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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
A strange Mistake.

The Conference made one os the
most extraordinary mistakes. sun
day, ever known in the history Of
such IA body 1t was equal ~ nsar-
rying a man 10 the wrong woman.
Two fonng nssi were ordained as
ministers who were the wrong ones.
They lacked two years Of completing
their studies. At the fonr of ordi-
nation, the names Of Rev. j. A. AL
man and Rev A. f. Hess were called
by some mistake. instead of the two
who had passed their examination
and they were ordained. 1t seems
strange that the ceremony should be
completed, without attention being
called to the error. 1t was, however
Rev.T. +. Goode and Rev. R.R Rice
the proper persons, were ordained.
at the evening services. at the M. T..
church. Richie Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
"Darkest America"

Will be the opening attraction at
the Opera House Friday, Sept. 10th
Uncle Toms Cabin was the first
negro play to achieve success, since
that production all negro dramas
have been built upon the same lines
A cruel master, brutal oyerseeI
and any other character the author s
brain could conjure up; any charac-
ter that could do his share towards
humbling and degrading the negro
was put into,the play. Not one in a
thousand Of the present time has
any knowledge of slave life in the
south before the war.
Darkest America is a truthful re.
view of negro life in all its phases
before and after the war; scenes OF
historical interest blended with
which is the humorous eccentricities
of the negro. A wealth of special
scenery makes the scenes natural
every man, woman and child inter.
ested in our country should sec
Darkest America.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
THE UNIVERSITY.
News, Notes and Comments Of
the School.
Hand book--Athenaeum Trenchard--
Yost - Doc Dancer : Romine-- New
and Old Students.
Bv our special Correspondent.

By our special Correspondent
Under the new regime everything
at the West Virginia University is
starting off smoothly. eOld Boys
are coming in on all train bringing
with them the new recruits who will
soon become acclimated.
The first student on the grounds
was Goodwin '97. He came week
in advance to prepare handbook
gotten out by the Y. NJ. c. A. 1t
will be much appreciated by the
new students.
Carl Campbell hailing from 'the
third city in the state came last
Sunday to gain few pointers pre-
paratory to entering the Law De
partment.
We are glad to notice how many
students come from other states
two new students came last Sunday
from ''Pennsy."
The recent act of the legislature
requiring all applicants for admit
lance to practice law in West Vir-
ginia to be examined by the Law
Faculty or receive a degree from w.
V. U. has the effect of causing many
throughout the state to come here
to pursue their law studies in place
Of going as has been the custom to
Virginia schools. In talking with
law professor he informed us that
the enrolment of the school Of law
would reach 100
A. p Romine, our genial football
manager, is busy getting things in
shape for a brilliant athletic cam
paign. He has dates booked with
the leading colleges of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. With such man as
Romine at the helm our bark ought
to easily be landed in safe harbor.
Old students will learn with re-
greet that +. II. Yost, our mighty
tackle, will not be here this year.
"Big Yost,n the hero of Franklin
field last fall, has accepted the offer
which the Ohio Wesleyan University
made, and will coach the Buckeyes
to victory at remunerative salary.
Doggie Trenchard, our coach of
last year, will be with w. U. p, this
year.
Mccoy and Arnett will edit "The
Athenaeum" this year. They are
both capable of issuing a biweekly
which will vie with leading colleges,
and will receive, as they deserve, the
hearty cooperation of the students
We noticed Dir. Dancer, "The dan
Ger of the GYM shaking hands with
the old boys this morning and meet
ing the new ones.
The dancing men of the University
are happy over the election of Prof.
johnson as superintendent of build
ings and grounds. When they de-
sire room to dance in, no longer
will the students have to first ascer-
tain whether or not it will interfere
with the superintendant's social
functions before they get room, as
was done under Prof. Johnson's pre-
decessor.
CHlCOT
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
THE LYNCH CASE.
Attorneys for the Defense i'm Town
Sensational Nature Of the Case-Will
be Tried in Brilliant Array
of Counsel.

Attorneys Tor the DefenSe In TOWN.
Sensational Nature Of the Case-Will
be Tried In October--Rrillian Array
of Counsel.
Dave d. johnson, of Parkersburg,
and ID. w. Perkins, of New York, are
in the city on business connected with
the Lynch will case. They represent
the defendant in the suit now pend
ing in the circuit court to break the
will of the late Jarrett Lynch by which
he bequeathed the bulk of his proper
! ty to several church societies. Oscar
A. Campbell represents the plaintiffs.
This case will be the most important
and sensational to be tried in this
county since the Musgrave case.
| This will arise from the prominence
Of the parties concerned, the nature
of the allegations and the array of
counsel presented. The societies in
terested are powerful organizations
and will make a strong fight to retain
the requests. The heirs on the other
hand are equally anxious to break the
instrument and will leave no stone
unturned to accomplish their end.
l. nc uuluDcl VI WluueSStS w Dc eAdI1l-
ined is very large and from this fact
alone a great deal of interest mas been
aroused.
The allegations of the plaintiffs are
also highly sensational They allege
undue Influence, fraud and various
other sensational claims. The fight
over these claims can not help but
be exciting and will be watched with
interest by every one.
The array ofcounsel is a noteworthy
one. Dave d. Johnson, Judge Okey
Johnson, D. w. Perkins and Cox &
Baker will appear for the defense
Besides these eminent legal lights
many more prominent attorneys will
be associated with the different law
yers. This galaxy is tie greatest
which has appeared in the county for
some time.
The case will most likely be tried at
the next term Of court. Both sides
declare that they will be in readiness
by that time and there Is no apparent
obstacle which can prevent its trial.
The result Of the trial here may not
be final and a resort will very likely
be taken to the supreme court of the
state.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
hUMPUs aAisED.
state Superintendent Irofter and the
MOrgantown School isoard iaugle.

state superintendent ff0tteF anu the
Morgantown School Board iaugle-
The Morgantown school board and
State Superintendent J. X. Trotter
have taken opposite views of our
new school law. Each side is firmly
convinced that the only correct view
is the one held by them. Probably
the school board is right 1t is
more than likely that they are right.
They drew up the law every section
of it and carefully considered the
import of every line Of it before it
was submitted to the legislature.
The law was passed exactly as sub
mitted. Then the board at least
know what it meant.
The difficulty arises from the adj
vice given to the teachers OF the in
dependent district by the board.
The teachers were told that they
need not attend county institute I'M
less they wished as there was no law
to compel them. Most of the teach
ers in consequence absented them
selves from the recent institute.
When Prof. Trotter noticed this he
became quite caustic in his remarks
and said that the law did require
the teachers to attend. So the mat
ter rests. Each side says emphati-
cally that there is only one side to
the affair but each sees different
side. Meanwhile the teachers are
going about their business. and the
board says that nothing will come
of the matter
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
THE CHEAT RIVER RAILROAD.
Prospects Good for the Building of This
road Soon,

Preston Co. Journal

The people at Albrightsville and
elsewhere along the river have much
faith in the proposed railroad up
Cheat river, from Point Marion 70
miles to Parsons, via Rowlesburg.
The survey has been completed as
far as Trowbridge's ferry, seven
miles from Rowlesburg, and the
grading stakes have been put down.
Not only that, but for two months a
gang of men under the direction of
II. F. Alwine, of Greensburg, Pa,
have been sloping down the cuts.
Wherever cut is to be made the
earth has been removed down to the
level of the proposed road bed in or
der to estimate the cost of grading.
This work has been completed and
shows for itself. Chas Pell, the
merchant at Albrightsyille, informed
Journal reporter that he was reli-
ably informed that the company had
let the contract for the grading up
as far as the mouth of Big Sandy
and that much of the road would be
built this fall. The principal share
holders in the company are the Cuff
feys, of Pittsburg. In fac. it has
been q hobby of ]. M. Guffey for
years to build a railroad up Cheat
river. The Guffeys own vast tracts
of coal and timber land in the Sec
tions through which the road will
pass. In the neighborhood Of Sandy
creek they have hundreds of acres,
and the coal there will be developed
just as soon as the road is completed
that far. The road is to cross the
river at the squirrel Rock" and it
will be the only bridge necessary. Nc
Clure Mason, of Pittsburg, whose
home is at San Joe, is quoted as
saying that J. M. Guffey told him
the road up Cheat river was an as
snred thing. Mr.. Pell says that AL
wine informed him that their exper-
mental grading demonstrated that
the ROAD woald he cheap to build
and not extraordinarily expensive
as has been the opinion of many.
Truly, the prospect seems bright for
the future of the valley of Cheat
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN.
The Playtime Over and Work
Begun Again.
Large Increase Over Last Year. Very
Badly Cramped for Room.

Large Increase Over Last Year. Nerl
Badly Cramped for Room.
The public schools opened yester
day, with very large increase ovel
last year. Then the enrolment
reached $50, this year it will go con
siderably over 400. This increase
comes from increase in population
and not from the extension of the
district lines, as practically all Tho
children in the district attended be
fore the lines were widened.
The teachers are scattered over
town in the various buildings. Some
in the Municipal Hall, some in the
F. & NJ. building, one in the ODD
Fellows block; one down on Beech
urst and one on Peasants street
The rooms are all inadequate and
the crowding is awful. In some o.
the grades, notably the primary ones
the crowding is so great that they
have had to be divided into two sec
tions, one coming in the morning
and the other in the afternoon. This
state of affairs is a bad one but nc
other rooms can be obtained and
will have to be endured with the
best possible grace, next year it will
be obviated.
Regular work began to-day, not
withdrawing the innumerable odds
which had to be fought against
This reflects great credit on Prof
Brand and his able assistants.
The city superintendent asks the
New DOMINION to request parents as
emphatically as possible not to per
nit their children to come before
school time. The children have nc
play ground, so, per force must stay
in the streets. Here they annoy
passers-by and are apt to get into
mischief generally. So Prof Brand
insists that their parents permit
them to come only about the time fol
the opening of school. This applies
with greatest force to the children
in the f. and nj. Bank building
though it applies to all.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

Cadet Sergeant B. F. Laughlin
was among the first of the student
arrivals.
Prof. A. r. Whitehill was visit
or to Pittsburg last week.
AMONG the Parkersburgers who
will enter the University are Gar
land Butler, Ed Gerwig, Sherman
dis, Albert Wait and Dick Welsh.
Cuthbert Osborn, of Clarksburg,
who has remained in Morgantown
all summer spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. Stephen Poe, of Grafton, was
in town Saturday making arrange
ments for the entrance of his nephew
Clarence into the University.
Ar a meeting of the National
Farmers Congress, held at st. Paul
last week, DIR. John A. Myers, late
director of the Experiment Station,
was elected as vice president fos
West Virginia.
II you want fresh ana iiut claso no.
eerie1 81 70 4. Hrs
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

THIEVES Will Be HUNG.
An Order Issued by Vigilance Commit.
toe sksguay Trail.


SrATTIf. Wash, Sept. George
Kittinger, manager of Millionaire Ad.
dicks Klonkyke expedition, has arrived
from the Skaguay trail ON the steam
ship Queen. In an interview he con.
firms the dark accounts sent out OF the
condition of affairs at Camp Skaguay,
Miners are breaking down under the
strain cansed by the hardships they are
compelled to endure. Thieving and
crime has increased to such an extent
that on Friday, August "a, the execu
tive committee met and promulgated al
order to the effect that the first mar
caught stealing would be hanged.
VANCOUVER, b. O.. Sept. 7.-Tht
steamship Capitano, Captain Fowls
has returned from Juneau, Dyea ant
Skaguay. She brings down one minel
from Juneau who is disguised with thu
outlook for getting Oh to the gold fields
this fall. Her cattle and horses were
landed safely, but American customs
officials charged duty of $50 on each
horse.
The Capitano brings no news of im'
portance from the north The crush al
Dyea and Skaguay is as great as ever
and many disheartened people are
daily turning back.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

but he soon saw he had lost his en-
thusiasm for the legal profession.
He had taught too long and was too
strongly attached to the profession
to transfer his affections back to his
chosen work. He was successful in
his work; but the more he got to do
the worse he liked it. He had lost
his early enthusiasm for the " Hon
orable profession" because he had
lost his heart to the more honorable
profession Of teaching. Before he
had been a resident of the city a
year he was elected president of the
local union of Young Peoples So
ciety of Christian Endeavor OF
Louisville. While practicing law
here he received several offers to
return to teaching, one of which he
accepted, going to Des Moines, Iowa,
in 1895, to take the chair Of Greek
in Drake University, an institution
founded by the present Governor OF
Iowa, Gen. F. NJ. Drake.
In 1888 Professor Woolery mar
ried Miss Matte Paul, a resident Of
Hopedale, Ohio, and graduate OF
Hopedale College, who taught sew
eral years in the city schools of Los
Angeles, Cal, with excellent success
Professor Woolery was reared to
obedience and industry, taught by
his parents, from his earliest mem.
DRY, that faithfulness in small things
would open the door for greater pos.
sibilities and larger influences. He
belongs to an educated family
While his parents are not educated
in the usual sense of the word, YET
they have educational instincts
Two brothers are farmers in Ken
lucky, the only sister was married
to Rev. J. S. Kendrick, of Danville
KY, X. S. Woolery is civil engineer
and surveyor of kentucky Union
Land Company, J. F. Woolery is
professor of mathematics in the
High School of Omaha, and his
oldest brother, who directed his
collegiate education, the late w. IL
Woolery, was successor to w. X
Pendleton, as president of Bethany
College when he died. His biog
raphy, which called forth high ties
timonials, was written a few years
ago by the subject of this sketch.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

A RECENT order Of the postofiice
department will be of great conven-
fence to commercial travellers, theat-
rical people in the travelling comb.
nations, as well as other birds oil
passage. 1t directs that mail matter
addressed to transient visitors at
any town, who leave before it ar
rives, shall be sent after them when
ever possible. 1t will be very sim
pie matter for the traveller to leave
his next address at the postoffice he
is quitting, or for the correspondent
to mark his letter, ''If not at
please forward To-" In this con.
nection the departments circular OF
instructions contains an admirable
bit Of advice, which postmasters
should fix in their memories. 1t il
reminder that their most impor-
tant duty is the delivery of the mai
and that when discretion is given
them it is to be used to facilitate
such delivery and "avoid failures
which result in disappointment tc
the public and discredit to the pos.
tai service"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
GANG OF COUNTERFEITERS.
Who have been Infesting Preston Coun-
ty-Important Arrests.

KINGwooD, w. Va, Sept. THE
United States authorities arrested
Andy Glover last night, another of
the gang of counterfeiters who have
been operating extensively in this
county. The men had retreat among
the rocks in the mountain where a
complete outfit was found by the Off
GERS. They made gold coin and the
production was hard to detect from
the genuine article. The gang has
been carrying on the business several
years, and there are supposed to be
ten or twelve persons implicated. One
already arrested is well. TODD farmer,
and others of prominence are sus-
pected.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

The contingent fund provided by
the state is expended solely at the
direction of the governor. The wis.
dom and prudence Of the chief exc
cutive are supposed to be equal to the
task of handling the moderate allow.
ancc for this fund. 1t appears, how
ever, that Gov. Atkinson has expended
most of the contingent fund for the
current year on pleasure trips, while
the salaries of the janitors of the state
house remain unpaid. Gov. Atkinson
might at least have been more dis
Greet. 1t is scarcely fair to ask few
laborers to do without the wages thea
have earned in order to pay junketing
trips for the governor and his staff
Wheeling News.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
Resolutions Adopted by tho Monongalia
Teachers Institute.

Your committee appointed TO draft
resolutions begs leave to submit the fol-
lowing reports:
RESOLVED, That the thanks OF this In
stitute be rendered to the authorities of
the West Virginia University for the use
of their commodious Chapel Hall for the
holding OF the institute.
End, That we extend our thanks to
DR.. J. ii. Raymond, President of the
University, and also to other members
of the faculty. who have so ably assisted
in making the institute success, and
especially to our two able conductors,
Profs. d. e. Phillips and Thos. E..
Hodges.
3rd. That we earnestly recommend
that those OF our teachers who are seek
fng to improve their education to attend
the West Virginia University in prefer
ence to other schools of this State or
elsewhere, and that they do all in their
power to advance the interests OF the
University.
4th. That it is the sense of the teach
ers of this county that the time of hold
ing the County Institute should be
changed to the winter season, that
teachers should be allowed specified
rate per diem for such attendance and
that such teacher shall be assessed ST as
an enrolment fee, which sum should be
applied towards increasing the efficiency
OF the institute.
9th. That we are in favor OF a law
compelling teachers to attend district
institute at least one day in each month
in which the schools are in session.
9th. That, as a means OF increasing
the efficiency OF our schools and of ele-
waiting the standard of teaching in this
county, we would recommend to the
Board of Examiners that they raise the
standard of examinations in this county.
7th. That we favor the establishment
of public school libraries, and that we
advise the Board of Education to pur-
chase these and place them in cur
schools. and that the said libraries con-
sst of reference books and the best of
literature.
9Th. That we heartily endorse the
passage OF a compulsory school law by
the last legislature. We recognize in it
many things to the advantage Of teach
ers and schools in general and hope that
future State legislation will make and
mature the present one by providing
dren may be supplied with books and in
cidentals necessary to the enforcement
of the law.
9th. That we are in favor of uni
form system of examinations through
out the State.
Respectfully submitted,
ZIMRI AMMoNs,
VAN A. BARRICKMAN, Sec y.
The pavement in front Of Squire
Alexander's office on Walnut street,
IS ha;rr u;Japo1
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
Trouble LIRelx to occur.

SLOAN SPRINGS, Ark. Sept. From
present indications trouble will follow
an attempt to eject the intruders from
the Cherokee nation. When the Chero
kee strip was sold, the government
promised to put out all the intruders,
but upon one technicality or another
they have managed to remain. The
government has decided to take firm
stand, however. and has ordered their
removal forthwith.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11
rhree tower murder suspect,

PITTsBuRe, Sept. 7.-ofIicers John
Morgan and Lash Williams arrested
three men at the Lake Erie depot last
evening who answer the description of
the men who shot and killed Charles
e. Cover in a freight car between
Beaver and Beaver Falls early Sunday
morning. The men were seen loiter-
ing about the depot at 4 80 o'clock and
were arrested as Migrants and sent to
No. police station. They gave their
names as William Conner. William
Thomson and John ClearY.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-11

~ lat0 Mn0S lIA(At t11 a tacaos
TERRA ALTA, w. Va, Sept. T.
Among other indictments found by
the grand jury for the present term Of
court, sitting at Kingwood to-day were
three against d. NJ. Wotring, late
prosecuting attorney for Preston coun-
ty. One of these indictments was in
the tents case, from Valley Point, in
which Gents, who was merchant at
Valley Point, had assigned for the
benefit of his creditors, Wotring be-
ing made the assignee
Among other property that was dis
posed of was piece OF land on which
Mr.. Lenhart held lien, and also the
title deeds. Wotring received the
money for the land, but failed to ac-
count for it in his settlement. The
amount involved was 81, 900 or more.
Two indictments were also found
against him in the George b. Spur
geon case, from Valley district, in
which he had been appointed commits
sioner by the court. The amount
represented in the two cases is about
SO, 500. There are also many other
cases pending against him.
Wotring left one day last week for
parts unknown. He was elected TO
the Office of prosecuting attorney at
the election last fall. A few months
afterward it was rumored that he was
heavily involved, and in the latter
part Of March he went to Washington,
presumably for his health. He remain
ed away until the special term Of court
held in July, when he was notified by
the court to appear and show reason
why he should not be expelled from
his Office for neglect of duty. In an
swer to this summons he returned to
Kingwood and went before the court
stating that il the charges against him
were withdrawn he would resign his
Office, and giving as an excuse for bis
absence and neglect Of duty the con.
dition of his health and business OF
great moment at Washington.
The charges were withdrawn and
Wotring resigned, Hon. Neil J. Fort
ney being appointed to I'LL out his I'M
expired term. Wotring then remain
ed at Kingwood until last week, wher
he departed for parts unknown, but II
is rumored he has gone to Alaska. His
bondsmen in several cases will lose
heavily. Hon. William M. o. Daw.
son, secretary OF state, and Neil J.
Fortney, it is said, will be among the
heaviest losers. All Of Workings
property was attached by creditors
some time ago.