Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-06-21
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budget of the Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
A COLLEGE DEAL DECLARED Ot T..
Child Awarded 10 lis Father Misses Mario'
and Virginia Will Run The Valley rena'e
College In the Futurs"Death Of mr. I0hO
DUNLOP :. Cannery to Be Established a
Stanton" Capt R. II. Mann Dead.

mate MCAlllSter was SUING ou u'N
side of a lane, it is alleged, when Hi.cA'
cock deliberately shot him. A iew mo-
ments before the shooting HitchcocS
/ left the almshouse with shotgun, re-
marking that he would be in trouble III
less than five minutes. He had gone
| but ROO Yards when he was seen by W.
| of the male inmates Of the almshouSc "
raise his gun to his shoulder and hfc:
A few minutes later McAllisters dead
body was found lying on one side 81
| the lane shot in the head. Alter me
shooting Hitchcock came back to the
almshouse. put his gun in his room
and then left. He was subsequently ar
rested and lodged in jail
In the Circuit Court at WINCHESTER
Judge T. w. Harrison awarded the cr;-
tody of a three-year-old child to -
father in the case OF Sue l.. Wheei-
wright against her former husband,
Thos. S. Wheelwright. The parties arc
prominent and wealthy and the case a.
tracted unusual interest owing 20 IN;
desperate measures taken by the mo uHr
to secure her child. A Chicago dcttc-
tive F. Wayland Brown, attempted /;
kidnap the child last fall with the aid o.
its mother, but was folled by Mr..
Wheewrights sister, Mrs. W. RI. "a
cobs, of Nincveh, in whose care the
child had been placed after IT had been
awarded to its father by Chicago
court.
Announcement as made in Wirchei.
ter that the deal involving the removal
CT the Valley Female College 10 Bu1
Vista had been declared off. 1t was
further stated that the institution woull
be run in the future by Misses Maroon
and Virginia Kennedy. daughters OF to
late Rev. H. H. Kennedy. of Charles
town, w. Va, who. with his wife. wd1
run over by a Baltimore and Ohio tram
at Shenandoah Junction recently an
| killed.
Mr.. John Dunlop, wellknowu at
sorney. died in Richmond from paral'-
sis. Deceased was in the 6@th year o.
his age and lincai descendant OF the
famous Harrison family OF Virginia.
He was educated and spent his by
hood in England. Among the brothe~T
of the deceased is Mr. Donald Dunlop.
of Baltimore Mr. Dunlop was the at
torney for the late Lewis Ginter. b.
whom he was remembered in his will
Capt. R. H. Mann, ST., died at lbs
home in Petersburg after protrac'cf
illness. He was a native of Arpomat
tox county and an ex-mcm5cr OF tn"
City Council He leaves widow aHI
five children, among whom are 60
VIM. Henry Mann and NJ X. h
Mann. Commonwealth Attorney OF
Petersburg.
AT Fredericksburg Nancy Witt.
co1ored. was found alone at her home.
lying on the floor with her throat cut
and a knife by her side, unconsci"ui
from the loss OF blood. She could
make no statement. 1t is thought Sic
attempted suicide There is but slight
chance for her recovery.
On the Southern Railway at River
ton, Va, a piece Of bridge grder tel
from off one OF the cars and struck the
switch that runs TO Baker & Co S
wholesale wareroom, letting FIVE OF the
cars on to that siding, totally wreck
ing two OF them and partially wreck
ing the others. The main track was
blocked for five hours.
The big sailing ship Roanoke, COM
manded by Captain Amsbury, was tow
ed to Hampton Roads on the first
stage of her FIVE months voyage for
San Francisco. whittier she takes 4o2S
tons OF Pocahontas coal from the LAM
bert's Point piers.
Judge James B. Sener, OF Fredericks-
burg, was elected vice-president OF the
University of Virginia's Society Of AL
umni at the annual melting Of the So
ciety held at the University this week.
Misses Carmen and Christine Mora.
who have been attending Fredericks-
burg College for the past four years.
have returned to their home in Mexico.
Mcssrs. S. w. Curriden, OF Wash
ington. and L. G.. johnson. of Gull
pepper, were in Fredericksburg in the
interest of the electric road to Kappa
hammock county. These gentlemen went
over the line between Fredericksburg
and Culpcper There is every prospect
that the road will be built.
Shenandoah Valley Academy, at
Winchester, closed its season Friday.
There were two graduates-Edmond
Terrill, OF Tennessee, and Abner II.
Ferguson, of Winchester The X. A.
Robinson scholarships were awarded
to F. Asbury Kern. Walter Cooper,
Harry S. Fling and Brent E. Clark.
Mr.. Henry Helbroner died at Holly
Springs, Miss. Prior to the Civil War
he was a resident Of Lexington, a
clothing dealer. He served in the
Confederate Army as a member of the
Rockbridge Rifles, Twenty-seventh
Virginia Regiment, Stonewall Brigade.
Eugene McNulty, seaman OF the
schooner Maud Palmer, fell overheard
at Newport News and was drowned
He was sick and had gone on deck for
a breath of air and lost his balance
leaning over the rail. The body has
not been recovered.
The Junior Order OF American Me-
chanics OF Tappahannock will give All
excursion from all wharves on the Rap
pahannock river to Fredericksburg
July for the benefit OF their lodge.
Gen. Fitzhrgh Lee has nted a no 5:
in Charlottesville and will make his
residence there.
Mrs. Caroline M. Garland died in
Lynchburg, aged 90 years. She was
the mother OF Brig. Gen Samuel Gar
land. of the Confederate army, who was
killed in battle near Boonsboro, Md,
in 1862.
Mr.. D. Emmett Guerant and Miss
Alice Wemple, well-known society
people OF Dmville, were married in
that city.
1t is proposed to establish female
school OF high grade either at Freder-
cksburg or Bowling Green under the
auspices of Rappahannock District,