Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-01-15
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All over
The State.

hero of AmeIie Rives' famous book
The Quick or the Dead died OF pneu'
monia in Richmond. He was couslr
of the authOress, who is now the Prln'
cess Troubetzkoy By his fine figure
and handsome face, he appealed to her
Imagination as the one to play the
leading role in her first book. During
the boom days in Virginia he was pr
vate secretary to Gen. Fltzhugh Lee
Mrs Annie Whaley was convicted Of
beating and manning Lille Davis, and
was sentenced to the penitentlary 10;
FIVE years by jury OF the Corporation
Court in Norfolk. The girl was whip
ped or Christmas Day so that the
neighbors complained and the woman
was arrested. A photograph was taker
OF the childs body, and this picture was
exhibited in court.
While Willie Switzerland and Ch9s
Gausman were hunting not tar iroW
Stanton, Gausman accidentally d'S
! charged his gun while the two were
walking side by side. The entir
charge entered SouthcrIand's bod
killing him instantly. Willie was nin'
years old and son Of Edward Sout"
| erlald, carpenter.
Harry Sncad, six years old, wh''
PLAYING near a motor say III planIio
mill at Charlottesville. had his han'
caught in the saw and severed iron
the wrist.
Mr.. Lucien II. Cooke, senior mem
Der of the law firm Of Cooke & 'Ilaa
cow. Roanoke, has been appointed
Consulting counsel of the Norfolk am
Western to succeed the late Mr..
Allen Watts.
The general store OF J. NJ. Compton
a. Huttonsville, on the West VrgnF
Central, was destroyed b. fire, result
ing from the explosion OF coal oi
which one OF the boys had thrown or
hot Goals 20 start fire. Loss. $1,000.
:. G.. Seifert, of Richmond, has beer
APPOINTED caterer at the klkS Home
to succeed Col. Frank J. korte
Cannon roared, strains of music h!!ec
fine air and hundreds chcered when tLt
statue of Dr. Hunter Holmes Mcclure
Stoncwall JacksOn's surgeon was III
yelled in the Capital Square, Richmond
The Governor and city oitlclaS part'Cl
patcd in the exercises. while the miIltar!
of Richmond the veterans OF Pickett anC
Lee camp. and the students and faculty
Of University College Of Medicine anc
the Medical College OF Virginia we're II
line DR.. Mcclure founded the tormc'
college. Grand Commander George l.
Christian, of the State camp OF Contcd.
crate Veterans, presented the statue
which was received by Governor y. J.
Montague. The Grafton was delivered
bv Major Holmes Conrad, of Winches'
ter who served with DR.. McGulrc or
Tackson's staff. All three paid high trlS~
utes to the famous surgeon. The statue
was unveiled by Hunter Holmes Nc
Gure, Jr., Dr. McGure's grandson; II
is OF bronze and was designed by VIII
liam Couper, of New York. The sum
for its erection, $1,000, was raised prin
,ipally by Richmond ladies. The memo
rial is located near the statue OF Jack
son.
By vote Of p to 2 the Senate declined
to pass the Lcakc bill, which provides
hat all elections, primaries and conven
ions hereafter held in Virginia shall be
Investigated by grand juricS. The meas
IRE was designed to supplement the
Barksdalc Pure Election law. The only
votes it received were those Of the pa
ron of that law and Senator Whitehead
In order to kill the bill. Mr.. McllWair
offered an amendment requiring all can
didates to appear before grand iu,ies ano
testify. This method was successful
practically all of the Senators taking the
ground that this would be al insult &c
he State. Having accomplished his pur
pose, Mr. McIlwain withdrew his amend
ment and the bill was defeated.
Mon Ycus, a Chinaman, has been al.
lowed to return to Norfolk. He LEFT
that city a year ago to visit relatives II
China. When he returned he was de.
aimed at Portal, n. D., by the Govern
mcnt on the ground that, although reg
istcrcd and qualified to live in Norfolk
he should not rc-enter because he dc
not OWN $1,000 in property or have
wife and children. On representations o.
Mon Yeus' attorney concerning his indus
try and character the State Department
at Washington has changed its ruling.
Garland Rodcs Camp, Confederate
Veterans, at a meeting in Lynchbura
adopted tire following resolutions on tllt
death Of General LongStrcet Resolved
That we recall his glorious deeds Of thE
war and will ever hold in highest ad.
miration his personal bravery exhibited
OIL 50 many bloody fields and the mark:
Of which he carries to his tomb, and his
skill as general which gave undyine
fame to the First Corps OF the Army OF
Northern Virginia.
Mrs Sallie A. Chapman, aged 72 years
wife of John Chapman. Of Summers
Rockbridge county died Thursday. lie
survives Ter, with FIVE grown children
c. P. and O. d. Chapman, OF Rockbridgt
County; J. w. Chapman, of Fort Worth
Texas; James A. Chapman, OF Nashville
Tenn, and Miss Mary Chapman.
The House rejected the conference
committees report on the Edmondsor
Public Roads bill. and there will likclJ
be no legislation on the subject by the
present body
Potomac Mills, in WeStmOrclaud coun.
ty. has been a mill site for nearly 2cc
years having first been built in I7I2. The
property was once owned by Augustine
Washington, father of George Washing.
ton, and the mill is still grinding ava,
at that point.
The mammoth icehouscs in Frcderck5
burg known as the McGrath & Chcsicy
property have been filled with ice from
. to 10 inches thick, perfectly clear.
Miss Alice Cox, OF Stafford county
sold recently turkey which weighed
dressed. 40 pounds and brought So.