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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
AT THE DEATH TRAP.
An Unknown Maa Was KSsled Today
by an Ohio River Train-Nead Was
Crushed:

An UKkuOwn Man Was KSsled To-day
by an Ohio River Train-fIead Was
Crushed:
An unknown man was instantly
killed this morning at No. s 'trestie
on the Ohio River road by heing
run over by No 6north bound pas,
.senger train. No particulars could
be gathered as to how the man
happened to be on the track. The
remains were brought to this city
where Squire Edwards will hold
an inquest some time during the
afternoon. The victim of the acct
dent is about 80 years of age and
has facial appearance that denotes
him to be an American.
All the identification marks
about him is small account book
on the cover of which is written
the name, James Sheevers, Newark
O. The inside pages Of the little
book are all blank.
One OF his arms is tattooed with
initial letters to correspond with
the name on the book.
He was dressed like laborer
with blue flannel shirt, heavy
trousers and course shoes.
Death must have come instantly
as the right side of his head is
crushed to a jelly, otherwise he
doesn't seem to be badly mutilateo
with the exception of one leg which
is broken at the ankle.-Mounds-
vile Echo.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
CHARGED WITH A HErNoUs CRIME.
This Ola Man, 3. yenIy Years Of Ago,
Commt,s Suicide.

nkS OtU IHNu, - S~hsJ AroAS Va 49,
Commits Suicide.
News was received here today of
the finding of the dead body of B
F. Mcknight in field on the farm
of Randolph Mcknight, who lives
near Ward postofice, in the eastern
par of this county. There was
every evidence and reason to believe
that he took his own life. He was
seventy years of age. and at the
October term, 1897, of the com mon
pleas court of this county, was in
dicted for crime on complaint of
his 17-year-old granddaughter, and
who is now the mother of a child.
His case had been twice postponed
on account of the absence of impor-
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21

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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
A Happy SIRa.

II suffered with constipation and
dyspepsia for five years, never
having natural operation. After
eating 1 always felt as if there was
a great lump in nv stomach. Four
packages of Thompson's Tonic Tea
entirely cured NET. NJ. Nc
Cracker, 323 Washington Avenue,
Oil City, Pa.
Said by c. w. Grier.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
Cuba and the sportsman.

Cuba and the sporisman.
While Cuba offers such haven
to the invalid, it is paradise for
the sportsman, wild game and fish
of all kinds being abundant. Par
ties of gentlemen on horseback,
with their pack of hounds. hunt tor
the heet-footed deer. 1t is a COM
mon thing for small party to kill
8 or 10 deers in a day.
The wild boar is plentiful and
sometimes, if cornered, dangerous,
especially the old master OF the
herd, called "unsolitario," which
will tear a dog to pieces or make a
green hunter climb tree but a
Cuban easily kills him with
machete. The island boar some
times, weighs 200 or 800 pounds
and has a huge tusks, often five or
six inches in length. The meat OF
the female is much relished by the
natives. Wild dogs and cats, wild
cattle, horses and jackasses abound,
but the jutia, peculiar only to Cuba,
which looks like a cross between a
squirrel with a rats tail, and rab-
bit and which lives in the trees and
feeds on the nuts and leaves, is the
great delight of the Cuban, says
Forest and Stream"
Fowls are in great numbers.
Wild guinea hens and turkeys are
found in focks of from IS to 100.
The whistle of the quail and the
futter of the pheasant and perdlz
are heard on all sides in the rural
and mountain regions. Ducks in
abundance come over from Florida
in the winter and return with the
spring. Wild pigeons with their
white tops and bodies of blue, larger
somewhat than the domestic bird,
offer, in hunting, the greatest sport
to gentlemen who will be restrained
within reason. In the early morn
ings the pigeons generally go to
feed on the magic berries when ripe
and which grow by the sea or near
some swampy place. l have known
a party of three persons to kill
1900 pigeons within few hours.
Robiches, tojosas and guanaros are
found in the thick woods.
Mocking and blue birds, orioles,
turpials, negritoes, parrots and a
thousand kinds of songsters aud
birds of brilliant plumage fit from
tree to tree.
The naturalist Poey says there
are Gal distinct species of fish in
the Cuban waters. Among those
that delight the sportsman
are the red snapper, lista, manta
gallego, cubera, surela and garfsh,
The sierra, which weighs from &C
to 81 pounds, is extremely game,
as is the romeo, so called because
it snore, when brought out OF the
water. For heavy sport, fishing
for sharks. when weigh from 400
to 600 pounds and are excellent
eating, affords abundant exercise
1t is a daily occurrence to see
schools OF fish, numbering from
hundreds to many thousands, each
fish weighing from one to foul
pounds, swimming around the
bays and harbors waiting for bait
Any American who enjoys gooc
fshlRg can fad his fondest dream:
more than satisfied in Cuba.
Delicious shrirlns, crabs anc
Holsters, oysters ana CLAIMS abound
The HOLSTERS have no claws anC
weigh from two to eight pounds
They are caught at night in shall
low places along the sandy beach
a torch, harpnon and net being the
necessary outfit. Some of the rivers
abound in alligators, but few hunt
them.
| A Happy Mae
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
THE METHODIST
Annual Conference at Manning
ton Soon.
Lot of Business TO be transacted by the
Preachers-BishOp Fowler to Pre-
side at the Meetings.

The annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be
held this year at Warrington, and
it promises to be very interesting
meeting. The conference opens on
the 2eth and continues until about
the following Wednesday. The
Rev, Bishop Fowler will preside
during the entire time. This will
be the bishops first conference
since his return from Europe, which
was recently. The bishop has been
in Europe for the benefit of his
health, which has been very poor
for some time, and returns very
much improved. He is without
question, one of the most intellect
ual men in the church, and is in
the front rank of bishops. His adj
dress at the Wesleyan conference
in May last as fraternal delegate
from the United States, was the
most mastery ever delivered to that
body on an occasion of that kind.
It has been read with the deepest
interest and created a profound
impression throughout the religious
world. The bishop will address
the conference on the opening day
and no doubt there will be large
gathering to hear him both of min
listers and laymen.
This conference will be attended
by every Methodist minister in the
state numbering 200 or more, and
the session promises to be of vital
interest.
At this conference all of the
business for the year is transacted,
The character of each applicant tor
ordination is examined. ALI the
preachers pass the examinations,
are admitted on trial for three years
and then ordained To this body
all the preachers make report of
their work for the year.
The most important work to be
done by the conference this year is
the readjustment of the appoint
ments from the following year.
This is done by the cabinet conn
posed of the bishop and nine pre-
siding elders who meet in private
session and consider the needs of
each ofthe charges and the adapta-
ton of the men to the places. The
reading of these appointments is
the last item of business transacted
by the conference. In the regular
order of business that is to be gone
through with, is the reading and
acting upon of 80 disciplinary
questions and it is these that con-
sumo great deal of time. Some
OF these questions take halt day
and some of them day before they
are finally disposed of and it gen
orally takes from four to five days
to get through the entire list. Fol-
lowing these questions comes the
constitutional questions but this
year there will not be any .constitu
tional questions of any great i'm
portance arise as they were all
voted on and disposed of at the con-
ference last year.
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
There will be many important
changes in the conference this year.
There are some very compiicating
things that will arise at this session
that will prove of extraordinary
interest. It is said there will be a
number of changes in Wheeling this
year and some will be where they
are least expected. Last year there
was but one change. that Of the
Wesley M. E. church. 1t can be
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21

interesting Indt lldS peeu ASAo All "
number of years.
Hughes is not against Sisters
vile; the independent court scheme
is not wanted by the prominent
citizens of that place; but as one OF
the representative men OF that town
said: 1T is merely scheme OF a
few lawyers to create a few fat OH
ces," The Star has no hestancy
in saying that no candidate on the
ticket is opposed to Sistersvllle's
new charter, that is, if the charter
is anything reasonable but we are
opposed to the court scheme and
all are opposed to license. Weekly
will not oppose Sistersville but he
is an anti-license man and an
uounced himself as such. saying
that he wanted no misunderstand-
ing about it; that he would stand or
fall with the anti-license people.
He didn't fall very far.-Star.
The above editorial is taken from
this weeks Star. If any OF our
readers had any doubts about what
we said being true, they will now
be satisfied that all we have said
was exactly as we have stated. The
Star says we can have a charter if
it's reasonable. In the name Of
all that's good what business is it of
the Star what kind of a city charter
we have. We don't run Middle
bourne. The good people of that
town can have just such a charter
as we want and we will not
oppose it; on the contrary we would
aid them in securing one. This
proviso is put in and means that
Hughes will beg for votes on the
"reasonableness" ofour charter and
then when he is elected he will de-
eide as he did two years ago that
our demands are Unreasonable" "
1t is simply creep hole to get out
at.
We stated that Weekly was op
posed to license and the Star saws
he is and there is no doubt on this
matter. Weekly is opposed to Sis
tersville, for all we have asked the
court to do is to grant license and
this is all we would ask of Weekly,
hence we are justified in saying he
is against our town.
We want to compliment the ed
itors of the Star on their candor.
The former editors always knitted
US and pretended to be our friends,
but the present men say right out
that they are hard down on our city
progressing. They may win again,
but we doubt it very seriously.
Anyhow, we have fair and square
issue, and we are willing to fight it
out on this line. The issue is: Will
the people of this county continue
to let a few men run the county, or
shall all the people, no difference
where they live, have the same
rights and privileges that the peo-
pie OF the county seat have. We
ought to win with such an issue,
and we will.
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stated on the most reliable author
itv that when this conference con-
venes, it will be one of the most
interesting that has been held for a
number of years.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21
Farm For Sale or Rent.

on the pike at foot of Pursley Hill.
For further particulars call on or
address
GEO. HOLMES,
WooDFIELD, OHIO
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
BILLY ELMER" AND "SPIDER
KELLY RAN AMUCK In FRESNO.

1t was not long after this that D. NJ.
Tomblin elevated himself to a tower
ing pedestal of morality and in right
eous indignation reviewed what he con-
sidered the scandalous escapades of w.
E. Johns and Spider" Kelly Mr.
Tomblin felt panied that he was called
upon to expose the actions of these men,
but in justice to his conscience and
in consideration of the interests of his
employer, Dick Mcdonald he con-
quered the pain and spoke out. Johns
had become utterly unreliable, and the
Spider" was leading him as merry a
dance as the tenderloin of Fresno af-
forded after the lights go out at mid
night. AS one reads Mr.. Tomblin's let
ter it can be seen that he is sorely dis
tressed over the task of roasting Johns
and the others. 1t should be remem-
bered in this connection that D. NJ
Tomblin is not very unlike what they
call hypocrite. His letter is as fol-
lows:
MADEIRA, Cal, Dec. 5, 1892
R. H. Mcdonald Jr., V. p, San Fran
cisco-My Dear Sir: l do not always
like to be quoted as a person that has
nothing but evil things to say of other
people, but as you have told me that
whenever things occur that cast refec-
tons on the fair name of the Pacific
Bank that it was my duty to tell them
and in this case I believe 1t is. While
in Fresno yesterday | heard that w.
e. Johns and Spider" Kelly a noted
pugilist, and our superintendent were
out on a lark and visiting houses of
bad repute, and while at one of these
places got into a quarrel with another
crowd of fellows, which resulted in a
free-for-all fight Spider Kelly and
Johns cleaned out the gang.
Young Johns is wholly and totally
unreliable and the sooner he is re-
called the less trouble there will be to
overcome. He is not to be found when
wanted and he leaves no word with us
when he. will be found. He has re-
ceived kilograms to which he has not
replied and has gone off again with
Spider Kelly. l think to the city /
wish you would send DIR. Jenningson
down here at once, as / don't know as
I have any authority in the matter, as
self vice president of the colony since
coming here, and 1 have supposed it
was by your authority. / don't think
1t will be good policy to have the
young man under control here. There
is no reliance to be placed upon him
This | am compelled to say after care
full observation. am yours very
truly, D. NJ. TOMBLIN.
The Call will continue tomorrow
morning the publication of Mr. Tomb
Inns letters, carrying the correspond
ence of this man up to the time when
he became president of the MADEIRA
Bank and attempted to evade the con-
sequences of the crash in which the
Pacific Bank went down. In his letters
Tomblin reveals all the inside manipu-
lations that involved the Pacific Bank
and it's feeder, the Peoples Home Saw
ings Bank. in loss of $500 900 in the
JOhn Brown colony.
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the road was not prosperous and would
not be for long time. Excerpts from
Tomblin's letter are as follows:
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. q. 1892.
r. H. Mcdonald, V. P, San Fran
cisco.-My Dear Sir: 1 called upon
Mr.. Sherman this morning at the
power house of the electric company.
Everything seems to be running SUI
perbly. He is a very brilliant man
and has certainly accomplished Won
ders. 1 have been over a part of the
system and must say that L think it
is grand piece Of work, and l be-
lieve will bring you out handsomely
at some time not very far hence
You know l told you before you
went into this scheme that was
afraid it was a very bad thing for
the bank to go into, and l still think
so, but nevertheless you are In now
and l am a-going to say that you are
a-going to come out all right on 1t. Los
Angeles has improved marvelously ana
this property you are interested in Will
increase rapidly in value and you Will
make money out OF it. / think Mr..
Sherman did wrong to work the Pacific
Bank into the scheme. but l know or
no one in the world who can come
nearer in working them out than he.
And | believe his entire energies are
at work in that direction. He is
man of most wonderful resources, and
| think this will be one of the deals
that will go to the credit side OF your
balance | am, yours very truly.
d NJ TOMBLIN.
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| thetically reported the incident to the
young San Francisco banker. When
Spider" Kelly and young Johns in
dulged their ideal of the beautiful by
attending a cockfight Mr. Tomblin was
not slow in sending the information
to his employer. When Johns and the
Spider" cleaned out a certain habita-
ton and ruled noisy establishment
with more noise D. NJ. Tomblin meta
phOrically threw up both hands and
declared that the precious three were
on the road to ruin. 1t is from this
point of view the letters of D. NJ.
Tomblin are valuable. The man kept
a close watch upon those he believed
were his rivals for Dicks favor The
financial transactions of young Johns
were carefully noted and Tomblin
made accusations serious enough to
have the elder Johns threaten to kill
him.
When Mr.. Tomblin himself was
caught in the act of attending a cock
hight and of betting on a prizefght he
admitted with true Christian humility
that the fact was true, but said that as
cashier OF big institution and dealing
with men who constantly wanted mon
ey ne beIleVed 1t his duty to study the
characters of these men and learn their
habits. To gain the information he
desired he found it necessary to go
among these men.
That was the reason, he told Dick
why he went and remained a spectator
OF the brutal contests. Mr.. Tomblin
was probably too busy, however, to
discuss with any degree of minuteness
the financial operations of the MADEIRA
Bank He may find more leisure some
time perhaps to explain some rather
curious entries in the books of the
bank. OF the material interests of the
McDonalds in MADEIRA and at the
colony D. NJ. Tomblin wrote nothing
that was material except in reference
to the manipulation of the Johns fam
lily.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
TOMBLIN URGED DICK TO FORCE THE
OVERS TO THE WALL.

On September %, 1892, Tomblin took
the opportunity to characterize o. L.
Dyer and his sister, Miss h. Z. Dyer,
with rather broad touches. He wrote
as follows:
II do not think they are viciously dis
honest. but have been driven into their
holes and are adopting tactics to stand
us off, and now that they know we are
after them at every turn they are going
to come out and do something. They
have been allowed to get into US, and
now they must be pounded over their
backs until they are out of the quick
sands and our load of coin delivered
over to us. We must not ease down on
them one bit. They are great big
pair and won't pull a pound unless We
keep humping them"
A few days later Tomblin character
lied them even in harder language and
wrote: 'They cannot be handled with
kid gloves any longer. If we could only
get them on safe ground once, then we
could get in and press them for full
payment l want to keep them moving
right along all the time. They are like
a pair of fat porkers. If you give them
a chance to lie down they will make
themselves altogether too comfortable.
and when they are hot we will turn
the hose on them and when cold and in
different will make a literal shield for
them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
WAR AMONG THE CONSPIRAT0RS AT
THE JOHN BROWN COLONY.

In a letter dated October 10, 1892
TCmblin indicates the first quarre
among Dick McDonald's lieutenants al
the John Brown colony. The fact is
interesting, as the quarrel developed
into a very serious affair before the enc
had come and the Pacific Bank ha6
sunk over a quarter Of a million dollars
in its MADEIRA enterprises. When the
letter was written w. E. Johns had dis
charged George NJ Mitchell and Tomb
lin took UP the cudgel in Mitchell's be-
half in the following letter:
MADEIRA, Oct Is, 1895
R. H. Mcdonald Jr., V. p, San
Francisco.-My Dear Sir: 4 received
your telegram saying to have Johns
discharge Mitchell. Now do not an
ticipate there will be any trouble in
getting rid of him. In fact | am in
clined to think he will be rather glad
to lay down his scepter as he is a
very quiet, goodnatured fellow, un-
clined to believe that no one who is
familiar with the work he has done
can justly charge him with unfaithful-
ness and inability.
The young man, Johns, is a very
bright young fellow, but a boy still.
He, boy-like, loves honor and distinc-
ton, which is all right, and SO he has
represented himself to be vice-presi-
dent of the j. B. colony. Now as l
elected to fill that honorable position,
1 am quite willing to let my mantle
fall on some one of age and expert
ence, and / do think one Johns, like
unto the first, is enough. [ am. yours
truly, d. NJ. TOMBLIN.
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aid became very much interested. He
declared his willingness to assist in
every way possible and made D. NJ.
Tomblin his agent in the matter In
reference to the affair Tomblin wrote
as follows:
There was a committed of MADEIRA
citizens waited upon me to see what we
would be willing to give toward getting
the county seat at this place. L told
them. that l thought we could do that
proposition more good by acting as an
independent committee, and if neces-
sary l would go to Sacramento when
the Legislature convened and help
lobby the matter through. Further than
this l could not commit myself l told
them | could satisfy them that the Pa
cific Bank would be toward the head
of the procession when it came to work
for the county seat"
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YOUNG JOHNS EMPLOYS A SONG AND
DANCE MAN AS SUPERINTENDENT.

Two days later Tomblin wrote: Young
Johns came here last night prepared
to bounce Mitchell. l have told him
that / have thought it best to tell
Mitchell to have everything ready to
turn matters over November II On
the same day Tomblin declared: Johns
told me he had employed a man by the
name Of Fowler to take the place of
Mitchell at once. Now I do not know
anything in the world regarding the
capabilities of this party. He is young
man working in a dry goods store here,
but / understand that he was formerly
engaged as song-and- dance man and
is a horse jockey Of some reputation,
and from all / hear it will be a terrible
mistake to intrust him with SO impor-
tant and responsible a position. 1 am
afraid the young man Johns was not
deliberate sufficiently, although a pre-
cocious lad. He is altogether too young
to direct in matters of such magnitude
and it will be very expensive to the cor
poration should he do So"
Writing from Los Angeles on Octo-
Der IS, 1892, Tomblin declares in refer
ence to the motor road in Los Angeles
lit looks to me as if the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company has got an eye
on the property. Their man Fillmore
came to Riverside in his special car
over the motor road yesterday ON some
thing besides pleasure trip
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repressible individual who positively
declined to leave the schemers of the
Pacific Bank alone:
Il will run 'Jayhawker' in when l ar
rive at Los Angeles, If possible. He
was formerly a reporter on a Cincinnati
and Minneapolis paper and was run out
of that country on account of similar
transaction. 1 have sent tracer and
hope to be able to face him with mat
tiers that will forever close his mouth.
The old saying to fight the devil with
fire will probably apply in his case.
How l do want to see you succeed in
all your undertakings. My whole heart
and soul is with you