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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19

DR.. Charles w. Sydnor, one of the best
known physicians in the Shenandoah
Valley. died Friday at Marlboro,
his old home. in Frederick county Va af-
Ter q brief illness. His death was due to
"a general breaking down, and was has
,cue by a stroke Of paralysis received
Thursday night. DR. Sydnor was born at
Mar boro 68 years ago. He graduated
before the Civil War at the Winchester
Medical College under the late Dr. Hugh
Mcclure and afterward at the Col
eye Of Physicians and surgeons at
Baltimore, During the Civil War he
served I'd the Confederate Army as sur
geon ia StonewaI Brigade. He then
pracd ed around Marlboro for some time,
and about IS years ago settled in Stras-
burg. where he has since remained. The
deceased IS survived by a widow, one son,
Dr. w. d Sydnor, Of Chesterfield county,
Va and three daughters, Mrs w. p. Lee,
u Buena Vista. Va; Mrs J. Frank
Thompson and Mrs. Stealey, wife of Rev
c. z. Stealey, of this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
THE OTHER SIDE.

The men who manage the business at
the quarry were seen this morning IN re-
gard to the threatened strike. They
stated that tue demands Of the workmen
should they be presented to them, would
be refused They stated that if the names
ofthe men who signed the paper lastnight
could be recured every one of them
would Immediately be discharged. Mr.,
+. f. Mi lard has a contract with Baker
Bros for quarrying the stone for so much
a day and he states that he could not give
any higher wages. Mr. Mliard states
thai they are now in a position to shut
down the quarry for the present and that
is what will be done il the men quit work.
The demands of the quarrymen will be
fatty refused and if all OF the workmen
Join in with the strikers the quarrieS will
be shut down. Mr. Willard states that
he can get Italian laborers at less wages
than he now pays the men.
The pay roll of laborers at the quarries
this week consists Of $50 men. Iney are
getting out from 90 to 70 carloads of
stone per day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
CHARLES JAMEs.MATHEws.

Mr.. Charles James Mathews. a wei
known baggage master on The Is. x o.
died suddenly OF paralysis at his home
4oI n. Queen street, Monday evening at
ten minutes Of nine O'Clock, aged 40 years.
Mr.. Mathews had been complaining for
several days previous TO has death, but his
condition was not considered at all seri-
GUS. When he came in from his usual
run on the railroad on Saturday evening
he complained of feeling unwelI, in which
condition he remained until Yesterday.
when in the afternoon at fifteen minutes
Of six o'clock while lying on the bed he
was suddenly strickel with paralysis. The
stroke left him in an unconscious condl
ton and he did not recognize any OF the
members of his family who remained at
the bedside of their stricken father until
he breathe his last, AL ten minutes OF
nine he passed quietly away. -,.-
Mr.. Mathews was we'll known and very
popular iu railroad circles, having heen in
the employ of the b. & O. Railroad Com
pany Tor twenty-e,ght years. He first
started out on The road as brakeman,
Was afterwards as conductor and finally as
baggage master. AT the Time of his death
he was running between Baltimore and
CumHr and, gong west on the Dusquene
...... he was born at Martnsburg
.uu .as been life long resident of the
c.N. tie was member of the Martins
burg Fire Department. which organiz--
-iou Will turn out in a body TO attend the
ulcraA
The deceased was the son Of Henry
and Susan Mathews, deceased He is
survived by a wife. who was formerly
lus, Anna Thompson, Of this city and
sht children; Harry OF Bridgeport,
ouns William, OF Baltimore; Ar hur,
Edgar, Carrie, Bertha, Bessie and Martha
MuHews. Of this city He is also survived
u. r,o sisters, and three brothers Mrs
Henry Gaver, Mrs Joseph Mcintyre, Ed
.ari aud 7. ID. Mathews, OF this city, and
Joseph Mathews. OF Hanover, Pa.
The funeral took p acs from the NJ
g.. Church. South, Wednesday afternoon
It g }l clock, Rev. 5. G.. Ferguson con-
.u.. ing the services. w. H. Wilen fu
1ar director.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
GEO. wALBuRv.

Mr.. George Walburn, an aged and high
ly respected farmer residing near Johns
town, this county. died Monday Of
general debility. He was aged about
seventy years. He is survived by wife
and several children.
MRS. ELIZA BOYER.
Mrs. Eliza Boyer, wife Of George w.
Boyer, died of general debility at her
home near Kearneysville, Jefferson county,
at the age of 6s years. Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyer were the aged couple who last win
ter bore the tortures of robbers without
disclosing the secret of the hiding place Of
their money This terrible and nerve-try-
ing experience FASTENED her death, the di-
rect cause Of which was cancer.
Before her marriage Mrs. Boyer was a
Miss Young of Charles Town. She leaves
a husband, two sons and one daughter.
Her husband, Geo w. Boyer, was one OF
the Jurors in the John Brown trial.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
J. /. REDAION

The ancients believed that rheumatism
was the work OF demen within man.
ANY one who has had an attack OF sciatic
or innammatory rheumatism will agree
that the infection is demoniac enough to
warrant the belief 1t has never been
claimed that Chamberlain Pain Balm
would cast out demons, but will cure rheu
matism. and hundreds bear testimony to
the truth of this statement. One applica-
ton relieves the pain, and this quick relief
which it affords is alone worth many
times its cost. For sale by Matthaei's
Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
MRS. ELIZA BOYER.
YOUNG Roy.

Leo, the young son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Angus. Mcdonald, died of stomach trou
BILE Monday at 5 oclock,aged 4 years
and /; months. The funeral will take
place from St. Joseph's Catholic church
this city. The time has not been fixed.
J. REDNtON.
lanes Louis Redmon, one of the lead
ing citizens OF Winchester, died Fri
day afternoon after a Io-days illness OF
pneumonia. The deceasedIwas 43 years
of age. and leaves a widow and four
children.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures
painful smarting, nervous feet and in
growing nails, and instantly takes the
sting out of cornS and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. BY mail for IS cents in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Omsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19

All predictions indicate a great rush
this spring and summer 10 the new gold
fe d at Cape Nome. Here, for the first
time in the history of mankind gold is be-
ing washed from the beach sand. MIR c. Ed
gar Lewis writes on this subjet in the April
Magazine Number of the Outlook, with
very full lnformation,a and with some new
and extremely interesting photographs OF
Cape Nome scenes, streets and miners.
va a wear. The Outlook Company, New
York;
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
Demanded Higher Wages.

A question that has been agtated
among the workmen at the quarries OF
the Standard Lime and Stone Company
for the past two months, as mentioned in
THE EVENING WORLD, reached a eli
max Thursday, when the quarrymen de-
ded to concertedly ask for higher wages.
Arrangements had been made for a meet
ing of the laborers in the Court House
and at the appointed hour about
sXty-five of them assembled in front OF
the doors of he building where the Ber
kelley county wheels of justice grind. The
laborers could not get permission to hold
a meeting in the Court House and they
then retreated en- masSe across the {. Y.
railroad to the meeting house OF the col
ored band, where they convened in secret
session. The meeting was held behind
closed doors. No person not employed
at the quarries was allowed to cross the
Threshold of the building in which the
agitated laborers held forth
When about sixty five of the laborers,
colored and white, had crowded into the
| building the doors were closed and with
| cheers the meeting was called to order.
| Several speakers arose and with spreaded
oratory announced the purpose OF the
meeting. These were received with loud
cheers and with waves of enthusiasm.
The bulk of the speaking, as learned
after the meeting. was to the effect that
they should organize to protect them
selves, that most of then had families and
were not able to support them on SG,Io a
day. 1t was decided ID appoint com
mittee of four to wait upon the cOntrac-
tors at the quarries as representatives OF
the force OF Isborers, or a majority OF
them at least, and quietly ask that then
wages be increased to S125 per day, with
ten working hours The men now work
II hours a day and receive $G.Go.
Another meeting will be held tonight
at which time it is expected that almost
the entire force of quarrymen will be pres
ent The men are buoyant in their be-
lief on account Of the prospect Of the new
quarries opening The committee will
wait upon the head men of the quarry be-
fore the end of the week and if their de-
mands for higher wages are refused, the
refusal will be a signal for all men who
have signed their names to the paper to
throw down their picks and quit work.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
USE ALIENS FooT-EAsE IN NoUR
GLOVES.

A lady writes: / shake Aliens Foot
Ease into lily gloves and rub a h,t's on
my hands. it saves my gloves by absorb
ing Precipitation. Il is a most dane.
toilet powder" Allen Foot-Ease make,
tight or new shoes easy Always use n
TO Break in New Shoes n keeps thc
feet cool and comfortable We invite
the attention of physicians and nurses 10
the absolute purity of Allen Foot-Ease.
All drug and shoe stores sell il. 25c.
Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail 10 do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19
LITTLE LOCALS.

IkHeTltS Is Sill lilC SliSA'itPi
There is no saying what this month |
Nav do.
Mrs. Katie Doran, nee McAneny, IS
here from Meridian, Conn.
Miss Nellie Cannon. of Brunswick, IS |
visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. D. G. Clark and family Of Winches- |
ter, spent Friday night in this CITY,
Mr.. Simms Powell, of Parkersburg' |
was in this city Friday evening
Mr.. Clifton Roby is spending several
days at his home in Cumberland.
Mr.. E. T. Moler of Shepherdstown, was
III town Saturday
Mr.. w. B. Clendenning, of Bunker
Hill, was in town on business Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. N. r. Roberts, Of Middlewayr
spent Thursday as the guest OF her sister,
Mrs. Lee Sier, W. John street.
DIR. M. S. Butler, of Hedgesvile is pre-
pairing to move to Parkersburg, where he
will locate.
Miss Daisy We'll, who has been visiting
her home in this city the past week, re-
turned home this afternoon.
Rev. w. c. Campbell, ID. D., of Roam
oke. preached in the Presbyterian Church
at Gerardstown Sunday morning.
Electrician Bennett, in charge of the
electric light plant at WilliamsPort, has
resigned and returned to Martinsburg.
Miss Natalie Dorsey Sifton, of this city,
was graduated from the Homeopathic
Hospital, Baltimore.
Coughs and colds, down to the very
borderland of consumption, yield to the
soothing, healing influences OF DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup.
f. S. Simpson, of W. King street,
brought into this office a butterfly that
measured six inches from tip to tip, which
he says is remarkable for this early in the
season.
The b. & 0. will run special EXcur-
sion train to Washington aud return on
Sunday May goth 1900. Leaving Mar
tinsburg at 9.o5(a. m. returning, leave
Washington at 7. 50 z. m. same day
Fare for the round trip only one dollar
Mr.. B. F. Newcomber purchased for
$4,000 the large dwelling at the south
west corner of St Paul and Preston
streets in Baltimore, The house will
be occupied by Mr. Newcomers daugh-
ter, Mrs. II. B. Gilpin.
The doors of the new B. x O. ladies'
81,
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24
midas FUNERAL PYRES
Bodies of Famine and Cholera Vie
Tins Burned in BOnfires.
The Horrors of the Penthouse De-
scribed by Correspon dent--Mis-
manags .ncnt AID Indifference
Every he-c - PitifuI Appeals for
HeIp-Americnn Generosity Praised

PHILADELPHIA, June ga CORE
spondent writing to the Record from
Ahmedabad, India, says:
Occurrences that are big are usually OF
interest to Americans. This famine i'll In
dia is the biggest in the worlds history.
1t is a thing of mlllions-miliious of broken
homes, millions of scattered families, mill
ions of empty stomachs. millions of living
skeletons, millions of deaths.
early this morning l left the train at
Godhra and was jolted over the wretched
roads in a two-wheeled cart to PLACE
where they were burning the de11
Never shall see charnel house more
dreadful. II great basin among the hills
lay heaps and heaps OF ashes, sill white,
the ashes of one thousand human bodies.
Here was crematory where, as in thou
sand others in the famine area, incinera-
ton was conducted ON a mighty scale.
Tons of wood were piled up in readiness.
Other low castles were bringing still more
dreadful fuel. And presently, when all was
ready, a match was applied to pile of
wood here and pile of wood there, and
the funeral pyres of 4 score more OF people
who had come to death by famine or chol-
era were started. In the centre of each
burning wood pile were the bodies of the
departed. To the mind 1t was an awful
holocaust but the eye simply saw q num-
Der of bonfires. 1t is the way the Hlndus
throughout India dispose of, their dead,
ard in time Of famine and cholera it is an
good and sensible way.
Il next took the train to Dohad. An
American missionary met me with the
usual conveyance, two wheeled cart
pulled by horse, and called tonga, in
which we drove literally over the hills to
he poorhouse. All through that o-mile |
ride, through the scorchiug heat, the fierce !
glare of the sun. the binding, driving |
clouds of dust. the air was laden with the |
horrible odor of the dead
at was not the kind OF poorhouse Amer
cans know. with green blinds and white |
walls, standing amid green trees. This |
anime poorhouse was thing of yellow |
mating an enclosure big enough TO hoVl
more than one thousand people, divided
INTO dormitories for sleeping, eating tents,
esting tents. and hospital wards. 1t was
,uilt as in the middle of a desert. Not
,reen thing was anywhere to be seen. All
he people not In the hospital slept on the
round ate on the ground, lived on the
round, in the dirt and dust. OF the thou
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24

sand inmates, half were women and chill.
| dren. This poorhouse, like all poorhouses
| In the famine districts, was part of the
Government relief operations. At normal
| times there are no poorhouses in India
| The poorhouses are in charge of natives
| Here all is mismanagment and absolute
| indifference to the suffering and the needs
OF inmates. This poorhouse at Dohad was
| in charge of native, and it was the worst
| place of the kind l have yet seen in India.
All the horrors of famine all the
misery and suffering resulting from star
| walton and neglect seemed to be concen-
trated here. The sick and the well. the
weak and the strong were hudded all
together. The people had come there to
die. Many could be saved. but the native
| in charge took no note OF this He sim
ply let them die while he remained com
fortably seated in his own tent with a
man to fan him.
The native hospital assistant was
strutting around with an umbrella over
his head, looking upon his patients from
afar. Government sanitary inspector
who happened to be present in his official
capacity, upbraided the hospital assistant
for his laziness and neglect. The man
closed his umbrella and made a showing
OF busting among the PROSTATE forms
under the mating roof.
L ne eliiciateu FORMS lying under the
general gathering shed looked exactly like
the pictures of famine sufferers. Some
poor people crawled to our feet on hands
and knees. and, placing their heads in
the dust. moaned their supplfcations: Oh
my king, help us, and it Will be well with
thee; for we are very hungry
I'm the hospital wards the scenes might
have represented all the forms of suf-
fering depicted by Dante in the Inferno.
lr,y fa,I
side, with never a hand TO lift cup of
water to their fevered lips Here were
children passing away alone. even unseen,
lying under heap of rags
Mothers addressed us, saying: Give us
food and the gods will give thee many
children Every now and then bearers
would come with stretcher of mating
and carry off yet one more body to the
burning place.
THE Gujarat district, where the poor
house just described is located, has not
known such famine for more than 100 |
years The inhabitants are almost all
farmers or farm hands, who in normal |
times live from hand to mouth and from
day to day, without thought of a morrow. |
Eighty per cent of the entire popula-
ton of India devotes itself to agriculture
to filling the soil. AS they eat and sleep
and live on the ground they have no need
'or furniture Hence when the time came
when money was needed they had nothing
% sell but their doors and their roofs and
heir water pots. These they did sell for
| few pennies, and after that they had to
90 either to relief camp to work or to the
,oorhouse to die.
THE Indian press is full of praise for
american generosity. The shipload of
orn, the vessel chartered by the American
Government and filled by the Christian
Herald is now expected to arrive within
fortnight. The remittance of 500. 900
ent by cable by the same paper, and
paid over to the Inter-De-
ominational Relief Committee for imme-
late distribution has elected universal
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24
CONCESSIONS In GUATEMALA.
A Decree Regulating Mining Priv
ileEes in the Republic.

IeSes in the Republic.
Consul General McNally has transmitted
| to the State Department from Guatemala
| a translation of a recent decree concerning
| mining concessions in that country. The
| translation follows:
'All mining enterprises established or
| to be established within two years shall
have from this date and for the next if
teen years the following concessions:
'All the machinery and utensils which
are not manufactured In the country and
are necessary for the discovery or opera
ton Of mines shall be exempt from fiscal
and municipal duties The invoices will be
examined by the secretary Of fomento.
Mining properties will only be subject
to the taxes or duties called territorial
contribution, which is per 1000. The
expectation of all mineral products is free
from any duty, fiscal or municipal.
THE freight rates Of national railroads
shall not be augmented for mining enter
prises; they will remain as established,
as long as this depends upon the Govern
ment
"All employees and laborers in the active
service of mines shall be exempt from any
public employment, and also from military
service in time of peace.
Mining enterprises are authorized to
improve the actual roads and to construct
new ones. according to the law of expro-
priation and the law of railroads.
Local and departmental authorities will
lend all possible assistance TO mining en-
terprises and give the necessary protec-
tion to those already in operation.
In case there should be immigra ton for
mining enterprises all immigrants shall
enjoy exemption from taxes and imposts
stipulated in the immigration law in the
second and third paragraphs OF the elev-
enth article.
.All the above concessions shall last for
fifteen years. even if the fiscal and mining
laws of the Republic should be reformed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24

The best experience and highest skill &c nm.
ployed TO brew Heurich's beers, which is one of
the many causes for the high standard OF Maer
zen. Senate. and Lager. Phone ga, Arlington
Bottling Co., for case, and enjoy good and
wholesome beer. LII
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24

Mannish style Kid Oxford Ties,
all-patent leather nobby Oxfords,
Tan and Black Wei Kid Boots. None
worth less than s1.50. CT IN
Some as much as 81. Nj ~
THIS WEEK. y SsIU
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24

More than 20 pretty styles
hand-sewed turn or welt sole Ok
ford Ties and Juliets, that are sold
nowhere else under O. or
S2.50-tan or black. W
THIS WEEK. " wv