Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-24
THE NEWS.

steamer hester. His name appears on the
second cabin passenger list as James Gun
ningham. He was met at the quarantine by
Mr.. Kennedy and party of friends, who i'm
medately transferred him to a tugboat. -
Superintendent Anthony Chovet was arrested
In New York en- the charge of snugg ing silk
looms. Daniel Ford, Jr, of New York
while asleep, walked through the fourth-story
window and was killed-The boiler OF the
Ridgewood On. J.) Stone-crush:ng Worss ex-
ploded, killing the superintendent and injur-
ing others. The business portion of the
town OF Tillamok, Ore. was burned Several
Fires was started simultaneously, and it il
supposed to be the work OF incendiar es
The total loss is 500. 900 insurance half.
Attachments aggregating a46, 900 were filed
against the tennessee Oil Company Fire
destroyed the brick warehouse in Whining
ton, N. c., belonging to the Calder estate,
and falling wall crushed TO death Joseph
B. Willard. fireman. William Hipes. a
wealthy farmer, his wife and daughter, while
on their way to Craw fordsyile, Ind, were
struck by Vandalia train on road cross
ing. Hipes was killed, and his wife and
daughter were fatally injured. he wagon
was demolished and the horse badly hurt.
The jury in tn suit of Jennings against the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, in Scranton, gave
the plaintiff verdict for $4,000. Jennings
was injured in the Mud Run disaster in 1888,
and his case was the only one that had not
been settled by the railroad He wanted
eco 900, and refused all overtures toward a
settlement. Clayton, an ex-actor and
theatrical manager, who escaped from the
Amityville Insane Asylum, New YORK, few
days ago, was returned to that institution,
having been recapiured and again adjudged
insane. The lightning express on the
Western and Atlantic Road ran into a freight
train near Barlow, thirty miles from Atlanta.
AMI killed c. o. Jackson. a train hand.
Several others were hurt. Both trains were
badly broken up.--The coal-breaker OF tee
Mid Valley Coal Company, located near
Mount Carmel Pa, was destroyed by fire,
together with the superintendents office. The
breaker had a capacity of two thousand tons
day. The coliiery product was shipped
over the l.ehigh Valley Railroad
An unsuccessful attempt was made to rd
a Missouri, Kansas and Texas tran neM
Moran. Kansas. -Dr. A. H. King. a yeterin-
airy surgean of nat .onal fame, is dying at
tn mcinnati Hospital as the result OF an
assault by James Welton, a park policeman.
The troubSe arose over the election OF a dele
gate at a oliticll primary. Frank Cannon
aged fourteen, stabbed and fatally wounded
his brother Edward at their home in Coving-
ton, Ky. Frank came lone at noon and
quarreled with Edward because he was not
working. The brothers went into the back
yard to fight it out. Frank drew his pocket
knife and stabbed Edward in the side. "A
road agent made an attempt to hold up a
stage coach near Jackson, Cal, and killed
of Carlisle, Pa, placed his neck across rail
near Monahan, Texas, and was killed by a
train. The liabilities of S. Bonham, the
banker who failed in Fairfield, H., are in this
neighborhood of $l25,000, with assests equal
to more than that amount. 1t is thought tho
large merchandise store is included in tbs
assignment "A bad wreck occurred on the
Central bridge over the Tonawanda Creek,
near Batavia, n. Y. An easthound freight
stood on the bidge, when another eastbound
crashed into it. Many cars were telescoped,
and abo 1t one hundred head of live stock
were killed. Fire started in the wreck, but
was extinguished by the firemen j. II.
Harris, of the Lubrlcat 'ng Company of Min
neapolis, was killed by two burglars who hal
been discovered by him in his parlor. IL
attempted to seize them, and was shot twice
Four br theirs named Wright were killed
by lightning near Adrain, Mo. b shop Tay-
lor, OF Africa, has sent an appeal to Secre
tary Gresham asking the government to in
terfere in the attempt on the part of France
to grab the ivory coas. OF Liberia. Stock
holders OF the Nation ! Starch ; anufactur
ing Company received a notice that there
would be no dividend on the second pre-
ferred stock of the company. The double
decked ferry-boat F. 2. James, of the Col
lego Point and New York Ferry Company
boat was on her nine o'clock trip from New
York. There was no passengers or teams
on boarl -Theodore V. Van Heussn,
crockery msrchant for h .lt century 10
Albany, deI. He WAS born in Albany No
vember IL. 1918. The First National Bans
of Arkansas City, Ka lsas, failed. 10. Cot
tier & Son, New York diamond dealers
failed for 800, J5.-Mrs L. d. Curr,
committed suicide in Mason, Mich, and he
husband triei to do so. The Spanish car
avels reach ii L'Isl, Station. Iebe, The
village was bsautlfull de 3oras Il with flag;
and bunting in honor OF sie e.eat, an a
the vessels cane into port th were .luts
by voIleys of muskesry AMI cIanon.
L. b. Deaton, farmer living on Tugalo
river. which forms the boundry line between
Georgia and Sonth Carolina. killed farm
hand named Johnson, by shooting him with
shot gun. collins, Graysol 4 Co., fruit
importers in savannah, were burned out.
Loss Sl2, COO partially insured.-Joe Mast,
butcher employed at q. Volland meat
shop in GAINESVILLE, Ohio. committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head. This is the
second suicide of butchers employed in this
shop within a month. No cause assigned.
Miller +. Long, farmer of Napoleon,
Ohio, was fatally stabbed by his sixteen year
old on.--May Colvin, the horse thief, was
captured on the Kansas boundary line
Fire started in the big livery stable of Ed
ward Nicholson in Leonardville, Kan, and
1t was very quickly destroyed, together with
fourteen horses, among which were two valu-
allie stations. The fire got beyond control
and swept away an entire block OF stores.
comprising half the business portion OF the
town. The loss viii reach $50, 900. Miss
Bridget Ryan, who owned farm near II Ms
da e, y. y. was murdered. One of her en-
ployes Is suspected Chen Ole Lum,
special ambassador from China to the United
States, arrived in San Francisco. a young
man of the name of Clauds Hartmen, while
walking on the railroad track near Factory-
Vile, Pa, was struck by a train and fatally
injured. The Brooklyn paper mill, owned
by II Philip Il Co., was destroyed by fire
The company has been in the hands of re-
eeiver for the pas two weeks. and since then
the works had been shut down. How the
Ore originated is a mystery.