Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-15

ingS are beng restored, and the people
are resulting their OCCUPATIONS. but the
crops are practically al destroyed, though
there Is no immediate want. The Solaee
lott supplies there. ard the Arethusa has
taken considerable quantity Of supplies
f. Grimm feon Cayite
The executive committee Of the board
OF tfaNtees III cornell university has
awarded Driscoll Bros. Of Ithaca, y. y.
the contract for building The new medical
college on Cornell campus. Tho building
viii cost $4,000 aud when finished will
he the prcttiest on the campus. II is 81
be completed in 1902.
ThIunnual report Of the commissioner
genefa Of immigration sliows that ID the
last fiscal year the total number Of inn
migrants who arrived in this country wes
.44s.5T2. Of whom 3D. 100 came through
Canada or the whole number 304.I5s
were males and IA 424 females This is
net increase over 1899 Of 136.S5I
Water Il being drawn from the Erie
canal. and navigation for the season is
AZ an end Ii has been kept open nine
days longer than the time originally de-
cided on for closing il order to allow
boats that were delayed by the break at
New London to reach their destinations.
The cost of repairing the break was
about $1,000.
The transport Hancock has arrived
from Manila with cargo Of the bodies
of about t,500 sailors and sailors who
had either died in battle or succumbed
10 the ravages of disease in the Philip
pines. China. Guam and Honolulu. This
Is the largest number Of bodies brought
home since the outbreak Of the Spanish
American war.
Danford G.. Eggleston, freight agent
for the New York Central in Watertown,
| n. y, was found dead in bed Mr.. EGgle-
ston was born at Marcellus, y. Y, about
IS years ago. He had been in the employ
OF the railroad company since 1863 and
was conductor of the first passenger train
which ran west from Oswego. He was a
prominent Mason.
or the batteships under construction
the Illinois. Alabama and Wisconsin are
reported 10y CHIEF construfoi iiehaorn
IT, be- practically complete. the work
done upon them ranging FROM ~ Ia ~
per cent. The Maine, at Cia,aps'. is
set down at IS per cent: the Miss ali, at
| Newport News. ~ - per cent and the
Ohio. at the Union Iron works. at 81 per
cent.
The report of the third assistant post
master general shows that the total re-
ceipts from all sources of postal revenue
during the year amounted to S102..}.t4,
SO. while the expenditures reached Sl01.
TAO. 26T. The value of the total number
of pieces Of stamped paper issued to
postmasters was S97 .6S7,II1. net in
crease over the issue of the previous
year Of 81. J3G,1l1.
The financial operations of the postal
department for the last fiscal year are
shown briefly in the following statement
Of revenues and expenditures: Ordinary
postal revenue, 500. 800, 1874 receipts
from money order business, Si4J5..
145.S5: total receipts from all sources.
S102 .354 .57929; total expenditures for
the year S107 FAC. 26T.99; excess of ex-
penditures over receipts, S5,3S56SS.70.
The report that Lewis q. Tewksbury.
the New York broker who disappeared
last July leaving 100000 in debts. was
living in the City of Mexico under an as
sumcd name has been ascertained to be
true The report was corroborated by Il.
G.. Oppenheim. the attorney for Tewks-
bury's creditors. He said that he had
ascertaned by telegraphing to the City
of Mexico that Tewksbury was there
and that he was conducting prosperous
banking business lie said also that no
attempt would be made to bring Tewks
bury back as none of the bankers cred
itors wanted to prosecute him.