davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
TRIED FOR SUICIDE.
Prof. Eckford, Who Attempted to Kill
Himself, Will Have to Face the
COurt-S0me Peculiar Laws

CUMBERLAND, April 25.-The fact
that Professor James S. Eckford, has
been indicted here for attempting to
commit suicide on the 18th of April
by shooting himself through the head
is the first case of the kind in Mary
land and is founded on the common
law. There being no statute law in
this State against committing or at
tempting suicide, Under the Achen-
son law person found guilty of at
tempting to take his or her life, the
offenders hand was severed from the
arm. Under the old common law the
body, where death resulted, was or
dered buried in the public highway
with stake driven through it and a
forfeiture of the offenders goods and
chattels TO the State The penalty
for attempted suicide under the com
mon law at present is imprisonment
or fine or both.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Roasted to Death.

KINGwooD, w. Va, April 20
Meade Moore, an inmate of the county
infirmary, was horribly burned Mon
day evening. She was washing out
in the yard and was boiling in a. large
iron kettle. While taking some of
the clothing from kettle her dress
caught fire and in spite of the efforts
of Mrs. Hawkins, matron of the coun-
ty inflmary, every bit of clothing was
burned from her body and she was
burned to a crisp. DR.. u. w. Sho-
walter was hastily summoned and did
all he could to allay the suffering of
the poor unfortunate girl, but she
died next evening about five o'clock
and was buried Wednesday.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
A Strange Story in Oil.

LIMA, O., April % Thomas
Mayo, a well known oil man, had a
peculiar accident happen him in
vehicle used for years, and which
was saturated with oil. He was
driving through the oil field when,
in lighting his pipe, a spark fell on
to the la probe, which was ablaze in
an instant and the flames being com
municated to the buggy he had to
leap for his life, and barely got the
horse unhitched in time to prevent
it being cremated. The buggy and
outfit burned in the roadway
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
A BAD cur.
Charles Hagedorn Receives Severe
Cut while nj Work at Dellsiow.

Charles Hagedorn had his hand
very badly cut on Monday at the
mill at Dellslow. He had it caught
in saw and before it could he re-
moved deep cash was cut across
the back of the hand None of the
fingers were severed as the saw en-
tered above them in the tieshy part
Of the hand aud went across dag
onally.
The cut was a very bad one and
was received while Hagedern was
showing workman in the mill how
to iced into the machine which
caught him. Tie was pushing a
block of wood into the machine
when his hand was caught and cut.
He came TO town and Drs Fitch
and Gibbons dressed the wound
which while severe will soon be all
right again. Several stitches were
required on this.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

PREACHER
Who Combines the Business of Deputy
Sheriff suspended his sermon TO
to Make two Arrests.

BLUEFIELD, w. Va, 25-Mercer
county is still ahead. One of Sheriff
Whites deputies OF that county is a
preacher which does not prevent him
from being one of the most efficient
officers in the county. Last Sunday
he had an appointment to preach near
Spanishburg and there was large at
tendance. After service began the
preacher deputy noticed that two men
were in the audience for whom he had
warrants and for whom he had been
searching for some time. After the
opening hymn was concluded he gave
out his text, and then, to the great
surprise of his audience, drew his
pistol, walked down the aisle and
arrested the two fugitives. After
securing them with handouts, he led
them back to the pulpit and went on
with his sermon as If nothing unusual
had occurred. The two prisoners are
now in Jail here under sentence.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Boys Base Ball Club.

The little fellows have organized
baseball club and are getting
ready To meet all corners in their
class and we will guarantee them to
lick anything of their weight in the
country. The members are Mall
Turner, catcher; Marshall Hartigan,
3D. base, Captain; Lucian Smith, I'd
base, Charlie Steele, LIST base; Har-
ny Selby, s. s.; James Turner, center
field; Earl Rogers, left field; Carl
Lewellen, pitcher; Lawrence Wat
son, right field.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
A Baby Show.

The b. L. o. Elks have added an
other TO their special features in con-
This will be a hummer, being nothing
more or less than great baby show
free for all. 1t is the intention to
make this one Of the finest baby shows
that has ever been held in the city Of
Wheeling or anywhere else, and the
judges will be men OF probity and
depth of understanding. 1t is suggest
ed that the judges be allowed to wear
masks and conceal their identity. -
Wheeling News.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Grafton Man Gets a Fortune.

CUMBERLAND, Md, April 20
Charles Compton, contractor and
builder, a native of this section, died
recently at Mobile, Ala, aged seven
ty-seven years. He left Cumberland,
where he learned his trade forty-flve
years ago and became greatly attached
to the South. He leaves large es-
tate, and if no will has been made, it
will descend to his only sister, Mrs
Geo. Matthews, at Selbysport, Garrett
county, and only brother, Henry
Compton, Grafton, w. Va.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Same Trouble Here.

What to do with the garbage is still
bothering many citizens of town and
the teamsters who annually make q
good sum at removing such material
from the residence lots. No provision
has been made by council for the dis
position Of this stuff, and at the same
time they impose penalty on per-
son if he violates the law by permit
ting it to remain on his premises.
Dne teamster was asked to do some
hauling of this kind and he refused
because the officers were continually
on the lookout for him TO see that he
did not dump any refuse in the old
places. Some members Of council
will bring this very important matter
up at the next meeting night and try
TO have some arrangement made for
the proper disposal of garbage.-News
Standard.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
A Genuine Case OF spotted Fever.

City health officer Burwell and DrS.
keeyer and Harris visited Lafayette
Harris, the young man who is i'll in
the house in the rear of the city build
ing, this morning and found that he
was suffering with genuine case of
spotted fever Health officer Burwell
quarantined the house, and posted a
notice to that effect on the front door
OF the building. -Parkersburg Senti-
mel.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Fish Stories OutcIassed.

Some eight years ago Mr.. Perry
Hughes, of near Pennington, lost a
small scarf pin on which there was
letter III" He valued the pin
very highly and looked for it for
hours, but could not find it. On
last Sunday the ladies about the
house were cleaning a chicken and
to their. great surprise found the
lost pin in the craw of the chicken.
-Fairmont Index.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
HOW WELCOME.
Grafton Leader tells the Boys How
Welcome They will be.

The Morgantown New DOMINION Is
authority for the statement that the
University Cadet Corps has voted to
come to Grafton on Decoration Day in
acceptance Of an invitation extended
by the Committee. We are pleased
to hear Of their acceptance. We were
afraid that they might take notion
to go to Uniontown, Pa, to assist the
people of that state and city in cele-
brating the ssGreat Day" as they did
last year. Leader.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
A PEOT LAUREATE.
Learning by Doing pays High
Tribute to Mr.. Barbe


Western Paper pays him Several well
Merited Compliments TELLS of His
first Work Speaks very Well of the
Lasting Quality of his Verses and
Gives a Number of Selections from his
Writings.
In the last Issue of Learning by
Doing there appeared very compli-
mentary article written about Mr..
Waitman Barbe of Morgantown. He
is hailed as the poet laureate of the
state The article in question i Is
follows:
West Virginia is happy in beil.g
the home of poet whose genius is
too evident for his fame to be bound
ed by state lines 1t was in 1898 that
the Lippincotts brought out a modest
little book of poems, called "'Ashes
and Incense" by Waitman Barbe. an
unknown young newspaper man Of
Parkersburg, West Virginia. This
work at once drew the attention and
favor of those who know the qualities
of lasting poetry. Such high author
titles as the London (Eng) Saturday
Review, Edmund Clarence Stedman,
the New York Independent, the St.
Louis Republic, the Boston Home
Journal, Lippincott's Magazine, the
Boston Congregationalist, the New
York Christian Advocate, and many
others, praised it with enthusiasm,
and complimentary letters came to the
young poet from eminent authors
everywhere
Like James Whitcomb Riley, Mr..
Barbe got his initiatory literary train
ing 10 a newspaper Office. A univer-
sity education Che is d graduate Of the
University of West Virginia. supplied
that quality of scholarship that is
evident in all his work. and his poets
equipment is completed by an intense
love for and appreciation of the finer
poetic aspects of nature and human
life. His verse has that brave virile
swing, that marks the poetry OF Low
ell, and the never-failing nature-love
that belongs pre-eminently TO Bryant.
A fine quality of Mr.. Barbe's verse is
its simple directness. There is none
of that subtle legerdemain Of phrasing
that so often makes poetry reading a
serious task. Mr.. Barbe never indul-
ges in poetical puzzles. ''He who
runs may read" and enjoy as well.
Our West Virginia laureate, like
Madison Cawein, is yet young man,
and full of literary promise. Thus
far he has produced but little but
that little is good. Mr.. Barbe is ex-
ceptionally conscientious as to the
qnality of what he gives to the world
as poetry. He is no prolific maker of
rhymes that deserve the waste basket.
He is his own most censoriouS critic.
The teacher readers of LEARNING
BY DOING will be interested TO know
that Mr.. Barbe is an educator as well
as a poet; he has been for several
years member of the faculty of the
West Virginia University. and now
fills the responsible position of assist
ant to the president. Besides his
poetical work he has made marked
hit with book OF short stories en-
titled Sin the Virginias. He is at
present engaged upon an educational
work to be called "Going to College, .
and which will be brought out in a
short time.
The poet was married in 1894 TO
Miss Clara Louise Gould, of Parkers-
burg. They reside at Morgantown,
where Mr.. Barbe deyotes himself
chiefly to the interests of the Univer-
sity.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
MORE PARTICULARS.
A Letter Tells More About La
zier's Death and Burial.

his Excellent Qualities-Buried with
Military Honors in Pekin-M emen-
toes OF the Burial Monument to be
Raised over the Tomb-yery tmpos-
ing and Elegant Testimonial FROM
his Comrades.
Jesse l.. Turner is in receipt of a
letter from one of the shipmates of
Frank Lazier telling of the last days
OF the Morgantown lad who after go-
ing through the Battle OF Manila on
the FIRST of last May died in pekin
with small pox in December
Along with the letter came num-
Der of relics. There were shells from
the guns which fired the last farewell
salute over the grave OF the dead hero
and other mementos which while they
bring their message of sadness will be
highly priced by the young mans
friends here.
The letter tells Of the detachment
of the marines from the ship and send
ing them to Pekin where Frank con-
tracted small pox and died twenty-six
days after his arrival there. He was
buried with military honors in the
foreign cemetery where he sleeps the
sleep that knows no waking until the
Judgment day.
No man on the fleet was more pop
ular with his ship mates than Frank
according TO the writer who was a
warm friend Of the MorgantoWn boy.
The writer is A. b. Akers OF this
state. He is also a marine on the
Baltimore and knew the marines aud
sailors on the ship to which he had
been attached have taken the matter
of monument over his grave in
charge and they have raised several
hundred dollarsfor that purpose which
they have put into monument.
The shaft is TO be OF granite seven
feet high and weighing seven tons.
1t is to be the finest in the cemetery
and will be finished in July OF August.
Under this monument is all that
remains Of the boy who left here and
after many strange adventures landed
in grave in foreign land far from
all his kindred and former friends.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
THE COUNCIL.
Regular Meeting is Held as Us
ual ON monday Night.

Very Little Done in Relation TO Paving
Width Of Couple of Streets Dis
cussed Several Permits Granted to
Different People-A Sewer is to be
Laia ON the Lower End of Spruce
Street -0ther Business done.
COUNCIL met in regular session on
Monday night. Several matters
were disposed Of but no action was
on the garbage question which seems
to be sleeping the sleep Of the just.
1t may not be resurreeted for long
time yet there must be some solu-
tion before it can finally be left alone.
The matter of paving was Incl
dentally considered. The width of
two streets were taken up. Spruce
is To be twenty two feet wide from
curb to curb. This will bring it to
the paved drains of the side walks
as ut present laid. This will be
wide enough for residence street.
Peasants street width was refer
red to the city engineer, and coun.
cilmen Noreland and Lorentz who
will decide on how wide it shall be
made They will decide within the
next few days how wide this is to
be.
4 permit was granted TO George g.
Baker TO build an addition to his resi-
dence on Spruce street. This will
include yerandas, dining room and
other rooms. A permit was also
granted to Evans aud Wharton to
build shed ia the rear of their stable
on Price street for the storage of bug
gies and carriages.
The matter Of a sewer on the south
end of Spruce was taken up and it
was referred 10 the committee on
streets and alleys. They will attend
to this matter. The sewer will begin
near the junction Of Spruce and Pleas
ants aud run to the south end of the
street.
No other business was transacted.
The contractor for the paving has not
been heard from lately but he Is ex-
pected to be here and ready for bust
ness on the first Of next month as he
has promised to do.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25


will be Here from Several near by
Towns-Grant Castle will be The
Name of the new ge-S0mething
of the Order Nationally Officers Sc
lected for the Local Organization.
On Wednesday night the Knights
of the Golden Eagle will be instituted
here. They will go in with seventy
five charter members which will be
the largest number Of charter men,
bers in any lodge ever instituted here.
The event will be made a notable one.
Members of the fraternity from
Uniontown, Geneva and Fairmont
viii be present to assist j. B. Lilly
p. G. c. in the installation They will
come in on Wednesday and will take
charge Of the affair in the evening
under his direction.
The ceremonies will begin at seven
thirty and it will take nearly all night
before they are over. Posten's Hall
will be used for the occasion. A ban
quet will be served at the Wallace
House at midnight and this will be a
very fine one. One hundred covers
will he laid The toast list has not
yet been completed but it will he a
good one.
Charter applicants will be voted on
on Wednesday night and in case Others
who have not yet given in their names
wish to go in as charter members they
will be given chance to do SO.
The order is a Benevolent, Frater-
nal and Charitable organization. 1t
is semi-military 10 character and is
very attractive from that standpoint.
1t was organized in Baltimore in
1878 and It's growth since that time
has been very rapid. There are now
about seventy thousand members in
the United States. In this state
there are tWentY-nine castles with a
membership Of fifteen hundred.
The local castle will be named
Grant Castle in honor of Dale Grant
who gave up his life for his country
during the late war with Spain. The
number of the lodge is not yet known.
The officers of the new lodge will
be: J. w Hinkle, NJ G.; d NJ Fur
man, w c.; II r. Ollie, II. p; w w.
Simpson, Y. H.; Thos. Bowie, S, H. !;
Jas. Tough, M. of r.; e. H. Selby, G.
Ex.; Harry Rodehaver, K.of E. Of Elk. !;
G. B. Kreamer j. j. Brand, ]. H..
Wotring trustees. There are several
appointive officers who have not yet
been named. They are Ensign, Es-
quire, Worthy Chamberlain, Worthy
Bard, first and second Guard.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Clarksburg Getting the Bunko.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

The yarns being printed about
the loan of an S-inch gun from the
Vizcaya to Clarksburg, W. Va, are
dealing with weapon that doesn't
exist. The main battery of the
Vizcaya consisted only of two IL
inch and 10 1-2-inch guns, and it
is one of the latter pieces that we
are getting here.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
I,ost-A Parrot.

A Green Mexican parrot with a
yellow head has gotten away from
its owner on Sunnyside and has not
yet been found. A suitable reward
Will be paid for its return to Mrs,
Lou John.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Wanted--A Girl.

Wanted to dogeneral house work, an
experienced girl. Apply to Mrs A..
w. Brown on Wiley street.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

II Mr. Reed adopts the same tao
tics in court he did IN the house
how long can he keep oui of Jail?
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
I Lost

A gold maltese watch charm with
X. P. on one side and K.;G. E. on the
other. Liberal reward if left at
Whittington's store.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
For Sale.

A good fertilizer for lawns, gar
dens or flowers, in large or small
packages at Hite's ware room.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

A NEW lot of the celebrated Brown
Shoe Co.'S shoes for ladies at Waters
Shoe Store.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

A 500 tandem for $50; must be
sold. G. b. HALL.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Why

Buy your Wall Paper from the
city when we can show you as
good a collection and save you
money on every purchase? We
guarantee our prices lower than
those of peddlars.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
The Weather.

Fair tonight and Wednesday
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
Jones.

We have just received lot Of
Cottage Rods, the latest things
for lace curtains; beautiful and
very cheap.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

Headache oaes cetDe MILO. ra.r .si-
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25

Western Paper pays him Several well
Merited Compliments TELLS of His
first Work Speaks very Well of the
Lasting Quality of his Verses and
Gives Number of Selections from his
Writings.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-25
K. G. E.
Installation TO take place on
Wednesday night.

Very big Time in Prospect-Members
will be Here from Several neal by
T0wns-Grant Castle will be The
Name of the new Odge-S0mething
of the Order Nationally Officers Sc
lected for the Local Organization.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-22
Letter to Lewis Anderson.
Skowhegan. MI

SkOWnegan, Me.
Dear Sir: You are a maker; so are
we. You know what you make; you
know all about it. We know our paint,
as YOU know your goods.
We know what 1t is, how it acts, what
it does, how it lives and how long-the
conditions being favorable or unfavor-
able.
1t is fair that we take the risk of 1t
every way; but we ought not to risk any
use or abuse OF It.
Can't draw the line. We are dealing
with strangers. We are strangers to
them as they are strangers to US.
We want to be trusted by them. We
trust them first; that's the way to get
trusted. We trust them to paint with a
fair degree of common paint-knOwledge
and care. We expect TO be trusted to
furnish paint as good as paint can be,
and to last as long as paint can.
IL you do your business that way, you
are fellow with US and one of thous-
and.
A few mean men in the course of a
year will abuse our trust and put US to
loss; but 800 in 1000 will tell their
friends how true we are, and our paint
is. That's what made US the largest
paint concern in the world. 1t is our
best advertisement.
Yours truly,
+. w. DEVoE & Co.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-22

The school committee have electt
teachers for the village schools, in part,
for the coming school year. Those thus
far chosen are as follows:
High schaal--Charps W. Marston,
principal; Miss Mafgerv Morrison, lst
assistant; Miss Frances f. Curtis, % rs
sistant; Miss Connie Snow. 81 assistant.
Baptist Hill-Mi>s Abhie NJ. Robinson,
Miss Dora Cleveland.
LeaviJ' streef-Niss Annie Board, sfh
grade; Miss Auua Judkins, 7th; Miss
Addie Swain. 6 IA; Miss Blat che raniish,
5th; Miss Harriet Ayore, 4 h; Miss Ger.
trude Townsend, 3D.. Miss Annie Hig
gins, Pad.
Park srhool-Mrs. Lizzie Haley, Sd
grade.
Jewett street-Mss Addie Cleveland.
There are several places still vacant in
the primary grade.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-22
War Notes.

The United States transport Sherman,
which sailed from San Francisco May
"a, with 1900 men and officers under
command of Brig Gen. Fred D. Grant
has arrived here after smooth voyage.
One private died after the Transports
arrival.
The troops brought by the transports
will go to the island of Negros to relieve
the alifornia volunteers. General
Bates who arrived on the steamer, and
General Grant will probably be assigned
to the commands of the volunteer gen.
erals, some will leave for home soon.
Generals Hale and Funston desire to
accompany thier regiments home. The
Utah artillery, it is announced, will
accompany the Nebraskan troops on
board the transport Hancock, leaving
their guns here. The Pennsylvanians
will start for home on the transport
Senator this week. The Indiana sailed
this week with 500 discharged and sick
soldiers. She will go into dry dock for
a few days at Nagaski, Japan.
The FilipL mos have taken the aggres-
sive. A battalion of the Fourth Infan-
try under Gen. Wheaton were recon-
noitering the 10th when it was attacked
in the rear by body of what were
supposed to be friendly natives. They
were routed but 5 American were
killed and 35 wounded. The rebel loss
was heavy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-22
Somerset Pomona.

A special meeting of Somerset Po-
mona Grange will be held with St. AL
bans Grange June 81, 10 n. IN. After
opening exercises an address of welcome
will be given by Mrs. Grace Webb F.;
music; response by Mrs. II. o Baisdell j;
paper by Worthy Master, Lucas, "Our
Girls" music; paper by Mrs. Myra
Goodwin, "Our Boys" discussion by
the Grange; music.
Worthy Master Gardner, is expected
to be present and address the meeting.
A reading by Lincoln Merrick, upon
the topic, 1.-THE advancement of our
agricultural interests" will follow.
We appeal to farmers in all parts of our
county to rally around the grange, use
this grand farmers organization to
develop the social, intellectual, moral
and political power and make it a
mighty, resistless force in dispelling
ignorance and evil and make it mighty
factor in the affairs of to-day.
ANsEL HoLwAY, Lecturer.