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HIGHLAND vol. VI. MONTEREY^IGHLAND COUNTY, VA., MAY 5, 1893. .<-. n n mf\ ITT I Tl VIMINIa N0TE3. NO. 23, ME APPOINTMENTS THE NEWS, The Reading Railroad receivers decided on a temporary rosined ion iu tho output ol coal at the company's mines.-Henry Dowl? ing, wife and child were suffocated hy gas in their home in Chicago.?Charles Cald? well was hanged ai J< neston), \vk., for the murder of Tab Freeman,*- Wm, Burke, a dissolute fellow, gaye, himself up to the au? thority of ,;....*kford, UL, with the state UHSm that he had murdered his mother. The woman's body was found in her home. Wm. E. Williams, editor of the "Manchester Critic, assaulted A. S. Steinbauer, edi? tor of the Allegheny News of Alle? gheny, Ta., inflicting serious iujuries. _Kitt roll's Hotel, at Kittroll's Springs, N. C., was destroyed by fire. Loss $60,000 _An attempt was made to burn the Oak Street A. M. E. Church at Petersburg, Va. ?-The Navajo Indians had returned to the reservation when the troops reached the Ban Luis Valley to protect the settlers. A mass of earth and stone fell from a bluff in Pittsburg upon two tenement houses. A mother and her children were badly injured. -The town of Cisco, Texas, was destroyed by a cyclone and over a score of people killed and a hundred or more injured. Twenty thousand Ohio coal miners threaten to strike, although the ehief officers of the union oppose it,-The Marshall Chemical Manufacturing Company, of Kansas City. made an assignment. The assets are $30,000, liabilities $100,000.-Alexander Cooper. one of tho founders and president of Cooper's Hospital in Camden, N. J., dropped dead from heart disease. Thomas Norton, James Francis, Martin Cor, Mike Connor, James Norris and two others, all under sentence to the peniten? tiary, escaped from the county jail in Colum? bus, by cutting a hole through tho floor.?? Rev. G. L. Eberhardt, president of the Luth? eran Theological Seminary, and presiding officer of the synod of Michigan, and for thirty years pastor of St. Paul's Church, in Saginaw, Mich., died, aged sixty-two, his wife having died but ton years ago. He left no children.-Henry Bentley was convicted in Los Angeles, Cal., of the charge of mur? dering his wife.-The old Liberty Bell was received with honor in Indianapolis, where the school children had a parade, and an ad? dress was delivered by ex-President Harri? son.-Albright and Simpson's sewer at the corner of Union and Lawrence streets, in Olean, N. Y., caved in, burying five Italians. Two of them were rescued and three killed. -Mrs. James Wiley, of Paterson, N. J., tried to commit suicide by hanging herself, -Rev. Edward Bell, editor of the Queeni County Republican of Long Island City, was arrested on the charge of libelling Mrs. Eliza? beth Lee.-Tho explosion of powder used for tableaus in a church entertainment ir Wilkesbarre caused a panic, and many were injured.-Benjamin Buchanan, seventj years old, who. for the past thirty-five years, had been an officer of the Supreme Court ol New York, cut his throat with a razor on th( roof of hi6 residence and then jumped intc the street. He was instantly killed. Mr Buchanan had been in very low spirits foi some time past, owing to the fact that khi was a sufferer from dyspepsia and dropsy -At a church cornerstone laying in Cleve land a floor gave way, and many people wer injured.-T. C. Haven, a married man, o Memphis, Tenn., eloped with the wife c David Lampkin. The McConnell A Maguire Company, th largest mercantile house in Idaho, whos headquarters are in Moscow, with Governo McConnell at the head, was closed by th sheriff.The First National Bank of Moscow is eued an attachment for $20,000 and the sheri] at once closed the doors. The Moscow Nal ional Bank immediately followed with an al tachment for $25,000.-AH the Union Pacifl iron workers returned to work in Omah* and every department of the shops bega running with a full force of men.-Tw prisoners who are being conveyed froi Teek sville to Sing Sing on the 11.20 o'cloc train by Deputy Sheriff Pugsley, over th New York Central and Hudson River Rai road, made a break for liberty and escape. -On the farm of lt. A. Honea, four mil. south of Aberdeen, Miss., a colored tenai named Edwards and bis wife left three chi drcn, all under five years of age, in tl house alone and went to work. During the absence the house caught fire and was cor pletely destroyed- The children were cr mated CABLE SPARKS. The Belgian Senate has approved the Nj sen plan to establish universal suffrage. Tue bitter feeling between Irish nationt ists and unionists is reported to be morea ing in intensity. Thirteen persons were crushed to dea in Naples by a panie resulting from a fire i the altar ol a eiiurch. The bleach works at Epimal, France, ha been destroyed by fire, the damage amoui ing to 2,000,000 Iran cs. The conference of unionist leaders c cided that no attack should be made on t home-rule bill in committee. Kiotino. was renewed in the streets of B fast. Many arrests have been made. Mc troops have been ordered to the scene. The annual exhibition of the British Roj Academy is characterized by un unusuu large number of paintings ol high ment. Owing to the illness of Lord James Hi nen, one of the British members of the B ing sea tribunal of arbitration, the tribui has adjourned for oue week. Efforts were made to amend the hon rule bill by providing that the military shoi be withdrawn irom Ireland before the Ir: Parliament should be established. The Norwegian Storthing will postpone vote on the civil list and adjourn as a mi ot defiance to King Oscar lor refusing sep ate consular repress ntalion to Norway. The Reichstag committee on the budj has approved the credit for the purpose elevating the German legation at Vt ashil ton to the rank ol aa embassy, and an ad tional grant for the German representati ut the Chicago World's Fair. The Hon. J. C. New, the retiring Amoru consul-general in london, will sail for United States on the 3d of June. The Uni States consuls in Great britain will pres to him an illuminated address aud the as elation of foreign consuls will give hiu banquet. A sensation was caused in England bj report that un attempt had been made murder Mr. Gladstone its ho walked throu St. James Park at midnight. A man i was acting strangely in lront of Mr. GI stone's house shot at the policeman who rested him. On the man s person was foi a note-book containing ravings uguinst lr homo rule and hinting at murdering the j jnier. President Cleveland Between Two Colnmns of Warships. A Saluted by the Booming GunB of Ten Great Nations. FOREIGNERS PAY THEIR RESPECTS. Amid the din of mighty boom'ng guns and enveloped by the vapor of burned powder and the mist of a cloudy afternoon President Cleveland reviewed the great fleet assembled 'iu New York harbor to celebrate tho discov? ery of America and to illustrate the advance in naval architecture since Christopher Colum? bus sailed from Spain across the unknown seas four hundred years ago. Thirty-seven monster steel war vessels of modern type, representing ten nations, stood in contrast with the faithful reproductions of the antique wooden caravels in which the most illustrious of navigators made his voyage. Disagree? able woather caused a postponement of the review from tho forenoon until afternoon, but it was a spectacle that reflects the great i?-^ '* nEAR-ADMlUAL OHsXHARDI. est credit on Rear Admiral Gherardi ant those who assisted him and fully repaid th* multitude that patiently waited for eigh hours in orderly discomfort to see it. Thr usual order of reviews was reversed- the re viewed remaining stationary in open column and the reviewer passing between tho lines At night in tho great Madison Square Gar den the review ball was given, rivaling ii magnificence and beauty the mc st elegan social gatherings of the world and forming fitting climax to the great occasion. TINITED STATES S" The Columbian Fleet. The original intention was to begin tho view at 10 .30 o'clock, but a steady fall of fl in the morning caused a postponement ur tho afternoon. The postponement was ordered by Sec tary Herbert at the suggestion of Presidi Cleveland. The invited guests had airer assembled on the steamers set part for th use. Vast crowds had assembled at all poi from which a view of the fleet could be hi They could not, of course, be notified of I change of plans, but all supposed that so hitch had occurred, and settled themsel' ns comfortably as possible to await derek ments. The rain caused great disappointment the squadrons anchored below tho Palnsad The crack ships had been put in readin for their part of tho celebration. Their hi had been painted, their decks holy-ston their brasswqrk polished until it shone, t their guns had been cleared for far differ work than their makers intended?the cern ting of peaceful relations il stead of havoc war. lt drenched the dee'/s and rigging ; hung in pearly drops from tho braaswc Dress uniforms were abandoned for ste coats and the Jack tare instead of beinf holiday rig were in every-day attire. THE VESUVIUS, At 8 A. M. the vessols of Spain, Frar Brazil and Argentina dressed ship. All the other foreign vessels hoisted colors, w the stars and stripes at the'main. The Am can ships hoisted colors, but did not di the yards until 10 o'clock, at which hour Dritish, Russian and Italian ships also dres yards. At 1.44 the Seeadler. of the German fl. fired her first gun. she was followed a i ment later by the Reina Regente, of the si board column, and the two ships, one each side of the Dolphin, made the welkin rin?. The Kaizerin Augusta joined the chorus and the echoes rolled up the Paliaadei and down again, until one seemed to bear a long line of artillery reaching for miles on tho Jersey shore. The bands on the ships played tho national air. but it was only at intervals between tho roar of guns that the music could be hoard. The Van Spark and the, Infanta Isabel sa? lutes ran into each other. Then there was a pause for a minute and Argentina's cruiser belched forth a flash that was responded to by a big gun on tho Giovanni Pausen. Then, after a short pause, a light blue puff arose above the dynamite tubes on the Vesu? vius, and a few seconds later thero was a din overhead as though the sky was made of sheet-iron and a bomb had stru.'k. At 2 o'clock the Yorktown and t he Arethuso saluted together, gun for gun. Then there was an interval, during which tho bands Could be heard playing and tho cheers of the sailors reached the shore. The Chicago opened fire and a moment later the, Russian Hynda added her guns to tho chorus. Tho Baltimore and tho General Admiral followed. At 2.08 the Tartar, the first of the British ships, saluted. The guns of the Bancroft and the San Francisco were going at the same time. The British Magicienne and the At? lanta fired simultaneously. The Dolphin lessened her speed ns she ap? proached the head of the line and there was an interval between tho firing from the ships. Each vessel began saluting as tho Dolphin's bow came abreast. Ten minutes after she STEEI.-PnOTECTHD Cl'.UISEIt THILALELPUIA. had passed the Jack tars carno down from their positions on the arms. It was just 2.12 as England's crack cruiser, the Blake, fired her first gun. There was a big puff of smoke and a deep boom, entirely different from the sharp sounds of tho guns of the smaller vessels. The Philadelphia saluted as the Dolphin reached the hoad of the lino and came to a stop just in the rear of the caravels. At the same time all the steamboats, tugs and pleasure craft blew their whistles and made a din almost as deafening as tho salut? ing. There was cheering and waving of hats, handkerchiefs and umbi "Has, and the tri? umphal procession of the presidential party was ended. The whistles sent up a cloud of steam, which, added to the smoke of the guns, obscured the view of a large portion of the river. The admirals of the different squadrons then embarked In steam launches and pro oeededto the Dolphin to pay their respects to Hie President. 8ir John Hopkins, the British admiral, was first received. Next came Vice-Admiral Koznakoff, the Russian admiral. Rear-Ad? miral de Libran, of France, was third. Then followed Rear-Admiral Magnaghi, of Italy. The Spanish admiral, Senor Y. Luno, though an invalid, did not fail to pay this ceremonial mark of respect to the chief ex? ecutive, and was followed by Rear-Admiral Howard, of Argentine; Rear-Admiral Nor hona. of the Brazilian fleot, and tho blonde haired and tho blue-eyed captains of th? Gorman and Dutch steamers. These visits formed one of tho most interesting feature! of tho day. As nearly al] tho foreign officer*; spoke or understood English the ceremonies were attended by no stiff formalities, but were marked by cordiality and some degree of conviviality also. Fifteen minutes before the reception endec nnd while tho President was preparing tc land, an admonitory signal was given Iron the Dolphin, and as* he left the vessel and en tered his barge, at the foot of Ninety-sixtl rEAMSHIP BALT1MOKB. street, every vessel in the fleet again mann* yards and rails and once more fired a salu of twenty-one guns, following the Dolphin load. Then the President's flag was loweri from the Dolphin and the public coremoni of the day were considered over. After leaving the Dolphin President dev? land returned to the Victoria Hotel. Mi Cleveland took the four o'clock train f< "Washington. She was taken ill on the Dc eir i phin while the presidential boat was makii nts the reviewing tour. id. ! At 2.30 the merchant marine was signal Ihe ' to get away. The Seabird, with thc comm tee on board, rounded the head of the dont column of men-of-war, and started down t river .rn the New York side. Tho Al Fost followed, and the polieo patrol tugs foll lino two by two. After them came taj. steamboats and steam yachts, two and thr abreast, and all with whistles blowing, m shouting and women waving parasols as th passed each man-of-war. Tho commotion that followed has nov been equaled on the Hudson river, ('lou of steum rose from the tugs and blow acre the men-of-war. Tho crows of the men-, war faced tho rails, waved hats and handki chiefs at tho noisy lugs nnd steamboats they passed. Several steam yachts saint the men-of-war with ono gun. which sound like a toy pistol alter the big guns of t un dil re? in! .dy me jp on es. ess ills ed, uni ent en ?of '.11.1 rk. >rm ? in DYNAMITIC CRUISER. men-of-war. The whistles of tho tugs a steamers kept ap a continual tooting a blowing from the time they were given p mission to start until the lower end of t long line <>f the squadron was reached About 1 o'clock the rain ceased to fd although the clouds continued to hot about in a threatening manner. Preside Cleveland accompanied by Mr's Clovela and Lieutenant Wood, left theVictordaHo Ht 1.05 P. M. Light minute- later the Dal amved nt the foot of West Twenty-thi street, whore a thousand mon and women, who had stood in the rain for four hours, cheered him enthusiastically. Mrs. Cleveland, enveloped in a tweed cape, Mackintosh, black felt hat and black veil, iras the Ant to alight, and her appearance was the signal for tho cheering to begin. The President followed her, removing his silk hat and pausing for a moment, bowing all around to the people. The party was immediately ted tr, the launch of tho Dolphin, which st a rt erl away as soon as the company was on board. The launch steamed rapidly out to THE PI1VTA. the Dolphin, and from the shore the presi" dential party could be seen climbing up the gangway of the dispatch boat, Mrs. Clove land in advance. As soon as tho President reached tho deck one of tho Dolphin's guns announced tho fact and tho President's flag was unfurled nt her masthead. It was about 2 [o'clock when tho signal was given to start. Tho blowing of a hundred whistles and tho booming of guns at 1.15 o'clock announced that the President had embarked, and almost instantly the crews of the men-of-war all along the line went to positions facing the rail and at the mastheads and tops. At 1.30 the first boom of the 10-inch gun on the Miantonomoh announced that tho Dol? phin, with the President on board, was pass? ing up between the two columns of war ves? sels. Tho roar of tho Maintonomoh's 21 guns was followed by a salute from Brasllian ship.} Republics and Tirandentes. Tho Dolphin replied to the Brazilians and a cloui of smoke rose over the lower end of tho lino of warships. The Brazilians manned yards jud before firing, and the long lines ol bluo jackets stood out against a white back? ground of smoke. The Dolphin moved at a slow and stately gait and tho salute of each ship was distinct and sharp. Tho Aquidaban, flagship of the Brazilian fleet, finished saluting at 1.10 and the Nueva Espana took its turn. The Dolphin was followed ut a distance of about 500 feet by the Blake and she in turn by the Miantonomoh. From tho time tho President started on his tour through the lines until final salute was fired the weather was cloudy, with rain. Tho nir was cold and an unpleasant wind came out of tho east. It was an improvement upon the forenoon, but it was not a pleasant day on the river and on exposed points of vantage along tho shore. It was a fitting and dramatic close to thc proceedings when, at the close of the review, the flagship Philadelphia slowly steamed up to Riverside, opposite to tho tomb of Grant, and on thia day, the anniversary of his birth, fired a salute to his memory. At the Ball. The Columbian ball at tho Madison Squaw Garden was. in respect to magnificence o decoration and arrangement and of a largi number of world-famous guests present, thi most splendid ever given in the Now World Besides the President and his advisers, thi chief legislative body of the United State; and a Spanish grandee who is the namesak and lineal descendant of Christopher Colum ir )1 Ig sd It tie he .?r in p, ec i BB ey er Bs .ss rf. sr as ed erl he bus, thero were tho diplomatic corps, th admirals and subordinate officers of ever great naval power in tho world, Governor of neighboring States and famous arm officers. The decorations of the garden wero ric and elaborate, eclipsing in their magniflceno ; and elegance anything ever boforo attempte | in the great auditorium. The main entranc hud been draped with a background of pur white, festooned with a delicate tracing c smilax and asparagus sprays, and cut flowei and rare exotics were profusely distribute through this rich green ground, and a my riad of tiny electric lights shone from out th mass of flowers and verdure. Two pllvc dragons, with groat burning ruby eyi guarded tho Madison avenue entrance. liri nd Br. he di. ?er 'lit nd tel ?ty rd ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN. Horrible Acoident on a Little Riilro in Pennsylvania. The report of a fatal railroad wreck, whl occured on the Baro Rocks Railroad, ft miles south of Somerset, has just come light. Thc road is two milos in length and runs a large stone quarry operated by the own of the road. The grade is about 150 fed tho milo. In coming down thc train beca unmanageable and dashed down the gn with frightful rapidity. At tho foot of the incline were sevi loaded freight cars, into which the passen train plunged. On the engine were Engin Neff, his son, and John E. Pyle, with his v and daughter. Tho three latter were hurled under engine as it leaped from the track and is instantly killed. Neff and his son were ally scalded. On the cars were a large number of wc ingmen, some of whom jumped from runaway train and escaped with slight juries. The balance wero crushed in wreck ; how many is not yet known. Seven bodies have already been rsc ered. Counsel for the locomotive engined the Ann Arbor case have dotormined, ii event of their failuro to socuro a revere Judge Rick's decision by tho Supreme Ci to appeal to Congress to amend the Ii State Commerce act in the interest of labor organizations. Wm lill TU WAK. A Eattle With Cowboys in Whiob Eight Are Eiiled. 250 Navajos Start on a Marauding Tour in Colorado. A despatch from Denver, Col., says : The long-threatened war of the Navajo Indians against the settlers of the country in the vi? cinity of their lands has como nt last, and with it the death of eight settlers. The startling news was received by Adjut, nnt-Goberal Kennedy in a telegram from Lieutenant Plummer, Indian agent ol the Navojos. Eight white men had been mur? dered by the Indians, who are now at war with settlors, Lieutenant Plummer said. He declared tbat the situation is a very critical one and asked that the troops be called out to prevent further bloodshed. Lieutenant Plummer stated that the peo? ple below Durango are in a wild state of ex? citement and grave fears are entertained Ieee tho Indians should continue their warfare along the valley. In his message the lieu? tenant states that two battles have been fought already. In tho first battle Ave settlers wero killed, while nt another encounter three more mon lost their lives. The Adjutant-general for? warded tho information to tho War Depart? ment at Washington, and it is not unlikely that orders will bo issued from that source putting in tho Hold Ihe troops now quartered at Fort Logan. Adjutant-General Kennedy was inclined to regard the situation with a good deal of con? cern, although expressing the belief that the trouble would not extend very far North. Thero are 250 bucks who are raising the dis? turbance. "They aro all mounted and equipped," said he, "with the best repeating rifles and i have ample supplies for a long war. They are a bad lot and revel in plunder and mur i dor. There has been ill-feeling among them for a long time and it has at last come to a head. "The present conflict was precipitated by tho resistance of tho whites to the depreda? tions of a baud of warriors who raided the stock of the cattlemen. "They drove off a large herd of cattle, which they took to the mountains. This ao incensed the stockmen that they organized a largo posse of cowboys and went to recover tho cattle. The Iudlans fled on the approach of the cowboys at first, and the cattlemen, after they had secured their cattle, started to return to their ranches. They had proceeded but a very short dis? tance, however, when they were attacked from the flank us they were passing through a sort of shallow canyon by the entire band of 250. A desperate encounter followed, in which Ave cowboys were killed and, it is be? lieved, a number of Indians. The red men, had the udvantage and the cattlemen, were finally repulsed. The Indians then started on a marauding expedition across the coun? try." The reservation of the Navajos is a large one, covering some 12.000 square miles in the northwestern part of Now Mexico and North? eastern Arizona and extends up to the south? ern lino of Colorado. On this there are thousands of Indians, who are liable to go on the warpath. The band of 250 started from the reserva? tion over in Arizona, crossed the line into New Mexico, going to the San Juan rivor. They captured Tom Whyte's trading post mission at Hog Back. The homes oi other settlers are surrounded by Indians, who are threatening to kill and burn. Governor Thornton, of New Mexico, tele graphed the War Department from Santa Fe asking that "military aid be sent immediate ly to help suppress Navajos' outbreak in Sar Juan country. The lives of all our peopk are in immediate danger," The War Department has telegraphed Gen eral Cook, Department of Arizona, to senc troops immediately to the scene of trouble DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES Ricuabd Yabbtke and Issac Monroe, still men at a roflnery at Lima, Ohio, were fatall; burned by the blowing out of a still. The recent frost in Mississippi has eithe killed or greatly injured the cotton, 'flier is time to replant, but in many sections ther is no seed. By the capsizing of a small boat, Juliu Falk and Martin Arelt, young men of Cleve land, Ohio, were drowned. A companio was rescued. The victims of the accident on the Bar Rocks Railroad, near Somerset, Pa., numbei ed five. Three persons are thought to hav been fatally injured. A boat containing three boys, name Ball win, was carried over a dam in the Rarita river, near Bound Brook, Now Jersey, an two of the lads were drowned. Margaret Tobias, aged 71 years, wi struck by a train and instantly killed, ne; Tyrone, Pa. Near the same place W. J. Bur holder, aged 31 years, was caught betwe< two railroad cars and squeezed to death. Matthew Hammell nnd Joseph Opolisl while at work on the tracks of the Philadi phia and Reading Railroad, near Bou Brook, New Jersey, were struck by a tra and instantly killed. Bi the premature explosion of dynamite Tyler A MoTurk's colliery, near Pottsvil Pennsylvania, John Jone*-, had an arm bio off, and, it is feared, sustained fatal injuri William Frantz and Wesley Frantz were a dangerously injured. The First Regiment Armory at Chict was destroyed by fire and Harry John and Walter Williams, colored janitors, w burned to death. H. W. Latham and Ch Wiggins, colored waiters, wero proba fatally burned. The loss to property is 42 OOO. A partition wall in a new electric li building, at Cincinnati, collapsed, carr-, 14 workmen into the cellar, a distance o feet. John Hull, was killed, and Fr Weinewuth, Ed. Weinewuth, A. Schur and Elijah Johnson were fatally inju Three other men were seriously injured. At Providence, Rhode Island, Edward Elroy, an insane man, entered a sloe apartment of his home and, with a razor tho throats of his mother, his brother, i 10 years, and Miss Healy, a cousin, maniac, was finally overpowered, alter a struggle, by Policeman O'Rourke, who badly cut in tho neck with the razor. ] believed that Mrs. McElroy will die, bu others will recover. NEW KILLING DEVICE. An Ohio Man Applies for a Patent i New Method to Execnte Murderei George Jeremiah, of Columbus, has applied for a patent on a device for the lug of condemned persons. He claims its operation will be as nearly painless i compatible with certainty aud quickness It consists of a chair with a head-rest moves upon a hinge o the chair pr Scated in the chair, the victim lays his back in a leather-lined helmet, which, 1 locked, holds tho head like a vice. Thc is similarly clamped in tho chair. A tr releases a spring which throws tho chiui ono way and the helmet tho other, neck of the victim is dislocated by Uh sion movement much as a chicken's nc wrung. . The inventor claims that this methoc soon supersede hanging and other bari methods of capital punishment. The Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts of the State. Rev. A. L. Bolick, of Indiana, has ac? cepted a call to tho Orkney Spring charge of tho Lutheran church in Shenandoah county, consisting of St. Jacob's, Powder Springs and Morning Star, in Shenandoah connty, and Bethel Church, in Rockingham county. The Democrats of Rockbridge county, have nominated John C. Boude for Circuii Court clerk and A. *J*???y Shields for County Court derk. BiORBBM sores of land near Hunter's Chapel, in Alexandria county, and nine Bores near tho Chain Bridge have recently changed hands, tho former for $400 per aero and the latter for $2,000 for the nine acres. Fred. Harper, an employe of the Bin ; Ridge mines, on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, was struck by a train and killed. Cbestfield, in Northumberland county, the home of Mr. Thomas Ball was burned to the ground. Nearly all the contents were saved. RoAXjatK had two small fires. One in tho office of rTio Wirginla Brewery and the other I tn Brcslin's Cottage Saloon. The flames were soon extiuquished. They were of in? cendiary orgin. The Roanoke bankers shipped Secretary Carlisle nearly $100,000 in gold last week. Fabmebs from Botetourt say tho damage done to fruit trees by frost is not so great i reported. There will be a good crop of late peaches and apples. The tomato crop, how? ever, will be very short on account of tho destruction of plant beds. This will boa serious blow to canneries and farmers. An old man was run ao ,vn ano Killed by the east-bound vestibule train near Max Mead? ows, Roanoke. It was subsequently ascer? tained that the victim's name was Zack Chan? dler, a tramp, aged about sixty years. Adtice from Botetourte, Craig, Roanoke^ Montgomery, Floyd and Bedford counties in? dicate that frost killed all the fruit in that section. J. Harry Brady, of Roanoke,was found in tho immigrant's room at the Norfolk and Western Railroad depot, where ho had ben terribly beaten during tho night and robbed of over $100. There i3 is no clue thus far to the perpetrators. The Richmond Grain and Cotton Exchange failed to indorse the resolution adopted by the tobacco trade Friday, calling upon Presi? dent Cleveland to sell government bonds to relieve the financial stringency. The reason for the first named body declining to concur in this proposition are : That this policy is simply a makeshift, and it is, they claim, not certain that the bonds could be sold exclu? sively for gold. The salvation of this coun? try, the resolutions adopted by tho Grain Exchange say, docs not depend upon the re? tention of the $100,000,000 gold reaervc. A judgment has been rendered in the Un? ited States Circuit Court against the city of Richmond in favor of Wm. P. Trent for $6, 525. This suit is for bonds of tho city of Richmond, which the lato George N. Wood? bridge had unlawfully transferred while act? ing as the trustee for the Trent estate. Woodbridge, who was cashier of the Savings Bank of Richmond, killed himself last fall. The city of Richmond confessed judgment ir this suit to save costs. There is another case involving about $3,000, which the city wil have to pay. Peteb Montague, proprietor of the Mon? tague House, Mount Crawford, and a promt nent oitizen"of Rockingham county, is dead He was boru in Ireland sixty-three yean ago. A local option election was held in Salen to determine whether liquor license shoulc be granted by the county court for the ensu ing year. At Salem city precinct, the dryi won by 41 majority, and it is thought tha the majority at Hollins precinct cannot ? move thi*. Henry Rice, of Roanoke, fell from th roof of a building and broke his right loj. fractured his collar bono and cut his fae horribly. His injurios,while painful, are nc regarded as necessarily fatal. During a heavy wind-storm a pile of lun ber belonging to James G. Harrison. < Trince George county, took Uro from spar! from his saw mill and was entirely consumei The loss is estimated at $8,000, with $6,01 i nsurance. On the same day a large qua: tity of lumber belonging to John Deal, Tale, in Sussex county, took fire and was e tiroly destroyed. Mr. Deal's residence ai all his outhouses were burned to the groun His loss is $11,000, on which there is said bo no insurance. Col. P. T. Slaughter, lato of the Fift ninth Virginia Infantry, died at the Cc federate Soldiers' Home. Richmond. His mains were taken to his old home, in Orar county, for interment. In Prince William county, two barns the farm of Andrew Lowe were burned, gether with thirty-five milch cows. L $10,000. WORK AND WORKERS. The Union Pacific Iron workers' strike v declared off. The strike of the Santa fe mechanics, Topeka, was declared off. One-half of the locked-out clothing cutt in New York city returned t^ work. 'I other half will be given employment in a 1 days. Rich deposits of tin are reported to h; been discovered in the State, >( Ouanjus Mexico, by a prospector for a Philadelp syndicate. It is believed that all the coal miners Ohio will 6trike on May 1st for an increasi five cents per ton, which the operators h refused to give. The machinists in the Cotton Boll R road shops at Tyler, Texas, struck beca tho company refused to discharge the g eral foreman. The strike on the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe road ia causing something lik "tie up" at Kansas City. All cattle si meats have been refused. A similar stat affairs is reported at Wichita and oi points on the line. Another gang of shanks arrived in Topeka from Philadelp to take the places of the striking shopr and at Topeka tha striko is praotii broken. The negotiations at Toledo [for tho se mont of the differences between the Ann bor Railroad and the locomotive 6ngil have fallen through, the men being un to meet tho company's terms, "that non. the present engineers should be discha without cause, and that the old men i tile applications and accept positions as may become vacant. 1UU11U ill l uni imun iu. The Ministries to Brazil and Uni? ted States of Colombia Filled* Some Minor Plums Handed Out?A Brief Notice of thi New Officers. The following appointments wero on aounoed ..t the White House i L. P. McKin? ney, of Kow Hampshire, to be Envoy Extra? ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Slates to Colombia ; Thos. ].. Thomp? son, of California, lo b.'Knvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of tho United States to Brazil; George William Caiutb, of Arkansas, to be Mini*-!.r I:.-;.lent and Con? sul General of the United states to Portugal; John M. Wiley, of New York, to bo Consul of the United States at Bordeaux; Harvey Myers, of Kentucky, to bo a Commissioner from Kentucky on the World's Columbian Commission ; J. C. Sanders, of Georgia, to be an Alternate Commissioner from Georgia to the World's Columbian Commission. Owen T. Hons.*, of Arizona Territory, tobe flssenistn Juntini ot the Supreme Court of tho Territory of arizona. To bo attorneys ot the United Btates : William E. Bhutt, ol Illi? nois, for tho Southern District of Illinois; John W. Judd, of Utah, for tho Territory of Utah. To be Marshals of the United states: Richard C. Ware, of Texas, for tbe Western District of Tezss ; George M. Humphrey, of Nevada, for the District of Nerada. wno rai .nominees are. Luther )?'. McKinney, of Now Hampshire, nominated to be Minister to Columbia, is a native of Ohio, from which State, at the age of 18, ho enlisted and served ns sergeant of Company D, in tho First Ohio Cavalry until 1863. After the war Mr. McKinney studied for the ministry, graduating in New York In 1870. He removed to New Hampshire in 1873, was defeate I for < ongress ns s Democrat in 1884, elected in 1886, defeated again in 1888, but was a^a'n successful in 18'JO and served through the Fifty-second Con Mr. McKinney was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Governor of his State last year. I ut wa- defeated. John M. Wiley, of New York, nominatedto be Consul to Bordeaux, is a Dative of Ireland, but came to America when but four years of age. He is a wealthy citizen of East Aurora, N. Y.. but has recently purchased a fine resi? dence in Buffalo. In 1871 and 1872 he served as a member of the state Legislature, Mr. Wiley has represented his district in the State Committee for years and in the Fiftieth Con? gress was its Hep roe, nt at ive. Thomas L. Thompson was born at Charles* ton, W. Yo.. May 31, 1838, went to California in 1855 and started the Petaluma Journal, the llrst [.aper established in Sonoma County. In 1860 he purchased the Sonoma Demo? crat at Santa noaa, now the center of a great fruit and wino producing section, and has been identified with it as editor and pub? lisher over thirty years. In 1882 Mr. Thomp? son was elect--! "secretary of state on the ticket with Governor George Stoneinan, and before tho expiration of his term of four years had to certify to his own election as a mem? ber of tho Fiftieth Congress. George W. Caruth, nominated to be Min? ister to Portugal, is a lawyer of Little Bock, Ark., where ho is also editor and principal owner of tho Little Rook Gazette. He was Indorsed by both H. mators, the entire delega? tion in Congn ss, il a Stato Supreme Court, md many oi ber u. < a prominent in Arkansas. PEOPLE AND EVENT3. Mn. Gladstone's unappeasable appetite for literature is indicated by the fact thats recent consignment of books sent to him at his request by a Loudon dealer, contained several works in tho Cornish language, an account of religion In England in Anglo Saxon times. Grieslnger's history of the Jesuits. Dr. Sloughiou's "Religion in En? gland Under Queen Anne," Adams' book on birds, a life Of Cromwell, an early English glossary and other mental pabulum of equal variety. The lato Alfred Mame, of Toura, Franco, was the greatest publisher of Roman Catho? lic literature in the world. lu lean than a rear this nstaMlthinen.it used up 40,030 sheepskins in binding books in parchment, and tho mere sweepings from his gilder's room was sold for $10,000. M. Mame malo most of his great fortune by cheap catechisms dal sold as low as three cents each, and leaflets and pamphlets required for pupils of religious schools. On the reproduction of illuminated missals and other expensive publication* of interest to book collectors ho invariably lost money. Mrs. Cleveland has a pleasant little custom of taking the President out riding every r.f uoon. He goes as her guest, and OB theso lons leaves ail business caret behind him. To.) make the President feel that he is entirely his wile's guest. Mrs. Cleveland al? ways u^ s her own carriage aud coachman. The mistress of the White Hones has a com? plete equipage of her own. and even tho monogram on the harness and tho carriage door is h.-rs, and the letter- are F. F. C.? Francis Poison Cleveland. On these occa? sions Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland go alone. They ire not even bothered by Baby Ruth, and the drive is, generally as far into tho country is the Length of tho afternoon will permit. The Rev. Dr. NV. W. MoVlckar, who is imminently mentioned for tl onto i'hillips Brooks as Bishop of MattaohlHSift, was born iu New York about forty-seven years ago. Ho received his education at Columbia College and at the Philadelphia Divinity Behool. His Urti pariah was tho Church of the Holy Trinity. Harlem, whtatt he was called to BUOOeed Bishop Jagger, of Southern Ohio, in tho rectorship of Ute Holy trinity ta Philadelphia. He has boen there for eighteen years, and has ben a great IUO e.-s both as pastor and teaoher. Bishop Brooks was rector of Holy Trinity from L8n to 1869, and live years after h.* left the chur li Dr. McYickar assumed th.- rectorship, which he iias held ever since. Miss ll', v Luuom. who*--' recent death at he age of 67 the literary world and a large rircle of personal friend's are deploring, was nlete contrast to the typical spinster. Her ample form and noble, large-fe.it<. fa.e gave her a motherly look. which her ii,inner, always cordial and Interested, cou llrmed. She Was very fond of Monticello seminary, in Illinois, where, while she taught ihe also studied, she frequently dod. hat that institution was, at the tuns she at 'endedtt, by far tha mott progressive ont for women in the United States, she learly beloved by her pupils at Wheaton Seminary, a fine old school for girls in tho vicinity of Boston, and their gatherings were never considered complete without her. Mi Larcom was thoroughly wedded to New England, and as with all true New Eng? landers, Boston was the centre of hc*r earthly and aspirations. Not many years ago lid a visit to New York, and confi sim ideringly that she was \.-ry uncomforta? ble there. "New Y.>rk seems a bowling wilderness to mt," tba sighed, "audi l"tig toge! back to Boston, where I know just what and when everything lt." TnE now Earl of Derby, formerly known as Lord Stanley, of Proston, is a popular and ?olag nobleman, a type of the "jolly g.I fellow." While Governor General of Canada ho was distinguished chiefly for his love of out-door sports. Coi.. HcOHKS-H.M.i.Kr hat toad two Eon doll papen for stating that Sir Charles Dilke would oe his attest colleague In Parliament, and that Sodom and Gomorrah would bOJtJ their proper constituencies.