Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-10
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VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budget of the Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
BIG planning MILLS DESTROYED
Fire Threatens the Destruction OF Wluchester $ /
Suburban Industrial Section.'Son of Cons
poser GiIbert2--Taxes In ShenaIdoah''h}
Desperate Insane Negro.'Young Girl Mis-
treated..The Washington Relics.

At a meeting of the Lynchburg City
Council the Lynchburg Traction--anll :.
Light Company. the corporation tina.
has absorbed all of Lynchburg's street
railroad, electric and gas light pants.
asked for 4o-year franchise, with right
to extend its street railroads through a
number OF the city's thorougha eS, in
GLIDING not less than three or four miles
OF additional tracks. Under the RI OF {
the company every section OF the city.
however remote, will be afforded st'e.t
car facilities and by the transfer system
a person will be able to ride to any
point Some opposition, however, has
arisen to the proposed contract. as 1t Isl
claimed that under it the new company
will have an absolute monopoly that
might prove oppressive.
The plant of the c. W. Allemong
Planning Mills, located in the suburbs
of Winchester, was totally destroyedN
by fire, and for a time valuable sub
urban industrial section was threatened
with destruction. The hreS was dlscov-
cred on the lower floor, and in few
minutes the entire main ouiii anGulnln
in flames The Winchester
partment responded, but owl
lack of water, and the bursting
their work was ineffective. s.
ing property was saved al
hours hard exerton. The hr
lieved to have been OF incendJ
gin. The loss is about $1,000, with -
1000 insurance.
A few days ago Richard Bond, col
ored man, near Chambissburg, Bed
ford county, was seized with fit Of in
sanity and a few nights ago SET fire to
the house of his employer and Destroy
ed the building and furniture. lie first
awakened and drove the family fApm thS61
house in their night garment
family had to run to Save thei
After tearing down fence and
ing the rails on the burning build
tore his clothing from his bod
ran into the woods where he was
ward captured by body of Cit
The man has been adjudgcd inSanl
Miss Mary Gusts Lee. daughtj
Gen. r. E. Lee, was in Richm
the purpose, it is understood
ing arrangements for the safe
of the Washington relics OF
family, just turned over to the
War Department. Miss Lee Y
old wartime home. now occI
Virginia Historical Society
that the family heirlooms will -
in General Lees old home. Ths man
ayers of the Confederate Museum are
anxious that Miss Lee place these relies
in their keeping.
The Council OF the town of Wood
stock has granted a franchise to the
Woodstock Electric Light COmra~y
and electric lights are assured. bSincc .
Woodstock has determined to have
waterworks several new enterprises have
sprung up and others are being talked
OF. The Woodstock Dairy and Cteam--
cry Company was recently chartered
and will begin operations by the I5'h
of May. An unlimited amount of power
could be secured from the SHENANDOAH
river, which would run large mSnufac'
turing establishments.
A fatal accident is reported from
Dumps Creek, Dickinson county. An
engine and FIVE cars loaded with logs
left the track on mountain tramwaY
of the Debusk Lumber Company and
were dashed to ruin over precipice.
The crew jumped and were saved, ex-
cept Engineer Thomas Simmons. who
was buried under the wreck and instant
ly killed.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Shenan-
doah county met at Woodstock and
levied the taxes for 1901 as follow:
For each tithable so cents and for each
500 real estate and personal proper
capital invested in mercan lie establ h.
ments, railroads, telegraph and tcIe-
phone companies, rs cents Tor county
purposes, 20 cents for roads, 10 cen 5
for county schools and 10 cents for dis
trict schools.
Bessie Clark, pretty 14-ycar-old girl.
was, it is alleged, drugged or made
drunk and mistreated by number OF
Young white men The girl, who is the
daughter of Mr.. Everett Clark OF Man
chester. was found about o'clock b.
the police on the streets OF that town:
The case is attracting a great deal OF
attention.
Mr.. James McDermott, of Omaha,
Neb., who was recently in the Northern
Neck of Virginia writes as follows pt
| that section: Il have Travelled over Il p
entire tidewater section OF Maryland az
Virginia and l consider the Northc
Neck of Virginia the garden spot.
A young man who is said to be 81
of w. S. Gilbert, the English composd
once member OF the celebrated fir
of Gilbert and Sullivan, died in 4
Norfolk city almshouse.