Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-26
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide world
Briefly and TerseTy Told.


that there have been no cases Of thu
.-ague for As days.
a large section Of Englisht0wn. n. j.
mas been wiped ont BIZ fire, involving .
loss If about $4,000.
Rev. Or. A. j. r. Behrends Of Brook
lyn, q prominent Congregational clergy
man, has died Of Brights disease.
Governor Roosevelt has approved the
exemption Of the state transfer tax APP
praisers from civil service examinations.
Two were killed and seven injured,
three fatally. by the explosion Of a loco
motives boiler at Dubois, Ills, on Fri
day.
James VI. Lynch Of Syracuse has been
elected president Of the International Ty
biographical union by a plurality Of about
1900.
In a trolley car collision in Buffalo the
notorman Of one Of the ears was badly
hurt Seven passengers were injured
two fatally.
Captain O'Connor's company Of the
! Forty-sixth infantry has captured =
rifles and 500 Hotchkiss and 10000 Maui
ser shells at Sian, Cavite province, Lu-
zon.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey
will have to pay Miss Hannah Collins Of
23G Monitor stseet, Jersey City, S42.50C
damages for injuries received in an acct
dent
General Benjamin +. Tracy Of New
York city has severed his connection with
the law firm of Tracy Boardman x Platt
and become counsel for the firm of Cou-
dert Bros.
Sister Alphonso, mother provincial OF
the sisterhood of st. Francis for the
United States, is dead. She was one of
the original six sisters who came to this
, country in 1870.
Rev. Alex Burns, ID. D., late principal
of Hamilton Wesleyan college and at one
time president of the Iowa Wesleyan
university and of Simpson college, Iowa
has died in Toronto.
The first death of white man from
bubonic plague occurred Monday The
victim was a government teamster. Sew
en natives have died since the outbreak
of the plague at Quiapo.
William III. Hunt of Montana has been
selected to be secretary of state for the
island of Porto Rico. He is a son of the
late Secretary Hunt and lawyer of high
standing m his own state.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow has taken over the direction OF
the postal affairs of Cuba, relieving Estes
G. Rathbone, director of posts, who has
been formally suspended
Late mail advices from Manila say
that the prison officials of Bilibid prison
at Manila are under investigation ON
charge of exchanging and releasing prs.
oners and receiving brides.
Major John G. Gilmore and 100 men OF
the Fortythird regiment were ambushed
May g near Pambugan, Samar. Seventy
five of the enemy were killed, and there
were no American casualties.
The engine attached to the west bound
fast mail train on the Lake Shore road
went into the ditch at Westfeld y. Y,
and Engineer Reagan and his fireman,
William Leighbody, were killed.
Francis Truth, who advertised himself
as Il divine healer" has been indicted in
Boston by the United States grand jury
ON seven bills aggregating 20 counts foI
alleged fraudulent use of the mails
The coating mill at the George w Bla
bon companys oilcloth and linoleum
works in Nicetown, Il suburb of Phila.
delphia. has been destroyed by fire. The
loss is roughly estimated at $4,000.
The Lutz murder jury at Wilkesbarre
Pa, found a verdict of guilty in the first
degree after being out Is days. During
all that time the ballot stood ten for first
degree and two for anything except that
verdict
Former State Superintendent of Insur
ance Louis +. Payn of Chatham, n. Y,
is one of the directors and the principal
shareholder of the Stonybrook Box Board
mills, Incorporated with Il capital OF
100000
In fight at Catarma, island of Samar
May /, about 700 Filipnos attacked the
men of the Forty-third infantry. The
Americans killed 300 of the rebels by
actual count and only three Americans
were wounded
John Miller, postmaster at Mill Point,
n. Y, while crossing Invalle street in
Amsterdam in his wagon was struck by
the Continental Limited, on the West
Shore road. Miller and his horse were
killed. He leaves a family.
Colonel Wickham Hoffman. aged 70
who was in the service of the govern
ment through the civil war and then as
secretary. charge daffaires and minister
on the European continent from 1860 tc
1856, has died at Atlantic City.
Captain Tinio, a nephew of General
Tinio. and % other rebels Were killed on
May Is by scouts in an engagement near
Malibicong. province of Ilocos. There
was no loss among the Americans, who
captured rifles, men, horses and saddles.
Fire in Danville. Va, has destroyed
two of the largest warehouses in the
country. two factories and a storage
warehouse filled with the bright leaf to-
bacco and upward of 100000 pounds OF
valuable tobacco valued at about $11j,,
O0O.
The statue of General Grant presented
by the Grand Army of the Republic to
| the nation was unveiled in the great TO
| tunda of the capitol Saturday, and elabo-
rate ceremonies commemorative of the
| event were held in the hall of representa-.
| tives.
The towns Of Hiongos and Maasin, is
! land of Leyte. have been occupied by
| troops of the Forty-third volunteer infan-
| try The insurgents opposed the landing
| of the Americans and sustained heavy
losses The Americans had three casu-