Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-08-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The growing army of strikers in
London now numbers 10000, OF
whom 100, 600 paraded IN an orderly
manner.
Congressman Owen, who returned
to Washington from Deer Park, said
that the President will call an extra
session of Congress, beginning DC.
tober 20, but politicians do not think
this at all likely.
Over 10000 firemen, seamen and
laborers joined the great strike Of
dock laborers in London, and the gas
stokers threatened to go out and
leave the city in darkness.
A plot to blow up Michigan State
Penitentiary was discovered and
enough Hercules powder Was found
in Matricide Latimer's cell to destroy
the whole institution, which contains
800 convicts.
The parade of veterans In Milwau.
kee was the greatest success since
1866, aud was viewed by 175,0OOper-
sons. General Sherman received an
ovation, and Mrs. Logan divided the
honors with him.
CHAMBERsBURG, PA, August 81.
The Green Valley Creamery, one
of the most extensive of its kind in
the county, was totally destroyed by
fire at an early hour this morning.
The loss amounts to $1,000, with 81.
500 insurance origin of fire not
known.
TowANDA, Pa, Aug. PLAT half
past 8 this afternoon boiler in the
rolling mill and nail factory of r. A.
Bastly & Godcharles exploded, and
in the twinkling of an eye five men
lost their lives. two were fatally in
jured, and a dozen more hurt and
bruised.
One of the McNear wheat ware
houses at Port Costa, CAL, the lar.
gest on the Pacific coast, was burned
Monday with about 10000 tons Of
wheat, while three ships that lay at
the wharves ready to take cargo were
destroyed, as well as fortytwo cars
belonging to the Southern Pacific
The total loss is estimated at S7O0,
900.
Three coaches of the veStibule
train ON the Santa Fe route running
between Kansas City and Chicago
were thrown from the track and down
an embankment, fifteen miles. North
of Streator, Ill. Many of the passen
gers were going to the Grand Army
encampment at Milwaukee. Fifty
people were injured, many of then
pro baby fatally.
The cool weather is a godsend tC
the people living along the canal
The low state of the mercury helped
wonderfully to check the progress Of
disease that would otherwise spread
by reason of the accumulation Of filth
and. garbage in the great ditch. This
is particularly true of Washington
county, Nd, where typhoid fever
malaria and diphtherla are said t.
be raging along the line of the bed o.
the canal.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred
at Newman's Grove, Miss, between
politicians while the vote for super
visor was being counted, and severa
men we're danger ously wounded.
A reservoir burst at Fiskville, r.
l., and three persons were drowned
and some damage done to property
The reservoir contained about 80,
100000 gallons of water.
WASHINGTON, August 2S.-Chas
r. Flint, of New York, and Henry
G. Davis, of West Virginia, have
been appointed delegates ON the part
of the United States to the Congress
of American Nations, to meet in this
city in October next.
A cloud burst in the Valley of Lost
Creek, near Clarksburg, last Friday
did an immense amount of damage
Traffic on the Western and Clarks.
burg Railroad was suspended all day,
owing to the immense amount Of de.
bris washed on the track, and the
farmers have suffered terribly.
The Baltimore and Ohio are haul.
ing water from Fairmont to Cameron
to supply their engines, using large
oil tank cars. On Sunday a brake.
man lowered his lantern in one to
see if the valve at the bottom was
closed, when terrific gas explosion
took place, the report being heard
for a mile, and the flame Illuminating
the surrounding country. The brake.
man was badly burned about the
face and arms.
General Russell A. Alger, of Mich.
igan, was elected commander-in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic
at the national encampment, in
Milwaukee.
Gov. Beaver and Hor. Henry K.
Boyer, Republican nominee for state
treasurer of Pennsylvania, made
speeches to the fifteen thousand peo.
pie at Williams Grove.