Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-02-22
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Uver
the State.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Will Assemble in Richmond June Il Next'-Bil
Passed TO Fit the Election Law In Its App'I'
cation to the Coming Election..Henry Cope
land Must Die for Shooting Down J. d. Story
..yjrgina and Tennessee Boundary Line.

The Constitutional Convention,
whose work is to be a revolution III
political methods in Virginia and have
a most important bearing upon 1t; tn.
ture career, will assemble in Richmond
on June IL next. This was settled oy
the two branches OF the Legislature. AS
indicated in these dispatches tie rc7oFt
OF the conference committee On TIE
Constitutional Convention bills was
adopted and the Legislature adjourne'
This result was not reached, however,
without debate. That in the Senate
was the most interesting OF all that has
been had on this great subject. The
closing scene in the preparations forth.
convention was the bill passed 10 fit the
election law in its applications to the
coming election. The bill passed By
the two houses so amended the present
law as to make it apply to counties IN
which no party nominations are mace.
AS if exists now it eXempts from It's
operations in local elections counties IN
which no party nominations are maze
The election for delegates to the con-
vention occurs on May 20, on the same
day on which county offlcers are eject
ed. Hence it will be seen that the
amendment adopted was necessary, IN
order to have the so-called Australian
ballot system in force in this contest
IN. About 90 c a M imh9h f96dbb8c c8p-
c,,rred At the station house, when. 1t IS
alleged the lieutenant in command was
assaulted by a policeman. me oe .ss
was called to the. attention o. IN
Mayor. who will make an lnvestieai.om,
There are besides the captain 'liiee
other powers having jurisdiction o.ei
the police force under the city char ;:
The Mavor has control OF the ponce
force" the Police Board has authorLty
70 "nrescribe uniforms, rules and regc-
lations for the police" and the polics
force is required to perform such duties
as the CITY Council shall prescribe.
Under such apportionment OF jurisaic,
tom conflicts OF authority are quite
likely to occur.
Tales of suffering and disaster during
the recent severe gales which prevaiie9i
off the coast are told by the masters OF
several vessels that have limpe33 il.o
Norfolk. The schooner James b. JOY
| dan CAPTAIN Hempel, OF Ihomaston,
| Maine was one of the sufferers. She Is
from Florida for New York with phoS-
nhate rock The big schooner was
caught in a series Of gales January "a 10
AZ and driven many miles off her course.
One Inv one her sails were torn 10
shreds A tremendous sea loosened the
rudder band. causing the rudder 10
nound her stern, which leaked SO badiy
that the steam pump could scarcely keep
her free of water. Just as cape rlsnI y
was sighted her coal and iresn "See'
supply were exhausted. The tug JOS,
eph NJ. Clark sighted the JORDAN ana
towed her in.
The bill which has just been enacted
bv the Legislature approprlat'ng $5ooo
as Virginia's portion of the expense
fund for re-running and re-marklng the
boundary line between Tennessee ana
Virginia will. it is presumed, insure the
nromnt execution of the work. len,
pessee's portion OF the expense iund
has been ready for more thaI st",
and the Commissioners appointed ~
| the United States Supreme Court nay.
repeatedly said they would start IN
work as soon as Virginia provided hei
share of the expense fund The line l.
70 be re-run according to the surVej
OF 1909. from White Top MOUNTAIN r
the Cumberland range, at Cumberlane
| Can With reference to Bristol tn'
survey will now, OF course, conform L
The act of the Tennessee Legislatur
ceding to Virginia the northern hal
Main street.
The Council OF the town OF Wood
stock has contracted with Mr.. " J.
| McKain. of Salem, w. Va. for the cor
struction of the waterworks system a
the sum of $4,000. Work is to b.
commenced within 30 days and com
nleted by June g. 1901. Five thousan'
seven hundred feet of 8-inch CASTRO
nine will be needed to carry the wac
from the reservoir to Woodstock. IN
reservoir will hold 10000 cubic ieet O
water and will be erected $40 feet abov
the center of the town. Two IN axe
70 the reservoir will be erected and II
a8 hydrants will have a pressure oil 9
pounds to the inch. 6
The board of stewards OF Epwort
Church, Norfolk, have voted the pas
tor the Rev. DR.. A. Coke Smith,
holiday until April I, or longer II Dc
s;red in order that he may take tri
70 some warm climate, perhaps South
ern Florida. DR.. Smith has recent
had a severe attack of grip, and a
though he has recovered from that h
has not entirely regained his strength.
The longest-lived people have gel
. orally been those who made breakfa