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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
Gould Interviewed.

In recent interview on the labor
troubles Jay Gould said:
There was no cause for the Mis-
souri, Pacific strike as everybody
knows. Our men were well paid and
promptly. The strike was the work
of agitators who had constituted
themselves the rulers of the men, and
who lacked the sense to use their
power with discretion. AS soon as
order was restored the resumption
of traffic followed as rapidly as it
had been suspended. And in the
unemployment of labor since the
strike was over the company has
adhered strictly to tie declaration
made to Mr.. Powderly." "Prefer-
ence," Mr.. Gould spoke with empha
sis, "has been given uniformly to
our late employees, whether they were
Knights of Labor or moi"
"What of the strikes effects?'
''The Missouri Pacific has been
benefited. In re-employing men we
have been able to select superior
men. The services of professional
agitators are too valuable for us.
The final result does not displease
US"
What, in your opinion, Mr.. Gould,
will be the outcome of the present
spirit of discomfort and agitation
among working menY'
Il look for little immediate good
to anybody-least of all the working
people who are directly and vitality
interested-from the species of agi-
tation that is shown to us. 1t gives
us strikes, boycotts, intimidation
and threats of disorder in a thous-
and FORMS"
"What then would be your idea of
proper organization?'
II think the true mission of labor
organizations should be to properly
educate the members, weed out the
black sheep, and provide life in
surance scheme, whose benefits
would be worth working for
"What do / think of strikes?
They are senselcss. They are born
of an idea that does not rise to the
level of FIJI Islanders tactics
81 have not examined the ques-
ton of an eight hour law very care
fully, and / would rather take Mr..
Powderly's opinion on that subject,
as he gives it with some emphasis
in his secret circular. These are
Mr.. Powderly's words: Neither
employer nor employee is educated to
the needs and necessities for the
short hour plan.
Can you suggest any legislation,
national or state, which would tend
to prevent strikes!'
1.-THE arbitration plan lately pro-
posed by President Cleveland is the
most practical solution of the labor
problem yet presented"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
VOLUME XXI.
Honor to Whom Honor is Due.

Those papers that are inimical to
Mr.. Camden are excessively cha
grined that he should have taken
the manly and statesmanlike stand
he has on the Interstate Commerce
Bill. 1t is gall and NORWOOD to
them that he has suggested the
practical way of overcoming the evils
of discrimination and it really looks
as though they would prefer that the
State should continue tosuffer there
from, rather than Mr.. Camden should
have the credit of offering relief.
Some papers are mean enough to say
that the position now assumed by
Mr.. Camden is merely intended for
effect upon the approaching senator
ial election in this State, but it is
susceptible of proof that the same
opinions were advocated by him when
the same question was under discus
sion in the forty eighth Congress-
1t is stated that if ''the same princi-
piles had been enforced ten years ago,
West Virginia would not now have
experienced her present deplorable
condition" We fail to see that our
State is in such a deplorable condi-
ton, and all the evils of unjust rail
road discrimination will not result
in as serious injury to her interests
as the stabs she receives in the back
from her pretended friends, by hold
ing out the idea that she is suffering
beyond comparison, from business
depression and threatened financial
ruin. The fact is she has progressed
as rapidly and steadily as any other
State and her prosperity is mainly
attributable to the efforts at devel-
opment made by the very men who
are maliciously accused of retarding
her progress. Mr.. Camden has
placed the citizens of West Virginia
under additional obligations by in
Producing an amendment to the In
terstate Commerce Bill, that will
reach the root of the evil of railroad
discrimination complained of, and
which has heretofore placed West
Virginia at great disadvantage in
the competition with western States.
-Mdrtiasburg Statesman.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15

Grant q Firm Believer In Luck.

New York letter.
General Grant was firm believ-
er in the mythical lucky star" an old
military man said recently; "like Ma
poleon, he believed what would be
would be. / was with Grant in the
days preceding the surrender at APP
pomattox. One afternoon, during
one of the numerous skirmishes of
those last eventful days, one of the
drafted men-a poltroon and no.
torious coward-was found skulking
in the commissary's camp. The
fellow was pointed out to the Gener-
al Let him 60 said he; let him
go; bullet can find coward in
one place as well as another Half
an hour afterward the soldier was
found with a bullet in his brain
within the corral of train horses, and
dead"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
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Predictions for the Present Year.

Titles Hundred Years Almanac
makes the following prediction for
the present year, 1886: The Planet
Mercury reigns this year. 1t is a
small star, not very brilliant, and of
variable and uncertain nature. Its
aspects are good in combination with
good planets, and bad in combina-
ton with bad planets. 1t finishes
it's course once in the year. Its ma
ture is dry and cold. The year I'M
der this planet will be more dry
than moist, more cold than warm.
The springs will be warm in March,
dry in April, cold and rough in May.
Fruits will suffer much. The sum-
mers will be very wet and vegetable
crops good. The falls will experience
much rain and early frosts. The
winters will be severe and there will
be much snow. Grain crops will be
good, but fruits will be scarce.
The Austrian Government having
waited a reasonable length of time
for Minister to be sent from this
country to Vienna, in place of Mr..
Kelley, assumes that none will be
sent, and has recalled Baron Schaef-
fer who has represented his govern
ment at Washington. The with
drawal of the Baron is construed to
mean a complete severance of diplo-
matte relations between the two
ountries.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
NUMBER 3.
CALHOUN MURDER.
Full Details Of the Cowardly Murder Of
Sturm by the Sickles', Father
and Son.

Calhoun Chronicle
On Friday night, April 23d, 1856,
the citizens of Sycamore and vicinity
assembled at the Sycamore school
house TO engage in and witness the
closing exercises of their free school
at that place. Quite an audience
was present and all passed off quiet
ly and pleasantly until near the
close of the exercises, which was
about 10 o'clock at night, when =
respectable young man by the name
of James b. Sturm and young
Sickles, Samuel by name, came to-
gether and had few words over an
old feud which had existed for some
length of time. The difficulty be-
tween the boys was about settled
when the father of young Sickles in
terfered and urged his boy on by
saying that if his son could not whip
Sturm that he could. The three
walked away from the school house
accompanied by several bystanders.
When about one hundred yards from
the school house young Sturm threw
off his coat and vest and one witness
stated that he struck at one of the
parties, whereupon James Sickles,
the father, who was in front of his
son, struck young Sturm in his face
with his fist and the son at the same
instant struck him in the left breast
with large pocket knife, intiicting
large and ugly wound some two
inches long. Sturm staggered off
few steps, enchanting; "Roys, he has
got knife" and fell dead upon the
ground, where he lay until Saturday
evening, when the coroner's jury rem
dered their verdict, which was in
substance that James b. Sturm came
to his death by stab from knife
in the hand of Samuel Sickles and
that James Sickles was an accom-
plice in the bloody deed.
The murdered man was about Is
years of age, quiet and generally re-
spected in his community; the as
sassin is about II years of age, the
father middle aged man. They
came to this county few years ago
from Pennsylvania.
The post mortem examination was
made by Doctors Stump and Swent-
eel. On removing the clothing a
terrible cash was viewed just above
the heart. The knife penetrated the
left breast going through the left
lung and cutting the aorta almost
off. The body was opened and the
heart and lung taken out.
The deceased was buried on Sun
day at the Mt. Zion burial ground.
The murderers are in jail, but show
very little concern about their condi-
ton. 1t is said that the father re-
marked after the deed that Sturm
got what he deserved.
SO far as we are able to learn this
is the first murder that has ever
been committed in Calhoun county
since she has been q county, and it
is not unreasonable that it should
create a deep feeling of indignation
and excitement among her sympa-
thetic and law abiding citizens.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
West Virginia Strikers.

A Fayetteville special to the IN
telliyencer says that for some time
past the Knights of Labor have been
industriously organizing among the
railroad men, miners and laborers
along the road, the Chesapeake Il
Ohio, until last night. Every colliery
has its assembly, with one or two
exceptions, thoroughly organized
for strike if their demands are not
acceded to. Your correspondent
has been informed that the railroad
company have agreed to give the
demand to its men, which was the
restoration of ten per cent reduc-
ton made last May. But the coal
operators have refused to grant the
demand of the miners for an increase
from forty to fifty cents per ton for
digging coal, and as consequence
about $4,000 miners and mine labor
ers have struck. 1t is impossible to
know at this time what will be the
effect of it as both sides say they are
determined. But few days may
work wonderful changes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
Embalmed by Nature.

Youths Compartment
Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned to solid
stone by the lime water which pene-
trates the graves. In other soils
there are elements which sometimes
so embalm the buried dead as to
preserve form and features unchang-
ed. Many such cases are on record.
Robert Burns body was disinterred
in 1915, to be removed to new
tomb. To the surprise of all his
friends, the features were found to
be as perfect as at burial.
The case of John Hampden, the
famous English patriot and leader,
was more surprising. His body was
disinterrcd by Lord Nugent, 200
years after burial, but form and feat
ures were MS unchanged as if the
corpse had been recently laid in the
grave.
: When General Washington's body
was taken up at Mount Vernon. to
be laid in sarcophagus and removed
to the permanent tomb, his face was
found to be in state of perfect pres
ervation.
In all these eases, however, the
process of decay had gone on intern
ally, though arrested at the surface.
After brief exposure to the air,
the body crumbled, and all resem-
blance to life passed away.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
A WHEELING MYSTERY.
Efforts to Unravel the Tangled Circum.
stances Surrounding
Missing Girl.

WHEELING, May 5.-The Sixth
ward of this city was excited to-day
over a widely sensational rumor,
which proved on investigation to be
founded ON fact at least. A few
days ago a boy threw his ball
through a coal hole of an unoccupied
house on an alley and climbed into
the cellar to get it. Cropping about
in the dark his feet sank into the
soft ground at one place, and
frightened by the fact he yelled loud
ly. A woman next door who had
the key went in to release him, and
found in front of the cellar door a
spot in the shape of grave which
plainly showed it had been dug out
and filled up.
The discovery was great deal
talked about and to-day came to the
ears of the police. About the time the
house was vacated Officer Stevens
was applied to by one Bradley from
Ohio,to recover his niece, Algie Bodies,
pretty girl who had left her home
and was said to be living with Mrs.
Fleisner in an alley. A call there
developed nothing, but next day
Mrs. Fleisner who lived alone with
her daughter Laura, aged Is, left
the house. The key was not sur
rendered for few days, and in the
meantime, the house was visited by
some person having the key. Neigh
bors say that quarrels were frequent
among the women, and that on one
occasion, shot was heard. The
Bodies girl was seen by next-door
neighbors who knew her well, the
night before, but has not been seen
since
Officer Stevens put these facts to-
gether and went to digging in the
cellar The hole has not yet been
emptied, but will be tomorrow. To.
day two other officers by inquiring
among expressmen found where Mrs.
Fleisner had moved in an
alley in the Second ward. Ste
vens called on her and she defiantly
answered his questions as to the
whereabouts of the Bodies girl by
saying go and find out.
When the hole in the cellar was
mentioned she grew pale and trem-
bled like leaf. This evening two
reporters called on her, but she re-
fused to open her door. She is I'M
der police surveillance.
The Bodies girls family have
heard nothing of her whereabouts
and have caused inquiry to be made
every place where she had acquaint-
ances.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15

A Boston paper having recently
stated that Mr.. Fred Douglas was
''summarily elected" from the office
of Recorder of Deeds of the District
of Columbia, Mr.. Douglas has writ
ten letter to friend in Boston, in
which he says:
'There was nothing summary or
unpleasant about it. / am Repub-
lican, and did all / could to defeat
the election of Mr.. Cleveland. He
was under no political obligations
to me whatever, yet had the office
of Recorder nearly whole year I'M
der his administration, an office by
law held, not for any term, but solely
at the pleasure of the President. He
could have removed me at his pleas
ure at any time after his inaugura-
ton. When he asked for my resig-
nation he simply asked me to set a
time when it would be agreeable to
me to tender it. / did set the time,
and when that time arrived l sent
in my resignation. His manner to-
ward me was in every way courteous,
and l have nothing whatever to COM
plain of. While in Office President
Cleveland treated me as he treated
other office-holders in the district.
He was brave enough to invite Mrs.
Douglass and myself to all his grand
receptions, thus rebuking the timid-
ity-I will not say cowardice OF
prcjudice-of his predecessor. lam a
Republican, and, if living, shall dc
all l can to elect Republican in
1883, but l honor manliness where
ever | find it, and l found it in Pres
ident Cleveland, and l should de-
spise myself if l should let anybody
think otherwise. Whatever else he
may be, he is not snob, and he is
no coward"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
TO NAVIGATE THE HEAVENS.
The Yexed Problem Once More Solved,
This Time by Chicago Man.

chicago LINES
DIR. De Bausset, the gentleman
who has been for several years at
tempting to solve the problem of
aerial navigation, has just made a
practical test that is of considerable
note to the public. The plan is to
build a steel cylinder go feet long
and Is feet in diameter with a 80
foot cone at each end, the entire
length being $50 feet. Beneath this
cylinder it is proposed to suspend a
car. which will be some 100 feet long
and carry the motor and large
number of passengers. The imitation
process will be dispensed with, and
the cylinder will be almost com
plete vacuum. He proposes to use
electricity as a motor, and expects
to attain speed Is to 20 miles per
hour near the earth's surface, and
As to go miles per hour at an alti-
tude of 5000 feet. To accomplish
this, he will use dynamo electric mo-
tors, which rotate IL screws. and
displace 100000 feet of air per min
ute. The experiment yesterday was
to test the practical strength of the
plates. This was done by putting
a plate in such position in a frame
that had been arranged that the en-
tire weight would rest upon the
steel. The Doctor put 2,400 pounds
of iron upon the steel plate, which
were more than his figures had
shown it would withstand. The
plate proved itself of sufficient
strength to hold the load. To-day
he tested it with hydraulic pressure.
The cylinder will be vacuum to
three-quarter, one-quarter being re-
served to counterfeit the atmospheric
pressure of 1866 pounds. To raise
the acroplane with the car attached,
the machinery, and 200 persons, the
pressure is S,55 pounds, giving a
margin of so tons of air in reserve
in the cylinder to carry merchandise.
With the so tons of air displaced
the atmospheric pressure will be IL
pounds.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
VIM. l. PrOtzman's Announce.
ment.

VIM. /. Protzman has moved his
Office to the second floor of the Odd
Fellows building, and here is where
you can get the best-the White; or
any other kind of sewing machine;
the best oil; the best needles; the
best second hand sewing machines,
worth double the money asked for
them; prices from so cents to % dol
lars.
Also the best and cheapest or
gans in the market, violins, guitars,
accordeons, ETC., etc. Any class of
sheet music furnished to order on as
good terms as can be given anywhere.
Will sell all goods on long or short
time, or for cash as the customer
may prefer. 1t is no use to go to
the city to look for better goods or
better terms. w. |. Protzman can
and will do as well by you as any
one can. For further particulars
call on or address VIM. l. Protzman,
or his son and agent, H. w. Protz
man, Morgantown.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
Senator Camden's amendment to

Senator Camden's amendment to
the Interstate Commerce bill regu-
lating freight rates for short hauls has
passed the Senate and it is thought
will have no trouble in the House.
The railroads will not like it, but
everybody else will be happy. tits the
best thing for West Virginia that
Congress has done for ten years.
Below are the opinions of some Of
the Senators as telegraphed to the
Register:
On the adjournment Of the Senate
Mr. Beck declared that after ten
years of struggle Camden had pass
ed the proposition which involved
all that was worth d---n in the
pending bill.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
expressed his qualification, that a
man of fortune and of large business
enterprise should have been found
to stand regardless of personal inter-
ests by the rights Of the masses in
this great controversy.
Senator Blackburn said: Cam
den-God bless him--has done a
great work for his country to-day"
Senator Salisbury, when remind
ed that Camden was ranked in some
quarters az millionaire and monop-
olist, exclaimed that he wished to
God there were more such nonOpo-
lists in the United States Senate.
The people would be better of, he
said. And so the sentiment goes.
asked Mr.. Camden how he felt
about his success, when he replied,
calmly: "Of course l am glad Of it,
but the proposition which ] advoc at
ed is fair and just and right. Good
men can find NO fault With it, and
others may say what they please. #
is in the general interest and will
M On tho HOuaer
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
TIRED OF LIFE.
Five Suicides in Greene County in Ten
Weeks.

Waynesburg Republican.
Accidents, crimes and misfortunes
never come singly. Within the last
ten weeks five of the citizens of
Greene county, who have wearied
with buffeting, as it were, against
fate and the rocks and shoals of life's
ocean, have boldly parted the veil
that hides the future and gone "to
join the innumerable caravan that
moves to the pale realms of shade,
where each shall take his chamber
in the silent halls of death" About
ten weeks ago we recorded the sui
eide, by shooting, of Benton r. Gar
low, prominent farmer of Dunkard
township. Hardly had the ink dried
upon the paper, when we were called
upon to announce that Alfred Minor,
another well-to-do farmer of Greene
township had hanged himself And
only three weeks ago Miss Lille
Mitchell was recorded to have taken
her own life, on the heels of which
Stephen COlvin walked into the Mon
ongahela river at Rice's Landing,
and was taken out a corpse. And
to-day we are called upon to chroni-
Gle the death, by his own hand, of
Abner B. Dulany, which occurred at
his home in this place, on Tuesday
of last week.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
1t Runs in the Family.

Mike Sullivan, John LIS young
brother, is said to be one of the most
popular sporting men in Boston.
The Record says that on Tuesday
he was surprised when a delegation
Of the choicest sports assembled in
the saloon of the champion. After
few preliminary remarks, Mr..
George Tower presented Sullivan
with a diamond ring, the gift of
Messrs. John T. Kennedy, George
Tower and Patrick Sheehan. Mr.,
Sullivan made neat speech of
thanks.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15

Tell 1t Not In Tucker County.

Mr.. James Homrich has at his
store, real curiosity in the shape
Of an egg, which was laid by one of
his hens. 1t will not remain in any
position except standing on the
small end. If it is laid on the side,
or even placed on the large end, it
will, as soon as let go, Immediately
flop over to the small end. Mr..
Homrich assured us that the egg
was just as it was when taken from
the nest, and the appearance of the
shell does not indicate that it has
been tempered with. The strangest
thing about it is, that there is some
thing inside that rattles, but it is
confined to one end.-Martinsburg
iSfQfes7n1u
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15

The PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR LINE
BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS.
The c., l., st. L. n G. Ry., (Big
Four in connection with the Van
dalia Line will, on and after March
18th, 1886, run Pullman's New Com
bined Sleeping and Drawing Room
Cars with buffet attachments
through without change, on Night
Express Trains, between Cincinnati
and St. Louis.
This is positively the only line
running Pullman cars through with
out change between Cincinnati and
ST. Louis. Therefore, Remember,
when you travel, to ask the Ticket
Agent for tickets via G., L., st. L. Il
c. Ry., (Big Four) and Vandalia
Line, and accept no other. These
Combination Cars. accommodate
three classes, viz: Sleeping Car,
Parlor Car and Reclining Chair Car
passengers.
JOHN EGAN,
Gcn'l Pass. and Ticket Ag't,
Cincinnati, 0.