Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-21
NEWS or TIE WEEK.
happenings of the Wide world
Briefly and TePseIt Told.

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recovered.
Samuel +. Lord ex-mayor Of Saco. has
been nominated for governor by the Dem
ocrats Of Maine.
Jimmy Michael and Floyd Mcfarland
have beSI matched for another race to
determine the middle distance champion
ship.
A wreck occurred on the Delaware,
Lackawanna ard Western railroad near
Stroudsburg, Pa, killing two men out
right.
The secretary Of the navy has selected
IS names Tor the six submarine boats
3rampus. Shark, Pike, Porpoise, Adder
and Moceasin.
A Union line car on the Lee avenue d.
vision OF the ST Louis Transit company
was blown up by dynamite on Monday.
Two passengers were badly injured.
Curtis Guild Of Boston, who was ten
iered the appointment as first assistant
postmaster general to succeed Perry ;.
Heath, has declined to ACCEPT the Office
The Baltimore anG Ohio express from
Washington for New York was wrecked
near Philadelphia. 1t had S3O00,O0o IL
gold on board. The sw1ch had been tam
pered with.
Bushmen frem Cape oxford. according
to letter resolved from Sydney, were
killed and eaten 10y cannibals on the coast
of New Britain. The German govern
ment is taking steps to puaish the canni-
bas
Three burglars, broke info the general
store aud postotiiee at Tusearora, y. Y.
About S25 in money and a small quantity
of stamps were stolen. The safe was
blown open. wrecking the whole front
portion of the store.
The army transports plying between
San Fra acisco and the east have been
again placed on a wxr basis, with the re-
suit that no more passengers act attach
ed to the military establishment will be-
carried on those vessels.
A Cape Gown dispatch says aiat when
the war in South Africa is over 10000
Beers, chiefly naturalized citizens of the
Transvaal. will emigEate to tbs Unitod
States Irish-Americane are arranging
the preliminaries for tl4is movement.
Judge w. H. Washington of phladel4
phia, direct descendant of augustine
Washington. father of George Washing
teu is dead 1T Castle Creek, Hot Springs
Of consumption. He was - years of age
y
Twenty persons were more or aass seri
oHsly burned. several of whom viii die
by the explosion of a tank Of kerosene in
tie Mystic yards of the BosGan and
Maine railroad at SomerTille, Mass, and
property valued at $1,000 was destroyed.
Governor Roosevelt has announced that
on the advice Of the attorney general the
charges against Comptroller Coler and
Judge Cowiug of New York city have
been dismissed In the opinion OF Attor-
uey General Davies there was 40 basis
for the charges.
A statements made by the division Of
customs and insular affairs of she war
department is to the effect that the re
ceipts from all sources at the Havana.
custom house for the naanth ended June
80, 1900, show total net increase over
the preceding year Of Si00.2SS.
A telegram received by relatives an
announces the critical illness of Captain
Coghlan. commander OF the Raleigh in.
the battle of Manila. RE had IN attack
Of pneumonia. an operation was, necessa-
~, and his recovery is doubtful! He Is
with his wife at Colorado Springs.
The big steel plant of the Federal
Steel compaHy ut Lordin, O., has been.
closed, throwing 1000 men Gus of work
II is announced that the BesSemer plant
will remain idle for about two weeks
for repairs. hut the Hast furnaces have
been closed for an indefinite period.
During the past week in Luzon IL
Americans were killed and Ia wounded
One hundred and sixty Filipinos were
killed during the week. and eight Ameii~
cans who lgad been prisoners in the hands
of the re'JPls were surrendered and l0l
rifles were turned over to the United
States officials.
Monday night in Madison Squaee Gas
den Terry McGoycFn Of Brooklyn defeat
cd Franz Erne ot Chicago. the light
weight champion of the world, in the
third round. 1t was a hurricane fight
from bell to bell without il seconds bet
up, eX vpt when. either one of the con
testants was lying ON the flosr of the
ring
Two additional surgeons haEe been or
dered to procee-l at ones from San Fran
cisco 70 Seattle and thence by bont to
Cape Nome to assist in stamQing out the
SMALLPOX now epidemic at that point.
Thog viii be Gully supplied with fumigat-
ing apparatus and materials and will
take with them 5000 additional vaccine
points
a discovery of scientific interest and
great commercial value hos been made ON
tae island II Hawaii. Inmense subterra-
aean streams of ghc pgrest water have
seen uncoVered feom 1.J00 20 1000 feet
above tho. sea level The water will he
dumcd down tp the sugar plantations at
lower elevations, affording an abundance
for irrigation
CHARLES II. Nestecvelt- secretary and
treasurer Of the Dime Savings bank Of
Newark n. H. is dndeu arrest, charged
with stealing between S,SS.000 amt $40
600 from the bank The arrest VAS made
on the strength OF the examination of the
affairs of the bank now being conducted
by State Bank Examiner Martin lager
of Asbury Park,
w. Swift Wright is now the prime
minister of the republic of Santo Domin-
go. The honor came to him as the re-
suit Of his assistance and adyice to Pres
ident JimeneZ during the rebellion in the