Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide World
Briefly and Tersefy Told.

at St Paul.
The wages of 1000 employees of the
National Tube company at McKeesport,
Pa, have been raised 10 per cent
Frank Il. Moores, Republican has been
reelected mayor Of Omaha by majority
Of nearly 1000 over w. S. Poppleton.
Fusion.
The Utah Democratic convention Mt
SAN Lake City adopted resolutions de-
plorlng the exclusion Of Il. Ii. Roberts
from the house.
Congressman Sydney Eppes Of Vir-
ginia, who was operated on for Appendix
citis IN Washington, died at Garfield hos
pital on Friday
-Four troops Of the Fifth United States
cavalry are under orders to return to the
United States. Native troops are now be-
ing recruited to ill their places.
The bodies of 9G soldiers who died in
Cuba since the end of the Spanish war
were buried with military honors at Ar
iington cemetery Thursday afternoon.
The total United States revenue re-
ceipts for January amounted to $685.
0l9,423, an increase as compared with
the same month in 1899 Of $2,20G,672.
Burglars blew open a safe in brewing
= L t.. l.,
carried off $500 in cash, 81 600 In reve-
nue. stamps and checks for more than
$1,000
Professor +. L. Harvey Of the Univer-
sity of Maine shot and killed himself at
his home In Orono He had been suffer
ing from mental troubles resulting from
overworl.
1t is stated and not denied by those in
a position to have positive information
that Miss Helen Gould is the donor Of
Sl00000 to the New York university for
hall OF fame.
The United States treasury statement
of March | shows total cash in the treas
ury, ,097,45I040. Decrease in debt
during February, less cash in the treas
ury, $G,750 16S.
EX-County Clerk L. II. Wood of Herk-
inner, N. y, prominent leader in Repub-
lican politics, has been appointed cashier
of the New York postotiice. The job pays
$1,000 per nnnum.
According to the monthly bulletin OF
the New York state board of health,
there were 1852 deaths in the state
during January. This is about the aver
age for this month.
Congressman G. A. Boutolie of Maine
has so far recovered from his recent i'll.
ness, which made it necessary to send
him to Boston for treatment, that he has
decided to seek reelection
The American line steamship Rbyn-
land, from Liverpool reports having
sighted the Norwegian ship Solheim.
from Mobile Jan. % for Fleetwood, Eng.
land. abandoned and on fire
Rum0rs have reached Benson. 4. T..
that Yaqui Indians are headed for the in
ternational line, aud General Merriam
has ordered troops to be in readiness to
repel any attempted invasion.
A business block in Waynesboro, Pa,
owned by J. +. & J. NJ. Wolff and occu-
pied by II firms was entirely Quilted by
fire on Friday, causing a loss of $4,000.
The heaviest losers are Wolff Bros.
Geraldine, the famous racing mare.
holder of the worlds record for a half
mile in as seconds, has died at Spreckels'
Napa farm, in California. Her newly
born foal by Creighton died at the same
time.
General A. H. Shaw, national com
mander Of the G. \. r., has announced
himself as a candidate for congress. to
succeed the late Charles A. Chickering
from the Twenty fourth congressional
district Of New York
Gabriel Bishop of Cuba, n. Y. has
been convicted Of manslaughter in caus-
ing the death of Everett Austin of Bel.
mont on July last by exploding dyna.
mite under cottage on Lake Cuba in
which Austin was asleep.
The National bank of Port Jervis, n
Y, which suspended several months ago
owing to the defalcation Of Assistant
Cashier Goldsmith, has resumed business
with 15S stockholders as against "a at
the time of the suspension.
Recent foundations in the department
of Muquogua, Peru, have caused losses to
property estimated at S1,50O000. The
inhabitants are petitioning the govern
ment to exempt them from the payment
of taxes in view of the floods.
Three persons were killed and - in
iured by the wrecking of the Northamp-
ton train Of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, which plunged
through a trestle bridge a mile north of
Plainville. Conn, on Thursday.
Major General John II. Brooke, who
has been in Washington since his recent
detachment from duty as governor gcncr-
al Of Cuba, has been slated for the com
mand Of the department Of the east. with
headquarters at New York city
Thirty-two refrigerator cars of ham
and bacon (7000 600 pounds cured under
government formula with a view 10 pres
ervation in tropical climates, bound for
Il American soldiers in the Philippines.
. been shipped from Chicago.
fire entailinc an estimated loss of
S. 900 occurred Wednesday in the re-
tail dry goods district Of Philadelphia.
The fire originated in the engine room Of
Shoneman Bros dry goods and millinery
store at Eighth and Arch streets,
Minister Mariscan, Mexican secretary
of foreign affairs, through United States
ambassador Powell Clayton, has trans
mitted President Diazs acceptance Of the
invitation extended by the Pan-American
Exposition company to participate in the
exposition
Charles Davis who obtained fame in
the theatrical world as Alvin Joslin.
has died in Avalon near Pittsburg. He
was stricken with pneumonia on Sunday