyna-
,mileu the posto1flce.
The senate passed the bill requiring that
only American vessels be used in trans
porting Philippine supplies.
Secretary Taft, in a speech in Philadel-
phia, declared nine-tenths of the Filipinos
are utterly illiterate, and that schools are
more needed In the archipelago than any
thing else.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi seems
disposed to enforce the laws against negro
lynchings. despite his remarkable anti
negro attitude. In an interview he de-
clares he will enforce the laws in this
respect without favor.
Inquiry into the affairs Of The bankrupt
Porter Bros. ompan fruit dealers, OF
Chicago, has failed utterly to discover any
of the essential facts that are wanted.
James s.. Watson, who was president of
the company, has pleaded utter inability
to tell anything about the affairs Of the
concern. The failure involved over 81, 900.
900.
From Washington and also from Fort
ment that Senator Thos. D. Healy will
retire from the federal judicial race. II
is now believed there may be no selection
till after congress adjourns. In that case
1t is unlikely there will be a renewal of
the caucusing till congress convenes next
December. Congressman Birdsall, instead
Of being ready to leave Healy, is now
said to be determined to stay by the Fort
Dodge man to the end.
Premier Balfour, In a strong speech ir
the commons, declared that it is more
necessary now even than 1t was twenty.
five years ago for England to maintain
a naval strength equal to that of any two
other powers combined. England did not
wish to lead in taking steps for increased
armament, but merely to watch the prog
ress Of other powers, and follow by build.
ing ships enough to keep this relation
constant. The vote for the effectiveness
of the navy carried.
A great syndicate Of tWenty-six German
steel companies has been organized, in.
Guiding the immense Krupp works, whose
demands for a time made the organization
impossible. It Is not a trust in the Amer.
lean sense or by American methods of or.
ganization, but rather an agreement b,
which the constituent companies, retain.
ing their separate arrangements and tden.
titles, work together.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
FEELING is BETTER.
Russia Disposed to Be Less Hostil.
Toward the United States on
Knowing the Facts.

St. Petersburg, March 3.-All the
papers here print prominently this
morning. but without comment, Com
mander Marshall's report of the Vicks-
burg incident off Chemulpo, Korea, and
the reasons assigned in the United
States for his not uniting in the pro-
test Of the other naval commanders
against the action of the Japanese.
These statements will doubtless clear
up the misrepresentation existing here
concerning the affair. Coming stimuli
taneously with the announcement that
the state department had decided to
cOuntermand the orders that Edward
V. Morgan, appointed United States
consul at Dalny, proceed to his post,
Marshalrs report should have a good
effect in allaying the anti-American II
ritation.
Mail advices from Vladivostok dated
February II, say 500 Chinese brigands
are terrorizing the district Of Ninguta.
Their leader, Yavanten, proclaims him
self invulnerable to bullets. The war;
ships in the harbor were the Rossia,
Gromoboi and Rurik and the transport
Moskova. The port is frozen hard and
the ice breaker is scarcely able to clear
a channel Two japanese attempted to
blow up the dock at Vladlvostok but
did not succeed. They escaped.
A Japanese barber deeming himself
insulted by O Russian officer shot him
dead and then dramatically announced
he vas a captain Of the japanese gen
eral staff n was not used to taking
insults.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
SOME RUSSIAN NEWS.
Various Reports as to the Muscovits
Situation from Many Sources
East and West.


Port Arthur, March "a Russian
topedo boat which sought refuge in
Pigeon bay, February 20, was sub
nese cruisers. One shot pierced her
hull. The, BOAT was beached and the
leak stopped and she was relocated al
high water and returned to Port Ar
thur.
Sebastopol. Russia, March 1.--vica
Admiral BezobraZoff has left here for
Cronstadt to take command of the sec
ond division of the Baltic fleet.
Mukden, Manchuria, March 1.-The
troops are in excellent spirits and ex-
pecting to meet the Japanese soon. TIT
Japanese fleet has not attacked Port
Arthur since February 20. The Japa-
nese are greatly discouraged by theil
failure to blockade the harbor.
Kieff, Russia, March 1.-The gov.
ernor of Kieff has instructed the police
not to interfere with the families OF
servants Of Jewish surgeons who have
gone to the far east, although the law
forbids them to remain outside the
pale.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-There il
no confirmation Of the Yin-Kow re.
port Of the Japanese again lombard.
ing Port Arthur yesterday, but newi
OF another attack at any m
would not be surprising. About 10, O0t
dock laborers at Odessa are out O.
employment on account of the stop.
page Of sea business.
Irkutsk, Siberia, March 1.-The frs
complete train traversed Lake Baika
on the ice railroad at IL this morn.
n.y.. 1t consisted Of twenty-five cars.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
WAS 1T ALL FlCTION7
Doubt Expressed Whether the Last Re
ported Attack on Port Arthur
Ever Occurred.

London, March 5.-Hardly a word OF
news from the seat of war, with the eX-
Eeption of the Russian official dispatch
rs, is published his morning, and it
how seems clear that the story in the
Morning Telegraph two days G Of
the bo~mbardment Of Port Arthur by
the Japanese ON February 20 Is moth
Ing more than a re-echo of previous
attacks.
From Yingtse comes an unconf1rmed
report that 500 bandits armed with
modern rifles have attacked a Russian
post to the west Of Haicheng, thirty
two miles northeast of Niuchwang.
There was severe fighting and both
sides lost heavily. This report is dis
Eredited at Yingtse, but If it is true it
Indicates that a serious danger Is con-
fronting Russia in these we'll armed
brigands,
According to the Daily Mail account
of this affair, six Japanese found
among the bandits were killed. This
would tend to show that the Japanese
hre organizing the bands.
railroad, according to the Toxic reports,
way between V~ladivostok and Hardin.
The Tien Tsin correspondent Of the
Standard cables that the Russians are
strongly terrifying points south OF
Mukden. Thousands Of coolies, who
are working day and night on the ram
part4 and entertainments of Haicheng,
are compelled to labor without pay.
Stories are appearing in English
newspapers Of the sufferings OF
refugees from Port Arthur on the train
Journey to European Russia.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
DEP0RT A BAD MAN.
Japs Send the Former Dictator 81
Korea Out of the Country With
Scant Ceremony.

Seoul, March A. Japan's supremacy
In the Korean government is now SUI
preme. Only supporters of Japan now
compose the Korean cabinet. All
Korean officials presumed to be Rus
sophiles have received an intimation
that their presence is undesirable, and
they have therefore left the capital for
the seclusion of the country districts.
The complexion of the government
has completely changed. There are
new officials in all departments and the
absolute supremacy of Japanese innu-
ence is effected.
AS soon as the Japanese-Korean
treaty was signed, Minister Hagashi
sent the Korean autocrat, vi Yonk TX,
under a special Japanese guard TO
Chemulpo, thence on a Japanese trans
port to Japan. This measure on the
part of Minister Hagashi saves vi Yonk
ks life from the thousands of Koreans
who have suffered from his oppression.
1t is improbable that he will ever re-
turn to Korea. By order of the emper-
or he was Immediately deprived Of all
Official positions and titles With the eX-
ception of his rank as major general.
VI Yonk ks supreme rule in Korean
affairs Is finished, as his absence from
court effects his complete eclipse. His
history is remarkable. He was born a
coolie In q mining district far away
from the capital. He could neither read
nor write, but was shrewd. crafty and
unprincipled in serving his imperial
master. He rose through successive
stages of official life to the control of
the empires finance, army foreign af-
falrs, and even control of the emperor
himself, through his hold on imperial
government funds.
VI Yonk ks influence heretofore has
been R~ussophile, but the departure Of
the Russian minister and the presence
OF Japanese troops caused him to
change his policy. The Japanese, know
ing him to be Enthusiastically and hav-
ing used him for the completion Of all
needed political arrangements, have
now sen him where he cannot cause
further trouble,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
Earmers' Market QaY.

Blair. Neb., March 2.-Saturday was
a red letter day for Blair in point of at
tendance. of people from the country
and the volume of business transacted
by the business men Of our city. 1t was
the initial number of the farmers sale
and exchange day" which was recently
inaugurated under the management Of
Auctioneer H. H. Reel and G.. F. Bross
and which will be continued each Sat
urday. The mount of the days sales
was nearly $4,000, including a small liv-
cry stable, belonging to Fritz Gutschow
who has closed out his business. Eight
fine horses We're brought over from
Harrison county, Iowa. and sold here.
The arrangement for a general sale day
meets the hearty approval Of the farm
ers Of this vicinity as was shown by
the large attendance and the amount
Of goods and stock brought in to be
disposed Of.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
STLCKNEY WINS OUT.
federal Court Gives Him the Right L
Use the Union Pacific Tracks to
Omaha and South Omaha.

st. Paul, Mimi, March ~4.-Judge
Sanborn in the United States court of
appeals decided the right Of the Chi
cago Great Western railroad to enter
Omaha from Council Bluffs over the
bridge Of the Union Pacific company.
The Great Western is also given the
right to use the passenger station Of
The Union Pacific in Omaha and the
use of the tracks Of the later company
from Council Bluffs and Omaha to
South Omaha, where the big packing
industries are located.
ST. Louis, March 4.-The federal
court Of appeals today sustained the
district court in it's decision that any
railroad has the right to use the Union
Pacific bridge between Council Bluffs
and Omaha, and the switching facilities
of that road in the two cities. The
decision is reached in the contest Of
the Mason City and Fort Dodge rail-
road, owned and controlled by the
chicago Great Western,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
CITY is TERRoRIzED.
VIadivostok Conditions, Described by
an American From There, Are Pit
liable in the Extreme.

London, March 5.-The Express prints,
a dispatch from Shanghai, where the
correspondent says he has just arrived
from Kobe, where it was impossible to-
break through the most rigid censorship.
he had ever experienced. The corre-l
spondent adds that he had IN interview
ct Kobe with w. j. Lippe, an American,
furrier, who was forced to quit Vladi-,
vostok February 10. Lippe described
The city then as being in a completed
since the war began. The telegraph
ines were wholly devoted to transmla-
sion Of official messages to n from
st. Petersburg. Private messages were;
refused.
People were terror stricken and all.
were cent on escaping. Pitiable scenes
were observed at the railway station,
whence the authorities allowed 10 per-,
sons to leave daily by the empty troop
trains tina were going west. People,
fought and scrambled to reach the
ticket Offices. Many who We're unsuc-
cessful knelt and prayed, beating their
breast n Offering any sum for a
ticket.
After the third day traffic was
stopped and many started to walk in,
land. The government offices. bank and,
hospitals have been removed to Nido-'
lisk. All shops are closed. Prices have
risen fabulously. The garrison, num-
being 1900 troops, is victuaIed for
-four months.
The cruiser squadron left February
9 for an attempt to dash around north
ern Japan n join the Port Arthur
fleet, but the Japs were %patroling the
seas between Saghalien and Tsugarn
and the cruisers were forced to return,
and are now practically bottled up.
When Lippe left there was still the
widest disorder. Constant false alarms
of bombardment added to the terror of
the people. Two searchlights were
nightly flashed seward. the military
was constantly alert, M the artillery
men at the fort slept alongside their
guns. One hundred and seventy Japs
disguised as coolies We're caught Feb
ruary IL attempting to blow up the
bridge and the railway.
First Stand at the YaIu.
Toxic, March 5.-~Fifty-three CORE
s%pondents have received credentials to
Join the Japanese army. Twenty-Five
are British, seventeen American, five
French and two German. They have
not started, and do not know when they
Will be permitted to go to the front.
notwithstanding the popular belief that
there will be important fighting south
of the Yalu river, it is improbable that
any engagements of consequence Will
take place in thai part of Korea. The
Russians, it is thought, will make the
river their first line of resistance
against the Japanese advance.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-11
BUILDING BLOWN UP.
Five Workmen Known to Be
Dead and 26 Injured in
New York II orror.

New York, March 4.-As result OF a.
boiler explosion a nine story hotel
building in course of construction at
Forty-siXth street and Sixth avenue
collapsed today. According to the po-
lice five dead and twenty-five injured
Workmen already have been taken from
the ruins.
Fire Chief roker says he believes
there are fifteen to twenty men still in
the ruins. The building crushed
through the kitchen and dining room
of the Patterson hotel, adjoining in the
rear. Both rooms were wrecked and
guests n walters caught in the
debris.
1t is reported a woman guest at the
Patterson hotel named Mrs. B. Dodge
was killed. Two mems skull were
fractured and they We're removed to
Bellevue hospital.