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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03
Br'er Williams.

81 feels mighty happy in dis day
en- time" said Brother Williams,
with corn ter feed me, cotton ter
clothe m, en- a shelter ter keep de
rain out; en- what's more, | got ten
times de appetite er one er dose mil
lionaires! ATLANTA Constitution.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03

the number of deer that may be killed
by one person during the open season;
increasing the bounty on wolves and
hSas aud providing a small bounty for
hawks AMI owls; limiting to six part
ridges and ten quail the number
hunter may kill i'm single day; pro-
viding for the coniiscation OF birds
found in cold storage fifteen days
after the close of the season: creating
a closed season for rabbits, owners OF
premises only TO be allowed TO kill
them when they become destructive.
There We're n NUMBER of other PROPOSE
tons before the association. notably
one relative to spring shooting of
ducks. but the members were unable
to agree as TO them.
Attack on Tax Commission.
During the last few days Of the ses-
sion there has been considerable dis
cussion of the proposition variously
made TO abolish the tax commission
and pardon board In fact bills de-
signed TO accomplish these objects
have been introduced. The tax COM
mission especially was vigorously at
tackled on the floor last week and, be-
fore the subject was given much
thought, resolution was adopted by
the house which had for its object an
investigation of the methods and eX-
penses Of the commission. The pre-
amble of this resolution made some
rather uncomplimentary references 10
the commission and altogether it was
Il rather ugly arraignment. When the
members came to carefully consider
the matter overnight they concluded
that they had acted rather hastily and.
after some discussion. the resolution
was rescnded by a nearly unanimous
vote. Just what will he done with
these two bodies is problematical. II
is not improbable that the present tax
commission will he abolished and new
commission Of three members with re-
stricted powers provided for. Unless
the tide rises. however, the pardon
board is not likely to be disturbed
farther than talk will disturb it,
Representative Ming, who halls from
the Cheboygan district has evidently
read Of alleged indignities heaped upon
ambitious students by hazers and he
proposes TO put n stop TO them. He
has offered bill making haZing in
colleges and other educat ional institu-
lions misdemeanOr punishable by
fine Of from so TO $50, or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not less
than thirty nor more than ninety days.
This is for the everyday. ordinary kind
of hazing. For tattooing or disfguring
the body Of victim Ivy the use Of
nitrate Of silver or similar substance.
a fine of $500 or Imprisonment for a
term of not to exceed five years is
6Xn1
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03
Alderman Ellen In Jail.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Jan. 31-Al-
derman Jacob Ellen. found guilty
year ago receiving bride from
Liant X Salisbury who was work n
in the interest of promoters Of propo
sitiOn 10 install for the city a water
plant has been sentenced 10 a fine o.
$500 or four months in jail He went
m ioil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03

1t makes no difference how many med.
icines have failed to cure you, if you are
troubled with. headache, constipation,
kidney or liver troubles, HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will make you well. Mar
tin 81 Showermari. IN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Unequaled for Con-
stipation.

Mr.. A. r.. Kane, prominent druggist
of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says: "Cham-
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are,
in my judgment, the most superior pre-
paration of anything in use to day for
constipation. They are sure in action
and with no tendency to nauseate or
grippe" For sale by Longwell Bros. m
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-03
Her Religion No Com forter.

Her absence was soon discovered by
her mother-in-law. and she called f.
Leighton Otis, who was passing, to
help her search for the young woman.
and after Il few minutes search he
found her Mrs. Ladd was - years
old she had been married three years
and WIS very active in Presbyterian
church circles. being teacher i'm the
Sunday school. Her maiden name WIS
Josephine 81. John. and her parents
live at Highland. Mich.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
Grave Trouble Foreseen.

1t needs but little foresight to
tell that when your stomach and
liver are badly affected, grave
trouble is ahead, unless you take
the proper medicine for your dis
ease, as Mrs. John A. Young of
Clay, N. Y, did. She says: a
had neuralgia of the liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened,
and 1 could not eat. I was very
bad for a long time, but in Flee
trio Bitters I found just what |
needed, for they quickly relieved
and cured me. :" Best medicine
for weak women. Sold under
guarantee by D. A. Henderson,,
druggist, at soc I bottle.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
A Bale of Cotton.

Or rs bushels of corn to the acre,
without the use of an ounce of
fertilizer is not an unusual yield
from lands in the famous Missis-
sippi and Yazoo river valleys,
traversed by the Illinois Central
tailroad-the great trunk line to
the South. Farmers desiring per-
feet climate, best soil, sure crops
and steady markets would do well
to locate homes now, for prices
are rapidly advancing in this ia
vored country. Send for free
literature and letters
from farmers who have gone
South to stay, and who are per-
fectly satisfied to remain. B. A.
Eichter, Pass. and Land Agent,
Illinois Central railroad, GIT Bes-
semer building, Pittsburg. Pa.
1861
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
Fraud Exposed.

A few counterfeiters have
latey been making and trying to
sell limitations of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, and other med
icines, thereby defrauding the
public. This is to warn you to
beware of such people, who seek
to profit, through stealing the
reputation of remedies which have
been successfully curing disease,
for over 35 years. A sure protec-
ton to you is the name on the
wrapper. Look for it on all DR..
Kings or Bucklen's remedies, as
all others are mere limitations. II.
f. BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago,
H., and Windsor, Can.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
WASHIN GTON,
Account Inauguration of
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Very Low Rates

very LOW hdItS
From Points 100 Miles or Less
From Washington; tickets will be
sold at One and One-Third fare
for the round trip, good going
March 3 and 4, and returning,
good leaving Washington until
March 8, 1905, inclusive.
From Points More Than 100
Miles From Washington, East of
Ohio River; tickets will be sold
at One fare, plus % cents, for the
round trip, good going March 2,
3 and 4, and returning, good leav-
ing Washington until March 8,
1905, inclusive.
By depositing ticket with joint
agent at Washington not later
than March 8, and on payment of
fee of 81 at time of deposit, an
extension of final return limit will
be granted to leave Washington
not later than March Is, 1905,
inclusive.
For additional information call
on tickets agents Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. 2,1-25t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
The Sunshine of Spring.

The Salve that cures without a
scar is DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Cuts, bruises, burns, boils
and piles disappear before the use
of this salve as snow before the
sunshine of spring. Miss Fl. VI.
Middleton, Thebes, Ill, says: Il
was seriously afflicted with fe-
yer sore that was very painful.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured me IN less than a week. "
Get the genuine. Sold by Opera
House Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
Poisons in Food.

Perhaps you don't realize that
many pain poisons originate IN
your food, but some day you may
feel a twingle of dyspepsia that
will convince you. DR.. Kings
New Life Pills are guaranteed to
cure all sickness due to poisons of
undigested food-or money back.
25c, at D. A. Memberships Drug
store. Try them.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
Afraid of Strong Medicines.

Many people suffer for years
from rheumatic pains, and prefer
to do so rather than take the
strong medicines usually given
for rheumatism, not knowing that
quick relief from pain may be
had simply by applying Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and without
taking any medicine internally.
For sale by Hill Bros.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
This Will Interest Many Mer.

B. j. Lougwell, the Wheeling
publisher, says that if anyone al
ficted with varicocele or are
weak where perfect men are
strong, will send their address to
him at Wheeling, W. Va, (send
40 money! he will direct them to
perfect cure. He will tell you
how he was cured after years OF
search for relief. Hundreds have
tested this with success. Write
today. 4.21-d&w,tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
STULL TOWN ITEMS.
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StuIl Town, W. Va, Feb. 21.--
The Sunday-school at Fairyiew is
progressing very nicely.
Rev. Herat is holding protract,
ed meeting at Spring Hill.
Pearl Tallman is home for a
few days.
The whooping cough is raging
on Purgatory this winter.
Several Of the young folks OF
Purgatory attended church at
Spring Hill Sunday night.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-21
vANCAMP CHATTER.
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VanCamp, w. Va, Feb. 81
At 6 o'clock Wednesday morning
the thermometer registered IA de-
greeS below zero.
j. A. Watkins was at New Mar.
tinsville Friday on business.
j. S. VanCamp was New Mar,
tinsville business caller Saturday
The roads are in the finest
shape they have been for many
years.
j. C. Hammond of PurSley, was
in this vicinity Thursday on bust
ness.
The PIT. Pleasant oil field is
still booming, every well drilled
being a gusher.
VIM. McSkimmins went to New
Texas, Pa, to attend the funeral
of a relative Saturday.
G. H. Farmer of near New Mar.
tinsville, was a business caller in
this vicinity Saturday.
Dixie Baker of Sandusky, pass
ed through here en- route home
from New Martinsville Friday.
Rev. w. NJ. Long of New Mar
tinsville, preached at the Chris
tian church Saturday and Sun
day.
Willow Fork school will close
in three weeks. This school is un
der the efficient management of
Prof. S. n. Grimes.
Dogs made a raid on a flock of
sheep belonging to Selby Wat
kins one night last week killing
six or eight and crippling as many
more.
Owing to the sickness of DR.. d,
J. Schmied. the attending physi-
elan to \. G. Fuchs, DR.. M. Il,
Fittro, of the Fittro hospital, was
called Saturday.
Jacob Mier, who has been en-
ployed by the Hope Gas com
pany at Pine Grove for the past
two years, returned Saturday af-
ter having spent a few days here
visiting his parents.
Geo. Sebar Of New Martinsville,
has been here with his brother
in-law, \. c.. Fuchs. who has the
typhoid fever, for the past few
days. Mr.. Fuchs has a very bad
case Of fever, but is some better
at present.
We are glad to state that we
have further information in re-
gard to the building of the rail
road from New Martinsville to
Salem via NanCamp, Kidwell and
Middlebomne, to the effect that
the road will be completed before
winter if possible as far as Mid
dlebourne. The farmers along
PIT. Pleasant creek are very anX-
iOus to see the early completion
Of the road, and the railroad com
pany will have no trouble to Sc
cure the necessary righRof-way
from the farmers Of PIT. Pleasant
through whose farms the road
will traverse. The local freight
traffic that would be secured by
the road would be enormous.
There are fifty-fOur stores on and
contiguous to the route, besides
passing through and near several
oil fields, together with the best
and richest farming section in
West Virginia. all of which is
necessary for the permanent sue
cess Of the road. The building of
the road means much for the town
Of Middlcbourne. 1t would mean
a new birth to the old town,
which would eventually make it a
great inland city, backed up and
nourished by the richest farming
and mineral section in the Noun
tain State. Let everyone living
on or near this new road give
three hearty cheers TO the pro-
meters, and the building Of the
road glorious welcome.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

leaving them Cromwell must have
uad such a presence.
Yet an agile fencer who isn't afraid of
Presence may lure an impressive man
to defeat. Corbett defeated Sullivan.
for all his eye Of set purpose.
=, Chiefly. lawson is latter the
Standard Oil people, for reasons. In
cidentally, his attack will injure 9TH
ers whose methods are similar. First.
the Morgan group; after that. the
groups Of minor capitalists allied with
the one or the other.
Take New York as example. With
all the vast increase OF business in the
city. there are fewer national banks
than 20 years ago. Far fewer big
ones in Wall street. For practical
purposes, there are two groups Of al
lied banks-the Morgan banks headed
by the Bank of Commerce, and the
Standard Oil banks, headed by the
National City, with Stillman, father
in-law Of a Rockefeller, as it's presi-
dent. These banks are closely allied
with the trust companies, in which the
same men who control the banks ap-
pear again as directors. Thus few
men control the loaning power in the
market. By calling in loans they
can at any time produce a "breal1'
in Wall street. BY furnishing money
at low interest-your money and mine,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

mainly bulls and it is his business
sweet business!-to break them. Nine
customers out of ten are loaded up
on the long" side. with only three
point margin between them and loss.
Take dry goods clerk who INVESTS"
ten dollars in stock, at a time like
last September. The stock keeps 60
ing up and at every raise the poor
fool puts his paper profits back into
more stock at the same margin. He
does not put in any more cash-an-
other ten dollars looks so small when
he is carrying line" Of perhaps hun
dred shares. Along comes Mr.. Law
son with his thunderbolt! What is
the bucket-shop mans policy? Obvi-
ously to 60 into the market with his
own customers money and sell-help
the bear reaction" In every reac-
ton of Wall street history bucket shop
men have helped. And their clients
have lost their ten dollar stakes-or
larger, as the case may be. That is
worth remembering. ..
At a reputable brokers' firm the
least margin accepted is ten points:
ten dollars per share In troubled
times 4 careful broker demands 20
points" upon ''gilt-edged" stock.
Even then 4 customer may be Cleaned
out" within 4 few weeks unless he Is
prepared to put up more margin. The
gambling is more dangerous the better
the stock one CANDLES upon, odd as
that may seem. In a time when all
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

company" to hold a majority of its
stock, 81 per cent. Form now another
company to hold 81 per cent of the
holding company's stock. An invest
ment Of some $4,000 IN the second
holding company will control the
whole business. Now let there be a
prosperous season or two; \ let the
company lease other companies; let it
sell bonds to trust companies and in
surance companies in which it's direc-
tors are Interested; and presently ten
men with an investment of less than
$4,000 apiece may be controlling mill
lions.
Let anyone who doubts that such a
preposterous disprOportion of power
to investment is possible examine for
himself the manner in which the great
Rock Island system is now con-
trolled.
1t is this kind of thing that makes
people nervous when Lawson threat
ems to tell all he knows. Suppose he
should!
Just for one minute-suppose he
should!
Observe now the power Of weakness
and the weakness of power. The
System" nervous, stung to anger,
trembling at what disclosure next it
knows not.
And Lawson alone, not a notably
great millionaire, but-with an Idea.
He has told that idea, often enough.
There is one power in the country
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18
BUCKING THE SYSTEM"
Why Tom dawson Is After The Money
Powers or Wall Street.
HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST ~SIANDARD OIL, :"
In the Fight the bucket Shop" Men
alites Of the Men on Both Sides --Ihe War Is Just
Begun-A Moral for the Public.
BY AN EX-BRoKER.

New York.-Thomas w. Lawsons
war upon the System" Is but begun.
At the outset it seems an UNEQUAL
struggle. Lawson is a man in the
prime Of life, possessor of a number
OF unusually nlmble millions, but he
is apparently without close allies. He
stands alone.
Lawson has in the past advertised
himself by his lavish expenditures, al
ways with the name OF Lawson" blown
IN the glass. He paid $4,000 for new
kind OF carnation: he has owned some
of the finest horses In America; he built
4 yacht to defend the Americas Cup,
and when he Quarreled about her with
tho New York Yacht club monopolists
who manage the cup contests, he broke
hex up and made medals out of her
bronze for presentation to the public
Lawson is generous, prodigal-yet Il
Yankee
The System" is hydra-headed. For
Mr.. Lawson's purposes it is led by
Standard Oil-that little knot Of
tlnanci' rs who, beginning with $780,
600 refining plant in Cleveland, have
encircled the world with a power be-
side which the Rothschilds' is a toy;
who have as secure grip upon the
oil trade of Japan as of the United
States; who with their German allies
control the oil trade Of Germany; who
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

BOOM" People with memories know
that last January prices dropped.
For months the market had been
boiling with wash sales" The word
of the System was passed that
money for margins would be kept
cheap, and that there was plenty.
Three million share days" were
promised. Such day would mean
the sale Of $500. v0o. 600 of securities in
one exchange Of one city in one day!
What are wash sales?" A broker
may make only legitimate sales and
purchases. But there's nothing to pre-
vent q man or 4 "poot" from giving
selling orders to one broker and buy
ing orders to another for 10000 shares
each. II this is done through an ex.
change member the commission is
trivial. Thus prices were gradually
worked up by an appearance of activi-
ty. step by step. for four months, the
public occasionally taking a few
shares, but the transactions in the
main all speculative. Wall street was
ready for the killing"
You remember the story of the man
who tried to give his horse medicine
by blowing it down his throat with a
long tube. The "hoss blowed fust."
That happened this time.
Lawson's great advertisement on
copper set the public to selling in
stead of buying. To prevent the mar
ket from going to pieces like q card
house the System" had to buy-not
only the men for whom Lawson was
cunning, but all those who wanted to
see business good" And yet custom
ers were sold out by bucket-shops and
| by the regular brokers'! There's no
making of omelets without breaking
eggs. Amalgamated dropped "a points.
It has never recovered, or half recov-
cred. People are waiting. st. Paul
went down over ten points. It is a
Standard Oil speciality. Pennsylvania,
"gilt-edge" stock, not especially Oily,
dropped eight points. That was a
shrinkage Of }36,000,0o0 in Amalga-
mated, or 100000 in Pennsylvania
Other stocks lost in proportion-sev-
eral hundred millions on the whole
list. Not even the best stocks ap-
preached the prices they would have
reached had the unloading" process
been carried out upon the public on
the original plan. "
What did it cost lawson? Nothing.
He sold all his own holdings of copper
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

Ito great international concerns like
Kuhn. Loeb q Co. and the Speyers.
ls he now Lawson's enemy? Ally of
course he is not. That would not do.
But-enemy? go: IT. g.,
only know this: Day after day
lawson was tipped of" by the bears
as about to attack Steel. The tip was
never good.
For lawson's purposes. Steel is not
80 vulnerable as Copper. Its strength
is In its admirable reports. Anyone
can: know at any time how badly or
otherwise the company is getting
along: There 10 no mystery. Amalga~
mated's management is secret, a cir
cumstance more favorable to bear
raids than to bull operations. The
thing Is ION 4 two per cent. basis +"
That 10 all we can know about It. but
conjecture may busy itself with the
actual value Of q property sold by
snrewd Marcus DAILY to the Standard.
vastly Watered by these hydraulic ex-
perts. sold to New England school,
marms at $50, subsequently beared
to away below SO, a month or more
ago up to Sc again. What is It worth?
Who knows?
Lawson Has "Hit It Right"
Lawson has "hit it right" That IL
why he has the ear of the public.
Seven months magazine articles have
been merely preliminary to his main
attack. They were like the patent
medicine mans "patter" on the street
before he sells the Universal Pain
Eradtcator: He is getting attention.
He was only getting attention when
In early December he "broke the mar
ket" and tipped over applicants care
fully loaded for months.
There is a useful myth in Wall
street. called REIMBURSEMENT" It is
very simple. Most dividends are pay
able January / and July 1, and lambs
are kept aware of it. They are told
that at these periods rich men who
draw large dividends always reinvest
part of them, which drives prices up.
AS II rich men were so fond Of paying
high prices instead of waiting a few
days! The plot was made to unload
on the public this December on the
old cry Of "re-investments." They
were to be dragged in to buy in De-
cember in anticipation of a January
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-18

the money of all the country; for
country banks send their surplus to
the city to tie loaned-they can send
! prices booming. Stock gamblers sell
dom hesitate to buy q four per cent.
stock, however high, when call money
,, Is plenty at two per cent. Each figures
that he is sharp enough to "get out in
time"
The Life Insurance Companies.
I have hesitated to toucn one source
OF power to the System. The life in
surance companies.
The three great life companies Of
New York have written $4,000, 000. 900
worth Of insurance-}250 for every
family In the United States. They
have $1.000.-00,0v0 Of assets. The
fluid" portion Of those assets, the
steady inflow Of hard cash, it is the
duty of the directors to invest. Con
slider the power of men who control
great railroads, who have their d.
rectors in the trust companies, and
who loom large in the directorate of
insurance companies also. What a DO
sition from which to "foat" the bonds
Of new trusts and combinations!
The temptation is the greater be-
cause the position Of the companies is
so strong. The security of the policy
holder is absolute. If, Lawson ever
says otherwise, call him an alarmist.
which it is not a nice thing to be.
The improvement of public health in
recent years and the constant length
ening Of human life is the greatest
asset Of the companies. But
Morgan's partner, Perkins, is a d.
rector Of great insurance company.
When Morgan started the Inflated
Shipping Trust, that insurance COM
pany took a quantity of the bonds of
the company. The trust failed from
over-capitalization, but the bonds are
still carried on the insurance COM
pany's books 1t par. It's easy enough
/ to call par their price 10 long as none
| OF them are ever sold,
1t would be easy to multiply such
cases. Take the kindred evil Of con-
verting stock into bonds 80 that trust
funds may be used to pay for them.
1t is not good finance.
Such things ought not to be: