Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-08-12

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/ Handicap, on Miss Primrose. at Bir-
/ mingham. Escurial was second and
! Winsome Lad was third in field of
I seven.
| Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. 9.--Ex-Senator
| Foley President OF the village of Sara
! toga, has Just received from Admiral
| Dewey a message in which he states
| that he will be unable to visit Sara
4 toga this year. owing to his arrival in
the United States after the close of the
/ Saratoga season.
Mount Vernon n. ". Aug. 9.-David
| NJ. Cooper, II years of age who lived
with his parents at 123 Monroe street
has been missing since Saturday night
Cooper was employed in the Office of
the Martens Estate. He left his place
! of employment about four o'clock on
Saturday afternoon.
Trenton, ~ j., Aug. 9.-The New
Jersey Electric Vehicle Transportation
Company has filed certificate with
the Secretary of State of an increase of
capital from 100000 to S1,250,00O
Plymouth. Eng, Aug. 9.-The officers
and men of the United States training
i July 3. which has arrived here. made
tour of inspection of the dockyard.
|
Providence, II. L., Aug. Gillian
Clayton Jewett and the Baker family
| has arrived in Providence from New
| York. There was no demonstration at
the station Later there was Il we'll
| attended massmeeting, where speeches
were made aud S72 collected. -Four
| watches and one pocketbook were stol-
| en-. At the end of the meeting Lillian
| Clayton Jewett Anti-lynching Associa-
ton No. was formed.
New York, Aug 9.-William G.. Whit
ney. who went to Europe rather I'M
expectedly month ago. arrived here
aboard the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. Mr.. Whitney said that
there was no foundation for the story
that he had gone abroad to talk to Ad-
miral Dewey about accepting a nomi-
nation for the Presidency from the
Democratic party. He had not seen
Admiral Dewey. he declared, and went
for no other purpose than to get rest
and quiet. The former Secretary of
the Navy stated that he saw Richard
Croker for Il few moments at New
/
Bridgeport. Conn, Aug. 9.-George
Hamilton, the motorman of the i'll
fated car which with its human
freight, plunged over the side of the
big trestle on the Shelton Traction
Company's road. was arraigned before
Justice Peck in Stratford Court The
charge brought against Hamilton was
that of manslaughter. He pleaded not
guilty, and without having heard evil
deuce of any Kind Justice Peck con
tinued the case for one week and fixed
the prisoners bail at $4,000 Hamil-
ton was released soon afterward and
went to his boarding place in Bridge
port. His surety was William Il. Tut
tie, a Stratford druggist. Hamilton
would make no statement after the
hearing. ,~
Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug 9.--An exam
ination by divers In the vicinity of the
Mount Desert ferry slip, the scene of
the terrible accident and investigation
on shore by the officials of the Maine
Central Railway and others seems to
indicate that there We're only twenty
who persisted as result of the acct
dent. 1t seems probable, however, that
seriously injured. Will not recover. but
aside from two other persons who are
suffering from pneumonia, those who
were hurt are reported as being in a
fyorable condition.
Charlottesville. Ind, Aug. 9.-Rud-
yrad Kipling has been boycotted by
the Sunday School Of the First AIctho-
dist Church of Charlottesville. Some
time ago the Sunday School purchased
a number of new books for its library
from Methodist publishers of Cincin-
natl. and as these books came from
what was regarded as the fountain
head of pure literature little attention
was paid to several volumes that We're
thrown in for good measure Among
these was Kipling's 'The Dreams of
the Fore and Aft" which finally came
in to the family OF a man who declared
that it was fairly reeking with pro-
family and the most outrageous slang"
| Fortifying himself with numerous quo
tations he went before the Sunday
School authorities and as a result Kip
lings books We're thrown out of the
I library.
Pekin. Aug ION. de Giers. the Rms
| sian minister 10 tnlna. mas addressed
n note to the Tsung IL Yamen convey
/ ing a warning that an alliance between
China and Japan would greatly offend
Russia, and that the consequences of
such an agreemnt would be most SER
ious to China.
Plattsburg, n. ". Aug. 10-President
and Mrs. Mckinley have decided TO re-.
main at the Hotel Champlain two
weeks longer and probably until Sep
TENDER /. Mrs, Mckinley continues to