Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-05-06
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

from continuing their business, charg-
ing that they have conspired to de-
fraud railroad companies.
Governor Odell signed three i'm.
portant bills affecting the business OF
corporations whose titles are mis-
leading owing to the presence therein
of such words as trust" guarantee,
etc.
A sweeping injunction was granted
by Judge B. S. Banker, of the United
States District Court in Alquerque,. N
NJ. against the striking machinists
and boilermakers Of the Santa re
Railroad.
Tom Searcy, a negro, 20 years OF
age, was lynched in a remote part OF
Helwood county, Tenn. Searcy at,
tempted an assault on a riine-year-old
girl
Capt. A. E. Mcdonald and his crew
of eight men were rescued by NE
savers of the Old Harbor Station
from the Boston schooner Future.
Charles Rocker was found guilty
of murder in Rock Rapids, la. He had
killed August Schroeder, farmer, and
married the widow.
The will of Jane H. Reamer, max.
ing many requests for religious and
charitable institutions, was hled for
probate in Pittsburg.
A deputy sheriff took possession OF
the Offices of Wooden & Co., members
| of the Consolidated Stock Exchange
| of New York.
William Broderick, well-known
opera singer, dropped dead at the
Burnett House, in Cincinnati, from
heart disease. -.
The United States Steel Corporation
has bought the Clarion steel proper
ties from the Crucible Steel Company
The subject of municipal accounting
was discussed at the final session OF
the Municipal League in Chicago.
Harry Hart, youth OF IL, shot him,
self in the presence Of his sweetheart
in Mount Holly, N. J.
H. E. Osgood, Of Hiram, Me-,
killed his wife and himself while on
a train en- route for home.
The Standard Oil Company made a
cut of three cents in all grades OF Oil
Four lives were lost by the burning
of the Bryant House, in Lansing,
Mich.
Judge Atchison, of the United States
Court in Pittsburg, dismissed the
habeas corpus writs secured tor Lieu
tenant Drury and Private Dowd, "
| S. A.. held by the civil authorize; Tor
shooting William Crowley
Albert Gallerton Shepard, "a years
old, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, died on
board the Clyde Line steamer Com
anche. which arrived at New YORK
from Jacksonville and Charleston.
The committee of arrangement tor
the Democratic National Convention
met in. St. Louis. The number OF
tickets to be issued for the convention
will not exceed $500.
Thomas w. Lawson, the. Boston
millionaire, retired from his saock
exchange firm so that he may be un-
hampered in his fight against certain
| interests"
Edward Rogers. and Thomas late
were held for court, charged with the
larceny of a pocketbook, the pro-
perty of Henry c. Johnson, the arrest
of the prisoners being the outcome OF
a deal for two horses.
AT Athens, N. Y, Andrew Jackson
Duncan, Jr., of New York, nephew OF
the late President Mckinley, was mar
red to Miss Jessie Rand Van Deusen
A misunderstanding of signals cause
railroad wreck at CHARTERS cross
ing, McKees Rocks, Pa, in which fve
persons were injured, one fatally,
Clement Goyette was hanged at
LOriginal, Ont, for the murder OF
Daniel Colligan, farmer, and his
son, Thomas, on January "a last.
An attempt was made at Jefferson
vile. Ind, to assassinate d. M. Rob-
bins, candidate for mayor on the indie
pendent labor ticket. 49,
All but 10 of the families OF Eskimos
living in the Mackenzie BASIN nave
been wiped out by the measles.
Frederick GRADER, made melan-
choly by the death Of his wife, COM
mitted suicide in Camden, N: j.
Major General Peter Joseph Oster-
haus arrived in New York after an
absence of sc years in Germany
where he resides. He commanded one
of the divisions of the Union Army
in the Civil War. :.
Mrs. Lizzie Travers, on. trial IN
Chicago with her husband for shop
lifting, advanced through counsel the
plea that under biblical laws she was
compelled to obey her husband.
In New York Gustave fingbush, 2
German sailor, shot and wounded
Adeline Buttner and then shot MINI
self, perhaps fatally.
Foreign.
The review of the French and
Italian squadrons by King Victor En-
manuel and President Loubet in the
Gulf of Naples was brilliant event
The United States battleship Ken.
lucky, flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Evans, assisted in the review.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
attended the Leopardstown races, the
smartest day of the Dublin race week
Richard Croker saw his horse, Amer
can Boy, win the April Plate.
Nine-tenths of Fernie, B. C., town
of 5000, the largest settlement in
Crows Nest Pass district, was des-
troyed by fire. Estimated loss,
$4,000
Paul Kruger, former president OF
the Transvaal, is reported to be at
hicted with cerebral trouble and he is
4 l.