Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-04-03
THE NEWS.

lso done time, were arrested In chicago
vben in the at Of robbIng a safe in the resi-
lonca Of Mrs. Katharine Johann, at 14O South
hinton street. Michael Healy, brother Of
be once notorious safe,blower and robber,
.Robbic" Healy, was shot in the back and
otallv wounded in Chicago by Patrolman
Frank Ptacek. Of the Twenty-second Street
destroyed the lumber, coal
md buildings in the yards Of the Waterbury
,Ct) Lumber and Coal Company. Seven
cen horses perished IN. the conhagration.
The company's loss j. 315O,OOO Lilley,
Swift & Co., packers and beef dealers, loss
$40 OOO, and Valentine BOIL, wholesale but
cher. also loses S1O,O0U.--A. J. Conaver,
,aid to be a notorious bank draft forger and
ax-convict has been arrested in Peru, Ind,
bv Pinkertou's National Detective Agency at
the instigation Of the American Bankers AS
sociation. He had ordered large number
II blank drafts from a Detroit firm to be
shipped to w. II. Banks & Co.-Mrs. Sarah
" Berrvman, an aged invalid, was burned
% death in her home, near DaEvilie, va
The Glenmore worsted mills, in Philadel-
ohia. owned by S. A. Wood, were destroyed
W fire. Loss on machinery and stock, Sl3O,-
100; on building, 900; nearly covered by
nsurance--A force Of armed men prevented
.olored men from registering in tho town OF
Palmetto. La. Several colored men, who ala
mcceed in registering, were hogged unmer-
,ifully. The outrage resulted in several men
Ueing killed.
A desperate fight between cattle thieves
end COW men, near Frevlis Lake, Lynn
county. Tex, in which two thieves were
killed and two wounded. One COW man was
wounded but not seriously. Fire COM
pIeteIy destroyed the Grand Opera House ID
Springfield, Mo- The building cost @15,ooe
and was insured for 900. The property
was owned by F. S. Heffern. "A delegation
Of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors Of
the National House of Representatives ar
rived in Boston in course Of their tour Oh IN
yestigation into the needs OF the main snip
canal OF Boston harbor.-The oyster
schooner Matte i. Ford. OF Trenton, n. J''
capsized during squall in the Cohansey
River, and two of the crew were drowned
Pearl Bryans headlcss body was buried
in Greencastle. Ind.-Thomas Bailey was
killed In Accomac county, W., by tree fall
ing upon him.-Five bucket shops were
raided In Chicago, and thirty men arrested
on charges Of violating the law against gam
bling.-The battleship Indiana was finally
safely docked at Port Royal, S. C.--Mrs
Jacob Rhoades. an aged widow Of Planiield,
near Carlisle, Pa, was accidentally burned
to death.-The stores Of Movitz & Cabe and
Treate. Bland & Co.. at West Point, Va, were
burned OUT TotaL.]Qss $40 OoO.-A new
Fire Lloyds Association is to be established
in the South, with headquarters at Columbia
s. c.
Judge Harvey at Huntington, W. Va, de-
cidcd that the capital stock of building as
sociations in that state was taxable. A
Ansonia Ct, fire destroyed Germanla Hali
a brick building. The janitor, Henry Eroeni
fell from an upper landing head foremost
and was fatally injured. Loss go ,OOo.--
David Goodfriend killed burglar at Md
dlesboro, Ky. Major Edward Leslie, al
inventor. killed himself at Paterson, N. j.
John Miller & Sons sued at Newark N
J.. the American Tobacco Company. -
Hon. Alonzo ?. Carpenter has been appoint
chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme
Conrt t. succeed the Hon. Charles Doe, de
ceased. Three people were injured-no
fatally-by an accident on the Southern rail-
road near Eastman, Ga.-The Fose DlocK
In Machias Maine, and other buildings Wer'
burned. Loss S125 OOO O-RObert Sack
was fatally shot at Red Lick, Kentucky, in
quarrel over the cutting off of bis saddle
skirts. The B. & O. Southwestern shop
at Washington, Indiana, have been closed
The Iulls Bros. Iron Company, at 81
Louis. assigned. Liabilities $50 900; asset
s55 .OOO. O.-Governo Altgeld and the trus
ices of the Illinois University were lndlcte
at Champaign, H., for refusing to displa
the American flag over the university build
ings as the law requires. Fire at Chan
bersburg, Pa, caused loss OF $40 OOO.
The C. n. Nelson Lumber Company NJ
sold its interests in Cloquet, Mimi, ana
the adjoining county for $4,000, 600, the pu
. era being the Frederick Weyer Hauser Int
ests. The sale includes a sawmill capacity
! 125. .OO0. 900 feet annually, vast tracts oil tin
] ber and iron mines and railroad. spe
@ ial meeting of the Central Traffic Passehg
Committee was held in Chicago for the pu
j pose of considering the rules and regulatio
governing the formation OF the organHa'lo
Mrs. Davidson was acquitted in 3
Francisco on the charge OF eXtortine Il
hundred dollars from the Rev. c. 0. Brow
/. Mr.. Brown was the only witness. brow
n testified that he paid the money, not una
g fear OF exposure. but to obtain eylden
& against Mrs. Davidson. The court then
n structed the jury to acquit Mrs. DayIdSc
b "A combination Of all the more impor'o
n comnanies making electrical heating appi
!. otus has been made at Boston. The capl
r stock will be ten million dollars. The IL
b W. Fl. Brown has been acquitted OF
; charge of heresy by the Association ot C'
u cregational Churches OF the district OF N
. Haven, before which ho was put on trial.
u Leon and II. Bloom failed in Galyest'
. Tex Liabilities s2.OOOOOO; assets $1,000,
~ Hiram II. Morrison, at Boston, confess
. that he choked his wife to DEATH
q Smith shot and killed his brother-in-l'
r. Robert W. Vance, near Pendleton' KY
l. Seymour Eddy and an Italian were killed
It dynamite near Lewiston, n. Y.-Je'
IS Moore. aged twenty, missing since last ST.
10 mer from West Chester, Pa, has joined
l. Salvation Army in New York.