Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-09-22
The NEWS

Fire destroyed property to the vaiue OF
EGO 600 in Bunker Hill, H. fire. which
NJ one time threatened the destruction OF tho
entire town of Liberty, Mo-, was confined to
the old Thompson House. erected Atty years
ago. and which was occupied by hardware
and provision store. Total loss about S7O,-
(Oo.-M. A. Baldwin, a prominent young
physician, son of member OF the Georgia
State Legislature, was shot and killed by
Je Sc Bowden at Palmer. on Rock Creek.
The tragedy was the result OF quarrel over
the hand of ayoung woman who lived at the
house where Baldwin and Bowden boarded.
Miss Emma Powell, Of Andover, n. j.,
;umned from n car window on her way home
from the Worlds Fair.-A destructive hre
in Eufonia destroyed great deal OF business
property.-The tug Talisman was struck
by the steamship Delaware in the New YORK
barbor' r'ani sunk.--Prof Gustavus Fisher,
Of Rutgers College. died at his home in
Brunswick, N. j. Matthew t. Trumpbour
former cashier of the Ulster County Savings
Bank at Kingston, n. Y, died OF heart dis
eaee at he Clinton Prison, in Plattsburg n.
Y-Pittsbur; labor lenders have a plan
which has been indorsed by. Mr.. Powderly,
for the foundation of new labor union
The residence OF Milton Meyers, farmer
Of Millersvile, Tenn, was burned, and three
children perished in the flame Fire in
schell City, Mo-. destroyed property to the
value OF $4,000. Three hotels. including
the Duck House. and the Missouri, Kansas
ond Texas depot, three large warehouses,
nm implement house, half dozen shops, two
1 livelv stables. a number Of dwellng-houses
in all. twenty-nine buildings-w burned.
| Patrick Kehoe, one Of Paterson's Oldest
shoe manufacturers, while on his way to his
stables, was "held up" by four masked men,
who. at the point Of revolver, commanded
him to hand over his money.-The con-
vention of postoffice clerks completed It's
labors in Chicago by selecting Benz. PARK
hurst, of Washington, president; w. t.
Crumbacker, of Chicago, secretary and l.
A. Lewis of Boston, treasurer The next
conve- ton will be held at Boston. War
rants have be en- Issued for the arrest oil nine
collectors OF the Prudential Insurance Com
pany in Jersey City, on a charge OF con-
spiripg to defraud the company. Only two
have been arrested as yet.-Governor Nor
ris has made q requisition on Governor
Worts, of New Jersey, for the surrender OF
Eli Carpenter and Annie Carpenter, who are
wanted in Connecticut for burglary COM
Tn 1909 Roth are
under arrest at Newark, N. J.-Alired w.
BOYLE. aged twenty-five yeals, was picked
nm in AN unconscious condition beside the
tracks OF the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road. q few miles west OF Trenton Junction
He was taken to st. Francis Hospital, IL
Trenton. where he soon expired.
VIM. B. Gregg, Of Duluth, Mimi, was ar
sted in Philadelphia charged with trying
to defraud insurance companies. John l.
Clark, who swore to the circumstances o.
Gregg's death by drowning, was also ar
rested. o. Rowe, superintendent
of the eight district, Western Union Iele
graph Company, died very unexpect
edly at Titusville, Pa. 1t is supposed tha
death resulted from heart trouble.-In
drunken row among a number OF Italian
at hotel in Brighton, neal Rochester, sew
eral Italians were killed and the hote
burned. d.-Two moro Colorado bank
opened their doors to business, after severa
weeks suspension. They are the Western
National, at Pueblo, and the Bank OF Flor
ence.-The large gin house and cottol
sheds belonging to E. D. Jones, at Carlisle
in Clayborne county, Miss, on the branch G
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
were burned by mob OF whitecaps. Th
gin house was posted about three week
ago by whitecaps, who threatened its dc
struction If any cotton should be gimme
there before the price OF the staple went
ten cents per pound.
A fresh outbreak OF the yellow fever is re
. ported at Brunswick, a. Catholic arch
bishops in conference in Chicago DECIDE
10 secure a site for a residence for Arch
bishop Satoli in Washington n.-Nexica
outlaws killed Texan rancher, who live
near Del Rio, and his boy after brutal
mutllallnS tue ldthel' - l1A-o "'oS ~
Ludlow Darremore, wel-known membe
, of the New York bar, and for more tina
twenty years Judge of the Court of Con
I mon Pleas, Is dead d-The new city ma
building, in Spokane, was destroyed by nr
At the time three timers were at work G
! the roof. and are reported to have bee
: burned to death. Loss, S75,01s; insuranc
g CSC. 600. &C. P. Mills, the defaultiog bank
9 of Tecumsah, Mich. was arrested IN Adria
= The jury in the trial Of W. II. Shattuc
= for the killing of his chlld-wife, in Allan
r returned O verdict OF murder IN the secor
degree. Shat!uck is twenty-five years
d age.--The George r. Bidwell Cycle Cor
pauy. In New York. Instituted proceedin
9 for voluntary dissolution. T. G. Strong W
). appointed temporary receiver. "A recely
b was appointed by Chancellor McGill, in Je
- sey City, for the Beverly and Edgewat
i Electric Light Company. W. Daniels. OF
Il Burlington Electric Light Company, was a
= pointed receiver.
II Robert G. H. Huntington, secretary OF
n House Building and Loan Association
Chicago, is missing. 1t is expected that Hu
}, tington is deiaulter, and that the sum
y aggregate s O,OOO. Arthur II. Wisema
,s managar Of the Western Grain ana sto
Ie EXCHANGE at st. Louis, closed his dool
d Wiseman is one of the best known OF /