Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1891-12-12

ris.aY. f,ec. 4

friday. Dec. 4
The South Carolina general assembly
elected Attorney General Z. ]. Pope as
sistaut justice Of the supreme court.
Michael Kelly, William +. Howe, James
Sanmons and Charles Nugent, who were
convicted last Monday of election frauds
were sentenced yesterday, In Jersey City
to nine months each in the penitentairy by
Judge i4ippincott.
Saturday. Dee. 8.
Edward NJ. Field, of the wrecked firm Of
Field, Lindley, Weichcrs s. Co., New York
brokers, has been committed to an insane
asylum.
A wall Of the burned Shepard building,
in st. Paul, Mimi, fell upon fifteen work
men, who were engaged in clearing the
debris from the IRE. Seven of the men
were killed and all the others were hurt
The dead were crushed out of shape
Special dispatches from Webster, Mass,
say that a most terrible wreck has oc-
CURED on the Sess York and New England
railroad at Es.ss Thompson, Conn. Five
persons were isii.s.i "a gslt and two have
since died. Assfsasc arned to death
in the smoker, sIi'a and several
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least one fatally niger engineer
and fireman ~-:4aas { killed.
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The episcopal js.bilca Of the pspe will be
celebrated az Rome 81 Feb. - 1893. The
secret consistory is fixed for Dec. Il and the
public consist5ry fer the Eth.
The new 9, go ton United States cruiser
Montgomery ssas launched on Saturday
from the yards Of ler builders, the Balti-
more Columbian Iron works. The christ
ening ceremony were performed by Miss
Sophia Smith, daughter of Passed Assist
ant Engineer j. A. b. Smith, United States
navy.
indicationsare that Martin c. Loppy,
who waits death in Sing Sing prison, will
be called upon to meet it at daybreak to-
morrow. There seems to be no doubt that
he will bear the ordeal with the same for
titude that has characterized the conduct
of five men who have preceded him in the
fatal chair. He is cheerful and compare
lively happy.
Tuesday, Dec. s.
The French prohibition of American
pork, which has existed since 1881, has been
removed
The formal acceptance by the president
OF Senator Proctor's resignation as seere-
tary of war is published
Prince Albert Victor, eldest son Of the
Prince of Wales, is to marry Princess Vic
toria Mary, daughter of the Duke of Teck.
Martin Loppy, the New York wife MUIR
derer, was executed by electricity at Sing
Sing yesterday. The execution was sue
cessfully carried out.
By an explosion Of fire damp in the St.
Etienne coal field, France, seventy-three
miners were killed. From st. Petersburg
comes news of mine explosion in Russia,
Poland, where $50 are reported killed
By a gas explosion in the works of the
Maryland Steel company, at Sparrow's
Point, Nd, Arthur NJ. Austin, George
Bradwood, John Lynch and Arthur Pugh
were killed and four others seriously in
jured
Wednesday, Dec. o.
DR.. Welt, president of Switzerland, has
resigned
BY an explosion of sawdust in Buffalo
planning mill Peter WUtz was killed and
several injured
At West Plains, Mo, reconstruction rain
ran into freight, and fiyemen were killed.
Cause, misunderstanding of orders.
The national Democratic committee will
meet at Washington on JAN 81 to select
the time and place for holding the next
national convention.
Conductor Riley and Engineer Leonard,
of the construction train which caused the
wreck at Pennington, n. j., where three
lives were lost, are held in 81 900 bail for
the grand jury.
Mrs. Frank Leslie (Mrs. Wilde, the New
York journalist, received q letter the day
before the bomb episode in Russell Sage's
Office, signed Jack the Ripper" demand
ing $500 in small bills and threading death
if the money was not Forthcoming. 1t is
thought ''the Ripper" may have been
Sage's dynamite fiend.
Thursday, Dec. 10.
The presidents message is received with
disfavor in Chile, where the reference to
the controversy with that country is looked
upon as menace,
The state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in
revolt against President Peixotto, claim
ing he has no claim to the presidency.
They demand an election.
At Camden, N. j., the jury in the case OF
w. j. Thompson, president of the South
Jersey Jockey club, brought in verdict of
not guilty. He was on trial for maintain
ing disorderly house at Gloucester race
track.
The effort of Isaac Sawtelle to secure a
new trial on the ground that b e murdered
his brother in Maine, where the penalty
for murder is life imprisonment, has
failed. Isaac was returned to the Jail at
Concord, N, H, where he will remain till
his eyag51fioo