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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
BUSINESS DEAL.
Member Of the Firm OF Little Bros. Dis
poses of Hts Interest.

Wednesdays deal was consumated
between the members Of the grocery
firm OF Little Bros, whereby Mr..
Henry Little purchases the interest
of Mr.. Mark Little at private terms.
The member of the firm retires from
the business, which will hereafter be
conducted by Henry Little at the
same place. This firm has been
doing business for more than 13 years.
and is one Of the best known in the
city. The retiring member Is at pres
ent negotiating for the purchase of
the building and business Of another
firm In Martinsburg
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
MARTINsBURG W. VA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY s. 1904.
OBSTRUCTION TO BE MOVED
COUNTY ooUR rsERvEo NOTICE TO
MOVE raACK.
Complaint Made Against Baltimore a
ohios the standard Lime & stone
Company and K. F Willard

Before the County court adjourned
for the special term on Tuesday, the
clerk of the court was instructed to
give notice in the name of the court
to the Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad
company, a CORPORATION the Standard
Lime q Stone company, corporation
and Mr.. e. +. Willard. to remove the
railroad track and any and all other
distractions placed on the county
road known as the Charles Town road
and properly being an extension of
South Queen street. the road winch
passes along the quarries Of the stone
company.
The move was taken by the court
for the reason that it had ybeen made
to appear that the parties had OBJ
structed the road by placing thereon
a section of railroad track. Petition
and complaints have been entered at
previous sessions of the court in refer
ance to the condition of the surround
ings of the road bat this is the first
decisive step that has been taken by
the county commissioners.
At the special session. the stone
COMPANY filed two petitions for the
moving of the county road and the
changing of their tracks. so as to give
better advantage for their work. The
notices will be served at once
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
NEWS OF FOLTZ P. 0.

while Returning Home
Foltz p. O., Feb. 4.--One evening
last week, as Mr.. George Bender was
returning home from a social gather
ing, he fell asleep in his sleigh, and the
unguided horse turned off the roadway
and upset the sleigh, throwing the
occupant in a snow drift. Forum
ately the horse did not get away.
The sleigh was badly damaged, and
in the excitement of the affair Mr..
Bender lost his hat, and his ears were
frozen before he reached home.
Miss Elizabeth Miller has been con
fined to his room by sickness for sew
eral days.
There have been several social
gatherings in this neighborhood since
the last fall of snow, and the young
people are taking advantage of it to
the utmost.
Mr. j. w. G. Hollida, who is in the
postal service with headquarters at
Grafton, was home on visit last
week.
Mr.. G. Roy Foltz, a student at
Shepherd college, has been confined
to his home here by sickness. He is
now convalescent
Mr.. II. +. Tabler. who has been at
tending a medical college in Balti-
more, is home on the sick list.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
RACE WON BY DEATH.
Lad Made Effort 20 Get Home Before
Hying

Death won out in pathetic race for
home when Albert Dehaven. youth,
died at the home OF his uncle, james
Dehaven, at Bunker Hill About three
weeks ago the lad was tai en- i'll at
Davis, W Va. and realizing that his
condition was serious he started for
home
On the railroad train he was taken
critically i'll and although every COM
fort was provided foi him he died on
the train. He was % years old.
Death was due to spinal meningitis.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
SUIT ENDED BY MARRIAGE.
Miss La han Is now the Bride of MIR
champ Feitner.

champ FeItner.
A breach of promise suit had hap
py ending at Berrvville Monday night
through the strong arm of law, when
Miss Grace Lanhan was made the
wife of Champ Feltner. Some weeks
ago Miss LanhaD, who lives at Sum
nit Point, swore ont warrant for
his arrest ON the breach of promise
charge.
Feltner could not be located until
Monday, when Constable Grubbs plac-
ed him under arrest in jefferson coun-
", w. Va. A marriage license was
procured and Rev. Julian Broaddus.
OF the Baptist church. was summoned
and the ceremony was performed in
the court house at midnight. The
legal proceedings against Feltner will
be dropped.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06

william Il. Gossert. IN Az Wa ii
boro. made q flying 7 f;on q enl
herland Vallev passpa ee riH 80 f'ss'
Waynsstoro bran w,ie thu rein
was going at thf = 81 s,i'''s ~
hour. As he vas sinu frnu osa
coach to anosh NH v 4 n ala
ks jumped f'ael ta tsi N tcnN
it. He lrndtG IL b sl,os din assl
neshing serious resu'ted Toe i rssfs
Aes. The tran wa op + I'm
20 get on again.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
WILL Be PLACED ON EXHIBIT.
The pioneer, the Oldest Engine Ina the
states, Going 80 81. Louis

The Pioneer, the Oldest locomotive
in the United States and the property
Of the Cumberland Valley railroad
company, will be sent to the st. Louis
exposition for exhibition. The Pioneer
is now being made resplendant with a
coat of paint and other repairs and
will be placed in good trim for its
western journey.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
CASE IN AsoTHER counr.

The case Of John W. Kennedy. who
sued the Baltimore g. Ohio railroad
company for $40, 600 for the death of his
son, has been removed from Cumber-
land to Hagerstown. Kenuedy's IS
year old son, George r.. was killed
on Sept. 25. 1902, by falling from the
pilot of an engine and being caught
in the door of the roundhouse at Cum
hsrlaDd, where he was employed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
BERKELEY SPRINGS NOTES.
Cold v s"shrr and snow la mosx.n
County nIo.Ls Mailmsn.

toa"ty HIos rs maumen.
Berkelev springs, Feb 8---Attor-
nev II w. Baver, who has been in
Wheeling for several DAYS on legal and
political affairs, returned home last
evening.
The thermometer registered 10 de-
grees below zero Tuesday morning.
The snow here is very deep. and ~
several points on the country roads
the rural mail carriers could not get
through.
Mr.. Benjamin Johnson. OF z
place. through ATTORNEY Bayer, iss
filed petition in the banktupev
court.
p Mrs. A. B. Kendall. who d hapn
spending some time here. wasia Wssa
ington for few days.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
THRILLING RIDE ON ELEVATOR
CHARLES DAvIDsoN FELL THREE
STORIES WITH ELEVATOR.
Accident Happened at Pants Factory
He Received severe Bruises. WIN
be Confined fora Few Days.

Acctdent happened at Pants Factory -
He Received severe Bruises, WIN
he Confined fora Few Days.
Mr.. Charles Davidson, an emplove
Mt the Snenan cab Pants company's
factory in this city, had a thrilling
ride on the elevator at the factory
Thursday morning, which might have
resulted in verv serious injuries,
as it was he was very fortunate in es-
Gaping.
The elevator which runs from the
third story to the basement, was at
the third floor, being out OF running
order. Mr.. Davidson started to repair
the damaged parts. and was on the
Dlafform Of fhe elevator, when the
accident happened. He was working
with the gearing, when the elevator
slipped a cog, and went to the base
ment lise streak of tightening. Mr..
Davidson fell with the elevator and it
was the quickest trip he ever made in
the building.
He landed at the foot of the shaft
on the elevator with thud. and was
found Ethere by the other employees,
who were attracted BY the falling ele-
vator. Medical aid was summoned
and Dr.. 4. l.. Sencindiver answered,
and rendered the ne essary treatment
Mr.. Davidson was severely bruised
about the body, his head and arms
suffering the most injury. 1t ishoped
that no serious injury will develop.
As result he will be confined to his
home for few DAYS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
RECOMMENDS INCREASED SALARY

The secretary of state has recon-
mened to congress that the salary of
j. L. Hoke. consul at Windsor, Nova
Scotia, be increased from 81, 000to S., :
500 per annum. Judge Hoke is from
Kingwood, but is we'll known in and
about Martinsburg, where he has
often visited
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-06
FEBRUARY WEDDINGS.
mATnlmoNaAL EVENTS waacn oc.
cuRREp IN TINS cry.
Miss Bessie johnson Marries mr.. james
Marriage OF Mr.. Jacob Heck and
miss intimate Lickiider.

The home Of Mr. and Mrs. William
johnson ia North Martinsburg, wa.
the scene of very pretty wedding
Wednesday at s As, when their daugh
ter, Miss Bessie |. johnson, was mar
ried to Mr.. James g. Bremen, one Of
Martinsburg's popular young men.
The marriage was performed by Rev.
G. ). Trump, pastor of st. Johns
Lutheran church In the presence OF a
number OF friends and relatives OF the
contracting parties.
Miss Cora Johnson, sister Of the
bride. was bridesmaid, and Mr.. VIII.
liam Lloyd, was the groom's attend
ant. The bride was attired In an at
tractive gown OF white, as was
her attendant. They were the re-.
cipients Of number OF handsome
presents.
After the ceremony a wedding sup
per was served at the brides home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bremen will reside In
this city, where the groom is EN-.
ployed.
HECK -LICKLIDER.
On Tuesday evening at o'clock,
Mr.. Jacob Heck and Miss Minnie
Licklider. daughter OF Mrs. Catharine
Licklider, were the principals in a
pretty wedding at the home OF the
groom on East Eulalia street. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. G.
). Trump, pastor OF the Lutheran
church in the presence of few
friends and relatives. Mr.. and Mrs.
Heck win make their future home In
this city, where both are well known.
DAILY WILMINGTON.
The parsonage OF st. Johns Luz
theran church was the scene OF a
quiet wedding on Tuesday evening
ut 7;30, when Rev. Trump united in
marriage Mr.. James G. Daily and Miss
Mamie L. Wilmington. both resi-
dents OF this city. The ceremony was
witnessed by a few friends Of the
couple. They win reside In this city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
STATE FAIR FINANCES.

Des Moines News.-The statement
of the finances of the Iowa state fair
as furnished by Secretary Simpson Is
one which should be gratifying to ev-
cry resident of the state. It shows the
department has balance of s27,085.08
to its credit, which is only slightly less
than the balance of last December, and
this despite the fact that the last state
fair cost quite bit more than the one
of the year before and over $1,000
more was paid in premiums than ever
before.
But a feature of the financial state
ment especially notable is the COM
parison of premium payments in recent
years and comparison of payments
on permanent improvements.
The premium payments have stead
lily increased each year from $4,000 to
$4,000.
During the past five years there has
been placed on the fair grounds per-
manent improvements paid for by
special state appropriations aggregat-
ing in value $4,000, but In the same
time the department has paid from it's
funds derived from ticket sales, ETC.,
$4,000; or, in other words, the state
appropriations for permanent improve
ments have been only about half the
actual expenditures.
This showing will surprise many
out in the state who have been led to
believe by adverse newspaper COM
ments that the department has been
falling into dependence on the state
for money with which to make i'm
provements.
This statement shows plainly that
there has been most excellent bust
ness management of the Iowa fairs
and that under legislative favor and a
constantly broadening policy both Of
the state and Of the management the
fairs are growing immensely.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
AMERICANS IN PANAMA,

The work of the American en-.
gtneers in the Panama canal strip
has no doubt opened the eyes OF the
scientifically inclined student in Eu'
rope to the fact that America pro
duces something In addition to poll
tcians and heiresses. John F, Wallace
chief engineer Of the Panama canal
said In lecture before the Chicago
Press Club a few days ago:
George Ehle. an American engineer
with a party OF young college gradu'
ates IN four months has made discov.
cries about the Panama canal which
the French engineers failed to make
in fifteen years. His information
makes 1t possible to solve the battling
problem of the Chagres river freshets
by diverting the stream to the Pacific
coast. 1t also releases S20,000,000 fo1
excavating sea level waterway"
They did this, not because OF
any natural advantages which have
been formed since the French engi
neers went over the country but sim
ply because they were possessed OF
genuine American pluck, persever
ance and initiative. Resident Engi
neer Ehle and his men endured mum
berless hardships, Mr.. Wallace says
but they were we'll paid fot it by the
results of their work. They spent
four months in the tropical jungle
tracing the course and source of the
Chagres river, whose spring freshets
sometimes forty feet high, SO far, have
proved an. insuperable obstacle to g
sea level canal project. h.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
A DEMOCRATIC OMISSION:

The democratic campaign textbook
devotes single page to the record of
that party upon rural free delivery. 1t
might well have omitted even that
single page: 1t prints letter from
Postmaster General Payne addressed
to the Honorable L. F. Livingston,
house of representatives. which calls
attention to the fact that in '96 and '97
during the last year of Grover Cleve,
lands administration there was appro,
priated for free delivery service in all
S12,S1S,250, with the provision "that
$4,000 of this amount may be used
to defray expenses Of experiments in
rural free delivery under the direction
OF the postmaster general, and that
amount heretofore appropriated for
this purpose, and still unexpended be
available for said experiments" The
democratic textbook does not add that
Mr.. Cleveland's postmaster general in
his report said that the whole plan
was impracticable and should be
abandoned. and that democratic
president and the democratic chair.
man of the committee on postoffice
and post roads were all united in
agreeing that the establishment of
free rural delivery was an imprac.
ticable and impossible proposition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
A CHANGE OF TUNE.

Some of the remarks which the New
York World has been making on Pres
ident Roosevelt's habit of protecting
American citizens in foreign lands
must make interesting reading fol
Mr.. Cleveland, if he remembers the
kind of language which was pelting
about his own ears seven or eight
years ago. In fact, Mr.. Cleveland had
SO hard time to suit his party when
he was in Office that it must seem fun.
ny to him to be deified now. Tom
Reed once said that statesman was
a successful politician who was dead
Mr.. Cleveland is in a position to ties.
tify that in order to become states.
man in the eyes Of the democrats one
need only die to the party and the
party will do the rest.
For example. this is what the World
called Mr.. Cleveland in its issue of
February 81, 1897, when he refused to
listen to its frantic appeals to him to
do something strenuous in Cuba and
do it soon, with big stick:
"This tired egoist under domino.
ton Of the quibble-mongering lawyer,
who holds the state department
Does the World object to Mr. Roose.
welt and Mr.. Hay because they are
tired Of CYCLISTS and quibble-mongers,
or has it changed its tune?
Many of the epigrammatic sentences
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
PARKER RUNS CAMPAIGN.

Judge Parker Of Esopus, will spend
part Of his time in New York City
running his own campaign, The reve-
lation has come, but it has come more
swiftly than most of us expected. The
revelation is simply this-that the idea
of the country that the democrats had
nominated fine old judge whose
character led up to the standard of
what judge should be is shivered in
to splinters. Two years ago the
country knew nothing of Judge Alton
B. Parker of New York and little of
Henry Gassaway Davis of West Vir-
ginia, two men picked up, for pur-
pose by the men who controlled the
democratic national convention. How
clear to everybody now must be the
situation! Instead of this stately Judge
who sent the stately telegram to st.
Louis. appears. and for all permanent
cy. merely a decent creature of the
famous New York politician, David
Bennett Hill.
AS the days pass in this autumn of
1904 the eyes of the American people
are opening to the political situation.
There is no anguish following the
opening. 1t is practically all over,
save the exhibition of a certain ex-
uberance next November.
1t is impossible that such a people
as are the voters Of the United States
could vote generally to place the gov
i,ernment in the hands Of Tammany,
and weak but crafty democratic
leader, whose aims and objects, have
seemed ever to be for himself alone,
one who has never heard or thought
of the expression: 'tThe greatest good
for the greatest NUMBER" and who,
above all. seems incompetent for the
best management Of the United
States
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
KANSAS clTrs GROWTH.

Kansas City Observation-Disclosures
the names given in Hoye's latest d.
rectory by 2h, there Is total popu-
lation In the two Kansas Citys of 364,-
900 people. This means that within
the last four years the population Of
these centers has grown at the rate Of
near 10000 year. These figures are
large, but not excessive In view Of
what everybody has seen who has liv-
ed here during that time.
Downtown rents have almost dou-
bled within the last four years. Va
cant lots are becoming scarce The
retail districts have been extended.
buildings have gone UP in large num-
bers. Twelfth street, east and west,
is now almost as much a thoroughfare
as Main or Walnut street. The street
cars, night and morning. In spite OF
the great improvement and additions
made, are crowded beyond their carry
ing capacity. The boundaries of the
cities have been extended for miles,
while in Kansas City on this side of
the river, whole farms have been COW
cred with residences. Building has
followed the parks and boulevard sys-
TENS. From Scarrit's point along
| Cliff drive, and then south to Benton
to Linwood and to Armour, boulevards
and then on through the Hyde park
|
port. Roanoke and Penn Valley park
districts there are so many new roofs
as to give an appearance as IL new
city had sprung up.
| But this improvement in the resi-
dence sections has simply kept pace
with the development in the business
and manufacturing districts. Every
where are the signs Of prosperity and
continued growth. Conservative men
have estimated that there will be a
population of million people in the
| two Kansas Citys by the end of the
next thirty years. If the population
continues to grow at the present rate
this estimate Is too low, and there is
small doubt that this rate will be
maintained or exceeded. Kansas City's
strength lies chiefly in the surround
| ing country. That Is filling up rapidly
but years will have to pass before its
full development is reached. So the
future looks as propitious as the pres
ent is gratifying and inspiring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

South Africa with advantages A ma
ton, fighting for a bare existence is
not worn out until ell Its resources Of
men and ihbiey afld supplies have
been exhausted and 1t has no longer
power to, resist Political Annti1iiation.
Great Bfitaln wore out the Boers In
two years by the supreme effort Of
bringing to bear upon them all the
material and intellectual resources of
the mightiest power In the world. The
Beers were people OF 100000 OF $780,
900 souls. They had accumulated a
little money and some war material;
but they had no power to add to eth
er after the war began. They had no
arsenals or factories of war material.
after the war began. They had no
foothold on the sea and could neither
protect their own trade nor attack
that of their enemies. Yet, fighting
like rat In a corner they held the
great nation at bay for more than two
years.
Observe the difference between Eng
lands task ana that which now con-
fronts Russia. Japan Is a nation Of
more than the entire population of the
United States when the civil war
broke out we then put in the field
100000 troops. The Japanese are q
more military people by nature and
training. Military authorities esti-
mate that they can put into the field
100000 men before the nation is ex-
hausted.
They have the largest and best
equipped arsenals In the world and
factories to replenish all the waste OF
raw material. Their last foreign loan
was oversubscribed several times, and
Americans are buying their bonds In
New York at the rate of over $1,000
900 a week.
They have complete command Of the
sea, a transport service nearly per-
feet, and uninterrupted commerce
with the world. Military authorities
consider that they can maintain and
supply their present army In Man.
churia for two years and continue
| fighting as severe and exhausting as
that of the last six months before
their population and resources will
even begin to feel the drain.
Such nation is not likely to be
worn out by the poor corrupt and debt
burdened empire Of Russia as a little
handful Of Beers We're worn out by
the strongest and richest empire In the
! world
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04

"Any healthy-minded American is
bound to think well of his fellow-Amer-
leans If he only gets to know them
Theodore Roosevelt.
A great deal of nonsense has been
talked, and a great many things have
been done, by political candidates who
thought they could win votes by play
Ing part. They have carefully pre-
pared speeches which would catch the
vote of this element or that. They
have gone on the principle of the old
time politician who used to talk to the
Methodists about his good Methodist
wife, to the Baptists about his sainted
Baptist mother, and to the Presbyter-
ians about his dear old Presbyterian
grandmother, who taught him to say
his prayers. They have overlooked
the fact that, to paraphrase familiar
saying, the way to know men is to
know them.
Any one who has read even the brief
est biography Of Theodore Roosevelt
knows that he has come into actual
personal contact with very nearly ev.
cry kind of man this republic can pro-
duce, and this not in the course of a
political game, but in the lines in
which his own inclinations have led
him to go This is one secret of his
power over the American people today.
The ranchman knows that Roosevelt
was once ranchman; the tenement
people know that, as police commits
sioner, he did what he could to make
life easier for them; the farmers round
about his summer home know that he
has always treated them with warm
friendship; the labor men know that
he has studied the labor question with
sympathy and understanding; and the
result of all this Is that he does not
have to make up speeches full of plati-
tudes, which may or may not hit the
mark, to convince these people that he
likes them. They know it already.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-04
THE MANY CANDIDATES.

Sioux City Journal 0ne.ai IN. while
some superior persons ask II you can
name all the national tickets now II
the field, and you have to beat about
the bush and change the subject.
Some philanthropist has looked 'em
up. Here they are:
epublican-Ro Roosevelt and Fairs
banks.
Observation-Disclosures and Davis.
Populist--Watson and Tibbles.
Prohibitionists-Swal and Cars
roll.
Socialist-Debs and Hanford.
Socialist Labor-Corregan and Cox.
Negro Liberty-Taylor and Payne.
Lincoln-Penn and Jones.
Continental-Holcomb and King.
Cut 'em out and paste 'em In your
hat for future reference.