Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-16
THE NEWS.

forced. A clash may occur at any momen'
Caleb Powers, Republican secretary OF state
arrested at Lexington on the charge ibelnl
implicated In the killing OF Goebel protest
bis innocence, and says all he wants Is fai
trial. Governor Taylor declares the entir
proceeding is Democratic conspiracy.
DR.. Parkhurst, as president OF the Socie'.
for the Prevention OF Crime, sent letter t
District Attorney Gardiner telling him u
turn his virtuous indignation upon anumbe
OF places In New York which are considera
bly, more immoral than Wallack's Theater.
Rev. Samuel c. Edsall missionary BISHOP
OF North Dakota, has been appointed actinl
successor to the late Rev. Mahlon n. Gilbert
bishop co-adjutor of the Protestant Episeo
pal Diocese OF Minnesota.
Two more hold-ups were reported in Nor
folk. In one instance the footpad, Franz
Williamson, was arrested by his intended
victim, Mr.. Parsons, and handed over to the
police.
Captain Mahan has written an article fol
Leslie's Weekly, dwelling upon the necessity
OF a large navy for the maintenance OF the
Monroe doctrine.
Unofficial advices received in Cincinnati
from Rome declare that Henry Moeller
chancellor OF the archdiocese OF Cincinnati
has been appointed Bishop OF Columbus.
Three more dead bodies were removed
from the Red Ash mine, W. Va, but the
bodies OF twenty-eight more victims remain
In the mine.
William F. Miller. the Franklin Syndicate
man, was heard in bankruptcy proceedings
In New York. He refused to answer ques'
lions.
Isaiah Gary, colored, was sent up for six
months for attempting to burglarize the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Jewell at Port Norfolk, Va.
Captain 3. G. Patterson, member OF the
Virginia House OF Delegates from Rocking
ham county. died In Richmond
Adam Heipner. wealthy merchant tailor
of Grafton, W. Va, committed suicide by
leaping into the Valley river.
The revenue service steamer Onondaga
left Norfolk to search for the missing Span
ish steamer Minerva.
Philip Kuntz was convicted in Norristown,
Pa, OF manslaughter in causing the death OF
Pierce W. Cope.
Thomas J. Williams was sentenced In
Staunton, Va, to three years in the peniten-
tiary for attempted rape.
Fire did about Sc 900 worth Of damage to
the factory and warehouses of Samuel Bacon
& Sons, in Laurel, Del.
r. Garnett Willis died In Fredericksburg,
Va, from the effects OF wound received
during the Civil War.
Three hundred non-union workmen, un.
der police guard, we're put to work on build
ings in Chicago.
Resolutions were passed by the New York
Produce Exchange asking for justice to
Puerto Rico.
The convention was continued in Cleve-
land, o., OF the National Council OF Jewish
Women.
The Fl. Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons OF Vet
erans was organized In shepherdstown,
W. Va.
Fire wiped out 100000 worth OF property
in Leads, S. D.
The estimate OF the number OF victims o!
the Red Ash mine disaster near Fire Creek,
W. Va, vary between flfty-two and sixty.
Thirty-four were taken from the mine, TWEEN
ty-nine being dead and Ave seriously in
jured.
George W. Drake, the famous Kentucky
moonshiner detective, and man named
Ford were killed near Torrent, KY, by viii
liam st. John.
A suspected case Of bubonic plague de.
veloped In Chinatown, San Francisco, and
that section OF the city was quarantined.
The National Tube Company, at McKees'
port. Pa, advanced the wages of four thou
sand men ten per cent.
Smallpox is carrying off large percentage
of the population In the southern part OF
Mississippi.
Fire In the retail dry-goods district in
Philadelphia caused loss Of 600, 900.
Charles Albright, aged fifteen, was killed
by train near Meyersdale, Pa.
Two hundred and thirty men joined the
strikers in Chicago.
Over hundred miners were entombed 10y
an explosion in the Red Ash mine, at Fire
Creek, w. Va, on the south branch Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. More than
thirty dead bodies have been taken out.
Congressman Alfred G. Harmer, known as
the Father OF the House." who has served
full terms in Congress as rep
resentative Of the Fifth Pennsylvania dis
trict, died in Philadelphia, at the age OF
seventy-fve years.
The grand jury in New York brough: In
indictments against six men, holding them
for disseminating the false ru-
mors that brought about decline In Brook
lyn Rapid Transit stock.
Edward c. Flanagan, who murdered two
women, killed one man and attempted the
life OF another, was tried, convicted and
numerous times, died in prison at
Atlanta, Ga.
The strike OF thirty electric crane men at
the works OF the Pressed Steel Car Company
In Pittsburg, Pa, threw thousand men out
Of work.
Proceedings were Instituted In Brooklyn
against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company by Robert L. Cutting, on behalf Of
he stockholders of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railway Company.
Police Magistrate Mott In New York held
olga Nethersole, Hamilton Revelle, Marcus
Mayer and Theodore Moss for trial on the
charge of presenting an immoral play
"Sapho'') at Wallack's Theater
Cecil Leslie, advertising agent OF the
franklin Syndicate, was arrested In Brook
yn on two charges Of conspiracy and grand
arceny, and plead not guilty.
The holder of one share Of the stock ofthe
Blackwell Company prevents its
ale to the American Tobacco Company.
One hundred thousand dollars was given |
0 New York University for the building Of a
Iall of Fame for Great Americans.
A broken rail threw passenger train over |
u embankment near Huntington, Pa. The |
onductor was killed and number OF passen-
ers injured.
Miss Alice Connolly was found unconscious
o her home in Norfolk, Va, having been at.
acked bv some unknown burglar