Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-06-03

Denver, COL, May 26 According
TO- information received here, wire
less telegraph station is to be estab-
lished soon on the top of Pixies Peak.
| The station is to be used as the
midway transmitting and receiving
point in an effort to send wireless
messages from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast.
Atlantic City, May 26. Declaring
that he was back to stay and would
protect himself"if any attempt were
made to drive him out of town, Will
lam 7. Seyler, acquitted at Mays
Landing of the murder of Jane
Adams, returned to his home here to-
day.
New York, May 26.-Belle Moore,
the colored woman, convicted in the
white slave traffic trials of selling
two young girls for immoral purposes,
was sentenced today.
The judge sent her to Auburn pris-
on for not less than two years and six
months nor more than five years.
Lynchburg, Va, May 27.-The
Lynchburg Automobile club has or
dered lot Of sign boards, which are
to be appropriately lettered and erectr
ell along the public roads around the
city where machines should be driven
with caution. The club is making
hard effort to break up careless
motoring hereabouts
Lynchbnrg, Va. May 2.-Reports
from the storm experienced in this
section Wednesday afternoon indi-
cate that the dan mage was severe in
the counties contiguous to the Hill
City. Several persons were stunned
by lightning and considerable damage
was done by wind to buildings and
trees.
Charlestown. W. Va. May 26.-In
the municipal election today. s.
Green defeated George T. Light, the
present mayor, and Charles G. Con-
rad by 900 majority in vote of 1888.
j. F. Weller defeated G. &C. Miley
in the First ward for councilman by
majority. c. L. Haines was elected
in the Second and H. G. Page in the
Third.
10 commemorate the signing of the ,
'reaty between Gen. William Henry ,
Harrison and Tecumseh, the Indian ,
chief, and to mark the scenes of the !
struggles of the carly pioneers in the
forth west territory, bill introduced {
yesterday by Representative Gull I
OPP, democrat, Indiana, proposes to {
lave congress purchase and preserve {
he house built in Vincennes, Ind. +
1y Gen. Harrison. a
A charter has been issued by the Ii
a tie corporation commission to the l
Vest Virginia Products Co., Ine., o
II Covington, E. J. Meigs, presi- I
lent; J. G. Luke vice PRESIDENT A.
Luke. treasurer; G.. E. Nelson,
ecretary-all of New York; W. A.
luke, Covington, Va Capital stock, 9
100, 600 Objects and proposes q
Wood pulp business. G
The Buckhannon and Clarksbnrol :,
Electric Railway Co., proposes to n
uild line 26 miles long from Buck :
annon to Clarksburg, W. Va, via -
Iodgeville, Century, Peel Tree and :,
Their points. the route lies through !,
ough country. and it is not yet de- =,
ided when contracts will be let. U. r.
!. Young is president; E. W. Martin.
ice president; W. H. Fisher, treasur- "
:. and G. o. Young, secretary, all at VI
uckhannon, W.. Va. m
Paris, May ::26-De Daniloff, % r. a.
Jars old, prominent member of
ussian society in Paris, has commit
d suicide in his sumptuous apart
emit. He was the possessor of a III
lge fortune, and was somehow or CO
other knight of the Legion of fol
onor. Three other Russians com. 54'
ltted suicide here on the same day, l.
spondency supposedly being the spt
use. exc
MAY 27.-By a bill al
ssed in the house today ai'exten- col
N OF one year was granted to the ~
aska Short Line Railway to begin s.a
Hiding its $50 miles of road across "a
uthwest Alaska from Cooks Inlet aDe
Anvik. With this provision the oy
npany has until June /, 1911, to
yin work.
he bill authorizing the establish y
Mt of an insane asylum at Nome !of'
Alaskans was passed by the House IN
lay. Ret
Jew York, May 2e.-Treasury H ~'
ecks endorsed by Charles r. Heike, !. =
secretary Of the American Sugar 1ev
lining Company, representing re- ~ ~
es paid on sugar cargoes imported '-l N
the corporation were introduced