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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
One STILL ALIVE.
One Son of Rev. and Mrs. Lee
Saved.

First Reports We're to the Effect that
all We're LOst-Five Dead and Three
OF Their Bodies Not Recoyered-A
Draft Sent to Mrs. Lee-More should
BE Sent.
The announcement of the sad fate
of Rev. d. H. Lees children in In
dia will be remembered by our read
ers. They were buried alive in the
Himalaya mountains during a terri
fic storm and down pour of rain
which caused great land slide that
carried houses, crops and everything
else before it and caused an appall-
ing loss of life. The first reports
were that five of the children had
been caught with a number OF 9th
ers and overwhelmed and that their
bodies could not be reached Later
advices Ia letter to Mrs. Sturgiss
says that the oldest boy Wilbur was
gotten out of the wreck and is still
living. The bodies of the two older
girls Vida and Lois have been found
but the bodies OF the three younger
children have not been recovered.
The bereavement is sore one to the
devoted missionaries and they de-
serve not only our sympathy but our
material aid. On Saturday Mrs.
Sturgiss sent them draft for five
pounds sterling which should be
followed by more.
A statement was recently made in
this paper that Mrs. Lee was a ma
tive of Harrison county. A friend
informs us that this is correct, and
her maiden name was Jones and that
her parents lived near a little place
called Smithtown in that county.
They also went West later we are
informed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
ARMSTRONG TO LECTURE.
Warrington Enterprise Tells About A
Coming Event In That City.

The following complimentary ref-
erences 70 Prof. Armstrong are Ia
ken from the Warrington Enter
prise:
The second lecture of the course
planned by the Board of Education
is to be given in the NJ. 4. Church,
Friday night, November 10.
Prof. r. A. Armstrong, Master of
English at the West Virginia Uni
versity, will deliver his famous dis
course on the subject, "Open
Wheat, or Open Sesame" 1t is a
lecture dealing with things that
count for success in the world. He
will deal with the words which open
the door to career Of usefulness.
Prof. Armstrong is well worthy of
his position as professor Of English
at the University, and the people of
this city may expect something
classical and very entertaining and
instructive.
The Waynesburg Democrat in
speaking of a teachers institute re
Gently held in that city, and at
which Prof. Armstrong was present,
has the following to say:
prof r. A. Armstrong; lecture
on the things to be learned from the
reading of poetry was one Of the
most instructive and classical pro
auctions were given in our town.
As an institute instructor the teach
ers speak in the most commendable
terms of him. He handled all of his
subjects in mastery way, showing
deep and painstaking preparation.
Pleasing in his delivery, earnest to
an intense degree. he had the effect
of arousing in our teachers, a greater
enthusiasm and deeper interest in
the cause of education"
Prof. Armstrong is also the SEN
ior lay delegate elect to the general
conference of the M. 4. church from
West Virginia.
tbs earnestly hoped that all the
people young and old will hear Prof.
Armstrong.
The next lecture in the course
will be given some time in December
by Prof. Thos. c. Miller also of the
W. V. u.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
THANKSGIVING
Set as The Date for Dewey's Wedding
News about the Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Admiral
Dewey and Mrs. Hazen will be mar
ried on Thanksgiving. This is the
prediction now made by their intimate
friends, and as neither will deny the
rumor, it is believed that the lack OF
contradiction is confederation of the
statement. Thanksgiving is par ex-
cellence, the American wedding day,
and as both the bride and groom to
be are staunch patriots, it seems en-
inently proper for them to join their
lives on this day, holy in the minds
of all their coLnJrymen. Archbishop
Keane it is said will officiate at the
ceremony.
1t was the archbishop who when
rector Of the Catholic university here
received Mrs. Hazen into the Catholic
church and as long as he remained
here he acted as her cenfessor and adj
visor.
A special dispensation from Rome
will probably be secured to allow the
ceremony to be performed at st. Mat
thew's church. As the admiral is not
Catholic the service could not be
performed in the church without
such papal sanction.
Immediately after the wedding 1T is
said Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will
make an extended tour Their honey
moon will take in a number of cities
that have sent pressing invitations to
the national hero which up to the
present he has been unable to accept.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
FAMILY REUNION.
Children of Mr.. and Mrs. Barton
Core Gather Together.

Eat Dinner At Home on Saturday
Every one of the Children We're Pres
ent-One Comes Back From Iowa for
the Purpose Interesting News Notes
About the Family.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ton Core of Cassyille held reunion
on Saturday and each member of the
family sat down to dinner together
the first time for number of years
and probably the last time that they
will be able to do this No one was
present except the Immediate fami
ly. Those who had married the sons
and daughters of the old people were
present but they did not partake of
the feast.
Mrs. Oliver Wade came back here
expressly to take part in the occa-
sion. She was here recently but was
called home by illness. She came
back when asked and had to leave
again on Monday morning for home
after staying here but few days.
Rev and Mrs. Lewis Core are still
here but they will leave for the west
in the next ten days and will return
to India about the beginning of the
year. Mr.. Barton Core is very much
exercised over his sons return and
wishes him to remain in this coun-
try for few years longer but the
missionary feels impelled to go back
to his work again.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Core
lectured at Cassville on her exper
fences in India and there was very
large crowd present to hear the talk.
1t was a most interesting one. She
has been heard by number of peo-
pie of the county and has talked in
Morgantown.
One of the interesting things
brought to mind by the reunion was
the fact that not a single death had
occurred in the family since Lewis
Core went to India nearly ten years
ago. Not one of the children or
grandchildren have died in that
time. This is wonderful record
and one that is hard to equal in the
county.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
FAKE MARRIAGE.
Morgantown manis Worked by
Pittsburg People:

Harry Shank Given the Double Cross
by His Alleged Wife--Married by a
Pittsburg attoI ney who Inpefsonates
a Minister Prosecution Of The
Lawyer May Follow.
Harry Shank is back from Pitts
burg where he went to investigate
the strange conduct OF the woman to
whom he had been married in that
place on October 7. Mrs. Shank
or Miss May Gilbert or Mrs. May
Gilbert or Miss May McGarvey left
here on last Wednesday after living
with Mr.. Shank as his wife since a
short time after their marriage os-
tensibly to go to her home for a
short visit. She went Immediately
to the office OF the Pittsburg Times
and published denial OF the account
of the marriage which was publish
ed in that paper and sent out from
Morgantown. The same statement
had also been public he'd in the
Wheeling Register. This denial was
shown to Shank and he left for
Pittsburg Immediately to investi-
gate. And he found that he had
been imposed on by take marriage
and the discovery duplicates one OF
the lawyers of that city in the plot
The marriage was performed by a
man who represented himself to be
Rev. Mcmillan, of the Stockton Ave
nue. Presbyterian church. Shank
went to call on him and found that
he was not the man who had per-
formed the ceremony. A little de-
tectiye work found the man who did
do it. Shank is positive in his
declaration that the individual he
suspects is the man who performed
the ceremony committing forgery
even in order to carry out the
scheme.
1t was lawyer j w. Hague of room
230 Blackwell Building. Shank ac
eused him of the illegal marriage bat
the latter denies this strongly
Shank however states that he il
not mistaken and may begin a pros
ecution. The fact that he has nj
witnesses will prevent it being very
successful.
The woman in the case is daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. p. McGar
vey, of Heron Avenue, and they arr
wealthy people. Her parents OBJ
ljected strongly to her marriage il
the lay that she piped for Harry ant
they were married secretly and KEEP
it quiet until she joined him il
Morgantown She came to THU
place and lived with her husband al
the Franklin hotel for couple o
weeks. The announcement was ther
made
| Shortly after this she went hom'
on visit and after she was gone i
was found that she had taken every
| thing of value in the rooms with her
She got diamond ring and severa
other articles of valuable jewelry be
sides great many articles of cloth
ing that had been bought for her b,
her husband who had squandered ,
great deal of money on her. Thu
loss to him from the experience is /
very costly one besides being yer,
humiliating. He has many friends
here who are sorry to see him in tn
position in which he is placed bu
they are glad that he is rid of tn
woman so easily.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
FROM JOHN SHAY.
Morgantown Soldier Boy tells
Of the Trip West.

Leaves Fort beayenwerth for San Fran
cisco-The trip across the Rockies
aa Interesting 0ne-Animals Seen
snow Encountered Along the Route
He is Doing Well.
On THE TRAIN. Oct 20, lo99-We
left LeaveDworth Wednesday the 25th
and have been on the road days and
we will get to Frisco tomorrow as we
are going through Nevada now.
have had a grand trip. We came by
way of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah and Nevada. Well ] will give
you description of my trip. We
spent Wednesday and Wednesday
night in Kansas and saw some strange
sights on the prairies the ground is as
level as floor as far as you can see
and for one day we Travelled through
there and didn't see hill or even a
tree. Nothing but prairie dogs and
cattle.
We arrived at Denver at 6:l0 Thurs
day evening and spent three hours
there and had nice time. There Is
where we got the first sight of the
Rockies and the sunsets there are
magnificent We left Denver at $3.50
and arrived at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
early Friday morning and stayed there
for couple of hours then we were
getting away up in the mountains
We spent Friday in the Rockies anc
they are simply grand. They are not
like the mountains in w. Va. But
are solid masses of rock and have n,
trees on them except few pine trees
We saw several wolves one bear an(
that is all Of the animals we saw.
We got into Utah early Saturday
morning and l saw the grandesi
scenery l ever saw even more CRANE
than in the Rockies, but we had no
been able to see much of these as W,
passed the greater part of them a.
night. The color of the stone Ia th'
mountains is light red. We arrived
at Ogden, Utah Saturday at Up. m
and stayed there till p. m. 1t is |
very pretty city and we paraded owe
nearly all of it.
We arrived at the Great Salt LAX
that evening. Ii is very big bod,
OF water and we did not see 1t all
We are in Nevada now and we will
get to Frisco tomorrow (Monday.
We have been travelling through
snow since We left Denver but we will
be in warmer climate tomorrow
| do not know where | will mai
this letter yet but it will be som
where in Nevada the first place W
stop. We will soon be In the Sierr
! Nevada Mountains. am well an,
having nice time. / will writ
again soon.
JOHN SHAY.
Co. ID. A Inf. u. S. V.
San Francisco,
/ Camp Preside Cal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08

The announcement that Vice
President Hobart's family has aban
doned hope, and that the distin
guished Jerseyman's days are mum
bered, will cause feeling of gen
uine regret not alone in political cir
cles. Mr.. Hobart is something more
than statesman; he is a man of af-
fairs, an all round man, so to speak
and he has made his influence felt
no less in the industrial history Of
the nation than in its civic triumphs
His career is lesson in itself tt
American youth, and a. study of il
will prove "a stimulation to honest
effort, as we'll as to commendablt
ambition.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
VAST COAL DEALS.
This Section of The State is
Being Worked up.
Large Blocks Of Land Being Bought
This County and Others to be Bene-
flted-Enormou Purchase In Preston
by Gnffey and acknowledgement
Ahead.

This County and Others to be Bene-
flted-Enormous Purchase in Preston
by 6nffey and Acknowledgements
Ahead.
Large coal deals are being made in
this and neighboring counties in this
section of the state. They are the re-
suit of the discovery by interested
capitalists that we have great miner
al wealth and that it can be secured
for almost nothing paying enormous
profits on the first investment. The
sales in the county have been followed
closely on the heels Of one another
and soon there will not be a foot of
coal land left in the county.
In other nearby counties the sales
are going on very fast also. In Mar
ion recently there has been large sales
and also in Harrison. In these two
sections every mine is running full
time and old ones have been reopen
ed which in some cases had not been
operated for ten years. Preston coun-
ty is the latest one to get taste Of
the development that is SO agreeable
to us all The Pittsburg Post tells of
the movement that will bring Preston
out of the woods and make 1T one OF
the richest counties in the state.
The article in question is as follows:
As the result of combination
effected by Eastern capitalists with
]. M. Guffey so, 900 acres of the rich
est coal lands in West Virginia, in
Guiding a network of railroads from
the mines, valued In all at SO, 900, 900,
pass into the control of company
that will be one of the largest coal
producing concerns in the United
States. The land lies in Preston
county, w Va. The company will
formally incorporate next week and
operations will soon be commenced on
a large scale.
Mr.. Guffey last year secured $4,000
acres of coal land in Preston county,
and later added to his holdings by
purchasing 5000 acres more. When
these purchases came to the knowl-
edge of certain Eastern capitalists
they showed their respect for Mr..
Guffey's judgment by securing options
on 20, acres adjoining the tract
which he had purchased.
Overtures were made sometime ago
looking toward consolidation of the
two properties. The plan proposed
was to join them into single Geld
and begin work on most extensive
scale.
The negotiations Jagged for while,
but finally Mr.. Gatfey's terms were
acceded to, and he was prevailed upon
to take the presidency of the company
to be organized.
A meeting to perfect arrangements
will be held in New York early next
week. Four New Workers and two
Philadelphians will be associated with
Mr.. Guffey in the exploitation of this
rich coal field.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08

Hutchinson & Jacobs,
Little Falls, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
FREE FISH.
Commissioner Bowers Report Fo r the
Last Year Out.

Fish Commissioner George M.
Bowers animal report covering the
fiscal year 1899, shows a large in
crease in the work in this interest
ing branch of the government. West
Virginia shared more largely than
heretofore in the distribution of fish
and eggs, having received during
the year 500 rainbow trout, 900
brook trout and 1000 brook trout
eggs, $3.50 black bass and 1,150
crapple, as against 3,400 rainbow
trout, 800 black bass and 300 rock
bass distributed the year before. 1t
may not be generally known that the
fish commissioner distributes free of
charge both fish and eggs 70 appli-
cants. who are able to properly care
for them. A recent application OF
this kind came from j. L. Stewart,
of Pittsbulg, freight agent of the
Pennsylvania railroad, who owns a
a hatchery on the Cheat river. His
application has been granted.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
DEEDS RECORDED.
Recent Transfers Of Real Estate In this
County.


Below is a list of property transfers
recorded in the county clerks Office
since our last report
Jas s Peery ct al to w White in.
terest in house and LOT South Morgan
town 500.
w J White TO Chas F Stephen house
and parcel Of land in South Morgan
town $1,000.
Gabriel Whitman and wife to George
G Hillen ia acres S22S.
ID Hirschman to Francis o Selby
lot in Greenmont $40.
Geo. NJ John to Susan r, weidman lot
il Greenmont 500
E Shisler and wife to G W Huston
two lots in Hoffman's addition 500.
Frank Cox ct al to l 6 Lazzell IL
and 6-l0 acres $500.
A L Nye and wife TO Huston & De-
main part OF lot in South Morgantown
1915.
W Wiles and wife to w II Douthat
lot on High Street $3.50.
Ida NJ burner to Francis A Bunner
part oil lot Isl Morgantown Sl.00 aud
other considerations
Sarah A Harner and husband to VIM.
Il Chambers lot in Wiles addition
$1,000
UNION DISTRICT.
VIM. II Clever and wife to w r Hun
ter acre $500.
| w A Kussart TO Bessie C Kussart 81
acres S1.00.
AM Voigt TO Frank Cox, Trustee,
q interest in ITO acres consideration mol
given.
Same to Nellie vogt Proctor "a in.
terest in 10 acres $500.
| Frank Cox, trustee, to Mary NJ Voigl
| "a intetest 10 ITO acres consideration
not given.
Calvin @. Majors to S c Wolf acres
$40.
| Jno Long and wife TO Isaac Van
vorhis mill property and land $500.
Milton w Fisher ct al TO George
Jacobs Al acres $500
CLINTON DISTRICT.
Thornton Dalton and wife To Ephrain
Dalton interest in 4Sis acres 1925.
Patterson 4 Reisinger Coal and Cok'
Co., to Briar Hill Coke q Coke Co.
8 acres rs and 3Ss acres $4,000
GRANT DISTRICT.
| Jno w Starrett and wife to Philip v
Low % acres $3.50.
| w Barker and wife to Second Ma
ftional Bank 20 and 60 acres of Goa
1897.
SA Wisman to Empire Coal & COX
Co., 81 and l-20 acres $7l4.l5
| VIM. + Cordray ct al to Jno N Cor
drav 81 a. 3 r. and poles $1,000.
| A t Hough to Solomon Wright 2
perches SIS.
J e Lazzell to Harvey Brand y il
w Morgantown $lS5.
Jno Alexander and wife to Charles
Barker l0S acres (surface only 5000.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
ANOTHER GOLD BRICK.
Greene County boys Purchase
one at Clarksburg Saturday.
gaey are WaIIoped almost at Will
showed a Wonderful Brace In The
Last Half and Scored In Spite Of Ef-
forts Of Local Team-Trosble Getting
Back Home.


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twenty seconus osiole o,,he was oal al,
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
KIT CARSON, Col.


we.s wo-s,n. us-d w.n p,thrs,-
as"c vi e' " "a"'a'
KIT CARSON, Col.
My DEAR Mr.. GLAssCoCK:-You
no doubt have concluded that ] did
not intend to write. The fact is that
have bad no time to give to any
thing aside from duty. There has
been great effort to get the men to
some extent familiar with all kinds OF
work and what should take months
has been crowded into few weeks,
and even on the road we have school
twice day for officers and also for
the non commissioned officers. Only
a small per cent Of the men have ever
had service and with recruits the
work is simply awful.
We are now enroute to san Fran
cisco, and under orders to proceed to
Manila. There are various estimates
as to the time when we will sail, but
1t will probably be in about two weeks
after we arrive at the coast.
While we were In camp at TT.
Leavenworth there was not bit OF
rain and about every second DAY was
sand storm. just as we were break
| ing camp 1t began to rain and kept a
steady pour nearly all day We stood
In the rain from 1870 to 1915 before
the cars were ready, and you can i'm
agine the impression We have OF that
part OF Kansas.
| We have been on the train nearly
| 80 hours and at the rate we are now
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-08
RURAL DELIVERY.


OuC-H8B been 3 dreot SuCCo88-
West Virginia to Receive Attention .
WASHINGTON, Nov. First assist
ant postmaster general Perry s. Heath
to-night gave out his annual report on
the rural free delivery service. Upto
close Of the fiscal year ended June 80
1899 there were established In Pennsyl-
vania IA routes;Ohio 38 and West Vir-
ginia /, each serving respectively ! :
ZIG, "a, 572 and l, 200 people. Special
Agent A. b. Smith of the Eastern d.
vision has warm words for the sys-
TEN and it is highly recommended
wherever he goes.
Mr.. Smith says 10 reference TO the
service in West Virginia: "At the
same time a service with three carriers
was established ia connection with
the Wellsburg, w. Va, ONCE. While
the territory covered is quite billy all
most mountainous, the roads are very
| fine among the best In the country,
and the people are especially progress
sive and intelligent. There ls now
an urgent demand from other portions
of Brooke county for additional SER
| vice. !"
Rural carriers are shortly to be au-
thorized to receive and receipt for let
tiers for registration as city carriers do
now. The report recommends the
adoption Of some uniform style Of
mall box for the rural free delivery
service, with two Compartments, one
for delivery and one for collection.
with one master key for the carrier to
open the collection compartments OF
all the boxes and a key for the deliv-
cry compartments to be furnished to
each patron OF the delivery.
Four additional postal wagon routes
with auxiliary carriers In the travel
ling rural postofflce Whose experiment.
al operation In Carroll county, Nd.
has attracted general interest are
recommended.