Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide WorfG
Briefly and Terscly Told.

John ID. Rockefeller has given $1lO,-
900 to vassar college for a new dormi-
tory.
Governor OdeIl has appointed DR..
Daniel Lewis of New York city state
health commissioner.
Carter III. Harrison has been renoEni-
mated for mayor Of Chicago by the
Democratic city convention.
An order has been issued by the war
department placing Brigadier Generals
James III. Wilson and Fitz-Hugh Lee
on the retired list Of the army.
Five men were killed and two others
seriously injured In a mine accident at
the Engleside zinc mine in Center val
ley, eight miles east Of Joplin, Mo.
-Four children, 4 to II years Of age.
were burned to death in the destruction
of the residence Of Jacob Bait at Itch
field, Pa, nine miles south Of Waverly.
IN. Y.
Governor Odell has signed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the rebuild
ing of the State Normal school in FIRE.
donia, N. y. destroyed by fire two
mOUIUS ago.
Fire has destroyed the three story
frame tenement on Market street, Pat
erson, n. j., which was formerly the
home of Bresci, who assassinated King
Humbert of Italy.
A formal notice of consolidation with
Chicago university has been issued on
behalf of Mrs. Emmons Blaine's insti-
tute. With the institute the university
receives $I.000,000.
DIR. Richard James Dunglison, an en-
inent editor and author of many valua-
BILE medical works, has died in Phiia-
delphia Of dropsy and heart failure.
superinduced by pneumonia.
Jesse r. Davis, one of three nurses
charged with m~anslaughter III causing
the death Of Louis Hilliard, a patient
in the insane pavilion of Bellevue hos
pital, New York city, has been declared
not guilty.
Isaac M. Gregory, editor of Judge
since its establishment, has died in
New York city of Bright's disease,
aged about 60 years. He was born at
Johnstown, N. y, and began his news
paper career on the Fulton County
Democrat.
1t is understood that the president
has under consideration the name of
former Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire for the position of chair
man of the Spanish claims commission
lust created by congress. Mr.. Chan
dler's term as senator expired March 4.
The amount of gross gold in the
treasury is S4S9,412, 15S, the highest
point ever reached in the history of
the government. This mount includes
the 100000 held as a reserve.
S276019,9S9 held against gold certifi-
Gates and $63, 392, 100 in the general
fund.
-Four thousand five hundred insur-
gen prisoners are now held at Manila.
The new prison on Grande island, in
Subig bay. go miles west of Manila, in
the province of Zambales, has been
completed, and 1000 prisoners will be
sent there from here on the 18th of this
month.
William Smart's grocery store in Mil
burn. n. j., was entered by burglars.
They blew open the safe and got $500
in money and stamps, most of which
belonged to the Short Hills postoffice.
the postmaster having placed his cash
and stamps in the safe. There is no
cIew to the burglars.
General Macarthur has cabled the
wal department that the transport Lo-
gan sailed from Manila on the 1st inst.
with Generals Young and Hare, %
Thirty-third volunteer infantry and 81
officers and 7S5 enlisted men of the
Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry.
The major portion of Sherwood, a
small mining town about eight miles
from Dubois, Pa, has been destroyed
by fire. The fire started in a block of
six tenement houses, which burned so
rapidly that the inmates barely escaped
with their lives. The property loss will
be considerable. The town was com-
prised of about 30 houses.
1t is feared six lives have been lost in
a fire which destroyed the Leary Dye
works in Rochester, u five story build
ing. the upper floor of which was occu-
pied by the Seneca Camera company
which employed a large force of men
and women. Several bodies have been
removed from the building and many
injured have been taken to the hos
pitfalls.
The new Spanish cabinet is consti-
tuted as follows: Premier, Senior Sagas-
ia: minister of foreign affairs, Senior
Almodovar; minister of finance. Senior
Urzaiz: minister of war, General Wey-
Ter; minister Of the interior, Senior Mo
ret; minister of marine, Duke of Vera
qua minister of public works, Senior
Nillameva; minister of public instruc-
ton, Senior Romanones; minister of
justice, Marquis Tervega.
Wife Murderer Convicted.
Samuel Moser, who killed his wife
and three children AT Pekin. Ills, has
been found guilty and sentenced to 81