Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-05-22
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

well-krown New York clergyman,
who disappeared last August, has been
located at Auckland, New Zealand.
A federation of employing builders
was formed in New York to fight the
labor unions.
The c. II. Schwab Free Industrial
School was dedicated at Homestead.
Senator A. p. German saile1 from
New York for trip abroad.
Another negro church was dynamlt-
| cd in Chicago, supposedly by negroes;
In dispute between Assistant United
States District Attorney General Ern-
est f. Baldwin and POStoffice Inspector
J. F. Oldfeld in New York growing
out OF the investigation OF the New
York Postofice, the men came to
| blows
The organized labor committee in
| Denver, COL, owing to the refusal OF
the Citizens Alliance to agree to ar
bitraton. called ont 1000 additional
union men, increasing the number OF
| strikers to 1900.
Comptroller Grout charges gross
frauds in the New York armory board.
He claims that dirt was delivered to
the armories instead of coal that had
| been paid for at the rate of So ton.
A party OF Americans stormed the
stage of the Libertad Theater, i'll Ma
Mia, and stopped the play becauSe IT
was seditiouS The actors were routed
and the furniture smashed.
General Miles has written letter TO
the Army and Navy Journal in which
he strongly condemns the officers OF the
Army who ordered cruel treatment OF
Filipinos. :,
George NJ. Peterson and Mrs. I. NJ.
Fairchld we're shot and killed in ho-
tel at FL Paso. Tex Mrs. Fairchlld
| husband is a travelling salesman.
Former State Senator Busche made
complete confession to Prosecutor FOLK
in St. Louis of his connection with the
bribery scandal.
Mrs. Sarah Lcduc, seepwalker was
taken. while sound asleep. from win
dow ledge Of the Astral House, in New
York.
EMPLOYEES Of al express company IN
Cincinnati drank a bottle OF whisky
broken in transit. and one man is dead
and several critically i'll. The liquor
contained poison, and the package was
addressed to Mrs. Kate Noble, OF Gin
cinnati who gave the police lnforma-
ton. upon which Elizabeth Mccormick
was arrested in Memphis. She denies
sending the liquor.
President General B. Hiss, OF the
Southern Cotton Spinners' Association,
at the annual meeting in Charlotte, n.
c.. denounced the manipuators tor the
injury they do to legitimate trade.
Miss Grace Noble, i'll a paper read
before the Hull House Meeting Club
in Chicago, stated that professional
women, to- attain success must shun
cocktails. man and hattery.
Injunction proceedings were begun
against 10 fire insurance companies in
Illinois, charging them with failing to
comply with the insurance laws OF the
State.
United States Marshal Bates sold in
Detroit for $ro,I75 58I diamonds which
had been brought in by Louis Busch,
who has been convicted OF smuggling.
Foreign.
Sibyl Sanderson, the noted prima
donna, died in Paris OF pneumonia.
Turkish authorities are disquieted at
! the recent appearance of bands OF Ar
menian revolutionistS coming from Rus
STA and arc adopting rigorous measures
to guard the frontier.
The Cunarder Umbria arrived safely
| at Queenstown.
1t is reported that anti-religious riots
are planned in France.
Victoriano Lorenzo, the Indian chief,
who was a leader of the guerillas dur
| ing the recent revolution in Panama,
and who was convicted by court-mar-
| tial OF various crimes, was shot to death
yesterday.
The French government continues its
represSive measures against unauthor-
lied congregations. When the monks
are arrested crowds OF sympathzers
follow them 10 and from the courts.
Premier Balfour and Chancellor OF
the Exchequer Richie gave little COM
! fort to a delegation that called to pro-
test against the remission OF the grain
! tax.
The i'll feeling between Emperor Will
liam and the hereditary Prince OF Sake
Meiningen resulted in the latter S res
ignaton from the Sixth Army Corps.
H. C. Russell, the government as
tronomer OF Australia, claims to have
discovered that the moon controls the
rain.
The rebel chiefs in Morocco have
chosen a new pretender to the throne
named Hubel Kader.
| The reduction of naval armamentS
was discussed in the British House OF
Commons. Sir Charles Dixie suggest
ing that in view OF the improved rela-
tons between Great Britain and france
those nations might approach Russia on
/ the subject.
Rev. r. J. Campbell caused scene
in the City Temple, London, by an
nouncing his adhesion to the passive
resistance" movement against the new
British Education Bill.
The Sultan has warned the governors
Of the provinces Of European turkey
that they will be held personally reSpon-
sible for masSacres occurring III their
districts.
The losses from the destruction OF
property at Valparaiso by the striking
dock laborers was very heavy.
An important naval experiment OF
storing coal under water has begun at
Portsmouth, England.
At the University College in London
Ambassador Choate delivered his i'll
augural address on his election to the
presidency OF the Social, Political and
Educational League.
The House OF Commons passed the
second reading OF the London Dock
Bill, which was referred to Joint COM
mittec of the House of Lords and the
House of Commons.