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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The ways adopted to defeat Con-
gresham Towne, of the Duluth dis
trict, by the Hannaites make lesson
in the way of utilizing the most de-
graded class of the foreign vote. 1t
will be remembered Mr.. Towne is a
free silver republican member, and
one Of the ablest of the free silver
speakers of the house or country 1t
became, therefore, necessary to defeat
his reelection. He went out of the
city Of Duluth with 1000 majority,
and his election was conceded, but the
iron ore ranges were to be heard from,
where the ore trust, of which Hanna
is part, has several thousand foreign
ers at work. They saved the country
and the honest money cause nobly.
The challengers at the polls were
driven away and the ore workers were
marched by the mine bosses in squads
of ten or dozen, their tickets mark
ed for them, and voted, then they
were marched away to make room for
another squad, and so on. This riff-raff
was voted early and often. Precincts
with 200 votes showed not single
cross opposite the names of Democrats
or Populists. The votes were cast by
the most ignorant lot of electors that
ever voted in Minnesota, mainly Huns,
Italians and other foreigners of the
lowest type. They sent down to Du-
luth an adverse majority of 5000 which
defeated Towne. But the honor and
credit Of the nation had to be preserv-
ed even If the foulest crimes against
the purity of the ballot box had to
be used.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Our democratic state administra-
tion will turn over to its republican
successor state entirely free from
debt and very low rate of taxation,
and almost a million dollars in money.
There are in round numbers $261, 900
in the permanent school fund and
about 1927, 900 of other funds in the
state treasury. With all this the state
institutions have been literally provi-
ded for and several new ones establish
ed. There is no state in the union
that has hsen under republican rule
that can make such showing, and
that has no scandal attached to it's
public institutions. 1t is to be hoped
that when the democrats return in
four years they will find 1t in as good
shape.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
VIEWERS APPOINTED
Who will Appraise the Locks
and Dams.
Belonging to the Navigation Company

Belonging to the Navigation Company.
Tact Fr,do,in p;ttsh,,r sta,, ,,as
taiTar ,.hich n,ar.i,s anot5ar adr.,aa
in tha scheme which n,eans 90 n,,,ch
70 ~ auarrh l.o li,,ina =, th3s vaiiar
Sayaral r,ovas baya Saa,, tal,on in tba
In tba Mon n condemn and hnv hv
tho gorarnn,ant oil tho locls and
aan,s ana otbar ,tronortv ~ tha NJ
nongabela NAVIGATION romnanv and
70 n,alra tba r,ver frea from, nc baad
~ sloc,1watar 70 he n,o,tb Fer Woo &c
tho nrogreSs ~ tba develonuant ~ Tho
coal and otber rasonrcas ~ This valley
hos haen retarded Inv tho axcessiva toll
levied ,,non oil hoats nfving tha riyar
hv the NAVIGATION Comnanv Tba
sfocl of tho comnatv has Maid imnen
dividends and cannot ha bought AT any
floure bv nriyate narties Tbis con.
dition ~ atfairs was hrought 70 tho
attant;on of CONGRESS and hin was
no sod lool,ino to1ya ID tha eondan,natio,,
and nnrcbase ~ tho iocLs ana dams
on AZ r,yar halona,nn 20 tho con,na-
nv me nrice asled was 60
mainly in excass IF the val
pe of tho nronerty IN question
that n was decided IN rafnse The nav.
ment NJ sncb n snm and m institute
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tod States circnit court and .Indga
Rnt,,ngton of the district conrt acting
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
BIG COAL OPERATION.
An Unprecedented Purchase Of West
Virginia Mineral Lands A Great Coke
Field to be Opened up.

Field to be Opened up.
Pittsburg capitalists, in conjunc-
ton with representative business
men of Cory and Erie, are about
closing a deal which involves the
most extensive single purchase of
coal lands in the history of this or
any other state. The tract in ques-
ton is situated in Preston county,
West Virginia, and contains 10000
acres, underlaid with thick vein of
fine coal, very suitable for coke. A
portion Of this land lies along the
main line of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, between Cumberland, Md,
and Grafton, W. Va, the railway
station known as Tunnelton and
West End being located on the
tract. 1t is qnite probable that the
final papers in the big deal will be
closed during the coming week.
Among the Pittsburg members Of
the syndicate are J. M. Guffey, Mel
Ion Bros. and E. G. Beardsley, while
Drake, Stratton q Co. and the other
projectors of the Cheat river railroad
a line which it is proposed to build
from Point Marion, Fayette county,
to point in Preston county, W. Va.
are also interested. Some months ago
j. Sliney of Cory, Pa, began securing
options ON this land. He was acting
under instructions of the syndicate,
which is now about to close the
deal. Mr.. Sliney encountered con-
siderable difficulty on account of the
immensely of the tract and the mum.
Der of owners who held different por-
tions of the land, and who had to be
seen. This matter has been finally
arranged, and options secured at $40
per acre, which in itself means an
expenditure of 100000. Mr.. L. L.
Mensill, civil engineer and geologist,
who prepared maps of the tract by
direction of the syndicate, said that
the deal when closed would be the
most extensive purchase of any of
the coal and coke operations of this
country, or in fact of the world. Mr..
Mensill is thoroughly familiar with
that section of the country, and is
acquainted with the character Gifts
rich mineral products. He says the
coal deposit is very thick and is
known as the Freeport vein. 1t is
close to the surface and can be TAX
en- out by the drift mining process.
The vein at some points is 600 feet
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
BBECHURST BUDGET.
Glass Plant Starts-Eleven Pots
Break.
Several New Houses Going Up and 9th
or improvements being Made.

Several New Houses Going Up and 9th
er Improvements being Made.
Monday morning the Glass Plant
began operations and the first appli-
cation Of heat resulted in breaking
eleven out Of the fourteen pots. AL
ways in starting up some of the pots
are expected to break usually about
half but this time they were not so
fortunate. A Series of accidents and
misfortunes have pursued the glass
house people but in spite of it all
they have started in four weeks
ahead of time. About ten shops are
running giving employment to about
seventy-five hands. Glass is being
made and the process is being wateh-
ed by a great many curious observ
ers. The. blowers seem to be very
expert and the glasses being turned
out are very pretty. Some very nice
etching is being done on the finish
ed product. Shipments are being
made every day and in few weeks
time the plant will be under full
Roadway. New workers are arriving
on every train and daily the demand
for new houses grows more urgent.
A few houses are being completed
but nothing like the number that are
needed. Several families are crowd
ing in each house and still the
shrewd far seeing business men of
town can't see what a bonanza there
is In supplying the demand for
houses. They will command good
rents and only d few years will be re-
quired to get back the capital in
vested. Several new houses have
been started the last few days and
the pressure will be relieved some
what but three times as many houses
as have been started could be rented
at once. Seventh street is being
graded and opened up for business.
But little more grading will be re-
quired until all the streets will be
ready for use.
One of the glass workers walked
over Register one morning last week
with a lighted lantern in his hand.
The escaping gas ignited and gave
him to understand that the West
Virginia gas is not to be trifled with
with lighted lanterns. But little
damage was done beyond giving him
severe scare.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
University Notes.

The season has not been without
its lessons There can be very great
improvement made on the methods
of the past season, good as they have
been. There must be very plain
line drawn between professional and
amateur football playing, and this
great idea of keeping the getting of
money the most prominent all the
time must be modified. Of course,
an athletic club cannot be run on
wind any more than man can live
on the east wind, but there can be a
little more of that love of the sport
spirit infused into the methods.
Now, there are some clubs that are
free from any charges of this kind,
but there have been during the sea-
son examples of the most mercenary
kind in this locality and these ex-
amples have come from what are
known as university teams. We all
know of the very questionable meth
DDS of the West Virginia University
team in securing dates for the only
and sole purpose of getting money
There was no attempt to conceal this,
and it was openly declared that the
money was needed to pay the coach.
AS result this team had no less
than four dates arranged for its
team on Thanksgiving Day. This
kind of work cannot be too severely
censured, because it brings amateur
sport down to the very lowest level
Of professionalism; in fact, no pro-
fessionals would indulge in anything
like that kind of conduct. Dates
made must be kept if it is possible
to keep them; that is, when a con
tract is signed it ought to be re-
spected, Teams that violate their
contracts should be ignored in future
by all other teams. An understand
ing of this kind should be arrived at
among all the teams in Western
Observation-Disclosures.
DR.. Douthat missed several DAYS
recently from his classes on account
of sickness.
W. j. Bruner has been quite ill
for a few days recently.
Student Shriver who has had
severe seige of fever at M. L.
Browns has about recovered.
The public performance of the
Parthenon Literary Society which
was to have been held next Friday
night has been postponed until next
term as Friday night is the regular
time for the election of officers and
contestants. The contestants to be
elected will not only be the regular
June contestants but will also in
clude three from each Society who
will contest in February for the hon
or of representing the University in
the inter collegiate contest to be
held here in May. The elections
promise to be quite exciting as there
is an abundance of material to Sc
lect from.
Examinations begin at the Uni
versity next Saturday and the Willie
boys who have been the pride of the
girls all Fall will be most disgrace
full flunked by the unappreciative
Profs while the hard working farm
ers will hit the questions so hard that
the sounds of it can be heard mile.
The sports very seldom stay long
enough to graduate and even less of
ten amount to anythisg after they
leave school.
Walter Powell, of Parkersburg,
spent several days at home recently.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
SwindIing the Farmers.

A clever swindle is being worked on
the farmers in various places. Swim
dler No. calls upon the farmer with
a patent wagon tongue, and informs
him that he is on his way home, hay
ing made good thing Of it and has
only this county to sell. He tells the
farmer he can have it for $3.50, and if
he wants it to write to him. In a few
days swindler No. comes along He
has heard that the farmer has the
right of the county for the patent
wagon tongue, and he wants to buy
the right of the county, and offers the
farmer $500 and pays $40 to bind the
bargain. The farmer writes to No. L,
and sends him his note for $3.50. He
never hears Of either Of the men again,
but his Tote comes up for collection
in neighboring town, and he is out
$240.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The horrible discovery has been
made that the vast majority of native
born Americans are really in favor of
an American system of finance and if
left to them this country would now
be overwhelmingly in control of the
anarchists What divine blessing it
has been to admit the patriotic Hun
garians, Slavs and other intelligent
foreigners to protect the sacred insti-
buttons of this country from rude
sacrilege by its worst foes-its native
born citizens. What supreme disin-
terestedness has been shown by these
formerly reviled foreigners in coming
thousands of miles to- protect and
shield America from shame. How proud
we ought to be of our protectors and
benefactors. Lets hear no more of the
slums of Europe or the off-scourings of
the world, nor of the riff-raff of ma
tions. All hail to the preservers' of our
national honor and credit! Out with
the ignorant and debascd wretches
who dare be born in the land of the
free and yet persist in the majority of
instances in voting for dishonesty, re-
pudiation and anarchy. This country,
it's institutions, privileges and flnan-
cial policy is now peculiarly European.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The Republican party fell head
over heels In scramble to admit Ne
vada and other rotten boroughs of the
west to statehood for the advantage
OF the supposedly assured Republican
senators and congressman to come
from them. Bnt the perversity OF
politics has made them go against
their creators and now no words too
bitter can be used toward them by
the Republican press. What is need
I'd very badly is larger measure Of
honesty in politics, We should not
let partisanship blind US so completely
Is this reversal of opinion shows.
yhere Is much needed moral con.
ected with the Nevada affair.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The mem bers of the profession will
learn with regret of the death Of Col.
Robert II. Thomas, President Of the
National Editorial Association, and
who for many years. was secretary OF
the Pennsylvania Association. Col.
Thomas was widely known being IA
miliar figure at both state and ma
tional meetings. He was elected
president of the National Association
at the st. Augustine meeting last
winter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The most unique (if we may be
allowed to call it such) political dis
cussion we heard in the late cam.
paign was between two Irishmen
They started out to discuss politics
and the conversation drifted to cap.
ital and labor. Here is the way il
went: Pat-"Mike if you lend me
$40 have capital Mike-"And il
/ try to git it back that's labor"
Here the discussion ended like many
others, with shaking of fists and
calling of hard names.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Formerly one of the chief walls of
Republicans was about the fees paid
the secretary of state but now since
they are to have this bit of pie them
selves it is not at all likely that they
will do away with the perquisites of
the office.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Secretary Carlisle says: 81 have
been in politics thirty years, and l
am tired of it." He hopes the Ken
tuckians will drop the idea of elect
ing him to the Senate. AS the Re
publicans have majority of two on
joint ballot in the next Legislature,
they will take Mr.. Carlisle at his
word, and send Governor Bradley or
some other party man to take Black
burns seat.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05
PREDICTS WAR WITH SPAIN.
General Johnson's Prophecy After q
Careful Review OF the Situation.
Genaral Rradlav Johnson

--'~%~d
BALTIMORE, Nov. .30-I found no
one in Washington with any accurate
knowledge of what the presidents
position would be on the question of
Cuba. The senators, the constitu-
tional advisers of the president, are
kept absolutely in the dark, and not
one appears to have his confidence
This makes me suspect that he is pre-
pairing a grand coup to make his adj
ministration go out In blaze of
glory.
Three weeks ago, an ex-cabinet
officer, who is an ardent friend of Gu
ba, said to friend of mine: sDo
not mistrust the president. He is all
right on Cuba, and when the time
comes will strike quick and will strike
hard.n
~ see ships of war ordered from
the Pacific and from the Mediterran-
can toward our eastern coast. The
greatest American feet that can float
lies now in New York harbor, less
than four days from Key West. The
dockyards, navy,1yards and arsenals are
running day and night All this in
dicates preparation. Preparation for
what? l infer that the Presidents
message will lay the facts before con-
gress and either recommend that it
recognize the independence of Cuba
or leave it to the wisdom of congress
to act as it deems best.
In the latter case congress will pass
a joint resolution, not concurrent
resolution this time, recognizing the
Independence Of Cuba, just as it did
under the lead of Mr.. Clay in the case
Of Mexico, Peru, Chilli and Bolivia
The American presidents are unvary-
ing in favor Of this course.
This much is conjecture, but when
one Of either event occurs, l know as
well as any man can know an event
which has not happened, that the ad-
ministration of Canovas del Castillo
will declare war with the United
States without another word.
1t will take too much space to give
the decision for that opinion, but
that is my opinion"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

1t is said that since Col. Jack
Chinn went to the Legislature in
Kentucky that no member of that
body is prepared to deal with all the
parliamentary points that may be
presented unless he wears brace of
guns or knives.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

1t is estimated that fully 100000
jack leg politicians in the United
States are kicking themselves daily
over allowing the Republican cam
paign committee finish it's work with
a surplus.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The Lion and the Lamb have lain
down together Mr.. Cleveland's name
was heartily cheered by the Boston
Home Market Club a radical Repub-
lican organization. May brotherly
love continued
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Does John Sherman speak for Will
liam Mckinley when he declares:
! am dead opposed to an extra SEES
sion. 4 The people have never
approved of them. / want to
postpose altogether any revision OF
the tariff laws, and l want to refer
the whole matter to an expert com
mission and let it frame bill to be
nassedYN
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

A dangerous innovation has been
introduced down in Texas. A muir
derer was actually allowed a trial by
jury down there last week. The state
must be degenerating rapidly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The Honorable Christopher Co.
lumbus Payne will not only cast a
somber effect over the next Legisla-
ture but he will also darken the
chances of Republican success in the
next campaign.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

An epigramic utterance was that
given by "Fighting Bob" Evans of the
navy when asked what would be the
result of war with Spain. "In six
months nothing but Spanish would be
spoken in Hades."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

A great many people will make
startling discovery this winter that
the candidate with the longest list
of names on his petition generally
has the least show of getting the of
Gno
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Mark Hanna and others have or
ganized a fine insurance company in
Cleveland. But they do not propose
to insure the Democratic office hold
err against Sire"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The quadrennial distribution of pie
will not be as satisfactory as usual, as
there are only 700 officers to give out
ON account of civil service rules, but
the number of applicants will not
suffer any appalling diminution.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Now that confidence is restored
and prosperity has returned, what's
the matter with raising the wages
in mills where cuts down were made
as "object lessons during the cam
paign?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Ohio must have been cured of the
estimate habit but we would like
for him to take one shot at the prob
able make up of the cabinet.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

From late returns it seems that
Major Mckinley has received about
million less popular majority than
at first given out by the press. This
discrepancy must be blamed to the
haste in which it was given oul.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

1t is said that a man spends the
first six months of married life won
dering why he never did it before and
the next six wondering why he ever
did it at all.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Every Republican in Ohio will not
hold office under the next admins
tration, but it will not be because
they don't try.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Why Mckinley would think of Sc
lecting man for his cabinet because
he looks like Lincoln, when he can
get son of Lincoln from the same
state, is not explainable.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Sheriff Keadle says that the Hat
fields are quiet and inolf'ensive but
if he considers the killing of three
men the act of quiet and molten
sive man we would rather not have
bad man invade this section.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Mr.. Cleveland is to have Congress
on his hands again but even this is
an improvement over having it on
his back.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The offer to give kingdom for a
horse has been excelled by w. X.
Vanderbilt who gave fifteen millions
for an ass in the person of the Duke
of Marlborough.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Football has been denounced by a
prominent prize fighter as more dan
gerous than pugilism. The football
players do talk less than prize fight
erS
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Nebraska is Bishop Worthington's
state and is where he discovered that
the farmers are over educated, yet it
went for Bryan.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

1t hardly needed special tele-
gram to convince the public that
Col. Fred Grant was willing to join
McKinlcy's Cabinet; he is not only
willing but anxious.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Over in Washington, Pa, they are
talking about moving the large mon
ument on the banks of the Potomac
to their town and it's all on account
of a football game.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

''Ted' Roosevelt can count upon
the solid support of "de sportin' ell
ement," in any move he makes to
get an Office.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

About the only things that are
glad that Thanksgiving comes but
once year are the turkeys and the
dyspeptics.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

Marks declaration that he expects
to take entire charge of the Inaugural
tion has excited but little comment.
Other things will also be entirely SUI
peryised by him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

The new Governor Of New York
hasn't the necessary spondulix to
keep up the Morton style of living
and he says he hasn't the inclina-
ton.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-12-05

1t is understood that Mckinley
rather prefers Tom Reeds silence to
the sarcastic truths he has been ut
tering about the sham Napoleon.