Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
THE NEWS.

Nick Steur and his wife, of Madisonvilie,
Ohio, were killed by train while they were
walking along the railroad track.-The ex-
tradition Of Montgomery H. Lewis, charged
with forgery by the Lombard Investment
Company, of Kansas, has finally been granted
by the Mexican government, and he will be
sent from Neuyo Laredo to Kansas City for
trial-The body of Miss Mary L. McMahon,
who disappeared from Maiden, Mass, Feb
ruary l. was found in the Maiden river. She
left her home February to visit the mission
church at Roxbury, and was apparently in
good spirits 1t is thought that she was the
victim of foul play.-Miss Jususa lopez,
who wanted to go from the City of Mexico to
a Louisiana convent. was brought back by
the oficers.-A desperate attempt was
made to murder Thomas Bassett, near South
Vineland, N. "A collision occurred in st.
Louis between car No. 1, of the Northern
Central Railway Company, and car No. IA,
of the Benton Bellefontaine Railway Com
pany. -Four men were dangerously injured,
and number of others more or less seriously
cut and bruised.-John S. Ryan, serving
term in Providence, R. l., jail, made a des-
perate break for liberty but was recaptured
after being shot.--By an explosion in Black
Diamond Mine at Luzerne, Pa, one man was
killed and another injured. Richard
Adams, middle aged man and highly re-
spected citizen, while working at the Ensign
Car Works, in Huntington, W. Va, suddenly
fell to the floor and expired in a few minutes.
Death was caused by heart failure. The
writers of several thousand letters in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas Offering to purchase
''green goods will be prosecuted under
recent decision of the United States Court.
William Salnuels, district superintendent
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, was
suffocated while exploring worked-out cham
bers in the Boukley vein, near Wilkesbarre.
George H. Talcott and his mother were
found dead in the ruins oftheir burned house
at Talcottville, Lewis county, N.Y.-Wind
storms in Western New York did great dam
age to vineyards and farm properties. Nedder
Hemstreet, farmer, was crushed to death
in his barn at Springville. praire fire
swept in on North Platte, Neb., and sixteen
houses were burned. Harry Having shot
his sweetheart and himself at Allentown, Pa.
Miss Marion Phelps, the only daughter
of William Walter Phelps, is engaged to be
married to DR.. Franz Won Rothenburg, under
state secretary to Germany.-A satisfac-
tory test of the new rapid-fre gun, the in
vention OF Charles W. Sponsel, was made at
the naval proving ground at Indian Heart,
Md.-A large portion of Idaho's agricul-
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Chicago. The fire occurred near kinball,
Neb, and but little of value was saved.
quantity of taxidermy and two valuable oil
paintings of Shoshone Falls were also burned.
"A washout nearly caused the wrecking
of Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
killed Michael Welsh returned to his
home in New Bedford after an absence of
twenty years. --Richard Smardon, boot
and shoe manufacturer, of Three Rivers,
Canada, has assigned. Tho direct liabilities
are placed at about $4,000, and indirect
800, 900 more, with small assets. The fac
tory employed from 200 to 800 hands.
Thomas W. Wooten, nephew of the Indian
apolis city comptroller, defaulted in the sum
of 500, 900, the victims being his employers,
Richardson d Evans. The money was spent
In wheat speculation. South Dakota Dem
ocrats protested against the appointment OF
Colonel Hughes East "a division In the
Weather Bureau.-Tne insurance compan-
les cancelled all policies on property in Ant
lers. I. T., on account of threats to burn the
town. A special left Paris, Texas, with
strong force of deputy marshals to protect
the lives and property of United States clti-
zens.-While drinking and card-playing at
the house of Abe Hughes, in Minersvile, Pa,
John MeCray made insulting remarks to
Hughes wife, whereupon the husband seized
a carving-knife and cut McCray across the
abdomen, inflicting a terrible wound. Nc
Cray, who is thirty years of age and single,
cannot recover.--Mrs. Frances Eddy COM
mitted suicide in vacant lot in New York by
taking a dose of carbolic acid. Her seven
year-old daugter Gladys was with her at the
time, and the mother forced the child to take
some of the dose also. The mother and
daughter were taken to the Harlem Hospital,
where the mother died.-Almost the entire
DESTROYED by fire. Out Of twenty three bust
ness houses in the town, nineteen were to-
tally DESTROYED. The loss of buildings and
goods will amount TO over $4,000; insur-
ance about $50, William Moore, col
ored was hanged in Philadelphia for muir
dering his rival in ove-Dennis Cloonan
was executed in Pittsburg for wife murder.
The body of Mrs. Mack, fifty years old,
who had been missing from her home in New
York for the past two months was found in
the river at the foot of East Thirty-fourth
street. An unhappy life is said to have driven
the woman to commit suicide.
The Northwestern State Bank, OF Sibley
Iowa, closed its doors. Soon after the doors
were closed it was announced that general
assignment had been made for the benefit Of
the creditors with the preferences, and H. E.
Thayer was announced as the assignee
Several additional arrests were made in the
Oliver murder case in Louisville, Ky
Swift, Armour Il Norris, the Chicago pack
ers are said to be contemplating erecting a
cluster OF tanneries Newfoundland
seal fishery is now admitted to be a total
failure for this reason, worse even than ever
expected. The schooner Thrasher arrived
from Bona Vista, and reports that seventeen
steamers were of the north coast without
seals. A verdict Of guilty as indicted was
found against Charles Wisdom, who, with
John willard, both eolored, April 4, 1892,
murdered L. A. Dexter, proprietor OF a cigar
store in st. Louis. Sentence was deferred.
At meeting OF the Chicago navy 1t was
decided to invite the crews of all leading col.
leges in Europe and America to participate
in the Aquatic sports to be held in Chicago
during the Worlds Fair.-Henry McCost
once prosperous business man of New
York, died drunkard in froat of cheap
lodging-house.