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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
A Herald of the Infant Year.

Clip the last thirty years or more
from the century, and the segment
will represent the term of the I'M
bounded popularity of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. The opening of the
year 1898 will be signalized by the APP
pearance of a fresh Almanac of the
Bitters, in which famous medicine
will be lucidly set forth. Everybody
should read it. The calendar and as
Economical calculations to be found in
this brochure are always astonishingly
accurate, and the statistics, illustra-
tions, humor and other reading mat
ter rich in interest and full of profit.
The Hostetter Company, of Pittsburg
Pa, publish it themselves. They en-
ploy more than sixty 9fnds in the
work, and more than elev-
en- months in the year are consumed
in its preparation. 1t can be obtain
ed without cost of all druggists and
country dealers, and is prinded in En-
glish, German, French, Welsh, Nor
wegian, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian
and Spanish.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
Go At II Scientifically.

A man took trip to the country.
He was from the city and he had to
go on business. He was struck by
the poor roads-large pieces Of them
striking him with great force. He
studied over the matter and came to
this conclusion:
''The road question is one which
presents many difficulties and 10 Of
transcendent Importance. Where
good roads have been tried
they have proved to be
good investment in every respect.
The value of property is always
greatly enhanced by them, and so
The assesssble basis oftaxable prop
erty is greatly augmented. Good
roads invite the immigration OF men
with capital prepared to buy prop
erty. and bad roads absolutely repel
it. No man with his wits about him
will pay as much for farm situa-
ted where the farm is mud bound
for three months in the year and alb
solutely unable to move his crops to
market during the time when there
is no farm work to be done and when
perhaps, the best prices are to be
obtained as he will for the same
farm on a good road. Nor is this
all. One horse can haul as heavy
load over hard road as twoor
three can pull through the mud.
Year after year the peoples money
is spent on the roads and the roads
get no better. There is something
wrong which should be righted"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
Big Fire at Keyser.

Fire broke out in Keyser at $50
o'clock last Friday in the furniture
factory of Richardson Bros. which
is situated on Mozelle street. The
whole block in which this building
was located was entirely consumed.
The fire started in the engine room
of the factory, but it is not known
what started it.
Shortly after the FIRE started the
whole building. which was of wood,
was in flames. The flames from the
factory soon ignited the handsome
residence owned by Robert Caldwell,
the flames from this building setting
on fire a double residence owned by
Joseph Allender and occupied by
Mr.. Allender and Mrs. Richard Ho.
sack,
Despite the efforts of the citizens
of Keyser nothing could be done and
assistance was telegraphed for to
Piedmont and Cumberland Pied
mont was the first to respond and
sent the fire apparatus Of the Twin
Towns fire department on special
train which did not arrive until too
late to save any of the burning build
ings. This company, however, did
good work in saving buildings which
were in danger, by pumping water
from the tanks of five of the Balti
more and Ohio yard engines.
The assistance from Cumberland
did not arrive until about IL o'clock,
the buildings being by this time
nothing but smouldering ruin. The
Cumberlanders went to work, how
ever, to extinguish the remaining
fire The loss foots over 100000
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
The Other Side.

Pittsburg, since the ministers
asked for and got a police veto on
what they term the social evil" is
confronted by the condition depict
ed briefly as follows, from the Post,
of that city:
Nov that the erring sisterhood
are on the streets without shelter,
denied admission to hotels and
boarding houses, their old homes
closed to them under penalty of a
police raid and night in the station
house, the clerical gentlemen who
instituted the crusade are very posi-
tive in stating that they will do moth
for them unless they are truly re-
pentant." If they are "repentant"
it is suggested efforts may be made
to possess them of the privilege of
voluntary Imprisonment and hard
work. The obdurate may go down
for all the thought there is of the
possibility of leading them to the
better way. "The rarity of christian
charity" We are convinced mis-
take has been made in this whole
business. Think Of some of these
poor girls tramping the streets all
night Wednesday, after having been
refused hotel accommodations for
which they had the money to pay"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
A Charming Sow anir.

We have received recently little
Souvenir Book, illustrated in colors
and devoted to the description of the
business of The YOUTHS Companion.
and especially illustrating the new
Building, which is just completed
aud occupied. Every one who is in
terested in the paper, and we know
that the number Of families in our
vicinity who take it increases year
by year, will desire TO see and read
this bit Of history concerning q IA
vorite paper.
While The Companion is one OF
the oldest papers in the country hay
ing been started in 1927, it is one OF
the freshest and most vigorous of all
our publications and has attained
the unequalled circulation of six hun
dred thousand COPIES weekly. Its
prospectus, containing the announce
ments of authors aud articles for the
year 1898, shows that the coming
volume will be, if possible, better
than any of its predecessors.
Any new subscriber may obtain
the Souvenir book free by asking for
it at the time the subscription is
sent. The paper will be sent free to
January 1st to all who subscribe
now, including the Double Holiday
Numbers. Price $1.75 year. Bos
ton, Mass.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
MR.. WILSON FOR SPEAKER.
The Popular and Prominent West Vir.
inia Representative Urged to
be q Candidate.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December 10.
A number of friends and admirers
of Congressman VIM. L. Wilson, of
West Virginia, have been urging him
since his return here for the open
ing OF the session to permit them to
use his name as candidate for
Speaker ofthe next Congress. These
gentlemen believe that Mr.. Wilson
would develop great strength as a
candidate, because of his personal
popularity no less than because of the
foremost position be occupies in the
House and therefore in the country
as an able and fearless advocate of
tariff reform and the other great
doctrines Of Democracy. 1t is well
known Mr.. Wilson would have had
considerable support for the Speak.
ership at the beginning of this Con
gress if he had cared to come out Id
candidate, but this he repeatedly
refused to do because of his devotion
to Mr. Mills. Mr.. Wilson's friends
believe he will be much stronger as
candidate now than he would have
been before, and they are very anx
ious for him to allow his name to
be used. Mr.. Wilson however, de.
clares he has given the matter nc
thought, and for the present declines
to discuss it, Mr.. Tom L. johnson,
of Cleveland, is the leader of the
movement to bring Mr.. Wilson out
as candidate, and he is very ac-
tive in the matter. If Mr.. Wilson
should consent he will, of course,
have the support of the West Vir-
ginis mem bers of the House.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17

The Elkins Ne'os speaking of the
accidental shooting of james Nc
Name, of near Pittsburg near there
about which 50 much mystery was
made, says that that immediate
neighborhood has been the scene of
no less than six accidents within the
last three years. some of which re-
suited fatally. Dan P. Buckley, of
Beverly, accidentally shot himself
with shot gun while fishing. Young
Louk shot and instantly killed Claud
Glaspel while coon hunting. Isaac
Kyle nisteok John Louk for a deer
and shot him in the back with a
Winchester, making wound from
which he recovered after long time
E. L. Jones, while picking the prim-
ing OF u shot shell, was struck in the
head with the butt of the shell which
exploded with such force that a
piece Of his skull about the size of a
quarter was knocked out. +. A.Par-
sons, while exploding dynamite, had
one of his hands blown off.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
Easter and Christmas.

How many can explain why it is
that Christmas is a fixed anniversary,
while Easter is a movable one? But
it is plain to be seen that if Easter
were celebrated on the same date
each year it would come on Sunday
only once in six years. This was
the old custom of observance, but
Constantine had it changed at the
council OF Nice in 1926, so that it now
occurs on the FIRST Sunday after the
full moon that occurs on or next af-
ter March 81. So that it cannot
come earlier lhan March % or later
than April 25. This rule is largely
arbitrary, owing tS the difference be-
tween the Roman and Jewish calen-
dara. The Jewish being lunar
the l4th-of Nissan, the Gate
of the crucitixion could be observed
year by year, always being full
moon day But the nearest approach
70 it possible under the Remain ar
ranaenent i the snls above given
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
The Weekly Papers.

The Richmond Dispatch devotes
to the country papers she following
thoughtful and just remarks:
After the victory comes the award
of honors. Spurs have been won by
not few and are soon to be conferr-
ed. Many of our warriors are to be
knighted. Others are to be publicly
thanked. Let us not forget any who
are deserving, and in this list we
particularly want to see the weekly
newspapers gratefully remembered.
Duringthe campaign we had fire.
Quent occasion to refer to the value
Of their services, and now, looking
over ths field which we have won and
the trophies lying at our feet, we
can appreciate better than ever what
they have done.
All political battles are nowadays
largely fought by newspapers. Edi-
tors, reporters and correspondents
are among the artillery, cavalry and
infantry of the army. All help, but
the editor of the political weekly
gives himself up TO his party during
the campaign. His office is head
quarters. He bestows his time at
the sacrifice of his business. His
columns he surrenders to lists of
appointments" to reports of public
meetings, to paragraphs commenting
upon the issues of the day, and 'en-
couraging the workers to do their
best. Everything that he has is
placed at his party's disposal, and
when the fight is over he is liberal
in his praise of all who have deserved
it. For himself he expects nothing,
and generally he is not disappointed.
This is not fair, and is generally not
meant by the public, but we would
do well to begin reformation in the
matter.
We think we speak for the Demo
cratic committees and for the party
generally when we say that our
brothers of the weekly press have
fought a glorious fight, and that
without them the battle could not
have been Won. The daily papers
may have been "the big gum" of the
battle, but the weeklies were the
sleepless scouts and the sharp
shooters who carried the war into
the interior and reused up that slow
moving but terrible enemy to fraud
and humbuggery-the American
farmer.
Brothers Of the weeklies, nc salute
won
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
To Wipe out the Whole Business.

Out at Canton, Ohio, the Demo-
cratic victory was celebrated by one
of the greatest banquets ever held
in the state. Gen Larry T. Neale,
who wrote the tariff plank in the
Democratic platform, who by the
way is a native of West Virginia, in
bis letter of regret that he could not
be present, says the Democratic
victory was a glorious one, and it
has established the principle of a
tariff for revenue only. The party,
he says, could not have won had it
ignored principle. He adds:
I'VE stand then as a party unal-
terahly committed to the overthrow
of MeKinleyism in every shape and
form Nothing short of this will
fulfill the instructions and require.
ments of the people. Their support
for our party was obtained by our
bold denunciation Of Republican
protection as fraud, robbery of
the great majority Of the American
people for the few" and by our
courage ia the dcnunciation and ad-
vocacy Of the principle Of tariff for
revenue; and we must see to it that
the expressed will of the people shall
not be stified or defeated by failure
Of our senators and representatives
in Congress 10 enact such laws ~
will forever expunge the foul blot OF
protection from the fair escutcheon OF
our grand and mighty republic"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
New Mexican Statehood.

Delegate Joseph of New Mexico
says the recent election confirms the
Democracy in the control of that
Territory and makes it sure Dem
ocratic State. Speaking of the pend
ing bill to admit New Mexico into
the Union, Delegate Joseph says
that during the last session of con
gress, Platt, chairman of the senate
committee ON Territories, did agree
to favor and support the admission
of New Mexico and Arizona at the
present session regardless of the re-
suit of the November election, but
Mr. Joseph says he does not want
the New Mexico bill passed this SEES
sion; that the senate committee have
handicapped it with amendments
which would render it unacceptable
to the people of New Mexico, and he
prefers to let the bill die in this con-
gress and pass one in the next ac-
ceptable to the Democrats. The
same facts apply to Arizona, and
the indications are that the Demo
Gratis will not ask for the admission
of either Territory at this session.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
The Way It's Done in Mcdowell.

Last Saturday night being pay
night, all the negroes on the Elkhorn
took little frolic. AS . result one
of them has been lynched, and two
or three are badly wounded.
The game began Thursday, when a
man named Brooks, a white man, was
shot through the brain and his head
battered, while guarding a couple of
prisoners. The perpetrator of the
deed has not yet been discovered.
Saturday night a negro named
Cornelius Coffee shot two white men,
one named Barton, a constable, and
the other Dave Dillon, a teamster.
This was in cold blood.
He escaped and went to Pocahon
tas, where he Dragged Of the deeds.
1t was at this place he was captured
by Detective Eugene Robinson, and
was brought back to the scene of the
murders.
1t seems the residents of keystone
had heard of his return, and when he
arrived at the depot, captared him
from Detective Robinson. He was
taken short distance from town,
tied to a bush and riddled with bull
lets.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
Canadians Talking Union.

Numerous meetings and much
newspaper discussion show how deep
ly the annexation feeling is affecting
the Canadian mind. At a gathering
at Simpson, Ont, speeches in favor
of political unionswith the United
States were made, after which the
auditors were invited to show their
wishes by vote, when Ais voted
for annexation, 80 declared for Ca
madam independence, while the stay
as-we-are contingent mustered but a
pitiful 81. The unfurling of the
Stars and Stripes brought out up
roarious applause, while the Cana
dams were SO unfeeling as to hiss
the British ensign.
Such manifestations must be very
painful to the Federation leaders and
Her Majesty's Government in Lon
don, but they show the unmistakable
trend of opinion in the Dominion.
Many Canadians, impatient of the
delay of annexation, are annexing
themselves to the Union by crossing
the frontier.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
The Official Vote.

The following is the official vote
for the several candidates for Presi-
Dental electors and for Congress-, ex-
cept the first district. In the First
district, Marshall county has not
reported.
Presidential Electors: Democratic,
Vinson, 82,646; Daily, 1894; Post,
S2,655; Preston, S2,657; Butcher, 49,
O69; McCluer, S2,657. Republican,
Campbell, 77,7O4; Carver, THIS;
McCasky, 77,709; Rumbarger,77 ,729;
Rowan, 77,7O6; Sage, 77,70S. Pro-
hibition, Carskadon, 1903; Hall, l.
1876; McGregor, 1901; Shafer, LISA;
Hank, 1900; Stewart, 1879. PEG,
ple's Party, Mari, 1927; L. G. Shinn,
1927; Cochran, 1926; Strowman, A.
S11; Pickens, 1900.
Second District-Wilson, 21,S07
Wisner, 20,756; Gibson, 327; Fitz-
gerald, 562.
Third Observation-Disclosures, 22,696;
Rucker, 20,750; Ellison, 308; Gates,
5O4.
Fourth District-Capehart, q, 991
Caldwell, 1924; Martin, SO; scat
tering, 16.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17

--
Hon. John @. Pendleton, OF the
First West Virginia district, talking
to a reporter said that he was heart.
lily in favor of an extra session of the
next Congress. The people have
had an opportunity to pass upon the
merits of the Mckinley bill three
times said he, sin 1890, 1891 and
in 1892, and each time they have ex-
pressed themselves as in favor of
tariff reduction. This they ought to
have as soon as possible. Delay
means uncertainty and business
perplexity.
THE manufacturers should know
as soon as possible what the tariff is
to be, and the consumers should get
the relief they demand Immediately,
if they are entitled to it at all In
Wheeling we have good many Dem
ocrats, who are not opposed TO rev.
enue tariff affording some protection,
are bitterly opposed to one intended
and framed with the purpose Of fleec
ing and plundering the many for the
benefit of the few.
Il believe that the people of this
country, when they vote for meas
ure, should not be compelled to wait
year and half until they see its
adoption. That is one great reason
why / favor an extra session. The
Constitution should be amended so
that the Congress elected in Noyem-
Der should sit in the December fol-
lowing. AS it is now, unless the Ex-
ecutive intervenes his power, the
people may vote overwhelmingly for
a measure and yet have no opportu-
nifty to get relief until more than a
year has elapsed after the election at
which they rendered their verdict"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
Honor to Whom it is Due.
Petersburg Sentinel.

The position which West Virginia
occupied in the recent national strug-
gle brought this commonwealth into
unusual prominence. The state was
promised to the republicans by Mr..
Elkins, as reward for his promotion
to cabinet position. Under the
manipulation Of the Secretary Of War
a most desperate, determined and un-
scrupulous campaign was carried on
and nothing was left undone that
could be done to secure the vote Of
West Virginia for the enemy. The
republican managers were skilled
politicians with unlimited money
and official influence at their com
mand. With the cunning of long
experience in the manipulation Of
elections, and the assurance Of ample
protection and assistance from those
higher in power, the campaign Of
Doodle and corruption was begun.
To contend with his army of polit-
icsl freebooters armed with every
known device for corrupting voters,
surrounded and aided by host of
paid Office holders, and with a
superabuudance of money, was the
democratic state committee without
enough money to pay printing bills.
The work of organizing the state was
undertaken and successfully carried
out. Senator Faulkner went upon
the stump and traversed every coun-
ty in the state. He encouraged local
COMMITTEES, advised with the leaders,
instilled confidence in the doubters,
and declared with determined conf
dence that the Mountain State would
not be found faltering in her allie
glance to the democratic party.
"West Virginia will give a'democrat-
ic majority of 5, 900 and not one less, !"
was his reply to all inquirers. His
enthusiasm was contagious, but he
was in the right and the people were
with him. Though faced by half Of
Harrison's cabinet he never falter-
ed.
He visited the remotest hamlets
and talked to the people. He edu-
Gated them upon the great questions
of the day. He showed them the
great wrongs put upon the people,
and taught them the remedy. To
the efforts of Charles James Faux
ner more than those of any other
single individual are the democrats
of West Virginia indebted for the
great victory of November 8th.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
The Pension Abuse.

The press Throughout the entire
country is devoting q good deal OF
attention to the outrage that is be-
ing perpetrated upon the people by
the extrayagant pension system. The
disclosures being made ought to be
sufficient to produce radical revis-
ion upon the subject. The number
of pensioners is rapidly on the in
crease as shown by the statements
of the Pension Bureau. On the both
of June 1891, the number had in
creased to GIG, 100, and on the 3oth
of June, 1892, the number on the
rolls was S76,063. In year or two
more the number will exceed a mil
lion. On this serious and impor-
tant subject the New York Sun says;
THE expenditure on account of
pensions during the fiscal year will
use up every dollar of the appro.
priation of $l44,956,0O and occa-
sion a deficiency estimated by Com
missioner Raum at $40, 100000
The Commissioner lowest esti-
mate of the appropriation required
for next year is $l66, 100000. Con-
petent judges believe that the Fifty
third Congress will he called upon to
vote pension appropriations exceed
ing two hundred millions annually.
These figures stagger the magma
tion. No other evil which has grown
out of Republican rule is compare
BILE to this. No scandal that has
over stained the Government of any
country has equaled this stupen-
dous plunder of the tax payers in the
name of gratitude to the nations de-
Tenders. Thirty years after the close
of the civil war we shall be paying
million pensions, or as many pen
sions as there were soldiers in the
Union army at any one time during
the war. We shall be paying, on
account of a war closed more than a
quarter of century ago, q sum Of
money three time greater than the
annual expenditure of the United
States Government at the time when
the war began.
But this is not the whole story.
Behind the army Of S76,063, pension
ers there is reserve force OF about
half million claimants waiting fol
the machinery Of the Pension Bu-
reau to "adjndicate" their claims
under existing laws; and the Pen
sion Bureau is mastering them in at
the rate of two hundred thousand
year. And behind the reserve force
of actual applicants whose claims
are on file at Washington, there 10
still another reserve an uncounted
army waiting only for the passage
of new laws extending the scope of
the Governments expenditure.
How long will it be before every
survivor of the Uuion army, be he
hero or sneak, four years soldier or
thirty day recruit, feeble or stal
wart, rich or poor, will figure as a
beneficiary of an eleemosynary in
stitution, which has no parallel in
the history of the world?
The time has come for change
Of policy. The pension list is mani
testify swollen with fraudulent and
unworthy pensioners. If the roll
cannot be purified, and the annual
expenditure cut down to the thirty
millions or so which Gen. Garfield
declared to be the maximum, short
of unwarrantable extravaganza, then
the Dependent and Disability act
wauld better be repealed outright"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-12-17
A Veteran Horse Thief.

Peter Zimmerman was arrested
and lodged in Jail at Uniontown,
Sunday, on a charge of horse steal
ing. The charge was made by a
farmer living in Preston county, W.
Va. Zimmerman is a veteran horse
thief, his criminal record extending
over a period of half century. He
is now &c years of age. During
most of that time he made his home
in Saltick township. He stole his
first horse when l6 years old He
has been arrested and convicted
several times, but always managed
to escape punishment, He was ar
rested once for horse stealing 10 this
county. Extradition papers will be
procured and Zimmerman taken
back to Preston country of trial.