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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
HE Is A CANDIDATE.
Hon. George c. Sturgiss Will
make the Race for Congress.

His Friends say so and he does not
deny lt-Has assurances Of support
from all Over the District-This end
will be solid for him Could have had
1t before for the asking viii ask this
time aud get 1.-THE MAN from Bar
bour will have troubles Of his own In
Making the race this time--The local
Man the best man in the party for the
Honor of the Nomination.
Hon George c. Sturgiss will be a
candidate for Congress from this
district and will make an active
canvass for the nomination against
the man from Barbour and the 9th
ers who may be desirious for the
honor This decision has come af-
ter correspondence with people from
all parts of it that he declares him
self.
His friends are the authority for
statement and he has not denied it
in answer to a question of that kind.
He has assurances of the support of
this end of the district which will be
practically unanimous for him and
from every county in fact there
comes assurance that he is the
choice of the party.
Dayton has steadily lost his pop
ularity with the masses of the party
siuce he has entered the halls of the
national legislature and Mr.. Stur
giss has become more and more the
logical candidate for the position.
When Dayton was first nominated
the honor was proffered to Mr.. Stur-
giss if he would say that he would
accept. He delayed in giving his
assent too long and the office went
to the man who had been out in the
hedges and by ways hunting up the
delegates and pledging them to
himself. This time it will be no
walk over for the present congress-
man and if the indications are to be
believed Mr.. Sturgiss can win with
out very great difficulty.
The decision is very pleasing to
the friends of the gentleman here
and they will go to work at once to
make the campaign for him. They
will land the domination if possible
and there dos not seem to be any
doubt soopa it, They ought to be
able to dc what they could ha re done
before ifgiven the chance.
There is no better man in the par
ty in the district than Mr. Sturgiss
and no one more qualified to fill the
position should he be elected.
Should he be nominated the Demo
Gratis will have much harder row
to hoe than they would have if the
present incumbent with his record
comes up again. For the credit and
glory Of Morgantown we hope that
The local man may be given the hon
or which he now desires and wish
him success in the campaign lead
| ing to that end.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09

One-half of the number of improved
cannon, mortars and emplacements
will be located and placed in suitable
position ere the expiration of 1898.
The artillery board is constantly max
ing practical surveys, so far as these
relate to the army, and the establish
ment Of adequate military protection
of our sea board, frequently urged
upon the government by the cham
bers of commerce of our maritime
cities is receiving strong reinforce
ment from this source Meanwhile
there is a means of defence from
greater physical calamity which no one
afflicted with nervousness or dyspepsia
should neglect, and that is the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which by
restoring the tone Of the nerves and
stomach invigorates the entire system.
1t also remedies and prevents malar-
ial, kidney and rheumatic ailments,
and cures billiousness aud eonstipa-
tion. 1t is capital appetizer, and
promotes sound repose. Those who
have been cured by it speak. in no I'M
certain tones as to the effectiveness of
this celebrated medicine in disease
and as medical stimulant.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
VOLUME XXI.

The war scare is gradually peter
ing out.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09


The passengers on the crippled
French steamer la Champagne were
more fortunate than were the crew
of the battleship Maine The French
steamer after drifting helplessly on
the ocean for several days fell into
friendly hands and was towed into
the harbor OF Halifax, n. S.; four
fifths of the crew of the Maine, which
was lying peaceably at anchor, in
Havana harbor, are, thanks to Span
ish treachery, dead, apd the good
ship destroyed The elements are
kinder than the Spaniards.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
THE WOMAN'S LEAGUE.
The Success of Their Lecture
Course is Assured.

They have money enough to pay the
prize they have offered and have
Chance for mOre-The members are
very well Pleased over their Success
-A Great Compliment to the Young
ladies who Entered the Preliminary
Contest The Final one to be q hum.
mer.
The Woman's League of the Uni
yersity in their effort to raise the
money required to give the 800
prize offered TO the best declaimer
among their number have succeeded
very well so far They have as
result of the first entertainment and
the sale of tickets for the season
placed enough in the bank to pay
for the prize. Beside this they paid
the expenses of Miss Gray and paid
her the regular price she gets for
recital such as she gave here. This
showing is very gratifying to the
members and their friends. This is
the first time that the girls have had
any experience along this line and
they have done much better than
they expected when they undertook
the experiment.
The lectures that come later are
expected to be self-sustaining and If
they do the League will come out on
the right side of the ledger when the
season is concluded. They can lose
little on one or more of the enter
tainments and still save themselves.
One Of tie entertainments will be
higher than the others and an admis-
sion fee of fifty cents will be required
to it. We congratulate the League
on its achievement and hope for
much more success in the same di-
rection.
As for the success of the prelim-
mary contest they had even better
success than ON the money part
where they are SO well pleased.
Prof. Whyte who had the training of
the contestants in charge and who is
the most competent person to pass
such a judgment says that there is
not college in the country which
could turn out as large proportion
of its members and make the ex-
tremely creditable showing that the
number of girls at the University
did. This is the highest compli-
ment that could have been paid to
those who went into the contest and
should be greatly appreciated
by them. He said that not single
girl would have been anything but q
credit to the institntion had she been
selected as the best. Not only was
the contest very good one but it
was very close one SO that the de-
feated ones can take comfort in the
reflection that although beaten by
most excellent performers it was by
a very narrow margin. The contest
in June between the remaining men,
bers is expected to be the best ever
held at the University and every
body will 90 to hear it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
STRAIGHT TALK.
The Register Says Some True Things
About Advertising,---App Here
As in Wheeling.


The Register Says Some True Things
About rtising,---Applies Here
As in Wheeling.
Advertising schemes Of all charac-
ter are now in progress Of incubation.
People from all parts of the country
come to Wheeling to ''pull the Leg
of the merchant. He is induced to
put his card on alleged hotel signs,
registers, programmes, hotel guides,
hospital cards and numerous Other
fake schemes The strange solicitor
for the "adn gets few of the cards.
programmes or whatever they may
be, printed, collects his money ano
throws the rest of the stuff in the
river or the ash barrel, and the adver
tiser loses whatever he has invested
in the strangers scheme.
1t seems strange that business mer
Of supposed capacity in other matters
will patronize strangers who simply
have the s'gift of CAB" to present
schemes that really have no merit Ii
them whatever when investigated
and whatever money he has invested
in them, he has no assurance thai
the contract. whatever it may b,
will be carried out,
III the average merchant~will max,
up the amount wasted In year 70
this kind OF advertising, and place I
in some good newspaper, the return
will justify the expenditure. Adver
Using in poor newspaper is of ihfn
L 4. \
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
District / Nominations.

The district examinations for can
didates from public schools. Monon-
gala county, will be held at the fol-
lowing times and places:
Battelle-W adestown, Friday, April
l.
Clay-Dayhrook, Saturday, April l..
Clinton-McBee's. Saturday, March
20.
Cass-M Vaudeville, Saturday, March
10.
Grant Georgetown, Friday, March
25.
Morgan - .Kennedy's, Saturday,
March u.
Union - Bakers Ridge, Friday,
March Is.
The teachers of each district are
expected to be present and assist in
the examinations. Graduates will
make special preparation for the even
ing session. Parents, school officers
and those interested in education are
cordially invited to meet with U.S..
d. B. WATERS,
County Superintendent.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
THREE MORGANTowN MEN
Strike it rich--C. X. iiayes, 5. ucGarf
/ and Clark Pickenpaugh get 500
barrel Well.

A good many people have been
watching the ventures of these three
men in the Henderson, oil field, in
Wood county, with much interest
and their friends will be greatly
pleased to learn that on Monday one
of their wells came in gusher. 1t
is not yet under control so that its
exact product can be told but Stand
ard Oil men who are on the ground
estimate it at 500 barrels per day
The flow was so strong that great
amount of oil went to waste. II
when connections are made it keeps
up to the estimates of the experts it
will make the smallest stakeholder
about 1000 per month. The geu-
tlemen are very quiet over theil
good fortune and are not inclined to
talk much but the above statement
was gotten from one who knows We
are pleased to learn of this as are
also many other people. The gen
tlemen are all known as good fell
lows and their good fortune will be
enjoyed by their neighbors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
WEST UNION FlZZLE.


Rag Chewers there not as Anxious for
War as they thought they were-An
Effort to Raise Company to Fight
Spain and What came Of it.
Out at West Union there are a
number Of patriots who have been
bowling for Spanish gore. Nothing
could satisfy them If this country and
Spain did not go to Strengthening each
other Blood, fire and destruction
was their first. last and only desire.
The outcome of the affair has been
laughable and has shown just what
/ is in the average Spanish war enthu-
siast when hard pan is reached. Some
one who thought there was some sub
stance in all the clamor that was
being made, tried to get up a com
pany to go to the war in case it oc-
Cured. He worked all day as hard
as he could and got eight names on
the roll. Part Of these would I'M
doubleday funk when it came to the
real fest. This fizzle will stop the
war talk in that town for some time
to come There are other places
where it might protitably be used.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
NPC0RKLE IN FOR WAR.
tx. Governor Does not think the
Blaine Explosion was an accident =
Eager to Shoulder GuD.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Mar. A.
Elk Governor MacCorxle, of West
Virginia, this morning granted an
interview to correspondent while
awaiting a train for New York. He
said:
s.It has been demonstrated to my
complete satisfaction that the disas-
ter to the Maine was not the result
of an accident, and / am for war,
though / very much fear that such
will not be the effect | spend two
months of my time each year in
New York City, where l am brought
in contact in business way with a
syndicate of men whose wealth ag-
gregates over $l30,000,000 and /
know positively that not only they,
but also majority Of their wealthy
friends, are against war and in favor
of the indemnity proposition.
Il believe there should be no mon
ey or apologies accepted from Spain,
the time for such things having
passed. If war to maintain our ma
tion's honor is declared l will be one
of the first to tender my services.
During my last trip East | had a
long interview with a naval officer
whose life has been spent in the
service, and he positively assured
me the catastrophe was not acct
dental"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
Latest. and Worst.

A young Lawrence doctor took his
best girl to the opera not long since.
The curtain was late in rising, and
the young lady complained of feeling
faint. The doctor smiled sweetly up
on her. took something out of his
vest pocket and whispered to her tt
keep "the tablet" in her mouth, but
not to swallow it. She shyly placed
it on her tongue, and rolled it over
and over, but it would not dissolve;
she felt better, however So when
the show was over she slipped the
tablet in her glove, being quite cur
ious to examine at home this tasteless
indissoluble, little substance which
had given her such relief in the opera
house. When alone in her room she
pulled off her glove and out came
a-pants button. Boston Record.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
p. V. NC. EXTENSION.
News Standard.

News Standard.
Division Engineer Botts, of the
Pennsylvania railroad was in town
short while to-day en- route from
Brownsville to Greensburg. He had
been at the former place looking up
matters in regard to the extension Of
the P. v. 4 G. on up the Mononga-
hela valley. He spoke very favora-
bly, of the plan, though in guarded
terms, and in all probability he said
the coming summer will see that
road well on its way toward the Vir-
ginia hills. Surveyors have been at
work for two weeks making final
surveys ON both sides of the river,
and have succeeded in reaching a
point six miles distant from Browns
vile. For a number of years the P.
r. r. have had charter permitting
them to build on either side of the
river, but as yet no decision has
been arrived at as to which side they
will take. A good deal depends on
the inducements offered by the peo-
pie owning property on either side
of the Monongahela. No rights Of
ways have yet been secured, and
should the Fayette county people
come forward literally in this mat
ter the road will be built up this
side of the river. The officials OF
the road are little inclined toward
tho E.x,affo <,<,,,p<u side ~, .,<a,,,x 4
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Land in the Undisturbed Pos.
session of a man Is Taken
From Him.

Curions and Interesting suit decided in
the Circuit Court Here-James Hare
and Mrs. Josephus Jones the Parties
sEtsrests5 Hare has had the Land
for thirty Years and thought that he
had Paid for 1.-THE Court Held DIFF
ferently-facts in the Caseit may
90 TO the supreme court.
One of the most interesting and i'm
portant cases of the last term of court
was the chaneery cause of Laura 4.
Jones against James Hare, in which
Mrs. Jones claimed one-ninth of the
Nandervort estate, which has been in
Mr.. Hare's possession for thirty years,
and asked the court to have it parti-
toned to her. Some nice points of
law were involved and the rights Of
the parties were warmly contested by
Attorney Edgar Stewart for Mrs.
Jones and Mr. Joseph Moreland, who
represented Mr. Hare. Mr.. Stewart
Won the case for his client, and there
is possibility that it will be appealed
to the supreme court of appeals. The
Af2teo III Jut lttcC dft do iOtAVncs
Nearly forty years ago John Van
dervort, a citizen of Union district,
this county, died intestate, seized OF
IS acres of land. He left widow
and three children. Two of the chill
dren were of age and one, Laura E.. i,
was an infant about nine years OF age
Some time after this the widow of
TOb "a n
Jones, prominent citizen OF Grant
district, this county, and Mr.. Jones
afterward qualified as the guardian
of Laura Vandervort. In 1866 the
adult heirs of John Vandervort sold
their undivided interest In their
fathers estate to James Hare. Mr.
Hare also purchased the life estate
of the widow in the same land. In
the same year VIM. M. Jones, guar
dian of Laura E. Jones, instituted
what is known as summary proceed
| ing in court to sell her undiyed inter
est in the same tract of land, and uu-
der the decree of this court Mr.. Hare
also became the purchaser of his in
terest and the sale was confirmed by
the court. But it seems that the pc
tition recited that the interest OF
Laura e. Jones was one-third OF two
thirds, and the deed to said Hare re-
cited the same fact: SO it seems that
Mr.. Hare in fact never had title TO
but two thirds Of the share of Laura
K. Vandervort. Mr.. Hare thought
that he owned all the land and has
| l<..1 l. 49,.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
WEST VIRGINIANS.
Who Lost Their Lives In The
Maine Disaster.
One Had A Sister who Livs Now in
Wheeling, another Left Brother
at Logan and the Mother of the
Third Lives Near Romney.
Charleston Gazette

40 "a
Logan and the Mother of the
Third lives Near Romney.
c..,. 60
w o4,,e9'.A .'"Ns''o'
Inree mest Nilginidns are ainope
the us. Vi .liose hiiisd III uae uisas-
yer 70 tne 'lalhe, Mr. "arnee, "nose
protner lives III fiihtoh, ana VINO was
at hfst reported 70 nave peeh among
tne ueau, mas turneu up III ne" ork,
ne nad peeh on the Maine pue hau
ieie IL ana secureu employ meho 10
Ne" ork-
george Ldpiesie' one 81 Ine ueau,
hdu SISTER, MISS Diailtne Laplerre,
VINO u no" iesiueht oi W heehhg.
Wiliiahi Lee; orother OF nike Lee
OF Logan :. ~, was one OF the saii-
ors On tiie iiliateu vessel anu iis
nahie - aiming oiie Aiiieu' ine ias'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
Terrible Carnage of Candidates by the
Newspapers.

The question is beginning to be
asked around here, what are we going
to do for candidates for congress in
this district this year. A Fairmont
paper has laid,one out too dead to skin.
Another sheet in the same place has
fixed the clock of an aspirant effec-
tually, and a Martinsburg paper, run
by colored citizen, has as decidedly
disposed Of another who was casting
longing eyes towards Washington.
The slaughter Of the innocents must
stop or the Democrats won't have any
fun at all. The candidates on tho
other side will all be killed off by their
own crowd before their political enc
mics get whack at them. Gentle
men, in the midst Of your little pleas
antries remember the poor Democrat
and leave some one for him to daily
with on the hustings in the glorious
autumn.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
The DRAMATIC CLUB.
Meets and decides on the new
Play to be Given.
1t is John Hare's Comedy ''Caste"-.re-
quires eight Performers 1.-The Cast
will be selected ON Monday next--
Hard Practice will then start--to be
given April 16--will be hummer.

The dramatic club held meeting
Thursday night to consider what they
would do in the face of the refusal of
Frohman to allow them to produce
the play Charles Aunt, which they
had been at work on for some time.
The circumstances were laid before
them and the refusal OF the gentle
man was explained. He told that
under his contract with the author
he was not allowed to give the desired
permission to them to produce it,
however much he might want to do
so. The disappointment Of course
was great one but the plan will not
be allowed to die on account of the
present obstacles. A discussion was
at once entered into to decide what
would take the place of the discarded
play.
After looking the ground over it
was decided to present "Caste," a
comedy by John Hare. This will re-
quire five men and three women, the
same that the other play required.
The play viii be given on Saturday,
April l6, in the opera house, and the
event will be enjoyed by all who may
attend.
The following is the technical de-
scription of the play to be given:
Caste. Comedy in three acts by J.
w. Robertson. Five male, three fe-
male character. Plays two and one
half hours. Scene: Plain room,
fashionable lodgings. Light come
dian, eccentric old comedian, young
Englishman, leading lady, young
lady, a Marquise. Costumes of the
day 1.-TWO Military. Capt. D'Alroy,
son of Marquise, in defiance Of CASTE
marries a young actress and finds
himself burdened with drunken old
father-in-law. D'Alroy goes as sol
dier to India, and his wife suffers
want In his absence He returns, and
is reconciled to his naughty mother
This play has been presented again
and again for years in Europe and
America. Every character is good.
Eccles (old man) is particularly strong.
He and Sam Gerridge furnish abund-
ant huror
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
MIXED PICKLES.
Miscellaneous c oi1ectio n of
Things taken from the
Index.

Fairments Street, Railroad Company
New University Student-Mayor Ken
dali and His s.-Grafton and the
Pulp Mill The Odd Fellows and their
Celebration-A New Oil Territory
Another Maine Victim.
Herschel Rose, of Warrington, a
graduate of the Normal. will attend
the University this spring.
Miss May Latham, of Palatine,
has returned from a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Howell, in Monongalia
county.
Mayor Kendall is expected to re
turn from Pittsburg to-day. Word
from him is to the effect of great
improvement in his eyes.
The Greenbrier Valley Construc-
ton Company has been chartered.
1T is going t2 build railroad"
says one paper. We hope it won't
be like our electric railway.
Grafton is now making an effort
to get the Piedmont Pulp and Paper
Company to locate there. and has Of
fered large site on the G. d G. r.
R. The offer is not likely to be ac-
cepted for the same trouble would be
met with there as at Piedmont as
the water supplies of the towns along
the Monongahela river would be
ruined.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the founda-
ton of the local lodge, at the Normal
Auditorium, March Is, not at the
Opera House as heretofore an
nounced. The public in general
will be invited to attend. A pro
gram is being arranged in which the
musical department of the Universe
ty have a prominent part.
Prof. l. G. White, of Morgantown,
was in the city Thursday. He was
on his return from Camden-on- eau
ley, and is quoted as saying that
they are drawing the casing at the
oil well there at $500 feet, but he
is Of the opinion that he should
have gone 500 feet deeper to reach
the oil sand; that they had just got
ten to the interesting point Prof
White is an eminent geologist and
he believes the territory around
that section is good and that devel-
opment will confirm his theory. He
relies on the deep sand formations
Lieut. John J. Blandin, who was
on watch when the U S. warshir
Maine was blown up, is a nephew Of
Mrs. DIR. Boland, of Fairmont
Lieut. Blandin entered the navy
when only sixteen and has always
stood in the front rank of his class
He was in the disaster at Samoa
March 10th, 1889, and was the first
volunteer TO risk his life to save
the U. S. warship Trenton" Fol-
his bravery he was advanced to en-
sign and appointed superintendent
of electric lighting on the Atlantic
Coast He held this position until
he was made lieutenant on the
Maine
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-03-09
CIRCUIT COURT.
The March term Of the Marion. Court
Commenced Tuesday Morning-Judge
Hagans on the Bench.

The March term Of circuit court
commenced Tuesday morning. To
the delight of all Judge j. M. Hagans
took his seat upon the bench. The
Judge has been i'll for many months
and many feared he would not be
able to preside at this term. He is
much better, and entered upon the
discharge of his duties with much of
his old time yigor.
The charge of His Honor to the
grand jury was very full and in some
cases unusually strong, especial stress
being laid upon the offenses which
are common in this vicinity. There
are more than two hundred witnesses
summoned to appear before the grand
jury, more than fifty of whom are
said to be against persons for keeping
houses of i'll fame.
There are but two cases for felony
at this term. The most important
matter for investigation before the
grand jury is the killing of Will Metz.