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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
Yesterdays Municipal
Election Returns


and Chambers received IL votes
to 81 for Beaver. We are inform
ed that all the ballots thrown out
were for Beaver, but not being
properly written on the ballot,
they were not counted for him,
We do not know whether he will
contest the election or not. In
the Third ward James Frame had
no opposition and received 81
votes. that being the greatest
number of votes any candidate re-
ceived. In the Fourth ward w.
J Brown had no opposition and
polled 50 votes.
The votes by wards follow:
First Ward.
For Mayor-Kirtland ST.
Clerk-Woodruff 81.
Collector-Cummings 81.
Assessor-Locke 6S, Wagner
So.
Auditors-Riley IS, Bunting
Is, Bower IS.
Council-Ryan "a, Neill Do.
Second Ward.
For MayOr-Kirtland 81.
Clerk-Woodruff ga.
Collector-Cummings IS.
Assessor-Locke So, Wagner
Is.
Auditors-Riley SO, Bunting
SO, Bowers 16.
Observation-Disclosures Al, Bea
yer 81.
Third Ward.
For Mayor-Kirtland Il.
Clerk-Woodruff IS.
Collector-Cummings Is.
Assessor-Locke 81, Wagner
81.
Auditors-Riley II, Bunting
y. Bowers %.
Councilman-Frame so.
Fourth Ward.
For Mayor-Kirtland %, Nellie
Boston |. George Shuman l.
Clerk-WoOdruff 80.
Collector-Cummings 81.
Assessor-Locke 81, Wagner
Auditors-Riley 80, ? Dennis
O'Day l. Bunting %, Jack CIut-
ter l, Bowers I.
Councilman-BrOWn %.
The only change in the present
city officials except the auditors
will be Chambers in the Council,
who succeeds Samuel TempIeton
in the Second ward.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24

Just why West Virginia should
be chosen is not apparent except
that metropolitan papers consider
it good ground for freaks. At
any rate, the Pittsburg Times is
running what it calls The Glady
Railroad Problem, and its col
umns teens with answers to the
puzzle. The problem: A train one
mile long starts from the station
at Gladly, W. Va; the engine
leaves station and the conductor
waits until the caboOse comes,
when he jumps on the caboose
and walks forward over the train ;
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
PuzzIine Mathematical
Problem to Solve

when the engine reaches OXley,
+ miles from Glady, the conductor
steps off the engine; how far does
the conductor ride and how far
does he walk?
One conductor declares that the
conductor walked one mile and
rode three. another that he walk
ed three miles on over the car and
was in the act Of walking while
the train covered two miles OF the
distance. still another puts the en-
tire distance at five miles.
1t is as good stuff as How Old is
Ann? Probably an Oil Review
reader can solve the problem.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
$1,000: Coal, Oil, Gas; 74A.

In Ohio; . have all advan-
tages; BOA bottom land; also
$11OO buys this 36A: only 5000
cash needed, balance to suit
buyer; while 125A for $4625 is a
snap bargain for U don't get ev-
cry day. Write or call W. F.
Richmond, GAINESVILLE, o. 1924
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
G erin

and bear your SUFFERING, Ii
you prefer, but you will find life
pleasanter, If You will cure the
pains with that great, modern
pain remedy, HAMLINS
WIZARD OIL.
All pain is caused by some
form Of inflammat0ry action.
Hamlins Wizard Oil drives out
the Inflammation and thereby
relieves and cures the pain.
There is no other relief and
cure known to medical science
for the pains Of rheumatism
neuralgia, indigestion, esrsche,
headache, toothache, and for
injuries such as bruises, sprains,
cuts and burns, etc., so certain
and safe in results as Hamlins
Wizard Oil. Price so cents and
S1.OO. Fully guaranteed.
For sale and recommended by
For Sale by All Druggists.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
THIS WILL INTEREST MANY MEN,

Jerome LongwelI, the Wheeling. West vi
zinia publisher, says that II any one athlete
With VaTicocele or Impotoncy, or are weak
where perfect men are strong, VIII acdTNs
aperfect cure. He viii tell you how he va
.ured after years Of scs..~n for perfect mar
1rcd Huudrs,ls have tesiFd IBIS wfto IN
49,, - - -. O. adsE-e
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24
A Destructive Fire.

To draw the fire out of a burn,
or heal a cut without leaving a
scar, use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salye. A specific for piles. Get
the genuine. J. L. Tucker, editor
of the Harmonizer, Center, Ala,
writes: 81 have used Dewitt s
Witch Hazel Salve in my family
for piles, cuts and burns. 1t is
the best salve on the market. Ev-
cry family should keep it on
hand" Sold by Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24

4 Frenchman named GeftiOt has
invented an artificial bait consist
ing of a gelatinous paste for use
in the Newfoundland fisheries. .
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-24

King Edward has given the
head of his famous horse, Ambush
H.. to the Natural History Muse
UNI of London.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-24
R1hlHHGING ZHleOOUH URHHERC [FOCWO LETTERS
khICH HID BEEN ORDERS rae JE1eNyaRr' CCPLo.

the scrip and in its sale, probably hav-
ing selected him because they did not
believe he would draw any fine moral
lines in the matter. The Norwegian
had been sailor and his career had
Deen varied, although not criminal
He was the type of man the promoters
of such a sWindle would quite naturally
select to aid them on the assump-
| ton that he would go far if there were
a prospect of material pecuniary re-
Ward.
William d. Russell was a lawyer and
| real estate dealer living in Yankton.
His standing in that city was good. An
accurate physical description of the
man was obtained easily, and then
Greenslade, who had been held i'm GUS
| tOdy, again was put through a course
or questions, especially with reference
! to the man who had called on Miller in
the St. Louis Office OF Burt & Miller
one man he recalled particularly be
cause he, Greenslade. had been ordered
! by Miller to go to his dinner the mo-
ment the stranger entered the room,
because the visitor had maintained
such a position while in the office that
Greenslade had had no opportunity to
see his face. So far as the former
clerk was able to describe the visitor,
Russell.
In the meantime another channel of
investigation had been followed with
success. Application to s. :. BisseII
who controlled the office space rented
In the name Of Burt & Miller. disclosed
the fact that 4 stranger representing
himself as A. G. Burt, a lawyer, had
negotiated for the Office. The descrip-
ton OF this man, as given by Bissen,
correspOnded with that of Russell.
After we closed the deal for the Of
ice, said Bfssell, Burt said he wanted
some letterheads printed and gave me
the job. He used my desk to write his
copy for the work and said his part
ner, Miller, would call for the letter
heads when they were completed. About
week later a man calling himself
Miller asked for the stationery and paid
for it."
From Bissell. also, a description of
Miller was secured, and it tailed with
the word picture drawn by Greenslade
of his former employer. From this
point in the search the way seemed to
clear until it looked like little more re-
manned to be done except to work out
the facts as we believed them to be
and obtain such confederation of the
governments theories as would conSti-
tute a tenable case in court. Haber-
YoOld's interview made it reasonably
certain that two of the principal con-
spiratOrs were John d. Cameron and
William d. Russell, and at the same
time rendered il highly probable that
Carpenter was the third. As soon as
the latters name was mentioned by
HaberVoOld an investigation was start
ed of the identity and record of the
last-named supposed principal. 1t was
found that he lived in Beloit. Ia. a
small town founded by his father, who
had named ii after BelOit. Wis, In
which place he had formerly lived. The
Carpenters were reputedly wealthy.
Edward Il. Carpenter, the man whose
description tailed i'm all points with
tlat of the mysterious Miller. MAS said
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to own about $4,000 worth Of property
| in Iowa and had been Interested iI the
land business, although there was Uo
record of wrOngdOing behind him I'm
various business deals he had been as
ISOLATED with Cameron, and in this way
had become known in Sioux Falls as a
I friend of the latter.
Leng before the work of the govern
ment had been carried this far some Of
the forged or counterfeit scrip had
! been secured from Mckinney & Scou-
gal, as it was important TO locate the
printer who had manufactured the
| blanks and, through him. the man who
| had placed the order. The form typo
graphically. was an exact duplicate Of
the genuine form used by the govern
ment, but there was d marked differ
ence in the quality Of the paper. the
bogus forms being printed on much liz
ferior stock. The assignment slips 10
be pasted on the backs Of the scrip
were also good duplicates. The scrip
/ bore three signatures of assistant treas
urers of the United States-Benjamiu
f. Flanders of New Orleans, @. y. Will
liams of Santa Fe, \. NJ, and James
Gilhllan Of Washington, d. G. Part Of
it bore the signature of one. some Of
it Of another, and the rest of the third
The signatures were forgeries, cleyerly
OANA uA-'A LAT ID lit-AE III 0tl ~ dl0J if'i
a nOtarial seal, as required by law ou
genuine scrip. The scrip was redeem
aDle i'm land by the government and
was therefore equivalent TO cash. Burt
& Miller had sold it at 90 cents on the
dollar, which rendered its manufacture
a more profitable scheme than the Couu-
terfeiting of United States currency. as
the average market price of bogus pa
per money to the purchaser was about
h.
manufacture much greater.
The scrip bore no imprint Indicating
its origin. The work was such as could
have been done in any ore Of a thou
sand job printing establishments. The
paper was not distinctive. Trying to
locate the printer, therefore, was a good
deal like the proverbial haystack search
for the needle. About the only reason
able theory held on the subject was
that the cOnspiratOr who attended 10
this part Of the work did not have the
printing done i'm a city where he was
known, but, on the other hand Grim
inal history shows that men engaged
i'm such enterprises select when they
can. a printer with WhOm they are aC-
quainted and who, they believe will
not volunteer any Information II
storm comes 1t was through travel
ing salesman. whose name I have for
gotten. that the government obtained
its clue TO the printer of the scrip. This
salesman knew John D. Cameron and
had heard of his arrest in Sioux Falls
On the general principle that the in
formation might be Of some value. the
drummer informed the government Of
ficials that he had seen Cameron i'm
Omaha about the time the printing was
probably being done. Omaha was a
point convenient to both Cameron and
Carpenter. An investigation of the job
printing Offices of Omaha. which were
not so numerous as to make the task
a large one, revealed the fact that L.
Continued on Page 3.
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mo, I'm the whole office force. Mil
Ter does the more important business
himself"
Have you handled any of the scrip
| the firm sOld2"
mo. they do that themselves"
/ With GTeenslade, who, l believe. had
/ ted the truth, as far as he had gone at
| least, l went to the Office of Burt &.
Miller, the headquarters of which l had
sought for two days. AS a place of
business il was a sOrry-looking affair.
II contained an old table and two
chairs. On the table was a considerable
| quantity Of the firms letterheads. nam
! ing Burt as a lawyer and his partner
as government surveyor. Rummaging
1 through the drawers l found letters
{ from various points i'm the west and
northwest which had been orders for
surveyors scrip and certificates of de-
post on United States sub treasures
amounting 10 $3S. 500. These orders were
OF comparatively recent date, and, ac-
coTding 10 Greenslade's belief had
been filled. l calculated that if orders
TO this large total had b en- received
in so short a time the aggregate of
money involved in the firms opera
tions since il began was larger that
first had estimated.
Greenslade was taken back to the
federal building and kept i'm semi-cOn-
fnement in an Office on the theory that
he might have more information than
he had vOuchsafed. I made more
careful examination of the papers
taken from the Burt & Miller office,
and from this examination arrived at
this conclusion: That the firm was the
business alias Of a group of men who
had been selling counterfeit or forged
scrip of three United Stat sub-treas-
uries-those at New Orleans. La; San
Ia Fe, n. NJ, and Washington. d. c..
Further than l have indicated there
was not at that time any way of max
ing even an approximate estimate Of
the quantity of these forgeries.
Miller had decamped. probably on the
strength Of Information from Sioux
Fails, and his whereabouts were a mys-
terry. Burt was not known and never
had been seen by any one working with
the government. / held the view al
most from the first that these two
characters We're purely fictitious and in
vented TO screen the personalities of
the real conspirators. whoever they
might be. To their identity there was
one promising lead-the forwarding or
Ger given by Miller at the express Of
fee. The address given. it will be re-
called was John D.. Cameron. Sioux
Falls, Dakota" From Attorney Win
scr of that city we had learned that
John j. Cameron was an attorney ana
land broker in that city, man of con-
siderable prominence in the community
IL was scarcely reasonable TO suppose
that Miller, in st. Louis, would order
packages containing currency in large
amounts forwarded 20 any man with
whom he was not on the most confiden-
tial terms both personally and in Il
business way. With the facts so far
related in my possession, / went before
a federal judge and sWore out a war
cant for the arrest of Cameron, and this
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warrant was sent by Attorney Bliss "a
Deputy United States Marshal Weed OF
the Dakota district to serve The swim
die seemed to be of a magnitude Ia
justify stringent action on the part OF
the federal authorities. also and a gen.
eraI order was issued from the land
office to the effect that no scrip would
be received by the government in pay
ment for lands pending the outcome of
the investigation.
Among the letters confiscated i'm The
raid on the Burt & Miller office were
i've that I considered significant. Three
of them were addressed to the firm by
John d. Cameron and two of them by
William ID. Russell of Yankton. Dako-
ia. All five of the letters '=Sve written
in such a vein as correspondent would
assume in writing to the firm on bust
ness. They mentioned prospective deals
in scrip, but not in such way as to in
dictate that the writer's were other than
outsiders having no connection with the
firm eXcept the desire to make money
by the sale of the scrip. William d
Russell, up to this time had not been
heard of in connection with the con-
spiracy. and, in fact, his letters were
not such as to indicate that he had any
guilty knowledge of the true character
of the business. Both his letters and
Cameron's contained inquiries concern
ing the scrip, and it was intimated that
the answers We're to be shown 10 clients
of the writer's who were contemplating
investment. This suggestion. running
through the correspondence was Just
strong enough to create the impression
i'm my mind that the letters were writ
ten by men who were thoroughly famil-
lar with the workings of the Burt &
Miller scheme, but who had worded
their CORRESPONDENCE ia such d way
that if seen by third party il would
create no such suspicion as | harbored
and in such way as to call for Osten-
sibly straightforward answers. which
could be shown 10 the men who con
templated investing in the scrip.
BY this time the evidence of Came
ron's completely was considered suffi-
GENTLY strong by Attorney Bliss to
justify the arrest of the Sioux Falls
man on the warrant that had been
a--.I oul previously, and information
To that effect was Forwarded to Deputy
Weed, who took Cameron into custody.
Three days later Deputy Weed made
another arrest in Sioux Falls which
proved one of the most valuable from
the government side in the entire case
that of Paul a. HaberVOoid. a Nor
gian, who had been acting as co.'s
lector and real estate agent in Sioux
Falls in a small way During the early
part OF April, the time when the opera
tions of the Burt & Miller syndicate
were most ext nsive, Nabervoold had
been seen much in the company of
Cameron, and this intimacy led TO his
arrest. He was taken TO ST. Louis. The
questioning to which he was subjected
threw strong light on several here
tofore obscure points I'm the conspiracy.
Where did YOU first meet John ID.
Cameron" he was asked. ~ atta.t
I'm Sioux Falls the early part Of
April / met him in d saloon on Sat
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urday, and he asked me to come to his
office next day, as he wanted to talk
business with me. l kept the engage
ment."
What was the nature of the bust
ness?"
He wanted me to do some writing
for him"
Did you do what he asked?"
Yes, he said he would make it right
with me. When l went to his office
Sunday 1 found there a man whom
Cameron had introduced TO me the
night before as Mr. Russell IN the
office were lot of blank forms and
about the same number of printed
slips. Cameron gave me d number of
the slips and showed me how he want
ed them filled out. Russell and / wrote
nearly all day, and Cameron pasted
the slips on the backs of the printed
blanks as Va wrote them out
How many of them were there
There must have been hundreds.
didn't count, them"
What did you write on the slips ?"
LAS nearly as l could make out it
was form of assignment by which
the property referred TO in the large
blanks were to be turned over to some
one besides the original holder
Did you sign name to the blanks
you filled out?"
"Yes-a different name TO each
blank"
Did you make out any of the large
blanks"
NO. Cameron and Russell handled
them. 1 did just what j was told to do
without paying much attention to what
it was. I didn't fully understand what
the blanks were and wasn't enough in
terested to study il out"
Did Cam1ron or Russell tell you
what they intended to use the docu-
ments for?"
mo, not definitely. Cameron said
at one time: We have got a good lay
out to make money; and you must say
nothing about what re have been
doing here today. If you want to make
money with US you can take our power
of attorney and go out and sell this
scrip I said that l didn't want to fool
with Uncle Sam, and the matter
dropped there
Did you hear Cameron or Russell
mention the name of anyone else in
connection with the scheme they were
working on?"
During the day, while We were in
Camerons Office, he dropped the re-
mark that Carpenter would, be there
that night, and incidentiy said that
Carpenter was in the scheme"
Who is Carpenter"
He is a friend of Cameron and Rus
sell and lives at BelOit. Iowa. He has
been in Sioux Falls often and / have
met him"
Did you ever talk with him about
the scheme?"
He asked me once to go to different
towns he named and offer the scrip for
sale, but l did not pay much attention
to the suggestion and did not CO.
fltwas evident that Cameron and his
partners had sought to use Habervoold
as a tool in both the manufacture of
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-30
ELKs, STAG SOCIAL A HUMMER
Program Fall OF songs and che Like
and everybody Has swell
time.

All Omaha Elkdom was out last night at
a stag social at the hall in the Ware block.
An excellent program OF songs. addresses
and reeitations was given. and there was
abundance OF cigars and refreshments
Judge vinsonhaler presided over the tes-
tivities. All the theatrical companies play
ing in the city were represented on the
program. and the men Of The stage con-
tributed no small share TO the evenings
entertainment. A quartet from The
Chaperons' az the Krug offered several
songs and men from the Burwood and from
the "FlorCdora' company sang also Franz
Ebert. the midget from the Orpheum, told
story. The Council Bluffs Elks' quartet
sang twice. William Kennedy delighted
the audience with a recitation. Vocal
solos were given by Mr. Haverstock, Will
liam Gerke and Mr.. Doyle. Lloyd scruggs
showed the Elks how to do sleight OF hand.
Captain A. B. Snow and william Costello
favored the audience with monologues and
DR. Ramaciotti told story. An address on
The Principles Of Elkdom was delivered
by Robert Coweii The big hit of the
evening was barytoue solo by Miss
speedie. a sprightly damsel of six feet
three and weighing close to go pounds
with q wealth of auburn hair. She carried
a half-bushel OF carnations across her left
arm. Later in the evening her identity was
disclosed and she proved to be Mr.. Gardi-
ner, lately of Kansas City, but now n resi-
dent OF Omaha Miss Speedie had a power.
full voice and she was encored again and
again. James Lindsay played on the M.
some of the melodies Of his native LAND.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-30
CREAMERY PLANT FOR CHICAGO
beatrice Company WIN Make n
Largest single Factory In
the world.


The Beatrice Creamery company will
build at Chicago the largest butter produ-
cling plant in the world. It's daily capacity
will be 10000 pounds, as compared with the
1900 pound capacity of the plant at Lin-
coin, which had the reputation of being
the worlds largest butter producer until
this year, when II was surpassed by the
company's plant at Sioux City.
The decision for a Chicago creamery was
reached at a recent meeting OF the COM
pany's stockholders In Des Moines II was
voted to increase the capital stock from
s9,0Oo.ooo to AOoo,0O0 ..-......... ,..--...-
Indiana, Michigan. Wisconsin and north
ern Illinois viii be the territory from which
the creamery will draw. At present the
company has creameries in Omaha, Sioux
City. Lincoln. Denver. Pueblo. Topeka,
Oklahoma City. st, Louis, Beatrice, Des
Moines, peadwood and Cheyenne. In the
present year the company has made s5.OOO,-
OCo pounds OF creamery butter and handled
1900 600 pounds OF process and dairy butter.
H. 10000 eggs and 500 creamery separa-
tors. b. a~se .s.'.
Omaha is not one OF the largest Of our
plants but II is rapidly growing" said
Manager Snively by the end of the year
we will have manufactured 100000 pounds
of butter here. In 1904 we put out about
l. 10000 pounds"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-30
MOVE IN BALLOT BOX CASE
Corporation Counsel Asks for an
Amendment 10 Judge Amends
order.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29-Notice was served
today by Corporation Counsel Delaney on
counsel for w. r. Hearst that an apDeal
would be made on Friday morning for a
'resettlement" OF Judge Amends order To
open the ballot boxes from 1--WE election
districts. The purpose OF the. appeal is TO
permit the corporation counsel to oppose
the recount Of the ballots in the 1--WE boxes
except to make u tally OF their total num-
Der, unless the number should not agree
with the returns OF the ballot clerks. II
will also be demanded that the void and
protested ballots declared by Judge GieR-
erich TO be valid shall not be taken into
consideration and that no candidates ex-
cept mayor, comptroller and president Of
the board Of aldermen, shall be in any event
considered in the recount
In support OF this motion there will be
presented an affidavit from Arthur C..
Butts, as assistant corporation counsel. that
when the issuance OF the original orders
was up before Judge Amend he, Butts.
was not aware that IN the stiles case i'm
Brooklyn. when q similar situation arose
four years ago, an amendatory order was
issued defining the manner In which re-
count OF the Mount Vernon district should
proceed.
The appeal will be opposed by counsel for
Mr.. Hearst who demands a complete in
speetion of each and all the ballots.
In view OF Mayor MeCiellan's decision
not 10 oppose the order issued by Judge
Amend OF the corporation counsel caused
considerable surprise.