Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-11
BRIEF PiTHY PARAGRAPHS.

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BRIEF PiTHY PARAGRAPHS.
| Interesting New Items From All Over
the World.
The Viking left Chicago in command Of
| Captain Anderson.
| Seven new cases of yellow fever have
been reported at Brunswick, Ga.
President Carnot of France has finally
| decided to become a canlillte for re elec
| ton.
Daniel Weymouth fell in5o q coke fur
mace and was reduced to ashes at Nash
! vile.
Lieutenant Nancy, U. s. A., shot and
killed Captain Alfred He.lbers at Fort
/ Sheridan, Ills.
It has been decided that Canqla will no,
take part in the midwiater exhibition in
San Francisco.
The Consolidated Piedmont Cable com.
pany went into the hands of receiver at
| Oakland, Cal
The National Lancers of Boston will at
! tend the New Orleans carnival, which be
| gins Jan. % next.
| A murderess named Emile Zellman of
/ Prussia, Silesia, was executed at Berlin
by being Gecapitated.
the Spanards has been resumed. The
| Spaniards were victorious
George Zane, 0 years old, 23t North
Twenty-first street, Philadelphia was run
| over and killed by train.
The trial of Henry johnson charged
with the murder of Michael Burh, wal
commenced in Camden, n. j.
1t was said at London that Russia had
made treaty with France to oppose the
advance of England in Morocco.
The New York police are busy with a
number of cranks who have been threat
ening various people in the city.
Mary Connolly of II Jones street at
tempted to hang herself in the Fourth
district police station, Philadelphia.
The Atlas line steamer Arden. 542 tons
trading between Kingston, Jamaica. and
outports. is reported ashore and wrecked.
The suit of G. W. Appleton, the lecturer
agent of London, against Henry NJ. Stan
ley has been settled privately out of court
The great mosque at Damascus was de
stroyed by fire. together with surround
ing buildings. This loss will be 5000
| coo.
Engineer Andrews of Petersburg, Va,
and Il. Bland, a laborer, were killed in
collision on the Norfolk and Western
road.
| New Jersey Baptist convention began at
| New Brunswick with 400 members in at,
tendance.
Charles Lundegger of Portland, Or
has been adjudgcd insane LundeggcT
wanted to kill United States Senator
Mitchell.
Thrown out of his cart at Gray's Ferry
road and Catharine street, Thomas Moore
of Philadelphia fell under the wheels and
was killed.
The Spanish gunboats attacked the
Riflians at Melilla and kept up a raking
fire all day. The loss to the Riflians was
/ considerable.
The Idle workmen of the Seventh Indi-
ana congressional district are preparing to
vote against the reelection of Congress
man Bynum.
Emperor Francis Joseph threatened to
name prime minister to succeed Count
| Taaffe at Vienna without consulting any
of the leaders.
Secretary Herbert received WORD at
| Washington that the cruiser Detroit has
arrived in Brazilian waters and is now
with the fleet at Rio.
/ George Ferguson, a young white man
| employed on the Norfolk and Western
! railroad, fell under the cars at Roanoke
Va, and was killed.
An ecclesiastical committee has begun
| investigating charges against Rev. DIR
! Irvine, who has resigned as rector of st.
James church, Philadelphia.
| 1t is generally believed at Madrid that
the loss to Spain by saturday battle with
the Riffians was much greater than the
! governments reportindicates.
J. X. Payne farmer of Winston coun-
| W Ala, who testified against number
| of Illicit distilers in the Nashville dis
trict, was ridded with buckshot.
/ The dead body of Julius Buckling,
/ teacher of German in the public schools,
at st. Paul was found floating in the
river at the foot Of jackson street
Lieutenant Louis De Cloth. French
naval officer well known in New York,
has been challenged by Thomas Watson,
| "A young Scotchman, to fight duel.
Frederick T. Day. president of the bro
ken Plantation bank, pleaded not guilty
/ to some new indictments found against
| him. He was released in 81 900 bonds
I Airs, Levi p. Morton has leased the
/ house formerly occupied by Senator Jones
! of Nevada in Paris. in order to supervise
the complete education of her daughters.
/ Alexander and Louis Landau have been
/ placed OH trial at st. Louis for the fourth
/ time for murder in causing the death Of
/ Miss Augusta Gobell ia running after her
After a weeks disappearance the bruised
/ corp vi w lillutl Ndfu OF HeDn ; Neck,
/ Pa, was found in the Delaware and Rari-
tan canal at Princeton Foul play is sus-
pected.
II is reported upon what seems to he
trustworthy authority that Senator Me
| Pherson intends to retire to private life
when his present term as United States
senator expires
Otto kempper's case against the New
York police commissioners for refusing to
print his name on the ballots as independ.
ent candidate for assembly, was decided
against him.
William Keelay was accidentally shot
and killed on Delaware, Laekawana and
! Western train between Hackettstown, n
j., and Washington by Express Mes
sengep Atwood,
The empress Of Austria recently saved
. Buda Pesth express from destruction
by removing pile of stones which OBJ
| structed the track, which she discovered
while she was out riding,
Emperor William, who previously or.
dered all the documents in the Hanover
gambling trial to be sent TO himself in
tends to take the severest measures TO
punish the officers found guilty.
The Franco Russian naval feteS have
disturbed the German officials and the old
hatred of the Russians has broken out
afresh. II is feared that the Russo German
commercial treaty is an impossibility
anthony Comstock has begun the sell (
ing of produce and other merchandise as
Summit, y. j., at low prices to show the /
merchants there how business can be con
Quoted without charging exorbitantly.
The trial Of Alexander aud Louis 4
Bandau charged with dragging to death
behind their carriage three years ago Miss I.
Augusta Towel began in the St. Louis 4
criminal court before Judge Edmunds.
4 man named Axtell had his arm blown 4
pff az Natailhgrg, W. Va. while atten.tt
ing to clean out hole with dynamite (.
partridge in it. Three lahorers near him Z
were seriously injured. One of them will !,
dia
At West Charleston W. Va, A. r.
Longston twitted John Fisher about a
cowardly eseapade, Fisher, who was
drunk, stabbed him five times, causing /
death in few minutes. Fisher was ar
rested.
A meeting attended by 90 900 people has I
been held in Malta to protest against the 4
action OF the Marquis of Ripon, secretary I
OF state for the colonies, in curtailing the 1
freedom of the archbishop of Malta Reso- 4
buttons were adopted and forwarded to {