Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-11-22
LIVE NEWS OF The
OLD DOMINION.
The Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Sources.
SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL BURNED.
Prominent Richmond Society Leader Murder
cd..SoIon Linthecum Ccnyictet''John Rad'
clffe Kills Mrs. Iiuddle, His Mother'ih'Law
Conductor /! cDouald and Brakeman Driver
Killed. Attempted Assassination.

John Radcliffe, farmer, near Rural
/ Retreat, Wythe county, killed MIS-
Louise Huddle, his mother-ln-law. he
shot her in the thigh and side with
'hotgun and crushed in her skull. lie
anne home in an intoxicated condition
| md demanded that she turn over her
property, valued at $1,000, to him. or
le would kill her and his wife both. A
general fight ensued and Ratcliffes vile
an away, with her two children. The
eldest boy of years, soon returned
| md found his grandmother dead and her
clothes burning An empty shotgun and
1 pistol were found on the floor. Mrs
Huddle had made a will making Kat
:liffe and his wife her benefciaries, and
t is beloved that he killed her to obtain
possession Of the property.
A rear-end collision between two
freight trains at Wellington, on the
Manassas branch of the Southern Rail
way, caused the death of Conductor
Ernest II. Mcdonald, of Alexandria
and Brakeman Driver, of Lindville. he
wreck occurred between two westbound
special freight trains at the siding at
Wellington, which is a few miles north
Of Manassas. The engine OF the col
Iiding train was badly damaged and the
caboose and several cars of the other
train were demolished. The unfortunate
conductor and his brakeman were IN the
rear of the stationary train, and were
almost instantly killed. The engineer
and fireman of the other train, which was
moving at high rate OF speed, escaped
without serious injury.
The Lexington police arc working up
case of attempted assassination. lie
matter has been kept quiet, but has Just
leaked out A short time ago while
Isaiah Bollin, the principal of the Lex
ington colored school, was returning to
his home late at night, just as he was
entering his porch, someone fired on
him several times. None of the shots
took effect, but when he examined about
the door several bullet marks were
found. The person who fired had con-
cealed himself in 4 dark alley near the
house This is the second time Boil
Inns life has been endangered by attempt
ed shooting.
J. Mason Miller, of Stanton, was
stricken with paralysis on Chesapeake
and Ohio train so miles east OF Charles
ton. He was taken i'll charge by Super
| intendent Carlisle, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company, and
brought to Charleston with the intcn-
ton of placing him in a hospital, as his
condition was considered serious, but
he rallied later and was taken home by
friends.
The Fauquer White Sulphur Spring:
Hotel was destroyed by fire Thursday
| The fire started near the roof, and its
origin is a mystery 1t was discovered
about II o'clock in the morning. The
very high wind prevailing assisted the
flames. The immense building was en-.
veloped in flames in a short time, and
three hours later the blackencd walls
and smoudering ruins were all that was
left of this grand and luxuriously ap-
pointed hotel.
Miss Frances L. Perry, graduate OF
the Old Dominion Hospital at Richmond
and one of the head nurses at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, has
been appointed head nurse OF the Mary
Washington Hospital, in Fredercks-
burg.
The Supreme Court of Virginia, hav-
ing refused to grant writ OF error iii
the case of Cicero Harris, colored, who
was recently convicted in the Corpora
lion Court of Bristol of the murder of
Samuel Ware, also colored, Harris will
die on the gallows Friday, if not re-
spitcd. The scaffold is being erected.
In the Circuit Court at Lynchburg the
Jury in the case of B. J. Holt against
| Thomas R. Turner Henry S. Anderson
and Samuel R. Carter for $1,000 damages
| for alleged injuries received By plaintiff
| who claimed that he had been assaulted
and beaten by the defendants, returned
a verdict for I cent damages.
A gavel made of timber from the old
confederate ironclad Merrimac was pre-
,snted to Bishop w. W. Duncan at the
tccent session of the Virginia Confer
.nce, M. E. Church South. The gavel
| las presented by the Rev. +. II. Raw
yngs, of Portsmouth, having been made
ty Robert Cuthrell, an old friend of
Bishop Duncan's.
| John w. Scott who was member OF
| me of Richmond's most wcll-known
| families, was beaten into lnsensiblllty
| and robbed in the streets Of that city. He
| died as a result of his injuries a few
hours later
A proposition by Mr. Summers, of
| Washington, in the Constitutional Con-
| ,ention to reduce the salary of Vlrginla'S
| Governor from $1,000 to $4,000 was
| overwhelming defeated.
| AT Suffolk the Jury in the case of
Henry Copeland, tried for killing man
| named Story, brought in a verdict CIV
| NC Copeland IS years in the penten-
| larry.
| Joel Hurt, while in the act of beating
| MS wife, in Washington county, few
miles from Abingdon, was killed by his
[o-vear-old son, who shot him through
| the head with pistol.
Scion Linthecum, who was tried at
| Woodstock in the County Court for the
murder of Bruce Lonas on December
10, 1000 was given II years in the penl-
| tertiary.
The two glass factories in Alexandria
have largely increased business, and
now employ over 200 hands.
The Petersburg Granite Company has
secured contract for large amount of
granite to be used by the Government
at the Annapolis Naval Academy.
Grim & Haymaker, of Winchester,
have been awarded the contract for the
stone and brick work of the West Vir
GINA State Normal College at Sheperds-
town, w. Va.
Vernon Skeeter, 10 years old, had his
hand caught between wheel and tree
in a runaway accident in Nansemond
county and had every finger crushed off