Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-20
THE NEWS.

The interstate commerce commission fled
a bill In the United States Court at Birming-
ham to compel the Southern, Pennsylvania
| Cumberland Valley and Norfolk and Western
Railroad Companies to obey its order Of
June, commanding these companies to
cease hauling freight from New York, Balti-
more, Philadelphia and Chattanooga to
Anniston, Alg., cheaper than to Piedmont
| Ala, which is eleven miles north OF Annls-
ton.-Gov Watson, OF Delaware, issued a
proclamation declaring that all the votes
cast for James G. Shaw, and James G.
| Shaw, sr., shall count for James G.. Shaw,
| as his name was on the several ballots In
| two ways. This will send three Mckinley
electors to the electoral college. The
Frick Manufacturing Company, OF Waynes-
boro, Pa, this week shipped a complete
twsnty-ton ice plant by the steamer Cas-
plan to johannesburg, Transyaal, South
Africa. The plant, including pumps, en-
gines and refrigerating machinery, re-
ouired the use Of eleven cars for transpor-
tation from the works to the steamer.
The company now has sufficient ordeA on
hand to keep them busy during the enttrI
winter.
There Is to be u new rubber mill started
In Bristol, r. l., for the manufacture Of gos-
samer garments. The building will cost
S25, 900 and the money to be expended In
the enterprise Is all Rhode Island capital.
Governor Morton has appointed Rev.
Louis Halsey, D. D., of Oswego, and WI
liam Guyraines, OF New York, as commis-
soners to represent the State OF New York
at the Fifth National Irrigation Congress to
be held In Arizona In December. "A
special from Ogalla, Neb., says: Union
Pacific passenger, esstbound, No. 3, from
Denver. struck q broken rail. One tourist,
two chair cars and one Pullman turned over
In the ditch. Fifteen passengers were In
jured, but none seriously. The American
Baptist Congress met In adjourned session
in Nashville, Tenn, and resumed the con-
sideration of papers on important topics.
The programme OF the exercises Included
papers on "The problems Of the Country
Church. At an adjourned meeting OF
the board OF overseers of Harvard College 1t
was voted to concur with the president and
fellows In their vote electing Kuno Francke,
Phi. D., professor OF German literature, TO
serve from September /, 1996.-The East
ern Green Bottle Manufacturers Associa-
ton met In Philadelphia and agreed to re-
duce production 25 per cent. and increase
prices 5 per cent This agreement will
affect all green-bottle manufacturers mem
bers OF the association east Of Pittsburg.
The General Herkimer monument was
dedicated at Little Falls, by the Grand
Lodge OF Masons OF New York State. Hon.
John W. vrooman, OF Brooklyn; Gen. Dan
Butterfeld and others delivered addresses.
Three thousand people were present -
Fannie Schofeld, a country girl, thirteen
years old, has been lodged In the county jail
at Oswego, N. Y, on the charge OF murder
In the FIRST degree In administering arsenic
to two small children OF Albert Field, OF
Colosse, whose hired girl she was. An
autopsy revealed arsenic in large quantities.
When Secretary Carlisle addressed a
political meeting In Coyington, KY, last
month, eggs were thrown at him, and after
the meeting was over. insults were shown to
the Secretary as he went from the Odd Fell
lows Hall to the residence OF MIR. Helm.
Among these insults was one by James
Fagin. who threw a lighted cigar into the
Secretary's face. Fagin has since been ar
raigned for trial several times since his ar
rest for this act but the case was continued
at each hoarlng until Thursday, when Fagin
was fined goo and costs. One burglar was
shot to death and another was wounded and
captured at two O'Clock In the morning In
Genesee county, n. Y, while they were re-
sisting arrest. after entering ". Il. Hundre-
marks general store. The burglar alarm in
the store awakened the proprietor in his
dwelling, and he summoned body OF citt-
gems, who surrounded the store and called
on the burglars to surrender. The robbers
showed fight, and were fred on, but re-
turned the fire. Many shots were ex-
changed.
The reports in circulation in Conatantino-
pie that massacre had occurred In an Ar
menian village near Kaisarieh and that sixty
persons had been killed were not exagger-
ated. On the contrary, the affair turns out
to have been more serious than at Arst an
nounced. The massacre occurred in the vii
lage of Everek. One hundred persons were
killed and nearly all the Armenian houses
were pillaged. presumably, to the
Presidential election, the returns OF tho AgrI'
cultural departments correspondent as to
the comparative and prospective yield OF the
cotton crop are too meager for trustworthy
report, though such returns as have been
received indicate somewhat greater yield
than was promised in last months report
Garrett A. Hobart, Vice-Presldent elect
who was graduated from Rutgers College In
1863 was the guest OF honor at that institu
tion at the celebration of Charter Day. Ad.
dresses were made by Rev. John X. Allen,
's5, pastor OF the old Sleepy Hollow Dutch
Reform Church, Of Tarrytown, and Prot. Ed
ward A. Dowser, sc. "A reception was given
to Mr.. Hobart.-Abraham L. Soper, Of
Northport, L. l., is suffering from "pickled
feet" Mr.. Soper is engaged il the business
Of picking cucumbers, but the other night,
through mishap, he picked his feet, and
now his shoes are too big for him.