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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Stewart Riggan, Aged II Years,
Says He Was Beaten.
Left His Stepfather's Home Near Eas-
ton Went to TT. Marion-Siept One
Night in Restaurant Then Came TO
Morgantown.

Lett HIS StepIatners Home near Cus-
ton Went to TT. Marion-Siept One
Night in Restaurant Then Came TO
Morgantown.
Stewart Riggan, as he gave his
name, sad aud lonely boy OF eleven
years OF age, set out on foot from Nor
gantown 20 Easton today, on his re-
turn TO home from which be claims
TO have been driven by harsh treaty
meut.
The boy tells touching story. He
says his name is Stewart RlggaD, aud
his home Is near EastOn. He ha,
three brothers and two sisters. The
brothers are all older than himself.
One sister is older and one younger.
The boys father is dead, he says, and
his mother is married a second time
To John Richards, who Is a coal miner
at the Fulmer mines near castor.
Fhe family moved there only short
time ago.
The boy says be has been harshly
treated and beaten by his stepfather.
1t appears that all the children in the
family are those OF Mrs. Richards first
husband, except one Mr.. Richards
has one child. Stewart told his mother
a few days ago that he would not
staud the cruel treatment of his step
father, and on Tuesday. he set out for
new quarters. He went To PIT. Marion
the first day, loafed around the depot
there, aud told his story, and was
fed by the charity OF some people at
the hotel there. He says he stayed all
night at the restaurant. and Wednes
day he was put aboard the noon train
and sent TO Morgantown.
He spent some time ABOUT the depot
here, fiHally coming up town, and
stopping in Werner, Fortney & Co IS
store. The clerks were attracted by
his seeming to have nothing to do.
aud upon inquiry found that he had
run of, or been driven off, from home
lie said a sister OF his stepfather bad
married an Italian, who lives here,
and he could 90 there, but they would
drive him away, and be did not want
TO go back home. The boy was fed
and allowed to stay at the store until
evening. when Mr.. Werner reported
the case TO the Humane Society. This
organization having no authority to
act under the circumstances, Mr.. j.
Ami Martin learned OF The boys lone
illness, and volunteered TO take him
home for the night. Mr.. Werner sent
the lad down to church to wait till
Mr.. Martin should go home from the
Methodist Episcopal church meetings,
when he tookthe boy and cared for
him ill Thursday morning, when he
was induced to start back home, wiser
IL not sadder than before. He kept a
stout heart through the day, but. be-
gan to cry when he went among the
M my strangers at the church.
He fell into the best hands here and
was most kindly treated.
John Richards, the boys stepfather,
has lived about here for some time.
An inquiry by phone to Easton re-
veals little more than is told above.
They knew there that the boy was
gone, and seem to think bis story Of
i'll treatment is likely true. Not
much OF the family is known there.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
Pearls Becoming Scarce.

1t is reported that a famine of
pearls has set in, due to the large de-
mand for these lovely gems. 1t is
claimed that no other stone is so be-
coming to youth and beauty, but the
majority of people throughout the
country are not able to purchase these
costly gems. However, as long as
they have health they are far richer
and will always look better than II
they possessed all the pearls in the
world. If you have lost the precious
Observation-Disclosures should try
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters because
it is recognized as the best health
maker in existence. IL will cure head
ache, nervousness, Indigestion, liver
and kidney troubles and malaria, fever
and ague. Our Private Stamp is over
the neck of the bottle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
Death ofan Old monaghan

Another of MonoDgalia's oldest
citizens has passed into the realm of
eternity. On January Goth John II.
Cole diedoat his home on Dents Run
two mileS above Laurel Point. Sell
don do we have to chronicle the de-
parture OF one who has spent long
life Of eighty -four years in the same
county and Immediate vicinity ia
which he was born. Seldom do we
record the death Of one who leaves be-
hind as long list OF descendants.
We find that Mr.. Cole had five sons
and six daughters. sixty four grand
children and twenty four gre 1t grand
children. Besides these To mourn his
dece use are host OF friends and neigh
hoI; with whom he had been ASSOCIATE
ed through his long life
Mr. Cole hogan life u poor man.
When young he began TO handle cat
tie. BY judicious business methods
he amassed considerable fortune
However 1t may we'll be said that no
one ever reached his financial stand
lug through more honest business
methods He was never known to
stoop to fraud or countenance injus-
tice.
Though life long democrat poll
teal aspirations never interrupted
him. Placing business before politics
aud honesty above all things he pros.
pered.
OF his children three, Lawrence
and A. W. Cole aud Mrs. A. H. Fox
live in this county, Mrs. J. NJ. Cord
ray lives at Logansport, and Mrs. Geo.
Berry at Wyatt, w. Va, Mrs. Lau-
IA Tough resides dt Dnnkard Pa,
Benkley Cole at New Hampton Mo-,
DR.. II j. Cole at Norfolk Neb., ]. G.
Cole at De Moines Iowo, and Mrs. d.
Wade at Kingsvlle Ohio surviving
him also. besides three brothers and
one sister is his wife who was Miss
Sahiua Shively and who he married
April 8, 1874 leu years after their
marriage they moved into the honse
he occupied till his death and raised
the large family above mentioned
aud Of his children none are dead ex-
cept Mrs. Geo. Campbell who died 10
1893 Nine OF the children surround
ed the fathers body before laid to rest In
Zohr cemetery near Laurel Point az
ter appropriate ceremonie by Rev.
Beard CT the Christian Church.
After more than four score years
of usefulness and after having become
feeble with old age he longed for dea th
to relieve him OF the troubles of this
world. The strong constitution that
had never called for the aid of a ply
stefan succumced not to disease but
to the natural debility accompanying
old age,
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to thank all the Kind
friends and neighbors for their sym
pathy and assistance during the sick
ness and death Of eur dearly beloved
husband and father.
Mrs. J. III. COLE AND CHILDREN.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
NEW OFFICE BUILDING.
Cox aud Baker win Erect Handsome
One on Chancery Row this Summer.

The plans OF j. c. Gault for an
office building to be erected for Cox
and Baker have been selected. The
building is to be 234 feet front with
depth of 70 feet 1t is to be built
r the Pride property on Chancery
Row next next to the Hall building
The contract will be let shortly for
this edificc which is to be three sto-
ries high and made up of offices. 1t
is to be of brick with pressed
brick front.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11

Many people believe that the Au-
gusta county people ought to have
their new county if the facts in the
case are net in conflict with the con-
stitution. We believe that the facts
are opposed to the organizie law of
the state. 1t should be az easy
manner to establish the facts clear
ly. However, there may be some
kicking over the proposed boundry
lines even If the new county be
formed. Lets get together and do
whatever is done in the proper man
ner. There should be no bitterness
engendered no matter how the de
clsion may go. Our brethren in the
new county cannot object il they
are prevented from getting what
they want by the constitution and
we should not object it they get
what they deem their rights under
the same law.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
WANTS ACTION.
Communication Couched In
Strong Language.
Deaths Due to Fever May BE Prevent
ed-Actien Must BE Taken or the
Town Will Suffer More Health On.
GER Wanted or Mass Meeting Sugges-

To The Editor to the NEw DOMINION.
This town ought not TO have sim
gle case of typhoid fever.
Nothing but inexcusible neglect of
the ordinary measures OF sanitation
incumbent upon the authorities of
every town OF this size. would render
a scourge OF typhoid fever possible In
this town.
Every part OF the town Is naturally
and thoroughly drained: we are swept
continually by the pure air OF the
neighboring mountains; the popula-
tion is not dense, and the homes OF
the people are clean and tidy, and
there is larger average of individual
intelligence aud personal regard for the
laws OF health than usual Ia city of
this size.
1t is not the fault or the inhabi.
tants that scourge OF typhoid is now
prevalent here. 1t is simply and
plainly due to the fact that there is
no effort, and apparently no recogni-
tion, of any official responsibility for
the kind OF water we must use, or to
discover the cause which evidently ex-
lists TO fill our hospitals With victims
of this disease
1t Is probably the only town in the
State or the Nation of its size, that is
not without a health otiicer or Board
OF Health which would act In an ext.
gency OF this kind. We go supinely
on from day to day recording the
deaths and the new victims OF dis
ease which everybody comedies must
have its source either in the water or
food which is being supplied to this
population, aud nobody turns on bis
heel to ascertain or arrest the disease.
Ii there Is no other way, let US have
a town meeting of citizens and au-
thorize competent man to inyesti-
gate and Stang out the source OF this
scourge. We may have enterprise
enough individually aud collectively
TO boom the business interests OF the
town, but II we have not enterprise
enough TO provide for the life and
health of the people who are here and
who want TO come, we dol't deserve
to grow and develop, and we will not
We ought to die of as we are doing,
and die swiftly aud rapidly, 10 order
that we may not stand in the way OF
successors who would surely take a
more intelligent and vigorous view OF
municipal responsibility.
Respectfully.
X. Y. X
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
ABOUT AUGUSTA.
Some Interesting things Dis
covered by Mr.. Johnson.
Monongalia County Surveyor is HINT
ing around in Charleston For Infor-
nation Some things Which he Ind
Found Nearly one Hundred Square
miles TO come off this County.

The fe flowing letter was received
this morning by the New DOMINION
from County Surveyor johnson who
is at present IN Charleston:
In regard to the proposed new
County Of Augusta, | don't think
the people OF Monongalia County
realize just how much of their ter
ritory is TO be taken to form the
new County. The Augusta county
people begin their County line at
the corner Of the counties of Mr..
shall and Wetzel and corner to
ennsyvania and West Virginia,
t!nn e running east along said state
lac 1875 miles to a point east OF
liiack~ville; thence through Monon
gaia and Marion Counties 5. II
81 w l45 miles which will take
them beyond the border of Marlou
County.
Now from maps which | have
carefully gone over together with
Mr.. NJ. w Venable a civil engineer
of Charleston w. Va, and w. S.
Pickett Ex-Countv Surveyor of
Marion Co, we find said line run
ming east from corner of state 1875
miles will corner east of Blacksville
at least % miles, not far from the
residence of f. G. Henkins, thence
leaving the state line and running
$. II degree 30 minutes, through
Clay District miles passing little
West of Mooresville and McCurdys
vile and striking the Marion Coun-
ty line $40 miles West of a stone
corner for Monongalia and Marion
Counties. This corner is in low
gap near residence of Lewis Shu-
man.
This partition would give the new
County of Augusta all OF Battelle
District and fully one half of ( lay.
This would reduce the area of
Monone ALA by 900 square miles.
The area as computed by Mr. VIM.
Price in his official survey of Mon
ongalia County is $50 square miles,
The friends of the new County
measure claim or have cllimed that
the area of Monongalia is greater
than $50 square miles. Since / came
to Charleston l have had a plant
metrical calculation made from our
County maps which give us 1856 %
square miles. Now Augusta County
people wa to take from Mononga
liza County 80 square miles; by our
computations we make it nearly 80 8
square miles Taking this from
800 square miles leaves 269.l square
miles. Or in other words it will re-
duce the County by area to the mum.
Der of 1864.
Is Monongala County ready to
have such slice of territory as this
taken from her bounds? Then again if
the new county seat is located at
Warrington some of Monongalia
county'S presentc citizens who now ira
vel II miles to their county seat at
Murgantown will travel at least %
miles to Warrington. They will also
have the pleasure if one it might be
called, of helping To build new Court
house jail etc.
Monongalia County representatives,
Mr. Warman and Mr.. Snyder are do
ing earnest work for their constitu
ents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
Mardi Gras at New Orleans.

The Mardl Gras festivities at New
Orleans this year will be the grand
est ever held and will occur Februa-
ry 23rd and 24th.although the entire
week preceding February oath, will
be devoted TO celebration by the va
rious organizations that have made
"Mardi Gras'' and New Orleal 81
famous the world over. The ILL
nois entrai Railroad is synonymous
with "Mardi Gras' and arrange
ments have been made for special
"Tour Service" frcm Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Chicago and st. l. uis for
handling passengers to New Orleans
for this occasion.
Ifyou are contemplating trip to
the Mardi Gras, make your arrange
menus at once for sleeping car ac-
commodations, etc. Free descrip-
tive matter and full particulars upon
application to,
f. A. Richter,
Trav. Pass. Agt., Ill Cent r. r..
Park building, Pittsburg, Pa.
IT,.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
BOUNDARIES OF AUGUSTA.
Lines Which Circumscribe the
Prop osed new Comfy.
just Where the new County Lines ara
to run Many Inquiries as to more
Defluate Information are Answered
by the Following Article.


Many people are interested and
want 10 know Just where the lines Or
the proposed county of Augusta are
10 run. The boundaries given below
will be of int rest Ia them. The
metes and bounds rs proposed 10 the
hill are as fnlDw>;
Beginning ia said Wetzel County az
the 5 W. corner OF the STATE Of
Pennsylvania; thence with thu llne
separating said Wetzpl and Mononga-
La Counties from said State OF Penn
sylvania East eighteen and three
fourths miles To a point in said Mon
ongalia County, near Blacksville:
thence s. IL degrees 20 miles w.
fourteen aud one-half miles 10 point
Ia said County Of Mnnongalia, near
Blacksmith; thence S rs degrees w.
two and eIght-tentbs miles; thence 5.
six and three. fonrths miles TO the
mouth OF Little Binganon Greek, the
point at which the two lines separ-
ating the Counties Of Harrison and
Marion meet; thence with the longer
of the said two lines separating said
Counties of Harrison and Marion N
IS degrees W. twelve and one half
miles to point In line OF said Wet
eel County, the point at which said
County of Marion, Wetzel and Harri-
son corner; thence with The line separ-
ating said Harrison and Wetzel Coun-
ties S. SO 30 w. three and three
fourths miles TO the point at which
the County OF Doddridge and said
counties of Harrison and Wetzer cor
ner; thence N. 30 degrees w. five and
three tenths miles 70 the mouth OF
Fohe's Fork In said Wetzel County:
thence N. 10 degrees Il. Nineteen
miles To the place OF the beginning.
"The said new country shall be at
tached to and seontItute part OF the
frst Congressional district, the second
judicial disirsct and the eleventh.
Senatorial district OF this state, until
otherwise provided by law" All dis.
trict officers within the bounds of
said county at the date OF the passage
of the act shall rempin In the Office
until the remainder OF their terms,
etc. All notaries Public within the
bounds OF the county are continued
in office the same as before Amos N
Prichard Of Marion; John A. Hoge, OF
Wetzel and Solomon II. SILVER, OF
Monongalia are appointed as Commits
sioners and shall constitute the C0un-
ty Court until the first day January,
1905. The County seat of the new
county shall be located at the City OF
of Mannington Also, the new coun-
ty to elect two representatives to the
House Of Delegates. The new county
includes largely toe oil production Of
Wetzel as well as Dearly all OF the best
coal deposits OF the county. In the
formation OF the new county more
territory is taken from Wetzel than
any other county.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
IN A BALLOON
This Woman Went up and
Never Came Back.
Her Husband is Seeking for Her But
Has Not Been Able to Locate Her
He Thinks that She Eloped-And
Left for Distant Parts with the
AerOnaut.


The Huntington Herald says
A strange story is told by Henry
Prater, of Letcher county, KY. who
was in Huntington today
The story is full of romance, ad
venture and novelty, and is stamped
as true by this wretched man whose
wife deserted him some time last
fail in the most novel and original
way that has ever come before the
public.
Prater who has the appearance of
an honest, but wretched man came
TO Huntington Sunday night on his
way To the Tug river county in
search OF his missing helpmate.
just over the West Virginia line, in
Lctcher county. Kentucky, on a
creek called Red Bud, he was a
prosperous farmer with beautiful
mountain girl for wife. They mar
ried about year and every thing
pointed to peaceful voyage o, en-
the matrimonial sea, netwithstand-
ing the strange history of the bride s
past. She had been left at farm
er's house when only eight years
old by wandering family of white
people who seemed to have been
anxious at the time to be rid of
her Her appearance and refine
ment so interested the old farmer
that he adopted her. Her past his
tory she refused to tell after many
fruitless entreaties by her foster
parents, and beyond the fact that
she had often said that she would
disappear some day, nothing con
corning her ancestors or previous
existence could be extracted from
her childish memory. She was mar
ried about year ago, and had APP
peared tn be happy in her married
life
Last fall show came to the lit
tie district school house, and bal
loon ascensisns was one OF the at
fractions. The balloonist in spir
it of gallantry and banter asked if
some lady would like to take trip
with him in the air, adding that
there was no danger The woman
in question eagerly volunteered, and
soon the aeronauts were lost to view
in the clouds. The spectators wait
cd in vain for their descent to the
earth, and from that day to this
they have never been heard from.
The balloon was found uninj dred,
but the woman and man have disap-
peared as completely as if the earth
had opened and closed upon them.
The unfortunate husband thinks
his wife is still living and that she
is with the mnn with whom she so
mysteriously disappeared. Prater
mas been searching for his wife since
last November, and has come, down
to Huntington on the train from
Charleston.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
Low Rates To California.

Via Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
and Union Pacific line.
February is to April 80, 1903.
Only $33 Chicago to San Francisco,
Los Angeles and many other Califor-
MIA points. One-way, second-class,
colonist tickets.
win he glad to send you additional
information.
JOIN r. PORT, District Passenger
Agent, Room u, Park Building. Pitts
burg, Pa.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
BIG GLASS PLANT Is
CLOSED DOWN.
Strike in Jeanette Factory Affects
Nearly 900 Employees.

Because of reduction in the wa
ges Of girl employees and laborers
the strike at the Jeanette plant OF
the National Glass Company has
assumed mammoth proportions, and
the big furnaces have been closed
down. The strike affects almost 900
employees, and there is no proba5ili-
ty of an early settlement.
Early last week the company de-
clared slight reduction in wages.
The girls who are employed IN the
decorating and hacking departments
refused TO accept the new scale and
after notifying the officials left the
works. The work of the plant is co
operative and without the girls, the
pressers, the lehr tenders-in fac
every class of workmen-were una
bic to continue at their duties and
the entire plant of necessity lay
idle,
Failing to secure the return of the
girls to work the company officials
decided to close down the furnaces.
The fires were banked and the works
are quiet
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
New Officers at Turn verein.

The installation OF the new officers
Of the Turn Verein has taken. place
Leopald Sigwart is President, August
Schiffbauer Vice President, E. G
Protzman, Henry Schrader and George
Rosenmerkel Trustees. JOS Lohrey
Secretary, Otto Sigwart Financial
Sec, John Kaefer Turner, and Joseph
Ney Assistant Turner. All Of the
officers have been very faithful 10 the
various positions to which they have
been chosen in the past aud none Of
them have filled the places assigned
with more conscientious earnestness
than Mr., Lohry who has filed his
position for several years.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11

ca In TOWNS future.
The following interview was sent
out by George Gould, owner of-the
Wabash system. In it he says that
his read is coming to Morgantown
IL is as follows:
"None of my plans to get an east
ern outlet has been abandoned. The
connection betweel the Western
Maryland at Cherry Run and the
West Virginia Central at Cumber
land will certainly be built. There
has been no agreement with he
Baltimore and Ohio tor any thing
else. The surveys are now being
CON- leted."
''Mr. Gould, can you say anything
of your plans to come east from
rittsburg across Pennsylvania
Il have no plans for that. l will
get a..line from GAINESVILLE, O., Up
the Little Kanawha and so on to
Baltimore, which is very inc port
for export. The harbor there is ex-
cellent and the charges light. In
the esglier days of the Baltimore
and Ohio and great commerce was
done at Baltimore and l think il
can be done again
"But, Mr.. Gould. don't you in
tend to go to Philadelphia with your
big railroad systcm?a
Il will go over there and play
polo first" said Mr.. Gould with a
smile.
The Gould tidewater line will re
quire the building of ITS miles Of
new railroad. From the Wheeling
and Lake Erie at GAINESVILLE a new
line will be built to Parkersburg
w. Va, including a bridge over the
Ohio river. Thence the Little Kan
awha railroad will be used to Sandy
Bend, w. Va, from which place q
short connecting link will be built
to the West Virginia Central, neal
Bellington, W. Va. From there, with
the Western Maryland, the line will
he completed by the construction oil
railroad between Cumberland and
Cherry Run, Md.
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president o.
the Wabash railroad, was in New
York today I'VE will have our
freight lines into Pittsburg ready
for business by the middle of sum
mer," he said, Il expect an ordi
nance granting us the right tc
bridge streets in Pit,sburg will pass
the Common council today and BIT
signed by the recorder tomorrow
In this case Wabash passengei
trains should be running into the
new Pittsburg station in the fall
"What about getting your traffic
east, Mr.. Ramsey?
ave can take it over to our con
nections at Pittsburg."
"But they have more traffic nov
than they can handle" it was OBJ
jected.
Veil, we shall have a line to thu
South. That from Pis:sburg tt
Morgantown, w. Va. is being bull
by a syndicate of our friends OF
late our attention has been centereC
upon getting into Pittshurg rathe
than on other things. 1t will tax,
two wears to completes the through
line from GAINESVILLE to Baltimore.
Mr.. Ramsey said that the talk o
a great securities company to hol'
al! the Gould railroads is wide o
the mark. when the Pittsburs
extension is finished" he said, Il
is probable that it, the Whnelin,
and Lake Erie ana several othe
smaller roads recently acquired b,
Gould int erests wsl be consolidated
into one company This is rroba
bly, the basis for the stories concern
ing securities company to hold al
the Gould railroads .