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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18
subscriptio Rates:
MONONGAHELA RIVER.
The PittSburg and MorgantOWn
Packet COmpany'S Line
of Steamers.

&c. WOODWARD, EDGAR CHER
~. ADAM JACOBS and ROSE HITE
lying between Pittsburg and Morgan
own will leave wharf boat foot OF
Smithfield street, Pittsburg, daily ex-
capt sunday. at 3p M. and Sunday
al so a. M, going through to Morgan
town. w. Va.
Fare, round trip, including meals, 81.
Round trip tickets to all points. The
scenery OF the Monongaheia Valley is
unsurpassed. Steamer Dewey leaves
dsily for Brownsville at 4 p. m.
Excursion steamer Isaac Mason.
JOHN G BRTTToN, Supt.
GEo w. HENDERSON, Agt.
Pittsburg. Pa.
G. A. GABLER, Agent, Morgantown,
W. Va. Office at Gabler's drug store.
Bell phone So
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18
Welsbaeh Lights Reduced to $i.25

Large mica chimneYs 40c extra. We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine "Welsbacb All other
incandescent lamps are infringements.
5000 reward for. the conviction Of
my one selling spurious burners as
w.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18
Union Improvement Go.
- -
SuppIiers Of Nalnlal Gas 4 Water.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING

All VINO contemplate having plumb
inl or gas fitting done should consider
that a little saving in first cost is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with frst-class material
and workmanship, We will be here
to protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water,
This Is d point worth considering.
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according to
the most approved sanitary regula-
lions
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18
NOrgantOWn Planning Mil Co.
Manufacturers OF. and Dealers In
ILL Kinds Of Dressed Lumber.

Now under full Roadway with the
argest supply Of builders material
sver kept in stock in this county, con-
sisting Of frame lumber, siding, floor
ng, doors, windows, lath, shingles,
and finishing lumber in both hard
and soft woods; also agent for Cum
berland Cement and Lime. AS prompt
attention as possible given everybody
considering the tremendous amount
of business we are doing at the
MorgantOWn Planning Mill Co.
Telephone No 36,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18

Large second floor room suitable
for office or dwelling. Every conven-
ieace. Inquire at G. w. John 81 Co. Is
stare.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18

TRY LuxeEeog, the great dandruff
cure ana nair homie at Smiths, Browns
and HoilsEds barber shops.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-18

ALL shapes for Fall in mems and
boys hats, now ready for you at
HirSchman'
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NON0NGAHELa RIVER r. r.

MOy0NGAHELA RIVER r. K.
No. 5--Arrive at Fairmont ...a... 49, $50 o. M
No. ARRIVE at Farmont ..............12.05 D. m
No. 3--Arrive at Frrmont ............ 500 a. m.
No 2-Lsave Fairmont ..,...4........., 7. 20 a. m.
No. 6-Leave Fairmont. ...............-. 200 .. m
N 4-Leave Fairmopt observation-disclosures. 9 40 D. m.
No 19--Arrive Fairmont Sunday only . 100 a. M
No 9--Leave Fairmont Sunday oaly $50 p. m.
All trains are daily with the exception Of Nos 3
and on the Pittsburg Division and Nos. 3. and 4
on the Nj r., whichare daily except Sunday.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
A Mountain
* * Maid

When Ellen Hignite, n mountain
girl from Clay county, KY, was put on
trial in Louisville before the United
States District court recently on the
charge Of selling Illicit whisky, she
was not left alone in her trouble, says
the Chicago Tribune. BY the side Of
the shrinking little mountain maid
sat Miss Alice Castleman, one Of the
proudest beauties of Kentucky, the
belle OF the New York horse show two
years ago, and one of the handsOmest
women in the south. Miss Castleman
and her mother had heard of the
mountain girls sad story and they
went to her help because they be-
lieved that she was the victim of spite
and persecution, and that while she
had d~isobeyed the revenue laws and
sold Illicit whisky as charged, still,
she had done it only to save her
mother and baby sister from starving,
So when the case of the People VS..
Hignite" was called the court room
held a notable crowd. Around the
mountain girl sat Miss Castleman and
her mother, Mrs. Samuel A. Miller,
Mrs. Basil Duke, and other society
leaders of Louisville. Gen. John b..
Castleman and Gen. Basil Duke, two
Of the most renowned soldiers of Ken
lucky, who during the long years of
the rebellion wore with distinguished
honor the uniforms of gray and who
a quarter of a century later wore with
no less honor the old army blue of
the Union in the war of a reunited
country against a foreign foe, had
come into the court to testify in the
little prisoners behalf. The story be-
gan with the breaking out Of a feud
between the Hignite family and the
-moonshiners of Letcher county. The
Hignites refused to make Illicit whis-
ky themselves or deal in it. Their
neighbors declared that some Of the
Hignite boys we're spies of the gov
eminent. One night Cob Hignite was
killed while going home to his cabin.
Old man Hignite and his other two
boys went out to avenge the murder
and all were killed. The night after
they were buried the little log cabin
Of the Hignites was burned to the
ground and Mrs. Hignite and her baby
and her ~17-year-old daughter. Ellen,
fed to the woods for refuge. The next
morning when they returned to the
ruins of their smoking cabin they
found a notice tackled ON a tree. The
notice read:
"Ef Won inns on an don melr no
mo fuss we 'uns won't do no mo- to
yo' ALL"
The terrified mother took her chill
dren and fed through the mountains
towards Clay county, where her peo-
pie lived. For three weeks they wan
dered through the mountains. Then
they sank down in the ruins of an old
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Prof. w. j.. MCGEE, of the bureau of
%ethnoloSy in Washington, has received
official permission to exhibit at the
Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo his
studies of trephining among the early
P~eruvians. He will show ancient skulls
trephined by stone implements and in
connection with this some animal
skulls, showing experimental work
lone under Prof. McGee's direction.
using the same flint implements which
the aborigines were forced to employ.
1t is doubtful whether the ancient op-
erations were performed for a dis
tinctly surgical purpose or whether tho
operation was Of some mystic .signih-
canoe. In some cases the freshness OF
the wounds in the bone showed that
the patient did not long survive the CD
Grafton, and in n OF two instances it
is plain that the ancient operator must
have cut down upon a large blood YES
sci, causing almost instantaneous
death, but in other cases the operation
was more successful and the patient
must have survived for some years at
least.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Between the islands paralleling the
coast of southern California and the
mainland there extends a deep channel
where several kinds of whales may be
found feeding on the vast schools or
jelly fishes which are nearly always
present. The whale most common is
the California gray, which goes every
year to the shadows Of the Gulf OF
California to give birth to its young,
then moving north along the Cali
fornia coast in what is virtually a
great procession. At this time the
channel is the sporting ground for the
huge animals, and nearly every steam
er that crosses sights a school, the
scenes forming one of the attractions
of the trip, as the whales, far from
being wild or timid. sometimes evince
a playful mood, or, melted by curios-
ity, come near the steamer, affording
the passengers a near view of the
largest of living animals.
This social disposition has resulted
in several encounters between the
whales and vessels, IN which the form
er have always cone off second BEST.
Some years .ago.a steamer on the trip
from San Pedro to San Francisco
struck some body, supposed at first to
be a log. Several Of the men were
thrown to the deck: the wheel turned
over so violently that the helmsman
was also thrown down. AID steamer
for a moment. came to a standstill. All
hands were. called, the pumps sounded,
and as the mate ran aft he saw a large
whale lashing the water astern. The
vessel had struck it directly back of
the right paddle and evidently crushed
it down. rising over it. This whale
drlfted into San Cataline some days
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
AND THE MOONSHINE
WHISKY WHICH SHE
SOLD.

hut. They could SO no further. All
through the night the baby moaned for
food. 1t was easy to see that its lit
tie life could not last much longer.
In the morning Ellen staggered out If
the hut door.
Ellen" called her mother, come
backl We're %a-starvin', but we're Hig-
mites to tn end, and we amt a-goin'
to ask favors Of anyone"
81 hain't a-goin' ter ask favors,"
said Ellen, "but I'm goin' to get you
all suthin' to eat"
The girl went blindly down a trail
that she recognized. 1t led her straight
to Jim Clark's moonshine still. Then
for weeks Ellen Hignite peddled moon
shine whisky for Jim Clark. The story
spread all around in the mountains
and the people came for miles to buy
whisky from old Bob Hignite's girl,
the ''prettiest gal in Kaintucky." Jim
'C1ark's still couldn't keep up with the
demand and Jim Clark fairly coined
money and grew fat laughing at the
bargain he'd made. A few days later
a federal marshal started from Louis
Vile for Clay county. and in his pock-
ct was a warrant for the arrest of Eli
len Hignite on the charge Of selling
liquor without a government license.
The girl heard the marshal was COM
ing, but she did not run away. Il sold
licker," she said. Il sold it to save
ma and the baby from a-starvin'. But
I'm a Hignite, and I run from nobody"
The next day she was arrested. Jim
Clark got away.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Col. Edward C. James, the distin-
guished New York lawyer, who died
recently, once had an experience with
the firm of Grant & Ward which ac-
counted for his occasional cynical re-
marks about Wall street methods as
he had found them. After IA years Of
successful law practice in the northern
part Of this state, right after the war,
Col. James collected all his funds,
amounting to about 5000, 900, and
turned them ove to the firm of Grant
& Ward, then at the height of its pop
ularity. When he decided to draw out
his money Ferdinand Ward drew a
check for $500. 900, payable to his order,
with the remark that +ha additional
$780, 900 represented Col. James prof
It's. This was evidently too good an
investment to break up, so the colonel
said that he would gladly leave his
money to pile up more profits at the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
Collision Between
Them and Ships of
Frequent Occur
RUNNING X
DOWN WHALES

later, and was towed into one Of the
little bays Of the coast, where it was
cut up by the fishermen.
During the summer Of 1900 the
steamer Hermosa killed a whale off
San Pedro, which was at least so feet
in length. The steamer was blowing
along at a rate of IL miles an hour
when suddenly a large whale rose to
spout directly in front of her, placing
itself inadvertently across the bows, so
that the blow was struck fairly. The
shock created a sensation on board,
and the blow was so violent that sew
eral people were thrown from their
feet. 1t was supposed that the vessel
had struck a rock; she stopped for a
few seconds, trembled, then rose about
three feet, heeling slightly, then re-
sumed her course, passing through a
mass of blood which colored the water,
showing that she had plunged into
some large animal. A dead whale was
sighted two or three days later, and
FOR several days, on account of It's size,
it drifted up and down the coast with
the tide, defying the efforts Of specula-
tive fishermen to secure it. Finally a
heavy sea tossed it on the coast at the
resort of Redondo, where it was hauled
in, at high tide and when the latter
went out it left a remarkable spectacle
in the remains of one Of the largest
of living animals. A long wound told
the story of it's contact with the
steamer.
Doubtless If the records of shipping
disasters were examined many in
stances would be found where vessels
had crashed into whales with results
fatal to the animals and more or less
injurious to the vessels.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

That the postal service of Berlin has
long been the model las yet unattain-
able) for the rest of Europe is well
known. But it is not equally matter
of common knowledge that the excel
lence of the Berlin postal arrangements
of yesterday no longer satisfies the
postal authorities of today. The lat
est innovation has been a still more
frequent clearing of the letter boxes
and a more rapid delivery than ever.
The letter boxes in the principal thor
oughfares are now cleared every fifteen
minutes during the busy hours Of the
day. The rapidity of delivery of letters
recently resulted in the saving Of a
human life. A girl determined to COM
NIT suicide, wrote to her parents of
her intention and posted the letter,
which was delivered within an hour
of being posted. This enabled the
father to hurry off in a cab to the spot
in the ~Thiergarten which his daughter
had mentioned as that where her body
would be found, to catch her alive, box
her ears and take her home.-Harper's
Magazine.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
UNCLE SANS SALARY.
No Wonder Washington Never EHperI-
ences Hard Times.

No Wonder Washington Never ExperI-
ences Hard Times.
According to the latest official list,
there are 19,446 public f%unctionaries of
various kinds and degrees employed
exclusively in the District of Columbia
conducting the numerous departments
and bureaus of the federal government.
These are the civilian appointees in
the executive departments and do not
include senators and representatives
and several hundred lloyes of the
houses who vibrate between the CAPT
tai and their homes in other parts Of
the country. Nor does this aggregate
include $50 or 400 army and navy off,
GERS, active and retired, who form a
large permanent colony. The monthly
compensation of these 19,446 civilian
employees amounts to $1,635, 70S.S1.
Therefore the aggregate sun in salar-
les annually paid out in Washington
by the government disbursing clerks
reaches the enormous total of $19,62S,-
505.7 70. Besides. probably not less than
SO, 000, 900 additional goes to the n
tors and congressman and their subor-
dinates and perhaps 81, 250. 900 more to
the army and navy officials, most of
whom are of high rank with large pay,
there being constantly in Washington
not less than sixty generals and admi-
rails, active and retired. These totals
form a grand aggregate of 1913, SIS, 5O5.72
annually paid out in Washington in the
single item of salaries.
1t is q vast, unvarying, constant
stream of cash flowing fromthe govern
ment Golfers into the hands of the
banks, business houses and profession
al men of Washington, the official per-
sonnet of the United States acting
merely as middlemen, because this
money is largely spent or permanently
invested. In all the departments sal
aries are paid semi-monthly, and if de-
sirable the o~ffice-holder can draw
sums o%ftener, if the money is due him,
but this is dependent wholly on the
courtesy of the disbursing clerks. 1t Is
not singular, then. that there are never
any hard times in Washington. The
money for these vast salary disburse-
ments is not squeezed out of Washing
ton itself, except perhaps an ininitesi-
NAL portion of it toward ~defraying the
expenses of the local government, but
the great bulk Of it m from else
where, poured into the city's lap by the
nation at large from internal revenue
taxation, custom duties, ETC., mainly
levied elsewhere. This is a distinct fea-
ture not enjoyed in n other city in
the unicn-similar disbursements in
the great municipality Of New York,
for instance, are made from the mon
eys raised by local taxation. In other
words, It is merely one hand paying
the other; the community as a whole
is no richer by the transaction, every
month nearly $4,000, 900 of additional
money, never previously available, is
scattered broadcast, so to speak, among
its citizens.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
Let the Opportunity slip.

Let the Opportunity slip.
With the close of the civil war many
Irishmen who had won fame in the
Union army on southern battlefelds re-
turned to Ireland, having been led to
believe through Stephens representa-
ton that a good-sized army of Irish
patriots had already been organized
and equipped, and was only waiting for
competent commanders. Among those
who returned to Ireland at the time
were Gen. Michael Kerwin, Gen. Den
mis- F. Burke, Of the Irish Brigade;
Gen. William Halpin, Col. Thomas j.
Kelly, Capt. James Murphy and John
Nolan. When these distinguished SOL
diers had been Ia Dublin for a time
they became dissatisfied with Stephens
methods. When it was urged upon him
that the time for action had arrived,
Stephens insisted upon a delay, and ne
was openly accused of being a brag-
CART, of being vain and altogether in
competent.
What might have happened had the
revolution actually begun no one can
bldLCs Nv AaNL 10 AndL the DIlllbu gov
eminent got wind of Stephens plans,
found him In Fairfield House, Sandy
mount, a suburb Of Dublin, through the
skill of the famous detective, Dawson.
and on the morning of Saturday, No
vember II. 1865, the agitator vas ar
rested and lodged in Richmond Bride
well prison. Three days later he was
arraigned before Magistrate Stronge.
His After Career.
He vas remanded for examination.
but before he could be brought into
court again he had escaped from
prison, chiefly through the efforts of
Capt. John Kerwin, who is now in New
York. Stephens made his way to
France and thence to the United
States. He was received with great
honor in New York by the Fenian
brotherhood. In November, 1866, when
1t was reported that Stephens was to
sail from this country to again place
himself at the head OF the movement
in Ireland, the British government Of
fered a reward Of $40, 600 for his can
ture. Stephens, however, did not sail
and this in the face OF the fact that all
preparations had been made for his
departure lost him many friends ana
admirers and earned for him, fhether
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

The forestry division of the agricul-
tural department is engaged in draft
ing a working plan looking to the con-
servation of the timber on a tract of
500, 900 acres in the neighborhood Of
Millinoeket, Me-, belonging to a pri-
vate paper corporation. 1t is a part of
a general policy to be inaugurated by
the department for the conservation of
timber land throughout the United
States to secure a perpetual crop Of
timber in the various areas under con-
s~ideration. The private concern will
pay all expenses of the work ave the
salaries of the government experts,
who are directed by Prof. Clifford Pin
chot, chief of the division.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

deserved or not. the imputation OF cow.
ardice. The fact probably is that
Stephens was not a coward; but while
being a splendid organizer, he failed
to rise to the full height Of a leader
when the situation was ripe for action.
He was more a man for the council
chamber than the field. Soon after this
he sailed for France, where he re-
NAMED until 1885. He then came to
the United States, where he was pre-
sented with a purse of $4,000. In 1891
he was unoficially informed that II lie
would give up all further Fenian agi-
tation he might return to Ireland. He
accepted the offer and the closing days
of his life were spent in retirement in
Dublin.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

1t is said that a telephone system,
using common barbwire fences as a
conductor of the voice of its patrons,
has been placed in use in Pullman,
Wash, conversation being held over
this as easily as any long-distance tele-
phone line. The line runs from a no.
tel in Pullman to a farm nine miles
south Of the town and it was placed
in operation by several farmers for
their private use. The entire line, nine
miles in length, with four telephones,
cost less than 500.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

An incident which reflects great
credit on the labor organization Of the
country occurred at the late convention
of the American Federation of Labor
in Louisville, Ky. The National
Liquor Dealers association came be-
fore the convention with a formal pro-
posal that the two bodies form an Of
fensive and defensive alliance. The
liquor dealers were ready to agree, in
the event of this coalition, to employ
only union ~bartenders and walters, and
20 sell union-made beer. For a time
it looked as If they might persuade the
labor men, but a delegate from Illinois
arose, and in a stirring speech recalled
the influence of Miss Frances e. Will
lard on behalf of organized labor, and
urged the convention in her name to
reject the proposition. When the vote
was taken its was almost unanimously
against the alliance. The Knights of
Labor have also taken the same ground
course which will add more
strength to the organization than
would be a million dollars in its treas
ury.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Cremation is becoming increasingly
popular in Paris, and the crematorium
erected at the cemetery of Pere La
Chaise has already been found to be
700 small. Additions are being made,
and a third furnace. a large hall, and
a columbarium will soon be ready for
use. The last-named will contain TO-
600 r~eceptaeles for ashes. These
inches are closed with slabs of marble,
on which inscriptions may be cut.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

The German papers state that dur
ing the last ear the exports from the
United States to the Argetine Repub-
lie have increased 80 per cent, as COM
pared with the figures of the preceding
year. This gives America second place
among the countries which do export
business into Argentine, while the
German Empire has passed down to
che fourth place. England stands first.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

The Emperor Of Russia is tired OF
his job. His naturally delicate health
has not been improved by the strain
Of domestic and foreign difficulties. He
will wait only long enough to discover
if his next child is a son. II his wife
presents him with a male heir he will
cling to the reins of government for
the boys sake. If the child is a girl.
he will gladly lay aside his crown and
live Ia retirement.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Since the supply Of brains is not
equal to the demand, the price Of
brains has gone up. The president Of
the new steel corporation is reported
to receive a million-dollar salary.
Twenty years ago he began work for
Mr.. Carnegie at thirty dollars a month.
Today, at the age of 80, he has out
stripped every other wage-worker in
the world.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Material from the excavations at Co
pan, in Honduras, is steadily accumu
latip2 at the Peabody museum, Cam
bridge, Mass. The museum has been
able to complete in this prehistoric
city its Investigations of the great HE
~roglyphic stairway on the face Of the
pyramid. Molds have been made of
all of the steps, with their carvings
and inscriptions.