Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-02
OF THE WEEK.
happenings of the Wide world
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

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"a mob at Scranton, Miss, has lynch
I'd q white man.
Al large rMmber OF silk ribbon weay
crs have struck In Paterson, N. j.
Five Italians were caught by a tram
ON the Pennsylvania railway bridge ~
Sharon, Pa, and killed.
Former United States Senator vii
Ham NJ. Everts is i'll with pneumonia
hi his home in New York.
The plans to connect New York and
Philadelphia by trolley via Somerville,
IN. H., are fast progressing.
Twenty Insurgents We're captured by
n detachment of native scouts near
Polo, in the province of BHlacan.
George James and his four young
daughters were burned to death in
their farmhouse near Versailles. Ind.
An Erie train made the run hetweep
Z Marion. O., and Huntington, Ind, a
distance Of 127 miles, in 137 minutes.
Or, Pierce Il. Fagln. a pioneer of Cal
Norma, is dead. DR.. Fagin laid out the
site of the city Of Des MONIES in 1876.
There have been Al deaths from
EIldiiDD& ItDpIltu III NEW jpth 3Ay
since the disease broke out on Nov. IL
last.
Judge Brown at Boston has decided
against the American Bell Telephone
company in the famous Berliner patent
case.
The steamer Newark Of the quarter
masters department has been wrecked
tafaa,ittupa leland i'm tho philin.
pines.
The Syracuse Alumni club of New
York city has presented a boathouse to
the university navy. The structure will
probably cost $1,000.
The heirs of the late Baron Wilhelm
Won Rothsclild. head of the Frankfort
banking house, have given 100000
marks to local charities.
Thomas Il. Kinslow. the professional
Baseball player, is dead of consump-
ton. Kinslow made a brilliant record
on the Brooklyn baseball team.
Three children locked in the home of
their parents at Cold Spring Harbor,
N. Y. while their mother ran Out on
an errand were burned to death.
The Hackensack armory at Hacken-
sack, n. j., which was also used as
m opera house, has been destroyed by
fire. The loss is $27. 900; insurance,
$4,000.
Adjutant General A. G. Oliphant of
the New Jersey national guard has
Just issued orders for the mastering
in of Company X. which has been re-
cruited in Plainfeld.
Reports from the gold mining district
of northern Luzon are encouraging. A
find of $500 gold was recently made
in a single pocket in Lepanto province.
about ITO miles north of Manila.
The bodies of 33 soldiers WHO died in
Cuba and whose remains were brought
to this country on the transport Nc
Clellan We're inferred in the National
cemetery Mt Arlington on Thursday.
Mrs. G. Henry Barnhart of Middle
town, n. Y, announces the recovery of
her eyesight through the ministration
of Christian Scientists. She had been
blind since Christmas as the result of
grip.
Governor Odell has pardoned Lati-
; mar f.. Jones, who was convicted in
New York in June, 1897. of forgery in
the second degree and sentenced to
Sing Sing for five years and six
months.
The board of trustees of the New
York State Soldiers home Mt Bath at
their annual meeting appointed DR..
James Il. Burdick of Brooklyn chief
surgeon of the home hospital in place
of Dr. Oran w Smith.
Chaplain Fitzgerald administered
the oath of allegiance to 2,200 Ilocanos
at a church in Vigan. north Luzon.
Feb. %, and IA parish priest at Santa
Catalina administered a similar oath
to 700 natives Feb. "A.
Colonel Walter S. Schuyler. with Il
detachment of the Forty-siXth volun-
teer infantry, had a smart skirmish
near Santa Cruz, province of Cavite, in
which several insurgents were killed.
The Americans captured ten rifles.
Mrs. Charles W.. Fairbanks. wife of
the senior senator from Indiana. has
beer elected president general of the
Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. She received 333
votes out of a total of 5S4 votes cast.
The 800 employees of the Dolph Coal
company, at Winton. Pa, have struck
because the company failed to pay the
10 per cent increase in wages to Il
number of it's miners. as agreed when
the big strike of last October was set
tied.
Professor |. Il. Poucher. principal of
the Oswego IN. " Normal school. has
received a communication from Divi-
sion Super tutendent Morse of the Phil
fnpinesW asking for teachers for service
IN the Philippines. Several graduates
aay accept positions.
The government buildings at lba,
capital of Zamhales province. Luzon,
have beer burned. the Jail alone escap-
ing the flames. The Twenty-fourth
mfantry's supplies Were destroyed by
Ere stp9npT has bpQu sent To Iba