Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-06-17
THE COUNTRY N GENERAL
A Summary of Happenings ar
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
A Review of What Has Transpired
Of Public Interest

A Review Of What Has Transpired
Of Public Interest
Carb0ndale, Ill. June 14-Mr. Ber-
nard Taylor. a highly respected and
aged citizen OF this vicinity, died at
the family residence. Of lockjaw caus-.
ed by a %carbuncle.
Turin, June 1.-THE Duke and Ouch
ess OF Orleans are at the Hotel de
rEurope here and win remain III this
city for Some days. The report Of the
Dukes arrest Is false.
Dallas, Texas. June 14.-C. G. Bar.
nard. OF Chicago. who had a large SUM
of money on his person. Is missing.
His clothiug has been found. Every
thing points to murder.
Hlllsboro. n. NJ. June l4.-Oliver
Lee and James Gilliland We're acuuit.
ted of the murder of Henry Fountain.
the son of Col. A. j. Fountain. The jury
was out but seven minutes.
New York. June 1.-THE strike
among the garment workers. has
/ cItItaih W ItOOhiNh aih III HitStut
| there are over 1900 persons out. The
whole trade may be tied up before the
strike ends.
Taris, June 1.-THE Italian general.
whose arrest at Nice was reported last
night. is Gen. Gillette de st. Joseph.
He was examining the Notifications
on the frontier and a number of plans
OF Notifications were found ON him.
Vienna, June 14.-TIerr r.. Stock
niger, the Austrian hungarian Consul
at New York, has been appointed Dep
uty ConsulNGeneral at London and Di-
rector OF the Commercial Department
of the Austrian Hungarian Embassy
there. sE s.1lu snnnnA
N~oblesvilie, Ind, June 14.-The
Misses Flora and Bessie, aged Is and
II respectively, daughters OF former
Postmaster William Scott, Of Sheri-
dan, were thrown from a buggy in a
runaway and fatally injured.
Sidney, Clio, June 14-Mrs. David
Writ, widow. suicided here. She was
found hanging from a rafter in the
attic mt her home. She was about 70
years old. and owned several pieces or
property In this city. No cause il
known.
Seymour, Ind. June 14.-Dave Har-
ris, who killed George Brown has been
arrested at Little York after a long
chase through the woods and lowlands
south of this city. He asked to be tax
en- to Jail at Salem, fearing to be
brought back to Seymour.
Washington, June 14.-A man giving
the name of j G. Dickey, Sandy Hill,
N. u, is under arrest here on belief
that he Is al escaped Iunatic from
Washington. n. Y. He was staring at
the White House when taken.
Philadelphia, June 14.-The Union
Labor League will make a prompt an
peal to President Mckinley to with
hold contracts for 81, 900. 600 worth Of
army clothing from alleged sweatshop
bidders and give the work to 5000
soldiers wives, widows and daughters
here.
New Richmond Wis.,, June 1.-THE
district wrecked by the cyclone Mon
day night has been one over and the
ruins searched thoroughly. From the
latest summing up of figures 1t Is
known positively that 316 people were
killed and there are about fifty that
are not accounted for, but may not
have been killed.
Tallahassee, Fla, June 14.-Four tel
egrams have been received at the ex-
ecutive Office from the mayor of Dun
Melton, a small mining town near Oca-
la, Fla, asking that troops be sent
there at once. The negroes were report
ed to be armed and in possession OF
the town. Governor Bloxham is In east
Florida on a vacation, and Private Sec
rotary Lang, being unable to ascertain
the cause Of the trouble, did not or
der out the militia.
Petersburg. Va, June IA west
bound freight train ON the Norfolk and
Western Railroad was wrecked at Kill
by Lake, n mile west of Suffolk.
Workmen have been raising the bridge
across the lake and repairing the
abutments, and To this fact and the
heavy rain may be attributed the ac-
cldent. When the engine of the freight
struck the east end abutment IL gave
way. The locomotive was thrown
down the embankment and into the
lake, where 1t now remains, the upper
part showing above the water. En-
gineer ". A.. Clayton and Fireman
William Pool We're killed. The for
ward train hand. a colored man named
Tom Wells, was 50 badly hurt that
he died Of his injuries. Eight freight
ears and gondolas were wrecked.
Port Jervis, n. Y, June 14.-Con-
stable Hotailen. of Newton. Sussex
County. had IA desperate fight for his
life on a lonely mountain road. The
constable was pursuing James Camp
bell, of Newton, accused Of beating his
wife and threatening to XIII her. He
overlook Campbell and his brother,
Jason, near the State line after a TWEEN
ty-mlie chase. When Hotalien under