Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-21
THE NEWS

May Klineman was committed for the
grand iury in Wilmington on the charge Of
assaulting Barbara Gardner. .--P Philip Myers
and Charles Kaltreider were badly scalded
by tho explosion OF tar heating apparatus in
York. Pa.-Four large Harvey plates Tor
the turret fthe battleship Maine wereshipped
to the Brooklyn navy yard from Bethlehem,
Pa. The pieces weighed forty-seven tons.
The seven miners arrested for burning
the Coaldale tipple in Pennsylvania were de-
clared not guilty by the court in Clearheld,
Pa.-The town OF Halberton, in Cumber-
land. N. j., was seized by the sheriff. -
william Taylor, who murdered David Doty
last week was sentenced In Richmond. KY.
to hang on Friday, January II. This is the
first sentence OF death pronounced in Madi
son county in the last twenty years. The
Bethlehem Iron Company was awarded the
contract to furnish the sSsner for two Rus
sian battleships. s.-The consideration OF
plank No. 10 in the political platform was
| considered at the convention Of the Fedora
| ton OF Labor in Denver. Plank No. 10 was
defeated and then the entire program was de-
feated. d.-During the absence OF Farmer
Shearman from his home, in jamestown, N.
Y. some one murdered his wife and daugh-
| ter.
+ NJ Turner. q real estate dealer OF San
Francisco, Is under arrest charged with OK
tensive Land swindling. g.-Particulars have
been received at San Francisco Ct the out
| rage on William Henry Argall, an American
citizen, by the Gautemalan government -
Henry C. Lorenz, of Roaring Springs, Pa.
has been appointed receiver oil the Blair and
Cambria Lumber Company, an extensive
concern. having interests through Central
Pennsylvania President {. A. Griseom. OF
the International Navigation Company, of
Philadelphia, is opposed to tho free ship bill
as recommended by President Cleveland -
Henry She cemaker, one OF gang OF outlaws
who murdered Edward Townsend has been
sentenced to imnrisonmenttorl life at Guthrie,
O. I. - Alva johnson. ranchman, has con-
fessed to his participation in beth oil tho Ros'
coe robberes CT Southern Pacif, Express
trains He says that Kid Thompson was his
accomplish President Crane, ol the Shoe
and Leather National Bank OF New York,
kindly greeted his delaplting bookkeeper,
S. C. seely, at Chicago police headquarters
but the prisoner declined to make any state
ment as to the dealcation or where the
money had gone.-Some sixty security
holders of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad met in New York, heard speeche:
by Isaac L. Rice and Henry Clews, anc
adopted a resolution condemning the Ocott
Earle plan.- L. Ccrrlgan, Ii brother
Archbishop orrigan, of New York. and DR.
George Corrigan, of San An;onia, Florida
was sent TO Milledgevile, Ga, in the custod,
of guard. where he will be placed in tn
Inyalids' Home for the Insane
A band OF about twenty Yaqui Indians
visited the ranch OF Ruis BoTceno, situated
west OF Hermosillo, Mexico, and killed foul
cowboys employed on the place. Ths In
djans burned all OF the ranch buildings
Some hunters In the Cherokee Strip have dis
covered the remains of two men and boy
in cave several miles north OF Aetna, B'r'
ber county. In the pocket OF one was an en-
velope addressed to julius Vigglan, Herman
Mo- All three had been shot, and thell
clothes had evidently been rihed, as nothing
else was found on them. .-Myron Myers
and George Wheeler have been arrested al
Caldwell, Idaho, for counterieiting. Wheele
is thought to be at the head OF gang oper
ating extensively. Myers is farmer, ant
has lived here for twenty years. .-Two-third
OF the business portion of Gallop. N NJ, wa
} burned. The fire started in Beltz John
sons butcher shop from an unknown cause
The loss is fully $4,000, partially covered b
insurance. The cruiser Minneapolis, tn
fastest ship in the world, went into commits
sion Thursday at the League Island navy
yard There was no distinguished gues'
present, the transfer OF the biz ship to cap
tain G. H. Wadleigh her new commander
being devoid of any unnecessary display -
Francis ]. Oakes, millionaire OF Brooklyn
was granted decree of divorce from Luell'
Oakes upon statutary grounds. The sui
has been on trial for more than w,ek, an
J developed many sensational incidents.