Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-08
THE NEWS.

man, was ldIdliy lnJuIcu' -hiS' ONA'N ~
ser. of Huntingdon, W. Va, died OF hydro
phobia. IN collision on the Boston and
Maine Railroad, near Maiden, Mass, one
man was killed, twenty injured, and con-
siderable property destroyed. The grand
Jury of Dayton, O., returned llfty-six indict-
ments against Zachary L. Lewis, charging
him with the forgery of bonds negotiated
with banks in that city.-The Cincinnati
express on the Baltimore and Ohio was de-
rallied five miles east of Wheeling byabroken
aange. A woman and babe were killed,
and score or more of passengers hurt
Frank Wilson was arrested at Scranton, Pa,
charged with numbering an old man named
Henry Bennecka last April. Bennecka was
q miser. and was killed for his money
Miss Bette Shields, of Eagle, W. Va, shot
and fatally wounded Erwin Hartley, who first
fired at her because she did not satisfactorily
explain to him the attentions Of another
young man to her.
The discovery has been made that Chicago
merchants have a corner on woolen plald
which have become the rage for women's
wear recently. Fifty students the North
western University were elected from the
Chicago Opera House after the first act Tor
raising such a disturbance that the curtain
had to be rung down. The South Pacific pay
train was wrecked sixty miles east OF Alpine,
Tex The engine, guard and pay cars ana
the caboose all went into the ditch. Fireman
Burr was killed and Engineer Luff badly
scaded. No cause for the accident is known.
john Oberfeld roofer in Wheeling, W.
Va, fell distance of sixty feet, sustaining
awful injuries. s.-PrOfessor Pollard, OF Rich
mond College, was arrested for ordering one
of his divinity students to throw dog out OF
the window.--Harvey Thompson outraged
the ten-year-old daughter of Mrs. Crabtree,
in Mingo county. W. Ya.-Dayid Jones, as
sistant foreman of the Whipporwil Colliery
OF the Red Ash Coal Company at Wilkes
barre. was instantly killed on the collierys
slope by being struck by loaded coal car.
Superintendent Daniel Thomas was also
badly cut about the head.
Judge Hanford, of the United States Court
in Seattle. Wash, awarded $4,000 damages
TO Louis Bouldin, negro sailor on the Chill
ian ship Atacama against J. NJ. Mclean, the
owners agent, and J. Jensen, the captain,
for cruel treatment which has deprived him
permanently the use ofhis hands. james
| 7. Van Alem was arrested in Newport, r. l.,
on warrant charging alienation of wifes
affections. sworn out by Colonel s. P. Colt,
and has given 5000 900 bail.-R. A. Daw-
son, colored, who claims to be the chief COM
missioner Of the Atlanta Exposition for the
coIored people in Illinois, was fined 500 in
! Chicago and sentenced to three months in
iail for contempt of court.-The steamer
| Commodore and cargo, seized some days
! ago with arms aboard, alleged to be for use
/ of Cuban insurgents, has been released by
/ order Of Judge Seymour, who Is now hold
ing a session of the United States District
! Court at Newberne, N. C.-The sheriff
closed the Union Ten Per Cent Clothing
Store of Mitchell & Brother, in Reading, Pa,
on attachments amounting to over $4,000
The claimants are twenty New York clothing
! dealers. X. Smith, of Columbia, Pa,
was convicted Of embezzlement.- B.
Walker was shot and killed near Suwanee
Tenn. by Will Henley-In Philadelphia
the trial was continued of H. H. Holmes fo
the murder of Benjamin Pietzel, the prisoner
conducting his own defense Pennsyl
( vania Railroad ratified the traffic agreement
by which the trunk line pool is reformed
The large steam Touring mill of e. H. HouseI
at Stoney Brook, York county, Pa, was de
stroyed by fire, together with all its contents
The trial of Robert Schall for the murder
of Richard Jordan at York, Pa, is attracting
considerable attention. South Caro-
lima constitutional convention voted dow
the woman suffrage amendment.
Three coal contractors at Hazleton, Pa
have been forced to stop work on account o
the drouth. The stop effects 1900 men,
An explosion of molten metal at the Carnegie
blast furnaces. at Braddock, Pa, fatal,
burned Joseph Schwapps and Mike Goski
and slightly injured number Of other work
men.-At Trenton, N. j., Prosecutor Stock
ton nolle pressed the indictment against Mrs
Theodore Prieth, and also the remaining in
dictment against @. S. Robinson, Emil Kraut
Ter and Otto Heinz for conspiracy against tn
state In the matter of printing contracts. -
Holmes lost his nerve apG cried while Mis-
Georgeanna Yoke, the woman he persists Il
calling his wife, gave evidence damaging t
his case 1t is understood that the defens
will offer no evidence, but submit the case o.
argument alone.-The trial of Rober
Schall. who was charged with the murder 9
Richard Jordan, at York, Pa, ended in
verdict of acquittal. Miss May Hamilton
aged eighteen years, committed suicide i
her home, at Fostoria, O.-Bert Fox she
his wife and committed suicide at Gree
Springs, O.-Mrs Harry T. Branch, of tn
Chicago Lyceum Theater killed herself in
hotel at indianapolis. Miss Mary Fannin
of Cuba, N. Y, blew out the gas in hotel
Richmond, and is now in serious condition
Some snow fell near Lexington and Hal
risonburg, Va-Benjamin Chandler, age
twenty-three years, was accidentally killed b
his brother near Cape Charles, Va.-Eartf
quake shocks were felt in many places in tn
West and South. Nobody was killed, bu
buildings were damaged in several cities.
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