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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-30
SHOT AT THREE TIMES
Yesterday Afternoon, Hit Twice
and May Die.
Dr, Douglass Did the shooting.
whiskey was the Cause, Coupled
with a Quarrel Over the Spanish War
NO Arrests Made Yet.

A Speclal message from DIauen
station, in this county, to the Re-
view, is to the effect that there was
a serious shooting scrape at that
place yesterday afternoon at three
O'Clock, and as result of it man
will probably die.
1t seems that man named Al
bert Card had charge of or was
acting as bartender at a saloon
which is run at that place. During
the afternoon DR.. Douglass and
Card were in the saloon throwing
dice for the drinks and perhaps for
money. : In this contest it appears
the doctor was the winner and both
men took several drinks. About 8
o'clock the doctor left the saloon
and mounted his horse to ride
home. Card went out on to the
plato, m or road in front of the sa-
loon, and he and the doctor began
to talk in a friendly way, neither
being angry nor had they had any
hard words before this time nor
was there any i'll feeling between
the men so far as is known.
During the conversation the two
men got to talking about the
trouble between this country and
Spain and the doctor remarked
"That he hoped we would have war
and that every damned Spaniard in
the country would get killed" Card
replied, eff we had a war you would
not kill a man." Doctor Douglass
resented this statement, pulled
his revolver and fred three shots in
rapid succession. One ball hit Card
on the arm, the second shot entered
his head near the corner of the eye
and glanced downward, lodging in
the paragot gland near the root Of
the tongue, the third shot missed
Card entirely. Card exclaimed "Do
not kill me, doctor, / want to live as
long as / can" The doctor then
ceased firing, put his revolver up
and rode away. Card was taken
care of, and was still alive this
afternoon at late hour, but it is
feared the man will never recover.
Both parties were under the in
luence OF whiskey, which is no
doubt the real cause Of the trouble.
The doctor has not been seen nor
heard from since he rode away after
firing the three shots at Card.
Mr.. Card is well known to many
of our readers as at one time be was
engaged in business in this city and
kept a saloon in the Broadwater
block, on Wells street. When he
left be went to Wheeling and
from there drifted back into the oil
fields, but has not been here for
some time.
DR.. Douglas is a well known
physician practicing in the back
part of the county. He has always
borne good reputation and was
very popular among his people as a
The whole matter can
in all probability be laid to the
cause of too much whiskey.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-30

ing another vessel there to take her
place.
The president referred to the dis
aster on the night of February IS,
the rescue of the survivors and care
/ of the wounded. Then he pro-
Iceeded:
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-30
THE CALAMITY.

"The appalling calamity fell up
on the people OF our country with
crushing force, and for a brief time
intense excitement prevailed, which
in a country less just and selt-con-
trolied than ours might have led to
heavy acts of blind resentment.
This spirit, however, soon gave
way to the clamer processes of rea-
son and to the resolve to investi-
gate the facts and await material
proof before forming a judgment
| as to the cause and the responsible
| ty, and, if the facts warranted, the
remedy due. This course necessarily
recommended itself from the outset
to the executive, for only in the
light OF a dispassionately ascertain
ed certainty could it determine the
nature and measure of its full duty
in the matter"
PRESIDENTS COMMENT.
The president in his message
says the evidence of an external
cause for the explosion is as follows.
cat frame II the outer shell of the
ship from point six feet above the
keel when in its normal condition
/ has been forced up so as now to be
about four feet above the surface of
the. water, therefore about "a feet
above where it would had the ship
sunk uninjured.
The outside plating is bent into
reversed V shape and double
backed upon itself against the con-
tinuation of the same pa ing.
In the opinion of the court this
effect could have been produced
only by the explosion of mine,
situated under the bottom of the
ship at about frame Is and some
what to the side of the ship"
THE CONCLUSIONS.
The president adds: THE con-
clusions of the court are.
THAT the loss of the Maine was
not in any respect due to fault or
negligence on the part of any of
the officers or members of the crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the
explosion of a submarine mine,
which caused the partial explosion
of two or more of her forward
magazines; and that no evidence
has been obtainable fixing the re-
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
WHAT RUBlEs ARE WORTH.
Interesting Facts About the Value oi
These Gems.

"To the question, Which is the
most valuable precious stone?' nine
people out of ten, at least, will, with
out the slightest hesitation, reply,
The diamond" said dealer, in
gems. But the value of a good-sized
diamond cannot approach that OF q
ruby of the correct color and similar
dimensions.
1.-The worth of small rnbies-stones
anything, rather less than that of dia-
monds of like description but the
rare occurrence of large specimens of
that dark carmine tint, which is look ell
upon as the sine qua non of q perfect
ruby, causes these gems to increase in
far greater proportion than in the case
of diamonds. Rubies weighing more
than four carats are so exceptional
that when perfect one of fve carats
is brought to the market, it will COM
mand ten times as high sum as dia-
mond of the same weight, while ru.
bles OF six carats, without crack or
flaw and of the proper color, would,
in all probability, bring as high price
as $4,000 per carat, or fifteen times as
much as diamond of like size and
faultlessness.
"All over the East rubies are re-
garded with the greatest possible favor,
and so it has been from the earliest
times of which we have any record.
The finest specimens are found in Bur-
nah, and from time immemorial it has
been law of that country that al
rubies above certain size are the
property of the king, whoever may
have been fortunate enough to find
them. 1t is thought to this day there
are concealed in Burmah, among the
treasures which the British invasion
caused 10 be hidden away, rubies of
far greater value and size than any
in Europe or this country. "--Phila-
delphia Press.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
Systematic Farming.

George G.. and J. Carroll Hamilton
of Flat Creek, Bath county, are among
the most extensive farmers in this
section of the country, and they are
also very successful. And why? Be-
cause they go at it in business-like
manner. These gentlemen own and
manage four large farms, one in this
county, one in Bath, one in Ohio
aud one. in Missouri, They employ
Colonel Gumf, an expert bookkeeper,
whose duty it is to keep an open ac-
count with every field on each OF
these farms. Reports are made to
the colonel every day of the amount
of work done in each field and every.
thing in the way Of cost to produce
any article in these fields is charged
up to it, just the same as mer.
chant would charge you with any
article you might purchase from
his store. So when the crop is sold
they always know whether they have
made or lost money. This is system,
we venture to say, very few farmers
in Kentucky practice, and while most
every farmer will admit that it is a
good one, still very few of them will
follow the example of these gentle
men. The trouble with great many
like to be in town too much. If they
would stay at home except when they
have business in town they would be
better of. Now, We don't want our
friends who are landowners to take
offense at this, for we are interested
IN their success. When the farmers
are successful everybody will prosper,
and that is why we make the sugges.
tion that they give their land more
attention instead of sitting around
on drygoods boxes in town whitti.
ing sticks. Mt, Sterling (Ky.) Sen.
tinel Democrat.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

fingers spread ont, and when they
were quite together she closed her
fists. SO the sheriff made out she
would have them steal upon the In
dians and disarm them or awe them
into surrendering at the muzzles of
their guns, and he gave instructions
to the men accordingly. OF course
each individual must now use his
judgment, and so the little band sur.
rounded the Indians.
In the meantime the squaw stole
into the camp and squatted near the
fire. AS the sheriff's men closed in
upon the Indians the squaw leaped to
her feet and put ont hand as q signal
for the band to be still. The Indians
listened, but the sheriffs men seeing
it all, stood still in the snow. Now
the squaw spoke to the Indians, say
ing that she had seen great mary
soldiers coming down the hill that
evening and giving it as her opinion
that the camp would be surrounded
and that il the Indians resisted they
would all be killed. When she had
succeeded in persuading them that it
would be best to surrender in case the
soldiers should come, she sat down
again. This, the sheriff concluded,
was signal for the men to advance,
and the posse moved forward. When
they were quite near, the Indians were
made aware of their presence by the
swapping of dry cedar bough, and
the sheriff, knowing that delay would
be dangerous, shouted to his posse to
advance. At the sound of his voice
the Indians sprang for their rifles, but
when they had got them aud got to
their feet again, the sheriff's posse,
coming out of the woods from every
direction, held the glittering steel
barrels of their rifles in the glare of
the campfire aud the Indians laid down
their arms.
The brakeman, who had concluded
that he was to be butchered or roasted,
was almost wild with JOY. When
asked by the sheriff why they held the
brakeman, the leader said the white
man was lost, they found him and
were only waiting for daylight, when
they would take him back to his peo-
pie and get cheap rum" The sheriff
pointed to the white mans fettered
hands and asked the Indian to explain.
and the Indian said that the man was
cheap mad" and they were afraid
that if they left his hands loose he
would take their guns and kill them
while they slept, and if they left his
feet unfettered he would wander away
in the storm and be lost.
After consulting the conductor and
the more important members of the
posse, the sheriff concluded, as it was
manifest that the Indians were only
holding the brakeman for ransom, that
he would allow them to go their way,
after exacting promise that they
would return at once to their reserva-
ton on the other side of the range.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

If it be true that the Mexican gov.
ernment has contracted with an
English syndicate for a scheme Of
colonization, involving the settlement
of l, 900, 600 Europeans within twenty.
1--we years, the scheme is one of direct
interest to this country, remarks the
New York Mail aud Express. The
development OF the natural resources
Of Mexico by immigration ought to
mean a vast increase in our export
trade beyond the Rio Grande. Al
the same time, there are growing in.
terests of our own capital in the land
Of our neighbor with which SO vast q
scheme of colonization might clash,
Further announcement of the details
Of this somewhat visionary plan must
be awaited. We would not allow the
establishment of foreign empire il
Mexico by force of arms. 1t remains
to be seen whether this proposed
peaceful invasion will accord with ou,
interests,
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
TRAIN oE FERRIS WHEELS.
Novel scheme for Solving the Rapid
Transit Problem.

Novel Scheme for Solving the Rapid
Transit Problem.
A novel scheme for solving the rapid
transit problem has been devised by
Mr.. M. O. Maloney, a Philadelphia
inventor, which, it is confidently
promised, will soon revolutionize all
methods of transportation. The trains
of this railroad will resemble an inn
mense Ferris wheel, and will be ar.
ranged to roll along track at rate
OF at least $50 miles an hour. Each
so-called strain" will consist of ten
coaches arranged one on top of the
other and bounded by the outer rim OF
the wheel. This great outside rim,
shell, is to all purposes large whee!
which revolves around the centre, this
portion Of the train remaining station
ary. This revolving wheel is built on
ball bearings, so that Notwithstanding
the immense sreed of the train, the
compartments for the passengers are
expected to be comfortable. The cen.
tral part of the revolving wheel-train
contains the coaches, dining cars,
sleepers, engines, and every other con
venience of a regular train. The
engines are operated by electricity,
which is generated from storage bat.
teries. 1t is believed that this novel
construction will greatly lessen the
amount Of friction, and will result in
an immense economy Of injury. 1t lie
calculated that the resistance that
such car will offer to the wind will
be very much less than that encoun.
tered by an ordinary locomotive. One
of these rolling trains will accommodate
as many people as long train OF
ordinary coaches. The inventor be.
lieves that the fare from San Fran.
ciso, which is now about 800, can be
reduced on this revolving railway to
less than $40. The run across the
continent would be accomplished in
about one-fouith the time at present
required. The revolving train is to
be little less than an immense circular
hotel, and is TO have all the con.
veniences and luxuries Of the best
hotels. The inventor promises that
the new system will be working not
later than 1900.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

If any dramatist has been daring
enough to put on the stage such sit
lation as that disclosed at the under
sheritf's court in London recently,
ihe critics would without doubt have
aayed him for his combined audacity
and ignorance of law. An undefended
oaruies s'fnIuonrot- eu,recuu riielaqutlse
lion OF damages; the weeping plaintiff
battling her own advocate by produc.
ng at the critical stage the inevitabl,
marriage certificate and waving it in
she face of sheriff and jury, thus prov.
ng that the defendant had not broke
his promise, but had fulfilled it; auG
as denouement the jury promptly
dnding, by direction, verdict for the
plaintiff against her will, thus decid
ing that the parties were not married
although they had proved that the,
were-surely the force Of absurdit,
could not further go. Yet it all hap
pened.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
LET uNponE.

1t Isn't the thing you do. dear;
It's the thing you've left undone
Which gives you a bit OF heartache
At the settling OF the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write.
Tho Hover you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out OF u brothers. way,
The bit OF heartsome counsel
Ion we're hurried too much to say;
The loving touch OF the hand, dear,
The gentle and wlnsomo tone
That you had no time or thought for,
With troubles enough Of your own.
For life Is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late;
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you bit OF a heartache
At the setting OF the sun.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
ANYTHING.

In the fitful lighss OF the flrenln..
Where the ghosely shadows iaii
The needles flashed, as SLOW unwornA
Soft wool from the snowy ball.
And tho old clock In the corner
With its pendulous, drowsy ,.t,ck /.
Came In full second behind tina
In the race with the needle's aclioL -
.Click, tick, click, 'A'
Tick, click, tick"-
Such q queer, merry race.
With the old clocks face
When grandmother used to kni,
The cat on the ruddy hearthstone
Contentedly purred where she Law
And lazlly blinked at the woolIy bal
At the end OF the hali-hours plav,
But the old clock in the corner
Frowned GROSSLY at such q trick
For a rollicking cat before his face
Had made him loose many a f'tIct 4
"Tick, click, tick,
Click, tick, click
Such a queer, merry race
With the old clocks face:
When grandmother used to knit
Chicago News.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Scientific agriculturists all over the
world were reused to keen interest
some months ago by the news from
Germany that by means of "nitragin. ,
that is, civilizations of certain bacteria
the productive powers of many i'm.
portant food plants could be vastly in.
creased. The theory was that by tho
aid of this "nitragin" the plants would
be able to assimilate large quantities
Of atmospheric nitrogen, and so make
the use of expensive fertilizers nm.
necessary. Later experiments. nm.
fortunately, show that there was little
foundation for the hopes excited b,
those first made. Still, there is some.
thing in the German idea, admits the
New York Times. Trials conducted
by the Glasgow Technical college with
beans and red clover produced en-.
tirely negative results, but some car
ried out at the Lancashire. Count,
Council farm have given som ewhat
more promising results, the plants
having been more numerous and
larger on the treated than on the nm.
treated plots. In the case Of bean,
an increase of 18 10 per cent NO.
obtained from the inoculated plots oyeI
the uninOculated one,
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
Longest Fence IN the world

The longest fence in the world i.
probably that which has just been fin-
ished by the Erie Cattle company
along the Mexican border. 1t is rs
miles in length and separates exactly,
for its entire distance, the two repub.
lies of North America. The fence was
built to keep the cattle from running
across the border and falling easy
preyto the Mexican COW punchers. Al.
though it cost great deal of money.
it is estimated that cattle enough will
be saved in one year to pay for it. 1t
is a barbed wire fence, with mesquite
and cottonwood poles, and for the en-
tire length of it runs as straight as a
crow flies.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
BIediaeval Bill of Fare.

An old chronicle preserves bill of
fare for Council dinner in the year
1892. For the first course there were
capons, steamed beef, and old hens,
black game prepared with vinegar
second course, steamed carp served
with spiced sauce, sauerkraut with
mutton, and pastry; third course,
roast veal, birds, fried fish, cheese,
fruit, nuts, chestnuts aud waters. The
wine and game were furnished by the
court; the host received fifteen farth-
ings from each person. - From
Stuttgart, in Harper's Magazine.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
An EnomY or thc Eiy.


A number OF articles on the subject
Of the parasite of the house fly have
appeared in various journals. A
scientific publication has made the as
sertion that these parasites are not
supposed to exist in sufficient num-
bers to reduce the number OF flies. To
combat this statement several house
keepers have given the results OF their
observation which go to say that as
soon as these small creatures appe ar
upon the bodies of fios they begin to
thin out quite rapidly. In several
families the advent of this enemy is
eagerly watched for ON this account.
Even the children havc learned to
look for its coming and rapidly notice
how they gather upon the bodies of
these winged pests. One or two seem
to be carried about with but little in
convenience, but when there are three,
four or half dozen, as is sometimes
the case, they simply suck the fly dry
Of blood and it is found hanging to
wall paper, window shades and all OBJ.
iects about the room where it can at
tach itself. There are two sorts of in
sects that fasten upon the ordinary
house fly. One is a creature with
lobster-like claws, that apparently
uses the fly as means of transporta-
ton. These are not very abundant,
and as they only cling to the fly they
really do very little harm. The other
is the true parasite. and is a most
voracious blood-sucker. With the
naked eye one may see them clinging
to their prey, burying their heads into
the soft tissues of the fiy's body. Even
scientists may learn something from
practical aud observing youngsters
who have been trained to keep their
eyes open.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
American Colleges,

The number, large and small. O,
educational institutions in the United
States aspiring to the name of college
is far greater than any one would
imagine who has not specially inves.
ti9ated the subject, and it is fair to
say that some of the smaller aud
newer ones are doing equally good
work with their elders. According to
last years statistics (lS96) there were
476 universities and colleges of
liberal arts" Ill the United States. OF
these, Ohio has the largest number of
any one state, 40; Illinois, 81; Mis-.
souri,, 30; Pennsylvania, 80; New
York, Iowa and Tennessee, 90 each;
Kansas, Is; Indiana and Kentucky.
10 each; California, 16; North Caro-.
lima and Texas, 10 each; Michigan and
Minnesota, IL each; Nebraska, Mary.
land, Wisconsin and Georgia, 10 each
Massachusetts,, Virginia, Arkansas,
Alabama, Louisiana and South
Carolina, 8 each. In the total mum.
ber of students, Illinois leads with
ID, ,252; Ohio comes next with 12.8O6.
and New York third with II ,e15. Mas.
sachusetts has total of 6244, and
Pennsylvania 904S. The older and
best known institutions are: Harvard.
Cambridge, Mass; Yale, New Haven.
Conn; Princeton, Princeton, N. j.;
Dartmouth, Hanover, N. H.; Brown.
Providence, R. l.; Cornell, Ithaca,
n. T.; Columbia, New York city;
Amherst, Amherst, Mass; William
aud Mary college, Williamsburg, Va !;
University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
Va; Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md. /;
and others. Boston Transcript.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
His HelpmRte.
matter

Neighbor What's the matter.
Where yer going?
Jinks-Burglars! Going for a po-
liceman.
Neighbor-Did yer ave your wife
alone2
Jinks--No, she's holding the bur
glar, -Harper's Weekly.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Attorney General Griggs received o
dispatch from Judge Hoedley. the gov.
ernments legal representative in the
matter of the sale of the Kansas Pacific
railroad, stating that an arrangement
had been effected by which the Union
Pacific reorganization committee would
pay the principal Of the governments
debt In full.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
Mexican. curiou. Idea of Business.

"While travelling in Mexico few
years ago l had a funny experience
with Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said E. F. Guig-
non of ST. Louis. 81 was en- route to
look at some mines away up in the
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to take the stage / saw
an old woman selling some honey.
She did not have more than ten pounds
of it altogether, and it looked so good
/ wanted to buy it all to take along
with us. / asked our interpreter to
buy it. Much to my surprise the old
woman would sell but two boxes.
claiming that if she sold it all to him
she would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any
thing else to do during the remainder
of the day. y.-Denver Republican.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Rev. r. S. Macarthur declared in n
recent sermon at the Calvary Baptist
church, New York city, that he did
not believe the food referred to in the
Bible covered the whole earth. He
also regarded as a pure fable the
statement that the ark rested on
Mount Ararat.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Bishop Leonard OF the Protestant
Episcopal Missionary Diocese OF
Nevada, Utah and Western Colorado,
says that the Indian has no profanity
not profane word in his language
When he desires to swear it is neces-
sary for him to learn English.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Some time ago committee was ap.
pointed in Russia to consider whether
it was advisable to permit women to
practice law in that country. A ma.
ority decided in favor of the innova,
tinp
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
ITCHY DeserYed.

''My wife got even with that bur.
glar who set tile burglar alarm going
and woke the baby"
''What did she do?"
''She pulled him in by the cola,
and made him rock the baby to sleer
again. Detroit Free Press,