The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-07-27

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New York city celebrated its cen
tennial anniversary July A.
Grain rates from Chicago to New
York have peen cut down % per cent
! by the b. d o. railroad.
Business failures last week num-
bered POP against 22O the week be-
fore and 214 same week last year.
| An explosion of fire damp in a coal
pit at St. Ettienne, France, July 3,
killed 200 miners and 60 horses.
| A washout on the Norfolk q West
ern II. r. near Lynchburg, Va, July
2 wrecked passenger train, killing
30 or 40 persons.
Heavy rains in Texas swelled the
rivers and streams, July 3, causing
loss of life and two millions of dol
lars damage to property.
| Wilkie Collins, the celebrated
English novelist, has been stricken
with paralysis for the second time,
and is not expected to live. He
is IS.
Denver Col, held three days
celebration of the fourth of July,
beginning the fourth and las ting all
week. Gen. Sherman was the hero
Of the occasion.
According to the official report
made last week, the centennial ball
at New York cost 100000 It
was one of the most disgraccful
affairs on record.
A stand used for Fourth of July
festivities at Oklahoma City fell,
with 1000 people on it. One child
was killed outright, but many per-
sons were injured.
A combat took place July 6, at
Duluth, Mimi, between the police
and 1,500 strikers, in which two of
the latter were killed and many
wounded.
Russia has fixed doctors charges.
Physicians making $3.50 per year
will get As cents per visit; others rs
cents. In country towns 10 cents is
the usual charge.
On July 4 the prescribed consti-
tutional conventions were held in
the two Dakotas, Washington and
Montana, and everything is now
ready for their admission to state
hood
The New York World complains
that the 1000 saloons of that city
| oo+uo1l,y ,yosfo q 0O0 0O0 rroIione n g
water every day. The city's con
sumption of water is III, 100000 gal
Ions daily.
Chicago shipped 1927 tons of
flour, grain and provisions, to the
seaboard, the last week of June: the
preceding week the amount was 15,-
939 tons, against 14,05S for the same
week last year
The delegates at the Montana
constitutional convention consisted
of 80 democra-s 80 republicans and
2 doubtful. The democrats also had
good show in the Washington con-
vention.
A fire at Geneva, o., July 7, des-
troyed $4,000 worth of property, in
Guiding eight business places. On
the same day Bakersfield, Cal, was
nearly all destroyed. 1t had popu-
lation of 5000.
In the two years that he has been
in office Governor Buckner, of Ken
lucky. has signed the death war
rants of seven criminals. In the
last two cases he followed Governor
Hills example and fixed some other
day than the traditional Friday for
the execution.
The only level, arabic, and fertile
tract of farm land, without negroes,
in the southern states, is Cullman
county, Alabama, there being only
fourteen in cencus population of
10000. The county contains $50
square miles, about half as large as
the state of Rhode Island
The country is going wild over
baseball On July 4, about 10000
people witnessed the two games at
Cleveland, between the Bostons and
the home club, and the two follow
ing days from 5000 to 5000 people
were present. The Cleveland club
won three out of the four games.
If the Sioux Indians sign the bill
that is now being presented to them
by the commission of which ex-gov-
erner Foster is prominent member,
it will open up eleven million acres
of land for settlement in Dakota, in
other words an area more than two
fifths as large as the state of Ohio,
and nearly six times as large as the
area of Oklahoma.
The Pennsylvania state weather
service report says that during the
4S hours preceding the bursting of
the South Fork dam above Johns
town, from to inches of rain fell
in that part of the state-more than
usually falls in two months. The
coroner's jury has returned a verdict
fixing the blame on the owners of
the dam.
A sale of pictures in Paris, July l
and realized enormous prices. One
entitled ''The interior of Dutch
dwelling" brought $4,000. Others
sold for $22,40O, $4,000, $4,000,
$4,000, $12,000,etc Total of sec
ond days sale, 1881, 900. The Cor
coran art gallery, of Washington,
has sent 100000 to Paris, to pur-
chase one picture styled "The Ange-
lus.
r. G. Dun Il Co.'s business state
ment for the six months ending July
l, shows that there has been consid-
cradle increase in failures compared
with last year: Total failures for
the six months were 5, 603, against
$3.50 for first six months of last year,
an increase of per cent Total
liabilities this year, $65, 1928, s53; last
year, sos, ,159 Much of the in
crease in failures was due to wild
booms in real estate in California,
Kansas, etc.
Maxims for Working Men.