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SOME POINTERS About the War Reveuuc ? Collector White Gives Some Information? When and Where ;to Get Stamps. Preparations for the collection of the sinews of war are swamping Collector White and his force with work. They are working night and day answering inquiries and arranging for the distribution of the various assortment of stamps. Under the new revenue law, which was passed June 14, the rev enue will be collected by means of special stamps. There will be over forty different kinds. One can see at a glance what a task this will be for both the peo ple and the collectors. It will be a physical impossibil ity fo get the stamps distributed throughout the state by June 30. Then, too, the government will not be able to supply every locality with all the stamps by that time. They will be distributed just as jjQon as they are received at this office. TJo stamps will be sold in Wood county except at this office, but collector White invites all postmasters, basks, trust com panies, insurance agencies, drug stores, cigar stands, merchants or any other , vendors to buy revenue stamps for the benefit of the public, in quantities of not less than $100, on which they will be allowed a discount of one per cent. A good many people have gath ered erroneous impressions 01 the war revenue measure. In answer to questions concerning some of the mistaken ideas Mr. White said peo ple should remember that in no case will postage stamps pay the special revenue required. That is, persons can not pay the revenue tax required with postage stamps. Revenue stamps for all purposes can be had by June 30. Tf a person has not a special stamp of a large enough denomina ) tion to pay the required tax he can do so by using stamps of smaller denomination, providing they are } for the same class of articles. A proprietary stamp cannot be used by the general pulic for bank ing or documentary purposes. Every merchant, after July 1, who has for sale any article named in Schedule B must affix a proprieta ry stamp before selling the article. Collector White is now making arrangements with fifty or more banks throughout the state to han dle the revenue stamps. ? Parkers burg Journal. BOrVHT AX IN TEREST In the Wholesale House ot Shiitlnck A Jackson. A business transaction of consid erable magnitude, involving an in terest in one of the largest commer cial houses in this part of the state has just been completed, by which Mr. George B. Slemaker, a well inown and successful business man of Sistersville, becomes a partner in the firm of Shattuck and Jackson, and the owner of a large part of their business. Street rumors say that Mr. Slem aker paid $25,000 for a one-fourth interest, but this could not be veri fied. Mr. J. M. Jackson, jr., man ager of the firm's business, corrob orated the report of the sale of an interest in the business but declined to make public any of the details. As the firm conducts a branch establishment at Clarksburg, Mr. Slemaker's purchase will include an interest in the business there as well as here. After the first of July Mr. Slem aker will assist in conducting the business although for the present Mr. Jackson will retain the active management. Mr. Slemaker is a business man of high standing and competent to take a place in the management of so large, so successful and so pros perous a commercial house. The business will be continued under the same firm name as here tofore. ? Parkersburg Sentinel. WHEHE TO BI T STAMPS Collector White Establishes Slate | Agencies. Internal Revenue Collector, A. B. White has made arrangements 1 to sell revenue stamps at the fol lowing places throughout the State as required by the new law: Tyler county? Tyler County j bank, Sistersville. Tyler county? Bank of Middle bourne, MiddJebourne. HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with urine and let it stand twenty four hours; a sediment or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is positive evidence of kid ney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back;, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney rem edy, fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urin ary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and over comes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon real ized. It stands the higher for its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. If you need a medi cine you should have the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one doljar. You may have a sam ple bottle and pamphlet sent free by mail, upon reciept of three two cent stamps to cover cost of postage on the bottle. Mention Sisiersville Weekly Oil Review and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hampton, N. Y. The proprietor ol this paper guarantees the genine ness of this offer. Rev. Chas. White's Case. Morgantown, W. Va., June 29. ? At a called meeling of the Par kersburg presbytery held in Fair mont last night, the relations of Rev. Charles White, who was con nected with the Minnie Holmes suicide, with the Presbyterian church at Clarksburg, of which he was pastor, were dissolved. A large number cf his friends in the pres bytery were present, expecting he would be tried, but the presbytery postponed action until the fall meeting in Kingwood. AX OIL DEAL. Extensive Holdings in tlie Elk Fork I'oo 1 Changes Hands. A oil deal of considerable impor tance was made in this city yester day. The sale was a 1- 16 interest in the Elk Fork Oil & Gas com pany's holdings in the Elk Fork field. By request of the parties to the deal we withhold their names. While the consideration was private a handsome price was paid. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. To Appoint DelegHlen to the Congres sional, Senatorial and Delegate Dis trict Conventions, Respectively. At a meeting of the Democratic Executive committee ofTyer coun ty, held in Middlebourne on the 29th day of June, 1S9S, to fix the time and place of holding said con vention, it was directed that the time for holding said convention be fixed 011 Saturday, the 9th day of July, 1S9S, at 1 o'clock p. m. at the court house of Tyler county in Middlebourne, at which time and place all persons affiliating with the democratic party are invited to at tend and help to appoint the various delegates to the several conven tions. The several districts are entitled to the following number of dele gates, respectively: Centerville, 2 delegates; Ells worth, 4 delegates; Lincoln, 7 dele gates; McElroy, 2 delegates; Meade, 1 delegate. Total votes iS. By order oi the Executive Com mittee. W. E. Kirchner, Chairman. C. B. Riggle, Secretary. 6 30 tf d & w. Farm for Kale. 104 acres 4 miles from Ravens wood, 1 mile from R. S. & G. rail road (Standard gauge); 18 acres wood, no valuable timber; 30 to 40 acres of nice creek bottom; new, one-story frame house; 1 mile from station, store, roller mill, postoffice, churches; short distance to ^school; j enterprising community. $200 worth of hay sold off this farm last season. Price, $2,500; terms, $1,000 cash; balance in equal payments in one, two or three years, or if purchaser prefers $290 per year until deferred payments are canceled. A very desirable farm when the location, surroundings, amount j of level laud, price, and terms are considered. No better or safer investment than real estate at the present time. Call on or address. Warren Wood, Pleasant View, W. Va. 2&tf A new lot of Bag Tags and new and novel pencil holders just in, at the Review office. SIGSBEE'S SERVICE To the Navy in Defeating the Spanish GUNBOAT TERROR. It Has Been a Menace to Samp. v son's Fleet. f And Terror In Imagination to All Men? The VI vicious Little Boat Hade a flash at the Unarmored Cruiser St. Panl. Washington, June 28? The navy department today posted the fol lowing bulletin: "Admiral Sampson reports that the Yale arrived today and dis charged her troops. Captain Sigsbee reports that on Wednesday afternoon while off San Juan, Porto Rico, he was at tacked by a Spanish unprotected cruiser ?Uld the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. The Terror made a dash which was awaited by the St. Paul. The St. Paul hit the Terror three times, killing one officer and two men, and wounding several others. The Terror drooped back under cover of the fortifications with difficulty and was towed into the harbor in sinking condition where she is now being repaired. Later a cruiser and a gunboat started out but remained under protection of the forts. In defeating the Terror, Captain Sigsbee rendered a most important service to our navy, and indeed to all navies. He has not only de- 1 prived Sampson's fleet of apprehen sion of an attack in the rear some dark night by this vicious little boat, but he has demonstrated that an auxiliary cruiser is amply able to take care of herself against a tor pedo gunboat, showing that the offensive power of this craft has been very much over-rated. The torpedo gunboat was an un tried quality in naval warefare up to this time. Swifter than a tor pedo boat, seaworthy, and pos sessed of the armrment of which the torpedo boat is void, the torpe do gunboat has been a terror in imagination to all naval men. The presence of such a Spanish gun boat, the Temerario in the river Platte in the pathway of the Ore gon on her cruise around South America, was for several weeks a cause lor great anxiety at the navy deparement. Now Captain Sigsbee has shown that with an unarmored cruiser armed with only 5-inch guns the torpedo gunboats are not feared at least not in daylight. The Terror is of English bdild, having been turned out at Clyde bank in 1896. She is a low lying steel craft with steel funnels, is of 370 tons, 220 leet long, 22 feet beam and 5 feet 6 inches draft. The boat is filled with engines and boilers, her horse power being 6,000, capa ble of driving her at a speed of 28 knots with Norman boilers. While the ordinary torpedo boat carries only a little one pounder gun, the torpedo gunboat is armed with a formidable battery for a vessel ot her size, consisting of two 14 pounders, two 6-pounders and two i-pounders, all quick firing and having two 14- inch torpedo tubes on deck. The other Spanish cruiser refer red to by Captain Sigsbee in his report as joining in the attack upon the St. Paul is supposed here to be the Alfonso XII, an iron bark rigged cruiser built in 1S87, of 3,090 tons. While an old vessel, she has a pretty good battery made up of fourteen Hontoria guns of various calibres, five machine guns and two torpedo tubes. As soon as Captain Sigsbee's re port came to hand the officials at the navy department immediately recalled the fact that the Spaniards had last week sent out a bulletin describing the flight of an Ameri can cruiser before two Spanish ves sels off San Juan, and that particu lar engagement was identified as the same referred to by Captain Sigsbee. j ? lIot)*on in All Right. Birmingham, Ala., June 29. ? The Age Herald will print tomor row a special dispatch from Greens boro, the home of Judge Hobsou,' father of the hero of the Merrimac adventure at Santiago, giving a cablegram received from his son at ! Santiago today. The cablegram: Santiago de Cuba, June 29. "My health continues good. Feel no uneasiness about me." REPORT FROM SAMPSON. The Rear Admiral Tells of Operations Up to the Landing of the Troops? His Impression of tien. Garcia. Washington, June 29. ? The fol fowing report from Rear Admiral Sampson, under date of June 22, was made public today by the Navy Department: "On the morning of the 16th the batteries at the entrance of Santia go were subject to a severe bom bardment by the fleet. The firing was deliberate and in general most excellent. The batteries were quickly silenced. On the 15th the Texas, Marblehead and Suwanee destroyed the fort at Guantanomo. On the 1 6th the Yankee engaged a Spanish gunboat off Cienfuegos. "On the 17th Lieutenant Harlow, with two steam launches, one un der Cadet Powell and one under Cadet Hart, made an examination of Cabanas Bay. The launches were subject to a heavy and continuous fire and were struck 17 times, al though 110 one was hurt, Lieuten ant Harlow in his report particu larly praises the conduct o i Cadtts Hart and Powell and Coxswains O'Donnell and Blom. "On the 19th General Garcia and his staff visited the flagstaff, hav ing arrived that morning at Gen. Rabi's camp at Aserradero. My impressions of General Garcia are of the most pleasant character. He is a large, handsome man, of most frank and engaging manners, and of most soldierly appearance. The fleet has, with my directions, fur nished army clothing and food to the Cuban forces, both east and west of Santiago. Much has been done in this direction at Guanta namo by Commander McCalla, who has been most energetic in giving assistance. "There are about 10,000 Cuban forces in this immediate vicinity. On the 20th the army transports arrived and General Shafter and I paid a visit to Generals Garcia and Rabi. The process of disembarka tion was rendered difficult . by heavy seas, the heaviest which we have had during the three weeks the fleet has been stationed here. By 3 in the afternoon, however, 4,000 men were ashore and the work was proceeding with great rapidity. The pier was not in jured and one of the steamers went up alongside of it. The water supply was not injured. The Ves uvius has done almost nightly fir ing since she has been here, the explosion of the shells producing very great effect. "SAMPSON." DETERMINED TO FIGHT . To the Death at Man lit? A Desperate Conflict will Occur. Madrid, June 29. ? 10 a. tn. ? Dis patches received from Manila today under date of June 24, say the Spaniards are determined to fight to the death and that there is every reason to believe that when the American troops arrive desperate fighting will occur on land and sea. It is supposed at Manila that the German warships will prevent the bombardment of that* place, and it is alleged that Prince Henry, of Prussia, is 011 his way there on board a warship. The Spaniards are said to be actively pushing preparations for the defense of the city. General Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, declares that the family of Capiain General Augusti, who are prisoners in his hands, are at Pan panga and aie well treated. FOl'ltTII EXPEDITION To the Philippines is Almost Com pleted?Troops Drilling. San Francisco, June 30. ? Prep arations for the fourth Phillippine expedition are almost completed. The troops at Camp Merritt are equipped and are drilling five hours' a day. Commissary stores for an- j other expedition can be obtained i and put abroad vessels within a short time. The sole cause of de lay is that on account of chartering vessels and the necessity of refit ting passenger steamers before they can be made to serve as troop ships. Camp Merritt still contains more than io.oco men and to trans port such an army to Manila twelve of fifteen vessels will be needed. It is not probable that all the troops remaining here will be sent away in one immense fleet. Detachments of three or four ves sels will sail at intervals whenever they may be ready. This morning the Montana regi ment was inspected by General Hughes. The South Dakota regi ment was inspected in heavy marching order. Daily and monthly gauge books for sale at the Review office. 1 4, - . TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION Has Been EaUblished Between Gener al Shatter and the War Department. Shatter's Bulletins. Washington, D. C., June 30. ? The war department receivtd the welcome information today that a military telegraph station had been established at Savilla, in the center of the present military operations, and that this line ran to a point near Aquedores, where it connect ed with the French cable line, thus bringing General Shafter into di rect communication with the war department. General Greely receiv ed a dispatch to this effect at 10:30 o'clock from Lieutenant Colonel Allen, who had charge of telegraphic and cable operations. The infor mation was conveyed to the secre tary of war and General Miles and gave much satisfaction as it accom plishes an end long sought and difficult to accomplish. The work has been done by Colonel Allen, as sisted by Major Green, of General Shatter's staff. The short point at which the military line connects with the French Cable company, will be advauced to Aguadores as soon as that town is taken. It is now held by the Spanish forces, but the purpose is to have the war ships shell it, after which it will be occupied as a shore base. Beyond this, the war of depart ment has received little news from General Shafter's headquarters in addition to the important reports received from him yesterday. In fact nothing but the actual assault remains to be reported after the significant statement made by Gen eral Shatter to General Miles that he expected to take Santiago as soon as he got ready to move, with out waiting for reinforcements. The substance of this dispatch was made known yesterday, but the actual text can now be given. It was in reply to General Miles' dis patch of the 25th, saying: "Congratulations on success at tained thus far. Regret most deep - ly to hear of loss of your heroic men. Cable what you desire for your command." General Shafter's reply was pri marily to acknowledge the congrat ulations, but he took occasion in doing this briefly^but to the point, to state his plans iu the following words: '?Expect to take the place as soon as I get ready to move. Reinforce ments will not reach me." The dispatch in full is as follows: "Playa del Este, ) Juue 28, 4:34 p. m. j "Major General Miles, Command ing Army, Washington. "Baquiri, Cuba, June 26.-Thanks for congratulations. Affair was un important (skirmish in which rough riders participated). Nine sixty four only engaged on our side, but it was very decisiye in our favor, enemy retreating precipitately. Lack of cavalry only prevented their capture "Reports from Spanish sources from Santiago say we were beaten, but persisted in fighting and they were obliged to fall back. Deeply regret loss of so many brave men. "Expect to take the place as soon as I get ready to move. Re inforcements will not reach me. Horses stood voyage well. Would like horses for third battalion of First cavalry and Woods' volun teers. "Health and spirits of command excellent. Began debarkation of command Wednesday. Last of troops and artillery landed today, besides transferring from Ascerde ros, fifty miles off, 3,000 troops of Garcia. All landed. Have some thing over 4,000 Cubans. "Hope to send you favorable re port soon. (Signed.) "Shafter, Major General U. S. V. Command ing." General Shafter's reference to the condition of men and horses was brought out by an inquiry from General Miles saying: ' Telegraph condition of com mand, number of men, sick con dition of men and horses, and what you mcst need " Besides the foregoing dispatches to General Miles, other official dis ! patches from headquarters came to I the war department. It was in the | above however, that General Shaf ter stated his expectation to take the city before reinforcements reached him. The other official dispatches gave the advance of Spanish troops from Manzanillo 8,000 strong, and also expressed General Shafter's belief that he could take the citv in forty-eight hours, but with considerable loss. 1 The text of these dispatches has j not been given out but they will be j made public later. Finest line of programs, invita tions and card records of games we have ever had just in at the Review office. IMPORTANT NEWS Expected by the War Department? Nnvy Will Co-Operate in an Attack on Cuba. Washington, D. C., June 30. ? The situation at the close of the day was described by Secretary Al ger as being such as to warrant him in expecting important news at any moment. There were two parties to a battle and it might be precipitated by by either side, and no one here knew what the Spanish disposition was. Nor is much known respect ing Shafter's plan of attack, though in his messages of yesterday he in dicated a purpose to move early on the enemy, as shown by his declar ation that reinforcements could not reach him before he offered battle. Secretary Alger was very much gratified when he learned today that direct telegraphic communica tion now existed between Washing ton aud General Shafter's head quarters. The opinion is here that the navv will co operate in the attack on Santiago, and that to that end part of Shafter's force is to move immediately upon Morro Castle to capture the forts and enable the ? naval launches to open the gateway in the harbor by removing the mines. The experience of the ves sels while inGuantanamo harbor in pulling up the mines there is ex pected to very much facilitate similar work at Santiago. No telegram came to the war de partment today from General Shaf ter, and the understanding here is that he is employing his time to the best advantage in taking his artillery and making all ready for the final assault upon Santiago. It is not known how far the Spanish reinforcements have advanced since yesterday, but General Shafter has full knowledge of their movements, and it is believed is not likely to delay his attack until they have strengthened the garrisons at San tiago by uniting with Linaies. Bnckleu ? Arnica Halve* The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box' For sale by Hill & McCoach. r-p-pq ? p~i BAZAAR! 0 ? ? ? 0 Hammocks 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.75, $3.75 and $4.50. Ladies Leather Kelts ioc, 15c, 19c, 25c and 35c. 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