Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-12-08

IL, dcmoiishing thousands Of dwellings,
including Governor Schroeders head
az rters.
Oscar Booz. young student OF the
West Point Military academy. has died
AZ his home in Bristol. Pa, as the result.
it Is said. Of a hazing administered 70 him
by students at the academy Il IS said
the hazing consisted Of forcing the young
man to eat Cayenne pepper tablets. Thy
sfcians say throat consumption resulted
from the treatment.
In his annual report to the secretary Of
tie treasury the supervising spr cial agent
STATES that during the Inst fiscal year
goods Of the value Of $64.SlG were seized
and that - arrests were made for Wolf
ton Of the customs laws. The amounts
recovered on account Of penalties aggrc-
gate S1T4l9 and on account 81 underyal-
uation and improper classification $500
$40.
Hassan Pasha. Ottoman minister ~
marine. and General Williams. represent
ing The Cramp Shipbuilding company Of
Philadelphia, have signed a contract fol
the construction Of cruiser for the OF
toman navy. The price 10 be paid is ST.
1000 which Includes $4,000 as in
demniiy to the United States for losses
sustained by Americans during the Ar
menian massacres.
Major G0rgas, chief sanitary officer of
Havana. III his report for November
shows that 4i4 deaths occurred ia The
ciiy from all causes, this being the lowest
number for the same month during The
last ten years The deaths due 10 yellow
fever we're -, or 20 below the figures fol
October Thirtyseven yellow fever pa.
tients are now under treatment, -four OF
whom are Americans.
The American Farm company, with a
capital Of 81 900. 900. has been incorpo.
rated Mt Trenton. \ j. The purposes of
the company are 10 conduct scientific and
practical farming and stock raising. to
operate a chemical laboratory and even
tually to establish an agricultural college.
The incorporators are John W, Woodruff
offlIandturg. y Y; Henry G. McCali Of
Buffalo and George A. Fries of Buffalo.
Twcnty-onc were killed and faly %
badly injured by the collapse Of Inc roof
Of the Pacific Glass works on FIT 4en II
street. in San Francisco. while it was
crowded with men aud boys watching
football game ON the field adjoining.
About - people zen through the ROOF
upon the red hot furnaces and glass watts
below. Al were horribly burned, aud il
is feared that in addition to the death
already reported there will be several
more
The richest quartz ledge ever found in
the Atin district of Alaska has been I'M
covered on the Cleaner group. on Taku
Arm David Won Cramerr has reached
Skaguay with samples Of the ore in
which free gold II very plentiful. He says
the ledge is - feet wide and that it con.
tains streak of wonderfully rich ore.
TIVE and one-half ounces from this streak
were pounded in a mortar. yielding nearly
81 30 in gold. The owners declare that
half ton Of picked ore will yield oyeI
$4,000.
Oscar Wilde died on Friday in an oh
scure house in the Latin quarter of Paris
from meningitis and was received into
the Catholic church on his deathbcd
Wilde, who was about 10 years of age,
was born in Dublin and was the son of
Sir William Mills Wilde, an eccentric
surgeon dentist, who has been termed the
'crazy doctor.