Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-01-12
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Hnppeain@s of the Wide WorId
briefly and Tersefy Told.

master general 81 the ARMY, is dead
Jahu Ean8Sscy, former city treasurer
of Philadelphia is dead at his home.
A New York state tuberculosis hospital
is to be built at Raybrook, Frankiin
county.
The Philippine commission has com
plrted the code for the government q
municipalities.
Ex-Sepater Fred T. Dubois has been
nominated for United States senator by
the fusion caucus 10 Idaho.
Captain J. d. Bulloch. famous agent
of the Gonfoderates during the American
civil war, died IN Liverpool.
The Right Rev. Bishop Winand Mi
chael Wigger. head of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of Newark, n j.. is dead
John Goodnow, United States consul
general at Shanghai, has arrived az san
Francisco ON 60 days leave OF absence,
Lorenzo Pfiofi, who was to have been
morning, has been granted a respite Of 20
days by Governor Odell
Colonel Huntington Wolcott Jackson,
one Of the foremost lawyers of Chicago
and u member Of the old Jackson family
Of Newark, n. j., has died OF apopIexy.
John c. Sims. secretary OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad company and well
known in railroad circles throughout the
country. died in Philadelphia on Monday.
The residence OF Edward T. Taylor at
Model City, near Lewiston, N. T., was
burned on Monday. Taylor. his wife and
three small children persisted in the
flames.
Myer Mark. for nearly quarter OF a
century prominent in the business circles
Of GloselSyille. n. ". has died at his
home in that place. Mr.. Mark was 80
YEARS of age.
Bishop " Y Ninde, aged 6S years, OF
the Methodist Episcopal church. was
found dead in his bed at his home in De-
troit 1t is thought the cause Of death
was heart trouble.
Andrew Carnegie has promised Seat
tie gift of 100000 TO be expended In
the construction of new public library.
He requires yearly guarantee of $780,
600 for maintenance and Improvement.
A passenger train on the Nevada. Cali
fornia and Oregon railway was struck
by the gale at Doyles, 80 miles north of
Reno. New, and was hurled from the
rails. Fonr passengers and three train
men were hurt.
Michael Ferrin and a negro, name I'M
known, were blown to pieces at Philson,
Pa, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
by an explosion of dynamite. The men
were ihawing the dynamite when the ex-
plosion occurred
The Dingley Woolen Mills company, an
extensive manufacturing concern of Phil
adelphia, has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver. The affairs of the company were
involved with those of George Campbell,
who failed recently.
President Albert J. Earring Of the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railway
has sold his 10000 shares of stock in the
road The line has passed into the con-
troll Of ]. j. Hill. j. Pierpont Morgan and
John u. Rockefeller.
A frightfnl dynamite explosion occur
red in the powder machine house of the
Repanno Chemical company at Thomp-
sons Point, n. j. The building was an
initiated and the three workmen in it at
the time were blown to atoms.
Charles Il. Westervelt, former cashier
of the Dime Savings institution of New
ark, ~ j.. entered plea of guilty to two
indictments for forgery and not guilty TO
two indictments of embezzlement. The
amount he is charged with embezzling is
$50, 800.
The New York Central railroad shops
at Oswego. n. Y. are to be enlarged and
employment given to twice the present
force The wages of trainmen and CON
ductors on the Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg division have been advanced
Is per cent.
David Oilers private bank at Shiloh,
o., has been burglarized The robbers
are said to have secured $4,000 in cur
rency, a number of government bonds
and lot of valuable jewelry belonging
to the bankers wife. They stole a horse
and buggy and escaped.
The Ames Iron Works company of
Oswego, n. Y, organized in 1853, has
been incorporated, with capital stock
Of 100000. The plant is one of the
largest boiler manufactures in the coun-
try and recently shipped large order to
the Russian government.
Generals Wheaton and Bates report
to Manila many small captures, the
destruction OF insnrgent camps and the
seizure of supplies, animals and other
necessities. Among the captures in
Smiths district was Colonel Techon, the
insurgent govensr Of Tarlac.
Eli L. Bangs. the well known con
tractor and millionaire, has died at his
home at Fayetteville. n. Y, after a long
illness. He was a member OF the well
known family of contractors and during
his lifetime had been engaged in many
important government contracts.
The largest foreign order ever filed in
Ansonia, Conn, is now completed and
awaiting shipment. 1t consists Of 1,0OC,'
900 pounds OF wire for a trolley road in
India. A train Of between 10 and 70
cars win be needed to ship 1t to New
York to be placed aboard a steamer.
The senate has confirmed a large num-
Der of army nominations, of which the
most important were Colonel Samuel NJ.
Whitside. Tenth cavalry; Lieutenant
Colonel James X. Campbell, Thirtieth in
fantry, and Major Charles Bird quar-
termaster, to be brigadier generals Of
volunteers.
HF~o Aorv T. Ioaca has xxrittan