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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Big LOSS BY FIRE.
Monongahela City Visited by
Disaster.
Damage is About S125,OOO The
Flames Broke out in a Department
StOre-(lreat Scarcity of Water.


Store-Great Scarcity Of Water.
MoNoNGAHELA, Pa, Nov. 2l.-A
block and a half of property was al
most entirely destroyed, several per-
sons had narrow escapes from Gre
nation, and $125,000 worth of dam
age was done by fire which Started
in the business section of this city
about i o'clock last night. Before
tie flames were cotton under con
troll aid had been secured from SUR
rounding towns, and when the fire
fighters arrived on the scene it was
found that there was no water in the
mains with which the flames could
be extinguished.
Dynamite was secured and just
when it was about to be placed I'M
der the burning buildings the water
was turned on and the work of fight
ing the flames started. 1t was s. on
ongahela's most serious confagration
since 1883, when $150,000 worth of
property was destroyed in a disas-
tiOuS Oidlc. lOSt WIZ Will SuucT
as result of the fire are:
Charles f. Towner, department
store, Main and Second streets.
William Frackaid, residence in
Towner block. Frank Beabout, fur
niture and undertaking, Main street.
Frederick Davis, confectionery,
Main street, A. d. Scott, grocery
Main stree. Benson q Mclaughlin
restaurant, Main street. Joseph
Yohe, meat market, Main street.
William Markell, drugs and cigars,
Main street. Several tenements and
stables on railroad street in the rear
of Towner block.
The fire originated from some I'M
known cause in the basement Of G.
E. Towner's department store, which
occupied whole block, fronting on
Main street. Towner's loss alone is
about $4,000 in building and stock.
The destructiyeness of the fire
was chiefly due to lack of water.
The reason for having the water
turned off was owing to several
breaks in the mains. One of the
firemen, accompanied bv several
hurried to the pumping station and
turned the water on, but not until
the fire had gained great Roadway.
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RAILS SHIPPED
Will be Here in few days for
Street Railwey.
Specifications for Power House Com
pleted- Bids on COnstruction-Fire
Proof Building-Traek Laying to
Begin hY DECEMBER 18th.

Specifications for Power House Com
pleted- Bids on Construction-F Fire
Proof Building Laying to
Begin by December 10Th.
Rapid progress is being made IN the
completion OF plans and 10 securing
material for the electric power house
and street railway. The tracks for
the street car line will be placed be-
fore some people find out sure that
there will be street cars In Morgan
town.
The order for $40 tons of steel rails
has been placed, the rails we're ship
ped November 18th and the bill OF
lading has been received here. The
rails will arrive IN very few days.
The company has already advertised
for bids on delivering the rails along
the streets. Most of them were pur-
chased from the Lorain Steel Com
pany at Lorain. Ohio. The others
will be shipped from johns
town, Pa.
The company has advertised for
bids on track laying. These must be
in by December 18th, at which time
track laying is expected to be com
menced. Grading on some streets
will probably begin before that. Con-
siderable grading will have to be done
in getting from Beverly Avenue to
Beechurst In the fourth ward.
Orders for machinery to be used in
the power house have also been placed
and the machinery will be ready for
shipment early In the new year 1903.
At a meeting of the company held
Wednesday night, theplans and speci-
fications of the power house were de-
cided upon The building will be
more than 80 feet long, and nearly as
wide. The foundations will be con-
crete, the walls brick and the roof
concrete, making a practically fire
proof building. The roof alone, on
which bids have already been received
will cost $4,000.
More than 500, 900 of contracts
have already been let for the modern
electric plant and street railway line,
SO 1t would seem there ought not to
be any doubling Thomases about the
certainty of street cars in Morgan
town.
Mr.. Switzer the superintendent for
the Company is given great credit
for the success he has achieved In
pushing the enterprise and in secur-
ing materials promptly. Senator
Elkins was astonishei to learn
at recent meeting Of the com
pany, of which be is a member,
that the steel rails were to be shipped
this month. He said the steel com
panies would not promise him steel
rails in less than six months from
the time his order was given ard he
wauted them bad.
Mr.. Webb has been very careful 10
making his surveys and specifications,
so that no trouble is at all likely on
this score. If everything keeps NOV
ing along as successfully as all has
done to this date, the cars viii be run
ming here next spring.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
ANNUAL REPORT
OF State Mine Inspector James
w. Paul.

Tuenty-one Counties in the Little
Mountain State Now Producing
Black Diamonds Over Thirty-twe
Thousand Men Employed In the
Mines of the State-Promise to
Lead in Production.
James W. Paul, chief inspecto rof
mines 10 West Virginia, has complet-
ed the nineteenth annual report OF
the coal and coke production 10 this
state; ending June both. 1901. Touch
ing coke manufacture, the report
states that coke is produced in 81
counties and there are 96 coke plants.
having total of I0,424 ovens the
large majority of which are OF the bee
hive pattern. Only 1884 ovens were
operated during the year and for an
average OF 235 days. In the produce
tion of 1882, 92l tons Of coke, there
were used 1896, 24e tons OF coal of
1000 pounds to the ton, giving per-
centage of yield of $40 as compared
with 578 per cent for the previous
year. Each active oven produced dur
ing the year an average OF 276 tons,
during the year.
Coal Is mined in West Virginia on
commercial scale ia 81 counties In
, which 252 concerns are operating
Subject to the mining laws there are
800 openings. The following other
interesting statistics are given:
Tons pick mined coal, 1888, 1873
tons machine mined coal, 1852, S53;
total tons OF coal, 2,1l5, 99l; estimat-
cd tons OF coal from small mines, 49,,
900; total tons OF coal from all mines,
290, 99l; tons Of coal converted into
coke, 80, 1862, as; tons of coke manufac-
tured, 1882, 1921 total value of coal at
mines, $18, l04. 1891. 90; total value of
coke at ovens, So, 635, 051.76 value Of
a ton Of coal at the mines, 80 cents;
value OF ton OF coke at the ovens
81, IS IL; mining machines in use, 1856;
average number OF coke ovens in use,
1884; days the mines were 10 opera
tion 225; days the ovens were 10 opera
tion, 245; pick miners employed in
mines l6, 009; machine operators and
employees In mines, 5, III; outside EN-.
ployes connected with mines, 3,467;
coke employees, 1925; men employed
at mines and ovens, 1856, men kill
ed, 40; men injured not-fatally, 1870;
men employed for each man killed,
"a; employed for each man injured, II;
tons of coal mined 10 commercial coal
mines for each fatality, l54, 1888; coal
mined in each commercial mines for
each non fatality, Ill, 1855; wives left
widows, So; children left fatherless,
80; acres of coal worked out, 1854 S.:
tons of coal produced per miner, pick
and machine miners and runners in
cluded 1907; average earnings of each
miner per year, $55, 997; average earn
ings of each miner per month, SAG. $685.:
average price per ton of 2240 pounds:
received for mining, run of mine, "A. S
cents.
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seauest For orphans' Home.

Springfield. O., Nov. 21.-Mrs.
Amelia Oesterlin. who died recently,
left a bequest OF $4,000 to found an
orphans home In this city, to be
called the Oesterlin Orphan home and
to be under charge Of the synod Of
the English Lutheran church The
will provides that II the synod shall
not accept the bequest within two
years then the money shall be APP
piled to founding home in Spring
field for the aged of the Lutheran
church.
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May BE General shutdown,

Pittsburg. Nov. 21.-The great
mills and furnaces Of the Carnegie
Steel company at Homestead, Brad
dock and Duquesne are facing the
probability Of general shutdown
within the next week that will rem
der $4,000 men idle. The freight con-
gestion is SO great that not only are
the mills unable to move their I'm
ished product, but they cannot get
the necessary supplies Of raw ma
terial.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

County Superintendent Mason has
fixed upon Friday, Dec. 9Th, as pa
irons day In the public schools Of the
county. He sets forth his reasons In
q striking way Ia another column.
Mr.. Mason thinks the public schools
are the hope Of the country and he is
very much right.
ANOTHER skeleton Of human be-
ing has been found in the Mound at
Moundsyille, only a foot beneath
the surface. Mr.. McFadden who
owns the mound declares his inten-
ton to demolish it If the state does
not pay him 1000 for the historic
eminence.
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Important RuIino.

Washington, Nov. 21.-Secretary
Moody yesterday made an important
ruling by which employees In govern
ment navy yards are to be allowed
to present to the board of wages di.
rect any questions affecting the rate
of wages. This matter came up at
the League Island navy yard, Phila-
delphia. but the secretary states that
his decision is to form precedent
and will apply to all navy yards VI
the government.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
SPECIAL POLICEMAN KILLED.
Surprised Gang LootIns Freight
Cars and Was Shot.

Surprised Gang lootlns Freight
Cars and Was Shot.
Chicago, Nov. 21.-Charies F. Dill.
Ion, special policeman employed by
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way company, was shot and instantly
killed early yesterday In the yards of
the railroad company while endeay.
oring to prevent the looting of a
freight car by gang of thieves. G.
II. Yoran, switchman. employed by
the same company, was arrested
shortly after the shooting and In his
possession were found a number CT
broken seals.
After the capture of Yoran, Cap
tain Kelly secured evidence which, he
says. brought to light the fact that a
conspiracy has existed among en-
ployes Of the railroad company to rob
the cars. Soon after the arrest Of
Yoran detectives also arrested
Charles Watts. engineer, and William
Melville. fireman. They were locked
up Watts is a brother of the assist
ant yardmaster. According to the po-
lice, Watts told them that for long
time several railroad employees had
been engaged in 4 conspiracy to rob
the company. He mentioned himself,
Melville and Yoran.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Smallpox Increasing.

Harrisburg. Nov. 21.-The state
board OF health held its fifty-third
regular meeting yesterday in the SEN
ate chamber. The annual report #
DR.. Benjamin Lee Of Philadelphia,
secretary Of the board. showed that
there We're 81 points in the state
where smallpox exists and that the
increase In the number of cases since
Aug. l has been over so per cent
monthly. Most of the cases are in
the western and southern counties Of
Pennsylvania. DR.. Lee also reported
that diphtheria exists In six locali-
ties in the state: scarlet fever In
three and typhoid fever in three.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

Paris. Nov. 21.-Ambassador JUS
serand arrived here Wednesday even.
ing from Copenhagen, on his first
visit to Paris since his appointment
to the Washington post. He comes
now to confer with Foreign Minister
Delcasse in order to receive instruc-
tions and to arrange for the departure
Of himself and family for Washing.
ton. where he expects to arrive early
in the new year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

A BIBLE class of 25 members has
been organized in the Epworth League
OF the M. E. church. The new pastor
DR.. Compton will teach the class.
1t will meet on Wednesday evenings
just after prayer meeting.
Work on the road to Granville is
progressing preparatory to macadamiz
ing it. The heavy steam roller and
the sprinkler furnished by the govern
ment are being used to put the road
bed 10 first class condition for the
broken stone.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

Athens, o.. Nov 21.-Two hundred
miners are on strike here as the
result Of the discharge of Mine Mo
torman Clarence Russell, who, in
stead of reporting for work, went rab-
bit hunting. 1t is said that the other
local committees in the Hooking and
Sunday Creek valleys may take up
the case.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

Vienna, Nov. 21.--A Bucharest
newspaper publishes an uncondrmed
report that the steamer Bosnia, be-
longing to the Florio and Rubattino
company, loaded with cereals. has
foundered In gale in the Black sea.
on Sulina, at the mouth Of the Danube.
One hundred and fifty persons are
reported to have persisted.
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Freioht conoestlon Felt a shamokIn

Shamokin, Pa, Nov. 21.-The effect
Of the freight congestion which the
Pennsylvania railroad is experience
ing on account Of shortage Of loco
motives and cars was first felt here
yesterday. when a number Of col
lieries were shut down because of a
lack of cars. Several train crews
were suspended and some locomo-
tiyes were shipped to the west.
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Eioht prowned In colIIeion.

London, Nov. 21.-The Danish
steamer Knud II. Captain Hansen,
from Copenhagen, and the British
steamer Swaledale, from Hamburg.
collided last night at the mouth o.
the Tyne. The Knud II foundered i'm
mediately and the master and seven
Of her crew were drowned.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Philippine Appointments.

Washington, Nov. 21.-It Is an
nounced that the Philippine commits
sion has appointed John 8. Powell
judge Of the court Of the nrst In
stance in the fourteenth district Of
the Philippines; Adolph Wislezenus.
Judge of the same court in the first
district, and James H. Blount, Judge
at-large.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
one Killed. Two Injured.

Franklinville, N. Y, Nov. 21.--A
passenger train ON the Buffalo
Rochester and Pittsburg railroad, run
ming south. ran into freight train
at Summit station. Fireman Dye, ii
the passenger engine, was killed and
Engineer Brown and another passen
ger were slightly injured.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Pronounced Not cuIItv.

Lancaster. Pa, Nov. 21.-At $50
O'Clock last night the jury in the case
of James Gram. alias Chicago Slim. /"
charged with the murder Of John
Shepherd. alias Boston Fatty" at
Columbia, on Sept. 16, rendered a
verdict of not guilty.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Booker Washington Spoke.

Cleveland. Nov 21.-Booker T..
Washington, the celebrated negro ed
ucator. spoke in the auditorium Of
Adelbert college last night on the
work Of the Tuskogee institute, Of
which he is the head.
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nurton,s AppoIntment.

Cleveland. Nov. 21.-Congressman
Burton yesterday appointed James H.
Cassidy, a young attorney of this
city, secretary to the river and har-
Dor committee, to succeed Lyman H.
Ellis.
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aockefeller,s Gift.

Cleveland, Nov. 21.-John D. Rock
efeller has given $4,000 to the funt
for the building OF the new building
for the Jones home, a local charity
that cares for orphan children.
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The regular dance will he held ut
tho Turn Verein Hall in Seneca on
Saturday evening. The committee
In char 70 has arranged nice pro-
gram and will entertain the members
and their lady friends very delight
fully.
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JUDGE Sutherland Dead.

Salt Lake. Utah, Nov. 21.-Judge
Jabez G. Sutherland, formerly one Of
the most prominent lawyers Of Utah,
and author of several standard works
of law, is dead in Berkeley. Cal.
aged n years.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

EVERY new style on the market IN
mems soft and stiff hats at Hirsch-
mans.
G. H. A. Kunst left for HE home
in Grafton today after a brief visit
here.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
DIpHfHERIA.


Two new cases Of dfphtheria are
reported on Beechurst this week.
One is Drusie Holyfeld aged about
l3 years living in the fats Of the
brick house at the intersection Of
I'eechurst Avenue and Front street.
The other is Helen Minor, twelve
years old daughter Of the superin-
tendent Of the Morgantown brick
works. She lies sick only two doors
worth of the Holyaeld home on
Beechurst Avenue. The places have
been quarantined, but no guarde
have been employed, as the people
have learned the Importance Of main
tanning quarantine and guards arc
not required.
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Railroads Advance FREIGHT Rates.

Pittsburg. Nov. 21.--Railroad exec
utives Of Che districts Of the Central
Freight and Trunk Line associations
have decided that freight rate ad-
vance of 20 per cent must go into
effect on the bulk Of the mill and
furnace tonnage OF Pittsburg and
other districts on or before Jan. 1.
The application and the division Of
the advances on the rates from Pitts
burg to the east and Pittsburg to the
west are matters OF detail to be
worked out in the trafic committees
and associations.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Deaconess Board.

Cincinnati, Nov. 21.-The national
central deaconess board of the Ger.
man M e. church met here yesterday
and elected oflcers for two years.
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an lAMEHst CONSOLIDATION.
agreement Entess5 Into BY Union
Steel Company ard Sharon
Steel Company.

PfttsbuFg. Nov. 21.--An agreement
was entered into yesterday evening
for the consolidation Of the Union
Steel company and the sharon Steel
COR pany. under capitalization Of $50
00o 600
The proposed capital investment
contemplates. at no remote time. the
construction OF an independent rail-
road from Elk Creek harbor. on Lake
Erie. to the works at Sharon. so miles
away. and thence to Donora. over
twice the distance from the lake.
To cover the present assets OF the
two steel concerns and the improve
ments already under way, $4,000. 900
In stock Of the reorganixed Union
Steel company is 10 be issued at once.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26

A. s. Brady of Clarksburg il stop.
ping at the Peabody
Emory ]. Wade was well known
citizen who was here to day.
w. Burchinal and wife of Monroe,
Iowa are here to visit friends
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, Va.
Opens Sept. IS 1902. One Of the leading Schools
for Young Ladies in the South. New buildings,
pianos and equipment. Campus ten acres. Grand
mountain scenery in Valley o. Virginia, famed for
health. European and American teachers. Fail
course. Conservatory advantages in Art, Mesjc
and Elocuton. Students from thirty States. For
catalogue address.
MATTE p. HARRIS, President. Roanoke. VI
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-11-26
Aler Bush, NJ. D.,

Office: Moreland Corner,
Lately used by Peoples Tel. Co.
Special attention to diseases of
women
Peoples phone Q.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-13
TREATMENT FOR scoURs.
b. Adopting the Method Here Ost-
lined Much Loss Among the Pigs
May Ne Prevented.

When little pigs get the scours,
give heaped teaspoonful of copper
as to the SOW In her swill and feed y
little lighter, says Texas Stock Jour
nal. After the first day. II 1t is not
cured, give second dose the follow
ing morning. have never seen this
fail where given when pigs began to
scour, but let the scours run on from
three days to a week and they will
likely be beyond control. As the
pigs get older, provide n place where
they can get all the shelled corn or
ear corn they want, clean out all
they leave every morning and give to
older hogs. Give piggy fresh corn.
Sprinkle the floor where little pigs
eat with air-slacked lime occasional
ly. AS the pigs get little older ami
want swill, mix the swill of clean
shorts, little oil meal, with sweet
milk and water, and add teaspoon
full of lime water for each pig, which
should be increased to q tablespoon
full as the pigs get older. Feed this
when they get their corn. Be suro
their troughs are kept clean. II they
are accessible to the old SOW they
will not leave enough to sour. Con-
tinue lime water until the pigs are
five or six months old. Feed nothing
sour. If milk should be the least bit
sour, or tainted even, throw it away
IL you have no fattening hogs to feed
it to. The pigs will easily get along
without milk for one feed, while the
dose of sour milk might set the pig
back for month or two. AS to tho
lime water, it is easily made by put
ting a piece of unslacked lime in an
earthen jar or wooden pail. Put in
a chunk about the size of quart cup
in a two-gallon jar; fill it with water.
When lime is all Stacked and water
gets clear, dip off water and throw
first away, refill, and when this is
clear, dip off the scum, when lime
water will be ready. Don't use any
tin or iron vessel for lime water.
You can keep filling and using out of
this month before you need to add
any lime. Don't rile it or stir, only
use the clear water.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-13
THE SECRET.


The workman wrought for himself alone
And shaped his fancy in marble stone;
strangely hewn to his mood and within.
Precious and perfect. II seemed. to him:
But the master saw II and turned away
Bitterly smiling, as who should say:
Here may be genius, my son. no doubt.
But only genius could find 1t out"
The workman wrought with a sadder
face,
"A nobler image of wondrous grace,
Subtly lovely in limb and line,
BEST with the touch of the gift divine:
But the master sighed. as he held his
! hand:
ITO us tits given to understand;
But what Is here for the throng below
Our little brothers who do not known
The workman summoned his wit and will,
And made figure with pleasing skill.
Set II up where the world might gaze,
And reveled deep in the peoples praise:
But the master frowned as he said: my
Worse than this may never be done.
You have Knocked the gift of the gods on
high
For the base delight of the vulgar eyer
The workman toiled In sorrow and shame.
Forgot himself and his hope and fame.
Working for nothing but work alone.
And the thing he fashioned was scarce his
own:
But the people wondered and wept and
smiled
Youth and elder. woman and child:
And the master said: You have done
your part.
The simple truth is the goal of art"
Francis Dana. in Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-13
rs |Issii:5'lg1ljg7gl!@!asal1
AN IDEAL HOGH0UsE.
This IL what Its Designer Calls the
Little Structure Here Described
by Himself.

A ground plan of my hog house. built
In 1894, is shown in the cut. 1t is an
ideal one. The chimney Is directly
behind the ventilator. 1t Is half way
down the roof. prefer my hogs all
in one house. Here can feed so to 60
of all ages in Is or 20 minutes. Their
feed is put in dry, one bag to barrel;
then the barrel is filed with boiling
water from q faucet in the cooker.
Water is heated in the afternoon,
turned in the barrel with feed after
chores are done, and left over night
with cover on. The next day 1t isstir-
red thoroughly before feeding, and
dipped out with ten-quart tin pail.
Small pens here and there are good
enough for summer or IL one has only
one SOW that farrows late in the sea-
son. If those pens were all small, ]