Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-01-22
THE NEWS.

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for amnesty in his case.
Now, Messrs. congressman. let's
hear from that Centennial Appro-
priation bill.
The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company have issued
orders to resume mining operations.
| The widow of ex-president John
son, died at her daughters residence
near Greenville, Tenn, on Saturday
might.
Nineteen cars containing material
/ tor the Japanese buildings on the
Centennial grounds have passed
I through Chicago on the route to
Philadelphia.
! Under the resolution Of the House
/ permitting the government to resell
the Harper's Ferry property the At
| torney General says he will give the
opinion that it should be bid in by
the Secretary of the War.
In the Massachusetts House yes
| terday a bill was introduced which
provides that no pupil in an any of
the schools should be required to par
! ticipate in any religious or devotion
al exercise il the parent Ell guardian
request the pupil to be excused.
In view of Mr.. Morison's inability
tomake long speeches ineonsequence
of the gunshot wound he received
during the war, the Detroit News
inquiries with refined cruelty, "Why,
oh, why don't some patriot shoot the
rest OF the Congressman in the lungs?
Let no guilty man escape.
The Virginia House of Delegates
has finally refused to reconsider the
vote refusing to order to Il third
reading the bin aphroprlating S10,-
600 for expensus incidents to the
Centennial exhibition. The bill had
passed the Senate. The debate in
the House was at times quite bitter.
THE object of the concentration of
orr lighting vessels in a Southern
port is to prevent their being frozen
up, so that they may be ready for ac-
tion at short notice, should our trou-
bles with Spain assume beligerent
proportions. As a matter of precau-
ton this action of the Secretary of
/ the Navy may be all well enough.
Ex-senator Henderson has charg-
ed the Government $50, 900 for his
services in the whiskey cases. If he
is to be paid at that rate, it is a pity
his services were not dispensed with
sooner. 1t is thought he will be in
duced to settle for $4,000.
The republican campaign commit
tee has ordered the printing of many
thousand copies of Mr.. HIPS speech
as actually delivered in the House
containing the injudicious express
sions which he expunged in the Con-
gressional Record. 1T will be circu-
lated in the North and West as q
campaign document.
One hundred ounces of gold taken
from the Centennial mine have been
assayed at Dever Mint, and found
to be 903 fine in gold and IS in silver.
A quantity Of quartz from the same
mine yielded at the rate Of SAG, 1904
per ton in gold and S271. 40 in silver,
a total of SAL ,957.S5 per ton Of 1000
pounds.
Immense audiences attended the
three services held by Moody and
Sankey. 1t was the last Sunday SER
vice that will be held in the Depot
tabernacle in Philadelphia. The
Christian Convention will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday under the
direction of Moody and Sankey, at
! which about one thousand ministers
are expected to attend.
A medium was very badly treated
in Houston, Texas, recently. He
wanted to have his hands tied where
upon the county jailor stepped upon
the platform and proposed to slip
pair of handouts on his wrists. The
professor declined the bracelests, and
the audience voted to ride him on q
rail. Finally, they agreed to let him
go, if he would return the money
The receipts, S146, were disgorged,
and a motion was carried unanimous
ly to give the amount to an orphan
asylum.
The House Committee on Elec-
tions heard an argument by w. I'll.
Tressott, of South Carolina, who de-
clared that the Third Congressional
District Of that State was not made
up of contiguous territory, as requir-
ed by the Constitution. Judge Pas
chall, who was present, suggested
that this perhaps affected all the
other districts Of the State. 1t is
found that one of the counties in
the Third district is twenty-five miles
distant from the other counties. The
committee will probably unseat Rep
resentative Hoge. The question Of
unseating the other members from
the State is not before the commit
tee.
The Republican Executive Com
mettee met at Washington for the
purpose of fixing the time and place