Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-01-20
THE NEWS.

of the operators for an vance ln wages.
He says he will investigate me indivl iuai
cases cited by the operators, and see IL en-
increase can be granted. "A fire at Ken
sington. a southern suburb OF Chicago, de-
stroyed three small business buildings ana
caused loss Of 10000. Pip man Stephen
Morgan and James Cunningham. Of Engine
Company 81, wers caught under a falling
wall in the first bulldog which burned. The
former was instantly killed, and the latter
was so severely injured that he cannot re-
coyer.-Dr. John B. Rice, ex-cong essmap'
one of the bestknown men inSandu-ky coun
~. O.. died in Fremont, after long illness,
with Bright's disease terminating IN pneu-
monia.-Gen. w. II. l.. Birnes, one OF the
most prominent attorneys OF San FRANCISCO,
was attacked and severely beaten by CARROT
ers as he was entering his house. Gen.
Barnes made desperate resistance and drove
the men off. Barnes received two scalp
wounds and was otherwise bruised. BUR-
glars broke into the postoffice at lrvln3top,
n. Y, and made big haul. They secured
5000 in cash and stamps, five wacches vaiueo
at $40 and $50 in silver. The thieves ac'
complished the job like New York proies-
sionals. Harry Motion, athirty-year con-
vict who was employed as cork in the front
office, capped from the JACKSON Micn,,
nrison. Notions sister is the wife OF kuSse1
Harrison's business partner. Rev. Sam
Small accepted position on the editoria'
stoff Of the Atlanta Constitution.
freight train wreck on the Wanda ia ro'd'
near Jesslp's Station, Ind, tie engineer
and fireman we're Ii led.
fhs south-bound limited train on the Illi-
nois Central was wrecked mile and a-half
no. th of Peauregard, Miss. The engine and
mail, express and baggage cars left the track
entirely The engineer, freman and express
messen. or were badly injured. deal has
been concluded with the Nova Scotia mine
owners by which the Pennsylvania barons
obtain control of their coal feld;.--A syn
dicate formed inNew York by Messrs. r. A.
Lancaster g. Co., under contract with the
Governor and State Treasurer Of South Caro-
lima, has placed a large block Of new ~ per
cent. refunding bonds Of the state Of South
Carolina, issued for the redemption OF the
Brown consols, which fall due July l, 1893,
and will in short time offer for salo the
bllance of ths authorized issue.-A COM
mittee Of railroad men, representing the In
dustrial Union Of South Carolina, have
istued a call for state convention, to be
held in Columbia on the 18th Of March next,
the purpose OF enlarging and solidjfying the
organization for determined opposition to
the present state administration.
Huntington, the Standard Oh millionaire,
died in London. He had been Ill but few
DAYS with inflammation Of the lungs. Con
siderable excitement prevailed at Cecilton,
Wis. when it was learned that the Rev.
Father Hon ,yman, pastor OF St. AugusFne's
Catholic Church, was deranged and ct large
with loaded revolver in his hands. He was
finally captured, and his hands were SO badly
frozen that he was unable to use the pistol.
Both feet and his face were also frozen.
Harry @. Combs, q brakeman on 'ne
Pennsylvapia Railroad, was accidently killed
in Philadelphia. East Franklin colliery'
owned by the Reading Company was
obl,oed TO suspend operations, because OF
the extreme cold weather. Other colIlerleS'
1t il said, will also suspend work temporar'
ily.-Tne Supreme Court Of Wisconsin at
6rmei the ruling OF Judge Newton Ia the
celebrated state treasury cases, whereby the
state RECEIVERS some g50l, COO interest money
from former treasurers. The decision II
confirmed by all the judges. Gov. All
geld. of Illinois, was ineugurated with mill
tary display--The prosecuting committee
in the DR.. Briggs case decided to appeal tc
the General Assembly. y.--Several men'wer'
killed and others injured by the bursting o.
q fly-wheel in Pittsburg mill.-A big fir
in Boston destroyed property to the vaiu
of a. 600, OOO.-A letter from Goochlan'
Court House, Va, states that James Co!e
man and Susan and Ellen Winston hav'
been arrested for the murder OF Rober
Winston. who was the husband OF Susal
and the father of Ellen. TIE parties are a.
colored. The girl says that Coleman kille
Winston with an axe, piled wood on tn
dead body and fred the house. This wa
on the 27th of November last. The charre'
remains of Winston was found in the debri
next day.-During church services in Fol
est Chaple, Indiana the parties to the Law
sou-Swinford vendetta had hard battle
and several on each side were killed an
wounded.
The Prudential Insurance Company ha
voted to increase its capitll STOCK from $500
coo to 81, 600, 900, and declared an annua
dividend of 10 per cent on the frst-name
fSure.-The Wichita Electrical Railroa
wss sold by the sheriff under a mortgage G
$500, 900. The property was borght in by tn
ndholders.-John Gully Campbell We
fourd dead n his room at the Warwick
Hotel, in Minneapolis. The gas was turned
on, and tie man had been asphyxiated.
Jeffersonville, Ind, was shaken by an earth
quake.-A test vote in the Illinois legiela
ture on the question of opening the World
Fair on Sunday resulted in O victory TO
the advocates Of opening the Fair on tina
day. E! ensperger, eighty-tw'
years old, who for fifty-Six years had serve'
in one capacity or another on the New Yorl
Central Railroad, was struck by traiu a
Conowaga, N. Y, and killed. The knit
ting mill of A Ills McAdam & Co., at Utica
N. Y, was badly damaged by fire.
broken rail caused car on the Downingtol
and Lancaster Railroad TO be overturned
killing Peter Damman, passenger. 1t i