Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-09
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

sengers and crew were saved.
A band of masked robbers dynamlt-
ed the safe of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank at Jackson Center, ONO
and secured $4,000.
The schooner Morning Light was
run into and sunk by the steamer Lam
caster County in Carriers Creek, va.
Mary Williams, respondent young
woman, tried to kill herself In Rich-
mond, Va.
Three large iron smelling plants
were consolidated in Buffalo.
Cornelius Alvord, the note-teller OF
the First National Bank in New York
was discharged by City Magistrate
Flammer and rearrested by the fedora
authorities. Commissioner Shields
placed his bail at s150,000.
The grand jury of Passaic county
N. j., reported indictments AGAR st NC
Allister, Campbell, Kerr and Death TO-
the murder of jennie Bosschieter, OF
Paterson.
Judge Mcpherson. of the United
States District Court in Philadelphia
dppOlUtSu ItCtlNtl lpi w
Brown & Sons and the Phoenix Mills.
William l.. Strong, who was mayor
of New York from January ], 1885, TO
December 81, 1897. died at his home
in that city.
Arthur Harris, colored, convicted OF
numbering Policemen Thorpe in New
York, was sentenced to life imprlson-
ment.
Mrs. Mackey wife of ex-Judge
Mackey, was committed to the United
States Government Asylum for the In
sane.
The police investigation of the Tar
rant fire in New York shows that IL
persons are missing and unaccounted
for.
The will of the late Frank Williams
of Bethlehem, Pa. bequeathed S300OoO
to Lehigh University.
The directors of the Southern Pa
cific elected Charles NJ. Hays president
of the company.
A falling derrick killed William
Reem near Bridgeport, Pa, and injur' d
five others.
A. L. Foust, while hunting in F.ank'
lin county, Pa. was freed by steer
Charles F. Jones, in prison in New
York on the charge OF being involved
with Lawyer Patrick in forging mil
lionaire Rice's name to two checks
made a statement to Assistant District
Attorney Osborne duplicating Patrick
Walter Adams was remanded IN
Norfolk, Va, on the charge of shoot
ing Harry Stokes. though he claimed
| to have acted in self-defense.
Minister WI, of China, in an adj
| dress at founders day at Carnegie
Institute, paid tribute to American
character.
Osborn Rowlcs. colored barber OF
| Keyser, w. Va. had his body placed
on the railroad track by his murder
| erS.
There was a fight between strikers
| and non-union men at the Riverside
| wv. Va plant of the National Tubs
| Works.
Jacob Grouse, the richest man in
Syracuse, died at his home in that
city. His estate is valued at $4,000, 600
The strike of the gold miners at the
independence Mine, Victor, COL, was
settled, the miners returning to work
George Washington f. II. Green
once a slave of George Washington
died at the almshOuse at Hampstead
L. !.
DR.. Louis w. Read. famous mill
tary surgeon who served in many
wars died at his home in Norristown
| Pa.
Charles Schmidt died at Easton, Pa.
from the results of an accident while
playing football at Nazareth, Pa.
Two members Of the Georgia legls-
lature were seriously wounded in a
| fight with knives near Valoosta, Ga.
General Daniel Mcclure. of the
United States Army. retired, died al
his home in Louisville. Ky.
James l.. Lowman. veteran OF the
| Civil War died at his home in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va.
The prices of anthracite coal have
been advanced so cents ton
The miners celebrated their success
| at the Susquehanna Coal Company al
William Penn. near Shenandoah. Pa.
| the big company having conceded al
| demands.
Charles f. Wickersham on Novem-
! Der Is will become president Of the At
lanta, and West Point and Western Of
| Alabama, Railroads.
The girls at the Freeland (Pa) sill
mills went on a strike because the
! jectiOnable fOrelady
|
Senator Cushman X. Davis submit
ted to several operations for blood
poisoning caused by dye in his sill
stocking.
George c. Smith has been appoint
ed general manager of the Louisville
Evansville and ST. Louis Railway.
Twenty-six people are believed tt
have persisted in the fire at Tarran
G. Co.'S drughouse in New York.
The Chicago and Grand Trunk Rail
road was sold at Port Huron, Mich.
for nearly six million dollars.
Sir Thomas Upton is said to have
made $350,OOO by his recent deal il
pork in Chicago.
The Standard Milling Company wal
incorporated at Trenton, with CAPT a
of $1,000, 900;
l.. G.. McCabe brother of Bishop G
| c. McCabe, died 1T Evanston. Ind.
Miss Eunice Harris was burned t
death near Susquehanna, Pa.
Eight earthquake shocks were fel
| in Jacksonville, Fla.
-Four Hungarians attempted to hole
ND a pay wagon near Mount Pleasant
Pa. The paymaster and one of TIL
Hungarians was killed. No none.
was secured.