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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
FIERCE BATTLE IN PHILIPPINE TOWN.
Col Bandholtz Defeats a Force OF zf0 Rebels
In the Streets Of Albany.

Manila (By Cable).-The Philippine
scouts and rural constabulary defeated
ESQ rebels in the streets of Albay, the
capital of the Island Of Albay, on Thurs
day last, killing IS and wounding IS
The combatants entered the town from
opposite sides, and street fighting con-
tinued for three hours. Four non-com-
batants were killed. The scouts lost one
killed and two wounded.
The rebels were led by Simeon Ola,
:hicf of the Albay rebels, and they had
20 rifles. Col. H. H. Bandholtz (for-
1lcrly captain of the Second Infantry;
who was in command of the scouts and
:onstabulary, has been campaigning &C
lively in Albay, but this was the first
decisive engagement he has had.
twenty-five native priests, who Sc
:eded from the Catholic Church in
loilo because of the failure of the
Church to appoint native bishop, have
,cfuscd to join the Aglipay movement,
md will continue their Catholic rites,
while refusing to acknowledge the papal
authority.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Gave Her Life for Her Dog.

East Rockaway, L. I. (SpeciaD.-
Trying to save her pet dog from death,
Mrs. Sarah Bates, Ga years old, of New
York. a summer visitor here. was kill
ed by Long Island train. Mrs. Bates
and her daughter, Miss Sarah Bates,
went to the railroad station to meet
Mr.. Bates, who is city employe. The
dog ran out on the track, and as
train from Lynbrook was approaching
Mrs Bates ran forward to save her pet.
The engine driver put on the brakes,
but the distance was too short to les
sen the speed of the train, and the wo
man was hurled from the track. Her
daughter ran to where she lay, only to
find her mother lifeless. The dog es-
capped.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
CASUALTIES AT BOLIVAR
Fifteen Hundred People Killed on Both
Sides.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF GENERAL GOMEZ.
The Government Troops Captured, Besides
Lot of Orduance and Ammunition, zS Gen
erals, 81 Colonels and Number OF Minor
Offieers-Ferreras and His Companions,
However, Escape.

Caracas. Venezuela (By Cable).-Or-
der has been re-established at Ciudad
Bolivar.
The folio wing is a copy of the official
telegram sent by General Gomez COM
mander-in-chief of the Venezuelan
forces which captured Ciudad Bolivar,
to President Castro, reporting the re-
cent events:
Ciudad Bolivar, July 20.
On Sunday, July 10, the enemy opened
fire on Our lines. After so hours OF
deadly struggle we reoccupied the city.
The result of our victory is as follows:
Inspecting the battlefield we found
more than 1900 killed or wounded on
both sides.
Our side has to lament the death OF
Gen. Henrique Urdaneta.
On the side of the enemy Gen. Aurello
Valbueno was killed and many other
officers were captured, including 20 gen.
erals, among them being Rolanda Guz-
man, Vasquez Farreas, MacDonaldo
and Luigi Salazar; 81 colonies and many
officers of low rank. All the latter have
been set at liberty.
We also captured 5000 mausers, 3
field guns and 100000 cartridges.
The traitor Ferreras and his COM
panions escaped and are in hiding IN the
city.
(Signed) vINCENTE GOMEZ. :,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Increase In Real Wealth.

"Has the present great boom lett the
country richer in real wealth." was the
question propounded to William B.
Ridgely, Comptroller Of the Currency.
"If you mean by the great boom
the boom in the stock market said
Comptroller Ridgely, Il doubt if it has
had any effect on the real wealth OF
the country. 1t has doubtless greatly
affected the distribution of wealth, but
it has not changed the aggregate
amount. II you mean the real boom,
which was the cause OF the stock boom,
and not its result, the figures show
what has been added to the wealth Of
the country. In 1893 the local coin and
other money in the United States was
I,73o,ooo,ooo. In 1893 this had increas-
ed to $2,o73,ooo, 900. In July, 1903, the
money in the country had increased to
$2,688, 100000.
Il turn to the figures OF the cash
in hand as reported by the various
banks. In 1902 for the United States
it was $3.50, 5000, COO; in 1897 it had grown
to $628 ooo,oo In 1902 it has reached
the enormous sum OF $S3o,ooo,ooo, an
increase in 10 years OF $253,ooo,ooo.
THE most astonishing figures have
to do with the value OF farm products.
In 1890 these products were worth ST.
100000, 900; the production OF the year
1900 $4,73o, 900 900, an increase OF ST.
27oooo,ooo. Undoubtedly the farmer
has continued to expand in production
and prosDerlty."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Woman Cursed In Court.

Chicago (SpeciaD. -Mounting the
witness stand Julius Wiltrax, II years
old, after brushing away tear, dra-
matically gave testimony which the
State believes may convict his mother
and father of the brutal murder of a
playmate of their son, whose body was
found buried on the prairie on the
western outskirts OF the city. Follow
ing the story of the lad the mother
of the murdered boy, Mrs. Annie Pasz-
kowski, threw the courtroom into con-
fusion when she leaped to the side OF
the accused man and woman and heap
ed curses on them, alleging they killed
her son.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Foreign.

The search for the missing Ring of
the Fisherman was continued, but I'M
successfully.
1t was estimated that 10000 persons
viewed the body of the late Pope as
it lay in state at St. Peters.
King Edward and his ropal party
left Dublin to visit the Marquis OF Lon
donderry.
1t was reported that instead OF evac-
uating Manchuria Russia was pouring
into that province men and arms and
was fortifying the cities.
French representatives Of the inter
national arbitration group arc in Lon
don comforting with British ofhcialS
and advocating the formation OF a
Franco British arbitration agreement
independent OF The Hague Court.
Advces from ST. Petersburg state
that Russia does not want war with
Japan, but is taking every prccaution
to strengthen her military and naval
position in the Orient, believing this
TO be tho surcst means Of discouragng
Japanese aggression. At the Japanese
Legation in London it was stated that
Japan will wait until October, when
the final evacuation Of Manchuria must
occur.
Reports OF revolution in Bulgaria
are denied. Prince Ferdinand, accom-
panied by his children, started for
Vienna, but not on account OF the ru-
morcd revolution. He is on his way
to visit his fathers grave, at Coburg,
as is his annual custom.
President Balfour, OF the British
Board Of Trade, stated in the House Of
Commons that 700 cotton factories in
Lancashire we're working on short
time and 100000 operatives were affect
cd on account OF the deficiency in raw
cotton.
Baron dc Bush was killed by an ex-
press train near Northampton, Eng
land. lie was travelling to Scotland,
accompanied by his wife, who was Miss
Pauline Joram, an American opera sin
ger.
AT the conferences Of the American and
Mexican Monetary Commissions with
the German representatives at Berlin
a unanimous agreement was reached
regarding a uniform monetary system
for China on a gold basis with silver
circulation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
10 The Departments.

Chairman Proctor, OF the Civil Ser
vice Commission, in reply to former
Postmaster General Smith, holds the
latter responsible for the irregularities
in the Washington Postofficc appoint
ments and for packing the rural free-de-
livery service.
Secret Service Agent George O.;
Barker died, having been worn and
worried by his long chase OF Oliver l..
Sherwood, cashier of the Smithport
(Ct.) National Bank, who was arrest
ed in Panama.
w. A. Miller was reinstated in the
position of assistant foreman in the
Government Printing Office. The
members of the Bookbinders' Union
decided to take no action pending the
decision of the Public Printer in re-
gard to charges filed against Miller.
The Postoffice Department decided
to drop from the Federal payroll on
April next the name OF Minnie V.
Cox, postmaster at Indianola, Miss.
BENJAMIN G. Hill, who, killed his wife
last November at theXllome, in Wash
ington, was hanged :" United States
iail
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
STILL HELD BY RUSSIAN TROOPS.
Minister Conger is Notified By Chinas
President of Foreign Affairs.

Picking (By Cable).-Prince Ching,
the head Of the Chinese Foreign Office,
has written to United States Minister
Conger, refusing to open towns IN
Manchuria.
In his letter he dwells upon the I'M
possibility of China opening to tor
eigners towns which are not in her
possession, but which are held by Rus
sian troops, and points out the COM
plications which would be likely to fol-
low.
1t is believed here, however, that a
compromise may be reached by includ-
ing one town-Ta Tung Kao-in the
new commercial treaty.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
TWO WOMEN SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Wood Torn With Buck
shot-fusband OF One Arrested.

Lake City, Col. (SpeciaD.-Mrs.
Anna Bailey and Mrs. Mary Woods
we're shot from ambush about a mile
from town when returning from Lake
Shore. Mrs. Bailey is MORALLY wound
ed and Mrs. Woods is in serious con-
dition.
The assassin, who was concealed
among rocks on the mountain side,
fired charge OF buckshot at the wo-
men as they drove past. The charge
struck Mrs. Bailey on the side OF the
face, neck and shoulders, cutting her
windpipe, tearing away part OF her nose
and destroying one eye. Many OF the
pellets penetrated Mrs. Woods body.
The shooting caused the horse to run
away, and both women were thrown
out of the buggy, receiving further in
juries.
Mrs. Woods husband, who had quar-.
relied with her, has been arrested, and
is being held for investigation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Seeks TO Borrow $4,000. 900.

American Minister Herbert G.
Squiers, of Havana, reports to Acting
Secretary LOOMS that on July II Pres
dent Palma asked for all appropriation
of $4,000 to defray the expenses OF
commission to visit the United States
and Europe to facilitate the negotiation
of the $4,000, 900 loan authorized by
the Cuban Congress.
The commission was to visit New
York, London and Paris and President
Palma expected that the loan would be
placed in the two latter cities, though
Senior Zaldo, the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, thought that it could be float
ed in New York. There were reports
that various foreign banking houses
had offered by cable to take the loan,
but no foundation could be found for
these reports
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Ex.Archduke WEEDS Dancer.

Paris (By Cable).-The civil and re-
ligious marriage ceremonies between
Leopold WoelAing, formerly Archduke
Leopold, of Tuscany, and Mms. Ada
movich, a dancer, were celebrated at
Veyrier, near this city. The witnesses
were the Deputy Mayor and M. Gott-
ret. The parish priest officiated at the
religious ceremony.
Leopold is the brother OF the Crown
Princess of Saxony, who elopcd several
months ago with the French tutor, M.
Giron, and has since been divorced
Leopold and Nine Adamovich were
reported to have left with Giron and
Princess Louise.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Relies on Chlna's Promises.

Washington, D. C. (SpeciaD.-inas'
much as the Chinese Government very
recently has expressed its willingness
to yield to the desire Of the United
States for open ports in Manchuria,
the officials here are at loss to I'M.
derstand the communication sent by
Prince Ching to Minister Conger refus-
ing this concession. They have receiv'
ed no advices on the subject
The Importance OF the communica.
ton, If it accurately reflects the atti-
tude Of the Chinese Government, IS
realized in Washington. However,
impressed with the heretofore express
ed willingness OF China to open Man
churian ports, reinforced by the assur-
ances given to this Government by
Russia along the same lines, the officials
continue firm in their belief that the
situation ultimately will be clarified and
the efforts Of the United States re-
warded.
In some quarters the objections urg-
I'd to the opening OF ports in Prince
Ching's communication are regarded az
mere diplomatic bubble, designed
perhaps, to placate Russia. No mat
ter what fresh obstacle may intervene.
our Government, firm in the conviction
that the principle Of the open door in
China should be enjoyed by all nations.
will continue to exert its influence IN
that direction.
1t is true as stated in the London
dispatches, that Japan looks with sus-
picion upon the Russian pledges rela,,
i've to Manchuria and has intimated
20 the State Department that they are
not satisfactory, but so far the depart
ment sees no reason to accept thar
view.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
DEATH Op CASSIUS NJ CLAY.
Voted Kentucky Polltielan and Duellst AMI
Minister to Russia.

Lexington, KY. (SpeciaD Gen. Cas-
sius Marccllus Clay, ambassador to
Russia under President Lincoln, noted
aboltionist and author, died at his
home, Whitehall, in Madison county,
at o.Io o'clock p. m. Death was due
to general exhaustion. General Clay
was born October 10, 1870, in Madison
county. He led a stirring life, which
began to tell on him in late years. He
believed that a conspiracy to assassin
ate him had been formed, and, some
years ago, fortified his home at White
hall and entered life of seclusion that
ended only a few weeks ago, when the
courts appointed committee to take
charge OF him and his effects.
He was found desperately i'll and has
had every care. His children, long
estrangcd by reason of his eccentrici.
ties, were again able to be with him and
were at the bedside when death ensued
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Powder Blew Up Boys.

West Newton, Pa. (SpeciaD.-Five
boys and two men were seriously burn
ed by the explosion OF three cans Of
powder which they were hauling to
the Federal Supply Company's store
Three of the boys, Joseph Villain, Lo-
reno Wiland and William Refs, will
probably die 1t is said the boys were
smoking cigarettes and that sparks
from the cigarettes ignitcd the powder.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
MANY HURT IN WRECK
Bad Srllsh on the Southern Railway
Near North Garden.
FREIGHT HITS PASSENGER TRAIN.
The Day Coach was Lifted Into the Air and
Shot Into the Combination Coach, Tele
scoplng the Latter-LuckIly, Hall OF the
Passenge s. Mostly Men, Had D;s:mbarked
to Ascertain the Caus: OF the Delay.

Charlottesville, Va. Especially Ten
persons were injured and $4,000 dam
age sustained i'll rear-end collision on
the Southern railway Sunday morning
at 1921 o'clock. The accident occurred
three miles south of North Garden,
village twelve miles south of Charlottes-
willie.
Six of the injured were brought to
this city on a special train sent from
Charlottesville at noon. Four women
who suffered broken limbs were taken
to the University of Virginia Hospital,
and two others were cared for at hotels.
The accident was peculiar. The first
section of through freight No, 4S was
delayed an hour by the engine breaking
down. | ocai passenger No. 10, running
between Danville, Va, and Washington,
D. C., was fifty minutes late, and was
tagged by the freight men. Section No.
2 of the freight should have been flag
ged by the passenger crew, but was al
lowed to crash into the passenger, which
was about to couple to section No. OF
the freight and push it TO North Garden,
The second section of the freight rushed
from a deep cut and sharp curve onto
the passenger. The latter was standing
partly on a trcstle $50 feet above Hard
ware river The rear coach Of the pas
senger was lifted into the air and telc-
scoped the adjoining combination car
The passenger engine was thrown into
the caboose of the forward freight, hit
ing the car into the air and holding 1t
suspended between the engine and the
car adjoining the caboose. The tender
of the second freight engine was thrown,
with the first box car, into the ravine
below. Four adjoining box cars were
derail6d, but remained on the trestle. In
attempting to remove them later two fell
into the river below.
Half of the passengers had lett the
train to ascertain the cause Of delay,
thus escaping injury. The combination
car was empty. Those who remained in
the day coach were pinned down by
wreckage. being released by axes in the
hands of trainmen George Powell, of
Alexandria, negro fireman of the freight:
and Front Brakeman J. H. Douglas, of
Albemarlc, Va, jumped when they saw
the threatened disaster, escaping unn.
jured. Engineer H. c. Sharot, OF
New York, who had been with the
Southern but two weeks, stuck to his
cab, endcavoring to stop the engine, al
though his fireman called to him to leap
His escape was miraculous.
Passenger Flagman, Charles Turner,
OF Alexandria, said that he ran back
half mile and tagged the freight. and
that he received an answer. Engineer
Sharot claims not to have been signal
ed in time to stop while running over
fifty miles an hour Why the trains
were running so close together has not
been explained.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
WOMEN FREE TWO ROBBERS.
Sheriff Was Warned, But Prisoners Got
Away Just the Same.

Chicago (SpeciaD.-Dennis and Lat
timore, said by the police to be two
of the most expert safe blowers in the
country, both of whom live in Chicago,
escaped from Jail at Waukesha, Wis,
through the cleverness Of three women,
it is believed.
The jail delivery was planned in Chi
cago some time ago and the local police
had full information in regard to the
plot. The authorities at Waukesha
were notified and later were informed
that the women had started for Watt
kesha with the saws and necessary
tools. Despite this the Chicago wo-
men outwitted the sheriff and the cs-
cape was executed without a hitch.
Escapes at Jonesboro and Aledo, ILL.,.
are credited to the same band OF
crooks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
Preacher Shot Two Men.

Middlcsburg, KY. (Spccia).-Aftcr
killing one man and fatally wounding
another, Robert Lee, minister at
Linnie, in Casey county, said grace at
the jail table in Liberty. Lee became
involved in quarrel with Ellis Woods
and the latter's son and the shooting
followed, in which the preacher proved
himself more than a match for both OF
his opponents, for he succeeded in kill
ing Woods and fatally woundng his
SON. The fighting parson" was then
arrested and taken to the jail at Lib
erty, where he peacefully returned
thanks at the table with the other pris-
oners.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.

The Richmond Street Car Company
is taking active measures to protect
| their cars from stone-throwerS.
The plant of the Southern Hat
Works will be removed from Peters
burg to Richmond, Va.
Two negroes charged with attempted
assault on a white woman in Mecklen-
burg county, Va, are in the Petersburg
Jail for safekeeping.
The liabilities OF T. ]. Taylor & Co.
are estimated at $4,000, 900 to $1,000, 900.
The Turkish cruiser Medjidia, at
Philadelphia, and the Pacific steamer
Mongolia, at Camden, were launched.
Convcts in the coal mine at Cole
City, Ga, have revolted.
Mrs. Charles F. Ritter, OF Cincinnati,
charges that her husband poured car
bolic acid on her while she slept.
Shelby NJ. Cullom, a nephew of the
Illinois Senator, was indicted by the
grand jury Of Prescott, Ariz., Oh the
charge of wrongdoing in connection
with the collection of internal revenue
duties.
President Roosevelt and his son Theo-
dore, with two nephews, rode horseback
from Sycamore Hill to Sayville, N. Y,
where he spent the day as the guest OF
his uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt.
A government launch containing
Lieut.. George Stevens and seven men
of the Portland Naval Reserves was
wrecked off Beach Island, coast OF
Maine. The men were saved.
Mrs. Ella Smith and her two daugh-
tiers and Mrs. Rena Bradford were
drowned in the Hood Canal at the foot
of the Olympic Mountains, in Washing
ton.
John Gilbert, colored, who killed a
white planter at Pinckney Landing,
Ark, was taken from the officers and
lynched.
Robert Lee, minister in Casey coun-
ty, Ky, after killing one man and serl-
ously wounding another, says grace i'll
Jail.
Frederick w. Hollis, recently appoint
ed member of the international Court,
died suddenly at his home, in Yonkers,
N. Y.
Acting Police Commissioner Ebsteln,
of New York, refused marching per-
NIT to Mother Jones and her army.
A relief committee was called in Pat
crson, N. J., to aid the sufferers by the
tornado in that city.
Two notorious safcblowcrs, aided by
three women, escaped from the jail at
Waukesha, Wis.
A r2-inch mortar exploded while be-
ing fred at the Sandy Hook proving
ground.
All the municipal rights in the
church buildings at Guayma. Arroyo
and Salinas. Porto Rico, have been ced-
cd by the municipal authorities to the
Catholic Church.
Gen. 7. II. Hobart Ward, a veteran
of the Mexican and Civil Wars, was
run over by an Erie train IN Monroe
county and killed.
The Southern Foundry and Machine
Company's plant, at Knoxville, lenn.'
was burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
A St. Louis mob made a desperate
attempt to take John Davis, colored,
accused OF wife murder, from the ottl-
GERS.
J. R. Pringle. an examiner OF silks
in the United States appraisers stores
in New York, was dismissed.
Claude O'Brien and Earl Whitney,
two boys. were hanged in Lexington,
KY, for murder.
Three men were horribly burned
while painting in a brewery vat in But
Ter, Pa.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Equ,pplng State Militia.

Secretary of War Root has sent the
Chief Executives OF the States mem
orandum calling upon them for infor-
nation regarding the various State
militia wants as to equipment under
the new Militia law. The letter reads:
Under the act making appropriation
for the support Of the army, approved
March 2. 1908, the Secretary Of War
is authorized to expend $2,ooo,ooo in
procuring articles to fully arm, equip
and supply the organized militia This
is in addition to the issue of standard
service magazine arms and accoutrc..
ments authorized by the Militia Act OF
January FL, 1908. AS the sum appro-
priated will probably not fully accom-
plish the object, and further appropria-
tons will be necessary from time to
time, the Secretary wishes to expend
this $2,ooo,o 900 already appropriated IN
such way as to put the department IN
possession of the articles which will
contribute most effectively to the inn
mediate preparation Of the militia tor
active operations and render them most
effective ii luCy Slldli DS uhS<NPNSNS
called into the service OF the United
States. So far as it is consistent with
the accomplishment Of this purpose, he
desires to meet the wishes OF the Gov
ernors OF the several States in the prep
aration OF material, for which they may
make acquisitions in the proportion
which the number OF organized militia
in each State bears to the whole num-
Der in all the States. AS the prepara-
ton of artillery material requires con-
siderable time, the Secretary, imme-
diately after the passage Of the act, au-
thorized the Chief OF Ordnance to ap-
ply $4,000 to the preparation for mi.
litia use of field pieces and carriages OF
the new model with which the regular
army is now to be equipped. AS
guide to the further expenditure OF the
sum appropriated, the Secretary would
be glad to have from you all the lntoir-
nation which you can conveniently
give as to the articles which you deem
most necessary for the full armament
and equipment Of your national guard.