Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-05-16
LIVE NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION.
Latest Happenings Cleaned From All
Over the State.
CLASPED HANDS OVER OPEN GRAVE.
Governor Montague and Senator Martin
Shake Hands at Lynehburg-Train Robber
Scarcely Has Disappeared A Runaway
Engine Causes Death-Twe Hundred Dol
lars for Two Pints-Other News.

Scarcely Has DISAPPEARED "A Runaway
Engine Causes Death-Twe Hundred DOL
lars for Two Plnts-0ther News.
Virginia pensions: Increase, restora-
ton, reissue, &c-Thomas Taylor, 20
hoke, $40; Samuel Hart, National Mill
tary Home, Elizabeth City, $40; jeff
Porter, Trevilians, So; Joseph Hogg,
National Military Home, Elizabeth City,
$I2; William Tracy, National Military
Home, Elizabeth City, $I2. Original
Joel H. Whitehead, Arlington, So; Rob
ert Gleason, Norfolk, So. War with
Spain-Louis B. Hill, Manchester, So.
Increase, Restoration, Reissue, &c
Calvin McClenney, CORTLAND, $40; Rob
ert Newton, National Soldiers Home,
Elizabeth City, $40; Samuel Landenber-
ger, National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth
City, $I2; Pattie Keeling, Driver, IS.
Originai-War with Spaln-Henry b.
Start, Amelia C. H., S. Increase, Res
toration, Reissue, &c-Philip Schmidt,
National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City,
SI2; John B. Whiting Williamsburg, S.;
George c. Kellam, Pungoteague, SI2;
Washington Johnston, Winchester, So;
Thomas Edlin, Spottsylvania {. H., $I2;
James Cuffy, Berkeley, So.
A fatal freight wreck occurred at 7 A.
NJ. on the Southern Railway in the cor
porate limits of Lynchburg. -Four miles
from the city, on grade, IS loaded
freight cars broke away and came at full
speed to the city, where they collided
on Jefferson street with an engine and
caboose going south, wrecking eight cars
of cotton and lumber The engineer re-
versed his engine, and, with the fagman
and brakeman, jumped. The conductor
stayed on the caboose, which, with the
reversed engine, ran back at full speed
through the Southern yards, where he
jumped. The runaway engine and ca
boose ran into the engine of freight
damaging it considerably and breaking
the caboose into kindling wood, which
then caught fire The runaway engine
was also badly damaged. Owen Fields,
the fagman who jumped, was caught
under a car of lumber and was so badly
injured that he died soon after.
Members of the constitutional conven-
ton are now engaged in preparing lists
of registers and electoral boards for the
various sections of the State, which will
be submitted and voted ON soon after the
convention reassembles, on May ~. The
men selected to serve on these important
bodies will be the best and most honest
citizens of the State. 1t is thought that
the adjourned session of the convention
will not be very long, for there now
seems no doubt that the new constitution
will be proclaimed The most interesting
subject will be the terms of State Off
GERS. Many of them will be abridged
after warm contests.
Ever since the gubernatorial campaign
the relations between Governor Mon
tague and United States Senator Thos.
s. Martin have not been cordial. But Fri
day they claspsd hands virtually across
an open grave. Both went to Lynchburg
to attend the funeral of Major Otey, and
there put aside whatever of bitterness
existed between them. Senator Martin
was in force of the nomination of Claude
A. Swanson over Montague, and there
were various reports of sayings and &C
tons on his part calculated to arouse i'll
feeling between him and Mr. Montague.
Now permanent friendly relations seem
restored.
1t is practically certain that the Gov
ernor will not order special election to
fill the vacancy in Congress caused by
the death of Major Peter ]. Otey, of the
Sixth District of Virginia. The Govern
or, it is understood, feels that nothing
would be gained by this action, as there
is strong probability that Congress will
adjourn shortly. 1t will remain, there
fore. for the regular primary in the
Sixth District, and it now seems more
than likely that State Senator Garter
Glass, of Lynchburg, will be chosen. Mr.
Glass is owner and editor of two papers
in Lynchburg, the News and the AID.
vance. The date of the primary is
July 26.
James Brown was tried in the County
Court of Rockbridge for selling whisky
in that, a local option district, without
license, and fined $500 by the jury ant
sentenced to jail for three months by
Judge Houston. Brown had taken al
appeal from the recent finding Of Mayor
Pierson, who had fined him $Ioo anC
given him sentence of six months. Th'
sale of two pints of whiskey was thu
quantity involved.
Charles J. Searcy, the Aquila trair
robber, who, on being released last weel
from the State penitentiary, went imme
diately to Brooke and Stafford Court
house the scene of his crime and con
viction and said he would remain TO
several days has departed. Though it i
said that he bought ticket for Wash
ington, his whereabouts or future DIES
tnation is unknown.
Five convicts escaped from camp Oh
the Amherst road, about five miles from
Lynchburg, where they had been EN-
ployed on road work. Policeman Morri
| nabbed one Of the escaped prisoners a
the Amherst bridge. From him tn
whereabouts of the others was learned
| and officers got them all.
The village of Arringdalc, Southamp
ton county, was the scene of terribl
conhagration which began about 2 ocloc
and destroyed the saw mill and dry kiln
of the Camp Company. 1t is suppose
the fire originated in the boiler hous
of the sawmill. The loss is probabl
between $4,000 and $4,000. Insurance
| $37,5oo
Mr.. Joseph T. Lawless, Of Norfolk
formerly Secretary Of the Common