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The curtain having been Jung down
upon the tragedy Of the war. a farce
follows. In which a specially-appolnted
commission appears in the act Of try
ing TO locate the responsibility for the
recent magnificent spectacle OF incom-
Dstence presented by the wal depart
msnt The farce Is entitled. "A Coat
OF w-hitewash." and IL will wind up
with a beautiful tableau. in which Sec
Rotary Aiger will appear in a sort Of
glory. with Corbin and Shafter on
either side OF him-sll three crowned
with laurel wreaihs. Everybody is
then expected TO be happy and salts
ned. and the fact will b. appreciated
that whitewash Is a capital thing. IL
covers no disease germs. n may
even give a clean and cheerful look TO
rows on rows OF tombstones OF sol
aaers who fought for their country and
OcAped death In battle. only 10 be
murdered afterwards by official inca
Darty and neglect.
Meanwhile n people are looking on
bewtidered. They know that something
has been dreadfully wrong, and that
friglTtfui blunders have been made. but
thsy DO not know where the blame
lieo. II may be said with safety. how
OvUr, that II the true annals of the
wae Department during the past six
Months were published. the country
VOID stand aehast- Instead OF a
broad and unselhsh patriotism. petty
poaiues and personal self-seeeking. the
pull" N the underground influence
have Characterised it's administration.
WIN r~ottenneess and corruption at the
vorY headquarters of the military
sQDeem of the nation. how could the
spsronons In tho field be satisfactory.
or the troops be healthy and properly
fsA and equipped?
II may be asserted without fear OF
contradiction that the Santiago cam
p0gn was the most wretchediy man
aged military movement In modern
hiscosy, and why II so turned out is
not Tar to seek. Miles. experienced In
the handling of large masses of SOL
diero- commander who never lost a
b~attle-was normally the leader indi-
Gated for that expedition OF invasion.
But. though he pleaded eagerly for
permission 10 go. he was not permitted
70 DO %. other competent men were
overlooked. and Shafter, a personal
friend and crony of Secretary Ayers,
WAC never in his nfe before had com
manded more than 1000 men. was
chossn. Now. Alger. OF course. IL a
cftfSsn OF Michigan, ana the plan as
he outlined Il was a very pretty n
Shafssr. q Michigan man, wac TO be
the oonquerer OF Santiago, and Duff
field. another M~ichigander. was TO be-
come afterwards the governor of that
city IND Of Santiago province. Hur-
rah for Michigan
This was good politics. though II may
not have been war, strictly speaking.
II was unfortunate that the scheme
did not work out perfectly. Duffield
got the yellow fever. which prevented
his serving as military governor OF
mere accident that he was not driven
with his army of the island.
Those who know Alger best say hat
he il a weak man. Changeful OF mood.
IL Is hard 10 tell where to have him at
a given moment. Vanity with him IL
q dominant trait. Distinguished of as
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pect. and At all times well dressed, he
In extremely proud of his personal APP
p~earance. His manners are most
graceful, mingling suavity with an
engaging frankness. What he says so
frankly n ingenuously. however. Is
very apt to be contradicted by facts.
Correspondents unacauainted with this
trait OF his have often been led into
embarrassing positions. accepting what
they o for gospel from the secre-
tary's lips and wiring IL TO their news
papers-only 20 discover later that
the information was the exact u
site of the truth. On this account Mr..
Alger has gained in some quarters
the reputation Of being ignorant OF the
conduct OF the war.
Instead Of returning the fire Of his
critics. the secretary has made a point
of treating them individually with a
more than ordinary courtesy. II may
be that he thinks in this way TO dis
arm them. As an illustration of this
trait. reference may be made TO the
cas- of John Sherman. The latter.
years ago. denounced Alger in no
measured terms. and in his book OF
"Reminiscences has accused the Mlchi-
gan man of political ~treachery towarf
himself. SO his establishment may IL
imagined when. just after his appoint
meat as secretary Of state by McKin-
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profound. He appears 20 have some
sort Of hold upon the secretary. the
nature Of which Is beyond surmise.
IL was Corbin who dictated the APP
pointment OF fathers sons and various
other wholly incompetent persons as
assistant Inspector generals. assistant
quartermaster generals. assistant ad-
jutant generals and assistant commits
sary generals. Mckinley. with the i'm
mense weight Of affairs pressing upon
his shoulders. could not possibly in
vestigate the individual records Of the
men suggested TO him for these posi-
tions: he simply accepted Corbin's
recommendations.
Now. Il Is absolutely beyond ques-
ton that these appointments were At
the very root OF the mlschiefs which
subsequently overlook the army OF
volunteers. The places referred 10 are
no ornamental positions: the duties of
those who hold them relate directly TO
the health and safety OF the troops.
Plenty of officers OF the regular
army. experienced n skillful in such
matters. are available for these stan
positions. bit IL was deemed prefera-
BILE. for reasons presently to be ex-
plained. 10 appoint green hands who
could command political influence.
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matters TO attend to, and had no time
to think of rations. Wherever Miles
went things were done. and without
delay. On reaching the neighborhood
OF Santiago. when at last he was per-
mitted TO go there, he found everything
OF SKIES and sevens. and nobody
seemed TO have any orders about any
thing whatever. What could be done
he did at once. though II was then al
O too late. One thing he did was
TO burn without a moments delay the
village OF siboney. in the disease-in-
fected buildings of which Shafter had
permitted his men 20 take up their
quarters-a mistake which was direct
ly responsible for the outbreak OF yell
low fever that soon followed.
Fhe writer wishes TO say right here
that his acquaintance with General
Miles is merely slight, and that not
one statement made in this article has
been inspired by any remark of that
distinguished officer. He Is actuated
merely by a feeling OF Justice to say
that no man In such a position as the
generals has ever been treated so out
ragsously I'm the history OF this
try. All through the war his recon-
mendations have been overruled; he
has been personally sighted, and per-
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reverse or modify his decisions. On
der present circumstances. which have
governed during the recent war. no
such superior authority has been inter-
posed. and so ne has been paramount.
Throughout the period of the war. at
IL o'clock every night, General Corbin
has Joined the president for an hour.
to go over the details OF the military
situation. This practice Is continued
still. To the president. Corbin stand
for the army, and to the army Corbin
stand for the president.
The rise of Shafter is n Of the
most remarkable phenomena arising
orally disliked In the army there II
not. He was a farm boy to begin
with. and his have never out
grown his origin. There Is a brutality
about him that surpasses ordinary
standards. Officers who were on the
spot assert that II was a mere acci-
lent that he was not killed by his own
abominable treatment OF them n
criminal disregard for their safety and
comfort.
A near relative OF the writer-a man
who is acknowledged to AVE distin-
guished himself more than IN other
civilian at Santiago, and whose word
Is that Of a gentleman and a man OF
nOnOF@ndS tOlu III NtlNtl tIats oh tht
day of the great fight. in which so
many Of our soldiers persisted. and
Teddy Roosevelt led the historic as
sault. ne toiled along the path which
led to the scene OF the coming conflict.
On his way, several miles back of the
fighting line. he passed a large tent,
which. the weather being warm. was
open. II the tent reclined General
Shafter on a comfortable couch. read
ing a book. while a soldier famed him
to keep away the flies and modify the
heat. BY his side was a nice long. cold
drink.
Several hours later, after the furious
fight had been fought. the young man
quoted crawled back over the same
path. He found General Shafter in
the same attitude, reclining and enjoy
ing the fan. with a long, cool drink be-
side him. He had not ven heard that
there had been a fight!
1t Is a great thing 10 be raised a
pet" but II Is better to be the ron
Of the secretary Of war, II one In an
army officer. Shafter II a brave n
gallant regimental leader; ne did first
rate work i'm the civil wal as a col
mel. Capacity for military service On
a more expanded scale he does not pos
sess. as was sufficiently demonstrated
at Santiago. His campaign in Cuba
was a monumental blunder, and will
stand as such in history. Only acct
lent saved him from d~eplorable fiasco;
the Spaniards were themselves used
up, and gave in from sheer weakness,
not knowing that the American COM
mander was on the point Of making
the same move.
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ProbablY Not.

It was said of Oliver Wendell Holmes
that some of his best Jokes were made
at times when there was nobody to ap-
preciate them save a chance listener.
says the Youths Companion.
One suc fortunate listener tells of
q reply which she, sitting in = street
car. heard DIR. Holmes MAKE to a COM
planning writer of little wit and less
talent.
1--WE worked with all my heart on
that book" IA the young man. who
had been treating the doctor to a long
account of a recent collection Of poetry
which he had edited. I've used my
best taste and judgment n research.
and I feel confident that nobody could
nave done the thing better or more
thoroughly than 1 have. And what re-
ward do / get? Harsh criticisms for
my omission of a few popular poets
and q paltry 800"
"A hundred dollars!" choed the Au-
tocrat of the Breakfast Table wearily.
why I wouldn't have written that
book for 81 1000. I'm sure"
The collector of poetry smiled with
eradication, but the listener turned
to regard a passing dray, lest her face
should betray her.
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trying 10 throw the blame for camp
epidemics upon the volunteer colonies.
but how could they be expected to
know about such matters? 1t was the
business of the war department to send
experienced officers of regulars to in
spect the camps. No region in the
world affords better camp sites than
Virginia. with Its numerous small
rivers, but in the selection of camp
sites during the recent war places
where there were running streams
were carefully avoided. and selection
was usually made of localities where
the water had to be got from wells.
which necessarily soon became infect
ed. In the time of the civil war
Mcdowell had so. 900 men in camp not
far from the present Camp Alger. and
there was no epidemic.
Thanks to the Incompetence Of the
green hands appointed as assistant
commissary generals. immense guam
titles OF rations were allowed TO rot in
cars while the soldiers went hungry.
General Miles. on arriving at Tampa.
found hundred Of cars full OF food
supplies shunted on on side tracks, and
nobody seemed to have authority 20
open them. He broke them open. dis
tributed what was needed. and for
warded great quantities to Cuba.
Shafter. meanwhile. had had other
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
MAJOR GENERAL NELSON A. MILES.

However. the selection of Incompetent
individuals for assistant inspector gem
erals vas the most fearful n crimi-
nal blunder. For. be 1t noted. the prin-
cipal duty of these officers was to look
out for the health of the tToops-to Sc
lect camp sites, to examine almost
daily every tent, to make sure that
cleanliness was observed. and 10 teach
the soldiers how TO live I'm a sanitary
way. Life I'm camp. normally, is the
most healthful kind OF living because
there is unlimited fresh air, and the
conditions approach those OF nature.
but certain laws have TO be observed
and enforced. else disease is sure to
arrive. Secretary Alger just now is
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to-day. I found one layfn' by the side
o. the creek. just as I got rugged up to
fish, 1t was right In my way and i
kicked its hea on. I fished a little
and come up to W more big rat
tiers that seemed to be standin' guard
or somethin'. for they stuck up their
bristles IND shook their buttons n
calculated that / wasn't goin' M fur
ther down that creek. not IL they
knowed It, The consequence was that
I had to fight them out and settle them
with a club. 1 kept on meetin' with
rattlers every little ways, and after 1
had killed the 18th one, and looked
ahead Ind see snakes on guard every
rod or so. as far as my eyes could fol-
Ter. I concluded to let 'em have their
holiday out, whatever IL mowt a-been.
and so i quit and come home. I think
maybe I'll go out and try the creek
again tomorrow n open the season.
Il found that Bill did go out next
day. and SO i called to see him after
supper.
come out to-dayg
"'Got an even one.' said Bill.
well salt /. beginning TO get dis
gusted, If IL was one bear IL was
enough. If II was one rattiesnake IT
was too many. If il was one rout IL
isn't worth speaking about, and guess
I'll go home Tomorrow
That one il a trout said Bill. But
that one is one hundred. And they're
purifier han p~eacocks"
"Sure enough, Bill had an even one
hundred beauties. There was a two
FOUNDER among 'em and lots of one
Founders. The lot weighed 81 pounds.
1.-The seasons OPEN said Bill.
And IL was, sure enough. i mad a
weeks fishing such as I new saw the
X of."-New York Sun.
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what's the Use.

From London Judy.
Did you ever think What you would do
IL you had Rothschild's income?' said
Seedy to Harduppe.
"No: but I have often wondered what
Rothschild would do IL he had my in
come"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15
WILES
Leads While Others
Follow.

He owns lots, both in and out
of the two corporations and
can sell them to you from
500
to
$1,000
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ALI Boats Tied I'm.

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 15.-The
thermometer ranged here this morn
ing from 3 to A degrees below zero,
the river being completely frozen
over and navigation being stopped
for the time being. The following
boats are tied up here: l. G. Wood
ward, Adam Jacobs, Venice, Lena
Leoti, New Robert Mckinley, /. M.
Mason and Admiral Dewey. The
James G. Blaine and Florence Bell
are tied up at Pittsburg. -
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A Fellow Feeling.

The West Virginia University
fund derived from the State has
been. exhausted, and the professors
and others dependent upon it will
have to "look a leedle out" for
Christmas money. They have the
sympathy of the newspaper men,
most of whom are usually short
at the very time when they long for
a surplus-at least for ability to
demonstrate at the glad Christmas
time their acceptance Of the state
ment that sit is more blessed to give
than to receive. Virginia Free
Press.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15

PROF. Samuel the noted Chautau-
qua Specialist of the eye sight is at
Room 40 Wallace House.
THE electric company have placed
a street lamp in front of MADEIRA
Brothers store on Main stteet md it
makes very nice showing Of its sur
roundings.
AND yet the demand for the Queen
Quality Shoes keeps up. 1t will al
ways increase.
Hirschmans.
THE line of Dolls the Novelty Corn
pany are showing is the finest in
town. They have dolls from | cent
to $3.50
Don't fail to see the funniest farce
comedy on the stage Fun on the
Bristol at the Opera House tonight,
Ladies will be admitted free when ac-
companied by paid reserved seat
ticket Admission 10, 20 and 30
cents.
A GREAT specialist is at 40 Wallace
House correcting errors of refraction
giving the eyes strength and perfect
vision.
The hotels of Morgantown will
entertain their guests on scale
above the ordinary during the holt
days No announcement has been
made publicly Of the matter but it
is known by few outsiders.
The silver novelties kept by Geo. C..
Hayes & Co. are of the best and can be
had only of first class jewelers..
OUR business men are rapidly learn
ing the value of advertising and are
acting accordingly It has come TO
the point where one can not do bust
ness without liberal use Of printers
ink. 1t is matter of great gratifica-
tion to the publisher to have mer-
chant tell him that his work has re-
suited in bringing trade to the form
er.
For fine Albums, Toilet Sets, Man
icure Sets, Work Boxes, etc, 60 to
the Novelty Co.'S. They will save you
money.
r. n. SMITHS is headquarters for
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware,
and Sterling silver novelties. This
is also the place to get the finest re-
pair work and engraving done.
THE merchants who have their an
nouncements in this paper are very
reliable men and they may be relied
upon in every respect. The public
will do well to patroniZe them when
in need of anything for the holidays.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15

THE penitentiary directors have
purchased the old scenery used at the
Moundsville opera house and have
placed the same in their hall at the
institution, in order that their enter
tainments can be given with much
more effect.
Go to J. c.. McVicker's Pharmacy
for silver novelties of all kinds.
ANOTHER lot of those comfortable
leather lined shoes for ladies, re
ceived by Waters Il Wilmington.
Don't fail to see the Ebony Toilet
Ware at Geo. G. Hayes & Co.'S leading
jewellers.
Lamps-Finest ever brought to town,
at Geo. C.. Hayes & Co.'S leading jewel.
erS.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15
MORGANTOWN SCHOOLS.
Roll of Honor from the various depart
ments for the last month.

hOif vi uOuOT from the faTtOuS utpdTts
ments for the last month.
The following are the names of
those pupils who have neither been
absent nor tardy tor the month end
ing December 2, 1898:
A.. Grammar-Josie Kunkle, Teach
ser. Girls--Belle Darling, Della
Hess, Emma Newman. Linnie Vance,
Eva Watts, Boys-Odell Tenant
b. Villa N. Brand,
Teacher. Pearl Courtney. Jessie
Pool, Lucy Wilson, Everett Darling,
Ralph Johnson, Lloyd Selby.
A. Observation-Disclosures Shisler
Teacher. Ida Atkeson, Edith Bal.
ley, Katie Fitch, Hazel Green, Dantes
Kiger, Matte Tough, Cecil Pixler
Nellie Steele, Mary Skinner, Phoebe
Turner, Lulu Weaver, Mabel Weaver
George Bower, John Hoffman, Hen
ry johnson, Donald Ross, William
Skinner, Merrell Wood.
B. Intermediate-Alice Cobun
Teacher. Ada Kiger, Edna Level
len, Lulu Layton, Ethel Moore, Flc
Myers, Jennett Skinner, Marion
Tapp, Nellie Pool, Lenora Reed
Goldie Sheets, Marie Joseph, Emory
Hess.
A. Primary - Lynne Waddell
Teacher. Alice Aldrich, Ruth Bal
ley, May Baumgardner, Ethel Jol-
life, Jessie Meyers, Lucy Pool, Edna
Kidd Robert Bowie, Harry Carney
Stanley Cox, Jessie Hall, Shirley
Taylor.
B. Primary-Ella Simpson, Teach
er. Guy Utterback, Arthur Hiser
Jay Brand, Royal McCutcheon, Her
bert Gardner, Roy Mclaughlin
Edith Smith, Pauline Woolery, Jellit
Dusenberry, Jessie Weaver, Flor
cnce Utterback, Orville Waters, Ruby
Dusenberry, Elizabeth Ellenberger
Vera Kidd, Blanche Dusenberry, Lu-
ellie Brown, Guy Bailey, Forest
Bloom, Dewitt Fischer
C. Primary-Tida Bailey, Teach
er Hough Chips, George Dawson
Jessie Piles, Walter Pool, Arthur
Williams Edith Barthlow, Florence
Graham, George Price, Georgia Sc
mans.
Colored School-A. G. Smith
Teacher. Emerson Blue, Alfred
Rhoades, James Smith, Thos. Ward
Lille Henshaw, Ida Johnson, Hell
en- B. Rhoades, Blanch Smith, Beu-
lab Smith, Clark Harris.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15
The Acme Book Store.

H. L. swIsHER, Prop'r Dering Building
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If You are hard to fit come in and
we will take your measure and get
you whatever you want in the shoe
line and guaranteed bit. w. d w
PERSONS who will want flowers for
the Christmas season would better
leave their orders now. The demand
will he great at that time and you
may lie unable to get them if your
order is too late getting in
SHOE knowledge, is important to all
seeker, = o~ Stnre ny right fitting
and well made shoes
HIRscs
You can get most anything in the
Xmas goods line at the Novelty
Company's. They will save you
money.
HAVE you seen the beautiful Wat
er Sets the Novelty Company are
showing.
THE members of the Erwood COM
pany are very genial, intelligent peo-
pie and make themselves agreeable to
all with whom they come in contact.
They will remain here during the
week giving play each evening and
a matinee Saturday afternoon.
By having just what you want in a
care or jacket and by selling it to you
at money saving prices we expect to
sell you your wrap. Are we right?
Hirschmans.
BETTER buy your underwear while
sizes are full. You can find all kind
for men at HIRMCHMAN'S
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15
On monthly payments.


Latest Novelty Wave Crest Ware di-
all. Large assortment, especially jew.
ell cases. Geo. c. Hayes 4 Co., lead
ing jewelers..
LAST years resolutions might be
gone over now and repaired for the
new year as many of them have grown
rusty from lack of use. 1t might be
well to brighten them up and use
them over during the whole of 49,
WATERS and WHITTINGToN have
the finest line of Holiday slippers in
town all colors and prices.
FANCY christmas cards. Christmas
tree ornaments, candles, everything for
tree display at MADEIRA Bros.
j. c. Mcvicker, Druggist. keeps
the incest line of Stationery, Tablet
and Note Books in town.
USE A. Bowers Dandruff cure.
One application cures itching of the
scalp.
OUR stock of toys, games, dolls
and children's books are the best at
MADEIRA Bros.
SEE Prof. Samuel the great expert
optician at Wallace House.
WE live in a land of high noun
tains and high taxes, low valleys and
low wages, big crooked rivers and big
crooked statesmen, big lakes, big
strikes, big DRINKS, big pumpkins,
big men and big pumpkin heads, silver
streams that gambol in the moan
tains and pious politicians who gam
BILE in the night, roaring cataracts and
roaring orators, fast trains, fast
horses, fast young men and girls, fast,
faster, fastest, sharp lawyers, sharp
financiers and sharp toed shoes, noisy
children, fertile plains that lie like a
sheet of water and thousands of news
papers that lie like thunder, and
these thousands of newspapers have
thousands of delinquent subscribers
who lie like the d--I and won't pay
cent.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-15
ABOUT ORR FRIENDS.
Personal Mention Of Promine mt People
Where they are and How they are.


Personal Mention of Promine MT People
Where they are and How they are.
Lieut.. Karl Kunst is at his home
at Weston on ten days furlough.
Miss Emma Fordyce has returned
to Fairmont after being here for a
day or so.
Frank Keyser and John Sidwell
were two Point Marion citizens who
came up yesterday.
Henry, little son of Attorney l..
V. Keck, has been very i'll from
pneumonia for several DAYS but To-
day is thought to be little better.
Mailman Barbe has gone to
Charleston to attend meeting of
the Normal school regents this
week. He will not return to Nor
gantown until after the holidays
and will go to New Orleans before
his return.
Captain j. r. Miller has returned
from Taylortown, Pa, where he had
been for couple of days hunting.
The weather interfered with the
sport and ehe result 8as sa..t Kely
little hunting could be done. How
ever he was entertained in IA royal
manner by Ike Hickman and enjoy
ed the trip very much