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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
EIks Elect New Officers

Ruler Bell: Esquire, Chas. W.
Hare; inner guard, Thos. A. Will
liams; chaplain, DR.. c. E. Kahle.
The installation Of the new Off
GERS occurred last Wednesday
evening, and when the impressive
ceremonial work was completed
the members joined in a social
session and banquet in the club
rooms. This social was one OF
the most successful and enjoyable
affairs ever held by the lodge.
Literary and musical talent OF a
high order, home and foreign,
was secured for the occasion, and
the entertainment continued with
out a break until the small hours
of the next morning.
The installation was conducted
by Past Exalted Ruler James
Henaghan, who is district dep
uty grand exalted ruler for West
Virginia.
The antlered order in Sisters
Vile is making splendid progress
materially and fraternally, and
from present Indications in a few
wears will lead the procession of
local secret societies in point of
numerical strength and lodge in
terest. The membership is now
close to two hundred and fifty,
with almost weekly additions.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13

The Wheeling ';""rd of Trade
has started a movement to or
ganize a State Board of Trade
in West Virginia. 1t is the aim
to include all commercial associ-
atoms in one body, after the plan
successfully followed i'll Massa-
chusetts. The Wheeling Board is
now sounding the various organi-
cations, and so far has met with
much encouragement. All asso-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
EPWORTH LEAGUE
CONVENTION,
Denver, Col, July SO, via
BALTIMORE 8 OHIO R. r.
Very Low Rates.

From all points east of the Ohio
river, tickets will be sold June 20
to July 8, inclusive, valid return
inc to and including July II,
Extension of return limit ohrd
1905.
Extension of return limit to Au-
gust IL may be obtained on de-
post of ticket and payment OF
fifty cents.
For full particulars, address
nearest B. & o. ticket agent or
C. w. Bassett, G. P. A., B. & 0.
r. r., Baltimore, Md. 4,6-7ot
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
State Board of Trade

Citations will be asked to name
two or three delegates to be pres
ent at a State convention to be
held in Wheeling in May or June.
The project has the endorsement
of Gov. Dawson, Pres. G. B. Hart
of the Bankers association, Col T..
John Il. McGraw, Hon. Geo. c..
Sturgiss and other prominent
West Virginians, and the pro-
moters confidently expect to form
a strong organization.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
Sock Social a Success in Every Way

The sock social given by Mrs.
Hindman S Smday-schoOl class in
the Armory on Tuesday evening,
for the benefit of the new Nj. f.
church was a decided success,
and the expectations Of the class
were more than gratified.
The evening was very pleas
antly whiled away by playing
finch, and the music given by
Bells band was hugely enjoyed,
also the recitations by Miss Var
ner and Miss Hunter were render
ed exceedingly well, and some
were carried far away by the elo-
quence of the speakers. There
was also some choice singing by
some of our home talent, such as
Will Gruber, Mrs. Forquer and
others.
Regardless of the weather,
there was a large crowd in at
tendance. and all seemed to have
A good time and were loath to
leave. all wishing that they should
repeat the social later on.
The class desires to thank all
who had a part in the evenings
entertainment, and those in at
tendance for their aid in assisting
suoh q GOOD cause.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
Rheumatic Pains
Quickly Relieved.

The excruciating pains charac-
teristic of rheumatism and sciatica
are quickly relieved by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The
great pain relieving power of the
liniment has been the surprise
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
Secrets Of Beef Trust
May Now be Divulsed

issued by Judge Humphreys for
the appearance of persons named
in papers. Nothing has been given
out by United States officials be-
vond admission that Indictment
has been found by grand jury.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13

Special to The Oil Review.
: Chicago, April 13.-Two indlct-
ments were returned this morn
ing by the grand jury in the IN
vestigation of the alleged Beef
trust. and bench warrants were
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13

and delight of thousands of suffer
ers. The quick relief from pain
which it affords is alone worth
MANY times it's cost. For sac by
Hill Bros.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13

We are glad to see the Sisters
vile Oil Review pass into the
hands of Major John P. Glass.
With his experience and ability
it can be made a power, and it will
now be a square-cut Republican
iournal.-Moundsville Herald.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
So POPULAR ARTISTS so
80 LATEST SONG HITS 80
IO--FiJNNlEST COMEDIANS 10
HandSOmeSf and Best GOwned
Chorus on the Road.
Excursions on all Railroads.
Prices Csc, so, Is, $I.OO

Seats reserved by telegraph,
telephone or mail. Seats on sale
sat McCoy's Book store, Friday,
April IA.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-13
Press Comments

ties from Democratic to Republl-
can. The Herald extends vel
come and best wishes.-Huntlng-
ton Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
SEVERELY REBUkEO
Justice Hooker ScathiDgly
Arraigned at Albany
BY COUNSEL FOR BAR
COMPLETION OF DISCUSSION OF
CONSTITUTIONAL PHASES.
Attorney Stevens Handled the Judge
Without Gloves-Story of
Post Office Deals.
BY COUNSEL FOR BAR

ALBANY, N. Y, April 14.-Justice War
rem B. Hooker, whose relations with pos
tai affairs at Dunkirk and Fredonia are the
subject of legislative inquiry, was scath-
ingly arraigned by Frank w. Stevens one
of the counsel for the bar associations
which are assisting in the investiga ton, in
his argument before the committee today.
Mr. Stevens, who began his summing up
yesterday, completed his discussion of the
constitutional phases of the case, arguing
that the legislature had power to remove a
justice for alleged acts of unfitness commit
ted before the judicial function was as
sumed.
Il shall assume" continued Mr.. Stevens,
that any man who will resort to the low
est vices of ward politician is morally
unfit to judge over his fellow men.
Il shall assume that any man who will
defraud the United States government,
who is capable of low deceit, conniving
and robbing the government of the United
States, who will instruct the youth of the
nation in crime and fraud and commit acts
which must be suppressed from public
view, is morally unfit to sit on the bench
Drew Salary Without Working.
Mr.. Stevens cited the case of Frank p
Ball, who was appointed to position at
the Fredonia post office and drew salary
amounting to upward of $500 from the
government without performing any serv-
ice. mo man will stand up and justify
this CASE said the counsel. eff the Free
donna post office had been broken open by
a burglar at night the loss to the gov
eminent would be the same. In this case
1t was a breach of trust"
Taking up the cases of Maurice Hooker,
the judges nephew, and the other persons
appointed to the Fredonia post office at the
request, it is alleged, of Hooker Mr. Ste
vens asked: Can there be anything more
shocking or more deplorable than six people
on the pay rolls of a little post office, none
or them performing any service?"
Post Office Debauched.
"You find the post office at Fredonia de-
bauched. You find the government de-
frauded. You find the youth of Fredonla
instructed in crime. Maurice Hooker was
taught upon the entrance of his life to par
tfcfpate in fraud.
What do the teachers and pupils at the
state normal school see? They see the
nephew of a supreme court justice by IL
l1c1t means, by wrong means, by means
which will not bear the light, get the
government funds in his pocket. What is
the use of the state maintaining normal
schools. when they become nothing less
than school of thieves?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
CHANGES IN STATION.
Important Order Issued Regarding
General Officers.

An order has been issued from the War
Department today directing the following
changes in the stations and duties of gen.
eral officers:
Maj Gen. Samuel 8. Sumner. temporarily
relieved from the command Of the South
western Division, at St. Louis, and as
signed to the command of the Pacific Di-
vision, at San Francisco, during the tenn
porary absence of Maj. Gen. Arthur Mac
Arthur, with the Japanese army in Man
churia.
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin is trans
ferred from the Department Of the Colo
RADIO. at Denver, to the Southwestern Di-
vision during the temporary absence Of
Maj. Gen. Sumner.
Brig. Gen. William S. McCaskey, from
the Philippine Islands to Denver, Col. Gen.
McCaskey Is ordered to report, upon ar
rival at Denver, to the military secretary OF
the army for further orders.
Brig. Gen. Tasher H. Bliss, relieved from
his present duties in this city as president
of the War College, and ordered TO Manila
Philippine Islands, on transport 20 sail
from San Francisco, Cal.,. about June So
1905 Gen. Bliss is directed to report to
the commanding general, Philippines Divi-
sion, for duty, pending assignment to the
command Of a department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
SHIPS MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Experience of Crew That Shipped With
Contraband Steamer.

Contrab band Steamer.
SEATTLE, Wash, April IA. In a letter
written to friend in this city, Otto Dan
iels, chief engineer of the Northwestern
Steamship Company's steamer Tacoma,
which was captured by japanese cruisers
while attempting to run the blockade to
Vladvostok, dispels the mystery which has
surrounded the history of that craft since
leaving this port on January g.
Daniels says the officers of the steamer
knew they were bound for the Siberian port
and that their cargo was contraband. He
says that some of the officers were only
prevailed upon to make the voyage by the
promises of the Russian agent aboard the
steamer. The crew did not know their des-
tination until the steamer reached Dutch
Harbor. When they found it out they
threatened to desert the ship, and mutiny
was only averted by the diplomacy of the
Russian agent, who promised them small
fortune If the attempt was successful.
The writer states after the Tacoma was
caught in the ice she was in momentary
danger of being crushed by the terrible
pressure exerted by the foes as they drifted
about with the current. The men were
parts of the steamers upper structure to
keep warm, and were obliged to subsist for
a part of the time on beef intended for the
Russians.
Daniels says that after being captured
the entire crew were treated with the ut
most kindness by the Japanese, who were
in possession Of the names and position of
every member almost from the moment of
the steamers leaving this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
TO CONSTRUCT AN ISLAND
Contract Has Been Awarded by Secre-
tarv Metcalf

Secretary Metcalf Of the Department of
Commerce and Lobar today awarded the
contract for the construction of a new
island, to be part of Ellis Island immi-
grant station, in New York bay, to the New
Jersey Dock and Bridge Building Company
of Elizabeth, N. J. The contract price for
the work Is $4,000.
Bids for the construction of the island
which is to be just southwest of Ellis Is
land, were invited from thirty-eight con-
Germs. Nine bids were received, that of the
successful company being the lowest. The
bids were opened at Ellis Island in the
presence of Commissioner Robert Watch
orn, Chief Engineer Frye and the bidders
On recommendation of Mr.. Frye and Mr.
Watchorn the contract was awarded.
The work is to be completed in 23O work.
ing days, the company to forfeit $25 a day
for every day the work remains uncom-
pleted after the expiration of the time
limit. On the island, after completion, is
to be erected a hospital for minor con-
tagious diseases, such as diphtheria, measles
and similar ailments. The hospital will be
part of the plant of the Ellis Island sta
ton and will be fitted admirably in every
respect. The island will be completed about
the first of next year and the erection of
the buildings will be begun soon afterward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
100000 FIRE IN MAINE
IS BUSINESS HOUSES IN SPRING.
VALE DESTROYED.

SPRINGVALE, Me-, April 1.-THE
greater portion of the business section OF
Springvale, together with many dwellings.
was destroyed by fire today. entailing
loss estimated at $1,000 Assistance sent
by the Portland fire department arrived
in time to prevent the entire village from
being obliterated.
In all thirty-five buildings were burned.
No lives were lost. The fire started in a
boot and shoe factory owned by w. r.
Usher & Son Company of Newburyport.
Mass, and spread rapidly to a group of
wooden buildings In the vicinity. The local
fre-fghting facilities were wholly made
qua a, and for several hours the flames
were in complete control.
Aid was asked of Portland, Sanford, AL
fred and Rochester, N. H, but before suf-
ficient help arrived many of the largest
buildings were leveled. Besides the Usher
factory the structures destroyed were
vacant shoe factory formerly occupied by
the Shaw Cooling Company, the Odd Fell
lows block Western Union telegraph office,
New England telephone exchange, Tib-
belts Hotel, Masonic block, containing dry
goods store and restaurant Folsom Broth
ers furniture store, and the drug stores of
William H. Wood and c. H. Pierce.
The town hall was damaged as also were
the churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
HELD A LONG SESSION.
Conference Of the Executive Committee
of the Canal Commission,


The executive committee of the isthman
canal commission was in session practically
all day today. The committee discussed
various problems of organization, which
were. in general way. outlined in its re-
cent conference with the Secretary of War
This has been for the purpose of arriving
at an agreement in relation to details of
the plans and in relation to methods for
carrying them out.
The committee spent a good deal of time
in considering the method by which 1t will
secure contract alien labor for work on the
canal 1t decided that in inviting proposals
all persons proposing to provide such labor
for them would have an opportunity to do
so under exactly similar terms.
The committee decided to draw up de-
tailed specifications to govern in the en-
ployment of labor on the canal. "A decision
from Attorney General Moody as to the
application of the eight-hour day to the
work is expected in few days, and will
govern that problem in the specifications.
Permission will have to be obtained from
the Japanese government before the 1900
1aborers from that country can be secured.
The specification as to treatment, sanitary
conditions, ETC., will have to be submitted
to that government before this permission
is obtained.
The committee took a recess for luncheon
and reassembled to continue its conference
until a late hour this afternoon Tomor-
row it win again meet here but on Mon
day it will assemble in New York to take
over the control Of the Panama Railway
Company, when Mr.. Shonts will be elected
president of the company.
Chief Engineer Wallace said. regarding
the statement in a Panama dispatch that
the newspapers there comment unfavorably
on the action of the canal commission In
delaying payment of the laborers' wages for
March until yesterday. that there had been
a delay of only two or three days in paying
the laborers on the canal. and that this
L.. 1AnI - 1T
tration. He denied the statement that there
had been any probability of a strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
BOY DROWNED IN CANAL.
Fatal Accident Near the Foot Of 37th
Street

The lifeless form OF little Michael Kelly,
a boy five years old. was pulled out of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal near the foot of
37th street northwest about 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon in the sight of over a
dozen strong and powerful men who were
standing on a grain boat nearby and saw
him drown without offering assistance.
Michael was hanging over the embankment
of the canal, and in grabbing for a dead
fish which was floating on top of the
water fell in.
The lad had been playing with some small
boys during the afternoon. and they were
going homeward when the dead fish at
tracted the attention OF the Kelly boy. He
ran TO the edge OF the water, and laying on
his stomach leaned over the embankment.
which Is only a foot above the water. and
in trying to grasp the fish lost his balance.
The body OF the drowned boy hoated
DOM stream a distance, and was after
ward taken out by John Simpson, usher
--7-. Tho crew of the harbormasfer's Of
ts -ef "a the spot short while siteg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Mr.. Pinheiro,s Correction.
. the Editor of The Evening Star:

. tEe Editor OF The Evening Star:
Permit me through this medium to make
a correction in re a report which read
In the Evening Star of yesterdays date un-
DER the head of Policemen Accused of As
sauiting an Employs of the British Emhas-
sy. In which was reported as being that
employee. desire to state that l am not
an employe of the British embassy. 4 am
British subject, native of British
Guiana, now pursuing a course of study In
dentistry at the Howard University. Rela-
tive to other statements contained ia the
report referred to I desire not to discuss at
present. as the matter is sub JUDGE, but
shall eagerly await the issue. which doubt
not depends on the veracity of those who
witnessed tie assault and myself.
JOHN PINHEIRO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF CRIME
PLACED IN CUSTODY.

A charge of theft was placed against Will
liam Burk and William Houston at police
headquarters this morning. They were at
terward placed behind the bars at the sixth
precinct police station. Houston says he is
from Fairfax county, Va, and Burk says
his home is near Oxen Hill, Md. The latter
also says he is three-quarters Indian.
When Detectives Hartigan and Baur and
Policeman Tayman arrested the two men
this morning they were at business house
and although the articles taken from them
were similar, they declared they had never
met before. A "matrimony thermometer
a bottle of fluid and some trinkets were
found upon each. It is charged that they
stole a watch from the house of Detective
Baur.s colored washerwoman, and other
complaints were also made against two men
answering their descriptions.
According to reports received at head
quarters two men, who posed as fortune
tellers, visited the homes of many poor
persons and deprived some of them of small
amounts of money, The men against whom
SO many complaints were lodged carried
the "matrimony thermometer" In the tube
of the instrument there is red fluid and
the heat from the hand causes 1t 10 ascend
the same as mercury in an ordinary Their
mometer. Instead of scale of degrees be-
ing marked along the tube there are pic
lures and letters which are intended to con-
tain information which is calculated to be
of interest. The words on the thermometers
are: indifferent" "firty," sin love-" jeal-
Gus" ANGRY" and furious"
Search of Two Weeks.
For nearly two weeks the detectives have
been Investigating the several complaints,
but 1t was not until this morning that they
were able to find the suspects. Several days
ago the detectives were informed that men
answering to the descriptions had been seen
in the vicinity of Tenleytown and they had
the police there visit house at night. The
occupant of the house refused to surrender,
and it is stated, threatened to use shot
gun on the police.
From one of the men the detectives took
a bottle of carmine. A fluid similar to this.
it Is charged, was used on some of the
victims of fortune tellers. Money was
placed in tumbler and covered with water.
Then some of the coloring matter was used
and the people were advised to le- the
money remain under the water for stated
period in order that it would multiply. AT
the end of the period it was found that not
even the coin that was placed in it i'll the
first instance was there.
AT some houses, it is alleged; the men con-
WINGED people that they could squeeze water
from stove pokers and could do other seem
showed that they were possessed of super
natural power Good luck pennies were
found in the pockets of one prisoner, and
roots of herbs were taken from the other.
The prisoners are held for trial In the
Police Court, and the detectives are looking
for the people who were visited, 1t Is al
legged, by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
SUICIDE AT BALTIMORE.
Son Of Former Mayor Hodges Killed
Himself.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE Md. April 14.-Robert B..
Hodges aged thirty-two years. a nephew
of former Mayor Hodges and a son of
one Of the best families in the city, slashed
his throat from ear to ear this morning
and died almost Immediately.
Mr.. Hodges and his brother. W. II.
Hodges, the weH-known architect, had a
fiat in the Albany, fashionable bachelor
apartment house. The brother was awak-
ened this morning at about half-past
o'clock by hearing heavy fall and a
groan. He rushed into his brothers room
and found him lying on the floor with
blood pouring from his throat. Beside him
lay bloody razor.
The jugular vein was severed and the
head seemed to be only hanging on to tho
body by a small strip of flesh in the back.
His brother gave Ill health as the cause
of the suicide, and said that his brother
had on several occasions threatened that
he would end his life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
THE EQUITABLE CASE
STOCKHOLDERS GRANTED LEAVE
TO INTERVENE TODAY.

NEW YORK, April IA de Navarro, the
estate of E. w. Lambert and Malcolm Nc
Martin, all of whom hold stock in the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, were
granted leave to intervene in the action
brought against the society by Franklin B.
Lord. by Justice Maddox. in the supreme
court in Brooklyn today The suit was
brought by Mr.. Lord to enjoin the plan of
naturalization proposed by directors of the
society. The request Of the stockholders
named in today's proceedings was not op-
posed by the other parties to the suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
REGARDED AS srRAaaLERs.
Small Proportion Of Crews Of the
North Atlantic Fleet Absent.

In view of recent publications to- the eff
feet that there have been very heavy de-
sertions from the North Atlantic feet, now
In Florida waters, an official statement has
been obtained from the chief Of staff OF the
fleet to the effect that on the 9Th instant the
total number of absentees from the shfps
was eighty. which is only trife more than
per cent OF the personnel of the feet
Moreover, these are set down as stragglers
instead of deserters. because it is certain
that many of them have simply overstayed
their leave and will return to their vessels
The showing Is regarded as excellent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
The Sunday Star

the drowning occurred, and the body was
carried to the morgue and the coroner mott
fed The latter gave a certificate to the
drowning.
The boys father was notified as soon
as possible at his home, 1899 37th street.
and he identified the body at the morgue
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Proposed Railways in Philippines.

Mr.. James Speyer Of New York called on
Secretary Taft today in connection with
the proposition for building railroads In the
Philippine Islands. AS Colonel Edwards.
chief of the insular bureau, is In New York
the Secretary referred Mr.. Speyer to him.
Colonel Edwards has been In consultation
with James G. White & CO.. and ii is en-
the railroad will be made within q short
dina.