Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-06
THE NEWS.

p;var a few miles below Arthur City: No
detais are obtainable - The Natlonai
Household Economies Association has e'ect-
ed officers at Milwaukee, Wis, as ionowS'
President, DR.. Mary Green, Charlotte, MICH
recording secretary, Mrs. Marguerite Philip
Charlotte, Mich; treasurer, Mrs. Ellen r.
usrsbal. Chicago. The steamship Havel,
from Europe to New York, brought ,zS''-
600 in gold. township, war
ran county. Ill. has completed 5000 feet oil
brick pavement, the first hard country ROAD
aror mt downin the United States. The brick
,s s,nole course, laid on six inches OF SAND,
sunnorted on each side by two and one-naii
,oet Of crushed stone. The cost will be less
,hon AZ 600 a mile.-A disastrous COILS
,on banpened on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
ond DAYTON Railway at Wapakoneta, Ohlo.
The through fast freight train ran into three
loaded oil car tanks, which were len on the
main track by the local freight train. The
,re0ht train was set on fire, destroying II
.rd about 70 loaded cars. The engineer
fireman and brakeman cannot be found and
o-a sunnosed to be In the ruins. The fire
oocrrred near the Manhattan OIL Companys
dumping station, to which the names
spread. It will be a total loss.
Thu suprsme Court Of Columbus, o.
oranted Romulus Cotell, the murderer OF the
Stone family, indefinite postPonemen' Oh GA
.crt,on nendIng a new trial. .-Alexanuer
and Edward Day, brothers, living near OSS'-
Vile. Wis.,. quarrelled over a trivial matter
and Edward shot Alexander oeao' An0
rorrderer was arrested. .-Edward hugh
CON convicted of murder In the first degree
for killing his wife, was sentenced 10 10 elo'
trocuted at Dannemora, N. T., during tne
waa,x commencing December 14.-Ihe eA-
acutive warrant on which Edward T.. VII
son a Boston commission merchant, was ar
rssted os fugitive from justice at the re-
quest OF Kansas City authorities, mas Deen
revoked by acknowledgements "oic0'''
and the sureties on Wilson's ball recognlE-
ance were discharged by Judge Alien
IN the SUPERIOR Court-The San Fran
cisco Post says that the effect OF transfer OF
artillery troops at the Preside leaves tne 'a'-
ter reservation with no one competent 70
handle artillery 1efenses constructed az lnS
presIdio. The Government has spent over
81. 600, 900 on these guns and defenSe "orAS'
which are now virtually neglected
Tho University of California Is to be MADE
richer by s4,OOO,OOO in gifts from various
persons, chief among whom is Mrs. Pnoeo'
uearst widow OF the millionaire Senator
from California the running away O
a mine-car on the Midvalley Co.liery Rail
road shamokin, Peter Gullick, miner. wa
! killed. his brains being dashed out against
telegraph pole. Johh H. Hubiot, AndreV
Garber James Trewitt and Michael DutchXe
,, laborers. sustained injuries that may prov
fatal The runaway car crashed into seVera
loaded cars at the foot OF steep decline-
The Joint select committee created az 1n
last session CT Congress to Investigate an
renort upon the question Of the use OF ACC
Il hol free OF tax in the manufacture ana ar
will assemble Ia Washington soon after th
middle of November for the purpose OF form
ulating a report to Congress- This Will
. sccompanied by the draft OF law wnic
i will place domestic industries on as iaVol
u oble a tasls IS similar Industries In foreig
countries. During their sessions In Was[
ington hearings will probably be given
. order to supplement the information oofalne
through interrogatories to be sent out --
The call for the next annual Farmer
National Congress was issued by Presluei
RF CLAYTON. OF Indianola, Iowa, and Se'
rotary John NJ Stahl, OF Chicago The col
l. oress will bo held at indianapolis, Ind
November 1913. The regular delegate
n. from eacn State are ono from each congre
sional district and two at large, appointe
e. by the Governor The heads OF all asricu
tural colleges and State agricultural boar
D. ara members OF the congress by virtue
sd their offices
The British steamer Alene, Captain Eel
d. ira which arrived from Port Limon at Ne
an York. brought Capt. Chas +. Bunker al
sir of the crew OF the Boston steamer +.
n Driskow. which was dismasted In the hur
ok cane which swept over the North Atlantic
O tober II and was abandoned almost wat'
n logged on October % in latitude 80 degre
mt * minutes. longitude Is degrees 80 minute
rben the Alenes boat took of the crew.
Dr. The whaling bark John Winthrop mas
er- turned to the port OF San Francisco after
absence OF thirty one months, during
el, greater portion OF which time she was VII
he in the Arctic circle. There Is not barrel
oil in her hold or pound OF whalebone, a
The Cantain A. T. Simmons logbook SHOWS OF
the hard luck.-In the United States Court
Appeals at st. Paul opinion was rendered
I'VE Judee Sanborn In the case OF the Ada
led Electric Railway Company against the L
dell Railway Company, OF st. Louis !
i've court holds that the Sprague electric mo
cor Is not an infringement. Judge James
Locke In the United States Court, at Ja
en- sonyiIls. Fla, ordered postponement OF
nee sale Of the Jacksonville, Tampa and
md West Railway until the first Monday
March. 1897. The sale was to have tai
OF nlace November g. but the complainant,
to- pennsylvania Company, for insurance
on lives and granting annuities, petitioned
the change "on account OF the disorde
war condition OF the money market "-E!e
the tors A and B. Of the Pacific Elevator CO
nm, Donv at the intersection OF Hines street
The North Branch Of the Chicago river, "
at destroyed by fire. The loss is an
for 81 900 900.