Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-04-19
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
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Evidence was taken in New York in
the case of Miss Lena Manchester, OF
Cincinnati. who charges that she was the
victim of a bogus marriage, E. NJ. Bon
ner having brought her from Cincinnati
TO be married.
Solomon Hotema and Sam Frye,
Choctaws, who were on trial in Texas
for killing a number OF alleged witches,
were acquitted on the ground of insanity.
Charles Henry, Id years OF age, acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed William Myers,
Jr., while playing at the formers home,
near Martinsburg, w. Va.
The new hospital at the University CT
Virginia was inaugurated, the annlver-
sary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson
being celebrated at the same time.
A firm OF accountants engaged by the
Merchants Club OF Chicago 20 investi-
gate the accounting methods OF the
city Of Chicago, in report to the club
state that taxes TO the amount'of S. o. 90
a year for the past decade have been re-
leased as loss and deficiency; that cleTl-
cal errors, such as posting hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars, have remained
uncorrec;ed, and that books OF record
have been destroyed.
At the trial OF a Chinaman Tor the
murder OF another Chinaman in New
York, next week, the District Attorney
expects to show that an association OF
"highbinders" exists in Chinatown.
The United S es Court in New Or
leans the United States Court dis
missed the suit brought by Boer rep
rcsentaives to prevent the shipment OF
mules and horses for British use in the
TranSvaal
The Rockingham Co. (Va) Democratic
Convention nominated State Senator
George B. Keezewell and Talfourd N.
Haas for the Constitutional Convention.
Mrs. Rachel Frye. whose mind was
unbalanced by long sickness, drowned
herself in a mill dam near her home, in
Wardensvlle, Va.
The Jersey Central Railroad officials
came to an agreement with its cngl-
neers and hremen, and their wages will
be increased.
Nearly forty cotton mills in the Fall
River district will shut down tempo
rarily, throwing I7,oco operatives out OF
work
A hundred and fifty newly enlisted
men in the Fourteenth United States
Cavalry deserted at Leavenworth, Kan.
The $50 employees of the Jersey Cen.
trail car shops at Ashley, Pa, accepted
the terms offered by the company.
Five stables were burned and num-
Der of other buildings damaged by an
incendiary fire at Wayncsboro, Pa.
Brevet Brigadier General James L:
Lynch. a veteran OF the Civil War, died
at his home in Philadelphia.
The steamer Awashouks, lying at an
Choir at Tiverton, R. l., was burned to
the waters edge. =.
Plans are being arranged tor big
exposition in Richmond in 1907.
John Norris, business manager OF the
New York Times, told the Industrial
Commission how the trust IN news
paper had increased the cost OF paper.
VIM. F. Coffin, formerly OF the bank
ing house OF Coffin & Stanton, in New
York, applied to be adjudged bank
rupt. Liabilities, $4.I5o.oo7; assets, YES.
By registered letter Johnnie. Mottltt,
who was stolen from his fathers house
in Chicago. was located at his uncle
home in Altoona, Wis.
The will Of Fernando Ynaga, filed in
New York. leaves all OF his property to
his sister, the Dowager Duchess OF
Manchester.