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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

few walls standing and the ruins of
the custom-house were found.
Curiously enough, the face and
hands of the clock on the hospital
were not destroyed, and they furnish
an important record in the history of
this terrible catastrophe. The hands
of the clock had stopped at precisely
ten minutes to s, showing that it was
at that moment that the city was over
whelmed and all these thousands of
people within it, and in it's environs,
were destroyed.
The work of exploring the ruins for
the treasure buried beneath them was
going on at the same time with the
Incarceration of the dead. The vaults
of the bank of Martinique were opened
and all the securities, notes and cash
cured, and together with other treas
ure have been brought to Fort de
France.
AS much help as possible has been
sent to the surviving people in the
vicinity of the city. Steamers loaded
with half-crazed men, women and chill
dren from districts in the neighbor-
hood of st. Pierre are constantly ar
rivng here.
Steamers also are going back as rap
idly as possible to the scene of the
disaster, carrying with them provi-
sions and clothing. The 450 people
brought here by the cable ship Pouyer
Quertier were from the neighborhood
of the village of LIE Precheur. They
were entirely without shelter when
found, but none of them was burned.
Every ship in the harbor at the time
of the disaster, with the single excep-
ton of the English steamer Roddam,
was burned with all on board lost, ex-
cepting one captain, who was saved.
In relating his escape he says that
the only way in which he managed to
save his life was by repeatedly diving.
He was an expert swimmer and was
able to remain under water for a con-
siderable length of time. He returned
again and again to the surface, barely
exposing his face for a moment or two
to the terrific heat and thus getting
enough breath for another long dive.
Ever since the 23d of April last the
volcano Mont Pelee, which finally
wrought all the havoc, has been mani
Testing disquieting symptoms. A great
column of smoke kept mounting from
it, and there were from time to time
showers of ashes and cinders falling
Finally, on the 5th of May, there was
terrific eruption, which hurled into
| the air vast volumes of mud, which
completely swallowed up the Guerin
sugar factory, which stood near the
River Blanche.
The first that was known here at
Fort de France of the disaster was at
O'Clock in the morning of the Sth
day of May. At that hour there sud-
denly spread over the town of Fort
de France a thick cloud of smoke, Gin
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

teen merchant vessels either went to-
the bottom or stranded. One hundred
and forty-two men from the warships
in the harbor were lost.
Japan has proven itself veritable
home Of earthquakes, the latest gigan-
tic loss of life occurring in 1891, and
resulted in a loss of 1000 lives, 5000
injured, and $4,000 homes destroyed
The great Johnstown flood was the
first of two great disasters in recent
years which has come home to the
people of the United States with crush
ing force. On May 30, 1889, by the
bursting of the dam of the Conemaugh
river. Johnstown and surrounding
towns were swept out of existence,
and loss of life approximating 10000
souls took place in the twinkling of n
eye.
The calamity which befell Galveston
on the Sth of September, 1900, ranks
with Johnstown as the most appalling
within the memory of present genera
tons. Beginning with a storm of mod
crate proportions, the increasing wind
rolled the waves higher and higher
upon the beach, until, after a sudden
shift of winds near nightfall, the is
land city was completely submerged,
and great waves from the sea rolled
over the town site. 1t was night Of
the most terrible suffering and mis-
cry, in which nearly $4,000 souls in
and near Galveston expected every
moment to die. Between 5000 and
10000 people lost their lives in the
storm, and millions of dollars worth
of property was destroyed.
The visitation of fire from neigh
boring volcanoes has wrought a de-
struction of life and property upon st.
| Pierre which is yet to be definitely de-
termined, but promises to be one Of
the greatest in the worlds history.
The islands off the China coast, and
the Malay Hortas, being of volcanic
origin, have been especially subject to
earthquakes. 1t used to be said of the
Philippines that shocks were constant
there, and it is true that the needle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
HIGH POSITION THRUST UPON HIM
Recent Romance of the Peerage of
the United Kingdom.

the United Kingdom.
The succession of the new Earl OF
Stamford recalls one of the most re-
cent romances of the peerage- How
far away he was removed from the
direct line is shown by the fact that,
whereas he is the ninth earl, his faith
er, the Rev. William Grey, was the
great-grandson of the fourth earl. The
last Lord Stamford was an eccentric
character, who never took his seat at
Westminster, but lived for forty years
in South Africa, where he married a
Zulu belle and became practically a
Zulu himself At his death the oppo-
nents of the hereditary house were
pleased at the prospect of half-caste,
woolly headed peer presenting himself
to the Lord Chancellor, but the com
mittee of privilege found the rightful
heir in William Grey, native of New
foundland, and professor of classics
and philosophy in Codrington college.
Barbados.
The present Lord Stamford is best
known for his religious and philan-
thropic activities He belongs to the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
o'Connors Opinion of Cecil Rhodes.

O'ConnoFs Opinion of Cecil RhodcS.
Summarizing his judgment of Cecil
Rhodes in Everybody's Magazine T.
P. O'Connor says: His face was a
contradiction. Massive, strong, re-
markable in some respects; in others
it was weak, common, undistinguish-
ed. You didn't know whether you
could call it imperial, like the face Of
Caesar, or common and coarse. like
that of the popular prize fighter. And
such the man was: imperial, lofty, a
dreamer of great dreams, and. at the
same time, somewhat squalid, some
what common, somewhat silly; one of
those amalgams of contradictions
which nature makes in an hour of
wanton gayety and malice. and which
create among mankind the cross-pur-
poses, the commingling CO good and
evil, that are the tragedies of human
history"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
VOLCANIC PEAKS NEAR ST. LUCIA.

common negroes. She raised me in
the house with her, taught me every
thing that was good and nice and
took my part when white or colored
boys tried to make trouble for me. l
had everything 1 wanted, and she
never touched me with a whip or stick
in her life. Sometimes she would
pinch my ears when 1 had been bad,
but no mother ever raised a child
more kindly and considerably than
she did me. If she were living to-day
and needed anything she could have
my last cent" and then Simmons
eyes filled up with tears when he re-
membered how much he owed to the
"old mistress who had been so
thoughtful of him when he was boy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
The Critic.

well, yes, 1 liked DR.. Hale" re
marked western revivalist on an oc-
casion when Dr. Edward Everett Hale
preached in Pasadena. Cal, during a
visit there 81 liked him pretty well,
but l don't think much of his gram
mar. He said in one part of his ser
man, 1T rests between him and me,
whereas he ought to have said, 1T
rests between be and T."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

order of diocesan readers under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of London,
and has delivered open-air addresses
in the Postmen's park and elsewhere.
He is also a vice-president of the
Bible society, and has been member
of the Metropolitan asylum board, the
council of the Metropolitan hospital
fund, and the council of the Queen
Victoria clergy fund.-New York Trib-
une
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York. Cures
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over $4,000 testimonials
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad=
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

in the seismograph in the Jesuit OBJ
servatoTy in Manila is always writing
But there has been no extremely dis
astrous disturbances, and none seri-
Gus since 1884, when the tower of the
great cathedral was thrown down and
many lives were lost.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
FEW FUNERALs FROM THE HOTELS
They Arc Infrequsni, Bscauss Objected
to by Landlords.

to by Landlords.
Landlords Of hotels object to fu-
nerals, for their houses are eminently
places of good cheer, and on that sun
shine of good cheer they want no
shadow of sorrow cast. Hence, when
a guest dies under tie roof of one
of the landlords he uses all means
possible to have the funeral services
held elsewhere.
And, as a rule, the landlord has no
difficulty in achieving that, because
the dead guests family wishes his
body to be buried from his home. For
he is nearly always a transient guest,
and it would seem both heartless and
irreverent to bury him otherwise. But,
if he is a resident guest "a thing that
happens once or twice in a thousand
years., the landlord easily arranges
with the undertaken to hold the SER
vices in the latter's parlors.
And thus it happens" concluded
the observer, that not one man in a
thousand ever sees funeral from a
hotel "-Baltimore Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The baseballtwirler should be keyed
up to the proper pitch.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
MISS bonnie DELANO
A Chicago Society Lady, in a
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says:

"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM of all the
grateful daughters to whom you have
given health and life, none are more
glad than 1.
my home and my life was happy
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
ANTI TRUST PRICES. :"

Wholesale prices direct to the consumer. Send
trial order References:-Any Bank in
Kansas City. You take no chance, goods not
satisfactory to be returned at our expense, and
money refunded.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The made who makes fool of him
self seldom boasts of being self-made.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The lazy man consoles himself with
the shop-worn adage about the race
not always being to the swift.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERs
Use Rod Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Have You Tried Atlas Oats?
If not. get a package from your grocer
today. Purest of all foods.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

If a young man is really in love he
never says he can't afford to marry.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The hot-corn dealer is the one who
has to put up another margin.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

It's the rapid young man who diel
of old age at 40.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Mrs. wInsIow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
hammstion, aays pain, wind collie. 25c bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Blood will tell-but the less some
blood tells the better.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

WHITE FIsH.-Direct from the lakes.
Pals QurtBbls. Half Bbls.
10 lbs. so lbs. 100 lbs.
No. 1. Lake Extra, Csc. $3.50 S3.75
No. 1. " Special soc. 200 1925
Fresh 902 catch, the thing TO reduce meat bill.
If you do not see listed what you want, write
US for quotations. send Sc postage for cata-
Iogue. Terms: Cash with order, F. o. b. Kan
sas City.
THE PANKRATz SUPPLY CO.,
1045 st. Louis Ave, Kansas City, Mo.
Repairs for all kinds Of Machinery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
$500 Team Harness with Collars SO

$500 Team Harness with Collars. ....S 80
GOO Russell Leather Fly net pair. $50
1900 Horn Saddle. S.75
$50 Horn Saddle Observation-Disclosures. 4.SO
.25 Box German Polish Qor metaD-.. Is
25 Butcher Knife .16
l.25 Set Knives and Forks. rs
200 Hollow Ground Razor. LILO
Strauss Mite & Lice Killing Nest Eggs. 10
$1,000 Mems Suits Observation-Disclosures. $50
400 Violin, Instr. Book and Bow...... 1.75
Canvass covered Violin Box. .............. LOO
600 Guitar with instruction book. 500
1000 Chandler Cream Separator. CTS
Drawer Sewing Machine. 1880
Cook Stove, 22x22 inch 1898
The German Waffie Iron. ............ rs
Rudy Harvester Oil gallon lots........ Les
''Goo-Goo' Eyes everybody wants ONE. Is
Best Family Lard 3-5-1O-lb. tins, per h.. IA
White Helmet Hams - to 16 lbs. per ID. 1876
a. Breakfast Bacon, per lb....13Hc
California Hams, to ~ lbs. per ID. 1910
Best Mocha & Java Coffee, lbs. ......S1.40
Choice &" " lbs. $3.50. Ito
Special Santos & Rio " lbs....... IS
A good family Coffee lbs....... 90
Teas, Nos. 1, 60c; 2, SOC: 8, 40c; 371Ec, pr ID.
8 yr old Rye whisky. ......--1 gal S2.7O, ct $50
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Giving aims never lessons the purse.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

The many friends of Mrs. HOlIO-
baugh, Of Springdale street, gave
her a very pleasant surprise last
evening In honor of her birthday
anniversary. Mrs. Hollobaugh was
presented with handsome leather
chair. The evening was spent In
music. dancing and a recitation In
grammar By Mrs. Lena 10y, which
was enjoyed by all present, after
which q splendid lunch was served
A royal good time was had OF
course and nobody enjoyed the eve
ming more than Hollie. They all
went home at q seasonable hour,
wishing her many happy returns of
the day.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the Older of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest OF all
Jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem. then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous conse-
quences of coughs, colds and bron
chial affections by regular use oil
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
will promptly arrest consumption
In Its early stages and heal the at
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. 1t Is not a cure all.
but 1t Is a certain cure for coughs,
colds and all bronchial troubles.
You can get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Hendershot's
Get Green's Special Almanac.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

The next session of the West
Va. Educational Association will
be held at Mt Lake Park July I, 2
and 8. A strong program Is being
prepared and adore. ses will be made
by a number of prominent persons
from other states, among them State
Supt. Stevens, of Maryland; DR.. R.
G. Boone, of Cincinnati. and DR.. R.
H. Sanford, of New York. Many
of the teachers will spend a part of
their vacation at the Park. The
officers are Thos. c. Miller, Charles
ton, president; A. J. Wilkinson,
secretary; George S. Laidley,
CHARLESTON, treasurer.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscles, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish particular
part of the body. bat 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be. Its nutri-
ment Is destroyed by Indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
coming by taking regular doses of
Green's August Flower, the favor
lite medicine of the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion. stimu-
lates the liver to healthy action,
puri6es the blood and makes YOU
feel buoyant and vigorous. Won
can get DR.. Green's reliable rene
dies at D. A. MEMBERSHIPS.
Get Green's Special Almanac
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

So long as the trusts confined
themselves to operations In steel,
glass and oil and manufactured ar
ticles Of various kinds, the people
were patient, bat their encrosch-
ments on staple and necessary az
ticles of food will bring the govern
ment face to face with q situation
of extreme gravity.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17
Warmer weather Is promised us

tomorrow
Squire Lisk. of Matamoras, was
a business caller here today.
F. A Crist, the we'll known oil
operator, vent to Parkersburg this
morning.
J. B Duffy, a well known oil OPP
orator, went to Washington, Pa,
this morning t. spend Sunday with
his family.
Mrs. Albert L. Lehman, popu-
lar society lady OF Fairmont, leaves
for home this evening after short
visit with relatives In this city.
Mrs w. Fl. Kerr, of the South
Side, went to New Marlinsville last
evening, where she will spend Sun
day with her mother Mrs. McCann.
Frank West, of Jacksonburg, w.
Va, desires gentleman and lady
to take charge at once of restau
rant at that place. Good business
and rent very reasonable. II St
The Jones Brothers Model Plate
Railroad shows will give an exhi
bition on the new base ball
grounds 10 this city on Monday,
May the 10th. The show Is re-
ported to be one of the best IS
cent shows on the road this season.
Every available livery convey:
ance In the city was engaged last
evening by candidates and their
friends for the convention which
convened at Middlebourne today.
This Is ample evidence that there
Is much interest centered In the
matter.
The gentlemen who are raising
money to fence up our base ball
park and to erect grand stand
therein, find the necessary improve
ments will cost from eight hundred
to thousand dollars owing to the
high price they will have.to pay
for the lumber. They expected to
be able to make all the repairs for
six hundred dollars. so they ask the
public who are interested In base
ball and other out OF door amuse-
ments to step up AID help raise
this money.
Died-On Monday, May IL. after
a lingering illness. Mrs. James A..
Graham, aged Fl years. She
leaves husband. mother, brother
and sister. James and Jemima Luke,
to mourn her Early death. She was
a member of the Christian church
and died Ia the hope of bright
hereafter. The funeral took place
on Wednesday and was largely at.
ed.-Hancock Courier.
The husband of the deceased Is a
brother of Mr.. Will Graham, man.
ager of the furniture and carpet de.
partment of Mccoy Bros. store.
/ A
J. J. Benner, a popular attache
of the Central Oil company, met
with very painful accident while
at work on the company's lease In
Ohio, just opposite the city,
last evening. He was pulling
casing from a we'll and had
the misfortune to get his right
hand caught In rope, and which
was so badly injured that amputa-
ton of three fingers was necessary.
At this writing we have not been
able to learn whether or not the
patient had his wound dressed In
this city. However, we imagine
otherwise.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

Don'i start the summer with a
lingering cough or cold. A few
doses of One Minute Cough Cure
will set you right. Sure cure for
coughs, colds, Group, grip, bronchi-
tbs, all throat and lung troubles.
Absolutely safe. Acts at once.
Opera House Drug Store.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17
Churches.
METHODIST.

Rev. Fl. B. Bowden pastor. Sab.
bath school GAS a. m G. H. Yard,
superintendent. Preaching services
at II a. m. and 7:4S p. m. Morn.
Ing subject, Model Christian and
a Loyal Methodist. Evening, "A
Crown of Thorns. Junior League
ago pm. Wednesday service 7:4s
a. m. Ladies' and Pastors Christian
Union Thursday afternoon. Friday
class 7:45 p. m. w. E .Doran leader
To all these services you are cor
daily invited.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

Get free sample of Chamber
lain's stomach and Liver Tablets at
c. w. Grier's drug store. They
are easier to take and more pleas
ant In effect than pills. Then their
use Is not followed by constipation
as Is often the case with pills. Reg.
ular size, IS cents box.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

81 have used DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for constipation and
torpid liver. They are all right. |
am glad to endorse Them" writes
Alfred Heinze. Quincy, I'll. Never
grife. Safe pills. Opera House
Drug Store.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17
when You Get q Headache

don't waste a minute, but go to
your druggist and get a box of
Krause's Headache Capsules. They
will prevent pain even though your
skull was cracked. They are
harmless, too. Read the guarantee.
Price 25c. Sold by G. W. Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

Parties that are in arrears for
lease rent must call and settle OF
their accounts will be placed In a
collectors hands.
S I2tf G. Thistle, Agt.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17
HISS sRrsas 20 ~ FoUsD.
UniOrtunate Young woman Taken
From River.


From River.
Early Friday morning fishermen
found the body Of a woman float
ing In the river at Pipe Greek,
several miles below B-llaire, on the
Ohio shore, that Is Ia all probabili
ty the remains Of Miss Anna Cribbs,
who was drowned at Bogg's Island
from the Bellaire shore over a
month ago. Word was sent TO the
Empire coal boat. where her brother
worked and inquiry showed thatthe
description of the body sent there
tallies with that of the missing girl.
The body was almost entirely with.
out clothing, and showed the
ravages OF the waters. The En-
pire's boat started down with a
party of friends and the remains
will be brought to tie home OF her
brother, on North J. fferson street,
at Bellaire, at once.
STORY OF THE CASE
The story of the affair Is sad
ore. It will be remembered that
the girl had been an invalid all her
life, and that Sunday morning,
April 9th, about FIVE o'clock In the
morning she escaped the watchful
eye OF her friends and clad only In
suit of underwear and night
robe, walked through the upper
part of Bellaire down over steep
river bank and threw herself into
the water. A search was continued
for week but no trace of the body
could be found. Word was sent to
all down river points and hundred
dollars reward cff-red: but 1t was
feared the flood, which came day
or two after the affair, had carried
the body off down the river.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17

It Is better to marry a crying
woman than Q hair pulling one.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-17
CATHOLIC.

There will be the regular ser
vices at the Holy Rosary church to-
morrow-8:3o and 1890 a. m.
Sunday school at ago p. m. Yes
pers and benediction at 7:3o p. m.
ST. PAUL's EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Whit Sunday, May 18th. Sun.
day morning at II a. m. "The Holy
Spirit In the Church" Sunday
school, 3 p. m. Evening service,
8 p. m. From Characters In Acts
v. All will be cordially welcomed
at ST. Pauls.