Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-22

The last conference of the lawyers on
octa sides over the Molineux appeal pa
pers has been held. and Recorder Golf is
now devoting as much time as he can
snatch from his other duties 10 the peru
sal Of the case as prepared by Weeks *
Battle for appeal and the district attor-
neyfs amendments 10 II II i likely that
the recorder n sign the ease on appeal
this month
The transport Grant. due At San Fran
cisco Jan l. brings the bodies Of 3D3
officers, soldiers aud civilian employees
Of the war department who died in Ha-
wall, China OF the Philippines. There
ere II bodies on the transport sherman,
hich is due m San Francisco on Han.
II. Amorg the bodies on the Grant is
that Of yoi ~ Barber, nephew If presi
dent Mckinley, who recently died in the
orient
The Hampton Benges feud has been re.
ncwed NJ clay county, Ky. Members Of
both parties met at the distilery OPP
Grated by Elihu Allen, aud when the
smoke cleared two men were probably
fatally wounded. Several men were en-
gagged. al being mounted on horses
Nathaniel Hampton was shot through the
back and one Of the Benges party
through the shoulder. More trouble is
anticipated.
The following statement has been post
Cd ut the war department: "1'he transport
Hancock arrived AT San Francisco Dec
10. 1900. with the remains Of soldiers
10 Of whom died ca route, and one was
transferred to the Hancock from the hos
pital ship Relief at Nagasaki. The report
that | 500 bodies were brought over is
without foundation, and il is requested
that this statement be given the widest
circulation by the press"
Henry K Beekman. justice Of the SUI
preme court. was stricken dead with apo
plexy on his own doorstep at 80 West
Seventeenth street, New York city. He
had not been in good health for some
time. Justice Henry Rutgers Beekman
was one Of the foremost figures Of the
New York bench and bar. Justice Beck
man was born in New York Dec. 3, lS45.
The first Of his family 70 come to Ameri.
CA was William Beckman. who came with
Peter Stuyvesant. the famous last Dutch
governor Of the colony. in I6iI.
The Fredomia State Normal and Train
ing school at Fredonia. \. Y, has been
DESTROYED by fire. entailng d loss of $2ao,-
900: fully insured The following were
killed: Phineas J. Morris. janitor; Miss
Maude Fizzcll, Bradford, Pa; Cora
Storms. Boston. n. y: Mae Williams,
Ruth Thomas. residences unknown; Bees
sic Hathaway, Olean. \. Y. Irene
Jones. Bust, y. Y. The normal school
was built in 1857 nj cost of 100000
and donated by the village of Fredonia
to the state In 1890 the state erected
an addition nearly as large as the original
building.
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Waggoner has
died in Lock Haven, Pa. of paralysis,
aged 10 years. She was the great-gteat
granddaughter of President John Adams
and the granddaughter of John
Quincy Adams. Her grandfather was
killed In the war of 1872. Her father
served in the Mexican war, her hus
band was killed in the civil war at At.
lanta while under General Sherman, her
son served through the civil war, and
her grandson. Lieutenant Gardner, was
killed recently in the Philippines. She
was born in Carlisle Pa, and had re-
sided here since 1878.