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HIGHLAND ECORDER VOL. xxvr. MONTEREY; HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JANUARY 22, 1904. NO. 1. EXPECT NO FOREIGN Al Japan Declares That f-h; Will Ffcbt H Own Battles. WILL BE A STRUGGLE TO TIIE DEAT "Nothing Can Avert War Between Russia ai Japan In the Future, Even if Tere: ls Pi cired Now," Says Baron H.iya -lr, Japane Minister to LonJon, in a Rcmnrktb Frank Siatenient? Issues Involved London (By Cable).?In peculiar (rank language, Baron Hayashi, ai'ti ?onsultation with the Foreign .Ollie lumnied up the situation as. follows: "1 only hope thc Czar will give i peace, but my hopes are not ttronj If we go to war it will bc (or issui whereon both America and Ruglan lave insisted diplomatically. We ha\ received no pledges from any countr that in the event of defeat it will ste In and save us from being absorbed t Russia. We cannot count even in cj trcmities on the armed support of an nation in the world. It would bc struggle to the death. Perhapi wc ai not strong enough to fi?ht Ri^si There arc two opinions about tint." Baron Hayashi intimated that 1 thought Japan was bound to bc beale in the end. "If wc were beaten," the Minister r< sumed, Russia would take Korea an Manchuria by right of conquest, an possibly Japan. No power on cart COIlld then dislodge her from Centr; China and all the Far East. I am sui it is better to po to war when yu know you are right, even if defeat possible, than to see your independene submerged under a continual aggrr sion that is bound to absorb you even nally. Nothing cnn avert war betwec Russia ami Japan in (uture years, eve if peace is procured now. so lmg i Russia puisnes her pre-cut Far Fas tm policy. "The American action in enforcin the opemng of the Manchurian pori was a splendid example of honest d plomacy. It was a straightforwar f tep, which contra ts favorably wit Rusian methods. Ko other nation, e^ cept Great Britain, when the Rriti? Admiralty bought the t.vo Chilian wai ships, has taken any practical step t Jive up to its diplomatic demands upo Russia anent in the Far East. We be lieve we are now fighting a diploniati battle in behalf of America and Grea Britain; but. if only war can settle tl we know wc shall receive assistanc from neither. We arc prepared to figh our own battles and take the conse quencea." The excessive apprehension prevailiftj in the best-informed quarters here tba Russia's answer will precipitate war i based upon knowledge of the attitud Russia has taken up during the previou phases of the controversy rather thai on any definite information of Russia' intention under the present acute cir cumstances Not even the Oar's pa. cific utterances, however, can dispel th fear which pervades British officials tba Russia will not give in. King Edward continues to use hi persona! influence to an almost unpre eedentcd extent to persuade the C/.a to maintain peace, but ihe Kins's min isters appear to have practically givei up hope that a resort to arms can b averted, though even the most pessi mistic persons do not look for any cu! mination of thc crisis within thrci weeks. The suggested intervention ii the shape of tendering their good office: on the part of other powers is not uni versally declared here to be quite int possible. How determined Japan is to face a' the eventualities can bc judged fron the fact that she is negotiating in Eng land for the construction of four bartie ships, not two battleships, as previous!) reported. RUSSIA VVIIL A ARCH TO CERTAIN P0INT5 Czar Ta;fcs Peace aa I Dowager Czarina S*yj "Th re Will Not B* War." St. Petersburg (By Cable).?It is al? ready practically certain that Russia will not accept Japan's last propositions ns an entirety. Russia is read yto agree to certain points, b'it on others, the Foreign Office believe?, Russia cannot yield. 'Ihe officials'are of the opinion that thc way is open for continuing thc negotiations, and there is no indica? tion that Russia will seek to delay her answer, which probably will bc ready in a few day.-.. The Czar continues to talk peace, and the Dowager Czarina, in conversation, remarked; "War ii ? horrible thing. There will not be war." Trajedy Follows Wedding. Summit Mines, Ta. (Special).?Mary Mehallick, 14 years o!d. of this place, was shot in the head and instantly killed by John lindock. The young girl, in com? pany with Joe Mehallick and his bride. were returning from Conncllsville, where she acted as bridesmaid at the wedding. The men of the party began to celebrate by firing revolvers after leaving the eily limits and continued all the way to the Mehallick home. Hudock, who boards at the Mehallick house, after firing hi* revolver jumped in'o thc carriage and remarking that his pistol was empty, p:'t bis hand ovr the mnzrel and puiled the trigger. The ball pn^ed through his Inn I and penetrated Mary Mehallick's fore? head, killing tier instantly. Impersonated a Banker. Burlington, Vt (Special).?Convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses by impersonating a wealthy banker and dry goods merchant of thc same name of Atlnntic. Ia.. Joseph II. Marshall was sentenced tn not les* than five and one halt nor more than six years in state orison It developed during the trial of Marshall that the Iowa hanker had her'-. impersonated not less than 15 limes din? ing 'he hst three years, and that in each ins: .rm ihe impostor secured sums, rand? ing trow $.200 to $600. Tl E I ATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. Prof. Robert M. Allen, secretary of the National Rure Food Association, recently returned from Europe, says 60 per cent, of thc French wines and 80 per cent, of their champagnes arc adulterations or imitations. ? Josiah Hoopcs, a prominent botanist and writer on horticulture, died at his home in West Chester, Pa. Burglars cracked a safe within one block of the slationhousc in Xcw York. Thc genera! closing of Chicago the? aters and amusement halls has thrown 5000 persons out of employment, in? cluding 500 chorus girls and 1500 other people connected with thc stage. The former Boer commandant. Gen? eral Dclarey, has arrived in Havana from Mexico and will study Cuban con? ditions with thc idea of forming a col? ony of Hoers there. Secretary Nichols, of thc Coal Con? ciliation Board, has asked Judge Gray to appoint an umpire to decide five grievances in the Wyoming and Lack? awanna districts. The boiler of a locomotive drawing a New York Central freight train blew up at Syracuse, N. Y., killing the en? gineer and brakeman and probably fa j tally injuring the fireman. The second grand jury summoned to j investigate the lynching of a negro at j Pineapple. Ala., has refused to indict jibe fi\? men who have been held for 1 the. crime. Mr. Cleveland has written a letter ] to the public expressing his own and Mrs. Cleveland's appreciation of the many kindly messages of condolence received. Major General John C. Bates for? mally assumed command of the North? ern Division of thc United Slates Army, with headquarters in St. Louis. Thc grand jury which is investigating alleged corruption in Milwaukee. Wis., in city and comity government*, re j turned three indictments. The National Fxecutivc Committee of the Prohibition party decided to hold I the national convention at Indianapolis instead of Kaunas City. The Red Star liner Noordland arriv? ed at Philadelphia five days late. The i deby was due to an accident to the ma- j chincry. Made insane by illness. Edward K. 1 Landis, an expert chemist, of Phiiadcl j phia, shot and killed his wife and him- ! self. The New York Board of Estimates 1 authorized condemnation proceedings to | acquire the historic Fratmces Tavern. The car barn and about 50 cars of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail road Company, in Brooklyn, were j burned. I (leijn. The efforts of the Russian expedition, ; headed by Lieutenant Kolchak, to find the Arctic explorer Baron Toll, on New j Siberia and Bennett Islands, in thc Arc ! tic Ocean, have been unsuccessful. The German government has ordered j ! turbine engines for the German third- l I class cruiser Merkur and for a torpedo j boat. Mutinous Turkish troops have been . terrorizing Beirut, Syria. They now j threaten to attack the Ottoman Bank. Thc advance guard of the British Ti I betan expedition has reached Tann, a j hitherto unexplored region. Joseph Chamberlain presided at thc first meeting 01 his tariff commission I in London, and in a speech drew a par? allel from what the United States ami ! Germany had accomplished under pro- j lection. Coquelin, the French actor, has sug? gested to Chicago that the Iroquois Theater be reconstructed upon the plans ! of the incombustible theater he is build I ing in Paris. Emperor William and foreign princes : and ambassadors attended an elabor j ate ceremonial of the Knights of the I Black Eagle at the Castle. A by-election in Norwich for mem , hers of Parliament resulted in the trec ; traders gaining thc scat. The freedom of thc press was under i discussion in thc German Reichstag. King Christian has partly recovered j from hi? attack of gout. Notwithstanding the long search for ! the missing French naval collier Vi j ernie, no trace of thc vessel has been i discovered, and it is considered that the ! ship and her crew have been lost. The Far East. Diplomats in Paris express the belief j that Japan has been increasing her dc j mauds upon thc belief that Russia is dc i <irous of avoiding war. and that it is I I therefore safe for Japan to push her de- i j mauds to thc furthest limits. Thc American guard at thc United I Stales Embassy at Seoul. Korea, has been j increased. Troops now guard all thc for I cign residences. Ihe British Foreign Secretary says ! he does not believe Russia intends to I send a fleet through the Dardanelles as ! it would bc a breach of treaty which j Great Britain could not permit. Ad (vices from Berlin confirm th" report j that Russia has asked permission from I Turkey to send her fleet by that route. Diplomats in Berlin express the opin ! ion that Great Britain is almost as ! deeply committed as Japan, and that I ihe decision for war or pca.ee now rests with tiie Czar. The skill Japan has shown in the negotiations excites ad? miration at the German Foreign Office. It is reported the Russian troops are concentrating at thc Chinese Towns of Liaoyang. Haichang and other places, so as to be.in a position to reoccupy the territory between the Liao river and th" Great Wall. The Japanese Minister at St. Peters? burg lin-; delivered Japan's reply to the Russian Foreign Office and it is now un?'er consideration. France has taken the initiative with the other powers in an exchange of views as to means to prevent war be? tween Russia and Japan. tiranda!. What is there between the Goulds and Pennsylvania to be "settled?*' One of the other must yield. President Corey, of the United States Steel Company, sailed for Europe for a short visit. New York is getting lots of gold from Japan. Thc capitalization of the New York & Porchester Road has been increased from $250,000 to $15,000,000. An Eric director says he hardly thinks the voting trust will be dissolv? ed at thc next meeting of the board. KING OF JUR EXPORT Cottou Average of Two and a Ila Millions Per Day. GREATEST RECORD DURING YEAR 190 Value ol Cotton Exporttd Durinj Tbat Til Was 378 Milli ns of Dollars and Darin Last Monh Over ll Millions-Rap Grow:h ol Raw Colton Experts at San T.me Domest c Consumption Increasing Washington. D. C. (Special).?"Kin Cotton" inside his greatest record i j thc export figures of thc calendar ye; j 1903. From 1883 to 1903 cotton export S averaged a little more than $750,000 day, in 1903 they averaged more tha $5,000,000 per day. in thc last thn months of 1903 they averaged moi than $2,000,000 per day, and in the clo ing month of thc year, nearly $2.500,oc per day. Export! of cotton ran $72 000,000 and tims averaging $2,500,000,0c per day. Exports of cotton in Decen ber, 1903, show a greater value than i any preceding month in the history 1 cotton exportation, thc total bein over $72,000,000 and thus avcragin $250,000,000 for every day of thc monti The value of cotton exports froi thc United State?, as shown by thc Di partment of Commerce and Labc through its Bureau of Statistics, wa $378,000,000. These are thc preliminar figures, but will not bc material! changed by thc revised statement to h i.:?ucd later in the present month. Th total value of thc exports exceeds b $64,000,000 that of the preceding rei: ord year, 1900, when the value of th cotton exported was $314,000,000. Th value of cotton exports never reachc the $300,000,000 line except in the year 1000, 1901 and 1003. In 1900 the ti tal was $314,000,000 in 1901, $301,000 ooo, and in 1003, $378,000,000. While thc total value of the year' exports of cotton was the highest o record, thc quantity exported did no reach so high a figure as in 1S98, whe the value was much below that of 190; The total quantity exported in 1903 wa 3,620,000,000pounds which exceeded tin of any preceding year except 189? when the total was 4,178,000,000 pound1 The value of the cotton exports of 180? however, was only $232,768,204, or les than two thirds as much as that of \oo} although the quantity in 1898 was 1 per cent, greater. Cotton forms constantly a very larg share of the exports, and especially of th agricultural exports of thc United States During the entire period from 1883 ti 1003 thc value of cotton exported ha aggregated over $5,000,000000 and aver aged 25 per cent, of the total exports 0 domestic products and 36 per cent. 0 the agricultural products exported. Ii 1903 cotton formed about 28 per cent. 0 the total exports and about 38 per cent of thc total exports of agricultural prod nets. Thc United Kingdom was in IOO3 thi iargest customer for our cotton. 1 hi total value of cotton exported from tin United States to the United Kingdom ii thc calendar year 1903 was in roum terms, $147,000,000. and this total <> $147,000,000 forms 50 per cent, of o-.-.i total cotton exports in tbat jreT. Ger? many stood second in the hs- ol om- c it ton customers, the total ' ; ;i!'--'v of otu ;otton exported to Germany during thc rear being $ 111 .coo ceo. France wa' third in the list of purchasers, cur tota exports of cotton to that country in iooj icing $47x00.000. To Italy, which -too: ?ext in the list, the total was $21.oro ooo ? to Russia, nearly $9,000,000: lo Belgium ibout $8,ooo.coo; to British North Amer? ica, $5.00:1,000; to Japan, about $4,500, x>o. and to Mexico, a little over $3,000, X10. While thc United Kingdom is tin argest purchaser of American cotton icr increase over preceding years is niue'.! ess than that of Germany. The tota! raine of our cotton exports to thc United Kingdom in the year 1903 aggregated bul ?bout $5,000,000 iii excess of thc total foi 1000. while that to Germany exceeded by ^23.000,000 thc total for 1900, thc fornici record year. SEABOARD TRAIN IkLD UP. Hie Robhjrs Driven OH Before They Secun Anylhing. McClenny, Fla. (Special).?Passeiigci rain No. 76, eastbound, on thc Seaboard \ir Line, was held up one mile east ol Sanderson at 7.45 P. M. hy four white nen. Thc door of the baggage car wai ilnwn open with dynamite, thc robben nistaking this car for the express ear. Thc engine was stopped hy a volley ol hots fired into the cab. Thc fireman md engineer were taken off the engine ind escorted to the second-class coach ind thc robbers ran the train ahead about lalf a m.le, when they blew open the i.iggagc car. The train conductor went orward, but ws fired on and driven i.ick to the coaches. Conductor Reek, rho was deadheading over thc line, ailed for firearms and volunteers. N. H. Harrison, claim agent of thc oad: B. B. McCaa, traveling auditor, nd J. C. Williamson, traveling freight gent, responded and thc four went for yard, opened fire and drove the robbers ({. Conductor Peek took the throttle nd ran the train four miles down the oad. The rohbers secured no booty and lade no attempt to rob thc passenger^. ut there was great excitement in Ihe assenger coaches while the firing was oing on. The sheriffs of Duval and taker enmities are on the trail of thc r>bhcrs with bloodhounds. Congress ol Mothers. Washington, D. C. CSpeeial).?The xecutive board of the National Congress f Mothers, at a meeting in this city, rongly denounced Mormonism and rged the diplomatic corps in Washing Ml to advise their governments that lormonism embodies polygamy and to ike action to prevent emigration to 'tah. Measures to afford protection -om alleged false representations of Tormon missionaries were advocated NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. To Popularize Pedestrianism. Thc House passed thc legislative, ex? ecutive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $29,711,700. This is thc second of thc big supply measures t<*> pass the House. The House, by a vote of <S8 to 172, refused to sustain thc action of thc Committee of the Whole, which adopt? ed an amendment striking out the par? agraph providing for thc salaries and expenses of thc Civil Service Commis? sion, thus restoring thc item to thc hill. An amendment to thc bill was adopt? ed restricting thc use of Government horses and carriages to thc President, his secretary and Cabinet officers. Mr. Landis said that if thc horses and carriages now used by Govern? ment officials were lined up on Penn sylvnaia avenue they would reach from thc Peace Monument to the White House. He said that unless Congress fixed some limitation it would become a scandal. He added that it would bc only a question of time until all those on the Government pay roll, except Senators and Representatives, would bc riding in carriages vt thc Government's expense. Thc Senate joint resolution author I izing thc erection of a monument in i memory of thc late President Benia min Harrison upon land owned hy thc United States in the city of Indian? apolis, was. on motion of Mr. Over street (Ind.), passed; also a bill mak? ing Chester, Pa., a sub-port of entry. Postal Employes Ask for More Pay. Postmaster General Payne has for? warded thc following letter lo Chair? man Overstrect, of thc House Com? mittee on Postoffice and Post Roads: "Under date of January 31, 1902, the following executive order was issued by the President: "All officers and employes of the United States of every description serv , ing in or under any of (he executive I departments, and whether so serving j in or out of Washington, arc hareby ' forbidden, cither directly or indi i rcctly, individually or through asso j elations, to solicit an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to influence i in their own interest any other legis i lation whatever, either before Congress or it j committees, or in any way save I through the heads of the departments j in or under which they serve on penalty of dismissal from thc government scr : vice.' "In compliance with this order the representatives of the letter-carriers, thc 1 rural free delivery letter-carriers and ' thc postoffice clerks have filed with thc 1 department statements giving their rea : sons, repcctivcly, why an increase in I their compensation should be made. "I have thc honor to transmit hcrc j with those statements and to commend ! them to the consideration of your com? mittee and the Congress. "I believe it would bc proper for your committee to grant a public hcar | ing to thc representatives of the parties referred to, and would request that you designate a time when such hearing may take place." Will Close the Legation. Dr. Thomas Herran, charge d'affaires of thc" Colombian Legation, definitely has decided to avail himself of the leave of absence granted him, and will take his departure from thc United States sonic time next month. Already the legation archives have been packed and stored. Upon Dr. Herran's leaving the legation in this eily will bc closed and its affairs turned over to the Colombian consul gen? era! in New York. In speaking of his determination to return to Colombia. Dr. Herran said that, so far as he could see. his usefulness at this capital was at an end. Thc various matters which have arisen in consequence of Panama's seces? sion were, by virtue of thc appointment ot" General Reyes as special envoy, taken ont of the hands ot Dr. Herran, leaving him little or nothing to do. Besides, Dr. Herran states that the need of a rest and a trip to Colombia to attend to some per? sonal affairs add to thc factors which in? fluence him to take his leave of absence at an carly day. Por Auxiliary Cru:ser3. Representative Douglass of New York, introduced a bill "to provide for ocean mail ami freight service be? tween thc United States and its posses- j Mons and foreign countries." The bill directs thc Postmaster Gen erai to enter into ten to twenty year contracts for thc carrying of mails in ships, one-fourth of which shall bc ves? sels built in thc United States for the Ins*, (ive years. After that time one half shall be United States vessels, and after ten years all arc to bc American vessels. Thc vessels are required to conform (ci certain specifications in order that they may bc used as aux? iliary cruisers, transports or colliers in time of war. In th; Department!. Senator Hanna issued the call for the Republican National Convention to meet at Chicago at noon June 21, 1904. to select candidates for President and Vice-president. I he Senate Committee gave a hear? ing on the protest against seating Sen? ator Smoot. Counsel representing both sides presented their respective cases. Gen. John C. Black, the newly ap pointed member of thc Civil Service Commission, paid his respects to the President. Seeretary Wildon outlined to the House Committee the. methods an 1 work of thc Department of Agricul? ture. Lieutenant Commander Harry M. Hodges has been appointed chief hy? drographer ol' the Navy. The Senate Committee adopted an amendment to thc Panama (anal 1 reaty, giving the United States par? tial jurisdiction "vcr the harbors ol' Colon and Panama. Senator Scott declared to bc absurd thc insinuation that Senator Hanna is holding back the call for delegates to thc national convention for selfish pur? poses. Postmaster General Payne submit? ted to the House Committee on Post offices and Post Roads the request of the postal employes for an increase in pay. DEED OF INSANE MAN He Shoots and Kills. His Wife and Then Himself. CHEMIST WITH A WIDE EXPERIENCE Mr. Edward K. Landis, of Phliade'pbia, h Driven Mad by His Sufferings. Du: to Aslhma?He Calls His Wife, and After Killing Her He Returns to His Room and Puts an End to His Own Life. Philadelphia (Special).?Rendered in? sane by illness, Edward K. Landis, a widely known expert chemist, shot and cillcd his wife, Emma, and then ended his own life with thc same weapon. The tragedy was enacted in thc Landis resi? dence, 4025 Spruce street, West Phila? delphia. Mr. Landis had been a sufferer from asthma for many years. Two montns ago bc was compelled to give up his labo? ratory work, and had been confined to his bed for the past two weeks. Friday, Mrs. Landis, with her sister, Mrs. H. W. Petts, and Mrs. Patton, a dressmaker, were in thc room adjoining thc apart? ment occupied by Mr. Landis. Thc sick man called to his wife, com? plaining that the ringing of the doorbell annoyed him. She entered his room, and had barely stepped through the doorway when Mr. Landis, raising himself in bcd and reaching under the pillow, drew forth a revolver. He fired upon his wife, th'' bullet taking effect in her breast. She screamed and fled to thc adjoining room, her husband following. Mrs Potts and Mrs. Patton attempted to dis? arm the frenzied man, but he brushed them aside. Grasping Mrs. Landis by the hair, he pulled her forcibly backward and shot her through the temple. The woman died instantly. Mr. Landis has? tened hack to his own room, where he shot himself in thc head, ending his own life. Mr. Landis was 53 years of age, and Ids wife about 45 years old. He was a prominent member of the Engineer's Club of this city. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 30 years ago, after which he traveled extensively .-Mid studied in many of the European universities. Fif? teen years ago he opened a laboratory here, which was visited by chemists from all parts of this country and Europe, who sought the advice of Mr. Landis. DEATH IN WHIFF OF NEW POISON. A London Chemist Claims (0 Have Made tbs Discovery. London (By Cable). ?A chemist named Brotherton claims to have discov? ered in thc course of some experiments in thc treatment of metals with a view to finding a method of imparting to common substances an attractive uiitarnishable surface, a new poison of so deadly a character that a single whiff of it would cause death and leave no trace. Mr. Brotherton, speaking of his dis? covery, said: "The possibility of manufacturing such a poison has long been known to chem? ists. It is a form of arsenious gas, hut no other investigator has, so far as known, discovered how to make it. I hit upon it entirely hy accident and might easily have lost my life in thc discovery. "As it is thc only sufferer was a favor? ite cat, who was very fond of sitting at my bench when I was at work. She took a single breath of thc gas and died in? stantly." Mr. Brothrclon has been besieged by inquiries and some of these have been of a character to suggest that the possession of this deadly secret is coveted by a large number of persons who arc apparently of good social status. CANNIBALISM IN CANADA. famished Indians Murder Squaw and Est Body. Chicago. III. (Special).?A dispatch to the Inter Ocean from Port Arthur, Ont., says; An Indian has arrived in town and told a terrible tale of suffering among the members of his tribe, north of Lake Ncpigon. He told of where one fam? ily was so destitute that they murdered a squaw 25 years of agc and ate her. At first his talc was not believed, but it was corroborated hy three white traders, who arrived later. A. W. Patterson, a Hudson Bay*fac? tor, also told the same tale. A dog train was at once started for thc scene with food, but it will take four days at top speed to reach the Indians. Two constables also left to look- into thc murder case. Cashier Was Short. Muscatine. Ia. (Special):?Develop incuts here indicate that C. F. Utter back, cashier of thc Sigourney Iowa Savings Bank, who committed suicide Monday night was short $47,000 in his accounts. Thc shortage was thc re? sult of speculations. Utterback blew his brains out just before thc time scheduled for him to attend a directors' meeting and make a showing. 1,000 Wagons for thi Russians. Sank Center, Minn. (Special).?A local manufacturing concern has received ail order from the Russian government I for 1.000 wagons lo be shipped for thc : nost part directly to Omaha, ;v.\<\ for warded from there with consignments of wheat and meats recently bought in that I -itv. Five hundred of thc wagons arc ready. Freight Collision. Malone. N. Y. (Special).?Chinese Inspector Joseph Wright, of Rouse's Point, and James Hodges, of Malone, : vere killed in a freight collision on he Rutland railroad, near Rouse's Point, and Frank Mitchell was prolri )!y fatally injured. Wright was on the ' rain watching for Chinamen crossing ! he border. Hodges and Mitchell were ' n charge of merchandise in a freight ar. The fireman and two other men j ilso were injured. EIGHT WERE KILLED; TWO INJURED Crowd Falls From Sixth Flcor lo the Bottom. St. Louis (Special).?A crowd of em ploycs pressing against thc clevatoi gate on the sixth floor of thc Browi Shoe Company Building, at Eleventh -treet and Washington avenue, causer the gate to give way, and io person! were plunged down the shaft. Six wen taken out dead, and the other four seriously injured, were hurried to th' city hospital. Two of thc injured died soon aftci reaching the hospital and without re gaining consciousness. The dead: Joseph Provaznik. George Rothmann. Frank Weinberger; died at hospital Antonio Giocoma; died at hospital. Lorenz Giocoma, son of above. Three unidentified. The employes had assembled at th* close of work in thc corridors on the different floors waiting for thc elcvatoi to take them down. The elevator wa.' at thc seventh floor receiving passen gers when those on the sixth floor eager to get near the door and be firsl into the cage, began to push toward th* gate. Suddenly the gate gave way just as the elevator started to descend, and io of the employes plunged head first down the shaft. James Johnson, the elevator operator, was taken into custody by thc police pending an investigation. Johnson said the elevator gate did not break, but that it had been raised by employes while waiting for the car to descend to the i floor, and suddenlv employes in the rear of thc crowd began pushing, pre? cipitating them down the shaft. Fac? tory Superintendent Fray corroborated Johnson's story. CHILD'S KISS MAY MEAN O^ATrf. Bitten By Mad Do? Ihe Little One is Suppos? ed to Have lnocu!a:ed Three More. Chicago, III. (Special).?The kiss of a j-year-old child may cause the death of three persons now at the Pasteur Institute under treatment for rabies. One is said to have but a slender lease on life. The child is dead of the malady. Al? though the grief-stricken parents hur? ried the little one across the prairies of Iowa as soon as they learned the nature of thc illness they were too late. The victims are: Harold Latta, .3 years old. bilton bv mad dog at Madrid, Ia., October 28, died today. W. V. Latta, the boy's father who kissed the child while ill and was bitten j on the hands. Matilda Latta, the mother whose lips were infected from kissing the boy. Forest Birdsall, 12 years old, Madrid, Ia., who kissed thc child and was bitten; will probably die. For u*c By Express Bloomington, Iii. (Special).?A spe? cial from Pontiac, III., states that Mrs. James A. Carothers, of that place, re? ceived by express a legacy of S.^o.ooo, being her share of the estate of E. O. Matthiesen, an uncle who died in Paris about three years ago, leaving a widow, to whom was left his vast estate of be? tween $8,000,000 or $9,000,000, which on her death was to be divided equally be? tween il heirs, of which Mrs. Carothers was one. Mr. Matthiesen was one <>: four brothers two of whom amassed great fortunes in manufacturing glu? cose and corn products. Powder Pian! Blown Vp. Peoria, 111. (Special).?-A message just received from Edwards Station an? nounces thc blowing up of one of the buildings of thc plant of the Buckeye Powder, completely wrecking one of the buildings. William Justis and Leonard dialler were instantly killed. The shocK was plainly felt herc, a distance of 16 miles, while all windows within a radius of taro miles were broken. Senator danna Re-Cleclcd. Columbus, O. (Special).? The House and Senate voted separately for Unitec1 States Senator to succeed Scnatoi Hanna, tito House casting 86 for Hanna 21 for John H. Clark (Dem.) of Cleve land, two Republicans and one Demo? crat being absent. In the Senate Hanni received 20. and Clark 4 votes. Oil Discovered in tuba. Havana (Special).?Discoveries of )i! by American engineers in the vicinitj of Cardenas has caused some exc'tcment among American tourist--, settlers am.' investors. SrARKS I ROM THE WIRES. Private Blake, of thc Seventeenth United States Artillery, committed sui? cide near Santiago, Cuba. I"he remains of Gen. John 13. Gordon were buried in Oakland Cemetery after memorial services in the House of Rep? resentative? in thc State Capitol at At? lanta and a procession of Confederate veterans. 'Ihe steamer Belita, which arrived ;*t Xew Yor!.: from Ceiba, Honduras, brought seven of the crew of the steam? er Snyg, which went ashore near Rna tan January 3 in thick weather. As a result of drinking ginger ale flavored with lemon extract three men are dead from poisoning at Alexander and two more ave no', expected to live. Ten people were injured, v.cns fa? tally, by .->. collision ol traction cars on thc Pittsburg. MoKee-port ard Con nellsville Railway, near ScottdV.c .Itmc tion. Thc town ia:! at Pratt City. Ala, was set on lire by several of the inmates, and three of tiie convicts were cremated and iwo seriously burned. Swift & Co., fi Chicago, certified to the Secretary of State 01 Illinois thc increase in capital stock from 3;5,ooc\ 000 to $35,000,000. Mrs. J. C. Pope, of Minneapolis, drowned herself in tiie lake. The strike of the livery drivers was resumed in Chicago. Wu Ting-fang, tiie former Chinese minister at Washington, his been ap? pointed junior vice-president of the Chinese Foreign Olf.cc, IHt OLD DOMINION. LltCSl News Gleaned Fron All Over the State. Thc Staunton City Treasurer has fil? ed his list, showing 836 citizens to have paid poll tax and are entitled to vote Of these onlv 56 are colored. Judge C. M. White has been elected president of the Fauquier National Hank of Warrenton, vice E. B. White. of Lccsburg. resigned. Frcdericksburg is to make an effort to secure the new State Normal School A L. Buncc was acquitted in Caroline County Court on thc charge of malic? iously shooting Wirt Thomas. Mr. G. M. Henderson, of King George, at his sawmill, secured 75 rail? road tics from one tree At a meeting of the board of directors 01 thc Norfolk and Western Railway Company, held in Philadelphia. N. D Maher, at present general superintcu dent, was appointed general manager, and J. W. Coxe, at present general au? ditor, was made comptroller, to succeed thc late M. C. Jameson. W. II. Wil? son is made auditor of disbursement*. W. I. Griffith. 1 Norfolk county trucker, was in court at Norfolk ac? quitted of the charge of ii.tent to com mit murder. Robert McCarthy, whoir Griffith shot six weeks ago, exonerated thc defendant by testifying that Grit lith was justified in thc shooting, he having been beaten by McCarthy. Mc Carthy was dangerously wounded ir the groin and has been a patient in thc hospital for several weeks. At I he Caroline County Court last wce'< a silver loving cup was presented Judge I:'.. C. Moncure, who has presided ovci Iiic court for 18 years. For 20 year-' he was Commonwealth's Attorney making a record of 42 years in thc ser> vice of the county and he is now rcpre senting Caroline in the Legislature. Fire broke out in the largest build? ing of the Riverside Cotton Mills. Ro? anoke. It is supposed to have beer produced by spontaneous combustion The fire apparatus in the mill was int mediately put to work and the Karnet were under control by the time the city tire department reached the scene. Thc loss by fire is small, much more dam ape being done by water. As a result of proceedings by John C. Blair, attorney for New York ami Virginia creditors of thc New Rivet Mineral Company, located " in Wythe county, representing claims aggregat? ing nearly $300,000 for money loaned and supplies sold the company. United States District Judge McDowell has ap? pointed F. M. Masters temporary re? ceiver of thc concern. The company owns iron furnaces at Ivanhoe. The plant has been closed and will be sold. Milton L. Odell, a Cincinnati trav? eling man. was attacked by a burglar while asleep in his room in a hotel at Piney Flats, near Bristol, at 2 o'clock the other morning, and he narrowly es? caped benin brained. The burglar hurled a smoothing-iron at Odell's head, but it missed thc mark and shat? tered thc top of thc bedstead. The noise arounsed him and while he was reaching for a weapon of defense the burglar escaped. A few years ago Rob? ert WOlfe, depot agent at Piney Flats, was confronted in his office by masked men. Seizing a revolver Wolfe fired and hilled one of ihe robbers. C. L. Lake, of Greensboro, while washing his hands in a bowl at Hotel Carrol. Lynchburg, let a $300 diamond ring slip from his finger. It disappear? ed in thc. pipe leading to thc sewer. The pipe was removed, but no ring was there. A plumber was called in and the sewer pipe running to the cellar and then through tlie cellar to thc street was opened and searched, but still the ring was missing. Finally the sewer leading under the street was dug up. and at last thc ring was found in the main city sewer, where it had caught in ihe joint of a pipe. William Daniel Branch died yester? day at thc home of his daughter, Mrs I). G. Miller, in Campbell county, aged 84 years. Mr. Branch was for i.S years Mayor of Lynchburg, and head? ed a committee that surrendered Lynchburg to General Curtis at the close of the Civil War. The Federal officer in charge removed* him from of? fice because he refused to take thc oath. Mr. Branch is survived by two sons? S. Clem Branch, of Texas, and William B. Branch, of West Virginia?and four Laughters?Mrs. W. H. Whitlow, ol Bedford. Mrs. D. M. Miller and Mrs. Cheatwood. of Campbell, and Mrs. Maurie Dinwiddie, of Richmond. James Motley, colored, shot and killed George Nunnally. colored, at thc latter's home, a mile north of Danville. Nunnally was at work in his garden when the shot was fired. It is under ?tood that Motley was in search of N'unnally's son. whom bc charged with die alleged mistreatment of his daugh? ter. It is thought that he mistook thc father for thc son. when he fired on Nunnally. Motley disappeared and has lot yet been arrested. Miss Ethel Taylor, daughter of Mr. John Taylor, of Westmoreland county, broke through thc ice on Monroe bay ivhile skating, and narrowly escaped be ng drowned. She was finally throwr I rope by two colored boys, who aid ?1 in rescuing her after she had been II the water for ten minutes. The Central Hotel, at Fredericks luirg. has been sold by Mr. L. L. Lay Urn to Mr. Michael Long. Ptomaine poisoning caused thc seri his sickness recently of Miss Anice Howard and several other ladies o: Richmond At a reception they ate salad with mayonnaise dressing and soot; afterward became sick. An investiga tion showed that .the mixture, in wilier there was considerable lemon juice, had been allowed to stand a day in a tin bucket, and enough poison was gener? ated, according to a physician, to kit' 40 men The portion calen, fortunate ly, did not come from the bottom o' The bucket. Six dry kilns and contents belong ing to thc Camp Manufacturing Com pany were burned at Arringdale. The blaze is supposed to have originated from a spark. The planing mills were emly saved by hard work. Loss, $iR. coo* to $20,000; insurance, $13,000. The same company in December had 5 ? 100,000 loss at Franklin. Harry D Snook, a minor, is suing the Washington, Alexandria and Mourn Vernon Railway for $5000 damages. Ir i cir september 7 last he was injured r i fight between a party of drunken me ? md other passengers, thc sight of on ? S/e being permanently impaired.