Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-02
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All oVs'
the State.

The following pensions were grantee
V;rqinians: George Alexander, Staun-
ton ST2: Louisa Thornton, Richmond
Sc: Adline Bland, Petersburg, $I2;, JOS
eph E. Price, Amburg, So; Ralph N
\rmstead. Newport, So; VIM. Ihummi,
National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth
City. $40; Albert Howe, Hssm1 an. faoT 90,
Daniel Purnell, Eastville, 20; Geoas
Cottrell. Eastvlle, $40; William logan pr:
Foster. National Military Home, E 51I
abeth CITY county $I2; Michael NC
Cam. National Soldiers Home, Ehz-
obeth Civ county, So; Bert Strotner'
Harrisonburg. So: Henry Petenia, Ma
-;onaI Soldiers Home, Elizabeth lily
.ountv. Sc; Martha Reddick, Ports
Mouth S.: Frederick Z. Wood, Hamp'
ton. So; Charles P. Brame. Chase Niiy'
SI2: George Stewrer, dead, FreeShaoe'
So.
Rev. J. |. Riddick, a well-known
Methodist minister who was convicted
IN the County Court of Brunswick on
lime 10, 1000, for the murder OF Ut.
William Temple. will be released lr Tna
the penitentiary on January 70 lne
crime for which Mr.. Riddick was CON,
vlcted was the most sensational known
:, Virginia for many years. DIR. empie
was the family physician of Mr.. Riddiek
and had been in attendance upon the
wife Of the minister. Mr.. Riddick went
IN DR. Temples house at sunrise, ana
vhen Temple came to the door attempted
n shoot him. The Doctor, however, re-
treated into the yard, where he was iol-
lowed by the minister, who hred TOUT
sbots at him. At the trial Mr.. RiddicK 5
counsel entered a plea of insanity, ou'
he was convicted and sent TO the PEN PEN
tertiary for three years. HIS Sehleiioe
has almost expired.
I W Crump. formerly a member OF
,he Newport News police force ana latei
taller for City Sergeant W, +. Milst Sf:,
was arrested, charged with forging MI
,,cad's name to several checks caShed Oy
j. Reyner.
lindsay & Co.. furniture dealers, OF
Hampton, assigned, naming w. H. heni,
Der Baltimore wholesale man. VINO NJ !:
the principal creditor, as trustee; nv
figures are given. This firms stock wa
ruined by fire some time ago. ana ue'S!
in adjusting insurance had much 10 u'
with precipitating the assignment.
70 be imprisoned on the driving vince
If fast passenger locomotive, whlrie'
over and over with every revslu'ion 10
considerable distance and then i've II
tell it. is remarkable experience t'ld
came to I6-year-old Willie Lawrence d
Franklin. If Lawrence made an outer.
none was heard. but luckily tor nm, Ut
train stopped at water tank, and he wa
rescued only little hurt. Lawrence wa
Standing beside the wheel, when the tran
started and it caught his clothing. an
before he realized it he was whirlin
around. ..
AT Trnis fire destroyed the Atlantl
Coast Line passenger and freight station
warehouse used by the Albemarl
Steam Navigation Company and lou
hex cars. one of them empty. The blaz
hogan about o'clock and was unde
control at {, o'clock next morning. mar
6ohtinp was necessary in order to say
the 2,Coo-foot trestle over the Chowd
river. The fire is believed TO NAY
started from stove. leleS, app, No'
munication was cut off. The loss
about $4,000.
Charles Gary, who was employed
the United States Navy Yard, Nor1oi
was killed in a peculiar manner: va
was assisting in loading a coal bare
when the crane broke and heavy pc
fell on him. breaking his neck.
There is yet no trace of Miss carr
Gaskins who disappeared between No
r folk and Virginia Beach a week a: ae
Her relatives believe that she commit
suicide, was the victim of foul play,
has lost her mind. She had been l. &c
Dor pondent lately on account of the d hfa
+ in October, Of her fance, Blaine y Me-
of Hatteras, N. c. Relatives are a 40,
t everything in their power 10 ilhu So'
i clue to her whereabouts
| Mrs. L. V. Paulson' OF Suffolk le0p'