Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-04-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Ed On 4 IiiltAASipittA NAH9 DO-
Archbishop John ], Keane was In
vested with the pailium at Dubuque,
la.
New York capitalists are 70 build
mammoth new theater in San Fran
cisco
Alexander Agassiz has been elected
president Of the National Academy Of
Science.
Methodist ministers at the New York
east conference declared women unit
to act In legislative matters.
One person was killed and several
wounded in fight near Lilly, Pa, be-
tween a band Of gypsies and posse.
The engagement of Major General s.
b. NJ Young to Miss Cornelia d. Me-
Lanahan OF Washington is announced
The sale is reported OF seat on the
New York Stock Exchange for $4,000.
The previous record price was $4,000.
The Wiscasset, the largest and best
equipped hotel at Mount Pocono, Pa,
has been burned The loss was nearly
$4,000.
The engagement of Adjutant Gener-
al Corbin to Miss Edyth Patten Of
Washington has been formally an
nounced.
An editor and director of Havana
paper have been sentenced TO impris-
onnent for melting trouble among
dock laDosers.
TIE postotiicc at Marcellus Falls, n.
T., was catered by burglars. The safe
was smashed and a small amount of
money secured.
Alonzo j. Whiteman. ex-mayor of
Duluth, has been sentenced in New
York to two and half years for pass
ing bad check
The cashier Of the Farmers National
bank of yergennes, Vt, has been nc
cused of misappropriating funds esti-
mated at $4,000
The gross postal receipts for last
month for the so largest postoffices in
the country show an increase Of ia
per cent over the corresponding month
of last year.
There are 10 cases of smallpox on
board the United States monitor Mon.
terey, now at Canton. Only one death
progressing favorably.
a young map supposed to be William
Ryan of Erie, Pa, threw himself on
the track in front of a Lake, Shore
freight train near North Amherst. o..
and his body was QUITO pieces
The jury in the case of Eta Kellogg
Williams OF Poughkeepsie,f n, X,
against the New York Central railroad
for $4,000 damages for personal inju-
ries returned verdict of $1,000 for the
plaintiff. i9 f1 0
The Ontario and Western Railroad
company has settled the claim OF Mrs.
Howard r. Schoheid of Fishkill. n. Y.
whose husband was killed in a wreck
at Hurleyville Feb. 6, by the payment
of $500
Consuelo, dowager Duchess of Man
chester, receives an estate valued at
S3.000,00O by the will Of her brother.
Fernando Yznaga which las been filed
in the office of the surrogate in New
York city 81
Apostle George @. Cannon of the
Mormon church has died in California
after brief Illness. Mr.. Cannon was
about IS years Of age. He WAS one of
the leading men OF Utah and of the
Mormon church. hes
The president has decided to appoint
William H. Jenkins to be governor of
Oklahoma territory TO succeed Govern
or Barnes. whose term will expire soon.
Mr.. Jenkins is the present secretary
of that territory.
1t is said that fnanciers are certain
that a gigantic copper trust viii be Gre
ated very soon. They declare the cop
per trust viii ultimately have capital
ization almost equal to that of the bill
billion dollar steel trust. G M
The annual adjustments of postoffice
salaries anl allowances thus far made,
to take effect July l next, provide for
73o promotions of postotfice clerks
and for the appointment of 1,S00 addi-
tional clerks at postoffices throughout
the country.
Joseph Foster of Mountaindale, Sui
Iivan county, \. Y, has secured a YER
dict for $11,000 in the supreme court of
that county against the International
Paper company of Niagara Falls for
injuries received while at work in the
paper factory.
John Albert Slloog, alias Albert len
son. one OF the most skilled counter
feiters in criminal history, is dead in
Bellevue hospital. New York city. from
wounds self inflicted on April 8 when
he was arrested for trying 10 pass spu-
rious 30 kl-ner notes.
A military commission of II mem
bers presided over by Colonel McCrea
has been appointed TO try by court mar
tial the soldiers and civilians who are
accused of being implicated in thefts
or frauds in regard to the government
eommissary sores at Manila.
Louis Millcr's saloon ON State street,
Batavia. ~ Y. has been burned.
George Lawrence, the bartender, aged
"a years. and Fred Hack, laborer,
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