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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-19
HoM A MISUNDERSTANDING
About the Preston County Coal Deal
Night have Arisen.

We published some time ago an
article about monster coal dealing
Preston CO., and this week we print
two short articles which explain
themselves ON the same thing.
A dispatch from Morgantown to
the Pittsburg papers reports 40
600 acre coal deal in which the Mel
Ions and other Pittsburg parties are
named as interested. A Times re-
porter called on r. b. Mellon of the
firm of Mellon Bros, Thursday night
and showed him the telegram. He
said:
"You can say that Mellon Bros.
are not connected with the syndicate
in any way, nor would they invest a
cent in Preston county coal lands.
Some years ago Judge Thomas Mel
lon acquired some coal lands near
Morgantown in payment of loan OF
money, and lost several thousand
dollars on it, because the coal was
found after careful tests to be of nc
value, and the land was sold at less
than IS an acre. Twas in West Vir-
ginia some months ago for recrea.
ton, and could have bought thous-
ands of acres for SIS an acre, do not
undertake to speak for the other men
whose names are mentioned, but per
sonally, | may be permitted to be
skeptical of their having any more
interest in the reported deal than We
have"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-19

WoRKrNe mems suits $l.90 at
Hirschman's.
FINE pearl hominy at Nye's.
War for the holiday goods at
Posten's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-19

Senator Faulkner denies the re-
port which has recently been put in
circulation that he would resign his
position as Senator to accept one as
an attorney for large corporation
at a salary of $4,000. He says that
he intends to serve his term out.
Not very much credence was given
the story in the first place and we
are glad to learn that he is to re-
main where the state can get the
benefit of his splendid abilities.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-19

The Woman's Edition--A Brief Pros
pectus.

Laurel Point, w. V.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
S AINT Paul.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Scarlet fever is reported at ss1 Otto ave-
pue. =,
Mrs Stephens read paper on Happiness"
before Union Theosophical society last even
ing.
st. Paul and No. Uniform rank. X.
of P, will drill at Pythian hall on Tuesday
evening.
I Rev. ]. o. Ferris, the new pastor of st.
James church occupied the pulpit for the
FIRST time yesterday.
State Auditor Dunn returned yesterday
from Pine City, where he held a sale of state
lands on Saturday.
Prof George Huntington, of Carleton col
Iege Northfeld, preached yesterday at the
Pacific Congregational church.
Ramsey camp Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, will give grand benent minstrel show
and grand ball on Thursday, April 70, IN
Market hall.
The Columbus Cycle club will gather at
Sixth and Market streets this evening at
7:30, and proceed IN a body to the Auditorium
to witness the bicycle race.
Division No. 8, Daughters of Erin. have
made arrangements for their fifth social this
evening at Central hall. Friends of the So
ciety are invited. st. Anthony Hill orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Eagle Printing company, Of Delano,
with capital stock of $4,000, has fled arti-
cles of incorporation with the secretary of
state. l. Gutzwiller Jr., c. j. Buckley, w.
M. Mowatt, j. NJ Gott, Margaret SleneS and
J. A. Wharton the fncorporators.
The adjourned parish meeting of the
Church of st. John the Evangelist will be
held this evening at o'clock for the pur-
pose of electing wardens and vestrymen for
the ensuing year. This meeting will also
be the occasion of q social reception rendered
Rhodes, the rector, who has so far recovered
from his severe illness to to be present.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
SIN NO ACCIDENT.
Elder HI. f. Phelps Discusses the
Plan of Salvation.

theme of deep interest was presented last
evening by Elder H. F. Phelps at the Wa
couta Street chapel The subject was "Why
Sin Exists" The speaker reasoned that God
had purpose in all His works, and nothing
was done as by experiment. Even the pro-
vision for sin was laid in the eternal pur-
poses of God; hence there is no possibility
of failure.
1--WE read in the Scriptures of divine truth"
said Mr.. Phelps. "that it was for the pleasure
Of God that all things were created. With
our limited ideas of God, we associated some
sordid motive with pleasure But we must
remember that while ideas of pleasure
may be that of self qualification the pleas
ure of the Infinite One is that of making
others eternally happy in the fullness of His
own love. In this may be seen the reasons
for creation ad redemption.
The history of sin, terrible as it is covers
but a brief moment in eternity. God, fore
seeing the possibilities of sin, could have
receded from his purpose and left the uni
verse an empty void, or He could have
created some machines, filed the universe
with slaves, subject to the dominance of the
infinite mind. with no moral purpose or
will OF their own. The persuit of either Of
these would have been to deny His own eff
cheney. But one course is left, and that is
the course pursued, that of creating free
moral agents with perfect freedom to yield
or withhold service Of love. Then, If any
should make the mistake of serving self, still
to exercise that almighty creative power in
redemption. This course is demonstration
that He is God, and that He is able to finish
that which He has begun. Sin did not enter
as an accident The plan of salvation is not
an experiment, which may fail at last; but it
was laid in the counsels of God, hid in His
own mind till revealed in Christ. Hence
there is no such thing as failure in it. or in
the one who will believe
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
LATE SOCIAL NEWS.

Luella Rebekah Lodge, No. 8, will give a
dance at Central hall Wednesday evening.
Miss Fitzgerald, of Duluth, has been the
guest of Miss Alice Cleary, Of Fairmount
avenue during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Breher were pleasantly
surprised at their home. 259 McBoal street,
Thursday evening. Progressive cinch was
enjoyed to its full extent by few of their
Adams and MIR. Tierney. Those present were
the Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Yorks, Noonan,
Marxes, Charles Karst, Ed Ulmer, Mrs. w.
Book, Mrs. Adams, T. F. Tierney, Miss Cath
crime Forew, Mr.. and Mrs Regan Miss Olive
Forew, Miss Garretty, Willis Ulmer and j.
OBrien.
A pleasant surprise was given Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Lynch at their home 6S4 Arm
strong avenue, last Thursday evening, in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. O'Grady. of
Chicago. Music and cards were the features
Mrs Ball, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebelwhile, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyde, Mr.. and Mrs Sharpless, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Lynch, Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Walsh,
and 1dada the Misses Walsh Kelly Crotty Lynch
shaw, McCann, Barrell, Machovec, Thomp-
son Dixon, Mattak, Beck and ]. Lynch.
Last night was made pleasant one by
number of friends of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H.
Hartmann. Shortly after s o'clock between
forty and fifty couples gathered at the res
idence of Valentine Stoesser, 81 East Tenth
street, to celebrate the recent marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Hartmann, the bride
being a sister of Mrs. Stoesser. Music, dane
ing and song was INDUCED in until the small
hours of the morning. During the evening
supper was served by Mr.. and Mrs. Hart
mann. Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Muehlbauer, Valentine Stoesser, Mr.
and Mrs. N. c. Wo1duI, Mr.. and Mrs. Bark
HE, Mr.. and Mrs: Theo Wickesheim, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. L. McMoran, Mr.. and Mrs Julius
Stoesser, Mrs. R. W. Schmidt Miss MathiI-
da Schmidt. Miss Emily Zuchman, August
Bauer, G. K. Ludlow Philip Bauer and 9TH
ers. The occasion was a merry and a joy-
GUS one, and the company departed wishing
Mr: and Mrs. Hartmann success and pros
peritY -
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
AFTER THE MAPLE LEAF.
Competitors Accuse 1t eff Selling Ad-
Vertising Tickets.

Competitors Of the Chicago Great Westera
road have been asserting for some time back
that wholesale deal with the sca1pers, both
in Chicago and st. Paul and Minneapolis was
being carried on, whereby that company
was supplying the market with 1,000-mile
advertising books at from SIS to SIS apiece.
These books, it is said, were issued on ac
count Of bill board advertising, and a good
deal of bad blood has been generated, as ad-
yertising mileage books are not supposed to
be sold. General Passenger Agent Heaford,
of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, has car
ried the fight into the Western Passenger
association, having requested the chairman
to include in the division Of business be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul all such adver-
tising mileage books alleged to have been
sold by the Chicago Great Western. This
means that the books, if it is proved any were
sold, will be put into the pool at SIS apiece.
In Justice to the Chicago Great Western
company it may be said that, while its COM
petitors have been accusing it of all kinds
of wrong doing, they have so far failed in
their attempts to secure any damaging evil
dence against it. Failing in such attempts,
1t looks very much as II that unpleasant task
was relegated to the chairman, who has
authority to look over its mileage accounts
If he so desires.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20

came to st. Paul and entered the employ Of
Mr.. Lucas. in whose service he remained
for two years. He then went. into business
for himself on Bridge square. and a few
years afterward moved to the present site of
the Pioneer Press building, on Robert street,
where he was burned out in 1866. In 1872 i'll
health drove him from the business, but only
temporarily, as he returned again in 1877,
this time at 107 East Seventh street,
where he remained until about two years ago,
when he finally retired.
large family Of grown-up sons and daugh-
ters survive him, Edward and Mrs. William
Schurmeier, who are in Los Angeles, CAL !;
Henry j., at Salt Lake City; w. F. Jr. and
Albert Fin Denver; ,and Theodore c., Emma,
George and Mrs. Meyers, all of whom are in
St Paul.
The arrangements for the funeral have not
been completed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
THEY ALL HAD CoRKscREws,
Practical Test of the Man Who Did
Not Believe the World Was Crow
Ing BETTER
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
There was pleased expression on
the stern features of the angular wom-
an with the rasping voice as she re-
gained her seat in the accommodation
train. She had just walked up one
side and down the other Of the long
aisle and had spoken a few hurried
words to each man as she handed him
copy OF a temperance tract
The world is growing BETTER she
said, leaning over and addressing the
man in the end seat 'You see. there
is so much difference of opinion on the
subject that you can't get any intelIi-
gent idea from studying statistics.
I'm a worker in the noble cause of
l would do little investigating for
myself"
Am I to understand, madam" re-
piled the man. turning his head half
way round, that the result of your
labors shows that the world is grow
ing better?"
That's it exactly" she returned
AS soon as I entered this train and
saw that it was nearly full of men I
knew that the time for original in
vestigation had arrived. When 1
handed out this beautiful little tract
l asked each man point blank if he
was a drunkard. It did my heart good.
as you may we'll imagine, to hear each
Of them answer that he wasn't"
"But, my dear madam" argued the
man, 1T takes a pretty heavy drinker
to make q drunkard.''
Nonsense" broke in the woman
There can be no distinctions in a.
question of this kind A man who
drinks is nothing else than a drunkard
I'm satisfied with the test I made, for
I could see that each man answered
my question honestly"
I won't attempt to argue with you,
madam" said the man. 'IlI Just
make little test Of my own
Stepping out into the aisle the man
sang out in a CHEEKY tone that echoed
through the length of the car:
Say, boys, any Of you got cork
screw?"
In moment a smile came over the
mans features as he slowly counted
seventeen hands lifted up In the air,
and he was about to address the wom-
an when he saw that she had faint
ed, and that the conductor was test
ing the virtue of her dearly loved cold
water by sousfng a dipper of it in
her face. z.YFE Zs
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
DEAN ABBOTT is DEAD.
Was Noted Educator, Connected
With New York Uniyersitv

With New York University.
NEW YORK, April 1s.-Austin Abbott, IL.
D., dean Of the New York university law
school, died at his late residence, 16 East
Fifty-frst street, this morning, after an ILL
ness of about ten weeks
Austin Abbott was born in Boston. on Dec.
IL, 1881. He was the son of Jacob Abbott and
a brother of the late Benjamin Vaughan Alb
bott, the well known writer on law; DR.. Ly-
man Abbott, of Brooklyn, and Dr. Edward
Abbott, OF Cambridge, Mass. He was gradu-
ated from the New York university in 1851, and
soon after that was admitted to the practice of
law, forming partnership with his brothers,
Vaughan and Lyman. In conjunction with the
former, he began the publication of "Abbott,s
New York Digest" and "Abbott's Forms He
carried these on alone for a number of years.
He was author Of series of books on methods
Of legal procedure, which have been adopted
as standard text books and books for the desk
and bench all over the country.
In 1889 the New York university conferred
upon him the degree Of LII. D., and in 1891 he
was called upon to assume the position of
dean Of the university law school, with the
chair Of pleading, equity and evidence.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20

amateur prizes of So first and 81 so second
Will be awarded on work in wax (fowers,
eteJ, collection; hair work ornamental, etc.,,
collection; hand painted china, largest and
pest collection by one person; miscellaneous
historic painting; portrait, from life: Mime
sofa landscape, from nature; marine view
In oil or water color; figure OF figures; ami
NAL, from nature.
Other prizes of 81 and 81, respectively, will
pc given for the following classes: Fruit,
from nature; flowers, from nature; painting,
sun sui life. in oil or water color: crayon; pas
tel; painting. on glass; painting on satin;
painting on tapestry; painting on chamois
painting on bolting cloth.
diplomas will be given to either profess
sionals or amateurs: Photographs. display
and best collection of cabinets and largest
lportra1t and view, all the work competing
to be that of exhibitor; pen work, largest
ana best collection, not less than 20 different
lection.
Special prizes of .$125 are also offered for
embroidery by a St. Paul silk frIu
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
SUNDAY At THE HOTELS.

Paul North, of Cleveland, is at the RYAN.
Dan R. Davidson, of Wahpeton, Is at the
Windsor.
J. NJ. Wiser, Of Fargo, is a guest of the
Windsor
Louis Brobe, of Austin, is staying at the
Windsor
M. V. Rice, Of Fergus Falls, Is a guest Of
the Clarendon.
Fred B. Johnson, of Duluth, is guest of
the Merchants.
William Howes, of Casselton is staying at
the Merchants.
= E. c. Vissey. of Rhinelander Wis, is stay
ing at the Clarendon.
Registered yesterday at the Clarendon was
w. G. Lee of Peoria, Ill.
Homer B. Dibbell, of Duluth, registered
yesterday at the Hotel Ryan.
H. L. Lynn, of Mandan, N. D., was on the
list of Sunday arrivals at the Ryan.
George NJ. Carleton, of Sioux City, was
among Yesterdays arrivals at the Merchants.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
DIR. M,CURDY HONORED.
He Will Represent Peoria Presby-
terry at Saratoga.

terry at saratoga.
DR.. Thomas A. McCurdy, well known among
the Presbyterians of st. Paul, has been select
ed to represent the Peoria presbytery at the
national meeting at Saratoga in May. He is
one of the best known Presby pastors
of the West, and is now pastor of the largest
church in Peoria, ILL.,, the First Presbyterian.
He was born in Pennsylvania and is forty
nine years of age. He is graduate of Wash
ington and Jefferson colleges and Allegheny
City theological seminary.
DIR. McCurdy was the first president Of
Manchester college, a position he held for six
years. Under his skiIlful guardianship 1t
graduated it's first class four years after OPEN
ing. He was pastor of the Steubenville, O.,
First Presbyterian church for seven years, the
Wooster Presbyterian church seven years and
OF the Peoria First Presbyterian church six
years. During his pastorate at Wooster, O.,
he was trustee Of the University of Wooster
and member Of the executive committee.
Increase Of membership and interest have
always been one Of the features Of all his
churches. He is great favorite of the young
people; in fact, DR.. McCurdy is colonel and
enjoys that distinction. He also enjoys the
distinction Of having succeeded himself as
moderator Of the Peoria presbytery and has
twice represented his church in the general
assembly.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
FORGERY Is CHARGED.
Andrew Godfrey Was Taken to Min
neapolfs Yesterday.

inspector John Morrissey, of Minneapolis
arrested Andrew Godfrey, better known as
Pete" Godfrey here, charged with forgery.
The prisoner Was taken to Minneapolis and
placed in the central police station. Godfrey
is suspected of passing forged check pur-
porting to bear the signature Of N P. Clarke
representing $40 on Hennepfn avenue cloth
ier The genuineness of the paper was cues
ticned at the time, and the passer indorsing
1t with his name, Andrew Godfrey, agreed to
take suit OF clothes and 81 in cash, and
was to cali for the balance the following day.
he was not seen again. A saIeonkeeper
named Peterson, doing business on First
street and Second avenue north, identified
the prisoner as the same man who attempted
TO pass similar check at his saloon the
same day. Godfrey Is also suspected of pass
Ing forged check for $50 at Swenson Broth
ers saloon Washington and Eleventh ave-
nues south. The local police assert that the
prisoner has served two terms in the sam
water penitentiary, once for forgery and once
for assault with a dangerous weapon
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
PAsQUALE WAS ROBBED.
An Italian PeddIer Is Assaulted ON
West Seventh Street

Pasquale Farinacci, an Italian fruit peddler,
was assaulted by two men at the corner of
Randolph and West Seventh streets yester-
day afternoon, and so severely injured as to
necessitate his removal to the city hospital.
Farinacci's chief injury is deep cut four
inches long, extending across the right tenn
pie. The cut was inflicted by stone thrown
by one of his assailants, both of whom es-
capped.
The injured man was driving along Sew
enth street toward the city with a load of
fruit. AS he reached the corner of Ran
doiph street, where crowd of men was stand
ing about saloon, two of the men left their
companions and attacked him.
Farinaeci attempted to hurry past, when
one of the men struck him in the head with
a stone, rendering him unconscious AS the
peddler lay in the bottom of his wagon the
gang pillaged It, and disappeared I'D Ran
dolph street.
The affair was reported to Officer Campion.
who drove the wounded man to the hospital.
Farinacci lives with his wife and family
at 296 Chestnut street.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
WILLIAM f. DIETER, THE VET
ERAN SHOE DEALER, PASSED
AWAY YESTERDAY
AT HIS Eleventh ST. HOME.
HE HAD LIVED IN ST. PAUL SINCE
1856, AN ACTIVE MER-
CHANT,
UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO
When Failing Health Compelled His
Retirement-He Leaves a Large
Family.

William F. Dieter, one of the oldest mer-
chants in ST. Paul. died yesterday morning
at Z o'clock, at his home 100 Eleventh street
Mr.. Dieter has been a sufferer from asthma
for several years, and during the last few
days his condition became much worse, end
ing yesterday as related.
Mr.. Dieter was born in Saxony, in 1928, and
learned the shoe trade there, but emigrated
to America in 1s4S, locating first at Phila-
delphia. He remained in the Quaker metrop-
oils eight years, at the end of which time he
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
VETERAN IN TWO ARMIES.
Soldier of the Union and Soldier of
the Cross Dead.

CLEVELAND, o., April 19.-Rev. DR.. Cyrus
S. Bates, rector Of St PauTs Episcopal church
In this city, died this morning of pneumonia
DR.. Bates was born in Geauga county, Ohio,
in 1910. At an early age he enlisted in the
Union army as private, and won the rank
OF first lieutenant by bravery. Wounds re-
cefved at Chickamauga caused his dismissal
from the service. At the close of the war he
practiced law for six years In Cincinnati
Afterwards he entered the Episcopal ministry.
He was for time professor Of theology at
Gambler seminary and professor Of philosophy
at Kenyon college. In 1885 he came to CIeve-
land as rector Of st. Paurs Dr. Bates was
badly crippled, as the result of his wounds.
and for years had been great sufferer
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
HIS OLD YACHT TOO SLOW.
James Gordon Bennett Having n
New Boat Built i'm Scotland

NEW YORK, April 1s.-James Gordon Ben
nett is having built at Glasgow one of the
largest steam yachts in the world She is of
$500 tons displacement and of 1000 indicated
horsepower. Much secrecy has been observ-
ed about this vessel, which, when completed
will be perhaps the most luxurious craft of
her kind afoat. She will be launched in
time for the Mediterranean season of 1897
The Namouna, Mr.. Benefits present steam
yacht. though quite fine vessel when she
was built, is now outc1assed by superb steam
yachts flying the American, British and
French flags. Mr.. Benefits yacht will be
able to compare favorably with any of them.
The Namouna is now laid up at Mentone and
may never hoist Mr.. Benefits signal again.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
Better Service Than Ever to the
SOuth-WcSf

Commencing 18th inst. new time to Omaha
and Kansas City via c., st. p, NJ & O. Ry.
will be as follows, both trains daily:
Day express leave Minneapolis $50 e. m,
St Paul 1905 a. M, with parlor cars to Sio,Ix
City, sleeping cars thence to Kansas City.
Night express leave Minneapolis 74O y. m
st, Paul S:15 p. m, with through sleepfnp
cars to Omaha and Kansas City, and while
the departing time from the Twin Cities is
later than heretofore the arriving time at
Omaha, st. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth
and Kansas City remains the same
The morning train will make connections
Kasota week days for Marshall, Water
n, Huron. Pierre, but on Sunday will
slake connection only for New Tim and
Tracy.
a,1os Local train for st. Peter, Kasota and Man
% k.s isatp viii leave Minneapolis 400 D. H.. ST.
Paul 4:9Q p. m. arrive Mankato TAO, New
= Ulm $50. Tracy i0;40 p. m.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
Sorry She Loaned Her cof.,u.

ST. AGNACE, Mich, April 19.-An old cou-
pie near this city provided themselves with
cofiins. The old man died and was buried in
his, but the widow let neighbor have hers
to bury a relative condition that a coffin
equally good would be given in return. The
old lady would not accept the one recently
proffered because when she got into it the
coffin lid hit her nose, and a law suit is
threatened.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
RATES TO CALIFORNIA.
Freight SGuabbIe Is Approaching a
Solution.

There has been considerable dispute lately
between the transcontinental lines regarding
the division of rates from California to St.
Paul, and to settle it the matter was referred
to committee, made up of representatives
from the lines west of the Missouri river
That committee has now proposed that STA per
cent of the gross terminal rates be retained
by the transcontfnental lines, and that the
remaining 121A per cent Of the gross through
rates between California and st. Paul be al
lowed to the roads east Of the river, south of
Sioux City, known as the Western Freight
association lines. While the committee does
not admit the equality of these rates, it rec
ommends that the same be made effective
May l.