Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-04-17
THE NEWS.

n0n-nnlODlSlS
iurv in Muskegon Mich, held the father re-
sponsible for the killing of his wife and three
obildren and himself. Frank Maciewshi
the disigured pugilist, was married in Gin
cinnati to Clara Weber.--The bodies OF
three of the nine men drowned in the surf OIL
Princess Anne. Va, was recovered. =. A.
Jones killed George A.. Franklin at Jones
home. in Kansas City, Mo.--Miss Ida Mel
son recovered consciousness, after having
been four days in a trance, at her home IL
Decatur. Ind'-William Fuller and his wife,
and lie Grande de Capers. were sent to jail
in Philadelphia, for blackmail. during
the absence of Manager Alexander c. Miller
from the Warner Ranch near Denver, his
wife and stepson were murdered. "A. d g.
Lane leather dealers in Chicago, assigned.
THE Tavlor brothers, the condemned
murderers of the Meeks family. escaped
from the county Jail at Carrolltnn, Mo-. but
one of them was promptly captured. Her
man Boak, at New Hampton, Ia, shot and
killed Michael Bartz, and fatally wounded
fhe latters son and daughter. Tho lives
Of fifteen families were Imperfect by fire in
\ tenement house in Cleveland, o. Miss
Mary Cox leaped from window; her fall
was broken by two men, who caught her.
but she was seriously hurt. Six men were
blown to pieces by the explosion of gian'
povdcr in the st. Lawrence Mine, near Butte
Mont regiment Of volunteers has been
formed at Wilmington, Del, to aid the
Cubans.
At Elizabeth. n. j., Frank Mckinley, en-
ploycd by the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, was killed by Pennsylvania h"l'
way train. Mckinley hal been married less
than an hour before the accident when
caused his death His bride was with MIN
when he was killed. "A. NJ. Brown, editor
Of the DAYTON (Tenn.) Lealer, was WayIaiJ
and shot while entering his own yard. His
wounds are serious The business portion
OF Rockfork, Mich, was wiped out by hre'
The loss is about 80, 900, partially covered
by insurance. The fire started in row OF
frame buildings and swept both Sides OF
Main street. The case of J. c. letzer'
convicted of fraudulent banking. III Des
Moincs. Ia, was affirmed by the Supreme
Court. He will go to the penitantiary foI
five years.--Aiss Arnold, daughter OF tho
commandant of the Wateryilet Arsenal, at
Albany, N Y. was severely injured IN col
lision. Ex-City Treasurer Bon, OF Omaha
Neb. pleaded not guilty to the charge oil en-
bezzlemcnt. j. Frank East was indicted ID
Norfolk on the charge OF embezzlement. --
Edwin Gould was arrested in Norfolk on tho
charge Of sending obscene matter through
the mails. Miss Elizabeth Darling Drown
was married at Bethlehem, Pa, to /. Bennett
Phelps. Jackson Martin, his vile ana TWO
year-old child. were burned to death IN thel'
dwelling at Milestone Run, w. Va.
Maude and Nav Campbell, two children, had
their clothes set on fire while playing near a
stove in their home in Now Cumberland, W.
Va. and both died from injuries received
Justice Hart, in Cleveland, decided tha
Bishop Wm. b. Campbell, of the African
Evangelical Mission, is not guilty of cmbez
element, upon which charge he was arrested
some time ago at the instance OF number
of elders and deacODs Of the church. Tho
big towboat Joseph B. Williams, with hcl
big tow Of coal, passel down the Mississippi
for New Orleans On her trip down she rar
into the bank at Island 26, ald sank si'
boats Of coal owned by c. Jutte & Co., 0
ittsburg The loss will amount to 912,O)J
-Mrs. Samuel D. Smith, of Detroit, Mich.
was sentenced to thirteen months impriaon
ment at Duluth, Minn for uttering forge'
paper. Nathan D. Clark, Of the Clark
Hutchinson Company of Bo ton, committee
suicide in a hotel in that city. -Nariol
Tudor. during quarrel with Abraham For
shee, in Lincoln county W Va, attacked
the latter with a pitchfork, inllicting fata
injuries. At the meeting Of the board 0
regents Of the West Virginia State UDiversit.
at Morgantown, the purchase of farm {
be used for practical experiments in cOnnec
ton with the Agricultural Department wa
ratified. John Hays, a clerk in the gen
eral store of his brother at Puente, Cal, wa
killed by masked robbers -M Marquis Tala
gata, the japanese FIELD marshal, reache,
Chicago. Arthur Schneider was hange
i'm New Orleans for murder. r.--The Main
Methodist Episcopal Conference voted /
favor of admitting women as lay delegate
to the General Conference. 1t was stat,
that the children Of murdered farmer, J. I
I.anborn, near Leayenwor;h, Kan. wa
forced to confess to having committed tn
murder to shield the guilty party. Geore
Proutman. aged twenty-five years. shot an
killed his sweetheart. Blanche Simson, age
nineteen years at St. Louis, because she ha
broken their engagement of marriage on az
count of his violent temper.
Executions to the amount OF $40, 43l Wer
issued a ;ainst John f. lIeinits;h, a pam
dealer of Lancaster, IA. The assets consis
of his store property assessed at 92O,OJJ an
encumbered with mortgages amounting t
S23 0JJ. John Pope, vice president OF IN
American Tobacco Company, is dangerouSl
| Ill In KcnmOnu, N|, Suliri'us i'O'" W
of the throat His condition is critical -
Charles II. Larkn and Patrick Corrisar
two members of a wrccking crew wei
struck 10y fast train on the PcnnsyiYanl
Railroad near Downing, Pa, and instant
killed A disastrous fire Which occurre
in Halifax, n s., destroyed the umber yard
and feed stores of John Davidson Sol
burned the residence of the mior membC
Of the firm. and caused consid' rable damac
to several other dwellings depu
United States marshals have captured
gang of five outlaws near Coifeoville, kans
after hot Tight in which Oliver Rocks, OF
: ,f the dcsperaaocs, was morta!Iy woundc,
; Rocks horse was shot from under him, an