Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-10
THE NEWS,

linda was killed and two other employees
hod,,, bur+ The National Association OF
Manufacturers of the United States will meet
&, CHICAGO the last week in January
Nine I,eadville mines have been SOFA 10 an
English syndicate for million ana nan
doIlars.-Goyerno Morton has refused to
Interfere in the case of Bat Shea, convicted
Of an election murder in Troy, n. Y.--bart
Moade engineer. and Frank Hense, fireman,
were instantly killed by the explosion OF an
engine near GAINESVILLE, O.--Ihe CenVIal
Hotel. at Altoona, Pa, was totally destroyed
hv are One fireman was killed By falllng
wall and several others seriously injured,
but all the guests were gotten out safely
Loss nearly $500, ,OO0.--The Frankhn-Huo-
hard Company's leather h,uso, OF TOLEDO,
O.. was partially burned. Loss, 7IS,Oo0'--
Tn collision between two freight trains
seven miles from Chillicothe, O.. Engineer
Thomas Michaels, Firemen Leon Matters,
George Adds and J. H. Cox and Jesse
King. brakeman, we're killed and two pos
t,l clerks badly injured. d.-The Cold Stor-
age Company's warehouse, at Sheboygan,
Wis. was burned, and $4,000 boxes oil
cheese and II. 900 cases OF canned peas de-
stroyed.
There was collision on the Burlington
Road ut Seward, Neb., which resulted in the
deoth of p. A, Gesler and J. 3. Jeffrles, two
aramen. Porter Bros. & Co., the largcs'
dealers In dried fruits on the Pacific coast,
and doing business in San Francisco, an
nounce that they are unable to meet their
navments. and have asked their creditors for
further time. A handsome bronze tablet
WAS placed on the house in which Joseph
Jefferson was born.-The Hungarian ana
negro employees in Dunbar had apitched bat
tle in which one Hun was fatally wounded
and eight others seriously hurt. "A fright
full explosion of powder occurred at Mines
Vile Pa Andrew Lawrence, Bart Tormey
and William Girard were instantly Killed.
The Peters Rubber and Supply Company, OF
st Louis. has assigned for the benefit OF
creditors. The liabilities are said to be $780,
GOO and the assets about SAT 900 worth OF
stock on hand and $40, 900 worth OF outstand-
ing accounts.-The schooner Edna NJ
Champion. which sailed from Philadelphia
for Port Tampa, Florida, october II, mas
been given up for lost, with all OF her crew.
"A train on the Southern Railroad struck
wagon near Richmond, Va. containing
three man, one Of whom Was killed and the
,.,,r tvo injured. .---Ths body Of Harry
u..wsoi. who was executed at Minneapolis
l.- t3e lnur .s, Of Catherine Cling, Yas ere
',ic'l az Chicago.
jAe Solicitors Lean and Trust Company,
rniladelpbi9 has madc an assignment.
Inc uutsids operations Of J. IT, Ritter, who
2 has charge Of the company's real estate de-
!. partment, caused tho trouble. Judge Nor
: row. of San Francisco, has decided that a
1 Chinaman born In this country is an Amerl-
u can citizen. The fireworks explosion in
st. Louis. resulted in the death Of six men.
q Two others are missing. Charles Atkinson
: of Bridgeton. n. j., who had been convicted
of criminally assaulting his stepdaughter
: has been released from prison. The gir
y confessed that she had sworn falsely
William Barnes, OF West Chester, Pa, wa
L fatally shot by John B. Mcclure, tailor
The tragedy was due to the faitblessness o
u McClures wife. Fire in the FRANKLIN
4 County (O.) Chidrens Home caused los
# S25, ,OO0. At Trenton, N. j., one hundred
girls employed in S. K Wilson's woolen mil
d struck on account of wage trouhles.--I
a boy at Mledgeville, KY, shot two little girls
l. and then himself, all fatally. William
- Muller, wanted in Philadelphia for allege'
II embezzlement from the cordage firm Of I. {
n Hammell Co., was arrested in Boston
where he had been known as William Hous
i, ton since December 1.---At Grafton o. ,tw
% Italian brothers were awakened by thre
u masked men, two Of whom held one OF tn
y brothers while the third stabbed the othe
- - brother 10 death.
- Justice Jar lis Blume, a magistrate, kile'
a. a masked man in Chicago, who attacked hin
n The liabilities of the White Paper Con
IS pany. which failed recently in Dayton, o
n; are S55OCOO, assets $780, OOO.-Albel
t. Woodley. who murdered Jennie Buchanan
10 was hanged at Pittsburg At Philadelphi
NJ Edwin and Edwin H. Bookmyer, father an
son. were sentenced to Imprisonment and Of
~ ~ dered to pay fines for securing pensions
70 fraud.-Five counterfeiters were sentence
to the pententiary at Philadelphia. ia.-Th
id Pennsylvania legislative investigating con
mittee began its inquiry into the municipi
g affairs of PittsburZ.--Carr Merrill, colore'
of Worcester county, Nd, was tried in IL
,, Accomac County Cya.) Court, convicted
or shooting William Fisher, also colored. an
a sentenced to ten years in the penitentiar
-Workmen in the Western New York an
I'd Pennsylvania Railroad shops, at Buffalo,
Y, went on strike.--Half the business Sc
n ton cf West Palm Beach Fla, was burne'
te Loss $1,000 insurance small.--By an e.
plosion and fire in large building in
~ Louis, occupied 10y the Anchor Peanut Cor
ot panv and II. B. Grubb three persons
O. killed. thrty-two injured and four
ing.-Six people pcrshed il
er lumbus. Ohio.
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