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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. XXV.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., NOVEMBER 20,1908.
NO. 45.
COMES TO OUR TERMS
U. S. Minister Powell Has Carried His
Point at Santo Domingo.
SOME HEAVY FIOHTINQ ABOUT CITY.
Dominican Government Afreet to tbe Pro*
visions of tbe Protocol Regarding Ibe San
Domingo Improvement Company?A Vic?
tory for tbe American Interests?Insurgent*
Boated.
San Domingo (Special). ? United
States Minister Powell lias finally car?
ried his point against the Dominican gov?
ernment that it should agree to the pro?
visions of the protocol regarding the
Santo Domingo Improvement Company.
The government informed the Min?
ister that it would accede to his re?
quest, carry out the provisions of the pro.
tocol and appoint arbitrators today. This
is considered a great victory for the
American interests.
There was heavy fighting here. The
forts around the city were engaged with
the insurgents and there was considerable
cannonading on both sides. The town
was not damaged and the situation is un?
changed.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
arrived here.
Business is at a standstill.
Washington (Special) ?Confirmatory
information of the attack on San Domin?
go City by the revolutionists reached
the State Department in a dispatch from
Minister Powell. He reported that the
revolutionists were attacking the city on
three sides. There were no other details
in Minister Powell's cablegram. The
cruiser Baltimore, which was ordered to
San Domingo waters, is now there, so
that American interests will be given full
protection.
The case of the San Domingo Im?
provement Company against thc Domin?
ican government has been one of long
standing. The improvement company
had contracts for making various im?
provements nnd for certain harbors, priv?
ileges ar.d dues, which contract thc Do?
minican government afterwards took
away from the company. The former
sought the assistance of this govern?
ment, and asked it to secure its just'
rights.
MANY MILLIONS DIVIDED.
William L. Elkins Estate Valued st Over
$25,030,0)0.
Philadelphia (Special).?The will of
William L. Elkins, the financier, \\'a-> tilca
for probate with the register of wills
of Montgomery county, where Mr. Elkins
resided. The value of the estate was not
mentioned in the document, the sum
stated being $100,000 and upwards. The
testator's fortune is estimated at from
$25,000,000,000 to $30,000,000.
The only bequest to charity contained
ia the will is the sum of $240,000 to be
devoted to the erection of an institution
for female orphans of Free Masons upon
a plot of ground devised for the pur?
pose. The testament makes no provision
for thc maintenance of the orphanage.
Thc will directs that the asylum bc con?
ducted and managed by thc Masonic
Home of Pennsylvania.
The Elkins art collection is bequeathed
to the City of Philadelphia after the
death of the testator's last heir. Thc
bulk of thc estate goes to Mr Elkins'
family and relatives. The largest indi?
vidual bequests are made to Mari" leonis:
and Felton Elkins, his grandchildren.
who will receive $1,000,000 each upon at?
taining their majority. His coachman
and valet are each bequeathed $i,ooo.
Accommodation Wrecked.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).?One person
was killed, four were severely injured
and a number of others were slightly
bruised in the wreck of the East Aurora
accommodation train on the Pennsylva?
nia Railroad a short distance east of this
city. The engine and one coach went
into the ditch and thc second coach was
tipped half way over, but remained upon
the roadbed. The engineer, Alonzo Cole,
was buried under his engine and killed.
It was said that the danger signal was
thrown against the train when it was
oi. the bridge. The engineer stuck to his
post and tried to check the train, but the
distance was too short.
LaV E
^L tic
Shot Url Hbo Rejected ulm.
Gallatin, Mo. (Special).?Ida Aster
was shot and fatally wounded by Elmer
Venable, a well-known man of this city,
because she had refused his offer of
marriage. Venable, who is a widower,
drove the girl from her home by threat?
ening her. and shot her down in the
street when she was begging for her
life. Thc girl was shot four times, two
of the wounds .being mortal. Venable
disappeared in the darkness and has
not yet been apprehended.
Will Not Kill Herself.
New York (Special). -- Isabe'lc
Courtney, a chorus girl, who attempt?
ed suicide by stabbing herself three
times in the breast with a small dag?
ger, was arraigned before Magistrate
Breen, in the West Side Police Court,
charged with attempted suicide, and
upon her promise not to repeat the
act she was discharged. Thc girl told
Magistrate Breen that she did not know
what she was doing. She was discharg?
ed from the prison ward at Bellevue
Hospital.
I5.00J Bulgarians Kited
Salonica, Macedonia (By Cable).?Ac?
cording to an official statement thc Bul?
garians killed during thc disturbances in
European Turkey from April 15 to the
present time a total of 15.000.
Vienna?Boris Sarafoff, the Macedo?
nian leader, in an interview at Kustcn
dil, Bulgaria, said the insurrectic* in the
Vilayet of Monastir has cost the lives of
1.200 insurgents asd that 130 village*
have been burned. The rev-qkitiohaw pt
g-aniza'ion. he added, continues opera?
tions.
TKE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
J. N. Evans, president of the board
of regents of the Nevada State Univer?
sity and one of the wealthiest and
most prominent citizens of Nevada,
died from the effects of a fall.
M. Vacherot, the chief gardener of
the City of Paris, arrived at New York
on his way to St. Louis to superintend
the laying out of the seven acres
allotted to France.
A fast train on the Illinois Centra!
Railroad was wrecked in a collission
near Kentwood, La., and 20 negroes
were killed and io negroes and 3 white
men injured.
Three robbers held up the night
watchman of Mapleton, Ia., and after
taking from him his gun and jail keys
they locked him up in a cell in the jail.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
session at Omaha, appropriated more
than $700,000 for work in nearly 30
countries.
Waldemar Sorokoumosky, a titled
Russian, was stabbed in New Orlean?,
and Henry A. Haynes was arrested on
the charge of doing the cutting.
The Builders' Exchange Leagus in
Pittsburg caused a lockout, which, they
say, will be maintained till sympathetic
I strikes are declared off.
Former aldermen of Grand Rapids,
Mich., are to be arrested as a result
of the confession of former City At*
i torney Lant K. Salsbury.
The mills of the Inland Steel Com?
pany, at Indiana Harbor, Ind., were
j closed, the employes striking on ac?
count of a reduction in wages.
It has been decided by the Cuban
! Cabinet that no recognition will be
! given by thc Cuban government to the
t new Republic of Panama until that
\ republic has been recognized by some
I of the other Latin-American govern
1 merits.
The annual convention of the Ws>
; men's Christian Temperance Union
j was begun in Cincinnati. The presi
i dent. Mrs. Lill;-^. M. Stevena, deliver
i cd her annual aauresf.
! The American Federation of Labor.
! at its session in Boston, sent a me*
; saee of good wishes to the striking
; Chicago street car men.
Fourteen branches of nurses were
! represented at thc annual council of
j thc Guild of St. Barnabas, which met
j in Hartford, Conn.
President Palma has signed the
grant of $50,000 voted to General
' Gomez for his services as head of the
\ revolutionary army.
?j There was another exciting day on
J the Cotton Exchange in New York,
? and new high records were made.
The messenger boys of the Harvard
Square office of the Western Union
1 Company were supplanted by girls.
Edward Hoover was hanged in
? Michigan City.. Ind., for the murder
I of his father-in-law.
Judge Autch. iff Sunbury, Pa., gave an
[ opinion deciding that the decision of the
1 Anthracite Strike Commission was not
i legally binding on either the miners or
1 operators.
The Clyde liner Cherokee, which ran
; the blockade in Dominican waters, re
! turned to New York, after having made
' her usual stops at Santo Domingo ports.
It is rumored that there will bc a num?
ber of dismissals in the New York Post
office as the result of the investigation rc
| cently made.
About 200 miners from Summerville
'?? and Soulsbyville have driven the Chinese
miners out of Soulsbyville and the Black
Oak mines.
The United Daughters of the Confed
; cracy. in session at Charleston, S. C..
, discussed the plans for the Jefferson
Davis monument.
Fire that started in Love's dry good?
?tore in Albia, Ia., destroyed a block of
business houses, entailing a loss csti
, mated at $300,000.
In spite of bitter opposition, the old
I directors of thc American Malting Com?
pany were elected at the meeting at Jer
1 sey City.
Mrs. William Smale was arrested in
I Harveyville, Kan., on suspicion of being
j concerned in the death of her husband.
The Italian cruiser Liguria, with the
Duke of Abran! in command, sailed
1 from New Orleans for San Domingo.
Elmer Venable, of Gallatin, Mo.^shot
i and fatally wounded Miss Ida Aster be
j cause she refused to marry him.
I deign.
General Jiminez, head of the Domi
; nican revolution, is on the French
; steamer St. Simon, which has left Port
[ au-Prince, Hayti, with the intention of
forcing the blockade of Puerto Plata,
on the northern coast of Santo Domin?
go.
While it is reported at Peking that
Japan is dissatisfied w;th the slow pro?
gress of the negotiations between that
' country and Russia, French official ad
1 vices show a distinct improvement in
; the situation.
Boris Sarafoff, thc Macedonian lead
; er, who has returned to Bulgaria, says
the insurrection in the vilayet of Mon*
; astir has cost the lives of 1200 insur
! gents.
Thc Servian government declined to
I buy two palaces of the late King
1 Alexander offered for sale by former
Queen Natalie because the price asked
was $500,000.
A high Russian official says that
; Russia wants peace, but is prepared for
j war. As a result of the Czar's visit
! to France and Germany, it is believed
i in St. Petersburg that these powers
' came to an understanding regarding
1 thc Eastern question.
The Turkish Foreign Minister has
I informed the Russian and Austrhn
! Ambassadors that the Porte would give
J a satisfactory reply to the demands for
j reforms in Macedonia.
It is reported at Tientsin that a fight
' has occurred between Russian and
Chinese imperial troops and that 10,
oco Chinese troops have crossed the
frontier into Manchuria.
The arguments before thc Venezuelan
arbitration tribunal at Thc Hague
have been concluded.
financial.
lt is stated that Rockefeller has sold
short 100,000 shares of Pennsylvania
this week.
Pacific Mai! is successfully mantptt
lated and bobs 110 and down at clips
of 2 per cent.
Bright prospects for the Cuban reci?
procity treaty boosted Su-gar shares
3 per cent.
The Pennsylvania Company for In-,
turtojg ftal raig^*: S| c*j!1 mot-iey natos
to 5 per "cejj(t.? owng to the heavy de
niarri tor loins. .. _. .
1
WORDS OF CHRIST FOUND
Archaeologists Make Strange Discovery
in Egypt.
PAPYRI BURIED OVER 1,800 YEARS.
Ulberto Unknown Sayings of Jesns Dui *'P
by Archaeologists About One Hundred
Miles From Cairo, Egypt?Some Variations
From Accepted Tesl?Were Probably
Written to Thomas.
London (By Cable).?Many hitherto
mknown sayings of Jesus Christ have
been discovered in Egypt by archeolo
?ists who have dug up papyri, buried
?since the second century, loo miles
fouth of Cairo. Dr. Bernard P. Grcn
:ell, who has been engaged in Egyptian
excavations since 1894 at the genera!
?neeting of the Egypt Exploration
Fund here, gave the following details:
Accompanied by Dr. Hunt, Dr.
Grenfell found a rich ptolemaic necrop?
lis at El-Hibeh. The bulk of the doc
iments from one mound consisted of a
collection of sayings of Jesus. They
ire all introduced with the words
'Jesus saith," and for the most parl.
ire new. The ends of the lines, unfor
unately, are often obliterated. Appar?
ently all the sayings were addressed to
St. Thomas. One of the most remark
ible is:
"Let not him that seeketh cease from
his search until he find, and when he
finds he shall wonder; wondering he
shall reach the kingdom, i. e., the king
:lom of heaven, and when he reaches
ihe kingdom he shall have rest."
Dr. Grenfell remarked that enor?
mous interest would be aroused by the
discoveries, on account of the varia
:ions they disclosed from accepted
texts. One variant of the mystical say?
ing, recorded in St. Luke, "The king
lom of God is within you," was of great
?.alue, as the saying in the papyrus ap?
peared in quite different surroundings
Tom those attributed to it by the evan?
gelist and extended far into another
region.
According to Dr. Grenfell these say
ngs formed thc new Gospel which is
traditionally associated with St.
Thomas.
An interesting variation of thc Gos
iel according to St. Luke, eleventh
rhapter and fifty-second verse, ("Woe
into you, lawyers! for ye have taken
1 way the key of knowledge; ye enter?
ed not in yourselves, and them that
?vere entering in ye hindered,") reads
n the papyrus: "Ye have hidden the
<ey of knowledge, ye entered not your
,eh*es and to them that were entering
in ye did not open."
Another fragment contained a dis?
burse of Christ, closely related to pas?
sages of the sermon on the mount, and
1 conversation between Christ and Hifi
disciples, in which Christ answers j
question as to when His kingdom wil!
be realized, saying: "When ye return
to the State ot innocence which existeo
before the fall."
A valuable find was made in papyri,
written in Latin, giving the text ot
.he Epistle to the Hebrews, and an epi?
tome of Livy's six lost books. This,
with other papyri, covering the period
?50-137 B. C. threw much new and val?
uable information on the history of
;he world and marked the recovery oi
'litherto lost classical literature ol
Egypt.
A quaint instance of thc business
methods in vogue in 137 A. D., if
shown in the discovery of an amusing
contract whereby a slave-boy was to bf
:aught shorthand for 120 drachmae. Tin
payment was arranged on a thoroughly
business-like basis. 40 drachmae down
to on satisfactory evidence of progress
ind 40 on- the attainment of profi?
ciency.
ASSURANCES OF RUSSIA.
'Jolted States Satisfied That tbe Czar Will
Not Interfere
Washington, D. C. (Special).?It is
stated officially here in relation to thf
story printed by an Odessa Russian
newspaper that the United States con?
templated a military occupation of Muk?
den that at no stage in the Chinese nego?
tiations has the State Department con
tcmplatcd a recourse to thc military arni
of the United States.
Thc assurances that had been received
here from Russia quite satisfied the de?
partment that, regardless of any military
or political movements by Russia ir
Manchuria, there would not be any at?
tempt made to interfere with the United
States' trade in that quarter; so thal
from a trade standpoint it matters little
whether Russian or Chinese troops gar?
rison Mukden, the force of the new
treaty between China and the United
States being recognized by Russia.
A Head'on Collision.
Johnstown, Pa. (Special).?In a head
;>n collision of freight engines near
Bradley Junction, on thc Cambria and
Jlearfield division of thc Pennsylvania
Railroad, Fireman A. M. Weakland, of
?Mtoona, and Brakeman A. J. Eberly,
if Crcsson, were killed. Engineers J.
If. Buck and V. E. Quartz were se
rerely injured, the former it is thought
atally. The collision was due to a
misunderstanding of orders.
Will Be a Oreat Trial.
St. Petersburg (Special).?About
5000 witnesses and 50 lawyers will ap?
pear at thc trial, which opens Thurs?
day, of the persons arrested on the
diarge of participation in the massacre
>f Jews at Kishcneff in April last. All
:he mayors, marshals and nobles ol
Bessarabia will sit in judgment on the
Kiioners.
Collieries to Open.
Shamokiu, Pa. (Special).-^The Hick
Dry Ridge. Swamp, Richards and Penn
.ylvania collieries, which employ 30CQ
men and boys, will resume operations
next week after an idleness of about
two nssjftttu. The collieries were for
meTly operated by thc Union Coal
Company, .Vu that company having be?
come extinct the collieries passed into
the control of the Susquehanna Coal
X^onipM-y. '?vhich is controlled by thf
T^ennsylvanja Pailroa4 Co^aa*.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Wood is Held Up.
The nomination of Robert Shaw Oli?
ver, of New York, to be assistant secre?
tary of war, was ordered to be favorably
reported by the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs. No action was taken
rm the nomination of Brigadier General
Leonard Wood to be major general in
view of the request made in executive
session by Senator Teller that he be
riven an opportuity to make inquiries
?onceming General Wood's military rec?
ord. Senator Proctor, acting chairman,
ft-ill call a second meeting of the Com
nittee on Military Affairs within a few
lays. He said it is the intention now
.hat the meeting shall be public and a
nearing granted to all persons opposed
o the nomination of General Wood.
The committee voted to recommend
the confirmation of the appointment of
Major General Samuel B. M. Young to
be lieutenant general, vice General Miles,
retired. The appointment of Brigadier
jeneral Samuel S. Sumner to be major
general, made prior to that of General
Wood, was ordered favorably reported.
As long as the nomination of General
Wood is held up about loo nominations
Df others will remain unacted upon, as
their promotion depends upon that of
General Wood.
He Will Save Time.
If Speaker Cannon carries out his
present plans, after the House has dis?
used of the Cuban Reciprocity Bill he
will appoint a number of his other
House committees, so that they may
proceed at once with the work of pre?
paring the great appropriation bills for
:hc coming fiscal year. There are 14
of these bills, and the Speaker is anx?
ious to have them presented and pass?
ed by the House as soon as possible'
during the regular session beginning
aext month, so that they can get to
!he Senate and become laws before the
summer. The appropriation bills have
always been the great obstacles to an
r-arly adjournment of Congress during
he long session, and Speaker Cannon.
'rom his experience as chairman of
he Appropriations Committee of thc
(louse, knows that the sooner thc
House committees begin work on them
die greater the chance for an carly ad?
ornment. Thc estimates for the ap?
propriations are submitted to Congress
th the opening day of the regular ses?
sion of Congress, but there is a great
leal of preliminary work many of the
committees can do thi3 month in has
Jcning the drafting of thc bills.
Porto Rico's Plea.
A conference was held at the executive
offices between the President and three
officials of the Island of Porto Rico
Charles Hartzell, secretary of the island
government; Samuel Lindsay, commis?
sioner of immi|rtaion, and W. F. Wil?
loughby, treasurer. The island officials
urged the President to exert his influ?
ence to the end that Porto Rico might
be enabled to_ market its coffee crop to
idvantage, their suggestion being that
treaties be negotiated by the United
States with foreign countries, providing
that they should admit Porto Rican cof?
fees at such duties as would give the is?
land planters profitable markets. Sena?
tor Foraker, of Ohio, also had a talk
with thc President about Porto Rican af?
fairs, bringing to the President's atten?
tion some cablegrams from Govemot
Hunt. - The President will discuss fully
the affairs of thc island in his forthcom?
ing annual message to Congress.
May Reprimand "Flght'ng Bob."
Thc Secretary of the Navy has given
serious consideration of the complaint
of the officers composing the court
which tried Assistant Paymaster Rish?
worth Nicholson regarding the lan?
guage used by Rear Admiral Evans in
disapproving its findings. It was stat?
ed today that thc regulations permit
1 reviewing officer in passing on a case
?0 express himself with vigor where he
deems such action necessary, but not
to the extent of arraigning the court
ind reprimanding its individual mem?
bers. Admiral Evans was not called on
io explain to the department. Should
.he conclusion be reached, however,
(hat he did arraign the court, it was
stated today that he would be notified
chat he had gone outside of his func?
tion as a reviewing officer.
tatrigne In a Postoffice.
Postmaster General Payne directed
the dismissal of Anna Dreyer, Samuel
Kober, Joseph Dreyer and Birdie
Knott, clerks in the St. Louis Post
office, for alleged conspiracy to secure
rhe removal of Postmaster Baumhoff,
of that city. These clerks were sus?
pended March 9 and io, and their per?
manent separation from the service is
now ordered as the result of the inves?
tigations of the charges made against
Baumhoff. The Civil Service Commis?
sion a week ago requested Postmaster
Baumhoff's reasons for suspending
,hese clerks, and, on his report, made
1 decision sustaining the postmaster's
allegations of a conspiracy against him.
Hunau-\ arida at White House.
President Roosevelt formally received
M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the duly ac?
credited envoy extraordinary and minis
rc-r plenipotentiary of Panania to the
United States. The reception of the
-minster marked the birth of the new Re?
public of Panama into the family of na
'ions and paves the way for negotiations
:>etween the United States and the infant
republic precisely as they may bc con?
ducted between any two sovereign na?
tions.
fn tbe Departments.
The State Department has no in?
formation of the marching of a Colom
>ian army upon the isthmus. "Envoy
Bunau-Varilla says it is easier to
nardi from Cape Town to London
han from Bogota to Panania.
The House Ways and Means Cotu
nittec favorably reported thc Cuban
Reciprocity bill.
A bulletin issued by the Interstate
"ommerce Commission shows a large
nercase in the number of railroad cas
talttes during the year.
A delegation of Creek Indians, in bc
lalf of their tribe, submitted a list of
grievances to Indian Commissioner
ones.
Senator Hanna will succeed Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, as chr;irman ot
he Committee upon Interoceanic Ca?
lais, j
Counsel for the defendants in the
vestal cases were allowed to tnake es
racts from thc records of th| depart
ttent. j
HR.A. H. GREENMURDEREO
'?Father of Greater New York" Shot By
Negro Servant.
KILLED AT HIS OWN DOORSTEP.
Delusion That Mr. Green Had Slandered lllir
?Tbe Negro Makes No Attempt to Escape,
But Curses His Victim While Miss Oreen
Holds the Head of tbe Dead or Dying Man
In Her Arms.
New York (Special).?Hon. Andrew
H. Green, famous lawyer, once the part?
ner of Samuel J. Tilden, and known ai
die "Father of Greater New York," was
?hot and killed at Thirty-ninth street and
Park avenue at 1.30 o'clock in thc after?
noon by Cornelius M. Williams, a negro.
iVilliams was at once arrested.
The murderer, who gave his residence
ns 156 West Twenty-sixth street, and
iis age as 43 years, fired five shots, four
>f which took effect.
Mr. Green was shot as he was enter
ng his residence, 91 Park avenue. After
iring four shots into his victim's head
:he negro put the revolver in his pocket
ind stood in the vestibule calmly waiting
ior a policeman to come and arrest him.
The negro, it appears, was standing
ai the vestibule of the house, when some
vords passed between them. Mr. Green
Mitered the gate. Then Williams opened
ire.
Williams declares that this Is thc con?
versation that took place:
"I said to Mr. Green: 'Why do you
:ake it upon yourself to circulate this
icandal about me?'
'"'What scandal?' said Mr. Green.
" 'You know what scandal. You met
me in West Fifty-third street, and want?
ed to know why I was living in a negro
lodging house.'
" 'I don't know anything about it,' said
Mr. Green. 'Go away from me.'
" 'You do know about it, and you will
nave to die for it.' With that I opened
arc."
Williams told this story very coolly
as he sat in thc captain's room in Ute
East Thirty-fifth Street Police Station.
After bc had finished this recital he
leaned back in his chair and very coolly
remarked:
"If I am not justified before man, I am
before God."
The arrest of Williams was made by
Policeman Houghtaling. The officer
was going up Park avenue when the
shooting took place. He says that he
reached the house just after Williams
had fired the last shot. Thc negro had
heen standing in thc vestibule all the
lime, the officer says. Thc negro simply
put the revolver back in his pocket,
leaned against thc door, folded his arms
and smiled.
Houghtaling took thc empty revolver
away from him and then hustled him off
to the police station. When searched a
dispossess notice was found in his pocket.
This was for rooms at 426 West Fifty
seventh street. The house was owned
by Mr. Green. The notice was issued in
August last, and the police believe that
this is thc real cause of Williams' action.
When Mr. Green fell passers-by rushed
to his assistance. His niece and the ser?
vants came from thc house. He was
dead before anyone reached him, but a
near-by doctor was summoned.
WRECK IN A DENSE FOO.
Two Heavy Freight Trains Crash Togelhet
? Engineers Killed.
Louisville, Ky. (Special).?Two heavy
freight trains, one of them a double?
header, collided in a dense fog near New
Hope, Ky., on thc Knoxville Division ol
thc Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Engineers Graves, Connor and Sturgis
and Firemen Reynolds, Leyden and
Leach were killed, Head Brakeman R. IC
Hume fatally injured, Blakeman Aline!
Wintrier badly hurt.
The trains met on a reverse curve al
the top of an embankment 30 feet high
The three engines were completely de?
molished, and nearly every car of botr.
'.rains landed at the foot of the hill. Fire
50011 broke out, and 15 cars of thc mer
ehandise and coal were destroyed. Spc
:ial relief trains were sent out, and thc
nodies of the trainmen were recovered.
Hume, who was the only one of the men
found alive under thc wreckage, had
fiis jaw torn off and was otherwise badly
hurt. The corps of rescuers had, after
mich difficulty, taken Hume from under
l car of coke, and were bearing him to
A-ard the special train when a carload of
-fimpowder reached by the flames ex
>loded with terrific force.
Fortunately, none of the recuing party
was injured. Brakeman Winklcr jumped
ind was badly hurt.
She Took lt Coolly.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).?
VIrs. Nancy Jeanette Flood, convicted
)f thc murder of John London, was
icntenccd to life imprisonment. Mrs.
I'lood took the sentence without a
juiver, keeping up a most marvohms
.-xhibition of nerve. To Barney Fin?
gleton, her alleged companion in crime.
die said: "Well, Barney, thev beat
is."
Just Missed the Magazine.
Norfolk, Va. (Special).?A tire broke
mt on thc torpedo destroyer Lawrence
which barely missed thc magazine. Thc
'ioat was moored in thc midst of thc flo?
tilla. Lieutenant Curtis and five seamen
were overcome in an heroic tight against
he flames.
Biltmore Leased.
Asheville. N. C. (Special).?Thc deal
which has been pending for some time
between George W. Vanderbilt an 1
Edgar B. Moore, of Kenilworth, for
thc lease of thc Biltmore estate was
completed. With the exception of 1000
acres immediately surrounding the
Biltmore mansion, Mr. Moore will have
control for 1 0 years of un area of 125,
000 acres. This tract of land will be
?onverted into hunting pre?erv_?,
Ik
SITUATION IMPROVING AT PANAMA.
Colombian Capital Reported to Be in a
State Bordering on Revolution.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Thc
?Hate Department has received a cable?
gram from United States Minister Beta*
>re, at Bogota, dated November 9, in
vhich the minister states that large
rowds were parading thc streets on the
5th inst., crying "Doun with Marro
pun!"
There was a mass-meeting denouncing
he President and calling for a chang'
)f government.
Hundreds gathered at thc palace. an*'
he orator, a prominent national general
railed for the resignation of the Presi
lent.
Thc gathering was dispersed by tb
iroops, several persons being wounded
but there were no fatalities. The cit*
was under martial law and well guard?.'
by soldiers.
The legation of the United States wa
under the protection of the governmeiv
but there were no indications of hosti'
demonstrations.
The residence of Lorenzo Marroqui
(believed here to be a senator and so'
A the President) has been attacked v. it'
;toncs.
To Receive Bunau*Y'arilla.
When M. Phillippe Bunau-Variila rt
:urned from a conference with Secr<
:ary Hay he said that he would he r<
?eived by thc President at thc Whit
tTouse on Friday at 9.30 o'clock as mu?
ster plenipotentiary and envoy extraol
linary of the Republic of Panama to th
United States. This hour, he said, wi!
nark the passing of the de facto govcrr
neut to a de jure stage.
M. Bunau-Varilla first will call at th
state Department on Secretary Hay. wh
trill accompany him to thc White Hous
ind make thc presentation. Thc cen
nony will occur in thc blue room. Thcs
letails were arranged at the conferene
his afternoon.
M. Bunau-Varilla announced that li
ivould cable his government, advising
hat it decline to allow General Reyes t
and unless he bore full credentials a
Colombia's minister plenipotentiary an
Envoy extraordinary to the Republic c
Panama.
The reply of thc State Department b
he protest filed by Dr. Herran, thc Cc
binbian charge, was forwarded to hire
lt was merely a formal ackuowledgmci*
that the protest had been received.
Berlin's Friendliness.
Mr. Tower, our ambassador at Berlir
lias cabled the State Department that h
has been requested by Baron Richtoffcr.
the German foreign secretary, to inf orr
thc Washington government that thc rc
port that Germany intended to becom
involved in the isthmian situation is en
tircly without foundation.
Mr. Tower adds that he was furthc
assured by the foreign secretary in
most earnest and sincere manner that th
question of Germany's interfering i*
Panania simply did not exist.
Ask For Correspondence.
Senator Gillum, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, presented th,
following concurrent resolution to th
Senate:
"Resolved, That thc President bc rc
{netted to communicate to the Senate
if not in his judgment incompatible wit!
the public interests, all correspondenc
ind other official documents relating li
the recent revolution on the Isthmus o
Panama."
At Senator Cul lom's request the rcso
lution was referred to thc committee o'
foreign relations,
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
Terrible Accident on Rrle Traction Liar
Caused By Brakes.
Eric. Pa. (Special).?A terrible acci
lent happened on thc Eric Tractior
Company line, which run.-, between hem
ind Cambridge Springs, in which fiv<
persons were instantly killed and scvera'
ladly injured, two fatally. Thc acci
lent happened one mile south of Me?
lvern, or about eleven miles from this
:ity.
Hie accident was caused by thc brake
>n a car of gravel becoming loo<c am!
lllowing it to run out from thc side
rack on which it had been placed to the
nain track, where there was a heavy
lown grade.
While running at a high rate of spoc.i
t met and almost crashed through thc
"lassenger car which left Erie shortly
ifter 6 o'clock and which, as usual, wa
Hied with persons who had been in this
:ity shopping and attending Criminal
Court.
Soc'ety Giri Killed by Car.
Memphis. Tenn. (Special). ? Miss
Douglas Calhoun, prominent in society
:ircles and a member of an aristocratic
family, was killed by a car. Thc young
lady, her brother and a woman friend
were taking a horseback ride. At thc
approach of the car the animal became
frightened, and Miss Calhoun was
thrown immediately in front of the rap?
idly moving car and instantly killed.
Beaupre to Stay at Bogota.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?In a
dispatch from Minister Beaupre he an?
nounced that he had decided to refrain
from taking advantage of his leave ol
absence, which was immediately avail?
able, until March. No explanation is
offered for the change in Mr. Beau
prc's plans, but it is surmised that he
foresaw thc approaching revolution,
and desired to bc at^ hi? post when thc
separation came. No apprehension is
felt for the Minister's personal safety
at Bogota, though it is realized that hi)
lot may be an unpleasant one.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRoi.
In thc presence of a select gather
ing of distinguished scholars and
others who take a deep interest in mat?
tera of an educational nature, the Ger?
manic Museum at Harvard was formal?
ly opened and thc collections sent tc
it by Emperor William of Germany
formally presented.
The President of Ecuador has cablec"
his sympathy to the President of Co?
lombia, and thc former has informed
the latter that a Colombian army ii
marching on Fanama..
THE OLD DOMINION.
latest News Gleaned From All Over
the State.
These pensions were granted Mary?
landers.*?Samuel Robinson, $8; John
Pullen, (io; William G. Lee, $10;
Priederich Wiechman, $12; Charles H.
Bireley, $6; Joseph F. Roop, $8; Oli?
ver Peacock, $8; George W. Brooks,
ho; John Bvard, $10; Custer K.
Brown, $6; Martha Cherry, $8; Jas.
G. Sullivan, $10; George L. RathelJ,
mo; Edward Camp, $8; William King.,
M-'; William Ross, $17; Ange M.
Strong, $20; Florence C. Rupert, $8.
Thomas J. Allen, a Nelson county
?nile dealer, horse trader and farmer,
a/as shot and killed by his uncle, B. V.
Mien, of the same section. The uncle
net the nephew in the highway and.
vithout warning discharged two loads
>f bird shot at the younger man, killing
lim instantly. Thc uncle then surren?
dered himself to thc authorities and
is now in the Nelson county jail await
ng trial, bail having been refused. No
reason has yet been given for thc deed,""
but it is believed that family matters
? -Hised the tragedy. The dead man
leaves 7 widow and three children.
Capt. S. J. Quinn, commander of
Maury Camp. Confederate Veterans, of
i'lcdericks'uurg, and Officer C. A.
Gore, went to the battlefield of Spott
-vlvan-ia Courthouse and disinterred the
remains of Gen. Abner M. Perrin, of
South Carolina, and Lieut. W. H. Rich
irdsori, of Alabama. Both of these
brave soldiers were killed on the
Bloody Angle" battlefield, near Spott
?A vania Courthouse. May 12, 1864, and
?ere burie4 on thc battlefield," near
,\ here the hospital was located. The
headboards of cedar were well preserv?
ed and the inscriptions cut in the wood
perfectly distinct, after nearly 40 years,
Thc Crystal Ice Company was ori
ganized in Bristol last week with a
capital of $30,000.
Vlexander Wright, who shot and kill
ed his friend, John Beckner. in Bris.
to!, waived his right to a preliminary
hearing and was sent to jail to await
the action of thc court.
In a row among negroes at a railroaf
camp near Quantico, William McFa*
ihot and seriously wounded Scott
Black and then escaped. McFail wal
arrested in Fredcricksburg.
A fire involving a loss of $7000 de?
stroyed the large bams at Lansdown,
on thc Mount Airy estate, ne^r War
-aw. belonging to H. A. and pK. Tay
Joe. The property was not insured.
Bullets flew thick and fast in an en?
counter between the students of William
raid Mary College, at Williamsburg, and
1 lie boy? of thc town. The students fired
steady pistol volleys from behind fence*
aud from thc windows of their rooms, it
i- stated, while the town boys, not se
well armed, returned the fusillade with
?1 few small volleys. The casualties were
on the side of thc town boys, one being
-truck in the jaw and another on the
iicad. The olice authorities are said tc
be guarding the college buildings, while
cveral warrants are in their hands for
-ervicc. A joke was thc cause of the
rouble. A short time ago thc students
ilaycd a prank on a citizen of the town,
who vowed vengeance if he could dis
rover thc names of thc perpetrators. It
s said that one of the students furnished
inc information, which so enraged his
classmates that they were preparing to
punish him when the town boys came to
his rescue.
The Francis Bland Randolph Chapter,
Daughters of thc Revolution, at noon
unveiled a memorial tablet in Blandford"
Church. Petersburg. Elizabeth Drewry,
little daughter of Dr. Wm. H. Drewry, m
unveiled the memorial. The tablet is of
Italian marble 7 by 4 feet. At the top ia
thc American shield, from which is sus?
pended a laurel wreath. At thc bottom/
is the society's insignia. The inscription,
written by ex-Cougrcssman Francis R.
?fcne^iler. is as follows : "In memory of
the patriots who planned, upheld and
achieved the independence of the United
States of America." Thc exercises con?
sisted of prayer by Rev. Dr. O. S. Bunt?
ing, address by Rev. I. S. Foster and
singing. A large crowd was in attend?
ance.
W. W. Cason, State wrecking agent of
Princess Anne county, appeared in the
United States Court before Judge Wad
dill to show cause why he is not in con?
tempt. It is charged that he sold the
wreck of schooner Nellie W. Howlett
while she was under a libel of the United
States Court for $460 seamen's wages^
In case he fails he will be liable forTne
seamen's wages. Thc schooner, with a
eargo of lumber, was blown ashore dur?
ing thc great gale of October.
George Butier. of Pinner's Point, iras
idiot in thc face 18 months ago by George
Montague, also of Pinner's Point, by the
careless handling of a gun. Butler was
not supposed to bc seriously injured at
thc time, but since the shooting he has
become totally blind. Thursday Peter
Butler, father of the injured man. swore
out a warrant, charging Montague with
feloniously shooting his son. Bail for
$500 was furnished. Montague says that
the shooting was accidental.
The board of trustees of thc Odd Fel?
lows' Orphanage met at Lynchburg and
elected the following officers for the en?
duing year: Messrs. Hill Montague, of
Richmond, president; WO. Baldwin, of
Radford, vice-president; P. M. Brad?
shaw, of Alexandria, secretary, and H.
A. Robinson, of Lynchburg, treasurer ?
Col. C. C. Vaughan, of Franklin, and
Messrs. Montague and Robinson, execu?
tive committee.
Green Brown, the negro who was ar?
rested nn the charge of attempting to as?
sault Mrs. Henry Hite. in Prince George
county, had an examination before Judge
Epcs, of that county, and was discharged.
i he accused proved by witnesses that on
thc day the alleged assault was commit?
ted he was at work in Petersburg.
W. D. Reamy and C. S. Kennedy,
Democratic candidates for Treasurer and
Sheri fi. respectively, tn Stafford county.
in the recent election, who were defeated '
Jy H. G. Cheslcy and Walter Wamslev,
Republican candidates, have filed notice
)f content-*.
I bree men were killed by a dynamite
explosion ni Harrisonburg. The dead
ire Mr. W. H. Bowman, former super
?nteudent of water works, and Grant
Dutiable and Lewis Tams, thc latter
wo negroes. Four men were injured.
I he men attempted to thaw out frozen
iynamitt, which explod-d