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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
HUMBERT SHOT.
KING OF ITALY KILLED AS HE EN-
TERED HIS CARRIAGE.
THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED
The Fatal Buiiet Pierced His Heart Muir
derer Quickly Arrested-He Gave His
Name as Angelo Bressi and Said He Was
From Prato, in Tuscany-Crime Was
Committed at Mona.


Monza, Italy (By Cable king Hum
bert has been assassinated.
He was shot Sunday evening by An.
cello Bressi and died in few minutes
Monza is a city of Northern Italy, Q
miles northeast of Milan. 1t has q
populationyof $4,000 and has been Wis.
tied a number of times by King Hum
bert.
The King had been attending a dis.
tribution of prizes in connection with
gymnastic competition. He had just
entered his carriage with his aide-de-
camp amid the cheers of the crowd
when he was struck by three pistol
shots fired in quick succession. one
bullet pierced his heart. He fell back
and expired in few minutes.
The assassin was arrested, and, with
some difficulty was saved from the
fury of the populace. He gave his
name as Angelo Bressi, describing
himself as of Prato, in Tuscany.
The news of King Humbert's assas-
sination did not reach Rome until af'
ter midnight Signor Saracco, the
Premier, summoned meeting of the
Cabinet, and the Ministers started fol
Monza.
The Prince of Naples, heir to the
throne, is yachting in the Levant
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
ISrnYilfoS.

A new military company Is peing or
ganized at Covington.
Capt. John L. Barnett, a prominent
citizen of Roanoke county, is dead,
aged sc years.
Miss Mary Lou Feamster, aged 20
years, of Greenbrier county, was
thrown from wagon last week and
killed.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company expects by next fall to have
1872 miles of double track completed
between Hawks Nest and Clifton
Forge.
Joseph Bremen, prominent and
wealthy lumberman, who has extern
sive camps on Peters creek, Nicholas
county, was caught under a rolling
log few days ago and killed.
On account of his proficiency in
Spanish, Captain Carson, United States
Army, formerly Of Frant Royal, has
been appointed inspector of internal
revenue for North Luzon, with head
quarters at Manila.
The Richmond Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals proposes to es-
tablish q band of mercy, whose chief
aim will be to secure humane instruc-
tons in the public schools of the city
and in Sunday Schools.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
MISSIONARIES RECALLED.
Bishop Graves Says That the Situation
Is Growing Worse.

New York (SpeciaD.-A cablegram
was received by the Protestant Epis-
copal Missionary Society from Bishop
Frederick r. Graves, at Shanghai. 1t
was as follows:
Situation growing worse. Clergy
native. foreign-recalled Shanghai"
The Bishop had previously cabled
that the women missionaries had gone
to Japan and the men had been or
dered to treaty ports. A treaty port is
not necessarily on the coast however,
and there are several such on the
Yangtse River, far from the protection
of foreign men-of-war. The cable re-
ceived to-day shows that the only point
in Central China that is still regarded
as safe is Shanghai. The term Cen
trail China" is used roughly to indicate
that territory which is drained by the
Yangtse. All the Protestant Episco-
pal missions are in that territory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Ivnchburg Lock Work..

A few days ago the Lynchpurg
Hardware Manufacturing Company,
owing to the lack of capital, made an
assignment to Judge John D. Horsley
and Capt. Charles NJ. Blackford, trus-
tees, who at once entered into negotia-
tions for the sale of the plant. The
property was sold to John p. Petty
john, William Hurt, H. e. McWane
Walker Pettyjohn and N. d. Eller
who secured a charter for a new or
ganization to be known as the Lynch
burg Lock Works. The enterprise was
established early this year and is a
valuable and important industry. I'm
der the new company the plant will
have an assured future.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
THE OLD DOMINION.
LATEsT NEWS CLEANED FROM YARI-
Gus PARTS OF VIRGINIA.
BERRYVlLLE HIGH SCHOOL.
Reported Arrest OF the Negro Assailant oil
Miss Nina Wynnc 49, Lynchburg Lock
Works-An Important Industry ior
Lynch burg - Portsmouth street hall-
way sold-Other Live News

The new building of the Berryvllle
High School, which has been under
construction for some time, is now
nearing completion. 1t will be a very
handsome structure and an ornament
to the town. 1t is entirely OF brick,
measures so by sc feet, and is 81 feet
in height. 1t contains six class-rooms,
each 20 by 20 feet, and an assembly
room 20 by 46 feet. On the roof are
four dormers and four gables, when
allow ventilation through the garnet;
each classroom is also ventilated by
means of air tubes having outlets
through the cupola. The building VIII
he heated throughout by two hot-air
furnaces in the cellar, and will be
equipped with all the modern improve
ments and appliances used in instruct
ing the young. The plan was drawn
by Architect Beeler, Of Baltimore, and
the contractors are Messrs. Thompson
& Ogden, of this place.
The School Board have secured as
principal for the coming year Prof. A.
p. Kelly, late head master of Church
Hill Academy, at Church Hill, Tenn,
who will have five assistants.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
THE NATIONAL GAME.

New York has signed the mute pitch
Ell Taylor, of the Albany Club.
Waddell, of Pittsburg, has averaged
more strike-Outs than any pitcher.
Smith is not hitting now as he did
when he first joined the New YOrks.
Meckin has not yet been dropped by
Pittsburg. Manager Clarke thinks he
is entitled to another try.
Nicols, of Boston, is of opinion that
pitcher should work about twice
each week to be at his best. sra
The Brooklyn Club has strings on
twelve players who are earning their
salaries in the minor leagues.
Keller, of Brooklyn, cuts off more
long hits and gets less praise for do
ing it than any other star in the
League.
OF the pitchers that have come into
The National League from the minors
this year, Scott, of Cincinnati, is by
far the best
Setback, of New York, is at present
playing the best left field in the
League. He has made fourteen assists
this season from left field.
When Hamilton, of Boston, was in
his prime he could steal more than 100
bases in a season; nowadays that is
a record for an entire team.
The batting averages Of the League
players are getting down to the old
mark. The chances are that no player
will hold 400 for the season.
Griffith, of Chicago, says that the
Players Union will make no de-
mands. 1t IMPLY will ask the mag
mates for certain concessions.
Jennings, of Brooklyn, is generally
looked upon as the greatest first base
man the game ever has known. And
that, too, after less than a season in
the position.
Forfeited games all over the coun-
try are becoming monotonously fire.
quent. Nine-te nths of them are due
TO player rows with umpires Discip-
line in baseball seems to be going to
the dogs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
LETTER FROM CONGER.
This Message Stated Pekin Legations
Could Hold Out But Short While.

This Message Stated Pekin Legations
Could Hold Out But Short While.
Washington Especially .-The follow
ing cablegram has been received at the
Navy Department:
"Chefu, July "a.
Navigation Bureau, Washington.
written message, signed Conger,
dated July 4, received Tientsin, 2lst'
says:
"'Been besieged two weeks British
Legation. Grave danger general mas
sacre by Chinese soldiers, who are
Smelling Legation daily. Relief soon,
if at all. City without government ex-
cept by Chinese Army. Determined
massacre all foreigners Pekin. Entry
relief forces into city probably be hotly
contested. THOMAo.
The message comes from Capt. Chas.
M. Thomas, commander of the Brook
Ign.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
MURDERED by HIS BABE.
Three-Year-OId Had Seen Chickens ar
nj n

Three-Year-OId Had Seen Chickens and
Calf Slaughtered.
Glencoe, o. r. (SpeciaD.-John Pc
terson was slain by his S-year-old son,
who had shown singular liking to
watching the father kill chickens and
a calf.
Peterson went to sleep under a
shade tree. His son obtained the knife
with which the calf had been killed.
He slashed his sleeping father in the
throat, cutting the jugular vein, kill
ing him almost instantly. Then the
little fellow entered the kitchen to tell
his mother that Papa does not jump
like the chickens, but went to sleep
like the calf"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Ches, Tournament Opens.

Munich (By Cable).-The congress OF
the German Chess Association was for
mally opened here. There are IL con-
testants in the international tourna.
ment, namely:
Pillsbury and ShOwalter, of Ameri.
ca: Burn and Tinsley, Of England ia
nowski, of France; Won Baredelben,
Won Gottschall, Cohn, Billboard and
Jakob. of Germany; Halprin. Berger.
Schlechter, Marco, Wolf and POpiel, Of
Austria, and Maroczy, of Hungary.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
WASHINGTON CITY.

The new commercial agreement be-
tween the United States and Italy has
gene into effect.
The President appointed Brigadier-
General Chaffee, who is to command
the American forces in China, major
General.
The report of the Patent Commits
sioner shows large surplus for the
fiscal year, with a corresponding in
crease of patents applied for and
granted. He advocates new building.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Delagoa Bay Settlement.

Washington Especially Portugal has
deposited with the Contra Discounta
Partisan banking institution, about
"a 200 900 In settlement of the Delagoa
Raw arbitration. 1t will remain for the
British and American claimants to ar.
range for an equitable distribution OF
this fund, and negotiations to that end
are under way with promise of success
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
A Listening Senator.

Senator Thomas Staples Martin CT
Virginia, has never yet made a Set
speech in the senate, though he has
been a member for six years. On the
stump he is an orator of front rank,
but in the senate, for some reason
known only to himself, he HAS elected
to enroll himself among those who
Listen hut do not talk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Killed by Lightning.

Little Rock, Ark. Especially james
L. Fitzgerald, paymaster in the Office
of the treasurer of the Choctaw, Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad, was instantly
killed by lightning during a terrific
storm. He was walking along the
street with his brother and Patrick
Sullivan when struck. Sullivan was
badly injured and Fitzgerald's brother
was knocked down.
Fitzgerald's clothes were entirely
torn off and his body disfigured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Much Damage by storm.

Ironton, Ohio (SpeciaD.-A WIND
rain and hail storm demolished Span
ner Cohen G. Goodman's planning mill
blew out the end of the Belfont Com.
pany's brick warehouse, unroofed the
Enterprise Planning Mill, and uprooted
hundreds of shade trees. Houses IL
the lowlands were flooded and many
were struck by lightning.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
AnImnnrtant Industry.

A contract was awarded by the Klv-
ermont Woman's College for the cree
ton OF a large brick building to cost
$4,000. The proposed building has
been leased for five years by the Unit
ed Cigarette Machine Company, whose
headquarters are now in London. The
present plant of the company in Sa-
lem, Va, will be moved to Lynchburg
just as soon as the building is COM
pleted. A number of skilled workmen
will be employed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Fathers Terrible Loss.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio Especially .-The Z
year-old son of William Smith, a farm
er, was found burned to death, and
Mrs. Smith and 5-year-old son fatal
Iy burned in barn fire here. The boys
were playing with matches in the hay
loft, when the hay ignited. Mrs Smith
was burned in trying to rescue the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Old Mint Employe Arrested.

Washington Especially Chief viii
kie, of the Secret Service. has been ad
vised of the arrest of Fred A. Taylor
an old employee of the San Francisco
mint 1t is said that he had on his
nerson at the time of his arrest aboul
eight ounces of gold clippings and 6
ouantity of gold buttons.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Miss WINES Assailant Arrested.

A report from williamsburg. is to
the effect that a negro answering the
description of Miss Nina Wynne's as
sailant has been arrested. He pro-
fesses profound ignorance of the affair
but admits being in the neighborhood.
He will be held in Jail at Williamsburg
until Miss Wynne can decide whether
or not he is the one. The negro will
be held at the ancient capital until the
excitement subsidies somewhat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Was in Confederate Congress.

Atlanta, Ga. (SpeciaD.-Judge Rob
ert Pleasant Trippe, believed to be the
last surviving member of the Confed-
crate Congress, and at one time judge
of the Supreme Court Of Georgia, is
dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Street Railway Sold.

The Portsmouth Street Railway has
been sold by Philadelphia capitalists
10 r. Lancaster Williams, of Rich
mond; Gustavus Ober, of Baltimore,
and H. l.. Maynard, of Portsmouth,
for 100000. The property will be
greatly improved.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03
Watching the War.

Once a week the staff Officers OF the
Russian army assemble, under thi
presidency of the Grand Duke 'Vladi-
mer, to discuss the progress OF tho
Boer war. The car attends the meet
ing,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-03

Mrs. Grove and her son were killed
and Mr.. Grove was fatally injured by
an explosion on naphtha launch Oh
Long Island Sound.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
OLD GUARD RECEPTION.
viii be Held at the Metropolitan oper,

viii be Held at the Metropolitan Opera
House, January "a.
The annual reception and ball of the
Old Guard will take place at the Metro
politan Opera House, New York, on
Thursday night January "a. The
music will be by two famous Old Guard
bands of two hundred pieces. The Off
GERS of the army and navy and the Ma
tional Guard are already planning to
attend.
The demand for boxes and seats sur
passes that of any previous year. Re
served seats and boxes may be OBJ
tanned at the armory, Broadway and
Forty street, or from Captain f.
Wenman, No, 10 Old Slip. No tickets
will be sold this year, it being the in
tention of the officers and members to
make the ball and reception very exclu-
Sive.
Some of the most prominent people
will attend and no doubt the decora-
tons and splendor of the occasion will
surpass everything that has ever taken
place.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
AT THE HIRSCH STORES.
Throngs of Buyers Securing Bargains
for the Holidays-End of the Century

Throngs of Buyers Securing Bargains
for the Holidays-End of the Century
Sale.
With their accustomed enterprise
and ability which has already given
such success to the Hirsch stores, cor
ner of Church and Crown streets, the
firm is making a great hit with holiday
buyers and the splendid stock they
show is a credit to New Haven, while
the prices despite the fact that this is
Christmas week are so low that buyers
are delighted Just note the articles
they offer, just the ticket for Christ
mas gifts, such as that line of holiday
neckwear at only SO cents that takes
the cake" for high quality and cheap
ness, smoking jackets and house fab
RIGS, English, German and French dou-
bic faced fabrics, beautiful combina-
tions, holiday umbrellas from $1.40 to
$2490 ladies' umbrellas from $2.40 to
$40, holiday mufflers, novel designs
in cream, black and fancy patterns
from so cents TO s1.90, etc, and just see
the window display. 1t is remarkable
for its artistic beauty. Then walk in
side and get acquainted. You are not
asked to buy, just make yourself neigh
bOrly
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
ELBERT HUBBARD,

suitable

Who is to Lecture in Harmonic Hall
January 18th.
Ebert Hubbard, who lectures in
Harmonic Hall, Friday evening, Janua-
ry 18th, is one of the most original men
in literature to-day, and his originate
ty has in it a ring of reality that is abb
solutely refreshing, The following con-
corning this interesting writer and
speaker will be of general INTEREST,"
! Only to look at the man you know ne
is intensely in earnest; to hear him
speak is as soul elevating as it is to
| listen to Beethoven slow movement
Look at him; the man has character IN
his face; he is a thinker, an idealist
and man of action--a rare comhina-
tion in any age. What is he like? He
| is like the picture of some seventeenth
| century divine; he might be a cousin
German of Sir Thomas Brown or have
gone to school with Sir Frances Quaries
or have taught philosophy with the au-
thor of the Anatomy of Melancholy.
He has an oval face, and the thoughtful
brow is marked out by deep black hair,
dark eyebrows, penetrating eyes, an
aristocratic nose and lips swift to trem-
bic with sympathy or curve in scorn of
what Is mean. He is clean shaven and
his dark complexion gives his face
melancholy cast, as though the mans
mind We're deep in gloomy thought.
But when he speaks his countenance
lights up; it is a glass in which are
mirrowed sympathy with the whole hui
man race, pity for the sorrowful, hope
for ALL the spirit of true charity. In
his lectures he has no notes; he SIM
ply follows the whim Of his fancy and
it is usually fancy now radiant with
smiles, and now bright with a rainbow
hue of sympathetic tears.
His theme in New Haven will be the
work of the Roycrofters, the little col
ony of workers who are continuing in
America the work which William Nor
ris began in England a the Kelmscott
press. Ebert Hubbard lays no claim to
singular originality in what he has done
and is doing. He seems to regard orig
inality as a poor kind of thing, and
practically says that all the great ideas
of art, in letters, in music, have been
thought and expressed lohg ago. APP
plying this to books, he finds the most
beautiful were the work of the Vene-
tlans of the fifteenth century, who
learned their art from the monks of the
middle ages
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
FUNNY CHINESE BRAVES. A."


Curious Ways of Fighting by the An
tagonsts OF the All-conquering Allies
Under Waldersee.
The great mass of war material In
! China is made up of men who march
under the flag of some local princeling
or vceroy The brave" is the unit of
! this aggregation, and worse mis-
named individual does not exist on the
| face of the earth Nevertheless, this
| title is not given him by way of a joke,
but in sober earnest, the character for
| brave being displayed on the back of
the blouse, which he wears in place of
a uniform, so that everybody may
know what ferocious animal he is,
and hunt cover accordingly.
| 1t is scarcely to be wondered at that
he is not the highest type of military
character His pay is a penny-half-
penny day. But he never by any
chance gets it. The viceroy of the pro-
vince attends to that. As for food, he
is supposed to receive sufficient allow
ance of rice or millet, dried fish and
pork, but he gets that only lin his
mind" The viceroy attends to that
also.
The result is that the poor wretch is
obliged to beg his food, and, if refused,
he takes it willy-nily. 1t is a common
sight in China to see a man in the
sarb of the brave" asking for food at
the door Of some store or residence. 1t
pays to be civil to him. and he usually
gets what he asks for, for he carries his
sword with him when he is out fora
ging.
As for his officers, they are of the
class of some of the ancestors of Mark
Twain, whom that humorist describes
as rushing whooping into battle, right
in the rear of the army, and rushing
out, right in front"
A recent writer on China gives what
he calls "a very pretty summary Of the
whole duty of a soldier" as laid down
by an officer of the bowmen: SHOULD
the enemy continue to advance after
the first flight of arrows, the bowmen
should endeavor to brighten them by
loud cries, feigning the voices of saw
age beasts and deadly snakes. RI these
be Intellectual, the archers will, natural
ly, take flight, or else run to meet the
enemy, protesting that they are con-
WINGED of the justice of their cause. and
are determined to fight on their side in
future"
During the Tapping rebellion there
was considerable fighting around
and the Rev. Dr. Yates, an
American, who witnessed in all more
than sixty engagements, describes the
opera bouffe style of fighting as he
saw it, without himself mourning any
more danger than the fighters-which
was practically none.
The fighting was in the big buryine
ground on the outskirts of the city.
From time to time attacks would be
made, first by the rebels, then by the
imperialists. Almost invariably the
of single soldier was the
signal for the whole army to retire.
Every warrior was too careful of his |
own skim according to DIR. Yates, to |
take any chances in his attempts to |
perforate the skin of the enemy.
The soldiers would never stand up |
and fight face-to-face like men, the |
practice OF both parties being to skulk |
behind graves. Or they would carry |
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
ELM TREE LODGE,

No. 50, N. p. O. p, Elected Officers
Friday Evening.
Elm Tree Lodge, No. 35, N. e. o. p,
elected the following officers Friday
evening for the ensuing year: Luke
Conriff, junior past warden; Herbert
Frye, warden; John Carr vice warden;
Timothy Loughlin, recording secretary;
jeremiah Wall, financial secretary;
Charles r. Wells, treasurer; William
Beckett chaplain; John Minnix, guide:
Edward Parrott, guardian; C. N. Floyd,
~entinel OF the board of trustees, there
We're elected Frank Cafferty for one
year and Frank f. Hill for three years
Two candidates were initiated and ap-
plication made Tor six more. 1t is
hoped by the time of the last meeting
in January to have the second degree
ready.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
PROPOSALS.


Headquarters Department Of Police Service.
No. 1 Police Building.
New Haven, Conn, December 20, 1900.
Sealed bids will be received by the Com
mittee on Supplies of the Department Of
Police Service up to 4 o clock p. M Decem
Der 81, 1900: For supplying the Department.
with Hay, Oats, Straw, Bran, etc, for the
ing June 30, 1901.
The above proposals must be addressed
to the Committee on Supplies of the De-
''Bids for Forage on the envelope. ana
must be accompanied with certified
check for five per cent. of the full amount
of the bid payable to Jonathan ~ Rowe.
Controller.
The Committee on Supplies reserve the
right to either accept or reject any and
all bids. j. p. LANDERS,
d. COREY,
Committee on Supplies.
Attest: f. A. SOUTHWORTH,
d21 3t Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
District of New Haven, S.. Probate Court,

District of New Haven, SIS. Probate Court,
December Goth, 1900.
ESTATE of MARY =. HINES, late of New
Haven, in said District, deceased.
ing made written application praying that
administration of said estate may be grant
ed, as by said application on file in this
Court more fully appears, 1t is
ORDERED : That said application be
heard and determined at Court Of Pro
bate to be held at New Haven, In said Dis
trict, OH the 9th day Of December 1900,
public notice of the tendency Of said appli-
cation and of the time and place of the
hearing thereon. be given to all parties in
terested in said estate, by publishing this
order three times in a newspaper having
circulation in said District.
By order Of Court,
d21 3tp ALBERT II. WELLES, Clerk.