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VOL XXII
MARTINS® URG. W. VA., SATURDAY OCTOBER 11.100?.
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Engineer Everhart Dean Meets
Death While on Duty.
ENGINE NO. 51 TURNED OVER
Wreck on Standard Lime & Stone
Co. Branch Results Fatally.
The citizens of Martiusburg were
again horrified Tuesday when they
■came out on tlie street after supper, to
learn that there had been a fatal ac
cident on the short line railroad which
leads to the quarries of the Standard
Lime and Stone Comnany south of
this city.
The accident happened about twen
ty minutes after six o’clock and re
sulted in the instant death of engineer
Everhart Dean.
Enigneer Dean, with yard engine 51
and the yard crew, had gone into the
•‘hole’’ to bring out the stone which
had been fmarried and loaded during
the day. The engine was pulling four
large steel hoopers loaded with stone
and coming down the grade iust south
of John street,left the track and turn
ing end for end fell over on its side
with tlie engineer buried underneath.
Only the engineer and fireman J. E.
Sheetz were on the engine left when it
the track, the other men of the crew
being on the rear car. The fireman in
telling of the accident said that tlie
engineer had just started down the
grade and had not vet put on anv steam
when the engine left the track. When
the engine left the track the engineer
applied the air in the effort to hold the
train but the lieavv cars com ng on be
hind nushed the engine around. The
front of the engine went down over
flu built: aufl the force of flu- train
pn slic'd the tender over and on top of
the cab, making Tine of the worst
wrecks that has been seen in this vi
cinity for some time.
Word was at once brought to Yard
Master Slanc and lie sent assistance to
the scene of the wreck and ordered out
the wrigeers crew.
Wlien the engine had stopped run
ning fireman Sheet/, found himself on
the top of the boiler with one foot un
derneath on the arm of the dead engi
neer. He was tangled up in the bell
rojie which was around his nock and
held him un over the boiler, and to
this one thing lie attributes his escape
from the fate of the engineer. When
he disentangled himself from the
wreck he climbed down off the boiler
to see what assistance lie could he to
the engineer but found that the man
to whom he had been talking but a
few minutes before was beyond help
BHAKCTt LAW OFFICtC.
Mr. X. Poole. Attorney has opened
a branch law office in Berkeley Springs
Attorney Poole by his careful, steadv
practice 1ms gained for himself a con
stant lv increasing clientage in his
home county. Berkeley, but over in
Morgan as well. To meet the demands
of his constituents in Morgan tie lias
opened the brunch office and given it
in charge of Mr. Alosius MacIntyre, a
bright and promising young lawyer
whef read under Mr. Toole. The lat
ter is in Berkeley Springs this week
attending court
A LONG TRAMP.
Mrs. Annie Fleisher. an aged wom
an of Baltimore, applied to the Police
of Winchester on Tuesday night for
shelter. She claims she is on her way
to Richmond. Va.. to see her son, and
is walking the entire distance. Al
though over 71 years of age she tramp
ed from Martiusbure, W. Va., to Win
chester yesterday, on her weary tramp
nn the valley.
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j ing. Fireman Sheet/., though severe
ly shaken up, was only slightly injur
ed.
A large crowd soon gathered at the
scene and willing hands went to work
to trv and get the bodv of the engi
neer from beneath the boiler. Only a
hand protruded from beneath the
heavy engine but it could be seen that
his body lay crushed and torn bet ween
the side of the cab and the boiler. The
•engineer had not left his post and died
with his hand on the throttle.
The great steim crane was brought
here from Cumberland and was seut to
the wreck taking the place of the!
j smaller one which had been sent down ^
|earlier in the evening. It was past!
I nine o’clock when the battered on
ginc wan lifted from the body of the
engineer and his remain* were care
fully gathered up and taken to Under
taker Wilen’s i Htablishmeut where
they were prepared for hurial.
The riggers crew were all night in !
getting the engine and cars on the I
track and the track hand* went to!
work earlv VVeduesdav to repair tie
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damaged track, and by noon things >
were in fair shape again.
Fireman Sheet/ said that 51 left
the track at the same “place Saturday 1
night.' hut with no serious result.
This is the second fatal accident that
has oecured on this short line and they
were almost identical, happening with* I'
in :i few hundred yards of each other. '
About live years ago a vard engine
turned over near the old Pottery and I
fireman Brookes was so seriously iu- (
jured that lie died.
The deceased was born October 7, J'
1S.)7, he was just 4.‘» vears of ace. The I'
family were prostrated with grief |
when the news of the awful accident
was broken to them.
He is survived bv his widow, who
was formerly Miss Mary Alice Miller,
and seven children namely, Miss Ber
lin Detta, Josiah, Howard. George.
Harold, Mary and Alice, three brothers ;
also survive him. Dr. .T. W., of Balti
more. Ellsworth, of Pittsburg, and J.
H. Dean,of Kcyser. He was a son of
the late Rev.K. D. Dean of Maryland.
Funeral services were held at the
house Thursday morning at H o’clock i
a. in., Rev. W. \V. Barnes officiating. ^
Interment was made in Green j
Hill cemetery.
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Sl.HIL.AIl j
Martinsburg must certainly be a i
good field for traveling musicians.
Last Thursdav while two Italians with j t
their trained m nkev and hand organ ;,
were amusing the public on one side
of Queen street tsvo otlier musicians L
with bag pipes,put in their appearance I
on the opposite side of the street. Af
ter dispensing several cords on their
respective side of the street they mov
ed up a little further each time until a
tliev took up the entire business see- j
tion. The blending of the three in-1 ^
struments was such as would make the j f
spectators think of the tom cat sere I
nude on the back yard fence at mid I
uight.
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AN ADDI HO*At, WING.
Mi. J. H. Gettiuger is enlarging
Ins residence ou West Burke street. \
He is adding a two story wing, giving c
him much additional room. Workmen 1
are busy aud unless cold weather sets t
iu very soou. the building will be I
rea<lv for occupancy by the time it e
does come. \
THE FIRST GUN FIRED
ION. JOH N DALZBLLORKSiS KKPt'* B
UCAN CAMPAIGN*
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j«rge Crowd nt C »nrt IIimim* Urretrd
CougrrftHiiiiui from I’nunij l
vnftitM DlstrUt
A large audio me- was present at the
’ourt House Tuesday to hear the
ipening speech of the fall campaign
.u Berkeley county. The meeting was
'ailed to order a few minutes after
ight o’clock by Mr. F. W. Van Horn
if the Republican city committee,
end Mr. Van Horn named Hon, Geo.
F. Evans a chairman. The wreck on
the stone quarry tracks which fteourr*
ed about six (j’vlock detracted, from
the utrend* ace, but a few minutes af
ter the meeting was called a largo
crowd had assembled, t'omrey’s Con
cert Band furnished music for the oc
casion,
Mayor Evans upon assuming the
chair made a short speeoh in which ho
happily referred to the platform of the
two great parties which are waging
the present political warfare. He also
referred to the long and successful
political carreer of the speaker of the
evening, who would ably present the
V.
HON. JOHN DALZELL.
issues as viewed by tlie Republican
side.
Mr. Dalzell was enthusiastically re
ceived, and his comparison of the
dentical interests of his own Stale
ivith that of West, Vu. at once cap
:ured the ears of his hearers.
The problems, lie said, which now
confront ns, carry us away from the
ild and time worn discussions of the
wst. Devoting a few minutes to the
ild political question, lie then passed
m to a discussion of today’s issues.
His main theme was Prosivrity in !
Agriculture Manuufacture, Commerce,
ind he presented his discussions of
these showing the condition oi the
•ountry at the time the Republican
party took control after^the election of
[8! Hi.
Referring to tlie coal strike in his
>wn State he said, that the condition
if things there but proved the excep
tion to the rule- of universal national
prosperity. Bv the statistics from cot
:ou corn, and wheat reports be proveni
conclusively this prosperity was never
otrogressive hut steadily and rapidly
•outinuing with marvelous growth.
He dwelt upon the supremacy of this
•ountrv in regard to manufactories
md quoted Mr. Carnegie's statement j
hat this is “The greatest steel pro
lucing country And will have the j
vorld at our feet. ”
“He s|«ike of the black stone,the red
tone and the white stone, great quail-j
ities of the latter being shipped from ■
lere, which are used in tlie nmuurac
ure of iron. The speaker said when •
ver yon no in auv foreign country i |
ou can see uiion tlieir ’maufactured .
rticles and uiachinerv tlie imprint of 11
American make; He spoke at length j
if the employment of labor and the;,
rade with foreign uations during the I
IcKinley administration. He also! ,
ited tlie people to the prosperity of]
he railroad business, saying that the'
ail roads are so crowded now that they
aunot carry all the freight that is
itt'ered them.
Mr. Dalzell is a pleasant speaker
ud held the attention of his audience.
He left a* one. o'clock Wednesday
or the western part of the State. He
I>oke in Huntington Thursday night,
ud he is to speak in Columbus O..
afurday night at a Republlican Rally.
I P TO DATK.
By the next summer season Oakland
rill be an up-to-date town. A fran
hise has been granted for an electric
ight plant, and a street railway be- <
ween Oakland and Mountain L ake <
’ark. Besides an agreement has been ’
mde for the construction of Wiater ]
forks.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE
Five Cars Daily For Domestic
Use Only,
WATER WORKS LOOKED AFTER
By Davis Coal Co. Will Supply City Water
Works With All Coal Needed.
The members of the committee up
pointed by the coal dealers, Manufac
tures mid Board of Trade iu the Board
of Trade rooms Tuesday, left earlt
Wednesday for Baltimore to confer
with tlm railrpjid officials cpnoermuj
tlie of earn for the tran-pM
ration of soft coal to this city.
The committee met the proper offic
ials in Baltimore and held a con
fereuce with them which terminator
satisfactorily and in consqucuce Mar
tiusbnrg v\ ill be supplied with con
and there is no louger any danger of i
coal famine in this city, at least fo:
the nrcsent.
A telegram was received from Attor
ney Clarence Martin,stating that “tin
committee secured tivo cars of sof
coal j>er day. ”
Tlie securing of this coal will great
ly relieve the situation in this eitv am
will he tlie means of keeping our cit*
Water Works in operation. How tlii;
coal will Ik* distributed has not ye
been made known.
. The committee appointed to wni
on tlie B A- (). railroad 'official!
iM regard to furnishing car* for th(
relief of Marti nsburg's coal sltatioi
returned home Wednesday night.
President Boswell, of the Merchants
Coal Company, agreed to furnish Mar
tinshurg with all the soft coal needed,
presiding the B. & O. would furnish
ear* for transportation.
When the committee waited on Gen
eral Manager Potter he agreed to fur
nish five cars a dav. Un being told
that five cars of soft coal per da;
wc lid not be sufficient to supply tin
town and keep the manufactories run
ning. Mr. Potter replied :—“I can do
nothing in regard to vour manufacto
ries. I am only giving von five cars a
dav to relieve the domestic situation
Tlie manufactories will have to look
out for themselves. ” Mr. Potter ask
ed Mayor Evans to ign an agreement
that the coal was not to be sold for
more than $5.50 js-r ton which he did.
Tlie local dealers will sell this coal
at $5,00 per ton, delivered.
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 8, 1902.
Following is the argeement:
Mr. G. L. Potter:
In consideration of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company allotting
live cars per day fer the purpose of
loading coj^l for domestic use til Mur*
tinslmrg, I will give personal guaran
tee Ilia! the price of the coal deliver
ed. will not exceed tlie price now 1k*
ing charged hv the syndicate, viz:,
J5.50 fair ton. delivered.
(Signed)' George F. Evans, Mayor.
A copv of the following letter was
sent to each of the coal dealers here,
ilso to the Mavor
< 'oal Dealers of Martiusburg, W. Va.
Gentlemen:—
Your petition of Oct. 4111, re
el veri and in reply would say that
Mr. ,1. M. Shaffer. Sunerintendent of
lie City Water Works wrote us fully
n regard to the Importance of keeli
ng the Water Works supplied with
•oal, and we replied saying that we
.vonld do the bcRt we coul 1 for him.
We now wish to sav that we will
tee]) the Water Works in coal until
ifter the present trouble is over, and
hen as long as they wish to favor us.
Yesterday W. Va. Oar No. ii(M»4 was
'unsigned to the Water Works.
Yours truly
Signed) Davis Coal & Coke Co.
( per W. E. Davis.
THK LATE HAIMS.
The late rains arc showing their
food effects, as may readily be seen
n a walk about town. All the lawns
tud yards, front and side, have nut
>ut the richest, velvety carpet of
;reen since the spring opening. The
oses and all other fall blooming plants
ire at their best. The yard in front
if Christ Reformed church never look
id prettier, and the parsonage back is
i very picture of beauty. A walk
ibout town is worth the effort.
CAKDB OUT.
Invitations are out for the marriage
if James F. Rcarick formally of this
•itv to Miss Emma B Gotwalt, of
fork, Pa. The marriage will take
ilace on Thursday, Oct. 33, 1903 at
fork. Pa.
APPEAL’BY THE PRESIDENT
II*6 RWtVCWTI HITCIIKLI.TU K1KHT
HIM IKILVKIulC
Mr. HwMVtllJMays If Mlnm Will H»
lum lo W m k Hr Will A piuilnt a
f‘('«ninilllrr lo ImnllKHtr
Tljelr firlr* aucr.
President Roosevelt Inm requested
1 Mr. Mitchell, president of the Mine
i Workers’ Union, to owe his influence
i to indneo the men to go to work with
the promise of the appointment of the
commission in ime-tignte their gri»*\
wnctis and H further promise that the
President will urge njKm Congress icg
'slafiftn iu accordance with a recom
mendation of the commission. m
The President soul Carroll D. Wright
Commissioner of Labor, to Philadel
phia to meet Mr. Mitchell, and Mr.
Wrighi-hiis reported that after tin
proposition of the President had beet
1 submitted Mr. Mitchell said that In
Wanted to take it under consideration,
The following statement was mtuh
public at the temporary executive
mansion fueadav afternoon;
“On Monday, October tl, Hon. Carroll
D Wright,Commissioner of Labor, went
to Philadelphia, and gave to Mr. .Tolu
' Mitchell the following from the Presi
1 “If Mr. Mitchell will secure the im
mediate return to work of the niinetf
in the anthracite regions, the Presi
dent will nt once appoint a commission
to investigate thoroughly into ail the
matters at issue between the operators
and the miners, and do all within his
]lower to obtain a settlement of those
questions in accordance with the re
imrfs of the commission. ”
“Mr. Mitchell has taken the matter
under consideration, bat. the President
has not been advised of auv decision."
A despatch from Buffalosavs; ' It is
learned from a reliable source that
the proposition made liy President
Roosevelt was discussed at Tuesday
afternoon’s session of the coal confer
ence, and that President Mitchell has
taken an unfavorable attitude toward
if.”
POTOMAC SYNOD.
Mill Annual Sr»lnn Mill Hr llrlil a|
Slrt'liH iiIcdImi i-ff, l*it
The Potomac Synod of the Reformed
Church in the United States will hold
its !)()th annul session in St Paul’s Re
formed church, Meehaniesburg, Pa,
Oct. 14-20 inclusive The synod is a
delegate lxidy of about 125 ministers
and laymen, coming from Pennsylva
nia. Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina.
The svuod is divided into eight chas
sis—Zion. Maryland, Mcrcersburg,
Virginia. Nortli tin." .a, Gettysburg.
Carlisle and Juniata. It lias 105 min
isters. 818 congregations. 511,17(1 bap
tized members. 858 Sunday schools,
with a membership of 82,740. The
total additions to the membership of
its churches last year were 4,518. Its
I churches eontirbuted *or benevolent
i purposes lash year #4,080, ana for con*
| gregational uses £171,100.
The officers of the svnod are: Presi
i dent Rev T. H. Hoffman, Mt. Peas
jant; vice president. Joel T. Rossi ter,
! Baltimore ; stated clerk, Rev W. M.
Dietrick, Bedford; treasurer, Elder
G. N. Forney. Hanover.
WRECK AT MILLER’S.
TJirrr Tiu.'kn Hlorhril iiik.l III. tVmb
Inn Crrw Unit Out From ThU
CUy.
A wreck ^occurred last Wednesday
at Miller’s Hill, a short distance on
the other side of Cherry Run. The
wrecking crew from r.his city was'call
ed out and witli the tool train went
west shortly before two o'clock. All
three of the'tracjts were reported block
ed and train No. rt was considerably
delayed inconsequence. No particulars
could lie gotten at noon concerning the
wr«ek.
ENGINE DISABELED.
The engine which brought the ac
comodation from tlie east to this city
at noon fodav blew out the check
valve just as the train was coming in
to the yard. Eugiueer Hutzler, who
was in charge had a close call from
ls>ing severely scalded by the escaping
steam. As there was no engine in
sight that could be used to take the
accomodation east again, the cars
were backed off in thft yard here to
aw bit the arrival ofc an extra engine.
IELEPHDIIE IMPROVEMENT
I Overhead Wiring to be Removed
and Cables Laid,
WINCHESTER TELEPHONE CO,
Will Put in New Switch Bairds, New Phone*
and Make long Distance Connections.
| The United Telephone Company, of
Philadelphia, will shortly commence
flic work of improving the entire line
of their dtstrtff No, Ul, known ns the
Winchester Telephone Company, ,
j Mr. Mnrtie. district snOortnfendeut,
witli headquarters in Hagerstown was
(here the first of the week measuring
tho town for cables. Most of the over
head wiring will be done away with
and in their nlaoe cables will be run
under ground. Cables will bo laid on
King, t^necn. Burke, and Hpring
streets and Winchester (wound. All Qt
the old wires will lie taken down and
those that cannot he connected to the
i ‘ able will ltd r. plaeed with new wires.
, Every tiling in this district will be
entirely new. Two now switch boards
I have arrived for use in the exchange.
All the old phones will he replaced
With new ones. The uaw nhon© yiU
be Just like the bi ll, so far as calling
‘‘Central” is concerned. There will
lie no ringing up limply lift the re
ceiver off the hook and pine© if to the
ear.
i , Ik' Hue to Winchester is to be com
pletely overhauled, new wires will l>o
j put up, new and better connections
, made. No two patrons will be on tbe
same line, which ill be quite a good
: thiug for subscribers, for in thp past
j there have been times when several
phone holders would be trying to use
j the same line at the same time which
is very annoying. When the improve
ments are all'made Murtinshurg will
enjov the service of two of the best
N'lcphtn ■ lines in existence,
j Long distance connections ar* also
to l»c made in the near future with
Baltimore and Philadelphia and later
I it is I to pod b v the company to enter
{ Washington.
Tbe improvements will be started
immediately u)sm the arrival of the
cable which is expected to arrive this
week,
A number of expert, linemen will be
brought here to assist the men already
working in this district, and the work
will he rushed through.
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NKW THANSKKH HlilMUNM.
The Western Maryland Railroad
Company has given orders for the
erection of a new transfer building in
Hagerstown large enough to bold UK)
cars at a time. The company's yards
will be enlarged. Commodious quar
ters will U- provided for the clerical
force.
UVKLV ON TIIK CABAL
'i'lie coal famine has mode business
on the C. & O. ennui and bouts i*re
running lively. Owing to the low
water they can carry only from so to
it) tons, the usual load being from lit)
to 120 tons.
HIU PHIOK KOH CAT I'LE.
Mr. .Tolm W. Parish of Gore. Va.
on Saturday sold to Mr. Frank C.
Foreman, of this, county, five head
of cattle, weighing 6690 pounds. They
brought an average of over #4o.00 a
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