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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
BIG sCRAPoS
Benedum Bros. Buck the South Penn
Company Scrap Ari es over poses-
sion or = Lease In the Cameron oil
Fields The Situation Exciting.

sion az lease III the cameron ois
Fields The Situation Exciting.
Reports from the Cameron oil fields
say that there is a fierce fight on be-
tween the South Penn Oil company
and the Benedum Bros. OH company.
Benedum Bros. have two farms, the
Cain farm and the Reischter farm,
leased and have been sinking wells on
the ground. 1t appears that the South
Penn company has some claim ta the
Cain lease anG it is making every eff
fort possible to prohibit the Benedum
Bros. siHking wells on that farm. 1t
is reported it has gone so far as
to hire men to keep the employees of
Benedum Bros. from working on the
Cain farm, and they have succeeded in
doing so. The South Penn company
has big force Of men at work cutting
down hill near one of the farms, so
that it will be possible for the com
pany TO sink wells twelve feet from
the Benedum Bros line A great
deal Of excitement has been created in
the oil region by the fight, and the
matter is to be taken into the courts.
Benedum Bros. is company composed
of Cameron taea, while the South Tenn
company represents the Standard Oil.
Oil men claim that the South Penn
company Is making an effort TO drive
the smaller concern out Of the field.
The scene of the fight is in Liberty
district, the Cain well being ] / miles
| from Cameron and the Reischter we'll
about five miles. Wheeling News.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
Miss Hayes Entertains.

Miss Jeanette Hayes entertained a
large number of young ladies at her
home on Main street on Wednesday
evening in honor of Miss Leila Cam
eron who is her guest. The evening
was a delightful one and the affair
was one of the most brilliant social
events of the season.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
FOOT MASHED.
Walter Corr Of the b. 4 D. Depot
Badly Hurt Thursday Morning

While engaged in moving piano
at the b. IL @. station on Thursday
morning Walter Cory, one OF the
employees of the station received some
painful injuries. The instrument
upset ID some manner and fell on
his foot MASKING it badly. He was
removed to the Hartigan hospital
for treatment.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
Another Murder.

Jesse Harper, a Fayette county ne
gro is dead as result OF pistol shot
received from Blain Kittle. This
makes another murder for that coun-
ty. 1t is thought his slayer fled to
this state. He will probably never be
arrested.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12

MoRaANTowN has grown rapidly
In the past few years but from the
number Of building permits that have
been granted recently by the council
1t Is certain to take 20 backward step
during the coming year. The causes
that underlie the growth are perma-
nent ones and the town has nothing
ahead OF it but the most prosperity.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
Oysters. Oysters.

Newman and Bayles are now serv
ing some delicious oysters and in
vite the public to call. Fresh sup
plies received on Tues Us and Fri
days The Pleasant Corner.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
HUNTING FOR A SITE.
New Brick Company has been Formed
with Morgantown People In 1t.

Several Morgantown men have
formed new brick company. 1t is
to be called the Empire Brick Com.
pany and they will manufacture all
kinds of building and paving brick.
They are now looking for site. A
number of places near town have
been inspected but so far none OF
them have been finally selected.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
Oysters, Oysters.

Newman and Bayles are now serv-
ing some delicious oysters and invite
the public to call. Fresh supplies re-
ceived on Tuesdays and Fridays. The
Pleasant Corner.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12

THE "AUxILIARY Sayings Banks
being issued by the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank are made of oxidized
and coppered steel Opel O savings
account and get one of them. They
will make you save money
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12

New Fall neckwear. All the late
novelties at Hirschmans.
Our Store will be closed Satur-
day, Sept. 18th and Monday,
Sept. 23d, until 6 p. m.
HirSchman'S.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12

MARIETTA College plays here on
November 23d. When they come
we will guarantee them that they
will be treated as gentlemen and
that the ruffianly conduct of rooters
as displayed at Marietta will be
spicuous by its absence in Morgan
town.
AFEsTIvAL Is to be held at Rock
Forge this evening and the NJ. & X.
will run an excursion up there leaving
Morgantown at seven o'clock. The
fare for the round trip viii he twenty
cents. The train returning leaves
the festival grounds at ten o'clock.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12

b. B. Cox has gone to Pittsburg
to stay several days.
Miss Aline Vance is on leave from
the Bell central and her place has
been filled by Miss Nora senpett.
Mrs. and Mrs. w. j. Snee have
returned from their wedding trip TO
Niagara. They visited his parents
in Allegheny while they were gone.
Dr. and Mrs. c. FL. McLane have
returned from ten days drive
through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
They enjoyed the outing immense
Ily.
Rev. L. A. McNemar left on Thurs
day morning for Spencer where he has
been stationed by the conference. He
has been at Mount Morris for the past
four years and his people regret to
lose him.
G. M. John together with Misses
Blanche and Daisy Wood have gone
to Plttsburg. The former will re-
turn ON Friday evening but the
young ladies will remain for some
time longer.
Prof. A. R. Whitehill arrived last
night from trip to the West. Mrs.
Whitehill is in Boulder, Colorado,
and will remain there until Winter
which she will spend in Denver.
Mrs. Wilson, her mother, is with
her.
Mrs. A. w. Brown has arrived
here from New Cumberland. She
was accompanied by her son Bert
who has been engaged during the
present Summer on the staff of the
East Liverpool Crisis. They will
spend the Winter in Morgantown.
II. NJ. Austen and daughters Misses
Ella and Sraudie left Wednesday
morning for Fairmont. Ellington and
Morgantown to visit relatives. Mr.,
Austen has not visited thisssection
since he was small boy. Some of
his relatives there are Austens and
some are Norgans. In fact Mr.. Aus
ten is the great grandson of David
Morgan the famous Indian fighter
Parsons Advocate.
D-ss-----~-
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-12
DR.. DENNIS DORSEY
Who was Formerly Prominent
in Mergantown

Is Dead at Braymer, Nc. He was at
one Time Pastor OF the II. Z. Church
at this Place lie served the State
During the Civil war aud Since Then
Has Been an active man.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
FAMOUS CASE CALLED IN
A MASSACHUSETTS court.
HIS SISTER IN A QUARREL
WITH HIS FATHER.
FosBURG SAYS NOT GUILTY.
STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL MADE,
AND JURY TAKEN TO SCENE
OF THE KILLING.

PITTSFIEID, Mass, July 1S.-The
curtain has risen on the life drama OF
Robert Stewart F'osburg. He has been
placed before the bar OF justice and
pleaded not guilty to an Indictment
charging him with numbering his sis
ter, May Fosburg, in that midnight
tragedy on August 80 last. 1t now re-
mains for the young man to produce
evidence which will justify the jury in
bringing in verdict which will bear
out the plea ne has entered
1t was an act Of courtesy toward the
Fosburg family which permitted the ae-
cused to enter the court room yesterday
unannounced and to plead to the indict-
ment almost in private. Young Eos
burg's raven black hair Of last summer
has silvered considerably during the
months which have gone since that ter
ribe August night. But when the clerk
put the question Are you guilty or
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
AT HER OLD TRICKS.

What al, the Dowager of Fourteenth
street? The Register has no quarrel
with her as to who first suggested the
annexation of Fulton. The dear old
creature says she first" suggested the
idea as "far back" as June II, or
nearly a month" before the Register
ever said a word about it.
The Ancient Dame has been at her old
tricks again-napping For surely she
has been dreaming
The question of annexing Fulton,
while not as ancient as the esteemed
Dowager, has cut its teeth and has a
year or two to its credit. We sincerely
regret that the Old Lady of Fourteenth
street was not in at the birth-for We
honestly believe she would have made
a good wet-nurse.
For this growing proclivity of hers
going to sleep at critical moments-tne
Register is not to blame. Why should
the Old Lady draw her finger-nails on
the Register?
Whats the difference, anyway?
Greater Wheeling won't be for the
Registers exclusive benefit. Well all
be in it. Even the Old Lady may be
able to get new gown and take a
few years off her appearance.
why grumble and quarrel and enter
tain hard feelings over nothing? Cheer
up! Look pleasant. We're unanimous
for annexation not only of Fulton, but
of all Pleasant Valley. its bound to
come in little while and it will be
a great thing. An entirely new era has
dawned for the community and we
should not quarrel about who will get
the credit, but everyone put his shoulder
to the wheel and push forward to
Greater Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
GEN. CLARENCE L. SMITH.
Colonel of the First Regiment
Elected to Command the National
Guard Brigade.

Colonel of the First Regiment
Elected to Command the National
Guard Brigade.
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July 1S.-
1t is General Clarence l.. Smith now.
Colonel Clarence l.. Smith, of the First
regiment. West Virginia National
Guard, who has been acting brigade
commander since the resignation of
General Curtin, was to-day selected by
the regimental officers of the two regi-
ments for appointment as brigadier
general commanding the brigade.
When General Curtin resigned the Gov
ernor, instead of appointing sue
cessor, indicated that he would appoint
whatsoever the officers decided upon and
called this election to determine upon
the man. There were two persons who
were spoken of for the place, General
B. d. Spilman, who formerly COM
manded the brigade, and Colonel Smith
When the officers began to arrive here
it looked as though General Spilman
would win out. but when the votes
were counted it was found that the
vote stood seven for Smith and four
for Spilman. The election Of Colonel
Smith was then made unanimous.
Colonel Harry Smith, of Clarksburg
will be next in line for promotion for
colonel of the First regiment to sue
coed Colonel Smith.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

not guilty?" the young man threw back
his head, gazed fixedly at Judge
Stevens and replied sharply, mot
guilty"
The great trial begun will determine
finally whether or not May Fosburg
was killed by her own brother or
midnight intruder into her home. The
mystery of the case is the greatest ever
supplied by a murder trial in New Eng
land and the prominence of the Eos
burg family and its absolute loyaltay
to the accused make the trial of absorb
ing interest.
Arranged against the Fosburgs in the
prosecution is first and foremost John
Nicholson, chief of police of the town OF
Pittsfeld, who was personal friend OF
the Fosburgs, and who from his in
vestigations of the death Of May Fos-
burg, was in pursuance Of his duty,
obliged to bring certain facts before the
grand Jury which resulted in the finding
of a true bill against Robert S. Fos-
burg.
The active prosecutors in the trial
are District Attorney Hammond, assist
ed by Hon. John C. Crosby, Of Pitts
field. For the defense, NJ. C. Joiner will
open and introduce the evidence, while
Charles E. Hubbard will cross-examine
and make the closing argument. Seneca
N Taylor, a famous attorney from 81.
Louis, an old friend of the Fosburgs,
has arrived and will act in an advisory
capacity for the defense.
The State has some thirty-fiye wit
nesses, including medical experts, gun
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
WHEREFORE A sUBsIDYY

Whatever may be the desires of the
shipping and ship-huilding syndicate
backing the ship subsidy scheme the
needs of American ship-building in that
connection are not apparent This in
dustry is increasing so rapidly even un-
der eur present antiquated shipping
Jaws that the force Of the ship subsidy
argument is much diminished. One
Of the most active years in all the ship
yards closed with last June. A sum-
mary shows an output Of 401 .2S5 tonk OF
skipping. making the year notewoT y
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

he remarked. His father and mother
and Miss Sheldon show the strain of the
trial plainly, but the young man him
self looks WELL The morning was
taken up with the selection o. jury
from a list of forty-four talesmen. Then
followed the outline of the States case
by District Attorney Hammond.
The jury was selected in half an hour
and less than twenty men were exam
ined. The jury Is composed OF Norman
ii. Sweet, Williamstown; John w.
Galem North Adams; Michael Nevin.
Jr., Washington; Wallace orion, Will
Jamestown; James e. Codagon, Adams;
Charles Wolf, Stockbridge; Joseph
Ramsey, Egrement John r. billiard,
North Adams; Charles e. Plat, Great
Barrington; Edwin It. Barnes, West
Stockbridge; Nathan B. Baker, Savery,
and Amos Little, Sheffield.
Judge Straens cautioned the newspa-
per men against commenting on the
| case and warned them of contempt of
court proceedings.
| The prominence of the Fosburg fam
| lily added to the dramatic circumstances
that encircle the shooting of the pretty
| 1S-year-old girl in the dead of night on
August 20, 1900, have made this case
| famous. The family had spent the
evening entertaining a guest, Miss Ber-
tina Sheldon, of Providence. Neighbors
heard them singing and laughing until
nearly midnight. Then the house be-
came quiet and evidently the family had
retired. About 80 a shot rang out In
| the house and when the neighbors rush
ed in May Fosburg lay dead upon the
hall floor. The house was disordered
showing signs of desperate fight.
Robert L. Fosburg. the father, said
that he had been awakened about 1: 80
o'clock by two burglars in his bedroom.
| He attacked them. whereupon = third
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
LINEMAN'S AWFUL FATE.
Got Charge of 1900 Volts and
TumbIed Forty Feet to the Ground.


PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July IS
Jacob Reeder, lineman for the Bell Tel
ephone Company, fell from the top of
a pole nearly forty feet high this af-
ternoon and is believed to be fatally in
jured, although the physicians state
that if he is not internally injured he
will recover. He was at work on the
top of the pole when he felt himself
swaying. He grabbed wire, which
happened to be live electric light wire
and he received the full current of g.
200 volts. The current held him fast to
the wire for half a minute and he was
suspended by one hand till it burned
loose, and he fell to the pavement be-
low in the presence of half a hundred
persons. He was taken unconscious to
st. Josephs Hospital and soon recov-
cred consciousness. If he RECEIVERS it
will be very remarkable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

accused man, together with Miss Ber-
tina Sheldon, the Providence girl who
was a guest in the home of the Fos-
burgs on the night of the shooting, sat
near the bench. Robert Fosburg break
TASTED with the members of the family
at the Wendell this morning and pro-
ceeded Immediately afterward to the
court house.
I'm very glad the trial has started,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

experts and others of more or less i'm
portance, but not a suggestion has been
made OF what evidence these witnesses
will produce to controvert the united
testimony of the Fosburg family tina.
a burglar killed May Fosburg.
Beatrice Fosburg. the 14-year-old SIS
ter of the defendant. il the only MEM
Der Of tho family summoned by the
statA Beatrice occupied the sams bed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

There is talk. unofficial. OF course,
Of the President interfering ION the
quiet" to bring about settlement of
the steel strike, which is calculated to
play smash with the grand old party
If the trusts in the fall elections and Mr..
Mckinley desires TO prevent this
especially in Ohio. 1t is said that his
emissary to work for settlement. on
behalf Of the administration is Alter
ney General Knox, who, before his re-
cent elevation to office. was attorney
for the United States Steel Corporation
But, Of course. this is only talk II
Mr. Mckinley should interfere, how
ever, the whole country will wish him
success in his efforts, regardless OF his
motives.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

with May on the night of the shooting
and is the one who told Miss Bertha
Sheldon a few minutes after May was
shot that burglargs had been in the
house and killed her sister.
Inside a breezy Berkshire court room
this morning, principals, witnesses. half
a hundred newspaper men and five times
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
THE EDITOR.

The editor stood at the pearly gates
And looked on the passing throng,
AS they pushed and hurried along;
And dazed. he gazed
Open nlouthed, amazed,
Thinking surely St. Peter was wrong!
For he saw before him the man whom he
Had scored to a finish below.
And this same man Dranced with a mo-
ton free
As he pinned on his new halo
And fastened ii down
With gittering crown
And diamond-studded bow.
And there was the man he d declared to be
A villainous. thieving chap,
And he was astonished and Jared to see
Him enter, nor stop to rap.
Il very much fear
He remarked. that here
They've not followed the Weekly Ker-
slap.
For to me 1t is clear he has made a mis-
take
And / view the result with alarm.
And my duty is plainly correction to make
Before he's done actual harm.
So he made slide
For St Peters side
And punched him punch on the arm,
Hold on. Pete he said, in an earnest
AS he jabbed him and punched him well;
IL you make a mistake tNe IdulL IS your
own,
And I'd better relieve you a SPELL
For you're filling the sky
With some people that /
Don't approved" Said the saint: go
to hell"
And lust then the editors wife awoke.
And the editors wife was mad
As she poked her husband a vicious poke
And shouted Quit punching me- dad"'
And he opened his eyes
In widest surprise
At the horrible dream he'd had.
ODE TO MAI. GEN. HUMIDITY.
o, this horrid, torrid weather.
o, humidity galore
Our stamps are stuck together
And we cannot close door,
Or a drawer,
Any more.
Without o erworking every pore.
While Shaping at mosquitoes which are
going for our gore.
| When you want to naht a match
l You have simply go<to swear.
| For you scratch, scratch. scratch.
| And with sulphur MI the air,
And you tear
! Your hair.
And shrek in Wild despair,
And cues the. Weather Bureau In III
';Ks IN New York Sun
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
REGISTER AGENCIES.

WHERE TIE REGISTER CAN BIZ
ca ARIESTON, w. Va.-Hotel RuffnsR
WAsHINGToN. D. C.-Queeu News
stand, National Hotel
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

Kentucky has Just held her third
good roads convention this year and all
have been well attended and pro-
nounced successes. Here's hint for
West Virginia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

If we can't agree about a Carnegie
library, we can all unite for a Carnegie
industrial School. In fact, Greater
Wheeling can accommodate both.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

100000 gold reserve in the division O
redemption, shows:
Available cash balance, s173. 733, AIS
gold. S97, 1855. 765.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

We're never quite happy in this
world. In Missouri the fear is lest too
much rain will rust the corn crop.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

Dan Lamont as Democratic candidate
for Governor of New York? Why not?
Dan has mighty winning ways.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

The Dowager of Fourteenth street
should tuck up her skirts and get
aboard for Greater Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19

Let us get together on the Carnegie
Industrial School project.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-19
EDUCATION As SHE Is,

The New York Evening Post says
these answers were written out by
pupils at a recent school examination:
(. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
was wr.ttan by r. w. Emerson, and its
general plan is to produce perfect etiquette
at table.
"Persephone was the gardess of the
gates of Tartarus. She is said to have
been girded with a mantle CORDED with
blood.
rTne Pilgrims were religious sex that
did~sscr believe in the dcctorins of the
Church of England.
1.-The only means of communication the
colonists had was on horseback, and in
this way 1t took quite long time for
letter to get TO Europe
1.-THE Five Nations were the Senecas.
oneidas, Onondagas, Mohawks and Tom
ahawks.
THE habeas corpus act was an act com
pellirg the relatives of dead person 10
produce his corpse in court should dis
pute arise.
"Italy embraces the Pc and the Island of
Sicily. The capital is Constantinople, on
the archipelago. Rome used to be- 1t con-
tains a cathedral named after Peter the
Great. who founded 1t.
1t all sounds absurd. and it is, but II
is the fact Every experienced educa-
tor can testify to greater absurdities IN
the efforts of the young idea to hit the
target set up by our present system
of education, which seems to aim
simply to cram the childish brain with
a mass of rules and undigested knowl-
edge as we would teach a parrot to
talk. And the knowledge thus acquired
is relatively of as much use to the child
as the words dinned into the parrots
ears are to the parrot in expressing his
wants.,
AYere is where manual training
Steps in to supply need that long has
been felt most seriously. Manual train
ing. or industrial education, does not
aim TO stuff the child's memory with
words. 1t gives no information to the
pupils mind which it does not demon
strate the practical utility of. The boy
or girl is taught not merely how to re-
cite but to Do. The eye, the hand and
the intelligence are trained to make prac
teal use of the knowledge as it is stored
away in the brain. This is the only
learning that ever sticks to u.s." Under
the present system the pupil must begin
the education that fits him for the prac-
teal duties of life after he has left
school. He, or she, is fit for little until
after course in the hard, rough school
of practical experience, and we all know
teacher
The Register for many years has
ged the establishment of manual
aiming school in Wheeling. We are
b industrial city and industrial educa
Ion is necessary if We are to keep in
the front rank. 1t is the only educa-
! ton that educates.
An opportunity to start the ball roll
ing is presented by Mr.. Carnegie. who
has added the industrial school to his
phiianthropical schemes for the benefit
G. progressive communities who are
willing to help themselves.
AS the Carnegie library project
Doesn't seem to have been enthusiast
cally reconnaissance we already have
an excellent public library--let is move
II substitute the Carnegie industrial
School. It is project that would meet
with the enthusiastic approval OF every
friend of Greater Wheeling.