Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-09-08
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS

| base man OF the New orleans UaseOalA
club, was fatally shot by negroes in row
up town.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 81 - Nine hundred
men employed by the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad In this struck yesterday ar
ternooI. The strike was caused by the ~
per cent. reduction in wages.
DENNIsoN, Tex, Aug 3l.-At Caddo, L.
T, United States Marshal Folsom shot and
killed Captain Key Durant, leader Of the
Indian militia. Whisky was the cause
More trouble is likely 10 follow.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. ga local
Rvclonic storm blew down a small church
on STATIONS Ranch, four miles from Gle
burn, and wounded twenty-one persons,
broken limbs being the most serious
injuries.
WHEELING, W. Va, Sept. 2.-Fire broke
out last night in the Virginia House, at
Elizabeth, W. Va, completely destroying
the hotel. The stores Of Clinton Kelley
and Thomas Foster were also partly
burned. Loss, 10000; no insurance.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 31.-W. 5. Morris,
assistant treasurer Of the Georgia railroad,
yesterday shot a negro by the name OF
Matthias Tuner for indecent exposure be
fore Morris wife, mother and other ladies.
1t Is thought the negro will die. Morris
was released on bail
SAN ANGELO, Tex, Aug. 3l.-At Next
can dance near Sonora, Sutton county,
Pedro Martinez stabbed and instantly
killed Miss Maria Gonzalez respectable
young girl for refusing to join him in a
dance. A crowd pelted him with stones
and there is little hope Of his recovering.
WILMINGTON, n. c., Aug. 3l.-The
three masted schooner Carrie L. Godfrey,
OF Philadelphia, from Charleston for VIII
mington, Del, with cargo of acid phos-
phate and nitrate soda, put in at South
port yesterday leaking slightly and hav-
ing lost her sails. Two men, names not
given. were washed overheard and
drowned.
WHEELING, Sept AT Martins Ferry,
O., opposite this city, Policeman George
Murphy was shot and fatally wou nded by
William Wilson, an attacns OF Cook q
Whiteley's circus Wilson had disturb
ance with some boys, and Officer Murphy
placed him under arrest. Wilson then
fired three balls at the policeman, all OF
which took effect Murphy will die.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8.-Bernard hlotz,
the large cracker manufacturer, and his
sou BtEudEu hlONL, IT., ldob II Az " AZ
down to the Olympic club, and meeting
A. Scholl, president of the club, opened
fire on him. seriously wounding him.
Scholl was seat TO the hospital and both
the Klotz locked up The shooting was
the elimination OF long standing quarrel
over business matters.
MEMPHIS. Sept 2-Etta Ivey, a respecta-
BILE colored girl, was outraged and muir
] 4 IL~ilIyarsp, nnfnriO1fs
negro and desperate and ex-convict. After
killing the girl Wilkerson mutilated the
body in a manner similar to the atrocities
practised by Jack the Ripper" Wilker-
son then fed, but he is being pursued by
more than a thousand negroes, who de-
clare that they will burn the brute at the
stake.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2-Cardinal Gibbons
has left for Chicago, where he will for
mally open the Catholic congress, which
will meet in that city next Monday. Dur
ing the congress the cardinal will read a
paper on "rhe influence Of the Catholic
church in promoting the moral and social
welfare Of humanity" From Chicago he
will 20 to Dubuque, where, on Sept. Il, he
will confer the pallium en- Archbishop
Hennessy.
MEMPHIS, Aug. S1-The Memphis and
Charleston railroad ordered q reduction OF
salaries to take effect on Sept. !, and for
some time the employees have been discuss
ing the subject The men made PROPOSE
ton to lend the company 10 per cent. OF
their wages until such time as the amount
could be paid. This was declined and
last night the machinists decided TO 20 on
strike. II is given out by the employees
that the strike will extend al along the
line
MEMPHIS, Sept IA special from Jack
sonville, Fla, says: Reports Of the dam
age by the storm in outlying districts are
coming in slowly. Ten bloated bodies OF
victims of Sundays cyclone were discov-
cred in drift fourteen miles from Jack
sonville The bodies were almost nude
and could not be identified The damage
to fruit trees and orange groves is enor-
nous. In many cases the trees are
stripped Of every vestige OF leaves and
fruit. Wires are down in nearly every di-
rection.
BRENNAN, Tex, Sept IA south bound
freight train loaded with merchandise was
wrecked and partly burned about ten
miles from here, on the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railroad. A prairie fire had
burned a long piece Of track, and as the
train came along NJ the rate OF thirty
miles an hour it dashed into a wide creek.
Jack Swanson, the engineer was killed
and Fireman Cameron and Brakeman
Ford were fatally injured. Two unknown
tramps were killed and number Of others
are reported to be in the ruins.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Aug. AT Morgaus-
field on Saturday George Delaney was
found guilty Of the murder Of Abbie De
laney and sentenced TO the penitentiary
for life. Ahbie Delaney was the wife Of
one day of Henry Delaney, George
brother, Henry being forced to marry her
after he had betrayed her. The night Of
the marriage a carriage containing Henry
Delaney, his wife, and father-in-law and
mother-in-law was fred into, Abbie De
laney was lied and her father, Taylor
Alineer, was seriously wounded.
BALTIMORE, Sept /. - A shipwrecked
crew has Just arrived in port on the pass
epper steamer D. n. Miller OF Baltimore
It is the crew Of the British ship Astoria.
The vessel was caught IN the hurricane OF
the coast Of South Carolina. For twelve
hours the members of the crew were
dashed TO the yards on the mizzenmast and
almost despaired Of touching land again
One Of the crew was struck by floating
timber and his leg was crushed like pipe
stem. All through the latter part of Mon
day afternoon they drifted helplesSly be
fore the blast, and when night settled
down the dangers Of the hurricane only
increased The terTors of that terrible
night Ia the storm will never be forgotten
The Astoria is a hopeless wreck. She
probably sunk soon after the crew was
rescued.
Furious Money Maniac.
WATERLOO, Ind, Sept. 2. - Samuel
Deetcrs- a hachslor. who lost consid cradle