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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. XXV.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JANUARY 30, 1903.
NO. 3.
I IN THE CHINA SEA
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A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
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By SEWARD W.T HOPKINS.
(COPTBIOHT 1S99 BX ROBERT BOKKEB'S 80!Ti.)
CHAPTER V.
[CONTINUED.]
When the two Chinamen reached
the ledge leading around the edge of
the inlet to the pit, the girl gave a
quick movement and wrenched her?
self away from them. She would
have plunged Lito the sea had they
not caught her quickly. She screamed
and seemed to be beside herself. I
caught sight of her face, and in spite
of her disheveled hair and tear
stained features, I saw at a glance
that she was very beautiful.
My first impulse was to discover
myself and rush to her assistance.
But upon reflection I decided that it
would be an unwise move. Even
though she were to be murdered I
could not help her. I would simply
meet with a similar fate for interfer?
ing. These men were armed. It will
be remembered that I was without
coat or shoes. I had no weapons of
any kind. I would be a forlorn
antagonist for half a dozen armed
men.
When th~ uniformed mandarin
reached tho well and had gone down
a few stops, he discovered the open
door. Although I had found the way
to open the doors in the mysterious
island, I did not know how to close
them. The big Chtnaman made a
great ado aad gave some sharp com?
mands. There were evident prepara?
tions for a fight. He went down into
.the cavern with his sword drawn.
They remained inside about half an
hour. My position on the rock began
to get wearisome, but the sailors on
the yacht were very watchful, and I
dared not move about. An ugly
looking fellow sat iu the bow with a
rifle across his knee. There was
little chance for speculation as to my
probable fate if that fellow discovered
me.
After a half hour, I again heard
voices in the well.
The big Chinaman and his servants
appeared. 1 heard the great rock
swing back into place. The girl'was
not with them.
Now there was, indeed, a real
motive for remaining undiscovered.
My heart even made too much noise
in beating. I almost held my breath,
so great was my fear of being dis?
covered.
The visitors descended the com?
panion-ladder. It was taken down
from the iron rings. Poles were put
out, and the yacht pushed out of the
stone gate. The sails were raised,
and the vessel moved quickly away in
the direction whence she had come.
J remained concealed for what
heemed to me an interminable time. I
did not dare rnove from my hiding
place until the yacht had got far
enough away to preclude discovery. I
followed the vessel with anathemas for
going so slowly.
At last I oould venture forth. I
leaped from the ledge into the pit and
ran down the stone steps. I knelt
down and touched the hidden spring.
Again the mysterious island was
opened to me, and I entered. It was j
but short work for me to get to the
garden, and here I looked for the girl
that I knew must be inside the island ,
somewhere.
She was not in thc garden.
I went into the temple. She was
not there.
But in the treasure-room I found
her. She was kneeling on the floor I i
by a large divan. Her face was buried
iu her hands. She was weeping; she i
was also praying. ! i
She seemed to be in a delirium oi i
grief and fear. ' ,
I approached her scUly. She could j
not hear my footsteps on the thick I
rugs. | i
Bending over her, I touched hei ]
lightly on the shoulder.
With a scream of horror she jumped \
to her feet and bounded away from I
me. ,
"You need not fear me," I said, j
"I will help you if I eau, but I will .
do you no harm." j
"You!" she cried iu a hoarse voioe. | t
"And who are you that you are here J j
alive and yet will help me?"
"Why, I don't see anything remark?
able about that. I couldn't help you
if I were dead."
"No. But don't you understand? j
None can live here save those who are I
familiars of Cha Fong; and his friends ]
would not help me."
"I do not know Cha Fong," I re* .
plied. "I have never seen him, un- I
less he is the amiable person with the
big sword who brought you here." , l^
Her face grew pale. She trembled j ,
violently. '
"Yes, thatishe-thatisChaFong," ; jj
she said. I .,
"And what is he going to do with :
you?" I asked. j
A look of misery came into her face,
and she sobbed convulsively. j <,
"The worst he can do. He says ] I
tvn to be his wife."
"Well, now, look here," I said with I
authority. "Cheer up and come sit I ,
here and tell me your story, and I will
tell you mine, lt may give you more k
confidence if I tell you mine first." r
She came and sat down near me, j
and her tearful face, pale and beauti*
fal, rested upon her hand as I told P'
her the story of my mishaps and the
chance that brought mo here. She
lister ad intently, often with wonder S
in her eyes. When I had finished she ?
had become more calm and was abla a
to talk connectedly,
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"Now," I said, "tell me your story,
(jld let us see if there is any way out
of this scrape."
She shook her head sadly.
"I do not think there is," she said,
"but it is some relief to find a friend.
[ am an English girl. My name if
Grace Arnold. My father is Johr
Arnold, a merchant of Hong Kong,
My sohooldays were spent in England;
my mother died there. After hei
leath, not more than half a year ago,
E came to Hong Kong to my father.
There I met many of the most impor?
tant residents, native and European.
Imong those that I saw occasionally
tvas Cha Fong. I hated him and
feared him. He has a very bad name.
He is regarded as the most cruel and
heartless of all the wealthy young
men of China, none of whom are free
from crime. I had been in the habit
of going horseback-riding, accompan
I ied by two Chinese servants. Yester
I day, while riding in the suburbs, ]
was seized, bound and thrown into a
; carriage. I was taken to the coast
! and put aboard that yacht. I was
9hut up in a stateroom alone, and re
! mained alone there all night. In the
| morning we set sail for this place,
! When I was.bound again and taken od
[ deck," what "was my surprise td learn
that my captor was Cha Fong. ]
knew then the fate that was in store
for me. I tried to wrench myself
iway from the man who carried me
md throw myself into the sea. The
fact that I am safe and unharmed this
minute is due to Cha Fong's discov?
ery that someone had been here. He
was much enraged, and after a short
search, he sailed away to meet some
one?I judged from his talk?some- J
Dne who shared with him the secrete |
3f the island, and whom he suspects
>f coming here without his permis?
sion, and leaving the island open.
He speaks English very well. I think
[ recognize the place as the Island or
ihe Temple of Su Foo. It is spoken
>f in hushed whispers by the Euro?
pean residents of Hong Kong, but no
aative ever admits that he knows any?
thing about it. There is an order
jailed Su Foo, the god of which is an
Idol. This idol must receive, ut
stated intervals, a sacrifice in the
shape of a young woman, who is put
;o death in its arms, after becoming
the bride of the priest of the order."
"Then this Cha Fong is, no doubt,
i priest of Su Foo, and you are an
mtended sacrifice for that huge idol
in the temple?"
"I fear so," she replied, sobbing
igain. "I would rather you would
kill me now, before Cha Fong re?
turns."
"No,"I said; that does not seem to
be necessary. Of course, there is no
positive proof that Cha Fong is the
murderous villain we think he is, ex?
cept the fact that he abducted you."
"But that is a plain enough fact,"
she said.
"Very tree. Grant, then, that the
worst is true. Your plight and the
temple here seem to indicate the truth
Df the rumors about Cha Fong and the
Su Foo. Now, putting the crimes of
the one and the exactions of the othei
together, we have a combination that
is decidedly against us."
Miss Arnold turned very white and
leaned against the back of her chair
for support.
"Then," I continued, hastily, "as
everything seems to point to murder?
ous purposes on the part of those who
have us in their power, our predica?
ment provides ample warrant for any
ict on our part toward the salvation of
Durselves. What I am getting at, Miss
Arnold, i3 this: You want tue to kill
foil to prevent your falling again intc
;he hands of Cha Fong. My own waj
;o prevent that would be to kill Cha
Fong."
My lovely fellow-prisoner gasped at
;he audacious suggestion.
"But he is armed?he has armed |
nen with him. What can we do?we
;wo unfortunates?" She was very
>ale.
"I wish there was come liquor of
tome kind hera," I said. "I am afraid
ron will faint."
She smiled in rather a deprecatory
ray.
"I am not going to faint," she re*
>lied; "but if you want liquor, I saw [}
3ha Fong drinking some that he got
i there." She pointed to the alcove
fhere stood the bed.
"In there!" I exclaimed. "Why, 1
horoughly searched that place, but I ^
ould find nothing in the way of li
uor."
"Nevertheless, when Cha Fong ai*d
is two companions were looking for
ou, or for whomsoever the intruder j jc
ere might be, I saw them with bot* I ^
les and glasses. That was before the ! j1(
urds that bound me were cut, so I I C1
^uld not get a good look at them." 01
"Now that is very strange," I said; ^c
yet it is quite possible that there is i U|
part of this infernal place that I barr] j .*
ot seen. I will look again, and, per
aps, we may find something more to
ur advantage. Even a good club
ould be of service. I could creep up
ehind Cha Fong and knock him down, j
suppose I might cut one in the gar- ' g.
en with my pocket-knife?a piece of J
ilm-tree would answer. But I'll look ??.
ir that liquor first."
I went behind tho brouzo screen '
id searched high and low for somo I
ind of receptacle that looked ay ii ' a,
might hold liquor. I sa.w uothing, ! u.
was about to giro ap the learoh, j
irhen, as I was turning to leave t
apartment, I accidentally kicked uj
large, heavv rug that was spread
the floor. Under it I saw a panel
the floor in which was fastened
iron ring. I took hold of the ring a
pulled. It took all my strength
move the panel, but at last it came t
[ found an opening in the floor abo
three feet square. There were soi
steps leading downward.
I uttered a shout of joy and call
Miss Arnold. She came runni
toward me.
"'I have found something," I sai
"but whether it is a cellar or a stoi
house, I can't tell. I am goii
down."
I descended the steps.
The place in which I now fou:
myself wa3 but dimly lighted". The
had been no attempt at oruamenl
tion; it was simply a huge cavern
the rook. This cavern was stre\
with various kinds of material, loo
ing like packages taken from v/rec
or, perhaps, stolen along the coas
Roll upon roll of the finest silk ai
linen was piled up on one side. Cas
of the choicest pottery stood u
packed, many of the delicate pieci
broken. Other thinss were there .:
plenty, but Tdid hoUfaketime to'e
amine them. I found two thing
One would of itself have repaid n
for the search, for it was what I ht
come after. I found liquors, win
and cordials, in bottles and cask
But the other discovery meant mu(
more to me than the liquor. It mean
perhaps, rescue?life. It was a larj
cabinet, in which were varioi
weapons of war and of the chas
Guns, pistols, knives were packe
away in good order. This was, rj
doubt, Cha Fong's armory.
Miss Arnold's astonishment was ;
great that I laughed at her wid
opened eyes when she saw me emerg
from the hole in the floor, carrying
bottle of wine, a Martini-Henry rifi
in English navy revolver, a lon
liunting-knife and a bag of ca
Iridges.
"I am well fixed, you see," I said
aughiug, as I deposited my spoils o
;he floor.
"Now, then," I said, "I am goin
o get ready to meet Mr. Cha Fon:
Do you know what tims he intends t
eturn?"
"Not accurately, But he expecte
o be back to-night, for he said, whe
te cutAhe.cords that bound me hajlE
ess: 'Now you can walk, but""yoi
annot escape from here. You wil
ie my bride to-night.' "
"Ah, exactly! Now what kind of
iridesmaid do you think this wil
lake?" I asked, caressing the rifle.
"I would turn it against myself, if
bought you could not conquer," sh
aid. "I am not afraid to die."
"Well, I doubt if there is a Su Fo
-edding here to-night," I said grim
r. "And as for killing yourself, don'
tiiuk of it. At any rate, don't do i
ill I am dead aud all hope is lost
Vhen we get ready for business, yoi
ike the pistol, which I will load fo
ou, aud go down into that chanibe
nder the floor. I will replace th>
ug so no one can tell it had beei
loved. Then I shall get inside o
lat idol in the temple, and await de
elopmeuts. Whatever seems best t<
0 I shall do. If, after a long enougl
me, I do not come and let you out
y a great effort you can push up tha
?ap-door. If Cha Fong is still mas
ir of the situation, you must try t<
loot him. If you don't succeed ii
lat?why-"
"I understand," she said, in a lov?
rice.
I loaded the pistol, which was five
irreled, of large caliber, and also the
fie, which was a repeater.
Miss Arnold sat and watched me ic
leuce. Now and then a tear would
iow itself in her eye, but she brushed
away. She was trying to be brave,
>or giri, with horrors before her ol
hich she could only imagine the ex
nt.
1 had not told her why I had
ft America. We had had but little
ne for talking; and when I explained
y presence in the island I began my
ory from the accident on board the
ty of liio de Janiero. So when I
td loaded the firearms I told her the
ory of Annie Ralston. She listened
gerly with clasped hands and pale
ce.
"She is my sister iu misfortune,"
0 said, when I had finished, "There
no doubt that Annie Rilston is the
3tim of another Cha Fong?or per.
ps the same. I know that the Su
m has agents in all parts of the
>rld, to ohooso and obtain the most
autiful girls for saorinces to tho
>1."
"No so much to the idol as to his
trshipers, I fauoy," I said. "My
?n impression is that the sacifice to
s idol is nothing more than a plan
get rid of their victims. If done
der the cover of religious fanatic
a it would no doubt be more diffi*
lt to obtain proof of the actual mur?
rara or the co-operation of the Gov
iment in bringing about their puu
iment."
"Perhaps so," she said simply.
"If my friends, Ra'ston and Langs
i, have succeeded in getting on land,
ry probably met the Ketoto at Bhang
i or will meet her to-day, in which
ie Annie is safe. We have only
i-selves to think of?and that teems
be about enough just now. Wo
1 better eat some of that idol's
e," I laid after a pause. "Your
tspeotive husband and executioner
y drop in any miuute, and wa want
be ready for him. I am hungry,
I a hungry man is not a good
iter. In that respect he is different
rn a hungry bear."
'I am ready to follow your direo
is," said Miss Arnold.
'Have you a watch?" I asked,
?Yes. You rn-;/take it."
ihe pulled from tho bosom of hor
ss a pretty little jcwelod watch and
ided it to me.
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Mad Much To Do With The Signing Of thc
Treaty, And It May Result In Annuling the
Anglo-German Alliance?A Commission of
Six.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Sec?
retary of State Hay, for the United
States, and Sir Michael H. Herbert,
Ambassador of Great Britain, for his
:oiintry, signed at the residence of Sec?
retary Hay. a treaty providing for thc
idjustment of the Alaskan boundary
dispute between the United States and
Great Britain.
This may have a very important bear?
ing on the Venezuelan question, leading
to a weakening of thc alliance between
Germany and Great Britain.
The greatest secrecy has been main?
tained by thc State Department relative
to thc negotiations. Western Senators
have been consulted by the President and
Secretary Hay, and it is believed that thc
terms of the treaty now signed will meet
with the approval of those most inter?
ested. The Alaskan boundary is at pres?
ent governed by a modus vivendi agreed
">n by Great Britain and thc United
States on October 20, 1809.
The basis arranged for the adjustment
of the dispute is that the entire ques?
tion shall be submitted to a mixed com?
mission of six members, three of whom
will be chosen by the United States and
three by Great Britain. This even num?
ber of commissioners has been chosen
so that there will be no odd member
who could cast the deciding vote and
actually settle thc entire question. To
any different arrangement tiie State De?
partment feels assured the Western
States would not agree, and it is also
felt by Sir Michael Herbert that it would
be opposed by Canada.
Of course, the State Department and
Ambassador Herbert see the possibility
of a deadlock in the commission.
The treaty, besides providing for the
apoointment of this commission, stipu?
lates that the commission shall begin its
sittings as soon as the treaty is ratified.
At the State Department assurances
have been received from prominent Sena?
tors cognizant of the terms of the treaty
that there will be little difficulty in ob?
taining the favorable action of thc Sen?
ate at an early date.
Although the personnel of the com?
mission has not been decided upon by
either this country or, as far is known
at the State Department, by Great Brit?
ain, it is practically assured that ex
Secretary of State John W. Foster, who
is particularly well versed in the ques?
tions to be considered, will be one of thc
commissioners for the United States.
The commission will doubtless meet in
Washington.
The modus vivendi is still in opera?
tion. In case the commission shall bc
unable to reach any agreement there will
bc a continuation of the present status
as governed by thc modus vivendi.
TIIRE2 KILLED IN PANIC.
Are Crushed to Death is Rush from a Cigar
Factory.
New York (Special).?In a panic fol?
lowing a fire on the third floor of the 10
story factory building at Crosby and
Houston streets three women were
crushed to death and others, it is be?
lieved, were fatally injured, while many
persons sustained less serious injury.
The third floor of thc building, where
the flames broke out, is occupied by the
New Idea Pattern Company, employing
about 50 persons, mostly women. The
blaze was discovered by Albert Behan,
19 years old, of 309 Ninth street, who
attempted to extinguish it by smothering
it with his own body. He was badly
burned. The flames spread rapidly to
the windows, and from the adjoining
cigar factory of Leopold Miller & Sons it
seemed that the whole building was afire.
This factory, which is at 155 and 157
Crosby street, running through to Elm
street, employs about 500 persons, mostly
Italians, of whom 350 arc women and
children. When they saw the flames
bursting from the neighboring windows
they became panicstricken and ran for
the fire escapes on the Kim street side.
Many of those who were unable to find a
foothold on the fire escapes dropped 10
and 15 feet to the ground.
PLANNED A WHOLESALE ROBBERY.
Had Intended to Ra!J a number of Bank* In
Montana Towa.
Red Lodge, Mont. (Spe^il).? The
authorities of Carbon county, have evi?
dence in their possession showing that
the famous Bridger Bank robbery last
October was only intended a; the first
9tep in a much larger plot. The state?
ment is made by a county official that
when the cases of the Bridge Bank
robbers come before the distirct court,
the prosecution will prove that it was
intended by the gang, after the suc?
cessful robbery of the Bridge Bank, tc
assemble 20 men in western Carbon
county, make a raid on Red Lodge and
loot the three banks in that city.
Three Kided in Explosion.
New Orleans (Special).?As thc re?
sult of a rear end collision between two
south-bound freight trains on the Illinois
Central, forty miles above this city, Fire?
man Robert Landry was instantly killed
and Conduct) ;' Thomas Moore and Flag?
man C. 1>. Kelley were severely injured.
The trains met in a fog and thirteen
cars, the locomotive and caboose were
entirely wrecked.
Express Wrecked.
Kansas'City, Mo. (Special).?The St
Louis and San Francisco northbound
express, which left Memphis, Tenn., at
9.15 a. m., was wrecked near South
Greenfield, Mo. Fred Fisher, the en?
gineer, was killed and Fireman Ed Gil?
bert seriously injured. Several passen?
gers were slightly hurt. A switch had
Leen turned to indicate a clear track,
possibly by would-be robbers, and thc
passenger crashed into a freight on a
siding. The engine rolled down a
steep embankment.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
Detective Sergeant William D. Welsh,
attached to the office of District Attor?
ney Jerome, of New York, died from
wounds received in the Black Cat res?
taurant, and Mrs. Cherriere, wife of the
proprietor, is under arrest, charged with
firing the shot that killed him .
An investigation made by reputable
lawyers of Philadelphia proves that there
are no American heirs to the fortune ol
James Tyson, an Australian miner, who
left property valued at $40,000,000.
The big transatlantic shipping combine
has decided to carry its own risks. Thi!
will take an insurance of $6o,ooo,ooc
away from the companies.
Four of the six molders on trial foi
conspiracy to injure nonunion workmen
during thc labor troubles of 1902 were
found guilty at Chicago.
A new alignment of railroads in the
South and West is announced, with the
Pennsylvania combination as. the domi?
nant factor.
Rev. E. C. Hirsch, of Chicago, made
a fervid denunciation of Sunday school
books.
There is unusual activity at the naval
training station at Newport.
Fire damaged a factory building at the
coroner of Crosby and Houston streets.
New York, adjoining a five-story tcne
nent. thc occupants of which got out op
alie fire escapes. Three women were
Spiled during a panic in an adjoining
:igar factory. A number of persons were
also severely injured.
Three Italian women were killed and
1 number of men and women injured by
1 fire panic in thc cigar factory of Leo?
pold Miller & Son, 153-157 Crosby street,
Kew York. The fire was in an adjoining
building and the cigar factory was in no
danger.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has negotiated a loan approximating
$40,000,000 in the New York market at
4 1-2 per cent. The loan is to run for
six months, with the privilege of renewal
for a like period.
A statement was issued by a commit?
tee of thc Clan-na-Gael showing how thc
soldiers of thc Irish brigade were cared
for by the association upon their return
from the war in thc Transvaal.
William Marconi, the demonstrator of
?vireless telegraphy, arrived in New York.
A dinner was given in his honor by the
directors of the Marconi Wireless Tele?
graph Company of America.
Archbishop Ireland has addressed a
communication to the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, protesting against the
forcible dispossession ot thc Passionist
Fathers in Paris.
In his annual report John McCullogh,
state superintendent of elections in Kew
Vork. charges fraud at last primary elec?
tion in that state.
Susan M. Beers and her son. Elijah,
were convicted in Belvidere. N. J., of in*
Imman treatment of the woman's aged
husband
"The New Orleans Special" wai
.-.recked at Memphis, Tenn., by an open
twitch. The engineer and fireman were
ulled.
At Pittsburg three men were killed
ind three badly injured by an explosion
it the eastern end of te Wabash tunnel
The Adams Express Company has ob
rained control of the Morris European
Express Company.
Foreign.
Arguments in the court-martial ol
Major Glenn, charged with unlawfully
killing prisoners of war, have been sub?
mitted and the verdict of thc court il
beleivcd to be acquittal, though it has
not yet b.Sfl made public.
The reciprocity treaty between Cuba
and thc United States threatens to raise
one of the most serious differences of
opinion between Great Britain and the
United States that has occurred for
years.
The German Foreign Office is much
aggrieved over American press com?
ments on the bombardment of Fort Sar
Carlos. They claim that the Panther
was fired upon first.
Professor Braun, of Strasburg, who
gave Marconi the clue to his method oi
wireless telegraphy, has now discovered
a method vastly superior to that of Mar?
coni.
Count von Ballerstrem has resigned
the presidency of the Reichstag, being
orccd thereto by opposition to his rui?
ng gagging the socialists, who wanted
.0 criticise the Emperor's utterances.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
:he government was interpellated on
?he charge that the socialists were try*
ng to cause insubordination and dis?
satisfaction among the soldiers.
Col. Arthur Lynch, member Caf Par
iatnent for Galway, was convicted ol
reason in London and sentenced to be
langed.
Two high officials of Roumani* have
tjeen arrested for defrauding the gov?
ernment through drawings of govern?
ment bonds.
The Pope received Monsignor
D'Connell, rector of the Catholic Uni?
versity In Washington, in private au?
dience.
M. Cambon, former minister to the
United States, is thc recipient of un*
asual honor in Madrid.
Timothy Harrington, M. P., was re*
?lected lord mayor of Dublin.
All who can are 1 caving Andjan,
Prussian Tuskestan. which was devas?
tated by an earthquake, and great desti?
tution is prevailing among the survivors
Itill there.
Dr. Von Holleben. on his arrival in
Paris, said he was too ill to make his
farewell call on President Roosevelt.
The second anniversary of Queen
Victoria's death was observed at var
ous places in England.
Lieutenant General Miles and his
iarty left St. Petersburg after exchang
ng official calls.
M. Cambon. the new French minis*
er, presented his credentials to King
Alfonso in Madrid.
Pietro Mascagni has again been made
director of the Ro.-sini * Lyceum at
Pesaro. __
Financial.
United States Rubber's past year wa?
the best one it has had for a decade.
Erie is contemplating extensive im?
provements, including considerable dou?
ble tracking.
Gould and his friends will soon con?
trol 75 per cent, of all thc railway busi?
ness of the Southwest.
Crude oil has been reduced 2 cents
a barrel to $1.52. lt gradually rose with?
out a halt from $1.22 to $1.54.
Railways Company General, for De
tcmber. showed gross etrnings of $20,
TBO, against $17.37* thc previous year.
ftM ft WI4FPI th? rider frequently meet* with disaster. Ave*;'
Vii n ff MC UL handy and efficient doctor to have with you when
?Ul accident happens is a bottle ot' Mexican Mustang Liniment.
Ulcers or
Rm mi ira leg Sores
need noUbecome a fixture upon your
body. If they do it is your fault, for
MEXICAN
MUSTANG LINIMENT
will thoroughly, quickly and perma?
nently cure these afflictions. There
is no guess work about it; if this lin?
iment is used a cure will follow.
YOU flfiN'T UNDIA/ how quickly a burn or scald oan be cur?d
IUU UUI! I nilUfW until you have treated it with Mexican
Mustang Liniment. As a flesh healer it stands at tho very top.
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Gleaned From All Over
the State.
Pensions granted Virginian-,:?\ er
non C. Harris, Norfolk. $6 (War with
Spain); Horace Savage. Chesapeake.
$io; Dennis Battle. Portsmouth, Jo;
Alfred Giddings. Pungoteague. $12:
Augustus Wise, Nassauwadox, $6; Dan?
iel' Tucker, Whitestone. $8; Owe;'
Hughes National Military Home.
Elizabeth City, $17: Oavid Chambers
Bellehavcn, $6; Edwin Prescott. Big
stone Gap. $8; Michael McGmms Na?
tional Military Home, Elizabeth City
fia; Shryer Stover. Mornsviile. $24:
Joseph J. W. Pinnell. Stapleton Mills
$12 (Mexican War).
Thomas Jefferson, a colored porter al
the general offices of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad in Richmond, iel.
from a thrid-story window while at
work. The negro dropped a distance ol
60 tect. head first. He was taken to a
hospital, where it was ascertained thal
he had sustained onlv a slight fracture
ot the skull. The physicians there be?
lieve he will recover.
The case of John W. Bausermati
against Lane Brothers & Co., in the
Circuit Court at Woodstock, was con
eluded and given to the jury, who ren?
dered a verdict of $3,250 damages in ta
vor of the plaintiff.
Mr. Charles E. Davis and others will
build a large canning factory on the
Potomac river in King George county,
which will be conducted by the Dide
Canning Company. Three hundred
acres in tomatoes are now being con- j
traded for. '
The rule placing Rockbridge count)
within the district in cattle quarantine j
due to the Texas cattle fever has, I
through the appeal of thc County bu- I
pervisors to Virginia's Senators and
Congressman Flood, been changed am,
the embargo removed.
The Frances McChesney farm, con
faining 328 acres of choice land, in thc
vicinity .of Brownsbnrg, has been sold
bv the executor of the W. B. Moftetl
estate, F. S. McClure, to J. W. Church?
man and T. C. Dikinson, of Augusta
county, and J. H. McClure for $6,500.
Mr. J. A. Conner, aged 70 years, who
lived near Rockbridge Baths, died at
his home Wednesday. He served
througout the Civil War as a membei
of thc Rockbridge Battery, and wai
twice wounded?in the arm at the battle
of Sharpsburg, and In the thigh at tm
battle of Gettysburg, where he was tak?
en prisoner and kept nine months ia
Point Lookout prison. He afterward
enlisted at the close of the Civil A\ ar
in the United States Regular Army, and
for nine months was a member 01 Com?
pany ?, First United States Infantry,
and saw active service on the frontlet
in the Northwest during an Indian out?
break there. Mr. Conner was pension?
ed for his sen-ices. He is survived by
a widow and 10 children.
C. M. Luster, a well-dressed travel?
ing man, 35 years of age. who repre?
sented a West Virginia installment
house, was shot dead at Abingdon by
a negro woman named Baler, it is be?
lieved. Two shots took effect, the fatal
one entering his stomach. When dis?
covered the man's body lay in the door?
way of thc humble cabin home, with
one glove off. and the supposed mur?
derer has made her escape. Thc pre
supmtion is that thc shooting followed
a dispute about thc woman's account.
Mr. David Crone, the oldest man in
Winchester, died unexpectedly after a
brief illness of pneumonia, aged 93
years. Until thc day of his fatal illness
he was in robust health, and could do
as much hard work on the farm as a
young man. He' was a native of York
county, Pennsylvania, and came herc
in 1840.
A serious accident befell Mr. John
Chamblin, one of the propreitors of the
Hamilton flouring mills. I.eesburg
While standing on a stepladder, which
was placed between two large revolv?
ing wheels, adjusting some belting, the
ladder tilted and he was thrown against
one of the wheels. He was hurled
fglfoft t> arain elevator and a-dec.)
scalp" wonna!' was inflicted, rendering
him unconscious.
T. R. Griffith, owner of thc Crater
farm, in Prince George county, where
one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil
War occurred, died of Bright's disease.
He was known by thousands of North*
ern people, who since thc war has visit?
ed the Crater, and had a large collec?
tion of relics found on the battlefield.
Wyatt K. Witt, a young carpenter.
aged 2$ years, dropped dead at the
supper at his home in Roanoke. HU
death was unexpected. He was an in?
veterate cigarette smoker, and his
death was probably due to heart dis*
sase superinduced by the iiflbu.
Thc tobacco barr, of "\TrT"frthu+XZi.
Turpin, of Jonesboro, was burned, with
a large quantity oi tobacco aud 25 bar?
rels of corn.
The special grand jury of Tazewcll
County Court declined to indict Mos<
Dills, charged with burning 50 bushels
of corn and three fodder stacks belong
ing to J. S. and S. A. White, near
Snapps.
Commander E. Lee Trinkle, of the
Second Brigade, United Sons of Con?
federate Veterans, has announced the
appointment of his staff as follows:
Robert Sayers, Jr.. brigade adjutant
and chief of staff, Wytheville; J. A. T
Griggsby. brigade quartermaster, Ber*
ryvillc; Louis B. Spence, brigade in?
spector. Richmond; J. V. Bray, West
Point: E. C. Martz. Harrisonburg: B
V. White, Leesburg: H. K. Jones, Wy*
theville, and H. T. Taliaferro, riot
Springs, aids.
William Robinson, a North Carolina
negro tramp, was killed by a train on
ihe bridge at Petersburg.
Froxen roads enabled heavy machin?
ery to be hauled from Bedford City to
ihe asbestos mines, ia miles distant.
Rev. A. J. Wescott has resigned ??.
lector of the Episocpal Church at Da?
mascus, and has accepted an appoint?
ment at the rectory of St. Stephen't
Church. Waterloo. Wis.
The First Virginia Regiment, Uni?
formed Rank. Knights of Pythias,
sleeted W. II. Wilcox, of Petersburg,
colonel, and W. C. Corbett, of Ports?
mouth, lieutenant-colonel.
The dwelling and two outhouses, as
ivcll as the household effects, of Mr
Jesse Whitehead, who lives near Nas
;anadox creek. Northampton, were
jurned. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
frith no insurance.
William W. Farrow, Richmonds b~;
jeen elected class orator by thc tenlbr
aw class of Washington and Lee Uni*
,'ersity, to deliver the annual address at
he commencement exercises next June.
James Harvey, aged 55 years, a itt*
ionary engineer, was found frozen 1 >
leath on the Norfolk and Western
racks near Norfolk. Harvey had been
mt ot employment some time.
Fred Monroe is on trial at Clarks
jv.rg for the murder of his sweetheart.
Pearl Massie, at Glen Falls. 18 monthl
igo. There are many witnesses. Con?
gressman B. B. Dovener is assisting the
lefense.
Fire damaged the Hotel Sherwood.
Old Point Comfort to the extent ol
$1,000. The blaze Started from thc fur?
nace in the basem-m and climbed tho
flue almost thc entire height of the
building, which is a frame structure,
Thc Fort Monroe Post Fire Depart?
ment got thc fire under control in a
short time.
Thc American Bridge Company has
lit Parkersburg instituted suit against
thc Lucius Construction Company foi
?20,000 damages on a bridge contract.
Colorado Fuel has declared the usual
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent.
No Time for New Books.
In answer to tho academy's annual
iquestion to eminent Englishmen as tu
'the new books they have read with
^the most pleasure the past year Her?
bert Spencer writes that he has Dot
read any new books, while Prof. Skeat
M Cambridge university says that he
has read none, having "quita enougb
to do to read tbe old ones,"