Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-03-06
THE NEWS

sOn-iD-laW, at 1OrKuuts VOAN Ni
aged ffty-four ye rs, shot his wife and him
self at their home in Plainfeld, N. D.
Judge Payne. of Chicago, appointed Floyd
Jsnieon receiver for the Western Union Cold
Storage Company; capital about s8OO,OOO
In the burning of tenement house IN
Dulutb Mimi, dozen or more persons
wsr saved by jumping from the upper-story
window into net. The wife OF Paul J.
Boolwein perished in the flames. --oasper
HartIein, aged forty years, stabbed MISS
Louisa Treble, aged thirty-hye years, 70
death because she ref sed to marry him.
Paul and Giber. Frances were taken from
iail and hung By a mob IN front oil the court
house at Conversation, st. James parish,
La The men had attempted to rob M. q.
Gourge's store, and had assaulted his VIE.
Thomas Jones shot Mrs. A1na Muzza
In Denver and then killed himself. Inc
steamer st. Pierre was wrecked in mldocean
hstwee1 Halifax aad Victoria.-L. W.
Smith was fatal y wounded by an unknown
assassi, who was cremated in the building
to which he had escaped.-By the break
ing of a rail eighty persons were precipitated
from the gallery Of the skating rink In fail
River to the floor, and some were bad nurt,
DR.. Hunter withdrew from the Senator
ial fight in Kentucky. A ballot was taken'
but no election rcsnlta1
Mfco2c: Thomas, Of Alexandria. Va, mur'
dered his wife by crushing in her head with
an AK aad then attempted suicile by cut
ting his throat DR.. Edward A. Dill a
dentist, OF s.. Louis, shot and killed his as
slstant, J. J. S,amln, who, just before no re-
ceived his death wounl. shot ani, 1t is sup
posed. fatally wounded DR.. DilI.--Rudolpb
spreckels, youngest son Of Claus Spreckeis
sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu to
answer the charges Of treason against the
Hawaiian government, male by President
Dole.-Timothy Parmlee. a yed s,venty-six
years. was found murdered in his home,
at Cobalt. near Mi ldetown, CT, and 1t is
supposed that the crime was committed by
thieves. The whole Of the business part OF
the town of Florence, s. G, was burned.
Loss 100000. George Williams, printer,
perished in the nre.-Laura Clilds, aged
seventeen years, was killed and three others
were hurt in Steelton, N. j., by a freight tram
striking their carriage e-Howard Garrison
accidentally shot himself fatally while gun
ming near Bridgeton, N. J.--Six persons
awaiting trial for burglary ana similar
offenses escaped from Jail at South Bend,
Ind. They are Bert and Will Anderson,
Thomas Clark, John Hempenstal, William
Cahill and Thomas McHenry.- in the
Detroit White Lead Works caused q loss OF
between sso,oJO and s7S,q9T Insurance.
s64, 900. The fire was caused by the bursting
of pipe, the oil from which was iSbited by
a gas iet.-West, Johnson & Co., OF Rich
mond. failed; liabilities, $4,000 Rev.
Ferdinand Bargmeyer was fatally shot at
Santa Barbara, California, by Bernard Kruse-
meyer. 1t is thought the latter is crazy.
OlIicer George Wright was fatally snot il
Wheeling, W Va, by Andrew Keyser, whom
he was trying to arrest The Virginia
Peanut Association was reorganized IN Nor
folk.---Robert Davidson and Nellie Edwards
were arrested in Philadelphia for alleged
swindling. The four boy train-robbers oil
Rome. n. Y, were indicted for murder. -
joseph Dietzel fatally shot his daughter and
himself in Chicago. o.-The crew OF the
schooner H. J.. Slaght, wrecked off Hog ISL
and. Va. were taken to Boston ly the steam
collier Santuit. t.-Governor Hastings issued
proclamation fixing April 10 or April "a a:
Arbor days, as the people in various sections
may choose-Max Thompson was found
unconscious from asphyxiation in his office
and nearby lay Mrs. Carlisle, dead
Joseph A. Brown committed suicide at Nun
Gle. Ind. after attending spiritual ssance
Nicholas Claussen, a baker, fatally sho
his wife in San Francisco. D. r. II
Parsons was fatally burned at Mount Holly
n. J.-Foster Crawford and "The Kid.
who raided the City National Bank, a
Wichita. Kan, were captured near Fortl
Worth. Tex.--Fire at Reading, Pa. caused
the loss of Star Machine Screw Works, valued
at $50, 900.
shot and seriously wounded by bank robber
/; n the Merchants and Planters Bank at Wai
rem. Ark. The cashier returned the fire an
!. is thought that one OF robbers was wound
ed. though they made their escape. -.
section Of the draw span 1S0 feet long OF tn
government bridge across the Mississippi
River collapsed. Swede laborer was tn
only person injured. young couple rod
twelve miles on one horse and walked to
more. to Huntington W. Va, to get married
Lieutenant Ross accused Captain Nun
ger. of the revenue cutter Carwin, OF drunk
enness.-M. G.. Richie, vineyardist
Nape county, California, paid $1,000 for tw
worthless gold bricks. M. F. Grissett.
notorious desperate, was killed in Bristo
Florida. by W. R. Flowers and Henry Calvir
The University Of Indianapolis was OF
ganized by the amalgamation of various exis
ing institutions in that city.--A. W. Pattel
son killed his wife and then himself in Madi
son. Wisconsin. Orders were received fc
holding the G.. A. R. enca mpment In 5
Paul.-The British steamer Adra, Capital
Cox. which sailed from Philadelphia 10
, Novorossisk. Russia, carried nearly S25O, ,Ot
worth of locomotive materials, agriculture
indictments and other machinery. Materia
for twenty locomotives have been landed l
Russia. and still another vessel has pee
chartered to take cargo OF like material I
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