HIGHLAND
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VOL. XXV.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., NOVEMBER 13,1903.
NO. 44.
STRIKE Of? (Ml MINER!
Trouble lo Colorado Fu:l and Iroc
Company.
DOUBTFUL IF THE MINES CAN OPEN
Men QuM Work at Ail M!aM and Flock tc
Town With Tb:Ir Pay Checks-Hundred!
of thi Strikers Join (be Inion, but the
Italians Refuse t > Jala, as They Say Thej
Have Been Sold Ou* b, the Union.
Trinidad, Col. (Special).?It is now
evident that the strike of thc coal min?
ers in the first district ot the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company is no small
affair, in fact, it is a strike out of ali
proportions to that even hoped for by
the officers of thc United Mineworkers
of America, and ten times what was
- looked for by thc coal operators.
At a meeting of superintendents and
pit bosses held in the Colorado Fuel
and Iron offices, at Trinidad, reports
were made thal in no camp would
enough men go out to cause a shut?
down. It is doubtful if enough men
can bc found in the whole district to
work the mines at Frimero. At Gray
Creek every miner but one has quit,
and the camp is surrounded by armed
guards. At Bowen the men arc quit?
ting rapidly. At Tercio the men quit
carly. At Starkville alone of the
camps reported as being wholly com?
pany men nearly every man quit. At
Peadmont. the new Rocky Mountain
Fuel Company men took their tools
home.
All day the chiefs and miners have
been swarming into Trinidad, nearly
all of them having their pay checks,
running from $187 down. Thc checks
were for such amounts that business
men could not cash them, and, hence,
lost thousands of dollars in trade. All
day long the miners have been joining
thc United Mineworkers. Thc police,
who were stationed near the office of
that organization to prevent any pos?
sibility of a clash between the union
and nonunion men, estimated that at
least 800 joined and came out show?
ing their union cards. Commercial
street for two blocks was at one time
choked with the new union men.
Thc Italians have quit almost to a
man. They have not joined thc union to
any extent, giving as their reason that
they were sold out by the labor organisa?
tion on two or three occasions and they
prefer to go out on their own responsi?
bility on this occasion. They will stay
out, their officers say, until the last one
- fcoes nac'tc vo work.
Denver, Col. (Special).?A general
strike in the Northern Colorado coalfield
was declared. In all about 1,275 men in
the Northern field are idle.
The action of the miners in the North?
ern field was a surprise to the operators.
After the conferences held in this city.
in which practically every demand except
the eight-hour day was granted to thc
men, they determined to strike.
CHILD SHOOTS TWO OTHER CHILDREN.
v.
Thir'cen-Year-Old Boy Klis One Companion
and Wounds Another.
Monongahela. Fa. (Special). ?En?
raged over a name applied to him. Earl
Flory, a i.Vyear-old boy. shot and in?
stantly killed James Murphy, aged 12
years, and severely wounded John John?
son, .-.ged 11 years. The tragedy oe
curred late in the" evening ;.t Seen ???>?
Hill, where thc three boys reside. Flory
i- in jail aud Johnson was 'roi-> ; h?re
to the Memorial Hospital.
lite three lx>ys for sometime have been
boon companions and were out hunting. ?
The only gun in thc party was owne 1
by Flory, who allowed the others to shire
in the shooting from time to time. A 1
dispute arose as to whose tum it was to j
usc the gun. and Flory settled thc quos- i
.iou hy taking it himself, whereupon
Murphy said:
''Your old gun is no good. It's like
you, you dirty pup."
Thc words v ere scarcely out of Mur- 1
phys mouth when Flory fired ?t him
point-blank. The charge took effect iii
Murphy's abdomen, almost disembowel- i
ing him. Johnson was severely wounded
about the lover part of the body by part |
of the charge which went by Murphy.
Flory iled. leaving the wounded John- j
son to hobble to the nearest habitation
for aid. When arrested Flory said to the ;
officers: "Yes, he called me names and
I shot bim." Later, be said Johnson told
him thc gun was empty and he only j
wanted to scare Murphy.
CLARK WINS UREU -LIT.
HooT.:;.". Senato. Awarded Timber Land
Worth $2,O;W,009.
Butte, Mont. (Special).?The great I
timber suit brought by the United j
States against Senator William A. j
Clark, involving timber land in the
Bitter Creek Valley, Western Mon- j
tana, to (he value of $2,000,000. was
settled by Judge Knowles, of the Unit
ed States District Court, in favor of
Senator Clark.
Judge Knowles finds that Mr. Clark I
was guiltless of irregular purchase of
lands and innocent of illegal reg.stra
tion of thc same if such irregular.ties j
existed. Judge Knowles criticises the
testimony of Witness Griswold for ihe
Government, whose reputation, the de
cision allege-, is none of tile best and \
who many other witnesses testified had
approached rheni in behalf of the Gov
eminent. The rase i> the most famous
timber land action ever I ried in thc : 1
West.
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Ma-con 's Li'est Schem?.
Rome (By Cable).?The government!
Has ordered the beginning of the work I
of construction of ihe extraordinarily
powerful wireless telegraph station for 1
thc establishment of communication he- l
tween Italy and Argentina. The station
will he erected on the royal estate of San
Ros?ore. on which King Victor Fmman- ' I
uel ha- h's hunting 1-r'--. The site was ?
chosen by Marconi as the best adapted
for the Du?ooie
TKE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
Judge Lacombc, of the United States
District Court, in New York, dismissed
the petition for habeas corpus brought
in behalf of John Turner, the English
anarchist, whose deportation had been
ordered.
Mrs. Edgar E. Clark, wife of the
grand chief of the Order of Railway
Conductor.", of America and member of
thc Coal Strike Commission, died in
Cedar Rapids, Ia.,
President Frank Buchanan, of the
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, or?
dered a strike throughout the country
on all contracts held by the Iron
League of New York.
Mark M. Dobson, confidential clerk
for Austin M. Greer, a banker and
broker of New York, was arrested on
the charge of grand larceny, preferred
by his employer.
Despite thc opposition of thc widowp
of Philo S. Bennett, Mr. William J.
Bryan was permitted by the court in
New. Haven, Ct., to qualify as execu?
tor of the will.
The Cuban government handed to
United States Minister Squicrs a propo?
sition for the turning over of the Guan?
tanamo naval station to thc United
States.
Lieutenant Colonel John Dunlop
Adair, who was a member of General
Grant's staff during the Civil War,
died at his home, in Chicago, of pneu?
monia.
Judge Landis, in Lancaster, Pa., re?
fused either to grant or dismsis thc bill
for a receiver for the Susquehanna Iron
and Steel Company.
Thc jury which tried State Senator
Farris, of Missouri, for bribery in con?
nection with the baking-powder legis?
lation disagreed.
Mrs. Christian Sorenson dropped
dead from heart disease in New York
on learning of her husband's arrest
for theft.
Miss Clara Josephine Coffin, thc
daughter of Edward W. Coffin, of East
Orange. N. J., who disappeared from
her home on Tuesday night, has been
? ound in Omaha, Neb.
Thc boiler of a harvesting engine ex?
ploded at the Ohio State University,
killing thc engineer and assistant engi?
neer and injuring a number of "stu?
dents.
As the result ol' a general conference
of window glass interests, 10,000 skill?
ed workers who have been idle for six
months will return to work very soon.
At thc last day of thc Congress of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
America thc proposition to change the
name of the church was discussed.
II. J. Hoover, until recently cashier
of the Licking County Bank of New?
ark, O., confessed that he was a default?
er to thc amount of $36,000.
Dr. S. W. Winchester, editor of thc
Christian Outlook, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
"was elected president of Taylor Univcr
-ily, at Upland, Ind.
An explosion of gas in a pit at ihe
repair shops of the Pennsylvania Rail?
road in Pittsburg, Pa., killed two men
alomst instantly.
Magistrate Elijah Upton, of Bowling
Green, Ky., shot and killed Tom Stew?
art, who had threatened to shoot him
on sight.
Sam Parks, thc New York walking
delegate, was sentenced to two years
and three months in Sing Sing for the
extortion.
There was great excitement on the
cotton exchanges in New York and
New Orleans, and prices were again
forced upward.
Miss Bobb Clark Hoyt, of Bozman,
Mont., eloped with and was married to
the son of her father's Chinese cook.
Tile National Convention of the
American Humane Association was
held in Cincinnati.
Clinti n Rogers Woodruff, of Phil
adelphia, has been appointed an ass >- : gi
cialc of Charles J. Bonaparte in thc ! re
nv 'st:??atio:i of the Indian Territory
si arida!.
A strike has been ordered of coal
miners of Colorado. Utah. New Mex?
ico and Southern Wyoming.
The crew of thc schooner John W.
Linnell, was, rescued at sea and was
brought tu New York.
The United Stales' cruiser Minne?
apolis left LeagucTsland Navy Yard
for Hampton Roads.
Owing to the unsettled condition of
the trade, the price of steel billets
:as btcn reduced.
I deign.
The United States gunboat Newport
tas been ordered from Savannah to San
o Domingo. The Dominican government
ias-declared the northern ports of the re?
public closed to maritime commerce, but
United States Minister Powell has de?
bared the blockade noneffective. The
-miser Baltimore arrived at Puerto
Plata.
The negotiations between Russia and
fapan have so far advanced that a dis
a'ch from Berlin states that an an?
nouncement of a settlement is soon ex
>ectcd.
As thc result of a conflict over the
iiicstiou of vivisection between the mem
?crs of thc Vienna Medical Chamber and
r.embers of the Landtag, thc former
:avc resigned.
About 6.000 Bulgarian irregulars are
ssemblcd along the frontier in readiness
o enter Turkish territory and further
rouble is expected.
Thc German government docs not re
a-'d thc reported massacre at Warm
ad as serious and will send no reinforce.
Rents to Africa.
The report is confirmed that thc Gcr
ian garrison at Warmbad, Dernaraland,
.?as massacred by the Bondlzwar
ribesmen.'
Solicitor General Finlay concluded his
rgument in behalf of Great Britain be- j J)V
:>re the Venezuelan arbitration tribunal. Un
The new Hungarian premier, Count crf
tephen Tisza, secured a hearing in the Cx*
.ower House after a stormy beginning, thr
Senor Gil Robl. a Carlist, mafic a bit-. I mc
?r speech against thc United States j 1nc
iivcrnmcnt in the Spanish Senate. j tioi
I inenciat.
Two banking-house failures iu Colo- ,
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or common's decline. There is no low
? place for it to fail.
London sold a great lot of United
tites Steel preferred on the reports
?nm America of a cut in the price of J sell
illets. ?ufl
President Thomas, of Lehigh Valley, in
ivs that thc qflestioal of a dividend li 3? : hac
rt vet been jfrought before thc Board I ai<J(
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KILLED IN AJiOLD MINI
runnel Timbers Take Fire and Fall c
Imprisoned Workmen.
FUTILE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE MAD!
superintendent Turner, a Well-Known M:n:t
Man, Arnon; tbe Dead ?Ile (lave His Li
to Save tbe Miners. Leading a Reset
Party of 170 Men to Aid in Ibe Escaps e
tbe Entombed Men.
Butte, Mont. (Special).?A Virgini
lity special to the Miner says fire i
he Kearsarge minc, six miles froi
.'irginia City, killed nine men. T.
iarnagc to the surface buildings i
light. Among the dead is Supcrintcr
ent R. B. Turner, of Butte, one r
lac best known mining men in th
Northwest. Four bodies have been rc
overcd.
All the dead miners are from Butt
nd were single men. The Kearsarg
> one of the principal gold mines c
he State, and is considered very val
able. It is operated by the Aide
lining Company.
At about 5 o'clock fire was discov
red issuing from the tunnel house o:
unncl No. i. At the time thc flame
?ere discovered the timbers in the tun
cl were ablaze. How the fire orig
lated is not known, but at the firs
larm all the miners, carpenters an<
iborers, about 170 in all. hastener
cross thc gulch to aid in subduing th
ames.
Superintendent R. B. Turner, whoa
?mporary quarters arc high on thc hil
cross the right fork of Alder guicl
nd a short distance from thc buriiiu;
mncl house, at once went to th<
?ene and assumed thc direction 0
ffairs, entered thc tunnel through tin
re and smoke to give warning to tin
ntombed miners and to aid in theil
scape.
Near thc mouth of the tunnel the)
umbled over the body of John Tobin
ho evidently had made an effort tc
'cape, but was driven back by th<
ames and smoke. They carried tin
>dy io thc surface and once more en
red the workings to rescue their com
ides if possible.
According to thc story of a miner
[urley by name, he. with Turner an;
lOther man, entered the minc bellini
in, but descended through the ail
taft. Hurley was the last of the three
1 descend. After going down some
stance through the air shaft, Hurley
jard a cry and then thuds as oi
?idies striking thc timbers, followed
t a smothered splash in ihe water.
Hurley tried to go farther down the
aft, but was compelled to retrace his
cps.
Mr. Turner bad been connected with
e company for several years as su
rintendent of thc Kennel mine.
CHOLERA VICTIMS IN PHILIPPINES.
rtntyOae Dealhs Reposed From thc Cap?
ita! Ilocos.
Manlia (By Cable).?Twenty cases
Asiatic cholera occurred in Vigan,
c capital of Ilocos Sur, Luzon, last
:ek. Twenty-one deaths are report
A party of ladroncs captured the
licnte (municipal officer) of Buena
sta, near Malabon, Cavite. They cut
c tendons of his legs and left him on
e roadway. This outrage was an act
vengeance, because the tcnientc had
ven information to thc authorities
garding the movements of thc la
ones.
The Philippine commission has con
med thc antislavery law passed by
B Legislature Council of the Moro
ovinces, October 5, prohibiting slave
nting in al! the Moro territory and
oviding for thc confiscation of all
sscls engaged in the slave traffic.
Ihe volcano Malaspina, in Negros. is
a state of violent eruption. Malar?
ia is thc loftiest summit of thc cal?
li mountain chain of thc island of
-gros. being 8102 feet high. It has
vcr been entirely quiescent.
EXCITEMENT KILLED O.M.
Millionaire Wbos: Mill at D.-rby Was Dam?
aged by Fire.
Derby, Conn. (Special).?Excitement
ir a $.}0,coo fire in his big woolen
ll caused thc death of Millionaire
aries B. Ailing, of this city. Mr.
iug was driving on thc hills when
looked clown and saw thc Baugaus
Mi!ls, which he had built up from
attic-room industry to the largest
town, burst into flames. He drove
iously into town and ran through
extensive mill yard only to find thc
house section, with its costly ma
nery and stock, destroyed,
fears filled his eyes and he was taken
ne with a nervous chill. In the
ming bc was found dead in bed
in cerebral hemorrhage,
dr. Ailing, who was 70 years old,
ned one-half of thc business blocks
Derby.
Engine Blown Up at University.
Columbus, O. (Special).?While stu
its of the Agricultural College at the
io State University were witnessing
harvesting of a field of corn for cn
ge purposes, by a machine operated
an old traction engine, thc boiler blew
and pieces of iron torc through the
wd of students. Thc force of the
losion was terrific and was felt
v.igh all the university buildings. The
?t intense excitement was caused and
students came running in all direc
is from classrooms and dormitories.
Gunner Kids Himself.
brtsmouth, N. H. (Special).?In one
the cabins of the training ship Mo
gahel.i. which is al I he navy yard.
ors found the body of Gunner George
Brady lying on the floor, with a rc
cr by his side. Brady had shot bun?
in the head. He had heen a great
erer fron*. neuralgia. Brady had been
he Navy about eighteen years and
an excellent record His widow re
s at Newport, R I., to wdiichiplacc
-iv's bodv will be taken.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Senate Financiers Meet
The Senate Finance Committee held
1 session at which the general work of
th: session was discussed. The discus
jion showed, what has appeared prob?
able for some time, that no legislation
looking to an increase of the volume
'c of money will be seriously undertaken
during the special or first regular ses?
sion of this Congress.
If anything is to bc attempted in the
way of financial legislation it will be
in behalf of the Aldrich bill relative to |
deposits or customs revenues in the na?
tional banks. It was suggested that
Ce Aldrich bill might be amended so
,.s ro eliminate some of the features
?i:o>J objected to and in thc amended
lora bc passed, but there was manifest?
ed a general indisposition to go farther
dian this into thc question of financial
legislation.
In the opinion of members of the
committee there was nothing to be
done by them with reference to Cuban
reciprocity legislation until after thc
House had acted on the subject, and
thc suggestion was made that the sub?
ject properly belonged to the Com?
mittee on Relations with Cuba, of
which Senator O. H. Platt, of Connect?
icut, is chairman. The discussion indi?
cated that there would be no disposi?
tion to contend with the House over
1 j thc question of the proper initiative of
revenue legislation, and that if in the
opinion of thc House the matter should
bc treated in a bill, rather than by
joint resolution, the Senate would ac?
cept this decision.
Cost of Carryng the Mail.
W. S. Shallcnbergcr, Second Assist?
ant Postmaster General, in his annual
j report, states that thc yearly rate of
i j expenditure for all classes of mail
' ; transportation service in this country
'? j Is $63,504,542, and that the rate ol cost
j per mile traveled is $12.80.
It is estimated that the railway pos
' i tal clerks handled during thc year 15,
' ' 909,80.2,630 pieces of mail matter, ex
i elusive of registered matter, and 1,387,
604 errors were reported in their distri?
bution, a ratio of 1 error to n.530 cor?
rect distributions.
During the year there were 373 cas?
ualties to mail cars, in which 18 clerks
and 4 other employes were killed and
78 clerks seriously and 308 slightly in?
jured.
Statistics of the parcels-post business
with Germany showed that this country
was not profiting under thc old ar?
rangement, and thc maximum-weight
limit therefore was reduced to 4 pounds
6 ounces. This government received
j postage on 77,174 pounds sent to Ger
| many, while the latter received postage
I on 400,289 pounds sent herc and trans
J ported long distances.
Thc feature of delivering mail into
boxes along the lines of the star
I routes will bc extended to the entire
[ system of star service on more than
20.000 routes, aggregating over 249,000
miles in length.
Report on Education.
The report of thc Commissioner of
Education for thc last fiscal year places
thc total number of pupils enrolled in
the common schools during the year
at 15,925,887, or over 20 per cent, of
the entire population. The average
daily attendance for 1902 was 10.099,273,
being 69 per cent, of the total number
enrolled.
The average monthly wages of teach?
ers for 1902 was $49 for males and
about $40 for females. Less than 28
i per cent, of the teachers were males.
or 122.392 out of a total of 439,596.
The private schools are tabulated at
i 1.103,301 for thc elementary schools
and 168,636 for academics and other
secondary schools. The total enroll?
ment for thc year, including public and
private, elementary, secondary and
higher education, was 17,460,000 pupils,
and to this there should be an addition
made for ' evening schools, business I 1
schools, private kindergartens, Indian 1 j
schools. State schools for defectives, | t
orphans, etc., 620.840, making a grand ; ,1
total of 18,080,840 in general and special j
schools.
Cition dinned.
A bulletin issued by the Census Bu?
reau on thc cotton ginned from thc
growth of thc present year up to October
18 places thc amount at 3,839,627 com?
mercial bales, as against 5,925.872 bales
ginned up to the same date last year.
Complete returns on production for
1902 showed that 53.5 per cent, of thc
total crop had been ginned prior to Octo- j
ber 18 of that year, but thc percentage
of the girnagc prior to October 18 of this ^
year cannot bc known until the final rc- | 1;
port for the year is made. Meantime n
two other reports will be submitted?on , ,
November 18 and December 13.
The statistics for thc present year were ||
collected by 631 local agents, who found
that 27,723 ginneries had been operated
prior to October 18, while to the corre?
sponding date last year 29.314 ginneries
had been operated.
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Rigid Exclusion of Chinese
As a result of thc annual conference j IJ
of Immigration Commissioners, just con- I ;\
duded, Commissioner-General Sargent ii
predicts a much more rigid enforcement fi
of the Chinese Exclusion law than here?
tofore. Secretary Cortclyou defined his ll
policy to the commissioners to thc strict ti
enforcement of the laws, based on fair p
dealing. Thc number of Chinese inspec- tl
tors along thc Mexican border is to be 'l
increased. ? n
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Missionaries in the Congo State.
Representative Livingston, of Gcor
gia; Hon. H. St. George Tucker, of j y
Virginia, and Rev. Dr. Morrison, com- I y<
prising a committee from thc Presby- b
terian Church, represented to thc Pres- I bl
ident that the treaty rights of mission- j fl
aries in the Congo Free State were bc- 1 ci
ing violated. Thc President will take lc<
lin: matter up with the State Depart- ci
men. _ __ I ti
Says Sheriff Was at Pauli.
In response to the request of thc In?
terior Department for a report regard- 1
mg the recent Indian troubles in Wy- | u
niling. General Kobbe, commanding
(he Department of Dakota, forwarded
1 dispatch from Major B. H. Cheever,
Sixth Cavalry, at Pine Ridge.
Major Cheever says thc trouble was
mostly the Sherill's fault and that the
Indian prisoners at Newcastle shornM j of
5c released. He says it is believed that j ai
roe Sheriff's party fired the first shot. ca
The War Department states that the cr
situation does not require'the service I h<
Of HOODS. ' ; <<-,
REPUBLIC IS RECOGNIZE
Special Action Taken at Important Ca
inet Meeting;.
HERRAN MAY LEAVE WASHINGTO.
President Roosevelt and His Cabinet Dec!
to Recognize tbi De Facto Government
tbe New Republic?Secretary May Clear
Defines Validity of Action Taken ?Cruis
Dixie Reaches Colon.
Washington, D. C. {Special). ?Ti
United States government has recc
nized the de facto government of Pai
ama.
It was announced at the State D
partment after the return of Seer
tary Hay from the cabinet meeting th
instructions had been sent to Unite
States Minister Beaupre, at Bogo
(assuming that he has not left thc ca;
ital yet), and to Mr. Ehrman, the Uni
ed States vice-consul at Panam, ai
now acting consul there, to infor
the governments of Colombia and Pai
ama, respectively, that thc de fact
government is recognized.
Dr. Thomas Herran, the Colombia
charge here, is prepared to leave Wa si
ington on short notice, with his fan
ily, for Colombia. It may bc state
that instructions withdrawing him wi
cause no surprise at the Colombian b
ration, where it is believed that tl
State Department's recognition of th
Republic of Panama will cause inten
feeling in Colombia.
So far Dr. Herran has had no ai
vices from his government.
Thc decision to recognize the d
facto government of Panama was ai
rived at after a protracted session C
the cabinet, at winch, every member wa
present except Secretaries Root an
Wilson.
No other subject was considered. 1 li
President emphasized the importance c
the recognition of thc dc facto govert!
ment.
With the withdrawal of thc Colombia
officials, the isthmus was left cntirel
without a government unless that cstah
ished by the secessionists should be rec
gnized, and this step seemed necessar,
ior thc transaction of thc routine busi
less of thc United Slates on thc isthmus
When thc decision was reached th
following telegram was sent by thc Stat
Department to Mr. Ehrman, the actin;
?onsul general of thc United States a
'anama :
"The people of Panama have, by ai
ipparently unanimous movement, dis
lolved their political connection with th
epublic of Colombia and resumed thci
ndependence. When you arc satisfie
hat a de facto government, republican
n form and without substantial opposi
ion from its own people, has been es
ablished in thc State of Panama, yoi
viii enter into relation^ with it as th
csponsiblc government of the territory
nd look to it for all due action to pro
cct the persons and property of citizen
d' thc United States, and to keep opel
he isthmian transit in accordance will
he obligations of existing treaties gov
ming thc relations of the United State:
o that territory."
Immediately afterward an instructioi
tas sent by telegram to Mr. Beaupre
he United States minister at Bogota, ii
lie following terms:
"Thc people of Panama, having by ai
pparently unanimous movement, dis
dived their political connection with thc
tepublic of Colombia and resumed theil
?dependence, and having adopted a gov
rnmciit of their own. republican in form
ith which the government of thc United
tates of America has entered into re
itions, the President of the United
tates, in accordance with thc tics of
rieudship which have so long and sc
appity existed between thc respective
ations, most earnestly commends to thc
overnments of Colombia and Panama
ic peaceful and equitable settlement ol
ll questions at issue between them. He
olds that he is bound not merely In
eafy obligations, but by thc interests oj
vilization to sec that thc peaceful traf
;? of the world across the Isthmus ot
anama shall not longer be disturbed by
constant succession of unnecessary and
asteful civil wars."
BATTLESHIP SENT TO COLON.
rcng Naval Force to Cither at the Isthmus
of Panama.
Washington, I). C. (Special).?The
avy Department is concentrating a
rge naval force at the isthmus, to be
?epared for any emergency as well a^
r squadron practice movements. The
ittleship Maine has been ordered to
Dion. She mailed from Martha's Vine
ird for Hamjiton Roads, where she
ill coal and proceed to her destination.
he cruiser Atlanta has arrived at
nlon. Thc auxiliary cruiser Dixie
id the gunboat Nashville are lhere,
ear Admiral Class, commander of the
tcitic Squadron, is proceeding willi the
arblehead, the Concord, the Wyom
g and the collier Nero at full speed
om Acapulco, Mexico, to Panama.
It was stated at thc Navy Department
at thc sudden dispatch of thc Maine
Colon is not because there is any
irticular necessity for the presence
ere of thc big battleship. Thc Navy,
is stated, is deficient in squadron
ovements. and the Navigation Bu
au desires to remedy this deficiency
lcrcvcr practicable. Thc Maine, it
further said, has been at the navy
rds during a good part of the past
ar, and the cruise to thc isthmus will
beneficial to discipline. Il" thc trou
c at the isthmus is over before the
aine arrives there she may be divert
to Culebra. where Admiral Bar?
r's North Atlantic Squadron will be
gaged in practice about Christmas
ne.
An Operation on Wiiliair.
Berlin (By Cable).- -Emperor William
iderwent an operation for the removal
a polpus from hi- larynx. The opcr
011 was performed by Prof. Moritz
lunidt, aud was entirely successful.
ic only inconvenience suffered hy thc
r.pcror is that he has been enjoined not
speak until the wound caused by thc
eration has been healed. The bulletins
nouncing thc result of the operation
used much, astonishment, even among
urt officials, who had no suspicion that
was suffering from any affection of
?. tliroat
SHELL HOUSES ALSO DESTROYED.
Six Men Were Kited and Ten Otberr
Injured.
Iona Island, N. Y. (Special).?Sis
men were killed and io slightly injured
by an explosion at the United State.'
Naval Arsenal, one of thc largest mag
azines in the United States, which is
located here. The explosion occurred
while men were drawing thc explosive
charges from a consignment of ole
shells recently sent here from the bat
tleship Massachusetts.
Three massive shcllhouses were com
pletely destroyed, and a rain of frag
merits of projectiles of al) sizes wa*
scattered in every direction.
Thc force of the explosion, or scriei
of explosions, broke windows at reeks
kill, three miles below, on the opposite
side of the HuVlson, and thc detonatior
was heard for many miles. Adjacent
buildings, including two storehouse!
for fixed ammunition, were riddled will
the fragments, and the quarters of tin
tl marines composing the garrison
were completely demolished.
The dead, all of whom were workinct
employed by thc Naval Ordnance Dc
partment, are Fred Ward. Stonej
Point, George Moorehead. Tompkim
Cove; Fred O. Locke, Pcckskill; Pat?
rick Curran. West Haverstraw; Free
Brown, Haverstraw; James Connolly
Pcckskill. The bodies were frightful!)
mangled, fragments being hurled foi
hundreds of feet.
The island, which has been used a:
an arsenal for a year, is in the Hudson
river, 40 miles from New York, anc
shells and ammunition 01 all kinds wen
stored there. The detonation of part
of thc charge of a shell being unloaded
in Shellhouse No. 1 exploded all the
other shells in the house, and the frag?
ments of shells driven into the adjoin
ing houses exploded their contents.
There were two main explosions
with an interval of several minutes be?
tween, and a succession of minor onei
as individual shells went off. Fire fol
lowed, and for several hours thc ma?
rines fought thc flames in imminent
danger from constantly exploding
shells. Physicians and nurses from
West Point, Pcckskill and Haverstraw
hurried to the island nnd attended to
tiie injured, one of whom was seriouslj
burt.
No statements of thc amount of ex?
plosives on the island could be obtain?
ed from Gunner Fries. U. S. N., in
command, but it is said that a large
consignment of shells from the Ala?
bama, Kcarsargc, Massachusetts and
Illinois were in thc buildings destroy?
ed.
About 480 13-inch shells were on
hand, it is said. A large amount of fix?
ed ammunition, stored in two build?
ings from which the roofs were blown,
did not explode, and the two main
powder magazines were at the other
end of the island out of danger.
MARINES LANDED ON ISTHMUS.
Nashville's Bluejackets Were Later Returned
to Their Vessel.
Colon, Colombia (By Cable).?The
ives of the American residents here
ivere threatened. American and for
?ign families Hocked for shelter to thc
?ailroad buildings.
There was great commotion and thc
United States gunboat Nashville land
:d fifty bluejackets and a quantity of
immunition.
During the excitement the bluejack?
ets from thc Nashville quickly placed
'jalcs of cotton on the tops of freight
:ars, forming excellent barricades.
Many of thc citizens were armed with
ri ties and revolvers.
Several Americans and other foreign?
ers took refuge on board thc German
(teamer Markomannia.
Quiet was restored later and at 7.3c
/clock thc bluejackets returned to the
Nashville.
Thc flag of the new republic has al
*cady made its appearance in Colon.
General Cuadros, the prefect of j
Jolon, and the senior officer com- j
nanding the troops which arrived on
he gunboat Cartagena from Savanilla, 1
ire maintaining their position of rcfus
ng to acknowledge thc authority of j
he provisional government of Pana- j
na.
The presence of thc United States !
runboat Nashville at Colon is believ?
ed to have resulted in the avoidance of I
lerious trouble.
It is believed that peaceful results
viii follow a guarantee given by Col- '
mel Torres that if the American ma- j
.?ines would return to the Nashville he '
vould maintain order.
Thc British consul has suggested that |
f requested a contingent ol troops will
De sent to Colon from thc Bril ish
:ruiser Amphion, now at Panama.
Both Burned to Death.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). - At
Mount Pleasant, 0.. Edward Moore, a
:oal miner, and wife, were burned to
death by thc explosion of a powder can
which the husband was filling. A spark
from thc grate ignited the explosive, and
both were so badly burned that they died
KXMl afterward.
Kite Pulled Four-Toa Boa*.
London (By Cable).?After several
failures S. F. Cody succeeded in cross?
ing thc English Channel in his boat
drawn by a kite. He left Calais at 11
Vclock P. M. and reached Dover 13
.'lours later. He encountered much ship
ping and had some narrow escapes.
SPARKS FROM THi: WIRES.
Ihe eighth celebration of the found?
ing of Carnegie Institute was observ?
ed at Pittsburg.
It is probable that three more men
lost their lives in Inc Iona Island ex?
plosion.
. District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, says thc Tamuianyitcs arc mis?
taken if they believe they are going
to have a wide-open town. He says he
proposes to go after the gamblers and
divekeepers.
Two men were killed in a freight
train collision at Reed's Run. O.
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THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Gleaned From All Over
tbe State.
Virginia pensions:?John Maher
$12; Henry Groh, $12; Jesse M. Pow?
ers, $10; Lucv Tribley. $8; Samuel Hol?
land, $8; William H. Holden, $8;
Adolph Grossman, $17; John T. Stew?
art, $10; Thomas G. Sesler, $10; Cae?
sar Smith, $10; James Bailey. $10; Eze
kiel Johnson, $8; Caleb Turlington
$12; Charles Fisher, $8; Joseph II
Mann, $6; Augustus Stone, $12; Geo
W. Brown, $8; John Harmon, $10
Henry Powell, $8; Agatha Evans, $12.
George Savage, $8; Frank E. Kelly
$10; John Coates, $8.
"No developments; deny empliaticali)
all rumors; my son is yet missing am
there is no clue to his whereabouts, wa*
what Dr. J. S. Wentz said at Bristol
He is thc father of Edward L. Went/,
who disappeared from the mountain.'
near Big Stone Gap four weeks ago las
Wednesday. The rumors jftnmk thaV
the kidnappers were holdflig the younj?
man until a ransom ?l $2co.ooo was pau
them are most-emphatically denied, not
oidy by thc father, but hy others closeK
allied with the Virginia Coal and I roi*
Company and the Stone (Ga.) Coke and
Coal Company, in which the missing mat
has a large interest.
The Bristol Iron Furnace 1-as been
closed for extensive repairs, which wd!
cost $50,000.
The machinists of Bristol have organ?
ized and are now a part of the Machin?
ists' Union of the United States.
Thc firm of Coleman & Johnson, ai
Warsaw, has made an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors. The cause ol
the failure is attributed to the loss of
most of the canned tomatoes put up DJ
the firm this season. Thc tomatoes were
not sufficiently ripened.
Full official returns from the election
in Stafford county show a majority ol
only four for H. G. Chcsley. Republican
at present Treasurer of Stafford county
against W. B. Reamer, the Democratic
nominee. It is said that a contest will
be made.
Thc reunion of thc survivors of Ma
hone's Brigade, who made thc famou
charge at the battle of thc Crater on Jttlj
30, 1864, when the fiercest hand-to-hand
fight of the Civil War took place, \Va
held on thc Crater battlefield, which il
just outside of Petersburg.{ The parade
of the veterans and military and fire de?
partment through thc principal street!
was witnessed by several thousand peo?
ple, and the stores and private dwellings
were beautifully decorated with flags and
bunting. The banks and schools were
closed and business was practically sus?
pended.
A suit for $15,000 has been instituted
against the Lynchburg Telephone Com?
pany by Frank Booker. It is claimed
that a defective wire of thc compain
caused Booker to be so badly bunted
that he had to have part of one hand
amputated.
An enthusiastic meeting was held ill
Hampton in behalf of thc Jamestown
Exposition. Addresses were made by
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Congressman Harry
L. Maynard and others.
Charges were filed with Mayor Moss,
of Newport News, against Chief of the
Fire Department W. K. Stow, who i
charged with gross neglect of duly and
misconduct. It is alleged that Slow
made an unprovoked attack upon Pal?
mer Dillard, a well-known yo?h% mam**
at a fire recently.
Samuel E. Smith, an old resident of
Port Norfolk, fell from bis wagon neal
bis home, and when assistance arrived
was dead, his neck being broken. He
was 69 years old, and had suffered from
asthma for many years. But the au
topsy showed that the fall from thc wag?
on was due to apaplexy.
Owing to compulsory vaccination or?
ders being issued by thc Board of Health
and thc sending out ot Dr. Moorman ant
Dr. Webb, accompanied-toy^T p"o1h
ficer, a great commotion has been stine'
up in Belmont, where thc physicians art
now vaccinating the children in thc pub
lie schools. Many patrons of the insit
tution visited the schools and took their
children home. Several children arc saW
to have fainted while undergoing thc or?
deal, and many had lo bc held in order
that their anns might be bared for vac?
cination. Patrons of the school arc in 1
rebellious mood.
During the year 1840 John Trent, the?
il young man, left his home in Amcl
county, Virginia, ard went to<Iickmar
county, Kentucky, to make his home
Friday he arrived in Petersburg on a visii
io his brother, George W. Trent, whom
he had not seen before in more thar
52 years. Thc- two aged brothers em
braced each other and the meeting bc
wecn them was affecting. John Trent
is about 76 years of age.
The Commissioners of Elections of
Dinwiddic county met at the Com,tr
Courthouse and canvassed the returns ol
ast Tuesday's election. The return!
?ive T. E. Clark (Dem.), for the Hoiim
)f Delegates, 12 majority over hi; op
xment, J. E. Young. Clark is an ex
nember of thc Legislature.
Further evidences have developed tc
diow that Lillian Shaw, the young mu
atto woman whose body was found i ?
he mountains of Johnson county, wan
murdered. It appears that she was stain
bree miles from thc spot where hei
-barred body was found under a pafrurifj '
tamed log heap. Two men. tied the
rorpse on a rail and carried it through
he mountains to thc secluded spot when
it was found. The rail having broker
n twain, the men cut a pole and attached
thc body to it, carrying it tims lo thc
ire that was to consume it.
James Dailey, a resident of tits Dis
rict of Columbia, while at work on tlr
?ornice of tho new postoffice addition
it Alexandria, fell from (ho caves to the
rround and was fatally nurt.
William P. Ward, a well-known rail
oad contractor, was struck by an etti
fine on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rall "*
?oad at Lynchburg and received injune-*
hat resulted in his death. Mr. War wat
scamming a piece of track which he had
ust constructed, and ii, the thick toa
)f the morning failed to see the atv
?roaching train. He was a son of thc
ate Judge R. H. Ward, of Campbell
?oimty. ?
Mr. Henry S. Campbell, of Fredericka,
lurg, nas been made superintendent of
ie J. S. Kemp Manufacturing Company
it Nev-ark \ alley. N V.
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