Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
1te Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic


of the Scotch expert, Dalrymple, on the
traction system Of Chicago is due to the
for tainted money for the Chicago
without gloves. Another report comm
ing itself to the traction problem has
been asked for.
Hitched to a plow by rope, with the
pastor holding the handles and Kew. L.
K. Billingsley, of Wesley Methodist
Church. steadying the beam, members OF
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
in Des Moines, broke ground for their
new building.
Tohn Barrenberg was shot dead on the
State rifle range at Sea Grit, n. j.,
Saturday afternoon. He ventured out
of the rifle pit when there was some
skirmish firing going on and stray
bullet struck him.
Prof. A. n. Fox, who recently tele-
graphed to John D. Rockefeller begging
| for "tancd money" for the Chicago
Theological Seminary, has been dismiss
ed from the faculty of that institution
Mrs. Janet Wilson, who fled from the
Hudson River State Hospital and came
to Bridgeport, Ct, with Walter Lang
don, shot herself at the Washington
Bridge Tavern and will probably die.
Albert Nuley, of Fishers Landing, N.
Y. brutally assaulted Mrs. Fanny Har7
ners and her daughter, who caught him
burglarizing their home in Clayton, N Y +:
DR.. Charles A. Linsley, secretary OF
the Connecticut Board of Health, rec,
ommends isolation OF the nurses and
patients in cases of cerebro-splnal men1
nights. IT.,
Superintendent of Insurance Hem
bricks. of New York, gave out an an, :,
s,ter to the criticisms of his ofhciai
acts in connection with the Equitable IN
vestigation ,,,.r.
The condition of Senator William A.
FClark of Montana, who underwent an
oneration for an absccSS in the middle
ear was pronounced very satisfactory.
The police of Brooklyn promise sensa-
t;onal Developments in the case OF FRED
erick c. Carlton who is being held on
The charge of poisoning his wife,
The unsecured claims against the es-
tate of defaulting Banker bigeiow,
amounting to nearly 100000, VIII gel
I only 10 cents on the dollar.
The United States training ship Hart
fort arrived at Newport, r. l., from
GARDENERS Bay L. l., with detachneh'
of naval cadets. -,
In Chicago a verdict of not guilty was
announced by Judge A.. II. Chetla1,i' %
the Superior Court, in the case OF rr fHi
dent Albert A. G.. Wheeler, OF the I'M
nois Tunnel Company, and Severai ioi
mer municipal officers on trial tor 80, al
legged alteration of public records TIC
iurv in the case was discharged.
Twelve new directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society were elected
Among them are former Judge u: CODY
Herrick President Butler, OF Colunloia
University and Congressman Littlefeid
of Maine. eD.,
Waiter Scott, the gold miner Of Death
Valley, caused a sensatiQpse inc Mai man
cial district of NewrS'ork, his auto
mobile hanson being followed by CROWDS
| that yelled. to him to toss out his golo
Richard Wareham, the oldest mem
her of the Knights of Pythias, died al
Rock Island, ILL.,, aged 70 years.
A New York man went to sleep on
the 1OOI OF d lOlioS oi'N 'N--
He was fatally injured.
Three persons were killed and seven
injured in a collision between two rail-
road trains at Steiger, Ill.
Near Braintree, Mass, Pole muir
dered his wife by nearly severlng her
head from her body.
Several men in New York became IN
sane from the heat. One man VINO was
overcome fell from root and fractured
his skull. Heat and humidity are re-
sponsible for an epidemic OF suicides IN
Utica n Y.
Mabel Thurston, aged 10 years, was
killed by lightning and Mrs. Martin no
Ian paralyzed during a storm in VIII
Transport, Pa. =
The Citizens Bank of Yellow Springs,
O.. SUSPENDED payment and all business
in the village was brought to stand
still.
President Roosevelt has declined the
invitation of the commonwealth govern
ment of Australia to Miss Roosevelt:
After a number OF attempts at SUICIDE
Pauline Muff, OF Brooklyn, finally sue
ceeded by drinking carbolic acid.
Herman Barrels died in Bay City,
Mich. from lockjaw, the result OF a
Fourth Of July accident.
]. J. Jusserand, the French ambassa-
dor. and Mrs. Jusserand sailed from New
York for Havre.
In various towns of Wisconsin Indian
girls are being employed as domestic
servants.
Gen. Horace Porter returned to New
Work IN the steamer Deutschland.