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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
Nine KILLED IN BATTLE.
A Gang Of Thieves Attacked BY
Cattlemen.
Both Sides Fire at short Range. aud
shoot Each Other Down--A Largo
Number Hurt,


shoot Each Other Down--A Largo
Number Hurt.
despatch from Houston, Texas, says; The
news OF war on much more than ordinary
extensive plan has reached here u having
occurred some twelve or fourteen miles from
West Lake, Ia, on the Lock Moor 8 Co,
logging trsmway, Ia The battle. as reported
here, nine men wese killed and sixteen
wounded. The point at which the rencontro
occurred is just on the limo Of Texas an (
Louisiana, and the neighborhood has long
been ths headquarters Of gang, whose
d-predatons have made them terror to all
who have any permanent interest there, 1t is
SHown TINT sons Of them reside IN the
Louisiana side and others in Texas, and il has
b2sn he custom for tie iorays into each state
q be made BY those from the other side thus
escaping the penalty Of the law, and at the
same time sharing tie unlawful gain.
This gang is known as the "Ashworth
people, ard is msde up mostly Of lot Of
halibreds who take delight p. incipaly in
stesling cattle aud fighting. The cattle-owncrs
OF the section have lived in dread of thesa
men and suffered severely at their hands for
long time and at last the raa chmen ha sent
ia m 4 notice that they must desist or take the
consequences-nJt Only this, but they must
leave the country. The depredations con.
uGued however, and so bold did they become
tina. the eattlemen found ii necessary to organ
ize ana srn in order to protect themselves and
property.
The Red Bones are the leaders of the cattle
men, and " en- IL was learned that the gang
was again on teray, they called their men
together ami set out TO find the marauders.
lhey suspected man named Morris Ms the
LEADER of the thieves, and or cred him TO
lave. Morris was supper ed by the whole
strength Of his faction, and d fed the cattle
men TO Danish him compel him to leave.
The quarrel grew bitter aud one of the Ash
worth crowd named Ward drew his gun and
saot Red Bone-Peter Dyson
Then the battle began. Firing became
neral and NJ rion Markle aud Lee Perkins.
Of the Red Bones, were killed, and Willets
Duprse and / comb were wounded. Hostil-
hls then ceased for q time, but in the after
poon another attack was made ON the railway
people BY the cattlemen in which William
swan, Of the Red Bones, and John Owen aud
iiopry Ashworth, of the other party, were
killed. DR.. Myers and his brother, who had
come to attend the wounded, were fired on by
no train boys but were no. hurt. II is
impossible to get the exact number Of the
W1unde;l, as the men were carried away by
Their friends. Word was sent 10 Lake Charles
TOR the sheriff, posse aud the coroner the
presence OF the latter, seemingly, being the
most lnpOrtout
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
could not longer doubt the truthfulnes.

could not longer doubt the truthfulness
of our statements
There were willing arms to carry her
to the nearest house, winch was mine;
and her father was not 50 gruf as usual
when he spoke to her; and | noticed
tears in the eyes of two or three Of the
men, who always stood to it that Lyddy
wasn't bad Cir.
never coasted down a rollway again !;
l cannot think OF the experience now
without a shudder.
Lyddy's hand was so badly crushed
that it had to be amputated. But she
said that didn't matter 50 mach, since it
was only her lett one.
Now she is the wife OF sturdy lun-
herman, and they live up in the great
North Woods; and fifteen years have
elapsed since the simple but brave,
hearted girl saved the life of one now
grown to manhood, AID at such a cost
to herself. - Yankee BLade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
SHOT FROM AN AMBUSH.
John Z. Eppes Murdered near Suffolk,
Ea.--The Gun Found.

Joh1 L. EPpeS murdered near Suffolk,
Ea.--The Gun Found.
Suffolk, Va, guilt. prosperous little town
on the Norfolk aud Western Railroad. fifty.
eight miles east Of Petersburg, with popula-
ton OF about five thousand souls, has been in
state of the gr, attest excitement, by reason
Of the assassination Of one Of its best-known
and most popular citizens, who was shot 10
death about l1.50 O'Clock P. NJ, by some I'M
known man from ambush. The asssss NJ
victim was Mr.. John z. Eppes, who for many
years past had been the manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Office at Suffolk.
MIR. Eppes was about twenty-five years OF age
Q! stout build and rather handsome Al the
hour named be, in company with Mr. T. W
Allen, telegraph operator Of the Atlantic aud
Danyille Railroad Company at Suffolk. were
walking along he railroad about shree hun
dred yards west of the station. when they
were suddenly fired upon. Mr. Allen Was
about five feet ahead OF Mr. Eppes. The
load, VIII ch was fired from sho gan ard
consisted of slugs and buck-shot. entered
Eppesi right side, two Of the slugs passiug
through lis body. He fell in his tracks. aud
died forty-eight minutes after being shot
The gun with which the ghashly deed was
committed was found, aud identified as Be
longing TO q negro, whose name could not BE-
learned. The police are after the negro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
COMMERCE. GROWING.
Its Total Value Last Year the Great
est in the Colntry's History.
value of Commerce During the Year over
Billion and HaIf--Deeiine in inn
ports of Wooden Manufactures.

Value of Commerce During the Year Over
Billion and HaIf--Deeiine in inn
ports of Wooden Manufactures.
The Bureau Of Statistics of the Treasury
Department has issuel summary statement
and review of the foreign commerce and i'm
migration Of the United States during the fs-
cal year ended June 80, 1891 1t gives, also,
comparison Of the imports and exports Of
the past nine months during which the new
tariff law has been in effect, as compared with
the corresponding nine months of The proceed
ing fiscal year
The statement says that the total value of
the commerce ofthe past fiscal year was the
greatest in the history of the Government, and
exceeded the total value of the commerce Of
1890 by the sum OF So, 1871 500. The commerce
of 1890 was the largest for any year in tho
history of the Government up to that time, ex-
cceding the commerce Of the prior year by the
sum of sl59, 606 066, so that the value of the
total commerce of the last fiscal year exceeded
the total value of the commerce of 1889 by
$241, 797, $50.
year amounted to 81, 729, $50, 500 During the
year there was an increase in our imports Of
merchandise, in the order Of magnitude, in
the following articles:-Cofec, tin plate, hides
and skin, fruits, chemicals and drugs. India
rubber and gutta percha, sugar and molasses.
There has been decline in the value of our
imports of wool and manufactures thereof;
six and manufactures thereof; hemp and jute
and manufactures thereof breldstutis and
animals.
EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS.
The total value of our imports of merchan-
disc during the last year was $Sl4, 905, 491.
The total value Of our exports of merchandise
during the same period was 1891, 42j, 405, which
shows an excess in favor of exports during the
fiscal year of $50, SIS, 9l4. There was also an
excess of exports of domestic merchandise
over such exports of the prior year OF S26, OIL
i37. The increase in these exports has been
in the following articles, stated in order of
magnitude of increase; Raw cotton provisions,
refined sugar. cotton manufactures copper
and manufactures thereof; iron and steel and
manufactures thereof.
The value of the leading articles of exports
from the United States during the past year
was as follows: Cotton, $291, 70S, s9S. bread
stutfs, $l27 COS, 092; provisions, Sl3S, 176, 65s.
Since the new tariff law has been in opera
ton, from October IS, 1890 to June 80, 1891,
inclusive, the total value Of the imports of
merchandise was $685., 206 O05; as compared
with S59S, 100, 905 the value of such imports
for the corresponding period of 1890, which
shows an excess for the nine months of1S91 of
1871, 436, leo.
The value of the imports of merchandise
admitted free of duty during the nine months
ended June 30, 1891, was S295, 1868, sos, while
the value of such imports for the correspond
inc Dprjod of 1900 Hyas SDDS QS9 go
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
The Unrest of Man.

Ransack the world, says one, and
show me one man who has been made
happy by temporal success. You cannot
find one out OF the millions and hundreds
of millions of instances-uot one. First
a man wants to get a living. Having
obtained this he wants competency.
This won, he straightway desires q
superhuity, and then he wants-.more
The husks of this wilderness can never
satisfy the hunger of the soul. The
lion is carniyorous aud wants meat; the
OK is graminivorous and wants grass,
but man is omniyerous and wants every.
thing. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
A Battle With ZuIus.

A small-sized, red whis&ered, quiet
looking little man registered at tia
Grand Pacific Hotel as Z. P. Wells, Kim
berry, South Africa. Mr.. Wells is the
manager of one of the diamond mines
located near Kimberly aud is now on his
way to England, accompanied by his
wife. Mr.. Wells thinks Africa has fine
climate and his bronzed cheeks and clear
eyes testified that he had good reasons
for saying so.
When asked about his personal exper-
fences in Africa Mr.. Wells quickly pulled
himself into shell of modest reserve.
However, he has had some narrowing es-
capades with lions, Hottentots, Katfirs
and renegade Beers. As is customary
with nearly all African pioneers and resi-
dents, Mr.. Wells owned several spans of
/ long horned oxen and huge wagon. In
this wagon, accompanied by several Of
his friends, he has taken a number of
| trips into the interior to stalk the eie-
plant and antelope and shoot lions. Ia
1889 one of these trips was taken. Ac-
companied by two Kaffirs and an Eng
lishman they went into the ''big game
country for some distance. They had
been stalking herd of elephants aud
had killed big bull. The Katfirs were
removing the tusks and the edible parts,
such as the feet, tongue, heart, ETC.,
when one of them came running to the
camp in great excitement. He showed to
Mr.. Wells an ''assegai" which he had
cut out Of the hide.
"Zulu assegai, he said "Hunting
party on trail Of elephant. Zulu be heap
mad"
! Mr. Wells endeavorcl to calm his
fears, but the Kafir was badly fright.
ened. Some trouble had occurred be-
tween the Zulus and hunting parties
from the settlements, but Mr.. Wells did
not anticipate any difficulty with them.
However, the next day, as ne was stroll
ing through glade accompanied By his
gun-bearer, au a1segai whizzed past his
head and struck quivering in tree.
Then another one quickly followed. He
sprung behind neighboring tree and
soon saw the heads of two or three Zulu5
1 peeping over the bush on the opposite
side of the glade. Mr. Wells waved his
handkerchief to signal desire for par
ley, but no reply was received. The
zulus crePt around to where Mr.. Wells
and the Kaffir were crouchIng aud sud-
denly the K1ifir received a spear in the
shoulder. Mr.. Wells opened fire with
his rifles and dropped two Of the savages,
wounding a third one, but in the skirm-
ish he received an assegat in the left
arm. He fired several more shots,
putting his assaiIants to flight, AMI then
made his way to camp Cheap Natos.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
HYOROPHOBIA VICTIMS.
Well Developed Case--The Patient Begs
to BE Killed.

Morey Godfreg, Of Saginaw, Mich, was at.
tackled by strange dog, July 4. 1t knocked
him down and bit him in several places. \
few days ago he complained of feeling unwoll
and remained home from work. He went in
to a spasm at the sight Of water and has since
that time gone from one eonvulsion to another
his frenned exertions to get away from his
attendants at tunes requiring the united
strength 81 three or four men 10 hold him.
He barks and snarls like dog and tries to
grab his attendants with his teeth, and be-
tween the spssms begs bis attendants TO kill
him. The doctors say it is well developed
case Of hydrephobia.
WICHITA, Kan.-Robert Tankersky. aged
u, died at his home in Wichita, Kan, Of
hydrophobia. Those who witessed his death
described it as horrible. For several hours
the boy was in conyulsions, and it wa as
much as four men could DO TO hold him in
bed. He was bitten months ago, but the
wounds soon healed. Three days ago hydro
phobia symptoms began to develop. Fear
OF water was the FIRST noticed. The first con-
vulsions, were not bad and did MT last long.
Yesterday morniHghe was again attacked, and
for hours he howled, snarled, and barked, ap-
parently in awful agony, until death relieved
him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
WIFE, DAUGHTER, AND BoARDER

isaac simons Uses "a stiIetto Upon the
Members of His Household.
Isaac Simons killed Robert Hagans, at Ss.
rannah Ga, by stabbing him through The
heart with a stileHe- lie then stabbed his own
wife and Young daughter. The wife viii
probably die. Simons escaped.
lIagans wss boarding AT Simons house. aud
vas regarded as a member of The family.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
SUNSHINE AND RAIN.

The budding clouds flame scourged and
thunier-shasen,
Through the fresh sunshine by the winds are
taken.
Anon, bright tears they shed for anguish
past,
Then Hope, to cheer them, bends m iri:
vast
Charles Henry Luders, in Lipp61coit.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
MARKETS.

BALTIMORE FIonr-City Mills, super, r.. 90
@J75 Wheat Southern Fultz s3la 100
Corn Southern White, 776gIsc.. Yellow,
72m73c. Osts-S0uthern and Pennsylvania
4 Nl5sc. Rye-Maryiand and Pennsylvania
fr77c. liay.--Maryland and Pennsylvania
/ 2.50ft i3-J1. Straw Wheat fS.09ta9.O9.
But;er-E Eastern Creamery, 1719 lsc.. nearby
receipt l2tai he. Cheese-Esssern Fancy
Cream, 9t6gtlc., Western, Sadie. EggE-lSi
al4c. Tobacco. Leai-Inierior si.uoi1 10
Good Common, $4Dlfg5.00, Middling. 500
@s.o0 Good to fine rel s9.0ofgil.00. Fancy,
Si2.9j@lS.e1.
NEW -Flour-S0utherH Good to
choice extra, S3.65(18.35. Wheat--No. ! White
a5f(1t.c0. Rye State 73a75c. Corn
Southern Yellow, 70IG7Ic. Oats White,
state 36a140c. Butter State, 22fgZle.
Checse-state, 7fd9se EggS-176g17sc.
PHILADELPHIA = Flour - Pennsylvania
Fancy, s4.25d4.so Wheat, Pennsylvania and
Southern Rcd, 9s!@S9. Rye-Penasyl-
yania, 566157e. Corn-Southern Yellow. II
af725c. Oafs-45f947c. Butter-state, Is61
l9c- Cheese-New York Faet0ry, 10ld lJie.
Egss-state, i7@l7sc.
CATTLE.
BAITINoRE-Beef-s5 .15fa5.25. Sheep
s3.50es4-75. Hogs -sA75g500.
NEW YoaK-Beef- ss.00d7.0o Sheep
s4.25615.40. H0gs-5.30M6.15.
EAST LIgERIY-Beef-s 10000. Sheep =
sl25Sg so. Hogs 0A5.75.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08

WHILE Mrs. Huston, her daughter. Mrs.
Smith. and the latter's child were driving
home from a visit near Xenia, Ohio, dog ran
out ia The road and Bit the horse, which ran
away. The occupants Of the wagon were
thrown out, and it is feared Mrs. Smith and
the child are morally injured.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08

CHARLIs CARROLL STEWART. a colored
journalist in Washington, Is being talked AZ
Is n Possiba choice as the new Minister 10
Siberia.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

Col. Frank Roberts, ex United States
Consul to Coaticook, 2. O., and his
brother Willis assumed control of tn
Bidddeford, Me-, est and ard" to-day.
Miss Elizabeth Blanchard, late prin
cipal of Mt. Holyoke College, with which
institution she was connected for mora
than 10 years, died in Boston yesterday.
Ashinger won the six days bicycle
race at Boston, which closed Saturday
night. He made 1852 miles, beating the
worlds record of TAI miles for As hours
Rachel, daughter of the late Gen. w.
T. Sherman, will be marriei in Wash
ington to DIR. Thorndyke, of Boston:
from the residence of Senator John Sher-
man..
John c. Lynch, the last of the five
convicts who made a bold and success
full escape from the Massachusetts State
Prison on June 90 last, was recaptured
yesterday.
The Rev. james Field Spaulding, late
rector of Christ Church, Cambridge,
Mass, has become Roman Catholic.
Yesterday he took formal leave OF his
late parishioners and gave his reasons
for his change Of faith.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30
CANNOT VOTE FOR SPEAKER.


New York Congressman Whose Names
Will Not be Upon the Roll.
WASHINGTON, Nov S0.-At least three
of the Democratic members from New
York will not have their names upon
the roll of the House when that body is
called to order by the clerk a week from
to-day. These three members are Rep
resentatives Bourke Cochran, Joseph J.
Little and Alfred G. Chaplin, who wer 9
voted for on the 4th inst. to fill vacan-
cies
There is no question of their election,
but they can not be put on the rolls I'm
til their certificates arrive, and these
will not be forthcoming until the State
Board of Canvassers meet some time
during December and canvasses the VOTE
1t is possible that, by the grace of their
party, the trio will be allowed to enter
the caucus, but they certainly cannot
vote for Speaker in the House.
At the assembling of the last House
Amos J. Cummings was in a similar
predicament, and his name was put on
the rolls on the production of the County
certificate. Clerk MCPHERSON does not
think that this action was legal, and
will not follow it. A New York Re-
publican, N. Martin Curtis, of the
Twenty second District, will also be de.
prived of his seat until the certificate il
received from the State Board.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30
THE TUNNEL ACCIDENT.
Six Now Dead and Several More Ser
iOusly MISREPRESENTATION Begun.

Blk Now Dead and Several More Ser
iously MISREPRESENTATION Begun.
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 30-The wreck at
the Union depot Saturday night, caused
by the collision of u Lake Shore express
and Flint & Marquette passenger
train, was more serious than at first
reported. The following is believed to
be a correct list of the killed and hurt:
DEAD.
MRS. SUSAN MCCOY, Ransom, Ill.
INFANT daughter of Mrs. Mccoy.
Son of Mrs. Mccoy, aged years.
JAMES MCQUEEN, Elkhart, Ind.
ELLEN MEYER, Cleveland, o.
HOWELL VAUGN, San Fernandino, Cal.
INJURED.
Warren L. Potter, residence not given
badly scalded.
H. Vaughn, Auburn, N. Y, on way to
Cambridge Mass, badly scalded.
Tom Mcqueen, Elkhart, Ind, seri.
onsly burned and arm broken.
John Conway, scalded.
Miss Ellen Meyer, Cleveland, scalded
and mangled, will probably die.
Mrs. Nelson, Toledo, scalded, not seri
ously.
Miss Dolly Fisher, Toledo. scalded
badly.
A. L. Walker, Goshen. Ind, scalded.
c. J. Anderson, Riverside, ILL.,,
scalded.
D. Taylor, Hyde Park, Boston, scalded
and mangled.
Joseph Ludwig, Peoria, ILL.,, hurt in
abdomen.
Mrs. E. J. Galloway. Toledo, scalded
Lewis, the Flint & Pere Marquette
engineer, will say but little concerning
the wreck. The Lake Shore engineer,
Boyle, an old-timer, says he picked ur
the red light beyond the tunnel easily
and that Lewis, of the Flint & Pere
Marquette, ought to have done the
same. The coroner begins his investiga
tion to-day, and there will be no effort
spared to find who is to blame.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30
MR.. MOBILES REPORT
The Secretary of the Interior
on His Department.
AFFAIRS OF PENSION OFFICE.
There Were 1926 Claims Added to the
Rolls During the Past Year.

Sixteen Thousand Indians Have Already
Become United States Citizens, and
There Are Move to Follow-The OmciaI
Observation-Disclosures Canal Declared
to be ia Forward State.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The annual
report of John w. Noble, Secretary of
the Interior, has been made public. 1t
is a bulky volume of III pages, giving
abundance of detail.
The Secretary announces that the
years of the present administration
have been marked to notable degree
by the expansion of the public domain
for private settlement.
On the Pension question he says that
| there were on June 81, 1901, 676. 100
pensioners borne upon the rolls, being
l3S, ZIG more than were carried on the
| rolls at the close of the last fiscal year.
There were pending on July /, 1891,
92S, 473 claims, of which 500, 627 were
claims of persons who were not on the
pension rolls. The remaining 1863, 446
were claims for increases of pensions
and duplicate claims under diffe rent
laws. There are also in the files of the
Pension Office 146, $50 rejected claims.
There were 222, 521 first payments of
every description made during the last
fiscal year, requiring S3S, 552, PA. 81.
Over Is, 900 Indians have already be-
| come citizens of the United States, and
about 4, 600 more by taking their aIiot-
ments have signi fed their desire to be-
! come citizens. To these numbers should
be added the 7, GIG Indians in Oklahoma
who have taken or agreed to take allot-
ments A total of 81, GIG Indians natu
rallied, and total of acres acquired for
! settlement of about 25, 900, 90 during
the present administration alone.
Including the census the Secretary re-
marks that the announcement of the of :
| fetal population Nov. g. $780, as g., =
| 622, $50 has never been changed, and
| upon that announcement the apportion .
ment law was passed nearly two years
| sooner than at previous censuses.
The Maritime Canal of Nicaragua is
| r eported to be in a forward state. The
| rail road from the Atlantic port to the
| divide has been completed, equipped,
and is now in operation for distanc e
| of II miles, with good culverts and
| road bed and track in firsU-class condition.
The jetty or Dreakwater, which is to
| protect the harbor en- trance on the At
lantic coast from the effects of shifting
| sand, has been extended 1000 feet or
| more into the ocean, and a second break
| water against northerly storms has been
| commenced
| About three thousand feet of actual
| excavation along the canal has been
made and a chaAnel formed from $50 to
| $50 feet wide and about II feet deep.
| Important work has been done on the
Machuca Rapids and in the bed of the
| San Juan River at that point
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30
NEW YORK NEWS IN BRIEF.

The lower Saranac Lake is frozen
over for the first time this winter.
Dr!y Cross, who rs engaged to marry
Miss Florence Griswold tnH Ne W York
lies dangerously i'll of typhoid fever in
London.
Edward M. Field, of the defunct firm
of Field, Lindley, Weichers & Co., was
taken to the Bloomingdale Insane Asy-
lum on Saturday.
Gov Hill has ordered a special cleo,
ton for member of Asse mbly in
the Third Albany district to fill vacancy
caused by the death of William E. Muir
ply.
The disappearance of Supervisor
Thomas ]. Welch, with his origi
nal and the County Clerks duplicate
copies of the election returns for five out
of the seven districts OF the Third Ward
is still the sen sation in connection will
the Munro-Ryan election case. Welcl
has not been found, but has been seen
in Auburn.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-30

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N. j., Nov. 3d. =
Public Prosecutor WINS, accompanied by
Drs Vanmater and Field, went to Chas.
H. Leonard's house yesterday where tn e
physicians made very thorough au-
topsy of the remains of Mrs Leonard,
who was so brutality murdered Friday
afternoon by Louis Hariot, Mr. Leonar Is
hired man who is now in Jail. They de-
cline to give the result of their examiua-
ton but it will be made known at the
adjourned coroner's inquest next Friday.
The funeral services over the re main OF
the murdered woman will be held this
afternoon at the Baptist Church. The
excitement among residents over tn
cowardly murder is unabated.