Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-11-03
The NEWS.

Jack Dillon and Happy Jack, two men,
bers OF desperate gang OF C@ur d Alene
desperadoes, were captured Mrs. John
Williams was killed In Duluth, Minn., in
collision with bicycle ridden by G. L. Rob-
bins. nineteen-y year-old boy. Robbins was
coming down rather steep grade, and came
TO the street crossing just as Mrs. Williams
was in the center of the street. a mixed
train on the Chicago, Great Western Rail-
road went through bridge near Red Rock
station. Three passengers we're seriously In
jured, among them Rev. r. I. RogDe, OF
Austin, Minn.-The Chicago and Alton
railroad shops, at Bloomington, ILL.,. were
closed. The steamship Gellert, which
caught fire at a, landed all her passengers
safely In New YorS.-Robert Warlng,
capitalist OF Newport. KY, was forced to as
sign. because he could not renew note for
s3S .-Somers Shaeffer was fatally shot by
robbers at Croft lale, near Reading, Pa
An oil tank snip, with capacity Of 100000
gallons, was launched at Roach's shipyard.
"A nCtIce has just been posted In the two
Farnum cotton mills, in Lancaster, Pa. en-
ploying !, 200 hands, that after this week the
mills will only run on alternate weeks, until
business allows running on full time Stored
away In the warehouses OF the mills are
goods worth nearly S3,0 ,0N, and until
some of the great stock is sold, the mills will
run on half-time R. G. Burckman, an
operator on the Board OF trade, died at his
home in Chicago, fIom an overdose OF NOR
phine. 1t is not known whether the drug
was taken Intentionally or death caused by
an accidental overdose. He was forty-seven
years old, and unmarried. Ella Rudi-
ger shot and killed Henry ]. Reiser, club
man In Omaha.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman OF
Toledo. Ann Arbor and Micigan freight, that
ran into sink hole near Hamburg, were
killed. The Sunday closing law was de-
clared unconstitutional by Judge Won Rosen'
buro In Austin. Tex.-Capt. H. H. Siverd
was shot and killed in Winfield, Kan, py
Moran Wright. After stubbornly con-
tested trial, the sase OF banker Oscar Bilis,
charged in Adrian, Mich, with embezzle-
ment, reached the jury, and terminated IN a
verdict of not guilty. Charles Schmidt
was indicted in Logansport, Ind, Tor the
murder Of Oscar Walton. While suffering
from delirIum tremens, Michael Sullivan
jumped from window His head was caught
In a pulley line and he choked to death
John Roenyille was arrested in Philadelphia
for the murder OF his mistress. He admitted
the crime The trial of Mrs. Hanna Mary
Parkhurst, OF Greenfield who was charged
with numbering her tbree-year-old son In
Saratoga. N. Y, ended In verdict OF not
guilty. A. Lovecraft, oil New
York. committed suicide, having become
melancholy on account OF losses in specula-
ton. The Highland Housein Cottage City,
Mass. was destroyed by fre.--The boiler
house OF the clear Spring Colliery, West
Pft.ton. Pa. was burnel. The breaker and
engine room narrowly escaped destruction.
Four hundred employees will be idle pending
the repairs. Loss. 81. o.. Insured.
The storchouse and three other buildings
of the Cable Flax Mills in Schagbticoke, N
Y. were burned. The main mill building
was saved. In the storehouse were 800 tons
of fax and hemp, which will be almost a
total loss. The loss is estimated at $75,oO0.
Tho house of John Garmon, in Pittsburg
was destroyed by fire, and two OF his chill
dren burned to death. Zarro, an
Italian in Newark, N j., shot himself while
lying beside the body of his dead WIFE
Hugh Medill, saloon-keeper of New
Brighton, s. l., was arrested on charge OF
manslaughter, in having caused the death OF
Mrs. Mary 'Connor.-Philip Henry
Brown, banker, is dead, aged sixty-two He
was the weathiest man In Portland, Me. -
Burglars broke into the store OF Doc Ramsey
at Pottersville, N. j., and stole goods which
they secreted some distance away from the
store. Two OF the thieves returned for the
stolen property, but w,re fired upon by
party OF citizens, and one fell dead riddled
with bullets. The other robber was wounded
and captured. "A bronze statue of Con-
federate soldier standing on handsome
granite shaft, was unveiled at Clarksyille,
Tenn. with interesting ceremonies, the Hon.
J s. Wilson, OF GaIlatin, delivering the Grafton.
Rev. Joseph c. Price, President Of Living
stone College, Salisbury, N. c., died in
Boston.