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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
Now Come on Time.

The University is now to be run
by what may be termed 'otficial time. !"
1t has been connected with the obser-
yatory at Washington, and its time
will be regulated from that point.
An electrical clock has been put IN
the Science building which strikes a
signal in all the lecture rooms of all
the buildings to Indicate when the
lectures begin and when they close.
1t shifts at six o'clock in the evening
and strikes the night signals up to
ten o'clock, when it suspends till
morning. 1t goes regularly through
the week until Sunday, when it sus-
ponds of its own motion and takes d
rest. 1t does all this without any
help or interference by anybody. 1t
is an automatic wonder and it is
needless to say that the exercises of
the University will hereafter 'run
like clock work"
Now what we want to suggest in
this connection is that it behooves
the court house clock to come to time,
fall in with the procession and keep
step with the music. 1t may as we'll
be understood from this time on,
that when that instrument in the
courthouse tower is out of whack with
the University clock that it is under
official condemnation from Washing
ton. We don't want it to be slashing
around and striking at odd hours and
throwing everybody and everything
into confusion and out of joint. We
want to be very puntilious as a town
and have everybody's Waterbury set
to run in harmony with the sun,
moon and stars.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

Every member of the Senate ex-
cept Senator Ellxins has signed pc
tition which is in the hands of the
President asking that Mrs. Kenna
widow Of the late Senator Kenna be
retained as postmistress at Charles
ton this state. She is among the
first twelve postmasters in the coun-
try and there is no reason for the
removal except a political one. 1t
is not known what action will be
taken in the face of the petition.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
The ono society BANQUET.

New YORK; Jan. 3.-The Ohio So
clety Of New York announces that it
will give It's twelfth annual banquet IN
the Waldorf Astoria hotel Oh the even
ing Of ian. 8, in honor of it's former
president, William l.. Strong, on his
retiring from the mayoralty of this
city. Among the speakers will be
John sherman, secretary of state
Russell A. Alger, secretary of war
Senator William B. Allison, ex-Attor-
ney General Judson Harmon of Gin
elnnatl. James Fl. Hoyt of Cleveland
and Bishop Henry G. Potter of this
city.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
WILL BE SUED.
A Charleston Bank Has Not Paid n
State Deposit.

CHATAEsToN, w. Va, January a
The State of West Virgiaia, through
the Attorney General, will enter suit
against the Commercial Savings Bank
Monday morning for 1923, 200 State
deposits. When the bank went into
liquidation the officers promised the
State Treasurer that prompt settle
ment would be made Inability to
realize on Einvestments is said to be
the cause of the failure Of the bank
TO pay over the State money. The
suit will be against the stockholders
of the bank, and bondsmen, who are
as follows: W. A. Ohley, John T.
McGraw, L. James, Rankin Wiley.
Chas. p. Dorr, A. S. McClung and
Charles w. Young.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
TO RECLAIM ABANDONED FARMS.
A Corporation Has Been Formed t.
Purchase New England Land.

A Corporation Hns Been Formed to
Purchase New England Land.
New YORK, Jan. 3.-New England
abandoned farms are to be reclaimed.
restocked and reoperated on plan that
is primarily, philanthropic, and, sec.
ondarily, commercial A corporation
has been formed with the secretary of
the New York Stock Exchange at its
head to purchase areable land and farm
buildings in the states of Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Yer.
mont. ana to resell both % such terms
as to attract purchasers in large cities
and SO relieve the congested condition
of the centers Of population.
The plan Is endorsed by John Wanna.
maker, Mrs. Ballington Booth, Nathan
lei S. Roseman. manager of the He
bre~ charity fund and William r:
Seesi,ns secretary OF the Massachu-
i. - ST, ta'ard Of a9ri .ulture. OH.
GERS So ie. nufuhted here today.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
seer rARY GAGS HOPEFUL.
He Sees Prosperity Right at Hand-The
Outlook Bright.

New YORr, Jan. 3.-In an extended
interview Secretary Gage says
1.-The coming of good times to our
country is not now intangible, far off :;
our good times are right at hand, de
pendent merely altogether on our viii
ingness to worthily greet them and
keep them.
Throughout the length and breadth
of our land blessings have been show.
cred in bounteousness in 1897. The
opening OF the unparalleled volume of
idle money III the banks signifies,
think. something very different from
what the pessimists harp upon. More
largely than yet can be appreciated
these great utais of bank deposits re-
fleet the lie uidation of western indebt-
edness.
"What the western people have &C.
complished during the year past as
payers of debts will, when we can
come fully to. comprehend it. seem fair
ly to be chapter from the days of ro-
nance. The good prices for this year,
crops went not to middlemen and spec
ulators dollar wheat came while wheat
was yet on the farm and for the first
time in many harvest the markets
profits were the farmers own. What
the western farmer did, what he is Still
doing, accounts far beyond what yet is
understood sor the money which piles
up in our banks. That money largely
is the crop money for 1897; and it has
done magnificent service in the ex-
tinguishment of liens upon homesteads
in every state, in every community, of
our great west. And is this unhealth-
full? Is there any reason for repining
in it?''
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03


ket.cs.~ rnu secretary OF enc sluosurr a.
autDos lied to sell bonds whenever the
reserves need replenisn lIent. In this
way, or from surplus revenue. tue de-
mand obi gatiuns that is. United tates
notes and treasury notes of esg3 can be
gradually removed and the cost to the.
country can be reduced while this
process viii also give the inestimable
al YantaGe of ce.sing 10 use demand
tebts IS money. Of simplifying our cur.
rency. and OF adding to confidence in
the certainty of our standard. By the
plan of the commission, government
paper is Withdrawn in the trst five
years only so fast as the banking cur
rency expands, so that contraction cam
not possibly take place; If United
States notes are Cancelled their place
will be taken by the gold paid out for
them, or by the expansion OF bank
notes under the new system proposed
and in the following five years all the
remaining United States notes are to
be retired.
The bank note comes forth as the Sc
quel of business transaction, and is
based on the active property of the
country which is passing between pro-
ducers and consumers. This property
is always negotiable and alwas equal to
the duty of meeting the note liability.
Bank notes are as sound as the business
transactions of the country. The cur
rency of the country, moreover, should
increase as the transactions of the
country increase hence the rigid un-
changing issues of the government
make them an inelastic part of the cir
culation, while by the very process of
their issue bank notes alone can be
automatically adjusted to the changing
transactions of the business commu-
nifty.
In view of the scarcity of United
States bonds they cannot long be re-
garded as basis for circulation.
Moreover any bond security of a higher
character yields low rate of interest
and in time of stringency, when Dor.
rowers need loans and the market rate
of interest is high. there is no induce
ment to buy these bonds to in
crease circulation Hence, under the
present system, when notes would be
most needed, it is least profitable to
issue them
While providing for a partial use OF
bonds for securing notes (25 per cent of
the capitaD the commission proposed
that notes beyond this should be issued
ON all, instead of part of, the resources
of a bank; and after ten years that no
special bond security should be re-
quired. Banks may issue notes up to
go per cent of their capital without re-
straint for issues beyond go per cent
and up to 50 per cent they pay tax of
2 per cent; for those beyond so per
cent they pay tax of per cent
These notes would be q prior lien upon
all the resources of the bank, and, IN
addition, upon the stockholders liabil-
ity. Moreover. all banks issuing notes
contribute per cent of their eircula-
ton as q permanent guaranty fund.
For daily redemptions. banks should
keep per cent redemption fund in
the hands of the comptroller of the
currency Banks of $4,000 capital
may be established in places of 1000
inhabitants. and branches of banks are
also permitted. 10 is apparent that the.
security to the noteholder under the
proposed plan is greater than usually
supposed
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
To Boom Hanna.

SPRINGFIELD, Jan. Republicans of
the home of Governor Bushnell held an
Indignation meeting, condemned the
governors action and engaged special
train to take crowd of 200 to Colum-
bus Tuesday to boom Hanna. A band
has been secured and transparencies
condemning Kurtz and Bushnell are in
preparation to be carried to Columbus
tomorrow. Almost all prominent Re-
publibans of the city and county are in
it and the excitement and indignation
is intense.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

TnaJ u1me ne mas consorIed with the
enemies Of the Republican party to de-
feat the will of the people. look
upon this as square case of obtaining
votes by false preienses.
Judge Nash, as chairman of the state
committee, claims that the last state
convention at Toledo named Mr.. Hanna
for senator a. well as nominated MIR.
Bushnell To- Governor. When the last
state convention nominated bushnell
for governor and Hanna for senator
the latter defeated Kurtz for chairman
and secured the election OF Nash for
chairman. That is the cause of the
present fight against Hanna. 1t has
involved all the old fights of former
years that existed between what were
called the Sherman and the Foster fac
e1ons and later between the socalled
Mckinley and Foraker factions till now
the lines are drawn between what are
termed the Hanna and the Bushnell
factions, but these factiopal fights never
included a combine with the Democrats
till IN the present contest.
The fusionists encounter trouble in
the division of the legislative offices.
There were two Democrats who refused
TO vote for Judge Dirty for chief clerk
of the senate unless they secured their
men for minor places. At conference
it was decided what places should be
given the anti Hanna Republicans and
what places should go to the democrats,
but the personnel OF the assistant clerk
ships and sergeants-at- arms was not
definitely liked.
Representatives Powell. Wiley and
Niles, three Democratic members, are
not yet pledged TO vote for Mason for
speaker or for any Republican The
managers of the combine say these
men will finally vote with the Demo.
Gratis, but these three members would
not say anything except that they were
not pledged. II these three Democrats
vote for third candidate for speaker,
then the vote would stand 53 for Box
well, % for Mason and scattering,
and there would be a deadlock on or
ganization.
The Democratic steering committee
was busy all last night looking after
the nm lodged members. ALI who
would sign the pledge roll were in
duced to do SO. The Hanna men ex-
press no confidence of majority of all
for Boxwell, but say they expect to
elect him by receiving the highest
number OF votes cast for any candl-
date. Mr.. Kurtz claims the defeat of
both Hanna and Boxwell. He said the
combine had not lost single man and
would organize both the senate and the
house today.
Mayor McKisson, Allen O. Myers
ana all at the joint Headquarters ex-
pressed the same opinion. Governor
Bushnell Was also of the same belief
and he sta ed that the defeat of the
Boxwell ticket in the house and of
hanna for senator would not have a
bad effect on the party. He thought
the party would be as well with any
other good Republican in the senate.
he added that Senator Hanna never
conferred with him during last year s
campaign and that the party would not
tolerate bossisin.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
Houses Were Shaken.

XETER. N. H., Jan. 3.-Vibrations Of
the earth. following long noise as il
of great explosion long way off,
awoke the inhabitants Of this town
Sunday morning. The noise was two
or three seconds long and the trem-
blings of the ground much longer.
Houses were shaken, windows ratified
and much commotion indoors was
caused, sufficient in most cases to
awaken the soundest sleepers. Similar
reports come from other towns above
here
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

Suit has been brought against
Chiffon for the money which he kept
while Secretary of State. The usual
method of procedure when dealing
with self confessed thieves is to ar
rest them and not resort to the petty
remedy of suit to get from them
their booty.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
Three $4,000 Damage Suits.

YOU GsrowN, Jan. 3.-Damage suits
have been entered here as follows
Susan A. Lindersmith OF Alliance
against the Pennsylvania company for
the death of her husband. O brakeman
Sophia Straight against the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie railroad for the death of
her husband, killed III the furnace yard
at Lowellville, and Mrs John Kepinski
against the Ohio Iron and Steel COM
pany for her husbands death at q fur
mace. Each asks $4,000.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

New YORK. Jan. 3.-Mrs. Augustus
Mack, the accomplice of Martin Thorn
in the murder OF Guldensuppe, the
bath rubber. in cottage at Woodside,
L. l.. will be arraigned in Long Island
City today and will plead guilty
to manslaughter. District Attorney
1oungs, it "a understood. will consent
to the imposition Of sentence Of 81
years in the penitentiary at Sing Sing.
This sentence. it is understood, will also
be acceptah to Mrs. Nack's attorneys.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
Bible Society Request Opposed.

STEUBENvILLE, Jan. 3.-The heirs.at.
law of Mary A. Barkhurst have en-.
tered suit here to have her will set
aside, which bequeathed about $1,000
to the American Bible society. 1t is
alleged that at the time of making the
will Mrs. Barkhurst was not of sound
mind
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

1t is thought some nice things
may be said in the press about Gov
ernor Atkinson as he now owns
paper at Parkersburg.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

Every cotton millin New England
has posted a notice of reduction of
from 1917 to ll4R as preliminary
to joyous New Year.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

The only swearing that is in or
der is swearing off
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

The man who has been bowling
for a real old fashioned winter is
sorry that he spoke.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

There are some very fine bargains
offered to Mr.. Hanna by those Ohio
boilers.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

Mr. Hanna's leg is now in the
hands of his friends.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03
Lost

$1.OO Reward will be paid for the
return of a package of business let
tiers and a B. d o. Mileage Book, lost
yesterday afternoon Also bound
book, 'Inside The White House"
L. b. WMGus.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-03

You can get nice line of candies
for 6 cts. pound at Posten's.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

French history for dear life, and we stayed
a minute, and Louise led up to the subject
OF Kate Stilwell purposely. whats her
father's nance said she.
Milo said Phoebe.
He owns the paper mills in Hawley,
doesn't he?' said Louise.
Eyes said Phoebe.
"'Well,' said Louise. as we went along,
and think how Ruth is, just as generous
and lovely as she can be- l was afraid
Phoebe Williams might hear her, and l
looked around, and ! knew she had, for she
was looking at us hard, and she was real
red in the face. Girls that come from the
same town always stand up for each other
OF course; but Phoebe Williams swore by
Kate Stilwell. anyhow; anybody could see
that.
well, Kate got up a perfect reputation
for stinginess. She was so open about it..
She didn't seem to care II everybody knew
she was stingy, nor what anybody thought.
Of course, IL we had thought she was
scrimped for money, not one of us would
have criticised her, not n girl In the hall
would have been so mean as that; but when
we all knew how well off she was it just
provoked us. There was the Camera club.
Kate had a camera, and Eva Payne asked
her to join the club, but when Eva told her
1t was s. for the initiation fee she said o.
And she didn't join. Then there was a
grind in the Record: *, S,-Kan't Spend
Miss Chase didn't allow grlnds in the
paper, either, but that got in somehow.
Kate Stilwell didn't pay any attention TO
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31


'He's the s~tinglest old thlng!" said Becky
Purcell.
"who?" questioned the other three girls.
"That clerk at Boynton's. bought a
remnant Of silk, 1t was two yards and an
eighth, and he charged me for the eighth
Laura Holcomb laughed. when I hear
that word" said she, 'stingy,' | think OF
Kate Stilwell; and / guess l always shall"
zone Of the girls at Chase half" said
Stella Ward. Chase hall was the distant
boarding school, which Laura Holcomb at
tended, and from which she had just come
home for the summer.
eyes. The s]tingiest girl there; or that
was what we called her" said Laura smiling
q little.
Tell about IT," said Becky Purcell.
"Well, Kate was a freshman last fall
Laura began. "She came from Hawley, and
another girl came at the same time from
the same place-Phoebe Williams. We
didn't think much about Phoebe Williams,
somehow. She was a nice girl, but she was
quiet and rather plain, and she didn't care
anything about clothes, and she studied all
the time, she just dug! and so, you see, she
wasn't exactly popular.
"But Kate Stilwell was. She was one of
the girls that are bound to be. She was
pretty and smart; she was the kind OF girl
that can do Observation-Disclosures before
we knew 1t she was on two or three of the
freshman class committees and vice presi-
dent OF the music club-she played splcn-
didly-and sub-editor of the Chase Hall
Record, and no freshman had ever been that
before. And she didn't try for anything,
either, she didn't push herself. There was
something real sweet about Kate Stilwell
and we all liked her.
"Or we all did for awhile; but one day
Sara Decker and Louise Northrop and l
were speaking about her.
"'She's one of the brightest girls in
school, Of course said Louise; but do you
know what l think? l think she's the
stingiest, too
"'I believe IT, said Sara Decker. I'VE
noticed 1t. You know the music club is go
ing to buy a bust of List for the music
room? Well, Kate Stilwell hasn't sub
scribed a cent, for all she's vice president
and | don't think she means to, either. The
contributions are voluntary, of course, but
don't you think she's rather mean?
"'Of course said Louise and | thought
she was rather mean the other day, too.
Molly Orr was going to throw away a wicker
table she'd had in her room till she'd got
tired of 1t, and Kate Stilwell offered her 20
cents for it, and took 1t. The idea! Why
didn't she buy n new one? She must nave
plenty Of money; why, look at her dresses;
they're lovely
That's the funny part of it. She's from
Hawley,' said Sara, and there is a Stilwell
IN Hawley that owns the paper mills there,
and he's rich, and I think it is her father,
Milo +. Stilwell. Papa has had business
with him.
why, then, it's a sort of mania, her be-
ing so stingy, isn't it?' said Louise. Some
thing like kl%eptomania!'
81 tried to stand up for her some, but I
couldn't say much, for, you know, I'd seen
that same thing in her myself, and l thought
If she was really a rich girl it was just
horrid.
THAT afternoon Louise and l came across
Phoebe Williams in the library, studying
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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, july 81. 1898.

me promise not to tell anything about II
here, either. She said II wasn't anybody's
business, but | knew what che thought. She
didn't want any OF you girls 10 know she
was doing It because she never wants to
take any credit for anything; and she
thought. besides, that | should take a bet
ter position here, IL nobody knew but that
l had money OF my own.
AZ wanted to see IL Miss Chase could
not give me work part Of the time, house
work or anything. didn't care what so
long as / could earn part OF my expenses
and save Kate that much. Kate wouldn't
have 1t. She said ! would have studying
enough to do without anything else; she
said she wanted to see me get through
with honors, and that she was doing II,
and she was going to do it all, and do 1t
her own way.
Now, how do you think I felt said
Phoebe Williams, when you called Kate
Stilwell stingy? II she has been saving,
she has had to be, and now you know why.
l don't believe she cared what you thought,
tr she's above it-but I cared. Kate Still,
we'll is the best girl in this school, and the
noblest and the dearest-and I've broken
my promise to her not to tell, and I don't
care, l will tell-and-0, girls!' And then
Phoebe Williams sat down and dropped her
head in her hands and burst out crying"
Laura Holcomb's own eyes were rather
wet; so, indeed, were the eyes of her sym
pathizing listeners. "And what did you
girls dof" Becky Purcell asked eagerly.
We'll, we couldn't do anything just that
minute, because when we looked around for
Kate Stilwell she was gone; Just escaped.
But afterwards, you can just imagine!
We didn't apologize to Kate in so many
words, for when Sara and Louise tried to
tell her how sorry they were about that
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

don't know whether Miss Chase knew about
Kate and Phoebe or not, but ! rather think
somebody told her all about it, for she APP
pointed Kate to mak the speech OF welcome
to the general, at the reception. Kate was
the belle at the reception. She wore her
white swans down, but she looked hand
some. Just the same. Sara and Louise-I
suppose they felt guilty a little, still, for
they gave her a great bunch of roses, and
she wore them. The general talked to her
more than to anybody, and she played some
pretty things from Chopin during the even
ing, and altogether, Ruth Morrill, said she
didn't know whether it was the generals re-
ception or Kate Stilwell's.
Sometimes after that, instead OF calling
her Kate Stilwell, the girls called her the
stingiest girl but we all knew what 1t
meant. 1t meant the best girl and the
biggest hearted girl"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

II she'd really been as stingy as they
thought she was that she wouldn't have
blamed them. But there are lots of ways
for girls to show 1t, you know, when they
like a girl and admire her and want her
to know 1t. 1 don't believe there was a
girl in school that didn't do something to
let Kate Stilwell know how fine she thought
she was. Ruth Morrill, couldn't hold in; she
went and bought her a silver belt set with
blue stones, and she invited her to go to
the Thousand islands this summer with her
and her people, and l suppose they're there
now. Ruth never does things by halves.
I'VE liked Phoebe Williams after that, too.
We let her manage the decorations for the
generals reception, and she did we'll. I