Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-12-13
THE NEWS.

"a Gilman. station agent at Bucyrus,
Kan was killed by robbers. .-Richad &
Mesde the insurance swindler. was taken 10
tho nenitentiary at Leavenworth to serve
term OF three years. s.--Rey. +. +. PassaihorS
WAS acquitted by the committee OF Netho-
dists in Denver Of Justification, but was ad-
monished to desst from indiscret utterances'
Harry Hayward was sentenced IN Mlnne-
anolis TO be hanged. .-Cheating at cards leo
TO a fight with pistols at Big Stone Gap, Va,
in which Dave Thompson killed Henry MUIR
rav.--The Wisconsin legislative apportion-
ment committee has finally agreed upon
bill reapportioning the state into Senate ana
Assembly districts under the state census Oh
1895. 5.---Mrs. Abigail Gale, aged seventy,
was fatally burned at her home at Hayerhill.
Mass. The woman was alone in the house
preparing dinner. 1t is supposed that
kettle of fat boiled over, igDiting her cloth
ing.--Appicatio was made before vice
Chancellor Emory in Newark, n. D., for q
receiver for the Enterprise Mining Company.
The company was incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey. with a capital stock OF
s.. 500, 900. The property and mines OF the
company are situated in Rico, Colorado
Fire in James S. Kirk & Co.'S soap factory,
! CHICAGO. forced two hundred workmen to
flee for their lives. Loss 5000; covered by
insurance, james S. Hurd, carpenter
was found murdered in his bed at his home
IN Biddeford. Me. He had been shot in the
left temple. and his throat cut. HIS son was
arrested on suspicion. \. Daytons
large Touring mills at Towanda. Pa., was de-
stroyed by fire; loss, $4,000: insurance,
SOOO
James Lewis attempted to defend his sister
in Chicago from the abuse Of her husoahu'
Andrew Gazzao and, as a result, was saoI
and kiled-A part Of the crew OF inc
sponging schooner Shamrock, which arrived
at Tampa. Fla. reported that while at SAINT
Martins Reef. seventy miles north OF Tampa,
q heavy Northwestern capsized t he schooner.
Six negroes, who we're below the hatcheS'
were drowned. THE Gas Trust Injunction
was taken up in Judge Showalters Uniteo
States Court in Chicago. the issue Is ono
for an Injunction to prevent the proposed
consolidation of the Chicago gas companies
into one trust.-The American Purity
Alliance will hold its next years congress i'll
Boston,-Eleyen children were poisoned III
Detroit by eating poisoned bologna sausage.
President Mack, Of the recently organ
lied sewing machine combine, explained the
purposes Of the organization. The Shelby
vile Cabinet Company, of Shebyyille. Ind.
1 fahil
assets. about $50, OOO.-Two persons were
frozen to death in st. Louis, and a woman
and a child nearly perished. There was
big blaze In the wholesale district in Indian
apolis. The loss is estimated at 500. .OOO
Governor Hastings, OF Pennsylvania, ls /"
with bilious feyer.--Moses Rosengarteh,
Max Frank. Jacob Fineburg and Henry
tircenberg were convicted of counterfeiting
in the United States Court, Philadelphia
The men comprised one Of the most extensive
working gangs of counterfeiters in the couh-
trv. When the verdict was announced sew
eral hundred friends of the prisoners maze
rush for the informers and caused rlot
Prince Graham, Jason Blake and William
Fraser we're hanged at Hampton, ). C., ior
the murder of E. r. Mears The NalionaI
Live Stock Exchange met in Chicago "A
test of armor plate made by order OF the
Car at the proving grounds near st. Peters
burg proved that the American make IS the
best in the world. Toy Hatfield killed Dan
Craig near williamson. W. Va.-W. >.
Honey, prominent merchant Of Fredericks-
burg. Va, disappeared. William Byrd
was killed by Charles Kelton, at church
social in Denver. Col.-John Huff, an in
mate of the United States Naval Home at
Philadelphia. committed suicide at Niagara
Falls. Theodore Durant, convicted Of the
murder of Blanche Lamont, was denied
new trial
A bad wreck occurred on the Norfolk and
Western Railway between two freight trains
near Ennis. W. Va Engineer Forellnes,
Walter Straley, conductor, AMI colorad
brakeman. were killed. the train broke
! into two parts. Fireman Gamder was serl-
ously injured. ed.-The Chaffee block, the
largest business structure in Allegan. Mich,
burned down. Loss estimated az SlOJ,GJJ.
partly insured. The first floor was occupied
by stores and the second and third by
number of families. Several persons hal
narrow escapes, but no one was seriously
hurt.-The Creenyle Hotel, located six
miles east of Hortonville, Wis, was burned
to the ground. William Reuter-, an en-
ploye of the hotel, was sufTocated. and was
taken from the burning building dead.
Several members Of medicine troupe eS-
capped death by jumping from the second
, floor windows clad only in their night robes.
~. S. Honey, grocery merchant of
: Fredericksburg Va, is missing. -EdwiN
Mickey, retired ironmaster anil we'll
} known politician Of Allentown, Pa, made
! an assignment.-Burglar broke into the
4 Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Rail
: road station at Wyoming, Pa, and looted 2
, trunk belonging to J. W. Honey, agent for d
; Syracuse iewelry house, and containing
: goods to the value of Sl0,000. a grea!
y meeting of citizens of Philadelphia, WI ;
$ held to protest against the action Of ths
Union Traction Company in abolishing th2
, free transfer system. m.--The wife OF Lieit.
{ Chester White, Of the revenue cutter Bear
e has fled divorce proceedings in San Fran
f els 20 court. john VI. Kinsade. a real es-
I tate dealer Of d 3nver. committed suicide by
GhOOfinr himself in thn head an q train ra-