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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

After the Crown Prince Of Siam goes
home an influx of white elephants will
be in order, sent as souvenirs of a
happy trip in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Senator Stewart. who formerly lived
in Nevada, says it will go republican
this fall, but he does not know the
present Nevada.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10
TRACY'S EXAMPLE.

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
Bandit Tracy, who committed suicide
in a western cornfield. set a good ex-
ample. If you can't raise corn kill your
self.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

In a few short days the state pri-
mary will become a back number, and
then oysters will begin to be in order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

The Johnston Waller combine is en-
deavoring to demonstrate the power
lessness of the press in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

It is the automobile that is shipped
by train that can go 100 miles with
out stopping for repairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10
Little Fruit Left In Georgia.

The Central Railrod of Georgia
alone had hauled away up to August
fruit in carload lots as follows, as
compared with shipments of last
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

When society horses are frightened
by society automobiles, then comes
friction of the warmest sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

The state campaign is so one-sided
it is not even interesting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

London society is dividing it's time
between Boer generals and past coro-
nation festivities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

When Kipling enters a neighbor-
hood he should be asked to present
testimonials from his former neigh
bors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Disarmament in this country will be
confined to the United States senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Explorer Baldwin is a man who
knows when he has had enough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Mary MacLane seems to have be-
come strictly domestic on a Boston
baked bean diet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

This is dog day weather, and per-
spiration is easier than inspiration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

In making room for fall goods Pan
anna hats have been marked down to
10 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Thus far the earthquakes in Cali.
fornia have not seriously injured the
prune crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Whitelaw Reid is not wearing his
justly famed knee breaches every day
at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

May and Pattee are still apart and
he is telling her suicide yarns by the
post.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Jim Hill is becoming so old he pro-
poses to do his fellow countrymen in
a jiffy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

This is a critical period in Mrs
Maybrick's ruffled life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Emperor William still desires to be
known as a war lord.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

Wnen klpinB enlSfs HelBuDDf-
hood he should be asked to present
testimonials from his former neigh
bors.
In a few short days the state pri.
mary will become a back number, and
then oysters will begin to be in order.
The Johnston-W Waller combine is en-
deavoring to demonstrate the power
lessness of the press in this state.
When society horses are frightened
by society automobiles, then comes
friction of the warmest sort.
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It is the automobile that is shipped
by train that can go 100 miles with
out stopping for repairs.
London society is dividing it's time
between Boer generals and past coro-
nation festivities.
Mary MacLane seems to have be-
come strictly domestic on a Boston
baked bean diet.
---s-----
Thus far the earthquakes in Cali
fornia have not seriously injured the
prune crop.
In making room for fall goods Pan
ANA hats have been marked down to
10 cents.
Whitelaw Reid is not wearing his
justly famed knee breaches every day
at home.
Jim Hill is becoming so old he pro-
poses to do his fellow countrymen in
a iiffy.
May and Pattee are still apart and
he is telling her suicide yarns by the
post.
Disarmament in this country will be
confined to the United States senate.
This is dog day weather, and per-
spiration is easier than inspiration.
---s---
Explorer Baldwin is a man who
knows when he has had enough.
The state campaign is so one-sided
it is not even interesting.
-.s-----
This is a critical period in Mrs.
Maybrick's ruffled life.
| Emperor William still desires to be
| known as war lord
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
THE POWERS TO
THE INSURGENTS
Cannot ceclarc Panama Railroad
Neutral Zone.
WILL INSIST UPON PROTECTION.
The Consuls Representing the United States,
France, Great Britain and Germany, Reply
to the Note of the Insurgent General
Herrera-Castro Reports Provisions Scarce
In the Rebel Camps.

Panama, (By Cablc).-The foreign
consuls here have agreed to send to the
insurgent General Herrera the follow
ing answer to his note addressed to the
American, French, British and German
conSuls:
His Excellency, Acting Governor
Aristides Arizona, kindly delivered to
certain persons of the consular body let
tiers from you. We understand they
were intended for all the consular corps,
and, therefore, through the Governor,
we beg to reply that the proposal de-,
claring Panama, Colon and the railroad
line a neutral zone is ideal, and some
thing that we, representing foreign in
terests, would gladly hail as an accom-
plished fact However, as we see 1t at
present, and in view Of existing laws,
we recognize the difficulty. if not the
impossibility of its accomplishment
ct could be done only by agreement
between the contending parties to this
unpleasant and unfortunate trouble.
We are extremely anxious to do all IN
Our power to lessen trouble, yet it must
be ever and positively understood that
we have been and will continue to re-
main neutral.
'As regards the advising of their re-
spective government, each consul will
exercise his individual judgment. In
case the contending forces submit to us
or to any member Of our body any
matter and asks advice for its determi-
nation. we shall be ready and willing to
act, if the same is within the scope of
our duties, but any and all initial meas
ures must be taken by the two contend
ing parties and first agreed upon by
them.
Foreigners and foreign property
have a right to full and ample protec-
ton, and this we shall under all circum-
stances insist upon The governments
having special treaty rights will, we
presume, see that they are not violated.
"In the hope that there will be an
early termination Of the civil strife
which has existed for over two years,
| beg to subscribe myself, in behalf Of
the consular corps very truly,
III. A. GUDGER,
Dean Consular Corps"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
Southern Forest Reserve.

Senator Pritchard, from the Commit
tee on Forest Reservations, presented a
report on the bill appropriating $5,ooo,-
600 for the creation of national forest
reserve in the South Appalachian region
as authorized by the committee several
days ago.
The report urges the establishment OF
the reserve for the protection of the
timber and the conservation of the
waters of the land embraced within its
proposed area, placing the damage done
by floods arising in that area in 1901
at $I5oooooo.
1t is said that the land needed can be
purchased for from s. to So per acre,
and that in the Southern Appalachian
Mountains there is greater variety OF
hardwood trees than in any other terri
tory of like size in the Eastern States
1t is also stated that this region has the
highest and largest mountains east of the
Mississippi, the heaviest rainfall on the
continent except along the Northern Pa
cific Coast, and that the washing away OF
the soils can be prevented only by keep
ing them covered with forests.
THE absence from this region of lakes
and gravelly soils, such as abound in the
Northern States and there serve to store
the rains and give uniformity to the flow
of streams" the report continues, "ren-
ders the perpetuation of those Southern
forests absolutely necessary for the pro-
lection of both the soils and the streams.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
MILLIONS LOST
IN A Big FIRE
One of the Greatest CONGREGATIONS in
History of Country.
26 BLOCKS IN PATERSON, N. J.
Heart of the City, Including Its Finest Build
ings, Eaten Out by the Terrible Destroyer
Northeast Gale Battles for Hours Efforts to
Check It-Scores Injured, But Loss Of Life
Uncertain-500 Dwellings Destroyed.

New York, (SpecialD Paterson, N
J., was scourged Sunday by one Of the
greatest fires in the history of the coun-
try.
The heart of the proud Silk City" is
a mass of ruins 1t was eaten out in
less than 20 hours by blaze which, for
fierce destructivcness, has not been par
alleled since that which desolated Jack
sonville, Fla.
Major John Hinchliffe estimates the
aggregate loss at not less than $4,000,
600.
Scores of persons were burned or
otherwise injured, bit the loss of life
is not believed to be great Many per
sons are supposed to be missing, but IN
the excitement ard fright most of these
are probably separated from their fam
lies and friends Until order is brought
out of the situation little that is definite
on this point can be known.
Reuben Isleib, while serving coffee to
exhausted fremen, was hit on the head
by falling beam, and it is doubtful
if he will recover.
George Fitzmaurice, a fireman, is dy-
ing. He was driving an engine from
Passaic when the horses bolted, and be-
fore Fitzmaurice could get them under
control they brought the apparatus
against an electric pole. Fitzmaurice,
who had not waited to strap himself
in, was. hurled out upon his head.
Mrs. Brown, who it was said was over
50 years old, was removed from her
home, IS Broadway, just two doors
from where the fire started. She was
taken to the house of friend near by
and died about an hour later. Her
death was fastened by the excitement.
A number of firemen were overcome.
An estimate made from a general in
spection Of the ruins puts the number
of dwellings, and apartment houses de-
stroyed at 500 and the number of fami-
lies left without shelter at 1000.
The fire began at midnight and was
checked only after desperate fight that
lasted until late Sunday morning. Every
city and town within reach of Paterson
sent firemen and apparatus, and it took
their united efforts to win the battle
A northeast gale gave the conhagra-
ton great impetus and carried burn
ing brands to kind)e the blaze afrcsh.
The firemen made stand after stand be-
fore the wall OF fire, but were repeated
ly driven back When victory finally
came to them they were exhausted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
THREE EFFORTS TO DIE.
Took Strychnine and Broken Glass and
Then Tried Drowning

FL Paso, Texas, Especially Count
de Lucenay, of Calcutta, India, was
arranged here on the charge of false
swearing and was bound over to the
grand jury. In default of $1,000 bail he
was sent to Jail.
His bride, who sat by his side during
the proceedings, returned to Jail to be
near her husband, After the court had
announced its decision the Count"
reeled and fell TO the floor, writing in
commissions. Physicians who were sum
moned treated him for strychnine pois-
oning, and after an hours work re-
stored him. He was taken to Jail and a
short time later it was reported that he
had attempted to drown himself in a
bathtub. Subsequently, it is said, the
Count" broke UP glass bottles and at
tempted to swallow the fragrants.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
ELEVEN ARE DEAD
And MANY INJURED
Burning of a Small Hotel in st. Louis
Results Fatally.
THE GUESTS LEAP FROM WINDOWS
Considerable Delay in Turning in an Alarm
When the Fire Department Arrives the
Whole Front OF the Building Is 10 Flames
Some Escape Fire in Their Nightclothes
to Be Frostbitten on the Streets.

St. Louis, Mo, (SpeciaD.-A fire
here, which destroyed the Empire Ho-
tel, large threc-story building at 27oc
and 27o2' Olive street, caused the death
of II persons and dangerously injured
eight others.
Ten or more who had narrow escapes
from death in the fire were injured by
being frostbitten. Between IS and 40
persons were in the building. 1t is be-
iieved, that $4,000 will cover the
damage to the building and contents ,
The fire started about $50 A. NJ. and
gained considerable Roadway before it
was discovered. There was delay IN
turning in an alarm. When the engines
finally reached the scene the whole
front of the building was in flames and
the interior was furnace.
By that time all who escaped death
had gotten out Of the building by jump
ing from the windows or climbing down
ropes made Of bedclothcs. A few es-
capped from the ground floor through
the front door. Some of the escapes
were narrow. Almost everybody who
got out was frostbiitcn,
The guests barely had time to flee
when aroused, the flames had spread so
rapidly. Some saved their clothing.
which they carried in their hands, but
others were not so fortunate, losing
everything.
After some delay, nearby houses
were opened to the unfortunates and
they were given shelter from the biting
cold weather. 1t was one Of the coolest
NIGHTS of the winter, the ground being
covered with ice and snow. The worst
sufferers were put in the care Of physi-
clans.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
BURIED BENEATH TONS OF ROCK.
Premature El.st Kills and Injuries Several
PerScaT.

Greensville, Pa, (Special).-A fatal
blasting accident occurred ON the new
cutoff of the Besscmcr and Lake Erie
Railroad near Osgood, two miles east
OF here. One man is missing and prob
ably dead; four are fatally injured and
seven arc suffering from fractured
limbs, ribs and internal injuries Sit
perintendent Thomas McConville, of
Scranton, Pa, sustained q fractured
skull and double fracture Of the left
leg. All the other injured are Italians,
and their names could not be learned,
as they are known TO the contracting
firm only by numbers.
The scene of the accident was a rs
foot cut about 1000 feet from the new
steel viaduct which is being construct
ed by the American Bridge Company.
The men had entered the cut with SUI
perintendent McConville and were pre-
pared to make blast The charge had
Just been connected up, when some one
tempered with the battery and set the
blast off without moments warning.
The men were buried beneath tons of
earth and rock.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14

charming little fellow about 5 years
old. The mother told me with pride
how honorable he was, how high
minded and that she had never for
an instant seen in him indications Of
any traits that were low or base.
The child was put to bed every
night at 6. We dined at 7. l was sit
ting in the drawing-room one evening
before dinner The room was dark, the
doors open, and my seat commanded
view of both the stairway and the din
ing-room. The table was set, and in
the center was dish Of tempting
peaches.
Presently there came to my ears the
patter of little bare feet, and a child
ish figure, clad in night gown, stole
down the stairs, through the hall, into
the dining-room, up to the table.
Small fingers seized the topmost peach
from the dish and the little fellow
turned and trotted away upstairs
again.
AS sat in the dark, in an agony Of
apprehension, there came again the
patter, patter ef little feet, and a
white-clad figure stole down the stairs,
through the hall, into the dining-room,
up to the table. Small fingers replaced
the stolen peach just where 1t had
been, and a stubborn little voice NUT
tered, Done again, old devil!-Har-
per's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
u Prizes for Artists.

Philadelphia (SpcciaD Tile honors
and prizes connected with the seventy
first annual exhibition of the Pennsylva-
MIA Academy Of the Fine Arts were
awarded. with the exception of the gold
medal OF honor, which will probably be
awarded at the next meeting of the
board of directors. The Walter Lip
plncott prize Of 5000 was awarded to
Walter McEwen for his picture, can
Ancestor The Temple gold medal
was awarded to Winslow Homer for his
picture, "Northeaster." The Mary
Smith prize of $Ioo was awarded to
Eleanor Earle for her picture entitled
Freight"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
T Orcign.

A dispatch from Dublin TO the Lon
don Pail Mall Gazette says the belief
is growing in Ireland that nothing short
of revolution is meant by the United
Irish League.
An interesting discussion took place
in the lower house of the Prussian Diet
upon the attitude OF the late President
Mckinley toward bimetallism.
A medallion memorial of the late
John Ruskin was unveiled in Westmin-
ster Abbey.
General Herrera, commander of the
Columbian insurgents, in note to the
American, French, British and German
consuls, asks that the line of the Pan
ama-C Columbia Railroad be declared a
neutral zone. The commander says
the Liberals have strong force, and
consider the capture of Panama and
Colon necessary to the development of
their military plans.
Mr.. Brodrick stated in the House of
Commons that the total number of
horses bought during the war in South
Africa was 446.oo8, Of which 77,IoI
came from the United States.
The French admiral at St. Thomas,
D. w. l., on the flagship forge, ex-
changed visits with Admiral Count Won
Baudissin. on the German imperial
yacht Hohenzollern
Thomas Sidney Cooper, the artist,
died at Vernon Holne, Harbledown,
the spot near Canterbury immortalized
by Chaucer.
Emperor William has taken steps to
check the crusade of the Faith Heaters
in Germany
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Schwab
were entertained in London by the Lord
Mayor.
Commandant Marais a Boer leader,
has been captured near Laingsburg.
Mr.. Balfour announced in the House
of Commons that copies Of the CORE
spondence between the Netherlands and
Great Britain had been forwarded to
Lord Miner, with instructions to ask
Lord Kitchener to communicate the con-
tents to the Boer leaders in the field
A high German official explained to
the Associated Press correspondent how
the Emperor refused SPANS request
that Germany head a European move
ment against the United States in 1903
in defense of the moharchic principle.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steam
er, the Libertador, has not been sunk
by government gunboat, as had been
reported. Ninety-four political prisoners
killed the commander of the fort at Car
tagena and escaped.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
II Is Said 10 Cure Leprosy.

A Venezuelan plant, for which is
claimed wonderful curative powers in
cases of leprosy, has been called to the
attention of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and sent to Hawaii for cultivation
and experimentation.
Secretary Wilson says some expert
ments have been made, but they have
not demonstrated its curative qualities.
Some of these shrubs we're received
here some time ago, and it was claimed
Tor them that they would effect cure
of that dread and supposed-to-be incur
able disease. Some of them were sent
to Hawaii to be experimental with and
some were kept at the Department for
examination. The Secretary says the
investigation has not been abandoned,
and the experiments will continue until
the merits Of the shrub are fully tested.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
LIVES LOST IN CAR WORKS FIRE.
Burning of the Rock Island Railroad Shops
Several Persons Injured.

Horton, Kan. (Special.)-Fire in the
big car works of the Rock Island Rail
road caused the death Of two persons
and the destruction Of $4,000 worth Of
property.
The fire broke. out in the cabinet de-
partmcnt and spread so rapidly that the
employees on the second floor and IN
Superintendent Studer's office hardly
escaped with their lives, many OF the
employees being slightly injured. The
walls of the car shops fell 20 minutes
after the fire was discovered. The loss
on the building is $4,000; machinery
100000; material, 100000. The Ell
CINE house was destroyed, but the new
$4,000 boiler plant was saved. McKeon
lost his life in trying to save Davis.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
News of 1901 Makes Strange Reading
When Reprinted.

When Reprinted
The London Times reprints from its
issue of November %, 1901, the follow
ing curious items:
"a milliner advertises that she will
rot be visited on foot, and assures her
customers that her father kept his own
coach. This is very true-No. sos, and
drove it also.
"a great change is announced in the
sporting world. Powder is utterly out
of fashion, and a gentleman would
scorn to knock down partridge with
anything but an air gun, always ex-
cepting the long bow, with which so
many of our best shots kill their game.
Among the lay sportsmen the con-
test lies, who shall kill the most head
of game, but your sporting parsons
think nothing of one another till they
have had shot at the squire.
"A.n odd circumstance occurred the
other day in -- church, in Leices-
tershire. The lord of the manor has
brought an action against the parson
for shooting upon his lands and i'm
agining himself to be addressed from
the desk in the words, % Lord, forgive
us our trespasses,' the squire rose in
a fury and swore he would see him
Id first.
ION Friday coal porter exhibited
his wife in Smithfield, with halter
round her neck, for sale. He demanded
guinea for her, but she hung on hand
for some time, until a man of good
appearance made the purchase, and,
packing her, halter and all, into a
hackney coach, drove for Blackfriars
bridge amidst the huZzas of the mob"
Foiling the Common Enemy
The widow of an English army off,
Ger was visiting me with her son, a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
ACTIVE SERVICE OVER.
Admirais Sampson and Cromwell Put on the
Retired List.

Washington, (SpeciaD.-T names
of Rear Admirals William 7. Sampson
and Bartlett Cromwell were placed on
the retired list Sunday on account of
their having reached the age of 62 years.
Rear Admiral Sampson is lying i'll at
his home in this city. Rear Admiral
Cromwell is in command of the Euro
pean Station and his flagship, the Chi
cago, is now i'll the Mediterranean. Capt.
Joseph T. Craig, commanding the Al
bany, the senior officer on the station,
will assume temporary command of the
station upon Admiral Cromwells re-
tirement and will hold this command
until the arrival on the scene early in
April of Rear Admiral Crowninshield
and his staff.