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I VOL XXI
MARTINSBURG, W. VAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1901.
No 8
1APPLAUSEIN COURTROOMj
•w *«m£E
Outburst Promptly Checked by Ad-;
miral Dewey.
SCHLEY^ MAY TESTIFY TODAY
Three Moore Witnesses Precede Ihe Name of
the Admiral, end He May be Ctll:J
Tcday—May Call Out Witness
es in Rebuttal.
Washington, Oct. 24.—Admiral;
Schley is expected to take the witness
stand in the naval court of Inquiry;
h some time today. This announcement j
HI Is justified by the progress made yes-!
Jjl terday in the examination of witnesses
\ called to testily in the admiral’s bo
f§! Lalf. Eight witnesses were heard, and
H tnere are only three more names on
the list preceding the name of the
H admiral himself. Of these three only
Captain Clark of the Oregon is ex
J|! yected to testify at any length. It is
not probable that the admiral will
^B be called before afternoon. He will
H be the last of the witnesses to be
H’ heard in support of his Bide of the
fz? controversy. It is now considered
® probable that he will be on the stand
JE for two or three days.
Hj It is not yet possible to say whether
H| any witnesses will be called in rebut
Ijp tal by the court, but it seems probable
H! that a fewr persons may be summoned
HI for this purpose. The testimony yes
111 terday led Judge Advocate I.emly and
(Hi Mr. Hanna to decide upon the calling
■ of at least one rebutting witness if
68p he n found.
$5 At yesterday’s session there was a
V long list oi witnesses present to cor
||| rect their testimony. The first new
HI witness was James H. Hare, a pho
■ tographer, who made photograph! of
B1 the battle on July 3.
H Mr. Hare said that he was on the
111 press boat Somers N. Smith on May
H 26 or 27. and that they had met the
St. Paul.
HI “Did you have any megaphone com
H! munication between the Somers N.
Smith and St. Paul?’’ Mr. Kayner
iH asked.
iviegapnoue aim i>y uiuuui aia<j.
"State whst it was.”
“We asked the St. Paul If there was
any tidings of Cervera's fleet. Cap
tain Sigsbee told us there was not;
that Cervera's fleet was not inside
Santiago, and that Schley had gone
west.”
“Is there any particular incident
that Impressed that upon your mem
ory?”
“Yes. sir. On Sigabee’s assurance
that the fleet was not in the harbor
we went back to Key West to coal in
stead of to Jamaica, and the first news
we got there was that Cervera’s fleet
was bottled up in the harbor.”
Mr. Hare whB succeeded by Chief !
Boatswain William L. Hill, who was a 1
boatswain on the Brooklyn during the j
summer of 1898.
In th-> course of his description of
the battle of July 3 the witness said:
"Probably 15 minutes after we
started the Spanish ships had nearly
all gotten out. There were three of
them. I stood near enough to touch
Commodore Schley at that time, with
in five feet of him. and I saw that we
were going into a pocket. The Span
ish ships had gotten out and the Vis- I
eaya. the second ship, had turned
toward us and we were a’lout to cros3
the line of fire of our own ships. At
that time the order was riven to port
the helm. I heard Comrao ’ore Schley
say: ‘Port,’ and the sh .> started to
swing to starboard. The helm was
put over hard aport. and she swung
around on her keel. The fire from our 1
batteries never ceased from the time
we started to turn until the end of the
ba'tle. when the Colon went ashoro.”
Applause In Court Room.
"The commodore asked, in a mat
ter-of-fact way,” continued the wit
ness, ‘what is the range?’ Ellis
raised the stauimeter to his eye. and
as he did so a shell took his head off.
As he fell to the ueok, dead, McCauley
said, ‘Let's throw it overboard.' The
commodore said, 'No, don’t throw that
body overboard. He died like a brave
man, and I am going to bury him like
one.’ He directed me to look out for
the body. I had it wapped in blan
kets. laid in the shaf' and that even
iv;: it was gotten vwdy for burial.
The Viscaya was pu g up the best
fight of an" ship t.i - She fought
well, and the big s' I'.s were going
over us. and a gr- many o; us
ducked. These sh< ; sounded like
half a dozen railroad ains under way.
As they were heard ooing through the
air down would go a head, but Com
modore Schley's hea 1 never bent.’’
There was a great outburst of ap
plause in the court room, as, in a dra
matic way. the witness recited this
incident. Admiral Dewey for the first
time during the sessions of the court
found it necessary to pound his gavel
on the table and admonish the au
dience against such demonstrations.
Continuing his story, the witness said:
"He was as calm, cool and collected
as he is at this moment. His only
thought was for bis men. He called
constantly as the different events oc-!
curved, say’Ug "Do the bullies below
know this; do they know that this ■
ship has gone ashore and that ship
has gone ashore?’ His whole Idea
seemed to be that he wanted the peo- j
pie below to know as much about It !
as those on deck."
Later in the chase of the Colon he .
said that Captain Cook had put his
head out of the conning tower and i
said to the commodore: ‘Don’t you
think we’d better close in a little?”
"And," said the witness parenthetl !
cany. “1 thought so myself. But.” he
went on, “the commodore replied: ‘No.
Don't you see that point ahead? Just *
as soon as that fellow starts to come j
r'm iroine to head him off. I'll
get him yet. D—n him. I'll follow him
to Spain if I have to.’ ”
This testimony was given in clear
and distinct tones and was heard dis
tinctly throughout the large court
room. Like a previous statement, it
was received with a burst of applause, j
but the demonstration was quickly,
suppressed by Admiral Dewey, whose j
words of reprobation to the audience
were followed by a word of admoni- j
tion from Mr. Rayner to the witness.1
The admiral rose and raised his hands
in deprecation of the demonstration,
his face was flushed, and he said:
“Stop. stop. Let’s have none of that.”
The court asked three questions,
which, with their answers, are as fol
lows:
"How did you know that the Texas
asked permission to go to uantanamo
to coal because she could not coal in
the open sea?”
“From genera] talk. I know per
sonally that she did go to Guan
tanamo.”
“Did the Texas stop and back dur
ing the Brooklyn's turn?”
“No, sir. I saw the Texas distinctly
when the turn began, and during the
turn, and she did not make any back
water and she did not stop."
"Did you hear any conversation be
tween Commodore Schley and any
other officer during the early part of
the engagement of July 3?”
“I heard none before or during the
turn. There was no officer with the
commodore on my side of the ship.”
OCTOBER BRIDES.
D»n Cupid Busy tu BirUelry Couuly
This Autumn Month.
At the home of the brides parents
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Scbad, about two
miles east of this city their daughter,
Laura T was married to Mr. Harrv
Copenhaver. Tuesday evening Oct.
15th. The ceremony was performed
by Kev. Ohas. S. Trump in the pres
ence of a large company of relatives
and friends. After the ceremony th
guests partook of an abundant supper
The bride was the recipient of nianv
beantifnl and costly presents.Mr. and
Mrs. Copenhaver will make Martins
btirg their home. Mr. Copenhaver is
an electrician working for the Tele
phone company.
KELLER—BAKER.
Tuesday evening Oct. 22 at the
Lntheran parsonage Mr. William Kel
ler. of Bedington, and Miss May Bak
er, of Marlowe, were married bv Rev
Ohas. S. Trump, in the presence of a
few intimate friends. Mr. Keller is
the C. V. R. R. agent at Bedington
station, where be has a home turuish
ed and to which place he took his
bride.
KELLER—LLOYD.
Mr. J >hn C. Keller, a machinist at
tbe Crawford Woolen Mill and Miss
Annie Virginia Lloyd, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lloyd, were mar
ried Wednesday at 8:45 d. m. at the
brules home on John street. The cer
emony was preformed by Rev. O. S.
Trump. After the wedding a recep
tion was held.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS.
Karuirrs Warned Against Them and
Advised Nut to Set Ont Young
Orchards.
State Entomologists are already
admonishing farmers to prepare for
the coming, next year, of the seven
teen-year locnst. The directions, if
followed, may keen the ravages of
the pests down to the minimum. To
avoid injury growers are advised
not to set ont voung orchards, eithi r
this fall or in the spring.
It they do, they shonhl leave as
many shoots and branches ns possible
on which the insects may lay eggs
without harm to the tree itself. The
branches may be trimmed out ear y
in Jnlv, when all danger is passed.
Fruit and shrub trees should be trun
ed as little as jtossihlle, and it will
he better not to trim them at alb
No budding or grafting should be
done either in the fall of 1901 or next
spring, as growing bnds and giafts
are especiallv apt to be injured.
PRESIDENT YALE'S GUEST
Spends Entire Day at the Bi-Cen
tennial Celebration.
DINED WITH WASHINGTON
--
Chief Executive and the Efficient Educator Sat j
Around President Hadley’s Table, But
it Occasioned No Surprise at Dem
ocratic "Old Eli.”
New Haven, Conn., Oct, 24.—Presi
dent Roosevelt left town for Washing- ‘
ton last night, after participating for
an entire day in the closing exercises j
of Yale University's great bi-conten
nial celebration. From his arrival
here at 9 o’clock yesterday morning
until his departure at 11 o’clock last
night the President's reception was
a continuous ovation. One of the
most pleasing teatures of the day was
the banquet tendered Mr. Roosevelt
last night at the home of President;
Hadley, which closed the bi-centen
nial’s social exercises. At the ban
quet President Roosevelt and Booker
T. Washington both ate again at the
same table, but the event occasioned
little surprise at this democratic cen
tre of education.
Immediately after the banquet the
President re-entered his carriage, and,
escorted by the mounted police, was
driven to the railroad yards. On a
side track in Water street the two
cars, Lueanla, for the President, and
the Princeton, for others of the party,
were standing, guarded by a strong
detail of police. The President reached
the car at 11.05. Surrounding it be
yond lines drawn by the police was a
considerable crowd, who cheered the
President as he mounted the car
steps. The President bowed low, lift
ed bis bat, waved it, and, bowing
again, withdrew into his car. A few
minutes later a switch engine drew
the two cars northward through the
yards to the main line, where another
locomotive was attached, and as the
train drew away a party of Yale stu
dents gave the college cheer for “the
President."
When the, President arrived yester
day morning President Hadley, of
Yale, and Mayor John P. Studley were
on hand to receive the distinguished
guest, and after an exchange of greet-1
ings. tlie ride toward the university
campus was begun, by way of State
and Chapel streets. The escort in
cluded a representation of the naval
and military forces of the state. In
the carriage with Mr. Roosevelt were
the president of Yale, the governor of
Connecticut and the mayor of New
Haven. The next carriage contained
Colonel Theoacre A. Bingham, United
States Army, and Secretary Cortel
you, and in a third carriage rode Com
mander Cowles and party. The en
trance to the campus was through
Phelps gateway, with its orange-hued
decorations, and special inscriptions of:
welcome to the President.
Upon arrival at the campus, the!
President was conducted to Battel I
Chapel, and after a brief rest there
was escorted 'o his place in the aca
demic procession of learned doctors \
masters of arts, dis: iuguished guests i
of the university and graduates. There
were thousands in the line, all dressed,
in academic gowns, many of which,
were faced with colors indicative of
their wearer’s degrees. Way for the,
procession through the crowds which |
filled the street near the campus was
made by the military escort.
The closing exercises of the bi-ccn-!
tennial were held in the Hyperion]
Theater. Classical music, a commem
orative poem for the occasion, a com
memorative address by David J. j
Brewer, associate justice of the Uni
ted States supreme court, and finally
the clothing with the hoods of the
honorary degrees of great men. a list
of whom affords a roster of monu
mental fame constituted the ex- rcises.
GET ANOTHER HEARING
Hrqulattlou Paper* for tlir Mpiroa Mr
fuard by Governor Stone.
The request of the Frede ick
countv a uihorities fora requisition
for the removal of Meyer and Eman
uel Spiro from the jail at Chambers- I
burg. Pa.„ to Frederick, was ret used !
by Governor Stone, of Pennsvlvana,
who slated at the hearing at Harris
burg that before granting the re
quisition he must have proof that the
Spiros weie formerly within the
jurisdiction of the Frederick county
authorities. He agreed to give an
other hearing on Monday, aurl in the
meantime State's Attorney Worthing -1
ton will take some resident of Bruns
wick, who was acquainted with the
Spiros while they were in business
there, to Ohambersburg to identify
the prisoners 'n jail there, and later
to Harrisbu- > t <tify before the
Governor.
BIG FREIGHT WRECK
DiSAvrttora accidkmt us tiik
BAL.TIMOHK «i OHIO.
T nmlj-f 1. • Lmlru U llh Coal hit
lniK«hrl — Hrokru Axlr Kmpottxlhlr
fox limp Orxuxxrnee.
Fllicotf City. Md., [October 33—A
disastrous freight wreck occurred ou
the main line of the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad about « o'clock Tue -
dav morning, near the Oelia bridge,
half mile west of Ellicott City. A
long train of cars heavily loaded with
coal and coke was rounding the sham
curve at that place when an axle of'
one of the hopper* broke, causing the ■
complete smashing of 23 cars. The
debris of the broken cars and their
contents were piled up in a confused
mass along the track to ilie distance
of nearly 100 vards. Several of the
derailed cars were thrown over the
bauk into the Patapsco River and
one or two of them pitched over the
opposite embankment into a deep
gulch. A wrecking train with a
large number of banns was dispatched
from Baltimore to the scene of the
accident anil work has been in prog
ress all dav in clearing the tracks.
Passengers during most of the day
had to be transferred on both sides
of the wreck in order to proceed to'
their destinations.
When the accident happened the
rumor was circulated in Kllitcott
City that at least two tramps who
were known to have been seen on
the train had been buried under the
debris and coal and this report at
tracted a large number lif residents
to the scene of (he accident.
After a long search, however, it
was concluded that the men had es
caped. Conductor Henry Elder aud
Engineer Bud Pickett were in charge
of the train. The narrow space occu
pied by the tracks between the rockv
slope and the river was so completely
blockaded by the wreckage lor a time
that it was impossible for passenger*
to pass to the transfer trains.
BEATS ALL RECORDS.
The Wondrrf ai Hnu Made toy a C. V. H
B. Crew.
The transportation officials of the
Cninberlauil Valley Railroad are
proud of a most remarkable record
made by a train crew of iheir pas
senger service during the Hagerstown
Fair, a record breaking dav’s work in
the history of the road.
The crow consisted of Conductor A
M. Liua, Baggage Master A. Fahne
stock, Brakemen M. Bitner and T.
Striae, Engineinan James Sninabrough
apd Fireman John Betz, and this is
what thev did :
With engine 34 thev left Harrisburg
with ten coaches on Thursday as first
section of No. 1 for Hagerstown and
arrived on time with 720 passengers.
Thev were run extra to Martiusburg.
returning from the latter place as
first section No 4, arriving at Hagers
town on time with 700. They were
then run to Chambersbnrg aud left |
there as first section of No. B, twenty j
minutes late, arriving in Hauertsowu j
thirty minutes late svith 05 ) in ssen- J
gers.
This made a total rnn or 15* miles
and over 2,000 tjassangers carried to i
Hagerstown bv one crew in six boars, j
This is a remarkable feat when we
consider that the train bandied cot «
siste 1 of ten coaches heavily loaded i
wiih people. On the run to Martins
hurg the train and engine had to he
turned and at Cbaiuhersburg the en
gine was changed,all of which delays)
an melnded in the six boars time
eou uied.
‘IO KOIt HI. »», OMO AM/. ATlON
W. G. Shafer, of Fairmont, general I
secretary of the West Virgiuia Son- ■
dav School Association was at Keyser
this week and took steps toward ov
anir.mg that section of the state. Rev.
W. II. Clary was appointed president
for that district, composed of Miner !
al, Hampshire, Hardy, Morgan, Ber
keley and Jefferson comitier. George
Bine was appointed president of
M ineral (onuty.
covin court.
County Court met in special sessii n
Thursday^ with all three of the com
missiooers present. Frank Lemaster,
Joiiu Jordon, Oscar Butts an 1 Janie
Lemaster, of Opeouon distric . w-re
exempted from roud labor on account
of having a new road to open from
Berkeley Station eastward to Sprink
les’Mill, said exemption to be for the
year of l'JOi only.
A uumbber of erroneous assessmi n a
were correctd. after which a recess
was.taken until this afternoon.
Imprisoned in Express Car He
Held Band at Bay.
DEFIED THEM WITH SHOT GUN
Charges of Dynamite Flew All About Him,
But the Robbers Were Compelled
to Submit to Defeat—They
Secured But Little
Booty.
Eugene, Ore., Oct. 24.—The South
ern Pacific railroad express was hold
lip by robbers near Walker’s Station,
15 miles from here, yesterday, and
only the bravery of the express mes
senger prevented the thieves from
looting the train. As It was. the rob
bers secured but little booty. The ex
press ear, however, was badly dam
aged by dynamite.
Two men hoarded the train at Cot
tage Grove as the train pulled out
After passing Walker’s, which Is four
miles from Cottage Grove, they climb
ed over the tender and covered En
gineer Jack Nichols and the fireman
and his helper with revolvers.
The robbers ordered the train to
be stopped, after which the fireman
and helper were compelled to un
couple the train between the express
ear and the first coach. Engineer
Nichols was then ordered to pull
ahead, the fireman and helper being
left behind. After going a short dis
tance the train was stopped, and the
robbers proceeded to the express car,
taking with them the engineer.
The express car was blown open
with dynamite, and Express Messen
ger C. Charles was ordered out, but
he refused to go, and, with his shot
gun, commanded the situation inside
the car. The robbers told him to
come out or he would be blown up
with the car, but he replied: "Blow
ahead!” A fusillade of bullets fol
lower, riddling the car, but the mes
senger. who was uninjured, kept up a
continuous firing inside, which held
the robbers at bay. A charge of dyna
mite was then thrown Into the car,
with a burning fuse, but Charles seized
It and threw It outside, where It ex
ploded.
“The first intimation I naa or any
thing wrong," said C. F. Charles, the
express messenger, “was when the
train began to slow up near Walker’s
Station. It was 2.45 o’clock, as near
as i can remember. Shortly after that
the train came to a standstill, and I
was ordered to open the door. I re
fused to move. 'Open this car or
we will blow you to hell!’ commanded
one of the robbers. I made no re
sponse and was given a salute with
dynamite. The first charge blew open
one of the doors and knocked me
down. My overalls were blown Into
shreds and my legs scratched some
what, but otherwise I was unhurt.
Further commands to open up and
threats followed, but without avail.
I made no reply, knowing that the ob
ject of the robbers was to locate me
in the car and then try to put me
out of the way, either by dynamite
or with bullets. I changed my sta
tion to the other end of the car. A |
second shot blew open the door at ,
the other end of the car.
“The third shot failed to go off, as
I had removed my shoes and quietly
walked over to the dynamite and de
tached the fuse. Two more shots ex
ploded, each of them blowing a hole
in the floor of the car. All told, four
shots went off in the car, two failed |
to explode, and one I prevenied from j
exploding by removing the fuse. All
efforts to compel rr:e to open up or
leave the car falling, the engineer was
sent In througn the opening biown into
the side. I ordered him to get out,
and fired a shot over bis head with
my shot gun. The entire ceremony
lasted about 40 minutes. The engi
neer retired after l fired the shot and
ordered him to leave, and I was not
molested further.”
The robbers then gave up their ef
forts to secure the express treasure
and went for the mail. They secured
the registered mail, then cut the en
gine trom the rest of the train and
ordered Engineer Nichols to pull
ahead. They ran to Judkln’s Point, In
the outskirts of Eugene, where they
disembarked and ordered the engineer
to return and get his train.
The news was wired from Saginaw
and officers went out in search of the
robbers, but as yet have secured no
trace of them. They were handicapped
by having no description of the men.
Posses from both l.ave and Douglas
counties are searching for the bandits.
The Hanover Telephone Company,
which recently bought the lines of
the Winchester Telephone Company,
will he merged Into a corporation t*
he otvled the Cumberland Valley
Telephone Co. and ro absorb, besides
this company, the Dauphin county.
Adam* comity, the O. V. Telephone
ind T legraph Co. and the Son>hern
Pennsylvania Telephone C' mpany.
>.v - «^'4WHA SOLOS
TIHC HO A It M*i . ISIKI) I \TO TilK
fOM rROL OH B A O,
AfOr thr W, Va. Criilral Ihr Praafjrl—
van la li Nalri l» Hot,I thr Krr to
thr Situation
Parkersburg. W. Va.. Oct 28.— It.
is said that the Little Kanawhn rail*
road lias been sold, but as yet the
names ot the purchasers are not pub
licly known. The deal was made hy
a representative who refused to di
vulge the names of tile buyers, who
are believed to be the B. and O. offi
cials.
The road, however, has been sold
and the purchase price paid. Even
the officials of the Lirtlle Kni awha.
when interviewed, professed ignor
ance as to the identify of the new
owners. The Davis—Elkius combina
tion granted the road and its own<r»
would like to have sold it to them,
ns it wonld have given them cutlet
for their West Virginia Central rail
road, but the option was taken up bv
other parties at Jhe last, moment.
The West Virginia Central is now
at the mercy of the Ponnsvlvani
and its sole to them is expected The
future of the Little Kanawhn is un
known asd is causing much specula
tion.
The strong orobabilitv that the
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg
railroad will pass from the control of
Senator Elkins and Senator Davis in
to the possession of the Pennsylvania
railroad, receives additional upoort
from the recent action of President
L . F Loren of the B. and O., and
other high B. and O. and Pennsylva
nia officials who yesterday rode over
the West Virginia Central in a speci
al|train on a tonr of inspection. Th®
truth will be known in all likelihood
in a very few days.
THE STATE LINE.
Hun.r Karts Brought to Light by the Rr
currlug of Mu.on and Dixon Llue.
In the progress of tbe survey of
Mniou ntul Dixon'* Line the commis
*ion kp( m< to be doing good work in
restoring ancient landmark*. Tho
work i« in charge of a joint commis
sion appointed hy the State* of Mary
laud and Pennsylvania Tbov have
been reset in solid cement bases.
Many of them are in good condition.
When one has been lost totally, an
iron post is substituted as a marker.
The boundary stones are a mile anart.
Ther baye”M” on the Mary laud side
find “P” on the Pennsylvania side.
The five mile stones are larger thau
the others and have the coat’of arms
riff the Calverts and the Penns. The
original work of surveying this boun
dary between thp two States and
marking it with stones was interrupt
ed by hostile Indians when the sur
veying party reach«<1 North Mountain
In one of the histones of Maryland it
is stated that in Washington conuty,
near the foot of the mountain, a
number of boundary stones which
bad been carved in England were ab
andoned. and been used by a farmer
of that neighborhood in tho construct
ion of an outhouse. If these stones
could be found and recovered it wonld
lie a great achievement for the com
mission.
BASK KK-OPKMM.
Reading, Pa. Oct 24 —The National
Bank at Boyerstown re-opened today.
No run.
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