Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1891-12-05
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. Nov. 27.

At Chadron, Neb. family of eight,
consisting of Charles Barnett, his wife and
five children and his sister, were COM
pletely wiped out by round of fatalities.
Yale defeated Princeton yesterday for
the intercollegiate championship on Man
haitian field, New York, by the score OF
19to o. It is estimated that 10000 persons
witnessed the game. Neither side scored
in the first half, and all of Yale's gains
were made in the latter part of the contest.
The 2-year-old child of d. T. Beals, a
millionaire banker Of Kansas City, Mo-,
was kidnapped by servant girl, and after
vain search of two days the banker Of
fered a reward of S, 600 'and no questions
asked The child was returned and Mr..
Beals kept "mum," but now he will prose
cute to save himself FROM punishment for
collision with crime
Saturday, Nov. %.
The firm of Field, Lindley, Weichers 81
Co., bankers and brokers, New York, of
which Edward M. Field, son of Cyrus w.
Field, is the head; made an assignment to
Charles W. Gould. The assignee stated
that Edward w Field, who managed the
affairs of the firm, is mentally broken
down and that no statement of the bust
ness could be obtained from him. Outside
reports placed the firms Indebtedness as
high as 100000.
Monday, Nov. so.
By wreck in tunnel on the Lake
Shoe road, near Toledo, O., eight persons
were killed and several injured.
The shah of Persia has appointed eX-
King Milan commander of the Persian
cavalry, and that the ex-king will soon go
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DR.. John Hall, the eminent New York
clergyman, was shot at three times yester
day by crazy German named Roth, who
mad no object other than desire for noto-
riety.
Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, de-
clares that the convicts shall be returned
to the mines if it takes every able bodied
man in the state to do it.
At Blackburn, England, thirty miles
from Manchester, yesterday, an explosion
of gas wrecked three shops in the market
place and caused the death of ten persons.
Six others were injured seriously.
A grand pontifical mass was celebrated
at St. Louis yesterday in honor of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the conservation of
Archbishop Kenrick. Cardinal Gibbons
celebrated the mass and Archbishop Ryan
preached the sermon. A great torchlight
procession took place at night
Five boys, while playing on the beach at
Southampton, England, found a bomb en-
bedded in the sand, and, not knowing
what it was began tossing it from one to
the other and rolling it along the shore.
While engaged in this sport the bomb ex-
ploded, pieces of it striking one boy, kill
ing him instantly, injuring another so
badly that he is dying and wounding the
other three to such an extent that no hopes
OF their recovery are entertained.
Wednesday, Dec. 2.
George E. Barr, proprietor of Hotel War
wick, Springfield, Mass, shot and killed
his wife some time Monday night and then
killed himself. Both appeared to have
died instantly.
A st. Louis and San Francisco passenger
train which left ST. Louis at S:26 o'clock
Monday night was stopped at Glendale,
ten miles from St. Louis, by six masked
men, who covered the trainmen with the
rifles and blew open the door of the express
car with dynamite. They rif1ed the safe
of the Adams Express company, contain
ing about 900 or 200 and escaped to
the woods.
An engineer ON a railroad between Ara
qua, Switzerland, and Waldshut-on- the
Rhine, in revenge for being discharged,
opened the throttle of his engine and
jumped from his cab, allowing the run
away the locomotive TO dash down the track
at full speed just as passenger train came
rushing in the opposite direction on the
same track. The locomotives tore into
each other The engineer and fireman of
the passenger train were killed instantly,
three of the passengers injured fatally and
nearly all the others more or less wounded.
Thursday, Dec. 3.
Captain J. H. Parker, of the United
States revenue marine service, lately in
command of the United States steamer
Woodbury., died at his home in Castine,
Me-, aged 81 years.
The returns of the Arizona election thus
far received show that more than four
| fifths of the votes cast are for the adoption
of the new constitution. There is no doubt
but what the constitution will be adopted
William F. Williamson shot and killed
Lewis Thornton, a farmer, whose farm adj
joins one owned by Williamson, near New
port, Ky. The deed was the result of a
quarrel over the closing of county road
between his farm and that OF Williamson.
The window glass manufacturers of
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana formed a
permanent organization at Columbus,
with an executive committee consisting of
G. J. Mckee and William Loeffier Penn
sylvania; Charles Henry and T. f. Bert,
Indiana. IT C. Daller of Ohia