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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05
Local News

! IONOl ! NGWS
Frank Hicks made a business
trip to st. Marys today.
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Owen Dearth of Friendly, was
a business caller in the city to-
day.
Miss McMuggin, the efficient
teacher in room No. ) of the High
school, went to Ravenswood last
evening to spend Sunday at her
home.
Steinhauser orchestra furnish
ed music for a grand ball given
last night at Smithfield.
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John V. Ruth and his sister-in-
law. Mrs. Kennard of Waverly.
have become residents of this city.
FOR RENT-Furnished room.
with privilege Of bath; gentle,
man preferred. Call at Review
office. 11,5-2t
George McCamey came in this
morning from the MiddlebOurne
oil field to spend Sunday with
his family.
The ProhibitiOnists will carry
the election in Tyler county if
the church members will support
the ticket unanimously. VIII they
do it,
ID. w. Twyman Of Frew, was
in the city today. Mr.. Twyman
is a candidate on the Prohibition
ticket for the House of Dele
gates.
Mrs. G.. P. Ackerson of the
Ohio side, was calling on friends
in the city last evening and while
here had the misfortune to lose
her watch upon te street.
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Ed Carter, who is attending the
Morgantown university, passed
through the city this morning on
his way to Middlebourne, where
he will visit relatives until after
the election.
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Miss Maggie Hickok, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo.
McCaulley, of the South Side, re-
turned home yesterday. She was
accompanied by Miss Lottie Gold,
who will pay her visit.
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Fall opening Of cut flowers at
the Gates Transfer Office Satur-
day afternoon and evening. Ev-
cry lady and gentleman will re-
ceive a carnation. Don't forget
to call. 1887
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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Campbell a 12-pound boy. Mrs.
Campbell has rooms at the home
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sine of
Wood strete. MI Campbell is at
present in the Indian Territory
Let everybody turn out Mon
day evening and hear Attorney
John A. Howard Of Wheeling,
speak. Mr.. Howard is beyond a
doubt one of the leading orators
of West Virginia, and this speech
will close the campaign of 1904
in this city. The hour for the
speaking to begin is Z 80, and the
place is the Auditorium. All are
cordially invited, regardless of
politics.
Everybody admits that brewer
and liquor dealers are friends to
the liquor business, but we aver
that in spite of all their prayers
and talk that the preacher or
church member who votes the
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05

Sistersville is the busiest little
city at the present time in the
great State of West Virginia.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05
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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
ASK PROBATION
FOR OFFENDERS
Two Applications Are Made
Before Judge LawlOr, but
Only One Is Successful
WETZEL GETS A CHANCE
c. L. Daniels. Convicted of
EmbezzIement, Sentenced
to Serve Two Year Term

Probationary methods were applied
yesterday by Judge Lawlor in the case
OF S. P. Wetzel, who was convicted on
one charge of burglary and pleaded
guilty to another charge. He has not
yet attained his majority. L. Y. Boyn-
ton Of the electrical department at the
Joshua Hendy Machine Works offered
to give Wetzel employment and the
Judge suspended sentence till Novem-
Der Is and ordered him released on
$1,000 bonds in each case. The boys
father, DR.. j. F. Wetzel, and his moth
er were made probationary officers.
The defendant entered the room of
Frank Turner in the Plymouth Hotel,
Bush and Jones streets, on May 5
and the room of A. Abrahamson, pro-
prietor Of the Richelieu Hotel, on
May 9.
An attempt was also made before
Judge Lawlor to obtain probation for
Charles L. Daniels, convicted by jury
of felony embezzlement. He is "a
years of age. His father, James NJ.
Daniels, a railway man from Texas, Of
fcred to provide him with employ
ment. Others testified as to his previ-
Gus good character. The Judge said
the position of the defendants father
was pitiful and If it were possible to
apply probationary methods in the
case he would do so. He thought the
action of the jury in bringing in a
verdict of guilty was entitled to the
highest commendation. The jurors had
done their duty and he would not be
found wanting. He denounced the at
tempt of the defense at the trial to
throw the blame upon William Dodge,
a fellow clerk of the defendant, who
the Judge said had been foully and
unjustly accused. He sentenced the
defendant to serve two years in San
Quentin. Daniels, while employed as
a clerk for the Illinois Glass Works,
collected a claim of $9S 40 from the
Southern Pacific Company and abb
seconded with the money. 1t Is said
that he is cousin of Frank Daniels,
the comedian.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
CaIedonian Club Nominations.

The following nominations of Of
fcers of the Caledonian Club were
made at a meeting in Scottish Hall Oil
Friday night: Chief, D. D. McRae:
first chieftain. D. ]. Mcfarland; sec
ond chieftain, F. F. Finlay; third
chieftain, James H. Duncan; fourth
chieftain, John w. Cameron; physi-
clan, DIR. ]. A. ]. Mcdonald; directors,
r. Med. Murray. Neil Lindsay, Walter
Reed, Daniel McDougald and Charles
Macdonald; Scottish Hall directors,
A. N. Macpherson, D. d. McRae.
Richard Cratic, James Gorie, John NJ.
Duncan, ]. E. McFarlane and Charles
A. McPhee. Further nominations can
be made on November and the cleo
ton will be held on November Is.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
RUMOR OF MANY CHANGES
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
Promotions and Appointments Pre-
dicted in the First and Fifth
Infantry Regiments.

dicted in the First and Fifth
Infantry Regiments.
There is a rumor in the National
Guard of California at this time in
regard to possible changes in several
of the organizations before the close
of the year, and it Is likely that many
who are now prominent in the gold
lace section of the guard will allow
their names to appear on the retired
list 1t is probable that during the
current week the names of those who
it is now thought will retire will be
made public.
The field, staff, non-commissioned
staff, band and sanitary corps of the
First Infantry have been ordered to
Shell Mound Park November 13 and
20 to complete the annual target
shoot.
On recommendation of the regi-
mental examining board Private w. B.
Kyth, Company G, has been promoted
sergeant, having attained SO per cent.
Since August 10, thirty-four enlist
ed men have been discharged from the
First Infantry, seventeen on account OF
removal, eleven at expiration of term
of enlistment and five for the good of
the service or by reason of enlistment
in the regular army.
Major Filmer has been detailed to
preside at an election to be held In
the First Infantry for captain and first
lieutenant of Company B.
Major D. A. Smith has been ordered
to preside November IA at an elec-
ton in Company B, Fifth Infantry,
San Jose, for captain, first and second
lieutenants, vice incumbents whose
terms have expired.
Seventy-three men have recently
been discharged from the Fifth In
fantry; fifty-two on account of re-
moval, eleven at expiration of term of
enlistment, seven for good of the serv-
ice and one for disability.
The following appointments have
been made in the Fifth Infantry: Pri-
vate G. w. Hassler Company B, to be
corporal; Private T. Kerrigan, Com
pany D, to be sergeant; Corporal
George A. Collamore to be sergeant,
Private F. Williams to be corporal,
Private M. Mcguire to be corporal,
Private Olney G. Pedigo to be corpor-
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
JAPANESE MUSIC WILL
BE HEARD AT THE PARK
Captain Berger of Hawaiian Govern
nent Band Consents to Direct
Oriental Melodies.


Captain Berger of Hawaiian Govern
ment Band Consents to Direct
Oriental Melodies.
The visitors to Golden Gate Park to-
day will be treated to a few selections
Of genuine japanese melodies, the first
to be rendered by the park band dur
ing its existence. The music is to be
played under the special direction of
Captain Berger, a noted musician, who
has directed the Hawaiian Government
band for more than thirty years. Cap
tain Berger is in this city on a visit
and Paul Steindorff, leader of the park
band, extended him the courtesy of di-
rectlng the Japanese music to-day.
These Japanese melodies are said to
be OF the sweetest strains and are
heard but little outside the empire Of
the Mikado. Captain Berger is familiar
with the music, having conducted it
for many years while leader of the
Hawaiian band. One Of the features
Of the programme will be the national
japanese anthem. Following is the
regular programme for to-day:
Part March, THE Gladiator"
(Sousa); overture, Poet and Peasant
(Suppe); waltz, Babes in Toyland"
(Victor Herbert; solo for flute (select-
ED, Signor A. Lombardo; Reminis
cences of Donizetti Godfrey.
Part 2-Overture, "Mignon" (Thom-
ss); three Hungarian dances (Brahms):
reverie, The Roses Honeymoon
(Bratton); selection, Dolly Warden"
(Edwards); international Congress
(Souss); America"
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

Yorke & Company In their present
form. We commend to the Board of
Public Works a complete revision Of
the system of supervision Of the street
repairing work. both in the field and in
the office. We also advise that board
that the specifications alone must guide
a contractor with the city and that
legally and morally a rule that will
permit any official of the city govern
ment to violate those specifications in
his discretion. reasonable or arbitrary,
is unendurable."
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
MANY SIGNATURES USED.

mo supervision is exercised either
over Boone's inspection of the work or
over his computations thereof. He af-
fixes his o. X. to the bills, which he
makes out from his own unverifed
computations, and the other officials,
through whose hands the bills pass,
affix their signatures thereto. relying
upon his signature. Comment upon
such condition of affairs would be
idle. 1t is eloquent of inefficiency and
of opportunity for abuse and imposi-
ton, without measure, upon the city.
In closing we think 1t well to call
your attention to the peculiarly infor-
NAL nature of the award of the con-
tract under which these bills are pre-
sented. The contract was awarded to
F. NJ. Yorke & Company on July Ia,
1904. Mr.. Yorke testified that at that
time F. NJ. Yorke & Company was
partnership, consisting of himself and
p. M. Gopcevich; that though no for
NAL written articles of agreement had
been made between them they had an
oral understanding for a partnership.
The bills are presented by F. M Yorke
& Company, a corporation, which the
records show was organized only on
July 90, 1904, or some two weeks after
the award of the contract. Mr.. Yorke
testified that all the stock in this COM
pany was held by Gopcevich and him
self and that after the award of the
contract they proceeded to purchase
their plant. The informality of per-
mitting corporation to perform work
under contract AWARDED to a partner
ship is clear. This does not, however.
call for anything more than criticism
and a suggestion to the Board of Public
Works that like informality will not
be permitted in the future.
For the reasons given we have con-
cluded not to allow these bills of F. M.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
DUTCH ENGINEER MUST
RETURN TO BATAVIA
Comes Here I'm Response to a Letter
From His Uncle Making Offer Of
EmpIoyment,

On the application of Gustavus H.
Liss, an immigrant from Batavia, to
be admitted to the United States, I'm
migrant Inspector d. J. Griffiths has
reported unfavorably. Liss is a sta
tionary engineer and arrived on the
Korea September H. He represented
that his uncle, wealthy mine owner
of Cripple Creek, Colo, had written
to him to accept employment at that
place. He was denied a landing on
the ground that this made him con-
tract laborer. An appeal was taken to
Washington and the Dutch Embassy
forwarded aff1davits to the Immigration
Bureau in this city In which the uncle
denied having written to the young
man offering him employment AS the
immigrant had taken oath to the con-
trary the local bureau has again re-
ported in favor OF denying land
ing
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Kinnel Goes East.

Chief Clerk E. L. Kinnel Of the
United States immigration Bureau
will leave for st. Louis tomorrow 10
assist in escorting back to this city
Chinese who have been taking part
as showmen and show women IN the
Chinese village. They are under bonds
to return to China.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Want Point Lobos Avenue Lighted.

Forty-one residents and property
owners filed a petition with the Su-
pervisors yesterday 10 have electric
lights installed along Point Lobos ave-
nue., between Thirty-fourth and For
teth avenues. The petitioners say the
district is absolutely without lighting
and is being rapidly built UP, there
being 100 houses already erected and
thirty in course of construction. The
residents are compelled at present to
travel with lanterns after dark.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

duced from $500 to SIS the fine i'm
posed upon Captain A. Denis. master
of the French ship General de Negrier
for breaking customs seals on his car
go. The reduction was made on the
suggestion of United States Customs
Collector Stratton. who decided that
Captain Denis had had no intention
Of defrauding the revenue.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Bartender sIeeps. Thief Enters.

Charles Duane, bartender in John
Martins saloon, S35 Howard street,
dropped into a quiet slumber, behind
the bar about o'clock yesterday
morning. When he awoke few min
utes later he discovered that a thief
had rified the cash register of s13 So.
Martin reported the theft to the po-
lice.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

A British naturalist suggests that
the destruction Of animal life by
heavy rains has received too little at
tention. The mortality among insects
and all small animalsNis certainly very
great.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Full Waterfalls, Clear Weather, Per-
feet Roads Make This the
Time fO Co

Those who fail TO Yosemite Valley this
month will miss the grandest of sights. The
early rains increased the water volume so
that every fall thunders in renewed splendor,
and now the atmosphere has cleared so that
superb views may be had OF the entire valley
Reports say that the view from Glacier Point
is wonderful Travel, too, is ideal the dust
having been laid on all the roads, the Wawona
stage road being particularly fine The visit
TO the Big Trees, made from Wawona Is more
than usually attractive. these greatest Of all
the forest giants seeming more regal after the
refreshing rains. Sleeping car service to Raw
mond; comfortable stages and good meals
Fullest information on all points connected
with Yosemite trip cteerfully furnished at
Southern Pacific office. 613 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

al, Company E; Corporal H. P. Mau.
Company F, to be sergeant. and Pri-
Yates N. ]. Everett and w. Morganier
to be cornorals
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

One Of the funny things is TO meet a
drug store drunksrd who doesn't know
that you know he drinks and who,
when full, tries 10 hide the fact
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

CATALOGUES and CAR CARDS.-Gabriel
Printing Co. print anything 41o Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
YORKE'S BILLS
ARE Held Up
Finance Committee Disal-
lows Demands for Repair
of BituminOus Pavements
LACK OF SUPERVISION
Report Alleges Plant of the
Company Was Inadequate
to Do Work Charged For
LACK OF SUPERVISION

The Supervisors Finance Committee
yesterday filed it's report with the
board. 1t says that it has decided,
after a long and detailed investigation,
not to approve the August bills of the
r. NJ Yorke Company for repairs to
bituninous streets. The bills were for
an aggregate amount of $6264 20. The
report goes into the evidence adduced
at the investigation. from which the
committee concludes that the maxi
mum output of the kettles used by the
company for the month of August was
only sufficient to cover $1,000 square
feet of bituminous pavement, which, at
four cents per square foot, the con-
tract price, would amount to $3240,
whereas the bills were for almost
double that amount. The report also dis
cusses the inadequacy of the supervi-
sion of the work and the instructions
given to Inspector Boone by Commits
sioners Schmitz and Maestretti to be
reasonable in his computations as to
surface covered where the depth of the
bitumen exceeded 21a inches. The re-
port saws:
There is no law that permits a
practice of the kind and it is obvious
that an injustice has been done to the
city and to possible bidders, through
whose bids the city might profit, there
fore it is necessary for us to condemn
it out of hand as intolerable. If the
specifications of the contract do not
meet with precision the actual condi-
tion of affairs, 1t is the duty of the
Board of Public Works to reconstruct
those specifications so as to conform
with that condition. Obviously the city
is at the mercy of It's officers and de-
prived of the benefit Of fearless COM
petition in bidding. Injustice is dealt
out to 1t by the arbitrary exercise of
this discretion by the Inspector, acting
under instructions of higher officials,
that everything may work to the profit
of the contractor. 1t is an absolutely
inconceivable and illogical rule even Of
discretion that gives the contractor ad-
ditional compensation for depth in ex-
cess Of the specifications and makes
no deduction from his charge in favor
of the city for a surface of less depth
than that required by those specifica-
tionS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Captains Fine Reduced.

Secretary Metcalf of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has re-
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

When you begin to notice a mans
name in the financial columns of
newspaper it is time to look for his
wife's name in the society columns
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Fashionable Materials

SUITABLE FOR STREET DRESSES
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

Attention is also called to large stock
of Silk and Wool Materials in light
weights, especially adapted for Even
ing Costumes, in colorS suitable for
any occasion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13
Ought to Be Repealed.

We do not know under what condi-
tions the old law prohibiting the ex-
portation Of spruce timber, or the prod
uct of it, from Alaska, was adopted,
but it appears that there is such a
law which stands in the way of the
importation Of wood pulp, or pulp
wood, from Alaska, and that it is to
be repealed by provision of the for
estry bill introduced by Congressman
Tawney.
Mr. Tawney is doing a good thing
On the islands of the southeastern Alas
ka archipelago there are hundreds Of
thousands of acres Of fine spruce tim
Der adapted to the manufacture of
wood pulp. The importation of this
wood pulp ought to stimulate the pa
per industry on the Pacific coast, and
even in the interior, now that the sup
ply in the United States is becoming
scarce. It would be interesting to
know under what conditions that old
law was enacted, and whether it was
for the benefit Of the paper trust. The
opening Of such a vast supply Of pulp
wood will naturally create an oppor-
tunity for the establishment of new
paper-making industries on the Pacific
coast, and in the long run the repeal
of this law ought to operate to the
advantage of all consumers of paper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13
Severe Penalties the Remedy.

It is too bad that some law cannot be
found in the Minnesota statute books
like that recently discovered in Illinois.
In that state the prosecuting attorneys
in Chicago have dug up an ancient law
that makes robbery accompanied by the
use Of deadly weapon an offense pun
ishable by life imprisonment. Since
the discovery, about a dozen footpads
have been sent to Joliet for life.
There is no doubt that the regrettable
fact that America leads the world in
respect to crimes of violence is largely
due to the mildness of the punishment
inflicted for serious crimes, and to the
numerous chances Of escaping any pun
ishment. In America we have been
kind to the criminal and unkind to the
masses who are not criminal. It is
about time to think less of the villain,
and more Of the good citizen. Short
more than to encourage professional
criminals. In the first place they are
willing to take their chances. In the
second place, if chance goes against
them, they will be out in a few years
again to take up their nefarious work.
Life imprisonment for robbery, where
the offender is armed with revolver or
other deadly weapon, which he uses or
threatens to use, is none too severe a
penalty.
We have not the slightest doubt that
within a month after the first convic-
ton under such law the "hold-up'
business would be practically abandoned
in this state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13
Unioue-Ihe Trick Horse.

Princess Trixie, the great trick horse,
is one of the leading features of this
weeks bill at the Unique theater and
proves to be a drawing card. The intel
ligence of this wonderful animal is mar
Vicious, and the audience Is impelled to
wonder how a mere animal can have
been SO trained as to evince such intel
ligence It is enough to. make a mere
man sit UP and take notice.
Second in entertaining interest to the
horse is the exhibition of rifle shooting
given by Radcliffe and Belmont. All the
tricks of rifle shooting are given by
Professor Radcliffe. He shoots a cork
from the head Of Miss Belmont and per-
forms other feats as dangerous and mar
velous.
The Heazlit Trio, three clever children
please the audience greatly. Their sing
ing is good, while the Indian war whoops
of the smallest member Of the trio are
as blood-curdling as any ever heard on
the prairies Of the west.
Mae Melbane proves to be a very clever
vocalist. Joseph McAuley's Illustrated
songs, as usual, make hit. Hanley
Logan and Hanley, a sketch team, Is de-
cidedly mediocre. There are some very
good moving pictures, the chase after a
bandit with bloodhounds, his capture and
lynching, being the feature.