Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-04-24
THE NEWS,

The Richmond ueIecllNeS nave Stdrtcu 10
work on new c'ews to hunt down one of the
murderers of D. F. Connel, of Portsmouth
o who was shot to death in a sleeping car
IN the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad near
Rasic CITY. in 1879. -Four men were killed
bv n fall of roof coal in the Eddy Creek col
Iierv. near Olyphant, ra.-Two fremen
were crushed to death and several others
seriously injured in a fire that destroyed the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroads old depot in Phila
delphia. end caused loss of $500, 900. --
John F. Smith. Of the firm of Patek, Smith
6 Co. panters and decorators, Chicago, was
murdered at his place of business by five men
and it is supposed the crime was the result of
a strike of the firms eSplOyes.---The river
front of Evansville, Ind, was swept by fire.
Three wharf boats and two steamers, the
Alex. Perry, Cumberland River Packet and
the A. L. Norton, Green River Packet, burn
ed to the waters edge and sank. Wharf
boats were packed with freight, which is
total loss. The loss will reach 100000;
partially insured. Miss Libbie Armstrong
was arrested at Tarrytown. N. j., on the
charge of taking money from the mails.
AT San Francisco, ex-District Attorney
James D. Page has been found guilty OF en-
bezzlement of SO, 900 from an insane patient,
of whom he had been appointed guardian.
Page was arrested in New Hork.--tlre
caused some damage to the Battery Park
Hotel at Asheyile, n. C.-Much damage
has been done in the Eastern township OF
Quebec by water rising in the rivers, due to
melting snow-At Boston, the United
States grand Jury returned an indictment
against w. S. Jewett, of Lawrence, charged
with the embezzlement OF 500, 900 from the
Lake National Bank of WOlfboro, n. L.
The BODY of John Moore. who had been mis-
sing since March I'd, was found in the river
at Montgomery. Pa.-Dr. William IA. Mat
tern dropped dead in Philadelphia. .--Rev'
John W. Harding of Ormond, Fla, and
Lonemeadow. Mass. an eminent Congrega-
tional clergyman. died suddenly at Ormond,
Fla. of heart failure, at the age of seventy
five years.
Warrants we're issued from the United
States District Attorneys office in Philadel
phia for the arrest Of John D. Fart, owner
OF the steamer Bermuda, and tho ships
officers, on charges OF libusterng. DR..
Congosta, the Spanish consul, is the prose-
cutor. Mr. Hart was arrested Oral Poin-
dexter. twelve years old, was arrested at Co.
burg, Oregon, for attempting to poison
family. Mayor W. W. Gilreath was
found dead ia his office in Grecnyille, s. O.
He is supposed to have committed suicide.
Mrs. Martha Burt, in Newcastle, Pa, shot
down an Italian who attempted to assault
her-An unsuccessful attempt was made
near Cleveland O. to. wreck the limited ex-
press on the Cleveland and Pittsburg. -
Mrs. John Lo1an was frightened to death by
runaway in Charlottesville, Ind.-Eph-
raim Rohrer committed suicide in West
HempGeld township, Pa. a.-Considerable
damage was done in Minnesota by the over
flow of tho Mississippi. D. Coe,
piano manufacturer in Cleveland, made An
assignment Ed. Z. Ames was appointed
receiver for the East Chicago Iron and
Steel Company. United States Deputy
Marshal Murray arrested George Philbaum
near Rush Run, w. Va, on the charge OF
counterfeitng. The grand jury indicted
b. Rawley, of Harrington. Del, of misap-
propriating so OF pension money.
Charges of cutting rates are to be preferred
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
against all Eastern roads running out ol
Chicago.
The Central School. building 1t Saginaw,
Mich was destroyed by fire. 1t cost $780,
900. Building and contents insured for o4f,-
900. 1.-The plant of the Michigan Beef Conc
pany, at Detroit, was burned. Loss. $50, ,OOOi
insurance. $50. 600. john Galligan. we'll
known fireman. died at Omaha. Miss Eva
Booth has been made commandant OF the
Salvation Army in Canada and NewfouDd-
land.-At Falls Village, Ct. Bertha Dakin,
eleven, and Alice Woodin. nine, grandchli'
dren of Nelson Bishop, with whomt they lived
we're burned to death in bed. Mr.. Bishop
escaped, after being seriously burned.
Lieutenant Hamhright, Twenty-second In
fantry. stationed at Fort Yates. N. D., was
thrown from his horse and probably fatally
Injured. james Kane. dissolute man,
was killed by his wife in Philadenhla. -
Michael and Andrew Aynsk. -mntrs, were
killed in a mine at Bitumen, Pa. "A sheriff
md nosse had fight with negroes who in
tended t. burn the house Of Judge Irwin,
near Selna Ala. The lea Ier of the negroes
was killed. Two employees Of the Chicago
Fireworks Company were killed and others
hurt by an explosion. Secretary Carlisle
delivered an address in Chicago on the cur