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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
ROBBED ON EXCURSION.
Mrs. Lastrange May Com Here to
Hunt For Thief.

An investigation among railroad
men here regarding the special dis.
patch from Washington about the al
legged assault ON and robbery of Mrs.
William II. Lastrange on a Baltimore
and Ohio passenger train near Mar
tinsburg, develops the fact that the
woman was a passenger IN the excur-
sion train that returned to Washing.
ton Sunday night. She claims that
she would be able to identity the man
who mistreated her. and it is probable
that she will come to Martinshurg in
a day or two on a search for her as.
~sailants. She stat thst two men be.
came very offensive in their conduct,
and that thew got off the train at this
point,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02

called.
Believing that / may be helpful in
redeeming the district. aud bringing
It back to the support OF republican
principles and to the help OF the
president. that peerless statesman,
courageous and incompatible, who is
lighting the battles of the people
against powerful forces that resist
every advance he makes, ] solicit your
support, and pledge myself TO use
every honorable effort to advance your
interests in all matters within the
scope and power of the National
Government.
GEORGE q. STURGISS.
Nav 2s. 1906.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
MYSTERY LEARE UP.
Participants in Cherry Run Affair
Are Now Known.

Ii developed at a late hour Tuesday
night that the man struck on the head
with a chunk of coal at Cherry Run
Tuesday morning was w. Edward
Murphy. of Martinsburg. and that the
man who hit him was "Jum'' Hipsley
also OF Martinsburg. Murphy had so
far recovered last evening as to be
able to return hone, but the extent of
his injuries cannot yet be determined.
liz appears that the two men went
TO Cherry Run in the morning on a
fishing trip, and that they became en-
gagged in an alteration along the
river. Hipsley chased the other man
from the river bank to the railroad.
where Murphy was struck on the head
with the lump of coal, rendering him
unconscious He refused to prosecute
Hipsley. Hennesley, the mar arrested
on a charge of striking Murphy, will
be released.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
B & 0. AIDS PR0RERS
" iiiiag 90 saashtt the Contract ith
wsssen syndicate Scr Consolidation
sale to omesats.

Washington, May ga conference
win be held tomorrow or Thursday
between the interstate m com.
mission and its attorneys. conducting
the coal and oil Investigations. in ac-
~eordance with the Tillman.Gillespie
resolution, 10 decide npon further pro-
eedure.
In the Chicago and Cleveland hear
ings the commission believes that ii
has covered the oil situation in the
middle west aud east. If the facts IL
has revealed are considered in connec.
ton with the Standard Oil Go. This
concern has asked for the privilege 81
presenting testimony to the commits
sion, and the request will be granted.
II is barely possible that a report on
the relations OF the railroads to the
oil business will be made TO congress
before the close of the present session.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
has at last complied with the request
of the commission for a copy of the
contract by which IL transferred, dur
ing the course of the investigation
into the coal situation, its holdings in
the Consolidation Coal company, of
West Virginia. TO the Watson syndi.
cate, of Baltimore. The commission
will OIL Thursday, or possibly before
that time. consider the ~advisability
of making public the terms of the
contract. together with the price.
Chairman Knapp said today that the
commission has not had time to ex-
anime the contract. although il was
submitted some DAYS ago. Baltimore
and Ohio officials may be recalled and
questioned further about the sale.
Startling as have been the revela-
tions. the commission is inclined tc
believe tpat coal is but one of tue
manv items upon which the grafters
have levikd their tax. Representatives
now in Washington, of a company
that manufactures car %ooupiers, de-
clare that they cannot sell to certain
lines of a system that elsewhere uses
it's couplers because a director of the
lines has been taken into a rival firm.
The commission has heard the story.
1t is pointed out as significant that
on many railroads officials "higher
up" have taken away from their pur.
CHASING agents the authority to buv
lubricating oil. 1t paid them to watch
the oil trade, personally, ii is pointed
out. These conditions, the commits.
sion considers, must be left largely to
invest CATION and remedy within the
various companies.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
WILL SETTLE DISPUTE
RECOUNT IN THIRD WAND WILL
DISPOSE or ALL DOUBT.
MIR. runn thinks some Mistakes Were
Made, and That lie Might Have
a small Plurality.

The recount of the ballots in tie
third ward will serve to determine be-
yond a doubt the result of the contest
between Mr.. Little, Mr.. Wilen and
Mr.. Dunn and will set at rest any
question concerning the accuracy Of
the commissioners and clerks in an
n%ouncine the result in the first in-
stance. MI. Dunn thinking some.
mistakes might have been made. is.
entitled to a recount aud it is assumed
that this will be satisfactory to Mr..
Little as he would hardly wish to ac~
cept a victory that came through an
error in counting.
The contest in the third ward was
very close Mr.. Little winning on tina
face of the returns by the narrow
margin OF seven votes. He received
i13 votes. Mr.. Wilen 100 and Mr..
Dunn 93, leaving a difference of 20
votes between the highest and lowest
men. 1t is claimed, however, that
there were enough Dunn ballots re-
jected by the election officers on diff
ferent grounds to give the prohibition
candidate a plurality of three. and it
is to determine the exact legal status
of these ballots that the recount is to
be made.
However the recount may terminate.
it will 1t least remove all cause for
complaint on the part of any of tfss
candidates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
WAS FUNNY GAME.
AND MAHTINsBUeG 40
TROUBLE IN WINNING.
GettIe's Team Beat the Wiiiiamsport
"Hee.Hnws" by the Lopsided
score of y TO o.

"Hee.Haws' by the Lopsided
score of y 20 0.
One of tie funniest games Of base
ball played here in a long while was
that between "Loppy' Gettle's team
and the "Hee Haws,r from Williams
port. which took place on the old fair
ground OIL Decoration dav. The
visitors furnished the fun. and the
small crowd in attendance thoroughly
enjoyed it. There were times when
the game vas well PLAYED by both
-ides, but for the most part the visi-
ors fielded poorly, ran bases even
more so and couldn't have hit a flock
Of baloons if tied fast. AS a result,
Gettle's team had a walk over. VIM
ing by the score OF eight to nothing.
Martinsburg scored one in the first
inning on a hit through left which
the Hee-Haw man very kindly allowed
TO go beween his legs, and later in the
gam the Gettle lads fell upon the
Williamsport pitcher for seven more,
after his field had become demoraliz-
ed aud fumbled everything that came
along. Another pitcher was put On
and the scoring stopped.
The Williamsport boys were easy for
Gettle. and he had no trouble keep
ing the hits down. The home team
played we'll and deserved to win.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
KElM IS HOPEFUL.
SAYS BEPUBLIcANs WILL CARRY
THE SECOND DISTRICT.
Also Predicts That scnstor EIkfns VIII
lie Reelected at the Next session
of the Legislature.

N. q. Keim. of Elkins. w. Va,
who is a candidate for congress in the
Second district, formerly represented
by William L. Wilson and now rep.
resented by Col, I. B. Davis, is at
the Raleigh.
For a number of years Mr.. Keim
has been chairman of the republican
congressional committee in the Second
district. Everything points TO a
complete republican victory in West
Virginia this fall. said he. I'VE are
going TO elect a republican leg islature
that will return Senator Elkins to the
senate, as well as republican repre-
sentatiyes to the house. There is a
strong Roosevelt sentiment in the
state, and both the president and Sem
ator Elkins have strengthened their
positions bv tile stand they took on
the rate bill.
1.-THE congressional committee in
the Second district will meet in Pied.
mont on June 2 to decide upon the
date of holding the convention for the
domination of a candidate for repre-
sen alive, who will undoubtedly be
pitted against Col. Davis. the present
incumbent"
While Mr.. Keim stated that he was
out to win, he, nevertheless, admitted
that there were other men in the dis
trict who were tentatively considering
the proposition of getting into the
race. Washington Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
INSURANCE AGENTS MEET.
Talk Over Their Business Here on
Tuesday.

Insurance agents of the district
comprising the eastern panhandle held
a meeting Tuesday afternoon in the
office of Msyor-elect Harrison and dis.
cusscd rates. Among those from
other points were A. G. Wynkoop.
Samuel Moore, r. w. Alexander, OF
Charlfs Town; Harrison Scnlev. T..
l.. Weltzheimer. OF Shepherdstown l..
V. Johnson and Irwin Dawson, Of
Berkeley Springs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
TERRORISTS USE BOMBS
Campaign of Assassination Now on
in Russia.
D0UMA HAS DefIeD THRONE
Revolutionists Planning an Uprising
and Conditions Seem to Be Tend
ing in That Direction.


st. Petersburg, May 2S.-Russia's
crisis deepens. The terrorists. inspired
by the bold course of the douma, have
renewed their campaign of assasina-
tion.
The doums by its defiance of the
throne has practically become a rev.
culinary body.
At Tifis a bomb hurled at the gov-
ernor general missed him, but killed
a soldier.
AT st. Petersburg the warden of the
city prison was mortally wounded by
a youth executing a revolutionary
sentence.
The revolutionists are opsnly rejoic-
ing, believing conditions favor the
uprising they plan.
Russia's parallel OF the first stages
of the French revolution is now COM
plete.
BOMBS THROWN AT REVIEW.
Sebastopol, Nav %. Several bombs
were thrown here. Sunday, while a
review of troops was being held after
the TIE Deum in celebration of the an
piversary of the emperor's coronation.
Eleven persons were killed. including
five children, and more than 100 per-
SONS wounded.
Among the wounded were the COM
mander of the fortress, Gen. Nepluef,
who received slight hurts, aud the
chief of police, who was gravely in
jured.
Other high dignitaries escaped. Vice
Admiral Chonknin, commanding the
Black Sea feet, who is a special sub
ject for terrorist revenge, was not
present.
Four of the bomb throwers were ar.
rested.
ATTEMPT TO KILL GOVERNOR.
Titis, May 2S.-Wbile Governor
General Timoseieff. and Chief of Pc
lice Martinof were driving Sunday,
bombs were thrown at them. Neither
was injured, but a Cossack belonging
to their escort was killed. The crime
was attempted in the center of the
town. a few rods from the scene of the
assassination of General G~riaznoff.
chief of staff of the viceroy of the
Caucasus, who was killed by a bomb
explosion January 80 last.
General Timioseif and Chief of
Poice Martinoff were riding in separ-
ate carriages. They we're on their
way to attend the coronation anniver.
sarv "Te Deum'' at the cathedral.
Two bombs were thrown simulta-
neously. one of them failing to ex-
plode, Chief of Police Martinez,
who was riding with his revolver in
hand, shot and instantly killed one of
the terrorists, but the other escaped.
Governor General Timoseiff's coach
man was wounded.
The city is agitated, fearing an arm
ed outbreak.
st Petersburg, Nav 2S.-M. Shata-
loft, warden of the city prison here,
was shot four times and mortallv
wounded by an ~lS-year-old youth,
who was executing a social-revolu-
zionist sentence in revenge for Shata-
lofts bad treatment of political prison.
ers. The assassin, whose name is
Skutilmin. killed a beggar, who tried
to stop him, but afterwards was ar
rested.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
Baltimore Herald SOLD.

The Baltimore Herald was sold at
auction in Baltimore on Tuesday to
w M. Oler. of New York, formerly
president Of the company. He an
nonnced that the paper would be con-
tinued. and that he had ample re-
sources to develop the business.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
Hit With a Brick.

A young lad named Bowers was up
before Justice Felker on a charge OF
swatted a colored lady over
the head with a brick. The case was
dismissed, as there was no damage
done. except TO the brick.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
MRS. DEAD
Sister of Mrs. Smurr Expires in
California.

Mrs. Sarah S. Flather, sister of
Mrs. Anna A. Smurr. of Maple ave-
nue., this city. died at her home in
Oakland, Cal, on May IS. Her death
was due to heart trouble, brought
about by the shock of the great earth
quake in that section a few weeks
ago. She was we'll known in Martins
burg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
Maud Killed BY Lighting.

A barn located 0 N the farm of Mr.
William E. VanMetre. near Wiae~
brenner's Gross Road. wal struck BY
lightning Sunday and slightly dam.
aged. A mule, valued 4 sl25 was
killed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
Will Enrer Hospital.

Mr.. E. W. Rhodes, of this CITY,
will leave for Baltimore on Friday to
enter st. Joseph's hospital for treat
ment for stomach trouble.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
HISTORIC SECOND.

The Second district is historic in tie
council OF the nation, and IN the power
ii has exerted through its representa-
tives, whose persuasive speechs were
willingly heard in congress. and helped
to frame the laws and policies of the
parties they represented. They we're
V silent spectators when partg
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY HERE.
OLD SOLDIERS CARRIED OUT Pro
eaAn an ANNouNcED.
city Band Members and the Colorea
lodges ALSO Decorate Graves
BiE Day ne Antiesam.

8 1-F -
Memorial day was generally OBJ.
served in this city on Wednesday.
there being a suspension OF business
in nearly every line Of industry. with
the stores, banks. library, postoffice
and other places closed ~throughout
the day. The people were in holiday
mood and garb. and the streets were
filed till a late hour at night BY
promenaders.
The chief features of the day were
the memorial exercises Of the Union
veterans, members of the City band
and members OF the different colored
lodges of the city. The old soldiers
carried u their program in the
morning. visiting ST. Joseph's, Nor
bourn and Gretn Hill cemeteries, and
sire wing the graves of their dead
comrades with flowers. There was q
great profnsion of tho sweet blossoms,
the ladies aud many gentlemen send
III aud bringing huge basketsfnl to
the hall and cemeterie s, After all
the graves had peer decorated the old
soldiers, to the number of %, gather
ed at the handsome monument OF
memorial exercises took place. This
services were conducted by j. Il. Rob-
erts aud Jacob II. Heck, members of
Lincoln post. and were the customary
.nux~x&s,a x &I1cn nnaactana
large crowd of people was present.
The members of the City Rand
marched to the cemeteries in the after
noon aud decorated the graves of their
former members with flowers. The
ceremony was a simple one. and q
good sized crowd accompanied the
band boys.
COLORED LODGES DECORATE
Possibly 200 colored people. repre-
senting the different colored lodges of
the city, met at Mt. Zion church in
the afternoon and marched to Mt.
Hone cemetery, headed by their band.
The ceremonies at tho cemetery were
conducted by the lodge OF Odd FELL
lows, of which Fred x. Ramer Is ID
ID. q. M. and who appointed Il.
Frank Briscoe master of ceremonies.
| Speeches were made by Rev. j. W.
Reed and Rev. j. L. Carter. OF Mar
tinsburg, and j. II. Leevy, p. N. f..
OF Washington.
AT ANTIETAM
Manv Martinsburg people went to-
Antietam for the day where elaborate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02

Mr.. Thomas Kearns is earring his
hand in a sling, the result of getting
a lashed. it is very painful.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
WAS GORGEOUS SPECTACLE
Circus Parade Made Up of Three
Ponies and Two Mauds.

Ponies and Two Mauds.
The circns that wandered into Mar
tinsburg proved TO be quite an attrac-
ton for the little folk, aud a good.
sized crowd witnessed the afternoon
performance. The street parade was
pronounced better than the Barnum
and Bailey parade, and consisted of a
band OF nine members, three ponies
and two Mauds, and was witnessed by
a bowling throng of several Thousand
persons, who grew enthusiastic over
the gorgeous spectacle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-06-02
AT ANTIETAM

MANY Martinsburg people went to-.
Antietam for the day where elaborate
ceremonies took place. The grafton
was delivered by Congre sman Joseph
w. Keiffer, of Ohio, whose great.
grandparents were among the first
settlers OF Sharpsburg, and who was
formerly speaker Of the house of rep
resentatives.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

Now in regard to farmers sowing
this Bermuda grass in every field, as
is apparently advised, | have this to
say-that if it once gets well set, it
will be next to impossible to ever cul-
tivate the land again certainly not
without four or five times the amount
of labor and in the next place, unless
the land is of Il character adapted to
hold its fertility. in Il few years the
condition of the farm would be this
fields set in partial or even fair stands
of Bermuda grass. unfit for anything
except Scant grazing for four and one
half months in the year Only-impos-
sible to cultivate the land without
enormous expense of labor, and cOnSe-
quently the farm could not be run at Il
profit. Soils of certain underestimate will
not hold fertility; while others, with
certain stiff clay Sub-strata, will hold
the fertility and, after such are once
set in grass. for many, very many
years they remain fertile and prOduc-
tive These soils produce and main
tain fine sod.
If | were Il farmer in the extreme
South. where there was but little frost,
| might be induced to SOW Bermuda
grass in limited quantities, for grazing
only. and on lands that were not wOr-
thy of permanent enrichment. The
Bermuda grass is certainly very hardy,
perhaps more so than Blue grass, and
yet | know it is Il fact that the further
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

South YOU go. within the United
ing is the Blue grass. Warmth sweet
ems the grass. unquestiOnably The
Blue grasses of Canada and Northern
nor will animals keep fat on them, as
in Northern Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr.. Charles Reed. who owned the
Saratoga Race Track for many years,
gave me his experience with Blue
grass at Saratoga, (NOrthern New
York;. He bought several hundred
Continued on page 21S.)
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

nitrogen and potash should be applied
Mixtures made up of acid phosphate
ground bone, and muriate of potash, in
equal proportions, make very good
tity, 300 pounds per acre annually.
The ground bone is given preference
because it decays slowly, and thus
furnishes a continuous supply of nitro
gen and phOsphOric acid Don't get the
erroneous idea into your head that the
grass crop is less eXhausting on land
thing is farther from the actual facts
in the case. Even permanent pastures
become Tin spite of the drOppings of
all the live stock confined theretO) so
run down. and impoverished that in
stead of furnishing nutritious grasses
in abundance, they furnish but little
sOrrel, and even moss. When in this
shape. what is needed is-first, a free
use of harrow to equally distribute the
droppings and loosen and thoroughly
''fine" the surface; second, the appfica-
ton of 300 to 800 pounds of mixture
of equal parts of acid phosphate,
per acre annually. Or, if a ready-miX
ed commercial fertilizer is preferred,
or more easily Obtainable, 800 pounds
should be applied per acre annually,
of fertilizer analyzing 8 per cent. of
phOsphOric acid and s per cent potash;
Aind third. next to liberal feeding,
practice liberal seeding, until perfect
'sward'' is established everywhere
Naked places. CALLED spots, etc, pay no
taxes. though the taxes are just as
heavy on them as on the most. prOduc-
tive part of this farm. They impover-
ish the owner and don't fatten live
stock of any kind, and are an eyesOre
to every good farmer. The one only
yet sure remedy is to feed the land,
seed the land, and be sure to furnish
Il good seed bed for the reception of
the seed; SOW every seed in its right
season, and don't put them in too deep.
We prefer sowing on the surface, then
.'roll'' or drag" (but not harrow)
them ill., For Bermuda. use the sets
cut up as fine as practicable and sow
either by itself or with oats in early
spring.
Grass Growing in the SOuth.-As a
practical farmer, l desire to say that
in my opinion the article in the March
number entitled Grass Farming" is
liable to mislead the readers of your
paper. and that if every farmer ac-
cepts the advice given. many will be
led into bankruptcy.
l have had long experience with
Bermuda and Blue grass. In cOmpar-
ing the utility of the two, it is neces-
Sary to take into consideration the
length of the growing season and the
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

character OF the land for Which they
are suited. In this latitude Bermuda
grass will not make growth sufficient
and the very first frost usually by
October 10th-killS every blade of it:
so we have only Il little more than
four months of grazing from Bermuda
grass.
Blue grass furnishes fair grazing by
the 18th of April and is at its best by
the 10th of May. Ordinary Jack
Frost does not affect it materially
only the harder freezes. several times
repeated, seeming to dry up the blades.
l have never known the grass to be
entirely killed out in winter here, and
during the past winter we had most
excellent grazing UP TO the 10Th of
January for cattle, horses and sheep.
Stock kept in excellent condition on
nothing else. while the Bermuda grass
has been dead so long we had almost
forgotten there was ever such Il grass
on the face of the earth. We have
spots of Bermuda in our Blue grass
fields. and we consider them neither
more nor less than pests.
| note that you append to the com
municatiOn referred to. Prof, SOule's
communication on Bermuda grass,
which appeared in the Breeders Ga
zette. and it is especially to that ar
ticle | desire to direct this criticism.
He says: in composition, this grass
(Bermuda) does not quite equal Ken
lucky Blue Grass, etc" l guarantee
that you may take the opinions of one
thousand practical. successful stock
raiserS who have had experience with
both grasses. and not more than one in
the thousand will consider it good
Judgment to favOrably compare Blue
grass with Bermuda grass in sections
adaptable to both. | guarantee that
they will, every one, laugh at the idea,
and even Prof SOule deemed it neces-
comparative analyses of the two gras-
ses. Note. however, that in every in
stance, that the analysis has been of
the dried grasses: although four
analyses are given, they are. every
one. dried. water-free substances; al
though they have the word ''fresh'
in front of two of them. In two
analyses the words read ''Fresh or air
dry material" and the other two read
'Water-free substance What does
he mean by fresh or air dry material?
1t is a well-knOwn fact that no one
ever pretends to cut Blue grass for
hay-it is not used for that purpose.
Then why should there be Il cOmpar
ative analysis made to test its value
as dried hay in competition with Ber-
muda? 1t would be just as sensible
to test broom Sedge against Timothy
hay