Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-31
THE NEWS

tumwa, for which they have not paid cent
Last August the frst-named two men opened
a clothing and furnishing store at 0sceola, Ia
In the front part of the store-room display
of cheap goods were made. The firm repre-
sented to commercial agencies and whole
salers that their stock was worth s., 500, that
they had several hundred dollars in cash and
only so liabilities. Large eonsignments of
goods were bought on one-third cash upon
delivery, the balance in sixty and ninety days.
When the goods were shipped to the firm, the
boxes containing the merchandise were taken
into the rear apartment of the store and all
marks were removed, and the goods were
then reshipped to A. Goldberg st. Joseph.
When the creditors were about to close in
upon the firm, the store was suddenly closed,
and the members of the firm took their de-
parture. In accordance with the antitrust
law, United States District Attorney Reynolds,
of st. Louis, has decided to commence an
active campaign against the st. Louis Apothe-
carries Association, or "Drug Trust. On
the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
passenger train of two coaches went through
burning trestle twenty feet high, and was
entirely consumed. All the passengers broke
through the windows and escaped unhurt.
Engineer Northeutt and the fireman were
pulled out OF the wreck by the passengers.
Northcutt and his brother, the conductor,
were both hurt, but not dangerously so.
tramp had slept in cabin near there, set it
afire, and left it so, and the trestle caught
from the cabin
At Chicago John W. Cells. the book keeper
of the county asylum, was indie ed for con-
spiracy to defraud. lie was arrested and re-
leased under SIS, 900 bond. President Saml.
Gompers, of the American Federation of La
Dor, issued call to the Electrical Wiremen's
and Linemen's Unions of America to meet in
convention in Lightstone Hall, St Louis,
November DIST, for the purpose of organizing
an International Electrical Wireman's and
Linemen's Union.-At Cleveland, o.. while
fremen were practicing with Pompior ladder
Lieutenant Rettger fell from the fourth story
of the City Hall, and was so badly injured
that he died in fifteen minutes The wheat
yield in Manitoba is very large. The an
nouncement is made that Thomas H. Kelley
the cashier of Richardson, Williams & Co. s
wholesale dry goods house, New Orleans, has
embezzled $4,000. The statement made that
Kelly was lottery fend and that his defslea
tons were in part, if not wholly, due TO that
fact, was acknowledged in an interview when
he said he played" the lottery. Kelley de-
MED, however, that he used any Of his EN-.
pIoyers' money.-Wm. Mattson, who stole A
gold brick last August from the Wells Fargo
Express Company at Mohawk, Plumas county.
Colorado, was captured at New Castle. Pa.
He had sold the brick for 5000 in Denver, and
was traced by Special Agent W II. Campbell,
of Buffalo. Mattson was committed to iaiI to
await requisition papers. The trial of W.
s. Dnsbiell at Richmond, Va, on charge of
forgery, ended in verdict of not guilty.
Prairie fires in Oklahoma have DESTROYED the
homes of settlers and large crops of hay and
grain.-The Celibate Society of Economics
whose wealth has been estimated at $4,000
900, has endorsed the doctrines of DR.. Iced
who claims TO be second Messiah.
y train of thirteen cars loaded viii coal
was wrecked on the Columbus and Western
Railroad near Birmingham, Ala, BY burn
ing trestle, aud the con 'uctor and fagman
were both killed.-IIarry Clatchey ard
CharlCsJ Care were arrested in the woods of
Maine charged with forgeries and diamond
robberies III New York, Philadelphia and
Boston---O. I. Nicholson, wealthy planter
OF Collinsyille, Ala, shot and killed William
Davidson, tenant on one of his farms.
The officers Of the United States Saving.
Bank, at Topeka, Ks, which has closed its
doors twice since March last, are again ia
trouble. Major William Sims, who was ar
pointed receiver of the bank. filed petition
in the District Court, charging the officers Of
the bank with fraud is reported ii
Pittsburg that William Linsey, the missing
ex-State Treasurer of Pennsylvania. is in
England. The jury in the libel suit Oh
lgnatius Donnelly against the Pioneer Press
OF Minneapolis, MINI, for 100000 damages
brought in a verdict giving Mr.. Donnelly 81,
and allowing him So for counsel fees.-There
appears to be considerable opposition through.
out Colorado to the government setting aside
the White River plateau as national park.
Near Glasgow, Ky, the boiler at John
Quigey's saw mill exploded. One child
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