Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-11

The celeb. alton is over and Nor
gantown is now resuming its normal
condition again. The celebration
was a success IN every way as far as
the efforts of the committee could
go. The attendance of notables was
the largest that the city has ever
had the pleasure of experiencing.
They were entertained royalty and
they lett the town with its praises
on their lips. They were not alone
in their good opinion of the city as
the crowd universally praised the
hospitality of the people and the
prosperous thriving condition of the
town
The fact that no one was neglect
ed produced very favorable i'm
preston on all the visitors and they
were also fayorably struck with the
general appearance of the city at the
head Of slackWater.
The size OF the crowd has been
variously estimated at from ten to
twenty thousand people lis enough
to know that seldom If ever has such
crowd in point of numbers assem-
bled in the town They were good
natured and no disorder of any kind
took place during the day and night.
The attendance at the speaking
was very good, indeed it was much
better than had been expected and
the attention paid the addresses was
very close. The crowd was very
obseryant one but very quiet consid-
ering its size The enthusiasm did
not break out very often and the
cheering was not what it should
have been This il explained by the
fact that everyone was so interested
in what was going on that they did
not have any thought Of cheering.
The addresses were heard very
well and were well received by the
crowd Gov. Atkinson never deliv-
cred better speech and number
of his references to local conditions
were very happy
1t is to be regretted that the state
of Judge Hagans' health prevented
him reading his own production.
Miss Bess Hagans' read it in his
stead and did it very well
Hon Joseph Moreland's address
was one of the best of the day and
aroused the crowd anumber of times.
The reception to Sampson must have
been cheering to that officer and pro-
duced a novel sensation in his breast.
Hon. George G. Sturgiss was very
happy in his introductions Of the
various speakers and was applauded
vigorously in many of his striking
passages.
WORK OF PICkPoCKETs.
The town was apparently full of
the light fingered gentry during the
celebration and they got next to a
number of citizens in a way that will
not be forgotten very soon. The loss-
es ranged from few cents to hun
dreds of dollars and while many of the
victims are known many others have
no doubt lost and have said nothing
about it.
One of the heaviest losers is A.
Brown Price formerly member of the
county court. He came In with two
hundred and fifty dollars with the in
tention of placing it in the bank and
when he reached the place of deposit
he found on reaching for his pocket
book that it was gone. Besides the
money that it contained there were
great many notes and other valuable
papers but none of any value to any
one except Mr.. Price. 1t is to be
hoped that he will get his papers
back if nothing more.
Mr.. John S. Hood, OF Louisville,
this county, was robbed of over $500
here yesterday morning.
Mr.. Hood came in on the train
which usually arrives here at $40. 4
When he alighted from the train
he was confronted by an impenetra-
BILE Jam. He elbowed his way through