Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13
THE NEWS.

a son OF Thomas G. Iurpln, Ran
dolph, Mass. aged eleven years, hung
himself on tree in front OF his faith
er's house on Tuesday. No cause is
assigned for the act.
The original declaration of Inde-
pendence will be sent to Philadel-
phia in charge of Mr.. G. G. Bell,
Chief Clerk of the Interior Depart
ment, and will be deposited in Inde-
pence Hall during the entire time of
the Centennial Exhibition.
The democrats of the fifth Ohio dis
trict have nominated Gen. A. ".
Rice for Congress, passed resolutions
for the repeal of the resumption act
and gradual withdrawal Of national
bank paper, and favor Ex-Governor
VIM. Allen for the presidency.
At Warsaw, Ky, Wednesday night,
Ben French and wife, who were in
the county Jail for poisoning an old
and wealthy colored man named
Jacob Jones, were taken from the
Jail bya mob of masked men and hung
to a limb of tree.
The United States District Court
at New York holds that the loans of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
on real estate in the State of New
York, amounting to some $500, 600,
are usurious, and the penalty pro-
vided by the statute must be inflict-
ed upon the company. This decision
involves losses in the Safe amount
ing to two or three millions.
VIM. Mckee, editor of the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, recently con-
victed of completely in the whiskey
frauds and sentenced to two years
imprisonment, arrived in Washing
son on Friday. A stay OF commit
ment for ten weeks has been granted
in order to give him an opportunity
to make personal application to the
President for remission OF so much
of his sentence as requires him to be
imprisoned.
The South Carolina democratic
convention at Columbia elected Gen.
John Bratton, Hon. w. d. Porter,
d. Wyatt Aiken and Gen. j. p.
Kennedy delegates at large to the
national convention. Ex-Gov. PER-
ry is one of the district delegates.
They are uninstructed and have diff
ferent prefences as to candidates,
but will vote in convention for the
candidate most likely to win. A
heated debate occurred on platform
pledging the democratic party of the
State to accept the national demo-
cratic platform and to the nomina-
tion of a straight democratic ticket,
with a prospect of its adoption.
In the United States District Court
at st. Louis on Saturday, Judge
Treat sentenced three guagers and
two storekeepers to pay fine of one
thousand dollars each and to be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail for terms
varying from six to fifteen months.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer telegraphs:
Democratic Congressman of Indi-
ana are bluer than Williams blue
jeans over the news o. the election at
indianapolis. They don't feel bad
because there was riot and several
killed, but 1900 Republican majority
is sad blow. Landers is the only
happy man among them"
The subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee who are to ex-
anime into the transactions of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company in
connection with the Little Rock and
Fort Smith Company of Arkansas
have summoned Mr.. Harrison, of
Indianapolis, and he has responded
by telegraph that he will come. He
requested that the committee issue a
subpoena duces tecum for the books
of the Union Pacific now in Boston,
which will be complied with Col.
Thomas A. Scott has also been SUBJ
pGnaed.