Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From ALI OVef
The State.

Richmond IN the case OF MIS- Lol0iiS
V. Plunkett against the Improved
Order of Heptasophs. Mrs. Plunketts
husband, Charles W. Plunkett, COM
mitted suicide at Newport News last
wear. He carried a $1,000 policy i'll the
Heptasophs. This the order refused to
pay on the ground that provision OF
the organization bylaws protect 1t
in cases OF suicide. The court prac-
tically sustained this contention, but
the order must pay Mrs. Plunkett an
equitable proportion of the amount
about $500.
In selecting a model for an eques-
tran statue of Gen. J. Z. b. Stuart,
to be erected in Richmond, the COM
mittee of Veterans and Sons Of Vet
Grams charged with that duty seems
to have stirred up trouble all over the
country, the latest development being
a suit for $4,000 brought in New
York by Louis Gudebrod against
Gutson Borglum, both distinguished
sculptors. Gudebrod alleges that he
has been slandered. He was one OF
the contestants before the Stuart
monument committee, which finally
awarded the contract to Moynihan.
This action was favored by large
majority of the committe, including
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who knew Stuart
we'll. A minority, however, protested
on the ground that the model subs
mitted by Moynihan was nothing but
a copy Of the Sutram statue in Cal
cutta. This aroused storm, which
has extended until it involved the
New York artists in the legal diff.
culties mentioned.
While walking on the tracks of the
Virginia and Southwestern railroad, at
Briston, John Bell was struck by q
train and instantly killed. A rain.
storm was prevailing at the time, and
it is thought that the noise made BY
the drops falling upon the umbrella
drowned the roar of of the approach
ing train.
Although the summer season is moi
yet we'll under way there have al
ready been a number of deaths by
lightning in the the state. At Gravel
Hill, Buckingham county, two chill.
dren of George Harris were playing
in the yard when a bolt struck tree
One child was killed and the Other
severely burned.
POLICE Inspector John S. Shinberge;r
of Richmond, was shot and seriously
wodnded by negro who he was ell
deavoring to arrest. The man then
made his escape The bullet entered
the officers right side and has not yet
been located. Captain Shinbergel
has be6h on the force for more thar
twenty-five years and has beer
prominently mentioned for chief.
The state school board has stricken
from the list of books adopted
Browns History of Our English
Grandfather's," because of offensive
reference to Confederate gunboatS
which it calls pirate ships.
Ashley Mosely, a car inspector or
the Washington Southern Railroad
was struck and decapitated in Alex.
andria by freight train. He resided
at Mosley Junction, near Richmond
Col. John C. Shields died at hi:
home, at Riverside, Rockbridge coun
ty, aged 81 years. His death was due
to the infrmties of age. He was {
son of Joseph Shields, who married
Miss Camden, and was born on the
farm where he died. He was tht
oldest newspaper man in Virginia anc
was one of the founders of the Lynch
burg Virginian. He located in Rich
mond in 1852 and was identified witt
the control and management of the
Richmond Wing, both in bushes:
management and as staff correspondent
throughout the state He retired from
that paper in 1875 and returend t.
Rockbridge, but was later associate
editor of the Stanton Spectator fol-
many years.
Charged with kidnapping 4-year-olf
Bernard Elan, son of w. L. Elan
of Manchester, Richard Lawrence, Of
Altoona, Pa, is under arrest i'll Rich
mond. Lawrence is connected witt
a circus. The little boy claims thai
Lawrence carried him off by force anc
that he later made his escape while
his captor slept. On the other hand
Lawrence states that the boy INSISTED
on following the circus.
John Henry Banks, negro boy.
shot and killed John Brown, colorec
deacon, near Johnson Depot, Bucking'
ham county. Brown had the boy ar
rested for disturbing preaching at
colored church. But for the interior
ence of white men Banks would have
been lynched by negroes of the neigh
borhood.
John Humphreys, aged 80, fell 3;
feet to the bottom Of we'll at Piney
Flats, near Bristol, and was instntly
killed His neck was broken and his
skull crushed.
AZ. n n cnpdnctnr nf the
Charlottesville street railway, was
struck by post as he leaped from
a car for his hat, and was painfully
injured.
William, the young son of Luther
Boyd, residing near fingers store.
died from the effects of bite by
rattle snake. The child was playing
near the house and his parents at
tention was first called to his con.
dtlon by the swollen appearance OF
the child's body. In an hour the boy
was dead, despite the efforts of ply
sicians to save him.
News from Awland, Sussex county
tells of the finding in the woods neal
that place of the body of Miss Annie
Boiling, young woman who had
been missing since Tuesday afternoon
when she went for a walk. The au'
thorities are endeavoring to solve the
mystery that surrounds her death. II
is thought that the young woman was
murdered and an attempt made to
conceal the crime by burning her
body. Her hair had been cut off and
was found some distance from the re-
mains. 1t was evident that either the
girl or someone else had used fire.