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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09

ed for tile National Bank Of North
America, and is to be known as the Wall
Exchange Building. 1t will be IS sto-
ries high, the lower 10 of granite, those
above of brick and terra-cotta.
Charles w. Morse is the real leader OF
the enterprise. Several months ago Mr..
Morse and his associates got control OF
the bank, which then had capital OF
100000, absorbed and merged it into
the Bank of the State of New York.
which had a capital OF SI,2oo,ooo, and
moved the enlarged bank to the horg11
of the latter concern at the northwesN
corner CT William street and Exchange
Place.
That corner plot, containing only
5000 square feet, has since been sold for
100000. Mr.. Morse organized FROM
among his fellow-directorS an associa-
ton which purchased the plot ad>>kl,ng
the old bank building, 100 feet square,
and began the erection of the skyscrapcr.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

AT Fort Dodge, Ia. fire destroyed
the grain elevator and 100000 bushets
Of oats belonging to the Great "eS!.
rrn Cereal Company. The loss IS
$4,000. ,.. o,d
Western Company has forwarded 10 Tue
mine strike commission statistics ="
hours and wages OF It's employees ior
There has been muci, fighting IN the
new oil regions in Wyoming by men
stat;no of claims. but no bloodshed
has been reported yet.
Mrs W. A. Clark. Jr. daughter-'n,
law OF the Montana senator: died al
Ruttc Mont. Her child was born De
ccmber 2. D.,r 81
The wife OF Governor Dockcry. 81
Missouri, who has been seriously J"
Tor some weeks. is dead
AT Sioux City. Ia, fire did 100000
damage, destroying one elevator di.u
ire c0rtents and a number OF other
buildings. .,,.,, H..
Marconi is preparing 10 etablisil MS
svstem of wireless telegraphy through
Negroes of Boston observed the ior-
t;eth anniversary OF the emancipation
proclamation. $500, a..
Associate Justice ". A. Little; OF the
Supreme Court OF Georgia mas re-
signed. :, c ..s,,od IN.
Office of police commissioner OF New
York.
Electrical workers OF Indianapolis are
90 q strike for an increase i'll wage;
B, 3. Odell. IT,, was inaugurated,
Governor OF New York for second
term. ~.. NJ
The capitol at Jefferson City. Mo-
was slightly damaged by fire.
The from Trade Review says that thc
;ror Industry is IN good shape.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
AIDING TIE REBELS.
Minister Bowen Confirms tn, News OF Crisis
for Castro.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD Any
hour may bring the news from Vene-
zuela that President Castro has been
forced out. This may be accomplished
by means OF the revolution led by Gen
cral Matos or by means OF pressure
causing Castro's voluntary abdica;ion
which would mean his fight, ii posi-
bic from Venezuela.
The State Department received a
cablegram from Minister Bowen. the
prrport OF which was to great ex-
tent conhrmatory OF the news that
crisis had been reached in Castro's ten
urc OF Office. Minister Bowen repre-
sents condition OF chaos in Venezuela
and especially Caracas. which Is grow
ing steadily and rapidly more serious.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
MARCONrS WIRES ALL OVER CANADA.
Wireless System to Bring the Great Ncrta
Country Into Communication.

Winnipeg, Man. (SpeciaD .-Marcoat
is preparing to install wireless trans
continental service through Canada.
Two of the experts passed through Win
nipeg OH their way West to arrange for
series of tests in the Rocky Mountains,
where it is expected the diverse electrI'
cal currents in the rarifed atmosphere
of the high attitudes may interfere with
the successful sending of messages.
Winnipeg is to be the halfway house
of the system. 1t is understood the sta
ton will be located at Stony Mountain.
all eminencc II miles from here II will
receive Eastern messages from Mount
ROYAL at Montreal, and it is the work OF
the experts to locate the next Western
station in the Rockies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
Miss Jennie Creek Fatally III.

Richmond, Ind. (SpeciaD Miss Jcn-
nie Creek, the Milf Grove girl who won
a wide reputation by saving passenger
train from plunging through burning
bridge, is now at the home Of her sister;
in Converse. Ind. fatally i'll. The girl
is suffering from a complication Of dis
eases and cannot recover In the sum
me- of 1893 she made danger signal OF
her pctticoat and at the risk of her own
life halted passenger train on the Pan
handle route in time TO save II IRON a
frightful wreck in burned bridge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
Trestle Goes Down With Train.

Bethlehem, Pa (Spccial) AT Bath,
near here. a trcstlc bridge which the
Bath and Northampton Railroad IS
building SWING from its abutmcnts with
a locomotive and seven loaded cinder
cars, together with laborcrs and carpen-
tiers. 1t collapsed in a moment, and cars
and men were thrown to the ground, a
distance OF 90 feet Lafayette Schall,
carpenter. had several ribs fractured and
was seriously cut about the head.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

Former Governor David r. Francis,
OF Missouri, the head OF the St. Louis
Exposition, was robbed on all electric
car in Chicago OF his pocketbook, con-
tanning $50 and valuable papers and
railroad passes.
Swami Trigunattita a distinguished
Hindu savant, has arrived i'll San Fran
cisco direct from the Rama Krishma
Monastery, in Calcutta, India. to make
a pilgrimage around the world.
. w. H. Reeves and E. w. Newcome,
OF the Dowic Zion community, were
arrested on the charge OF kidnapping
Harry Bonn, boy of IS.
Miss Maud Reed, aged 20 years, died
Suddenly from emotional excitement at
revival meeting OF the holiness faith
at North Attleboro, Mass.
There was a wreck on the Grand
Trunk, near ST. GATHERINGS, Ont, III
which one man was killed, the pas
sengcrs escaping with slight injuries.
The final report Of Special Master
James NJ. Beck in the matter of the
sale OF the Philadelphia Record was
confirmed by the United States Court
Graham c. Vorhis, formerly it
charge of postal substation in New
York. was sent to Sing Sing for two
and a half years for embezzlement.
Stephen T. Garland, who was for
many years prominently identified
with railroad interests, died at his
home, in Philadelphia.
w. r. Sullivan, paymaSter OF the
Bussey Coal Mine, was held tip ant
robbed OF $500. He shot one OF the
r.en.
Miss Iona Dunlap was acquitted ii
Aledo, ILL.,, OF the charge OF killing
Miss Allie Dool with poisoned candy.
The settling of the Delaware and
Hudson minc-workings at Olyphant,
Pa, caused ]. w. O'Brien's hotel and
the residence of Mrs. Mary Evans, adj
joining, to cave in. The buildings took
fire Immediately after sinking.
The Pittsburg Local of the lnterna-
tional Association of Bridge and Struc-
tura Iron Workers has submitted
new scale to the manufacturers calling
for an advance from 47IA to 50 cents
all hour for an eight-hour day.
In fight among Italians, brothers ana
cousins. in Santiago de Cuba, two were
killed instantly. two died from wounds
the fifth is fatally and the sixth serious
~ wounded.
DR.. Edgar F. Smith, professor OF
chemistry and vice provost OF the Cn',
yersity of Pennsylvania. was elected
president OF the American P'lloSoph-
ical Society.
The Pressed Steel Car Company he's
adopted the proit-siharing scheme and
its employees may secure preferred
stock easily. e,
The New Orleans-San Francisco Rail
road was chartered in New Orleans
with a capital of S5,oco,ooo.
A gorgeous carnival OF flowers was
held at Pasadena, Cal. The process
sion OF carriages, automobiles, bicycles
and carts decorated with flowers re-
quired 30 minutes to pass a given point
A young woman was found IN the
Campbell House, in Newark, n. }.
nearly suffocated from gas. Another
woman was found nearly dead IN the
same hotel from carboic acid.
Henri WatterSon issued ANOTHER
philippe against the Smart Set, being
moved thereto by the promised COM
ing OF the King OF Belgium and the
Crown Princess OF SaXony.
The Riverside Wooden Mills, q
Knoxville. Tenn, announce reduc'
ton OF hours OF their employees, the re
duction being from II to 10 hours as
days work.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
ALLIED POWERS SILENT.
No Answer as Yet to President Castro's
Amended Proposition.

Washington (Speciai) Nothing has
been heard here from either London,
Berlin or Rome in the nature OF au
answer to President Castro's amended
proposition relative to arbitration. The
United States ambassadors and charges
at the capitcls named have advised the
State Department that they have delv-
cred the Castro proposition at the For
cign Office in their respective capitals,
and it is assumed here that the holiday
season is the cause OF delay, though it
is also known that exchanges arc in
progress between Londor md Berlin
with a view to insuring ul.form action
BIZ the allies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
in THE CHINA SEA !
A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
By SEWARD w. HOPKINS.

The ianitor stood for moment
staring at me with wide-open eyes.
Then, shaking his head mournfully,
he went away in silence.
Then threw myself on the bed,
my bones aching with WEAKNESS, to
catch little sleep. was soon IN a
sound slumber; but there, over me,
around me, was the pale face of Annie
Ralston and the horrid eyes of her
Chinese master.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
Financial.

Gold shipments from London to ia
pan arc considered likely.
The Englisi, Government Is expected
to issue the Transvaal loan i'll March
Lake Superior il 1901 shipped 200.
600 tons of ore and III 1902 more than
100000 tons.
The Government report will most
probably PIT the cotton crop under TO-
100000 bales.
S"squehanna Iron aud Steel has de-
clared its regular sctni-annual dividend
OF =; ger cent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
TALLEST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
New Rank to Be Is Stories and Highest ID
thu World.

New York (SpcciaD .-Workmen are
VOW Busy upon the foundations of what
is to be the taltest Office building, from
basement to roof, in the world
From basement to roof the building
will be .337 feet high, which means about
.,:7 feet from the street level to the
roof. This excels even the Park Row
building, which is now the tallest office
structure i'll the world, for, while the
iii: ::;;: If: :. {; :; :5 ;::;
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
Skin GRATED on Her l. 10.

Lowell, Mass. (Spccial).-Miss Ber-
tina Dccrau, who went to Mckinley
Hospital, in Trenton. N. J., to have
lip constructed. has returned to her
home in Lowell with as sweet a mouth
as the most fastidious young woman
need wish for. Drs. Mccullough and
Brown performed skin-graftng opera
ton with perfect success, using SKIN
from the girls arm in their work. Her
lip was burned away when size was
baby
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09

TIE Russian state sceptre is of solid
gold, three feet long, and contains
among it's ornaments 26e diamonds.
800 rukies, and fifteen emeralds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09

ich he owned d, 4. tnSSe e t~
vea a reply THAI Nc ong, .
;. or;can consul Nv lassist
med Of his, to give Us With a
% in his power e took
l0s sa Of assured vicVo,t iopen
' 'aIsto N and his fatns
lat; sate Club for :npPs sry,. But But
We we're a sllenI o better
;tt Ms was said. No Ut on s
~, that we werss were
. aaerous mission vorablt
- at us-no maV'bt know
sszerything l0 DOL foes meet NEE I
WAT agencies woaway tl
wLa man who ha.1rnia I
.ost beautiful gind abb
% doubt had pOwsertr was to
80 in the land voomy 4
w. her. Edwara though
i his father. LangS' As +
ful than was = - 4 =
~. 7 saw nothM oetwe
me, n;ar, the Iii
OF Aplate anu IL erywhfe
Then hack oe II thrdgi
T. r COW thn ie of tha.
Cb;namor ' ar throaf my
fnaar. mnu 81 1curl unit
his lying tong '0in Hi
mouth in strar
Having sati SeLLIner'
tbe moo, ilr earring,
again and W, 'ne ooAol
Depot to see On ior YAK
land. At frs ntieman III
sisted upon I Seo Us en- en-
bark the foil ng' ouS Eo
ward feared 'ne "ouiu y.
too much fo WIN d HAL
w;l,;nn oon0 ping home tt
his grief-stri, :.
emot;on ~ ne him. He
talked long W Iuwatu
while Lang!oJ alneu aro,'uo
the station neh lucy hao
finished we H. -,
Good ble1oyS' Saiu 'ne
old fatber as he grasped,
first my ha1I nanss'oh 5 II
a vise-like 4 oiess you anu
grant Won lis great under.
TAKING T will do every
thing that. My wife and
Twill aws;ing with hearts
full of bon1ight and every
dav we w;Iou and for her.
Rr;nr No. now his voice
was broLe.,, Bring her
back. No ~. as happened tc
her. Tell Il be my darling
notw;tb sto, I'D, oh, if she
should be j can only bring
her bodv not, then some
proof Of that our hearts
NAV tortured with
Nf%sIoeplied, "do mol
D 81 ~'rcubt that We shall
81 "41aaagEore the hetotc
N =, II So,.anger is past, for
r. Aeet daughter as she
VS. aar enough in my
mo ou muot allow yourself
esnS SICK fear. Keep up q
will bring Annie
'o less I again." he said,
Va hsobs, Then the uni.
y llled out the train
- andMr. Ralston left us;
!, Saiq'but. little on the way
fcP9t to Ralston's hotel,
1T the carriage for a last
CLOCK ] startod for home.
ally shaok himself, and
goo1 night.
e meet you hare" 1 asked,
6 meet at the PERI"
r, L think" said Ralston. !
i'll more or less Of a hurry. |
und to Brown &c Browns. |
l cab aud save all the tise
1t miss the steamer" II
ar. Well be there" we
sht!'
1t take long in those days
epare for a journey-even
alf-way round the world.
t my trunk was in the hall,
waiting for the morning
lie janitor.
bins" 1 said, 81 am, 60
4 short time, and J. want
ent i'll advance"
Z, doctor, your rent amt !
ist, and you surely won't
ger than that. " |
hall be gone a couple of
an going to China. !
lg Kong and Shanghai. I !
rrow with two friends. |
sudden; but-the
At. Now, Mr.. Robbins, if
.e back mind you, 1 ex-
2ck by the 1st of March
t come back, You can dis.
things here. I have no
who is going with
'eturn without me, he lie
1ing that lie wants that is
rest is yours.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
Five Skaters Drowned.~

Evansville, Ind. (SpeciaD. -Threc
bows lost their lives while skating or
q pond a short distance below the city.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09

Pembroke. Mass. (Speclal).-Ihc
bodies OF Oscar Pratt and George Sill
via were found in Big Sandy pond.
The boys started out on Christmas
morning Tor a days skating on Big
Sandy pond. and nothing was seen or
heard OF them afterward until their
bodies we're found SATURDAY.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
CHAPTER III.
I CONTINUED. |

We did do it up quickly. In less
than an hour we were back in Langs-
toms office with tickets for three
first-class passage-in our possession.
On our way back we got a carriage for
the sake of Mr.. Ralston.. While
Langston had been talking to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19

the right troop I will give this
trinket to the captain, and he will
show it to you" When she arrived
home she found the house in great
excitement over her disappearance,
but refusing to give any explanation
of her conduct she was sent to bed
with an added two hours of spinnet
practice for the next week While
the family were at dinner next day
a troop of red coats rode up to the
door. When Pauline ran out the cap
tain showed her the trinket, and
while she was gone to show the SOL
diers where he was, the captain told
her father the whole story. The
squire was white with rage and
vowed vengeance on them. A few
weeks after this Lieut.. Sperry rode up
to the Hendricks mansion and asked
for Mistress Pauline, and presented
her with the trinket from Washing,
ton, in memory of her good service
to the Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19

Portable, she harnessed her favorite
horse Tom and started. For the first
five miles she held the horse in, but
after that they went at high speed
Once she was stopped by three men,
but one of these recognizing her as
the daughter of Paul Hendricks, al.
lowed her to proceed. After an end,
less time, as it seemed to her, she
came in. sight of the camp, and was
challenged by the sentinel. On tell
ing her errand she was given in
charge of an officer, who took her to
Washington's tent. When Washing
ton had finished reading the dis
patches he turned to the girl and
said: You're a brave girl, and the
cause has need of such as thee"
Then he went on: Tomorrow I
shall send some troops to your house
to bring Lieut.. Sperry away, but they
will be disguised as red coats, for it
will not be safe to let them go 9TH
erwise. And to make sure that it is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19
WHY HE LIMBERED UP.
StinEy Hotel Guest for Once in His
Life Had to Hand Out n Tip
for Service.

One of the Waldorf bellboys who
| had just entered the service of the
hotel, and consequently was unable
to discriminate between the more
profitable patrons and those who
merely used the hotel as a meeting
place, calming appropriating its read
ing room, stationery, and in fact every
convenience the use of which would
not entail parting with the coin of the
realm. He soon discovered, however,
that, in the parlance of the other boys,
such habitues were known as ''stiffs,"
says the New York Times.
1t was during the second morning
of his service there that an imposing
looking stranger entered and stood
directly before the bellboys' bench.
At once the new boy, on tip intent,
sprang to his feet and began to dust
off the newcomer with praiseworthy
vigor. When he paused for breath his
ear caught the warning whisper of
stiff; worst kind" while glance at
the waiting line of boys showed that
nearly all were convulsed with the
effort to refrain from laughing aloud.
However, he was game" and kept on
brushing away for dear life. Sudden
ly the Imposing One faced about and
caught full view of the grinning Mer-
curys.
"What are those boys laughing at?
he asked, affably.
"Well," returned young buttons,
with affected embarrassment, they're
laughing at me. You see, they say
you're a stiff and they think you
won't give me anything for brushing
you off"
"They do, do they?" snarled the
"stiff." Then, with a mighty effort he
''fmbered up" sufficiently to hand a
dollar bill to the relieved boy. Here"
he said, savagely. "You show 'em that
and tell them I'll have every last one
of them discharged"
AS he has never since presented him.
self for further attention, it is pre-
sumed that he is now patronizing some
hotel where the employees do not culti-
vate a sense of humor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19
A TALKATIVE CROW.
Jim, Although Quite n Young Bird,
Commands Vocabulary That
Is Astonishing.

Samuel Seager, of Bolivar, N. j.,
has tame crow named Jim, that
can talk as plainly as some parrots.
Jim is only 16 months old, but few
children of that age can excel him in
making remarks. Jim was caught in
a hollow tree on top of a hill near
Bolivar.
With him was his sister, and both
of them were sold into bondage, Mr..
Seager buying jim. Now he is so
tame that he sits on the piano and
criticises when Mr.. Seager's daugh-
ter plays coon songs. Every one who
knows him wishes he could meet
Ernest Thompson Seton.
The crow first began to talk last
winter. He started in by calling
dad" and ''boo-booh." Later
papa" and mamma" were distinct
ly made out. Now he has advanced
so far that when Mr.. Seager asks
him if he wants his breakfast, Jim
replies: "Well, l should smile"
He will fly straight to person
who asks him if he wants his head
scratched, if the person has been
formally introduced to him. Other
wise Jim will cut him dead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19
DESTROYED THE BEER KEGS,
story by Governor Taft Which Illus
trates the Genius of the
FiIipinOs.

Gov. Taft, of the Philippines, illus
trating the genius of the Filipinos, tells
the following story, says the Detroit
| Free Press:
"a Filipino, wealthy, living in luxury
and retaining great number of SER
wants, became enraptured with re-
| ligion. The work of an American mis-
sionary interested him. The mission
airy deplored the great cargoes of
American beer which were being con-
signed to the island. In this deploring
he was Joined by the Filipino. Know
ing that his servants had acquired
desire for beer, the master resolved to
begin at home in his warfare on the
liquor evil. Assisted by the mission
airy search of the house was made,
and in the cellar were found ten kegs
| of beer. Forthwith orders were given
to the head of the servants to have the
bottoms knocked out of those kegs
Immediately. Shortly after the master
was gratitied to learn that the bottoms
no longer were attached to the beer
barrels.
Returning with the missionary that
night from religious meeting the
Filipino was amazed to find his home in
darkness, the doors unlocked, and
Cincinnati-Milwaukee atmosphere per-
vading the place. Everything was in
disorder. The servants were found.
but drunk.
with the morn came sobriety and
demand for explanations. The servant
who had reported the bottoms knocked
out of the kegs indicated himself say,
ing:
1.-The bottoms were knocked out,
sir, but no sooner done than the kegs
were set on their tops"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-19
gGSaQS5&9SSs S2SA&g
50 PAULINE HENDRICKS &
3 ATALE OF THE REVOL luton. =

AN A WARM afternoon in August,
w in the year 1776, a young girl
stood watching a company of raw
militia drilling. She was the daugh-
ter of Paul Hendricks, one of the
most prominent tories on the Island
OF Manhattan, but although the girl
knew little of the affairs of her
country, her sympathies were with
the colonial cause.
7 Quite unmindful of the heat, she
stayed on until the sun had sunk and
1t was fast growing dark. When
Pauline reached home she was greet
ed by the sound of angry voices, and
on coming nearer she saw her father
shaking his fist in the face of a
young colonial officer, and heard him
cry:
No! No! 1 tell you, MOI"
AT this the young officer bowed,
and said: 81 thank you, sir, for the
courtesy with which you have re-
ceived me, and will lose no time in
conveying your answer to Gen. Wash
ington."
AS the officer turned he caught
sight of the girl, and, removing his
hat, he bowed slightly.
For the next few weeks Pauline
had scarce moment to herself
One hot afternoon soon after the de-
feat of Washington's troops on Long
island, she took her hat and stole out
for a walk. She had not walked far
when she heard a strange sound, and,
pulling aside some bushes, she gave
a gasp of surprise, for there, with
his head pillowed on a coat, lay the
officer she had seen talking with her
father some weeks before.
She quickly knelt beside him, and
when he spoke it was to say: II
know that can trust you" The girl
nodded, and he went on: Il am
Lieut.. John Sperry, of the Fifth New
Jersey, and am carrying very i'm
portant dispatches to his eXcellency,
Gen. Washington, and in climbing
yonder fence fell and broke my leg,
L fear me, and now what's to be
done?' The girl thought moment,
and then replied: Tonight l will
ride with them to Washington's
camp" "Why, it's eight miles from
here, and it will not be safe" "All
the same I am going" replied the
dauntless girl. And then telling the
officer she would be back soon, she
ran to the house, and calling her
faithful colored servant 10, told him
the particulars and asked his advice.
1T sartanly is a hard case, missy,
but l thinks we can manage some
how. Your pa out and the sarvents
is all busy, and so if you can keep
your ma out of sight of the back
way, 1 will carry him up to the gar
ret right now"
This Pauline succeeded in doing
without arousing her mothers sus-
picions, and then after going to the
garnet to see if the officer was com