Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-20
STATE NOTES.
Matters of interest all over the
Mountain Commonwealth.

/ Peculiar legal situation in Wheeling
/ During street car Strike-Is Marriage
Failures-Ma Day to be Observed
! in Pennsylvania as Dewey Day Pres
ton county Abolishes the Fox scalp
/ Bounty Trout for Cheat.
WHEELING. w Va, April 20--The
street car strike now on in Wheeling
furnished peculiar incident, and
probably no other case on record ar
fecting the United States Court, al
lowed the prisoner the same means for
his release. The street car company
finding great interference from strike
sympathizers who placed distractions
ION Its tracks, invoked the aid Of the
federal court through an injunction
! granted by Judge Jackson, and Mar
shall Thompson with a force of depu-
ties took hold A young man Oscar
Holderman, was arrested for driving
in front Of q car, impeding It's progress
/ and work OF the men removing the
distinctions. Deputy Randolph
! placed Holderman in the Ohio county
| jail, then retired to his room to get
/ few hours deserved rest, he having
been busy all that day and the pre-
j eeding night, Holderman looked
good for a long wait in jail until
i Judge Jackson's court met, for no bail
i is permitted under an offense against
the federal court. But Deputy Ran
Idolph had not given his name TO the
iailer, nor had he made out any com
mitment papers, either emitting these
details through carelessness or by rea-
son OF his exhaustion. At any rate,
Holderman's friends lost no time In
| securing writ of habeas corpus from
! Judge PAUL, OF the circuit court, and
/ Holderman was Just released as Ran
! dolph after an hours refreshing sleep,
entered the court house door The
habeas corpus was granted because the
jailer could show no official papers for
Holderman's detention, and the deputy
] marshal arrived too late on the scene.
However, Holderman's re-arrest is GER
! tainty.
There are several pardoxes as to
whether marriage is failure, in the
/ singular experience Of matrimonial
complications that have occurred at
Middle Fork, Webster county. A
short time ago Samuel Rutherford
was divorced from his wife, and she
returned to connubial bliss without
i delay by marrying man named Black
/ in Upshur county, who had been d.
vorced from his wife. To cap the
climax, Samuel Rutherford has mar
ried Blacks former wife.
The West Virginia State Fair Assoc
citation has decided on an innovation.
1t will give premiums to amateur pho
+ tographers for the best displays of
camera work at its annual exhibition
TO be held early in September, ia
Wheeling. There are several classes,
! including landscapes, character studies
and groups, and the beautiful scenery
of West Virginia ought to be very
much In evidence.
ny legislative enactment Pennsyl-
vania will observe May /, dewey
Day, as holiday. The Keystone
states celebration will be on an elabo-
rate scale in most towns, and the
school children will take prominent
part. The dewey Day will not be
observed formally except this year, as
the legislature stipulated only for this
year. The suggestion has been made
/ that suitable exercises be held ia the
schools throughout this state 10 com
memoration Of the marvellous victory
at Manila, and in many places the
suggestion has been practically en-
dorsed.
Preston county court has abolished
a relic Of the pioneer days. At its
last meeting it wiped off the books
the "fox scalp" bounty, over which SO
much fun has been poked at the Buck
wheat county in late years.
Forty thousand small trout have
been placed in Cheat River compare
lively small number to stock this
stream considering its being such a
Mecca for anglers.
/ For collecting checks drawn on West
! Virginia banks, the New York city
banks will hereafter charge one tenth
of one per cent, the minimum charge
being ten cents.
Gosfts a nj ynofad d;ccuccionc IF tho