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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
NEW R. R. FRANCHISE.
Fairmont, Morgantown and
Cheat River r. r. Co gets it.

Road to be Built from ArnettsVille
to Cheat-WOrk to Begin by July
and be Completed In Three years
Elkins and McDermott Represent
Company.
During the recent session the coun-
ty court switched of from tho consid-
Grafton Of dirt and macadamIZed roads
to that Of electric roads. Appiica-
ton was made for a franchise, and
the franchise was granted for rail-
road to be operated by electricity or
other power from the county line near
Arnettsyille to the Pennsylvania state
line beyond Cheat.
Mr. Elkins and Col Jos. McDermott
representing the Fairmont, Morgan
town and Cheat River Railroad Com
pany made the application, and secur-
ed the franchise
Work is to begin in July of this year.
Three years are allowed for the COM
pletion Of the road.
The order OF court describes the
as beginning in the road leading from
Fairmont to Morgantown, near Ar
nettsville, and following that road by
way OF Arnettsyille, Georgetown, and
Laurel PIT. to Morgantown. From this
place. the route follows the Ices Ferry
road, by way OF Easton, and crosses
Cheat over the new bridge, continuing
ever the mountain road leading to
Uniontown past II. A. Diekinson's
store, and on to the Pennsylvania
State line.
Permission is granted to use cleo
tricitY or other motive power, and to
erect poles and wires etc. for the
transmission OF the electric current.
Another branch of the road is TO
run by way OF the public road leading
to Point Marion and Stewartstown.
Franchise is granted from Morgan
town to the Pennsylvania line over
this route. No limit OF time is plac-
ed upon the completion OF this branch
and it will probably noU be built till
the main line is completed.
The whole route is probably only a
section in the way Of the electric rail
way route that is to cOnnect all the
important towns and cities OF the Mon
ongahela Valley with Pittsburg, as
they are connected with the same
city already by telephone.
When Mr.. Elkins gets behind an
enterprise with his millions, he usu-
ally makes il go, anu ii is likeiy this
rood will be built within the time
specified.
6 Davis Elklns was seen today, but
said he did not know much about the
franchise granted by the county. He
was very agreeable, but moved on up
the street without delay.
Col MeDermott was reported to be
sick at his home. Members OF the
Union Utility Company professed ig-
uorance Of the entire enterprise.
The franchise is granted for fifty
years. The railroad company shall
strengthen all bridges used, if they
are not already Of sufficient strength
to carry both electric cars, and ordin-
airy traffic. Where the county roads
are less than 30 it wide. the tracks are
to be laid TO one side, so as TO leave at
least II feet roadway for vehicles and
horses to pass,
The railroad company is required
to be liable to all property holders for
all damage that may be done to them.
Preliminary work must start by July
1st.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
TWO CENTS
LAUNCHING SATURDAY.
Trains Bearing People from
every Point of State


To Newport News where the launch
ing Of nest Virginia is to Occur
Event which is full Of Interest
to our Peopie-Description Of the
| Magnificent Vessel (which bears the
name Of our State.
On Saturday the West Virginia Is
to be launched at Newport News.
Several Morgautown people will be in
attendance on the event. Some OF
them have already gone and others
will follow later Among those will
witness the event will be DIR. /. g.
White. Prof. A. L. Wade, George G.
Baker, W. II. Bailey ana Gilbert Mil
Ter. Others will also be there. The
launching takes place about noon Sat
urday. Trains from every section OF
the state ara now ON their way to
Newport News with parties to witness
the affair
The vessel, which will be one OF
the finest OF its class in the navy, is
now we'll on the way toward compile
tion. The machinery will not be
placed on it till after the launching.
A description of the launching is as
follows:
Hull-Length on load water line,
SOFT.
Hull--Beam extreme, SO &c, 81 ms.
Hull--Draft, on normal displace-
ment of 13, GIG tons, "a #, in.
Hull--Full load displacement, all
ammunition and stores on beard, l5,-
l04 tons.
Designated indicated horse power,
%, 900
Speed, % knets.
Coal supply, full bunker capacity,
/ $3.50 tons.
Complement Of officers, AZ.
Complement of seamen, marines,
etc, 7S3,
There will be two sets of verti-
cal inverted triple expansion direct
acting propelling engines, designed
for %, 600 collective horse power at
100 y 3olutions per minute. Each
engine will be placed In separate
water l,shJ compartment, and will
have cylinders 3S1 ms. 633 ms. and
two IA ms. diameter by As ms. stroke
of piston. Steam at $50 lbs. pressure
will be supplied from sixteen water
tube boilers of the Babcock & Wilcox
marine type. The boilers viii be ar
ranged in six water tight compart-
ments The total CRATE surface Of
the sixteen boilers will be | 600 square
feet, and the total heating surface
will be 10, ga square feet The smoke
pipes will be four in number, stand
ing fore and aft.
An armor belt will extend five feet
below aud four feet above normal
load line and from stem to stern. 1t
will be six inches thick at the top
and five inches thick at the bottom.
The maximum thickness will be pre-
served for depth OF six feet from the
top The armor will taper at, the
stem and the stern to thickness of
three and one-half inches. The ar
NOR on the Hickbern balanced oval
turrets, with inclined port plates
will be six and one-half inches thick
on the port plate and six inches thick
on the sides and rear.
The main battery will consist OF
four S-inch breech loading rifles }
mounted two in each turret On the
centre line of the vessel. There will
be fourteen 6-inch rapid-flre guns,
and a secondary battery of eighteen
3-inch and twelve 3-pounder guns
besides four 1-pounder automatic
guns, four 1-pounder rapid fire guns,
six colt automatic guns, two machine
guns and two 3-inch field guns.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Aged Sisters Burned to Death.

Tomaha, Wis April 17-Fire de-
stroyed the home and burned to death
Misses Phoebe and Libbie Heeley,
aged rs and Sc years respectively. at
Bear Creek, six miles west of this
place. They lived alone on a large
farm, which they owned. 1t was
thought they had large sum of money
in the house and that they were
robbed and murdered and the fire
started to cover the traces of the
crime. An inquest will be held.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
The Antlseptic Barber shop.

The only shop in town where each
razor is treated to an antisepticssolu-
ton after each shave; thus positively
preventing the infection OF contagious
skin disease. We also give clean
towel with each shave, insuring per-
feet cleanliness.
Get your hair cut here, and you are
sure its done properly and in style.
No apprentices employed.
Your patronage is respectfully So
licited q. w. BRIGHTMAN
Bowers old stand.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17


alization-What the Company Pro-
poses to d0--Tw0 Lines From Nor
gantOWn to Cheat and one to Fair
mont.
A representative Of the new trolley
road project was seen this a! ys.uJ..a
by this paper and stated that some in
formation could now be given out
from those on the inside about It,.
He said that the name of the Com
pany was The Fairmont, Morgantown
and Cheat River street railway COM
pany.
The capitalization is $3.50, 900. The
incorporators are David Elkins, Jos.
III. McDermott, Frank K. BFetz, c..
B. Ollie and Thomas Ray Ollie. The
charter granted gives them the right to
build and operate In the counties Of
Monongalia, DMarion and Preston in
West Virginia and in Greene and Fay
cite counties in Pennsylvania.
Monongalia county court has
granted franchise for fifty years to
the concern. Application will be
made at once to the Marion county
court for the same privilege.
In this county the lines are to run
from the Marion county line by way
of the Fairmont Pike on the west side
to Morgantown. Here the line will
branch. One branch will go to Point
Marion by way of Stewartstown and
another TO the Fayette county line by
way Of Uneva.
1t is the intention to haul not only
passengers but freight and mail as
well.
Aboutltwenty miles of road will be
constructed in this county and large
mileage will be. laid In the other coun-
ties named. The lines will be con-
nected with the Pittsburg, McKeesport
and Connellsyille lines to the north of
this place and with the system in
Marion, Harrison and Lewis counties
on the south.
Preliminary work will be started
very soon and as soon as the reports
are made contracts on the eonstruc-
tion will be let. 1t is expected that
much construction work will be done
this fall. At any rate it will not be
long until cars are running over the
system.
1t is stated that the system is in
harmony with the Union Utility COM
pany and that there is to be no con-
filct between the two systems in any
particular.
These statements were made by Mr..
It. r. Ollie in order to combat num-
Der of erroneous statements which
have already gained circulation in one
way or another. He says that the
roads will be built and that before
very long.
Application is expected to be made
to the Marion county court for fran
chise in that county this afternoon or
| tomorrow.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
SUCCEEDS LAZIER.
Forest Selby has Opened his Ice Cream
Pari0rs on High Street.

Forest Selby has succeeded A. f.
Lazier in the ice cream business
having bought his outfit. He has
opened parlors over Wells store on
High street and is prepared to fur
nish ice cream at wholesale or re-
tail. Only the best cream will be
served to his customers. Parties
either at the parlors or elsewhere
will receive special attention. Call
Peoples Phone No. 35S.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
ArbOr DaY.

Prof. Gallup says there is no immed
late demand for any tree planting on
the school campus now, and as the
pupils are busy with other things, no
public obsei vance of this day April
18th as Arbor Day was celebrated. 1t
cannot be observed in.the country, be-
cause the country schools are chiefly
all closed The observance of the an
nual treeplanting may notseem so i'm.
portant now, but at the rate forests
are being destroyed, it will demand
attention in future years.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
CALLED OFF.
Game with WaynesburgIhas been Call
ed off Until May Fifth-The Grounds
are too Muddy.

The base ball game which was TO
have been played with Waynesburg
tomorrow on Athletic Field has been
called off. 1t will not take place I'M
till May 5th. The grounds are too
wet TO play Saturday.
In case the grounds get into condi-
tion it is expected that either Pitts
burg College or California will be here
Tuesday for game. Games have
been arranged with Homestead to be
played in Morgantown Oh May 81 and
2Sth. A proposition has been made
to w. & j. to play two game in Nor
gantown or one here and another in
Washington. The Varsity will not
go TO Washginton for the only game
of the season with the red and black.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
whea You Build. Make No Mistake.

You will if you don't go and Sc
Middleton, the contractor, before let
ting your mason work.
Mr.. Middleton is general contrac-
tor in all branches of masonry, and he
would be pleased TO furnish estimates
on all kinds of brick and stone work.
all kinds of plastering, concrete, cellar
walls, cement sidewalks, and all SINH
lar work.
You can find bin. at AIT Front
street, or by Peoples phone, or P. O.
Box 404. TT
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Columbus Gets Convention.

Columbus, O.. April 17.-The Dem
ocratic state central committee de.
cided to hold the next state conven-
ton in Columbus, Aug. 25 and 26. 8.
M. Saltzgaber, of Van Vert, will be
temporary chairman and Charles e.
Mason, OF Butler county, temporary
secretary
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Good Things for Sale.

The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ
P. church will hold a special sale on
Saturday in j. F. Zinn's real estate
office on Walnut street beginning at
ten o'clock on Saturday. All sorts
of good things to eat will be display
ed.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
GUYS SALE.
Fifty Horses VIII be Sold at Guy
Hayes Livery Tomorrow.

Saturday morning at ten o'clock
an auction sale OF horses will take
place at Guy Hayes livery. The
horses are here now and may be
seen by any one who will call at the
stable. Among the lot are twenty
extra heavy draught horses which
will be valuable to teamsters and
others who have heavy hauling to
do The lot is pretty one. The
sale will continue until all the
horses are disposed Of Go around
and pick your animal.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Minnesota Launched.

New London, Conn. April 1.-THE
steamship Minnesota, the largest yes
sci ever built in an American ship
yard, has taken her maiden dip. The
launching took place at the yards of
the Eastern Shipbuilding company in
the presence OF thousands.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Directors Meeting.

There was a meeting of the direc-
tors OF the Farmers and Merchants
Bank yesterday. The business OF the
bank has been growing so fast that
steps looking toward charging the
facilities for business have beer dis
cussed, but no definite action has been
taken. The business of the bank IS
now greater than ever before 10 its his
tory
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Union Men Refuse to work with Non
Union Timers on Hirsehman Job.

This morning the union carpen-
ters who were employed by Bloom
and Hartman on the Hirschman JOB
quit their work and left the build
ing because non-union men were
putting on the tin covering TO the
building. The contractors state
that they will hire other men.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
AGED Murderer Executed.

Butler, Mo, April Thames l.
Gartrell, aged 6S years. was hanged
here for the murder of D. B. Donegon
a Colorado man with whom Gartrcll
and his son started from Kansas City
In wagon, the motive OF the crime
being robbery.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
The Photographer,
Studio, l6S West Peasants st.

GUY M. HAYES Is to have an auc-
ion sale Of horses at his stable on
Spruce street on April 18th. The sale
begins in the morning. Fifty head
of horses will be sold to the highest
bidder Several mules and some car
riages and buggies will be sold.
ZrrTLE is the exclusive Halter and
>furnisher.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17

My eggs come from Fayette coun
ty farms, fresh and good. James L
Protzman.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
Speaking Lik enesses.

The oft heard comment 'That pic
ture looks as though it would almost
speak" finds justification in products
OF our gallery. Wemake lots OF those
splendid 50. so cabinets; yours ought
to be among them.
E. c. PRoTzMAN,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17

Bur your eggs good and fresh from
James +. Protzman, MADEIRA Block
Grocer.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
SOME INSIDE FACTS.
The Plans of the Fairmont,
Morgantown and Cheat River.

Street Railroad Company Already Ac.
compIished-Stoekhelders and Capt..
alization-What the Company Pro-
poses to d0--Tw0 Lines From Nor.
gantown to Cheat and one to Fair
mont.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-01
A NEW DEPARTURE.
A New, Enectual and Convene MT
Cure for Catarrh.

OF catarrh remedies, there is no
end, but of catarrh cures, there has
always been a great scarcity. There
are many remedies to relieve, but very
few that really cure.
The old practice of snuffing salt
water through the nose would often
relieve, and the washes, douches,
powders and inhalers in common use
are very little, IL any. better than the
old fashioned salt water douche.
The use of inhalers and the applica-
ton of salves, washes and powders to
the nose and throat TO cure catarrh
is no more reasonable than to rub the
back to cure kidney disease. Catarrh
is Just as much blood disease as kid
ney trouble or rheumatism and it can
not be cured by local treatment any
more than they can be.
To cure catarrh whether in the head
throat or stomach an internal antisep-
tic treatment is necessary to drive the
catarrhal poison out of the blood and
system, and the new catarrh cure is
designed on this plan and the remark
able success of Stuart's Catarrh Tab
lets is because being used internally,
il drives out catarrhal infection through
action upon stomach. liver and bowels
VIM. Zimmerman of st. Joseph. re.
lates an experience with catarrh which
fers everywhere. He says: Il neglect.
ed a slight nasal catarrh until II
gradually extended to my throat and
bronchial tubes and finally even my
stomach and liver became effected, but
as / was able to keep up and do Z
days work l let it run along unit
my hearing began TO fail me and Their
I realized that I must get rid of ca.
tarrh or lose my position as l was
clerk and my hearing was absolutely
necessary.
Some of my friends recommended
an inhaler. another a catarrh salvt
but they were no good i'm my case
nor was anything else until hearc
of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and bought
a package al my drug store. They
benefited me from the start and In
less than four months was complete
~ cured OF catarrh although hac
suffered nearly all my life from II.
They are pleasant 10 take and 81
much more convenient 20 use thar
other catarrh remedies that feel
can not say enough IN favor Of staurti
CAtarrh Tablets"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-01

money received has been expended on
a sunny, well-ventilated building which
will accommodate 100 children and ten
teachers. The lot upon which this
building is erected was given by the
city. 1t is on the northeast corner of
Thirty-first and Montgomery streets.
This kindergarten. to be known as the
South Side Kindergarten" will be in
charge OF Miss Jessie Anderson. who.
with her assistants. will formally open
the building Tuesday morning at 9:15
o'clock, when the public is invited to
be present to witness the work. As
this is the first building of the kind
ever constructed in Savannah il will
be interesting to many people and Wis
itors will be welcomed. All the other
schools of the Kate Baldwin Free Kin
dergarten system will be closed so that
the students OF the training school may
be in attendance 10 explain the play
of the little ones TO the on-lookers.
This occasion Is one OF which Savan-
nah may well be proud. showing. as II
does, the public spirit OF its citizens,
associations and municipal govern
ment
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-01
BEEF SUPPLY RECOVERED.
Temporary Shortage Occasioned by
Recent BliEEaRd.

Temporary Shortage Oecasioned by
Recent BIiKHard.
Despite the fact that beef has been
rather scarce in Savannah the last few
days. occasioned by the recent bliz-
yards in the northwest lettering the
shipments South, the retail markets
were we'll supplied last night and no
trouble was experienced by consumers
in getting any cut and quantity desir-
ed.
1t is a frequent occurrence that the
wholesale meat houses, not only here,
but all over the country. run short
of some particular kind or quality
of beef. yet it is not often that the
scarcity is so general as it has been
the past week. During the early part
of the week the houses scarcely had
any meet on hand, but the arrival of
several cars relieved the situation.
Yesterday all the houses received ship
ments and no more trouble is antici-
pated as, the weather has changed so
that the supply can be kept UP with
out trouble. The prices remain about
the same as throughout the winter,
fluctuating but few cents either way.
The vegetable and fruit supply yes
terday and last night were also good
and all that could be desired. All veg
etables marketable at this season of
the year were to be had, and the ven-
ders appeared to be doing a good bus
mess.
Strawberries were more numerous
than usual, the most of them being
from Florida, though some few bas-
kets were furnished from local
patches. Oranges, apples and bananas
were of good quality and quantity and
were sold at reasonable prices, accord
ing to the quality.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-01
F. P. WILLARD LEAVES
NEAl-MlLLARD CO,

The retirement of Mr.. F. P. Willard
from the firm of the Neal Willard
Company will be announced to-mor-
row. Mr.. Willard has rendered his
resignation as vice president and as
a director of the company and has vol
unfairly severed his connection with
the firm.
The firm will hereafter be known as
the Neal-Blun Company, Mr. Harry
Blum, secretary and treasurer of the
company, and heretofore a silent part
ner, Incorporating his name in the
corporate name. A petition asking
that the original charter of the COM
pany be changed accordingly was
filed yesterday in the Superior Court
by Twiggs & oliver, attorneys.
The partnership was formed Nov. 20.
1897. The stock OF the company has
been owned by Messrs. Blum. Mlllard
and Neal. almost entirely The other
two members OF the firm have pur-
chased Mr.. Millard's share. and will
continue 70 conduct the business as
heretofore.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-01

down, the witnesses testified. the char
acter of the cons truction of the bundles
and the material used underwent such
change that it became Improbable for
them to make them. When work was
suspended there were quite a number
of the fascines which had been passed
by Gaynor in the inspection which had
not been used in making mattresses.
The inspector picked one of these up by
his forefnger- and toyed it as if it were
a walking stick, though it's length was
more than sixteen feet, so flimsy and
light was it.
The hearing began with the resump-
ton of the testimony of Assistant En-
gineer j. H. Bacon. In rebuttal OF
the position assumed by counsel for the
defense, rs outlined in the Morning
News, to the effect that the work done
by Carter was used as a foundation by
those who subsequently took up the
construction of the solid stone tetty,
Mr.. Erwin asked the witness many
questions relative to the remains left
by Carter, bringing out the fact that
very little of Carriers work was built
upon by the present contractors and
| that fully 1000 feet of the base line of
the north jetty did not come in con-
tact with any work done by Carter.
Gin For Greene and Gaynor.
The other witnesses examined were
Messrs. Philip Hopper. z. B. Parker.
Frank DuBose and o. G. Darling. all
OF whom made excellent witnesses for
I the government. They were cross
| questioned at little length by the de-
| tense. One of the questions asked on
| the cross-examination of one of the
witnesses was whether he had gotten
much out of Johnnie Gaynor. The
| witness smiled significantly and re-
piled that he should say not This
witness testified that he made the first
gin which Greene and the Gaynors had.
On closer examination it was ascer-
| tanned that he referred to machinery.
The witnesses testified that Tom
Gaynor worked in the camp, and was
in charge of the entire work, but that
when he was not there a negro named
| Marshall Dempsey was their boss. The
witnesses told of the material used.
and the price paid for each facine
which was used in the construction of
mattress, which, when compared to
the contract price, showed the enor-
nous profits made by Greene and Cav
nor. The governments contention is
of course. that Carter knew of the
character of the work. or that IL he
did not know. he wcs accountable.
Hearing Will Conclude Monday.
The defense contends that a great
deal of the testimony referred to a.
time when Capt Carter was not in
charge of the work. The position of
the defense has already been outlined
in the Morning News The hearing
will be resumed Monday, at which