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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Career OF DR.. Talmage.

Rev. Thomas Dewitt Talmage was
born at Bound Brook, N. J., January.
1892 and educated at the University OF
New York. AS he determined to enter
the ministry, he completed a course at
the New Brunswick Theological Semi
nary, graduating in 1856. He was or
dained pastor of the Reformed Dutch
Church at Belleville, N. J., later went to
Syracuse, and from 1862 to 1869 he
preached in Philadelphia, during the
Civil War acting as chaplain of a Penn
sylvania regiment In 1869 he was made
pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
Church in Brooklyn. The first taber-
nacle was built in 1870 and seated 3,4oo.
1t was enlarged the next year to seat 500
more, but was burned December p, 1872.
A new tabernacle. seating 5000 persons,
was dedicated February %, 1874, the
largest Protestant church then in Amer
lea. This church was also burned and
replaced by third tabernacle which was
also destroyed by fire in 1894. There was
an effort to again rebuild. but owing to
the heavy debt incurred in previous dis
asterS the work was abandoned and
DR.. Talmage preached in the New York
Academy of Music In 1896 DIR. Tai
mage accepted the call to the First Pres
byterian Church of Washington as CO.
pastor with DR.. Sunderland. DR.. Tai
mage was voluminous writer on a
great number of subjects and favorite
lecturer, the announcement of one of his
sermons or lectures being sufficient to
draw a crowd.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Land Coded by Virginia.

Senator Hoan from the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted an adverse re-
port on the Senate resolution directing
the Attorney General to bring suit to
determine the constitutionality of the
retrocession of that portion of the orig
inal District of Columbia which was
coded to the United States by the State
of Virginia.
The resolution provided that if the
cession was not constitutional, the Attor-
ney-G General was to report what sum
should be paid. Virginia in lieu Of the
revenues of that State now received for
the support of the State Government
from the city and county of Alexandria
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Takes Up Women's Cause.

The Civil Service Commission ha:
come out as a champion for the right:
of women to employment.
Preference now is generally given tc
men employees in the Government de:
partments, and the commission, though
powerless to compel appointing officers
to choose women, has, through President
Proctor, issued strong circular lettet
to the heads of departments calling at
tention to this unjust discrimination.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Plant Line Rumor Denied.

Philadelphia Especially Pennsylvania
Railroad officials deny the truth of the
dispatch from Chicago stating that Penn
sylvania interests are soon to acquire
possession of the allied Plant and Allan
tic Coast Line system. One of them said
there was not sufficient basis of fact
in the report to make it worth while dis
cussing
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Financial.

The annual meeting e. the Chicago
and Northwestern will Re held Oh
June 5.
The United States Rubber annual
meeting will be held in New Brunswick,
N. J., on May 20.
The New York Subtrcasury statement
shows that the banks lost sI,2e2,ooo DIR
ing the week.
1t is said the Chicago and Northwest
ern is not entertaining any pr )postion
and has no intention of obtaining con-
troll or an interest in the Greei,bav and
Western.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Mrs. Aida Collins, wife of Elmer P
Collins, of Portville, near Laurel, Del
was found by her husband with her
throat cut from ear to ear.
John Wesley Elkins, who, when a lad
of ID, was sentenced to the State prison
for illegally killing his father and. step
mother, is to be released.
News was received in New Orleans OF
the seizure of an American steam launch
by Colombian insurgents at Bocas del
Toro.
Some frebug created reign of terror
i'll South Chicago, starting number OF
fires during Friday night.
Green's Mountain House, on Loudoun
Heights, near Harpers Ferry, w. Va,
was burned.
Charles Rymer stated that William
Jones, now under arrest on suspicion OF
having murdered George NJ. Haywood in
Detroit had threatened to kill Haywood.
The Philadelphia and Readings steam
er Williamsport was struck by railroad
barge on Pollock Rip Shoal, Mass, and
sunk. The crew was saved.
At Detroit Prof. Joseph Miller con-
fessed that he murdered Charles M. Jen-
nett and gave the details of the crime.
John Finncan, aged 81 years, and John
]. Kensel, aged 50 years, both Confed-
crate veterans, died at Martinsburg.
Major John w. Green. formerly gen
eral manager of the Georgia Railroad,
died at Atlanta.
Major Littleton w. T. Waller of the
Marine Corps, on trial by court-martlal,
went on the stand and justified his hav-
ing the treacherous natives shot with
out trial. quoting precedentS.
Miss Ellen NJ Stone, the missionary
who was captured by brigands in Bull
garia and held for ransom, arrived III
New York on the Deutschland. She
looked pale and worn, and said the sen
voyage had made her very i'll.
The glassblowers employed by the
Moses Jonas Company, at Bridgeton,
N. J., and the George Jonas Company,
at Miratola, went on strike.
Rev. c. Columbus Bradford. of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Okaw-
vile, ILL.,, was accused of heresy and re-
moved from his paStorate.
Third Vice President Cannon, of the
Southern Railroad. announced that the
strike of the company's machinistS had
been settled.
The total value of Philip D. Armour S
estate is placed at $I5,ooo,ooo. The
whole of it is left to his widow and son,
J, Ogden Armour
Mrs. Minnie Grady, of Butte, Mont,
confessed that she drugged Mrs. Emma
Proule, rich widow, and robbed her
of her diamonds.
Mrs. Shepard R. BUGGY, of Everett.
Washington, in a fit of insanity. killed
her husband, her four-y ear-old son, and
then herself
Senator Tabor's widow entered two
suits in Denver for damages. amounting
to $4,000. and to recover valuable
mining stocks.
In. the Philippine province 224 cases of
cholera and I66 deaths were reported !;
in Manila, zoo cases and 100 deaths.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
SuIzer Bill for Labor Department.

Representative Sulzer, of New York.
introduced bill for the creation of a
Department of Labor, the purpose OF
which shall be to promote "such i'm.
provements in the social. political and
economic conditions of the wealth-pro-
ducing laborers of the United States as
shall tend to secure to them their natural
rights TO the opportunity to labor.
The bill provides for the annual collec.
ton of statistics covering all phases OF
the labor situation and a monthly publ
cation of statistics of the unemployed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Commander of Cuba's Army.

Governor-G General Wood has issued an
order directing Brigadier- General Ale.
jandro Rodriguez, chief of the Rural
Guard of Havana, to take command OF
the "Cuerpo de Artileria," in addition tc
his present duties with the guard. Or
the transfer of the present government,
General Rodriguez is directed to report
to the President of Cuba, "as command
ant of the Cuban armed forces, for such
orders and instructions as may be given
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
For a New Executive Building.

Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, has reported favorably a
bill providing for building for the use
of the Executive, the Dcpa: tment OF
State and the Department of Justice.
The proposed building is to be erected
north of the present State, War and
Navy Building, and, with the site, is ex-
oected TO cost 81 100000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
New Rubber Trust Plan.

New York (SpeciaD.- james R.
Keene, having secured control Of the
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company,
is now making an effort to get control
of the United States Rubber Company, it
is said, with a view of ultimately form
ing a new Rubber Trust.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE FARMER.

For sixty years the NETWORK WEEKLY TRIB.
UNE has been national weekly newspaper, read al
most entirely by farmers, and has enjoyed the conf
dence and Support of the American people to degree
never attained by any similar publication
THE NETWORK TRIBUNE FARMER
is made absolutely for farmers and their families The
first number was issued November 18th, 1901.
Every department of agricultural industry covered
by special contributors who leaders in this respective
lines and the TRIBUNE FARMER will be IN every sense
high class up to date, live, entcrprsng paper. pro-
fusey illustrated with pictures of live stock, model build
ings and homes, agricultural machinery, etc.
Farmers wives and daughters will find special
pages for their en- ertainment.
Regular price, per year, but you can buy with your
avore home weekly newspaper The Highland heooroe one
Send your subscriptions and money to THE RECORDER
Monterey, Va
s,, x.vr mama and address to the NEW YORK TRI-
gUNE FARMER, Now York CITY and a free sample copy
will be led o
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Postal Receipts Increase.

The postal receipts for March, 1907
as compared with March, 1901, for the
fifty largest postoffices in the country
show a net increase of 10 per cent. The
total receipts of the fifty Offices were
S. o6z 666
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
MAJOR WALLER
IS ACQUITTED
Court.MartiaI Declares Him Not Guilty
on Charge of Murder.
THE JUDGES STOOD ELEVEN TO TWO.
Charges OF Improperly Ordering the Shooting
of Samar Natives Are Not Sustained Ia the
Yerdict-Accused Officer Tells the Court
That the Natives OF Samar Revel Ia Blood
--MutiIate Their Victims

Manila, (By Gable Major Littleton
w. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, has
been acquitted.
He was tried by court-martial on the
charge of killing natives of Samar with
out trial. The court stood II to ? for
acquittal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Foreign.

German public opinion IS DIVIDED upon
the question of the acceptance OF the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship. A portion of
the press and many people hold the &C
ceptance of the scholarships to be moral
ly impossible for any German.
The British steamer Kinsfouna Castle,
with $50 passengers on board stranded
off Brightstone. Isle of Wight, at night,
and the ship lies in dangerous posi-
ton
Strikes continue to spread in Belgium.
The soldiers and police are able to keep
down the disturbances so long as they
themselves remain loyal.
Seven brigands who had fortified
themselves in tower in Monastlr, Mac
edonia, were shot to death by Turkish
soldiers.
The Duchess of Sutherland has made
a vigorous plea in behalf of what she
terms "manliness' in girls and women.
Natives in the French Kongo muir
dered the manager of factory that they
looted, and also massacred number OF
natives employed at another factory that
they pillaged
The Prince of Wales reiterated that
ne knows nothing of the intention of
the New York Chamber of Commerce
to invite him to attend the opening OF
its building.
AT a conference in Vienna it was de-
cided to renew the Triple Alliance for
another term of years, Germany making
some concessions to Italy and Austria.
The University of Edinburgh has con-
ferred the honorary degree of doctor OF
laws on Professors Jones, of Harvard,
and Schurman, of Cornell.
France will send representatives to be
present at the dedication at Washington
on MAY "a of the statue of Count de
Rochambeau.
The British Admiralty Court awarded
the owners of the steamer William Cliff
fIIooo for salvaging the Cunard liner
Etruria.
Large numbers of troops have been
concentrated in Brussels. the city prac-
tically being in state of siege.
Ten battalions of English and Scotch
militia are to be sent to Ireland to en-
force the Coercion Act.
A movement is reported to be on foot
for the overthrow of the Sultan Of Tur-
key. So fearful has the Sultan become
of treachery that he lives only in three
apartments of the palace, encircled by
corridor. in which are stationed a hun
dred special police agents.
The court in London. in the action
for damages by the owners of the Amer
lean Line steamer Waesland against the
owners of the British steamer Harmon
ides, which sank the Waesland in COLI
sion March E. found the Harmonides
alone blamable.
Diplomatic relations between Swift
erland and Italy have been broken be-
cause of the refusal of the former to
give satisfaction regarding all article
published in Geneva insulting to the
memory of the murdered King Hum
bert
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
Venezuela Eatlfies the Protocol.

Caracas, Venezuela, (By Cable) The
Venezuelan Parliament has ratified the
protocol re-establishing diplomatic rela-
tiaus between France and Venezuela.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18
NAV Accept Senate Amendments.

The House Committee on Agriculture
in order to expedite the bills passage de-
cided to recommend the acceptance Of
the Senate amendments to the oleomar-
garine bill
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-18

Il is hard to be poor, of course. But
then. it isn't easy to be rich.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
PERSIA.

The visit Of the Persian Shah to England
and Captain Mahan's timely article in THE
National Review" serve to remind the world of
the existence Of a Persian problem We might
almost say 1t reminds the world of the exist
ence of Persia. For there is no other country
OF equal size, importance and interest which is
so little III the public mind as that one. In MS
torlc and romantic interest, of course, Persia
easily outranks most other lands OF earth-
The land OF Jemshid and Rustem, OF Cyrus and
Darius and Chesroes is worthy Of rank with
those OF the Pharaohs and the Caesars, and or
feTlcles and Alexander. To-day it is IN de-
cine though not in as great decline as the
others have at some time been. Yet 1t is by no
means negligible quantity A country more
than three times the size OF France, with ten
million inhabitants. of a civilization superior.
on the whole. to that of Russia. is capable OF
hiing considerable place in the affairs OF the
world.
1he Persian problem is however. what most
interests the recent hosts Of Muzafer ed Deem,
and Is what may one day be Of intense impor-
lance TO more than one other power. For Per
STA Is, Ike Afghanistan. buffer State be
tween the two great rival empires Of Asia 1t
does not marx their point Of nearest approach,
as Alshanlstan does, and it does not so directly
aout upon the Indian Empire Nevertheless. its
relation TO the two rivals differs from that of
Afghanistan in degree only and not in kind,
wnlie It's own intrinsic value is far greater
than that Of the rugged land of the Ameer.
Naturally Persia has hitherto inclined toward
the British side. remembering Russia's long and
costly aggressions, and though Great Britain
has not paid Persia subsidy, as she has At
shanisfan' The Shah has until lately ever been
ready TO rebuff the advances of Russia and TO
welcome those of Great Britain
or late, however, neglected by Great Britain,
Persia has perforce yielded TO Russia's mingled
oiahalshments and menaces. The Russian rail-
road along her frontier and the dominance of
FACTS She has granted concessions for Russian
railroads within her own borders. She has bar
gained with Russia for the leasing 70 the latter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
PROFESSOR LAUDER AT ARVERNE.
HE EXPLAINS TO DEVERY WHY HE FAILED
TO ASSIST WITH THE oRAToRY-

Professor Lauder big Bill'' Devery's ''Chachson
snv from Chamaica" was greatly crestfailen yes
terdav because opportunity was gwen u IN
10 sneak at the carttail meetings IN the IA'ii
District on Saturday night. The professor WIS Oh
hand but the crowd that surrounded DeVerS was
en- large that the little Dutchman could get no
where near the big Chief. The professor 1ourneyet
down to Arverne yesterday ana sreeled Dis DIN
on the piazza OF his summer home
"Shief" he said. Il drust you VIII eAhooso ino
for disabboinding der crowds l had my speech
ings all brebarationed. but dose loafers voult not
allowance me get der wagon near one u use
loafers kicked me. unit puddy near had d nsNI
NIT him. ,,,
That's too bad" said Bill " mere oiu i0 MIN
you?" .
We'll. never mind. old sport. well put you on
the stump at the next meeting
BE careless der stump ISIS not too hign' "afneu
the nro@essor Den | voult be Ub tree
what did you think OF the meetin asked
Bill"
..Pv Cbimminy. DOT was a big feer. Say. shef,
Puddy near Elm t'ousand dollar. amt ID
You're way off. professor I've HANGED out
nearly nifty thou up to date
They carried The professor into the parlor and re-
vived him with little schnapps When ne came
to he resumed his seat the piazza and SAID:
..Fuftv t'ousand dollarI Say. Shef. ware did you
geld mean how much lss der wages uf der dis
trict eaderships?
They amt salary connected with the oIhce'
r.nIied the Chief. It's a honorary office
Den vat obchecton you hat in spenting such
much money!
MY object is TO teach Goodwin lesson. Good
win has word
He ISIS a deaf unit dumb nude. vat?
No no: Goodwin can't speak the truth IT
hereditary with him.
HE ISIS descendance fun Chorch Washington
yes
Professor / think we'll have 10 put you next
to Sport. Two Spot and Joke?'
''Shief. ] am nod familiarity mid dot games l
am experiences mid der gread AMERICAN game uf
pigknucbles. You blaying four hanted game
NIT der dryumfers. ain'd i'd? INT bolcemen'S
Clubs is drumbs. You haf deaed yourselluf der two
aces unit der ten spods unit der kings unit kerveens
Tcfferv goes ouwid mid der coIors flying. vat?'
That's kerrect. Wen take all the tricks. an
the other guys won't git a smell"
I'D viii he a goot vim for Teffery INT bad vim
for Goodwin. yes? Unit Teffery will run der ma
sheehan unit shechan Wouldn't efen git a chob
stoKcr"
An then the price o coal an beef will come
down the toboEEan'
Unit beer chief. Vot you call dot hart Goals
andhraclte2 1t ISIS gedding harder all der vile
harder to ged
AN, little Johnny Jordan will stop chasing rab-
bits an chickens an washtuhs."
aye viii all chase der duck vat?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES.

An article on University Control in "Ihe
Popular Science Monthly by DR.. J. j. Steven
son. of New-York University, discusses a topic
which has of late come strongly home 20 tle
most thoughtful men who are engaged el'hef
as teachers or as trustees. in the work OF pro
noting higher education The great CROWN OF
MANY of our colleges and universities IN null
bers and wealth and the still greater ezpan-
sion of their courses of study have made IL
rnanifestIv uniting to maintain the oldtlme
svstnr of corporate control The growth OF
knowledge requires new ways and means in the
work of instruction, and the work of the lnSu-
tuition. from q business point of view. similarly
demands new business methods OF manage
menf There is. moreover, an increasing neeu
for differentating between and separating
these two departments of university work Inc
faculty cannot, with the vast multiplicity OF us
duties be expected TO be skilled in hnanclai
operations nor can the trustees administering
properties valued at many millions, be expected
to enter into details of classroom work.
The plan proposed by DR.. Stevenson, backed
by the authority of his third of century's ex-
perience as a college and university professor
of distinguished success, is in brief that the
university shall be governed by two practically
independent and coordinate boards. One, the
business securing endowments, making invest
rnents of funds and providing revenue for the
institution The other. the faculty, shall have
complete control of the courses of study, of the
enga cement and dismissal of instructors. OF the
internal ARRANGEMENT of buildings. and. in brief,
of all that directly pertains to the educational
work of the institution Thus each Of these
governing boards will concern itself with only
those things with which it is familiar and COM
petent TO deal and therefore can be expected
TO do better work than under the present and
anomalous system In which instructors are
chosen by trustees who are unfamiliar with, If
not ignorant of. the real educational require
ments of the institution.
In many respects DR.. Stevenson's plan must
be regarded as an ideal one. 1t contemplates
the precise state of affairs which should pre-
vail If there be an objection to it. It is that II
is too ideal, too good, too far in advance OF
present day human nature. 1t calls for higher
degree of unselfishness and of confidence in
others than is always TO be found, even among
college and university trustees, Men who give
large sums for the endowment of institutions Of
learning, and men who are intrusted with the
control and administration thereof, largely like
to direct In detail the employment Of such
funds They want to choose the professors
who shall receive the salaries which they pay,
and to dictate even the general lines of lnstruc-
ton that shall be pursued DR.. Stevenson's
plan will be wholly practicable only when
high degree of mutual confidence shall prevail
between men of thought and men Of action.
But we ought not TO have TO wait until the
millennium for that time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
NO TTENFL NEEDED THERE.

What more wild and fantastic vision could
there possibly be than that Of travelling by rail
all the way from Paris to New-York with a
tunnel under Behring Strait, Crossing the At
Iantic or even the Pacific in an airship might
appear almost bagatelle In comparison. The
cost of a tunnel between Alaska and Asia would
be fabulous, and no railroad line connecting the
Russian and American possessions could get
passengers or freight enough at any time in the
next thousand years TO justify SO stupendous
an undertaking
Some centuries after express trains are run
ming at the rate Of one hundred miles an hour
upon a four track railway extending from the
shores of the Arctic Ocean TO the southern ex-
tremity Of Patagonia there may be a tunnel
under Behring Strait
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01

outworn and proitless. Senator Carmack sins
against the light Of party opinion even ID his
own section when he tries to force Imperial
ism, as an all-sufficient platform on Demo
cratic candidates. Had ne listened to the ad-
vice of his own home newspaper, THE Mem
nhis Commercial-Appeal," he would long ago
have abandoned his hopeless crusade against
national expansion. AS recently as August %
The CommercialAppeaf' asserted that 'one OF
The most notable events in politics has been
1.-The virtually complete disappearance OF I'M
..perialism with a capital T.; and it added:
II is no wonder that Imperialism has ceased
m he an issue. 1t tried in 1900 and proved
RI he about as impressive a scarecrow IN
cornfeld II is less impressive every day Tor
The DeopIe care nothing a bout it and are weary
Of II No one would walk across the street TO
hear an orator spout about issue that has no
Tangible existence and is supposed to concern
a Colony ten thousand miles away.
Mr. Carmack's paramount issue might
make an impressive figure at a ghost dance
Rut does the manager Of the Democratic inter-
airy bureau at Washington want TO be accuseu
by his party colleagues of conducting mere
trance writing and table rapping enterprise!