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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
Shaft-HOuSe and Its Occupants
Blown Up.
MINE RIOTS IN COLORADO.
A Wagon-load Of Powder was
Backed Up Against the Shart-
house of the Strong Mine BY
Strikers and Exploded.

Eleven men killed, with strong probaon-
ity that the number of dead will be increased
when all is known. is the record OF the frs'
dav of trouble at Cripple Creek, Col although
real fighting has not yet begun, as tne
deputies are awaiting reiniorcements oe'oio
beginning &C i've operations.
At1O o'clock in the morning eleven sl"r'ou
to work IN the Strong mine on Battle noun
tain. Shortly afterward large party OIL
strikers blew up the shaft-house with powuer
causing loss of S25 900, and then dropped
100 pounds of giant powder down the sna"'
which was also exploded. killing all the In
mates.
Sixteen men who had been engaged to go
to work in the independence mine were SUI
rounded in their bunk-house, near the snalt
house. and after long parley agreed to sur
render. Each one was armed with rlile ana
a brace of revolvers; the arms are now IN 'he
possession Of the strikers.
IF is rumored that the strikers attacked the
Anna Lee mine, overpowering the guarus'
after which they blew up the shait-hou'e
| but the ruIQOr has uOL OCOh 'ShAAN'
When the deputies are finally massed ana
the two forces come together most despcr-
ato battle will doubtless be fought. The situ-
alton is one of most painful anxiety.
At Victoria. six miles from Cripple Creek
fully 500 people reside A reign OF terror
exists there. Within half mile OF the cor
roration limits of the town fully 500 union
miners armed with rifles, have paraded up
and down the side of the hill all day long.
Occasionally a detour into the village would
be made and people who the miners though
70 he Objectionable were ordered to leave the
nlace. The guards from Denver, upon ar
rival at Victoria, went into camp on neigh
borinp hill. The strikers threw out pickle
line entirely surrounding them, but at dis
tance that guarantees them safely from the
deputies rifles.
Il is sa id the strikers have planted under
their reastworks on Bull Hill quantity o.
dvnam ite. with the intention Of blowing 1t VI
II il should be taken by the deputies.
One of the largest mine owners in Colorado
Strings is ut hority for the statement tina
the mine owners have planted rifle cannon
on a hill commanding the breastworks anC
that it will be used to dislodGe the striker
from that position.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
HOUSE.

19on D,y.-The early part Of the days pro
ceedin0s in the House was ueVoIeu " .nV INC
legal discussion concerning aA anlenulhSmi siti
orfered to the Legislative Appropriation pili
declaring that the statute which dlrects tno
Sergeant-at-Arm to make deducuons M lloni
the salaries Of members on account Oh apsonoo ne
had been repealed. The chairman ruieu .ne
nOoanJ,nent orr1 ont of order. but was in tlme
overruled by the House on an appeal Inv
n nendment was then adopted.
199pn DAy-The question of civil service re-
toro, Tras given full sway in the House, the
occasion being the amendment 10 s.riKo oI'
the paragraph in the Legislative Appropri-
atom bill providing for the Civil Service
Commission. 1t gave opportunity Tor some
stirring and not a few amusing speeches.
THE amendment was adopted by vote Oh
1Oo TO II amid great Democratic applause
and Republican cries OF "spolls. III .n9
early proceedings the resolution 10 ihVesu-
gate the alleged armor-plate frauds was
adopted. ,
13trH DAY.-The onslaught OF the Clvh
Service Commission in the House was re-
gumed. and several times during the uay
the question was disposed OF only 10 OreaH ,csI
| ont n moment later in another place Inc
| House passed the Senate bill amending an
act TO provide for the sale OF the remainder
of the reservation OF the Confederate Otoi
and Missouri Indians in the States of Ne
! braska and Kansas. b.
18TH DAY.-After being under consider
alton for lust one week, the legislative, ex-
ecutiye and judicial appropriation bill was
passed by the House. The main fight was vas. IN IN
the House, after the bill had been reported
back from the committee OF the whole, on tne
amendment declaring the laws authorizing
the docking OF members salaries for absence
repealed. and on the amendment refusing 70
provide for the Civil Service Gommlsslon
separate. ,.o, n tho
House was consumed in the discussion OF an
omnibus resolution from the Committee on on
War Claims, grouping together thirty,seyTsen eve
claims for cotton, etc, aggregatlng Sl.O4O,
600. Half the time was taken up in a discus, discus,
sion on a point of order against the grouping
of so many bills in one resolution.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01

thing, Colonel You're veteran, wh'le
am but greenhorn in the business"
"Tell me, Joslyn, how you happened
to be in that house, and knew OF the
three officers lying in waltz"
gave him the story almost straight,
telling how had entered the house be-
lieying it to be empty, and heard the
officers coming and hidden, listening to
their short conversation before they Sc
creted themselves.
Then I went on to tell how had man
aged to back out as far as the kitchen,
when the door opened and another police
officer appeared, flashing his bull's-eye
upon me. g.,
This was too much for me, and l had
made up my mind to cut through at any
cost when. upon a little investigation,
the last conner had proved to be COM
rade instead of deadly foe.
My story was so frank and my manner
| so engaging that he could not help be-
lieving all l said.
In return, he told me what l already
knew with regard to his arrangements
with the man left in charge of the Madi-
son avenue palace, and who had betrayed
him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
Kansas Philosophy.

The Lord is jealous, and man was
made in his image.
Friends, like dollars, are easier to
get than they are to keep.
The countenance lies quite as readily
and forcibly as the tongue.
A man does not love as many as a
woman but he loves them more.
When a trouble is too deep to talk
ohont il writes itself out on the face.
A man can always please q woman II
ba will: a woman will always please a
man if she can. :. -, :.
keeps men busy day By day to translate
it into acceptable truth.
Public sympathy is the name gwen
to the feeling for the dog on top; the
private sympathy is for the under dog'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
ARMOR PLATE FRAUDS.
House Investigation Soon to be ohoer
Way.


Another important Congressional investi-
cation was started in the House by the pas
sage of the resolution directing the Naval
Committee to Immediately investigate the
alleged frauds in connection with the iur-
nishing of naval plate armor by Carnegie,
Phipps & Co., or by the Carnegie Steel Com
pany Limited.
These concerns have Government contracts
for 5000 tons OF armor costing about $o,O0o'-
600 and the investigation is to go over tne
entire amount beginning with the first con-
tract in 1850.
Chairman Cummings OF the Naval Com
mittee has called meeting at which time the
general plan of the investigation will be out
lined. 1t is probable that a subcommittee
consisting of Representatives Cummings,
Money and Dolliyer, will do the active work
OF estisation.
Representative Cummings said; 1--WE hopo
to make the investigation thorough and VIII
begin at once. There is a large amount Oh
material already in possession OF the COM
mittee concerning the extent of armor con-
tracts, amounts delivered. and yet due, etc.
This was furnished when we were framing
the appropriation bill. We will now supple
ment this by getting at the alleged frauds
and the resolution is strong enough to let Us
90 to the bottom of the matter"
Representative Dunphy, of New York, vii
be the first witness called. He started the
investigation and is thoroughly informed OF
the details of the alleged irregularities. HI
will give the committee the clues on whici
they will proceed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
CHAPTER XVII.

ASH walked away with this man OF
dark methods felt that the part whicil
dreaded most had been carried VnroueN
in a very satisfactory manner 49,,
Fortune had smiled upon me. hay
high hopes of attaining my oDJecV'
whether this would prove satisfactory 70
me or otherwise
We walked away like old friends.
The Colonel felt himself under great
obligations to me. That suited my IDEAS
exactly, as l had some use to make Oh
this feeling on his part. .u
We walked. along until he nnaliy
turned and asked if I had objection 10
ACCOMPANYING him to a retreat OF his
which he only used when he desired the
utmost secrecy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
THE BULLET-PROOF COAT.
English Riaemen Shoot at the Tailor in HIS
Armor

The Duke Of Cambridge and large num-
ber of military and naval experts, together
with the military and naval attaches oil the
foreign embassies and legations, including
Lieutenant Cowles, the United States naval
attache, were present in London at the Al
hambra Theatre to witness a special test OF
the bullet-proof coat invented by Herr DOVE,
the Mannheim tailor A number OF shots we're
fred at Herr DOVE when encased in his coa',
but the coat was not pierced. The shots
were fred at different ranges. A committee
composed Of well-known military officers,
guaranteed that the tests were genuine, and
all the officers present expressed great salts
faction at the results.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01

THE authorities Of Paris recently received
information which led them to believe tha'
IN snite Of their efforts made to suppress
anarchy, conspirators were still actively az
work and plotting series of bomb explo-
dons IN various European cities. Many ar
rests have been made.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01

"And I'm proud to
take you by the hon
est h an d, Colonel.
Such a meeting is
likely to fall to a man
|once in a lifetime,
and l feel as though
fate had more to do
with it tn an we
know.
"Perhaps it was in
tended that we work
together from this
on"
"I'd hardly venture
to suggest such a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
WORK AND WORKERS.

THE silk mill strike at Hackensack, n. D.,
is said to be growing worse.
President Mcbride, of the Mine Workers
Union. declared at Columbus, O., that the
country will have a coal famine.
The striking ribbon weavers of Doherty
& Wadsworth's Mill, at Paterson, n. D.,
ended a strike lasting months by returning
to work.
THE striking miners at Spring Valley. ILL.,,
have refused to allow the men to go to work
to extinguish a fire in three Of the shafts. The
company expects trouble when it imports
men to fight the fire.
DELEGATES from the various railway
unions in st. Louis met in that city and con-
sidered proposal to make immediate de-
mand npon the railways that they refuse to
haul Pullman cars until the demands OF the
employees were considered. The matter was
finally put into the hands OF committee.
A DESPATCH from Uniontown says that
few small coke plants are arranging to start
their mines, as they can get more for the coal
than for coke. They "offer to pay the miners
more wages than the scale they demand
The strikers are inclined to go to work min
ing coal to get even with tn striking mem
hers of the United Mine Workers Union
which organization they sey repudiateo tne1
promise for assistance
THE physicians who made the post-morten
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01

. THE physicians who made the post-mortem
examination, declared that Henry, the Paris
anarchist recently beheaded, was not in any
wav tainted with insanity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
CHAPTER XVIII.

9LAD to meet you,
~ Joslyn."
NM "And I'm proud to
MHY 4o1vo x-ot, hu tho hOn-
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Chinese Pawnhrolers.

Among the Canton houses there are occasional exceptions to tho general one storied or low constructions. Some of these are built like square towers four or five stories high, with no outside windows save at considerable distance above the ground and no outside pro. jeetions by which thieves might climb up These establishments are called pawnshops but they appeared to me more to resemble our banks whore we place deeds and other valuables for safe ty. l understand it is usual among tho Chinese to deposit their possessions of value, when not in use, in these estab- lishments. The people also store there during summer their winter clothing, and loans may be obtained against the goods stored To have dealings with a pawnshop is i'll no way considered de- rogatory to q Chinese gontloman's dig nifty. Florence O'Briscoll, NJ. P, in Century
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04
 Meeting or Congress.

At noon on tho first Monday in De. oember the senate will meet to begin i the second regular session of tho Fifty third congress. It will be the third ac- tual session because of the extra ono i'll 1898 called by President Cleveland soon after beginning his term. A certain formula is gone through annually in each house.
 Whom the hand of the clock in on the stroke of 12, tho vice presidents gavel will call the senators to order. The first thing will he prayer Next two resolu- tions will be passed. One will direct tho secretary of the senate to notify the house of representatives that the senate is i'll session. Tho other will be to ap- point the senates members of a joint committee to wait on President Cleve- land and inform him of what he is dead sure to know already-that the senate Is holding sitting and is ready to re- ceive any communication he may be pleased to make The senate will then take q recess till tho committee comes back Tho committee will probably in form tho senate that the president will have message for it next day. Then tho senate will adjourn till noon next day.
 In the house similar forms are ob. served. There the speaker calls the house to ordor tho chaplain prays, the roll is called, and the clerk is ordered to inform the senate that quorum of the house is organized and ready for business. A committee is appointed to join with the senate committee and go and tell the president both houses await his message.
 On the first day of organization in both houses new members elected to fill vacancies will present their credentials and take the oath of office After this has been done the house, like the senate, will adjourn till next day to receive the. president s message. Next day the mes- sage is sent to both houses at the same moment immediately after they have come to order at noon. Then it is like ly that both houses will again adjourn till noon on Wednesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04

livery stables. fruit stands and other places of innocent business kept closed on that day to the ineon- venience of the general public. The closing of the saloons on the Sab bath day is right. The saloon busi- ness is an illegitimate business, and at best should be tolerated only un- der the severest restrictions of the law ltseems that we have a few saloon men in this city who do not respect the laws of God or men. Having been allowed for the past year to keep their saloons open on the Sabbath by the payment of q nominal fine to the city government every Monday morning, some of our saloon men have grown, brazen, in solent and defiant. and now when their upholy and unlawful business has been closed on the Sabbath day, as it should have been long since, or never allowed in the beginning, for that matter, they are seeking to render the Sunday law obnoxious to the community, hoping by such a wholesale and Puritanie enforce ment of the same to compel the county officers to revoke the action  sof tke late grand jury. We are glad to say that there are many saloon men who arc not parties to this con spiracy, and who would prefer to close their saloons on the Sabbath, but who are forced to keep open in
 "self defence, as it were. The GRAPHIC takes this occasion to notify
 the eouspirators that they need not
 aatter themselves that they are de- eeiying the public, nor will their scheme work. The Sunday law will be enforced, but it will be enforced with judgment and discrimination
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It Is very sad about the New York horse show. The society swells find that common people have been initiating thom and flooking in great numbers to New York's annual dress show with horses i'll attendance. In some cases these common people have even copied the dress and manners of the swells. The copyists might do better ill both re- speots, but that thoy do not know and so follow the highest style they see. The result Is that the great week Is be- ginning to lose its popularity with "sas- siety. D One evening at the very height of the affair sassiety" had its blood eurdled by observing i'll one of the most prominent boxes in its very midst q fashionable dressmaker and a hotel keeper and his wife. Shall such an out rage be tamoly borne by those blue bloods whose grocer, peddlor, cook and housemaid ancestors are at least three generations of? Nevair-r-e, nevair-r-el Tine thing is monstrous. It is almost as horrible as the crime of that senator s wife who introduced her landlords $ wife, beautiful and refined and per foetly bred woman, to Mrs. Cleveland. Truly NC never shall catch on to high life i'll this count y, for very often in our degenerate society dressmaker has better manners and better reputation than d lady of the Four Hundred.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04
SINDAY GLOSLNG.

It would apparently seem that the citizens of Pine Bluff are called upon to accept either the one or other of two propositions, each of which is directly adverse to the other, One of these propositions is to have the saloons and everything open on Sun day, or else have the saloons and everything closed on Sunday. As to the GRAPHIc, we do not take kindly to either proposition. We are not in favor of having the saloon doors brazenly thrown open on the Sab bath day to disgrace and corrupt the morals of our city, nor are we in
 favor of having the bakery shops,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04
4 VETERANS VERDICT.
The War is Over. A Well-known Sol- dier, Correspondent and Journal ist Makes a Disclosure.

Indiana contributed her thousands of brave soldiers to the war, and no state bears q De1- fer record in that respect than it does. ln literature it is rapidly eq aGeqnlIFIIng IItne tita aa Solomon Newell, well known as writer as Sol, has won an honorable position; cl, DqT- IT ing the late war he was member or Go. M, 2d. N. Y. Cavalry and of the 18th Indiana ln- fantry Volunteers. Regarding an important circuTnstance he writes as follows:
 Several of us old veterans here are uslne pr. Niles Restorative Nervlne. Heart Cure and Nerve and Liver Pills, all Of them giving splendid satisfaction. In fact, we have ncVei used remedies that compare With them. VI the Pills we must say they are the best com bination of the qualities required in a prep aration of their nature we have ever known We have none but words of praise for them They are the outgrowth of new principle II medicine, and tone up the system wonder, fully. We say to all. try these remedies. Solomon Newell, Marion, lnd.,, Dec. 5, 1892
 These remedies are sold by all druggisls R q a positive guarantee, or sent direct by th' pr. Miles Medical Go, Elkhart, Ind, on To eelpt of price, Sl per bottle, six bottles s3, ex press prepaid They positively contain nelthe nDlates nor dangerous drugs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04

est and 1uiciest Chat the market could afford. The cook knew how to roast 1t, so that it seemed to have been done to n turn in an old fashioned Dutch oven instead of in drying, toughening Yan- lyee cook stove. There was mince pie such as his mother used to make, better than the old lady's, even, he thought III his satisfaction. There was cranberry sauce. with the skins strained out, and only Q rich jelly left. There was coffee that gave off the odors of Mocha and Java, with whipped cream upon 1t the thickest and yellowest There was cake, with icing tender, yet crisp so that It at once craekled between the teeth and melted at the touch of the palate. There was wine of California, tho rarest yint- age of the golden stato.
 The man was happy as he ate, and he ate till he almost saw stars. After he could hold no moro he ordered an other slice of mince pic. He finished the feast. He arose from his chair and slightly pushed it back to enjoy hls smoke. As he did so he staggered ano then fell in a faint. All efforts to TO. yiye him were vain. lie had eaten SC much that he was seized suddenly witt paralysis of the stomach, and it killed him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04

Japan administers tho most oourtly and diplomatic oriental snub to the United States that we have received in q long time, and serves us right. Japan wanted China herself to ask for peace and mediation, since Japan was so uni formly successful in arms against Chi na. Japan was right. according to all rules of military usage diplomacy and common sense. Apparently Japan knows moro about these things than tho Amer iean government does. Diplomacy was never our strong point anyhow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04
THE JUDGES MENTAL SPREE.
Lurid Indian and Detective Novels as g
 Means of Mild Dissipation.


 Means of Mild Dissipation.
 The sale of cent novels, desorip- tive of the improbable adventures of In dian fighters or the superhuman sagac- ity and adventure of impossible detect ives, is by no means confined to the small boys of Now York. A reporter lettering in Park row book exchange was surprised to observe one of the most eminent jurists of tho day overhauling a pile of this trash. He had laid aside Broken Plume's Last Shot, ""Old Cap Collier Among the White Caps, D "Tho Boy Magician In Madagascar, '' s'Tho Young Nihihst' and Frank and tho Aztec Treasure. '"
 What arc you going to do with that stuff, judgo3" the reporter asked.
 Going to read it all. It is my way of going on n spree. When get actual. ly worn out and run down over the study of abstruso legal problems and reach that stage when carry my professional labor into my dreams, I just knock off for day or two, lay ill lot of this kind of rubbish, run down to my Long Island homo and just lie back and revel in the absurdities of this class of ltor- ature. ltrequires no mental offort what ever to perrse them, and tho amusement afforded is unbounded. l get clear away from tho world of deeds, mortgages, bonds, partitions, trusts and other vexa- tions and simply allow my mind to go off on little spreo No bad effects fol low this mild form of dissipation. In fact, l am really rested by it. Try it yourself some time = New York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-04
Il Thanksniyine Sermon

Thanksgiving day, 1893, was bright and beautiful one in the home of a cer- tain resident of ono of tho great cities of this Union. He had been prosperous throughout the year in spite of hard times His table that day showed it.
 There was turkey the richest brown