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STATE LICENSE.

All persons desiring state License, as re.
quired by law, to conduct any Of the following
named businesses, should present themselves
before the County Court on
MONDAY, APRIL IS, 1902,
at 10 O'Clock a. m. The law concerning state
Licenses, is as follows.
CHAP. SO; SEC. mo person without state
license therefor shall keep q hotel or tavern,
clearinghouse or restaurant, or furnish intoxica-
ting drinks or refreshments at public theatre,
or SELL offer or expose for sale, or solicit or
receive orders for or keep in his possession for
another, spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale or
beer, or any drink of like nature. And all
mixtures. preparations or liquids which Will
produce intoxication, whether they be patented
or not, shall be deemed spirituous liquors with
In the meaning Of this section. Nor shalll any
person without such license carry on the bust
ness Of distiller or brewer of whiskey, brandy,
beer porter or ale; or carry on the business Of a
druggist, or keep for public use or resort q
bowling alley, billiard table, poole table, baga-
telle table, or any table Of like kind; or a
shooting gallery or skating rink Pyorided,
Tit athe word eating house. in this section
shall not apply to farmers who furnish meals to
travellers and others passing.
CHAR. so; SEC. 10.-The state licenses mention
ed in the first section shall be issued only when
authorized by the county court Of the county,
or other tribunal therein acting In lieu Of the
county court, except that where the act, occu-
patton or business for which such state IL
cense is necessary, Is to be done or carried on
in an incorporated city. village or town, the II
cense shall be issued only when authorized un.
der the charter Of said city, village or town, by
the council thereof. Froridsd, That no license
shall be issued for the sale Of intoxicating II.
quors within two miles Of the limits Of any such
incorporated city. town or village, in which
there Is no such license. without the consent Of
the council thereof be first obtained.
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MARTINsBuRG, WEST VA,
April 10, 1892.

hAnAANcDlhu; NEcI 49,
April 10, 1892.
EDITOR THE WORLD.
Dear Sir;-In Saturdays issue Of
your paper | notice that you stated
Mr.. E. c. barrow had come down from
Cumberland and mended matters with
The WORLD, and also his creditors.
Such statements incorrect, as Mr..
Darrow never came to see me and has
not as yet paid or offered to pay the
amount of hall rent due me from him,
/ do this in order to correct THE
WORLDS statement.
Respectfully,
JOHN TELLER.
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MARTrNsBuRG, WEST Va.
April Is, 1892.

April IS, 1892.
f. Vernon Aler, ESQ.,,
Editor THE WORLD"
Dear Sir:-Please correct the state.
ment made in your valuable paper on
Saturday last, to the effect that Mr..
E. G. barrow, of Cumberland, came
down and mended matters with his
creditors. Such is mistake, as he
never came near me. He has not paid
the bill he owes me, and has not shown
any disposition to pay me.
Very truly yours,
J. w. NEER.
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Christ BEFORE PLATE. :
COUPON

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who win present at the ONCE of THE WoRLD, on
Public Square, Seventyfye C75l of these coupons
numbered consecutively, will receive free q
beautiful copy In colors Of the great painting,
Christ Before Plate
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NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.

The water takers Of Martinsburg will please
take notice that Water Rent for the year 1899
Is due and payable on the First Day Of April
1899. The ordinance In reference TO collect.
ali persons falling TO nay said rent on or before
the 10th day Of the said month Of April.
s-a5-sw. ii. WHEN, Sergeant.
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COUNCIL MEETING.

There viii be regular meeting Of
the city concil tonight. Considerable
important business will be transacted.
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Nov i the time 70 snbscribe for
Tnk WORLD and get picture.
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Last Saturdays issue Of The WORLD
contained the following local items
WELCOME VISITOR.
Mr.. ETC. Darrow, Of whom 50 much
has been said through the press, con-
corning his business transactions in
this city, came down from Cumberland
yesterday. He called at THE woRLD
Office and mended matters, and we UNI
derstand did likewise with the rest Of
his creditors This step is very credit
able to Mr.. barrow, and fully appre-
ciated by his creditors.
We made this mention on behalf Of
Mr. barrow, considering 1t due him
from what had already been said. Mr..
Darrow and several Of his friends here,
were authority for the statement, and
we did not hesitate. in fact, was only
glad to DO him this justice. Since
publishing the article We have received
the following letters:
MARTISsBURG. Nv. VA.
April 10, 1892.
EDITOR The Misunderstanding
the statement made by you in Satur-
days paper, desire to say that same
is incorrect, as Mr.. E. G. Darrow has
not as yet settled with me.
Respectfully,
@. G. BESNET.
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new ADvERTIsEMENTs.

National Bank.
Fiery's Shoe Store.
Peoples National Bank.
John w. Neer. Groceries.
j. /. Mcdonald. Groceries.
Dern & Ritter, Groceries.
G. Al. Mantz, Tabacconist.
Geo. +. Mann, Barber Shop.
G. C. Bennett, Photographer.
II. /. Doll & Co., Hardware.
p. G. Hunter. Photographer
VIM. b. Walters Hardware.
Emmert q Fiery, Dry Goods.
L. M. Hoke, Boots and Shoes.
j. w. Bishop, Coal and Wood.
Philip II. Saylcs, Tobacconist.
John w. Thompson. Groceries.
NJ L. Dorm, Tailor and Clothier.
s. G. Crawford, Boots and Shoes.
p. Nicklas, Bro. 3 Co., Furniture.
G. H. Wolfes, Stoves and Tinwafe.
j. W. r. Fisher, stoves and tinware.
A. M, Gilbert, Drugs and Chemicals.
Baker q Rearick, Tailors and Clothiers.
L. W. Robinson, Groceries and Provisions.
"A. H. Russler q Bro. Groceries and Provisions
J.Wm. & C. A. Miller, Agricultural Implements
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The eyes Of tie public are on the
l'st o. contributors ofshe new factory.
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The eyes of the people are on thu
list Of subscribers to the new factory
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TEMPERATURE At = O'Clock 4. NJ, 400.
Maximum SEQ.
1Iinimun-37o.
VIVID: Force Gentle.
Direction from-N w.
Safe or SKY: Clear
RAIN FALL-67 inches.
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See the list Of subscribers to the
new factory.
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Friends of the laboring give classes
towards bringing factories here.
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SING KEE.
CHINESE : LAUNDRY.

MARTiN3BURG, w. VA.
All goods are washed and ironed by hand. and
Is not hard on the goods. Collars and cuffs
done up in any style, snow white, gloss, real
stiff at cents each.
Please give me call, as claim TO do all
kinds of Laundry Work--for ladies and gentle
men at lowest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Slim.
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TEE WORLD At 10 cents per week.
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THE PREDICTIONS.

For Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, generally fair. cooler by Tues
day night, northerly winds
For Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia,
generally fair, northerly winds.
For Western New York, and Western, Penn
sylvania generally fair, cooler. northeriy winds.
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dmo aernt
residence the
picture the figure Of the Saviour
right o. plate stands
lifted shouting Cruelty Him Cruelty Him.
in az
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DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
CRY GRAIN MARKET.
CITY PRoDUCE MARKET,

UITK FRUUUUE MAHKEE.
Revised and corrected Daily by DIN. Kllmer,
Grocery, Provision q Queenware Merchant,
King Street. APRIL 10, 1904
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See the Picture,
Copies OF
!" CHRIST BEFORE PLATE :

PEOPLES DRUG STORE, East Burke street
Pm. WoLESLAGLE, Groceries, Provisions
ETC., North Queen street.
s, C. CRAWFORD. Boots, Shoes, etc., De
Grange Building, West King street.
BAKER q REARICK, Clothiers and Tailors
Everett House corner, Queen street.
A. NJ GILBERT. Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet
Articles. ETC., corner Queen and Race streets.
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is about the only erect object left on the
works. Mr.. Judson said to a aCALL1eporrer
that the flrSt thing to 90 was the nitrC-9lycer-
ine-house; that from this flames spread TO
the other buildings in the vicinity. and that
the big shock came when the magazines
caught fire. The works have been running
about 10 years. but there has never been
any such experience as this. An expert in
explosives said TO the reporter that he under
stood the company used automatic stirrers
or mixers. very dangerous practice. for
the utmost personal attention is required
when the action of the sulphuric and nitric
&C ds on the glyeerine becomes so great as TO
lead 10 the evolution OF red fumes. These
nom tents OF peril require the prompt inter-
ference of skilled operator, who is not rem
dered nervous or unsteady by the imminent
hazard 10 himself.
Along with the nitro-glycerins plant the
Dlack-pOwder factory was completely de-
strOyed, and here again no evidence can be
obiaiued as TO the origin and progress OF the
catastrophe. The black-powder mills lay
directly in the path of the explosion and
burning brands we're scattered over them.
Although no remains of human beings were
found IN these mills, there is every reason
to believe that some Chinese perished in
them Mt even stump or block foot
high is left of the four walls
OI the six sheds and two brick buildings
on the bayslde. all were blown into the
water. and the two buildings on the wharf
were levrlrd as If by plane. The explosion
threw l5O tanks of nitric acid and scores OF
bales OF gun cotton into the bay. Ii is not
known how much giant powder went up,
Dut there was enough on the spot to iiatten
Telegram Hill out like q pancake, and every
grain OF the powder went off Ii was a COM
mon remark among visitors to the works
yesterday that the magazines are entirely
Too close 10 the mixing house and that there
should be number of small magazines well
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4 GENERAL VIEW AFTER TIE EXPLOSION

who ran the gauntlet to fill with tears.
Even the Chinese had TO pause, gasp for
breath and spit the nasty acid secretion
from their thTOats.
Turning directly landward the blast was
seen TO have made clean sweep Of the en-
tire space up to the Berkeley hills The
mixing-house in which the explosion first
occurred was leveled TO the ground, and
huge masses Of iron. a ton or more in weight,
had been tossed about like straWs Some
OF these masses had been hurried clean over
the cliff side; others were shot clear away
into the swamp. half a mile to the front
The nitrate Of soda house, fine brick build
Ing only constructed year ago, was a heap
OF rubbish; the large nitrO-glycerine tank
was gone; the lead cham beTs for making
the suiphuric acid were gone; ditto the
small glycerne tanks; and the semicireular
switch communicating with the Southern
Pacific main line was wrenched out of
shape, torn up and blockaded with heaps of
timber. iron girders, barrels of crude glyce-
rine and debris of every description. Half
a mile landward a sulphur house was
burning; the wreck Of a small magazine Law
fat on the ground. and the site OF the Phil
lips boarding g-house was indicated only by
heap OF wood and iron. The hotel Just
beyond mad the ronf caved in for Is or 20
feet. Right in the foreground four utterly
wrecked frame structures, roofs fallen in
and walls fallen out showed where as
many neat little cottages had stood an hour
before
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10 shatter windows in houses 10 miles away,
and to be felt within a radius of 80 or 40
miles.
1t is matter common of observation that
explosions of dynamite, while terribly de-
structive to property, are not so liable to
cause large loss of life as those of gunpow-
der. To the spectators from the higher parts
of San Francisco, who saw the very air
shaken and the jets Of fame shooting up
strong and clear in broad daylight miles and
miles away, Ii seemed an irresistible con-
ciusion that no one in or near the scene OF
the disaster could have survived to tell the
tale.
There were many and conflicting accounts
spread during the day of the danger of more
magazines exploding. and the citizens of San
Francisco. Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda
were kept in & state Of alarm till nightfaII.
Exaggerated rumors were also current which
placed the loss of life over hundred.
1t is known that only FIVE persons were
killed and 10 wounded. The dead are
JOHN BEAN. JOHN GEBURTEz and
WALTER DICKERsoN, white men, and it
is believed that four missing Chinese are
also dead. Immediately after the explosion
the dead and wounded were placed In
wagons and removed, and every precaution
was taken to carry away any human frag-
ments that might have resulted from mu-
tiIation. This was an easy matter as the
number OF persons killed or mutilated was
very small. and in fact only 45 persons were
at work when the explosion occurred
The time of the first shock at San Fran
cisco was 9:21; the second. 29k the dou-
bic shock, which produced the greatest
effect occurred at 9:31A, San Francisco
time. The fifth and last shock was not
timed. The clock at Baronita's Hotel,
West Berkeley, within mile Of the works,
stopped at 9:19 A. NJ. The first shock, as
felt in San Francisco, produced exactly the
sensation of an earthquake running from
east to west
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RESIDENCES OF BoRcAsR AND COULD.

the northwest side of the hill, where the
giant powder magazines had been situated.
1t was the shock from these that caused the
chief damage in the surrounding towns, as
well il might. for right On the place where
the magazines had stood was a yawning
chasm fully 80 yards across and 80 feet deep.
1t needed some nerve TO go into Ii, but q
CALL re- orteT went down, feeling literally
that he was like one 'going down into the
pit" There was no knowing how much
unexpoded giant powder might be concealed
below the crumbled rock at the bottom of
the crater. From the interior there as
ceIded volumes Of acid fumes, which
caused those who ventured to the edge
to turn back in haste. 1t was not
loose soil or "made ground" that had
been thus fearfglly indented but solid rock,
AMI the resistance which this offered TO the
downward Impact of the dynamite suffi-
ciently accounts for the transmission of the
Impulse to points so far remote. Not only
was there a tremendous conclusion of the
air at the moment of explosion-a concus-
sion which caus ed an air wave 10 roll along
with roar for miles along the bay. but the
very earth Itself was shaken as by the
throes OF an earthquake. The rocky debris
IN the crater was comminuted into frag-
ments from the size of pea to the
SIZE Oh an orange, and as these rolled
down the crater sides the depression
soon assumed the appearance OF FUN ell
with regular walls. 1t was by all odds the
most awe-lnspiring spectacle to be helleld
in this scene of widespread ruin and de-
Vastatlon. Burnside5' mine at Petersburg
could not have done its work more effect
ually,
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COTTAGE AND WRECK OF BOARDING HOUSE.

produced by the crash may also cause grave
physical troubles aud cannot but effect the
value Cf properly in the neigh borhood.
There is plenty of land in California suit
able for this manufacture remote from pos
sible ANNOYANCE to centsrs of population.
The works which have caused this disaster
are undoubtedly too contiguous To B-rke-
ley, and if there be any power to regulate
the matter they should be banishcd. The
company can easily find region where no
external harm can be done by the explosion
of n years manufacture.
"The whole manufacture of high explo-
sives-in England is controlled by the Home
Department OF the Governments. No one
can begin a factory without a license which
is only granted after strict inquiry as to
plans AID situation by u Government official
In addition, every factory is regulated by
very strict rules as to wOrkmen, buildings.
storage and hours Of employment. A Govern
mept Inspector, who Is usually an army offi-
Ger, with an Income of at least $1,000 a year,
may drop into factory at any moment and
Inspect everything from the books 10 the
Working departments and the magazines
and II he finds anything amiss, heavy fine
is certain to follow. Any disaster whatever
must be reported upon, and a serious dis
asteI Is followed by a strict inquiry ana
report to Parliament. Perhaps this is old
f0gey. monarchical slowness, but it is at
least effective III sustaining the sense of
reSUnnslDilityo
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powder. This is a quantity which should
certainly never be allowed In any one build
ing.
"The quantity of plate glass smashed by
the eX lOsion probably runs into acres, and
other damage is abundant enough 10 render
The catastrophe historical. So many eX-
plosions have there been since dynamite
vas first Manufactured in California that 1t
may he Inferred there is something lax in
the methods OF manufacture from one
1act alone, VIZ that at the original Nobel
factory in AYRSHIRE, Scotland, where The
hrst pound of dynamite outside of labora-
tory was produced by Alfred Nobel anu
George McROberts, no accident of any no.
ment has occurred during 20 years. A
magazine once blew up with 500 pounds of
nitro-glveerine and the one man who was
responsible for the accident was killed.
There was no further damage, ali other de-
parlmenls being properly isolated. On
another occasion q fire occurred, attended
by some fatalities, but no explosion took
place. These works turn out about 10 tons
OF dynamite day and employ 800 hands.
The nearest towns are Arhossen and Stew
enston, and very little window-glsss has
been broken to annoy the good people who
live there.
The manufacture of dynamite ought 10
be strictly regulated by license from the
local authority and the Stale, and there
ought TO be some system OF official inspec-
ton worthy of the name. 1t is absurd to
allow companies TO set up this dangerous
manufacture at anv place that suits their
convenience for traffic and transportation
The dangers inseparable from the business
are seen In what has happened at West
Berkeley. Even San Francisco does not
escape from huge amount of damage due
to broken glass. aud Berkeley and Oak land
have suffered very severely. The eXcitemen
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Chinaman work co. We were too much ex-
cited to be frightened. as We knew that if
We uidnt get eur powder put up before the
names reached the magazine all the resi-
dences and Outhouses would be blown sky
nigh by the explosion in our department.
put the pluckieSt man on the place was
Engineer jackson, who had charge of boil
ers and 4. When the first glycerine- house
went up, though located right in that
neignoorhood, he went back into his boiler
mousse ana began TO fire his engine. The
for pluck.
"A fellow named Squires showed lots of
nerve, too. He was some distanc. away
when the hrst explosion occurred, and know
ibs cow the powder magazines were con-
neeted with the glycerine. he fastened to-
Wdrd Tue powder with the intention of try
Ing ostop the progress of the flames in the
Connect ing tube.
Three times he made as many desperate
nieaks lor the big pOwder-hous :, but each
tlae was driven back bv the explosion and
the Sihok9 that fillsd the air. The chances
are mat II Squires had reached the tute il
m"uu only nave been III tine To have gone
up with tie big magazine.
Take it all the way through it was the
sl remarkable explosion ] ever heard Of
NC air was simply black with flying bricks
simoer and all kinds If debris, Aet beyond a
lew scratches none of the sc odd men aud
women ana children who We're flying here
and there or standing still, as the case was,
were harmed. Such thing would not hap
pen gain in hui dTed explosions
1es, those OF US who were outside knew
Tue hrst explosion was coming before we
iet or heard it, / sto' facing the hill aud
Hash that seemed to rise out OF tie ground
Tor about 20 feet. The IN an instant CANA
the thunder aud the shock
we didn't feel the shock much. not
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~, r. ~. enllghteu v', why the Q
Should have been gr at destruction in me
part tt ais city attehdtat u,,oa TN, exulo
So, as 20 why other and adj lcent parts
shouid n I'VE escaped uDhurt. II Is odi. for
inet'ncr, that Montgomery ayenue and post
aud Clay reefs should have had glass shat
tired, While Pine and Bush streets. mar
aiie, should have suffered no injury P1s-
ss soly me shock OF an explosi N, like the
shock OF an earthquake, follows = rtain
STRAIT II rock more readily than Others.
and the fi"muess of the foun6a ions o.
building may have something to 10 with the
dam ge that Will come to 1t from breaking
glass. There is something in the setting of
window panes, too, for in the front of
Llebes Bros store, opposite the Bohemian
Club rooms. the large plate glass window
was shattered, while another, alongside, was
no damaged. In that case, | fancy. the
wi dow had been imperfectly set. But. as
sad before, have no spt eiai knowledge on
the subject. However have here naper
read by MIR. l. j. L. C0nte before the
iechnica Society OF the Pacific Coast on
the subJecf. and as he has made special
study OF 1t his words will carry weight
The paper referred to by Mr.. Yale was
published by the Technical Society in Ang-
usf, 1888, aud In 1t Mr. L. G nte.ascribes eY-
osl0ns OF this sort to the presence of
gust In the atmosphere about powder and
dynamite works acted upon by the dry north
winds prevalent IN California TboroughIv
dried by these winds electricity is generated
In this dust by friction and SPARKS are ere
atAG that ignite the explosives as a second
airy result In other words Mr.. LIE Comic
argues that there is always dust explosion
hrst and that the return shock from this
exDlOdes the dynamite.
Il think there can hardly be shadow of
donht." says Mr.. LIE Conte. in his paper
"thata ground shock was the true cause mai
gave rise To the fatal explosion of the Her
cules Powder Works on September 20 1854.
A stroke of lightning from a cloud has OnIv
a local effect at the particular point
Where 1t may strike, whereas the return
SHOCK, induced by the electrified cIoud-
may shock the entire country around that
point Tor 20 square miles, depending on the
size OF the cloud. There is one welI-knOwn
and Important fact to be remembered in
connection with all these ground-shock
phenomena, namely, that in any given To-
cailty the electric fluid, in returning always
iollows along the best conductors with
Whlch II may come in contact. and hence
we nnd 1t howIng along such channels as
easplpes aud water-Dipes. but more par
teuiarly telegraph, telephone and electric
llght wires, and also railroad tracks. After
trayerslng these conductors the fluid iumnS
OH the farther extremities in the form of a
series OF violent electric sparks. making
rafting noise not unlike the firing of mus
ketry. and very frequently DESTROYS ffe."
The theory of Mr.. LIE Conte would be
according to this. that the line of con.