Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-09-02
GENERAL NEWS.

white CABS III tile lHteAioi u
county at Sand Ridge, near Grants
Vile, has just reached here. mop ]
of about SO white caps burst INTO the
house of the Rev. Scott Williams,
holiness preacher at O'Clock IN the
morning, pulled him out OF the yara'
and beat him severely.
Washington Aug %. In the Poto-
mac River at Colonial Beach yester-
dav morning, Courtney B. Tagart,
popular young man OF this city, gave
his AVN life that two of his girl
friends might live. He won mag
nifcsnt fight, but, in the moment OF
his triumph, he vanished below the
surface of the water, and his body
has not been found.
The Young women he saved are
Lena and Cora Thomas, sisters OF MS
fiance.
New York, Aug. 24.-Jere 5. Llllls,
who was bound and beaten Ill the
Kansas City home OF John r Cuaahy,
denied to-day that he will marry MIS-.
Cudahy who has just obtained divorce
from her husband on the grounds OF
incompatibility.
"Any report that Mrs Cudahy is
coming East. to meet me, and that
we are to be married, is absurd on the
face of it. said Lillis in bis hotel
TODAY. 1--WE have not correspondent,
/ and don't know anything about her.
S I have no intention of marrying any
one''.
Spokane, WASH, Aug. 24.-Forest
fires have slain more than $50 persons
nearly all firefghters in Idaho, accord
ing to figures compiled tonight from
: latest reports Superintendent Weigle.
J, o the Cuoer d'Alene national forest
e after receiving many reports OF dlsas-
d ter to various parties Of his 600 en-
+ ployes, posted a bulletin tonight In
e his Office at Wallace, Idaho, announc-
: ing the death of 81 Of the men.
Richmond, Aug. 25.-For the purpose
I, of organization, and of formulating
rules and regulations, the State Boaro
of Accountancy will hold its hrs
meeting next Monday morning at
O'Clock in the hall Of the House O
Delegates At this meeting a tim
will be set for the first annual exhl
bition of persons who desire to be IL
censed as certified public accountants
This boa1d was created by the Leg
islature at it's last session, and one 9
two efforts have previously been mao
to meet, various circumstances proven
. ing. 1t is expected that large nun
81 Der of public accountants already !
the business WILDE examined an
licensed this year. No persons say
those authorized by this board WI
7 hereafter be permitted to use the tit
of certified public accountant.
Bristol, Va, Aug. 26.-Showii
only the Insignificant Increase OF Of
fifteenth of l per cent, the new re
estate assessment for the city OF Brl
toll, Va, is the most disappointii
DO yet reported. 1t is argued that eth
!. the CITY has decreased in size and il
n portance since the last assessment
{ lands in 1906. or else that the lal
assessors have not done what was e
# pected of them by the Legislature al
. / the State authorities or both.
+ I LyDchburg, Va, August &c.
Brookneal Tuesday afternoon t
y / Campbell county electoral comm
}. sion heard charges of malfeasance a
y misrepresentation OF school fun
lie { against Writ William one of the tn
tees of the Falling River District
there was nothing to substantlate I
I charges and they were dismissed III
was followed by the reelection OF W
I liams for another term Of three yea
& La Plata, Nd, Aug. 26.-The lat
,, S phase of the unfortunate killing
L A. xander F. Bowie, near here l
Sunday night, by an automobile oV
ed and occupied by DR.. Pherson Cri'
ton and party Of friends OF Washll
. ton D. c., is the issuance of W
rant by Justice of the Peace II.
80 Robertson of La. Plata charging
physician with marslaughter.
document was placed in the hands
z the sheriff Of Charles county for
z vice.
: York Harbor, Me-, August. q
9 Strong pressure is being brought
bear on Senator Hale to reconsider
announced withdrawal from the VI
2 ed States Senate and to allow
name to be presented to the legl
ture for reelection. No one is
~ thorized to say how Senator Hale f
on the subject, though it is announ
. that the Establishments of the wo'
are. very gratifying to him.
London, August, &C. The stea
Meeantic, on which Dr.. Hawley
Cr1ppen and Miss Ethel LsnsTe
being taken back to England by
spector Dew of Scotland Yard,
connection with the supposed mu
. of DR.. Crippen's wife, Belle Elm
was reported 200 miles west OF Ma
head at II 30 this morning.
The steamer still has four hunt
miles to run, which would bring,
to Liverpool early in the aftel1
tomorrow.
Vienna, Aug. 26 Cholera, i
officially announced, has broken on
this city. After throwing doubt
two days on the report of cases
Vienna, the health department OF
ministry of the interior today anne
ced that archaeological examlna