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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28

which had overtaken all the former
possessors of the diamond who had
not been killed-he was driven from
power and forced to leave his native
country. Where the fatal diamond is
now is not certain, though it Is known
that the ex-president Of the Transvaal
has parted with it. Some say that IL
Is in the Golfers of the Vatican, and
some that it was sold to the Emperor
of Austria, and is among the crown
jewels at Vienna. ~-~--
1t is said to be 200 carats in weight,
but is not perfect. Its history is one
which would not recommend 1t as q
talisman to anyone of a superstitious
turn of mind. 1t is almost as grue
some a possession as that hideous lit.
tie Indian idol, the destruction OF
which Nine. Carnot ordered In her
will. This idol was given to Presi.
dent Carnot by friend, who laughing.
ly told him a legend attached to It,
which was to the effect that It's posses
sion would attain supreme power and
then die by the knife. The idol had
belonged to the Rajahs of Khadjurao,
of whom five neutrality-suspicious. moro
died by the knife Of the assassin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
A Mule fer a Bride.

Coudersport, Pa. (SpeciaD William
Garnee, of Tamarack, this county, made
a deal whereby he secured a wife in
trade for a mule and lot of turnips.
Allie Vierbower is the bride. Her
father approached Garnee and asked
him if he did not want to take his
daughter in trade for mule that Gar
nee had. The latter wanted a week in
which to think the matter over. The
ren met and Garnee said he would
close the deal. Bierbower said that he
would have to have 10 bushels of tur-
nips in addition. The prospective groom
objected, but was willing to give FIVE
bushels. A compromise was effected on
seven and one-half bushels, and the
squire who Fl, the knot remarked that
he hoped the mule would kick the life
out of the brides father
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Globe. CircIing Naval Bases.

Secretary Moody is said to be op'
posed to the establishment of an ex.
tensive globe-encircling system of naval
coaling stations.
As a result of his views on this Sub
ject the plans of those naval officers
who believe the United States should
now secure concessions which will be
of possible value in time of war may
be brought to a halt. Mr.. Moody,
since he assumed the administration OF
the Navy Department, has not recon-
mended the establishment of a single
coaling station. His objection to the
expansion o. the coaling-station system
is believed to be based on the opinion
that it is an unnecessary expense, and
that it is not a judicious move to es-
tablish such a station, for instance, in
the China sea, which will be of no par
ticular convenience, except, possibly. in
time of war.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Recovery from L0ckiaw.

New York Especially Abraham Bross,
of Bergen Fields, N. J.. is recovering in
the Hackensack Hospital from lockjaw
which resulted from a gunshot wound in
the hand, sustained some weeks ago.
When admitted to the hospital his jaws
were already firmly set, and it seemed
only possible that his sufferings might
be eased during the remainder of his life.
He grew worse for time and all the
signs of the disease were present and
practically all hope was abandoned He
was given the tartar emetic treatment
and gradually there was a relaxation of
the muscles. and now he is we'll on the
way to recovery.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Admit Uniformity of Rates.

Answers OF the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company, the Delaware and Hud.
son Company, the Erie Railroad Com
pany and the New York, Susquehanns
and Western Railroad Company tc
the complaint of w. R. Hearst, of New
York, who charges discrimination or
the part OF the coal-carrying roads IN
favor Of anthracite coal operators, were
received by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
In general way the roads question
Mr.. Hearst's interest in the matter
contending that he has not been injur.
ed, nor has he authority to present
his petition on behalf of so-called in.
dependent producers OF anthracite
There is no denial of uniform seized.
Tile OF rates, but it is contended that
any uniformity OF rates for anthracite
coal transportation by the various car
riers has been the natural and in
evitable result of competitive conditions,
which require in the case OF anthracite
coal, as with other commodities, that
traffic of the same character from the
same or competing localities be car
ried at substantially the same rates by
connecting carriers"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Ridiculous Farm.Area Statistics.

The Census Bureau is keenly alive to
the importance of the serious charges
of gross inaccuracy of its statistical re-
ports made by an investigating COM
mittee of the National Board of Trade.
Mr.. Hart Mommsen, the expert chief of
the division of agriculture of the bureau,
promises an elaborate report in answer
to the disclosures made by the Board
of Trade. but he contents himself for
the present with the following state
ment:
This apparent variance between the
census figures and the areas of the
counties indicated requires detailed ex-
PLANTATION which cannot be made in .
few words. 1t is due chiefly to error
on the part of the landowners and op-
orators, and not to the inaccuracy in
the Census Bureau.
MANY farms are of such extent-as
in Texas, for example, where single op-
orators work half county each-that
accurate statements as to the property
owned are impossible to get. Many
farms overlap from the county to an
other, and are reported to the enumer-
ators in both counties.
MANY other difficulties arise in the
course of such an enumeration as this,
which cannot be so easily set forth"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
TURN IN COAL HEARING
The Operators and Miners Will Try to
Make Agreement.
COMMISSION BOARD OF CANCELLATION
Understanding Arrived at Between the Coun'
sci and Acquiesced In by the Commission
That, Pending an Adjournment to Allow
The securing of Data, Efforts are to be MADE
to Agree on the PolIts at Issue.

Scranton, Pa. (SpeciaD .-The mine
workers, through their representatives,
have agreed with the mneowners to at
tempt to adjust the differences existing
between them outside the Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission. The PROPOSE
ton was made on a compromise basis,
and negotiations, it is expected, Will De
at once entered upon, with a reasonable
hope of settlement with the aid OF the
arbitrator. The rough proposition,
which is to form the basis of negotia-
tons, is a 10 per cent. increase in wages,
nine-hour day and trade agreements
between the miners and the companyby
whom they are employed. The only
one of the four demands not touched
upon is that of the weighing OF coal by
the legal ton. While both sides have ex-
pressed the willingness to settle their
differences among themselves, it is not
to be construed that it carries with It the
acceptance of the terms proposed. !ney
are mentioned only as a basis, 1t IS
understood, from which settlement IS
to be effected 1t is possible that the
foundation already laid can be wrecked
by either party holding out too strongly
against some question, and thus leave
the whole matter in the hands OF the
commissioners, who in the meantime
will act as a sort of board of Cancellation
rather than as a board of arbitration.
Few persons were aware that an at
tempt would be made at an outside set
Element until it was practically so init.
mated by Judge Gray, the chairman OF
the commission, who read carefully
prepared announcement from the
bench" The move, one of the most
important in the whole story of the coal
strike, created a mild sensation when 1t
became known.
1t is said it was brought about by
both sides seeing that the proceedings
before the commission would be inter-
'fninable, and that in the interiningling
of the lawyers for both sides the out-
side agreement proposition was
preached and taken UP.
1t cannot be officially stated which
party made the proposition first. The
attorneys for both sides are averse to
talking, but those who were inclined
to say something differ in their state
mentS. An attorney for one OF the
railroads said it came from the miners
side, while one lawyer for the miners
said it came from the operators. An
other representative of the miners said
it was a "spontaneous" proposition.
1t is generally believed, however, that
the operators were the first to make the
proposition.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Men Who Make Fireworks
Are in Constant Danger.

disaster is this: When an employe
enters the building in which he is en-
ployed he must remain there until the
days work is finished at night. EN-
ployes arc net permitted to leave the
little houses even for lunch, and by no
means to meet each other or to congre.
gate during working hours. Each man
and woman working among explosives
brings a lunch and eats it in the build
ing where he or she works. Employees
are not permitted to meet until the
days work is over and they have
changed their clothes, removing those
which may have on them the, dust OF
dangerous chemicals. 1t Is feared
that one person might receive from
the garments OF another bite chem.
ical, PHOSPHORUS, for instance, which
when 1t comes in contact with certain
other substances, causes combustion
at once.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Foreign.

The police of Paris are still trying
to solve the mystery OF the tragic death
OF Mrs. Ellen Gore, the young Amerl-
can artist, who, it now appears. was
separated from her husband. man
who made large fortune in land spec
ulaton in Mexico City.
The secretary of the German I'm
perial Treasury announced i'll the
Reichstag that the deficit in the bud
get for 1908 is estimated at $50, 100000.
He suggested an increase OF the i'm
perial revenues to balance the expendi-
lures.
A row in the Spanish Chamber Of
Deputies. caused by Romero Robledo
calling SagaSta the favorite OF the
King. resulted in an adjournment of
the Chamber and cries OF There is no
government!
General Viloen, the Boer command
er. before leaving London for the
United States, said: THE South Afri-
cans have lost heart and hope, and
peace depends entirely upon the Brit
ish."
The French government met with a
partial defeat in the Chamber OF Depu-
ties on socialist proposal to grant
amnesty for misdemeanors committed
in connection with strikes.
The Osborne estate bill. providing
for the transfer to the British nation Of
the estate on the Isle of Wight. passed
its second reading in the House Of
Commons.
A parliamentary paper was published
in London giving the correspondence
between Mr. Chamberlain and General
Botha about the Beers appeal for aid
The Admiralty Court in London
awarded $4,000 to the Harrison Line
steamer Scholar for salvaging the
American Line steamer Belgenland.
A treaty of peace has been signed by
General Herrera, of the Colombian
revolutionary forces, with the govern
ment commissioners.
Mrs. Annie Penruddocke. OF Comp.
ton Park. Wiltshire, was fined $3.50 at
the Old Bailey, in London, for cruelty
to her child
A Danube steamer, crowded with
workmen, sank off Orsova, frontier
town of Servia, and 80 persons per-
ished
Pope Leo told the Pilgrims that he did
not want to die just yet, as his work was
not comoleted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
CrOpseY Trial Transferred.

Elizabeth City, N c. (SpeciaD -
Judge Fred. Moore, of the Superior
Court, ordered the trial of James Will
cox, charged with the murder of Ella
Crore--- moved from this cit" to Hert-
ford, Perquimans county. This carries
out the decision of the Court which a
few days ago granted Wilcox change
of venue. Hartford is a village in the
center of quiet farming and fishing
section. 1t is understood that the case
was moved to that point so as to insure
against any demonstration that will af-
feet the trial. -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
TRAIN ROBBERS Big LOOT
Rock island Fast Express Successfully
Held Up.
CARS ARE DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION.
Five Masked Bandits Use the Usual Method
to Stop the Train and Garry the Baggage
and Express Car to a Secluded Place-The
Through Safe Is Then Dynamited AMI Its
Valuable Contents Appropriated.

Davenport, la. (SpeciaD Train No.
II, westbound, on the Rock Island
Road, the regular St. Joseph and Kan
sas City express, was held up at 1880
o'clock p. m, three miles west Of this
city by masked bandits, who cut off the
express and baggage cars, forced the
engineer to rim two miles up the
track, blew UP the through express safe
with dynamite and escaped with their
co@>ty, The amount is variously esti-
mated at from $1,000 to $4,000.
According to different reports there
were IL or IS in the gang. The train,
which was due to leave here at 1898 p.
m, was IS minutes late, and pulled out
for the West after a short halt 1t had
just passed through the village OF
Rockingham, on the outskirts OF the
Rock Island Railroad yards, when the
engineer saw a red lantern on the
track and brought his train to stop.
AS he slowed down two robbers
sprang on the footboard OF the engine
and covered him and the fireman with
revolvers. While the engine crew was
thus kept quiet others of the gang
menaced the crew and passengers in
the coaches. One of the bandits un-
coupled the express and baggage cars
from the rest OF the train, and then the
engineer was ordered to pull out. Two
miles west OF Rockingham there is a
stretch OF heavily timbered country,
and in this the engineer was ordered to
stop. The bandits blew up the
through safe with dynamite, using an
extremely heavy charge. The noise OF
the explosion was heard in Davenport.
Alter wrecking the safe the robbers
mounted the engine and ran down the
track. 1t was reported that they left
the locomotive at small station called
Buffalo and escaped in the darkness.
The train was the fast westbound
express, which left Chicago at Cos and
which runs through to Fort Worth,
Tex, via St. Joseph and Kansas City
The name OF the engineer is Shaffer
and the conductor is Trumbull
The explosion badly damaged the car,
but no one was injured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Cn.Edncafinn TO Cease.

CHICAGO Especially Segregation is to
be started at the University of Chicago
with the beginning of the new year, just
after the Christmas vacation The ap-
plcation of the idea is to be gradual.
In each Of the junior college courses,
for which 80 or more students register,
the class will T., divided on the basis of
sex. Thirty is the limit set by the uni.
versity authorities for the number Of
students in any class. Eventually the
Esregated classes will be conducted in
different buildings, -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
The Llfe.Saying Service.

The General Superintendent of the
Life-Saving Service has rendered his re-
port for the year 1902. 1t continues to
show most gratifying results of the work
of this humane organization.
The number of disasters to vessels
within the scope of the operations of the
service during the last year was greater
than ever before, with the exception OF
the years 1893 and 1901, yet the loss OF
life was very small. The number Of lives
lost from documented vessels-those OF
five tons burden or over-was only Io
while 6 were lost from smaller craft
sailboats, rowboats, etc-rnaking total
of Is, a number far below the average.
The amount of property imperiled
was greatly in excess of that of any
previous year in the history of the ser.
vice, owing to the unusual number OF
large vessels involved. No less than 50
vessels, of over 1000 tons burden-oi
which number 80 were steamerS-suf'
fered disaster. The loss of property
however, was comparatively light.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Hanged to Telegraph Pole.

Sullivan, Ind (SpeciaD.-James Dill
lard, the Kentucky negro who criminally
assaulted Mrs. Mary Davis, of Sullivan
county, and Mrs. John Lemon, of Knox
county was hanged to a telegraph pole
one mile east of John Lemons farm by
q mob. billiard was captured at Law
renceville, ILL.,, after a battle with the
town marshal, during which the negro
was shot three times and severely
wounded.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Getting Cholera Under Control.

A cablegram has been received from
the Philippine Commission stating that
the number of cases of cholera had gone
down to five day, instead of "a day
a week ago. The message says that the
commission feel much relieved, and it is
believed that the Mariquina watershed,
which furnishes the water supply for
Manila, will not be contaminated. Up
to a short time ago grave fears were
entertained that cholera might be in
PRODUCED in the Mariquina region, al
though great precautions have been
taken to prevent such result
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
At What Age Should
Men Cease to Labor?

Just to show what a queer animal
is man, it is only necessary to point
to his inconsistencies and contradic-
tions. A short while ago some lead
ing active men of the country gave
their opinions as to the age at which a
man should retire from work-cease
accommodating wealth, and take his
ease with dignity. 1t was held by
some that a man should not think OF
giving up work at sixty, because at
that time of life he was best able to
appreciate all that the world had to
bestow, could do his work effectively,
and, consequently, should remain
in harness. BY this means he would
remain youthful in spirit, irrespective
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Items of Interest.

Contradictory statements are made by
United States Minister Hunter and
Consul General McNally with reference
to the killing of William FITZGERALD by
Minister Hunters son in Guatemala.
Chaplain D. R. Lowell, retired, of the
Army, has asked to be restored. to the
active list.
Assistant Land Commissioner Rich
ards informed the Doukhobors, who
asked for government land and wished
to be exempt from any law but their
consciences, that they could not settle
on public domain.
A report made to the National
Board of Trade by committee oil
experts appointed for that purpose
shows that glazing blunders appear IN
the agricultural statistics Of the Census
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Financial.

Uncle Sam needs more small change
and the minis may be set to work coin
ing it,
BUY Pennsylvania Steel preferred as
an investment" says man who knows
the company like book.
A syndicate is offering a portion OF
the New York Central's 3 I-2 per cent
reiunding bonds at Io4 IL and inter-
est.
Outside OF England there has been
a great deal of selling OF American
stocks during the past two weeks in
Europe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28

becomes monotonous, and longing
steals over one for the former actiy.
tiles. To remain in idleness is to
shrivel up-decay. There Is no sta
tionary condition for man. He either
advances or recedes, and shut off from
an active life he soon becomes old, not
in years alone, but in disposition.
Some people never grow old. They
wear out, but their hearts are ever
young. So the work of life is the road
to happiness. On the other hand. il
was held that at sixty a man should
retire, and make room for younger
men. To remain at work for the pur.
pose merely of moneygetting Wa
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Keller Asked to Explain.

1t is said the Civil Service Commits
sion will investigate and the Postofice
Department will require a more definite
statement from James c. Keller, presi-
dent of the National Association of Let
ter Carriers, concerning his recent visit
to California, which is said to have re-
suited in the defeat of Representative
Z. F. Loud for reelection.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Danish Steamer Sinks.

London (By Cable).-The Danish
steamer Knud H., Captain Hansen,
from Copenhagen, and the British steam
er Swaledale, from Hamburg, collided
at the mouth of the Tyne. The Knud H..
foundered Immediately, and the master
and seven of her crew were drowned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Fighting the While Slave Traffic.

Vienna (By able).-With the ap-
prevail OF the Minister of the Interior,
the Austrian League, to combat the
white slave traffic, will establish
branches in all the important towns and
fonticr stations of Austria and take &C
tive means to suppress the traffic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Killed Eioper In Court.

Havana Especially Senior Rodriguez,
father of a girl who eloped recently
with Senior Infanzon, shot and killed
Infanzon as be was being brought into
court. Rodriguez was arrested. In
fanzon is alleged to have previously in
duced other girls to elope.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Authorizations Cut Millions.

Estimates of appropriations under the
War Department for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1907. will show net de-
crease of $3I,4eo, 4oo84, as compared
with the estimates for 1903, and net
decrease of $2o,o47,o6o.35 as compared
with the amounts appropriated for the
current fiscal year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-28
Brjtain's Sunniest Spot.

The supriest spots in the United
Kingdom are the Channel Islands,
which enjoy sunshine during 1913 per
cent Of the time the sun is above the
horizon in the course of year.
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