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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

went 20 my room in the basement Mrs
Tracy and some OF the other members OF the
famuy were in the psrior, and When they re-
tired they put out the Hgnts LOOKED up
the stairway 70 MAKE sure that tbs lights
were out, but did nos return ~ tue upper
floors again dursnS the night. When ran
up stairs TO arouse ths family the front par
Tor was m IS Of flames, showing that the
tirr had started there. What started 1t there,
however, l 10 not exPectever to determint.n
To those who were admitted to view the
destruction OF properly, ths bedroom which
hAd been occupied ~ Secretary aud Mrs.
Tracy was the principal point ot inter. 81. IL
is a rear room On tue second q Tor and must
have been beautiful apartment VITA The
heads towards the west two single brass b.d-
sseads stand side By side, aud on these Mr..
aad Mrs Tracy slept last night TIE brass
is furnished and everything around is BLACK
and soaked vita water. The room Is huge
cinier. Pictures are charfsd and sn0ks-
s,ained, mirrors cracked, silver backed hair
b. usnes and the hu.sdred aud one httle toilet
ccessories are ruined completely. The
French clock on toe mAntel was silent, It's
pendulum having ceased to swing at s. %.
Dirt and dirty water bad ruined everything
that was not impervlous TO heat and con-
tlnuous moisture.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
WORK AND WORKERS.

Sir Edward Guinness has given 81, goo 600
Tor the erection Of dwellings for the laboring
poor Of London.
The Baldwin Philadeiphia) Locomotive
Works expect 10 turn out ! .0OJ engines dur
ing lSoJ.
The Shawnee furnace at Columbia, Pa,
VIII os put In operation In a few days and
give employment 10 large force OF men.
Omaha borseshoers had 70 work all right
o keep no with orders after q recent snow
storm. They get doub e pay for oy,rIne.
The whisky trust will be reorgan zsd p b.
ruary II as acorporatlon Of gigantic proper
lions; 10 suostancs aaosh.r trutt, ldsr tie
avs Of Illinois, -ill be considered.
At the first annual meeting OF the Union
y Milk Producers for Supplying the City Of
" YORK an effort was made 70 do away
With middle men.
The new Lincoln eoliery at Pine Grove,
"a fasresuned shipments after suspension
d several weeks, durinz whiea needed ion
oroyements for handling coIi we're made.
About SOJ men aHd boys are employed.
When the failure Of 0 liver Broth -, iron
manufacturers, Of Pittsourg, was announced
with 81 5 0,00J liabilities, the labor-rs olferel
70 work for. half wages Tor a year, and their
action has plac "a the firm IN its cd place.
Enc worKs employ 400
A cracker trust has been organize under
the guidance Of the D amoId Matca Com
papy, which has bsorDed nearly every match
manufacturing eoscxFn IN this couLt y. L.
has been incorpoI ated under the Jaws Of
Illinois. With 9 capitalization OF IS 000, coo.
Tbs strike in the n1il factory Of the Brooke
Iron Company at birdstoro' Pa. resulted IN
victory i0r the men, and 80 msn 90 back
TO work, the firm agreeing " restore the 10
per csnt re 1uction In wages made four and
a-aalf months ago TIE company has vol
un'arily increased the pu d.srs wages 70
81 Is psr ioa.
Proht@haring is repeatedly Commended by
employers who nave tried the experiment. as
preventive OF strikes. Word comes from
Fail River tsat TIE experiment. has proven
80 saec ss.ui at q big mill that other e.tab-
| saments Of similar character nave de-
c.ded to adopt Il. IL not only prevents
strikes, bat employers assert that a. an IN
centiys for increased interest and effort I
compsnsates financially for the incidental
SEDUCTION Of . FIRMS profits.
The completed statistics for 1se0 show shs
number Of immigrants arriving IN taiscoun-
/ try to have been 426, s3S. la 1888 The numJer
was 51s. 528 This last year G.finaay led,
sending 81, y47, or less than half hs numt err
she contributed In the previous Twelve
months. England and Wa'es ims next with
u $40, then Ireland With g., 375, Sweden and
/ No way with 1910 Austria-Hunxary vii b
| a.. ia and Russia with 50 ia FEom Ger
many, EnKland and Ireland there Is falling
OF from last year, but from AuAria-Hun-
gary, Italy aud Russia there n a large in.
crease.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
Not Disposed to Invest in siIverware.

"We meet some queer people among
the many who are constantly fitting into
and out of this store, but an old man and
his wife, upon whom waited a few days
ago, took the prize for pure, unadulter-
ated simplicity. The couple were evil
IDENTIFY on their first visit to New York
from the country. When / approached
them the old lady, who was undoubtedly
master of ceremonies, stated that they
wanted to purchase soup tureen.
6 Do you want plated ware or silverP
| asked.
:" Solid silver, ter be sure, the woman
responded, with a glance that, had |
been anybody else than salesman,
would have frozen me.
e'After seeing number of designs the
old lady decided upon one and inquired
the price.
g Zone hundred and twenty dollars, 1
answered, as | called to a boy to take the
article to the shipping room.
" What she almost screamed. 'Oac
hundred and twenty dollars fer that?
Wall, | swan For few minutes they
gazed at me, as if l had expressed an in
tention of robbing them, after which
they conferred together. Presently the
old gentleman turned around, and in a
quivering voice said he guessed they'd
better buy plated tureen, as that was
just as good.
ave have several dozen designs in
plated ware in stock, and after critically
examining each one the old lady plucked
up courage enough to ask the price of
one that had only recently been pro-
duced, and was selling for SIS. When
mentioned the price, she looked blank
ly at her husband and said she guessed
we didn't have anything to suit them.
As they were going out of the store, |
overheard the remark: What mighty
dear stores these in New York are, ter be
sure. wouldn't pay morn 50 for a
soup tureen-no, not if it was the only
one in the country. '"-Jewelers' Weekly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
RAILROAD HORRORS.
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Ten Men Killed and sixteen Injured.
Two Terrible Bridge Disasters
Owing 10 the heavy rains and washosts
wsst Ct the DsIlss, Oregon, and also 30 TIE
Willamette Valley, there has been no teie'
graphic communication With Portland, Ore
goB, OF With POINTS on Puget Sound.
A telegram received In s N Francisco from
Daiies states that q construction train uitna
gang Of laborers which left there 70 work Ia
the track went through bridge % feet high
The engine p8ssst over safety but the tender
fell on the rabOose and killed " men and m
jared 10. Conductor French had his leg nnd
skull broken. Engineer George was badly
PkoRA, ILf.--At 90 o'clock r. ~, a. tse
Oaio and Ia lana western freight train No
1i6stsrted over the bridge spanning the river
at Bridge Junction, the first span Of ID iron
bridge suddenly sank, preeipit9ting tbs on
giae. tender and three cars into the river.
Tires men wers 10 the -tngiuser WI.
liam Neville, Fireman G. O'Brien and Heal
Brakeman r II. LsWis--a1l Of Urbana- a ho
fireman and the brakeman we're buried under
the engine In eight feet Of water, and the ep.
ginesr was pinned in the cab. with hls head
instsbovs the water.
Assoon 40 the wrock WIS noticed, the banks
cf the river were lined With people anxious
10 render assistance. IL was found that ne
engineer was standing on the dead boy q
the fireman, but fastened Ia such q way thai
be could not be extric1ted.
The passengers and others worked linighl
trying 70 get him out, applying hot water e
keep nim from chilling TO death and pouring
brandy Down bis throat, but be iiaaty disc
OF cod and exposure. The engine was ope 81
the heaviest made, Weighing 100 tons.
stands upright against tbs bridge.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
Aronsl..g fne nleensrr.

James Welsh. the Seeretary's butler, told
bis story Of the tire. He sai9: II s.eep
IN the basement. got up aDcut 81 There
was no smell OF fire and no ap jearance OF
auy thing wrong. Abous o5cIock started
70 clean my dintag room, waen there was q
ring at the bell, and when answered It q
colored man sad, Your house IS On ire.' At
ones rushed upstairs 70 arouse tue family
and, although tue suloke very thick, l
succeeded II knockng at every door, an 1
from e1ch oae IN tAs Rooms | 8 cured re-
spouse. Taen started to 90 downstairs and
ilszEly choked vita su1oke. fegl three times
but finally got to TIE froat door. went
around 10 the Ie.r Of tie nouse and tried to
get a ladder 50 as 10 reach tbs Secretary and
AIRS. Iracy's bedroom, Mrs. Tracy was then
atths wfnIow, and wis ie the few Of as " no
were. there appeas ed 70 her 10 keep still Tor
one minute more shs csiinted out on tbs sill
and iuF-tred hes seit nitil she hung 10y her
hands on ths narrow stone pfoJec. ion.
Everybody VINO saw her yel. ed TO her 70 hold
on for moment. and We looked around for
somss hug on WHICH to calca her 50 as 70
break the kall, which had 70 com. Mrs.
Tracy may have helrd our cries, but II Il
moi csrtaIn that sac did. Toe COOK, VINO was
ON inc roof. was screaming SO that ne could
not hear Anything Distinctly" chow long
did Mrs. Tracy nang their Mt more
than few SCENTS. She Jold m u ter ward
taat she siipped- she IeIi Inso the sreaway
almost TOUCHING INC in iser sSht descent Il
was on the groan1 level and struex on b. r
lei side. No SQUAD, save a little incobsrent
murmuf, came from her lps- / D-cxed ht r
no ana Cured hzr ils1o DIR. khsetus : house.
hare no IDEA OF what CAUSED tne lire :
what time it or4zInaiei. do no. think &c
caught from lhs furnace, bus 1 ain unable 70
form even q thsory aDoas IL Iclossd up the
house about 10 O'Clock Sunday night aud
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
A Thief Detected.

am tell you how ] ran down a thief
recently, said the man in the Lewiston
police station ~ lost $50 in money l
did not say word / did not even tell
my wife. hardly told myself. The
other day, two years after the occurrence,
a woman in my neighborhood said: BY
the way, did you ever find out who stole
your SS0l' | looked her in the face and
said: 4 never did until just this min
ute She turned as pale as a ghost, and
the result was that she paid me $50 and
interest on the same for two years"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
IF.



Our older friends sometimes delight to say
the world is growing wicked every
day. Perhaps this is because they're
an decay and soon will leave it.
Alas' in many cases they forget that they did
in their younger days beget full many
follies quite in fashion yet--thus they
believe it,
The world, in truth, is bad enough, grant
N. II / should on its wickedness descant
It's virtues might appear to be toe
scant to merit mention;
And YET, If they in turn were cited, we might
find that any mundane referee would
I've quite apt to weigh them carefully
in contravention
IL clergymen would only learn to box, and
pugilists would be more orthodox, and
fewer people monkey with the stocks,
and each vocation
Be followed honestly, and every cheat the
purpose of its planner would defeat,
the world, perhaps, might then more
fully meet our appreciation
Hdoctors did not care so much for fees, and
lawyers were employed on salaries
and judges always would fit their de
crees to circumstances;
If politicians would tell fewer lies, and vot-
ers better judgment exercise, and mer-
chants represent their merchandise to
suit our fancies;
If creditors would wait and debtors pay, and
perishable things would not decay, and
pleasures that we look for not delay,
and friends stand by US;
II crops and married life could be forecast
and harvest moons and honeymoons
would last; if age would not approach
us quite SO fast, nor death defy us;
If we could have our ways in everything; il
man could be little king, and out Of
sight and mind all troubles fling, we
still would grumble
In fact, if we could natures laws reverse.
and all the fancied clouds of life dis
perse-f we could simply boss the uni
verse-we'd make jumblel
j A. Waldron, in Fra,sI; LesEie's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
At tho Mhifc manae.

The bodies OF Mrs. Tracy and her daugh-
ter were removed to the White House and
placed in the East Room, where they will
remain until the arrangements for the
funeral are completed. The two bodies
We're arranged for removal 10 the White
House in-compliance with the wish Of the
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Harrison. They were
both embalmed and placedin handsome
block cloth copper lined Baskets, ornamented
with silver. There were no ceremonies at
tending the removal except those Of r, spect
paid ~ the friends of the unfortunate family
who had assembled at Attorney General
Miller's house. Vice Pr sident and Mrs.
Morton. Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee, General SEQ
helt, Private Secretsry Haltord, Or. Ruth
and Aitorney-General and Mira Miller, com
posed the party present
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

It was Ave O'Clock in the afternoon,
but the sun was nearly three hours high.
The air was perfectly still; the sky was
of a dull hue, inclining to coppery at the
horizon. The white surface of the alkali
glittered on every side, dazzling my
eyes. My horse was jaded; began to
| feel grave apprehensions. Could it be
that l had mistaken some other trail for
theirs2 cast my eyes on the ground.
No trail was visible. had lost it, and
was myself lost
For moment my heart failed me.
Then, manning myself, bore on ny left
! rein, and began to ride in great circle.
In twenty minutes struck a trail-it
was my own. Well, would try larger
circle still.
Just rs started, my mustang raised
his head. snorted and Weighed. In
voluntarily glanced up. What I saw
sent zhoek of suoerstitious terror to my
4 heart.
In the empty air above my head, at a
distance in front of me of apparently half
| a mile, | saw Giles, Dick, and the mule
| ;;e,e,iner slot-lv .alono side bv side The
f 3;,5.sras rars d;st;nc3 and nerfactlv recoq.
80, III ma assI-ssv -. seemed r. he nav.
=, a'f ~ a. an, NJ ! ,assed INV hand
4us "a 1. ~. ~ Ian,,ad aaa;n Thera
p.s' ~ - p,,t th;s sss,ranoo bad
vas Mas ae -, 80 $1,000 NV eonanin,;tr If
sIe az. - ,',s NJ nsre bnIh,c;nst;on
" wn mr I there was only one other
4h;no - corld bo II was an extraor1i-
toms that | saw we're the magnifed re-
sections upon the atmosphere of their
real tiesh-and- blood prototypes. Bur, as
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

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hor,r doolarod th.4 : a,,ia ~ ,;. a.
-. 80 a''se .n@' - "ou.u NC ns'.e
it mioht have dronned off anvwbere IN
the route and either tumhlei into the
river or fallen under a saoe bus;,. nv 9TH
erwise hidden Itself after tbe manner of
such thinos. AGAIN r should wear out
nv horse bv donblino tbe distance we
had alread7 travelled thai dav. and Anal.
lv what was tho use If a LOT of amateur
photooranbs. anvwava But I sti 4 held to
nv purpose. and BEGAN to stran the ssd.
die nm NV devoted ,nustano
tsWeli'n said Dick at Ienotb .T1l
tell Won what ven do TneTe,s 4 nice
clumn of trees about six miles further On
and. if Won are fixed IN vour insanity
Giles and T will oo forward easily and
wait for Won there If will be a GOOD
Mace to spend the MONT in and will oive
Won chance for a resi- when Won come
back But 7 tell Won frankly never az
Meet 70 see vo,, AGAIN y
ssGood- hive oId man. vo,,,re an idiot y,
was Giles's farewell And with that T
toncbed nv heel to the MUSTANGS flank
and cantered slowly off on tbe return
trail
ru :.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
sfitr a fr4Ws. raAn.A.r..

TKRMs.-S2 il paid during the year.
$3.50 if NOS paid for over year, $3.50
Cash in Advance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08

At half past seven came upon Giles's
body. Luckily there was life in it; the
bullet had struck his head and glanced,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
FLOUNDERING IN FOG.
NAVIGATION RENDERED DANGER
GUS ON PUGET SOUND.
Numerous Collisions and Accidents-Fears
! Felt for the Safety of Many Vessels.
! Steering by Compass Only.

sTAcoMA, Wash, Oct. 81. lowing to
the dense fog which has prevailed on
the sound for day or two, collisions
and accidents have been numerous. The
steamers 7. j. Potter and Emma Hay
ward have both met with serious acci-
dents. Captains on the sound steer by
the compass, the fog is SO dense. The
steamer Republic, which struck
sunken rock off Point Hudson,
has settled in a bad condition. The
steamer Walla Walla has not been
heard from since she left Port Townsend
for Nanaimo, B. c.. yesterday morning,
and fears are felt for her safety. A tele-
gram was received here this morning
from Superintendent Mcclellan, of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, ask
ing if the Walla Walla had yet been
heard from. She had full list of pas
sengers, and her delay indicates that
something has happened.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
STATE HOKTICULTURIsTs.
Important Transactions at the Annua
Meeting of the Society.

Amportant IransactOnS at the Annual
Meeting of the Society.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 31.-The annual
meeting of the State horticultural So
ciety was held today. Professor Hilgard
presided. Secretary Lelong, of the state
board of horticulture, called attention to
the coming fruit growers convention, to
be held November 18th at Santa Cruz.
Letters received clearly indicate that this
meeting will be largely attended. Itwas
agreed to invite the American Pomologi-
cal society to hold its next annual meet
ing in California. A committee was ap-
pointed to formulate an invitation to the
society. The secretary was asked to
make inquiries as to the advisability of
the society joining the Columbian Horti-
cultural association. An organization
was formed to arrange for a national
horticultural display at the worlds fair.
The election of officers for the year re-
suited President, E. w. Hilgard; vice
president, S. ]. Stabler; secretary, E. j.
Wickson treasurer, Rev. A. T. Perkins.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
The Former Refused-The
Latter Shed.
Brothers Murdered by Their
BrOther-in-Law.
The Victims Slaughtered While Fast
Asleep.
The Assassin Evidently Insane-He I'm
agined There Was a Conspiracy
To Poison Him.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WEsTPoRT, CAL, Oct. 31.-Jessie Van,
who left here this morning for Eel river.
with band of horses, suddenly re-
turned with the startling intelligence
that his brothers, Charles and Mathew,
had been shot and killed by their
brother-in-law, Frank Mason, near the
latter's house, about two miles from this
place. The particulars as near as could
be cleaned from Mrs. Mason are as fol-
lows: Charles and Mathew were stay
ing with the Masons for few days. At
the supper table last night Mathew
passed the bread to Mason, who took
it, and after tasting it, put it
away from him, refusing to eat
any more of it. Mason told his
wife to put the bread away,
saying it was not fit to eat. After the
Van boys went out OF the house, Mason
told his wife that Matthew had put
something in the bread to poison him,
so they could get the money from the
Workmen's lodge, Mason being a mem
ber of that order. Nothing more was
said about it that night.
About O'Clock this morning Mason
got up, dressed himself, took his gun
and started to go out, when his wife
asked him where he was going. Mason
said he was going out. She said :
what are you going to doc think you
are up to something" He answered :
Never mind, Lam all right"
He went out, closing the door after
him. His wife thinking something was
wrong, got up and went to the window,
just as two shots were fired a short dis
tance from the house. A moment later
Mason came back to the side of the
house, but did not 60 in. His wife
heard him throw some cartridges into
the magazine of his rife, and saw him
start off into the woods. She remained
in the house until her brother Jesse AZ;
rived. She told him what had occurred
and told him that Charley and Matthew
were sleeping out doors about sixty feet
from the house. He went there, and
found his two brothers cold in death,
both having been shot through the head
Justice Lampkin, of this place, held
an inquest, which resulted in develop
ing the facts as above.
A posse of eight or ten determined
men are out securing the woods for the
murderer, but up to this hour nothing
has been heard from him.
Mason has always been a very quiet,
inofensive man, although possessed of a
very peculiar temperament, and no
cause can be assigned for the terrible
deed he has committed, AS he was on
good terms with his brothers-in-law.
The murdered boys were held in high
esteem by everyone, and their sad TAX
ing off has case gloom over the entire
community.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
would-Be Corruptioni.ts Baked.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31.-It having
been rumored an attempt had been
made by subordinate officials of the
Reading railroad to coerce employees to
vote for their favorite candidates, next
Tuesday, General Manager Mcleod to-
day telegraphed notice to all employees,
that the management will under no cir
cumstances tolerate any interference
with the free exercise of the right of the
employees to vote in accordance with
their individual preferences.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Mckinley Bill Felt in
Cuba.
Forty Cigar Factories Already
Closed.
Spain Anticipates No Difficulty in
Effecting a New Treaty.
The King of Holland Not Sick but Insane.
Mrs. Piercy Makes Partial
Confession.
Associated Press Dispatches.

MADRID, Oct. 31.-Cuban advices re-
port that the Mckinley law has already
had baneful effect on Cuba. Forty of
the smaller tobacco factories are closed
and large number of operators are
idle. Premier Del Castillo announced
at the council of ministers, that there is
reason to hope that President Harrison
would agree to modify the tariff in
favor of Cuba, and in view of the hos
tiiity to the tariff that was beginning to
grow in America, the premier thought
Spain would not find it difficult to nego-
tiate new treaty.