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A POWER AT TUsKe GEE
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noe nee aid highest 1esE ect of ali the
giIls in the institution aud has made
the institution stronger than if hes
ever been before In the direction of
traiplDg women. TIE whole raca "a
deeply indebted to Mrs. Bruce for the
WORK she Is so faithfully and unselfish.
ly performing. III
Neither is her work and inf1uenoo
limited to what she does at che ,nstitn
tlon. together with Mrs. Washinotor
she is res ching out and asslstino the
various wOmen's organizations tbrenob
out the South, and esp cislly is this
true In helping the poor and 1nfortnn
ate coIored people Ia the impnedia.e "a
vicinity Of Tuskegee.
In the truest and broadtst sensa nj
the term Mrs. Bruce is Urovipg herself
an eoncstor OF rare ability. She is in
the section of The South whtre bsr
help is most needed and where her in
huence is being made of the biohest
value to the entire race Few neo,Ie
Oh any race are placed in a posiIion
where IN 30 large measure they can
tpnuence the growth Of an entire race
as is true of Mrs, Bruce, and she ssas
clearly her opportunity and Is MAKING
the most of the field that is before her
The colored American., 1900-03-24
A REAL OF HELLO.
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persuaded that his wretchedIees is
com plete, cry Of rage, or rather
roar like that Of q wild beast starts
from his sdemsn. still seem to hear
that cry; 1t chilled US with with fear
and made every spectator shudder.
Tears wet his cheeks; his mouth
fosmed and his eyes flashed IRE. l
have never seen an artist Identify him
self so perfectly with the character
which he represents. An actor told me
he saw him sob for some moments
after his exit from the scene. Every
BODY men and women wept.
Boileau was right in saying to actors:
"Weep yourselves if you would make
others weep" Rachel, IL the fourth
act OF Les Horace is the only artist
who ever produced so great an effect.
The Correspondent Of The New Yolk
Herald writing about the same PERIOD
said: "An American Negro named
Ira Aidridge hss been performing at
the Imperial Theatre in several
of Shakespeare's pieces and hes
met with great applause. His
principal character of course. is
Othello, and he portyays the JEALOUS
African with such truth and energy
that even those amateurs who recol.
lect our great Russian tragedian, Kar.
atugin, acknowledge the superiority OF
his sable successor In Shylock too, be
shows unusual dramatic powers; and
painted and tricked out for the stage
ne passes very well by Iamplight foI
1.-THE Jew that Shakespeare drew" The
worst is that Mr.. Aldridge is accom-
panied by German troupe who per-
foIm the parts assigned TO them In their
vernacuIar, and the effect produced by
their German answers 10 his English
spec ches is the most comical imagin-
able and puts all Illusion out of the
question. Only think of Othello call
ing for his ndkefcheif. a ShyIock
claiming his pound of flesh, In Engh.
lish and Desdemona excusing herself
or Poitia expoundiDg the law in High
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CLASS e TABLE.

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EO' II1E IhUE hEFURMERS b
The Savings Bank of the G. FU.
1889. Its capital stock is 500, 900. I
1889. The amount OF business to Ma
stock OF this bank Is sold to the mem
Duds, b and e classes, and pays a div
lar. Persons can deposit their monevo
pays per cent interest on all time n.
held subject TO the nrdars az IL a.,
The colored American., 1900-03-24

Rosebud Fountains are composed for
male, from to II years of age
Joining or Benefit Fees, S1.5O: paid 81
ments. F'0 q
Death Benefits.-s24.5O and $500.
Wlthln the hrst year, $24.50; after the first
70 the parents Or guardians
SICK Benefts.-FrOm S150 to 81 90 pe,
oO cents, 10 cents and 81 per week, resr
monthly dues purchase the highest week.,
Monthly Dues and Taxes.SThe month
10 cents, or % cents, respectively, lust
decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, paid 8
and July. The child Is allowed to purchas
each year.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
DIR. Kelley Dead.

DR.. Leslie e. Kelley. who intro
duced the so-called gold cure" for al
choism, is dead in California. Pos
sibly the place which DR.. Kelley is to
occupy in medicine is to yet be de-
|termined, for many regular practi-
tioners look upon the cure with more
or less doubt. The physicians pre-
cept is that new discovery in medl-
|cine should be made known TO the
world, that the afflicted may be bene-
fitted, and that the doctor in prescrib-
Ning the remedy may be able to use his
Judgment as to whether it is a thing
|Iikely to prove useful. The Kelley
people, for reasons of their own, kept
the formula a secret, yet it must be
(said in behalf of the cure that it has
reclaimed many man from slavery
to alcohol. Scientific investigation
in recent years has made a wonderful
change in the views of drunkenness
while b OIL d t h cory wa S
that drunkenness was moral offense,
the physicians of to-day recognize it
as condition of the physical struc-
hture of the body, and one which can
be recognized in various degeneratlons
Of the organs.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
East Side Notes.

GREENMoNT, Feb l7-After a person
al interview with one Of the members of
council we find that there is talk of paw
ing some of the Mainstreets OF our town
in the spring, or a reduction in the
levy of last year which was fifty cents,
as there was quite surples, after all
debts OF the town were paid to turn over
to the new treasurer.
Earnest Hood has purchased a lot in
the Posten addition and will build a
dwelling on it as soon as the weather
will permit.
When the bridge was first talked of
last spring there was but one man to be
found in Gieenmont who believed the
new Steel Bridge connecting US with
Morgantown would not be benefit to
the citizens of Greenmont. Now the
bridge is under contract to be finished
by the first of April. and we find he has
been notified that his rent will advanced
two dollars on the month from the LIST
of April and he was refused lot at two
hundred and fifty dollars that he was
offered last June for one hundred dol
lars. He has Topped and says he is
sorry he does not own the town.
The Dunkard preachers statement
no doubt was true in Saturdays DAILY
New DOMINION of how the canning fox
get rid of his feas but at the same time
the publication might be the result in
loss of life as no doubt there are some
people, if they had the wool gathered
for them would try the project for diff
ferent species OF insects and at the same
time not even stop to think that they
could not swim
Charley Pell who has been suffering
from an attack of quinsy for several
days we are glad to report better and
also Calvin johnson is still improving
as fast as could be expected.
Mrs. Ellen Marshall who is making
her home with her brother Robert Pow
ell near Greenmont has been very i'll
for some time from bronchitis. Under
the treatment OF DR. McLane we are
glad to report her better at this time.
Albert Gidey little son of Mr. and
Mrs. e. H. Gidley who has been suffer
ing from sore eyes and violent cold is
much better. Also Mrs. George Jen-
kins is much better at this time
Mrs. George Harner who has been i'll
for some time is no better, in fact is
thought not to be so we'll to-day.
Thomas Walls is but little better at
present.
Mr.. Ephrain Cohen OF near McKees
Rocks was visiting his sister Mrs. James
Dawson Sunday
Lee Gidley and wife spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mrs. Gidley's parents
l. Hagedorn of Dellslow.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
1t Should BE Better.

In order TO stimulate the pupils OF
our Public Schools to take increased
interest Ia regularity and punctuality
In their attendance, the New DoMIN-
ION offered to publish Roll OF Honor
which should contain the name OF ev-
cry pupil neither absent nor tardy.
In another column will be found the
roll for February. 1t Ii Is not al
together what we should be glad to
see but we expect better things.
Nothing but sickness should keep
children from being in their places at
school every day.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
ROLL OF HONOR.
Names of Pupils Who We're Neither
Absent Nor Tardy During
February.

The list published below contains
the names of the Public School chill
dren who were neither absent nor
tardy during the month OF February:
Room No. | No report. Miss
Taylor, teacher.
Room No. .. Beatrice Brown,
Brooks Brown, George Eckart, Flor
ence Graham, Helen Minor Seth Nc
Donald, Walter Poole, George Price,
0nley Watson, Arthur Williams.
Miss Huh, teacher.
Room No 3. Armeda Bailey, Jes-
sic Barthlow. Oracle Barthiow, Ben
Barthlow. Elizabeth Graham, Halle
Graham, Vera Kidd, Sarah Cooper,
Helen Caples, Brown Garrison, John
Frankenberry. Mrs. Martin, teacher.
Room No. 4, Ruby Deusenbury,
Ora Epley, Sadie Cunningham, Mary
Courtney, Marion Given, Grace
Hodges. Edna Boyd, Elizabeth Ellen
berger, Plummer Weaver, kingshury
Perry, John TAFT, Guy Bailey. Miss
Simpson, teacher.
Room No 5. Edith Goombs, Edna
Kidd. Lucy Poole, prudie Rice, Edith
Smith, Katie Thalman, HUI Dean.
Glen Robe. Miss Garlic, teacher.
Room No. 6. Charley Cruciger,
Stanley Cox. Jesse Hall, Emory Hess,
Grover Rice Charles White. Miss
Brand, teacher.
Room No. I. Mary Chadwick,
Margaret Ellenbcrger, Lydia Watts,
Clara Smith, Marion Tapp, Frank
Barnes, Otte Garrison. Miss Shlsler,
teacher.
Room No. s. Leda Atkeson Edna
Lewellen, Jessie Madagan, Cecil Pix
Ter, Lulu Weaver, Susie Wright, Carl
Protzman, George Bower, Ralph, Kin
derman. Miss Kunkle, teacher.
Room No. 8. Leroy Buck, Kath-
crime Fitch, Nellie Steele, Donald
Ross, Jay protzman. Miss White,
teacher.
Room No. 10. Helen Bowie. Flora
Cox, Crystal Courtney, Grace Yoke,
George Chadwick, James Hess, Ralph
Johnson, Lloyd Selby. Miss Wotring,
teacher.
High School. Lasa Smith, Eta
Jenkins, Jessie Fitch. Daisy Smith,
belle Darling, Annie Johnson, Della
Hess, Odell Tcnnant. II. l.. Kline,
teacher.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27


the resisting force to 10000 men This
figure assumes that the Beers have be-
tween &C. 900 and 10000 men in the
field.
The gathering of this army across the
path of Lord Roberts gives significance
to General Gronie's steadfast defense.
He has engaged the corps of Lord Rob
erts for ten days now, and, whether he
il relieved or not, he has given time for
the dispersed Boer fractions to get to-
gether and to prepare positions to re-
ceiye the British advance when Cronje
is overcome and Lord Roberts moves for
ward.
1t is difficult to conceive that the Beers
are strong enough to take the offensive
and to release General Cronje from his
precarious situation.
He NAV hold out for few days. The
correspondents seem to have no exact
information respecting his resources.
Some say he has plenty OF food, but Is
short of ammunition. Others assert
that he abandoned his food supplies,
but kept abundant supplies OF cart
ridges. -,
General Butler on Saturday faced the
last and strongest positions Of the Beers
who bar his way to Ladysmith. The
strenuous fighting indicates battle be,
tween armies, rather than rear guard
actions protecting retreat.
On Thursday and Friday he lost Az Of
ficers killed and wounded, representing
probably a total loss of 400 to 500.
General Whites guns worked on Sat-
urday upon the Boer positions, and a
heliogram from Ladysmith reported
that the Beers were retreating and that
larger rations were being issued in view
of the fact that relief seemed at hand.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-A special dispatch
from Paardeberg, published in The
Daily Chronicle and dated Saturday,
Feb "a, said:
GA balloon has discovered the enemy
well covered by system OF burrowing
in the river bank, which resembles q
rabbit warren, and affords shell proof
positions.
CoLENso, Feb. 27.-Bu1ler's men have
taken Grobler's kloof.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
KITCHENS PROMOTED.
Morgantown Telephone Man
ager Goes TO Pittsburg.
Great Advance Made in Morgantown
in Six Months the Reason for the
Promotion = We Lead the other
Towns in this District-0ver two
Hundred and Fifty Phones in use.

Manager Charles Kitchens of the
c. ID. and p. telephone Office has been
promoted and will on the first OF
March leave for Pittsburg where he
will enter the engineering depart
ment of the Bell phone in that city.
The promotion is accompanied by a
substantial raise in salary.
The promotion comes ia recogni
tion of the splendid work that has
been done for the company in Nor
gantewn during the past six months
In that time there has been eighty
phones put in in the town outside OF
those which were lost and replaced by
new subscribers OF course this is a
gain but it is not counted. The only
gain that is recognized is in totals
and not in Individual cases.
Kitchens found 10 phones when
he took charge here. There are now
250. There are 219 in Fairmont
When the start was made six months
ago Fairmont was far ahead of us.
The increase puts Morgantown ahead
OF any town in the district Of Man
ningten, Grafton, Clarksburg and
Fairmont.
The exchange has been fitted with
new switchboard capable of accom-
modating three hundred subscribers.
It has been QUILTED with new ap-
paratns in every part. The conditions
for good service were never better
than they are now. A lot of new sub
scribers are waiting to have phones
put in and in short time there will
be three hundred subscribers in the
town.
In the vicinity of Dellslow there
are number of farmers who will
shortly have phones. They will come
in under new arrangement that
makes the cost very low and they will
lead to many others becoming in under
the same rate. In this latter day
phones are coming more and more OF
a necessity and they are being rapidly
taken up.
John Hare takes the place vacated
by Kitchens and has already been en-
gagged in familiarizing himself with
the exchange and its needs.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
THE BEST OF
READING FOR
OLD AND YOUNG.

Few newspapers in the country have
better news facilities than THE Pitts
burg Post. A glance at its columns
day by day will convince even the most
casual reader that this is fact. It
covers the local, domestic and foreign
fields thoroughly. In addition to the
splendid service Of the Associated
Press, "The POST receives the news
of the world collected specially by two
of the leading New York newspapers.
Thus not source Of news Is left I'M
covered
The great success OF ssThe POST In
reporting the Spanish -American war
is being continued now that war has
been carried into Africa. 1.-THE Post'sr
dispatches from London and the seat
of war are unequaled. Particular
praise should be given the cabled let
tiers of /. N. Ford, who so ably sizes
up the war situation each day.
Now that Congress is In session
1.-THE POST may be expected to give
the most complete and interesting re-
ports from the National Capital. Al
ready the events are shaping them
selves for the presidential campaign
of 1900, and 1.-THE POST is planning
to duplicate and then excel its won
derful record of 1896
The great progress made by 1.-THE
Sunday Post" in the last few years
has made il one of the marvels OF
modern journalism. Its half-tone
supplement is not surpassed anywhere
and is equaled by few magazines.
1t IS the cleanest family paper, and
its market reports are the latest and
most reliable.
Taken all in all the prospects of
1.-THE POST are Of the brightest, and
its readers have every reason to be-
lieye they will fare better than ever.
before.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
.BOERS CONCENTRATE.
Gathering TO Defend Bloem-
fontein.
CRosJE's BRAVE STAND HELPS.
while He Holds Roberts Attention. the
Burghers Hurry to the Free state Capt.
tal-Groblers Kloof Taken by Butler.
Cronie Bureowed In River Bank.

LONDON, Feb 27.-4eo a. m.-The
Beers are assembling an army near
Bloemfontein with which to dispute the
invasion of Lord Roberts. This intelli-
gence comes from Pretoria by way of
Lourenzo Marques. The commandos
are described as Christening from all
quarters of the two republics.
No estimate is made of their num-
bers, but the withdrawal of the Beers
from most of the places where they have
been in contact with the British, except
the district near Iadysmith, may raise
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
KILLED INSTANTLY.
Morris Shot Through
the Heart.

Martin Kucker, Slay the Siayer-Wit-
nesses Run Away without Saying
Anything Lies Where He
Fell all Night-nurderer Escapes
With Ease-Goes North Through
Morgantown.
Sunday night there was murder
COMMITTED at Murray short dis
Nance above Opekiska in Marion
fcounty. The shooting grew out Of
a row over keg Of beer. After the
killing the murderer was allowed to
escape and he passed through Nor
,gantown Yesterday going North in a
VERY leisurely manner. The witness
les to the killing said nothing and in
consequence the murderer will prob
ably never be captured.
T Ellsworth Morris better known as
Reddy was the victim OF the killing.
Martin Kucker was the slayer. The
latter was a Slav and employed as a
miner at Brier Hill No. 2. Young
Morris with several others went to
Kucker's house on Sunday after they
Ahad been to church. The latter had
| a key of beer and the party had a
nice time for some time
A row started in some manner
and the party of visitors started to
run. Kucker pulled a gun and shot
Morris The young man was shot
Through the heart and died instant
| ly. He lay where he fell until seven
! O'Clock on Monday morning when he
was found by some miners who were
going to work They notified the
officers.
The witnesses to the shooting had
lgone home without saying anything
about the killing for fear that they
would get themselves mo trouble
over the way they had acted.
After the shooting Kucker re-
NAMED at home for some zine get
ting ready to run away and then he
quietly walked off. He headed this
way and was seen near here on Mon
day morning. He is small man
weighing about one hundred and
thirty pounds, light complexion,
idark hair with mustache. He al
ways wore good clothes and had on
a black derby and black overcoat
when he left. 1t is thought that he
is going into Fayette county, Pa.
Morris was eighteen years old and
lived at Rivesville He was mem
ber of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics and will he buried under
1.-THE auspices of the Order this after
noon at Rivesville.
4, The inquest was held Oh Monday
afternoon by Squire Malone and the
verdict of the coroners jury was in
accordance with the facts as given
above. Had the officers here been
notified of the crime they would
have arrested Kucker as he came
through here instead of having al
lowed him to get away. The whole
affair has been series of bungling
mistakes and it is to be regretted
THAT prompt steps were not taken to
D,arrest the murderer.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
Record Breaking Run Of the Dewey
Train.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Feb. 27-Bal-
timore & Ohio Engineer Lockert, OF
this city, made record breaking run
of 81 miles an hour between the South
branch and Martinsburg, w. Va.
His train was No. s, and the private
car of the President of the road, John
X. Cowan, in which was Admiral Dew
ey, was attached. At Washington the
Admiral reached up to the engines
cab, and grasping the hand of the en-
gineer, congratulated him on his rec
breaking run from Cumberland to
the nations capital.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
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FairmOnt Guarantees.

A strict quarantine has been estab-
county and no passengers are allowed
TO come into the town over the NJ. K.
r. r. The outbreak of smallpox in
Harrison along the line Of this road is
alarming and every possible precau-
tion is being taken by those who are
liable to the infection on both sides
of the infected district. Clarksburg
is also quarantining against the towns
where the disease is prevalent.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
Miller's Laundry in Operation.

After long series of delays Cap
tain Miller has been able to get his
New Method Laundry in operation.
The start was made on yesterday
evening but the engine got out of
whack to-day and he had to shut down
until noon. 1t is now running all
right and laundrysis being turned out.
Allthe girls needed have been secured
by means of the advertisement placed
in the NEW DOMINION.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
New Telephone Connection For Mounds
Vile.

Mr.. Fred DeLand, president OF the
Federal Telephone company with
headquarters in Pittsburg, was In
Moundsvllle the other day and made
a working agreement with the Citi-
zen's Telephone &C mpany. whereby all
or nearly all the Independent compan-
les in the state wis have connection
with Moundsville, namely Marshall,
Wetzel, Tyler, Wood, Marion, Monon-
gala, Upshur, Lewis and other coun-
ties in w. Va, and Greene county Pa.
The new extension will be built just
as soon as the, weather Will permit.
If the hearts Of the Wheeling council
men would soften fast enough TO al
low an independent company to oper-
ate In Wheeling IL would greatly ben
eft Wheeling and the general public.
The Bell people have had monopoly
long enough. Moundsville Echo.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
Big SALE.
Fifteen Thousand Acres of Coal
Land Sold.
Region About Blacksmith is the Scene
OF the Latest Deal -Pitisburg and
Fayette Coal and Coke Company the
Purchasers = senator Eikins Buys
More Land In the County.

More Land In the County.
The Blacksmith Correspondent Of
the New DOMINION sends US the fol-
ling special Tuesday:
The coal land that was optioned
about here by G. L. Emery and others
for ]. S. White of Chicago last fall
amounting TO an acreage Of about If
teen thousand or more is sold 70 the
Pittsburg and Fayette Coal and Coke
Company and notices OF acceptance
are being served on tho land holders
by G. L. Emery just as fast as he can
get around. They are required to get
their deeds in shape within sixty days
or as soon thereafter as they can pos
sibly get it done.
The price TO be paid for this block
of coal Is understood TO be approxi-
mately what has been paid for the
rest Of the land that has been taken
In the county. The same parties that
have made this purchase have also
boughta lot of coal in the lower end
Of the county extending from the
Pennsylvania line south TO Vaudeville.
The purchasers as related above are
going 10 take up the coal at an early
date and within the next sixty days
will begin To pay out the money for
the property purchased
Coal deals all over the county are
being carried on steadily aud quietly.
In another column Will be seen a num-
Der of transfers Of parcels OF land In
several districts from the former own
ers to Senator S. b. Elkins for Isl and
other valuable consideration. 1t Is
a hard matter TO find out what is be-
! ing paid for the coal but IL Is the bus
mess OF the people who are doing the
dealing. Ii they don't want TO tell
IL they don't have to.
The sales amount To a vast sum In
the aggregate and our farmers are
feeling the stimulus OF the cash that
they are receiving.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
Funeral instead ola Marriage.

PARKERsBURG, w Va, Feb. 27.-
Miss Fanny Scheidecker and Porter
Simms, young pharmacist, were to
have been married Monday. The
hour set for the marriage was the
hour Of the expected groom's funeral
There is mystery about his death.
1t was from poison but whether taken
with suicidal intent Is not clear.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-27
Dabncy Honored by France.

KNOXVILLE, Feb. 2S.--Dr. Charles w
Dabney, president Of the University Of
Tennessee, received notice of his APP
pointment as a member of the commit
tee of international law at the Paris ex-
position. The appointment came from
the French government. DIR. Dabney
has not yet accepted, having the matter
under advisement.