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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
L. XXVI.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COU NI Y, VA., MARCH 18, 1904.
NO. 9.
BATTLE AT SEA
land Russians Each Loss a
Vessel.
m NEAR PORT ARTHUR.
|lan Torpedo Pea's lo the Engage
They Were Probably Makiog an At*
to i ii vc the Japs the Slip Five Rus
forpedo Boats Return to Port Arthur
don, (By Cable).?The advices
Port Arthur through Russian
fes of the engagement outside the
>r between Russian torpedo
[s and Japanese warships, sup
Mly torpedo boats or destroyers,
Ivhich a Russian torpedo-boat de
>yer and a Japanese torpedo boat
Ire sunk, seem to bear out the
inion of experts here that the Rui
in situation at Port Arthur is
coming desperate.
The continued Japanese attacks are
laving thc intended effect upon the
>wn and the fortifications. Viceroy
ilexieff, in his report to the Czar,
vhile stating that "the results of the
jombatdnienl were insignificant," ad
Imits that people in thc town woie
killed and wounded by the exploding
shells.
Admiral Markaroff, who has just
assumed command of the Russian fleet
at Port Arthur, is apparently making
ibold attempts to enable some of his
?vessels, including torpedo boats, to
escape.
Cabling from Yinkow a correspon?
dent says the British and American
gunboats at Niuechwang have receiv?
ed orders to leave immediately the
river opens. At l.iao Yang there are
now 12,000 troops working night and
day on the fortifications. A great
fortified camp is being formed south
of the town; it extends three miles in
every direction.
The Russian force on tiie Yalu
River now amounts to 20,000 men.
As an example of the terrible power
of the Japanese "Shimosc" powder a
correspondent of the Standard, at To?
kio, relates that a Russian sailor who
was hurt in the naval fight off Che?
mulpo, and who has been brought to
Matsuyama, Japan, has 160 wounds.
London, (By Cable).-Thc Daily Tele?
graph publishes a dispatch from Tokio,
dated March 7 and saying:
"It is reported that the Japanese fleet
engaged the Russian Vladivostok squad?
ron at sea. The result of the engage?
ment is not announced, but it is helieved
the Russian ships were destroyed or
captured."
St. Petersburg.?The whereahouts of
Captain Reitzenstein's Vladivostok
squadron is carefully guarded by tho
military authorities, but there is a strong
impression here that when the seven
Japanese warships aj>peared off the har?
bor Sunday and Monday the Russian
squadron was outside, perhaps dawu the
coast, co-operating with the Russian land
force near the mouth of the Tumen
river.
If the Russians were outside and the
Japanese definitely ascertained that fact,
a big sea fight is probably imminent, and
it is considered certain that the Japanese
in that case will lie on and off Vladivos?
tok to prevent the return of the Russians,
giving battle if tliey are caught in the
open sea. All the harbors along the
coast in which the Russians might seek
refuge are frozen and the squadron must
eventually he forced to return to Vladi?
vostok for coal.
Although the Japanese squadron is
superior iu numhers and guns, consisting
of a battleship and four armored cruisers,
two of which are believed to be the Id
zuino and the Yukumo, and two unar?
mored cruisers, the four armored cruisers
under Captain Reitzenstein, the Rossia,
Gromboi, Rurik and Bogatyr, are among
the finest vessels in the Russian Navy,
constituting as sister ships a homogene?
ous fighting unit, and experts here are
not certain that they could not take the
measure of Rear Admiral Crin's ships.
A naval service organ here argues
lengthily that the present Japanese naval
disposition presages a movement on a
large scale in the Sea of Japan and the
paper accounts for all the Japanese ships
except the battleship Yashima and the
Armored cruiser Tokiwa, one first-class
protected cruiser and five second-class,
reckoning the battleships Fuji and Shik
ishlma, the armored cruisers Iwate and
Asama and the protected cruiser Taka
shiho as being injured.
CROPS IN FARMERS' HANDS.
Tbe Quantity of Wheat, Corn and Oats Held
on March I.
Washington, D. C., (Special).?The
March report of the Bureau of Statistics
of the Department of Agriculture shows
the amount of wheat remaining in farm?
ers' hands on March 1 to have been about
132,600,000 bushels, or 20.8 per cent, of
last year's crop, as compared with 24.5
per cent, of the crop of 1902 on hand on
March 1, 1903, and 23.2 per cent, of the
crop of 1901 on hand on March 1, 1902.
The corn in farmers' hands is esti?
mated at about 839,000,000 bushels, or
87.4 per cent of last year's crop, against
41.6 per cent, of the crop of 1902 on hand
on March 1, 1903, and 29.2 per cent, of
the crop on hand on March 1, 1902.
Of oats there are reported to be about
273,700,000 bushels, or 34.9 per cent, of
last year's crop, still in farmers' hands,
as compared with 36.9 per cent, of the
crop of 1902 on hand on March 1, 1903,
and 30.6 per cent, of the crop of 1901 on
hand on March 1, 1902.
Bakers' Trust Was Soon Killed.
Newburgh, N. Y.. (Special). ? A
3akers' Trust, organized in this city,
lasted just a day and a half. For
several weeks the dealers have been
engaged in organizing to raise the
price of bread, and on Monday of
this week the new scale on all
bread and cake went up. In conse?
quence the dealers were hit hard, for
the public simply refused to buy scorn
them, arxl on Tuesday the combine
dissolved.
THE KISHMF MASSACRE.
Prisoner Sentenced to Twenly Years For thc
Murder of Jewish Couple.
Kishencff (By Cable).?The trial of
prisoners charged with participation
in the massacre of Jews here last
April is closed. After a fortnight's
deliberation the court gave judg?
ment in the case of Busncke and ?7
others, of whom l8 were charged with
homicide during thc anti-Jewish riot?
ing and 40 with creating disorders.
Rusneke and Bodijan were found guil?
ty of thc murder of a Jewish couple
named Forrarji.
Rusneke was sentenced to four
years' imprionment and Bodijan to 20
years.
Fifteen persons accused of rioting
were each condemned to a year's im?
prisonment, and three others to four
months. Thirty-six of the accused
were discharged.
Two damage suits were not consid?
ered and 64 were disallowed.
The damage suits were all brought
by Jews.
The final judgment will lie announc?
ed formally April 25.
newsTn short order
The Latest Happenings Condensed for
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.
One man was cremated and another
seriously burned in a fire that de?
stroyed the ferry steamer Shenango
while frozen fast in the ice off Con
neaut, O.
Miss Mary Wyker, of Erwinna, Pa.,
who was shot by Paul Weaver because
she rejected him, died from the in?
juries received.
Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
entered suit in Denver, Col., against
his wife for divorce, on thc ground of
cruelty.
Burglars blew open thc safe in the |
Pennsylvania Railroad Station at!
Haverford, on the suburbs of Phila- j
delphia.
Mark Dunn was hanged at St. Jos-j
eph, Mo., for the murder of Alfred
Fenton, a farmer, at Rushville, Mo.
The cable-ship Scotia went ashore
on Spanish Rocks, near Guam, and is
iikelv to prove a total wreck.
The steamer Graf Waldersce
brought to New YorV- 1,800 Russians
who fled to escape military service.
The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago
was allowed to reopen, having been
pronounced safe from fire.
John White, chief attorney of the
Modern Woodmen, is dead at his
home, in Rock Island, 111.
The British steamer Cape Corrientes
arrived at Newr York after having rescued
I the crew of a dismasted bark in mid
j ocean and suffered an explosion which
! set the steamer on fire.
Seventy-five Carbondale (Mo.) citizens
! attempted to take a negro from the jail
at Murphysboro. The sheriff frustrated
the plan, however, aud arrested four
prominent citizens.
Secretary of War Taft had a cenference
lo New York with a number of promi- ]
nent railroad men and financiers with
reference to his rai Ira od schemes in the
Philippines.
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg, who
came to see Niagrar. Fall under winter
conditions, arrived at New York 011 the
steamer Koenigiu Luise.
A terrific gale, which came as climax
to a scries of snowstorms, has cut off I
California from communication with the j
rest of the world.
A man while lighting his pipe set fire
to gasoline in a car ou the way to Harris?
burg, Pa., aud four men were burned to
death.
Philipe Bunan-Varilla, who recently
resigned as Panania minister to the
United States, sailed from New York to
Havre.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has issued au order directing a Dumber
of railroads to file the names and loca?
tions of all terminal connecting roads.
Dr. Andrew S. Draper, president, of
the University of Illinois, was elected
commissioner of education of New York.
The new board of directors of the
American Ice Company elected Wesley
M. Oler, of Baltimore, president.
Mrs. Sherman Lye, accused of mail?
ing to Rena Nelson a box of poisoned
j candy, was released from custody.
A number of securities of thc United
? States Shipbuilding Company were sold
at auction.
Charles Edward Langham, father of
the Baroness von Sternburg, died at
Epwanda, Cal.
Lieutenant Commander Cutler, in
charge of the Porto Rico Lighthouse
Service, was arrested on the charge of
false imprisonment.
Between 700 az,d 800 delegates to the
World's Fourth Sunday School Conven?
tion at Jerusalem sailed from New York.
Foreign.
General Kuropatkin, about to leave
St. Petersburg for the Far East to
take command of the Russian mili?
tary forces, bade farewell to the Czar,
and was presented with a sacred pic?
ture by the Municipal Council.
The United States government will
sustain the action of Captain Sawyer,
of thc gunboat Helena, in protesting
against the sinking by the Ru>sians
of junks at the entrance of Niuch
wang harbor.
On account of conflicting reports
of the intentions of the Japanese
commanders in Manchuria the Russian
corps which has arrived at Harbin will
be detained there.
The Russians are engaged in build?
ing defenses at Wiju. which will co?
operate with the fortifications al?
ready constructed on the left bank of
the Yalu.
Japanese officials at Tokio believe
that lack of amnitu\ition was the rea?
son that Vladivostok forts did not re?
ply to the Japanese bombardment.
At Nagaski repairs are being made
to the ships that were damaged in
the engagement at Port Arthur.
The trials of the rioters and mur?
derers at Kishincff were concluded.
One man was sentenced to 20 years
for the murder of a Jewish couple.
Emperor William left Berlin for a
trip of six or seven weeks' duration,
during which he will visit other
monarchs.
HANGING FOR BANDITS
Penalty for Murder at Chicago Car
Bani Riots.
ONE OTHER YET TO BE TRIED.
Jury Agrees on a Verdict After D.liberating
for a Day and a Nijht Thc Condemned
Men Hear Their Fate Stolidly Fmil Ro:skl,
Who Participated in Some of Their Crimes
To Be Tried Separately.
Chicago, (Special). -Hanging for
all was thc verdict of the jury in.thc
first murder case against thc so-called
"car-barn bandits," Harvey Vandine,
Peter Neidcrmcier and Gustav Marx,
who attempted notoriety by a desper?
ate all-day battle that started in a
"dugout" near Liverpool, Ind., where
thc trio had taken refuge after a scries
of remarkable crimes, including the
murder of two cmnloyes of the Chica?
go City Railway at one of thc com?
pany's barns in this city, the motive
in each instance being robcry.
Emil Bocski, who was with thc
bandits in thc dugout, and who par?
ticipated in many of their crimes, is
to be tried separately, not having been
implicated directly in the particular
murder for which his associates were
first arraigned.
The verdict of the jury was delayed
somewhat Otl account of a temporary
division of opinion as to making the
punishment alike for all the defend?
ants.
A confession on thc part of Marx
led to the discovery of the hiding place
of the other bandits. Marx entered a
plea of guilty and begged for mercy,
while the other bandits attempted to
brazen out a pica of innocence. Epi?
lepsy, thc result of heredity, was also
pleaded in thc case of Vandine.
The bandits heard their doom stol?
idly. The mother of Vandine was in
Mie court room. Niedcrmcicr's moth?
er was also nresent. Neither woman
made any out-cry. Thc mother of
Marx did not appear. She whs said to
bc at home in a state bordering on
collapse.
Contrary to the general belief, it was
Vandine's file, and not that of Marx,
that caused thc delay in arriving at a
decision.
BIG FERRY STEAMER BURNED.
Was Frozen First in Ice Off Conneaut. Ohio
Firemen Perished.
Conneaut, Ohio, (Special).?A large
car ferry steamer, Shcnango No. I,
owned by the Marquette and Besse?
mer Dock and Navigation Company,
was destroyed by fire off this port,
resulting in the death of Fireman
Chas. McCartcr of Cheboygan, Mich.,
and thc probably fatal injury of Engi?
neer John Morrell.
Thc boat was one of the largest of
ber kind on the great lakes, valued
at $350.000.. and bari a carrying capa?
city of 26 airs. Thc fire is supposed
to have resulted from an explosion of
oil in the engine-room. The vessel at?
tempted lo make the trip from here
to Port Stanley early in January^ hut
was caught in the heavy ice. She
finally succeeded in working her way
back into the Conneaut Breakwater,
where she has remained frozen in by
the ice ever since. When the fire
was discovered, it was found that she
was too far out to be reached by the
local fire department.
Engineer Morrell was the only
member of the crew awake when the
flames broke ont. Finding that thc
fire was beyond control, he hastily
aroused the others on board, and ail
escaped except the fireman, McCarter.
Upon discovering that McCartcr was
still in the hold of the vessel Morrell
returned to awaken him. He was
caught by thc flames, and before
he could bc rescued was so badly
burned that he will probably die. Mc
Cartcr's body was consumed by the
flames.
HEAVY LflSS TO MINERS.
Geological Survey's View of the Big An?
thracite Strike.
Washington, D. C., (Special).?The re?
port of Edward W. Parker on thc pro?
duction of coal in 1902, about to be issued
by the United States Geological Survey,
gives a review of labor troubles during
that year and their effect upon the coal
production. Thc report says:
"Thc troubles in the anthracite district
resulted in a decrease of nearly 40 per
cent, in production to the operators, as
compared with 1001. Approximately
145,000 men were idle for !)H working
days, and the public was put to greater
inconvenience and annoyance for want
of fuel than had ever been known before
in thc. history of thc country. It is esti?
mated tbs! the total number of working
days lost hy this strike was 14,210,000,
which, at an average of $2.50 a day,
meant a loss of about $35,000,000 in
wages.
"The strikes in West Virginia were or?
ganized for the purpose of compelling
the operators to recognize the union.
The strikers carried tlieir point in the
Kanawha river, but in the New river
district the strike failed of its purpose.
The time lost in West Virginia in 1902
was 1,802,054 days, or nearly twice aa
much as that lost by strikes in all the
United States in 1901. The estimated
loss of tonnage for the State caused by
the strike was about 4,500,000 tons, al?
though, on account of increased activity
in other portions of the State, there was
no actual decrease in output as compared
with 1901."
No Peace at Santo Domingo.
Washington, (Special).?Very much
belated cablegrams from United States
Minister Powell, just received at the
State Department, report a big battle
across the river from San Domingo,
March 4, in which the insurgents were
worsted and fled, leaving their guns
and ammunition on the field. The in?
surgents, however, were reported to
have been in possession of the Town
of Azua. The United States ship To?
peka touched at San Domingo Mar"'
8. and proceeded to Azu?>
WOMEN'S TERRIBLE FALL
Drops Seven Stories In a New York Office
Building.
New York (Special).?Miss Bessie
Lazare, a stenographer, aged 23, was
mortally injured by falling seven
stories ?from the eleventh to thc
fourth floor ?in thc building at 15
Dey street.
Her piercing screams as she shot
down the main light shaft of the build?
ing created a panic among the tenants.
She had been sitting on a window sill
and lost her balance as she turned to
talk to someone in the room. Her
fall was broken at the fourth floor by
a wire netting over a skylight.
She was taken to the Hudson Street
Hospital unconscious, suffering from
a fractured skull and internal injuries.
Miss Lazare lived in Brooklyn and
was employed by the American Tele?
phone and Telegraph Company.
LIVEWASiNfiTJJfTAFFAIRS
No American Slave Dealers ia tbe
Philippines.
U. S. Officials Must Be Discreet.
President Roosevelt, after a conference
with Secretary of Stale Hay, issued the
following executive order respecting Um
observance of the proclamation recently
promulgated declaring the neutrality of
thc United States between Russia and
Japan, the two combatant nations in the
Far Eastern war now in progress:
"All officials of the government?civil,
military and naval?are hereby directed
not only to observe the President's proe
lamatiou of neutrality iu the pending
war between Russia and Japan, but also
to abstain from cither action or speech
which can legitimately cause irritation
to either of the combatants. The gov?
ernment of thc United States represents
thc people of thc United States n t only
! in the sincerity with which it is eu
! deavoring to keep the scales of neutral
! itv exact and even, but in the sincerity
j with which it deplore! thc breaking out
j of thc present war, and hopes that it will
end al thc earliest possible moment aud
with the smallest possible loss to those
engaged. Such a war inevitably increases
and inflames the susceptibilities of the
combatants to anything in thc nature of
an injury or slight by outsiders. Too
often combatants make conflicting claims
as to the duties and obligations of neu?
trals, so that even when discharging
these duties and obligations with scrupu?
lous care it is difficult to avoid giving
offense to one or the other party. To
such unavoidable causes otoffense, duo
to the performance of national duty,
there must not be added any avoidable
causes. It is always unfortunate to bring
Old World antipathies ifhd jealousies
into our life, or by speech or conduct to
excite anger and resentment toward our
nation in friendly foreign lands; but in 11
government employe, whose official posi?
tion makes him in some sense the repre?
sentative of the people, the mischief of
such actions is greatly increased. A
strong and self-confident nation should
be peculiarly careful not only of the
rights, but of the susceptibilities of its
neighbors; and nowadays all of thc na?
tions of the world are neighbors one to
the other. Courtesy, moderation and
self-restraint should mark international,
ur) less than private, intercourse.
"All Ihe officials of the government?
civil, military and naval?are expected
so to carry themselves, both in act and in
deed, as to give no cause of just offense
to thc people of any f.-reign and friendly
power?and with all mankind we are
now in friendship.
"Tiieodohe Roosevelt."
Use of American Ships.
The House, Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries authorized a favor?
able report on a House bill providing
that all supplies for the usc of the army
and navy of the United States shipped
out of the United States shall be trans?
ported cither in ships belonging to thc
Government or in ships of American
register.
The bill is to go into effect 30 days
after its passage. A provision incor?
porated by the Senate in a bill of the
same nature passed by that body was
added to the House bill as an amend?
ment, to thc effect that should thc freight
rates charged bc extortionate the Presi?
dent may suspend the operation of the
act and open the competition to the ves?
sels of other countries.
Hon. George W. Croft.
As thc result of blood poisoning, caus?
ed by a splinter in his hand, Hon.
; George William Croft, represeutative in
Congress from the Second district of
South Carolina, died at his boarding
place, Sixth street Northeast. The im?
mediate cause of death was given as
heart exhaustion.
Several operations had been performed
in the hope of saving Mr. Croft's life,
but without avail. He received the in?
jury nearly two months ago, but the
blood poisoning did not develop for some
time afterward.
Salaries of Canal Board.
President Roosevelt has fixed the sal?
aries of the Isthmian Canal Commission?
ers at $12,000 a year and in addition
thereto $15 a day while they arc on the
Isthmus.
The Senate, in executive session, con?
firmed the nomination of Henry B. Rich?
ardson, of Louisiana, as member of the
Mississippi River Commission.
Has No American Wife.
So much currency has been obtained
in thc press by a story that the Emperor
of Korea had married an American wo?
man named Emily Brown that United
States Minister Allen, at Seoul, has been
obliged to print identical replies to a
number of women correspondents deny?
ing the truth of the story.
Congressional and Departments.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries authorized a favor?
able reprot ou a House bill providing
that all supplies for the use of the Army
and Navy shall be transported either in
ships belonging to the government or in
ships of American register. *
President Roosevelt fixed the salary of
the Isthmian Canal Commissioners at
$12,000 per annum.
The battleship squadron has left Guan?
tanamo for Pensacola to engage in target
prtsr^e.
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IL S. AS PEACEMAKER
Suggestions That This Country Act
With France.
HOW IT IS VIEWED IN PARIS.
The Idea of a Prominent American Railroad
Man That France and United Slates, Be?
cause of Their Friendship Toward the
-Belligerents, Are Best Qualified to Initiate
a Peace Movement.
Paris, (By Cable). ?The informal
suggestion that France and the United
States act jointly as peacemakers in
the Far Eastern war has been made
within the last week, and although the
officials consider that any peace over?
tures would be futile at the present
stage of the conflict, yet the sugges?
tion leads to thc belief in high quarters
that' France and the United States
will become the eventual peacemak?
ers. The suggestion, came from one
of the most prominent American rail?
road men, who probably has the larg?
est railroad dealings with Russia of
any American.
During a recent visit here he called
at the American Embassy and other
official quarters. In the course of his
visit he strongly urged that France
and the United States, by reason of
their international friendship toward
the two bclliircrents. were specially
qualified to initiate a peace movement.
The American believed Russia would
gladly avail herself of the opportuni?
ty even now. and that international in?
fluence would favorbly incline Japan.
Thc suggestion was entirely unoffi?
cial and informal, but none the less it
was expected that it would prove a
germ for official action. However, no
such official action is likely at th?
present time, as it is thc accepted
view of the French and American au?
thorities that neither of the belliger?
ents would listen to anv peace over?
tures.
As one of the highest officials sum?
mer! up the situation
"The suggestion i* worthy of con?
sideration as showing that the repub?
lics are well qualified to become thc
eventual peacemakers, but certainly
such a movement would be untimely
now, for both parties are in hot blood,
and, unfortunately, nothing will avail
until there has been some blood?
letting."
PENNSYLVANIA WILL SPEND $20,500,000.
Big Expenditures for Improvements East ol
Pittsburg.
Philadelphia, Pa., (Special).?Not in?
cluding the money to be spent on the
New York tunnel and terminal the Penn'
sylvania Railroad Company, through the
board of di rectors, approved expenditures
for improvements east of Pittsourg in
1904 to aggregate at least $?20.500,000.
Of this sum $5,000,000 will be spent
upon new work, including the improving
and enlarging of the track facilities iu
and about Broad Street Station,this city,
and $18,900,000 will be spent upon work
as laid out in the annual report.
Thc additional $2,000,000 is needed foi
improvements that are called for from
time to time. The directors, who were
in session about an hour considering thc
expenditures for the present year, have
before them a schedule of work to b?
done. The actual amount needed tc
finish thc work in hand and to begin
new improvements is $18,000,000.
At meetings of the directors of tin
Pennsylvania company and of the PaD
Handle company, Ellington B. Morris
was elected a director to succeed L. F.
Loree.
JEALOUSY CAUSES DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Young School Teacher Dying and Her Assail*
ant Dead By His Own I and
Frenchtown, N. J., (Special).?Miss
Mary Wyker, a pretty young school
teacher of this place, is dying, and Paul
Weaver, an 18-year-old youth, is dead,
as the result of the latter's insane jeal?
ousy, which led him to make a murder
ons attack on the girl and then, when In:
was pursued by a posse of his neighbors
and former friends, take his own life.
Weaver used a revolver on the girl
and later used thc same weapon on him?
self, also noosini: a rope about his neck
to make sure that death would be his
portion.
The attack on Miss Wyker was mad*
as she was going from her professiona'
duties at thc Union school to her board
ing house, the home of Hugh Furness.
He fired three times and two of thi
bullets found their mark, inriictinj;
wounds that are likely to end in thi
young woman's death.
Early in the morning the mother of thi
young man found his dead body hang
ing from a noose tied to a rafter in a feed
room on the homestead farm. He hac
adjusted the rope while standing or
some boxes abd then shot himself in thi
head.
SAVED TRAIN; LOST HIS LIFE.
Killed n f re venting a Wreck on (he California
Limited.
Albuquerque, N. M., (Special).?In 8
successful effort to save the Santa Fe'?
fast California Limited from being
wrecked, Jesus Salamandin, a section
foreman at Curbero, was run over and
killed.
Salamandin was riding on his railroad
motor when he heard the limited coming
around a curve just ahead. He stopper!
his car and could easily have escaped,
but the car, if left on the track, would
have wrecked thc train.
He succeeded in getting it off the track
just as the train reached him, but was
unable to get out of the way himself.
$100,009 For Murder.
Winchester, Ky., (Special) Mrs. Ara?
bella Marcum, for herself and children,
filed suit in the Circuit Court against
Jas. Hargis, Alexander Hargis, Edward
Callahan and B. F. French for $100,000
damages. She alleges in her petition
that the defendants entered into a con?
spiracy with Curtis Jett and Thomas
White to murder her husband, the late
J. B. Marcum. Callahan was formerly
Sheriff of Breathit county. Jett aud
White are- dow in jail in Louisville.
EXPORTS OF MANlFACTim
A Seven-Months' Period That Breaks AU
Records.
Washington, (Special).?United States
exportsof manufactures in January, 1004,
and in the seven months ended with
January, 1904, show a larger total than
ever before in the same months of the
year. For the month of January they
amounted to 188,919,86% while tiie high
?st January record on any former occa?
sion was that of 1900, when they were
*:io,.W6,940. ?
For the seven months curled wah Janu?
ary they anion it to 1088,814,988, and the
highest record for thal, seven-months'
period in any preceding year was that
ended arith January, 1901, when tbe total
was |f!89,S84.,084. Thus the total for
January is $2, "HM) 000 in excess of any
preceding January, and for the seven
mouths ending with January is about
$11,000,000 more than ia any preceding
seven months ended with January. These
figures > re shown by an analysis of the
January exports, just prepared by tho
Department of Commerce and Labor,
through its bureau of statistics.
President Invited to Preside.
Washington), (Special).-? President
Roosevelt has been invited to preside
at a great popular meeting in the
interest of home missions, to be held
at Buffalo next May, during the ses?
sions of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church. The invitation
was extended by the Rev. S. V. V.
Holmes, pastor of the Westminister
Church, in Buffalo, through Represen?
tative Alexander, of that city. Thc
President, wdio presided at a similar
meeting in New York some years ago,
did not give a definite response to thc
invitation, indicating that he would do
so at a later date. His acceptance is
regarded ** doubtful, however, as he
has fe!' n'-'i'-rd to decline invitation of
all kinds for this year.
Shot By His Plaaymate.
Waynesboro, Pa., (Special).?Gerald
Middower, ii years old, son of J. A
Middower, was shot in the head at his
home here bv Robert Frantz, aged 12
The lads were playmates. They wein
to Frantz's home, where the lattet
took a revolver from the drawer ol
his brother's bureau and playfully
pointed it at young Middower's head
nnd shouted: "Hold up your hands!1
The boys were standing only a fen
feet apart. The pistol was discharger4
and the bullet entered Middo\ver'.;
mouth, splitting the tongue, an^
lodged in thc bnck pirt of his bend
indicting a serious, perhaps fatal,
wound.
A Double Tragedy.
New York, (Special).?Robert Gray.
a painter, and his wife Lizzie were
found dead in their apartments he?
ttie woman in bed with her si
crushed in and her husband in thc
bathroom, having apparently commit?
ted suicide by gas asphyxiation. The
case is supposed to be one of murder
and suicide.
$10,000 For Denny Memorial Hall.
Carlisle, Pa., (Special).?A mass
meeting of thc citizens of Carlisle was
held and $10,000 was raised for the
erection of Denny Memorial Hall, re?
cently burned. Rev. Miles O. Noll.
of Carlisle, presided. Addresses were
made bv President Reed. John W.
Welzel. 'Rey. G. M. Diffcnderfer and
Gen. Horatio C. King, of Brooklyn
Congressman Olmsted sent his check
for $500. During the coming week
thc town will be canvassed and the
balance of the $20,000 raised.
Ate Wife and Child.
Duluth, Minn., (Special).?Gustave
Brandon, who has been cruising be?
tween Tower and Koochiching, has
arrived here on his way to Minnea?
polis, and confirms a report of alleged
cannibalism on the Nett Lake reser?
vation. Brandon was near Pelican
Lake wdien he was told tint an Indian
had killed and eaten his wife and child.
He savs his information is unquestion?
ably authentic. Wc was told that the
Indian during a drunken spree killed
both his wife and child. and later de?
voured parts of th ir bodies to avert
starvation.
$24,137,611 Less Earned.
New York. (Special).?The second
annual report of the United States
Steel Corporation, dated March t, has?
just been issued. The statement is
a voluminous one. Net earnings for
the year, after deducting expenditures
for maintenance and interest on bond?
and fixed charges of subsidiary com?
panies, were $100,171,152. compared
with $1.13.308.763 in 1002, a decrease )f
$24,1.17.611. The balance of net earn?
ings for 1003 was $8.^,675,786, as
against $108,534,174 in 1002.
American Missionajy Killed.
Urunda, Persia, (Ry Cable) -News
has reached here that Dr. Labori
(Labaree?) an American missionary,
has been killed on thc road to Khoi.
Rev. Dr. Benjamin Uabaree, who is
probably referred to in the above dis?
patch, is one of the best-known Pres?
byterian missionaries in the Asiatic
field, having been stationed in Persia
since i860.
Explos'on at Torpedo Plant.
Knightstown, Ind., (Special).?The
plant of thc Knightstown Torpedo
Company, two miles from town., wai
iestroyed by an explosion of nitro-gly?
cerine. Stephen Clark, an employe,
was blown to pieces, as were a team
of horses and wagon. Glass plate in
this city was broken.
FINANCIAL.
The weekly statement of the Imperial
Bank of Germany shows a decrease of
43,500,000 marks in cash.
It is reported iu railroad circles that
the Union Pacific, Illinois Central and
Chicago & Alton will be merged unless
the Northern Securities decision is abso
utely against the company.
It is understood that Union Pacific
gross earnings for February will show au
increase of over #500,000 and that South?
ern Pacitic earnings will show a gross
increase of over $800,000.
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Gleaned From All Over
the State.
Frank Summers, a blacksmith, aged
45 years, was found dead by the side
of his mother's grave in Union Ceme?
tery, Alexandria. His face and a por?
tion of his neck had been torn by
large dogs, which were about the
body when it was discovered by the
keeper of the cemetery. The vora?
cious animals torc lar<Te strips of flesh
from thc neck of thc dead man. Had
the body remained undiscovered a few
hours lojiger the face would have
been mutilated beyond recognition.
News of thc finding of thc body was
telephoned to the station house and
Coroner William R. Purvis was noti?
fied. He directed that the remains be
removed to the undertaking rooms of
W. Dcmaine & Son, on King street.
From the appearance of the body, it i?
believed that death occurred some
time during the night. Some believe
his death a case of suicide. Summers'
body, it is believed, remained beside
the grave of hil mather without dis?
turbance until early next morning,
when a group of large doge wanderin*
through the cemetery found ii. They
attacked only the uncovered portion
of the body. Summers was dressed
in an ordinary suit of working clothes
Pluck and quick wit saved thc
honor and perhaps the life of Mis*
Ophelia Cowper, who lives in a quiet
part of Main street, Suffolk, with an
invalid motlier. A stranger rapped
on the street door and was refused "\
admittance. Apparently knowing the
unprotected condition of the women,
the man broke the glass part of the
ioor, entered and went to Miss Cow?
per's bedroom. The man was warned
not to enter or his life would be in
peril, but finally he forced the lock.
As his head was thrust inside the doot
Miss Cowper fired at his face. The
would-be assailant escaped into the
night, leaving a trail of blood on the
stairway carpet.
The Richmond Corporation Com?
mission issued a charter to the Sea?
board Traction Company, composed
principally of Norfolk capitalists, to
operate an electric passenger and
freight line 300 miles long between
Richmond and Portsmouth and
through the principal truck and peanut
sections of the State. The capital
stock is fixed at $250,000 minimum and
$800,000 maximum, in shares of $ioc
each. Work is to be started immedi?
ately, say the promoters.
In a street fight at Roanoke, be?
tween Mayor Joel H. Cutchin arid City
Councilman J. C. Page the Mayor wa?
badly used up. He is confined to hil
bed with a broken arm and cuts and
bruises on his head and face. Mr,
Page suffered minor bruises. The two
men have been political enemies Ir* -
some time. Thc difficulty grew out
of a severe arraignment of the Mayor
by Mr. Page at a recent meeting of
the City Council.
Mrs. Irene S. Greenaway, wife of
Nevelle S. Greenaway, deputy clerk
of the Alexandria courts, died at her
residence in that city. She was a
daughter of Capt. James Woody, of
Fredericksburg and was 33 years old.
Two little daughters survive her.
Mrs. Greenaway was the sister of
Mrs. Daniel Stansbury, of that city,
and of Mrs. Frank Daley and Mrs.
Robert Loockiman, of Baltimore.
Ex-Congressman James F. Epes, ol
Nottoway county, who is a candidate
for re-election to Congress from the
Fourth district, in a published card
says that if elected he will devote the''
$1,200 his clerk would receive to the
sending of boys and girls in his dis?
trict to boarding schools.
R. J. Malbon, a Norfolk "Good
Government" party leader, was at?
tacked by W. D. Lannigan, anothei
local politician, and knocked down by
him. Two of his teeth were knocked
out, and he received a bad scalp
wound.
Mrs. Helena W. Arrett, of Pitts?
burg, and A. F. Smith, of Chicago,
were arrested at a Richmond hotel,
at the instance of Charles F. Arrett,
husband of the woman. Smith and
Mrs. Arrett secured bail. It is stated
that Mrs. Arrett left two children i
Pittsburg. The question of di
has been raised before, and Mr. A
is said to have offered to settle
ooo on his wife in case of a scpara
but she asked for $100,000.
Silas Jones, pilaf "Fortune T
was shot and instantly killed at Nc
port News by Officer Hank Smith, who
was trying to arrest the negro on the
charge of housebreaking. The officer
had the man in charge when the latter
broke away and ran. Smith fired three
shots in the air before taking aim at the
fleeing negro. The fourth shot was ef?
fective and the fifth shot killed Jones.
Smith was exonerated by the coroner's
jury.
A committee of thc city council and
the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce ex
tend a joint invitation to the Wabash
Railway Company to enter Roanoke,
promising them a complete right of way
and every inducement to come into the
city.
John S. "Walford, chief stevedore in
the coal department of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, Newport Newe,
has just received a copy of his father's
will, which makes him heir to ,$175,OOO
Mr. Walford's father was Lieut.-Col
Thomas Sturdies Walford, of the Fourth
West Yorkshire Regiment, Prince of
Wales' Own. Ile died at his home od
the south coast of England January 2.
Mr. Walford had not seen his father for
29 years, as at thc age of 19 years he ran
away to sea.
W. F. Hendricks, of Bristol, 13 in jail
at Welch, having been unable to secur?
19,500 bond. He was tried at Blucfield
on the charge of circulating counterfeit
soin, and released, but was arrested later
on a similar charge.
In a shooting affray at Richlands,
Tazewell county, Rosa Lily, of Bluefield,
and William Horton, of Richlands, were
accidentally shot by Joe Horton, William
Horton's brother.
The residence of Mr. Richard Huxter,
iu Heurico county, near Richmond, was
burned. The sleeping family was aroused
just in time to escape with their lives
All of their possessions were desttoved
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