Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-27
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday July 10.

William Oldham, a prominent Baptist
deacon of Ukiah, Cal, was yesterday SON
fenced to twelve years imprisonment for
stage robbery.
G. NJ. Wilkinson, charged with robbing
the Huntington (W. va) National bank
while its teller, was last night returned
to that city in custody.
By the caving In of sever trench at
Harrison, N. j., Anthony Ryan and
George Villadne were killed and two
Others fatally injured.
At Plaiston, suburb of London, Mrs
Robert Coombs, wife of the chief steward
of the National line steamship France,
was stabbed to death, while asleep, by her
sons, aged 10 and IL, because she punished
the younger.
Saturday, July go.
President Cleveland's third daughter
has been named Marion
Marie Barteri, the young italian girl
sentenced to elcctrocution for killing her
lover in New York, has been granted a
stay.
John B. Leconi, the mysterious window
smasher of Chicago, who has broken $15,-
600 worth of plate glass windows has been
caught. He is insane.
A prize fight between Australian"
Billy Murphy and Harry Sheldon, of
Seattle, Wash, bantains, has been ar
ranged for Aug 6 at Louisville.
Harry G. Green, 16 years old, is under
arrest at Boston for swindling hotels He
claims to be a University of Pennsylvania
student, and to live in Harrisburg.
Monday, July 22.
Fire in llnseed oil factory in Chicago
yesterday caused 800, 600 loss.
Miners of the Wilmington Qil.) coal
field will help the Indiana miners to re-
sist reduction in wages
A dispatch from San Salvador says that
several Hondurans and Nicaraguans have
been arrested and expelled from the
country.
On returning to China Grove, N c.,
after long exile after betraying niece,
M. z. Cline was sought by officers and
killed himself
Oliver Dudley, Nelson Trudeau, Peter
Rookie and Joseph layton, while crossing
the railroad in a carriage near Williams
town, Mass. were run down and killed by
a train.
Tuesday, July ga.
Tired of life, Clara johnson, aged 20
years, of New York, jumped off North
river pier, but was saved
The strike of the ingram carpet weavers
at Philadelphia continues, with prospects
cheering to the strikers.
Louis Schmidt, Jr., son of Milwaukee
grocer, was killed in prize fight near
that city. His slayer is as yet unknown.
Near Salem, O., Elisha Brigham was
killed and Charles Blythe and Jacob
Wishgert were badly injured by their
houses being struck by lightning.
The Utica mine at Angels Camp, CAL.
which has been yielding $500, 900 worth of
gold every month, is on fire. An ineffec-
tual attempt was made to smother the
flames.
Wednesday, July "a.
Mrs. John Artz, of Raush Gap, Pa, took
poison and died because her husband took
another woman to dance.
Miss Mary Barba, of Shamokin, Pa.
rubbed caustic soda on a mosquito bite,
and is dying of blood poisoning.
Four boys and girl, ranging in age
from to 10 years, were drowned while
sailing on Lake Dauphin, Manitoba.
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purchased by the Cuban revolutionary
party in New York, and will soon start
with a filibustering expedition.
George A. Holzer and Frederick Storms.
Chicago policemen, were convicted OF neg
lect of duty in not preventing election
frauds, and sent to prison for four and
and two years respectively.
Thursday, July 25.
Latest English election returns show a
gain for the Conservatives and Unionists
of eighty-one
The Chaplin Mining company, at Iron
Mountain, Mich, has advanced the wages
of its 900 employees 10 per cent.
Miners at Shamokin, Pa, are urging
semi-monthly payments, according to law,
which employers declare to be ''unconsti.
tutional."
James J. Corbett fell from bicycle at
Asbury Park yesterday and received in
juries which will prevent his training for
a fortnight o. more.
Thomas Foy, a laborer, was instantly
killed. and james Fox, a miner, was ia
tally hurt by a fall of rock in the Key
stone colliery, at Wilkesbarre, Pa