Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-10-05
THE NEWS.

1t was reported that the Blue Mountain
Railroad would be completed to connection
with the Vanderbilt system. "A lively rate
war is brewing between the Western Passen-
ger Association and the Passenger Depart
ment of the Central Traffic Association -
Heavy rains put an end to the forest fires in
Minnesota. George W. McCabe shot his
brother, L. F. Nc abe, and then committed
suicide. near Charleston, S. C.-At mount
Carmel. S. c., J. W. Latham was fatally shot
bv E. Children, lawyer. While cross
ING the ferry at Chasta, near Minneapolis,
Mimi. Louis Scharf drove his team too laI
on the boat and they went overheard wlththe
wagon. drowning lis wife and five children,
but he escaped In quarrel over the
division OF money left by their mother VIII
lam G. Carr murdered his sister, Mrs. Ellen
Iuc!er. at Worcester. Mass. s.-Jeduthan
Newton. a well-to-do farmer OF Norwich,
Conn. and Mrs. Edward Southern, domes-
tic in his family, were struck and instantly
killed by the Richfleld Springs express at
grade crossing on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Road. 1.-The United States
grand Jury, in San Francisco, returned iorty
indictments against Sacramento, Red Bun,
Dunsmuir and Oak land strikers. The charges
were in every case that the defendants en-
tered into a conspiracy to obstruct the United
States mails and to interfere with interstate
commerce.
fargo contributions have been received
from wealthy people who wish to assist the
American University project IN Circle
vile. O.. the residence Of Crawford Hedges,
q wealthy aged bachelor, was entered ana
robbed He attemE ted to protect his prop
erty, and is dying from injuries received. -
The motorman OF Philadelphia street car
tainted. and the car, running at full speed,
dashed into cart. Three passengers were
injured. "A thirteen-y -year-old boy, who was
bitten by a rabid dog in Corsicana, Texas,
died of hydrophobia. "A man, who IS le-
lieyed to be a train robber, was captured on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Joseph
Beech was mortally wounded by Rob Hayes
the brother OF the girl he loved, in st. Joseph,
Mo. There is probability OF general
strike among the miners and teasers in the
vindow-glass houses at Pittsburg. The men
have refused to accept reduction from the
scale. Joseph Field celebrated the one
ndred-and-second anniversary OF his birth
at his home in Red Bank, N. J.-During
the past week there were forty-seyen new
cases and seven deaths from cholera in East
Prussia The steamer Ohio collided with
the schooner Iron.on in Lake Michigan,
ten miles north Of Presque Isle, and both
vessels went down, butthe crew were rescued.
Tho hurricane from the West Indies
svept along the Florida and South Carolina
coasts, doing immense damage. In Jack
sonyille hotel was unroofed and other build
ings blown down. The orange crop on the
Indian River was ruined. At Tybee, S. c.,
the wind blew seventy-Gve miles an hour,and
the island was submerged.
ceneral Ezeta is said to have gone 10
,,ovioo in furtherance of a plan to combine
AL the Central American governments inio
ono renublic. The battleship Maine
.+or,ed from Brooklyn on her contractor
triol -Patricio Gonzales and Jesus Herara
yoro found guilty in Piedros Negras, MeXic0'
Of kidnapping Simon Galvan, Mexican
citizen. charged with murder in Texas anu
delivering him to persons on the Mexican
oido - the Rio Grande e-While working in
an excavation made for shifting tracks on
~ broadway cable line in Seventh avenue
New York, three men were buried py 'ne
cavino in of an emla1kment, and one Oh
,ben was so badly injured that he may ole.
ronic occurred among cable car pas
.enoers in Chicago when four heayiiy-loaded
trains. loosened by n slip OF the cable, dasneu
down the incline in the Van Buren, street
tunnel and crashed into each other at ING
hottom The passengers were hurled In all
directions by the shock, bur mono "elo
oeriorslv hurt although the ears were badly
wrecked.- The eighth annual convention
of the Factory Inspectors International Az
soo;otion met in Philadelphia. The conven-
ton was called to order by President John
pronov of Buffalo james B. Craver,
freight agent Of the Valley Railroad at CIeVe-
was mysteriously murdered. ---Neil hep-
hurn ex-postmaster OF City Island, IN west
obeeter county, was arrested on the charGe
Of nisappropriatng $4,75O, collected dlr'hS
Lis incumbency, but not accouh'eu 'or'
uonburn was postmaster for lour years
under President Harrison.
! Victor Sskie, the clothing merchant OF 70
East REohdway New York, who, on April Il,
with two other men, conspired to burn his
premises for the 1900 insurance, and who
was convicted OF arson in the second degree,
was sentenced to nine years and ten months
at hard labor in the state prison. Louis L.
Matthews. who lost heavily in wheat deals,
was found dead in Kilbourn Park, Milwau-
kee. He had taken poison. "A young man
named John Henry at Grafton, o., was
awakened by burglars in his room. Henry
gave chase xnd was shot and killed by one
of the thieves. The burglars have been
tracked to Elyria. Ohio.-1he miners OF
the Masslon (Ohio) district agreed to go TO
work, leaving their grievances to the local
board OF arbitration.-Two men were
turned to DEATH two other men and little
girl were badly injured and one hundred
thousand dollars worth OF property destroyed
by fire in Nanalrno. B. {. - President W. }.
Littlejohn, of the Underwriters Association
OF the Northwest stated that the great fires
were started by wealthy lumbermen. "A
collision on the Yonktls Electric Railway re-
suited in what is thought to be the fatal in