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An innovation in Sleeping Car Service
introduced by the
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

An innovation in Sleeping Car Service
introduced by the
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Commencing Monday, February
18th, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
will introduce a new feature in its
Sleeping Car Service, between Baltl-
more and Newark, Ohio, inaugural
ing what will be known as the
'.Ordinary'' Sleeping Cars, in addi-
tion to the regular Standard Sleep
ing Cars. One of these cars will be
attached to Train No. I, leaving
Baltimore at 100 p. N. and arriving
in Newark 1922 a. m, next day, re-
turning on Train Nos. leaving New.
ark $50 p. m and arriving in Balti-
more 1858 p. m. next day.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
is the first line to introduce this SER
] vice. in the eastern territory for
special accommodation of the travel.
ing public. In these" Ordinary "Sleep.
ers the Pullman rate is reduced one.
half, so that passengers have the
choice of paying the higher Pullman
rate and occupying Standard Car OF
take advantage of the cheaper rate
and occupying the "Ordinary" Sleep.
er.
These cars are new, have been es-
pecially constructed for this service
and differ from the Standard Sleep
ing Cars only in being less elabor-
ately furnished. The seats are up
holstered in rattan, and the sleeping
berths, when made up, have all the
comforts and conveniences of the
Standard Cars.
Tickets will be on sale at regular
Pullman ticket offices handling bust
ness between these cities.
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BIG NEW YORK HOTEL FIRE.
Nothing Left Of the Magnifl-
cent Windsor.
TWENTY PERSONS LosT LIFE.
Man Threw Burning Match Among
Lace Curtains.

Man Threw Burning Match Among
Lace Curtains.
New York, March I8.-.Almost
in fash, Friday afternoon, the Win.
ds3r Hotel became a huge pyramid
OF flames that lowered a thousand
feet in the air. There is nothing
left OF the Windsor Hotel now.
At least twenty persons lost their
lives in the vortex of fame. nearly
two score we're injured, and many
others may be burned to ashes or
buried half charred, between hot
stones or twisted iron.
The hotel was full Of people, and
there are unaccounted for, rich
guests and poor servants, employees
and visitors, and fremen, to whom
an awful fate came while engaged in
the work of rescue.
When it began, the hotel was the
center Of huge holiday crowd. The
st. Patrick Day procession was
passing and people were packed on
the avenue. 1t seemed as though
grim death bad loaded big hall for
a holocaust.
John Foy, waiter, made the
following statement to Coroner
Bausch who will hold the inquest:
81 was walking through the cor
ridor on the second floor, near the
southwest corner, Fifth Avenue
side. just ahead of me was gen.
tleman who was staying at the ho-
tel.
"He struck match to lighta ci-
gar or cigarette. After getting
his light be shook the match to put
out the fame. Then he tossed 1t
it away.
"The match still lighted, fell into
the folds of lace curtain. The
curtain flared up, the flames jump
Jog almost at once to the ceiling.
"The man did not see the blaze.
I tried to put out the flames and
burned my hands. Then I ran down
stairs to send in an alarm"
The food on which the first tiny
tongne of fame fed upon, thereafter
developed one of the worst fires
New York has ever seen, were cur
tains as filmy as SPIDERS web and
rugs of value. Before the man could
ring an alarm the room was swept
by q wbirlwind of fire.
At the first alarm the police, who
had been keeping the way clear for
the procession, formed In two pla-
toons and swept the crowd back, par.
ade and all.
Meanwhile the hotel was vomiting
forth its population of q thousand
and maybe two thousand people.
AS in all big hotels the employees
are accustomed to sort of fire
drill, and Immediately ,porters. clerks
and walters went through the cor
ridors, hammeripg on doors and
arousing inmates to their danger.
The few lengths of hose belonging
to the hotel were licked up as If they
| had been tape.
Husbands and fathers trying to
save their wives and daughters were
common sights. Then came police
heroes intent on rescue, and fremen
to fight the fire where it was fiercest.
There was great heroism and
great horror. Men dared dreadful
death without finching.
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In + eebIo Health

Unable to Go ksr " ~cas
and Tired A: TaAe 1slses.
Cured ~ ssocd's f-4.i.:a.
!" For saa Tas. tonr years / lave been in
feeble health, and for serc years past,
owing - change CT climate, have rot
been able to do s.y work. / was nervous
and had tired feeling and was nader tie
treatment of physicians, but continually
grew worse. My husband insisted on my
trying Hoods Sarsaparilla and | finally
consented, and began taking it the first of
June, 1886. The first bottle did me SO
much good that / continued with It, aud
after taking four bottles and one bottle OF
Hoods Pills l am able to do my work,
and the tired, nervous feeling is entirely
cured.o his. G. n. Hos1A, Suwanee, Ga.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

Old Tom Reed is a pretty hard
hitter and striker very scientifcal-
". He didn't like the Presidents
act 10 letting Eagan of with full
pay, though relieved from position.
He wouldn't pay off "Joe" Wheeler
as an NJ. c., while serving as a
Major General. Gen. Shafter wrote
a letter denouncing Reed, and a
friend forwarded copy, expecting
scathing rejoinder aud a court
martial. Tom, didn't fly off the
handle. but simply acknowledged
receipt, and said he expected "Shaf-
ter was endeavoring to get a fur
Tough for life on full pay" Thus,
he struck, the President, Gen.
Eagan and Shafter, by one fire.
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humane Society Board.

Charleston, W. Va, March 90
Governor Atkinson appointed. the
West Virginia Humane Society
which was created by the recent
Legislature, viz: Mrs. John K.
List, of Wheeling, the patroness of
he act, and Mr.. Lingamfelter, of
Hedgesville, TO serve four years, and
Holly G. Armstrong, of Jackson,
and Rose Walthall Straley, of
Princeton, to serve two years.
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EXECUTOR's NOTICE.

The undersigned having qualified
as Executor of the will of Susan @.
Marker, deceased, hereby give notice
to those indebted to said estate to
come promptly forward and pay the
same, and to those holding claims
against said estate, if any such there
be, to present the same duly anthem
ticated for settlement.
GEO. W. RAINIER,
Exec'r of Susan G. Marker, decd.
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FIND THEM OUT.

Delegate Clshwa, from the Leg
islature, has taken his seat as a
member of the City Council. With
his presence in the Body, Attorney
johnson on the road, the Statesman
editor has a splendid opportunity,to
obtain all information for the Mayor,
Council and people, as to why the
bill for the funding Of, aud the act
for the issue OF bonds, failed to pass
the Legislature. Go ahead now;
let every person learn how it is
worked, not to have proper legisla-
ton, for home comfort?
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN THE DISTRICT CoUTr or THE
UNITED STATES
>roR>
THE DISTRICT or WEST VIRGINIA,
IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of Will
rupt.
To the creditors Of William e. Tebo, Of
Martinsbarg, IN the county Of Berkeley
and District aforesaid, a bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the 7th
day of March,, A. D., 1899, the said Will
liam e. Tebo was duly adjudicated bank
rupt; and that the first meeting of his
creditors will be held az Martinsburg in
the United States Court House on the
9TH DAY OF MARCH, A. D., 1899,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
JAMES D. BUTT,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Charles Town W. Va, March 10, 1899.
3-lS-2t.
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Mr. Rrran comnares the Jefferson

Mr.. Bryan compares the Jefferson
banquet to the Lords Supper, ard
says Perry Belmont is not in it.
Perry is sound currency man, and
Mr.. Bryan should consider the sill
yer business in and around the
Lords Supper and the cruciixion.
He might be half way exhorter,
but he must study his Bible better
before he can solidly fill even an or
binary pulpit and preach to thinking
people.
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Millionaire Shot Three Times.

Chicago, March 21-Jno. T.
Shanye, millionaire furrie: of this
city, was shot three times today by
FL. FL. Hammond, merchant tailor,
while the two were DINING together
at the Auditorium Annex. One of
the bullets lodged in Shayne's
shoulder. one in the thigh, and the
other in the hip. None will prove
fatal. Hammond was arrested
and refuses to talk. Domestic
trouble was the cause of the shoot
ing.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

The Republicans Of Grafton have
avenged the wrong done refusing
Mr.. Brohard seat in the House of
Delegates, by elcc;ing straight
Republican ticket for Mayor and
Council, with very large majority
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ro~Build a salt Palace.

Salt Lake, Utah, March 2I.-
Something new and fresh in the way
Of palaces is to be erected in this
city shortly. Cities in cold climate
erect ice palaces, bnt Salt Lake in
tends to put up salt palace.
Millions of tons of salt rock are
available, and committe is to com
plete arrangements 1t is said that
there are no difficulties in the way
of making this proposed palace en-
tirelY OF salt.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

Cumberland, March 22.-John
Jackson, colored miner of Iona
coming, was killed at Douglas, w.
Va, By Charles Bowman, who also
killed his wife. Jealousy was the
cause. Bowman found Jackson in
his house and killed both with a bed
Stat. He was arrested near West
ernport this morning.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

Parsons, w. Va, March 20.-In
a breach Of promise suit against w.
III. Stewart, in the Court OF this
county, Mamie Freil was awarded
twenty-five hundred dollars by the
jury. She sued for Eve thousand
dollars. Both are from DAVE, this
county.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

Hon. Charles Burdette Hart, U.
S Minister to COLOMBIA, and for
mer editor of the Wheeling Intelli-
eencer, has arrived home. He has a
leave OF absence for sixty days.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

If the measly little surplus of
seed sent out by the Agricultural
Department is to be the criterion OF
its work, then that portion OF it
should be abolished for the benefit
of the reputation of the remainder.
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SATURDAY, MARCH as, 1879.

London, Paris and Berlin have
been having their share OF rough
weather. Snow fell at each place
on Tuesday and was attended with
considerable wind.
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Poisoned Her Child.

Charleston, ". Va, March 21.-
The wife of Rev. G. A. Adkins, OF
near Racine, Saturday administered
concentrated lye to one of her child
rem and then took a quantity of the
stuff. herself. Mrs. Adkins is a most
estimable Christian woman, but
disease caused mental ALTERATION,
and she is not responsible for the
act. The mother and child are suff-
ering greatly, but it is thought that
both will recover.
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Also on the same day at
10 O'CLOCK,
at her late residence on Burke street
/ will be sold all her

at her late residence on Burke street,
will be sold all her
= PERSONAL PROPERTY,
consisting of household and kitchen
furniture, parlor furniture. carpets,
sofa. chairs, tables, bureaus. bedsteads,
falling-leaf tables, stoves, one double
heater; queensware, lamps, 2 safes,
tubs, buckets. window blinds, etc.
TERMS OF SALE All sums over
five dollars, six months credit will be
given by purchasers giving note with
approved security. Interest will be
charged on said notes from date, but
remitted if paid when due. Five dol
lars and under cash. No property to
be removed until settled for.
GEORGE W. RAINIER,
j. W. Dodd, Auctioneer.
212.0t
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NEW YORK OBSERVER.
What One Dollar VIII Sc
cure.

Established May, 1928, and now
almost T6 years old; the Oldest re-
ngioug news paper with continual
existence under one title. The New
York OBSERVER still stands IN the
front rank, and is the freshest and
foremost religious family newspa-
per. 1t IS valuable TO the Chris
tian family by reasons of what it
excludes as we'll as by reason of its
contents. Freighted with literary
treasure from all parts of the globe
ably commenting upon the religious
and secular events of the world, full
stimulus to the worker in every de-
partment of evangelical and beaeyo-
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things of time as we'll as eternity,
it meets the daily need OF the intel
ligent American household. With
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often containing forty pages, assort-
ing its contents into easyily accessi-
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work each week Of forty or more
skilled and enteataining writer's, and
ten times that number in the course
of year, it is noted for its vigor
and variety, its pith and points, its
freshness and force. For 1899, it
will excel its best record. New
writers and old ones are sharpening
their quilts for the benefit of OBJ
SERVER readers, and will make the
paper better than ever.
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\ GOOD BUSINESS
FOR SALE.

/ wish to dispose of my entire
stock as a whole, consisting of the
Picture Frame Business with all the
material and appliances necessary
thereto, together with gallery of
choice pictures. In connection with
it, the
Stationery Department.
Coed location, I2S N. Queen
street. There is money in the bust
ness if properly carried on. Clos
ing out to quit.
WIN. GERHARDT.
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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
FOR LITTLE MONEY.

For $40 cts. an Eyerblooming
Rose and 8 pkts. Flower Seed; or II
pkts, Flower Seed; or 10 Gladiolus
Bulbs. with Catalogue and Culture Di-
rections.
For 20 cts. "Surprise" Collection
Of 10 beautiful plants, all different,
without labels.
For so cts. all offers named in this
advertisement. ORDER TODAY.
WIN. b. REED,
Box As. Chambersburg, Pa.
2-25-tf
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PUBLIC SALE
or VALUABLE AND DESIRABLE
REAL. ESTATE.
M nAPTINsRuRd, WEST VIRGINIA..

The undersigned executor of Susan q.
Marker, deed, will sell at Public Auc-
ton. Ia front of the Court House in
Martinsburg, w. Va, on
SATURDAY MARCH, Is. 1899,
at 1870 p. M, the following real estate.
First-To-Wit- One
Wo-STORY BRICK
HOUSE AND LOT,
situated on Burke street. opposite the
First Methodist e. Church, near the
center of the city. The above named
hopse with kitchen, contains six rooms,
with now slate roof, also cistern and
hydrant in the yard.
Second-Also one
TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE
and lot, with slate roof, five rooms,
situated on Maple avenue, near Burke
street. The above named house now
occupied by G.. A. Austin, has a by
drant in the yard, and all in good re-
pair.
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TERMS OF SALE :

One-third of purchase money cash in
hand on day of sale. The residue in
two equal payments of nine and eigh-
teen months. The deferred payments
to be evidenced by the promissory
notes of the purchaser bearing interest
from date. The title to be retained
until all the purchase money has been
paid.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-25

New Spindle Wagons IRON S25.oo
up, for sale at JOHN HELLER's, West
King street.
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: 91ln RoPP's
NHH COMMERCIAL
EHSN SH3 SAVES
EEUx sS,gh@ TIME and LABOR,
NE e y 2lHM PREVENTS
n. --.--------W LOSS and ERRORS.

Arithmetic made plain and easy for
Practical use on the farm, In the store, In
the shop or office. Its simple Rules, its new
and easy methods. and its Short Cuts and
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Figures and Rapid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Besides, 1t contains over one hundred use
fnl Commercial Tables. which show at a
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Explanations in English and German
Neatly bound in compact and conven-
sent pocket book form.
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By Nothing but the Railway Special.
"Watch Talks"

A watch talk7 Well no, for my
maker forgot to put mouth in my
face when he made me. Although
be put life in me, be did not make
my hands sufficiently strong to strike
you when yon abuse noe; consequent-
~ you can smash my face OF take
my life at any time. Then you NAV
punish me still more by taking me
TO some nuskilled matchmaker 10 be
ieyived--some fellow who promises
to put spring Of life in me for City
cents-giye ne a physic and thor
oughly purge me for City cents more,
but who does not even take me
apart. I'll talk right If you win
take me to-
LEAGUE BROS,
los W. Burke St. Messman's Old Stand
A FULL LINE or
Watches, : Clocks, : Jewelry,
SiIyerware, Etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-13

became exhausted the factory would
close completely.
The company has been working
only half blocks here for nearly a
year and the order to let the others
cut was no surprise to a great many.
This means much to Weir City, as it
will throw about 200 men out of EN-
ployment, and together with the
strike will have very depressing
effect, The capacity of the factory
when working full force is about
10000 pounds Of spelter a day which
was one OF the largest in the country.
There are six blocks, with two fur
naces to the block besides the kilns
and other departments.
The 200 meh drew in wages about
ST., 900 per month which was spent
with our merchants, and business
men. The outlook is very discourage
ing for the starting up of the works
soon, as the smelters here have both
the gas fields and the extreme high
price of ore to contend with and it is
not probable that they will resume
operation until some radical changes
have been made. The closing down
of these works is certainly deplor-
able misfortune for both the smelters
and the city generally speaking. 1t
is also rumOred on good authority
that No. works at Pittsburg, the
Girard works and those at Rich Hill,
Mo-, will also be shut down the first
of the month.
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Some Zinc Talk.

Pittsburg HeadHght: Raymond Mer.
rithew, who was at one time engineer
at these works, but now living in
lola. was in the city this week visit
ing his old friends.
Leonard Pleayo, who has lately
been making brick for the lola smell.
ters, was at work this week making
the new partition bricks and firewall
for the furnaces now being repaired
at this works. These bricks have to
he replaced about once every three
years. Mr.. Pleayo is an expert at
the business and can turn out the
brick rs fast as the kiln men can
cook them.
| is reported that if the new ma
chine roaster being used at lola is
successful that one may be put in the
works here. The machine Is said to
roast as much ore as four or five men
could with the old kilns now used.
and much cheaper The kiln men
here receive from u to cents hun
bred for roasting the ore. The cost
with the machine Is said to be not
more than ! cent hundred, a great
saving. The kiln men would of
course hate to see such a machine put
in here, as it would throw five or six
men out of work on the kilns.
The coke ovens of the works which
have been burning coke for the lola
smelters, have received orders to stop
shipping coke to the works there
When the lola works were first built
no coke ovens were put up there, as
it was found to be cheaper to make
the coke here and ship it to lola than
to ship the coal there and make it
with the gas. Consequently four new
ovens were built here and have been
used in making coke for the smelters
there. A coal has now been discOv-
cred in Arkansas which 1t Is said
can be used in place of coke and it
will be tried in lola. The gradual
closing of the works there also has
something to do with the order to
discontinue the coke shipments. The
ovens at this place are all burning
yet, but the new four will soon be
closed down as the old three can sup.
ply more than will he used in the
works here. The coke is now being
piled up in the yards.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-13
II. Scott,s Street Fair.

The street fair at Ft. Scott opened
Tuesday with the flower parade in
the afternoon and the Carnival
Queens ball last night The admis-
sion to the ball was two dollars aud
consequently only those of royal
blood attended, but the maids of
honor who are the guests of the city
are being shown royal time. The
Main street of the town is lined on
both sides with stands, but yesterday
many of them were not occupied, the
high wind and flying dust making
the display of nice goods ON the
street impossible. A bowling mob,
blowing horns and yelling like
Apaches paraded the street last
night and flattered itself that a good
time was being enjoyed. The visitors
who jostled the crowd for a few
hours and then made fruitess
search at the hotels for a room, as did
people the writer knows of, were very
likely to form the impression that
there is too much ola good thlngs
One street is given up to the fake
shows, and dozen or more snake
charmers, hoochy-co0chy shows
shooting galleries and the like are
prepared to receive the public.
There isn't thing that lola
couldn't have and have in good shape
and the arrangement of the streets
here is particularly well adapted to
such an enterprise whenever lola peo-
pie think they need new amuse.
ment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-13

The REGISTER job office makes a
speciality of high grade commercial
work.