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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
NUMBER 5.
MANGLED IN A WRECK.
SHOCKING DISASTER ON THE
PANHANDLE ROAD.

A Passenger Train Becomes Derailed and
Ilunses Over an Embsnkment, Fou,
Persons Eehg Killed and May Injured
Two of 1he,n Fatally.
Four lives crushed out and thirty per
sons manglci and MANNED was the fear.
full result of Il railroad wreck on the
Panhandle at Hagerstown. little towr
sixteen miles from Richmond. Ind. The
fast express train which runs betwecr
Chicago and Cincinnati, while going at &
high rate on the down grade before
reaching flagerStow was dcrailed by
portion OF the framework of the engine
falling under the wheels Every caI
WAS thrown off the track, but the fear
ful momentum carried the train on. The
engineer applied the break and reversed
the lever. but all was unavail.
ing 10 check the onward rush. Righ'
ahead was a deep cut canal. which
was crossed by little bridge. Tie eli
gine clung to the roadhed, but the
swinging ears. for-ing 10 one side, miss
ed the crossing and plunged over the
cmhanilmcnt. into the iifteen-fOot cut
The heavy coaches and the sleeper were
Piled up in Il heap. the struggling pas
Seneers. crushed and bruised, being
caught in the wreck. Almost before
hand had been lent to help .hem. tn.
smoking car burst into flames. and j.
seemed as If the errors of fire wtre Il
be added 10 the already dreadful cal
aility.
Soon the la seugerS who We're not dis
abied struggled forth and the>e with til,
trainmen sci 10 work To take out the
dead and those of the wounded who Were
unable to help themselves. BY siren
uous efforts all were removed from the
shattered coaches before the flames hat
gained sufficient Roadway to stop the
rescucrS. Three of those in the sleeper
We're taken ont dead. and of the wound
ed one survived but for a few hours
Two others of the wounded received
fatal hurts. while of the others at leasf
ten are badly injured. The cars We're al
one time all off the track, but >trangcl.
all did not go over the emhankment.
The smoker frs turned on it, side,
and the day coach and parlor car
Eug"nia. the smoking compartment o.
which contained all the killed. breaking
away from the smoking car. E-L:s holding
tu.gethe-, r"!lei ever twice in thei.
Gesrenr OF the emnauGmani. MeaHshiit
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
Twin SinnerS-"The People Be D.

Has any man of sense ever doubted
for Il single moment that Wall street had
Il mortgage on Ben Harrison before he
was ever nominated by the republican
national convention in lsSS? Didn't the
ShyiOckS of this country, as we'll as of
Europe. know Just a we'll what Harri-
son would do as they knew what Cieve-
land would do, in ease tn" question Of
free coinage of silver should come up?
The matter was all fixed. They knew
BOTH MEN. No matter which won-siiver
was doomed
The fight over the tariff was dog
fight to distract the attention of the peo-
pie. The REAL. QUESTION was the iinan-
cial question and on that both old party
candidates were known to be .'all right"
for the shylocks.
Here IS the evidence. A dispatch to
that great republican (shylockl organ of
the northwest, VIZ: TIE Chicago Trjbune.
says:
He tAtkinsont said that the president
had received the Boston delegation on the
first day of their stay in Washington with
The greatest courtesy and kindness. and
cordially welcome d fhcnl to the capital 10
share in the undertaking to maintain the
integrity of the nations financial status.
At the same time the president very
shrewdly and quietly intrna:ed to the dele
-aticn that perhaps they had been rather
slow, and that il would have been better
had Il been made apparent i'll Washington
1t an earlier day that the solid sonsc of the
country was against the free coinage OF sill
ver.'
Stand up and take your medicine like
little men, oh, ye little whelps who
'.hurrahed" for Harris IN till your throats
were cracked and your faces were black
and blue. Serves you righ:.-Chicago
Sentinel.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
Every Ono Should Know,

THERE are about 81. 600 arrests each
year in Paris, and of those arrests thirty.
five are aSsasSins
Mr. SUDDEN is photographer at JEFF.
ferson, Mo. who makes speciality OF
Instantaneous pictures.
THE cultivation of oysters along New
Hampshirc's short coast-iine is about tc
be attempted by the State Fish Commits.
sion.
A GAINESVILLE young man has rer.
fected an electric motor which, wher
started and the circuit shut off, will &c
till it wears out
IT is reported that Edison is now at
work upon iatent appliance which
will make the "hello" girl in the tele-
phone Office useless luxury.
THE Van Rensse aers' family dining
table, at which Washington, Lafayette.
and other dign. .taries have dined, is
owned in Akron by descendants of the
RensselaerS
4 SOCIAL innovation in New York City
is the "oiue-ribbon invitation" to din.
ners, indicating (by knot of blue rib
bon in the lower left-hand cornerl that
wine will not be served.
Dli. DaNb, VI copenhagen, CONSIDERS
it probable that a large proportion of
tubercular (scrofu!ous) affections of the
cervical glands in children owe sheir in
fection to tuherculous milk.
THE Pope has ordered the enlarge
ment of the reading rooms and other im-
proyemants in the Vatican. The new
Leonine library will soon be ready, and
in it will be placed about 300, 900 books
THE sale of fancy garters for New
Year presents is reported 10 be heavy in
the Northern and Eastern States. West
and South not heard from, but the fad
is likely to spread all over the republic
THE most expensive Legislature in the
world is that of France. 1t costs an
nually about $4,000. 900. The Spanish
parliament costs $3.50. 900: the Italian,
s430,000; the Belgian. 100000; the
Portuguese, S150.00O.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

TIE mind may he so exclusively excr
cised in one line of thought that it is not
cen abe to pursue that line intcIli-
gently: for cverythin" TO be thoroughly
known must lie ,cen in its re atiorS TO
other things He who studies nothing
but law is not The h st lawyer: nor is he
who underst indS nothing but huincss
the best usiHcSS man. Even for the
success of Il singh pursuit. or in the
search for one kni of truth. the mental
faculties must reach OGt into other fields
of thought and inquiry.
FROM sclf-resIect 4 thousand other
things are derived-such as the care of
the person, Of the language. of manners;
watchfu!ness over the body and over tho
soul; dominion over the instincts and
the passions; the effort to be seif-suffi-
cient: the pride which will accept no
favor; carefulneSs not to expose ones
self to any humiliation or modification,
and to maintain ones self Independent
of any human caprice: the constant pro-
lection of ones honor and of ones own
good fame.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

DEMOCRATIC leaders and editors in the
west and south are roundly denonncing
Mr.. Cleveland and declaring their pur-
pose to nominate Il free coinage candi-
date in 1892 and to place him upon a cor
responding platform. Well, suppose
they do, what good would be accom-
plished? The eastern leadership of the
party would secretly. if not openly,
throw all their power and influence to
the republican candidate and defeat their
canddste. The old parties are as ia
tally divided upon the national bank.
transportation, telegraph and land ques-
tions as they are upon the silver issue
The various orders OF laboring people
are as wide awake and as deeply con-
cerncd upon these questions as they are
touching the white metal. and their at
tention cannot be called away and con-
centrated upon the silver question alone.
The united and allied industrial organ
izations of this country constitute the
only power that can defeat the confed-
Grated monopolies in 1S92.-Io,cd Trib-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

The telegraph of this country should
pass into the hands of the government
tor various reasons, but the two follow
ing reasons are sufficient and upon these
alone congress should proceed to act.and
at once. buy up. under the right Of em-
nent domain, every inch of line in the
country and forever forbid private own
crShip OF telegraph lines.
The first of these reasons is that the
parties who run these lines now charge
four or live times what the service is
worth for sending Il message, whereas
under government ownership and con-
troll the work would be done at cost. as
the postal service is now conducted.
The second and no less valid reason is
that the telegraph is now used by cor
poratlons to the detr:mrnt of the people
III circulating false market reports. dis
tort"d and untrue reports OF occurrences,
the partial and sometimes total suppress
sion Of news which should be given to
the people, the same being mainly under
the ownership Of the Associated Press.
The telegraph has now become tl..
principal means of transarting business
requiring despatch and would be
more extensively used if It were not
for 4 rates that are almost pro-
measure now before congress in the
shape Of Il bill to place telegraph par
TALLY in charge of the government may
be So amended "a to require government
ownership and control and then passed,
for to simply invest a sum of money in
the business and still leave it in the
hands rf corporations to run will not
help the people to any great extent, and
the government will finally have to pur-
chase the lines. and might as well do so
first as last.
The corporations accuse the reform
elcmen, of wanting the world. Well
who is more entitled to it than the work
crs When we ask for these things it is
but for self preservation, and since they
are a public necessity We are entitled to
them upon payments Of what they are
really worth-not cent for watcrrt!
stock, understand.
SO ROW let Uncle Sam purchase the
telegraphs, and give [. :. bonds bear
ing per cent. interest per annum i'll pay
mcnt. Then as interest becomes due
pay it Off and in addition thereto pay off
S2 on each hundred Of the principal. and
at the end Of fifty wears the people
tthe government in other Words would
own the entire system Of tolcgraphS in
the country. Then one Of the leaks
would be stopped; then one of the places
where they make millionaires would be
closed ont: then we will get the news at
first cost: then We will get the exact
news as near as possible. at least not
garblcd over by the Associated Press:
then false market reports would not be
allowed to be sent, at least knowingly.
and more than the mail would no The al
l, L
So now all together and let Us give
long and a strong pull for the tclegra phs
in the hands of the people.-DaAnta
klIi.rI,tS Of liftnl.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

A States HriSuu's ArsenaI.


Albert Garvin, the new warden of the
Minnesota prison, recently placed before
the special senate prison investigating
committee an array of weapons found in
the cells OF the convicts and along the
corridors, which so astonished the scna-
tors that they were well nigh dunn
founded. 1t was all too evident that cx-
Warden Randall had permitted his pris-
oners to do pretty much as they wished
and they had improved the opportunity
by carrying into their cells many things
which they evidently intended to
use in a concerted attempt to
escape. As soon as Mr.. Garvin
took charge he and his deputies
made search of the prison, and he
placed before the committee the start
ling result of their labor In the bed
clothes of a life prisoner from Minneap-
oils was found double bladed ak and in
an adjoining cell broadax. A Morri-
son county burglar had smuggled in two
slingShOts, and Il convict in for arson
had provided himself with two ten
inch jackscrewS for spring bars. Along
the corridors of the second tier the dep
utieS nnearthcd tWcnty-siX fine steel saws
for cutting bars and seven monkey
wrenchcs were collected here and there.
Hammers were also in demand and War
den Garvn gathered in thirtyfonr
of these. Fifty-one razors and
siXty-sevcn knives, with blades from
five to ten inches long, were found. Ono
man had provided himself with twenty
fivc-inch steel jimmy, another with
steel ratchet and another with set of
drills. Steel flies from four to fourteen
inches long we"e also popular. 155 beng
taken from the various cells. Among
the other interesting things in the col
lection were twenty bits. eight cold CHS
els, five pairs of pincers, six drills, set
of burglars nippers, and bushel of
other instruments which might have
been used by prisoners in boring their
way to liberty or numbering the guards.
Had an outbreak occurred at the prison
nothing could have prevented every one
of the 420 convicts from escaping.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
tinkering. botching; simply

patching, tinkering. botching; simply
this and nothing more, and while legisla-
lures are doubtless trying to afford some
relief to the people the same old games
OF the lobbyists are in progress. Mean
while the war between labor and mon
opoty goes on with all its uncertainties
and the corporations are using for their
own benefit and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT what
are, and of right ought to be public utl-
ities. Are the people powerlcSs in this
matter? As well ask if this government
is powcrlcss, for the government is simply
the organized will of the people, operated
by and through its agents. BY what
right can railway appropriate private
property BY the right embodied in our
constitution which provides that private
property may be taken for the use of the
public only by giving a just compensa-
ton therefor. Such being the case this
government can take possession of the
railways for the best of reasons. for the
general good and welfare of its citizens.
Why not forrclosc the mortgage on the
Union Pacific and experiment little in
the direction of government control and
ownership of railways, Oh, say somyn.
the undertaking Is too vast, is too
destructive of individual rights and
interests, Granted that such
course would be too destructive
to some individual rights, to those
of Jay Gould perhaps. but the re
suits would be incalo ulahly beneficial to
tltc masses of our people. Instead of
railway presidents receiving salaries as
large as the president of the United
States it is probable that even railway
president could live quite comfortably
on less than $4,000 a year. With GOV
crnment control and ownership of the
railways. freight and passenger rates
would be greatly reduced, there would
be less water IN railway stocks, no rate
wars. no pools, 10 combines for the op-
preston of tho people rs is the case to-
day in railway management. We state
it as our firm conviction that if
the government could at once become
the owner OF just one line of railway from
ocean to ocean the prosperity of this
country would be Increased hundred
fold. Such an impetus. would be given
to trade as has never been witnessed.
The advance in real estate values would
be marked, the pay of the laborers in-
creased and the cloud of gloom now hoy
ering over so many homes and iircsides
lifted. OF course government ownership
would not be limited to one line of rail-
way. but we merely state that such own
erShip Of a single line would break the
combination now existing and demon
strate that railway political dictation
had died Il sudden EIr0od. Ntb..
Pennies i1IU1utc
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

monopoly always said was impossible.
and Is buckling Oh its armor none too
soon To save the overthrow of Il great re-
public 1t is marching on demanding
jnsiice where justice has been unknown.
The farmer aud lahorer who take this
stranger in will find the best friend they
have known in twenty-five years.
.Snttti F.tir,fi},n cation Ifuut.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

and should have done 50 rather than
issue debt. Our government can to-day.
il 1t Will. issue money enough to pay
every dollar Of its debt. Think of the
millions of money We have paid out in
interest Oh a debt which should not have
existed. Think Of the debt itself. Then
you will see why credit enters 50 much
into our business transac tions.
llawarden, Ia. 7. +. LEvINs.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
FARMERS who have lost their homes

FARMERS who have lost their homes
through uslry and mortgage foreclosure,
would now relish an opportunity of a
seat in the Wall street stock exchange
gallery to look down into the cesSpool of
iniquity and there behold the serpents
writhe with agony of despair, because
their stocks will no longer hold water,
and because their prospects in the fu-
ture to skin the farmers have been
blighted. The farmers should continue
to organize and press this victory of cur
rency and transportation reform to a
successful conclusion. -Geo,ViC Alliance
RfcytM.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
-----------------------
Labor Should NeYer EnrYef

My advice to working men is this: If
you want power i'll This country: if you
want to make yourself felt; if you do
not want Your children to wait long
years before they have bread on the ta-
be they ought to have. the leisure in
their lives they ought TO have: if you
don't want to wait yourself. write on
your banner, SO that every politician, no
matter how short-Sightcd he may BE-,
can read ii, ''We never forget If you
launch the arrow Of sarcasm at labor.
we never forget. Ii there is Il division
i'll congress ana You throw yOnr vote in
the wrong scale, We never forget, f0ll
may go down on yonr knees and say: II
am sorry ! did the act And we will
say: 1t will avail You in heaven. on this
side OF the grayc--ncycr, SO that a
man III taking up the labor question will
know he is dealing with a hair-triggcr
pistol and will say: Il am to be true to
justice and to man, otherwise / am a
dead duck. u elidfU Phillips.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
HEARST PASSES AWAY.
THE MILLIONAIRE STATESMAN
is NO MORE.
His kong and Painful IlIness-Skort Story
OF HI. Li!e-His Mining Adventures, :, and
Rapjd Ri>e from ObSruriiy.

Rapid Ri>e from ObScuriiy-
Senator George Hearst. Of California.
died at his residrice On New Hampshire
avenue in this city. say: Il Washington,
ID. G., special He lad bel III for a
long time. and in December last went to
New York City to consult with Dr.
Charles Ward. in rrgar, To his condition.
The physician found that he was aftiict-
ed with romplicat on Of diseases, and
reSu ting primarily from Il serious de-
rangement of n" bowels Acting upon
the physicians : advice. hc returned 10 his
family in this city. and yielded himself
entirely to medical tr, atmcut. Absolute
quiet and rest was strictly cntioincd, and
his otiic al duties were lightcHed as much
as possible Notwithstanding he fact
that he received the hcneit of the most
careful nursing aud tie most skiliful
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

WHEN Phil. Armour went on the board
of trade and bought all of the pork in
sight and 100000 barrels of futures
more than was supposed to be in exist
ence. and then raised the price from SO
a barr ell to S1s.50-clearing $4,000 by
tn. deal-that was business. When the
knights of Labor decided not to eat any
of Armour's future meat, that was con-
spiracy.-St. Louis United Labor,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

Critic-The greatest writer's make mis-
takes.
Authorizes, every writer is liable to
put his mucilage brush into the ink bot
tie,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

WHAT is the difference between rich
and those in high offices having BAN
quct. and the poor people having plain
old-fashiop"d drunk? Why, it is this,
the rich have good time imbibing cham
paigne. till they are roaring drunk, and
the poor imbibe beer and poor whisky,
till they are in the same condition as
the rich. only the name is changed
one is called a banquet and the other a
plain drunk.-Kirlrin (Kdn.) Independ-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

Results OF Government Ownership of
Railways.
While state legislatures are tinkering
with railroad rates the people are slowly
but surely becoming convinced that it is
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05
Tnir.y-tive Per Cent. on His Investment

Mr.. Banker gets thirty-fiye per cent
interest on all the money he has in
vested in bonds to secure his circulation
He deposits 500 and draws back on that
800. Then he has but $40 invested in
his bonds. But he gets - per cent. on
the whole S100 of his bond. Now 81.
per cent. on 500 is precisely 35 per cent.
on SO. Hence as aforesaid, Mr.. Banker
gets 81 per cent. interest on every dollar
he has invested in his security bonds. II
this is not true. let him who denies it
show the error i'll our Slatement.-Pldin-
dcuier
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-05

THE Bankers Monthly, which surely
would not overestimate the matter. in
speaking of the farm mortgages in six of
our best states gives the amount carried
by each as follows: Kansas, S235. .OOO.-
0c0: Indiana, S645, 900. 600: Iowa. S561,-
900, 600: Michigan, $500, 600. OOO: Wiscon-
sin, S351, 200, 900: Ohio. 81, 900, 900.
Here are mortgages on the farms of only
six states aGgregating 50, 431, 900, 900.
the interest on which at per cent.
amounts to over 5000. 600, 900. Now, the
whole production of gold and silver in
the nited States per year is not half
enough to pay the interest on the farm
mortgages of six states. And yet these
same bankers are demanding the de-
struction of treasury notes, the demone-
tization of silver and the establishment
Of gold standard. Laurence tkun.l
.icfcrsnfiull
How HAPPY Mr.. Cleveland must be
now he is receiving the plaudits of east
ern and western republican papers. be-
cause he dared to defy the sentiment of
the alliances aud Of his own parry in the
west, and come cut against free coinage
-IptrH TiiiyUnc.
Sharp County record., 1891-08-06
TIL r ECO RID.
E. G. HENDERSON. Editor
Railroad Racket.

It has been the impression up this
way that the Houck roailroad from
Cape Girardeau to Fort Smith, if
ever built, would pass through this
section of North Arkansas, it being
directly Oh the line and the richest
mineral region OF the state. But
from what we have been noticing of
late it seems that it is not certain
yet where the road will 90. The
SuARpL COUNTY RECORD seems to
think there is probability of Salem,
Evening Shade and Batesvllle get
ting the road and urges the people
along that line to make an effort to
secure the road. 1t seems to us that
all this section should be exercised
over this matter and bring something
to bear, if possible. to secure the
road through the mining region of
North Arkansas. Is it possible that
we are to lose this road without
making an effort to get it? Baxter
and Marion counties should make a
strong pull for the road. Mt. Home
Citizen.
Following this editorial in the Cili-
zen is a card from a citizen of Mann
moth Spring, but who has interests
in Baxter county, urging that a COM
mittec be sent to meet the surveyors
at Salem and attract the road in
that direction if possible. That's
right. An effort should be made
for both sections, and the one hold
ing out the great est inducements Will
doubtless get this extension. If
Batesville wants this line and will
offer the inducements at her com.
mand, coupled with what Evening
Shade, Ash Flat and Salem and the
people all along the proposed route
can do, and will do, it is our opin>
ION that the Houck will tap the Iron
Mountain at Ratcsville- The RRasRD
would again urge immediate nego-
tiations with the promoters of this
enterprise.
Sharp County record., 1891-08-06
Probably the only ORIGINAL Cont

Probably the only original Cont
mental flag in existence Is that In the
possession of the City Troop Of Phil
adelphia, 1t was carried by that
organization al! through the Revo-
lutionary war. "It is SPREAD" says
the Philadelphia Record, "between
two large pieces of plate glass and is
kept completely air tight. The prob>
abilities are that We're It removed
from this case it would fall to pieces.
In design it IS somewhat similar to
the English jack. The design was
made by committee of which Ben>
jamin Franklin was q member, in
l776. A few years later the first
American standard accepted by cons
gress was submitted and adopted.
1t was known as the constellation
flag, and was similar to the one now
in use, with the exception OF thirteen
stars on blue background" ~ New
York.