Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-08-11
THE NEWS.

thick fog. A fresh westerly wind prevailed,
and tho vessel was driven harI ashore, anu
will probably be total loss. The crew
reached shore safely.--The main factory
buildng of the Empire knife Company, ID
West Winstel. Ct, was burnei. The puiid-
ING was 100 feet long, three stories hign, anu
occupied mostly by machinery. Loss SlO,-
GOO insur nee about $780, James n.
Armstrong. the defatltng treasurer, is now
in iail in Upton, Ind, with his son CARL
charged with the double crime OF stealing
the county's funds and attempting to loera'e
his son. Watson Pitzer and Joe Prester, the
vounp men who were arrested charged Win
being implicated in the attempt at jail oe-
livery made a confession, which shows that
the treasurer himself was the instigator Vi
the attempt to release his son.---A steam
thresher went through bridge near ADing-
don. Iowa. killing Lot Abraham and buu
varness. .--Jame; Pike, aged thirty, ana
Selby Newbott, sixteen, were drowned as
South Dido. N. F., in sight OF their home,
by their boat sinking. Tbe fatality was VIII
messed by their families and friends. VIII
Pinkham, of St. Johns Bay N. f., was
drowned by the upsetting OF his dory.
Asa result Of nm old feud, George W: Ma
vile. a wealthy ana respected citizen, shot
ami k:led J. s. Me- abe, neighbor, at the
latters ranch. eighteen miles from Olympic,
Washington. Maville gave himself up. -
Nicholos Hersclmann, cashier for the Con-
col dated Steel and Iron Company, was ar
rested in St. Louis; charged with ombezzle'
ment Ee acknowledged his guilt. de ID
nearly 8 0, GOO short.-P. J. Moss, one ol
the largest railway contractors in the Unlteo
States. president OF the Tenn ssee Midland
Railroad and of several river tran 'portation
romnanies. d.ed in ST. Loui-, aged thirty hve
va,rs Moss had in the last flteen years
amassed fortune of over 81, 600, ,OO).-Mat-
tio p Thorne. aged twenty four years,
handsome actress. choir singer and music
teaeher. took morph ne with sIicldai Intent
NJ her boar iing-house in New York. ohe
wos removed to St. Vincent's Hospital, Wnefe
ebo died Prank Vanloon, the Co.umpus
Grove Bank robber and murderer, was
hanged in the annex at the ONO fen''en'
tiarv 1t was expected that Vanloon woulu
break down completely as tho hour OF e&ecu-
zion draw near. but he exhibited wonderful
nerve. and the execution was one OF 'ne
cst successful in the history of the annex
vanloon protested his innocence TO Inc ias'.
AN unknovp man made an unsuccessiui
o+temnt to rob the st. LOUIS County BANK,
in Duluth. MINI. Several worsted lac'or-
,es in Philadelphia were obliged to sbt down.
The Scranton Lace Manufacturing Com
pany su,pen led work Temporarily
nrrrber If husiness concerns In Costa Rlca
have gone to the wall.
The Pacific system OF elevators OF the
North m Pacific Elevator Company have
been leased y Receiver NJ. ]. Forbes. The
house of Samuel Yanderberg, in Ransom, Pa,
was burned. and an infant child perlshed in
the flames. Mrs. Vanderberg rescued two Of
her children, aged four and six years, but
was unable to reach the baby and was com.
PEELED to watch the flames creep into the
room and devour the child. Attorney
General Hensel, of Pennsylvania, heard argu-
ment on the petition OF certain citizens OF
Gettysburg for writ Of quo warranto with a
view of depriving the corporation construct
Ing the trolley line on the battlefield OF its
charter and franchises. Decision was re-
/ ali nntOriOno
ter OF Ohio county, KY, was lynched for an
assault committed about month ago. Poole
skipp. out, and had only returned to tho
scene of his crime when citizens caught l3im
and hanged him to tree.--About one hun
dred and fifty employees were suspended from
;hs Union Switch and Signal Works, at
Swlssvale, Pa. The company has p'enty of
orders to keep the works running for year,
but money collections cannot be made at
pres ent. Henry Clay Ditmas the we'll
known turf correspondent was found dead
in his room, at his home, in Grayesend, death
having been caused by heart disease. He
WAS lity-two years Of age.
Congressman johnson, of Ohio, will intro
duce bill in CJngress providing for the de-
post OF United States bonds with the Treas
ury by holders thereof, who are to receive
their face value in currency They may be
redeemed at any time, but pending their re-
demption the government is not to pay any
interest. The Appleton Manufacturing
Company, of Lowell, Mass, closed for one
month. Fifty employees OF the Worthing-
ton Pump Works, at Elizabeth, N. j., struck
on account of reduction OF wages At
Arlington, Neb., boy ten years old deliber-
ately killed his sister, aged eight.
mail stage running between San Ranito and
the Hernandez Valley, CAL, was robbed
by three armed men. At San Francisco,
W. Frese Il Co., failed. Liabilities Sl44 900,
assets $l00, 900. "A wealthy man named
Charles B. Welte killed himself at Allegheny,
Pa.--At Pittsburg, Zug & TO-, employing
eight hundred 10 one thousand iron workers,
signed the Amalgamated scale. The mill
will resume in all departments. s.--The Union
Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande and Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroads are reauc-
ing expenses. At st. Louis tho N .tional
Iron Cornice Company made an as ignnent
Assets and liabilities estimated at aoout $780,
900.