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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
WRECK ON THE PANHANDLE.
The Air-Brakes Fail to Prevent a Fatal
Collision.

disastrous wreck occurred on the Pan
Handle Railroad, four miles west of Denison,
Ohio, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, being COLI
sion between the limited mail No. west, and
passenger 10. 10 east. Daniel Longnecker,
Columbus, baggage-master on No. 10 was in
stantly killed He was formerly conductor
ON the same road, and prominent ex-soldier,
Three or four cars we're demolished, and
trains delayed about six hours.
AT The point of the accident double track
begins and il is the usual place for the trains
to pass. The passenger was running at high
speed. Engineer Thomas Irwin states the air.
brakes failed him at the point of the accident,
and he ran ont on to the single track, and was
In the act Of reversing to get back when the
accident occurred. The two engines were
fairly welded together so great was the force.
The first mail and baggage car were smashed
into kindling wood.
The engineers and iremen escaped with
slight injuries except Engineer Steen, of the
Passenger who had his thumbs stove. The
occupants of the rear coaches and mail ear
were badly shaken up but escaped serious in.
jury. IN the front cars of No. 10, however,
the occupants Jared diffently. Longnecker
was literally crushed to death, dying almost
instantly. Express Messenger Marvin was
badly bruised, and Postal Clerks c. d. Rogers,
Samuel Crouch and - Miller, all of the first
car, were more or less injured internally, as
well as bruised aboutthe body and limbs, The
dead and injured were taken to Denison, where
medical aid Yves furnished.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
WORK AND WORKERS.

THE plumbers In Dubuque. Iowa, have
gone on strike ior 81 for day Of eight-hours
The marble settlers in st. Louis have been
granted their demand for 81 for eight hours
work
THE miners in The Eve mines in Evansville.
Indiana, have gone on strike for an eight
hour day.
THE painters in Bay City, Michigan, have
gone on strike for nine hours work and ten
hours pay.
FoUR hundred fathers went on strike in
New York for uniform rate Of wagos Of "a
day. They have been getting from $3.50 10 ~.
THE carpenters in Covingion, Kentucky,
declared their strike ended. The decision o.
the Board Of Arbitration was favorable 10 their
claims.
THR trainers strike in New York IL praeti-
cnlly ended. nion men applied 10 the name
bosses for work, and every bos who needed
men could get A. many as they wished.
NEARLY all the men employed on city con.
trac. work in Duluth, Minnesota, have gone
on strike for - per day. They have been
getting $50, and the contractors offer ti.7B.
A COKE famine q threatened at Chicago,
owing 70 the strike IN the Conceivable district.
The Illinois Steel Company aud the Calumet
steel and Iron Company have been compelled
20 abandon their furnaces for want Of fuel, and
more than 800 men have been thrown out Of
work.
THEthird annual convention Of the National
Association Of Nacbinists was held Ia Pitts.
burg. l75 delegates we're present from al
parts Of the Union, Canada and Mexico. The
association has membership ~ 220OO. and
the craft, working under the nine-hour rule,
y said 70 be content. The name will BE-
changed 10 international 10 cover the widening
cope Of the membership.
A DESPATCH from Chicago says that there l.
every prospect that the action Of the North
Illinois coal operators in refusing 10 grant the
request 0f the miners Representatives for a
conference % settle the question Of wages will
be followed b. general strike Of all the
miners in that district. Ten thousand miners
are employed 10 the Northern coal fields.
AT the Miners National Convention, w
Brazil, Indiana, Il was resolved 10 aecede 70
n once. They have notified the operators
that they will sign the contracts individually
a. the mines, under protest, 10 waive their
rights under the laws aud resume work any
hour Therighis waived are ~ be a b-weekiy
pay day and the weighing Of coal before
screening
ABOUT 400 carpenters in Nilwaukec, Wis.
consin, are on strike. About 100 remain n
work for contractors who have granted their
demands to have the minimum rate Of pay
fixed az "a cents per hour The men who
remain at work agree b pay ~ per cent. Of
their wages, while the strike y on INTO fund
fpr the support q the strikers. The carpenters
have decided 10 disregard the rule Of tie
Building League iorbidding them 10 work
with nOn-uniOn men u other trades, and the
unions have authorized their members 70 work
for anybody who will pay the union scale Of
wages.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE


MARSHAL BAzAIsE's son is an adjulant in
the Mexican army.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS goodman receives
k't0 annual wages and his house rent.
LADY FLORENCE DIXIE is now interesting
herself energetically In behalf of Mrs. May
| brick.
THE Prince of Wales believes his sister. En-
press Frederick, to be the cleverest woman he
ever met.
BARRETT BROWNING, son of the poet, has
purchased house at Asolo where his father
spent his last holidays.
Ex-CoNGREssNAN Turner, of New York,
the ice man, " is candidate for doorkeeper
Of the house of which hewas formerly mem
Der.
GOETHE presented about thirty volumes Of
his works to Harvard College, and they are in
the library, with the authors autograph in
each volume
B. L. FARJEoS, the novelist, is an expert
stenographer. He carries a notebook with
him at all times and when an idea strikes him
be Jots it down for future use.
GRACE GREENWOOD is nearly blind, owing
20 cataracts on her eyes, and win soon become
entirely so for time, and permanently should
the operation fail to remove them.
WILLIAM J. HAINEs, who has just been
mustered in by the Frank p. Blair Post, G. A.
r., of st. Louis, is 1903 years old and veteran
of three wars. He is said to be the oldest
Union soldier in the country.
DUFFIELD OsBURN, the novelist and author,
is young and rather delicate in appearance.
His hair and moustache are becoming tinged
with gray. He is member of the Authors
Club, and lives in Brooklyn.
THE late Prince Jerome Napoleon, for vari-
ous reasons, always refused to be presented to
sx. Premier Crispi, of Italy. By strange de-
cree of fate, Crispi was one of the two wit
nesses to the official announcement of the
Princes DEATH
FRINGE BISMARCK, to all persons who on
April LIST went to Friedricksrhue to congratu-
late him upon the anniversary of his BIRTH
gave his photograph bearing the inscription,
Bismarck, 1 April, '91." For this purpose
hundreds Of photographs were necessary. They
showed the Prince clad in civilians clothes.
PROFESSOR ARTHUR s. HoYT, of Hamil-
ton College, Clinton, n. Y, and DIR. Ralston
Smith, of Buffalo, have been proposed for the
vacant chair of sacred rhetoric in the Auburn
Theological Seminary. Professor Hoyt is
about forty years of age and graduated at
Hamilton in 1872. For short time thereafter
he taught rhetoric in Roberts College, Con-
stantinople. He now has chair of English
literature In Hamilton.
NJ. NAcAREscU, son of the Roumanian
Minister TO Vienna, who was expelled a few
weeks ago from reception at the palace Of
Princess Reuss, was married on March 2Sth to
Mile. de Casotti. The young mans father, it
will be remembered, handed his resignation 10
King Charles, in order to fight n duel witt:
Prince Reuss, the German Ambassador. King
Charles declined to accept the resignation. 1t
is still uncertain as TO the end of the unfor-
tunate affair.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
MARKETS.

BALTIMORE lour--City Mills, super ,S3.si
alto. Wheat-Southern Fultz, Sl.1lGl.l2.
Southern White, S0@slc., Yellow,
7afaSoc. Oats Southern and Pennsylvania
59fa sc. Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania
sSMg0c. Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
S10.50t611.00. Straw-Whest, SS.O1M9 90.
Butter-Eastern Creamery, 30td Sic, nearby
receipt 27m2Sc. Cheese Eastern Fancy
Cream, 124M13e., Western, sfo9ie. Eges -14
@15c. Tobacco, Leaf Interior, 81 GOAL .59 G tod
Common, S4.0015.00, Middling S6.0oas.00,
Good to fine red, s9.00@ll.0o. Fancy, S12.00
@13.0o.
NEW YoRK-Flour-Sou Good to
choice extra, "a. 25C15.S5. Wheat-No. White
S1.11ml.12 Rye-State 5Sld6oe. Corn
Southern Yellow, 796slc 0ats-White,
State 60te.6lc. Butter State. 22M27c.
Cheese State. 7@95e. Eggs-l5al6c.
PHILADELPHIA = Flour - Pennsylvania
Fancy, 81. 25t14.50. Wheat, Pennsylvania and
southern Red, 81 ga lbs. Pennsyl.
vania, 56(d.57e. Corn-Southern Yellow, 70
67.S0c. -6g(d60ie. Butter State. 2gM
3ye. Cheese New York Factory. lofdl94c.
Eggs Staie, 15@i5lc.
CATTLE.
BALTIMORE Beef ST COAT. 81 Sheep
s5.5006.No. Hogs -. 5oG4co.
NEW YoEK-Beef- 81 00CaS.0u. Sheep
s6.e0a7.00. Hogs-44e(14.65.
EAST LdBERTY-B Beef S. GOAT 30. Sheep
Slo0Gl5.2o. S5.2o@5.30.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
BLEW UP A TANK VESSEL.
Eight Men Killed and Twenty-Five Injur-
ed by an OiI-Gas Explosion.

ed by an 0iI-Gas Explosion.
A terrific explosion occurred in the fore
hold of the Brithish steamship Tancarville,
Captain Carter, which was undergoing repairs
in the dry dock at Newport, England Eight
workmen employed on the steamer were kill
ed and twenty-five severely injured. The
vessel was-badly damaged
The Tancarville is a tank steamer engaged
in carrying oil in bulk from American ports.
Her last voyage was from Philadelphia for
Havre, from which latter port she proceeded
to Newport where she was to load for Balti-
more.
1t seems probable that the explosion was
caused by cases. which, to greater or lesser
extent, prevail in the hods of all oil-carrying
ships. So great was the force of the explosion
that the fore-deek was torn away from its fast
enings and blown off, Owing to the steamer
being out of the water, there was no pressure
on her hull to counterbalance the outward
strain, and it is reported that some of the bot
tom plates of the steamer was ripped from the
bolts.
In the forward portion Of the steamer the
wood work caught fire, but the flames were
speedily extinguished.
One hundred men and boys were employed
in and around the ship. Great blocks of tim
Der and masses of iron were hurled through
the air with terrific force, some of them being
dashed against the workshops, fifty yards dis
tant from the Tancarville.
Much damage was caused in this way.
Many workmen who at the tiGae the explosion
occurred were at work in the dock ward shops
were struck and severely injured by pieces Of
the flying timber.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
IT STOPPED A TRAIN.
Wonderful Result Of the Explosion of an
Enormous Meteor.

Wonderful Result OF the Explosion of an
Enormous Meteor.
A large meteor passed over Victoria, Tex
the other evening, causing considerable con
sternation. 1t came from the northeast and
was seen or heard all along the line of the
railway from Rosenberg to Goliad, distance
of about 100 miles.
About the time it reached this vicinity it
exploded with tremendous report like heavy
thunder or the discharge of heavy cannon.
As the sky was perfectly cloudless, people
imagined for brief time that it was a boiler
explosion, and then it was attributed to an
earthquake.
Inquiry at the railway telegraph Office
ELECTED the information that it was large
meteor, and had been seen at different places
along the line. The brakeman on freight
train near Ira, a small station Il miles west of
Victoria, saw the meteor plainly and saw ii
burst. He says he saw one of the fragments
which appeared to be about as large as his
head, strike the earth not more than 100 yards
from the railway track.
The conclusion of the explosion was so great
that it momentarily stopped the progress Of
the train, this fact being noted by all on the
train. The conductor thought the engineer
had suddenly applied the airbrakes and ran TO
the door 10 see what was the matter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
RODE A MULE TO DEATH.
A Foolhardy Arkansan Races with Loco
motive for the Last Time.

A Foolhardy Arkansan Races with Loco
motive for the Last Time.
Peter Smith, Of Fisher, station on The
Cotton Belt Railway, twenty miles south Of
Newport, Ark, has been in the habit Of riding
a fast horse ahead Of passenger train on the
track for about half mile TO crossing, where
he would turn and laugh at the trainmen as
the train sped by.
His success in beating the train TO the cross.
ing on his horse encouraged him 70 Try u with
mule. He mounted bis mule, and as the
train started Up Peter set ont ahead A. fall
GALLON. II soon became evident that the mule
was not swift enough to reach the crossing in
time TIE train continued 70 gain on him
very fast. ard when within half dozen yards
Of the crossing the mule stumbled aud fell. II
rolled over the rails, but smith was run over
by the train.
His head was ent off, both legs were cut
from his body and scattered along the road tor
some distance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
AN ELECTRIC BOLTS FREAK
IL Kills a Ranehnasn and Exp1odss the
Cartridges In His Belt.

George Burk, who resides northeast Of
springtewr. ]. T., relates a singular death by
lightning which occurred there. A catileuan
hy the name d Charles Davis remarked that
a storm was coming up ard that he would
round up0 the horses which were on the edge
of the woods near the prairie. While return.
ing with the horses a bolt Of lightning darted
from 8 dark cloud and killed him.
When Burke reached Davis he discovered
hat several Winchester cartridges, which
we're carried In a belt which eucircled his
waist had been exploded By the stroke Of
lightning and the leff side Of the dead mans
body wss i.teiaily torn 70 pieces.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
A PoLICEMAN'S CRIME.
He Goes Insane Over the Loss of His
Wife and Shoots His Daughter.

He Goes Insane Over the Loss of His
Wife and Shoots His Daughter.
A terrible deed WIS committed in Chicago,
Ill, by Police Officer Hugh Burns, who is
probably the murderer Of his daughter Iva.
Burns had been acting in a peculiar manner
since the death Of his wife, some weeks ago,
and when he returned home from the station
his daughter noticed that his behaviour was
unusually strange. She questioned him, and
in a fit of passion he drew his revolver and
fired two shots at the girl.
The first bullet entered the left breast. just
above the heart, and will probably prove fatal.
The second ball made slight flesh wound in
The thigh. Burns has been on the force a
number Of years. lie was placed under arrest.
Burns is the father Of eight children, the one
shot being his only daughter. She was the
object of his love and pride, and he was never
tired Of diIating on her beauty to his friends.
she is the idol Of my life, = he would say.
When arrested he delivered up his revolver,
and remarked that if he had some more cart
ridges he would kill himself and his other
children. He is violently insane.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
MOBBED BY ITALIANS.
Quiet American and His Daughter As
sauited in Florence, Italy.


sauited in Florence, Italy.
William Jacques, an American gentleman
from Newton, Mass, was out driving with his
daughter in Florence, when mob of people
pursued his carriage, attacked it, pelted it
with stones, and severely injured his daughter,
who interfered in his defence.
William Jacques is the electrician of the
American Bell Telephone Company, and is
well known in the principal cities of this
country. He sailed from New York for
England and the Continent about month ago
for pleasure, and intended to be absent about
FIVE or six months. He was accompanied BIZ
his wife and two daughters, one about an |
the other 10 years old. He is about 40 years of
age, and of very quiet and unpretentious
disposition. He seldom expresses any opinion
concerning public matters, and his friends are
entirely at a loss to understand how such a
man could become the victim of a mob. He
was formerly professor at the Johns Hopkins
University Baltimore. Md.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
POISON IN THE WHISKEY.
An Old Mans Death the Result of Ten
Years Feud.


At Carlwell, Washington county, Ken.
lucky, Jefferson Holiday, ST., was invited by
James Matherty to take drink of whiskey
out of bottle The old man took large
draught, but remarked that it tasted very bit
ter; also, expressing his surprise that Matheriy
did not also drink. At this Matherty osten-
sibly raised the bottle 10 his lips but let it
fall, splitting the contents on the ground
After partaking Of the whiskey Holiday was
almost Instantly taken with excruciating pains,
and in an hour died in great agony. Mr. Holt
day is the father of JEFF and Jim Holiday
who overlook Cal Vest while returning home
from this place last February and shot him to
death in the presence of his bride, for which
they are now in jail II is the opinion Of
many that Matherty was employed by some Of
the Vest family 10 do the deed because Of the
killing of Cal Vest rs he was seen talking to
one Of the Vest boys Just before inviting the
old man TO drink. The families have been ut
outs for ten years, and this is the fifth death in
consequence. Indignation so great that
Matherty disappeared before he could be ar.
rested.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
KILLED BY A SOW.


Awful Death of Little Boy in Kiowa
County, Kansas.
A shocking tale comes from Kiowa county,
Kan, relative to the death of Johnnie Rcnner,
the 6-year-old son of a farmer.
The boy and an s-year-old sister were play
ing at "burying." A hole had been dug,
Johnnie sat down in it, and the girl had piled
up the earth until it reached the boys chin,
and he was tightly imbedded. At this Juncture
an old sow and her brood appeared and
sayagely attacked the girl, who was standing
over her brothers head, and drove her away.
The SOW then turned on the unprotected
head of the boy in the ground and sank her
teeth in the face and skull several times. BY
this time the screams of the children had beer
heard and assistance arrived, but by the time
the boy was taken from his position he was
dead.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
RlFLED THE EXPRESS CAR.
A Santa Fe Passenger Train Held Up IL
Oklahoma Territory.

A Santa Fe Passenger Train Held Up In
Oklahoma Territory.
The south-bound passenger train on the
Santa Fe Road was held up at Guthrie by FIVE
masked men. The gang is supposed TO have
been the notorious Dalton boys, who have beer
seen in the neighborhood recently. They
boarded the train at Wharton and detached
the engine and express car, ard then proceeded
two miles south and robbed the express ear Of
all the money it contained
1t is believed that the amount stolen j. not
very large. The passengers we're not molestesi
but more frightened lot canno, he imagined.
The bandits informed them when they pro-
ceeded down the train to the engine and ez-
press ear that fhsy we're to remain within The
coaches in order % secure themselves. They
obeyed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
ITALIANS EXCITED.


A Wagon Driver, Having Been Repeatedly
Tainted, Kills One of the Foreigners.
Trouble isagain brewing between the Italian
laborers employed on the Norfolk 4 Western
Railroad in Wayne county, West Virginia,
and the white laborers on the same work.
The Italians are largely in the majority and
very oyerbearing and insulting. For some
weeks they have taken special delight in
taunting a wagon driver named Woodward.
Woodwardturned on his tormenters and killed
an unknown Italian with a pistol. Wood
ward fled, pursued by the Italian. He sought
refuge with the civil authorities, who refused
to hold him, as the killing was justifahle.
The Italians were much excited.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
DUOETOwN WHITE CAPS.

Tennessee's Latest Murder Sensation =
More TrorbIe Likely to Follow.
As the result Of the recent White Cap sensa-
ton near Duektown, Tenn, a young bride,
who wa whipped by women White Gaps, has
since died after terrible torture. Three men
who were fired on viii die Of their wound.
Editor Craig Miles, Of the Dacktown Pc
porter, was called On by three armed men and
version Of the affair; he seized bis gun and
held the fort. lie is in Chattanooga, but he
says he viii return 10 Dnektown. The women
vino did the whipping are under arrest, but
their friends say they shall never 20 70 jail,
and fight is imminent between the mob and
the officers. The outcome will be more
murder, Is the inhabitants Of the section are a
tough lot.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
CoLoNIsTS DROWNED.

A Steamer Sinks in the Straits of Juan de
Funa--AH Lost.
The steamer Lucy Lowe has foundere'i in
the Straits Of Juan de Funa, with IS colonists
on board.
The party, numbering ., left Tacoma,
Washington, on April 21st to settle on land
near the mouth Of the Guesiahes River, but
were beaten back by high seas and became
short of food
John \. Grant, of Tacoma, the only sur
vivor. believes the entire party has been lost
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
SURPRISED THE DOCTORS.

Remarkable Case of Miss ToIleson, a
Memphis Patient.
One of the most extraordinary cases In
medical annals is that of Miss Tolleson, stu
dent at leading institution in Memphis,
Tenn. The young lady was attacked with
tonsilitis a few days ago, her temperature
rising to 106 and then to los, her death being
momentarily expected, but to the utter con-
sternation Of the attending physicians her
temperature continued to rise steadily to l5S
Fahrenheit, breaking the record, also several
thermometers which could not record any
higher. The strangest of all Is the fact that
the young lady is improving and may recover.
There is but one parallel case on record, that
of victim Of peritonitis at Omaha, Neb.,
whose temperature reached l52 degrees.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
FOUR MEN KILLED.


smother Coal Mine Horror at Ocean,
West Virginia.
A frightful mine explosion occurred at
Ocean, near Clarksbnrg. -Four miners were
killed. They we're as follows
Nathan Gaines, leaves widow and chill
dren: Joseph Feathers, leaves widow and 10
children; William DoBgherty, leaves a widow
and 7ehildreu; Charles Welch, leaves q widow
Gas has been noticed IL the mine for some
time, and no safety lamps were furnished the
men.
The bodies Of Feathers and WEIGH have been
recovered, burned almost beyond recognition.
Black, SheridAn and Wilson, Of Georges
Greek, Maryland. are the lessees Of the mine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16

THE miners Of the Boone coal fields at
Boone Iowa, have signed contracts fixing the
price Of mining for the next year at one dollar
per ton No demand for an eight hour day
wal made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16

A Two-sToRY frame building in Rochester
N. Y, was burned the other morning, and
Herman Stephanski and an unknown woman
occupying o room on the upper floor persisted
in the flames. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion of lamp.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
KILLED BY HIS FALL

A Drunken Man Drops out Of Three
Story window.
Louis Beaudry, ofcortland, n. Y, was I'M
siantly killed by falling out of 8 third story
window ofthe Reed House, Erie, Pa Beau
dry and ehum. George Sullivan, an en-
ployee Of the hotel, we've sitting in the win
dow when the fall ACQUIRED, both being very
much intoxicated. Both men were tramps
who had lately found work in the city, and
sections Of Sullivan being suspicious be. was
locked up % await the result Of the inqut1t.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16

KING GEORGE, of Greece, has a fortune Of
only 100000 franks. The family spends
little money and puts all its savings into solid
investments.