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Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-18
REEVES BREAKS DOWN.

One of the Havana Post Office Thieves
Makes Full Confession.
Havana. May I8-W. S. Reeves, one
of the deputy auditors in the post office
department, has made full confession
and has turned over $4,000 given him
by Medley tor services when the latter
left for the United States. Startling dis.
closures are expected from Reeves
confession.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
TIE FRICk SUIT.
A Great Battle and Possibly Public
Benefit.

Much interest is taken by naval
officials in the controversy between III.
C. Frick and Andrew Carnegie, and
also in the reported combination OF
the armor manufacturers of the world
to keep up the price of armor
The effect OF the suit instituted by
Mr. Frick upon the armor question,
the authorities say, may be the estac-
lishment of rival plants, which VIII
lower the price of armor, and which,
consequently, would make ineffective
any world combination such as is re-
ported to be forming or have organ
lied.
The sum of money involved In the
proposed suit is said to run up to
gigantic figure. The estimated total
of the Carnegie Steel Company's daily
consumption of coke is 900 cars. The
Prick Company produces about 1900
cars of coke per day, so that three
fifths of the whole goes to the steel
concern at the 10 wprice of $1.35 per
ton. In other words, the Carnegie Steel
Company, it is alleged, saves from
$50 to SIS 600 per day With the
cost of production, or freight rates
and other items of expense In the
manufacture of coke constantly going
up, the minority stockholders Of the
coke company say that If the contract
is allowed to run their profits will
eventually be cut to almost nothing.
The suit, then, viii ask the Court to
annul the agreement altogether and
relieve them from a situation that has
been forced upon them by the major
ity holdings.
The thirty or more defendants in
the suit of Henry c. Prick against the
Carnegie Steel Company will make no
special effort to avoid Court service.
The delay in serving the papers comes
from a desire to await the filing Of
the suit of Mr. Frick ad other stock
holders against the Prick Coke Com
pany.
Andrew Carnegie's answer to Mr..
Tricks bill in equity will be made in
the shape of demurrer The charye
will be denied and the Court asked to
dismiss the proceedings. Then will
come the real fight of the legal giants
engaged in the case.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
DEATH RECORD.

Leander J. Mccormick, who, with
his brother Cyrus. founded the McCor-
mick Harvesting Company, and who
had been resident of Chicago since
1S4S, died Feb. 20 in Chicago.
A. w. Whelpley, librarian of the
Cincinnati Public Library, is dead. He
was formerly employed in a publishing
house in Cincinnati. and in 1884 was
made librarian of the Public Library
He was widely known for his charita-
BILE work
William Foster, who for the past
twenty-five years had conducted a
blacksmith business in Orange N. j.,
is dead. Mr.. Foster was Ga years old
and was born in England. He was
known to all the horse owners and
horsemen in the Oranges.
The death is announced in New Or
leans cot Dudley r. Walker, native
of Boston and a member of the famous
Adams family of Massachusetts. Mr.
Walker died at the age of SO years.
Colonel b. s. Lowell President OF
the John p Lowell Arms Company. OF
Boston, died at his home in Wey-
mouth, Massachusetts, Feb. 10.
Mrs. Annie E. Lodge, mother Of
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. died at
her home in Boston, yesterday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
HINTS OF FOUL PLAY.
Congressman Chickering's Family
Scout Idea of Suicide.

Mrs. Charles A. Chickering, widow
of Congressman Chickering, who was
found dead on the sidewalk OF the
Grand Union Hotel, New York, the
other daay, has issued a statement
signed by herself, her husbands ply
stefan and Others The statement
says:
THE family, his friends and every
physician who has treated Mr.. Chick
ering, including his home doctor also
the Specialist. DR. Hammond of New
York, all have been of one mind.
namely, that Mr.. Chickering did not
show any trace or action of insanity
and has not during his illness. Now,
this fact, together with what all his
friends know of his natural traits, dis.
prove any theory that Mr.. Chickering
committed suicide. and because some
New York policemen find mans BODY
under an open window it is not eyi.
dence of suicide. AS his illness was
nervousness in the extreme, IL is pos
sible that he had. fright from noise
or even an intruder in his room. as he
was careless in locking his doors. and
was always careless in his carrying
and handling of money. His family
anu ai1 PoHpSo9s0h ~ ettA
pie proof that Mr., Chickering did not
commit suicide. but was the victim OF
a delusion through fright and possible
pain, when alone and away from his
usual surroundings Of peace, and was
a victim of foul play. The latter the
DRY has some strong evidence, even il
his watch and some valuables we're
not missing We think Mr.. CHECKER.
fney ala not noparnf+ cttfcida
"He was either knocked or thrown
from the room or frightened into leav-
ing it by the window, by the fire es.
cape, or may have believed he was on
the ground floor easy OF exit"
Captain McClusky, of the New York
City Detective Bureau. ridicules the
idea of foul play. He says that no re-
port OF any suspicious circumstanc rs
were made to him in regard to the
death. The hotel people declare that
Mr. Chickering's room showed no sign
of disturbance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
KENTUCKY AGREEMENT
Which Will Simplify the Contest
Over the Governorship.
A SPEEDY TRIAL IN THE COURTS.
The First Hearing VIII BE before
Judge Emmett Field, at Louisville,
and the rIendings Must BE Made
Up by Next Tuesday.

Frankfort, KY, Feb 22.--The con-
tests over the state offices are very
much simplified by the agreement en-
tered into yesterday between the at
torneys for the Republicans and the
Democrats, representing both sides,
and Strengthening out the legal tangle
over the multiplicity of injunctions to
settle the governorship. There will be
a speedy trial in the courts on the
agreed case. involving all of the issues,
the first hearing to be before Judge
Emmett Field, at Louisville.
The agreement provides that all the
suits, are to be placed upon the or
binary docket anu tried by the court
on the law and facts. One answer and
the subsequent pleadings in the two
first named suits may be filed and ap-
piled to both cases, and they are to be
consolidated; the same evidence shall
be heard in all the cases, the three
cases being tried and heard together.
The pleadings shall be made up by
Tuesday, Feb. 81, 1900, or sooner II It
can be done. 1t is further agreed by
the parties to the said suits that they
will submit to and adhere by all the
orders and judgments of the courts, re-
serving. however, the legal right to
stay proceedings on such orders or
judgments in any manner provided
by law.
John Marshall, w. H. Yost and Helm
Bruce are the attorneys for TayloA
and l.. H. Carter, John b. Castleman
and John X. Hendrick act for Beck
ham.
There is general citation In political
circles over the agreement between
the attorneys, as it is conceded the
matter will now be passed to speedy
finish. Both sides are pleased over the
terms agreed on.
Ex-Chief Justice w. s. Pryor, one OF
Democratic Governor Beckham's at
torneys, said today he thought 1t prob
able that the agreed case would be
settled, so far as the state courts are
concerned, within three weeks. The
attorneys on that side all say they
have no fear that the supreme court of
the United States will grant writ
i of error to that court after decision
by the court of appeals, but the Re-
publican attorneys believe that the
supreme court of the United States
supreme court will take jurisdiction
and hear the case.
A case involving the recognition of
the governor of Kentucky occurred at
Lexington yesterday. The Franklin
county jury ordered G. G. Heilth, a
negro, confined in the state prison.
and he was sent to the state asylum at
Lexington. The negro was accompa-
MED by an order from Democratic
Governor Beckham to return him to
the penitentiary when cured. The Of
fetal in charge of the asylum, acting
in Superintendent E. M. Wiley's abb
sence, received the patient. but ignored
Beckham's orders. The asylum is un-
der superintendent appointed by
Governor Bradley during his term.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
A COLOSSAL ALLIANCE.
To Try to Dictate the Worlds Steel
and Tin Prices.

Preliminaries have been completed
in Pittsburg in a move for the forrna-
ton of one of the largest steel and
iron combinations yet affected. The
united capital will be about $3.50 ,000.-
000
The meeting to affect the alliance
took place in New York Feb. q.
Representatives Of four OF the larg.
est steel combines were present.
These companies are the American
Steel and Hoop Company, capital $751;
900 ,000 American Tin Plate Company,
capital $30.000,0 900; National Steel
Company. $32,000,0O0, and the Sheet
Mill Combine that is now being organ
lied with a capital Of $52,000,000
Among those counted on to carry
out the project are C. w. Guthrie, OF
the American Steel Hoop Company
l.. G. Reed, President of the American
Tin Plate Company. and w. r. Refs,
President of the National Steel Com
pany.
Should the combination materialize,
ii will control the steel and tin plate
manufactured in this country and will
dictate the market price and product
for the world II is claimed that
those who refuse 70 enter the sheet
steel trust recently will go into the
rev Organization The latter are the
Apollo Iron and Steel Company, Tug
& Co, w. Devices Wood Company
and the Whitaker Iron and Steel
Company, of Wheeling.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24

p. L. Mccarthy. farmer living
near New Brunswick, N. j., while re-
turningl 10 his home late on the night
of Feb.t z. was overcome while walk
ing through the big snow drifts and
fell He lay in the place where he
fell until Sunday morning, when he
was found dead James Apologize.
of Milestone, near New Brunswick,
was also overcome on his way home
the same night. His legs We're badly
frozen He was found and sent to a
hospital where both legs were am
putated He died.
Mrs. Mary Chester, young WON
an. wife of mill hand of Passaic, N.
j., was found dead Monday under a
heap of snow in front of her home.
During the storm she went to store
nearby to purchase few articles OF
food. Returning home she evidently
fell exhausted in snowdrift. Search
was made all over town for her, but
while her two brothers were shovel
ing snow from in front of the house
they discovered the body
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
Drunk with Cold.

The usual results of exposure to e.
trelne cold. are loss Of energy, both
physical and mental. followed by
drowsiness and disinclination to
move; the mental faculties become
torpid and the senses numbed. while
the victim Ii seized with an irresist-
ible desire to lie down and sleep. II
this desire IL yielded to the lethargy
passes into stupor and death follows.
Occasionally these symptoms are pre-
coded by others which resemble those
Of intoxication, and gre due to pe-
culiaf condition of the blood, which
at very low temperature takes up
an insufficient quantity Of oxygen.
and SO has an Injurious effect on the
nervous system 1T was observed dur
ing the retreat Of the French as NO.
Cow that those WING were most severe
ly affected by the cold often reeied
about as II intoxicated; they also com
planned of giddincss and indistinctncss
Of vision, and sank gradually into a
state of lethargic stupor. from which
1t was impossible to arouse them. 9th
err instances are recorded In which
persons became delirious and died
through short exposure to inten@t
cold Exchange.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24

Editors of daily newspapers in Illi-
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Michigan attended the meeting of the
Inland Daily Press Association Feb
20 at Chicago, and agreed to fight the
paper trust No official action was
taken, but the editors agreed among
themselves to fight the movement TO
induce Congress to remove the tariff
on Canadian pulp wood, which, they
say, is a scheme of the paper trust to
get control of the Canadian supply
Paper manufacturers in the trust have
complained of a serious shortage in
the pulp wood supply and have &C
cordingly raised prices on paper. This
assertion of a shortage is denounced
as false by the editors, who have col
lected figures to prove there are bill
lions of feet of hemlock, poplar.
spruce and other pulp wood yet to be
had in this country.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
THIN BRITISH LOSSES
In Latest Fighting May Equal
the Losses at Colenso.
ROBERTS MBAaER DISPATCHES.
cesses the Boer Report hat Cronje
Has Beaten the Britons to "A stand
still Is Credited in London.

London, Feb. 23.-Lord K oberts
FOUGHT a heavy battle with Cronje's army
on Sunday. but failed to take the Boer
position. The British lost heavily; the
Beers confess a loss OF 500 men.
On Monday Cronje asked Tor a arms,
tice of "a hours to bury his dead. Lord
Roberts replied that he must hight to
finish or surrender Internationally. The
fighting continued and on Tuesday the
British commander informed his govern.
ment that the Boer position was one OF
such strength that he would not try TO
storm il. but would continue his bonn
bardment. He succeeded in cutting OIL
a force under General Botha which had
come to re-enforce Cronje, defeated 1t and
scattered the Beers with great loss.
Cronie holds formidable position in
the bed of the Modder River, near koo-
doosrand. and end it is believed that ne
is surrounded by the British. Boer re-
Inducements are rapidly arriving. and
Lord Roberts has turned his attention TO
cutting them off.
There are persistent rumors IN Lon
don that the War Office has given out
only part of the news, and that 1t has
information of terrible disaster. Re-
ports are widely circulated and are credit
ed BY many, that the Black Watch ana
another Highland Regiment were caught
4 in a Boer trap and practically wiped out.
General Butler is advancing 10 Lady,
smith, his march being practically unop-
posed. and he expects to reach the town
in day or two.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
DOiNGS OF CONGRESS
WHAT OUR NATIONAL LAW MAX.
ERs ARE CONSIDERING.
5oue Of the More Important Work OF
the National conoress--Bills That
the Committees Report Favorabiy
Observation-Disclosures Topics.

Cpon--W dsnington topics.
A large portion OF the time of Con-
gress Is occupied in the discussion or
the Canal bin and the Porto Rcan
tariff measure.
Representative Hepburn has offered
q resolution fixing March and 6 for
the consideration of the Nicaraguan
Canal bill. 1t went to the Committee
on Rules,
The Board of Naval Construction
estimates the cost OF the necessary
repairs to the cruiser Boston to be
about $500 900. The work is to be
done at the Mare Island Navy Yard
The Election Committee Is still
probing Senator Clarks election ex-
penses. with the chances that he will
be unseated.
The President has sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: John
A. Mulkey, of Alabama. to be Consul
at Tuxpan, Mexico; Commander Will
lam G. Gibson, u. s. N. to be Captain;
Lieutenant Commander r. G. Daven-
port, to be Commander, and Medical
Inspector j. G. Wise, to be Medical
Director.
Chairman Hull. of the House Com.
mittee on Military Affairs, has intro
duced a bill prepared by the War De-
partment authorities to improve the
efficiency of the army. 1t practically
recognizes the army.
The transport Sheridan has arrived
safely at Manila from Seattle
with forage and other army supplies.
In the United States Senate the Ha.
waiian bill has the right OF way.
When disposed of. the Puerto Rican
bill will be taken up.
The House has entered upon the
consideration of the Puerto Rican
tariff bill. and protracted debate Is
expected on the constitutional phase
of the question. The vote is to be Ia
ken on Monday, the Goth,
The House has passed the Legisla.
tive. Executive and Judicial Appropri
alton BILL The Civil Service Appro
priation, which was stricken out OF
the bill in Committee of the Whole
was restored in tue House by a vote
of 123 to IL
Representative Hull. of Iowa, Chair
man Of the House Committee on Mill
tMy Affairs. has introduced bin Civ
Ing the Adjutant General of the arm,
the rank of Major General.
The War Department is negotiatine
with the Navy Department for the ac
QUESTION of several of the vessels pur
chased for the navy just before the
Spanish-Amercan war and which are
no longer wanted. They will be used
as army transports.
The Marine Corps has adopted
khaki as part of the uniform of the
men, using the army standards.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
NOES or THE CUBANS.
Tobacco Seed Of Inferior Quality
Shipped to the Island.
PROHIBITED BY GENERAL WOOD,
Cuba's Military Governor Protects
Reputation of Local Product--Pro-
test Against bishop sbaretti May
Result I'm Independent Church.

Havana. Feb. 22.--For some time to-
bacco seed of an inferior quality has
been shipped to Cuba, and the Cubans
naturally feel that this will initiate
against the future reputation and value
of the local products. Earnest pro-
tests have frequently been made, and
yesterday Governor General Wood Is
sued an order which prohibits the fur
Their importation OF such seed. Repu-
table tobacco dealers and the public
generally are much gratified.
Salvador Cisneros, marquis OF San
Lucia, first president of the Cuban
provisional republic, presided Tuesday
night at a meeting called to protest
against the appointment Of Mgr. Sba-
retti to the bishopric of Havana. The
meeting decided to send to Rome and
Washington dispatches protesting
against the appointment. and a special
General Wood in connection with the
matter. Moreover, 1t was decided that.
In case all these methods should fall,
an independent national church should
be founded. General Maxine Gomez.
who was unable to be present, sent a
letter expressing his sympathy with
the movement. Another meeting was
held last evening.
General Wood has named four In
spectors Of schools, one each for the
provinces of Havana, Matanzas, Puerto
Principe and Santiago. whose duty 1t
duty 1t will be regularly to inspect all
the schools In their respective prov
inces. The salary will be $4,000 per
year, and an allowance OF " per day
will be made for expenses.
A general strike OF lighter men and
wharf hands Is In progress at Cien-
fuegos. The strikers want higher
wages. Ships at that port cannot dis
charge cargoes.
The Cuban board Of trade has fur.
nished to General Rus Rivera, nnin-
lister OF agriculture. the following de-
details: Prior to the war Havana con-
sumed weekly $4,000 Cuban chickens
valued at from 40 to 90 cents apiece
and 100000 Cuban eggs weekly, val
ued at 81 per hundred At present
10000 eggs are imported weekly, val
ued at $1.75 per hundred, and there is
an average weekly importation OF 10,-
900 chickens, valued at from rs to 80
cents apiece.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
MANILA NEWS.

A Military Commission at Calamba
is trying a Filipino member of the
guerilla band which attacked squad
of Americans Feb. 2, killing cor
poral The charges are murder and
assault, with intent to kill. The case
is important as foreshadowing the
policy of treating guerrillas as bandits.
1t is supposed that one reason which
has hitherto deferred the American
authorities from adopting this policy
is that the insurgents have more than
fifty American prisoners and may re-
taliate. although few of them were
captured while fighting.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
SPORTING NEWS.

Thomas Sharkey, the sailor aspirant
for heavyweight boxing honors, de-
feated Jim" Jeffords, of California, at
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 10. in two rounds.
Terry McGovern, feather weight
champion of the world and Frank
Erne holder of the same position
among the lightweights, may meet in
Chicago in a six-round contest. Lou
Houseman has telegraphed the box
ers, offering them $4,000 purse, or,
if they preferred, so per cent. of the
gross receipts.
The bill repeating the so-called Hor
ton law, which permits boxing
matches in New York State, has been
passed in the Assembly. the vote
standing 92 yeas to SO nays. The bill
has now gone over TO the Senate
where it will be considered by the
Codes Committee.
Jeffries and Corbett will meet at
Coney Island and not In San Francis
co, as at first decided.
The League of American Wheel
men has voted to abandon racing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
BRITISH TIDE TURNS
LATEST MOVEMENTS I'M THE
CAMPAIGN.
A Full Summary of the TransvaaI
War News--Proeress of the Con.
fiict From Day to Oay--The British
Encouraged.

Cable advices from South Africa
state that about 10000 British troops,
led by Lord Kitchener, are in pursuit
of Cronje's scattered forces. The lat
ter, it is said, have been strongly re-
inforced, and when they decide TO
make stand against Lord Roberts
advancing columns battle of great
magnitude win probably be fought.
The campaign in the east is being
energetically waged by Gen. Butler,
and Harris division has captured Co
lenso, in Natal, after some fighting.
London awaits with eager interest the
latest developments in the conflict.
At Leicester, England, an attempt
to hold a stop the war" meeting re-
Gently was fiasco. The proceedings
broke up in disorder.
A London despatch says: with
the casualties just reported, the Brit
ish losses in killed, wounded and cap
tured now aggregate 11,102.
According to a despatch from Rem
mes, France, a factory there has re-
ceived an order from the Transvaal
government for 10000 artillery shells.
The British House of Commons re-
iected motion to reopen the inquiry
into the Jameson raid in the Trans
vaal by vote of 2S6 to 152.
A despatch from Chieveley says:
The Beers line of fortresses in Natal
is broken, and the British have
achieved a decided success in captur-
ing the enemy's position on Monte
Cristo. The Beers, however, effec-
lively executed a retreat removing
their guns and convoy wagons.
Lord Roberts generalship was con-
Quoted with such secrecy that even
the senior officers who took the Sixth
Division through the preliminaries OF
the operation did not know what they
would finally have to do.
An army order issued in London in
vites the reservists to rejoin the colors
for a year, for home defence, and Of
fers $110 bounty for those who do SO.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
WILL INV ESTIGATE.
CONSUL MAcRuM's STORY NOW
BELIEVED.
Congressman Wheeler Says His Mail
Was Opened BY English Officials
and Closed by stickees Bearing
British Coat Of Arms.

Secretary OF State Hay will be Civ
en- an opportunity to make On official
statement in reply to the charges con-
tanned In the statement given out by
former Consul Macrum.
Without a dissenting voice the
House OF Representatives has passed
the resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Wheeler. of Kentucky, cali
ing on the Secretary for information.
and MIR Hay will give the State De-
partment side of the controversy
without delay
Mr.. Macrum has arrived In Wash
ington. He called on Mr.. Wheeler and
thanked him for having introduced
the resolution.
After Mr. Macrum had left Mr..
Wheeler said that the former Consul
had told him his whole story In con-
fldence. and had shown him the en-
velopes which he said had been
opened by the British censor. and
closed again with stickers bearing the
coat OF arms OF Great Britain and the
initials ~. r"
Mr.. Wheeler said he was convinced
that the British government had been
guilty of espionage. and that Secrc
tary Hay had made O mistake In not
hearing what Macrum had had to say.
He said that the envelopes Mr.. Mac
rum showed him bore the official seal
of the State Department. and they
could not have been inadvertently
opened by the censor.