Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
Brieay and Tersely Told.

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faetutes were exported during May
breaking all leeeFds.
Yah university has conferred the hon
oraly degree az doctor of laws upons Eli
hQ Root, secretary of war.
Four cases II supposed lcprusy have de-
selQped ameng ijaho volunteers who
. nave returned from the Philippines,
Two persons were killed and score
were injured ID a collision between Two
electric cars N East Webster, Mass.
The patent medicine plant Of kilmer y
Co, in Binghantou, y. H., has been de-
sttoycd by ere. with a loss Of SlaouOo.
Military prisoners at Fort Smelling,
Nina, recently made desperate attempt
TO escape. All but one were recaptured,
The Inauguration Of General Alejan-
dro Rodriguez, the first Cuban elected
mayor Of Havana took place on Satur-
day
Miss Margaret Carherry aud her father
threw a burglar from her room in Brook.
lyn through the window TO the ground. 80
feet below
James Pines. leader Of the Brooklyn
trolley men IN the great strike of 1885
and who worked hard TO prevent the un-
NAAAtrNAtt SLIM AANA 9NAhiftAt aus NA&N
in Brooklyn.
Roy, Dr. Benjamin Il. Wariield head
of Princeton Theological seminary, comes
oui strongly in a letter against any re-
vision of the Westminster confession OF
faith whatever
At Trenton Felix Engler and Charles
Smith, both under 10 years, were smooth
erred 10 death hy The caving In of the
bank at a sand pit 10 which the two boys,
with Others, We're playing.
An explosion in Il boothlack's shop at
Passaic, n. j., killed two men and SO Sc
serely injured two others that they are IN
hospitals, with little chance Of recovery.
Five or six others were slightly injured.
One fireman was killed and II others
injured and nearly 100000 worth OF
property was destroyed in a fire in the
machine shop Of the Best Manufacturing
company on Twenty-hfth street, Pitts
burg
1t is said that John w Gates, the Chi
cago capitalist, has decided 60 drop the
prosecution of the famous ease of Alex
ander Jester. charged with killing Gates
brother % years ago. Jester Is 50 years
Of age.
Fire. believed 10 be Of incendiary ORR
gin. destroyed the home of William
Gillles. adjoining the Clifton race track,
near Paterson. n. j. Two children Sa-
die. ) years old, and Eta, 3 years old
We're burned to DEATH
John S. Mathis. member Of the firm
of Morris X Mathis, shiphuildcrs. Of
! Camden. n. j., was taken suddenly III
while swimming in the Delaware river
| opposite the shipyard and died after be.
ing carried out OF the water.
! solomon Seruggs of Chicago and Philip
! Hllpot of ST. Louis, rival drumnlers for
| farming implement houses, quarreled
over the distribution Of trade az West
| Portal n. j. Both drew pistols and be-
gan firing. Both were killed.
Bishop Doane OF Albany has received
the honorary degree of u. -. from Trini
ty college, Dublin, which is regarded n
even higher distinction than similar
honors from Oxford saal Cambridge
which he has already received.
Oxford university has conferred ths
honorary degree OF -. ID. on the Rev
4 Morgan Dix Of New York, the honarai,
degree Of -. G. J.. on g. Il. Norton q
Harvard ard the honorary degree Of ID
Sc. on ]. NJ Baldwin Of Princeton
The Model and Training school at Sai
Juan. Porte Rico. an inslllar possession
has been totally destroyed by tire. caus
Ing Il loss If $4,000. The property wat
/ insured for $4,000. The fire is suppose
to have been caused by spontaneous com
bustion.
George W. Whitehead of New Yorl
has been appointed collector Of custam
for Porto Rico. with headquarters al Sal
Juan Mr. Whitehead for many year
has been connected prominently with tn
customs service, and his present appoint
ment is made solely on merit.
In Chicago the Prohibition conyen
: ton adjourned sine die on last Thursda.
after having placed in nomination 10
president John G.. Woolley Of Illinois AM
for vice president Henry Il. Metcalf o
Rhode Island. The nominations in eacl
instance were made on the first ballot.
All inward bound l;ro0kline East Bos
ton electric car Of the Boston elevate
road ran away while going down Mission
! hill AT l,oxbuly crossing and at the foo
OF the hill, while going at a rapid rate
: left the tracks and struck the OlympI
market carrying away the entire from
of the building, and injured % passenger
in the car.
Il ne ndllltSuiD OTtEoU, 'upidin w lIpt
T bound from Hongkong to Taku, ran o.
Pinnacle rock 80 miles north of Chefu
and ii was reported that she would prob
ably prove a total loss. Later reports
however, say she has been pulled off tn
rock and is being taken TO Nagasaki, ia
pan, to be locked. The extent of her in
juries is unknown.
The indications are that the anthracit
coal production OF the state of Pennsyl
vania for the month of June will exceo
that Of any similar month for years. Con
servative estimates place the June pre-
duction at 100000 tons, which is go
600 tons in excess of June, 1889, an
800. 600 tons in excess Of the agreed upo
tonnage for the mouth.
The following cable message has bee
. received at the war department fror
, General Macarthur at Manila: "Lyel "
/ Atkins, Company /. Thirty-fifth yolur
teer infantry, wounded in arm. moderat,
and captured May 80, was sent in by il
surgents June ~; reports health Charlie
ID. Roberts, captain Thirty-fifth volur
teers. and Private Mcintyre good"