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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-13

Monkton, 10th District.-A musical and
literary entertainment will be held in Monk
ton Hall, on Wednesday night, January 18th,
by the ex-members of Johns Hopkins Banjo
Club, of Baltimore, assisted by other talent
from the city. Proceeds for benefit of Monk
ton Loyal Legion.
Mr.. Marion II. Merryman well known
builder, formerly of this place, but lately of
Arlington, while working on house at Rux-
ton last Saturday, fell from the scaffold into
the cellar distance Of about % feet, and was
seriously injured.
Mr. Oliver X. Peregoy, lately of Corbett
while moving his furniture into his new home
at Phoenix, last Tuesday, slipped and fell from
q porch roof, a distance of about Is feet, and
struck on his head. His left collar bone was
broken, and he was otherwise very seriously
injured.
Charlotte, the 2-year-old child of Max Tur-
ner, who lives on the farm OF Mr.. Walter
Hutchins. on Ny Lady's Manor, was burned
to death on Friday, 9Th inst Her mother had
gone 10 the spring and left the child at play
1t is thought she went too near the stove and
the picture book she had in her hand caught
fire and she was soon enveloped in flames
She was burned to death before her mother re-
turned from the spring. II.
Baltimore County Farmers Institute
Mr.. George e. Shelley, of the 10th district,
correspondent for Baltimore county was in
Towson on Tuesday and secured the use of the
Court House in which to hold the Farmers
Institute, on Monday, February 18th. There
will be two sessions during the day, morning
and afternoon, the first one commencing at
10 o'clock. The program will be as follows:
How to select horses for special purposes !;
how to breed them for specific uses" DR.. J. C.
Curryer.
Home mixing of fertilizers" Mr.. James E.
Rice, of New York State.
Our pasture grasses" Mr.. L. Lamson
Scribner.
1.-THE farmers poultry" Mr.. james E. Rice.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
A Rpauttful Gem.

"NOt the least beautiful of the many
semi-precious stones, for which there
is always a large demand, Is the
topaz" said wholesale dealer In
gems to the writer. The name topaz
generally suggests only yellow stone,
yet there are light blue, brown and
green varieties which are frequently
sold as aquamarines. The genuine
acquamarine may. however be easily
distinguished from topaz, as the for
mer stone more closely resembles the
color of green sea salt Besides, the
topaz admits of higher polish, and is
extremely slippery to the touch. Strange
to say, the yellow topaz when slightly
heated becomes pink; heated further.
the pink grows paler, and by long heat
ing it is entirely expelled, leaving the
green colorless. The sherry colOred
or brown topaz is bleached in very
short time by the rays of the sun OF
strong daylight, and all the white
topazes found in nature have been
colorized in this way. The topaz is
found in granite rocks in Siberia, ia
pan, Peru, CeylOn, Brazil and Maine,
and i'm volcanic rocks in Colorado,
Utah and New Mexico. Washington
Stcr
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09

Philippi, w. Va. Especially "A terrihc
explosion occurred at the Southern
Coal and Transportation Company S
mines at Berrysburg, six miles from
here. Twelve bodies have been taken
from the mine. The total number OF
fatalities is not known. Twenty men
are missing. The miners are mostly
Slavs and negroes.
The explosion occurred in the second
lift, No. room, south entrance. Inc
mine-owners refuse to discuss it, say
ing it was caused by too heavy a
charge of powder being used. The min
ers say it was caused by fire damp.
They state that recently the authorl-
ties have been told that fire damp
was prevalent, but had done nothing.
1t is impossible at this time to tell
accurately how many are lost So far the
following have been taken out dead:
Lewis Pack, Andrew Blackwell, Rich
ard Johnston, Albert Brown, Peck
Adams, Joseph Jackson, Laurence Dun
can, Ivan Petroch, Dash Poznanskl,
Walter Walenski and two others.
Ollie Marks, the pit boss on duty, ard
his brother, Will Marks, were taken
out unconscious and cannot possibly
recover.
The force of the explosion was so
great that two men were found 90 feet
from the mouth of the mine. The
news of the explosion travelled fast
and in an hour hundreds had visited
the mine. The call for relief brought
every physician in Philippl to the
scene. The sight which met their eyes
was most horrible one. Strewed
along the main channel and about the
opening were the arms, legs, heaoS
and other portions of the bodies OF the
dead miners. Fathers and mothers
were frantcally hunting for sons, ami
as fast as a body was removed tney
would take a glance, and, recognizing
it, would grow hysterical.
1t is said that there were Sc sticks OF
dynamite and IS cans of powder in the
mine at the time of the explosion.
What all this powder was doing there
is not known.
John w. Green, who was in the mine
at the time of the explosion and es-
caped injury, gives the following ac-
count of the explosion:
Il went into the mine at 1850 ana
went to room No. 8. / had been at
work an hour or so when | smelt black
damp. noticed my lamp would
flicker. | went to the mine boss and
told him about it. He laughed and
said it was all right. l went back TO
work, and about midnight heard
terrific noise which knocked me down
and put out my lamp. l was stunned
for a moment and then realized what
had happened. was close to the en-
trance and crawled on my hands and
knees to the mouth. In passing
crawled over the bodies of two men. 1t
was a night | will never forget. l
think it was caused by black damp.
The mines of Berrysburg have only
been open a short time and have had
a great deal of trouble. First the mine S
were flooded then the men struck, last
week the stables were set on fire and
26 horses burned, and now comes the
explosion
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Wives saw the Duel.

Elberton, Ga. (SpeciaD alterca-
ton between James e. Hammond and
T. ]. Wall, brothers-in-law, living .
miles from here, resulted in a duel be-
tween the two men, wherein Wall was
killed, the two wives being the sole
witnesses to the battle. Wall was beat
ing negro for disobedience, and re-.
fused to hear his wife's plea in behalf
of the colored man. She then went to
Hammond cher brother), asking his
intercession. Upon this Wall became
incensed and, drawing revolver,
chased Hammond from his presence,
threatening to kill him. Hammond
obtained a shotgun. The relatives met
again in less than an hour, each &C
companied by his wife. A duel then
ens,led. and Wall was instantly killed,
while Hammond escaped without In
inn
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09

'Merciful goodness! what can this
mean? Three days ago Arthur wrote
that the housemaid was still laid up
with her lame ankle which l have
tried in vain to get him to tell me
about, and that he was not feeling
well, and the doctor had told him that
his liver was out of order. Yet here
into-day's letter. he tells me that the
housemaid has just fallen downstairs,
spraining her ankle, and that he made
made himelf q Welsh rarebit the night
before last and ate so much of it his
liver is all upset. Why OH earth did
the housemaid fall downstairs when
she had a sprained ankle. and what
ever possessed Arthur TO eat Welsh
rarebit when the doctor had just
warned him about his liver?'
Her aunt was trying to work it out,
when Elizabeth Darlington happened
to think of the telegram she had re-
ceived the day before.
This letter must have been written
about the time they were sent" she
said. 'I'm going home. Something
wrong. Arthur's liver trouble has
gone to his head. My poor darling
has lost his reason! He writes thing
and then denies Il by telegraph. BY
starting tonight l can be with him
tomorrow morning. Oh, how shall ]
pass the weary hoursT'
| Miss Wildreth broke down and made
full confession when Mrs. Barring
ton rushed, wild-eyed and pale, into
her husbands office. Then the two
women sat together in the private room
and wept.
"If ! hadn't accidentally knocked
over the pile of letters he left to be
posted" the lady clerk sobbed, "they
would not have been mixed up; there
would have been no reference to the
spraining of the housemaid's ankle be-
fore it happened, and his liver would
not have troubled him until after he
ate the rarebit. How shall | ever be
able to explain it to him?'
you needn't try Mrs. Darlington
answered; I'll explain it to him when
he comes home. Dear old fellow!
I'm so glad he doesn't know anything
about this. He mightn't be having a
good time at all if he did" New York
| Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
COLOR OF AUTUMN LEAVES.
Depends a GOOD Deal on Storing Up OF
Ash Constituents.


Why is it that in autumn the leaves
of some of the forest trees exhibit a
brilliant livery of crimson while others
exhibit only yellow or golden glory :?
p. Q. Keegan in recent letter to
Nature, offers a tentative hypothesis
as follows. He says:
1T is known by analysis that the
percentage of ash increases through
nearly the whole life of the leaf in
beech, sycamore, elm, but not in oak,
larch, cherry, etc. 1t depends good
deal on whether some one ash con-
stituent generally lime or Silica is
being steadily stored up. The dry leaf
of the common maple on May l has q
per cent, and in October 16.2 per cent.
ash. The dry leaf of the wild cherry
has on April IS rs per cent, and on
October . 70 per cent ash. Now the
leaf of the former tree is only yellow
i'm autumn, and never red, while that
of the latter is very often beautifully
crimson. In the former case there is
kind of gradual decay or death of
some of the cells, (mOStly of the up
per external skim, which occasions a
drainage of mineral and organic sub
stances to these parts from the still
living tissues, and this drainage seems
to have distinct influence over the
ultimate autumnal colOring of the leaf
itself. 1t is easy to understand that
the leaves which exhibit such de-
cay are Just those wherein the chro-
mogen precursive of the brilliant red
coloratiOn would likewise suffer an
analogous kind of change, j. e., it
would tend to become brown, to pro-
duce phlobaphene, Just as it does in
the other bark which is the practically
dead portion Of the rind.
Where this accumulation of mineral
matter does not take place, as in
cherries, currants, American oaks,
pears, wild vine, barberry, etc, the
chromogen does not deteriorate into
simple yellow or dull brown; it
evolves it's proper pigment, and as
sumes the flush and glow Of active liv-
| ing color
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
ALVORD CAUGHT.
THE ASTOUNDING TELLER AR
RESTED IN BOSTON.

Boston SpeciaD.-Cornelius L. Al
word, Jr., the absconding note teller CT
the First National Bank of New York
City. who is charged with stealing
s7O0. 900 from the bank, was arrested
here by Chief Inspector William B.
Watts, of this city, and Detective Arm
strong, of New York, in an ordinary
lodging house at the corner of West
Newton street and Burlington ave-
nue..
When arrested Alvord, who knew
Detective Armstrong stated that he
was glad the suspense was ended, and
was willing to go back to New York
without papers. He sat down on the
he'd and smoked cigar, and was only
dressed in his underciothes at the
time. He afterward dressed quickly,
and packing a few underclothes in a
bag. stated he was ready to go. A
hack was called and he was driven to
nolicc headquarters and, after being
measured and photographed under the
Bertillion system, was taken to New
York on the five o'clock train.
During his stay at police headquar-
tors AIvord told Chief Watts that he
had not seen his wife for two weeks,
although prior to that time he had
told her of his financial circumstances
and asked her if he should kill him
self or face it out, and she had told
him to face it out.
On being searched at police head
quarters, only a few dollars were
found in his pockets which he was al
lowed to keep.
He admitted having registered as
Bryan Sterling at the Touraine Hotel
and said he had eaten several meals
there: that he had taken the lodgings
where he was found on the following
day and that he had not been out of
the place since. When asked what he
had done with the money he said:
well, 100000 is a whole lot OF
money, but it goes easy" In referring
to horse races he said he had backed
horses. but never on race tracks, and
had owned fast horses himself. He
said he had lived his life and had
taken life to its full at the rate of $780,
600 a year or more. He said he would
not make any fight, would throw up
his hands, take his sentence and after
that was over, would come out in the
world again.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
THE KISS AT THE DOOR.

r. The davs of the lance and the spur
III yf VIZ Inc hero went forth to the fight,
ot w L ner cs r token from her
ol WIN ne he worshiped as lover and knight,
"A M when fierce surged the battle around,
anu And when close pressed the merciless
,,r,,,.s that token that drove off despair
hn M1S cave victory's strength to his blow
Not a hero OF knighthoolam l,
RI Rnt a warrior in industry's strife,
Whore the lance that l WELD is my pen,
Nv And the ladye serve is my wife.
Net a token | carry each day,
Full as precious as any of yore,
And Il stouteus my heart for the fray
'Tis nv loves morning kiss at the door.
For his faith will the martyr endure
Bv the sunset the artists inspird,
al tbe blast of the bugle and fife
Is the soldier to gallantry fred
But whatever may others exalt,
For myself shall ask nothing more
As a prompter 10 worthiest deeds
Than the kiss that get at the door.
Fl, w. GRAY. in the Newark Daily Adver-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The belief is growing in Germany
that Count Won Buelows influence as
Chancellor with the Emperor in foreign
affairs will be decidedly greater than
Prince Hohenlohe's.
The Chinese Mutual Protection So
ciety of the Hoping district has offered
$500 for the head Of DR.. Saver and less
er sums for the heads of other mission
aries.
A gang of American confidence men
have been swindling Germans in Berlin
and other cities in Germany by passing
off on them Confederate ten-doilar
bills.
The Chinese Emperor has charged
Prince Ching and LII Hung Chang to
fix the penalties to be imposed upon
Gen. Tung Fuh Slang and others for
whom the Europeans demand punish
mont
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
TRADE NEWS.
BUSINESS ASSUMES NO UNNECEs"
SARY RISKS.

New York (SpeciaD. r.. G. Dun a.
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says:
Encouraging signs multiply III the
iron industry. Strength in Bessemer
ana glay Iorge at Pittsburg shows that
the recent increase in activity of fin
ished forms has at last affected the
market for raw material. Improvement
in domestic buying of pig is the more
noticeable because Of the decrease III
exports. Structural shapes continue in
urgent request. plates advancing with
active demand from shipbuilders, and
with talk of pool to sustain the price.
Bar iron would sell readily at former
prices, but holders grow stubborn.
reports are current that American
concerns have contracted for machine
shops in Bremen and numerous bridges
abroad, including some in Africa
"Billets at Philadelphia cost $50.
which does not lcok like reduction IN
steel rails. Buyers in these lines de-
cided not to wait for election to place
contracts.
Cotton has recovered a little of the
recent sharp decline. The market does
not show much fear of disaster.
Failures for the week were I9S IN
the United States, against 1873 last year,
and % in Canada, against % last year.
Bradstreet's says:
"Unseasonably warm weather con-
tinues the leading directly unfavorable
feature of distributive trade because or
the check given to retail distribution
and therefore to recorder business IN
most lines of dry goods, wearing ap-
parel and shoes.
Speculation on the various eXchanS-
es has ruled rather slow. In wheat
the moving feature has been the re-
iteration of stories of Argentine crop
damage, which was instrumental IN
inducing some advance, much OF when
was lost later.
Wheat, including -four. shipments
for the week aggregate 3,612,42l BUSH
els. against 4,S32,97S last week and
3.O46.S56 in the corresponding week OF
1899. Corn expo.ss for the week ag-
gregate 3,920,11Q, against $685. last
week, and 4,5O3,425 this week year
ago.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09

Cburcb Trouble.

Rev. J. II. Parlett, OF the radf a.
branch of the United Brethren Chur3t,
appeared before Justice Albin, in TINS
county. and swore out warrants for e
arrest of the entire congregation OF
Fairview Church, including the pastor.
Rev. s. d. Shelton, Of the United
Brethren Church, on the charge OF dls-
turbing public worship.
The alleged offense occurred last
week and the offenders are all mem
hers of the liberal branch OF the
church. The liberals and radicals nave
been contending for the POSSESSION
of the Fairview Church building.
The matter was carried into court
some time ago and the court decided
that both branches could WORSHIP
there. Last Sunday the radita 50. ;
the church ahead of the liberals a"1
started services. After waiting for
some time for them to finish, the no
erals. who had gathered over hun
dred strong, marched into the church.
their leader, Mr.. Shelton, assembled Il .
pulpit. and services began while the
radicals were still at worship. IL WIS
this that led to the warrants being IS
sued
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Child Nearly straneled.

Shippensburg, Pa. (Speclal) Mabel
Slotler, little girl, near Marion, made
q narrow escape from death by stran-
gulation. With her sister she was in
her fathers falling-top buggy, and
while in the act of putting the top
down her head was caught underneath.
Her sister tried to raise the top, but it
was too heavy, and by the time the
mother could release her the child's
face was discoloEed and it was thought
that life was extinc$ but she finally re-
vived- The physicipn said half-min-
ute would have bfen the end.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Hrvan Killed His Twin Brother.

Richmond, Va. (SpeciaD. The an,
Gent town of Gloucester, Va, was all
excitement over report by phone
that Bryan had killed Mckinley. It
later transpired that the parties to the
tragedy were Mr.. John BonvaPs twins
two, years old, at Lands End, Robins
Neck Gloucester county. Bryan Bon
oval was turning somersaults on bed
ON which Mckinley Bonoval was sleep
ing and killed him instantly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
provo,s Assailants identified.

Two of the negroes-Paris William
and Oscar Bowler-who were alons
with the four who shot and robbed an
other negro, their companion, william
Brown. in near Culpeper, on the top
of box car few days ago on a Cnss l.
peake and Ohio freight train while al
were beating their way and VINO w'r'
captured in Alexandria. were Drousht
to Culpeper and. committed to IAN 10
wait the action of the grand jury II
both were identified by their You-a'd
victim.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Attacked by Lions.

Paris (By cable).-A lion-tamer,
who daily enters cage containing
three lions in the Paris Hippodrome,
was terribly mauled. His foot slipped.
and the largest animal sprang upon
him. tearing his arms and face with
his teeth and claws.
Without losing his presence of mind,
he kept the animal at bay by the aid
of his whip until he was rescued.
In the excitement the cage door
was left open for fully minute, but
the savage occupants did not take ad.
vantage of the opportunity to escape
among the frightened spectators,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Rof,sed TO Surrender.

London (By cable).-A bclated dis
patch from Pretoria tells of the fall
ure of the British negotiations with
General Botha for the surrender OF
the Beers. Botha received General
FACETS flag of truce courteously ana
admitted his defeat, but said it. was
impossible to treat for surrender as
long as any burgher wished to con-
tinue the war.
President Steyn was more irrecon-
cilable. He refused to even see the
bearer of a flag of truce.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
LUpINGTON's REPORT.
$50. 7s,Oeb spent by Quartermaster-
Generals once.


Generals once.
Washington (SpeciaD.-The report
of Quartermaster-Ge LudiDgton
for the year ended June 30, 1900, shows
a total expenditure of SS3,O7S,O25 and
a balance on hand unexpended from
various appropriations of S35,962S93
Of the amount given in the expendl-
lures large proportion is in transfer
warrants and sums RENTED to disours'
ing officers for the payment OF accru-
ing obligations. During the year the
were transported to and from the Unit
ed States on the army transports lOi,-
422 persons, 1887 animals, 3l0,693
tons of freight and 2,523, 1886 packages.
Of these, 46,S70 persons were sent TO
the Philippines and 2O,654 persons re-
turned from the Philippines to tn,
United States. There were carried to
the Philippines 1911 900 tons Of freight,
but none returned to this country.
The expenditures of the army trar
port service are: For purchase OF yes
sells S549. 150;' for charter of ships, SS,-
974 .0O4; fitting up and repair Of trans
port ships, S5,S00312. The bills for the
transportation Of Spanish prisoners
from the Philippines show that there
have been taken to Spain 1883 officers,
bat enlisted men and 1908 other
persons. Settlement in part of these
bills has been made by the payment
of 81 1904, 647. For the construction OF
barracks and quarters there was ex-
pended s3,266,912, and there has been
set apart for military posts 100000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
Rnnk Safe Dynamsted.

Bellefontaine, Ohio (SpeciaD. = A
band of masked men dynamited the
safe of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank at Jackson Center, near here. II
is stated that they secured nearly $4,000.
The bank building was wrecked ana
timbers were blown through the WIN
dows of the buildings opposite.
Citizens, aroused by the explosion,
poured into the streets, but were driv-
en- to cover by the robbers, who secured
a handcar and escaped on the Ohio
Southern Railway.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
The Bishop and the Hairpins.

The Bishop of Liverpool has Issued a
new code of rules for confirmation. He
desires that girls should refrain from
the use of long pin; in the hair. as the
presence of such pins frequently re-
sults In the Bishops fingers being lac
Grated during the "laying Oh Of hands ,
Christian World.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
(hiId Kills His Playm ttes.

Chicago especially Because he
kicked over little sand house, Ernest
Didier. 9 years old. was killed with a
TOW shovel in the hands of 6-year-oid
George Waterman.
In childish rage the smaller boy
struck the other on the back of the
head. fracturing his skull. Young Did
Ter was taken to his home, where ne
died. The boy who struck the fatal
blow is too young to be amenable to
the law.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
,,oon,. HAVOC I'm China.

Tacoma, Wash. (SpeciaI).-A ty-
nhoon caused great damage last month
on the coasts of Formosa and Southern
China A number of towns were de-
Stroved. Nineteen hundred houses were
washed away or inundated at Taipeh.
Eormosa, and many lives lost.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
The Charges Against Hall.

Washington (SpeciaD.-The Navy
Department has directed Admiral he,
mey. at Cavite, to convene a court OF
inquiry to inquire into the charge OF
cowardice against Captain Hall, United
States Marines, preferred by Minister
Congar at Pekin