Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-07-07
THE NEWS.

the Law and Order Society, OF Plttsburg,
Alderman Robe and his constable, kerscher,
charged with conspiracy, the jury found all
of the defendants guilty rs indicted.-An
agreement was arranged between the repre-
sentatives of the Amalgamated Association
md the sheet iron manufacturers fixing the
scale Of wages.-Fire, which broke out IN
Willoghby Il Hills clothing house, in CHI
cago. caused loss Of $50 OO0.-Mrs. Jes-
sic Hale was shot and killed in Texarkana.
Mrs Hale's husband and q man named r. E.
Lee had rough and-tumble fight during the
day. in which Lee was worsted. At night
Lee and his II appeared at the Hale resi-
dence and opened fire on Mr.. and Mrs. Hale.
Samuel Thorpe, co!ored, was hanged in
Savannah, Ga, for the murder OF Charles
Bronson. The affairs Of the Carbon Iron
Company are being wound up, and receiver
has teen appointed in New York. The con-
eern has not been in existence for i've
months has no property, was merely an ex-
perimeDtal organization
Alfred J. Biddle, master Of the American
barkent ne Anita Berwind, died near Havana
from yellow fever Two colored children
were run down by train on Sheuck's tres
tie. Richmond and Danville Railroad, near
charlottesville. Fire broke out at Hobbs
glass works facto.y, owned by the United
States Glass Company, in Wheeling, ana
burned several of the bulldogs. Lo Sl5,-
O0): insured. The Sagamore Hotel at
LIKE George was destroyed by fire. The
flames were first discovered at about l.3l,
and within three hours the bui ding was al
most a total loss. The less is estimated at
Som 00O-The Rev. W. W. Kone, aged
ninety years, died in Denison, Tex. He WIS
the Oldest Baptist minister in the United
States, having entered the ministry at the
age of eighteen. He was for number OF
years a missionary to the Oregon INDIANS
Judge Hanford, in Seattle, placed the Seattle, Il,
Lake Shore and Eastern Railway in the
hands of a receiver. Thomas Reeves was ap-
pointed. The road has been operated by the
Northern Pacific for about to yea s.--Ihe
Illinois Fuel Company, of Springfield, failed
"A train dashed into buggy in Chicago,
killing three children and injuring the
mother. er.-Mary Reilly, who had pesn
wronged by the man she loved, jumped from
fourth-story window Of house on Madison
street, in New Yo-k, and was killed. An Oh
ncer patrolling his post at half-past three
o'clock came across the womans body lying
on the sidewalk near the curb.
Fire which broke out in pile CT cordwood
containing 900 cords, caused loss OF
5000, 900 10 the Homestak2 and Associate
hning Company, near Deadwood, s. Il.
One thousand men were put at work hight
ir.g the flames and all the mines and mills OF
the company are shut down. Fire destroyed
the Basset planning mill, the Clayton q Bas-
sett plcW factory and the Bldwell rendering
works, in Minneapolis. The fire caught IN
tie rendering works. Total loss $50, ,09O in
surance light-Mrs. I. P. Harris and
daughter, ten years old, were drowned in the
Rio Grande river six miles west OF Del Norte,
Col. Harris his wife and child and q young
man named Tinker had successfully crossed
the river. On the bank the horses baked
and backed the wagon into the river
lightning struck f. Il. Bunker's house IN
Atlanta, Ga. The building was burned to
the ground, and cottage on each side was
also destroyed. The captain and crew OF
the abandoned ship Derbyshire arrived al
San Diego on the coal ship Port Patrick
Samuel S. Draper, Judge Of the Court OF
Monroe and Carbon Counties, Pa, died at
Stroudsburg of gout. 2. Palmer,
son of the late Courtland Palmer, Sr., and
brother of the late Courtldnd Palmer, who
was the founder and president OF the Nine
tccnth Century Club, died at Bellport, L. L..
OF peritonitis, following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
The doors Of the state bank OF Lo2khayen'
Pa. were closed, and il was announced that
the bank had gone into liquidation. .--Argu-
ment in the case of the Reading Railroad re-
ceivers' certifc tes was concluded, and the
master will make his report to the United
States Court in Philadelphia next week.
In battle between the guards and a lot o'
convicts who had escaped from the prison
Mt Fo' som, Cal, three conyicts were Killed,
and two, including the train robber Sontag,
fatally hurt VIM. Il. Moore, editor OF the
Evening News of Augusta, Ga, dropped dead
in his room. m.-Ex-Congressman Wallace,o OF
South Carolina, died at his home near YORK
vile. The quarterly report of the Trades
man, compiled from 10 O00reiurns from every
town in the South, shows n continued de-
velopment OF the textile industry, seventy
two new cotton and wooden mills have beer
organized. The returns show so forty-iiyt
flour mills established and forty-four foun'
dries and machine shops. .-Rey. Joseph
b. Cheshire, Jr, of Charlotte, N. G., was
elected assistant bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church for the diocese OF North
Carolina. Neil McCabe, young man o
Bellaire. Ohio, was found murdered by O
road side. His sweetheart has been arrested
on suspicion Of knowing more about the
matter than she will tell.-The Rev. D. @.
John, D. D., pastor OF the Wauwatosa Meth
odist Episcopal church at Milwaukee has ac-
cepted the presidency of the Clark Uniyer-
sity at Atlanta, Ga.-Malignant diphtherif
is raging iu Huron county, Mich.
NO FEAR OF CHOLERA.