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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-11

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-11

One of the important meetings of
Convention, National W. CT y
was the one on How to Prevent
the Spread of immortality In
Schools addressed By Mrs. Uaruh
1t was especially for the school
teachers and superintendent and
they were present In large numbers
Mrs, Unruh's address was listened
to with rapt attention. 1t presented
the matter In a concise and explicit
form. The style and verbiage
were most excellent and the ideas
offe, ed extremely interesting and
at the same time popular and com
memsurate with the attention this
growing evil Is commanding In
educational circles.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-11

Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh will
speak In the M. E church of this
city on next Sabbath morning at
the ~ ual church service hour. And
In the evening at the First Presby-
terrain church All are most cord
tally invited to hear this gifted lady
10 At
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
STAMPING WORKS BURNED.
Boy's Cnrelessness Caused Costly
 Tr. nSnt

Boy's Cnrelessness Cnused Costly
 Blaze In London, Ont.
 a~f EONDON, Ont, Jan. 1C.-One of the most disastrous fires in the history of this city and one which almost resulted in the loss of life occurred late yester day in the immense plant of the Mo Clary Manufacturing company.
 About o'clock a boy working in the stamping department and whose duty it was to put sheet iron through oil rollers for the purpose of preventing the sheets rusting struck q match to light the gas. He dropped the burning match, and it fell into the vat of oil. With a report like cannon the oil went up in a sheet of flame and spread on the ceiling of the room on the first floor.
 About 800 men, women and boys were in the building. There was rush for the elevator and the stairs, and in a terrible crush, scerched and smoke begrimed, they reached the street, hat less and coatless, but none seriously in- jured. The fire burned furiously for hours, the fremen being utterly unable to cope with the flames.
 The net results of the fire are 300 men out of employment and a loss of $300,000. Some of the best machinery of the kind in Canada was destroyed, the McClary firm being practically the only stamping firm in the Dominion and also one of the largest in America.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
MANAGER SEWELL TELLS HIS STORY

ltion that I and others were found drinking in a saloon with our uniforms on. MT Sewell is quoted as saying that I was warned before, but he was careful to omit mentioning by whom or for what. My first warning was | to turn in,' which in our business means to get through"
 MT Sewell this morning stated that | he had received communication | from Q committee of the men whom he will meet this afternoon. This icomn1ittee consists of Cornelius Hori- gan, Dennis Howard and John u. Col lins. The matter is out of his hands and his object in meeting the commits tee. he said. was merely to talk things over. Settlement rests with the ex- lecutive committee of the board of dis rectors, of which every member has a copy of the committees proposition.
 We are up against the public. said MT Sewell, 'sand when we are delin- quent we gre very soon told so. When man is late at the barn mornings. it means that his car does not go out. The public is consequently inconvenienced and cry goes up for more cars, bet ter accommodation aud so forth The company is blamed for the mans faults. Some of these men who have been discharged were absent from work without having given notice of their intention to lay off One Of them was absent a whole week: did not show up at all. Another was ab- sent four or five days and another three days. We did not know where the men were then, but we have ascer- tained since.
 Every man has printed copy of the rules, under which he is obliged to work as long as he is in the company'a employ. If he does not know the rules it is not our fault; it is his fault. He is supposed to know what they are.
 There is no truth in the talk that they were discharged because they be- long to the union," went on Mir SswelIs They were discharged because they violated the rules of the company. It is matter of indifference to us wheth- CT or not the men belong to the un- ion. If a man asks me If he ought to join the union I tell him he ought to do so if he thinks it is better for him. He ought to know what is good for himself; not me-
 1 MT Sewell was asked if the report was true that the "old men," that is the men who are paid the highest, twenty cents an hour, are dis | charged when they have attained to that grade, and he said there was ab- solutely no truth whatever in it. The ! "old men," he said, are more profit able to the company because they know their business better than tue: young men who are paid eighteen cents an hour.e~
 MT Sewell said he did not expect any trouble. He was certain that when the men ascertained all the facts in the case they would take the same, view of it as Ne has.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
JUMPED FROM 7TH STORY
New York Man Who Was Delir-
 ious With Typhoid.

By Ruse He Got His Nurse to Leave
 the Room a Moment-He Then
 Rushed to the Window and Jumped
 He Died in Ten Minutes After Be-
 ing Picked Up.
 New York, Jan 10.-Crazed with pain while i'll with typhoid fever, Thomas O'Donahue, treasurer or the O'Donahue Coffee Go, sent his trained nurse out of the room by ruse to-day and then sprang from the window of his room on the seventh floor of the Ormonde apartment house to the side MT O'Donahue had been ill about three weeks and was thought very weak. His temperature was 104 de grees and the crisis was expected to- day. He was attended at night by two trained nurses, one had left the room and he asked the other to call her. She did so, but heard noise as if window yas being opened and rushed back. She found MT ODon- ohue standing on the window sill and ran towards him screaming.
 He jumped instantly. For mo- ment he stood upright and then top pied over, unconscious. His brother ran down to the street joined by a doctor and they carried the dying man into the corridor, where he ex- pired. ,...1. ..s ,s-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Henry Phipps Hospital.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.-Henry Phipps of New York, once a partner of Andrew Carnegie, will establish in Philadelphia an institute for the study, treatment and prevention of tubercu- losis and will endow it with $1,00O,0 ,000 or more. It will be named the Henry Phipps institute, and will be located in the center of the city among the poor if suitable site can be obtained, where it will be easily accessible and where the best scientific talent can be ob- tained for the various positions in the institute
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
OPERATORS NOW BEFORE COMMISSION

governing the wages to be paid and the conditions of employment of it's en,- ployes. Without waving this claim we shall offer such testimony, in addi- tion to the evidence already before the commission, to establish the undesira- bility of such an agreement ii it were fairy at issue. We shall show that the relations between this respondent and it's employees had been for many years peaceful and harmonious until they were disturbed by the machina- tions of the officers and agents of the United Mine Workers; that the effect of the organization of its employees in that association has been to create d spirit of unrest, discontent and hostil- ity upon the part of the employees; that the discipline which is essential to the safe and profitable conduct of the busi- ness has been very greatly impaired; that systematic efforts have been made to force all of its employees into the or ganiZation so that the management of the business might be put absolutely under its control; and that in many in- stances to further the designs of the organization the efficiency and produc- tive capacity of the men has been vol untarily diminished"
 In conclusion the statement says the miners union has no control over its members; that no blacklist was ever proposed or organized by the company, and that the evidence produced by the Delaware & Hudson Co will tend to in- dicate its sincere desire to establish and maintain amicable and friendly re- lations with it's employees.
 Up on the conclusion of his address AEx,s Nc, 1I11 4I. J Charles S. Rose of Scranton, superin- tendent of the mining department of the company. Under the examination of Mir Torrey the witness said that prior to the 1900 strike the relations be- tween the company and the men were cordial. After that strike most of the company's men joined the miners union, which resulted in considerable discontent among the men and the breaking up of discipline in and about the mines. In some collieries the men are required to load 2,800 pounds to a car, in other mines 2,85O. At one col fiery the weight is fixed at 2,75O pounds. The size of the cars, he said, differs at various anthracite regions. The witness also said that it would be unwise to have weekly pay days. The men, he said, now lose twice as much time with semi-monthly pay as they did when they were paid once month. MT Rose concluded his testimony by produced a letter written to him by President Olyphant of the company, after the strike ended. The letter told him to stand by the men who stood by the company during the strike. He was instructed to warn these employees to be careful and, If reviled to reviIe ont again." Regarding the returning strikers the letter said: "Give them a good welcome; they are not all bad who are misled." .z The communication also instructed the superintendent to take back all men where places could be found for them. ut Bno no man should be taken back, it said, who had been guilty of committing a crime.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Fighting the Plague at MazatIan.

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Jan. 1O-Thir- ty-seven people are in the lazarentes, and six deaths have occurred, one en- tire family having died of the plague. Many people have left the city and gone to live on the islands nearby. A number of Americans have also depart ed. It has been decided to disinfect the entire city at once. The charity com mission will pay for the houses that have to be burned and for all clothing destroyed. A man attacked by the plague was found on his way to Ell Gas tillo. He was brought to the city to be sent to lazaretto, but he died on the way there. A woman in order to save her son from being taken to lazarctto put him in bed at home. His father and she herself were in consequence at tackled by the plague and died within 8 few hours. The house has been burned by the authorities.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
CABINET FOR MRS. COX

Resfgnation of Indfanola Postmis.
 tress WiII Not Be Accepted.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1o.-For near ly two hours the cabinet was in ses- Bion, all the members except Secretary Root, who is in New York, being pres ent. Secretary Hay had little new to report on the Venezuelan situation. No answers have been received to the lat est proposition of President Castro, which was transmitted promptly to the allies.
 Satisfac ction was expressed at the ac- tion taken by the representatives of the American Beet Sugar association, al- though regret was felt that the action was not unanimous.
 The Indianola (Miss.) postofice case was again the subject of some consid- eration, but Postmaster General Payne had little in the way of developments to communicates Attorney General Knox, to whom the. case was referred, said that he had not time yet to take it up. but he expected to begin considera- ton of the papers almost stimmediately :
 Reference to the Indianola case led to some discussion of the subject of southern appointments, but no action was taken as to the general policy of the administration. The papers relat- ing to several appointments were de termined upon, but no information con- cerning them was made public.
 It was decided that the resignation of Mrs. Minnie Cox as postmistress will not be accepted, and the question of reopening the office is left for fur ther action. It is felt by the admins tration that to accept the resignation at this time would establish a precedent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
MUST FACE GRAND JURY.
Chicago Will Investigate Alleged
 Conspiracy of Coal Dealers.

Conspiracy of Coal Dealers.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-A special grand jury met in Chicago today to investi- gate the alleged conspiracy between certain coal operators, railroads and coal dealers to increase the price of coal on the Chicago market. Attorney General Hamlin is here from Spring field to lead the investigation. He has with him evidence which, he says, will show that a conspiracy exists, and the whole matter will be thoroughly in- vestigated.
 A specia3 committee composed of members of the Illinois Manufacturing and Merchants association called on State Attorney Dineen of Chicago last Wednesday regarding a special grand jury to probe the alleged combine. MT. Dineen at once took the matter in hand and consulted Attorney General Ham lin by long distance telephone. Judge Hamlin, who for several days has been Investigating affairs out of Springfield, assisted by a committee of four mem bers, favored the plan, as he had se- cured a large amount of evidence to show that some deal had been planned by which the price of coal on the Chi cago and other markets could be kept
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Murder and Suicide.

ADRIAN, Mich, Jan. 10.-William B. Ohio, aged forty-fve, of Toledo, o., shot and killed his wife Elizabeth, aged thirty five, and then fired the .32 caliber revolver at his own breast Both vic tims were dead, the woman with bull let wound through her heart, when a crowd of people who heard the shots broke into the parlor of Platt's hotel, where the tragedy occurred. The cou- pie had been living apart, aEd the wom- an was an employee of the hotel. She had charged that her arrangement from her husband had been due to the latter's abusive treatment of their four teen-year-old daughter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Quiet; Minnesota patents. $40 APO; winter straights, $S45@3.55; winter extras, $2.s5@S.15; winter patents, $3.6o9
 WHEAT-Quiet and steady on cables, small northwest receipts and covering May, S01sqS0 5-16c.
 RYETDuli; state, 56@57c, c. i. f., New York; No. western, 59c., f. o. b., afioat.
 CORN-Dull and not as firm owing to better weather and somewhat improved quality; May, AS 11-16Q49c.
 OATS-Quiet and barely steady; track. white, state, 4oQ44c.; track, white, west
 PoRK-steady; mess. s1s@1s.5o; family. f.ARD-ouiet; prime western steam. 103oc.
 BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 20@ 2615c; extra creamery, 29c.
 CHEESE-F'irm; state, full cream, fam cy emaIl, colored, fall made,f 14014Ac. late mace, 13hc. small, white, fall made, 14D14Ac; late made, 1315c.; large, colored, fall made, 14c.; late made, 131ac.; white, fall made, 14c.; late made, 133kc.
 EGGS-Firm state and Pennsylvania, average best, 3oQ31c.; western, fancy sFSJea SUGAR s'o - Raw steady; fair refining, steady; crushed, 5.25c.; powdered, 4.75c.
 MOLASSES-Firm; New Orleans, 32@
 RICE-Firm; domestic. 41b@6Ac.; Japan.
 TALLow-Firm; city, 5%c.; country, HAY~Firm: shipping, 55@7oc.; good to choice, 95c. .@$1.05
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Prayers Did Not Save Her.

ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. 10.-Mrs. Louis Hanson of Spencer street is dead after having been treated by prayers of SC called elders in a society which has ob- tained firm foothold in Ithaca known as the Church of the Living God or "Holy Ghost and Us society,"" She was a devoted member of the sect, and despite the entreaties of her husband and daughters she refused to be treated by a physician. At the last moment Dr. Meany was called, but Mrs. Han. son died within twenty minutes after his arrival. Coroner Jud who was then summoned, stated that death was due to pulmonary congestion and heart fail ure. This is the second recent death of members of the society in Ithaca who have been thus treated.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
OR ABBOTT SPEAKS PLAINLY
Advocates Government Owner
 ship When Necessary.

He Says We Cannot Have Country
 Part Democratic and Part Autocratic
 The Lecture Was on the Industrial
 Problem and Caused Quite Sensac
 tion.
 Chicago, Jan 1O.--Lincoln's famous declaration that the nation could not endure half slave and half free was paraphrased last night by Dr Lyman Abbott of New York, when at the eli max of lecture on Our Industrial Problem" he said:
 We cannot have country part democratic and part autOcratic. We cannot do away with combinations of adjudication of capital or of labor. The question is not whether we shall continue to have such organizations, but whether the organizations shall be democratic or autocratic-managed by the few for the benefit of the few, or bys the few or the many with proper regard for the public interests
 Government regulation of trusts, even to taking possession of them when necessary and operating them in the interests of the people, was advocated Forcing labor unions to obey all the laws, but also making every corpora tion, great or small, do the same thing would bring about solution of the problem, ill the opinion of Dr Abbott The lecture was delivered under the auspices of the University of Chicago Lecture association.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
BIG GAME CAPTURED.
Men Captured at Memphis Identified
 as Train Robbers.


 MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 1O.-It now looks as if the Memphis police made an important capture when on Wednesday last they arrested Thomas Clark, George Rogers and John F. Estelle. When taken into custody, the men had nitroglycerin in their possession. Es- telle has since been identified by the engineer as one of the participants in the Burlington holdup near Marcus, H., on Aug. 5 last.
 Yesterday Mrs. E. Delap of Wiscon- sin positively identified Clark as a man who had bought skiff from her two days before the Burlington robbery.
 The robbers escaped in slkiff which was found overturned. J. c. Sander son, brakeman on the Frisco system, has identified Rogers as one of the prime movers in the holdup on the Frisco at Jonesboro, Ark, several months ago. Estelle has been taken to Savanna, ILL, in charge of an officer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
HALF STARVED MINERS
Ten of Them Arrived In New
 York Weary and Foot Sore.


 Given Them--Australian Ambassador
 Has Taken Up Their Gases and Is to
 Make an Investigation,
 New York, Jan 1O.-Ten Slavs, ragged and half starved, have arrived here from Toms Creek, Va, whlther they went six weeks ago with thirty two others on the promise of steady work in coal mine at $2.50 a day. They tell a story Of oppression that has caused the Austrian ambassador at Washing ton, Baron Hengenmuller, to start an investigation, with the object of free ing the men still at the mine and of obtaining redress for their wrongs.
 After being hired the men were taken to the little town of Georgel, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, whence they drove twenty miles across country. The next morning each man received several sticks of dynamite and some petroleum.
 These are your tools," they were told. ''They will cost you $40. and we will take it in installments out of your pay"
 The men worked eleven hours the first day. At night they received 50 cents each instead of $2.5O, and they protested. But they were told to be careful of their money, as they would be expected to pay part of the cost of their materials out of it at the end of the week.
 This condition of affairs continued for three weeks. Then the forty-two men escaped. But all but ten were recaptured and taken back to the mine
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
ALDERMEN MAY ACT.
It Is Said They Will Name Policeman
 for Waterville.

1t looks now as if the aldermen had taken the bit in their teeth oyer the ap- pointment of an officer to dc duty In Waterville. The people of that dis trict have decided to recommend that the job be given to William Wolfe, and it is understood that the alder men will act favorably upon the re- enumeration. It is the opinion of many. we'll informed people that the aldermen have no authority to make such an appointment but it should be remembered that the members Of the aldermanic board know thing or two and are not making a leap in the dark. The board of public safety ap- pears to be taking the matter in a philosophic way but just the same they are doing a lot of thinking
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Big Four Trains Collide.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10.-The informa- tion received here is that two Big Fouf passenger trains collided head on at full speed at $50 o'clock last night near Bethalto, village twenty-eight miles north of St. Louis and ten miles north of Alton, III. Traffic is blocked on the road but until messengers can reach the scene from Alton little will be defi- nitely known. It is reported that many were injured, but none killed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
LEFT LOTS OF MONEY.

Bridgeport, Jan lO.-Charles E.. Richards, for thirty years mechanical engineer at the Union Metallic Cart ridge company, who died two months ago leaving known personal estate val- ued at $3,O00 had hidden away un- known to his wife more than S25,000. crivices of the furniture, in cushions of the chairs and stitched into under garments which the dead man wore. She also found bank books with de- posits of S15,0OO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
WOOD FOR THE POOR.
Owner of Lot in Eastern Section Gets
 Out an Injunction.

An injunction was granted by Judge Cowell this afternoon restraining the city and Mortimer Doran, as superin- tendent of charities, from cutting down wood on the Meriden road. George B. Hitchcock, the plainkif Tn the matter, claims the wood as his property, part of lot of TOO acres. The city, during the past few days, has had a number of men chopping the wood for distribution among the, poor. Hitchcock claims $500 and is represented by Attorney Church. ThA case is returnable to tho present term Of the district court.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Bowen,s Departure Delayed.

CARACAS, Jan. 10.-As it will be impossible to have the documents set ting forth the Venezuelan case ready for delivery to United States Minister Bowen before midnight MT. Bowen will probably leave for Washington to- morrow. He will sail from La Guayra on the Dolphin.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Coal Famine I'm Missouri.

MARSHALL, Mo, Jan. 1O.-A coal famine prevails in Marshall and the nearby towns. Slater has sent to this city for coal. Many families are burn ing their fruit trees and shade trees. Wood is selling for $S cord, and such fuel is very scarce.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Moroccan Pretender Defeated.

MADRID, Jan. 10.-A dispatch re- ceived here from Melilla, Morocco, says that Bu Hamara, the pretender to the throne, has been defeated near Fez and
 has retreated to Taza. Several more tribes have abandoned the revolution ary movement and have submitted to
 the S1lltan
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
HEIR JAW DIsLoCATED.
Woman Who Was Singing at Concert
 & at Marion. Ind

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 Chicago, Jan 10.-Miss Bernice Mer- shon, IS years old, was singing at a concert last night, when her lower jaw became misplaced, says dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from Marion, Ind. She succeeded in getting it back in place, but a short time later, when she at tempted to yawn, the jaw dislocated A doctor attempted to replace the jaw with his hands, but was unable to do so. He then procured clamps and finally succeeded in getting the jaw back into it's socket. It was then placed in splints and bandages. The physician who has charge of the case said Mrs Mershon had weakened the lower jaw by constant singing.