Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-09-15
>rpprv HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA, SEPTEMBER Is, 1898.
THE NEWS,

Barrett Scott, the defaultiDg treasurer OF
Holt county. Nebraska, who is said TO De
.bort in his accounts 100000, has been cap
tured in Mexico. and is now in jail a. Juarez.
Extradition papers are now on the way from
Washington. AS soon as they arrive Barrett
coott wilhbe taken back to Nebraska -
uenrv Jackson, wealthy Minnesota farmer
confessed that he poisoned Eiwln Peck, one
If his hands. .--Lafayette Grimes, Of Dawes
Station. Tenn, was assassinated by wnite
Cans Luke Short, the well-known gam
b,er died at Guida Springs, Kansas. Her
hort f Ashton. the principal witness for the
prosecution, and who gave states evidence
in the Westinghouse conspiracy trial, was
orrae. al in Pittsburg. The allegations are
that he stole blue prints tracings, etc, from
the Westinghouse Electro and Manuiactur-
ing Company, as he admitted on the witness
stand in the testimony given in the conspir-
ocv case inst closed. Fire turned BLOCK
md a.half of the business part OF the toWn
of Canby. Man., destroying sixteen stores
the nostofflce and the Bank of Candy Inc
fire was caused by the falling OF lamp wniie
IL W, g lighted. The Joss is estimated at SzOo'-
600. with insurance amounting 70 So''ooo'
Mrs. George Winters started fire at her
homo in Paterson, N. j., with kerosene
Her clothes caught the blaze, and she was
burned to death. THE jury IN the west
inobouse electric conspiracy case was unapie
to agree. Er,a
H Helman, general merchandise, OF Ayie
Texas a small village near Aus'in, aSS'e en'o
ii Utilities one hundred thousand DOLLARS f;
assets very small, exact amount not Known
The Commercial National Bank OF o9oen'
Utah which closed its doors July I, on
ooconnt Of deficit in the amounts OF aoou'
eaventv thousand dollars, alleged 10 nu''
hesn embezzed by ex- Cashier oscar L. mn
-aa,,rood husiness.-Emil Bauer and VIII
linn Jones, stockholders in the uem "inuo'
closo Worns at Dunkirk, Indiana, have hie'
, q emit asking Tor u receiver for the company
There is no financial trouble, us the conpun'
r ia in n prosperous condition, but tnere 10
d,socrecme nt among the stockholders, ana
conspiracy is charged against tne III
ooptrol-J. A. Jenkins, the deiauitinl
,reosurer of Clark county, Ind, was arres'e
q in Louisville, KY, and taken across tn
d river 70 Jacksonville. Jenkins snoring
= amounts TO s23 ,OOO.-The business poruU
u of White Cottage, Ohio, was almost 'o'ai,
o destrove1 by fire. The loss will amount
- en- M with insurance for probapiy ON
II third - Hon. Hamilton Fish, secretary
d stateunder General Grant, is dead. d.--Josel
D. N.vack and Adam Smith, young men h'ir
i IN Scranton, Pa, went into yard 10 'eS'
~ ~ r,, which the latter wanted to buy from u
former While examining the gun NoVa'
lg occidently discharged the weapon VIII
E. cr,i.b was in front OF him. The shot pass'
"a "a through Smiths heart, causing in''''
On death. 40 ,
~ ~ William Knox, seventy years OF age,
b, twenty years custodian OF the Sa'e Depo'
,op,te Of the Hartford Trust Company, al
ne n Hartford Conn.-The slate manuia
of turers of Granville, VT, and vicinity Id
aoreed to shut down all the quarries Oc'
d. her 1st for an indefinite period, or un
there is n demand for slate.-The Hawai'
JIG mailing steamer Alex inder, Captain McLea
;, has arrived at San Francisco from tne Jap
sealine ground with catch amounting
49, ,,tla over three thousand skins. CAPITA
to Mclean reports no unusual incidents al
wo inc the Steamers cruise, and denies nav i
no haen in the Bering Sea.-Ihe new cruz
, ,oI OLYMPIA, on her unofficial trial trip TO fou
m Raw has developed speed exceeding twe'
nv koots and Captain Goodal, who comman
ng her. expects her to beat the .twen'y-o
ou Lnots' record Of the cruiser New YORK WI
,h her official trial takes place.--0ouh
to O'Connor. of Chicago, shot and killed
Oh. mariner. P. Ford, and also shot and Kliie
led little girl.-Fred Johnson, coun
school teacher OF Clinton, ILL.,, went rid
!: with Young lady. He asked her to ma
in him. and on her refusal he hreu ou'
into his brain. dying almost instantly.
Gus Philip NJ. Scheig, paying teller OF the b'
We of Minneapolis, has left Minneapolis
was $4,000 OF the banks money.-At Ro
Id Comfort. Ark, an old man named w
rive Crow and nelgnDOr nameu y. ID. Du
had difficulty concerning the oweners
Ole- Of corn-cob pipe, which ended in Burl
shooting Crow through the body, kill
her him. Clint Crow, son OF the old man, Il
%@ thn, shot Burke, fatally wounding him
This latter shot and killed Clint Crow, and
AVE Eve minutes later. Mrs. Fetting, a
rom eighty-one years, living in Seattle, wa
isKs wgs murdered At Buffalo, Mo-, 4
oi'o'i followed dispute between William Fra
! be lin and his brother, Green over the payn
of note. William was knocked down
rd's fatally shot by Green, who made his esc'
her Both are married, of good reputation,
WIN sons OF County Judge Franklin. At w
Yon bridge, N. j., the stables of Daniel b
on were destroyed by fire, with their contt
silly. Seven horses perished in the flames.
I'd L loss is about $4,000. The fire is suppose
'eu- su have been started by tramps.
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