Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings OF the Wide World
Briefly and TcrseIy Told.

burned. LOSS, alov,pJv
Alexander Columbus, aged Iii years,
is dead at his residence in Buffalo.
An Adams Express car on a Pennsyl-
vania train was robbed Of $1,000 worth
of goods
The Exposition hotel Binghamton. n.
", has been burned. Two dead and
three fatally injured.
John Marshall centenary was celebrat-
ed in Washington, Albany, Boston, Phil
adelphia and other cities.
The second trial Of DR.. Samuel J. Ken
nedy for the murder Of Dolly Reynolds
has been begun in New York.
Steve Bfodie, the bridge jumper and
sporting man Of New York, has died in
San Antonio, Tex, of consumption.
Three hundred insurgents. members Of
Delgado's former command, have sur
rendered at Santa Barbara, island Of
Panqy.
II lgh Kerr, father Of George j. Kerr.
who was removed TO state prison Friday,
died at his home in Paterson. n. j., OF a
broken heart. it is said.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Clark vein Of the Cayuga mine. in Scran-
ton, Pa, killing one man, Frank Mac
yitte, and injuring several others.
Workmen excayatng for the rapid
transit tunnel in New York city found
well preserved skeleton Of an Indian 30
feet below the surface Of Centef street.
The losses Of the Filipino insurgents III
the department of visayas for january.
including deaths, captures and surren-
ders, are 81 officers, $50 men and 240
guns.
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Hamburg via Halifax. ~ S., brought in
to New York the captain and II seamen
of the Russian bark Cuba, which was
abandoned at sea Jan. 13.
Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus severed his
official connection with the Armour insti-
tute Of Chicago Friday, when his resig
nation as president went into effect. His
successor has not been appointed.
The engagement Of the Duke of Rox-
burghe to Miss Pauline Astor, daughter
of Mr.. William Waldorf Astor, has been
definitely arranged. The wedding will
take place some time next summer.
The coinage statement for January
shows the total coinage executed at the
minis of the United States during the
month was 15,523, $50, as follows: Gold,
$12,657, 200; silver, $2,7t3,000; minor
coins, $153.4S0
Horace Silsby, the inventor of the Sils-
by fire engine, has died in Seneca Falls,
~ Y, after an illness of several weeks
from complication of Diseases He was
80 years old. He leaves wife, one son
and two daughters.
Press dispatches from Manila say that
natives have reported Mt Batangas that n
week ago the natives of the island of
Mindoro rose against the insurgents aud
killed the insurgent governor. There are
no troops at Mindoro.
Directors of the Standard Oil company
have declared a dividend Of $40 share,
which Is equal to 20 per cent on its CAPT
tai stock of about 100000, 900. making
a distribution to stockholders for the first
quarter of the year of S20,000.0G0
Henry II. Youtsey, stenographer to ex-
Governor Taylor of Kentucky during his
incumbency and who was tried as a prin-
cipal in the shooting OF Governor William
Goebel and found guilty. has been sen
fenced by Judge Cantrill to life imprison-
ment.
The output of United States postage
stamps at the bureau of engraving and
printing during January was the largest
in the history of the government the to-
tai number being 504, 676,615, of which
1854, $40 Were put up in the little book
form.
Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey has
sent to the senate the nomination of Sen
ator Mahlon Pitney of Morris county for
supreme court justice and the name Of
Garrett ID. w. Vroom of Mercer county
for associate justice of the court of er-
rors and appeals.
The battleship Wisconsin has gone into
commission. Captain Ritter is in com.
mand of the vessel. Lieutenant Com
mander Milton is executive officer and
Lieutenant Commander Mayo navigator.
There are score of junior officers and
555 men in the crew.
The Royal Oak collery at Shamokin.
Pa, has been completely tied up by the
250 employees going on strike for the
enforcement of the semimonthly pay and
also demanding that the men be not or
dered to work close to a mine chamber
which has been on fire for several months
Stephen Jennings Wilson has died at
his home in Babylon. y. V, aged 81
years. He was the oldest resident of the
village and the oldest ofticehOlder on Long
Island, if not in the state. He had held
the offices of constable. tax collector.
overseer of the poor, town trustee and
sheriff.
1t is said rich vein of copper ore 20
feet thick has been discovered while dig
ging for oil in Busti, the township adj
joining jamestown. Chautauqua county.
n. Y, on the south and west. Leases
have been taken on much of the land in
the vicinity, and considerable excitement
prevails.
Fire has destroyed the Coates Opera
House, the principal theater of Kansas
City. situated at Tenth street and Broad
way and occupying a detached building.
Walker Whiteside and his company were
playing "Heart and Sword in the house.
No one was injured. Loss, $4,000 to
S150000.
The Norwegian steamship Fortuna has
sailed from Philadelphia for Europe. car
rying cargo of railroad rolling stock
valued at $500. $50. At Marseilles she viii
hand ten locomotive engines and tenders,
worth $4,000, for the Paris and Lyons
railroad, and TO Bilbao, Spain. she viii