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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12
A COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
Luther Wiseman Shot Dead
Near Fetterman, West
Virginia.

He Was A Prominent Young Farmer
And Leaves Wife And Four Chill
dren--Harry Ward, an Englishman,
or Queer his osition, Who Has Made
His Home in that Vicinity And Who
Sometimes Hunted With Wiseman,
is Suspected Ward Pursued by Off.
cers-Known TO Have Been in Box
Car At Downs station.
GRAFTON, W. Va, December ~
A cold blooded murder was committed
about two and a half miles below Fet-
terman, when Luther Wlseman, a
Young farmer, was shot and almost
instantly killed by some one, supposed
to be Harry Ward.
Ward is u mysterious individual
who came to this county about two
years ago, and claimed to be an En-
glishman. He lived alone in hut
about two miles below fetterman, and
only came to town when he wanted
food and supplies. He has no init
mate friends and very few people know
him. He had been, on several oeca.
sions, hunting with Wiseman but
they had never, so far ds known, had
any trouble whatever.
This morning about 1880 he was
seen with his gun on his shoulder GO
ing in the direction of Wiseman's.
Mr.. Wiseman had just gotten on his
horse to come to Grafton and left
home when MS wife, hearing gun
shot, and fearing something was
wrong left the house and found Mr..
Wisemau lying 100 yards away, dy.
ing from a gunshot wound in the
throat, he only living few minutes,
and being unable to speak.
Several people were soon on the
scene and at once started to search
for Ward. He was tracked from the
place where the mhrder was commit
ted to some distance away, when all
trace of him was lost.
Ward was n very quick tempered
man, and the theory is advanced that
he went to Wiseman to get him to go
hunting with him, and on his refusal
to do So, deliberately shot him. Mr..
| Wiseman's face and neck were burned
badly by the powder, and the wad
from the shell was found sticking in
the wound in his throat. Ward al
ways carried a Winchester rifle and
on examination Of the wad it was
readily seen that it came from that
kind of gun.
The sheriff and posse started in
pursuit of Ward as soon as the infor-
nation was received here, but as yet
have not succeeded in capturing him.
When last seen he was at Wickwire,
headed towards Fairmont, and it is
thought that he left the railroad and
cut across the country.
The people around Wiseman's are
very much worked up over the affair,
and a large crowd is out securing the
country for him.
Mr. Wiseman was an industrious
young farmer, less than 80 years old,
and leaves wife and four children.
He was very quiet. inoffensive man,
and no reason except the theory adj
vanced above can be assigned for the
horrible deed
An inquest was held over the body
and the jury returned a verdict Of
death by gunshot wound.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12
HAVE RESIGNED.
Elk State Senator's Pierson and Getzen
daimler Leave Uncle Sans Service.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, December II
State Senators Pierson and Get
zendanner, who are members Of the
Second West Virginia regiment, have
forwarded to the War department
their designations as lieutenant and
captain respectively.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12
Wanted

-Four refined boarders to complete
my table of eighteen. Board as
good as the best. Terms $3.50 per
week. Mrs. CAPEHART,
No. 4 Brick Row.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12

OUR stock of toys, games, dolls
and children's books are the best at
MADEIRA Bros.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12

FAIRMoNT, w. Va, December r.
Ward, the supposed murderer Of
Luther Wiseman, came here and
boarded freight train and was seen
on it at Downs Station. At Man
nington the car was searched and no
trace could be found of him.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12

SEE Prof. Samuel the great expert
optician at Wallace House.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12
ARID WESTERN LANDS.
Governor Atkinson In favor Of their
Reclamation.

Governor Atkinson writing to the
editor of the National Advocate San
Francisco in connection with the re-
reclamation of the arid lands of the
far west says:
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-12

JtWtIeT anu OpUICIdu
Morgantown, w. Va, Dec. 10.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

The Texas experiment station has
been making some tests with the above
food, and gives the following sum-
mary:
First-Roasted cotton seed do not
have the laxative qualities of raw seed,
and are more palatable.
Second-Faster gains are made by
feeding the boiled seed, but at greater
cost per pound gain.
Third-The advantages to be gained
in the use of roasted seed hardly JUS
titles its general use.
Fourth-Boiled seed are more pal
atable than raw seed, less laxative and
make faster gains. May continue to be
used with profit.
Fifth-Steers fed on raw seed, eating
less quantity Of seed, ate slightly
more hay in consequence.
SiXth-Cotton seed, at usual prices,
is a good and cheap addition to corn
and hay ration.
Seventh-The best beef ration found
by previous experimentation seed,
meal, hulls and silage is not here prov
en- the best, when calculated at former
prices-raw seed, corn and hay being
better.
Eighth-When value of raw seed Is
raised to near market present prices,
$40 per ton, the meal, hulls and silage
is again the best ration, raw seed, corn
and hay being next best.
Ninth-The average cost Of gain per
pound in all lots at present price Of
foods was 1854 cents.
Tenth-The cheapest feed per pound
gained for all steers fed, when raw
cotton seed is valued at $40 per ton,
was raw seed. corn and hay.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07
tyrannized over by an organization
which is able to order them out on
strike"
Cooperative Mining.

Social reformers will watch with In
terest the cooperative experiment
now being made at Schenely, Pa, a
few miles north of New Kensington.
The Leechburg labor exchange has
purchased 100 acres of coal land. An
incline and tipple are now being built
and about thirty men are employed
driving an entry into the hillside. The
ground was purchased from Jefferson
Walters, and the coal has been leased
at six cents ton from George Poterie.
AS soon as the mine is in operation 1t
is estimated 100 men will be given en-
ployment.
This is the result of the recent min
ers' strike. Rev. Mr.. McDermott Of
Leechburg, who was prominent adj
vocate of the rights of the miners, is
the prime mover in this venture. He
preached cooperative mining as So
luton of the mining question, and is
now putting his preaching into prac-
tice, backed by the labor exchange
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

By vote of Al to the delegates to
the Central Trade and Labor union OF
st. Louis placed themselves on record
as being opposed to further restrictions
of immigration. The question was dis
cussed for over three hours last Sun
day. A resolution was passed which
sets forth that restriction of immigra-
ton is in direct contradiction to the
progressive spirit of the age, and is a
reactionary attempt to check the pro-
gressive movement of the wage earn
ers of all countries.
The resolution further held that i'm
migration is not responsible for the
present condition of wage-workers,
and that the industrial. and CONNER
cial crisis from which this country has
been suffering for several years is the
result of certain economic conditions
which may in the near future cause a
new and more serious industrial and
commercial crisis regardless of immi-
grafton.
A notification of the proceedings
will be sent to the headquarters of the
American Federation of Labor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

Immigration will finally cease when
we reach the foreign level. There is
no other alternative unless we stop 1t
entirely (perhaps except educational or
property publications.. American la
Dor should follow the example Of
trusts by excluding foreign COMPETE
ton. Why not? Why should trusts
be protected and labor receive no con-
sideration?
The above interrogations come to us
through the medium of little PAM
phlet entitled American Social Re-
FORM" by B. ]. Hoffacker Of New
York. The question put forward in
the last sentence is not difficult to
answer. In fact, an answer is fur
nished by the daily press with aston
ishing frequency and regularity. The
answer will be found in the trusts
ability and willingness to pay for
whatever favors they ask for. Labor
Is poor, and therefore labor is neg
lected by our wise and good and
patriotic legislators. There are a
whole lot more conundrums in the
pamphlet referred to, but their solu-
ton in every case is as easy as is the
instance printed above.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

From Detroit Free Press: Harry
Barter, president of the Michigan Fed
Grafton of Labor, has decided to de-
vote all his spare time from now until
the biennial convention next fall 70
building up the federation and organ
izing label leagues.
| "The label leagues were established
through the state federation said MI
Barter, "and although the label itself
cannot help our organization, the long
shoremen have discovered that the fed
Grafton and league together can re
made a powerful combination in the
interests of all trades organizations.
Unions, like individuals and corpora
lions, look out for their separate and
distinct interests. To some unions the
label is everything, to Others it IS
something, and to others, like my own,
it is nothing at all. l have sometimes
felt that It was unfair for me to pay
$25 to $50 year extra for label goods
when I could get as good goods for
that much less money. l saw that this
was likely to become so serious a mat
ter as to lead to disruption between
label and nop-label unions, and l De-
gan study OF how to make their in
terests mutual. II you want a mans
patronage you can only secure it and
hold it by making it to his interest
to trade with you-sentiment alone
doesn't last long. If the non-label I'M
ion men are to continue to patronize
label goods there must be some CORE
spending compensation. This the la
bel unions will grant in consideration
of non-label patronage, and this can
be accomplished through strong and
efficient state organization when the
obligations are clearly defined and the
officers see that the reciprocity is car
yied out in good faith"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
gives the following prominent place
in it's editorial columns: A New Ha-
ven shop girl writes to the Register a
dismal Thanksgiving letter. Within
three years her weekly wages in a dry
goods store have been cut from So to
SO, and my case is one of many" she
says. "The wages paid to female help
in the stores Of this city have fallen
steadily since this year opened, until
at last they are SO small that they will
not buy sufficient food" This girl has
also to support her mother, pay rent
feed and clothe two persons on SO a
week. Finally che asks: "On this
Thanksgiving eve plead for a rescue
from this misery. With all the mon ~
spent in this city, isn't there profit
enough to at least keep the body ami
soul together?"
ut goes without saying" says a De-
troit trades unionist, that the shop
girls of New Haven are not organized;
that they are not 'bled to support n
fat and lazy walking delegate. or
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

yeast plant and putrefactive bacteria.
It binders and prevents fermentation,
the souring of milk and the putrefac-
ton Of milk. Its action upon morgan
lied ferments Is even more powerful.
1t completely arrests the conversion OF
starch into grape sugar by disease and
pancrcatic extracts. This action Is d.
rectly opposed to the process of diges-
ton, and, were there no other reason,
the use Of salicylic acid should be uni
versally condemned. These facts in
connection with salicylic acid have
been recognized very thoroughly in
legislation. The use Of the acid has
been condemned by most of the Euro
pean countries having pure food laws.
In France 1t is forbidden by law. In
Austria, Italy and Spain 1t cannot be
used without the danger of mourning
heavy penalty, and all South Amer
lean states having pure food laws have
absolutely forbidden its sale. The laws,
of many of the states forbid its use. BY,
a decision of Mr.. Wells, the dairy and,
food commissioner, the use Of salicyllc
acid in food is prohibited in Pennsyl-
vania. wish to call attention here to
another fact in connection with the use
of salicylic acid which is of extreme
importance, viz, the sale Of preserva-
lines, preservatives, etc., under various
high-sounding names, intended for use
in private families. A number Of these,
claimed to be perfectly harmless, are
on the market, but actually contain
salicylic acid as the main ingredient.
The conscientious and careful house
keeper should put an absolute veto up
on the use of any such compounds.
There is rarely any need for them,
since, when pure fruits and vegetables
are used and the proper directions for
sterilizing by heat, etc, are carried out,
canned or preserved goods of all de-
scriptions can be prepared that will re-
main in good condition for years with
out the aid of any preservative.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

A few years ago the managers of the
Cleveland Citizen requested the Amer
lean Federation of Labor to adopt 1t
as its official journal. The conven-
ton declined the honor, and author
lied the publication of the American
Federationist, since which time moth
ing which the American Federation of
Labor, or those who opposed the prop
osition, can do or leave undone will
satisfy our contemporary. 1t maligns
the American Federation of Labor, its
affiliated unions, their officers and de-
tenders. We fear that our contempt
rary is fast becoming common scold.
American Federationist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07
Pie Plant in the Garden.

No vegetable responds more readily
to minimum amount Of cultivation
than rhubarb, and as it makes first
class substitute for fruit, it should be
much more extensively grown, espe-
cially in country like this, where our
fruit resources are extremely limited,
says Northwestern Farmer. Two meth
DDS of starting a bed of rhubarb may
be adopted, either by sowing the seed
or planting roots, but the latter is much
preferable, for, except in rare in
stances, rhubarb will not come true to
type from seed; in fact, retrogression
in every feature is very apparent in
Seeding rhubarb. II few old roots
can be obtained so much the better,
and these may be divided with sharp
spade into as many pieces as there are
eyes. Care must be taken to ensure
the fact of there being an eye or bud
to each root, as they will not grow If
this is missing, no matter how large
the root may be. Rhubarb is par
ticularly heavy feeder, and this fact
must be taken into consideration when
preparing the land for planting. An
old piece Of garden, which has been
MANFRED for few years, will make an
excellent situation, if plowed deeply
and heavily MANFRED before planting.
Do not be afraid of putting on too
much manure, for in this point lies the
main secret of successful rhubarb
growing. The plants should be set out
in rows five feet apart each way, care
being taken not to bury the crowns,
which should be about level with the
surface. Fall planting gives the most
satisfactory results, and coating of
well rotted manure spread on the bed
to the depth of six inches every fall
will materially assist development. If
the above instructions are followed out
you will be surprised at the marvellous
growth of your plot Of rhubarb. Never
allow the plants to run to seed, but on
the first appearance of flower spikes
remove them, as they greatly tend to
lessen the vigor, besides causing the
whole plant to become tough and in
sipid. Victoria and Linnaeus are pop
ular varieties on account of their bright
color and excellent quality.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

The jury and the judge that recently
rebuked lawyer for putting an in
eulting question to a lady witness
have set an example that ought to nit
igate a great evil. Frequently wit
ness is treated worse than if he were
the prisoner at the bar. The lawyer
guilty of that cruel injustice ought to
be held responsible for it, and If the
court will not protect lady against
insult her friends ought to have the
right of punishment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

Mr.. Holiday-So you think you
would like to take position of superin-
tendent of the works? Don't you think
it better for you to seek more hum
BILE place at first?
Rollo-Why, sir you have told me
that there is always plenty of room at
the top. Surely you would not have
me crowd the worthy men who are
lower down.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

"A writer who has been entertained
by the sultan says his majesty is quiet
and very much of a gentleman. He has
a velvet voice and is evidently a man
OF conscience and culture. He cannot
help the assassination which has oc-
Cured pro and con between his SUBJ
jects of different religious creeds, but
ne is sorry for it. Perhaps Byron de-
scribed that person better-"as mild q
hammered man as ever scuttled ship
or cut throat"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

This is an age Of progress and the
church cannot afford to stagnate. The
clergyman of today takes advantage OF
modern improvements. He pays pas
Itoral calls on a bicycle; he lights his
church by electricity and he is expert
menting with the plan of giving his
sermons wider circulation by trans
hitting them to his pensioners by
telephone. The newspaper is by far
the most effective aid he can employ.
1t is the ultimate manifestation Of
modern progress ana energy. The
church cannot do without it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

If Mr.. Dana left orders that his own
newspaper should be beaten by every
other journal in the country in con-
lnection with the news Of his own
death, it is evident that something was
the matter with him besides the al
legged cause of his departure. Eccen-
tricity is pardonable where it can't be
helped; but the kind of eccentricity
that troubled Horace Greeley was per-
United no authority in the office Of
the Tribune when that good old man
went 70 bis reward.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

Burnt cork for women Ministries in
behalf of charity having been forbid
den by Bishop Potter under the aus
pices of his church, one recalls the
remark Of Henry Ward Beecher, that
the devil has no right to all the best
tunes. A minstrel show of that kind
has deal of fun as we'll as charity in
it, and has the church no right to fun,
either? The proprieties and the dig
mites spoil a good deal of enjoyment,
though they have their rights, too.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07
A Mistake,

Farmers frequently make the mistake
of buying land adjoining and loading
themselves with debt which burdens
them all the best years of their lives,
says Drainage Journal. When the pur-
chase was made they had few hun
dred dollars at command to make the
first payment, and from the day Of the
purchase the deferred payments draw
interest, and, like an eating moth,
night and day it draws upon the life
and energy of those who burden them
selves in this way. If they had taken
the money with which they made the
first payment and applied it in the I'M
derdrainage of the land which they
owned, the result would have been far
more gratifying. By tile draining the
crop product could have been increased
from SO to 100 per cent, which would
have added much each year to their in
come, so that in a few years they
might have had the money in hand to
buy the land desired, and at the same
time been free from the burdens Of
debt, and in every way better off.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

"A bullet from the pirates gun tore
q tremendous hole in the side of our
vessel. We saw that we must take to
the boats. said the captain.
How awful" said man in knicIt-
erbo ckers and plaid golf stockings
Next time l suppose you knew
enough to take repair kit along"
New York Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

keely's motor is now a flying-ma-
chine which paralyzes gravitation
through a sympathetic outreach";
though, to be sure, the sympathetic
outreach belonged to the original in
vention If the experience of certain
capitalists is any criterion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07


The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen, the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Order of Railway
Telegraphers will have nothing to do
with the American Railway League,
the Ohio organization which intends to
guide the political action of thesrail-
way men. The November number of
the Trainmen's Journal declares at
(the league) is an attempt to make
politicians, railroad managers and 9TH
ers believe that the officers of the
league possess an all-powerful in
fiuence with the men that will lead
them to vote whichever way The
aforesaid officers direct them. Its pur-
port is not only political, but parti-
san."
The Building Trades Council of San
Francisco has adopted resolutions pc
titioning congress to suspend all immi
grafton to this country for at least ten
years, that the great army of unem-
ployed may have the opportunity Of
earning an existence. State Labor
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has
been chosen to represent the council
at Washington.
The state of Georgia has been
obliged to abandon the plan of leas
ing the convicts in gangs to private
parties, it having been found that con-
victs were grossly maltreated, and now
a bill is before the legislature author
izing the state to purchase and devel-
CD q large coal district with convicts
under state supervision.
At the coming spring elections the
state of Washington will vote on con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the single tax, and there is little doubt
the same time will vote on the adop-
that it will carry. South Dakota at
the same time will vote on the adop-
lation.
"Where the American engineer ex-
cells the British, says John Burns, M.
P, us not because of the shortcomings
lu6 DTlIlSn unCCAdnlCS, Dul DeCduOC
Of the wooden-headed and often pig
headed character of the employers,
managers and foremen."
In San Francisco machine is in
operation that, with the aid of a boy,
turns out 10000 tin cans a day. An
expert timer can make 500 cans per
day. Each machine, it is estimated,
displaces eighty mechanics.
A mechanical device recently pat
ented pastes paper labels on 100, 900
tins in ten hours. Girls and children
who used to do the work heretofore
can now find time to go to school.
A number of New England factories
reduced wages last week. The reports
include several shoe factories. Wea-
vers at Clinton, Mass, are on a strike;
factory is shut down.
Since September IS over 5000 miners
have joined the union in the Hazleton
district.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

The Santa Fe daily excursions to
California in tourist sleeping cars are
deservedly popular. Cars are of new.
est pattern and very comforta BILE, hav-
ing every necessary CONVENIENCE.
These excursions are accompanied
by Pullman conductors and porters,
and are patronized by many of the
best people. Low ticket rates.
The Santa Fe California line is re-
markably picturesque. Its middle
course across the continent avoids ex-
tremcs of heat or cold.
For descriptive literature address
Geo. w. Hagenbuch, p. 6 Il. A., A 7.
& s. T., Ry., Kansas City, Mo
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-07

The unpleasant incidents and acct
dents OF the recent indoor bicycle race
In New York degrade a sport and add
nothing to our knowledge of physical
strength, nor does such an exhibition
In any way encourage a wholesome
development of an outdoor sport which
is doing SO much to improve the health
and raise the vitality of the American
people.