Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-03-29
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic

w. ]. Bryan, when asked Wnetner ne
thought any Democrat or Populist
would aid the Republicans in electing
Senator's. said mot unless he is
bought" and Mr. Bryan would not as
sumo without evidence that any OF the
Nebraska Legislators were corruPtible.
Because OF suspicious circumstances
surrounding her death, the body OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Matthews, OF Cri..enden, Va,
was disinterred and delivered to medlca!
officials for an autopsy.
The United States officials place the
responsibility for the wreck OF the
steamer Rio de Janeiro on the late
Captain Ward, who went down with the
ship, and Pilot Jordan.
The jury brought in a verdict OF not
guilty in the case OF Hon. Clark SIM
mons. of the County Court in Weston,
Va. who was tried for shooting Kew.
John REDWOOD. ~
Giovanni Lautiere, of Natick, K. T.,
nearly killed Miss Enrichette Mazar-
clio. who had rejected him, and three
others who came to her assistance. -,
The Korea built for the PACING Man
Steamship Company, was launched al
the yards OF the Newport News Dry
Dock and Shipbuilding Company.
A Holstein COW went on rampage
in Richmond. Va, and did considerable
damage to persons and their property
before she had enough OF the sport .
The fight between the Chicago Board
OF Trade and the telegraph companies
over the distribution OF market quota
tons has been settled.
Several electrical storms ragged IN
Wisconsin and Minnesota. A number
OF cattle were killed by lightning. I
Isaac Levy and Lewis Goldsiein,
Government contractors, were arrested
in Philadelphia for swindling. =.
A blow from the southeast did con-
siderable damage to shipping on the
Florida coast.
William Stern, business man OF
Scranton, Pa, committed suicide at
Atlantic City.
More women are registering in Kan
sas to vote at the spring elections than
ever before.
Thomas Levins was accused in Free
hold. N. J.. OF killing his mother on
March l. -,
Charter Day was celebrated at the
University OF Virginia.
The steamer Poughkeepsie ran on the
rocks at Stony Point, near Haverstraw,
N. Y. All the passengers, who were
panic-stricken, were safely taken on:
The Supreme Court OF Virginia
granted new trial to H. A. DAVIS,
sentenced for four years for poisoning
a well in Fauuuier county, Va.
A fire in the hold of the steamer
| Cassano, lying AZ the Atlantic Basin,
Brooklyn, caused damage to the amount
/ OF 500 COO.
! Rev. DR.. Frederick A. Muhlenbery
died at his home in Reading, Pa.
John Held, travelling salesman, COM
mitted suicide in Buffalo.
1t is rumored in Colorado that ex-
Senator Wolcott will be appointed. Sec
rotary of the Interior, in place OF MI
Hitchcock,
Bruce F. Dunbar, aged IS years. OF
Harrisonburg. Pa, died OF lockJaw'
which followed vaccination -
The grand hotel at kenova' W. va,
and the saw and planning mills OF Davis
& Lemon were burned. .u :,
Mrs. William H. Wilkins, OF MILFORD
N. H., drowned her II-year-old daugh-
ter in a river. 80,
The family OF Edward L. Smith, al
Martinsburg, were poisoned by eating
wild root.
H. c. Bourquin, Of St. Marys, o.,
sued Miss Sarah B. Ruhle for breach
OF promise. Il,
George D. Swigert veteran OF the
Civil War; died at Erie, Pa. 80
Charles HUMPHREYS, a tenor, killed
himself in St. Louis.
Albert Ives, the oldest banker in De-
troit. is dead.