Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-04-09
THE NEWS.

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A conflict is reported TO have occurred be-
tween Mexican troops AMI Yaqui Ind ans at
the Gaban mines.-A Northern Pac fc
train was thrown into The Fed river netr
Grand Forks, South Dakota, AMI the fireman
was drowned. Roberts, who sued
her father and uncle in Oscaloosa. Iowa, for
$50, 900 for falsely incsrcerating her in an in
sane asylum, has secured q verdict for u, 900,
the jury remaining out forty-one hours.
Motion was made for a new triai.-Two
masked men entered the postoffice at Roise,
Idaho, and at the point of pis oil compelled
Postmaster Leonare to hand over Il, 200 in
cash. The robbers escaped. Attorney
John F. Beggs, who was charged with com
plici y in the murder CT DIR. Cronin, but on
trial was acquitted, ded.-Chicago clothing
manufacturers were reluctantto appear before
the congressional committee investigating the
Sweating" system Of labor.-George Cox
and Shorty" Wells, notorious burglars, es-
capped from Jail at Anderson, Ind, by letting
themselves down from second story tier by
ropes made of blankets Western crop
report shows the outlook for winter to be
good. A family disagreement caused Jams
Ketcham to shoot and mortality wound James
Huddeson at Hamilton, Ohio.-Iu the case
of Thomas N. Terrell, the young salesman
from Daville, Va, who was knocked down in
Detroit, and died the next morning. verdict
has been returned by the coroner's jury hold
ing George Shook responsible for his death.
in charging the grand jury of Hudson
county, n. j., Justice West urged the indict-
ment of the Guttenburg race-track bookmak-
ers.-The Methodist church at Mandan, N.
D.,was burned, il is believed by parties seek
ing revenge against the pastor and the leading
members for their work in enforcing prohibit
tion.--The worst snowstorms this year in
the Dakotas have occurred since the LIST of
April All railroads in South Dakota were
blocked.
A mother and six daughters were caught
by an Idaho sheriff while holding up stage.
CTS. Mellon assumed the position of gen
eral manager of the New York and New
England Railroad lie appointed |. D. Bar
ton general superintendent. L.
'iSBiht VI I1dSOiiuJ ~. IL butNhSiVN MS
wife and surrendered himself --During a
terrific storm at Coffeyville, Ks, the tall
tower of the Episcopal Church was shivered
by lightning. Clothing that had been worn
by child affected with scarlet fever was sent
TO the family of Amos Ebert at Norristown,
Pa, with the result that three of his children
have died of the maady. -Ju lge Arnold,
e Ill.
junction in the suit of certificate holders
against the Order of the Fraternal Guardians
At a meeting of the United States Rubber
Company's newly-elected directors in New
York, the following cfficers were elected
President, VIM. L. Trenholm; secretary,
John |. Waterbury; treasurer, John p.
Townsend. The directors authorized the
officers of the company to complete the pur-
chase OF the property and good will of the New
Jersey Rubber Shoe Company by payment
of s., 0O0,000 down, and the balance to be paid
as determined on appraisement.
Timothy Hopkins has resigned his position
as treasurer of the Southern and Central Pac-
nc Railroads, Captain N 7. Smith and Ii. E.
huntingdon, nephew of c. P. Huntingd on. are
mentioned as his successor.-Mrs VIM
Byington, Of Bonnie Terre, No, is under ar
rest, charged with b; ating her step-daughter
to death.-Dr l.. L. Comstoek, of st. Louis
says that Alice Mitchell, the Memphis muir
deress, is of unsound mind. Monroe Guion
and James ketchum, two st. Louis barkeep-
ers, fought du j at Creve Ceur lake. Guion
was severely wounded in the abdomen with
bucksho'.-E. 7. Noteworthy and James
Baker, of Moorehouse parish, Ia, shot and
Killed each other in quarrel over some
geese. The city of Mexico has been flooded
with counterfeit silver coin, and two arrests
have been made. EN- the Jail at Centreville
Iowa, crazy prisoner beat another to death.
Judge r. Y. Bush, OF Evansville, Ind,
was fatally burned while trying to save some
valuable papers from his burning residence.
1t is reported that the Central Trust Com
pany of New York will put up 49, 100000 TO
take the Marietta and North Georgia Rail
road out of the hands ofa recever.--Jona.
than Heckstetter, an old man. was brutally
murdered on Laurel Hill Mountain, Pa, it is
believed, by moonshiners against whom he
had given evidence. At Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Mrs, George +. Earby was burned to death
while trying to save her baby from a fire.
The fire, which started in millinery store
early in, he morning destroyed several small
buildings. There were many narrow escapes.
Garza, the so-called Mexican revolutionist
is reported to be In San Antonio. He says
that he hss been at the head Of gang of
smugglers on the border, but left them year
ago. and has never been in command of
revolutionary party.-Silver mines are clos
ing down because of the low price being paid
for silver.-The mayor of Philadelphia We
toed the ordinance permitting the Traction
Company to use the trolly system, but the
councils passed it over his veto Judge
Lacombe, in the United States Court, New
York, granted Mrs Davis petition restrain
ing the Bedford Publishing Company from
publishing or selling the memoirs of her hus-
band, Jefferson Davis.-The steamer Golden
Rule was burned at her wharf in Cincinnati.
The flames spread SO rapidly that the passen.
gers narrowly escaped, and one lady, in trying
to jump to barge lying near, fell in the water
and was drowned. - Philadelphia sugar
dealers have prepared bill to be introduced
in Congress for the repeal of the duty on re-
fined grades of sugar, which they claim,
serves only tho purpose of allowing the trust
to control the entire refining trade of the
country.-Dsniol P. Dieterieh, proprietor
of Goodyear's rubber store in Philadelphia,
died at the age OF So years.-Seven prisoners
made rope of blankets and escaped from the
Jail at Charlotte, n. C.-Governor Flower,
of New York, signed the bill amending the
tax assessment law, and intended to reach
PERSONAL properly.
Charles Stewart, of Little Rock, fred into a
posse who were trying to catch him for at
tempted rape, wounding twelve and being
h mself fatally shot Walter p Shaw adj
miited killing his mother and aunt, in Hous-
ion, Texas, for forty dollars.
officers have made an important success full
raid on moonshiue stills in Harlan county,
KY, and four desperate moonshiner prisoners
were landed in jail.-A renewal of the big
building trades strike of two vears aro /;