Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-08

THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC
The committee appointed by the recen'
constitutional convention Of the rive
Civilized Tribes to draft constitution
for the proposed new state completed IT'S
work.
| D. A. Attic, who tried desperately
to make mash on Miss Helen George
in Brooklyn, was beaten by the crowd
and fined by the magistrate.
Mrs. Pauline Bowman, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was shot in the face and dis
figured by man who with her husband,
mistook her for burglar.
The city health department OF Atlanta,
Ca, announced one case of yellow fever
in Atlanta.
The second section of the Bar Harbor
express crashed into the first section, a
number of passengers being scalded by
escaping steam.
Thebes Farthing, cashier of the State
Bank at Haulstadt Ind, is missing and
his accounts are, apparently, $1,000 short.
| Tentative arrangements have been
made for the Presidents return to Wash
ington from Oyster Bay.
| Oliver 0. Jones, bank cashier, under
Indictment for embezzlement, broke jail
at Nashville, Ind.
Thousands of dollars damage was done
tobacco crops near GAINESVILLE, Wis, by
hail and wind.
Struck by lightning, the Union Ele-
vator Company's elevator at Joliet, ILL.,,
burned down.
Miss Maria D'Amaze, mysterious
recluse, was found dead in her apart
ments in St. Louis.
Two American soldiers in the Philip
pines died from cholera.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Jack
son (Tenn) Wooden Mills and Pants
Factory, entailing a loss of 100000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The tannery plant Of Henry Holm
ger, at Columbia, Pa, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $780,
600; partially insured.
The Carnegie Foundation has offered
FIVE prizes for the best plans for the
building for the permanent peace court
at The Hague.
The ffty-sixth convocation of the Uni
versity of Chicago was held in Chicago,
Hamlin Garland delivering the address,.
A cablegram from Shanghai states that
the Chinese government has forbidden
the boycott of American goods.
Charles Christian was saturated with
gasoline and set on fire by companion
in Hannibal. Mo.
Almost the entire business section of
Fleming sburg, KY, was destroyed by
fire.
WASHINGTON
Public Printer Palmer has requested
the resignation of Foreman Oscar ].
Ricketts, and L. G. Hay. Both have de-
clined to comply with the request.
Secretary Bonaparte issued an order
converting court martial to hear
charges against Captain Young and En-
sign Wade, of the Bennington.
Joseph P. Killebrew, of Tennessee, has
been appointed by Secretary Wilson as
tobacco expert of the Agricultural De-
partment.
Charles A. Moore, a postofice clerk,
confessed appropriating railroad tickets
from letters in the Dead-Letter Office.
The War Department received the re-
port of Brigadier General Whit, COM
handing the Northern Division.
The Board of Consulting Engineers of
the Panama Canal discussed various
details of organization.
The Board of Engineer Experts called
to advise the Panama Canal Commits
sion upon the relative feasibility of the
sea level or lock canal, began its DELHI
erations in Washington.
A naval court of inquiry was appointed
to examine into the conduct of the gen
eral storekeeper's Office at Boston Navy
Yard.
Jesse E. Wilson, of Indiana, the new
assistant secretary of the interior, as
sumed the duties of his Office.
Henry J. Bright, one of the four
surviving members of the jury that tried
Guiteau, is seriously i'll.
There were I,o26,4oo immigrants ar
rived in the United States during the
year ended June 80 last
Mr.. D. w. Baker was installed as dis
trict attorney and entered upon his du-
ties.
Secretary Taft and his party sailed
from Manila for Japan.
DR.. Salmon, chief of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry, has been exonerated
by a report of Solicitor McCabe, of
the Department of Agriculture.
Government circulars are to be post
ed in the postoAices throughout the
country