Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-04-10
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Ovef
the State.

HCl, IlOuSlOIl, 20, Nldly LUIS -
colleague Island, So; Israel A. kurt|
and Jacob Petrc, OF the National Mill
tary Home at Elizabeth City county,
SI2 each; Martin Dressed, Elizabeth
City county, $I2; Easter Brown. Nor
folk, So; Mary King, Portsmouth, IS;
Join Friel, National Military Home,
Elizabeth City county, So; Benjamin
Kelley, Suffolk, $40; Chas. Morgan
dead, Burkevillc. SI2. Increase-Jas.
w. Smith. Hickory, So; Michael Smith,
Roanoke, $To; Sallic J. Morgan, Burke
vile, So
A Richmond official of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company says that
thousands of tons more fertilizer is be-
ing shipped this year to the cotton belt
| than heretofore. This is attributed to
the high price of cotton.
Conductor Luther Robertson. OF the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, who
was shot by negro tramp, at Crewe,
is dead. Alexander Davis, who was
identified by Robertson, was taken to
| Farmvilc jail for saickceping.
Maj. \. Norton. of Sabot Island, ha'
purchased the Eakleton Hotel, at
Stanton, from Mr.. w. f. Harris.
Inspector OF Public Building;
Holmes has made a report recommend
ing an $4,000 addition TO the Peters
burg Customhousc.
Lewis S,oner, a painter, who has
been living near Bluemont, has filed
suit against Ernest A. and Amelia P
| Sclhau5en OF Washington, d. G., tot
| $4,000 damages for a broken leg re-
ceived from a fall while painting the
| house OF the Sellhausens.
Mr. l.. Rector, a young man who
worked at CatlettS. Fauquier county
while on lis way to visit his parents
was caught on bridge OF the South
ern Railroad by train and instantly
! killed. A youth who was with him cS'
caDcd injury by lying Gown close be
tween the rails.
Mr. Benjamin Newton. OF King
George county, was SHOT in the head
while handling a pistol which was &C
,idcntally discharged.
Sheriff n. w. Wallace, OF Charlotte
! y. c.. left Norfolk with William Har-
ris. all alleged negro outlaw wanted III
Charlotte for many crimes AT the
house where Harris lived box con-
aiming keys. burglars tools. chloro-
| :Orm ard masks of various colorS were
found
The Board Of Supervisors OF Rock
bridge county has unanimously adopt,
I'd a resolution Disappearing the bill
COW before the General Assembly to
appropriate 100000 to the Jamestown
Tercentennial Exposition.
a strict dog tax law-5o cents on
males and ST on iemaleS-has been put
n force in Rockbridge county.
1t is stated that the Old ,Dominusi'--
Steamship Company viii have two
more modern steamers built at the
Newport News shipyards.
At a Danvile fire a negro who was
lrying to put ont the blaze before the
iremcn reached the scene fell from the
bousctop and was seriously injured. 2
Another fire destroyed the home OF
Mr. Lee l.. Swain and the residence
owned by his siSterinlaw. The con
.ents OF both were burned
Alfred Agnor,. of Buena Vista, con.
yictcd OF illicit selling of whiskey in
one case. was sentenced by Mayor Lee
to jail TO- six months and fined 5000
and in another case to three months III
Jail and a fine Of $Ioo.
Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell. new
pastor OF the First Baptist Church, ar
rived at Norfolk from Wilmington.
Thieves have again entered the resi-.
dcnce OF Rev Dr. William A. Barr,
rector OF St. Lukes Protestant Episco..
pal Church, Norfolk. All the linen %
The family and other valuableS were
taken. Dr. and Mrs. Barr have been i'll
Florida for four weeks.
With the galleries and the railing
packed with advocates OF the James
town Tercentenary Exposition, their
white ribbon badges huttcring, the
House. with a whirl. reconsdered the
vote by which the bill appropriating
S3co,Coo ior the exposition had been re.
icctcd ard passed the measure. There
wa5 shout OF applause when the vote
o reconsider was annOunced--ycaS. 50
nays, p. Thea the bill came up OH 1t:
passage and 1t went through on the
rest OF the tiia wave that has swept
he city from the eastern part OF the
Safe. The vote was s. to 80
The trial OF Ella Baker Gray. a rc-
gross. for the murder OF {. NJ. Chester
I West Virginia travelling man. at Alb
.lS 'tOii Dll tEC ulSUl VI Jdlllldly -, wa
concluded at Bristol when the jury
brought in a verdict OF murder in the
second degree and fixed the womans
punishment at 10 years in the peri
.cntiary. There were ito eyewitncsses
20 the tragedy.
The catalogue OF the Virginia Mill.
AIRY Institute, just issued, shows a reg.
istration OF IA cadets, Virginia lead
ING with I26. Maryland, with four ca,
lets is fourteenth in rank in the q
States represented.
LLOYD Roberts and Robert MapeS,
.wo white car repairerS employed by
he Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com.
oany. were instantly killed at Newport
News while at work under car which
vas lacked up on the repair track neat
he car shed. w. NJ. Fenton. also
repaircr, had his leg broken and was
otherwise injured and may die.
A Young negro, giving his name a.
GcOr C Blaine and saying he lived IT
Philadelphia was painfully shot by ali
rn,,nown man at the Chesapeake anc
Ohio depot. Stanton The ball struck
him on the left side of the head, above
The car. passing through his mouth
knocking out several teeth, breaking
his jawbone and lodged in his throat
The large barn of Howard S. Collie,
sight miles from Hampton, on Back
river. was destroyed by fire. Every
hing was consumed. entailing loss
IF S3cco. Mr. Collier believes the blaze
was Of incendiary origin.
The schooner Nellie. from Baltimore
with anthracite coal for the Jackson
Coal and Coke Company, has arriv.
I'd at Petersburg. This is the first car