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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
Interior Department Expense Decreasing.

The Secretary of the Interior has
completed and forwarded to the Secre-
tary OF the Treasurer his estimate Of
the appropriations necessary to conduct
the affairs of the Interior Department
for the fiscal year ending June &c. 1905.
The estimate places the total require
ment for the department at 5000, 900,
which is about $1,000, 900 less than the
appropriation for the current year.
The proposed reduction will be made
in the Pension Bureau and the Indian
Office.
The estimate for pensions is $I36,Soo,-
600, or $I,7oo,oo less than the appro-
priation made for this year. There also
is a cut OF $I,3oo,ooo in the estimate
for the Indian Bureau. The estimate
for the expenses of conducting the al
fairs OF the Five Civilized Tribes Of In
dams is $25o.6o5.
The reduction in the pension estimate
is due to calculation of deaths OF
pensioners made by the Commissioner
Of Pensions.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
| Cfeign.

An American who has been studying
the situation at Dalny, on the Liaotung
Peninsula says Russia has 100000
troops in Manchuria, and is also
Strengthening her position on the west
bank OF the Yalu river Japan contin-
ues her policy OF settling Korea.
The plan of the powers for the
amelioratiOn OF affairs in Macedonia,
Just submitted to Turkey, provides for
control OF all branches Of the admins
tration Of the disturbed provinces by
Austria and Russia for two years.
Emperor William was present at the
unwilling of monuments at Kuestrin,
Prussia-one to mark the grave of Jo-
ham, who built the fortress at Kues-
trim and another i'll memory OF Fred
erick the Great Elector.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador at Madrid, has been
selected to succeed the late Sir Michael
Herbert at Washington.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador at Madrid. will
probably succeed the late Sir Michael
Herbert as ambassador to the United
States.
At the suggestion OF Signor lamar
deli, who has resigned the Italian pre-
miership, the King has charged Signor
Gioletti with the formation OF new
cabinet
The underwriters at Lloyds have dou
blcd the insurance rates to the Far
East, covering all risks if war is de-
clared within three months.
The Turkish authorities have hurried
troops to Uskub because OF the dis
covery OF a military plot to kill the
Russian consul there.
The Japanese minister at Paris in
sists that the negotiations between ia
pan and Russia continue and predicts
peaceful result. :,
The detachment of the Honorable
Artillery Company OF London, arrived
at Liverpool on their return from the
United States.
While deer-stalking at Rominten EN-
peror William sank to his hips in the
bog and the foresterS pulled him out
of the mire.
British Secretary Lyttleton, Liberal
Unonist has been reelected to the
House of Commons by greatly re-
duced majority.
The Russian viceroy of the Far East,
Admiral Alexieff, is opposed to the open
ing of Manchurian towns to foreign
trade. The treaty of commerce between
China and the United States provides
that concessions be given at Mukden and
Antung.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
FATHER SLEW CHILDREN
Killed The Little Ones to Spite His
Wife.
FLED FROM WRATH OF LYNCHERS.
To the jail Turnkey Mcclure Admitted the
Murder OF His Two Children, and Said He
Had Killed Them Because His Wife Had
Left Him and Refused 10 See or Have Any
Thing to Do With Him.

Marion, Ind Especial. Jesse Nc
Clure farm hand, murdered his two
sons, aged FIVE and seven years, leaving
their bodies in fence corner While a
mob was forming to capture and lynch
him, he drove on a run to this city and
gave himself up. He has been secreted
by the authorities, who fear attempted
violence.
Mcclure lived near Frankton, and had
separated from his wife year ago. she
refusing to live with him and returning
with her children to her fathers home
At noon Mcclure hired rig at Elwood
and drove to the Kilgore farm, the owner
being Mrs. McClure's father. He found
the children playing in the front yard
and induced them, with candy, to take a
ride with him. He drove mile up the
road, carried the children to fence cor
ncr and shot them with revolver. The
older one was found dead a few minutes
later and the younger one was dying
a piece of the candy being still in his
mouth. Mcclure fled and was pursued
by a crowd of young farmers bent on
deadly vengeance The alarm was given
and from all surrounding towns armed
pursuers started Mcclure succeeded in
reaching the jail in safety.
To the jail turnkey Mcclure admitted
the murder of his two children and said
he had killed them because his wife had
left him and refused to see him. He
said:
When she refused to see me l de-
Cided to be revenged, and drove down
the road to little clump Of small trees.
My two children were asleep in the buy
, gy When | stopped the jolt awoke my
little boy, Dec He looked up to me and
said:
Papa, what are you going to do?
Il pitt my hand over his eyes and took
my gun from my pocket and shot him
in the forehead. killing him instantly.
The shot awoke little Homer, and |
took him by the shoulder and fired shot
into his head. They both fell to the bot
tom of the buggy. | drove the horse to
the side of the road and lifted both
bodies out and laid them out on the with
cred grass. | then drove directly to Ma
rion, to the Jail, and am here to give
myself up. E.
The neighbors will lynch me when
they find out what | have done. do
do not care what you do with me. am
ready to die, and expect to hang for this
crime All that l ask is to see my dear
little ones buried"
Late in the evening it was learned that
mob was being formed to come to Ma
rion and lynch Mcclure. Deputy Sher-
if Williams then spirited the murderer
away from the jail and started with him
20 IndiopaDOIic
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Immigration Increases.

The annual report of Commissioner
General Frank P. Sargent, of the Btu
reau of Immigration, shows a large in
crease of steerage immigration over that
of the preceding year, the aggregate for
the fiscal year of 1908 being 857,o46, All
excess over that of last year of 2oS,3o3,
or 81 per cent.
The statistics show an increase. in I'M
migration from all foreign sources, sug-
costing as the chief cause of the influx
of aliens into the United States during
the year the inducements offered to set
tiers here, rather than any special causes
of discomfort in their own countries. Of
the total Storage immigration there
came from Europe 8I.b5o7, from Asia
2o,o66 and from all other sources 1858.
If to these figures are added those rep
resenting the total arrivals of alien cabin
assengers-o4, 26o-the result will show
that the total immigration of aliens to
the United States during the year aggre-
gated 1875, or Io5,o43 more than the
greatest number heretofore reported for
any one year.
The greatest number of immigrants
-23o, 622-came from Italy, an increase
Of 52,247 over last year, while Austria
Hungary furnished 2o6,oII, an increase
OF 34,o22; Russia I36,oo3, an increase OF
2S,746; Germany, 4o,o86, an increase OF
1872; Sweden, 46,o28, an increase Of
1874; Ireland, 35,2Io, an increase OF
6I72, and England, 26,2Io, an increase
of 1904 OF the Oriental countries,
Japan was foremost, with 1908, an in
crease of 56o8, while China contributed
22oo, an increase of 500 over last year.
OF the total number of steerage aliens
6I3,I46 were males and $4,000 were fe
males, of whom Io2,43I were less than
ID years of age. There were OF these
334I who could read, but could not
write, and 1867 who could neither
read nor write, leaving a balance able
both to read and to write Of 668, o38.
The total amount of money brought by
them into the United States was $I6,-
1853.
Exclusive of those denied admission
at the land boundaries Of the United
States 1860 alien immiqrants were re-
jected for various causes, the number
of reflections being nearly double those
of the preceding year. OF these 58I2
were paupers, 1873 were afflicted with
disease and 1886 were contract labor
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

1t is reported IN Philadelphia that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
award the contract for the erection OF
the new union station at Washington,
D. c., to Podyhouse, Arey & Co., Of
Philadelphia. The contract will amount
to about $4,25o,ooo.
The report of Receiver Smith, OF the
United States Shipbuilding Company,
recommends that Schwab's $Io,ooo,ooo
bond issue be declared void and that
the common stock Of the company be
assessed.
Judge Wing, in the United States
District Court in Cleveland Ohio, SEN
fenced Albert w. Debel former paying
teller of the City National Bank OF Can
ton, O., to the penitentiary for five
years for embezzlement.
Edward Roedel, aged 81, travelling
doctor, was arrested at Cincinnati,
charged with counterfeiting. One-dol-
lar bills have been changed into ten
dollar bills and passed in Southern In
diana and Ohio.
Construction of the ship canal which
is to connect the south end of Lake
Michigan with the Calumet river was
commenced at Indiana Harbor.
The bandits who are supposed to
have looted the Burton (Kan.) Bank
were caught after desperate battle, III
which their leader was wounded.
\ hearing was had at Lancaster, Pa,
on the application of John Q. Denny
for a receiver for the SuSquehanna Iron
and Steel Company
John K. Brown, fugitive cashier OF
the Union Bank of New Holland, in
dictcd for embezzling 100000, was ar
rested in San Francisco.
w. f. Lattimer, a merchant. was at
tackled and killed by highwaymen as he
was about to enter his home, in Wood
stock, O.
Plans for amalgamating the two ma
tional organizations of carpenters have
been formulated by Albert StrauSscr,
the umpire.
By the will of Miss Mary P. Ropes,
of Salem, Mass, $I,ooo,oo is to be dis
tributed among various educational and
other public institutions after the death
of her sister, Eliza O. Ropes.
A s..;iff containing five Hungarian Ia
borers was swept over the Sprlngdale
Dam, near Colfax Station, in the fog
and four OF the occupants were drown
ed.
At the American Bankers Conven
ton in San Francisco, Ellis H. Rob-
erts, treasurer OF the United Staes, read
a paper on the effects Of the inflow OF
gold
The will of the Rev. ]. H. w. Stuck
enburg, OF Cambridge, Mass, contains
a bequest OF $4,000 to the Pennsylvania
College, at Gettysburg.
Beulah York. a Maine farmers
daughter, was killed by Ora Green, who
was infatuated with her, and who also
blew his own head off.
George Neyulus was sentenced by
Judge Kirkpatrick, in Trenton, N. J.,
to 10 years in the State prison for coun-
terfeiting.
A monument erected to the memory
OF Shabbona, the famous chief OF the
Pottawattomies, was unveiled at Nor
ris, ILL.,
Thre bandits dynamited and robbed
the State Bank at Burton, Kan, and
obtained between $1,000 and $1,000.
A pitched battle at Fort Riley was an
interesting and dashing feature Of the
army maneuverS.
The question of taxing Indians was
considered at the Lake Mohonk Con-
ference.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
s25,O9o REWARD OFFERED.
Amount Will Be Pad for Return OF Phiadel.
phia Millionaire.

Big Stone Gap, Va. Especially Pre-
vious rewards offered by D. B. 'Wentz,
brother of Edward L. Wentz, tie
Philadelphia millionaire who disappeared
on Wednesday. October ID, not having
brought forth the desired results, all re-
wards offered by d. B. Wentz have been
withdrawn and the following rewards of
fered by the Virginia Coal and Iron
Company:
I. If the person or persons who abb
Quoted Edward Leinering Wentz We'd
nesday, October ID, 1908, will return him
alive they will be paid $4,000 by the Vir-
ginia Coal and Iron Company.
g. A reward of $3o,oco will be paid by
the Virginia Coal and Iron Company
for information which secures the arrest
and conviction of the murdcrers of Ed
ward l.. Wentz.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
DANGEROUS FIRE IN NORFOLK.
Building on Commercial Place is Destroyed
Sailors Aid Firemca

Norfolk, Va. Especially The fve-story
building of the Old Dominion Paper
Company. on Commercial Place, was
Quilted by fire. A high northeast wind
threw blazing brands for squares and
seriously endangered the heart of the
wholesale section, but the flames were
confined TO one building
The fire originated on the fifth floor
and had gained great Roadway before it
was discovered. About 100 sailors from
the navy yard aided the hremen, and
one sailor fell from the top of a 4o-foot
ladder into the outstretched arms of
three of his companions, who saw him
coming and braced themselves to catch
him. He was uninjured.
What portions of the building escaped
the flames were ruined by water, and the
stock is a total loss. The damage is es-
timated at from $4,000 to $4,000, in
S11red
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
DEATH IN THE CAN.
Two Peddlers Mistake Nitro glycerine for
Maple Syrup.

Butler, Pa. Especially William Marks
was instantly killed and Patrick Hardy
fatally injured here by all explosion Of
nitro-glycerine. The men were peddlerS
Of small notions, and had camped in the
woods near here.
They found an empty can which they
supposed had contained maple syrup
from the small BIZ of sticky substance adj
herring to the top. Marks sat down with
The can between his knees and COM
nenced to cut out the top, so as to trans
form it into water vessel. =.
The small portion of the nitro-glycer-
inc at once exploded, and Marks head,
hands and feet were blown off and his
body disemboweed Hardy, who was
standing close by, had his eyes blown
out and the bones in his arms and legs
shattered in a dozen places. He cannot
recover.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
Fav0ritism TO Women.

Washington, D. c. (SpcciaD 1.-The
temporary men clerks i'll the War Dc
,artment are disgruntled over what
hey declare is favoritism shown women
who have been transferred to the per
nanent roll. These clerks were given
places at the outbreak OF the Spanish
American War. No examination was
required. After the war all were re-
aimed on account of the mass OF work
:aused by the acquisition OF new terri
Iory. When Congress convencs some
hing may be done for tho men clerks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
New Counterfeit In Circulation.

The Secret Service announces the dis
covery OF a new counterfeit $40 ma
tional banknote on the Miller's River
National Bank of Athol, Mass, check
letter B, series of 1882, Bruce register,
Wyman treasurer 1t is Photographic
production printed on two thin pieces
of paper, between which silk threads
have been distributed. The bank and
Treasury numbers are colored maroon,
instead of carmine, and the seal is yell
lowish brown, instead Of chocolate. The
back of the note is several shades
darker than the genuine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
On Strike for Good Food.

Philadelphia Especially .-Twenty-four
men and five girls, employed at the Mu-
ncipal Hospital, are on strike for pure
and nourishing food The force at the
hospital is crippled and the physicians
are acting as ambulance drivers. The
strikers include mattresses, ward maids,
laundry girls, yardmen, gatemen and
drivers. They claim that Emma Gil
liams, the matron. furnishes them with
tainted meat, half'cooked sausage and
hard potatoes,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
I iEanciat.

Illinois Central will issue $2oooo,ooo
of a per cent. refunding bonds.
The Philippines have stopped buying
silver bullion and will recon 100000
Spanish dollars. -.
Gould's friends gathered in more Mis-
souri, Pacific. They say it must 60 to
par on the first real rally.
The Alton pool is still active Since
the tip was given that it would go to 40
it has risen from - to 28.
1t is denied by Lake Superior people
that President Shields will retire to
make room for Receiver Facbenthal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
3 Killed and Is Injured.

Aurora, Mo. (SpeciaD.-Two men
were killed and IS seriously injured by
an explosion of dynamite used for blast
ng OH the construction work Of the
White River Road, in Stone county, IS
niles east of here. A telephone mes
sage from Stone county, the scene of the
explosion, says a second explosion oc-
cured at Tunnel C, 10 miles below there.
killing the foreman of the works and in
turing seven others. There are no
details.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The second-class protected cruiser
Denver failed to make the speed of II
knots an hour called for in her contract
in her official trial trip on the Cape Ann
course. Her average was 1923 knots.
The Acme Harvester Company, of Pc
oria, ILL.,, has placed its affairs in the
hands of committee and asked creditors
for an extension.
William Mills, aged o2 years, said tc
be the oldest veteran of the Civil War
in New York State, died at his home in
Pughkeepsie.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
Gruesome Sight at q Hanging.

Birmingham, Ala. (SpeciaD "A grue-
some spectacle was witnessed here when
Felix Hall. colored, was hanged for the
murder of Norwood Clark, white When
the drop fell the rope slipped, and the
condemned man hung for 10 minutes
only half choking He was hauled up
and the rope readjusted. This time the
fall broke his neck. Halls last act was
to write declaration of his innocence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
More Dynamite on Tracks.

Missoula, Mont. Speculative
sticks OF dynamite have been found
by section men near the mouth of He'll,
gate canyon, on the Northern Pacific
racks, east Of here, just before the pas
sage OF an eastbound passenger train.
Armed guards are now patrolling the
canyon a distance of nearly ten miles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-30
Wife and Mother .in.LaW Suspected.

Helena, Mont (Special).-Mrs. Han
ma Hall, mother-in-law of Albert W.
Fake. who died suddenly in Great Falls
last March, has been arrested here on a
warrant sworn out by Fakes father,
charging her with having caused his
death by means of poison. Fakes wife
was arrested recently in Labelle, Mo, on
similar charge Mrs. Hall declares she
is innocent
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-23
ANIMALS WITH HANDS.
The Use OF the Paws In COnVeyinl
Food TO tie Mouth

Kanearoos use their hands very
readily to hold food in and to put it to
their mouths. AS their fore legs are so
STOPPING position. they seem pleased
when able to secure large bunch of
cabbage or other vegetable provender
and to hold ii in their hands to eat.
Sometimes the young kangaroo, look
kng out of the pouch, catches one or
two of the leaves which the old one
drops and the pair may be seen each
nibbling at the salad held in their
hands, one, SO to speak. "one floor
above the other. In "Alice In Wonder
land the lizard is always maxim.
notes on slate and then trying to rub
them out again with his fingers. Many
lizards feet are so like hands that il
Is rather surprising that they are only
used for running and climbing. But
that is Ale main purpose to which
lizards apply them. The slow. delib
crate clasping and unclasping of
chameleon's feet look like the move
ments which the hands of Sleep.
walker might make were he trying 10
creep down the banistcrs The chame-
] Icons are almost dcformed hands. yet
4 they have a certain superficial reseln-
blance TO the feet of the parrots, which
more than other birds use the foot for
many of the purposes of hand when
feeding
To see many of the smaller rodents
ground squirrels prairie dogs and mar
mots-hold their food, usually in both
paws is to learn Il lesson in the deN-
ferrous use of hands without thumbs.
Rats and mice do not, as a rule,
"clinch" what they hold. but merely
support it in their paws. the move
ments being much less human than
they appear. Nothing more readily sug
gests the momentary impression that
a pretty little monkey is remotely "a
man and brother" than when he
stretches out his neat little palm. fin
gers and thumb. and with all the move.
ments proper to the civilized mode OF
greeting insists on shaking hands. But
no one feels in the least inclined TO
grasp the cawcd digits of any Of the
rodents which use their paws to hold
food. They are only holders not
hands. I.oDdOu Specta Tor
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-23
GRANVILLE ADMITTED GUILT.
Told Expressman That He Dynamited
Northern Pacific BRIDGE.

Helena, Mont, Dec. 23-In the
Gravelle trial Monday Myron Shanks.
an eXpressman. at whose house in
Helena Gravelle made his headquar-
ters after he left the penitentiary last
July. testified that Gravelle told him
he was the man who was doing the
dynamiting on the Northern Pacific
and that he expected to get $4,000
out of the railroad. The witness said
Gravelle told him he had blown up
the bridge at Livingston and that he
intended to blow up that at Townsend
If the railroad did not pay up. Shanks
said that early on the morning of Aug
"a Gravelle returned to his house
and told him he had made poor job;
that he had gone to meet the engine
with the money: that he had fallen in
q hole and his lantern. with which he
was to signal, had been broken, that
the wind was blowing and all his
matches went out, SO he could not
light it again and he had seen the en-
gine with the money pull out again.
The next time set for the payment
Of the money was Sept g and the wit
ness testified that Gravelle told him
that night that the railroad people
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-23
AXE AkkESlED FOR
MAKING BOOZE
Prominent Chicagoans Accused of Operat=
ing Distillery-Federal Officers are
Involved.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-Charged with op-
Grating, in the center of the fashion
able shopping district of Chicago. a
d!stillery contrary to government reg
ulatiOns five officers and instructors
OF the Columbus laboratories have
been arrested by United States dep.
uty marshals. One of the five prison.
ers was United States Commissioner
Salomon.
The laboratories are located in a
skyscraper Office building in State
street, the corner of Washington
street. The arrests were made on
complaint Of United States Revenue
Agent Levi G. Mutt. the technical
charge being displaying the sign of a
distiller and making a mash fit for
distillation in place other than a
duly authorized distillery"
Those arrested were Charles Norton.
practical distiller and rectifier; ]. A.
Wesener, Phi. c., M. d., chemist A.
Gehrmann, NJ. D.. bacteriologist: w. A.
Evans. M. s.. Nj. D.. and A. d. Salo-
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-23

mon, United States commissioner
Northern district, lecturer in the labor
atories.
The arrests are doubtless the out.
growth of bill for injunction filed re-
Gently in the United States district
court against Dr. Evans. DR.. Gehr.
mann former city chemist; United
States Commissioner Salomon and 9th
ers charging them with conducting a
school wherein pupils were taught to
manufacture limitations of various
liquors and cordials.
suit for $4,000 damages, it was
said. would follow the Injunction pro-
ceedings. Charles Norton, who is at
the head of the academy and one of
those arrested, said:
Our processes are perfectly legiti-
mate. | don't think we have violated
the distlling laws. We aim in our
academy to teach the compounding,
rectifying and distilling of all liquors
and spirits By this we mean all
specific brands"
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-12-23
The New Omaha Short Line.

or the Chicago Great Western Rail-
way offers two finely equipped trains
daily between the Twin Cities and
Omaha. The Flyer running every
night makes connectionp in Union
Depot, Omaha for Denver, Salt Lake
City, San Francisco and all points
west. The Day Express Is the best
train for Austin, Mason City. Fort
Dodge and Omaha. For further in
formation apply to r. r. Jones, travel
ing agent, Fargo, N. d.