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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
LANGLEY TO The PRESS
Will Tell All About His Flying Machine
When il Flies.
ONLY m AN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.
Practice of Scientific Men Not to Make Pub
lie Results of Work Until Certalu-Experi-
ments Have for Their Object the Develop
ment of a Machine for War Purposes-Pnb'
lie Mlsapprehenslons.

Washington, D. c. (Special).-Pro-
lessor Langley, secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, whose experiments
down the Potomac river with the aero
drome, or flying machine devised by
him, have attracted wide public inter
est, in order to correct certain public
misapprehensons, issued the following
statement:
Smithsonian Institution, Aug. 10.
TO the Press:
"The present experiments being
made in mechanical flight have been
carried on partly with funds provided
5y the board of ordnance and fortlhca-
lions and partly from private sources
and from a special endowment OF the
Smithsonian Institution. The expert
ments are carried on with the approval
IF the board of regents OF the Smith
;onian Institution.
The public's interest in them may
cad to an unfounded expectation as to
heir immediate results, without an ex-
olanaton which is here briefly given
These trials, with some already con-
1ucted with steam driven flying ma
chimes, are believed to be the first in
he history of invention where bodies
lar heavier than the air itself have been
sustained in the air for more than a
few seconds by purely mechanical
means. In my previous trials success
has only been reached after initial fail
ures, which alone have taught the way
to it, and | know no reason why pros
pectve trials should be an exception.
1T is possible, rather than probable,
that it may be Otherise now, but, Judg-
ing them from the light of past expert
ence, it is to be regretted that the en-
forced publicity which has been given
to these initial experiments, which are
essentially experiments and nothing else,
may lead to quite unfoundcd expccta-
tons.
1T is the practice of all scientific men,
indeed of all prudent men, not to make
public the results of their work till
these are certain. This consideration,
and not any desire to withhold from the
public matters in which the public is in
terested, has dictated the policy thus far
pursued here.
"The fullest publicity consistent with
the national interest (since these recent
experiments have for their object the de-
velopment of machine for war pur-
poses) will be given to this work when
it reaches stage which warrants pub
lication."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Moro Hoo ful fer a Canal

DR. Thomas Herran, the charge
d'afTaires at Washington for Colon
bia. has received several additional dis
patches for Bogota confirming the re-
port that the Colombian Congress had
under consideration a new proposition
for a Panama Canal Treaty with the
United States. These dispatches were
forwarded by DR.. Herran to Acting
Secretary OF State Alvey A. Adec, who
refused, for the present, to make pub
lie their text.
According to the dispatches the Co.
lombian Congress probably will en-
power President Marroquin to negoti-
ate new treaty with this country along
certain lines laid down by Congress.
Exactly what these lines may be is not
stated in the dispatches, the last OF
which is dated Bogota, August II. A
committee of three has been appointed
by the Senate to draft the canal reso-
lutions, which will have to be reconcll-
able to the Colombian Constitution
and also as near as possible to what it
is believed will be agreeable to the
United States. The names OF the
three senators appointed on this COM
mittee are not stated in either Of the
three dispatches received by DR.. Her
ran, but hc believes they were selected
because of known views favorable to
the construction Of the canal across
the Isthmus OF Panama.
Both the officials OF the State De-
partment and DR.. Herran feel much
more optimistic than they did a few
days ago, when the first news OF the
defeat of the treaty in the Colombian
Senate was received here. There is
now renewed inclination to hope that
Colombia is now taking means to get
around her constitution in some man
ner not yet clear to the authorities
here.
Acting Secretary Adee received a
communication from the president OF
the cable company running between
New York and Colombia, which eX--
planned that delay in getting word
from Bogota was not due to any fault
OF the cable company, but to the delay
in overland transportation from the
point where the cable lands in Colon
bia to Bogota. He said it takes from
five to fifteen days to get message
from the landing station OF the cable
to Bogota, but that the Colombian
government had entered into an agree
ment to repair the telegraph lines be-
tween the two points Immediately.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
POSSE IN PURSUIT OF MURDERER
A Desperate Negro's Deadly Work In
Alabama Town.

Hehin, Ala. (SpeciaD.-News has just
reached here that three men have been
killed and ten wounded in Randolph
county by a negro named Sledge. The
sheriff and posse are now in pursuit but
have not yet captured the murderer.
The trouble started over a difficulty
in a watermelon patch last Saturday
A party OF white men we're working the
public road at Beaver Creek, near La
mar, and when they finished they asked
permission to eat a few melons in tho
negro's patch They were told to helr
themselves.
The men began to cut and slash mel
ons and vines while Sledge looked on:
The negro warned them to stop, and
then went after his gun. Returning, no
empted the weapon into the crowd,
wounding 9 out OF H.
Immediately Sledge fled. A posse
headed by the sheriff overlook the ne
gro near bridge over the Tallapoosa
River, five miles from Wcdowe. He
was ordered to surrender, but replied
by firing his shotgun, instantly killing
Thomas Ebbet and Robert Ford.
Sledge was accosted on the road by
James Moore and Bud Wilson. With
out warning the negro raised his gun
and fired, instantly killing Moore and
MORALLY wounding Wilson.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
SPARKS FROM The WIRES.

The Buffalo Union Furnace Company
has procured an injunction against the
National Association of Blast Furnace
Workers.
The Detroit police are as far from {,
solution of the murder of AlphonN
Wines as they weie when the mutt
lated body was found.
The answer to the bill in equit,
against the Susquehanna Iron and StecI
Comp any was recorded at Lancaster. "a
Policeman Joseph Hunkler was slio
and killed by Walter Gleason, who after
ward shot himself
Sixteen more bodies of victims OF the
mine explosion at Hanna, Wy, have
been recovered.
Elijah II. Lewis. private at For
Douglas. was shot and instantly k'lled
Uprisings IN China are SAID tc
threaten to involve the whole country
owing to tbs antagonism OF foreign IN
tereets
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
PRESIDENTS TAXES ON SYCAMORE HILL
His Country Home and Property In Village
Asses sed for $4,000.

Oyster Bay Especially The town as
SCISSORS have completed the assessment
roll and its total is above $II,ooo,ooo, an
increase of $75o,ooo
President Roosevelt is assessed for
$4,000, the same amount as last year.
This is for Sycamore Hill and his
property in the village.
William C. Whitney is high man on
the list He is down for $25o,ooo on his
estate on the Wheatley Hills. Charles
NJ. Pratt, $4,000, is second, and Will
liam D. Guthrie, $Io5, 900, third. Real
estate values have risen to a marked de-
gree. The Isaac Smith farm of 100
acres, which adjoins that of President
Roosevelt, went begging for years at
$4,000, but has recently been sold for
over 100000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Jade Tablets Returned.

Three valuable jade tablets, looted
from the ancestral temple in the For
hidden City when Peking was captur'
ed, have been turned over to the GUS
toms surveyor at San Francisco by
Capt. A. " P. Anderson, Sixth United
States Cavalry.
They will be given by the United
States Government to the Chinese Min
lister. Two OF them are richly engrav-
ed in the Manchu characters, and the
third bears interesting Mandarin let,
tering. Captain Anderson explained
thew we're given him at Yang-tsun.
China, by Russian officer, who sought
to show his affection by their bestowal
The customs officials have thanked
Captain Anderson for returning the
tablets.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
BIG PIANO COMBINE.
A SiO,00O,0oO Holding Company Has Been
Formed In New Jersey.

New York (SpeciaD. A $4,000, 600
holding company, to be known as the
Aerolian- Weber Fiano and Pianola
Company, has been incorporated under
the laws OF the State OF New Jersey
and will at once assume the general
management of the interests i'll the
manufacture of musical instruments
heretofore controlled by the Aerolian
and Weber companies. 1t is the largest
organization Of capital ever brought to-
gether in the musical business, and the
process OF its accumulation has been
going on many months. The COM
panics forming the corporation are the
Weber Company, the Weber Piano
Company, the Votey Organ Company,
the Vocalian Organ Company, the Or
chestrelle Company Oondon), the
Gibraltar Company (Berlin), the
Wheelock Piano Company and the
Stuyvcsant Piano Company.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
In the Departments

Gen. Frederick D. Grant comman'
der Of the Department OF Texas, has
been asked by the department to eX-
plain the premature publication OF MS
annual report in San Antonio.
State Department officials are en-
couraged by additional advices to hope
Colombia will find way to agree on
tn canal project.
Figures have been published showing
the commerce between the United States
and its non-contiguous territories for the
fiscal year. just ended.
The Cuban government is ready to
conclude the formalities connected with
the leasing of the coaling stations IN
Cuba to the United States.
Secretary Wilson exhibited tie first
hank of silk reeled from the sllk-rcelne
machines recently purchased by the De
partment of Agriculture.
Midshipman Duncan Douglas was
dismissed from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis because he made false state
ment regarding his age.
The bronze statue of General Shcr-
man was placed upon the pedestal built
for it in the grounds south of the Treas
ury.
A tax will be placed upon vessels en-
tering the ports of Panama or Colon tor
sanitary purposes:
DR.. Herran. the Colombian charge.
has advices announcing the appoint
mcnt OF Senate committee to confer
with one OF the House in preparing a
bill in regard to the Panama Canal.
The reelection OF James {. Keller as
president OF the National Association
OF Letter Carriers would be unfavorably
regarded BY the postoffice officials,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
THE latest fEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

Mrs. Bertha Roda, wife OF Phila-
dclphia textile striker, tried to kill her
four children because they were starry
ing
DR.. Allen Thompson, a wealthy ply
stefan of Troy, N Y, committed sui
eide at Asbury Park by cutting his
throat.
The result of the Democratic county
convention in Ohio indicates that
neither Tom l.. Johnson nor John L.
Zimmerman has enough pledged dele
gates to control.
1t is stated that the Wabash Rail-
road has secured valuable terminals
in an entrance into Cincinnati.
Rev. P. J. Hayes, secretary to Arch
bishop Farley. was appointed chancel-
Tor Of the Archdiocese OF New York
to succeed Right Rev. c. II. Cotton,
bishop-elect of Buffalo.
Rufus Cantrell, the negro grave rob-
Der, of indianapolis, Ind, confessed.
Two persons we're killed and many
jured in a wreck of an excursion
train full of Elks near Chehalis, Wash.
Believing that he would not be able
to be impartial in the second trial OF
Lulu Prince Kennedy, Judge WolforJ
swore himself off the bench.
Six hunters of lost gold mine, hail
ing from Chicago, are under arrest at
Turks Island, West Indies, suspected OF
flibustering.
John Ellsler, father OF Efic Ellsler,
the actress, and himself an actor and
theatrical manager, died in New Yori;
OF heart disease.
The monument to the memory OF
Hale Johnson, who was asSasinated last
year, was unveiled by prohbitionists at
Newton, III.
By the merging Of number of sheet
and tin plate companies in Pittsburg
all independent combine has been
formed.
Theoretically, hostile feet sailed
from the tropics to attack Portland,
Me-, marking the beginning OF the
mimic war.
The Southern Pacific has made an
offer to build tobacco dry warehouse
at Nacogdoches. Tex.
Secretary OF War Elihu Root sailed
from New York for Liverpool.
The deal for the purchase OF iron ore
lands on the Mesaba Range, Mime
sofa. by the United States Steel Cor
poration has been verified.
Schuyler c. Kelley lieutenant colonel
of the Missouri militia, is mysteriously
missing from his home in Kansas City,
Mo.
The creditors of Porter Brothers
RI
their business pending bankruptcy pro-
CecdingS.
The organization of the Southern
Textile Company, combine of South
ern cotton yarn mills, has been COM
pleted. =.
The Society OF American Florist and
Ornamental Horticulturists elected Of
fcers at Milwaukee.
The Sultan OF Deseen has apologized
for the insult rendered the United
States flag.
The volume Of business in the iron
market has greatly increased OF late.
Big tax rebate frauds have been I'M
earthcd in Chicago.
The Congregational Summer Assem-
bly,. at New Buffalo, Mich, passed rcso-
buttons in favor of the union of United
Brethren, Methodist Protestant and Con-
gregational denominations
The parade of the Grand Army of the
Republic was feature at San Francisco.
The National Association of Union ex-
Prisoners of War elected officers for
the year.
Henry Broughton, the witness who
ran away and had to be captured, was
OH the stand in the trial of Caleb Pow
ers at Georgetown. KY.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
SHELLED BY THE TURKS.
5000 People Homeless and Starving -5Op
Killed.

Salonica (By Cable).-A correspon
dent at Monastir sends this Dispatch:
when the Bulgarian bands entered
Krushevo they occupied the Greek
quarter, hosting their flag over 9
Greek house. The Turkish troops ar.
rived August r. All the Komitajis had
already gone, except about 400 Local
men. Although no shot was fired from
the town the Turks began lombard
ment, which was continued throughout
August 10. The shells destroyed 3oc
houses, 2I5 shops and the Greek church
and school. The Bulgarian quarter es'
capped
The Turks entered the town August
"a, pilliaged all the houses, assaulted
many of the women. stripped many per
sons naked and killed about 900 loca
Bugarians. and also some 90 innocent
Greeks and Vlachs.
About 5000 people arc homeless and
starving.
The material damage done amount'
to several million francs.
The Turks, August 10, massacred
200 Bulgarans who surrendered at .
village near Monastir.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
GIANT CRUISER LAUNCHED.
A Distinguished Gathering Sees the PenS'
syivanla Plunge.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD.-An event
which will be memorable in the history
of this State was witnessed here when
the giant armored cruiser Pennsylvania,
christcned by the daughter of M. 5.
Quay, the senior United States Senator
and the States political leader, was
launched at the yards of the William
Cramp Ship and Engine Building Com
pany
The initial plunge of the formidable
addition to the United States Navy was
witnessed by the largest and one of the
most distinguished assemblages that ever
gathered at Cramps shipyards More
favorable weather could not have been
desired, and the flag decked sea-fghter,
gliding down the ways greeted by the
shouts of thousands of spectators and
the shrill blasts of hundreds of river
craft, was an inspiring scene.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
creign.

Gen. Menotti Garibaldi. eldest son of
the famous Italian patriot Of that
name, is dead
Turks and Bulgarians each blame
the other for burning Macedonian vii
lagos.
Two accused members of the Hum
bert family were found guilty OF swim
ding in Paris and we're sentenced to
varying terms of imprisonment.
Baron Won Theilman resigned as
secretary OF the German Treasury and
Baron Won Stengel was appointed in
his stead.
1t is rumored that Emperor Francis
Joseph will abdicate as King of Hun
gary.
The St. Mary Fruit Association, at
Kingston, Jamaica, has dispatched a
steamer to Baltimore with 10000
punches of bananas, but, as result OF
the damage by the hurricane, the aSso-
citation will suspend operations for IL
months.
Rev. DR.. George C. Lorimer is re-
turning to New York, having refused
all overtureS to accept call in London.
DR.. Lardy. the Swiss minister at Par
is. has declined to serve as an arbltra-
tor on the Venezuela claims.
Some $500 textileworkers in Saxony
have struck for higher wages.
The Hamburg American and the
North German Lloyd Steamship COM
panes are reported to be disconnected
with the manner in which their agree
mcnt with the international Mcrcantl.
Marine Company is being carried out,
and may terminate it. Director Balm,
of the Hamburg American Company,
however, denies the story.
Turkey has accepted all the Russian
demands and begged that the Russian
warships be withdrawn from Turkish
waters. The powers are negotiating
plan for the settlement OF the Mace
DOMAIN trouble. 1t is reported that
Russia will act on the sea, Austria OIL
the land and Italy will exercise surveil
lance over Albania.
The town of Burnt, Northern Nj
geria, was destroyed by British force,
700 natives being killed, including the
former Sultan of Sokoto. The British
loss was II men killed and 62 wounded
The shareholders OF the Cunard
Steamship Company ratified the agree
ment between that company and the
British government.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Poisoned by Eating Ice Cream.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Especially
More than fifty people, the majority of
whom are tourists in this city and Mani
tou from all parts Of the country, have
been poisoned from eating ice-cream
made by local dealers from consign-
ment of cream received Sunday morning
from one of the largest creamcries and
diaries in the state, situated near Denver.
Analysis by the health officers of Colo
RADIO Springs reveals the fact that the
cream was charged with tormaldehyde to
keep from sopr!ng. =.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Financial.

The Union Pacific will connect its
tracks with the Great Western at Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
The regular quarterly dividend Of IA
per cent on National Lead preferred
has been declared.
The Gould pool in Missouri Pacific
followed the lead OF the Rockefeller
crowd and sold stocks all around.
Missouri Pacihc's June gross earn
ings 81 per cent. l.. six months the
company has earned net AZ per cent.
IN all its stock,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Suicide In Jail.

Nyack, N. Y. (Special).-Herman T.
Coates, who murdered Louis Hull at
Spring Valley on May 10, 1902, COM
mitted suicide in the Rockland county
jail by cutting his throat with rusty
razor, which he obtained in some ,nac-
countable way. Coates was brought from
Richmond. Va. where he was arrested
for vagrancy While there he confessed
to the murder of Hull On Sunday he
Jumped from an Old Dominion steamer
off Sea Grit, but was rescued.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Humberts Convicted.

Paris (By Cable One of the great,
est criminal trials in the history Of
France eliminated here when the jur!
in the Court of AssizeS rendered a Yer.
dict of guilty against Thcresc Humbert
her husband, Frederic Humbert, and hei
brothers Roman and Emile Daurignac
After a brief deliberation the court SEN
fenced Therese and Frederic Humberi
each to five years imprisonment and to a
fine of 100 francs (about $1o). Emile
Daurignac to three years and Romalr
Daurignac to two years. The verdict
was reached after the Jury had been out
four and a half hours.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Attended Suicide.

Chicago, III. Especial -After satur-
ating her clothing with kerosene and
setting it on fire in an effort to commit
suicide, Mrs. Mabel Lathey, 2ooo Wa
bash avenue, fell upon the foo: Of the
hallway in her home and awaited death.
A boarder in the house discovered the
unfortunate woman, and with the aid OF
a policeman, succeeded in extinguish-
ing the flames, but not until the woman
had been so severely burned that it is
feared site will die.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Coal Strike Award.

Birmingham, Ala. (SpeciaD.-The
Coal Strike Arbitration Commission
has made its awards, increasing the mi
ners' wages 2H cents. 1t also grants
semimonthly payments; compromises
the eight-hour day question and for
bids boys under ID years entering the
mines.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Hurt By Dynamite.

Walter, Okla. (SpeciaD.-Prof. f.
Horn, until recently prominent in Ala
bama educational circles, was fatally in
jured here by the explosion of a stick
of dynamite. The body was horribly
mutilated. Both hands were blown off.
abdomen and breast were blistered and
portions of his nose, cheeks and chin
were torn away Professor Horn was
throwing the dynamite into a creek 10
kill fish.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
A Tragedy IN Honolulu.

Honolulu (SpeciaD.-E NJ. Jones
shot and killed his divorced wife and
probably fatally wounded her mother,
Mrs. Parmenter. Jealousy is assigned as
the cause of the shooting Jones wife re.
GENTLY obtained divorce on the ground
of cruelty. Jones is half breed. while
his wife was a member of prominent
white family. After the shooting Jones
disappeared with threats to commit sui
eide. There is talk of lynching him in
the event he is found alive.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Blow 10 Save Killed Him.

Tunkhannock, Pa. (SpeciaD Jacob
Wilsey, farmer who lived near Lake
Carey, Wyoming county, was attacked
by vicious dog. The animal seized him
by The throat. threw him down and was
manging him terribly when Mrs. Wilsey
came to her husbands rescue with an ak
The wife struck at the dog just as Mr.
Wi'scy raised bis leg. Wilscy received
the full force of the blow just below the
knee. severng an artery. He bled to
dea h before physician could reach
him,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Boy Killed Tormentor.

Utica, N. Y. (Special).-Herbcrt
Moon Utica boy, 10 years old, shot and
killed Lucian Drew, aged 20, of Ithaca,
Mich, on farm near this city. The
bow and man had been quarreling and the
latter had severely choked young Moon.
During the quarrel the boy broke away
and got a 22-caliber rifle, with which
he shot Drew.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Gen. Black Now CommanI Ter.

San Francisco, Cal. (SpeciaD.--Gen.
John c. Black, OF Illinois, was elected
commander in-chicf OF the G. A. R.
Other officers elected we're: Senior vice
commander, Col. c. Mason Keene, OF
California; junior vice commander, Col.
Harry Kessler, Of Montana; surgeon
in-chief. George A. Harmon, Of Ohio;
chaplain chief, Winfield Scott, of Ari-
IONA Boston was chosen as the meet
ing place for the next encampment
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-28
Quay Not Sick.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially Senator NJ. S.
Quay arrived in Pittsburg on his way to
his home at Beaver from Southampton,
IL. A sensational report was circulated
that the senator had died suddenly on
the train while en- route to this city. 1t is
not known how the false report started
as Mr.. Quay was i'll his usual health.