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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
LOVE LAUGHED
AT the Pursuit of an Irate Faith
ar

Horse Race In Preston County Between
Would be Son-in-iaw and Reluctant
Parent The Old Man Is Fairly Beat
en- and Comes Down the Tree Prom
inent People Figure In Sensational
Case.
That the course OF true love never
aia mn amn8th ana that where two
souls have but single thought and
two hearts beat as one there's no
use for paternal or other interference
was clearly and convincingly dem
onstrated by Preston county
pair who outwitied fond father
For more than a year Harry Har
die proprietor OF the Racket store at
Terra Alta, and Miss Myrtle ShafIer
the handsome eighteen year.old
daughter OF John II. Shatler a
wealthy farmer living three miles
from Terra Alta, have been ardently
enamoured of each other, but pater
nal objections owing to the girls
age were vigorous
Some weeks ago the Young lady
went TO Oakland to visit friends,
and last week went TO Terra Alta
where il is understood an elopement
of which the Old gentleman got wind
was planned So bright and early
Mr.. Shatfer drove up to the door of
the house in which Myrtiewas dem
iclled in Terra Alta and demand
ed that she don her attire with all
haste and HE away with him TO her
home. This the girl fatty refused
and her father went to her room and
by force succeeded in encasing her,
none too neatly, in her clothes, aud
tying her hands SO as to check her
resistance, carried her to the wagon
which was in waiting, and drove
away with his captured daughter.
After getting out Of town he releas
ed her hands and compelled her to
drive while he held on to his cap
tive
Hardie hearing Of these exciting
proceedings hastened TO secure the
fastest team in town, and by the
time Mr. Shatier had driven ball
way home, Hardie dashed up beside
the wagon and told the girl to jump,
which she did with more than due
haste After chase ses eral times
around her fathers wagon she jump
ed into her sweetheart's buggy with
her father at her heels.
Hardie gave the horses cut and
they dashed away closely followed
by the fathers team. Mile after
mile the team dashed, urged on by
the lashes of their drivers, but
Hardie managed to give his pros
pective fathcr-in the slip when
they reached Oakland distance of
ten miles, and hurried on to Deer
Park, six miles farther, where they
took train No. L. to Keyser, hatless
beltless, despatched with mud and
otherwise dilapidated Hardie at
tempted to secure license, but fail
ed on account OF the girls age They
returned to Oakland on No. 7 and
secured license and were married
about 3 o'clock in the morning, Mr.
Shaffer having given up the chase
soon alter midnight.
By ten o'clock Hardie was back
in his store selling goods. Mr..
Shaffer called in the afternoon and
gave his son-in-law the glad hand,
declaring that he had never been
beaten out before in his life and
that the man who could do so was
dandy and good enough to be his
son in-law.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
Wrestied with a Copperhead.

A big copperhead snake gave Robert
Stuyvesant a desperate struggle for
his life at Point Marion yesterday
Stuyvestant was crawling under his
lime house when the copperhead
dropped from the floor timbers and
and coiled around his neck and arms.
With his free arm he clutehed The
snake and tore it from him and sue
ceeded in fighting it away before it
could bite him.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

MONEY FOR MILITIA.
Appropriation by Federal Governor
More Than Twice as Large as Be-
fore

During the present fiscal year Ad-
jutant Genaral Baker Of the West
Virginia National Guard will have
authority to draw from the National
Government munitions of war for
the guardsmen Of this state to the
value of 2,7450S. This Is the
share Of West Virginia in the APP
preparation Of one million dollars
made by Congress last winter to the
several states. 1t is about one and
one half times as large as ever be-
fore. The only provision is that the
state shall maintain one hundred
men for each senator and representa-
tive. This the state does already
and more.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

tt1tt-1Atss U0u&ts VI THIS flhcP wants
to be Appointed Missionary to Japan.
Rev. |. A. Barnes Made Popular
Motion other Work Done.
The Nj. 2. Conference, at Parkers
burg, has as yet done very little
work aside from the preliminaries.
The committees reported TODAY and
their reports are now being acted
upon. To-day and tomorrow will
Ee consumed in this manner. An
interesting special was received by
the New DOMINION from Parkers-
burg this morning.
1t was to the effect that Bev. G. c.
Douglass, b d, would be chosen TO
fill the pulpit of the church here. 1t
was generally thought that Rev MD.
Helmick would be selected but the
information which we have receivedis
that Mr.. Douglass will be sent here.
The new officers for the ensuing
term and who will hold office until
the next annual Conference were
elected They are as follows: Pres
ident, c. L. Queen; Secretary, w. A.
Stricken; Conference Steward. NJ.
L. Smith; Statistical Secretary, w.
W. Morris George r. Brown was
also reelected editor of the West
Virginia Protestant, the official
church paper Mr. Brown has long
carried on this branch Of the work
and is thoroughly efficient man for
the place to which he was re elected.
Miss Hodges, of Morgantown, ar
rived here last evening and is is a
candidate before the conference for
appointment as missionaryito Japan
She is well known in Morgantown
and has fitted herself for the duJies
which will devolve upon her, il she
disappointed, by hard study
The following ministers and lay.
men were appointed upon the sta
tioning committee, which is one of
the most important committees APP
pointed by the conference: NJ. D.
Helmick, Prof. w. W. Tapp, A. I.
McKeever and William Munro. Rev.
G. L. Queen is the Elk oflicio member
OF this committee.
During the meeting of this morn
ing, very important motion was
made by Rev l. A, Barnes and was
carried out without hitch in the
proceedings. Rev. Barnes moved
that the President be authorized to
appoint committee to prepare
greetings to Rev. d. Davis, of St.
Mary's who is in serious condi-
in that village Rev. Davis is an
aged minister and has been Presi-
dent OF the Conference a number of
times. He has preached all over the
state of West Virginia and has
host of friends wherever the Metho-
dist Protestant denomination is
known. 1t was requested that all
those present. who had at any time
been Pensioners of the aged minis
ter, stand up. Nearly the entire
number of the large audience pres
ent rose to their feet, showing the
wide acquaintance Of the minister,
as those gathered at the church are
from all parts of the state. The ac-
ton to assist him now in his time of
need was taken hold of with avidlty
and in short time purse of 500 was
raised for his benefit Many glow
ing tributes were paid to the characss
ter Of Rev. Davis and his needs will
be watched now, by the ministers OF
the Conference.
p.of ~ q .Ia.:t
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
u. S. Picnic.

The Sunday schools Of Point Mar
ion will picnic at Granville tomorrow
coming up on special boat. A very
large attendance is promised This
picnic was to have been held last Sat-
urday but was postponed on account
Of the weather. The affair will at
tract number of people from town.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
Notice..

The Morgantown Glass works will
not redeem brass time checks for any
one except for the boys who have re-
ceiyed the checks ia return for work
done. People who have been buying
the checks at discount from the
boys are notified that the checks are
not transferable and will not be taken
up by the firm.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
MILL BURNED.
One OF Those Operated by Oliver Des
troYed This Morning.

One of the mills neing operated by
A G. Oliver located at Oliver on the
NJ. & X. railroad burned this morning.
The cause OF the Are is not reported.
Mr.. Oliver states that the loss will be
from five to six hundred dollars. The
mill will be replaced.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
For Sale.

A two story house Of six rooms,
three porches, two cellars and four
building lots containing fruit Trees,
house plumbed for gas. Price 81, 900.
For particulars apply TO
]. f. CUNNIN CHA,
107 Kingwood and Arch SITS.
Morgantown, w. Va.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

THE AUXILIARY Sayings Banks
being issued by the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank are made Of oxidized
and coppered steel. Open a savings
account and get one OF them. They
wiz make you save money
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
The Weather.
tonight and Saturday"
PlnIns

Damsons and other varieties at
$500 per bushel Orders left with
J F Hodges, Mike Rich, j. A.
Weaver and A. F. Lawhead will re-
veive prompt attention.
VIRGIL VANDERvoRT.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

Mrs. N. j. ROBINSON is in town.
washing hair, treating scalps, and
making up hair switches. Leave orders
with Brown the barber. 3t
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

DIX. HARDMAN will fit spectacles at
the Wallace House, September 9th
and 7th.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
Fer Sale.

Five or 6 large boxes for sale cheap
Apply to H. w Pitcher, Episcopal
Hall.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
Wanted.

Good maehinists, steady work at
good wages. Apply to the Wagner
Palmos Mfg. Co. Fairmont, w. Va.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
REV. c. c. DOUGLASS, B. D.
Will be the New Minister atthe
M. P. Church.

Parkersburg Conference will Select
Him Miss Hodges OF this Place wants
to be Appointed Missionary to Japan.
Rev. |. A. Barnes Made Popular
Notion Other Work Done.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30

Horse Race In Preston CouutY Between
Would be Son-in-iaw and Reluctant
Parent The Old Man Is Fairly Beat
en- and Comes Down the Tree Prom
inent People Figure in Sensational
Case.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-30
OUTLOOK FINE.
Uniformly Favorable Feeling
Over the State.

Dir. Purinton Emlnently Satisfactory to
Our People-Feeling that there viii
be a Record Breaking attendance is
Getting Stronger Cadet Corps Full.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
FEMALE BIRD RULES.

Among several species of the birds of prey a deference for the female sex is shown which is not met with in the great majority of the feathered kind, says MT Frank c. Kirkwood. an ardent student of the ways of birds and beasts. He says:
 Several years ago it was my fortune to capture two young eagles of the bald headed species. When meat was thrown into the room where they were confined the male showed plainly how great was his desire to bounce upon it, but glance from his sister was sufficient to keep him rooted to the perch until she had finished When beef or other similar meats were given them this easy victory for the fair sex was the rule but when fish was in troduced, it was only after a fierce fight that the female succeeded in reminding her brother of the respect due her.
 "A pair of young great-horned owls, which I at one time had also displayed this female domination I fed them prin- cipally on live rats. and when they were turned loose in the room. the male retain ed stolid and indifferent pose upon his perch until the female had satisfied her hunger, after which he would dispatch what was left Many other are the in- stances among the eagles, hawks and owls in which the female bird is master of the situation"
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
President Wyman.

The board of trustees of the Uni versity of Alabama arrived at the hap piest possible solution of the vexed and vexing problem of the vacant pres idency by choosing Dr. Wyman as the successor to Dr. Powers.
 The new president has spent the better part of long. useful, success full and honored career as professor in the University. He knows better than any other man the precise condi- tions prevailing there, and is fully aware of all the difficulties and gen. eral dissatisfaction that remain to be overcome.
 He has devoted an ordinary lifetime to the University's work and so far as his own duties were involved he has discharged them wisely.
 He has been a good teacher, wise mentor, father of tne mind to many hundreds of the best young men of Alabama during the long years of his devoted service to the University.
 Moreover, President Wyman enjoys to an extraordinary degree the conf dence. esteem and honor of all Ala bamians who have given thought to the higher education of the youth of the State. And it is not the least of his merits that he is an Alabamian of the Alabamians: one who, unites with his love of the State an unsurpassed information of its history and it's ex. banding spirit of progress, together with an unequalled knowledge of the States best traditions.
 Now that it is done, all friends of the University will hold that it could not have been better done; that the Board of Trustees displayed ripe wis dom in choosing Dr. Wyman to the presidency.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
Local Legislation.

The remission under general laws of wide range of subjects to local au- thorities, or at least to authorities out side of the Legislature, is worth alone all the convention will cost. Certainly this will prove to be so if the recon mendations of the legislative commit tee and of the committee on local leg. islation are both adopted. These rec concentrations would cut down the vol ume of Legislation at least one-half, possibly to the extent of two-thirds affording more time for larger bills, while affording closer inspection out. side of the Legislature of local and private bills.
 The reports of the two committees shoulc be considered together as one whole, and in that way a vast volume of bills can be shut out. The volume of bills is now so great that considers tion of them in the fullest sense is out of all question; the Legislature must take the word of the local representa- tive as to such bill, for it has no time in which to do more. Such bills can, however, be carefully considered by county commissioners or by the courts, or other authorities, and thus the hon. est suitor will gain as well as the peo- pie
 The changes will to a great extent have to be met by general bills, and very likely the convention will recon vene the Legislature in order to pass needful general laws, and put the new constitution in full force after it's adoption by the people.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
DespOtIc Aldermen.

The Aae.terad doubess perhaps by the the Mr. Camp, resigned.
 But Mr. Lnnehans personality nothing now Alderman Lnnehan and a~ardness majority Mayor men present meeting letter of the law But in their Tuesday night the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham of old Commodore Vanderbilt dent which, followed Ong destruction of 7minshama their rights order to further the ambitions politicians
 The facts the the Second ward filling brought candidates in the field the Board
 
 ward received the greatest number Monday Can actually working had penses and had their
 Without notice political cocd Tuesday 1t suberranean had the bacness night piracy AL  the resolution, Alderman to fill the Alderman Board meeting and
 
  lew
 enough place. a call the Second Alderman of the o people,
 It cannot be now nobody any perhaps he Mayor and Board of Alder
  In leading direction. awkward bad.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
THE WISE DUTCH.

From the New York World.
 While all the great nations of the world are acting like greedy children that blind ly grab because they see other children grabbing, Holland is perfecting a plan for expending $3S,000o00 in creating a prov ince. The new province now lies at the bottom of the stormy, dangerous, useless Zuyder Zee. A dike is to be built, the great salt water lake Is to be pumped dry and 800 900 acres of fertile land will be annexed to Holland.
 This new province is ideal. It meets all the conditions which sane nations insist upon before anneXing-it is contiguous to the national domain; it is capable of sus- taining a population like that of the na- ton; it offers opportunities for settle ment; it calls for no violation of the great race laws which nations are so severely punished for disobeying.
 their resources Holland is adding to hers. While they are providing distant graves for their soldiers, Holland is providing adjacent homes for her peaceful citizens. While they are contracting, Holland is expanding.
 The Dutch are a little people, yet are they exceedingly wise Can the same be said of a great nation which leaves the land of boundless potentialities within its own borders sparsely settled and goes on debauch of oriental opium-smoking? :?
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
An Alabama Hero,

A true Southern woman sends thither this copy of an official telegram which will be of great interest to all Alabam- ians, and doubly so to all officers and men of the First Regiment of Alabama Volunteers in the Spanish-American war:
 Headquarters Department of North ern Luzon. Manila, April %. 1901; p. m Capt. John B. Mcdonald, Third Cavalry Badol, P. l.: 'The department commander, Major General Lloyd Wheaton, United States Army. thanks you for your gallant con duct at Barangobong, Ilocos Norte, on subject of dispatch to the division com mander. "ALVORD,
 "A. A. c. This gentlewoman sends also the off, cial report of General Wheaton, in which he quotes the immediate commanding of ficer as officially saying: There is no braver soldier in the service that Captain McDonald.''
 General Wheaton reports:
 Capt J. B. Mcdonald, Third Cavalry, twenty-one men on firing line, and one sergeant and six men left with horses, struck and defeated sixty insurgents with rifles and forty bolomen under bio Mon- day afternoon in a stiff fight in which he was severely wounded through the right lung.
 Captain Mcdonald was wounded by the first volley, and Is deserving of much credit is not permitting his men to know that he was hurt until after the fight. which lasted about twenty minutes, was over, thereby averting what might have been a less fortunate ending. The insur- gents were on high mountain with steep ascent The troops made their fight after scaling this mountain. Captain McDon- aid knew the strength of Tinio's com mand, but attacked him notwithstanding His immediate commanding officer, in transmitting the report, remarks: There is no braver soldier in the service than Captain Mcdonald
 A private letter from Manila conveys the information that Captain Mcdonald has sailed for America by the transport Indiana, but it is not known when he may be expected in Alabama. Happily he has almost recovered from his dangerous wound.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
Schools of the Future,

The convention should respect the make the public schools of the State better. It should keep in mind the heavy illiteracy of the State, perhaps the heaviest in the Union-certainly the heaviest but one. It should endeavor to bring home rule and home respon- sibility to the schools. And above all else it should remember that it is build ing, not for one or two years as the Legislature does, but for fifty years. 1t should see what surrounding States are doing in the education of their re- spective children, and it should not adopt a cast-iron rule that might and doubtless would as the years go on, cover the State with disgrace, relative ly speaking.
 It can best avoid all these rocks and eddies by authorizing each community to take care of its own schools, after State aid has been exhausted, as it sees fit. Such an authority would have all needed fiexibility; it would be true Democracy; it would be the people; it would keep Alabama in step with the progress of sister States-of Tennes- see. of Louisiana, of Mississippi, of Georgia.
 The convention is about to decide the fate of thousands and tens of thous- ands of children. It can deprive them of the clements of an education, or 1t can give each community a chance to say what it will do with it's own chill dreQ from it's own money. It can make home rule controlling in school mat ters, or it can adopt a narrow policy that may be well adapted to thirteen Black Belt counties, but is certainly ill-adapted to fifty-two counties outside of the Black Belt in the long run. This is, lot us hope, an Alabama convention, and not simply Black Belt conven- tion.
The age-herald., 1901-06-27
Alabama Coal.

In 1890 only 4,OsO,4 tons of coal were mined in this State; ten years later the annual output had been in crease6to s,273.S62 tons. It was more than double in ten years, and there are good grounds for believing that the product of 1910 will exceed 16,OOO,OOO tons. The~ tonnage of 1900 exceeded that of 1899 by 7SS,5S4 tons, and if the mines do as well this year the product will be carried to 9,000.00O tons. The demand for coke is almost unlimited, and great, quantities of West Virginia end Kentucky coke are carried through Alabama, going do+the southwest and to Mexico. Thisstrade should be sup piled from Alabama andsas The Age Herald has often said this district needs fully 10000 coke ovens.
 The present annual product of the
The age-herald., 1901-06-27

constitution. We denounce as no less criminal when committed by theft than when committed by the shotgun and by ballot-box stuffing and as antagonistic to the spirit of our institutions, all attempts to deprive of their inalienable rights mill | lions of citizens in certain States of the Union.
 We therefore call upon our Senators and Representatives in Congress for such legislation as shall secure the strict en- l forcement of constitutional measures guaranteeing to every citizen the right of franchise without distinction as to race, color or previous condition of servitude, and we demand that representation in Congress and the electoral college shall be based on the actual voting population as provided in the Constitution, proportion ate reduction being made for any State in which the right of suffrage is denied, except for crime.
 Those who think this call for action as mere bluffing do not understand the Republican party, its audacity and practicality. 1t is a business proposi- tion on their part. They want riddance from a dangerous vote in this section which is naturally cast for purposes of self-defense solid, and they propose to do this by cutting down Southern representation. Granddaddy and pat ent registration and understanding" clauses openly invite such raid upon southern representation.
 The Age-Herald earnestly asks the convention to consider the suffrage declarations of the Hanna-Foraker platform. It is a platform that Will liam Mckinley stands on and will obey, no matter how slick his words from the rear platform may De. It is a plat form that all Republicans will accept, and also very many Northern Demo crats. The probable position of the Northern Democrats is the most dis couraging feature of the case. They cannot afford to uphold before their constituents granddaddy or under standing or registration scheme. Such position would be untenable in the North, and the Republicans would sweep those States on such an issue. Such an issue will /e sprung as soon as the greatest possible number of States are in the trap. The trappers are now awaiting action in Alabama and Virginia.