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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-13

Cash on hand Dec. 81, IgUl. ........S ISl
Respectfully submitted,
m. NJ. BATHS. Librarian"
FINANCE REPORT.
The report of the finance committee
shows that the funds have been care
fully handled and that the expenses
have been kept we'll within the appro-
priations available. The report fol-
lows:
ITO the Board of Trustees: Your
committee herewith submits tabu-
lated statement of the receipts and ex-
pendtures for the year ending Dec. 81.
1901:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-13
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Books loanded during 1901. 81, Sl4
Volumes bound at bindery. 81
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Quent borrowers ................... 81
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Odd magazines received. .......... b36S
Magazines and papers donated for
the year ................... 20
Cash on Jan. i. 1902. 80
Cash received for fines. 12S.00
Cash received for injury. sos
Cash received for catalogs. 1.60
Cash received for rental. $50
Books sold 9.S0-$146-ss
Deposited with city treasurer......145.l is
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
South Side Grocery
and Provision Store.

Edward F. Appel Is engaged In
the grocery and provision business
on the South Side, and conducts
one of the neatest and most attrac-
tive grocery and provision stores In
that portion of the city. He carries
an extensive and most complet e
line of staple and fancy groceries,
canned goods, table luxuries, cigars
and tobacco
Mr.. Appel but recently embarked
in the grocery and produce business
but by close attention to the wants
of his patrons and handling fresh
and reliable goods only, he has
built up fine trade. He Is a most
genial gentleman to meet, courte-
Gus and obliging to all classes alike.
Goods are delivered free to all parts
of the city. 1t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
High School Notes.

The teachers of the schools and
the senior class of the High School
met last night In the High School
building to watch for the eclipse of
the moon. Refreshments were pro-
vided and most enjoyable eve.
ming was spent in playing games.
Let US hope there will be another
eclipse soon.
The High School orchestra or
gained for the season last evening
at thehome of Miss Eva Wright
This Is an organization that should
receive the loyal support of the
High School under all circum-
stances for 1t has helped us drive
away ennui manyFriday afternoons
and don you know that?
Girls, It's about time you were
getting up that basket ball team.
The High School team and the
High School Juniors play football
at the ball grounds on Thursday
next.
Everybody turL out and give
the boys good attendance 1t will
at least encourage them.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
NOTICE
Of Special c Commissioners Sale
of Valuable Real Estate.

Of Special Commissioners Sale
of Valuable Real Estate.
The undersigned commissioners
appointed at the August term, 1902,
of the Circuit Court of Tyler coun.
ty, West Virginia, In the case there.
In pending In which John Stephens
and others are plaintiffs and r. c.
Ankrom and others are defendants,
to make sale of the real estate OF
the said r. c. Ankrom In the bill
and proceedings In the said cause
mentioned and set ont, will,
On the a4th Day of November, 1902,
Between the Hours OF 10 O'clock
am, and O'Clock p. nm.
of said day, at the front door of the
Court House of Tyler county, offer
for sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, the following real
eState:-
First-A tract, al acres of land
lying on the Ohio river, at or near
Paden's Valley.
Second-A tract of IS acres Of
land lying on the waters of Willow
Fork, branch of Point Pleasant.
Third-The undivided II inter.
est of R. c Ankrom in the real
estate of which Susan Sayre died
'eized and possessed. lying on the
Ohio river near Paden's Valley.
which said interest will be sold
subject to the life estate of M G.
Sayre; all of said tracts of land living
and being In Lincoln district, Tyler
county, West Virginia, and will be
sold separately or together so as 10
best subserve the interest of all
parties concerned.
Terms of Sale-15 of the pur-
chase money cash In hand on day
of sale; Is In nine months and IS
in eighteen months from date of
sale. The purchaser or purchasers
thereon giving his bonds with good
personal security for the unpaid
purchase money. and the title to
said land will be retained by said
special commissioners as further
security until the full amount of
the purchase money has been paid.
F. D YOUNG AND
M. D. HANES.
Special Commissioners.
Office of the Clerk, Circuit
Court, Tyler County, West Vir-
ginia:
I. ]. @. May6eld, clerk of said
court, do hereby certify that the
above named commissioners have
given the bond required by the de
cree of sale In the above entitled
eau Nv
Goen under my hand this 9Th
day t October. 1909.
C. MAYFIELD.
Clerk.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17

Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin and SUFFERING
that would ensue without Il.
It lets you down easy-sus
tains you until you get auoth-
er foothold.
| represent q score of the
Oldest and best FIRE insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates Just
now. The probability Is that
they will not be so much lon
ger. Better take out sui.
ficient insurance without de-
lay.
AS every Company nov
charges exactly the same
rates why not have your prop.
erty insured with a company
that Is well known In this
City and one you know has
nd will pay all Its losses
promrtly1 Here Is my list
and everybody Knows that
there are no better compa,,.
les on earth!
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
Oriental Rugs.

A beautiful collection as exhib.
ited at the corner Wells and Dia-
mond streets, by a native Arme.
MAN, will be sold In this town for a
few days. Buyers are cordially In
vited to come and examine this
beautiful display of hand made and
artistic floor coverings. The sale Is
In charge of A. II. Bozyar, of New
York City. It
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Springer
left the city this afternoon for
Huntington, W. Va, where they
will visit relatives. He recently
sold his property on East street
and In all probability will locate In
Parkersburg at no far distant day.
Mr.. Springer Is good citizen and
while We regret to have him and his
estimable family locate elsewhere,
they have our best wishes for a
successful future.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
Did you see the eclipse?
October Is on dress parade.
Have you been cunning yeti

Have you been cunning yet!
Gaming bags are now fashion
able.
James C. Ribb has moved back
<bt the city. ts~
&c. R. Posteu. Of Wheeling, Is o
caller business here today.
Stamping of all kinds. Blanche
j. Campbell. th &
Martin Marshall, of New Phila-
delphia, Ohio, Is calling ON friends
here this week.
Skirt sale at A. D. Work & Sons
all this week. IS4t
Mrs. Dave Judson, of Wells
street, 10 recovering from light
attack of fever. :
P. II. Anderson and daughter, OF
Friendly, were visiting friends In
1.-THE city today.
Foster Mitchell returned to the
city last evening from q business
trip to Smithfeld.
E. M. Roome. a popular hotel
man of Pine Grove, was business
caller In the city today.
Mrs. R. Parker, of Jamestown,
n. Y, is the guest of her son, Jas.
Parker. of the North Side.
Mrs. Mary Talbot, of Wells
street, was the guest OF Mctamoras
relatives and friends today.
Mrs. e. s. Harvey has returned
from two months stay at her sum.
mer home on Lake Chautauqua,
n. Y.
B. A. Allen. the genial proprie'
tor of the Manhattan restaurant
was business caller at Friendly
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gillespie, o.
the South Slde,. returned last eve
ming from . short stay In the coun-
try. &
Mrs. Joseph Jinkie left the cit,
this morning. for Franklin, Pa.
where she viii visit relatives for I
few months.
G. S Clayton, line walker fol
he Eureka Pipe Line company, i
In the city. Mr.. Clayton Is a resi-
dent of Pennsboro.
RI. Lamberton returned to the
city last evening from Smithfeld
where he had been looking after hi:
oil interests In that locality.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Clendenine
returned to the city this afternoon
from a pleasant visit with relative!
and friends at Waynesburg, Pa.
Edward w. Mills. noted lee
turer. will speak at the M. E.
church this evening at 8 o'clock, OF
Temperance ALI are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Lazear, of Hill
street, returned last evening from
Cameron where they were called 6
few days ago by the death OF rel
alive.
Fine Ivers & Pond piano will be
sold at auction at the residence OF
the late Eliza Williamson Saturday
informing. Sale begins at 10 O'Clock
sharp.
II. M. Stanbery, chief civil en-.
gineer for the Carter Oil company,
left the city this morning for Man
nington and other points on the B.
& o. R R.
T. w. Manning, who has beer
detained at home for several days
on account of his wife's Illness, Is
again at his place of business In the
grocery store of Charles Monroe.
The administrators sale of the
Eliza Williamson's personal prop
erty will take place tomorrow
morning at her late residence In
stead of at the City Building as
advertised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Archer
drove In from Adonis last evening
and were the guests of their daugh
ter, Mrs. Ralph Broadwater, until
this morning. They spent the day
with Mrs. Joseph Mckay, who Is
also their daughter. They will re-
turn home this evening.
Capt. II A. Leopold. we'll known
In business circles In Chicora, Pa,
Is here for weeks visit with his
stepson, Elmer Toye and family, oil
North Wells street Capt. Leopold
<-A% II Il IL
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17
Local and Personal Briefs

Chestnuts are plentiful.
Rain tonight and Saturday.
The early bird may catch the
gan.
Corn husking bees have begun to
Swarm.
/ The. strike settlement can't come
too soon.
4 Jack Frost 10 missing golden OPP
lportunities.
The eclipse was pulled OF with
out interruption.
DR.. 6. E. Kahle left for Pittsburg
lon the afternoon train. u af1
From present indications Teddy
Is all right on the strike situation.
/ Wanted-Si Situation 40 chef for
hotel or restaurant. Address A. E /
this Office.
| P. Brown, the Burt street Junk
dealer, was St. Marys business
caller today.
| M. S. Campbell, of the South
Side, went to Eureka this morning
on business.
Ralph Broadwater returned to
the city last evening from a bus,.
ness trip to Pittsburg.
w. P. N. Norris, of the Eureka
Pipe Line. went to Smithfeld this
morning on business.
DR.. and Mrs. f., B. Conway and
daughter Miss Bessie, of Alma, are
guests Of the Hotel Mercer.
Miss June Mccoy of Wood street,
left this afternoon for Huntington,
where she will attend school this
winter:
Miss ]. Cora Carter, of Middle
bourne. went to Philippi. W. Va,
> this morning where she will visit
her parents for few weeks.
Mr..and Mrs. W. r. Stoner, of
the South Side, LETT this morning
for New Castle, Pa, where they
Twill isit relativ 8 and friends for O
few weeks.
III We are pleased to note that VIM
!, Selmon, who had the misfortune a
flew days ago to get thrown off O
wagon and quite painfully injured,
r Is slowly recovering.
A large delegation of prominent
gentlemen of Middlebourne and
VICINITY were present last evening
e at the Republican meeting which
was held In the Auditorium.
$ B. E. Sine, who formerly resided
at Adonis. has moved his family
3 into the property of Mrs. c. c. Nc
Cormick on Brown Betty street and
will make this city his permanent
home.
Mrs. Simons. accompanied by her
: daughter, Miss Matte. returned
home last evening from Cincinnati
where Mrs. Simmons has been for
! some time undergoing treatment
4 for cancer.
The show tomorrow night Is the
best we ever had here. It deserves
and no doubt will be we'll patron
lied. We cannot have such fine
attractions all the time but Nathan
Hale Is fine show.
Mrs. Peter 10y, an excellent and
we'll known lady of Garry Owen, Is
slowly recovering from long and
, severe siege of typhoid fever. Her
son and only child, D. S. 10y, of
: California, is at her bedside.
Although Mr.. Kyle has several
new plays In hand for future pro-
; duction, the sue ,ess of Nathan
Hale" has compelled him to defer
: his plans for change of bill. At
Auditorium Saturday night.
e w. E. Lee, the we'll known ma
: chinist, has purchased Mr.. Houses
residence on south Wells street
: and IS moving his family here from
S Proctor. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee former
ly resided In this city and their re-
turn will be welcomed.
2 With all of its fun and romance
there Is yet a native power, an ap-
| pealing nationalism; In Nathan
? Hale" which warrants the claim
5 that 1t Is "the representative
: American play" At Auditorium
saturday night.
! Mrs. Jack Kinkaid entertained
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-17

New walking skirts at A. D.
Work & Sons. KAT
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06
ria. called FL Rosaio.
Eruption Aid to Thieves.

d
Bands Of Mexican robbers are now
swarming the desolated regions, rob.
bing and numbering refugees on the
road and looting the abandoned and
desolate plantations.
The people left behind on the plan.
tatlons, II is said, are In danger of
death from starvation, for the food
supply has been cut off, and there is
no way to send in supplies to the af.
fiicted districts.
Those who came on the City Of Para
were the Bardwell family and Miss
Florissa Nero. The Bardwells consist
of Ferdinand. his mother. his sister
Julia, and brother Albert. Another
brother, Augustine remained behind
to save, II possible. some of the coffee.
The Bardwells owned the Magnolia
plantation. near L'Argentina. about
thirty miles south OF Quezaltenango.
The steamer City of Para met evil
dence of the volcano eruption soon
after leaving Ocos. Great quantities
OF pumice were found floating on the
water, and some of the pieces were
about the size Of mans head. The
sea was covered with the stuff. When
the vessel got up of the coast Of Qua
temala the shore was seen to be COW
cred with a light ash. At Champerico
there was about half an inch Of ashes
, over the roofs of the houses and the
ground was covered as though there
had been a snowstorm. Ashes were
, then falling. although 1t was sixteen
days after the first eruption of the
mountain.
During the night of November g.,
Just few hours before the City Of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06
IN ONLY SIX YEARS

Six years ago the Republicans took
the Treasury Of the United States with
the black raven of free trade perched
above the Treasury door, hooting sur.
plus, surplus never more: wien there
was nothing in that Treasury but a
free trade vacuum, and filled II up with
gold and silver coin. We started the
mills and factories we oiled the car
wheels. and whitened the seas. We
set the laborer at work: we paid the
farm mortgages. We shaved the wills.
kers from the Kansas Populist, and
gave him carriage to ride in. We
destroyed two armies, the Coxey army
and the army of Spain We doubled
the price Of cattle and sheep and wool,
and trebled the value OF horses and
ranch property. We made the dollar
worth one hundred cents on every
counter In the world. We tore the rags
from the backs OF three million
tramps and dressed them up like Nc:
Allisters. We destroyed sectionallSm,
and united the North South, East and
West In bonds OF national pride and
brotherly love. We took Old Glory.
with its Stars and Stripes, and tossed
and waved It aloft across the interna.
tional skies. until every nation of the
earth bent its knee in awe and admlra.
ton. We made the name, American
citizenship. respected from the dun
geons of Cuba to pagan-cursed China.
-B. ID. Brooks.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06

tions. The monarch has a big corps
of assistants, all of whom receive
large salaries from s125,oO0 a year
Gown.
John ID. Rockefeller was born In
1899 and Is the son Of farmer. At
IS he was clerk in commission house.
At 10 he was in the commission bust.
ness for himself. At 20 he was an oil
reilner in small way and very soon
saw the possibilities Of oil-and acted.
b. great and bold spectators he has
been called a sure thing" operator.
lie is quiet in his life and simple in
his tastes. He has been a victim of
nervous indigestion since 1875. when
be owed the Cleveland banks s1.700..
900, and since then has lived principal
ly on hot milk and crackers. Con
densed from David Graham Phillips
THE Making OF a Millionaire in the
Saturday Evening Post of October 4.
1g02.-Ed. r.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06
VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN GUATEMALA
EXCEEDED HORRORS OF MONT PELEE

San Francisco, Nov. 19.-The first
of the refugees from the devastated
lands of Guatemala arrived today on
the Pacific Mail steamer City of Para.
They came from the districts far in.
land from the sea. and travelled over a
country laid waste by said. ashes and
pumice before reaching railway sta
ton. From the latter place they made
the journey by rail to Champerico'
and there took the steamer to San
Francisco. They sailed November T.
when the volcano was sun smoking
and rumbling oil thunder' ana nashes
.ot hghtn'ng gave evidence vi hhore
beruptions TO come
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06

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,Heu ~ 800 a. A. .,ahss,
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nian ~ '"e -. o 80
WIN Win n's oIo.nei anu NJ. i u .n
me- o'ns' aSsa.es =. na ~,
money Gnu I os. n,,nv,,s, -
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are popu,a suppo'eu W De .. w
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06

States. Farm mortgages we're a feat.
ure with him for time. but this mon
ey came back too quickly. It is said
that the unexpected payment Of ss.-
100000 OF farm mortgage money made
Mr.. Rockefeller angry as he was never
known to be. Following his invest.
ments in gas and electric lighting Mr..
Rockefeller busted himself in further
Industrial lines till he is all but the
controlling factor in the following; All
kinds of street railways, national and
state and city and county and school
bends. ocean and lake and river steam
ers, telegraph and telephone lines, iron
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06
The Presidents Body Guards.

Para sailed out OF the port, loud rum.
blings of the earth were heard and
heavy reports as OF distant thunder
came from the direction OF the vol
cano.
Word has been received from Ma.
zatenango. on the outskirts Of the
ruined territory. stating that there.
Friday October "a. at about o'clock
In the evening. Santa Maria opened a
crater on the west side, near its base,
not far from Helvetia, and all that
night Il belched forth volumes OF
ashes and lava over Folhutz and Cos
ia Cuca. Saturday morning 1t was
noted several more craters in the
Deighborhood of the mountain had
opened M. and they were all spouting
volcanic debris over the plantations OF
the district.
Plantations Abandoned.
These fresh craters were further to
thu west and for over twenty.four
hours they were in constant eruption.
The earth was In continual commotlon,
shaklng down building and causing
much destruction from the quaking
All the territory about Palmar, San
Felipe and Pueblo Nuevo was buried
under ashes. Many of the plantations
were buried under from Ave to seven
feet Of debris, and all hope of ever
reckoning them had been given up.
| At Mazatenango on the south side
OF the volcano, only ashes had fallen
and not 20 such great depth that II
was not possible to save some Of the
plantation property. News from that
town said that hundreds OF refugees
were collecting there. and many more
were pushing on to places further
away from the volcano, fearing fur
Their destruction from 1t. Many OF tn,
refugees were without bread or shell
ter, and their condition was pitiful
At that place most of the buildings
had been badly damaged, II not com
pletely destroyed, by the fierce earth
quakes that accompanied the erup
lions OF the volcano. When the las
word came from Mazatenango, fifteel
days after the first eruption of Sara
Maria, the earth had been In constan
trembling.
At Champerico modest estimate o
the loss to the coffee crop places 1t a
100000 quintals.
Three Days Of Darkness.
Ferdinand Bardwell in telling hi
storv NJ tho aruntion and the eynar
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06
Tremendous Financial Power Of John D. Rockefeller

fast that he was next confronted with
the problem that is today his only
worry-the problem of reinvestment.
He went into railways until. in 1895.
II was learned quite by accident that
lie controlled one.fifth of the whole of
the mileage of the United States. It is
this fifth and what has been added to
It that makes Mr.. Morgan so strong In
the transportation field.
The 'rvts;r.tnts in railways. M to
1895, increased Mr.. Rockefellers in
come to about s75.OOO.O0 a year. Then
he went into gas and electric lighting
works everywhere in the United
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-06

"A great column OF smoke and fire
rose seemingly to the peak OF Santa
Maria. That was the night of October
"a. about. p. m. All that night the
earth shook In almost constant vibra.
ton. and the next morning the sky was
cnveloped In thick cloud of smoke.
Ashes much like coarse sand fell In
a heavy shower. That continued for
several hours, and then the ashes be.
came lighter and drifted about in
clouds Of light dust. Breathing was
difficult, and the atmo sphere was SO
hot that 1t seemed as though the slIn
would be peeled from persons
body.
For three days" said Mr.. 'h,r,l
W. ii 1--WE were In almost tot! dark
ness. On the fourth day, with a
light breeze from the south the smoke
clouds were rolled back toward the
mountains, and at times streaks OF
light would break through. Then we
saw the ruin which had come over our
plantation. We were on the side OF
the volcano least exposed to the fury
of the eruption, and fully thirty miles
away from the mountain. yet our place
IL ruined beyond all hope of recovery
1t is covered with deep volcanic ash.
"We decided to get out of the coun
try before anything worse happened
! Hundreds Near Starvation.
1--WE were Obliged to abandon al
our horses and all the goods we did
not personally need for our own per
sonal comfort at the banks of a rlvel
a few miles before we reached Retail
huleu. There the gorge was so deeI
and swift We could not get the horsei
across, and we were. obliged 10 90
across the tops Of the high banks. A
Retalhueu we got train that carried
us to the seaport.
| There were robbers all along tn,
road, but we were not molested. Foot
in the district Of our ruined plantation
was scarce, and we saw hundreds o
natives along the trails wandering
almlessly along without food or shel
ter. and almost on the verge of starva
ton.
AT Champerlco, while waiting 70
the boats, we met several planter
from the vicinity of Costa Cuca, Pa
ma, Reforma and Xolhuitz. They sal,
that the destruction to the propert
there was complete, and that from 3
600 TO 1000 of the natives and employ
ees OF the planters had persisted. On
of those refugees from the ruined dis
trict said that on his way out over on
of the roads leading from Xolhuitz h