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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Moved Here from New JERSEY.

Mr.. William T. Franklin, of At
lantic Highlands, New Jersey, has
secured an interest in the A. G. Oliver
Lumber Company, doing business up
Decker's Creek and has come to Nor
gantown to reside. He will be treas
urer of the company, which has pur-
chased all the property here of the
Decker's Creek Lumber Company
Mr. franklin and his wife are now at
the MADEIRA Hotel. Their only daugh-
ter is attending Wellesley College this
winter
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Save four Money.

The Bank OF the Monongatle la
Valley has added savings depart
ment to its business and will receiN G
savings deposits on which interest
will be paid. Deposits of 81 90 and
upwards will be received. Interest
'mpounded semi annually. say
ngs deposits can be made at any time
turing banking hours and the bank
will also be open from to s O'Clock
"A Saturday evenings, for the &C.
,ommodation of such deposltors.
For further in ormation cali at the
bank,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
OLD LAND MARK.
Mackey Mill dam Blown out by Dyna-
mite.

The old Mackey mill dam, ,one of the
land marks OF Morgantown is being
demolished. A blast of dynamite was
set off in it just before noon Monday.
Twenty pounds OF the explosive was
used. but it did not wreck the dam to
a very great extent.
The dam is being destroyed TO make
A channel for the stream on the side
next TO the hill. During the recent
freshet. when Deckers Creek was so
high. it broke through the old fore
bay, and eroded away nearly 1000
square yards Of earth.
The Few chanael was washed out
so near to the foundation for the
power house OF the electric and trac-
tion company as to endanger It's per-
manence, and it was found necessary
to change the course OF the stream by
removing the old dam The new
channel had been washed out within
ten feet OF the northeast corner OF the
power house foundation The water
had stopped flowing over the dam,
and all of 1t was flowing through the
break in the forebay.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

Four Drowned.

Tallahassee, Fla, Feb. 23.-Three
white children and a negro man were
drowned Saturday night, in the Flat
woods south of Tallahassee. Jeffer-
son Johnson and his wife, parents Of
she children, were saved. The family
were in wagon and in the darkness
the team lost the road and got into
deep water
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Remanded for Trial.

New York, Feb. 23.-Lester Levine
Bernhard Levine. Louis Levine, Lee
Strauss, George Gachstatter, Max
Simpson and William Terib, all OF
whom were arrested, charged with be
ing implicated in a Mexican lottery
scheme, were arraigned in the police
court yesterday. After a preliminary
hearing, all were remanded until next
Friday for examination, security be
ing accepted.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
New Meat Market.

On Wednesday or Thursday / ex-
pect to open new meat market on
Peasants street, next to the NJ. E.
church. Due notice will be given to
the public as TO the exact date and
line of stock to ee carried. All that
will be said at present is that only the
best willsbe kept and the patronage of
the public will be met as it deserves
to be met.
J. HETzEL,
formerly Of Foreman & Hetzel.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

William Mason has 1t on West Side
A. l.. Demoss First Sufferer, and ne
has Been In Public Recently-Hun-
dreds of People Have Been Exposed
Wholesale Vaccination in Progress.
William Mason has smallpox. He
is at Ketterman's on the west side OF
the river The house has been iso-
lated, and guards are stationed
around it.
Mason contracted the disease af-
ter having been exposed to it at the
home of A. L. Demoss, of Wiles
Hill. The latter had it and was
treated for chicken pox.
He has recovered far enough to be
down town and in his office ut the
court house. He is one of Sheriff
Barrickman's deputies. Mr.. Demoss
not only has been in his office, but
be has been IN the court room.
Here he has come into contact
with hundreds of people. They took
no thought of danger. as he was
thought to have the chicken pox
and to be well OF it.
The development of the case of
Mason has put a different phase on
the matter. One of the physicians
belonging to the board of health
stated that certain percentage of
the people who had been exposed to
the malady would catch it.
Some of them may avoid 1t by
vaccination, and every one ID urged
to get vaccinated.
A small child of William Wilson,
OF Wiles Hill, has smallpox also.
This is traced to the Demoss case.
A meeting of the board of health
was called for this morning in DIR.
Warren's office. The members gave
him full authority to take whatever
steps he might deem necessary to
stamp out the disease. He may es-
tablish guarantees and enforce
them against those who may be sus-
pected of having been exposed to
infection.
He stated that the best measure
which could be taken at present was
for a wholesale vaccination. He
states that the disease is caused
largely by filth, and urges everyone
TO clean up their premises.
1t may be that large number of
cases of the malady will develop,
but the physicians are now awake
to what is gong on, and they will
take every preeaution TO hold it
down.
A great many people have been
vaccinated to-day and hundreds
more OF them will follow the exam
pie in the next few days. Vaccina-
ton is an almost sure preventive,
and the public should take steps to
have themselves made Immune it
they have not already done so
At noon to-day the case of Mrs.
Asa Hoffman, Of Melrose street,
Wiles Hill, was pronounced to be
SMALLPOX. This house has been quar-
antined.
A great many Tumors are ahoat
about the outbreak, but none OF them
have any foundation aside from what
is given In this article. The public
NAV rest assured that they will be in
formed each day by the NEw DoMIN-
ION as to the progress Of the disease,
and they should not accept anything
as true which is not to be found In Its
columns.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Suspected of POISONING Children

Davy, w Va, Feb. 23-Mrs. Walter
Dykes is being hunted by authorities
here. Her two children were found
dead yesterday morning. having been
poisoned. Rumor has it that she ad-
ministered the drug rather than al
low her husband to secure possession
Of them. She and her husband had
been separated few weeks.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
BETTER get vaccinated.

Fl. L. Smith has opened a fine
meat market on the corner of Front
and Peasants street. Everything OF
the very best will be kept. He in
vites the patronage of the public.
THE Valley Wood Working Com.
pany has the most complete line OF
builders materials to be found any
where. All orders have prompt at
tention.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
A Very Creditable Edition.

The Morgantown New Dominion
put out special edition last week
that is very creditaole. 1t contained
50 pages OF good paper, highly illus.
trated with halt-tone portraits OF
Morcantown's professional and bus
mess men, with cover of beautiful
desion.-Grafton Leader
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
TWO Deaths from Tynhoid

Ithaca, N. Y, Feb, 23.-Two deaths
from typhoid fever occurred here yes
terday, one that of Francis e. Swartz,
Of Marlboro, N. Y, a senior in the
Cornell college Of law, the twelfth
student to succumb to the disease, AMI
the other that of Mrs. w. c. Taber, a
resident Of the city.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
L. I'll. MORGAN.
j. M. GrLMER.

PoCKETBooK LosT-Between No.
Al Locust avenue, East Morgantown,
and Fortney's Opera House Cafe, cor
ner Walnut and Spruce Streets, a
pocket book containing a check on
the Kingwood Bank for $25, about SIS
IN change, and some valuable papers.
Person finding same will be rewarded
by leaving it at this Office.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

Fer sALE.-Three new houses and
lots, all rented and paying IL pei
cent above taxes and insurance. 50
600 buys the three. Be quick and
ma something.
w. E. S 7 CLAIR.
Point Marion, p
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Rover = Barber Shop

Leads all OF them. Seven chairs
quickest service consistent with best
work. Most convenient location.
Hot and cold baths. First Union
shop in town. A. BOWER, Court
House Square, Union Shop.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

the appropriations for miscellaneous
expenses, the items OF which run
from few cents to thousands of dol
lars.
The appropriations for the year
ending Sept. 80, 1904, do not foot up
quite so much as for 1903.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Lacks Four Feet of Hiqhest Mark

Lacks Four Feet of Highest Mark.
Owensboro, KY. Feb. 23.-The Ohio
river was slowly rising at 6 o'clock
last night 1t lacks four feet of the
highest mark in 1884. The bottoms
are covered for several miles on the
Indiana side. River men are fearful
Of thaw. A rise of few feet more
win cause untold damage.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

EsrRAY.--I have an estray on my
place on the West Side. 1t has been
there about six weeks. The .anima
is a brown mare, and weighs about 800
pounds. II the owner does not soon
call and prove property the animal will
be sold to pay charges.
q 1 KECK
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23

EIGHTEEN pounds Granulated su-
guar for 81. Arbuckles coffee 1Ie
At Bishops.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
Dissolution of Partnership.

The firm of Morgan & Gilmer has th;s
day been dissolved by mutual consent
All persons indebted to the firm will
please call at the office, 229 Cherry AL
ley, and settle their accounts. All ner-
sons to whom the firm is indebted win
present their claims at the Office for nav.
lAent.
I. Fl. MORGAN.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
his Array is Very Much So.

The general appropriation bills now
before the Legislature. The items in
the bill for the year 1903 as it was
introduced are as follows:
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
APPROPRIATION BILL.
How the States Money Is to Be
Expended

During the Next Year-Items Making
Up the Bill as introduced Univers-
ity and Geological Survey Fare well
Figures Are Seldom Interesting,
But this Array is Very Much So.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-23
SMALLPOX In TOWN.
Case of Supposed Chicken. Pox
Starts Smallpox.

William Mason has 1t on West Side
A. l.. Demoss First Sufferer, and he
has Been In Public Recently-Hu
dreds of People Have Been Exposed
Wholesale Vaccination in Progress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
CREED REVISION ADOPTED
Presbyterian General Assembly at Les
Angeles Hears Result of the
Recent Vote.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 25.-Thc
Presbyterian general assembly took
action which it is believed insures the
adoption of the eleven features of
creed revision. The assembly is ap-
parently in the hands of the creed re-
visiOnists. They insist it is a foregone
conclusion that the changes will be
adopted on Thursday, when the matter
comes to a final vote.
When the assembly was called to or
der by Moderator COyle, Stated Clerk
the Rev. W. H. Roberts announced
that all of the eleven amendments to
the confession of faith had been
adopted by the presbyteries by an al
most unanimous vote. On one over
ture to creed revision. he said received
less than 195 affirmative votes nor more
than nine negative votes.
Only three presbyteries voted
against the revision as whole.
These are the presbyteries of Hunt
ingdon, Pa, Lacrosse, Wis, and
Ozark Mo
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
BOUNCED IN DISGRACE
Laws or In the p. 0. d. Dismissed and Orr
dored Arrested-Charged with Ac-
cepting . Bride.

Washington, May 26.-Postmastcr
General Payne has summarily dis
missed David V. Miller attorney in the
office of the assistant attorney general
for the postoffice department, for ac-
cepting a bride in the case of John
j. Ryan & Co. A warrant for Mil
ler's arrest WIS issued. Another war
rant has been issued for the arrest
OF man who is charged with being
the partner ar go-between in the
transaction. A pOstoffice inspector has
gone west from Cincinnati to effect the
arrest. The bribe is alleged to have
been accepted at Cincinnati last De-
cember.
Miller came here from Terre Haute,
Ind, about two years ago. He was APP
pointed by General Tyner. The charge
against Miller has been under investi-
CATION for three months The Ryan
company was turf investment con-
Germ which operated at st. Louis and
CovingtOn, Ky, and the bride was Of
Tered for an opinion that would allow
the company to use the mails.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
Death of Max O'Rell.

Paris, May 26.-Paul Blouet, born in
Brittany in 1913, author, traveller, lee
turer, and special newspaper CORE
spondent, who was better known by
his pen name of Max O'Rell," is dead
here of cancer. Max O'Rell's'' first
success as a writer was upon the APP
pearance Of his little volume entitled
John Bull and His Island" Its keen
wit and caustic satire at once attra cted
the attention Of the critics and the
public The book was abused by the
Paris correspondents of the English
press, then translated into English,
and the author awone in the cloisters
of st. Paul's to find himself famous.
American reprints of John Bull and
His Island" have had large SALE
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
CRUsADEs TO CHECK FEUDs
salvation Army to Send Workers into
Sections Noted for Crime-Party
Will Be Mounted.

Cleveland, o.. May 26.-Preparations
are on foot in the Salvation Army
corps of this city to equip twenty of
its members for a tour through West
Virginia, eastern Kentucky and part
of Pennsylvania, paying particular at
tention to those sections in which MUIR
derous feuds exist. Colonel Holtz Of
this city is to be in command The
men and women are to be mounted
and will proceed slowly through the
country, carrying the doctrine of broth
erly love and trying to plant it.
The idea is the result of letters re-
ceived from Cincinnati and several
other places within or near the district
designated. At Bristol, Pa, former
Confederate soldier of considerable
wealth has announced his Willingness
to defray the expense Of the expedi-
ton. The invading army will leave
Wheeling inside of a few weeks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
AWFUL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
Drops Five Stories, Kills Four and
Wounds Others. Terrible MASKING the
Dead, Who Are Unrecognizablc.

Pittsburg, May 23.-One man and
three women were killed and five OF
six injured at 1926 Fifth avenue. a
building occupied by a dancing acad-
envy. The cause of the, fatalities was
the Swapping Of the elevator ropes al.
lowing the cage to drop fifty feet
The dead are so badly mashed that
Identification has been impossible UP
to this writing. The only one whose
name may be correct is Catherine Cur
tin. On her body was found a railroad
ticket with the name on it.
Among the injured are: Harry Lip
son, bruised all over body and hurt in
ternally; Miss Kate Flanagan, bruised
all over the body and suffering from
shock; Albert Myers, fractured leg;
Mrs. Lulu Postilwaite, scalp wound
and body bruised. The elevator cab
with thirteen young people in it
dropped five STORIES
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
Raid on Bucketshop.

Chicago, May 25.-Fifteen policemen
descended on the Office of George T.
Sullivan of "Red Letter" fame at 259
LaSalle street at $50 o'clock in the
morning and took by storm over 100
men who were alleged to be engaged
in bucketshop gambling. Detective
Woodbridge and his associates from
Chief O'Niell's office had made plans
to prevent the escape of the patrons
of the place. Every window and door
was guarded The instant the police
men entered tie office there was wild
scramble, but the precautions were
sufficient, and the frightened men were
forced back into the room
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
ODD THINGS IN SIAM
CURIOUS CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES
THAT ARE STILL OBSERVED.

Cutting the Topknot OF the Child
For His Spiritual Welfare - The
Wedding and Its CeIcbratiOn-Cre-
nation With Refreshments.
In Siam the cutting Of the topknot is
so important ceremony for the future
spiritual welfare of the child that it is
most scrupulously carried out, with all
the pomp and ceremony that the means
of the parents will allow That the
poor people may not be deprived of the
benefit Of the ceremony the government
provides all that is necessary for it at
one of the temples at Bangkok. The
center Of the ceremony is the cutting
off of the tOpknOt, which is all the hair
Children are permitted to wear up to
that time. But associated with it are .
number of publications and other reli-
giOus forms which have to be scrupu-
lousy carried out. The tOpknOt, which
is ordinarily adorned with a chaplet Of
flowers or beads, often held in place
with jeWeled pin of considerable val
ue, is now much more reSplendently
adorned, while the child is further load
ed with the richest jewels the family
can provide. After the ceremony the
head and is usually worn about an inch
long, standing up like brush. The
child is now reckoned to have reached
mans estate, although, to their credit
be it said, the Siamese are in no hurry
to marry their children. In fact. undue
haste to make a match for a daughter
is apt to raise question as to whether
things are so tlourishing with the fam
lily as they might be.
When marriage is thought of, it is of
ten the result of mutual affection and
takes the form of an elOpement. with
subsequent forgiveness by the old folk.
The more formal way calls for a lot of
negotiation and the payment to the
parents of ''ka nom," which is often.
however, returned to the daughter on
the birth of her first child The monks,
who are the astrologers of the country
among other accomplishments, are
called upon to fix the lucky day, on the
NAAA GA VI w luS Guu
his friends go to the brides house, car
rying presents of cakes and beteI. All
Siamese chew betel, and not to offer it
to q guest is serious breach of hospi-
tally. The guilds when ready for chew
ing consist of leaves of the betel pep
per, chips Of areca nut-there is no
such thing as betel nut that careless
travellers write about-a little slaked
lime and sometimes tobacco also. The
Siamese word for this mixture is an
propriately "muk." This will ALWAYS
be in evidence at weddings, and the
preparation and presentation of the be-
tel tray to the brideglo ON constitute
one OIL the forms of acceptance by the
bride Of his authority over her. The
monks will be already in attendance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29
NEW BOAT THE BEST
Reliance Gives Promise of Keeping the
Salt Water Blue Ribbon ON This
Side of the Pond

New York, May 22.-By combine
tlon OF good luck and splendid sailing
qualities the new cup yacht Reliance
inflicted such defeat upon the former
cup defender Columbia az she never
Ind suffered, leading her over the fin
Ism line OF twenty-five-mile course
OH Glenn Cove by fourteen minutes
ana f0rty-three seconds, official time.
Not all of the glory of the victory was
fairly earned by the new boat.
The Reliance beat the Columbia
nearly eight minutes in broad reach
of eleven miles in fiuky zephyrs; one
m1nuteand fifteen seconds running free
for three miles in a setady twelve-knot
breeze, and four minutes and fifteen
seconds in an eleven-mile thresh to
Windward close hauled in a fifteen
knot Southwestern. But in the first lee
the new boat got all the wind, and in
the windward work the Columbia had
trouble with her jib topsail.
New York, May 25.-In a wind that
ranged from Il mere zephyr to an eight.
Knot breeze the Reliance clearly proved
Eer superiority over the Columbia and
the constitution in the race on Long
island sound. Thougho officially the race
was no contest, owing to the failure of
the boats to finish before $50 o'clock.
enough was revealed to prove that in
his latest creation Designer Herreshoff
has wrought his masterpiece. In all
points of sailing, as they We're brought
On in the triangular course, the new
boat clearly Outclassed her rivals.
Whenever conditions were at all
equal she scurried away from the 9TH
er yachts with ease The tests to
which the boats were subjected were
mainly confined to measuring their re-
spective merits over reaches, close and
broad, little opportunity being afford
ed of showing what they may be ca
pable of in working to windward or
running to }eeward. In what little
chance there was to form an estimate
of the boats in these two latter re-
spects the new boat demonstrated her
superiority.
The third leg was not sailed out. At
the second line the Reliance was three
minutes and fifty seconds ahead of the
Columbia, and when the race was
called off she was two miles ahead, the
Columbia and Constitution being on
nearly even terms.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29

Toasted with the best that can be pro-
vided, and the ceremony Of marriage is
performed by them with the sprinkling
of consecrated water over the couple.
But the greatest ceremony of all
takes place after death. If the person
be of high rank, the body is placed in a
sitting posture in a large metal urn or
among the cOmmonerS in an ordinary
coffin. After being kept period that
lengthens with the exaltation Of rank
day is fixed for the cremation. All
the friends of the family are invited,
and enormous sums are spent on enter
tanning them and providing free shows
for the general public. The guests will
enter the inclOsure, while Chinese thea
tiers, Siamese marionettes and plays
will be provided for all who care to
witness them. On entering one would
be met by some member of the de-
ceased's family bearing a black bag
into which all are invited in turn to dip
hand. 1t is found to contain a num-
Der of tiny balls, each Of which is hol-
low and contains a screw of paper A
Siamese figure on it refers to a similar
figure on some article in one Of the
booths in the Enclosure, and the guests
are expected to present the number to
the attendants and receive as a present
whatever it represents.
There may be a dinner, but anyway
refreshments will be provided in abun-
dance. Just at sunset the pyre will be
oh o6 A CIT Of
wreath of flowers made Of the per-
fumed sandalwood, as we'll as candle
Of unbleached wax. is handed to each
guest and lamps are lighted at the foot
OF the steps of the pyre. Just as with
us those at the graveside perform the
last office for the dead in dropping a
little earth into the grave, so in Siam
each one lights his candle at lamp
and places it under the urn or coffin, to-
gether with the scented stick or wreath.
Buddhist monks away in one Of the
booths will be reciting sacred texts
meanwhile, but nothing in the way of
prayer. whether for the dead or the
living, enters into the ceremony.
Fireworks will be let off, including a
very mournful one known to the ma
t1ves as the roaring of elephants" It
is made by shaving a thick bamboo
very thin at one point and then making
a Slit. The inside is filled with compo-
sltion and sealed. and this. when fired.
exerts great pressure on the slit, max
ing the edges vibrate continuously, so
producing series CT loud groans of a
most doleful character. When the de-
ceased is of high rank the king sends
an ald-de-camp with lamp lighted
from one that is kept continually burn
ing in the royal temple and whose light
was originally obtained from a tree
fired by lightning. After the cremation
the ashes are collected and most OF
them thrown into the river, though Of |
ten few are placed in the temple in a
wooden urn.-Mission Field.