Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-08-24
THE NEWS.

ponker G.. L. Nichoff, OF Chicago VINO dis-
onnearcd a year ago. leaving shortage oi
ctoo IA was arrested in Brighton, Ill.,
Herr Won Benthen, Dutch baron, died in
Cbicaco.--Elevato No 7, OF the Northern
Elevator Company. in Minneapolis, was de-
etroved by lre-It contained 4O,OOO bushc's
Of oats owned by a Winnepeg syndicate The
loss will be about $4,000. Kelly q CO. S
oonring mills at Brandon were also burned.
Webb alias Hill and three other inmates
of the county Jail oycrpowered the Jallor III
voo,,uk Iowa. and made their escape Hill
is the notorious forger recently arrested at
Jacksonville. ILL.,, for swindling heokuN
0rm.-By the burning Of the train oil oil ana
other freight at Cheektowaga, the New York
Central Railroad lost nearly 100000, and
brakeman Thed J. Snyder nearly lost ms
,ifo He was blown from the top oi irelGnt
oor and enveloped in burning oil. lie Will
be dis0gured for life.--AIter baIounS all
n;.,h+ the Republicans OF the Seventeenth
conversational district Of Pennsylvania hoiIi-
mated Monroe Kulp, Of Shamokln. II ~
Kram0ed. Of Scranton, Pa. who was llitco
hv his sweetheart. committed suicide at
rtboca Y Y-John w. Baughman. mem
her of the Ohio State Board Of Pardons, dled
Of heart disease at his home, in Wooster. lie
was seventy years old.
F. W. Strack, lumber dealer, OF Folt
Nayne. assigned to T. J. Logan. with llapil-
tiles and assets at $50 OOO.-James h. Cum
minos a member of the Thomas W. Keene
Dramatic Company. committed suicide IN
Now York by shooting with pistol, at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Robert Vail
Grief over the death Of his mother was the
cause Of the act-John Quincy Adams died
at Mount WolIaston. Mass. .-Fletcher Rob-
pis, the pugilist, died in Plattsmouth, Neo''
from the effect Of injuries received in prize
aght with Jimmy Lindsay. Demo-
1rats of the Eighth Missouri congressional
district. in convention at California, Mo-, re-
nominated Richard ?. Bland for Congress Tor
| the twelfth consecutive time.-Ihe COM
mittee representing the Kansas Pacific consoli-
dated mortgaged bonds. OF which S.B Dutcher
! is chairman. have sent letter to the House
Judiciary Committee urging the necessity ior
fhe abortion OF tho bill, recently introduced
to expedite legal proceedings against govern
mcnt-aided railways. .-Conductor Goou-
man testified in his own behalf at his trial ID
Covington. Va, and declared that he would
never had shot at Parsons if the latter had
not made a movement as though he was gong
to draw a pistol. The last shot, which was
the fatal one Goodman declared was accl-
dentaL-Professo Richard T. Ely in an
address at Chautauqua, denied the charges
made against him declared he did not favor
strikes or boycotts and had no sympathy
with Anarchy
Eli Sheitzer, leaf tobacco dealer Of Lancas'
ter. Pa. and New York, against whom seY
eral executions were recently issued, madeal
ASSIGNMENT The liabilities are in the neigh
borhood OF $4,000, with practically no as
sets "A Lake Shore train was tied up a
Whiting. Ind, and all the passengers robbed
-Fx-Counciman David Morgan vas iounC
dead at the foot Of the bluff overlooking tn
NIononpaheIa River, at Pittsburg. Ills ha
and money were missing. and from the char
acter of his injuries it is believed he was mur
dered by a footpad. Arthur Mclean sho
and killed Nettie Douglass, girl OF iltee
vears in Concord, n. II. - Fire originating
in the clothing store OF Samuel Goldstein, i
Brooklyn, destroyed property OF the value
q53. 900. the loss being mostly on stocks an
, ,ixtures on Goldstein's place and adjoinin
,, stores. -Albanus Snyder committed suicid
in New York. k.-The commission appointe
by President Cleveland to investigate I'll
railroad strike began its work in Chicago
, Vice President Howard, CT the A. r. T., b'
ing the first witness. -Three police Sc
peants were dismissed from the New Yor
police force for extortiOn. - Mrs. o1an
Coe and Timothy Covert were arrested
Spenccport. n. Y, on the charge Of arson
the first degree The prisoners are held
the Rochester jail, in default Of $4,000 bal
1 Tbreo children were burned 10 death in Il
dre.
The coroner's jury in Plattsmouth. Mel
= in the case of Pugilists Robbins, returned
verdict that death resulted from the rece
prize fight. anl held james Lindsay, primo
nal and all connected with &c fight,
n murder.-The steamer Tacoma arrived
Victoria with adyices that the feeling is strol
0 in Yokohama that Japan is much more tht
a match for China. -Four city school tru
toes in Detroit we're arrested on the charge
- accepting bribes.-John Elsmln9er, [
a convicted murderer OF Samuel Mccoy, W
has been confined in the county jail
: Wavnesboro Pa, since his sentence to deaf
awaiting the fixing Of the date OF execute
u escaped about midnight, and has left no tra(
!, Samuel Cohen, eighteen years DID, W
70 held to await the action of the grand jury
10 New York, on a charge Of murder Con
and Cornelius O'Brien, fcrty-eight years
~ nuarrelled a week ago, when Cohen ga
O'Brien a push. and, In falling, the lat
struck his head on the curb, fracturing
ID skull. - Judge Caldwell, in the United Sta
i Circuit Court in Chicago, appointed Aida
- f. Walker receiver OF the Atchison.-
rs Drexel, Morgan & Co., bought the LoulSY
le Southern Railroad at auction.--WiIli
1t Alexander. formerly business L'anager for
OF Arbeiter Zeitung. was arrested in Chica
- and made confession in regard to the An
ls chist arson plots. Several other parties W
ks arrested. charged with being impicaten
# the crimes. The Ohio POpIlist state @
u; venton appointed a committee to confer "
~ lhn leaders Of the new sl-calIed labor pa