Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-08-28
THE NEWS.

Tho VIII te Squadron returned to New York
from It's cruise at sea for drilling purposes.
The Anchor Line steamer City OF Hick-
man. from St Louis to New Orleans, struck
an obstruction in the Mississippi River, near
Memphis; stove hole in her bottom, and
was beached to prevent sinking. g.-John L.
Henke, proprietor OF general store at Bur
lington. N. j., was choked to death by
thieves Herbert b. Cook, aged twenty
five years, only son OF Harvey Cook, presi-
dent OF the Brigantine Transit Company,
was drowned In the surf while bathing at
Brigantine Beach --Ex-Street Commis-
sIoner Wills, of Atlantic City, committed
suicide. T. 7 Haydock Carriage
Company OF Cincinnati faied---Mrs. ID
Phillips, Mrs. 8 Qcafe and her two children
we're burned to death in their frame cottage
at Huntsville, Ont.
In riot at Dilonvi le, O., between Hun
garian aJ.d Polish miners, Jacob PolowsKi
was killed by a blow from stone: Sallm
Maud. saloonkeeper, was fatally stabbed In
the abdomen, and three others were injured
probably fa.ally--A new disease that al
fects cattle with blindness has broken out IN
Illinois Three miners were killed al
Butte, Mont, by the fall Of cage Spec
lal Agent Moore claims to have discovered
frauds upon the COVE nment In the San Fran
cisco Custom-house. The collector appears
to be involved. d.-Sherif Landy Folsom, OF
Oklahoma, has been arrested by deputy
United States marshal on the charge OF nav
Ing murdered.a wealthy cattleman named
Long some nine years ago. Folsom was sus-
pectsd at the time OF the murder, but was
not prosecuted. d.--Two women at Lincoln,
Neb.. have confessed that Cliff Hazey had
poisoned, and then robbed, W. T. Eyster, oil
PENNSYLVANIA. ia.-Mrs. Mary Rumford, OF
Philadelphia, was crushed to death on an ei-
evator.-The remains Of John Childers, a
missing virginian, whose home was near
Tnylorsvile, was found in q field along the
Catawba River.
Frank Biles. a half-breed Indian, In Lew
istop, a., who ravished young woman, was
hanged.-A. Allen, notorious charac-
ter was killed in Laredo Tex, by City Mar
shall Bathelow. the explosion OF mol
ten metal at Furnace Of the Edgar Thom-
son Steel Works at Plttsburg, ten men werd
burned three seriously The names OF tbs
Inter we're Mike Strasko, John Lorvick anc
1obn Dusma. McCauley, n
,vaaltbv miner. was held up at Trail G..
and robbed of $1.40O In battle with
burglars at Bedford Station N. j., Walker
Adams was fatally wounded, but his SOD
William succeeded in mortaily woundlng
Two Of the robbers "A young German was
refused naturalization papers in Washington
because he could not read Engllsn.---@
cloudburst flooded the mining village Z
Mozollon. N. NJ, destroying some thirt,
houses. and causing the loss OF several lives
C. Williams, visitor to Hot Springs
Ark from Montana, stabbed himself In th'
breast four times with knife. Failing t.
end his life In that manner he jumped heat
first into deep we'll and broke his neck
A skifT in which were three men were cap
sized in the Ohio River, at Pittsburg, by tn
waves Of a passing steamer, and two oil tn
men drowned. Their names were WIN
Hickman und Thos. Shaughnessy. IN IN
limited States Circuit Court in San Francisc
Erwin T Earl has been granted an inJunc
ton against Philip d. Armour and Rober
Graham. who Earl alleges had used an In
fringment Of his patent ventilator for frul
cars, The Injunction will tie up all Armour
ears and force the use Of Earl's cars. "A
Allentown. ten miles south Of Winchester
Kv boiler In the harvest field OF DR.. ST
Allen exploded, killing four boys-Dalla
Haggard. aged twelve; Travis Haggaro
fourteen; Willie Bergman, seventeen, an
Alexander Iurpin, fourteen.
States troops. under Lieutenant Bulloct
had an encounter with Yacqui Ind ans te
miles south Of Tucson, Arizona, killing thrC
Of the band and capturing the rest. Thre
soldiers were wounded.
While number OF men were blasting in
rock cut near Parry Sound, Ont, heav
, charge of dynamite prematurely exploded
( Two of the men, Smith and Hillman, wei
3 instantly killed. John Olson was fatally IN
I iured while others of the gang were Sc
iously hurt.-A great amount OF rain h'
fallen in Colorado the past three days, eau
ing heavy floods in various Localities. II
= principal damage has been railroad wasl
D outs. which have been quickly repaired, an
D.; trains are running regularly on al lines. -
Twelve hundred miners have struck at Corr
!, ing. Rendville and Hemlock, In cons'
. quence OF resolutions adopted in the miner
. convention Across the line in Kans
t City, Kan an unknown thief entered Il
branch OF the American National Bank du
I ing the momentary absence OF the cashie
g and prying open desk, secured $1,000
currency or more, and made his escape. -
s. D. Moser, president of the Morgan count
W. Va court was shot near Paw Paw
some unknown assailant. :.