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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
HUNTING FOR HIS MOTHER.
A Is Year Old Boy from Illinois Finds
His Friends In this State.

The Wheeling News recently con
tanned a pathetic story of boy who
few days ago reached that city on
the hunt of his mother. The News
says:
He started from Sandoval, Illinois,
last Thursday and made his way to
this city where he expected to find
his parent, and as he told his story
to the police the tears rolled down
his cheeks when he was informed
that no one of his family was known
in the city. He is very small for his
age and was attired in clothing of
the poorest quality, and had eaten
nothing for day or so. He made
his way to this city from Illinois on
freight trains and confidently hoped
to find his mother, from whom he
had heard nothing for four years.
He said he was taken to children s
home in Sandoval when five years
of age, and about three years ago
was bound out to Il farmer three
miles from the town. The farmer
horse whipped him and the result
was young Poole concluded to re
join his family. He ran away from
the farm and after a dangerous jour
ney on freight trains arrived here.
Through the efforts of a justice
and one of the county commissioners
the boys mother and brother were
finally found near Parkersburg and
he was sent to that place to join
them. 1t was no doubt happy time
for him. He received much sympa-
thy as he no doubt deserved for it is
said that the life of a lonely child is
sight that makes angels weep.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
Irwin Standard

1t is very much as one looks at il
whether one is to suffer or enjoy
most during the summer Fretting
and idgeting and violent tanning
add to ones discomfort. To 90 right
on with ones work, and neither
think nor care for the heat, often en-.
ables one to forget it, and if the
mind be only held superior, the body
does not so much mind being toe
warm or too cold. Some foolish PEG.
pie actually fuss and fume them
selves into fevers, when summer is
reigning in her bounty, ripeuing
fruits and grains, and giving US her
splendid skies and sunsets.
To keep the house cool in July
air it thoroughly in the morning,
then close the windows and screen
doors, and darken bedrooms and
parlors. A dark closed room will
be comfortable at id-day. Select
a cool window, or q corner of the We
randa, and carry your books and
sewing there, or establish yourself
under tree. Eat cold dishes and
ripe fruit Fan moderately Do not
drink quantities of iced water. Do
not let yourself be annoyed or vexed
with any one. Battle at least twice
a day, and think pleasant thoughts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
He Didn't Forget Them.
Wheeling News.

Some days ago stranger who APP
peared desperately poor crossed the
Island ferry to the city. He told the
crew on board the boat he hadn't
any money and was hungry in The
bargain. They pitied the fellow and
gave him free passage and also con
trihution out of their dinner baskets
enough to satisfy his appetite a
day or so ago the man appeared al
the city landing, but entirely chang
ed. He was well dressed and looked
prosperous. He paid his fare this
time, and in addition gave the boys
substantial reward for their kind.
ness. He said be had sold ell leases
in the Sistersville field that had
brought him $4,000, and promised
to reward those who had befriended
him in time of need,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
The July Crop Reports.

The July report of the Federal
Department of Agriculture is ex-
ceptionally encouraging. The con
dition of cotton has advanced 1.3
per cent. since last month. and the
average for spring wheat has risen
from 97.S in June tn 1922 at the
outset of July. There has been a
decline of 43 per cent in the condi-
of winter wheat, but this loss is over
balanced by the splendid promise of
the crop in the Northwest. The con
dition of spring wheat year ago
was 6S.4, so that the present aver
age for the crop is 1873 per cent
higher than it was in July, 1894.
An encouraging feature of the re-
port is the announcement that the
area planted in corn is 100000
acres larger than that planted in
1894. The total is given as $4,000
600 acres, which is nearly 100000
acres more than the area from which
the commercial crop of last year
was harvested, and about 100000
acres more than ever before planted
in this country. AS the condition
of corn is high-99.3, against 90 in
July last year-the prospect at this
early stage of the season is favora-
BILE for the largest yield on record.
If the production per acre should
equal that of previous seasons, of
large corn crops the out-turn this
year would exceed 2,200,000,00O
bushels. The Government data with
regard to tobacco, potatoes and 9th
er crops are also highly encourag-
ing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
The LAW IS VOID.
JUDGE G0FF HOLDS THE CIGAR.
ETTE TAX IMPERATIVE

Because 1t Conflicts With the Commerce
Clause of the Constitution of the
United States--- Frank A. Miner Re-
leased ON a Writ of Habeas Corpus
The Action No Surprise.
MARTINsBURG. W. Va, July Is
Judge Nathan Golf has declared the
cigarette act, passed by the last
Legislature, unconstitutional and
void.
The fact was made public to day
ia the decision in the habeas corpus
case Of Frank A. Miner, which in
yolved the validity of the act. The
decision is no surprise, as almost
every one expected it. The fight
against the act was made by the
American Tobacco Company.
through their attorneys. This com
pany, in May last, after the passage
of an act compelling retail dealers
to pay tax of $500 for selling Gig
arettes. shipped Miner fifty pack
ages upon his request He had no
license and was arrested when be
had sold one package Upon appli-
cation a writ of habeas corpus was
issued by Judge Golf, made returna.
BILE to him here at a special session
of the United States Circuit Court.
The case was argued before him and
submitted on June 20
The decision is a long one and dis
eusses deliberately all the points in
question and concludes by saying
that the act, so far as it applies to
cigarettes imported from another
State into West Virginia, and sold
in this State in the original pack
ages, is a burden upon commerce
among the States and is to this ex-
tent in violation of the commercial
clause of the constitution of the
United States, and also, that so far
as it relates to cigarettes in another
State and by the manufactures sent
into West Virginia in the original
package for sale by the agent of the
manufacturers and so sold in sue h
packages by such agent it is for the
same reason imperative and void
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Preparing for Better Work and Larger
Attendance than Ever Expected.

PARKERsBURG, w. VA, July %
Mr.. Waitman Bsrbe, who was engag
ed by the Board of Regents to travel
in the interests of the West Virginia
University, has been quite success
full so far in presenting the merits of
that institution, and the prospects
are good for the largest attendance
next fall in the history of the Uni
versity. Mr.. Barbe has addressed
several teachers institutes and other
gatherings OF those interested in ed
ucatiou, and has so successfully rep
resented the University that large
ly increased attendance will result.
Further than that be has interested
the teachers in the educational work
OF the University, and their influence
upon the young men and the young
women will in the future result in
sending more of them to our State
University and fewer to other States.
Our own University is as well equip
ped as any institution in the coun-
try, and offers as many advantages
to the youth of West Virginia as any
other college can present, and it Is
believed that the number of students,
already much larger than ever before,
will from now on steadily increase
until the University becomes not on
ly one of the largest, but among the
best OF all the institutions of learn
ing in the United States.
Especially has the law department
been growing. The graduates of the
law school are now found in almost
every county in the State and are
among the most successful practi-
TONERS 1t is beginning to be under
stood that a young man who so de
sires may obtain as good a knowl-
edge of the law at Morgantown as
at any other law school, and the mum
Der of students in the law course has
steadily and rapidly increased until
an additional professor was required.
Judge Okey johnson will prove
very valuable man in the University,
and will add much to the efficiency
and the reputation of the law depart
ment. Judge johnson will not re-
move his family from Charleston to
Morgantown for some time vet, al
though eventually they expect to
join him there.
Prof. Douthatt, who was elected
to the chair of ancient languages, has
been succeeded as President of Bar
louisville College by Prof. J. NJ. Be
land, of this city, who has been tray
cling some in the interest of the Col
lege. Mention of Prot. Douthatt' s
name recalls the joke of Governor
MacCorkle at the last alumni dinner
at Morgantown. Some reference was
made to toast OF Prof. Douthatt.
the speaker saying that the Professor
spoke tiuently some six or eight diff
ferent languages. Il doubt that
statement interrupted the Govern
or, and it was not until it was seen
that the Governor was punning on
the Professors name that the joke
was appreciated, and everybody
laughed.
1t is believed now that whatever
i'll feeling may have existed among
the faculty of the University. has
been done away with, that from now
on matters will all move on harmon
iously and that nothing will occur to
detract from the usefulness of our
State University.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
A Country Beautifully Blessed
New York Tribune.

People would do well to bear in
mind the immensely of the area OF
the United States when reading OF
the terrible stories of ruin and dew
astation brought by fire, inundation,
cyclones and drought that follow so
rapidly in one another's wake 9th
erwise they might be tempted to be-
lieve America to be the most afflict-
ed couLtry on the face of the globe,
and particular object of Divine
wrath. These diverse visitations,
however, occur frequently at points
separated from one another by thous
ands Of miles-by distance greater
than the entire length or breadth of
Europa fact of which most people
lose sight. So, while we extend our
deepest sympathy to those of our
fellow citizens in Michigan, who,
during the last few days have been
seeing their homes, their villages,
and even their towns, fall prey to
the fires which nearly every summer
spread ruin and desolation through
out the lumber districts of that
St&te, We ere unwilling to admit the
contention of some of our foreign
contemporaries that America is the
country, above all others, of great
cataciysms and the most afflicted.
On the contrary, we claim that there
is no nation in the world so bounti
fully blessed in every respect as ours
is by nature.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
Wesf virginia.

In telling the story of West Vir-
ginia it is indeed difficult to deal in
language, says the Manufacturer S
Record. Her pastures are teemine
with magnificent cattle, horses and
sheep, and her flower bedecked hills
are laden with honey. She has IT,
600 square miles of coal, unsurpassed
on the globe, with mineral wealth
greater by far than Great Britain.
In the production of coke she is now
the second state in the Union and
her great oil fields, yielding a pro-
duct worth near $2O,0O0,000 annual
ly, easily allows her to lay claim to
the greatest producing oil field on
earth, and its development has only
just commenced. The State has
tifty-five counties forty-five of which
are penetrated by railroads and all
except three have coal in abundance
In institutions, educational, humane,
etc, the progressive spirit of her
citizens may be seen to the best adj
vantage. The reports show an ex-
penditure of more per capita for ed
ucation than in Pennsylvania and
many of the older States.
Active as has been the develop
ment in the State for ten years it
must double and quadruple in the
near future.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
ANNUAL OUTING
OF the West Virginia Militia Soon to DC.
cur-NOtes of Interest

CuT-NOteS OF interest,
Adjutant General Holley is the
busiest man at the Capitol just now
getting things IN shape for the an
nual eneampment of the Nationa
Guard at Camp MacCorkle, Parkers
burg, beginning August 6. Order:
are being issued to the various com
pany commanding officers to see thai
their men are properly equipped
railroad transportation is being ar
ranged and a thousand other minor
details that are necessary on such
occasions. General Order No. q
was issued this morning ordering
the staff of the Governor to report al
Camp MaeCorkle not later than p
m. on Aug. 10. A schedule of The
different railroads showing the move
ments of trains for transporting the
militia are being sent out to the Of
ficers.
Capt. r. p. Camden. aid de-eamt
on the staff Of the Brigade Comman
der has sent in his resignation tc
General Holley and Sprigg d. Cam
den has been commissioned to fill
the vacancy.
Commissions have also been issued
to R. S. Dayton, LIST Lieut., Co. A,
lst Reg, at Elkins, vice E. A. Page
resigned; to T. j. Stalnaker as sec
ond Lieutenant Co. A, 1st Reg. tc
f. II. Beck 1st Lieut., Co, H, Isl
Reg, at Piedmont; to H. NJ. Cornell
End Lieut., Co H.
A. NJ. Lazier, hospital steward on
the non commissioned staff of the
First Regiment, has been granted his
discharge. No appointment to fill
this vacancy has been made as yet
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
BRUTAL MURDER
Of an Aged Woman in Parkers-
burg.
While Waiting for Her BOYS at Night
Her Head was Crushed by a Terrible
BlOw-A Woman Arrested on Suspi-
eion, Diseharged-A Mystery.

eIon, Dlsenarged-A Mystery.
PARKERsBURG, July %. - Mrs.
Mary Mullin, widow, aged eighty,
was found dying in bed with her
skull crushed. at her residence on
Market street. in the most thickly
populated portion of the city, about
midnight Friday. She lived two
hours after being discovered, but
never regained consciousness.
An investigation developed that,
leaving the doors and windows open,
she had lain down to await the ar
rival of her sons and grandson from
their places of business, and that
while doing she was murdered by
some one who crushed her skull
with a heavy wagon spoke.
Suspicion fell on Sarah Brown, a
former servant, but she proved an
alibi, and was released. 1t is sup
posed that the marder was commit
ted by q negro tramp who was in
the neighborhood during the early
evening, for the purpose of robbery,
but that he was frightened off before
be could loot the house. There was
nothing stolen. Sixty dollars, which
Mrs. Mullin had on her person, was
found on the bed.
Mrs Mullin was the mother OF
four sons, all of whom are well TO dc
business men, engaged in the tobac
co trade, two being in stores here
one at Middletown, o., and another
travelling for the Light II Myer;
Tobacco company, of St Louis.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
A Farm Larger than a State.

The largest ranch now running in
full blast in the State of Wyoming is
that owned by ex Senator Warren.
The dimensions of the immense
farm are of such mammoth proper
tions that figures of its area appear
almost fabulous and beyond belief.
Its dimensions are 70 by 100 miles,
and it is stocked with upwards of
200,0 animals of various kinds, in
Guiding horses, cattle, sheep, goats,
hogs and half bred buffalo. The
itemized inventory shows that 400
horses, 10000 cattle and over 10000
sheep daily Craze on the ex Senator s
"broad acres Compared with the
State of Rhode Island this gigantic
farm is as a four horse bus to baby
cab. The State mentioned is only
81 miles one way and 475 the other.
The farm is rs by 100 miles.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
The Outlook for 90.

The steadily improving business
conditions and the better understan-
ding Of Democratic laws with the
conviction that they are made solely
in the interests Of the people are put
ting a very different phase upon the
political outlook. The situation is
neatly summed up by our contem-
porary the Baltimore News in the
following manner:
With the free silver sentiment stead
lily declining in the South, with good
crop prospects, with the price OIL
wheat, corn, pig iron, steel, cotton
and other staples advancing slowly
but surely, there is reason to believe
that the last two years of Mr.. Cleve
lands second term will see this coun
try enjoying greater prosperity thar
it has experienced in many years
And this good fortune will undoubt
edly be attributed in great part tc
the courage and wisdom of Mr.
Cleveland's administration.
Republican leaders are beginning
already to foresee trouble in the next
campaign. The outlook now is that
they will be called upon to face 6
united instead of divided Democra
cy, an enthusiastic instead of a de
moralized political army. At the
present rate of progress, the sound
money Democrats will have whipped
out the free silverites in the party
and as for the tariff, if times continue
to improve, the Republicans will be
entirely too shrewd to talk about in.
creasing custom duties All theil
efforts will have to 60 toward keep.
ing the present tariff on those arti
Giles which, with the aid of the com
bine of Democratic Senators, manag.
ed to eyade the schedule of the Will.
son bill. With Democracy sound OF
the money question, and with it's tar.
if policy standing the test of exper.
fence, it can go into the next cam.
paign in excellent fighting condition
# anybody had said six months
ago that by July LIST the Democratic
party would begin to see a ray Of
hope, and that the Republican party
would begin to have even a slight
doubt of the way the next election
was going, he would have been laugh
ed at. That such a radical change
should have occurred in such short
time shows what political courage
will do.
If the Democracy had turned tail
when the free silver men threw down
the gauge of battle, nobody doubts
that to-day the party of Jefferson,
Jackson and Cleveland would have
been in a pitiable plight. Instead,
under the leadership of the Presi-
dent, the Democracy met the issue
boldly, and, gaining courage day by
day, whipped out the free silverites
in. Kentucky, and with the prestige
of that victory is in position to drive
the Populists entirely from the South.
Then, with the South solid once
more, and with record on the mon
ey question with which to appeal to
the North, and with a record on the
tariff with which to appeal to the
West, the Democracy will be prepar-
ed to face the campaign of '96 with
cheering prospects of success.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
TAYLOR COUNTY TEACHERS.
The Institute Notable Success-Great
Interest in University Matters.

GRAFTON, w. VA, July 19.-The
Taylor county teachers institute is
notable success this year, there be
ing over l25 teachers enrolled. The
instruction under Prof. Harris is
full of vigor and inspiration. A feat
ure worthy Of note is the interest
here, as elsewhere, in university mat
tiers. President Goodnight has
the promise of new students fro 10
this county, and parents promise
their boys who will be ready for a
university course in two, three, four
and five years. There is general
satisfaction that the university has
been taken completely ont of politics
and is to be kept out.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
A DEADLY STRUGGLE
Between Farmer and His DOg-The
Dog Killed and the Man May Die.

STEUBENvILLE, O., July 22.-John
Mccullough, a farmer living near
New Alexandria, this county, had a
deadly struggle with his dog, large
one, yesterday. The dog ran into
the house during storm and Mr..
Mccullough tried to put him out,
when the dog turned viciously on
his master and battle ensued, the
man using his hands and feet and
the dog his teeth and claws. 1t end
ed in the dogs death, but not until
he had torn the flesh from portions
of his masters body and limbs. The
struggle took place in sight of his
family, who were powerless to aid
him. He is weak from loss of blood
and may die.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27

The Enquirer desires to call at
tention again to a most serious mat.
ter, and it does so in the utmost
good faith. We know that the Dem
ocratS have sins to answer for in
connection with the currency ques-
ton. and omissions and backdowns
to explain; but the subject now I'M
der consideration is Republican re-
missness. We again cite the Iowa
Convention, which was precisely like
the Ohio Convention and the Repub-
lican League meeting. 1t was afraid
to declare on the silver question. 1t
fioundered around in language about
the necessity of one dollar being as
good as any other dollar, and about
all sorts of money of equal purchas-
ing and debt paying power. That
is the condition we have now. All
of our different forms of currency
have the same potentiality in the
market house or the tailor store or
the dry goods mart. What keeps
them together9 If it is the gold-re.
demption policy that does it, these
Republican leaders and platform
makers are afraid to say so. What
are we to know?.-Cin. Enqusrer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27

The women of Rome, Georgia, have
just gone through with a peculiar
experience. Some time ago Superin-
tendent Marvin, of the Electric Rail
way Company. offered them the cleo
trio cars for one day, the net proceeds
to go to st. Peters church building
fund. They accepted and they have
just completed the task. The lead
ing society women of the city got to-
gether and divided up the time into
turns of two hours each, and one
married and two single ladies took
the different turns. The girls put
on their most attractive summer gar
ments, sewed bands of ribbon on
them with Conductor" in large let
tiers on the front, and they just took
the town by storm. The city was
full of visiting Masons and when
they caught onto the scheme they
filled the cars and the women CON
ductors swung around on the foot.
boards and roped in the riches in a
hurry. The day was a splendid sue
cess, and while the weather was warm
they didn't seem to mind it, and
worked faithfully till II O'Clock at
night, when the cars were taken off
There were some of the most anus
ing episodes connected with the day
imaginable. Many of the passengers,
when the young women would APP
proach them and timidly hold out
their hands, would take the proffered
hand and shake it gingerly with
winning glance up into the bright
face above, which was quickly chang
ed to CONSERVATION when they beheld
the insignia OF office on the summer
hat and heard the castiron, "Fare,
please" from the curling lips.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-27
A PURE FAKE
Harrison Never Said He Would Decline
the NOminatiOn.-0f Course He Didn't
and Nobody eyer Thought Otherwise.

SYRACUSE, Ny, July 22.-Mayor
T. L. Pool said to an Associated
Press reporter to-day, concerning
the report that General Harrison had
said to Joseph |. Sayles and himself
that he would under no circum
stance be candidate for the Presi
dency again: THE report is made
absolutely out of the whole cloth.
Mr.. Harrison never spoke or even
limited at such matter. The truth
is that he did not speak upon the
matter directly or indirectly, You
can not say too strongly that not
one word was said by Mr.. Harrison
that could be construed into an IL
fusion in any way to his position in
regard to his possible candidacy for
President"