West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-09

dence OF James Starrett, and concealed
himself undera bed in an upper room. Star
rett discovered him. whereupon the tramr
drew revolver and made Mr. Starrett
walk before him down stairs and into an
other room. The tramp then went away
.........At Canal Fulton, Ohio, a
Young lady named Lizzie Shrock, while
walking on the track of the c., NJ. v
and I. Railroad, at that place, on her way
to school, was struck by passing train, re.
ceiving injuries which have since uroyed
fatal. She was about eighteen years of age
and was much esteemed in the community.
.:.......Four hundred pounds OF nitro.glyce.
rine exploded in magazine at Petrolia, Pa.
lew evenings since, instantly killing the
owner OF the magazine, $. o. Gotham, John
Fowler, end dangerously wounding Harry
! french. Gotham was picked UP dead, with.
/ out a mark on his body, while Fowler was
blown To a'oins, only one finger being found,
ana that two hundred yards from the scene
! OF the explosion The refinery OF the
Baltimore United Coal oil Company, whose
! works are in ihe subj los OF Baltimore, took
IRE on the goth Of oct Iber, aud were en-.
tuely destroyed Two men persisted in
the flames, and the burns OF
another were considered fatal ...
Secretary Evarts has written letter to
John Welsh, our Minister TO England, in
which the question whether the Halifax
Award shall be paid is seriously considered.
There are some grievances that must be
considered before the money is turned
over. The proviso attached to the appro.
priation leaves the matter of payment dis.
cretionary with the President, and de.
pendent upon the results of the CORES.
pondence, which can hardly be com.
pleted by the time fixed for the payment.
on account OF new complications which
have arisen, growing out OF the attack
upon our fishermen of the coast OF New
ioundland. tits held by many that formal
Endorsement of the acts done by the local
authorities In driving OF our fisherman are
really equivalent to q decision of Great
| Britain that the local laws Of her colonies
may control the terms upon which our
SHIPS can fish, and that these NAV override
the terms OF the treaty. II is held
that these local laws virtually probihit
American fishermen from ENJOYING the
benefits for which we are about TO nav.
and, therefore, it is deemed exceedingly
doubtful whether payment will he made
until more satisfactory conclusions are
reached than seem to be promised under
the present state of correspondence.
I"ircs.
Prairie fires extending through a consid.
ereble portion of Iowa, Nebraska, and Kan.
sas, were most destructive. Twenty miles
southeast of Sioux City, in Iowa, along the
North Platte, the Nebraska. and South
Platte Rivers, in Western Nebraska, and in
Rush, Ness, Ellis, Trego, Cove, Wallace.
Decatur, Graham, and Rocks Counties. i'm
Kansas, many persons have persisted i'm
the names, and an uncOnfirmed report pre-.
vailed in Lincoln, Nebraska, Yesterday
that Albion, Boone County, a town of two
hundred and fifty inhabitants, had been
/ utterly destroyed. The fires in some places
are supposed to have been lighted by
: Cheyennes.
Notes from Abroad.
/ \ Vienna correspondent on the oath
says: III the latest news be true, affairs near
Constantinople are more and more assum.
ing the same semi-hostile phase as before
the meeting OF the Berlin Congress- Turk.
/ isb troops are being moved into positions
! vacated by the Russians, and earthworks
are being repaired and armed before Con
stantinople and Gallipoli. The Turks are
arranging Ia increase their forces, and are
summoning half-pay officers into active
/ duty. special committee for the defense
! OF the capital has been formed at ihe
Sevaskierate. a Berlin diipatch says The
| return OF the Russians toward Constants
nople was only commenced after the Porte
had rejected the draft of the new treaty de.
manded by Russia.
An attempt was made, on the 25th of DC.
tober, by pistol shot, to assassinate the
King of Spain. The King was not hit
! The culprit was arrested, and proceeding
/ against him began at once.
/ The funeral of Cardinal Cullen took place
in Dublin Sunday, October q, and was wit
messed by sixty thousand people. The evil
dences of grief manifested by the pop
/ ulace since his death show that the
venerable prelate had a strong hold
upon the hearts of the Irish people .........
The escape from an assassin's bullet has
/ brought messages OF sympathy and con,
/ graduation to the young King of Spaiu
from all quarters. The affair will be of inn
mense political advantage TO Alphonso al
| home and abroad. We wonder he had not
thought of il before.
a fashionable marriage was solemnized in
Paris, on the goth OF October, at the Amer
/ lean Episcopal Church. Miss Grace Hoh;
man Burnett, daughter of General Burnett
/ OF New York, was married to Baron Victor
Won Oertzen, OF the Prussian calvary. The
bridegroom is nephew of the Prince de
Preuss, and is aged twenty.seven
while the American bride Is eighteen. Tn,
church was beautifully decorated with
/ howers, and was crowded with fashionable
! peOple...Th The st. Petersburg GeIos saws. n
the Russian people were consulted they
! would unhesitatingly decide for renewal
OF the struggle. Despite The expedients OF
| diplomacy to arrest the natural course of
historical development il is evident that an
inevitable crisis in the Eastern cues
ton has arrived. There is no apparent
prospect OF completing the organization oil
the Balkan Peninsula on the basis OF hu
manlty and Justice without a fresh war
weston, the pedestrian, has gone into bank
ruptcy IN London, with liabilities of 1920