Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-04
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
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peace treaty on Feb. 6, at 3 D. m.
The Spanish cortes will soon assem-
bic, regardless Of our senate's action on
the peace treaty.
The Montana senate ousted Senator
Whiteside. who was unable to prove his
charges of attempted bribery.
The Nebraska legislature passed a
resolution opposing the seating In con-
gress of Roberts, the Utah polygamist
Students Of the Virginia Military in
stitute, recently expelled for riotous
conduct, are to be reinstated, with
heavy penalties.
A. II. Garland, 6S years old, attorney
general in Cleveland's first cabinet,
dropped dead while arguing a case be-
fore the United States supreme court
in Washington.
After asserting in the national senate
that the south was right in the war be-
tween the states Senator Butler, OF
North Carolina, withdrew his amend
ment to pension ex-Confed crate sol
diers.
Saturday. Jan. IS.
Many Copper river gold seekers have
frozen to death in the Valdez glacier.
Reports of lawless acts in Santiago
de Cuba province are greatly exag-
gerated. The province is entirely
peaceful.
For the Pan-American exposition, to
be held at Buffalo. s1,000,000 have been
secured within five days by popular
subscription.
John Morley. who was twice secre-
tary for Ireland under Gladstone, has
received $4,000 for a biography of the
great premier.
Mrs. Robert Williams, who before
her marriage to Adjutant General WILL
Jams was the widow of Stephen A.
Douglas, died in Washington.
A resolution in the national house
proposes gold medal and the thanks
OF congress to Miss Margaret Aston
Chanler for her devotion to the soldiers.
Eleven shipwrecked sailors of the
ship Manbare were captured by cam
nibals of New Guinea, and all were
devoured. Another man of the party
escaped.
Monday. Jan. 80.
Lieutenant Governor Goblin, of Penn
sylvania has been honorably discharg-
ed from the volunteer army.
Mrs. Mary Mcintyre. a wealthy CO.
year-old widow of Pana, Ills, was muir
dered with an ak and her home robbed.
~The army's winter hospital at Sa-
vannah will be occupied within three
weeks. though all of the 46 buildings
will not then be completed.
At Apex, Colo, the house of w. H.
Rudolph was swept away by an ava
lanche. Mrs. Rudolph and her two
young children were killed
In a speech at Newcastle, England,
Right Hon. Walter Long, president of
the board of agriculture boldly spoke
of an Anglo-American alliance.
Governor McMillin, of Tennessee, We
toed a bill authorizing Memphis to is
sue bonds for park purposes. with in
terest payable in gold. He says it dis
eliminates against legal tender coins.
Tuesday, Jan. 3D.
The president sent to the senate the
correspondence bearing on the peace
treaty.
Joseph V. Quarles. Republican, was
elected United States senator from
Wisconsin.
]. r. Bridge, of Boston, declares he
had ocular demonstration of the Kee-
ley motor fraud.
Alabama's legislature passed a reso-
luton urging the president to appoint
General Wheeler to the regular army.
The greater part of the trade of
North Siberia is falling into the hauds
of Americans.
The report that General Brooke is to
be succeeded as military governor of
Cuba by General Wood is authorita-
lively denied.
A report from the ordnance bureau
declares that at no time during the
Spanish war was there a scarcity of
ammunition in the navy.
Wednesday, Feb. 1.
The gold production of Cripple Creek,
Colo. in January aggregated 81 $40, 900.
Four persons were frozen to death in
st. Louis and one in East st. Louis yes
terday.
Princess Ferdinand of Bulgaria died
at Sofia of pneumonia. soon after the
birth of her fourth child.
Drunken negro troopers of the Tenth
cavalry almost precipitated race riot
while passing through Texarkana, Ark.
A. G.. Foster, of Tacoma (Rep) was
elected United States senator from
Washington state. ending the long
deadlock.
AT Rochester, N. H., Mrs. Lizzie
Provenchia, separated from her hus-
band, killed the latter's housekeeper,
1S-year-old Annie Cox.
Mrs. Mary A. Lawler, a 1-year-
widow of Philadelphia, was found
strangled to death in her rooms over
her grocery store. She mad been rob
bed.
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