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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
WORK AND WORKERS.

Tsn International Iuilding Laborep'
Union ass membership OF i4,O0).
THE 6clS repArt for January for the Penn
ylvanis oil fields shows practlcai shutdown
IN the fields north of Batter.
THE 800 employees Of the steel department
Of Moorehead, Mclean & Co. s mills,at Pitts
burg. struck against an obnoxious rule.
PACKER CoLLIERY No. S, at Shenandoah,
Penns., has suspended operations for an in
definite period, throwing 600 men and boys
'ut Of employment
THE New Jersey Legislative Committee
appointed 10 investigate the grievances OF the
oxford Iron Works met at Oxford. aud heard
III evidence ola number of the workmen.
TIE men Of the labor unions Of Butte, Cen.
ireyiile, and Walkervile, Montana. TO tho
aumber OF 1000, went in body TO the camp Of
Foley Bros, railroad labOrerS, and persuaded
Them to Join the union.
ASSISTANT General Manager Dickinson, Of
the Union Pacific. as sent letter 20 the
Grievance Committee of the train men and
conductors, asking for more time TO consider
heir demands. The quest will be complied
with and the men declare there is no prospect
Of rtrike.
A HARRISBURG dispatch says that on and
after February Is the puddlers at the Chesa'
peake Nail Works numbering about sixty,
will work for 81. 80 per ton, instead Of 81. the
present price This reduction, the manage
nent says, Is made necessary for n time on &C
sount Of the dullness OF trade. On the same
lay reduction in wages from to II per
rent. will go into effect at the Central iron
Works.
Bishop CHATARD, Hon. Hugh Hanna and
Judge Rowe, board Of arbitration, reached
decision in the,late street car strike in Indian.
lpois. 1t was substantially that the street
car company had the right TO recall the free
ride badges held by the men, but that in this
contingency the company should compensate
he men for extra service in reporting acc''
dents. What this compensation should be
The Board declared II had no right TO deter
mine. The decision is satisfactory TO both
sides.
A MEETING Of 2oOo railroad men, represent
ing every State and Territory Of the United
States and all branches Of railway workers.
met in New York city. One object Of the
meetingIis.io effect consolidation Of the var
iOus orders at no distant day. and TO bring
about closer and more friendly relat ons
among the members. The Haley bills now
pending before the Legislature, the first
limiting the hours Of service, The second pro-
yiding against accidents and regulating the
number Of men to manage various classes Of
trains, were endorsed. resolution was IN.
nnimously adopted faYoring the equipment Of
all freight trains with au omaiic couplers and
air brakes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
An unassuminr Monarch.

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tbors invon+ox. nsofasso,s u;aoms ana
ornb,no soat;nr none;ons ond nnnhar
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sovore;on hrt in Austr;o anvhad1 Who
has on1tbing reasonohlo 70 osI of tho
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13

Notwithstanding the progress the
Turks have made of late years in the
arts of civilization, all, from the highest
to the lowest, over the length aud
breadth of the Ottoman Empire, are
prey to the devoutest superstition. The
Office of Munejim Bashi, or Court Astrol-
oyer, still exists. The mans duties are
not OF very complex kind, but they
have an important bearing on political
aud social movements. For every action
of the Sultan and his ministers he has to
calculate the most propitious day, hour,
and even minute; aud he publishes an
nually an almanac, in which, for the
benefit OF the whole Mohammedan pop
ulation, the days are specified on which
it is best to have the hair cut or the
nails trimmed, to take medicine or to be
bled, to visit friends, to buy houses,
lands or slaves, to undertake journey,
and even to do nothing. Next to the
Koran no work is more widely studied
among the Sultan's subjects, an it is
very doubtful whether even the great
Evangel of the Prophet is more scrupu-
lousy obeyed. Once A Week.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13

mother hurried him into the bedroom
and took off his damp clothes and rolled
him in hot blankets, then he sat out by
the kitchen stove with his feet in the
oven and drank great bowl of ginger
tea and ate plate of milk toast, Of
which he was especially fond. Every
body stood around him and petted him.
'They didn't have the party tonight, +"
said his mother, ''they were so upset
about you. They're going 10 have it to-
morrow night, SO you won't lose that. !"
Sarah leaned over and stroked Davy's
little damp head lovingly. "To think
of Uncle Davy's going out to find Car
line an staying out till midnight" she
said, tearfully. "Sister'd never forgive
herself if anything had happened to
him."
Uncle Davy looked up at her suddenly,
his honest face cleaning out of IT, folds
of the blanket. ''You mustn't feel SO
bad, Sarah," said he. 81 united Car
line. ATLANTA Constitution.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

COLONEL BARTLETT, residing near Webster,
brought into Clarksburg the body Of rattle
snake, three feet long, which, he claims. no
killed as it was crawling over the snow. The
warm spell probably warmed the reptile into
life, and induced it to come out for Colonel
Bartlett's special benefit.
IL the report from the Department Of Agri-
culture In Washington he correct Mr.. Henry
Snyder, Of Criekmer, Fayette county, has the
most prolific COW on record, she having pro
duced six calves within ten months Three
were born In April and three on Christmas
A visit to Snyder's place proved that they
were well developed, healthy-looking animals
and enjoy life as much rs though they came
on earth singly. The mother is n smallsiEed
but well-formed cow Of the Jersey breed.
OLIVER C. LEMENs employed as brakeman
in the Baltimore aud Ohio yards at Fairmoni,
while at work fell from his train and received
injuries which caused his death in few
hours. Both arms were torn of near the
shoulders
CAPT. SAM McGLAssoN committed suicide
at Sialberts Hotel, Charleston, by taking
poison. He was wel-known hotel clerk,
but had been cut of employment Tor some
time and hsd.become despondent
ROCHESTER,, "a, " capitalists have pur'
chased 5000 acres Of timber hand in Poca-
houtas county, for S2iC01. The land is we'll
timbered with cherry, birch, ash, oak, hem.
lock and spruce.
WHILE engaged in displaying new
ssvolyer in the Hotel Perkins, at Hinton,
Conductor w. r. Robinson by accident shot
and killed A. r. Snyder, the ball passing
through Snyder's heart. Both men were in
the employ Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road, Snyder having arrived with his wife
and child in Hinton from South Hampton.
n Y, last week. Robinson attempted suicide
by shooting when he found that Snyder was
dead.
CHARLES l.. pVLEs was struck by Chesa.
peake and Ohio hallway train.near St. Adams,
and instantly killed. He was walking down
the track and remained thereon until the
train struck him, throwing him a long
distance and crushing his body. lIo was
eighty-fve years old and liysA near St
Adams
RAPID progress is being made on the con.
struction Of the new Jewish Synagogue at
Huntington. This will be- when completed.
perhaps the finest building Of the kind In tho
State.
Hon. JONI T. HAYES, one Of the oldest
and most prominent citizens of Giluer county
died few days ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

PATRoLMAN PETRR CHANDLER, Of Balti.
more, who was bitten by dog on December
IL. died Of hydrophobia.
Two children, named Frederick aud Rosa
Keegan. were Killed by an electric street ear
in 81. Paul, Minnesota.
CHAGLEs MOoREHBAD, workman on n
new building at Atlanta, Georgia, was killed
by falling from the ninth story, distance OF
30 feet
ANGELO DEgARo and Rosario Valastro,
grocers' employees Of South Brooklyn, we're
found dead 10 their room, with gas escaping
from an open Jet.
Two freight trains on the Iowa Central
Railway collIded at Middle Grove, Illinois,
James Edgar, engineer, was killed, and several
others injured two perhaps MORALLY.
As esstbound passenger train on the Texas
and Pacific Road was wrecked near liObeline.
Louisiana, on account Of a burning tresile.
Engineer Minnick was killed, and Chief En-
gineer 7. A. Smith aud number Of others
We blurred.
Mrs. EUCLID HILL and Der 4-year-old
daughter Of Woodbury., New Jersey, were IN.
sanity killed by AN express train. The woman
had tue child In her arms and, In trying %
avoid the train, became confused and stepped
directly In front Of IT,
Two men, said to be John McAllistsr and
William Davenport, Of Rummerfeld, Wy0-
mia eolaty, Ters Instantly killed on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Towanda
penns. They we're walking on the track, aud
we're struck BY the Buffalo express.
NICHOLAS g. WILLIAMS, aged 60 years a
miner. was found dead in the mountains. near
Hunters Run. iCumberland eorniy, PsnBa.
I q had fallen from loot bridge into n creek,
and, alter crawling cut upon the bank, died
Of exposure. He is supposed 70 have been
drank.
FREDERICK w. MARTYR, electrician oftho
Toronto Electric Light Company, while
passing between olsrge dynam9s, completed
tge circuit between them, and was rendered
unconscious, and possibly fatally injured By
the shock. When be recovered consciousness
It was found that he was blind.
The Coroner's jury at Mahanoy City,
Penna., In the case Of John Dietrich, Who
net his death in the collision between Lehigh
sud Pennsylyania trains at New Boston june
ton, returned verdict eensnring the Lehigh
Valley and PennsylvauiA roads "for the poor
,yStem Of rules In force at the above june
ton"
BY the explosion Of several dozen dynamite
cartridges, careIessly placed GU q stove 70
thaw, by A. Dupre, Of Cote, 81. Louis. near
Montreal. Dupre was terribly injured, his
three daughters were fatally burned and in
iured and the house wrecked. Mra. Dupre,
who was not injured by the explosion, on
seeing the shocking injuries Of her husband
ard children, and the wreck Of her home be-
came insane.
A CLEVELAND and Pitlsburg shifting train
ran into Manchester electric car in the
suburbs Of Pittsbnrz. and ]. P. silliman and
Frank MoGlory, passengers, were seriously
injured. The accident caused great deal OF
excitement, which was intensified by the feel
inn he 70 A a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
ALMOST CUT HIS OWN HEAD OFF
A student In Theological Seminary
Commits Suidide.

A Student In Theological Seminary
Commits suidide.
A despatch from Columbia, 8 C., says: Tn,
Rev. George ". Kildow, student ct th,
Southern Presbyterian The illogical Seminar
here, committed suicide, almost in the pres
ence Of Lis young wi e, By cutting his throa
with razor.
lie went to bed OF night in his usual goo,
spirits, apparently without the slightes
trouble on his mind. In the morning at fu
O'Clock Mrs. Kildow stepped into an sdioinina
room TO light FIRE. She left her husband Just
waking and she spoke TO him as she was goins
through the door. She thought il strange
he did not reply, but noticed nothing unusual
in bis appearance.
Hardly hsd she passed into the other room
when she heard fall AMI a gurzle. She
rushed 10 the door Of the bedroom and saw
her husband lying on the floor, blood squirt
ing from gaping wound in his neck. BY his
side was a rHz-r.
The young wife shrieked and in few mo-
menis The other occupants Of The house hur.
ried TO the scene. Kildov was already dead
The head was almost severed from the body.
being held 10 it only by the cerYical vertebrR
and one muscle at the back Of the neck.
Mr.. Kiidow had been irsine some time. He
was only % years Of age, and was originally
from Maryland. coming here from Virginia
He was married to Virginia girl in Georges
several months ago.
Immediately ter bis marriage he went t.
Atlanta to the Kimbsll House. He had beer
there two days when he went down to this
Office, saying ever thing was wrong in hii
room and he intended to sue for damages H.
seemed to think the hotel people were psrse
IL 1
vent 10 the Markham. There be was put out
The police then locked him up for safe keep
ing.
His brother took him home to Virginia foi
two months. When apparently recovered b.
I returned here and r sumed his studies
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
SHOCKED TO DEATH.
Murderer McIlvaine EIeetrocuted ut
Sing Sing, NY

Murderer McIlvaine EIeetrocuted at
Sing Sing, N. Y.
Charles McIlvaine, the murderer of Chris
tan Luca, the Brooklyn groceryman. wss
electrocuted at Sing Sing. The death -shock
was administered shortly after II O'Clock.
This was the seventh electrocution, and it
was by all odds the most successful.
The chair used was somewhat different
from that in which Kemmler died Itis the
outgrowth of ideas held by Prison Yardmaster
Hilbert. who, since the quairuple executions
last July, has been studying to effect electric
contacts without burning the flesh or scaIdipp
the skin of the subject.
The new chair is fashioned in its general
outlines after the chairs previously in usa.
The new patten involves change at the arms
however; they are high at the back and ii
closely under the arm pits of the subject.
slanting downward to the front. The distinc.
lively new feature was the provision for d ,es
glass cells securely fastened so that the hands
may be lmmers- I'd in water which fills the
Jars.
The water is solution Of chloride of sodium,
and water, so as not 10 shock the hand Of n
subject nervous and on the brink of death. One
of the cells received current from beneath the
other from above, The usual coil of conduct
ing wire for the elec;rode for the head danVIed
from above.
Stout, broad straps were placed for fasten.
ing the wrists in the cells and other bands
held the elbows tightly.
The condemned man entered the death
chamber at 11:l0 O'Clock. He was pallid and
his hands, which held a cruci6x before him.
trembled and shook. Fathers Creeden and
Smyth were at his side as be entered the room
the officers giving way to the priests
The doomed man muttered prayers until he
was strapped in the chair. AT last, lust as the
mask had been bound on his face, he became
excited, and shouted: "Let her g0i" At that
instant the whole 1 800 volts of current was
shot into his body.
There was quick, convulsive jump Of the
subject. There was a slight sound of strain
ing straps as the muscles frightened and tugged
the tetanie impulse which followed the appii-
cation of the terrific current. a liyid shadow
crept into the hollows Of the dying faces at the
sides OF the nose; the lips became purple; the
wrists were ashen first, and then welps ofpur-
pie color showed around the edges Of the straps
that held them tightly
In few seconds the current was again shut
of and Mcllvaine was pronounced dead
The crime for which McIlsaine died was
the murder OF Chri-tian W. Luca, q grocery
man OF Brooklyn. whose house he attempted
10 rob in August. 1881. lIe was tough char
aeter and gave the prison authorities lots of
trouble until recently. when he began to grow
religious.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
Laughed to Death.

The account of the girl who laughed
herself to death in Ohio is not without
a precedent in this State. Several years
ago Farmer Allen and Brother POI
ter, as they were called David Allies
and II. K. Potter, used to travel togethc,
as stump speakers. They had great
fund of stories, and were accustomed to
tell them in comical way. They spoke
at a meeting in Dadham 1--WE think it
was), and Farmer Allen set one of the
audience laughing so that the man could
not stop, He was carried home, and
literally laughed himself to death. These
incidents illustrate the danger of people
being as funny as they can, which DIR.
Holmes long ago warned about. Boston
Herard.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
A FOOLS ADVICE.

Let us look on the beauties of nature, nor
school
Ourselves to be happy by rote an by rule;
Let us deem the earth fixed, and declare the
sun rolls,
If you please. with the moon on his arm
sound the poles;
Let US draw on the skies
No meridian lines,
Nor, straining our eyes,
Seek divisions and signs;
Let the day turn to mig hit without counting
its hours
And the seasons be known by the blossoms
and flowers.
O, let's not en- leavor to fathon the laws
OF motion AMI matter, nor seek for the
cause
OF form and OF color; it's useless to care
Why heavens above earth, if it only is
there;
We shall only perceive
The design of the whole
Was the heart TO relieve
And to gladden. the soul;
Let us live in this world unannoyed, upper
picked,
And willingly wait to be wise in the next.
Eva MacDonagh, in Harper's Weekly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13

Two kinds of fishing are employed on
Lake Erie. One method is that known
as pound net fishing, and the other is the
cruel use of the gill net. The pound net
is y peculiar device which is so often en-
ployed in the capture of animals as well
as fish. A line of stakes is driven into
the bed of the lake at intervals of forty
feet. AT the further end of this line
number of STAKES are driven in circular
cluster. Wnen the fisherman takes his
Irvine out to fasten it, he stretches long,
straight line of netting to the stakes un-
til he comes to the circle. There he
fastens net capable of being lifted. The
long net is called the "leader," and the
circle is the 'pound." The fish that
come swimming along in schools of hul-
dreds encounter the leader aud, in their
alarm at the obstruction, swim toward
deep water. They pass into the entrance
of tho pound, which is narrow, and once
inside swim aimlessly about seeking an
exit. But few escape through the nar-
row aperture by which they ma lie their
entrance.
The gill net is decidedly less oompli-
Gated, and to the minds of a great many
people barbaric sort of torture, which,
if justifable at all, is to be excused on
the plea that the end justiies the means.
Stakes are driven at somewhat closer in
tervals in straight line. From these is
suspended long line of netting whose
meshes are trihe closer than those of
pound net. AS the schools of fish pass
up and down the lake they try to swim
through the net. The opening will ad-
nit their heads, but is too small to per-
NIT their bodies to pass throu Oh. The
natural impulse is to back away from
such dangerous locality and the mo-
ment the fish undertakes to do that he
finds that his gills catch in the meshes
and hold him. There he must remain a
prisoner, able neither to advance nor re-
treat, until the fisherman comes and lifts
him into his boat. York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
Two Big New Fish.

Those who sail upon the sea and fish
in the waters thereof have always en-,
ioyed exceptional advantages in the dis
covery of wonders. The fisherman who
make their headquarters at Gloucester,
Mass, often catch rare and interesting
creatures on their travis while pursuing
their occupation at the Grand Banks and
on other great schoals off the coast. Ac,
cordingly, the United States Fish Com
mission appealed to them recently fol
aid in preparing a collection of marint
and fresh-water fishes, which is to be ar
important feature of its exhibition at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. As a result,
one exceedingly rare and another entirely
new species has been secured.
One of these is called the "lampris, >
and IS the irst Of its kind known to have
been taken in these waters. 1t looks
somewhat like the common sunish of the
brooks, though upon al enormously ex
aggerated scale, weighing fully 300
pounds. In color it is most brilliant
being painted in vivid tlnts of red, Whit
and blue The fins are crimson, the back
sky blue and the sides of an iridescent
whiteness.
The other fish is the "escolar" of the
Canary Islands, which is SO highly priced
there for food that it is considered cheap
at 81 pound. 1t is not so very uncom.
mon in the warm waters of the globe, but
has never been caught here before. Ir
appearance it is not very striking, being
grayish brown in color; but its body is
completely covered with an armor oil
small bony plates, each of which projects
outward in two sharp points. The speci.
men captured measured over six feet il
length aud had mouth big enough to
take in a fair-sized salmon.
Both Of these fishes were taken on the
Grand Banks in water more than 1000
feet deep Their skeletons have been
preserved for the National Museum. Be.
fore being dissected models were made
from them aud painted for the collection
to be shown at TIE Worlds Fair.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
Killing Insects hr Use Of Fungus.

Professor S. A. Forbes, State Euto.
mologist of Illinois, has imported from
France package of the germs OF de-
structive disease Of the white grub, dis.
covered there by DR.. Alfred Giard. The
disease is produced by a fungus very
similar TO one of those which have in.
tested the chinch bug of Illinois fol
several years. The package received
consists of the spores of the fungus.
These can be grown arti6ciaIly in geliatir
aud SO obtained in unlimited quantity.
Professor Forbes has begun the artifcia
culture Of this fungus, and will expert
meut with it on American white grub
and other insects to test its value as al
inseeticidc. ( Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13

TIE present khediye Of Egypt was greatly
aVerse 10 sermons AMI allusions 10 his rank.
In Paris one day, being permitted TO walk the
bouleYards with = single eompani' n, he met
one If his future subjects vino "a uled him
and addressed him ms Your Highness."
ThereupoD ABbas repl oil ID excellent French,
you arr mistaken am ParisiaR."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
KILLED HIM WITH A GUN.

Because John Brady Was Too Intimate
with Page EaIy's Wife He Is Shot.
Page Ealy shot John Brady with double
barreled shotgun at Cayork Mil, Ga, and he
died from the effects of the wound.
Ealy accused Brady with being too intimate
with his wife, and warned him not to visit his
house. Brady continued his visits. Ealy
went to his home, shout O'Clock, be foun%
Brady there and ordered him to leave.
Brady refused to do so. EaIy then reached
for his shotgun. and fired OF Brady, who was
within three feet of him. The charge took
effect in the side, just below the heart, pro-
ducing death in a few hours. At the commit
ment trial be was found guilty Of murder.
Mr. Patrick EGAS IS quoted as saying
that he invites the Julie inquiry into his con
duct as United States minister to Chill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13
CATTLE.

PROFESSOR JOHN X. PAINE, of Harvard,
has been selected TO write the instrumental
mus for the opening exercises of the dedica.
tiun Of the Worlds FAIR buildings mex
October. Sir. E. A. Mcdowell will compose
TIE commemorative ode.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-13

H f R E. S Uncle
Davya' asked Sarah
Cobb OF her mother.
She had run over
b areh e a d e d and
came hastily in the
north door; her
bands were all pur-
pie with grape juice;
she had been max
ing grape jelly.
Hes ont n1der
the bn.ttrnCi tree.
ITTTa