Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-06-09
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
tie Latest Happenings Condensed tor RAPID
Reading.
Domestic

Domestic
An action to revoke the charter OF the
General Paper Company will probably!
be brought by the Attorney General OF
Wisconsin.
Counsel for James H. Hyde issued a
statement outlining the position OF Mr.
Hyde in reference to the attack made
on him.
Johann Hoch, the convicted wife-mur-
derer, was sentenced to be hanged June
20 at Chicago.
Notable discoveries of relics of
Moundbuilders have been made near
Montezuma, III.
Douglas M. Fitzpatrick, former United
States subtreasurer, died at New Or
leans.
Governor Higgins has signed the bill
abolshing fake hotels in New York city
Baron Moncheur, the Belgian minis
ter, sailed from New York for Dover.
Brodie L. Duke has sued Mrs. Alice
Webb Duke for divorce in New York.
Gen. H. V. Boynton died at Atlantic
City of a complication of diseases.
Speaker Cannon and party of con-
gressmen will visit Southern Alaska.
By a combination of the forces of
President Alexander and Vice Presi.
dent Hyde and Tarbell the report Of
the Prick committee, which investigated
the affairs of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society, was rejected by the direc-
tors. The report recommended the with
drawal of Messrs. Alexander, Hyde and
Tarbell from their positions. MIR. Frick
resigned as a director.
The Avenue Theater, in Pittsburg,
was burned, and the Grand Opera House
adjoining was badly damaged. The aud
fence was quietly gotten out OF the
opera house without a panic. The loss
is $4,000.
Jimmy Hope, the old safe-breaker and
the man who pulled off the famous Man
haitian Bank robbery in New York in
1873, died suddenly in his wife's arms.
While engaged in unloading car OF
sand. workmen found bonds and securl-
ties valued at 100000. They had been
stolen from the Wilmington Qll) Bank.
A committee of the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce has decided that
the squeeze in May wheat was not
corner
The Pennsylvania Railroad will es-
tablish daily train service OF IL hours
each way between New York and Chi
cago. :,
Peter Thomas, negro, was hanged
at Albany, Ga, for the murder OF
town marshal
Seventeen-year locusts have appeared
in Southern Wisconsin.
The Philadelphia City Councils with
drew the gas lease and confirmed Mayor
Viewers appointments to the places
made vacant by the removal OF the di-
rector of public safety and the director
of public works.
Judge TayIer, of the United States
District Court, in Cleveland, o., ap-
pointed Jacob B. Fawcett receiver of the
assets of William L. Davis, vice presi-
dent of the closed Canton State Bank j..
John Mitchell has begun his series OF
addresses to the miners in Pennsylva-
MIA with the hope of building up the
membership of the organization, which
has fallen off since the last strike.
The rebellion of the Filipinos on the
Island of Samar against corrupt prac-
tees of native officials and hemp agents
has been settled by removal OF the off,
Gals.
A passenger train struck an oil wagon
near Saltwater Junction, O., causing an
explosion which resulted in the death
of the engineer and fireman.
The Seaboard Company has filed a
certificate with the New Jersey Secretary
of State increasing its stock from $4,ooo,-
600 to $72,ooo,ooo.
Governor Magoon has appointed for
mer Gov Facundo Nuts Duran as Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Canal Zone.
Samuel Lobby pleaded guilty in New
York to the charge of fraudulently OBJ
tanning $4,000 on a stolen life-insurance
policy.
The fight was begun in Philadelphia
for the estate of the late William
Weightman, the millionaire chemist.
The American Savings Bank, at Trim
idad, Col, has closed its doors. LA
bilities, $4,000; assets, 100000. :,
C. w. Kindrick, United States consul
at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, died at FL
Paso, Tex, of tuberculosis.
State Senator A. w. Covington, OF
Little Rock, Ark, was arrested on the
charge of accepting brides. -,
Mrs. Frances Wertz was murdered by
a burglar in Newark, O.