Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-06-17

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head and checked him In \ horrible
manner. IIotallrn got one baud free.
graSTcd his revolver and, ~ Efsg on his
back, fred two shots into ia fass Camp
bells body Jason WAS also hit twice
The constable brought boz here. Ia
il thought that Jatnes will die.
Omaha. Neh., June tA~-A tornado
struck the town Of Herman. In Wash.
ington County, and wiped the place
out OF existence. Herman il u place
of about 500 Inhabitants. In tiie ex
treR,e northern part Of Washington
County. and is on the Tine Of the Chi
cago, st. Paul. Minneapolis 4 Omaha
Railway. The storm was general all
over the eastern part Of Nebraska. and
at Omaha a cloudhhrst dill great dam
4 A conductor Nh the train from
SIOUX city passed through Herman
not long after the storm and he says
not a building Is left standing In town.
He counted tweleye dead bodies "
Ing IN til estreets. The fatalities viii
undoubtedly run up TO Il hundred II
not higher.
Al special train has left Blair. the
County seat. ten miles distant, for the
scene of the disaster carrying surgeons
and supplies.
Peoria, ILL.,, June 14.-Deputy United
States Marshal Trip arrested Felix
Richards. aged a.; Henry Averill, IL,
and Mike Asaxepaneck, Ii, charged
with rohbing the postottice at Peru,
LII. The boys confessed, aud will DO
tried at Chicago.
Whitehall, N. ", June ~15.-Joseph
! Levy Of New York, 10 years old, spend
ing the summer with his grandparents
In Granville. jumped from IA bridge I'M
to the Granville River and was drown
ed. 1t is supposed that he struck y
rock.
Wilmington. Del, June 1.-THE
death OF Mrs. Rebecca q. yandegriff,
seventy three years old, OF Middle.
town, from apopleyy caused the death
Of her ~four.year-old grand-niece, Ruth
Woods. Mrs. vandergritf fell dead Oh
the child as she lay sleeping. The
child could not extricate herself aud
was smothered.
Monroe City, Mo-, June 15.-The fes-
tival at the Second Baptist Church
broke UP with Il cutting scrape, Jeffer-
son Burns had some words with JOS
epii Gilliland and Gilliland smashed
Burns in the face with his fist. Then
Burns drove a knife into Gilliland's
body, making a cash Q inches long.
The chances are against Gilliland's re-
covery. Burns is IN Jail.
Harrisburg. ILL, June 1G.-Downey
Reeves, aged ~ years, Il soldier Of the
Spanish -American war, died here Of
consumption. lie was a native OF
Posey County, Ind, and enlisted In
Company Il, 9th Illinois. at Shawnee
town, Iii. He was buried with mill
tary h0nors.
Birmingham, Ala, June lev. w.
Brandon, Adjutant General Of the Ala
bama National Guard, has admitted
that he would probably make the race
for Congress from the Sixth Alabama
district In opposition TO John III. Bank
head, who has represented the district
for years, and who is now being con-
sidered for the Democratic leadership
in the House.
Austin. Tex, June 16.-1he feud be-
tween the two Democratic factions Of
Columbus, Tex, has beer revived and
sf0A& hlAlthS5 4 ttACa t&uCu hlJl.~
Gen. Thomas Scurry Is at Columbus
In personal charge Of the ranger force
stationed there. He has ordered an
other detachment of rangers to go from
Cotulla to Columbus aad assist in pre-
serving order among the prospective
belligerents.
GAINESVILLE Tenn, June 16.-Charles
Meriwether, aged IS years. murdered
his stepfather, jeff Dunlop, In cold
blood, near st. Bethlehem, this county.
Meriwether first quarreled with his
mother about breakfast, and then en-
gagged In an alteration with his bresfl-
or over the loan OF a suit Of clothes.
Dunlop endeavored to part the broth
ers, and while he had his back turned
Meriwether struck him behind the ear
with "A stone, dis~loeating his neck, and
causing death In ten minutes. Meri-
wether quietly ate his breakfast,
smoked a cigar. and then asked ii the
old man WAS dead sure enough He
was arrested and placed in Jail here.
Anderson, Ind, June I6.--Judge Me-
Clure, of the Circuit Court, has re-
strained the City OF Alexandria IN the
payment of an obligation incurred in
erecting a water works plant. Judge
Mcclure decided the debt void be
cause the constitutional . per cent.
limit imposed by the Legislature had
been exceeded. The plant cost $4,000.
Alexandria agreed 10 assume Il debt OF
$4,000. and issued time warrants
amounting to $4,000. Nine of the
latter had been paid when. the suit
was brought to resist the payment of
the last. Chicago capitalists put in the
plant.
Major Higgins Promoted