Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-11-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Heavy fall of snow in Illinois, In
diana and eastern Iowa.
The official election returns from
Iowa give Harrison a plurality oil
31,6s3.
Annie Schott, of Chicago, commit
ted suicide after a quarrel with her
lover.
Violent gales have caused numer-
GUS wrecks on the West coast OF
Great Britain.
In a boiler explosion at Butte,
Montana, four men were killed and
number OF others injured.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, has.
been elected, Editor Grady declln-
ing to oppose him.
Rev. G. A. Hay, D. d., has been
elected pastor of Christ Lutheran
Church, of Gettysburg, Pa.
Thirty children are down with ty-
phoid fever in the McAllisterville
Orphan School in Harrisburg, Pa,
Three young girls, while passing
over bridge at Circleville, o., were
caught by a train, and two of them
terribly mangled.
Two carloads OF Georgia families
passed through Atlanta on their way
to the far West, where they will To-
cate nprmanantly.
Joseph CadigaD, of Boston, was
killed while attempting to save the
life of an elevator boy who was in
danger of being crushed.
Alexander Messer, one of the no
torious Hatfield gang, has been ar
rested in West Virginia and taken
to Wheeling on a charge of murder
William Durant, stockman, was
murdered at Little Rock, Ark, and
Silas JeffIies and Abraham Davis,
suspected of the murder, we're killed
by Durant's friends.
Mr.. Gladstone's amendment to the
Governments motion for the intro.
duction of the bill approprlatiug
S25, 100000 for land purchase IN Ire
land was defeated by $50 votes to
246.
The British government will send
Lord Sackville to Spain, and his sue
cessor as minister to the United
States will probably be Mr.. Plunkett,
the present envoy to Japan, or Lord
Vivian.
Twenty-Five thousand enthusiastic
Republicans marched in the jubilee
parade in Philadelphia Saturday
night, and were reviewed by Vice
president. elect Morton, Gen. Alger,
Senator Hiscock and other distln.
guished men of the party.
Winfield Scott Sitter, the conduc.
tor, and James +. Welsh, OF the B.
& .. train which ran into the Chica.
60 express at Dickerson's Station,
on the Metropolitan branch, and
killed three men, were arrested Mon
day morning, on bench warrants, for
manslaughter. Failing to give bail
they were lodged in Jail at Rockville.
The popular vote at the late cleo
tion was over ten million. AS com.
plete returns from West Virginia
have not yet been secured detailed
official vote cannot be given. Offic-
ial returns as far as secured and
clo se estimates In other states give
Harrison 496,S92 votes and Cleve-
land 4S6,716, a total of 9S3,60S. This
of course does not include the Pro-
hibitioD and scattering votes.
| CINCINNATI, Nov. 20.-While a
train of five cars on the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, st. Louis and Chicago
Railroad was turning curve two
miles from Harrison, an outer rail
broke under the engine, which re
manned on the track, but the cars
were all thrown off and overturned
in the old canal bed. The rear car,
only, had fire in it, and the wreck
caught fire. The engine ran back
and soon put the fire out and flames.
There were about forty passengers
aboard, nearly all of whom were
more or less injured.