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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
LAST SPIKE DRIVEN.
Spectacular Performance Takes
Place Last Evening.

Contractor Fred Dean and Engineer
w. LsWebb Have the Joint Honor
Rail and Tie Snlfer Severely From
Misdirected Blows Other Trolley
News.
The last spikes have been driven
on the loop of the street car line.
Prof Walter L. Webb and Contac-
tor Pred Dean OBLIGATED at the
ceremony which occurred from five
to six p IN. on Wednesday.
Two interested spectators, one of
them being a NEW DOMINION man,
watched the operation
First soft tie was selected and
all the spikes were driven in all the
other ties IN that vicinity. Then
the spike drivers started the two
spikes by driving them half wey in
the wood.
Next hammers were given 10 the
two performers who seemed to think
that the man who missed the spike
oftenest won the game. 1t was a
tie 1t was also a rail, that they
hit.
1t was funny to the Italians
who had been driving spikes and
they laughed although in great awe
of the boss and the engineer But
nobody was crippled and after the
spikes were pounded down the per
formers took off their hats and
bowed profoundly to every one in
the party.
BY Friday evening tAe cars may
be running around the loop Ballast
is holding them back AMI will pre-
vent the loop being completed by
this evening. Plenty Of ballast will
be here by tomorrow and it is being
placed as fast as it comes.
With the start of the cars around
the loop there will DO several changes
and innovations in the schedule and
other things in connection with the
car system.
The first Of the week will witness
the start of work ON the line up
Walnut street from High street to
the Walnut street bridge and car
barns. This will not be started
until after Sunday as the street
would be badly torn up without hope
Of gettirg it back before the day Of
rest if a start were made now. Fred
Dean will lay this bit of track,
Workmen are engaged in running
the feed wire to the west side and
will start at once to string the wire
along the route to Granville. The
contract for this road is to be let in
very short time and work will be
steadily pushed on it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29

From Both Miss Carman and Miss
BIigh Nothing Definite Yet in Re-
gard to High School Teachers.

Prof. Gallup has received a telegram
today from Miss Carman al UrbaBa
Illinois, in which She states that she
thinks she can accept the position to
which She was elected in the high
school here. But she IS await
ing a letter from Mr. Gallup. He bad
notified her OF her appointment bg
telegram. lie has also written to her.
but will not be able to geta reply from
Illinois for several days yet
Upon learning that Miss Woods
could not come here, on account OF
having accepted another position, az
ter waiting week to hear from this
school, Prof. Gallup sent telegram
to Miss Bligh ia New York state, ten
dering her the other position. A tel.
egraph message was also received from
her today, saying she would send adef-
mite reply as to her acceptance To.
morrow. Her message today was sent
from Warsaw, New York.
Miss Bligh is a graduate Of Cornell,
having done excellent work there.
She taught in New York state last
wear
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
CHARGE OF FELONIOus SHOOTING
Was not Sustained-Wm. Bond was
not wounded-Womcn knew Sound
0f(,un

William Palmer and Joseph Wat
kins were arrested and lodged in jail
about twelve o'clock last night, by
Policemen Frank Canoe and Jack
Yoke on warrant sworn cut by
Vanc Bond, charging them with
feloniously shooting his son, Viii
liam Bond.
The affair occurred at Beeehwood
Park. A number of children were
picnieing, and some time before
dusk, some one came to the door of
a house some distance away. and cut
loose into the crowd with a gun.
Five shots were fired
Young Bond was examined but no
marks of wound were found upon
his person The only evidence to
fix the identity of the parties who
did the shooting was the testimony
OF a woman who said she knew the
sound of the gun as one belonging
to Palmer or Watkins The prisoners
were dismissed
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
SCALE FIXED.
Denny Faction Window Glass Workers
Will Continue to Receive High
Wages of Last Year.

The wage scale of the Denny fac
ton OF the window glass workers
has been fixed for the fire of 1908 A.
Contrary to the general expectation
it remains at the high mark reached
in the settlement for last year, the
highest ever paid in the history of
the trade. A REDUCTION of from 30
to 40 per cent had BEEN looked for
this year.
However, the conference was
amieable ia the extreme and the
the settlement was reached without
trouble The Burns faction has not
yet taken up the wage question with
the American Window Glass com
panY, but it is not expected that any
reduction will be accepted About
10000 men are affected by the
Denny settlement.
The effect of the Niagara Falls
agreement on the trade is expected
to be beneficial The market has
been dull for some time, the iobbers
believing that the men would be
compelled to agree to reduction,
with the result that lower prices
would rule during the coming sea
son. The assurance that this will
not be the case will tend, it is
thought, to strengthen the market
Immediately and restore activity.
Few orders have been placed toi
future delivery since the summer
shut down of the Independent
works.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
HURRY UP MODEL ROAD.
County Court and Others Interested in
Finishing 1t Rapidly.

People financially interested in the
building of the model road on the
West Side are making an effort to rush
the work to completion. President
Harner of the county court, and Mr..
Sturgiss were over there this afternoon
Investigating the matter
The government men are not so
much interested in how quickly the
road is built as how we'll They have
been taking their time, and making 1t
in truth, a model road The people
who are putting up the money are
anxious TO have it finished.
The method Of work has been to
grade part of the road and then put
on the stone finishing each piece as
they went. The teams used in grad
ing were laid off while the stone was
put on. The plan now is to grade one
piece while the other is being inacamiz-
ed, thus pushing all the work forward
at once.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
MONUMENT TO SOLDIERS
VIII be Built in Court House
Yard Instead of Cemetery.
Committee Reached Decision yester-
day Afternoon Inscription VIII be
auch Larger and $4,000 Monument
viii be Bniit Instead Of $4,000 :
County Court Will Raise Appropria-
tion.

a meeting 81 the soldiers Munu-
uent Ctummitfer appointed BY the
County Court sam tune ago, VAS held
Thursday afternoon The members
OF the COMMITTEES ale President Harm
er. Messrs Ssurpis>. Biker, G.4sscock,
Grant aad Mafeland. The committee
reached the conclusion yesterday af-
ternDon that il woaid ne much better
for number OF reasons TO bnild the
monument 90 the lawn In front Of
the Court House. instead Of IN the
cemetery. ADD they will recommend
that it be built there.
La the court house lawn, 1t viii be
on public property and not on the
property OF alrivate corporation. Ii
Will be in The most public place in the
county, seen constantly by the people
of Ihetown and those who come 10
from the country.
1t is the commit e's opinion that
money can be raised for the monumen:
10 the court house yard twice as east
ly as for the other location.
Instead OF the IS, 900 monument
they have decided to build a $4,000
one. This Is on the superstition that
the Subscriptions will now be doubled
Certain H. is that many people viii
contribute INV who would not have
done 50 before.
II is expected that the County Court
will raise its appropriation from 81 500
to $500, the amount asked for ofisi-
nally. This is ole reason of the spe-
cial term which is being held Three
men volunteered to contribute $3.50
each, making total OF $50. An ef-
fort is being made to get ten men
who will d. as we'll.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
MAYOR M'GREE TALKS.
Has Some Interesting Things to
Say About Fever.
Only Twelve Cases in Town 1t Present
limestone of These are Malariai-
Government Expert Wanted to Make
Investigation to Disarm all Possible
Criticism.

Mayor McGrer- was found in his
office this morning Iy NEw Da-
MINroN man who had dropped in to
see what was doing at headquarters.
After chat of some moments the
matter of engaging an expert to in
vestigate sanitary matters came up.
.sWe are d Jog the best we can to
locate a man who is competent, said
Mayor McGrew AT present we
are in correspondence with the state
board OF health relative to getting a
man from the marine hospital corps
at Washington"
"There is no doubt that there are
mea right here at home who are
thoroughly competent but We have
decided to get some one whose de-
.eision will not be questioned.
''In case local man went into the
matter and decided that there was
nothing wrong with the water and
milk supplies, people outside would
say that of course he would not tell
the truth about the affair. Some
people at home might object To his
finding no matter what it might be
and we want to bring id some man
who has absolutely no bias in the
rcm;ses and who is Indifferent To-
what the conditions really are and
only interested in finding out the
exact status of affairs"
''You remember when local ply
sicians said last year that we
b i'd small pox and then 81 ate board
member was sent here and said the
same thing, their decisions were
questioned. After the government
sent a man there was no longer any
question about it"
"The latest reports from the ply
sicians show that there are but II
cases of fever here Some il not most
of these are malarial rather than
typhoid. And / believe that the
great majority of the cases hereto
fore noted have been that instead of
typhoid fever"
They may be caused by digging
for new streets, for new buildings,
for sewers and for the thousand and
one things which have caused the
streets to be torn up for months at
a time"
''It may be that the water is bad.
But what causes fever in the noun
tains where there are no houses for
miles in any objection? There is
fever at Elkins and big row has
been kicked up there on account of
it."
water from Elkns is brought
from q mountain stream which
should be pure as pure can be.
There are no houses on the water
shed of the creek from which the
supply is taken. Yet the ether night
when Mr. Dean and | were there,
big delegation Of citizens waited on
the council and raised particular
cain because THE, that and the other
thing had not been done.
''Pittshurg has an increase Of
thirty fever cases IN Two days. This
is blamed on the council which has
not provided adequate filtration.
And so it goes in aay town you may
name"
1T may be that the water supply
here is not pure but / think it is.
But at any rate we are going to get
a man just as quickly as possible
and have him sift the thing thor
oughly. 1--WE can prevent it there
is not going to be any further cause
for complaint.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
WHERE Is "THE PENINSULA"
According 10 Charter it is in Second
and Third wards of City.

Some question has arisen as to
whether "the Peninsula" is in the
Second or Third ward of the
city. The charter says that all that
land that was in the old town Of
Greenmont, and between the King
wood pike and Decker's creek shall
constitute the Second ward. What
is known as the Peninsula was part Of
Greenmont. On the other hand,
Decker's creek has been taken as the
boundary line between the Second and
Third wards of the city. The PENN.
sula is on the Third ward side, but, at
the same time is part of the former
town of Greenmont. More nr less i'm
portance will attach to this ques-
ton when the Peninsula becomes
more tbickly populated, and munich
pal politics become more strenuous.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29

Elopement at Mt. Hermon with
Unusual Features


Nathaniel Wright Raa Away with His
Wife's Brorher's wife--R. B. Wright
and Mrs. Nathaniel Wright Lsft ny
Their spouses to Console Each
Other-Runamays Said 10 be in Jail.
The story of an elopement with
soue unusual features comes from
Mount Hermon this county Ma
thaniel Wright disappeared several
days ago with the wife OF K b.
Wright. The two are not r.1stives,
but Nathaniel Wright's wife is r. b.
Wright's sister r. b. is withops a
wife and Mrs. Nathaniel withous a
husband. Mrs. r. b. and Nathaniel
both evidently thought one of the
name was as good as the same, while
Mrs. Nathaniel and K. Il. were
evidently of different opinion. MIR
and Mrs Wright have gone wrong,
r. BIS efforts TO right the wrong
have so far been without avail.
r. B. and Nathaniel Wright are
neighbors. They are about 30 OF 40
years of age, and thtir wives are
about the same Mrs. r. Il. is not II
particularly handsome woman. but
nevertheless Nathaniel became in
fatuated with her.
lie left home some days ago,
stating that he was going to Blacks
Vile 10 deposit $500. Instead Of
this he borrowed 500 from the
Blackssillc bank and returned TO
DAYS Rue Here he was : zen with
Mrs X Il. Wfiyh', his ife's bfoth,r's
vile. They ses together and we've
last seen together at Barton.
Nathaniel sent his horse AID buggy
from Burton back to BIaeksvllle by
the mail-carrier. At Burton they
took the train, and weUs, no o1e
knows where.
1t Is rumored that they were last
heard of ia Chambersburg and that !,
they were arrested and placed in Jail |
there. Ibis report. however, las bos
been confirmed. Mrs. Nathaniel
Wright is living on the hill where she
has always lived, and across the lot
her brother lives In his deserted home. |
The woman who ran away was an Ed
dy before her marriage, though the
officer who gave the facts to NEW |
DOMINION maa could not be sure ahent |
that.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
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ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
Te Isolate the Germ which Causes
Typhoid Feyer-They are Hard to
Catch singly.

To Isolate the Germ which Causes
Typhoid Feyer-They are Hard to
Catch singly.
The following extract is taken
from Mason's Examination Of
Water (2nd ed. 1909 AS an au-
thority upon his subject Prot. Mason
is without a superior IN America:
"Lawes and Andrews in their re-
port to the London County Council
show that the chance of discovering
B. HYPNOSIS in sewage is exceedingly
small. They entirely failed To find
it in London sewage. Finally they
examined the sewage flowing with
out disinfection) from the Eastern
Hospital at Homeston, which same
received the objections OF forty ty-
phoid patients. Out of a whole series
of sam pies examined from the latter
source, only two colonies of H..
HYPNOSIS were difiere 1tiated with
certainty. Similar experience has
been recorded by practically ell the
recent observers, and consequently
search for the typhoid germ in water
is becoming very unusual.
"The present position of this
question is tersely summed up by
DIR. w. II. WEIGH:
ave possess no satisfactory meth
cd for the determination Of the
presence of the typhoid bacillus in
water. With our present methods
the most that can be expected from
the biological examination of water
as regards this question is the de
termination, not of the actual pres
ence of the typhoid bacillus, but o.
the possibility or probability Of 1T
presence. Our principal guide al
present in drawing conclusions as
to the possible presence of the ty
phoid bacillus in suspected drinking
water is the recognition OF faeca
bacteria, and more particularly. o
members of the colon group"
/
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
Nothing From Mr.. Err.

At the June meeting Of the Board
OF Regents Mr.. Oscar Err, b. s., of
Ohio State University was elected in
structor in dairying. So far not a
word has been heard from. him as to
whether he would accept The position
or not Efforts to geta response from
him have all met with failure. AT
the meeting just closed, committee
was empowered TO employ another in
structor 10 case Mr.. Err does not ac-
cent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
TEN LOT SALES
Engross the Attention Of Frank Il. Ba
Mister and MS Associates.


+. b. Bannister has made arrange
ments for holding about ten public
auctions OF town and city lots this
summer and fall.
The frst one will be held at Reeds
vile August 1st. Big sale posters are
already out advertising the sale.
The next will be at Albrightsville
early ia August. Contracts for the
purchase Of the Albrightsville proper
ty were signed, and the deal closed
yesterday.
Other towns to feel the Impetus OF
boom In real estate have not yet been
announced, but something will be do
ing in all the important centers OF Pop
ulation in this section of the country.
The building OF the Wabash and
Elkins railroads is expected to cause
great activity and increase In popula-
tion in all the sections OF the country
through which they pass.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
GOOD ROADS
Have Struck 1t Warm Down at Hun
tington-WilI Build Two Miles.

The people OF Huntington are very
much stirred up over the matter Of
good roads. They are determined
to build a section Of model road
down there. 10 this end they have
asked Mr.. Charles L. Harrison TO
come down and look over the ground
and meet with their county court.
He will tell them some things about
the roads. The trip will be made
next week.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29

The Union Utility Company, Of
Morgantown, is doing great things
for that town. At a meeting of the
board of directors action was taken
which means the commencement of
the greatest industrial activity in
the history of that section. bringing
as it will several large manufacture
ing plants to Morgantown and
causing the building ola big town
on the west side of the river which
will eventually be taken into the
corporation Of Morgantown and form
one of its most important and thriv-
ing wards Wheeling Intelligencer
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
Married.

WELsH-CorELANp = Mr.. Frank
q. Copeland, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
B. b. Copeland, of Pit'sburg, and
Mrs jennie +. Welsh, widowed
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
fuley alsoi OF Pittshnrg, were
united in marriage at the Presby-
terrain manse Wednesday evening
July % 1903, 10y DR. a. ): Buch-
snan. Taey vail >, end art of
their honey moon in this vic, litv.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
VERIFYING TITLES.
nen at Clerks Office Looking up Coal
Titles for Wabash Syndicate,

Several men have been at work at
the Office of the county clerk for a
day or two looking up tie Titles for
coal in this county which is held by
the St. Louis Union Trust Com, any
TOR The Wal ash coal syndicate Mr.,
Potter, Mr. Erskiue and several as
ristants OF Pittshuig are Going the
work.
The coal holdings of the Wal ash
syndicate in his county amou. to
several thousand acres, The weik of
verifying he titles will require ev-
eral days yet.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
DIDN'T FIND SPOOK
Though boys had seen Strange Antics--
Library Mystery may be Solved.

Policeman Frank Canoe made a
thorough search of the Library last
night for the spook, but failed to
find either person or thing.
A number Of boys saw a man and
and woman come out OF the building
and vanish suddenly, when observed.
Later they saw u being robed in
white crawl across the floor. 1t APP
peared again later this time IN black
carrying an umbrella. 1t was after
these stunts that Cameo made the
search.
The opinion prevails that the
mystery of the Library ghost is
about TO be solved with develop
ments more sensational than the
story Of the ghost itself.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
Hurt on Buzz Saw.

john lloskins, of Moorcsville. this
county, who works on Clark Cores
saw mill was badly hurt a day or
two ago by coming in contact with a
swiftly revolving buzz saw. The
teeth caught on the thick muscle OF
the forearm and Bit ont a piece
which Mr.. Hoskins was not at all
prepared to spare. He. is temporarily
OF the job but will be all right again
in few days. He was fortunate to
get off with no worse injury.
UTHE b ptist church will short J
install fine new pipe organ which
will add much to the attractiveness oil
che services held there. The churches
Of Morgantown are advancing with
the rest Of The procession.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
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CAUGHT.ON REVOLVING SHAFT.
Italian Laborer Badly Hurt at Nor.
gantOwn Brick Plant.

Beato Pietro. an italian, employed
at the Morgantown Brick Company's
plant, below Seneca was seriously,
probably fatally, injured about noon
yesterday. His clothes were caught
by rapidly revolving shaft, and his
body was whirled around twice before
the clothes gave way, and he dropped
to the ground, nearly falling over an
embankment.
Dr. Gibbons was called Immediate
ly and found two ugly gashes on his
head, and other cutsand bruises about
his body. His back is injured, and it
is impossible 20 tell just how badly he
is hurt at present. He is being cared
for by an Italian family living near
the brick yard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
Mot Over CroMded.

There is one profession IN Morgan
gantown which Is not over crowded.
This Is that OF domestic. Hardly a
day passes bat some one adyertises for
girl. Good wages are paid aud the
girls who work at this profession have
things much more their own way than
they have them in many others.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
RACING OVER BRIDGE


Across Cheat River Will be stopped
Court May Send Deputy to Make Ar
rests.
The County Court has been con-
sideriDg the matter of sending a
deputy sheriff to the Cheat river
bridge to arrest some parties who
have been seriously misusing it.
The offenders are chiefly summer
visitors from Pittsburg and other
points, who drive over the structure
at 2:40 gait, which is direct
violation of the law. Notices pro-
hibiting driving faster than a walk
have been posted, but no attention
is paid to them
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
Minutes of Bar Association.

Neatly bound and printed minutes
of the State Bar Associations meeting
at Wheeling last winter have just been
issued, and some of the copies have
reached members of the local bar.
The paper read before the association
by Edgar B. Stewart on the Torrens
System of land titles is printed in full.
The name of Judge Okey johnson,
now deceased, credits him as an au-
thor of one paper,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
viii Furnish $4,000 Stakes.

DC. Core has taken the contract for
furnishing 5000 stakes to be used in
the Wabash railroad surveys IN this
county near Mooresyille. This will be
plenty to make every farmer ia that
section believe that the main line Of
the Wabash is going to run right
through his stable-yard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
H0ot Owl Hibernates.

The Clay County Hoot Owl has sus-
pended publication for the present.
The editor claims be has not sold th~
paper, but still owns his plant, and
may begin to boot any old time be gets
cash enough in his jeans to start the
wheels a-gong.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-07-29
UNFOUNDED REPORT.
No small pox at Huntington and camp
will not be Changed.

A report was published 10 the Par
kersburg News that there was lot of
small pox at Huntington. On account
Of this it was alleged that the encamp-
ment of the National Guard would be
neld elsewhere Gen S. b. Baker
states that the report is incorrect
Fhere is no small pox at Huntington
and the camp will be held as ordered.