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Weekly Oil Review!
FORMERLYlTYLfcR DEMOCRAT,
j.H, IcCOY, Editor anil Prop'r, Sistersyille.W. Va
SUBSCRIPTION, ii months, in Advance, #1.00
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Entered at the P. O. at Sistersville as Second
class mail matter.
WEDNESDAY APR. 20, 1898.
According to what we were told
two years ago, the election of Mc
Kinley and George Atkinson, as
governor, was to make the country
flow with milk and honey; and es
pecially would it pour out of the
hills of West Virginia. The people
voted for both men and they were
elected by large majorities. The
whole State of West Virginia is
under republican control. Now let
us see how much we have improved
under the changed rule. In 1895
the real estate in this state was val
ued for taxable purposes at ?147,
925,633, and the personal property
for the same year was valued at
$53.307, 197. For the year 1896
the real estate is valued at $141,
925,633, and the personal prop
erty at $51,307,197. In the year
under George Wesley's administra
tion the value of real estate has
decreased in this state five
million, seven hundred and forb ?
seven thousand four hundred and
thirty-six dollars. In personal
property the decrease in one year
under the same administration has
decreased two million five hundred
and ninety-seven thousand, nine
hundred and eighty-three dollars.
The depreciation of the value of
real and personal property for one
year under this blessed change has
been nearly eight and a halt million
dollars. The railroad property has
decreased in valuation ten thou
sand dollars. This is no democrat
ic lie, as the figures are a matter of
record. We only publish them to
show that our state is not prosper
ing. The trusts are killing us, and
that is what is wrong.
Remarkable Rescne.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield,
111., makes the statement that she
caught cold which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for a month
by her family physician but grew
worse. He told her she was a hope
less victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested Dr. King's New
Discovery lor consumption; she got
a bottle, and to her delight found
herselt benefitted from first dose.
She continued its use, and after
taking six bottles found herself
sound and well; now does her own
housework and is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles of this
great discovery at Hill & McCoach's
drug store. Large bottles 50 cents
and $1.00.
Ex .llnyor Gardiner given Bond.
Yesterday afternoon some of
Mr. Gardiner's friends deposited
thirty five hundred dollars to the
credit of E. A. Durham of the
Tyler Couuty Bank, who then
-went before Justice Robert Hender
son and executed two bonds for
Mr. Gardiner's appearance before
the grand jury which will meet
next August, and so he is a free
man again.
Its hard to get to the facts in
this case. Mr. Gardiner insists
that he is innocent ot any crime
whatever and asks that bis old
friends suspend judgment until he
can be heard. It is known that
the feeling existing against him by
some of the members of the new
council is not as sweet as it should
be and it is possible that after the
whole matter is heard it will result
in a tempest in a teapot. Mr. Gar
diner proposes to stay here and
fight the matter before the circuit
court to the bitter end. He waived
the preliminary hearing here be
cause he believes he could not get
a lair trial. Any way the result
may end, he is now a free man, and
as nothing more can be done until
August he asks that judgment be
suspended until he can preseDt his
side of the case and the matter can
be fully heard before a disinterested
v ury.
JUSTICE HAS AT LAST TRIUMPHED!
The American People Have at Last De=
cided to End Spanish Barbarism
On the Island of Cuba.
UNCLE SAM'S DECIDED 5TAND
The Whole Army and Navy of the United States Will
Take Part in Freeing Cuba and Avenging the
Murder of Our Brave, Gallant Seamen.
The Conferees Adopt the Entire Senate Resolutions With the Exception of
Recognizing the Republic of Cuba Which Does Not Exist. The Entire
Army and Navy of Uncle Sam at the Disposal of the President. The
President Will Notify the Spanish Government and Tomorrow We Will
Know the Dons' Reply to Our Ultimatum. The Cause of Humanity
Shall be Upheld and Spain Must Vacuate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19? The Cuban
resolutions as agreed on by the conferees of both
houses are as follows :
Resolved, by the senate and house of represen
tatives of the United States of America in congress
assembled :
First ? That the people of the Island of Cuba are,
and of right ought to be, free and independent.
Second ? That it is the duty of the United States
to demand and the goverment of the United States
does hereby demand that the goverment of Spain at
once relinquish its authority and goverment in the
Island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third ? That the President of the United States
be, and he is hereby directed and empowered to use
the entire land and naval forces of the United States
and to call into actual service of the United Sates the
militia of the several states, to such extent as may be
necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Fourth ? That the United States hereby dis
claims any disposition or intention to exercise sover
eignty, jurisdiciton or control over said island except
pacification thereof, and assert its determination
wnen that is accomplished to leave the government
and control of the island to its people.
LATE DEVELOPMENTS.
President McKinley has not yet
signed the resolutions adopted by
the conferees last night.
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The House has adjourned until
tomorrow.
The President insists upon com
municating his intentions to Con
gress before affixing his signature.
No definite time has been fixed
for the signing ot the resolutions
which may mean lurt'ner delay.
It is certain that the house will
meet tomorrow and delays from the
cause given will be suspended.
The army and navy are moving
south. Troops are being concen
.rated at New Orleans, Mobile,
Tampa and Chicamaugua creek.
The State Department this morn
ing directed a note to Spain inform
ing her of the action of Congress.
A bill was introduced into the
house known as the Administration
bill authorizing the President to
call for 400,000 men if that number
be needed. The Senate has passed
the bill and it will be given to
congress to morrow as soon as
assembled.
The President heartily endorses
this measure and will urge the
house to pass it at once.
The Spanish Cortes will meet
tomorrow. The Queen will address
that body and it will appeal for
Spanish for honor and con
demn the action of the United
States.
Our minister at Madrid, Colonel
Woodford, will leave Spain at once
and the Spanish minister at Wash
ing will leave the United States not
' !ater than tomorrow.
The Spaniards are busily en
gaged in fortifying the Cuban coast.
The auxiliary crusiers New York
and Paris have been rechirstened
respectively Harvard and Yale.
Admiral Sicard's sick leave has
been revoked, and he has been or
dered to dutv in Secretary of the
Navy Long's office
Washington, April 19. ? After
one of the hardest fonght battles
betweeu the two houses known in
many years, congress at an early
hour this morning came to an agree
ment upon the momentous question
it has dealc with in a third of a cen
tury.
The vote on the adoption of the
resolutions was as follows: Senate
? yeas 42; nays, 35. House ? y?as,
310; nays, 6.
The Cuban resolution was passed
and will be sent to the President
this morning. Its provision mean
the expulsion of Spain from the is
land of Cuba by the armed forces o
the United States. There are many
roll calls in both houses and each
body held tenaciously for its own
resolution. The conferees had great
difficulty in agreeing.
The first conference showed a
determination on the part of the
house not to yield a single point
and it was only after long consulta
tions with the house leaders that
they agreed to allow the little
words "are, and" in the first section
of the senate resolution, which de
clares that the people of Cuba are,
and of right ought to be free and
independent.
The resolution as finally adopted
is that reported from the senate
committee on foreign relations with
the addition of the fourth section
known as the Teller amendment
disclaiming any intention on the
part of the United States to acquire
Cuba. The resolution cannot be
sent to the President until after it
is signed by the presiding officers
today.
The republicans of the house
who joined with the democrats in
an attempt to concur in the sen
ate amendments, rallied fourteen
votes at one time and on every vote
thereafter the vote dwindled.
When the final vote was taken,
shortly before 3 o'clock this morn
ing 310 votes were cast tor the
declaration upon which we are to
go to war, if war is to be. Six
votes only were cast against it.
They included five republicans and
one democrat.
OIL NOTES.
THE OIL MARKET.
Tiona $ 85
r>ennslyvania 75
rJarnesville 65
Corning 68
>Iew Castle 50
Sorth Lima 55
?South Lima 50
Indiana 50
WILSON run.
The bottom has seemingly fallen
out of the Wilson run field. The
last and only well drilling in the
field has been completed ana is a
rank duster.
The Fisher Oil company's No. 6
Edwards was drilled into the sand
yesterday and is dry. This was the
only well drilling in the po A.
Further drilling will be suspend
ed and Wilson run will be pro
nounced "rounded up." And to
say that it has proved a loser will
be putting it mildly. Dry hole
after dry hole has been drilled in;
rental after rental has been paid
which will never be repaid.
WHISKEY RUN.
We cannot learn anything defi
nitely today from Gartlan & com
pany's No. 3 Williamson. It is
long past due and those here who
are interested are at a loss to ac
count for the delay. The South
Penn Oil company's No. i Mahaney
is too past due and has been de
layed.
The well on French creek which
caused so much excitement when
shut down and plugged is reported
dry. If this be true the wildcatter
must seek new quarters. Barns
dall & Reynold's No. i Lamp has
been drilled in and is reported dry.
This location was farthest west and
shows that a western extension of
Whiskey run can not be hoped for.
NO. 3 A GUSHER.
John W. Kennedy arrived in the
city from the Whiskey run oil field
today on the noon train. He
stated that Gartlan & Co. 's No. 3
Williamson was drilled into the
sand at 3 o'clock this morning and
it was flowing at the rate of 20 bar
rels per hour.
The past week has been void of
anything startling. No new finds
were made nor did the pools re
cently discovered show any en
couraging features.
Dusters were the outcome of all
wells in advance of the develop
ments in the Whiskey run pool,
and even defined territory and in
close proximity the original Abicht
gusher, no large wells were com
pleted.
Gartlan & Co. drilled in their
No. 3 Williamson on Saturday and
it is reported doing about 15 bar
rels per hour. This demonstrates
the pool must be small as their No.
1 011 this farm made forty barrels
per hour.
In this pool, to the south, the
South Penn Oil company is moving
the rig at their No. r J. J. Mahaney
after an unsuccessful fishing job of
several days.
In the Elk Fork pool develop
ments are lacking in interest. There
are three locations being closely
watched, viz.: Brown & Co.'s No.
1 John Duval to the northeast; the
Sun Oil company's No. 1 Chapman
to the southeast, and Yoke & Co.'s
test on the Eakin farm to the sonth.
All of these locations in their sev
eral directions are in advance of
developments and will make exten
sions of great magnitude in case
they are producers.
The latter named location has
been fishing for ten days, but at last
accounts they were almost sure all
the lost tools would be secured
from the hole by this afternoon.
On French creek, Pleasants coun
ty, Barnsdall & Reynolds have a
duster on the Gilmore farm, or at
least the talent have it down on
that side of the ledger.
In the deep sand of Tyler and
Wetzel counties some very fine
wells are being found. We have
made the declaration before, and
do not hesitate to do so again, that
this locality was furnishing the
pipe line with more oil than the
talent was willing to admit, and
can be easily proven that we are
correct. *
The South Penn, or Standard
Oil company, have recently com
pleted several wells in that locality.
Some of them have been reported,
others have not. They rated them
at from 30 to 75 barrels per dav,
when they are actually producing
twice that amount, or more than
they are credited with.
The wildcat well which Boyd
Bros., of this city, have been drill- .
ing for a long time at Weston, this
state, has been completed and it is
a gasser. The well was drilled to
the depth of 2,400 feet and is quite
a strong gas well. It is only three
miles from the town of Weston, and
there is a move 011 foot to pipe the
gas to that town. This well is
known as the "Woodford well."
In the Elk Fork pool the South
Penn Oil company's No. 2 Israel
Folger well is reported due in the
sand. It would have been com
pleted by this time but for the bad
fishing job which has delayed the
work.
It now looks as though Contract
or Flack will be able to get the lost
tools out of the test on the Kagin
farm.
Yesterday Yoke & Co. lost a
bailer in their C. C. Fluharty No. i
to the northeast.
The actions of Cobb & Glenn's
No. 4 Joseph Myers after being shot
has caused a ripple of excitement
among the talent. It is still doing
more than 100 barrels per day and
makes the southwest extension look
very much more favorable.
The Sun Oil company's test on
the Chapman will tell an interesting
story and will show conclusively
what may be expected from that
quarter.
Since the Whiskey run pool has
shown up so badly the operator will
be, of course forced to turn his at
tention in some other direction. No
new pools being in sight their at
tention will of necessity be directed
toward the probable extension of
Tyler county's several pools.
April WImIoiii.
Be sure your blood is pure, your
appetite good, your digestion per
fect.
To purify your blood and build
up your health, take Hood's Sarsa
parilla. This medicine has ac
complished remarkable cures ofr
all blood diseases. It One True
Blood Pnrifier.
Hood's Sarsaparilla has power to
make you well by purifying and en
tiching your blood, giving you an
appetite, and nerve, mental and di
gestive strength.
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