Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
happenings of the Wide world
nriefix md TrrseIt Told.

The antitrust laws
g. II. Bantley Of Buffalo has purchased
ahe horse Prince u for 100000.
The STANDARD oil company has bought
oui the Pacific Coast OIL company.
tseorgc Westinghouse of Iittsbmg has
Bought large tract Of mining land -
Arizona.
The agricultural department reports
f0.1U0,00U bales as the probable cotton
production.
The president Of Sapto Domingo urges
reciprocity with the United States in his
message 70 congress.
w. j. Bryan will be gnest u honor At
Inauguration Of Governor Elect Jennings
oil Florida on Jan !.
The Official canvass shows that Nc
Kinley's plurality ia New Yofk stats was
I43.6G6 and 0dell's llt,l26.
The battleship Iowa and cruiser Phln-
deiphia have sailed from San Diego, Cal,
for South American waters.
Fire has destroyed Iowa Agricultural
college Three hundred students in the
building had a narrow escape
Governor Roosevelt will 90 to Colo
RADIO and New Mexico for vacation in
January aud stay through February.
The annual report Of the New York
wtate treasurer shows balance greater
than last years by more than $4,000
900
PENNSYLVANIA rail producers have taken
Oh contracts for delivery next year
amounting ia round numbers to l,00o.D00
tons.
rock taken from the Backwel's is.
Lnd quarry New York harbor. by Com
missioner I.antry has been found to CON
tain gold
The Ohio supreme court has dismissed
contempt proceedings brought against
Stsnda ! Oil company by Attorney Gen
eral Annnett.
Two attempts were made on Thurs
day 10 hold UP Chicago street ears. One
Of them resulted in the arrest of two
niegf, eho narrowly escaped lynehing
Twenty persons were injured in an ac-
eiient on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
aud Baltimore railroad at Gray's Ferry
station, IN West Philadelphia, on Sun
day.
The body of Colonel Liscum of the
Ninth infantry who was killed in battle
a, Iien-tsn, China was buried on Tues
day IN Arlington cemetery with military
honors.
Football has been tabooed in Oswego
county IN W schools and colleges. The
ieachrrs' association al recent meeting
denounced the game as brutal and dan
Ecrous.
Thomas H. Lawson of Boston has Civ
en- "a George Lawlcy the contract to build
a yacht which viii compete for the honor
Of defeudns the America cup against the
Shamrock H.
Harry West. known rs kid" West,
who on Aug lcit New York on a wager
ahai he would walk to San Francisco in
135 days has arrived there six days
ahead of time.
Samuel GfifIen, colored man who
WAS serving on the hattleship Maine
when She was blown up in Havana har-
Dor. was accidentally shot and killed in
Paterson, y. j.
Horace j. Hayden. second vice presi
dent of the New York Central railroad
was instantly killed at his home in New
York city by falling from window TO
the pavement below.
After serving seven years of 13 year
sentence in the Eastern penitentiary
James Parker of Ellisdale, y. j., has
been released as innocent of the crimes
with which he was charged
The official appraisement of the estate
of the laIe Cornelius Vanderbilt, just
completed. places its valuation at $I2.-
100000 or this So 100000 is in per
sonal and S20,0000O0 in real estate.
Brigadier General Charles T.. Eagan,
cOmmissary general of the United States
army has been restored to duty by the
president and placed ON the retired list
on his own application after 80 years
service.
The large four masted steel ship Astral
built for the Standard Oil company Of
New York has been launched successful
ly from the Arthur Sewall company's
yard in Bath Me, 1t is the largest sail
ing vessel ailoat.
Chancellor james r. Day of Syracuse
university has received Il check for the
university for $1,000 from "a friend"
Another from woman for $1,000 and
$500 from Theodore Irwin of Oswego
wele also received.
A detachment of the Fifth cavalry had
fight with 100 insurgents south of San
ia Cruz, Luzon. on Sunday. The insur-
gents we're chased for four miles. Four
teen of them were found dead There
we're no American casualties.
In response to Secretary Hays rep
resentations through the United States
ambassador in London, Mr.. Joseph II.
Choate the English foreign Office has re-
piled that the authorities at HongkOng
have been unable to discover Filipino
innta there
In the midst of one of the most bitter
gales that ever swept Lake Erie the iron
ere barge Charles Foster, in tow of the
Iron Duke went to the bottom yes,er-
day ten miles off Eric, and eight persons
were drowned including Captain John
Bridge of rgeland.
Captain ',ichard T. Ellis of the Thirty
third volunteer infantry captured in The
mountain poar Barbar a large quantity
Of krag Mauser and Remington ammu-
milton. together with a signal outfit a
printing press ana other equipment. All
Of this was destroyed.
The war jcr rr eut has received a dis
match from fen ral Macarthur telling OF
tile surrender vf 2lS0 katipunan instr
reeros TO General Young at Santa Maria