Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-10
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS
Domestic.

Under the guard OF troops trainloac
OF coal was shipped over the Reading
Railroad from Mahanoy City, Pa. for
Philadelphia. The Reading will, 1t Is
said, make another attempt to operate
mines this week. AT Scranton and othei
towns in the anthracite region the
homes of the mining officials are
closely guarded by troops.
The Erie express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad ran into the rear end OF q
freight train near Milton, Pa, and En-
gineer Wheeland, OF Harrisburg, and
Conductor Stringer, OF Sunbury, were
killed
Two stockholders OF the New Orleans
Railway Company applied to the courts
for a receiver with a view to forcing
settlement of the strike.
John A. Sheridan, fugitive member
of the St. Louis House OF Delegates.
wanted on the charge OF bribery, was
arrested.
Gen. William Booth, the head OF the
Salvation Army, arrived in New York
and was given grand reception by
the army.
Sir Michael Herbert, British ambas
sador to the United States, reached
New York on the Cunard liner Cam
pania.
The body OF the suicide at the Stur-
tevant House was identified as that OF
Miss Elizabeth Hessey, trained nurse.
The long litigation between the City
OF Nashville, Tenn, and the street rail-
| way company has been settled, the city
granting franchises in return for the
donation Of Centennial Park to the
city, payment OF per cent, OF the gross
receipts annually and the immediate
expenditure of 100000 on improve
ment OF the property.
The miners OF the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company at the Blue Creek
and Blocton Mines, in Alabama, have
been ordered on strike because OF the
refusal of the company to withhold as
sessments made by the union for the
anthracite strikers from the wages OF
those miners who object to paying it.
The Maryland Society OF Chicago
held its annual meeting and elected
Harry Page Guyton president, and a
resolution was adopted to notify Rear
Admiral Schley of his election as hon
orary member of the society.
The organization Of lodge OF the
Machinists' Union in Waynesboro, Pa,
has resulted in two large manufacturing
establishments posting notices that they
will employ no union men.
A temporary panic was caused IN
Wall street by the unfounded story that
the Comptroller OF the Currency had
declared Secretary Shaw's plan to abol-
ish the bank reserves illegal.
The Massachusetts, Republican Con,
vention nominated John L. Bates, Of
Boston, for Governor, and Cen Curtis
Guild, Jr., OF Boston, for lieutenant
governor.
Stage Manager Harry c. Rose, Of
New York, who shot and killed his
wife. was committed by the coroner to
answer the charge Of murder.
Tom, the trick elephant at the Cen
trail Park Zoo, in New York, became
so unmanageable that the authorities
were obliged to kill him.
James P. Forshay, an actor, who in
1901 shot and killed his wife. Edna
May Stokes, an actress, at Chicago
hotel, died in that city.
An elevator fell four stories at the
shoe factory OF A. Z. Little & Co., al
Lynn, Mass, killing persons and in
juring II others.
Gertrude harrington, member OF
theatrical company, committed suicide
in a New York hotel with chloroform
Noah Hale shot and killed his son
and beat his wife with the butt OF the
gun with which he killed his son.
The trial OF Robert M. Snyder, BAN
ker and promoter charged with bribery
in ST. Louis, was continued.
Rain and wind storms caused another
postponement Of the army maneuvers
at Fort Riley, Kansas.
The battleship Oregon has received
orders to sail from San Francisco tor
Manila about October IS.