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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
LACKED NERVE.
A Planned Double Tragedy Half Com
pIeted-End of an Unhappy Life.

A Planned Double Tragedy Half Com
pleted-E End of an Unhappy Life.
Syracuse, N. Y, Especial. )-Louise Foster
was murdered in the Collins Block by Ernst
Hecht. Hecht first ohloroformed her and
then attempted TO take his own life. He
confessed the crime, saying:
"She started 1t and ended 1t. 1 saw her
die aud then attempted to kill myself.
= Mrs. Foster was found in her room by
: Mrs. Mary Wilbur. who lives in the block.
Hecht was sitting in chair In the room.
Mrs. Wilbur saw that Mrs. Foster was dead
red rose lay upon her throat.
Chloroform was the means used by Hecht
to Kill Mrs. Foster.
The police found the following letter on
Hecht:
my sweetheart-This Is my first and last
love letter to you. When you arrive here
will be ready for you. will be all your
own until you are ready to keep your prom
ises. Will ask but one thing Of you: Do it
we'll and quickly, and II there Is hereafter
will wait for you. We will 60 hand in
hand to meet whatever the beyond holds
for us.
my darling, you thought me cruel, but
was kind. If had done as you wished,
1t would have been so much harder to have
given 1t all up. Idonot suffer. 1 have died
hundred deaths. but I am tired OF the
struggle. Fate is stronger than ].
Take me In your arms; hold me close to
your warm, loving heart, until mine grows
cold. Let your love be the last thing that l
will realize In this world, SO that can take
II with me into the next. Your lips take my
last breath only to give 1t back when We
meet again, for meet we certainly will, be
& in heaven or hell. Twill go where you 60.
II will write no more now. as words are
but empty sounds. Be brave, for 1 will.
Destroy this letter, for We must leave moth
ing behind for the world to gloat over. Ny
darling, kiss you"
Hecht said he committed the crime at /
A. NJ, and the woman died at 1.3o.
He then took dose Of the poison became
Ill and lay down. He recovered shortly and
made up his mind to blow his brains out
with revolver, but could not nerve himself
to the deed.
Hecht Is dyer and has been In the city
only few months, He is rover and was
born In Austria. Mrs. Foster was the wife
of Charles H. Foster, who was sent to e.
mira Reformatory in October for forging his
wife's name and obtaining jewelry from the
Safe and Deposit Company.
Hecht called upon DR.. A, J. Campbell,
with fellow workman. The man accom-
panying him said that Hecht had been talk
Ing OF killing Mrs. Foster and himself, and
he wanted him examined as to his sanity.
Hecht complained Of bad pains In his head
and the physician prescribed nerve rem
sdy. The doctor said that Hecht appeared
to ha Intelligent and sane
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Brick Tea.

Our endurance would be tested to
the breaking point were our only re-
source the brick tea of Tibet, made
and favored after the true Tartar rec
ipe. This tea, for the convenience
of porterage on camels, is made up in
the form OF hard, solid, brick-like
Jumps which are supposed to consist
of the stems and leaves of our ordi-
nary tea-plant. But, in the majority
of cases, brick tea is merely the Of
scourings of the tea plantation, to.
gether with dust and aduteration of
endless other plants. These is little
of the crisp, curly tea leaves to be
found in these Jumps. When tea is
to be made pieces are Clipped off the
bricks and immersed IN boiling water.
The result is a dark, strong-havored
liquid with harsh, unpleasant taste.
One merit alone it possesses-it is
undoubtedly stimulating. The flavor
of the tea is not improved either to our
taste by the additions to it which the
Tartar favors. Instead Of cream and
sugar, mutton fat and salt are usually
considered the correct things to add,
and it can readily be imagined that
the beverage thus produced does not
present any particular attraction to
Englishmen. The Tartars themselves
are as devoted to their tea drinking
as is any old Welshwoman, so it is to
be presumed that here, as elsewhere,
habit is everything, even in the mat
ter of the flavor of a tea. Good
Words
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
"Silent French" the Englishman.

General French is known as Isl
lent French" The now famous cav
airy leader started his career on the
deck of man-o'- war, abandonded il
for the infantry, and on leaving this
entered the cavalry branch of the ser.
vice. For about twelve days he was
an Eighth Hussar, from which he trans
ferred to the Nineteenth at that time
one of the slackest and worst disci
plined regiments in the service. How
ever, under that splendid horse-sol
der Barrow, well backed by French.
the regiment was rapidly licked into
shape, and became famous for its
scouting and the skill and cleverness
of its non-co commissioned officers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
"JincOIn's Code.v

The next important step in the eyo.
luton of the peace idea belongs to the
present century, and is due to the en-.
lightened initiative Of the United
States. This step consisted in the
preparation of manual containing q
code of rules for the conduct of land
warfare. Keenly alive to the newt
able sufferings incident to the great
civil conflict then being waged, Abra.
ham Lincoln commissioned Francis
Lieber-to prepare series of rules for
the conduct of the armies of the Re-
public in the field which should set
bounds to the passions of the soldiery.
In pursuance of this commission, a
code OF rules was prepared and adopted
which has since been known as
Lieber's Manual; it was published in
1868, and proved blessing to soldier
and civilian alike. So obvious, in.
deed, were it's good results that other
nations rapidly followed the lead Of
the United States, and similar manuals
were issued by Great Britain, France,
Germany, Russia, and other powers
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
sKlN.TlcHT sULU TROUSERS.
General Bates Waits Two Hours While
Dato Changes His Trousers.

The most amazing thing about a
Philippine Moro is his trousers. II
he is of any station, or has any money,
they are made of silk, and the more
colors and the brighter they are, the
better. I have seen red, green, yell
low, white and black all in one pair,
and the greens and reds are no soft,
subdued affairs; they are the most
violent and vehement things in the
color line. 1t is the fit of them that
is the wonder, though. If they were
of the right shade of brown, you
couldn't tell that there were any
trousers. Nothing so tight ever was
contrived by any sartorial artist who
uses the English language. But for
one thing the conclusion would be
irresistible that they are made on the
wearers. and worn off; that is, that
sometimes they are changed. General
Bates once waited about two hours
for Dato, with whom he had some
business, to change his trousers, and
those two hours were filed with lam
guage and strange sounds within the
house of the Dato. But at the end of
them there was the demonstration
that the trousers could be changed,
although the mystery of their con-
structlon was increased.
Moro women wear trousers, also,
but they 90 to the other extreme.
Each trouser leg is big enough to
make sacks for four hundred pounds
of bran. Each woman dyes the
fimsy silk Of which she makes her
trousers to suit herself. I saw
some that were seven or eight colors,
the different dyes running in uneven
streaks around. The women wear
very tight waists, but the men usually
leave their jackets unbuttoned, dis
playing their brawny chests. If
man is bowling swell, his jacket is
embroidered all over with prayers
and other remarks in the Moro
tongue. Sometimes the women twist
a bolt or two of gauzy, gaudy stuff
into big loop and throw it over one
shoulder. -Ainslee's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
STEEL WOOL.
A Curious Material That is Used as a Sub.
stltute For Sandpaper.

etttutc Il VI cahuPoPofs
Steel wool, introduced FIVE or six
years ago, is ine.produced ma
terial that is used as substitute for
sandpaper. 1t is composed of sharp
, edged threads of steel, which curl up
together like wool, or somewhat as
jhe wood fbres of the familiar ma
;erial known as excelsior curl up to-
yether, though the steel wool is very
much finer; the finest of it being not
much coarser than the coarsest OF
natural woods. The steel wool is put
Up in packages containing one pound
each. These are something like rolls
If cotton batting, but smaller,
pound OF steel wool, loosely packed,
making, rolled in paper and open at
;he ends, a package perhaps fifteen
inches long and two or three inches
in diameter.
Made in various degrees of coarse
ness, steel wool is put to variety Of
uses, the finer woods for polishing
wood and metal, and the coarser for
clubbing down paint and varnish. 1t
is often used on special parts of work.
while, for example, on the fiat sur
faces Of door man would use sand
paper with block back of it; for the
mouldings he would use steel wool,
which fits into the crevices and con-
forms itself to irregular shapes. Such
work can be done with steel wool far
more readily and quickly than with
sandpaper; and it is used with like
advantage on irregular and small sur
faces and on carved work.
Besides the steel wool there is a
coarser material of the same kind
called steel shavings, which is put to
various uses; as in taking off old paint
or varnish, and in polishing wood be-
fore painting and it is used on bowl
ing alleys and on floors for smoothing
and cleaning them.
Sandpaper clogs in use, steel wool
breaks down. The wool is commonly
used with gloves to keep the ends
from sticking into the fingers. New
York Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD.
TEN WHITE, TWELVE COLORED MEN
VICTIMS OF DISASTER.
CAUSED BY FIRE DAMP.
Txpicsion Occurred in Cumnock Coal
Mines In North Carolina-The Superin-
tendent Was Among Those Who Lost
Their Lives-All Bodies, With One Elk.
ception, Recovered.

Raleigh, N. c., (SpeciaD.-- Twenty-Five
miners, ten white and twelve negroes, lost
their lives In an explosion at Cumnock Coal
Mines, Chatham county, N. G.. The explo-
sion is supposed to have been caused by
broken guaze In safety lamp.
Forty or fifty men were In the mine at the
time.
The accident was In what Is known as the
East Heading. Five were brought out alive
from the East Heading, while none of the
snen In the other parts of the mine was In
iursd.
Within an hour after the explosion the
work OF rescue began, and by daylight ali
the bodies except one, that OF Sim Mcintyre,
had been brought to the top. All the bodies
wass horribly burned.
The scenes at the entrance to the mine,
where many Of the widows and children OF
the dead men were gathered, were heart
rending. The bodies of the victims of the
explosion were prepared for burial and the
Funerals OF several took place.
John Connolly, the mine superintendent,
came to this State about three years ago
from Pittsburg Pa. He leaves widow and
three children.
The mines are situated at Cumnock,
Chatham county, about six miles from San
ford. The mine has been long used In
desutory way, but in 1898 Samuel A. Henry,
OF Philadelphia, organized company and
put ia modern machinery.
There are two shafts, one a small affair
for ventilation, and the other, the main
working shaft, is Sx12 feet and is consider
ably more than 800 feet In depth.
In December, 1895, an explosion took
place at the same time, In which 43 lives
were lost. This explosion was caused by
fire damp, though many OF those killed on
this occasion lost their lives from the result
ing explosion of almost $50 pounds OF dyna-.
mite that was stored In the mines. Two
other explosions occurred here many years
wears ago
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
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CHARGES OF ExTRAvAGANCE.
American officials in Cuba Enter Protes
-JJDiustly Criticised.

American Officials in Cuba Enter Protest
-UDjustly Criticised.
Havana, Especially - American officials
here feel that they have been unjustly treated
by certain newspapers In the United States,
which have published the sweeping state.
ment that they all live extravagantly. Army
officers point out that II they have to live In
cities their expenses are much greater than
when at home. Moreover, very few care to
risk the health of their<families by keeping
them in Cuba during the summer Thus two
establishments are necessary. AS their duty
compels them to ain In q tropical climate
they feel that the United States government
like other governments under similar condi
lions, should pay additional stipends.
So far as the officers OF high rank are con.
csrned, it should be pointed out tina General
Wood occupies only small portion OF the
palace for residential purposes, the rest o.
the building being utilized not only for thu
divisional offices. but also for all the municl.
pal offices. A number Of employees have to
be kept at General Woods expense-cleaner
aud helpers generaly-and he says that II
he did not have some private resources tc
exc out his pay and his allowance 1t would
be next to impossible for him to live In the
palace at all.
Collector Bliss lives quietly In single
room at the Hotel TELEGRAPH, going to and
returning from his Office in hired vehicle
OF the most ordinary description. Major
Laid, chief quartermaster, lives at Ell Veda
do, in house which he shares with three
other families. General Lee lives at head
quarters at Quemadas, where do all his stat
officera, who are unmarried. General VII
son, governor of Mantanzas- Santa Clara
lives in house for which he pays small
rental. Colonel whitside, at Santiago, live,
in little wooden bungalow, formerly occu
pied by General Wood and leased from Mrs
Ramsden, wife of the former British consul
General Humphrey, Colonel Black, Majo,
Scott, Captain Pitcher and many other off
GERS live in buildings used by the govern
ment either as Offices or police barracks.
General Wood, when asked what he though
of such charges, replied that he considered
charges OF extravaganza 10 departments, ex
cept the postal, unfounded, adding that b,
believed no other department had anything
to fear on that score and that all could en-
dure the closest investigation possible.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Keep Chickene on the Roof.

Men with chickens for sale are seen
in the streets of Havana, Cuba, every
day. They usually have these tied by
the feet to the sides of the saddle
and ride on the saddle. The chickens
are sold by the half dozen, Sc being
the usual price. If you buy half a
dozen and put them in your coop, the
man thinks that you will wish some
more the next day or two day after
ward anyway, and appear at that
time, and thereafter two or three
times week. These men are usually
farmers and are native Cubans. When
a fhousekeeper wishes to fatten
chicken or turkey for eating she usu-
ally keeps it on the roof of the house
for several days previous to killing it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
NOTE TO PORTE.
Griscom Again Probes Sick Man OF the
Fast-Not an Ultimatum.

Griscom Again Probes Sick Man OF the
East-Not an Ultimatum.
Cons antinople, (By Gable. 1.-The United
States Legation having vainly waited four
weeks for reply to the note of April "a, re-
gardlng the American indemnity claims,
Mr.. Lloyd G. Griscom, United States Charge
d'Affaires, handed TO Tewfk Pasha, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs, new note, couched in
more precise terms and Insisting upon a
prompt settlement.
The note produced great impression, as
the Porte thought the matter postponed, II
not abandoned. 1t Is believed that the Uni
ted States will not wait 30 long this time for
an answer, American indulgence thus far
not having made satisfactory impression
upon the Porte.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
A Rrakena al Killed.

Hanover, Pa, Especial. John F. Dezen-
berg, Western Maryland Railroad brake
man, met death In q peculiar accident at
Spring Grove, near here, Two cars In charge
of the unfortunate man were run on aswitch
over the coal chutes at the paper mills. So
great was their momentum that they tore
away the buffers at the end of the trestle,
tearing into the walls OF the mill and COM
pletely wrecking the trestle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
RUSH DOWN GRADE,

Frightful Accident to Work-Train-3
Killed and Others Badly Hurt.
Akron, o., (SpeciaD Three men were
killed and number OF others seriously in
Iured, as result of an accident to work
train on the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls
Rapid Transit (electric) Suburban Line.
The brakes on two cars loaded with gra-
vel, and carrying about dozen workmen,
became disabled at the top Of steep grade.
The cars rushed down the incline at a terri
bic speed. Nine Of the workmen jumped
from the cars az they sped along and were
seriously injured.
Three men stuck to the cars until they
Jumped the track at the bottom of the hill
and were killed In the wreck.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Sentenced to Be Hanged.

Wheeling, W. Va. (special). In the Cir
cult Court, Judge Hughes sentenced Johl
Mooney and Frank Friday to be hanged a
the State penitentiary, at Moundsville, OF
July 10. Mooney and Friday, on March
last, while attempting to rob the home o
James Hervey, shot and killed him. The!
were convicted on circumstantial evidence
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01

The lung differs from all other
Itructures in having two separate cir
,ulations, the nutritive, supplied by
he left side of the heart through the
bronchial arteries; and the functional,
applied by the right side OF the heart
trough the pulmonary artery. This
louble circulation underlies all the
phenomena of pneumonia, and must
)e recognized in any definition of the
disease, as without it the disease it.
Jelf cannot exist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
WAITED II YEARS TO WED.

Bride-to-Be 80, Groom SO, and Brida
Party All Over 80 Years.
Toledo, O., Especial. )---August Croft, aget
Sc years, and Miss Kate Putnum, aged sS
were married at South Bloomfield.
The wedding party was large one, bu
no one whose age was less than 60 years wa
invited.
At the age of Is and II they were devoted
lovers. but they did not become formally en-
gagged until January 8. 1900. Neither tn,
bride nor groom-to-be has ever married.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01

What life in other worlds may be is
an ever fascinating theme for specula-
ton. Two English biologists, Geof-
frey Martin and DR.. F. j. Allen, have
been considering the matter, and
agree in the conclusion that vital pro-
cesses depend on the existence of au
element whose compounds are in a
condition of critical equilibrium at life
temperatures. Mr.. Martin, however,
looks upon carbon as the fundamental
life element, while DIR. Allen finds
nitrogen the essential substance. Mr..
Martin thinks that in the high tenn.
peratures of some celestial bodies q
series of complex and Unstable silicon
compounds may be formed and that in
warmer worlds than ours silicon life
may be possible. Possibly our silicon
secreting diatoms and sponges are o
link connecting us with silicon fauna
Of hotter age on earth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01

L
Oberammergau, (By Gable. 1.-THE initial
performance OF the Passion play, following
the grand rehearsal OF Sunday, took place
Thursday. The attendance was enormous,
despite the feet that the day was cold, cloudy
and generally unfavoraeIe. The representa-.
tion as whole, according to the opinion OF
competent judges, surpasses that OF 1884,
Herr Joseph Mayer, who recited the pro-
logue, was, as on previous occasions, ma
jestic figure.
Herr Anton Lang, as Christ, was excellent,
although nervous. His voice Is clear and
his face seems to fit the character, although
not so refined as the face of Mayer, VINO was
80 long the Christ OF these representations.
Lang, however, showed improvement as the
performance progressed, his gestures being
particularly graceful. During the Bethany
scene weird effect was produced by the
sun breaking suddenly from the clouds and
casting brilliant beam on Christ's robe.
Fraulein Anna Flunger, the Mary OF the
represt ntation, has f1ne, well-rounded face
and Is a good actress, but she lacks the
pathos that Rosa Lang was wont to display.
The player now taking the part OF Judas,
Johann Twink, Is very fine-s vast improve
ment upon his predecessor in the role. On
the other hand, Thomas Rendt the Peter OF
the cast, scarcely equals Hett's portrayal
Fraulein Bertha Wolff, as Mary Magdalene,
is striking tn appearance, and made pro-
found impression. Sebastian Lang, as Cal.
aphas, realized the ideal impersonation Of
that relentless priest. Fraulein Mathilde
Ruiz, the soprano, was greatly admired and
young Boold shows decided promise.
During the afternoon performance Herr
Anton Lang was repeatedly overcome by
nervousness, but he went through the cruel.
fxion scene with perfect self-possession, and
the memorable seven words Of the Saviour
could be distinctly heard by the vast con-
course During the taking down OF the
Christ from the cross the sharp whistling oil
a locomotive Jared unpleasantly upon the
ear. The scenic effects throughout were
beautiful
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
An InfallibIe Test.

Put up sign, "Fresh Paint" any
where, and nine out of every ten meD
that pass it will dab their fingers Oh
it and act surprised to find out it is
New York Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Arm Torn OF.

Hambleton, W. Va, (SpeciaD Thomas
Williams, aged 62 years, employed by Otter
Creek Lumber Company, while taking his
coat off to 60 to work, had his right arm
caught in the live rollers, and it was torn OIL
lust below the elbow. Physicians ampu-
lated the arm above the elbow.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The brilliant sunsets due to the
lust from the great volcanic explo.
ion at Krakotoa are still a vivid
memory. Mr.. Horace Darwin sug-
rests that dust from the Leonid met
,ors may Lave bsen a cause of recent
striking sunsets.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Many Lives Lost.

Chicago, ILL.,, Especial. "A special from
Victoria, B. O. says:
The steamer Kinshiu, which left Yoko-
hama May 7, brings the latest adyices of
catastrophe on the Chinese coast In which
40 lives were lost. Chinese steamer was
wrecked, the disaster being due to the over
crowding OF the vessel.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Hanged for Killing His sweetheart.

Allentown, Pa, Especial : Frank j.
Krause was hanged in the county jail for the
murder of his sweetheart, Maggie Guth, at
Cedarvillc, on March 8, 1899, on which occa-
sion he also fatally wounded Owen Kern.
Krause was hostler in hotel kept by Kern,
and the girl was employed as a servant.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Mules for South Africa.

New Orleans, (special.) The steamer
Monarch sailed for Cape Town, Africa, with
1900 mules, and the steamer Corinthia
cleared for the same port with ] ,450 mules,
all the animals being consigned to British
army officials.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Drug Store Wrecked.

Chicago, (Special.)-A terrific explosion
at 2. NJ. wrecked the third and fourth
floors OF the Dale & Sempill drug store in
the heart Of the business district here and
seriously injured three men.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-01
Consuls Confirmed.

Washington, Especial. denominations by
the Senate:
To DO consuls-T. Haynes, Of South Caro-
lima, at Rouen, France; E. E. Bailey, OF I'LL.
uoie, at Ensenada. Mexico,