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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-07
HARRISON COUNTY OIL
A Nice Fifth Sand Pool Exists
At Jeffersonville.
THE SOUTH PENN OIL
Company Exclusive Operators
in That Locality

Have Ten Wells with About 300 Bar
reIs Daily PrOdnctIOn-A Syndicate
Has. Secured 5000 Acres Of Land
Nearby and VIII Begin Operating
shortly.
The herald., 1898-01-13
New Patents

. The following list of new patents are
reported by Day & Day, patent attor-
neys, Stimson block, Los Angeles, as
issued to California inventors for the
week ending January 4, 1888: Arthur
F. L. Bell, Carpinteria, conveyance of
bituminous material; Thomas c. Ed
wards, Salinas, coupling; Ellsworth D.
Middlekauff, San Francisco, automatic
combination funnel; Frederick A. Red
mon, San Francisco, chain tightener;
Walter ]. Woodward, National City, and
Henry e. Brett, Los Angeles, wood
bending machine; Walter c. Read, Oak
land, brush machine; Walter c. Read,
Oakland, brush machine; William H.
Fulcher, Stockton, bottle; Joseph T.
Rrenerman, Walnut Creek, wave and
steam motor; John G. Busch, Potter
Valley, feed trough; Adoniram J. Col
lar, Yreka, window fly escape; William
D. NJ Howard, Redwood City,. subterra-
mean electric conduit; Brainard F.
Smith, Represa, pipe for smoking; Gid
con LaSage, Los Angeles, pruning i'm
plement; George e. Grier, Pomona,
peach pitting machine; James A. Hedge,
Los Angeles, amalgamator.
The herald., 1898-01-13
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
CaronicIed on pnses 8. o, 8 and 10

Forecast: Fair and cold.
officers elected by the chamber of
commerce.
An old man fatally hurt while
walking on the railroad track.
Why the policemen have not Sc
cured their uniform mackintoshes.
The horticultural commissioners
make valuable suggestions in their
annual report.
How prospective passengers to San
Francisco may secure cut rate over
the Southern Pacific.
Defense in the school board scandal
making slow progress; another teach
or who was approached"
Another Los Angeles man returns
from the Klondike; his impressions Of
Alaska and the gold fields.
John Woodruff, convicted by a
jury, by series Of strange compli-
cations seems an innocent man.
The Creede trial developing some
interesting testimony; how the Ame-
thyst was "struck" and the check
cred career Of the owners.
The herald., 1898-01-13
E. X. Alsip Missing

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 12.-There
is not the slightest doubt in this city
but what Edwin X. Alsip, the one time
wealthy real estate dealer, has left Sac
ramento for good and in some quarters
are heard rumors Of fears that he has
committed suicide. This morning the
signs on Alsips office were changed to
conform to the name of a new firm
formed of employees of the missing man.
to whom bill of sale was given by Mrs
Alsip, who had been given a deed to her
husbands personal property. Con-
lectures as to the shape in which Alsips
affairs have been left vary considerably
Some say that the family of the missing
man will be left pennfless as the deeds
to his wife are said to be no good as
against his other creditors. Others say
that Alsip was a wealthy man and that
his debts will be paid in full, although
this is hardly consistent with his dis
appearance.
The herald., 1898-01-13
IA MORBID MOB
Struggle for a Sight of a
Pine Box
COVERING DURRANT'S REMAINS
THE PARENTS ESCAPE THE Gu
RI0Us CROWD
COVERING DURRANT'S REMAINS
Inoffensive Passengers Rudely Stared
at-Ths Meeting With the
Grandparents

They knew that they could only see
q plain pine box Of an oblong shape
and that only for a moment, as 1t was
transferred from the car to the death
wagon, but that did not deter a crowd OF
about six hundred people from waiting
at the Arcade depot yesterday afternoon
for the train from San Francisco bear
ing the body Of w. H. T. Durrant, the
murderer.
The train was nearly an hour late. and
the weather was disagreeable, but the
crowd remained patiently. 1t was q
mixed assembly, containing people Of all
walks Of life and Of all conditions, from
the puzzled squealing babies to dod-
dering old men and women.
P. Y. Bresee and H. o. Arnold of the
undertaking firm of Kregelo & Bresee,
who had arranged for the incineration
of the dead Durrant after his body had
been refused reception by all of the cem-
eteries and crematories of the northern
part of the state, were in attendance.
When the train rolled into the station
the crowd rushed for the baggage car.
The herald., 1898-01-13
A SNEAK THIEF's VISIT
He Collides With Glass Folding Doc,
at the Woodlawn

at the Woodlawn
At 11:45 last night w. H. Woodham,
who runs the "Woodlawn' lodging
house at 241 South Main street, between
Second and Third, noticed a shadow
fitting in the hallway. Hearing the
handles of couple of doors turning, as
if they were being tried cautiously, he
jumped out in his stocking feet into the
hall just in time to see some one sneak
ing away. Woodham made a grab for
the unlimited visitor but his reach was
somewhat short and he only succeeded
in knocking off the mans hat. The fell
low in the meantime had run down sew
eral stairs, but he was in such hurry
that he failed to see the glass folding
doors which keep out the night air from
the street and ran into one so violently
that it was shivered to pieces. BY the
time Mr. Woodham had drawn on his
shoes the thief was out of the house and
when the proprietor reached the side
walk it was just in time to see the other
man disappearing through an alley that
leads into Los Angeles street. Wood
ham believes that the thief hurt himself
when he collided with the pane of glass
The hat, battered brown derby, is now
an exhibit at the police station.
The herald., 1898-01-13
To San Francisco and Save
Two Dollars
ROAD COMING SOUTH
THE FULLERTON SToREKEEPERs
HAVE A GRIEVANCE
"Coast Route Changed to the "Shore
Line'-Notes and News Of
Track and Tie

The announcement by the Southern
Pacific company of a round trip passen-
ger rate Of one fare, SIS, during the
Golden Jubilee celebration in San Fran
cisco, calls forth the statement from F.
Eugene Gladwin that at any time pas
sengers can make the trip from here to
San Francisco for $12.95 instead of the
regular fare. Mr. Gladwin, who is a
mine owner in the Keysville district in
Kern county, and who is now at the
Hollenbeck, describes the manner of Sc
curing this unannounced cut rate as fol-
lows: The passenger should buy ticket
from this city to Bakersfield, paying
therefor the sum of $6.45. The train
stops at Kern City, the station for Ba-
kersfield, for twenty minutes, during
which time he can go into the station
and buy ticket from Kern to San
Francisco for $3.50, making the sum of
$1295 for the entire trip, or a saving Of
$2.05. This cut is caused by the competi-
tion caused by the approach of the VAL
ley railway to Kern. Mr. Gladwin said
The herald., 1898-01-13
WILD HORSES
Prof. Gleason, the Horse Trainer at
Hazards Pavilion

Hazards pavilion was well filled last
night to witness the horse tanning ex-
hibition given by Prof. o. r. Gleason,
who Is we'll known on this coast. The
manner employed by the professor in
handling the most vicious brutes OBJ
tainable is certainly extraordinary and
unique, and his exhibition last night
was no exception to this rule. The first
animal was bad kicker and showed a
decided aversion to being htched to the
wagon. The next one, owned by Mr..
Stevens, was more nervous than vicious
and evinced a great desire to put its
foot through the drum which was being
beaten on it's head. When hitched with
the first to buggy they certainly made
as nice q team as could be desired before
the trainer was through with them,
even going so far as to show no desire to
move when standing over bunch of
firecrackers. The last, a bay horse
owned by a Mr.. Mcpherson, proved the
worst of the lot and the crowd appre-
ciated the arduous toll of the trainer. 1t
took fully three-quarters of an hour TO
control him before he was hitched to the
wagon, which was at last accomplished.
The balance of his training will be ef-
fected tonight.
The herald., 1898-01-13
Brazilian Politics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. ia great
sensation has been caused here by ths
publication of the police report on the
conspiracy to assassinate President
Moraes, November 5th last. The police
allege that there were several plots
against the life of the President prior tc
the one in November. The report con-
cludes with indieting twenty persons
including Vice-President Victorini Per.
EZRA, Captain Lopez Cruz of the Brazil
ian navy, seven Majors and Colonels
Senator Cordeiro; Deputies Glicerio
Guanabara, Barbosa, Lima, IreEo
Mashado, Morquado and Moreica, and
the soldier Mariollino, who was executed
for the crime. Glicerio continues to be
absent and the Vice-Presldent is still al
large. 1t apears that he was in close re-
lations with Nioclesicino, who directed
the crime.
The herald., 1898-01-13
KILLED BY A TRAIN
The Fatal Consequence of Walking on
the Track

John Maher, an old man who looked as
If he was between 60 and 65 years of age
was struck yesterday forenoon on the
Santa Fe track, between Pasadena and
this city by the incoming overland train
and hurt in the groin. He was appar-
emily not desperately injured, and at the
arrival of the train at the La Grande
station was taken in an ambulance to
the county hospital, but fifteen minutes
after his reception there he died, pre-
sumably of internal hemorrhage.
The old man, after the accident, stated
that he was walking on the track in
search of work, and did not know that
there was train near until after he had
been struck. He is supposed to have
been somewhat out of his head at the
time, probably from want. NO papers
were found upon his person. The de-
ceased had the appearance of hard
working man. The coroner will hold an
inquest upon the body today.
The herald., 1898-01-13

I am sure that there will be a revulsion
of feeling and that those who were so
heartless to us will feel regretful for
their action. We had a comfortable trip
to this city. The people on the car were
very considerate, and / find all the ar
rangements satisfactory.
II shall not permit anyone to be pres
ent at the cremation tomorrow, for feel
that this last moment with my dead boy
ought to belong alone to us. 1 promised
him some time ago that if the worst
came I would always keep his ashes with
me and 1 will as long as live; they shall
never leave me for moment.
HOPES TO CLEAR HER SONS NAME
81 have not settled my plans yet. We
may stay here a few days. Then may
make short trip to Europe for needed
rest, but I shall never give up my ef-
forts to clear Theo's name. There are
many scores to settle now. There are
some suits for ISLANDERS, cruel ISLANDERS,
which contributed to my boys death.
that must be brought, and other affairs
to be attended to which believe will
yet bring the right person to justice for
the crime for which my innocent boy
suffered"
She here spoke as If she had some one
in particular in mind, but in reply to
qestions answered:
mo, I do not mean that we have any
new evidence, and I shall name no one,
but my husband and I will never rest
until this cruel wrong is righted, as far
as it can be. OF course my boy Is gone
and nothing can bring him back, but his
name is dear to us and to clear it will be
something.
"Please do not fail to express our deep
appreciation of the treatment we have
met with from the undertakers and to
those who have expressed their SYM
pathy with us. I do not believe father
and mother ever had such trouble to
contend with, both before and since my
sons death, as we have had but we have
met good friends and have had strength
to bear up under all our Affections
THE CREMATORY
Out at the crematory the fire was
started yesterday forenoon, as it takes
about thirty hours to attain the needed
degree of heat to properly incinerate a
body. All the preparations have been
we'll looked after, and it will only re-
quire short time today to reduce to q
handful of ashes what was once the man
who Mortified the world with the most
dreadful and revolving crime on record.
His guilt or innocence is now but ques-
ton of individual belief and there are
not many who doubt the righteousness
of the verdict that sent him to his fate
last week. That his father and mother
believe him guiltless there can be no
doubt, for their whole attitude shows
60.
doubted him.
Mrs. sDurrant's last words to the re-
porter were: While am grateful and
glad to be here. feel like hurrying home
for there are the little treasures and be-
longings of my dead boy and where they
are Is my heart also."
The herald., 1898-01-13

astonished and disgusted tourists, who
did not know what to make of their tu-
multuous reception.
| Finally the news spread that the
sought-for couple had gotten Off the cars
at River station, at the entrance to the
city, having learned of the crowd await
ing them, and the assembly gradually
dispersed.
MEETING THE GRANDPARENTS
| Mr. and Mrs. Durrant having by this
evasion escaped the staring ordeal they
evidently dreaded, drove quickly to the
undertaking establishment and there
waited for the arrival of their sons body.
Grandma and Grandpa Durrant, who
live here. had been at the depot. but on
learning of the whereabouts of their
son and his wife. they also drove to the
undertakers', where an affecting scene
took place.
Mr. and Mrs. Durrant and the old peo-
pie entered into a discussion with Mr..
| Kregelo about the arrangements which
had been made for the cremation tomor-
row and found everything satisfactory.
1t was settled that the cortege would
leave the city at 8 o'clock in the morning
and drive to the crematory which is
north of Pasadena near Altadena. This
will take about two hours, and the cere-
mony will commence at about 10:30, or
| as soon as the necessary preliminaries
can be concluded There will be no
services and no one will be admitted
save the family and the attendants Of
the place. Mr.. Arnold of the firm this
afternoon went to the city health office
and secured the permit for the removal
of the body to Pasadena, which COM
pletes the formalities.
MRS. DURRANT TALKS
Mr.. and Mrs. Durrant were then taken
in charge by friends and driven to
place where they were tolerably we'll
assured Of being in privacy for a time
at least.
They were seen at this place by The
Herald reporter, and Mrs. Durrant ex-
pressed her deep gratitude to Messrs.
Kregelo & Bresee for the relief their eff
forts had afforded them in their most
trying perplexity.
ut would seem beyond belief" she
said, that no one in city like San
Francisco would act in a civilized man.
ner in the trouble that we were in, but
The herald., 1898-01-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Read the Trinidad Rubber company s
notice on this page.
Goulet champagne. Woollacott. agent,
124 North Spring street.
Use Prof. FIELDS worm powders; sin
gle trial proves their worth.
Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance
: Kregelo & Bresee. Sixth and Broadway
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors
751 and 1853 S. Spring st. Tel. Main 1929
Great sale of remnants Friday. Broad
way Department Store, Fourth and
Broadway.
Watches cleaned. rs cents; main
springs, SO cents; crystals, 10 cents.
Patton. 214 South Broadway.
The Seventh Regiment band has been
engaged to give concerts at Westlake
park every Sunday afternoon.
Remnant day Friday at the Broadway
Department Store, Fourth and Broad
way. Prices cut into small pieces.
A musicale and reception will be given
under the auspices of the night students
OF the Los Angeles Business college at
the college rooms Friday evening.
Adams Bros. dentists, 239h South
Spring street. Plates from 81. Pain
less extracting. so cents. Filling q
speciality. Hours, 8 to s; Sundays, 10
to IL.
Clearance sale of framed pictures left
over from the holidays at H. C. Lichten-
berger's art emporium. 202 South Spring
stree. Closing out a choice lot of beauti-
fully framed goods at 50 each, worth
from SO to IS.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey. Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 1873, 1874, 1876.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used.
Consultation hours. to s. Tel. 1927.
Remnant day Friday. Remnants, 34-
inch Scotch plaid dress goods cents;
remnants black sateen, cents; rem
nants calico, 2 cents; remnants Cheviot
plaids, Az cents. Remnants in every de-
partment at Salf price at the Broadway
Department Store. Fourth and Broad
way.
The cathedral choir will render Gen.
srali's mass in G major at the $3.50
morning services next Sunday. The So
loists are: Miss Tertilla Eisenmayer,
soprano; Miss Lille Scanlon, contralto;
Mr.. Carl S. Thrower, tenor; Mr. N.
Laub, bass. For offertory Miss Eisen-
mayer will sing 20 Salutaris Hostia," by
Henry Potiers. Mr.. A. j. Stamm, or
ganist.
The herald., 1898-01-13
THE CURIOUS CROWD AT THE DEPOT

and it required the efforts of Special
officers Bowler and Seekatz to keep
back the jostling mass of men and wo-
men, who had nothing to call them
there, beyond the satisfaction of taint-
ed taste.
THE CROWD AT THE DEPOT
A white pine box was seen in the open
doorway of the car, and growl went
up from the crowd of: There he is!
There he isl" and the rush became
more mobbish and more threatening.
The people did not know what they
wanted, nor what to do except to crowd
close to the corpse they wanted to see.
If it had not been for the officers there
is no telling what freak might not have
been attempted, but the commands of
the two men were finally good-naturedly
obeyed, and room sufficient for the truck
to be backed up to the car door was
made, the gloomy-looking box was slid
onto 1t and hastily rolled across the sta
tion to the dead wagon, standing by the
outside the platform. The crowd rushed
with the coffin. and showed a DISPOSE
tion to climb into the wagon, for the
foremost ranks stopped just short of
doing that
All that could be seen was the plain
planks, forming the covering to zinc
casket. The box bore the regulation
placards, showing the body inside was
that of w. H. T. Durrant, that he had
not died of any contagious disease, and
that permission for the removal of the
remains from San Francisco had been
granted by the health officer of that
city. The outer covering was cracked
and broken in places, looking as if it was
secondhand box or had been subjected
to severe jolts and shakings. On one
end was a card bearing the word:
Head" and the box had to be turned
around in the mass of people to enable
the undertakers to put this end in the
wagon first. The box was rolled into
position at last, the doors shut with a
clang, and off went the wagon.
THE DURRANTS EvADE THE MOB
The crowd then thought of Mr.. and
Mrs. Durrant, and started on run for
the front door of the depot, where a
man and woman were just entering a
carriage. They were greeted with howl
of excitement. The driver whipped up
his horses and raced off through the
scattering people, and many thought
that they had seen glimpse of the
father and mother of the dead man in
side the box, but they were only the
faces of some other passengers.
Back to the depot swept the crowd as
several women with escorts were seen
getting into carriages, and they rushed
up to the cab windows and peered in,
only to find that the passengers were
some gay young girls belonging to a
theatrical troupe. At last a woman
dressed in deep mourning, accompanied
by man. came out of the doors and
beckoned to a cab driver, and again a
rush was made at these, with more cries
Of that's the Durrants," but these
proved to be only a couple Of very much
The herald., 1898-01-13
EUROPEAN CAPITAL
Interested in Beet Sugar Lands Near
Sacramento

49, W. SSCNNA AAA A$SSI 0o6oA ASNhNio ,4N CcA
Sacramento
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE Call
says:
A cablegram from London received to-
day announces the success of the mis-
sion of Willard E. Green, who recently
left for Europe in the interest of the
beet sugar syndicate which has been
negotiating for lands in the Sacramento
valley. Satisfactory arrangements have
been made and all that remains Is to Sc
cure the proper persons to cultivate the
beets. Contracts have been signed by
which 100000 acres of land near Chico
Marysville and Red Bluff has been Sc
cured and the work of erecting three
immense sugar factories will be started
at once. The syndicate has a capital OF
SIS, 100000, and intends making the ven-
ture a success if money and experience
can do 1t.
The land secured embodies tracts from
the Glenn ranch, the Bidwell ranch, the
Pheland estate and the Stanford estate
with other tracts in smaller quantities.
The herald., 1898-01-13
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LOS ANGELES THEATER.-Mil-
lockers tuneful, dashing opera, the
BLACK Hussar," with which the Cal
houn Opera company closed their brief
season here last evening, was the best
thing they have done. The exactions in
action and music are we'll within their
grasp; there is opportunity for interpo-
lation that does not seriously mar the
effect of the whole, and there was an in
fectious spontaneity and crispness about
the performance.
MountJoy Walker made an all-around
pervasively cheerful idiot of the Magis-
trate that was a delight; Webb's Piff-
kow was work of art in makeup and
business Hilbert, captain of the Hus-
sars, and Walderman, his companion,
were adequately presented, musically
and otherwise, in the hands of George
Lyding and Jack Allison, respectively.
Beatrice Mckenzie and Adele Far
rington, as the magistrates pretty
daughters, filled all requirements, and
the latter interpolated Somebody Loves
Me-" song that is especially suited to
her voice and style of singing and with
which she scored a success the last time
she was here. Maud Allison, in huge
wooden sabots and a comprehensive
Dutch manner, ably seconded the mag
istrate and Piffkow in their comedy.
The chorus did uniformly good work,
and, probably because the music was
better suited to the voices, there seemed
as much more volume as there was in
crease in snap and spirit. The Hussar
uniform showed to good advantage in
the Amazon drill at the end The or
chestra, although small, is we'll balanced
and has done most satisfactory work in
all three of the operas presented.
Tonight at the Los Angeles theater
Mathews and Bulger will appear for the
first time in this city in what is termed
polite comic play" entitled "At Gay
Coney Island" 1t is positively asserted
by the management that the new play
possesses wellwoven plot and that the
| characters are drawn from living pro-
totypes which will be recognized by ev-
| erybody familiar with Coney island ant
| its interesting phases of life. The piece
| is mounted in an elaborate scenic frame
Mathews and Bulger are the authors OF
more than fifty songs and parodies thai
have attained widespread popularity
| They have also gained fame as comedi
| ans, and they are surrounded with &
| large and capable array of comedy tai
| ent.
The herald., 1898-01-13
A New Arrival

DR.. Reede, who, with his wife. has
Just reached Los Angeles from Chicago,
is one of the few real clairvoyants in
this country. His powers in this respect
are marvellous and combining, as he
does, mind and palm reading and as
trology with his clairvoyant, or second
sight, powers, his faculty for telling the
past, present and future of those who
seek to know it from him Is remarkable
in it's accuracy and reliability. DR.. Reede
is at Hotel Ramona, parlors s, and 10.
He will be in Los Angeles but three
months