Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-09-23
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. Sent. Is.


The paid admissions at the Worlds fair
yesterday were $4,000.
Secretary Herbert left Washington last
night for his home in Alabama, where he
will remain until the middle Of next week.
Royal Phelps Carrolps yacht Navahoe
defeated the Prince Of Wales yacht Brit
ANNA il the race for the Brenton's reef
cup.
Near Hopkinsville, KY, the boiler of a
portable engine exploded, killing Nat Nc
kee, prominent farmer Jim Crutch-
field, a negro, was terribly burned.
At st. Louis the supreme council Order
of Chosen Friends elected these officers:
Councillor, H. H. Morse, of New York; as
sistant councillor, C. NJ. Arnold, Califor-
mia; vice councillor, ]. B. Stubbs. Texas.
Saturday, Sept. 10.
The paid admissions at the Worlds fair
yesterday were l56,659.
The new White House baby will be
known hereafter as Esther"
The town Of Villa Carras, Spain, was
swept by cloudburst, sixty persons being
drowned
Yesterdays storm did great damage TO
property and crops in New York and
Pennsylvania.
The president has named DIR. Charles H.
Hazeltine, of Michigan, for consul at
Milan, Italy.
The Pennsylvania building at the
Worlds fair has been presented to the
Chicago Naval academy.
Monday. Sept Is.
Ex-senator Warner Miller is danger
ously i'll at his home in Herkimer, N. Y.
Natural gas in paying quantity, 1t Is
said, has been struck in Monroe county,
Pa.
Josiah Quincy has withdrawn his resig-
nation as chairman OF the Massachusetts,
Democratic committee.
The Portuguese government will send
another warship to Rio Janeiro to protect
its Portuguese residents
Depressed by ill health w. H. Droste,
deputy marshal of police at Baltimore.
killed himself by cutting his throat.
The 100 mile race for the Cape May cup
between the Britannia and the Navahoe
resulted in victory for the Britannia by
SO min. % sec.
Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The Austrian army maneuvers al Guens
are participated in by $4,000 men.
A mob that surrounded the Jail at Dan
Vile, Va, intending to lynch Charles
Allen, a negro ravisher, was dispersed by
the militia.
Charles Sexton pleaded guilty to the
murder Of Sue Cooper AT Wilmington, N.
c., and was sentenced to thirty years inn
prisonment
Two masked men entered the ore house
of the Little Johnnie mine at Leadviile,
Colo, overpowered the Waterman and
escaped with 5000 worth of ore
The onehundredth anniversary OF the lay
ing of the corner stone Of the national
Capitol was celebrated yesterday. There
was an imposing parade, followed by ad-
dresses by President Cleveland, Vice Pres
ident Stevenson, Speaker Crisp and Asso-
eiate Justice Brown, and an address by
William Writ Henry, OF Virginia
Wednesday, Sept. 20.
The paid admissions to the Worlds fair
yesterday were III, sos.
The will of the late Frederick L. Ames
contains no public requests.
Count Won Soden has resigned the gov
ernorship of German East Africa.
There ARE nineteen cases Of yellow fever
In Brunswick, Ga, according to latest re-
ports.
AShEinceh Audppt VINO WAS hnOt IN tno
Lake Shore train robbery at Kessler, Ind,
is in danger of death.
The crown prince OF Austria is en- route
to the Yellowstone park and the Worlds
fair from Revelstoke, D G.
The remains Of ex-President Polk aud
wife were removed yesterday from Polk
place to Capitol Hill, In Nashville, Tenn.
Thursday, Sept. Ell.
The paid admissions at the Worlds fair
yesterday were l5s,42S
Secretary Gresham left Washington yes
terday to pay "a short visit To Chicago, and
Congdon, Ind.
Bishop Brennan, of Dallas, Tex, has
been appointed by the pope auxiliary
bishop of St. Johns, n. +.
During the month of August there were
BIS deaths in Havana, of which number
ninety were caused by yellow fever.
The prize fight at New Orleans last
night between Van Hest and Napier for
purse OF 5000, was won by Van Hest In
the twenty-eighth round