Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-12-04
The NEWS.

The fight between the DltumlDous So"i n'"
ers and operators Of Terra Haute Ind, mas
assumed a serious aspect. The latest move
OF the operators is a notice ordering al tho
houses now 6wnsd by the companies to DO
vacated. =, !,
The coming Illinois Legislature will DO
nsked to pass laws prohibiting the sale oi
cigarettes, placing saloons In counties, to"ns
and wards under local option and compel
Ing observance OF the Sabbath
Henry White, charged with the murder Oh
Policeman Jackson, in Columbus, ga was
found guilty and sentenced to death January
Is, 1897.
Ces:er Witherspoon, president OF the Mid
way Turnp ke, IN woodiofd county, NY, mas
received anonymous notes threatening 10
buru his home II he continues to collect ton.
Meantime toilgates have been raided ana
chopped down every night for flye nights
The damage caused by the recent hiSh
winter on the Great Northern Railway mas
now been repaired and all trains are run
ming on time. Through business to ana from
lhS I&cluc COu5t, I"s0Nho~Ai
press. Is being handled promptly
By the overturning OF gasoline lamp an
explosion occurred ut the residence OF E. a.
Walker, Minneapolis. Mrs Walker, her
daughter Mabel, aged 13, and the domesl :,
Mary Overland, were probably 1atahy
burned
Ernest Warford, aged 81 years, OF Easton,
Pa a storekeeper for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company at Phiiiipsburg, n j.. iell
from a passenger train which was crossing
the Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge and was
dashed to death on the rocks GO feet below
The Comptroller Of the Currency has re-
co,ved informa ion OF the failure Of the Da-
j Lo,o National Bank, OF SIOUX Falls, s. D
The bank ha, capital Of $50, O)O and at the
time Of the last report it had surplus OF
$40 09O and liabilities mounting to S23J, ,0Jo,
exclusive OF stock. Bank Examiner thinner
man has been placed in charge.
Milo q Stevens. one OF the best-know
nepsIon attorneys In the United States, died
at bis home, s7S Cedar avenue, Cleveland,
O.. aged es years. Mr. Stevens, ever s'nc(
the closs oithe war, was known far and wide
as a pension attorney
Abont 1o9 men employed at the factory o.
the virginia and North Carolina Wheeling
Company. Richmond, Va, went out on
strike on account Of 10 per cent reduetien II
wages.
Hon. George Emerson, sol!citor-genera
and member Of the ministry has been az
noiuted to succeed Sir James Winter as judg
oft6e st. John, N. F., Supreme Court, tn
latter having recently resigned The az
u6intment meets with general approval M'
Emerson's qualifications for the position ar
admitted.
President Elect Mckinley will be invited
attend the convention Of the lnternation'
Epwor,h League In Toronto next July co
reply to the address OF welcome, TO be dell
cred by Lord Aberdeen.
The Taylor Brothers, two notorious ou
laws, who for long time was terror to II
! people OF Colbert and Franklin counue
: were captured In Colbert county, Ala.s G
, Sunday.
q. W. Nelson, prominent member OF tn
& First Baptist Church, sang In tho choir
9 the union services OF all the churches i
Q Chattanooga, Tenn, at tho First Baptia
Church. As DR.. r. B. Garrett pronounes
0 the last words OF the benedietion Mr. Nelso
fell heavily forward, dead. Apoplexy wa
, TIE cause.
-. The Gibson Asphatum Mine, at Fol
Duehesne, Utah, is still burning hercei.
F" Work is now being directed to the air sh"
t In hopes that by cutting OF the air the hr
d ean bo brought under control. The eIar
> underground workings OF the mine hav
o been destroyed. II Is hardly probable thu
2 work can be resumed this winter.
The secretary Of State has completed II
T. count OF the vote for presidential elesters
IS Missouri. 1t shows a total vote cast OF 674
u Ois. divided as follows; Democratic, 36s, 90
republican, 9O4, $780, prohibtionist, 2,l6
n socialist-labor, 61O; Palmer-Buckner 2,S5
u national proAibtionist, 292 Bryan's ele
y tors bad So, 712 votes more than the McN
) lev electors and So, 286 more than all othe
combined.
y Terrible storms and floods have occurr
In Athens. and the low-lying quarters ha
In Leen IN undated, several persons bel
10 drowned