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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
SHOT DOWN BY GUARDS.
COnvicts Prevented From Escaping
From the Penitentiary,


From the Penitentiary.
A despatch from jackson, Mich. .ays.
Edward Huntley, Detroit burglar: John
Davis, burglar from Kalamazoo, and Iigeu
Buliard, sent from Detroit Tor six yeafs for
assault with intent 10 kill tried 70 caro-
from the penitentiary Hut,ey and Davis
were fatally shot, All were captured.
The attempt wa, made a. just sovtn
O'Clock and was timed 10 the best advantage.
Huntley aud Bulard go out ia the first suuni
and Davis fifteen minutes later In sofno
way the convicts had secreted long ladder
rear the southwest corner inside the wall
Keeper Case saw Huntiey aud Bullard leave
tho shop. He instantly followed They yam
swiftly TO the south corner, whore Davis
joined them.
The three convicts placed tho "a idor against
the wall, Davis running az 20 enc tor Ha
had his hands filed with gtoucs which Ia
threw at the guard ontbc wall o., hcnivantod
and at others who followed inside the yard.
Guard CLARK fired three times 40 the men
hut missed. His gun Thou Jailed 20 Ef on
The two other convicts then mounted bt.
side Davis on the wall and socing that
Clark's gun had failed To- COON they stOuuol
the griard-hquse on the wall inside Of which
Clark was on guard. They attempted 90
Datter IN tue doof intending 20 Iii CLARK
sud secure the gun Huut'cy carried board
shield -four feet long aud IRON covered, which
he held in front of him 20 protect him from
the bullets and rock which were directed 20.
ward him. Seeing nh three guards coming.
he jumped down outside Tho wall aud started
10 run. BY this time Clark had put new
cartridges 10 his gun aud began firing Ha
struck Huntley twice With his bullets. ana
entering the right side ucpr tho hip. and an
other lower down in the Leg
Guard !. J. Freeman csipo mp AZ this juno
lure and brought Davis down with n ball in
.he left hip which shattered tho bone aud
ne fell from tbs wall Huilard then throw
up his hands and was hnndcuncj and brought
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03

leg. Ke was Sholaga from the hills,
and after having been carried to camp
aud his injuries attended to he talked
freely. The party had numbered fifty
men, and had been working for two
weeks when we appeared. The lea Ter
had been told OF the existence of cavern
under the ruins of the ten jle, aud they
had labored hard in their efforts to secure
it. As we afterward saw for ourselves they
had moved at least thousand tons OF
debris before opening the cavern. Their
appliances were of the rudest sort, AMI
everything had been acc omplishcd by main
strength. Daring the period of their
lab ors FIVE OF the party hld die of sna<e
bites and two had been killed in moving
the blocks. The cavern was found the
day before the soldiers cane, and 10
opening it this native hal been hurt.
His friends had deliberately a5ln Toned
him, but he bore them no grldge. o.
the contrary, he was highly gratiiel to
know that the treasure had escaped the
Eaglish When asked as to its value his
eyes sparkled and he answered;
"Sahib, there were millions! Over
thirty men had each heavy load made
ready to carry when tainted away. 1t
would have made hundred Eaglish-
men rich Tor life!'
We found the cavern to be a room
eight feet long, six broad aud ten higl.
1t had been swept clean. The native
said it was nearly full of gold and silver
and plate and jewelry. Ii so, the gross
value was tremendous big sum, and
the fellows must have made two or three
trips of it to carry everything away
New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03

-tenths OF the nervous headaches
are situated over the brow, aud they are
accompanied by laugour and chilliness.
/ If the headache continues dull and heavy
for any length of time, the patient has
distaste for food, becomes nauseous, and
with a general feeling Of uncomfortable.
ness. To cure such headache rapidly
and quietly two grains of the potassic
salt should be dissolved in a wine glass
of water. When it Is dissolved sip the
mixture slowly, taking the whole dose
in about ten minutes. The iodide acts
Immediately, and il half an hour after
the medicine has been taken the anpleas-
ant symptoms will have disappeared.
The dose can be repeated in the small
quaDtitie; later if the headache is not re-
heved. These snail doses appear to be
more effective than larger ones, and one
should not lose faith in them on &C
count Of the smallness of the dose until
they have been fairly tested. Yankee
Blade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
WORK AND WORKERS.

PEACOCK & THoMAs's furnace, at Ian
caster, Pa, shut down for an indefinite pc
Rod About l25 hands are thrown out Of
work
About 1000 saw mill employees at Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, struck yesterday for 10
hours at the old ll-hour wages The plants
Of five lumber companies including mills,
are idle.
THE river coal operators Of the Pittsturg
district, at a recent meeting decided 10 re-
duce the wages Of Their miners three cents
a bushel A strike Of the 1000 miners in
the district IS expected
SEVERAL Of the iron mills at Youngstown,
Ohio lighted their fires, end IL is thought
that by the latter part OF the week all the
mills in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys
viii have resumed operations.
GEo. w FORD, the Commissioner o. Labor
o. Tennessee has issued statement defend
ing him elf from the charge that hs was in
league with the miners. Ford was arrested
by the military authorities - Coal Greek,
and subsequently, released under $1,000 hail
The Wholesale clothing manufa-tursii of
Baltimore undertook b afbitrate the differ
ences between the contracting t1iiors and
tbs csftnater Pending a asff euIrut the
coatmnkers agreed b resume work
A PIrrsBrRo despatch ssys thsfhe st-ik.
ing JOB printers in that city ar - H. prosa-
cuted for conspiracy IN urging a h1Ycg't
ami that 70 defrnv tbe eNr@n-ef II The liza
CATION 'tha International Typ1fhsfr has
put sipAOol az the disposal n a. fittsburg
mcmhers
ALL the saloons In Wariu~r, Iaaho hsfs
been clfeel aud 10 una i allowed Ia the
street after u Z VI a d,~latch ssYs that
Gen Curt has ordered fha ci1siuz diva ~
lwO mines the union w0rkmen iu Whieh
were supporting The strikers
A DESPATCH dated JmtoVu. Cal0rs.ia.
say- The biEgc-f strike IN fhn history ~
the camp has inn hs-n nab in tie Shsilos
Greek district. on the ga Jndza Roy prop
erty. Il has q cad oi quartz rich IN sui.
phurefs whi-h asay- from - % 100
1unces In silver
TIE boycoit Instituted By ihe HOMESTEAD
striker ag.ins- traissuen who suii b. tho
Carnegi- Steel Iump1ng rs.-liitet IN the fail
ure II Adplph Deer. one u the principll
provsi1n dealers IA that borough DueTr
Furnished meat milk aud wee b. Superiutrn-
dent Potter AMI t1e non-uuionis2s FROM the
beginning o. the trouble No Amalgamatssi
men have patronzed him, and his loss II "a j
10 have been $1,000
THE strike az t1e Ontario and Western
coal docks AZ Hoboken, New jersey. / a.
suming a SERIOUS aspect. The Italials who
were put % work In the places Of the strikers
have qrit work on account % be NJ threat
enei nth violence There are now only a
few men az work under a strong guard Of
police. Thos Leach, a laborer was badly
beaten by the strikers as he was walking
the railroa track on his way TO work.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The diameter of Mars is 44OO miles.

Inc diameter VI MATS 10 11VV HAiess
Steel magnets lose their permanent
magnetism at the boiling point of almond
oil.
The polar diameter is twenty eight
miles shorter than the equatorial dame
ter.
Consumption is believed to be more
prevalent in Ireland than in either Eng
land or Wales.
Somebody has discovered that eggs
laid in the spring and early summer are
superior in quality to those laid late in
the summer.
Chromatopseudopsis is the medical
term for color blindness, and statistics
show that men are much more chroma-
geographically inclined than women.
Not less than fifty per cent of the peo-
pie in Alaska are afflicted with chronic
diseases. Two-thirds of the children
born do not live, or rather do not out
live their parents.
If the earth should cease to revolve
altogether, the oceans OF tae equator
would forsake their beds and hasten
toward the poles. Probably the entire
globe north of Boston would be sub.
merged.
The report of the Spanish Medical
Commission tina, was sent to Paris to in
quire into the nature Of the epidemic of
so-called ''cilorin,' has been received.
The repor. declares that the disease is
Asiatic cholera.
Professor Butcher, Of Dlrmstadt, states
that in the case of some old women a
complete rejuvenatioa occurs when they
have reached an advanced age, aud he
instances two, the Marquis de Mirabeau
aud Margaret Verdur, who renewed their
youth, one at sixty-fve, the other at
tighty years of age.
The Calling guu is now worked by an
electric motor in the American Navy.
The motor is attached to the breach CT
the gun. Hitherto a couple of men were
required to serve the gun, one to train
the piece and drop the shot, the other to
work the firing crank; but now one mau
IS sufficient. BY touching a switch he
can train and operate the gun at will, So
as TO fire either single shot, Or at the
rate of 1890 a minute.
Some doubts are entertained as to the
desirability Of employing electric motors
in colleries. One of the objections which
have been raised is the possibility of gas
explosion being caused by a spark oc-
curing at the communication of the
motor where the electric current is con-
yeyed into aud out of the rotating arna-
ture by means of the brushes; another
objection is the use in the pit of driving
belts, which not only take up space, but
cannot be kept in good working order
in dirt and damp situations.
A ray OF light moves with such
amazing velocity that it might wrap it
self eight times round the earth between
five ticks Of the clock, and yet it would
take that ray Of light fifty years to come
from the North star to this eatth. When
we look at that steadfast, unchanging
star at night we see it in the light that
left it bali century ago; and fthe ON.
nipotent hand that formed it, set it in
its place and called it by name should
suddenly destroy it, we would continue
to see it in its own light fifty years after
it had ceased to exist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
How 1t Feels to Drown.

"To prevent any person from interior
ing with my design | jumped into the
river late in the afternoon last Friday, :"
SAID st. Louis woman. "No one ap-
peared to be about at the tina. When
| struck the water l Immediately sank,
going down and down, and yet being
carried forward until l thought would
never again rise.
"a sound roared through my head
it seemed to me it would burst. / opened
my mouta and attempted to breathe, be-
ing unable to endure the pressure longer,
but the water rushed in and | closel my
mouth. | was again compelled to open
it. More water entered. The feeling
was horrible.
"Just wneu thought all was OVER l
reached the surface of the water aboui
fifty feet from the shore and one hun
ired feet from where had jumped in.
Near by was a steam BOAT on which stood
a man with long pole with an iron
hook on the end. 1t took only a second
to see those things and, in fact, l ha
just time to get one breath when again
sank, vita my mouth open.
"My past life flashed before me- and
was again child. The picture of my
father and mother stood out in bold re-
lief. l reached out my hand to the n
The roaring of the waters sounded like
the sweetest of music. Suddenly | saw
light and thought was in paradise. A
large green field covered with roses aud
other flowers, whose fragrance l could
smell, came in view.
81 felt as if was being borne up by
some winged messenger whom [ could
not see, but whose presence | could
feel.
~ remembered nothing more until |
felt rough jerk. My rescuer succeeded
in fastening the boat hook in my clothing.
As my body was being pulled from out
of the water the picture changed; in.
stead of paradise the place in which tho
devil dweIls, with all It's fires and swarm.
ing with hideous red -dressed creatures
and other things presented themselves ia
my mind, only to again disappear and
leave me in darkness.
"When | came to | was surprised to
learn l had been unconscious. Every
muscle ia my body panied me, bat my
brain was perfectly clear Drowning,
after the first stages are past, is pleas
ant st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
DISASTERS iND CASUALTIES.

s.. IHE barn Of William Glass, near Magno-
ia, Md, was struck by lightning and de
stroyed. Mr.. Glass, who was in the barn,
was killed
HE boiler of an Iron Mountain freight
locomotive exploded at Memphis Tenn and
Engineer James Blundufield and Fireman
robert Prater were instantly killed
JERRY BENNINGHooF, of Company K,
FIFTEENTH Regiment, a resident of Green
VILE, was accidentally shot by a revolver in
the hands of one of his companions in an
adjoining tent, at Homestead, Pa. He died
from internal hemorrhage about one hour
and a-half after the accident
THE skeleton of mastodon is being ex-
humed at Carl Junction, No and Buck
Lawrence, who descended the shaft in the
absence of the workmen, was overcome by
gas. Thomas Wright, who went to Law
rencos assistance was also overcome. Both
men died.
WHILE returning home from a camp meet
ing at Summit Grove Pa, freight train
struck and instantly killed Edward Shewell,
OF Glen Rock, and so badly injured his com
panion, Ella RStauffer, of Shrewsbury, that
she died soon afterward
ALBERT Van VooRHIs, aged 80 years; his
wife Mary E., aged "a, and her sister, Han
nah F. Wells, were drowned while bathing
n the Hackensack river at River Edge, New
Jersey. Mrs. Van Voorhis got into a hole
and the others were drawn under in attempt
ing to rescue her
FREDERICK SMITH, an employee of fire
escape company, was shocked to death while
workfng on a roof in Pittsburg He took
hold Of an electric light wire and could not
let 60 companion pushed him from the
WIRE but he died in few minutes.
A DESPATCH from Plattsburg, New York,
says that yesterday while a train on the new
Adirondack and st. Lawrence Railroad was
running at the usual rate of speed" near
Upper Lake, the bed of the road caved, let
ting down the entire train. Three cars were
entirely beneath the ground. Only few Of
the passengers were seriously injured, while
all received slight bruises
A TELEGRAM from Peoria, Illinois saws
that the Wesley City Mine, across the river
from Peoria, cayed in and it was at first
thought several lives were lost The men,
however, made their escape through another
shaft in the mine, one mile from where the
accident occurred
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
CABLE SPARKS.

DR.. PELLEGRINI has withdrawn his reay-
nation as President Of the Argentine Re
public.
THE Russian government has nullihed the
prohibition of the expectation of rye rye
meal and bran.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan has asked the
government of India TO intervene TO prevent
Rus sian aggression in the Pamir country.
Hor weather has set in with renawe in-
tensity in Prussia, Austria and Galicia, and
several deaths from the heat are reported
THE Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Para
gusy and the Uni Ell Stat s OF Columbia
have conceded TO France the most favored
nation treatment.
Mr. GLADSTONE has been reelected TO Par
lament from Midlothian in accordance
with the law that cabinet minister must
go before he people after his appointment.
CHOLERA has appeared in Antwerp. Bel
GUM, and several European cities have or
dered that travellers be in pected and luggage
dsinfccted Considerable alarm is felt in
London
GEN henry PRINCE, aged eighty two
years retired officer of the United States
Army, who achieved distinction of the Next
can and civil wars, committed suici lie in
London by shooting himself.
THE authorities of Hamburg, Germany,
admitted to the American consul there that
the disease heretofore called cholerine in that
city i, true Asiltic cholera. The consul re-
fuse bills of health to parting vessels and
notified the authorities at Washington
Mr. HERBERT CoLsToUN GARDNER, mem
Der of the House of Commons for the Saff-
ron-W alden division of Essex, has been ap
pointed president of the board of agricul-
ture, the position held by the Rt Hon Henry
Chaplin in Lord Salisbury's cabinet
A DESPATCH received in London from
Zanz bar says it IS reported on good author.
ity that Baron Paul and four | aiding mem
bers of the German punitive expedition have
been murdered at Kilimanjaro.
THE International Pace Congress opened
at Berne, Switzerland DR. Ruehonnet was
elected pr, sident Mrs. Belya Lockwood
made an address on the progress Of the ACC
idea in the United States.
QUEEN VICTORIA has conferred a baron
etcy upon Sir Julian Paunceforte, British
minister at Washington. and upon George
Osborne Morgan, liberal memb of Parlia.
ment. The Queen raj ed TO the peerage Sir
Lyon P.ayfair, member of Parliament. whose
wife was NJ SIS Russell, of Boston, Mass, and
Mr.. Cyril Flower, member of Parliament.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
Railroad Cnriosities

II all the locomotives in the Unite
States were coupled together they would
make a train Of solid iIo1 and steel 3DJ
miles long. A ID the passenger cara and
we would have BOO miles more Of WOO
and iron. This would give as a gigantic
passenger train f00mucsin lelgth, count
ing both engifes and cars. Should we
want huge mixed train we might add
the "box, '"iat, anil every other kind
Of freight car and ous train would then
have total iength Ct over 1000 miles.
The passenger cars in this gigantic train
would be capable OF seating l,5OJ, O0l
people, aud upon tho freight cars could
be loaded tie weight of the pyramids Of
Egypt and dl the State cipitols Of thu
United Stale besides. fourier -Journl
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
Take Off Their Shoes.

A writer in New YORK melical
Journal declares that shoes aud stockings
are among the worst enemies of health,
and thinks that the contact of the foot
with old mother earth would do more
than anything else to restore our degen-
crate race to its pristine vigor. He says
that people who wear shoes are notori-
ously inferior to savages and the lower
animals in power OF recuperatiou from
bodily injury, and asserts that the chit
dren of the poor are healthier and hard
Ter than the children OF the rich because
they are so much oftener barefoot. Ply
sicians have often recommended bare
feet as preventive of Group. That the
children enjoy bareioote freedom adj
mits OF no question. Then take off their
shoes. New Orleans Picayune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03

Prolessgt Brieger, Of the Koch Iasti
tute in Berlin, is experimenting dill
gently vita the cholera bacillus, and i,
reported Go have succeeded il innoculat.
Jag GuInLa pigs so that they will resist
the disete Among the curious discov
cries maize by the professor is the fact
that those deadly microbes cannot d.
killed even by a heat Of l7G degree.
Fahrenheit, and that alter being frozel
for twenty -four hours in a lump OF soil !
ice, they are still alive and kickiu.
Boston Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
An Achievement of Science.

Anex traoTdinarily successful American
operation has been recalled by one per
formed in London during the past week.
In 1885, at the Bellevue Hospital, New
York, Dr. William F. Fluhrer succeeded
in extracting a tnlet from the brain of
living patient, By trepanning, the first
time in medical history. The feat has
now been duplicated by the extraction
of u bullet from the brain of boy.
The leaden obstec'e lay in a latera; ven
tricle, and was removed with a forceps,
The boy is on tn, high road to perfect
recovery. 1t is 1ot a little singular that
this most difficult and critical operation
has been performed successfully, for the
first times, by two Anglo-Saxon physi-
Clans, their Continental brethren having
several times endeavored to perform the
operation, but in vain.-3)ston Tran
sCrlDt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
Queer Way to Name a Town.

According to locil tralitiol, prob
ably invented, slyville, Loag Island,
received its name in a peculiar fashioa.
The settlers were gathered in debate up
on the shore trying To agree upoa
name for the place, ana one after another
proposed his suggestion with ''Say,
how'll this dot" After many sugges.
lions had been rejected, someone, barren
of Imagination, but sensitive Of ear, pro.
posed that the oft-repcitei worI "say"
be made the first syllable OF the name,
and that vile be aided as the second
syllable. The idea took, and, says the
legend, then and there the settlement
was christened Slyville. Chicago Her
aid.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
ARRESTS AT HOMESTEAD.
The PinkertOn Detectives Are Still
Looking for The Rifles.

VIM oegner and u. j. Connolly, strikers,
we're arrested On warrants sworn out by
Piukcrton detectives, charging them with
tot and aggravated assault
The Pinker;ens hare sworn out warrants
against fourteen others on the same charge
hut refused TO gives nam s. None Of The
rifles have as yet been found
Five additional arrests have been made, as
follows. Thos J. Crawford acting chair
man advisory committee; VIM H. Catcher.
Geo. Ryland, Burgess McLuckie, and John
Edwards
The first four are charged with conspiracy
and riot, while Edwards offense Is described
as aggravated riot All but Edwarcs nave
been released on bail No trouble was ex-
perienced in making the arrests, and no re-
slstanee was offered,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
BOLD DIAMOND ROBBERY.
Jewels Valued at Sl5,c09 Mysteri-
onsl7 Disappear.

fS---t
On the voyage mp from Adajutla, the Pa
cifie Mail steamship San Jose was the scene
Of bold robbery Of diamonds and jewels.
value at $1,000, belonging 70 Z. Costallat,
agent Of the Hotchkiss Gum Co
Costallat boarded the steamer San jose at
Adaiutla. He brought on board large
amount Of money IN Mexican silver. which
was stored in the steamers tanks. He also
delivered to PulscF Samou a small box
which he said contained his wifes Jewels.
Samon, instead Of putting the bog in his safe,
placed it on the table in his room When
the vessel was outside the harbor the box was
missing.
The captain ordered all the passengers
searched, but no trace of the Jewels was
found. The only explanation Of the mystery
IS that the box was stolen by tallyscierk at
Adajutla, who has since disappeared.
The robbery greatly excited the Pacific
Mail passengers, but nothing will be done
about it until the main New York office is
heard from,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-03
ON FIRE AT SEA,
Ten Toas of TIA and Sugar Consumed
in a Vessels Hold

Inc steamer Empress, Of japan has ar
rived from China and Japan. On August
l'th fire was causei in the afterhold BY the
tuslng Of the electric light wires. The vessel
was then so miles from Yokohama.
without alarming the passengers she put
about and steamed full speed for Hokodate.
the Nearest port, and began fighting the fire
through a hole made in the bulkhead. The
vessel was in the utmost peril. and az one
time 7 looked a. If she must Be abandoned
ana the boats were lowered aud p-ovisionei
Tor the purpose, but the crew managed 70
bring the ship 70 Hokodate, where the flame.
were extinguished after ten tons u sugar
ana Tea had been consumed. The steamer
then resumed her voyage.
among the passengers was Sir Edwin Ar
mold, who b returning ~ resume the editor
ship Of the London Telegraph He bring
with him the finished copy OF the new Jana
nss' drama he has just written Before
leaving Japan he was decorated by the En-
p@ror with the order Of the Rising Sun ana
niade a Ch0kunia Of the Empire Of japan.