Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-07-27
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

and the latter at the Congrega-
Orch in Lincoln.
nenalties are being imposed
bppr classmen at West Point Tor
plebs do mental service and for
ng the officer who reported
IN persons were injured by the
which engulfed a New YORK
car. the flames being caused by
zen fuse.
Mae Brown, a New York heir
i'll devote her life to amelioratlng
,ndition of the poor on the East
{ that city.
prge w. Snyder, of Philadelphia,
he'd John T. Fenby, Jr., for alleged
ton of his wife's affections. He
$4,000.
imperial Russian cruiser Variag
by the Cramps, sailed from
delphia on her official trial speed
sderick Strahl, an employee of the
ok Fruit Packing Works, had his
torn from his body by a moving
vo hundred Filipino insurgents
killed, f30 surrendered or were
ured, and 100 rifles were taken last
k.
here is great scarcity Of ice In
thern Virginia, and the price has
advanced to two cents pound.
rother Stanislaus, monk, has en-
I'd in the regular army at Louisville,
for service in China.
society has been incorporated In
York whose chief object will be to
ent premature burials.
he Seventh United States Battery
Heavy Artillery has been ordered TO
y in the far East.
= The contractors and striking stone
ssons of Chicago have reached one
Isis of agreement.
3The Lehigh Valley is now running
fains over its new line to its Jersey
tty terminals.
More rich gold diggings arc reported
having been discovered in Alaska.
There is a prospect of an inconven-
Int scarcity of water in Brooklyn,
Y.
Over one hundred cases of smallpox
q re reported at Nome, Alaska.
An electrical storm did considerable
damage in the neighborhood of Han
over, Pa. Miss Daisy Swartzbaugh, OF
near Jefferson, was killed by lightning
and other members of the family were
stunned.
~. r. Clements, of Lacrosse, Wis,
as convicted of wrecking the Fillmore
founty Bank, of Preston, Mimi, and
entenced to ten years Imprisonment
The Kentucky Democratic Conven-
bn nominated Lieutenant-Governor j.
w. Beckham to fill the unexpired
I'm of the late Governor Goebel.
Mr. John G. Woolley, Prohibition
candidate for President, was officially
notified in Central Music Hall, in Chi
cago.
William Beaver, painter, fell dis
lance Of forty feet at Mount Zion, Pa.
but escaped serious injury.
Castle Craig Tavern, a summer re-
sort hotel in San Francisco, was burned
All the guests escaped.
Quite a number of persons have LOST
their lives by going down the false
channels of the Yukon.
officers were elected by the Southern
Industrial League, in session in At
lanta.
The executive committee of the Fed
Grafton of Labor appointed commit
tee to try to end the st. Louis street
car strike. and levied an assessment fol
the benefit of the striking cigar-maker'
in New York.
Miss Esther Nicholson Barney, daugh
ter of the late Commodore, was chosen
to be sponsor for the torpedo-boat Bar
ney.
Executors of the will of George w
Pullman turned over to the director!
of the Free Manual Training Schoo
$1,200,0OO.
On account of the strike of the run
ners and drivers, the Grassy lslant
mine, at 0liphant, Pa, was shut down
Mr.. D. L. Davis, son Of the late
Rev. James N. Davis, died at his home
in Piedmont, w. Va.
The Generate Transatlantique Com
pany has filed with the State Depart
ment a claim for 100000 francs as In
demnity for losses suffered in the selz
ure and detention of two Of its vessels
during the Spanish American war.
A dispatch was received from Cap
tain Wilde suggesting that temporary
repairs be made on the Oregon ano
that she be returned to Taku. The
Navy Department so ordered.
Judge Hagner refused to order Sec
rotary Gage to deliver sixty-four mil
lions of Central Pacific Railroad bonds
to the heirs of Charles Durkee.
President Mckinley issued his proc
lamation declaring that the new reci-
procity treaty with Italy has gone into
effect.
Brigadier- General Chaffee was COM
missioned as a major-general in COM
mand of the forces in China.
The Convention of the National
league of Republican Clubs, in session
n St. Paul, elected Isaac M: Hamilton
# Chicago, president, and, having
,dopted a set of strong resolutions, ad-
burned
The Standard Stone Company bought
spring controlling Martinsburg'
water supply, and diverted the water
.ausing a famine and an Injunction.
Congressman Otey, of the Sixth Vir'
,inia district; Hay, of the Seventh, and
3ixey. of the Eighth, were renominat'