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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. XXIII.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA.. MAY IO. 1901.
NO. !?>.
FRIENDLY INFLUENCES.
Dr. Talmage Says Influences Once Hostile
Are Now Friendly to Christ.
Weapons Formerly Used Against the Lord's
Annies Captured and Put to
lils Service,
tCopyrli-lit 1901.1
W'AsiriXGTO.N-, D. C.?In this discourse
Dr. lalmage calls the roll of influences
once antagonistic bul now friendly to the
?gospel and encourages Christian workers;
text. I Samuel xxi, 9, 'There is none like
that; give it me.''
David fled from his pursuers. The world
runs very fast when it is chasing a good
"man. The country is trying to catch David
nnd to slay him. David goes into the
house of a priest and asks him for a sword
or spear with which to defend himself.
Ihe priest, not being accustomed to use
deadly weapons, tells David that he can?
not -Ripply him, bit suddenly the priest
thinks of an old sword that had been care?
fully wrapped up and laid away?the very
?sword that Goliath formerly' used?and
he takes down that sword, and while he is
unwrapping the sharp, glittering, memor?
able blade it flashes upon David's mind
that this is the very sword that was used
against himself when he was in the fight
with Goliath, and David can hardly keep
his hand off it uni il thc priest has un?
wound it. David stretches out his hand
toward that old sword and says, ''There
is none like that: give it nie''?in other
words, "I want in my own hand thc
sword winch has been used against me and
against thc cause of God. So it was
?iven "him. Well, my friends, that is not
the first or the last sword once used In
giant and Philistine iniquity which is to
come into the possession of Jesus Christ
rind of His glorious church. I want, aa well
as God may help me, to show you that
many a weapon which has been used
?against the armies of God is yet to be cap?
tured and used on our side, and I only imi?
tate David when I stretch out my hand
toward that blade of the Philistine and
cry, "There is none like that; give it me!"
I remark, first, that this is true in regard
to all scientific exploration. You know
that thc first discoveries in astronomy and
geology and chronology were used to battle
Christianity. Worldly philosophy came out
of its laboratory and out of its observatory
nnd said, "Now we will prove, by the very
strueture of the earth and by the move?
ment of the heavenly bodies, that the
Bible is a lie. and that Christianity, as we
have it among men, is a positive imposi?
tion." Good men trembled. The telescope,
the Leyden jars, the electric batteries, all
in the hands of the Philistines. But one
day Christianity, looking about for some
?weapon with which to defend itself, hap?
pened to see the very old sword that these
atheistic Philistines had been using against
the truth and cried out, "There is none
like that; give it me!" And Copernicus
nnd Galilei and Kepler and Isaac Newton
and Herschel and 0. M. Mitchell came
forth and told the world that in their
ransacking of the earth and heavens they
found overwhelming presence of the God
.whom we worship, and this old Bible be?
gan to shake itself from the Koran and
chaster and Zendavesta, with which it had
been covered up, and lay on the desk of
"the scholar ana in the laboratory of the
chemist and in the lap of the Christian un?
harmed and unanswered, while the tower
of the midnight heavens struck a silvery
chime in its praise.
Worldly philosophy said, "All that story
"about the light 'turned as clay to the seal'
is simply an absurdity." Old time worldly
philosophy said, "The light comes straight.'
Christian philosophy says, "Wait a little
while." And it goes on and makes discov?
eries and finds that the atmosphere curves
and bends the rays of light around the
earth literally "as the clay to the seal."
The Bible right again; worldly philosophy
wrong again. "An," says worldly philoso
}*hy, "all that allusion to Job about the
oundations of the earth is simply an ab?
surdity. 'Where wast thou,' 6ays God,
"when I set the foundations of the earth?'
The earth has no foundation." Christian
philosophy comes and finds that the word
as translated "foundations" may be better
translated "sockets." So now we see how
it will read if it is translated right.
"Whare wast thou when I set the sockets
of the earth?" Where is the socket? It
is the hollow of God's hand?a socket large
enough for any world to turn in.
I Worldly philosophy said: "What an ab
teurd stoiy about Joshya making the sun
nnd moon stand still. If the world had
stopped an instant, the whole universe
would hare been out of gear." "Stop,"
said Christian philosophy, "not quite so
quick!" The world has two motions?one
on its own axis and the other around the
Bun. It was not necessary, in making them
stand still, that both motions should be
etopped?only the one turning the world
on its own axis. There was no reason why
the halting of the earth should have jarred
nnd disarranged the whole universe.
Joshua right and God right; infidelity
"wrong every time. I knew it would be
wrong.
1 thank God that the time has come
when Christians need not be scared at any
scientific exploration. The fact is that re?
ligion and science have struck hands in
eternal friendship, and the deeper down
geology can dig the higher up astronomy
can soar all the better for us.
. The armies of the Lord Jesus Christ
have stormed the observatories of the
"world's science, and from the highest tow?
ers have flung out the banner of the cross
and Christianity now, from the observator?
ies at Albany and Washington, stretches
out its hand toward the opposing scien?
tific weapon, crying, "There is none like
that; give it me!"
I was reading of Herschel, who was
looking at a meteor through a telescope,
and when it came over the face of the tel?
escope it was so powerful he had to avert
his eyes. And it has been just so that
many an astronomer has gone into an ob?
servatory and looked up into the midnight
heavens, and the Lora God has, through
some swinging world, flamed upon his
.vision, and the learned man cried out:
Who am I? Undone! Unclean! ilave
inercy, Lord God!"
Again, I remark, that the traveling dis?
position of the world, which was adverse
io morals and religion, is to be brought on
our side. The man that went down to
Jericho and fell amid thieves was a type
of a great many travelers. There is rr any
a man who is very honest at home who
when he is abroad has his honor fihh-d
and his good habits stolen. There are but
Very few men who can stand the stress of
an expedition. Six weeks at a watering
place have ruined many a man. In the
olden times God forbade the traveling of
men for tlie purposes of trade because of
the corrupting influences attending it. A
good many men now cannot stand the
transition from one place to another.
Some men who seem to be very consistent
here in the way of keeping the Sabbath
when they get into Spain on the Lord's
day alwavs go to see the bullfights. Plato
eau! that" no city ought to be built nearer
to the sea than ten miles lest it be tempted
to commerce But this traveling disposi?
tion of the world, which was adverse to
that which is good, is to be brought on
our side. These mail tramB?why, they
take our Bibles; these steamers, they
transport our missionaries; these sailors,
rushing from city to city all around the
.world are to be converted into Christian
heralds and go out and preach Christ
among the heathen nations. The gospels
infinitely multiplied in beauty and power
since Robinson and Thompson and Burck
hardt have cc e back and talked to us
about Siloam and Capernaum and Jerusa?
lem, pointing out to us the lilies about
?which Jesus preached, the beach upon
jrhich Paul .wm ubiuwrecked. tbe ford* at I
,-which Jordan was passed, the Red Se*
'b.ink on which were tossed the carcassei
of the drowned Egyptians. A man said:
"I went to the Holy Land an infidel. I
came back a Christian. I could not help
it."
I am not shocked, as some have been, at
the building of railroads in the Holy Land.
I wish that all the world might go and see
Golgotha and Bethlehem. How many who
could not afford muleteers now easily buy
tickets from Constantinople to Joppa.
Then let Christians travel! God speed
the rail trains and guide the steamships
this night panting across the deep in the
phosphorescent wake of the shining feet
of Him who from wave cliff to wave cliff
bcstormed Tiberius. The Japanese come
across the water and see our civilization
and examine our Christianity and sro bac>
and tell the story ana keep tn.it empire
rocking till Jesus shall reign
"Where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run."
And the firrarms with which the infidel
traveler brought down the Arab horseman
and the jackals of the desert have been
surrendered to the church, and we reach
forth our hand, crying, "There is none like
that; give it me!"
So it has also been with the learning and
eloquence of the world. People say, "Reli?
gion is very good for aged women, it is
very good for children, but not for men."
But we have in the roll of Christ's host
Mozart and Handel in music; Canova and
Angelo in sculpture; Raphael and Rey?
nolds in painting; Harvey and Boerhaave
in medicine; Cowper and Scott in poetry;
Grotius and Burke in statesmanship;
Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy; Thomas
Chalmers and John Mason in theology.
The most brilliant writings of a worldly
nature are all aglow with Scriptural allu?
sions. Through senatorial speech and
through essayist's discourse Sinai thunders
and Calvary speaks and Siloam sparkles.
Samuel L. Southard was mighty in the
courtroom and in the senate chamber, but
he reserved his strongest eloquence for
that day when he stood before the literary
societies at Princeton commencement and
pleaded for the grandeur of our Bible.
Daniel Webster won not his chief gar?
lands while responding to Havne nor when
he opened the batteries of his eloquence
on Bunker Hill, that rocking Sinai of the
American Revolution, but on that day
when, in the famous Girard will case, he
showed his affection for the Christian reli?
gion and eulogized the Bible. The elo?
quence and the learning that have been on
the other side come over to our side. Cap?
tured for God! "There is none like that;
give it me!"
So, also, has it been with the picture
making of the world. We are very anx?
ious on this day to have the printing press
and the platform on the side of Christian?
ity, but we overlook the engraver's knife
ana the painter's pencil. The antiquarian
goes and looks at pictured ruins or exam?
ines the chiseled pillars of Thebes and
Nineveh and Pompeii, and then comes
back to tell us of the beastliness of ancient
art, and it is a fact now that many of the
finest specimens, merely artistically consid?
ered, of sculpture and painting that are to
be found amid those ruins are not fit to
be looked at, and they are locked up.
How Paul must have felt, when, stand?
ing amid these impurities that stared on
him from the walls and the pavements and
the bazaars of Corinth, he preached of the
pure and holy Jesus! The art of the
world on the side of obscenity and crime
and death.
Much of the art of the world has been
in the possession of the vicious. What to
unclean Henry VIII, was a beautiful pic?
ture of the Madonna? What to Lord Jef?
freys, the unjust judge, the picture of the
"Last Judgment?" What to Nero, the
unwashed, a picture of the baptism in the
Jordan? The art of the world on the
wrong side. But that is being changed
now. The Christian artist goes over to
Rome, looks at the pictures and brings
back to his American studio much of the
power of these old masters. The Chris?
tian minister goes over to Venice, looks
at the "Crucifixion of Christ," and comes
back to the American pulpit to talk as
never before of the sufferings of the Sav?
iour. The private tourist goes to Rome
and looks at Raphael's picture of the
"Last Judgment." The tears start, and
he goes back to his room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that day
when
"Shriveling like a parched scroll,
The flaming hoavens together roll."
So, I remark, it is with business acumen
and tact. When Christ was upon earth
the people that followed Him for the most
part had no social position. There was
but one man naturally brilliant in all the
apostleship. Joseph, of Arimathea, the
rich man, risked nothing when he offered
a hole in the rock for the dead Christ.
How many of the merchants in Asia Minor
befriended Jesus? I think of only one?
Lydia. How many of the castles on the
beach at Galilee entertained Christ? Not
one. When Peter came to Joppa he
stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What
power had Christ's name on the Roman
exchange or in the bazaars of Corinth?
None. The prominent men of the day did
not want to risk their reputation for san?
ity by pretending to be one of His follow?
ers. Now that is all changed. Among
the mightiest men in our great cities to?
day are the Christian merchants and the
Christian bankers, and if to-morrow, at
the Board of Trade, any man should get
up and malign the name of Jesus, ne
would be quickly silenced or put out. In
the front rank of all our Christian work?
ers to-day are the Christian merchants,
and the enterprises of the world are com?
ing on the right side. There was a farm
willed away some years ago, all the pro?
ceeds of that farm to go for spreading in?
fidel books. Somehow matters have
changed, and now all the proceeds of that
farm go toward the missionary cause. One
of the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose of pub?
lishing infidel tracts and books. Now it
does nothing but print holy Bibles.
I believe that tne time will come when
in commercial circles the voice of Christ
will be the mightiest of all voices and the
ships of Tarshish will bring presents and
the queen of Sheba her glory and the wise
men of the East their myrrh and frankin?
cense.
I look off upon the business men of this
land and rejoice at the prospect that their
tact and ingenuity and talent are being
brought into the service of Christ, lt is
one of the mightiest of weapons. "There
is none like that; give it me!"
Now, if what I have said be true, away
with all downheartedness! If science is to
be on the right side and the traveling dis?
position of the world on the right side and
the learning of the world on the right
side and the picture making on the right
side and the business acumen and tact of
the world on the right side, Thine, 0 Lord,
is the kingdom! Oh. fall into line, all ye
people! It is a grand thing to be in such
an army and Itv, oy 6uch a commander
and on the way to such a victory. If what
I have said is true, then Christ is going te
gather up for Himself out of this world
everything that is worth anything, and
there will be nothing but the scum left.
We have been rebels, but a proclamation
of amnesty goes forth now from the throne
of God, saying, "Whosoever will, let him
come." However long you may have wan?
dered, however great your crimes may
have been, "whosoever will, let him come.'
Oh, that this hour I could marshal all the
world on the side of Christ! He is the
best friend a man ever had. He is so kind
He so loving, 60 sympathetic. I cannot see
how you can stay away from Him. Come
now and accept His mercy. Behold Him
as He stretches out the arms of His salva
tion, saying, "Look unto Me, all ye ends
of the earth, and be ye saved, for I am
God." Make final choice now. You will
either be willows planted by the water
courses or the chaff which the wind driv
eth away, ??
THE GERMANS FIRE
ON A BRITISH TUG.
Now Its An International Ruffle at
Tien Tsin.
TWO OF BOAT'S CREW WOUNDED.
Tbe Germans Guarding a Bridge Acros* tbe
Pei Ho R ver-Tbe Bridge Impedes River
Trifflc, the I'ritish Tug Touches lt, and the
Germans Instantly Blaze Away-Country in
Had Condition.
Tientsin (By Cable-).?-Some German
soldiers who were guarding a German
bridge across the Peiho river, at the j
south end of thc British concession
here, fired on a British tug. the Ego. j
wounding two of her crew. Th*?b:idg* ,
impedes river traffic, and the tug
touched it.
The ministers and generals have
agreed upon the Peiho River Improve
Blent Commission, which is to be c-in?
posed ol one member each from the |
consular body, the Tientsin prov:sonal
povernment, and the comnvs ioners o'|
customs, and the following have been J
nominated: From ihe consular body.
Mr. Hopkins; from the provision.il
government. General Wogaek, and fron
the commissioners of customs. Herr
Detring. It is intended that the com?
mission shall begin its work immedi- j
ately.
Pekin (By Cable).?A majority of the
foreign ministers will leave Pekin next J
week for the Western Hills, to spend
the summer, taking wi'.h them their
military guards for their protection,
their intention being to come to Pekin
for the purpose of holding meetings ,
and attending to necessary business.
Missionary Owen, of the London
Mission, says all the reports received
by his mission from thc provinces show
the country to bc in a deplorable state.
Discontent and intense hatred of for- i
eigners prevail, ?nd worse conditions !
than existed before the siege are t'ireat- j
ened. The departure of the troops, he ;
predict**, will be signalized by a massa- !
ere of the native Christians. "Those
unable to recognize the facts, and re?
porting otherwise to their govern?
ments. ' says Mr. Owen, "are as wil?
fully blind as before."
N\TION OF COFFEE DRINKERS.
United States Consumes More Per Capita
Than Any Other Country.
Washington (Special).?The United
States is the greatest coffee-consuming ;
country in the world, and is said to be
sending abroad $1,000,000 weekly in pay
ment for the bean from which the drink
is brewed. During the nine months
ended March last the importations of
Coffee amounted to $617,344 oco pounds,
valued at $45,218,000, an increase of j
nearly $5,000,000 compared with the j
same months in the preceding year.
There is a probability that this great
inn will be diverted to our territories? j
the Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii j
?in the course of time. All of these
islands are said to possess soil suilable j
for growing high grades of coffee.
As stated, the United States is the I
greatest consumer. Compared with other .
countries the per capita consumption in I
pounds in 1889 was as follows: United
Kingdom, .72; Italy, .08; Austria-Hun?
gary, 2.04; France. 4.62; German Em- j
pire, 6.12; United States, 10.79.
SHAMROCK ON A SANDBANK.
Trial Sail of Lipton's New Yacht Ends in a
Mishap.
Southampton (By Cable).?The trial
of the Shamrock II. Saturday had a I
rather unfortunate conclusion, fo/ she ,
went ashore on a bank close to the
Warner lightship. The trial was prac?
tically over, and she came around the
lightship to return to her moorings,
when she grounded on the sand. The
wind was very light at the time, and she I
slid upon the bank with a scarcely per- j
ceptible shock. There was not wind
enough to pull her off. and the Erin '
was signaled to send a launch, but half |
art hour elapsed before the laun<*h cam: !
and towed her off wi.bout any difficulty.
Mr. Jameson and Des;gner Watson
were " both on board the Srtem
rock II. when she went aground, and
both declare they are satisfied that the I
yacht sustained absolutely no damage. |
There is no intention of docking her
and there will be no interruption of her
trials.
Originator of Gold Brick Hame Dead.
Chicago (Special).?Van B. Triplet,
inventor of the gold brick, who is said
to have swindled people out of a million
dollars by different kinds of confidence
games, died at West Baden, in poverty.
Triplet, who was also known as John
V. Tripp and "Old Tripp," was well
known by the police in Chicago. He
was born in Virginia sixty years ago
and came of good family. He began a
life of crime when he was young, and for
more than forty years had been pitted
aganist the police.
Came to Burn the Place.
Frederick, Md. (Special).?A man
who gave his name as Isaac Tibbitts and
said lie was from Prince Georges coun?
ty, made a stir at Montevue Hospital by
walking into the building and asserting
his intention to burn the place. Night
Watchman Harry Snook, attempted to
remonstrate with him, whereupon the
stranger attacked him. Mr. Snook, be?
ing a large man. was able to defend
himself, and in a little while overpower?
ed the visitor and had him removed to
the insane ward.
Boer War to End Soon.
London (By Cable).?According to
the Standard the War Office is more
hopeful of the termination of the war in
South Africa than it ha* been for weeks.
The arrangements for food and forage
for the army, based on the expectation
that hostilities would be prolonged, are
likely to be cancelled.
Gen. Underwood Wins His Suit.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special).?The jury
in the libel suit for $50,000 brought by
Gen. John C. Underwood against S. A.
Cunningham, editor of the Confederate
Veteran, and the publishing house of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, has
brought in a verdict assessing damages
of $15,000 jointly against defendants and
$10,000 against Cunningham as smart
money. '1 his suit grew out of a scath?
ing criticism in the Veteran of Genera!
Unuderwood, who is secretary of the
Confederate jMernorial Institute.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic
At Rhodesia, La., Felton Brigmer,
colored, was lynched for assaulting a lit?
tle negro girl, and at Brenton, La., Grant
Johnson, who ran a disreputable negro
gambling place, suffered the same fate.
After a contest among representatives
of the various colleges in Virginia, Mr.
E. B. Sctzler. of thc University of Vir?
ginia, was selected lo represent Virginia
in the interstate contest.
A verdict for $1200 was given to Miss
Ella Lemon against the Wheeling Trac?
tion Company, in Wheeling, W. Va.,
for injuries received during the strike.
Minister Conger again announces that,
while not a candidate for Governor of
Iowa, he will" accept the Republican
nomination if offered him.
W. J. Footner. vice-president and gen?
eral manager of thc Great Northern Ex?
press Comrany, died suddenly of apo?
plexy in St. Paul.
The State Department received the an?
swer of the British Go *rnment justify?
ing thc seizure of the wrecking vessel
Ajax in Union Bay.
Rev. C. J. Fowler, of Massachusetts,
was chosen permanent president of the
National Holiness Assembly, in session
in Chicago.
John VV. Sams, a Union veteran, who
killed General A. P. Hill in battle, died
at his home in Everett, Fa.
Judge Leathers in Indianapolis, Ind.,
enjoined thc Supreme Council, Order of
Chosen Friends, from doing business.
B. M. Dawes and his family had diffi?
culty in escaping from their burning
home at Bartonsville, Va.
Dr. Harold Snowden, editor of the
Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, died at his
home in that city.
Thc naval board made a favorable re?
port on the torpedo-boat Shubrick.
Notices have been sent out of an in?
crease in thc price of window glass.
Governor Odell, of New York, signed
thc Anti-scalping Bill.
John Doweiler. of York, Pa., who has
wasted six fortunes, was just informed
that be was legatee to $17,010, bequeath?
ed lo him by his father, in Coblenz, Ger?
many.
Twenty thousand or more miners will
march from the Schuylkill and other
mining sections to Harrisonburg to urge
the State Senate to pass thc Mining Bills.
President John J. Horner, president of
the Arkansas Midland Railroad, ad?
mitted that the road would pass under
the control of the Gould system.
The Illinois Assoiation Opposed to the
Extension of Suffrage to Women adopt?
ed an interesting report on the subject.
New York customs officials returned
to Prince Henri of Croy some of his
jewelry they had held up. He gave sat?
isfactory explanations, and denies that
he has been subjected to any indigni?
ties.
All the saloonkeepers of Logan coun?
ty, W. Va., seven in number, are in jail,
serving out fines. One man his 68 in?
dictments against him, and his fine
amounts to $3000.
Mrs. Jules Reynal died of cancer.
Her death was expected, and before she
died her son. N. C. Reynal. was mar?
ried to Mrs. Sara Caldwell Rutter at her
bedside.
There were srikes at the Lackawanna
and Lehigh shops in Buffalo, N. Y..
and at the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western shops in Dover, N. J.
Evidence accumulates that William
Roscnfield. of St. Paul. Minn., drowned
himself and his four little children in
the Mississippi river.
The New Century Club, of St. Paul.
Minn., has passed a resolution against
the color line in thc Minnesota Federa?
tion ol Women's Clubs.
Lightning struck an apartment house
in Chicago and shocked a dozen people.
Two were severely injured by falling
glass.
Foreign.
Many students, male and female;
workmen, lawyers and others have been
arrested in St. Petersburg and vicinity,
and hundreds of houses searched, a
course which is likely to increase the
troubles in Russia.
Now reported in Berlin that Dr. von
Miquel. who resigned as finance minis?
ter, will be elevated to. a higher rank.
Theodore Moeller has been appointed
minister of commerce to succeed Bre
fold.
Thc old story is again revived that the
Pope has made a will designating his
successor. Cardinal Rampolla, accord?
ing to this report, is planning to succeed
Leo XIII.
Missionary Owen, of the London Mis?
sion, says his reports from the Chinese
provinces show the country to be in a
deplorable condition.
The French miners' strike is ended.
The collapse is dne to the fact that only
30x00 men favored a general stoppage
of work.
German soldiers guarding a bridge
across the Peiho River fired on a Brit?
ish tug and wounded two of the crew.
During a riot caused by Anarchists in
Barcelona many people were shot and
otherwise wounded.
Richard Redhead, who wrote the
music for "Rock of Ages," died at his
home in London.
Twenty-five villages in the Sialkat dis?
trict are in revolt on account of plague
inspections.
General Kitchener reports large cap?
tures ol Boer ammunition, arms and
supplies.
The foreign ministers at Pekin will
spend the summer on the Western hills.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Mi
chaol Hicks-Beach informe-d a deputa?
tion of workingmen that tne sugar tax
must stay.
The population of London, including
the city and 28 boroughs, is 4.536,034, an
increase of 308,717 since thc last census,
in 1891.
It has been arranged that the Sultan
shall pay the Cramps a first instalment of
?100,000.
J. Pierpont Morgan presented 50000
francs to the hospital at Aix-les-Baines.
Gustav Glasig. a German army officer,
committed suicide in London.
Germany is believed to be looking
for a coaling station on Margarita
Island, off the coast of Venezuela.
Financial.
Frank E. Brumley has bought a seat
on the New York Stock Exchange for
$70,000.
It is reported that all the Southern
railroads are to be brought together un?
der the community ot interest plan.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Company directors have declared a divi?
dend of $1 a share on the common stock,
payable June 20.
The British loan has been allotted as
follows: ?11,000,000 to the Roths?
childs, ?10,000,000 to the Morgans and
?0.000.000 to the Bank of England.
ACRES OF ASHES
AND MILES OF RUINS.
Nation's Purse Opens and the Hungry
Are Being Fed.
CITV NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Stories of Losses ol Life on River Froat
First I-'siimatcs of the Property Losses
Exaggerated by I ive or Six Million Dollars
-Nearly Ali the Militia in Florida Doing
Guard Duty.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special).? The
great fire has burned itself out. One
hundred and forty-eight blocks have
been laid waste. The loss will not be
known even approximately for a week,
but it may amount to $io,ocoo--o.
There are many rumors of loss of
life, but as every undertaker in the city
was burned out it is impossible to ob?
tain an official report. One story, which
is persistently reiterated, is to the effect
that a party of men and women, driven
to the docks by the fire, were compelled
to jump into the water, and tha1 several
of them were drowned. Mrs. Hogan.
I negro woman, was burned in her
house, and her charred remains were
buried by friends.
The burned district is 13 b'ocks wi le
and two miles long, and extends from
the St. Johns River to Catherine street
on the east, Orange on the north, and
Davis to the west. This immense area
was swept as clear as a floor.
The city is under marlial law, and all
of the available State militia is on duty
in the streets of Jacksonville. Some
order is being brought out of the con?
fusion. The citizens are facing th-*
emergency calmly and have organized
for relief work. Thousands of people
are homeless, and many are going to
St. Augustine and other coast cities
and nearby towns. Supply s'.a ions
have been established in various parts
of the city. The prompt act on of Se*
retary of War Root in tendering the
use of the barracks at Fort Barrancas,
near St. Augustine, was received with
gratitude.
A committee was appointed at a
meeting of citizens to telegraph the
governors* of various States to send al
tents they can spare to Jacksonville. It
will be weeks before anytlf.g like per?
manent shelter can be provided for the
homeless, and Jacksonville for some
time to come will be a city of tents.
The relief fund raised by the citizens
of Jacksonville amounts to $i5,coo
This was augmented by a telegram from
the Armour Company at Chicago in?
structing Mayor Bowden to draw $1000
Other subscriptions are being received
from many places. The city of Jack?
sonville has not yet made an official ap?
peal for aid. There seems to be some
objection to this, but it is based mainly
on the assertion by many leading citi?
zens that Jacksonville and Florida can
meet the emergency and care for its
own.
DOUBLE TRAOEDY IN NEW YORK.
farmer Kills His Hired Man, Who Had Just
Murdered thc Farmer's Wife.
Little Falls, N. Y. (Special).?A
double murder occurred in thc town of
Warren, near Richfield Springs. The
victims were Benjamin Hoyt and Mrs.
John C. Wallace. Hoyt murdered Mrs.
Wallace and was afterwards shot by Mr.
Wallace.
Wallace is a wealthy farmer, and Hoyt
was employed by him as a hired man.
A year ago Mrs. Wallace, who was
about 55 years of age, eloped with Hoyt,
who was only 35. They returned to Wal?
lace's home last fall, and the wife was
taken back by her husband and Hoyt
again given employment on the farm.
Recently Hoyt has been importuning
Mrs. Wallace to elope with him aga'n,
but she refused.
A bitter quarrel started, and Hoyt was
ordered to leave the house by both Wal?
lace and bis wife, fie refused to go. and
Wallace stepped into another room, pre?
sumably to get a gun. As soon as he left
th? room Hoyt shot Mrs. Wallac--*, the
ball killing her instantly. Mr. Wallace
then rushed into the room. As he did
so Hoyt shot at him, but the bullet went
wide. Wallace then shot and killed
Hoyt.
Torpedo Boat Barney's Fast Trip.
Bath. Me. (Special).?The torpedo
boat Barney, built at the Bath Iron
Works, on her prelimiiiary trial trip
made 2Q.j knots, the contract require?
ments being but 28 knots per hour.
MAY CORN PANIC IN CHICAGO.
Wild Excitement on the BoarJ of Trade io
Ibe Windy City.
Chicago (Special)?A panic, the first
real one sin*c Phillips cornered thc mar?
ket, occ;? red among shorts in May corr
on thc Board of Trade here.
Not since the days of "Old Hutch's''
operations on the Board of Trade ha*
there been so much excitement as swept
over the floor when trading began. The
corn pit was a howling mob, and the
shorts acted like madmen in their effort?
to cover.
Price fluctuations were the most vio?
lent in years. Having see-w-at-heir losses
grow heavier and heavier with each suc?
ceeding day for some time, traders who
had guaranteed to deliver May corn to
Phillips made frantic efforts fro get it.
The price vient from 55 to 58 cents in a
few minutes. Phillips proved that he
was master of the situation, and he rule-!
with an iron hand.
For an hour shorts bid 58 cents, or
close to it. Then Phillips let out 600.
000 bushels at prices ranging between
57 and 58 cents. It was th night for a
moment tha': he was about to unload, and
thc market broke to S3 c**nt<; without a
check. The drop disposed of a number
of "tailers."
Under -.7 cent?, however. Phillips sold
nothing. In consequence prices reacted
sharply when traders realized that the
end of thc corner was by no means at
hand.
FIVE MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Seven Others Received Injuries and Another
ls Missing.
South McAlester, I. T. (Special).?
An explosion of gas occurred in the
mine of the McAlester Coal Company,
at Alderson, by which five men lost
their lives, seven were injured, and an
other is reported missing.
The explosion occurred at about 6.4!
o'clock a. ni. About 125 men were at
work in the mine at the time. It is not
definitely known how thc gas ignited,
but it is probable that some of the men
fired a shot that the shot firers had not
fired.. The shot firers enter the mine
in the evening after the miners leave
and fire all the shots or blasts that the
miners have prepared. Sometimes shot?
are not well prepared, and the shot fir?
ers refuse :o fire them. Occasionally
in these cases the men afterward fire the
shots themselves, although this if
against the rules of the mine. It i;
thought that this was done by some of
the men who were afterward killed ot
injured by the explosion. The dead arc
all asphyxiated.
THOUSANDS MUST PERISH.
Minister Conger Says Famine is Terrible
in Shan Si.
Des Moines, Iowa (Special).?Minis?
ter Conger, in reply to a message from
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, telegraphed:
"The suffering of the famine-stricken
people of Shana* is indescribable. Your
plan of relief is the best. Put matter
in hands o: our consuls at Shanghai
and Tientsin and heads of missions
there. Chinese Government and people
will be grateful. Demands of humanity
will be satisfied and future good will
result. I send by letter $100."
Minister Conger says that the condi?
tion of the unfortunate people referred
to is beyond description. "Prince
Ching told me only two days before I
left Pekin." ;:aid Minister Conger, "that
these people were literally eating each
other."
So d Pulpit for Salary.
Carnegie (Special).?To get back
salary due him the Rev. Pinkham P.
Samuels, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church of this place, sold the pulpit. Mr.
Samuels says he was to receive a salary
of $40 a month. Members of the con?
gregation say he was to receive only
what was collected weekly in excess of
$9. Recently Mr. Samuels received a
call and accented. When he asked for
what was due him?about $25?he was
told "there was nothing doing." He
secured a constable's writ and sold the
pulpit for $24.25.
Disastrous Fire in Chicago.
Chicago (Special).---Armour & Co.'s
beef house, one of the largest buildings
at the Stock Yards, caught fire at 6.30
o'clock a. m. and was damaged by llames
and water to the value of $100 ooo. On
the fourth floor, awaiting slaughter, were
1600 head of live cattle, which were res?
cued with great difficulty. The building
is a five-story brick, and extends nearly
a block. The building also contained
4600 carcasses of dressed beef.
SEVEN PERSONS PERISH
BY FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago (Special).?Seven persons
were burned to death, three fatally in?
jured and several others slightly burn?
ed and otherwise injured in a fire that
destroyed a three-story apar:mcnt build?
ing at 9316 Marquette avenue, South
Chicago.
While the occupants of the burning
buildings were struggling with the
smoke and flames in hope of forcing
their way to safety, the firemen who
were responding to the alarm were vain?
ly waiting for a freight train, which
blocked the way of the fire engines, to
move on and let them pass to thc fire.
Marshal Driscoll, in charge of the fire?
men, called to the conductor and brake?
men to move the train, but they refused
to comply with his request. The police
were sent for and the crew was arrested.
Then, under orders of the fire marshal,
the train was backed from the crossing,
but by the time the firemen reached the
burning building it had been destroyed.
Anti-Trust League Movement
Winston-Salem, N. C. (Special).?It
is learned that the meeting to organize
the American Anti-Trust League will
be held in one of the large Western
cities about May 15. The Southern
Tobacco Journal, which is behind the
movement for thc people to take a
pledge not to buy goods manufactured
by a trust, announces that it is receiv?
ing letters from prominent members of
the tobacco trade advising the editor
that they are in hearty sympathy with
the action taken and promise their
active support.
Scattered among the embers were
found the charred remains of the vic?
tims. The bodies were burned beyond
recognition and were id-mtifiod in vari
rus ways.
Thc train crew, who live at Elkhart,
Ind., are being held without bail await?
ing the verdict of a coroner's inquest.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
bui'riing was an old one, built of wood,
and burned so rapidly that all avenues
of escape by stairways were cut off be?
fore the occupants were aware of the
fire.
Officials of the Lake Shore and Mi?
chigan Southern Railway declare that
the blocking lasted but a few minutes
and that the members of the train crew
did everything in their power to make
way for the fire engines. Conductor
Brown, who was arrested, claims one of
the firemen uncoupled the air brakes and
the engineer was unable to move the
tr- in.
Ht Shot His Wife.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special).?F. R.
Armstrong, a well-known grocery mer?
chant, shot and fatally wounded his wife
in front of the residence of the victim's
mother. When Armstrong fired the first
shot his wife fell on her face. He then
fired three shots into her body. Arm?
strong's wife went to thc home of her
mother three weeks ago. He visited her
in the afternoon and again at night, when
she had gone to church. He waited for
her and shot her before she got inside
the Grate. Armstrona waa arrested
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VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budget of tbe Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
BIQ PLANING MILLS DESTROYED.!
Fire Threatens thc Destruction of Winchester"!
Suburban Industrial Section-Sun of Com-j
poser Qilbtrt?--Taxes in Shena doah
Desperate Insane Negro-Young (iirl Mis.*
treated-The Washington Relics.
At a meeting of the Lynchburg Citv
Council the Lynchburg Trac.t-on -anj
Light Company, the corpora ion tha-.~"V
has absorbed all of Lynchburg's tr ct .
railroad, electric and gas light o'aits. I
asked for a 40-year franchise, with ri?h- I
to extend its street railroads through .1 1
number of the city's thorough a es, in?
cluding not les* than three or four rn les
of additional tracks. Under th.* [1 n of
the company everv section of the city. _?
however remote, will be afforded it'C.I
car facilities and by the transfer system
a person will be able to ride to any
point. Some opposition, however, ha
arisen to the proposed contract, as it isl
claimed that under it the new company*
will have an absolute monopoly tbat|
might prove oppressive.
The plant of the C. \V. AUemongl
Planing Mills, located in the suburbs!
of Winchester, was totally destroyee
by fire, and for a time a valuab'e sab
urban industrial section wa)s threatened
with destruction. The fire; was discov?
ered on the lower floor, and in a few
minutes thc tiniie main nhii
in flames. The Winchester
partment responded, but owi
lack of water, and the bursting
their work was ineffective,
ing property was saved
hours' hard exertion. The fii
lieved to have been of incendiBU
gin. The loss is about $5000. fcitfi
1000 insurance.
A few days ago Richard Pond,
ored man, near Chamblissburg.
ford county, was seized with a fit 1 f inj
sanity and a few nights ago sel fire
the house of his employer and llestrr
ed the building and furniture. IL
awakened and drove the family fl
house in their ? night gani-rmi
family had to run to *-kve theil
After tearing down a fence and
ing the rails on the burning buiK
tore his clothing from his bo<
ran into the woods, where he wai
ward captured by a body of ci
The man has been adjudged ins.T
Miss Mary Custis Lee. dang]
Gen. R. E. Lee. was in Richi!
the purpose, it is understood,
ing arrangements for the safe
of the Washington relics of
family, just turned over to the.
War Department. Mi*-s Le
old wartime home, now occi
Virginia Historical Socictji
that the family heirloom* will ^
in General Lee's old home. Tr*."nun
agers of the Confederate Museum are
anxious that Miss Lee place these relict
in their keeping.
The Council of the town of Wood?
stock has granted a franchise to the
Woodstock Electric Light Com; a y
and electric lights are assured. **aincfl |
Woodstock has determined t> have
waterworks several new enterprise^ have
sprung up and others are bcingAalked
of. The Woodstock Dairy and Cream?
ery Company was recently chartered
and will begin operations by the 15 h
of May. An unlimited amount of power
could be secured from the SheWn<tnatl
river, which would run large m^nufa:**
turing establishments. ^*
A fatal accident is reported from
Dumps Creek. Dickinson county. An
engine and five cars loaded with log*
left the track on a mountain tramway
of the Debusk Lumber Company and
were dashed to ruin over a precipice.
The crew jumped and were saved, ex?
cept Engineer-Thomas Simmons, who
was buried under the wreck and instant?
ly killed.
The Board of Supervisors of Shenan?
doah county met at Woodstock and
levied the taxes for 1901 as folio** ?:
For each tithablc 50 cents and for eac'l
$100 real estate and personal proper y
capital invested in mercan ile est ab'i li
ments, railroads, telegraph and tele?
phone companies. 25 cents for county
purposes, 20 cents for roads, io cn s
for county schools and io cents for dis?
trict schools.
Bessie Clark, a pretty 14-ycar-old girl,
was, it is alleged, drugged or mad<
drunk and mistreated by a number pt
young white men. Thc girl, who is the
daughter of Mr. Everett Clark, of Man?
chester, was found about 1 o'clock b/
the police on the streets of that town.
The case is attracting a great deal of
attention.
Mr. James McDermott, of Omaha,
Neb., who was recently in the Northern
Neck of Virginia, writes as follows
that section: "I have traveled over tf|
entire tidewater section of Maryland ai
Virginia and I consider the Northej
Neck of Virginia thc garden spot."
A young man who is said to be a *-J|
of W. S. Gilbert, the English cowpox
once a member of the celebrated fir
of Gilbert and Sullivan, died in
Norfolk city almshouse.