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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
oeneral Rebsr... Report.

London, March Following is
the text OF Lord Roberts dispatch, re-
ceived by the war Office today;
Poplar Grove, March l0.-Two
brigades Of cavalry, with horse artillery
and Kelly-Kenny's division, marched
today 10 miles eastward. The Beers
were taken by surprise yesterday.
They moved off so hurriedly that they
left cooked dinners behind them. We
captured Krupp gun and several tents
and wagons. The total casualties
were: Killed, Lieutenants Keswick
and Frieslick; wounded, Lieutenants
Bailey, of the Twelfth Lancers, and
Decrispigne. OF the Second Life Guards.
both severely, and Lieutenant Smith, OF
the Shropshires, who is believed to
have been picked up by Boer ambu-
lance. Two men were killed, 46 wound
cd, and one man Is missing.
"Gatacre reports he intends occupy
ing Burgersdorp today. Repairs to the
railroads toward both Stormberg and
Leynsberg are being pushed. Glenn
ents now occupies Noryal's Point, on
the south bank OF the Orange river.
The bridge was blown up March 9, and
the enemy Is holding the north bank Of
the river. but not, it is believed, in
any great strength"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
Recruited 20 F.ll strength.

Ottawa, March l0.-Minister Borden
received tonight from the war office q
cable accepting 100 men to recruit the
First Canadian contingent to its full
strength. They will leave with the
Strathcona Horse.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Beers Outwitted by Roberts
Movement.
MADE NO DETERMINED STAND
Iietreated Eastward, being Followed
by French's Cavair T--Thc Dutch
Making for Bloemfontein.

London, March l0.--The Boors APP
pear 10 have made no stand whatever,
sxcept that while in retreat they twice
repulsed General French's caylary with
rife fire. AZ no report has been made
Of the capture OF prisoners, the enemy
probably got away with their entire
force. General French is still follow
ing them and keeping between them
and Bloemiontein
The evacuation Of the northern dis
tricts OF Cape Colony Is now nearly
complete. The British are in posses
sion OF the railroad crossings.
The military critics comment on the
discouraging news from Maieking.
Colonel Baden-Powell seems TO he in
grave need OF outside help. Otherwise
he would not allow correspondents to
send ont information respecting the
distress OF the garrison.
A re-adjustment Of some OF the higher
commands IL taking place. General
White Is to 90 10 stormbera to take
supreme command OF General Gatacrc's
division and the Tenth division. now
in process Of formation, which will bo
under the immediate command OF Gen
eral Hunter, Sir George Whites chief
of-staff,
The Daily News makes the following
announcement:
II was rnmored in London yester-
day--and we have no reason for be-
lieying the rumor 10 he concct--thst
the two republics made informal and
unofficial overtures Of peace ON the
preceding day. Unfortunately, the
conditions suggested were OF such
character as TO preclude the possibility
Of leading 10 any result. Terms which
might have been gladly accepted be-
fore the war, in order to avert it, are
impossible after the war, with all the
sacrifices il has entailed."
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
Ragu.ed 10 Order General strike.

Chicago, March 19.-The Building
Trades Council at its meeting today re-
fused to order general sympathetic
strike, at the request Of the officers OF
the machinists' union.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15

Boston, March 12.--Fire early this
morning in the four-story building Of
the Massachusetts, Macaroni Company,
on North street. caused the death OF
one fireman, the probable fatal injury
OF another and the serious injury Of two
others, besides entailing financial
loss estimated at $4,000 to $3.50, 900.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
Three Fresh Gases in sydney.

sydney, N. s. w.. March l2.--Three
fresh cases OF bubonic plague in sydney
are officially reported today.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15

Leading Paris hotels have raised the
rates from 80 to 70 u day.
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., says he has
constructed safety electric miners
lamp.
Prof. w, g. Sumner told his class at
Yale that 90 per cent OF all marriages
are unhappy.
The largest real estate owner OF all
American institutions Is the University
of Texas. which holds over 1900, 600
acres of land.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15

In tho United States there are ., 427,'
707 bachelors and s,s24,494 spinsters.
The first womans clnp OF Puerto
Rico has been organized by some Amer
icap women living in Ponce.
The longest span OF telegraph wire in
the world is that over the river Kietna
in India. II IL over 5000 feet hong. :,
The usual output from 100 gold
mines in the immediate vicinity OF
Johannesburg Is 10 tons OF gold 9
month.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
Horses I'm Siege and Battle.

Fights have been lost and won ac-
cording to the condition and number
of the horses engaged.
The want of rest and food tells on a
horse Ear more than ON man, for in
the case of the latter there are stimu-
lating influences of patriotism, the
glory of victory, and other feelings
which are nOn-eXistent in the nature
of a horse. Quite half the horses in
England sent to the Crimea never re-
turned, most of them having died from
hard work and starvation. Indeed
only about 500 were killed in action.
Actual fighting does not claim so
many horses as starvation and over
work. Defective shOelng, sore backs,
want of food and rest, and other SINH
lar causes go far toward rendering
horses useless for practical warfare.
One more and important cause needs
careful attention, and it is the danger
of injury horses run when being
shipped across the sea. They are in
constant motion, they continually fall
many of them to be trampled ii
death-and the rest become fright
ened, kick and batter one another
about, and are rendered useless. AS
an instance of this it was found that
one regiment on the way to the PENN
sular war was deprived of just hall
it's horses on the voyage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
Familiarity of Swimming.

Was it the heat that made swimming
feats quite the fad this summer, or
was it that the time is ripe for the
athletic persons of both sexes to dis
tinguish themselves in water sports
However it came about there has been
more swimming at questionable as
well as fashionable resorts this last
summer than ever before. And it's
been very suitable season for such
exercise-theres that 10 be said for it.
In fact active exercise in the ocean
has been vastly more conducive to
comfort than mastery inactivity on
shore. Not to speak by the card, but
rather to express the opinion Of those
who "swim a little" and those who
observe to some extent, it seems as If
swimming with the various strokes is
as fair to all the muscles of the body,
if not more so, than any other one ex-
ercise. That is to say, it doesn't spe-
cialize any one set at the expense of
the Others.-Boston Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
MURDER Is ALLEGED.
Woman PaIm:st is Shot and Killed by
Jealous Man.

Woman PaIm:st is Shot and Killed py
Jealous Man.
Columbia, Pa. Especially WIN. Mott,
of Norfolk, Va. shot and killed Mile.
Alberta, a palmist, with whom ne was
travelling about the country, and dan
gerously wounded Mrs. Elizabeth
Steinbauer, with whom the couple
boarded here. Mile. Alberta, whose
real name was Anna Furlong, was 81
years old. Mott is %. Her home is
in Chicago.
Mott says she has husband-a hotel
mainland a son named Brennan, Nv
ing at Bayonne, N. j. Mott met her
year ago at Dover, Del. They had been
travelling from place to place, and TOT
the past couple of months have had
palmistry offices in Lancaster and Co
lumbia. Lately Mott had become very
Jealous of the woman, and this even
ing, after drinking all day, went 10
their room and had an alteration with
her.
Mrs. Steinbauer attempted to pacify
them. whereupon Mott began to fire
from a 32-calibre revolver. Mrs. Stein
bauer fell to the floor with ballet in
her stomach and another in her head,
and Mile. Alberta was shot htree times
in the head and breast. She died IN
stantly. Mrs. Steinbauer was taken to
a hospital.
Mott surrendered and talked coolly
of the murder, regretting that he had
shot Mrs. Steinbauer, whom he SAID ne
liked, and saying that ne had become
tired of Mile. Alberta's fickleness ana
could stand it no longer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
TORNADO KILLS NINE
ENTIRE FAMILY OF SIX PERSONS
AMONG THE. VICTIMS.
BODIES BLOWN FAR AWAY.
Mjpnesota,s Great storm Far More Severe
Than First Reported <Engi ouse oi
Eu.uth, Mesaba and Northern "recNe"'
Engines Overturned zand Reduced 10
Scrap Ircn by Force of Wind.

Biwabik, Mimi. (SpeciaD.-The tor
nado, which ragged in this vicinity, was
the most violent ever experienced
hereabouts. The storm cut a patnwsy
$50 feet in width through the north
western corner of this town, complete
ly wrecking the buildings struck.
The shafthouses and buildings OF three
mines which stood in the path OF the
storm were reduced TO kindling wooo.
The property loss Is estimated ar from
$4,000 to 100000, and the known
fatalities number nine, with a score OF
more injured some severely, otners
only slightly.
The storm swept in northwesteriy
direction after leaving here and struch
little Finnish settlement near tlhe
Lake, where "a number OF Duiiulns'
were wrecked, in one Of which an en-
tire family, consisting of husband, wlie
and four children, were instantly XIII
ed. So far their names have not peei
obtained. 1t is believed wnen tne
more remote districts are heard lroh
further casualties may be reported
The home in which the .Marowi.]
family lived was completefW wreckeu'
and the body OF Mrs. MarOwitz was
found fully 400 feet away, crushed anu
bruised and her clothing compieteiy,
stripped off. The body of her huspaha
was found in the debris OF the mousse
horribly mutilated.
William Hilstrom was struck on tn IL
head by falling tree and his shui,
crushed. He afterwards died at Ihe
hospital.
The enginehouse of the Duluth,
Mesaba and Northern Railroad was
completely wrecked, and NUMBER Vi
locomotives and cars were SHIFTED from
the tracks and pounded into scrap IRON.
The engine on which Murray anu
Anderson were when the storm Droke
was blown from the track, ana the
men were pinned beneath 1t ana nor
ribly burned by the escaping steam.
Several cars blown from the trach
were found in Duluth mine pit, nun
dreds of feet away Many OF the
buildings destroyed were owned w
the mining companies and tenanted py
employees. The duration OF the tor.
nado was less than five minutes IL
was preceded by an unusually severe
thunder and rain storm. Tne heaVy
rain has flooded many Of the open PIT
mines, and they will be unable 10 opei-
ate for some time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
GREAT SPEED OF wIscoNsIN.
BattieshIp- Averages 1915 knots-Max'
mum 1854.

mum 1904
Santa Barbara, Cal. Especially The
Wisconsin has completed the most sue
cessful trial trip ever made by pat
tleship, and she is pronounced the nm
est vessel ever turned out by the Union
Works.
At the start many things seemed
against a successful trial. An easter
" wind was kicking up choppy sea
and threatening a squally voyage. al.
ter preliminary spin over part Oh
the course the big vessel steamed luil
thead, passing the eastern beacon at
1920 a. m. at speed exceeding 10
knots. The course was marked by the
t1ttleship Iowa, gunboat Ranger, train
ing shin Adams and cruiser Phllauei-
phia.
Between the Ranger and Gavieta
,yharf the Wisconsin gained her maxi
mum speed of 1854 knots per hour,
and maintained throughout the west
er]v course an average speed OIL 1853.
The average speed of the entire rum
Ga knots. was 1875 knots per nour.
The only other battleship approach
ing this speed is the Alabama, when
averaged 1908 knots and attained d
maximum speed of 1903 knots.
The average number OF propeller re-
volutions during the western run
was 1894 per minute and on the re.
turn 1915, a difference OF only ~ OF
a revolution. So close run has never
hoen made before. The average steam
pressure was 1880 pounds, and the yes
sci was under forced draft. The boiler
valves lifted frequently. When at her
maximum speed the vibration was
slight: approximately the horsepower
was 1880.
1t is expected that the tidal correc-
lions when computed Will lndlcate
greater speed than recorded, as the
current was against the yessel tor a
longer period than with her. Ine
weather continued sqiially, some rain
falling until more than halt the course
was completed. After turning at the
western beacon, off Point Conception,
she had a white-cap sea, bows on, Tor
nearly one-fourth of the return course.
she shipped no water forward, but the
wafer rose in the bow wave 20 feet.
From start to finish there was not a
n, airing incident, not an irregularlty
in the movements Of the machinery.
Without stopping the engines the trlal
tcord took charge OF the ship after
the run and put her through the re-
CURED evolutions.
Nv the terms of the contract the
wisconsin was required to steam at
the rate of 16 knots an hour for four
cnnsecutIve hours one knot more than
VOC demanded of the Oregon, which,
bowever made a squirt during her trial,
reaching IT'S knots. The Wisconsin
iS Iooo IONS heavier than the Oregon,
md No premium was offered for ex-
ooss Of sneed over the requirement OF
the contract. Nevertheless sne mas
beaten the record of the oregon at
avery pOint.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
WILL NOT AGREE.
This Government Dissents From the
French Proposals.

Washington (SpecialD. -The Cabinet
decided on the reply which this gov
eminent will make to the French note
proposing the razing OF the fortlfca-
tons between Pekin and the sea- the
permanent military control of the ROAD
from the coast to the capital by inter-
national garrisons at fortified places,
to he hereafter selected; the perma-
nent prohibition of the Importation
into China Of firearms and ammunl-
ton; the permanent occupation OF
Pekin by an international guard, and
the reparation to nations societies ana
individuals for the excuses commltted
by the Boxers.
The attitude taken by the admins
tration was to formally express Its dis
sent from the proposition to raze the
forts and to prohibit the trade In nre-
arms.
|. sAs I'd the permanent occupation OF
Pekin and the detail of an American
contingent for the garrisons OF certain
fortified places controlling the road TO
Pekin, the government cannot at TINS
time pledge its assent to propositions
which involve the permanent DISPOSE
ton OF American troops In foreign Ter
ritory, that being the sole prerogauve
of Congress. AS to the final PROPOSE
ton for indemnity, this government
will, of course demand just and suit
able reparatlon for the injuries done
its commerce and to the missionary So
cieties of this country, as well as
ample amends for the insult offered
the flag and the American Minister
This was, in effect, the conclusion
arrived at after long and exhaustive
discussion of the present situation IN
China. President Mckinley showed
himself to be entirely familiar with
every detail of the events that nave
occurred in the East. While at Can
ton he was in constant communication,
both by telegraph and telephone, with
Secretary of State Hay and AdJutant
General Corbin, and he was, therefore,
fully equipped to inform the members
Of the Cabinet of the exact condition
of affairs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
A WOMAN'S SONG.

BETROTHAL Song.
The world is adream and pale with the
moon;
Two petrels on equal wing take flight;
And you breathe word through the
fragrant night,
The lisp o the wind and the sea-wind's
tune;
And the stars and love are alight. ~
II. 4xr7
BRIDAL SoNG.
The birds are nested so safe and warm;
The beaches are drowned in flood OF
white
That silvers the crags of yon spray
tossed height;
In the shadows you fold me in your arm;
And the stars and love are alight.
,,r ~
CRADLE SONG.
The sea and the night and the world are
at rest;
The birdlings are hidden from mother
sight
BY soft, warm wings; with my heart
all's right;
For my babe, my babe is asleep on my
breast;
And the stars and love are alight
! --Virna Woods, in the Womans Home
Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
AFarmer Hangs Himself.

Hanover, Pa. Especially. - Casper
Weigand, a well-known farmer resid-
ing near Green Ridge, hanged himself,
breaking his neck and dying almost
instantly. About eight o'clock Mr..
Weigand sent his daughter on an err
rand, leaving him alone in the house
for a short time. On her return she
heard a noise in the cellar, and, 60
ing there, found her father with rope
halter about his neck, suspended from
q ioist. His knees touched the floor,
hut the strain had broken his neck,
and life was already extinct. De-
ceased was aged 70 years, and for the
mast two years had been victim OF
paralysis, rendering him entirely
snpechless.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
NnrfOlk's New Shlpyard.

Plans for Norfolk's new shipyard
have been completed, and the actual
work of establishing the plant Will be-
gin shortly. The Norfolk Shipyard
and Drydock Company, which will
operate the yard, will effect its perma-
nent organization in the near future.
having placed nearly all its issue of
s25O,O0 bonds. Charles M. Jessup,
of New York, is spoken Of for the
presidency. The yard will have three
sets of ways, two for ordinary-sized
vessels and one that will have a capa-
city for ships the size OF the Oid
Dominion Steamship Company's and
the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company's vessels. A drydock
will probably be constructed later on.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
THE OLD DOMINION.
LATEST NEWS CLEANED FROM VAki-
Gus PARTS OF VIRGINIA.
A BIG BLOW TO NORFOLK.
Shipping to BE Transferred from that
City to Newport News--A Jury OF In
quest Says Mr.. II. A. Msjor was Murder
ed--work of Establishing Norfoik'sN ne"
Shipyard to begin hmm ediateiy.

Shipping men in Norfolk are very
much agitated over the statement
made public that contract has Deeh
signed whereby all freight, with the
exception of coal, which has hereto
fore been exported from the port OF
Norfolk and Portsmouth will hereafter
be barged over to Newport News ana
there loaded on ships Of the United
States Shipping Company for Euro
pean ports.
The railroads which have thus far
gone into the arrangement are the
Norfolk and Western and the
Norfolk and Southern Railways. An
effort is being made to get the Sea-
board Air Line to enter the pool. Snip
ping men were dumbfounded when
they learned of the arrangement,
which is an incomprehensible one to
them in view Of the fact that 1t costs
S44SO, or two cents hundred pounds
to barge a 10,000-ton cargo from THIS
port to Newport News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
State I'm Brief.

The Vesuvius ore banks, located III
the Blue Ridge, near Tye River Gap,
adjacent to the Rockbridge and Angus
ia county line, are now averaging
daily 80 tons. The ere is OF good
quality, and employment Is afforded
many In that section, who receive cash
for their labor, as there 'is no com
missary store attached.
Mr.. ]. H. Davidson, of South River,
Rockbridge county, recently had a
valuable horse to disappear from his
pasture field. Though advertised Tar
and wide no trace of the animal could
be found. Mr.. Davidson, while walk
ing through the pasture field, came
across the horse buried as though ~
grave dug expressly for the purpc'e,
only a small part of his back showing.
The horse had fallen head first into d
crevasse, which held him last, AID
there he died.
The Lexington public school board
has adopted a compulsory order o..
vaccination, and by its rulings all CHI
dren not vaccinated by November l or
excused by a practiclng physician on
account of health will not be permitted
to attend school.
The street fair and carnival in Dan
Vile netted its patrons, the local Lodge
of Elks, nearly $1,000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
1900 Pounds OF Dynamite Explode.

Eveleth, MINI. (SpeciaD. - Seven
thousand five hundred pounds of dyna-
mite in the powder magazine at the
Spruce Mine, about half a mile from
town, blew up. A hole 100 feet square
and 25 feet deep marks the spot where
the magazine stood. The force OF the
explosion was so great that there is
not a piece of glass over a foot square
within a radius of two miles Of the
mine. Practically every window and
mirror in Eveleth was broken. The
loss in the town is estimated at $780,
900. The damage done to the Spruce
Mine was about $4,000, the mine labora-
tory and warehouses being totally
wrecked.
At least 200 people were more or less
seriously hurt from being thrown down
by the shock or hit by shattered glass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-10-19
prfralo Girl Killed Herself.

Buffalo, N. Y. (SpeciaD Miss Bella
Warren, of Buffalo, twenty-eight years
old. committed suicide by jumping into
the Erie Canal at Tonawanda. Miss
Warren left home saying that she was
going to church. She evidently went
from her home to Tonawanda. A boy
saw her leap into the canal, but was
unable to save her. An unhappy love
affair is supposed to be the cause of
hpr act