Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-18
MORGANTOWN NOTES,
Special to the Register.

Special 10 the Register.
Morgantown, w. Va, November II.
The wife of G. W. Dis, the Morgan
town business man, who was lost from
the Florence Belle, is of the opinion
that her husband met with foul play.
He had a costly watch and a great deal
of money on his person when he left
here to go to Finleyville to visit her.
and this has never been found nor has
the body been discovered
The foot ball team came in this
morning and were received by a great
crowd of people who were rejoicing
over the victories that they had won.
Besides becoming the champions of the
South, they met Ohio University at
Parkersburg and in twenty minues ran
up score of sixteen against them
without having their goal menaced at
any time. The reports show that the
Virginia team was entirely out-classed,
and that the West Virginia boys can
duplicate the score at any time the
two teams may come together. An an
nual game may be arranged between
the universities to take place in Rich
mond
Monongalia may after all have re-
county giving the Republicans the ben
eft of everything shows that they have
only a majority in this county of nine
hundred and eighteen. The result on
small vote while the Democrats
polled their vote shows that they have
more than one hundred and fifty more.
This is enough to prove great frauds,
but where these are and how they were
committed is not understood A re
count would clear this matter up and
would show the true inwardness of
things. Another thing that is not I'M
derstood here is how Dayton can have
been elected in the face of the fact that
in this county, Preston, Taylor Mar
ion, Jefferson and other counties in the
eastern Pan Handle showed more than
enough to overcome DaytOnS major
ity that he finally pulled through.
Where the votes came from is a mys-
terry. One thing is absolutely certain
| that they were not legal votes and that
| Dayton does not represent the choice
| of the people of the district There
| has been systematic attempt, which
| has been successful, to carry the cleo
| ton by fraud of the most gigantic ma
i ture.
Manliff Hayes, Esq, has gone to
| Wheeling to represent the local lodge
| of l. o. O. F. at the State Grand Lodge.
| which is in session there. The Squire
ought to have front seat, as he is not
| only the oldest member of the lodge
| here, but he is the oldest Odd Fellow
| in the State, having been a member
for more than fifty years. He joined
| the lodge here on March IS, 184S, at its
| installation, the lodge then being No.
| 10, of the State of Virginia, the same
number it still bears. Last spring the
| members of the lodge presented Mr.
! Hayes with a handsome veterans
! jewel, it being the only one that has
ever been given to member in the
! State This was due him on account
of his record of membership or fifty
! years. During all these years he has
| filled all the offices over and over again
and has been the representative of the
| lodge in Grand Lodges number of
times. He was also a member of the
| convention that met in Wheeling thir-
| ty-three years ago, after the close of
| the civil war, to agree upon the juris-
| diction of the State of West Virginia.