Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-02
MUSICAL NOTES.
Usage Correspondent has Some Things
to say about Matters In Musical cir
cIes.

0ef sous nave mONcu from MOIRdU-
town TO house owned by William
Hall one half mile aboye Usage
Benjamin Chesney an old citizen of
Monongalia but who has been living
in Upshur county, for some years died
last Friday night. David Chesney Of
Cassville son of Benjamin went to Up
shur on last Saturday to attend the
funeral.
/ attended the musical recital at
University hall last Tuesday evening
and I will say the Morgantown people
who did not attend missed one of the
best performances ever given in the
hall. Miss McMurphY has been so
highly complimented In the past that
anything further would be superflu-
Gus. / will merely say in my opinion
she never played better and was ex-
tremely fortunate in her selections.
Mr.. Spense has also been surfeited
with compliments, but ! want to say
that perhaps many of your citizens
are not aware that Mr.. Ross Spense
is the finest violinist that ever playe ed
before an audience in Morgantown
and If he was so fortunate as to OBJ
tain genuine Strad, Guerneous or
Bergonza or even good Cremona
made by any of a dozen makers Of the
Strad period, be could appear before
the most refined musical audience in
America and carry off honors. AS to
Mrs. Williams / have heard several
sweeter voices and several with more
power, but have never heard anyone
who had better control OF her voice.
In this respect / do not think Calve
or Nerada or even the divine Patti
could excel her. AS to Prof. Bukey
l suppose he is fine performer, but
as cannot appreciate pipe organ
and as think good many OF your
citizens feel as / do in regard to pipe
organ, | think Tuesday night demon
strated that pipe organ recital is
not the thing to draw an audience in
Morgantown.
After the recital | was fortunate in
falling in company with Mrs. Harti-
gan and daughter Bessie. Miss Bes-
sic rendered several selections on the
mandolin accompanied by Mrs. Harti
gan on the piano. AS the New Do
MINIoN has heretofore spoken very
highly of Miss Bessie's playing | had
been ANXIOUS TO hear her. But | was
not prepared to hear such rayishing
music as Miss Hartigan brought forth
from her mandolin. II Mrs Will
liams lived in Morgantown, then Nor
gantown would have within its limits
quartette OF the finest star perform
ers of any town of its size in Ameri-
ca. In conclusion / want to say to
the manager, although they may say
/ am a back number, but | want to
inform them that 30 to 40 years ago
played in concerts and theatres and
was always successful in drawing a
crowd but l will offer my advice. If
they want to FIJI the hall and draw "a
pile of money, then let the old organ
rust, and engage Miss McMurphy as
pianist, Miss Bessie Hartigan man
dolin, Ross Spense violin, Mrs. Will
liams vocalist. The solo player be-
longing TO the Knights Of Pythias
band OF Wheeling as cornet soloist,
and if permissible Arthur Love Of
Pittsburg to sing few of his droll
songs.
/ have seen no account of the de-
bate at Battle ground church on Sat-
urday the 18th inst. in any OF the
Morgantown papers. Well the de-
bate came off. There was only fair
attendance but l learn since that this
was owing to the fact that D. WED
man had been suffering from bronchial
trouble for two or three weeks before
that, and large number OF people
| thought that he would be unable TO
attend and therefore the debate would
not come off. The decision was for
the negative and for the affirmative.
But the affirmative claim that they
gained great victory from the fact
| that before the debate began nearly
all the audience were prejudiced in
favor of the negative When it was
over nearly one half believed that the
affirmative was right, and number
OF Others were partially converted and
concluded that they could study their
| Bibles TO know which side is right.
/ One man said after the debate was
over that this debate had done more
good in the community than all the
preaching that had occurred for the
| last year. Another man said he had
been opposed to this debate before it
came off but he had attended and
would go four miles to hear it debated
over. Many people are DESTROYS of
having it debated again, Mr. Con-
way made a challenge that night to
meet Mr.. Weidman or anyone on the
subject, but as Weidman's health has
been failing for some time, he is
physically unable to enter into de-
bate, but there are number Of men
anxious to take Weidman's place.
Among the number is Mr.. Luther
Sine of Mooresville, who will take
great pleasure in measuring swords
with Mr.. Conway on the question.
The question is "Resolved that the
soul of man remains dormant from
time OF death until the resurrection
of the body" When Mr. Weidman
issued the challenge last fall his
health was much better and he in