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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
GAVE cHADE Fon SWITCH.

Cumberland Valley railroad Engine.
er Thomas j. Bereton. of Cham bers-
burg. gave the city corporation
the grade for the switch that will ex-
tend from the railroad company +
main tracks to the pumping station.
At recent meeting of the council, il
was asked that the company's engine
or gave the grade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
OCCUPIES NEW HOME.

Mail CARR er Charles Pitzer. who
recently purchased the new cottage
at No. $40 Boyd avenue from Mr.. w.
b. Tayman. has removed his family
into the property and now occupies
his own home. Mr. Pitzer's new loca-
ton is cozy and conveniently arrang-
ed. and he is very much pleased with
his purchase.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
MARRIAGE LlcESsE.

A marriage license was issued at th
office of the clerk of the county court
to Mr.. Jonathan N. Clark and Miss
Sasie @. Freeze, both residents Of
this citv. The marriage occurred at
the home of the bride Thursday even
at ing O'Clock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED.

Mr.. Louis Wolfes, who was bitten
recently by dogs on Second sire ct. is
slightly improved. His limb however
is extremely sore and it will be long
time before it will be entirely healed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
PITTSBURG BANK CLOSED.
Institution In which Mr.. %. .. Hilis
| This city. Is Connected.


The Federal National bank at Pitts
burg. Pa. has suspended business
and its doorsgwas not open Wednesday
morning. Acting COMPTROLLER OF
Currency Kane, of Washington, was
notified of the situation and at once
appointed Bank Examiner J. s. Cum
ningham as receiver. But few Of the
details are known at present, and II.
il the opinion that the Federal Will
resume business in short while.
Mr.. Edwin s. Hill, OF this city, il
connected with the bank. he having
secured tho position about one nontIf
ago. His many friends here will be-
sorry to hear Of the failure on his nc
count.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24

witnessing the burial. The services
were conducted by Dr. #. Ii. Woods.
pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN church.
An effort was made by friends OF
the family TO secure permission of the
authorities for John Locke to attend
the funeral. but this was not granted,
and the prisoner remained in his cell
at the Jail during the burial of his
brother.
HE REGRETTED THE DEED.
John Locke has passed the time since
the tragedy in Respondent and re-
morseful frame of mind. Hesis pale
and restless. and evidently suffering
greatly because of his terrible deed.
He stoutly denies any intention to
harm his brother. and expresses deep
regret at the outcome Of the nnfor
tunate Quarrel He is tall we'll
built youth of II or Is years. and there
is little about him to indicate vicious
character. He ia uneducated, but by
no means ignorant. and while lacking
uncommon intelligence or moral char
acter. woald not be taken for one
likely 10 commit a grave crime except
under the stress of strong and I'M
bridled passion.
THE CORONER'S VERDICT.
| Coroner Thomas Kearns held an in
quest over the remains Saturday even
ing, and the finding was to the effect
| that Clarence Locke came to his death
as the result of wound inflicted by a
knife in the hand of John Locke, jr.
PRELIMINARY HEARING.
1t was expected that the preliminary
| hearing of the prisoner would be held
Monday afternoon, but action was post
poned for dav or two to allow the
young man to engage counsel and pre-
pare his defense
Locke stated that he wanted to en-
gage an attorney. but at O'Clock this
afternoon States Attorney Lindsay
had not been advised of the employ
ment of any one in that capacity, and
could not say when the hearing would
be held.
The preliminary hearing will be
conducted before Justice SNYDER. be-
fore whom the complaint was sworn
out. 1t is probable that it will be
held in the Circuit court room, owing
to the large number of spectators who
will undoubtedly be attracted by the
unusual features of the case.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
TkAcHEas, INSTITUTE.

The next meeting Of the teachers
institute in Hedgesville will be held
in the graded school building at 2 r.
m. on November Z.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24

Theodore X. Penner and Robert
Russell. Baltimore 81 Ohio employees at
Sandy Hook, have applied for the ben.
eft of the bankrupt law.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
SWEET CHIMES.
Artist gives Exhibition at Hotel This
Afternoon.

Mr.. Joseph Boher. an expert on the
chimes. gave an exhibition this offer
noon at the Martin to large audi
ence. Mr.. Boiler is master OF tho
sweet-toned bells. and handles them
during the church scene in The Lit
tie Christian which will be pro-
duced at the Central Opera house to-
night, He will give another exhibit
ton in front OF the opera house this
evening at 80.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
HEAD CUT OFF.
Edward .Eckenrode Decspitated by
Train at Chambersburg.

Edward Il. Eckenrode. aged 36
years. well-known carpenter of Cham
berburg, and a native of Hagerstown,
was instantly killed at an early hour
last Wednesday in Chambersburg by
having his head compleately severed
from his body bv freight train. The
unfortunate accident occurred just
north of the King street crossing Of
Western MARYLAND railroad.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
POLICE COURT.

George Green was arrested by Officer
Perrell on the charge of being drunk
on tho street. He was placed in the
city lookup and when given hear
ing before Mayor Evans, was found
guilty and relieved of the sum OF
SO. 80, fine and costs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
THE FUNERAL.

The body of the dead boy lay in a
bare. u ncarpeted room onthe first floor
Monday morning the arrangements
for the funeral were completed. the
body laid in its casket and then taken
direct to its last resting place in Green
Hill cemetery. The funeral was very
largely attended, hundreds of people
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
Mr.. Q. E. LAYTON.

Mr.. G. E. Lawton. well-known
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

cong gross grants Generally
the congressio nal faYoIrs are bestowed
on the least worthy. Thai seems Is
hard thing to say,sslDut It IS tue never
.theiess II has ssot to u sos that the
most meritorions claims IRE hose
Swhichscan command the least influen-
tial support. .Seediness and merit too
often go together. The cases that 20
through are those which are cham-
pioned by prosperous attorneys who
have q close acquaintance with the men
who control legislation. l.zs
Not long ago q noted lobbyist died
in Washington. He had no occupation
except the railroading Of bills through
congress. He was q coarse, ignorant.
vulgar creature, whose principal char
acteristics were. q, capacity for making
money and q genius for displaying it.
Yet this man had among his close COM
panions all but q few of the most con
spicuous members Of the lower house.
He had weekly dinners at his house,
which contained one Of the finest am
ing rooms In the city At these dinners
certain group. of representatives were
always present. They came early and
stayed late. When Tom Reed left CON
gress and it was time to choose sue
cessor it was found that every man
who was in the list Of those mentioned
was among the lobbyists most con-
slant guests. He never lost one of hie
cases. ~ !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

there are no neighbors within five
$40 an acre.
He bought the place so as to be out
of the world for a little while every
summer, but he has had the nveliest
kind of a time denying the rumors that
have gone out about it. In the. first
place it was announced that he had
bought the entire town, which would
have made him landed proprietor
with 250,00 acres in his possession.
Then it was declared that he was going
to establish game preserve, and he
received letters from all over the
United States, at the rate of half a
dozen a day, Offering him all sorts of
animals and birds to stock his place
with and making all sorts of offers.
The thing got to be nuisance.
AS a matter of fact the senator's es-
tate is about as modest an affair as
anybody could ask for. His live stock
consists of two cows and one horse and
he keeps a hired man. When he looks
out of his window just after the first
frosts come in early September he sees
miles and miles of the most beautiful
forest colors to be found in the world,
and in the midst of such delights he
loafs and invites his soul.
The senator has one of the most
beautiful places imaginable at Madison,
Wis. If it were only a little farther
out of the world he would never think
of living anywhere else even for few
weeks in the summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

grows out of the @poo"e' oo"p'o"'s'
Plat amendment which he had much
to do with and which he helped Sena-
congress is sure to take up the q,tes-
ton of the Panama canal, which Is now
being handled by the administration
in accordance with the terms CT the
Spooner act passed last winter. Anoth-
err question that will disturb the seren-
ity of legislation will be that of the
coastwise trade of the Philippines,
question arising under the Philippine
government act which Spooner had
much to do with perfecting.
In short, there is. hardly any ques-
ton that can come up without touch
ing SpooneT at some point, for more
than any other man in the senate it
has been his fortune to have drawn
bills which became enacted and which
settled great legislative problems.
Spooner is believed by many to be
the most useful man in the senate. He
is called in more frequently than any
other senator to unravel snarls of leg
islation and he has never yet failed to
furnish some compromise that would
meet the difficulty Yet Spooner is not
by nature compromised He is dash
ing, eloquent and pugnacious, and he is
the hardest proposition to tackle in
congress when it comes to rough and
tumble debate. He is always good ma
tured, never loses his temper, @en in
the hottest of scraps, and has never Yet
been worsted in parliamentary wran-
gle. Tillman, of South Carolina. is his
favorite game. because Tillman always
loses his head.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
40 M1 4 NEV WIS
New Ar r. ory In Sc paul 81 81


Though Their are many larger and
more expensiyearmorie les IN this coun-
try than the new one MOVE being built
at ST.. Paul for the commands Of the
Minnesota National Guard stationed
IN that city, there are few if any that
offers more convenience in arrange
.ment. .#. Il. S@,.
The building, when completed, is
to furnish quarters for all the Ma
tional Guard troops Of sSt. Paul which
consist Of four companies Of inffahn-
try, one battery of artillery and one
company .of engineers. The basement
Of the 5buil ding is So arranged that
the battery can drive into it with
their guns. SIX s. ! ~ )
Z The building is 1872 by $50 feet. The
drill haIl, which is back of the main
structure, but of the same height il
40 by 100 feet. The roof Of this por-
ton of the building is supported by
steel trusses, leaving the floor space
absolutely clear. A gallery runs en-
tirely around the drill floor. That
portion of the building fronting .on
Exchange street is four stories high,
and contains the company quarters,
and headquarters offices. There will
be general longing rooms, library,
reception rooms, etc.
The basement contains gun rooms,
in which the pieces of the artillery
will each have their compartment,
and harness rooms so arranged that
each set will be kept separate and
in condition for immediate use.
In the basement will also be found
a complete rifle range, 12O feet long,
and the gymnasium. The latter will
be one of the most complete in the
city. 1t will be IS feet high and will
have a complete equipment. Baths
are attached and in addition a big
swimming pool. Rooms are also pro-
vided in the basement for the stor-
age of everything of bulky nature
belonging to the companies, such as
camp equipment, etc.
The third floor contains a banquet
room and dancing floor, both of
which are commodious. The entire
building is fireproof with the excep-
ton of the floors and window castings.
Such will be the St. Paul armory
when completed next March. -
Work on the new armory was start
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
NEW ARMoRY BEING BUILT IN ST. PAUL, MINI.

ed last spring when, through the cf-
forts of Maj. George Lambert and
the local armory board, the council
was induced to issue 100000 in bonds
for the construction of the building.
The basement and foundation calling
as they did for the removal of a
solid mass of hard blue stone from
over a quarter of block for depth
of 18 feet, was stupendous and ex-
pensive task, and was only co1nplet-
ed few weeks ago, when work on
the superstructure was begun. The
building of the superstructure is now
in progress. It will be constructed
entirely of red sandstone, and this
will be supplemented by an interior
lining of limestone up to the top Of
the first floor, and brick the remain
der of the distance.
The building up to date has cost
the city $4,000, but at least $4,000
more will be necessary before the
structure is completed in accordance
with the plans. Out of the 5000
was paid nearly $4,000 for additional
ground, and this has also been sup
plemented by quite an advance in the
cost of construction over what the
armory board figured when it first
planned the structure. =. =.
Z Up to last spring the = National
Guard companies in St. Paul were
housed in the wooden structure that
held forth where the new armory is
now being built, but it was-entirely
inadequate. Repeated efforts to Sc
cure a new building met with fail
ure and it was only when Maj. Lam
bert and others of the armory board
asked the aid of the state that the
new structure was finally obtained.
Maj. Lambert who is secretary of
the local armory board, has been in
defatigable in his efforts to secure the
new armory, and it was largely
through him that the law authorizing
the bond issue was passed and the
consent of the council to an issue Of
the bonds obtained. 20 EszzS. .z:..:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Statistics for the year ending AL
gust 30 show that automobiles Killed
I as many persons in England in week
as railroad trains did in year. The
accidents enumerated in England and
Wales during the period mentioned
were 1891, the persons injured being
2,991 and the deaths AL. The figures
show an average Of 1915 accidents per
week, with $3.50 persons injured and
10 killed every week. During the last
II months the total number Of passen-
gers and railway omcials killed on
British railways was eight tie injured
being 224. 80. 4. s.#
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

The right or otherwise of shirt
waist man to enter the din1ng.rOom
of a hotel is about to be settled in a
Philadelphia court. One hot day last
July De Wolf Norman, a Quaker City
man of social note, entered dining
room minus coat and waistcoat, but
wearing a neat shirt waist and belt.
He was informed that gentlemen so
attired would not be served there, and
despite his protests he was elected.
Mr.. Norman consulted his lawyer,
who has begun a suit for damages
against the hotel man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

An exceedingly interesting commu-
nication was made to the Academic
des Sciences recently~by M. Raphael
Dubois, professor of the University OF
Lyons, who informed the learned body
that he had found the means of &C.
climating the pearl oyster and repro
ducing pearls on the coast of France.
Before the assembled scientists, M.
Dubois exhibited several living speci.
mems Of the genuine pearl oyster cult
waited in the Mediterranean. The pearls
shown were Of the species known as
margeritisera vulgaris (Jameson).
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
PoorCrop.

That the Qat crop for 1903 is of an In
,feriors quality and that the crop is not
50 large as in 1902 is stated IN an ar
ticle upon the subject in the current
issue Of the Orange Judd Farmer. This
authority has compiled statistics, COM
posed Of reports from the threshing
and the acreage for 1908 Is given g
90, SOL , 900, against 80, 146, 900 in 1902.
The average yield per acre IN 1902
sa4. land e is estimated that this yesr
twill not be more than 27.o which
wi lsmakeEa decrease IN the entire crop
sof about 100, 900. 900 bushela sss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Sorely tried housekeepers in New
York and vicinity hope great things
from a newly started movement for a
servants guild whose main object will
be to thoroughly train acceptable girls
for the duties of domestic service.
Mrs. Russell Sage has been especially
prominent in the movement In her
view the chief trouble in keeping
good servants lies usually with the
mistresses, who are inclined to be in.
considerate slave drivers. The title
of the new organization is to be the
Women's Domestic guild.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

The greatest ocean depth ever dis
covered was sounded only short time
ago, during the recent cruise of the
Albatross in the Pacific. Prof. Agas.
siz being in charge of the expedition,
and near the island of Guam. There
the beam trawl, attached to steel
cable, was lowered to the depth of 49,
87S feet, five miles, almost at high as
Mt. Everest By means of thermome-
ters attached to the trawl it was found
that the water at this depth bore the
temperature Of only IS degrees, just
little above the freezing point.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Wv Va WV NAOSCA
companions. His favorite antagonists
are Commissioner Garfield and Com
missioner Cooley, the young New
Yorker, who has just taken a place on
the civil service commission. Both of
them are fine players, Garfield espe-
cially, and they go at it with a vim. j..
The president generally picks one of
them for a partner and the two play
against the other. Occasionally the
president takes one side of the net bv
himself. He is not up. on the fine
points of the game as the others are
and he is little heavier on his pins.
but he plays powerfully and plays to
win:~- D. !
It is one of the most interesting
sights in Washington to see this ten
mis- game goingDp in the afternoon be-
tween four and five o'clock after the
grist Of visitors has been ground out. q
Tennis is not SO popular among pub
lie men in Washington as it was a few
years before the lazier game of golf
came into vogue, but it is growing
again in esteem. When Olney was Sec
rotary Of stale under Cleveland he was
regarded as the best player in Wash
ington and it was the only form Of ex-
ercise he took. Senator Lodge is also
q fine player, though he seldom gets 4
chance. Ever since he was old enough
to straddle q horse he has been addicted
to riding, and he has the best seat az
any public man IN Washington.
s IOIyIS a COnIInrr # 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

laid out which is
one of the finest to
be found any,
where. The ground
is as hard and
smooth as a floor
and it is enclosed
with q; high wire
netting, W HE h,
however, does not
conceal the court
from the street. r
Here three or
four days, in the
week the president
plays tennis with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

The latest craze in New York among
the very wealthy Is an extravagant
style of invitation card Not long ago
the wife of a millionaire ordered 200
of these from a local firm and they
cost her just SO each. The cards were
made of ivory edged with gold, the
name of the guest and hostess being
lettered in gold on one side, the other
being hand-painted. Cards at S. each
are quite common.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

doris OF the capitol
for a generation
with q claim which
was as just as the
moral law. Every
body knew that it
was Just, but it
was for 50 large
an amount and old,
Billy had been at
it SO long that con-
gress got in the
habitofignoring it.
The bill passed the
house S ev ra l
times. But never
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

away 0pln the TIP
OF New Hampshire.
It Is in the wilds
of i the town Of y
Pittsburg,; which
occupies all of the
bulge in New
Hampshire that
extends north of
Vermont boundary
and which is very.
much the largest
town in the state
territorially.
The place is 600
acres of woodland
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
: quite common.

A power transmission installation Is
now being erected at Bageline, in
Italy, in which a pressure of 10000
volts will be used-the first instance
in Europe of so high a voltage being
employed. The project is designed to
distribute power to the town of Bres-
cha, and the neighboring works. Power
will be derived from the River CAT
faro. rising in the Tyrolean Alps, and
feeding the Chiesa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

70. News Notes. 1s-'-'~'.."- '--"@~'
The big Hill steamers will be in SER
vice early next year. @s&,,ss - -.
A shrill, earpiercing whistle. blown
by compressed air, is to be used to-
gether with the unmusical. gong on
the rolling stock of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company. The com
pany is now equipping some of the
cars in Minneapolis with the whistle.
Louis Tarzinoeer, switch tender
stationed at the foot of jackson
street, St. Paul, was hit by q train.
His left arm and left leg were broken
and he was severely bruised.
The Carnegie free library was de-
dicated at Red Wing. and the building
was formally turned over to the pub
lie. A large crowd was present. Sen
ator Moses E. Clapp was the princi-
pal speaker. H. - 5.,.s -..: TIL s. -
2 Adeline Chaloup, five years old,
passed through ST: Paul, having come
all the way from Paris, France, go
ing to Billings, Mont, where an I'M
Gle lives. The little tot was labeled
with tags, telling her destination and
she had made the long journey with
out mishap. During her stay in the
union depot she was cared for by the
matron. .. We .s.:
& Charles Marsh is lying in critical
condition at the hospital at Winona as
1,1 ioc,,1f ~ nv, a 10 or ~, ~ -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

breasts of the
army of hangers
!! on about 9 U the capt.
tol who live from
year to year in the
never-dying expec-..
tatfon that some
time or other they
g! are going to have
the rights which
they have claimed.
There is nothing.
more I re pathetic any.
where WI wrecks Of
manhood q h.o.
haunt. ! l;'llll the corri-.
doris Of the house
for tho Suefino thoA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Three canes which at one time be-
longed to distinguished Americans
have been presented to the York (Pa.)
Historical society. One was originally
the property of Stephen A. Douglas;
another was owned by James Buchan-
an before his election to the presi-
dency, and the third was the property
Of Roger B. fancy, chief justice of the
ITnito6 States