Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-04-01
THE OLD DOMINION
latest News Cleaned From All Over
the State.

| mona pOStOT1lCe was 1OunQ human
ear 1t was discovered on the stamp
ng machine in a bundle of letters
The officials were horror stricken,
and an investigation was put on foot
which had, however, very meagcr
results. The ear had evidently been
severed from the head of a negro
some days ago, and indications are
that it was dropped into the letter
box by someone in that city. The
affair is complete mystery.
The Seaboard Florida Limited was
wrecked at Henderson by running into
m open switch, which it is believed TO
have been Intentionally misplaced
lie sleeper I'll Orlcnte caught fire
and was burned Engineer c. W..
Tucker, of Portsmouth, had both legs
broken by being caught in the wreck
he having stuck to his post. Several
other trainmen were hurt, but no pas
sengers were injured.
Accidentally falling into Laurel
river, near Damascus, Joseph Suther'
land, a wealthy citizen and prominent
cattle dealer and mineral mine de.
yeloper, was drowned. His body was
recovered after a long search, the
swollen river carrying it many mile:
down stream. Mr.. Sutherland lived
At Mountain City, Tenn, where he
owned valuable farm and mineral
property.
Chesley Peoples, white, was hanged
At Wytheville for the killing OF JONI
5eagle on December 2, 1908. The mer
we're playing cards in Seagle' room
and quarreled. Peoples lett the place.
saving he would return and Kill Sea
gle. Securing a shotgun Peoples re-
turned to Seagles room and shot the
after, killing him instantly.
Because of the error OF printer
three prominent Richmond Democ'
.atic officials may lose their votes If
he spring elections. They are Labor
Commissioner J. B. Doherty, SuperIn
.endent of the Poor George b. DAVIS
and Alderman P. H. Donahoe. They
have been listed among the negroes
and see no way at present to rectil9
he mistake. Under the new Constr
,ution each man is required TO pay
boil tax before he can vote, and list;
Of those who have paid are postei
publicly. The Three officials were
Mortified to find their names embouiec
in the colored list. ,
Pleading guilty to the em6ezzle
ment of $4,000 from the Lie III
surance Company of Virginia, Theron
II Brown. its former cashier, was sen
fenced to serve a year in the peniteh
tiary at Richmond. His sentence was
SUSPENDED so as to enable him u
aDpeal to the Governor tor commuta
ion OF the sentence to Imprisonment
in Jail. c po;,w.,
we're DELAYED several hours by wreSr
which occurred about o CLOCK Wv
other afternoon at Lettwichs owl.Gn
three miles north of Lynchburg. NO
,8 northbound passenger Tram w.
IN the main line waiting. for aholnei
train 70 pass when several cars loaue>
with lumber and attached to north
ho,nd freight train which was douD,
i;no the grade ahead broke loose allc
ran into No. 80, seriously damaelile
;ts engine and pilng the freight car
IN heap. which then caught hre
Conductor H. S. Gosney and J.. Z.
Nciver ON the freight, were nurt
but were able to proceed 10 '"e"
homes at Monroe. ,re
''o Tawrence Steel, aged IL years,
fatally shot his 8-ycar-osd prom
P So at Roanoke. Lawrence cx,
raced cartridge and then snappee
the pistol in his brothers race ;;, ehr
IDENTIFY not knowing that the cy,nu usd
would revolve. The boys hau seCul.'
the revolver from their father over
coat while he was asleep. C,..,
shot was fired at Capt. 1. Ola'N
-, Norfolk andWestern passenger eng
nefr. who adjusted the rope on HenTy
Williams neck at his execution. Inc
shot was fired while his train "aS
running 40 miles al hour.
Mrs. w. n. Stafford, formerly MISS
Matte SAWYER, committed suicide al
Norfolk by taking morphine o,:,
7. Ruff, Chesapeake and ono
fireman, was shot by Il negro IN l-s.t dis,
quite in the freight yards at Clift3h
Forge. Four shots were shot by the
negro, all of whiih took effect.
The dwelling of William WOOD on
Back river, in Elizabeth county was
burned. Loss, $4,000; no insurance
A $4,000 home has been bought ~
Richmond to care for the widows
Confederate soldiers. A large gpr'
ton of the money was raised D. a
bazaar under the direction OF the VINE
of Governor Montague.
Ernest Murphy and two companions
were arrested at Lynchburg on
charge of having shot Chief OF Ponce
Moller, of Salisbury, N. {.
A corps of engineers has been at
work for the past two weeks survey
ing the water front OF the Vaughan
estate, just below Newport News.
1t is reported that railroad men have
all option on the property for deep
water terminals, and there are many
persons who believe George Gould is
back of the Deepwater Terminal Com
pany, now fighting its way into Roa'
noke. The engineers refuse to say
who is employing them, or for what
purpose the water front will be used
Theron H. Brown, the former cash,
ier of the Life Insurance Company o.
Virginia, who was arrested in chicago.
charged with the ENLIGHTENMENT o.
$4,000, is very i'll in Richmond and
NAV never be able to appear in court
Remorse has brought about break
mig down of the nervous system.
James R. Gordon has announced
his candidacy for Mayor of Richmon"
against R. NJ. Taylor, the incumbent
CITY Accountant Carlton Mccarthy
has reconsidered his intention to ell
ter the race.
The vigilance of the numerous I'M
migration inspectors recently sent &c
Norfolk has caused many Chinamer
to seek safety in flight, and as a re.
suit several laundries have closed