Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
THE NEWS In BRIEF
Telcgraphic Gleanings From All Part,
of the World.

port unanimously to disailyfqu cmfwy
port unanimously to disquaIify him.
Calvin Mcpherson and his wife. OF
indianapolis, have just celebrated
hteir golden wedding by buying two
collins. TO have EN- ready when need
ed they say.
M. J. Meagher. known as Patsy
Forepaugh. OF Philadelphia, an ele-
plant trainer In the employ Of Sells
Bros, show men, has been killed by
an elephant near Columbus Ohio One
OF the animals tusks pierced Meagh-
ers body.
The Secretary Of Agriculture has
issued the annual order. effective jan
uary next establishing federal
quarantine against splenetic or south
ern fever among cattle.
The State of North Carolina has
chartered the Appalachian National
Park Association, with headquarters at
Asheville. 1t is for the promotion
and maintenance by the United States
of a national park and forest pre-
serve in the southern Appalachian
Mountains
A winter carnival will be held in
St Paul the FIRST week in February,
from the Sd TO the 18th
Sixteen members OF the Filipino
troupe landed in this country last
July are stranded in Seattle and have
become a public charge. The nine
members of the trOpe at present in
San Francisco Will be sent back to
Manila on the transport Grant.
The Ohio Supreme Court has dis
missed the bribery case of Attorney
General Monnett against the Standard
OH Company, on the ground that the
information submitted does not con
meet the company with the alleged
attempt at bribery
The Illinois Supreme Court has held
the AntkDepartment Store law, passed
by the last legislature, to be uncon-
stitutional.
Contracts have been let for $4,000.
900 worth Of improvements on the
Union Pacific Railroad, 10 include the
funneling OF Sherman'S Hill. Wyom-
ing, to avoid long, steep grade.
Admiral Dewey has renewed his re-
quest that the Chinese who served
with him during the battle of Manila
be given the right to enter the United
States free of restrictions. His letter
has been forwarded to Congress.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided to grant the request
of the railroads for the extention of
time in which TO equip their rolling
stock with approved couplers and 9th
er safety appliances. 1t is understood
the time win be extended six months
from January !.
The National Bank of Port Jervis,
New York. has suspended payments.
Its failure is primarily attributed to
the recent defalcation of its assistant
cashier.
Panic conditions prevailed in Wall
street Dec. Is, stock values falling
rapidly and prices closed for heavy
net losses Incidents'o the day We're
the suspension OF the Produce Elk
change Trust Company and Henry
Allen & Co. the ioaning of money at
1S6 per cent. and the loaning of about
100000 900 by the leading banks.
Philadelphia has been selected by
the Republican National Committee
as the place of meeting of the Nation
al Convention on June 10. 1900.
The National Womens Christian
Temperance Union have decided on
Washington, d. c. as the location of
the next convention, which will open
November 80, 1900,
The Alabama Executive Committee
of the Populist party has called a
State Convention to assemblein Mont
gomery on May 10, 1900, for the pur-
pose of nominating full State
ticket.
Delegates representing 1000 miners
in the Massillon, Ohio, district report
that they have been instructed to
stand for an increase of 10 per cent in
the price of mining this year.
The st. Louis and Iron Mountain
Railroad Company has filed mort
gage, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for
s40,000000 in favor of the Metropolis
tan Trust Company, of New York.
Maurice Strauss formerly we'll
known actor and lately an enthusiast
tic Spiritualist, committed suicide
Dec. Is, by jumping from the Fail
River steamer Puritan.
The State Board of Health of Mis-
sissippi, in it's report to the Legisla-
ture, states that rmall-pox is geneI
ally prevalent over the State and
recommends that law be passed
making vaccination compulsory
Secretary Gage has recommended
to Congress that authority be given
him 20 designate one or more banks
or bankers in the Philippines, Cuba
and Porto Rico as repositories of pub
lie moneys
The Secretary of the Treasury an
nounced that he would anticipate the
interest due on January /, 1900, on
registered and coupon A per cent
bonds of 1907 wit out rebate. The
amount is s5,057 $50
Rev. DIR. John Reid, Of Detroit, has
accepted a call to the Brooklyn Me
mortal Presbyterian Church, at a sal
airy of $3.50 per year
Complications have arisen in the
condition of Dwight l.. Moody the
evangelist, which have caused much
anxiety His lower extremities are
swelling and albuminuria has ap-
peared
A distinct earthquake shock passed
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