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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

HIGH winds at Fostoria, Ohio, caused the
destruction of a cold storage warehouse and
a potato -four factory. The damage Is $780,
900.
Four trainmen were killed by the explo-
sion of a locomotive boiler on the Choctaw
Coal and Railway at Red Oak, Indian Terri
tory.
By a collision on the Jacksonville Southern
Railroad. near Edwardsyille, H., four men
were killed and several wero seriously in
jured.
TRAVEL on the Union Pacific Railroad In
Oregon has been interrupted by heavy
floods. similar interruption Is reported on
the Northern Pacific Railway.
A FREIGHT train on the Jacksonville, Tam
pa and Key West Railroad was wrecked on
bridge six miles below Palatks, an engine
and six cars going into the water. Three OF
the train men were killed.
FIVE men were thrown distance Of 60
feet TO the ground by the falling OF a scar
fold at West Superior, Wis. Two of them,
named Benson and Quinn, are not expected
to recover.
A COLLISION of freight cars on the Penn
sylyania Railroad, at Packsaddle, Penn, re-
suited In the killing OF Samuel snowden, a
brakeman, and serious injuries TO five other
trainmen,
A Cripple creek stage coach was over
turned on the Cheyenne Mountain road, 10
miles from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Nine
passengers were injured, several Of them
seriously.
DR wA CHuDs, aged 90 years, of Pitts
burg, died In New York from the effects OF
an overdose Of morphine. II rs said he had
been suffering from excessive drink and took
the drug to produce sleep.
THE past winter has been very severe on
cattle and stock in Northern Washington.
Stockmen report having lost from rs to rs
per cent Of their horses from exposure and
insufficient food supply.
FoUR children OF Fred Horn, Three Rivers,
Michigan, ate of the roots of water henioek,
and the ten-year-old daughter died from ef-
fleets OF the poison The three other CHI
dred, ranging from to u years, are not ex-
pected 10 live.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

The vandal wooicutters still work
apacc in the western forests, cutting
down the monarcls OF ages with never
thought, save of the number of shingles
each will yield. One lumberman who
visited Portland, Oregon, recently told
with great gusto how he could get out
timber from his claim, near the Green
basin, that would square ~ feet for 40
feet OF its length. He said he had one
tree on his claim that measures thirty one
feet in circumference, six feet above the
ground, and I'D feet to the first limb,
and which he OBSTINATE contains ~, 00J
feet of lumber
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
UNDER A CANTIIEVER
Nine Men Killed and Six Severely In
iured in Singular Accident.

The first serious accident to occur on the
drainage channel happened at Romeo,
village about ten miles north of Joliet, Hi
nois,
A heavy wind arose about 5.45 pm, fol-
lowed in about Ave minutes by heavy fall
of hail This caused all the men to run for
shelter.
The gang Of men on the cantilever ran into
the engine house at the end OF the hugh
machine. The tracks on which it runs ex-
tend north and south. The lever was on the
south end of the tracks and had been care
lessly left unfastened.
The wind increased to gale, struck the
cantilever and started it down the track to-
wards the engine-house, In which fourteen
men were huddled. When the large machine
reached the end of the tracks the bottom
was stopped by the manner in which the
tracks are built
The top part, however, had gained such
momentum that it could not be stopped and
fhe enormous machine, weighing $50 tons,
tell directly on the engine house.
As a result nine men were killed and six
severely wounded. The men were all Itali-
ans except the foremen, Samuel Korus, who
lives in Joliet.
The cantilever was $50 feet long and 80
feet in the air. The force of the fall dam
aged the machine itself so that it is a total
loss.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

The New York Observer re MARKS:
"Wc nave heard g'oi many sneers
about the large salaries enjoyed By tie
ministry. Wnen so ne one vas asked by
a friend if he chi pyei gopl health he
replied: WAC would not enjoy gool
haalthF No doubt the ministers enjpy
the good things of the world whea they
get them, but in spite Of son3 few large
clerical stipeads, AID iu spite of the
revenues OF bishops anl area bishops, the
average clerical income remains low. 1t
is stated that in the Established Church
of England there are now $500 benches
paying their incImbents under S75J
per alnum, aud 40 under S25).. How
to Increase clerical supo)?s ought 10 be
burning question in tIc Church thus
disgraccd. -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

Captain P. Stanley, Of SIlyerton. COL
accompanied By Thomas Seweil. O. ).
Gavin aud j. @. Clark, Of Beaver, weet
to ADiquin, New Mexico, to prospect 10
the old Spanish copper canon While
prospecting in what is known as Devils
Gulch, they were astoni5hci AZ ghastly
discovery they made there lie the way OF
the skeletons Of eompaay Of soldiers
tina. had been missing from Fort Mary
ever since the memorable day OF tbs
Apache raid on Espanols, September .,
1879. It was supposed they had been
massacred by the Indians ss not one OF the
forty-three ever returned, but il seems
they all must have drank from The pot
fonous ver1igris spring, where their
skeletons have lain, bleaching for the
last thirteen years. Forty-three skeic-
tons, some Of them still inc4sed 10 uni.
form; three piles Of gins, stacked rs
they bad left them; lot Of ammunition,
and the skeletons OF forty-fve horses
constituted the extent Of the gtastly dis
a-zexx.--Nex Orleans ieaxane. -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
CURIOUS FACTS.


Malaria is most dangerous at sunset
There Is a hog in Atchison, Kan,
which chews tobacco.
There is a race war in Oregon between
Indians and Chinese.
Ivan the Terrible, Of Russia, was
cruel and tortured animals.
Breeding pug dogs is one of the IN
dustries of Usage City, Kan.
Oriental gardeners produce "change-
able roses" which are white in the shade
and blood red in the sunlight.
In the city of Cali. Colombia. lives
Pedro Martinez, an African shoemaker,
104 years old, who was soldier of
Bolivar.
Homer, it is said, hanged himself in
extreme old age because, after long trial,
he could not solve the ''Fisherman's
Puzzle"
On one day in the year among the
Hindoos gambling is considered not
only allowable, but commendable. 1t IS
called Devali.
A Frenchman has figured it out that
when 1898 comes to an end the world
will have existed 9S1, 1921, 200 minutes
since the beginning OF the Christian era.
Chewing gum was originally made OF
tolu, but manufacturers now use par
affine as the component part OF the gum.
Paraffiue is colorless, wax.like solid,
produce of tar.
The list of steamships which have
used oil to calm unusually heavy seas is
growing larger every month. The oil is
towed in stout bags, which exude 1t
slowly aud evenly as the vessel moves.
A young Australian traveller claims to
have discovered that the waltz was the
creation of neither a German nor
Swiss, but of the ostriches of Africa.
He asserts that every morning at sunrise
these amiable birds assemble In groups
and begin regular and graceful move
ment which is none other than the
waltz.
Cavalry soldiers often sleep in the
saddle after fatiguing march, and, al
though it would seem to be impossible
to march on foot and sleep at the same
time, there are authentic instances OF
the performance of such feat. Ar
tillerymen in battle have been known to
sleep from exhaustion under their own
guns, which were constantly firing.
In parts of Central Asia bricks arc
baked in cylindrical ovens about three
days and then burned in an atmosphere
Of steam, which is produced by closing
the heated ovens with covers of wet felt.
The bricks are turned by the steam from
red to dark gray, acquire great hardness
and become sonorous. They are said to
resist weathering better than fire-burnt
bricks.
An English newspaper fond of dig
ging ia the past for curious, long-for-
gotten facts, says that the Sedan chair
was mentioned in England in 1851. 1t
was named after Sedan, the town in
which it was first used. When the Duke
of Buckingham the next century used
the chair in London tie people rose up
in indignation against him. The idea,
they said, of man employing his fellow
men to carry him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

The improvement of firearms in the
course of the present century almost
equals the progress from cross5oys to
hint-locS mu;kets. The tru II pet-shapsd
musquetoons of the Fifteenth Century
could be used only at close range, but
their chic: defect was their liability to
miss fire altogether. As late as l752
Marechal SAKE pardonei deserter be-
case evers one of the six muskets i'll the
hanis of the firing squld hai failed to
explode its charge, and the delinquent
was considered prote5e of providence,
Ina .ine the chances of thas soldier if
the six marksmen had used rifles OF the
Manlicher pattera, vita cartridges war
rantei to exolo lie 4)9, 9)5 times 10 hllf
a million shots.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Secretary Carlisle Takes an Editor for
Private Secretary;

Secretary Carlisle appointed Jeremiah
O'Rourke, of Newark, n. j., supervising
architect of the Treasury Department, vice
W. J. Edbrooke, resigned.
Mr.. O'Rourke is about forty-fve years old,
and since early manhood has been engaged
in his present profession, in which he has
been eminently successful. He is member
OF the American Institute of Architects. Mr..
O'Rourke was appointed upon the recon-
mendation OF Senators Smith and MePher-
son.
John E. Clark, of Missouri, was appointed
q chief of division in the architects office,
vice Mr. Fower, resigned.
Mr. Clark was formerly member Of Con-
gress from Missouri, and afterwards clerk of
the House of Representatives.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Herman
Van Sender, editor of the Paducah (Ky.)
Standard, his private secretary. Mr.. Van
Sender is thirty years of age, native OF
Kentucky, and was appointed on the recon-
mendation OF Congressman Stone.
Richard o. Lewis, of Wisconsin, has been
temporarily appointed confidential clerk to
the Commissioner of the Land Office, vice
Collins, resigned. 1t is understood that Com
missioner Lamoreaux's son will ultimately be
given the position
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

The standing timber in the State of
Washington amounts in round numbers
to 4l3, 900, 000,0 01 feet. In order to
grasp the magnitude of these figures let
the reader, in his mind $ eye, Imagine a
sotid train, Is, 900 feet of lumber to tho
car, stretching 1s4, 900 miles, or six
times around the earth, and then enough
cars left to make a train stretching from
Tacoma across the continent to the mid
die of the Atlantic. Or taking fifty cars
for train, it would take 542, 900 trains
to transport the standing TIMBER OF
Washington. Chicago Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
The Mouths of Leaves.

The botanist, the real investigator who
has got down to making real explora-
tons for himself, will talk to you about
the Thousands of minute 'stomates' on
the surface of leaf. These invisible
''stomstes" are really the mouths through
which the leaves take in csrbonic acid.
They are most abundant on the upper sur.
face of leaves; each is an oval opening,
guarded by pair of lips which open and
close according to requirements. They
vary from less than 1000 to more than
20, 900 to the square inch of leaf surface.
st. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
Ja,anese Carpenters at the Fair.

On the wooden island in the lagoon
that separates the Horticultural Building
from the ugly structure that will hold
the official exhibits of the United States
Government there will be cluster of
japanese houses, erected by japanese ar
tissns for the commissioners of the land
of the chrysanthemun. When these
very attractive looking houses are en-
tirely finished they will be viewed with
great interest aud curiosity by the visi-
tors to the fair, for in many regards they
will be very different from anything that
the very great majority ever saw before.
But the process of building was even
more interesting than the finished houses
will be. When the snow was over foot
deep this winter, and visitors to the
works were very scarce on account of the
cold, there was still always something of
crowd about the wire rope that was
put up to keep visitors away from the
japanese carpenters and joiners who were
erecting the houses in the island village.
The wire rope did not keep back the
more adventuresome of the sight seers,
nor were those who invaded the forbid
den ground ordered out after they had
gone where they had no business to go.
Even japanese artisan, though clothed
with authority, is too gentle and kindly
and courteous in his nature to resent any
friendly encroachment upon his rights.
Those who went within the ropes saw
unmoiested all that was to be seen, and
every question that was asked was an
swered as fully as the limited English
vocabulary of the workmen permitted.
And what bright and nimble fellows
these workmen werel 1t may be that
they were picked men, selected for their
skill and intelligence. If they represent
the average of japanese artisans, then
the average must be very high indeed.
It seems almost pity that these carpen-
tiers could not be kept at work all during
the fair; such an exhibit would be as
popular as anything within the grounds.
After noting the nimbleness of tle
workmen and the intelligent expression
of their faces, together with the pic
turesoueness of their dress, which seems
to western eyes something like uniform,
the visitor looks at the work itself, and
is at once struck by its neatness. Even
the temporary scaffolding is neatly and
strongly put up, and the lunber of which
it is made is injured as little as possible.
Instead of being nailed together, this
scafolding is dashed with cords. This
is done with skill that would make
even n sailor man turn green with envy
But though the japanese worknen do
many things in way opposite to that
employed by Europeans, they do not go
SO far as to build the roofs of their
houses before making the foundations.
At least such was not the metho en-
ployed at Chicago in making the build
ings there, for when the houses were very
nearly completed the roofs hal not yet
been put on. -Harper's Weekly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

Electricity as motive power will be
tried on the Eric Canal this year. Gov
ernor Flower of New York having signei
the bill providing for the experiment,
and 'soou," predicts the Mail and Es-
press, "the feeble, tagged and famous
canal mule will take its place in history
and the boneyard."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
GU TRACE In PERU.
United States Consulate Invaded and
Consular Agent shot.

United States Consulate Invaded ana
Consular Agent shot.
Minister John HES cibles the State De-
partment from Lima, Peru, as follows:
Gresham, Washington. At tplacs omitted
mob attacked Masonic Lodge, sacked build
ing and burned fixtures in the street. Inel-
6entaliy United States Consulate was in
vaded. furnishings destroyed and Acting
Consular Agent shot in foot Archives
saved intacs. Squat OF Peruvian police
looked on while TIE mob performed work
without interference. The mail brings the
particulars. HICKS.
Whether the outrage complainant OF oc-
CURED at one Of these smaller places or at
Callao no one at the Department could de-
termine from the teleg ram, but inasmuch
as It came from Lima, the impression pre-
vailed that the scene Of the outrage was one
of the interior points.
After consultation with President Clevs-
land, Secretary Gresham sent the following
telegram to the Minister;
Department OF State,
Washington, 1898.
"Hicks, Minister, Lims.
Protest against failure OF authorities to
afford protection 10 conyu late. and II fact
are well established ask expression OF -
gret. prompt prosecution Of the guilty
parties and reparation for injury 70 Ame.i'
can property or person -
1t was believed at the Department that
a satisfactory explanation OF tho anaH
would shortly be made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
Official Orders for the Great Parade
in New York Harbor.
A General Outline of tie Movements
of Vessels,


The Secretary of the Navy has decided up
on the official programme of the review of
the United States and foreign ships OF war,
which by act Of Congress will take place in
New York Harbor on the 9th instant.
The men-of war will be anchored in two
columns, extending from Twenty-sixth street
up the North River, the foreign ships on the
New York side.
While the Dolphin, carrying the President
of the United States, is passing between the
columns, that portion of the North River be-
tween the American column and the New
York shore will be closed and all the traffic
and passage suspended. After the Dolphin
has anchored at the head of the line vessels
OF all kinds may circle around the feet, go
ing up the New Jersey side of the river, but
the passage between the two columns will DO
closed until the President has landed from
.he Dolphin and the review thereby termin-
ated.
The President and members of the Cabinet
will be received on board the Dolphin at 10. 40
a. M, off Twenty third street, North River.
The Dolphin viii then get under way. and,
followed by the coast survey steamer Blake
and the steamer Monmouth. will proceed up
the river between the columns of United
States and foreign men-of-war. The Blake
will carry the members of the diplomatic
corps. The Monmouth will carry the Judges
of the Supreme Court, Senators and Repre-
sentatives of the United States, and Govern
ors OF States. accompanied by one staff officer.
No other invitations will be issued for the
review.
The Dolphin, proceeding between the col
umns, will. as she passes the various ships,
be saluted with the henors laid down by in
ternational treaties due to the Chief Of State,
and arriving at the head OF the columns will
anchor between them. The Blake will anchor
at the head of the foreign and the Monmouth
of the American column. The flag offers
and the Captains OF the men-of-war will then
be received on board OF the Dolphin and be
presented to the President of the United
States, who will entertain them at lunch.
Lunch will at the same time be served on the
Blake and Monmouth to the guests on board.
The review will terminate by the return of
the Dolphin, Blake and Monmouth through
the lines, and when the Presidents flag is
hauled down from the Dolphin it will be
saluted with twenty-one guns by all the mem
of-war present.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

Perorations are Prime Minister Glad
stones strongest point. He may con-
fuse his audience with e cures, over Shelm
them with words, but when the time
comes for him to round off his speech,
aud when his voice, dropping in volume,
takes on the magnetic thrill that has
helped to make its owner power Ia
England, then the audience mental"
rises to meet the orator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

The Shan 5hai Mercury tells OF Chi
nese boy of ten who dearly loved maiden
six years Older, aud after layishing upon
her all his indulgent parent would give
him was coldly Tilted for more mature
dsvotec of fifteen. Fac ooy found his
rival and the girl together aui attacked
the hated one with knife, splitting
;mucl gore on ijacent space. the boys
were spanked with bamboo and the glrl
with leather strap, bat none of the trio
cvinced much penlteucs. 1t is swift
world and China see MS to be not lag sin.5
behind
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
THE MORMON TEMPLE.
Forty Years Work and IS. 600, 600
Represented In the structure.

Forty Years Work and So. 600, 600
Represented In the Structure.
The new Mormon Temple was defeated
few days ago at Salt Lake City. Utah, in
the pressncs OF a multitude Of people.
This sits for the temple wa selected On
July %. ls47, the fifth day after the Mormon
pioneers eotsrei Great Salt Lake Valley.
90 February 8, 1853. ground was broken
and 25) men put TO work on the excavation.
When Johnston's army came through in
1855 the foundation Of the tsmpls was sn-
tireIy covered with earth. and the people
moved south from Salt Like for time.
-Four years Afterwards this work was re-
sunei. The capstons was laid on April 9,
1879 Ths building Is js5< feet long and
thirty mine feet wide. Wish the six towers,
IL covers an ARA Of 81. $50 square feet The
foundation wall is sixteen fest thick and
sixteen feet deep. On this the granite walls
are nine feet thick on the bottom, and mar.
row 70 six fest at the square.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
TO OPEN THE FAIR.
President Cleveland Will Touch the

President Cleveland Will Touch the
Button in Vast Crowds Presence.
President Cleveland will touch of the
Worlds Fair on May 1 in the presence Of
from 100,000 to 100000 people. The cere-
monies will be held at the east front OF the
administration building. There was con-
siderable objection to the massing of so
large crowd, as it was feared they might
ruin the lawns and flower gardens but these
were overcome.
A substantial platform Just in front Of the
administration building will be connected
with Machinery Hall so that President Cleve-
land will only have to step TO the speakers
table to touch the button. 1t is proposed to
mass all the electric launches, gondalas and
other water craft in the basin and in front
OF the building.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
DYING BY HUNDREDS.
In Some Villages People Have STOPPED
Trying to Bury All the Dead.

The famine in tbs European part Of tho
Government OF Perm, in Russia, Is worse
than ever before. The poor are dying by
hundreds.
In the smaller villages the people have
ceased trying 70 bury the bodies Relatives
of the dead are often too weak to proyids
burial for their dead, and 50 leays the bod
ies lying on the roof Of their houses.
Despite the severity Of the law against
secret societies and the prohibition q the
collection OF funds save through officials.
private associations are forming % secure
food and clothes for the sufferers. These
associations. although quite inadequate,
give the only relief which the peasants can
obtain.
The State Committee has been dissolved
and the provincial authorities have taken no
step TO roorganize Il.
II Is estimated that go, 00o, GEO pounds 81
grain would be required to alleviate the dis
tress and keep the peasants in food until the
next harvest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15

Says the San Francisco Chronicle: The
proprietors of one of the largest dry
goods houses in New York have bought
piece of property on Fifth avenue,
paying for it $615, 900. It is under.
stood that the purchase is merely an in
vestment, but it is probable that the
property will be utilized at some future
day for business purposes, as Fifth ave-
nue. is destined to be the great retail
street of New York in the near future.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-15
EARTHQUAKE In SERVIA.
Severe Shocks Devastats Villages and
Terrify the People.

An earthquake shocked most districts in
seryia, In Western servis the shock was es-
socially severe.
Along the Morayia River villages were de-
wasted and the people sprang from then
beds to run half-elothed to the fields.
In Eastern servia great assures vera torn
in:the earth. From Iiivadiea similar phe-
ncmena are reported Large streams of
warm water and yellow mud still dow from
the assures
Thousands of houses and many churches
have been wrecked. Public buildings have
been rendered too dangerous for occupancy.
In the districts where the heaviest shocks
we're felt the people fear 10 return to the viii
iases aud are living in the fields.