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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
STATE UNIVERSITY
interesting News From the Big State
Institution at Morgan


Morgantown w. Va, September Is.
The fall quarter at the University
will begin mex Monday, September 20.
The convocation exercises will be held
Wednesday night, October %, at $3.50,
and the conyocation speaker will be
DR.. Daniel Dorchester. OF Pttsburg.
The pubic will also have the pleasure
of hearing on that evening Mr.. Louis
Black, the new director of the School
of Music and instructor in voice, and
Miss Margaret Horne, tha new instruc-
tor In violin, who has just arrived di-
rect from Glasgow, Scotland, to take
up the work here.
DR.. Waggoner, who succeeds Profess
sor Hodges as professor of physics
has arrived from Cornell University,
accompanied by his wife, and has gone
to housekeeping in South Park.
Miss Fay, the e head librarian,
has been in charg Of her position for
several days getting acquainted with
her new studies.
Professor Armstrong has returned
from his udnmer trip III Europe.
Miss Susan Maxwell Moore, dean
of women, has returned from a trip to
Washington State and other points in
THE west and southwest.
Mr.. Harris A. Reynolds, member of
last years graduating class, is making
arrangements to get out promptly a
Students Directory.
The Rhodes Scholarship examination
for West Virginia will be held at the
University October 20, 81, %.
The new course of study for the
common schools and the high schools
of the State, prepared by the State
Board of Education, of which DR..
Deahl is a member, has been in the
hands OF the State printer at Charles
ton for some time. 1t will doubtless
be ready fer distribution in a few
days. All of tine public school people
of the State will be greatly interested
in seeing 1t.
Professor C. Edmond Neil, professor
OF ~elocution and oratory, spent the
summer giving readings and interpre-
taItions at Chdutauquas in various
part of the west and-iidd,e west.
Professor John Harrington Cox has
been doing some institute work in In
diana. The present week he is con-
dfucting the teachers institute in RAN
doph county.
The New York publishers of DIR.
Waitman Barbe's new book, Famous
Poems Explained" report that about
three thousand copies OF the book
have been ordered during the present
institute season in West Virginia; this
does not include orders from other
States.
1t is probable that a meeting of the
State Board on Regents will be called
about the goth of October and if so
THE members of the Board viii be
present for the Conyocation exercises.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
ITEMS FROM JoHNsoNToWN.
Happenings of This Village From Our
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.


Johnsontown, Sept. 21.-Mr. H. r.
Shriver, of Dog Hill, called at the
home of Miss Cara Myers on Mon
day evening.
Mr.. r. ". Butts, of this place, took
a 2-horse wagon load of people to the
revival meeting at Cherry Run.
Mr.. Earl Butts, of Baxter. is going
to school near here.
Miss Lucy Bowen, of Martinsburg, is
visiting friends around here.
Mr.. Hunter Crawford has gone for
a S0-days' trip to Omaha, Neb.
Mr.. Peter H. Hess has gone for a
3O-days' trip to Cadiz, Ohio.
Mr.. j.. IL Mongan has taken a con-
tract to furnish 200, 900 teet of hickory
to the wagon factory at Baxter.
Mr.. Chas. Wintermoycr has gone to
Alabama on business.
Mr.. Lhden W~intermoyeT, of New
burg, N. Y, is visiting his parents
near here.
Mr.. Chubb Maggie, of near here.
has bought a new traction engine.
Mr.. Joe Kaufman, OF near here, has
bought a tract of land nom John G.
Kirby.
Mr.. l.. r. Waesche, of this place,
w7a at Baxter Friday Cd business.
The mayor, of this town has ordered
4 new nil Lights to light UP the
streets.
Mn. Gaupt Johnson has gone to
spend a few days with Miss Pearl
Shickle IN Nashville, Tenn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
lien DEAD IN CUBA
Over 100000 Worth of Property De
stroyed by Cyclone.

Washington, Sept. %. More than
een lives were lost and property worth
xvssr so, 200, 900 was destroyed in the
cyclone which recently swept over the
province of Pinar Del Rio. Cuba. Com
GGr1ication between Havana and the
stsCm area in the western part of the
province was cut of except at two or
three points, and reports OF damages
srs just reaching Havana. More than
sF%ga people are without shelter or sup
plies, several hundred houses and huts
AID tobacco barns. several thousand
yt-res of tobacco and many small yes
9s1s along the coast We're destroyed.
MY bearing, the American charge at
G4ayana, in his report to the state de
Bartment, says that foreign aid to the
s~sxsTerers, however. is not needed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
SCORES DEAD
IN GULF STORM
ffty-ilye Bodies FCand and
FOrty-fiVe Missing.
PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS

STILES of Territory Laid Waste and
e Crops Ruined-Buildings of Every
Description Leveled and Mary Yes
seis Destroyed.
New Orleans, Sept. %. ~ Gradually
New Orleans and the territory sur.
rounding the Crescent City is recover
ing from the first effects of this tropi-
caI hurricane. F1fty-five human lives
are now positively known to have been
claimed as victims of the storm. and
FORTY five others are reported to have
been lost in Lower Terrebonne parish,
nut as yet this report has not been au-
.~aenticated.
The property loss will run into the
sailIions. Miles of territory have been
aid waste and crops have practically
been ruined. Dwellings, cotton gins and
sugar mills nave been levelled.
Both the Illinois Central and the
louisville & Nashville railroads nave
suffered heavy loss, miles of their
cracks having been washed away. 1t
WILL De StfcIdl Wtthb DclOIG LILO idtiCI
Hftl again be running trains over their
1wn tracks.
The death list in the lower portion
0e Terrebonne parish increased as de
ssagis were received, until now it mum.
ssers twenty-eight. 1t Is reported that at
ssasL fifty others have been drowned
sr crushed in the flying debris of the
wrecked mills, dwellings and fishing
mp
Thrilling tales OF narrow escapes and
Earring rescues come from the storm
swept area.
pleasure craft and shipping of all
lSInS1s In the Bayou inlets vert totally
destroyed and the loss will be very
heavy.
store houses, sugar mills and dwell
fI7ss OF. every character at Houma and
ESsar villages suffered heavily, and
scarcely a structure was untouched by
sas hurricane.
= The damage done by the storm at
Grand island, Chenier and Caminada
was very heavy, but at these places
1ftsre was no loss of life. The crops of
tnesse Islands were totally destroyed
sxaR She orange groves were stripped
.ksan of fruit and foliage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
LOST IN WOODS AND DIED
5ftan Man Perishsd Trying to Reach
His Old Home.

Dorothy, n. j., Sept. 23.-The dead
Ts<ly OF David R. Edwards. a former
es dent of this town, was found in the
gpderbrush by George G%reller, who
sSs driving from Risley to Dorothy.
sase curious barking of his dog at
1-7srasS his attention TO TIE spot where
fhe BODY was lying.
Mystery surrounds the finding OF
Ag oody here, as Edwards vas known
Ae in the care of the Little Sisters
nj re Poor at Scranton. Pa, The de-
ceased was seventy-ive years old. He
isaVBs a married son, who is living in
Scranton. He is supposed to have been
ewing TO reach his home here, but be
arg eotally blind apparently lost his
gag in the woods.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
LOCUST HilL T
Happenings CT This Village From Our
Regular Correspondent.

Regular Correspondent.
Locust Hill, w. Va, Sept. 21.-Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Fuss. of Hedgasville,
visited Mrs. NJ. c.. Wilson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. +. Stearns and
daughter, Miss Lydia, Of Washington.
are visiting friends here.
MIR. David Weller, of Wild Dell, is
visiting his daughter. Mrs. Port Ba-
sore.
Mr.. John Pitco, of Shady Lane, CALI
ed on Mr.. Joseph Shriver Sunday.
Mr.. Fritzman, of nea Berkeley
Springs, visited his daughter, Mrs.
George Albright Friday.
Mr.. Edward Mason was at Hancock
Saturday on business.
Mrs. Jane KEGS is visiting her Sis
ter, Mrs. Edward BUTTS, OF Stony
Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sayille, of
Paw Paw Ridge. were visiting Mrs
Joseph Shriver Sunday.
Mr.. Wi9Iam Shriver killed a large
bald eagle Saturday.
Mrs. William Albright is quite sick
at her home here.
Miss Vena Wilson and Mr.. Norris
Bowers are visiting friends at Cherry
Rum
Mr.. Robert Kennedy. CT Glen Echo.
is visiting his daughter Mrs. Fahney-
STOCK
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices Fol Produce
and Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter low grades, $4.10Q435; winter
clear. $4.40Q4.60; city mills, fancy,
S6.25Q6.50.
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel.
s415Q4.35.
WHEAT steady; new No. 2 red
western, S1.06 @1.06.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, local,
77Q77Ac.
OATS firm; new No. 2 white, 4412
Case; lower grades, 43c.
POULTRY; Live steady; hens, 100
Tic; old r%oosters. III @12c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, Tic; old roost-
ers, 12c.
SIC. per Id.
EGGS firm; selected, 29Q31c.; near
by, &c; western, 27c.
POTATOES steady. at 73@75c. per
bushel.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Rev. Wilson Resigns.

Rev. A. B. Wilson, pastor of the
United Brethren church at Dayton
Va, has resigned his charge and viii
become connected with the Allegheny
conference OF the church with resi-
dence. very likely, in Connellsville'
Pa. He and family will remove from
Dayton In the nea Culture.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Here on Wedding Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Deindollar, of
Taneytown, Md, friends of Rev. and
Mrs. G. S. Trump, are stopping at the
Berkeley Hotel. They r on a we'd
ding tour to Luray Caverns, in an au-
tomobile, and win take Rev. and Mrs.
Trump with them. They leave tomor-
row morning
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Recention at Academy.

President and Mrs. Benchoff OF Mas
sanutton Academy at Woodstock, va
gave a reception Saturday night for
the new students Of that institution.
The eleventh term Of the academy
opened last week with students from
Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia and North Carolina.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
To Build Dam Across Shenandoah.

A lighting and power company at
Luray, Page county, Va, has awarded
a contract to Lane Bros. of Esmont,
Va, for the construction of a concrete
dam across the Shenandoah river neal
Luray, to take the place of an old
wooden dam which is falling to pieces.
The new dam is to be 440 feet long
and win have an average height of IL
feet and win cost $1,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Fell 10 Death In Chimney.

Rochester. n. Y, Sept. 21.-After he
8aa climbed the inside ladder of an
abandoned chimney seventy-five fee
Sigh. to the top Of the chimney, at
Eshster, near here, Walter Wackows-
Ma, a Polish boy, became dizzy and
esl 10 the cement base at the bottom.
Tasre was some life in him after he
rsz- out he died before a physician
ssaeasd him. The body was badly
A1rx
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Sions of Winter.

Judging from the pen feathers OF
a duck, the long whiskers on the
corn, the shell on the s~hellbark, the
wall ON the walnut, the cab on the
cabbage and the LOS on THE moss
back, WEI 6 are going to have a mighty
cold winter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
SAID BRIDE TRIED TO EL0PE
Arrested as She Was About to Leave
York For Baltimore.

York, Pa, Sept. 23.-Wsary of her
husband after thirteen days of mar
ried life, Mrs. George Sweitzer was
accused of attempting to elope with
Charles Snyder. a married man, and
was placed under arrest as she was
about to board a train for Baltimore.
Snyder will, II caught. be held for
larceny. for the baggage OF the couple
contained much of Mr.. Sweitzer's per
sonal property.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Infant Dead.

Martha Eugena, the tbree-months-
old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Urban
Glover near Stokes school house, died
Monday night at IL O'Clock of Group.
Funeral Wednesday at one p. m. at
the house and interneat in Green Hill
cemetery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
ysa1ian't Dlspel Fog; Wants Job.

Sharon. Pa, Sept. 21.-J. W. HUI
SsrG, or Transfer, Mercer county, who
GfsK55Vssed q fog dispeller, has return
al eromE1ag1and, and Is evidently sat
dsHsea ina sn1s scheme is not a sue
sssss. a Local contractor has received
q a.tter from the man who Is now in
Nashville, asldtng for a Job.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
TELLER MAY ESCAPE DEATH
Governor Fort Will Call Extra Session
OF Pardon Board to Discuss Case.

Trenton, n. J., Sept. 1S.-Govsrnor
Fort announced that a special session
of the court Of pardons will probably
be held Friday of next week to con-
slider the application OF Walter Lewis
Zeller, of Vineland, for Communication
of death sentence for the murder OF
his grandfather. Zeller's present re-
prieve will expire Sept 80.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
Captain Ferber Crushed Under His
Aeroplane.


Boulogne. Sept. 23.-Tragedy mark
ed the end of the local aviation meet
ing. Captain Ferber. known in the
aviation world as M. De Rue. was prac-
ticing. His aeroplane was not running
well. and he was about to land after
a flight, when one Of his wheels came
into collision with a tiny hillock. This
caused the machine to turn completely
over, and Captain Ferber was pinned
to the ground under 1t. His chest was
crushed In and he died shortly after
ward.
Captain Ferber had a bad smash
when he was flying last Thursday. Al
that time he broke a rudder and one
cell of his biplane. One of his best
flights was at Issy on Aug. 16. when he
covered 800 metres.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE slow: choice, $6.55@7.
SHEEP steady; prime wethers. $3.50
05; culls and common. $1.5043;
lambs, $4.50Q7.25; veal calves. SOC
9.26.
0g65; mediums, 1856 1880; heavy
Workers., s8.3568s0; light Workers,
t190Q8.10; pigs. S7t500770. rroughs.
SO. 5OM750,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
xuied Tryino to Win WAGER.

F10sburg, Sept. 20.-Walking on thu
r2sdng ofthe Panther Hollow bridge ir
Scllenley park TO win 2 wager. Luig
&3raxaleone. aged forty years. lost hi
balance and fell to his death. $50 fea.
sSlow. 4
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Miss Jones VIII PLAY.

Miss Ruth Jones, West King streen,
viii play the cello at the recital TO be
given by Prof and Mrs Thomas Guilty
in Hagerstown on Thursday evening,
October z.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
RAILRoADER HURT.
Yard Brakeman Dick Knocked Off
Tender Last Niuht.

TSHutT LAST NIgHI.
Harry Dick, East John street, a B.
& 0. yard brakeman, was knocked off
the tender of an engine last night
about nine o'c'ock near the Hannis
distillery by a freight car on another
track and had his shoulder pretty bad
ly hurt. He was dazed for a while but
was afterwards able to walk home.
His lantern was mashed fiat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-01
CONGRESS AND THE TARIFF.
Action on Vital Question Undoubtedly
Will Be Slow.

The presidents proclamation calling
the Sixty-first congress to meet in ex-
traordinary session on March Is was
in formal compliance with general
agreement. The constitution empow-
ers the president to convene congress
''on extraordinary occasions" but
when so convened it possesses all its
ordinary powers and is not limited to
the consideration of any specified sb-
iect. The present extraordinary oc-
casicn" is the demand for the revision
of the tariff, which was left by COM
mon consent to the congress elected in
November last
Even should this session be devoted
exclusively to the one subject, the ex-
in three months is probably cversan-
guine. To begin with, this congress is
to organize anew, and in the house of
representatives long time will be
spent in the discussion of amendments
to the rules. The old rules will doubt
less stand, with few notifications, but
the opportunity for the insurgents and
IOI HeN meluDeIS WHO hHOW HOlHlHS
of the subject to make speeches about
the speaker will not be neglected Aft
er this the committees will be appoint
ed and organized, and the committee
representatives a long time will be
nominally a new committee, though
composed mainly of the old members
will proceed TO another stage of its
consideration of the schedules. In the
course of time it will report bill, and
after the bill shall have been adopted
by the house it will go to the senate,
and will be reported to a committee of
that body. After further time it will
emerge from committee in a form
scarcely recognizable by its original
trainers. Then will come debate, con-
ferences, more debate and more con-
ferences. Finally she tyranny of the
rules" will have to be invoked TO
reach definite result.
There will be opportunity in the
meanwhile for any other legislation
that may appear urgent, for the great
body of the members OF either house
will take but little part in the actual
consideration of the complicated de-
tails of the tariff. Nevertheless, the
need of prompt action is universally
recognized. The country is not eX-
pecting an ideal tariff at this time, but
it does want the matter disposed Of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-01
"Sunny Jim"

Vice-President Fairbanks has been
unjustly held up before the country as
cold, austere man. Whatever else
may be said of his successor, this
charge will never be laid at his door
James S. Sherman, who to-day is
the second officer in the nation
is the apostle of sunshine. He says:
The world has been bright and beau
tiful right along and has given me all
/ ever earned and more, too. | have
been an optimist from my boy
hood up"
His youth was spent amid cheerful
and helpful surroundings. His father
was journalist, drifted into politics.
and held number of public Offices
His mother, n woman of culture and
character, put the impress of her
strong personality upon her children
Fortune has been good to her hon
ored son, and he has cultivated
through life that genial disposition
which makes him one of the most pop
ular men in public life to-day.
The Taft administration ought to
be all sunshine with such sunny char
acters at it's head The Taft and
Sherman smile will be contagious no
doubt and usher in an era of abound
ing good fellowship and cheer. The
genial Taft and Sunny Jim" Sherman
reflect the prevailing optimism of the
American people.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-01
The First Stnn

The tariff is becoming less and less
or party question. 1t is generally
conceded that the country will not
abandon the protective policy. A non
partisan commission would have been
impossible once, but is possible now.
But congressman do not wish to create
a commission They resent expert ad-
vice. They believe that they know
everything best. But if the business
men of the country shall keep up their
agitation-and they should do so-they
will finally extort commission from a
reluctant congress.
The first thing is to get tariff com
mission with whose intelligent assist.
ance there can be some approach to
German thoroughness in the tariff
schedules of future years. The busi.
ness men should pull together to in
duce the next congress to create one
as supplement to it's revision of the
tariff,-Chicago Tribune
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-01
A Southern View.

Mr.. Roosevelt will rank in history
as one of the five great presidents of
the United States. We would name as
the preceding four Washington, JEFF
ferson, Lincoln ana Cleveland He has
done more in the last eight years to
impress himself upon the world than
any other man in it, not excepting
William of Germany. And notwith-
standing his infirmities of character
and temper his frequent follies and
even worse, he is, we believe, the most
popular man in the United States to.
day.-Charlotte On. CO. Observer
(Dem).
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-01
Enforcing Treaty Obligations.

An important reform which Presi
dent Taft hopes to see credited to his
administration is the assertion
through legislation, of the federal gov
ernments power to enforce treaty OBJ
legations. That is one of the federal
powers which has been allowed to re-
main latent, and the omission to ap-
ply it has more than once seriously
embarrassed the United States. AS
a nation accepting treaty favors from
other nations, this country has often
had to confess that it does not guaran-
tee to aliens the same rights and pro-
lection which it asks for its own citi
zens in alien jurisdictions. The trea-
ties which we sign with other powers
impose what are apparently mutual OBJ
legations. But when the pinch comes
the bargain is found to have been one
sided. We do not give quid pro quo
For other governments are in a posi-
tion to compel their citizens or sub
jects to respect treaty promises, while
an administration at Washington has
to intrust the execution of its pledges
to uncertain agencies quite beyond it's
control