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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Edward Ruark, father OF Rev.O. NJ.
Ruark, pastor of the NJ. +. church, OF
Williamsport, died on Wednesday of
last week at his home in Baltimore,
at the advanced age of eighty years.
A widow and nine children survive.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

TFz NAR7InsBuRd PEqALE
Entered AZ the POST Office AZ Martinsbure
~ Va, a. Second-Class Matter.l
a. ZIMMERMAN. Jsa Looal Eotroe
LITTLE LOCALS.
DAYTON is the man.
Thanksgiving next.
We are glad it is over.
Did you hear something drop
We have met the enemy--and we
are theirs.
Watch Tor the grand street parade
on Monday.
Spain has gained a victory. The
sinking Of the Maria Teresa.
The ware house of ]. II. Miller &
Sons has been given new coat oil
paint
Rev. Henry Thomas will preach in
Christ church, Bunker Hill, next Sun
day, November IS, at P, m.
and then the later returns came,
and the blow almost killed them.
Tremendous was the downfall.
Richards & Pringle' S. russo &.
Hollands Big Minstrel company at
the Central, Monday night, Nov. IA.
Charles Tdy Tor colored, was arrest.
ed for being drunk, and given hear
ing before Mayor PauldiuG. He was
fined ST.
The saloons were supposed to have
been closed ON election day, but a
number of them on a certain street
did a rushing side, door business all
day.
Was it not awful, our good Demo-
cratic friends, to whoop aud shout for
Iohn Tremendous when he was not
elected What good lungs we have,
now, too
The six-months-old son of w. A.
Bilodeau died on Saturday afternoon
at his home ON South Swartz street.
The funeral services were held at the
home on Tuesday morning
A revival will be started in the NJ.
E. church, South, tomorrow, (Sun-
day. Mr.. James Z. Schoolfeld, OF
Danville, Va, will be here and help
Rev. Ferguson conduct the services.
The barn of Mrs. Annie Washing
ton, near Winchester, was destroyed
by fire on Tuesday evening. A horse
and COW, farming implements, some
hay, grain etc, were also consumed.
John Turner and Hammond Hayes,
colored, were before Mayor Paulding
for fighting at the colored supper
held in the Central opera house. At
ter reprimanding them he left them
60.
Edward Ruark, father of Rev.O NJ.
Ruark, pastor of the NJ. F. church, Of
Wiliamsport, died on Wednesday OF
last week at his home in Baltimore,
at the advanced age of eighty years.
A widow and nine children survive.
Mrs. Jacob Gassman has returned
from Washington, where she took her
daughter to have her eyes operated
upon. One Of the little girls eyes
were so bad that she could not see out
oft. The operation was very sue
cessiul.
Mrs. Lucy Mcdonald, of North
Queen street, has cut from her flower
garden this fall ,945 dahlias of var
ious kinds and colors. They were
cultivated and attended to by Mrs.
Mcdonald in person. This is quite a
record and hard to beat.
Mrs. Ellen Powell, one of Shep,
herdstown's most respected residents,
died at her home in that place Sunday
evening. the result of stroke of par
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Alice Madeline, infant daughter of
II. D. and A. 6. Tucker, died on
Thursday and was buried Saturday
afternoon al 2 O'Clock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Good health is worth more than
anything else to you, and every bot
tie OF Hoods Sarsaparilla contains
GOOD health
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

The store room of MI c. II. Quen-
eel has been enlarged by removing
the partition in the building. 1t
adds greatly to the improvement of
the building, and now makes a large
and commodious room.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Dayton is the man.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

On Sunday morning last, No. 4, OF
the B. & O. was somewhat late, owing
to a journal on the engine burning
off near Cherry Run. A freight en-
CINE brought the train to this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Richards 81 Pringle s-Rusco & Hol-
lands Big Minstrel Company appears
at the Central Nov. II.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Mrs. Lucy Mcdonald, of North
Queen street, has cut from her flower
garden this fall ,945 dahlias of var
ious kinds and colors. They were
cultivated and attended to by Mrs.
Mcdonald in person. This is quite a
record and hard to beat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

The Dayton button is still in vogue
thank you aud we shall continue to
wear it. Seel
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

LITTLE LOCALS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-11-12

Mrs, Jacob Gassman has returned
from Washington, where she took her
daughter to have her eyes operated
upon. One Of the little girls eyes
were so bad that she could not see out
of it. The operation was very sue
cesstul.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
TULARE LAKE DRIES UP.
California's Body of Fresh Water is
Out of Existence.

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 17.-Tulare
lake has passed out of existence. Where
once there was a body of water in CEN
trail southern California more than 1000
square miles in area there is now only
a barren desert of mud, drying and
cracking in the heat of the desert sun
shine. For years this lake has been
known as the largest body of fresh
water west of the Rocky mountains.
1t was over eighty miles long and
about thirty-five miles across at the
widest point. Its depth was never very
great. From 1854 to 1872 the waters
of the lake changed very little in area.
1t was about these years that irriga-
ton was started in the valley around
Visalia and Bakersfield, and the shrink
age became very rapid. The King
river and Tulare river were tapped in
several places and the water that
would have gone into Tulare lake was
spread out over the dry pastures and
corn fields.
From 1872 to 1875 the shrinkage was
most marked. The southern end of the
lake contracted and took the form of
a creek. It narrowed until it was not
more than a mile wide, and had drawn
up from the southern end at least fif-
teen miles.
Between 1875 and 1880, when vine
yards began to be planted, the waters
shrunk up almost to the borders of
Tulare county. In 1882 they crossed it
and left Kern county altogether.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
REID FOR HAYS PLACE.
Perry Heath Tells LOndOners
What to Expect.

London, Aug. 1.-THE papers this
morning, while expressing regrets over
the departure of Colonel Hay, give
voice to satisfaction that he is going to
I'LL post which promises important re-
suits for Anglo-American relations. All
compliment him upon the splendid ser
vices he has rendered here. The Daily
News publishes an interview with First
Assistant Postmaster General Perry S.
Heath, in which he is quoted as saying
that nobody who understands the real
sentiment and desires of the American
people and the Mckinley administra-
ton can doubt the advisability of Col
Hays new appointment. LAS a mem
per or the government, said MI. Heath
Il violate no secrets in saying that the
people of the United States and Great
Britain are rapidly finding themselves
Col Hays London popularity makes
him popular at home.
That is a strange thing to say, looking
at past events, but it shows the trend of
opinion.
Then again, the questions with which
Colonel Hay will have to deal in the next
rev months are questions which he al
ready mas had large hand in as ambaSsa-
qor He viii look at them first through
tne eyes OF Europe and then as an Ameri-
can. In many respects 1 regard Mr.. Reid
as most likely to be Colonel Hays sue
cessor- His health is now better than it
that debarred him from that office be-
fore While there are some local reasons
why Mr.. Reid would be opposed in New
York, | believe that if Mr.. Platt's partner
commission he would agree to Mr.. Reid 5
going to London"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
INSURGENTS MUST OBEY.
Instructions to General Lawton are
Explicit.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE war de-
partment has posted the following re-
ply to an inquiry from Major General
Lawton, commanding the department
of Santiago for instructions as to the
policy to be observed toward the Gu
bans that are within his military de-
partment:
Commanding General, Department of
Santiago, Santiago de Cuba
Replying to your message for in
structions, the president directs that
you be informed that the United States
is responsible for peace and must main
tain order in the territory surrendered
and in your department must pro-
tect all persons and their property
within said Jurisdiction. Interference
from any quarter will not be permitted.
The Cuban insurgents should be treat
ed justly and literally, but they with
all others, must recognize the military
occupation and authority Of the United
States and the cessation of hostilities
proclaimed by this government See
the insurgent leaders and so advise
them.
BY order of the secretary of war.
"(Signed), H. c. CORBIN
'fAdjutant General %
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
FINDS HE CANNOT FIGHT.
Serviap Army officer Regarded as a
Pauper Immigrant.

New York, Aug. 17-Too late to carry
out his purpose of offering his services
to the United States in the war with
Spain, and with insufficient money to
prove his right of entrance here, First
Lieutenant Peter JovanOwics, who was
decorated by King Milan of Servia for
bravery in the field, sat in a detention
room in the barge office today and bit
terly bemoaned his fate. He arrived
here yesterday on the steamship Pre-
toria from Hamburg with $40 in his
pocket, only to find that the war had
closed, and that he was regarded by
the immigration bureau as a possible
pauper.
he has served in the Servian army for
fourteen years. He was a cavalryman
and during his career in the army was
attached to the First Servian regiment.
He is of stoclxy build, with herculean
chest and shoulders, and his regular,
rather handsome features, peaceful
enough in repose, show great determ-
ination. He is an expert with the
broadsword and he served the Servians
in the war against Bulgaria, taking
part in five battles and in a score or
more SkirmiSheS.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
SNAKE STEALS THE EGGS.
New Jersey Farmer Sets Trap For
the Robber.

Trenton, N. J., Aug. 17-Farmer
Latham's hens nests were regularly
and mysteriously robbed. He came to
town and bought fifteen china eggs.
In his hen roost were sixteen boxes
in which the hens had made their nests.
He needed one more egg, but the mer-
chants supply was exhausted, so he
made an egg out of chalk, and that
night put the sixteen dummy eggs in
the nests.
The next morning before going into
the field to work he visited the hen
roost. When he looked through the
door he saw rolling around on the
ground an immense black snake, of the
species known as the racer. Its body
was covered with what appeared to be
large sweIlings, but which were in re-
alfty protuberances made by the farm
er's fifteen china eggs.
The chalk got the snake into trouble.
It stuck between the reptiles jaws
Mr. Snake performed all sorts of con-
tortions in a desperate effort to find re-
lief That relief finally came. But it
was a death blow from maple plank
Farmer Latham tore from the hen
house.
A seven-foot snake skin is now tan
ming on Farmer Latham's woOdshed.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
LIVELY GAS TANK.
Tumbles and Rolls Through Chicago's
Crowded Streets.

Chicago, Aug. IA harmless look
ing metal tank filed with oxygen gas
stood in the end of a dray which was
slowly moving south on Fifth avenue.
The tank was transformed into a siz-
ling and writhing monster, and gave
a fat policeman a merry chase down
Washington street and was spreading
terror and CONSERVATION among the
pedestrians who happened to be in the
immediate neighborhood. In brief the
tank had run amuck-
1t ali happened because the tailboard
of the dray dropped out The dray jolt
ed over a car rail and the tank dropped
out into the street. The fall loosened
the stop cock on top of the tank and SO
great was the pressure of the oxygen
gas that the metal receptacle began to
tents were poured forth. From writh-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
STANDS UP FOR KANSAS
Professor olin Prepares Information
for Reniebted Ohioans

Professor A H. Olin of Lawrence,
who has gone on a visit to his old home
in Ohio, carries a card upon which ap-
pears the following facts pertaining to
Kansas:
l. The geographical, Industrial and
mining center of the United States.
2 She only raised 50,000,000 bushels OF
wheat and 100000, 900 bushels of corn in
1897.
3. She sells her salt from Klondike to
Cuba, from LuzOn to Porto Rico.
4 She has 15S, 900 acres of home grown
forests.
trees.
6. She has the largest apple orchard in
the world
borders, but drug stores-Say!
8. She has $50, 900 national guards and
politicians to spare.
g. She has $3.50, 900 voters, is the Alpha
and will be the Omega of Populism.
10. Since 1851 she has only found time
to build 1000 churches and 5000 school
houses.
IL Kansas exports more good teach
ers to the square mile than any other
state in the Union, while she employs
10000 to guide her 100000 pupils up the
hill.
12. She has one poet, 500 would-be's.
and one of the greatest song writer's in
America
18. The cyclone has left her borders
for eastern tearups.
IA She has deported her grasshop-
perS, eXrermInat6d her ch1ncnDugSs ana
sent her boommakers to LuzOn.
Is. She has 1000 miles more railroad
than Ohio.
Is. Too bad her debt is only one
ninth of Ohio's debt and that she is re-
deeming her debts and paying off her
mortgages.
IT, She is the home of the Santa Fe,
the greatest railroad in the world.
Is. She has 200, 900 prosperous farm
ers and $4,000 happy merchants.
19. She has the greatest zinc mines
and smelters in the world
20. Her difficulties are being over
come and she is climbing to the stars
of progress, peace and prosperity.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Miscreants Try to Blow Up a
Whole Family.

Chicago, Aug. 17.-An attempt was made
last night to take the lives of John Hill,
Jr., his wife and two children, by explod-
ing heavy charge of dynamite against
Mr.. Hills residence in Belmont, suburb
of this city. None of the family suffered
injury, although the frame and sash of
the window where the explosive was
placed were blown with great force into
the bedroom where Mr.. Hill was sleeping.
The perpetrators placed the missile by
means of a pole of sufficient length to
reach the second story windows. On the
end of the pole vas attached a stick of
dynamite or a bomb. A slow fuse was
attached and the explosive was so ar
ranged that it was directly against the
the east side of the house, the bedroom
usually occupied. by Mr.. Hin and his wife
ed if not executed by. race track men.
against whom Mr.. Hill, as an officer of
the Civic Federation, has conducted a
crusade. Mr.. Hill is a fell known board
of trade operator.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
PLATT MACHINE PLANS.
Arranges to Embarrass Black if He
Does Not Obey Orders.

New York, Aug. 17.-Senator P1att,
Chairman B. B. Oden Of the Republican
state committee and Chairman LemueI
Ely Quigg of the Republican county
committee agreed upon a programme
at Manhattan Beach today, which, they
expect, their machine followers Will
help to carry Qua.
The scheme contemplates having
President Mckinley appoint either
Chauncey NJ. Depew or Levi P. Morton
ambassador to England, make Ben
jamin F. Tracy one of the Spanish
American peace commissioners, and
promises the development of still more
candidates for governor to embarrass
Black and a, warning to the governor
that he must either suspend Superln-
tendent Aldridge or make absolute ana
public disownment of the $2,OOO,OOO
canal steal.
It was agreed also that the Republi-
can state committee should be called
together at the Fifth Avenue hotel next
Saturday, and that the state conVen-
ton shall be held at Saratoga Septem-
ber q.
Colonel Astor has been pressed upon
Senator Platt by hs political parent,
Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott, as a
candidate for governor. Astor mas
many millions and has been under IRE
as a member of General Skaters stan.
He will have anti-Black votes in the
state convention.
When RooseveIt's name was men
toned at tOday's conference some one
in the party remarked: Roosevelt
would run like a scared dog, and as
governor he would be as crazy as a
scared dog"
Senator Platt made no comment. Col.
Lowell H. Jerome, who has been watch
ing ROOSevelt'S boom, declared PIatt
would have to accept Roosevelt whether
he wished him or not. Just wait until
/ Roosevelt is able to get out of quaran-
| tine at Montauk Point" observed the
! colonel, "and he will get the grandest
reception this city has ever seen.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
CRUELTY TO SOLDIERS.
Private Mulkey, Carrying Eleven
Wounds, Tells Tale of Horrow.

Joplin, Mo, Aug. ia terrible tale
of hunger, hardships and neglect of
wounded soldiers is told by Private
Henry Mulkey of the Twelfth United
States infantry, who is here on sick
leave, recovering from eleven bullet
wounds received at Santiago.
Private Mulkey was put aboard the
steamer Cherokee July 5, to return
home, and he says he then got the first
food he had had for nine days. He
says many of the doctors and nurses
on board were drunk, and the wounded
received little or no care until they
reached Fort Mcpherson, Georgia. He
says they were obliged to lie on the
decks of the ship with only their shoes
for pillow; that they had no blankets,
the Cubans having stolen everything.
Several shocking instances of the cruel
treatment given the wounded are re-
lated by Private Mulkey.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
CASINO OPENS.
Topeka's New Summer Amusement
Temple Dedicated With "America-"

America was given last evening in
the Casino at Garfield park. It was the
formal opening of the new structure. Not
withstanding the threa tening weather, a
crowd of over 500 people attended the first
performance.
America as presented at Garfield
park, was a snowy spectacular prOduc-
ton. The historical events of the United
States were pictured in tableaux and in
action, and the audience was enthusiastic
in its apprecia ton of the effort.
Over 400 people take part in America,
which makes it a gigantic undertaking
to mg aage. Mrs. E 3. Meredith has had
charge of it, and much credit is due her.
MarshaWs band furnished the music for
the entertainment and also gave choice
concert of classical and popular selections.
The 9, A K posts of Topeka took part,
as did also the Confederate veterans, bat
terry B, the First Regiment Trumpet corps,
the Red Men of America, the A. o. U.
W. lodges, POcahOntas tribe, the White
Squadron of the K. and L. Of s., and
many others.
The tableaux were especially well ar
ranged and ELECTED frequent applause. The
drills of the degree teams were appreciat-
ed also.
The new casino at Garfield park fills a
long felt want 1t is a commodious
structure, being 70 by 40 feet. The stage
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17

is 40. by IS feet, and can be used for
dancing parties.
The Seating portion of the Casino is %
by 100 feet. - The seats are arranged with
three aisles and are on an incline, which
gives spectators clear view of the stage.
1900, although it will hold 1,SOO when
crowded and in case of lectures. where
the stage can be used. the capacity can
be increased fully one-half.
The stage is especially well arranged.
There are three large dressing rooms at
either side and large doors through which
horses can be driven for plays where
horses are used.
The stage is lighted by eight footlights
and twelve border lights. The auditori-
um of the Casino is lighted by four arc
lights.
'tAmerfca'' will be given at the Casino
tonight and Thursday night
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
WORRY OVER PHILIPPINES
Silvela's Organ Wants the Cortes
Summoned

Madrid, Aug. 17.-EI TEMPO, the
organ of Senor Silvela, leader of the
Dissisdent Conservatives, continues it's
demand for a convocation of the cortes.
alleging that while the cortes could not
change the terms of the protocol, it
may be able to influence the course of
the negotiations regarding the Philip
pine islands.
The word control in article III, of
the protocol, is translated by FL TEMPO
as signifying intervention similar to
Great Britain's OCCUPATION of Egypt
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs Ada e.
Hart of Groton, s. D: Was taken with
a bad cold which settled on my lungs;
cough set in and finally terminated in
consumption. Four doctors gave me up
saying I could live but a short time.
gave myself up to my Savior, determined
If could not stay with my friends on
earth, I would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery. for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took
in all eight bottles. 1t has cured me, and
thank God I am saved and now a well
and healthy woman" Trial bottles free
at Swift & Holidays drug store Reg
ular size soc and 81 Guaranteed or price
refunded.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
GORMAN DECLINES.
Refuses a Place on the Peace Com
mission.

Washington, Aug. lit is under
stood that the president has rendered
to Senator German, of Maryland. a
place on the peace commission and that
he has declined the offer. The presi-
dent now, it is stated. is looking about
for another Democratic senator to take
the place of Senator German, the pres
ident being desirous of securing a Dem
ocrat from the upper house of congress.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
HAVE THE MURDERER.
Police are Positive That They Have
the Slayer of Miss Reynolds.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE police were
so positive that in Doctor Samuel ].
Kennedy, dentist, they have the muir
dereR of Emiline c. Reynolds. who was
found dead in a room of the Grand
hotel that Captain Price, of the West
Thirtieth station made an affidavit in
the west side police court today charg-
ing Kennedy with homicide. He was
held without bail for examination on
Friday
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
French sugar Bountv.

Paris, Aug. 17.-In conformity with
the law passed April Z, 1897, NJ Faure,
the president, has decreed that after
September 1. of the present year, a
bounty shall be granted on refined
French native colonial sugars, intended
for export as follows, per hundred lxiIos
First grade, 2.42 francs; second grade,
2.77, and third grade. 8 IL
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
$4,000 FOR SONS DEATH.
MI. and Mrs. George E. Legg Sue the
Santa Fe.

The Santa Fe railroad was yesterday
made the defendant in a damage suit
brought in the district court in Kansas
City by George E. and Eliza. Legg, who
ask that a judgment of $4,000 be award
ed them for the death of their son,
Chester A. Legg, who was killed at
Twenty-first and Jarboe streets on June
last.
The boy had been stealing a. ride on a
freight train, and was put off by one of
the trainmen. He did not jump far
enough from the train and was hit on
the head by a swinging door and thrown
under the wheels. The allegations in
the petition are to the effect that the
train was running at too high a speed,
and that the employees had no right to
put the boy off without exercising or
dinary Judgment
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
spaniards Leaving Rapidly.

New York, Aug. III. NJ CebaIIos
the New York agent of the Compania
Transatlantica has received a cable
from Santiago de Cuba informing him
that four more steamship loads of
Spanish soldiers would sail from that
port to Spain this week and that all
the Spanish soldiers will have left San
tiago before SeptemberN1
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
Give the Children a Drink

Called Grain-O It is a delicious, appe-
tizing, g,nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like
the finest coffee but is free from all its
injurious properties. Grain-O aids di-
gestion and strengthens the nerves. It
Is not a stimulant but a health builder.
and children as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit Costs
about Il as much as coffee. Is and Csc