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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02

Near Antioch, in the Trail run
.. district, in Monroe county, the
Ann Oil company has completed
! it's No. 4 on the Elizabeth A. Mar.
tin farm, and has a show for a
75-barrel producer. No 2 on the
same farm, has been drilled into
the sand, and is showing for a
50-barrel pumper.
The L. L. Stealey well was COM
pleted Saturday, and is a rank
buster. 1t was drilled by the Mil
rose Oil company, and the loca-
ton was just across the creek
from No. l well on the MalOy
farm. The Merose Oil company
recently purchased the holdings
in this pool of Bruner, Stew
art & company, and for which
they paid $1,000. The company
is composed of L. G. Wilson, Alex
.Jemison, Will Swan and others.
The company has not had very
good luck thus far, having drilled
five wells and only got one pro-
ducer. The daily production OF
this well is only 10 barrels, and
is located on the B. Swan farm.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02
REV. n. B. BoWDEN
breaches a Memorial Sermon at
MiddlebOurne,

Sunday morning special SER
vices were held by the members
of the Odd Fellows lodge at Mid
dlebourne, and Rev. HI. Barton
Bowden, pastor of the NJ. E.
church, delivered an able dis
course to the lodge and it's friends
who attended the services.
1t was large audience, and
those who had the pleasure of lis
tening to Rev. Bowden's remarks
were more than pleased with his
words and delivery.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02
Made Young Again.

Zone of DIR. Kings New Life
Pills each night for two weeks
has put me in my teens again, y
writes D. HI. Turner, of Dempsey
town, Pa. They re the best in the
world for Liver, Stomach and
Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never
grippe. Only 25c at D. A. Hender-
shot s.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02
Purchased a. Lot.

Messrs. DR.. Kahle and Robert
Carpenter have purchased lot in
Gerry Owen upon which they ex-
pect to build a modern dwelling
house this summer. These gentle
men find it a very profitable IN,
vestment to build and rent good
dwelling houses in this city.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02
To the T., o. r. M.

All persons desiring tickets at
reduced rates to 60 to Wheeling
tomorrow can get the orders for
same by applying to Mrs. P. G.
o,2-lt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02

Bruner, Stewart & company
commenced to rig up today at
No. 2 well on the j. B. Keller
farm, at Little, this county. No.
1 well, on same farm, drilled by
same company, is a nice little well.
1t is Keener sand territory. King
& Hubbard are the contractors for
No. 2 well.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02

The tools were recovered yes
terday from the well Of Slemaker
& Thoenen in the Mill Creek, o.,
pool. Wolfe & Morrison are the
contractors.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

All announcements for State,
County and City Offices must be
paid strictly cash in advance. We
will make no deviation from this
rule in favor of any candidate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
WAITING FOR HIM.

The people of the first congression-
al district are waiting for the demo-
cratic candidate. John E. Craig. of
Keokuk, to begin making speeches.
Mr.. Craig, like other democrats who
are before the public eye this year,
has several things in his past record
to explain. 1t is hard for most people
to get the record of the party and it's
members on the money question
Strengthened out completely. The
Keolluk Gate City voices the sentim ent
of a large number of first district yot-
ers in the following:
"Mr. Craig will begin his regular
speaking campaign at Viewer on Fri.
day, October IA. Maybe he will then
tell us which is right-the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio
'of 16 to L, which he advocated two
years ago as the only means under
heaven by which the country could
be saved, or the Parker telee ram
which declares that the gold stare ard
is irrevocably fixed. After what he
said against it in 1902 just imagine, if
you can, John e. Craig defending the
gold standard. Yet that is what he
must do if he keeps in line with his
party candidate for president and
those who are managing the demo
cratic campaign"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
ROOSEVELT AND LACEY.

1t is learned that in the sixth dis.
trict there is much dissatisfaction
among the republicans because of the
intense stand pat attitude of Major
Lacey, in which he virtually takes a
stand of opposition to the Presidents
policy.-Des Moines News.
1t is learned from who? Certainly
not from republicans in the sixth dis.
trlct, because the statement made is
not true. The Des Moines News is not
republican paper, and evidently has
made no effort to get at the facts as to
republican sentiment in this district.
The paragraph quoted above dis.
plays woeful lack of knowledge as to
the facts even with regard to President
Roosevelt's views on tariff. President
Roosevelt stands upon the republican
national platform on this as on all
other issues and the platform, in turn,
endorses his views as expressed in his
oft-quoted speech at Minneapolis. Ma.
jor Lacey is perfectly in accord with
this platform and with the speech of
the President. There is no difference
of opinion between them and there is
no quarrel among the republicans of
the sixth district on tariff or any other
issue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

fact was recognized by the leaders of
the opposition, who several weeks
ago announced that they would with.
draw their ticket if defeated in the SUI.
preme court contest.
This is another case of true repub.
licanism. Whether member of the
LaFollette faction or of the "stal.
warts" a republican in Wisconsin is a
republican just the same. Differences
of opinion on local matters may arise
at times and the discussion of these
differences may grow to be warm. but
when the matter, of national issue
comes up, all are united. For this
very reason there has never been any
very great dread in the minds of the
republican managers on account of
the unsettled condition of affairs in
Wisconsin even before the decision of
the supreme court was announced
Wisconsin will show the nation that
there was no need of doubt by a
strong majority for Roosevelt and the
whole republican ticket in November.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

no matter what the difficulties encoun-
tered in so doing-is not lost. And
tor most people there is but one time
to acquire an education, when one is
young. But few cities have free night
schools such as Chicago has started,
for 1T is really an experiment even
there. But that it will be made per.
manent fixture in the educational, work
OF the city is assured by the interest
that has been shown in it.
The majority of the adults who are
taking advantage of the free night
schools in Chicago are foreigners, i'm,
migrants, who were denied free
schooling in childhood in their Euro.
pean homes. but have found it pos
sible for them to acquire knowledge
of English after adopting America as
their home. This means much for the
future citizenship of Chicago and of
Ameriol at large. The free school
system will, if generally adopted as it
should be. lower the percentage of il.
literacy wherever it is in existence.
Let other cities take it up. 1t is prac-
teal for hundreds of cities in the ma
ton
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
A coMMENDABLE MOVE.

The order just issued by the faculty
of the University Of Chicago putting a
ban upon hazing is one of the wisest
moves ever taken by any educational
institution and should be enforced to
the letter. 1t should not only be en-
forced there. but it should be adopted
by every school and college in the
land and hazing should become a lost
art. There is no excuse in reason for
students who have been in college for
a year, treating the new scholars to in.
dignities that result in bruised and
battered faces, sometimes in broken
bones and even in permanent injuries
In few cases. 1t is no part Of the cur.
riculum to stand for physical punish.
ment and the fact that the freshmen
10 not except in isolated cases, enter
protests is no justification of the bar.
barous practice. If they do protest
they are promptly sent to Chancery for
the rest of their school life and thus
the practice has been allowed to live
It is such foolishness as hazing that
has caused the sentiment that. happi
ly. is now in its decline, against col
leges and all that pertains to them
Though it is in it's decline this senti
ment would disappear entirely and
quickly if hazing and some of the 9th
er equally insane students pastimes
were relegated to obscurity.
The stand taken by President Har.
per of the University of Chicago is to
be commended. In issuing his order
he said: There will be no federation
of this sort of barbarism Hazing is
u relic of primitive savagery and we
can not countenance it for a minute
We believe in giving every fellow an
equal show with his fellows, and any
attempt of band of students to haze
new man. or an old one, for that
matter, will be considered most
grievous offense."
Only few days ago freshman OF
the University of Illinois was taken
home from Champaign, H., perman.
emily injured, as the result tof hazing
Scarcely year goes by but there are
one or more cases Of this kind report
ed. The time has come to stop it, and
it is to be hoped that the heads of 9th.
er schools and colleges throughout the
land will follow President Harper's
lead.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
wAPELLo couNTYs CROPS.

Ottumwa people should take the
time to visit the headquarters of the
Korn Karnival management, on Sec
ond street, half block west of the
Courier Office, in order to view the
agricultural exhibit shown there. No
one can doubt, after seeing this ex-
hibit, that this has been good season
in Wapello county, even if doleful re-
ports have come from other places
There are corn stalks that reach from
the floor to the high ceiling of the
room, with cara so high that man
six feet tall cannot reach them. There
are three monster heads of cabbage
which alone would make enough kraut
for whole family. There are various
fruits, butter and other products of
the farm which make the city bred
mans mouth water. Truly, Wapello
county is garden spot and if the
Korn Karnival has done nothing else
1t has opened the eyes of the people to
this fact as almost nothing before it
ever did.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.

Des Moines Capital-It was fourteen
years October that the Mckinley
tariff bill became law. 1t was one Of
the wisest tariff enactments ever plac-
ed upon the national statute books It
was product of the Fifty First con-
gress under the Harrison administra.
ton. 1t was fought desperately by all
Of the free traders, mugwumps, Spro-
gressionalists" and "rippers" but An
ally passed both house and senate and
became law. Under that law the ma
ton prospered but the people got Il
into their heads they wanted a change.
and accordingly they voted the demo-
cratic party into power in 1892. The
democratic party then inaugurated
its great program of tariff reform.
The voters of today cannot have for
gotten that burlesque on revenue leg-
1slation which was produced under the
name of the Wilson bill. It was such
paragon OF absurdity that President
Cleveland branded it as "the essence
of perfidy and dishonor" and refused
to give 1t his signature. The Wilson
bill became a law without executive
approval
The years of industrial and CONNER
cial gloom-from 1893 to 1s97-will
stand as an enduring monument to the
incapacity Of the democratic party to
administer the affairs Of government.
On this, the anniversary Of the birth
Of the Mckinley tariff law, the voters
OF this country might find it an OPP
perfume occasion to do a little deep
thinking concerning the democratic
platform declaration adopted at st.
Louis last July, that-"Protection is
Robbery"
Are thew going to be deceived in this
campaign by that senseless cry, or are
they going to be wise enogh to profit
tNHr ft,ka hi ftn,. 1ouc of< "a
The matter will soon be determined.
and the Capital has too firm faith
in the mature judgment of the Amer
lean electorate to believe they will re-
peat the folly committed just twelve
yGaszs.x : : ,.t--- ""-"i-A. aIaction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
AN ISSUE IN A NUTSHELL.

Senator Hoar, Of Massachusetts,
whose noble career has just closed,
said
There is left on the statute book
no trace of any democratic legislation
during the whole period of thirty-two
years except the repeal of the laws in.
tended to secure honest elections. The
two administrations of President Cleve-
land are rem embered by the business
men and the laboring men of the coun-
try only as terrible nightmares. What
ever has been accomplished in this
period, which seems to me the most
brilliant period in legislative history of
any country in the world, has been
accomplished by the republican party
over democratic opposition. The fail
ure to secure honest national elections
and the political civil rights of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

trusts are an outgrowth of the age, a
result Of evolution. This statement
is rather a hard blow to the theory of
the democrats which sounds so we'll,
but means SO little-that the tariff is
the mother of trusts. Sir William, in
an address delivered in Chicago at a
banquet this week said:
"The combination which are some
times termed trusts are product of
the age and were as sure to come as
the close of the century They were
the products of evolution, nothing
more. Business conditions all war
ranted them and were responsible for
their birth. In short, they were the
products of evolution and evolution is
law that 1t useless to wrestle with.
1t is to fight that which is merely the
outgrowth Of time and circum.
stances"
This man is citizen of Great
Britain. the worlds greatest free
trade nation. He probably never heard
the statement that tariff is the mother
of trusts, but his little speech is pat
answer to this democratic fallacy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
REPUBLICAN, (cENTER) TOWN
SHIP TICKET.
THE NIGHT SCHOOL.

a A sight that must have been at
once inspiring and pitiful was that of
the thousands of foreigners fighting
actually fighting-for admission to the
school buildings in Chicago on the
evening that witnessed the beginning
OF the season Of free night schools.
Nearly all were foreigners and large
portion of the would-be students were
adults. The cry everywhere was for
knowledge of the English language
Thousands were taken into the
understanding like $4,000, to be
specific-but other thousands were
compelled to remain outside when the
doors were closed behind the throngs
Of men and women, boys and girls, who
filed every possible place in the tenn
pies of learning.
Newspaper reports say that the
crowds were orderly and that they
came to the schools for the express
purpose of learning the English Ian
guage in order that they might thus
become fitted to go into the world of
trade and business and earn a liveli-
hood. Something like 1000 were en-
rolled last year and this year more
than 5000 additional were registered.
Three hundred fifty teachers are re-
CURED to instruct this motley array,
gathered from nearly every corner of
Europe. There were Greeks, Hebrews,
Germans, Scandinavians, Italians and
Poles. In addition to these there were
some American boys and girls, show
ing that they have taken the lesson
from the foreign citizens. Nearly ev-
cry one of these thousands of students
works all day and after a hurried sup
per hastens to the school nearest his
or her home to receive a lesson in
English.
This is lesson with moral for ev-
cry thinking man, woman, boy and
girl. That these people. thousands of
them,who work at manual labor eight
nine, ten hours and more every day in
the week should be willing-eager
eyen--to attend school at night is ev-
idence that they need learning, that
they realize its necessity. Is this not
a lesson to boys, American boys,who
have the opportunity to attend school
until they are eighteen years of age,
but who give it up in order to take a
position, which pays them only pock-
ct money? They should realize that
time spent in acquiring an education
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
ROOSEVELT AND PEACE.

The democratic cry of "militarism,' y
raised against President Roosevelt in
an effort to turn those who love peace
against him, has died the ignominious
death of their other bogy man issues
Secretary of State Hay, in his address
before the International Peace con.
gres at Boston this week, threw a few
clods upon the coffin of the bogy man
when he told of the work of the presi.
dents of the United States for peace
After telling of the sentiments ex-
pressed by Washington, Lincoln and
other early presidents, he said:
Mckinley deplored with every pulse
OF his honest and kindly heart the ad.
vent of the war which he had hoped
might not come in his day, and glad
ly hailed the earliest moment for max.
ing peace; and President Roosevelt
has the same tireless energy in the
work of concord that he displayed
when he sought peace and insured it
on the field of battle. No presidents in
our history have been so faithful and
so efficient as the last two in the
cause of arbitration and of every
peaceful settlement of differences. |
tAiSAi IOSCliCls DCCduSG IuelI
work has been harmonious and con.
sistent.
I'VE hailed with joy the generous
initiative of the Russian emperor. and
sent to the conference at The Hague
the best men we had in our civic and
military life. When The Hague court
lay apparently wrecked at the begin
ming of its voyage, threatened with
death before it had fairly begun to
live, it was the American government
which gave it the breath of life by in.
viting the republic of Mexico to share
our appeal to its jurisdiction: and the
second case brought before it was at
the instance of Mr.. Roosevelt, who
declined in its favor the high honor OF
arbitrating an affair of worldwide i'm
portance."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
THE WISCONSIN, DEclsIoN

The decision of the factional fight
in Wisconsin brings a feeling of relief
to republicans all over the country
and takes one more state from the
doubtful column to put it in the re-
publican list. There is little or no
doubt that the "stalwart" ticket will
be withdrawn now that the supreme
court has decided the case against
that faction and there is plenty of
time between now and election day to
get all the republicans in the state in
line and assure victory in Wiscon.
sin for the Roosevelt ticket.
The LaFollette faction was much
the stronger numerically aud this
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

This year has brought a crop of
queer causes for divorce. Only a
short time ago two women, one a
resident of Kansas City and another
of Chicago, asked for DEGREES on the
ground that their husbands made life
too easy for them, and now another
has come out wanting divorce sim.
ply because her husband poured hot
syrup in her hair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

fTO'ANA'NAy
the Coon Rapids Enterprise. zone
can scarcely pick up daily without
seeing family infelicities, humorously
described, much Of the stuff being of
the most inconsequential and trivial
nature, and worse"
The Clinton Herald has found a
grain of thought, after all in Judge
Parker's letter. Says the Herald:
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance
consists of a string Of glittering gen
eralities, but he must be given credit
for having pointed out that the imper-
ialism that Bryan talked about Is not
the Imperialism he talks about"
IF Russia can find places in the
army for all it's grand dukes and
things until such time as the Japanese
can make disposition of them" saws
the Cedar Rapids Gazette, there is
some hope that Russia in the end will
show great improvement"
A letter to the Keokuk Gate City
from West Point, Ia, giving account
of the suicide of the railroad station
agent there, closes with these words:
Three years ago when he came to
this place he was a steady, promis-
ing young man, but lately dissipation
Il
commenting upon it, says: "That tells
the whole story and breaches power
full temperance sermon in less than
five lines"
The Mason City Globe Gazette pro-
phesies that if Bryan lives four years
more he will be the next democratic
nominee for the presidency.
The Odebolt Chronicle says that the
democratic party has profound rev.
erence for the constitution-when the
republicans are in power.
The Valley Junction Express, a
Polk county paper says the justice of
the proposed amendment giving each
county representative in the general
assembly is SO evident that all voters
should mark their ballots Eyes"
IF Iowa casts half million votes
this fall Roosevelt is good for 100000
majority" predicts the Webster City
Freeman Tribune.
The Glidden Graphic suggests that
the fact that the Iowa republicans
have nominated state ticket of ex-
ceptional worthiness should not be
lost sight Of nor the further fact that
the states business has been SO ably
managed that there is no word of
criticism anywhere.
"Col. AL. Swain secured relief from
consular service" notes the Spirit
Lake Beacon, that he might get in a
few licks for the old party, al home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

George Washington's secretary of
the treasury understood the science of
protection when he said: Every ma
ton that ever protected its industries
improved the quality, and lessened
the price of it's productions" Protec-
ton to industry is one of the corner
stones of republican doctrine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

Kuroki was lost to the Russians for
a day but they finally found him and
are now waiting for him to deliver
blow against Mukden. There will be
no trouble finding his location when
the ball finally does start
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

And now General Corbin says he
didn't say it, He denies that he recon-
mended that minor officers in the army
be not allowed to marry until they
were out of debt and receiving a sal.
airy Of $1,000 per year or more. An
other man has entered the list of de.
NAL authors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

1t is a good thing for a political
party to know the Importance of sta
bility of conditions as related to bust
ness prosperity. The republican par
ty has demonstrated it's recognition Of
that fact.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

Col. Watterson has been sighted.
and is presenting a line of language
the words of which are armed dag
gers. Every democratic conference
adds recruits to the republican ranks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

While democrats of the middle
states and the coast states are urged
to fall in with the Bourbon idea OF
free trade. they do not have to bark
back on the trail of memory many
years to recall what Prof. Wilson'S
free trade bill did for the industries
of their sections.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

We want no slave labor Two mil
lion men, with their blood, wiped away
slavery forever. We want no labor,
either white or black, in a virtual
state of serfdom. Labor must be free.
with all the prerogatives which pertain
to freedom. Hon G. w. Fairbanks, at
Kansas City, Mo-, September 1, 1902.