Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-10-19
THE NEWS.

track. - Four men nave been arrested in
Chicago OH the charge Of murder and OF
wrccking the Atlantic express on the Chicago
and G.and Trunk railroad at Battle Creek,
early on the morning of July l6 last. Two
of the men have confes ed, and their state.
mcnts make plain that there was a coaspir-
acy to wreck not oay the Atlantic express
on the Chicago and Grand Trunk road, but
other trains as we'll The confessions Of the
men tend TO show also that the conspiracy
WAS the result Of iDcendiary speeches made
during the great strike Of last July. An
clcc.rlc car. on the Armourdale branch Of the
elevated railway in Kansas City ran away
and a score Of passengers were slightly, ana
four seriously. injuIe Judge Logan L.
Blackley, for years chief justice OF the Su-
preme Court Of Georgia, has sent his resiSna-
ton to the governor. ascribng rs his reason
for so doing the fact that the work Of the Su-
premc Court is too heavy for three judges.
The general assembly tw.ee submitted the
pror o .ilon for an increase to five judges TO
the ueorle. but it was defeated both times.
Adolphus Meyer, deputy marshal, has peen
arrested at Sitka. Alaska, on the charge OF
the embezzlement of public funds to the ex'
tent Of 800 900. "A dynamite magazine at
Taku. Alaska, exploded September 2S Man
aocr James Avery was badly wOunded.-
Nathan Greer. prominent farmer Of Mercer
comfy. Ohio: William Greer, his son, and
Ellsworth McAree were burned to death by
fire in hay NOW - RObett Marquis sew
enty.one years old, wealthy landowner OF
Kokomo. Ind, committed suicide by taking
noison. The east bound overland train.
due at Sacramento, al, at nine o'clock, was
held I'D by train robbers about six mi!oS he
low the city -. olonel Thomas NJ. Gum
inrbam. Guatemalan correspondent OF a
number Of papers, died on September 33 at
Plaza del Orc. in Ecuador He was grand
son OF Governor John Brought, Of Ohio
Mrs Frel Hawks WHO shot and killed her
husbands raramOur. and Mrs. William Bry
and Mrs. Hawkes. mother, have been tried
Mt Boulder. ol., and have been acquitted
An investigation is being made OF the
accounts VI.
the government Indian School at Perris, Cal.
He is supposed to lie in Mexico, and an effort
will be made TO have him indicted and ex-
traditcd. "A fire in Beoxi, Miss, destroyed
twenty-seyen buildings, with loss OF S75,-
OOO The Buffalo County National Bank
/ Mt Kearney. Neb, closed its doors The clos
ing was the result OF Il judgment OF $4,000
nrainst a clothing house in which the bank
was Interested An attachment OF $4,000
has been served Oh School Fund Commissioner
OIney. Of Connecticut, 10y the safe comp
troller for alleged mismanagcment OF the
school fund.
Chicago Day. the anniversary Of the great
fire of 1871, was celebrated in Chicago. The
celebration was begun BY the ringing OF the
Columbian liberty bell, which was carried
about the city and rung at tie statues OF LIZ
coin and Grant in Lincoln Park, on the Sit
Of old Fort Dearborn; at the Columbian
monument on the lake front; att the & ity Hall,
and the Board Of Trade. The cornerstone
of the ommercial Travellers Hcme OF the
United States was laid at Bngbamton, n. Y
George Reams murdered his wife, IL
Marble Rock. Ia, breaking her head with
chair. and then cutting her throat lie ther
rut his own throat and will die. Domestic
trouble was The cause. Judge Gaynor, ol
the Supleme Court OF Kings county, y. \.
appointed Sam uel r. Probasco and Fra ci
Gross receivers Of the Anylo-American DR.,
Dock aad Warehouse Company OF Brooklyn
Fire destroyed the main building OF th
Tudor Iron Works at Ea ST. Louis, eau il;
n loss OF SIS, ,OOO, principally on machinery
insurance s62 900. The steamer Adiron
dack. which arrived at New York, reported
disturbed state OF affairs in British Columbia
The International Typographical Unio
continued their convention at Louisville. -
James Chambers. Democrat, shot jaime
Weaver. Populist, in Atlanta, Ga.-FiI
broke out in the Luke Fidier mlno nea
Shamokin. Pa, the smoke and gas suflcca
ing several workmen. and llty-iiye OF the
comranions making narrow escapes.
A fight between JeH Edwards and VIE
Henderson. in Callatin, Tex. resulted In EC
wards being killed. and Henderson fatal
wounded. The trouble grew out Of tho a
tentions bv Henderson to Edwards vile.
-Four men were killed. two fatally woGnde
ami others seriously hurt in boiler explC
r sion at the Henry Clay collierr. in Shamokll
r PA - Two person. were killed, two fatal
injured and several seriously hurt in ten'
I ment house. fire in Boston. james
Mathes has been acquitted, in Proyidenc
! r. l.. Of the murder Of "Monk" Saunders,
&, the Narragansett Park Race-track, on Jun
< o II was alleged that Mathes shot Sau
ders in Il quarrel. The defendant elaine
: that the shooting was accidental. The e.
: re Reiner family Of Dalton, o., was arrest'
s charged with conspiring to burn the tow
I Miss AImira /. Hayward, Librarian OF Il
y, Cambridge City Library, and one OF the be
- known librarians in the country was i
n stanuy killed by falling through hole
k .he floor of the library, where wOrkmen we
g making repairs Miss Hayward was fiji
L one years Of age and had been librarii
= twenty years -- Grandy Moore, twelve yea
n old. was arrested ut Bells, Tenn, for trai
= wrocking. lie confessed.