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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

tf1eaQ OF department OF commerce. NOW
Ready for Work.)
the state department as chief of the
new bureau of that department to be
created July 1, under section IL OF the
department of commerce act, which
provides that a person with the rank
of chief of bureau shall be designated
by the secretary of state ito formulate,
under his direction, for the instruction
of consular officers, the requests of the
secretary of commerce and labor; and
TO prepare from the dispatches of con-
sular officers, for transmission to the
secretary of commerce and labor, such
information as pertains to the work
of the department of commerce and la
Dor" Besides these functions the new
bureau of the state department, which
Is to be known as the bureau of trade
relations, will have other duties, such
as the collection and transmission of
consular reports on special subjects,
other than commercial, for various
branches of the government service,
and the compiling of information for
the use Of the department of state in
the consideration of questions arising
In our foreign intercourse.
Secretary Cortelyou has determined
to consolidate the Office of disbursing
clerk, department. of labor, with the
disbursting office of the Departmental
commerce and labor from July next,
when the department of labor will be-
come bureau of the new department..
rfSt. II H.. IL -
accounting to the officers of the treas
ury, as the disbursements on account
of the department of labor will be IN
cluded in the accounts of the disburst-
ing office of the department of COM
merce and labor. doing away with one
set of accounts in the secretary's Office,
the auditors office, the treasury in
Washington and the subtreasury in
New York. The services of the dis
bursting clerk of the department. of Ia
Dor will be required in connection with
the examination of the vouchers for
expenditures in the department. be
fore they are sent to the secretary's Of
fee for audit and payment.
The commission of statistical work
recently appointed by Secretary Cor
telyou has unanimously recommended
that the statistics of cities of 10000
population and over, authorized to be
collected by the department of labor
under the act of congress approved
July 1. 1898, be transferred to the CEN
sus office as early after July next as
possible.
Secretary Cortelyou has approved
this recommendation and has an
nounced his intention to issue an order
in accordance Herewith on or about
the LIST of July.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
CURIOUS INVENTION.
Is Strapped on the Back and
Heated vxitli. OIL.

In many portions of this country the
cold in winter is intense enough to
make ore prefer warm fireside to ex-
posture in, the open air, no matter bow
much we may talk about the "brae-
ing" effeetiof this kind of weather. For
those who are compelled to. face the
cold under conditions where the natu-
raj heat of the blood iknot sufficient to
keep the body comfortable an Oregon
inventor has produced a portable foot
and body warmer, which he thinks will
at least prevent the extrernities from
freezing.
1t is well known. says tire Chicago
News. that when a person. is overcome
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
LOST FRACTION OF TIME.
British and French scienf1sts TYNE
to straighten Ont the
discrepancy.

If one grain of sand on the shore OF
the ocean were lost and scientists were
to spend years in trying to ind II they
would be attempting task resembling
that to which the leading astronomers
of England and France are now devot-
ing themselves. One-sixfeenth OF a
second is missing, says london Tit
Bits, and no one can tel where 1t has
gone. Between the suns time, as re-
corded at Greenwich and as under
stood at Paris. there is that brief and
seemingly unimportant discrepancy.
No expense is being spared to trace
the missing fraction. A special build
ing has been erected at Paris, costly
instruments installed, corps OF
mathematicians engaged and process
that may take years to complete has
been begun. The inaccuracy is more
important than win appear to the lay
mind. Longitude is calculated on the
basis of Greenwich time. ltdeteTmines
the boundaries of many countries. A
slight variation of time may change
the natfonalities OF thousands of peo.
pie. The pursuit of the missing frac-
ton of a second Is, therefore, Of world
wide Importance. When II is found not
grain of the sands OF time will be
missing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

cPorshble Stove, Heated by OIL, Strapped
to the BACK I,
ry the cold the numbness first starts in
the hands and feet, chilling the blood
until the circulation is reduced to such
an extent that it no longer carries the
heat from the heart and lungs to the
surface 10 fight the cold. The use Of
this invention is to maintain the
warmth of the extremities artifcially
by circulating continuous stream of
warm water from the miniature stove
through series of pipes leading TO
warming pads in contact with the
hands and feet or other parts OF the
body.
The stove, which Is strapped on the
back, is provided with oil for fuel and
the fame maintains a comparatively
high temperature inside the adjacent
boiler, through which the liquid passes
In its circuit Of the pipes. These pipes
are of rubber and can be easily adj
justed inside the clothing. While 1t
is not expected this novelty will come
into general use, there is little ques-
ton that it is capable of overcoming
the effects of the intense cold Of a
northern winter and its introduction
will make extreme low temperature
easier for the body to Withstand.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
AGAINST AMERICAN GOODS.
german Agrarfans to Attempt to Re-
vive a Contine nfal Customs
Union.

The German agrarians intend to
reziye the scheme for a continental
customs union against American
goods at the international agricul-
tuual congress, which will be held at
Rnzue.. Count Won Schwerin Loewitz,
q laaSiingmember of the reichstag and
.prraisent of the German agricultural
.eounciT, will move that the conti-
mental state make new commercial
lreaties among themselves, giving
special favors to European goods
against American goods and also
British goods, which fall under the
ban because of the action of canada
aud the South African colonies in
fxvering British goods. The counts
motion will provide that the importer
must prove that goods are OF Euro.
pean origin, whereupon lower duty
viii be collected than would be the
case. were they of non-Europear
arigin. The papers at Berlin express
much curiosity regarding the manner
kn which the congress win treat tbs
mcti0n.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
CHURCH OF SAN MIGUEL
New Mexieans Claim Thut II ~ the
oldest Christiaa sanctuary I'm
the United states.

The church Of San Miguel. at Santa
Fe, is claimed by New Msxicans to be
the Oldest in the United States. There
is much dispate over the exact date Of
its erection, but it was certainly built
between 200 and 800 years ago by the
first Indian converts. uader the direc-
tion OF the Spanish padres--sonae say
as long ago as l545. Inside it Is like a
vault, black and cTumbling, with
cracked adobe walls and roof, and q
gallery whose woodwork stili shows
traces OF the figures painted there by
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

provided for him by the people of Kan
x1s.
Being gentleman, Gov. Bailey did
not make this melancholy fact known,
and doubtless would gladly have con-
sealed it. But even the most discreet
Of secretaries will talk, and the enor-
NOUS increase of obviously feminine
letters arriving at the executive Office
could not well be hidden.
Being also stalwart American man,
Gov. Bailey did nothing with these
spistles save to put them in the fire.
Teeling it to be his mans privilege to
ASK, and not to be asked, he paid no at
sention to them. And in spite of the
pointed remarks of newspaper humor-
ists and of the anxiety of the people of
Kansas, he went straight ahead in his
own way, and did not marry until he
was ready, and then married the wom-
I'M strictly of his own choosing.
And being also sensible American,
he did not marry any of the women
wn@had not shown themselves pleased
with him or conscious of his existence
antil he attained high station. He
~ffose a woman whom he had known
far years, who had long been resident
Just over the Nebraska border near his
own Nemaha county home. And some
will think that in choosing a widow.
whose experience of married life might
supplement his own inexperience, he
chose wisely.
At any rate, Gov. Bailey was married
June 7. The executive mansion at To-
Reka now has mistress. The fears
OF Kansas lest her governor should set
. bad example of celibacy are dis
PEELED. And in her Joy over the support
TINS given to her cherished institutions
Kansas is probably disposed to forget
even her recent griefs over having
TOO much water at the wrong time in
tie wrong places.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
THE SHIPS STEWARD.
His Duties Are Numerous and Vnrseh
and His Pay Is the Poorest of
All On board.

A steward is nothing more or less
than combination waiter and cham
bermaid. His duties begin an hour
before breakfast, by all rights, in
asmuch as it should take him that
time at least to brush up his blue
or black uniform, shave, make his
hands neat and shine his shoes. He
is supposed to wear a spotless and
expansive bosom to his shirt, clean
collar and black or white Tire. i do
not think / ever saw but two stew
ards who had shirts, all the Others
used dickey for the sake of econ-
omy, writes the author of life on
Liner" in Leslies Monthly.
Waiting on the passengers at ta-
bile, the care of the tables, the care
of the siIverware and certain
amount of dishwashing and pantry
work make up the stewards dining
room duties. The other half Is work
in the staterooms, making the beds
Strengthening up the rooms and do
ing the general work of chamber
maid as weil as giving certain
amount of attendance 20 tine occn
pants of the rooms.
The pay is very poor. ana tne
principal dependence of the steward
is on the tips he receives. They are
really the poorest paid class that
goes to sen in one way, and yet
have known men to make P40 IN tips
on a six weeks voyage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

! brim wlsich curves down over the face
in front. IL is carried out ia ecru chip
with a wide band of dark chestnut
brown velvet arranged around the
high crown and finished on one side
with velvet loops. On the opposite side
OF the hat chestnut colored ostrich
tips are arranged very picturesquely.
A fourth sketch has for Its subject a
very small toque msde in one OF those
glorffied Amazon shapes which are so
universally becoming. This toque is
carried out In paTo turquoise blue
satin straw, each plait being separate
ly ruehed into a number OF plated
frills, so that the whole effect Is sim
gularly soft and pretty. This toque
has for sole trimming a large cluster
OF golden buttercups arranged ON the
left side and contrasting most effect
lively with the pale turquoise blae of
the straw.
The beautiful hat shown in a fifth
illustration has crown of soft cream.
erinoline finished, with bow at the
back and wide brim or fancy straw,
very quantity plated all the way
round. The trimming of this hat Is
arranged entirely under the brim,
where a few folds Of black tulle are
used to support three small white os-
trfch tips. which fall upon the Hair.
and one long white ostrich feather
which curves away under the brim at
the back ELLEN OSMONDE.
Hard TO Hole
40 be garefuI with the baby
George"
why, Etsf"
well, some one might take 1t and
hold il for ransom"
Elm, 1t wonh take great amount
of ransom to get anyone to hold this
bas$ Chicago Daily News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

and unanimously voted that the pris-
oner should be shot. The sentiments
Of Mr.. Elkins were not consulted, but
in order to make the game amusing 1t
was agreed that he be given little
start in order that the gang. should
have some target practice. As NOV
ing target Elkfns proved a success.
Throwing himself fiat along bis horse
he dug his spurs into the beasts ribs
and listened to the bullets sing above
his head. 1t was In that moment he
fully realized the dangers of poverty,
and resolved, if he got out with his life
to devote the rest of 1t TO getting the
best of Wall street. He has done so
ever since
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04
Keen Away from Transvaal.

The number of Americans who may
enter the Transvaal or Orange River
colony is limited to so month and
each must have permit, the blank APP
plication for which can be had Of any
British consul And, too, an affidavit
mnst be made that the applicant has
sufficient means to support himself
and family after arriving.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

0 The advent of the soquet-
fish bonnet IL the sensation
of the day; young and old will WAR il,
as ii is the most becoming of headgear.
Mixed straws and straws OF two calors
are much seen; the turbar, boleror and
French sailor shapes are the favorites
for everyday wear. The twlle hats are
smartest of the smart. Flat plateaIux
Of straw are very elegant, ard are seen
~ burnt straw. trimmed with clumos
ar cherries end knots of black ribbon
velvet, or In black satin straw WITH
w-eaths Of creamy roses and foliage.
Ret me exaIsplify with descriptions
or the hats sl1nwn in she illustration.
Tn one we have a moss charming hat,
entirely original in design ard made
in n novel and very btuoming shape,
with curving fbrim of coarse burnt
etraw and center of cream culored,
straw left perfectly fiat, so that the
hat has the appearance Ut being made
without any kind Of a crown. The
brim is turned up sharply off the hair
AZ thesback and fastened with an owls
head and feather mount, the effect of
which IL exceedingly quaint and pretty.
Another shows graceful picture
hat in ane black caip. Thishatis made
In a shovel-shape Hfted off the hair on
the left side by many folds Of soft
black trf1le The trimming is com
pleted by two long plumes4 OF black
ostrich feathers dropping over the
brim and resting su the hair at tile
back. This would make an ideal hat
for bridesmaid.
A third is made In one of the newest
shapes for the summer season WITH a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

Prof. Babinet has proved that CON-
cts. instead OF having a soiid body
with a gaseous tail, are much lighter
in weight than our air. Even II a
comet were to strike the earth il
would hardly penetrate its atmos'
phera
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

tNew Mexican Sanctuary Which Was Built
Many Centuries Ago.
the Indians~-designs like those they
put upon their pottery to-day.
But the most interesting thing in
San Miguel, says the New York Her.
aid, is the old bell. st. Joseph. Black
with age, 1t iooks like mass Of old iron
in It's dim recesses. But strike it and
IL gives forth a mellow note Of silvery
eiearness, echoing with marvellous
sweetness through the yault-like old
church. The quality of the bell metal
makes the richness of the note, and
there Is tradition that ii was made
of the gold and silver ornaments of the
Spanish. as a thank offering for vic
tory over the Moors.
At any rate, the old Spanish padres
brought the bell, already ancient,
across the seas from Spain, and over
mountains and plateaus from Mexico.
The Moors are gone, SPANS great en-
pire Of the west has vanished. and still
the old bell stands there, older than
American civilization
A Complaint from Kansas.
The Kansas City Journa. states that
.Things seem to be sadly out Of pro
portion in Kansas. At the idiot asylur
one employee takes care Of nine idiots
At the penitentiary one officer safely
guards 16 malefactors. But with the
Kansas state senate II takes four
guards or attendants to each innate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-07-04

UMMER millinery is decid-
edIy smart. Ratiia Is one Of
the fashionable straws,
but their name Is legion.
The advent of the soquet-
fish honnet lathe seresa tion
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-11
MEDICINAL.
Can't be Separated.
Some Alexandria People
Have Learned How to
Get Rid of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them, -,
And you can't get rid Of the backaehe until
you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong the resi-
of the system is pretty sure to be in yigoro'
health. -,
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong healthy
kidneys.
F. E. Heisley, employed in the Southern
Railway Office, residence 422 Queen street,
says "Wnen man has dull aching IN the
small of his back, not constant. but when he
never knows the moment when an attack
seizes him, when these attacks of pain radiate
to the shoulders, rendering STOPPING or
Strengthening after STOPPING difficult matter,
he may be certain that his kidneys require
attention. Reasoning in this manner placed
myself in the hands of a physician, but after
two years treatment, without the long ex-
pected results materializng, i became dis
couraged and allowed things to drift until a
very serious recurrence of backache took
place. My mother happened 10 see Doan,s
Kidney Pills advertised and went to Il. ).
Leadbeater & Sons drug store for box. A
continuation of the treatment brought more
genuine results than any medicine l had
hitherto used"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 certs.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agent for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take no
other.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-11
Accident to Southern Trains.

The Southern Palm Limited, north
bound, and the Southern's southbound
passenger train leaving this place about
9o'clock Monday night, were wrecked
at the Danville station yesterday morn
ing at $40 o'clock and two men were
killed and several passengers painfully
injured. The dead are w. E. Neal, of
Danville, car inspector, crushed between
the cars, and ]. f. Macarthur of Gafiney,
S. c., passenger on the southbound train
who was crushed to death. The accident
was one of the most peculiar in the his
tory of the Southern Railway. The
southbound train arrived in Danyille on
time and the car inspectors were at work
inspecting the air break and car wheels.
Several passengers were standing on the
platforms watching this work going on.
Coming into Danville from the south is a
steep grade. one of the most precipi-
tiDus the on Southern Railway. The
Palm Limited northbOund was on time,
and the engineer says he was lunning
about eight miles an hour when he start
ed down the grade into the Danville depot.
For some reason, yet unexplained, the
engineer lost control of his train, and the
limited crashed into the southbound. In
spector Neal was at work near the front
of his train testing the air brakes when
the crash came. The cars were jammed
together and he was crushed to death
]. f. Macarthur, of Gaffney, S. c., was
standing on the platform of his train
watching the car inspectors at work.
When the two trains came together Nc
Arthur was crushed between the cars and
his death soon followed. The deceased
was engaged to be married to Miss Agnes
Beville, ofRichmond. One account says
both trains were late. No 80, from the
north, came in first. Through some
mistake No. 80, from the south, turned
on to the same track. Both conductors
assert that they had the right of way.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-11
Confederate Pensions.

The attention of persons receiving aid
from the State for service in the Confed-
crate army or as widows of soldiers mar
ried prior to May 1st, 1866, is called to
the necessity of having filed in the office
of the State Auditor certain paper re-
quired by law. This paper is an affida-
Wit, attested by two witnesses for lndenti-
fication, showing that the pensioner IS
living. resident in the State and entitled
to receive the aid as originally granted.
This paper must be furnished not later
than March 25th of each year and as the
checks tor the money are sent only to
those whose aflidavits are filed the neces-
sity for an early compliance with the
law is evident. Persons interested should
90 at once to the clerks office Of the Cor
poration Court where the proper blank
will be supplied and all assistance desir-
ed in its execution and filing cheerfully
given. Twenty-seven names are on the
pension roll for this city, seventeen OF
them as soldiers and ten as widows.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-11
The Buffalo Tragedy,

Buffalo. n. Y, March 1l.-At 8
O'Clock this morning Mrs. Pennell who
was injured in the automobile accident
last evening in which her husband was
killed, was still unconscious. Her
vitality was too low to allows an examina-
ton. From a reliable source comes the
information that Mrs. Pennell is dying
and that the surgeons are doing every
thing within their power to prolong her
life. Orders were issued from the Dis
trict Attorneys Office this morning that
under no circumstances were the re-
mains of Pennell to be shown to any
one, not even police captains or detec-
tives were to be admitted to the dead
house. -Four days ago newspaper man
chatted with Pencil at his home. He
paced up and down the confines of a
small room and in the twenty minutes
spent in the talk he stopped at a table
four times, poured out and gulped down
huge draughts of whisky at each stop.
He begged at the time that his palpable
nervousness be not commented OIL in
the paper on the following day. Yes
terday he was seen again by reporter.
His actions were indicative of guilty
mind. Pennell was closely questioned
and he was allowed to be persuaded that
suspicion was diverted from him and to-
wards another. "You know, do you
not, Mr.. Pencil, he was asked, that
messenger boy Martin wto nearly ran
over a man in front of the Burdick
house on the night of the murder says
that he could identify the man if
brought face to face with him ?" PEN
nell turned pale in an instant. Then
he leaned over and said family: "No;
did be say that? Are you sure that he
said it -? Do you believe that he could ?"
Then he stopped. He would not say
any more He would not discuss the
case at any greater length. He closed
the interview and in an agitated manner
bowed the visitor out.
Arthur r. Pencil has hired pri-
vate detective and on his own behalf
was going to have the Burdick mystery
investigated by some one who was to
work under his private instructions.
This fact was made evident this morn
ing when there arrived here from New
York detective named Van Nostrand
Coming into Buffalo OH the train he had
read of the awful fate which Mr.. Pen
nell had met. To one of the Irogouis
hotel employees he said he had been en-
gagged by Penne,l to work on the Bur
dict murder mystery. AT IL a. m. it
was said that Mrs. Pennell will in all
probability die. Though the operation
upon her was completed before eight
o'clock last night and everything known
to surgical science has been done for
her relief, this morning finds her still in
an unconscious condition with every
thing apparently favoring her death and
nothing to hold out hopes for recovery.