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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
ENGINES MEET HEAD ON
Express Running 80 Miles an
Hour Crashes into Shifter.
FIREMAN or FORMER KILLED
Engineer Of the Yard Locomotive in critica
CONDITIONAL the Passengers Escape.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. ia head
on collision occurred at 8:l5 o'clocl
last evening on the Baltimore ant
Ohio Railroad at Bayview Junction
between a Royal Blue Line train anc
ward engine.
Robert Klinefelter. fireman. aged Is
wears, single, whose home was at Al
Light street was killed.
James Bratt, engineer, widower,
residing at 300 Fort avenue, was in.
jured He will likely die. Not one OF
the many passengers was injured.
The collision was due to an effort
by the yard engine TO switch off OF
the main track 9nd was too slow in
the attempt.
Before the open switch could be
closed the Royal Blue came bowling
along at about 30 miles an hour and
struck the head of the backing yard
engine square, sending the latter some
distance. The engine drawing the
former was SO badly wrecked that it
had to be replaced to bring the express
train to Baltimore.
Kleinfelter, who was fireman on the
passenger train. received such inju-
ries that he died two hours later.
Bratt was engineer on the yard Ell
CINE and is badly injured. Both men
were brought in on the Royal Blue.
Kleinfelter's body was handed over te
Undertaken Tickner 421 West Camden
street, who viii have charge of the re-
mains until claimed The dead mar
lived with his sister Bratt also Hved
with his sister lie was IAN old and
reliable man on the road
l8 A relief train, consisting Of an en-.
CINE and two coaches, was dispatched
to the scene bv Train Dispatcher &c
cleston about 8 rs O'Clock. Baltimore
and Ohio Physician Claggett was
aboard A wrecking train followed
shortly after
The Royal Blue arrived about II IL
O'Clock at Camden Station with tht
bodies. An ambulance from the Cits
Hospital was in attendance to receive
Bratt. The Limited started for Wash
ington ut II 20 2. NJ, being about
three and IA half hours late.
Beyond a slight panic. there was M
excitement among the passengers who
felt the jar of the collision
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
WAGES or B. & D. Mfn'
President Loree Says Increase His
Men Gradual.
LARGE ARMY OF MEN EMPLOYED
A Ten Per Cent Increase Allowed Would
Mean Addition Of Millions to the Pay
Roll Of the Company.

The recent announcement by the
Pennsylvania railroad that all employees
would receive o ten per cent increase
in wages followed by an official report
that other trunk lines, including the
New York Central, Philadelphia and
Reading and Erie railroads, would also
increase the pay of all their men, L.
f. Loree, president Of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, which is also trunk
line, was aked if that company con-
templated an uniform increase of 10
per cent in salaries.
President Loree said We have been
increasing the wages of our employees
for wear, taking the matter up here
and there from time to time 4" Mr..
Loree would not state what,nroportion
of the men received more money nor
what per cent the increase amounted
to-
General Manager George L. Potter,
stated that the increase in salaries had
been going on for months. and that it
will apply to nearly allsthe mep in the
service of the railroad He could not
state the amount of the increase.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad EN-
ploy about So. 600 men, with IS. 776
cars, 800 locomotives and 139 vessels,
and if nearly all Of these men get an
increase averaging 10 per cent, it will
add S3, 00c. 900 to its paw roll This is a
very large sum of money when it is
seen that the entire operating expen-
SEES for the Baltimore 81 Ohio during
the last fiscal year wereS15. 53G, 0Gs and
the earnings SIG, 924, 993 During the
three years that the road was in the
hands of the receivers it paid out $12, :
coo, 600 on the maintenance OF way pay
rolls alone.
A large number OF yard engineers,
firemen, conductors brakemen at
such points as Philadelphia. Whining
ton, Baltimore, Brunswick, Cumber-
land Keyser. Piedmont, Grafton,
0lhAhSbui ~ hIhtiSbul gs j AbtobulSss
Benwood, Bellaire, Newark, Chicago
Junction, etc. are receiving increases
of several cents an hour, according to
local conditions. An important in
crease is in the conversation of fire.
men whose work has become greater
with the introduction OF much heavier
locomotives than were used 6 few
years ago The new rate or the big
consolidation type of locomotive is
q 25 cents per mile, against the old
of O. 1876 cents per mile
On other consolidation engines and
10-wheel locomotives the rate is now
2. 1875 cents mile. against 2.075 cents
per mile.
The reasons given for the raising of
wages are Higher cost of living, the
wish to eqnalize wages and the extra
labor caused by the unprecedented
traffic being handled.
There has been no demand for in
creased wages and no strike has been
threatened, but complete orgainza-
tion Of railroad employees, with cen
tral governing body in Chicago, now
exists
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
MATHEWS MADE CLERK
GEN. HoLLEy RESIGNS as CLERK OF
COURT of APPEALS
Many Disappointed Aspirants for the
po.iiion-Rustness "a the Conrt.

! Position-Bustness Of the Court
| Charleston, WI Va, November H.
The Supreme Court of Appeals met
SATURDAY morning, all the judges be.
ing present, and transacted the follow.
ing business;
Beatty Lumber Company VS.. Western
Union Telegraph Company, from Ka-
nawha county rehearing allowed.
Grover VS.. Ohio River Railroad
Company, from Mason county rehear-
ing allowed.
Zinn vs.. Zinn, from Richie county
rehearing allowed.
Parish Fork Oil Company VS..
Bridgewater Gas Company, from Writ
county: rehearing refused.
Tallman VS.. Schilling, from Roane
county rehearing refused.
GEN. HOLLEY RESIGNS.
General j. A. Holley tendened his
resignation as clerk of til court and
William Burdette Mathews, present as
sistant attorney general and formerly
chief clerk in the office of the State
auditor, was appointed to fill the va
cancy. Mr.. Mathews will qualify for
the position today.
The position was much sought
after and there are many aspirants
who will be sorelv disappointed
Among the aspirants to the position
were Lewis McWhorter, of this city
A. f. Gibbons, of Parkersburg; Geo.
C. Mcintosh, editor of the Fayette
journal w. Il. Glasscock, of Monon-
gala county; Circuit Clerk Gribble,
of Doddridge county; Attorney Nor
rison, of Sutton Chief Clerk G L..
Topping, of the treasurer's Office, and
Charles A. M Meadods, OF Warrington.
Governor White has not intimated
who he will appoint as the fifth mem
Der of the supreme Court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
REYNOLDS WINS ON RECOUNT
DECLARES HE DEFEATS nR METH
KEN ron HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Elk Garden Thrown out-Democrat
Charged with Foistering Trick
BALLOT.

| A bitter election contest before the
county court at Keyser, instituted By
Francis NJ. Reynolds, Republican. re-
turned defeated for the House OF Del
epates by @. Erwin Nethkin. Demo
crat. by 81 votes. has ended and Rey
nolds, who occupied a seat III the last
| legislature. was declared elected by
| 104 votes
| The whole vote OF Elk Garden dis
trict, q strong Republican district,
but which went heavily for Nethken
was thrown out and this elected Rey-
noIds. 1t was charged that the ballot
with four columns. designed especially
to elect ]. v. Bell. Democrat, clerk
of the court. or John L. McGraw,
Dem ocrat, for Congress in the event
the vote was close, as the district is
largely Republican and the ballot be-
ing illegal the Republicans would be
the heavier sufferer from the ballots
bein0 thrown out. The ballots, how
ever. proved to be boomerang, as
Bell was elected by large majority
and McGraw defeated by large ma
ioFity, and Nethken. Democrat. who
got heavy Republican vote, was
alone affected. The ballot in the oth-
or districts was three columns wide.
The law requires a uniform ballot.
During the progress OF the count
tho excitment was intense and George
II. Reynolds. son Of Candidate Rey.
nolds and Attorney William Melon
aid. INDUCED in afree-for-all fight be-
fore the court. both being badly used.
Theygwere arrested In all 200 ballots
were rejected in the county. The
Democrats controlled the board OF bal
lot commissioners who had charge of
the printing of the ballots. The clerk
81 the court, who is Democrat, is one
aad On the board with him is one mem
Der Of each party organization. A, r..
stallings, Of Davis, W. Va. was at
tornev for Mr.. Reynolds The court
ruled that the ballots should be count
ed according to technical coustruc-
ton of the law.
George B. Shank, the defeated DEM
o-ratio candidate for county commits
sioaer of Mineral county, will order a
raerf,st If the votes
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
DEPUTY MARSHAL DEAD.
Prominent citizen OF Piedmont Sue
cumbs 90 Long Illness.

Piedmont. w Va. Nov 15.-Mr.
James G. Fredlock, deputy United
States Marshal for this part of West
Virginia, and who has been an inva-
lid for over two years suffering with
consumption of the stomach, died at
the residence of his father on Brick
Row, aged thirty-six wears and five
months. He was a son of Mr.. E. ].
Fredlock, the head of the E. J. Fred
lock Manufacturing and Building Co. ,
and a brother of Messrs VIM. III. and
Fred. L. Fredloek, Of Piedmont. and
DR.. A. NJ Fredlock, of Elkins. He
was member of the Knights of Pyth-
las. He organized the Piedmont Feed
and Ice Co. Tie was generous to a
fault and had MANY warm friends
throughout West VIRGINIA and Western
Maryland
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FOUND ALONG TIE TRACKS.


= q KNOWN WAN E'Uff nNs AetsE AEhc hA1AAAAst
Bridge by Boys Monday Morning.
Some boys while walking along the
tracks near the Rafting Bride Mon
day morning found an Unknownfman
Word was sent to Yard Master Slane,
who had him brought to this city and
examined by B. s. 0. Surgeon Myers.
His head and face were badly bruised
and cut and his left foot was injured.
but it is not thought that ne is fatal Y
injured.
On his person was found a mine
workmans card which gave his name
as John Wallence. of Hazelton, Pa.
He was member of the United Mine
Workers and had been working in the
Hazel Mine at Hazelton, Pa.
1t is not positively known whether
he was struck by a.train or fell@off of
train while in motion but is thought
that he must have fallen off as he was
not injured enough tohave been strcuk
He will be kent here until the officials
have been heard from,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
MAXW ELL FOR SPEAKER.
Friends OF tn. Aged Harrison County
Judge Announce His Candidacy.

Clarksburg. w. Va, Nov. 15.-The
friends of Judge Edwin Maxwell here,
irrespective of politics, will urge his
claim before the coming session of the
legislature for the position of speaker
OF the House of Delegates Judge Max
wells name viii add spice to the sit
uation. and some OF the names pro-
posed for the honor. Will fade like the
proyerbial dew before the morning
sun. The friends Of the judge will
urge him for the position because Of
his supreme qualifications for the hon
or and because OF party service. Judge
Maxwell has been fighting the battles
Of the Republican party tor many
years He supported the principles of
Abraham Lincoln when it was consid-
cred almost crime to he n Republican
in West Virginia Away back in the
seventies and eighties he was carrying
the banner into the enemv S camp and
was preaching and practiciug the prin-
ClpIcS VI tIle party ne ltAl III iONt Win
when in his teens
When the Judge was chosen can
didate for governor years ago, he as
sumed the leadership unhesitatingly
and was found always in the fore
ground reckoning his party on to vic
tor He never followed he was al
ways in the lead He knew the Dem
ocratic majority was against him and
his party by many odds. vet is swaved
him not, nor dampened his ardor for
the cause he championed.
AS "a Republican he is for the prin.
ciples of Lincoln Grant, Blaine Gar
field. Mckinley and Roosevelt. AS q
lawyer he stands among the leaders of
the bar. As citizen he is all that
manhood loves As parliamentarian
he is second to none. Nav tie honor
of the speakership fall on Judge Max
well is the wish Of not only his num-
erous friends here in Harrison, bnt
throughout West Virginia
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Tothe pubIic.

ALLOW me TO say few words in
praise of Chamberlain Cough Rome
DIV. / had very severe cough and
cold and feared would get Dneumo-
MIA. but after taking the second dose
Of this medicine felt better. Three
bottles OF it cured nv cold and the
pains in my chest disappeared entire
ly. am most respectfully yours for
health, Ralph S. Myers, 64-Thirtv-
seventh St, Wheeling W. Va. For
sale by Shepherds Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
THE HORSES FOUND.
Messrs Blake q SON Obtain Information
which Lead To Recovery of Horses.

Messrs Blake q SON Obtain Information
whieh Lead To Recovery of Horses.
Messrs Peter and Charles Blake, liv-
srymen in this CITY, have at last found
deir two horses that were stolen from
them by "A man by the name of Tim
Greenwall, who was hired bv Messrs
Blake to bring the horses from Wash
ington to this city about two months
ago but he nor the horses never turn
ed up here nor could they be located
antil yesterday, when a te egram was
received announcing that Greenwall
had been captured was in Jail in Wash
ington awaiting trial The horses viii
be held IN Washington until after the
trial
The horses had been left by Green
wall at farmers near Cabin Johns
Bridge, eleven miles from Washing
ton, on pasture until Nov and when
the time expired and no one called'fo
hem he became eUspicious AMI wen
o Rockville to advertise for cine own
"a and to notify the authorities While
in Rockville he was interviewed by a
detective who at once took charge oi
she horses and notified the Blakes.
It was surprise 10 tho Messrs
Blake for they never expected to re.
cover tie horses as the country had
been searched for the mau and horse
bv detectives
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
BOYS WILL PAY.
school Board Hold Boys Responsible for
Damage Done tn Property.

The School Board met Monday in
special session with President Russle
in the chair and Commissioners Evans
and Paulding present. The minutes
of the last meeting were read and APP
proved
Some minor business was transacted,
and some bills read and ordered paid.
The principal object of the special
meeting was to bring before the Board
the boys that destroyed the property
at the High School on Hallowe en-
night. There were nineteen BOYS sum
moned before the Board aud all were
there but three, two of these have left
town and the other one is sick. Both
commissioners spoke to the bows in
very friendly way. showing them the
wrong in committing the deed and al
so the eaiest way to right it.
Commissioner Pauling said that he
could have the building rebuilt for the
sum of twenty dollars. The Board then
decided that if the boys could raise
this sum that nothing further would
be done to them, but if not raised in
two weeks time, thew would be duly
punished to the full extent of the law.
The Board then adjourned until next
Monday night, their regular meeting
night
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
nnANcm noAp ro SAND WIZ

A branch railroad one mile long win
shortly be built from the Romney
branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio 10
the white sand mill now ln the course
Of contraction near Springfield. Thorn
as II Hobbs. Of Cumberland, is pres
ldent of the company
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
HARRY DORM RETURNS,
Abeess on the Brain Has Been Removed
and He Is Much Improved

Mr.. Harry Dorm, who went to Bal
timore five weeks ago to have an alb
scess on the brain removed, returned
home Saturday very much improved.
The first operation was so successful
that the doctors thought that they
would wait and probably the second
operation will not be needed. The alb
cess was removed from the brain but
in an examination the doctors thought
there was a dead bone. if this is true
there will have to be another opera
ton
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
A WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE
Emma volgamott Hangs Herself IN
City Lookup.
SHE WAS CUT DOWN a TIMES
Used Her Stockings Ribbons and Shoe
Strings in the Attempt Smashed
Doclo, S Glasses.

Filled with dependency and hal
crazed with drink. Emma Volgamctt
att, mpted suicide in a cell at police
headquarters Saturday morning.
She was arrested Friday by Officer
SNYDER for being drunk and disorderly
on the street She spent the remain
der of the night in the sweat box.
Saturday about $50 O'Clock JAN
itor Cav discovered her half living,
half hanging from the cell door She
had taken a long necktie and ribbon
and knotting them together had tied
them tightly around her neck, then
with the other nd.fastened to the cell
door she flung herself down to die.
When discovered by Janitor Cav She
was almost dead. Cav called Sergeant
o S. Rigsby and City Clerk A. T.
Lambert and she was cut down. appar-
entity dead woman. DR.. A. Andrews
was hastily summoned. on arriving
the doctor administered % restorative
aud in few minutes she was all right
again
Serseant Rigsby spied bottle Of
whiskey under the bench Ia the cell
and asked Dr. Andrews for Il. As the
doctor handed the bottle to him, En-
ma Voganott, crazed by the sight Of
her whiskey being taken from her,
made fierce attack on the doctor
knocking llis glasses off aud breasing
them into small pieces. Janitor Cav
finally secured her and got her quiet
The officers then left her
As short time afterward she was
again found hanging to the cell door.
This time she had torn her clothes
into strips and made rope Of them
She swore to end her life and lowered
her head ano ran it into the side OF the
cell. She was again finally quieted
and left alone.
Miain Pyle went back a few minutes
later and found he- npaiH IL the scsae
pos m Aftee tine tniri attempt was
fuss.ated she promised Sergeant Rigs
by She would not make another at.
tempt ON her life. However. to make
sure she should not. they took the pre-
caution TO close the solid iron door on
the cell, Then there was nothing by
which she could possibly hapg her
self. A close watch was kept on the
prisoner to see that she made no fur
Their attempt at suicide.
The fourth attempt was made BY
tying her stockings and a shoe string
together She had discovered that
which the officers had not---a nail high
ap ON the window, to this she fasten-
ed one end of her rope. the other end
she tightly tied around her neck and
again laid down to die. Cav came to
the rescue for the fourth time and cut
her down
Jallor Cliff Caldwell was sent for and
escorted her III buggy 90 the county
jail with continuous string af oaths
flowing from her lips She viii be
kept under close suryeillaDee iu the
Jail. She undoubtedly owes der life to
she officers at the CITY Ball for had
il not been for their close watch she
would have succeeded in her attempt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
NEW PRoPnlEToR.

Mr. A. II. Gunnell will be the new
proprietor Of the Hotel Hamilton. Hag-
stown. Mr.. Chas. Webb of j, retiring
on account Of Ill health, his throat
not permitting him to live in this eli
mate. He will take a hotel in the
South
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
A liberal OGer.

The and, ,igned will give a free
sample of Chamber ain S Stomach, and
Liver Tablets to any one wanting a re
liable remedy for disorders of the stom-
ach. billiousness or constipation. This
is new remedy and good one Sold
by Shepherds Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22

T b wilson, Of Wardeusvl De-. ~.
Va, shipped two deers q short time
ago TO a Pennsylvania firm at $40 each,
and last week received an order fol-
FIVE more from the same firm This
speaks well for Wilson'S park He pro-
tects the deer and finds it more profit.
able than stock raislng
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
CERTIFICATE TO BENDER
COUNTY CoURT CERTIFIEs ELEC-
TfoN As CLERK OF COURT.
Final Decision Of Court Gives MIR. Bea-
der IL Majority Recount of Ballot
Completed and Court Adjourns.

The County Court convened Mon
day evening at 2 O'Clock and the argu-
ment whether the entire ballot. from
the 2nd precinct in Mill Greek dis
trict and the Grammar School precinct
or the last ballot from these precincts
should be thrown out, was taken
up by the ATTORNEYS, the Court de-
cided to reject the last ballot from
these two precincts. One of the ballots
was Democratic and the other a
Prohibition ballot. This makes Mr.
Bender's final majority eleven. The
Court decided that this was correct
and issued him a certificate of cleo
ton.
Mr.. Bender qualified himself for the
office and gave bond by order of the
Court.
Certificates of election were also is
sued to the other successful candidates.
This ends the recount in this Court
The case may now be taken to the Cir
cult court and from there to the Court
of Appeals, if the defeated candidate
so decides
The Court adjourned for the term
after being in session more than a
week
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22

Charles Redmond and William Var
mold, two men who were arrested by
officer McBee for raising q disturbance
ON the streets Saturday night were Civ
en- hearing Modnay evening. They
were found guilty and fined s., 20, in
default of which they were sentenced
to ten DAYS in Jail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
startling, But True

eff every one knew what a grand
medicine Dr. Kings New Life Pills
is, +" writes d. II. Turner, Dempsey
town, Pa, you'd sell all you have
n a dav. Two weeks use has made a
new man OF me. Infallible for con-
stipation. stomach and liver troubles.
25c at ali druggists
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
ON vpEEcKED TRAIN.

Mrs. n. Fl. Davis is visiting her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Doll.
Mrs. Davis was on train 500 of the
B. d o which was wrecked East of
Baltimore Monday night. sas,
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KILLED A $50 FOUND BEAR.

Bunting Party Dispatches Monster
Near mooreaeld, w, Wa.
A large hunting party, Of which
Charles Mansfield, of Mansfield, H.,
was member. killed black bear near
Moorefield, Hardy county, Wednesday
which weighed $50 pounds, the largest
known for a number of years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
HAND TORN OFF.
Harvey Flowers Has Hand Caught IA
Corn flushing Machine.

Corn Husking Machine.
While feeding the corn husker which
was huskine corn at Senator O. J.
Faulkner's day last Monday. Harvey
Flowers, an aged colored man, had his
hand caught in the oogs OF the ma
chine The hand was so badly mangled
that it had to be amputated above the
wrist, 1t was amputated by Drs.
SDearow. Snodgrass and Andrews.
The accident occurred about 8 o clock
Monday morning. After the operation
Flowers was taken to his home on S.
Spring street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22

Mrs. Reuben Small fell down a
flight ofs stems Monday morning and
sustained injuries which have confined
her to her bed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
IMPROVED.

Mar. Jacob Coffman is reported
slightly improved.