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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS-
Senate.

10Th DAY.-Mr. Mcpherson gave notice
that he would move to recommit the River
and Harbor bill, with instructions to cut down
fifty per cent Tn bill exempting American
coastwise vessels from state pilotage fees was
passed. The klamath River Indian Reser-
walton bill was passed. A resolution was
offered to abolish the Office of principal
executive committee and authorizing the
appointment of an additional clerk under the
control OF the secretary of the Senate. The
River and IIarbor bill was taken up; Mr..
Mcpherson made his motion to recommit
and the motion was then laid on the table.
9th DAY.-A bill was passed 10 pension
George W. Jones, oiIowa. Senator Quay in
tioduced q bill sppropriating SIS. 900 for a
survey for the proposed ship canal from
Philadelphia across New Jersey 10 New York
Bav. A number OF amendments TO the River
and Harbor bill we're acted upon. and the bill
was then passed. Senator Hale tuitting Sena-
tor German and other Democratic senators
for sitting quietly while big appropriations
were being made. A number OF amendments
were made to the bill increasing the salaries
OF district attorneys.
9STH DAY.-The bill was passed appropria.
ting 500, % for an equestrian statue to Gen.
Mtrion. Also q bill authorizing the Seere-
tary of War TO procure medals for the
'Forlorn Hope Storming Partyar A bill TO
give bodii S oil those who die in prisons of the
District TO the medical colleges was passed.
A number of bills W re taken IRON tn calen-
dar and passed. TIE bill to provide for the
punis ment of v~iolators of treaty rights WIS
discussed iy Senators Dolph, Palmer, Villas.
Morgan, Davis and Harris.
99TH DAY.-A number of bills were taken
from the calendar and acted on. The bill TO
submit the McGarrshan claim to the Court of
Privat Land Claims was passed. The bill
10 nF0vila tnr the p,pf.b u.a. - .at..
the treaty rights of aliens was debated by
Senators Morgan, Gray. Vest, Turpie and
Iii cock, and was then recommended to the
Committee ON Foreign Relations.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
Studying COIOrs.

The subject of color is one that de-
mands very careful and exhaustive study.
1t has been said that no man ever lived
long enough to learn all that might be
known Of coiors. If there is any ap.
Proclamation to the truth in this state.
ment it is possible for the amateur to
acquire only the most superficial idea Of
them. Enough, however, may be learned
TO enable one gifted with ordinary in
telligence to produce fairly good aud
artistic effects. There has been much
discussion as to the relative value of
American and foreign colors. Some
authorities insist that there is no such
thing as American color, and base their
assertion upon the statement that all of
the materials from which the best co,ors
are made are foreign products, and that
the colors, therefore, cannot b. Amer.
lean. Much has been said Of the habit
of casing white and black as colors,
and many persons insist that they are the
absence of all color. Eminent authori.
ties have, however, declared that they
are the extremes and comprehend all
colors. However this may be, they are
indispensable to the artist. He finds in
the one the means of diluting and light
enIng all tints and shades aud in the
other an element that gives the necessary
shadows and darkest tones. The two
ju%dicioasly blended produce admirable
results in black and white, which are to
some extent fashionable and Of whi III
there are in some of our best collections
some notable cxamples.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
FOUR WOMEN MURDERED.
A Texas Imitator of Jack the Ripper
His Bloody work.

A Texas Imitator OF Jack the Ripper
His Bloody work.
A despatch from Denison, Texas, says: BE.
tween eleven o'clock and $50 10 the morning
an assassin brutal y aud premeditately shot
and killed four women. The first victim was
Mrs. Haynes, the wife Of DR.. Henry +.
Haynes, one Of Deuison's most respected
citizens, prominent in business aud social
life.
Mrs. Haynes, a young and very attractive
woman, was hssassinHtcd while alone in her
home, or else taken iorcibly from il and put
TO death by her eaptor outside and near the
house.
Miss Hawley was killed almost without a
word Of warning in the privacy Of her room
in her mothers cottage home. Between the
hours when these foul a sassluations occurred,
in still and fo7 distant section Of the city, two
women were laid low by an hssassin's bullet.
These last two were inmates OF bagnios.
When his victim was dead, the murderer
took her gold watch aud chain, diamond ring
and earrings, and proceeded 10 the llawiey
residence, where he shot and killed Miss Teen
~Ilaw.ey, who was seated On the bed with her
mother when tile sssassin's bullet CAME
through tue screen.
The assassin then directed his steps to the
house Of Madame Rivers, where he fired
from the front porch through a window, kill.
ing Maude Kramer. After the, he crossed TO
TIE next street, where he mortaiiy wounded
Rose Stewart, who WIS about 10 retire % her
room. This fatal shot was fired from the side.
walk, the bail entering beneath the right arm.
These TOUR foul murders have created Intense
excitement, which is increased By the fact
that there IS no cue 10 .5e criminal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
In THE DEATH.CHAIR
II Took sixty-three Seconds to Electro
cute Tice, the Wife Murderer.

IT Took Slxty-three Seconds to Electro
cute lice, the Wife Murderer.
Joseph l. Tice, the Rochester On. Y. muir
derer, was lectroeuted at Auburn att 80 AN.
The execution is considered a great success.
There was nothing revolving about the affair.
The witnesses saw 10 burning of flesh, no
exhalntion Of air from the lungs, no strug-
Cling Of the victim.
The electric current was turned into the
body bur times. each contract being brief.
The physician in charge believed that better
results would be obtained in this way than
with two long contracts.
He was perfectly calm as be took his seat
In the chair. The attendants then strapped
him down. They id their work quickly.
Guard. take my cane, f" says Tice, holding
out his walking stick.
OH you will break my nose" These were
Tees last words. He was complaining be-
cause the broad letter straps over the face
were too tight. Chaplain Yates and Pastor
Penny then entered the room through the
door at the left. 1t vas just $50 when Mr..
Daniels raises his right arm as q signal 10 the
electrician. TIE latter pressed something
and Instantly the body of Tice tugged at the
straps. This lasted Is seconds. Then the
contract was broken for three seconds, after
which the current was turned on for Is
seconds longer. Again the body pulled at its
fastenings and again il settled back when the
circuit was broken. For a third time a rom
tact was made, this time it lasted 10 seconds.
Then there was n rest of I've seconds. The
fourth and last contact lasted 10 seconds.
The total time of contact was 81 seconds, ard
the total time OF execution s. seconds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
CABLE SPARKS

CoUNT HERBERT BISMARCK. sou Of Prince
bismarck, viii marry n granddaughter Of
Whitehead, the we'll known torpedo-maker.
PRINCE LOUIS Of Bavaria advocates n.
waterway Joining the Rhine river with tho
Danabe river, TO make the whole OF the river
Main navigablc.
A BERLIN firm is reported TO have an Ia
yeution called invisible m~icrophones, suit.
able for prisons. to record tho utterances Of
occupants, Russia has made inquiries re-
garding them.
ATERRlBLE hurricane has passed oyer Cen.
trial New Zealand. running the crops. destroy
ing buildings and wrecking many c~oasting
yesses. Tue money damage cannot be esti-
mated. IL is thought that many men in the
Wood-spliring camps have been killed.
THE London Times says that Persia has
refused Russia'e p offered loan Of Goo co.. TO
pay the Indemnity to the imperial tobacco
corporation In Persia, and that. instead Of
accepting financial aid from Russia, Persia
has decided 10 raise IN Loldon a loan 10 pay
the compensation claims.
OwiSG to the heavy outlay that has been
necessitatcd In Consequence Of the failure %
the crops In Russia, the government OF that
country has ordered that fclfenehments 10
made IN all the government departments
The orders for the projected expensive army
maneuYers near 81. Petersburg have been
co~uniernandt q, and this will save 10 the gov
eminent tie sum OF ,5J0. tV0 roubles.
TUE FIRST thirty families Of a new Ametk
can colony TO be established ia Costa Rica
have arrived safely IN TIA { country sud viii
be located ia Talamanca. Actual suffering.
rs from hunger, cold or extreme heat, IL SAID
to be absolutely unknown IN that country.
An American has made an offer to the gov
eminent TO suprly laDor 81 lOw cost by in.
porting immigrants rejected NJ the port Oh
New York solely because Of their poverty
ALEXANDER M~CDouGALL, a noted lawyer
in England, has giveu an opinion In the case
OF Mrs. Florence Maybrck, the American
woman who is serving a life sentence 10 Wok-
ing prison. England, Tor The alleged poison-
ing OF her husband, james Maybrick, a we'll
known Liverpool merchant, dfsagreeing with
Sir Charles Russell aud other eminent cOun-
gel hat there is no mode by which Mrs. May,
brick can secure a new trial. Mr.. McDOugall
believes the English High Court Of Justice
has Jurisdiction 10 entertain Oh application
for a new trial IN n case of felony.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

By an explosion Of blasting powder. care
lefsly handled, at Big Stone Gap, TenuosseeI
7. N. Darnell and Zach Wells we're fatally
l1jured.
FRASK ID. COPY. a Reading Railroad
brakeman. was thrown from his train az
Reading, and had both legs cut OF. lie died
soon after.
DiPHTHEnIA prevails 10 an alarming eR-
tent Ia Erie. Pennsylvania. The scbool
board has refused TO close ths schools AZ tho
rcqueat Of the Health Officer.
THE wreck on the Big Four Railway at
Cleves, Ohio, has been cleared away Hnd 70
bodies we're found under the debris, a. has
bse1 feared would be the csse.
By The wreck ola passenger iraln on the
Norfolk and Western Easlf0ad. 10 miles from
Iiagersiown, Nd. Captain Hays. Of Philadel-
phia, was killed and several others we're la
jured.
RTSGLISG FRO hers circus train was
wrecked near Joucofdia, Kansas. by tho
weakening ola euiyert and four Snowman
were killed, five injured and 20 animals
drowned.
By On explosion 10 the Diamond Black
mine, near Ottumwa. Iowa. Thomss Balm
bridge md James Robin on, both boys. Wero
badly injured. One Of the boys dropped q
lighted lamp into 40 open key or powder.
Az accident occurred In the Penross mine,
ut Leadvilie. Col. by which A.. W. Cramer.
William Little and james Murray were
seslded. The steam pipes 10 the 3l5 foot level
burst. filling the niue with steam.
A DEOwSIsG accident occurred NJ Sc.
Cuuegionde. Qqcbec. Three young men
named ST. Cyr. the sonsof a weliknown hotel
keeper Of the piace. Nent ont boating aud
their boat cnpsized. precipitating them into
the river.
ONE Of the largest log jams ever known In
the Northwest has formed IN the 81. CroiK
river at Eagle Island. II is FIVE miles long.
the logs are piled up in all shapes, and i con
iains over 5000. 600 feet. The 81. CroiK
river 10 threatening 70 cut a new channel. snd
unless checked II will do 70 and leave the logs
on dry land.
Mrs. AAETfs KENNEDY, Of Port Perry.
Penna., fell down Stairs. while carrying n
lighted lamp IN her hand uml an infant In
her arms. Both mother and child died snon
after from the effect II The bnFnsfhey received
When the lamp exploded. The husband vas
badly burned IN e~1tiDguishing tho lafues.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
AwOKE TO BE SHOT W
Captain Al J. Sloan AssassInated in His
House bv obber

Captain A.. }. sloan AssassInated in His
House by robbers
Cap. 4 J. slonp, aged eighty-one years.
one Of McDonough's tGa.D most respected
citizens. and the faiher Of ex-congressman
Andrew Sloan, Of Savannah, was murdered
by burglars.
He was aroused at Q O'Clock by a stynszs
noise, and his inquiry who's there? was
yer by Eve shots.
Ills aged wife, who Is nearly deaf ran 10
the nearest house for assistance. When she
returned she found her husband lying uncon-
seious, his head on the floor and his feet on
the bed, and a bullet wound in the left breast.
A satchel containing money had been rihrd,
but a book which had money between the
leaves was not touched.
Capt. Sloan had jnst sod q farm, getting
therefor $500.
Lynehers are securing the woods for the
eesaeaiEs,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
Is the World Made of Salt!

Near the village of Spenrenberg abort
twenty miles from Berlin, Germany, is
situated the deepest salt mine in the
world. At last accounts it was 4l9t feet
deep, tae first 1870 feet being sixteen
feet in diameter.
1t vas begun in the year 1869, Gov
erament Authorities having charge of the
work, the avowel purpose OF the work
being to ascertain the exact thickness of
the rock salt vein kaown to exist beneath
the gypsum substrata %abounding in that
vicinity. The salt rock was reached be-
fore the shaft had passed the 800 foot
level, but the sIz. OF the mammoth shaft
was not le5seued until it ha reached a
depth Of nearly one,ifth of a mile, after
which the boring vas continued with au
auger bit thirteen inches in diameter.
When the boring was discontinued at
the depth of 4l9l feet, 1900 feet of
which was pure rock salt, the end of the
augeT bit was cutting away OF the saline
deposit, which is still of unkuowl thick
n0s:.-New York journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
Heroes Yet Live,

1t is a great mistake t. suppose, be.
cause it is many centurias ilacs Leonilts
fought with the Persisns a. ~Thermopyle
and brave Horatios kept the bridge at
Rome, that deeds equally heroic anil
equally worthy Of celebration have ceased
to be done. Though warfare is o less
a matter of personal prosass than it was
in ancient times, the clfapsigns OF the
present age have produced many in
stances OF heroic sacritic5 as remarkable
as any OF those of antiquity.
A recent occurrence of this sort, says
an exchange, is well wort, relating. Tns
story of it is told very simply in an Cor
der of the day." issued By General Reste,
CO nmanding the French forces in the
Indies.
A detachment of the Niath Regiment
of the Marine Corps had been sent to
"subiue sud capture Y bald of Chinese
pirates which had been U,Ieyating on the
coast of Tonquin. Tho pirates took
refuge in a battlemented Dagoda. Here
they were besjeged by 6 party of tho
French, under command of Lieutenant
de -Yatharies. Attacking tho pagoda
with axes and other implements, the
French succeeded in efectiag q narrow
breach in its walls; but riis breach was
sufficient to admit onlf oae maa at a
time.
Within the pirates aha.tel the onset
Of their assailauts. Wloever went 10
first was sure to meet Aaath at their
hands, but if the remainder of the French
pressed in after him the pirates might be
oyerdone.
De Vatharie did not hG3itate. Putting
himself at the head of a lice OF his men
he babe them follow him aud forcei his
way into the breech in thu pagoia, sholt-
ing, "Viya la Francs!'
He was shot down ans diei on the
spot. But the attack saEeseleI, and tbs
pirates were captured. 49, Louisville
Courier Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
WORK AND WORKERS.


THE strike of the loom. Gxers Of Manchaug,
Il. l., was ended ny The hands accepting the
wages first oflered-Sl0.50 a week.
TIE seventh annual convention of the Or.
der of Railroad Photographers convened in
Chattanooga, Tenn. Delegates from every
State and 1err tory and Canada are present
FIFTEEN Of the non-union miners at Wal.
lace, Idaho. have quit work and joined the
strikers. They say that their companions are
held prisoners in the mines, aud will quit
work us soon as they can get out.
REPORTS made at the annual Convention
of Railway Te~legrapbers, at Chattanooga,
show that the Order contains 80, coo members
and has $50, 900 in the protective fund and
$40 0J in the general fund.
ABOUT $50 granite cutters quit work in
Chicago on orders from Barry, Vermont. The
purpose is to aid tie strikers in the East.
Granite work OH the NewberIy Library and
In the various monument yards was brought
to a standstlll.
IT is estimated that twenty thousand granite
cutters are on strike in New England. The
manufacturer insist that all agreements with
the men shall date from January LIST, when
other yearly contracts are made. The men
oppose the change from May LIST, which has
been the date heretofore in vogue.
THE General Executive Board of the
Knights of Labor has decided to send out two
representatives. through the country to visit
local assemblies and settle disputes. The
Board is now consulting on appointing four or
five organizers for the purpose OF starting new
assemblies throughout the country.
A sTRIKE is threatened on the Michigan
Division of the Big Foul Railroad. Repre-
sentatiyes of every branch Of the service have
form ulated a d, mand Tor an increase Of wages
to the standard paid on other divisions OF the
road, and threaten TO 'tie-up" the entire road
unless the request is granted.
A GENERAL strike by journeymen carpen-
ters has taken place in Orange, N. j. The
men demanded an eight-hour day and the boss
carpenters refused. They declare In favor of
the adoption of the hour plan on the basis Of
1918 a day. Twenty firms have shut down.
The bosses claim that this is an entering wedge
for e general eight-hour sorkday.
THE Journeymen Iiorseshoers' National
Central Union began its convention in Bos
ton and passed resolutions calling upon the
President of the United States 10 patronize
union labor and have his horses shod by
union men, who receive American wages, it
being represented that his work is now being
done in a non-union shop
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28

The Korean is the Contest eater n
the world, and, more thsa any other MAJ
in the world, he lives to nat. The aver
age man the country oves eats anything
he can get his teeth on, and he will take
a dozen meals a day If he have tina
chance.
| had sixteen chair bearers in a trip
which took into toe intsrior, and these
bearers stopped at evers village aud at
almost every house to rest and feed.
They would dart off, ore By one, into
fields of turnips by the wayside, aud for
the next half-mile WOULD go along eating
raw turnips.
The bigger a mans stomach is in
Korea, the more wealthy he is supposed
to be. Some of the WEALTHY oaes wear
bustics over their stomsshs, in order to
increase the size of their fronts, an the
King usually makes a present of food to
those who have andiem,e with him.
Yankee Blade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
Subduins Old Ocean.

An ingenious invention, with the OBJ
ject of lessening the face of the waves,
has been recently exhibited at the Paris
headquarters of the CeGtrsl Society for
the Saving Of Life in shipsrecks. 1t is
proposed to cover the surface of the sea
around IN endangered vessel with a thin
cotton or silken net, rendered unsub-
mersible and ever floating BY being
dipped in a special chemical preparation.
The idea is due to the fact that, when
crossing the track Of the Gulf Stream, it
has been noticed that the vast spreading
fields of floating seawesd within the on
fines of the stream, though upheaved by
the swell, remain CLASSY aad smooth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-28
CURIOUS FACTS.
It takes about a quarter of a century

1t takes about a quarter of a century
to get the elephant to full maturity.
The aggregate mileage of railroads on
earth would reach to the moon and hall
way back.
Artificial grass fer the grounds of sea.
side cottages is one of the industries Of
Manchester.
A st. Louis newspaper writer claims
he can tell a mans character by the way
he sits down.
1t is believed that the worlds popula.
ton is increasing at the rate Of nearly
5000, coo a year.
There is a five foot man iu
Liberty, Me-, who has a beard six feet
three inches in length.
A statisticiaa has figured it out that
the British fleet fired off $500 pounds OF
gunpowder at the battle of Trafalgar
Bay.
The Order of the Garter is the most
coveted OF all the European orders. 1t
is also the oldest, excepting the Dame.
brog of Denmark.
my :ne disappearance OF the
periodical retirement of that pious lumi-
nary for prayer and religious reflection.
A New York music teacher has been
performing an endurance feat upon the
P'eno' 10 WIN d wager ne piayeu thaC
'"ei'e houf' "l'nou' YEAS
ms.
A disPatch from Richmond, Ind, says
that a MORSE thirty years Old waded out
into ABOUT Ioar leet OF water III the RIVER
a. SuaS pihoe ~ Oe''''y NY uo"h
An EnSlSh paper remarks: The E2'
ping oParro" oluo' OIL which Dir IL.
oeI"ln-looetsoh' W. ~ Is PRESIDENT, has
peen III existence our months ana dur
ing that time ITS members have destroyed
oooo Sparro"s'
The most elevated railroad in the
United States is said to be the Denver
and South Park Railroad, a branch of the
Union Pacific, which at Alpine Tunnel
reaches an altitude of Ii, 596 feet above
the level OF the sea.
''FatIma, v the baby hippopotamus of
Central Park, New York City, is aston
lshlng BIOLOGISTS by her rapid growth.
Though only a year old, she is nearly as
large as her papa, ''Caliph,' and her
mamma, ''Miss Murphy"
When CARLYLE was at work on bio.
graphical or historical matter he used to
paste on a screen in his study engraved