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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
u CHINAMEN DROWNED.
rhe Wreck Of the Oneida ON Hennines
ftoek, In Behring sen.

rhe Wreck Of the Oneida ON Hennines
Rock, In BehrinE sen.
Captain Anderson, Of the ship Oneida, has
lust arrived at San Francisco, on the schooner
Mary Kimball. He reports that his ship was
wrecked on April ~ on Hennines Rock,
Ianek Island, in Behring Sea, and u China.
oien lost.
The Oneida had on board 10 Chinsse and
% white men, nearly all o. whom were on
their way TO salmon csnnery on Lanck
Island On the afternoon Of Apnl 2s when
the Oneida had nearly reached her destina-
ton, Captain Anderson stated that be made 9
run Of 30 miles 70 clear the Southwest point
Of the island Al p NJ. he supposed be was
a long distance from the island He could not
see on account Of heavy fog He put back
about three, expecting 10 pass on the opposite
SIDE Of the point Instead the vessel struck
on Hennines Rock, on the southwest end u
the island. A heavy sea was on, and In a
short time the Oneida was total wreck
The white men and 80 Chinese escaped in
boats or h0ated ashore on pieces Of the wreck.
Seventy seven Chinese we're undoubtedly
drowned, as they have never since been heard
Of
The Oneida had on board material for build
ing and running salmon esnnery, which vas
10 have been erected on the island. Che was
built in Maine in 1866, and was Of 800 tons
burtheD, and was owned by Leon Sioss.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
WORK AND WORKERS.

ABouT three hundred stone masons IN Gin
cinnati went on strike for higher wages Their
demand was granted.
THE Girard Mammoth Colliery, at Glrazd
Vile, Penna., has suspended operations indeh.
nitely, throwing 400 men out Of work.
TuR mill hands in all but two Of the plain.
ing mills IN Buffalo, ~ u, aye on strike.
They want nine hours instead Of ten aud no
reduction In wages.
A MEETINGof plate glass jobbers aud man.
nfactufers was held in Pittsburg 20 form
pool TO control the trade Of the country. They
want to prevent the cutting Of prices.
The striking qparrymen in Quincy, Mass,
have rejected au offer Of q cents an hour
made by the granite manufacturers. The pol.
fishers refused an advance Of per cent
THE Convention Of the Pattern Nakefs'
League Of America, WAS held 10 New York.
Twenty States were represented. Trade was
reported good IN all sections and the general
feeling was said to be IN iayorof shorter hours.
At the Palmer, the fremont and CoDmer.
cial Hotels IN Chicago the management are
havinga bard tine trying 70 serve their guests,
on account Of the strike Of the walters. Bell
boys, chambermaids and kitchen girls were
pressed into service IN the dining rooms.
The First Nationalist Club Of Boston, ad.
opted a resolution embodying expression II
sympathy with the eight hour movement aud
declaring the conservation u human energy
Of the greatest economic importance. The
resolution will be sent 70 all the Nationalistn
clubs in the United States.
DISPATCH from Pe0m, Illinois seys that
q general strike has been declared In Ill the
mines Of the Peoria and Canton sub.distficts.
The men declare that not a pick shall Be
turned until the operators grant their demand
for IS cents ton, The operators are equally
determined that % cents b all they wifi pay.
THE coal miners sud operators in the Pitts
burg district have had conference on the
scale adopted By the miners for day laboFera
and dead work The operators have refused
10 grant the demands. They are willing 70
grant an adyaQce n the drivers sad lAboreru,
but not on the~basis VI calculation made By
the miners.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31

H. A. H. Dunsford, a prominent Eng
fish Civil Engineer, in g pamphlet pro
poses to use dynamite in the northwest
passage through the Arctic. He says
As for the proposition that we can
open sea, we must remember that the
ice is not of great thickness, that we
have powerful explosives that are per
feetly effective when frozen, and that
every mass of ice detached in the course
of a stream flowing southwark will float
away of itself ! don't. of course, mean
to imply that it will be easy, but that it
is within our power to make a channel
wide enough for part of the warm
stream to pass without losing all its heat
on the way. The main barrier with
which we will have to deal will be the
belt of ice north and northwest of Green
land. Of course, until it Is completed
the channel will freeze over every winter,
but ] do not think that the removal of
the ice thus formed win be so serious a
difficulty as might be expected. The ice
being caused merely by the freezing of
the channel will be smooth, not hum
mocky, and after the first snowfall, can
be traversed easily by sledges or dog
trains, SO that surface or submerged
mines can be laid, enabling the ice over
any desired length of section to be broken
up instantaneously.
The advantages to be gained by the
opening of the sea and the amelioration
of climate can scarcely he overesti-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
DEATH BY DYNAMITE.
A Quantity E1plodes I'm Lueas, Ohio,
with Fatal Eject.

A Quantity E1plodes I'm Lueus, Ohio,
with Fatal Effect.
Lightning was the cause Of terrible acct.
eident at Lucas, Ohio, aEmsIl town three miles
east Of Mansfield
During heavy rsin-storm block ofbaild-
ngs occupied by John Charles 81 a hardware
and general merchandise store WAS struck By
lightning and set on FIRE.
The village has no IRE apparatus, and when
the citizens found that they could not cope
With the flames they turned their entire at
tention 10 saving the contents Of the building
While 80 engaged about 80 pounds Of dyna-
mite which was kept in the store exploded with
disastrous effect. The bodies N John Smith
and Jeremiah Jones were horribly maBgled
and mutilated beyond recognition. About IS
persons in all were more or less injured.
The report Of the explosion was heard Eve
miles distant, and the shock was 30 great that
nearly all windows in the village were broken.
The fire department Of Mansfield was called
upon for assistance, and the fre apparatus was
put on special train, but before they could
stsrt wordreaehed them that the fire was under
control. Rain came down in torrants, which
put the fire out otherwise half ef the town
wsala be In rains.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

IT is thought that all the bodies have now
been recovered from the Hartford mine at
Ashley, Pa.
BLACkLEG has appeared among cattle in
sections Of Schoharie comfy, New York. One
farmer lost seven cows last week.
EX-SENATOR Charles w. Jones, of Florida,
was adjudged insane in Detroit, Michigan, and
committed to ST. Joseph's Retreat by Judge
Durfee.
BY the breaking of an emery wheel al
Mccormick s reaper works, in Chicago, one
man vas killed and three others were badly
injured.
THERE was a severe frost in the vicinity Of
Waterloo, Iowa, Vegetation and fruit were
damaged. At Galena, Illinois, the grape crop
was ruined.
BAsTEANo IPoLDo, "a years of age, was
killed by contact with an electric light wire
while cleaning a window of the Interstate
National Bank in New York.
A FARMER named Tucker was rowing on
a small lake near stanton, Nebraska, with his
two children, when the boat was overturned
and all three were drowned.
Ina runaway accident at Plainfeld, New
Jersey, Miss Marion Dumont and Miss Mol.
lie Lawrence were thrown out and badly in
iured, the latter, il is feared, fatally.
Arthur BELL, Frank Griffith and James
W 1lcoA were drowned at OrkNltt, llllnols.
They were out in boat fishing and il is sup.
posed bad been drinking. The boat upset.
THE schooner Jessie Brech, from Toledo for
Garden Islands, has been found capsizcd near
Nine Mile Point, in Lake Erie and all on
board eight in number, are believed TO be lost
A DESPATCH from Castine, Maine, says
that Captain Melyern Grindle and his broth
err, Frederick, were drowned by the capsizing
of their boat of Sandy Point, while going
from the Penobscot to their vessel.
A DESPATCH from Kirkwood, Delaware,
says that freight train on the Delaware Rail-
road plunged through a drawbridge over the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal. The engine
and seven cars went over. The engine fell
fully 90 feet on top OF several canal boats,
two of which were sunk.
THE steamship Beacon Light. which ar
rived at New York from England, reports
that on May 18th, Vt midnight latitude 1856,
longitude, 481S, during a dense fog, was in
collision with an iceberg, about 90 feet high
and 600 feet long, striking it a glaneing blow
on the starboard side. About 30 tons Of ice
fell on the bow, which stove the decks and
rails and threw the steamer on her beam end,
causing her TO spring leak.
A DESPATCH from Stockton, California,
saws that the warm weather has raised the
water in the Sacramento and San joaquin
Several bad breaks have occurred, flooding
1000 acres Of grain. The water is four inches
higher than ever before. Several breaks oe.
Cured in the Union Island levees, flooding
1900 acres. half Of which ls IL wheat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
END OF A DESPERATE.
John Startling VIII Ncvermore Terror.
lie His North Carolina Netghbors.

John Startling VIII Ncvermore Terror
ise His North Carolina Netghbors.
John Startling living near Selma, in John.
ston county, n. G., was surrounded by party
Of masked men while on his way home. tied
to a tree and shot to death, twenty bullets be.
ing put into his body. He had made some
threats against peaeable citizen and vas re-
turning home from q magistrates trial, where
be had been 10 answer to summons Of peace
warrant His wife was in the wagon with
him. The mob threw rope over his head
dragged him out aud carried him far enough
n the WOO Is 70 prevent her from being an eve.
witness to his fate. Some time ego an old
lady named Cenia Brown. and her grandson
were fouily murdered in Johnston county.
Mrs Brown was Stariings mother-iD-Iaw and
there was well founded suspicion that star
ling murdered her that he might get posses.
SION Of her property through his wife lie
was tried on the charge Of murder, but he had
so terrorI1ed the community that it was i'm.
possible 70 get any one 70 testify against him.
and he WIS acquitted for want 81 sufficient
evidence to convict. Later on the houses ef
two persons VINO made themselves eonspicu.
Gus IN the trial against him were burned
People OF this community thought this was
Starilng's work Of vengeance. They deter
mined to submit TO his icrrorization no longer.
they banded together, took him from his
wagon, and left his lifeless body hanging 70 a
tree.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
Wind, Rain And HAIL.
a Terrific Electrical Storm in Western
Pennsylvania


Several Lives Lost at Different Points
Property Greatly Damaged-Houses
Swept Away by the Flood.
The heaviest rain and electrical storm known
IN years passed over large section Of Western
Pennsylvania, doing great damage to property
and resulting in the loss of several lives.
The storm struck Pittsburg about O'Clock,
but no serious damage was done in the old
city. In the east end, however. the wind played
havoc. Houses were blown down. trees up.
rooted and small buildings demolished. On
Winehiddle avenue five new frame houses
were lifted from their foundations and COM
pletely destroyed. The loss is $4,000.
AT Mckeesport hail-stones as large a wal
nuts fell, while the rain poured down in sheets
for full half hour. The greatest injury was
done by the water which came down Whites
hollow. in n stream - fsat wide The uater sras
5 feet deep ON Fifth avenue at a point below
Carter street and a number of houses which
were below grade were submerged
At Greensburg, William Fry, the gardener
at st. Josephs Academy, was struck and in
stantly killed by lightning. Lightning also
struck Colonel Hufi7s residence. the First Re
formed Church and other buildings. Near
Washington Pa, lightning struck derrick
on the Col Robert Millers farm, shaiteringit
and killing William Furman, single seriously
inluring William Gates and stunning two
others
The Baltimore aud 0hiois heavy sufferer.
At Bradford.the tracks are covered with water.
A heavy landslide occurred at Oakdale, block.
ing both tracks The flood in Mountz creek
carried away many small buildings at Layton
Station. An immense amount Of mud, rock
and trees came down on the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks, covering il for long distance
At Seottdale the storm was particularly de-
structlve. Cellars along all the principal
streets are nearly filled with water The creek
Is rising steadily, and the safety Of couple Of
the railroad bridges between Seottdale and
Fairehance is endangered The construction
train has been ordered TO the scene.
In Pittsburg the heavy rain is likely toswell
the rivers to food proportions. At all points
along the Allegheny, Nongbiogheny and Mo.
nongahela rivers the rainfall was unusual.
west bound freight train on the Nickel.
Plate Railroad went through a bridge near
Grayton. The bridge was a wooden structure
and was 200 feet in length md 30 feet high.
The floods had washed out the foundations,
and when Engineer Daniel Ellis struck the
bridge almost the entire train went down. in
the sweeping torrent Ellis was caught under
the submerged engine, but his brave fireman
William Nicholson, although badly hurt him.
self, was able, through a super-human effort
te relieve his engineer and got him on top OF
the wreck. He was assisted ia his labors by
the head brakeman, William johnson, who
was also badly hurt.
The three men were taken otfthe wreck and
attended by physicians. Engineer Ellis il
badly hurt and may not recover. Over % cars
tumbled into the flood.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
SUICIDE FROM A TRAIN.
A Young Girl Ties Rope 90 PIatforn
and Jumps 20 Death.

Young Girl Tics Rope 90 Piatfornn
and Jumps 10 Desfh.
A young woman whose name could not b
learned purchased ticket for Cincinnati a
che Office oftbe Cineinsad, Hamilton and Day
ton Railroad IN Chicago. and BOARDED the yes.
Thule train which lefl Al s55 r. NJ. shortly
before midnight she produced two bottles II
Whiskey and drank from them several times
Finally she got up and went cut on the rear
platform took rope from under her cloak,
fastened one end securely % the railing Of thu
car and tied the other end around her neck
and jumped of Herabsenee was noticed and
a search made BY the train men. Her dead
body was found lying IN a pool of water and
blood near the track short distance from
BoBon, Ind.
There was nothing on her persOn which
would lead u her identity, but the passengers
cay that she was evidently a y0uuR4ady Of rel
Eneraent and that she probably drank ~
vhiskey 70 nerve her 70 the point d Suicide
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
Entertaining Chat About Tea and Coffee

Some weeks ago dropped in at Black
| alls and drank cup of his famous cot
fee. He took seat beside me aud told
me things of coffee and tea which are as
interesting as they will be new to con
sumers of these two necessaries of life.
''Do you know" he said, "that within a
few years you will drink the last cup of
Java coffee? The public does not gener-
ally know that the coffee plantations in
Ceylon have been stricken with blight
the last three-four-year which has
been progressing through the East, ex-
tending through the islands of Java, Su-
matra and others, to the extent that it
threatens the total extinction of coffee
culture, specially in Java The estimated
crop in Java last year was 100, 900 piculs
A picul weighs 1873 pounds Five years
ago this crop yielded 1, 200 900 piculs,
so you can imagine that if no material
change for the better sets in it will be but
short time when the world will find
Java coffee but Renaissance. We get
the other best coffees from the East India
Islands and Arabia, and, of course, in
them we shall find to certain extent a
substitute for the Java. There are also
some very fine coffee grown throughout
Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador, Costa
Rico, Bogotan, Maracaibo, Porto Rico
and Venezuela. The bulk of the entire
coffee product, however, comes from Bra
I'll, which has a popularity of its own
These coffees are harsh and rank, as com
pared with the milder kinds 1t was
estimated that Brazil once furnished six
ty five per cent. of the entire product of
the world. There have also been of late
years one or two partial failures of the
crop in Brazil, which account for the
high price of coffee here. You will
probably remember" he continued,
THAT coffee was very low from "a to
81; in fact the prices were so very low
that Brazilian planters did not have the
berries picked, it bringing them in debt.
In consequence they allowed their planta-
tions to run down, which also in part
accounts for the present shortage. >
Chicago Herald
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THREE WRECKS ON THE RAIL.
Only One Men was KiIIsd in the Lot
a Circus sIinsd up.

A serious head-end collision occurred on The
Chicago, Milwaukee and 81 Paul Railway,
one mile east Of Dedham, Iowa, between the
flyer and work train. The engines Were
damaged the baggage err badly wrecked ard
FIVE Hat ears derailei Fireman II. q. Day,
Of the work train, was killed, and baggage
man G. II. White sustained broken ankle.
NASHUA, n. Hat a. NJ. Robbins cir
Gus train, en- route 10 Epping, where II vas 70
shss, was wrecked near the junction Of the
Nashua aud Rochester. ond Iioaton and Lowell
Roads One car full Of carriages jumped the
track and the rest d the train pied up 10 \
total wreck. The loss 70 Robbins viii be
heavy.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The limited incoming
train from Chicago 10 Kansas City was run
into by freight train eight miles east Of this
city. sleeper and diningear ereditched,
but none Of the occupants we're seriously and
but three slightly hurt
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would come to the city and see you. :
And he kissed Angelica and pulled my
whiskers Then he burst into a merry
laugh, which was so catching that my
wife and laughed too, the first time ii
two hours, for at dinner that wretched
thermometer had fallen to sixty degrees
Gndiffaencel. and We were in despair
"Come, come, kitten" said he tc
Angelica, caressing her forehead; ''teH
me all about it. What is the mystery
Has that fellow been vexing you2 Come,
let your old uncle be your father con
fessor. Now, then, out with it. !"
Angelica's response was tc cling to the
old gentleman and sink her head upon
his shoulder. | am sure the dear girl
was weeping.
"John, John, you wretch" he ex-
claimed. ''What have you been doing
to herr What makes my child so wor.
ried2" And the old fellow began to pet
her furionsly.
Ny courage gave way At the sight
of her weeping all self control was gone.
made clean confession, and blamed
the thermometer for the change in our
home.
"Come, children" said he in his
blandest way "Here, John, you take
one knee, and Angelica, my love, rest
on the other. Now have you both, and
l wish you to answer me truly. Do you
love each other2"
eyes, yesl" was our reply.
"Then what is the troubled"
"The trouble is just here. We wish
it always to be bliss heat, but that Their
mometer, sir, marks every variation, and
it makes us both unhappy" And took
out my handkerchief and pressed it to
my eyes.
"Ah," was his comment; sjust as I
supposed. Come, now, am going to
lecture you both. You demand miracle.
1t is impossible to maintain bliss heat
for all time. Life most have its transitions
and variations-you might find it pretty
monotonous otherwise. Do not heed the
fluctuations if love is the central purpose,
and that is strong and abiding. But
have patience and mutual consideration,
and be quick to forget and forgive,
Steer clear of all extremes and super
latives. Prefer the temperate zone, and
year by year your happiness will be
reared on foundation that shall nevec
be moved. Let your own hearts be
loves thermometer; you will care less
for the other one, whose efficacy-I
might as well tell you now-is purely i'm
aginary. 1t reflected only your own
moods, and your imaginations endowed
it with subtle powers But enough
must be off before it is too late Good
night, children. Another kiss, Angelica
Goodnight, John. :"
The thermometer still hangs IN its
niche, but is has lost for lis its charm,
although its lesson was salutary. We
have learned the truth and beauty of
Uncle Johns little sermon. We are not
disturbed at any transient gust, for we
know our hearts are true to each other.
We do not pine for bliss heat, and never
have allowed our affection to sink to zero.
We find blessednesS enoughin each days
record, and, looking at the bright side of
every annoyance and sorrow, have secured
abundant COMPENSATION - Frank Leslle's
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BISMARCK Il one Of the most talked o. me
Of the time, YET few people know how hi
family came By its name. Bismarck i q
ancient castle near Stendal on the road frog
Cologne 10 Berlin in the centre Of the Oh
Msrqaisate Of Brsndenberg. II received i
name because il defended the ''Marea, q
boundary line formed by the River Biese 4
that point. Biese-Marca has become BIZ
marek.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
A PERFECT DAY.
White roses are swaying
And meekly displaying
Their shell-fashioned petals

White roses are swaying +.
And meekly displaying
Their shell-fashioned petals
So fragile and cold
While bluebirds are flying
Where alders are signing,
The winds on the wavelets
The lilies unfold
Ger meadows the brightest
Drift cloudlets the whiteSt,
Down softest and bluest
OF summary skies.
The apple tree twinkles.
And in the air sprinkles
Its blossoms that fiutter !
Like white butterfii IS.
The crystal brook gushes, u
The wild flower bushes, KFa
The trailing arbutus ~
Is pink on the slope;
The valleys a-tremble.
That Eden resemble,
Are sunny and fragrant
With kisses of hope.
Oh, hours serenest,
The rosiest greenest,
Gold-vestured ard graceful
As swans ON a streaml
Our souls keep repeating,
ooh wherefore so feeting,
Like faces we only
Can see in dream?'
r. X. Nunkittrick. in Youths Companio
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CAPTAIN f. sASDYs DusMoRE, who D.
Gently had trouble with Sberifi7s officers
Florida, allied himself with the Home Rule
when the Land League was started ind vi
frequently seen on the Irish platform in Il
earlier years Of the agitation making chars
teristic speeches OF late h. has lvedquitd
and traysled aheut S0ad deal In bic yaeAt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
MARKETS.

BALTIMORE FlouT-City MiIIs.e AIS
ass 90. Wheat-Southern Faltz, gfM92.
Corn-Souihcrn White, 46I47c., yellow
ss614ec Oais-Southern and Pennsylyania
33tg5se Rye-Maryl land and PennsyIYania
el962e. Hsy-Maryiand and Pennsyl yania
i3.NtaS140o. Straw-Whest 751aSS50.
Better Eastern Creamery, Is2120c, nearby
receipts f2f9l4c. Cheese-Esstern Fancy
Cream, Il@1lle., Western, 99I0c Eggs
li@ i11e. Tobacco, Leaf-Inferj~r, 1Gat2O0.
Good Common, 3O00d 500, Middling. 5G1S7 90.
Good to fine red, sEgS9 Fancy, 19fasl3
NEW lOEE-FlouF-Sou Good to
choice extra, s3G5M3I5. " heai--So. White
97a2s Rye-State 5sGG0c CorH-South.
ern yellow, 423fg4sic. Oats-Whits State
s32aS3e. Bntter-Sfate, IS4 Isle Cheese
STATE 9s6dI0c- Eggs-I3l6
PHILADELPHIA = Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25fa 4-55. Wheat. Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, sstGo4. Rye Pennsylvania
5sGeac- Corn-Southeru yellow, 42G 42ie
Oats - oSGJ33e. Butter - State 2ss = &C.
Cheese-New York Factory, l09i01c. Lggs-
State. 12@l23c.
CATTLE.
BALTTHoRE-Beet-74 75aS5.00 Sheep-
S4.59GG$5.75 IIogs-S4G0(a450
NEW YoRK-B eef-S85 A. rs. Sheep
s5-50ld$575. Ho~s-$431fds4 s..
EAST LIBERTY Beef-s4. 5eG1SA7s Sheep
s5'Qc9es21 Uags -s4.so4 s4.5A
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