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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09

The chair then announced that
nominations for recorder were in
order. The only candidate to be
nominated was M. A. Sybert by At
torney Blackmarrr Mr.. Sybert was
evidently the choice of the conven-
ton as he had received some thirty
or forty votes at the hands of his
friends while the may orally candi-
dates were being voted for.
Mr.. Sybert possesses many vir-
tues, and is the right man in the
right place if elected. The nomina-
tons were ordered closed, and Mr..
Sybert was declared the nominee
by reclamation.
The names OF Chas. Thistle, Chas.
Bailey, w. F. Rice, Jno. Finlayson,
Ed Roome, H. A. Hardenberg, G..
B. West. G. o. Cutler, T. S. Lacy,
Joe McCue, w. H. Noll, Robert
Mccormick, w. G. Hays. H. H.
Work and L. A. Brennena1 for
council were place. in nomination.
1t was then moved that the five
receiving the highest number of
votes be declared the nominee.
The ballot resulted: Thistle 143,
Bailey 15S, Rice IS, Finlayson oS,
Roome 116, Hardenberg "a, West
81, Cutler 4S, Lacy Fl, McCue, Noll
"a, Mccormick 20, Hays 90, Work
100, Brenneman II.
Mr.. Deloe received "a compli-
mentary votes, and Andy Bruner
received one.
The FIVE to receive the highest
number of votes were: Chas. Bal
ley, Chas. Thistle, H. H. Work, w.
c.. HAYS and Ed Roome.
By the time of the final count the
major part of the audience had dis
persed but those remaining received
the news of the final result with a
great degree of satisfaction. 1t was
after II o'clock before the conven-
ton was adjourned.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
The Coast Defences.

One half the number of improved
cannon, mortars and emplacements
wall be located and placed in suit
able position ere the expiration of
1898, The Artillery Board is con-
stantly making surveys, so far as
these relate to the army, and the
establishment CT adequate military
protection of Our sea board, fire.
quently urged npon our government
by the chambers of commerce of
onr maritime cities, is relieving a
strong reinforcement from this
source. Meanwhile there is a
means of defence from greater
physical calamity which no one
afflicted with Nervousness or dyspep-
STA should neglect, and that is the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which by restoring the tone of the
nerves and stomach invigorates the
entire system. 1t also remedies
and prevents malarial, kidney and
rheumatic ailments, and cures bill
liousness and constipation. 1t is a
capital appetizer, and promotes
sound repose. Those who have
been cured by it speak in no un-
certain tones as to the effectiveness
of this celebrated medicine in dis
ease and as medicinal stimu1ant.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Committee Appointed.

The ladies of the congregation Of
the Presbyterian church met last
evening and appointed E. S..
Harvey, Misses Sarah H. Mccoy
and Sallie Russell as committee to
purchase dishes with which to finish
the kitchen of the new church.
The kitchen will soon be furnished
completely, and will add very much
to the convenience of the ladies in
giving socials, suppers, etc.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Suicide Club,
Special to the Review.

Special 10 the REVIEW.
Wheeling, March 3.-The sui
eide club, which was organized by
some of the young men of the
North end has gone glimmering,
owing to the fact that some of the
members refused to sign the iron
clad compact which the club had
agreed upon. At a meeting of the
club held a night or so ago, the
contract was read. It proposed
that once in six months a member
was 10 free his spirit in some man
ner or another. No matter how he
did it, it was to be done in good
faith. An alphabetical list of the
names of the members of the club
was arranged and the suiciding was
to start at the letter A. That did
not please the only member whose
last name is spelled with an A, so
he kicked. The consequence was
a rumpus which resulted in the
death of the only suicide club ever
formed in the city.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Bel,airc. O.. Man Bead.

James B. Darrah a we'll known
and highly esteemed citizen OF
Bellaire, died at an early hour yes
terday with pneumonia, at his home
on Noble street.in the Fourth ward,
Mr.. Darrah was stricken with the
disease last Saturday, but was not
thought to be in serious condition
until Tuesday evening, when he
grew rapidly worse and relaxed in
to unconso iousness, in which condi-
ton he passed peacefully away.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Contracttobe Awarded.

Wheeling, March 3-The con-
tract for the four mile extension of
the Wheeling & Elm Grove rail
waycompany's line out the pike will
very likely be awarded in a few
days. The construction of the road
will involve an outlay of about
$500, 900,
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
list r OSTOCKHODLERS.
In Standard Oil Trnst-Private-
Answer Filed in
OHIO SUPREME COURT
Twenty Companies n PR scented at tie
Time Of Alleged DIss Olution-No An
swer Given a to Profits.

Columbus, Ohio, March 4.-The
standard Oil company has filed in
the supreme court its replies to the
interrogatories filed by Attorney
General Monnett in the custer pro-
ceedings originally begun by D. K.
Watson when he was attorney gen.
eral. Attorney General Monnett
says that some of the information
given in the replies is valuable.
For example. he says that never
before has a list of the stockholders
of the company been made public.
The stockholders, as given in the
answer to one of the interrogatories
are as follows.
John D. Rockefeller, Charles w.
Hardness, H. M. Flagler, Benjamin
Brewster, H. H. Rogers, J. D,
Archbold, W. H, Tilford, Walter
Esther, B. Auchinclcss. Oliver H.
Payne, A. M. McGregor, New
York; Martin Snider, Frank Rock
efeller, F. B. Squire, L. H. Sever
ance, Cleveland; estate of Charles
Pratt, Brooklyn; S. V. Hardness,
Greenwich, Conn; WI. Hardness,
Bellevue, o. The total number of
shares held by them was 1896.
Another answer states that there
were 20 companies represented in
the trust at the time of the alleged
dissolution, with a capital of $Io2,.
2337oo, and that there has been
no changein the companies or their
capital since the dissolution"
Up to the present time 5o5,253
shares of Standard Oil trust cert.
fcates have been cancelled and III
PSI shares of corporate stock of the
defendant company, and a like pro-
portion Of stock of the other %
companies have been issued there
for. There are 447,SSo certificates
of the trust uncanceled.
The company filed a demurrer to
a number of the interrogatories,
which it declines to answer on the
ground that they are not pertinent.
Among the questions which it de-
clined to answer are the following.
Are any of the directors of the
detendent company directors or
stock holders of the constituent
company"
Gives name and addresses of all
holders of trust certificates of the
Standard Oil trust"
Give the surplus money in the
hands of every constituent company
represented by trust certificates Jan.
I, 1892, and how much after the
payment OF their last dividend, stat
ing when such dividends were de-
Clared and paid in the total amount
of each, and whether said dividends
were turned over in each and every
case to an official representing the
Standard Oil trust"
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Bottled Up!

Whether in the form of pill powder
or liquid, the doctors prescription for
blood diseases, is always the same
mercury or potash. These drugs bottle
up the poison and dry it up in the
system, but t;nsy; also dry up the marrow
in the bones at fi,s same .inlie.
The suppieness and elasticity of the
Joints give way to stiffness, the rack
ing pains of rheumatism. The form
gradually bends, the bones ache, while
decrepitude and helplessness prema-
turely take possession of the body, and
it is but a short step to pair of
crutches. Then comes falling of
the hair and decay of the bones,--a con-
dition truly horrible.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
PATRIOTIC MEN.
Gov. Atkinson Says He Could
Get $4,000 Troops.
Could Raise That Many In a MONTH
ifrhty We're Needed.

twenty-five thousand men is the
number Governor Atkinson thinks
he could raise in thirty days in
West Virginia, should the general
government make a call Tor troops
to go to war against Spain.
At present there are not more
than a thousand men in the Ma
tional Guard, including officers, but
the governor has heard from men OF
good standing in various portions
of the State indicating that there
would be no trouble in raising sew
eral regiments without the least de
lay. One man writes that he could
recruit company in two hours;
another says that he..could raise one
in day, and several men of ex-
perience in military affairs, propose
to raise regiments within few days
if the Governor will permit them
to do so.
"'There are!three reasons, said
the Governor, why / think there
would be no difficulty in raising as
many as IS, 900 men within month.
The first is the general feeling of
excitement over the situation;which
has aroused the patriotism of our
citizens; the second is the fact that
there are so many idle men in the
State, who would be glad of a chance
to see something of the world with
all expense paid, and to receive the
soldiers pay of SIS a month; and
the third is the hope which many
of them have that they would Sc
cure pensions after the war which
would bring them in something for
the.rest of their lives.
The governor is not a fre-eater.
He doesn't believe that there is any
necessity for an immediate declara-
ton of war, and hopes that there
will not be any necessity for it.. He
thinks that the Spanish government
had nothing to do with the explos-
ion of the Maine, and that if it were
destroyed from the outside, some
irresponsible crank did it, with
neither the authority nor the ap-
proval OF the Spanish government.
If the investigation, which is now
being made by the naval court of
inquiry, should show that the Maine
was blown up from the outside, the
governor believes that indemnity
should be demanded of Spain, and
if that is refused then the freedom
of Cuba should be demanded and
the demand enforced"
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
KtOndilxe Mania.

1t would seem that the people of
this city have contracted a mania
for going to Klondike. During the
past month some ten or twelve have
gone and more will follow in the
next few days. Fred Pierce left last
night for Seattle and from there he
will attempt to make his way at
once to the Alaska gold fields.
Henry Mike Brilles will leave about
April 1st, and others may accom-
pany him.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
Marshall County Grand Jury.

Moundsville, w. Va, March s.
The labors of the Marshall county
grand jury are not near ended. The
Jury sat on Monday and two hund-
red and fifty witnesses were ordered
to appear before the court. Of the
total number of cases to be heard
most of them, if not large majority
are against saloonists. Hence an
other long series of fights is ex-
pected.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
DANGEROUSLY I'LL.
Is B. A. Moses, the Contractor NJ wick
His Wife Left Last Evening.

B. A. Moses, the we'll known con-
tractor and producer, is lying at
Wick dangerously i'll.
Mr.. Moses contracted few days
since that dread disease typhoid
pneumonia. His case is not entirely
hopeless yet his recovery is ex-,
tremely doubtful.
His wife who resides at Marietta
was notified yesterday. She left for
this city Immediately and in COM
pany with Mr.. L. c. Wilson started
at once for the bedside of her pros
trate husband.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
BuckIen o Arnica RaIye.

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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09

The report that the dwelling and
contents of the w. w. Lappert
house in New Martinsvil,Ie had been
destroyed by fire. proves to have
been a false report. The building
was on fire but Was saved before
much damage WAS done to it or the
contents.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09

Col. Robt. McEldowney. Judge
Jacobs, Harry McEldowney and
Attorney Hall, Of New Martinsville,
are in the city today.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09
RpoTAsHg
MERCURY

table, and one thousand dollars reward is
offered for proof to the contrary. It
never fails to cure Contagious Blood
Poison, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism,
Cancer, or any other disease of the
blood. If you have blood disease,
take a remedy which will not lnlure you.
Beware of mercury; don't do violence
to your system. Don't get bottled up!
Our books sent free to any address.
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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09

Contagious Blood
Poison-the curse
of mankind-is the
most horrible of all
diseases, and has al
ways bamed the
doctors. Their pot
as b a nd mercury
bottle up the poison,
but it always breaks
forth again attack
ing some delicate
organ, frequently
the mouth and
throat, filing them
with eating sores.
S.S.S., is the only
known cure for this
disease. 1t is guar
anteed purely Veoe-
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-09

The city campaign is progressing
quietly.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12
"A MORE BRAVE AND DARING THING HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE CUSHING BLEW UP THE ALBEMARLE.'- ADMIRAL SAMPSON.

the face of the most trying conditions was never better demonstrated than at NeWb bern. He was in command of party of sailors dragging navy how itZers and when landing on the marsh lost his shoes and hat. Pressing on bareheaded and barefooted he encoun- tered the servant of Captain Johnson of the army, who had a spare pair of boots slung over his shoulder Cush- ing impressed the boots despite the servants objections, directing him to inform his master that Lieutenant Cushing of the navy was barefooted and had borrowed them for the day.
 But far the most brilliant exploit of Cushing, by which his name will always be remembered by his country, was the destruction of the armored Confederate ram, Albermarle
 The enemy had been forewarned of his intention to blow the ship up with a torpedo and had secured the Alber- marie snugly to a wharf at Plymouth A cordon of logs surrounded her at a distance of thirty feet, a company of soldiers with small arms and howitzers were on the wharf to defend her and the crew on board stood ready at their guns. The enemy was vigilant enough to detect Cushing's approach in a small torpedo-boa and at once poured a shower of shot and shell upon him. But o VI 0'oio III oAIluI |, 1OTCeQ her way over the boom and thrust her torpedo against the side of the fated Albermarle.
 At this moment a shell from a heavy gun completely wrecked the torpedo boat and she went down just as her torpedo exploded. The work was well done, for the Albermarle was complete ly destroyed and serious blow was struck at the power of the Confederate feet
 Fortunately Cushing's life was saved and for this daring act he was pro- noted to be lieutenant commander.
 Like Decatur he came to an untimeIv end when his years of service were over. In 1874 his health failed, then his mind went. and he died insane at the early age of 32 years.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12
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velous capture of the British frigate Serapis by the old Bon Homme Rich ard. It was one of the most closely contested sea duels known to history, and nothing ever brought Paul Jones' obstinate, reckless courage into higher relief, nothing-though more than a century has passed-more conclusively proved the fitness of the American sailor for naval warfare.
 The battle occurred on September 7, ITS, off Flamborough Head, on the east coast of England. Paul Jones, with his tiny squadron, consisting, besides his own ship, of the Pallas, Active and Vengeance, fell in with a convoy of British merchantmen, escorted by the forty-gun frigate, the Serapis, and small vessel, the Countess of Scarbor- ough The other American ships took but little part in the action; IL was practically a duel between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis. The day was drawing to a close when the fight began, but all through the night Paul Jones maintained an undaunted front. Many of his guns. being old and worthless, burst, his ship was on fire in a dozen places, water poured into her from a dozen gaping leaks, and. worst of all, he had over hundred prisoners confined below, who were ready to mutiny and capture the ship as soon as they COulu Hldhe liell eS- cape.
 Yet during the lull in the fight, when the Serapis swung alongside the Bon Homme Richard and hailed. asking Paul Jones if he had surrendered, he replied in firm tones, We haven't be- gun to fight yet"
 The words were almost prophtic, for from that moment the tide of battle turned in favor of the American hero. The masts of the Serapis were shot away. her decks were cleared by the accurate fire of the American muskets and last of all her magazine was ex- ploded
 This feat, which practically won the battle, was performed by gallant American sailor who climbed out on the mainyard until he was directly over the main hatchway of the Serapis. From this coign of vantage he dropped lighted hand grenades down her hold. One of these reached the magazine and terrific explosion followed. Finally the Serapis hauled down her flag to a sinking ship and Paul Jones transferred his crew to the captured vessel. The Bon Homme Richard was so badly shattered that she foundered soon afterward
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12
PAUL. JONES Capture of the SERApIS.

THE first and one of the most fas-
 cinating characters in American
 naval history is Paul Jones, the famous hero of the Revolutionary
 War He held a commission in the first fleet which the colonies, so soon to become great nation, equipped and his example of cool, undaunted bravery undoubtedly did much to stim- ulate the sailors of the infant navy To give a list of Paul Jones' exploits would require a volume, but they were so striking that all Europe-even his enemies-gave full recognition to his sailor-like skill and courage All the famous statesmen of the Revolution admired him; Washington, Lafayette and Jefferson were loud in his praise, and sedate old Benjamin Franklin summed up his character in the one historic phrase, For Captain Paul Jones ever loved close fighting"
 The exploit chiefly associated with Paul Jones memory Is his truly mar
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

war against the Barbary Coast pirates.
 The United States frigate Philadel- pha, under the command of Captain Bainbridge, had the misfortune to be captured by the enemy Bainbridge was cruising off Tripoli and had chased a cruiser into shoal water. He endeav- ored to haul off, but unfortunately stuck hard and fast on a reef Tripoli- tan gunboats surrounded the Philade1- phia and she was compelled to strike her flag. Then the pirates went to work and after a few days succeeded in float ing the frigate and bringing her in un- der the guns of the castle. Meanwhile the crew were taken as slaves and to the number of some 300 put to hard la bor.
 Now came Decatur's turn and owing to his courage and skill the Tripolitans were despoled of the fruits of their victory. The gallant young officer took command of captured Tripolitan craft named the Intrepid and, with a crew of but seventy-fve men, entered the harbor at night, sailing right under the heavy guns of the castle.
 The cool audacity of the Americans dismayed the enemy. Decatur ranged alongside the Philadelphia within half gunshot of the Pasha's castle, his gal lant crew boarded, and with an ire overheard at the point of the cutlass. Then Decatur set the Philadelphia on fire and remained alongside until the flames had gained absolute control and nothing but a smoldering hulk was left for the Tripolitans to claim.
 His work done he retired in safety, the most remarkable circumstance about this brave feat being that not a single American life was lost.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12

| miraI wished the entrance to Santiago
 harbor blocked Lieutenant Hobson was one of the first to apply for the pr1Y1- lege of doing the blocking. The plan
 was his own, and by his earnestness and known reliability he convinced his superior officers of its feasibility. What must have been the feeling of the young man, as he stood on the bridge of the empty and almost desert ed steamer Merrimac, and guided her
 right into the mouths of the Spanish guns The cannon roared, and shot and shell fell like hail all around him. Still
 he kept on, although his vessel was being rfddled. The men in the engine
 room kept at their posts until the yes
 sel was just where he wished it. Then
 the little crew assembled on deck, the
 torpedo in the bow was exploded and all took to the small boats. Escape to
 their own watching fleet in such hail of deadly fire was impossible, so they
 rowed straight to Admiral Cervera' IS
 vessel The Spanish sailors recognized their pluck and daring and received them with cheers.
 What was attempted had been ac- complished. and the sunken Merrimac effectuallv blocked the escape from Santiago of the Spanish fleet. Negotia- tions are now under way to exchange Hobson and his companions for apan- ish prisoners. It Is expected that the [ heroes will all be back in the Ameri- can navy within fortnight.
 At last reports Lieutenant Hobson l and his mates are in Morro Castle being treated as honorable prisoners of
 war. They escaped the shells of our ! own fleet that bombarded the forts 1 few days after their capture.
 ] It is the general opinion that Lieu ! tenant Hobson's daring act will rank ] in American history with the pluclSy l deeds of Decatur Cushing and Paul ! Jones'