Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-10-21
THE NEWS In BRIEF
Geographic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.

-Four more unfinished canal contracts
were terminated at Albany. n " on
Wednesday by the State Canal Board.
Ex-president Ezeia. Of San Salvador,
tas left California to persuade Mexico
10 join IN stirring up San Salvador to
smother revolution.
Mr.. G, n. Bliss, formerly Secretary
Of tile Interior. told the international
Commercial Congress in Philadelphia
VI the benefits Of expansion.
San Carlos Agency Indians. in Ari.
tona, resent wanton attack by United
States negro troops and have threaten
sd TO exterminate the soldiers.
Gen. Merriam commanding the De
raItment Of the Colorado, reported that
his troops had been reduced by the
Manila demands to near the safety
limit.
Deputy Attorney General Coyne will
report to Gov. Roosevelt on the alleged
frauds at the Democratic primaries in
The Ninth Assembly District in New
York City
Weschester County. n. Y. fled
claim against the State of SS,JsI be-
aause OF reductions of assessed talua-
tons by the Supreme Court in 1896
md 1897.
A supplementary army estimate has
been issued, asking the House Of Com
mons TO vote an additional $4,000 men
and El0oOO00o in consequence of the
situation in South Africa.
The French Minister Of the Colonies
has received news that Capts. Noulet
snd Chanolne, who murdered members
Of Soudan expedition sent to arrest
them. have been shot by their own
f.en
The State Department has decided
thai the present treaty between Swift
gsrland and the United States must be
terminated, as several State govern
ments have already violated its pro
Visions.
Ottmar Mergenthaler inventor OF the
linotype machine, Is reported i'll at his
Baltimore home.
The steamer Gaelic from the Orient,
brought cargo TO New York valued
at nearly S3.000,000.
Jersey City's Corporation Counsel
told the Tax Board of its right to tax
the capital stock of trust companies.
Tom Meyers. forger, who escaped
from the Waukegan. H., prison, died
in the woods after four days of ex-
posure.
The lynching of white man at VIII
son. La, for alleged horse stealing, Is
reported from New Orleans
The President continued his tour
through Iowa making speeches ut Ack-
ley, Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
Wednesday has been set for the I'M
yelling of monument at Saratoga. N
u. to Miss Rubena Hyde Walworth,
the army nurse.
The famous Cuban filibuster steam
er l.aurada has been beached ON the
Alaskan coast, passengers crew and
cargo being saved.
The British force at Kimberley.
which is cut off from all communca-
ton with Cape Town, is believed able
to hold the town.
United States Minister Newell at The
Hague Will sign the protocol embody-
Ing the agreements reached at the
Ie1ce Conference
The Santo Domingo Government mas
ordered an action against the heirs Of
the late President Heureaux because
Of the latter's alleged misuse of public
funds.
a national antitrust conference mas
been scheduled for January in Chicago
The September Internal Revenue
statement shows total receipts of SD
b., S95.
The Peak Copper Company, with 81
100000 capital. has been Incorporated
in Michigan.
f. NJ. Osborne is slated for president
of the new S64,000.0O0 Pittsburs coal
combine
Smallpox has broken out at Cape
Town among the natives from johann
nesburg.
The Union Steel Company. with ST.
100000 capital, has been formed at
Pittsburg. Pa.
The Interior Department estimates
for the next fiscal year aggregated
E170.50O.0oO.
Rev w. II. p Faunce. D. D.. has
been inaugurated president of Brown
University AT Providence X. l.
The Americans in the Philippines
drove the enemy out of Porac. one
American was killed and one wounded.
The Manila newspaper "Patria" has
been suppressed and its editor arrest
ed charged with seditious utterances.
Coy. Roosevelt of New 6ork an
bounced that he will remoye~from Of
flee Thomas Hutson, Treasurer of
Chautauqua County.
A mandamuS was granted against
holding an election in Detroit over pro-
posed charter amendments affecting
street railway franchises.
An explosion Of mine gas at Shenan-
doah City. Pa, colliery entOmbed TWEEN
ty-two men. Ten We're rescued alive,
but it was feared the others We're dead.
A dispatch from Pretoria says the
Transvaal has received an offer from
wealthy European to supply fleet of
torpedo boats 10 blow up British trans
ports. The offer was rejected
Attorney General Davies, at Albany,
n. y, gave out an opinion holding that
veterans appointed TO office since 1895
who had not taken Civil Service exam