Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-01-28
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Frldav. Jan 90.

arrived at Seville with the reputed
ashes Of Columbus
Porter j McCuniber has been select
ed by North Dakota Republicans for
United States senator
The peaceful car of Russia is hay-
Ing built new cruiser, three battle
ships apd numerous torpedo boats.
Police Chief Crow, Of Somervilie, N.
j., was perhaps fatally shot while pur-
suing fleeing burglar, who escaped.
A bill introduced in the national
houses proposes to reimburse soldiers
of the late war while home on sick fur
Tough.
-Four boys who had slowed away as
mascots on the transport Grant which
left New York with troops for Manila,
were landed and their parents notified.
saturday, Jan. FL.
The Chinese exclusion laws are to be
rigidly enforced in Porto Rico.
Our government advertises for bids
for the deportation of Spanish prison
ers in the Philippines.
Admiral Schley was presented with a
jeweled sword by fellow members Of the
Royal Arcanum in New York.
The bank at Arthur, Ills, was robbed
of $4,000 to $1,000 by six men, who es-
capped. They bound the Waterman.
In a published statement Richard
Croker New Yorks Tammany leader,
vigorously assails the 16 to 1 issue
Congressman PAYNE, eof New York,
succeeds the late Mr.. Dingley as chair
man of the house ways and means COM
mittee.
Monday, Jan. 23.
A new tariff for Porto Rico goes into
effect Feb. 1.
On Saturday the national senate
passed the Nicaragua canal bill.
In Porto Rico from 16 to 20 per cent
of the people can neither read nor
write.
The Aston battery returned to New
York from Manila, and received an en-
thusiastic welcome.
The Longfellow National Memorial
association is soliciting subscriptions
for a monument to the poet in Wash
ington.
Because of General Brooke's order
transferring control of expenditures to
Santiago, Cubans talk wildly of retiring
W Lie Hills
Two villages in southern Greece were
completely destroyed and two others
partially destroyed by earthquake
Many injured. but no fatalities.
Tuesday, Jan. "a.
The Germans, 1t is stated, viii make
no extravagant demands concerning
Samoa.
Ex-Congressman John Kean was
elected United States senator from
New Jersey.
General Gomez, of the Cuban army,
wants our government to advance $40,-
000,00 to pay off Cuban troops.
On the New York Stock Exchange
yesterday all records in stock sales
were broken there being 1920, 612 chares
sold
In executive session of the senate the
claims of Sampson and Schley as the
destroyer Of Cervera's fleet were warm.
ly discussed.
Mrs. Elvira Tarlton, So years old is
dead from wounds inflicted by burg
lar at Kittery, Me. Fred Parkes, 20
years old, is under arrest.
Wednesday. Jan. 20.
Should Cuban soldiers turn bandits
our cavalrymen will pursue and subdue
them
Russias czar has invited the pope to
send a representative to the disarma-
ment conference.
A Madrid dispatch says the liberation
of Spanish prisoners in the Philippines
has already begun.
Walter Watts, aged II, and Mary Sim
clair, Is, We're drowned while skating on
the Hudson near New Windsor. N. Y.
Agonclllo. the Filipino agent in Wash
ington. makes another fruitless appeal
for recognition Of Philippines republic.
The conference between operators and
miners in Pittsburg ended in an agree
ment on the wage scale and an eight
hour day.
w. NJ Stewart was reelected United
States senator from Nevada, and the
Texas Legislature elected Ex-Governor
Culberson to succeed Senator Mills,