Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
THE NEWS.

An eastbound Uni Pacific express AMI
passenger train ran into an open switch
twenty miles west of Evanston, Wyo. They
were going at top speed, and a bad wreck
resulted. B. T. Gay, a postal clerk, was
killed. Engineer l. thridge was seriously
scalded. -Roe ert Springer, born slave in
Newcastle, Del, in It'll, and, consequently
one hundred aad nineteen years old, died
near Morgantown, Pa.-Michael Walsh,
ten years ef age, while picking coal unier
some railroad cars at Scranton, Pa, was
caught beneath the wheels by an engine
humping against the cars, and was instantly
killeI-Thomas McAudrews, whils walk
Ing on the Ontario and Western Railrt ad
t:ac':s near Scranton, Pa, was struck by
passenger train and killed George A.
Baird, the English millionaire sporting man
died in New Orleans, of pneumonia, the re-
suit of exposure and issipatioD.-By an
order from the board of directors at Slang
hal China, the Sheridan Mendoza silver
mines, at Telluride, Col, employing about
three hundred and fifty men, were cl sed
down. These are tae largest mines IN that
section of the state. They are ownsd by
III SnAHd+ Auc hlAt6 VAL lo-
main closed until silver advances sufficiently
to make them pay. Ruiz Sandoval, the
notorious Mexican rebsl, arrived in Panama
from Nicaragua. He was arrested by the
police, taken to Colon, and put aboard The
Steamer which sailed Tor New York, without
being given q chance to protest.
Jacop K. Dundore, captain of a coal
barge shot AMI killed JOAN Cross who, he
says, was trying TO break open trunk ON
the barge, which was lying in the river near
Elizabeth, N. 1.-The Kinyon and the
Jones blocks in Osweso, N. Y, were de-
stroyed by fire. A number of corporations
were burned out, including C. A. Tanner &
Co., hardware dealers, and the Western
Union Telegraph office. Loss SIS 600; parti-
ally insured.-The Westinghouse, Air
Brake Company has declared a quarterly
dividend of five per cent. and an extra
dividend of five per cent. This mems the
distribution of $500, G00.-Fire destroyed
the Newton (Ala) Inn, pc tcffice, town ia
and five stores. The total loss is IS 200.
insurance SIS, 000.-Patrick Casey, ward.
master at the Baltimore and Ohio depot in
GAINESVILLE, was instantly Ii led by being
run over by an engine. He WIS in the act
OF jumping on the moving engia, when he
lost his footing, and b fore the ocomo i've
could be stopped lie was ground to pieces.
The Alamo Hotel, at { orado Springs,
was almost entirely destroyed by fire. The
loss is $40, 900, The guests escaped from the
burning building amid much excitement.
Fire destroyed fifty small bmrn'uss, &c
cuped by the poorer elias 'es of Eureka
Springs, Ark. The total los is about 49,
0 o. Tue fire was caus d by a detective fus
in the house occupied By w. o. Brodie.-
The east-bound Erie passenger train No. 10
was run into By No. TO- another passenger
train, at Lac AWAKEN, twenty-three miles
w st of Port Jervis. The rear Pullman
sleeper was demolis e !, an ten passengers,
the occupants of the C, ach, were injured,
some of them seriously. No. IL was waiting
at tie station for a locomotive to replace
ona which was disa led. The other cars were
uninjurel, and TO passengers in them were
hurt.--1he bull ling of the Turnverein. of
rnt.er or, n. j., was destroYel by Gre, and
several perso s were radly hurt.-Resi-
deuts Of Brundige Ala, lyEchgd Tom Brun-
son, IL colored rape fend.--Harland Muir
ray, after dispute with his wife, in St.
Louis, attempted TO shoot her. The bullet,
Instead, struck and killed his sixty-fve- YEAR
old mother, who attempted to shield her
daughteF-in law from the jealous mans fury.
Two / ittsburr, Pa, hunters named Au-
gust Stanley aud Hln:y Johnson. members
o: Tic Pittsburg Club, who have Stub
house on the Kankakee River, was drowned
near Horse Shoe Bead, on the Knnkakee
River File supposed to have been started
ny trarnps, destroyed tho building On the
hae Dycns estate, near Eliz both; N. j.
The sentence Of Wal AMI Tom Whitsop,
nurderers, who were to hang at Blkeryillc,
\ C., March 9th, hays been COMMITTED by
Governor Carr 10 III rty yea in thu pens
tentiary.
The house of Benjamin. File scher, who lives
in the southwestern part of Jackson
county, Kan, was totally destroyed by fire.
rs three children were probably fatally
! burned In end. avorinI TO rescue them, Mr..
| FIejscher's hands AMI arms were almost
burned to a crisp.-During a terrible thun-
| derstorm Lightning set flee to 10 tales of
! open cotton in the Social Mill, in Woon-
! socket, r. |. Much OF the cotton was rem
! derei useless, and the | ,ss Will be several
thousand dollars. E F. c. Young, OF
Jersey City; Jeremiah O'Rourke, of Newark,
and Bernard Naughton, have formed cor
| nora.i, n to be known as the Consolidated
Traction Company. They have an author-
lied cap tai stock of SIS COCO 0 and the pur-
pose is to consolidate the tracti N companies
of Jersey City and to build branches to New
ark and ether surrounding towns. Samuel
and VIM. Conrad are in Jail at Corydon,
| Ind, charged with parricide.-Mr. ]. S.
| F.ickinger, the successful managing editor
| of the Ohio ate Journal since 1887, has re-
signed the position to eccept that Of man
ager of the American Press Association in
New York. D. l. Bowersmith city edito-,
has bsen promoted to the vacancy.-
Deputy Sheriff Whale, who has been
familiar figui around the Tombs in New
| York, is dead, another victim to the iuclem-
ent weather attending the inauguration cere.
monies at Washington.