Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-09-27
THE NEWS.

servant. Peary's overland expedition was not
a success, and he and his servants nearly
starved. thousand old soldiers
and their friends from the Chickamauga
dedIc .tion visited the Exposition at Atlanta.
BY the explosion of a traction engine at
DAYTON. O., two men were killed and four
others seriously injured. Society OF
the Army OF the Cumberland adjourned at
Chattan ooga to meet next year at Rockford,
m.-The Kansas City Tines Newspaper
Company was placed In the hands OF Wiley
| O. Cox, a banker of that city, as receiver.
Michael Mcintyre began suit In the
Cleveland Court against Bishop Horstmann,
OF the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland,
and three priests, alleging undue influence
exercised over his mother in the making OF
her will The yapor Stove Manuiactur-
ers' Association OF the United States was
formed in Cleveland, o., thirteen factories
beln. interested in it.-Three men lost their
lives and property was damaged TO the ex-
tent OF $40, 900 as the result Of an explosion
OF benzIne at the Atlas Plant Works Ale
yheny. Pa.-Flye daring thieves held up
an electric car in Pittsburg suburbs and re-
Iieved several OF the passengers Of Their
watches and money.
The late Mrs Rosanna Sing master In her
will left SAG, 0(0 to be diyidel between the
Lutheran Theological Seminary OF Gettys-
burg and the Lutheran Seminary at Mt. Airy,
Phi ade'p 'phia. The exercises attendant
upon the dedication OF the Chicamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park were
continued. Addresses were delivered by
Senator Bate and General Grosvenor.
George Schrum was run over by a train at
Hanover, Pa, with fatal results Dwight
J. Particle, United States consul at Sonnen-
burg, Germany, said in Chicago, that In his
consula alone the government is cheated
out OF s150,000 in customs duty. Peter
Kenizel an Arizona farmer, killed his wife
and himself. The mill Of the Murphy
Lumber Company OF Green Bay, Wis, was
destroyed by fre.-Mrs Moorehead, OF
Ogontz, Pa, was killed, and her daughter
fatally injured by being struck by train on
the North Penn Railroad. Friday the COL
ored people in the vicinity Of Oak Grove,
Ga, a few miles west OF Camilla, held pic
mic. Since that day about thirty of those
who ate Of the picnic dinner have Teen sick.
Three of them have died, and several others
will probably die.
Louis Wyatt who shot his Iasher-in-law,
Edes Hol.and year ago, and who recently
escaped from Jail at CIaremont, Va, sur
rendered to the sheriff OF Warwick county.
The A. P. A. police commission OF
Omaha, Neb., has discharged Chief OIL Police
White and replaced him with ex-Sers seant
sigwart, as acting clerk, who was discharged
eeveral months ago for alleged corrupt prac
tices. The Plate Glass Jobbers Associa-
ton held meeting at Minneapolis. p. D.
ChrIssian, tobacco salesman, thou yhtt) be
insAne, held up saloonkeeper at the pistols
point, In Memphis, Tenn, and took $5 from
bsm. He then fed, but was captured after a
chase OF more than mile "A large pa rty
Of working people arrived at Clearneld, Pa,
from GJthenburg, Neb., having tiave.ed the
entire distance In wagons IN quest Of work
and homes In the East. The United State.
government commercial suit in the United
States Court in Deadwood, S. D., to cover
100000 damages from the Homestake Min
ing Company, alleging that during the last
seventeen years the Homestake Company ba'
cut one million trees.
The California soapmakers propose to form
a combination to ra SO prices. G.
Van Bokkelen, receiving teller OF tie Mer-
chants Loan and Trust Company OF Chicago
is missing So Is nearly $50, 900. The Will
by which SO, ,OO) was willie TO Fa' her Me,-
han, priest In Morris, 1 l., was broken
Fred. G.. Wood, OF Chicago, drowned himself
lecause OF business troubles. "A cyclone
swept over Door County Peninsula, in Wis
consin, destroy ng fully thirty buildings
An attempt was made 10 murder Rev. j. @.
CIanby, the Chicago Clergyman who was
prosecuting the tough element. by the ex-
plosion OF sawmil near Proctorvlle, in
Lawrence county, Frank Weekly, the pro-
pretor, and George Mathews, were killed.
William Turner, the engineer, was go badly
hurt that he cannot recover. One man
was fatally burned by an explosion at the
Sunlight Oil Works, in Ph.la delphia, and the
pant was damaged by fire to the extent Of
about Sl5 900. The burned man was Michael
Murphy, fireman at the works. The report
Of W. F. Rogers, expert rtaccountant, upon the
condition OF the accounts Of the sheriff OF
Kanawaa county, W. Va, was submitted to
the court.
The Cotton States and International Expo
sition at Atlanta was successfully opened.
Many thousands of people passed through
,he gates and witnessed the opening cere-
monies. Following military parade. the
exercises In the auditorium were opened with
nraver by Blshop NelsoB. Addresses were
made BY President Collier, of the board OF
managers; Judge Emory speer' Bookert
Washington and Mrs. Joseph Thompson
r,asident of the Board Of Women Managers.
II the evening President Cleveland, at Gray
Gables. pressed the electric button that
started the machinery In the Exposition build
,ngs.-Many thousands of veterans and
other visitors gathered on the field Of Chicka
manga at the dedication Of the state monu.
ments OF Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and In
diana. Addresses were made by Governor
Mckinley, OF Ohio, and the executives Of the
other states The Society OF the Army OF the
Cumberland held reunion in the evening.
The United Synod of the Evangelical