Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-26

In June a new Filipino college that viii
be nonsectarian. II viii be the first Of its
kind III the archipelago. The provost
marshal has approved the prospectus.
The sum Of 100000 has been subscribed
for the endowment Of the college.
The total receipts Of the Cuban treas
ury during the month of April were ST.
4s3, 751, Of which customs furnished ST.
1912, postal receipts S24GG2. internal
revenue SS4,J61 and miscellaneous $780,
$50. The total receipts Cor the first four
months Of the present year were So. 164,-
200.
Rev. u. II. Moore and Rev. J. w.
Hamilton were elected bishops by the
Methodist Episcopal conference on the
seventeenth ballot, which stood: ID. H.
Moore. 534: j. w Hamilton. $40: j. r.
Day. 104; II. Spellmeyer, IL; T. Il. Nee
~, fl; J. H. Berry, -; necessary to a
choice, Al
Louisiana has elected Ex-Governor
Murphy j. Foster to the United States
senate and reelected United States SEN
ator Samuel Douglass McEnery. Sena-
tor McEnery is now serving a second
term in the senate. and his new term viii
begin in 1908. Senator Fosters term
begins in 1901.
The records of the comptroller Of the
currency show that from March H. the
date on which the new financial bill be-
came a law, to May II 229 applications
have been received for authority to or
ganize national banks with a capital Of
less than $4,000 each, making a total
capital Of S5.905, 900.
The Pittsburg Steamship company's
steel steamer Harvard, the largest vessel
ever built on the Detroit river, has been
launched from the Wyandotte yards of
the Detroit Shipbuilding company. The
Harvard is 47S feet long, % feet nodded
depth and so feet beam. Her carrying
capacity is 5000 tons.
Fire at Greenwich, Conn. on Wednes-
day resulted in the total destruction of
five business blocks. including the post
Office building, St Mary's Roman Catho-
lie church, a stable and gas house on the
estate of r. G. Benedict, and considerable
damage to other property. The total loss
is estimated at $4,000, with insurance
of less than half that amount.
Twenty miners, 10 white and u
negroes, lost their lives in an explosion
at the Cumnock coal mines. Chatham
county, n. C. The explosion is supposed
to have been caused by broken gauze
in a safety lamp. Forty or 30 men were
in the mine at the time. The list of dead
includes John Connolly, mine superin
tendent. He came from Pittsburg.
Second Lieutenant George l.. Jackson,
Forty-seventh volunteer infantry, died at
Manila on the Dist inst. of Bright's dis
ease. Lieutenant Jackson was born at
Bellefonte, Pa. in 1869 and served dur
ing the Spanish war as first lieutenant
of the Fifth Pennsylvania volunteer in
fantry He was mustered out in Noyem-
ber 1898, and in August, 1899, was APP
pointed second lieutenant in the Forty
seventh volunteer infantry.
The police of Wilkesbarre, Pa, have
the confession af a man who died here,
saying he and two others murdered
Postmaster Michael Corcoran on Dec. 3,
1898 The confession tells how the men
tried to get at Corcoran's safe in his room
and shot him as he held the door. They
got S53. The dying man gave the names
of his accomplices, one of whom is near
Pittsburg and the other in the west. The
police are looking for them.
Secretary of the Navy Long has or
dered the re-estabishment of the Eu-
ropean station. In the beginning the
United States squadron in European wa
tiers will consist of but one ship, but it is
expected that in the course of time as
more officers are found available for duty
other vessels will be commissioned and
sent abroad to Join the station. The AL
bany will be the solitary ship to represent
the American squadron IN Europe.