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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
FOR A MILITARY CAMP
TRACT OF LAND NEAR OAKLAND 10
SUGGESTED
Long Artillery Rsnges--Ground Free
From Obstacles and Only 2I5 Miles
From Washington.

Washington d c., Jan. IA ira ct
of land near Oakland, Md. said to
EN- body the necessary characteristics,
has, among other places, been suggest
ed TO the Miles board rs an excellent
military camp. The tract is bounded
on one side by Deer Park and on an
other by Mountain Lake Park near
the Youghighenv river its advocates
say no finer location can be found,
the climate being good, the water
pure and wholesome and the country
free from malaria site from one
70 ten thousand acres is available.
Artillery ranges of from 3. 800 to sew
merable shorter ranges for small arms
practice, all of which will be ALSO
lutely safe, as the back stop or bullet
stop would be the side of a steep
muontain. The ground is free from
all distractions and obstacles, such
as villages, roads or farm houses.
The country is undulating but suffic-
l emily level for maneuvering troops
and significantly rolling for good
drainage. Two mountain streams run
through the site and springs are nu-
merous. There il abundance of tim.
Der which wonld afford shade and tu-
ell for many years to come. BY rail
from this city the proposed camp site
is 2l5 niles and by wagon road about
l75 miles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
WILL CLOSE AT 8 O'CLOCK.
List of Merchants Who Have Signed
Agreement TO That Effect

List of Merchants Who Have Signed
Agreement 10 That Effect
We the undersigned agree to close
our Business places from Ian'y LIST,
to March 22nd 1902 at p. M. every
evening except SATURDAYS, pay days at
Wooden and Knitting Mills. This is
the suggestion of the Business Men Is
Association meeting held Dec goth.
1901.
JAS. f. Thompson Sec'v, p. E..
Deatrick President.
Nj. q. Tabler, T.. f Bentz, +. A..
Minor. d. w. Roderick. Lola Scheu.
IA D. Homer, Frank e. Smurr. jew
eler, q. NJ. Hoke & Co W. q. Aus.
tin. j. f. Wellinger & Co. 9. c..
Cushwa, Q. j.. Landerkin, j. n
Rentch. Thornburg g. Seibert, Gee :.
l.. Hensel, The Racket Store, May
hew q Fitery. p Nicklas Bro. & Co /,
S. r. Fahrney. l.. kogelshatz. Dan.
q. Matthaei, p e DeatrIck e. Co.,
j. Fl Hobbs Jr., Charles Il. Thoml :
& CO., j. K Thompson a. Bro.
Little Bros. j. VIM. Miller, Spillman
Rros., s. V. Fiery, A. s. Garrett,
II. J.. Doll q Co., f. X. Boley a.
Bro. J. B. Minghiui, Fiery 81 Geyer,
NJ. L. Dorm, w. L. Jones. w. H Po-
ling, JAS. b. Fisher, II. y. Cushwa
& Bro, @. G.. Cushwa & Bro. John
Lyons, Mrs. A. M. Diffinde fer, Mrs.
JAS. b. Dyche e. Sisters. Mrs. NJ.
Gibbs, George Katz & Co., J. Fine,
Wolf Kirsen, Snyder & Co.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
APPROACHING TERM OF COURT.

The regular January term Of Cir
cult Court of Berkeley county will be-
gin Tuesday, January IA, that being
the second Tuesday in January.
Neither the criminal or civil docket
is very heavy this trem. 1t is esti-
mated, howevo. that five solid days
Will be taken ND in the arRu ment OF
civil matters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
YOUG BOY ARRESTED.

James DO madison, white boy sew
enteen years OF age, was arrested by
Officer Burnett for riding trains.
Justice Snyder sentenced him tic Jail
for twenty days in default of payment
of fine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
GIGANTIC RAILROAD DEAL
The Pennsylvania is Said to Have
Gotten West Virginia Central.
PRICE PAID WAS Sl7OOO,OOO
Goalds Are Shut Out Senator Elklns Jumps
at The Offer Made BY President Cassat,
important line in Eastern Situation,

AZ me UHer MADE oy President CaSSal,--
important line 10 Eastern Situation.
The West Virginia Central aud
Pittshurg railway has been sold to
PENNSYLVANIA railroad interests for
Sl1, 900, 600. 1t was to have been part
of the Wabash's through line to the
Seahoard.
The Pennsylvania Railroad now has
every road and every coal iield in this
State.
Great Game OF strategy.
The Goulds have lost their grip on
their CONTEMPLATED through route
from tho Pacific to the Atlantic by
a blow administered bv Senator Sleph-
en- b. Elkins aud his faiher-in law
ex-senator Heuy G Davis. Yestef
day all negotlauons were clinched by
the Pennsylvania system for the pur.
chase of the West Virginia Ce ntral
for Slf, COO coo
The Elkins Davis combine seemed
hand and glove wi h the Gfoulds, who
believed they had frat mortgage ON
the sale of the road. 1t was Che Gou d
scheme TO put trunk line through
West Vireinia by way of the Little
Kanawha oute from tide water 10
the Great Lakes, combining IN ONO
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

with the Wabash system. The fact that
the Elkins-Davis combination bought
80, COO acres of Pittsbnrg coal land IN
the counties OF the Little Kama wba
Valley lent color to reports of it's alli-
ance with the Little Kanawha Com
pany and the interests behind it in
the back ground. 1t was generally
understood that the Goulds relied up
on Messrs Elkins and Davis for the
consnmation of their plans.
But the Pennsylvania. through
President A. j. Cassatt. outwitted
the New York magnates and offered
the West Virginia Central 81, QUO. 900
more than the Goulds had arranged
TO paw Mr.. ElSins jumped at the OPP
portunity. Thus the Pennsylvania
has blocked the Goulds at time
when they most expected success in
their outlet to the seaboard.
The West Virginia Central IL one Of
the greatest coal roads, considered
from The tonnage MONT Of view, in the
country. Along it's main line from
umberland to Keyser. Elkins and it's
branches the Davis -Elkins combina-
tion owns and operates 10, 600 acres of
coal lands.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
Road Covers Rich Fields.

= The main line of the West Virginia
Central and Pittsburg Railway ex-
tends from West Virginia Central
junction. pear Piedmont, to Elkins,
distance OF "a miles
IL also leases the Piedmont an
Cumberland road. 20 miles. There
are the following branc hes to the
main line:
Harrison to Elk Garden, miles.
Thomas TO Davis. e3 miles
ElkIns to Beliington. l7.6 miles
Elkins Junction to Huttousville,
16. miles.
During the last year the road has
been extended to Caldwell, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio line, near the
White Sulphur Springs. This extern
sion is built by the Goal and Iron
Company, the entire capital st ,ck be-
ing owned by the West Virginia Cen
trail. II constitutes an important con-
Meeting link.
The railroad company owns the
property of the Davis Coal and Coke
Company, comprising thousands of
acres OF coal and timber land. The
otal gross earnings in 1900 were
81, l08, 1892.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
A Cure for Rheumatism.

Bridgeport, Wash, Oct. 2O.-Rheu-
matism and Kidney Trouble seem to be
the prevailing ailments in this territory
and particularly in Douglas County.
A remarkable and plainly sure cure
has, however, recently been introduced.
1t is called Dodd's Kidney Pills and
although but a short time on the mar
ket, it has already worked many Won
derful cures.
One of the most striking of these is
that Of Mr.. John Higgins, who for a
long time suffered with rheumatism
and Kidney Trouble. The pains Of
these diseases had combined to make
his life very miserable indeed, and he
could get nothing to do him any good
till he heard of this new remedy. He
tells his experience with it in these
words:
"Dodds Kidney Pills have done more
for my Rheumatism and Kidney Trou-
bic than anything else I have ever
used. There is more virtue in them
than in any other medicine and will
always highly recommend them to all
Of my friends"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27

Brandenburg was, as alleged,
Matthias Brandenburg, who came to
this country and settled in Virginia,
afterward moving to Mead county,
Kentucky, where he died in 1907.
Colonel Taylor is a great-grandson of
this Matthias Brandenburg, and Mrs.
Hurst is a great-granddaugh
1t is hardly necessary to state that
Colonel Taylor is very happy over the
fattering prospects Of obtaining this
immense fortune, and he believes
that it is only question of a few
months until it will be his. He is
preparing to go to Germany to lay
his claims before the proper author
tiles, and has retained John P. Nc
Goorty, an attorney in the Reaper
block, to be his legal representative
in the matter. Colonel Taylor's pres
ent residence is a two4story frame
house, and the only member of his
family surviving, a married daughter,
lives Win him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27

IN FIRE
Dozen Men Lose Their
Lives i'm Big ChiCa-
go Blaze
Glucose Factory Burns
and Many Employees
Are Caught
Rapidity of Flames Makes
it Impossible to
Escape

Chicago, Oct. 22.-By fire which
broke out shortly before midnight in
a glucose sugar refinery at Taylor
street and Chicago river, the factory
was almost entirely destroyed, and it
is said a dozen men lost their lives.
The number Of dead has not been es-
tablished, but it is known they were
in the building and all were working
on the seventh floor. The flames
spread so rapidly that a man working
on the third floor had barely time to
escape with his life and it is not
thought the men in the upper story
could have avoided death. At mid
night two bodies were taken from the
ruins, hut the fire was burning so
fiercely that it was impossible to make
further search. The plant consisted
of three buildings the drying house,
seven stories in height, the main re-
finery, fourteen stories high, and an
other structure four stories high. The
fire started in the drying house, being
caused by an explosion. By the time
the first of the fire department arrived
the building was ablaze from founda-
ton to the roof. It was impossible for
the firemen to make any effective fight
and in a short time the walls were
down and the building was mass Of
debris in half an hour. The fire was
so hot it was feared the Taylor street
viaduct across which access is had to
the south side of the city would be
destroyed, but the firemen saved this
after a hard struggle. They bent ev-
cry effort toward saving the fourteen
story refinery, but so intense was the
fire in the drying house that this
caught fire in several places and at
1890 a. m. it was evident even if it
could be saved at all, it would be bad
ly damaged.
All men on the three lower floors of
the dry goods house escaped. Those
on the seventh had no chance whatever
for their lives. Several of them left
the windows and crawled along the
stills in an effort to reach place of
safety, but all except two made up
their minds that this meant certain
death. Those two sprang into the
aid and struck the pavement, being
so horribly mahgled that it was al
most impossible to identify them.
These are the bodies said to have been
taken out Four others jumped from
the fourth floor and were terribly in
injured. The fire was under control
before 1 o'clock. The police then de-
clared that in their opinion the loss of
life could be more than ten or twelve.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27

reaches the lower layers, which act as
a filter. It's progress through these
will be more or less rapid as the pores
are more or less fine. The more
slowly it filters, the more perfect will
be the filtration. That this may take
place it is necessary that the ground
should be homogeneous; then the
water will reach the impermeable
layer pure But if the water passes
through strata like limestone, which
almost always has huge assures, it
will flow through these as through
actual conduits, and will reach the I'M
derground reservoir with almost all
the impurities that it collected on the
surface. This provides contaminated
source that can furnish only contamin-
ated water, whether it appears as
spring or is reached by wells.
Pasteur and Joubert have shown
that springs that are pure at their
point of emergence must come from
deep underground reservoirs, SO that
the water may have been well filtered
and protected from surface impurities.
Often spring that appears under
alluvial deposits and amid limestone
debris is formed only after the water
Of the real spring has traversed these
deposits.
Therefore it is wrong to consider
spring water as always meaning pure
water since springs can be no better
than the reservoirs from whence
they come.
The waters of springs and deep
reservoirs will always be sought for
drinking purpose, because they are
much superior to running water,
which, keeping in the open air, be-
comes charged with all the impuri-
ties of the atmosphere and of the diff
ferent soils over which it runs, without
taking into account contamination by
towns and factories. But it must
never be forgotten that spring may
be contaminated, and that when it is
to supply large number of persons i
will be safest to always go back to thu
actual source and then make sure tina
it is well protected.
In order that a spring may furnis'
pure drinking water it must com
from a deep reservoir, well filtere
and we'll protected; it must be CO
lected with care at its true point
emergence, and the system of pipe
in which it is to be conveyed must b
irreproachable.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
OBITUARY..

Col. Thomas Tabb, of Hampton
Va, a prominent lawyer, died in
Philadelphia.
Walter Crane, librarian of the
Carnegie library at Braddock, Pa,
died of apoplexy, aged As.
John A. Dillon, founder of the ST.
Louis Post and leading editorial
writer of the New York Evening
World, was buried at Calvary GENE
terry, at st. Louis.
D. S. Greenwald of Philadelphia,
aged So years, died on train while
on his way to Chicago. He was &C.
companied by his son, Oscar Green
valid of Milwaukee.
DR.. Eugene E. Carpenter, aged A,
superintendent of the Columbus state
hospital at Columbus, Ohio, died of
apOplexy. He was one of the best
known authorities on mental dis
eases in the country.
Colonel John G. Moore, a newspaper
writer of San Diego, died suddenly of
paralysis. He was 80 years old, and
was an Englishman and a veteran of
the Crimean war. During the civil
war in this country he served on the
confederate side.
Colonel George H. Mendall, presi-
dent of the board of public works of
San Francisco, died. He was West
Point graduate, and served with dis,
tinction during the civil war as a
typographical engineer. He aided in
carrying on the siege of Petersburg
He was a recognized authority on
hydraulics.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
RESERVOIRS MAY BE BAD.
Why Spring Water is Not Always
Pure.

Pure.
Dr. F. Malmejac, the eminent French
scientist, has just completed an ex-
tremely interesting series of expert
ments with spring water, and declares
that Spring water" is by no means a
synonym for pure water" In a re-
port Of his experiments he says that
the tacit assumption of the purity of
all springs is a very great error. 1t
has beer. responsible for a great deal
of harm, thousands of deaths and the
spread of many contagious diseases.
Every one believes that spring water
is certain not to be contaminated,
says Dr. Malmejac, because the very
name conveys the idea of purity. The
absolute confidence that is felt in such
water is as old as the world. The
ancients had such a generation for it
that they actually worshipped the
springs.
Probably the ancients were right in
believing the springs to be pure, but
DR.. Malmejac says there is no reason
why people of the present day should
believe so, too. This may be under
stood better when it is realized how
springs are formed.
Speaking generally, the water
comes from the condensation of va
por in the atmosphere. 1t is collected
for mans use as it falls in rain or as
it runs over the ground, or as it
gathers in pools on or beneath the
surface.
When water falls on the ground
part runs over it and part soaks down
into the deeper strata, through per-
meable stratum, above which it col
lects. But water thus collected will
not stay in one place; it will follow
the slope of the impenetrable layer
and will reappear at the surface gen
orally where this layer crops out;
thus a spring is created.
It is easy to see now how springs
can be contaminated. At the moment
of condensation of the atmospheric
vapor, the rain carries down with il
all the dust and germs that are con
stantly in suspicion in the air, and il
thus reaches the ground charged with
| a considerable amount of animal
vegetable, microban, and mineral con
| tamination.
Before reaching the ground these
are of slight Importance, but wher
| the water reaches the layer of arabic
soil that covers the geological strata
almost everywhere, it will become
much more contaminated, as it will
take from this soil all it's impurities
The soil is the great reservoir where
all tie waste products of life are trans
| formed; it is constantly contaminated
| by the systematic addition of The
waste water of factories.
The water that penetrates into the
soil carries with it all the organic ant
mineral matter and all the germs
that it can hold. and in this condition
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
A "GUBERNATORIAL GIRL"
Miss Hart WyIie of Georgia ReceE
Addition to New Works. Art Colony

AQQIClon TO New YorNS Art colony
New York, Oct. ga your
woman who numbers nine governo
in her immediate line Of ancestry
one Of the latest accessions to Ne
York's art colony. She is Miss Ha7
Wylie, daughter of Mrs. Lollie Bel
Wylie, a southern writer Of note. He
ancestors number several COVE
nors of South Carolina, one being he
grandfather.
Miss Wylie is only 18. Her HON
is in Atlanta, and she is granC
daughter of James R. Wylie, formG
president Of the Piedmont exposition
and one of the weaIthiest men Of tn
state.
Miss Wylie preferred coming t
New York to take up the study of al
TO making her debut in the society {
the Georgian capital. She will stud
here and unless the claims of al
gain too strong a hold upon her, ma
return home in time to make he
debut next season. Her mother, Mr.
! Lollie Belle Wylie, besides being tn
author of several volumes of poetr,
has written two novels.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
HEIR TO $4,000, 900 ESTATE.
Colonel w. r. Taylor of Chicago to
Claim Vast Property in Germany.

Claim Vast Property IN Germany.
Chicago, Oct. 22.-Fortune has
smiled on Colonel w. R. Taylor, SOIL
Eggleston avenue, and a great estate
will, it is said, soon come into his
possession. The property, known as
the Brandenberg estate, consists of
lands and a castle near Berlin, Ger
many, and is valued at $50,000,000.
Colonel Taylor claims to be one Of
the two direct heirs to the property
now living, the other being Mrs.
Hurst of Florence, Colo.
The story Of the Solomon Branden-
burg property reads like romance.
In the year 100 the estate was con-
fscated by the German government,
but in 1869 it was restored by the
grandfather of Kaiser Wilhelm to the
family. The only heir of Solomon
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27

, missionary is threatened with death
! unless a $4,000 ransome is paid.
J Portuguese east Africa probably
will be divided by the German British
treaty. Purchase or lease is likely.
In the British house of commons
John O'Donnell defied the premier
shaking his fist in Mr.. BaIfour's face.
Chancellor Won Buelow in a speech
asked the German reichstag not to
increase the duties in the new tariff
bill.
The end Of the coal strike in the
| United States is considered likely to
break the power of the strike in
France.
England is disposed to doubt the
reports of proposed alliance between
Russia and Turkey for the opening
Of the Dardane1les to the car only.
Consul General Bragg of Havana
exposed fraudulent land scheme IN
Cuba whereby an American company
seeks to sell swamps for farm lands.
The Soufrier volcano is again in
eruption. A mass meeting at King
ston denounced the government of ST.
Vincent and opposed enforced emigra-
ton.
Cuban distress is increasing and
business is at a standstill. Over a.
900 men reported are idle in Santiago
alone. Municipal employees are unpaid
for months.
A dispatch from ST. Thomas states
that the people of the Danish West
Indies are now practically all in
favor Of the sale of the islands to the
United States.
Premier Combs of France has de-
cided to follow up the associations
law victory by forbidding the teach
ing of the Breton language in the
schools of Brittany.
Negotiations looking to com
bination of the British, German and
American companies owning linotype
patents are afoot, but nothing definite
has been concluded.
The national miners committee in
Belgium has decided to send a
deputation to Germany and England
with the view Of starting a general
dIlOu&
miners.
The French beet sugar industry is
threatened by the Brussels agreement,
which leaves only home market for
it. The production annually is l.
100000 tons, while the consumption
is only 100000.
The secretary of the National
Federation of Dock Laborers at Paris
has written to Premier Combs notify
ing him of the decision of the fedora
ton to order general cessation of
work at the docks, in sympathy with
the striking coal miners.
A meeting Of representatives of
trades unions of France was held at
Paris for the purpose of considering
a general strike for an eight-hour day,
old-age pensions, etc., as demanded by
the strInIng coal miners. The matter
was discussed, but no decision was
reached.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
FIRE CAUSES $4,000 LOSS
TO IOWA GRAIN ELEVATOR

Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 22.-Fire
destroyed the elevator of the Lock
wood Grain company yesterday with
$4,000 bushels of grain and 100 tons of
coal. 1t also burned the Northwestern
freight depot. The loss is $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
FOREIGN.

The Austrian budget of $345,265, O87
was presented in the reichsrath.
The boer generals were en-
Enthusiastically received in Berlin.
Archbishop Guidi, the new apostolic
delegate, left Rome on his way to
Manila.
Rev. George D. Marsh, Bulgarian
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
POLITICAL.

w. J. Bryan says he never accepts
pay for stumping and has given $19,-
900 to campaign committees in six
years.
Ex-Gov. Horace Boies said he was
sorry Speaker Henderson had with
drawn from the campaign, as he was
eager to measure strength.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, in
a speech at Detroit, said he did not
approve the present subsidy bill, but
favored encouraging trade to the
south.
Chicago labor men organized a
political party. Adjustment of
machine politics, relief from trusts,
and the curtailment of stock issues
are demanded.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
They Were Afraid.

''The burglars did not cut the tel
graph wires"
'Why?"
Because they wanted to break Il
news gently. "-Columbu Dispatch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
REVOLUTIONARY.

The foreign consuls in Haiti have
practically brought about the end OF
the revolution there.
President Castro of Venezuela was
victor in seven days kattel with in
surgents. The rebels are said to have
lost 5000 men.
The Hayti revolution ended and
Gen. Firmin and 200 followers fed to
the Bahamas. Gonaives, rebel head
quarters, was surrendered to govern
ment troops. Foreign marines landed