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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
A SMALL FIRE..
STARTED an the Besidence or Dr. X. ID.
SETON. Buf Wac Oufened BEFORE
Any series Damage Was Done.

SETON. HuE Hae OnAS1se"
Any series Damage Was Done.
The q~uietness of the city was dis
inrbed about 40 O'Clock Monday
evening by the alarm of fire, which
started ia the residence of Mr.. r. d
Seton Burke street bnt was put out
before n serious damage was done.
The origin of the fire was an over
heated stove. which set the chimney on
Gre and ignited the drapery near the
chimney on the second floor The alarm
was sent in and the second ward reel
Immediately responded but the water
was mo- turned Oh as the fire had been
put out by some %neighbors.
The damage to the contents OF the
room was very small as the drapery
and some OF the mating was all that
was burned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
MARCH 10.
VIA SEAB0ARD AIR LINE.

Tickets including. in addition to
round trip railroad fare. sleeping car
accommodations and meals enroute
Washington to Jacksonville. but not
for return. Returning, tickets will
be good on any regular train until Nav
81, 1903.
For detailed information call upon
Baltimore g. Ohio Ticket Agents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
PICTURES or uApPEB's FERRY.

The January number. Book OF the
Royal Blue, Dublised by the Passen-
ger Department of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, gives IN interesting
article on the recent advances made in
panoramic photograph illustrating
same with halftone reproductions of
the most remarkable photographs ever
taken of Harper's Ferry. Each of the
original photographs. taken from op-
posite points Of view, represent $50
degrees of the horizon. showing for
the first time the magnificent distances
in the scenery at this historic point.
One of the photos is taken at an alti-
tlde of $50 feet, on Maryland Heights.
looking down upon the village. 1t not
only takes in the whole village but in
clude the Potomac and Shenandoah
river, the Chesapeake and and Ohio
Canal. and portions of Maryland,
West Virginia and Virginia.
The other is taken from Bolivar
Heights, looking eastward, showing
the great gap which is the eastern
gateway Of the Allegheny Mountains.
The photographs are panels 81 inches
long bv z inches wide, and are among
the mcst artistic of the many photo
graphs Of the famous Baltimore s. Ohio
scenery. Copies of the pictures will
Ia. 0.,1. ,, .~tsg.,. rIa4f4-t, pav.r
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
ESPECIAL TOURS TO FLORIDA.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
via Washington at
VERY Low RATES.
JANUARY ~.
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY,

Tickets including, in addition to
round trip railroad fare, sleeping car
accommodations and meals e%nroute
Washington to Jacksonville and re-
turn, Returning. leave Jacksonville
FehruarY II.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
MANY BILLS PASSED
ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS
CALLING coNvENTIoN.
A Bill TO Provide for Care Of "orkins
Men at All the Miners Hospitals

Charleston. W. Va, Jan. 20.-one
hundred and two bills id the house
and fifty in the senate was the legls-
iative record yesterday. OF the house
bills. twenty eight were designed to
carry out the recommendations OF the
tax commission.
In the senate. Mr.. Hammer offered a
resolution that. all legislation relative
70 the commissioner report be given
precedence aud consideration as soon
as introduced. This resolution aroused
considerable discussion and was finally
tabled Attorney General Freer. in a
newspaper communication warns the
people and The legislature against the
adoption Of the commissions recon-
m-endatfons. He recommends the call
ing of Il constitutional convention.
Among the bills introduced was n
TO prevent mob violence, as recon-
mended in Gov. Whites message; q
pnre food Law, similar 70 Tint Of Ohio,
and a bill providing for . State board
of arbitration in labor disputes.
A pronounced boon to the laboring
mon Of West Virginia Is ii sight II
snccess atten7 s q bill to be introduced
bv Senator Charles W. swisher of Ma
rion.
Only miners are now admitted to the
three state Miners Hospitals, and
Senator Swisher proposes to have adj
mitfed every working man who was
injured while engaged in his employ
ment. His plan calls for sufficient ap-
nropriations 70 provide additional
buildings fer the present hospitals, 50
that they will be able to care for pnv
patients, and feom the revenue de-
rived from such patients it, thought
the hospitals may become s~elf-sustain-
ing, or possibly run At a profit TO the
State. and also provide free hosnital
treatment for every injured working
man.
The adoption Of tine swisher sugges-
ton holds out possibilities that viii
advance West Virginia beyond other
States in this respect aud be even more
practical than free public libraries.
Little opposition Is expected to the
proposed measure.
Only two bills from a purely labor
standpoint will be submitted at this
session-one calling for fire escapes on
MI buildings where labor is employed,
and the other a compulsory arbitration
law. They will be fathered by Dele
gate Daniel Moody. of Wheeling, who
has landed the Chairmanship of the
Committee ON Labor. and who is look
ed on by union men as the only real
labor mas Of the IA making such pre-
tensions. According to hearsay a gem
eral eight-hour day law may be asked
for, also an employers liability law,
but the labor representatives disclaim
connection with these measures.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
REsIGNEn

Mr.. Elmer G.. hatcher, who has
been connected with the Hotel Berk
ley rs assistant clerk for the past two
ears. has resigned his position. He
will be connected with another bust
ness ia this CITY in the near future.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS,
SEASON Ioo2-3
BALTIMORE s. OHIO RAILROAD.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
placed on sale mt all principal Offices
east Of the Ohio River, Winter Tourist
Tickets to points in Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico
North Carolina and Texas; also Fla.
vana, Cuba, and Nausau. n r., at
reduced rates.
For additional information call O
Agent Baltimore & Ohio r.. r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
MRR0i GRAS
NEW ORLEANS.
At

The Mardi Gras festivities at New
Orleans this year will be the grandest
ever held and will occur February
card and 24th, although the entire
week proceeding February oath. Will
be devoted to celebration by the va
rious organizations that have made
s'Nardi Gras'' and New Orleans ia
nous the world over. The Illinois
Central Railroad is synonymous with
% Mardi Gras'' and the arrangements
have been made for special Tour"
Service from Pittsburg, Cincinnati.
Chicago and ST. Louis for handling
passengers to New Orleans for this oc-
casiOu.
If Won are contemplating a trip to
the Mardi Gras. make arrangements
at once for sleeping car accommoda-
tions. etc. Free Descriptive matter
and full particulars uHon application
TO,
z. 4. Richter.
Tray. Pass. .Agt., III. Cent. r. r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
NEW DEVICES ON TRAINS
Safety Appliances Tested On
German Railways.
THIRD RAIL NEEDED IN THE rRA6K

by Means of an Electrical Apparatus
the Engineer Has Constantly BE-
Kore His Eye an Automatic sigma
Which Instantly Warns Him OF Any
DaDger From Collision.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
z. A. Richter.

TRAY. Pass. Agt., Ill. Cent, r. r.
Park Building, P%ittsburg, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-01-24
FEBRUARY 10.
BY ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

Tickets including, i'll addition to
round trip rpilroad fare, sleeping car
accommodations and meals enroute
Washington to Jacksonville. Return
ing leave Jacksonville February 20.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
THREATEN TO LYNCH FIREBUGs.
Incendiarism Continues in Vicinity of
Mount Kisco-Dogs Shot and Poisoned.

Despite the efforts OF detectives placed at Mount
Kisco under the special direction of Governor
OdeI frebugs continue to burn barns and houses
the outskirts. They not satisfied TO fire
buildings. but have also poisoned and shot dogs
that tried TO trail them The Newcastle farm
ers are so aroused that they say il they capture
the fire fends they will lynch them without giving
them hearing.
The latest fire the farm occupied by ].
Clubhouse large house burned, and MI
Outheuses dog which followed the incendiary, who
disappeared In the woods. returned home with
bullet wound in its shoulder and died shortly after
ward. A house on the Gedney Farm also
burned and another resident when he went to his
barn found piling hay in the middle of the
floor. He grappled with the stranger but was
knocked down and the intruder escaped
Almost every farmer and summer resident around
the firebug district is armed with a shotgun,
and many have arranged patent guns In their barns
that when attempts to break in the door
a gun will fire in mis- face.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
STATEMENT FROM MR.. PAYNE.
Reports To Be Made Public Soon-Trial Of
McGregor and Upton.

Washington, June 13.-The Postmaster Gen
The report Of the Civil Service Commission on
the condition of the Washington Postofice hav-
ing been made public to-day the Postmaster
General stated that he hoped 10 receive the re-
port OF the inspection of the office, recently
public it's salient points within two three
Gays. However. if there is delay in receiving
this report, the other papers in the case VIII be
made public they can be prepared.
They viii cover the reply OF General Bristow to
the letter Of the Postmaster General asking for
information concerning the so-called Tplloch
charges. together with the report of the inspec-
tors. made at the time Of the transfer OF the
Washington Office from Postmaster Willett to
Postmaster Merritt. which transfer made
July ]. 1899. and also the report of the inspec
iion OF the Washington Office. made July J. 1900
The orders OF the Postoffice Department in con-
sequence Of such report and the action of Post
master Merritt thereon, the action Of Postmas-
Ter General Smith upon the charges made by Mr.
Tulloch about July j. 1899 and upon the report
Of she inspectors at that time viii be given TO
the public.
United States District Attorney John g. Rose
oE Baltimore. was in conference with Mr. Bris-
tow to-day regarding the trial of McGregor and
Upton, the former rural free delivery clerks
rested for alleged coluSiOn with a postal con-
tractor. Miss Liebhardt chief clerk of the free
delivery system. was summoned 10 Mr.. Bristow's
Office TO explain some of the papers in connec-
ton with the case. Mr.. Rose said he expected
The two men would be tried at the present term
July 10
The Postmaster General denied report that
he had said the most sensational arrest Of the
investigation is about 10 occur.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

"Charities" Tells of Bad Housing
Conditions in Washington.

Charities has a paper this week the Wash
in the capital. to which The Tribune has fire.
quently directed notice The article, which bears
the caption. "A Capital City of Broad Streets but
Evil Alleys is in part follows:
About eight or nine years ago General George NJ.
Sternberg submitted to Congress bill providing
for the condemnation of unsanitary dwellings This
apparently enjoyed a peaceful sleep until about
two years ago when hearing was granted before
the Senate Committee District Affairs This
resulted in the conclusion that the proposed bill
was unconstitutional and unsatisfactory In several
respects. Accordingly entirely new measure
in conjunction with the Engineer Commissioners
office and the Corporation Counsel After this pro-
posed bill had been submitted Senator James,C. Nc
MILAN chairman OF the Committee on District Al
fairs, but deceased. and Senator Gallsnger,
who succeeded Senator Mcmillan in the chairman
ship of this committee, went with Mr. Weller
through number of unsanitary dwellings. Be
fore starting this trip their committee had been
discussing the laws regarding the conditions OF
stables in which milch cows are permitted TO be
kept. After visiting some twenty homes the TWO
Senators agreed that no dairyman would be
permitted to keep COW in any one of the homes
which had been Inspected
The article goes the give account of a per-
sonal investigation make by Tribune reporter. and
already published in these columns. together with
pictures. telling of the alley life-of the tumble
down wooden shacks with half dozen persons IN
a room, of filthy floors furnishing beds for scores;
no water whatever. sanitary drainage practically
disease stimulated by uncleanllness OF
every sort; shacks without cellars, without any
drainage swarming with child life.'
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
DOCTORS VISIT SOUTHAMPTON.
Sixteenth Annual Meeting-Dinner and
Drive Enjoyed.

Southampton, Long Island June ia special
train OF five cars having on board the members
of the Associated Physicians of Long Island
rived here this afternoon. The doctors came from
Brooklyn and different towns in Queess, Nassau
and Suffolk counties hold their sixteenth regular
meeting in the Art Gallery in this village. The
party in charge OF committee composed of
Drs George K. Meynen, chsf surgeon of the Long
Island Railroad; William II. Madden, of Brooklyn;
Samuel L. Parrish. Hugh Halsey and John Nugent,
OF Southampton, and Ralph N Pomeroy. of Brook
lyn.
The meeting was called order by President
William H Ross OF Brentwood. The other officers
present DR.. Robert ]. Morrison, vtce-presi-
dent: DR.. James Cole secretary, and Or. Henri NJ.
BROOKLYN read a paper en- ''Home Hospital"
which was discussed by Drs. Calvin r Barker and
Albert E Payne Drs. Arthur NJ. Terry, William
R Savage and William F. Campbell also spoke.
After the meeting dinner served at the Irv-
ing House. and then score of carriages
dressed into service take the physicians for a
re through the picturesque Hamptons-
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

The following petitions In bankruptcy were fled
Yesterday Will, clerk IN the United States Dis
trict Court:
JupsoN z. CLEVELAND. Durham. Greene County,
" Liabilities. siS 291. ST,629- Principal
creditors: George NJ Hollenoaek. Preston Hollow. y
xf 500 by mortgage realty in lurhafns A
Tripp Oak HILL 81. 400 secured bv note and MORTGAGE on
realty. and Victoria Cleseiard Oak H s. ~
deed 10 property which. according The peuon sns
mcrtzaged as surety Indebtedness OF petitioner fhs
In Durham. subject to mortgages
valued $4,000 above the incunbrsnees; hoesshoia
goods 81 500: a watch an heirloom. S3S wearing sp
pareI sI5 books. 500; horses $500 earriases AMI
CHS sie0 harnesses sia3; tools 500; persona PIop
x2Ip: hfteen shares In lyman Trennain opera
House S75 bond made petitioner, $500; cash. 10
Liabilities SO de4 assets. s2oeo. Prnepai srsi'ors;
Schldowsky Brothers. No. N Cstharine-St. S4eV ad
Ieoinskv & SamueIson, No. 80 Tenth st. s2of
Petitioner has estimated worth s2Ooo.
MAX ROUCHER. involuntary pstittons Nss~S-so
Petitioninx creditors. Hoeher Max MeyssMno
hold claim s713: II Josephy Son. sssf aad So~is
Alexander, S5e4. The liabilities are SAID 20 DC -
and the assets s. 800. Preferences are elansA
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
MAKES ITS OPERATIONS PUBLIC.
Steel Corporation First Big Concern to File
Report with New Department

Washington, June BIN the last week the United
States Steel Corporation has filed through Secre-
fary CertelyoU. with the Bureau of Corpora tions
Of the Department Of Commerce, the financial re-
port Of operations 1902 including schedules
showing I'm Detail it's business and financial trans
actions in that year The report Is voluminous and
complete. IL is the first report Of any large busi-
ness concern nled with the department
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
The C. u. BRoMh CO.
STEAM q RAROsT ehAElAa
Compressed 0SM SysySSz.
AIN. Taking up Altering RelAytnk-
TO PREACH HARVARD sAccALAuREATE.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-l
Princeton N j. June 1S.-Rev. Dr. Henry van
DYKE recent moderator OF the Presbyterian Cen
eraI Assembly. lett here this morning for Cam
bridge where tomorrow he will preach the oscca-
laureate sermon before the Harvard students hs
viii return 70 Princeton on Monday. and ot June
% will start for Norfolk. Conn.,. where he will re-
main for the summer with HIS family at their cot
fage DR. van Dyke viii spend fortnighr in
eariv JuIy fishing in his salmon river In Canada
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
CHANGES IN THE PLANT LINE.

Boston. June 1S-The owners of the Plant
Line, which maintains the steamship service be-
this city and provincial ports to-day elected
Alfred :. Hayes president, Aonzo ". Perry, OF
Boston, treasurer, and II. l. Chipman, of Halifax
n S. secretary, director and general manager
with fun authority The principal directors
Alfred 6. Hayes. Frederick J. Daggett and George
e Gale. OF Boston. and II. J.. Chipman and r. T.
McIineth. Of Halifax Captain Chase Rye IS to
main master of the Steamship Halifax.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
UNITED STATES STEEL AND CANADA.

1t is again reported that the United States Steel
Corporation is planning to establish plants in Can
ada IN the event of the Dominion Government
placing higher protective duties on iron and steel
No statement on the matter could be obtained yes
terday, but former reports of the kind have been
denied upon authority.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
COUPLE KEPT WEDDING SECRET.
He Is Twenty and She Sixteen Years Old
Were Married Last October

The marriage of Miss Emma Jaeger OF No aS
Brown Place, Jersey City. and Richard Mersereau
took place last October, and announced yes
terday The bride sixteen and the bridegroom
twenty years old when the ceremony was per-
formed Mersereau had been waiting on Miss
Jaeger for some months and shortly before they
were married he asked her mothers consent This
was refused because of the youthfulness of the
counle The ceremony performed by a Justice
OF the peace In Jersey City. The bride short
skirts The young couple living with George
Hess whose stepdaughter the bride is.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
OPIUM MONOPOLY OPPOSED.

Albany. June 13.-Several well known citizens OF
Albany and Schenectady. belonging TO the Anti
Saloon League. sent to-day dispatch TO President
Roosevelt in opposition the proposed Philippine
opiunn monopoly. and fayoring rather the Japan
csc syescgn Of prohibition
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

The Little Advertisements a. tie narrow
columns look small. but the offers they rep
xesenf are, i'm some Instances, as big as a
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

JUST REMEMBER.
One matter not to forget to-day is TO look
over those Little Ads. of the People,"
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
AS SECURITY FOR THE UNDERTAKING.


When I had closed these negotiations called in
my counsel and stated the arrangements ana sald
to him in the presence and with the confirmation
of Messrs Nixon and Dresser that was TO have
a bond and mortgage which was 10 give me tile
best possible security for my undertakings III the
transaction and all legal requirements in connec-
ton with the transfer OF the properties and issue
OF the securities my arrangement should De
subject to the approval of my counsel
Al that time IL was discussed and decided that
among the conditions of the transaction was the
fact that the bonds issued to me were to have Vot-
ing power that the working capitai, equal to the
thep working capital of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany which was then S4,op,co0 should also be
Irnaintained. that in order TO insure the payment
of the interest and sinking fund on the bonds to
he issued to me- there should be specific ohliga-
tion on the part OF the shipbuulng company assur-
ing dividends sufficient TO meet these requirements
that the bonds issued account or the shipouild-
ing plants should not be lien in any way on the
Retb1ehem Steel Company stock or property, and
tt tbn frst mortgage bondhoiders should have no
interest therein in any sense Whatever.
These conditions, I understand, nave been pre-
served in the mortgage securing the $l0G0,0to OF
bondS issued to me There is also a provision In
nc ee securing the first mortgage bonds
nressIy stating the condition agreed upon. that
neither the bondholders nor the trustesS under the
mortgage securing these first mortgage bonds have
ary right lien or interest III the Bethlehem Steel
~oyonanv stock or property whatever. The stock
of fhe TathIehem Steel Company was all that the
shinbnilding company paid for 1t and it's value has
heen fully Demonstrated by its earnings during the
fiscal wear Just closed. which. as shown by Mr..
McIlvan's letter attached to the plan of reorgan-
zation were more than s. 900 900 in excess OF the
underlying interest charges. with the assurance
under proper management OF material increases in
the earnings.
So far as the management OF the shipbuildIng
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-23

New York. Oct. 23.-About $50 mem-
hers of Dowie's army left today on a
special train for Zion City, III. MANY
of the party are suffering from coldf
brought on by exposure.
During Dowie's address at the morn,
Ing services he said he had received
about fifty letters during his stay here
all of which either threatened hin
with murder or kidnapping. some O,
them We're signed COMMITTEE" HI
said he was not afraid. He announced
that he expected 200 more Of his fol-
lowers to arrive here on Monday with
a fresh supply of provisions. In talk
Ing of the visitation work done here
py the Host he said $4,000 houses
We're visited yesterday Estimating
that each house contained about eight
persons, he said 4.250,00O persons had
received the Divine message since
his arrival. 1t was said the departing
members had returned to Zion City be-
cause SO many heads OF departments
had left their places there vacant that
the management of the city was suffer-
ing. Many members of the Host" re-
ceived severe shock today when they
were informed by the railway COM
panies that their tickets would have to
be used during the early part Of next
week. 1t had been understood that all
tickets were good for two weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-23
WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
Mrs. Merriam, of Hopkinton, Struck
BY Milwaukee Freight at Cross
ino,

Special to Times-Re publican.
Hopkinton. Oct. 23.-The third death
in this county within two weeks caused
by railroad train, occurred at Hop
kinton. when Mrs. Gustayus Merriam.
one of the old and highly respected
citizens, was killed by being struck by
a freight train on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee 4 ST. Paul railway. Mrs. Merriam
had been down town and was en- route
home when the accident happened
She had reached railroad crossing
about three blocks from her home. and
saw the train-a thru train which does
not stop at Hopktnton-coming, but
evidently thought she had time to cross
safely. The pilot OF the locomotive
struck her. and fractured the skull no
other bones being broken. She was
taken to her home, where she passed
away perhaps thirty or forty minutes
after the accident. Mrs. Merriam was
the wife of Gustavus Merriam, for
merly member of the board of super
visors of Delaware county, and was a
lady about 20 years of age.