Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-03-11
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. March n.

49, ~
Congressman John w. Crawford. OF
Texas, died in Washinnton. aged 81.
Six regiments Of REGULARS have bs.cA
ordered to Alanila to reinforce General
Otis.
Germany has removed the embargo On
our southern fruits. lite oranges. lemons
and ~raisins.
The American gulboat Wheeling, now
at Victoria, z. CT, has been ordered to
proceed to Manila.
The naval bill passed by congress win
necessitate the mastering ont Of 1000
sailors, making our naval force 1000.
Cecil Rhodes. the eminent Briton, pre-
diets that within a century all of the
American hemisphere excepting Canada
viii be under the United States flag.
saturday, March &.
Silvela, the Conservative leader, re-
places Sagasta as Spanish premier.
Wages Of 100000 to 10000 working
men in yarions sections have been adj
vanced.
Steps TO combine the entire wooden in.
dustry Of the country, under S50,000,000
capital, are perfecting.
Edward Genod. awaiting examination
as to his sanity in a Brooklyn prison,
thrust a tack in each eye, causing total
blindness.
Congress adjourned at noon today,
having passed all the big appropriation
bills and all measures necessary to pre-
vent an extra session.
The crew of the wrecked steamer Mo-
ravia was landed at Halifax. Only one
man. Second Officer Brenton, was lost,
having frozen to death while reaching
shore.
Admiral Montejo, who yielded to Adj
miral Dewey at Manila, the commander
of the Cavite arsenal and General Lin
ares are in prison in Spain, to be tried
by court martial.
Monday. Feb. g..
Queen Marie Henrietta of Belgium is
reported dying at Brussels.
The pensions of ex-ministers have been
stricken of SPANS pension list.
The national senate refused to confirm
Congressman Barrows as congressional
librarian.
China refused the demand of the Ital-
ldh EpH0lA w ~ a AOai1IS StdtlOh IL
San-Mun bay, for which Italy wanted
to pay $4,000.
A tornado which swept over Madison
vile and Monroe counties, Tenn, killed
Mr.. and Mrs. Moser and T.. l.. Horton
at Madisonville.
The naval powder magazine at La
Goubran, near Toulon, France, exploded.
Half a hundred were killed and much
property destroyed.
Tuesday, Marcel z.
Fully 20 per cent of the volunteer
army officers are anxious to be retained.
The Cubans use every subterfuge to
secure free rations from our government.
General Otis is preparing for an ag-
gressive campaign against the Philippine
rebels.
Josephine Kipling, ~6-year-old daughter
of the noted novelist, died of pneumonia
in New York.
John Gilbert has confessed to the MUIR
der of his wife and four children near
Enterprise. Kan.
Joseph III. Choate, our ambassador tc
England, was received by Queen Victoria
at Windsor castle
Wednesday, March g..
The floods in the Ohio river and its
tributaries are r~eceding.
The army winter hospital at Savannah.
Ga, was opened for patients today.
The president has appointed DIR. Sam
uel G. Dorr postmaster at Buffalo, N. Y.
The British cruiser Talbot left New
York with the body of the late Lord
Herschell.
President Mckinley has decided to
take a short rest at the farm of Senator
Hanna, at Townsville, Ga.
Paymaster General Carey, U. s. A,
today drew $3.000,000 in coin from the
New York sub-treasury to pay the Gu
ban soldiers.
The senatorial deadlock in Nebraska
was ended by the election of NJ. l.. Hay.
ward, Republican, to succeed w. v
Allen, Populist.