Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09
THE NEWS.

know of the affairs of the Greentown Bank
and the cashier, now under arrest, promises
"a make a clean breast Of the whole matter,
intima,ing that he was simply the victim OF
his superiors, and that they are the real cul'
brits. Harry Hill, who is wanted IN Al
lanta. Ga. for forgery amounting 10 SzO'-
600. W arrested in Chicago by detectives.
He is about thirty years old, and belongs to
one of the lest families in the South. The
forged notes bore the name OF Mrs. Porter,
wife of the president OF the Merchants Bank,
who, for years, had been staunch friend OF
his.-Harry K Webster was appointed re-
ceiyer of A. J. Ames' broken bank at Beres-
ford, Iowa. His first statement shows la
biities of 5000, with assets, par value,
44O. .OOO. Lewis W. Baker, Of Hoytville,
Pa. committe suicide. Charles Jones, OF
North Adams Mass, shot himself dead whi
his wife and two sisters were trying to pre-
vent it.-John Wills, an emp!oye OF tho
Buffalo Furnace Company, accidentally
locked himself in a furnace and was sulfo-
Gated THE Thorp l. Martin Manufacture
ing Company, manufacturers of typewriters
and other light machinery, in Boston, as
signed to George E. Adams and Edmund ,.
Tablet. The liabilities are reported to be
SlOO, ,OO) with nominal assets about the same.
The Diamond Plate Glass Company OF Ko-
komo. Ind, closed it's works Oh account OF
the demoraIized condition of the market -
Edward B. McCown, Joseph Bachner ana
John H. Jones have filed bill in The Supe-
rior Court in Chicago, asking for the ap-
pointment Of Il receiver for the Geneva ClocK
Company. The total assets OF the company
are set up to be $219, 200, with liabilities $780,
OOO.-One person was killed and several
wounded by cyclone near Rosedale, MISS.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
nassed a resolution asking for the early re-
peal of the Sherman Silver Purchase act -
; The Plankinton Bank in Milwaukee closed
its doors, and William Plankinton was made
p, , assicnee.-A bill was filed in the Court oil
Chencerv in Newark for the appointment OF
a receiver for the Domestic Sewing Machine
: COMPANY H. Fitzgerald, manager OF
tho Detroit Electric Light Company, whose
examination on the charge of bribing Alder
man Protiva has been in progress for several
= weeks was discharged by Judge Sheehan.
The court made this decision on the ground
that the charge of bribing Alderman Pro-
. tiva was not supported by sufficient eVi-
q dence.
Carrie Vogt aged fourteen, OF Newark, N.
J., drowned herself because she feared ar
rest.--Water S. Beresford, the bogus ord
: was taken to the Georgia state pententlary
! The Governor of Georgia commuted tc
life imprison nent the sentence of deatf
hanging over J. r. Vonpolnitz, convicted o.
wife murder. Samuel B. Baker, one o.
o the la gest lumber dealers in the West, hai
suspended. Judge Joseph M. Beck dec
from heart disease at Fort Madison, Iowa
n He was seventy years old, native Of Ohio
and had lived at Fort Madison since 1861
4 From 1867 to 1891 ne occupied place in th'
q Supreme Bench of Iowa, and was four t1mei
IS chief justice.-W. B. Malsby was shot IL
f Walton county, Ga, while assisting the
sheriff in serving a peace warning on thu
a Connolly brothers. Malsby shot one Of tn
7 latter before he died. Mrs. Cavanaugh, o
n Jeffersonville, Ind. went with candle t.
V the eel er for gasoline. An explosion, whicl
q was heard for blocks away, followed Sn
q was burned to death. The house was lifte'
d off its foundation, and the floors and weatn
d erboarding blown in all directions.
Near Hazlehurst, Ga, an unknown whit
Al tramp tried to commit a criminal assault o
a white woman named Mrs. Crosby. Sh
# drew pistol and shot him in the head. II
= staggered off short distance and fell dead
q his tracks.-James Dickson, about sevent
years of age, one of the richest citizens {
Al Mansfield O., was struck by west-boun
Pennsylvania train and killed.-Fathe
Phio P. Hubbel died at the age Of ninety
le four in Winona, MINI. He was the ode'
living Mason in the United States, havin
at Joined the Painted Pos Lodge, No. 2O3,
m Painted Post, Steuben county, N. Y, in 1921
He has held high Offices in the lodge and III
We der the government. At the age Of twent,
er one he was commissioned lieutenant
er Gov Dewitt Clinton Of New York. He hf
Id been resident of Winona since 1856. Fly
10 children survive him.-Thc Rank of Bere
3? ford, S. D., a private institution controlle
or by A. Ames, has failed.-Gov. Fiowe
D. of New York, who has had the cases of Ma
ne tello and Osmond, the murderers, under col
Id sideration for some time, decided to let Il
n law take its course, and they will both
a killed by electricity. Martello is now
or the Dannemorra prison and will be killt
ke sometime during the first week in June, an
1g Osmond is in ing Sing prison and will
ty electrocuted the second week in June.