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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-27
TEN DOLLARS FOR A NAME
A name is wanted for the new

A name is wanted for the new
suburban town to be laid out and
built on the Barney Wells farm.
The Oil Review will pay $40 In
gold to any person who will sug-
gest a name for the new town,
provided the name suggested IS
adopted by the company who
owns the land. Anybody can sug-
gest the name. The suggestions
will be filed in the order received
and the first one adopted will re-
ceive the money. Use the follow
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in:
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

The Theban sphinx was said to be a
monster sent by Juno to lay waste the
country around Thebes. 1t had the
head and bust of a woman, the body
OF q dog. the wings of a bird, the paws
Of a lion and a human voice. 1t at
once became the terror of the neighbor-
hood and devoured all who could not
solve the riddle which 1t propounded,
What animal walks on four legs in
the morning, two at noon and three at
nightT" Oedipus. attracted by the
promise Of King Creon Of his crown
and his sister In marriage. came to
Thebes and declared that man goes on
all fours In infancy, erect on two legs
when upgrown and supports the in
frmities OF age with a star. On hear
ing fhis correct solution the sphinx
dashed her head against a wall. and
the land had rest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

When the Duke OF Ormoud, whose
family name IA Butler, was going to
take possession rs lord lieutenant OF
Ireland, he was driven by a storm on
to the Isle Of Man, where a Rev. Mr..
Joseph. a poor curate. entertained him
as Hospitality as his means permitted.
On his departure the duke promised to
provide for him as soon as he became
viceroy. The eurate waited many
months in vain and at last went over
to Dublin to remind his grace of his
promise. Despairing Of gaining Gee
TO the duke, he obtained permission to
preach at the cathedral. The lord lieu
tenant and his court were at the
church, but none of them remembered
their humble host till he pronounced
his text, which. 1t must be acknowl
edged, was well chosen, Yet did not
the chief butler remember Joseph, but
forgot him. The preacher was at once
invited to the castle and u good living
provided for him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
JOHANN ~HOCHTOHANG
SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS AT.
FIRMS SENTENCE IMPOSED
ON WIFE MURDERER.

Chicago, Dec. ~ The supreme
court of the state has affirmed the yer.
dict of the lower court which con.
demned Johann Hoch to death for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Marie
Welcker-Hoch, and the date of his
execution has been set for Feb. %.
The first news of the action of the
court was received here by a telephone
message from Assistant States Attor-
ney Barnett, who Is in Springfield. He
communicated the information TO
States Attorney Healy. A messenger
was sent to Hoch with the news and
found him in the visitors cage, talking
with the last of his many wives, Mrs.
Fischer-Hoch, the sister of the woman
for whose murder he vas sentenced to
death.
When he received the news Hoch
became greatly excited and would not
believe that the report was true, but
after he was satisfied that 1t vas cor
rect he grew calm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
CHANGED WITH REeATiNo.
Common Carriers, Railway offeiaISi
Agents and Shippers Indicted.


Kansas City, Dec. t<S-Fourteen in
dictments were returned by the fed.
eral grand jury here during the day
against common carriers, railway Off.
Gals. shippers and freight agents
charging the giving Of rebates and
conspiracy to give rebates The indict.
nents are rs follows:
George H. Crosby Of Chicago, gen.
eral traffic manager of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy railroad.
George L. Thomas or New York, q
merchandise broker.
L. B. Taggert, New Yosk, Crosby's
chief clerk
The Chicago and Alton Railroad
company and John N. Faithorn and F.
A. Wann, formerly vice. president and
general freight agent. respectively. oil
the railroad company.
The Cudahy Packing company.
Swift q Co.
The Armour Packing company.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul Railroad company.
Nelson Morris, Edwardi Morris and
Ira N. Morris. comprising tae partner
ship of Nelson Morris & Co
ID. H. Kresky, Kansas City, freight
broker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

1t Is easier to wash and keep the legs
clean now than to cure the scratches
after awhile.
Generally it is easier to teach a horse
to drive than to teach a man how to
drive a horse.
A bad trick in a horse which renders
him an unsafe driver is as detrimental
as IL he is really vicious.
Moderate exercise of the colt should
be begun quite early, but full service
OF no kind should be required until the
fourth year.
Before buying a horse test his walk
Ing capacity and in order to do this
hitch him TO the kind of rig ycu intend
to use him In.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
A Chinese. Cu.tom.

A quaint custom practiced by Chi
nese mothers when a child Is restless
and does not sleep Is to write the fol-
lowing verse and pin a copy Of it on
each OF the four of the house,
that the passersby may read and the
child find rest. Literally translated
the verse reads: 4.
Brilliant sparkling heaven.
Brilliant sparkling earth,
In my house there Is a hid who cries at
night.
The gentlemen coming from the four
quarters behold
Peaceful sleep till break of day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

One Of the most remarkable things
about the heart is the amount Of work
1t does. Considering the organ as a
pump whose task 10 to deliver a known
quantity Of blood against a known
head" 1t is easy to show that In TWEEN
ty-four hours q mans heart does about
Ia foot tons Of work. I'm other
words" says a contemporary. "if the
whole force expended by the heart in
s~>cty- -four hours were gathered into
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
SECURED ONLY $40.
Northern Pacific Train Robbers Make
Very Poor Haul.

Portland. Ore, Dec. 1T is learned
that the two highwaymen who held
up the North Coast limited Saturday
night succeeded in getting $40 from
the express car. The safes had less
money in them than on any previous
trip. but If the robbers had awaited
until the next train II Is said they
would have made a considerably
larger haul.
Such good clues have been obtained
OF the two robbers by the Northern
Pacific and other detectives that hopes
are entertained that both will be cap
tured. II is the general opinion In
police circles THAI the work was not
that OF experienced men.
According to the Pullman conductor,
]. r. Epson, the express messenger
was in the diner when the holdup oc-
Cured. Epson a v that the messen.
ger told him he did not believe there
was more than $500, In the safes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

had a man at the head of the finance
committee and another at the head OF
foreign relations. two OF the most i'm
portant committees OF the senate. Be-
that was in the days when Delaware
kept her Bayards and Saulsburys in
the senate. ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

n huge stroke, such n power would
lift 124 tons One foot from the ground.
A similar calculation has been made
respecting the amount Of work expend-
ed by the muscles Involved I'm breath
ing. In tw~enty-four hours these mus
cles do about twenty-one foot tons Of
work"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

Geology IL a wonderful study" re-
marked the enthusiast.
Il suppose SO" answered Sirius Bar
ker, 'sbut 1t always seemed kind O. tan
talizin' to me to be told where coaI Il
and how It come there Instead o. being
told how to get the price q II. "-wash-
ington Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
Negro kats Two Men and Is Himself
Slain.

beaumont, Tex, Dec. > The negro
district Of this city was the scene of a
triple tragedy during the day, Bryan
Merritt a motorman, and Elisha Peri
ia, a deputy constable, being shot and
almost instantly killed by Henry
Powell, a nineteen-year-old negro, who
was in turn killed by Deputy Sheriff
Tevis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

ibid you ever make a personal sac
riiccy' asked the visiting parson.
Yes, indeed" replied Mrs. De style.
Il once declined to be interviewed by
Z society reporter. Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
WORK OF CONGRESS.


House-Greater part of the session
devoted to a wrangle between the
Democratic leader, Mr.. Williams, and
two members of that party. The result
accomplished was a defiance thrown
at the minority leader by Representa-.
tive Lamar of Florida and another by
Representative Shackleford of Mis-.
souri,.
senate-Nearly the entire session
devoted to executive business. Pan
ANA canal appropriation bill f~avorably
reported.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

Enthusiastically the entire day
devoted to consideration of the Pan
anna canal emergency appropriation
bill. There were set speeches BY
Messrs. Teller. Scott and Morgan anc
they were followed by q general de
bate In which all phases Of the o
troversy were exploited.
House-Debate on the recommends
ton in.the presidents annual message
regarding insurance regulation Occu
pied the entire day without conclusion
The pending resolution refers the
question to the ways and means com
mittee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

house-Four and three-quarter
hours devoted to debate ON the posi-
bilities of controlling insurance com
panies. Two set speeches were the
features. One by Mr.. Sherley (KyJ
bore on the doctrine of ssste's rights
and the other by Mr.. Cochran IN. W
related to the actions of the ofhcers
who manage the big life insurance
companies of his state.
senate-Panama canal bill again I'm
der consideration, Mr.. Tillman occupy
Ing most OF the session in a speech
criticising the methods OF the commits
sion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

Notwithstanding committees fDs
the session announced and the stains
OF a member convicted la court OF mis-
conduct discussed at length.
House--Lnsurance. hazing, the suf.
fering Russian Jews and immigration
were all topics OF discussion under the
general leave Of talk The only bust
ness done was to send the canal APP
preparation bill to conference.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
STOP SOWING WILD OATS!

They'll essen your yield Ty hurt the M@ wrg grain. Thyt e the we Of your farm They are
to get out off, our d They are ne god anywhere. Then whyI not get rid them instead of sowing
theme every year You can get rio of mb by using The Hero
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

Is %u cannot ONE Webster to- taH Hero on can get then thmn I9wmsg places: Enssnrt& HOY
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
WE GUARANTEE THE HERO

W. uuhnhHl iHL NLHu
To take wild oats from wheat, barley,
flax, rye or anything except tame oats.
To take mustard from fax, wheat,
oats, barley or rye.
To take tame ats from wheat, flax,
barley or rye.
To take cookie from wheat.
To do any job of cleaning better than
any other farm mill on the market.
To be made of good material.
To have sleeves and screens TO clean
all kinds of grain raised by Day county
farmers.
To nave the best feed device ever
used on a tanning mill.
To be the best mill made for separat-
ing succotash.
TO run easy aud steady. 1t does not
need to be nailed to the floor to keep it
from jumping all over the granary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

pleasant reading for those sad-eyed
anti-imperialists who have been refer-
ring to the trip Of the Taft party as
junket. They have represented the ex-
pedition as a series Of receptions ana
ceaseless round of gayety without re-
gard to expense and a: the expense OF
the government. But the correspon
dent who sent the above plain state
ment Of facts shows the other side OF
the picture. The members of the party
nearly all of whom except Secretary
Taft are members of Congress. VIII
gather a mass of Information about the
business and politics of the islands
which will be Of priceless help to them
in dealing with Philippine matters at
the coming session Of Congress. The
trip cannot fail to be fruitful of good
results, for the more our people in
general. and our lawms kers in par
ticular. know about the Philippines the
better it will be for our country and for
the archipelago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15
Crazy "Auto" Driving.
(BangOr News.)

A number of farmers residing in
.orrington and North Bucksport have
secured revolvcrs and cartridges, and
propose to shoot any driver Of an au-
:toinoblle who refuses to stop his ma
chine when requested to do so to in
sure the safety of life and limb. Tho
colnpications which have brought
pubic opinion to such a pitch are
grave. serious and even criminal
charses are preferred against the
drivers OF two machines. which have
oeen oasning along the country high
ways east of Bangor for more than q
month. Affairs came to a bead tha
last Sundey in July, when Mr. Dill
lilisham ana two children, were riding
oh oack street behind a horse. The
automobile came in sight ahead. and
@ wheh Mr' Dillingham; signalled and
sn"u,ea s'',s 10 the driver to stop until he
'oulu ori'e past, he was answered bv
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15
Pointed Paraoraphs.

When a thunderstorm comes up rain
usually comes down.
1t takes man with sense to make a
dollar go a long way.
Dyspepsia quickly transforms an opti-
mist into a peSSimist.
Love may be blind. but unfortunately
it's neither deaf nor dumb.
In covering up his tracks a man often
makes a lot more while doing it.
Wise men admire clever women. but ii
is usually the silly ones they marry.
One way to acquire knowledge of hui
man nature is to lend your friends money
Brown is fashionable shade this sum-
mer but it Is bad taste the morning after.
If wishes were automobiles beggars
would be arrested for exceeding the speed
limit.
But few people realize the fact that eX-
perience is a good teacher until after they
get too old to learn.
A lawyer is never satisfied with hold
ing his own. He wants to hold the prop
erty of the other fellow also.
Our idea of an migrate is a man who re-
fuses to laugh at the stories OF announcer
man who is paying for his dinner.
A married woman'S idea of genuine
hero is a man who hands his pay envel
ope over to his wife every week unopened.
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

Our trade with China which Is seri-
ously endangered by the Chinese boy
colt Is not so large rs our trade with
some countries, but is nevertheless well
worth preserving. Our exports to
China, last year. were valued at $51,-
500.O00 and Of the s41 900 900 worth of
cotton cloths sent abroad last year,
&?700O.0O0 worth went to China. This
explains why our cotton manufacturers
are particularly Interested in the new
boycott. 1t is not always easy to make
trade boycott effective when the
goods prescribed are cheap and good.
but the Chinese are a peculiar people,
and the American merchants at Shang-
hai and other leading Chinese ports are
frankly and deeply worried over the
outlook.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

a mocking laugh and burst or speed.
Mr.. Dillingham; threw the children INTO
an adjoining field and clung to the
reins as hard as his strength would al
low. In spite of all he could DO. the
horse ran away and smashed TIE car
riage beyond repair. He was thrown
out and bruised somewhat. NO heed
was given to his distress by the party
in the automobile, which went out OF
sight behind a turn in the road. Ihe
next cay an agent who collects cream
for a Bangor creamery. met an auto
mobile near Swett's pond, and though
he asked and signalled for the ma
chine to stop, the man in charge dis-
regarded his request, and came along
at a rapid rate, soaring the horse,
|overturning and wrecking the wagon.
and destroying cream and cans.
Owing to these events the anger OF
the residents mas been aroused. Find
ing it impossible to identify the ma
chimes by any visible mark or number,
the citizens think they are justified in
shooting any and all fool automobilist3
who disregard civil requests.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

The title Of a recent novel Is AN
American in New York" and when one
stops to think it does not seem such a
strange title as ii do . at first. In one
OF his speeches after arriving in Eng
land. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid dwelt
upor the cosmopolitan character Of the
American metropolis declaring that at
the present time 1t is the largest Irish
city in the world: the largest Jewish
city that the world mas ever known: the
largest German city with the single
exception of Berlin. and containing also
what might be called large cities repre-
senting half d score of other nationali-
ties. OF course. mixed with all this.
and to give leaven to the lump, are
many people of what we usually term
American stock. but numerically they
are in helpless ana hopeless minority.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15
The Taft Party in Manila.

'Senor Herrera, prasidente of tht
federal party. who is also presidente oil
the municipal board Of Manila, at a
banquet of the governors at which the
guests included Congressman Gilbert
Curtis ard Howard, attacked the ad-
minstration Of Gov. Wright, whom he
accused of not following Taft's salts
factory policy. Since Tafts departure
the Filipinos as a whole have been dis
satisfied. considering themselves insue-
ficiently represented in the government
Their complaints, Herrera said, had
been inadequately investigated and the
judiciary was manipulated by the
Philippine commission.
Gov. Curry vigorously refuted these
charges. though he admitted certain
constabulary abuses. which, he said
the government was energetically
eliminating.
The other governors disapprOved
some of the charges, hut either did not
dare or were not inclined to contradict
Herrera. 1t is generally considered
that Herrera was intoxicated with his
own eloquence.
This afternoon Senator Scott opened
the meeting of sugar Planters. Secre-
tary Taft announced that several
Filipinos wished to discuss the political
situation and recommended that the
speeches be restricted to economic con-
ditions. The congressman present con-
CURED in this suggestion.
Commissioner LuZur-iaga, who
represented the sugar planters. asked
the abolition of the tariff. Congress
men Dubois. Grosvenor and Patterson
and Secretary Taft frequently question
ed him."
patch from Manila will be very un
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

The Herald lately moved for a system
Of parks from Plymouth to Brunswick,
Me- to skirt the shore. The Kennebec
Journal moves to amend by substitute
ing Calais :or Brunswick. No objec-
tion. but as the whole Maine coast be-
yOnd Brunswick is a natural marine
park that can't be equalled in the
world. with no cities to enjoy 1t, or help
pay for roads no action on the amend
mcnt is necessary.-BOstOn Herald.
It is not to be denied that the whole
Maine coast is natural marine park
that cannot be equalled in the world
but 1t is little rough TO gay that it ha :
no cities east of Portland. Moreover,
such a coast park system as is spoken
OF would be for the enjoyment of all
the world, not merely Of the people liv
ing I'm it. and therefore TO be paid for
By all the world.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15
Personal Notes.

Waldo Story, the Boston-London
sculptor, who is to execute a statue OF
the late Sir William Vernon Harcourt
for the House Of Commons, is the hrst
American to be thus honored.
The late Sir d. NJ. Petit, parsee of
Bombay, founded numerous cotton
mills in india, gave 81, 500, 900 to benevo-
lent projects and was created a baron
an honor conferred on only one other
native.
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain of the United States Senate, de-
clares that everybody should sleep ten
hours a day. DIR. Hale never engages
in any brain work after o'clock in the
afternoon.
John Butler Burke, who through the
discovery Of photographs has suddenly
hecome the most talked of man in
scientific circles in the United Kingdom,
Is an Irishman by birth, and is a grad
uate Of Trinity College.
Joseph A. Newton of Haverhil,
Mass, owns the original captains COM
mission issued to John Paul Jones in
Philadelphia in 1916. Mr.. Newton's
father found it in a secondhand book
store in Baltimore.
Major General George M. Randall.
who recently returned from the Phillip
pines, has assumed command OF the
Northern Division of the United States
Army, headquarters at st. Louis, sue
ceeding General Wint, whohas been act
ing commander.
DIR. Hubert Jansen says that the
completion by the German Society of
Engineers Of the "Tecanolexion." or
or universal Technical dictionary for
translation purposes in the English,
German and French languages, is
steadily progressing. DR.. Jansen is the
editor in chief of the work.
Dr. Wilfred II. Manning, doctor of
medicine Of Johns Hopkins University,
fellow of the Rockefellow Institute for
Medical Research, and assistant in
pathology in the University of Chicago,
has been appointed head Of the new de-
partment of pathology and bacteriology
in Indiana University, with the rank of
associate professor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

The correspondent who started the
rumor that John d. Rockefeller is to
give the Chicago University $50.0O0,OOO.
and that as a result the institution Will
be the greatest in the world. was some
what unfortunate in his selection Of an
adjective. Millions makes university
rich and large. but they do not make 1t
great 1t takes generations and CEN
turies to bring about that condition.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

The census bureau computes the COM
mercial value of the railroad property
in the United States to be eleven and
one-quarter billion dollars, sum
whose significance most of us fall far
short Of grasping. Pennsylvania is far
i'm the lead. with railroad property
valued at nearly a billion and one-half,
almost twice as much as the next state
on the list, which is Illinois. The value
Of Names railroad property is set at
$50 LAG. 900. and the states valued at al
most exactly the same sum are Florida.
New Hampshire. South Carolina.
Indian Territory and Oklahoma The
states whose railroad property is
valued at considerably less than
Names are Arizona, Della ware, Nevada,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota
and Vermont. Alaska is of course at
the bottom Of the list, with its railroad
property valued at only 100000.