Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-04-13
THE NEWS.

comes report that preparations are oeinR
made to boom Ex-Governor Robert u. Patll-
son. OF Pennsylvania, for vice rresiden'.
Webster Davis. former assistant secretary
Ut the interior, made q speech at the pro-
Boer meeting strongly condemnlDg the Bit
ISL diplomacy and military methods.
The large department store OF Joseph
Horne & Co.. In Pittsburg, was destroyed ny
fire. The loss will be nearly two million
dollars.
There was very large audience at Wal
lacks. where the play Of "Sapho WAS again
put on, with Miss Nethersoe in the ti'le
role.
A four-year.old son of Russell Nickias, IN
Chambersburg, Pa, was killed by being run
over.
Emma SPINNER. a lovesick girl OF nineteen
years. committed suicide near Paterson,
New Jersey.
Judge Blown. Of the United States Dis
trict Court In New York. says his decision
discharging the prisoners in the Carter con-
spiracy case was in accordance with prece-
dents. the prosecution having followed
wrong method Of procedure.
Three building associations in Atlanta,
with branches in other States applied for re-
ceivers In Atlanta on account OF excessive
taxation.
A trestle Oh the Durham aud Charlotte.
near Gulf, went through, wrecking an &C
commodation train.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal says SOC
was paid In advance TO the man who shot
Goebel.
Harry Hamburger. convicted of murder in
Detroit, Mich, attempted to commit suicide
A strike is threatened by the telegraph
operators on the Southern Railway system.
King and Lewis Goodsby, colored were
executed in Bailey, Ga, for murder.
F. o, Dickensheets, Kansas City news
paper man, committed suicide in Atlanta.
d. Hathaway president Of the American
Sabbath Union, announced to the Newark
Conference that President Mckinley had de.
clared the United States building at the
Paris Exposition would be closed on Sun.
day
The Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
instructed its delegates to the national con.
vention to vote as a.unit for Bryan, and moi
to change to any aspirant except by ma
jority vote.
The jury In the case Of Olga Nethersole
and others, in New York, accused of main
tanning nuisance in performing the play
"Sapho," returned verdict OF not guilty.
Judge Pugsley in Toledo, o., decided that
the law prohibiting an employer from dis.
charging workman because he was union
man Is unconstitutional.
Judge Goodwin has declared his intention
to resign on account Of the unfavorable com.
ment OF his conduct during the Emporia
(Va.) lynching incident.
Little Edna Cleburne was badly burned in
Richmond, Va. her clothes having caught
fro from the CRATE.
Chicagoans are thinking of abandoning
their proposed celebration in honor Of Ad
miral Dewey.
The demands Of the aluminium workers al
the Pittsburg Reduction Works were granted
At Unionvllle, n. Y, Richard Martin com
mitted suicide on his sweetheart's grave.
Mary Salirosky, OF Scranton, Pa, was ac.
cused OF infanticide.
Convention Hall. In Kansas City, No..
where the Democratic National Convention
was to be held, was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with the handsome Presbyterian
Church. the Lathrop School and a.half
block OF fiat buildings. The loss aggregated
$400, 900.
Because OF the strikes of the miners in the
Pittsburg district coal is getting scarce, and
the Boston Steel and Iron Works were
obliged to shut down.
Charles F. Eichelberger, an old man Of
New Baltimore, Pa, will die MS the result OF
an effort to hang himself
Bishop 0owler, OF the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. Is reported to be seriously i'll at
Buffalo. n. Y.
Theodore, Furey. OF Darkyille. W. Va.
was arrested charged with assaulting Mrs.
Sarah McFillan.
Nathan Baldwin, a travelling man, killed
himself in Rochester, y. Y.
DR.. W. c. Gray presented TO the Chicago
presbytery letter from Dr. Newell Dwight
Hills, OF Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, re-
signing from the Presbyterian Church. DR.
Hills action Is the result OF his recent I'M
nouncement Of his views Oh the doctrine Of
predestination.
Municipal elections were held in the towns
and cities OF Ohio. Connecticut, Iowa and
North Dakota In Cincinnati the Republi-
cans scored a complete victory over the
Fusionists, eIecting Col. julius Fleischman
mayor. In most of the towns party lines
were not drawn.
Edward Strine was stabbed by David Wal
lace, Of Chambersburg, Pa, who took this
means OF discouraging the young mans at
tentions to his daughter
Elwell Perdue was fatally shot, and hiA
brother Lee also wounded in feud fight
with Albert and Arthur Cyrus, near Centre
vile, W. Va.
There we're formal ceremonies at Phoebus,
Va, the occasion being the installation Of
the town officers under the charter recently
granted.
Jewelry OF the value of oo0 was stolen
rom the residence of Charles ". Smith al
Germantown. Pa.
The special grand jury Of Newport News
Va, indicted Prof. H. J. Frawley for forgery
The actress Ely Coglar was taken to Belle.
yue Hospital in New York, probably insane
The new scale for the mining OF bitumi.
nous coal went into effect in Pennsylvania
William Davis was nearly killed by fall
down An elevator shaft in Norfolk, Va.
Twelve to fifteen thousand miners went on
strike in the Pttsburg district.
Late frosts have damaged the fruit crop il
Georgia to some extent.