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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

| The Turkish government, according to a
dispatch from Constantinople, has replied to
the demand of the United States that it will
compensate American missionaries under the
same conditions as in the case of other for
eign subjects. The Porte has not yet replied
to the last COLLECTIVE note of the powers.
General Won Scshleinitz has resigned from
the German army. the Emperor having been
displeased with his lack OF arrangements at
Altoona on the occasion Of the Emperors re-
cent visit there.
Lloyd Griscom. United States charge daft
flares at CoDstantinople, had an audience
with the Sultan, supposedly concerning the
indemnity demanded by the United States.
Queen Victoria reviewed the naval cavalry
and infantry brigades commanded by the
Duke of Connaught in Phoenix Park
Miss Maud Come secured q summons for
malicious libel against lIr. COLES, editor OF
the Irish Figaro, in Dublin.
British relief forces have reached Kumassi,
In the Gold Coast colony, to check the up
rising of the Ashantis.
The Prince of Wales, on his return to Lon
don from Copenhagen was given an enthust-
astic reception. King Oscar OF Sweden was
with the Duke of York at the railway station
to welcome the Prince.
Queen Victoria conferred the Victoria Gross
on Major Babtie for conspicuous bravery at
the battle OF Colenso.
American tourists cannot take their pet
dogs into England this year the English
authorities having barred all foreign dogs.
The trouble in the Gold Coast Colony
West Africa, Is increasing. The Ashantls
have killed five hundred of the loyal Bekins.
Jean Alexandra Joseph Falguiere, the
famous French sculptor, died In Paris.
The announcement of the marriage in
Reno. New, of Lord Russell to Mollie Cook
caused q sensation in London, as Lord Rus
sell has not secured in England divorce
from his first wife, who declares she will not
submit.
Advices from Yokohama, via San Fran
cisco, indicate the near approach OF con-
flict between Japan and Russia.
The Ashantis are expected to attack the
Governor before the arrival OF the relief ex-
petition.
The Congress of German Miners passed
resolutions declining to join the Socialists.
The yacht of Count Rudolph Festetics was
wrecked near Minecroy, and among those
lost was the Countess, formerly Miss Haggin,
of New York.
Two battles have been fought between the
rebels and the government troops in Colon
bia, in which large number of the rebels
were killed.
BY special permission of the Emperor, As
sstant Naval Constructor Gilmore, United
States navy, is inspecting the German navy
yards.
The Ameer of Afghanistan rebukes the
British government for not taking steps to
prevent Russian designs upon Herat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
EOERs SURROUNDED.
Roberts Has Secretly Led Them Into
Trap-Capture Expected.


Trap-Capture Expected.
London, (By Cable. The posi- ion OF the
Boer forces about Wepener is reported to De
most critical. Hoberts has sent out small
forces bow and again during the siege, ana
at present the Federal troops are reported
TO be almost surrounded.
Only the most agile movements can save
the main body from route or capture.
Divisions under Generals Brabant and
Hart have turned the Boer position at WEEP
erer and have gotten within eight miles OF
the besieged garri. on, which signaled Ivy
Telegraph "All's well.
The patrol OF the Seventh Dragons, be-
fore reported missing, has joined General
French's camp.
Mounted infantry under Gen. Ian Hamil-
ton has occupied the waterworks at Sat mas
Post.
The Boer advance upon Dalgety's position
near Bockpoort Ridge, in Basutoland, has
been checked.
Tho British liver redoubts at Warrenton
are being shelltd by the Federal forces.
The Boer forces retired from Leeuw Kop
in such q hurry that they left behind them a
quantity OF ammunition and rifles.
General Pole arew's admirable DISPOSE
ton of his force thoroughly puzzled the
Beers. who were unable to see the direction
OF the attack.
De Wet is reported holding the waterworks
near Wepener with strong force.
The Federals are reported attacking WEEP
ener, and have captured herd OF Brabants
cattle and horses.
Twenty British were captured mt De Wet
D,rp. besides the killed and wounded.
TIE English arc reported as having been
driven from kopje to kopje by forces in COM
mand of son OF General Cronje, northeast
of BoshOf.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
CRUSHING TAGALS.
ABOUT A THOUSAND PUT OUT oF
ACTION LAST WEEK.
A SANGUINARY CAMPAIGN
Renewal of the Instruction at All Points
in the Island Results In some Oh INC
BIoodiest Engagements OF the war
American Loss During the Week Nine
Killed and Sixteen Wounded.

Manila, (By Cable. 1.-The last week mas
been one OF the bloodiest Of the war since
the first days fighting around Manila. Au,
thentic reports, mostly Official, snow tota,
of 37S Filipinos killed, II officers and z44
men captured, and many more wounded
The number wounded is hardly guessable'
Considering that the Filipinos entirely lack
hospital facilities. great majority OF Inc
wounded will die. Probably the week
work finished / ,0O0 insurgents.
The Americans total loss was nine killed.
and sixteen wounded. Two sergeants ana
one private were killed in ambushes whie
escorting provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive III
almost every province OF Luzon. Gen. Plo
del Pillars band, numbering 800, which was
out of sight for three months, the leader
being reported killed, has leappeared In Its
old field about San Miguel.
Pillar is supposed to be again in command
He gave the American garrison at San
Miguel, consisting Of three companies OF the
Thirty-6fth Infantry, with Gatling, q
three hours fight during night attack
The loss of the insurgents IN tits engage
ment is not included in the foregoing total,
as they removed their dead and wounded,
but presumably it was considerall lie.
Twenty Filipinos in the province OF Batan-
gas attacked Lieut. Wonde, who with eight
men was scouting near San jose. Ihe lieu
tenant and five men were wounded ana one
private was killed.
Sergt. Ledoius, of the Thirty-0fth Imam
try. was badly wounded in an ambush near
Baiuag.
Lieut.. Balch, Of the ThiIty-seventh In
fanty. with seventy men, had five hours
fight with 400 insurgents in the Nueva
Caccras district. Twenty of the insurgents
were killed.
Col. Smith, of the Seventeenth Infantry,
who captured Gen. Montenegro and broughl
him to Manila. is in the isolat on bospi al
suffering from smallpox, presumably caught
from the Filipinos.
Col. Smiths command captured lSO oil-
GERS and men with Montenegro. The OH
GERS were brought to Malila. Montenegro,
who was formerly one of the most dapper
officers in the Filipino army, looks worn a. O
hargard. He says he has led terrible lie
for months, and he has offered TO return 10
the North with Col. Smith to endeayor 10
persuade his former comrades OF the useless
ness of opposing the Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish prisoners
from the province of Tayabas, South Luzon,
have arrived at Manila.
The insurgents have 400 more Spaniards
In that district. Recently the Filipinos de-
stroyed several rods Of the railway line near
Paniquo In an unsuccessful attempt to wreck
train.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
QUAY DEFEATED.
Pennsylvania Senator Lost by One Major
ity-WelIington Decided Contest

Washington, Especial. )-Matthew S. Quay,
of PENNSYLVANIA. was denied a seat In the
United States Senate after one oil the most
determined battles ever waged bya claimant
In the history OF the Senate. A resolution
declaring that he was not entitled TO scat
was adopted by vote of 33 to 80. 1t was a
battle royal. and it was not until the last
vote was recorded that the one side won the
victory and the other was compelled to ac-
cept defeat. 1t was day in the Senate that
will be read OF in history. Not since the
declaration Of war with Spain was there 80
much suppressed excitement evident.
1t was most UNUSUAL scehe. Every Sen
ator had one of the long slipsjApd as name
after name was cali 1kby the clerk the sound
OF pencils and paper colliding could pe
heard all over the house II was generally
accepted before the vote chat the result
hinged almost upon hair. This fact in
creased the interest and heightened the ex-
element.
Up to the last moment Mr.. Quay was the
favorite. Like champion pugilist who had
been the hero OF many battles, there was a
general clinglng to the telief that he would
somehow win. A man who wanted TO pet
against the Pennsylvania would have asked
odds, and yet when the situation wGs care
fully inspected there seemed no real reason
why he should have been favorite. Inc
workers on either side were making no pre-
dictions. TLey above all, understood that
the fight would be won or lost on terribly
slight margin.
At no tine during the rollcall was one side
more than two votes ahead of the ether, and
es rule it was sec-saw, orc being ahead
and then behind.
Mr. Wellington, of Maryland, cast the
elinchiug vote against Mr.. Quay. Ihere
were but two others 10 vote aga list HIM
Wolcott and Wetmorc-and 10th were
avow, d Quay men, but with these 1t was not
possible for Quay to have majority IL MI
Wellington voted against him. Hence. there
was about as much depending upon Mr..
Wellngton's vote as any other mans ballot
in the Senate. 1t was tho 11th hour, and he
could have turned the tide, Tut be voted
reso .utely against the seating OF the Pennsyi-
yauiap. and the day was lost to Mr. Quay.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
FIELD OF LABOR.

Mexico has 1000 gold mines.
Duluth has sixty cigarmakers.
Germany has 1868 physicians.
Cleveland iron moulders demand So day.
Our farm animals are worth 81, 213, Oil 900.
The Boer war is costing England $3.50 a
minute.
Grand Rapids painters minimum is now
1926 per day.
There are nearly 1900 stitches in pair OF
hand-sewed boots.
Bay City street railway men have been
conceded the nine-hour day.
In Iloilo bullocks take, to large extent,
the places of horses and ponies.
No man in Omaha need be without work,
according to local employment agents.
In New York it has been found that the
Chinese are sticking like grim death to u N
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

Senator Perkins. OF California, still recalls
his sailor days by tying his loose neckties in
half sailors knot.
Henry NJ. Rose, the new clerk of the Sen
ate and former private secretary to Senator
Burrows, Is a journalist by profession. He
owned the Benton County Mich Palladium,
and afterward did newspaper work in
Detroit.
Sir Walter Besant is the latest English
author to announce that he is considering a
lecture and reading tour in tho United
States.
George Fred Williams Is of German par
entage. His fathers name was George
Weinigman, but had it changed by act OF the
Legislature TO Williams.
General Cronje has nephew studying.for
a professional career in London who has be-
come British subject and whose sympathies
are all with his new country.
An autograph unpublished poem by the
late Richard Hovey sold for $75 in New
York.
e. Parmlee Prentice, whose engagement
to Miss Rockefeller has just been announced,
will one day nherit from his father one Of
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
NOT WHOLLY FREE FROM GUILE.
Traveller Corrects q False Impression
as to the Central American Indians.

A Traveller Corrects q False Impression
as to the Central American Indians.
cit is common impression thai
the Central American Indian is singu,
larly honest and free from guile,
said traveller who came up on the
last banana boat, "but don't you be-
lieve word of that story. Irecently
made mule-back trip to the Olancha
district, in northwest Honduras, my
particular purpose being to take a
look al the famous old placer diggings
on the Guayape River. Z spent a
week or so in the region, and was
especially interested in the. native In
dams who live along the banks of the
stream and who regard the placers as
sort of family pocketbook, from
which they help themselves as they
please. When O household needs
anything that can't be hunted or
fshed-in other words, that has to be
bought at the store--the women sally
! out with their 'bateas' or wooden bowls
and proceed to wash as much gold as
is required for the purchase. The
metal they secure i'll that way is
usually in the form of minute grains,
hardly as large as the head OF a pin,
but occasionally they find little mug
gets, and that brings me to my story.
"The day before I left I was at the
principal store of the district talking
to the proprietor, or 'tienderos, when
a typical Olancha Indian shambled in
and sat down on the floor. at
tempted to question him about the
diggings, and presently he united
corner of his neckcloth and showed
me three small, Enthusiastically shaped
nuggets which he said his wife had
lately found. 1t occurred to me they
would make interesting souvenirs
mounted as scarfpins or bangles, and
after some haggling bought the lot
for $4-they weighed altogether some
thing under a quarter of an ounce. l
was so disarmed by the apparent SIM
plicity of the Indian that 1 never
thought to examine the nuggets close
ly until I reached Port Cortez, and
then it hardly needed second look
to see that they were not gold at all,
but evidently sort OF brass alloy.
"a few days later, learned from
an engineer who came down from the
Guayapo district that my Indian
friend was Boosting that he had stolen
some yellow composition metal bear
ing from q stamp mill and melted up
fragment in homemade clay cru
chile. In that way he produced his
handsome nuggets. If he had put in
the same amount of labor at the
placers he could easily have washed
out $40 worth of gold. That's what l
call natural aptitude for crooked
ness" New Orleans !. Times-Demo-
GRAFT
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
THE CALL OF THE DRUM.

All faint and far away I hear
Tie calling of the drum.
!ts rhythmic trimming, drawing near,
Is ever pleading: Gomez
The colors are waving
My heart throbs with craving
AS nearer
And clearer,
And louder,
And prouder
Its melody grows, as the sound comes and
"Come Comel"
Is tao cali OF the drum.
Now brave and grand, and near at hand
hear the calling drum.
The flag, by gallant breezes famed,
Is reckoning: "Oh, come!
Well rush to the clamor
OF strife, with its glamour"
And swelling,
And telling
The story
OF glory
The drum sings in cleo us it passes by rae.
"Come, Gomez
Is the song Of the drum.
Still faint and flr'away hear
The ever calling drum.
Now singing low, now ringing clear,
In its insistent Come"
With tones sweet and hollow
1t lures me to follow.
Far away
Through the day
1t calls me-
Enthrals me-
The lift of its heating my heart Is repeating.
"Comel Come"
Is the call OF the drum.
Josh Wink.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04

From The darkness the sentries OF

From The darkness the sentries or
the heights and in the trenches free
off their rifles, and their sleepy com
rades stood to their arms. These pet
ticoat rooineks were to make nigh
attack. Suddenly the music stopped
"Dae 70 mind that? 1t was danced
at your coming O. age"
eyes, I remember, Duncan. Blu
play the march, and sit down here be
sides me; I'm cold. 1t will soon b.
snow, Duncan"
Duncan, whose head was throbbin!
with the effort made in playing tn
reel, crawled down beside his laird.
Gay; think it will be snow afor
mornin'," he said.
Then Piper Farquharson playe'
marches and strathspeys, and in thu
cold aud darkness death came to man,
of his audience. But as they fel
asleep, and their thirst ~ Jed, an
their pain eased, their y Syas t
them the sweetest they. had hear
since childhood.
Duncan could play no more. 1t wa
indeed only ftfully he had played a
all.
And the laird was passing.
"Good-by, old man, and thanksl'
sighed the laird. eff you. go hom
tell them I sent my love. [ wrot
them all yesterday. Good"
There was slight tinkle and tn
laird fell sideways. He had gone with
his comrades.
The dawn would come soon. AL
ready the SUBMITS of the Eastern hills
were beginning to appear through thu
grayness. Day was coming aud tn
night, and those who had gone unde.
it's blackness were now to be mum
bered with that which had been.
Duncan, however, was only con
cerned about one thing.
The laird was gone. He had asked
him for a march; he should have one
Duncan rose, propped himself agains
the bowlder, and stood over the bod,
of his lieutenant.
Then over the veldt the low, wall
ing strains of "Lochaber No More
rose and swelled IN the dawn, like thu
voice of mother mourning with
sore, articulatc grief the loss of hel
children.
The Boer sentinel in the advanced
trench saw, as the dawn came, ROOF
mex standing facing him. He was
petticoat and might have thousands
behind him. The sentry brought his
rife to the present." 1t was an easy
shot-a tall man, with no khaki tuni'
to deceive the marksmen. Then the
Mauser barked.
In this wise Piper Duncan Far
quharson, of the Highland Brigade
rejoined his laird. Answers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
KILLED IN A TENEMENT.
Three Persons Lose Their Lives In New
York-They Were Children.

York-They Were Children.
New York, Especial. )--Three persons were
killed and three injured in fire in the six
story tenement, "a Forsyth street. The dead
are: Hannah Liebowitz. ID years old;
Amelia Liebowitz, II years old; Joseph
Liebowitz, years old. The injured: Simon
Liebowitz, SO years DID, father Of the dead
children; Dora Liebowitz, 81 years old;
Michael Rauschbaum, 63 years old.
The injured persons were burned about
the face and hands while making their
escape.
None of them are seriously injured. The
house in which the fire occurred Is a typical
East side tenement. four families living on a
floor. The smoke had already awakened
the tenants by the time the policemen who
had discovered the fire entered the hallway,
and the fire escape on the front Of the build
ing was soon crowded with partly dressed
men, women and children. The policemen
tried to get upstairs through the hallway,
but the smoke was so dense that they were
driven back. Standing on the top OF the
iron rail in front of the house policeman
aided the people in getting down by that
way.
On the fourth floor lived the family OF
Joseph Port. Two Of the children, Sarah,
16 years old, and Bertha, IL, made their way
down the rear flre-escapeto the first balcony
and then dropped - feet into the yard,
where they were imprisoned until the fence
was broken down by the flremen and they
were liberated.
LiebowitZ, who is mattressmaker, lived
on the top floor with his wife, Fannie, eight
children, and his wife's mother, Rebecca
Solomon. Their apartments were already
| filed with smoke. Liebowitz seized his
| daughter Dora and tried to get down the
stairway, but tho flames drove him back,
burning him and the child He managed to
make his way out through a window over a
plank to the roof of the adjoining building.
Mrs. Liebowitz followed with Lizzie, eight
months old. Close behind her was her
daughter Celia, II years old, and her son
Nathan, Is, who was carrying his nine-year-
old sister Fannie. The children who lost
their lives were overcome by the smoke be-
fore they could reach the window.
When the flremen succeeded In getting
into the top floor they found the bodies OF
the children All had been suffocated, but
their bodies were blackened by the flames.
The damage to the building was abont
| $1,000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04

Burned n Costly House Down to Mako 9
Noble Rescue.

Burned a Costly House Down to Make a
Noble Rescue.
Atchison, Kas., (Special).-In the district
court Thomas c. Woerman pleaded guilty to
the charge of burning the costly residence
of j. c. Fox, prominent citizen, and was
sentenced to serve eighteen years in the
penitentiary.
He admitted the Fox family had been very
good to him and that he set fire TO the house
in order to play the part of hero by resell
ing the family, and thereby make his en-
ployer feel that his kindness had been be-
slowed worthily. After Woerman had been
sentenced he said: II plead guilty because
hated to face the members OF the Fox
family. who had bt en- SO kind to me-"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
The Level Headed Never Lose Their Nerve

Worry is the twin sister of nervous
ness. Neither should ever enter into
the daily life of any one. God, III
His all.wse providence, put the head
of human being cn top, that all be-
meath it might be subservient to it.
There is something wrong above the
eyes, in the region of the will power,
when one becomes nervous III the
sense of excitability. "Know myself"
is good; control thyself is better.
Worry and excitement never aided
any one. Any fool can get along when
everything is all right, but it takes a
wise man, level-headed man, to get
along and not worry nor become
nervous when everything is all wrong.
Ladies Home Journal
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
MRS. KUHN ALMOST KILLED.
Found Badly Used Up in Boarding
house Yard.

Philadelphia, Especial. Mrs. Lille Kuhn,
wife of former State Senator William Kuhn,
of Richmond, Va, was found in the side
yard OF boarding house at ZIG North Six
teenth street shortly after midnight with her
head any face badly lacerated, one leg bro
ken and her body badly brui-ed. She was
removed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where her
husband, with his throat badly cut, was also
sent under the guard Of two policemen. lie
Is under surveillance on suspicion TO await
the result of his wifes injuries.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
NOTED FENIAN DEAD.

JohnJ. Coughlin, One of Phoenix Park
Suspects, Is No More.
Washington Especial. )-JohnJ. Coughlin,
n clerk in the Patent Office, an ardent Fenian
and one Of the Phoenix Park suspects, died
here.
In the uprising near Cork, ireland, in 1867,
Mr.. Coughlin was one of the first to take up
arms. He was severely wounded in front Of
Kilmallock Barracks, was captured and tried
for treason. for which offense he served five
years in prison. On being liberated in 1871
he came to this country.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
REV. CHARLES BEECHER DEAD.
Eighty-four Years Old and Youngest q
the Famous Family.

the Famous Family.
Haverhill, Mass, (SpecialD THE Rev.
Charles Beecher, n brother of the late Henry
Ward Beecher, died at the home OF his
daughter, Mrs. G.. W. Noyes. in Georgetown.
He was eighty-four years OF age, and was
the Youngest of the Beecher family.
Rev. Mr.. Beecher was graduated from
Bowdoin College, and attended Alane Theo-
logical University in Ohio. He had hcid
pastorates in Fort Wayne, Ind, Newark, y.
J., and Georgetown, Mass. and at one Time
was rhetoric professor at Galesburg Unlyer-
sity Illinois. Before and after the Civll
War he spent much time in Florida, where
he helped to organize the public school sys-
TEN. OF late years he had led retired lie,
devoting his time to the writing OF religious
and theological treatises.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04
Wanted to Kill Some Big Man.

Macon, Ga, Especial. -P. A. summey, an
old Confederate soldier, was sent TO the
State Insane Asylum, at Miledgeville In
the course Of an investigation into his con-
dition it was ascertained that his mind had
been wrong for two years, and that his
mania was to kill somebody of prominence.
At one time he had planned TO kill Admiral
Dewey. He was preparing to kill himself
when arrested