Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-22
THE NEWS.

Justice Keogh, In White Plains, N.
granted decree to Mrs. Brennan again
!, her husband, giving her ten thousand do
.. lars In lieu Of alimony, and $50, 900 as qua
dian for their son.
The New York State Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics reports an increase Of 62 unions an
1892 members In labor organizations durin
the three months ending March 81 last.
Charles X. Lands, OF vineand, N. j., th
founder OF q number OF Jersey towns, Gu
off his sons without dollar. The will is t.
be contested
Mrs. Robert Garrett, before sailing 70
abroad, insisted that the Cunard Steamship
Company sign contract not to bury he
at sea.
The stone bridge at Newport News bull
by q. Z. Huntington at his own expense t
m ke safe crossing has been completed.
Judge John F. Metzger, OF WiIliamsport,
"a, was attacked In his office by ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Edwards, whom he had Of
Tended.
Three men were killed and fourteen per-
sons injured by an explosion of gunpowder
In mandatory OF fireworks in Philadel-
phiaI
Mrs. @. B. Hammond, the daughter Of a
Montana millionaire. went to live with her
husband In freight car.
The contest OF the st. Louis street car
strikers will now be waged along the lines
of the boycott.
Worry over threatened divorce suit drove
Mrs. William j. WEIGH, In New York. insane.
c. II. King, a stock broker, shot and killed
James Flood, hickman, IN Omaha.
The motorman Of Chicago trolley car
dropped dead on the platform, and the car
dashed across the railroad tracks just ahead
OF a freight train.
Myron Clark, Of Hallyyille, /. T., becom-
ing insane. forced bis wife at the pistol
point to take fatal dose OF stryohnine
The Daughters OF the Confederacy had
their annual reunion at Martinsburg, w.
Va. Many veterans attended.
Jacob Fetrow fell from burning farm
house roof in Conaways Township, Pa, and
crushed his skull.
Two men were killed and eight injured In
a collision on the Southern Railway, near
Atlanta.
Hugh Brltton, who was engaged to be
married, committed suicide in Petersburg.
Va.
Frank Desert eight years old, was killed
by lightning in Chambersburg, Pa.
The subcommittee OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee met at Kansas City, and |
Chairman. Jones issued statement that |
delegates and visitors to the convention will |
be accommodated at reasonable rates.
I'M in ha Ill
New York gave verdict for the return to |
Mrs. Phyllis Dodge OF the jewels seized by
the customs officials.
Judge Morrow, In San Francisco. decided
the plague quarantine In San Francisco il
legal because it Disseminated against the
Mongolians.
len lives were lost and seven persc rs
were Injured, some seriously in Ire which
destroyed tenement house In New York.
The Foundrymens National Association
refused to giant the increase demanded by
the molders.
George Perry a slate-roofer, in Philadel-
phia, fell eight stories and managed to es-
cape serious injury.
DR.. A. l.. Bowers resigned the Presidency
Of the West Virginia Methodist Conference
Seminary.
David Dwight Wells, author and play
wright, died at his home in Norwich. Conn.
The Hath commencement of the University
d Pennsylvania was celebrated by the con-
erring OF degrees in art, music science,
aw, medicine, dental surgery, veterinary
Medicine and philosophy.
Michael B. Grady, western organizer for
he International BrickIayers' Union and
ormer secretary OF the Trades and Labor
Assembly, was assaulted in Chicago by three
men.
Woodworkers OF Chicago to the number OF
bout 5000 may strike as a result Of the re-
usal OF manufacturers to grant demand for
10 per cent. raise.
Lieut. Guy T. Scott Third Artillery, L. S.
:, was married to Miss Leila VOORHEES,. OF ,
an Francisco. The groom is a son OF Uni
ed States Senator Scott.
Inc Commissioner OF Accounts places the 1
aortage OF John Clark, in the Bureau OF :
Iarkets, New York, at nearly $1,000 |
All negotiations for a settlement of tho st. !
osis car strike are of. 7
Sheriff Suter, OF Frankfort Ky., has
ached indianapolis with a requisition fol
=. ). Taylor, charging him with being an
'cessory to the Goebel murder. i
Governor Mount refused to honor requisl.
On papers OF Governor Beckham.
Comptroller Coler, OF New York, addressed d
udents OF the Illinois State University OF j
oblems growing out Of conditions in ouI fl
lies and out OF corporate greed. "
The Court Of Claims decided that Admira a
mrson was In command at Santiago, and tC
Mt Admiral schley was his subordinate. CT
Senator Davis, chairman of the Commit.
on Foreign Relations. in an address he. a
Ell