Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-02-10
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

the most widely known women phySi-
clans in the United States, died at her
home, in St. Louis, Mo-, as the result OF
being struck by street car.
The home Of Charles OTIS and tam.
ily, in Canastota, n Y, was destroyed
by fire and three young children were
burned to death. Mrs. Otis was probably
fatally burned.
George +. Kroehl, president, and Al
bert G. Twining were acquitted III iren-
ton. n. J., OF the charge OF mlsapplylng
the funds of the First National Bank
of Asbury, n. J.
Albert G. Wheeler, president of the
Illinois Tunnel Company, and several
city officials of Chicago were indicted
for forgery in connection with the cor
poration's franchise.
George H. Wood was held in New
York on suspicion OF being the murderer
of George Williams, the grocer, OF
Watching, N. J., who was found dead
in his sleigh.
Walter Packwood, Fred Smith and
Fred Weaver, who had been operating
at Dillingham;, Wash, for two years,
were arrested for counterfeting.
]. +. Barrett, who conducted a turf
investment scheme in New Orleans, was
arrested in Chicago on the charge OF
using the mails TO defraud.
Nine persons were injured i'll a wreck
near Piattsburg, N. Y. The collision
| was due to the fact that switch had
been left open.
The reprieve of Mrs. Mary Rogers
by the Governor Of Vermont has brough'
letters and kilograms from ali over the
country to Governor Pennypacker, Of
Pennsylvania, asking him to reprievc
Mrs. Edwards. :,
A presentment made by the Phlladel-
pha Grand Jury charges that ORGANIZED
vice exists in that city and that the re-
sponsbilty rests upon the Director Of
| Public Safety and other high police Off
Gals.
Mrs. Chadwick refused to sign pc
tition to Governor Pennypacker, o.
| PENNSYLVANIA, to commute the sentence
of Kate Edwards, sentenced to hang
for the murder of her husband.
Johann Hocll, held i'll New York To-
the Chicago authorities, was identified
by Mrs. Mary Hendricks, of Chicago, a
the man who married her January 2
1904, in Hammond, Ind.
The lower house of the Texas legsla
turc has passed the Senate bill forcing
persons giving ground for action il
divorce cases to remain single for thre
years.
William II. Hunt, Chicago banker
is held in New York, without bail, Of
a charge of embezzlement to await ex
tradition papers from Illinois.
DR.. Darlington, president of the New
York Health Board, announces tina
every physician in the department is fol
lowed by detective.
A wild runaway of New York fire
engine was stopped by the prompt, coo
action of the engineer, who there save
the drivers life.
George Williams, young grocer. o
Watching, N. J., was mysteriously muir
dered in his sleigh by stranger.
The committee of the New York Cham
Der of Commerce, composed largely O
railroad men, declared itself opposed t
the proposition to allow the lnterstat
Commerce Commission to fix rates.
A buggy containing Charles Youn
and his wife was struck near Fremon
O., BY a rapidly moving trolley car o
the Lake Shore Electric Road and bot
probably fatally injured
Mrs. S: R. Rowley died in Hornell;
vile, N. Y, from injuries received Will
in a sleigh that colided with a trail
She was the eleventh victim of the Cas-
ualty.
There was a wild rush of deposition
OF the Lancaster (Pa.) Trust Compan
, which met all demands and declared
, was as solid as Gibraltar
. Frank Muncula, member of ii
Malta OF Carbonate, Pa, pleaded guilt
and was sentenced to four years all
nine months Imprisonment.
The employees of the Subway and II
elevated roads in New York threate
to strike unless their demands are col
: ceded.