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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
WORK AND WORKERS.

The furniture workers Of Cincinnati liass
decided to strike for a nine hour working
day.
THE Knights of Labor, it is said, will in.
stitute searching investigation into the
character Of the armor plate Iromth Home
stead mills.
THERE is renewe activity at Roach's ship
yard, Oh ster, Pa The firm has received a
contract to build steamboat for the Fail
RIVER Line larger than any boat it now
owns.
The United Telegraphers Of North Amer
ga is the name selected for the new organl-
cation Of Telegraph operators now in session
at Kansas City. g. W Bird, of Kansa.
City, has been elected chief officer
IT has been decided that collieries under
the control Of the Reading system will work
four days this week, making two-thirds in
stead Of half time that has prevailed
for several months.
THE officials of the Carnegie Company re-
port that the tonnage Of the Homestead
mill is inerea ing in amount and quality, and
that the company now has all thu men it
needs except 1876
THE feeling of resentment against the
Homestead employees who have returned to
work IS 0 strong In that borough that many
children have r., used to attend a school in
which two young women teach whose father
has resumed his position as superintendent
in the Carnegie mil $
ABOUT fifty Of the eighty or more motor
men and conductors employed by the Elec-
trio rect Railway Company, Of Hamilton,
Ont, went on strike for ten hours a day
extra pay for owe time and reinstatement
OF Union men whom the company have dis
charged
1HE river coal operators, a dispatch from
PIitsturg says, have deiied t. close down
the mires 10 the river districts that are stil
IN operation The reason asst gned for the
shut down Is the small q mand, but the real
significance Of the action is regarded as
preparation for tie much talked Of reduction
Ia tine waz of the miners
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
KILLED IN A REAR CAR.
Eight Lives Crushed Out in a Rail
road Wreck.
The Fast Freight Dashss Into Wait
ing Passenger Train.

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A dispatch from Boston, Mass, says;--A
terrible accident occurred about 10:41 T NJ
at the WATERFOWL junction, near West Can,
bridge station, on the Fitchburg railroa
was caused by Westward bound express
freight, telescoping the rear Of the l0:35
Waltham passenger train from boston, Fit
teen killed and wounded have already beer
taken from the wreck and it is believed that
more are beneath the Debris.
The passenger train is heavily loaded ant
had arrived at the junction where it wa
waiting for an east bound train to pass be
fore crossing the main tracks to the Water
town branch line. Whls the train was stand
ing on the main line the express freight
which followed from the Boston yard CRASHED
into the rear car crushing it to pieces anC
tanning its human freight beneath tht
ruins. The force of the collision SMASHED
the front end of the boiler and cylinder, ana
the escaping steam added horror to the stu
alton of those already imprisoned.
As quickly as possible word of the acct
dent was sent 10 Boston, Cambridge, Wal
than and other places within reach and
physicians were on the spot as soon as they
could get there by different modes of con
vayance.
The work of removing the dead aud
injured was commenced and the station al
West Cambridge was converted into a hos
pital, whittier the victims were carried
Many OF these taken from the wreck were
terribly scalded in addition to their othcr in
juries.
Supt Adams has received a telegram from
the conductor of the passenger train that
the brakeman who was sent back to flag the
freight is missing, and it is feared that he
too, has been killed. 1t is claimed that 9
fog prevailed at the time, and that the
momentum of the heavy train was SO great
that it could not be stopped i'll time 10 avert
a collision.
Both tracks from the main line were com
pletely blocked.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17

The statue Of Christopher Columbus, pre-
s2nted 60 America by the people OF Italy, ar
rived az the Port If New York a feWfdavs
age on the war ship GaiigNauo
Toe Ca igliapu WAS boarded nY party az
Italians from tug, who returned 60 town
about {, O'Clock. Thea The CariClian0 came
ap 70 The foot oi Fulton street, North River,
accompanied by q tag. but there w,,sno for.
mai ceremonies of welcome
immediately The work of unloading the
statue from the hold of the Italian naval
Z transport was begun and rs the first stone
slowly cended iu the powerful grasp OF
the BIZ dSrics Chapman. q cheer arose from
the throng otpltriotic ltaiians who had gath
cred upon the wharf at Fulton street 10 wit
ness the discharge Of the precious cargo.
The reception OF the statue was in the
hands OF Secretary J, NJ Aiolellari aud
Captain J Mardiui OF the Executive Com
mttee OF the ttalo American Society. The
sections were placed ON trucks aud taken 90
the site 20 be occupied by the work Of art az
Fifty ninth street aud Eigh, avenue This
viii be made the occasion OF demonstration.
a possession with numerous noa;s being
Re tture. a large force OF workmcn will be
set 20 work In order TO have the statue com
pleted and ready qualification by October
l2sh
Tho statue Is in the form Of cylindrical
shaft measuring seventy six feet from base
20 the npeN OF the heroic figure ot Columbus
az the top Four STEPS form the hale, with
a pedestal OF ornamental design in half re-
lief sustaining figures OF the gegigs of dis
covery. The figure of the d.soovrrtr at the
top of the column represents HIN Ia refec-
tive mood atiired IN the garb Of ma
rinsr
The statue is in parts and packed In los
separate cases aud forms the entire cargo OF
The Little transport some Of the sections
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
Tenacilr Of Life in snakrs.

Tie tenacity Of life possessed b.
snakes Is very wonderful. Last white
some men were digging a well out in tn,
country and close to the Meranec, il
Missouri, when they came on a cavity il
the ground which contained a nest o
snakes. The weather was bitter cole
and the snakes were apparently dead
They were all blacksnakes aud harmless
so the men loaded them into the buckle
aud sent them to the top, just for curl
osity They were thrown out on tn
ground and in little while were frozer
as stiff as so many sticks. Their bodie
became so brittle with the frost that il
hauling them several were broken like
icicles. One Of the men, when he wen
home at night, took two OF three o. tn,
largest along to Brighten his wife. H
succeeded very well. according to TIT
Globe Democrat, and, leaving the snake
on the aoor in the kitchen before tn,
FIRE, sat down to eat his supper, forget
ting all about them. While the mea
was in progress his wife, who had lef
the ro)m, 81 denly gave terrific
scream that made him jump up in 3
panic and run to see what was the mat
ter. As he opened the kitchen door sh,
fell against him, almost fainting will
fright and too badly scared to tell wha
allied her. He soon found out, for OF
going in he at first thought be chad EN-
again, for the room seemed full
snakes. Warmed by the genial glow o
the kitchen fire, the frozen snakes haJ
come to life aud were coursing round
the room with soul chilling energy. HI,
did not care to tackle the job of killing
them there, 80 he pushed the outer door
open and they soon found their way out,
aud had not gone 100 yards before they
were stiff as ever with the cold. He
followed them out aud finished then
with a pole, but says be will never trust
a snake again, no matter how hare
frozen
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
CABLE SPARKS.

The International Congress of Orientnlists
opened in London.
PRESIDENT CARNoT, OF France, visited
ling George of Greece at Aixles Baines
THE Mount Etna eruption, which has done
,reat damage in the valleys about it. is
batting.
The English local government board took
teps to stop the Importation Of foreign pau
lerS.
REV. DR. T. DEWITT TALMAGE. of Brook
yn was hanqnated in London and presented
With a gold watch
AN attempt was made to blowup the Ortho
iox Greek Church in Warsaw, the man who
tred the bomb being killed.
IT is reported in Rome that important pro
.ress is being made on n treaty of reciproc-
ty between Russia and Italy
THE British steamer Mona Isle ran on a
ock off the Isle of Man and the six hundred
passengers were landed by the brooches
,uoys.
The protocol recently sigued between
France and Chill only dealt with the ques-
ion of the settlement Of the old claim OF the
french ccelitors Of Peru.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has decided to enter
ais yacht, the Meteor to complete for the
America cup in 1893. The Meteor was for
nerly the Thistle. which was defeated by the
Volunteer in 1887.
THE selection Of Marquis Emilio Visconti-
Venosta as the ltali n member Of tn 3 ring
Sea arbitration commission is believed to
give satisfaction both to the United States
md British legations in Rome.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is opposed to the propo5 ed
Monetary Conference discussing anything
affecting the currency Of the British empire,
md he also expresses the opinion that Mr..
ioschen went too far in treating with Secre-
AIRY Foster
A NUMBER Of disastrous thunder-storms
nave been reported from various parts of
Spain recently. Several persons have been
killed by lightning, while great damage has
oeen done to crops ia the Province of Gren-
ada
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the death of
Ieneral Enrico Cia'dini, the Italian so.disr
md stat sman, aged 81 years He was com
1anber-in-chief Of the troops in Central
italy, and served as ambassador to Paris
rom 1876 to tSi2
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

A CLOUD burst in the mountains near Al
pine, Texas, did great damage to property
and cattle, pasturilg in the ravines.
BY collision of freight trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, near South Fork,
Pa, brakeman W. A. Ferguson was killed.
A FREIGHT train on the Big Four Railroad
was wre .ked at Enon, Ohio by some person
opening the switch lock. Engineer w b.
Ferguson was caught in th9 wreck and
burned to death
THE locomotive drawing an express train
On the West Shore RAILROAD, jumped the
track two miles south of West Point
n. Y, and plunged into the Hudson river
Engineer Frenberg and Fireman Van Style
we're drowned.
A FREIGHT train on the new Geneva and
Buffalo Railroad was ditche1 near East
Rush, New York, killing Engineer Wilson
and serlou ly injuring John Jennings and
Edward Collins. The accident was caused
by fresh ank of earth sliding away.
A STAGING on the Proctor Building, cor.
of E sex and Federal streets, Boston, fell
with five men John Van Glider, aged 40
was killed, AMI John Phillips was probably
fatally injured James Hart, Patrick Doh
srty and Michael Gouerly were badly
bruised.
Mrs. BAILEY and Miss Lena Harmed,
1augGtefS OF rev. II. u. Harmed. OF DdiiaS-
Gus, n Y, were horribly burned at their
home in Kingston, Pennsylvania, by an ex-
osion of gasoline stove which they were
refilling while still lighted. Mrs. Bailey 5
condition is fatal
An animal trainer connected with Sells
Circus was attacked by huge tiger in whose
cage he was riding during the street parade
at MaysviIe Kentucky. The show hands
rushed to the cage and did all possible to
rescue the man, who was being rent to pieces
alive. They could accomplish nothing till
the trainer was dead, when the infurlated
beast retired to corner.
BY the collision Of a work train and 9
passenger train on the Clearheld and Cam
bria Railroad, near Eckenrode's Mills, Pa,
eight persons We're killed. Engineer O. W.
Ferry aud Fireman l. Parish, Of the passen
ger train we're taken out dead while six
foreigners, members of the work crew,
whose names we're not obtainable were
killed. The engineer of the work train is
said to have disobeyed orders in regard to
meeting the passenger train,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
PBRILs OF ELECTRIC CARS.
Several Passengers Fatally and Others
Seriously Hurt in 81. Louis.

Several Passengers Fatally and Others
Seriously Hurt in 81. Louis.
4 terrible street railway accident occur
red 10 the Southern part of the city between
uhie and ten o'clock A @ IN which twopeo
pie were killed aud thirteen more injured.
{ IL appears that while train consisting Of
az electric motor and a trailer car we're
coming down a steep grade on the State and
Snyder street branch o. The Union Depot
Line, near the corner u Ninth aud Russell
streets the niOtOrIaan lost control n the car
and Che train rushed down the decline at n
frizhtful speed At Ninth aud Russell streets
isa harp cfryg. nj turning this the train,
hch was crowded with passengers, was
asfafied and turned over, aud all the pailsen-
gers we're hurled 70 the ground with great
force. Two II the passengers we're killed
outright and tiiiftern injured, aone u them
fatally,
There were hfty-Onr passengers on the
trailer. and II was miraculous that no more
ri fhesr were NOT i0jHred as the car was al
most capeized and many 81 the inmates
were goIJen aud children. No one in the
motor car wa hiiis
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
Perilious Ridin. on the Iron Horse


''Did you ever ride on a locomotiveP
asked O. G Haskins 81 tried 1t once
and have no desire to repeat the expert.
ment 1t was out IN Colorado, wher
you sometimes run so close to bottomess
chasms that you could drop your ha
into them and make turns so short ant
sudden that It nearly disjoints your spi
nal veltebrG. The master mechanic wa
an old friend Of mine and gave me PEE
mission to ride over the road on ia,
engine Of the lightning express. RI
engineer did not appear to fancy M
presence much, but treated me ciyi!ly
We were behind time, the nighs was
black as Ere0us and a terrific thunde
storm was raging. The engineec wa
determined to 90 in on time, and the wa,
he rushed around those curves and acros
cancns was enough to make a mans LaiI
turn gray.
'The peculiar thing abo@t thosf
mountain engines is that they do no
take curve like any othet vehic'e
They 60 pluBging straight ahead uEti
you feel sure that they af2 clcsf of the
track and suspended in mid air, and ther
shoot around and leave you to wonde
by what miracle yoI have been saved
The trucks take the curve in the ortho
dox manner, but the suoerstructure IS e
arranged that it consumes more time il
making the turn. With the Lightning
playing about the mountain peaGs arc
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
THE COTTON CROP.
A Lower Condition Than in Any Sep
tember Since 1893,

TENDER Since 1888,
The cotton report of the Department OF
| Agricult ure indicates a lower condition OF
the crop than in any September since 1888.
The average is T6s against s27 last year,
and SIS in 1890 The decline since August
LIST exceeds five points The State averages
are: Virginia, -; North Carolina, IS: South
Carolina, II; Georgia, ~; Florida, e6; Ala.
bama, y, Mississippi, y; Arkansas, 70
Tennessee, 49,
Ga the Atlantic coast the rainfall of the
season has not been excessive, but unedually
distributed. Heavy rains in the early season.
followed by drouth later, has caused she'd
ding of forms and leaves, premature ripen-
ing and rotting of bolls DELAYED planting.
slow termination and obstructed cultivation
were the results of the season Of excessive
precipitation, making the crop universally
late. Gu the Gulf coast rainfall has been
above the normal, except in Texas and
Arkans IS, and condition is consequently
worse east Of the Mississippi. In August
local drouths were injurious on portions of
the Atlantic coast.
Rust. the natural result Of these eondi-
tons, is reported quite generally in districts
OF heavy and irregular rainfall
Considerable complaint is made of insect
depredations. The boil worm has infested
the Gulf coast region, and is seen in Georgia
but Is little known in the more Northern
belt. The caterpillar is noted in Texas. and
at few points in other States. Some com
plant is made of grasshoppers and OF
hemiptrous insects, popularity Known as
sharpshooters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
CURIOUS FACTS.

! 4 cat sees as well by night as by day.
| Canned rabbit is a New Zealand ex-
port.
The mocking bird hates the color red
as much as the bull.
There are 1909 Johnsons in Chicago
and only 1900 Smiths.
Cmur d'Alene are three French words,
meaning "heart of an awl.'
The rife was invented by Whitworth
In 1900; the repeating rife by Sharp,
1S4S.
II is calculated that 1000 thrifty cof-
fee trees will yield fair average of
5000 pounds of coffee per annum.
The leaves of the life tree, which is
found only in Jamaica, grow after they
have been severed from the plant.
Horace wrote the first of his codes"
on which his fame was to rest through
all time, at the early age of twenty
three.
An alligator at the Crystal Palace,
London, lived in perfect health upon
nothing for eighteen months. 1t lately
took piece of very high mutton with
relish.
Out of so. 500 guesses on a big cake
of soap on exhibition in Berlin only two
were correct. The cake was soap.
makers advertisement, aud 1t weighed
1922 pounds.
Japanese jugglers are def smokers.
Several of them viii sit before a curtain
and from the tobacco smoke, which
issues fro their mouths, will form
succession Of readable letters.
Tie natives of Vera Cruz, Mexico, do
a large trade in freaies, which they
catch BY waving burning coal at the
end of a stick. The insects Fly toward
the light and are captured in nets.
II the dead of London were each al
lowed grave two by six feet, with a
very thin wall of earth between, each
year her so, 600 corpses would fill Gem
etery of about twenty three acres.
In the Oriental Department of the
British Museum, tablet has been de
ciphered as containing an offer of mar
riage made by Pharaoh t. a dau yhter
of the King of Babylon, about 1880 B. c.
At Hirnisketscher, Bohemia, the un-
equal working of nature in the destruc-
tion of rocks has resulted in a most
colossal aud ruggedly beautiful arch, the
summit of which is upward of 1400 feet
above the sea level
Tornodoes originate in the tropics
and are Chiefly found in five Localities
the West Indies, Bengal Bay and tn,
Chinese coast north OF the equator, and
in the South Indian Ocean, off NADIA
gascar, and, in the South Pacific,
near Samoa.
When Jumbo, the nam moth elephant
was dissectel, pint and half of gold,
silver, copper and bronze coins were
found in his stomach la the lot ther;
was coins Of three Kingdoms, two re
publics, five dukedoms, two principaIl
ties and one dependency.
The extent to which civilization ha'
been carried into Africa is indicated b,
the fact that the Zllu singers are nov
interesting LonIon, having seventy
seven English songs il their repertoire
and are particularly fond of renderin.
"Bid Me Discourse and "Annie Laurie.
An enormous school of barracuda wa
sporting in Monterey Bay, California
the other day. when, with r sudden turn
they headed straight for the beach with
out diminuton in their speed, and wer
soon landed high and dry upon tn
shore. The belief is that the barracuda
were driven ashore by school of whales
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17

are very small, while others Bro quito pom
dcrous, the largest weighing about twenty.
five tons Il win take about one week to
drchlrge the entire cdrso from the hold IT
the vessel
The statue was ordered FREQ Of duty nc tho
Custom House under the law providing for
the free admission Of works ~ ART and per-
mission 10 unload awaited the arrival OF ths
Gargiliauo ~ her dock
The transport 10 commanded by Chsvaliof
e, j huggero, and among the officers OF tho
vessel Is Manlio barihnli, who holds the Of
See Of Commander ~ Marines Il was In.
tended that demonstrations la honor 0f the
defendant Of the Italian Hero should DO
made. but the young nan mOdestly declined
the honor offered, III. uode8ty aud notions
Of rank f1rbiddng him.
That be VIII be tanqus,ed asd lionihsd IN.
formally. however Is evident from the mum.
Der of visitors who yrc ssd forward 10 shake
the young officer w the nAnd and after.
wards followed him up Broadway whom he
left the vessel for d tour on shore
After her cargo has been uuioadsd tho
italian tran port viii drop down TO an an.
chorage below Liberty hlAuH where II Is OK.
pected She viii remain until after the cello
bration on October ~.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
Can SparrOMs Count z

A correspondent writes to Ess1rs'
81 was amused some years ago to o5
serve the feeding Of the young il a
sparrow house near an upper window
of my house. The old sparrow lighted
upon the small verauda of the sparrow
house with four living cankerworms in
his beak. Then the four young ones
put out their heads with the usual noise,
and were fed each with caterpillar.
The sparrow went of and returned after
awhile with four more living worms in
his beak, which were disposed OF in the
same manner"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
APANTHER KILLS CHILDREN
While Going to School, the Animal At
tacks Them.

Kitty Yancy, aged twelve years, and her
ten-year-old brother, Herbert were killed
by a panther in the WOO Is near their home
in Warsaw, Milan The children were on
their way to the school house, which is three
miles from their home.
In order to reach the school they had to
walk through a dense piece Of WOO as. II is
presumed that while walking through the
woods, accompanied by their dog the dog
discovered the panther and barsed at it.
This enraged the panther, and in the fight
that ensll d the dog was killed, Then the
panther fell upon the frightened children
and buried its teeth in the neck Of the little
girl, and then killed the boy Their bodies
were not mutilated
Farmers went in search of the panther and
killed it, II sclped from Barnum's Circus
in the vicinity week ago
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-17
A M0LLIE MAGUIRE.
He Says He Has Killed Two Men and
Is Required to Give Bond.

A surety of peace case was called in Judge
Kennedy court in Pittsburg. Pa, which at.
tracted considerable attention Patrick
Rooney was charged with threatening Mr..
and Mrs Bremen. The prosecutors are the
parents Of Elmer Bremen, who was con-
yicted Of the murder Of farmer name j
Reese near Ebensburg Cambria county
They charged that Rooney came to their
h0ue on Second avenue, when intoxicated.
and said II am a Noble Mcguire and have
killed two men and can kill two more before
your son is hanged %
Judge Kennedy expressed disapprobation
OF such hloodthirsty expressions by requiring
Rooney to give bond in the sum of 500 to
keen the neafa
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AS YOU co THROUGH LIFE
ont LOOK for the flaws az you go through

ont LOOK for the flaws az you go throu n
life.
And even when you find them
| 1t is wise and kind to be somewhat blinl,
And look for the virtues behind them.
For the clou hest night has hint o, light
Somewhere in its sha lows hi lin,
lis better by far TO hunt for star,
Than the spots on the sun abiding.
The current OF life runs every way
To the bosom OF Gods great ocean,
Don't set you force 'gainst the rivers coursc
And think to alter its motion.
Don't waste curse on tho universe
Remember it livel before you;
Don't butt at the storm with your puny
form
But ben / and let it go DER you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whims to the letter;
Some things must 90 wrong your whole life
long,
And the sooner yoI &u) v it the bsttec.
It is folly to Il III WITH thu in inite,
And go under at last in the wrestle;
The wiser man shapes into Go rs plap
AS the water shapes into L vesse'
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